Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 11 - 17 August 2016 Issue 1623 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1623

11 - 17 August 2016

COSTA DEL SOL

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Malaga mania By Matthew Elliott One of Europeâ€™s biggest and oldest street festivals kicks off tomorrow evening as Malaga launches its 2016 Feria and millions prepare to revel in a 10day extravaganza. At 11.50pm on August 12 an opening address read out by famous local singer Vanesa Martin will open the festival, followed by a fireworks display to bring the festival to life. From the first explosion anything goes in the city, which will be transformed by raucous Andalucian partying, drinking, dancing, live music, and bullfighting to mark a treasured festival celebrated passionately for more than 500 years. Millions pass through Malaga every year, heading straight for the beaches, yet, for those fortunate enough to live in the province, the Feria represents a fantastic opportunity to drench themselves in local culture.

The Feria comprises two distinct events, sensible partying concentrated around the centreâ€™s Marques de Larios during the day, and hedonists flocking to the fairground dusk till dawn. A vision of swirling Flamenco dresses, silken horses, frantic spontaneous dancing, and more

than half a million lanterns and lights, the Feria de Malaga is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. From Friday August 12 until Sunday August 21 every day and night will be jam-packed with entertainment. Find a schedule of events online and extra information on page 8.

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Noisy shootout POLICE are investigating an apparent shootout between rival familial clans in the Malaga City district of La Palmilla early on Wednesday, August 10. A number of ruffled resi-

dents made emergency calls after hearing gunshots, with at least one being treated for an anxiety attack after coming to the conclusion that a terrorist attack had broken out.

Traditional treats AN extensive market featuring natural and artisanal wares will occupy the central plaza of Fuengirola marina on Sunday, August 14, with more than 20 stalls offering a range of local produce and handicrafts to be installed. Due to the sweltering conditions, events will get underway at 8pm and continue into the small hours.

Good times roll TORREMOLINOS Council have responded to requests from the local LGBT community and residents for an increased police presence in the town centre for the remainder of the summer sea-

son, following a bout of minor incidents and incessant noise pollution from rowdy tourists. The extra patrols will encourage visitors to have a good time while behaving.

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Belle of the ball By Matt Ford

MARTA SANCHEZ, typically referred to as ‘The Queen of Spanish Pop’ is to play the headline gig at Malaga feria on Saturday, August 20, with her highly anticipated set likely to make mincemeat of the always-fervent local crowd. The Galician songstress is sure to belt out a singalong-heavy repertoire of her greatest hits, with a sizeable back catalogue stretching over a 23-year career to choose from, her first album ‘Mujer ’ (Woman) having been released in 1993. It remains to be seen whether floppy-haired Venezuelan dreamboat Carlos Baute will put in a hairspray-infused guest appearance for a whizz through mega smash ‘Colgando En Tus Manos,’ which hit the top spot in Spain for a record 29 weeks in 2008 and 2009, selling 400,000 copies. Although not particularly well-known outside the world of Latin pop, Marta does occasionally release songs in English, although the Malaga show should prove to be an unashamedly Spanish knees-up of Herculean proportions. SILK STOCKING FILLER: Marta is bona fide Spanish pop royalty.

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FRESH from the resounding success of his charity gala dinner, which took place on Saturday, August 6, and currently free of all things Shrek and SpongeBob, Malaga-born Hollywood heavyweight and sad-eyed machismo merchant Antonio Banderas is continuing his quest to become the next Manolo Blahnik with the launch of his first collection as a fashion designer. The classy clobber was unveiled at a press conference in Marbella, and is included within the larger collection of signature menswear brand ‘Selected,’ fulfilling a long-held dream for the ageing Spanish hunk after he completed a course at Central Saint Martins fashion school in London, which counts Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen among previous students. “The Mediterranean is key in each of the garments; you can see its various shades of blue in the jacket linings, for example. This has been one of the ways that I wanted to represent who I am, where I come from and how I see fashion. This is my particular way of seeing the world,” said Banderas, before adding that he didn’t really design the togs, but rather “participated in the process.” The collection is available in El Corte Ingles and selected’s own boutiques from Tuesday, August 9.

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By Matt Ford

DREAMY DUDS: Banderas at the launch.

The colour of money MARBELLA Council has continued to drum home its commitment to citizen participation in municipal matters, with the announcement that residents will decide the fate of €2 million that is currently burning a hole in municipal coffers. There will be five groups dedicated to disseminating the information in an-

ticipation of a vote, covering central Marbella, eastern Marbella, San Pedro de Alcantara, Nueva Andalucia and Las Chapas, respectively, with each area handed a share of the spoils. Online collection of proposals on how the money should be used will be accepted from September 1 until Sep-

tember 22, with feasibility studies carried out in October and final voting to take place from November 28 until December 2. The scheme has adopted the hashtag #DecideMarbella on social media, or you can check out the council’s website at marbella.es.

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Badger stuck AGENTS of the SEPRONA Nature Branch of the Local Police freed a badger which managed to get stuck in a pit on a plot of land in Cartama. The officers then sent the frightened animal off into the wild.

Meter fire THREE people were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke on Monday (August 8) after an electricity meter caught fire in Estepona. Two women, 57 and 72, and a 22-year-old man were taken to a health centre for treatment.

Vibrant visit ABOUT 30 tour operators recently participated in a promotional visit to Antequera with the objective of getting to know the town as a tourist destination.

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10th Madbear Beach Festival is in town By John Smith THIS week sees the launch of the 10th Madbear Beach festival, which sees an influx of up to 6,000 large and hairy gay men (known as Bears) into the town for the festival which lasts until August 16. This year is the first time that this important festival which attracts visitors from all over Europe has been supported by the local council and at the public announcement of the event, Councillor César Carrasco, said “we are committed to enhancing Torremolinos as a welcoming gay tourism destination in Europe, with the consequent economic impact that this represents for entrepreneurs in the municipality.” There will be events during the day at the El Bajondillo beach whilst evenings will

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BEACH FESTIVAL: First time it has been supported by the local council. see a number of DJs appearing in various night spots in La Nogalera. Once this week is completed there will be

similar events both in Spain and throughout Europe where Torremolinos will be promoted to the LGBT community

as a friendly and welcoming town which supports a number of gay events during the year.

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Seafront drama A QUARTET of unfortunate individuals, including a four-year-old child, were hurt at around lunchtime on Wednesday, August 10, when the car they were travelling in careered off the road and slammed into a large palm tree on Paseo Maritimo Pablo Ruiz Picasso, close to Baños del Carmen in Malaga City. A number of startled witnesses immediately alerted the 112 emergency services, with Local Police and an ambulance haring it to the scene, leading the child and her 35-year-old mother to be transferred to the Materno Infantil Hospital, while their two female companions were taken to the Civil Hospital. The severity of their injuries were unconfirmed as EWN went to press, although the vehicle itself was in a sorry state and appears to be a total write-off.

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Feria de Malaga 2016: A quick guide to what’s on MALAGA’S Feria is undoubtedly the event of the year for city residents, a week-long blowout featuring family fun, fireworks, live music and multitudes of hangovers, but what does 2016 have in store? Events begin at the Cortijo de Torres fairground on Friday, August 12, with the opening speech to be delivered by Vanesa Martin at 11.50pm, before a monstrous fireworks display is unleashed on the goggle-eyed crowd. The jaw-dropping pyrotechnics will be followed by a set from singer-songwriter Barei, who represented Spain in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, as the party begins in earnest on the socalled ‘Night of Fire.’ For those preferring to avoid the bustle of the main festival site, the fireworks show can be viewed from the ramparts of the city’s cathedral for the first time, with tickets available from the website mientrada.net for €18 a pop. As always, daytime and night-time events are split between the city centre and fairground, with a diverse series of parades, concerts, shows, workshops, and other activities taking place around

Security at the feria

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By Matt Ford

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: The feria is a serious summer shindig.

the old town from 1pm every day, while the ‘casetas,’ those temporary huts which house restaurants and bars in the fairground, will be open from 2pm in a new initiative for 2016. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, official festival sponsor San Miguel is donating an extra €270,000 this year in order to boost the image of the jam-

boree at the national level, with a number of high profile artists performing at Cortijo de Torres every night from 11pm, while a multitude of live performances will enliven the city streets. Love it or hate it, bullfighting is an integral component of the feria, and 2016 is no exception, with daily fights at 7pm starting on Sunday, August 14, and an impressive line-up featuring Sevillano matador Morante de la Puebla in addition to Miguel Angel Perera, Enrique Ponce, Alberto Lopez Si-

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mon and Madrid-born legend Jose Tomas. While the majority of events come to a close on the evening of Saturday August 20, or more accurately, Sunday morning, there is a final parade scheduled for 8pm on August 21, which will attempt to recreate the entrance of the Catholic Kings to the city. Further information regarding the programme, with a passable translation into English, can be found on the website http://feria.malaga.eu.

WHILE the feria is generally a peaceful event, there are pickpockets about, so it is wise to keep handbags and purses closed, and do not leave them unattended or on the edge of tables where they can be easily snatched. This year sees the launch of the ‘No is No’ campaign against sexual violence, as covered extensively by EWN, and it is to be hoped that this admirable initiative is effective in consigning cowardly harassment to the past.

What about parking? THERE will be 8,492 spots available at the main fairground, with an additional 1,100 places at the conference centre, 2,555 at Los Prados, 1,500 in Huerto del Correo, and 1,477 in Teatinos, in addition to the public car parks in the city centre which will remain open for 24 hours throughout the feria. Alternatively, the Line F bus service will link the centre and fairground 24 hours per day, with additional shuttle services scheduled to begin at 9pm each day, many of which run to specific districts, with full details available at www.emtmalaga.es.

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COPA DEL REY MAPFRE: King Felipe presented the trophy in Palma.

Sotogrande regatta By John Smith FOLLOWING the success of the Les Roches-Puente Romano Marbella yacht representing the Real Club Ma r i t i m o So to g ra n d e (RCMS) in winning the Herbal Life J80 competition at the recent Copa d e l R e y Ma p f r e in P alma

an d rec e iv in g the trophy from King Felipe, the RCMS now turns to its own regatta which runs from August 12 to 15. Now in its 17th year, boats of different clubs around the Andalucian coast will flock to Sotogrande to try to win the prestigious cup. This year for the second time,

This should be an ideal venue for both participants and spectators to get a great view of the races.

the first day will be reserved for catamarans, of which 20 are expe c te d t o par t i ci pat e i n t he ‘Memorial Antonio Muñoz Cabrero’ challenge, named after the founder of the club and a big fan of these vessels. The second and third day the race will run as in previous years

with different categories of yachts with more than 40 different vessels taking place. With what is expected to be a good few days of weather, this should be an ideal venue for both those participating in the regatta and spectators who should be able to get a great view of the races.

Moggie mayhem Catch them while young intensifies FOLLOWING the EWN’s recent revelations over the possible sighting of a big cat in Estepona, which subsequently appeared in the mainstream British media, the local journalistic community has now merrily jumped on board the bandwagon, with stories appearing in the major provincial and regional papers over the last seven days. Meanwhile, the Andalucian Environmental Agency and SEPRONA, the Guardia Civil’s nature protection wing, have announced that the animal is most likely to be a savannah cat, as was initially suggested in this newspaper on August 4. SEPRONA went to the extent of dispatching a patrol to hunt for the mystery beast, taking in a visit to the local wildlife park, who confirmed that they had not mislaid any animals. Bizarrely, the park then sent a team of staff around the area where the animal was sighted, in order to knock on doors and generally put the willies up local residents by telling them to keep their gates locked at night, although quite how that would deter a feline able to leap more than two metres into the air is anyone’s guess. We spoke with Daniel Kelly, who posted the now infamous video on social media, and he confirmed that his girlfriend’s daughter had shot the footage, adding that the local feral cats had recently disappeared and that three other people believe that they have seen the enigmatic puss. For now the puzzle remains unresolved, but if there are more sightings we may well pop down the coast to investigate for ourselves.

THE children’s summer camp in Torremolinos received a visit from the local council to explain the importance of recycling, cleaning and environmental services generally and now, some 90 children aged between five and 13 have sworn an oath to be ‘Ecoheroes’ and have been given a green mask to confirm their credentials. This campaign is an extension of one already running in schools with the aim of rewarding the best creativity to encourage cleanliness within the municipality. A class in the primary school Albaida has been featured in a run of 20,000 comics produced by the municipal cleaning company entitled ‘Ecoheroes in action,’ copies of which have been distributed around the town. Member of the council Carmen Garcia invited the children to “raise awareness among parents themselves of the importance of keeping the city clean, since our house extends beyond our door.” For his part, Antonio Diaz, manager of Litosa, the company responsible for keeping the town clean highlighted that “we need to all work together to make Torremolinos a site to be proud of.”

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Payback cyber attack AN ex-employee with a chip on his shoulder is to be handed up to four years in prison for cutting the web hosting services of more than 300 clients as he sought to get even just two days after being fired for incompetence. Once normal service had been resumed, the peeved programmer hacked into the companyâ€™s servers for a second time, erasing the details of all their clients, then reformatting and resetting the machines, thus sending all customer information into the online ether. Both his ex-employer and many of their clients suffered a significant loss of trade following the eye for an eye pettiness, and the accused now faces prosecution.

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Fishing industry in troubled waters By Matt Ford THE Bay of Malaga, the last refuge for the Andalucian anchovy, or boqueron, is in dire need of protection according to a comprehensive study by the Directorate General of Fisheries, which began in spring with funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment. With the results in, the large cover now appears set to be declared a Fishing Reserve, with some areas set aside for the preservation and regeneration of fisheries resources, as has already occurred at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River in Cadiz and Huelva Marine Reserve. The aim is, of course, to protect the local fishing industry, with over 70 per cent of the officially-licensed boats operating out of Malaga, Fuengirola, and Caleta de Velez continuing to employ traditional methods,

DECLINING: The Andalucian anchovy. and although the fish are currently caught year-round, the plan is to introduce some

form of temporal limitations in order to maintain stocks. It is essential that local fishermen respect the new laws once they are in place, says the report, since the Andalucian anchovy, which once bred throughout the Alboran Sea, now spawns only in Malaga Bay, especially between the provincial capital and Fuengirola. The particular topography of the bay, plus its various rivers, causes the larvae of anchovies, sardines, and several other species to congregate close to shore, and although their capture is illegal, fishing boats can often be seen just a few metres off the beach, particularly at night and in the early morning.

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Blaze put out FIREFIGHTERS in Torremolinos sprang into action to extinguish a fire which consumed much of an industrial unit in the El Pinillo district of the town on Tuesday, August 9, although no-one was hurt.

Bumpy road THE notoriously boneshaking A-377 road between Manilva and Gaucin is to be renovated at long last, with the tender for contracts open until October 10, and a â‚Ź6.4 million investment expected.

Home taste A MALAGA-born Spaniard currently resident in Cardiff has exported a taste of home to the Welsh capital, becoming the first person to successfully cultivate the infamous Huevo de Toro tomato variety in the UK.

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Sandy silliness WACKY chiefs of the Miramar shopping centre in Fuengirola have made the decision to install an artificial beach replete with white sand, hammocks, sun loungers and a cafe, despite being located not 300 metres from the real thing.

Going great MALAGA Airport is among the fastest-growing on the continent in terms of passenger traffic, according to the International Council of European Airports, following a record start to 2016.

Baleful bump A 20-YEAR-OLD man was admitted to hospital after being injured in a road accident involving a number of vehicles and a motorcycle, which occurred in Sotogrande on Tuesday, August 9.

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Going the whole hog By Matt Ford RESIDENTS of the Las Chapas district in Marbella are foaming at the mouth on social media over the repeated nocturnal raids by sounders of wild boar, which enter the neighbourhood via the La Mairena urbanisation and wreak havoc in private and public gardens. The pernicious porkers raze vegetation, gouge flowerbeds out, and leave a general trail of hooved horror in their wake, as they race through the estate munching on prized plant life and rummaging through rubbish bins. On Monday, August 8, up to 20 of the trouble-making animals were observed marauding through local streets, subjecting several gardens to their particular brand of hog-induced hullabaloo, leading the Guardia Civil to dispatch a unit from their nature protection arm SEPRONA to set some traps, with two of the shameless swine caged as a result. The mushrooming of the local boar population is related to the lack of natural predators in the area, plus an increasingly bold as brass approach from the presumptuous porkers, with the animals now representing an authentic headache for steamed up citizens.

BRAZEN: One of the guilty grunters skulks away.

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ALHAURIN EL GRANDE Counci l have agr eed t o compensate a female driver after a wheel and tyre of her car wer e com pl et el y destroyed by the poor surface on the road connecting the town to the hamlet of Villafranco del Guadalhorce, a controversial stretch which has been the source of bickering for years. The road is laden with potholes, bumps and crevices, with no safety features such as guard rails, and there are constant landslides from the surrounding terrain, while those in the village itself are little better. The disconsolate driver will now receive €222 from the town hall, although this is likely to do little to appease the residents of Villafranco, who are “totally fed up” with the constant accidents on local roads.

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Gravy train MALAGA’S miniscule metro service will increase its hours of operation during the Malaga feria, running until 2.30am on the ‘Night of Fire’ and until 1.30am on all other days.

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Walk this way

Beach hero A HEROIC young soldier, who lost 90 per cent of the vision in one eye during a tour of duty in Afghanistan, saved a British tourist and two others from being swept away by waves in Mijas.

Fishing for compliments FANS of grilled sardines could do worse than head to La Carihuela in Torremolinos on Friday, August 12, when the annual ‘espeteros’ competition for the community’s tastiest effort will be held.

EL TAJO: The new walkway would pass through the canyon floor.

By Matt Ford THE project to install an extensive walkway at the bottom of the Tajo gorge in Ronda is still alive, despite a series of ups and downs since the idea was first mooted several years ago. The plan is to offer some of the 500,000 tourists who visit the site each year an alternative view of the 120-metre deep chasm and Puente Nuevo bridge. Following a €300,000 grant from the Malaga Provincial Council, and supported

by a favourable report from the Andalucian Mediterranean Basin hydrological unit, which sagely noted that the walkway should be raised high enough above the river to avoid people being swept away during rainy spells, the local council was eventually forced to return the money after submitting incomplete documentation to the Junta de Andalucia regional government, who refused to grant an extension. Provincial president Elias Bendodo reaffirmed his commitment to the scheme on

Monday, August 8, announcing he would re-examine the funding issue in the event of a green light from the Junta. “We’ll continue to invest in Ronda!” he whooped. “We’re talking to the mayor to recover a project I believe will be a great attraction, as if it were the gateway to the Tajo.” In principle, the walkway would measure 327 metres in length and bring tourism to the Ocho Caños neighbourhood but the Junta has stipulated it must have minimal impact on the aesthetic beauty of the gorge.

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Conmen crippled A CROOKED clique of five ‘mostly fictitious’ companies which were principally used to obtain illegal employment contracts in order to blag unemployment benefits and pension contributions, as well as accepting payments from unregistered foreigners in order to ‘regularise’ their situations, has been cracked by National Police in Malaga City. In a super-sized sting operation, 52 people were arrested for forgery plus crimes against the Treasury and Social Security, with the gang thought to have embezzled at least €1.37 million via a network of front companies which operated with minimal activity and obtained bogus contracts which were used to accumulate enough trading days to claim the aforementioned benefits.

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Corking effort ELIAS BENDODO, president of the Malaga Provincial Council, has been hotfooting it around the Serrania de Ronda to check out the annual cork harvest, before settling in picturesque Montejaque, where local mayor, Diego Sanchez, was keen to show off the municipality’s haul. Production across Ronda is expected to exceed the 3.5 million tonnes gathered in 2015 by at least 30 per cent following optimal weather conditions in early summer, when mild temperatures were coupled with heavy rainfall. An increase in production and turnover has not resulted in a price drop, as Bendodo alluded to the employment and wealth the traditional practice brings to the area, which is the main cork producer in Malaga Province with some 16,000 hectares set aside.

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Breeding like rabbits

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By Matt Ford THE Junta de Andalucia regional government has announced an extension to the hunting season for rabbits in Malaga Province this year, after repeated grizzling from local farmers that hordes of berserk bunnies are attacking their crops. The European rabbit is native only to Spain, Portugal and northwestern Africa, but has been widely introduced elsewhere, and the plague-like proportions of the local population are considered to be a direct result of the decline of its highly dependent predators, the Iberian lynx and Spanish imperial eagle, which evolved to specialise on the cotton-tailed cuties. Now, the hunting season will be expanded from its standard duration of October and November right through to April in an attempt to control the problem, with the methods permitted including the use of ferrets, dogs, birds of prey, nets and guns. There are strict controls in place, however, as hunters choosing to use firearms to blast the burgeoning bunnies into oblivion are not permitted to shoot any other wild species, with a maximum of five stalkers allowed per 250 hectares each day.

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Dogs may only be utilised from December 1 until February 12, while falcons and other raptors can plunge their talons into the cowering conies on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays until April 30.

HUNTING SEASON: For rabbits has been recently extended.

THE waft of freshly barbecued sardines will drift over Torremolinos on Friday August 12 as around 20 determined chefs gear up to contest the second edition of the ‘Competition Espetos.’ Espetos are a famous Malaga beachside dish, typically of sardines speared with a stick and barbecued over a fire on the sand. This year’s espeto cook-off will be held at La Carihuela beach after last season’s huge success debuting at Playamar. Coinciding with the launch of the Feria de Malaga, the lower key Torremolinos event will see live music, art and flamenco fashion parades before the professional judges settle down to decide who is the town’s best espeto chef.

Local boy done good THOUGH his Real Madrid dream has been something of an anti-climax, Benalmadenaborn Isco Alarcon remains a footballing force to be reckoned with, expected to command a hefty €50 million fee for a pro-

posed move to Juventus. AC Milan and Arsenal are also thought to be interested in landing the 25-year-old midfielder from Malaga Province, who played for local team Atletico Benamiel before being

snapped up by Valencia B as an extremely promising youngster. After almost single-handedly securing the team promotion, Isco returned to Malaga a conquering hero, playing two seasons before moving to Madrid.

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BEASTLY BEACH: Residents want the council to maintain it better.

The great unwashed By Matt Ford AS if it wasn’t warm enough already this summer, residents of the Bahia Dorada urbanisation in Estepona are hot under the collar regarding the state of their local beach, which they claim has been neglected by a lackadaisical council maintenance ‘effort.’ Located on the municipal border with Casares, the estate comprises 363 houses which were constructed around 40 years ago, with a breakwater having been installed six years ago as the sea had eroded the beach to the extent that it was on the verge of encroaching. Construction of the latter resulted in the formation of two small coves, and these

are the current source of citizens’ anguish, since after high tide they are encrusted in a delightful hotchpotch of algae, domestic rubbish, plastic and even dead animals, which they normally have to clean themselves due to a ‘lack of interest’ from the town hall. Manager of the complex, Andres Trujillano, said: “Two weeks ago we had to get shut of a dead dolphin after we called the council and they ignored us, and the other day there was a decaying seagull, and it is like this all the time.” Miffed resident Carmen Rivero added that is it “outrageous that we have to clean our own beach when it is their responsibility, although in winter nobody complains because most are just here for the

summer, which is when the council must take more care.” The hacked off homeowners have other reasons to be stroppy, since entrance number three to the beach has been a problem for years due to the impracticality of it being “covered with rocks the size of footballs and you can’t even walk on it, much less put a towel, but the council says it is central government’s fault and there is no budget.” EWN called the council, but they denied any knowledge of a dead dolphin, assuring that there is a strict protocol to deal with such situations, while adding that a tractor rakes the sand at 7.30 am each day, while a van and “several operators” roam the coves daily to collect refuse by hand.

Shell shocked By Matt Ford OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil’s nature protection wing, SEPRONA, have cast their net of righteousness over a pitiful pair of rustlers who are accused of snaffling two endangered shellfish species from a San Roque beach without the necessary authorisation. The fishy filchers were spotted collecting sea snails on Guadarranque beach, using sharp tools to prise them from the rocks before tossing them into a plastic bucket, leading a SEPRONA patrol to give the contents a once over. Upon peering into the murky water, the dumbfound-

ed bobbies were able to count 27 specimens of the endangered saffian limpet, Cymbula safiana, and a single individual of the equally threatened ribbed Mediterranean limpet, Patella ferruginea. The latter, in particular, is on the edge of extinction thanks to over-harvesting by gluttonous humans, plus habitat destruction and pollution, whereas harvesting of the former requires a special permit issued by the Junta de Andalucia regional government. In total, 11 kilos of the molluscs were confiscated, with those responsible set for a hefty fine.

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LIMPET LIMITS: Tasty, but not all are legal.

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Sea’s deadly elements deserve deference STRONG currents and large waves were prevalent along the majority of the Costa del Sol over the weekend, as red flags were hoisted and lifeguards could be seen patrolling the area’s beaches on foot, using their whistles and wild arm movements to warn foolhardy tourists, many of whom had decided to brave the conditions, to get out of the water. Sadly, droves were undeterred and plunged back into the raging sea as soon as there was no one around to tell them otherwise, with events coming to a head on Sunday, August 7, as one person lost his life and another was rescued following a dramatic series of events in Torremolinos. At around 10.30am, half-an-hour before the lifeguards were due to begin their shift, a number of beachgoers began to cry for help as they spotted a lifeless body in the water,

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IN VAIN: The dramatic moment when the surfers launched themselves. several tens of metres away from the shore. In the absence of official assistance, a courageous group of surfers elected to try and help the stricken figure, battling against the grim conditions to reach him, but by the time they managed to get him to shore he had no

pulse, having spent much of the operation coughing up water. Two members of the public and a nurse who was on the beach administered CPR, continuing for around 10 minutes, until an ambulance appeared, but paramedics were unable to save him despite administering two shots

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of adrenalin, declaring the 41-year-old dead 20 minutes later. A second incident resulted in an irresponsible swimmer being pulled in by two lifeguards and a group of more than 25 tourists, who formed a human chain to avoid anyone being overpowered by the treacherous waves, and an additional 18 rescues were carried out over the course of the day, with eight people admitted to hospital. A total of 10 people have now drowned on the Costa del Sol since the beginning of the summer, with the majority of such incidents having occurred on days when red flags have been flown. The red flag signifies that no one should enter the water under any circumstances, and despite being well equipped, there is little that the emergency services can do when a significant proportion of beachgoers, many of them children, appear to think that they know best.

FOLLOWING last week’s cannabis-comedy, when a package full of hashish washed up on a Malaga City beach, only to be ransacked by a posse of pillaging potheads, a second enormous bundle of the outlawed resin turned up on La Caleta beach on Tuesday, August 9, although the outcome was rather different. The second parcel was identical in weight to the first, containing 36 kilos of the somnolent substance, but this time the man who found it was a relative of one of the mayor’s bodyguards, who immediately informed the police. He even discreetly guarded the illicit bundle until a local patrol turned up, leaving it in the water so as not to attract attention, before it was weighed and taken to the provincial headquarters.

Plea to address river issues

BLOCKAGE BOTHER: At the mouth of the Guadiaro river. THE mayor of San Roque, Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix, has launched an impassioned plea to the Coastal Authority, in the hope that they will finally cast their eye on the environmental issues affecting the lower reaches of the Guadiaro and Guaddarranque rivers, both of which enter the Mediterranean Sea in his municipality. A request for assistance with the Guadiaro was filed on March 22, 2013, and the official believes that “decision after decision, the central government always forgets San Roque,” with his ire piqued

over the recent work on the mouth of the Rio Salado in Conil de la Frontera, where 8,000 cubic metres of sand was removed to allow free water movement. “We welcome the Coastal Authority’s work on the Salado River, because it’s clearly necessary,” said Boix, adding “it just so happens they’re aware of the difficulties facing our two San Roque rivers, which are about to be completely backfilled, you can almost walk across their mouths from one bank to the other. “We already saw the risks two years

ago, when the mouth of the Guadiaro closed completely and thousands of fish died from a lack of oxygen, when environmental groups had already warned this might happen, then later came the apologies that nothing was done. “Again I raise my voice to the Coastal Authority and the central government, imploring them to please take some action on these two rivers, where there is also an enormous amount of sand that needs to be removed, which could then be used to regenerate the beaches.

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CHUCK NORRIS was nowhere in sight as a worldwide computer cockup prompted US carrier Delta Airlines to postpone all flights on Monday, August 8, including the 9am service from Malaga to New York.

Mutant pile WORKERS in the Guadalhorce industrial estate are becoming increasingly concerned by an ever-expanding pile of reeking refuse which noone will claim responsibility for, and which bin men are refusing to clear.

Long flight A SEAPLANE was dispatched from Malaga to assist in extinguishing the wildfire that was started by toilet paper and devastated some 5,000 hectares of land on La Palma.

FOOD DRIVE: Local hunters all brought along a little something for those in need. By Eleanor Hawkins HUNTERS from Mijas have proved they have hearts on top of their inherent bloodlust, by holding their very own food drive for the fourth consecutive year. As members of the Sociedad de

Cazadores hunters club went to collect their season licences on Saturday (August 6), all brought along a little something for those in need with them to add to the impressive collection. Altogether, 250 kilos of non-perishable food, 150 litres of milk, plus various bottles of shampoo and other basic

necessities were donated to the Red Cross, which will now distribute the booty to local families in need. The club also encourages activities to help care for the natural environment, and back in May members spent a day clearing overgrowth from the mountainside to try and help prevent forest fires.

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Now on the mend A 23-YEAR-OLD Irish citizen remains in intensive care after falling from a third floor balcony in the early hours of Friday, August 5, following a night out in Marbella. The unnamed young man is said to have suffered severe injuries to his face, head, and knee, after he lost his balance and tumbled several metres from a terrace outside the apartment, which he had been sharing with his girlfriend. She told police that he had attempted to lean on a low wall while she looked for the key, but clearly misjudged the height of the protective railing as he plummeted to the floor, with police alerting paramedics after they rushed to the scene. He had initially been placed on a mechanical ventilator in order to assist his breathing, although this was deemed unnecessary as from Saturday, August 6, at which point he regained consciousness with his condition said to be stable.

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By Matt Ford BRITAIN’S reality TV ‘stars’ continue to flock to Marbella, ostensibly in order to get paparazzi pictures of themselves

in swimwear published in The Daily Mail, but in the case of Love Island’s Olivia Buckland there was a second, equally valiant, motive, namely to smack down those social media

critics who had accused her of photoshopping her own body. Having left the show, which traps a group of oversexed men and women on an island before forcing them to go to bed with

one another, with an actual partner in the form of hunky Alex Bowen, the heavily-tattooed temptress felt the need to respond to Twitter and Instagram comments related to a photo she had posted from Marbella on Thursday, August 4. A brief perusal of these unearthed the following literary gems: “Deffo edited her waist init... Mate that’s a joke saw her for six weeks straight in a bikini on TV and was nowhere near that hahah... I don’t remember your waist being that thin though... tell me that ain’t photoshopped she looks abnormal.” Undaunted, Olivia could be seen flouncing along the seafront on Monday, August 8, as she put paid to the malevolent rumours by simply donning a different bikini and adding the following caption to an Instagram post: “Getting in the Marbs swing of things bikini and heels - always a winner!... P.S I don’t have photoshop on my phone, I edit my pics and put a filter on. I have a tattoo on my waist. You guys really need to move on and accept it.”

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STRUMPET: Olivia in her eeny-weeny bikini. Clearly, the complex, multifaceted Miss Buckland has learned a lot from her experience on the island, where she

was subjected to far grubbier and more demeaning activities than being trolled on the internet.

Concern raised over abandoned hotel BRASSED OFF residents have got the bellyache over the abandoned state of the Los Alamos hotel in Torremolinos, which has lain empty for years, and has become the target of thieves, vandals and squatters, with the building’s proximity to a petrol station raising further concerns after ‘several small fires’ have been put out in the last few months alone. “Oh yes, we have had to call the fire services several times,” confirmed an employee of the service station, who is also vexed by the seemingly godforsaken state of the former lodging, which remains in the hands of Social Security (SS), having been repossessed following the Summa Hotels chain becoming bankrupt in early 2014. The SS arranged for the various entrances to be blocked off in November 2015, follow-

ing a series of incidents that culminated in Local Police arresting a number of illegal tenants, but now thieves have ransacked the place, making off with copper wiring, furniture, and even doors. In addition, narked squatters have covered the façade in crude graffiti and left the interior in a barely habitable state, having set fire to several of the rooms, leading one local to express her indignation as she said: “The petrol station is 10 steps away and a catastrophe could easily happen, I don’t understand why someone doesn’t reform it and use it for something.” A return to the 122-room building’s former role as social housing has been mooted, but the council are reluctant to splash the cash, while the SS have thus far refused to budge in the absence of the money they are owed.

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By John Smith BEWARE a new scam which could be very expensive if you fall for it. Recently a householder in the prosperous area of La Quinta near Marbella received an unexpected call from some individuals claiming to be from their alarm company who advised that they needed to make some improvements to the system. Having no reason to suspect that they weren’t genuine, the householder let them in and they proceeded to undertake the work. As events unfolded the next day however, it transpired that these guys were completely bogus and had actually wired up the property so that they could see and hear what was going on. When the owners were out and the housekeeper had also gone out, this crew calmly went into the house, suppressing the alarm which they had previously doctored and over a period of more than three hours stole whatever they could that was loose and discov-

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PHONEY POSSE: Claimed they needed to check the alarm system. ered the house safe. Once they found that they could not open the safe, they simply attacked it from the wall to which it was affixed and removed it to open away from the house in their own time. The home owners were devastated with the results of the burglars’ day’s work when they returned home and natu-

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rally when they called the alarm company, they sadly confirmed that these ‘workmen’ were not on their books. It is a lesson to be shared with all of our readers who are advised to check with the head office of any company, should you receive an unexpected visit from anyone advising that they are due to check anything in or on your property.

THE majority of Benalmadena’s expatriate community is British, and they are understandably concerned about the effects of Brexit, especially those seeing their pensions affected by the devaluation of the pound in the aftermath of the historical vote. With this in mind, local mayor Victor Navas and foreign residents councillor Ana Scherman have met up with representatives from Brexpats in Spain, a recently created group of people who have clubbed together to try and find answers to their many questions. Navas and Scherman both pledged to provide all the assistance and support they can to the British community, and have set dates for further meetings in September and October with the Brexpats in Spain group to con-

tinue collaborating. They stressed that the council will be unable to help unless people are correctly registered on the local padron (residents register). “The foreign residents department has upped its contact with our British residents since the Brexit vote and know they are worried. We will provide them with as much support as we can,” Scherman said. Brexpats in Spain began as a Facebook group of local residents worried about their futures following the vote, and quickly grew to have more than 1,700 members from Andalucia and further afield. Along with putting questions to the authorities, the group is also establishing contacts with similar groups in other European countries including France and Italy.

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It’s sink or swim By Matt Ford FOLLOWING a spate of incidents over the weekend, when swarms of swimmers adopted a devil-may-care attitude to red flags displayed on the Costa del Sol’s beaches due to treacherous waves and currents, stressed-out lifeguards have demanded that they be allowed to fine birdbrained beachgoers who fail to heed their warnings. Although such sanctions are common in Galicia, Catalonia and Valencia, the only Costa del Sol municipality that currently issues them is

Turning a blind eye to red or yellow flags is common.

Estepona, where heedless holidaymakers can be charged anywhere between €500-€3,000 depending on the quantity of cloth stuffed in their ears. Torremolinos and Benalmadena are among the towns now considering the idea, which is tricky to implement because there are no regional

or national standards to adhere to, although the company contracted to provide lifeguards to the two popular resorts, as well as Fuengirola and Marbella, insists that turning a blind eye to red or yellow flags ‘is commonplace,’ and recommends the inclusion of penalties in local by-laws. A spokesman for the form said that the system “might be unpopular at first, like the addition of points to driving licences, but in the long term we’re convinced it would reduce the number of accidents in the sea.”

Calamitous fatal crash A CATASTROPHIC road accident on the A357 in Cartama, in which a car driven by a pensioner collided head-on with a public bus covering the service between Malaga and Ronda, resulted in one death and 18 injuries on Friday, August 5. The driver of the car tragically lost his life, while his wife suffered serious chest and spinal

trauma and remains in intensive care. Two other men remain in hospital with significant chest and abdominal injuries, after the bus careered off the road and ploughed into a ditch following the smash. In total, 13 bus passengers were admitted to hospital, although 11 were released the same day.

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About face THE ancient cemetery which was disgracefully converted into a dog-walking park by Malaga City council may become a historical monument complete with an information centre, reported red-faced officials.

Odd blaze A MYSTERIOUS fire which destroyed €25,000 worth of lifeguarding equipment and aquatic wheelchairs for the disabled broke out in San Roque in the early hours of Friday, August 5, with foul play suspected.

Sneak thief NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 47-year-old in Antequera, who is accused of at least a dozen cases of theft in Malaga City, where he slinked into changing rooms and offices before making off with valuables.

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Pain shows weakness By Matt Ford A FLUMMOXED Ana Mula, mayor of Fuengirola, was present to open a new recreational zone for young people located near the skate park at Miramar shopping centre, which is dedicated to the burgeoning activity known as ‘street workout.’ The urban movement, a combination of athletics, calisthenics, and sports, originated in Ancient Greece but has more recently become popular in Russia, eastern Europe, and the United States, and is now spreading across the globe. It essentially involves an outdoor bodyweight workout, employing a series of specialised apparatus designed for pull-ups, chin-ups, push-ups, dips, muscle-ups, sit-ups and squats, divided into two main branches known as strength training and dynamics. Strength training includes isometric holds with mechanical-sounding monikers such as planche, front lever, or back lever, and also includes single arm pull ups, hefestos, muscle-ups and

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GET DEFINED: Ana Mula with some of the participants. many other muscle-burning moves. Dynamics includes defined movements such as 360’s, switchblades, and an incredible variety of tricks devel-

oped by the athletes which are connected with other moves in order to create routines or sets, with teams and organised competitions on the increase. The mayor attended an organised display of the loose-limbed leisure

activity, and seemed to enjoy being surrounded by a horde of ripped torsos as she explained the new space has been installed in response to requests from the youth of the city, while also complementing the diverse range of sporting activities available.

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WELL MINTED: A Lamborghini with Dubai plates in Puerto Banus. By Matt Ford MARBELLA has enjoyed a record August for visitors from the Gulf states, with a spokesman from a deluxe hotel in the resplendent resort confirming “there are customers who demand the treatment of a prince or princess who occupy one or two rooms, whereas others bring an entourage and commandeer eight to 10 rooms or even an entire floor, and those are the important ones.” Arabic tourists are staying longer than ever before, and spending more, too, with the first deluge of primarily Saudi citizens arriving from July 6, and the snowball effect is ex-

pected to continue well into September due to the Eid alAdha festival, also known as the ‘Sacrifice Feast,’ taking place from the 11th to 18th. Political instability and outright war in countries such as Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt is also thought to have contributed to the upturn, with Marbella considered a relatively secure destination for the moneyed upper classes, with the most prestigious tending to employ a hush-hush stratagem based on secrecy and discretion. Members of the Qatar and Saudi ruling families are known to have holidayed on the Costa del Sol this year, although few

of the Arabic tourists skimp on expenses, many employing personal secretaries to deal with hefty hotel and car, boat, or helicopter rental payments, while restaurant bills of €1,000 per head are ‘far from uncommon.’ One loaded client spent €360,000 on watches in the space of an hour last week, and a jaunt to Marbs is also seen as an opportunity for ‘permanent revelry’ by some looser-minded individuals keen to give their normally strict moral standards a temporary miss, with ‘plenty of alcohol and jamon’ consumed, while some hotel lobbies can apparently resemble ‘a lingerie catwalk’ during the wee hours.

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Knock, knock A DRUNKEN driver in Malaga City gave a pair of homeowners a rude awakening, as he elected not to take on an upcoming bend and drove his Citroen C3 straight through the wall of their living room.

Rogue teens A HORDE of youths aged between 11 and 15 were detained in Manilva, after they repeatedly terrorised citizens, leaving a stream of pillaged and vandalised bars, garages, and bicycles in their wake.

NEW FLEET: Mayor Urbano was upbeat as he presented the new vehicles.

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Pallet plight A HAPLESS employee of a catering firm was admitted to hospital after attempting to descend a steep ramp with a fully-loaded pallet truck, which tipped over and flattened him.

AN effervescent mayor of Estepona, Jose Maria Garcia Urbano, appeared to be on cloud nine as he presented the fleet of new police vehicles that have cost the town almost €600,000 on Monday, August 8. “Given that we paid for these vehicles with taxpayers’ money, you all have to enjoy them!” he gushed, as he stood sur-

rounded by the shining machines, which comprise five patrol cars, two camouflaged vehicles, four motorbikes, two SUV’s and a van. The council have elected to lease the motors for four years, retaining an option to buy them outright at a later date. Local Police chief Alfredo Torres was similarly effusive as he waxed lyrical regarding how the new wheels will help to solve issues in his traffic, public safety and spe-

cial operations departments. Although he did add that the force is still waiting for bulletproof vests they had requested earlier, leading the mayor to hastily confirm that this will be organised “in the coming months.” Chief Torres also highlighted that all the new vehicles are hybrids, which should help bring costs down, while the addition of 110 digital transmitters will improve communications.

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Arrest made of abhorrent assailant GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Alhaurin de la Torre have arrested a 29-year-old man for the sexual assault of a 62year-old woman on Sunday July 31. The victim had been out for a stroll near her home when she was approached by the young man. He t hen ver bal l y t hr eat ened her and grabbed her by the neck before he forced her to head t o an i sol at ed clearing in the Arroyo Grajea area, where the al l eged assaul t t ook place. Once the aggressor had made his getaway, the victim handed a full description to a police patrol, who were able to swiftly locate and apprehend him.

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ON HIS BIKE: The man committed daylight robberies.

Stand and deliver By Matt Ford A MODERN-DAY Dick Turpin, who has been terrorising central Malaga on his trusty pushbike steed, has seen his freewheeling crime spree brought to a halt after being handed a broken spoke by the National Police. The hell for leather highwayman is accused of at least 15 separate robberies, all of which were committed from the saddle, as he zoomed through the city streets in search of sitting duck-style targets, the majority of whom were elderly citizens. Once a suitably weak-looking pedestrian was selected, the 46-year-old would attack them from the rear, quickening his pace as he pedalled furi-

ously on the approach, before grabbing his quarry’s hand bag and wrenching it loose as he flew by, in some cases giving the poor victim a boot in the back for good measure. The two-wheeled tea leaf would then hightail it down one of Malaga’s many small side streets, leaving his puzzled prey scratching their heads as they tried to work out what had just happened. Following a string of lucrative rip-offs, the knight of the road eventually came a literal and figurative cropper after snatching a high-end mobile phone from an unsuspecting pedestrian before misjudging a tricky corner and flying over the handlebars, allowing police officers to pounce as he writhed on the floor in agony.

More victims or more courage? MORE than 11,000 women have sought assistance after suffering gender violence in Andalucia during the first half of this year according to the latest data from the Andalucian Womens Institute (IAM). Between the beginning of January and the end of June, the Junta de Andalucia regional government revealed, 53,506 women have asked the IAM for help of some kind, with 11,071 of them victims of domestic or gender vio-

lence or abuse. Although a marked increase on the figure for the same period in 2015, it remains unclear whether there have been more cases of violence or whether more victims are finally plucking up the courage to seek help. IAM director Elena Ruiz said “these figures reflect the importance of this network of centres, which are the first port of call for victims to seek help.” There are IAM headquar-

ters in the capital cities of each of the eight provinces in Andalucia, plus 163 Municipal Womens’ Information Centres managed by municipal councils. Over the first six months of the year Sevilla was the province which registered the most visitors to womens’ centres (10,496), followed by Cordoba (9,029), Granada (6,426), Jaen (6,140), Malaga (5,894), Cadiz (5,948), Almeria (4,948) and Huelva (4,155).

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STREET LIFE: Many sex workers are victims of trafficking.

Modern-day slavery attack By Matt Ford ANDALUCIA is to launch an assault on human trafficking for the sex industry, with various departments of the Junta de Andalucia regional government putting their heads together and coming up with the snappily-titled ‘Andalucian strategy to combat trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation.’ The finishing touches to the strategy will be finalised at a meeting in Malaga later this month, with Minister for Equality and Social Policy, María José Sánchez Rubio, sounding determined as she said: “The majority of the people involved in prostitution in our community, women, girls and boys, for there are minors of both sexes, are in the hands of mafia groups which exploit them. “When people talk of legalising prostitution

they must be aware that almost 100 per cent of those involved were introduced by these networks, a terrible situation for which they mortgage their lives, which especially for the girls will leave an indelible mark.” The new strategy has two main lines of attack, the first aimed at fighting the trafficking of immigrants who enter Spain in small boats from Africa, or who live in ‘irregular’ situations with no formal documentation, the idea being to approach victims and offer them help and support. Secondly, the plan is to increase social awareness of the problem, since ‘it is very important that society is aware that these criminal networks operate behind prostitution,’ with data from 2011 suggesting that over 60 per cent of trafficking victims are ‘captured’ in their countries of origin.

Batten down the hatches MALAGA City Council are to spend just shy of €200,000 on improving the city’s flood defences at 12 separate locations, following widespread pandemonium in autumn 2015, when wet weather brought certain neighbourhoods to a standstill. One of the main priorities is to sort out the section of Avenida de Velazquez, better

known as the MA-21, which runs past Malaga airport and the military air base, since it typically fills with water both during and after heavy rains, causing a multitude of minor traffic accidents and tailbacks. Although a team of technicians has recommended that the council should collaborate with airport public body AENA and state-owned rail infra-

structure management firm ADIF in order to ‘construct major drainage works,’ to try to solve the problem, switched on officials have decided to go for the cheap and cheerful approach, opting to reconstruct and increase the size of the two drainage channels that traverse the busy road, thus allowing water to flow away more quickly.

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All alone CASARES town council are on a mission, investing €500,000 in improving public spaces and other infrastructure during 2016, although they have criticised the Junta de Andalucia regional administration for their lack of support.

On the trail THE ‘Sabor a Malaga’ label continues to expand its offering, with the idiosyncratic announcement that it has successfully agreed to distribute wine, gin, snail eggs and dried fruit produced by 10 local companies in Peru.

Aid for bills TORREMOLINOS Council has publicised the protocol by which pensioners and disadvantaged families can apply for aid in order to cover utility bills, including rubbish collection.

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Floating around on bumbledom By Matt Ford THE Secretary of State for Infrastructure has flexed its muscles over what is deemed to be the unauthorised installation of inflatable water slides and other playthings on El Bajondillo and La Carihuela beaches in Torremolinos, with a letter signed by the provincial maritime captain and sent to the beaches department of the provincial council. Considered to represent a ‘security risk,’ the air-filled amusements have allegedly been set up without any form of permit for installation or operation, and officials have now launched an offensive in order to take advantage of the fact they were taken out of the water during recent strong waves. The inflatables are managed by a Galician firm which won the tender after submitting the lowest bid in a war involving 10 companies, but the kibosh has now been put on both installations after the ropy contractor failed to seek proper authorisation from the

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QUACKERS: Officials are said to have used the duck test. Harbourmaster. This will probably not mark the end of blow-up bouncing on the town’s beaches, however, with scatterbrained supervisors set to organise the paperwork

“within a week or so.” Needless to say, the shambles delighted the local Popular Party opposition, who immediately called the council out for failing to ensure the proper doc-

umentation had been processed before pressing ahead with the temporary water parks. It is the second time this year that Torremolinos Council has been forced to change its sum-

mer beach plan, following the emergency outsourcing of the municipality’s lifeguard service after it emerged ‘volunteers’ received an over the top lunch allowance of €40 per day.

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Dishonest dealings plaguing the port BEACHES COUNCILLOR: Hoping to reduce fag ends.

Battling the cigarette butts BETWEEN 400,000 and 500,000 discarded cigarette ends are generally collected from Fuengirola’s beaches each summer, leading the council to announce it is handing out free ashtrays for the fifth year running aimeing to reduce this figure. Two thousand coneshaped re-useable beach ashtrays have been prepared

and they are being distributed on the beaches by lifeguards and sunbed attendants, accompanied by leaflets explaining that a cigarette end takes up to 15 years to decompose and can contaminate up to 50 litres of water. Beaches councillor Jose Sanchez explained: “this is just one of many environmental awareness campaigns we run which we hope will increase citizen collaboration and also help improve the image of our beaches.”

AN internal audit commissioned by Benalmadena Council 12 months ago has started to bear fruit, with a series of alleged irregularities relating to Puerto Marina coming to light. Between 2011 and 2015, the popular port awarded a whopping 66 per cent of new contracts to businesses run by just three local entrepreneurs, with investigators finding that many of the companies involved were created just weeks before the contracts were put to tender, suggesting that more than a soupçon of one-sidedness had been applied by those in the know. The contracts, which totalled some €2.9 million, were thus awarded to several firms that appeared to be in competition for the readies but were in fact managed by the same small group of unscrupulous tycoons who literally could not lose. In an extensive 189 page report, the municipal auditor concluded that both aptly-named ex-port councillor, Javier Salido, and former manager of the public company administrating commercial operations, Jose Manuel Lopez Merino, “facilitated the awards and improved the financial conditions of the contracts,” with the dastardly duo flagrantly taking advantage of their positions as numbers one and two of the Benalmadena Centre Union (UCB). The latter was a key mover and shak-

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PUERTO MARINA: An alleged hotbed of conspiracy. er for the previous Popular Party-led council, who used the ‘independent’ political party to lodge a censure motion in order to evict the then socialist mayor in 2012, with the individual benefitting most from the discriminatory dishing out of Puerto Marina contracts a UCB associate who chaired at least four companies which bagged more than €1.4 million. In addition, a father and son team who worked within the swindling syndicate was appointed as directors of two firms which together received €624,368, with the cheating chain of six landing 46.8 per cent of all contracts signed within the four-year period.

More damningly still, some of the contracts were for a maximum duration of a month, but the cunning conglomerate continued to bill for their services “without interruption between 2011 and 2014,” while two other businessmen received the other 19 per cent of contracts in a series of deals “with strong evidence of manipulation,” in some cases winning bids without submitting a corresponding proposal. Also noteworthy is the fact that the majority of the apocryphal agreements were signed off in October 2011; five months after municipal elections saw the Popular Party canter into the town hall on the back of a resounding victory.

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Better access MARBELLA city council have made a string of improvements to El Cable beach in order improve accessibility for the disabled, including installation of special parking places alongside the boats used for barbecues.

Home grown SOCIAL allotments in Antequera have donated an impressive 500 kilos of tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, aubergines and courgettes to the Antequera Solidarity Platform, which manages the local food bank.

All aboard TWO new informative boards will keep tourists and locals updated on the state of Torremolinos’ beaches, with one located at Plaza del Lido and another at Bajondillo beach.

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That’s for shore By Matt Ford AFTER being turned down by Marbella Council before anyone had even passed out on a plaza on grounds of ‘degrading the image of the city,’ the cast and production team of MTV’s sociological experiment ‘Super Shore’ have reportedly taken to clandestine filming in secret locations around the city. The show represents the latest version of the ‘Shore’ phenomenon, in which a rapidly-expanding UN of shameless people get drunk and yell at each other, and Local Police have been warned to be extra-vigilant in order to prevent the cloak-and-dagger recording going ahead. The epicentre of this oversexed, overtanned, hedonistic hall of mirrors is a luxury villa somewhere in the Sierra Blanca urbanisation, where residents are apparently steamed up over the excessive babble which continues into the wee hours on a nightly basis, while the installation of countless electricity cables which hang over the wall, a noisy electricity generator powered by a diesel motor, and chemical portaloos in the gardens has provoked further furore. Recording is said to begin ‘around

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PESKY PESTS: The Super Shore cast are filming in secret locations. 1am’ each night, when the hormonecrazed exhibitionists return from their latest bout of drinking and hooking up with anonymous strangers to begin their nocturnal mating and grooming rituals, with neighbours protesting that the use

of loudspeakers throughout the night, plus incessant, head-splitting swearing, the use of drones, and even a helicopter, is preventing them getting some shuteye. At least two separate complaints have been submitted to police, and it remains

to be seen if the malapropism-prone team of reprehensible funsters will be allowed to finish unravelling the complex series of moral and ethical dilemmas that dog their lives before they’re turfed out of the Costa del Sol on an official basis.

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Latino looters lassoed LOCAL POLICE in Malaga have snaffled three Italians age d b e t we e n 2 8 and 42, who are accused of pilfering a woman’s hand bag bef o r e u si n g h e r cred i t a n d d e b i t card s t o e m p t y mon e y f r o m h e r bank account. The looters s tru c k wh i l e i n a city centre cocktail bar, half inching the bag which also contain e d a m o b i l e pho n e a n d € 3 0 i n cash in addition to the b a n k c a r d s, w hic h t h e y t h e n use d t o wi t h d r a w €580 a little later.

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Prize treat COSTA DEL SOL Tourism is promoting its new ‘Megaexperience’ scheme, a prize draw for tourists featuring a top prize of a five-night luxury stay on the Costa worth an eye-watering €5,000.

By Matt Ford THE Guardia Civil have launched another huge drugs swoop, pouncing on a Malagabased hashish smuggling ring and seizing a mind-boggling 2,860 kilos of the tranquilising resin. Although located on the Costa del Sol, the nefarious cabal focused on international trade, with 11 arrests having been made in San Roque (Cadiz), Velez de Benaudalla (Granada), Olula del Rio (Almeria), Nerja and Torrox, all under charges of drug trafficking, money laundering and membership of a criminal organisation. Using the tried, tested, and frequently fruitless method of stuffing the drugs into false panels in heavy lorries and vans, the smugglers transported their haul from Morocco to two ndustrial units in Mijas and Villanueva del Trabuco, where it was stored until ready for transport to France, Italy or the Netherlands under heavy security. Prior to the Spanish bust, French authorities intercepted an articulated lorry contain-

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Aquatic antidote MIJAS has announced an intriguing €250,000 project to install a ‘therapeutic pool’ for ‘residents with health problems’ at the Sports City complex, work begins early 2017.

Dirty dash FALSE PANELS: The smugglers used a typical method. ing 1,323 kilos of hash destined for Lyon. The driver promptly grassed his colleagues, leading to a second raid in Tangier, Morocco, with an additional 1,150 kilos aboard. In a third offensive, a van carrying 387 kilos was apprehended near Casabermeja in

Malaga, with subsequent investigations leading to the seizure of 15 vehicles, equipment for vacuum packaging, a press for compaction of the resin, scales, mobile phones and two properties worth €286,000 and €555,000, respectively.

MORE than 500 stouthearted swimmers took the plunge as they competed in the 57th annual dash across Malaga’s port, braving the bilge water to freestyle their way over the kilometre-long course.

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Ramble on FIREFIGHTERS were called to rescue a 51-yearold woman on Saturday, August 6, after she came a cropper while hiking close to Juzcar, suffering an injury to her leg which prevented her from walking.

Urgent access OPPOSITION parties in Benalmadena have demanded that access to Benalmadena from the A-7 motorway, in particular the exit at km 222, be initiated urgently, following the regular sight of huge tailbacks this summer.

Fatal crash A 53-YEAR-OLD man tragically lost his life with a 39-year-old injured following a head-on collision between a car and a motorcycle on the A-405 road in Gaucin on Sunday, August 7.

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Catching some shady rays By Matt Ford A PAIR of crooked cowboys who created a shady renewable energy company have each been handed a six-year prison sentence by Malaga’s provincial court, after they took over 100 investors to the cleaners for amounts varying between €10,000 and €37,000. The hoodwinkers set up the frivolous firm Sifa Fotovoltaica SL in 2006, with official blurb declaring that the business aimed to attract investment in solar panel farms, despite the fact that both men ‘lacked experience in renewable energies.’ Almost immediately, the embryonic enterprise took on 15 members of staff plus a number of sales reps, and in September 2007 embarked on a ‘client acquisition’ drive, announcing the construction of five solar farms in Malaga, Granada and Murcia, under the slogan ‘Even a poor man can invest.’ Potential investors were told that for ‘just’ €10,000, they

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BAMBOOZLED: The scheme took advantage of gullible investors. could become part of a highly profitable scheme which planned to sell harvested solar energy to power companies, obtaining a fixed annual return, with the sales pitch so efficient that the treacherous twosome were able to diddle a total of €3.1 million by June 2008. This quickfire success was apparently possible due to the generous pyramid scheme

which was ‘articulated to maximise uptake,’ under which investors were also encouraged to work as sales agents in exchange for commission, leading many to recommend the programme to family and friends. The court heard that following this initial phase, management became ‘scant to non-existent,’ with ‘virtually none’ of the plots earmarked for installa-

tion of solar panels in contracts signed with investors subsequently acquired by the company, ‘at least in such a way that it would be possible to construct the farms without any issues.’ Once the money was in, the

devious duo then set about laundering it, with a spurious expenses payment of €8.8 million for ‘exorbitant expert opinions’ the highlight, although there were also iffy transfers to a business based in Latvia and the purchase of 13 vehicles, including five luxury cars.

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By Matt Ford FIVE experimental teenagers had to be taken to hospital after eating a brownie infused with cannabis, with two of the minors subsequently arrested and charged with buying the prohibited plant before baking the chocolate space cake.

The two lads arrested, plus three adolescent girls, had commandeered one of the group’s family homes while the parents were away, first preparing an evening barbecue, before tucking into the drug-filled dessert, with each receiving a hefty portion. A short while after scoffing the hash brownies, the trip-

ping teens began to feel green around the gills, as one-byone they succumbed to the powerful high, becoming dizzy sheets and vomiting so profusely that they elected to call an ambulance. Medical services later described the stoners as being “pale-faced and displaying clear signs of poisoning.”

WiFi switched off AS part of Marbella’s ongoing push to become a 21st century ‘Smart City,’ a scheme that has been running since 2013, Marbella has boasted a series of 22 free-of-charge WiFi zones located at selected points throughout the municipality, including the seafront promenade, Plaza de Antonio Banderas in Puerto Banus, or the infamous boulevard in San Pedro de Alcantara. These had proved extremely popular, but the council has now decided not to renew the annual €15,000 contract with its chosen

provider, meaning all hot spots were switched off on Thursday, August 4, with no official announcement as to whether they will be reinstated or not. This provided the ideal opportunity for the opposition Popular Party to stick the boot in, with ex-innovation councillor, Baldomero Leon, pulling no punches as he shrieked: “We’ve been waiting a year, but they have done nothing, and it wasn’t even that expensive.”

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OPULENT STAY: Marbs is the priciest option on the Costa.

At a premium MARBELLA and Estepona are among the most expensive beach resorts in Spain in terms of booking accommodation, according to the results of a survey published by a well-known website this week. With an average night’s stay costing €292, visitors to the Costa del Sol’s most

tinselled tourist trap tend to have fairly deep pockets, although high-cost honeypot Estepona comes in a close second with an average hotel price of €227 per night. Magnificent Mijas Costa is not far behind at €196 per night on average, although none of the Costa’s stomping grounds come

close to trendy Santa Eulalia in Ibiza, where an average night’s stay costs an eyepopping €360. Conversely, family furlough stalwart Torremolinos is among the cheapest places to stay during high season, with a cheap and cheerful nightly average of €135.

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By Eleanor Hawkins LA NUCIA is gearing up for its annual summer fair in honour of the Virgen de la Asuncion, which is due to run from August 14 to 18, and elected this year’s Queen and Ladi es of t he fair on Saturday (August 6). Olga Fernandez Jumilla was pronounced the 46th Queen, and r ecei ved t he crown and sceptre from 2015 Queen Angela Cano Lloret. Once t he si x l adi es i n waiting had received their sashes, all seven were given the town’s insignia by local Mayor Bernabe Cano bef or e t aki ng par t i n t he traditional waltz to end the ceremony.

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Safer roads A NUMBER of road-safety improvements have been made to roads in and around Cantoria. Speed ramps have been built on some roads to slow down traffic and mirrors installed to improve visibility for drivers on certain bends.

Storm aid THE Treasury and Public Administration Ministry has announced Almeria will receive €74,598 in aid to help repair damage to municipal infrastructure damaged by the heavy storms of early last year.

Popular destination ALMOST a third of the African migrants intercepted and brought to shore by the authorities in Andalucia so far this year have been caught off the Almeria coast.

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THE Traffic Park in Santa Pola, often visited by children on bikes and scooters learning road rules, is extending its hours in August, to be open Monday to Sunday from 10am-1pm and from 5.30-9.30pm.

MULTI-TALENTED Katie Price arrived in Mallorca to make guest appearances at two nightclubs in Magaluf but her performance in a karaoke bar in Santa Ponsa drew more, but not good, attention.

TWO swimmers who came close to drowning were rescued from the sea off Nerja on the night of Thursday August 4. The swimmers, aged 28 and 35, got in trouble among rocks between Playa Torrecilla and Playa El Chucho.

EL POBLE NOU DE BENITACHELL can’t wait for its turn as the scene of part of a stage of this year’s La Vuelta cycling race with the council creating a video of what the visit will look like for the cyclists.

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A TAXI network which will be statesubsidised is being implemented in two rural towns, Comares and Macharaviaya, due to the area’s lack of buses.

DENIA’S municipal archives have acquired an ancient letter dated January 29, 1604 and signed by King Felipe III, proving his presence in the town then.

TWENTY volunteers from the Red Cross Youth division will be touring Almeria Province until December 15 giving out leaflets, condoms and advice on how to avoid STDs at popular nightlife venues and events.

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ELCHE has marked the 119th anniversary of the discovery of the Lady of Elche Iberian bust and again made calls for the bust to be returned to Elche. It is currently on display in Madrid.

THE beady, ever vigilant eyes of the Guardia Civil have come to rest on a pair of burgling Brits, who allegedly committed up to 20 robberies at a series of hotels in Magaluf over a period of weeks.

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GUARDAMAR’S municipal team has been tidying up the town’s image, placing new bins in urbanisation Costabella and around Playa Rebolla. Cleaning has also been carried out around the Portico Mar urbanisation.

THE Guardia Civil is making surprise checks on ‘party boats’ at sea to ensure operators are working in accordance with the law and revellers are not indulging in too much booze or any drugs.

LA HERRADURA is to host the European Underwater Photography Competition from Tuesday October 4 to Saturday October 8. Thirteen teams from countries including Spain, Italy, Turkey and Austria have registered to take part.

THE body of a loggerhead turtle estimated to weigh between 80 and 100 kilos was found by divers near Benidorm Island on Saturday (August 6). The turtle is suspected to have died after colliding with a boat.

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THE Guardia Civil and work inspectors are touring the province checking whether workers have legal contracts and are registered with Social Security, otherwise business owners face fines.

A FIRE protection plan has been developed by Nerja Town Hall and the Junta de Andalucia regional government for the Cahorros del Rio Chillar area. Numerous approaches are being considered to protect the area.

TEULADA-MORAIRA Council will be providing €500 grants to 10 entrepreneurs to help cover the costs of setting up in business. The grants will benefit new businesses started between November 1 2015 and October 31 2016.

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TORROX has once again installed over 600 colourful umbrellas around the town, with the Plaza de la Constitucion featuring the largest amount.

RESPONDING to demand, Ibi Town Hall will spend €5,000 on creating a dog park. This will be located in the Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente Park.

Buho bus MAZARRON is running the ‘Buho Bus’ service on Saturday evenings until September 3. The bus runs between Bolnuevo, the Port of Mazarron and Mazarron itself from 10.40pm until 7.50am.

Brighter beaches THEY may look more in place along the coastline of British beaches, but beach huts are popping up in the Valencia Region. A total of 75 coloured beach huts are being installed along the coast.

Serious accident IN the early morning of August 9, a 19year-old male fell from the third floor of a building in Puerto Alcudia and was quickly attended to by emergency services and rushed to Son Espases Hospital.

Royal reception FOLLOWING a tradition established in 2014 after the abdication of King Juan Carlos, the current King Felipe and Queen Letizia greeted around 450 people on the evening of August 7 to a reception at the Almudaina Palace.

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Equal rights ALMERIA Provincial Council will be helping fund projects in 74 small towns and villages to help encourage equality of the sexes. The proposed projects aim to fight violence suffered by women and encourage equality and equal opportunities.

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Viking hero SWEDEN: A fireman stripped down to his underwear to jump into a river to rescue a stranded sheep north of Gothenburg. The man has since been named a ‘real Viking man.’

Caught on film SWEDEN: A bus driver has been sacked after he was caught on camera hitting and kicking an asylum seeker. The bus company said it was “unacceptable” and have launched an internal enquiry.

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Top job on offer FOMER Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly been offered a £36 million (€42,436,477) job in Kazakhstan working for the president where he would have the title ‘sultan’ and have his own harem of women.

Euro win THE British Euromillions winner has handed £12 million (€14,145,492) to each of her children apart from her estranged son. The Gloucester woman won £61 million (€71,906,252) after buying a ticket following successful surgery saying she “felt lucky.”

Street safety MORE police officers have taken to patrolling London’s streets after

BRITISH PRESS a man, armed with a knife attacked people in Russell Square. One woman was killed and five others were taken to hospital.

FORMER PM: Would be called sultan.

Free fighting A BRITISH actor who starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, has ditched his Hollywood career to go to Syria to fight Isis as a volunteer. Fifty-two-year-old Michael Enright from Manchester previously went in 2015 to fight with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units.

Alive or dead? US intelligence believes that German rapper Deso Dogg may still be alive. He joined Daesh in 2012 and is thought to have been killed in an air strike in Syria.

FIVE young Germans were arrested after a flashmob stunt in Girona, north Spain, went wrong and sparked a terror alert. The group pretended to be chasing after a celebrity, but people thought it was a terror attack.

NORWAY: An Oslo court jailed two jihadists of Pakistani and Chechen origin who were living in southeastern Norway for joining the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.

DENMARK: Thieves have robbed Denmark’s Olympic team of mobile phones and clothes. The team also complained about the state of athlete’s rooms and apartments in Rio.

A GERMAN who went to Syria to join Daesh has told of how he was asked to return to Europe and carry out attacks there instead. The man was speaking from his prison cell where he is serving a three-year sentence.

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A GERMAN man has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of starting a wild fire in the Canary Islands which resulted in around 700 residents being told to evacuate. It is not clear if the 27year-old started the fire deliberately.

SWEDEN: Malmo is to host the Vans Pro Skate Park Series World Championship final on August 20. Malmo has become a popular destination for skateboarding since the early 2000s when a new outdoor skate park was built.

NORWAY: Unemployed Norwegians are being urged to try Sweden, particularly in the construction sector, teaching and computer engineering as the country’s unemployment rate has fallen in the past few years.

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DATING SITES: Dutch people have been paying vast amounts of money to people operating fake accounts.

Love con on internet MORE people are being conned by people they met online on dating sites. Since January, 73 Dutch people have reported paying around €1.2m to conmen and women they met online who were operating fake accounts.

Alternative worries A DUTCH woman has died at an alternative cancer clinic in Germany. The 43-year-old is thought to have died under ‘suspicious circumstances’

DUTCH PRESS and German police have issued a warning about allegedly dangerous practices.

Strike delayed A STRIKE over pay and temporary contracts by KLM staff at Schiphol air-

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port, Amsterdam, was stopped by a court after KLM said it was illegal. The judge has stopped it until August 11 to have more time to look over the issue.

GERMAN scientists say they have proved that birds can fly while sleeping. Researchers in Bavaria studied the frigate birds in the Galapagos Islands which fly for months.

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THE number of attacks on public transport sector staff has fallen sharply since 2005, according to research that collated figures from railway firm NS and bus and tram companies nationwide.

A SURVEY has shown that 69 per cent of Germans believed that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policies were not to blame for the recent attacks in the country.

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UNITED RUSSIA: Reported to be the biggest beneficiary of funds from the government.

Spider’s web POLITICAL parties friendly to the Kremlin are being funded discreetly by the government, who award contracts to private companies making donations to those same parties, according to a report from an independent election monitor. The pro-Putin United Russia party is the biggest beneficiary, receiving the vast majority of corporate donations.

Currying favour PRESIDENTIAL contender Donald Trump may have curried more favour with Vladimir Putin after suggesting that the Crimean population is much happier under Russian control. The Republican nominee has also suggested that NATO’s European members have been free loading on the military alliance and should pull their own weight in the future.

Football furore A SQUAD’S-WORTH of Russian footballers will be investigated by FIFA over doping allegations, as

Maketh the man IT was an intense 11 days and six hours for Russian Orthodox priest and renowned explorer Fedor Konyukhov who barely ate or slept as he voyaged around the globe in a hot air balloon in record breaking time, surviving lightning storms, exploding fuel canisters, extreme fatigue and freezing temperatures to make history. FEDOR KONYUKHOV: Making history.

11 players in the Football Union become the latest athletes to become embroiled in the growing scandal. The decision comes as many Russian athletes stage a pretend ‘games’ having been banned from this year’s Olympics.

Sitting ducks SHOUTING that the judgement was a political set-up, former Yaroslavl mayor Yevgeny Urlashov was handed a 12-year prison sentence for extortion. The popular politician is one of dozens of mayors who have been arrested during Putin’s reign, as they struggle to run cities in the face of complex bureaucracy.

Apocalypse now AN anthrax outbreak in Russia’s far north has killed one child and hospitalised dozens of nomadic herders. Climate change thawing the permafrost is thought to be behind the first flare-up of ‘Siberian plague’ since 1941. There is now a quarantine zone around the Arctic town of Salekhard.

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“Brexit hasn’t started the economic Armageddon some predicted but there’s still sufficient uncertainty in UK outlook to warrant the Bank of England cut.” Peter Hemington head of corporate finance, BDO UK

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UK interest rate cut TWO things have happened as forecast over the last week or so. Firstly, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England unanimously cut the bank rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 per cent in order to try to help the economy and secondly the value of the pound immediately took a knock. In addition, it has decided that it will buy back £60 billion (€72 billion) of UK government bonds and £10 billion (€12 billion) of cor-

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Indian tax ONE of the legacies left behind by the Empire and honed by Independent India was the concept of duplicated bureaucracy and now, the current Indian government is trying to introduce a common rate of taxation on products across the country. Currently, it is quite possible for goods to be shipped from one end of India to the other and for each State through which the goods travel to impose its own duty. Now if a minimum of 50 per cent of the Indian States agree, there will be a single tax of perhaps 17 per cent collected by central Government although it will compensate individual States for lost revenue.

Below par NIKE has become the second major sporting company to announce it will stop selling all golf products except for clothes and shoes, following the lead of German based competitor Adidas. The company explained that its golf accessories businesses have seen regular reductions in annual sales and this has prompted the decision.

Hinkley Point Project news WHEN, in issue 1622, we reported that the Hinkley Point Project would proceed assuming that the board of EDF approved the expenditure, we had no indication that it might be put on hold by the new British government which seems worried about continued Chinese investment. The Chinese government however has gone

£25.2 million (€29.7 million) is the profit made by bookmakers Ladbrokes in the first half of 2016, thanks in part to some favourites failing in a period of ‘bookie friendly’ results.

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NET VOL 119.53 1,878.92 23,089.98 11.89 502.47 44.13 67.26 243.43 359.13 732.95 39.68 874.84 2.64 158.89 108.84 10.84 531.48 60.72 74.93 162.80 417.39 538.30 2,618.42 461.95 150.01 207.43 73.21 100.46 574.61 21.71 47.16 115.93 301.57 100.67 77.72 199.18 850.43 1,019.62 110.36 2,733.47 1,585.98 90.71 50.44 172.34 133.94 1,880.20 32.05 29.92 145.86 152.75

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Yet another Premier League club sold to overseas investor AT the end of the latest Premier League season, no less than 11 of the 20 clubs were owned by overseas investors and another two clubs had overseas investment. Following the end of that season, the statistics stayed the same with one foreign owner relegated and one promoted. The situation changed with an announcement on August 5 that chairman and owner of West Bromwich Albion (‘the baggies’) has accepted an offer for an undisclosed amount from a Chinese investment group fronted by well-known entrepreneur Guochuan Lai who is ready to appoint former Blackburn CEO John Williams as the new English based boss of the club. The 41-year-old Mr Lai who made the bulk of his money in landscaping in China through the publicly listed Palm group w hich i s sa i d t o b e w o rth £ 1 . 8 b illio n (€2.1 billion) is quoted as saying “My immediate priorities will be to maintain the club’s stable structure, respecting its well-

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By John Smith

SAIDO BERAHINO: May be en route to Stoke City. run nature and its heritage and I have no intention of changing the club’s ethos.”

H e w e nt on to s a y “ I bel i eve t hat we have a competitive team, with the right

management and coaching staff in place,” which must have come as some relief to head coach Tony Pulis. The club has been for sale for some time (at least eight years) and there was some suggestion of a sale to a different Chinese consortium last year which fell through. The sale of the club which reportedly made £7.6 million (€9 million) profit in the last financial year is subject to approval by both the Premier League and the Financial Conduct Authority. Chinese investment in European football is growing dramatically as there is a potentially enormous market not only for revenue from TV exposure but from the sale of merchandise to the growing number of fans of British clubs in particular. I n addi t i on, wi t h a num ber of ast ut e signings and possible sales, there are immediate profits to be made during the transfer window, especially as Stoke City have made a £20 million (€24 million) bid for unsettled striker Saido Berahino.

WHEN the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio finally saw the opening ceremony on August 5 amongst a great deal of controversy both within Brazil and internationally, with athletes banned from competing due to failed drug tests, some not participating because of the Zika virus and many worried about pollution in the waters and dangers from local hoodlums, sponsors who had invested millions must have been wondering whether they had done the right thing. Some of the biggest companies in the world, many from the USA and Japan jumped at the chance to be associated with the Olympic Games and interestingly some have been very clever in the way in which they have taken local street artists (Pichação) who have been very negative about the Games in their graffiti and paid them to decorate walls with images of their product. Many of the artists undertake the work and then still criticise, but the major companies believe that many in Brazil and overseas will be influenced positively by tweets and other social media featuring the ‘cool positive image’ of the product. By and large, those sponsors who

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Sponsors still positive about Rio Olympics

STREET ARTISTRY: The Selaron Steps are now a tourist attraction.

have invested heavily in the Games have kept their thoughts to themselves as to possible side effects of the negativity surrounding the event as they clearly don’t want to upset their shareholders or indeed make matters worse. There is a certain irony in the fact some companies who are being blamed for promoting obesity in the young are supporting such a major athletic event but they will of course argue they are changing their entire philosophy and product to ensure healthy options are always available to all. One company that is positive about the sponsorship is Nissan which has supplied an amazing 5,000 cars for officials and the Brazil team to use. When it first became involved in sponsoring the event, the company was selling nearly four million cars a year in Brazil but over time this has dropped to two million. Whilst some would question the wisdom of investing in such a falling market, the Chief Executive of the company sees it as a positive way of raising product awareness so that when the market does (as they believe it inevitably will) recover, then Nissan will benefit from new sales.

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Airbus Industries investigated for corruption

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UNDER INVESTIGATION: Airbus, manufacturer of the A380.

By John Smith ON Sunday August 7, Airbus, the European manufacturer of a range of different aircraft issued a statement saying that it is co-operating with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) which is investigating allegations of ‘fraud, bribery and corruption’ related to some of its third party consultants. The investigation which commenced in July coincides with the suspension of Export Credit facilities by Britain, France and Germany where the bulk of the aircraft parts are manufactured. Export credits are used to assist companies such as Airbus to sell high value product to companies with limited liquid funds by guaranteeing bank loans. Whilst the availability of export credit is useful, it is not the main source of funding for most airlines and a great deal of credit comes from the manufacturer itself which is said to have extended €583 million in the first

It’ s common knowledge some governments within the Union offer ‘incentives’ to ensure firms in their countries receive orders.”

six months of the year although this is a drop in the ocean compared to its order book which supposedly exceeds €900 billion. The company employs more than 70,000 people around Europe with 2,000 in Spain where the tail planes of various aircraft are constructed and tested and it is a very important company as far as the economies of France, Germany and the UK are concerned. Although legislation has been introduced throughout the EU in order to make the payment of financial inducements illegal, the huge

amounts of money involved in the purchasing of aircraft and the fact that bribery is a recognised way of life in certain countries (in some, the value of the third party inducement is even included in government contracts) means that in order to do business, the use of agents and consultants is widespread. It is common knowledge that even some governments within the Union offer ‘incentives’ to purchasers to ensure that firms within their country receive orders rather than those in countries competing for the work. Whilst this current investigation and an ongoing one into Rolls-Royce Engines may make the companies tighten their appointment procedures for consultants, in today’s cut-throat market any changes are most likely to be cosmetic when such large amounts of money are involved and there is more than one company offering an aircraft product.

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Has never fooled me for a moment LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT THE one thing that gratifies me in all this Labour fiasco of late is the fact that it has finally brought to the surface what a sorry bunch of sad losers most of them actually are. It does frankly amaze me how anyone can possibly even consider voting for any of them. Corbyn, probably the worst leader they have ever had, is a prime example of everything that is wrong with the party. His softly spoken, peace and love approach, has frankly never fooled me for a moment. Some of the most dangerous leaders and dictators in history have been of a quiet, unassuming demeanour. The truth of the matter is that he is an ag-

ing, left wing, disillusioned, bitter hypocrite. He is a man who has been on a mission all of his life His barely disguised support for Palestine and Hamas and his failure to eradicate the anti-Semitism that is rife among his cronies, is not because he is unable to solve the problem. It’s because he doesn’t have the will to. Oddly he reminds me of Tony Blair. Blair used the Labour party as a vehicle for his own personal ambitions. Corbyn is endeavouring to do the same. His refusal to stand down, when the majority of his party are voting against him, shows how stubborn and uncaring he is. This man is not interested in the policies and politics of the Labour party; he is in it for his own dangerous ends. Clear thinking, genuine Labour party members know they have to get rid of this man and his supporters, or

face decades of life in the wilderness of political desolation and disaster. The fact that they can’t seem to shift him shows us just what a bunch of ineffective and weak incompetents they all actually are. Run the country? They couldn’t even run a brewery event. Thanks for all your mail and support. I can’t reply to them all and some are just too lengthy to publish, but I do read every one. Don’t worry, the ol boy can still take it! Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

JEREMY CORBYN: In it for his own dangerous ends.

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SOPHISTICATED CRIMINALS: Exploit weaknesses in server, database or browser software.

Cybercrime: at the mercy of fraudsters Nora Johnson

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YOU are now 20 times more likely to be robbed while at your computer by a criminal based overseas than mugged in the street, new official figures have revealed. The explosion in online fraud and cybercrime involved almost six million offences last year, in other words, one in 10 of us fell victim. Oh dear, Mrs May only left the Home Office a few weeks ago and already crime seems on the increase. The conspiracy theorists will blame it all on Brexit. Brexit, it appears, is Britain’s great gift to the rest of the world. A failsafe excuse for Italy’s failing banks, Germany’s failing Deutsche Bank and faltering economies everywhere. Blame everything on

Brexit! Little matter that the vast majority of these problems existed long before David Cameron came up with the idea of THAT referendum. But hang on! Actual crime levels haven’t increased, online offences weren’t covered previously! These online crime numbers simply give the very first official snapshot of the scale of the threat we all face from online attacks and scams every day. The problem is most people parade around the internet with the same attitude they have when on holiday: far too laid back. And there really needs to be a distinction drawn between crimes by idiots who hand over their personal information on a platter to strangers on the internet, and crimes by sophisticated criminals exploiting deep weaknesses in server, database or browser software. After all, there have been enough high profile

cases of phishing, identity theft and especially hacking (e.g. TalkTalk, Carphone Warehouse, Vodafone). But, sorry, I’m too busy to add any more now as I’ve just got an exciting email from Reverend Jo King in Africa offering me the oncein-a-lifetime chance to invest in his oil well for £60k and get 1,000 per cent return... and an ex-US Marine who needs help getting gold bullion out of Iraq. Isn’t the internet exciting? But wait a moment, all the money’s vanished from my bank account. What was his name again? Reverend JO KING?! Ooh, er... 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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7:10am Two Tickets to Broadway 8:50am The 39 Steps 10:15am Olympics 2016 Replay 1:45pm Bargain Hunt 2:45pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:45pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Gardeners’ World 5:00pm Final Score 6:15pm Full Steam Ahead 7:15pm Dad’s Army 7:50pm Proms Extra 2016 8:30pm BBC Proms 2016 10:30pm Edinburgh Nights 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm Olympics 2016 12:55am Versailles Sumptuous period drama depicting the decadent and turbulent early reign of the Sun King. 1:55am The Kid with a Bike 3:20am Treacle Jr. 4:35am This is BBC Two

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This is BBC Four This is BBC Four This is BBC Four Olympics 2016 Olympics 2016 Olympics 2016 Olympics 2016 Britain on Film The series looking at the culture, economics and society of 1960s Britain turns its attention to one of our great national treasures: the countryside 3:30am Sounds of the Sixties Brian Matthew selects more classics and rarities from pop’s golden decade, with all the facts and figures and stories behind the songs. 4:00am Joy of Disco 5:00am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

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7:00am Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods 8:50am Finding Pixar 9:20am The Good Dinosaur 11:00am The Perfect Guy 12:45pm Pan 2:45pm Suffragette 4:45pm Suicide Squad: Special 5:15pm The Good Dinosaur 7:00pm Pan 9:00pm Suffragette Absorbing account of the British suffragette movement and their battle for the female vote. 11:00pm Infini 1:00am The Perfect Guy A successful San Francisco lobbyist gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true. 2:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 3:00am Northwest

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OPINION & COMMENT

11 - 17 August 2016 / Costa del Sol

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Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

EX-PRESIDENT Felipe Gonzalez won three elections on the trot and was in power for more than 13 years. He therefore possesses more political common sense than the current PSOE mob have in their little fingers “Let Rajoy be elected president, even though he doesn’t deserve it,” was the former president’s message to Pedro Sanchez and the PSOE party barons. A third election would be the politicians’ fault, he said, although they are giving the impression that the public is to blame. Rajoy doesn’t deserve to be president, but neither does Spain deserve self-serving politicians who put their jobs first, the party second and voters third.

Tough line THE acting government wants to prosecute Carme Forcadell, Speaker of the Catalan parliament, for disobedience. She is clearly

Accentuate the negative

Double standards

THE musical ‘Oklahoma’ had the unforgettable song ‘I’m just a girl who can’t say no.’ She sounds exactly the kind of politician than Spain needs just now, someone capable of saying yes even when they shouldn’t. Albert Rivera is saying ‘no’ to voting in favour of Mariano Rajoy’s investiture when he should say yes, and Pedro Sanchez is saying no when he should be saying maybe.

MADRID’S Complutense University suspended Juan Carlos Monedero, lecturer and co-founder of the Podemos party for six months without pay. He failed to tell the university or Hacienda that he had earned €425,000 for assessing the Venezuelan government in 2010 although he wasn’t paid until 2013. Now he must return €42,500 to the university for the oversight. What with Monedero and party Number Three, Pablo Echenique, who paid his carer in the black, the Podemos hierarchy is practising what it preaches against. Railing against the hypocrisy and corruption of the political caste is dangerous unless your own affairs can stand close scrutiny.

“implicated and affected by” the CUP party’s parliamentary call to set in motion a unilateral declaration of independence, Madrid claims. Forcadell, like most Catalans with independence leanings, has little love for Madrid and Madrid is doing nothing to make itself more lovable. Prosecuting her will only recruit more separatists.

Felipe Gonzalez

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True heroes of our lives 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.

WE have recently returned from England where we attended the wedding of one of my grandsons. We gave ourselves a few extra days in which we met up with some old muckers from my jack-the-lad days and I took the princess on a tour of the beautiful countryside of West Berkshire. In addition I wanted to show her Goring-onThames, a place that brought back happy memories and, I was pleased to note, was still as breathtakingly picturesque as I remembered. There are locations in this world that inspire and others that have the ability to relax the mind and spirit and give us a sense of perspective. The English countryside does all of these things

GORING-ON-THAMES: As breathtakingly picturesque as I remembered. for me. My Dad was a sheet metal worker and for most of his working life was employed in a factory that was originally set up to make tins for Huntley & Palmers biscuits. They were hard working

conditions for scant reward, and I remember him putting in many hours of overtime before Christmas and the summer holidays each year, so that we could enjoy quality time together. He neither owned his own house, or a car, but I

never heard him once complain. He was generous with his time and would help anybody who required it, never needing to be asked. He was no Leonardo or Hepplewhite, but he would often retire to his garden

Dad was generous with his time and would help anybody who required it, never needing to be asked.” shed and paint a rural scene or knock up something in wood. His speciality was model gypsy caravans constructed from thousands of spent matchsticks. I suppose that it is all part of the ageing process, that we examine our lives and acquire an appreciation of just what is important and what is in fact inconsequential dross that we have wasted so much precious time on over the years. This includes materialistic aspirations and silly hero worship. Driving around the lanes of my native Berkshire last week, I was reminded too late, that in fact my dad was my one true hero and I was never able to tell him so.

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It’d be funny if it wasn’t so scary John Smith Random thoughts... AS it gets closer to the presidential elections, the Republican candidate Donald Trump appears to be going through a period of everyone except the converted conspiring against him. Within the last fortnight, his Slovenian born wife Melania was accused of plagiarising a speech from the wife of the current US president which he tried to spin and suggested the Obama camp also plagiarised him. Then Mr Trump accused the US government of bribing Iran to release US hostages not once, but twice even though his own camp admitted after the first occurrence that this was not the case. It is generally accepted that the sum of $400 million (€361 million) in cash which was flown to Iran was in settlement of an outstanding claim against the US for the supply of substandard military machinery which had been in dispute for years and was part of the general settlement between the two countries as part of their rap-

DONALD TRUMP: On the campaign trail. prochement. In addition, Mr Trump became involved in what turned out to be an unfortunate exchange when Khzir Khan, the father of a young Muslim officer who died whilst protecting his unit in Iraq, criticised him for being unpatriotic and selfish. The initial response from

Mr Trump was to suggest that the speech was written by the Democrats and that Mrs Khan had probably been instructed not to speak. Presumably his advisors explained to him that this wasn’t the most sensible way to respond and he issued a belated statement saying “Captain Humayun

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Out of work youths WITH reports indicating unemployment in Spain is continuing to markedly decrease, let’s remember this is not the case with those aged between 16 and 24 where unemployment is a major scourge which can affect youngsters dramatically as they feel inadequate. What it has done is encourage many to return to education and look at new lifestyle options which is very encouraging but it has also seen quite a lot of loss of impetus and children look to live off of their parents who in many cases are themselves struggling. There is no question however that if those out of work put their minds to finding a job, no matter how beneath them they may consider it, there is work to be had, even if it’s short-term or part-time. If it’s difficult for Spanish people to find work, then it’s more difficult for incomers to obtain jobs especially if their Spanish is limited but again work does exist. Unfortunately a number of young expats appear to expect to flit into a job with large salaries, short hours and the flexibility to come and go as they please! The Spanish sometimes have a negative view of the British because of their apparent inability to assimilate into the local culture where they are simply immigrants, no more or no less and also the fact that a small percentage has imported certain bad habits with them which jar with the Spanish mindset. We live in Spain because it’s welcoming and accepts a great deal but we all need to remember that Spain is our host, not the other way round and does not owe a living to those who are not prepared to support themselves and contribute to society.

Khan was a hero to our country and we should honour all who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country safe.” The presidential candidate seems to have a penchant for ‘trophy wives’ as following all American Marla Maples, he became attached to Czech born Ivana who was ‘traded in’ for model Melania although in fairness, their marriage has lasted 11 years. What is not perhaps quite so helpful is the fact that the latest Mrs Trump is being accused of being in breach of her visa terms when she arrived in the USA in either 1995 or 1996. In theory she arrived in 1996, but reports suggest that she posed topless for photographers in 1995 when she may only have been in the USA on a visitor’s visa which meant she wasn’t allowed to work. Despite the fact that many Trump supporters are dyed in the wool midwestern Christian WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Protestants) no-one seems Now we too affronted by the fact that there are want to plenty of nude photographs of Mrs hear your views. Trump in circulation but as the presidential candidate is so ‘gung-ho’ YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE about the evil of illegal immi- YOUR OPINION grants, this could turn out to be yet www.euroweeklynews.com another problem for his campaign.

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Don’t be a target, fight smart A TERRORIST who dies killing a British citizen should be buried in a pig cemetery. This has the effect of releasing his 72 virgins. I believe that just the threat of these three measures should be enough. During the Second War, Sir William Stephenson ran a propaganda campaign in the US. Part of his scam was a fake horoscope, in which Hitler was targeted. Since Hitler was very superstitious, this was quite successful, and the Nazis did not connect it with the British Secret Service, as it was run in America. Jihadis, likewise, are very influenced by propaganda. A good ‘archaeologist’ could ‘locate’ an ancient document (hadith, sira) which adds to the Islamic scriptures. It could ‘reveal,’ for example, that if a jihadi is buried in close proximity to pigs, he forfeits his 72 virgins. It’s time we learned to fight smart, instead of repeatedly serving as targets. Of course the liberals and other bleeding hearts will squeal. That’s how we’ll know that it’s the right thing to do. Vivienne

No direction home HATS off to a recent, hard hitting, factual, letter by Colin Granville, regarding the crazy Brexit debacle. In the lead up to Brexit vote, several of us expat ‘stay’ campaigners were labelled as unpatriotic by a few ‘leave’ advocates on a Facebook group chat site. EWN contributor Colin Bird was one such person who refused to listen to reasoning, persistently referring to UK being in a position of controlling its own borders if it left EU. Have he and Loopy (sorry Leapy!) Lee never stopped to wonder why huge amounts of asylum seekers choose UK ahead of other EU countries? The UK does not need to leave EU, simply adopt a system similar to that c u r r e n t l y o p e ra tin g in Spain, thus dramatically reducing (if not stopping entirely) benefits to not only asylum seekers, but also non-UK passport holders.

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YOUR article dated July 14-20 titled ‘What makes for a great marriage’ I viewed with great interest and read several times. I agree for a good marriage it’s companionship, laughter, working together, being as stress free as possible. We made the decision to move to Spain to take life at a slower pace, just as many couples before us had and are doing right now. We chose to buy a rambla in the campo, with the ideal first years a tonic to us. We never considered when leaving the UK what could be around the corner. Then at Christmas 2009 there was tragedy as I lost my beloved wife. Unprepared for so much hurt and loneliness my whole life was turned upside down. Since then some friends have moved away, some passed away and some chose to stay away. You build an emotional wall around yourself, hide

Do they really believe that leavin g th e E U w o u ld imme dia te ly prevent terrorists entering UK? What about the hundreds that already reside there? Messrs Bird and Lee might not miss the drastic decline in pensions that the vast majority of us expats have experienced since the Brexit vote as a result of the plumme tin g p o u n d , b u t s ure ly e ve n they cannot have missed how it has prompted realistic predictions

emotions, feelings, and live day to day. Here in the south of Spain there must be many people who are not computer literate, maybe don’t drive and, as time passes, maybe their dream home becomes like a prison. Perhaps there could be a column informing the likes of myself and others in the same situation of forthcoming events? Our main source of information is your paper, which I’m sure others scan as closely as myself. It seems the over 60’s living in outlying places have no access to information. Even arranging to collect and take them home afterwards would be helpful. A night out once a week does the soul a power of good. We still have the ability to laugh and dance (in a fashion) and there are times when it’s good to put good and especially bad memories on the backburner, they will still be with you tomorrow.

of another recession in the UK economy. Steve

Mob rules I AM glad you print at the bottom of the letters page that you are not responsible for any accuracy, errors, etc. because in the July 28 to August 3 edition you had two letters from people that are confused.

Firstly a ‘Colin’ said that it was a mistake to leave the EU. That is his opinion but a democratic vote said leave. Does he not understand democracy? You lost, get on with it. And a ‘Brian’ stated ‘a majority of Scots want to quit the UK.’ Am I wrong in saying that you have just had a referendum and voted to stay in the UK? You lost, get on with it. Ron, Mallorca

Bigger picture I WATCH with growing alarm the vast expansion of the tourism industry across Spain as foreign visitors flock to a destination thankfully free of terrorism for the time being. It is of course a tremendous boon t o t he l ocal econom y and keeps t he seasonal econom y swinging but at what cost? In Mallorca, where I reside, the environment is facing imminent peril as thousands of polluting cr ui se shi ps haul m i l l i ons of tourists to our small, beautiful land each year. Lest we forget, economic conditions are but a fad in fashion of history and once big business has dried up Spain, forcing it always t o t hi nk shor t - t er m pr of i t , not l ong- t er m sust ai nabi l i t y, our adopted nation will be cast aside for the wolves. Perish the thought. Harry, Palma

Terrible twos IF you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. Newspaper columnists were originally considered people capable of cutting through the headlines to offer an independent take on the day’s events. Unfortunately they occasionally drift off into ignorant, attentionseeking prattling which, given the f act t hat t hey ar e on a nat i onal platform, needs to be challenged, debunked and ridiculed accordingly. When you have an egoist like Leapy Lee tooting his own horn and babbling incoherently about serious current affairs, it is important that he is corrected. Yet when anyone offers a considered critique he throws a tantrum and uses his entire weekly column space to moan about people saying what they think. Pitiful. Edward, Sotogrande

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in history 1457 - A German astrologer called Faust published the first book ever printed but was jailed while trying to sell copies in Paris. Authorities concluded that the identical books meant he had dealt with the devil. 1513 - Henry VIII of England and Emperor Maximilian defeated the French in the Battle of the Spurs at Guinegatte in France. 1521 - Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire, was captured by Spanish forces led by Hernan Cortes following a three-month siege. 1774 - Wordsworth’s predecessor as poet laureate of England Robert Southey was born in Bristol. 1812 - The Duke of Wellington and his men captured Madrid, forcing out Joseph Bonaparte. 1833 - Canadian ship Royal William, the first steam ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean entirely under its own power, set sail for the Isle of Wight from Nova Scotia. 1899 - The macabre master of films Alfred Hitchcock was born in London. 1910 - Florence Nightingale, who became famous for her care of British soldiers during the Crimean War, died. 1914 - British Parliament passed the Defence of the Realm Act, aimed to provide the government with the means to support the war effort, a week after war was declared on Germany. 1947 - The Indian Independence Bill came into effect, ending 200 years of British rule of India and Pakistan. 1961 - East Germany began construction of the Berlin Wall 1964 - Charlie Wilson, one of the group who pulled off the Great Train Robbery, escaped from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. Several men broke in to the maximum security facility to free him and he remained on the loose for four years. 1981 - IBM computer company introduced its first personal computer.

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Requiem for the American Dream Directed by: Kelly Nyks, Peter D Hutchison, Jared P Scott Starring: Noam Chomsky

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Unscramble the name of a famous former motorcycle racer: TO CARRY FLAG Unscramble the name of item of clothing (one word): THE WINE CARD

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

Chomsky breaks down the roots of the rapidly growing inequality in the US and the world, with a backdrop of newsreel footage and animation illustrating his points as he goes along in this absorbing, concise documentary. At the end, he concludes that “there’s a lot that can be done if people organise, struggle for their rights as they’ve done in the past,” but the feeling, is that, given all the challenges he lists, he no longer really believes that meaningful change is possible.

Belinda Peregrín Schüll, Singer and Actor, August 15

Born in Madrid, but moved to Mexico as a child, Belinda as she is known has won a number of Latin Grammy awards as well as appearing on various TV programmes from the age of 10. Her first album sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide.

• Hulk Hogan, Wrestler, August 11, 63 Born Terry Bollea, he spent a number of years as a bass player with various rock bands before adopting the name Hulk Hogan and becoming one of the best known American professional wrestlers. He has played both hero and villain in wrestling and has also appeared in a number of films. • Mark Knopfler, Guitarist, August 12, 67 Founder member of Dire Straits with his younger brother David, he was born in Glasgow and has sold millions of records with his band before turning to a solo career and also as a highly successful writer of film scores. • Fidel Castro, World Leader, August 13, 90 Revolutionary leader of Cuba who ruled the country from 1959 to 2008 before handing over power to his brother due to ill health. During that time, Castro completely cut off his country from the ‘democratic’ world but over the years since he retired, it is moving closer to rapprochement with the USA in particular. • Steve Martin, Comedian, August 14, 71 Well known in America for his TV appearances in Saturday Night Live and stand-up comedy routine, he found world acclaim with a string of movies including the Jerk and Father of the Bride. He is an accomplished banjo player. • Madonna, Singer and Style Icon, August 16, 58 Madonna Louise Ciccone was one of the great style icons of the 1980s and her career was made through MTV and her ability to not just follow trends but to create them. An incredibly successful singer who has inspired the likes of Lady Gaga and has caused controversy over the years. • Robert De Niro, Actor, August 17, 73 New York born acting legend De Niro won his first Oscar in 1974 and has been hailed as one of the greatest contemporary film actors alive with numerous starring roles in such classics as Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Raging Bull.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge. Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing. Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Changes involving your domestic scene may be unpleasant. Try to mix business with pleasure while travelling. You can convince anyone of anything. Get your domestic chores out of the way early. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead. Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You need to sit back and enjoy. Things have

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Those you work with may have little consideration for the underdog. You can raise your standard of living if you pick up some freelance work on the side. Don’t jump into investments too quickly. Try not to overreact to the loss. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday. been moving so quickly that you need to do something physical to release your tension. Unexpected changes in friendships could occur. Make creative changes to your living quarters. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are likely to reveal information unintentionally. You’ll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex this week. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) New partnerships will develop if you join investment groups. Property investments could be prosperous. You can’t do everything on your own. Family responsibilities are escalating. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

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YOUR STARS VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Use your energy wisely. You may find yourself in the limelight for the wrong reasons. Someone envious of your popularity may challenge you to a debate. Travel for business purposes may bring the highest returns. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your home environment may be hectic, which could result in emotional upset if you aren’t well organised. Try not to take everything so seriously. Be sure to find out all you can before you commit to anything. There might be a problem with a will or with an insurance policy. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Put your efforts into being creative. Don’t give out any personal information that you don’t want spread around. You could lose a good friend because of it. Learn some new skills that will increase your income. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You can’t make things better if you don’t know what to fix. You may interest people in a service you have to offer. Work quietly behind the scenes for best results. Don’t hesitate to look for alternatives that will enable you to raise the kind of donations you need to do the job right. Your lucky day this week will be Monday. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities. Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading. Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion. Listen to others carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

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Across 1 Wish for something ornate (5) 4 Kind of rash letters from National Archives (5) 9 I sing about first independent red wine (7) 10 Empty shower after last showered (5) 11 Tight for time (5) 12 Tearing around monumental rock (7) 14 She hides a ring in her footwear (4) 16 Part of St Jerome's Symphony is sloppy (5) 18 I read about broadcast (5) 21 Damages the fourth planet (4) 24 The fish in the ring is in a spin (7) 26 How come Galileo has the last letter? (5) 28 Buddies forming teams (5) 29 Journey Tristan made (7) 30 Gym in the vehicle, that's a lark (5) 31 Aristocrat keeps a car for him (5)

Down: 1 Chances, 2 Adder, 3 Abscond, 4 Enlist, 6 Sheared, 7 Roses, 8 Barb, 14 Retsina, 16 Restore, 17 Swear by, 18 Breeze, 19 Debut, 20 Heap, 22 Ditto.

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20 Muck in mug rim edge (5) 22 Rock a barrier (5) 23 Turns up in non-negotiable inducement (4) 25 Offspring is with little Susan (5) 27 Lee is out to get her (5) Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents C and 25 represents V, so fill in C every time the figure 7 appears and V every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Rough or vulgar (6) 4 Horse's fastest pace (6) 9 Oblivious (7) 10 Fierce stare (5) 11 Sugary (5) 12 Outlive (7) 13 Fix firmly (6) 15 Implored (6) 18 Reached a destination (7) 20 Tumbles (5) 23 Lag behind (5) 24 Egyptian monument (7) 25 Domesticated ass (6) 26 With a light touch (6)

Down 1 Societies (5) 2 Cognisant (5) 3 Disperse (7) 5 Wrath (5) 6 Act of departing (7) 7 Make believe (7) 8 Thick, closely spaced, compact (5) 13 Commenced (7) 14 Sure, confident (7) 16 Compel to behave in a certain way (7) 17 Make fit or suitable (5) 19 Worth (5) 21 Greatest possible degree of something (5) 22 In an unfortunate way (5)

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

1 Shrinks, 5 Facts, 8 Moist, 9 Aware, 10 Success, 11/19 Tai chi, 12 Twist, 14 Crude, 20 Skilful, 22 Exact, 23 Since, 24 Tasks, 25 Elderly.

Down: 1 Sample, 2 Ruins, 3 Notices, 4 Shared, 5 Fears, 6 Created, 7 Static, 13 Writers, 15 Refused, 16 Accept, 17 Little, 18 Bakery, 20 Seals, 21 Lunar.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Peanut, 4 Eggs, 8 Thumb, 9 Menor, 10 Stage, 11 Rocks, 14 Debil, 16 Leave, 17 Gato, 18 Pocket. Down: 1 Patos, 2 Aguja, 3 Umbrella, 5/14 Gun dog, 6 Sur, 7 Amarillo, 12 Chalk, 13 Sleet, 15 But.

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Across 1 Melodías (5) 4 Tiger (5) 7 Tinte (producto) (3) 8 Winner (7) 9 Newspaper (9) 13 Limpiadora (persona) (7) 15 That (f) (3) 16 Águila (5) 17 Tiburón (5)

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1 Charades, 5 Tsar, 9 Andes, 10 Loafers, 11 Curious, 12 Burns, 13 Strode, 15 Erodes, 19 Ditch, 21 Residue, 23 Brigade, 24 Outer, 25 Teal, 26 Ceremony.

Down 2 Foreign ale in disguise (5) 3 Reveal criminal starts finding exotic solid silver (7) 5 Asian country found within diagram (5) 6 Think about former dictator and England (7) 7 Someone calling out in jargon (5) 8 Inferior to a couple of foreign articles (5) 9 Mention view, we hear (4) 13 Raise the back (4) 15 Sound chap of sacred song (4) 17 Treacle pie for mythical being (7) 19 Is Opposition leader not on time, then keep apart (7)

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1. Dead Poets Society Considered by many as one of Williams’ best dramatic roles, this period film is set in 1959 at an exclusive all-male boarding school. Williams plays the part of John Keating, a new English teacher whose unorthodox methods and views on life affect his pupils’ attitudes and lives. He was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actor category for the role. 2. Mrs Doubtfire Williams plays Daniel Hillard, an adoring father who masquerades as an English nanny and housekeeper to be with his three children after his wife files for divorce and a judge denies him joint custody. Although all appears lost when his secret is discovered, all is well in the end. 3. Good Will Hunting Will Hunting is a genius who grows up in a bad neighbourhood but is discovered while working cleaning floors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he solves an almost impossible algebraic problem. He is befriended by a therapist and changes his life but suffers doubts when it comes to going after the girl. 4. Good Morning Vietnam Based on a real story about a disc jockey in Vietnam in the 1960s, the film stars Williams as Adrian Cronauer and tells the tale of his ad-

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ROBIN WILLIAMS: A popular American actor. ventures in the war-stricken country on and off air. The music is just one of the movie’s high points. 5. Aladdin Williams took some convincing to provide the voice for The Genie in this 1992 animated musical fantasy by Walt Disney Pictures, yet his performance was possibly the beginning of the move away from professional voice actors to celebrities to speak for animated characters. 6. Jumanji One of Williams’ most well-known and liked films, Jumanji was released in 1995 and tells the tale of two children who find a board game which comes to life. The three have to complete the game started 26 years beforehand which left his character Alan trapped inside to break the spell. 7. Hook Peter Pan is now a married man with two children, who are kidnapped by Captain Hook and taken to Neverland. Williams, once convinced by Wendy (who happens to be his wife’s grandmother), must return to the magical land and recover his former abilities to fight to get his children back.

8. Patch Adams Williams plays Hunter Adams, a man who discovers while in a mental institution in 1969 that his purpose in life is to help others. He becomes the oldest in the class at medical school and goes through all sorts of difficulties before eventually being allowed to graduate at the end of this tearjerker. 9. The Birdcage Armand Goldman (Williams) is a gay man who brought up his son Val, the product of a one-night stand, with the help of his long-time lover Albert. However, Val asks him to pretend to be straight when he introduces him to his fiancee’s parents (a senator and his wife) and in the end Albert in drag masquerades as his mother. 10. Flubber A 1997 comedy, Flubber tells the tale of a scatter-brained professor who forgets to attend his own wedding twice. On the day of the third attempt, Williams’ character Professor Brainard makes an amazing discovery, a material similar to rubber but with far more bounce.

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TARGET: • Average: 16 • Good: 23 • Very good: 33 • Excellent: 42

SCORING: • 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points • 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 5 points • 8 or more letters: 11 points

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IT was two years ago today (August 11) that popular American actor Robin Williams committed suicide at his home in California due to Lewy Body Dementia, a disease similar to Alzheimer’s which his widow later revealed he was battling. Rather than dwelling on his tragic death, we have preferred to honour his memory this week with a round up of what we consider to be his 10 best films. Let us know if we’ve missed any of your favourites.

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Can you choose any ITV station? 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.

ANY STATION: Although beware of laws specific to your region. CAN I choose where to take my car for its ITV test? It is a common question asked to the N332 Guardia Civil team and in short the answer is yes. In Spain you can select the ITV station you wish to use as long as it is a legal and authorised station. However, there is an exception to the rule and that is if you live in a Spanish Region, such as the Valencian Community, which in 2002 passed the Law of Noise Pollution. Following this in 2004, a decree was issued to specify that all vehicles had to pass the noise emission test so therefore if your vehicle is legally registered in Valencia it

has to pass this test and so should be taken to an ITV station in the Region. If a vehicle that is to be included in this decree has an inspection at an ITV station outside of Valencia, the owner must also ensure that it has its noise emission levels checked at an ITV station within the Valencia Region within one month of its ITV test. Regional and Local Police are also responsible for ensuring that this noise policy is fulfilled. The Guardia Civil traffic division can also send a vehicle for a sound test if they feel the vehicle exceeds the noise level established and issue a fine.

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Can they pay the president? Our Community voted many years ago to pay a small yearly stipend to the president for his expenses. We approve this each year at the AGM. Now a new member declares that this payment is illegal under Spanish law and he insists that the payments stop and all the money be returned. What is the position, please? M.M. (Costa Blanca) The payment is perfectly legal. Spain’s law on Communities says nothing at all about payments to the president to cover his expenses. The law does not require or prohibit such payments. If the Community approves them at the AGM, it is all right.

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Perhaps your new member recalls the early days of the Horizontal Law, in the 1970s, when Spanish courts ruled that the president could not receive payments.

This position changed over the years, on the grounds that being president should not cost the holder any of his own money. Also note that Catalonia, which has many of its own laws, does indeed prohibit making payments to the President.

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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In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man EVEN though I’m old I like to think that I am still up or as they say ‘down’ with the modern world. The one thing I am confused with is some of the new dating stuff. When I was young we got dressed up and went to a club or bar or party and if we were lucky enough to meet a young lady you would chat with her and maybe walk her home or if you had a car give her a lift. Hopefully you might get a kiss goodnight and if she liked you maybe you would see her again. You would have to be courting for some time before, err how can I put this delicately... well you know what I mean. So imagine my shock when I turn on the TV the other day to see a new dating show which was as far away from Cilla’s Blind Date as you could get. It was called ‘Naked Attraction.’ There’s another dating show on TV called ‘Take Me Out’... but this new show is more ‘Get It Out!’ If you missed it I’ll give you a brief rundown. There were six tubes and inside these tubes were six totally naked blokes

and the young lady had to choose which one she fancied by looking at their bits first. The tubes rise up a bit at a time and there they are in all their glory and being discussed as if it was Mary Berry judging a Swiss roll! This one’s too big, this one is too small. After she has decided which bits she liked they carried on judging and finally get to their faces. Finally, the last thing she did was talk to them! Then after she’s chosen the bloke she likes best she trots off and comes back naked too. Now am I missing something here? Or is it just nuts... excuse the pun! Then there are these apps you get on phones. Tinder just shows you loads of men and women nearby who want to meet up and do the business and not to be out done you have Grindr for the gay community. Seems to me that the fun, mystery and excitement have gone or maybe I’m just old fashioned. I was in a supermarket years ago and as I was checking out the very pretty young lady at the till she said to me, “Excuse me sir, you are single aren’t you?” I gave her a little smile and said, “How can you tell? Is it the dinner for one I’ve got? And the one apple? The one orange and banana? Or the choc ice?” She looked at me and said, “No it’s just that you are an ugly bugger!”

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ALBERT HAMMOND, the prolific song writer who is now 72, dropped into Gibraltar to record a number of interviews during a break in a world tour. Gibraltarian Hammond was a co-writer of Little Arrows, a big hit for the Euro Weekly News columnist Leapy Lee and is reported to be writing a musical as well as orchestrating a number of his best known songs.

A SMALL hammerhead shark was spotted by the marine branch of the Royal Gibraltar Police off Sandy Bay on Friday, August 5, causing red flags to be raised and prompting police to warn bathers to be “extremely cautious.” The animal is estimated to be around 1.6 metres long and unless there is something wrong with it, it is unlikely to approach the shore.

THE Chief Minister officially opened the new Midtown Coach and Car Park on August 4. This facility provides 40 covered parking spaces for large coaches as well as parking for the smaller Coaster buses and around 1,000 spaces for cars. Nineteen parking bays have been designated for blue badge holders and 30 bays fitted with electric charging infrastructure.

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GLOVES OFF: Daniel Feetham and Fabian Picardo on Referendum Day.

Unexpected visitor to Rock IT is not often you find a new species on the Rock, especially a mammal but that is exactly what happened on Friday August 5. Dr Geraldine Finlayson of the Gibraltar Museum found a bat lurking in the dark depths of a cave, but this was not one of the usual species for Gibraltar. She immediately reported her findings to specialists at the museum’s Natural History Department. Excited by the prospect from the photographs which they saw, recognising it to be a species of horseshoe bat, a

THE gloves are off again following a period of relative peace leading up to the referendum and Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the leader of the opposition Daniel Feetham are back at each other’s throats with accusations of mishandling of investigations into marine accidents and the raising of funds against government property. As the opposition issues press releases questioning the actions of government, so government uses its ability to circulate official press releases to newspapers and journalists around the world, not only rejecting any and all accusations, but pouring scorn upon the perceived ignorance of the opposition. The latest exchange concerned the external investment in government property which the government maintains is a fantastic achievement and is a well thought out change from what it considers to have been a dangerous plan ‘to sell the family silver’ under the previous administration.

THE Gibraltar Port Authority was pleased to announce on Thursday August 4 that it was welcoming a new pilot to its ranks as Captain Pete Hilbert has recently successfully completed his four month long period of familiarisation, probation and assessment. He brings a wealth of experience to the Gibraltar Pilots’ Partnership, having served and been master of passenger ferries and other commercial vessels. Gibraltar pilots play a pivotal part in the maintenance of safety in Gibraltar Territorial Waters, through the direct navigation of over 8,000 ships coming into the anchorage or sailing to and from the harbour every year.

FIRST EVER: A young Greater Horseshoe Bat.

team from the Gib-Bats project was quickly dispatched. The team identified the bat as a Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), a species never recorded in Gibraltar before. This particular individual was a young female, born in 2016 and was probably dispersing from its birth site in search of feeding grounds. Gib-Bats is a collaborative project between the Gibraltar Museum, Department of the Environment and Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society.

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Disconnecting from your work THE summer holidays are here and whilst many still have to work, most are able to enjoy some form of down time. Holidays serve to act as a necessary way to rest and recharge the batteries, but it is not possible for all workers.

A survey by Randstad revealed that 28 per cent of Spanish employees said they were unable to disconnect from work during the holidays. Everyone knows the theory, but when it comes to putting it in practice, over a quarter can’t switch off, so what can you do to help? Sleep when you need it. After months of hard work, take the holidays as a chance for your body to physically recharge itself. Forget setting alarms and sleep as much as you need to. Make plans. Enjoy time with family and friends that you sometimes don’t always get the chance to see. Turn the phone off. Don’t allow yourself to get distracted with phones and tablets as you will then be tempted to check emails or return work calls. Forget the time. Don’t clock watch or stick to schedules. Holidays are the chance to have more freedom and see where the mood takes you, not to continually be looking at the clock and planning. No one is indispensable. Many in the survey said they worried about what happened at work when they were away but remember no one is indispensable. Think of all the times you have covered colleagues when they were away, they will do the same for you.

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as nasal congestion, although how helpful it really is has sparked many a heated discussion as there is no scientific research to back it up. Yet many people do find it helpful. - Can these substances substitute medicines? Definitely not! For some minor ailments which do not strictly need medication some foodstuffs or natural substances can be used to alleviate symptoms but this should always be done under the control of an expert. - Can abuse of this type of remedy be dangerous? Yes. This type of remedy should be used with caution, especially if the condition is serious enough for a doctor to prescribe medication. Home remedies can be used to complement medication in these cases but never as a substitute. - What about to prevent rather than cure ailments? Under the supervision of a professional, there are some foodstuffs which can help prevent certain ailments.

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Keep cool but watch out for throat issues WITH temperatures outside now sizzling, many of us use air conditioning to try and keep cool, but with it comes an increase in the number of throat problems in the summer such as pharyngitis, laryngitis and speech disorders. The Spanish Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL- CCC) explains that cold air expelled from these devices causes a number of changes in the natural defence systems that are in the nose and throat. Normal circulation can become slower which can lead to conditions such as sinusitis and otitis. Pharyngitis is the inflammation of the pharynx, a region in the back of the throat and is the most common cause of a sore throat resulting in 36 per cent of the

consumption of antibiotics in Spain.It is also particularly common in the summer as a result of the changes in temperatures and dry environment and low humidity from air conditioning. Laryngitis is mainly caused by sudden changes in temperatures as well as factors such as smoking, pollution and irritating vapours. Experts recommend trying to limit time spent in air conditioned rooms and avoid sudden temperature changes.

SORE THROATS: Common in summer with use of air con.

FUTILE FLOSSING: May do more harm than good.

Is flossing a waste of time? COULD flossing your teeth be a waste of time? A new investigation has claimed there is little proof that flossing works in preventing gum disease and cavities. Other studies also showed it can actually damage health, causing harmful bacteria to dislodge from in between the teeth and enter into the bloodstream.

The British Dental Association and the Oral Health Foundation has also agreed t her e i s no evi dence f or flossing. They recommend that the best way to reduce your risk of t oot h decay and gum disease is to brush teeth twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste, see the dentist regularly and cut back on sugar.

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Estepona Tourist Day arrives ESTEPONA Council has announced there will be a mixture of 20 leisure activities in the town on Friday August 12 to celebrate Tourist Day which will take place in the old town and various sporting facilities. The aim of this event, according to Deputy Mayor Ana Velasco, is to ensure visitors are aware of the wide range of entertainment offered by the town with an agreement having been made with a number of companies to offer discounts to visitors to their establishments on that day. The events will begin with an announcement at 12pm on Calle Terraza and then a number of queens and princesses from past festivals of Estepona will distribute flowers and information leaflets to tourists. For the first time this year, the La Rada beach will host a series of free training activities, which will be taught by instructors from the gyms, Indoor Sport, Princess Body Fit, Sports Center Las Mesas, Sports Center José Ramón de la Morena and Sinergym. These classes take place from 9am to 12.30pm and participants also be taught body combat, zumba, body balance and aero extreme. In the afternoon, from 6pm to 9pm, the beach will see family entertainment including dance, handicraft workshops and Frisbee displays. These games will be organised by the management of

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FESTIVAL QUEENS: Will hand out flowers and information leaflets to tourists.

Fuerte Estepona Suites, Iberostar Costa del Sol, Estepona Palace H10, Elba Estepona and Kempinski Hotel Bahia, as well as volunteers from the town’s youth department. There will be special discounts for those who wish to play golf at the Atalaya Golf & Country Club, El Paraiso Golf Club, Estepona Valle Romano Golf and the possibility to kitesurf with Freedom Kite School or to paddle surf with Freedom Watersports. Also you can practice kitesurfing at Kite School, Frisbee in Volaores Ultimate Frisbee Club Deportivo Estepona or visit Estepona Paintball. Tourists can also enjoy discounts on rides on the vessel Intrepid, Catamaranes Estepona to see dolphins or the sunset and Turismo Marinero Costa del Sol to follow the annual visit of the flying fish in local waters, Selwo Aventura Nature Park will offer two tickets for the price of one, the Orquidario Botanical Park will allow entry for just €1, and the tourist train will make a special trip from the marina, also for €1, whilst gyroscopes guided visits will be conducted by a new tourist service company, that will be present on La Rada beach. Those more interested in culture can visit open days in municipal museums, from 10am to 2pm, whilst the Stoa art gallery, located in the Puertosol building, will offer a 15 per cent discount on the price of all its exhibits.

Marbella Oscar night THERE is to be a showing of the Oscar nominated film ‘Room,’ starr i ng Br i e Lar son, i n whi ch a f i ve- year- ol d boy and his mother are locked in a 100 square foot room and how they plan to escape. It will be presented jointly by the Marbella International Film Festival and H10 Andalucia Plaza on Thursday August 18. Tickets for the presentation, which include a buffet meal, cost just €20 but must be booked in advance by e-mailing joanne.f7@gmail.com or calling her on 952 811 047. The buffet which does not include drinks, will commence at 7.30pm and the film will start at 9pm at the H10 Andalucia Plaza opposite Puerto Banus.

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Ricky Martin in Malaga BORN in Puerto Rico in 1971, Enrique Martín Morales better known as Ricky Martin is due in Malaga on September 8 as part of his current world tour and it is estimated that this former teen heartthrob has now performed in front of more than one million people. He exploded onto the international scene with the single ‘Livin’ la Vida Loca’ which was as long ago as 1999 and with sales of more than eight million copies, it has become one of the largest selling singles of all time. There have been regular successes for Ricky Martin ever since with millions of albums sold and later singles such as ‘She Bangs’ being played in clubs all over the world. Now a Spanish citizen with a residence in Madrid, not only is he a singer but he has been an actor and a coach for ‘The Voice’ in both Australia and Mexico. For those who want to catch up with this Latin phenomenon, he will appear at the Cortijo de Torres Municipal Auditorium at 9.30pm on September 8 before heading off for the Canary Islands and Madrid.

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THERE was a huge amount of worried interest when Rick Parfitt, one of the two founder members of Status Quo was taken ill with a suspected heart attack after performing in Turkey in June. According to his management and family, he is now well on the way to recovery, but it is highly unlikely that he will be playing with the band in the foreseeable future, so that those who attend the Quo concert in Marbella on August 19 may be disappointed by his expected absence. Whilst he is definitely on the mend and has been fitted with a defibrillator, it is considered important that the sometime Marbella resident makes a slow but successful recovery and in the meantime, Freddie Edwards, son of Quo bass player John ‘Rhino’ Edwards is playing with the band in his place.

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Kaiser Chiefs rock Torremolinos crowd By Martin Wood A LAST minute change of venue saw the Kaiser Chiefs concert move from the football stadium across the road to the auditorium in Torremolinos on the evening of Saturday August 6, but that didn’t dampen their fans’ enthusiasm as they waited expectantly for the band to appear. Preceded by two support bands, Vanity Vandals and Sala Project, it was 10.20pm before the Kaisers took to the stage to cheers from a smaller than anticipated crowd, which increased to a huge roar as a wide-eyed Ricky Wilson came bounding onto the stage… and then bounded right off it into the VIP area, making his way through exultant fans to the general standing area, ‘high fiving’ and generally

KAISER CHIEFS: Ricky Wilson on stage.

whipping everyone up into a frenzy. Back on stage again Ricky and the band performed a high energy, very tight set of all of their best known songs, and a couple from their new CD, with everyone singing along and jumping around! Even though Ricky is the front man, the band is composed of four very good musicians who can pound out great music, and they work together perfectly. This was the second concert from Crazy Music Productions. Seal was the first in Marbella and coming up on Thursday August 18 is Simply Red performing in the Sohail castle park, Fuengirola. Details can be found at w w w. c r a z y m u s i c p ro d u c tions.com or call 952 883 832.

Castle gearing up for music festival PREPARATIONS are firmly underway by Fuengirola’s Sohail Castle for the Marenostrum Music Castle Park festival, which begins on Tuesday August 16. A huge open air auditorium is being built which will have 2,400 seats and capacity for up to 10,000 people standing. The high point of the festival will be a concert on Thursday 18 by the iconic British group Simply Red, who will be performing some of their classic hits along with songs from their new album Big Love. Other concerts include a tribute to Carlos Cano, a musician

from Granada who died in 2000 and who during his career brought various traditional Andalucian musical styles back into popularity. A long list of popular Spanish musicians have confirmed their attendance for the tribute on August 16. Melendi, one of the most popular musicians in Spain at the moment, will be performing on August 17, while there will be a flamenco show on August 19 and on Saturday 20, a free concert at 5pm by local artists including Efecto Mariposa. For more information see http://marenostrumcastlepark.c om.

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Just a few weeks are left to visit Roman Oasis Manilva IT is now very trendy for gastronomes to visit ‘pop up’ restaurants but the Roman Oasis in Manilva is a little bit like that as although it has been in existence for 34 years, its owner and chief character, 71year-old Paul Hickling spends one month preparing this unique restaurant and then opens it for just two months in July and August. The restaurant is a labour of love which has been built from scratch in an area that had no water or electricity and is now something of a legend and a place to visit for those who are bored with Spanish cuisine. This large open air restaurant offers a fantastic range of food from a salad and s eaf o o d b a r a s we ll as a b a rb ec u e an d carvery which offers a tasty selection of different meats including succulent beef, mouth-watering lamb, roast pork, spare ribs, ‘proper sausages,’ burgers and chicken together with corn on the cob and a range of vegetables and sauces. There are some tasty soups, first class steaks and a selection of tempting Thai curries if you want to move away from the serve yourself bars, but whatever you choose, you can be assured of an enjoyable and tasty meal at sensible prices. Following the main course is a wide selection of desserts and for just a little more, mature English Stilton cheese as well as a choice from 100 different ports goin g b a c k t o 1 9 10 . A t th e en d o f th e meal, one guest from each party will be invited to go to the wheel of fortune and see which free drink they can win for the entire table. The children are not forgotten with their own special menu and a play area which is in sight but not within hearing of the general seating area which will please parents and non-child friendly patrons alike. Apart from the play area there is a pair of African Grey Parrots that the children can be photographed with and a somewhat naughty cockatoo who sometimes gets banished to his quarters if he becomes too raucous! Apart from the food the whole restaurant is a pleasure to visit. Paul is a most gregarious and gracious host who delights in personally welcoming guests to the restaurant and discovering where they come from so that he can produce a miniature flag of their country or countries to adorn their table once they are seated. This is the sort of establishment where customers become friends and return on a regular basis during its short opening period. There is music in the background chosen by Paul which is pleasant but not intrusive and the staff have been trained to not only smile but to be genuinely friendly

ROMAN OASIS: The restaurant is a pleasure to visit with a fantastic range of food and is a labour of love for owner Paul. with all of the guests. Near the end of his life, one of the first great TV and celebrity chefs, Keith Floyd spent a lot of time with Paul and his Belgian wife Kaat who runs her own restauran t Mie l on the Pa s e o M a ritimo in Sabinillas talking about old times and producing his last ever cookbook before returning to the UK and sadly dying just one month later. Paul believes that he must be the oldest restaurateur on the Costa del Sol who has been associated with a single restaurant for so long and that although he may be a little slower than he once was, he still enjoys the excitement and even the tribulations of running the Roman Oasis and greeting so many customers. With just a few weeks before the restaurant closes for the 2016 season, there is every reason to book a table at this charming and enjoyable venue which is open seven days a week from 7.30pm by calling 952 892 380.

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Remembering the King at Cibo JUST three days before the anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, the Italian restaurant Cibo Italiano on the Golden Mile, will be presenting a homage to the King from popular local tribute artist Stelvis (Steve Elvis Haughay). With the music starting at 8.30pm on Saturday August 13 and a fantastic new menu, reservations on 952 900 380 are recommended especially at such a great venue,which is easily accessible and with plenty of parking. For more information on this first class restaurant and to view the menu visit www.cibomarbel la.com. ÂŠ EWN

ELVIS: Will be portrayed by Stelvis at Cibo on Saturday August 13.

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Time for the Benahavis Fair this weekend By John Smith THE Benahavis Fair starts on Thursday August 12 and runs through to the very early morning of Tuesday August 16, culminating in a tremendous firework display. Situated high on a hill, the town of Benahavis may be quite small but it is renowned for its many and varied restaurants and the fact the entire town closes down to enjoy the annual Fair. On August 12, the fun begins at 9.30pm when the fair starts with music from a lively charanga band followed by a performance by the local dance school. At 10.30pm, well-known TV personality Carlos Sobera and

Alberts in Cabopino ALBERTS BAR & GRILL, Cabopino, which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day throughout the year, promises many great hours of entertainment during August on Tuesday evening, Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon when they also offer a traditional roast dinner and a hog on a spit. Imagine soaking up the atmosphere on a warm sunny Sunday or during the week, enjoying great food and listening to some great tribute artists dedicated to the likes of ABBA, Joe Cocker, Neil Diamond and Rod Stewart, or even a selection of music from the movies or musicals.

members of the local council will formally open the fair which will be followed by dancing in the Plaza de España. August 13 is the Dia de Feria with emphasis on the children so that after a free barbecue with music at 2pm, there will be water slides and a bouncy castle at 5pm, at 6pm a chocolate fountain and at 7pm a traditional Carrera de Cintas (Belt race). Dancing commences at 11pm. Continuing the child theme, August 14 sees special children’s games in the centre followed by a ‘Lunch of Honour’ for Grandparents and election of ‘Grandparents of the Town.’ There will be a surprise performance at the Municipal Pavilion by invitation. Then there will be

early evening children’s entertainment and snacks with more dancing in the Plaza de España from 11pm. The last day, August 15 sees more children’s games at 1pm, then at 2pm there is a choice of free paella and music or a water party for children at the local pool. At 5pm comedian Comandante Lara will be appearing to entertain the visitors. Two of the highlights of the event take place with an 8pm Mass and procession of the town’s patron saint Nostra Virgen del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary), accompanied by the local choir and the Queen and princesses. After another evening of late night dancing, fireworks will mark the closing of the fair at 3am.

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Adios and gracias to Dick Hanscombe AT the tender age of 80, our very popular gardening correspondent Dick Hanscombe has decided the time has come to hang up his pen and devote his time to his many hobbies and interests. We are most grateful to Dick for all that he has written for us and we know that our readers have found his insight and advice on how to tend gardens in Spain particularly helpful so we will try hard, not to replace the irreplaceable, but to at least find another writer to carry on his fine tradition. Having had a varied but highly successful career, Dick, author of more than 20 books (most still available through Amazon), settled in Spain 22 years ago and whilst ineligible to vote on the Brexit, he wishes all of the Euro Weekly News readers the very best but sadly confirms this is the real writex! If anybody feels that they could try to fill Dick’s well-worn gardening boots, then please do feel free to contact us.

Tips from SUMMER is often the time hordes of friends and relatives decide to descend on us for a visit, which is great but can be hard work for the hosts, especially if they don’t happen to live in a huge villa with a fleet of cleaning staff! If anyone knows how to prepare small spaces for large visitor numbers and keep them de-cluttered and ready for use, it’s cruise ship staff. Here are a few tips from ship housekeepers which we can all learn from: 1. Prepare a kit for each room with towels, bedlinen and anything else you want to leave ready for your guests in advance. This will save time running around the day before they arrive and means you have everything on hand when you go to prepare their room(s). 2. Have a special storage area for linen and separate or label it by size or room. Once washed and ironed, or returned from the laundry, or-

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

GARDENING can be a lifetime of learning if you regard it as one of your prime hobbies and moving to live and garden in Spain opens up new challenges, positive and negative, compared to gardening in northern Europe. The soil mixes, the climates, the water tables, the insects and fungi vary, the type of views and the range of plants and seeds available all vary. Naturally one can rush into doing things as one did in the UK and sort out problems as they occur, which will start in the first month in many cases, or first spend some time observing what you are inheriting by moving to Spain and what the most significant differences are today and will be season by season. Taking account of nature in your garden design, soil improvements, water utilisation, when you work in the garden, plantings and seasonal harvestings can result in a better garden at less cost and with less time spent on travelling to garden centres and garden material suppliers. One way of immediately saving personal and purchased energy is to decide before you start to work the soil where planted areas will be and

PUKKA PLANTING: Some first vegetables grown on the drive in builders buckets. where terraces, paths, sheds, pools and gravelled areas will be. You can then concentrate on improving only on soil areas to be planted up for all other areas will be covered over and the firmer the base the better knowing how nature can change rock hard clay soils to unstable heavy clinging mud with the first heavy rainstorm.

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beds are popular with children. way to make the most of available space, but make sure you stack them right to keep things simple. 4. Opt for multi-task cleaning products to cut down on the number of bottles you need, and keep them all in one place. While hotel and cruise cleaners

have a trolley, you can convert this idea for the home but keeping everything in a bucket or box. 5. Keep to a cleaning routine. If you always do everything in the same order, you’ll be able to perfect an efficient routine and save time.

Secondly prepare home-made compost to work into soils by composting mixes of weeds, soft prunings, fire ash, leaves and kitchen waste. Work in the garden when it’s safest, most comfortable and when nature is most active. At present that means day break until about 11.00am. Start growing a few vegetables, perhaps in

Chemical free cleaning MANY people aren’t aware their household cleaning products are actually extremely toxic and cause all kinds of harmful effects. For a more natural clean use white vinegar, liquid castille soap, natural salt, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and lemons. A cup of baking soda left in the toilet for an hour and flushed with white vinegar works wonders, and you can also use vinegar to clean the dishwasher and shower heads. Vinegar infused with lemons and left for a few days is an excellent natural cleaner for floors, surfaces and windows.

builder’s buckets, the first week you take over a new house. Why not eat well from day one rather than wait two or three years until you have completed the total layout and have a pukka vegetable plot prepared for planting. When you purchase vegetable seeds select ones collected in countries around the Med and not from northern England that may shrivel up before being ready to harvest. Most importantly recognise we have two springs along the coastal plain and in the inland valleys, the regular spring and the autumn, and that many popular vegetables such as broad beans, broccoli, garlic, early onions and Christmas new potatoes are planted in the autumn here and not in the spring as in the UK. When you start to think about plants recognise that many coastal mountains and abandoned agricultural lands are green for much of the year with nature’s bounteous spring flowers and perennial herbs and native trees. Plants that survive with deep roots even in recent years where rain has been scarce for most gardeners. So research which plants are most likely to be drought resistant. A useful starter list is included in the book ‘How to use less water in your garden’ available from Amazon Books and other internet book shops. (c) Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com August 2016

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I’m getting on in years, My coat is turning grey. My eyes have lost their lustre, My hearing’s just okay. I spend my day dreaming Of conquests in my past, Lying near a sunny window Waiting for its warm repast. I remember our first visit, I was coming to you free, Hoping you would take me in And keep me company. I wasn’t young or handsome, Two years I’d roamed the street. There were scars upon my face, I hobbled on my feet. I could sense your disappointment As I left my prison cage. Oh, I hoped you would accept me

And look beyond my age. You took me out of pity, I accepted without shame. Then you grew to love me, And I admit the same. I have shared with you your laughter, You have wet my fur with tears. We’ve come to know each other Throughout these many years. Just one more hug this morning Before you drive away, And know I’ll think about you Throughout your busy day. The time we’ve left together Is a treasured time at that. My heart is yours forever. I Promise – this old cat. Author: K C Bigamon

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The King’s wheels restored By Matthew Elliott A HUGELY impressive restoration work, which took a gruelling two years to complete, has seen BMW Classic bring a 507 roadster that was once the pride and glory of none other than the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll himself, Elvis Presley, back to life. Though classic restorations are notoriously difficult to properly execute, the historic legacy of this car presented an altogether new challenge, especially as last owner Jack Castor spent his last days on earth working to see the 507 in its original condition i.e. ‘through the eyes of the King.’ A 23-year-old soldier based in Germany, Elvis took delivery of the 507 on December 20 1958, with the rare breed debuting at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1955, and the King’s car previously being used by racing driver Hans Stuck. A global star at the time, Presley’s female stars mobbed him as he drove the

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RUSTY RUIN: Elvis’ old BMW 507 from his German home to the US Army base in Friedburg, adorning it with love messages scrawled in red lipstick on its feather white paint.

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In 1960 Elvis returned to the States and traded it in at a New York dealership, which in turn sold it to radio DJ and future racer Tommy Charles for just

$4,500 (€4,036). By 1968 it was in the hands of Jack Castor, a space engineer and classic car collector who dreamt of restoring it, finally uniting with the BMW team who have made his fantasy a reality, following his specific specs to the very letter. The 150hp, 3.2 litre V8 engine was restored, the original feather white painted over a classic red using methods available 60 years ago, and no stone left unturned as the expert engineers resurrected one of only 254 of the models ever produced. Taking a full week to carefully dismantle, the restored 507 was deliberately built using traditional 1950s influenced craftsmanship, although modern production techniques were used to fine hone window wipers and doors. Even 3D printing was employed to ensure that the dimensions were precise.

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Future high base buses IF recent developments in China are anything to go by the world will soon experience a bus revolution with the humble double-decker making way for a giant car-swallowing leviathan. Chinese engineers have successfully test-driven a futuristic new bus which can glide over traffic jams and gridlock using a high base that sees passengers’ feet roughly two metres above ground level. The huge buses would see travellers embark or exit via an automatic stair, much like an aeroplane, and could carry an estimated 1,400 people onboard, the equivalent of around 40 average buses. Expected to save a great deal of road space, the gliding mega buses would be a helpful remedy for the largest car market on earth which has huge problems with congestion and pollution.

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Interactive Fast Car Festival DONNINGTON PARK in Derby held the Fast Car Festival, attracting more than 6,000 spectators and enthusiasts in an impressive debut for the nascent motoring jubilee. On display for the lucky guests was a rare Aston Martin Vulcan,

one of only 24 produced, boasting an insane 800hp, weighing just 1,350kg and priced at well over €2 million. Other eye-catching gems included a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, McLaren 650S

and a Jaguar F-Type R Project 7. It wasn’t your typically exclusive high-end motoring show, however, and saw plenty of professional interaction with the crowd, some of whom joined former Fifth Gear presenter Tiff Needell for a few laps in

his Lotus Evora 400, while others were taught how to steer a classic Caterham Seven around the track. EYE-CATCHING GEM: The Lamborghini Aventador.

History is up for grabs By Matthew Elliott LEGENDARY rally driver Colin McRae, who tragically died in a 2007 helicopter crash, continues to make his mark as a rare MG Metro 6R4 he raced in 1998 has been put up on sale on e-bay for a staggering €410,000. The mid-engine rally-spec car with a 3.0 litre VG engine had been neglected for years after catching fire in his garage. McRae’s was built to international spec boasting more than 400hp, making it one of the world’s most powerful versions of this already rare model. Other customisations incorporated for the fearless McRae include a trick four-wheel drive and twin-cam heads, while his MG Metro 6R4 weighs in at

RALLY RESCUE: McRae’s rare MG Metro 6R4. 1,000kg. It was rescued and restored by car specialists 6R4.com who said it was a rare opportunity to buy a celebrity car with ‘real provenance and performance.’ The son of the brilliant Jimmy

McRae, Colin won the World Rally Championship Driver’s title in 1995, the youngest ever at just 27-years-old, before going on to huge success with Subaru, Ford and Citroen and later competed in Le Mans and Dakar.

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All winners: Adam Peaty, Man United and England’s cricketers 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

WE’LL start with the Olympic games and last weekend, swimmer Adam Peaty became the first Brit to win a gold medal in swimming for 28 years since Adrian Moorhouse in 1988. The 21 year-old set a new world record (by a second) in the men’s 100m breaststroke and now holds five titles: the British, Commonwealth, European, Olympic and of course, world. And soon after Peaty’s triumph, Jazz Carlin won silver in the women’s 400m freestyle event. Unfortunately there were no gongs for cyclists Lizzie Armistead (fifth after a crash) or Chris Froome, swim-

mer Hannah Miley or the Murray brothers in the tennis doubles, but Andy was still in the singles at the start of the week, but not Novak Djokovic (ousted by Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro) or the Williams sisters in the women’s doubles. Hopefully there has been more success for Team GB in the women’s rugby sevens and gymnastics with the ‘pocket rocket’ Claudia Fragapane prominent. Here is this week’s programme of events in Rio: • Today: men’s golf, rowing (men’s pairs and lightweight fours); canoeing (men’s slalom, double C2); track cycling; women’s 78kg judo, all-round gymnastics final. • Tomorrow: men’s swimming 200m individual medley and women’s 100m freestyle finals (early hours); rowing finals; women’s heptathlon; equestrian dressage final; table tennis; cycling (men’s team pursuit). • Saturday: rowing finals; tennis; keirin/team pursuit events (women cyclists). • Sunday: men’s long jump and 10,000m finals; women’s 100m final; heptathlon ends (early

ADAM PEATY: On fire winning Gold and setting a new world record.

DID YOU KNOW FIFTY FIVE years ago, in August 1961, Johnny Haynes of Fulham and England became the first £100-a-week footballer. And QPR have played a home football match on 15 different grounds!

hours); then golf, tennis (men’s final); sailing, gymnastics; sprint cycling. • Monday: women’s triple jump final and men’s 100m and 400m finals (early hours); open water swimming; equestrian (dressage); sailing (men’s laser); men’s omnium cycling final. • Tuesday: men’s 800m & women’s 400m finals (early hours); sailing; gymnastics; cycling (various finals); diving (men’s 3m springboard). • Wednesday: men’s high jump final (early hours); golf; sailing and equestrian team jumping final. • Next Thursday: women’s long jump final, 200m final and 100m hurdles (all early hours). FOOTBALL: The new domestic season started last weekend with action in the Championship, Leagues 1 and 2 and in Scotland. In the Championship Norwich won 4-1 at Blackburn, Bristol City edged out Wigan 21, Fulham beat Newcastle 1-0, Ipswich defeated Barnsley 4-2, Nottingham Forest overcame Burton Albion 4-3, QPR whipped Leeds 3-0 and Sheffield Wednesday accounted for

demoted Aston Villa 1-0, while in the SPL Celtic won 2-1 at Hearts and Rangers, on their return to the top flight, were held 1-1 at Ibrox Park by Hamilton. The English Premiership kicks-off on Saturday with Burnley-Swansea, Crystal Palace-WBA, Everton-Spurs, Leicester- Hull, Manchester City-Sunderland, Middlesbrough-Stoke and Southampton-Watford, followed on Sunday by Arsenal-Liverpool and Bournemouth-Manchester United with Chelsea-West Ham on Monday. Last Saturday, before a near 90,000 Wembley crowd, Liverpool crushed Barcelona 4-0 in the ICC and 24 hours later, a similar attendance saw Manchester United beat Leicester 21 in the FA Community Shield, Zlatan Ibrahimovic heading the winning goal on his United senior debut as José Mourinho got off to a winning start! CRICKET: England (297 and 445-6

declared) beat Pakistan (400 and 201) by 141 runs in the third Test at Edgbaston to go 21 up in the series with one game remaining. This starts today at The Oval. England trailed by 103 runs on the first innings but hit back strongly with my ‘Man of the Match’ Moeen Ali taking the final wicket. A total of 81,739 spectators attended the five day contest. GOLF - American Jim Furyk created history last Sunday by becoming the first golfer to card a round of 58 in a PGA tournament, doing so in the final round of Traveller’s Championship in Connecticut, USA.

GREAT WIN: For Liverpool who beat Barcelona in the ICC.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Knocked out of Olympic singles.

Take Note My pet hate, one-eyed football supporters, especially those so-called armchair fans who don’t watch any club apart from Manchester United! Football is only a game for God’s sake, founded in 1863, and it’s played in over 200 countries worldwide. Come on, get a life - there are plenty of teams around better than MU!

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LINKS COURSE: Gently slopes towards the sea. the special features of the course which most impresses visitors is its spectacular view over the Mediterranean, Gibraltar and Africa. Alcaidesa Heathland: 18 holes Par 72 and 6,373 metres was designed by the renowned former Ryder Cup player Dave Thomas. This course offers a variety of natural scenery ranging from the plateau area incorporating holes 1 to 5, 17 and 18. The course is similar to a heathland, with wide

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Prodigal son returns By Matthew Elliott WHILE Mathias Pogba quietly plies his trade up front for Partick Thistle in sunny Glasgow, his younger brother Paul o ff i c i a l l y b e c a me th e w o rld ’s most expensive signing on August 9, returning to Manchester United from Juventus for a record €105 million. The summer’s most anticipated and protracted move, which had seen Pogba linked with United’s city rivals, represents the first time an English club have smashed the world record since Newcastle paid Blackburn Rovers a king’s ransom of £15 million (approx €20 million) for the services of Alan Shearer in 1996. Since then the transfer record has steadily increased with the €50 million mark crossed when Hernan Crespo moved from Parma to Lazio in 2000, a record promptly destroyed by Zidane’s 2001 Real Madrid signing for €75 million. The c u r r e n t Ma d r id ma n ag er ’s record held until Cristiano Ronaldo de-

parted Man Utd in 2009, later joined in the Spanish capital by Welsh recordbreaker Gareth Bale in 2013 for €100 million, a far cry from countryman Ford’s record-smashing £30,000 move to Sunderland in 1950. It’s an interesting turnaround for the 2 3 -y ea r-o ld Pogba , c ompa re d favourably with Patrick Vieira and yet to reach the peak of his powers, who first arrived at United as a promising te e n ag er fo llow ing a c ontrove rs ia l move from Le Havre. Frequently battling with Alex Ferguson, who later admitted it was a mistake to let him go, Pogba left the club under acrimonious circumstances when his contract expired in 2012 with Juventus delighted to snap up the restless prodigy desperate for games and goals. Although new manager Jose Mourinho’s fervid enthusing over Pogba’s potential to restore a despondent Man Utd is predictable, the club have made a statement this summer. The absurdity of paying such a vast sum for a player they let go for virtually n o th in g is a c urious non-e ve nt

quickly subsumed into the circus that is modern football. Now they have Mourinho, Ibrahimovic and Pogba set to focus their energies on the ir firs t pre mie r le a gue ma tc h against Bournemouth on Saturday, fans are hopeful that the Moyes and van Gaal years prove nothing more than a post-Fergie hiccup. B ut a fte r a glorious 2015/16 season which saw a gutsy, gritty Leicester shock the football establis hme nt, ma king a moc ke ry of the ir bigs pe nding riva ls in the process, absolutely nothing can be taken for granted.

MATHIAS POGBA: Set to return to Man United.