Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 15 - 21 October 2015 Issue 1580 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

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More good news for ‘illegal’ home-owners BILL to amend urban development law passes first reading

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Vera-Garrucha road woes Infrastructure necessary for the local economy

THERE has so far been no date or budget announced to widen the stretch of road between Vera and Garrucha. Although plans were announced back in 2009 and work started, it later ground to a halt. See Page 4

Refugee welcome zone Mojacar joins Almeria City and Nijar

KNOWN as a place where all nationalities and cultures are welcome, Mojacar has pledged to help Syrian refugees. All political par-

ties agreed at the last plenary session to take in refugees from war-torn countries. See Page 64

Rock for cancer Thirty-first edition of musical extravangza

ALBOX is preparing to rock all night long on October 24 to raise funds for the AECC (Spanish Association Against Cancer). The event will be held at the fairground. See Page 66

New ear for donkey Iconic statue will be repaired by its creator By Linda Hall For the second week running there was good news for many property owners, especially in the Almanzora Valley. A bill amending Andalucia’s LOUA urban development law sailed through its first reading. This should take the pressure off the owners of homes built illegally - but purchased unknowingly - on subdivided plots of land.

“It was an exciting day,” said Maura Hillen, President of AUAN (pictured fourth from left, front row) who attended the parliamentary session, “none of the political groups submitted objections at this stage and we thank them for that.” “Obviously it does not cure everything and we must continue to work,” remarked Gerardo Vazquez, spokesman for AUAN and other associations. He added: “But regularising

25,000 of Andalucia’s illegal houses would relieve 25,000 families who acquired properties in good faith and invested their life savings in Spain.” Following the parliamentary session there was a brief meeting with Jose Fiscal, who heads the region’s environment and planning department as well as PSOE and Ciudadanos MPs. “The bill will now pass to the Environment and Planning Commission and we hope that

the final text will be approved as soon as possible. It would be a good Christmas present for many people,” said Hillen.

THE donkey statue in Plaza Nueva, Albox, which lost its ear to vandals, will be repaired free of charge by the

original sculptor, Isabel Garcia Oller. In exchange, she has asked for better security for her creation. See Page 72

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LOCAL NEWS

Pick-n-mix THE official mushroompicking season has commenced with strict regional regulations. Amounts are

limited to five kilos per person per day, picked only during daylight hours without disturbing the soil.

City check-up THE owners of more than 1,000 Almeria City properties, most of them more than 50 years old, had to present City Hall with reports stating that they complied with safety, stability and structural regulations.

Danger roads TRAFFIC authority DGT added 11 secondary-road danger spots to the 30 listed last

June for Almeria Province. The latest additions will be controlled with mobile speed traps.

Coastal plan THE central government will spend €1.5 million on stabilising and protecting the coastline in Adra, El Ejido and Balanegra. Work will commence shortly and should finish by December.

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Spiny problem for prickly pears FUNGUS is slowly killing the plants PRICKLY pears growing be low the A lc a z a ba in A lme ria C ity a re be ing crowded out by non-native cactus. The prickly pears - or opuntia - have been attacked by cochineal insects for the last couple of years. This has made them vulnerable to a fungus which is slowly killing the plants and allowing invader species to take over. “At present there is no a s olution, a ny more tha n there is a solution for the red weevils that are attacking the pa lms in the c ity pa rk,” s a id a gric ultura l e ngine e r M a ria de l M a r Verdejo.

PRICKLY PEARS: A familiar sight below the Alcazaba.

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Port plans

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European Press 32

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Arms’ cache found in domestic abuse case HOUSEHOLDER unable to explain their source

Russian Press 33

Finance 35 - 40

Stocks 36

Leapy Lee 41

Our View 48

Colin Bird 48

Mike Walsh 48

Daily TV 50

Letters 54

Time Out 56 - 57

Health & Beauty 58 - 59

Legally Speaking 60

Social Scene 61 - 63

Albox 65 - 73

Homes & Gardens 74

Pets 76 - 77

Property 78 - 79

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Motoring 84 - 85

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UNEXPECTED: Weapons’ haul discovered during domestic abuse investigation. By Linda Hall A GUARDIA CIVIL call-out to attend a case of suspected domestic abuse also uncovered an arms’ cache. Officers were sent to Pechina after receiving a phone call, alerting them to possible domestic violence. When they arrived at the Pechina address, they found a woman with an injury to her face, presumably inflicte d b y h e r 6 5 - y e a r- o l d p a r t n e r, a n d another couple trying to mediate

in the argument. After managing to pacify all four, t h e G u a r d i a C i v i l o ff i c e r s n o t i c e d four rifles and ammunition in the porch. They were thrown there by the wounded woman during the argument with her partner, she said. After searching the house the officers found another rifle and a box containing several handguns and bladed weapons. There were five rifles, 14 handguns, eight knives and 37 cartridges, which the presumed

aggressor said belonged to his late father. He admitted having no paperwork to prove this or a firearms’ permit. Subsequent investigations revealed that two of the handguns were stolen in Germany. The man was arrested and charged with domestic abuse and illicit possession of firearms. In the meantime, the case remains open as Guardia Civil investigators trace the origin of the other weapons.

The end of the road is not in sight THERE is neither date nor budget for widening the VeraGarrucha road. After finishing the first phase, plans were announced in 2009 for a €11.8 million

second phase whose 4.3 kilometres should have been completed within two years. Work started but ground to a halt to the frustration of Vera’s Councillor for Public

Works, Francisco Vazquez. Tourism is key to the local economy but visitors must endure a road that is used by a daily 18,000 drivers, Vazquez pointed out.

“We are calling on the Junta de Andalucia to put an end to this appalling situation and develop the infrastructure that is so necessary to our economy,” he said.

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Theatre deal CIRCULO MERCANTIL, owners of Almeria City’s Teatro Cervantes, have proposed ceding it free of charge to the municipal corporation for at least 70 years. In exchange City Hall would renovate the building.

Orange alert CITRUS fruit production for 2015-2016 is expected to drop by 11 per cent in Andalucia but Almeria Province will be less affected with a predicted 4.7 per cent fall.

Closer collaboration for police forces ALMERIC CITY’S crime rate ‘very encouraging’ By Linda Hall NATIONAL and Local Police forces in Almeria City have agreed to collaborate more closely and speed up procedures. The national government’s Almeria sub-delegate Andres Garcia Lorca recently presided over a meeting between Adolfo Castaño, the National Police commissioner in Almeria City

and Maria Vazquez, Public Safety Councillor at City Hall. “Public safety is one of society’s principal values and in order to achieve this, there should be fluid relations and communications between the different forces,” Garcia Lorca said.

Almeria City’s crime rate was in any case ‘very encouraging’, the sub-delegate announced. The overall 6.8 per cent reduction during the first six months of the year revealed that the city’s police forces were doing a grand job, Garcia Lorca commented.

Working to stop evictions THE Junta de Andalucia regional government have averted 610 evictions in Almeria Province since October 2012. The figures were disclosed by regional delegate for Public Works and Housing Joaquin Jimenez while summing-up Andalucia’s Housing Defence Programme. “These offices providing information, advice and mediation demonstrate that helping families fighting a social drama is a priority for

the autonomous government,” Jimenez said. Since the office opened three years ago, officials have dealt with 901 cases. Ninety-seven Almeria families applied to the Housing Defence Programme for advice before they actually defaulted on their mortgage and a further 610 who were already in debt sought mediation with the banks. In 194 cases families were facing eviction or had already lost their home.

MEETING: Andres Garcia Lorca, Maria Vazquez and Adolfo Castaño flanked by officers.

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A-7 complete after 14 years FOUNDATION stone was laid back in 2001 THE Mediterranean Corridor rail link is currently shunted into a siding but the motorway version is up and running. The Spanish President, Mariano Rajoy, officially opened the 10 kilometres between Carchuna and Castell de Ferro (Granada) that cost

€135 million - €13.5 million per kilometre - of the final section of the A-7. The 1,440 Autovia del Mediterraneo, whose foundation stone was laid in 2001, is now a non-stop drive from Algeciras in Cadiz to the French frontier. Almeria is now only a 110-minute

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drive away from Malaga. The province will benefit commercially, particularly with regards to tourism and agriculture. A Unicaja and Chamber of Commerce study predicted a 5 per cent increase in Almeria’s Gross Domestic Product.

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Helping visitors with mental health needs ADVICE issued by the Foreign Office and the UK’s Mental Health Foundation BRITISH consulates in Spain handled 67 cases involving mental health needs last year. “Consular staff in Spain are seeing more cases involving mental health,” revealed Will Middleton, Consular Regional Director for Spain. “So if you have a guest with mental health needs, do take some simple steps to help ensure their visit is trouble-free and enjoyable for all concerned.” Ask if your visitor has taken out travel insurance, whether the policy covers any pre-existing mental health conditions and if they have a valid European Health Insurance Card (visit www.ehic.org.uk for more information). If the visitor is on medication, check what they are taking and the normal dosage and advise them to bring enough for their visit plus some extra to cover any unexpected delays. Encourage your visitor to continue taking their medication even if – as sometimes happens – they are feeling better because they are on holiday. Be aware that English language help for people with mental health issues may be limited in your area and that the approach of health authorities may be different to the UK’s. You may want to find out what support is available locally, in case you need it. Consider who you would contact if your guest’s mental health deteriorates while in Spain, and ensure you can contact them in an emergency Make sure your own passport is valid and in a safe place, in case you need to travel in an emergency. Jenny Edwards, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “Many people in the UK with mental health conditions manage them well day-to-day. “Changes to an itinerary or a delayed flight could impact on mental health needs so it is important to travel

prepared. However, there are a few extra things to consider when travelling

abroad so pack medication in hand luggage and keep a record of mental health con-

tacts in the UK in case they need to be reached.” For more information vis-

it www.gov.uk/fco/mentalhealth-abroad or view the FCO ‘Mental Health:

Travelling Abroad’ leaflet and travel checklist on www.gov.uk.

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Spill ‘not responsible’ for beach closures FREQUENT checks are made on installations By Linda Hall THE regional government admitted that 216,000 litres of spillage from the Villaricos treatment plant reached the sea last June. This occurred owing to a faulty pipe at the Galasa pumping station, the Junta de Andalucia regional government said in response to the Veraplayazul association, quoting from official administration reports on permitted discharges in rivers and the sea in Almeria’s Levante area. The spillage on June 13 occurred 10 days

before the Vera and Villaricos beaches were closed after several swimmers suffered an allergic reaction to micro-algae in the seawater. “Spills like these do not pose health risks nor do they affect the environment or sea bathing,” said the regional government’s Environment delegate to Almeria, Antonio Martinez. “The administration carries out frequent environmental checks to ensure that industrial installations and wastewater treatment plants comply with the conditions governing discharges as well as regional, state and EU legislation,” he added.

EL PLAYAZO: One of the beaches closed in June.

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Illegal immigrants stretch resources OVERCROWDING in port accommodation By Linda hall THE arrival of seven boatloads of illegal immigrants has pinpointed a lack of resources, police have complained. “We are faced with special circumstances caused by the immigrant boats,” said National Police commissioner Adolfo Castaño at a time when 103 were being held at the port. This is particularly noticeable when immigrants are transferred from Almeria Port to the courts as there is no coach transport available. Instead they are taken in small groups and officers from the Public Safety Brigade and the Immigration and Borders unit recently had to prevent two immigrants from running away on their way to court. There is also overcrowding in the port accommodation,

RESCUE: Illegal immigrants intercepted off Almeria. said the SUP police union which invited Andres Garcia Lorca, the central government’s sub-delegate in Almeria, to visit the installation. The true situation is not apparent from inside

an office, the union said. Garcia Lorca denied that the National Police lacked resources at the port, adding that he frequently visited the immigrants’ accommodation.

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Father loses custody rights A CUSTODY battle ended with a two-year prison sentence for an obstinate father. The 44-year-old Syrian failed to return his underage son who was placed by the Almeria authorities in the care of his former partner. Fearing that he would leave the country with the boy, the mother finally went to the child’s school accompanied by National Po-

lice officers to pick him up. An Almeria criminal court rejected the father’s claim that the couple had agreed the child could remain with him until the end of the school year. This was contradicted by the mother’s actions, ruled the judge, who also withdrew his custody rights for four years.

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Wastewater plants in the pipeline

NIJAR and Huercal-Overa flushed with satisfaction

NIJAR: Town hall agreement now signed. By Linda hall BOTH Nijar and HuercalOvera are looking forward to new wastewater treatment plants. Nijar’s existing plant was built in 1996 for a population of 10,000 and now serves more than 20,000. The town hall and the Junta de Andalucia regional govvernment signed an agreement covering building, financing and starting up the El Cautivo sewage plant. Wastewater treated at the

800,000-cubic-metre plant will be reused for agricultural and other non-domestic uses and the €8.255 million cost will be met entirely by the Junta. “This is a long-awaited, important and necessary project,” said Nijar’s mayor Esperanza Perez. Huercal-Overa will also have a new sewage works to substitute the old and much patched-up installation which was badly damaged in the 2012 floods. The last formalities are

being completed with the Junta to build a new €5 million plant in Rambla de Paria that will allow the current installation to close down. It will be necessary to sign a new agreement with the regional government since a plant approved in February 2014 was never begun. “We hope that this time the deadlines will be met and the plant, which is essential for the town, can become a reality,” said Huercal’s mayor Domingo Fernandez.

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Water levels drop in local reservoir

DIY street-cleaners complain to city hall

BENINAR running dangerously low

MOPS, buckets and bleach at the ready

BENINAR RESERVOIR: Low in October 2014 and even lower now. THE Beninar reservoir contains only four cubic hectometres of water and is nearly dry. The 68.2-capacity reservoir is the second largest in Almeria Province after Cuevas del Almanzora. Its present low level puts agriculture in Almeria’s Poniente area in a perilous position, warned Andrés Gongora, Provincial Secretary of the COAG growers and farmers association. “Thousands of hectares of produce could be lost owing to lack of irrigation. In fact, several installations have not been able to wa-

ter their crops for days,” Gongora said. The planting and growing season is in full swing and the situation is now untenable, he added, and the Poniente Management Committee needed to meet immediately. The situation had been caused by a combination of problems, Gongora said. “The Beninar reservoir has neither water nor sufficient storage capacity. There has been no rain, subterranean wells are exhausted and, worse still, brackish, while the Dalias desalination plant is still not operational.”

DIY: Residents take matters into own hands By Linda hall RESIGNED residents in Almeria City’s Calle Tijola clean the streets and water the plants themselves.

“City hall only cleans what the mother-in-law sees,” complained a resident using the time-honoured Spanish phrase. She mops the pavement

each morning, while another neighbour waters the municipal flowerbeds in front of his apartments. They have even voiced their protests on the mayor’s Facebook. “I’ve told the mayor a thousand times that despite paying our taxes like everyone else, they’ve abandoned us in this neighbourhood,” said another resident. Neither did she like to see her elderly parents having to do what the city hall should be doing, she said. “But since they don’t do it or else they do very little, there’s nothing for it but to go down with a mop, bucket of water and bleach,” she told the local Spanish media. The health and consumers department was surprised by the Calle Tijola complaints. “The cleaning service is very good there,” a department official insisted. “The streets in that neighbourhood are swept manually each day and washed down every three days.”

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Near-to-hand wildlife lesson ADRA has 75 hectares of wetlands By Linda Hall THIRTY pupils from Adra’s Fuentesantilla school visited the Las Albuferas de Adra national park on World Bird Day. They were accompanied by local mayor Manuel Cortes and the regional government’s environment delegate to Almeria, Antonio Martinez. Their circuit through the 75 hectares of wetlands included a visit to the Lorenzo Garcia ornithological station where the party learnt the identities of the birds living in the reserve. They also saw how the birds are ringed, tagged and measured and concluded the visit at the ‘Living history of the Albuferas de Adra’ exhibition in the museum. Almeria Province has 3,000

LAS ALBUFERAS: Gently does it! hectares of wetlands which include the Salinas in Cabo de Gata and Punta Entinas-Sabinar near El Ejido as well as Las Albuferas. They are home to 33 species of birds and waterfowl although gulls, waders and

herons are the most numerous. Because these are wetlands, they are less dependent on rainfall than many other reserves in southern Spain and although many birds are migratory, for others this is home all year.

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Meningitis vaccine flies off the shelves THE vaccine is now sold in pharmacies By Linda hall THE meningitis B vaccine is on s a le in A lme ria Province pharmacies for the first time. Local distributor Hermanda d Fa rma c e utic a A lme rie ns e e xha us te d its 100dose supply of the vaccine within hours of receiving it, a s poke s ma n s a id. Some pha rma c ie s mus t w a it a

week before they receive their orders, he added. Ther e i s no shor t age of the vaccine but unexpected demand was prompted by m edi a cover age and t he Hermandad has had to order many more doses. Unt i l now t he vacci ne was used only in hospitals and al t hough i t i s not i ncluded in the official vaccinat i on pr ogr am m e, m ost

paediatricians recommend that children have it. Each dose vaccine costs â‚Ź106 and is administered twice with a two-month interval to children over the age of two. Meningitis B is the most common strain of bacterial meningitis and is responsible for seven out of every 10 m eni ngi t i s cases i n Spain.

Missing girl found by chance LOCAL POLICE in Almeria City have located a 16-year-old missing since May from a Mensajeros de la Paz care home. The girl had approached two officers on patrol in Avenida Federico Garcia Lorca, claiming that her sister was being held captive by a man. They were in an apartment in the Los Angeles neighbourhood, she said, but did not know the exact address.

The officers took the girl to the police station to lodge a formal complaint but she said she did not have an identity card although she gave her name. This matched that of a girl who went missing from the Mensajeros de la Paz home on May 15. The police contacted the centre and girl has now returned there. They also located the girlâ€™s sister, who said she was perfectly all right and staying with her boyfriend.

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No tram for Alboran CENTURY-OLD plans for the island came to nothing

ALBORAN: The lighthouse remains but the airborne tram never materialised! By Linda Hall A 1910 DOCUMENT referring to the island of Alboran was named October’s Document of Month. The yellowing pieces of paper set out businessman Francisco Govantes y Marco’s plans for the island, situated halfway between Almeria and North Africa. The project was an attempt to generate income at a time

of great necessity, said the head of the regional government’s Culture department, Alfredo Valdivia. Govantes y Marco’s dream included a coal store where steamships would be able to take on fresh supplies. There was also a fish-curing factory and employees’ homes that would have fomented industrial fishing in that part of the Mediterranean. The businessman also had

plans for an airborne tram. Alboran comes under the jurisdiction of Almeria while its lighthouse, which is still vital to shipping, is under the control of the city’s Port Authority. Apart from the lighthouse and a cemetery, Alboran, which covers an area of 71,200 square metres, is empty apart from a Spanish Navy base established by the Ministry of Defence in the 1960s.

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Galicia case not possible in Andalucia DEATH With Dignity law was passed in 2010 By Linda Hall A GALICIAN couple had to overcome paediatricians’ opposition before their 12year-old daughter’s artificial nutrition could be withdrawn. With the courts on their side as well as the Galician hospital’s Ethical Assistance Committee, Andrea’s feeding tube was removed and she died four days later. Andrea had a degenerative

illness, was in a vegetative state with no hope of recovery and the feeding tube caused her pain and distress, her parents said. In Almeria, Andrea’s plight would have been covered by Andalucia’s Death With Dignity law (passed in 2010), revealed Pilar Baraza, President of the Poniente Hospital’s Ethical Assistance Committee. The committees are composed of primary care health and hospital health profes-

sionals as well as legal experts, she explained. Their resolutions are not binding but they try to ensure agreement between doctors and families during the last days of a person’s life. Although the Ethical Assistance Committee’s approach is different for children, they would be consulted to assess their feelings and decide whether or not they were in pain, Baraza said.

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Guinness record hope for expat Tony Matthews EWN’S sports’ columnist is about to write his 150th book TONY MATTHEWS, believed to be the world’s most prolific author/ writer/co-compiler of football books, has just signed a contract to write his 150th, entitled ‘Sir Bobby Robson: 50 Defining Fixtures’. This will be released by Amberley Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, next year. Having written similar books on Jose Mourinho and Steven Gerrard, Tony has three more with the publishers - Ryan Giggs and Alan Shearer (both due out soon) and also Paul Gascoigne. And right now he is busily working on a similar publication appertaining to the career of striker Cyrille Regis who, of course, played for West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Aston Villa and Wolves, winning the FA Cup with the Sky Blues in 1987. And two other books re-

PROLIFIC SCRIBE: Tony enjoys every minute of researching and compiling his books. cently published under Tony’s name are The Bournemouth FC Miscellany and Baggies Abroad (mini match reports of every game played by WBA off the British mainland). Tony said: “An awful lot of research goes into compiling a book of ’50 Defining Fixtures’. I enjoy every minute of it, really, but it can also prove

to be a bit of a nightmare especially when you have to choose just 50 out of perhaps 500, 600 or even more the player in question has appeared in. “Sorting out 50 for Giggsy was certainly tough as he played in over 1,000 games for Manchester United and Wales. Selecting Shearer’s

half century out of more than 800 matches he played, also proved hard going, so too did Gazza’s - he had 435 outings. But with the help of several diehard and efficient and indeed, helpful supporters, footage via Youtube, a variety of matchday programmes and quite a few newspapers, I got there eventually.” The photograph shows Tony – at home in sunny Spain - with a selection of the football books he has had published since 1975. More than 30 have featured his home town club, West Bromwich Albion, in one form or another. Forty years on and still going strong, he is hoping that soon he will receive confirmation that he has been recognised in the Guinness Book of Records.

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Adra growers lose almost €3 million due to storm damage THE September 7 storms and floods affected 160 growers and 80 hectares of crops in Adra. According to town hall calculations they have cost local cultivators €2.9 million. “The torrential rain did serious harm to Adra growers and from the outset it has been a town hall priority to provide help and advice as soon as possible so that growers can apply for subsidies and assistance,” said Agriculture councillor Francisco Lopez. Greenhouses, walls and irrigation equipment throughout Adra account for €1.5 million of last month’s storm damage. Peppers were the worst-affected crop, damaged when watercourses, irrigation channels and storm drains were unable to cope with the torrential downpour.

ADRA : Infrastructure repairs were needed after floods.

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A New Era For Exchange Of Information Greater international tax transparency has been a major goal for governments in recent years. It is now a reality. A global automatic exchange of information regime goes live in January 2016. If you live in one country and have assets in another, tax authorities - including those in Spain and offshore jurisdictions - will collect and share your financial information under the new Common Reporting Standard. What is different now? There has been automatic exchange of information in Europe for some years, under the 2005 Savings Tax Directive, but it only applied to savings income. Globally, many countries signed bilateral tax information exchange agreements, but this only enables them to request financial information about people they suspect of tax evasion. The new regime covers much more than just interest income. And tax authorities will receive information automatically, on everyone - they do not need evidence of non-compliance

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks to get it. They will compare information received to what you include on your on tax return so they can check you have properly declared your income and assets. Common Reporting Standard The technical standard for the new automatic exchange of information is the Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Common Reporting Standard. Almost a hundred countries have so far signed up to it. It provides for the annual automatic

exchange of financial account information between countries. The financial institutions that need to report include banks, custodians, guardians, certain collective investment vehicles and certain insurance companies. There are 58 “early adopters” who have committed to start collecting information in 2016, ready for sharing by the end of September 2017. These include Spain, the rest of the EU, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Liechtenstein, San Marino and South Africa. Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Monaco, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Switzerland are among 35 more jurisdictions that have pledged to start sharing data in 2018. In Europe, the Common Reporting Standard will be launched through the revised Administrative Cooperation Directive. It allows authorities to share information automatically on interest, dividends and other

investment income, account balances, sales proceeds from financial assets, income from employment, directors’ fees, life insurance, pensions and property. What does this mean for you? If you hold financial assets outside Spain, every year the financial institution will give the Spanish tax authorities information on: • your name, address and date of birth • tax identification number • account numbers • account balances • interest earnings • dividends • sales proceeds from financial assets. It is essential you understand which assets and income need to be declared in Spain. As a tax resident you are liable to Spanish tax on your worldwide income, gains and wealth. This includes most income which is also taxed elsewhere, eg UK rental income

and UK private pensions. As a Spanish resident you also need to declare overseas assets on Form 720. The penalties for undeclared assets can be costly, so it is important that you declare everything correctly. The cross-border tax landscape has completely changed. It is essential that you are up to date on these developments and take specialist advice. This is also a good time to review your investment assets to ensure that you are holding them in the most tax efficient way for Spain, and that you are using Spanish compliant arrangements. There are tax-compliant opportunities available in Spain that will lower liabilities. You still have the right to structure your wealth and assets in a tax-efficient manner, but need to take personalised professional advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Some big figures for social exclusion in a small province ALMERIA ‘unida contra la pobreza’ is organising several events for World Poverty Day held today Saturday, October 17.

This is the second year that the platform of 26 associations and non-government organisations has observed this day.

“We want politicians to be made aware of the need to eradicate social exclusion through social policies,” said Juan Antonio Plaza, diocesan delegate for the Caritas charity in Almeria. “Some decisions are not made in an adequate matter and that affects the most vulnerable,” Plaza declared. Last year Caritas had to intervene on more than 70,000 occasions and attended to approximately 11,000 people threatened by social exclusion. “These are huge figures bearing in mind Almeria’s size,” he said.

Consider us THE Opposition party at Alhama Town Hall opposed the mayor’s €600 a month payrise while increasing local taxes. He should consider the public’s pockets before his own, a spokesman claimed.

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No such thing as a free (school) lunch ONLY nine families received a 100 per cent subsidy By Linda Hall A 100 PER CENT subsidy for free school meals landed a PSOE councillor and Diputacion member in hot water. Angeles Castillo applied for free meals at the school her daughter attends despite receiving a salary of €45,000 a year from the Diputacion. She also has an income as a lawyer and although she receives no salary as a councillor, Castillo is paid for attending plenary sessions and committee meetings. Her husband also works. Only nine families at her daughter’s school received a 100 per cent subsidy - for which it necessary to earn less than €8,000 a year - the Los Pinos parents’ association revealed.

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SCHOOL MEALS: Free for low-income families. Castillo explained that she had applied for the meals subsidy in September. Eligibility was calculated on her earnings the previous year before she was elected to the Diputacion and Huercal de

Almeria Town Hall. The Huercal de Almeria mayor Ismael Torres has now called for Castillo’s resignation both on the town council and at the Diputacion.

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TORTOISES: No longer can be a household pet.

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Endangered tortoises are enthusiastic breeders HAD to be handed in after the law changed By Linda Hall THE owners of 2,322 tortoises in Almeria Province had to hand them over after the law changed. Keeping a tortoise as a household pet is customary in Almeria but Spain’s new Penal Code made it a punishable offence to own an endangered Moroccan tortoise (testudo graeca). Wanting to avoid a possible two-year prison sentence, owners took them to Sepr ona, t he pol i ce and the CREA wildlife rehabilitation centre in Velez Blanco. Of these 112 had to be put down because they were infirm. Others were freed in Sierra Cabrera where the local

tortoise population has been wi ped out by successi ve forest fires. Vets found that although 500 were Moroccan tortoises they had not been bred her e and wer e due t o be returned to Morocco. This plan was shelved on ‘genetic and health reasons’ although they are being kept separate from the Spanish species. Other tortoises remain in Vel ez Bl anca but wi l l be sent to CREAS in other provinces for eventual rehoming where, until they ar e r eady t o l eave, m al es and females are strictly segregated. Endangered or not, they woul d br eed t oo qui ckl y and saturate the centres, experts explained.

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A testing time for driving examiners THE way pupils receive results needs to be changed By Linda Hall ALMERIA Province driving examiners joined others in a nationwide strike that started last month. M ore tha n 1,200 te s ts have been suspended since then, affecting more than 700 L-drivers, said civil servants’ union CSIF. Demonstrating Almeria examiners pointed out that there are now only 12 examiners compared to 17 in the past and called for safer c onditions , c a lling for changes in the road test. They should be paid dange r mone y, the y a rgue d. They are on the road eight hours a day, exposed to accidents and “insults, threats and even physical violence from pupils.” The day before the Alme-

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L-DRIVERS: Examiners want danger money. ria demonstration an examiner was attacked after failing a pupil who began to insul t hi m and r ef used t o leave the vehicle. The way that pupils recei ve r esul t s needs t o be changed, examiners maintained. At present results are

given verbally at the end of the test, but the examiners want them announced the following day as they are with the theory exam. Failing that, they should be available in a safe locat i on and not f ace- t o- f ace with pupils, they said.

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Injured in shooting SWEDEN: An investigation has opened in west Sweden after two men, aged 20 and 25, were injured in a shooting near an apartment block in Borås. Borås has around 66,000 residents and is one of the country’s key student cities.

Crisis point SWEDEN’S refugee centres are reaching saturation point. The country’s migration agency is calling for gyms and disaster shelters to be used to accommodate the overflow with 1,500 asylum requests coming in each day.

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No fly zone over home FOR security reasons THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been given permission to enforce a no-fly zone over their home Anmer Hall in Norfolk, to prevent photos being taken for security reasons.

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Exports boost GERMANY is on course for another record year of exports in 2015 despite a drop of 5.2 per cent in August compared with the previous month. Germany sold 6.6 per cent more goods abroad in the first eight months of 2015 than in 2014.

Royal snub

Bank losses

LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn is accused of snubbing the Queen after he was expected to be sworn in to the Privy Council, which involves kneeling in front of the monarch, but he declined the invitation.

DEUTSCHE Bank has warned that it would post a net loss of €6.2 billion in the third quarter and that dividends for the year may be scrapped.

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Baby battle A COUPLE from Surrey have launched a legal battle to win back their child who was put up for adoption after they were wrongly accused of abusing their baby.

Bake off A RECORD-BREAKING 14.5 million people watched Nadiya Hussain win the 2015 Great British Bake Off; two million more than last year’s final, showing the growing popularity in the baking show.

A FOSSIL in Frankfurt of a pregnant horse and foetus is believed to be 48 million years old and is the oldest of its kind known to science. It was found in 2000 but analysis has only now been completed on the fossil.

Asylum seekers

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NORWAY has said it expects to receive 20,000-25,000 asylum seekers in 2015, an increase of the 11,480 people who sought asylum in the country last year.

POLICE in Darmstadt have confirmed that shredded euro notes which have been found in various spots across the city, are real. Police estimate the total value of the money to be between €15,000 and €20,000.

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SWEDISH cancer researcher Tomas Lindahl was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Aziz Sancar and Paul Modrich. Lindahl is only the fourth Swedish Chemistry laureate ever.

THE Federal Bank has released a detailed list of all the gold Germany owns, hoping to settle fears it has been exaggerating its wealth. The list stretches to 2,300 pages showing Germany owns 270,316 bars of gold.

Lion autopsy DENMARK’S Odense Zoo is preparing to perform a public autopsy on a lion today (Thursday). It has been scheduled during the autumn school break. In 2014 Copenhagen Zoo performed an autopsy for schoolchildren.

Swedish summer SWEDEN: A record number of foreign tourists visited Sweden this summer. Tourists travelling to the Nordic country from abroad spent a total of 387,000 more nights in Swedish hotels compared to last summer.

WIND TURBINES: The Netherlands is not meeting its national target quickly enough.

Not green enough just yet IN five years time green energy will not be as high as wanted DESPITE the rise in the number of wind turbines and solar panels, the Netherlands is not meeting national target quickly enough. Forecasts say in five years time green energy will account for 11.9 per cent of the total, not 14 per cent as wanted.

Facebook fines EIGHT people who left discriminatory and inflammatory state-

DUTCH PRESS ments on Facebook to support the anti-Islam PVV have been fined between €350 and €450.

Going Chinese A DUTCH football club could go

Chinese after Beijing Investment Company was found to be considering investing €35m in Heerenveen premier division football club.

Sales increase HOUSE prices and sales are rising. Real estate organisation NVM said its member agents sold 37,277 houses in the third quarter of this year, a rise of 27 per cent on a year ago.

Not staying A SURVEY has shown than most Syrian refugees in Germany fled their country out of fear for their lives and want to return home when it’s safe.

No quick solution GERMAN Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said there will be no quick-and-easy solutions in the refugee crisis but promised that Germany would push for the EU to share the burden of the refugee crisis more evenly.

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Car charging FIRST point has been installed in a car park

CAR CHARGING: To help promote the eco-friendly means of transport. THE first charging point for electric cars has been installed in a Moscow car park to help promote the eco-friendly means of transport.

Radioactive waste

Russian bombing continues RUSSIA is continuing its air campaign in Syria despite western concerns saying it would target militant group Islamic State. Planes have also bombed rebel groups opposed to the Syrian President.

AIR CAMPAIGN: Targeting Syria.

RESIDENTS and environmentalists have appealed to President Vladimir Putin to stop the planned construction of a radioactive waste processing facility near Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia, saying it could endanger a unique ecosystem.

tics. The licence was declined because of Western sanctions imposed over the Ukrainian crisis.

Alcohol crackdown

NGO bankruptcy

A CRACKDOWN has been launched on counterfeit alcohol products and equipment for their production, in a bid to tackle the rising problem of illegal alcohol in Russia. All unlicensed products with over 25 per cent alcohol are to be destroyed.

HUMAN rights organisation ‘Committee Against Torture’ has filed for bankruptcy after being given fines totalling 900,000 rubles (€12,700) after it refused to register as a ‘foreign agent;’ a requirement by law for all NGOs that receive foreign funding.

Tumbling down

Wedding rules

BBC worldwide have refused to license production of a Russian version of the BBC’s ‘Tumble’ show in which celebrities train and compete in gymnas-

GROZNY, capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has issued a new ordinance banning cake-cutting and indecent dance moves at weddings ‘to safe-

guard the spiritual and moral development’ of the republic’s youngsters.

Memorial plaques PLAQUES have been unveiled in the West Siberian branch of Russian Railways to mark visits by late leaders Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II in 1984 and 2001, in a ceremony attended by the North Korean ambassador to Russia.

Planning ahead GRAVES have been dug in the eastern Siberian city of Chita for Second World War veterans who are still alive, as the cemetery is running out of space and because it will be too cold to dig graves in winter.

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Lies, damned lies and statistics but the NSI would beg to differ By John Smith THE quote above is attributed to Benjamin Disraeli from the 19th century but is still relevant today and the National Statistics Institute has just released figures

is the number of music and language teachers in posts in 2007 and still employed in 2015

BANK: Europe’s most valuable bank was fined in June.

Santander fails to keep its fine secret THE Spanish banking giant was recently fined €1m for allegedly breaking laws against money laundering and terrorism financing and reportedly tried to delay the announcement of this fine. Ministers approved the fine for Santander, the Eurozone’s most valuable bank, in June for “a very serious offence,”

showing the percentage of people who still held their jobs in 2015 compared to 2007. There are presumably three reasons for the changes, being age of the person, state of the economy and simple movement

“My understanding is that it was a couple of software engineers who put these in.” Michael Horn, chief executive of VW’s US operation explaining that the board was innocent.

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Spain’s Supreme Court said in a written ruling on October 7 and, whilst not giving specific details, revealed that it breached a “law for the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism.” In the ruling, the court rejected Santander’s request to delay news of the fine being published.

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Honda keeps on growing HONDA has seen a strengthening in the value of its brand for the third year in a row. International consultancy, Interbrand, have recently published the 2015 edition of its Best Global Brands ranking, placing Honda as the 19th most valuable global brand. Honda’s brand was valued in excess of €19 billion, an increase of 6 per cent compared to 2014.

VW change VOLKSWAGEN has appointed Hans Dieter Poetsch as its new chairman, following a board meeting to discuss the emissions scandal. Mr Poetsch said it would be “some time” before the carmaker could uncover the details of the test cheating. Earlier, Volkswagen said it expected to start a recall of cars affected by the scandal in January. All affected cars will be fixed by the end of 2016, it said.

Messi situation all round ALTHOUGH the prosecution has announced that Lionel Messi should not be charged with defrauding the Treasury of €4.1 million in evaded tax and called for the case against the footballer be dropped, the judge has rejected their advice and has decided that both Messi and his father should be sent to trial.

€2 million; the amount authorised by Sepp Blatter to be paid from FIFA funds for work done by Michel Platini nine years earlier.

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The trial will take place in Vilanova i la Geltru on a date still to be set and despite the fact that Messi paid a ‘deposit’ covering the amount outstanding, plus interest, in 2013, there is a possibility that he could be jailed for up to 22 months if found guilty and his father for up to 18 years.

from one position to another but the list shows music and language teachers having the most stable jobs and travel agents and receptionists having the least, with civil servants and accountants ranking a close second.

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Discounted LBG shares CUT-PRICE shares in Lloyds Banking Group are to be sold to the public next year in a move that will complete the sale of the taxpayer’s stake in the bailed-out institution. About £2 billion (€2.8 billion) in shares (half the amount first indicated by Prime Minister David Cameron in April) are to be sold directly to consumers, who can register their interest on a government website.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY 3i Group 506.25 26.45 Aberdeen Asset Management 336.60 -12.40 Admiral Group 1,571.00 6.00 Anglo American 682.70 -43.80 Antofagasta 597.75 1.75 ARM Holdings 925.75 -34.25 Ashtead Group 1,045.00 0.00 Associated British Foods 3,461.50 118.50 AstraZeneca 4,078.50 -131.00 Aviva 469.05 -7.15 Babcock International Group 979.25 -3.75 BAE Systems 469.00 0.00 Barclays 243.10 -13.90 Barratt Developments 632.50 0.00 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,280.00 24.00 BG Group 1,093.00 0.00 BHP Billiton 1,170.75 -23.75 BP 391.60 0.00 British American Tobacco 3,770.00 0.00 British Land Co 815.00 -30.00 BT Group 434.00 0.00 Bunzl 1,922.00 66.00 Burberry Group 1,504.00 0.00 Capita Group (The) 1,295.50 44.50 Carnival 3,489.50 183.50 Centrica 241.75 -1.35 Coca-Cola HBC 1,391.00 -82.00 Compass Group 1,109.00 35.00 CRH 1,763.00 0.00 Diageo 1,830.50 -0.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 358.50 -16.90 Dixons Carphone 436.50 3.70 easyJet 1,753.00 58.00 Experian 1,078.50 -27.50 Fresnillo 733.00 -1.50 G4S 259.40 0.00 GKN 297.60 3.10 GlaxoSmithKline 1,336.25 26.25 Glencore 129.10 0.00 Hammerson 617.00 0.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,287.00 3.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 2,126.00 13.00 HSBC Holdings 532.18 -0.02 Imperial Tobacco Group 3,455.00 0.00 Inmarsat 936.00 -1.50 InterContinental Hotels Grp 2,418.00 -8.00 International Consolidated Airs 571.00 8.50 Intertek Group 2,664.50 89.50 Intu Properties 357.65 20.65 ITV 244.55 -1.95

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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Johnson Matthey 2,729.00 84.00 Kingfisher 343.95 -7.05 Land Securities Group 1,282.00 0.00 Legal & General Group 250.70 0.00 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 75.25 -1.96 London Stock Exchange Grp 2,423.00 0.00 Marks & Spencer Group 493.70 1.40 Meggitt 492.50 0.00 Merlin Entertainments 382.45 -2.55 Mondi 1,433.50 -50.50 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 174.50 -6.40 National Grid 913.50 0.00 Next 7,695.00 80.00 Old Mutual 211.00 0.00 Pearson 1,273.00 49.00 Persimmon 1,954.00 7.00 Prudential 1,567.00 52.50 Randgold Resources 4,435.00 13.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,037.50 -4.50 RELX 1,134.00 0.00 Rio Tinto 2,765.00 165.50 Rolls-Royce Group 748.50 -7.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 334.50 0.20 Royal Dutch Shell 1,761.25 -49.75 Royal Dutch Shell 1,833.00 0.00 Royal Mail 440.60 -28.90 RSA Insurance Group 423.40 8.30 SABMiller 3,694.75 26.25 Sage Group (The) 525.50 5.50 Sainsbury (J) 264.10 -11.60 Schroders 2,861.00 0.00 Severn Trent 2,228.00 0.00 Shire 4,408.00 0.00 Sky 1,080.00 0.00 Smith & Nephew 1,126.00 0.00 Smiths Group 1,008.50 -16.50 Sports Direct International 699.50 9.50 SSE 1,557.00 0.00 St James's Place 886.00 8.00 Standard Chartered 746.15 -40.55 Standard Life 424.60 0.00 Taylor Wimpey 192.50 0.00 Tesco 204.80 0.00 Travis Perkins 1,985.00 0.00 TUI AG 1,213.00 1.00 Unilever 2,687.00 -99.00 United Utilities Group 960.50 -4.50 Vodafone Group 216.18 4.23 Whitbread 4,886.50 165.50 Wolseley 3,616.00 -74.00 WPP Group 1,463.50 35.50

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$ 7.13 $ 5.51 $ 6.93 $ 3.92 $ 18.08 $ 12.50 $ 7.43 $ 21.02 $ 7.58 $ 3.02 $ 10.05

2.41 ▲ 51.06% 1.05 ▲ 23.54% 0.99 ▲ 16.67% 0.47 ▲ 13.62% 2.1292 ▲ 13.35% 1.45 ▲ 13.12% 0.80 ▲ 12.07% 2.08 ▲ 10.98% 0.71 ▲ 10.33% 0.27 ▲ 9.82% 0.88 ▲ 9.60%

$ 26.67 $ 3.01 $ 26.90 $ 14.59 $ 5.275 $ 8.80 $ 2.44 $ 3.41 $ 5.78 $ 11.29 $ 11.80

9.54 ▼ 26.35% 0.58 ▼ 16.16% 4.92 ▼ 15.46% 1.70 ▼ 10.44% 0.5801 ▼ 9.91% 0.95 ▼ 9.74% 0.26 ▼ 9.63% 0.34 ▼ 9.07% 0.57 ▼ 8.98% 1.07 ▼ 8.66% 1.03 ▼ 8.03%

Most Declined LDR Holding Corporation Cadiz, Inc. Super Micro Computer, Inc. Carolina Bank Holdings Inc. Ultralife Corporation BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mattson Technology, Inc. China BAK Battery, Inc. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Apollo Education Group, Inc. Flex Pharma, Inc.

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Groceries now available from Amazon Spain

DISTRIBUTION: Company to compete with supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Mercadona and Hipercor. By John Smith AMAZON SPAIN has just entered the Spanish grocery market via a new ‘Supermarket’ section on the amazon.es portal but at this stage is not offering fresh produce.

Malaga firm is offering easy downloads UP until now, if you wanted to download an app for an iPhone or iPad you had to go via Apple and for an android app, via Google, but now a Malaga based company, Uptodown.com, is offering a third, and possibly better, option. It was founded by Luis Hernández and his university friend Pepe Dominguez, who worked together on computers while studying at the University of Malaga and, unlike the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, it is available to anyone, anywhere in the world, and is free for both users and app developers. According to their Facebook page, https://es-es.facebook.com/Uptodown the company was formed in 2002, but it was only four years ago that they moved their business into the mobile arena and things have taken off so well that they are now said to be in the top 300 most visited websites. Having expanded to a staff of 45, and with the ability to communicate in 13 different languages, they make their money by selling banners on their site.

Following its activities in other world markets, it is taking on local supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Mercadona and Hipercor by offering a wide range of non-perishable foods and cleaning products.

It boasts that orders can be delivered within 24 hours and subscribers to Amazon Prime won’t have to pay delivery charges. In addition, the company is offering same-day delivery of items ordered before 2.45pm for

Madrid residents as that is where its distribution centre is situated. In the UK, the group is about to run out its Amazon Fresh line which will include fresh food, although industry insiders have questioned whether the

e-commerce giant will be able to offer the same wide range of fresh products as the supermarkets and Ocado. Time will tell but, in the meantime, there is yet another choice of supplier on the Internet.

Keep up motivation on the job hunt Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females SPAIN isn’t exactly a country that is flush with employment opportunities at the moment, so job hunting can take its toll, even on the strongest and most positive of us. It eats up all of our time, while sending out CV after CV and then rarely even getting a cordial response from prospective employers is exhausting. Often, when we start out in search of a job, we’re full of beans, only to lose enthusiasm halfway through when the phone fails to ring offering us a job or even an interview. The search can quickly get disheartening, but this is where the danger lies. It is important, no matter how hard the struggle to find work is, to keep up motivation. Keep busy: Don’t let yourself get down in the dumps about not having a job and end up watching crappy TV on the sofa every day.

Stay focused and motivated. For example, make sure all your professional social media profiles a re up to da te a nd optimis e d for employers. Spe nd your free time developing a pe rs ona l website to showcase your expertise, past work and portfolio. There are numerous free website templates available online and it doesn’t take a techgenius to figure them out. Ask for help : Use the expertise of friends and fa mily to he lp you a long your way. Have someone you trust review your CV and other application materials or even practise interviews with you. Depending on your profession, maybe set up networking meetings,

just to stay in the loop and maintain contacts. Stay focused: Everyone likes to see results. When we don’t, we tend to get down and demotivated, thinking all our hard work is for nothing. It’s important, therefore, to keep track of your progress. Each evening, write a list of things you have accomplished in a given day or week. Simple things like this will allow you to see results and keep your mind driven. Stay positive: Failing to achieve s ome thing can be a m ot i vat i on killer, so don’t be hard on yourself. Learn from your failures and move on. A posi t i ve m i nd i s a healthy mind.

BE BUSY: Don’t get yourself down.

Stay positive: Don’t be hard on yourself, learn from your failures and move on. A positive mind is a healthy mind.

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Round pegs for round holes The truth is that if you were to put Sergei on reception it would be a nightmare. Happily, this role is filled by Alina and Yulia; both ladies are as bright as a soldier’s tunic button.

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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IT is said that if you want to study human behaviour, watch your fellow man when using an airport. It works: To deter terrorist intentions, New York’s JFK Airport once engaged two psychiatrists to keep an eye open for oddball passengers who looked out of place, stressed and jittery. As it never occurred to the men’s employers to inform either of the other’s presence, one psychiatrist arrested the other for displaying such bizarre behaviour. The fact is that we are all different. As we go through life we find we are occasionally square pegs in round holes. Does this apply to any of your staff too? Running a business calls upon delegation skills. Identifying the abilities and personalities of staff is the essence of good management. This belief came into sharp focus when, as

Running a business calls upon identifying the abilities of your staff.

BRIGHT: Hotel receptions, for example, require happy, smiling employees. usual, we stayed at our favourite hotel in Riga; Sergei, bless him, has never been known to smile let alone say good morning. The employee is, in a four-letter word, sour. Howev-

er, to his eternal credit, Sergei is their masterful Jack-of-all trades and Mr Fix-It. He is the man with the handyman skills to keep the hotel running smoothly.

Meeting, greeting and pressing the flesh is their speciality; they know their job inside out, they remember their clients and when they discovered it was my birthday, they arranged for me to receive a gift of chocolates and wine in my room. Our hotel’s owners must take a bow. Each member of staff is perfectly suited to their working role. It is too often forgotten that employers and employees, yes, family included if they are on the payroll, are nature-made to be team players. If they lack skills essential to their job then put them in a role more suited to them; instruct or replace them.

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The price of fame and fortune SIR TOM JONES’S wife has paid a heavy cost LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT I’M a firm believer in the old adage that sooner or later the truth will out. With this week’s revelations concerning the attitude and antics of Sir Tom Jones, my beliefs have proved to be correct. His disgraceful statements about his relationship with his wife Linda came as no surprise to me whatsoever. Heaven only knows my infidelities are nothing to be proud of, but I most certainly would never dream of describing any of my exes as ‘losing their spark’ or ‘not looking as good as they used to’. This was of course typical of this unfeeling, self-serving individual, who is so far up himself he didn’t even see anything wrong in making statements of this kind. I happened to know his wife Linda in those far off days. I actually knew her quite well. During one of our many conversations she told me that when he first began to hit the big time he gave her an ultimatum. He

SUPER-STAR: But Sir Tom is no super human being.

told her that she could either give him a free rein to do exactly as he pleased and live a life of luxury as a pop star’s wife, or divorce him and go back to Pontypridd. Poor Linda, she was so in love with him she chose the former and subsequently suffered the consequences. Is it any wonder she has become a reclusive alcoholic? No, Sir Tom has a record of dumping people who were no longer any use to him. Soon after hitting the big time he dropped his faithful group The Squires, who had been with him from day one, without a penny of compensation to soften the blow. A few years ago he asked one of them to visit his house as he had a large amount of clothes he wanted to get rid of. After taking up the offer and choosing a number of items, his none too wealthy, ex-group member was totally gob-smacked when Tom asked him for £60 in payment. I could go on but have no space. If you want more you need to order this ole boy’s autobiography. All info on my email. Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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WITH vast, empty lands available for cultivation, Western Europeans may choose to migrate Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

WHIMSICAL as it may sound, modern day Russia could offer a solution to an overpopulated and overrun Western Europe. According to the Moscow Times, there is a desperate need to populate regions that would benefit from cultivation. As a solution, it served mankind well for a millennium and more. Forget the myth that Siberia is relentless frozen tundra. Much of south-east Russia enjoys a temperate climate similar to Northern Europe’s or that of Canada. Over-populated England has the opposite problem to underpopulated Russia. From the 1600s, economic exile, emigration, transportation, assisted passage, coercion, indentured slavery and wars took pressure off England’s unsustainable population expansion. Today, contraception, abortion and family planning are equally effective. Authorities in Russia’s Far East offer one hectare of land for each relocating family member. Free of all charges, the land’s owners receive the title deeds to the land and buildings. The only condition is that the land is put to use. Minister for Development of the Far East,

Alexander Galushka, says: “The intention is to increase the population six-fold to 36 million people from the current 6.4 million.” Russia Insider also enters the fray: “The huge influx of migrants into Europe might one day force Europeans to flee their own lands to seek shelter.” Polish media then puts its own oar in, saying: “Having found themselves in the middle of the migrant crisis, many Europeans may wish, o n e da y, to simply run away from the problem,” suggests the Polish news website, Obserwator Polityczny; “Many distressed nations could follow Crimea in opting-out. “With the deepening collapse

of the We s t, R us si a wi l l becom e t he onl y durable and stable country in an unstable (political) environment. Even today, many people from countries ruled by soft-agenda politicians, unable to cope with the relatively trivial proble m of ille ga l immi gr at i on, l ook t o Russia with admiration and hope. “ R us s ia ns,” i t el abor at es, “sl eep peacefully in their beds all the way from Kal i ni ngr ad on t he Bal t i c to Magadan, Russia’s easternmost large city on the Pacific, confident that whoever comes to them with a sword, will perish by the s w ord. Except , one hopes, EU refugees bearing goodwill.”

ALEXANDER GALUSHKA: Wants a six-fold increase in the population of Russia’s Far East.

Beware the sleeping tortoise IMAGINE just a small proportion of Britain’s 10 million pensioners deciding to take action 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.

THE more I read about the declining state of Britain and the abandoning of traditional values, the more I am convinced that the only way to restore sanity to our country is to rally the troops of the forgotten generation. If ever we ‘golden agers’ were organised into a cohesive force, there is no end to what could be achieved; after all, there are some 10 million pensioners in the UK alone. Imagine a mass demonstration of a million or so curmudgeonly old dodderers in the centre of London demanding a reinstatement of common sense, with decisions made based on what is inherently right and not politically expedient. It would be an incredibly noisy affair with state of the art sound

MOBILISATION: One million marching oldies would be a sight to see. systems available to the speakers so that the hard of hearing could catch every word, although the screech from hearing aid feedback would be excruciating.

Then, having whipped the crowd up into a frenzy of flatulence and denture gnashing, off we would totter towards Downing Street and - unless the stewards were on the

Gibraltar scrap continues IN the annual debate at the United Nations, Spain once again demanded that she and the United Kingdom should reconstitute discussions about the future of Gibraltar without allowing any Gibraltarian involvement. With the run up to the next elections in both Gibraltar and Spain, the sabres are rattling as usual and there really is little likelihood of any agreement ever being reached. The Spanish position is absolutely clear that the 1704 Treaty of Utrecht should be repealed and Spain should take control of the tiny little piece of land that is Gibraltar. Quite understandably, Gibraltar which apart from a not very good football team is seeing quite remarkable financial growth and has taken giant steps to reduce the amount of smuggling which takes place particularly with respect to tobacco, isn’t too happy. The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo in New York on October 10 accused Spain of being the last colonists in Europe and intimated that without their belligerence, Gibraltar could be ready to take its place as a country in its own right. At the end of the day, is it really relevant in today’s world that a little spot of land with less than a quarter of the inhabitants of Chichester should cause so much fuss on the world stage?

ball - anywhere else in Southern England that the absent-minded headed for. Naturally, all establishments en route with toilet facilities would need to be put on red alert. If all went well and we arrived at our destination before winter set in, forget the passive protest. Actually charging at the police lines would be overly ambitious, but we could limp and shuffle into them with the intention of forcing our way into Number 10. Who would dare wade into a crowd of old codgers? Any policeman beating up an octogenarian would be a marked man and have his face splashed across every front page in the land. And watercannons would be definitely out of the question; the risk of pneumonia would be too strong. We t e n d t o f o rg e t t h e v o t i n g Now we power that we command (we tend want to to forget a lot, actually) and the hear your views. potential power that is at our disposal. YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE Not so much a sleeping - YOUR OPINION tiger, admittedly, more a napwww.euroweeklynews.com ping tortoise, but nevertheless...

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AS though Spain’s president, Mariano Rajoy, did not have enough problems, he must contend with Jose Maria Aznar. The former president, the same person who chose Rajoy to follow him as PP leader, gleefully undermines him at every opportunity. These have increased since the PP’s dismal results in the Catalan elections, where the party was overtaken by Ciudadanos. Mariano Rajoy has been a disappointment to Aznar ever since he lost the 2004 general elections. This was partly Aznar’s fault by insisting that the March 2004 terrorist bombings were the work of ETA when all the evidence pointed to jihadists. Rajoy missed his chance then and, when he did reach the Moncloa in 2011, he no longer wanted or needed Aznar as the power behind the throne. That must rankle.

Simple arithmetic IN non-colonial independence votes since 1945, the ‘yes’ vote has racked up at least

THE Noos case hearing is set for January 11 when the former king’s son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, stands trial for diverting public funds and money-laundering. His wife, the Infanta Cristina, will be called upon to give evidence but the Baleares High Court turned down the request from his co-defendant, Diego Torres, for Felipe VI to testify. So there’s no risk of a royal flush.

All his own way MARIANO RAJOY: Has been a disappointment since becoming leader of the PP. 92 per cent of the ballot. So found a study by Stephane Dion, a Canadian MP who given Quebec - knows a thing or two about secession. Artur Mas led Cataluña into regional elections on the pro-independence ‘Junts

pel Si’ ticket to see which way the wind blew. Together with the radical CUP party they could only notch up 47.8 per cent between them. End of.

MARIANO RAJOY constantly warns of the dangers of coalitions. He fears that when the December 20 general election votes are counted, alliances between current opposition parties could make him a one-term president. Paradoxically, his huge parliamentary majority has done Rajoy little good. The government pushed through all the legislation it wanted, blithely forgetting that intransigence breeds resentment and dialogue wins votes.

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It’s no surprise that Thatcher’s fans don’t like Jeremy Corbyn REGARDING ‘comrade’ Corbyn: I have just read your silly diatribe, Leapy. Of course you can afford to sneer at the first Labour politician in 60 years who really cares about poor people. And the first honest one for many years. I suppose you prefer that nice, lying Mr Blair - but more likely still, you’re a Thatcher fan. Pull the ladder up, eh? Andrew, by email

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I READ your article in this week’s paper and couldn’t agree more. I recently lost my Russian Blue cat who was also a rescue and would be interested in giving a home to the grey kitten featured. Can you send me some more info. ie, is he a male, a solid grey with perhaps darker rings on the tail, short haired, a photo would be appreciated. I realise the kitten is of mixed parentage but being solid grey he is likely to have Russian Blue in him and they are quite distinctive. Look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Lorraine

No tradition NO doubt a little late, but I have just read your full page spread on the burro taxi. I applaud Mark Bajerski in all he wants to do. Having lived in this area for almost 10 years now, I have seen some slight improvement in the care that these poor animals receive. But it is still a long way short of satisfactory, and the news that one poor donkey was at the receiving end of a beating and kicking in full view of the public, suggests to me that this is still commonplace treatment, though probably kept out of general sight. Sixty years a ‘tradition’ in Mijas is not that long really, and the suggestions, by Mark in your article, for change in the way they are used should be implemented. I am sure that The Donkey Sanctuary are responsible for many improvements in Mijas, but it is time that Mijas Town Hall stands up and actually does something to monitor the plight of these animals. Talk Is Cheap! Go, Mark Bajerski, go! Sue Barkes, by email

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Leader’s terrorist friends IN response to Bryan Beckingham’s letter in the Euro Weekly News: As usual, he has either ignored, or is unaware of, the most serious and very disturbing side of Corbyn and that is his love affair with Islam which could ultimately have very serious consequences for the country. I believe that Corbyn is either a naive fool or a potential traitor. Jeremy Corbyn, as the new leader of The Labour Party, has a slew of associations with Islamist extremists, more than any other leading British politician. He has many problematic associations with Islamists and known terrorists. These connections are made all the more galling in the light of his victory in Labour’s leadership election, putting him in the position of being the only leader of a major British political party to have called terrorists his ‘friends.’ Vivienne Pimm, by email

Hi Hendrik, We can subscribe you to Mike Walsh alerts, that way you will receive a notification each time he publishes an article.

Donkey taxis THE donkey taxi tradition must end. Trying to improve their lot is doomed to failure. Whether they earn their keep or not, their lives are miserable and painful. When tourists ask what happened to

the famous donkeys of Mijas, they will learn that the cruel owners and handlers had no right to torture such gentle animals, so the enlightened local town hall stopped it. This is the only way. Sue Reeve, Alhaurin Golf

Comparison is a disgrace HOLA. Now I know this idiot Lee has finally lost the plot. To compare Corbyn

to Charles Manson is a bl***y disgrace. He should be ashamed of himself. We all know Lee’s a fervent, rightwing, Tory-supporting, flag-waving patriot (who’s lived abroad for years). Even his name brings me out in a rash. For your information, he’s committed; there are some of his ideals that don’t sit well with me, but he’s been elected, just like the Bullingdon bunch. We have to have them dictating to us for years so shut the hell up, Leapy (my God, change the name). Philip, San Fulgencio

I WAS interested to read the article about the new electricity tariffs. We had solar panels installed for €1,595 and they have halved our electricity bills. They were made in Spain and are guaranteed for 25 years. From bills of about €90 per month we now only pay between €40 and €50, so the panels should pay for themselves in no time! Pete Sergio, via EWN website

Rocky thanks MANY thanks for yet another great article on the Salon Varietes’ latest production: The Rocky Horror Show. Nice photo too! And we are all happy to see the regular ad for the theatre bar in each week! Thank you again! Geoff Stansfield, SALVA Publicity

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Almeria TODAY:

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Those you work with may have little consideration for the underdog. You can raise your standard of living if you pick up some freelance work on the side. Don’t jump into investments too quickly. Try not to overreact to the loss. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You can’t make things better if you don’t know what to fix. You may interest people in a service you have to offer. Work quietly behind the scenes for best results. Don’t hesitate to look for alternatives

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Put your efforts into being creative. Don’t give out any personal information that you don’t want spread around. You could lose a good friend because of it. Learn some new skills that will increase your income. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead. Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities. Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading. Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion. Listen to others carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

emotional upset if you aren’t well organised. Try not to take everything so seriously. Be sure to find out all you can before you commit to anything. There might be a problem with a will or with an insurance policy. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are likely to reveal information unintentionally. You’ll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex this week. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Changes involving your domestic scene may be unpleasant. Try to mix business with pleasure while travelling. You can convince anyone of anything. Get your domestic chores out of the way early.

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WINNERS AND LOSERS 1. Diomed, in 1780, was the first ever winner of which famous horse race? 2. In a speech at Kettering on July 3, 1938, which British politician, said: “In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers”? 3. In rowing and other sports, which French word, translated as ‘to fish again’, is the name given to a contest in which the best-placed of those who failed to win heats compete for a place in the final? 4. Since Sam Snead's victory in 1949, the winner of which golfing tournament has received a green jacket? 5. They called him ‘Fast Eddie’... He was a winner... He was a loser... is a tagline from which 1961 film, starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason? 6. Which actor, who starred as Simon Wicks in EastEnders and as PC Nick Rowan in Heartbeat, topped the UK singles charts in 1986 with Every Loser Wins? 7. Which British middle- and long-distance runner was the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award? 8. Which entertainer, who was the winner of the TV talent show New Faces in 1975, went on to present the programme between 1986 and 1988? 9. Which film director, producer and restaurant critic was responsible for the films Death Wish (1974), Death Wish II (1982) and Death Wish 3 (1985)? 10. Which London-born snooker player has appeared in six World Snooker Championship finals (1984, 1990-1994), losing each time?

1. EPSOM DERBY, 2. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, 3. REPÊCHAGE, 4. US MASTERS, 5. THE HUSTLER, 6. NICK BERRY, 7. CHRISTOPHER CHATAWAY, 8. MARTI CAINE, 9. MICHAEL WINNER, 10. JIMMY WHITE

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that will enable you to raise the kind of donations you need to do the job right. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge. Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing. Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

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Code Breaker

Across 1 Excessively agitated (7) 5 Things that are known or proved to be true (5) 8 Free form dirt (5) 9 At a previous time (7) 10 Responsive to physical stimuli (9) 12 Hotel (3) 13 Joining or attaching by stitches (6) 14 Schoolchildren (6) 17 Short sleep (3) 18 Causes fear in (9) 20 Assign a job or role to someone (7) 21 Large keyboard musical instrument (5) 23 Arranges systematically in groups (5) 24 Sovereignty (7) Down 1 Centre of interest or activity (5) 2 Consumed (3) 3 Stretched or strained state (7) 4 Money available for a client to borrow (6) 5 Powerful effect or influence (5) 13 Type of casual footwear (7) 6 Find fault with (9) 7 Decreases in size, range or extent (7) 15 Miserable (7) 16 Cold season of the year (6) 11 Daily or weekly publication (9)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 25 represents B and 24 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 25 appears and Z every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Custard, 5 Cares, 8 Tribe, 9 Caramel, 10 Ages, 11 Heritage, 13 Stream, 15 Rafter, 18 Tattered, 19 Bars, 22 Torrent, 23 Alone, 24 Rests, 25 Everest.

Down: 1 Cutlass, 2 Slice, 3 Area, 4 Decree, 5 Corsican, 6 Remnant, 7 Salve, 12 Nameless, 14 Returns, 16 Respect, 17 Gentle, 18 Tutor, 20 Adobe, 21 Base.

QUICK Across: 1 Samples, 5 Types, 8 Analyse, 9 Among, 10 Total, 11 Dislike, 12 Always, 14 Accept, 17 Furnace, 19 Rests, 22 Chill, 23 Imagine, 24 Screw, 25 Fingers.

18 Is unsuccessful (5) 19 Tale (5) 22 Each and every one (3)

Down: 1 Start, 2 Meant, 3 Loyalty, 4 Steady, 5 Teams, 6 Provide, 7 Segment, 12 Affects, 13 Warrior, 15 Certain, 16 Belief, 18 Allow, 20 Seize, 21 Seeds.

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

Across 1 Stove (for heating) (6) 4 Well (for water) (4) 8 Serpiente (5) 9 Unhurt (5) 10 Proud (person) (9) 13 De nuevo (5) 15 Espacio (5) 16 Hand (part of body) (4) 17 Poetry (6)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Agradable, 8 Leave, 9 Users, 11 Sala, 12 Misa, 14 Date, 16 Lado, 19 Early, 21 Short, 22 Addresses.

Down: 2 Glass, 3 Aves, 4 Azul, 5 Lie, 6 Plumber, 7 Asiento, 10 Sad, 13 All, 15 Above, 17 Ayer, 18 Osos, 20 Red.

Down 1 Fácil (sencillo) (4) 2 To bring (news, luck etc) (5) 3 Frecuente (8) 5 Deber (dinero, explicación, respeto) (3) 6 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 7 Cycling (8) 11 Estrellas (5) 12 Eyebrow (4) 13 Brazo (de persona) (3) 14 Still (even) (3)

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Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (STINGY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Triune 2 Tinier 3 Amount 4 Whiten 5 Intern 6 Amoeba 7 Teller 8 Cesium 9 Inlaid 10 Ensure 11 Scalar 12 Azalea 13 Statue 14 Resize 15 cartel 16 Strand 17 Deacon 18 Please 19 Hollow

Across 1 Outcast plays a part (4) 3 Prepared props etc to search for gold (8) 9 Land the unorthodox trainer gets (7) 10 More towards the rear later (5) 11 Performers with direction for social group (5) 12 They all moved at the same pace for the arch (6) 14 Stop American Republican getting a break (6) 16 Worship always in religious classes (6) 19 Musical works old piano exercises (6) 21 Whisper to a group of players (5) 24 Lively alcohol around US soldier (5) 25 Promote cocktail at levee (7) 26 Reveal the princess’s nearby (8) 27 A tendency to be crooked (4) Down 1 A motor vehicle and a broken down cart for a tyrant (8) 2 Start cooking pastries (5) 4 US gambling centre attracts Irish

impressionist (6) 5 Stamps on marine animals (5) 6 Former Tory leader’s about me maximum (7) 7 Gull spotted in Greater New York (4) 8 Wild capers of certain horses (6) 13 Passionate animal doctor

embraces he-men (8) 15 Fixes rapiers (7) 17 Paint two women (6) 18 Head start in user’s guides (6) 20 Great, a small spring (5) 22 I am on time for the picture (5) 23 Girl gets male to help (4)

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Tips for a healthy back Being a TOFI worse CENTRO PHYSIS give advice on household chores IN our day-to-day life we’re in constant motion and our backs bear the consequences of this movement. Sometimes we adopt incorrect postures, lift too much weight or carry out repetitive movements while standing in bad positions. Amongst daily tasks, for example, we sweep, mop floors, do gardening chores, iron, spend long periods sit-

ting down, or lay down to sleep and stay in the same position for a long time. These tips will help reduce the stress and damage to our backbones. Below we will explain how to correctly carry out certain tasks such as lifting objects, lying down, work in a sitting position and some household chores: • What is the most back-

friendly way to do the dishes? While doing this everyday household task, it’s important to make sure the sink is level with your waist. This will avoid having to bend your back or lift your arms too much. It’s also a good idea to use a small step to rest one foot on, alternating feet. The important thing is to learn to protect your back and adopt correct positions that mean daily chores are done in the healthiest way possible. Remember prevention is easier than treatment after the damage is done! • Tips while doing housework Sweeping, mopping floors and hoovering are amongst everyday chores which need to be done with care. The handle should be held between chest and hip level and movement should be close to your feet, moving your arms only without twisting at the waist to protect the back. While hoovering, don’t bend over, try and keep your back as straight as possible. Don’t do all the housework at once, try to do a little every day!

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PEOPLE generally assume that if a person is overweight they are unhealthy and if they are thin, then they must be healthy. However, if you are what we refer to in fitness as a Skinny Fat or TOFI (Thin Outside Fat Inside) you could be even more at risk of disease than your obese counterparts. Generally a TOFI would be thin in stature, however, without any substantial healthy lean muscle and mostly fat particularly around the stomach and vital organs. Therefore, it is preferable to be fatter and fitter, than thin and unfit. Research done and published in The Journal Of The American Medical Association revealed the shocking news that one in four TOFIs have pre-diabetes and are metabolically obese. What is worse is that a TOFI diagnosed with diabetes would have twice the risk of death than an overweight person due to the fact that lugging the extra weight around reBetter to be fatter and fitter.

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quires muscle, which in turn protects the body. This is why BMI Body Mass Index is extremely outdated and cannot be relied on for health monitoring. This is based on a person’s height and weight but it doesn’t take gender into account or muscle mass and bone density. If you have an acceptable BMI reading yet your body fat percentage is at 30 per cent, you are not healthy and you are at risk of all sorts of health problems. Those that think they have a ‘get out of jail free card’ because they are thin, need to take another look at their health. It is entirely possible to be skinny, sick and be metabolically obese, which in the end could be even more dangerous than being overweight. FitFoxy has a simple solution: • A healthy diet • Regular exercise consisting of cardio and resistance to retain lean tissue.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

What is lupus? IT is estimated that around 40,000 people in Spain suffer from lupus and most of these are women, but few actually know what lupus is. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease and can be potentially fatal. Its origin is unknown but it is characterised by a multitude of symptoms, manifesting differently over the life of the patient. Lupus can attack any organ system and its main manifestations appear from the age of 14 to 15 and 45 to 50 years. Epidemiological studies suggest that one in 2,000 people have some form or another of systemic lupus. Lupus causes the body’s immune system to mistakenly be viewed as invading foreign bodies (as if they were viral or bacterial) cells, tissues and organs. As a result it creates antibodies that attack and destroy these healthy elements, causing inflammation, pain and damage to vital organs such as blood, kidneys, central nervous system and heart. The main cause of lupus is a failure in the immune system, which is believed to be genetically determined. It can also be triggered by hormonal changes, use of oral contraceptives, pregnancy, sun exposure, some medicine, and infectious agents. Symptoms are varied. They change from person to person and even in the same person over time but can include a low-grade fever, fatigue, joint pain or joint inflammation, mouth sores, sun allergy causing injury flushed cheeks. In more extreme cases skin lesions can appear on the face. There is no single test to confirm lupus so diagnosis can often take time. When diagnosed treatment often involved adapting lifestyle to reduce the symptoms and in some cases can include taking immunosuppressants and other drugs. The Spanish Federation of Lupus offer support and advice on their website www.felupus.org.

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The true cost of socalled cheap flights ‘NO FRILLS’ airlines ask for more, more and more Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man CHEAP flights are great if you book a year in advance. I remember my first ‘no frills’ flight: It was when I was still working and I was in the USA going to a trade show in Las Vegas; tough job but someone had to do it. Anyway, I can’t remember the airline but somehow I’d finished up in Dallas and needed to get to Las Vegas. I found this airline doing these flights for about a third of the price of everybody else and was informed it was a new service so I booked it, boarded and sat in my seat. The air hostess came round (this was before political correctness, when they became ‘cabin crew’) and finally got to me and with a big smile asked if I would like to have something to eat: “Hmm, what are the choices?” I enquired. She looked at me and without missing a beat said, “The choices, sir, are YES! or NO!” I have hated them ever since.

Firstly, most of the time they are not cheap unless, as I said, you book way in advance. Years ago, and I’m sure some of you remember, the deals were all last minute but now if you want to fly within a couple of weeks these no frills airlines are more expensive than a regular flight. The flight is £200, a case £50, to book a seat £20, speedy boarding £20, and what nonsense that is if you have to get a bus to the plane! Then there’s £15 for food on the plane and you never get your first choice! I remember airlines like Monarch; you booked your flight and you had a case allowance, food on the plane, a movie and, if you needed it, a pillow and blanket which are now sold as a ‘comfort pack!’ Then there are the scratch cards. I just booked a flight from Gib to Heathrow with BA which worked out at half the price of going easyJet and it included a case and food. Bring back the all-in price I say. I want to see the price it’s going to cost, end of. Not plus, plus, plus. I won’t even talk about Ryanair, that’s a full-page article on its own. Suffice to say, if the world of airlines needed an enema the tube would go in Ryanair!!!

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Important to check history of vehicles 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. IN the UK, a warning has been issued by vehicle history check experts HPI about the hidden administrative risks when buying a used car. The latest survey reveals that 42 per cent of used car buyers do not know who legally owns a car that has finance owing on it. Answer; the finance house, which also has the legal right to repossess that vehicle at any time without warning. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed assumed the car belongs to the person named on the vehicle’s log book, highlighting the extent of misconception amongst consumers. The good news for those buying from a dealer is that if they discover later that the vehicle is on finance and repossessed, they will be protected by Innocent Purchaser Protection (IPP) and will be able to get their money back. HPI recommends you always conduct a vehicle history check before you buy as it will tell you if the car has outstanding finance on it and enables you to ensure that the finance agreement is concluded before you complete the purchase. In Spain, similar checks can be conducted through the website of the traffic department, the DGT, via the website www.dgt.es. On the front page of the website under ‘Trámites y multas’ you will see a link that reads ‘Informe del Vehiculo.’ The vehicle registry in Spain is managed by the DGT but the information con-

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tained in the database is available to members of the public who have a legitimate reason for requesting the data. If you know the vehicle number plate or chassis number you can find out details as the vehicle ownership, specifications, number of previous owners, administrative status and ITV expiration date. Your identification by means of a digital certificate needs to be provided in order to obtain the information record and there is a small administration fee for obtaining the information which can be paid for by credit or debit card, although the fee is considerably lower than the financial risk of purchasing a car with a dubious history or has sanctions imposed against it.

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Is the list of renters private? We live in a gated Community of 45 apartments in a coastal village in Almeria. We have had problems during the music festival period, when rented apartments had 15 or more young people in them. They partied around the pool until the early hours, disrupting owners and their families. This year at the AGM we voted to employ a security guard and give him a list of people staying in each apartment and not allow anyThe Administrators are quite right, in fact. They have obtained private information about where people are lodging and they can legally use it only for the purpose as-

one NOT on the list through the gate! The Administrator refused to send out this information to all owners but they have given a list of names to the Security Guard. The Administrators say they cannot give the list of names to anyone because of the data protection law! Surely, the President and other owners have a right to see the list?

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The moment I discovered the joy of reading and stating the obvious WHEN about to cross a bridge, a lonesome sign appeared and a world of plaques, sayings and rude comments opened up Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.

eternal Don Quixote complex; everything having a meaning but not necessarily in any configured or understandable order (dry riverbed; if it was a flowing river, the sign would probably

be under water and read ‘wet river’). Of course it was a ‘dry river’; anyone could see that. Further, it couldn’t be any other type of ‘river’ as it wasn’t really a river. It was just plain dry, parched and sun-baked. If you watched it long

Mojacar pledges to help refugees PARTIES agree to draw up a list of families willing to help EUROPE is currently immersed in a serious humanitarian crisis due to movement of thousands of people fleeing from the terror of war in the countries of origin and looking to Europe for a safe, free, human rights respecting place to take shelter, and this situation must be met with kindness and solidarity. The town of Mojacar is aware of the seriousness of the situation and has pledged to continue with its tradition of being a place where people of all nationalities and cultures can meet and live together and call on its unquestionable generous and cooperative nature. Therefore on October 1 all political parties agreed during a plenary session to take in and cover the needs of refugees from countries at war. The council has decided to draw up a list of families who wish to take refugees into their homes and provide accommo-

Photo C McCauley.

WELL, it finally happened. After living here some two years, having visited every bad bar and dank watering-hole and eaten in more caves than I could count, I finally learned to read. The miraculous occurrence was not dissimilar to St Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus: Coming back from Almeria, we crossed a bridge that had ‘standing alert’ posted next to its side; nothing less than a sign giving testament to the fact that you were about to cross nothing less than the Rio Seco. I couldn’t believe my eyes or my brain and its machinations; a Zen experience hit me: I knew what that sign meant; I had passed it more times than most people have indulged in hot meals, yet on this one spectacular rite-of-passage, I was lifted to another level of consciousness: I could read. I also became permanently aware of Spain’s

enough, little swirls of dust would blow across it. Must have felt as though a Christmas blessing had arrived and tussled its solemnity. A light swirling break from the routine of perpetual baking. Well, I got out and hugged that sign and then took off driving again, naming out loud for all to hear which ditch, dry gulch or tractless piece of land we had just crossed. I did that for about three solid months and noticed that no one wanted to ride with me any longer. To fill my sadness I went to bars and therein too, found other things to read. Little plaques on the wall commemorating some happening or something that should have happened and didn’t. I soon learned that most of the interior signs or posts fulfilled the ancient Spanish law of longevity. Once it was put up or existed in plain sight for all to behold it wouldn’t be taken down. Some of them were full of wise sayings and rude comments. I started making a collection of the better ones, either buying them outright or bargaining on where to find them (Granada, shops near the Cathedral). Even to this day I have the better ones on the wall of my bar. I have included two of my favourites (pictured). Now it’s your turn to read.

WAR-TORN: A transit camp in Iraq. dation for them in empty properties they own, or to help feed them during the time they spend in Mojacar. To ensure this aid is organised as quickly and efficiently as possible the council will be working in collaboration with the Spanish Federation of Mu-

nicipalities and Provinces (FEMP) which has launched a Municipal Citizens’ Attention Coordination Office. All residents interested in collaborating are asked to get in touch with the Social Services Department at Mojacar Town Hall.

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Get your rock on in Albox GET your leather on and your heads banging as Albox celebrates the Rock Albox festival all for a good cuase. This is one of the most long-standing musical events in the province of Almeria, as it marks its 31st edition. It will take place on October 24 at the town’s fairground. Doors will open at 8.30pm and at 9pm, Debaho Band will turn up the volume. At around 10.15pm, it will be MHP, followed by Kaxta from Extramadura . They will be followed by No Konforme (at 1.30am) and by Txulapos Muertos (3.45am). The festival was organised by the association RockAlbox with the collaboration and funds of Albox’ Council. There is a camping site available and a car park. Tickets are €5 and include a beer, with all proceeds going to AECC, Spanish Association Against Cancer.

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Something to watch in Arboleas at La Mina PROMISES to be exciting as riders complete their laps A GREAT mountain bike race is coming up in Arboleas on Sunday, October

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Statue now to be fixed AUTHOR of the iconic donkey sculpture in Plaza Nueva of Albox, Isabel Garcia Oller, which was vandalised last week has offered to repair it for free. As was reported by the Euro Weekly News in last week’s edition, a vandal had cut off the donkey’s right ear. Isabel Garcia Oller, an Alboxborn artist, crafted this piece over a period of three years to serve as a tribute for mule drivers. “I only want to ask for measures so that acts like this do not happen again,” said the artist when talking to Spanish daily La Voz de Almeria, and continued: “I was outraged because this sculpture is like a part of me. Imagine you have created something you feel proud of and someone breaks it. It is not pleasant. I want to fix it for free as I do not want to see this happening again.” Mayor Rogelio Many has thanked the artist for her offer to create a new ear and reattach it to such a special piece of art. “We are going to launch appropriate measures to improve safety.”

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A few of the wealthiest pets on the planet GRUMPY CAT, the feline with a famous frown, became an Internet sensation in 2014 after its owner posted images of her pet online and the animal’s ‘grumpy’ expression was shared around the world. Tardar Sauce, the original name owner Tabatha Bundesen gave to Grumpy Cat, went on to appear on American primetime TV including American Idol, The Soup and Good Morning America. Bundesen has not disclosed the financial details of her cat, however the grouchy pet is reported to be a multimillionaire. One of the richest ever

dogs is a German shepherd named Gunther IV who inherited his fortune from his father, Gunther III. German Countess Karlotta Libenstein left her entire $80 million fortune (€71 million) to Gunther III whose advisors helped him to invest wisely, leaving $375 million (€333 million) to his son. Fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, told New York Magazine that his pet cat, Choupette, is “the most famous cat in the world, and the richest.” A model by profession, Choupette earned $3.3 million for two photoshoots.

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Dogs can only learn by association, not reasoning MOST owners have no inkling of the instincts inherent in the pets that they own

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ALL training should be based on the assumption that the dog does not reason and that he learns by the association of ideas. For training purposes, we create the associations we want with reward. R e w a rd: This c a n be a pplie d in many ways, depending on the individual animal and what has to be done. A lthough food is c onde mne d by some, if applied correctly it can be used. However, most dogs like to be fussed, petted and talked to in a friendly voice. Anything that a dog likes can be used as a reward. The end product is entirely dependent upon reward; a dog’s instinct plays a vital role. The a ve ra ge dog ow ne r doe s not have any idea of the instincts inherent in the dog that he owns. Canine instincts vary in strength between breeds and individuals of the same breed. All

NOT ALIKE: The differences between canines and us outweigh the similarities.

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The two different kinds of property buyers in Spain and what they seek John Graham The property expert

FROM now until mid-December it will be a very busy sales period for the real estate industry in Spain. Thousands of buyers will be visiting Spain’s coastal resorts and major cities in search of their permanent or holiday dream home. There is another type of property buyer visiting Spain but they are not in search of their dream home, they are here on business and are the professional buyers or investors. As a professional surveyor and property adviser, I’m used to dealing with private buyers but I specialise in selling to professional buyers because they are both completely different. Private buyers are looking for their dream home, to enjoy and relax away

DONE DEAL: But are they looking for a dream home or an investment? from the cold weather; it’s a very emotional buying experience. Professional buyers are investors, they are looking for properties that meet their investment plan, there is no emotion, it’s facts and figures, surveys, valuations; a serious businessbuying experience.

Investing in property has become increasingly popular and is now almost as common as investing in stocks and bonds and some of the benefits of selling to a professional buyer are that they are normally cash buyers, fast decision makers and will want to complete the sale quickly.

I want to give you a few brief examples of what the professional buyer will be looking for, so that you will be able to see which type of professional buyer could be interested in buying your property. Let’s start with the professional buyers who buy properties, not to live in but to rent out. They normally buy a number of apartments or villas in well-located holiday resorts for holiday rentals or apartments in the city centre. The location and price is more important than the condition of the property. There are professional buyers who only buy run-down villas or apartments in top residential areas. They normally buy older properties and completely refurbish them to a modern standard and resell them, when finished, for a profit. Other professional buyers are looking for heavily discounted properties that don’t need much work, for immediate resale at a higher price.

Then there are the Mutual Fund buyers; these are companies who either buy existing properties in top locations or buy land and build properties for investors to buy one or more of them through the company. The company operating the investment group manages all the properties, taking care of maintenance and rentals. In exchange for this management, the company takes a percentage of the monthly rental income. A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is created when a corporation (or trust) uses investors’ money to purchase and operate income properties. They allow investors to buy into non-residential investments. So, does your property match the professional buyer’s requirements? If you would like more information or would like to sell your property, please contact me. John Graham Fellow of the Architecture & Surveyors Institute gk.ipad@me.com

Chinese investors make comeback CITY locations like Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Marbella most popular By Declan Scanlan Photo credit Sergio Gutierrez, Shutterstock

VALENCIA: Number one location for Chinese buyers.

ACCORDING to recent findings by Spanish property portal,

Idealista, Chinese investors are coming to Spain to expand their property interests due to the “adjustment in prices and good

economic prospects.” This is backed up by a Chinese website for investors, juwai.com, which says Spain has the greatest number of Chinese buyers in the property market amongst Mediterranean countries. The Spanish government has courted Chinese investment in the country’s property with a ‘Golden Visa’, which grants automatic residence in Spain for those investors who spend over €500,000. Figures indicate that $52 billion (€45.7 billion) has been spent on outbound resi-

dential real estate investments by Chinese buyers in 2014. The investors from China prefer locations such as Marbella, Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona, with Valencia being the most popular place in the second quarter of this year. The biggest markets in commercial real estate are the UK, the US and Australia. The juwai findings may not point to Spain overtaking these countries in terms of Chinese investment but the growing Asian interest can only be good news for the Spanish market.

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Finding it hard to sell your house? GRUPO PLATINUM has the experience and expertise necessary to market your property CAROLINE SMITH, manager and owner of Grupo Platinum Estates, in San Juan de Los Terreros, is a qualified professional with more than 25 years’ experience in her field. She has some exclusive tips for those who would like to sell their houses but find it difficult. Is the market bad for sellers? It’s great for sellers and it’s great for buyers. But some sellers don’t want to adapt to buyers so less competitive sellers are in the game. Just make sure you are a seller that adapts to the buyers. Sellers that adapt to the buyers are the ones that sell, follow these tips and sell your house: 1. Beat the competition with immaculate condition. Much of the competition is low-priced repossessions or quick sales in deplorable conditions. As a homeowner, the way you can compete is on condition. Make sure that the little nicks and scratches and doorknobs that don’t work are all fixed before you display your home. 2. De-personalise and declutter. Do this; pretend you’re moving out. Take all the things that make your home ‘your’ personal sanctuary

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New buyers guide HELPING hand for expats looking to purchase property in Spain is launched By Eleanor Hawkins SINCE the recession hit Spain, people from overseas have made up an important part of property purchasers and the Spanish Registrars Association has decided to lend them a helping hand with a guide in English. Drawn up in collaboration with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Association of International Property Professionals, the Guide to Buying Property in Spain has been launched to do just that. The guide, which can be downloaded for

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5. Get real about pricing. Today’s buyers are very educated about comparable sales in the area. Listen to your agent; they know what price is right. 6. Listen to your agent. If you find an experienced estate agent to list your home with a successful track record of

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New Renault Mégane wins recent award RENAULT has won the Best Connected Car award (Trophée de la Voiture Connectée) for the new Mégane. The award was presented on Thursday, October 1 and the new Mégane was selected by a panel of automotive industry experts (various innovators and journalists from 01NET.COM, BFM, RMC and Deloitte) in recognition of the model’s innovations in the realms of safety, driver aids, human-machine interface and infotainment package

Cooperating manufacturers MOTORCYCLES are to become part of the connected vehicle world: BMW Motorrad, Honda and Yamaha are cooperating to further increase safety of powered twowheelers. The new cooperation was announced on October 6 at the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux, the world’s largest event for intelligent transport systems and services. The three partners also encouraged other motorcycle manufacturers to join the consortium.

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Fourth generation Mazda MX5 ready to hit the road LIGHTEST model yet cuts 100kg off the outgoing version and is the most fuel-efficient so far By John Smith ACCORDING to Mazda, the latest version of its best-selling roadster comes with a more aggressive look and state-of-the-art technology but still remains true to its concept of being an affordable, lightweight sports car which is fun to drive. It’s the lightest MX-5 since the first generation, cutting 100kg relative to the outgoing model despite cutting-edge safety and infotainment systems. The SKYACTIV technology, introduced for the first time in an MX-5, is the most fuel-efficient to date, underpinning Mazda’s fundamental lightweight sports car principle with specially tuned engines and transmission adapted for the front-mid engine, rearwheel drive layout. The redesigned chassis im-

proves the MX-5’s agility, has an ideal 50:50 front-rear weight distribution with shorter overhangs and a low yaw inertia moment with the lowest centre of gravity yet. Its human-oriented interior puts the driver in perfect position with the pedals, steering wheel, gearshift and other important

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Nissan’s new concept NISSAN describes the generation that went straight from the cradle to digital technology as ‘share natives.’ This generation will reach driving age in a few years, but has shown little interest in cars. What kind of cars will move share natives? Will they even want to drive? Nissan has designed a provocative solution: Teatro for Dayz. Teatro for Dayz: Its name is drawn from the Italian for theatre and a Nissan minicar. The concept has a design and features that enable share natives to create and share experiences immediately with friends both onboard and online.

Designed under the concept ‘a clean canvas,’ its key feature is its smooth white interior that allows the instrument panel, seats and door trim to serve as a

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Wales and N Ireland through to European Championships 2016 ENGLAND already through, Scotland out, Ireland play again Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

FOOTBALL – Wales and Northern Ireland will be playing in next year’s European Championships in France but the Republic of Ireland must wait a bit longer (they are in the play-offs). Wales, despite losing in Bosnia, booked their place in a major competition for the first time in 58 years, while Northern Ireland qualified for their first since 1986. Sadly, Scotland are out, ousted by Poland’s dramatic late equaliser in Glasgow. Unbeaten England defeated Estonia and Lithuania in their last two group games and will join hosts France, Albania, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Re-

public, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland in the finals next year. It’s back to Premiership action this weekend but Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero will not be able to emulate his feat of five goals against Newcastle; he misses the game against Bournemouth through injury. Elsewhere, Arsenal visit Watford, Manchester United are at Everton, defending champions Chelsea take on Aston Villa and Liverpool, under new manager Jürgen Klopp, travel to Tottenham. The other topflight games are Crystal Palace-West Ham, NewcastleNorwich, Southampton-Leicester, SwanseaStoke and WBA-Sunderland (Sam Allardyce will be in charge of the

Convincing win in Stableford MONDAY October 5, saw 36 players set out on the Individual Stableford competition, where Jim Laing put them in their place by returning 41 points, to win the men’s division. Second was José Urroz (38), followed in third on count back, by Jim Budd (35). The ladies division was a success for Jackie Dale, with 34 points followed by Carole Taylor (32) and Isobel Jones (30) in third. There were twos prizes for José Urroz (17th) John Kavanagh (5th) and Jim Laing (2nd). Thursday’s team waltz, played in teams of four saw a winning score of 97 points, by Dave Roddis, José Nistal, José Urroz and Linda King to take first prize. In second were Tony Cordingley, Don Atkins, John Kavanagh and Alf Taylor (92) followed in third by

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County and Celtic go to Motherwell. La Liga leaders, Villarreal, take on Celta Vigo (3rd) while Real Madrid (2nd) meet lowly Levante and Barcelona (4th) play Rayo Vallecano. RUGBY UNION – The World Cup quarter-finals are Wales v South LEWIS Africa and New HAMILTON: Zealand v France Ahead by on Saturday, fol73 points in lowed by Auschampionship. tralia v Scotland and Argentina v

Ireland on Sunday. England bowed out with a convincing win over Uruguay. Too late! RUGBY LEAGUE – A crowd of 73,512 saw Leeds Rhinos complete the treble by beating Wigan Warriors 2220 in the Grand Final at Old Trafford; a great farewell for Rhino’s duo, Jamie Peacock and Kevin Sinfield. MOTORSPORT – Lewis Hamilton won last Sunday’s Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi by seven seconds from Sebastian Vettel with Sergio Perez third. Nico Rosberg retired, leaving Hamilton 73 points ahead of him in the driver’s championship after registering his 42nd race victory. Mercedes won the constructor’s crown with four races remaining. One day earlier, Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo finished 1-2-3 in the Japanese MotoGP. This was Pedrosa’s 50th race victory and Rossi now leads the rider’s championship by 18 points.

Turnout good, scores poor A VERY good turnout on Tuesday October 6, and Aguilon GC in great condition. The scores however did not reflect this with 31 points win-

ning both divisions. Dennis Lacelles recovering from his 5 and 3 defeat in the club singles to win Division 1, ahead of Rik Bird 29, and

Mark Adams 28, the injury prone Tom Tannant, back on the course to win Division 2, from Sid Jones 28, and the ever consistent Rosie Smith on 27.

The excellent turnout allowed for three nearest the pin prizes which were won by Tony Barker, Mark Adams and Chris Tyler.

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A clean sweep for Forum’s founder PHIL ELAM wins Stableford, Society Championship and Claret Jug League FORUM Golf Society’s Individual Stableford competition at Aguilon on October 9 was also the final round of the Society Championship and the last qualifying event in the 2015 Claret Jug League. Forum founder Phil Elam, who won the event with 40 points, also clinched both of these titles, and was presented with them afterwards by Forum stalwart Bob Vincent, as well as the Singles Matchplay trophy and the Pairs Matchplay trophy (in conjunction with wife Fran Elam) both of which he won earlier in the year. Leading scores in the Stableford were: 1. Phil Elam 40 points, 2. Fran Elam 38 points, 3. Malcolm Tilley 35 points. 4. Myra Dickson 35 points, 5. Kevin Bircher 34 points. Leading scores in the Claret Jug League: 1. Phil Elam 209 points, 2. Fran Elam 181 points, 3. Dave Greaves 170 points, 4. Wendy Greaves 165 points, 5. Douglas Dickson 130 points. Leading scores in the Society Championship: 1. Phil Elam 74 points, 2. Fran Elam 66 points, 3. Malcolm Tilley 65 points, 4. Keith Ryder 65 points, 5. Ron Wileman 65 points Next fixture is October 23 Stableford at Saurines de la Torre.

PRESENTATION: Bob Vincent hands Phil Elam one of his trophies.