Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 11 - 17 May 2017 Issue 1662

ISSUE NO. 1662

11 - 17 May 2017

COSTA DEL SOL

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Millionaire find! Golden visa woos Arab and Chinese buyers By Matt Ford Malaga is now the secondmost popular province in Spain for the world’s wealthy. The Costa del Sol is topped only by Catalan capital Barcelona in a ranking of the number of luxury properties sold since the Spanish government introduced their ‘visa for the rich’ in 2013. Also known as the golden visa, the document permits individuals from non-EU countries to purchase properties with a value equal to or greater than €500,000. In Malaga, 348 foreign millionaires have purchased housing since the new system was introduced, compared with 893 in Barcelona, 306 in Madrid, 151 in Alicante, 91 in Girona

FOREIGN MILLIONAIRES: Are purchasing property.

and 77 in Valencia. The most important market is currently China, from where 702 buyers have spent €489 million, while 640 Russians have made investments worth €502 million with these two countries contributing 64 per cent of sales.

Other nationalities appearing on the list include Ukraine, Egypt, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Lebanon and Iran. Ricardo Bocanegra, president of the Costa del Sol Foreigners’ Association, has paid tribute to the golden visa sys-

Rain and cold but rising to 27ºC GET ready for possible rain today (Thursday) and tomorrow. This is the warning from the state weather agency AEMET following a mostly cloudy day on the Costa del Sol yesterday with temperatures dropping to 20ºC

after a previously sunny start to the week. But by tomorrow (Friday) evening and on Saturday mercury levels could soar to 27ºC when the hot, dry wind known as the terral is forecast to sweep Malaga Province.

tem, calling it “an indisputable success.” However, Chinese buyers are not flocking to the costa, where the market is being driven by Arabic capital, particularly from Saudi Arabia. “It is the Arabs, principally, who are making large investments in luxury mansions, especially nationals of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,” says Bocanegra, adding the Russian and United States markets are also making waves in the so-called Golden Triangle formed by Marbella, Estepona and Benahavis. “The big advantage of the golden visa is it allows them to reside in Europe whenever they want without having to be here for six months per year,” he concluded.

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Menace to society POLICE were called to the La Palmilla neighbourhood in Malaga City amid reports that gunshots had been fired d u r i n g a s t a n d o ff b e tween rival crime gangs.

Wiggle it STAFF at the courthouse in Torremolinos have described the situation as “unbearable” as a plague of woodworm became the latest disaster to befall the stricken building.

App trap A COUPLE have been arrested in Marbella after mounting a scam in which they sold non-exis ten t p ro d u c t s w o r th €2,000 via the smartphone app Wallapop.

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On top of the world Spanish beaches lead blue flag ratings

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By Matt Ford A BLUE flag bonanza has put Spain on top of the world. With Spain handed 684 top categorisations in the prestigious global 2017 Blue Flag Awards, for the 30th consecutive year the nation has finished ahead of other leading global tourist destinations including Greece, France, Turkey, Italy and Portugal. Malaga has this year been awarded 24 flags for beaches, two more than in 2016, plus blue flags for marinas and one for a boat, according to the Spanish Association of Environmental Education and the Consumer, which announced the results. Marbella gained six blue flags, for local beaches, the highest of any municipality along with Artola, Guadalmina (San Pedro Alcantara), El Cable, El Faro and Casablanca beaches. The glitzy resort also won for the first time a blue flag for its municipal marina. Despite Marbella’s strong showing, it has lost its position at the head of the Andalucian ranking, with Roquetas del Mar in Almeria and Rota in Cadiz, each gaining seven flags.

Pedro Sanchez (L) in Nerja.

BLUE FLAGS: In total Spain achieved 684 awards.

In neighbouring Estepona blue flags will fly on the beaches of La Rada, El Cristo and El Padron and over the marina, while in Manilva, Sabinillas beach and La Duquesa marina both repeat their 2016 successes. Other towns gaining flags in Malaga Province include Benalmadena, Fuengirola, Mijas, Torrox, Algarrobo, Velez-Malaga and Rincon de la Victoria. Main tourist enclaves to miss out on a blue flag included Torremolinos, Malaga City and Nerja.

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, in total flags were awarded to 579 beaches, 100 marinas and five tourist vessels. At regional level the Valencian Community was top with 129 flags, outstripping Galicia (113), Catalonia (95) and Andalucia (90).

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 and current president of Andalucia Susana Diaz after he opened up a lead in opinion polls.

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Phone thieves hit jackpot THIEVES broke into a warehouse in Malaga and stole an estimated €800,000 worth of mobile phones. According to police an estimated 18,000 devices were loaded onto a lorry which sped out of the Guadalhorce industrial estate. While inside the warehouse, the group destroyed CCTV cameras and took their time to steal the most valuable brands of mobile phone - Apple, Samsung, etc, the owners told news outlets. This recent robbery comes as Malaga Town Hall approves plans to spend more than €280,000 to place 29, which will then be increased to 75, CCTV cameras in the main industrial estates precisely to prevent this kind of robbery.

Platform pushes off THE massive construction platform that had been stranded on a nudist beach in Benalmadena since April 28 finally reached its original destination of Cadiz on Tuesday May 9. It was dislodged from its position at high tide using a powerful tug boat, before being pulled a mile offshore for a security inspection by a team of divers. Having been given the all-clear, it then began its 30-hour journey through the Strait of Gibraltar and around the Spanish coast. The 43-metre long structure broke loose as it was being towed to Cadiz during a storm, and floated along the Costa del Sol for hours before coming to rest at Benalnatura beach, where it has remained ever since.

Not the full shilling A 46-YEAR-OLD man was caught red-handed as he tried to burgle a home in Antequera after committing five other break-ins in the area.

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

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Leapy Lee 63 LOCAL CHEESES: Produced from cows, goats or sheep.

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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.

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Letters 113

Majestic Manchego

Police were alerted by a neighbour who spotted the raider forcing open a door and shouted at him to stop, leading him then to flee to a nearby roof. As officers approached, he failed to realise that they were looking for him and shushed them to be quiet so that he could remain hidden. Following his arrest, it emerged that he was responsible for a string of break-and-enter incidents.

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Cheesy cheer

Gibraltar 114

Health & Beauty 115

Social 121 MANCHEGO CHEESE: Mild with a taste of salty nuts.

Glory road? ALORA is the bookmakers’ choice to increase the number of Seat cars named after towns and villages in Malaga Province to four, beating off a challenge from Frigiliana. Following a nationwide search, the German magazine Autobild has announced that a new seven-seater SUV is to be named the Seat Alora, following on from the earlier Ronda, Malaga

Latest technology on the way NEW fibre optic internet cables will be activated at the end of May in La Cala de Mijas. The council has successfully expanded the underground works which will bring a much faster and stronger internet connection to local residents. Councillor Andres Ruiz met the workers for a photo shoot and told press that Mijas was working overtime to meet the demands of homeowners and especially businesses for a better quality of internet.

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Fibre optic offers an extremely quick service that can transform business efficiency. Cables are fed underground providing a direct connection and eliminating the need for aerial wiring. Ruiz said that the plan is to enable every home in La Cala to have fibre optic access should they wish it. The technology has quickly expanded throughout Mijas since 2016 thanks to investment from four local companies.

and Marbella models. The new car is set to be launched at the end of 2018.

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Scraps to riches POLICE took down a brazen criminal gang specialising in metal theft. Seven men were arrested and charged with stealing massive amounts of scrap metal and telephone wiring. They snuck into different industrial sites across the Costa del Sol. One heist saw them nab 2,000 cubic metres of metal panels valued at €81,000.

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Sport 150

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.

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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,

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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.

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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.

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Spring break! BEACH BABE: Imogen Thomas.

cy. SIZZLING: Lydia Lu

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 she sported a racy lace-up affair, while her 27year-old MTV co-star ZaraLena opted for a similarly plunging neckline.

PARTNERS IN CRIME: ZaraLena, left, and Jenny.

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testant 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

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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 34year-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 con-

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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 GLAMOUR MODEL: Danielle Mason. 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

DELE ALLI: The heart-throb is chilling out in Ibiza.

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He’s a hot spur 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.

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Highway to hell CITIZEN’S group Facua Malaga have decried the ‘abusive’ €2.80 rise in toll prices on the AP-46 motorway between Malaga and Estepona during Semana Santa and summer.

Phil in KING FELIPE is to be the honorary president of Transfiere, the European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation, which will be held in Malaga in February 2018.

Mussel men MALAGA’S fishing fleet is to be offered €1.4 million to temporarily stop targeting octopus and other seafood during May to allow local stocks to recover from over-exploitation.

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Will Eurovision Brit face a 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 Gra-

SLIM CHANCE: Will Lucie Jones face Brexit backlash?

ham 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 nev-

er win, win. “On the night, anything 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 Montene-

gro’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.

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Tokey tokey LOCAL POLICE in Fuengirola have arrested a Senagalese man for peddling soft drugs to tourists. The 29-year-old dealer was caught on the seafront promenade as he tried to sell cannabis to a Norwegian holidaymaker. He was carrying 21 bags of the narcotic, €185 in cash and a mobile phone, all of which were seized, while his client was charged with possession. Local Police chief Joaquin Rueda said: “This arrest is important because we can once again demonstrate the link between the sale of counterfeit products and the drugs trade.”

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People trafficking gang in Melilla broken up by the Guardia Civil By John Smith DUE to the fact that the number of immigrants claiming asylum

in Melilla increased dramatically the Guardia Civil commenced detailed investigations. The result of this review of

people trafficking led officers to arrest eight people who are accused of being involved in this illegal activity including seven Spaniards living in the city and a Moroccan national. The traffickers had two modes of operation, the first delivering passengers in fast speedboats to a deserted rocky area from which minors kept a look out for the police and then guided them to the city across the rocks. Once they were safe on the streets, the migrants were split into couples (male and female) and told to walk hand in hand chatting nonchalantly until they reached the Centre of Temporary Stay of Immigrants where on a staggered basis they were to enter and claim asylum. It is believed that at least 13 of these landings took place with each boat containing 10 people who paid €1,500 per person to be smuggled in to the city.

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Sneak thief POLICE charged a Bulgarian man with conducting six burglaries at Estepona homes stealing cash and electronics. In one instance his victims were asleep in bed while he snuck in.

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MIGRANTS: Couples were told to walk hand in hand. They were told that if questioned they should not mention the speed boats but to say that they had entered in vehicles which had hidden compartments. The other method of entry was in cars which did have false bottoms of which officers have now discovered six. Each vehicle contained a legal family unit of parents and children to try to deflect interest with the migrants con-

cealed in the false bottoms. Every car could take three migrants who were charged €4,200 each and once the vehicle entered the city, those being smuggled spent 24 hours in a private apartment before following the same route to the immigrant centre. In total, the Guardia Civil in Melilla believe that at least 166 people were smuggled into the city, netting the traffickers an estimated €300,000.

A GANG of violent debt collectors were arrested in Malaga after a victim complained he was badly beaten, his family threatened, and extreme interest payments used to buy cars for the gangsters.

Bad romance A COUPLE from Torremolinos were charged with seven burglaries across Alhaurin de la Torre and Guadalmar. The Romanian man and Spanish woman were caught with €4,000, jewellery and housebreaking tools.

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Ahead of its piers

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Sticky end for driver POLICE are searching for a man who fled on foot after crashing his vehicle into a rental car in Benalmadena, leaving behind his cargo of 400 kilos of hashish.

Money pit MARBELLA Council is to request a downgrading of cadastral values on private properties in order to adjust to the market, thus reducing the tax burden on citizens.

Jail break MALAGA Council will go ahead with the traditional release of a prisoner that was cancelled during this year’s Semana Santa celebrations, with three women and two men on the shortlist.

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PABLO PICASSO: Life-like sculpture by Eugenio Merino.

Hyperrealistic sculpture of Picasso on display in Malaga A MALAGA born sculptor has made a strikingly accurate model of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Eugenio Merino, who is known for creating sculptures of dead historical figures, has put the life-like work of

art on display in the Alianza Francesa building in Picasso’s hometown of Malaga. The ‘corpse’ is made of a combination of fibreglass, resin and plastic coated with silicone and is embedded

with real human hair. The exhibition, according to Merino, - which takes you on a journey through Picasso’s life - will highlight the impact unsustainable tourist growth has on local communities.

THE beaches of Marbella and its surroundings have been given the green light for construction of protective breakwater piers in time for next summer. Raquel Orts, regional councillor responsible for coastal sustainability, visited the Environment Ministry in Madrid, with other local officials to discuss the ongoing protection of the areas beaches. The proposed work will be completed in phases, with the initial phase expected to cost in the region of €11 million according to Ministry of the Environment estimates. Ms Orts confirmed the cost of the breakwaters would be paid for from surpluses in town hall funds and the construction project will be put out to tender. First phase work including the beaches of San Pedro and Naguelas, could start early next year, whilst the Ministry is in favour of delaying work on the La Bajadilla zone, until the completion of the nearby port facility.

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Hung out to dry CAMPILLOS Council has already made cuts to the municipal water supply ahead of the long, dry summer, with residents’ supplies blocked at night “to guarantee daytime supply.”

Star appeal THE Junta de Andalucia have suggested that they are open to bending certain laws in order to ensure that a project to construct a new cultural centre in Malaga, headed by Antonio Banderas, goes ahead.

Hotel high THE high season has started positively in Marbella, with a hotel occupancy of 95 per cent over Easter pointing towards a spectacular summer according to tourism head Miguel Luna.

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Security increased for San Isidro feria ESTEPONA’S famed San Isidro Labrador festival kicked off yesterday and runs until Monday May 15, with the town council taking no chances over security. A total of 63 Local Police officers have been tasked with forming a special security team, which will be split into three shifts to work 24 hours per day. Their principal remit is to cover the new fairground plus the main process io n o n M o n d ay, w ith s e ve ra l s ubgroups. Among these, a traffic unit will control access and congestion while a surv eilla n ce u n it w ill p atrol the fa irground on foot day and night. There will also be special cleaning services, with an average of 15 people at work on the fairground during opening hours. The San Isidro Labrador feria celebrates the town’s patron saint, with five days of festivities, and is consid-

POLICE PATROLS: Will help ensure the safety of festival goers. ered a ‘Festival of Touristic Interest’ by the Junta de Andalucia. In addition to the fair itself, there is a diverse range of live music, dance

shows, and family events, with a full program m e avai l abl e at ht t p: / / es t e p o n a . c o m / p ro g r a m a - s a n - i s i d ro labrador/.

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Heavy metal arrests AN enterprising group of Spanish thieves have been arrested for stealing 2,000 square metres of motorway sound screens. The metal screens used to reduce traffic noise in residential areas were removed a little at a time at night with one band cutting the screens and the other removing them. Thanks to a tip off officers of the National Police arrested seven people who were actually removing wiring from a telephone line in a public road in Fuengirola and an eighth person who owned a scrap yard in Malaga where the stolen metal was sold. It has been established the gang removed screens with a value of €81,000 as well as being involved in 19 thefts of cable.

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Broken promises

Ayuntamiento de Marbella

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CHURRIANA residents have demanded that Malaga City Council cleans up two areas designated as green zones in 2011 which have not been properly maintained since.

Sneak thief TWO women have been arrest near Maria Zambrano railway station in Malaga after they tried to steal an envelope containing €600 in cash from an 81-year-old shopper.

Nut care A TECHNICAL team from the Junta de Andalucia’s environmental department has performed an experimental anti-parasite treatment on hundreds of chestnut trees in the Genal Valley, Sierra de la Nieves and Sierra Blanca.

Four mayors visit Morocco A DELEGATION of four Andalucian mayors has travelled to Morocco to discuss possible areas of cooperation in culture and tourism. The four officials from Marbella, Ojen, Torremolinos and Velez-Malaga met the director general of Tourism, Abderrafia Zouitene and

both sides have agreed to promote each other’s destination at future international tourism fairs. The mayors have stressed the importance of developing an agreement aimed at joint promotion “in which on a trip you can visit two continents,” which should help to increase

the tourist offer of the two destinations that share tourism and complementary culture. In addition, they were invited to visit the Mausoleum of Mohammed V near to the Royal Palace, where they each signed the official guest book.

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Mercadona supermarket unveils new style ALTHOUGH only about five-years-old, the Benahavis branch of supermarket chain Mercadona has been chosen for a complete facelift. This newly designed environmentally friendly new store is just one of a number being remodelled to offer customers a better and more enjoyable shopping experience. Having spent €800,000 on the refurbishment of this one store which opened for business on Tuesday May 9, the largest and most successful Spanish supermarket chain is looking to the future and promises continuing investment for the benefit of staff and customers. This new Mercadona is designed with wider aisles, new external and internal colour schemes and a number of attractive innovations particularly in the seafood, perfumery and juice departments. Even the shopping trolleys have been redesigned so that all aspects of the shopping experience in this store which opens from 9am to 9.30pm Monday to Saturday will be appreciated by regular and new customers. This is just part of an eventual €180 million investment which will include a further €5 million in developing its computer presence.

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Court case A MAN accused of trying to kidnap a three-year-old boy during the 2016 Semana Santa celebrations has gone on trial in Malaga City, with prosecutors calling for a three-year prison sentence.

Tiger pests SIMILAR to other towns in Andalucia, the council in Alhaurin de la Torre has again called in a specialist company to tackle tiger mosquitos. The company is spraying open areas in parks, gardens and other breeding sites.

LED lights THANKS to assistance from the European Union, the government of Malaga Province will be assisting 12 communities in the Ronda area to improve street lighting. The intention is to install LED bulbs.

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ILLEGAL DUMPING: Tyres were dumped in a green zone area.

More tyres dumped By Pete Woodall THE illegal dumping of used tyres in Alhaurin de la Torre was echoed in Mijas recently when residents of Urbanisation Peña Blanquilla reported 30 or 40 used tyres dumped into a stream.

The stream, close to the Mijas road, is a part of a green zone marked for its rich Andalucian animal and bird life. Mijas Town Hall has since investigated the incident and the used tyres where removed last week. Earlier in the year, building rubble was dumped in the same spot.

A YOUNG man who killed one youth and severely injured another in a 2014 Benaldamena knife attack has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and ordered to pay €100,000 in compensation to the victim’s family. The court in Malaga heard how the defendant intervened in a fight between the two victims, outside a discotheque, around 8am in May three years ago. Although he was not involved in the dispute, the unnamed man, after initially trying to break up the argument, lost control and began attacking the other two youths with a sharp object he produced from somewhere on his person. The fatal wound to the deceased was an incision into the jugular vein at the back of the neck, indicating the victim was turning away from his attacker and unable

to defend himself. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died from his wounds some days later. The other victim of the attack, survived his injuries after spending 50 days recovering in the same hospital and was awarded €8,768 by the court. The accused fled the scene immediately after the incident, but was apprehended by local officers from the Benalmadena force, who transferred him to a nearby police station. Whilst conducting a search of the attacker, they discovered a razor hidden between his buttocks and a quantity of drugs, although he was not considered to be under the influence of these at the time of the attack. He was also sentenced to a further four years in jail, for knife felony and aggravated assault with intention to cause injury.

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ROLEX: An invitation to steal.

AN individual alerted the Emergency 112 service that a man had hurt his knee following a fall in the Sierra de Mijas. Emergency services including the fire brigade, ambulance and police were called out and after some difficulty due to the steepness of the terrain the 36year-old was evacuated safely from the scene of the accident near the Fuente del Cañuelo.

May Queen TWELVE finalists will vie with each other on May 24 to become King and Queen of Alhaurin El Grande for the May fair. The decision will be made by a jury together with Nerja born singer Nuria Fergó.

generally and stealing from them. The five were arrested in Benalmadena and Torremolinos as well as Malaga airport and when their apartment was searched, officers discovered three watches (one gold and estimated at being worth €125,000) together with mobile phones, €5,275 and £485 in cash. It is believed that a sixth member of the gang had already travelled abroad to sell at least seven stolen watches valued at €98,100 to a ‘fence.’ Although it is not unheard of for individuals or a group to be banned from a specific area such as a shopping centre, this is believed to be the first ‘blanket ban’ from an open area ever handed out by the Marbella courts.

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Green light for hospital MIJAS has moved a step closer to having its own hospital, the town hall has announced. Following a series of meetings, Health councillor Aquilino Alonso and his town planning counterpart Andres Ruiz have identified a plot of 150,000 square metres in the Las Lagunas neighbourhood. Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado said:

“The land is perfectly located because it is well-connected to the dual carriageway and a station for the coastal train line is also scheduled to be built there.” He now intends to speak with Fuengirola Council to agree a timescale and

agreement for transferring ownership of the land to the regional administration. “We’re not talking about an easy process, or a project that is going to be finished in a day, but we must unblock a matter so important to our citizens, and one for which they have been waiting for so long.” Photo by Ayuntamiento de Mijas

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A COURT in Marbella has taken the unusual step of banning a group of alleged thieves from entering Puerto Banus. Five men, thought to be part of a larger group based in Barcelona were staying in Benalmadena and are being charged with robbery with violence from mainly tourists in or around Puerto Banus. It is alleged that the group regularly travelled by rental car to Banus where they kept their eyes open for tourists wearing expensive watches (their preference being Rolexes) and two or three of them either simply grabbed hold of the visitors from behind and removed their watches, or distracted them

DREAM TEAM: Mayor Maldonado (left) and councillor Ruiz.

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A SUCCESFUL workshop was organised by the Alhaurin de la Torre Council with special emphasis on butterflies in Malaga Province. It was the first time Alhaurín had hosted a day of this type and will be repeated elsewhere.

Panic attack PROSECUTORS are requesting six years imprisonment for a man accused of attacking a 17-year-old in the streets of Malaga during Semana Santa. The alleged attack happened during the panic of a possible terrorist threat.

Early classes THOSE with children aged up to three can now apply for their admission to centres for Early Childhood Education for the 2017/18 academic year. It is planned there will be 1,900 centres offering 113,019 places.

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Young man stabbed A GROUP of four young men were stopped by Local Police in Marbella early on Sunday morning chasing a 16-year-old girl in San Pedro Alcantara.

When asked for an explanation, they accused the girl of stabbing one of their friends, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian, in the back in the Plaza de la Libertad.

According to Emergencias 112 Andalucia, the injured young man was discovered and taken to the Costa del Sol Hospital where he was treated and later released with-

out serious injury. The young girl has been arrested and the matter is being investigated to try to find the reason for the attack.

Travelling around the world in 100 firms MORE than 100 companies from the Malaga Region are expected to be part of a trade delegation travelling the world this year. The Chamber of Commerce announced its intention to visit 20 countries throughout 2017, with a view to gaining access to new markets and strengthening ties with existing ones. The initiative began with a visit to Argentina which took place in March/April and continues with a trip to South Korea and Japan next month. Future trips include the United Arab Emirates/Qatar in Sep-

tember plus further planned delegations to Oman, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Panama, Senegal and Morocco. A visit to the ‘Silicon Valley’ region of California, USA is expected to take place but as yet this has not been finalised. Companies from across the business sector have announced their intentions to join the delegations. Eighty per cent of the cost of taking part is subsidised via EU grants, which were suspended in 2016 meaning no trade delegations left Malaga last year. In addition to the multi-industry visits, delegations from the region’s tourism sector will attend separate trade fairs in Russia, USA, Scandinavia, Poland, Germany, Belgium, UK and China. Last year exports from within the Malaga region to countries outside Spain were 17 per cent up on 2015 at almost €2 million, which is almost double the figure from 2007.

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Dog park THE Manilva Council has opened tenders for the production of a local dog park and is likely to spend around €60,000 to achieve its aim of producing a friendly environment with doggy building equipment.

Dance video CHILDREN in Casares have taken part in a new video in support of the AVOI campaign for children who need a bone marrow transplant. They performed a specially choreographed routine to a song by Conchita.

Take care THE elderly in Casares, particularly those in council care, have been advised on the responsible use of medicines. Organised by the council, it reminded local citizens that it is very important that they do not take redundant drugs.

Lift off ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE will welcome 235 competitors from 20 countries to participate in the European Powerlifting Championship. Prior to the main events, junior weightlifters will show off their expertise.

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Corner shops LOCAL POLICE officers in La Linea have taken action against two separate Pakistani food outlets for late opening, noise and sale of alcohol. In addition, one of the outlets didn’t even have a licence to operate.

Body armour IN an effort to ensure the protection and well-being of Local Police officers, the San Roque Council is purchasing 90 anti-stab vests. With a total cost of €40,000 this protective clothing is due for delivery within a few weeks.

Raisin aid LOCAL farmers were invited to a talk in Manilva to learn about new European Union financial aid for the production of raisins. This was the first of two meetings aimed at explaining how aid could be obtained.

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New rail links needed in Malaga Province AT a meeting attended by Malaga mayor Francisco de la Torre and Luis Callejón, of the Costa del Sol hotel association rail links were discussed. This meeting was organised by the Rotary Clubs of Malaga Province and it was argued that it was economically sound to introduce a new rail system to run from Malaga Airport to Estepona via Marbella. The concept which would need shared public and private investment foresaw the link connecting with the high-speed train service from Campanillas and would help to reduce the volume of traffic on the roads that take travellers from Malaga as far as Sotogrande and beyond. The bulk of the population in the province is concentrated in an area between Malaga and Marbella. However, although there are some 10 million journeys annually on the rail link to Fuengirola and return, past there, no rail lines exist to connect to the city of Marbella or beyond to Estepona which both have

RAIL LINK: Train leaving Malaga Airport for Fuengirola. huge resident and tourist populations. Population continues to expand and whilst the concept of a rail link has been considered by the Junta de Andalucia in the past, the time is fast arriving when it will become a necessity rather than a consideration.

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The cost will be high which is why private investment will be needed in order to fund the building of the lines and the new stations, which concept is supported in principle by the Costa del Sol hotel association and the mayor of Malaga.

ALTHOUGH regular spraying in order to dispose of the menace of tiger mosquitoes is regularly undertaken in the Guadalmar area of Malaga problems persist. Now parents of children at the Julio Caro Baroja School have announced that they will keep their children at home on Friday May 12 due to the persistent attacks on the children by the mosquitoes, with one four-year-old girl having been bitten 20 times earlier in the week. It is claimed that there are clouds of mosquitoes in the area which breed in the nearby Rio Guadalhorce and because the problem has grown so bad, parents are warning that they may apply to the Junta de Andalucia to have their children moved to different, safer schools.

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Macho bias TORREMOLINOS political party Izquierda Unida has accused the council of ‘macho bias’ when recruiting lifeguards arguing that last year only one woman was employed whilst 25 men were offered positions.

‘Pot’ plants NATIONAL POLICE officers have seized 801 marihuana plants after discovering four separate crops in different VelezMalaga properties. During the investigation two men and two women have been arrested.

Mayor meet LA LINEA’S mayor said during a full council meeting he wishes to organise a council of local mayors to consider Brexit. The area in particular relies heavily upon trade and employment from Gibraltar.

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Celebrate an anniversary while helping children THE countdown is on for the 30th anniversary celebration of the Sunset Beach Club in Benalmadena which will raise funds for three charities. On Friday May 26, much respected local singer Ricky Lavazza will appear on stage at the Moonlight Bar with Adele tribute artist Nikki Rae to perform an evening of some of the most popular songs made famous by a range of international artists. With admission costing just €10, proceeds will be shared between the D e b r a B u t t e r f l y C h i l d r e n C h a r i t y, Barretstown and Make a Wish Spain. The Sunset Beach Club has been a great friend to the Debra Butterfly Children Charity, having presented the charity with €4,413 to date from special performances so continued public backing will be greatly appreciated. In addition Sunset Beach Club has supported the charity’s annual golf tournament held at Aloha Golf Club and this year, the Butterfly Children Ball is being held on Sunday Septem-

CHEQUE PRESENTATION: To the charities at last year’s event. ber 17 at the golf club. The cost is €60 if booked before September 1 (or €65 after). For this price guests will enjoy a three-course meal and live entertainment from Ricky Lavazza and tremendous soul singers Mr Maph and Simone.

Debra Butterfly Children Charity was founded in 1993 in order to try to supply relief and possibly a cure for those who suffer from Epidermolysis Bullosa, also known as Butterfly Skin which affects a number of children in Spain (www.pieldemariposa.es).

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Motorhome explosion causes death A TREMENDOUS explosion rocked a busy street in Torremolinos when a motorhome was destroyed and the owner killed. The emergency services were alerted to the explosion in Avenida Salvador Dali and the fact that there appeared to be a person inside the vehicle which was burning fiercely. When local firemen arrived within eight minutes of the alert, they brought the fire under control and found the dead body in the vehicle. It is reported that more than one explosion occurred and that the cause may have been that the deceased was cleaning the vehicle’s gas fittings which resulted in a fire and explosion killing the owner, who was a resident of an adjacent building. Investigations continue as to the cause of the explosion which led to this death.

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Hard rock tigers THE Hard Rock Café in Marbella has signed an agreement with the Bioparc Foundation of Fuengirola to help protect the endangered Sumatra tiger. The agreement is part of a new initiative known as ‘21st century zoos.’ 21st century zoos mark a radical departure from traditional exhibits. Instead of capturing and showcasing wild and exotic animals to the public, charities seek to protect endangered species in their own habitat. Marbella’s Hard Rock Café and the Bioparc will pool their resources and raise funds and awareness to help stop the destruction of the

Indonesian jungle which the Sumatran tiger calls home. Coffee purchased at the Hard Rock Café will see proceeds go to the Bioparc, which will pass on the funds to conservationist groups in Sumatra, a large island in western Indonesia. Money will also be spent on creating a genetic bank of endangered species so that they can be better recovered when numbers fall. The Sumatran tiger is the most critically endangered of all nine tiger species with a tiny population of just 300 remaining.

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Top award MARBELLA was honoured by receiving a special tourism award at a presentation ceremony in Barcelona. Specially designed by sculptor Jorge Egea, the C Gold Award recognises that Marbella is a growing centre for quality tourism.

210 lovers RONDA welcomed 210 lovers of Geology who visited the town to celebrate ‘Geolodía,’ organized by the University of Malaga. More than 8,000 people across Spain participated in the event.

Track work MAINTENANCE work will take place on tracks 10 and 11 at the María Zambrano station in Malaga. Delays on track 11 will take place until May 15 and on track 10 from May 15 to 22.

Safer path ONCE final work has been approved by the council, the pedestrian bridge by the Lidl supermarket in Manilva should open. The roundabout on the A-7 adjacent to the supermarket is considered to be very dangerous for those on foot.

Jobs grow THE industrial sector in Malaga Province suffered following the financial crisis but a review from Survey of Active Population suggests things are recovering. Although not a significant employer yet, the number of jobs has increased by 10,000 and will grow.

Man caught A ROMANIAN fugitive has been discovered and arrested by officers of the Guardia Civil when he visited Pizarra for a few days. There was a European detention order on the man who had been sentenced to 18 months in Bucharest.

WHILST Facebook is an attractive avenue for individuals, groups and political parties to speak to others, it is also an open invitation for internet trolls. A troll is someone who uses the internet to issue threats, makes false accusations and generally bullies its target and this is particularly dangerous when the young are involved. In a current case however, the outspoken Aida Blanes, a PSOE councillor

Freedom of speech abused in Torremolinos has been the victim of a number of hateful comments and arguably death threats on Facebook. In this latest outburst of social media hatred, she has had to call in the National Police to investigate whether there is any real threat to her safety and after forensic investigation, two particu-

lar individuals were identified as being responsible for some of the most insulting posts. Having identified the two ‘miscreants’ they were interviewed by the police to decide whether they should be prosecuted for issuing threats and libel but according to reports, one was iden-

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tified as a pensioner associated with an opposition party who was in poor health and the other is a disabled individual. Members of other political parties on the council have expressly condemned these attacks and offered their support to Ms Blanes regardless of their political stance, especially as other female councillors have been attacked with misogynistic comments.

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OPPOSED TO PLANS: Anchorage off the coast of Gibraltar. THE Algeciras Port Authority is facing significant opposition to its plans to create an anchorage covering 15 kilometres. Councils in both La Linea de la Concepcion and San Roque are opposed to this plan and intend to work together and with private companies in Alcaidesa and Sotogrande as well as ecology group Agaden in order to fight it. The port authority plans to offer anchorage along the Mediterranean coast, very near to beaches and this could well damage de-

velopment opportunities for the two main opponents who are trying to attract the construction of new tourist accommodation in the area. It appears that the Junta de Andalucia also has reservations on this proposal as do some members of the port authority itself but in the event that there is a serious intent to continue with this plan, as anchorage in the Bay of Gibraltar has been so successful, it will be up to Madrid to give final approval.

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Visits to Pinar del Rey Environment, Juan Serván, and Employment and Education, Belén Jiménez. The council has assisted in paying for the transportation of the children and encouraged them to take part in a theatrical presentation on the values of recycling. They were then taken into the forest to learn more about the local environment and to

understand the importance of keeping their community as clean and tidy as possible. These visits, coupled with organised tours for senior citizens will run through May into June and to coincide with this, the council will be promoting a range of walks within the forest and a guide to the important local flora and fauna and the need to protect it.

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WITH support and encouragement from the San Roque Council, schools in the area will be starting a series of visits to the Pinar del Rey. The intention is that young children in particular can learn about the area and the importance of protecting the environment and the first group of children from the Sacred Heart College was welcomed by delegates of the

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More jobs UNEMPLOYMENT in Malaga fell to its lowest level since 2009 in April thanks to Semana Santa. The number of tourist visitors meant that extra staff had to be employed and this downturn should continue until the summer.

Food mart WORK likely to cost €600,000 has started on converting an unused former market building in Estepona into a Gourmet Market. There will be 28 food stalls employing at least 75 staff.

Single mum THE number of single women who have children using donor sperm has increased significantly. The majority tend to average 40, are based in Malaga City and want to have children without a partner.

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Author makes appearance at Bookworld in Banus MARKETEER and author Natali Drake undertook a signing of her latest book at Bookworld in Puerto Banus. Her new novel, The Path Keeper which is published under her pen name of N J Simmonds is the first in a s e rie s o f b o o k s a ime d a t young adults and is a tale of passion and secrets, of first loves and second chances, a s w e ll as th e in v is ib le threads that bind us. Not initially intended for a younger audience, Natali has produced a powerful story which fits into the fanta s y ro ma n ce s e c to r and does not talk down to the a u d ie n ce ta rg e te d b y h e r publishers. Already she is receiving positive responses from adults as well as younger readers and has undertaken

a number of school promotions from her two homes, one in the Netherlands and the other in Spain. The signing at Bookworld on May 5 was well-attended a nd N a ta li w a s ha ppy to

discuss her work with a number of potential fans of this and the next book in the series due to be published later this year. If you want to get hold of a copy, visit Bookworld C/

Ramón Areces, 15 Puerto Banús 29660 or to purchase this and a whole range of books published in English online visit their website w w w. b o o k w o r l d p u e r t o banus.com. Photo by Bookworld Puerto Banus

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BOOK SIGNING: Bookworld’s Mike Cowburn with N J Simmonds.

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Coin leads the way in project A NUMBER of different towns have come together in a joint project to encourage sustainable growth in the Guadalhorce Valley and Sierra de las Nieves. In order to obtain access to a fund of €6 million from the European Union and advice from the Deputation of Malaga Province, at least one town out of Coin and Pizarra in Guadalhorce and Alozaina, Casarabonela, Guaro, Monda, and Ojen has to have a population of at least 20,000. The mayor of Coin, Fernando Fernandez has confirmed that he will lead the project to ensure that these towns understand the requirements necessary in order to obtain the funds for sustainable urban development.

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Agriculture income INCOME from the agricultural, livestock and fishery industry contributed â‚Ź887 million to the Malaga economy in 2016 according to the Junta de Andalucia.

Coral fear SOME 13 per cent of coral in Mediterranean waters is threatened with extinction according to the Malaga branch of the IUCN, a conservation organisation.

New lights AS part of its improvements following the vandalism of a mosaic, Marbella Council has now added a new lighting system in the Roman Villa. After extending opening hours and increasing security the site at the Rio Verde expects more visitors.

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School hosts World Aids Orphans Day LAUDE School in San Pedro Alcantara was the host for a special commemoration for World Aids Orphans Day 2017. The ceremony which took place on May 8 to recognise this very important day was organised with the participation of years six and seven of the school. Deputy Head Charles Marchand addressed the students and touched on the fact that the AIDS virus had been the cause of so many children worldwide becoming orphans and then explained the importance of the following ceremony. Each child was given a biodegradable red balloon and was asked to stand on an enormous red ribbon which had been laid out on the school playing field where they stood in a minute’s silence to remember those who had been orphaned by the disease. Although it was originally planned to release the biodegradable balloons together, it was decided that due to the proximity of the school to the sea, that it would be more appropriate for each of the children

SPECIAL COMMEMORATION: Years six and seven with their red balloons. to keep their balloon and perhaps explain to family or siblings its symbolism. President of the local Concordia AIDS/HIV charity Princess Marie Louise attended with colleagues from the charity as well as a council representative and

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thanked the children for their participation and the school for being so forward thinking that they were prepared to be involved in this type of initiative to teach the young about the dangers of the disease.

ONE of the problems that face any school that arranges student visits is protecting the safety of the children in its care. Five German and six Spanish students were injured when two cars were involved in a collision on Avenida Salvador Allende, Malaga but happily none of the injuries were serious. This was the first time the Institute of Secondary Education El Palo has welcomed students from Varel in Germany who only arrived in Malaga the day before. They were being shown around the area by Spanish students aged 15 and 16. It was therefore an unpleasant surprise when the group of youngsters was hit by a car which left the road after being involved in a collision with another vehicle. The Spanish students acted sensibly, alerting emergency services and their school to the accident which resulted in two children being taken to hospital.

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Floral designer returns THIS month Estepona Floral Art Club is delighted to welcome back local event and wedding floral designer Maxine who trained and had a floral design business in London before moving her business to the coast. Maxine’s demonstration, ‘You’ve got to have Friends’ promises a different afternoon, showing you how to make your own arrangements to give to friends. It will take place on Tuesday May 16 starting promptly at 3pm at Agro Jardin, Cancelada. Everyone is welcome, you don’t have to have knowledge

of flowers or flower arranging. Why not go along and watch Maxine create some wonderful arrangements? The visitor’s fee is €10. Demonstrations are an enjoyable afternoon of live entertainment where you can appreciate the beauty of flowers, pick up lots of hints and tips on all aspects of floral art, gardening and plant information and, on this particular occasion, some tricks of the trade. This is the club’s last demonstration before the Annual General Meeting which will be held on Tuesday June 13 at 12 noon in Agro Jardin.

The club will then have a break until September so make sure to visit the sales table at the May demonstration to buy all those floral accessories you are going to need during the summer! For more information and photographs see the club’s Facebook page, www.face book.com/esteponafloralart club. Alternatively contact Janet on 694 425 219 or e mail es teponafloralartclub@hot mail.com to receive information about the club or join the mailing list for the monthly newsletter.

Christian unity service THE open air ecumenical service held in Fuengirola’s Plaza de la Constitution on Saturday May 6 was well attended. The service, organised by Lux Mundi to promote Christian unity, featured two choral performances by The International Music Society (TIMS), A Clare Benediction by John Rutter and When I Needed a Neighbour, a

modern hymn by the Quaker composer Sydney Carter, which exhorts Christians to care for their neighbours whatever their ethnicity, colour or religion. TIMS is currently looking for a keyboard accompanist to join them. For more information visit www.timschoir.org or call 952 573 983 / 654 891 790.

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It’s all yellow JOIN Clubhouse Gibraltar for its fundraising ‘Yellow Day’ on Saturday May 13. The family fun day will take place at Casemates Square from 10am until 4pm. At 10.30am there will be a yellow walk from The Convent to Casemates. There will also be a range of other activities including face painting, bouncy castles, raffles, a cake stall and duck stall. There will also be mental health information available. Also, on the stage will be exercises for children and parents, Mediterranean Dance Academy, Zumba, R & R, Danza Academy and Heritage Reggae Band. There’s lots to see and do so get yourself along and show your support. For more information contact 200 68423 or email info@clubhousegibraltar.com

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Summer activities Ramblers step for the U3A group for animal cha NEW U3A vice president Rob Edwards, a resident here in Spain, has sounded out members who remain through the summer and has coordinated some activities enabling members to continue meeting, albeit informally. The first gathering will be on June 7 when a walk around the beautiful Parque de la Paloma in Benalmadena has been organised. For those who have not been there before this is a lovely park with a large lake and beautiful cacti gardens. The group will meet at 11.30am at Pepe’s restaurant at the corner of the roundabout for coffee before setting off. Rob suggests that anyone planning to participate takes some sandwiches or a snack because this will be a good opportunity to sit in the sun and discuss what

everyone will want from the group over the coming months. Ideas already received for other activities include restaurant visits, barbecues, a train trip to Alora, pub quizzes, tenpin bowling and park walks. Rob would like to discuss how frequently members would wish to meet and what days would be suitable. Currently there are around 30 people interested in participating so anyone else wishing to join should email Rob at edwardsrob@hot mail.co.uk. Members will only be able to keep in contact through emails and of course the U3A Facebook page where details will be posted. The U3A website also has contact details. The autumn 2017/2018 prospectus is currently under

preparation but will be available soon. Eileen, Rob’s wife, runs the foodies group and she is also organising a foodies evening for members at the Cerveceria La Cana Benalmadena on June 14, details of which will be available when everything is firmed up. Currently the list of other U3A activities that will be continuing through the summer is: table tennis, photography, walking in Andalucia, petanque, back gammon and a Sunday coffee morning. Guests and visitors are welcome along but those interested should note that these events could change subject to numbers and that activity based events may require certain levels of skill and fitness. If anyone requires any further information on these please contact Rob on the email above.

AN intrepid 19 strong group of walkers took on a 22km charity fundraising challenge hike organised by inland walking group Al’s Ramblers in Coin and raised €3,500 for four inland animal charities. The walkers set off for their six-hour trek after meeting Rupert, a German Shepherd in the care of SOS Animals, who needs a specialist operation and funds raised from the walk have been earmarked for his treatment. Walkers raised money through sponsorship, the sale of free range eggs, post trek picnic refreshments and a raffle featuring a cake made by rambler John Staton in addition to an auction. The proceeds will be shared equally between SOS Animals, AID Animals in Distess, ARCH Andalucian Rescue Charity for Horses and CHAIN Charity for Animals in Need.

CHARITY HIKE: The walkers und In addition to financing Rupert’s operation the fundraising also means that ARCH will be able to buy six months supply of hay for their horses, AID can repay more off the outstanding debt for their new kennels and CHAIN will be able to neuter more cats and dogs.

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p out arities FIRST WALK: Was held in Estepona.

Darkness into Light fundraiser

dertook a six-hour trek. Ramblers’ leader Alan Nichols said: “It was a great day and all the work put into it by the ramblers has paid off handsomely.” For more information on inland walking with the ramblers - a Wednesday Walking for Wellness session is a new addition - contact Alan on al@alsrambles.org.

SATURDAY morning saw a great turnout of people on the first annual Estepona walk in support of global awareness of suicide and self-harm prevention. T h e w alk w a s in aid of th e v e ry w o rth y ch arity ‘Pieta House’ which provides completely free professional help to people in distress. Darkness into Light was firs t h eld in D u b lin n i ne years ago attracting a crowd of 400. This has now grown to

the inc re dible numbe r of 150,000 men, women and children taking part worldw ide . Like w is e he re in Spain the walk started with a small number, but with the interest that has been shown it is expected that there will be a very large turnout next year. Michael O’Halloran, orga nis e r of the Es te poona walk, extends his thanks to everyone who attended this ye a r ’s w a lk a nd to thos e who donated but were other wise engaged.

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La Cala de Mijas Lions donate to DRANG WHAT or who is DRANG you might as? It is a non-profit making association set up by Antonio Rincon and his wife Gisela Narvaja to serve the children in the local community in La Cala.

Drang stands for fun (diversion), respect (respecto), friendship (amistad), nature (naturaleza) and generosity (generosidad). Antonio and Gisela had a dream to bring nature into chil-

dren’s everyday lives. Alcornocal de la Roza del Aguado is a cork oak forest on the outskirts of La Cala de Mijas and the town hall have allowed this area to be used by Drang. In the last seven months Jose Antonio Gonzalez, councillor for the Environment in Mijas, has been instrumental in restoring this forest so that it is becoming a wonderful place for everyone to use. He said they still have lots more to do to make this beautiful natural park something to be proud of. Paul Butler, the president of the La Cala de Mijas Lions Club, recently presented Antonio Rincon with a cheque for €1,200. With this generous donation he, and his wife Gisela, have purchased overalls, wellington boots and a changing tent for the children to use. Daily, from 5.15-7.15pm Tuesday to Friday, they teach children from age four to 11 through activities and play, to touch and smell nature and appreciate the outdoors. At the end of May they finish for the

DRANG DONATION: Lions’ members and president Paul Butler with Jose Antonio Gonzalez and Antonion Rincon at the cheque handover. summer but will start up again in September. In the future they hope to expand their activities and extend the times available so look out for their Autumn agenda. The next Lions event will

be the fashion show and spring fayre on May 16 at the Hotel Tamisa Golf starting at 11.30am. Tickets for the buffet lunch can be obtained by calling the hotel on 952 585 988 or the

Lions Shop on 677 059 061. It is through these events and the shop in Calle Toremolinos 12 La Cala that these donations are made possible so go along and support them, you will not be disappointed.

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ADANA: Volunteers enjoyed a day in the sun.

Art exhibition raises funds ADANA volunteers enjoyed a day out in the sun at Duquesa Castle and raised more than €1,800 to help feed and care for unwanted and abandoned dogs at its shelter in Estepona’s Parque de los Pedregales. The successful fundraising event took the form of an art exhibition with local artists exhibiting their works for sale with a percentage of the sale going to ADANA. The entrance fee included a glass of cava and around 100 people enjoyed looking at the paintings and other craft objects. Canapes and other refreshments were available thanks to the skillful organising and hard work of ADANA board

members Reg Winkworth and Susie Brown. Councillor Dean Shelton of Manilva Council attended and pronounced the event to have been a great success. ADANA treasurer Reg thanked Dean and his fellow councillors for their continued support of ADANA and its work for the abandoned dogs of Estepona and area. Reg urged the public to support ADANA’s next fund and awareness raising event, the annual dog show, which takes place at the Estepona Palacio de Congresos, on Sunday May 28. Stalls at this event are still available for a donation of €30 and anyone interested in having a stall should contact 619 586 617.

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Welcome to ‘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.

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World record bid for fundraising street parties

WALL MURAL: Created by participants.

THE Association of Volunteers who work on the children’s wards in the hospital Materno-Infantil in Malaga, AVOI, are organising their most challenging project to date: to raise at least €200k for the rebuilding of the isolation rooms on the children’s Oncology ward. They aim to achieve this by organising a ‘Verbena,’ street party in 30 Andalucian towns simultaneously on June 3. The current isolation rooms are very dated and offer very little to make an already tough stay in the hospital more comfortable. These rooms are used for children whose immune defences are so low, for example due to their chemotherapy or a bone marrow transplant, that even contact with their family is severely restricted. Conversations take place through a window with an intercom. AVOI has worked with the hospital management to agree a complete

transformation of these isolation rooms into much more child-friendly, stimulating and exciting environments, using examples from some of the most modern Oncology wards in Spain and around the world. To raise the funds, the project ‘VerbenAvoi’ has been launched. With the help of local volunteers, street parties will take place in 30 towns in Andalucia on June 3 at noon, simultaneously. Locations include Marbella, Mijas, Estepona, Malaga and Torremolinos. In addition, several towns have organised special bus services to the nearest ‘Verbena.’ The Association also hopes to enter the Guiness Book of World Records. More information, including the full list of locations, can be found on the website created for this event www.verbenavoi.com or email info@verbenavoi .com or www.facebook .com/avoi.voluntariado.

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British artist Banksy reveals his Brexit view

Brexit overshadowed by General Election

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BREXIT PAGE By John Smith

IT is often difficult to attribute a painting by an anonymous artist, but it appears that a new piece on Brexit is by Banksy. The artwork has appeared on the side of a building in Dover, near to the ferry terminal and opposite Calais, until recently the home of ‘refugees’ anxious to get to the UK for a new life. This enormous mural shows a worker on top of a ladder chipping away one of the stars on the European Union flag. Following the recent opening of his ‘Walled Off Hotel’ in Bethlehem and other murals, Banksy, whose real identity is known by just a few people, is one of Britain’s most prolific and popular living artists.

CHIPPING AWAY: At Europe.

BREXIT

TO a g r e a t e x t e n t , B r e x i t news has taken a back seat to General Election news as the various parties prepare to launch their manifestos. What is clear is that the Conservatives appear to enjoy a significant lead in the somewhat tarnished opinion polls but that both Labour and the Tories are united in the decision to push Brexit through, if either party is elected to govern. Only the Liberal Democrats of the ‘main’ parties who would have to make a comeback akin to David against Goliath want to see a second referendum on the Brexit decision and whilst the SNP are quite determined that they want Scotland to remain in the EU, it appears that their talk of a second independence referendum might just help the Scottish Conservatives. The French Presidential election could have had a

major effect on the British General Election as if Marine Le Pen had become president, there could well have been a new ‘Exiteer’ but the success of Emmanuel Macron, leader of La Republique En Marche (Republic on the Move) could help the Conservatives almost unintentionally. He will be anxious to see whether at the upcoming parliamentary elections, his party can gain any seats but he is already talking about closing down British customs and immigration posts in Calais and making Britain cope with asylum seekers in Dover. In such a scenario and perhaps because Theresa May has called, once again, for the reduction of migrants to the tens of thousands annually, the British public might consider her to be stronger in the face of a new ‘invasion’ than Jeremy Corbyn.

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A union of nations ALMERÍA

LET’S DANCE: People enjoy Cuadrillas celebrations in Albox.

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By Matthew Elliott HUNDREDS of people took part in the third annual Cuadrillas meet of Albox. The festival brought out many of the traditional dances, clothes, music and food of the region. A parade through Plaza Mayor and Plaza de San Francisco attracted people from all over the Almanzora Valley with musicians arriving from Huercal-Overa and Velez-Rubio. Local residents joined in and everyone feasted on a giant paella that symbolises the union of different nationalities who have made the town their home. Traditional songs were out in force and pastries devoured en masse. Culture councilor Aurora Cerdan described the day as a terrific success which showed Albox’s deep respect for its cultural heritage. Next year ’s Cuadrillas is set to be even bigger.

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Tourist tax

Community spirit

Biker injured

Council safety

DESPITE the fact it has not even run for a full year, reports suggest Mallorca is considering increasing tourist tax for 2018. Nothing will be decided until the next budget session but increased taxes would increase government income.

RESIDENTS of Albox have been asked to contribute to the restoration of the new town hall, the old convent. The restoration project would be embraced by future generations of Albox residents and should be funded in a community spirit.

A BIKER is recovering in the Vega Baja Hospital after suffering multiple injuries when his motorcycle was involved in an accident with a car.

THE Moors and Christians Association in Calpe is to receive a grant of €15,000 in addition to the €45,000 budget it normally receives. This will allow it to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Spurious claims THE airline Jet2 which operates a number of holiday packages is to introduce private detectives into Mallorca. The reason is the number of possibly fraudulent claims made by holidaymakers encouraged by questionable law firms.

Gym rat POLICE arrested a man who broke into five gym lockers at an Almeria club, stealing credit cards, cash and valuables then was caught on camera mugging a girl outside the gym, taking her purse.

Fire alarm

Eye test

DESPITE the fact the government encouraged everybody to be careful about summer fires, one started in Alcudia on the campaign’s first day. There is to be better equipment and an increase in firefighters, but the public need to be alert.

NEW equipment has transformed El Toyo hospital into a top unit for optometry testing. Hundreds of patients have benefited from the devices and no longer are forced to go to Almeria for treatment.

Rubbish fire ALICANTE firefighters were called to the Fontcalent waste treatment plant after rubbish at the landfill site burst into flames. Two appliances and crews were sent to the fire which was said to have been spread by a crushing machine.

THE Visitors’ Book and the post box where it is kept are back on Ponoig. La Nucia’s Scout Troop recently repaired and restored the box that had been dented and damaged by vandals.

Skipping church

PENSIONERS staged a demonstration outside Torrevieja Town Hall to demand the return of popular catering services to the council’s centres for retired people. Police were called to control a crowd of around 300 calling for affordable meals to be reinstated.

SEVEN ‘skippers’ from Albir’s church of England congregation turned back the clock to take part in a ‘skip-a-thon,’ to raise funds. For two hours there was at least one person skipping raising almost €100 for church funds.

Couple held

Camp escape

FROM 2019, the use by shops of lightweight carrier bags and by 2020 distribution of disposable crockery, cups and cutlery will be banned. This is a new law being proposed in order to try to control indestructible waste.

CHILDREN from a Saharan ethnic group left their desert refugee camp for two months in a proper campsite in Almeria where they will receive health care, proper clothes and play games.

AN Argentinian couple has been held in Alicante accused of a €500,000 sting on the public purse in the South American country. The fugitives were arrested by National Police officers armed with an extradition order.

Wiki wars

Spring clean

WIKIPEDIA writers who touch on topics related to Almeria held a meeting to try and make their content speak with one, positive voice about Almeria, rather than different styles and opinions.

ORIHUELA Council has put a €1.6 million a year contract for cleaning public buildings out to tender. The successful bid will win a four year agreement and the possibility of a two years extension.

THE little girl who fell from the fifth floor of a Palma building, sadly died from her injuries. Although she suffered brain death after the fall, she was kept alive as a possible organ donor.

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Bloody marvellous! THERE was a ‘spectacular’ increase in blood donors for Alfaz’s 2017 Donation Marathon. This year saw 71 donations and 17 donors who had never given blood before.

Coast work DENIA has completed its work to cure stagnant water in the most affected area of the beach of Marineta Cassiana, next to the southern breakwater. The work done sees the area where the water was stagnant elevated in height after some 700 tonnes of sand were deposited.

Participatory budget THE council in Nerja believes it is leading the way in Axarquia by inviting local residents to take part in choosing projects for investment. With a budget of €500,000, more than 300 people have taken part in budget discussions.

Pool accident AN 83-year-old man fell into an empty pool in a property in Almuñecar and was taken to hospital in Motril with multiple injuries. Due to his size, emergency services called for additional help from the police to lift him.

Stag injury A YOUNG physicist from Motril went missing in Milan whilst attending a stag weekend. He was eventually found badly injured by a railway line and is currently suffering from head and spinal injuries in an Italian hospital.

Road works ANYONE planning to drive around La Herradura in the immediate future will be well advised to check on the council website for information. The reason for this is a change in traffic flow due to road works.

Better access IN response to a local petition, the Motril Council has taken action to improve the pedestrian access to Aviacion. Up until now, the land was uneven and dangerous but has now been concreted over to improve conditions for pedestrians.

Tidying up IN preparation for the summer season, council workers have been out in force in Torre del Mar. They have worked on the beach, surrounding roads and the toilet facilities to ensure visitors receive a warm welcome.

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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.

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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.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

DINOSAURS: Fossils come back to life in Moscow.

Jurassic Park SOIL delivered to a park in an eastern Moscow neighbourhood contained shellfish fossils from the Jurassic era, sparking a scientific and archaeological frenzy around people’s homes. The shellfish went extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs, roughly 65 million years ago.

Web masters TELEVISION is losing its grip over the Russian population as the internet grows in popularity. The number of

Russians who get their news mainly from the TV has fallen by 10 points to just 52 per cent. Today some 65 per cent of 18-34-year-olds get almost all their news online.

Reverend Homer A RUSSIAN cartoon channel has refused to air an episode of The Simpsons for fear of offending Christians. The episode sees Homer wander into church hunting Poke-

mons in a video game, before remarking that Japanese cartoons are now bigger than Jesus.

Child snatcher A DEPUTY headmistress at a Moscow high school threatened to call social services to the home of any student who attended the ‘extremist’ marches of top Putin critic Alexei Navalny. Tatyana Ageeva told students that only adults could attend protests and warned minors would be ‘seized from their families.’

Deadly delivery A RUSSIAN man was arrested at Amsterdam airport with poisonous and live snakes, frogs, and lizards in his luggage. He was heading to Moscow via Amsterdam after a trip to Brazil. Among the haul were 26 vipers and 10 frogs, each species separated in plastic buckets.

Air nightmare RUSSIAN COFFEE: Most expensive in the world.

Luxury latte STARBUCKS is more expensive in Russia than anywhere else in the world. In US dollars it costs $4.50 (255 rubles) for a tall latte in Moscow, compared to $2.25 in the US, or $2.88 in the UK. Adjusted for local wages it would be like Americans paying $12.50.

AN Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok suffered severe turbulence, seriously injuring 27 people. Some suffered broken bones when the Boeing 777 experienced a dramatic change in air pressure 40 minutes before landing in Thailand. Many passengers weren’t strapped in and flew out of their seats.

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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

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$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.

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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.

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Spain is a popular holiday destination for Muslims By John Smith

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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.

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% 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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.norajohnson.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.

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As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” Virginia Woolf

Successful Spanish women SPAIN has its own list of some highly powerful and successful women, here are some of them at the top of their game. Queen Letizia Perhaps none are more successful than Letizia Ortiz, now Queen of Spain. She was a successful journalist in her own right, completing a masters degree in audiovisual journalism before working in Mexico and then returning to Spain to work for the Spanish version of the Bloomberg channel. She went on to work for TVE and was anchor of the evening news programme Telediario 2, one of the most watched news programmes in Spain. She has reported from America on the presidential elections and following the 9/11 attacks in New York. But it was per-

haps her marriage to the heir of the throne, Prince Felipe, in 2004 that catapulted her from a ‘commoner’ to one of the most famous women in the world. She became Queen in 2014 when Prince Felipe ascended to the throne after the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos. As Queen consort she shares her husband’s social rank and status, representing Spain and the monarchy worldwide. Her first overseas trip as monarch and consort was to meet Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace. In 2015, she was named Special Ambassador for Nutrition for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. Penelope Cruz Now a famed Hollywood actress, some would say Penelope Cruz is one of the most recognisable Spaniards in the world.

Born in 1974, she began her career at a young age. She was signed by an agent at the age of 15 and made her acting debut on television at the age of 16. She has gone on to have an enviable CV of starring movie roles and was the first Spaniard ever to be nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in 2006 film Volver. She went on to be the first Spanish actress to win an Oscar for Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008. The year 2001 was also a year that firmly fixed her on Hollywood’s A-list, achieving recognition for her lead roles in the films Vanilla Sky, All the Pretty Horses, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and Blow. Cruz has modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren and L’Oréal. Known her for humanitarian work, it is reported she donated her salary from film The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late Mother Teresa’s mission in Uganda and India. Margarita Salas Margarita Salas, or the 1st Marquise of Canero, as is her official title, is a

QUEEN LETIZIA: A successful journalist.

PENELOPE CRUZ: Famed actress.

well-known scientist in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics. She was born in Canero, Asturias, in 1938 and graduated in chemistry at the Complutense University of Madrid and obtained a PhD degree in 1961. She later went to the USA with her husband, to work with Severo Ochoa, a Spanish physician and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Salas and her husband have been responsible for promoting Spanish research in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology and she has published over 200 scientific articles. She won the L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2000 and received numerous awards for her contributions to science ever since. She is a member of Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, European Academy of Sciences and Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among others. She still works at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

MARGARITA SALAS: Well-known scientist.

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My best successes came on the heels of failures.”

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Barbara Corcoran, Businesswoman

ESTELLE MITCHELL, CONSULTANT PHYSIOTHERAPIST AT THE BODYWORKS CLINIC

My treatment is shorter, simpler and quicker ENGLISH Chartered Physiotherapist, MCSP, SRP, HPC, OCPPP, Grad Dip Phys. Col No 2070. Musculoskeletal Specialist. It still seems strange to be included in a Women in Business section, to me I am ‘just’ a physiotherapist! But, having run The Bodyworks Clinic here on the Costa del Sol for the past 15 years I suppose I must qualify! Being a woman I trained in the Royal Air Force in the UK, qualifying in 1978 in a group that was about equal men and women.

ESTELLE MITCHELL

I hope being a woman in the military has got easier since! It was certainly not an equal playing field then. But physiotherapy in the NHS has always been a woman dominated profession, with women still making up about 80 per cent of the workforce. I left the NHS over 20 years ago to enter private practice - they wanted to promote me to senior physio and that would have meant not being hands on with patients any more. I have always been more interested

It is my job to look after my patients in the best way possible and is a huge incentive for increasing my training and skill set.”

in people than paper! Here in Spain I have found that being a highly qualified woman has, for my patients at least, been more of an attraction than a problem. We are such a diverse and multi-cultural community here that I think there are many patients who have come to me because they wanted to be treated by a woman - it makes the treatment process much simpler for them. Training and more training! Perhaps my favourite part of being in private practice and running my own clinic is the freedom. The freedom to pursue additional training in the areas that appeal to me. Over the last 10 years I have hugely expanded my knowledge base to include specialisations in: • The knee • Foot and lower limb biomechanics • Headaches and migraines • Chronic pain This freedom also allows me to integrate new technologies into my practice like the revolutionary Magnetic Resonance Therapy to treat osteoarthritis, tendon and ligament injuries and osteoporosis. This training has given me the tools to make treatment more effective, and often quicker, for my patients. The flip side Of course the flip side to this freedom is the responsibility - there is just you and the patient. No team of experts behind you, no boss to hand the buck on to. I think this is often even more noticeable here on the Costa del Sol where many patients don’t have a medical support network in place or have been badly let down by less qualified therapists. This feeling of responsibility, that it is my job to look after my patients in the best way possible, has been a huge incentive for increasing my training and skill set. It has also encouraged me to build up my own team of experts, we have a wide and varied team of highly qualified professionals at the clinic, with the recent

inclusion of Dr Jyri Lepistö, Orthopaedic Consultant being a huge bonus for me personally as well as our patients. Controversy Many people comment on the fact that my treatment plans differ significantly from those prescribed by GPs and surgeons. Usually shorter, simpler and quicker! I think this is the downside to practising physiotherapy here in Spain - it is not as highly accredited here as it is in the UK (although that is starting to change!). So surgery, rather than being the last resort, becomes the first, often the only, option. In fact, surgeons and doctors here in Spain have so little faith in physiotherapy as a successful treatment option that they often recommend waiting up to 12 weeks after surgery or injury before starting physiotherapy!!!! Twelve weeks without support and you’ve given yourself a whole host of new issues, from back pain due to bad crutch use to missed infections. Fifteen years on and I still find this shocking. In the UK the physiotherapist is the first person in the room when you wake up, teaching you how to get out of bed, how to handle your crutches, how to manage when you get home, how to get better! And the 20 treatment prescriptions? If it takes me 20 treatments to get you better then I am doing something very, VERY wrong! The Future An even greater focus on effective treatment. Medical technology has progressed so far and so fast that patients can feel overwhelmed with all the options. I think, as medical practitioners it is our role to educate and support our patients - to be honest about what they need and the kind of results they can expect to achieve. We must never forget that our aim is to achieve our patient’s definition of success, not ours. And, in my experience, patients want to stop being patients and get back to normal as quickly, simply and inexpensively as possible!

For more information about Estelle Mitchell and The Bodyworks Clinic please check out her website

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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

Dream big and work hard

VICTORIA BECKHAM: A positive role model.

WHEN she first burst onto the scene with the Spice Girls in 1994 it is unlikely that Victoria Beckham, or Victoria Adams as she was then, could have imagined that 23 years later she would be one of the world’s most successful fashion designers and businesswomen. Very early on in the band’s career Victoria became accustomed to wearing designer outfits and was seldom seen without a pair of high-heels. She wasn’t nicknamed ‘posh spice’ for no reason! Her love of fashion was something that she seemed to throw herself into after the Spice Girls split in 2000.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS Maya Angelou, author

The most powerful women in the world

Before long her hard work began to pay off and she began to earn praise from fashion magazines and fashion lovers around the globe. Many celebrities have worn her creations including Beyonce, Cameron Diaz, Naomi Campbell and Nicole Kidman. In 2011, and then again in 2014, her label simply named Victoria Beckham won the Brand of the Year title at the British Fashion Awards. It is estimated that Victoria’s net worth, in her own right, is around £240million (€285million). She would certainly seem to have good business acumen and her hard work is definitely paying off. Having recently celebrated her 43rd birthday on April 17 and received an OBE from Prince Willliam two days later for her contributions to the fashion industry, things continue to look rosy for this dedicated follower of fashion. Whether you like her or not no one can deny that she is a positive role model for women in business and in her own words, “If you dream big and work hard you can accomplish great things.”

ACCORDING to website www.forbes.com their 2016 list of the most powerful women last year saw business leaders, entrepreneurs, CEOs and investors making their mark in the world. Topping the Forbes list, and for the sixth year running, was German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She was closely followed by the US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at number two. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen; philanthropist Melinda Gates; General Motors GM CEO Mary Barra. International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde; Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg; YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki; Meg Whitman, the CEO of HP and Spaniard Ana Patricia Botín, the chair of

Banco Santander, all made the top 10. Forbes look at four factors when compiling the list. This includes money (either net worth, company revenues, or GDP); media presence; spheres of influence; and impact, analysed both within the context of each woman’s field and outside of it. With more and more women heading up major businesses and even becoming heads of states (in the past year alone, Taiwan, Myanmar, Nepal, Croatia, Mauritius, and Lithuania have elected or re-elected female leaders to office) the list notably saw fewer ‘celebrities’ making the cut with Ellen Degeneres, Taylor Swift and Angelina Jolie, all coming off the top 100 list.

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Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

A bright future

NOSTALGIC DESIGNS: Roses feature heavily in Kidston’s products.

By Sally Underwood CATH KIDSTON, the brainchild behind some of Britain’s brightest and most cheerful designs, has built up an empire worth an estimated £250 million. Influenced by her idyllic upbringing in the Hampshire countryside, Kidston says, “I’ve always been interested in houses and homes. From my earliest memories, I’ve liked re-arranging my room and was one of those children who was always restyling my bedroom.” She adds, “I always loved to play shop, I loved trading, drawing and doing all the stuff I love to do today.” The former shop assistant turned her passion into a business when she opened her first shop in Holland Park 1993, selling hand embroidered tea towels and shabby-chic furniture. Her inspiration for selling products came after making an ironing board cover for her own flat. She explains, “I thought it would be the perfect product, because there I was, at home, doing my ironing on a grey ironing board. My flat was quite small and I had it hanging on the back of the door. I thought it was a really good idea.”

Subsidising her first venture, which she describes as a “glorified junk shop,” with interior design, Kidston decided to focus solely on selling her own creations after surviving cancer at 37. She explains the ordeal, “changed my attitude to risk within a business. It was a really positive turning point. It really helped me think, ‘I’m just going to make the most of it and get on’.” Her passion paid off and her designs are

now sold in over 200 shops across 16 countries. With an MBE for Services to Business to her name, Kidston, who has also raised large sums of money for cancer charities, has now sold the majority stake in her company. She says “having a business is a bit like having a child. As they grow up, you don’t want them to be too reliant on you, but you want to remain on very good terms with them.”

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Top tips for setting up your own business OUR ‘Women In Business’ have been sharing their advice on setting up in business in Spain. Here are more tips: Follow your heart Working is something you have to do day in and day, so make sure its something you enjoy doing. Having passion for what you are selling or the service you are offering, is the best way to start as this will be your driving force. Do your research Whilst passion is great for your business idea, you need to make sure what you are offering is what people want to buy. Taking some time out to do market research could pay off in the long run. Start small You need to get the cash flow going as soon as possible, but do not overstretch

yourself to start with. Focus on getting your product right and treat those first customers as kings and queens; their experience of your company could make or break you. Ask for help There is nothing wrong with admitting you may be new to the business game and could benefit from some help and advice. Try getting a business coach or mentor who can guide you. Be legal Selling a few handmade crafts from a Facebook page is one thing, but to be a true business, you need to be legal. Whether working from home or setting up an office or shop, always check with your local town hall and lawyer about how to run your own business.

HELLE BYRN: The Danish interior Architect founded the exclusive international design school.

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Leadership is a series of behaviours rather than a role for heroes.

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Margaret Wheatley, writer

She’s not just a pretty face TODAY, a generation of Hollywood’s top female actresses are earning millions per film, but are now turning their back on the limelight and using their high profiles to form successful businesses, promote charities and philanthropy work. • Jessica Alba

The company is also reported to have a strong charitable mission, regularly donating products, revenues and labour to good causes. The Honest Company is based in the USA but plans are already afoot to bring the products to England, Australia and China. • Gwyneth Paltrow

Inspired in 2008 by the birth of her daughter and her own history of childhood illnesses, Golden Globe nominated actress Jessica Alba went on to create The Honest Company. The ethos was to provide natural baby products and promote non-toxic household products. S i n c e launching The Honest Company the company is now valued at over $1 billion and in 2016 Alba was listed at number 42 on Forbes’ ‘America’s SelfMade Women’ list.

Born in 1972, Gwyneth Paltrow is a multi-million dollar actress, food writer and owner of a lifestyle company. Launched in 2008, Goop was originally conceived as a weekly email publication, that has evolved into a website with regular updates that, according to the site, ‘hopes to surface the very best experiences, recipes, products, and advice.’ Despite setting up the brand and website, Paltrow last year said her aim was to take a step away from the company to allow it to continue growing under its own esteem. Paltrow is also a Save the Children ambassador and she is on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organisation that works to alleviate poverty in New York City.

• Charlize Theron The actress grew up in South Africa before moving to Europe at 16 to pursue modelling. Moving to the USA she fell in to the world of films and is best known for critically acclaimed roles in films such as Monster, which won her an Oscar for ‘best actress’ in charities and foundations 2004, Mighty Joe have been supported by Young, The Devil’s Charlize Theron over Advocate and the years. Mad Max. Now, still acting, she is also a UN Messenger of Peace. In his citation, Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon said of Theron: “You have consistently dedicated yourself to improving the lives of women and children in South Africa, and to preventing and stopping violence against women and girls.” It is reported that she has supported 36 charities and foundations over the years in various roles and is also the founder of the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project.

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MARÍA JOSÉ CAÑETE SÁNCHEZ - HELICOPTEROS SANITARIOS

A very dedicated and passionate woman MARÍA JOSÉ also selflessly contributes to the care of the community ALTHOUGH born in Cordoba, María José Cañete Sánchez established herself in Marbella 28 years ago, in order to fulfil her dream personal and professional life. As a businesswoman, she has succeeded due to her perseverance and passion for getting things done properly. In 1988, she founded the company Helicopteros Sanitarios, which she continues to chair and direct. The company is a European leader in GP Home Service and Emergency Medical Assistance Services. The mission of the Helicopteros Sanitarios team, comprising over 250 professionals, is to ensure the health and well-being of its members, 24-hours a day, from simple ailments to the most serious of emergencies, with bilingual medical specialists and using the most advanced diagnostic equipment and treatments. María José constantly reiterates that it is only thanks to a highly

Helicopteros Sanitarios is a prestigious company, known and recognised for its good service, quality and the excellent treatment of its patients.

MARÍA JOSÉ: Started her career more than 28 years ago.

qualified team of professionals, that the great growth of the company was possible. But, the recipe of success was due to her vocation, dedication and passion combined with a sixth sense, that of surrounding herself with a team of such talented professionals. More than 28 years have passed since she began her career and since then she has managed to position Helicopteros Sanitarios alongside companies in Europe with great prestige and public recognition, not just by dent of hard work, but also selflessly contributing to the care of the community. During recent expansion plans, Helicopteros Sanitarios has developed a hospital in Puerto Banús that breaks all conventional moulds, offering a completely different model, not only in terms of technology, but also in the depth of professional and personal care as compared to the best hospitals in the world.

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Many women live like it’s a dress rehearsal. Ladies, the curtain is up and you’re on.”

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First class treatment from head to toe RENOWNED throughout the Costa del Sol and beyond for the quality of the care and service that Helicopteros Sanitarios offers to residents and visitors with its doctor and ambulance service, the organisation has now taken a major step forward in health care. Still personally managed by the company’s founder Maria José Cañete, it has been her dream for many years to be able to offer a wide range of top class medical services and now with the opening of the flagship Helicopteros Sanitarios Hospital in Puerto Banus, that dream has come to fruition.

It offers quiet, luxurious private rooms, with the best of comforts, a large space to rest or welcome visitors and a large flat TV screen to while away the hours of recovery. An excellent menu has also been designed to promote patient rehabilitation. The Helicopteros Sanitarios Hospital was designed and created with the intention of equipping the Costa del Sol and especially Marbella, with a unique medical facility. Incorporating advanced technology and employing a highly qualified medical team into a special and exclusive building, it offers a unique medical

service to a demanding clientele who seek both innovative and advanced treatments, alongside high quality care.

Offering quiet, luxurious private rooms with the best of comforts. To complement the staff of highly trained specialists who cover a wide number of fields, they have installed the most advanced equipment in-

cluding x-ray machines, mammogram machines and CTA scans plus of course, there are always the best English-speaking doctors and nurses available to attend to you. You don’t have to attend for a major illness as the hospital also offers on-the-spot tests without long delays as well as surgical interventions programmed in a short period of time with the added bonus that there is plenty of free and easy parking. No-one likes to be ill but regardless of the problem, the Helicopteros Sanitarios Hospital can help by offering a total service from a pick up from the airport or station if needed,

A leader in health care services HELICOPTERS SANITARIOS was the pioneer and has been the leader, in Health Care Services and Accident and Emergency provision in Spain since 1988. Their goal is to ensure your health and well-being with professionalism, perseverance and caring. That is why they are constantly growing, investing in professionals, technology and equipment to assist you any time and anywhere you need them. They are a medical service available 24 hours, 365 days a year, with a fleet of mobile intensive care units, medical cars, ambulances with the latest advances in medical equipment and a helicopter equipped with electromedical equipment, all needed to treat their patients. Their team travels wherever you need them, within their range. The professional team at Helicopteros Sanitarios has more than 250 fully trained staff, committed to providing

HELICOPTEROS SANITARIOS: Providing members with an excellent service at all times. members an excellent service at all times. Their multidisciplinary medical team works to provide comprehensive care and quality using the most advanced health technology. Helicopteros Sanitarios know that there is nothing like the comfort of your own

home, therefore, if a member requires medical attention we are on call 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, as many times as you need them. From mild illness (fever, chills, domestic accidents, etc) to the more severe incidents (trauma, stroke, etc).

The GP home service of Helicopteros Sanitarios allows their members peace of mind knowing they will always be attended by a highly qualified medical team. “You and your family are in the hands of professionals in whom they can trust.”

luxurious rooms as well as additional accommodation for family accompanying the patient and most importantly tremendous medical care. A visit to the hospital website at www.marbellahospital.com will give details of all of the departments in operation but it is safe to say that any patient can literally expect to receive a first class treatment from head to toe thanks to the experienced and dedicated staff. Apart from a visit to the website which has a contact section, you can call the Helicopteros Sanitarios Hospital on 952 811 818 or email in fo@helicopterossanitarios.com.

The benefits of becoming a member includes: • Complete GP Service 24 hours, 365 days a year, from a simple cold to a major medical emergency • Unlimited assistance wherever you may be • No age limit and no medical restrictions • Highly qualified and multilingual staff • Transfers to hospitals when necessary • Fast assistance and no waiting list • Multilingual 24-hour call centre • 24-hour Emergency Care and First-Aid at our Hospital Puerto Banús** **Excluding any additional tests and Observation room. • Fleet of ICU ambulances equipped with the most advanced technology To provide an adequate response to the diverse needs of their members, Helicopteros Sanitarios also offers the following additional services: • 32 different Medical specialties • Medical Check-ups • Nursing and other health professionals at your home • Repatriation of patients anywhere in the world

You and your family are in the hands of professionals in whom they can trust.

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I learned to always take on things I’d never done before. Growth and comfort do not coexist.”

By Sally Underwood ONE of her products is sold every minute worldwide, but Liz Earle, the creator of the eponymous natural skincare range, says her passion is for giving back rather than making a fortune. Growing up in the English countryside, the entrepreneur inherited her love of nature early on, saying “my father was an admiral in the Navy, and if he wasn’t at sea, he was in the garden where I followed him everywhere.” She goes on, “one Christmas I was given the Vogue Natural Health and Beauty Book by Bronwen Meredith, which was all about making your own rose water and face packs, and I was totally hooked and spent the next few years driving my parents mad and mixing up potions and lotions of my own.” Inspired by her passion for natural skincare, Liz worked as a beauty journalist for several years before creating her own line at the suggestion of her friend, Kim Buckland, who at the time was working in PR for John Frieda. Kim pointed out that well-known hairdressers were launching their own products but no one from the skin care world was doing the same. The two women teamed up and in 1995 the Liz

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Naturally beautiful A Christian and a mother of five, she Earle Beauty Company was born. said that when she sold up, ‘I realised By a stroke of luck, a friend of Liz’s there would be a large sum of money worked at QVC and asked to see prodcoming in and it just felt right to ucts from her range, which at the time only extended to five creams. Within 24 hours, QVC had offered to stock her products and her first appearance on the channel saw her range sell out in 20 minutes. Rapid success meant the LIZ EARLE: company was able to open Is completely its first store on the Isle of passionate about Wight in 2001, with a large what she does. shop in London’s Chelsea opening in 2007. Liz’s products are now sold in 82 countries. Although she sold the company to Avon in 2011 for undisclosed millions, Earle remains a consultant on the stipulation she still gets all her own beauty products for free. After selling her company, however, Liz immediately launched herself into her true passion; charity work - describing her beauty business as “a 15year sidetrack from what I really love.”

give some of it to somebody else’ and so immediately set up a respite home for disabled children. She has now set her

An office of inspiration MANY hours of the day are spent in the office; therefore it’s a good idea to create an environment that will inspire. Appealing to the senses is a good place to start by thinking about what you would like to see, hear, smell and touch. Our senses are bombarded every day; for some of us it’s the sound of birds singing and for others, it’s the sound of traffic with the added bonus of fumes that can affect our mood. Therefore, it makes sense to take some time over thinking about how your surroundings can have a more positive effect. The office, being a place of work is generally not thought of as an interesting space, but one that’s plain and functional. If you use a bit of imagination, it can be transformed into a place you’ll want to be and will in the long run, improve your performance. Everything we see around us has an effect; a photo or painting that inspires creativity or even just makes you feel happy is a step in the right direction. To appeal to the sense of smell, freshly cut flowers can be placed on your desk or an invigorating scented air freshener. An untidy desk can make you want to run away, so organise your paperwork into colourful files and update your desk accessories to add more interest.

charitable sights further afield, launching the LiveTwice foundation, an organisation which supports projects across the UK, Africa and Middle East. She is a best-selling author and has an MBE. Having gone from strength to strength, Liz puts her success down to being “completely passionate” about what she does and says its important to have some fun along the way too!”

Clothes that mean business CLOTHES say a great deal about people, so if you are in the ‘world of business’ and want to give clients the impression that you’re a professional, then it’s worth investing in a wardrobe that’s specifically tailored to your working life. The standard international business attire can be tailored dresses, skirts or trousers with a blouse and jacket. The colours that are normally worn are grey, navy and black; and shoes should be comfortable, as days can be long in a pair of stilettoes. The look can be finished with understated jewellery and subtle perfume. WORK ATTIRE: Should be smart.

INSPIRE CREATIVITY: By appeali ng to your senses.

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the first non-fiction best-seller by an African-American woman

The secrets of successful women in business THE many women that have gained successful careers have not achieved them by the work itself, but also by managing a successful way of living. There has always been the preconceived notion amongst all of us, that to achieve great success, it is necessary to be working ‘all hours that god sends,’ eating whatever is at hand and sacrificing everything else in life. This philosophy of sacrifice to achieve goals and dreams at the expense of other areas of life has been a reality for many people that have made it and are now reaping the rewards, but for some it has meant burning themselves out from lack of attention to their lifestyle. It’s true that sacrifices have to be made to a certain extent, but there are ways of managing time, where harmony can be restored. Most successful women in business tend to focus on a healthy lifestyle and realise the importance of taking care of themselves; after all, who is going to run the business if they get ill. They find time to relax with their family, eat a healthy diet and keep fit. It may take some time to organise the routine, but it will be worth it for every aspect of a working life. It is also important to pay attention to mental fitness. Lisa Bloom, the bestselling author of ‘Think and Swagger’ says, “Books get our minds out there in the world of ideas and where our brains go, our bodies follow.” This makes reading sound as if it’s a miracle potion for achieving great things; however, studies have shown that reading is

a pastime that makes people happier and is good for general well-being. It’s a great workout for the brain.

Books get our minds out there in the world of ideas and where our brains go, our bodies follow.”

Successful women in business commit themselves to continuous professional development, involving research, reading and keeping up with current news and trends. It’s also important to be aware of relationships within business and to tre a t pe ople w ith polite-

ness and develop re la tionships in business, by following them up. Tha t fa milia r phra s e , ‘women’s intuition,’ plays an important role in a woman’s career and acts like a compass in alerting us to be aware of a situation that doesn’t feel right. The determination to see a decision or choice through to the end, even if it’s not working can often cloud judgement; therefore it’s important to take a risk and change the track you’re on. A successful career is one that rewards financially, but most importantly it’s the passion and drive behind the business and the satisfaction that comes from knowing it’s be ne fic ia l to othe rs a nd an enj oyabl e process for the woman that runs it. As a woman, success in business also

means havi ng t he cour age t o st and your ground in the world that’s dominated by men and to have no fear in your abilities and in knowing that the job will get done. If mistakes are made, they are to be regarded as a learning curve. Self-belief is crucial, so be confident and regard the path that’s been chosen as a journey you’re happy to be on.

ORGANISE A ROUTINE: That will help you to find the time to relax with family, eat a healthy diet and keep fit.

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I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I Marissa Mayer, Yahoo can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.”

If at first you don’t succeed... THINK you’re a failure? Career hasn’t gone to plan? Business enterprise didn’t make the millions you’d hoped? Well failure in one area doesn’t mean you can’t and won’t succeed later on. Many women who are now household names and top of their fields struggled to get where they are today, with many starting on a totally different path, but they have gone on to prove success can happen...

Oprah Winfrey

J K Rowling

THE American talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist had a rocky start to life. She was brought up in a low-income family and admitted she was once sexually abused. She became pregnant at the age of 14 but lost the baby and went to live with her father. She was fired from her first job on a local television station, but has since gone on to become one of the most popular, influential and wealthiest women in media with television shows and even her own TV channel. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Forbes state her net wealth as around $2.9 billion (€2.7 billion).

THE woman behind the most famous wizard of all time, Harry Potter, has said she believed she was a failure before penning the novels. She was a single, divorced mother suffering from depression and struggling to make ends meet in Edinburgh. In 1995 all major publishers rejected the Harry Potter script. But a year later a small publishing house, Bloomsbury, accepted it and in 1997, the book was published but with only 1,000 copies. Today, Harry Potter is a multi-million franchise with books, films and even a West End show and J K Rowling is now considered to be the most successful female author in the UK. Her net worth is said to be around $1.1 billion (€1.02 billion).

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” J K ROWLING

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfils you, the rest will come.” OPRAH WINFREY

STEVEN AND MICHELE SAUNDERS - THE LITTLE GERANIUM

The Little Geranium is small in size, big in taste THEIR philosophy is that diners should enjoy the entire experience from start to finish IT was slightly over two years ago that celebrity chef Steven Saunders and his future wife Michele opened the Little Geranium restaurant in La Cala De Mijas. Originally they had travelled to Spain to simply enjoy their life together but both were used to a busy life and wanted more than eating in restaurants that they often criticised, so decided to show the world (or at least Mijas and Costa del Sol) how it should be done. It was a brave decision to try to introduce a new style of cooking into a tiny dining area in La Cala but dedication and pure professionalism from the couple who boasted the skill of an accomplished chef and his charming partner who is a consummate communicator certainly promised success. Now, the restaurant which offers a five-course tasting menu at lunch time for €29 and a slightly finer dining experience in the evening rarely seems empty and attracts a mainly English speaking clientele which includes many Scandinavians as well as British and Irish diners. The menu which is described as artisan tapas for lunch and fine but not snooty at night is

teed further as they have just recruited a new pastry chef who makes some exciting desserts. Steven is in charge of food and accepts that he is well justified in leaving everything else to Michele who has a very astute and serious business head upon relatively young shoulders Steven although he is very and happy to spend Michele show time chatting to dedication and guests and making pure them feel as special as professionalism. they are.

The Little Geranium, inside and out.

changed monthly and places an emphasis on local produce and wines. With an open kitchen and the fact that

Steven is in the restaurant almost every day, eating at the Little Geranium is like sitting in a five star chef’s kitchen with a few likeminded people. According to Michele, some restaurants devote all of their energy into the food and others into service but their philosophy is to ensure that diners enjoy the entire experience from their first drink until coffee and this is guaran-

To get a taste of the Little Geranium which is open Tuesday to Saturday 1pm to 3.30pm and 7pm to 10.30pm do visit www.thelittlegerani um.com or call 952 493 602 to make a reservation.

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MICHELE SAUNDERS - THE LITTLE GERANIUM

Accomplished restaurateur MICHELE is sweet and petite but hides an iron fist in a velvet glove ALTHOUGH her first love was always ballet, vivacious Michel Saunders who with husband Steven runs the Little Geranium restaurant has found two new loves. Born in South Africa, Michele left to take up a professional role in ballet and cabaret dance in Northern Ireland and the Republic, but after six years she decided to return to teach ballet and worked with young dancers across the province. Her first new love was discovered when she moved to the UK to continue teaching and choreographing shows. Following a chance meeting in the Nobuko Restaurant in Mayfair with celebrity chef Steven Saunders she says with a smile “He swept me off my feet.” At the time, Steven was involved in Formula 1 catering and although Michele hadn’t been involved in catering previously, she found herself involved in quality control, visiting the events and tasting the food and wine! As the couple became closer, they agreed that it would be a good time to

move to Spain to enjoy life and the sunny weather but within a few months of inaction, the catering bug hit Steven again and his enthusiasm excited Michele so suddenly she was helping to run a restaurant and here was her second new love! Initially they planned to open a small easy going tapas bar but instead opened the hugely applauded Little Geranium in La Cala de Mijas just two years ago and it has already grabbed third place in the best restaurants in the TripAdvisor site for La Cala de Mijas which lists 102. Once they decided to create a different type of restaurant, Michele was tasked with the interior design work whilst Steven concentrated on the menu and the kitchen. She liaised with new staff and trained them to offer the style of service she would expect if she was a customer.

So successful has the Little Geranium been she is now in charge of the opening of their new restaurant Geranium in Puerto Banus in July. This new venture which will have a 1950’s and 60’s feel with staff wearing appropriate uniforms and a kitchen behind glass so the guests can see the work of the new head chef from the UK. Recently married to Steven, Michele insists they take two days off a week to ensure they have some fun time, together and with their seven dogs. Michele is sweet and petite but admits she hides an iron fist in a velvet glove as far as business is concerned.

Michele Saunders in the restaurant.

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It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

Business scents WITH no formal training in perfumery, Jo Malone, the nose behind two world-famous fragrance lines, Jo Malone and Jo Loves, is proof that natural talent and determined self-belief can win out. Severely dyslexic, the now 53-year-old, dropped out of school at 15 and started work at a beauty salon her mother inherited. Moving to her own premises, she became a facialist with an exclusive client list, such as Sarah Ferguson. It was while working there she experimented with scents. Making a body lotion and oil for her most loyal clients, she realised she had a passion for perfume and set about creating her first line, Jo Malone. Serving up innovative scents such as Nutmeg & Ginger and Lime, Basil & Mandarin, Jo tapped into an emerging market of cool, wealthy

young professionals looking for something different. Initially with a mostly London client base, the brand grew exponentially when Oprah Winfrey interviewed her in the mid-90’s, giving Jo global appeal. Expanding her range to include lotions, bath oils and candles, Ms Malone caught the attention of Estee Lauder, who bought the brand for ‘undisclosed millions’ in 1999. Jo stayed on as the company’s Creative Director, taking the range even further with face products and exfoliators before leaving in 2011. Jo describes fragrance as like a ‘best friend.’ She then created her next line, Jo Loves, a smaller offering, featuring limited edition scents like Fresh Sweet Peas. Her new line is sold in her shop in Chelsea’s chic Elizabeth Street.

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In good company people and promoted it with a press release she wrote herself. Her hard work paid off and she turned over £80,000 that first year. It was only after six years that The White Company opened its first WHEN Chrissie Rucker, owner and founder of upmarket furnishings store, which Chrissie credits with securing the brand’s identity. chain, The White Company, left school at 16, she could hardly have Over the ensuing years, her business grew stratosknown she would one day become one of Britain’s most successful pherically. The White Company now has 53 stores businesswomen. in the UK and sells adults’ and children’s clothes, Even several years after leaving school, following stints in as well as furnishings. It has also recently PR and journalism, Chrissie was still looking for direclaunched in America and now ships worldwide. tion in her life. It was only after she first moved in The chain has lived through four recessions with her now-husband, Chris Wheeler, founder of and Chrissie says this has helped her hone the shirt store Charles Tyrwhitt, and started to decbrand’s identity, ensuring it was different to orate his flat, that she noticed a niche in the other stores. market for quality white linens and furShe explains “it’s crucial to have a nishings. Thus The White Compaclear brand vision so you have someny was born. thing to stick to when times are Starting out in 1993 with a hard.” £6,000 inheritance from her Still owning 99 per cent of her comgrandmother and a small governpany, the other 1 per cent belonging to her ment grant, Chrissy first produced husband after she gifted it to him as a wedwhite bedding and tableware, advertising ding present, Ms Rucker is believed to have it in a 12-page catalogue printed on her paid herself £6.5 million in 2015. boyfriend’s computer. The White Company now has Working 16 hour days around 1,000 employees and and delivering goods in Chrissie received an MBE her Mini, Chrissie sent out CHRISSIE RUCKER: Received an MBE. in 2010 for services to retail. her first catalogue to 500 By Sally Underwood

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We are committed to customers’ needs DIANE believes in providing a superior service DIANE HALLETT and her partner Stephen Gaunt who owns SG Haulage Ltd have been together for 18 years now and have expanded their business from three lorries to over 25 and 50 trailers. It is a family-run business with Steve’s son and daughter and her daughter who also drives for them. Diane hasn’t got a business background but has learnt a great deal about the trade from Steve and his parents; his dad used to drive and his mother worked in the office. They have developed the business through sheer hard work and determination, working long hours, weekends and having to sacrifice holidays. They are now starting to reap the benefits of their hard work, as they have recently started to take holidays in Spain. They have also noticed that there may be a niche in the transport market, moving cars, motorhomes, caravans, boats, plant and machinery. Diane said “the haulage industry is still a very male dominated industry with more women entering into it, even my 21-yearold daughter now drives a 44-ton truck! “You just need to have a thick skin, don’t take any nonsense and they soon listen to you. I now have a good relationship with

the drivers.” Even though Diane doesn’t actually own the business, she has worked as if it was her own. She believes success comes from being 100 per cent com-

DIANE & STEVE: Have developed the business through sheer hard work.

mitted to the needs of customers, by putting money back into the business, to enable it to develop. Their work comes from recommendations and word of mouth. The key to their success is the passion and dedication for the business that drives them to provide a superior service. Safety is paramount in the haulage industry and they are CPS; NPORS and ALLMI accredited. This combined The key with years of to their experience success is the allows passion and them to dedication safely and for the business. competently move any heavy, specialised, sensitive or abnormal load. The address is Plot 9 Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln Telephone +44(0) 1522 702443 Email info@sghaulage.com or find them on www.sghaulageltd.co.uk

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4,000 distribution points throughout Spain. Being head of the EWN family means giving incredible publicity to local charities, many of which are struggling to have their voice heard in tough economic times. With access to the pages of the Euro Weekly News, RTN and Sol Times, hundreds of charities across Spain are now thriving and making a wonderful, essential contribution to their communities. Then there's the one offs. Those tragic yet beautiful times that Michel has urged all the staff at EWN to drop what they’re doing and become a voice for lost causes. It warms our hearts to know that there are so many Spanish families who have benefited from our influence in the expat community. Take the case of Leo the Lion, a young boy with cancer for whom our readers, big hearted expats with little to give, managed to raise hundreds of thousands of euros to send him to the United States for therapy. Or the thousands raised for Positively Pink and women suffering from abuse.

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Leadership is not about men in suits. It is a way of life for those who know who they are and are willing to be their best to Kathleen Schafer, Leadership Connection create the life they want to live.”

On track to become the UK’s highest earning female HOLLY WILLOUGHBY is a force to be reckoned with. Not just a pretty face, her girl-next-door image, coupled with a serious business brain, has led to recent reports that she is now one of the highest earning females in British television. It is reported she already boasts an £11 million fortune thanks to her presenting rolls such as her daily appearance on ITV’s This Morning and hosting the comeback of Surprise Surprise, but it is her other side projects that have also boosted her bank balance such as contracts with Garnier and her homeware and clothing design projects as well as her book deals. Earlier this year it was announced that the 35 year-old has plans to go into the interior design business with the wife of Dragon’s Den star

Peter Jones, which could be worth a further £10 million, making her the wealthiest female present ahead of Davina McCall and Mary Berry. This diversification is a clever move, attracting and appealing to all markets. She has a wholesome, family image which make women relate and being seen on a sofa every day on This Morning, can easily allow herself to be associated with interiors and lifestyle brands, making it a natural fit. So with 2017 looking extremely bright for Ms Willoughby, where did it all start and how did it all go so right? Born to a sales manager and an air stewardess, Willoughby’s career started somewhat with luck and chance as she was spotted in

1995, at the age of 14, by talent scouts at The Clothes Show Live exhibition and she was soon signed up as a model appearing in teen magazines. It was in 2000 that she ventured into television, winning an audition for a show on CITV called S Club TV before going on to host several other children’s shows, but it was perhaps in 2004 when she was chosen as the presenter of Ministry of Mayhem on Saturday mornings, that brought her name to the forefront, being a popular choice with the young viewers and their parents. It was on the show that she met her now husband, producer Dan Baldwin and the couple now have three children together. He also presents several of the shows she stars in which perhaps

doesn’t hurt in keeping the work coming in. Prime Time television came in 2006 as she presented Dancing on Ice with Philip Schofield, whom, it is reported, was instrumental in getting her the gig next to him on the sofa on This Morning in 2009 when his co-star Fern Britton announced she was leaving. With so many projects underway, juggling work and family life, Holly Willoughby is a good example of a young successful woman in the UK, proving that perhaps, you can have it all...

HOLLY WILLOUGHBY: One of the highest ear ning females in British television.

I’m hot get me out of here

HIGH PRIORITY: Finding a comfortable temperature at work.

THE woman in business will know that relationships with employees are crucial to the success of any company and ensuring that they are comfortable in the workplace should be high on the list of priorities. To maintain a stable temperature in the workplace that’s comfortable for everyone could be challenging, especially when the weather is constantly changing. People are also different in the way they

are affected by certain temperature levels. Men, prefer to work in cooler temperatures, as their metabolic rate is higher than that of women who are most likely to prefer warmer conditions. The reaction to temperature can also depend on the age of employees and what they are wearing. When it’s feeling too hot in the office, there are a few things that employees could do to help themselves which in-

clude the use of a desk fan, wearing cotton and loose clothing and drinking plenty of fluids. There may be a solution to this in the future, with the possibility of installing smart ventilated office chairs that contain fans and heaters that can be controlled by their occupant. The topic of comfort in the workplace should be taken seriously, as it will keep employees happy and productive.

Healthy eating while you are at work FOR a big part of the day, most businesswomen are sat at a desk, which is not the healthiest of options, but a necessary part of the job. There are many ways to improve the daily routine, by making sure that healthy options are adapted into the working day. When it’s time for a break, there’s an opportunity to get outside the office and stretch your legs while getting some vitamin D from the sun, which is good for metabolism and mood. It is important to take nutrient-rich meals and snacks to work, in order to maintain maximum energy levels. The best way to prepare your fuel for the day is to combine slow-release wholegrain carbohydrates with lean protein every two to three hours. Try some thick yoghurt with fruit, lean-meat sandwiches, low-fat cheese and crackers, nut-based snacks, sushi or wraps. There is also salad, vegetables and soup, which are easy to prepare. The most important of all is to rehydrate, by drinking at least three litres of water each day and limiting caffeine to two to three coffees a day. At break times, try to exercise and keep circulation going by taking a short brisk walk.

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When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel Madonna, American entertainer and first female billionaire of pop music like saying something, I say it.”

Larger than life Dolly THIS lady from Tennessee has been around for some time now and is still getting up early in the mornings to embrace another day of business. She has been an inspiration to many people; in the way she has built a successful career. It is common knowledge amongst most people that she came from a very poor family, but she hasn’t left her past behind, regenerating the economy of her home town, Sevierville, with the opening of her ‘Dollywood’ theme park. She had a great talent for song writing and decided where she want to go making sacrifices along the way and achieved her dreams of success. In addition to her musical career she is also famous for being a shrewd businesswoman and attributes this to her father who couldn’t read or write, but he knew about money. She also started a charity, inspired by her father, called ‘Imagination Library,’ to foster a love of reading amongst children.

DOLLY PARTON: Fulfils the dreams of other people.

Dolly is also famous for being a shrewd businesswoman and attributes this to her father who couldn’t read or write, but he knew about money.

Dolly recently launched the ‘My People Fund,’ which is giving support to families left homeless after a wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains destroyed their homes. She promised the families that they would always have a shoulder to lean on. Dolly is another example of a woman in business that has not forgotten where she comes from and is giving something back. Her success in business has enabled her to fulfil the dreams of other people.

Women who make a difference EVERY business is likely to consume every waking moment of the person that runs it and assuming that they organise the time efficiently enough to be able to relax and spend time with family, it would not be expected that they do any more than that. However, for some people, they have something extra special about them, in the way they can find the time in their busy day; but also more importantly, the space in their heart to be kind and giving to strangers. The woman that has managed to achieve this is Melinda McRostie, who runs ‘The Captain’s Table, ’ a restaurant on the Greek island of Lesbos, along with her husband and family. She is originally from Australia, but her mother brought her and her sister to Greece in 1968 for a holiday and they ended up staying and their mother married a Greek man. They later opened a restaurant called ‘Melinda’s.’ As Melinda got older she later met Theo, her husband and opened up a

We have a responsibility and owe it to ourselves to help others, as this is the true meaning of success.

MELINDA MCROSTIE: Didn’t let anything stand in her way.

restaurant called ‘The Captain’s Table’ in the harbour of Molyvos, which serve Greek and international food. After being on the island for many years, Melinda and her family became well known through the restaurant and for some volunteering work. In 2015 when refugees arrived in

the port of Molyvos for asylum, the coastguard contacted her, asking if she could provide them with food and clothing and she found somewhere for them to live, which was on a piece of rented land behind the restaurant, which can accommodate 180 people. Melinda was able to provide them with food and supplies, due to dona-

tions from locals, tourists and people from all over the world. Melinda recently attended the ‘Women who transformed the World’ conference in Segovia, on March 20, where she talked about the experience of helping so many refugees and the Starfish foundation that was set up by volunteers to continue helping them. In September 2015, the foundation

opened a transit site ‘OXY,’ for refugees arriving in the north of the island, which prepared them for the journey to the south where they could register. Over 130,000 passed through the site that met international humanitarian standards. They have also worked closely with the Red Cross, UNHCR and the International Rescue Committee. Melinda is the perfect example of someone who can multi-task as she cooks in the restaurant and is also ready to take calls concerning any new refugees. She is an inspiration to us all and didn’t let anything stand in the way of her helping the refugees. It was a job that had to be done and it was possible and made easier by putting the bureaucracy of Greece on hold for a while and dealing with the paperwork later. Melinda shows us it is possible to be successful in business and make time for those less fortunate. She shows us we have a responsibility and owe it to ourselves to help others, as this is the true meaning of success.

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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

Women in business ment: “Many people told me I had three strikes against me: I was THE phrase ‘women in business’ covers the history of women takblack. I was a girl. I was poor.” ing leadership roles in commerce. Despite a growing number of females holding In 1972 Katharine Graham became the CEO of The Washingtop positions there is little discrimination ton Post newspaper in the USA, making her the first female against today’s female society, or is there? As CEO of a Fortune 500 company as she somewhat paved the of 2016, Wikipedia reported that women only way for fellow women to follow her into business. But it wasaccount for around 20 per cent of all S&P n’t all easy sailing. In her memoir she highlighted personal 500 company directors, which are compastruggles she faced which left her often looking for reasnies listed on the American stock market, desurance from male colleagues. spite making up 47 per cent of the US workUrsula Burns was force. named CEO of XeI had three strikes As of 2014, nearly 60 per cent of 22,000 rox in 2009. It against me: I was global firms had no females on the board and was previously less than 5 per cent had a female run by Anne black. I was a girl. I CEO. Mulcahy and it was poor.” However for females was the first time a looking to succeed, try female CEO had Norway, Latvia, Bulchosen another fegaria and Slovenia male to take over. as it is reported Burns was also that in these counreported as the tries there is at first black female least 20 per cent to be heading a female representaFortune 500 comtion on boards pany and told and in senior Leanin.org it was URSULA BURNS: The first black female to be heading a Fortune 500 company. positions. a great achieve-

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A helping hand THE number of female business owners is growing at unprecedented rates across the globe, thanks to new funds and sites encouraging women to start or expand a business. Investment in these funds doesn’t just benefit women. According to Forbes ‘about $60 billion worth of impact investment assets are under management... in sectors ranging from agriculture to education. Some of the biggest returns lie with women.’ Websites such as Kiva.org and shared-interest.com allow individuals to provide loans to specific businesses or projects while Forbes has suggested some of the most effective ways to invest in femaleowned businesses. According to Forbes, farmers in Third World countries are typically male but there are some crops favoured by

women because they both feed their own families and can be sold for profit, providing women in some of the most impoverished places with their own income. Marianne Haahr, director of the Global Opportunity Network said “crops like maize, cassava and millet are popular among female farmers” and “some women form cooperatives so they can market their produce at better prices. This gives rural women a stronger voice locally.” Forbes also explains for those around the world who rely on agriculture for their income, one of the most useful types of investment is micro-insurance which protects against crop loss due to bad weather or pestilence. Several sites allow investors to choose from many individual projects benefiting women.

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I continue to fight and look to the future JUANI thanks all those who believed in her and helped her on her way LIFE is like a long road filled with obstacles to overcome. ‘Walker, there is no path, you make the path as you walk.’ As time goes by and I overcome these obstacles, I begin to feel better… but not satisfied because the days roll on, and it’s not easy in these times. I’ve spent more than half of my life fighting to get to this point and at 53 years of age, still have a way to go yet. I am the daughter of a humble Spanish family who, like many others, had to move to other countries to make a living as we didn’t even have enough money to eat. France, Germany, Switzerland… and when I almost got used to where I was, we packed our bags and moved again. We eventually came back to Spain but life was never easy. I started working in order to pay for my studies and help pay towards the bills. I started off cleaning houses, babysitting for several years… I remember back then that finding work in Spain was not like now. Thanks to my Administration qualification and being able to speak foreign languages I was given the opportunity to work as an office assistant for a vehicle damage technician in the heart of Madrid. It was a fantastic experience, with great people who taught me well. My career started there, but I did move on to have other jobs after that,

BED’S: The store continues to grow.

where I always looked to better myself. The jobs ranged from doing spread sheets, to selling and renting estates. Things were going well, but the combination of staff reductions and a family issue turned my life upside down. I ended up with no job, no house and around three pesetas (the old Spanish money) in my pocket.

I decided to move to the south of Spain with my family to start anew, with nothing. It was by no means easy, I found small jobs here

and there. The bare minimum to survive, and was like that for several years. Then I stumbled upon a job working for a shop called ‘Bed’s’ for at least six years. Spain, and the rest of the world, then fell into the grips of a crippling financial crisis, forcing the former franchise owner to close down all the Malaga branches of the store. This left me facing unemployment yet again, on December 31. However, the ‘Bed’s’ franchise approached me and asked me to take over the branch. Obviously I did not have the funds to invest into the franchise, I didn’t have a severance package and no bank was going to hand out loans. However, the owners wanted someone with experience at their stores to take over, and offered to cover the payments in order to let me take over. “You can do it Juani, the clients know you. Good luck!” And slowly but surely, the store began to grow, and continues to do so. As store manager, I continue to fight and look towards the future, thanking all those who believed in me and helped me.

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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

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Coco Chanel, Iconic fashion designer

A brave new world

By Sally Underwood CREATING her business in 1985 with just £450 in savings, Emma Bridgewater, the famous ceramics designer whose mugs and plates are sold in their millions across the UK, now turns over £14 million each year. Growing up in a large, Bohemian household in North Oxford, Bridgewater, now 56, says it was trying to find a birthday present for her mother Charlotte that sparked the idea for her hugely successful company. She says, “I was looking for a really special cup and saucer, but everything was either too formal or too clunky.” Hugely ambitious, Emma had been looking for a business idea which could turn over a lot of money quickly. Having failed to find the right gift for her mum, she explains, “that was my eureka moment. I realised there was a gap in the market for pottery that was beautiful and practical.” Creating a prototype at the Potteries in Staffordshire, Bridgewater started decorating her first mugs with sponge-applied designs. She began by selling the end product in Covent Garden, where buyers lapped up her informal designs, such as Toast & Marmalade. After a few years happily married to Matthew Rice, now the company’s CEO, Emma says she put the business on a back-burner, just making enough to live. When four children came along, however, she says she quickly had to earn more money, explaining, “I had to get back into the saddle or else the roof would have fallen in.” A sad twist of fate increased her re-

QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH: Bridgewater’s unique and informal designs. solve even further when her mother suffered a brain injury after falling whilst horse-riding in 1991. She says the sudden responsibility of caring for her mother, as well as her own young family, spurred her on, adding “unhappiness is a great driver.” After several years building up the business, commuting miles each week between Stoke-on-Trent, London and Norfolk, Emma realised she needed to slow down when diagnosed with arthritis at 31. She says she was advised to “take the stress out of my life” and decided to hand the company over to her husband, an experienced businessman who helped David Linley found his furniture company.

She says the transition was initially difficult, explaining, “it was hard to relinquish the reigns of my ‘business baby,’ but it was the right decision. I could focus on my health, my children, and the creative side of the business.” Her instinct paid off and Matthew Rice has helped to increase the businesses productivity to 25,000 pieces of ceramics a week. Now happily focusing more on the design side of the business, Emma received a CBE in 2013 for Services to Industry and explains, “I design china to fit into your life, not to try to make your life more like mine.” She adds, “Emma Bridgewater is really every woman’s story.”

Getting the most out of free time WOMEN in business probably spend most of their week indoors, which is not ideal for body, mind and spirit, unless they compensate this by making good use of their free time. It is worth planning your free time in order to get the most out of it, instead of wandering aimlessly and becoming a couch potato. Get outside

RELAX TIME: Try out yoga.

and discover nature or ‘a change of scene’ they always say, ‘is as good as a rest.’ Travelling to a different destination can expand ideas and give different perspectives allowing the mind to reflect on things. Normally, at work there is no time to think about other aspects of life but the business itself, so it’s important to use the time to get back to you. Technology is with us from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep and un-

fortunately, it’s a necessary part of life these days. To recharge your batteries, why not think about switching off the usual devices that people just can’t seem to live without anymore. Take a break from Wi-Fi, emails and social media and go back to that quiet place before it all took over. Remember to finish off the day in a way that encourages relaxation and try out calming yoga or read a book that has nothing to do with work and sleep!

WARIS DIRIE is a shining example of a woman who has triumphed over adversity in what for her was very much a man’s world in which decisions were made on her behalf whether she agreed with them or not. At the tender age of just five years old she was subjected to the dreadful and inhumane practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Then at the age of 13 her father told her that he had arranged for her to be married. Not only was this to a man whom she had never met before, the man was also old enough to be her grandfather. This was the turning point for Waris who decided that this was not what she wanted for herself so she fled her family and the small village in the Somali desert where she had lived. At first her father pursued her and so she ran, and ran, and ran until she could no longer see him. After a few weeks she managed to make it to her aunt’s house, her mother’s sister, and it was whilst living there that an opportunity arose which took her to London. Waris overheard the Somalian Ambassador for London, who was married to another of Waris’ aunts, saying that he needed to find a servant for his four-year diplomatic appointment in London. Having volunteered herself Waris found herself working for him in London. Waris had managed to turn her life around for the better and that was only the start. At the age of 18 she was di scover ed by Ter ence Donovan, a f am ous British photographer, and became a model. She became one of the first African supermodels and moved from London to New York and appeared on the front pages of all the major magazines. In 1997 Waris gave an interview to Marie Claire magazine in which she bravely decided to open up to the world about her own experience of FGM. There was a huge outcry of sympathy for her after this appeared in the magazine and it also resulted in worldwide protests against FGM. Waris was then invited by the United Nations Population Fund to join the fight to stop FGM. UN Secretary Kofi Annan appointed her as the goodwill ambassador in the fight against FGM and she now travels around the world in her role as ambassador. In 2010 Waris started the Waris Dirie Foundation in her fight against FGM. Now known as the Desert Flower Foundation, Waris’ name means desert flower, the organisation aims to raise awareness of gender equality, human rights and FGM and works hard to prevent and protect young girls in Africa from having an FGM procedure carried out against their will. It also tries to help and support victims of FGM. Waris is an exemplary role model of how women can fight and win in an often male dominated society and that change can and will happen. She is an unstoppable woman who is using her own experience and passion to make a difference to the lives of others and who surely offers hope and courage to young girls and women around the world.

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Don't let being a woman hold you back from the leader that you're destined to be.”

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I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”

WOMEN IN BUSINESS Florence Nightingale, nurse

Rebel healthcare developer EXPECT to hear the name Elizabeth Holmes more in the future. Born in 1984 the CEO and founder of blood-testing company Theranos recently became the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. She was named a leading global thinker by Foreign Policy, one of the top 100 most influential people by Time, Woman of the Year by Glamour, and Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama. Deliberately avoiding the limelight, unusual in the social media age, Holmes has long been something of a prodigy, learning Mandarin in high school, combating the SARS virus while in university, before dropping out to spend 11 years developing revolutionary blood-testing technology that looks set to transform healthcare across the world. Venturing into one of the world’s most competitive and technological industries, Holmes claimed to have developed a way to run complete diagnostic testing from a

Entrepreneurship is one area where a glass ceiling simply shouldn’t exist.”

single finger-prick and her company was soon valued at more than €8 billion, with her owning a 50 per cent share. An incredibly driven woman she wrote a letter aged just nine detailing her desire to “discover something new, something that mankind didn’t know was possible to do.” ELIZABETH HOLMES: Healthcare entrepreneur.

A vegan who elects not to eat animal products so as to function on less sleep, she can quote Jane Austen from heart, and shuns dating and television. The health and technology industries have been put on notice by her quest to radically transform the affordability and transparency of quality healthcare. “The premise that you’re going to run a business, and that if someone is in need, I’m going to charge them a ton of money, is completely wrong,” she argues, as her company charges patients a fraction of the cost presented by rival multinationals. Her rare forays into public life see Holmes encouraging girls to focus on their education and speaking widely on female entrepreneurship. “It was a long time after I started this company that I realised that there had not been a sole female founder-CEO of a multibillion-dollar healthcare or technology company,” arguing that entrepreneurship is one area where a glass ceiling simply shouldn’t exist.

Wilde about plants A continuing tradition EIGHTIES pop star Kim Wilde is adamant that gardening helped her through bouts of anxiety and to restore ‘balance’ after a turbulent time in the music business, so much so that she managed to forge a second career out of it. “Horticulture really brought me back to life. Gardens are always the first place I go to regenerate ... they are a complete sensory experience. “I love nothing better than being in a garden and feeling connected to nature. Gardening can be such great therapy, it certainly was for me. Spending time outdoors, learning about plants and nurturing them, really helped me find balance and gave me a greater sense of confidence and peace. I love the way that plants are always changing and growing, just like us.” Wilde, who enjoyed smash hits with ‘Kids in America’ and ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On,’ began gardening in the 1990s when she moved to the countryside, and subsequently won a gold medal and an award for best courtyard garden at the Chelsea Flower

Show in 2005, while she also presented two series of the BBC show ‘Garden Invaders’ and published two books on the subject. “When I was 30 I was enjoying a successful music career, with platinum records and a European tour with Michael Jackson under my belt. I decided the time was right to lay down some roots and I moved into a 16th-century barn that I renovated and treasured. “To the outside world all seemed wonderful, but I was always plagued with anxiety and it badly affected my mental health. “One in four of us will experience issues with our mental health. Gardening really can help. It has been great therapy for me and can help people get back on top of things and restore balance when it feels like life is veering out of control.”

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GARDEN STAR: Wilde performing in 2013.

DESPITE history being flush with female medical practitioners, with female doctors being used to treat patients of their own sex in ancient China, and women doctors frequently referenced in the classical Greek and Islamic worlds, modern medicine has proven a tougher glass ceiling until recent years. Dr Elizabeth Blackwell was born in Britain and became the first woman to receive an American medical degree in 1849 and was also the f i r s t woman on the British medical register. Yet more than a century later women were still largely shut out of the male-dominated science in the western world, considered more valuable as nurses or even subjects than

as doctors. As late as the 1960s pelvic exams were being used as a means of determining whether young brides were ready for their wedding nights. The humiliation felt by millions of women helped catalyse a change in the profession

as growing numbers of female students began challenging the status quo, particularly as it related to their own bodies. A powerful women’s health movement helped raise awareness of specifically female medical issues, while the concept of a woman doctor became normalised by younger generations. There is still a lot of work to be done to ensure equality but female medical professionals today can consider themselves part of a hugely important tradition.

FEMALE STUDENTS: Began to challenge and make changes.

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Welcome home Leo the Lion By Matt Ford

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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

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Marbella Moments by Nicole King YOU can make it, save it, be out of it or have some to spare. You can be on it or in it; you can find it, lose it, keep, invest or waste it. We have no idea how much we have of it and yet we continually measure it. We live by it but have no control over it. Some can get it to fly and others try to kill it; but no matter what you try to do with it, you can’t stop it. None of us have ever seen it, touched it or felt it but we all believe in it and fear being late for it. Regardless of race, creed, nationality, heritage, political views, education or sexual orientation we all have it. It is undoubtedly the most precious commodity and yet even the most affluent cannot buy it and those with overwhelming power are humbled by it. Without it we are nothing - it is the all ‘time’ equalizer. Whether it is indiscriminate or otherwise, we have all been allotted a certain amount of it, to do with as we see fit. A lot of responsibility apparently for some who

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HARSH REALITY: Time is not on our side, so invest it wisely. seem to feel so overwhelmed by the enormity of the task in hand often avoid it altogether; reliving the past or dreading the future,

rather than face the reality of the present. But a present it is; our gift of life, a whole life-time to live, to

be , to do, t o cr eat e, t o l ove, t o question, to explore, to grow. We may not know what for and what comes next, but that shouldn’t un-

dermine the fact that we do know what we do have; time today, here and now. As we also know that it’s a limited amount of time you’d think we’d be more time-wise and take advantage of every precious moment to really live our lives to the fullest. However we waste years thinking we don’t have the time to be with our children, family and friends or to do the things we like or to help others; believing time is on our side, that we can leave it for another time. However the harsh reality is that time is not on our side and has literally been running away from us since the day we were born, we just don’t have or take the time to think about it, until time starts to run out. They say time is money, but what if it really were? Perhaps we’d think more carefully about how we spend it and invest it so that when our time does come to an end we can rest easy in the knowledge that we had the time of our lives!

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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

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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.

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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)

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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.

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Double trouble ahead for Rajoy Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

OF course Pablo Iglesias and Podemos want a vote of no confidence in Mariano Rajoy and his party. Proving how reasonable he was, Iglesias emphasised that he would raise no problems regarding an alternative candidate put forward by either the PSOE socialists or the ‘C’s,’ the centrists. “The candidate isn’t important,” he said, which is why he was so magnanimous. If the candidate were that important he would never have offered. For Iglesias, putting the PSOE on the spot with primaries coming up is as important as ousting Rajoy. By shunning the mo-

tion, he can imply they are shoring up the PP as they did by abstaining to allow Rajoy to form a government. That could goad enough of the membership into backing Pedro Sanchez as the next PSOE secretary general. Only the paid-

up members – all 187,949 of them – are enamoured of Sanchez. Two general elections and two regional ballots demonstrated that Sanchez does not attract socialist voters. That’s why Iglesias, who

PABLO IGLESIAS: Hopes to annihilate the PSOE.

hopes to annihilate the PSOE, wants him as secretary general.

Power play WITH the possible exception of the former Spanish vice-president and Hacienda minister Rodrigo Rato, all of the disgraced PP politicians enriched not only themselves but also the party. The latest in this long line of shysters, the erstwhile president of the Madrid Community Ignacio Gonzalez, used the Canal de Isabel II water utility to raise money for electoral campaigns. If all power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely, wanting to gain or retain power obviously corrupts to the same extent.

In black and white MARIANO RAJOY will always be haunted by the ‘Stay strong’ text message he sent to disgraced PP treasurer Luis Barcenas when the latter’s dodgy bookkeeping emerged. Likewise, Justice minister Rafael Catala will be dogged forever by his message to Ignacio Gonzalez:

“Let’s hope the mess gets sorted out.” Catala did some fast-talking to explain that he didn’t mean Gonzalez’s mess or the PP’s mess or a mess of his own. He meant general mess. What’s written can’t be unwritten and some text messages should never be sent in a country where “Think the worst and you’ll always be right” is a favourite proverb.

Not today, thank you CATALUÑA’S pro-independence president Carles Puigdemont cancelled this month’s visit to Morocco. No politician “at any level” would be available to receive him and his party, Puigdemont was told. Catalan insiders say Morocco was responding to pressure from Spain and the US but it would be truer to say that no one outside Cataluña is that interested in Puigdemont. Or quite a few inside.

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8:00pm 100 Days+ 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 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 Compilation of ABBA’s greatest performances 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

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7:00am The Hot Desk Exclusive interviews with big names from the worlds of music and entertainment. 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

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 2:10am The Knock 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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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.

8:25am Shimmer and Shine 8:35am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:50am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:40am 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 On Benefits: Breadline Brummies 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm My Family’s Secret 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 Secrets of Great British Castles 9:00pm On Benefits 10:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 11:00pm Mind the Age Gap 12:05am Inside the Gang

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The Scorpion King The Patriot Tarzan Rocky Precious Cargo The Scorpion King Tarzan Rocky Collateral Damage 12 Rounds Superman III

7:45am The Top Ten Show 2017 8:05am Who’s Harry Crumb? 9:45am The Commitments 11:50am Ride Along 2 1:40pm Central Intelligence 3:35pm Happy Gilmore 5:15pm Back to the Future Part II 7:10pm Robin Hood: Men in Tights 9:00pm Central Intelligence 11:00pm Ride Along 2 12:50am Two Night Stand 2:25am Jackass: The Movie 4:00am Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Hollyoaks Coach Trip Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Kevin Can Wait Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Vigilante Diaries 8:50am Elstree 1976 10:45am Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Special 11:15am Keanu 1:10pm Jason Bourne Matt Damon’s super-soldier emerges from the shadows when a face from his past uncovers hardhitting secrets. 3:20pm Rupture 5:15pm Hungry Hearts 7:15pm Keanu 9:00pm Jason Bourne 11:10pm Rupture 1:00am Vigilante Diaries High-octane action about a filmmaker exploring the explosive world of vigilante justice. 2:50am Junction 4:35am Hungry Hearts

THURSDAY TV

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am 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 3:30pm 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

7:00am Cricket Classics 8:00am WWE SmackDown! 9:00am Cricket World Cup Classics 10:00am Cricket Classics 11:00am Great Sporting Moments 11:15am Great Sporting Moments 11:30am Great Sporting Moments 11:45am Great Sporting Moments 12:00pm Racing News 12:30pm Sporting Greats II 1:00pm WWE Raw 2:55pm Live RL One Day Cup 11:00pm Indian Premier League 3:30am Sporting Rivalries 4:00am Cricket Classics 5:00am Challenge Cup Highlights 5:15am Sporting Triumphs 5:30am Cricket’s Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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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 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 1:10am Trump on Culture: Brave New World? 1:50am Panorama 2:20am MasterChef

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9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 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

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World News Today Top of the Pops The Good Old Days 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. It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll: Rock ‘N’ Roll at the BBC Buddy Holly Kings of Rock and Roll Top of the Pops It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll: Rock ‘N’ Roll at the BBC Buddy Holly Kings of Rock and Roll 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

8:50am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 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 1:00am Super Casino

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is Wild at Heart Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Road to Avonlea The novel Sara is reading becomes unnervingly real. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat Where the Heart is Wild at Heart The Cruise Love Your Garden Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin The Street Law and Order: UK Wire in the Blood The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Knock Wycliffe 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 coastto-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

10:50am Barely Lethal 12:30pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 2:50pm Point Break 4:50pm Rocky II 6:55pm Spider-Man 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 11:20pm Point Break 1:20am Lucky Number Slevin

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Ghostbusters: Special In Her Shoes Just Married Three Amigos! Grimsby Bad Neighbours 2 Back to the Future Part III The Sweetest Thing Grimsby Bad Neighbours 2 Dope Jackass: Number Two

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Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hanna The Big Bang Theory

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 2:00am The Fantasy Football Club

Zoom Rupture Jason Bourne Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Special Independence Day: Resurgence Keanu Zoom Jason Bourne Matt Damon’s super-soldier emerges from the shadows when a face from his past uncovers hardhitting secrets. Independence Day: Resurgence Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum are among the brave few who unite to save the world from returning alien invaders. Keanu Rupture Vigilante Diaries Hungry Hearts

7:00am Cricket Classics 9:00am Challenge Cup Highlights 9:15am Super Rugby Gold 9:30am Rugby Union 1:35pm Super Rugby Gold 2:00pm Premier League Legends 2:30pm Premier League Legends 3:00pm Football’s Greatest II 3:30pm Premier League Legends 4:00pm Football’s Greatest II 4:30pm Racemax 2017 5:00pm Watersports World 6:00pm Game Changers 6:30pm Challenge Cup Highlights 6:45pm Super League Grand Final 7:00pm World Club Series 7:45pm Sporting Rivalries 8:15pm Challenge Cup Highlights 8:30pm Live European Challenge Cup Final 11:30pm School of Hard Knocks 12:30am Rugby Union

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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

7:40am 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 1:25am Therese Desqueyroux 3:10am This is BBC Two

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 Singer-Songwriters at the BBC 3:35am The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill

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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

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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

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In Loving Memory Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Columbo Carry on at Your Convenience FYI Daily Carry on at Your Convenience Lewis Following the death in 2000 of his eponymous mentor in Inspector Morse (1987), Sergeant Lewis was promoted to Inspector and took a two-year sabbatical in the British Virgin Isles. Lewis Rosemary and Thyme Midsomer Murders Foyle’s War Law and Order: UK Law and Order: UK Law and Order: UK

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Motorsport Motorsport King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun Big House, Little House Channel 4 News Formula 1 The Restoration Man Walks with My Dog 12 Years a Slave 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 1:10am FYI Daily

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Shimmer and Shine Little Princess Peppa Pig Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom The Fairly Odd Parents Access The Gadget Show Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors FIA Formula e Live: Monaco The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! NCIS: Los Angeles 5 News Weekend NCIS NCIS The Moors Murders: Britain’s Worst Crimes

7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:30am How I Met Your Mother 7:50am How I Met Your Mother 8:20am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 8:50am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:20am The Goldbergs 9:50am Made in Chelsea 11:00am Melissa and Joey 11:30am Melissa and Joey 12:00pm Melissa and Joey 12:30pm Melissa and Joey 1:00pm Melissa and Joey 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm The Goldbergs 4:00pm The Goldbergs 4:30pm The Spy Next Door 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Van Helsing 12:40am Gogglebox 1:45am Natural World

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 Semi-final action from the Mutua Madrid Open at the Caja Magica in Spain. 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

King Arthur Arthur and Merlin Clash of the Titans The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers King Arthur The Scorpion King 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Backdraft A Shot in the Dark

7:00am Zoom The lives of an aspiring novelist, an artist and a film director collide in unexpected ways. 8:50am The Top Ten Show 2017 9:10am Keanu 11:05am Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Special Sky Movies takes a special look at the action-packed superhero sequel starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista. 11:35am Candy Planet 1:05pm Independence Day: Resurgence 3:20pm Jason Bourne 5:35pm Keanu 7:30pm Candy Planet 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:10pm Jason Bourne 1:15am Rupture 3:00am Vigilante Diaries 4:50am Junction

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7:25am The Top Ten Show 2017 7:40am Galaxy Quest 9:30am Pixels 11:25am Trainwreck 1:35pm Ted 2 3:35pm Death Becomes Her 5:25pm The Banger Sisters 7:10pm The First Wives Club 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Ted 2 1:10am Brüno 2:45am National Lampoon’s Animal House

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Cricket Classics Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Challenge Cup Highlights Super Rugby Gold Rugby Union Sporting Rivalries Sporting Rivalries Football Gold Football Gold Football Rangers v Hearts Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown! Live Championship Play-Off S/Final The first leg from the semi-finals of the play-offs in the Sky Bet Championship. Live Fight Night Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Indian Premier League Highlights

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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 Coverage of the latest athletics championships and tournaments. 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

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 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:55pm

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 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 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am The Cleveland Show 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:30am The Vampire Diaries 3:15am The Hot Desk

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 12:05pm 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 1:05am Wire in the Blood 2:10am Wire in the Blood

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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

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SUNDAY TV

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 KOTV Boxing Weekly

9:15am Wissper 9:25am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 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 5:10pm 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

7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:25am Couples Come Dine with Me 8:20am Couples Come Dine with Me 9:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:00pm Made in Chelsea 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm Baby Daddy 3:00pm Kevin Can Wait 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm New Girl 4:30pm Thunderbirds 6:20pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 6:35pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11:00pm Tattoo Fixers 12:00am Tattoo Fixers 1:05am Rude Tube 2:05am E4's Tattoo Artist of the Year

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 10:15pm Football Gold 10:30pm Football Gold 10:45pm Football Gold 11:00pm Premier League 11:30pm Premier League 12:30am Goals on Sunday 1:30am Premier League

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 11:55am Pawn Stars 12:30pm 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

12:55pm The Huntsman: Winter's War 2:55pm Troy 5:40pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 9:00pm Warcraft 11:10pm The Huntsman: Winter's War 1:10am Cyborg 009 2:40am Drop Zone 4:25am Battle of the Bulge

7:00am The Top Ten Show 2017 7:15am Keanu 9:10am Hungry Hearts 11:20am Candy Planet When her mum is accidentally turned into a sweet, Rainie and her friends must journey to Candy Planet and uncover an incredible secret. 12:50pm Independence Day: Resurgence 3:05pm Reckless 5:10pm Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Special 5:40pm Candy Planet 7:10pm Keanu 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:10pm Reckless A hotshot lawyer risks losing everything when he develops a growing addiction to escort services. 1:10am Vigilante Diaries 3:00am Rupture

8:00am Indian Premier League 9:00am Fight Night 12:30pm Live Championship Play-Off S/Final The second semifinal takes place in the play-offs of the Sky Bet Championship. 3:30pm Live ATP Masters 1000 - Madrid 5:00pm Great Sporting Moments 2016 5:15pm Great Sporting Moments 2016 5:30pm Sporting Triumphs 5:45pm Sporting Triumphs 6:00pm Sporting Greats II 6:30pm Sporting Greats II 7:00pm Great Sporting Moments 2016 7:15pm Live EFL Play-Off Sf 10:00pm Football Portland Timbers v Atlanta United 12:05am Football New York Red Bulls v LA Galaxy

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 5:35am

7:00am Magic Mike XXL 9:00am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 11:05am Ghostbusters: Special 11:35am Bruce Almighty 1:25pm Hitch 3:30pm Dad's Army 5:15pm How to be Single 7:15pm Groundhog Day 9:00pm Dad's Army 10:45pm How to be Single 12:45am The Overnight 2:15am Year One 4:00am Welcome to Me

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10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 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 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

7:00am My Life in Books 7:30am A1: Britain’s Longest Road 8:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Athletics 3:00pm Coast 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 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 Documentary series looking at the history of 20thcentury farming in Britain. 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

7:45am Will and Grace 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 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

8:35am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:55am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:20am Digby Dragon 9:35am Peppa Pig 9:55am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm The Reckoning 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of Plaid Cymru 8:00pm The Cars That Made Britain Great 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Inside the Gang 11:00pm Rise of the Krays 12:00am 5 News

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: 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

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7:10am Extraction 8:45am Dante’s Peak 10:35am Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 1:00pm Mad Max: Fury Road 3:05pm Ant-Man 5:05pm Rocky III 6:50pm Sherlock Holmes 9:00pm Mad Max: Fury Road 11:00pm Ant-Man 1:00am Underworld 3:05am Enemy of the State

9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:35am 11:25am 12:20pm 1:25pm 1:55pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am

The Hot Desk You’ve Been Framed! Below Deck The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Scorpion Below Deck Who’s Doing the Dishes? Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Family Guy The Great Indoors American Dad! American Dad! Family Guy

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is Wild at Heart Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Road to Avonlea The Return of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat Where the Heart is Wild at Heart The Cruise Love Your Garden Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin Rosemary and Thyme Law and Order: UK The Street The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Knock ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping

10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:25am 1:30am 2:35am 3:25am 3:50am 4:00am

Snooker v Darts Ax Men Cash Cowboys The Saint Ironside 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 Motorsport UK Fifth Gear Tommy Cooper ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Ghostbusters: Special Grandma Click The Intern Ride Along 2 Get a Job Mistress America The Intern Ride Along 2 The Bad Education Movie 1:30am Revenge of the Nerds 3:10am The War of the Roses 5:10am The Pink Panther

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MONDAY TV

Hollyoaks Coach Trip Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Baby Daddy The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Empire The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Premier League Highlights 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Premier League Highlights 2:00pm Premier League 100 Club 3:00pm Premier League Legends 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 Chelsea v Watford 12:00am Scottish Football Round Up 12:15am The Fantasy Football Club 12:30am Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17

7:00am Reckless 9:10am The Top Ten Show 2017 9:30am Candy Planet When her mum is accidentally turned into a sweet, Rainie and her friends must journey to Candy Planet and uncover an incredible secret. 11:05am Zoom 1:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 3:15pm Bloodsucking Bosses 4:55pm Candy Planet 6:30pm Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Special 7:00pm Reckless 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:10pm Bloodsucking Bosses 12:50am Rupture 2:40am Vigilante Diaries High-octane action about a filmmaker exploring the explosive world of vigilante justice. 4:30am Hungry Hearts

7:00am Cricket Classics 8:00am WWE Raw 9:00am Great Sporting Moments 9:15am Great Sporting Moments 9:30am Great Sporting Moments 9:45am Great Sporting Moments 10:00am ATP Madrid Masters Highlights 11:00am Live ATP Masters 1000 - Rome 9:30pm Indian Premier League Highlights 10:30pm Indian Premier League Highlights 11:30pm More Than a Game 12:00am Ashes Best Days 2:00am Cricket World Cup Classics 3:00am Sporting Rivalries 3:30am Sporting Rivalries 4:00am Cricket Classics 5:00am Cricket’s Greatest 5:30am Cricket’s Greatest

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TUESDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 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 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 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am My Life in Books 7:30am A1: Britain’s Longest Road 8:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9:00am Great American Railroad Journeys 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 Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay

8:00pm 100 Days + 8:30pm Insect Worlds 9:00pm Burma, My Father and the Forgotten Army Documentary investigating the war against the Japanese in Burma during the Second World War, often regarded as one of the forgotten wars. 10:00pm Dan Snow on Lloyd George My Great Great Grandfather. 11:00pm OJ 12:35am The Real Bonnie and Clyde 1:30am 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. 2:30am The Story Of...

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 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 Location, Location, Location 10:00pm One Born Every Minute 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Confessions of a Junior Doctor

8:25am Shimmer and Shine 8:35am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:50am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm On Benefits 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm Dead on Campus 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Conservative Party 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Elizabeth I 11:00pm Liberace: In Life and Death 12:05am Hannibal 2:25am Super Casino

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Hollyoaks Coach Trip Baby Daddy Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Rude Tube 8 Out of 10 Cats Bizarre ER The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 10:30am Monday Night Football 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 12:30pm Monday Night Football 1:00pm Premier League Legends 1:30pm 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 Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion 11:15pm Premier League Review 12:15am Football Gold

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 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 1:45am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

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7:00am Bloodsucking Bosses 8:40am Candy Planet 10:10am Vigilante Diaries High-octane action about a filmmaker exploring the explosive world of vigilante justice. 12:10pm Independence Day: Resurgence 2:15pm Rupture 4:00pm Reckless A hotshot lawyer risks losing everything when he develops a growing addiction to escort services. 5:55pm Candy Planet 7:25pm Bloodsucking Bosses 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:10pm Drown Jealousy and homophobia bubble to the surface when a younger rival threatens the topdog status of a Sydney lifeguard. 12:50am Reckless 2:55am Vigilante Diaries 4:45am Rupture

7:00am Cricket Classics 8:00am WWE SmackDown! 9:00am Cricket World Cup Classics 10:00am Cricket Classics 11:00am Great Sporting Moments 11:15am Great Sporting Moments 11:30am Great Sporting Moments 11:45am Great Sporting Moments 12:00pm Sporting Heroes 1:00pm Cricket Classics 2:00pm Cricket’s Greatest 2:30pm Great Sporting Moments 2:45pm Cricket Gold 2:55pm Live RL One Day Cup Action from the Royal London OneDay Cup. The reigning champions of the competition are Warwickshire. 11:00pm Indian Premier League 3:30am Sporting Rivalries 4:00am Cricket World Cup Classics 5:00am Cricket’s Greatest 5:30am Cricket’s Greatest

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The Hot Desk You’ve Been Framed! Below Deck The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Scorpion Below Deck Who’s Doing the Dishes? Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Expendables FYI Daily The Expendables Family Guy Family Guy

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is Wild at Heart Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Road to Avonlea The Return of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to solve more puzzling mysteries. Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960’s. Where the Heart is Wild at Heart The Cruise Documentary exploring life on board one of the world’s largest luxury cruise ships. Love Your Garden Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK A Touch of Frost The Knock

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Football Rivalries Ax Men Cash Cowboys The Saint Ironside Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. Ax Men Cycling The Sweeney The Saint Ironside Minder The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars World Superbike Highlights Benidorm Lethal Weapon US drama series based on the film franchise. Better Late Than Never Bear Grylls:Mission Survive Bear Grylls:Mission Survive

San Andreas Hell is for Heroes Mean Machine Rocky IV Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 9:00pm San Andreas 11:00pm Con Air 1:00am Déjà Vu 3:10am Sahara 5:20am Rocky IV

7:10am Romancing the Stone 9:10am The Top Ten Show 2017 9:30am Spud 11:25am Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 1:05pm Keanu 2:50pm Central Intelligence 4:50pm Notting Hill 7:00pm Magic Mike XXL 9:00pm Keanu 10:45pm Central Intelligence 12:45am Juno 2:30am I-Spy

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 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 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:20am BBC News

7:00am My Life in Books 7:30am A1: Britain’s Longest Road 8:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9:00am Nature’s Weirdest Events 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 1:15am The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

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 Documentary series looking at the history of 20thcentury farming in Britain. This edition charts the changes in the way fruit and veg was grown, picked and sold, and is told through three of the staples in the British landscape apples, strawberries and tomatoes. 2:35am Time Shift 3:35am Fixing the Future: Michael Mosley Vs.the Superbugs

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 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

9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Gadget Show 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Newlywed and Dead 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Labour Party 8:00pm Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 11:00pm Murder of Rhys Jones: What Happened Next 12:00am Left for Dead by the Yorkshire Ripper

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Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The 100 Supernatural The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Premier League Highlights 10:30am 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 12:30am Football’s Greatest

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 Popular long-running soap opera, set in a Yorkshire village. 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 1:50am Jackpot247 4:00am 1000 Heartbeats

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9:10am Spider-Man 11:20am Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 2:00pm Deadpool 3:50pm Platoon 6:00pm X-Men Origins: Wolverine 7:55pm Spider-Man 10:00pm Deadpool 11:50pm Max Payne 1:35am Shaft 3:20am Backdraft

7:00am The Top Ten Show 2017 7:20am Candy Planet 8:55am Reckless 11:05am Rupture Sci-fi horror-thriller about a divorced single mum kidnapped and kept for experimentation by a group of sinister scientists. 1:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 3:10pm Guardians of the Galaxy 2: Special 3:40pm Candy Planet 5:15pm Bloodsucking Bosses A low-level office worker has to step up to the plate and save the day when it emerges that his bitter rival is hiding a sinister secret. 7:00pm Reckless 9:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 11:10pm Things to Come 1:00am Drown 2:50am Bloodsucking Bosses 4:35am Rupture

7:00am Cricket Classics 8:00am WWE Experience 9:00am Cricket World Cup Classics 10:00am Cricket Classics 11:00am Great Sporting Moments 11:15am Great Sporting Moments 11:30am Great Sporting Moments 11:45am Great Sporting Moments 12:00pm Sporting Heroes 1:00pm Cricket World Cup Classics 2:00pm Sporting Triumphs 2:15pm Cricket Gold 2:25pm Live RL One Day Cup Action from the Royal London OneDay Cup. Warwickshire are the competition’s reigning champions. 10:30pm Indian Premier League 3:00am Cricket’s Greatest 3:30am Sporting Rivalries 4:00am Cricket Classics 5:00am Cricket’s Greatest 5:30am Cricket’s Greatest

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The Hot Desk You’ve Been Framed! Below Deck The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale The Cube Scorpion Below Deck Who’s Doing the Dishes? Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men White House Down FYI Daily White House Down Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad!

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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 comedydrama. 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 Navy Seals Tommy Cooper ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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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...’

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Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that’s why I don’t have a boyfriend.” Lucy Liu, Actress

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?

Famous quote I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.” Norman Wisdom

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) S o meo n e rea lly h as rattle d your tree, but try to refrain from throwin g c o co n u ts o n th e ir he a d. It is much more effective to be charming and get them confused.

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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

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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.

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will need help with something this week. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Someone who is usually quite the opposite 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 pe rs pe ct i ve. You ar e r i ght t o 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 m ay be t oo soon f or a posi t i ve 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) Ar e t hi ngs goi ng swi m m i ngl y? Good. Maybe you had f orgot t en how to have real fun. Remember when you were a child? Life was so si m pl e. Rel ax and be t hat chi l d 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 wi l l be gr at ef ul t o t hose m aki ng things difficult now.

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

Hexagram AROUSE BUFFET COMBAT (10) DRAGON ERASED ESTATE FECUND FEEBLE FUNNEL HEREBY

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This week in history 1792 – The New York Stock Exchange was established by 24 merchants and brokers. 1796 – Dr Edward Jenner developed the vaccination against smallpox. 1820 – Florence Nightingale, nursing pioneer, was born in Italy. 1937 – George VI was crowned king at Westminster Abbey after his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. 1954 – Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and their two children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, returned home from their first Commonwealth tour after having been away for six months. 1957 – Petrol rationing came to an end after being in force for five months. 1967 – The British government announced that Stansted was to become London’s third airport. 1971 – The Daily Sketch, Britain’s oldest tabloid newspaper, was published for the last time after 62 years in print. 1981 – Pope John Paul II was shot twice whilst riding in an open vehicle in St Peter’s Square in Rome. 1985 – A fire at Bradford football stadium killed 56 people and wounded 265 others. 1991 – Winnie Mandela, the wife of Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to six years in prison for her involvement in the kidnap of four youths. 1994 – Labour leader John Smith died after suffering a second heart attack at the age of 55. 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, a British mother of two, became the first woman to reach the peak of Everest unaided. 2000 – Ford announced that it was to cease car production at its Dagenham plant after more than 70 years. 2001 – John Prescott, deputy prime minister, punched a protester after he was hit on the side of the face by an egg. 1955 – The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies signed a security pact in Warsaw after a three-day conference.

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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.

1 Strand 2 Coarse 3 Raster 4 Chisel 5 Statue 6 Filter 7 Cheese 8 Regent 9 Victim 10 Suntan 11 Length 12 Intent 13 Hasten 14 Lupine 15 Siesta 16 Hither 17 Theist 18 Lariat 19 Teeter.

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Bilbao TODAY: MAX 22, MIN 13 -SH Fri - 20 12 Sh Sat - 18 9 Sh Sun - 23 11 Cl Mon - 25 12 Cl Tues - 27 14 S Wed - 24 13 Cl

Almeria TODAY: MAX 24, MIN 16 - C Fri - 24 15 C Sat - 25 17 S Sun - 26 18 S Mon - 27 18 S Tues - 27 19 S Wed - 28 19 S

Madrid TODAY: MAX 19, MIN 10 -SH Fri - 19 10 Sh Sat - 22 10 C Sun - 26 12 Cl Mon - 29 13 S Tues - 30 14 S Wed - 30 14 S

Barcelona TODAY: MAX 24, MIN 17 - C Fri - 24 16 Sh Sat - 25 18 C Sun - 24 17 S Mon - 25 17 S Tues - 24 17 S Wed - 25 17 S

Malaga TODAY: MAX 21, MIN 14 - SH Fri - 23 14 Sh Sat - 25 15 Cl Sun - 26 16 S Mon - 26 16 S Tues - 26 16 S Wed - 27 17 S

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NEW ON DVD Collateral Beauty Directed by: David Frankel Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet Howard is a successful advertising executive in New York when tragedy strikes. For the next three years he disconnects from life and from work. Although he turns up for work he is not functioning and the business starts to struggle having lost some of its largest clients. Howard’s partners are running out of time to save the business when they have an idea. One which might just help Howard unlock the answers he is desperately seeking in the letters he writes to Love, Time and Death. Will the unusual idea help save the business and help Howard to reconnect with the world?

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Games we played in childhood TOP 10 IT’S National Children’s Day UK this Sunday which aims to highlight the importance of a healthy childhood. Nowadays, with the increasing amount of technology available, it is rare to see children out playing in the street. Remember the fun you had as a child playing games outdoors? Here’s a nostalgic look at some of the fun games we used to play.

7. What’s the Time Mr Wolf? Another great chasing game. Players would stand in a line with the ‘wolf’ standing a few metres away with his back to everyone. Players chanted ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf?” and the wolf replied a time eg two o’clock. Players then took steps to towards the wolf until he decided ‘it’s dinner time!’ and gave chase. If you didn’t make it back to the start without being caught you then became Mr Wolf.

1. Skipping Whether you mastered it or not skipping was a great outdoor activity that you could enjoy on your own. It was even better fun though when, armed with your mum’s washing line, you and your friends teamed up to jump together. Jumping in, jumping in twos or threes, jumping to rhymes or, for those who were really good, double Dutch!

8. Clapping Games How many hours did you play with your friend clapping hands together in a pattern while chanting a rhyme? Some were easy and some were more complicated. Rhymes will have differed depending where you lived but ‘A sailor went to sea, sea, sea…’ and ‘Under the bramble bushes…’ are just two that spring to mind. What was your favourite?

2. Hide and seek Who hasn’t played this game? It was a great game to play indoors when the weather wasn’t great but outside opened up a whole new plethora of hiding places. While the ‘seeker’ counted to 20, 50 or even 100 (whatever your ‘rules’ were!) everyone else would run and hide in the hope of being the last person to be found. ‘Ready or not, here I come…’ 3. Kerby A football, a friend and a quiet road is all that was required. Standing opposite each other the aim was to throw the ball off the edge of the kerb so it bounced back to you. If you managed to catch it on the rebound you got points

SKIPPING: Even better fun with an old washing line. and the chance to stand in the middle of the road for more points until you missed… then it was your friend’s turn. Darn those cars who got in the way of an important game! 4. Tig (or Tag) A game that favoured the more athletic, most of us will have played this at some point. There really aren’t any rules other than run as fast as you can and try not to get caught! The person who was ‘it’ had to try and catch up with someone else in order to ‘tig’ or ‘tag’ them saying ‘you’re it’ when they managed to. Exhausted just thinking about this game now! 5. Hopscotch (or Peever if you’re Scottish!) Remember pavements covered in chalk from hopscotch grids? The game was played by

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throwing an object (stone/shoe polish tin) and trying to land on a number (eg one). If you did you hopped on one leg, jumping over number one, up to the end and back stopping on number two (and so on) where you had to pick up the object while balancing on one leg, lose your balance and your turn was over! The winner was the first to get all the way to nine and back.

9. Kiss, cuddle, torture Another chasing game…with a twist! Similar to ‘tig’ or ‘tag’ someone was ‘it’ and had to chase and catch someone else. If you got caught you then had options… kiss, cuddle or torture. What did you choose? 10. Rounders Basically the UK’s version of baseball without a baseball pitch. Any decent sized space was used for an impromptu game using items of spare clothing as bases. One team threw the ball and the person batting tried to hit the ball as far as possible before trying to run round all of the bases and back home before the other team retrieved the ball and put them out.

6. Red Rover/British Bulldog Each group would stand in a line and make a chain (holding hands) and face each other. Each team then took it in turns with one person running towards the other team to try and break through their chain. If you did you rejoined your team and if you didn’t you joined their team against your old team. A good old arm bruising game of rivalry!

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

• Good: 19 How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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• Excellent: 36

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION lens lend lends elms eons emus enol ends onus spume spun spur spurt melt melts menu menus mend mends melon melons meld melds lone puns pundit puny purism smelt smelts sloe sump sumps sups suit sunny sidle sirup sirups dirt yuan yurt isle idle iris aisle aids anus arid runny rids raid raids truism triune tray

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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.

• Very good: 28

WALK BACK

Move from the start word (BEST) to the end word (WALK) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

Solution BEST BELT (WEST) BELL (WELT) WELL WALL WALK

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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

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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

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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

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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

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DURING an interview with a Spanish journalist, German Foreign Minister Martin Schafer refused to commit Germany over Gibraltar. He said this was an ideal time for Britain and Spain to come to an amicable agreement but isn’t reported to have suggested the people of Gibraltar should take part in the negotiations, likening the disagreement to that over the Crimea.

THE Department of the Environment has launched the second phase of its Gibraltar Nature Cameras Project with the installation of two livefeed cameras. The cameras are inside the nests of one of Gibraltar’s most wellknown visiting birds, the Pallid swift and the sight of these fast moving, sickle-shaped birds, signal the start of the spring and are a characteristic feature of the spring and summer skies of Gibraltar. Swifts fly all the way down to tropical Africa and back every single year, and once they leave the nest as youngsters, are known to spend several years continuously on the wing. Two species of swift have historically nested in built-up areas in Gibraltar; the Common swift characterised by its dark, almost black colour and the Pallid swift, which is a paler brown. Older buildings in Gibraltar were constructed using traditional meth-

Rocking around La Sala IF you love the music of the 1950s then La Sala Gibraltar will be the place to be on Saturday May 13. The Sunborn Yacht Hotel will be rocking and rolling when it welcomes a performance by Captain Wallace, a duo who love to perform the best rock and roll from the seminal decade, when music stopped being for adults and excited the new teen generation. In order to make your reservation do visit www.lasalagibraltar.com or call +350 200 16870. Also add May 27 in your diary as one of the best Beatles tributes, the Silver Beats from Malaga will rock La Sala once more.

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FOLLOWING criticism and threats of fines from the European Union over lack of proper sewage treatment, the Environmental Safety Group wants to see action. It argues that after 15 years of governments of both sides ignoring the situation, the time is right for action. The likely fines were mooted as long ago as 2009 and should initiate action.

A DECISION made following a visit by Environment Minister to London for a meeting of Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies will help marine life. Gibraltar will become one of the first authorities in the world to offer protection to all species of sharks, rays and skates in its waters through an amendment to the Nature Protection Act.

New wildlife cameras Photo by HM Government of Gibraltar

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SECOND PHASE: Announcing the installation of the new swift cameras.

ods, leaving gaps under the eaves and gables which were suitable for nesting, but modern building styles and techniques have had an adverse effect on the local swift population by decreasing the habitat that these birds can use. Government is placing nests around Gibraltar and it is the policy of the Development and Planning Commission to require the installation of swift nests in all new construction. There is a third species, the larger and much rarer Alpine swift, which nests in crags on the east side of the Rock. Additional cameras showcasing Gibraltar’s rich wildlife, such as birds of prey, will be launched later this year but the swift cameras can be viewed online from the DEHCC’s website www.thinkinggreen.gov.gi.

Spanish military aircraft incursion A PRESS release has been issued by the Gibraltar Government concerning an incursion into Gibraltar airspace by a Spanish military aircraft. According to the report, shortly before noon on Friday May 5 advice was received that a Spanish military P3 Orion aircraft, which was controlled by military controllers in Sevilla, was due to enter the air above Gibraltar Territorial Waters. For some reason the aircraft deviated from the flight plan which meant that Gibraltar ATC was forced to designate the aircraft as unknown traffic, which requires that the aircraft is separated from other traffic by either 5,000ft or five nautical miles. A British Airways aircraft

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT: A Spanish P3 Orion in flight. scheduled to depart from Gibraltar at 11.50am was therefore delayed and held

for eight minutes. The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo, com-

mented, “It is no secret that Spain has been deliberately causing problems for

Gibraltar at our border and through its incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters. Today’s incursion into Gibraltar’s airspace, in the middle of a busy day when several civilian flights w e r e scheduled to arrive and depart from Gibraltar International Airport, takes the Spanish harassment of Gibraltar to new heights. “Delays caused by the politically-motivated manoeuvres of the Spanish military are intolerable, but thanks to the swift action of Gibraltar’s Air Traffic Control, delays were the only consequence. Today’s incident could have ended much worse.”

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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 pa-

tients 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 8-10 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. That’s according to researchers 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 received

MASSAGE: Makes you feel good.

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.

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By Estelle Mitchell

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www.thebodyworksclinic.com IT’S a strange phenomenon to suddenly realise that you have been doing your job long enough to be considered an expert. So I wa s d e l i g h t e d an d flatter e d t o b e i n v i t e d b y DistiMed to speak at their next c o u r se h e r e o n th e coast:

E x ce l l e n c e i n private practice A one-day course suitable for any therapist or clinician in private practice. We h a v e f o u r e xp ert speakers with presentations

Dr David is an extremely well-respected teacher here in Spain, he will show you how to incorporate practical assessment techniques for foot and lower limb issues with simple, effective solutions. These techniques can be adapted to a wide range of practitioners, from massage therapists to physios, from podiatrists to doctors.

E stelle Mitch ell Understanding and treatin g ch ronic pain I completely understand how daunting it can be as a

single handed practitioner to find yourself alone in front of a complicated patient with chronic pain. They have a long history and have seen multiple practitioners, often they are better educated about their condition than the doctors! Understanding what’s going on a nd he lping the m move forward effectively are key.

Marielle de Bruin Swe lling and inflammation - effective solutions Swelling and inflammation can make a difficult situation worse. With the help of a ba lloon M a rie lle w ill demonstrate simple, effective techniques to manage swelling to get better, faster

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Suitable for the disabled and the environment 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 deThe Nissan partment of Nissan is a fivewas instrumental in seater vehideveloping this first cle and has prototype as there space for a are very strict prowheelchair. tocols 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.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. 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

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Ask the Optician: The link between smoking and sight loss Amrik Sappal, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Fuengirola MAY 31 is World No Tobacco Day and so in support of this important cause I wanted to explain the links between smoking and eyesight in the hope that it will help readers to take the decision to give up on World No Tobacco Day. How can smoking affect my eyes? When you inhale a cigarette, approximately 4,000 chemicals such as nicotine, tar, arsenic and ammonia enter your bloodstream and travel throughout your body. Some of these substances cause blood vessels at the back of the eye to burst, damaging the macula and ultimately leading to loss of vision. This is known as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of severe vision loss for people over the age of 55 in the Western world. Smokers more than double their risk of developing AMD and according to the World Health Organisation the only established modifiable risk factor is smoking. Can it cause any other complications with the eyes? Yes, as well as the early onset of AMD, smokers also have a higher likelihood

of developing cataracts, a common cause of blindness and visual impairment. In addition, nicotine slowly poisons the optic nerve, causing impaired colour vision and smokers are more than twice as likely to experience dry eye syndrome. Smoking also increases your chance of getting diabetes, which can lead to blindness and is also linked to high blood pressure which is a risk factor for developing glaucoma. What can I do? The first thing to do is to try to quit smoking, or at least significantly cut down, to reduce the risk of all of these health issues and many more. Then go to see your optician to check your eyes are healthy and your sight is good. If your optician spots signs of any health conditions, they will refer you to a medical professional for diagnosis and treatment.

You can find Specsavers Opticas in Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. Visit www.spec savers.es to make an appointment for a free eye test.

EXERCISE PILL: Would allow people to reap the benefits without doing a workout.

Popping a pill to replace the treadmill A PILL could soon give the effect you have had a workout, without you raising a finger. Scientists say a chemical called PPARD is linked to aerobic endurance. In tests with mice, the researchers used a smallmolecule drug to activate PPARD in the muscles of mice. It increased the fat burn-

ing in their muscles, similar to what happens during exercise, despite them being sedentary, and also increased endurance by up to 70 per cent. It is hoped these findings and their research could lead to an ‘exercise pill’ that would allow people to reap the benefits of a workout without actually doing one.

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Just don’t wait too long ARE you waiting to have children until you feel you can afford them? Well you’re not alone. A survey in the UK has found that more than half (56 per cent) of women believed the ideal time to start raising a family was between the ages of 2530, but three in four said they will wait until they are in their 30’s, with financial pressures being the biggest barrier. Of those surveyed, 75 per cent blamed their financial position as to why they were waiting to be a mother, a figure larger than those who said they were waiting to find the right partner. Fifty-one per cent said their family plans will or have been influenced by their career, while 44 per cent said housing is or has been an obstacle.

BABY PLANS: Many wait until they feel they can afford them.

With all these perceived obstacles in the way, more and more women are delaying motherhood, but this then causes more potential problems. Both men and women are most fertile in their early 20’s and by the time a woman reaches the age of 35, there is a rapid decline in the quality of the eggs released and around one-third of couples where the woman is older than 35 have fertility problems. So for many, when they feel they are in a good position to become a parent, many women find it more difficult to conceive, needing help such as IVF, which can cost thousands in a private clinic.

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Memories from a parallel universe? Trudy Stewart WHEN you think of the song ‘We are the champions’ by Queen, how do you think it ends? If you believe, like me, it’s ‘of the world’ then you are wrong. Those words were never uttered on any studio or live recordings and yet, when the song ends without them, I keep waiting to hear them. Picture the Monopoly board game and in particular, the Monopoly Man also known as Uncle Pennybags. Do you imagine him to have

a monocle or no monocle? The answer is he has no monocle and has never been illustrated with one. These are just two examples of something known as ‘The Mandela Effect.’ This phrase was coined seven years ago by Author and Blogger, Fiona Broome. Whilst attending a convention, she discovered that several others there shared a false memory she had about Nelson Mandela. They all believed that the former South African President had died during his imprisonment

DARTH VADER: “No, I am your father.”

in the 80’s. Despite the fact he didn’t actually die until December 2013, many people feel certain that they remember seeing clips of his funeral decades before his actual death. This phenomenon, where large groups of people share false memories of past events, details or physicalities has the internet awash with theories and examples. Some people believe that far from being false memories, it is actually proof of parallel universes. They think that what is actually happening is that the memories are real and we ‘remember’ them upon returning from the alternative universe. Another theory is that time travellers went back into the past resulting in slight changes to our present. A more logical explanation is that people are just simply misremembering. The fact that the human memory can be unreliable has been well documented and researched. What’s interesting is that so many individuals seem to share the same false memories. Just for fun, let’s go through some of them and see how you remember them. Is it KitKat or Kit-Kat? There has never

been a hyphen so the first spelling is correct but people claim to remember it being there. In Star Wars, Darth Vader says “Luke, I am your father.” It’s one of those lines that has been quoted repeatedly and a lot of us will recognise it, but what he actually says is “No, I am your father.” This next one is an oldie but a goodie. In Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan pulls out his blade and says “That’s not a knife. THIS is a knife!” Or does he? What he actually says is, “That’s not a knife. THAT’S a knife!" Did you get them right? If not, it might be that you are one of the travellers bouncing around between parallel universes, bringing back memories that no longer fit in this universe you find yourself in. Or it might just mean that your memory is not quite as good for confectionery and film quotes as you thought it was. Either way, it is strange that so many of us can share these memories that never happened and still be left with a niggle even when we learn the real facts. If it does turn out that’s because of the parallel universe theory, then I only hope I can travel to one where The Donald isn’t President... and stay there! trudystewart75@gmail.com

HC Marbella is here to help you ARE you among the women who skip check-ups because going to the gynaecologist is an unpleasant experience? At HC Marbella, we suggest that you let go of this myth because regular gynaecology check-ups are very important for one’s health and they can even be lifesaving. A timely check-up can prevent long gynaecologic illnesses such as cancer, as well the complications they imply. The good news is that regular check-ups do precisely that: they detect possible changes in the reproductive system and prevent potential diseases from developing. Therefore, you are better off facing your fear, since a gynaecologist is, in the end, just another specialised doctor. How often should check-ups take place? There is no fixed answer, as it depends of each woman: her age, her risk factors, and her family medical history. At HC Marbella we will suggest what is most appropriate for your specific case, but to be safe and avoid risks, the ideal would be to visit a gynaecologist once every year. What does a gynaecology exam consist of? The first step is to get to know you.

REGULAR CHECK-UPS: Can help to detect and prevent disease.

During the appointment, we will ask you a series of questions to check your personal and family medical history. Afterwards, we will proceed to the physical examination and additional tests which include: ▪ Physical examination of the breasts, vulva, vagina, and uterine cervix.

▪ Cervical screening to detect premalignant changes in the cells of the cervix, which can eventually lead to cancer. ▪ Transvaginal pelvic ultrasound scan to examine the internal genital organs: the uterus and the ovaries. Afterwards, our gynaecologists will explain what they found. Therefore,

they will tell you the next steps to follow, which can be. ▪ A new appointment to pick up the results. ▪ Further diagnostic tests, depending on the discoveries made during the physical examination and the ultrasound, such as: – Mammogram/breast ultrasound: If

you do not have a history of breast cancer, you should start undergoing mammograms between the ages of 40 and 45. If on the other hand, you have a family history of breast cancer, you should start them at the age of 35. – Bone densitometry: Women in post menopause should also undergo bone density scanning, especially in the first two years without menstruation, to measure bone mineral density. For your convenience, we can take all the necessary tests the same day at HC Marbella and therefore avoid your having to make any unnecessary trips. What you need to know: ▪ Regular check-up examinations don’t hurt, don’t take long, and can protect you from worse situations. ▪ If you notice any change in menstruation or vaginal discharge, any irregularities in the genitals or a lump in the breast, go see your gynaecologist right away, without waiting for the next check-up. • The best time for a gynaecological exam is in the days following the menstrual period. The exam cannot take place during menstruation since samples cannot be collected. Tel: 951 829 967 www.hcmarbella.com

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Get a good Hobbit at Salon Varietes

THE new English-speaking Rotary Club Mijas International will have an Inauguration Gala on Saturday May 13. The Rotary Club Mijas International has started with 25 members from 12 different countries and intends to explore projects locally as well as internationally. The Inauguration Gala will be held at the Avanto restaurant in Torrenueva and guests can expect a three-course menu whilst enjoying music and entertainment. David Lau Magnussen one of the foremost Danish pianists and baritone Peter Fristup also from Denmark, will bring a mix of music from opera to Frank Sinatra and much in between. The event is also open to people who appreciate the principles of rotary and are interested in its projects and activities so can make a reservation at ninajarlov@gmail.com. The evening commences at 7pm and for €55 offers a welcome drink and canapé on the terrace, the threecourse meal, wine and drinks as well all the entertainment.

IF you have never visited MiddleEarth you can now, as Salon Varietes Fuengirola presents a brand new play The Hobbit. Oliver Leiva has been involved with the Salon since he was seven and has appeared in a number of shows, but in 2008 he left Spain to study and pursue a career in theatre arts and whilst at university thought of adapting the first book he had ever written for the stage. Written by JRR Tolkien in 1937, The Hobbit was a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy which has inspired a number of hugely successful films and introduced young and old to the world of hobbits, orcs, goblins and dwarves as well as the infamous Gollum and many more fabulous creatures. Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit of the title, receives a visit from the wizard, Gandalf, one fine morning and the adventures begin, some of ‘the most unpleasant kind,’ as trolls, goblins, spiders and the cunning dragon, Smaug, are encountered along the way. Darkness is arising, compelling the races of elves, men and dwarves to put aside their differences in order

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NEW PLAY: The cast of The Hobbit pose outside the theatre. to face the forces of evil! The production features an original and inventive stage design, puppet creatures, costumes and a fantastic, young and vibrant cast that bring this fantasy world to life on stage. Oliver’s first venture into directing

the play which he has adapted from the book is sure to be enjoyed by adults and children alike. This innovative production runs from Friday May 19 to Tuesday May 23 nightly at 8pm, except Sunday when the show starts at 7pm and there

is a matinee performance at 3pm on Saturday May 20. To book, call the box office on 952 474 542 between 11am and 2 30pm Monday to Saturday and one hour before each performance or book online at www.salonvarietestheatre.com.

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Every dog will have his day DOG lovers, the time is approaching to welcome Perroton a festival of all things canine to Marbella. One of the main aims of the event is to encourage the sensible ownership and adoption of dogs and to encourage sterilisation and castration particularly of stray animals. Under the patronage of actress and singer Alejandra Botto and Baroness Carmen Thyssen, the first Perroton Marbella which is already well-established in Madrid, will take place on Saturday May 27 at the Marina in Marbella. There will be Perroton Village where charities such as Triple A, Retired Dogs 112, Greyhounds in Family and many more will

be represented together with a number of commercial operations who will offer their latest canine products.

In addition, there will be a number of activities including an agility presentation, obedience and police canine units as well as music and much more for the children to enjoy. On the following day at 9am there will be a special three-kilometre walk for owners and their dogs which will cost €10, of which €3 will go to a non-profit organisation which runs campaigns to increase awareness of matters involved with pet ownership both positive and negative. Entries for the race will be accepted until May 26 at www.perroton.org.

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Sotogrande concert correction PLEASE note that the classical music concert to be held on May 28 in the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Merced in Sotogrande will carry a charge.This evening which starts at 8pm which features

the choir and orchestra Collegium Musicum Costa del Sol together with the Camerata Singers of Sotogrande will cost €10 per person and will not be free as previously announced.

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COMPOSER: John Williams in concert.

For Star Wars fans STAR WARS fans will turn out en masse to attend a concert of music composed by John Williams for the soundtracks of the series of films. The Palacio de la Paz in Fuengirola will host the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Díez Boscovich on the evening of May 20 at 8pm to perform a selection of music that they have previously presented in Malaga. Tickets cost €10 and €15 and can be booked through www.entradas. fuengirola.es. The music which will last approximately

one hour will be: Main title Princess Leia’s Theme The Imperial March (Darth Vader ’s Theme) Yoda’s Theme The Asteroid Field Parade of the Ewoks Cantina Band Here They Come Luke and Leia The Forest Battle Across The Stars Throne Room & End title

Unrisen Queen to play Malaga BELIEVED by some to be the most authentic of the Queen tribute bands in Europe, Unrisen Queen will appear in Malaga on May 19. Formed in Spain and first performing in Murcia in 2010 the band aren’t look-a-likes but are a collection of professional musicians who offer their own interpretation of classic numbers by the British band and their visit to Malaga is the second gig in their ‘Back Tour the light’ journey of entertainment. Tickets for the event at the Paris Room 15, Calle La Orotava, 25 Malaga starting at 11pm cost €20 plus booking fee and may be purchased in advance via www.ticketea. com or for €25 at the door. So popular is the band that it has been chosen in the past to headline the Freddie Mercury Memorial Day in Montreux Switzerland so the evening promises to be a good one.

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Another show stopper at JoysLive IF you can imagine a cross between Joss Stone and Jocelyn Brown, then you need to visit JoysLive in Puerto Banus to see Jocee. This young singer will be arriving from London shortly and will be performing at the premier night club in Banus from Friday May 19 until May 29. Performing tracks from her new album Just Love as well as soul and jazz standards, Jocee, who has recently been invited to appear on the Craig Charles (poet and actor of Red Dwarf and Coronation Street) Funk and Soul Show, has a very special voice which has earned her regular spots at the Jazz Café and the Blues Kitchen Shoreditch. She runs an acoustic night with Pixie Lott and has worked with Paloma Faith at The Proms, Labrinth at The Baftas

and Lionel Richie on ‘Surprise Surprise’ as well as supplying backing vocals to such international stars as John Groban. To add to all of this, she also appears regularly with an eightpiece band heavy on funk with pounding bass and brass. She will be adopting a slightly more laid back yet musically powerful persona for her JoysLive appearances and will fit in well with the highly professional regulars who appear most nights, starting late and finishing early in the morning. There are not many places in the Costa del Sol that can attract talent of the calibre of Londoner Jocee and even less who do not charge an entrance fee so there is every reason for readers to find their way to Joys-Live on the frontline of Puerto Banus. www.joyslive.com

Jocee prior to her arrival at JoysLive.

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The international world of art awaits THE first international Contemporary Art Fair will be held at the Trade Fair and Congress Centre of Malaga from June 30 to July 2. With an exhibition space of 7,000 square metres, the main exhibitors will be from Argentina, Portugal and Spain although with a total of 400 artists and

37 galleries from 27 different countries, the choice for the expected 15,000 visitors will be enormous. It isn’t just a sales operation as there will be a number of programmes of talks, conferences, live painting, performances and recreational activities which will hopefully help to confirm

the fact that Malaga is the centre of a new art movement. Now that we are in the cyber age, there will even be a number of digital exhibitions. For more details of opening times and to reserve your free admission ticket do visit www.artfairmalaga.com.

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ENGLISH CEMETERY: Poignant children’s graves.

Night in White THE English Cemetery in Malaga will again be taking part in the ‘Noche en Blanco’ programme on the evening of May 20, conducting free guided tours from 9pm onwards. There will be a total of 150 tickets, and these will be available at the cemetery from Tuesday May 16 at 9am on a first come, first served basis. In previous years, the guided tours have all been in Spanish, but for this year’s event the English Cemetery Foundation will be organising the 9pm visit in English,

with the rest in Spanish. The cemetery, which was the first Protestant burial place in Spain, is a beautiful and monumental garden, offering key insights into the 19th and 20th century history of a cosmopolitan city, open to the world. Founded in 1831, it is home to St George’s Anglican church, and is the last resting place of many wellknown British people, such as Gerald Brenan. In order to enjoy the visit it is recommended bringing a lantern and comfortable footwear with you.

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8th Gibraltar International Song Festival’s exciting end THERE was a great deal of excitement when a packed audience attended the 8th Gibraltar International Song Festival (GISF) on May 6. It was without doubt the best GISF so far in every respect and apart from 12 finalists from nine countries, the special guest Bustamante broke off his nationwide tour to perform in front of a very appreciative audience in Gibraltar. The whole event was broadcast on the internet and will have reached large numbers of households throughout Spain as well as Gibraltar. An independent jury with backgrounds in song writing and music were regaled by artists representing song writers from Chile, Cuba, Venezuela, Italy, Sweden, Iceland, UK, Gibraltar and Spain. In the end, it was a Gibraltar-based writer Stuart Whitwell, whose composition Starlight which was performed by Jetstream, who was chosen as the winner of the Festival and received the £4,000 first prize. In addition, Jetstream also won the

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STARLIGHT: Jetstream who performed the winning song. Best Interpreter award for their performance and £500. The two runners-up came from Spain and Italy, but all of the composers and the performers received considerable applause from the local audience.

Thanks to the continued high quality of the event and the interest from songwriters throughout the world, this promises to continue to be an important annual event in the Gibraltar musical calendar.

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Dogs and cats don’t have bank accounts THERE are some rather fun events taking place over the next week in support of the Triple A animal charity which will help raise funds. Sunday May 14 sees the Triple A Spring Open Day from noon until 5pm where the animals will be in the spotlight with a presentation parade of some of their lovely dogs so that visitors will get to know a bit more about some of the individual dogs, their backgrounds, their names and how long they have been in Triple A. There will be a puppy pen where you can see them and play with the little ones who may just be available to adopt. They would also like to invite you to visit their cat house and to spend some time in CatCafé where you can sit and relax, play with some of the cats and watch them climb and play, as well as obtain information on cat care and adoption.

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TRIPLE A: Last year’s open day. As always there will be lots of food donated by La Roche College, drinks and live music from Diva Ria, whilst some of the ‘stars’ from the Laude College Gala show will dance and sing whilst you browse around the tables for nearly new clothes and household items and toys. Then on Thursday May 18

there will be a delicious lunch at La Sala, Puerto Banús from 1pm with a two-course lunch including free-flowing cava, a fashion show with beautiful clothing for all shapes and sizes, live music by Frankie Valentine, a raffle and an auction with great prizes. Cost for the lunch will be just €35 per person of which €15

will be given to Triple A, which still has many hungry cats and dogs to feed. For more information about the events or to make a reservation for lunch call Lily on 622 910 214 or email events@tripleamarbella.org. Alternatively reservations can be made direct with La Sala at https://lasalabanus.com.

International data event in Malaga FOR the second year running the Big Data event will return to Malaga on May 17, 18 and 19. This is an important international event on computer technology focusing on macro data and the organisers expect 400

delegates from many different countries with 50 invited speakers. Visitors from such prestigious international companies as Google, Microsoft, Oracle and Twitter are expected to take part in Big Data J on the Beach 2017.

Particularly topical will be a three-day hacking event with information shared amongst the delegates. Some sessions are expected to be open to the public so to check on details visit the event website at www.jonthebeach.com.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Thursday May 11 The Good Companions Club: meets every Tuesday from 12-2pm at Stella Maris, Paseo Maritimo in Fuengirola, a social and cultural group. For more information contact 952 565 501.

Age Concern: meets weekly from 11am1pm at Manila Bar in Los Boliches for advice, support and friendship. Costa del Sol Photographic Society: exhibition from May 4 until May 26 at the Bil-Bil in Benalmadena Costa.

University of the Third Age Costa del Sol: play Mah Jong every week from 2-5pm at the PYR Hotel in Fuengirola. For more information contact 952 467 156.

FAbuloso Vocal Group: rehearsals every week from 6.30-8.30pm in Restaurante Verona, El Coto (Mijas). For more information contact 622 514 781. Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Las Lagunas. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mi jas.es. Los Jueves al Casco: Every week from 8am-12 noon enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella Old Town. Lux Mundi, Fuengirola: quiz night from 6.30pm at the centre in Fuengirola. Entry €4. For more information contact 952 474 840. Mijas Sports Gala 2017: entry is free to this 21st gala event which starts at 8pm in Teatro Las Lagunas. Rio Verde Villa Romana Ruins: free guided tour from 11am to 1pm. Calle del Mar, Marbella. Rotary Club: meets every week at 2pm during lunch at Cortijo de Ramiro, Calle 11, Urb Guadalmina Baja, San Pedro de Alcantara at. Please contact lizzie@mar riageweddingservices.com to book a place. San Pedro street market: Every week from 9am-2pm, Calle Jorge Guillen. Sundown Sounds: Every week from 8pm live music at the square in front of the Municipal Office in La Cala de Mijas.

Friday May 12 Age Concern meets every Friday at El Caballo de Oro in La Cala from 11.30am to 1pm. Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Hojar del Jubilado in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. For more information contact 635 407 255. Christian Basilica of San Pedro de Alcantara: From 11am-1pm, free guided tour of one of the oldest Christian churches on the Iberian Peninsula. Calle Vega del Mar, San Pedro de Alcantara.

Wednesday May 17

MENTALLY SKA’D: SUNDAY MAY 14 THE Comares based seven-piece band Mentally Ska’d will be performing a free gig at Malaga port from 5pm next to the car park below the Pompidou Centre.

es. For information contact 952 466 738.

Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. For more information contact 635 407 255. Flamenco show: free every week from 122pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in La Cala. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es.

Royal British Legion: Benejarafe branch meets every Friday from 12.30-2.30pm at Restaurante Puerta Niza, Carretera Nacional 340A Km 263,7.

Monday May 15

Saturday May 13

Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at La Iglesia Bar in Benalmadena. For more information contact 635 407 255.

Malaga Picasso Museum: guided tours in English every Wednesday at 11.30am. Entry €8, children under 18 go free.

The Field Club: Weekly walks from 10.30am to 11.30 am, meet at Hogar del Jubilado, Calle Blanca Paloma in Fuengirola.

Parent and baby coffee mornings: every week from 11am-1pm at Mundo Mania, Cancelada. Entry €5.

RAF Association Costa del Sol: talk by Dr Alf Neuhaus on arthritis at 1pm in the ELIM Church, Plaza Ibensa, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmadena. For more information contact secretary@rafacostadelsol.co.uk.

TIMS (The International Music Society) Choir: rehearsals every week from 79.30pm in St Andrews Church, Los Boliches. For more information contact 654 891 790.

FAbuloso Vocal Group: rehearsals every week from 12-2pm in Restaurante Dominique’s in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. For more information contact 622 514 781. Flamenco show: free every week from 122pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Organic market: Every week from 10am1pm at Guadalhorce - Las Chapas. Puerto Banus street market: Every week from 9am-2pm near the bull ring in Nueva Andalucia. Triple A: Every week volunteer dog walkers required between 10am and 3pm at Calle Carril de la Mina 33 in Marbella. For more information contact 952 771 586.

Royal British Legion: Benalmadena branch meets every Monday from 11am at The Lounge Bar, Avenida Bonanza in Benalmadena.

Tuesday May 16

Sunday May 14

Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 1.pm at the International Baptist Church in Calahonda. For more information contact 635 407 255.

Benahavis second-hand market: Every week from 9am to 2pm, 1km before the village on the right hand side of the road.

Costa Women Coffee Club: meets every second Tuesday at 10am until 12.30pm. For more information contact 608 408 771.

La Cala de Mijas Lions Club: annual fashion show and spring fayre from 11.30am5pm at Hotel Tamisa Golf. For more information contact 677 059 061.

Fuengirola Ukulele Singalong Group: meets every Tuesday 8pm at Cabaret Club in Fuengirola (next to Bioparc Zoo).

University of the Third Age: Every week coffee morning from 11.30am to 1pm at the Primavera Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Bolich-

Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Mijas village. For information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es.

Thursday May 18 Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning from 11am to 1pm at La Peña in Alhaurin el Grande. For more information contact 635 407 255. Age Concern: meets weekly from 11am1pm at Manila Bar in Los Boliches for advice, support and friendship. Fabuloso Vocal Group: rehearsals every week from 6.30-8.30pm in Restaurante Verona, El Coto (Mijas). For more information contact 622 514 781. Los Jueves al Casco: Every week from 8am-12 noon enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella old town. Rio Verde Villa Romana Ruins: free guided tour from 11am to 1pm. Calle del Mar, Marbella.

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Poppies are beautiful in full flower THE spring flowers that grace the landscape at this time of year in areas where there has been good winter rain are a marvel to behold. There is a plethora of colours and forms of flowers from tiny Scarlet Pimpernel to various types of the prominent Chrysanthemum family. An outstanding flower that catches the eye, especially when dominating a field, and that is very symbolic for many people is the poppy. Poppies have a short lived flower but produce new ones consecutively to give the appearance of flowering for a long period during spring. The typically red common poppy is normally an annual plant of less than a metre in height but if you are cultivating poppies there is a wide range of different colours,

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 even free recycled ones you can make 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.

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sizes and forms available. They make a great container plant to add colour to a balcony or terrace and in the garden they will brighten up an area where you visit frequently. I have the wild varieties coming up in my vegetable garden, but I let them stay and brighten up the garden during the establishment of the summer vegetable crops until the vegetables

need more space. The true poppies are Papaver species, of which there are over 70, but other families including the blue Meconopsis, plumed Macleaya and tree Romneya also have poppy as a common name. As a cultivated plant the Iceland poppy is a favourite with many gardeners. It lasts for a couple of years so there

is not the need to replant each year and the range of different coloured flowers is extensive. The seed of poppies is very small and grows best when sprinkled on a cultivated soil surface or a potting mix with only a fine coating of mix to cover them or just press them into the soil in early winter and spring. They sprout naturally in

fields that have been cultivated or disturbed because they need to be near the surface and exposed to some light to germinate, so don’t bury the seed. The association of the poppy with remembrance is that it grew so prolifically in areas of soil disturbance after military activities and burials in the natural soil. They can be transplanted but do better grown from seed in their chosen spot. They grow very quickly,

emerging one to two weeks from planting the seed, and can start flowering within weeks. They don’t need much care to grow other than to maintain moisture if they are grown in a good soil mix. A light liquid feed may help if they are not performing so well. Grow them in a place with plenty of sunlight to maximise flowering and they will be a delight worth remembering.

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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.

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PUERTO BANÚS – Moorings for rent. 8, 12 & 15 meters. 662 379 483 (252722) PUERTO BANUS – Moorings wanted to buy. 0032 473 815 789 imperialyachting@gmail.com Boats Yachts, No Sale No Fee. Europe´s largest brokerage house.+ 34 632 505 743 (252677)

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ACE OF SHADES - All colours available. Urbanisations catered for, electric and manual operation, also recover service available, largest selection of colours and designs on the coast. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.design (101730)

ALL BUILDING works, all trades. Retired Builder/Handyman. Barry 676 143 789 / 602 669 240 (251053) ALMOST ANYTHING, tiling plumbing & painting. Marbella to Fuengirola. Speak to Gareth 602 478 273 (251096)

ECONOCOOL – Fujitsu Air Conditioning from only €650. Service, Repairs & Re-Gas from €50. Top Quality Installations. All Areas Covered. Chris – 662 427 396 econo cool@hotmail.es (221055)

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BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (251408)

SOLAR BLINDS SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. ian@solarshadetinting.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176 (248458)

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BUSINESS OPP. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE FROM 4,900 EUROS. 697 834 934 (248081)

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ANTONIO ENTERPRISES www.costacompletebuild.es Full Renovations, Kitchens/Bathrooms/Swimming Pools. Electrical & Plumbing Services. Reasonable Rates. 602 593 267 / 600 456 350 (252675)

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METALWORK ALL METALWORK UNDERTAKEN – New Fabrication & Repairs/Alterations. Work Guaranteed. Reliable. 14yrs on Coast. Steve 655 040 648 (251054)

PLASTERING PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (251049) PLASTERING, all aspects covered, skimming, rendering, screeding, covering, tiling, Dean 691 044 287 (233418)

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WANTED all furniture and household items. Best prices. 697 511 071 (252393) DECLUTTER, cash paid for small/medium furniture, antiques,decanters, brass, copper and other ornaments. Tel: Howard 608 121 817 (253087) HOUSE CLEARANCE SPECIALISTS, FULL OR PART CLEARANCE. ALL FURNITURE WANTED, WE PAY MORE. TEL 634 324 914 OR EMAIL houseclearance man@hotmail.com (253015) HOUSE CLEARANCE: Quick, Friendly & Affordable house clearance. Cash for your quality furniture! 622 290 009. in fo@leparticulier.es (251392) THE WAREHOUSE – We buy a Single item to a Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (248891) SELECTION of Oriental Rugs. Excellent condition. 686 410 758. Photos upon request. (252519) WE BUY, SELL & PAWN jewellery and watches www.casaempeñomarbella.c om 640 218 590 valuation via Whatsapp. Nº1 in Marbella & Puerto Banús (251601) SUPERPOOL est. 1985. Pool tables, boxing and minivending machines on profit share, also new/second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 www.superpoolspain.com (250381)

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CARAVANS PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / in fo@eurodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (239435)

CARPENTERS 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)

CHIMNEY SERVICES APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (241526)

CHURCH SERVICES BENALMADENA Elim Family Fellowship. Sundays 11am. Elimfamilyfellowship.com or call 951 912 525 or 952 446 627 (0)

CLASSES CALAHONDA LANGUAGE CENTRE. Established 1987. Beginners Spanish Course Starts 12th June 2017. 60 hours in 6 weeks, mornings. Give your Spanish a good kick start. Maximum 5 students for guaranteed results. Also higher level groups and private classes. calahon dalanguage@gmail.com 952 931 176 (250468)

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CLEANING SERVICES UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (249674) ADVANCED Cleaning Services. Professional carpet, upholstery cleaning, 27 years experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable service 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 or email acservs@outlook.com (253107) RUGS fitted carpets, upholstery including leather cleaned on site 693 028 325 (253107) OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard dirty work. From 40€. 632 569 282 oven cleaningcostadelsol.com (252392) CLEANING SERVICES No Job too small or big. Adrian 640 350 479 (252533) ALL WORK undertaken. All Areas. Residential & Holiday Lets. 689 819 592 (252672)

COMPUTERS COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED. Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Repairs and upgrades available. Laptops in English. Kindle, iPad & Android help. One-toone training. Experienced, reliable service. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (232338) PC DOCTOR Computer Sales & Repairs in any Language. 24HR IT Support. 20 Years on the Coast. We come to wherever YOU are – Home or Business. 952 591 071 (248887)

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DOMESTIC SERVICES DO YOU NEED someone for cleaning services, dog sitting/walking? I can help. Reliable, professional person available at short notice. Contact 633 421 818 (251100)

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FLOOR POLISHING MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/ m2) WHY PAY MORE .WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (251230) T1 MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. Wooden floors treated. No job too small. Family run. Cleansol 10am 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437) MARBLE polishing, crystallizing, lasting, high shine. Regrinding, restoration of salty, dead floors. Cyril, 634 455 064 (233300)

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PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@garden-profes sionals.com (242556) GARDEN & POOL MAINTENANCE - from under €120 per month, products included. See more on www.zonaverdes.es 611 026 340 (253090) TOP-JARDIN. No tree too tall, palm & tree pruning removal - pests bio treatments. Town hall licence process advice. Timber logs. Mulch. Urban veggie gardens. Visit us www.topjardin.es or call Andres mob 686 948 552 / 602 130 250 (232442) GARDEN & POOL Maintenance. Private Villas & Communities. Professional & Reliable Service. 602 424 974 (251233)

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IRIS-IRRIGATION and landscapes. New Installations and problem-solving. Turf (supply and laying). Garden constructions. Tree surgeon. Clearing and maintenance. 676 747 521 (251403)

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BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX AND FILLERS From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. www.beautifulmarbella.e s 609 347 086. (247809)

CHIROPODISTS www.chiropodistcostadelsol.c om (241394) ELECTRIC GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation. Call Colin - 636 394 641 (250415)

GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (253220)

DENTISTS NHS REGISTERED DENTIST in Fuengirola. Specializing in Zircon crowns, bridges etc. Free check up! drvisky@hotmail.com - 689 887 019 (253250)

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GOLF FAMILY GOLF CLUB SHARE at La Quinta Golf Resort & Spa Marbella. FOR SALE ONLY €4,000. Call +49698 98920 or +49 1717 34 7100 or email for info shops@om das.com (251105)

HEALTH& BEAUTY FUENGIROLA, Myofascial Release. J. Schaegen, Specialized in treating neck, back & extremity disorders, 30 years in Practice. 652 291 224 www.bodywork.es (247599) SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 - 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es (251344) SKIN specialist NHS registered. Treats all kinds of skin problems. Consultion 70 euros. Dr Eva. Fuengirola/Calahonda 664 747 267 (250251)

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GARDEN SERVICE – from €10 per hour. Monthly contract from €90. Benalmadena to Marbella. RICARDO 633 277270 (252522)

ENGLISH ELECTRICIAN Fully qualified, reliable, domestic commercial work undertaken. 602 494 347 (250466)

METS dog training club, Fuengirola. Glyn 605 121 831 / Jeff 692 832 250 (251205)

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WANTED Quality Furniture – New & secondhand. Bought & sold. ALSO AN AUCTION EVERY 2 WEEKS. For details call 633 896 005 or 633 497 689 (251040)

EXPERTS IN MANGO CROPS & AVOCADO. Comprehensive or partial management of farms. Pruning & grafting of trees. T: 666 953 892 (251244)

BS ELECTRICAL, All electrical work, rewires, Boletins, Endesa helpline, professional genuine service, www.bselectrical. eu. Call Sean 952 961 108, 669 070 011 (251246)T1 ALL electrical installations & repairs. Tel Jim 652 023 012 (248601)

HOUSE CLEARANCE: Quick, Friendly & Affordable house clearance. Cash for your quality furniture! 622 290 009. in fo@leparticulier.es (251392)

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PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MASSAGE, 17 years´ experience. 1 hour €40, 1.5 hours €55, Elviria. Wendy 952 852 330 or 634 310 821. Mobile service +€15 (251520) FULL BODY / hot oil / deep tissue / hot volcanic rock massages. Visits or travel 633 421 818 (251100)

HOLIDAY RENTALS MARBELLA, LA QUINTA GOLF RESORT, Fabulous penthouse (2bed/2bath) sea+golf view, min. stay 3 nights, 118€/night laquinta.rent@posteo.es +34 674 717 959 (251518)

HOT TUBS / SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs. 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (253091)

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HOUSE CLEARANCES THE WAREHOUSE – We buy a Single item to a Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (253107) FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and removals. 602 610 103 (253107) CASH paid for your unwanted house or garage items. Please call 600 041 434 (248893) WE CLEAR houses, apartments, garages, bars, storage units. Tel 656 187 140 brian.d.hughes@hotmail.com (252599)

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MOSQUITO SCREENS MOSQUITO NICK No1 Specialist for Mosquito Screens for all types of windows and doors. PRICE PROMISE/NEVER BEATEN ON PRICE!!! All types of screens: sliding, pull-down, pleated, fixed and ARCHED available in all colours including wood grain. Call Nick at 647 072 861, www.mos quitonick.ws (248170) (T1) ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.design (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service. All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (253200)

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CAR SERVICES GT AUTOS Mijas – ITV´s, Servicing and Repairs. Diagnostics; Engines, ABS, Airbags, Aircon. 952 462 852 – 622 252 570 (251206)

FOR SALE SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (236580) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (236580) MASSIVE SAVING DIESEL Citroen Picasso 1.6 HDI 2011 from private owner only 53’000 Klm (32’000 Mls) metallic silver a very well kept car and a great all round family MPV New ITV (MOT) and price WAS 7’995€ NOW ONLY 6’500€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (236580) MASSIVE SAVING DIESEL Toyota Auris 2012 one private owner 55’000 Klm (34’000 Mls) full service history from Toyota main service just been done polar white lots of extras on this car ideal costa car and also a very scarce car. WAS 10’995€ NOW 9´500€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (236580) MASSIVE SAVING ESTATE Ford Focus 1.6 Inj. 2013 bought from Ford Estepona and from lady owner 46’000 klm (28’000 Mls) metallic silver, climate control, electric pack, it´s been used for the school runs it´s a big saving at WAS 9’995€ NOW 9’500€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (236580) NEW SHAPE Ford Fiesta 125. 2015 5 Door one private owner 19’000 Klm (12’000 Mls) Sunburst red, bluetooth, and lots more massive saving at only 9’500€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbrady cars.com. (236580)

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AUTOMATIC Ford Fusion 2005 5 Door from private owner only 40’000 Klm (25’000 Mls) used only as holiday car be quick for this one only 3’500€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbradycars .com. (236580)

1993 CONVERTIBLE Mercedes 320 SL 24 valve, 5 speed automatic, LHD, on English plates, 5 months tax, 11 months MOT, 90´000kms, very good condition with hard top 5´995€ 653 777 073 (241693)

VW BEETLE 1999 2.0 Ltr Inj. 65’000 Klm new ITV sunburst red, roof rack, alloy wheels,CD. great costa car for only 2’995€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbradycars. com. (236580)

2003 ENGLISH RHD, Jaguar XJR Supercharger in black with cream leather, all extras included, sat nav, climate control, rear TV, long MOT & tax, a lot of car for only 3´995€ 653 777 073 (241693)

FANTASTIC OFFER New model BMW. Diesel Estate/ Touring. 316-D 2013 6 Speed G/Box. One private owner low klm. Full service history and warranty from BMW. Sat/Nav. Parking sensors and much more Cost New 38’000 € Look its only 19’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (236580) AUTOMATIC / Estate Mercedes E-350. 4-Matic 2006 from private owner with full service history sunroof/ parking, light, wiper, sensors, dog guard and lots more. This car is in excellent condition priced sell quickly at only 7’500€. 670 849 886. (236580) 2005 KIA CARNIVAL 2.9 diesel automatic, seven seater, twin side doors, silver, climate control, alloys. Excellent condition inside/out. Fully legal Spanish LHD, 5,995€, 653 777 073 (241693) AUTOMATIC 2011 VW Polo new model 1.4 tfsi dsg automatic, one owner, 150.000kms, full service history, 2 keys, silver like new, alloys, air con 7´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) TRUCK Nissan Alton, Spanish plates, 3.5 ton box, very good condition throughout, new ITV, ideal for removals, etc. 3,995€ 653 777 073 (241693) VAN English RHD, Toyota Hiace panel van, 2006, newer model, 2.4DID, 140,000 miles, very good condition throughout, long MOT, only 2,450€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2010 CONVERTIBLE Audi A5, s-line, RHD on Spanish plates, automatic, black with black leather, 50´000kms, full service history, stunning car 15´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2011 FORD Transit MWB, high roof, RHD, long tax, MOT and insured, ply lined, 6 speed, air con, very good condition, one owner, full service history 5´995€ 653 777 073 (241693)

AUTOMATIC Chrysler Stratus, 2003, only 90,000km from new, very good condition throughout, drives perfect, 4 new tyres, only 2,950€ 653 777 073 (241693) SMART CAR, 2001, LHD on English plates, full glass sun roof, alloys, air con, in black over silver, in very good condition throughout, only 1,995€ 653 777 073 (241693) TOYOTA Yaris Mivi 1.4 petrol, 2006 UK car, RHD, 41,000 miles, aircon, 5 door, metalic bronze, perfect condition inside/out, 11 months MOT, only 1999€ 653 777 073 (241693)

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)

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (252663) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP family run business since 2000 in Mijas Costa Fuengirola. Servicing Repairs, ITVS, Full Engine Rebuilds, Body Work Repairs, Recovery Service, Paperwork Transfers. Checks on all cars & 4x4. CALL TODAY 605 407 369 / 951 104 805 (252574)

REPAIRS ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job too Small. 952 667 074 (251389)

WANTED NISSAN Xtrail 2.2 diesel 6 speed manual 2005 climate control LHD 170,000 klms immaculate, gold new tyres 3995€ 653 777 073 (241693) OPEL Astra Bertone 2 door coupe 2litre 120,000 klms metallic blue, immaculate, papers in order Spanish fully legal 2995€ 653 777 073 (241693) VW GOLF 6 TDI, 1.6, blue motion, Oct 2010, metallic black with grey trim. 153000 km, VW service history, start-stop mode, alloys etc, all papers, ITV Sept 2018, 8250€ Tlf 609 578 644 (252264) ROADSTER/CABRIOLET MERCEDES BENZ SL55 AMG V8 KOMPRESSOR 500hp. 2002model, Red, 92,000kms. Lots of extras. 31,800€ - 639 070 068 (252489)

INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

WANTED all cars vans and anything interesting also classic cars, bikes, etc, with or without paperwork considered, same day decision, cash waiting, 653 777 073 (241693)

MUSIC KARAOKE “Everything You Need” Rent, Buy or Update Your Songs in All Languages. www.songbookslive.com “costasongs” 664-540-154. (252605) LIVE MUSIC with DAVID CHRISTIAN-CLARK from solo Spanish Guitar to Dance band, performing for exclusive private events from Gibraltar to Nerja.Call 00 350 540 367 29 or e-mail dav echristianclark@gmail.com for details.Over 30 years’ professional experience. (250296)

PERGOLAS & DECKING PERGOLAS, Decking and Thatched Gazebos. Best quality and prices. Installations. For free quotation call 686 322 328 (243344)

CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921 (253107) CARS WANTED, all registration numbers, any age, runners/non-runners, finance, embargoes no problem 687 049 592 or 622 156 022 (251051) T2

WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921 (253107) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (253107)

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WANTED, wanted, wanted!! All cars, all years, all models…from exotic to classic. Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329 (251432)

PEST CONTROL

CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN /UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (253107)

CLASSIFIEDS

COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. Serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (241240)

YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398) HAVING problems with your dog? We can show YOU how to educate your dog. Private and group classes. If you are short of time we have a pickup & home delivery service from Benalmadena to Marbella, so we are able to see you at our Pet Nursery. Professional with 20 years of experience. Tel: 670 604 172, Web: dogtm.com; Email: David@dogtm.com (253202)

CHARITIES ACE CHARITY “El Refugio” in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.acecharity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm. (93319)

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CLASSIFIEDS SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeon line.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) AT SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to fi nd a co sy spot t o curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clearout, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about rehoming, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) ARCH - THE ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE F O R H O R S E S WELCOMES VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR STABLES ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 - 12 OR BY APPOINTMENT. COME AND HELP OUT, OR SPONSOR OR ADOPT ONE OF OUR HORSES, DONKEYS OR MULES. WE ALWAYS NEED HELP WITH FUND RAISING TO LOOK AFTER THE ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. OUR AIM IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. WE ARE A SMALL FRIENDLY TEAM - WHY NOT JOIN US. FIND US IN ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, BEHIND THE VENTA MIRALMONTE ON THE ROAD FROM

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ALHAURIN TO COIN, (A404), URB.VIÑA BORREGO, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGNS. CHARITY REGISTERED WITH THE JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA NO 8448. WWW.HORSERES CUESPAIN.ORG INFO @HORSERESCUESPAIN.ORG ARCHRESCUE@YAHOO.CO.U K TEL:- 635 798 219 OR 656 935 613 OR 620 175 828. NEW: ARCH CHARITY SHOP NOW OPEN IN ALHAURIN, NEXT TO MONEY CHANGE SHOP, AVENIDA GERALD BRENAN (93322)

PET TRANSPORT

PRINTERS BUSINESS cards, flyers, posters, magazines, design, canvas, exhibition equipment, signage, vehicle branding Eyeprint: 951 310 395 www.eyeprint.es (248903)

KENNELS

EURODOG Boarding Kennels & Cattery. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es (239435)

PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drain spain.com (248852)

ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (252573) PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Fully DEFRA/OCA /TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dogworld.com (241623)

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CREATIVE MARBELLA Your friendly local printers. Luxury Printing, Copying, Binding Braded Merchandise annd Clothing, Menus, Bespoke Gifts, Wedding Accessories. Located in Poligono Industrial Nueva Campana 27 - 952 810 831 www.creativemarbella.es or follow us on Facebook (251487)

PROFESSIONAL SERV. PRO VENT. Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Windows, Glass Curtains creatively designed and expertly fitted. Visit our showroom in La Cala or call 639 727 188 for a free quotation. From inspiration to installation www.joebayley.com (250339)

PROPERTY FOR SALE

CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY, superb licensed facilities, viewing welcome. Tel: 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.cat-anddog-world.com (241623)

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.CO M is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (244876)

PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcarespain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain (243370)

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.CO M. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (244876)

LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter.Near Coin. la gunakennels@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 (253083)

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PLUMBER for all your plumbing. Water heaters, bathrooms, tiling. Benalmadena based, travel no problem. Construction work. Glen 669 073 773 (253089) www.euroweeklynews.com

BUENAVISTA, Semi-detached 3 bed, 2,5 bath townhouse, stunning views, fixed 299.000€, 648 116 789, www.townhouse-buenav ista.co.uk (251605) CALAHONDA 3bed 2bath apartment lower Calahonda. 180,000 euros. trilbybelcher@hotmail.co.uk 666 024 031 (252673) 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 fire-place and hot-air heating. Selling price: 395.000€ For more information: https.//marisisofia.word press.com e-mail: mari sisofia2.0@gmail.com Phone: +34 653 919 246 and 0049 151 538 38122 (252578) FUENGIROLA house fully refurbished as new, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, patio, solárium 65m2, Was €140,000 Reduced to €135,000. 600 063 918 (252422)

PROPERTY TO LET LONG TERM RENTALS. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522 (251171) MARBELLA, BANUS, sunny 3 bedroom apartments by Marina. Short term. Luxury private gardens, Pools, Garage. bravoelezovic @gmail.com / 34 637 439 222 (250461)

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ATTRACTIVE 2 Bed, 2 Bath, Ground Floor Apartment in DON ALBERTO Mijas Costa. Fully Furnished to high standard. Close to Pool, AirConditioning & in a very safe position. 185,000 Euros. +447850 746171 goodson.builders@icloud. com (251501)

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NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 26th May. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 (250346) EUROPE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343) STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343)

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LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343) PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garym oveit@yahoo.co.uk

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MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-european.com (93139) 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.bmceuro pean.com Tel: UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK! (243375) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/ Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.moving matters.eu (250358)

MAN AND VAN moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 8910 618 (248401) MAN & VAN Removals, Clearances. 100% reliable. Always punctual. 20€ per hour. 622 020 856 (241247) BIG VAN (removal) always on time. 100% reliable. 20€. P.H. - 633 277 270 (248897) 2 MEN, Van €30 p hour. Also House Clearances. 651 081 610 (252533) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (248380)

www.moveit-storeit.com Tel david 696 810 618 moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 8910 618 (248401) REGULAR TRIPS UK-SPAINUK. Over 30 years experience. Guaranteed lowest prices. Pets from FREE. Tel or Whatsapp: 660 030 107 (251098) www.euroweeklynews.com

ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service. Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.design (101730) R O LLER s hutte r re p airs , 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (251408)

SEWING ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices. Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judein spain@hotmail.com (253094)

SIGNS & DESIGNS EYEPRINT – 951 310 395 (248903) SHOP signs, vehicle signs, banners, window signs, 952 930 547, 603 464 582, www.signdsign1.com (249672)

SERVICES HANDYMAN & VAN – Small removals, clearances. Ikea collection & assembly. Car-Trailer available. Experienced & reliable. €20 hourly – 603 257 612

STORAGE LOCAL & International Removals Regular Schedules 952 816 582 move@freinter national.com (253105)

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R E M O V A L B O X E S Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306 STORAGE Marbella Dry Secure 952 816 582 move@freinternational.com STORAGE lowest price guaranteed. Packaging materials Self Storage Marbella 952 811 311 (242608) moveit-storeit.com Tel david 696 810 618

SITUATIONS VACANT

CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. 677 087 575 (233419)

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944 (241249)

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NEED LEAD GENERATORS? Stop using outdated outbound marketing such as cold calling and emailing, and start using modern inbound lead generation methods. We can generate targeted, focused and interested prospects for you almost immediately with our unique A.R.T. Sales Lead Generation System. Find out more by calling Mint Spain on 951 400 333 (252659) NEW YEAR, new job? JobFinder Spain adds a fresh and friendly approach to finding your ideal role. We are looking for all types of staff so upload your CV at www.jobfinderspain.com or call us on 951 400 234 (253013) www.euroweeklynews.com

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SALES TEAM WANTED FOR MARBELLA REAL ESTATE AGENCY Fluent English & Spanish required, Another language would be advantageous Must be highly motivated and Experienced in Real Estate. We are generating a large number of clients and we are now seeking professional & experienced Sales and Telesales people. We are able to offer the right candidate a working contract, salary (telesales) plus commissions and incentives

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CLASSIFIEDS LOOKING for quality staff? JobFinder Spain can help you, efficiently and cost effectively. Find out how at www.jobfinderspain.com or just call 951 400 234 (253013) DO YOU CARE? If so, why not join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £952 - £1,456 for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English, British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultuscare.com (253024) 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) BAR STAFF/CHEF WANTED FULL & PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE PLAYAMAR TORREMOLINOS CALL 604 281 620 (252529)

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WELL ESTABLISHED ESTATE AGENT in Torremolinos require a Full-Time Sales/Administration Person, speaking Spanish, English & preferably German too. Full Driving Licence. Age & Experience unimportant. Team worker with unlimited enthusiasm and a will to learn essential. Email CV to: freed manjulia@gmail.com HOMEBASED BUSINESS. GLOBAL COMPANY, UNCAPPED WILLABLE INCOME + INCENTIVES. ENGLISH + ANOTHER LANGUAGE. FULL TRAINING. CONTACT 0044 (0) 7734 864 889 or EMail dkflpglobe@out look.com (252576)

SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com

STORAGE DRY & Secure Storage – 35 cubic metre units inside warehouse. 24/7 access. 616 337 996 (250424)

S W I M M I N G P O O L S New Builds & Repairs www.costa completebuild.es Antonio 602 593 267 (251099)

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POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland re-grouts, heaters. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklenripple.net

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WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westarpools.com (253238)

SWIMMING POOLS

SITUATIONS WANTED DO YOU NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER YOUR VILLA/APARTMENT? Professional Property Management couple are looking for a LiveIn or Live-Out position in the Marbella Region. References available. Contact +44 7825 814 876 or e-mail aernyes@ymail.com

www.perfectpools.es. Maintenance, Repairs & Renovation. Professional & Reliable Service. All Areas. in fo@perfectpools.es. 650 348 785 (248413)

POOL Heatpumps from €3,995 +IVA fully installed! Solar Pool Heating, Removable Pool fencing from €59,95 per linear metre +IVA fully installed! www.advasolsolu tions.com – 951 965 309 / 664 871 133 (252412) SWIMMING pool construction, reforms, architectural services available www.advasolsolu tions.com - 951 965 309 / 664 871 133 (252412)

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CLASSIFIEDS ENGLISH CHANNELS. Movies, Sky TV, Sports, Catch-up & more. ONEOFF PAYMENT. 653 061 472 (251515) ENGLISH TV BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, ITV, CH4 & CH5. NO INTERNET NEEDED. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. GOOD PRICES. ALSO DISH REALIGNMENT. TEL: 652 023 012 (248601)

THERAPISTS CHANGE your thinking, change your life. Psychotherapist Philip Jameson. Adults, adolescents, families. 635 276 140 (253086) LIFE COACHING, stress, depression, other problems. 24 years experience. Contact 634 369 414 / info@theway christiancounselling.com / thewaychristiancounselling.c om (236862) CONFIDENTIAL Counselling via Skype/Phone or Riviera del Sol private clinic. 610 068 804 (250413)

TRANSLATOR OFFICIAL translations. All languages. 952 789 204. Mobile 654 613 094. sanpedro translations@gmail.com

TUITION MARBELLA DESIGN ACADEMY: Validated programmes. Bachelor of Arts degrees awarded by Middlesex University London. www.de signschool.com (241409)

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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 experiences, 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 con-

cept hypercar the Aston Martin Valkyrie which is forged from a one-off 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.

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features Gloucester v Stade Français, followed on Saturday by Clermont Auvergne v Saracens in the Champions Cup final… both games at Murrayfield. The triathlon World Series starts in Yokohama on Saturday. The Mutua Open tennis championship is currently taking place in Madrid. ROUND UP: Barcelona (recent 4-1 winners over Villarreal) and Real Madrid (4-0 victors at Granada) are still level at the top of La Liga. The winners of the first two classic horse races of 2017 were both trained by Aiden O’Brien…Winter (9-1) in the 1,000 Guineas and Churchill (6-4 favourite) in the 2,000 Guineas. This was O’Brien’s third Guineas double.

Three Spaniards stood on the podium at last Sunday’s MotoGP in Jerez with Dani Pedrosa, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo finishing 12-3 on home soil. Matt Neal, Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden and Rob Collard all won races at the BTCC meeting at Thruxton last weekend. England beat Ireland by eight wickets (127-3/126) and by 85 runs (328-6/243) in cricket ODI’s at Bristol and Lords. In the Diamond Games, UK’s Robbie Grabarz won silver in the high jump and Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge missed out by 22 seconds to break two hours for the marathon. Novak Djokovic has sacked his entire coaching staff as he turns to ‘shock therapy.’

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CLOSELY FOUGHT: The Econ Fuengirola Pool League. THE Econ Fuengirola Pool League got off to a flying start again this year. By the halfway mark Alba Garden were consistently ahead of second place Anchor Bar until the last few games. The Anchor team suddenly pulled away to win the league with 151 points, leaving Alba Garden three points behind on 149. Kombardu Finns were third with 130 points. The presentation evening was hosted by the Anchor Bar in Torreblanca on Thursday May 4. The individual tournament trophy went to Darren Baker from Alba Garden who beat Marco Laakeri from Kombardu Finns 43. The doubles tournament trophy went to Don Crowley and Darren Baker from Alba Garden who beat Steve Lewis and Sean Wright from Mariners 4-1. Steve Garbett from the Anchor team took

the top ranking players knockout trophy beating Marco Laakeri 3-1. The overall top ranked player this year was a draw between Steve Garbett and Ross Hedley from Anchor Bar and Darren Baillie from Dixies. They all had 17 points and received a cue and case. The Seven Balled trophies were won by: Jesus Blanco, Jay Cochrane, Ross Hedley, Allan Doig, Don Crowley, Jose Serrato, Adrian Romero, Keith Forrestal, Darren Baker, Kevan Lawson, Joni Immonen, Chris Pyott, Adrian Romero, Timo Vainiomäki, Stuart Lapping, George Belton and Teemu Sahi. Econ league veteran Michel Catozzi, who turned a spritghtly 80 this year, received a special ‘most elderly league player’ trophy. For more information call 609 504 427 or visit www.econpool.com.

Last weekend Blackburn Rovers were relegated to FL1 (they were last in the third tier in 1980)… Hartlepool United have lost their League status after 96 years’ membership as Newport County survived, and Portsmouth won the FL2 championship on the last day of the season, ahead of Doncaster and Plymouth. The FA has banned Manchester City from

signing youth players. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) is the world’s richest footballer with a bank balance of £110m; Wayne Rooney is worth £93m while F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is the world’s richest sportsman with £131m in his account. And this is obscene - Manchester United have spent £1.16 billion on players in the Premiership era (1992-2017)… £528m in the last five years alone! Chelsea’s new £82m ground may not be ready until 2021, meaning they could play home games at Wembley (90,000 capacity), the London Stadium (66,000), Twickenham (82,000)

or Reading’s Madejski Stadium (24,182). England World Cup winner Martin Peters has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and Everton star Aaron Lennon has a mental health problem so do 62 other footballers! World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will fight Tyson Fury next April, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. Ben Youngs has pulled out of the British Lions’ tour to New Zealand. And a fund set up for Surreyborn F4 driver Billy ‘The Whizz’ Monger (18) who had both legs amputated after crashing at Donington Park recently, has raised £800,000+.

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Victorious win for Crusaders MALAGA CC won the toss and elected to bowl. Nasir Dar and Waqas Ahmed won Man of the Match for their brilliant all-round show. The match was officiated by umpire Roger Alcock, who has umpired at the highest level in England, and Mike. Scores: 35 Overs Costa Del Sol Crusaders 244-9 (Nasir Dar 75, Amjid Ali 25, Rob Martin 25, Naveed 3-33, Waqas Ahmed 2-50). Vs Malaga CC 140 allout (Waqas Ahmed 57, Azeem Sikander 30, Nasir Dar 4-8, Shaan 231) Crusaders won By 96 runs.

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Chelsea are champions-elect while Middlesbrough face relegation Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

EVENTS DIARY: After Spurs’ shock 1-0 defeat at West Ham last Friday Chelsea having sent Middlesbrough down on Monday - will be crowned Premiership champions for the fifth time tomorrow night if they win at West Bromwich Albion (live on Sky Sport). Other PL games this weekend include relegation battlers Crystal Palace against Hull… 4th placed Manchester City (re-

cent 5-0 winners over Palace) v Leicester… Spurs (2nd) v Manchester United… Stoke v Arsenal (who ended Jose Mourinho’s team’s 25-match unbeaten run last Sunday)… and West Ham v Liverpool (3rd). On Tuesday, Juventus (2-0 up) met Monaco in the second leg of their CL semi-final and last night Atletico (2-0 down) played Madrid rivals Real in their second leg encounter. Tonight it’s Manchester United (leading 1-0) v Celta Vigo and Lyon (trailing 1-4) v Ajax in the Europa League semi-final second legs. On Sunday, it’s Blackpool v Luton and Carlisle v Exeter in the first legs of the FL2 play-off semi-finals while Forest Green Rovers play Tranmere Rovers

in the National League play-off final at Wembley. Also there are several Scottish League promotion/relegation play-offs (including Dundee United v Morton) and on Saturday Manchester City Ladies meet Birmingham Ladies in the women’s FA Cup final. Castleford (top) play Hull (2nd) tomorrow night in Rugby’s Super League. In golf, it’s the Players’ Championship at Sawgrass and the Portuguese Open (May 11-14). The Spanish F1 Grand Prix takes place in Barcelona on Sunday. Tomorrow, Rugby Union’s European Challenge Cup final

DIEGO COSTA: Helped Chelsea send Middlesbrough down.

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