ISSUE NO. 1662
11 - 17 May 2017
A XARQUÍA - C OSTA T ROPICAL
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Behind bars Sex assault suspect jailed as case continues
RAINY DAYS: Set to return this week.
Wet weather warning BEACH ATTACK: Concerned beachgoers raised the alarm.
By Matt Ford The Guardia Civil has opened an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 37-year-old woman in broad daylight on Nerja’s Burriana Beach. A 25-year-old man has been jailed in the wake of the allegations and could be handed a four to 10-year prison sentence, with the victim apparently under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack. Concerned beachgoers raised the alarm after they spotted him having sex with a semi-conscious woman on a sun lounger. Witnesses told police that she was trying to fight him off while a second man, aged 35, stood by and appeared to be “waiting for his turn.” As police arrived at the scene the pair tried to escape in their car but it failed to
start, leaving them with no option but to flee on foot. Both were caught by fleetfooted officers within a few minutes and transferred to the local Guardia Civil station. Meanwhile, a Local Police patrol interviewed the victim, who claimed that she had entered the car in Granada but was unable to remember anything after that moment, with no recollection of the drive to Nerja. Investigators are now making enquiries to determine whether she had been given the notorious date-rape
drug scopolamine, better known as The Devil’s Breath, or burundanga in Spanish. The drug originates from Colombia but a 36-year-old woman from Mallorca became the first person in Spain to test positive for it in September 2016. Made from the seeds of the Brugmansia tree, scopolamine induces a zombie-like state in victims whereby they are conscious but unable to act with free will, while memories are blocked from forming until the effect wears off.
The accused is to remain in police custody without bail until the conclusion of the trial in Torrox, while his accomplice has been released but must make two court appearances per month while investigations remain open.
CLOUDY skies have returned to the Costa del Sol, with the chance of rain on Thursday and Friday according to state weather agency AEMET. Following a sunny start to the week, temperatures dropped to 20°C on Wednesday. The rainfall is not expected to be intense, although storms may affect areas close to the Strait of Gibraltar. Anot her dr am at i c change i s expect ed on Fr i day evening, when the hot, dry wind known as the terral is forecast to sweep the province, raising the mercury to 27°C on Friday and Saturday.
2
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
NEWS EXTRA
Old school MOTRIL’S Council is putting together a commission to protect the town’s historical centre. Councillors plan to meet with businesses, and other interested local parties, to put together proposals to preserve buildings over 100 years old.
In mourning CANILLAS DE ACEITUNO has held two days of mourning for its former mayor, Manuel Marin Cubo, who has died. Marin Cubo was mayor between 1995 and 1999.
Check mates TWO winners have emerged from a gruelling three-day chess tournament in Almuñecar, as Ruben Domingo and Manuel Ruiz were crowned champions in the youth and over-50’s categories at the Andalucia Chess Championships.
www.euroweeklynews.com
Top of the world Spanish beaches lead global blue flag ranking By Matt Ford SPAIN continues to have the best beaches in the world according to the annual blue flag awards. The country has been handed 684 flags for 2017, placing it top of the global ranking for the 30th consecutive year ahead of Greece, France, Turkey, Italy and Portugal. The blue flag is a certification offered by the international Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), which stipulates that a beach, marina or boating tour operator meets a set of sustainability standards. In Spain, the flags were awarded to 579 beaches, 100 marinas and five tourist vessels. At regional level the Valencian Community leads the way, its 129 flags outstripping Galicia (113), Catalonia (95) and Andalucia (90). Malaga has been awarded 24 flags, of which six will fly along the Axarquia coastline according to the Spanish Association of Environmental Education and the Consumer, which announced the results. Velez-Malaga has bagged three of these, with the town hall overjoyed after Torre del Mar beach regained the blue
BLUE FLAG: Awarded to Ferrara beach, Torrox. status it lost last year. The other two flags were once again picked up by Benajarafe beach and Caleta de Velez marina, while the Rio Seco beach at Caleteña has failed to retain its status. Elsewhere, Ferrara beach in Torrox, Algarrobo beach and Torre de Benagalbon beach in
Rincon de la Victoria were also awarded blue flags, the latter having not been awarded the distinction last year. Nerja has once again failed to qualify due to its continued lack of a municipal water treatment plant, with raw sewage simply pumped into the sea.
NEWS
Time to pay the tax man NERJA Council has reminded car owners that this year’s road taxes must be paid by May 19. Many residents will be unaware of this tariff, which is calculated based on width. In addition, all owners of garages or gates which allow access of vehicles must pay an entrance tax corresponding to 2016 by May 22. Invoices received by post can be paid at any bank, and the town hall recommends that a direct debit be set up for future transactions. This can be arranged at Nerja’s Tax Office (Patronato de Recaudacion) which is located on Calle Axarquia 3, opposite a large paint shop and close to the central Supersol roundabout.
NEWS
Police save kamikaze husband POLICE in El Morche have saved the life of a suicidal man who tried to hang himself at home. The officers burst into the 43-yearold’s home after receiving a frantic call from his wife, who was worried about the man’s mental state. They entered the property seconds after the man had stepped off a chair with a noose around his neck. An officer quickly caught him, stopping him from suffocating. The man had apparently wanted to kill himself following marital problems. He had called his wife, who was in Cordoba, threatening to take his own life. She quickly alerted the Local Police, fearing she would be unable to reach him in time. The man is now being treated at the Comarcal Hospital in Axarquia, and his wife has expressed her gratitude to the rescuers.
€3,700 computer theft hits school BURGLARS have ransacked a school in Maro, making off with €3,700 in computers, cameras and cash. The thieves forced entry to the village’s Virgen de las Maravillas school in the early hours, turning the school upside down in their attempt to find valuables. Classes were cancelled while officers from the Guardia Civil investigated, forcing some children to stand in the school’s playground all day as their parents could not be contacted to take them home. The school’s headteacher could not confirm whether the institution has insurance and the town’s council has said it cannot make up any losses suffered as the school is the responsibility of the Department of Education. The theft is the second in two days in Axarquia, following the burglary of a municipal storage warehouse in Benamargosa, where €17,000 in tools were taken, as covered on page 12.
Load of bull AROUND 200 people demonstrated against a bullfight scheduled for June 10
SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...12 SPAIN SO CHEESY! Spaniards love their local cheeses as much as their nationally produced wines, with a Denomination of Origin upholding quality nationwide of some leading brands.
AROUND 100 different varieties of cheese are produced in various regions of Spain ranging from fresh to cured and some fermented to blue. The key characteristic of each is the type of milk used with currently 13 cheeses with Denominations of Origin - or DO - across the country. Dependent on the area, time of year, climate and tradition, cheese is produced with milk from cows, goats or sheep, and some products include a mixture. Each cheese also differs due to varying ageing or curing production processes, with these frequently decades old and identifying with local history and tradition. Flavours normally fall within three
1 - 16
Finance 19
Leapy Lee 25 LOCAL CHEESES: Produced from cows, goats or sheep.
TV 26 - 28 - 30
categories: light, medium or strong, with the latter typically produced with a long curing process and from sheep’s milk or a blend. The Spanish frequently eat cheese daily, and as a general rule, cheese from cows’ milk comes from the north in inland areas from Cantabria and the
Basque Country to Castilla-Leon, Castilla La Mancha, Aragon and Extremadura. The Mediterranean coast from Catalonia to Andalucia is mainly famed locally for goats-milk cheese, while the Canary and Balearic Islands are largely known for goats’ cheese.
MANCHEGO is the most famous Spanish cheese, wholly made from the ewe’s milk of the Manchega breed of sheep. It is firm and aged from two months to two years. Protected under the DO classification schemes of both Spain as well as the European Union, it is named after the La Mancha Province where it is produced and which was the home of Don Quixote. Mild with a taste of salty nuts, it was originally produced to barter at market and to provide a durable food for Spanish shepherds.
Time Out 32
Letters 34
Majestic Manchego
in Velez-Malaga. The protestors from pressure group Rodea el Ruedo (Round the Wheel) marched through the town’s streets waving a large banner declaring, ‘No to bullfights. Torture is neither art nor culture.’ They chanted that the council should fulfil its 2016 commitment to put a stop to animal cruelty. Spokesperson Mari Carmen Castillo said “it seems a joke that a bullfight is scheduled barely a year after this commitment,” adding she believed the fight was “illegal.”
INSIDE VIEW News
Cheesy cheer
Health & Beauty 35
Social 37
Property 42 MANCHEGO CHEESE: Mild with a taste of salty nuts.
High and dry AXARQUIA’S farmers are calling for help after reservoir water levels have almost halved over the last three years. The Coordinated Organisation of Growers and Farmers (COAG) has decried the “worrying” situation after reservoirs fell to 53 per cent of their capacity, down from 82 per cent in May 2014. The group is calling on councils to intervene, claiming they are receiving
Man jailed over property scam A MAN has been imprisoned for eight months after selling a property in Velez-Malaga without its owners’ permission. The fraudster had visited a notary’s office in 2005 purporting to act on behalf of a couple who had inherited a property from an uncle. There the man drew up a deed of sale, “when in fact he had not received any verbal or other authorisation since he did not even know the people.”
3
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
Later that day, he sold the property to another couple, who bought it in good faith for €80,000. The buyers also paid the man €5,000 for arranging the transaction. When the second couple tried to register the property, however, they were unable to do so as the rightful owners had not given their permission. The perpetrator has now been sentenced to eight months in prison for fraud and ordered to pay €98,000 in compensation to the second couple.
“between half and two-thirds” of the water needed to grow their crops.
Services 43
Classifieds
Cart before horse THREE people have been injured after a car collided with a tourist horse and carriage in Nerja. The vehicle slammed into oncoming horses outside the Enrique Lopez Cuenca stadium after the driver was dazzled by the sun. The three people on board the cart were tossed out by the force of the crash and suffered minor bruising, but both horses were wounded.
45
Motors 46
Sport 48
Postscript to ponder 2,905
The average number of sun-filled hours on the Costa del Sol, making it the sunniest place in Spain with nearly 100 hours more than the Canary Islands in second spot.
4
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
Bitter pill to swallow CATALONIA has introduced a controversial sugar tax on a range of soft drinks including some of the world’s most famous brands. Already tagged a ‘soda tax,’ it could raise as much as €41 million a year for the regional government’s coffers, despite an insistence the aim was to improve public health by reducing sugar consumption according to World Health Organisation recommendations. The tax hike depends on the amount of sugar in a drink, and customers will have to pay more for products like energy drinks, fruit juices made from concentrate, chocolate drinks, sports, and cold tea and coffee drinks. The central government has previously looked to introduce such a levy nationwide – it is already policy in France and Denmark – but has always backtracked.
USA, USA, USA MANY students aim to work abroad after finishing studying, and 70 per cent of those graduates look to the USA. A study by a prestigious Barcelona university found more than half preferred to work overseas, with just 46.6 per cent wanting to find a job in Spain. From a poll of 500 it was discovered only 8.56 per cent wanted to work in Britain and 6.6 per cent in Germany.
Donkey work VANDALS poured yellow paint onto a donkey’s back and released it from its enclosure, with its young, in La Pereda de Llanes, in Spain’s Asturias region. They sneaked into the enclosure and poured several litres of plastic paint on the back of four-year-old donkey, Marina, before destroying the enclosure allowing the animal and its two offspring,
www.euroweeklynews.com
e ye on SPAIN
Around the nation in 7 stories
Postcard from Merida The Temple of Diana. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993, Merida is renowned for its Roman architecture and was built as a stylised provincial capital of Rome, centre of an empire. Founded in 25BC, with the name Emerita Agusta, it has some of the most well-preserved archaeological remains in Spain and was once the most important city in Roman Iberia. The city was founded by the Emperor Augustus and his discharged soldiers were employed to protect a pass and bridge over the river Guadiana; the Puente Romana is still used by pedestrians and is the longest of all existing Roman bridges. Merida remains the capital of Extramadura. Historically its strategic importance was one end of the Silver Way – the Via de la Plata – the route between the gold mines of Asturica Augusta and Rome. Visitors can explore Roman reservoirs still in use, the aqueduct, the Circus Maximus – one of the best examples in the world – and villas with precious mosaics. The Forum includes the Temple of Diana and the theatre is still used to stage Greco-Roman classics or modern plays set in ancient times. After the Romans, Merida was important to the Visigoths and by the sixth Century was dominated by bishops as the capital of Hispania and the occupation of the Moors meant the ancient buildings were re-used or expanded but maintained their splendour.
Guía and Guadalupe, to wander free. The donkeys’ owner was alerted by neighbours of what had happened and searched the area until he located the animals. The crime was reported at the offices of the Guardia Civil who are investigating.
Buds of May THOUSANDS of people arrived in Madrid’s historic Puerta del Sol square on May Day to attend a rally against corruption. The demonstration vented its anger against the ruling Partido Popular; after the PP found itself embroiled in a new bribery scandal involving a former regional president of Madrid. Following a series of accusations against political parties, unions, and companies, corruption has become a main concern for Spaniards after the country’s ongoing unemployment woes.
Free Press WORLD Press Freedom Day has prompted calls for journalists in Spain to be free of the ‘pressures and threats’ of political parties. The Madrid Press Association accuses politicians of trying to undermine the work of the press and calls for the right of the media to comment on events without being bullied. It has also demanded the repeal of the so-called ‘gag law’ to allow free speech to be protected to the same standards as under international law.
Crowning glory A NEW book is attempting to restore the tarnished reputation of King Carlos I following the ‘errors’ leading to his abdication in 2014. King of Democracy looks at how during his reign the royal was not a mere spectator but helped bring Spain democracy and economic prosperity.
NEWS
Birthdays • Pam Ferris (69), May 11, Actress British actress best-known for her role as Ma Larking in the popular TV show The Darling Buds of May. She has also starred in Rosemary and Thyme and Call the Midwife and has featured in films such as Matilda and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. • Catherine Tate (49), May 12, Comedian/Actress The English comedian’s hit comedy series The Catherine Tate Show saw her play the well-known characters of Nan, the Cockney grandmother, and teenager Lauren Cooper whose often copied catchphrase was ‘Am I bovvered?’ She has appeared in TV shows such as Doctor Who and the US version of The Office. • Stevie Wonder (67), May 13, Musician/Singer One of the world’s bestselling artists the American singer is known for his many hit songs such as I Just Called to Say I Love You and Superstition. He has won 25 Grammy Awards and also an Academy Award for Best Song. He has been blind since just after he was born and he was only 11 years old when he signed for the Motown label Tamla. • George Lucas (73), May 14, Filmmaker/Director American filmmaker who created and directed hit films such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series, American Graffiti and Willow. He also founded the companies Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm, which he sold in 2012 to The Walt Disney Company, reportedly for $4.05 billion. • Andy Murray (30), May 15, Tennis player Scottish professional tennis player who is currently the men’s world number one. He has won three Grand Slam tournaments, two Olympic golds for the men’s singles and a silver for the mixed doubles. In 2017 he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time.
NEWS
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
OUR VIEW
Prince Philip retires TO some a bit like marmite, love him or hate him, the often controversial Duke of Edinburgh has decided to take retirement from Royal Duties. There was a huge flurry of interest in the Royal Household when an almost unheard of call for all members of staff to attend a special meeting which included video conferences was announced. In the end it was simply to confirm that shortly after his 96th birthday, Prince Philip, would retire from public functions and his diary would be cleared with effect from August 2017. Recently, a number of duties previously undertaken by the Queen who is now 91 were handed over to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and after 65 years of service, that Queen Elizabeth and her Consort want to scale down their activities. This doesn’t mean that we have seen the last of the sometimes amusing, sometimes grumpy and sometimes embarrassing Prince but he will simply turn up to events and functions that take his fancy rather than make advance commitments to attend. When you are married to one of the richest women in the world, you can be fairly certain that medical support will be of the highest quality but at 96, time is not on his side and he wants a bit of a rest.
Now we want to hear your views. YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION www.euroweeklynews.com
Hotel’s €6m renovation TORROX COSTA’S Iberostar Hotel is set to reopen this weekend following a €6 million refit, with the event set to be attended by players and staff from Malaga FC. The four-star hotel is said to have benefitted from a “profound change of image” with “great results,” according to a statement by the company. The hotel has been open since 2003 and originally cost €36 million. It was initially owned and run by Hotel Ferrara SA but was bought by Iberostar in 2003 in a deal which saw its 180 employees retained. It has over 11,000m2 of gardens, 319 rooms, 94 tourist apartments and a swimming pool. Iberostar CEO Aurelio Vazquez commented, “the dining room now has a larger buffet area and a refrigerated and humidity controlled wine cellar has been installed at its entrance. The renovation of the buffet also means we are able to offer trendy new cuisine including live cooking, Mediterranean food and fresh products of the highest quality.”
5
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
He’s a hot spur TOTTENHAM stars Dele Alli, Kieran Trippier and Michael Vorm were spotted soaking up the Spanish sun as they hit party island Ibiza this week. England heart-throb Alli, 21, was snapped frolicking in the waves with his lingerie model girlfriend Ruby Mae, 22, who caught the eye in a microscopic Calvin Klein bikini as her other half exposed his toned physique. The players jetted out of London just hours after losing a crucial Premier League match to West Ham, which appears to have all but ended Spurs’ chances of the title this year. But this appeared far from their minds as they tucked into sushi and cool drinks while chilling on their loungers. DELE ALLI: The heart-throb is chilling out in Ibiza.
Photo Credit Twitter.
www.euroweeklynews.com
Spring break! AS things heat up in Spain with summer fast approaching, UK celebrities have been flocking to top up their tans. Big Brother star Imogen Thomas has been soaking up the sunshine this week, the 34-year-old parading a series of skimpy bikinis from her own Chasing Summer range, posting a series of saucy shots on Instagram before hitting the beach with youngest daughter Siera. The curvaceous reality star was crowned Miss Wales in 2003 before shooting to fame as a Big Brother contestant in 2006, but is now making waves as a swimwear designer. In Marbella, The Voice UK contestant Lydia Lucy made a sizzling splash in front of the eager cameras. Having debuted a tiny white bikini, the 23-year-old followed it up with an equally miniscule blue number, both of which highlighted
her painful-looking tan-lines and bright red chest. Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Danielle Mason, 33, went one step further as she frolicked on a Marbella beach before pulling down her bathing costume for some eye-popping topless shots. Having recently revealed that she attempted suicide after the breakup of her marriage, she is clearly on the mend as she forges a burgeoning career as a glamour model. Following their joint appearance on this year’s Ex On The Beach, Jenny Thompson and ZaraLena Jackson certainly caught the eye as they rocked up to a Marbella pool party in revealing one piece swimsuits. Jenny, 27, is a former escort best known for her fling with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, and
NEWS
NEWS EXTRA
Drug bust
Thomas. BEACH BABE: Imogen
GLAMOUR MODEL: Danielle Mason.
NATIONAL POLICE in Velez-Malaga have confiscated 801 marihuana plants from homes in the town. In addition, they have arrested two men and two women, aged between 31 and 50 years-old for drug trafficking.
El Salvador
she sported a racy laceup affair, while her 27-yearold MTV co-star ZaraLena opted for a similarly plunging neckline.
ALMUÑECAR’S mayor, Trinidad Herrera, has received a group of mayors from El Salvador, who were interested in learning from the town’s agricultural, tourism and economic success.
In harmony Photos by Instagram / Twitter
6
JESUS SAMPEDRO has brought the first ever harmonium concert to Axarquia after several decades in Andalucia. His instrument was built by Debain in 1879 and has been restored.
NEWS
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
Will Eurovision Brit face Brexit backlash? THE 62nd edition of the world’s longest running annual singing contest will take place this Saturday in Kiev, Ukraine, but Britain’s entry is not the bookies’ favourite. Ahead of the spectacle, bookmakers Ladbrokes have reported that the UK are looking fairly friendless, with the odds on them taking home the title being bigger than ever before at 50/1. The bookmakers have even taken several bets on UK entrant Lucie Jones receiving nil points at odds of 14/1. Nicola McGeady of Ladbrokes told TellyMix: “Punters are preparing for a Brexit backlash from voters judging by the lack of support coming in for Lucie Jones. Usually we are knocked over with patriotic support, but for the first time ever, punters aren’t getting behind the UK.” BBC Eurovision host Graham Norton previously admitted he didn’t rate Lucie’s chances at Eurovision 2017. He told the Daily Star newspaper: “I’m just not sure it will happen for us this year. I mean, I could be wrong as Germany have won, Austria have won. So, I suppose people who never win, win. “On the night, anything
SLIM CHANCE: Will Lucie Jones face Brexit backlash?
can happen. I’m just not sure it will for us, though.” Celebrities across Europe are preparing for the showdown. Enrique Iglesias has shirked Spain in favour of Montenegro’s Slavko Kalezic. Enrique is no stranger to Eurovision. His dad Julio Inglesias represented Spain in 1970 but only finished in fourth place, and Enrique himself was the interval act at the first Eurovision Dance Contest. Meanwhile, Russia’s 2009 winner Dima Bilan is backing
17-year-old Bulgarian superstar Kristian Kostov. He mentored Kristian on the children’s version of The Voice Russia and the pair performed an incredible duet together. Hope may not be lost for Lucie Jones as former One Direction singer Liam Payne cheers her on. Liam’s girlfriend Cheryl was Lucie’s mentor on The X Factor in 2009 and they’re getting behind the UK’s Eurovision entrant. Eurovision 2017 will air on Saturday on BBC One from 8pm.
7
Rice to see you By Matt Ford EX-LEADER of the socialist PSOE opposition party, Pedro Sanchez, who is aiming to reclaim his spot in upcoming elections, was spotted tucking into paella in Nerja.
He stopped off for lunch at a restaurant made famous by Spanish TV series Verano Azul (Blue Summer). According to campaign sources, Sanchez has embarked on ‘the road to triumph’ in his battle against rivals Patxi Lopez
Pedro Sanchez (L) in Nerja. and current president of Andalucia Susana Diaz.
8
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
NEWS
Perverted predator Coming clean identified by hands By Sally Underwood
A 57-YEAR-OLD stepfather who allegedly sexually assaulted his partner’s underage daughter has been identified by a photograph showing the back of his hands. The girl had allegedly been drugged with powerful sedatives and sleeping tablets, before being abused by her stepfather. Due to the medication she had been given, the girl only had a small recollection of the abuse and had not told anyone. Her mother called in police, however, after finding pho-
tographs of her daughter naked and asleep, while cleaning the house. The photographs captured the backs of the hands of the photographer. Investigators decided to interview the girl’s stepfather, who was in prison in Jaen for other crimes, and photographed his hands. Criminologists were then able to positively identified that the hands shown in the photos were his by their interphalangeal joints; the first time a crime has been solved in this way.
WORKS to Nerja’s first sewage plant have stalled with construction 95 per cent complete, almost a full year after they were supposed to be finished. The plant is still missing its pumping station after works were halted for seven months until January this year, and then again for a month over Easter. The company carrying out the project, Isolux, has financial difficulties, owing more than €4 million to its creditors and facing foreclosure. Sources say works will be finalised once these financial matters have been dealt with. The problem is the latest for Nerja’s much-criticised water treatment, which recently saw an underwater pipe burst
400 metres off Burriana Beach, expelling raw waste into the water and causing a ‘geyser ’ of sewage to appear. Nerja Council has invested €100,000 to fix the leaky pipe and workers managed to fix the original hole, measuring around 20 centimetres squared. However, they were alarmed to find another, much larger leak around 100 metres away. Attempts to repair the damage were hampered by storms but the council is now due to replace four sections. Nerja is the only large resort in Malaga to still pour untreated sewage into the sea, using underwater pipes on both Burriana and Torrecilla beaches. The existing plant is now around 30 years old.
10
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
NEWS
Rescued girls start new life in Marbella JIMENA RICO and Shaza Ismail, the young couple who were imprisoned in Turkey after fleeing persecution in Dubai, are to start a new life in Marbella, following their recent engagement. The girls, who were duped into flying to Dubai to visit Shaza’s supposedly sick mother, had fled after discovering the girl’s Egyptian father wanted her to face trial for being gay, which is illegal in Dubai. The couple escaped to Georgia, where the man caught up with them and took away their documents. The police intervened, escorting the girls to the Turkish border, where they crossed. Turkish police soon caught up with them though, and imprisoned them on suspicion of terrorism without
FREE LOVE: Jimena and Shaza are now engaged.
access to legal advice or phones. Ms Rico’s frantic family, who live in Torrox, contacted the authorities here after receiving a phone message from Jimena saying she feared for her life. Spanish diplomats then traced the girls to Turkey and liaised with the government there to secure their quick release. The girls, who say they are “shattered” by their ex-
perience, are now engaged and have found new jobs at Funky Buddha Beach in Marbella. They say they will continue to share details of their ordeal, however, to highlight persecution of homosexuality around the world. While in prison in Turkey, the girls say they were “spat at” by the authorities, who also demanded details of their sex life.
12
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
NEWS
Tools worth thousands stolen THIEVES have broken into a municipal storage warehouse in Benamargosa and taken €17,000 in tools. The unidentified burglars stole over 50 tools, leaving the council without the machinery it uses on a daily basis to maintain
the town, according to Mayor Jose Gallego. The town’s municipal pool was also broken into, although nothing was taken. The council has now reported the matter to the Guardia Civil, who are investigating.
LIGHT AIRCRAFT: Small planes have been involved in three crashes so far this year.
Second small aeroplane crash in just one week A SECOND air crash in the space of week has hit Axarquia after a plane belonging to a pilot school smashed
through a fence at the end of a runway in Velez-Malaga, almost careering into a riverbed. The plane, which was car-
rying three people, was travelling from Malaga to San Javier in Murcia when it made a stop at El Trapiche airfield in Velez-Malaga, but it did was unable to stop on the runway. Those on board were said to be unharmed although the plane itself was damaged. The crash is the second in Axarquia in a week after three Germans were killed when their small aircraft came down in the hills above Alcaucin while participating in an air rally. The plane was travelling to Granada and apparently became lost in bad weather over the mountains. Investigators are now trying to pin down the exact causes of the incident. Two others were also killed on January 19 this year after their small plane crashed after take-off in Velez-Malaga and exploded in an avocado farm.
NEWS
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
NEWS EXTRA
Glorious food ALMUÑECAR is hosting a free food handling course on May 19 for those looking for a job in the catering sector. Anyone who is interested can apply at the town hall.
New pipes LA HERRADURA is set to see new pipework installed on its beaches. The pipes will improve sanitation and carry rainwater. Traffic will be diverted while works are carried out.
Naked root AUTHOR Alicia Berenguer has released her book, ‘Maria Zambr ano a n d t h e n a k e d root,’ on the philosopher and writer who is from Velez-Malaga.
Bright light MOTRIL Council is to update the lighting and scenery at Parque de los Pueblos de America, follow in g i n v e st m e n t o f € 80, 0 0 0 . The new lights will feature environme n t a l l y f r i e n d ly LED bulbs.
On stage MOTRIL’S Teatro Calderon will play host to its eighth annual Week of School Theatre. More than 60 children will take part in the programme, rehearsing a play they will then perform to their teachers.
Gym meet AROUND 500 gymnasts are meeting in Almuñecar t o c e l e b ra t e its fourth annual rhythmic gym n a st i c s c o n t e s t. Participants from Almeria, Malaga, Jaen and Granada are expected to attend.
A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by the National Police in Torre del Mar for allegedly hurling a Molotov cocktail at an icon of the Virgin Mary in Velez-Malaga. The man, who is thought to be mentally ill, threw a home-made explosive inside the Virgen de los Desemparados church at around noon last Tuesday. Officers raiding the man’s house are said to have found
Church bomber jailed two other similar devices at the address. The man has now been arrested for property damage and religious hatred after hurling the bomb, which did not detonate but instead spilled fuel over the statue’s clothing.
Officers located the man after friars called in the National Police who took witness accounts and sifted through CCTV images after the man fled the scene. The arresting officers confiscated four c omp ut er s, t wo el ect r oni c
13
tablets, a pen drive, a mobile phone and clothing which were apparently used i n t he at t ack. The m an has now been sent for psychiatric evaluation. Priests, who are due to display the icon of the Virgin next on May 13, are now meeting to consider ways t o pr event any si m i l ar i nci dent s with CCTV and other security measures.
14
11 - 17 May 2017 / AxarquĂa - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
COMMUNITY
The Phoenix Club O N Tue s da y M a y 16 The Phoenix club will host Mrs Miggins Pie and Cake sale w he re a va rie ty of ta s ty home-made foods using the be s t ingre die nts w ill be available to buy. There will be a variety of items available including apple tarts, lemon drizzle c a ke , s te a k pie s , s a us a ge rolls and quiche. Orders in advance are welcome. Then on Friday May 19 the re w ill be a trip to the beautiful and tranquil Orgiva Tea Gardens where Englis h te a s , re fre s hme nts , home -ma de s a ndw ic he s , soups and delicious cakes will be available. There will also be an opportunity to browse the local shops and the selection of pla nts for s a le in the nursery. The trip will cost â‚Ź25 per person which includes coach fare, entry to the ga rde ns , lunc h a nd a gratuity for the driver. The Orgiva Tea Garden has evolved over the last 10
TRANQUIL TRIP: To the Orgiva Tea Gardens. years from a barren patch of land with waist high weeds into a beautiful tranquil garden spl i t over t hr ee ver y different levels and covering about 5,000 sqm. The philosophy with regar ds t o t he pl ant i ng has been to concentrate mainly on Medi t er r anean pl ant s with help from shade-providing trees and also to take into account the animals as many have free range over the whole garden. With a quiz and games for the children as well as the menagerie of animals the garden can be enjoyed by
the whole family and by all ages. For more information on any of t he t r i ps or event s call Gail on 951 067 723, em ai l phoeni xsoci al cl ub @yahoo.co.uk or vi si t www.phoenixsocialclub.co. uk. The Phoeni x cl ub i s a registered charitable association raising funds for three local charities and SSAFA in the UK. It meets every Tuesday between 12 noon and 2pm at Bar La Vega in Torre del Mar and you can book or pay from 12.15pm onwards.
COMMUNITY
www.euroweeklynews.com
YOUNG MIGRANTS: Have expressed their dreams.
Expressionist young arts exhibition: ‘A Better World’ AFTER two months of painting workshops at the Jorge Rando Museum in Malaga, works by the participating group of young migrants and art college students will be exhibited in the museum courtyard on Saturday May 13. The paintings express these young people’s emotions and their dreams of a better, colourful and uplifting world. A beautiful mural reflecting this concept, created by the participants and Malaga Urban artist Andres Serna, can also be seen on walls at the nearby CEAR centre for migrants. The exhibition will open from 12.45pm at Jorge Rando Museum where drinks will served. A concert will also be held in the chapel next to the museum at 12 noon. Sponsorship to enable this exhibition to be displayed has been provided by Costa del Sol and Nerja Arts Societies
(DFAS). For more information please visit www.costadelsoldfas.com and www. nerjanadfas.org.
WALL MURAL: Created by parti cipants.
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
15
16
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
Welcome home Leo the Lion By Matt Ford
d over a gift. TEAM EWN: Jackie and Matt han
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sofia celebrated her 9th.
nded the party. HOMECOMING: Many people atte
BRAVE cancer battler Leo Bermeja is back in Almeria after undergoing six weeks of ground-breaking proton beam therapy in the United States, and the Euro Weekly News was on hand to join the celebrations at his homecoming party. A sizeable group of friends, family members and supporters gathered at the Laguna restaurant in Las Marinas, Vera, to welcome him back from his six weeks of treatment in Oklahoma and wish a belated happy birthday to big sister Sofia, who recently turned nine. THE FAMILY: Karen, Leo, Sofia and Jorge. Among the many gifts on display was a framed copy of one of the first double-page spreads that we ran as part of our ongoing Leo also needs an intensive rehab prothe Lion campaign. gramme. Leo, mum Karen and Sofia were all in high spirits despite suffer“The fundraising doesn’t stop since we don’t know the cost,” ing from jetlag, having only travelled to Spain from Canada three says Karen. “They’ve recommended he needs a walker which costs days beforehand and losing some luggage along the way. about €4,000, for example, and he hasn’t had any benefits from the Karen kindly agreed to an exclusive chat with us, during which Spanish government yet, which won’t be backdated when they fishe explained what will happen next as four-year-old Leo’s fight nally come through.” against a rare form of brain cancer continues. Overall though, Karen remains incredibly upbeat despite the fam“We’re still catching up to be honest,” she laughed. “Over the ily’s ordeal, and she was keen to express her gratitude to next two weeks I’m planning to let Leo chill a bit and get EWN readers and others who have helped Leo’s cause. over the jetlag. “Thank you to everyone who has “After that we’ll see how he is about starting at the At supported us from day one, there special needs school in Vera again, then once we’ve least are no words to describe it got the clear scan over with we’re thinking about Leo has and it is overwhelming hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which they given hope to how Leo has touched so have in Malaga.” others.” many people’s hearts. She went on to explain how this “It is crazy how type of treatment exposes the patient people who to high oxygen concentrations, don’t know him which can help stimulate the growth feel like they of new brain cells before the delove him and layed effect of the proton therapy relate to him. kicks in. “Even if the Due to a lack of knowledge worst happens to about the type of cancer he has, Leo at least he’s Leo must also undergo a brain done that, at least scan every six weeks for the next he’s given hope to two years before any definitive others.” evaluation can be made, and he
Spanish account • Bank: Banco Sabadell Account Name: Leo James Bermejo Account Number: ES69 0081 0597 0900 0602 1116 • Swift: BSAB ESBB
UK account • Bank: Royal Bank of Scotland Account Name: Alda Keefe Account Number: 17485819 • Sort Code: 16-24-06
www.gofundme.com/leothelion3
DONATE
DONATE
To give your support to the ongoing Leo the Lion fundraising campaign you can donate in the following ways:
Check out more exclusive EWN pics and video on our website www.euroweeklynews.com and Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews/
18
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
EUROPEAN PRESS
DENMARK
NETHERLANDS
Irritated commuters
In remembrance
ID checks are ending on border crossings along the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark. The checks have irritated commuters who travel daily between the two cities.
Oresund Bridge.
Lucky escape A SKYDIVE nearly ended in disaster after the skydiver became caught underneath the aircraft, dangling at a height of 2,500m. He hung there for an hour before the pilot could land safely and he was rescued.
Sausage exports DENMARK has done a deal to export more products to China. One of
AROUND five million people watched the national Remembrance Day ceremony on television in which the King and Queen took part. Those who died in the Second World War and in all conflicts are remembered annually on May 4.
Hospital leak the agreements made will see precooked sausages shipped to the Chinese market.
More evidence NEW evidence is being presented
in the terrorism case of a 17-yearold Danish girl who is accused of pla nning a tta c ks a ga ins t tw o s c hools . N e w e vide nc e ha s emerged and standard procedure has been broken to allow it to be seen.
A HOSPITAL near Rotterdam was forced to close for several hours after a barrel of disinfectant leaked. Two hospital workers were taken to intensive care after breathing in the fumes and a man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
GERMANY
NORWAY
Second spot
Away tour
GERMAN car manufacturer Volkswagen has fallen off the top spot for the first time in seven years. March saw sales of the Golf in Europe fall to behind those of the Ford Fiesta.
Clown convictions TWO ‘killer clowns’ have been convicted in Germany. Two young women, aged 18 and 20, were found
guilty of causing aggravated bodily harm for scaring a woman late at night wearing the ‘killer clown’ costumes.
Going fresh AMAZON FRESH, part of Amazon, has launched its virtual supermarket in Germany. There are around 85,000 items available for delivery to sub-
scribers of its ‘Prime’ service in Berlin and Potsdam.
Against protocol DURING talks with the Saudi Arabian King, German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose not to adhere to the strict dress code for women to wear a full-length robe and cover her hair in public places.
FRANCE
BELGIUM
US Support
Turning electric
FORMER US President, Barack Obama, has commented on the French election, saying he supports Emmanuel Macron, saying “the success of France matters to the entire world.”
SALES of electric cars rose by 34.9 per cent in the first quarter of the year in Belgium, with 788 vehicles sold. Across the EU, 24,592 electric cars were sold in the first three months of the year.
Not neutral
Peace festival
IN a landmark ruling in France, the court of appeals has ruled that a person could not use ‘neutral gender’ as a civil status category.
THE Alliance for Peace in the Middle East, has announced that the 11th Peace Festival cultural event will take place on May 21 in the Place d’Espagne in Brussels.
Illegal speaking
Homeless tribute
THE government has rejected the so-called ‘Moliere’ clause that required foreign labourers working on state-funded building projects in France to speak in French, saying the clause was illegal.
TRIBUTE has been paid to the 72 homeless people who died in 2016 at the ‘Hôtel de Ville’ in Brussels. The ceremony was held in honour of those who died on the streets of Brussels last year.
It’s no joke
City commute
A FRENCH photographer has produced an exhibition to highlight prejudice against ginger haired people. Thirty portraits aim to show the beauty of redheads, who have been the subject of jokes for decades.
JUST 1.5 per cent of the Flemish civil servants employed in Brussels also live in the capital, with most workers preferring the commute than to actually live there.
M A N UNI TED f oot bal l t eam w ill be i n Nor way as par t of their 2017-18 pre-season tour. They will play at Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadium on July 30.
Wrong way TOURISTS looking for the famous Preikestolen cliff formation have ended up in the village of F ossm ar k wi t h vi l l ager s te llin g t hem t hey ar e on t he wrong side of the fjord. It seems an error on Google Maps sent them to the village.
Jail time A 21-year-old Dutch Muslim convert who escaped from Iraq will remain jailed until her court case as investigations continue to ensure she wasn’t sent back to the Netherlands to carry out a terrorist attack.
Fair trade SEVEN in 10 Dutch households now buy fair trade products, with around 5.3 million households supporting fair trade. A decade ago just 24 per cent of households purchased fair trade products.
Billionaire funding NORWEGIAN billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke is giving away the ‘lion’s share’ of his fortune, made in the oil industry. He will begin by funding a research ship that will remove plastic from the ocean.
Good example THE President of the EU believes Norway is a good example to America that you can offer oil and gas while also focusing on renewable energy.
SWEDEN
Digital doctor SWEDEN has launched a new digital doctor service offering a ppo i nt m ent s i n Engl i sh and Arabic as well as Swedish, to help deal with the international population.
Tax nightmare SWEDEN has ruled that those in the finance industry must treat inc om e f r om i nvest m ent s as salary showing a marked victory for the country’s tax authority. The indust r y say t hey ar e i n ‘s hock’ at t he deci si on wi t h workers having to pay millions in additional tax.
Junk Ericsson WITH a reported net loss of 10.9 billion kronor in the first quarter of 2017, compared to a reported net income of 2.1 billion kronor in the first quarter of 2016, Ericsson’s credit rating has dropped and is now in the ‘non-investment’ grade, known as junk.
Flying high A FEMALE Swedish pilot, Maria Fagerström, aged 25, is hitting Instagram fame with 238,000 people following her impressive yoga moves from locations around the world.
FINANCE
Axarquía - Costa Tropical
11 - 17 May 2017
STAT OF WEEK
business & legal
€203 million
RESEARCH on the preferred destinations for Muslim travellers has shown that Spain has jumped in popularity considerably. The 2017 MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) published in Jakarta, Indonesia shows that Spain is now the ninth most popular non-Islamic country for Muslim visitors out of the 130 which were reviewed. Only Britain and France within Europe are more popular destinations which is explained in part by their relatively large Muslim
Quote of the Week
$220 billion (€201 billion) is the estimated annual value of Muslim tourism to non-Islamic states by 2020.
populations, although the top two were Singapore and Thailand and unsurprisingly the USA has dropped into 10th position following the presidential election. This particular market sector
which sees increasing numbers of young affluent Muslims exploring the world is forecast as continuing to grow and travellers will be attracted to destinations which adapt to the needs of the Muslim tourist.
Talking to the opposition is like banging your head against a brick wall,” Mariano Rajoy on calls to increase spending in the 2017 budget.
Photo by Greenpeace
Oil reservoir over fault line scrapped
BUSINESS EXTRA
Banking hours LA CAIXA Banking Group has reached an agreement with the majority of unions to extend opening hours at 200 of its branches. It is intended branches will remain open from 8.30am to 6.30pm from Monday to Thursday although they will close at 2.30pm on Friday.
Directors resign
PROJECT CASTOR: Platform is to be dismantled. AFTER commissioning a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, the Spanish government has decided to scrap Project Castor. This is a pipeline and reservoir for natural gas off the coast of Castellon which happens to be situated over the Amposta fault line and is believed to have caused 500 small earthquakes before it was closed in 2013. The concept of using a deplet-
ed oil cavity in the Mediterranean appeared sensible when it was first mooted in 2007, but Spanish Energy Minister Álvaro Nadal has now confirmed it would be against all sensible advice to reopen the reservoir. It will be dismantled in due course but as the area is currently stable, time is not of the essence although the government has already compensated construction company ACS to the tune of €1.2 billion and more may follow.
THREE non-executive directors of Spanish telecoms company Telefonica have tendered their resignations from the board. César Alierta, former president of the company, Pablo Isla president of Inditex, owner of Zara and Gonzalo Hinojos former president Cortefiel have severed their ties on an amicable basis in order to allow new directors to become part of the telecoms industry giant.
Shocking idea THE Directorate General of the Guardia Civil has revealed a committee has been set up to investigate the financial viability of obtaining tasers. There are a number of different models on the market and unions representing officers have demanded the Guardia Civil should follow Mossos d’Esquadra in Catalonia which uses tasers.
Review of Spanish budget DESPITE the fact that the first two votes in the Spanish Parliament were tied, the proposed budget will now move forward for further review. A number of parties on the left wanted to
see the budget defeated but with a straight tie after more than one vote, it become possible for the budget to move forward, although the final vote required before the end of May will require a majority for one side or the other.
19
is the turnover of airport management company Aena for the first quarter of 2017. A EURO WEEKLY NEWS 6 PAGE SPECIAL SECTION // WWW.EWNBUSINESS.COM
Spain is a popular holiday destination for Muslims By John Smith
EWN
The GMTI is the most comprehensive research available on one of the fastest growing tourism sectors in the world, which represents 10 per cent of the entire travel economy. Factors considered when producing the rating included Muslim air connectivity, visa restrictions, suitability as a family holiday destination, ease of communication, the level of services and facilities any destination provides, accommodation options, marketing initiatives and the availability of special food such as Halal meat.
La Zagaleta expands THE owners of luxury urbanisation La Zagaleta are about to expand following their purchase of the Valderrama II estate near to Sotogrande. Once approval for the work is received from the local council, plans exist for the construction of a luxury hotel, a new golf course and up to 200 new homes. Work budgeted at €200 million is hoped to start by 2020 and the company plans to build the development on an American style with long roads and no fences. Each property will cost between €3 million and €5 million and will be aimed at the Cadiz and Gibraltar market with off-plan purchase.
20
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
LONDON - FTSE 100
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY WITH US See our advert on opposite page
C LOSING P RICES M AY 8
PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY 3i Group PLC 819.75 2.50 Admiral Group PLC 2101.50 15.00 Anglo American PLC 1018.50 -12.00 Antofagasta PLC 756.00 -13.00 Ashtead Group PLC 1603.50 -7.00 Associated British Foods PLC 2781.50 10.00 AstraZeneca PLC 4605.00 -1.00 Aviva PLC 529.75 -2.00 Babcock International Gr 909.75 -6.00 BAE Systems PLC 642.25 -5.00 Barclays PLC 208.75 2.45 Barratt Developments PLC 591.75 1.50 BHP Billiton PLC 1120.75 -19.50 BP PLC 454.82 3.45 British American Tobacco PLC 5286.50 -1.00 British Land Co PLC 668.75 5.50 BT Group PLC 310.40 0.80 Bunzl PLC 2398.00 -8.00 Burberry Group PLC 1626.50 0.00 Carnival PLC 4815.00 -7.00 Centrica PLC 196.55 -2.10 Coca-Cola HBC AG 2152.50 -12.00 Compass Group PLC 1568.50 -0.10 ConvaTec Group PLC 294.20 -1.60 CRH PLC 2902.50 -17.00 Croda International PLC 3836.00 0.00 DCC PLC 7287.50 -50.00 Diageo PLC 2275.75 -1.50 Direct Line Insurance Gr 358.20 1.70 easyJet PLC 1265.50 5.61 Experian PLC 1679.50 -14.00 Fresnillo PLC 1399.00 -19.00 GKN PLC 358.70 -0.70 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1594.25 6.50 Glencore PLC 285.57 -3.60 Hammerson PLC 593.00 5.00 Hargreaves Lansdown PLC 1389.50 2.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC 1982.50 10.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 661.75 3.20 Imperial Brands PLC 3638.00 10.75 Informa PLC 662.75 2.50 InterContinental Hotels Gr 4121.00 0.00 International Consolidated 601.75 -1.50 Intertek Group PLC 4146.00 -14.00 Intu Properties PLC 273.55 3.80 ITV PLC 203.75 1.90 Johnson Matthey PLC 3116.00 -4.00 Kingfisher PLC 338.65 1.10 Land Securities Group PLC 1130.50 20.70 Legal & General Group PLC 252.25 1.50
% CHG. 0.31 0.72 -1.16 -1.69 -0.43 0.36 -0.02 -0.38 -0.66 -0.77 1.19 0.25 -1.71 0.76 -0.02 0.83 0.26 -0.33 0.00 -0.15 -1.06 -0.55 -0.01 -0.54 -0.58 0.00 -0.68 -0.07 0.48 0.45 -0.83 -1.34 -0.19 0.41 -1.25 0.85 0.14 0.51 0.49 0.30 0.38 0.00 -0.25 -0.34 1.41 0.94 -0.13 0.33 1.86 0.60
NET VOL 111.89 83.35 1,028.31 570.91 191.90 101.29 189.12 931.66 151.69 910.82 8,868.28 306.72 1,717.57 4,836.42 216.21 810.16 1,215.25 37.86 195.02 21.51 6,607.38 44.87 588.77 185.63 142.66 35.68 12.30 298.40 222.90 506.82 150.99 182.84 463.80 1,388.02 8,378.29 244.89 45.20 33.35 5,185.46 154.33 301.95 56.80 1,315.65 26.05 295.44 2,435.66 53.41 1,871.90 349.42 2,541.61
COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Lloyds Banking Group PLC 69.80 -0.22 London Stock Exchange Gr 3397.50 8.00 Marks & Spencer Group PLC 376.00 0.85 Mediclinic International PLC 810.50 3.50 Merlin Entertainments PLC 504.25 -0.95 Micro Focus International PLC 2647.50 -3.00 Mondi PLC 2038.50 -5.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 239.65 0.52 National Grid PLC 1026.25 6.35 Next PLC 4258.50 25.00 Old Mutual PLC 192.60 0.50 Paddy Power Betfair PLC 8110.00 30.00 Pearson PLC 726.25 -13.50 Persimmon PLC 2411.00 20.00 Provident Financial PLC 3213.00 19.00 Prudential PLC 1755.25 -3.50 Randgold Resources Ltd 6757.50 -115.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 7170.00 -1.00 RELX PLC 1587.50 -9.00 Rentokil Initial PLC 253.45 -0.90 Rio Tinto PLC 2932.50 -47.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 839.50 -14.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Gr 265.75 -3.20 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2133.25 15.50 Royal Mail PLC 413.25 -0.20 RSA Insurance Group PLC 625.75 4.63 Sage Group (The) PLC 703.75 4.00 Sainsbury (J) PLC 268.05 3.00 Schroders PLC 3226.50 7.00 Scottish Mortgage Invest 378.20 0.64 Severn Trent PLC 2373.00 -0.33 Shire PLC 4662.50 10.00 Sky PLC 994.25 1.50 Smith & Nephew PLC 1298.50 -7.00 Smiths Group PLC 1659.50 -24.00 Smurfit Kappa Group PLC 2173.50 -18.00 SSE PLC 1436.50 12.72 Standard Chartered PLC 715.20 -2.40 Standard Life PLC 379.45 0.35 St James's Place PLC 1166.50 -2.00 Taylor Wimpey PLC 196.65 0.60 Tesco PLC 180.95 1.55 TUI AG 1176.50 -9.00 Unilever PLC 3995.00 6.50 United Utilities Group PLC 1000.50 4.65 Vodafone Group PLC 206.60 1.65 Whitbread PLC 4107.50 35.00 Wolseley PLC 5032.50 -35.00 Worldpay Group PLC 314.70 0.40 WPP PLC 1672.50 -4.00
% CHG. -0.31 0.24 0.23 0.43 -0.19 -0.11 -0.24 0.22 0.62 0.59 0.26 0.37 -1.83 0.84 0.59 -0.20 -1.67 -0.01 -0.56 -0.35 -1.58 -1.64 -1.19 0.73 -0.05 0.75 0.57 1.13 0.22 0.17 -0.01 0.21 0.15 -0.54 -1.43 -0.82 0.89 -0.33 0.09 -0.17 0.31 0.86 -0.76 0.16 0.47 0.81 0.86 -0.69 0.13 -0.24
NET VOL 17,167.72 93.27 853.85 128.80 174.95 38.99 159.52 796.78 1,102.18 50.48 835.82 9.45 1,616.10 294.13 19.21 804.94 127.39 53.78 480.59 292.43 614.57 1,169.27 1,736.15 1,303.51 345.92 228.76 511.55 1,148.34 28.61 321.28 80.36 133.49 191.08 288.09 179.94 46.95 568.35 1,144.47 324.91 126.14 1,642.24 1,649.53 166.42 405.75 93.24 6,919.07 67.78 29.99 846.04 628.44
0.84491
Units per €
US dollar .............................................................1.09606 Japan yen.............................................................123.416 Switzerland franc ...............................................1.08511 Denmark kroner...............................................7.43692 Norway kroner .................................................9.45637
currenciesdirect.com/marbella • Tel: +34 952 906 581
DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES M AY 8
COMPANY 3M AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CO CATERPILLAR CHEVRON CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA DU PONT(EI) DE NMR EXXON MOBIL GENERAL ELECTRIC GOLDMAN SACHS HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL CORP J.P.MORGAN CHASE JOHNSON & JOHNSON MC DONALD'S CORP MERCK AND CO. NEW MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER AND GAMBLE TRAVELERS CIES UNITED TECHNOLOGIE UNITEDHEALTH GROUP VERIZON COMMS VISA WAL-MART STORES WALT DISNEY CO
PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 198,65 -0,38% -0,75 118M 78,16 -0,20% -0,16 69M 153,01 2,72% 4,05 797M 186,02 0,55% 1,01 112M 99,37 -0,27% -0,27 58M 106,68 0,84% 0,89 202M 34,29 -0,29% -0,1 171M 43,89 0,46% 0,2 187M 80,26 -1,08% -0,88 69M 82,89 1,06% 0,87 351M 29,07 -0,51% -0,15 252M 225,03 -0,81% -1,84 88M 156,89 0,74% 1,16 188M 153,03 -1,30% -2,02 143M 36,54 -0,76% -0,28 171M 87,1 0,11% 0,1 309M 123,25 -0,21% -0,26 333M 144,24 0,19% 0,28 117M 64,01 0,06% 0,04 175M 68,94 -0,09% -0,06 531M 54,3 0,65% 0,35 71M 33,45 -0,09% -0,03 199M 86,55 0,06% 0,05 221M 121,01 -0,24% -0,29 33M 121,08 -0,22% -0,27 97M 174,44 0,18% 0,32 168M 46,63 -0,13% -0,06 190M 91,92 -0,18% -0,17 169M 76,12 -0,50% -0,38 230M 111,42 -0,51% -0,57 176M
NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES M AY 8
COMPANY
Kleinwort Benson Elite PCC Ltd
1.18355
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced Universal Display Corporation Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Immunomedics, Inc. Fluidigm Corporation Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. MercadoLibre, Inc. Renewable Energy Group, Inc. Johnson Outdoors Inc. Sierra Wireless, Inc. Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.
$ 111.30 $ 55.96 $ 9.08 $ 6.36 $ 5.90 $ 17.99 $ 275.16 $ 11.80 $ 41.34 $ 28.45 $ 30.55
21.45 ▲ 23.87% 9.15 ▲ 19.55% 1.41 ▲ 18.38% 0.95 ▲ 17.56% 0.88 ▲ 17.53% 2.54 ▲ 16.44% 38.65 ▲ 16.34% 1.65 ▲ 16.26% 5.74 ▲ 16.12% 3.65 ▲ 14.72% 3.90 ▲ 14.63%
$ 6.025 $ 8.665 $ 19.75 $ 8.575 $4 $ 7.63 $ 30.70 $ 2.90 $ 17.10 $ 10.70 $ 34.425
2.675 ▼ 30.75% 3.055 ▼ 26.07% 6.50 ▼ 24.76% 2.115 ▼ 19.78% 0.85 ▼ 17.53% 1.47 ▼ 16.15% 5.85 ▼ 16.01% 0.50 ▼ 14.71% 2.65 ▼ 13.42% 1.60 ▼ 13.01% 4.575 ▼ 11.73%
Most Declined Brightcove Inc. National CineMedia, Inc. ArcBest Corporation YRC Worldwide, Inc. American Superconductor Corporation Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. Puma Biotechnology Inc InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. IES Holdings, Inc. Digi International Inc. Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
22
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL
IN an effort to assist those who have found it difficult to find affordable accommodation, the Spanish Minister of Development has unveiled the 2018 plan. Iñigo de la Serna has made it clear that the government is dedicated to helping those that need it the most, namely the young, the elderly and those who have been evicted. In the case of those aged under 35, the state will make up to €10,800 available to anyone with a salary of less than €22,365.42 so that they can purchase a property, but the maximum of the grant will not exceed 20 per cent of the purchase price. Provided that recipients earn less than €1,597.53 per month (which is three times the average monthly rent) then financial aid will be made available to assist in the rental of a property. So for this group, if they are not purchasing, the government recognises that rental prices are increasing dramatically, especially in certain are a s o f Sp a i n a n d w ill a id those renting a property and pay 50 per cent of the cost of rent which does not exceed €900 per month
Photo Credit: fizkes Shutterstock
Property help for young and elderly
GOVERNMENT PLAN: Will help those that need it most afford a new home. for three years. For those aged 65 with income also less than €1,597.53 per month and a net worth of less than €100,000, they will receive a similar amount to cover rent up to €900 per month for three years or if the property is owned, there will be a
contribution of up to €200 to help with maintenance and utility bills. There will be cash assistance to companies building apartments to house low income families and the ministry will also help those who have lost their properties or been evicted from rental accommodation
by taking properties held in the Sareb ‘property bank’ and renting them out at heavily subsidised prices. With this plan to run from 2018 to 2020, the government expects to spend €321 million a year in overall support and assistance.
Spanish banks to be questioned over movement of funds for HSBC
The various bankers will be questioned about their knowledge and involvement.
The Spanish High Court has ruled that seven current and former employees of Banco Santander and three from BNP Paribas Spain must be questioned over allegations of collusion in moving funds for HSBC to an account in Switzerland. According to the judge who made the decision, the transfers estimated at €74 million were made in a manner which protected HSBC customers from national tax authorities and as such could be considered money laundering once the whole trail is unravelled.
WHISTLE BLOWER: Hervé Falciani behind the microphone. This current investigation started as long ago as 2008 when a self-proclaimed whistle blower Hervé Falciani leaked details of large numbers of customers who had accounts with HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland and details were sent to tax authorities in a number of different countries. T h e Sw is s re s ponde d by s e nte nc ing the French citizen ‘in absentia’ to five years imprisonment for industrial espionage.
ONE of Britain’s largest banks Standard Chartered has confirmed that it will be moving several hundred jobs to Frankfurt in advance of Brexit. This announcement follows one from US financial giant JP Morgan, which employs about 16,000 people in Britain, which is also planning to move hundreds of jobs from London to Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Dublin. Although considered a UK bank, Standard Chartered which recently appointed former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain and Director of the International Monetary Fund Jose Vinals as Chairman only receives about 5 per cent of its income from the UK market. Although it currently intends to keep its headquarters in London, its interests in Asia and Europe mean that it cannot afford to chance any banking restrictions following Brexit.
Airbnb still under review Photo Credit: Nicolas Vigier flickr
ALTHOUGH British-based high street bank HSBC came through the banking crisis relatively unscathed, it has been accused of a number of irregularities over the years. Having been fined billions of dollars by the U S aut h o r i t i e s a n d a l s o s h e llin g o u t to th e British government, it is now under investigation in France and Spain.
Another bank will transfer staff to Frankfurt
The various bankers will be questioned about their knowledge and involvement in this matter by way of assistance to the French investigation which is concentrating on the period between 2005 and 2010. Should any evidence of wrongdoing emerge concerning the Spanish banks involved, a decision will then have to be made as to whether the courts will need to consider further action to establish if any Spanish laws have been broken.
FOLLOWING the example of the Barcelona City Council, Madrid is investigating ways of ‘policing’ untaxed property rentals. Although there are a number of property portals which offer short term rentals in Madrid and other large cities in Spain, American company Airbnb is the most prolific and successful in the market place. As previously reported, Barcelona has tried to levy significant fines of the company which has successfully appealed against them, but it has also offered a compromise whereby it will not accept multi-property lets from professional landlords. The main bone of contention appears to be the fact that significant amounts of local tax may be evaded if short term lettings are made through these portals.
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL
www.euroweeklynews.com
Photo Credit: Vinod Divakaran flickr.
FACING CHARGES: Neymar de Silva Santos Jnr.
Barcelona star Neymar is to be charged with fraud By John Smith FOOTBALL finance just can’t keep out of the news and it has been confirmed that Barcelona star Neymar will be charged with fraud and corruption. Like so many South American superstars, the Brazilian’s parents are involved in his management as well as day-to-day financial affairs and his father at least will also be charged. The reason for the prosecution centres on Neymar’s transfer from Santos in 2013 with his transfer fee being declared at €17 million, when it was once suggested that the actual fee was €57 million. However the court now suggests the real fee was nearer €25 million. Following the example of a number of other players, Ney-
mar had a deal with a third party group, in this case the Brazilian investment company DIS which was entitled to 40 per cent of any transfer fee.
The Brazilian’s parents are involved in his management. They received €6.8 million but the court believes that they were ‘short changed’ by €3.5 million which is the reason for the charges which also include Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his predecessor Sandro Rosell, who it is suggested were aware of the deception. Originally in 2016, a Spanish
court ruled that the matter should be subject to a civil action but has now been persuaded by the prosecutor that the player and his father were aware of an allegedly fraudulent arrangement between Barcelona and Santos to defraud DIS. Prosecutors are calling for a two-year prison sentence and €10 million fine for Neymar whilst DIS want to see five years and at the very least a suspension of his right to play in Spain for the period of any sentence, even if a suspended one. The Barcelona club has already paid a €5.5 million fine in order to settle a different case with similar circumstances, but these accusations still continue to arise and there is a separate investigation taking place in Brazil.
Production on the up, unemployment down INTERNATIONAL analysts Markit have released the results of their April survey which shows that Spanish manufacturing is speeding up. To go with this news is an announcement from the Ministry of Employment and Social Security which says that unemployment in Spain fell by 129,281 in April which is a record.
Whilst encouragingly, unemployment amongst those under 25 has dropped, the percentage of young unemployed is still at a high level. Following some poor figures recently, Andalucia has been one of the leading areas for the fall in the unemployed with its drop exceeding the combined drops of Barcelona and Madrid
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
EWN
23
FEATURE
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
25
They honestly haven’t got a clue LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT PERSONALLY I think the voting age should be raised to 21. It’s not that I consider the young lacking in intelligence, or am ignorant of the view, that if your old enough to die for your country you should at least have a say in who runs it. The fact is they lack experience; they simply haven’t been around long enough. An 18-year-old today wasn’t even born when the last Labour government was first elected, and were still children when they lost power. They have no idea what it is like for adults to exist under the depressing, inept incompetence of a left wing government. They have never experienced the sight of the fat cat bully boys of the unions, tanned and fresh from their Marbella villa holidays, emerging from Downing Street and announcing that half the nation would be on strike, if the ‘workers’ weren’t given what they (the unions) demanded.
YOUNG ADULTS: They simply haven’t been around long enough.
Of times when ‘everybody out’ issued from the employees of one vital institution after another, until the whole country staggered from one crisis to the next and employers were blamed for everything from the price of soap to the shortage of cat litter. They have no knowledge of a country, run by a party who bribes its
constituents by creating whole cultures of benefit scroungers, and to pay for these free handouts, taxes those with any initiative to create jobs and wealth to such a degree that they leave the country in droves. Labour is, and always has been, a party that has no idea how to actually create resources and always uses the
wealth, painstakingly earned by previous governments to create the illusion that they are a successful organisation, by pouring investments into popular schemes that will ingratiate them to their constituents. When there are no longer any previous legacies to lay claim to, they borrow, beg and steal (Brown stole
the country’s gold reserves and sold it for a pittance!) until finally there is nothing left and they are finally voted out, leaving the incoming party to once again pick up the pieces. Margaret Thatcher summed up this bunch of incompetent con artists perfectly, when she stated that the Labour party are fine, until they run out of other people’s money. Thank the Lord for Corbyn and the likes of Diane Abbott. They are the true face of the left, and not in fact the false faces of Tony Blair and his henchmen of yore. So, to all the young voters, who believe that the ‘all men are equal, tax the rich and ban the bomb’ tirade that issues from the left is the answer to what ails us, I suggest you all think again. I’m not saying it’s going to be plain sailing. But at least with Theresa May we have a chance. And be honest, do you really want Diane Abbott to be in control of the nation’s police force? Ha! Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com
Advertising feature
Eugenio Noguerol, General Manager at Citroen, Velez-Malaga WHAT types of car do you sell? New and used Citroens as well as other used car makes. We also have a garage and parts shop for all types of car. Do you have many expat customers? Yes, around 30 per cent of our customers are foreign and the majority of those are British. What languages do you speak in the showroom? We speak English, German and French. One of our sales representatives, Rafael, even has a degree in English and German and has lived in the UK. Are there any services you offer that expats may be particularly interested in? From our face-to-face meetings in English when choosing a car, to our after sale care, we support our clients fully through the process and legalities of buying a car in Spain. We offer free yearly vehicle checks, and a free pre-ITV check to help your vehicle pass first time. When it comes to the ITV itself, we remind our customers when theirs is due. We even pick their car up, take it to its ITV and drop it back to wherever is convenient, all for free.
We also have a loyalty card scheme which gives customers 5 per cent off the price of any service on their next visit. Is it possible to get financing if a customer doesn’t work in Spain? Yes, Citroen has developed a unique system to make the process of getting financing much easier than other companies. Along with proof of identification, we simply need proof of transfers into a Spanish account. Ninety-five per cent of our financing queries are accepted and we give customers an answer on the spot. Are there other services you offer? We have a garage and parts shop on-site which offer a full range of services. While your car is in the garage, we offer a free courtesy car and will always call a customer with a price before beginning any work. If you have a prang, we will even help you deal with your insurance company if you need help with translation. Are there any cars you particularly recommend for those living in the campo or on the coast? We always help recommend the right car for different terrains. For our clients who live in
SUPPORTING CLIENTS: Through the process and legalities of buying a car. the campo, we recommend the C4 Cactus, C4 Aircross, new C3 and DS4 Crossback. For those living on the coast who are looking for something sporty, the DS3 can be a great option, and for families you can’t beat the C4 Picasso - the most sold family car in Spain due to its quality, size and price. And finally, you’re heavily involved in community work, what sort of events do
you sponsor? We sponsor a golf tournament at Baviera golf club every July, the Velez-Malaga children’s football team and several Cofrades events. We would also love to help an expat association. Av Rey Juan Carlos I, 11, Velez-Malaga Tel: 952 540 375 https://www.facebook.com/citroenausol
26
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
THURSDAY - 11 MAY
7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm MasterChef 10:00pm The Truth About Sleep 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time 12:45am This Week
8:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9:00am Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Two Tribes 2:30pm Natural World 3:30pm Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero 4:30pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:30pm Red Rock 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm Debatable 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm The World According to Kids 10:00pm Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure 11:00pm Match of the Day 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Second Chance Summer: Tuscany
2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 4:00pm Culinary Genius 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Babushka 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast by the UK Independence Party 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight - The Leader Interviews: Paul Nuttall 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Joanna Lumley’s Postcards 10:00pm Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm ITV News London 11:50pm UEFA Europa League Highlights 12:50am Tipping Point 1:45am Jackpot247
7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Below Deck 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am You’ve Been Framed! 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Mom 10:30pm Mom 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 12:00am Family Guy
8:00pm 100 Days+ 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Eurovision Song Contest SemiFinal Mel Giedroyc and Scott Mills return for the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest, live from Kyiv in Ukraine. Eighteen acts will take to the stage, but only ten will make it through to the Grand Final on Saturday. 11:00pm ABBA at the BBC 12:00am From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children’s Television 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:35am Prog at the BBC 2:35am ABBA at the BBC 3:35am Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain 4:35am This is BBC Four
7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Heartbeat Nostalgic police drama series set in a 1960s Yorkshire village. 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:30am Wild at Heart 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm The Cruise Ship 5:50pm Love Your Garden 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:05am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am 9:35am 10:05am 10:35am 11:05am 12:05pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:55pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am
Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Car S.O.S Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Channel 4 News The Question Jury Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Extreme Cake Makers The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Party Election Broadcast The Supervet Born to Kill How to Get a Council House First Dates
7:00am Barcelona’s European Glory 7:10am Ax Men 7:50am Cash Cowboys 8:50am The Saint 9:55am Ironside 11:00am Minder 12:05pm Ax Men 1:00pm Cycling 2:00pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live from Chester 5:00pm Minder 6:00pm The Sweeney 7:00pm Cash Cowboys 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Unforgiven 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Unforgiven 12:40am The Client 1:40am FYI Daily 1:45am The Client 3:05am Fishing Impossible 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen Text based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.
TV LISTING
FRIDAY - 12 MAY
9:15am 9:30am 9:50am 10:00am
Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Wissper Wanda and the Alien The Wright Stuff To B&B the Best 5 News Lunchtime On Benefits: Breadline Brummies Home and Away Neighbours NCIS My Family’s Secret 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Party Election Broadcast Secrets of Great British Castles On Benefits Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Mind the Age Gap Inside the Gang
12:00pm A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 10:30pm Have I Got News for You 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Would I Lie to You?
7:00am My Life in Books 7:30am A1: Britain’s Longest Road 8:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9:00am The World According to Kids 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Two Tribes 2:30pm Natural World 3:30pm Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero 4:30pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:30pm Red Rock 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm Debatable 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Gardeners’ World 10:00pm Versailles 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Later... with Jools Holland
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm The Good Old Days 9:50pm Sounds of the Seventies Three more portions of seventies soul from the BBC archives. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform Help Me Make It Through the Night, Bill Withers sings Ain’t No Sunshine and Aretha Franklin sings Don’t Play That Song. 10:00pm It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll: Rock ‘N’ Roll at the BBC 11:00pm Buddy Holly 12:00am Kings of Rock and Roll 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:35am It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll: Rock ‘N’ Roll at the BBC 2:35am Buddy Holly 3:35am Kings of Rock and Roll 4:35am This is BBC Four
8:10am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Car S.O.S 12:05pm Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm The Question Jury 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm Posh Pawn 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Britain Today Tonight 11:35pm Britain Today Tonight 12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
9:30am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm To B&B the Best 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:15pm Wrong Swipe 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Ancient Mysteries 10:00pm Inside the Houses of Parliament 11:00pm Mind the Age Gap 12:00am Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Barclays Premier League World 10:30am Premier League 100 Club 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Barclays Premier League World 12:30pm Premier League 100 Club 1:00pm Premier League Legends 2:00pm Premier League 100 Club 3:00pm Premier League Legends 4:30pm Premier League Legends 5:00pm Football’s Greatest 6:00pm Premier League Legends 7:30pm Barclays Premier League World 8:00pm Live Premier League Darts 11:00pm School of Hard Knocks 12:00am Premier League Match Pack
11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 4:00pm Culinary Genius 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Babushka 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Royal Windsor Horse Show Special 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm ITV News London 11:50pm The Keith and Paddy Picture Show 12:20am Benidorm 1:15am Jackpot247
7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Below Deck 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am You’ve Been Framed! 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Emmerdale 2:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 8:00pm Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm American Pie 12:00am Family Guy
7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:25am Wild at Heart 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm The Cruise 5:50pm Love Your Garden 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm The Street 11:15pm Law and Order: UK 12:20am Wire in the Blood 1:25am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2:30am The Knock 3:25am Wycliffe 4:20am Long Lost Family
7:00am Nijinsky’s Triple Crown 7:05am Ax Men 7:50am Cash Cowboys 8:45am The Saint 9:50am Ironside 10:55am Minder 12:00pm The Sweeney 1:00pm Ax Men 2:00pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live from Chester 5:00pm Minder 6:00pm The Sweeney 7:00pm Cash Cowboys Sheldon and Scott embark on a coast-to-coast scavenge for collectibles that can make them cash. 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Counting Cars 9:30pm Counting Cars 10:00pm Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera 11:00pm American Gangster 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am American Gangster
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Barclays Premier League World 10:30am Premier League Match Pack 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Live ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 6:00pm Football Gold 6:15pm Football Gold 6:30pm Football Gold 6:45pm Football Gold 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:00pm Football West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea 11:15pm Carling: In Off the Bar 11:45pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:45am Sporting Triumphs 1:00am Football 1:30am Premier League 100 Club
10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm
2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm
11:00pm 12:05am
The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.
FEATURE
www.euroweeklynews.com
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
27
Advertising feature
With HiFX international money transfers, there’s no fees, no fuss IF you need to send money abroad - perhaps to transfer a mortgage or pension, or just to make a one-off payment - your first instinct might be to turn to your bank. Many people will assume that this is the easiest method, or that their bank will offer them the best deal, but this might not be the best option for you. At HiFX, we’re dedicated to saving you time and money, whatever the reason for your international money transfer. Every month, we use an independent company to check all the UK high street banks and building societies to make sure our rate is better. We can help you save money in two ways: 1. Absolutely no transfer fees With HiFX, you’ll pay no transfer fees whatsoever, regardless of the amount you are transferring. Opening an account is free, plus we don’t charge fees for receiving money or any other transfer fees on foreign exchange transactions. There are no monthly charges either.
EXCHANGE RATES: You can get a quote at any time using our online system. Please note that this does not include the cost of you transferring funds to HiFX or any charges incurred where the funds are being sent in a different currency to the destination bank account.
2. Bank-beating exchange rates To get an idea of how much you could save, we compared the rates and fees for transferring £10,000 into Euros using the main UK high street banks:
With a HiFX account, you can get a quote at any time using our online system, which will make it clear to you exactly what exchange rate you will be getting. When you see a rate you are comfortable with, you can make a transfer online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To find out more about how HiFX could save you time and money, please contact our team of friendly experts: spain@hifx.co.uk. You can also call our Costa del Sol office on 951 203 986 or our Costa Blanca office on 966 764 934. The details expressed in this transmission are for information purposes only and are not intended as a solicitation for funds or a recommendation to trade. HiFX Sucursal en España is a branch of HiFX Europe Limited. HiFX Europe Limited is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2009, registration 462444, for the provision of payment services. Registered office: Maxis 1, Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RT.
28
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
SATURDAY - 13 MAY
7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:45pm Rugby League Challenge Cup 5:30pm Final Score 6:20pm Who Dares Wins 7:05pm BBC News 7:15pm Regional News All the latest local news. 7:20pm Weather 7:25pm Pointless 8:15pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Coverage of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest from Kiev, Ukraine. 12:25am BBC News 12:40am Weather 12:45am Fallen 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News
7:00am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:20am 12:20pm 1:20pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 5:00pm
5:30pm 6:15pm 7:15pm 7:25pm 7:45pm 9:00pm 10:15pm
10:45pm 11:45pm 12:00am 1:00am
CITV ITV News Weekend The Home Game Judge Rinder Tipping Point ITV News and Weather Bigheads The Man in the Iron Mask Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs Catchphrase Britain’s Got More Talent Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Take Me Out Britain’s Got Talent The Keith and Paddy Picture Show The Mask ITV News and Weather The Mask Jackpot247
7:40am God’s Little Acre 9:25am Talking Pictures 10:10am The Glass Bottom Boat 12:00pm Monty Halls’ Great Hebridean Escape 1:00pm Great British Menu 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm Great British Menu 2:30pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country. 3:15pm Flog It! 4:00pm Trust Me I’m a Vet 5:00pm Gardeners’ World 6:00pm Women’s FA Cup Final 8:30pm Yorkshire Wolds Way with Paul Rose 9:00pm Dad’s Army 9:30pm Woman in Gold 11:10pm Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action. 12:25am Versailles
8:00pm Nature’s Great Events Series about the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet. 9:00pm Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest 10:00pm Hinterland 11:25pm Top of the Pops John Peel and David Jensen present the weekly look at the pop charts, first broadcast on 13th January 1983. 12:00am Top of the Pops 12:35am The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill 1:35am Kate Bush at the BBC 2:35am SingerSongwriters at the BBC 3:35am The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm Britain’s Got Talent 1:15pm Britain’s Got More Talent 2:15pm Take Me Out 3:30pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 4:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 5:35pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 6:40pm FYI Daily 6:45pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 7:25pm The Waterboy 8:30pm FYI Daily 8:35pm The Waterboy 9:15pm Scorpion 10:15pm Britain’s Got More Talent 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 12:15am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:45am American Dad! 2:15am American Pie 3:15am FYI Daily 3:20am American Pie 4:00am Teleshopping
7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Murder, She Wrote 8:15am Murder, She Wrote 9:10am Murder, She Wrote 10:15am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 11:20am Columbo 1:05pm Carry on at Your Convenience 2:10pm FYI Daily 2:15pm Carry on at Your Convenience 3:00pm Lewis 5:00pm Lewis 6:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Foyle’s War 12:00am Law and Order: UK 1:00am Law and Order: UK 2:05am Law and Order: UK
7:15am Motorsport 8:10am King of Queens 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:25am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Big Bang Theory 11:25am The Simpsons 12:55pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:50pm Come Dine with Me 2:25pm Come Dine with Me 3:55pm A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 4:55pm Big House, Little House 6:00pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Formula 1 8:00pm The Restoration Man 9:00pm Walks with My Dog 10:00pm 12 Years a Slave 12:35am AVP: Alien vs. Predator
7:00am Bundesliga 7:50am Motorsport UK 8:50am World Endurance Championship Highlights: SpaFrancorchamps 9:55am Cycling 11:00am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 12:00pm The Classic Car Show 1:00pm British Touring Car Championship Highlights 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm The Cimarron Kid 6:30pm FYI Daily 6:35pm The Cimarron Kid 7:20pm Football’s Greatest 7:35pm Storage Wars 8:05pm The Sweeney 9:05pm Better Late Than Never 10:00pm Conan the Destroyer 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Conan the Destroyer 12:10am Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
TV LISTING
SUNDAY - 14 MAY
9:35am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Little Princess 10:20am Peppa Pig 10:35am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:45am The Fairly Odd Parents 11:20am Access 11:30am The Gadget Show 12:30pm Police Interceptors 1:30pm Police Interceptors 2:30pm Police Interceptors 3:30pm FIA Formula e Live: Monaco 5:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 6:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 9:05pm NCIS: Los Angeles 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm NCIS 12:00am The Moors Murders: Britain’s Worst Crimes
7:00am Breakfast 8:40am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Flog It! 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Escape to the Country 6:15pm Songs of Praise 6:50pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm British Academy Television Awards 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:45am Murder in Successville
7:30am The Instant Gardener 8:15am Gardeners' World 9:15am The Beechgrove Garden 9:45am Countryfile 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm Great British Menu 12:45pm Great British Menu 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Triathlon World Series 3:30pm Rugby League Challenge Cup 6:00pm Athletics 7:00pm Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made 8:00pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 9:00pm Mexico 10:00pm Dara and Ed's Road to Mandalay 11:00pm Half of a Yellow Sunday 12:45am Memento 2:45am Question Time
7:00am Football Gold 7:45am Premier League 100 Club 8:15am Football 8:45am Game Changers 9:15am Premier League Preview 2016/17 9:45am The Fantasy Football Club 10:45am Soccer A.M. 12:30pm Football 1:30pm Football Manchester City v Leicester City 4:00pm Live ATP Masters 1000 - Madrid 6:00pm Great Sporting Moments 6:15pm Football Stoke City v Arsenal 9:00pm Gary Neville: The Pundit 9:30pm Nissan Game of the Day 11:30pm Nissan Match Choice 12:30am Peter Crouch: PL 100 Club
7:00am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:00am
7:20am You've Been Framed! 7:45am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:50pm Take Me Out 2:05pm Catchphrase 3:05pm You've Been Framed! 4:05pm Planet 51 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Planet 51 5:55pm Britain's Got Talent 7:10pm Britain's Got More Talent 8:10pm Mr Bean's Holiday 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Mr Bean's Holiday 10:00pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:00pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:30am The Cleveland Show 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:30am The Vampire Diaries 3:15am The Hot Desk
12:00pm 12:55pm 1:10pm 2:10pm 3:05pm 4:05pm 5:20pm 7:35pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 9:00pm
10:00pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 12:15am
CITV ITV News Weekend Countrywise Peston on Sunday Judge Rinder ITV News and Weather Tipping Point Who's Doing the Dishes? The Chase Britain's Got Talent Live and Let Die Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Bigheads The Durrells Comedy-drama in which a family relocates to the Greek paradise of Corfu in 1935. Grantchester ITV News and Weather Peston on Sunday Lethal Weapon
8:00pm Birth of British Music 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Motorway 10:00pm OJ 11:30pm Storyville Documentary which tells the story of Tyke, a circus elephant who went on a rampage in Honolulu in 1994, killed her trainer in front of thousands of spectators and died in a hail of gunfire. 12:25am Time Shift 1:25am Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues. 2:25am Nature's Great Events Series about the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet. 3:25am Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Carry on at Your Convenience 8:25am FYI Daily 8:30am Carry on at Your Convenience 9:05am Heartbeat 10:05am Heartbeat 11:05am Murder, She Wrote 1:05pm Columbo Peter Falk dons the shabby mac and lights up a cheap cigar for more top drawer US detective drama. 2:40pm A Touch of Frost 4:55pm Foyle's War 6:55pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Royal Stories 9:30pm Royal Stories 10:00pm The Queen's Garden 11:00pm Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order. 12:00am Law and Order: UK
7:15am 7:40am 8:05am 8:30am
King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch Eat the Week with Iceland Doctor Dolittle Location, Location, Location A Place in the Sun Escape to Costa Rica Channel 4 News Formula 1 The Island with Bear Grylls Surviving the Island with Bear Grylls Prisoners Millionaires' Mansions Location, Location, Location Building the Dream
9:40am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Little Princess 10:20am Peppa Pig 10:40am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:55am The Fairly Odd Parents 11:13am The Fairly Odd Parents 11:30am Access 11:40am Car Crime UK: Caught on Camera 12:10pm Michael 2:10pm On Benefits: Life on the Dole 3:10pm On Benefits: The Compensation King 4:10pm On Benefits 6:00pm Britain's Best Loved Double Acts 9:00pm Toddlers Make You Laugh Out Loud 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm When Game Shows Go Horribly Wrong 1:05am The Best of Bad TV 2:00am Super Casino
7:25am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 8:40am Counting Cars 9:05am Counting Cars 9:30am Storage Wars 10:00am Pawn Stars 10:30am Pawn Stars 11:00am Pawn Stars 11:30am Pawn Stars 12:55pm The Cimarron Kid 2:00pm FYI Daily 2:05pm The Cimarron Kid 2:40pm The Horse Soldiers 3:40pm FYI Daily 3:45pm The Horse Soldiers 5:05pm Apache 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm Apache 6:55pm River Monsters 8:00pm Fishing Impossible 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:05pm Car Crash Global Caught on Camera. 11:05pm Assault on Precinct 13 12:10am FYI Daily
8:30am Premier League Legends 9:00am Football Gold 9:15am Football Gold 9:30am Football Gold 9:45am Football Gold 10:00am The Sunday Supplement 11:00am Goals on Sunday 12:00pm Live Nissan Super Sunday 1:00pm Live Nissan Super Sunday Crystal Palace v Hull City 3:00pm Live Nissan Super Sunday West Ham United v Liverpool 5:00pm Live Nissan Super Sunday Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United 9:00pm Goals on Sunday 10:00pm Football Gold 10:30pm Football Gold 11:00pm Premier League 11:30pm Premier League 12:30am Goals on Sunday 1:30am Premier League
8:55am 9:25am 9:55am 10:30am 1:30pm
2:30pm 4:10pm
5:15pm 6:15pm 7:15pm 7:45pm 10:00pm 11:00pm
12:00am 2:50am 3:45am
4:40am
The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.
FEATURE
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
LEGALLY SPEAKING
Speeding fines AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers. SPEED CAMPAIGN: Targeted mainly the secondary road network.
DURING the latest seven-day campaign focusing on speeding motorists, the Guardia Civil checked some 581,294 vehicles on Spain’s roads. Officers found 31,086 were in breach of the law, however the controls conducted by the various local and regional police force also need to be added to these figures, so it is expected to be considerably higher. The campaign targeted mainly the secondary road network where the majority of serious and fatal incidents occur. Four of the drivers stopped now face criminal proceedings after they were found to be exceeding the maximum permitted speed limit by more than 80km per hour. Drivers caught speeding face fines of between €100-600 plus the loss of between two and six points. Exceeding the speed limit by
more than 60km per hour on urban roads, or 80km per hour on major roads, then becomes a criminal offence with the offender facing between six to 12 months in prison, community service and the loss of the driving licence for up to four years, as well as a substantial fine. Remember, the DGT traffic department website has extended its information into English, French and German, to greater advise and inform foreign drivers. Via www.dgt.es information is available in English which tells you what to do in the event of receiving a traffic violation ticket. It includes details on what to do if the offending driver is not the vehicle owner, how to pay the fine, either online or in person or at a bank, or appeal it, as well as contact details for speaking to someone about your fine.
For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.
What can a ‘fed up’ President do? I am President of a Community of Property Owners and I am about to resign the position. I am completely fed up with some owners who have everything to SAY but will not stand for President. One main problem is our Administrators. When you quote anything to them, they just say, that is their opinion. You never see the rules, that is, the law. When I I hope you feel better for getting it off your chest. Keep in mind that you will not resign as President. You will officially be President until the Com-
quote you, they never agree with what you quote or say. Only, that is his opinion. Can I insist that the new President appoint a new administration company? Can I insist that we appoint a British accountant to audit the books for the last 15 years? I strongly feel that nothing adds up. They will not do the accounts in English, only in Spanish. B J C (Costa Blanca)
David Searl You and the Law in Spain
munity votes in a new one.
The President does not appoint the Administrators. The Community must do that by majority vote at the AGM. The same goes for the naming of auditors.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
29
Can you wash your hands? Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I STOPPED to fill my car with petrol and I use a garage where the attendant does it for you. So I was sitting in my car and he started to fill my tank. At the same time my phone rang so I answered it. The attendant was at the back of the car but standing on the other side. On the forecourt was his mate who waved at me and signalled, by using his thumb and little finger and placing it to his ear, and then changing it to give me the wiggly ‘no don’t do that’ finger gesture. This, in normal circumstances is fine, except this guy had a lit ciggy in his other hand! I mean, it’s bad enough that they have these signs saying don’t use your phone in a garage when there has never been a reported incident of it blowing the place up, but to tell me not to use my phone whilst he has a lit ciggy is just nuts. Talking of signs, here are a few others that set me off. When I was in the UK a little while ago there was a sign in the gent’s toilet which said ‘now wash your hands.’ That’s fine but it then went on to show you, by the use of diagrams, how to wash them. Yup a sign showing you how to wash your hands. Now, I’m not the sharpest tool in the box, but I don’t think
there is anybody in the living civilised world, over the age of four, that doesn’t know how to wash their hands. You stick them under the tap, turn the water on, add soap, rub them together then rinse and dry. The even crazier part is that some idiot somewhere has spent money on producing these dumbass signs and got paid to do it! How about this one. At the entrance to the urbanisation where I live is a map that shows you how to get to all the different Phases of which there are five. It’s a great idea because it’s a big urbanisation and there is a one way system just to confuse you even further. However, there is just one problem. The map has been printed upside down so anyone who looks at it for the first time has not got a hope in hell of finding how to get anywhere. We told the town hall, who put it there, and two years later it’s still there this upside down useless sign that cost a fortune to make. The last one for now is when you are driving down the road and all of a sudden, without any warning, there is the sign that says the road is closed and you can’t go any further. How hard is it to put a sign at the top of the road and at other entrances that the road is closed ahead? So now you have to find a way to turn around, usually in a confined space and then find another way to complete your journey. What signs have you seen? Let me know. mikesenker@gmail.com
30
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
TUESDAY - 16 MAY
MONDAY - 15 MAY 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Doctor in the House 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Match of the Day 12:15am Have I Got a Bit More News for You
4:45pm The Wonder of Animals 5:15pm Rise of the Continents 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm Debatable 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Nature’s Miniature Miracles: Natural World 10:00pm The Day the Dinosaurs Died 11:00pm Detectorists 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm 100 Days + 8:30pm Insect Worlds 9:00pm Mud, Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture 10:00pm St Petersburg: An Art Lovers’ Guide 11:00pm OJ 12:35am Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls 1:35am Botany: A Blooming History 2:35am The Secret Life of the Motorway 3:35am St Petersburg: An Art Lovers’ Guide
7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight: The Leader Interviews 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Little Boy Blue 11:00pm ITV News 11:55pm Don’t Ask Me, Ask Britain 12:55am Joanna Lumley’s Postcards 1:20am Jackpot247
1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm The Great Indoors 11:00pm American Dad! 11:30pm American Dad! 12:00am Family Guy
11:55am Road to Avonlea 1:00pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Where the Heart is 4:15pm Wild at Heart 5:20pm The Cruise 5:50pm Love Your Garden 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am The Street
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm Food Unwrapped 9:30pm The Fake News Show 10:00pm Ivanka Tru America’s Real First Lady? 11:00pm Loaded 11:55pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:55am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners
2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:55pm
10:50am 11:50am 12:50pm 1:20pm 1:50pm 2:50pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm
4:00pm Premier League Highlights 4:30pm Premier League 100 Club 5:00pm Premier League Highlights 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 7:00pm Premier League Highlights 8:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 8:30pm Live Monday Night Football 12:00am Scottish Football Round Up
10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:25am
TV LISTING
Minder Ax Men Car Chasers Pawn Stars The Sweeney The Saint Ironside Minder The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Cycling The Chase: Celebrity Special The Client FYI Daily The Client Bundesliga
8:00pm
9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am
Home and Away Neighbours NCIS The Reckoning 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of Plaid Cymru The Cars That Made Britain Great Police Interceptors Inside the Gang Rise of the Krays 5 News
3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Three Girls 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm The Truth About Sleep 12:45am Life After Suicide
4:00pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 4:45pm The Wonder of Animals 5:15pm Rise of the Continents 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm Debatable 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm 100 Days + 8:30pm Insect Worlds 9:00pm Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army 10:00pm Dan Snow on Lloyd George My Great Great Grandfather. 11:00pm OJ 12:35am The Real Bonnie and Clyde 1:30am Storyville 2:30am The Story Of...
7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Save Money Good Food 9:00pm Don’t Ask Me Ask Britain 10:00pm Long Lost Family: What Happened Next? 11:00pm ITV News 11:50pm Little Boy Blue 12:50am Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera
12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Expendables 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Expendables
10:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:15pm Wild at Heart 5:20pm The Cruise 5:50pm Love Your Garden 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am A Touch of Frost
9:50am 10:55am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:05pm 6:10pm 7:05pm 8:05pm 9:00pm
7:10am You’ve Been Framed! 7:35am Below Deck 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am The Cube 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm You’ve Been Framed! 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm White House Down 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm White House Down 12:40am Family Guy
7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:30am Wild at Heart 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm Wild at Heart 5:20pm The Cruise 5:50pm Love Your Garden 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am A Touch of Frost
7:00am 7:05am 7:55am 8:50am
2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:55pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am
Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown Fifteen to One Coast v Country Four in a Bed Extreme Cake Makers The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Party Election Broadcast Location, Location, Location One Born Every Minute First Dates Confessions of a Junior Doctor
1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:55pm
8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am
Ironside Minder Ax Men Cycling The Sweeney The Saint Ironside Minder The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars World Superbike Highlights 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm Lethal Weapon 12:00am Better Late Than Never
5 News Lunchtime On Benefits Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: Los Angeles Dead on Campus 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Conservative Party Police Interceptors The Yorkshire Vet Elizabeth I Liberace: In Life and Death Hannibal
1:00pm Premier League Legends 2:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 2:30pm Premier League 100 Club 3:00pm Premier League Legends 3:30pm Monday Night Football 4:00pm Live Indian Premier League 8:30pm Football 11:15pm Premier League Review 12:15am Football Gold
WEDNESDAY - 17 MAY 12:00pm A1: Britain’s Longest Road 12:45pm Close Calls on Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Shop Well for Less 10:00pm Three Girls 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am Doctor in the House
10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Two Tribes 2:30pm Channel Patrol 3:15pm Red Rock 4:00pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 4:45pm The Wonder of Animals 5:15pm Rise of the Continents 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm Debatable 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Trust Me I’m a Vet 10:00pm A Time to Live 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am The Day the Dinosaurs Died
8:00pm 100 Days + 8:30pm Insect Worlds 9:00pm Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain 10:00pm Fixing the Future: Michael Mosley Vs.the Superbugs 11:00pm OJ 12:30am Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensics Story 1:35am Mud, Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture 2:35am Time Shift 3:35am Fixing the Future: Michael Mosley Vs.the Superbugs
8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 11:05am Car S.O.S 12:05pm Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Coast v Country 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm How to Live Mortgage Free with Sarah Beeny 10:00pm Isis: The Origins of Violence 11:35pm Gogglebox 12:35am One Born Every Minute
1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 7:55pm
8:00pm
9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm
12:00am
5 News Lunchtime The Gadget Show Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Newlywed and Dead 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Labour Party Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys GPs: Behind Closed Doors Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Murder of Rhys Jones: What Happened Next Left for Dead by the Yorkshire Ripper
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 4:00pm Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Babushka 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight at the London Palladium 10:00pm Britain’s Busiest Airport-Heathrow 11:00pm ITV News 11:55pm On Assignment 12:30am British Touring Car Championship Highlights
9:55am 11:00am
12:00pm 12:55pm 1:55pm 3:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:55am 1:55am
Snooker v Darts Ax Men Cash Cowboys The Saint Simon Templar is a debonair master thief with a talent for disguise. Ironside Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedy-drama. Ax Men The Sweeney The Saint ITV Racing Live Pawn Stars The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Cycling River Monsters Benidorm Better Late Than Never Lethal Weapon Navy Seals FYI Daily
9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Premier League Highlights 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Premier League Highlights 1:00pm Premier League Review 2:00pm Premier League Highlights 2:30pm Premier League Legends 3:00pm Premier League Legends 3:30pm Premier League Legends 4:00pm Live Indian Premier League 8:30pm Football Southampton v Manchester United 11:15pm Barclays Premier League World 11:45pm Football Gold 12:00am Football’s Greatest
The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.
FEATURE
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
31
War of words over the EU’s “plot” to sabotage Brexit Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
THERESA MAY’S searing attack on unelected Eurocrats for trying to sabotage both the general election and Brexit is unprecedented. She said she wanted to reach a Brexit deal, and for the EU to succeed: “But the events of the last few days have shown that whatever our wishes and however reasonable the positions of Europe’s other leaders, there are some in Brussels who do not want these talks to succeed.” Not totally surprising you might think, given the hostile leaks and threats from that recent ‘car crash’ dinner. What’s perhaps more surprising is that she’s going flat out and
calling on voters to tool her up to ‘fight for Britain’ against Brussels at such an early stage in this election and leading in the polls. Much was made of alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election. There are parallels domestically, too, as the EU attempts to influence with whom in the UK it negotiates. It’s clear from recent ‘leaks’ that the EU would rather not deal with Theresa May, and certainly not if she wins a commanding majority. They’d much prefer dealing with Corbyn or Farron, wouldn’t you? Basically, according to Iain Duncan Smith, former Conservative leader, the EU Commission “doesn't care if negotiations succeed, they’re obsessed with the idea of the EU: it’s where their money, jobs and power come from.” But surely all this will backfire on them. Already former hard-nosed
Remainers as well as reluctant Leavers I know have switched sides and are now pro-Brexit. A number that will inevitably increase with time and more EU threats. So, another day, another EU threat/leak - the dirty games of a rattled European Commission. My boots are worn out with quaking. Soon I’ll be terrified of Timmy Farron. Finally, it’s interesting that all French politicians end speeches with ‘Vive la République’ and Americans with ‘God bless America.’ What’s the British equivalent? Well, with a stiff upper lip our politicos would probably say: ‘Mind how you go,’ ‘What a lot of weather we’re having,’ ‘Chin up’ or ‘Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a train to catch.’ Nora Johnson’s psychological/ suspense crime
thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
THERESA MAY: Wants a deal.
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
32
www.euroweeklynews.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM
Kakuro
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
SPONSORED BY
TIME
EURO WEEKLY’S SPACE FOR YOU TO TAKE A BREA
MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE
Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
‘I KEEP HIM ON A HEALTHY DIET - BACON SANDWICH, T-BONE STEAK, BURGER, BEANS, SAUSAGE AND CHIPS, BROWNIES, ICE CREAM COLA...’
LOTTERY YOUR STARS FOR 7 DAYS Saturday May 06
5
34
36
38
39
48
BONUS BALL
30
IRISH LOTTO Saturday May 06
3
7
17
21
22
28
BONUS BALL
2
EURO MILLIONS Tuesday May 02
BONUS BALL
6
19
23
Friday May 05
BONUS BALL
3
7
30
1 3
43
35
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Someone really has rattled your tree, but try to refrain from throwing coconuts on their head. It is much more effective to be charming and get them confused.
11 12
27
25
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A fleeting meeting stirs feelings that you thought were dead. This could be good if it reminds you of how life can be, or bad if it makes you think of missed opportunities. It is never too late to make a fresh start. Why not go on that painting holiday or stamp-collecting weekend? Pole dancing anyone?
LA PRIMITIVA
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you feeling that you have been dealt a rough hand? Consider this: there are some who are not dealt a hand at all. Many are missing those few cards that mean they are never really in with a chance. Instead of lurking on the shady side, walk out into the sun. You will soon see the bright side.
Saturday May 06
BONUS BALL
1
22
26
27
31
34
28 3
EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday May 07
2
21 51
37 53
BONUS BALL
6
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A chance remark opens a can of worms. Trying to get them back in could turn out to be very messy. We all open our mouth and put our foot in it sometime. However, over-reacting won't help. You will need help with something this week. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Someone who is usually quite the op-
TAURUS
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
(April 21 - May 21)
Get out in the fresh air as much as possible and be kind to your body. You may have neglected yourself because you have been such a busy bee of late. What about a trip to the seaside or a walk in the hills? Maybe a trip to the local cocktail bar is more your style! Whatever puts a spring in your step will be good.
posite to you will surprise with an offer. Although you are naturally suspicious, give them the benefit of the doubt. Leopards do not change their spots but they are capable of behaving for the bigger good. . SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) An intimate meeting is less exciting than anticipated. This should not bother you because time could yet change that. You need to be in the right place at the right time, so don't give up hope, just have a little patience. A change of plans will be more beneficial than irksome, at least in the longer term. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) While counting your pennies, also count your blessings. Money can be a big problem or merely an irritation but the lack of it must be kept in perspective. You are right to think twice about accepting something that seems to be for nothing. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The goat in you is keen to find pastures new. It isn't a nibble that is needed at the moment, but a feast. Accepting anything less would be a mistake because
someone is watching your reaction to an offer. If you feel unsure of your worth, then ask a few trusted friends. It is so hard to see ourselves. Heed their words. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Don't allow an open-ended offer to muddle your mind. There is no need for an immediate decision and this may be too soon for a positive move. A sense of urgency may be put down to practical reasons when, in fact, it is no such thing. A feeling of insecurity is more likely to be the trigger to uncertainty. PISCES (Febraury 20 - March 20) Are things going swimmingly? Good. Maybe you had forgotten how to have real fun. Remember when you were a child? Life was so simple. Relax and be that child again. If some old fogey accuses you of being silly, feel sorry for them. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Awkward situations usually bring out the best in you and this week proves that. In the longer term, you will be grateful to those making things difficult now.
deer dire doer drew erne ewer iron nerd noir redo reed rein rend ride rind rode weir were wire word wore worn wren diner dower dried droid drone drown eider erode newer odder owner reded redid renew rowed rowen weird wider wired denier deride dewier dinero downer droned eroded ironed nodder redden redone reined rewind ridden weirdo winder wonder worded dowdier dowered downier drowned ironweed wondered EIDERDOWN
Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
TARGET: • Average: 10 • Good: 14 • Very good: 20 • Excellent: 25
OUT
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
AK, BE INFORMED AND ENJOY A CHALLENGE
page
Enjoy filling in the following puzzles and check the answers in next week’s edition
Cryptic
Code Breaker
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
CRYPTIC
Quick
Across:
Across 1 Roars used for getting the fire going (7) 5 Core and front of building unaltered (5) 8 Moves towards or from one arson attack (5) 9 Charge a politician in a temper (7) 10 Some of the next remedies will be radical (7) 11 Arranged loans for the beauty parlour (5) 12 Disturbed fish surrounded by poles (6) 14 Deb riskily concealed remains (6) 18 Get rid of in the Channel (5) 20 Increase general confusion (7) 22 Begins tantrum in a moment (7) 23 Asked questions of confused dopes (5) 24 Nasal cavity of head of state in America (5) 25 Elizabethan poet's son writes to the Queen (7) Down 1 Standards set by including Queen in marriage proclamation (7) 2 Jumped in meadow and a gym (5) 3 Old boy with part in play that is rude (7) 4 Plant in some faiths or religions (6) 5 Knocks tramps gone soft in the middle (5) 6 Office device made from plaster (7) 7 Grim extract from a Boris Pasternak novel (5) 13 Trains with a different skilled worker (7)
33
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM
SPONSORED BY
Crossword
EWN
1 User, 4 Disaster, 8 Caesar, 9 Robins, 10 Mere, 11 Condense, 13 Controversial, 16 Emergent, 19 Reef, 20 Cannes, 22 Shower, 23 Toasters, 24 Tess. Down: 2 Stateroom, 3 Respect, 4 Doric, 5 Strange, 6 Sable, 7 Eon, 12 Shameless, 14 Oversee, 15 Sort out, 17 Ranks, 18 Tasks, 21 Ado.
QUICK Across:
15 Better sun block (7) 16 Slight change of lenders (7) 17 Confinements, we hear, in beds (6) 18 Doctor has one afterthought for boring fellows (5) 19 Shade affected people in charge (5) 21 Lazes in a forest setting (5) Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 8 represents H and 9 represents G, so fill in H every time the figure 8 appears and G every time the figure 9 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 Sleepwear (7) 5 Start (5) 8 Attempts (5) 9 Supply (7) 10 Unfriendly (7) 11 Sovereigns (5) 12 Respite (6) 14 Not often (6) 18 Elegant and stylish (5) 20 Foes (7) 22 Ape (7) 23 Over (5) 24 Symbols (5) 25 Gratify (7)
Down 1 Ewer (7) 2 Unites (5) 3 Huge (7) 4 Light evening meal (6) 5 Obstruct (5) 6 Smiled broadly (7) 7 Requires (5) 13 Departing (7) 15 Stylish (7) 16 Enigma (7) 17 Alcove (6) 18 Turns around (5) 19 Rips (5) 21 Driving clubs (5)
1 Stroppy, 5 Piece, 8 Legal, 9 Calypso, 10 Light, 11 Aware, 12 Expand, 14 Plunge, 18 Gecko, 20 Exact, 22 Abolish, 23 Eager, 24 Erode, 25 Risotto.
Down: 1 Salvage, 2 Regal, 3 Polygon, 4 Yachts, 5 Polka, 6 Explain, 7 Evoke, 13 Piccolo, 15 Leaders, 16 Embargo, 17 Tether, 18 Glare, 19 Ovine, 21 Tight.
ENGLISHSPANISH Across:
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
1 Flag, 3 Twin, 8 Lie, 9 Amapola, 10 Raindrops, 14 Cowbell, 16 Sea, 17 Ants, 18 Asno. Down: 1 Film, 2 Abeja, 4 Who, 5 Neat, 6 Painter, 7 Barrels, 11 Pasas, 12 Acta, 13 Mano, 15 Wet.
CODE BREAKER
Across 1 Periódicos (10) 7 Government-licensed tobacconist's (7) 8 See 9 9/8 Alfombra de baño (4,3) 10 To pray (say prayers) (4) 13 Handle (of basket, bucket, jug) (3) 14 Iron (for clothes) (7) 15 Aprons (10)
Down 2 Statue (7) 3 Arena (tierra) (4) 4 Love (between people) (4) 5 Sábado (8) 6 Teclado (8) 8 Milagro (7) 11 Abierto (4) 12 Berry (4)
34
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
LETTERS
www.euroweeklynews.com
FEATURE
YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION
Letters for Your Say should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments straight on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com
Sedition and treason SIR, ‘Sedition; actively promoting and advocating a movement to overthrow a legitimately constituted authority.’ Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy should have reacted immediately (almost four years ago!) in response to Catalan president Arthur Mas’ call to separate from Spain to form an independent and sovereign ‘nation’ by imprisoning the rebel for treason. Instead, Sr Rajoy simply repeats again and again that he won’t allow the illegal and unconstitutional referendum to be held in the Catalan ‘nation.’ And as Commander-in-Chief of the only legitimate ‘Spanish Nation;’ he should stop talking so much and act decisively to finally call a halt to this seemingly endless and harmful farce that is undermining the already downtrodden morale and confidence of Spanish citizens. Time to practice a bit of the old reliable ‘actions speak louder than words.’ In the USA we had a Civil War that lasted four years (1861-1865) over ‘sedition and treason,’ but even then, at least nine of our 31 states were rebelling from the Union, and not just one; as is the present case today in the Catalonia Province. Richard M McBride, Benidorm
Photographs for possible publication should be sent by email with a full caption to: photonews@euroweeklynews.com
Causing a stink
EU leaders approve negotiating strategy I GUESS this must be a record for the EU Council and the 27 EU countries actually coming to a decision, they can’t even come to an agreement on the name of a corridor in one of their buildings after several hours and yet this is sorted in minutes. Lol Mike in ESP
Missing couple safely back home in Malaga GREAT to see the Spanish government supporting its citizens. Hopefully this is a happy ending instead of what could have been. Saya Sendiri
Britain and Europe at loggerheads over Brexit SEWAGE SMELL: Cuts off your breath.
DID you notice? The ‘depuradora’ in Benalmadena is again causing stink in the area around the Avenida Palmeras roundabout by the sea! Every night they let the waste water run down and on its way towards the sea it causes a stink that cuts off your breath. On Thursday April 19, with the wind so strong and the sea very rough, the whole waste got kind of churned up by the violent sea and then the stink like sewer was dispersed by the air even during the day time. Does the town hall try to cover it up at the beginning of the tourist season? Has the money to fix it gone away? Please investigate and warn the people of the health risks over inhaling the polluted air! Fran Drews Benalmadena
Double Voting rights standards WHAT a cheek! Long-term expats who abandoned their homeland for a Mediterranean lifestyle years ago want the right to vote on the UK’s future. OK, if that’s want they want let them have a vote, subject to a satisfactory inspection of their tax affairs by HMRC and Hacienda. That should thin their ranks and lessen the cacophony of self-interested whingeing. Peter Rogers Benahavis
COMMENTS from EWN Online
I MUST comment on two articles in your Mallorca paper, edition 1660. Firstly, Mike Senker’s comments on bars having to put outside seating areas on decking. In Puerto Pollensa, one very busy street for tourists, they followed these instructions last year. Now the council, who forced two bars and a Spanish bike hire business to put these in, have decided to withdraw use of the road. So, firstly the council insist on decking, and less than a year later, insist that it’s taken down. And never
anyone to ask. Just shrugged shoulders. Secondly, the transformation of Magaluf into a ‘first class’ resort. This has been going on for 30 years, since the Calvia area became the biggest money area in all of Spain. The council took the money and thought that was it. But Magaluf is too big to fill up with your words, ‘a more discerning guest.’ Don’t bite the hand that feeds you springs to mind. I will say Mallorca has now become a more cosmopolitan up-market holiday isle, but it should be for all, because in most cases, the ‘all’ spend more money. R K Lutschan, Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca
HAVE YOUR SAY All letters, whether by email or post, should carry the writer’s postal address, NIE and contact number though only the name and town will be published. Letters may also be edited. Readers who have missed earlier correspondence can see all letters posted on: www.euroweeklynews.com
WHERE is the base point, the EU accounts have never been given a clean audit certificate because of all the fraud and irregularities? Will Brussels use the same accounting techniques for Brexit negotiations they use in Greek debt calculations (and Spanish deficits)? Drew Edgar SHE is is not confused in the slightest. She is fighting tooth and nail in the interests of the top richest 10 per cent of UK citizens. They provided all the information and news which caused poorer people to vote Brexit. The very rich own nearly all of the UK media. It’s called brainwashing. Peter
Scientists called in to save Marbella’s beaches THE obvious answer is to put concrete pillars beneath the waves maybe a hundred metres offshore. This will break the force of the waves and save the sand on the beaches. Once again here in Marbella they are placing tons of sand on the beaches to repair that which has been washed away. Roy Peters
Jumbo bunny dies on United Airlines flight MY problem isn’t so much with planes as it is with airports - so much less terrifying than your well-articulated issues with flying. I just get fed up with the incessant queues, indifferent officials, endless waiting around and needless delays. Chris
Stephen Fry blasphemy FRY didn’t specify any religion, but directed his remarks about ‘God.’ God doesn’t belong to any religion, and the only person who could testify that God had been insulted or blasphemed would be God. I think this whole thing is ridiculous. If people have the freedom of speech to praise God, then others should have the freedom of speech to express their opinion about God. I think if God could be contacted he would say: ‘Lads, don’t be acting like eejits. Let the Garda get on with their serious work to fight crime.’ I think that God should be called as a witness if there is a trial, and to the best of my knowledge nobody has an address to contact God. Les Serff
Donkeys painted yellow THEY don’t care about animals. Still hundreds of festivals where cruelty to animals is invoved, dogs left alone on properties to bark day and night and pigeons and little birds shut in tiny cages too. Rosemary Harknett
The views expressed and opinions given in Letters are not necessarily those of the EWN publishers. They accept no responsibility for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements, and reject claims arising out of any action that a company or individual may take on the basis of information contained therein.
HEALTH BEAUTY
&
Axarquía - Costa Tropical
11 - 17 May 2017
MASSAGE: Makes you feel good.
35
VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.EWNLIFESTYLE.COM
TO READ MORE
Are you one of the 9%? WORLD ASTHMA DAY has been marked in Spain as experts say there are currently around 235 million asthma patients around the world. According to the World Health Organisation, (WHO) asthma deaths will increase by almost 20 per cent in the next 10 years if no urgent action is taken. Asthma cannot be cured, but with proper diagnosis and treatment and patient education, it can be controlled and a good quality of life enjoyed. One of the main forms of treatment is through the use of an inhaler, however, reports say that only 9 per cent of asthma patients in Spain, use their inhaler correctly. A specialist department at Barcelona’s Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, said inhaled therapy is recommended for asthma as it directly reaches the lungs, but many people do use the inhaler correctly and the medication does not reach the respiratory tract. The Respiratory Group of the Spanish Society of Family and Community Pharmacies, added that many
EWN
ASTHMA: The use of inhalers requires greater teaching.
patients also have more than one inhaler to use and often forget which one to use when. They stress that the use of inhalers requires greater teaching and control by medical staff, both doctors, nurses and pharmacists, at the time of prescribing the device, to ensure it is correctly and effectively used. Another frequent error is that the condition can have phases of stability, resulting in the patient deciding not to take their medication. However, this can lead to a long term worsening of the condition. Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic respiratory diseases in Spain, affecting around 5 per cent of adults and 810 per cent of children.
Mutual massage is good for both of you GIVING a massage will not only make your partner feel good, but it will make you feel pretty good too. T h a t ’s a c c o r d i n g t o r e searchers who got couples to spend 15 minutes giving their partner a massage two or three times a week. They found that
couples who did this showed significant improvements in their well-being, stress and relationship satisfaction. The study, which involved 38 couples, reports those who gave the massage felt around 9 per cent better overall, compared to 12 per cent for those who re-
ceived the massage. It measured their mental well-being during a three-week course where they were taught massage skills and three weeks after it had finished. Nine out of 10 couples in the study said they would recommend mutual massage.
36
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
Making access easy for the disabled THE first electric car in Spain adapted for people with reduced mobility, has been created. The Nissan eNV200 has been adapted thanks to the expertise of ILUNION Adaptación de Vehículos which belongs to the ONCE group of social enterprises and its Foundation. ILUNION said the technical department of Nissan was instrumental in developing this first prototype as there are very strict protocols and guidelines to be followed on this type of vehicle. The Nissan is a five-seater vehicle and has space for a person in a wheelchair. ILUNION hopes that this could be a ‘car of the future’ for those with disabilities and opens the door to making electric taxis more accessible in city centres, making services more accessible for all and more environmentally friendly.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Ask The Doctor
Brought to you by
Pain of sciatica
LONELINESS: Some men have felt lonely for years.
SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.
Are you lonely? MEN could be lonelier than you think. A report has concluded that as many as 35 per cent of men in the UK feel lonely at least once a week, while 11 per cent admitted to feeling lonely most days. The study was carried out by social media site Gransnet, which reported that the older generation are suffering from an ‘epidemic of loneliness’ with almost three-quarters de-
scribing themselves as lonely. Almost two in five said they could go for days without speaking to anyone and nearly half said they had felt lonely for years as the study authors warned that many, particularly pensioners, were suffering in silence with over 70 per cent saying their family would be shocked to learn they felt lonely. Over 25 per cent of men aged 65 to 69 blamed re-
tirement for their loneliness as they had lost that connection with going to work and being around colleagues, although the study found that 35 was the age when a man felt the loneliest. Moving away from family and friends was also a main cause of loneliness in respondents, as well as going through a break up, being unemployed and the death of a family member.
1. What is sciatica and when does it usually occur? Sciatica is simply pain f el t i n t he l um bar ar ea that can spread to both legs usually caused by a pinched nerve. Although it can happen at any age, it tends to be most common amongst the elderly due t o ar t hr i t i s i n t he spinal column. It can also appear after strenuous physical activities causing herniated discs. 2. What are the symptoms? The main symptoms of sciatica are muscle cramps, back pains that can spread to the legs as well as difficulty in making certain movements, and in some cases being unable to move your legs. 3. What causes sciatica? The main causes of sciatica are arthritis and herniated discs in the spine. They are most common amongst the elderly and the young after overexerting themselves lifting heavy loads, or bad posture when sitting, among other things. 4. How can it be treated? Usually a course of anti-
i nf l am m at or i es, anal gesics, muscle relaxants and rest are effective in managing the symptoms. Depending on the cause of a person’s sciatica it m ay be necessar y t o have an operation, such as havi ng her ni at ed discs. Physiotherapy is also very beneficial for sciatica sufferers. 5. Can you prevent having sciatica? Certain exercises which st r engt hen m uscl es, avoiding bad postures, not overexerting when lifting and sitting corr ect l y ar e al l ways t o minimise the chances of suffering from sciatica. 6. Is there a specific exercise which helps? Any f or m of exer ci se whi ch does not st r ai n your back is helpful, as it strengthens your muscles and helps improve blood flow. Generally swimming, yoga, pilates and other similar exercises are all very beneficial. 7. Is it hereditary? In general it is not hereditary. Just because parents suffer from sciatica i t does not m ean t hei r children will too.
If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com
SCENE
OCIAL
11 - 17 May 2017
TO READ MORE
Axarquía - Costa Tropical
UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS: Cynthia Garcia checks out the exhibition. and supported by audiovisual projections to better demonstrate the instruments. The exhibition, labelled the ‘Gabriel Marin collection,’ seeks to bring Iberian and ethnic folk instruments to schools in various towns during a tour which will also
take in France. Mr Marin has also played a concert entitled ‘Kumbakie. What does music sound like?’ on May 10 for students from Velez-Malaga and Axarquia. Students are also due to be bussed to Teatro del Carmen
on Saturday May 13 for a concert which will be open to the public from 8pm, costing €5. The concert will feature more than 50 musicical instruments such as the gaita, sanza, kantele, angklung, zanfoña and kora.
Culinary delight
BIG BAND: The seven-piece are playing for free.
Mentally Ska’d gig SEVEN-PIECE band, Mentally Ska’d is to play at Malaga’s Port on Sunday May 14 in a free concert supporting local artists. The gig takes place from 5.30pm underneath the Pompidou Centre and aims to raise the profile of local sculptors, James Kearney and Danielle Lewin, who are opening their exhibition on the same day. Mentally Ska’d are a ska and reggae band, based in Comares, who have been performing together for over two years in Axarquia. Sunday will play host to their first concert in Malaga.
37
VISIT WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM /FEATURES/RESTAURANTS
An instrumental interlude VELEZ-MALAGA is set to host an exhibition of more than 100 musical instruments from 40 countries at Teatro del Carmen. Cynthia Garcia, the town’s councillor for Culture said the exhibition, which is on until May 26, is “a very interesting opportunity to interact with music and a diversity of instruments, which visitors may not have seen before.” The pieces are unique for their rarity and artistic value, and demonstrate the tradition and folklore of different countries. The exhibition is adapted to all audiences and the instruments are categorised by the sound produced: cordophones, aerophones, idiophones and membranphones. The exhibition focuses on cultural, educational, musical, organological, anthropological and artistic aspects,
EWN
ALMUÑECAR is preparing to host its 19th Gastronomic Fair, which will take place from June 9-11 in Parque El Majuelo. The fair will host a competition for the best dish using typical local recipes. Participating dishes will use traditional recipes and be presented in a ‘tapa’ format, costing a fixed €3 each. A jury will be put together to find the winning dish. Judges will take into account the use of traditional ingredients, presentation, complexity of the dish, and flavour in determining the winner. An honorary diploma will be handed to the successful establishment, who will automatical-
ly be allowed to present at next year’s fair at no cost. In addition, participating establishments will offer a minimum of five dishes to members of the public over the three-day event. The dishes must be part of the restaurants’ normal menus and must cost between €1 and €6 each. Each stand will be able to offer wines to complement their food and the event will run from 1pm to midnight on Friday June 9, from 12pm to midnight on Saturday June 10 and from noon to 6pm on Sunday June 11. Restaurants interested in participating can register at the town hall until June 2.
38
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
www.euroweeklynews.com
The Sunday Times Rich List Just to make you Feel Good GOOD FOOD, GOOD WINE AND GOOD FRIENDS WITH
GARRY WAITE HERE ARE NOW MORE BILLIONAIRES living in the UK than ever before despite fears over Brexit, the Sunday Times Rich List has revealed This year ’s list found the richest 1,000 people and families have a record total wealth of £658 billion, a rise of 14 per cent on last year’s £575 billion figure. The wealthiest people in the UK are elderly brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja, whose latest project is to convert the Old War Office in London into a luxury five-star hotel and 88 luxury apartments for the super-rich. The pair first topped the list in 2014 and now have a fortune of £16.2 billion, made
T
AND SPEAKING OF MILLIONS, regular readers may recall me mentioning about how in the 80’s cities were closing banks down and entrepreneurs were converting them into restaurants and fashionable wine bars and brasseries. I commented that the practice had seemed to have faded. So it was with some interest that I read from London that the former Sir Edwin Lutyens-designed Midland Bank building on Poultry, just a minute’s walk from the Bank of England, has been turned into a luxury hotel. The Ned - the largest and most ambitious hotel to launch in London this year is set to welcome its first guests.
The Ned - Large in Scale and Delivery. A former Caterer named Hotelier of the Year 2015, Nick Jones is the man behind the enormous project. He never intended to open a hotel in the City of London. The capital’s financial centre is not a typical location for an outpost of Soho House & Co,
the company founded by Jones 22 years ago and renowned for attracting guests and members from the media and entertainment industries. He was told about the availability of the building by the landlord of Little House, one of 18 members’ clubs owned and operated by Soho House & Co worldwide. “I wasn’t particularly keen to go along, but I didn’t want to appear rude,” he recalls. “The banking floor was jaw-droppingly beautiful,” he said. “I clambered up on the roof, with its views over St Paul’s, and immediately saw the huge potential the property offered as a hotel and collection of restaurants.” The hotel features 252 bedrooms, nine restaurants, two swimming pools - one on the rooftop and one in the basement - a spa, members’ club and much more. The Ned is a beautiful, multifaceted beast, which required the help of a partner to create. After speaking to Ron Burkle, the American investor who acquired a 60 per cent stake in Soho House & Co in 2012, Jones met with Andrew Zobler, the founder and chief executive of Sydell Group. Burkle is also the main financial backer of Sydell Group, a company that has experience of grand renovation projects through the opening of six hotels in the US during the past five years.
through investments spanning the oil and gas, automotive, IT, energy, media, banking, property and healthcare sectors. They are now among 134 billionaires on the list - a record number in the UK and 14 more than last year’s. In today’s world, being simply a millionaire no longer secures you a place on the Rich List, with a fund of £110 million now needed to get you a place in the top 1,000. Two decades ago people needed a fortune of only (sic) £15 million to make the cut. Robert Watts, compiler of the rankings, said: “While many of us worried about the outcome of the EU referendum, many of the richest people just kept calm and carried on making billions.”
Gopichand Hinduja, joint richest man, with his brother, in the UK.
“That was the start of our collaboration and it’s been fantastic,” enthuses Jones. “We love each other more than we did at the beginning, which is unusual when you’re involved in a project of this scale.” While Soho House & Co has extensive experience of developing a variety of hospitality businesses - as well as the members’ clubs (12 of which feature bedrooms and welcome non-members), it has also created 16 restaurant brands nothing comes close to the scale of the Ned, which covers nearly 30,000 square metres. Jones and his team made the most of the building, encouraging him to look to its banking heritage for design cues. Hence, much use has been made of the banking hall’s original walnut-panelled counters, used by tellers, repurposed as bar counters and dividers between the different restaurants. Once bustling with bank customers, the space will now buzz with some 850 restaurant customers at any one time. Meanwhile, in the basement, the bank vaults feature a lounge bar, containing more than 3,000 original stainless steel, engraved safety deposit boxes that once stored gold bullion deposits of £335m (£15b in today’s money) and the two metre-wide doors have been retained.
SOCIAL SCENE
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. Arthur Schopenhauer
RELEASED THIS WEEK here are the top five: 1. Sri and Gopi Hinduja - £16.2 billion. The brothers live in a a £300 million mansion overlooking St James’s Park. 2. Len Blavatnik - £15.982 billion. The Ukraineborn investor owns Warner Music Group and lives in his home in Kensington Palace Gardens. 3. David and Simon Reuben - £14 billion. The brothers made their money in London property and internet. They bought a £70 million car park in Mayfair in 2015 which will be turned into a £500 million redevelopment. 4. Lakshmi Mittal and family - £13.229 billion. The world’s top steelmaker is also a shareholder in QPR football club. 5. Alisher Usmanov - £11.791 billion. He owns a 30 per cent stake in Arsenal and made his money from mining and investment. Can’t see many ‘British’ names there - can you?? (courtesy of the Sunday Times)
Original in Design and in Fact Entrance to the Vault bar at the Ned. The £220 million investment is now in the hands of Gareth Banner, the managing director of the Ned, who was appointed from his former general manager role at the Renaissance St Pancras hotel, London, and is the person responsible for the hotel on a day-to-day basis, who explained the logistics. “We have a central production kitchen, which feeds into all the restaurants, and a specific kitchen for each restaurant,” he says. “The restaurants will all be run independently with their own head chef, restaurant manager and team, while behind the scenes there will be a lot of shared services - such as purchasing.” Staffing the Ned with a team of 800 is what has kept Banner awake at night. The process, however, has been on track, with many individuals being recruited directly from Europe, despite the uncertainty of what Brexit will mean in the long-term
with regard to employing staff from within the EU. Teams of recruiters have appointed in Rome and Barcelona through the offer of attractive packages, rather than wait for individuals to come to the UK and for the Ned to then compete with another 10 businesses for their services. “It is a worry and a concern for everyone in our industry how the government is going to deal with the immigration situation,” says Jones. “Over 75 per cent of the people who work for Soho House in the UK weren’t born in this country. I’m sure the government will consider a way around it - they are going to have to.” Once again, the Hospitality Industry in the UK shows its concern for the future of employment of foreigners after Brexit. But for the time being the Ned will no doubt thrive in the competitive world of London hotels. It is still one of Europe’s top destinations. The City has never been considered a leisure area especially in the evenings, up until about 10 years ago bars closed at 8.00pm. But with the dining experiences and entertainment on offer at this luxury hotel, it will surely be at the hub of the financial district. The old bank may well welcome more bankers as customers, than used to work there! (some content courtesy of the Caterer. www.thened.com)
ON THAT NOTE I will bid you farewell until next week and should aspiring restaurateurs need some help or advice, please do not hesitate to contact me. A toast to Good Food, Good Wine and Good Friends.
Garry Waite is a well-known foodie and restaurateur as well as a Hospitality Management Consultant. If you are contemplating setting up an operation in Spain, or indeed having problems with an existing project contact him on garrywaite@euroweeklynews.com.
&
HOMES
www.euroweeklynews.com
GARDENS
11 - 17 May 2017 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
EWN
39
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM
SPONSORED BY
Summer days in the shade
A passion for the porcelain
TOILET CLEANING: How to keep your man interested in caring for the loo. IT seems that men are giving more consideration to cleaning the toilet. It makes sense that they should, as it is a regular port of call. The days when men only managed to lift the toilet seat and never bothered putting it down may be over. Things are changing, as researchers have discovered that men are taking more interest in the hygiene of their toilet and even buying products for cleaning, which is an amazing find. However, the report states that women are still taking most of the responsibility towards the cleaning of the ‘throne.’ This new wave of interest may be due to there being so many products for cleaning the toilet that smell so wonderful, giving an incentive to take more of a part in this dreaded household duty. Awareness of germs is another reason, with people buying more disinfectants and advice for cleaning the toilet can be found so easily on social media. Keep the man in your life interested in caring for the loo, by making it a more welcoming place to be. If he likes to read on the loo, get him a bookshelf and he’ll take pride in this very important area and invest in keeping it clean. It is probably the only room in the house, where you can have complete privacy, so turn your visits into pleasurable ones with fresh clean aromas, patterned toilet paper and a squeaky clean loo.
WISTERIA PERGOLA: At the botanical gardens in Malaga. IN the summer, everyone loves to be outdoors and there’s nothing better than sitting under a pergola, to take the edge off the heat of the sun. The pergola is an extension of living space but can also be freestanding. The structure is based on posts and covered with a roof or arch, made of wood or metal. Pergolas have been around for a long time and their original purpose was to provide protection from the sun. The origin of the word dates back to 1645-55 from the Italian Latin word, ‘pergula,’ which means protruding roof, arbour. Their beauty comes in their simplicity, a framework that’s waiting to be dressed either with fabric, natural wood or live foliage. The Ancient Egyptians used reeds or palm leaves and the
PERGOLA FRAMEWORK: Can be wooden or metal. Tuscans used grape vines on their pergolas. You could also use branches or bamboo; lattice panels that have a crisscrossed slat pattern, but don’t give full protection; or fixed fabric in one piece or strips that are woven through and look very stylish. Other op-
tions are to use retractable canopies that are waterproof and have sun protection factor or to go for ultra luxury with pergola curtains that will give privacy and make you feel rather special. The most beautiful pergolas are those decorated with
Some garden ideas for vertical walls VERTICAL gardens are a very useful resource for those who would like to grow plants (or herbs, or vegetables) on their balconies or terraces while using as little space as possible. There are various options to house your vertical garden, from expensive ready-made frames and planters to cheap or free recycled ones you can yourself. Old wooden pallets can be fixed to
the wall and plant pots incorporated, or for even less hassle screw old guttering to the wall and plant directly into it. All sorts of bits of wood can be attached to the wall and various types of hooks used to hang plant pots from them. For those who would rather not have their vertical garden right up against the wall, an old ladder is another good option that can be used.
climbing plants, which look and smell beautiful. The plants that can be used are the Chinese Trumpet vine; the Golden Hop, the Morning Glory; the common jasmine, climbing roses, ‘Albertine’; Paul’s Himalayan Musk, black grape, ‘Brant’ and Wisteria.
PERMACULTURE EDUCATION SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Telephone: 666 33 33 35 info@permamed.org http://permamed.org/
40
11 - 17 May 2017
Axarquía - Costa Tropical
SPONSORED BY
PETS PAGE www.euroweeklynews.com
We’re actively looking Trauma in pets, part 3 for some new members WHETHER you are a home pet owner or a house-sitter we’d like to try to help you. We have matched many of our members in the last four years since we’ v e b e e n o n l i n e h e lp in g home pet owners find housesitters, and house pet-sitters find suitable placements and assi g n m e n t s. We ’d lo v e to help you if we can. What is more we are now really keen to grow our network. We are always careful, checking our sitters and managing our network. If you hav e b e e n t h i n k i n g a b o u t joining there has never been a better time. Why not join today and take advantage of our 50 per cent offer. JOIN TODAY: Get 50 per cent off. Need a house-sitter - if for free accommodation. you’re planning a trip away from home Looking for an active holiday - why and need someone to step in to look afnot become a house-sitter with Houster your property and pets why not sign eSitMatch? We can help you get police up as a homeowner. We can help you checked via our website, and we can post an advert to get a good choice of help you to build your online profile. We house-sitters which means your pets are can also suggest house-sits that might be cared for at home. And the house-sitters suitable for your skills and experience. pay for their own expenses in exchange Do you need a house or pet-sitter? Get in touch. House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting, and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! Register as either house-sitter or homeowner now with a 50 per cent off introductory offer using coupon code SPECIAL50. To find a house or pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on 00 44 (0) 777 214 2742.
Healing power of cats CATS are well known for being aloof and independent, but they do offer owners a subtle approach in healing. Cats are so laidback, and seem as if they don’t care about anyone but themselves, but they help us more than we realise. The fast pace of life makes it difficult to wind down, so it’s a good idea to spend time with them and the world will slow down, calming your nerves and helping your state of mind. Cats can show you the way to better health, merely by stroking them while on your lap, as this lowers blood pressure. Cats can be entertaining and help us relax, by making us laugh and experiencing emotions. It has been reported, that watching cats online gives us a more positive outlook. There is nothing more relaxing CHILL OUT: Spend time relaxing with your cat.
than listening to the purring of a cat, and the frequency of this sound is helpful for a variety of illnesses. Our bodies are healed every night when we sleep, but there is also evidence that catnaps can improve memory and creativity. Cats are true connoisseurs of sleep, so let your cat guide you in the art of rejuvenation.
David THE Dogman Please note that this article was written by Sara Reusche of Paws Abilities Dog Training in Rochester, Minnesota, United States.
IF your cat or dog has a history of trauma, whether suspected or confirmed, here are some guidelines to remember. 1. The cat or dog determines what’s traumatising, not you. While you may not have thought that holding your pet down for a simple nail trim was that big a deal, your cat or dog may have a different opinion. Watch your dog’s body language for signs of stress such as lip licking, yawning, slower or faster movement, freezing, and turning away so that you can intervene if a situation starts to go south. Pushing through such situations can almost guarantee that they’ll create new fear triggers in many cats and dogs. 2. Create safe places. One of the reasons to teach a dog to go to his or her mat is it is helpful for many dogs due to its clear structure of safety. The mat is a positive place where treats, relaxation, and massage take place, we can create a positive conditioned emotional response to the mere presence of this training method. Once the mat becomes a safe place,
make sure to keep it that way. Do not allow anything bad happen to your dog on the mat. You can create other safe spaces as well - places in your dog’s environment where good things occur and where there is no pressure placed on the dog. 3. Give your cat and dog choices. One of the fastest ways to traumatise any mammal is to take away all of his or her choices. Create opportunities for your dog to make choices about his or her environment, schedule, and care as much as possible. Whether you let your dog decide which way to turn at the end of the block, wait for your dog to offer a foot for nail trimming, play with nose work, or give your dog several different beds to choose to sleep on, choice is hugely important. Cats decide where they are going to sleep. Set your dog up to make good choices, then reward those choices to build the dog’s confidence. 4. Always try to end on a good note. Research has shown that people who have experienced identically unpleasant procedures created very different memories of those procedures depending on how traumatic the final
moments of the procedure were. While we don’t know whether dogs have the same cognitive recall abilities, it certainly doesn’t hurt to try to make the last few seconds of any unpleasant experience as pleasant as possible. For example, most dogs are concerned about having their feet handled. I file nails instead of clipping them because this is more comfortable for the dog and the dog is in control of how fast or slow nail trimming sessions go. Your pet is also free to leave at any time if he gets too scared. At the end of every nailtrimming session, I practise simply touching the nail file to her toenails for less than a second, followed by a food reward. Because each session ends with these quick successes, they are more comfortable allowing us to handle their feet when it is time for the next session. 5. Your cat or dog is not his story. If your pet has a history of trauma, it’s important to be aware of that past, but equally important to help your pet succeed in the present. Too often, we get caught up with the stories, we tell ourselves about our pets’ past, and forget to pay attention to the animal in front of us. Last week’s article was also written by Sara Reusche, but credit was not given due to an oversight. TRAUMA: Watch body language.
Let those sleeping dogs lie THE structure of a dog’s sleep is very similar to a human being’s sleep. There are stages of wakefulness, rapid-eye-movement REM sleep and nonrapid eye-movement sleep. While asleep, the dog’s brain is trying to find shortcuts or connections between things that they have experienced. The events of the day are put into categories, when in non-REM sleep. In REM sleep there is an opportunity for the dog to explore, in an environment that’s free of consequences. Dogs enter REM sleep about 20 minutes into a snooze session and might stay there for two to three minutes. People and dogs dream in both stages of sleep mentioned, but most dreams are remembered through REM sleep.
Dogs, of course, dream about things that dogs normally do, while small dogs have more frequent but shorter dream periods and larger dogs have less frequent but longer dreams. Dogs probably also have nightmares, they can get narcolepsy, which is a disorder that causes the brain to fall into a sudden state of sleep. Unlike some of their human owners, they don’t suffer from sleep paralysis, which is when someone becomes conscious, but are unable to move their body. When dogs sleep, they quiver, make leg twitches and even growl or snap at something chasing them in their dreams. If dogs are having trouble sleeping, it may also be due to pain or fear, which they express through anxiety at night.
42
11 - 17 May 2017
E W N Axarquía - Costa Tropical
V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W . E U R O W E E K LY N E W S . C O M
TO READ MORE
PROPERTY www.euroweeklynews.com
A demand for luxury THREE villas on Campello’s Muchavista beach in Alicante have been pulled down to make way for 10 luxury apartments. Campello’s General Development Plan (PGOU) drafted in 2011 originally intended to give planning permission for a hotel on the site. Instead, the PGOU was revoked last year by the Supreme Court on a technicality pointed out by a local business-owner who would have been adversely affected by it. For the time being any future development will be in
line with the 1986 PGOU. Although the Supreme Court ruling put the brakes on the local construction sector last year and at the beginning of 2017, there is still a demand for frontline luxury properties. Three villas built last year above the l’Almadrava beach each sold for almost €1.8 million, sector sources said. The new apartment building will have two 400-square metre apartments costing €1 million on each floor. Although they await planning permission some apartments have already been sold.
MADRID COMPLEX: Would include a cinema, hotels, a six hectare lagoon and an artificial beach.
Mega shopping back on track AMERICAN developer the Cordish Companies is continuing to insist that its proposed mega-project in Madrid go ahead. The Spanish capital had rejected Cordish’s ambitious plan on the grounds that it would cost too much money. Cordish has now offered to sweeten the deal, which would be among the biggest real estate developments in Spanish history. As well as a massive shopping complex with a cinema and hotels, they want to build a six hectare lagoon with an artificial beach where people can play volleyball and even THE vast majority of foreigners who decide to buy a home in Spain choose second hand rather than new properties. Latest breakdown figures show 83.7 per cent of homes bought by expats last year were second hand, meaning not only that they’d had more than one owner but also weren’t built in the past year or two.
surf and swim. The government had been asked to contribute €340 million to the project, together with the €2.2 billion Cordish have at the ready. Madrid thought this figure excessive but, together with the new lagoon concept, Cordish has also said that all the city has to contribute is planning permission. They will do the rest. The ball is now back in the city’s court. There are fears that the project could take longer than expected and fill an appetite that doesn’t exist in a
huge city with its fair share of mega shopping centres. But Cordish points out that this is no ordinary shopping centre. Like other hundred hectare estates planned for Valencia and the Costa del Sol it will feature luxury suites, a convention centre, sports centre, even museums and concert halls. They estimate that nine million people would visit the centre each year, while the knock-on effects for Spain’s booming construction industry would be enormous.
Going for gold That meant that just 16.3 per cent of the 56,000 homes bought by foreigners were new builds. Oddly enough the statistics suggest that expats favour second hand homes more than
Spanish nationals, 81.2 per cent of whom chose older properties. But further breakdowns can be made between foreign nationalities. For instance the
Irish, French and Italians overwhelmingly prefer second hand homes. Norwegians, Belgians and Swedish opt for new builds. Alternatively Brits and Germans typically don’t put too much currency on the age of the home. Rather they choose size, opting for homes with more than 100 square metres of space. Regardless of whether the homes favoured are old or new, big or small, foreigners are continuing to buy Spanish in record numbers. They bought almost 8,000 more homes last year than in 2015. That meant that 13.2 per cent of homes were bought by foreigners, a huge increase from the 4.2 per cent recorded in 2009. The Mediterranean coastlines continue to be the favourite haunt of expats looking for a home in the sun. Some 47,000 of the 56,000 purchased were on the long coastline between Gibraltar and Barcelona.
SERVICES www.euroweeklynews.com
DRAINAGE
AxarquÃa - Costa Tropical
11 - 17 May 2017
SPONSORED BY
EWN
43
FOR BEST RATES IN MOTOR INSURANCE CALL: 952 89 33 80
REMOVALS & STORAGE
COFFEE
BUILDERS
PETS LAUNDRY
STORAGE
44
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017 / AxarquÃa - Costa Tropical
REMOVALS & STORAGE
SUPERMARKETS
www.euroweeklynews.com
SERVICES
CLASSIFIEDS www.euroweeklynews.com
PROPERTY FOR SALE
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE FROM 4,900 EUROS. 697 834 934 (248081)
CARPENTER
DENTAL
INTERNET GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop. Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 952 561 245 or email mark.w@euroweek lynews.com for more details.
WEST ANDALUCIA - Self Sufficient life in paradise at one with nature. 10 hct. Finca with a brook running through with trees: oak, olive, fig, fruit and vegetable garden. Independent water (well) and power-supply (fotovoltaic), pool and big water tanks. 350m2 country villa, 2 floors, 8 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, spacious living room with fireplace and hot-air heating. Selling price: 395.000€ For more information: https.// marisisofia.wordpress.com email: marisisofia2.0@gmail. com Phone: +34 653 919 246 and 0049 151 538 38122 (252578)
REMOVALS & STORAGE MOTORING
EARN 300€ to 2,500€ per month working with a reputable British PLC. Flexible Hours. No Selling. Local Training & Support. For more information go to www.thevista-group.co.uk (252724) WRITER required for Axarquia area. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruitment @euroweeklynews.com. PROFESSIONAL TELESALES Are you able to produce excellent results working independently in a fast-paced office environment? Are you looking for a full or part time position with a contract and a good incentive scheme? If so, then contact: 952 561 245 or send your CV to: recruit ment@euroweeklynews.com or fax: 952 440 887 (11111)
TELECOMS
INSURANCE UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe! Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with Royal Sun Alliance. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and / Part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bm ceuropean.com Tel: UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK! WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)
SERVICES CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (233419)
SITUATIONS VACANT
www.euroweeklynews.com
INSURANCE
EWN
45
SPONSORED BY
BUSINESS OPP.
CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (233419)
Axarquía - Costa Tropical
11 - 17 May 2017
FED UP PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE CALLS? THEN CONTACT TELITEC TODAY. CALLS TO SPAIN 7C PER MINUTE INCLUDING MOBILES. CALLS TO UK 5.3C PER MINUTE. NO MONTHLY FEES, NO CONTRACT. WWW.TELITEC.COM TEL: 902 889 070 (0)
SITUATIONS VACANT
XXX RELAXATION READERS OF A SENSITIVE DISPOSITION MAY FIND SOME OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS SECTION OFFENSIVE. VICKY, Brazilian blonde. I’m a Latin escort with probably the most beautiful smile you’ve ever seen, although my physique doesn’t go unnoticed, either. A delicious doll with perfect curves and tremendously sensual. I know how to make you forget your routine. I’m a very passionate and devoted woman. Incalls and outcalls. 24 hours. 608 949 543 (251155) CALAHONDA. My name is Melany and I’m a sweet and accommodating girl with soft white skin and a provocative personality. I think of myself as a Russian without taboos. You will love my kisses on your mouth and all the erotic games we can enjoy together. Call me! 24h availability. 616 368 985 (251155)
For daily news visit www.euroweeklynews.com
HELLO my name is Samara. Spanish and I’ll receive you in fine lingerie. I assure you that I’m the woman you’re looking for...naughty, bold and sensual...don’t waste more time my dear, understand that I’ll take you to the heavens of pleasure. 24h. 650 237 102 www.butterflygirls.es 8 spectacular girls with everything needed for maximum pleasure. Visit us at our luxury villa for an elegant atmosphere full of glamour. Free drink. Porn movies, sex toys, French, kissing Greek, lesbian, couples. Available 24h. VISA. 951 274 723, 616 368 985 VIAGRA/Kamagra/Cialis/Weigh t loss pills the best prices in Spain! BUY ONE GET ONE FREE on certain items. Order securely & discreetly online: www.costapills.net Postal Nationwide delivery sales @costapills.net (252530)
46
E W N 11 - 17 May 2017
Axarquía - Costa Tropical
FOR BEST RATES IN MOTOR INSURANCE
SPONSORED BY
C AL L : 9 5 2 8 9 3 3 8 0 Clarkson Quote of the Week
And it’s made in Britain! Which is another way of saying the door is going to fall off.”
MOTORING www.euroweeklynews.com
Motoring shorts Some might say...
Black cabs and Valkyries By Matthew Elliott THE great arc of world motor shows has taken in Paris, Geneva and New York. Last weekend the flashiest, most unusual cars in the industry were in Britain for the London Motor Show which ran from May 4 to 7. It was
the second edition of the show, a rapidly emerging alternative to the British Motor Show. As in 2016, this year it was once again held in Battersea Park. There were motoring celebrities, including Stig Ben Collins and Jodie Kidd, car safety demonstrations, virtual reality driving experi-
ences, a wild range of supercars and even the new electric London Black Cab. The Lamborghini Aventador S made its British debut, bringing a V12 engine and incredible 740hp to stunned fans. At the other end of the size scale there was the classic Mini remastered by David Brown and now confusingly known as the ‘new-old Mini.’ Other British debuts included the
Alpina B4 S, the Kahn Vengeance Volante, and the MG XS, considered the English manufacturer’s strongest foray on to the world stage yet. Among the wilder entrants was the concept hypercar the Aston Martin Valkyrie which is forged from a oneoff partnership with Red Bull Racing. It is the latest of the brand’s V cars but that’s about all anyone knows except that it’s sure to be extremely sleek and fast. Also making waves, and for very real reasons, was the Jaguar F-Pace, recently declared the World Car of the Year. Crowds also waved a fond farewell to an army of TX4 London Black Cabs which will soon be in the vintage section of future road shows as they prepare to be replaced.
VALKYRIE: Enigmatic new Aston Martin and Red Bull invention.
Hybrid solution A JAPANESE hybrid car has become the fastest selling car on one of the UK’s biggest second-hand markets. In April the Toyota Prius sold quicker than any other car on Auto Trader, taking roughly two weeks to offload. Tough new taxes on traditional petrol-guzzling cars may have contributed to the Prius’ success. It is also considered extremely reliable and economical, winning top reviews from customers and industry insiders. UK drivers appear to be embracing the hybrid universe as electric becomes more mainstream than ever before. Now there are concerns that the number of electric charging stations cannot possibly keep up with demand without a major remodelling of the country’s roads.
Phone signal shield TROUBLE caused by mobile phones could soon be a thing of the past. Nissan claims to have developed new technology which acts as an electromagnetic shield blocking calls and any other notifications.
Drivers would simply drop their phone into the so-called Signal Shield sunk in the armrest and no longer have to worry about being distracted. Crucially for many people, especially those in business,
they wouldn’t have to switch their phones off altogether and risk losing critical messages. All of the hundreds of various apps, from weather updates to email messages, would be blocked by the Signal Shield. Many drivers have reported feeling the urge to check their phone each time it buzzes, even when the vast majority of notifications are useless updates rather than important messages. The sheer number of beeps and buzzes emitting from modern smart phones has led to a huge rise in the number of deaths and injuries on the roads caused by ‘distractions.’ It’s no longer people chatting on the phone that is the deadliest, but those reaching for it. The technology also fills a smart and selfish purpose. Users can virtually guarantee that they won’t be caught or fined for using their phone. Recent smart cameras wheeled out onto Spanish roads can check for phone usage, even seatbelt wearing. Police technology to catch offenders is quickly growing stronger.
48
E W N Axarquía - Costa Tropical
11 - 17 May 2017
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) is the world’s richest footballer with a bank balance of £110m.
TO READ MORE
Axarquía’s best guide to local sport
SPORT www.euroweeklynews.com
Golf International Nerja Society WHAT a great day it was as GINS members played an Individual Stableford at Añoreta on May 1 from nearly the back yellow tees therefore the scores were not that big. The overall winner was Peter Garner with Marisa Elias Garcia first for the ladies and Carlos Villen first for the men. The best front nine went to Peter Verkleij and best back nine went to Stewart Green. Congratulations to all the winners and to the lucky two, Mr Captain
John on the 2nd and Peter Verkeijase on the 17th, who scooped the rollover Two’s pot. Next week will be an AM/AM two best scores on each hole. At last it was a settled sunny day for the Individual Stableford at Baviera on Tuesday May 2. Out with the shorts again! It was a bit windy in the afternoon but nothing to spoil the perfect golfing day. The members are used to it now but the course was in fantastic manicured
LOW SCORES: But a great day at Añoreta. condition. The water is still magnetic and the greens are a little hard to read which is keeping the scores under control... for most of the group at least. The best score on the day was the new vice captain Erica with an incredible 40 points. Not bad for
someone who has not played for six weeks. Just shows it’s not all about practice! Results Ladies: 1st Erica Oxford, Hcp 30, 40pts. 2nd PJ Bentley-Ennis, Hcp 35, 32pts. Men: 1st Clive Akid,
PERFECT CONDITIONS: For members who played Baviera. Hcp 20, 35pts. 2nd Graeme Birch, Hcp 16, 34pts. 3rd Simon Hellewell, Hcp 15, 33pts. 4th Ian Paterson, Hcp 17, 33pts. Two’s: Pepe Gil 8, Linda Anderson 8, Jackie Viles 10 and Diana Elliott 10. There were 36 players
for an Individual Stableford game with vice captain Erica leaving the rest of the group trailing in the dust with her 40 points. Winning man was Clive Akid with 35 points. Despite the clubhouse banter four prizes had always been planned for the men!