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Bobbies bound for Benidorm before next summer MAKING tourists feel at home

By Linda Hall BRITISH bobbies are already pounding the pavement of Magaluf (Mallorca) and San Antonio de Portmany in Ibiza. Next stop could be Benidorm, revealed the central government’s Alicante sub-delegate Juan Carlos Moragues during a recent visit to Benidorm. A National Police exchange programme is in the offing, Moragues said, with Spanish of-

ficers posted to Britain to widen their experience. While bobbies have been flown out to Magaluf to help Mallorcan police keep order on the resort’s often-disorderly streets, they would have a slightly different mission on the Costa Blanca. In Benidorm the UK officers would be there to make tourists feel at home, the sub-delegate continued, and able to relate more easily to the police. There

would be an increased sense of comfort and safety when dealing with ‘their own,’ he said. There is also the likelihood, although Moragues did not mention this, that British police might be taken more seriously by the young tourists out to enjoy non-stop happy hours, sun, sea, sand and sex. Spain’s National Police force is currently in talks with their UK counterparts and the Interior ministry hopes to get

the project up and running as soon as possible and probably before next summer. Neither will this be a oneoff, Moragues added, as it was hoped that this would be an ongoing scheme. And the Spanish officers in the UK? That would be depend on where they were most needed, although logically this would be in cities like London and Brighton with large Spanish populations he said.

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Easier travel for school children THREE years ago, a decision was made which meant that up to 2,500 school children lost the benefit of transportation to and from school. Now thanks to a change in policy where a rule concern-

ing straight line measurement has been amended, parents of these and other children living further than three kilometres from their school may apply for travel assistance for their children.

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Busy time for Valencia and Sagunto ports TESTING battle readiness and logistics in case of new scenarios

It’s an ill wind CHILDREN visiting the small Mal Pas beach between Benidorm’s Levante and Poniente beaches enjoyed a temporary paddling pool not long ago after high winds and heavy seas created a sandbank, trapping seawater behind it. Sadly the pool was there for one day only and disappeared after beach cleaners levelled the sand that night.

Under the hammer A HOUSING cooperative hopes to build 150 luxury homes costing up to €500 million each on the site of the Sidi San Juan hotel site which closed in 2011.

It will be auctioned after the summer but Alicante City Hall prefers a buyer who restores the building as a hotel and generates employment.

MEDITERRANEAN EXERCISE: NATO’s most ambitious manoeuvres for more than a decade. By Linda Hall SPAIN, Italy and Portugal are hosting Trident Juncture 2015, Nato’s most ambitious ma-

noeuvres for more than a decade. Held in October and November the exercise involves 36,000 troops from 30 countries and will be setting out from, and finishing in,

Valencia, the Defence ministry confirmed. The Mediterranean exercise is designed to train and test the NATO Response Force to be deployed quickly in new scenarios.

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By Community Reporter HOLDING the prime location of stall ‘number one,’ in Benidorm’s indoor market, Salvador the butcher boasts that, “after being here for 43 years, I know my customers and they know me. They know I only sell the best quality meat, that’s why they keep coming back, and also why business is good.” Salvador has built up a good reputation over the years with the other stall holders, and his customers. The Euro Weekly News asked him why he liked the market so much, and how has it changed over time. “My customers are what I like most about the market, I have all kinds of people as customers and friends, Spanish, British, German, many!” he said. "But also I like that the market is always changing, it is like a person, it changes daily!" Salvador is a cornerstone of the indoor market, and is sure to be there for many years. If there was one thing he wished for, it would be better parking facilities for his customers, but that is Salvador… always thinking of his customers.

Keeping it clean for families A NEW scheme is in the pipelines to make Benidorm more family friendly by introducing ‘red light’ signs to help them steer clear of areas where strip clubs and other adult

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Benidorm Indoor Market ONE of the best places to shop in Benidorm is Located in the Rincon de Loix area. You’ll find the Benidorm Indoor Market at the end of Calle Girona right next to the Masymas supermarket, and across the street from the Hotel Nereo. It is open every day except Sunday, including bank holidays, until 6pm on weekdays and 3pm on Saturday, so you can shop whatever the weather! You will find plenty of independent shops, money exchange booths, beauty salons and much

more inside. There are three separate entrances, all of which are wheelchair friendly with specially installed ramps.

Benidorm issues 30 fines to mobility scooter drag racers BENIDORM police are cracking down on mobility scooter drag racing, handing out around 30 fines in the last month to able-bodied people misusing the vehicles.

The fines, ranging from €50 to €90, were introduced after the local council were informed that people were hiring the mobility aids because they were cheaper than taxis. Benidorm has now placed a ban on their hire by people under 55 who have no physical disability. Scooters must also be logged with the local council and carry an identification number. People have reported numerous cases of scooter races, often with the drivers in fancy dress, along the streets of the resort.

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Life savers EXACTLY 153 people gave blood during Teulada’s summer Blood Donation marathon, tripling expectations. One donation can save three lives and Alicante Province needs 250 donations a day, the Transfusion Centre’s director said.

Free ride THE central government in Madrid confirmed that it would not renew the concession for the AP-7 toll road in 2019. The motorway will be converted into the A-7, Madrid said.

Rock date MEXICAN rock band Mana gives the third of eight Spanish concerts in the Guillermo Amor football stadium tomorrow, Friday, at 10 pm. Organisers expect 15,000 people.

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Cs force slashing of president’s wage ALICANTE provincial councillors will also have pay cut By Linda Hall PRESIDENT of the Alicante Diputacion provincial council, Cesar Sanchez, will have to take a pay cut. There was an outcry because Sanchez, who is also Calpe mayor and belongs to the Partido Popular, was going to earn €90,000 a year gross. In contrast socialist Ximo Puig, the Valencian Community president, is on an annual €67,000. Even Isabel Bonig, who heads the regional PP party, had something to say. It was not right that the president of the Diputacion – which functions like a county council - or anyone in public office should earn more than the president of a national or regional government, Bonig said. Now Sanchez’s hand has been forced not by his own party, or the PSOE and other left-leaning parties, but Ciudadanos (Cs).

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DIPUTACION: Pay cuts all round. The PP was only able to retain control of the Diputacion after the May elections thanks to Ciudadanos votes. The group now wants Cesar Sanchez to cut his pay by €22,385 to €67,615

and the Diputacion members to the €57,599 gross earned by the Consellers or regional cabinet members. Cs also called for a spending review of Diputacion areas and offices.

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Glitch charges IBI in full JAVEA Town Hall apologised after ratepayers who pay their IBI rates in instalments were charged the full amount. The slip-up was caused by a computer error and detected soon after it occurred, explained Javea’s mayor, Jose Chulvi. The town hall informed the banks and the standing orders were reversed over the course of two days. As the problem was rectified within 24 hours, no charges will have been incurred if anyone’s account was overdrawn, the banks said. Anyone having problems with their bank has been asked to notify the town hall’s Tax department. Invoices with the correct amounts had now been issued, Chulvi said.

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Not on the right track POLICE detained a young motorist found driving along the GandiaValencia railway track in the early hours of the morning. They set out in pursuit after receiving reports of a driver alternately skidding and racing along a Gandia road, eventually locating him on the Cami Vell in the port area. He then began driving along the railway line until his car became trapped, the police reported later. Firemen had to remove the vehicle from the line, whose electric current was switched off, delaying the first Gandia-Valencia train of the day. The motorist registered positive when breath-tested, the Local Police confirmed later.

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More agony over the unfinished Agora ESSENTIAL to complete the motorised roof and finish the façade By Linda Hall

AS reported recently in the Euro Weekly News, the unfinished Agora in Valencia City already needs repairs. The 70-metre high structure belongs to the City of the Arts and Sciences and occupies an area not much smaller than a football pitch. It was intended for sports events and concerts and was inaugurated while still unfinished in 2009. Repairs require approximately €10 million which the new regional government is unwilling and unable to pay. Now Santiago Calatrava, the Valencian architect responsible for the futuristic complex, has weighed in, too.

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THE AGORA: Cost €96 million, €45 million of that being over budget. Halting work on the Agora six years ago affected the building’s exterior, warned a document from Calatrava’s office quoted by the national daily, El Pais. Its ceramic facings and metal structure display symptoms of instability and facings could start to come away, the document claimed. This has already happened at the Palau de les Arts opera house, leading to its temporary closure early last

year while the facings were replaced. The Generalitat carried out work on the Agora independently of the architect or the project management, complained Calatrava who wants this reversed. It is essential to complete the motorised roof, anchor the facings, finish off the façade and carry out airflow tests, he said. Meanwhile, renting out the Agora to retrieve some of the

€96 million - €45 million of that over budget - it cost is now on hold. Avanqua, which put in the winning bid to run the Agora is refusing to take up the concession until the repairs have been carried out. The Generalitat and Santiago Calatrava both await the results of an exhaustive survey to decide what needs doing at the Agora and, more importantly, who should do it.

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Boat fires lead to concerns about safety FOUR boats have burned at sea in the province of Alicante so far this month. The latest explosion took place last Sunday in Benidorm when a fire broke out on a yacht with a family of four on board. The couple and two children were rescued unharmed and it is understood the accident was caused by a fire as a result of an oil explosion. Most of these fires are caused by technical problems with the boat or fuel. These cases can be avoided to some extent with greater control over maintenance of vessels, since security is the main condition to enjoy sailing and the sea. The Maritime Administration said everyone owning a boat should be aware of the importance of maintenance and to ensure the good condition of the vessels. The law requires that technical inspections are conducted periodically; similar to a car’s ITV test. The Maritime Administration issues a certificate to prove it has met safety requirements and anyone renting a boat should ensure the vessel has the necessary documentation.

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Now hear this TWENTY young people participated in a sign-language song festival during Aigues’ local fiestas. It was important for the public to understand that deaf people were not dumb, the town’s Youth councillor said.

More jobs UNEMPLOYMENT in the Marina Baja last July was 4.8 per cent lower than in 2014. Of the 631 people who found work, 574 were employed in the services industry, mostly on temporary contracts.

No messing SAN JUAN residents demanded more ‘pipican’ dog toilets in a town hall survey. They also wanted tougher fines for dog-owners who allow their pets to foul streets and gardens.

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Little Nicolas surfaces in Benidorm to visit friends SUPPOSED links to the great and the good and this led to his arrest By Linda Hall PEQUEÑO NICOLAS remains a mystery while retaining an aura of celebrity. This, no doubt, was why the 21-yearold’s recent dinner at Benidorm’s Club Nautica was reported in the local Spanish press. Is Francisco Nicolas Gomez Iglesias as well-connected as he claims, a precocious conman or a budding Walter Mitty? He earned his nickname of Little Nicolas from the Spanish media after he was arrested last October and charged with identity theft, fraud and forgery. If Pequeño Nicolas is telling the truth, he has connections to Spain’s intelligence agency CNI, the office of Spain’s vice-president Soraya Saenz de Santamaria and some of the country’s leading companies. He also wangled an invitation to Felipe V1’s proclamation as king in June last year. He allegedly convinced a number of people that - for a financial consideration - he could introduce them to Spain’s

VICE-PRESIDENT: Soraya Saenz De Santamaria. great and good and it was this that led to his arrest. Pequeño Nicolas was freed without charges, prompting rumours that he enjoys the economic and social protection of a major Spanish figure. Only someone with an important mentor could rub

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shoulders so easily with the country’s elite, different sources agreed. The young law student was visiting friends in Benidorm, he explained to a Spanish reporter, and would be flying back to Madrid that night: “I have to lead a life that is as normal as possible.”

THE Valencia region’s Upper Court (TSJ) rejected builders’ appeals against anti-noise bylaws in Altea. The local Construction Association maintained that local regulations limiting the use of certain types of machinery during the high season and barring other noise-producing activities infringed regional legislation. Not so, said the TSJ which ruled in favour of the former town council’s bylaws approved in 2012. The regulations entered into the town hall’s remit, particularly in the case of Altea whose character is “markedly tourist” according to the judges. They did not dispute that the 2012 regulations could adversely affect the builders, but argued that this did not imply that they were inadmissible and or did not correspond to the local council’s objectives.

Festivals draw a crowd TWO music festivals held in Villena during the first half of the month brought an estimated 30,000 people to the area and had an economic impact of about €2 million, the council has announced. Next year, the Leyendas del Rock (Rock Legends) festival, which local mayor Javier Esquembre mentioned as a great way to promote the area as a tourist destination, will be held on August 10-13, promoter Marcos Rubio has already announced.

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Seven arrested in region for fraud FIVE people have been arrested in Alicante and another two in Valencia suspected of using false businesses for benefit fraud. Altogether 116 people of Spanish, Moroccan and Algerian nationality were arrested in 18 different Spanish provinces for allegedly using nine fake companies to falsify work contracts, both to claim benefits and to legalise foreigners’ situation in the country. The group, the National Police force reported, may have swindled an estimated €2 million from the system through the companies. Investigations began last year when the authorities became suspicious due to the number of workers the companies were employing.

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La Vila patients have to cool it themselves EMERGENCY supply provided for critical areas By Linda Hall PATIENTS’ families had to bring electric fans when the air-conditioning at Villajoyosa hospital broke down. Key hospital zones including A & E, Intensive Care, X-ray department and operating theatres had an emergency supply. Elsewhere it was “plug in and pray” said expat Alice Fry who was visiting a friend. Maintenance staff worked round the clock after three cooling units broke down at the same time, hospital sources revealed. Only the smallest of the three could be successfully repaired on the spot and was allocated to critical areas. One of the two bigger units was eventually started up again at 30 per cent of its usual capacity. None of this would have happened if funds had been provided for new equipment, said the Comisiones Obreras union. “The current machinery is old and inadequate and two more units are needed,” union sources claimed. “What’s more, the

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No rescue THE Partido Popular party in Altea has denounced the “inexistence” of a public animal rescue service in the town, and claimed this activity is being carried out by animal rights associations as the company in charge is failing to do so.

Ice house IBI council is negotiating to recover and renovate Pou del Barber, an 18th century ice house within Font Roja nature park. The round, 7.3 metre diameter ice-house, is rare as it conserves its roof.

Water cash ELECTRIC FANS: Better than nothing in the heat. system has been working flat out for a long time and the pores inside the ducts are damaged.” The situation was bad for the patients and the medical staff, the union said. Windows and doors had to be left open and patients’ families and friends brought in

electric fans and also used the classic handheld variety. “It’s like returning to the Third World and it makes you wonder how we all managed in the past,” Alice said, before escaping to the air conditioned comfort of her car.

THE Calpe Council is to spend more than €230,000 to improve the water supply system across the town and reduce leaks. Cometa will receive a total of €111,473 and €120,219 for Tossal.

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Historical finds change plans for new gardens PLANS to create gardens have been thwarted by four important historical finds in Alicante in the area between Plaza de San Cristobal and the El Porton area. The first find, which surprised historians no end, was an air raid shelter from the Spanish Civil War which no records had ever registered. Then, within just weeks, parts of old city walls running from the castle to La Rambla and dating back to the 14th century were found, followed by remains of a 16th century fort and an 18th century cobbled street. It appears that the area is throwing up treasures left, right and centre due to the fact that the area was an important one in times gone by, but remains became buried after the war in the 1930s when houses in the area were demolished. The council has decided to spend the funds originally budgeted to creating gard e n s t o s h o w o ff t h e r e m a i n s , a d d i n g lighting and informative signs, and there are plans for the future to make the spot part of a historical route through the city to include the renovate Torre de la Polvora.

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Bridging La Vila’s gap over the River Amadorio ANOTHER bridge has been requested for Villajoyosa Diego Delso

VILLAJOYOSA: A third road bridge would ease traffic congestion. by Linda Hall THE Compromis party in Villajoyosa called for another bridge over the River Amadorio. The party added two amendments to the national government’s Budget in a bid to improve

the town’s existing infrastructure, announced Jaume Lloret, Compromis spokesman in Villajoyosa. At present there are two bridges, one exclusively for trains. A third road bridge, costing an estimated €17 million would ease traffic and

improve mobility, Lloret said. The party also called for a direct €1.5 million connection from the ring-road to Villajoyosa hospital. “The nearest is two kilometres away although it runs parallel,” Lloret complained.

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Vaccine ban THERE were 6,989 chickenpox cases in Alicante Province last year, 6 per cent more than in 2013. The increase was due to the government’s ban on selling the vaccine, doctors said.

Not suitable BENIDORM Council sacked, albeit with compensation, a relative of former mayor Agustin Navarro. She was engaged without taking specific “equality, suitability and ability tests,” the town hall claimed.

Traffic queue DRIVERS were stuck in queues for more than an hour on Friday (August 21) when smoke coming from a broken down van in a tunnel on the A70 motorway in Sant Joan d’Alacant forced the road to be closed.

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Elche fireworks over change in regulations PREMISES have to move to industrial areas away from other activities By Eleanor Hawkins ELCHE firework manufacturers are up in arms after being forced to close down their premises due to changes to regulations. All but a handful of the premises in the city have had to shut up shop and take heavy losses as this is their busiest time of year. The latest regulations for Valencia Region demand that manufacturers move premises to industrial areas away from other types of activity in accordance with the PGOU Urban Land Plan. Yet many were unable to meet the demands and have pleaded with the council to allow them to continue working while they adapt. To this respect, many owners

FIREWORK MANUFACTURERS: This is their busiest time of year. of this type of business have complained that the regulations are not met in other parts of the region, yet in Elche all manufacturers who do not meet them have been forced to close. “We’re cross about the mea-

sure, we’ve been adapting our establishments to European regulations for years and now we can’t meet the cost, it isn’t fair,” said Angel Peiro, from Castillo Fuegos Artificiales Peiro.

Other manufacturers complained that, although based in industrial areas they need a new licence from the council and the municipal technician who needs to issue them is on holiday.

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Preventing unfair competition OLIVA police impounded 74 fake Adidas and Nike rip-offs in its latest swoop on illegal street vendors. The African selling Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid strips fled as police approached and tried to conceal his stock behind a rubbish container in Calle Mar Mediterrano. As the high season progresses Oliva’s beach area is attracting even more of the unlicensed looky-looky men, particularly at the weekend. The Local Police have stepped up patrols in both street markets as well as the seafront and on the beach itself, explained Commerce councillor Pepe Salazar. “We are committed to assisting our local traders who pay taxes,” he said.

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AMADORIO: Already depleted in this April 2015 photograph.

Reservoir water transfer stand-off CASTILLA-LA MANCHA wants to turn the tap off By Linda Hall DROUGHT and one of the hottest summers ever have reduced Alicante Province reservoirs to their lowest levels for years. The Amadorio in Villajoyosa is at 3 per cent capacity, the lowest level since 1984. The Guadalest reservoir is at 16 per cent and inland Beniarres currently stands at 15 per cent and contains only four hectometres of water. However much rain the summer and autumn storms might bring, it will not fill the reservoirs and the three

dams need a water transfer. This should come from the Entrepeñas and Buendia reservoirs via the Tajo-Segura pipeline in Castilla-La Mancha whose regional government wants to turn the tap off. The reservoirs hold only 398 cubic hectometres of water between them and cannot afford to release the water, argued Castilla-La Mancha’s regional president Emiliano Garcia-Page. Although this is low, the cut-off point for a transfer arrives when the reservoirs hold 304 cubic hectometres and in theory this should not stop the transfer from going ahead.

Nor should there be political friction, as both regional governments are both PSOEcontrolled but where water is concerned, ideology and comradeship historically take a back seat. What rankles in Alicante is the fact that the province recycles more water than Castilla-La Mancha. A study by the Centre for Public Works Studies and Experiments (CEDEX) revealed that in 2008 - the last available figures - Alicante Province recycled 58.6 cubic hectometres of water, compared with 2.9 cubic hectometres in Castilla-La Mancha.

Residents want to have their voices heard TWELVE residents’ associations in Alicante City have asked to be included in negotiations with Ikea. The regional government has halted the Strategic Territorial Action plan (ATE) that was the previous city hall’s solution to allowing the Ikea project to go ahead in the Rabasa neighbourhood. Members of the local government have now met representatives from the Swedish chain last July and a further meeting is planned between Ikea and the regional government in Valencia. Members of the different associations want their own proposals and requests to be taken

into account before any decision is made. A spokesman for the associations, Jose Maria Hernandez, stressed that members only opposed the mammoth shopping centre planned for the complex in the Rabasa district. They were in favour of an Ikea store for Alicante, Hernandez said, and were not asking to sit down and negotiate with Ikea. “But we would like city hall to know our opinions and proposals and to defend these during discussions,” he explained. “Whatever decisions are finally reached with Ikea, these would ultimately affect traffic and the environment in the neighbourhoods where members live,” Hernandez said.

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Tax cut SAN VICENTE Town Hall’s 2016 budget will cut rubbish collection tax by “at least” 6 per cent. The 18 per cent reduction promised in the May elections will be introduced gradually, the mayor said.

No takeover PORT OF ALICANTE police admitted they are too understaffed to deal with illegal street vendors inside the port. They asked for cooperation without loss of authority should the Local Police be assigned to the area.

Got it licked MUNDOMAR nature park in Benidorm is helping the animals there put up with high temperatures with outsize ice lollies with flavours ranging from peppers to carrots and blueberries.

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Generalitat high-up pays a visit to Altea ‘NO more predatory developments’ announced the head of the public works department By Linda Hall MARIA JOSE SALVADOR, head of the region’s Public Works department, visited Altea recently. The visit came shortly after the department revoked the licence for modifications to the Portet marina in La Olla. Protecting the Soio cove adjoining the marina was recognition of Altea residents’ wishes, Salvador said during a town hall meeting with the mayor and councillors. Stopping the project corresponded to the Consell’s commitment to sustainability and the environment, she declared: “We have magnificent surroundings and are entering a new phase of calm and protection after predatory development.” During the meeting Salvador discussed improvements to the coastal strip and renewing the yacht club licence after years of uncertainty for the concessionary company that runs it. As well as the Soio cove she also visit-

LA OLLA: Maria Jose Salvador (centre) talks to locals and visitors. ed La Olla railway station, the starting point for the Mussol de les Marines all-

night weekend trains that run to Benidorm and Denia during the summer.

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More free transport CALCULATIONS for free school transport will be less stringent and more realistic this year. The cash-strapped regional government ruled in 2012 that only state school pupils living three kilometres from the school were to be eligible for free transport. Those three kilometres were measured as the crow flies even though the route that pupils had to take was often longer. In an official resolution from the regional government voted in last May, the three-kilometre rule still applies but will be dictated by the “shortest accessible and safe route” between pupils’ homes and schools. The 2,500 Alicante Province children who lost their free school transport three years ago should be eligible once more, teaching sources said.

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Only 11 pigeons in Pla say the experts NEIGHBOURS however describe it as a plague By Maria José Fernandez AFTER several neighbours in the Pla district of Alicante complained of a ‘plague’ of pigeons, the council has taken action. The town council requested from the company in charge of pigeon control in Lokimica, to carry out a study to determine how many samples there were in the town and examine the impact these birds have in this district of Alicante. Neighbours were surprised with the results of this study, as the company, on behalf of the coun-

cil, claims there are only 11 pigeons “flying or placed on a specific site.” Experts said they have counted only 11 pigeons after strolling around Pasaje de Cox, Calle Canovas del Castillo, Periodista Rodolfo Salazar, Enrique Madrid and Plaza de Manila. This information is in stark contrast with the information provided by neighbours of the area, who describe it as a ‘plague.’ “It is not only an aesthetic disturbance, but also causes damages to property due to the animal’s excrements on awnings and other structures,” they explained.

Increase in nationality awarded ALMOST 30,000 people from southern America living in Alicante Province have obtained Spanish nationality over the last 10 years, the Ministry of Employment and Immigration has reported. Altogether 29,254 people were granted nationality,

29,254 people from southern America living in Alicante Province were granted Spanish nationality

therefore obtaining the status and rights of Spanish citizens

and being removed from foreign residents lists. The largest group, making up almost a third of the total, was from Colombia and there were almost as many from Ecuador. Third on the list came people from Argentina.

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Bull makes a run for it FOLLOWED previous day’s ouch-factor incident By Linda Hall YET another small-town fiesta involving bulls went wrong last week. Sixteen people suffered minor injuries in Moixent (Valencia) when a bull escaped from a lorry following the small town’s own version of bullrunning. The entertainment consisted of running the haltered animal through the streets, “controlled” by a group of local men. This had ended and the animal was put inside the lorry without problem as the men and spectators gathered round to congratulate the breeder. No-one realised or remembered that the bull had been left loose in the lorry and the animal escaped, running 50 metres with the halter still trailing before it was caught. Although 16 people were hurt in the melee including a minor, only three needed hospital treatment for non-life threatening injuries including a broken wrist. The majority suffered only superficial wounds and received attention at the first aid post set up expressly for the fiestas. This was the second incident in Moixent’s bullrunning as a young man had needed several stitches for a slashed testicle after being tossed by the bull the previous day.

MOIXENT: Bull-running is important to the local fiestas.

What’s in a name? BEATRIZ can at last have an identity card with the name she prefers. She is a transsexual who was born a male 12 years ago and registered as one but has been known for years to her family and friends as Beatriz.

An Elda judge has now authorised the name change and the decision will make life easier for the child and her family as all other official documents can also be changed. “This is very important as we won’t have to give so many explanations,” said Beatriz’s mother Encarnacion Gonzalez. “When we go to the health centre, for instance, we shall no longer have to explain while the health card gives a boy’s name for a patient who is a girl.” Beatriz’s name-change is the first in the Valencian Community, said the Chrysallis Association which represents more than 200 Spanish families with transsexual children.

More give than take HOSPITALS and health centres in Alicante Province treated 279,605 patients from other regions of Spain last year. The majority were tourists and they cost the Generalitat approximately €53.5 million in 2014. Once added to healthcare costs for Spanish tourists in the provinces of Valencia and Castellon, last year’s outlay totalled €97 million. This money is not finding its way back to the Valencian Community and all that has been returned so far is €1 million to cover part of the cost of medication prescribed in 2013. The situation is unlikely to improve as the national government has not included the Health Cohesion Fund in its next Budget. This fund was created in 2001 to cover healthcare for Spanish residents in regions other than their own. The head of the Generalitat’s Health department Carmen Monton intends to reclaim the money from the Assistance Guarantee Fund that was created in 2012 but is not yet operative. After subtracting the €25 million cost of treating Valencian Community patients in other regions, the Generalitat could expect to receive approximately €70 million.

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Homeward bound ELDA lost 667 foreign residents between 2012 and 2014. The shoe-manufacturing town now has 2,582 foreigners, of whom 35 per cent are African and 35 per cent Latin American.

Work death A 34-YEAR-OLD employee who fell eight metres from a platform at an industrial unit in Beneixama died from his severe injuries the following day. The accident will now be investigated.

Drain gain BENITACHELL received a €100,000 Diputacion grant to finish the Valle del Portet sewer system. This will connect the remaining houses without main drainage to the Golden Valley treatment plant.

Concern over cat numbers in Elche STERILISATION programme planned By Linda Hall RESIDENTS in several Elche neighbourhoods are concerned about the number of cats in the city. They are increasingly visible, they complained, and the colonies are steadily increasing as new litters are born. “I like cats but their caterwauling at night is a nuisance,” a woman from Carrus told the local Spanish media. Others complained about the smell of the food left out by catlovers as well as the smell of urine left by spraying tomcats as they marked out their territory. “Cats have taken over the neighbourhood and are sleeping on our parked cars,” another resident protested. The city’s Health department and the Baix Vinalopo Animal Protection Association are planning a Trap,

TAKEOVER: Cats biding their time. Neuter and Return programme (CES in Spanish). This will held to diminish Elche’s existing tension with the feline population and help to reduce the number of cats, Health

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councillor Cristina Martinez said. The neutering programme is already in use by the CES Gatos Elche collective which is working to control the size of cat colonies in Elche.

A ROMANIAN woman forced into prostitution brought about the downfall of an organised vice-ring. The group ran brothels in Alicante, Valencia, Castellon, Murcia and Albacete and they recruited her in Romania with the promise of work picking oranges in Spain. On arrival she was held prisoner for three days and then told that she would have to work as a prostitute in a Valencia brothel. She was watched closely at all times and eventually sold to another Romanian, but managed to escape some days later with the help of a client. He took her to the police station in Torrente (Valencia) where she lodged an official complaint. This led to an investigation that freed seven other women who had been tricked into prostitution and led to five arrests. A further 10 people face charges of links to people-trafficking, forced prostitution and belonging to a criminal organisation. Six European arrest warrants have also been issued.

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Where to go LBIR’S Tourist Info point was used by 1,500 people in July. The majority asked about the Albir lighthouse, the Sierra Helada national park, the open-air Roman Villa museum and the Frax Foundation cultural centre.

Too loud A GANDIA beach bar has accumulated 12 warnings for excessive noise from the Local Police. It belongs to the business associate of a former councillor and now faces a €6,000 fine.

Lorry access ALCOY’S new urban development plan (PGOU) includes a network of perimeter roads. These will allow lorries to access industrial areas without crossing the city, improve traffic flow and reduce pollution.

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Local project success PEOPLE want to taste the real flavour of the grapes By Maria José Fernandez BIOMOSCATELL, a project designed to produce environment-friendly grapes and wine without using chemicals, is boasting healthy results. The project, launched by the Development department of El Poble Nou de Benitatxell, is presenting its ecological products with great success in the markets of Marina Alta. Specifically, during the past few weeks, the muscatel grape has been the subject for a promotion campaign which had the main goal of achieving a fair trade and support local products. “The presentation of our products across markets is experiencing great success, not only from tourists, but also locals, who want to taste the real flavour of grapes, as they are produced the way they used to in the past,” said coordinator of the project Jose Manuel Bisetto.

MUSCATEL GRAPES: Have been the subject of a promotion campaign.

International Choir starts autumn rehearsals in Jávea THE INTERNATIONAL Choir Coral Clásica Javiense will begin its autumn rehearsals on Friday, September 4 at the Insituto Musical, Avda. Juan Carlos I, 55 in Jávea. Each week, the choir will practice the Christmas Oratorio (part 1-3) by J. S. Bach. The performance with soloists and orchestra will take place on November 29, the first Sunday in Advent. Francesz Estévez will be the conductor. Founded in 2003 the founding members’ commitment was to perform high-quality classical music. Up to the present day, there have been numerous accomplished concerts which have been well received by their audiences. Since Francesz Estévez, the founder and director of the Orchestra Marina Alta, agreed to conduct the Coral Clásica Javiense, it has been possible to perform excellent musical works accompanied by the or-

INTERNATIONAL CHOIR: Will practice weekly. chestra as well as by young Spanish instrumental and voice soloists. The singers of the choir come from everywhere in the region of the Marina Alta, and is a colourful mixture of nationalities: British, German, Dutch, Swiss and Spanish. As well as the annual main concerts, performances on a smaller scale are well received, including the joint singing of Christmas Carols in the Church of Pedreguer

together with the organist Prof. Vincent Josep Giner. The choir is happy to welcome new permanent members or those who just want to join in for the singing of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, provided they can read music and/or have some experience with choir singing. More information can be obtained at www.coralclasica javiense.es or Tel.: 966 457 076 and 676 285 493.

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Back to the blackboard for 21,000 students APPROXIMATELY 21,000 people aged between 16 and 34 have returned to their studies in Alicante Province.

99,000 students in Alicante Province

Many left without qualifications in the pre-crisis days when work opportunities were more enticing than years of exams. According to the Economically Active Population (EPA) survey for the second quarter of this year Alicante Province had 99,000 students over the school-leaving age of 16. During the same period in 2014 there were 71,000. The number of students returning to school increased 28.6 per cent throughout Spain over the last year.

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Spanish beaches are in danger of disappearing The Ni Un Grado Mas (not a single WORLDWIDE nature charity WWF degree higher) campaign reminds us has launched a campaign coinciding that scientists have predicted sea levwith August, Spainâ€™s classic beach els will rise six centimetres and Spanholiday month, to ask people to petiish beaches will shrink by tion the government to do someEffects of glob- b e t w e e n o n e a n d t h r e e thing about al warming are metres by 2040, and they have asked people to petiglobal warming in fact a close tion the government for a before beaches disappear. and distinct prob- 1 0 0 p e r c e n t r e n e w a b l e energy policy. The effects of lem. The United Nations Cliglobal warming matic Change Experts are not someGroup calculates that if measures are thing far away and intangible but in not taken and countries continue to fact are a close and distinct problem, emit gases at the same rate, sea levels the WWF has stressed, and unless could rise by up to 59 centimetres by something is done about greenhouse the end of this century. e ff e c t g a s e m i s s i o n s , t h e S p a n i s h This would seriously endanger coasts will be particularly harshly afecosystems and coastal populations, fected by the impact of climate the WWF said. change.

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Dead fish

Walking across borders on a 1,082 mile journey

THOUSANDS of dead fish were seen on the shore of the El Cable beach in Marbella on the afternoon of Sunday August 23 after boxes of fish fell off a fishing boat, leaving them stranded on the sand.

Second fire

ONE father’s fight to see his daughter after she was taken back to the UK without his consent By Gemma Quinn

STEVEN MONK-DALTON: Will walk from Orihuela to London.

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“I HAVE always said that I would walk to see my child if I had to. So that is exactly what I intend to do.” That’s the determination of one parent to try and gain access to his daughter, and to raise awareness about parental child abduction. Steven Monk-Dalton has now embarked on the walk of a lifetime; from Orihuela to London in a 44-day journey in support of UK charity Reunite International. Steven has been planning the Walk Across Borders challenge since February this year and set off from the Orihuela Court on Sunday August 23. His epic 1,082-mile walk will finish at the Royal Court of Justice, London, early in October where around 30 people will join him in a demonstration. Steven is raising money for the charity and is one of the thousands of parents who contacted them for help after his daughter was taken back to the UK by her mother without his consent. It has been five years since he has had contact with her.

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Mine museum

Better service

Police hero

Sea rescue

PLANS are being discussed to open up a section of the Mazarron mines to visitors to offer a year round tourist attraction.

TELEFONICA has invested €3 million to improve the coverage and range of its services in the Balearic Islands. The improvements will mean that better internet speeds will be available in more towns.

A LOCAL POLICE officer rescued a 32-year-old Ukrainian woman after she nearly drowned in a deep area of the Frigiliana Higueron River.

SALVAMENTO Maritimo (Spanish sea search and rescue services) on Monday night rescued one of the crew members of fishing boat ‘Pedro y Beatriz,’ after he experienced strong abdominal pain. He was taken to the Carboneras port.

Whale sighting A WHALE was spotted off the coast of Santa Pola. It was spotted by crew on a boat sailing from Ibiza to the main land and said it was the first time in 25 years of doing the journey that they had seen a whale.

Body found A SWEDISH tourist, 53, was found dead in his room at the hostel where he was staying in Palmanova. Guardia Civil are investigating although it is believed he was ill and fell several days before.

Arson attack

Tourist card

A FIRE in Los Montesinos has destroyed nearly 2,000 square metres of land next to the lagunas and national park. Initial investigations suggest that it may have been caused intentionally.

THE Palma Tourism Foundation is promoting the Palma Pass card, which will allow tourists to benefit from discounts of up to 50 per cent on transport, museums, monuments and other tourist attractions.

Homeward bound

Safety hazard

ELDA lost 667 foreign residents between 2012 and 2014. The shoe-manufacturing town now has 2,582 foreigners, of whom 35 per cent are African and 35 per cent Latin American.

RESIDENTS of the Muro Beach area have asked for the Health Department to carry out tests to certify that it is safe, as they have to put up with bad smells from the sewage plant built last winter.

Hospital transfer A MAN, aged 30, was rushed to hospital in Valencia to try and save his hand following a car accident in Mazarron.

Hot offices STAFF at Palma City Hall complain that they have been working all summer in temperatures of 30ºC as the air-conditioning is not working and electric fans do little to improve the situation.

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Theatre fear THE keenly awaited renovation of Velez-Malaga’s Lope de Vega theatre is on shaky ground due to budget issues. The town council announced they would not be able to meet the €3 million cost.

Basic help RESIDENTS of Velez-Malaga at risk of exclusion who can’t afford to pay bills will now receive a bit of extra help as the council has approved a regulation through which families in poverty will receive help to pay their bills.

Road repainting THE Almeria Provincial Council has launched a project to repaint 125 kilometres of roads across Almeria to improve road safety, at a cost of €180,000.

Breaking the law SIX in 10 employees in the Almeria Province admit they have never undergone a pre-employment physical exam after being hired by a company, despite it being compulsory by law.

Man sentenced

No dogs

MALAGA Provincial Court has jailed for four years a man who sexually assaulted an English woman in Nerja. The events took place May 2011 in front of a bar, when the man forced himself on her.

ALMERIA City Council has put signs up to remind owners that animal access to the beaches is restricted in accordance with Junta de Andalucia regional government health and safety regulations.

Torrox protected

Lucky winner

THE Spanish Environment Ministry has launched a project to redevelop the Torrox beach. A new, semi-submerged breakwater, 115 metres long, is to be built opposite Torrox lighthouse, for an estimated cost of €584,995.

A LUCKY lottery player in Roquetas de Mar won €300,000 last week on the Spanish National Lottery with first prize going to tickets numbered 25.344. Winnning tickts were also in Cadiz, Huelva, Malaga and Sevilla.

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A FIRE which started near Monda bridge occurred in the exact same place as a similar fire three weeks ago. Fire brigade teams from Coin attended the fire, which was in an area populated by fruit trees, and it was quickly extinguished.

Booze run A MAN who tested positive for alcohol at a traffic checkpoint drove off at high speed, almost hitting two Guardia Civil officers. Now, he faces the additional charge of reckless driving and will face an even higher penalty.

High speed A YOUNG Russian woman has been charged after driving through a Marbella tunnel at high speeds with a semi-naked man clinging to the boot. The incident was discovered when a driver behind the car recorded the incident and posted it on You Tube.

Jump stopped TWO police officers and a doctor managed to prevent a woman from throwing herself from the third floor of a Malaga hotel. The South American woman, who was in her 50s, was saved when they grabbed her arm and pulled the woman inside.

Arson suspect A MIDDLE-AGED woman from Madrid arrested last week suspected of lighting at least seven fires in Mijas Costa, has been charged and released by a Fuengirola court. Police reportedly found her setting fire to scrub with a lighter. She must present herself at the courts periodically.

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December date DENMARK: The Danish government announced a referendum on converting Denmark’s current inflexible optout on home and justice matters into a flexible opt-out. The date has been set for December 3.

Let’s invade NORWAY: American comedian Stephen Colbert launched a ‘let’s invade Norway’ campaign on Twitter last week, in a bid to persuade the country to lead the world in increasing support for education for girls.

Scaled down DENMARK: Danish Climate Minister Christian Lilleholt is to scale down the countries carbon reduction targets, saying it would be too expensive for business to reach the ambitious 40 per cent cut in emissions by the 2020 deadline.

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Youngest bionic hand CONTROLLED by muscle movements and a mobile app A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy from Fife is believed to be the world’s youngest recipient of a ‘bionic’ hand. His new super-limb, controlled by muscle movements and a mobile app, was designed by the West Lothian Company Touch Bionics.

Man bag shock A PASSENGER travelling with easyJet from Gatwick to Belfast was Tasered by police after a dispute over whether his ‘man bag’ counted as an extra piece of hand luggage escalated.

Sports glasses A COUNTY ANTRIM boy with poor eyesight was banned from wearing his sports goggles during rugby games by the Irish Rugby Football Union. Seven-year-old Ryan Totten has played for Coleraine since he was four, and is campaigning for the decision to be reversed.

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BRITISH PRESS Lone wolf A STUFFED Arctic wolf, believed to be worth £32,000 (€44,420), stolen from a London flat was handed in to police. The six-foot, snarling specimen is being kept at the station while it helps police with their enquiries.

Stressed robber A TEENAGER who tried to rob a Barnstaple jewellers with an imitation gun and later blamed exam stress for his actions has been jailed. The 71year-old shop owner had a black belt in judo and successfully tackled the 18-year-old.

WWF ants THERE was a protest with a difference as half a million ants were gathered in Cologne to call for Angela Merkel to support protections for Amazon rainforests. The ants’ slogans were lasered onto leaves by the World Wildlife Fund.

Asylum seeking GERMANY has more than doubled its forecast for the number of asylum applications likely to be submitted in the country this year, raising its projection from 300,000 to 800,000.

Banksy land

Death by veg

DISMALAND, the latest show from graffiti artist Banksy in Westonsuper-Mare has been swamped by requests for tickets. The tragicomic exhibition includes works by other celebrated artists, and is described as ‘a family theme park unsuitable for children.’

A COURGETTE stew proved fatal for an elderly man in Heidelberg. The veg contained a naturally occurring poison, which rarely kills humans because the taste is so bitter it’s very difficult to consume a killer dose.

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Bomb disposal

SWEDEN: Landskrona made the effort to welcome new migrants to the town by including information in Arabic in a brochure, but was left redfaced when local Arabic speakers said the text was gobbledegook. It’s believed the text was corrupted in the printing process.

FOUR unexploded Second World War American bombs were defused in the grounds of a school in Kiel. Around 4,500 people had to be evacuated while the bomb disposal unit worked.

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Good news SWEDEN: The best-selling ‘Nordic Noir’ author Camilla Läckberg, who wrote The Stonecutter and The Hidden Child, has announced she is to have a baby with her partner, 28-year-old wrestler Simon Sköld.

Right winners SWEDEN: The anti-immigration party Sweden Democrats has emerged in a poll as the country’s largest party for the first time, with an August YouGov survey putting the right-wingers on 25.2 per cent.

INSPECTION: Found a dead body.

Crack down on illegal hotels ESTABLISHMENTS in Amsterdam POLICE cracking down on illegal hotels in Amsterdam found a dead body and a haul of cocaine during an inspection of an establishment on Nassaukade street.

A woman’s work MORE women are working in the Netherlands than ever before. There are a record 3.8 million working women, an increase of 400,000 on 2005.

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More jobs THE unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 per cent in July, down from 7.3 per cent in the same month last year.

Defence funds

Zero growth

A WINDFALL of €750 million will be spent by the Dutch government on extending paid paternity leave to five days, improving care homes, and the biggest chunk will go on defence.

LOW alcohol beer is growing in popularity in Holland, with a quarter of beer drinkers saying they choose a low or non-alcoholic brand at least once a month.

WORK has been delayed on the planned tunnel between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island Lolland, expected to be the world’s biggest underwater tunnel when it’s completed, as plans are adjusted after 3,100 objections on the German side.

Tricky agent A SPY who allegedly acted as a double agent, sharing information with both the CIA and the Russians while working for the German secret service, the BND, has been charged with treason.

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Night-time racing PROMOTERS want a night race in 2017

GRAND PRIX: Final decision to be made.

RUSSIAN Grand Prix promoters are close to making a final decision about whether or not to push ahead with plans for a night race in 2017. During a visit to the Belgian Grand Prix, Dr Alexander Saurin, vice-governor of the Krasnodar region that backs the race, said that analysis about the financial implications of a night race was ongoing.

Ruble worry CHINESE direct investment in Russia dropped by 20 per cent in the first seven months of this year, compared to the same period last year due to a sharp ruble devaluation, news agency TASS reported Friday August 21, quoting a top Chinese Ministry of Commerce official.

More Big Macs A SIBERIAN tycoon is behind a new $44 million franchise agreement with McDonald’s. Twenty McDonald’s outlets will open in 2016, thanks to a franchising agreement disclosed last week. The new restaurants will be in Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Altai regions.

Gas talks MINISTERIAL level discussions between Russia,

Clean sweep RUSSIA’S gymnast Margarita Mamun avenged teammate Yana Kudryavtseva for her defeat at June’s European Games in Baku with a superb allround victory at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Kazan, winning all four individual events, as the hosts triumphed in every event. Ukraine and the European Commission on gas supply for the upcoming winter season are set to commence following a breakdown of discussions in July. Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said that the Commission would meet the Ukrainian side on August 27 and the Russian side in early September.

World Cup AMERICAN and Swiss criminal investigations into corruption in global football are unlikely to lead to any threat to Russia retaining the hosting rights for the 2018 World Cup, according to US and European sources familiar with the probes.

UEFA Crimea A NEW UEFAbacked professional football league has started play in Crimea after the peninsula was annexed by Russia last year. The first All match of round the victory. Crimean Premier League was a 2-2 draw Saturday between SKChF Sevastopol and TSKTavria Simferopol, both new clubs using the facilities of old Ukrainian Premier League teams.

MiG denial SERGEI KOROTKOV, CEO of Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSK) MiG, denied rumours that his company had delivered six MiG-31 fighter jets to Syria. Meanwhile the company’s press officer has also denied similar rumours that they have signed a contract with Egypt for the sale of several other fighter jets.

Gay defiance OFFICIALS at the US Embassy in Moscow are defying Russia’s ban on gay films by adding a new movie, I Am Michael, to next month’s film festival.

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Takeover of Aer Lingus by IAG is confirmed at cost of €1.4 billion IAG is one of Europe’s largest airlines and owns both British Airways and Iberia By John Smith IT was announced to the Stock Exchange on August 18 that as Ryanair had accepted an offer to sell its 29.8 per cent holding in Aer Lingus to IAG, and that the takeover would now be completed, Aer Lingus shares would be delisted in Sep-

per cent holding by Ryanair of Aer Lingus shares was sold to IAG

BANK OF SPAIN: Governor believes it is their duty.

Linde’s support for Government THE governor of the Bank of Spain Luis Maria Linde has publicly supported the current government’s economic policies and indicated there could be a number of risks should there be a change of course in the lead up to or following the forthcoming general election which must be held on or before December 20 of this year. He believes that fiscal con-

tember. Prior to this takeover, Ryanair had attempted to buy Aer Lingus on three separate occasions without success. IAG which owns British Airways and Iberia - both of whom have a huge presence in Spanish skies - and is one of Europe’s largest airlines by income can only

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solidation will “stabilise the levels of public indebtedness and then reduce it.” He also made it clear that he supported Spain’s labour reforms as they would make the labour market more flexible and potentially lead to a rise in employment. In addition, the country needs to recover through a combination of employment, investment and exports.

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Renfe profit THE Government owned Renfe group which operates freight and passenger train networks throughout Spain forecasts a small profit for 2016. With significant government investment, the profits will not make any significant hole in the debt but any profit is better than a loss.

Greek issues DESPITE all attempts to resolve the Greek financial problems, the situation just staggers on. Prime Minister Alexis Tripras has resigned stating he wishes to let the Greek people judge his performance since January and is calling for a snap election.

ATM charges THE Ministry of Economy and Finance of Spain has decided that any decision concerning charges made by banks for use of their cash machines should be made by the Bank of Spain.

A crackdown on expenses THE Spanish Treasury has issued instructions with the intent of curbing the expenses of the directors of public companies. Within the next two months, these directors will be forced to change a number of their established procedures and will be expected to use public transport wherever possible and to travel economy

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benefit from the addition of this third member of the group which flies to destinations all over Europe and the US with a fleet of 50 aircraft. Aer Lingus had recently been criticised for not giving passengers adequate information about their rights.

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Crude oil price drop vvAUGUST has seen a significant drop in the price of crude oil which is down nearly 60 per cent since last year. The reason for the drop is the reduction in requirement from China and huge reserves around the world. It remains to be seen whether costs in petrol stations will drop accordingly.

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NET VOL 8,560.49 10,269.16 15,391.31 55,928.46 8,862.60 8,554.49 3,829.35 3,974.90 7,225.04 3,946.30 32,754.33 12,084.66 10,098.62 9,375.89 6,492.56 37,844.91 3,962.67 41,948.29 11,967.80 33,212.83 13,991.70 21,367.71 67,707.36 42,780.40 4,707.00 5,154.96 51,021.07 5,483.95 4,721.63 6,457.46 5,190.09 30,026.33 18,290.34 10,357.05 4,433.35 4,784.73 14,955.58 4,962.08 20,744.46 8,684.11 6,458.12 15,760.40 5,073.68 6,863.26 34,473.72 6,109.72 61,628.78 2,872.11 9,050.61 10,948.40 18,155.81

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Most Advanced Daily 2X VIX ST ETN Velocityshares $ 12.56 Daily 2X VIX Med-Term ETN Velocityshares $ 17.46 VIX Short-Term ETN Velocityshares $ 32.94 ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ Biotech $ 30.2999 VIX Med-Term ETN Velocityshares $ 16.57 HMS Holdings Corp $ 9.98 ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ $ 30.71 Caesars Entertainment Corporation $ 8.98 Enphase Energy, Inc. $ 4.86 3X Inverse Silver ETN Velocityshares $ 67.18 Epizyme, Inc. $ 17.46

3.39 ▲ 36.97% 2.77 ▲ 18.86% 4.95 ▲ 17.68% 3.9299 ▲ 14.90% 1.90 ▲ 12.95% 1.14 ▲ 12.90% 3.29 ▲ 12.00% 0.96 ▲ 11.97% 0.44 ▲ 9.95% 5.89 ▲ 9.61% 1.53 ▲ 9.60%

Most Declined Vital Therapies, Inc. AccuShares Spot CBOE VIX Down Shares China Finance Online Co. Limited Sky-mobi Limited Weibo Corporation Synutra International, Inc. VisionChina Media, Inc. Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Velocityshares Baozun Inc. Lantheus Holdings, Inc. Wowo Limited

$ 3.65 $ 2.0301 $ 2.96 $ 2.66 $ 9.67 $ 4.50 $ 8.12 $ 29.58 $ 4.69 $ 6.12 $ 5.90

14.03 ▼ 79.36% 5.8699 ▼ 74.30% 0.91 ▼ 23.51% 0.75 ▼ 21.99% 2.49 ▼ 20.48% 1.05 ▼ 18.92% 1.7801 ▼ 17.98% 6.46 ▼ 17.92% 0.96 ▼ 16.99% 1.23 ▼ 16.73% 1.13 ▼ 16.07%

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If jobs are scarce bilingual children can bank on a brighter future BEING able to go back and forth between languages is a kind of brain training, pushing your brain to be flexible

Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

BILINGUALS get all the perks. Better job prospects, higher salaries, a cognitive boost and even protection against dementia. A lot of research has been done on the bilingual mind and it seems that going back and forth between languages is a kind of brain training, pushing your brain to be flexible. Just as regular exercise gives your body some biological benefits, mentally controlling two or more languages gives your brain cognitive benefits. So as expatriates living here in Spain it really does pay off to raise children in a bilingual environment from the moment they are born. The mental flexibility of being able to jump from one language to another pays off big time in the future, and especially when looking for a job.

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Less time to pay COINCIDENTALLY now the government has amended its policy on tax for solar generated electricity for homes, the Spanish electricity companies have decided to reduce time limits for disconnection of late payers.

Anti-mosquito shirts ALTHOUGH there is some other clothing in the world market, a Spanish company, STINGBye has developed a range of anti-mosquito shirts which it currently sells through pharmacies within Spain and hopes to export to other countries in the near future.

Film tax relief THE British government has set up a new department in Manchester to deal with the corporation tax affairs of companies which are eligible for Film Tax Relief. Provided films have a spend within the UK of no less than 10 per cent and can pass a cultural test, producers can claim up to 25 per cent tax relief.

According to experts, the reasons why being bilingual is so rewarding are numerous. Bilinguals are better at multi-tasking. Apparently

children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks than children who speak only one language.

Bilingualism makes you more open-minded and sensitive to others. Bilinguals have an enhanced awareness of other peopleâ€™s points of view, born from their deeper understanding, from an early age, that some people have a different perspective. This, according to the Financial Times probably makes bilinguals better managers. Another study found bilingualism enhances your listening ability. It showed that in a noisy environment bilinguals are better at detecting the different sounds, therefore enhancing attention, which in turn is a valuable workplace quality. Bilingual children are noted to score high in tests and exams due to advanced thinking skills, while bilingualism also offers children a direct path to live and work abroad, and perhaps even easily pick up a third language in the future. A study from the US also shows that significantly higher salaries are paid to bilingual speakers than monolingual speakers! So where jobs are scarce, ensuring that our children are proficient in a second language, also ensures a more financially stable future.

Gibraltar decides not to charge IVA on any sales in the territory AS Gibraltar is not part of the EU Customs Union, even though it is a member of the EU through Britain, it has decided not to charge IVA (VAT) on any sale made within the territory. Clearly this is very beneficial to local inhabitants and visitors. This decision also makes it attractive for certain businesses which become domiciled on the Rock. Anyone who purchases goods in Spain which are then transferred to Gibraltar is entitled to reclaim the IVA in full from the Spanish authorities and this is important for larger purchases where a Gibraltar import duty may be levied. Conversely, however, if an item is purchased and consumed in Spain by a Gibraltar resident or company, IVA must be charged by the Spanish seller and cannot be reclaimed. If you go to the theatre in Spain for example, then the point where the tax is charged remains in Spain.

THE ROCK: The decision is beneficial to local inhabitants and visitors.

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Investigation continues THE Spanish National Securities Market Commission has revealed that a police economic crimes unit is investigating the matter of the revocation of certain licences to trade on the stock market.It has been alleged in the media that corruption may have been involved in the granting of these licences but the investigation is in its early stages.

Police tweet SPANISH police have taken the unusual action of issuing a tweet warning consumers messages received through WhatsApp and SMS offering Mercadona vouchers are fraudulent. The message invites consumers to participate in a survey and takes them to a premium service which also demands personal information in order for the ‘prizes’ to be issued. Naturally a spokesperson for Mercadona has confirmed the company is not in any way associated with the fraud and everyone should dump unopened - these messages.

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My way or the highway 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 WARNED my friend but she was adamant, she could trust her instincts. A Russian language copy-writer translator, her client owed her €180 which was now overdue. He wanted more work done, would she oblige. My friend is an obliging lady and soon the €180 became €340. Her faith in her client was to her credit but the overdue invoice was to his credit. It still is. This week she received an email. His business is experiencing cash-flow difficulties. It may be some time before he is in a position to settle the bill. Those with clout no doubt; the utilities and essential suppliers will be paid. My friend, a single mum, has no clout whatsoever. She isn’t alone of course. It is this small business sector that bears the brunt of lost settlements. Faced by hot competition payment upfront is out of the question. The same applies if credit limits are applied. If clients default they simply

CLAPPED OUT: Getting it through an ITV was more than the car was worth. move on to the next victim. If, as there is in the UK, there was a workable solution the problem would be much reduced. An outstanding auto-mechanic was honest in his appraisal. Her R/H drive clapped out car was worth only say €300. The cost of getting it through the ITV would be €850. It was a no-brainer.

She then said the car was worth more to her and begged him to work on it. Shrugging, he got on with it. He then called her expecting to hear pearls dropping from her mouth. She had decided that she didn’t want the car after all; he could have it. Anyone want to buy a clapped out Clio that just squeaked

through the ITV? If clients are genuine, and most are, they will perfectly understand if you request a deposit of say 50 per cent. If they don’t like it then they are not the kind of customers you want. You actually make or save money by telling them, ‘my way or the highway.’

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Costa Blanca prices are on the up for second-hand homes ONLY regions that beat Valencia on the ranking were Murcia, Extremadura and Castilla-La Manca By Eleanor Hawkins

PRICES are slowly increasing in Valencia Region, with a 0.9 per cent rise for second-hand homes reported by fotocasa.es real estate website for July, but there is still time to snap up some bargains.

€1,643 was the national average price for property per square metre While the national average price for property reported by fotocasa reached €1,643 per square metre last

MOST EXPENSIVE: Property found in the region last month was in Ador.

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THE GENERAL Council of Notaries has published the encouraging information that the sale of homes in Spain saw a massive increase of 19.4 per cent in June 2015

This is the fourth consecutive month of increases and is the highest increase for a single month this year. compared to figures for June 2014. There was a total of 37,641 sales although the average price per square metre did fall a little to €1,260. This is the fourth consecutive month of increases and is the highest increase for a single month this year. Interestingly, whilst the sale of apartments both new and second hand increased by just under 21 per cent, the actual sales value fell by 0.7 per

APARTMENTS: Both new and second hand increased. cent. This is quite different to the situation with individual homes which saw a steady growth in number of 14.5 per cent and an increase in price of a full 2 per cent. In addition, the number of mortgages granted has in-

creased dramatically to over 16,000 in June with an average value of €121,445. Although this is good news, the actual value of property if compared with 2007 when the recession started to bite, has seen an overall decline in price of 33 per cent.

month, in Valencia it was registered at €1,291 per square metre, placing the region as the fourth cheapest place in Spain to buy a home. The only regions that beat the region on the ranking were Murcia, Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha, fotocasa said. Costa Blanca property prices hit an all-time high in April 2007, reaching €2,430 per square metre, but have since registered falls of almost 47 per cent. The most expensive property found in the region last month was in Ador, priced at €1,912 per square metre, while at the other end of the range the cheapest was located in Benicull de Xuquer at €678 per square metre.

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Spanish rentals Millions of empty homes come out tops in Spain losing money A RECENTLY carried out study by the online rental portal, HomeAway, on the

variety of services and fundamental features, on offer b y th e v ario u s h o lida y re n tal co mp a n ies in t he main European countries, proves that Spain is top for holiday home hire. Including Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal, in the survey which combined make up 47 per cent of the European market - they discovered that the facilities offered when people rent a holiday apartment, house or villa in Spain will in general have more amenities afforded to them. Included in the characteristics in the survey were: Accessibility for the disa b led , th e a c c e p tan ce of pets, and the suitability for stays with children, while the services include: Internet access, the availability of a barbecue, parking, and swimming pools.

OWNERS could be receiving at least €7,128 per year By Maria José Fernandez OWNERS of empty homes in Spain could be receiving at least €7,128 per year, while the public tax office could be receiving at least €4,000 if the home was rented. This analysis was published by property website pisos.com, using data collected by the National Statistics Institute (INE), which estimates that there are at least 3.5 million empty houses in the country. By regions, those owners with homes in Madrid are those who could be getting the highest profit from their empty properties with a total of €11,304 on average per year, followed by the Basque Country (€10,668), the Balearic Islands (€8,616) and Catalonia (€8,100). Andalucia is the community with the highest amount of uninhabited homes, and it is estimated at least €4 billion revenue could be generated if they were rented, followed by the Valencian Community with €3.6 billion.

EMPTY HOMES: It is estimated there are 3.5 million in the country.

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Common points for home and classic car THOUSANDS of homes in Spain are in some of the best locations with the best views but have been neglected John Graham The property expert

THE other day I was looking at some classic cars, an E-type jaguar, several Ferraris and other classic car makes from years gone by and they all had one thing in common, they had all been beautifully restored to their former glory and they all looked like they had just rolled off the production line. Obviously the classic cars had been restored by professional experts and as a Technical Architect I really admired the company’s professional eye for detail and workmanship, producing true works of art. So you may be thinking what has classic cars got to do with property, well quite a lot actually, there are thousands of older properties in Spain in some of the best locations with the best views that have unfortunately been neglected, but like a classic car each property can be restored by

MODERN LOOK: Old properties can be restored by a professional. professionals to look like a modern new home again and maximise the properties’ location and views. The other point restored classic cars and renovated properties have in common is that their value is substantially increased, making them either highly collectable or

highly desirable and very importantly, easy to sell. Over my 30 years in the real estate industry I have seen many properties restored badly and also really well done, the difference always seems to come down to good quality control, or lack of it.

Like a classic car restoration, your property needs to have a top professional in charge of the renovation project, that’s why you should always hire a professional surveyor to act on your behalf as the owner, to look after your interests and to ensure the work is carried out to the highest standard. If the renovation of your property is below standard you will lose money as the value will be less than you had planned and will lack the level of desirability of a top finished renovation making your property harder to sell. So next time you see a professionally restored classic car looking in showroom condition, think about what your property would look like and be worth, if you renovated your older property with a professional surveyor acting on your behalf. If you would like more details on renovating your home please contact me for more information. John Graham. Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute. Gk.ipad@me.com

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Many Spaniards looking to move out of the cities into the country PEOPLE want to find cheaper properties and hopefully improve their economic position in the long term

WITH the steady turnaround in the Spanish economy, the demand for a new property is beginning to increase. Many foreign investors are buying property in big cities and better known tourist destinations, as they believe that these purchases will see the biggest return on their investment. A significant number of Spaniards, however, are considering relocation to rural areas or small villages provided that they have an opportunity to work. People want to find cheaper properties and thus hopefully improve their economic position in the long term. Many feel that moving to the countryside or back to the village where they were born would make sound financial sense. Property is less expensive, and the cost of living is also lower.

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Family considerations can also play a part as couples want their children to grow up somewhere safe. Family considerations can also play a part in this migration as couples want their children to grow up somewhere that is safe and environmentally friendly with plenty of open space, whilst others need to look after an elderly family member. The cities and beaches will never see a completely foreign population but there is no doubt that a number of Spaniards will take a long look at the possibility of moving to the country.

SMALL VILLAGE: Significant numbers are considering relocation provided there is work available.

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Home owners can sleep safer in their beds with new legislation BUYERS in the future should ensure that proper searches are undertaken by a local lawyer

MUCH has been made over the years of the number of properties built without proper planning permission which have been demolished without compensation, but 2015 has seen two new pieces of legislation which will give home owners greater protection. Problems have arisen in the past with u n sc r u p u l o u s d e v elo p e rs building properties where no planning approval has been given, or and in some ways even more worryingly, where the local town hall granted permission which was later revoked by the regional government. This will come as little comfort for those who have already lost their homes and have fought for compensation, but the new laws ensure that no demolitions should take place until the home owner has been properly compensated.

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COMPENSATION: New laws ensure no demolitions can take place until paid.

In itially th is only a pplie d to those homes which had been built illegally but the protection has n o w b e e n ex ten d e d to inc lude

properties that were allowed to be built due to â€˜administrative error.â€™ A lthough the re is s till the

chance that properties will be demolished in the future, at least compensation should be paid and the s mar t buyer i n t he f ut ur e

would be wise to ensure that proper searches are undertaken by a local lawyer before any new purchase is made.

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David and Victoria Beckham leave Spain THE five bedroom mansion in the Madrid suburb of La Moraleja sold for over £4 million Photo Credit s_bukley/shutterstock

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David and Victoria Beckham.

WHEN he left Real Madrid to join LA Galaxy in 2007, David Beckham still owned a five-bedroomed mansion in the Madrid suburb of La Moraleja, which he and Victoria ha ve jus t s old e ight years later for a significant profit, to a wealthy Spanish businessman. The house cost them £3 million in 2005 and having spent a further £350,000 on refurbishment, he and Victoria only had a few years to enjoy the two-storey building set in its own grounds with a pool, small football pitch and tennis court.

Unlike many other people, the Beckhams didn’t ha ve to w orry too muc h about the sale of the property and they went on to buy a villa in B e ve rly H ills , a modest holiday home worth £2.5 million in the South of France and another property in Dubai. When they returned to the UK, their new ‘Beckingham Palace’ set them back about £30 million, but it is in the

House was sold to a wealthy Spanish businessman

centre of London with seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. With the fall in property prices in Spain after their move to the US and their inability to rent the property t o anot her Real Madr i d pl ayer, t he canny coupl e kept hol d of i t and now, nearly 10 years after the initial purchase, they have sold the property for over £4 million.

Law change will attract property buyers ock rst tte hu l/S rSo Ka dit Cre oto Ph

IN 2013, the current government, copying schemes already in existence in some other EU countries, initiated the Golden Vis a s c he me w he re by t hey hoped to attract foreign investors to Spain in return for certain residency rights. In the first 15 months of the scheme, it only attracted 530 investors which compares very badly with competitors such as Hungary a nd Portuga l w ho ha v e both a ttra c te d s e ve ra l thousand investors. In theory, in return for certain investments and the purchase of a property with a value of €500,000 or mor e, more foreign investlimited residency rights would Foreign investors can ment. be granted but the biggest poobtain Spanish These improvements tential market for Spain was in residency. include rights to work in China and the Chinese don’t Spai n, com m on l aw believe that the scheme is eifamily and dependents ther attractive or easy enough accepted, a six month visa issued on placto bother with when they can look elseing of deposit on property, visa renewal where. Added to this is the fact that Spanevery five years only and a residency perish banks ensuring their own safety by rigmit can be applied for in Spain rather than orously enforcing anti-money laundering country of origin. laws appear to have made the situation If these changes do attract a significant even worse. number of new investors then there may The government has therefore indicated be a slight increase in prices of high value that it will make a number of ‘technical’ properties. improvements which it hopes will attract

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All in it up to their old pal eyeballs EARLY leaders ruled by fear and strength, many of whom were far worse than ISIS LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT ARAB spring? Ha! The actions of Bush and Blair have turned the Middle East into a winter that could last for centuries. These two despots, in their headlong flight to seize the oil wealth of desert lands under the guise of freeing their citizens from oppression, have managed to upset a delicate balance that has endured for thousands of years. The inhabitants of these Mid-East countries were simply not ready for so called independence. The Arab calendar is in the 14th century. If you look back to 14th century Europe you will find it ruled by the Monarchy, feudal aristocrats and religious zealots. Sound familiar? These early leaders ruled by fear and strength, many of whom committed atrocities far beyond those carried out by the likes of ISIS. Because the majority of Europe’s inhabitants were basically simple peasants, this method of control actually worked and be-

14TH CENTURY: Ruled by the monarchy and feudal aristocrats.

neath the savage glitter of feudal Europe, countries traded and prospered. There were of course wars and uprisings, the strongest and fittest survived and subsequently con-

tinued to maintain the status quo. Well Blair and Bush’s maraud into the Middle East changed all that. We are now reaping the harvest. We see hundreds of

thousands of migrants assailing our borders; people who were probably perfectly happy carrying out their daily lives under the strict regimes of Hussein and Gadhafi. We are experiencing acts of unspeakable terror at home. Thousands of our troops have been maimed and killed, and the Middle East is in complete turmoil. As to the Chilcot enquiry, if ever I saw a conspiracy to protect the rears of the guilty this is it. As far as I’m concerned they are all in it up to their old pal eyeballs. A series of very simple questions should have resolved this years ago. With a bit of justice, Blair should have already been behind bars for some time. Question. ‘Mr Blair. Who told you Hussein had weapons of destruction that could be launched in 45 minutes’? Answer. ‘Fred Flange.’ Question. ‘Mr Flange. Who told you Hussein had… etc. etc.’? Sooner or later the buck would have hit the wall. Six months at the most. Six years? Cover up. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Brace! Brace! Conflict ahead

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OUR VIEW Shoreham Airshow 2013

PEOPLES of the West are being conditioned to accept war Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

AS the US - NATO squares up to modern Russia, pouring servicemen and arms on to European lands, the main battlefields, (in the event of war) would undoubtedly be on European soil. Situated on a geopolitical fault line, similar to that of 1914/1940 France and Belgium, much of Europe could soon resemble Hiroshima circa 1945. Conflicts have nothing to do with idealism or defence. I believe all wars are trade wars financed by bankers; wars are profitable. Britain’s wartime premier conceded as much when, in Bern, 1960, he expressed himself with candour: ‘Germany’s unforgivable crime was its attempt to loosen its economy out of the world trade system and to build up an own exchange system from which the world finance couldn’t profit anymore.’ Nations that tried to duck the petrodollar system met a similar fate; Iraq, Syria and Libya. Today, the nation following the Reich example is the Russian Reich. Action replay: Russia,

AIRSHOW: A disaster.

Extremely dangerous

NO-WIN SITUATION: War to save the dollar or economic collapse? its popular leader in particular, is being demonised. The peoples of the West are being conditioned to accept war ‘to protect the world for democracy.’ Of this democratic process the unelected and unelectable Winston Churchill was contemptuous: ‘The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.’ Most now use the internet as their in-

formation highway. There are no longer frontiers between peoples, mainstream media now has competition and no longer is in a position to condition people for war. My earlier warnings are in keeping with those of an emerging erudite body of world opinion. It gives me no comfort to say prophecies that once brought scorn are now accepted as reality. The US is no longer the only world

power; yesterday’s empire, economists warn of a cataclysmic collapse of the US dollar during late September or early October. Europe faces a no-win situation; war to save the dollar or economic collapse? In the event of either it is estimated one billion people will experience unimaginable consequences. See, you’re better than one in a million; you are now one in a billion.

Keep on smiling regardless IT takes no effort to be polite and courteous to all of those that we meet 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.

I KNOW we are a dwindling breed, but opening doors for ladies, giving up our seats on public transport and walking on the outside when accompanying a member of the opposite sex down the street - are all still as natural as breathing to many men of my generation. I would probably even tip my hat if I wore one. After all it’s not quantum physics, and it takes no effort to be polite and courteous to all of those that we meet, and persevering even when faced with a dark uncomprehending stare. And what an improved world we would live in if we always smiled and perhaps greeted passing strangers with a Good Morning or Buenos Dias. I would like to think that repeated efforts would reap rewards in the long run and it’s a sour mannered, bad assed individual indeed, who can hold out against such a determined assault. But it is dispiriting when a door is held for a lady and she simply barges through without a thank you, a nod, or a kiss my derrière - an occurrence that happens with depressing regularity here in

OPENING DOORS: Is still a natural action for men of my generation. Spain. Manners are a two way thoroughfare and appreciation from the recipient is a heart warming incentive to go on carrying out these simple but important observances. Why standards have plunged over the last two generations is beyond me. Perhaps it’s a cyclical thing - a passing phase - and as has so often happened in other areas throughout history, perhaps there will be a resurgence in the other direction at

THE terrible disaster at Shoreham airshow on August 22 killed at least 11 people and injured many others. While accidents of any sort can happen all too easily, this was not the first one to happen at Shoreham and the pilot of a World War II Hurricane airplane died in 2007 after crashing at the same show. Another airshow crash took place in Switzerland the day after Shoreham, killing a pilot whose plane crashed into a barn next to a home. Clearly then, air show stunts can be extremely dangerous. The UK claims to have some of the strictest regulations governing flying, yet despite those regulations different rules apply to air shows with some planes able to fly as near as 50 metres to the crowd. Also, the location of some air shows to major roads means that aerobatic manoeuvres can take place over busy, builtup areas. In the last five years there have been at least seven incidents at UK air shows, with four pilots killed as a result, and while neither spectators nor the public were victims of these accidents, steps need to be taken to prevent further tragedies. In the light of the terrible events at Shoreham and those incidents since 2010, wouldn’t it make sense to make a no-fly zone over busy areas to prevent such horror happening again?

some point in the future. I certainly hope so, but I am not overly optimistic. But for those of us like-minded individuals, let’s Now we make that extra effort to maintain these standards want to and keep doing what we know to be good practice. hear your news. It’s all too easy to mentally shrug and think ‘Why should I bother.’ Let’s grin and bear it YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE when we receive grunts or blankness for our - YOUR OPINION efforts, and stick faithfully to our guns in the www.euroweeklynews.com hope that our smiley persistence will pay off.

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7:00am Supremacy A newly-paroled white supremacist kills a cop and then takes a black family hostage. 9:00am This is Where I Leave You 11:00am The Man From U.N.C.L.E Sky Movies Special 11:30am 2047: Sights of Death 1:15pm The Book of Life 3:00pm Supremacy 5:00pm The Top Ten Show 2015 5:15pm Annie 7:15pm The Book of Life 9:00pm Annie 11:00pm This is Where I Leave You 1:00am Supremacy 3:00am 2047: Sights of Death 4:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 5:00am Terminator Genisys: The Future Reborn 5:30am M:I - Rogue Nation Special

7:00am Women's Ashes: 2nd T20 10:35am Cricket Classics 11:00am Cricket Classics 11:30am T20 Finals Day 6:30pm Cricket Classic 7:00pm Cricket Classics 7:30pm T20 Finals Day 11:00pm Cricket Classic 11:30pm Ashes Archive 12:00am Cricket's Greatest 12:30am Cricket's Greatest 1:00am T20 Finals Day The final of the 2015 NatWest T20 Blast at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. 4:30am Cricket Classic 4:45am Cricket Classic A look at the Pro40 game between Derbyshire and Leicester at the County Ground back in 2007. 5:15am Cricket Classic 5:30am Cricket's Greatest

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CITV ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show The X Factor Casino Royale The Chase Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Animal Mums The X Factor The Trials of Jimmy Rose ITV News and Weather 56 Up Singha Premiership Rugby 7s Highlights Jackpot 247 Motorsport UK

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The summer snake slithers away Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

SUMMER is an English-speaker’s silly season but Spain’s equivalent is a summer snake. Snakes turn up in unexpected places during a Spanish summer and made headlines in more innocent times. Innocence has fled but the name stuck and this summer’s snake is the Jorge Fernandez Diaz-Rodrigo Rato tryst which the Opposition is milking for all it is worth. Much has been said by the Interior minister and the former vice-president regarding their conversation at the ministry but none of it sounds convincing. Possibly Rato was asking for favours regarding his financial transgressions but all t h e g a r m e n t - ren d in g is a w a s te o f time. Fernandez Diaz is now in position where he could do nothing to help even if he wanted.

Bad judgement FELIPE RASCON, denounced on 30 oc-

casions for gender abuse, was allowed to visit his seven-year-old daughter. Because his separated wife was trying to stop the visits, he shot her and then killed himself. Spain’s ministry of Justice new Public Safety law recently curtailed freedom of speech rights that the Spanish had begun to take for granted following Franco’s death. Strange how it upholds those that are coherent only on paper.

A load of bull KING FELIPE’S father Juan Carlos has largely retired from public life but recently called for more support for bullfighting, just as the public were forgetting that he likes to shoot elephants. Spain has moved on and unlike the former k in g m a ny no longe r need to watch animals being slaughtered durin g th e inte rva l be tween siesta and dinner.

The day after RAUL ROMEVA heads the unity list of pro-independence politicians put together by the regional president Artur Mas. Both are committed to independence but belong to different parties and haven’t seen eye-to-eye in the past. As the first name on the list, Romeva could insist on being the next president, assuming the secessionists can form a government. Romeva says there will be no conflict: “It doesn’t matter who is president after September 27,” he sai d. Wi l l he f eel t he sam e on September 28? RAUL ROMEVA: Could insist on being the next president.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:30pm Countryside 999 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Link 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Oxford Street Revealed 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Me and My New Brain 12:35am Live at the Apollo 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:00am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 8:30am Countryside 999 9:15am Escape to the Continent 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm My Life in Books 1:30pm Britain's First Photo Album 2:00pm The Rockford Files 2:45pm Yes, Prime Minister 3:45pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 4:45pm Penguins - Spy in the Huddle 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Transfer Deadline Day 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 8:00pm This Wild Life 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm The Hairy Biker's Northern Exposure 10:00pm India: Nature's Wonderland 11:00pm The Perfect Morecambe and Wise 11:30pm Newsnight

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Canals: The Making of a Nation 9:30pm Hive Minds 10:00pm Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home 11:00pm The Titfield Thunderbolt 12:20am The Secret Life of Waves

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Hello Campers 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm Dinosaur Britain 10:00pm Cash in Hand! Payday Loans 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Through the Keyhole 12:40am Benidorm Comedy series set in Benidorm at the Solana. 1:35am Jackpot 247 4:00am Don't Blow the Inheritance 4:50am Nightscreen

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The Hot Desk Psych Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Dinner Date Judge Rinder The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Hell's Kitchen American Pie: The Wedding FYI Daily American Pie: The Wedding Two and a Half Men

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8:00am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 8:30am Countryside 999 9:15am See Hear 9:45am Claimed and Shamed 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm My Life in Books 1:30pm Britain's First Photo Album 2:00pm The Rockford Files 2:45pm Yes, Prime Minister 3:15pm Yes, Prime Minister 3:45pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 4:15pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 4:45pm Penguins - Spy in the Huddle 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 8:00pm The Farmer and the Food Chain 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Horizon 10:00pm The Ascent of Woman 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Hello Campers 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street More drama and turmoil from the residents of Coronation Street in the longest running TV Soap. 9:00pm You Saw Them Here First 60th Special 10:00pm The Nick 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Chase 12:40am Wild Ireland

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Psych Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Dinner Date Judge Rinder The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Through the Keyhole Pitch Black FYI Daily Pitch Black A deep space transporter crashlands on a desolate planet circled by three suns.

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Miniature Britain 10:00pm The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys 11:00pm India's Frontier Railways 12:00am Treasures of the Indus 1:00am Miniature Britain 2:00am Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails

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Countdown Draw it! King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier For the Love of Cars Undercover Boss Australia Channel 4 News Summary Come Dine with Me Three in a Bed Countdown Fifteen to One French Collection Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Posh Pawn One Born Every Minute Katie Piper's Extraordinary Births Educating Cardiff Music on 4 The Last Leg Embarrassing Bodies

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7:00am Football's Greatest: Ronaldo 7:05am Alias Smith and Jones 8:00am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 9:00am Hogan's Heroes 9:35am Kojak 10:45am Magnum, P.I. 11:45am Alias Smith and Jones 12:50pm The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminal-intelligence agents. 1:50pm Minder 2:50pm Pawn Stars 3:15pm Pawn Stars 3:45pm Hogan's Heroes 4:15pm Hogan's Heroes 4:50pm Magnum, P.I. 5:50pm Kojak 6:55pm The Professionals 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm River Monsters 11:00pm Tightrope 12:00am FYI Daily

7:50am K-19: The Widowmaker 10:10am R.I.P.D. 11:55am True Lies 2:20pm Poseidon 4:05pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 6:00pm Air Force One 8:15pm R.I.P.D. 10:00pm True Lies 12:25am Con Air 2:25am Terminator 3

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9:20am The Man From U.N.C.L.E Sky Movies Special 9:50am Bruce Almighty 11:45am The Other Woman 1:45pm Austenland 3:35pm The Man 5:10pm Mean Machine 7:00pm The Devil Wears Prada 9:00pm The Other Woman 11:00pm Bruce Almighty 12:50am The Man 2:25am Three Night Stand 4:15am The Top Ten Show 2015 4:35am Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus

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Improvement to traffic boards AS part of this 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. SUBTLE improvements have been made to traffic information boards on Spainâ€™s roads by the DGT to indicate delays on the roads. Most motorways have overhead signs to warn of weather conditions and accidents and journey times, and now, alongside these timings for journeys, some of the display panels will also display a clock face. A white clock indicates that traffic is flowing normally, whereas a red clock indicates that there are delays. The aim is to try and provide more information to motorists and therefore encourage safer driving through awareness of problems ahead. Pegasus catches dangerous driver Not everyone drives safely though as the DGT reports that the airborne speed detector, Pegasus, has clocked a Porsche travelling at 218km per hour on the R-4 ring road of Madrid, when the maximum speed allowed is 120km per hour. The footage recorded showed the vehicle to have French licence plates and a child in the back of the car that was not wearing the mandatory seatbelt. Pegasus normally catches speeders who are later informed of their activities and fines but due to the gravity of the offences being committed by the vehicle and the serious risk to road safety, the helicopter

PEGASUS: Airborne speed detector. crew called on ground troops to intercept and stop the vehicle. The driver was a 31-year-old male of Spanish nationality and his son who was in the car, was aged eight. He was arrested at the scene and faces up to a four year driving ban.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

Can Spanish resident drive a UK car? I read your recent article about UK plated cars having six months in this country before needing Spanish plates. Does this still apply if you have Spanish residency? I have lived in Spain for 12 years and have Spanish residency but we intend to return to the UK within the next two years. I currently have a Spanish registered car, but If you are an official resident of Spain, holding the Certificate of Residency for an E U c i t i ze n , y o u a re not permitted to own and operate a UK-plated car in Spain for even 10 minutes. Ye s, y o u c a n c a n c e l your residence certifi-

was considering changing next year to an English registered car. Can I withdraw my Spanish residency or can I buy the car in the second half of next year so that it would not be in this country for more than six months of next year?

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

As an official resident of Spain you are not permitted to own and drive a UK plated car.

D.M. (Costa del Sol) cate by going to the police station and obtaining the same form that you filled in to obtain the C e r tific ate in the fir s t place. The re is a s pac e on the form to check, indicating you are cancelling and not requesting residency.

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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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your mind is sharp and it is easy to spot problems before they arise. Some dispute regarding a trip is disappointing. However, you are not able to please everyone in this instance. A glitch in a close relationship needs sorting out now before things get worse.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Having been given a chance to take responsibility at the beginning of the month, you are determined to do your best. Certainly, it is a time to concentrate on any business matters which need attention.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Colleagues are far from helpful at the moment and you may even feel that matters are going backwards. It may be necessary to move away and leave them to haggle among themselves. Perhaps later you may step in and take control of the confusion. If your business life is far from good then it is more than balanced by harmony at home.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There will be good news regarding an application or legal document. Following on from that your finances take a turn for the better and this could be long term. Having extra cash is great, but be wary of someone who would like to part you from it. At the weekend, events take a romantic turn but timing may be bad owing to other commitments.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Cast your net wide this week and be prepared to take advantage of a state of freedom. With high energy and an expansive mind, you are in a good position. Avoid being thrown out of kilter by activities around you. It may be difficult to make real progress at times but that does not mean you are unable to plan.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) As the moon shines on you, it is almost possible to feel the light. After a few recent hiccups it is now possible to get down to achieving your heart's desire. Whether that is what you will want at the end of the day is neither here nor there. What matters most to your wellbeing now is to see some results.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your love life is highlighted and, although you may be suspicious of your good luck, this is a new phase. Whereas before you had some reason to mistrust you are now able to have confidence. It is a great time to progress your inclinations on the romantic front.

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mistake of counting your chickens before they are hatched. If you do, you could end up with egg on your face. Continue to plan to get the best results but bide your time.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Expectations are high. With energy peaking early on, projects gain momentum and there are early results. A suggestion made to a loved

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THERE’S PLENTY MORE IN THE SEA 1. According to the Bible, how many loaves and fishes did Jesus use to feed the 5,000? 2. At different points in their maturation and life cycle, which large fish are known as parr, smolt, grilse, grilt, kelt and slink? 3. Fish (real name Derek William Dick) was the lead singer of which neo-progressive rock band, whose UK top 10 hit singles include Kayleigh, Lavender and Incommunicado? 4. Name any two of the four main stars of the 1988 heist comedy film A Fish Called Wanda? 5. ‘The great fish moved silently through the night water’ is the opening line of which horror novel by Peter Benchley first published in 1974? 6. Traditionally, which delicacy is made from the roe of wild sturgeon from the Caspian and Black Sea? 7. What is the name of the brown pigment prepared from a black fluid secreted by cuttlefish that is used in monochrome drawing and in watercolours? 8. Which country broke off diplomatic relations with Britain after negotiations failed to produce an agreement over fishing limits in the ‘Cod War’ in February 1976? 9. Which French composer wrote the music for the three-act opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), first performed in 1863? 10. Which irreverent British comic magazine features the cartoon strip character Billy the Fish? 1. FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISHES - another story from the Gospel of Matthew refers to ‘seven loaves and a few small fish’ used by Jesus to feed a multitude (4,000), 2. Atlantic SALMON, 3. MARILLION, 4. JOHN CLEESE, JAMIE LEE CURTIS, KLEVIN KLINE and MICHAEL PALIN, 5. JAWS, 6. CAVIAR - depending on the country, caviar may also be used to describe the roe of other fish such as salmon, steelhead, trout, lumpfish, whitefish and other species of sturgeon, 7. SEPIA, 8. ICELAND, 9 GEORGES BIZET, 10. VIZ

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is a lot going on and sometimes you need to take a step back. A feeling that you have covered some ground before is not unfounded. However, there are certain aspects of your life which need to be revisited. Only in this way are you able to see the real progress that has been made.

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Quick Across 1 Stopped (6) 4 Tags (6) 9 Let have (5) 10 Commerce (5) 11 Inexpensive (5) 12 Bears (7) 13 Not open or public (6) 15 Right to enter (6) 19 Make longer or of full length (7) 21 Unit of measurement (5) 23 Interprets something that is written or printed (5) 24 Little beyond all others (5) 25 Impose a penalty on (6) 26 Classroom break (6) Down 1 Alternatives (7) 2 Discuss with reasoning (5) 3 Specimen or sample (7) 5 Subsequently to (5) 6 Check closely (7) 7 Garden buildings (5) 8 Caught or fixed (5) 14 Sure, confident (7) 16 Estimate, measure or note the similarity of

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Hawser, 5 Novice, 8 Bore, 9 Suburban, 10 Lather, 11 Emerge, 12 Acid, 14 Imp, 15 Cord, 16 Giants, 18 Odessa, 20 Vendetta, 22 Toil, 23 Make-up, 24 Easter.

Down: 2 Aroma, 3 Seethed, 4 Restrains, 5 Nab, 6 Verne, 7 Charger, 11 Espionage, 13 Chimera, 15 Creates, 17 Nudge, 19 Spire, 21 Tip.

QUICK Across:

dissimilarity (7) 17 Biological group whose members can interbreed (7)

English - Spanish

18 Larger cetacean mammal (5) 19 Small fragment of something broken off from the whole (5)

Down: 1 Costly, 2 Beats, 3 Note, 5 Mischief, 6 Seaweed, 7 Duties, 8 Treat, 13 Pretends, 15 Traders, 17 Dancer, 18 Odour, 19 Sweets, 22 Roads, 23 Bait.

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Motorway (9) 7 To bring (news, luck etc) (5) 8 Cider (5) 9 Vela (náutico) (4) 10 Boss (4) 13 Playing card (5) 14 To marry (5) 16 Nerviosamente (9)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Demasiado, 5 Sobre, 7 Oeste, 9 Sweet potato, 10 Otoño, 11 Ileso, 13 Dandelion.

Down: 1 Dos, 2 Sweetcorn, 3 Apologise, 4 Nieto, 6 Bueno, 8 Suave, 9 Storm, 12 Own.

Down 1 Hormiga (3) 2 Tradition (9) 3 Pear (4) 4 Faja (de tela) (4) 5 Direcciones (9) 6 Llama (de fuego) (5) 9 Arenoso (5) 11 Ciervo (4) 12 Leisure (4) 15 King (3)

Hexagram

1 Cabin, 4 Amused, 9 Scatter, 10 Shaft, 11 Last, 12 Achieve, 13/18 Put off, 14 Star, 16 Ends, 20 Adapted, 21 Crow, 24 Clean, 25 Unaware, 26 Resist, 27 Tasks.

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 sixletter 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 (CASKET) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ABRUPT

KITTLE

BERATE

PARIAH

CASKET (10)

PASTOR

CUTLET

RABIES

DETEST

SESAME

FLETCH

STRAIT

GYRATE

TEETER

HECKLE

WANDER

HOBBLE

WORKER

ICICLE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Hearty 2 Canton 3 Arrest 4 Specie 5 Terror 6 Delete 7 Inroad 8 Eldest 9 Raised 10 Ordain 11 Seethe 12 Errant 13 Spinal 14 Quarry 15 Matins 16 Penmen 17 Threat 18 Casino 19 Mallet

Across 1 Players not at home for Crusoe, say (8) 4 Eat from a sardine tin (4) 7 A young woman is not right (5) 9 Predicts Socialists to hold American capital (5) 11 Implements for repairing broken stool (5) 12 Master almost changed sides (5) 13 Football score is wrong – Chelsea’s opener should be included (6) 15 Have a go at good men’s clandestine meetings (6) 19 City girl showing form (5) 21 Raises backs (5) 23 Perspire when cooking a stew (5) 24 A biased view from the friar’s lantern (5) 25 Fire container (4) 26 A prison term for a group of words (8) Down 1 Conflicts when he is in form (7) 2 Alter this French fashion (5) 3 Catch a ring-leader taking a break (6)

5 Psyche revealed by Macbeth, ostensibly (5) 6 Stop film computer on time (4) 8 Poles damaged pitch (5) 10 Hand-cuffs (5) 14 Tea footnote for gentlemen (5) 16 Bellows confused rebel leader Rosa (5)

17 Symbol of authority that could get respect (7) 18 Subpoena a man to see him squirm (6) 19 Ordering sacks or barrels (5) 20 Stop me backing on to street (4) 22 About Saint Mark? (5)

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Nastiness could have been avoided with a little humanity LIKE many others I am sure, this whole story in the Almeria edition last week, of the lost cat and dog held hostage would make me quite determined to avoid using such an establishment as these kennels in the future because of the arrogant attitude of the kennel owners. My parents used to run extremely successful boarding kennels in both England and Scotland before they retired, and would NEVER have asked for payment for any animal which had gone missing whilst under their care. It really is irrelevant to the poor elderly owner if there was a break-in, or a whether it was a case of the cat making a dash for it. She has lost her beloved pet and you have to do your best to make things a little better, if indeed you can. Things can happen that can’t be helped, but if the business is so terribly legal (as almost insisted upon), then why is there no insurance to cover such possibilities? The majority of kennels in the area are very strict about all vaccinations being up to date, and hold the animal passports as proof should an inspection take place. Don’t please, blame the owner if you fail to do this. As for the dog being held hostage thus running up an enormous bill, this was quite unfeeling, and in my opinion only a very bad business person would demand such a thing. All of this nastiness could have been avoided with a little humanity and common sense. ‘Josephine’ (SORBAS) By email

Beach hazard I AM writing to express my increasing concern over a major public health hazard. I live close to Playa Linda in Benajarafe, where we have a problem with unauthorised Beach camping. Every weekend throughout the long summer period several large families camp overnight on our local beach. There are absolutely no toilet facilities on this beach apart from those in two bars, which are ‘client only,’ and closed overnight. The police are a regular presence, but chose to ignore this illegal activity, as do the beach cleaners who pick up

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I SEE in the headlines, that now is the time that it’s hardest to manage to get by on our money: Answer... Don’t spend so much. Easy for me to say as i am a pensioner, ‘the Lucky’ generation. Let’s make some comparisons between ‘the Lucky’ generation and today’s: Take the home we live in, compare the luxury furnishings and electrical appliances to those of ‘the Lucky’ generation. Today we have a 50 inch TV, music systems, wall to wall carpets, and central heating. In the kitchen, wow, you have to be a technical genius to boil a kettle. OK, no kettle, it comes out of the tap boiling. In the garage: A modern up-to-date car. Now let’s take a look at ‘the Lucky’ generation. The home was small, believe me it was cramped. The luxury furnishings, lino, you’ve probably never heard of it? It was usually an ugly brown, furniture was as it came, one design, take it or leave it, Colour? Yes you’ve guessed, brown. Music system: A two valve radio. TV, yes we had TV; second hand for £5. The kitchen was a delight, a very old gas cooker, that’s it. We only had cold water, if you wanted a bath, lots of kettles and sit in front of the fire in the front room. Our lighting was a gas mantle that used to give very little light. Only one jacket and trousers. So to the point: EASY, DON’T SPEND SO MUCH MONEY. Clive Graham, By email daily along this stretch. I have concerns with public health, as at the back of the beach in the vegetation there is a huge amount of human excrement, plus the attendant used tissue and also soiled disposable nappies and female sanitary items. This is very unpleasant to encounter when walking both from a visual, and sensual aspect. The smell is appalling. I have no problem with families enjoying the beach in this way but feel the town hall must be made to provide sanitation stations during this time. This beach is very popular and there are hundreds of families using it every weekend to the point it is packed solid. Campers apart, where are these people attending their ‘calls of nature.’ In the 21st century this lack of hy-

giene is unacceptable. Janet Saunders. Benajarafe. Malaga.

I’m ashamed Dear Editor, Re: Leapy’s article Having been out of action for a few days, I only saw Leapy’s article the other day, and it makes me ashamed to be British. As usual, he leaps in with all sorts of nonsense about how the immigrants are abusing our system, which is not true; we English made a pretty good job at that too! I suppose he hasn’t been anywhere near the camps, or the desperate meth-

ods used by those trying to get inside. How does he know what he is saying? He doesn’t! And what would difference would a precious few foreign nationals make. Let’s make a decision, to admit a fair number, along with the French, and stop forgetting our Christian duty to help others, Yours sincerely, William Campbell. Mojacár, by email

Lack of respect Hi Leapy Re: Immigrants I read with interest your article about the immigrants, I have been saying the same thing, what do you

think about the way manners etc. seem to have just disappeared, and I put it down to the general public don’t give a toss attitude. I think for a start that TV should clean its act up, it seems you can’t say ‘the N word’ on the box but you can use every expletive that comes to mind, and most of the time it’s not necessary. I think that camps should be set up to house asylum seekers as per your article, the next would be people that abuse nurses and teachers; there should be a minimum fine of £5,000 with no time to pay, if they can’t pay, two years in prison. The next is the lack of respect that is shown to people in authority, I know that the police have not helped their image, but they are the law and as such should be treated with respect. So I would reintroduce borstals for the joyriders, the burglars and general misfits, and those that don’t know when to keep their mouth shut, and would be run by the military police. Now we get into the drug dealers and pushers. These would be sent to high security camps run by the military police, these people would be fed a daily dose of their preferred drug until they were hooked, then left to dry out with no help. You could even make two years in the army punishment for certain crimes. The problem is the punishment never fits the crime, we need to bring back respect and consideration for other people, and their property. Did you know that in Spain, foul mouthing the police gets you a fine, and if you commit a crime they can put you in prison for years. As a last resort, there is always the cat. Read your piece every week, keep up the good work. Regards Ron Chivers By email

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THE butt, backside, booty, junk in the trunk, glutes, and here is my favourite - “THE DERRIÈRE.” Whatever you choose to call it, we all own one but did you know that it the largest and in my book the most important muscle that you possess? Unfortunately it is also often the most neglected and under used, as many do not understand the complexities of the human body and how it depends heavily on the glutes to provide full structural support to the back, hips and knees. If you thought your bottom was just for sitting on... THINK AGAIN! Keeping your glutes strong through specific lower body exercises will help ward off all sorts of problems, back pain, and knee problems to name a few. Regular runners take note: WEAK

GLUTES WILL HINDER YOUR RUNNING PROGRESS if you are not combining a strength training programme with your sessions. I have met many a runner with specific issues hindering their running performance. Once I put a glute/leg training programme in place they found that they were better able to perform their runs without the crucial glute muscles fatiguing, thus not causing other muscles to be over used and avoiding muscle damage and pain. Do You Have A Sedentary Job? Even if you regularly go to a gym, your glutes are simply not being activated for the majority of your day. You really need to make a conscious effort to incorporate some specific glute work into your workout programme. Basic Body Weight Exercises For Stronger Glutes • Squats, two x sets 40 reps • Lunges, one x set each 30 reps • Mat - Glute Bridge Single Leg Lifts, one x set each 25 reps • Mat - Single Leg Kick Backs two x sets each 25 reps

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Milk in your tea can reduce teeth staining WANT whiter teeth? Then forget whitening toothpaste, simply add milk to your tea. A study has found that adding milk to your cuppa can stop teeth becoming stained and it was more effective than whitening toothpastes and just as good as some bleaching products. The researchers from Canada’s University of Alberta’s School of Dentistry said that the more the tea is processed or oxidised, the higher its staining properties are, but by adding milk, it reduces the ability to stain the teeth. It is the tea’s tannins, the water soluble compounds that cause the bitter flavour that can stain the teeth and the main protein in milk, binds to the tannins in tea and pre-

vents staining. The research was published in the journal International Journal of Dental Hygiene and comes after

a study found drinking tea reduces the risk of dying from causes unrelated to the heart by a quarter compared with those who don’t drink tea.

WHITER SMILE: Simply add milk to your tea.

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Is the UK now a “soft touch” for Cameron’s “swarms” of migrants? WHAT’S wrong with this solution? They would solve a lot of the country’s problems Nora Johnson

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THE world is facing its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War with 50 million people leaving their homes according to the EU’s migration commissioner. This after David Cameron’s comments about “swarms” of migrants making for British shores! There followed numerous proposals for dealing with the crisis like, for instance, issuing ID cards, which provoked much flak from bleeding-heart liberals and the usual suspects. Now, I’ve never understood the problem with issuing these cards. They’d solve lots of problems and are the rule in most advanced

democracies. Straightaway after WW2, they were in circulation in the UK and I don’t believe anyone objected then! Naturally, today’s ID cards would be far more state of the art than those war-time cardboard ones. But they’d represent a breakthrough in keeping tabs on who has, or hasn’t the right to reside in the UK, apply for benefits and, in addition, provide solid proof of identification for those members of the legitimate population who don’t have a passport or driving licence. So many could benefit: the elderly, the very young, the very poor and the disabled. As regards not registering those who leave the country, it’s beyond belief that successive

governments (both Conservative and Labour) should have abandoned such checks at outward passport control. It’s preposterous, too, that the admin-

istration of applications and the consequent huge delays in granting leave to stay or, if refused, removing the claimant ends up taking forever. A much more targeted, businesslike approach to this ever-growing crisis is what’s called for: a sea change from the traditional British ‘mudd l i n g through.’ But what about the EU’s response, you ask? Ye a h , right, there goes

ID CARDS: Would represent a breakthrough on who has or hasn’t the right to reside in the UK.

another herd of pigs flying past my window! EU efforts to forge solutions routinely end in bickering and half-baked policies generally eliciting responses from countries within it that unsurprisingly rhyme with ‘bucket.’ I’m not saying ID cards are the only solution (try telling a professional historian that things were simpler in the past - and stand well back). What’s needed is to reverse the widespread perception that Britain’s a ‘soft touch.’ This might even lead to a more generous response to those in truly genuine need, like vulnerable Syrians in UN camps. 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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HOLIDAYS are sacred, not least to us Brits, but a recent travel industry survey showed that most of us would sooner economise on gadgets, home improvements or eating out than cut back on our well-earned breaks. We are also taking longer holidays, even if that means cutting back on the number of trips we make. What’s more, we don’t mind splashing out on the extras that help turn a ‘hohum’ holiday into the stuff of memories. Travel companies have woken up to that fact and now let you tailor your trip with special add-ons. A mini-cruise here, a scenic train journey there, and it can soon add up to a sizeable splurge. Whether you’re travelling under your own steam or on a package, the chances are you’ll be paying upfront with more at stake if anything goes wrong. Suppose you’re injured and have to cancel your trip because you’re unfit to travel? What if your flight from Spain is delayed and you miss your connecting flight out of the UK? Or a relative back home falls seriously ill and you

TRAVEL INSURANCE: Don’t be caught out. have to cut your holiday short to be there? It’s human nature to think ‘it won’t happen to me,’ but if it does, you’ll certainly be glad you took out decent travel cover to shield you against the kinds of things that can and do happen out of the blue. Do check your policy to make sure it fits the trip you’re planning, and consider taking out top-up cover if appropriate.

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Subway attract the whole family for great value for money eating out THE outlet in Benidorm is busy serving up some very creative combinations with their sandwich fillings By Wendy Ann Cowham SOME say a Subway meal goes a long w ay, a n d h o w t r u e th at is , as n o w th is company is in 110 countries around the world, which leads us to believe that this jewel of a sandwich restaurant has got the formula right. The company evolved from America in 196 5 wh e n a y o u n g 1 7 -y ea r-o ld b o y named Fred DeLuca wanted to earn money to pay for his university fees. A family friend, Doctor Peter Buck had an idea to open a sandwich shop, and together with Fred, they began to make the dream a reality. Today Subway is a household name globally. The Subway outlet in Benidorm is also busy serving up some very creative combinations with their sandwich fillings, and it is also good to know that healthier ingre-

SUBWAY: Most combinations include lots of salad with healthy dressings.

dients are high on their list of priorities. Subway restaurants take great care to use ingredients that are lower in saturated fats and also reduced in salt. Most combinations include lots of salad incorporating healthy dressings to keep the taste buds flowing. With decades of experience and knowledge of good food behind them, Subway is a way of life to many. With glowing reviews that are placed high above other fast food companies, Subway attract the whole family for great value for money eating out. Some reviews praise the clean and efficient service that you receive that is experienced group wide. Other reviews state that the good value for money menu allows you to eat there every day should you wish. The plain sandwich has come a long way since the 60â€™s. Helgason_H@subway.com

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Xàbia book circle evening of poetry FEATURING the Japanese, Haiki, painting and poems THE next meeting of Xabia Book Circle will take place on Tuesday September 1, at 6.30pm, in the Centro Social, Xàbia Old Town. They will be presenting an evening of poetry and painting - featuring the Japanese Haiku, paintings and poems - inspired by travels in India, and readings from ‘Red Rock Dreaming,’ a volume of poetry illustrating evocations of life on the Levant coast. You a re invite d to go along and enjoy the s e love ly w o r d s

BOOK CIRCLE: Meet once a month.

Everyone is invited to go along and enjoy these lovely words and images. and images. You will be very welcome! For more information, please contact Alma Dorndorf on 636 898 162, or email: alma@dorndorf.es They meet on the first Tuesday of each month in the Centro Social, Xàbia Old Town, beside the Health Centre, at 6.30pm for a 6.45 start, and will finish at 8.45pm.

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MUSICAL EVENTS: There is live entertainment throughout the next week at the Tropicana Moraira.

Forthcoming events at the Tropicana Moraira THERE is always plenty to do at the Tropicana Moraira and whilst you can check up all future events on their Facebook page, below is a list of what to expect during the next week. Saturday August 29 at 9.30pm, the amazing guitarist Don Dimo Monday August 31 at 8.00pm, Fun Quiz

Wednesday September 2 at 7.30pm, tunes of the terrace with Dave Peachey Friday September 4 at 9.30pm, JME a new duo to the area with a wide range of material Happy Hour arrives every day from 4pm to 6pm and as they say at the Tropicana, ‘The drinks aren’t free but the welcome is.’

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Results of Javea Bridge Club PAIRS Tournament with players from all parts of Spain

BRIDGE PLAYERS: Took part in the Annual Pairs Tournament.

SIXTY top Bridge players from all parts of Spain and beyond arrived in Javea last weekend to contest the Annual Pairs Tournament at Javea Bridge Club. The overall winners were Maria Angeles Muruaga and Kees Van Eck, who were congratulated by Club President Pat Ford and Debbie Evans, an International Financial Advisor on behalf of sponsors of the event, Scottsdale Overseas Financial Services.

Keep cucumber cool this summer THE cucumber belongs to same family as the water melon and squashes and because the cucumber plant thrives in temperatures between 60ºF/15-33ºC they are likely to have originated in India or Western Asia. They are popular to many other regions of the world now but they were noted in history in the legend of Gilgamesh, a Ukraine King who was living there around 2500BC. It wasn’t until over 3,000 years later that the cucumber spread its cultivation to some parts of Europe and they were eaten as a delicacy in France. As far as health benefits they are a fantastic antioxidant, rich in vitamin C, manganese and beta carotene. So cucumber is a perfect ingredient for the summer diet, when diced with tomatoes and bell peppers. By Wendy Ann Cowham

SALAD: Cool cucumber.

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Teulada Moraira 2015 last summer concerts THE L AST o f th e Teu la d a Moraira summer concerts is due to ta ke pl a c e a t th e s e a fro n t in Mo r a i r a o n Se p te mb e r 6 a t 7.30pm. Sponsored by Blevins Franks International Tax & Wealth Management, this concert welcomes back highly talented and regular supporters of the TM Lions, Manhatton Jazz who have a reputation for playing their own toe-tapping and highly contagious version of popular jazz.

There will be plenty of room for dancing, even if of the ‘Dad’ kind. Appearing as guest vocalist with Manhatton Jazz will be Janette Galbraith, a very popular female singer in the area. Janette has worked in Japan and Indonesia with ‘Les Belles Duval’ as well as working on cruise ships worldwide. On her return to Spain she has worked both on her own and with various bands performing Jazz/Blues music. The combination of band and

singer promises a very exciting evening. A dmis s ion to all Te ulada Moraira Lions Summer Concerts on the Seafront in Moraira is free but T M L ions me mbe r s w ill be there in their distinctive yellow tops to raise funds for their various c ommunity and c har itable projects by ‘rattling buckets’ and asking for donations from the audie nc e w ho w ill hope fully give generously in return for this great evening of entertainment.

MANHATTON JAZZ: Play their own toetapping and highly contagious jazz.

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Living well from builders buckets NOT only in gardens, but also in small patios and on apartment terraces Dick Handscombe

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IN theory, a few vegetables as well as herbs can be grown in pots, but what we normally regard as pots are not very successful, especially in the summer heat of Spanish gardens once temperatures rise above 20 degrees. For the past few weeks, our temperature in the shade hovers around 37 degrees, but vegetables, if watered every other day, are growing well in black builders buckets of 55 centimetres diameter, and of 65 centimetres elsewhere in semishaded corners of the garden. They include red and crinkly green lettuces, rocket, Swiss chard, purslane, carrots, cabbages, cauliflowers, stevia,

BUILDERS BUCKETS: Work well for small scale vegetable and herb growing. cumin, horseradish, climbing yard long and butter beans, dwarf beans, tomatoes, nastur-

tiums for edible leaves, flowers and seed pods, several types of peppers and aubergines, courgettes, onions plus leeks producing seed for autumn sowing. Based on our now 12 years of experimenting with large tub growing along the lines of the concept of a ‘10-tub vegetable garden’ launched in our book ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ there are many benefits as described below. Twenty one proven benefits: 1. Small space required - You

can build up a circle, square, oblong or row in one bucket units of just a quarter of a square metre. 2. High yield per square metre - Close planting works well and you have no unplanted areas and paths to worry about. 3. Speedy harvesting - If you chose vegetables regularly used and co-locate the salad and ones for steaming for instance daily or twice daily harvesting takes just minutes. 4. Relatively inexpensive - If

you hunt around, builders buckets are not expensive and second hand ones can be used if located. 5. Little waste, as number of plants controlled by your space. 6. Co-located salads - all the year round. 7. Accommodate small and expansive plants 8. No space for weeds - if one plants close to give shade to roots. 9. Easy to use mutual mulching - for instance lettuces around aubergines. 10. Easy soil enrichment just makes good initial soil/compost/manure mixes and top up between crops. 11. Low water wastage - no sideways losses to dry earth. 12. Circular support frames for tomatoes, peppers and beans etc., for strength. 13. Rare insect and fungal attacks - no major area of vulnerable crops.

14. Companion plant - using mutually beneficial herbs and vegetables. 14. Instant filling of gaps to replace cleared crops - just pop in a few new plantlets from local market or garden centre. 15. Of interest - to owners and visitors. 16. Easy to move or reorganise - Nothing too heavy to pull around. 17. Feature or hidden away Part of mine is an island on the drive while other parts are in otherwise under used corners of the garden. 18. Just grow what you need - Easy for children and the infirm as well as the totally strong and able. 19. Crop rotation possible by rotating between buckets. 21. Can have a floral centre Mine has a tall geranium. Yes this expanded small scale vegetable growing really does work and not only in gardens, but also in small patios and on apartment terraces. My retreat from an 800 square metre allotment to raised beds and at present 20 builders buckets was driven by several factors, including to reduce my physical work as I’m now nearing 79 years of age. So give it a go by starting with just two or three buckets of closely planted salad plantlets, grown in a mainly shaded position, and then expand to produce the vegetables for the Christmas table, including new potatoes. Two useful books to help you make the best of bucket veggie plots are now available from Amazon Books and some other internet sites. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com

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Five tools every gardener needs 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. These five are indispensable: 1. Spades and forks. 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 clip-

pings. 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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SO much depends on how your dog gets on in life. I thought it appropriate to write about ‘Inherited Behaviour’ because all dogs will certainly have inherited behaviour. The behaviour of dogs, like all animals gets inherited via genetic pre-disposition and genetic memory. Genetic pre-disposition towards certain types of behaviour or attitudes in life are inherited at birth, much like the pre-programmed default factory settings you may find on a computer or TV when you buy it new. What they govern are things like a dog’s prevailing temperament, personality and the type of behaviour that comes instinctively to him when faced with different situations or events. As an example everything from how readily he will pursue prey to how confident, fearful or aggressive he will become in more testing situations and even how

INHERITED BEHAVIOUR: How strongly he will attach to people. strongly he will emotionally attach to people making later separation issues in people more likely. Genetic memory is a rather different phenomenon. If an animal repeats a specific behaviour enough times, a ‘memory’ of this behaviour eventually get stored in its genes and cells, which is then passed down from one generation to the next. This is how birds know when to migrate or how to build nests without any other

bird showing them. Or how sheepdogs know how to stalk and round up sheep without any other dog showing them. It is purely down to the effects of inherited genetic pre-disposition and memory. The same phenomenon is behind all different, and also far more genetically magnified working instincts found in different breeds of dog. In other words they are born with a certain inherited compulsion to behave in a specific way.

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Remember our four legged friends in the summer WHILST so many people think of the sun and vacations during the month of August, there is a real and hidden problem concerning the well-being of domestic animals. Cats and dogs don’t always get remembered during the holidays and sadly many are simply put on the streets as it may be too expensive or too much of a chore to bother about finding accommodation for them. There are of course a number of very willing and dedicated volunteers who are prepared to look after these and other strays either as foster carers for individual animals or in rescue homes. However, many of the officials responsible for catching the animals go on holiday in August which means the num-

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€15 million for Ferrari RM SOTHEBY’S have sold at auction in Monterey, California a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM for $17.6m (in excess of €15m). The car, which was one of only 32 built did not have a pedigree of past celebrity ownership but was used for racing and was in original mechanical condition.

Production in UK falls THE number of cars produced in the UK declined by 11 per cent during July. Happily, this isn’t a major cause for concern as some plants are retooling for new models, which resulted in early annual shutdowns. In addition, the summer months historically see a slowdown in consumer demand for new cars.

New Mini is more maxi A NEW style Mini Clubman is being launched in the UK on October 31. It is a larger more roomy estate model with an increased internal cockpit as well as more room for luggage and a hinged rear door which opens to the side.

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New Bugatti Super Car to be made available to millions VIRTUAL version can be obtained by purchasing the next edition of Gran Turismo By John Smith NOW that the last Bugatti Veyron, number 450, has been sold at a price estimated at more than €1 millio n , th e c o mp a n y ha s turned its attention to the u n v eilin g o f th e ne xt Bugatti super sports car, a n d a n y o n e in th e w orld can own a version. Naturally, this is not the car itself, but a virtual version which can be obtained by purchasing the next edition of the highly successful and addictive Playstatio n v id eo g ame G ra n Turismo. First official sight of the new game and super sports car will be revealed at the 66th International Motor Show to be held in Frankfurt from September 17 to 27 and will no doubt attract huge interest.

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Remembering the rules of the road in Spain

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IF you do find yourself being fined, there is normally a discount if you pay quickly By John Smith THERE is often some confusion over the things that you need to carry in your car in Spain and apart from the obvious such as proof of ID, insurance and ownership, there are other things that are compulsory and can attract fines if ignored. Spanish registered vehicles with four wheels or more need to carry two warning triangles, although foreign registered cars need only carry one. In addition, if you wear glasses then you are required to have a spare pair available at all times. Apart from this, a high visibility jacket should be carried in the car and must be worn at all times in the event of a breakdown and exit from the vehicle. All British registered cars need to have a GB sticker if their number plate doesn’t

contain the EU identifier and if right hand drive, lights must be converted so that they do not blind oncoming cars. It is illegal for a driver to use a mobile phone in the car unless it is fitted with a hands-free kit and radar detectors are banned, although GPS systems which plot the location of cameras are still allowed. The rules are fairly simple, but if you do find yourself on the wrong end of a fine, there is normally a significant discount if you pay quickly.

BREAKDOWN RULES: Spanish registered vehicles must carry two warning triangles.

Updated SEAT Ibiza 2016 gathers praise WIDE range of choices in both diesel and petrol versions ALTHOUGH SEAT are due to launch a new design of the ever popular Ibiza in a few years’ time, they have taken the opportunity to give the car a major overhaul so that it can continue to be a meaningful rival to both the Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Polo. With a range of engines from one litre to a 1.4 litre turbo version and three different body styles, the five-door Ibiza, the three-door Ibiza SC Sport Coupé and the Ibiza ST Sport Tourer estate there is a wide range of choices in both diesel and petrol versions and naturally a wide range of pricing as well. The basic version sells for around €9,900 and comes with a change of body design from earlier versions together with a vast range of upgrades within the driver’s cabin. Apart from DAB radio and docking ports, SEAT has teamed up with Samsung to offer a wide range of optional extras. In addition, both the suspension and steering have been adapted to offer a more comfortable and responsive ride. According to SEAT, who have sold over five million Ibizas worldwide, the car appeals to a relatively young audience and is particularly popular with women. Everything suggests that this up dated version will continue to appeal.

SEAT IBIZA: The car appeals to a relatively young audience.

E Type Jaguar

THESE were the words of someone whose opinion is worth considering, Enzo Ferrari commenting on the launch of the E Type Jaguar in 1961. Initially the car was released for export but was soon made available for sale in the UK where it found a large number of interested customers. Produced from 1961 to 1975, various versions saw a number of improvements but the basic line, beauty and performance of the car remained. With celebrity purchasers including George Best, George Harrison, Tony Curtis and Twiggy, the E Type will always be remembered as one of the great British cars and an example is even in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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Warblers off to Alenda ORBA Warblers get good conditions and good news THE Warblers travelled to Alenda Golf and found the course in nice condition and the greens good but a little tricky. There was one guest, Chris Dindar, who received the coveted Orba Warbler Ball. General secretary Michael Taylor kindly bought the prizes. There was one division of one to four places. First with 35 points was Roy Booth off 19.3, second place went to Arthur Sullivan with 33 points off 22.8, third place was Paddy Kenmore, winning on countback with 32 points, and fourth place went to Peter Gibson, also with 32 points off 21.1. The nearest the pin on hole three was won by David Rogers, hole five by Fred Cooley and 16 by Peter Gibson. In single matches, Paddy Kenmore beat David Rogers,

DELIGHTED PANTHERS: Retain league title.

BBC pounce SAY CHEERS: Prizes on the day provided by Michael Taylor. Roy Booth beat Barbara Pollitt and David Knight had a titanic match with John Daniels winning on the third extra hole.

Other good news of the day was that Nita Walters had the all clear from the consultant on her cancer fight.

Next week they are again at Oliva Nova for a 10.40am tee off. To book in please contact Michael on 639 242 896.

BENITACHELL Bowls’ Panthers were away to Javea Jets, and needed four points to win and retain the league title, which they scored in the triples matches. But half way through the pairs games the heavens opened up and although the teams tried to play in the rain they were called off in this the last match of the competition. The result standing gives

the BBC Panthers the league title for the second year with Javea Sharks in second place and the BBC Cougars in third. Some excellent bowling took place during some of the hottest weather by all teams. For a full update of all their competition results and forthcoming events please see: www.benitachellbowlsclub .com .

Bigger and better golfing competition THOUSANDS of golfers participate Getting in the swing with Campbell Lamont

By Tony Myles THIS is the fifth year for The Campbell Lamont Golf Leagues, which started as a local competition for golf societies and quickly expanded into a major event in the amateur golf calendar. Because of the instant success Campbell decided to offer it to other areas within Spain and inside one year several thousand golfers had responded. This solid base of competitors provided the launch pad for further expansion and just last year Campbell

introduced his Golf Leagues to societies in Scotland and Wales increasing the number of players to well over 10,000. The latest news is that Iceland (no not the frozen food company) have now taken this competition very seriously and so hundreds of Icelandic golfers are now eager to qualify. The universal interest in the competition means that over the next year or so it will be introduced to 16 different countries throughout Europe. Why is it so popular? Let’s start at the end and work backwards. The “All Expenses Paid” Grand Final will be held at the La Sella Golf resort in the Costa Blanca. This venue features one of the premier golf courses in Spain and has proven an excellent test of golf for players of all handicaps. It will involve four rounds played over Saturday and Sunday. The winners will receive an abun-

LATEST NEWS: Is that Iceland are now eager to qualify. dance of prizes for themselves and for their society. Each of the 16 pairs who reach the Grand Final will be hosted at the five star Denia Marriott hotel for the duration of their stay. This will include breakfast and evening meals with the exception of the Saturday evening when they will be free to travel into any of the local towns. Everyone will be invited to attend the Gala Dinner on the Sunday, which will include the presentations to the winners and runners-up. So what is the catch? What is the entry fee? * Entry into this competition is restricted to groups of 12 or more

golfers who play regularly and adhere to a recognised handicap system. * Each group must register their intention to compete and provide details of their members who will make up their teams. * There are no additional overheads as the group will merely label four or more of their regular events as Campbell Lamont League Qualifiers. * Having completed the qualification series within the group the names of the top two players are then confirmed to the organisers who will notify the group of any local and national preliminary rounds. * There is no entry fee.

In summary 1. Register your team. 2. Play your regular games. 3. Determine your winners. 4. Advance to the Regional Finals. 5. Come to the 5 Star La Sella Golf Resort, Spain in June for an all-expenses-paid golf-fest. Register now at www.clgolfleagues.com

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Lewis on top while Mo, Jess and Usain all ‘Bolt’ to glory ACTION aplenty from Beijing to Belgium From Back Page

• My condolences go out to the family and friends of the two Worthing United players who were killed in Saturday’s horrific air crash at Shoreham, Sussex. CRICKET - Australia beat England by an innings and 46 runs in the fifth and final Test at The Oval, but Alastair Cook’s men still won the series three-two to reclaim the Ashes and win

the little urn for the fourth time in a row on home soil. The ‘Player of the Series’ and now the world’s number one batsman, was England’s Joe Root, while the Aussies’ top man was the retiring Chris Rogers whose captain Michael Clarke has also announced his retirement from the international scene. ATHLETICS - Three years after winning gold at the London Olympics, getting married and having a baby, superstar Jessica EnnisHill won the heptathlon world title in Beijing. Mo Farah also won gold in the 10,000 metres, with the 5,000 metres still to come. And Usain Bolt beat twotime doper and hot favourite Justin Gatlin to win the 100m gold. FORMULA ONE Dominant Lewis Hamilton comfortably won last week’s Belgium Grand Prix at Spa. The Brit now leads the driver’s championship by 28 points from Nico Rosenberg. TENNIS - Roger Federer, after ousting Andy Murray in the semi-final, went on to beat Novak Djokovic to win USAIN BOLT: 100m gold.

DID YOU KNOW? West Ham have already had FIVE players sent off in competitive games this season... and Rugby’s World Cup starts on Friday, September 18 with hosts England playing Fiji in their first pool game, followed by Ireland v Canada and France v Italy 24 hours later. Wales play Uruguay on the Sunday (September 20) and Scotland meet Japan three days after that.

his seventh Cincinatti Masters title. Serena Williams defeated Simona Halep in the women’s singles - her 69th title victory. DIARY of EVENTS... There is plenty of sport to enjoy over the weekend: • The top PL games are Chelsea-Crystal Palace, Liverpool-West Ham, Manchester City-Watford, NewcastleArsenal, Spurs-Everton and Swansea-Manchester United. • Football’s transfer deadline ends on Sunday. • The British MotoGP featuring Marquez, Lorenzo and Rossi, takes place at Donnington on Sunday. • Rugby League’s Challenge Cup final between Hull KR and Leeds takes place at Wembley on Saturday. • Also on Saturday, Birmingham Bears (Warwickshire), Northants, Hampshire and Lancashire compete in the T20 Blast finals at Edgbaston. And 48 hours later, England’s men and women play Australia in 20/20 internationals, while today Ireland play the Aussies in a men’s ODI at Stormont. • Ireland play Wales and Scotland meet Italy in preWorld Cup Rugby Union friendlies. • The US Open Tennis tournament starts at Flushing Meadows on Monday. • The World Rowing

Championships start in Aiguebelette, France on Sunday. • The Vuelta a Espana (cycle race) continues here in Spain. with Chris Froome still interested. • The World Athletics Championships (after Mo Farah has run in the 5,000 metres), the finals of the men’s and women’s Euro Hockey Championships and the World Judo Championships all end on Sunday.

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MO FARAH: Won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships being held in Beijing.

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Red card and gold celebration 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

THERE was plenty of sporting action last week... for everybody! FOOTBALL Bournemouth, with a Callum Wilson hat-trick, beat West Ham 4-3 at Upton Park to record their first-ever win in top flight football... this after being denied something at Anfield five days earlier! Chelsea, who had John Terry sent off, won 3-2 at West Brom where Spain’s Pedro scored on his debut for the Blues; Manchester City triumphed 2-0 at Everton; Crystal Palace pipped Aston Villa 2-1 and there were draws involving

Leicester-Spurs (1-1), Manchester United-Newcastle (0-0), Norwich-Stoke (1-1), Watford-Southampton (0-0) and Sunderland-Swansea (11). Arsenal played Liverpool on Monday. Ipswich Town lead the Championship from Brighton; Gillingham and Leyton Orient (four wins out of four) are top of Leagues One and Two; Hearts and Celtic stand one-two in the SPL and unbeaten Rangers (1-0 victors over Hibs) lead Queen of the South in the Scottish Championship.

Earlier this week Celtic (3-2 up) played Malmo in Sweden and Manchester United (leading 3-1) met Brugge in Belgium in the return legs of their CL playoff games, while tonight Southampton (1-1) meet Midjitlland (away) in the second leg of their Europa League encounter. And there may have been a few upsets in the League Cup on Tuesday involving ties between Villa-Notts County, Burton-Middlesbrough, Bury-Leicester, Crystal Palace- Shrewsbury, Hartle-

pool-Bournemouth, LutonStoke, Sunderland-Exeter, Wolves-Barnet and WBAPort Vale. Everton visited JESSICA: Barnsley last night. Heptathlon In Spain’s opening La winner. Liga games, Barcelona (despite Lionel Messi’s 14th career penalty miss) beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 while Real Madrid drew 0-0 at newcomers Sporting Gijon. And Steven Gerrard’s LA Galaxy are top of the MSL after thrashing New York City 5-1. Turn to Page 103