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ISSUE NO. 1620

21 - 27 July 2016

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The Costa del Sol continues its quest for gender and sexual equality, with the first-ever campaign addressing sexual aggression towards women to begin on August 1. Over 2,000 residents have voted on social media in order to select the poster which will front the pioneering drive, with the central slogan having been tweaked to ‘No es no’ (No is no) following an outpouring of public support. Having initially designed the crusade for Malaga’s feria, organisers have agreed it should be extended to the entire province. The forward-thinking campaigners will distribute posters and fans to partners, while publicity will also be displayed in municipal buildings and on public transport, with a number

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of radio and television spots lined up. Project Director, Ruth Sarabia, stressed that sexual attacks can occur at any time during large events, citing the recent spate of incidents at Pamplona’s festival of San Fermin, which was marred by reports of harassment and sexual violence. The poster chosen to lead the campaign appeals to the Costa’s cosmopolitan nature, featuring five women of different nationalities each saying “No” in their respective languages, with Arabic to be added. The central theme of ‘No is no’ is that verbal refusal is sufficient, that a woman does not have to demonstrate physical resistance to be the victim of a crime, and that sexual violence has no place in a society striving to consign a traditionally sexist, patriarchal culture to the past.

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What to do in an emergency YOU will find in this week’s edition of Euro Weekly News a very handy double page showing numbers to call in case of emergency of any type. Take the double page spread and keep it handy but telephone numbers are no use, if you don’t speak Spanish and don’t know simple phrases to explain what your problem is. As a newspaper dedicated to assist expatriates to assimilate into the Spanish way of life we want to try to help everyone to be able to communicate basic information especially in the case of an emergency where time is of the essence. Next week therefore we will be publishing an easy to follow guide, advising you of what to do in the event of a death, a break in, an injury, a problem with the local council

and a number of other matters which may be easy to deal with in the UK, but could be handled quite differently in Spain. Did you know for example that if you have a joint bank account in Spain and your partner dies, the account will be frozen as soon as you tell the bank? In that case how will you pay for the funeral? This is the sort of information you will need together with a very basic guide to the meaning of relevant Spanish words. Once you have had a chance to read this next week and you feel that we have missed anything that might be of assistance, we always welcome readers’ letters raising the questions which we will endeavour to answer.

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Teenage pollutant addled turtles By Matt Ford A TRIO of juvenile loggerhead turtles were released at Cala Sardinia in San Roque on Wednesday, July 20, as they successfully exited a recuperation programme at the Centre for Marine Environmental Management (CEGMA) after being picked up by fishermen earlier in the year.

1 metre or more is the length of a loggerhead when fully-grown.

Two of the young animals were suffering from hypothermia and motor function problems when picked up by the CEGMA team, with the other suffering from extreme weakness and buoyancy problems. During their brief stay in captivity, the reptiles were maintained in water of the correct temperature and treated with vitamins, with the most severely ill also requir-

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ON THE MEND: The turtles are back to good health. ing ‘fluid therapy’ and antibiotics. The loggerhead is a threatened species which can measure over a metre in length when fully-grown, and makes impressive annual migrations to regular feeding areas such as the Alboran Sea following the

breeding season. Biologists suspect that the young animals were heading through the Strait of Gibraltar before becoming unwell, thus the decision was made to release them in the Mediterranean.

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AS we enter the second half of July, a procession of celebrities has descended on Marbella to spend some time away from their hectic lifestyles and catch some rays, albeit with a string of paparazzi in tow. Following the Global Gift Gala event, Brazilian underwear model Alessandra Ambrosio was spotted on a push bike as she cycled along the Golden Mile with hubby Jamie Mazur, with the low key nature of her outfit belying the fact that she is among the worldâ€™s top 10 most moneyed models. A few kilometres away, in Sotogrande, Spanish model, actress and UNICEF ambassador Ines Sastre could be seen donning a flattering blue bikini as she frolicked in the shallows with her son Diego. EX-PSOE councillor Olvido Hormigos was also trotting around the city centre in a bikini top and revealing trousers, as the Salvame and

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ALL SMILES: Alessandra Ambrosio.

Celebrity Big Brother stalwart appeared to be enjoying some time off with husband Jesus Atahonero Rico, despite recent revelations over an al-

leged affair with Italian aristocrat and Spanish television personality Alessandro Lecquio. World tennis number one

Novak Djokovic has also been savouring the hot weather, as he and wife Jelena were pictured splashing about in the Med.

Flaming vehicle reduced to ashes A CAR caught fire on the motorway in the Malaga-bound lane near El Higueron in Benalmadena causing a three kilometre tailback on Wednesday (July 20).

Malaga Traffic Control Centre reported that the car burst into flames at around 1.50pm at kilometre 219 on the A7 motorway but confirmed that the driver was

able to get out unharmed. The car however was reduced to a mangle of burned metal and little else with no hope of repair.

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Raft of reefers THE strong winds brought more than jellyfish ashore on Saturday, July 16, as a package containing 30 kilos of hashish washed up on a crowded Fuengirola beach.

Fatal crash A 45-YEAR-OLD who was not wearing a helmet died from head injuries, after his moped crashed into the side of a van on La Estrella industrial estate, Malaga City.

Dirty cash NATIONAL POLICE have cracked a money laundering operation in Estepona, making six arrests as they foiled a group dedicated to ‘cleaning’ drug money.

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The whole shebang LA CALA DE MIJAS is primed for a party, as its annual feria gets underway on Thursday, July 21, and will run until Monday, July 25. Las Lagunas’ version has already proved an enormous success this year, and La Cala is keen to follow, explained a broadly smiling festivals councillor, Nuria Rodriguez, as she said: “In my department we have worked hard to make the feria a success, we believe that our jamborees have to be a reference for the entire region and, in turn, a place where all age-groups are represented, with something for everyone.” Among the novelties on show this year will be a parade of ‘giants and massive heads’ which will pass through the district’s main arteries, plus the El Limonar neighbourhood, accompanied by characters from children’s favourite Paw Patrol. Free live music will include the superb Chambao, who takes to the stage on Sunday, Maria

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TURKISH Airlines has agreed to keep its two daily flights between Istanbul and Malaga-Costa del Sol running until the end of October to facilitate travel between the two destinations. Not only do these flights help bring Turkish tourists to the coast, they also provide a convenient hub for people travelling from Malaga to use to connect to flights to the Middle and Far East and Russia.

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LA CALA: The place to be this weekend.

Toledo, a tribute to Mecano by Robin Torres, and renowned covers band Mr Proper. Local pensioners will be delighted to attend their annual knees-up at the municipal

‘caseta’ on Thursday evening, where their free meal will be soundtracked by traditional flamenco group Azabache. Children have not been forgotten, with a number of themed

shindigs, while the King and Queen of the feria will be crowned at 10pm on Friday. The blowout will continue to Monday, with live music, fencing, and a puppet workshop.

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EIGHT nefarious individuals belonging to an organised criminal group have been clapped into irons for periods ranging between nine months and four years, and handed out fines. The outlaws provided vehicles and cover for ‘other villains’ via their dodgy family business, which they ran as an outwardly clean car rental firm based in Malaga.

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Fight puffs on More than just a leaflet

MARBELLA Council has clubbed together with water company Hydralia to dish out 6,000 portable ashtrays to beachgoers in order to discourage them from stubbing their fags out in the sand. Sustainability and beaches councillor, Miguel Diaz, explained that the campaign aims to “maintain the cleanest coastline and avoid the uncomfortable, annoying presence of cigarette butts.” The official added that it is difficult to pick up used cigarettes because they are so small and the standard machines used by the council are unable to collect them all. “With this initiative, which has taken several years to develop, we encourage smokers

FREE: Staff hand out ashtrays in Marbella. to collect their own waste using the ashtrays we have provided,” he opined. Diaz also appears determined to “educate” muttonheaded smokers, underlining

that “cleaning these butts has an important economic effect because the cleaning is done using taxpayers money, including those who don’t smoke.” MALAGA CITY: The book will have quality images, maps and text.

Dealer caught in the act A TWENTY-FIVE-YEAROLD from Barcelona has been arrested by the Local

Police in Malaga after allegedly being caught selling drugs to foreigners on a

beach near La Malagueta. The young man was spotted by plain-clothed police officers striking up conversations with young holidaymakers before making transactions and caught a German man with one small plastic bag of marihuana and an English student with another two, which they had allegedly bought for €10 each. A search of the suspect’s backpack revealed another five bags of marihuana and one of hashish.

By Eleanor Hawkins MALAGA City has launched its own book, which was launched on Wednesda y (J uly 20) a nd w il l be r eady and waiting for tourists at hotels to accompany them as they discover the city. Malaga Ciudad Genial is more than just a tourist guide however, as it introduces visitors to everything they need to do while telling the story of a Dutch traveller, Geert Van Bergher, who found his muse in the city and tells the story of his experiences there. Two-hundred-and-ten pages of quality images, maps and text introduce travellers to the city and give tips on where

to glimpse monuments from a different angle, watch the sun set or get about like a local, editorial director Juan de la Cruz explained. City Mayor Francisco de la Torre said the book had been born from a desire to provide more than just leaflets and a websi t e t o i nt r oduce t our i st s t o i t s charms and the idea of having it at hotels is to make it almost a first point of contact when they arrive. The book will be available to read at three, four and five star hotels in the city and will also be on sale for €10 at the hotels, the tourist office on Plaza de la Mar i na and ot her aut hor i sed sal es points.

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Right on tomb By Matt Ford FOLLOWING an intense campaign, the UNESCO has approved an application for the Dolmens of Antequera to be named a World Heritage Site. “It’s a very happy moment and my first words must be of thanks and congratulations to the people of Antequera, who have worked through time to preserve and conserve this heritage,” said Junta de Andalucia regional government Culture delegate Rosa Aguilar upon hearing the news. Antequera Mayor Manuel Baron thanked everyone who had supported the campaign and said: “Thanks for making this 6,000-year-old dream come true.” The acknowledged site includes the dolmens of Menga and Viera, the tholos of El Romeral, the Peña de los Enamorados massif, and El Torcal, and the ancient burial sites become just the fifth group of megalithic monuments to be included on the UNESCO list, and the first in continental Europe. The successful campaign was launched after the painstaking research of honoured British astrono-

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Positive gestures MARBELLA Council is to introduce sign language on the ‘most important’ local news shown on the TV channel RTV Marbella, certain city tours and other cultural services.

Going postal MORE than 100 miffed San Roque residents performed a ‘symbolic regeneration’ of Guadarranque beach, in protest at the Port Authority’s ongoing disregard for the blocked river mouth.

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RENOWNED: The Menga dolmen. mist Michael Hoskin determined that two of the three dolmens are unique. The Menga dolmen faces the iconic Peña de los Enamorados massif, while the El Romeral dolmen faces in the opposite direction, towards El Torcal, whereas all other Mediterranean dol-

mens in a set of over 3,000 analysed by Hoskin during a decade-long study were positioned to face the sunrise on equinoxes and solstices. The two in Antequera are instead oriented towards landscape features, as noted by the University of Cam-

bridge professor in his 2001 book entitled ‘Tombs, Temples and their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory,’ and was the main characteristic used to elevate the megalithic structures to UNESCO World Heritage status.

A HUGE 38-kilos of MDMA, in its purest crystalline form, has been seized by National Police in Fuengirola, with a trio of Dutchmen arrested.

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On the whale trail By Matt Ford A SPERM WHALE by the name of ‘Amanita’ has been spotted splashing around in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, with the enormous animal a regular visitor first recorded there in 1998. A team from the Cetacean Conservation, Information and Study group CIRCE were tickled pink to clap eyes on the aquatic behemoth, as they gawped at her while aboard a boat operated by a local whale watching firm. Amanita has been spotted on several occasions over the last 18 years, having last been observed in 2014, and she was identified from photos by the unique markings on her caudal (tail) fin, a common technique used by whale biologists and others interested in the massive mammals. The sperm whale, or cachalot, is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest predatory animal with teeth alive today, with males measuring 16-20 metres in length and females typically around 11 metres. Capable of plunging to awesome depths of more than two kilometres below the surface, it is the second deepest-

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Dope barrier WORK has started on an ‘anti-drugs barrier,’ which will span the Rio Guadarranque at San Roque in order to prevent narcoticsladen boats motoring upstream, as the council clamps down following residents’ complaints.

Up in arms LUXURY boutiques in Puerto Banus are up in arms over the continued lack of CCTV security cameras around the moneyed marina, as a standoff that has been ongoing for 10 years continues.

REGULAR: Sperm whales can often be seen near Gibraltar. diving mammal, and also has the largest brain of any extant animal, more than five times the weight of a human’s. It is just one of a number of whale and dolphin species inhabiting the Strait, with 74 individuals identified to date, being particularly common during the months of March and July, when the animals congregate to feed on large squid and fishes, making regular half-hour

2014 was the last time the sperm whale called ‘Amanita’ was spotted in the area.

dives to depths of 600-1,000 metres. The main threat to the whales as they surface to breathe is collision with the legions of large ships which frequent one of the busiest shipping routes in the world, with at least two fatal incidents since 2002, leading to a 2007 recommendation to reduce speed to 13 knots at times of year when they are present in larger numbers.

SOS for SAS THE Andalucian Health Service (SAS) is operating at a ‘bare minimum’ after years of under-investment and insufficient recruitment, according to union chiefs, who warn of ‘chaotic’ scenes this summer.

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Shore Thing for Marbella By Matt Ford AFTER shipping its extreme, oversexed social experiment ‘Super Shore’ to the hedonistic Greek destination of Mykonos last year, MTV masterminds have unleashed their latest transatlantic volley in the culture wars by confirming that the second series will be filmed in Marbella. A group of young spray tan bundles unencumbered by social graces or self-consciousness will thus occupy a luxury residence in the glitzy resort, where they will get to spend quality time together under the watchful eye of the camera. This will likely be supplemented by the cast getting blindingly drunk before arguing with each other and repeatedly throwing up, as the ‘Shore’ saga continues to expand on the original ‘Jersey Shore’ cultural study, which has already resulted in the notorious UK version ‘Geordie Shore.’

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EMERGENCY SERVICE: Air ambulances will help improve patient transport. A NEW heliport for air ambulances has been created in Alozaina by the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s health department at a cost of €79,830 which will help improve patient transport and evacuation in medical emergencies. The heliport, which is for use by 061 emergency service helicopters only, was opened on Wednesday (July 20) by Junta delegate Jose Luis Ruiz Espejo and Health and Equality delegate Ana Isabel Gonzalez accompanied by local Mayor An-

tonio Perez and 061 provincial director Felix Plaza. This heliport, Ruiz Espejo said, completes the health department’s network of emergency heliports which has cost a total of €440,190. The infrastructure will be managed by EPES Public Health Emergencies Company with European Regional Development Plan funding and is the last of eight 061 heliports in Malaga Province which will between them cover the Guadalhorce and Guadiaro Valleys, Sierra de las Nieves,

Guadalteba and Axarquia areas. EPES runs a fleet of air ambulances across Andalucia which are used when patients in critical conditions need urgent evacuation to hospitals. Over the first six months of this year Malaga’s air ambulance was sent out to emergencies 130 times, the service reported. The 061 air ambulances are considered special operations helicopters and are authorised to land outside airports and aerodromes for emergencies whenever and wherever necessary.

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Summer Gala in Aid of World Vision THE fourth year of the spectacular World Vision Gala Dinner will take place on Thursday, August 11 in the Sea Grill restaurant of the Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa, a breathtaking location with guest tables located over the pool with direct views of the Mediterranean. A non-stop extravaganza of entertainment, live music, international gastronomy and fantastic raffle prizes, set under a twinkling summer sky. World Vision is the charity specifically chosen by Daniel Shamoon, owner of Puente Romano. It is the world’s largest international children’s charity, working to bring real hope to millions of children in the world’s hardest places. ‘I wanted to create an unforgettable experience for the guests of the gala, whilst helping a very worthwhile charity. Every year through the gala we help fund a different project, of which we can actually see the results first hand,’ quoted Mr Shamoon upon his decision to support World Vision. This year’s project is to tackle malaria and provide thousands of families and children in Myanmar (Burma) with a safer, healthier future. The goal at the Summer Gala on August 11 is to raise the funds needed to ensure this vital work continues in Myanmar, rated as one of the poorest countries in our world. The summer gala begins at 8.30pm on the terrace of Sea Grill with cocktails and canapés prepared by Michelin starred chef Dani Garcia. Once guests are seated around the pool area the gala dinner commences, the five- course meal is prepared by Puente Romano’s award winning chef Thomas Stork and served with a selection of wines from the beach resort’s acclaimed sommelier. The musical entertainment consists of triple platinum international recording artist Alexander O’Neal with his all the greatest hits. In addition, live performances by Mr Peet Rothwell singing Michael Bublé’s greatest hits, Club Live, Las Vegas Showgirls and recording singer Vanna Vee, will keep guests entertained all evening. Plus our exclusive raffle with a huge variety of gifts from which all profits will be given to the charity. World Vision Gala at Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa is destined to be the highlight of summer 2016! Dress Code of the evening is cocktail. Price 275eur per person. Wines paired with the menu are included.

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Knife of crime TWO delinquents have been arrested in Campanillas for allegedly stabbing a man in the head as he attempted to prevent them stealing his partner’s handbag.

Talking rubbish BENMALMADENA Council has installed an impressive 200 new municipal waste containers, quadrupling the town’s previous capacity.

Chukker suckers THE Spanish women’s polo championship is to be held on the Rio Sotogrande pitches in San Roque from Friday July 22 until Sunday July 24.

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World stars on display By Matt Ford THIS year’s Global Gift gala event took place at the Gran Melia Don Pepe luxury hotel on Sunday, July 17, as a clutch of world stars joined other well-heeled guests at the charity spectacular in Marbella. Brazilian super model and Victoria’s Secret star Alessandra Ambrosio turned the most heads due to the plunging neckline on her pink gown, detracting somewhat from her indelible smile, although honorary chairwoman Eva Longoria’s classy blue number also had photographers snapping away madly. Desperate Housewives actress Longoria’s Eva Longoria Foundation co-sponsored the philanthropic knees-up, at which guests paid upwards of €500 for a five-star meal and entertainment, with the proceeds dished out to various charitable organisations, including UNICEF. The gala was hosted by British-born TV presenter Be-

linda Washington alongside Puerto Rican actor Amaury Nolasco, best known for his role as Fernando Sucre on the series ‘Prison Break,’ while co-organiser and ex-squeeze of Antonio Banderas, Maria Bravo, was also prominent. Earlier in the

day, Longoria acted as ambassador of honour as she attended the opening of the new Global Gift house, the first of its kind worldwide, with a host of other names, including disabled Malaga-born singing sensation Adrian Martin, also in attendance.

The house has been designed as a multifunctionary centre for ill and disabled children, and Longoria seemed overjoyed at the result as she said: “It was a great experience, I loved meeting the families who were so happy because there is no other place like this in Marbella or even southern Spain.”

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ALL SMILES: Longoria, Bravo, Mayor Bernal and ‘Father’ Angel.

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Time for ‘espetos’ FOLLOWING last year ’s success, Tor r emolinos will once again be holding its ‘espetos’ competition to find the Costa del Sol’s best preparer of the traditional sardines on skewers. This year the event, whi ch was hel d i n t he Playamar area in 2015, wi l l be m ovi ng t o La Carihuela where its chefs will be competing for the title from 8pm onwards on August 12. The dat e coi nci des with that of the inaugural firework display at Malaga fair, which locals often watch from La Carihuela. Following two hours of tough competition, the sardine skewers produced by the participants will be on offer at cheap prices for everyone to taste.

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Narcissistic loudmouths BIG BROTHER drew crowds of people wishing to live inside a suffocating nightmare of constant surveillance and cheap emotional button-pushing, as its search for new contestants hit Malaga on July 16-17.

Chef burnt A FIRE broke out in a Puerto Banus restaurant on Saturday, July 16, with two people suffering minor burns, one of whom was the chef.

Hot rod TWO women and a man were forced to beat a hasty retreat from their van as it trundled along an access road to Malaga airport, after the engine burst into flame.

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Piqued pilots go on strike By Matt Ford PILOTS at Spanish carrier Air Europa have called a strike from July 30 until August 2, slap bang in the middle of the peak tourist season, in a move sure to cause disruption at the country’s major airports, including Malaga. Employees of Spain’s third-largest airline, which is based in Mallorca and owned by travel firm Globalia, are in a lather over the company’s decision to outsource some of their vehicles to one of the parent company’s other subsidiaries, Aeronova, to assist in the creation of a new budget brand. Globalia plans to have Air Europa operate long haul flights, while Aeronova has been renamed Air Europa Express and is to operate short haul and regional routes in order to reduce costs, despite not being part of Air Europa and having its own employees. Pilots’ union SEPLA presented the official call to

strike to the Directorate General of Employment on Friday, July 15, after the disgruntled employees were unable to reach an agreement with the airline, and said they would maintain a “minimum service” during the four-day action, although they stopped short of detailing what this might entail. The pilots are particularly peeved about Air Europa’s decision to hand its fleet of medium haul Embraer 190 jets to its low cost little brother, since this means less work and less wages for them. According to SEPLA, if the Air Europa Express deal did not exist, their own fleet would require 144 pilots, half of which would be captains promoted internally, and half co-pilots on new contracts, but now they will only require 110, meaning 17 people will miss out on promotion, with some who had been told that they would receive a step-up having now had

their agreements cancelled. The problem-solving pilots had presented various plans to Air Europa, demonstrating how profit could be improved by giving current employees more flexible working conditions, salaries, or days off. Following a fingers-in-ears approach from company bosses, the pilots have now taken the extreme step of striking in defence of the people that will probably lose their jobs, and others that will not be promoted, while they are also hot under the collar regarding an arbitrary modification to the airline’s schedule which was announced with insufficient notice.

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DOWNSIZED: Air Europa faces staff cuts.

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Desert of salt for the birds THE drought plaguing Malaga Province has created an image of cracked brown earth and dazzling white salt crusts at Laguna Fuente de Piedra, where the water has almost completely disappeared, taking it with it the tens of thousands of greater flamingos that use the ephemeral lagoon to breed each year and knocking the annual ringing of chicks on the head. There currently remain just 500 of the elegant birds, occupying a tiny pocket of hypersaline water covering just 300 square metres of a wetland which can extend over 1,300 hectares when full, but breeding activity has stopped completely, with the majority of the population moving to other areas in search of permanent water. A lack of rainfall coupled with recent strong winds have been the causal elements, with some pairs even abandoning their eggs as the water level continues to recede. Chief of the nature reserve, Manuel Rendon, explained that flamingos require a minimum water depth of 30 centimetres in order to breed, while “another essential factor is that the level is maintained over time, since the chicks remain at the wetland for several months, until able to fly.” This is just the sixth time that flamingos have failed to reproduce at Fuente de Piedra since it

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NOW ARID: The lake at Laguna Fuente de Piedra is almost gone. was declared a Wetland of International Importance in 1983, and the endorheic lake is considered the most important inland lagoon in Europe for the species, with 30-50,000 typically present from February to September, depending on environmental conditions.

Rendon is not particularly worried, however, since the species which inhabit the reserve are adapted to deal with fluctuating climatic conditions so typical of the Mediterranean basin, and he added that the birds are able to fly over 1,300 kilometres in a single day as they search

for a suitable habitat. The zooplankton on which they feed is also able to remain dormant in the dry mud until wet conditions return, he said, adding that the water regime is “cyclical,” and the birds will come back when conditions improve.

Stroll again SCOUSE singer-songwriter, Celebrity Big Brother star and Atomic Kitten member Natasha Hamilton was clocked in Malaga on Sunday, July 17, as she landed at the Costa del Sol’s airport to spend a break in Marbella. The cosmetic surgery aficionado, who has undergone a raft of procedures, looked to be in a positive mood as she breezed through arrivals, after she recently admitted she decided to modify her natural looks in order to make her feel less “subconscious” about her body. The attempt to disconnect from her innermost self clearly worked, as her tumescent mouthparts successfully dominated a number of media reports depicting her arrival to Spain.

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ENHANCED: Natasha Hamilton

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The great outdoors RURAL tourism appears to be on the increase in Malaga this year, with figures taken from Januar y t o May showi ng a rise of 106.4 per cent on 2015.

Cutting the grass IN yet another cannabis-related sting, police confiscated 1,864 plants which were being grown outdoors on a plot in Cartama.

Close shave POLICE WARNING: Just a few days in, and it already feels like year seven of the craze. bandwagon, as it tweeted: “If you are also playing #PokemonGo, discover that there are many #Pokestop churches. Which one have you found?” Ana Medina, spokesperson

for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malaga said: “We’re not sure how many of our churches are included, but we’re pretty sure that there are quite a few, and our objective is that people

share the Pokestops located in Christian churches in the city on social media.” Other Malaga landmarks where players can find Pokestops, places that allow you to

collect items such as ‘Poke Balls,’ or gyms to train their multi-coloured army, include La Rosaleda stadium, the main Cathedral entrance, and the Malagueta bullring.

A SPANG in the Tabacalera district of Malaga resulted in a Peugeot 205 taking out a barrier and coming to rest next to a busy tapas bar terrace, although no-one was hurt.

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POKEMON GO, the ‘augmented reality’ cultural phenomenon that is sweeping the globe and introducing previously sedentary gamers to the twin horrors of sunlight and physical exercise, has finally been launched in Spain. Even the most reclusive of players may now be lured from their hobbit holes to hunt and train Pokemon, in order to join a craze which has seen millions take to the streets and interact with the invisible dinosaurs, birds, rats, snakes, dragons, and other critters that now infest our towns and cities. The game uses your smartphone’s GPS and clock to make Pokemon ‘appear’ around you, with the aim to travel around the real world nabbing the colourful blobs before training them, building up their strength and enabling them to fight each other. The Diocese of Malaga wasted no time in jumping on the

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MURDER SCENE: Mount San Anton. POLICE were left baffled on Tuesday, July 19, after receiving a call from a farm owner who owns land on the north face of Mount San Anton, located to the east of Malaga City. The man had followed a trail of smoke emitting from a pit excavated to plant olive trees to find the charred remains of an unidentified man. Investigators swooped onto the scene and immediately sealed it off, alerting the coroner, with detectives from the homicide and forensic teams also called in. Despite the cadaver ’s scorched appear-

ance, it was clear that the body was that of a young man who had been handcuffed, leading them to assume that he had been murdered. In a sweep of the surrounding area a car was then discovered at the bottom of an embankment, and this was therefore being treated as part of the case as EWN went to press. The body has been airlifted to the Clinico Hospital, where radiological tests were performed, before being transferred to the Forensic Institute, where experts are performing an autopsy.

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By Matt Ford THE organic food industry is growing in Malaga, and it is currently the second-biggest producer in Andalucia after Sevilla, with Javier Salas, the territorial delegate for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development confirming the boom, as he said that it is “a very dynamic sector, and undoubtedly the future of agriculture and livestock in our province and community.” Salas was attending the constitution of the Provincial Bureau of Organic Production, a meeting that served as a first step on the journey towards establishment of a new Plan for Organic Production launched by his ministry. The Junta de Andalucia regional government plan to invest an impressive €300

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Novak and Jelena Djokovic at the concert. NATURAL METHOD: Malaga is going organic. million in the scheme, which aims to increase production while improving promotion and marketing of organic livestock and produce. Andalucia currently devotes some 37,000 hectares to

production of organic fruit and vegetables, representing 4 per cent of its overall agricultural output, as well as 34,000 cattle raised on an organic diet, with the sector currently generating 30,000 jobs.

The majority of this is exported, and the new plan aims to focus on local consumption at the provincial level, with the previous two plans having centred on the entire community.

Sporting Seal fan TENNIS superstar Novak Djokovic and wife Jelena were spotted in the audience for the Seal concert which took place at the aptly named Puente Romano Tennis Club on July 18. Seal commented on the star’s workout on the tennis courts earlier and dedicated a song to him.

Charitable mission threatened following robbery ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE residents Daniel Vega and Samuel Garcia have given up their summer holidays to spend time in northwestern Ecuador, where they are helping to provide technical, social and humanitarian assistance to victims of the devastating earthquake which caused hundreds of deaths and widespread damage on April 16, and now they have suffered a major setback. While travelling on a bus to an area being referred to as ‘Ground Zero,’ they

were robbed, losing €3,000 that had been raised via a series of events organised by the local youth association ‘Eo Eo’ in Alhaurin, plus a computer and ‘complementary materials’ that had been purchased with some of the proceeds. They are now launching a desperate appeal for new donations from the people of Alhaurin and Malaga Province in order to allow them to complete their admirable mission, since the money was intended to be used to deliver direct aid

on the ground in Ecuador. If they are unable to raise the money, they will be forced to cancel their trip and return to Spain, with more than half of the planned work still to do, so are calling on local media to help them achieve their goal. Alhaurin mayor, Joaquin Villanova, was visibly emotional as he said: “It would be a tremendous shame if this wonderful initiative is not completed. “The lads are fine and have not suffered any injuries, but they are very

upset about the robbery, and have made so much effort with many sacrifices in order to make the trip, so I ask everyone to help out with donations as soon as possible.” The young men have been delivering training in social skills and emotional intelligence to local councils, and assisting other groups in providing psychological support to those who lost family members or homes in the disaster, as well as working with the Ministry of Economy

and Social Inclusion in Quito. They had planned to work directly with a group of 20 children left orphaned and homeless, taking them to Quito to enjoy some leisure activities away from the misery, but may not now be able to accomplish that part of the project. Daniel and Samuel need urgent assistance, and anyone who wishes to donate money can do so by making a transfer to the Unicaja account: ES16 2103 0179 4300 3000 6569.

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Welcome to the world, Marco! WE are proud to present, in his Euro Weekly News debut, the very first grandchild of our Sales Manager, Esteban Molina. Little Marco was born on Sunday July 17, weighing in at 3.970 kilograms, and his mother Elena Molina and father Antonio Gomez couldn’t be more thrilled. Also present at the birth were Marco’s grandmother, Belinda Perdiguero, as well as his uncle Ivan Molina. The Euro Weekly wishes all the best to Esteban and his family, and we look forward to the future when little Marco is inevitably joined by a couple of brothers or sisters, making Esteban the grand patriarch of a very happy family for many years to come.

TWO particularly bad sections of road in the Cartama area are to be resurfaced to improve their condition and increase safety, the Junta de Andalucia regional government has announced. The €67,000 project will focus on the stretch of the A7057 b e t we e n C a r t ama and Est a c i o n d e C a r t a ma between the crossroads with the Alhaurin el Grande road and the petrol station and also on the A7052 between Churriana and Estacion de Cartama between the A357 motorway sliproad and the junction with the A7057. A lso , t h e j u n c t i o n b e tween t h e A7 0 5 7 a n d th e A7052 is to be improved by wideni n g a l a n e so a s to prevent lorries turning and invading the opposite side of the road.

The summer months need more officers POLICE unions have complained that as crowds of tourists arrive in Malaga Province for the summer, the forces will be hard pressed to keep up and more officers are really needed. During a meeting with PSOE party secretary for Malaga Miguel Angel Heredia, the general secretaries of SUP police union and AUGC Guardia Civil union both stressed their concern over the low numbers of officers and lack of equipment the forces face. SUP representative Manuel Exposito said his union does not believe that government delegate for Malaga Miguel Briones’ promise of more officers will be kept. Basic services are covered, he

explained, however officers complain they have difficulty balancing work and family lives. With a third of officers due to take time off over the summer and substitutions unlikely it’ll be tough. AUGC secretary Ignacio Carrasco meanwhile said if the police forces were better organised and managed it would be possible to employ more officers and said his force needs both men and equipment to do its job properly. After the meeting Heredia explained his party would ask for more officers to be brought to Malaga for summer months. Although it’s unlikely it can be done this year and said he would push for it to be organised for 2017 well in advance.

Corrupt cabbies called out THE Malaga Unified Association of Independent Taxis has warned of a summer invasion of unlawful taxis at the Costa del Sol’s airport, saying that questionable individuals “roam through the airport without any licence or accreditation, as if they were the owners, even threatening to kill those who chide them for their illegal practices.” According to licensed drivers, the unauthorised taxis were previously running amok at the city bus station, but have now relocated to the airport following a police campaign at their previous location. The crooked vehicles are often pre-booked and pick up passengers in an area of the airport where they do not have to pass any barrier or licensc-plate reader, and are allegedly “violating all laws” by selling individual seats, leading the association to insist that all cars parking at the airport should be funneled into controlled areas.

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Do all owners have to pay all community costs ? TH E La w of H oriz onta l Property, the law that gove rns a ll c ommunitie s throughout Spa in, ma ke s clear that the costs of running a community are to be divided among all the owners according to their quota coefficients (percentage of ownership) or alternatively divide d up in s uc h a w a y tha t is a pprove d by the community in a legal manner. N ot a ll c os ts s hould be paid by all the owners, there are exceptions and certainly sometimes arguments about who has to pay what, and the re a re a ls o s ome c os ts w hic h s hould be pa id by just one or only some of the owners. A very simple but common example of this is if an owner creates a bank charge by denying a direct debit or paying by cheque, the bank

Community Law Corner By José Luis Navarro Solicitor for Intercala Administration

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charges should be covered by the owner not the community. The statues of any community can also establish exceptions for payment to some community costs. It is quite common in an apartment block that commercial prope rtie s on the ground floor do not have to pay for lift ma inte na nc e a s the y simply never have cause to use the lifts. Commercial property owners may also not have permission to use the community pools or gardens and so could be considered by the community as exempt from payment for the pool and garden costs. To be considered as exempt from payment by the community is the point. It is not enough for an owner or owners to refuse or just ask not to pay for some of the community facilities just because they choose not to use them. Again with a pool

or a t enni s cour t , i f i t i s there for the benefit of the whole community then all the owners who could use it, if they wanted to, have to contribute to the cost. It is another matter if a community service or facility is provided as a result of a general vote. If this facility or service was not legally required for; conservation, habitability, safety or accessibility, then there is a possi bi l i t y f or t hose owner s who did not vote in favour to opt out of payment. For exam pl e i f a com m uni t y meets and decides to install, cable or satellite TV or solar energy panels. Then the owners who chose to vote agai nst t he i nst al l at i on, shoul d not be obl i ged t o contribute towards the costs but of course they should not be able to use the new facilities either and where possible be denied access. For example; a crumbling f açade or dam p r oof i ng a roof is usually considered as necessary conservation, a ramp for wheelchair users woul d be consi der ed i m proved accessibility and a handrail a necessary safety f eat ur e, t hese cost s ar e borne by the whole community and are either included

in or added to the communit y f ees. Wher eas a new squash or paddl e cour t woul d not be consi der ed necessary and the obligation to pay for any such new installation should be borne only by those who voted for it. Taking all this into consi der at i on i t shows t hat owners are not free to pick and choose which parts of the community budget they wi l l and wi l l not pay f or. Owners must pay according to the law as calculated by their quota coefficient (percentage) of ownership. The exceptions are either, those established in the community statutes or when the community decides otherwise by a legally approved decision, taken by the general assem bl y of owner s, at a general meeting. We the solicitors at Intercala administration wish the readers of our monthly article a pleasant summer and remind them to seek compet ent advi ce i n al l m at t er s concerning the law.

Bargain beach bus MIJAS councillor for transport, Nuria Rodriguez, has praised the campaign aimed at encouraging residents to use the public bus service to go to the beach. Residents can obtain free tickets to be dropped off at the ‘floating islands’ on El Bombo and Riviera beaches by exchanging five used bus tickets, or four when presented with a valid transport card. Tickets are available from the Department of Transport and Mobility in Las Lagunas and will continue until all 1,000 free tickets have been used. “We want the town council to encourage use of public transport, for environmental benefits and to avoid summer congestion on coastal roads,” said Rodriguez.

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GO TEAM: Mayor Ana Mula with fellow councillors.

A serious solution By Matt Ford ANA MULA, the mayor of Fuengirola, has presented the council’s vision of a new park which is to be constructed in the Los Pacos district with an initial budget of €383,000. The light bulb moment came after a series of meetings with local parents, who all

agreed that daily congestion, and the accompanying chorus of honking car horns, around the Syalis de Los Pacos School was due to a lack of parking in the area. The erudite council put two and two together and made a 4,377 square metre municipal park blueprint with adequate

parking, picnic tables, a skating rink, table tennis, petanque, a children’s playground, and a drip irrigation network. “We believe that this project will meet the needs of the educational community and residents of this part of Fuengirola,” concluded the mayor.

Bathed in glory AN incredible swimmer from Marbella has become the first amputee in the world and fifth Spaniard to successfully complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, after traversing the 33 kilometre Catalina Channel in California. Javier Merida completed the swim in 11 hours and 40 minutes to achieve the unique milestone, having previously conquered the 33.7km English Channel and 28.5km Manhattan Island Marathon. Merida has been working towards this target for some time, and has finally achieved his goal after training hard for more than 12 months, with his wife, coach, and doctor all supporting him. He has now raised the bar in the history of disabled sport, and deserves the greatest of plaudits.

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Eye-watering bills MARBELLA Council members have been indulging in a spot of mutual back slapping, with widespread trumpeting at their combined mobile phone spend, which at €3,550 for the last 12 months represents a 90 per cent reduction on the previous Popular Party’s (PP) administration’s mind-bog-

gling annual average of €38,185. The PP-led former council racked up eye-watering bills of €152,742 during their last four years in office, all of which was paid using public money, and a council team will now demand that former Youth and Festivals council-

lor, Diego Lopez, pays back a mammoth €14,600 bill amassed during a single month in 2013. Naturally, the PP response to this was mature and to the point, with spokesman, Felix Romero, turning on the irony as he quipped: “Stop counting and get to work.”

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MODERN: The councillor in front of the new machines. By Matt Ford FUENGIROLA Council has unveiled three new street-sweeping vehicles which have been purchased with an eyepopping investment of €600,000 in order to replace a trio of old, obsolete machines. Fortunately, none of this money was taken from public coffers, with the company responsible for waste collection footing the bill. Tra d e c o u n c i l l o r, P ed ro Veg a, ex -

plained that the vehicles will be used on all types of roads throughout the municipality for 365 days per year, whilst reiterating his call for citizens to be more conscientious about how and where they dispose of their waste. “As much as the town is cleaned, it is of little use if standards are not respected,” he said, while adding his thanks to the firm who won the contract for the cleaning of Torreblanca, Los Pacos, Los Boliches, the municipal fairground and seafront boardwalk, and for modernising the machinery available.

Unhappy end to evening TWO young men remain in hospital with serious injuries after they were stabbed in the midst of a brawl which developed outside a Malaga nightclub, with the fray erupting between two groups over the

alleged harrassment of someone’s girlfriend. The bust-up started inside the establishment, leading security staff to kick the offenders out, but the rough and tumble continued outside, re-

sulting in two of the youngsters being stabbed. One has significant damage to his right eye, in which he has lost his vision, while the other was stabbed in the liver and kidney.

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EYE-CATCHING VIEW: The new mural in situ.

SURVEILLANCE DRONES: They are coming and we have no choice. By Matt Ford IN a vaguely sinister view of things to come, Malaga City Council is exploring ways that drones could be used to combat ‘urban irregularities.’ The initiative was originally launched in 2014, but now appears to have been given legs by security councillor, Mario Cortes, after a couple of years of paralysis following the ‘bloated’ plan launched by his predecessor, Julio Andrade, with the original plan to use the robots to combat crime and emergency services management in the provincial capital now sensibly

downgraded. Following the initial plans, a fleet of drones were to be employed throughout the city, that incorporated navigation, detection, and ‘decision-making’ technologies to advise a ‘control centre’ in real time when faced with an emergency or other risky situation. The drones would then beam back a three-dimensional survey of the site, allowing decisions to be made based on, for example, the size and extent of a fire, or the location of people. This has now been shelved by the current administration, who referenced the “administrative and operational in-

feasibility” of the hare-brained scheme, since it would have involved the creation of half-a-dozen police units specialised in drones, when the local force is already stretched to breaking point. In addition, Spanish law does not currently permit the flying of drones over public spaces, meaning the plan has been vetoed, although the €24,000 spent on acquiring a number of the flying robots will not be wasted, as the council’s new idea involves using the flying bots to investigate potential cases of illegal construction or subdivision of plots in less populated areas.

ESTEPONA’S ‘Route of Artistic Murals’ has been expanded, with the addition of a collaborative effort from Pilar Castañon and Maria Romero entitled ‘In Memoriam.’ Dedicated to refugee children suffering in the current EU immigration crisis, the 100 square metre masterpiece

can be seen on the façade of a building in the San Isidro district, and is visible from the busy Avenida Juan Carlos I. The murals route now comprises 33 original artworks, transforming the town into a veritable outdoor gallery, with Spain’s largest mural, Jose Fernandez Rios’ ‘Fishing Day,’ among them.

Double approach MALAGA is attempting to pioneer a unique ‘multi-trophic’ approach to fish and seafood farming, by adding a particular species of oyster able to survive under local environmental conditions to an existing sea bass farm located off El Palo. A proposal has been submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, following a series of trials involving various different molluscs, as the local industry attempts to improve profits and production as low market prices continue to cause damage despite the facilities churning out 2,000 tonnes of fish in 2015.

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PC PERV: The incident took place on Paseo de Alameda. By Matt Ford A MAN who disguised himself as a police officer before forcing young women to perform sexual acts on him under threat of arrest if they failed to comply has been brought to justice in Marbella. The odious impersonator was picked up on Sunday, July 17, after police were alerted to a scrimmage on Paseo de Alameda, arriving at the scene after the scrap had broken up. A witness revealed that the husband of a woman who claimed to have been sexually abu se d b y t h e o t her man in v o lv e d in th e brawl had been trying to exact revenge, and pointed the officers in the direction of the

pair, who were still nearby. The victim told them that as she entered the public toilets on the street, she had noticed a man wearing a blue shirt, swimming trunks and flip-flops following her, who subsequently produced a police badge and threatened her with arrest if she refused to cow to his lusty wishes, allegedly grabbing her hair and forcing her to kneel down. The 30-year-old ‘foreign’ victim managed to escape his clutches and ran to her husband, who proceeded to give the bogus bobby a good hiding, with the sex pest eventually making off in a taxi. Fortunately, the finely honed hubby had made a video of the perpetrator on his mobile

phone, who was heard to be saying “I’m going to nick you both” as he maintained his guise, even after being punched in the head several times. While they were talking, a 23-year-old Spanish girl who had witnessed the fight came over and said that the same man had tried to touch her leg while flashing a police badge, but had skedaddled when she protested loudly. Police later located the offender, wearing a different outfit, who spontaneously said that a man had attacked him, while alleging that a woman had offered him cash in exchange for sex, leading the weary officers to read him his rights.

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Feathers in their caps A GAGGLE of Mijas’ finest council members flocked together on La Luna beach on Wednesday, July 20, in order to feast their contented eyes on a series of flags fluttering in the breeze, all of which have been awarded due to the excellent standard of its beaches. Only 10 Andalucian towns managed the same achievement, which places Mijas ahead of all other Costa del Sol municipalities in terms of quality certifications, and the best in Andalucia for its diversity of tourism offerings. Beaches councillor, Carlos Morales, snatched the words out of the cheek by jowl mayor’s mouth as he blurted that “the beaches are our first business card, we live from this sector, and these flags attract many tourists that fall in love with our coast, and this ends up generating money for entrepreneurs.” The town hall has gone to great lengths to achieve the awards, which include nods to water quality, infrastructure and public services, with a surface-skimming boat removing floating waste, disabled facilities and a full vigilance and lifeguard service.

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FATAL: The rocks where the man died.

Killer wave By Matt Ford A 45-YEAR-OLD Frenchman tragically lost his life on Friday, July 15, after a wave smashed him into rocks on a beach located on Estepona’s Golden Bay (Spanish: Bahia Dorada). He appears to have died instantly, with emergency services unable to resuscitate him despite their best attempts, with the accident having taken

place on the western section of the beach, where a series of large rocks extend into the water. According to other beachgoers, the man was seen to enter the water with his nine-yearold son and 14-year-old daughter, before he decided to go for a swim, with two British teenagers recognising the danger of where he was swimming, leaping onto the rocks to scream at him to get away.

Their warning came too late, however, as a huge wave wiped the man out, and as the water receded he lay face down in the water as his young son grappled to extricate him. A group of Spanish adolescents tried to help, but they could not get him onto the beach until the Brits who had raised the alarm joined in, by which point there was no further hope.

Good-natured robbers caught NATIONAL POLICE have nabbed 17 members of a criminal group in Almuñecar, who specialised in ‘affectionate’ muggings of the elderly in Malaga City and Marbella. Nine men and eight women, all aged between 21 and 40, have been arrested, and six cars impounded, with the nefarious crew suspected to be responsible for at least a

dozen street robberies. The tactic employed by the gang involved approaching vulnerable-looking pedestrians and pretending that they knew them, or requesting directions or other assistance, before pocketing jewellery and other valuables while hugging or kissing the woebegone victims.

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La Cala supports mental illness ences accepted by their peers and irradiate social discrimination and the fear towards this collective.” The sculpture was designed by the sculptor José Luis Martín and has won awards. The sculpture is of three silhouettes that come together to form the image of a single head and replicas will be placed in various municipalities all over Andalucia, with Mijas being one of the pioneers of the initiative. FEAFES- Andalucia Salud Mental (Andalucian Federation of Families and People with mental illness) is a non-profit organisation that has 17 associations all over Andalucia and represents more than 1,800 families. It was founded in 1992 with the goals of defending the rights of people affected by mental health problems and their families.

By David Humphrey THE town of La Cala de Mijas paid homage this Monday July 18 to those who suffer from mental illness and their families with the permanent installation of the sculpture ‘Cabezas y Vacíos’ in the La Cala Boulevard in front of the Centro Cultural Cristóbal Luis Ruiz García. The mayor of the town, Juan Carlos Maldonado, unveiled the work of art together with the president of the foundation FEAFES-Andalucía Salud Mental, Concha Cuevas amongst other public figures. He was quoted as saying “We wanted to make this gesture to symbolise the ongoing fight by the people of Mijas to have these people included in community life, have their differ-

LA CALA DE MIJAS: Unveiling of the sculpture.

Clean and secure coast JUAN CARLOS MALDONADO, the affable mayor of Mijas, has once again been hitting the streets to check out whether the money he is forking out of municipal coffers is being spent correctly, as he visited El Torreon beach in La Cala to peruse the state of the coastline under the summer maintenance regime. “Although the beaches are not the only asset we have for

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SATISFIED: The mayor and some of the team. attracting tourists to Mijas, they are one of our best pre-

sentation cards, so we have to take care of them” opined the

custodian, before going on to praise the “work of all municipal staff, as well as the efforts made by local beach entrepreneurs to increase their quality day by day.” Unlike Estepona or Benalmadena, for example, Mijas employs a boat to collect floating plastics and other rubbish during the summer, while Local Police can be seen cycling up and down the coastal footpaths past the sandy strips protected by 41 lifeguards in 2016.

Off the map THE Popular Party councillor in Marbella and ex-education delegate, Carmen Diaz Garcia, is under fire after it emerged that she has extended her Nueva Andalucia vi l l a by const r uct i ng a garage without obtaining the necessary planning permission. A r epor t by t he t own planning department states that the extension also “violates the separation boundary by three metres” before concl udi ng t hat t he wor k must be stopped and proce-

dures initiated to “pull it down.” That document was made public on May 13, but reports suggest that the counci l l or si m pl y bur i ed her head in the sand, with work continuing regardless, leading town planning chief, Isabel Perez Ortiz, to open official proceedings. She al so st at ed t hat “those responsible can voluntarily acknowledge responsibility” should they wish to avoid severe sanctions.

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ENDANGERED: The common chameleon.

Good karma for chameleons By Matt Ford MANILVA Council is continuing with its plan to reinforce and stablise the local population of chameleons in the municipality, by introducing new adult examples as part of an ongoing conservation effort. The h e a d o f Ma n i lv a ’s Environment Department, councillor Maria Muñoz,

v is ited th e res e rv e along with Manuel Romero, chief of Environmental and Biodiversity Management at the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s Environmental Ministry, plus a group of municipal technicians, to release a number of the fascinating creatures. By introducing additional chameleons to augment the e x is tin g p o p u la tio n , the

council hopes to increase numbers of the boggle-eyed re ptile s in the tow n’s coastal nature reserve, w he re the y a re know n to breed. Ea c h s pe c ime n is microchipped in order to monitor its progress, and it is strictly prohibited to capture or harm the species, which is protected under local and national law.

Soldiers of fortune FOUR heroic men teamed up to prevent a young woman being sexually assaulted in Martiricos district of Malaga City. Police received a call from a citizen at around 6.45am and rushed to the scene, where they found a half-naked girl with finger marks on one shoulder and bruises on her arms and knees in such a state of shock that she was unable to speak. By her side was a quartet of young men aged between 20 and 28, who reported that one of them had spotted a car going like the clappers in the direction of Martiricos esplanade, where it pulled to a sharp halt. A few seconds later, he said he could hear a woman shouting for help, and just after that his three friends arrived as the caterwauling continued, so they approached the vehicle and began to shout at the driver to leave his victim alone.

A back door swung open and the offender jumped out, telling the fearless four that she was his girlfriend, and that they should clear off or they would have some serious problems. The lads were suitably flabbergasted when the sobbing semi-naked victim scuttled out of the open door and onto the esplanade, where she continued to scream blue murder as her would-be attacker opted to do a runner, leaping into the car and putting his foot down. Once police and ambulance were on the scene, the unfortunate girl said she had been out drinking with friends and dimly accepted an offer of a lift from the man, who was also under the influence. Police eventually managed to detain him after he tried to outrun their cars, leading to a brief chase though the city streets.

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Fun for all THE children’s recreation area on Estepona’s seafront boardwalk now has facilities for disabled children installed, in a space measuring 1,393 square metres.

No show AFTER initially pushing back his Fuengirola gig from April to August, ‘King of Bachata’ Romeo Santos will now not appear at all as his European tour has been axed.

A load of hot air MANILVA has banned the traditional Thai-style hot air balloons from this year’s Luna Llena (Full Moon) festival, after emergency services concluded that they represent a fire risk.

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By Matt Ford MIJAS has enrolled in a ‘law enforcement Erasmus’ according to chirpy town custodian Juan Carlos Maldonado, as he welcomed Romanian agent Chivu Augustina onto the team. F la n k e d b y A u g u s tin a a nd loc a l Guardia Civil lieutenant, Leonardo Rey, the mayor explained that she will stay for two months as part of the municipal Tourist Plan, with her role to focus on areas where tourists concentrate, such as shopping centres, the seafront boardwalk and coastal paths, hotels, golf courses, and the water park. The plan aims to increase public safety during the busiest period of the year, and the mayor was effervescent as he enthused: “This is just another step in our pursuit of excellence and quality for our tourism offering, safety is obviously one of the fundamental aspects, and I have to say that Mijas is one of the safest towns on the Costa del Sol, and this is endorsed by real data! “Chivu is not here to perform investigations or offer any prevention ser-

COP A LOAD: The new recruit with the mayor and a lieutenant.

vice, she will focus on providing attention to tourists because it is an important driver of our economy,” added Rey, adding that “we have brought our Romanian colleague here to provide an

improvement in foreign visitor aid, for example in the case of any Romanian tourists who come to Mijas, they will s e e th at we have a l ady f r om t hei r country working here.”

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Second fire in the area FOLLOWING last week’s wi l df i r e, whi ch br oke out cl ose t o La Li nea de l a Concepci on and f or ced t he evacuation of more t han 400 t our i st s, i ncl udi ng m any Brits, from a hotel, a second bl aze seared through the same area on Sunday, July 17. The i nf er no caused the closure of t he A- 383 r oad in both directions as firefighters battled to calm it. However, in this case they managed to do so relatively quickly.

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Sweltering metro staff given uniform reprieve by Matt Ford EMPLOYEES on Malaga’s metro ‘network,’ the majority of which is still not in action, are on the warpath over uniforms, particularly mandatory wear of ties for men and neck scarves for women. There is no problem when the staff are driving one of the trains, since they are equipped with air-

Aquatic fanatics MARBELLA Sports Councillor, Blanca Fernandez, was on hand to present details of the first swimming race between Puerto Banus and the city marina, which will see around 300 competitors battle it out over three different courses. The main event will start at 9am on Sunday, July 24, with participants departing from Levante beach in Puerto Banus to face a 6,000 metre test of endurance, before a much shorter 1,000 metre heat is scheduled to leave Casablanca beach at 12.30pm, followed by a 300 metre childrens sprint on del Faro beach in Marbella, where all three races finish.

Flaw and order AS security around the world continues to tighten, the landlords of properties rented to tourists in Malaga Province must now inform the police prior to each change of tenancy, even if it occurs on a daily basis. Following the recent launch of the Andalucian Tourism Registry, which now contains more than 5,660 properties in Malaga, the provincial council now requires that proprietors must also register on the police’s Lodging Registry and provide details regarding the identities of tenants. Incredibly, since the police have no electronic means of collating and storing this data yet, the information must be submitted by telephone for the time being.

conditioning, but when they must disembark and work at one of the stations, especially those located above ground, the temperature apparently “exceeds the threshold of what is tolerable.” Trade Union CCOO were quick to leap on board and give voice to the grumblers, yawping that the wretched workers should be allowed to do their job in the absence of neckwear and com-

missioning an external body to produce a “thermohydrometric” analysis to determine if the temperature inside the ovenlike uniforms represents an occupational hazard or not. The answer, unsurprisingly, was yes, but Malaga Metro’s bigwigs were quick to pass the buck on to the Junta de Andalucia regional government, since it is apparently up to them whether

the purgatory continues or not, although they have provided extra drinking water since the staff submitted the results of the ‘scientific’ study. On Monday July 18, the Junta’s Ministry of Infrastructure confirmed it had already told Malaga Metro to pull the plug on neckwear during July and August, and the concessionary announced that the change would be actioned next week.

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Councillors survive coup THE team composed of local officials, including provincial council president, Elias Bendodo, Minister of Culture, Rosa Aguilar, and mayor of Antequera, Manuel Baron, landed at Malaga airport to receive a heroes’ welcome on Sunday, July 17. A respectably-sized crowd waved banners and flags amid a convivial atmosphere, with members of the public eager to congratulate the crew on achieving their goal of obtaining UNESCO World Heritage status for the dolmens of Antequera. This was not the only reason, however, since the UNESCO event took place in Istanbul, leaving the officials trapped in their hotel during the failed military coup on Saturday. Bendodo admitted that “the conflict took place near our hotel, so we will never forget this trip,” before conceding that the group had witnessed “all the shooting, passing aeroplanes, helicopters… a complicated situation.”

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Asphalt jungle FUENGIROLA should look spick and span in a couple of weeks’ time, with 40 urban streets to be resurfaced, and a second phase pencilled in for September.

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Picking up the tab PUBLIC water company Astosam has signed an agreement with Torremolinos Council to avoid cutting supply to the socially-disadvantaged, using a municipal fund to pay outstanding invoices.

BIG PLANS: Malaga looks set to grow. By Matt Ford AS briefly revealed in EWN on Thursday, July 14, Malaga is going full steam ahead with ambitious plans to attract five million visitors to the city on an annual basis by 2020, via its Strategic Plan 2016-2020. Details of the strategy have since emerged, and include extension of Mala-

ga’s tourist zone, currently based almost exclusively around the historic old centre, improvement of beach facilities, and potentially submission of the centre as a World Heritage Site, and Semana Santa celebrations as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. A new ‘sub-brand,’ entitled ‘Malaga, City of Museums’ is also being mooted,

with promotion in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, United States, Canada and Russia to be enforced. If successful, the plan is forecast to generate €1.9 billion per year and bring an additional 1.5 million tourists into Malaga, while the tourism sector would employ around 22,000 people.

Mean streets A RISING trend in road accidents in Malaga Province has resulted in 10 fatal accidents, with 11 deaths, since the turn of the year.

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I’ve never seen By Neil Sambrook

ONE Christmas Day afternoon a couple of years ago a good friend and I, whilst in a state of advanced festive refreshment, started talking about rock concerts we would like to have seen. Having witnessed most of the renowned live acts of the 70’s at various times (The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Van Morrison, Eagles, Paul McCartney, Queen) my first pick for the ‘wished I’d have seen them’ category was, quite obviously, The Beatles. “Saw them,” said my friend and noting the look of surprise on my face added: “At The Cavern. A few times actually when I lived in Liverpool.” Wow, what a thrill to have been there virtually at the dawn of a musical phenomenon that changed popular culture. My second selection took a slight liberty. I saw the Rolling Stones when they put on a great show at Wembley Stadium in 1982, but confessed for a longing to have seen them in their mid-60’s pomp with the accompanying arrogance and anger. “Saw them,” was the reply from across the table, “Liverpool Empire 1965. Very loud and rowdy.” So that was the two most famous rock bands of the 60’s he had seen in their first incarnations when stardom beckoned, a pretty impressive claim to have on your concert-going CV. For my third choice there was only one person left to go to. Here we could muse together on the opportunity that hardly came to anyone on our side of the Atlantic and practically no one on the European continent for that matter, seeing The King, Elvis Presley. “Seen him,” he said, to which I instantly replied, “Oh come on. Elvis never played a concert outside of the United States.” “I know that,” said my friend, “that’s why it was lucky I saw him in Las Vegas.” Noting the incredulous look on my face he explained, “I was working over there in 1973.” To quote the great Eric Morecombe, himself half of another fantastic live act: “There’s no answer to that.” But between us eventually there were live acts in common we both felt sorry to have missed. I regretted very much never seeing The Band about whom Bob Dylan (for who they were a backing group in the mid-60’s) once said, “They were the only group good enough to be called simply The Band.” Talk-

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THE WHO: Still playing and singing songs of teenage angst.

“At school friends of mine took extra paper-rounds and washed every car in the street to raise funds for David Bowie or Led Zeppelin tickets.”

ing of Dylan my friend had never seen him, but being the devotee I am I have attended a number of his shows, two of which are at opposite ends of my personal concert spectrum. The ‘86 show at the NEC in Birmingham was the worst concert by a major performer I have been to, but his 2009 show in the same city is right up there with the very best. When I was at school friends of mine took extra paper-rounds and washed every car in

the street to raise funds for David Bowie or Led Zeppelin tickets, two acts I never saw and sadly never will, that being a time when it was generally accepted that The Who were masters of the concert stage and I count myself very fortunate to have seen two stunning shows in 1975 and 1976, which left me in no doubt their acclaim was well deserved. Others I am sorry to have missed are The Byrds, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt and, despite seeing various editions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, never saw the four of them together. Another group who I would dearly loved to have seen are The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra and his motley crew of associates. Their carousing, interaction with the audience and virtuosity living on in the performances of Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and Michael Buble, a trio of renowned live performers which from experience I can vouch for. All this talk of live shows has started me thinking about my next one. Yes, you’ve

guessed it The Who with who I have a date with in Birmingham later this year. On the face of it there is something faintly ridiculous about two men into their 70’s playing and singing songs of teenage angst, but when Pete Townshend blasts out the opening chords of ‘Substitute’ and Roger Daltrey does his bellowing, there is no other place on earth I would rather be. But whoever our favourite live bands are we should never under-appreciate the concert experience. I have lost count of the times I have been to a show and thought how well I know this song and the many different circumstances in which I have heard it, and suddenly I am in the same room, albeit a very big one, as the Eagles playing Hotel California. In moments such as those we become elevated by the music forgetting about how far away the car is parked, the drive home or work tomorrow, which is surely the essence of every great live concert.

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Social responsibility By Matt Ford BENALMADENA Council is pressing ahead with a couple of promised clampdowns, with 30 penalties issued for breaches of public cleanliness, including bin bags or dog waste left on the ground, and furniture left on the street in the absence of a collection service.

The worst areas were apparently Arroyo de la Miel, Retamar, and Benalmadena Costa, whereas Benalmadena Pueblo seemingly contains the most civilized residents. In addition, the police and Guardia Civil have been targeting illegal hawkers sellin g co u n terfe it g o o d s in zones with the highest den-

sity of tourists, with 28 officers solely dedicated to the task. Loc a l c ounc illors ha ve even met with representative s of the Se ne ga le s e community to seek legal alternatives, since the council recognises that although the vendors do not cause any ‘social alarm’ they do damage local businesses.

Park and snide RESIDENTS of Alhaurin de la Torre town centre are down in the dumps over the ‘blue zone’ that was recently designated by the council in order to charge for parking during the day, since they must now pay to park close to their homes. The c o n t r o v e r si a l b lu e zo n e , w h ic h occupi e s se c t i o n s o f Ca lle s S a n J u a n , San Pedro, Vicente Aleixandre, and Alamos, plus Avenida de España, has caused much gnas hin g o f t e e t h , a n d th o s e liv in g in the a r e a h a v e g o n e p o s ta l s in ce th e scheme has “not made it easier to find a parking space in the least, the only differ-

ence is that now we have to pay to park our cars,” according to one hot-tempered homeowner. O n to p of this , the c ounc il ha s n’t ye t bothered to install any meters, with the only method of payment being to seek a municipal attendant, but residents say that they are not always around, which has led to police is s u in g fine s to c a rs not dis pla ying a ticket. The town hall has vetoed an idea to hand special permits to householders, and has instead pledged to install an automated payment system “by September.”

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Expanding waistlines By Matt Ford FOR a part of the world where the weather is so conducive to spending time outdoors, Andalucia surprisingly heads the list of Spanish communities in terms of childhood obesity, with around 40 per cent of children overweight. Around 10-12 per cent of the community’s children are officially obese, with a further 25-30 per cent overweight, and the shocking figures reveal that the number of well-padded whippersnappers has tripled in the last two decades. Piling on the kilos when young increases the risk of developing afflictions such as Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, a fatty liver, or problems in the musculoskeletal system, during adulthood. Experts say that a combination of “increasingly sedentary” leisure habits, combined with a “prevalence of precooked and junk foods” has been exacerbated by the recent recession

NOT GOOD: The majority of ready meals.

which has left poorer families resorting to cheap, nutritionally-pitiful junk food such as packaged pizzas, hamburgers, hot dogs and other processed meat, chips, and bakery products such as doughnuts. This is not helped by cynical marketing campaigns which target children and teenagers, with a range of nutrient-free, sugarpacked products endorsed by irresponsible celebrities such as Beyonce, Katy Perry, and Lionel Messi, although the ultimate culpability clearly lies with parents. The reasons for Andalucia topping the list of shame are manifold, but chief among them is a lack of adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet, which is rich in vegetables, nuts, olive oil, oily fish, fruits and cereals, as families increasingly claim they have less time to produce staple dishes such as lentils or pulse-based soups. Andalucian children also do less sport than their counterparts in northern Spain, with too many cars on the road and a largely woeful presence on school curriculums, with at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, and a minimum 20 minutes of intense sport three times per week recommended for the young.

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Green, green grass at luxury home MARY JANE? Not the accused.

By Matt Ford THE ever-vigilant Guardia Civil have been busy rounding up pesky cannabis dealers, taking down a corrupt community president in Marbella, and swooping on a hashfilled Mercedes in San Roque. In Marbella, seven people were arrested,

with one of the ringleaders a 50-year-old woman who is community president of a wellknown luxury urbanisation where she wielded ‘absolute power,’ having installed a closed circuit security system after a recent spate of breakins, and winning the trust of moneyed foreign residents to the point where they would leave their keys with her. In this way, she built up the perfect cover for the clandes-

tine cultivation of vast plantations of cannabis inside several luxury villas, with 1,225 plants, four kilos of prepared buds, at least 700 doses of anabolic steroids, €30,000 in cash, two false police identification cards, 12 cars, four motorcycles, all seized during police raids. Seven loaded weapons were also recovered from the president’s home, one of which was in her bedside table and another under the mattress, as her outwardly sweet-natured and generous character was shot to smithereens. The native of La Linea de la Concepcion and her pensioner husband were apparently driving high-end cars and luxuriating in a lifestyle that far outweighed their official income, with neither having worked for years yet being able to fork out €2,500 per month for a

swanky home in Nueva Andalucia, where the first odorous orchard was unearthed alongside 100 50 kilo bags of earth. She also had a second house in the urbanisation itself, where police discovered a second plantation in a secret room accessed via a door concealed behind a wardrobe, while the Iranian tenants were charged with steroid-trafficking on top of cultivating the black-market vegetation. Although the bent president and her partner are considered to be highly-ranked, the faction’s Mister Big is thought to be a French man who was detained with his wife after a further illicit nursery was smoked out in their villa. The seventh and final arrest was that of a Spanish woman who was in possession of the money, and is thought to have been in charge of finance.

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Massive drug haul in La Linea NATIONAL POLICE revealed 25 people aged between 21 and 63 have been arrested with more than five tons of hashish and €400,000 in cash in La Linea de la Concepcion. Investigations began last year after several off-road vehicle thefts in Fuengirola. As officers were undertaking the investigation, they discovered an organised group dedicated to drug trafficking was behind the thefts. The stolen 4x4s were stored in a secure area in San Roque and used to move drugs from La Linea to ‘safe houses’ around Cadiz. During the 12 month investigation all of those thought to be implicated were identified together with all of the ‘safe houses’ so officers swooped at all the properties simultaneously. In total 36 vehicles were recovered including a high powered speed boat. Officers from La Linea and Fuengirola police stations also foiled two attempted drug landings from the sea and intercepted a vehicle carrying 180 kilos of cannabis. They have been charged with multiple offences including belonging to a criminal organisation, drug trafficking and vehicle theft.

Botched burglary TWO local residents, aged 17 and 24, respectively, have been arrested and a third implicated, after an attempted robbery in Alhaurin de la Torre came a cropper. Three men wearing ski masks entered a private property thinking that no one was home, but were caught on the hop when the owner ambled into view, leading one of the would-be burglars to slash the man’s hands. At this point the hysterical householder began to shriek and scream, leading the flabbergasted looters to beat a hasty retreat, after which the victim was transferred to hospital for treatment.

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By Matt Ford THE Supreme Court has annulled the order of the General Regulation of Coasts, which handed preferential rights in the granting of concessions for businesses that were open when the Coastal Act came into force, thus leaving the futures of almost 200 beach bars in the air, since they are effectively operating illegally. The Third Chamber of Contentious Administration has cancelled the decree on the grounds that it violates the principles of equal treatment, proportionality, and legal hierarchy by benefitting those who already had a bar prior to 2013. It remains to be seen how this will affect the 190 bars still awaiting a concession allowing them to occupy the beach, which is considered a public space, although the process is said to be advanced, with October the official deadline. Since the reigns for responsibility of bars in general were passed from the National administration to the Junta de Andalucia regional government five years ago, only 30 such concessions have been processed, purportedly because several autonomous communities appealed the decree that has now been

CHIRINGUITO CONCESSIONS: Many may be affected while they wait. declared invalid. President of the Costa del Sol Beaches Association, Manuel Villafaina, admitted

that there is concern in a sector which “provides for thousands of families,” but admitted that he had no idea what will

happen, particularly since the Supreme Court spoke of “natural beaches, which are not the same as our urban beaches.”

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Unwelcome and atrocious neighbour behaviour A MARBELLA woman has been fined €600 and ordered to pay €183 in compensation to a neighbour for throwing a glass of bleach and water over her head and damaging two plants. The victim, the court sentence stated, was talking to a friend on her mobile while on the terrace of her home at Las Cocas residential complex in Marbella on March 3 this year when she felt something wet land on her head and looked up to see her upstairs neighbour looking down and laughing. The bleach, the victim claimed, ruined two plants on the terrace which cost €183 to replace. Although the accused appealed the sentence, it has now been confirmed by a Malaga provincial appeals court meaning she will have to pay up.

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Multiple offender arrested A SAN ROQUE Local Police patrol took chase on Saturday (July 16) after a man jumped into his car and fled upon seeing the officers, ignoring their orders to halt and almost running them over on the way. The man, who was eventually caught up with and stopped in the Cala Sardina area, was found to have imitation clothing and sunglasses in his car and after a struggle was arrested and charged with resisting arrest, attacking police officers, disobedience, dangerous driving and an offence against industrial property.

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Jamon slicing and jamming overall aim to promote the “high diversity and quality of Spanish Iberian products, as well as the different producers and the figure of the MORE than 50 producers of Iberian ‘jamon’ professional slicer.” will descend on Estepona from August 10-15, An addition to proceedings, as the third World Jamon Contest which attracted around 150,000 comes kicking and squealing into visitors last year, will be a series of town. The stands housing the arti- metres is how long the line live music gigs in the evenings, which are to feature Javier Ojeda, sanal pork magicians will form a of jamon stands will measure. Queco, DMEI, Laura Gallego, and line measuring an impressive Hugo Salazar, while the event is as 1,500 metres, and will be manned always backed by national jamon-slicing hero by some of Spain’s top slicers, who will preJose Maria Tellez, better known as ‘Popi’. pare samples for public consumption, with the By Matt Ford

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Cultural mission MARBELLA Council sent a team of delegates to the 14th General Conference of the International Museums Council, which was held in Milan earlier this month and is the most important international event of its kind. More than 3,500 museum professionals from 130 countries attended. This year’s theme ‘Museums and Cultural Landscapes,’ focused on the concept of museums, as attractions move away from classic concepts towards a digitally-enhanced future. The importance of museums as centres for dissemination of knowledge, symbols of dialogue, and cultural exchange, was also discussed. Marbella’s crew was there with the objective of improving their promotion of cultural tourism, taking the opportunity to hold meetings with big hitters such as the Rijks Museum, Qatar Museum and Smithsonian Institution.

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EL CALVARIO: Mayor Chulvi visits the restored church.

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By Simon Russell THE restoration work of the dome of the El Calvario church in Javea has now been completed and was viewed by Mayor Jose Chulvi. The four month project, costing around €75,000, was required to solve the problems with damp. While this was being undertaken the famous blue glaze was freshened up on the 18th century dome. The church roof was also renovated and leaks repaired. Several windows, which were previously closed off, have been reopened improving light. The El Calvario is a national heritage building and the work was commissioned to a firm specialising in work on historical buildings.

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Educating early

Into administration Heritage recognised Beach oasis

YOUNGSTERS have been reminded of the importance of natural spaces and caring for the environment during a University of Almeria course held in Purchena.

THOUSANDS of travellers, some 27,000 believed to be on holiday now and another 110,000 who had bookings, have been left uncertain as to their rights as LowCostHolidays, one of Britain’s biggest online booking firms run from offices in Palma de Mallorca, has entered administration.

Happy campers CAMPERS will be safer now in VelezRubio as a stretch of the A-317 road linking the campsite to the town has had improvement work done to make it better for pedestrians.

Easy rider ALBOX Council has pledged its support for local motocross competitor Cristobal Galera de Amo, who will be taking part this year for the first time in the Supercross SX 125 cc Spanish Championships.

Alleged cheaters TWO men from Barcelona were arrested in Albox and face charges for alleged fraud against the public authorities after Guardia Civil officers caught them helping a third man cheat on the theory part of his driving exam.

Turkish coup A GROUP of 44 members of Unicaja Foundation Employees’ Association, most from Almeria, were caught in Istanbul by the attempted coup while on their way to Japan on holiday.

Speedy Gonzalez WINNING five out of six races over a very windy weekend on July 16 and 17, the team of Michael Clough and Johnny Fullerton in the Flying 15 yacht Speedy Gonzalez won the Mallorca Championship.

Water rates DUE to the ongoing water shortage across Mallorca, the Palma Council is considering increasing the cost of water to hotels in the area in order to recognise the fact that hotel guests are estimated to use almost double the amount of water as a local householder.

Balearic bounty FARMERS in the Balearic Islands will be awarded higher EU subsidies after qualifying as a ‘less favoured’ region by the European Commission. Many will now have the opportunity to claim more affordable loans and apply for additional compensation.

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THE three Phoenician archaeological sites at the mouth of Rio Algarrobo, near Algarrobo and Velez-Malaga, are to be included in the General Andalucian Catalogue of Historical Heritage.

JAVEA Town Hall has completed another phase of their public spaces improvement work. This involved the planting of 12 new palm trees on the Arenal beach. Species planted were datilera palms and washingtonia palms.

More staff STAFFING reinforcements have been approved by the Department of Justice for the Civil Registry in Elche to reduce waiting lists and speed up the processing of files.

Sierra fire AIR and ground crews were mobilised to deal with a fire in the Sierra de Crevillente. The fire hit a 2,000 square metre unpopulated mountainous area.

House arrest MEMBERS of an Elda clan that illegally occupied and subsequently ‘sold’ empty properties have been detained on other charges. Over the last few months National Police have arrested several members of the extended family who are accused of carrying out violent robberies in Elda and Petrer.

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THERE will be a guided tour using canoes or kayaks to Cova dels Orguens. The tour takes place on July 24 starting at 9am and is expected to last five hours. More details on www.xabia.org.

A MAN has been arrested for an attempted robbery from a supermarket in Guardamar del Segura, three years after the crime took place. Police said they identified the man after the AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System) revealed the identity of the alleged perpetrator.

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FOLLOWING tradition, Nerja is accepting applications for those who dream of becoming the king and queen of the annual fair. To enter the competition, applicants must be single, over 17 and have resided in Nerja for more than two years.

THE Valencian community’s youth orchestra is appearing at Plaza Esglesia in Javea on Monday July 25 at 10.30pm. The orchestra has 80 members and will be performing works by Rossini, Shostakovich and Carlos Fontcuberta.

Flat security

Police decorated

AS security around the world continues to tighten, landlords of properties rented to tourists in Malaga Province must now inform the police prior to each change of tenancy, even if on a daily basis.

A NUMBER of members of Oliva’s police force received decorations in a joint ceremony. Five of them received awards for 25 years of service while two received bravery awards.

A 29-YEAR-OLD woman, diagnosed with Zika gave birth to a healthy baby with no deformities. The Venezuelan mother, who was found to have the virus in the ninth week of pregnancy, is one of nine known Zika cases in the Valencia Region.

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Dog attack

EMPLOYEES on Malaga’s metro ‘network’ are on the warpath over their uniforms, particularly the donning of ties for men and neck scarves for women.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was admitted to Alicante General Hospital after an attack by the family dog in her Onil home. The pitbull-boxer cross bit her ear.

Red flag A FOREIGN tourist was rescued from the sea in Nerja on Saturday (July 16) after ignoring red flags which were put up due to bad sea conditions. Lifeguards acted quickly and avoided the swimmer from being thrown onto the rocks.

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Woman gored A MOTHER-OF-TWO has lost her life after being gored by a heifer cow during fiestas in Moratalla, Murcia, while she was trying to get inside a house owned by her relatives.

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Foreign concern SWEDES were quick to express their opinions on Boris Johnson’s appointment as the new Foreign Secretary with many quick to mock him, although Swedish Ministers have kept quiet for now.

Religious medicine SWEDEN: A doctor has been accused of denying one of his patients antibiotics after he refused to join the Catholic Church. The doctor was forced to leave his locum job after continually trying to make patients join the church.

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Squirrel ambush A BOY, aged three, needed hospital treatment after being attacked by six squirrels after trying to feed one in Cornwall.

Traffic free MAYOR SADIQ wants to ban all traffic from Oxford Street by 2020 as part of his commitment to tackle air pollution in the capital.

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A T WI T T E R troll w ho ha rassed and bullied the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger, has been sentenced to jail for three years. The 20-year-old also contacted her pretending to be her dead son.

A PO LL shows t hat t he populist far-right AfD party has seen party support drop to its lowest level since the start of the year after the results of the EU referendum.

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SAVAGE SQUIRRELS: Clearly they are not as cute and cuddly as they look.

A PO LICE r ai d on a squat in east Berlin in June to clear squatters out, which l ed t o a vi ol ent backl ash from the far-left scene, was declared illegal by a court as the building’s owners did not have legal authorisation to evict the squatters.

SWEDEN:A man whose car was hit by a train and pushed 400 metres along the track in western Sweden, has died. The man was conscious immediately after the accident but later died in hospital. No one was injured on the train.

Life changing meeting A DISABLED Palestinian refugee, who gained fame af t er a di scussi on on refugees with Angela Merkel br ought her t o t ear s, has spoken about how meeting the Chancellor has changed her life.

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Full cover NORWAY: Students at a school in Troms will be allowed to swim wearing fullbody covering swimsuits, also known as burkinis. The measure has been introduced following talks with parents, teachers and representatives from Norway’s Refugee Board.

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NORWAY: Airline Norwegian has posted a gross profit of 930 million kroner (€99 million) for the second quarter of 2016, twice as much as during the same quarter last year. However it does not take into account losses incurred when it was forced to cancel services at the beginning of July.

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TWO children playing on the banks of the river Rhine found the remains of a body in a bin bag. The 12 and 14 year- ol d f ound i t washed ashore near the Zoo Bridge.

Gap in the market A PROPERTY developer is planning Britain’s smallest new build house in a 12ft-wide space between two houses in Oxfordshire. But residents have objected saying it is not rig h t fo r s o me o n e to live s ome where so small.

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DUTCH DROP: The team fall in rankings to 26th place.

Footie rankings fall THE Dutch national football team has fallen 12 places on the latest Fifa rankings of the world’s best football teams and is now in 26th place. The low ranking comes after the recent European football championships.

King offence A MAN’S been sentenced to 30 days jail, 16 suspended, and given two years probation for insulting king WillemAlexander with comments on Facebook.

DUTCH PRESS He was arrested for the crime of ‘offending the dignity of the monarch.’

More athletes THE Netherlands is sending a team of 241 athletes to next month’s Olympic Games in Rio, with 21 of the 28 sports

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at the games represented. They sent 178 athletes to the London games, and returned with 20 medals.

A REPORT following the EU r ef er endum i n t he UK has shown t hat f or t hose Brits already packing their bags in anticipation of Brexit, Germany is the top destination of choice.

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A POLICE officer in The Hague has been arrested for leaking information about possible marihuana plantation locations to criminals and helping them steal drugs. He’s also suspected of corruption, burglary and being a member of a criminal organisation.

A MUNICH m an was hospi t al i sed i n t he wor st racist attack in years. The man, with African heritage, stepped in as he saw a group of white men abusing Somalis. After he intervened he was then attacked.

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RUSSIAN P RESS FEDOR KONYUKHOV: Has broken the world record with his solo round the world hot-air balloon flight.

Unorthodox priest BREAKING the world record for a solo hot-air balloon flight around the world is another day in the life of Fedor Konyukhov who has set out from Australia in a 52-metre tall balloon. The 65-year-old heavily bearded adventurer is a celebrated survivalist and ordained Orthodox priest.

Calamity cocktail ONE of the Kremlin’s favourite news presenters declared that a chaotic cocktail of random drinks from different countries would be the best drink for a Brexit toast. Dmitry Kiselev reckoned whisky was too separatist and German beer too close to Merkel’s immigration policies as many in Moscow celebrated the vote.

Faithful fanatics MORMON missionaries have resolved to stay in Russia despite tough new measures restricting religious evangelising aimed at preventing the spread of terrorist ideology. The fantastical cult will now have to follow strict guidelines as it preaches the word of Joseph Smith, a convicted 19th century conman.

Jumping Judas LONG JUMPER Darya Klishina has been denounced as a t r ai t or following her attempt to compete as a neutral in the Rio Olympics. Russian athletes have been blocked from participation at the games due to institutionalised doping but the American- based Kl i shi na proved she was clean.

Tough trade ECONOMIC concerns have forced the Russian government to reluctantly sell off some of its assets in the largest privatisation move since the 1990s. One trillion rubles (€13 billion) of assets are expected to be flogged as the Kremlin scrambles to make up a gaping budget shortfall.

Lying lawmen POLYGRAPH tests may soon be used to help iron out corruption among public officials under a programme proposed by the Russian public chamber. Civil servants and public figures would be targeted by the scheme, which was used in 2011 to reform the nationwide police force.

Prudent power A CRACKDOWN on needless public spending is continuing with public officials now being barred from using cars of more than 150 horsepower. Other luxury items will be restricted as part of an ongoing campaign which has seen president Putin cut his own salary and that of other top figures. LONE LEAPER: Darya Klishina.

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BP counts the cost of oil spill By John Smith WHEN, in April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, leaving 11 fatalities and the greatest environmental pollution in American history, not only were owners BP responsible for capping the well but also the clean-up costs and subsequent fines for damages. Now, the company is finally able to count the financial cost of the disaster

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$61.6 billion (€55.3 billion) is the amount that it will have cost BP following the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig disaster.

and although there may be some additional claims against the company, it believes they will not impinge upon the amount of money spent to satisfy all of the claims against it. BP says it has since changed its entire policy and outlook and has more than $45 billion (€40 billion) towards the costs by selling assets. It will be able to manage all its costs whilst satisfying the needs of investors and the

Volkswagen’s evidence to us was just not credible but the government has lacked the will to hold VW accountable for its actions.” Louise Ellman MP Chairman of the Transport Select Committee.

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ADVENTURE APP: The virtual reality treasure hunt is a hit.

Pokémon is Go THE Nintendo Company has seen its biggest share price in 30 years after the international launch of a special Pokémon Go App for mobiles with the value of the company jumping by a staggering 70 per cent, giving it a worth of just under £20 billion (€24 billion). It originally seemed the Pokémon concept would be short lived but it continues to survive going from strength to strength and generating significant profits for the Pokémon Company, 32 per cent owned

by Nintendo and Niantic a Google based company. The partners invested $30 million (€27 million) to produce the virtual reality treasure hunt where players hunt monsters appearing on their smartphones. It’s already top of the free-to-download App chart. The App is free, but profits will be made by players purchasing Pokéballs through Apple or Google who receive 30 per cent of every purchase, this could run into millions of euros a day worldwide.

A SUGGESTION to meet the required deficit in the Spanish economy by making companies pay tax in advance based on anticipated profits has been rejected by the Secretary General of Spain’s largest trades union the CCOO as being unworkable and little more than a joke. Small businesses are still not fully recovered from the weakness of the economy, so those in trouble who actually pay a much higher percentage of tax than conglomerates and large companies could simply fall by the wayside and damage the economy more.

Google in Europe THE EU is unimpressed with Google and is now criticising it for abusing its position to block advertising from competitors and unduly use its powers to promote companies and comparison sites in which it has an interest. Google of course denies any wrongdoing but the EU does seem to be determined to reduce its ability to hold back its rivals.

Reduced or zero fines possible PORTUGAL and Spain have been told by Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, that provided they are prepared to demonstrate both an ability and willingness to reduce their financial deficits in accordance with EU objectives, there may be the possibility of reducing the proposed

$6.2 billion (€5.6 billion) is the higher than expected profit reported by JP Morgan Chase for the second quarter of 2016.

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fines considerably or possibly to zero. If a country is heavily in deficit, then to add a fine equivalent to 0.2 per cent of the deficit hardly seems a sensible way for them to recover their financial position, especially when Spain in particular continues to operate without a majority government.

Federal Government who they recently paid $20 billion (€18 billion) in order to settle all claims and fines in what is the largest ever settlement between the US Government and a single company. Brian Gilvary, BP chief financial officer said in a statement when announcing the final bill “Importantly, we have a clear plan for managing these costs and it provides our investors with certainty going forward.”

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Cloud coverage A COURT hearing in the USA has ruled that Microsoft should not be required to give the government access to its servers in other countries which will be seen as a major victory for the company which wants to protect its cloud computing services. In 2014, a New York court agreed to grant the US Department of Justice the rights to obtain information from a server in Ireland in order to obtain evidence in a drug investigation but Microsoft instantly appealed and has now had that original ruling overturned.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY 3i Group PLC 584.50 2.64 Admiral Group PLC 2025.00 17.00 Anglo American PLC 817.60 -18.30 Antofagasta PLC 502.50 -5.50 ARM Holdings PLC 1721.50 533.00 Ashtead Group PLC 1134.00 4.00 Associated British Foods PLC 2796.50 5.00 AstraZeneca PLC 4539.75 36.49 Aviva PLC 383.60 1.50 Babcock International Group 967.00 8.50 BAE Systems PLC 538.50 1.00 Barclays PLC 150.60 0.85 Barratt Developments PLC 412.05 2.30 Berkeley Group Holdings 2646.50 24.09 BHP Billiton PLC 973.25 -23.20 BP PLC 453.70 -3.45 British American Tobacco PLC 4846.25 11.00 British Land Co PLC 626.50 -2.50 BT Group PLC 400.65 0.80 Bunzl PLC 2348.50 2.00 Burberry Group PLC 1271.00 8.51 Capita PLC 987.00 12.00 Carnival PLC 3483.50 10.00 Centrica PLC 235.65 0.30 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1529.50 -5.00 Compass Group PLC 1446.00 -2.00 CRH PLC 2213.00 9.00 DCC PLC 6762.50 75.00 Diageo PLC 2116.00 18.00 Direct Line Insurance Group... 343.25 3.60 Dixons Carphone PLC 331.15 3.30 easyJet PLC 1153.00 13.00 Experian PLC 1460.00 -12.00 Fresnillo PLC 1827.00 -32.00 GKN PLC 285.15 5.00 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1650.25 0.50 Glencore PLC 181.62 -4.30 Hammerson PLC 532.50 1.00 Hargreaves Lansdown PLC 1258.00 14.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC 2539.50 -1.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 484.07 4.95 Imperial Brands PLC 4047.75 57.09 Informa PLC 744.25 5.00 InterContinental Hotels Gr 2891.00 22.00 International Consolidated 433.85 11.90 Intertek Group PLC 3601.50 3.00 Intu Properties PLC 280.05 -1.90 ITV PLC 191.50 3.04 Johnson Matthey PLC 3158.50 10.00 Kingfisher PLC 335.20 3.40

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New Chancellor rejects austerity By John Smith IN the run up to the Brexit referendum, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne warned the nation that in the event of a leave vote carrying the day, he would be forced to take emergency action to further cut spending and to introduce higher rates of taxation. The new Chancellor, Philip Hammond who has reportedly had his eyes set on this job for some time, has immediately rejected such a knee jerk reaction and has indicated that he will study the economy and take action as and when needed but most likely this will occur at the planned Autumn Budget statement. In 2010, Britain had one of the worst budget deficits in the European Union and Mr Osborne decided to make it his crusade to not just cut the deficit but to bring it to surplus by 2020 which meant ongoing cuts in investment in all of the ministries and therefore in the economy itself. Towards the end of his time in post, even he had recognised that this was not going to happen and it looks as if the new government will endeavour to pump some life back into the economy. It is going to be a difficult project as the initial reaction from the financial world was to drop British stocks as if they had a disease, knock the value of the pound and look to move business away from the UK to other parts of Europe. After three weeks and a change of government,

The Bank of England has a very important role to play in the economy.

PHILIP HAMMOND: The new Chancellor of the Exchequer.

astute (or perhaps avaricious) investors have seen that there are profits to be made in buying depressed shares, that the pound isn’t quite as bad as they thought and many are keeping the bulk of their investment and banking staff in the UK. The Bank of England was expected to drop interest rates to 0.25 per cent, but it didn’t which has given some encouragement to foreign investors and makes no difference to individuals as they still have to pay exorbitant interest rates to lenders who frankly would be thrown out of the temple for usury should Jesus return to walk the earth! The panic is more or less over for the time being, so the government does have some breathing space, but it needs to be very careful how it proceeds as international finance is a lot like a row of dominos, knock one and the rest will tumble. Having been given its independence, the Bank of England has a very important role to play in the economy and if it does cut interest rates and continues with a controlled policy of quantitative easing then, provided there aren’t any surprises from say Scotland, then there will be a chance for the economy to settle and possibly grow.

IT has been announced that Japanese company Softbank has made an offer of £24 billion (€28.8 billion) for British technology firm ARM which directors are going to recommend that shareholders accept. This will give encouragement to those who said that business would continue following the decision to leave the European Union, although others may compare this to the descendants of a stately home owner who have to sell the family silver in order to survive! ARM has been a huge success since being founded in 1990 in Cambridge where it designs microchips which are used in most smartphones around the world including Apple and Samsung. The Japanese company Softbank is run by entrepreneur Masayoshi Son and is without doubt one of the world’s largest technology companies. Having recently ‘gobbled up’ Vodafone Japan and American company Sprint, it still has sufficient funds to pay the bulk of the acquisition from funds held, although it will also take advantage of a loan from Mizuho Bank. According to the board of ARM,

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A huge investment from Japan

SOFTBANK: Young actor Shōsuke Tanihara with Masayoshi Son. the investment will allow the company which will remain in the UK to double its 3,000 strong work force

within the next five years as it will concentrate on expanding its invention and development areas.

The new government is pleased to see further investment from a nonEuropean source even though Mrs

May had previously mused as to whether it was good for the country to see so many companies being taken over by foreign investors. Even if the government has reservations about such a sale, there is little it can do to stop it, unless it is in a position to prove that it was not in the national interest to allow such a sale to go through, which would be difficult to justify. There were originally three major UK-based technology companies based in Britain’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Cambridge. First to be purchased was Autonomy which was taken over by Hewlett Packard, followed by CSR which was taken over by chipmaker Qualcomm and now ARM looks to be the last of the triumvirate to be sold to a foreign investor. The BBC has reported that one of the original founders of ARM Hermann Hauser said: “This is a sad day for me and a sad day for technology in Britain. 2ARM is the last British [technology] company that has a global reach. It gave Britain real strength. It was a British company that determined the next generation microprocessor architecture.”

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Another EU agreement to stop tax evasion By John Smith THE European Union and Monaco signed an agreement aimed at improving tax compliance by private savers on July 12 which will require that financial information is exchanged automatically between the Principality and the Union. This is part of an on-going programme which has seen similar agreements struck between the EU and Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Switzerland and when ratified is due to come into force in January 2018. The agreement upgrades a 2004 agreement that ensured that Monaco applied measures equivalent to those in an EU directive on the taxation of savings income. The aim is to extend the automatic exchange of information on financial accounts in order to prevent taxpayers from hiding capital representing income or assets for which tax has not been paid. Three parties

The aim is to prevent taxpayers from hiding income or assets for which tax as not been paid.”

signed the document, Peter Kažimír, Finance Minister of Slovakia and President of the European Council; Serge Telle, Minister of State of Monaco; and Pierre Moscovici, European Economic Commissioner. Basically, the agreement provides for Monaco to meet exactly the same standards of transparency and exchange of information as if they were full members of the EU. Such information may include release of names, addresses, tax identification numbers and dates of birth of each member state’s residents with accounts in the Principality, as well as other financial and account

balance information. Slowly but surely, it is becoming more difficult for private individuals to avoid the payment of tax in their place of domicile, although no doubt those who are really rich will still be able to settle in low tax areas such as Monaco and Switzerland whilst corporations and even cartels will endeavour to hide their profits through technicalities and loopholes although even they are beginning to feel the pinch. Most of the UK Overseas Territories as well as Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey had already agreed to recognise this programme although whether they will continue to do so once Britain does leave the European Union is just one of the many questions that need to be answered when final exit negotiations take place, especially as some of those territories were named in the recent Panama revelations and Spain continually accuses Gibraltar of being a tax haven which it in turn denies.

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I don’t even know where to begin LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT BIT hard to work out where to start this week. Probably finding myself in a similar position as our new prime minister! I did consider the speed Theresa May met up with Nicola Sturgeon was almost bordering on the obscene. The statement issued afterwards was even more so. Do the rest of the British public have to now actually wait until some sort of appeasing deal can be worked out with Scotland and the EU before we are able to invoke Article 50 and get on with the new future the majority of the UK voted for? If this is a sample of the new tough leadership and firm decision making we’ve been told to expect,

we’re in trouble already. In a wholly democratic event, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. That should be the end of the story. If others are not happy with the result, let them hold their referendums or whatever’s and if necessary butt out, allowing those who elected to leave, to get out and get on with it. Any dithering can only be detrimental to our new role in world affairs and is a disgraceful, non-democratic action, instigated by petulant losers who are now busy throwing their toys out of the pram; which is perfectly OK as long as those elected by the British public can be trusted not to scrabble about on the floor picking them up. Horror, sympathy and sorrow at the tragic events in Nice this week. How many of these same atrocities will have to take place in the UK before we declare war and really be-

gin to do something about it? GB naturally stopped its enemies entering the country in world World War 2. If it was common sense then, why are the same policies not being instigated now? Interesting to see the coup was thwarted in Turkey mainly due to the public taking to the streets and siding with President Tayyip Erdogan. I suppose that wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that untold thousands of them are already packed for the trip to Europe!? Just a thought.

Keep the faith. Love Leapy, leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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New PM ‘Well-heeled’ Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

SPAIN’S media is currently immersed in the country’s political impasse but nevertheless it paid attention to the succession of Theresa May following the self-defenestration of Cameron, Boris and Gove. There was much interest in May’s shoes although ideology apart, many women will give her a sporting chance strength on those kitten heels alone. Compared with Spain’s female politicians she scrubs up better than most, with the possible exception of Dolores de Cospedal and Cristina Cifuentes. De Cospedal allegedly hankers after the key to the Moncloa Palace but in the unlikely event of Mariano Rajoy’s defenestration, it ought to go to Cifuentes. Remember that you read it here first.

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WHAT do the PSOE and Pedro Sanchez hope to gain by refusing to abstain or arrange for absences during Mariano Rajoy’s investiture vote? After all, 74 per cent of PSOE voters believe this is the lesser of two evils. Rajoy has successfully

Ignorance is bliss LEO MESSI earned a 21-month prison term for tax fraud although he said he left everything to his father. It may be true but the judge decided his ignorance was deliberate and therefore no excuse. So what about acting president Mariano Rajoy’s who claims to be unaware of the tax fraud, money-laundering, kickbacks, corruption and illegal party funding. Are we supposed to believe Rajoy’s professed ignorance wasn’t equally deliberate and inexcusable?

played a long game but unless socialists start thinking of voters and the country instead of themselves, it will be ‘game over’ for the PSOE.

Double trouble FAMOUS political tandems usually end in divorce. Bulganin and Khrushchev; Harold Wilson and George Brown; Felipe Gonzalez and Alfonso Guerra; Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, except B and K, it’s the name that comes first that belongs to the stayer. That brings us to Pablo Iglesias and Iñigo Errejon, by the same yardstick it doesn’t look good for Errejon.

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Kirstie’s Vintage Gems Countdown Shipping Wars Shipping Wars King of Queens Frasier Frasier Dare to Believe Sunday Brunch Formula 1 Athletics Dare to Believe A Place in the Sun Toy Story That Time Forgot Finding Nemo Channel 4 News Saddam Goes to Hollywood The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Friday Night Dinner Dare to Believe Formula 1 Escape From Alcatraz Born on the Same Day

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7:00am Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti 8:35am Wolves 10:10am Mcfarland, USA 12:20pm Maya the Bee 1:55pm Solace 3:50pm Ant-Man Action adventure about a cat burglar given the ability to shrink to the size of an ant. 5:50pm Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti 7:25pm Wolves 9:00pm Ant-Man 11:00pm Mcfarland, USA A disgraced football coach who finds himself in charge of a ragtag running team. 1:15am Jeruzalem 2:55am White Bird in a Blizzard 4:50am Tangerines

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Wonder of Animals 9:00pm Sacred Wonders of Britain 10:00pm Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered History documentary aiming to uncover the extraordinary truth of the boy behind the golden mask. 11:00pm Inside Claridge’s 12:00am Fossil Wonderlands: Nature’s Hidden Treasures 1:00am Sacred Wonders of Britain Neil Oliver goes in search of the Sacred Wonders of Britain. 2:00am A History of Art in Three Colours 3:00am Inside Claridge’s 4:00am Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered History documentary aiming to uncover the extraordinary truth of the boy behind the golden mask.

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10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm To B&B the Best 1:10pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 10:00pm Big Brother 11:50pm Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 12:50am Botched Up Bodies 1:45am Lip Sync Battle 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Person of Interest 5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera 5:45am Great Scientists Series presented by Allan Chapman profiling famous and influential scientists.

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7:00am Doctor in the House 7:25am Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960’s. 8:20am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Royal 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:55am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 12:55pm Love Your Garden 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:10pm Doctor in the House 5:45pm On the Buses 6:20pm Man About the House 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:40am Inspector Morse 3:30am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home

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US in Trump’s safe hands They had obviously thought this through. Camouflage and black against a white background, very smart.”

Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

I WAS flicking through TV channels the other night, in the vain hope I might find something that was either not a multi shown repeat, or didn’t feature Ant and Dec, when I chanced upon a movie that I could not actually remember seeing before. I had no idea what the title was, but it was certainly not one that seemed familiar. I had probably not bothered to watch it in the past, because it was one of those chest thumping, look how great we are, American blood and guts war films. Not my favourite type of entertainment. It had been running for some time, but what had me riveted was the sequence I had tuned in to. It seemed that a group of

THOUGHT PROVOKING: An interesting scene from the war film on TV. tough as old boots US Navy Seals, penguins or whatever, had been dropped into Bosnia to rescue a downed American pilot who had witnessed some nasty goings on. It was imperative that he

evaded capture because he was certainly not going to be invited round for tea and offered a ginger nut if the Bosnians collared him first. Picture the scene. There is snow on the ground with the entire land-

scape a white blanket, and in come the American choppers, clack clacking to a stirring musical background. Cut to the rescue squad on board, all wearing standard camouflage gear – and get this - blacking their faces

with whatever it is they black their faces with. They had obviously thought this thing through. Camouflage and black against a white background. Very smart. No one would spot them, at least not if the Bosnians happened to be taking a break in Corfu. I mean, you could not make this up and it was supposed to be serious stuff. Then I had a thought. If Donald Trump has taken note of this movie and is elected as the next President of the United States - thereby becoming Commander in Chief of the armed forces – perhaps parachuting troops into Syria wearing Alpine gear is not entirely out of the question.

2016 seems likely to be a year of pain and intolerance Credit Infrogmation Wikimedia

John Smith Random thoughts... IT seems that the year 2016 could go down in history as the worst so far in the 21st century as the world appears to be ‘going to hell in a handbasket!’ There’s a breakdown of law and order across Europe with terrorism accounting for hundreds of deaths so far. In the case of Turkey, they don’t need home-grown terrorists (which without doubt exist) when they have an increasingly authoritarian government and an army staging a half-cocked coup. The referendum could lead to the break up of both the UK and the EU and whilst I was derided by some for saying the British public knew more about voting for acts on Britain’s Got Talent than making a rational decision on our future, stories abound of people who thought that they were making a protest vote against the government

THE WORLD’S WOES: A sign of the times. rather than placing a vote that decided the future for generations to come. Racism is more blatant than ever and it seems the referendum result appears to have given certain people the feeling they can abuse anyone who isn’t white and speaks with a regional accent. Right wing politicians are gaining strength across Europe whilst in the UK

the Labour Party appears ready to implode with the openly lesbian Angela Eagle being insulted for her sexual preferences by so-called open-minded supporters of Jeremy Corbyn whilst the Brighton and Hove branch of the party has been suspended for the manner in which ‘moderate’ officials were ousted in an apparent coup and the whole mat-

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Theresa May and Justine Greening.

Mrs May, remember the expats IT’S of some relief to see the Conservative party has managed to conduct its leadership election in such a way that rather than wait until September, there was a quick decision to appoint Theresa May as leader once the other candidates either dropped out due to insufficient votes or resigned. Whilst it’s common knowledge Mrs May was critical of Gordon Brown taking on the Prime Minister role without calling a general election, this is a different situation as the country needs stability, both for its economic prosperity and in negotiating a sensible and well organised withdrawal from the EU. The make-up of the new cabinet, a mixture of old and new as well as Leavers and Remainers, indicates Mrs May intends to oversee the Brexit rather than overrule the result. Her new ‘Minister for Exiting’ David Davis has already indicated ‘the button is likely to be pressed’ by the start of 2017. The delay, allows the government to formulate a strategy on what it hopes to achieve and how, especially as it would like to see Scotland onside rather than fighting for independence. The main problem it faces is from the 27 member states it’s divorcing and whilst Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said he wants to see a friendly parting, only time will tell. All we hope is that whilst negotiating, the government remembers us and the one million plus expats living in EU countries.

ter is under investigation. Police in the US have been accused of racist killings of Afro Americans whilst officers in turn have been massacred by snipers. In the wings, Donald Trump sits hoping to become President. Battles continue in Syria and Yemen with reports of sporadic fighting in different African states, especially newly independent South Sudan and terrorists have even struck in the home of Islam, Saudi Arabia where the majority are Sunni Muslims and Russia has just sold missiles to Shia opposition Iran. Happily Spain has escaped much of the difficulty that other countries have experienced and even seems to manage to stagger on after two inconclusive general elections as if having an interim government isn’t a problem. One wit has noted everything’s got Now we worse after David Bowie’s death and want to we can’t blame sunspots, which often hear your views. presage violent activity, as it’s suggested the sun may be calming YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE down temporarily which could - YOUR OPINION lead to a mini ice-age similar to that www.euroweeklynews.com experienced in the 17th century.

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Mother Theresa, new iron lady or the UK’s Angela Merkel? Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

WHAT a day: Monday July 11. As one p o l i t i c i a n st e p p e d d o w n (Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom), another stepped up (Labour’s Angela Eagle) , a n d a n o t h er (D av id Cameron) stepped back, handing over Number 10’s keys to Theresa M ay. A d a y o f ‘ Ma yh em, ’ y o u might say? So, Theresa May, a Remainer who kept her head down in order not to become too tarnished by association with the ludicrous Project Fear ended up on top. Doubtless she will have to spend quite a w hile h a v i n g t h e sp lin te rs re moved from all that fence sitting she did over the EU. As to whether she’ll be a ‘heal-

NUMBER 10: At least Larry hasn’t run away yet.

ing’ Mother Theresa figure, we’ll just have to wait and see. She has talked about more inclusion and bringin g t he count r y t oget her (though, t hankf ul l y, no Thatcherite quote from St Francis of Assisi from this – like Angela Merkel - clergyman’s daughter). As for the Margaret Thatcher Mk2 label (or the UK’s Merkel), w ith the cur r ent t hr eat of j obs moving abroad because of uncertainty, consumer confidence at a 21-ye a r l ow, hi gh st r eet sal es plummeting and awareness that any trade deals must wait until after the UK’s formal Brexit, she’s clearly got a challenging in-tray. And not least the fear among Leavers (the 17.4 million who vote d une q ui vocal l y t o Leave) of dragging out Brexit or watering it down in any way, not to mention that the resulting internecine warfare in the Tory party would make the current Labour, err, mayhem look like a teddy bears’ picnic.

Finally, a piece of good news and resounding win for ‘Remain’ is that Larry, the No.10 cat, hasn’t done a runner like so many others around him. Following in the paw prints of several Downing Street moggies, his role as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is “to keep Whitehall pests at bay.” (Let’s hope he stays up to, umm, scratch to keep at bay any potential disillusioned, disaffected Leavers) Reportedly, Larry’s being kept in so he can’t escape and grab a seat on the EU gravy train. Collared, in other words, so he can’t flea? Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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Banish the bullfighting now THE July 14-20 edition had an article where it is announced there will be a workshop to be a bullfighter. I am appalled that there still is such a thing. No matter what people say that it is a tradition (meaning something that is there a long time, but that can change!) it remains extreme animal torture and cruelty to a mammal. And mammals have the exact same feelings as humans, like fear, anxiety and pain. During this workshop they will definitely use calves (yes, baby cows) to stab them with spears. What a disgusting and disgraceful school. Shame on the mayor of Antequera to let this happen. He also expressed his condolences for the recent death of Victor Barrios. Nobody deserves to die, but Mr Barrios CHOSE to go into the ring to torture and kill bulls. In this case he got killed instead (although the bull was also killed and they even want to kill its mother, how silly’s that!) A death of a toreador only happened after 30 years. In contrary of all the bulls that get killed every year (roughly 70,000 in fights and God knows how many in “practice”). I would say “those who kill by the sword die by the sword.” All of this cruelty has to stop now. It gives this beautiful country a bad taste to most of the world. Chantal Buslot, Belgium

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Sheer hypocrisy TO be sure the vast majority of those expats ‘appalled’ and ‘horrified’ by the bullfighting tradition are a great stain on our society. There appears to be an urgent and indulgent psychological need to feel superior to others with no real understanding of the facts. Now there is a terrific and promising Spanish campaign against bullfighting, chiefly led by young environmental and animal rights activists who promote and live lifestyles in accordance with the values of non-violence. I’d readily wager that many of these expat opponents happily eat meat procured from the supermarket, thus contributing to an ongoing genocide of literally billions of animals and destroying our environment. They then have the audacity to go online

and moan about something that pales in comparison to the carnage they engage in every day? Give me a break. As for the lack of sympathy for Victor Barrios, the deceased bullfighter, I presume the ‘karma crowd’ are also vocally critical of dead British soldiers in Iraq, gleefully celebrating every roadside bomb? I’ll hold my breath. Jim Roarty, Murcia

Feline concerto MY beautiful, golden eyed, young ginger cat Bertie has convinced me he’s turned on by Mozart, especially his magical slow movements, which also

A fish called Leapy LEAPY I enjoyed your comment in the Euro Weekly about Nicola. I agree with everything you say and I am a Scot. Born in a small village north of Aberdeen called Cruden Bay, the last place the Vikings attacked in the north of Scotland and lost. King Malcolm defeated Cnut and after that the Vikings moved south. Also it was the first place where an oil pipeline came ashore from the North Sea rigs. I now live in Lincolnshire but am proud of my heritage and am not a supporter of Nicola. I call her a dictator, as you say it’s a very fishy business in the Scottish Parliament however, if left in the open long enough fish goes off. I do believe the Scottish people will see through the dictator and end up bombing her out. Scott Cruden

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Delusional dingbat YOUR columnist, whatever name he goes under, is clearly delusional. Can he supply links to all the claims he makes about the prognostication of a series of world events? He appears to think he is a latter-day Nostradamus. As to his chequered past, what a load of codswallop. His biography states “He then settled in Saudi Arabia.” He would have needed a visa, for which the people for whom he was going to work would have applied, and it probably would have been refused. As for opening a pub in Saudi, that alone shows how delusional he is. With the recent Brexit, there are more than enough ‘muck-rakers’ in England, so please dump the one-hit wonder. Bill Hall, Torre del Mar

40 years. Are there any Spanish still there, if so can they remember how to speak their national tongue? Atentamente Anthony Goddard

BULLFIGHTING TRADITION: Being challenged in a campaign by environmental and animal rights activists.

obsess his owner. Last week Bertie and his mate Mickey (grey and white and a totally different personality) were rolling over in a friendly fight. From the radio came the warm seductive tones of the Clarinet Concerto slow movement. The cats separated suddenly; Bertie leapt onto my chair, stretched his front paws on my chest, closed his golden eyes and adopted a smiling expression. No, I wasn’t imagining things, I’m willing to swear he seemed seraphic, we were both under Mozart’s spell. Today a repeated experience with the slow movement of the Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola. His expression seemed almost more ecstatic than last week. To attempt to prove my theory, a few hours later I played a CD of the same movement. I could hardly believe that this had exactly the

same effect on Bertie as before. What do readers of my letter think? To query Shakespeare, could music be the food of love for animals as well as humans? Maybe Bertie’s name should be changed to Wolfie! Mary Groser

Pot meet kettle I WAS amused to read a letter in the Euro Weekly News Issue 1619, headlined ‘Horrible English hypocrites.’ A lady wrote, including lots of (sighs) how the English in Spain don’t learn Spanish, only shop in English shops and eat in only English bars and restaurants. I’m English, I’ve lived here since 2001, my Spanish is not as great as it should be and my Spanish grammar is

atrocious, this I have to admit, however, I do speak Spanish in shops, etc. and indeed any other time it’s necessary so to do. I shop in Spanish shops as I couldn’t possibly afford to shop in English ones and eat and drink in both Spanish and English restaurants and bars, depending on what I’d like to eat on the day, just as I would in England. However, what really amused me is that she keeps referring to English rather than British, obviously all Welsh, Scottish and Irish she knows speak perfect Spanish. For someone, supposedly, so obviously enwrapped in the Spanish culture, I’m surprised she sends her letter in English to a free English, sorry, British newspaper. Finally, she lives in Torremolinos, which when I was last there on holiday many years ago, has been an English, oops, British stronghold for more than

GOSH the power of publicity! Knitted Knockers Spain has certainly come a long way since my friend Karen and I formed the group here in Andalucia. Thanks to the Spanish and English language press, plus being listed on the international web site of knit tedknocker.org we’re now supplying knitted prosthesis to women who have undergone surgery for the removal of a breast in many parts of Spain. Volunteer knitters, like donations, are always welcome but the yarn used to knit or crochet a knocker must be 100 per cent mercerised cotton. If you require further information or you want a knocker then contact: maggie.spanishknockers@gmail.com Maggie

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Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don’t know one child with a full time job and children. Bill Hicks

in history 356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson 365 - A tsunami destroyed the Egyptian city of Alexandria. The tsunami and huge earthquake which caused it killed an estimated 50,000 people 1137 - Eleanor of Aquitaine married Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of SaintAndre in Bordeaux 1298 - King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeated William Wallace outside Falkirk 1403 - Henry IV of England defeated the Percys in the Battle of Shrewsbury 1554 - Mary I married Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral 1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned and forced to abdicate her throne to her one-year-old son James VI 1586 - Sir Walter Raleigh returned to England from Virginia 1656 - The Raid on Malaga took place during the Anglo-Spanish War 1663 - The British Parliament passed a second Navigation Act, requiring all goods bound for the colonies to be sent in British ships from British ports 1704 - Admiral George Rooke took Gibraltar from the Spanish 1788 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No 40 in G minor 1837 - The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cook and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London 1903- The Ford Motor Company sold its first automobile, the Model A 1909- French aviator Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly across the English Channel in a plane 1919 - The British House of Lords ratified the Versailles Treaty 1978 - Louis Brown, the first testtube baby, was born in Oldham, England 1984 - Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk 1986 - Prince Andrew, Duke of York, married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey, London 2013 - 78 people died when a highspeed train derails in Santiago de Compostela rounding a curve with an 80km/h limit at 190 km/h

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Like Indiana Jones, I don’t like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I’m in politics. Theresa May

World of English

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Gags aside, a chicken crossing the road is true poultry in motion.

‘WITH SO MANY WOMEN BECOMING LEADERS - MEN ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT DANCING BACKWARDS ON THE DANCE FLOOR!’

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TODAY

ANTEQUERA

MALAGA COIN TORREMOLINOS

RONDA

ESTEPONA

BENALMADENA MIJAS

FUENGIROLA

MARBELLA

ANTEQUERA

TOMORROW

MALAGA COIN TORREMOLINOS

RONDA

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Everybody Wants Some Directed by: Richard Linklater Starring: Blake Jenner, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Will Brittain Billed as a spiritual successor to the wonderful ‘Dazed and Confused,’ this joyful exploration of what it was like to be young and male in late 1980s America is a deceptively subtle dialogue-driven comedy with a killer period soundtrack. The film follows Jake, a freshman pitcher who joins the fictional South Texas State University as a member of the baseball team, landing him a place in one of the baseball houses, where the alpha-male jock arrogance on show means the film works best if judgement is suspended.

Ana Botella, politician, July 23

Botella made a name for herself in politics both as the first female mayor of Madrid and as wife of former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar.

Ross Kemp, actor, July 21, 52 Best known for his time on the British soap opera where he played the role of Grant and which earned him the honour of ‘Best Actor’ at the British Soap Awards in 1999 and 2006. Earlier in his career he appeared in a Kellogg’s advert. Prince George of Cambridge, royal heir, July 22, 3 The firstborn child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge his full name is George Alexander Louis. Currently he’s third in line to the throne behind Prince William and Prince Charles. When he was born he received a rocking horse from President Obama who he met earlier this year in April. Jennifer Lopez, singer/actress, July 24, 47 Although an actress J-Lo is probably known best as a hiphop and R&B singer. Her album ‘J.Lo’ in 2001 went quadruple platinum and she’s sold over 20 million records worldwide. Married and divorced three times she once dated the rapper Puff Daddy. Iman Abdulmajid, model, July 25, 61 Born in Somalia she’s a successful model who started her career in 1975 after being discovered by an American photographer. She’s now an entrepreneur and her company ‘Iman Cosmetics’ generates an annual profit of more than $25 million. She was married to the late David Bowie. Mick Jagger, singer, July 26, 73 The infamous frontman and co-founder of The Rolling Stones has had a career spanning more than 50 years, although he had planned to go into politics or economics. In 2003 he was honoured with a knighthood for services to popular music. Jordan Spieth, golfer, July 27, 23 Born in Dallas Texas Jordan is the only player, other than Tiger Woods, to win the US Junior Amateur Championship twice. Winning the 2015 Masters Championship he became the second youngest champion in the Masters history with a record setting performance.

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Unscramble the name of a famous former England cricketer: MASSIVE THRONE Unscramble the name of a type of songbird (one word): HONEST ACT

Hexagram

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.

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 (FELLOW) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ALLIED BERATE BEYOND BORATE CORBEL CURFEW FEEBLE FELLOW (10) GARTER GULLET

KAISER LARGER MOTLEY RETARD SLEEPY SLEETY SPREAD URGENT WOEFUL

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1 Assert 2 Seamen 3 Estate 4 Timbre 5 Easier 6 Newest 7 Barfly 8 Client 9 Blurry 10 Feline 11 Nettle 12 Enable 13 Notice 14 Inlaid 15 Latent 16 Granny 17 Winter 18 Loaves 19 Please

YOUR STARS LEO (July 24 - August 23) Many happy moments will keep you on your toes. With warming wishes in the wind, and a charming touch of luck, don’t panic if certain events don’t match up to your high standards. Just be Leoproud that you’ve got what it takes to make things tick. Unfortunately you can’t afford to assume that everything will run to time. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) You won’t avoid the occasional mishap, but if you’re tactful on Tuesday and chill out on Wednesday, the lead-up to the weekend’s partying will see you go after whatever you want. Personal and financial discussions will remind you that life is what you make it. Just ride life’s waves with confidence. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This week’s change of planetary powers will allow you to find exactly what you’re looking for, especially if you’re shopping for bargains. Happily, everything is coming together, so don’t let everyday niggles spoil your long-term plans. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) On a personal and financial level, wait for further developments before you reach or activate any important decisions. As you draw near the final phase of this year, the best results will come from spending as much time as possible with loved ones, or those who’re on your creative wavelength.

CANCER

(June 22 - July 23)

Good news should come your way this week. Regardless of how you mark it, you'll be surrounded by caring hearts. Sunday’s full moon is one of two this year associated with journeys, homely connections and good fortune. Despite some workaday hassles your efforts will be well starred. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Whatever your plans, or however you intend to enjoy the weekend, there’ll be laughter, fun and plenty of action. Refuse to be distracted or upset by any of Monday or Wednesday’s twists and turns. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) This week’s potent presence of sombre Saturn in your own sign is a warning not to lose your cool, particularly on Tuesday and Thursday. Otherwise, you can expect a weekend of quality and frivolity. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) With so much to think about, will it really be a wonder if something or someone gets left out? It’s not just the glitz that’s inspiring the action, but certain thankless tasks which are bound to crop up. Whatever the planets get up to, there’ll be no stopping Friday and Saturday’s enchanting delights. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) You will be ready and waiting for whatever

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Homonyms are words that are both spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings. Which homonymic words can mean both: 1. Airtight sealed metal container for food, drink or paint, etc. Able to? 2. Any of various platforms built into a vessel. Knock someone to the ground with a punch? 3. Flat and smooth. Equal in number, amount, or value? 4. Having a high price. A sweet innocent mild-mannered person, especially a child? 5. Not approximated in any way. Demand and obtain something from someone? 6. Shape metal or other material by pouring it into a mould while molten. Register a vote? 7. The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities? 8. The place where a person or organisation can be found or communicated with. The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience? 9. The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips. Give financial, material, or moral support to? 10. Weapons considered collectively. In heraldry, the official symbols of a family, state, etc? Not a lot of people know that… the word ‘sobre’ (‘envelope’ and ‘on’) is an example of a Spanish homonym.

you’ve organised. Then, without warning, you could have to backtrack or make other plans - you might even encounter some undeserved criticism. But no matter what happens, the weekend will definitely make up for any workday muddles. Meanwhile, if you’re a mixer and mingler, you’ll be swept off your feet. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) As you top up your spirits with some extra ideas, don’t be surprised if a couple of items drop out of sight. If you seriously want to minimise niggles and hassles, then ask friends or relatives to lend a hand. It’s a great week for togetherness, so ensure that you celebrate in style. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There will be enough hurly-burly to cope with at work, let alone elsewhere, so don’t even think about doing everything singlehandedly. Cooking, hosting and being all things to everyone shouldn’t be your version of the perfect week. Teamwork is the way forward, so take the lead and be sure that everyone gets happily involved. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The more you can offload, the happier you’ll be. As you attract kindred spirits, you’ll be able to look forward to the weekend whirl with family and friends. In the lead-up to the weekend, try to be patient with those who seem to be pulled in other directions. The weekend’s full moon sets the scene for a useful exchange of ideas.

Answers 1. CAN, 2. DECK, 3. EVEN, 4. DEAR, 5. EXACT, 6. CAST, 7. BANK, 8. ADDRESS, 9. BACK, 10. ARMS.

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: • Average: 17 • Good: 23 • Very good: 33 • Excellent: 43

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Across:

Across 1 Plant, part of First Amendment (6) 4 Unusual exit (3-3) 9 Steered clear of a free journalist (7) 10 In court it heard about church tax (5) 11 A wee dram for a toddler (3) 12 Hold downs and arrests in builders (9) 13 Salad ingredient used as a missile? (6) 15 About to ring to withdraw (6) 19 View of weird lap dances (9) 21 Writer starts particularly enjoying news (3) 22 Bathed before Indian master (5) 23 Concentrate and find out (7) 24 Row boat around the lake (6) 25 Turning blue, he’s getting runs (6)

1 Refutes, 5 Busts, 8 Plain, 9 Certain, 10 Twain, 11 Theme, 12 Brass, 14 Macho, 19 Trams, 21 Alter, 23 Precede, 24 Again, 25 Rests, 26 Suggest. Down: 1 Report, 2 Flatter, 3 Tonga, 4 Second, 5 Biretta, 6 State, 7 Sander, 13 Systems, 15 Herbage, 16 Stupor, 17 Caters, 18 Gannet, 20 Abets, 22 Twang.

Down 1 Initial course for sporting official (7) 2 High up in the terminal of the airport (5) 3 Support Red Nose production (7) 5 Plant inside the monastery (5) 6 Not in queue plan (7) 7 “Arduous journeys take real energy” King said, initially (5) 8 Love Germany’s first poet (5) 14 Horseman dispatched, we hear to a Sumerian city (7) 16 Choose Egyptian god for the daughter of Agamemnon (7)

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17 Medication was our connection, so they say (7) 18 Handed Labour leader a small hammer... (5) 19 ... from the Socialist’s tables (5) 20 Endless alcoholic drink for the good-for-nothing (5) 21 Produce cheap fruit (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents B and 15 represents X, so fill in B every time the figure 4 appears and X every time the figure 15 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.

Across 1 Send off mail (8) 4 Blocks (4) 8 Drinking chocolate (5) 10 Dog breed (7) 11 Very bad (7) 12 Having the most positive qualities (4) 14 Consider to be alike (6) 16 Legally binding command (6) 19 Close by (4) 21 Settle conclusively (7) 24 Forsake (7) 25 Anatomical trunk (5) 26 Facts and figures (4) 27 Joins (8)

Down 1 Made known or openly avowed (8) 2 State of sudden fear (5) 3 Expensive (6) 5 Otherwise known as (5) 6 Underside of footwear (4) 7 Take a chance (6) 9 South American rodent (5) 13 Liberal (8) 15 Angry outburst (6) 17 Head of state (5) 18 Untamed horse (6) 20 Precise (5) 22 Smooth fabric (5) 23 Rod used by a magician (4)

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

1 Packages, 4 Drop, 8 Share, 10 Realise, 11 Tractor, 12 Test, 14 Obeyed, 16 Nectar, 19 Cubs, 21 Oppress, 24 Instead, 25 Often, 26 Eats, 27 Produces.

Down: 1 Position, 2 Agent, 3 Errors, 5 Ruins, 6 Peep, 7 Battle, 9 Awake, 13 Presents, 15 Easier, 17 Treat, 18 Border, 20 Upset, 22 Proud, 23 Fine.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Rinse, 4 Mosca, 7 Several, 8 Trillizos, 12 Capullo, 14 Meals, 15 Snail. Down: 1 Rabo, 2 Nos, 3 Envelopes, 4 Martillos, 5 Sello, 6 Aqui, 9 Racha, 10 Foam, 11 Azul, 13 Ola.

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Across 1 Madrina (9) 8 Toll (on road, bridge) (5) 9 Discutir (5) 10 Rivers (4) 11 To love (4) 15 Wide (street, river, trousers) (5) 17 Slow (vehicle, music, progress, pulse) (5) 18 Pedir perdón (9)

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Airlines IN the wake of the chaos caused at Spanish airports earlier this month when low-cost airlines cancelled and delayed flights left, right and centre leaving passengers hot, bothered and sometimes stranded, we decided to have a look at the 10 airlines travellers around the world have given the best marks this year.

By Paul Morley Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley constructs a definitive and moving tribute to Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, influenced others, invented the future, and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Exploring how young Davie Jones of South London became the international legend, Morley says that he chose to write the only sort of book he could have written about Bowie: part love letter, part biography, part autobiography, and part theoretical framework for life. books@euroweeklynews.com

1) Emirates This airline, founded in 1985 with just two planes to its name, now flies to more than 140 destinations in more than 80 countries. Passengers have chosen Emirates as best airline four times and it has been said to provide the best in-flight entertainment 12 times. Survey results placed Emirates at the top in first, business and economy class and their cabin staff are also highly praised. 2) Qatar Airways Ranked as the best airline by travellers last year, Qatar has dropped to second place this year but its business class is still considered to be the best. Founded in 1993, the airline now operates more than 160 aircraft which fly to more than 140 different destinations. 3) Singapore Airlines A firm fixture on the annual top 10 lists, Singapore Airlines started business in 1972 and now has 107 planes which fly to 62 destinations in 35 countries. It has been ranked the best airline in Asia and is said to offer the best business class airline seat out there. 4) Cathay Pacific Airways One of the oldest airlines on the list,

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CABIN CREW: Emirates cabin staff are highly praised. Cathay Pacific was founded in 1946 and has been named as the world’s best airline four times. The Cathay Pacific Group includes Dragonair and Air Hong Kong and in total runs more than 150 aircraft which fly between 130 different destinations. Passengers say the airline has the cleanest cabins. 5) ANA All Nippon Airways Another one which has been about a while, this Japanese airline was founded in 1952 and now has a fleet of around 240 planes, which fly to 72 international and 115 domestic destinations. ANA was named as a five star airline by Skytrax in 2013 and now employs more than 20,000 people. 6) Etihad Airways Based in Abu Dhabi, Etihad is a relative newcomer to the market which began operating in November 2003. Its fleet of 117 Airbus and Boeing planes flies to more than 120 passenger and cargo destinations all over the world. 7) Turkish Airlines When Turkish started up in 1933 it had just five planes, however today

its fleet of 261 aircraft regularly carries passengers to 290 destinations in 105 countries across five continents, making it the fourth-largest carrier in the world by number of destinations. 8) Eva Air The second largest airline in Taiwan, Eva was founded in 1989 and now flies to more than 40 international destinations in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia. It was one of the first airlines to introduce the premium economy class in 1991.

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9) Qantas A trusted oldie, nicknamed The Flying Kangaroo, Qantas has been in operation since 1921 and is now Australia’s biggest airline with 131 aircraft which flies to 20 destinations within Australia and another 21 in 14 other countries. 10) Lufthansa Germany’s favourite airline, Lufthansa began work in 1955 and now runs an impressive 260 planes which link 18 destinations within Germany and travels to a whopping 197 international destinations across 78 countries.

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AS the result of an operation focusing on illicit tobacco activity, HM Customs arrested four people on July 18 and seized a total of 90,000 cigarettes and a vehicle. The manager of a retail tobacco outlet in Ocean Heights was arrested for offences under the Tobacco Act. The other three individuals were arrested for the illegal possession of a large quantity of cigarettes.

THE director of a Gibraltar based financial operation, 55year-old Andy Beckwith was reported missing after he left home on July 18 and did not arrive at work nor return home that evening. The Royal Gibraltar Police are investigating his disappearance and request any information be reported by calling 200 725 00. In addition, a Facebook page is being set up.

GOVERNOR’S MEADOW First School recently held an ‘Evacuation Day’ in order to ensure Gibraltar’s culture and heritage continues to be part of its teaching and learning. Children and staff members came to school dressed in the typical attire of the period, and were involved in a number of activities to develop and maintain awareness of this time in local history.

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By John Smith FOLLOWING a day of meetings with various influential members of the European Commission and European Parliament on July 12, Chief Minister Picardo and Deputy Chief Minister Garcia returned to London for equally important meetings the following day. On the morning of July 13, they welcomed Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her team to Gibraltar House, where augmented by both the Attorney General Michael Llamas and UK representative Dominique Searle, they furthered their earlier discussions on the matter of the UK leaving the European Union. It was agreed that technical teams would continue their work to explore further the potential commonality of interests between Scotland and Gibraltar. All the options would need to be explored in that process. Then the two politicians from Gibraltar moved to the House of Commons where they met with new Prime Minister Theresa May for 20 minutes prior to her short journey to Buckingham Palace to formally accept the role.

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GIBRALTAR HOUSE: A meeting with Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

THE UNESCO World Heritage Committee, ironically holding their 40th meeting in Istanbul has admitted Gorham’s Cave (named after Captain Gorham who discovered it in 1907) together with its surrounding caves and cliffs onto the World Heritage List. This is Gibraltar ’s first site to be inscribed on the prestigious United Kingdom list which now numbers 30 sites including Stonehenge and the Tower of London. The acceptance speech by the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC, MP, was read out to the World Heritage Committee immediately after it had taken the decision to inscribe.

Johnson meets with Picardo WHILST en route to the Turks and Caicos Islands to attend the British Overseas Territories pre-Joint Ministerial Conference, Mr Picardo took the opportunity to meet newly appointed Foreign Secretary the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP on Saturday July 16 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. During the course of a very positive and convivial meeting, Mr Johnson expressed the continued, steadfast com-

mitment of the United Kingdom Government to the ‘Double Lock’ formula on the British Sovereignty of Gibraltar according to a press release issued by the Government of Gibraltar. Mr Johnson transmitted a particular affection for Gibraltar, telling the Chief Minister, “I am a fan of Gibraltar. I much admire the place.”

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Offering successful solutions for men MEN no longer need suffer in silence as Men Solutions, a medical centre which has been running in Madrid helping men solve their sexual problems for more than five years, has now expanded to Marbella. Men Solutions can successfully treat all conditions which can affect male genitalia such as: • Erectile dysfunction: whether the cause is physical, psychological or a bit of both, there is a solution to be found. An exhaustive physical examination including Doppler echocardiography or ultrasound to measure circulation within the cavernous bodies of the penis allows a precise diagnosis to be reached and personalised treatment planned. All the therapeutic resources used to treat erectile dysfunction have been approved by the FDA and EU and include tablets, vasodilating creams and gels, shock waves, injections and even implants with impeccable results for serious cases or those which fail to respond to other forms of treatment. • Premature ejaculation: whether of primary or secondary aetiology, this frequent male problem is treated at Men Solutions using standard treatments approved by the western medical community which have adapted through experience in the field. Their success rates and satis-

MEN SOLUTIONS: Provide a personalised and quality service to clients. faction levels in this area reach up to 98 per cent. • Lack of desire: men of a certain age often note a drop in sexual desire and appetite which can often cause problems in a couple’s sex life. Men Solutions studies cases in detail and in-

Sleeping in summer heat SUMMER in Spain has a lotgoing for it, but when it comes to getting a decent night’s sleep three out of four people in Spain have problems according to a survey by INFITO Phytotherapy Investigation Centre. Higher temperatures and longer days change circadian rhythms in the body and this, European Sleep Research Society member Dr Rafael del Rio explained, causes difficulty getting to sleep or broken nights. In bed our body temperature drops to encourage sleep, and extreme temperatures, hot or cold, can make it harder to get to sleep or wake us up. To avoid this, del Rio recommends the bedroom temperature should be between 18 and 22 ºC with humidity levels of between 50 and 70 per cent. Use air con to cool the room before bed but don’t leave it on. Other tips include drinking at least 1.5 litres of water a day to stay hydrated, have dinner two

hours before bed, take a cold shower and avoid alcohol and caffeine before bed.

clude hormonal studies and can achieve 97 per cent satisfaction with treatment in little time. • Peyronie’s Disease (penile curvature): an increasingly frequent problem, Peyronie’s hinders penetration, causes problems to achieve a firm erection and causes pain and sexual frus-

tration. Men Solutions treatment options run from shock waves for minor recent cases, to corrective implants or penile prostheses which can successfully correct defects. The centre has a staff of experienced urologists, surgeons and andrologists from the best hospitals in Madrid who will now be working at the CERAM Hospital in Marbella to provide the best solutions for Costa del Sol men. They will operate in three theatres equipped with the latest in medical technology which guarantees an excellent result. While other centres may offer similar services, Men Solutions is confident that it beats the competition with regards to personalised, quality service, attention to detail, treatment to suit each individual’s condition and circumstances, unbeatable prices and financing options and success rates. The centre is an active member of ASESA (Spanish Andrology and Sexual Medicine Association) and ESSM (European Sexual Medicine Society) and is at the forefront in the medical field in Spain with more than 20 years experience in the sector. For confidential information call 951 409 876 any day of the week, email info@mensolutions.es or visit www.mensolutions.es.

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Not as much needed SHORT and strenuous bursts or longer more moderate exercise? Experts vary in their advice on how you should exercise to reap the

most benefits to lose weight but a new study has compared the effects of varying amounts of vigorous and moderate exercise. The results found the ‘lowest effective dose,’ the smallest amount of exercise to make a difference to health, was the equivalent of 105 minutes a week which is below NHS guidelines in the UK of 150 minutes of moderate activity per week. The scientists said a previous Harvard University study sug-

gested people should undergo 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week, but another 15-year study found it made no difference. Their study showed short bouts of sweat-inducing activity amounting to just 35 minutes a week were found to reduce the risk of dying from heart disease. They said that whilst exercise was important and key to better health, people maybe did not need to do as much as they think to see benefits.

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Bed closure denounced AROUND 11,000 hospital beds will be closed this summer in Spain. The Nurses’ Union Satse, warns this is around 10 per cent of beds as a result of the summer’s cuts, criticising that this will involve fewer services and professionals to cover citizens. Satse said the closure will re-

sult in an increase in waiting lists, both medical and surgical, and ‘bunching’ of patients in an emergency, forcing professionals to serve them in areas not authorised such as in hallways. In addition to bed closures, hospitals have fewer professionals as they’re not properly replaced when staff take leave.

DEAR doctor, This year it seems to have got very hot very quickly and the last few days I’ve had a nasty sore rash on my neck which I think might be because I’ve been sweating a lot. It’s really itchy, gets very red when I’m hot and feels very rough. Do you think I’m right and it’s a heat rash or caused by sweat, or could it be something else? What can I do to relieve the itchiness? The only thing that seems to calm it down a bit are very cold showers but afterwards my skin feels even rougher, are there any particular creams I can use on it? I’ve been taking hayfever pills but don’t know if I should really be doing that, what do you think? Once I get rid of this rash, is there anything I can do to stop it coming back? The doctor replied: It’s true that high temperatures and sweat can irritate some peoples’ skin and cause dermatitis, particularly those with light-coloured

skin. It’s caused mainly by exposure to heat. If, however, rashes appear without seeming to be related to the heat or after eating certain foods, taking medicines or being bitten by an insect they should be studied to rule out other causes. The first step would be to visit a specialist in allergies. Heat-related skin problems tend to calm when the temperature goes down, so avoid spending too much time in the sun and take frequent showers to remove sweat. After a cold shower, dry skin carefully and apply moisturising lotion but stay away from corticoids. Antihistamine creams can help keep itching under control and can be used for long periods when needed but should really be prescribed by a specialist in allergies. Children in particular should see a specialist in paediatric allergies. Unfortunately there’s no way to prevent rashes other than avoiding long exposure to heat and sun and keeping skin moisturised.

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Can you think yourself fit? COULD you become fitter just by thinking about exercise? A BBC 2 show that aired in Britain tested the latest science on how to stay healthy without breaking into a sweat and it appears that a technique called mental or motor imagery could work. It involved imagining yourself exercising and is used by athletes to give them the edge over rivals. To test the theory volunteers, including some who couldn’t exercise because of health problems, were given a mental exercise to do five days a week for a month. Beforehand, the strength in their calf muscles was tested with volunteers pushing as hard as they could with their legs against a weight machine which recorded the

force. An ultrasound took an accurate reading of their muscle size and mass before an electrical impulse was sent through their bodies to measure how much of their muscle they were actually using. Following that they then had to imagine themselves pushing against the machines at least 50 times five times a week while not moving. After a month, they did the same test and results found their strength had improved by an average of 8 per cent, with one woman seeing her strength increase by 22 per cent. The scientists said that muscles hadn’t grown but the volunteers were actually using more of the muscle fibres they had as the mental im-

agery of the activity helps the brain ‘rehearse the skill’ and teaches it to activate more of the muscle.

MUSCLE MATTER: Mental imagery helps activate more of the muscle.

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Amrik Sappal, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Fuengirola THE summer is well and truly here and with the start of the summer holidays we’re all getting out and enjoying the sun more. To help you and your family enjoy the sun safely this summer, Specsavers wanted to focus on the damage sun can do to your eyes and advise on how you can protect them. Q: Can the sun really damage my eyes? A: Yes. The same as our skin, our eyes can also be damaged by UV rays and can lead to various problems. Children under 10 in particular should be protected, as their eyes can’t block as much UV as adults’ eyes can. Q : W h a t a re t h e e f fects of sun damage on eyes? A: Exposure to UV rays can cause a number of problems including: cataracts, macular degeneration, eyelid skin cancer, pinguecula (small, yellowish, slightly raised lesions that form on the surface of

the white part of the eye that can cause irritation and dry eyes) and pterygium (scar tissue that can grow over the surface of the eye and impair vision), so it’s vital that you take steps to protect your eyes. Q: What can I do to protect my eyes? A: A recent study from the Hospital Universitario D o c t o r P e s e t i n Va l e n c i a suggests that by eating broccoli every day, you can increase your macular pigment by up to 30 per cent, thereby reducing the impact of sun on your eyes. In addition to a diet rich in carotenes, you should also wear sunglasses with to-

tal UV protection. These glasses should comply with UNE-EN 1836:2006 + A1:2008 or bear the CE kite mark and be marked U V 4 0 0 . C h o o s e l a rg e o r wraparound glasses and pair with a hat to maximise protection. All Specsavers sunglasses offer the maximum UV protection and they have a great new range for summer 2016. Eye tests are currently free and they are offering 2 for 1, including sunglasses, for the special price of €59, until September 4. To make an appointment or find your nearest s t o r e v i s i t w w w. s p e c savers.es.

Searching for that healthy glow WHAT does your face say about your health? From rosy cheeks to patches under the eyes, experts say your complexion can reveal a lot about your lifestyle. Facial colouration seems to be the most important in determining how healthy someone looks. Research has identified that faces with lighter, redder, and yellower skin were seen as the healthiest and there is some biological processes associated with these colours.

Lighter skin is associated with the ability to absorb more vitamin D. Greater redness may indicate more efficient circulation and blood supply to the skin and people with yellower skin tend to have healthier diets, rich in fruit and vegetables. Tanning also increases skin yellowness and makes faces appear healthier, but the yellowness brought about from a healthy diet is obviously preferred to tanning.

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Headaches: categories, causes and cures FOR such a common complaint remarkably little is known about headaches by most people. Causes Despite all the advances in medical science this is still somewhat of a mystery even to experts. Because of the complexity of the brain there are thousands of possible causes. However certain types of food are thought to be one of the triggers due to blood sugar level changes. Red wine, caffeine, ice cream and cheese are all thought to be ‘high risk’ trigger foods especially for recurring sufferers. Dental problems are another common cause, maybe one of the better known triggers. Cigarettes and alcohol both contain substances that can trigger headaches as many of us know to our cost. Migraines can be triggered by flashing lights, or loud noises. Stress is another possible cause.

Categories Migraines are probably the best known and most notorious type of headache. They are extremely debilitating and painful. In the same way that real flu differs from a bad cold the rule is that if you’re not sure if you’ve ever had one then you probably haven’t. Cluster headaches, which usually involve a sharp pain around one eye are another type, and they are more common. Cluster and migraines are both categorised as primary headaches along with tension headaches. Secondary headaches are a symptom of another illness ranging from arthritis to eye injuries and are less common. Cures On the sensible basis that prevention is better than cure you may want to cut back on ‘obvious’ causes of headaches such as alcohol.

Pinpointing those caused by certain types of food is more complicated but you could try keeping a food diary and see if headaches crop up consistently when you consume certain types of food or drink. Migraines are more serious and regular sufferers probably already have advice or medication from their GP to follow. However as it is thought they can be triggered by flashing lights or loud noises you may want to try avoiding these, including on TV or in the cinema. If you do feel the onset of a migraine then lying still in a darkened space seems to relieve pain for many. If you are regularly in stressful situations try your best to avoid this, difficult though that may be, as this can sometimes trigger

headaches. For ‘normal’ headaches, again there are many over the counter remedies such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin that we are all familiar with. Consult with your GP or pharmacist who will recommend

SORE HEADS: Medication may help symptoms. the most suitable for your symptoms. Of course, if you have recurring headaches or infrequent but severe pain you should always see your GP and explain the problem.

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Finding source of pain By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com IF you have pain in the knee or back you probably think something is wrong with your knee or back. You see your doctor, perhaps get an X-ray or MRI scan. But what if these investigations don’t show a problem? You still have pain in your knee but your doctor is saying there is nothing wrong. Or worse, you receive a lot of treatment (sometimes i n c l u d i n g s u rg e r y ! ) b u t make no progress? Referred Pain Sometimes the brain gets confused, making you think that one part of the body hurts when in fact, the real source of trouble is elsewhere. This curious (and

clinically important) phenomenon is known as referred pain. I have written many articles about the importance of correct diagnosis and looking at the whole body. This is critical when dealing with referred pain where the actual problem in one part of the body causes pain or symptoms elsewhere. It can be a key reason why treatment is unsuccessful, you’re treating the wrong place! Hip Pain Hip joint pain can be confusing. Not only are there many causes but most people are unsure as to where their hip joint actually is. True hip joint pain is usually felt in the groin area (where the leg bone attaches to the pelvis) and this is different from upper thigh pain, outer thigh pain, buttock pain or even side pain which can often be due to

other issues. Then there may be referred pain from lower back problems and sciatic pain. People also complain of knee pain due to issues in the hips. Top Tips Get a full, clinical assessment, your practitioner should take a full history, look at how you move and walk, you will probably have to take your clothes off! It takes time. Recently I had a patient complaining of pain in her right hip however, when we assessed her we found the right hip pain was due to her compensating for the left. She could have had a new hip and still be struggling. For more information on hip pain and getting a thorough assessment check out o u r b l o g w w w. T h e B o d y worksClinic.com, our Facebook Page, Bodyworks Health Clinic or call us on 952 883 151.

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PERFECT LOCATION: For a romantic meal.

Other favourites include Tempura Prawns and Chicken Caesar Salad for starters and Grilled Salmon or Jack Daniels Pork Fillets

A place for all seasons and an experience not to be missed at this stylish eatery with stunning sea views.

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SITUATED on the beachfront in the well-established urbanisation of Marbesa, between Elviria and Cabopino, this stylish eatery offers a venue with stunning sea views and glorious sunsets. It is the perfect location to set the scene for a romantic meal, offering a balanced selection of fresh fish and prime cuts of meat dishes. Start your meal experience with a freshly made cocktail or indulge with a special G&T from the ample gin menu. The restaurant is adorned with comfortable, chic furniture and provides the perfect setting for light lunches, lunch meetings and of course, dinner. At lunch time the restaurant offers a light bites menu or choose from the main menu selection of dishes such as Baked Sea Bass, Rack of Lamb, Paella and the delicious Le Papillon Chicken Curry.

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for main course. Bali, or ‘ChillOut beds’ are available from only €25 per day or standard sun beds with a shade for only €5 each per day. Children are welcome at Le Papillon Restaurante & Beach Club. There is a small play area and of course the beachfront is fantastic for kids. The Children’s

Menu offers healthy starters and traditional favourites such as Spaghetti Bolognaise and Chicken Nuggets and Chips at very affordable prices. Live Music is on every Friday from 8pm and Sundays from 2pm. Le Papillon is a place for all seasons and an experience not to be missed! Contact the restaurant on 952 834 113, follow them on Facebook or visit www.restaurantepapillon.com.

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Traditional and authentic Thai food THE name of this restaurant doesn’t just describe the food and atmosphere at this exquisite restaurant in Nueva Andalucia, but also refers to the main chef, Mr Top. Whilst many restaurants in the Marbella area claim to serve Thai food, it is not unusual for them to actually serve a fusion of oriental food from different countries but if you want traditional and authentic Thai food, then Top Thai is the place to visit especially as it boasts that it is listed as one of the top five restaurants in Puerto Banus on TripAdvisor. Th e o r i g i n a l c o n ce p t w h e n th e restaurant was set up in a much smaller premises in 2006 was to offer good value, tasty and genuine Thai food from a restaurant run by a family (plus friend) but a s i t s p o p u l a r ity g rew, s o th e premises just couldn’t cope with the volume of business it was experiencing. The family therefore decided to expand and i n Ju l y 2 0 1 3 , o p e n ed th e n ew To p Thai Restaurant in the Centro Plaza of Nueva Andalucia with a terrace for the summer and room to seat up to 80 guests.

TOP THAI: The superb menu offers a fantastic range of different dishes and delicious dishes for the more adventurous palate.

Chef Mr Top knows exactly what the restaurant aims to achieve and that is to offer Top quality, healthy and authentic Thai food at a reasonable price to customers who return on a regular basis.

The restaurant is simple, clean and friendly with the essence of Thai culture in the decoration and of course the serving staff not only unders ta nd the f ood t hat i s being offered, but bring the traditional Thai grace to all that they serve. The superb menu offers a fantastic range of different dishes, most of which will be familiar to western tastes, but with a number of less well-known but still delicious dishes for the more adventurous palate. The list seems endless but each of the dishes are based on one or more of the

Thai main ingredients including coriander, chilli, lemongrass and shallots as well as some of the aromatic sauces that Thailand is famous for. Don’t be afraid to explain if you have any nut allergies or like your food hot or mild, as the restaurant will do all that it can to meet your requirements. So popular is this restaurant that they have now opened another branch in the Laguna Village Estepona. Open every day from noon to midnight at Centro Plaza, Av Manolete, 1, 29660 Nueva Andalucia, bookings are not always necessary but to be safe, call 951 319 778 or 672 028 210 to book your table and view Top Thai on http://www.topthai.es.

Prison Island By Matt Ford A NEW tourist attraction has opened in Puerto Marina, Benalmadena, and is expect ed t o at t r act 30,000 peopl e over t he com i ng months as it is the first of its kind in Spain. ‘ Pr i son I sl and’ i s t he br ai nchi l d of a pr i vat e Swedi sh f i r m who specialise in attractions whereby visitors must overcome a series of physical, tactical, and team challenges in order to beat the game, which in this case revolves around a mock jail with 22 puzzlefilled cells. The ideal number of peopl e i n a t eam i s t hr ee, al -

though groups of four can also take part, with larger parties broken down. They have i nst al l ed a number of crowd-pleasers i n t he Net her l ands, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Norway, all of which have fanciful names such as Devi l ’s I sl and, The Ri ot , or Submarine, and this will be their first Iberian venture. Opening hours are from 11am until midnight for the remainder of the summer at least, with the price to be set between €10 and €20, and the entertainment on off er i s sui t abl e f or al l t he family, with a minimum age of nine years.

Party Party SO good they named it twice, ‘Party Party’ (or ‘La Fiesta del Fiesta’) is due to take place in the Plaza de las Constituciones, San Roque on July 29 featuring eight acts all connected with Canal Fiesta Radio.

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Visions of Vegas band support local charity By John Smith THE Visions of Vegas Band will headline the Danii Children’s Cancer Charity event at Danii’s Beach BBQ 2016 on Monday July 26 at the Chambao Beach Bar, Torreguadiaro, Sotogrande. Mark Connor, as Elvis, and the Visions of Vegas Band will headline the event with top acts such as the ABBA tribute ‘Voulez Vous.’ Other artistes include; Sam Oliver, Jade Burgess, Nick Cripps and Back to the 80’s. But it’s not just a music event; there is fun for all the family in first class entertainment in the form of: a bucking bronco, a beach BBQ, face painting, bouncy castle, children’s entertainers a n d t h o se a ll-imp o rta n t cocktails (for mum and dad!)

There will be fun for all the family with first class entertainment including a beach BBQ, children’s entertainers and cocktails for the adults. The charity was set up to raise money for three main areas: 1) Children’s O n c o lo g y Ward, Virge n D e l R oc io Hospital, Sevilla, 2) Fundacion Pequeno Deseo, 3) Andex. Full details of the charity can be found on the website www.daniicharity.com.

This is the third year running for the event which to date has raised a fabulous €10,000. Entrance is from 7pm and prices are €5 for adults (which inc lude s a fre e drink) a nd €2.50 for children (which includes free bouncy castle ride). All proceeds go to Danii’s Charity. Michelle Daniels of ‘Voulez Vous’ who is a driving force behind the event said: “I am a friend of the family and want to help as much as I can the best way I can.” Whilst Robert Partridge of Visions of Vegas said “My mother specialised in this area as a consultant paediatrician in the UK, so I have a personal angle.” Contact Michelle Daniels on 638 583 115 for more details of the event.

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Seal pleases a large crowd in Marbella AS a capacity crowd sat in anticipation of the arrival of Seal at the Puente Romano Tennis Club, on a darkened stage, two musicians sounding like a full band struck up the first anthemic chords to the song Killer, the lights came up and the audience went crazy on the evening of July 19. The sound was perfect and Seal’s voice was as strong as ever as he gave a performance that pleased everyone, delivering old songs, new songs from his latest album 7 and a number of covers with particular emphasis on the Hall and Oates’ songbook. All in all, Seal and the band gave a large crowd a night to remember. EWN

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Torremolinos music THE next night of Torroles Sound 2016 starts at 9pm on July 23 in La Nogalera with the first of four bands who between them will play until 12.45am There will be two similar evenings August 13 and 27 also with four different bands each night plus support from DJ David Nippon who will cover the change-over between each band. Although the music doesn’t start until 9pm, bars will be open and serving from 7pm each night.

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COLOMARES CASTLE: The group took a short walk round the monument and took lots of photos.

Coin RBL Photo Group By John Smith NO less than 14 keen photographers had a fascinating photo shoot at the Castillo de Colomares in Benalmadena on Wednesday July 13. Group leader Catherine Graham managed to negotiate a low entry fee of €1.15 which must qualify as the bargain of the year. Colomares is not really a castle;

it is a monument which was built between 1987 and 1994 by Esteban Martin MD as a tribute to Christopher Columbus and his discovery of America. The short walk around the monument allowed the group to discover various elements from the symbols of the Catholic Kings, the three cultures present in medieval Spain (Judaism, Christianity

and Islamism) and other elements from Christopher Columbus’ epic voyage. Although the castle’s main area is only 1,500 square metres it presented an amazing opportunity for the group to exercise its creative skills. Each of the three ships that made the voyage across the Atlantic are represented in the construction of the monument and they can be

photographed from angles that are only limited by the photographer’s imagination. If you would like to join this group and learn how to take more interesting pictures contact Catherine at one of the Coin Royal British Legion meetings at the Yates Bar on the first and third Wednesdays of each month or visit their website www.coinrbl.info.

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Mrs Gibraltar 2016, when 12 became 1 AS a writer with Euro Weekly News it seemed a bit random to be invited to be one of the judges of the Mrs Gibraltar 2016 Forum, but in actual fact it made a great deal of sense as although married to a Gibraltarian for nearly 38 years, none of her family or friends were taking part, so I could take a completely unbiased view of the contestants who I had never seen or met before. Just in its second year, the Forum was held in the delightful Alameda Open Air Theatre on the evening of July 16 and 12 contestants aged between 26 and 41 contested the role, which would take the winner to China to compete in the Mrs Universe competition, whilst runners-up would also take part in Mrs World and Mrs Europe, in each case having the chance to promote Gibraltar on the world stage. The other judges hailed from Hungary, Ireland and Spain and it was our duty to mark each contestant in a range of different routines which included initial presentation, catwalk, question and answer and finally evening wear.

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SECOND YEAR: The Judges, Mrs Gibraltar and her Princesses at the contest. There were also a non-voting chairman and an adjudicator both from Gibraltar who were responsible for tallying the scores. All of the ladies were poised and elegant, each with their own personality shining through and it was sometimes difficult to remember that this wasnâ€™t a straightforward beauty contest, but an expression of

the power and inner beauty of slightly older women who often mix careers with family life. Organised by local group Ideal Productions and sponsored by various local companies, the whole concept of the Forum was to raise public awareness of the contribution that women bring to society and to remind us all of the evil of domestic

violence which does inevitably affect women the most. The judges gave scores under 13 different categories for each of the contestants so that each judge was responsible for scoring 156 times, in order to ensure that when multiplied by four judges, the final scores were impossible to influence by any individual.

This wasnâ€™t just a competition as the ladies were extremely well choreographed, so that as they presented themselves they also entertained to music connected with Burlesque and Cabaret and there were a number of additional numbers from local individuals and dancers. The overall winner was Rachel Martinez who stunned the audience with a figure hugging two piece evening dress which left her midriff bare and boasted a huge train but in fairness every evening dress was impressive as were all of the contestants. Minister of the Environment Dr John Cortes kindly presented the runners-up and the winner with their trophies and last yearâ€™s winner Serika Garcia crowned Rachel Martinez Mrs Gibraltar 2016 to much applause, including that of all of the contestants, who whilst no doubt disappointed, also seemed genuinely pleased for each other. It was a most enjoyable and wellrun event and the organisers and the contestants are to be congratulated for all that they have done for the various charities involved with the night.

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By John Smith MUCH acclaimed British soul singer Zalon is flying over from the UK to appear at the Cirque D’Ambrosia on the evening of July 23 to celebrate the first anniversary of this unique dining experience in Puerto Banus. It’s not a bar, it’s not a restaurant, it’s modern eating at its best where customers can choose a range of different foods from Spain and all over the world from different individually run kitchens in what is described as a gourmet market. It is no mean feat for Ambrosia to have persuaded Zalon to take part in their celebrations as he is carving a real career for himself as he completes a new album under the watchful eye of Mark Ronson. Zalon first came to international public notice when he

Amy and Zalon on stage together. was invited to work with the late Amy Winehouse and what was to be a short tour saw him working in the band for three years and being involved with a number of the songs on the iconoclastic ‘Back to Black’ album and after her untimely death he went on to vocal produce on her posthumous album ‘Li-

oness: Hidden Treasures.’ This is an evening not to be missed and to make a reservation call 633 272 791 or visit the website www.ambrosi amercadogourmet.es. To find out more about this incredible singer who is also the son of reggae singer Dr Alimantado visit www.face book.com/ZalonMusic.

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Animated legends THE bullring and exhibition centre in Torremolinos will be transformed into the Magical Kingdom following a spot of ‘meeska mooska’ sorcery from July 21 to July 24, as the town hosts its first Disney Festival. Visitors will be able to mingle with their bestloved Disney characters throughout the event, with Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Elsa and Anna, Olaf, Tinkerbell, Woody and Buzz Lightyear all set to put in appearances alongside a myriad of other favourites. In addition to face painting, craft workshops, and magic, each day will feature a show at 9.45pm, with Frozen and Snow White on Thursday, Peter Pan on Friday, Beauty and the Beast on Saturday, and Tangled (Rapunzel) on Sunday, with tickets costing a bargain €3 each.

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Mad dogs and Englishmen DON REGINO recounts the short life of Reginald Bonham Carter. The title is the name the Spaniards affectionately called him. He was a popular young mechanical engineer who worked for various British lead mining companies, before becoming the manager of a local foundry, and owning his own lead mine. Had he lived, he would have been the great-uncle of Helena Bonham Carter, the film actress. Unfortunately he was killed in an underground mining accident in 1906, and is buried in the ‘English’ cemetery at Linares. Most will have heard of the quote ‘Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun,’ but perhaps didn’t know that it was known, and said, by Reginald Bonham Carter in 1902, in one of over 400 letters he wrote home, and provided a rich source of information for the book. In his letters he writes about mining, agriculture, irrigation, transport, politics as well as the concoctions of his

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La Tortilla Mine and Reginald Bonham Carter. cook, and the antics of his servant. Perhaps he was wrong about his prediction about the popularity of golf cours-

Malaga Pass THE City of Malaga has finally introduced a new Swipe Card for tourists. Malaga Pass, which includes entry to 24 museums and monuments along with offers and discounts in local businesses, places the city at the front of the pack as it is also able to be downloaded to mobile devices. Tou r i st s wh o c h o o s e Malaga as the destination for their holidays can now benefit from this new service and discover the main tourist attractions of the

city w ith o u t h a v in g to wait around in queues all day for tickets. T h e n e w s e rv ice w a s unveiled by Francisco de la Torre, mayor of Malaga, in the Alcazaba on July 18 in an official act that was attended by many professionals of the tourism industry from all along the coast. The basic prices for the card are €28 for one day, €38 for two days, €46 for three days and €62 for a whole week.

Street food for Torremolinos THE weekend of July 29 to 31 in Torremolinos is going to be fun as the Foodtruck Xperience will hit La Nogalera bringing with it 11 different trucks serving a whole range of food from Mexican to Gourmet Burgers and Gazpacho to Kebab with prices ranging from €3 to €8. There will be a central bar with plenty of umbrellas and shady areas in which to sit and over the three days, eight different rock bands will play plus there will be special events and entertainment for children.

es though! The valley I passed through would at present make a good golf link, which I sometimes think of starting, though I

don’t think it would find much favour.' Dr Rob Vernon has written numerous books and articles on the subject and his wife Margaret was once the Education Officer for the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Wakefield. More recently they have studied the various British mining communities that once existed to work the mineral wealth of Spain. Linares, a lead mining area in Jaen, northern Andalucia, was one such community. It once attracted the attention of over 30 British registered mining companies, and British mining expertise. Rob and Margaret used to live in Villaricos and are frequent visitors to Linares and have worked with the Spaniards to put together the history of the British mining community there. The book has ample illustrations taken from the Bonham Carter Archives in the Hampshire Record Office, and elsewhere. Don Regino makes fascinating reading and is available from Amazon.

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Scary Facebook Life-saving device Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I DON’T do Facebook and I don’t do Facebook for a reason. I actually have an account because years ago I signed up I but don’t use it. The reason I don’t use it is because it’s scary intrusive and I don’t like being told what to do. For instance, there is an advert on TV for toilet tissue and at the end of the ad it says follow us on Facebook … are you mad? Why on earth would I want to follow a company that makes loo rolls on Facebook? Maybe if I subscribed to ‘Faecesbook’ I might have some interest but otherwise none, nada, nothing! How can you have 500 ‘friends’? I understand a bit if you are famous or something, bands etc. so people can see where you are performing or want to be a fan but a normal person having 500 ‘friends’ is nonsense! I bet all you Facebookers out there don’t even know half the people who are your ‘friends’ on there. Yeah, yeah, I know you post lovely photos and tell people that your home is going to be

empty for the next two weeks; all important stuff. If I want to send my family photos, that’s what I do, I send them to my family. I don’t send them to 250 friends of friends who then decide to ‘like’ my pics. The scariest thing about Facebook is how it suggests people you might want to be ‘friends’ with. I decided the other day to have a look at my account and there they were pages of suggestions of people I may like to connect with. I don’t allow this app to access my email address book or my contacts so I was amazed to see the name of a lady that I vaguely remembered because she had a very unusual name. I had met her once. She worked in Sunglasses Hut in Santa Monica 20-odd years ago, and at that time I had a lot of shops in the UK and if I saw an outstanding salesperson I would say ‘if you ever come to the UK here’s my business card, give me a call.’ I received an email from her saying ‘nice to meet you and if I ever come to the UK I’ll get in touch’ and that was it. I never heard from her again until Facebook dug and dug and somehow decided that I might want to be friends with a stranger I had a conversation with 20 years ago in a shop 12,000 miles away…I rest my case!

AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news 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.

SAFE WARNING: The device helps to alleviate vulnerability. GUARDIA CIVIL traffic officer, Jorge Torre Sarmiento, assisted by marketing and design expert, Roberto Perez Marijuan, has invented a device they think will speed up the time in which other road users are advised of the presence of a disabled or broken down vehicle, thus saving lives as a result. When a vehicle becomes disabled, perhaps due to an incident or breakdown, the natural reaction of the driver is often to put hazard lights on, attempt to restart the vehicle, call for assistance, put on a high visibility vest and place warning triangles on the road advising of the vehicle’s presence. Often this can take between eight and 10 minutes, during which time the vehicle is left in a vulnerable position presenting a hazard to vehicle occupants and other road users. To try to alleviate this problem of vulnerability, the officer invented a device called ‘Help-Flash’ which can be used as a first indicator of a hazard whilst the correct proce-

dure of laying out triangles is carried out. Jorge Torre Sarmiento is well known locally for inventing a variety of devices. The 47-year-old officer, based in Vigo, graduated in criminology and joined the Guardia Civil, despite his desire to be a designer. With a number of successful patents to his name already, ‘Help-Flash’ is his first invention that will hit the mass market, and will do so with the help of Perez Marijuan. ‘Help-Flash’ is a small emergency light, powered by a conventional battery, which emits a flashing light visible up to a kilometre away. Activated by a magnetic support it can also be used as a flashlight. Stored in the glove box, it activates in seconds and when placed outside the vehicle (magnetic contacts keep it in place) it allows the driver to then place warning triangles and make the vehicle occupants secure. Sarmiento is passionate about the project and believes “it can save lives.”

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

Can community make money? Our community has a debt, mainly caused by the owners who for years have got away with paying no community fees. We recently changed administrators and the new one has driven the debt down, and got us back in the black, just a little. We still have repairs that need doing and the complex needs a repaint and security gates. We have almost a hundred parking spaces below the flats, many of which are not used. We feel these spaces could be rented for a modest fee to owners and holidaymakers who don’t have a parking space. Are we allowed to do this? Our administrator says, “The community can’t be seen to be making money.” J.F. (Costa del Sol) In a general sense, your administrator is right. Communities are not chartered as organisations for profit. Nevertheless, a community is perfectly free to

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order to meet expenses. Some have even leased garden space to a café-bar or a rooftop for a mobile phone tower. You will, however, need to keep careful accounts.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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How does divorce affect dogs? David THE Dogman Listen to David on TRE every Saturday 10am to 11am Costa del Sol (Gibraltar/Sotogrande) 98.7fm (San Roque to Calahonda) 91.9fm (Calahonda to Motril) 88.9, Costa Calida 92.7fm Costa Blanca (Torrevieja to Elche) 105.1fm (Elche to Calpe) 88.2fm, (Calpe to Gandia & Ibiza) 104.6fm, (Denia to Valencia) 95.3fm Mallorca 103.9fm

DIVORCE is a sad fact of life. These human problems can cause stress to dogs too. A dog is a social animal bonded to a family routine and a way of life, that relies on us for their mental, physical and emotional welfare. Dogs of course are frequently denied consideration when it comes to difficulties in relationships. When couples shout and argue with each other this will indeed affect the dog (and also the cat). Our blacker moods and

STRESSFUL SPLIT: Can impact a dog’s life too. tantrums will have an adverse effect on our pet dog. Nervous behaviour is often caused by the owners’ ac-

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tive, digging, house soiling dog or one showing symptoms of an anxiety related behaviour, where it is apparent that the dog has an inability to cope with life, I always ask if there’s been a death, separation or a divorce which could have triggered the problems as this behaviour is a typical expression of canine anxiety. Another extreme behaviour pattern I have observed is dogs going to the bottom of the garden, and staying close to walls which is often seen when a dog’s instinct tells it that it is dying. In the wild dogs leave their packs and go away to die. I always ask the owner of the house if there are any known medical problems, if none are known and a separation has taken place then these behaviour patterns must be considered as an expression of extreme canine anxiety.

Pets in vehicles MORE than nine million people in Spain own a pet and many travel with them in cars at some point. It’s important to know how to travel safely with pets, they can distract drivers and cause accidents if not restrained.

Spanish traffic laws stress pets must be restrained in a way they can’t move about, fall or destabilise the vehicle. The RACE (Royal Automobile Club Spain) has proved the importance of restraining pets through trials and crash tests simulating a head-on collision at 50 km/h with dummies of an adult driver and pets. Harnesses attached to a seatbelt are best for dogs. Straps attached to a dog’s collar should never be used. It’s better to put large dogs in the boot with a grating or in a dog carrier and medium or small pet carriers can go on the floor in the back.

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Gus the show dog is in his twilight years House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! To find a pet-sitter go to www.Housesit Match.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.

SPLENDID SHOW: Gus needs a little care in his mature years.

In his heyday Gus was a splendid show dog winning prizes at Crufts in his prime. Latterly he began experiencing night-time urinary incontinence and seemed stressed by the whole experience, constantly licking his genital area until it was sore. His owners consulted a vet who explained the problem was likely to be hormone related and because he was now 10 years old this was unlikely to go away although he was prescribed medication to help stem the flow. This would work for the better part of the day. Otherwise Gus is a very fit dog full of life and enjoying exercise. He is very active. But at night when he and his muscles are very relaxed he has accidents in the house. So he now wears dog nappies at night which seems to work for all concerned. Gus is prevented from constantly

licking and causing a raw sore genital area, and his owners can prevent any accidents in the house. When the house-sitters come to care for Gus in his home, because his owners prefer for him to receive personal care at home to minimise his stress, they are given clear instructions, shown what to do at night to put on the nappy, and given the local vet’s details in case he presents any other problems while the owners are away. House-sitting can be winwin for both parties, free house and pet-sitting for pet owners and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! Register now with a 20 per cent off introductory offer using coupon code PERFECT20. To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com.

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Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

IF you’d like to see your garden filled with colourful and fluttering butterflies there are plants you can choose to create a refuge for them and encourage them to stay. Buddleja davidii (commonly known as summer lilac or butterfly bush), verbena bonariensis, lavender, perennial wallflowers, marjoram, papavers and poppies, phlox, foxgloves, rhodanthemums and dahlias are all known to be particularly attractive to butterflies. If you wish to see a variety of different species flying past your windows choose more than one of these plants and group them together in blocks. Their bright colours will be sure to bring winged visitors along, but to encourage them to stay keep your plants well watered to help them produce lots of nectar and make sure the flowers don’t wilt.

Enlighten apartments TO lighten a place up, there’s no need to paint everything white, although light colours will have the desired effect. Instead use pale blues, creamy yellows, light green, or even dusky rose, and choose similar colour furnishings. Use large mirrors to help bounce light around.

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At last we had some rain! WEDNESDAY July 13 was cooler due to clouds and rain for many readers. The cooler day was welcome after a week that started with the highest temperatures of the year so far. Plants benefited from a cooling wash to remove engrained dust and natural irrigation. But looking at the advanced weather forecasts from Marbella to Barcelona that might be all the rain there is until August. Interestingly I just threw away an old article that indicated the heaviest months for rain in 1999 were March, July, September, October and November and there was some rain every month. In those days garden maintenance was less onerous. Doubt it was enough to increase water tables so

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could find any on rocky mountainsides. We acclimatised to long hot days and in the end it only rained six times and three of those were on weekly rest days. It was interesting to see how gardens and allotments were designed to cope with long cold winters and hot short summers.

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The reliable robins By Matthew Elliott IF you’re on the lookout for a reliable motor then a new report from J D Power based in the UK should certainly be able to help. Their Vehicle Dependability Study measures the volume of problems reported by original owners over the course of the past year after one to three years of purchase. The trusty Skoda raced to the top of the chart with an average of just 66 problems per 100 vehicles across the course of the year, beating off Suzuki and Kia into second and third place with 79 and 80 problems each. Vauxhall finished a surprisingly strong fourth with 90, edging out Peugeot and Volk-

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Modern world DRIVERS in Spain should employ a little more care in the near future as the Smartphone game making waves across the world debuts in the country. ‘Pokemon Go’ is an augmented reality game that sees users looking at the world through their Smartphone and trying to kill random creatures that pop up on screen. Supposedly highly addictive for those with attention deficit disorders, police across the world have issued warnings as pedestrians blithely wander into traffic and drivers crash into trees. Consider it similar to texting whilst driving or walking, but infinitely more dangerous as people become engrossed in this state-ofthe-art visual experience, actively bringing users immediate surroundings into play.

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Speaking English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian and Danish not only means that you will easily be able to communicate with a member of the team, it also enhances the dealership’s enviable ability to network across continents, bringing the world’s finest cars right to you in Marbella. Cohen & Cunild have exte ns ive ope ning hours a s the y a re fully a w a re tha t your time is very precious. They open from Monday to Frida y from 9a m to 7pm with no siesta. Throughout

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Great Britain, Pakistan and a Swede: a great winning trio! 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

FOR sports lovers everywhere, last weekend was terrific with some great competitions, brilliant performances and achievements and excitement aplenty. GOLF - Sweden’s Henrik Stenson won his first ever major title by carding a record overall score of 264 (20 under par) to win the 145th Open Championship at Troon. The ‘Golfer of the Year ’ beat American Phil Mickelson by three shots with two more Americans, JB Holmes and Steve Stricker third and fourth. Rory McIlroy, the best placed Brit, was fifth. And despite some horrendous weather at times, over 180,000 spectators attended the four day event. • Next week it’s the 98th PGA competition from New Jersey (July 28-31). FOOTBALL - After suffering a humiliating 1-0 defeat against Gibraltar’s parttimers Lincoln Red Imps, in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying tie, Celtic (hopefully) turned things around at Parkhead in last night’s return leg. Elsewhere, Welsh nonLeague club New Saints battled hard and long before losing over two legs to the Cypriot champions, Apoel Nicosia. • England’s youngsters are doing well in the U19 European Championship. They’ve already defeated Holland and France (both by 2-1); they play Croatia this week and face Spain on July 27. • Coming up soon (from July 26) we have the interna-

tional Champions League competition featuring AC Milan, Barcelona, Celtic, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester City, PSG and Real Madrid. • Dutch striker Vincent Janssen has joined Tottenham Hotspur for £17m from AZ Alkmaar and Chelsea have signed N’Golo Kanté from Leicester for £30m. Could Riyad Mahrez join him at the Bridge? • A Chinese consortium is set to take over West Bromwich Albion for £150m. We’ll wait and see! • And Cristiano Ronaldo has donated his Euro 2016 Championship winning bonus of €275,000 to two children’s cancer foundations. Top man. CRICKET - Pakistan won the first Test by 75 runs, their first victory over England at Lords for 30 years. Pakistan captain Misbahul-Haq (aged 42) scored a

HENRIK STENSON: The 2016 Open Championship winner.

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century in his first innings but got a duck in the second. England seam bowler Chris Woakes took 6-70 and 5-32 (alas to no avail) while Yasir Shah claimed 10 wickets (six and four) for the winners. Also Stuart Broad grabbed his 350th Test wicket. • The second Test starts tomorrow at Old Trafford. TOUR DE FRANCE There was carnage towards the end of the Bastille Day stage when yellow jersey leader Chris Froome and other riders, a cameracrew car and police motorcycle were

involved in a crash. Everyone involved escaped serious injury. The following day, several mindless, brainless seemingly French yobos (that’s what they are) threw objects and even a flare at riders as they sped by. • Meanwhile, Mark Cavendish has won four stages so far. His overall tally is 30, just four behind all-time stage-winner Eddy Merckx. Froome started the final week with a lead of one minute, 47 seconds over Bauke Mollema with GB’s Adam Yates a distant third. The race ends on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday. • Spain’s Alberto Contador has quit the race through illness.

FORMULA ONE - This weekend it’s the Hungarian Grand Prix from Budapest where Lewis Hamilton will be chasing two wins in succession following his victory at Silverstone a fortnight ago. The World champion is just one point behind Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the race for the 2016 driver’s title. TENNIS - Last weekend holders Great Britain (without Andy Murray but with Kyle Edmund outstanding) beat Serbia (minus Novak Djokovic) 3-1 to reach the semi-final of the Davis Cup. They now face Argentina at home in September for a place in the final. HORSE RACING Jockey Frankie Dettori is chasi ng down 3,000 f l at race winners. He rode his first - Lizzy Hare - at Goodwood i n June 1987 and woul d l ove t o r each t he m i l est one at t he sam e course later this month. And Barry Geraghty will be out of the saddle for up to six weeks after breaking an arm. OLYMPIC GAMES Runner Jo Pavey, 42, will be the oldest British athlete in Rio. It will be her fifth Olympic Games. Jessica Ennis-Hill, 30, Mo Farah, 33, Christine Ohuruogu, 32 and Greg Rutherford, 29, are also in the 80-strong GB athletics team. Following the withdrawal by top golfers, three tennis stars will not go to Rio due to the Zika virus. They are Tom as Ber dych, Mi l os Raonic and Simona Halep. More could follow. The gam es t ake pl ace from August 5-21, followed by the Paralympics from September 7-18. BOXING - Multiple world champion Manny Pacqui ao m ay come out of retirem ent t o have one more fight before t he end of t he year.

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Ron Garrood THIS summer is a great opportunity to visit Mijas Golf: the newly refurbished restaurant, terrace and changing facilities have been fully modernised, offering every luxury comfort for their clients. Speaking with Almunda Ivar, Reservations & Marketing Manager, she is looking forward to a packed summer of Competition including the IV Felipe Perez Pro Am held over two days on August 5 and 6. Mijas Golf is one of the most commercial golf resorts on the Costa del Sol, with two walkable courses, Los Olivos and Los Lagos. Los Olivos opened in 1984 and was refurbished by Cabell Robinson during the season 2000–2001, following Trent Jones’ original design concept. Los Lagos the longest of

Almunda Ivar is looking forward to summer. the two courses with 6,536 metres was totally refurbished in 2012 and has kept the original design. A Par: 72 – with four x 3 pars, 10 x 4 pars, four x 5 pars and with the greens running true and fast this golf course is in great shape. The Signature Hole is no. 7: Yardage: 350 Metres, Par: 4, Stroke Index: 5 with a very long carry over two lakes - swing slowly! The second shot needs a little extra to the raised green,

presenting a difficult putting surface on many levels. Slightly smaller than the Los Lagos, Los Olivos is most notable for the multitude of trees. With fewer water hazards, this 18-hole course is nevertheless very challenging. Special Offer with Costalessgolf: two players inc shared buggy on Los Olivos for only €108.00 or Los Lagos for only €118.00. Book today: enquiries@costaless golf.com.

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Fraud and the mystery of Mr Higgins AS football followed the rest of the world in falling further down the rabbit hole this year, with Leicester winning the Premier League and Iceland dispatching England from the Euros, Chesterfield FC have joined the fray by bizarrely faking a raffle competition. The League One club had sought to spark a little summer intrigue among supporters by launching a £20 (between €5 and €25 in the post-Brexit world) raffle with the prize being an all-inclusive trip to follow the team on their preseason tour of Hungary. The innocuous plan hit a snag, however, when only four people actually bothered to participate, the Chesterfield population presumably favouring a jaunt to Spain or saving their 20 quid for Wetherspoons. At this point the story was a

CHESTERFIELD FC: Faked a raffle competition with a bogus winner. non-event, an embarrassing mishap but then the club director Ashley Carson released

a cryptic statement apologising to the four supporters who entered the raffle.

Despite “Surrey-based Spireite James Higgins” being declared the winner, Carson

claimed to have discovered that the winning entry was “not legitimate” and had “clearly

been falsified.” So the raffle had only four entrants, and yet the result was somehow falsified to a fan nobody had ever heard of, forcing the club to publicly apologise and launch a full investigation. To add to the absurdity an article was posted on the club’s website after the team had taken off to Hungary, seemingly excusing the fact that there was no ‘lucky supporter’ happily waving a flag around on Twitter or being arrested in Budapest for being a bit of a lad. Instead there was a strange tale about how ‘James Higgins’ suffered from an unidentified illness and couldn’t make the trip. With confused fans looking for the mysterious Chesterfield crazy Mr Higgins on social media and asking the club whether the poor chap had recovered from his affliction, it appears the directors had no choice but to come clean in a classic case of a needless coverup gone badly awry. The club will kick of their 2016/17 League One campaign on August 6 against Oxford United having finished in 18th place last season.