ISSUE NO. 1670
A XARQUÍA - C OSTA T ROPICAL
6 - 12 July 2017
Toxic tip Probe continues A €30,000 fine issued by the national Environmental Ministry soon after the illegal tip in Nerja’s Rio de la Miel became operational in 2000 was reportedly annulled by the Junta de Andalucia. It comes as Alberto Armijo, Deputy Chief of Employment, European Resources and New Technology for Malaga provincial council, claimed he was “never” ordered to close the site by the regional authority. Investigators have arrested 12 people, are investigating 25 others and have confiscated 170 items worth €5 million following the scandal as a police probe continues. The site, which is located in the National Park of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama near Nerja, was previously a working quarry owned by the council, before being exploited as an unauthorised dumping ground for 16 years. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has labelled the landfill “a genuine environmental disaster” and has also launched an investigation following complaints filed by the Association of Construction and Demolition Waste Management Companies of Andalusia (AGRECA) and the Spanish Federation of Associations of Construction Waste Management Companies and Demolition.
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Shocking By Matt Ford A vulgar poster which appeared outside a Torre del Mar car park has sparked a manhunt. It comes after the sexist notice, featuring a naked woman with an explicit slogan splashed across her buttocks, prompted a social media storm. The mysterious advert was displayed at the entrance to an underground public car park managed by a private company in the town centre. It was removed after less than an hour, when deputy mayor Jesus Carlos Perez Atencia was alerted to its presence and tipped off Local Police, who immediately ripped it down and launched a probe. The trail of evidence led to Central American country Belize, where a website associated with the artwork is registered. This features more sexually explicit photos with the message ‘Coming soon, this is just the beginning’ in Spanish alongside a registration form and a clock counting down to Saturday July 15. The coalition council expressed its disgust at the graphic artwork, with Councillor Atencia declaring that “we cannot say
POSTER: Did nothing to promote gender equality. much until the investigation has ended, but I do want to make it very clear that we do not agree with this kind of sexist poster, which denigrates the image of women and does nothing to promote gender equality.” He added that the town hall has not yet established the identity of the company responsible, but that the advertising board is one of 30 overseen by the same firm which runs the car park, and that the perpetrator will be charged after “surpassing the limits of the fundamental rights of minorities, intima-
cy, respect and coexistence.” The opposition Popular Party wasted no time in blaming the council, as spokesman Francisco Delgado Bonilla expressed his amazement that they allowed “this insulting, ma-
cho, humiliating, shameful and sexist campaign” to go ahead. Investigators said that identifying those responsible will be complicated due to the lack of a public register for advertisers.
Sewage shambles THE company awarded the 2014 contract to complete the Nerja wastewater treatment plant is in the hands of administrators after declaring debts amounting to €1.6 billion. Having failed to obtain the necessary credit to stay afloat, Isolux-CorsanCorviam will be unable to finish the project, with no end in sight for a saga that has dragged on for two decades. Although the main plant is 96 per cent complete, a pumping station must be constructed on Burriana beach and underground infrastructure installed in the town centre. The scheme is being financed by the Spanish Environmental Ministry, and Nerja Council said in a statement that it has requested an “urgent” meeting in order to find out what is going on. In the meantime, Nerja remains one of the few municipalities in Malaga Province that continues to pump raw sewage directly into the sea.
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Red alert LA HERRADURA is the proud host to a tomato weighing 1.5 kilos after local man, Jose Antonio, cultivated the giant fruit. His 93-year-old father, Antonio Barbero, said he had been growing tomatoes all his life and was amazed at its size.
Bay watch MOTRIL’S councillor for Tourism, Alicia Crespo, has announced the town’s lifeguard service will be delayed due to the company responsible resigning. She says the service will begin soon.
Park life ALMUNECAR and La Herradura’s councils are now enforcing the areas’ blue zone parking system in which drivers will be able to park from 11am to 3pm and 7pm to 10pm for a maximum of six hours.
By Matt Ford KING FELIPE VI and Queen Letizia of Spain are set to travel to the UK for their State Visit from July 12-14. It comes as the British Royal Family announced that Prince Harry is to undertake his first official role during their stay at Buckingham Palace. The young prince will escort the Spanish guests on a tour of Westminster Abbey on the third day of the whistle-stop tour, while the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will perform no official role. He will accompany the pair as they lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior before being taken on a brief tour of the Abbey by the Dean. The king and queen will also receive the customary Horse Guards Parade and a state carriage procession along the mall before a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street. Felipe will address MPs and Lords in the Palace of Westmin-
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ster and speak alongside Queen Elizabeth at the traditional State Banquet. The event was originally due to take place from June 6-8 but was postponed in light of the UK General Election in which the Conservative Party saw their commons majority crumble. It will be the first State Visit by the Spanish royals since that of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia in 1986, and it remains to be seen whether Felipe chooses to
raise the thorny issue of Gibraltar. During a 2016 United Nations speech he said: “I invite the UK, on this first occasion at the UN after Brexit, to end the colonial anachronism of Gibraltar with an agreed solution between both countries to restore the territorial integrity of Spain.”
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Baby for sale A COUPLE in their 70’s have been arrested for allegedly handing over €100,000 to a Russian woman in exchange for her eight-month-old baby. The child has been placed in the care of child protective services in Malaga after the man and woman tried to take it in, reportedly because they wanted an heir to their fortune of several properties. A lawyer and a Russian interpreter have also been arrested for their crime of allegedly helping to alter the child’s paternity. National Police officers started investigating in May when the couple took the child to a doctor to test for a congenital disease. The doctor asked to see the baby’s biological mother and became suspicious, alerting child protection services. It was found the mother was a 30-year-old Russian woman, who had travelled to Spain a month before giving birth in a private clinic and falsely registering the child’s father. She
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Fair means or fowl THE mayor of Alcaucin, Mario Blancke, has come under fire for building a small chicken coop on public land next to his home. It comes as a court case over construction of illegal homes in the village, with former councillors implicated, continues. While opposition counterparts have called for him to resign, Blancke has demolished the offending enclosure and vowed to stay in office.
In the act LOCAL POLICE in Motril dramatically intercepted two men as they burgled a house in the town centre. The thieves were held after officers received a call from a homeowner claiming someone had broken in. Finding the locks forced and drawers emptied of their contents, police heard neighbours shout the suspects had made their way onto the roof and caught them after a short chase.
€4.3m tax aid THOUSANDS of people in Velez-Malaga will benefit from help to pay their property tax, known as IBI, after the council ear-marked millions of euros in its 2017 budget. The move is expected to assist around 26,200 families in total, 1,893 of whom were previously ineligible, with aid capped at €500 per home and €1,500 for multiple properties.
Art folk UNTIL Saturday July 15, Competa will be hosting a summer exhibition by female artists at Galeria Luz de la Vida. There is a free talk by some of the participants tomorrow (Friday) night and the gallery will be open Thursday and Friday 11.00-14.00 and 17.00 - 20.00 and on Saturday 11.0014.00. For more information, contact in fo@lieuwkeloth.nl or visit www.luzdelavi da.es.
Having a dig TORROX Council’s decision to replace sand lost to high waves on Ferrara beach last week has been criticised by residents and tourists, after beachgoers found themselves topping up their tans alongside several tractors and an excavator. Some complained about the noise, while others were furious over the lack of safety measures
SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...19 With over 70 million tourists visiting the country in 2016, Spain’s airports are booming, as Madrid and Barcelona both ranked in the 2017 global Top 10 compiled by travel compensation experts AirHelp.
MADRID’S Adolfo Suarez MadridBarajas and Barcelona’s El Prat airports placed seventh and eighth respectively in AirHelp’s passenger satisfaction survey. The former remains the most sizeable airport in Spain covering 3,050 hectares, and also includes the country’s biggest terminal. The iconic T4 building was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners and features a bamboo linear roof structure, plus a series of cutting-edge environmental measures designed to significantly reduce energy consumption. In addition to trailing Madrid in the
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customer service stakes, Barcelona airport is also the second-largest in the country despite having been extended twice since a major expansion for the 1992 Olympic Games. Until 2008 the internal Barcelona-
Madrid shuttle service was the world’s busiest route with 971 services per week in 2007. The schedule was reduced with the opening of the high speed AVE train line in February 2008.
MORE than 1,000 cannabis plants have been seized from secret farms in Arenas del Rey and Santa Fe which may be to blame for recent power outages in the area. Five people were held for growing il-
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BAD PLANNING: Huesca-Pyrenees Airport.
MADRID-BARAJAS airport topped the 2016 passenger chart, after 50.4 million travellers passed through the hub, while 44.2 million were handled by Barcelona-El Prat in second place. Completing the top five were Palma de Mallorca with 26.2 million, Malaga-Costa del Sol with 16.7 million and Alicante-Elche with 12.3 million voyagers. Among these, Madrid was the only airport to register annual growth of less than 10 per cent, with Malaga and Alicante both increasing by more than 15 per cent. The Huesca-Pyrenees Airport saw the least traffic with just 95 passengers, a nosedive of 193.7 per cent since 2010. It was designed to carry snow-seekers to Pyrenean
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WITH a population of 46.5 million, Spain has more airports (52) than provinces (50). Among these, 47 are managed by state air navigation manager AENA, but only six - Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, Gran Canaria, Alicante-Elche, Tenerife Sur, Gerona, Bilbao and Murcia - are profitable.
legal plants and tapping into the public energy supplies after locals complained about strong smells and unexplained electricity cuts.
Horror smash THREE people were hurt after a private ambulance carrying a 90-year-old patient
Drought fears are increasing JOSE FISCAL, Velez-Malaga’s councillor for the Environment, has said the increasing lack of water supplies in the Viñuela reservoir are “beginning to take their toll.” The councillor agreed that recent irrigation cuts, preventing farmers watering their crops one day a week, with the aim of reducing water use by 10 per cent, are not working. Councillor Fiscal has said he will now commission a report to ascertain whether the scheme is viable, and if not, will do away with the watering ban. Farmers are now claiming the drought facing Axarquia is being “aggravated” by the lack of infrastructure
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to import water from other areas. Following three years of scarce winter rainfall, farmers and politicians are calling on the Junta de Andalucia to sign off on the plans, which would see three pipelines installed following plans first promised over 10 years ago. The first would run from Concepcion to Viñuela, the second from Iznajar in Cordoba and the third from Rules in Granada, with work scheduled to begin in October according to the regional authority. Environmentalists have criticised the plans since they involve connecting different river basins together.
collided with a concrete mixer lorry on the A-7 motorway near Torrox. The pensioner and lorry driver escaped with minor injuries, but a 26-year-old nurse travelling in the ambulance was seriously injured and transferred to the regional hospital.
Trash talking ALMUÑECAR Council has changed the town’s rubbish collection schedule in an effort to smarten up its streets. Public bins will now be on the roads only from 9.30pm, a move which has reportedly been well-received by residents and businesses, who were said to be unhappy with the unsightly containers.
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The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1669 of the Euro Weekly News Axarquía - Costa Tropical edition, including 31 local stories.
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The State of the Nation IT appears that there is the start of a major power struggle within the Conservative party as Prime Minister Theresa May appears consistently out of her depth. Various ministers are sniping at each other, either directly or indirectly and it looks as if Boris Johnson is lining up against Philip Hammond, two of the favourites to take over from Mrs May if she is forced to resign. Initial discussions on Brexit haven’t been terribly successful and there is still no agreement about the future of British passport holders living in the EU or EU passport holders living in the UK although it appears that Britain is prepared to continue to honour medical arrangements including the EH1C card for holidaymakers. David Davis walked away from his first meeting with EU negotiator Michel Barnier leaving more questions than answers and the threat of the ‘divorce bill’ if accepted could mean that Britain could have been better off financially by staying in the EU for another decade. The Labour Party has revelled in the fact it can appear united and take pot shots at a struggling government which turned to the DUP for support when in fact it could have relied on the absenteeism of Sinn Fein MPs to allow it to rule as a minority government thus saving taxpayers £1 billion.
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Fire forces 40 from homes By Sally Underwood
FORTY people in Torrox have been evacuated from their homes following an early morning fire in the Barranco de Perez and Loma de Paniagua. Firefighters rushed to the scene, battling the flames which were rapidly spread by the wind. After covering three hectares of land, they extinguished the blaze, removing people from six houses in the area. Homeowners were allowed back into their properties around 3pm, although one house is reported to have been very badly damaged. It is not known how the fire started. Elsewhere in Axarquia, a recent forest fire in Benagalbon was extinguished with the help of two helicopters and 27 Infoca workers after five hectares of scrubland and olive grove caught fire. In Velez-Malaga another fire broke out in a rural area but was quickly put out.
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Pique up the pieces FC BARCELONA defender Gerard Pique, 30, and pop star partner Shakira, 40, caused a stir at Lionel Messi’s wedding in Stars causing a stir. Rosario, Argentina last Friday. After joining a host of stars at the lavish ceremony, Pique reportedly lost €15,000 at a local casino, while his Colombian squeeze sparked a social media storm by choosing a dress she had previously worn for a fashion shoot.
Daddy’s girl TIFFANY ARIANA TRUMP, 23, youngest daughter of United States President Donald Trump, has been making waves in Marbella after jetting in on a private plane for a break with boyfriend Ross Mechanic, 22. The couple stayed at the Puente Romano Hotel and were reportedly accompanied by agents from the US Secret Service.
HE has sold more than nine million records and 30 million singles worldwide. And superstar DJ David Guetta seemed inspired by 2009 hit ‘When Love Takes Over’ as he frolicked with model girlfriend Jessica Ledon on Formentera island near Ibiza. The 49-year-old split from wife of 22 years Cathy, with who he has two children, in 2014, and has been dating the Cuban temptress for over two years.
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Jess for the record But the pair clearly remain besotted by one another as they shared a series of steamy embraces on a luxury yacht after 24-year-old Jessica slipped into a barely-there thong bikini before leaping into the crystal clear water as David captured the moment on his phone. The French maestro has just released a smooth funk remix of
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SHE’S been described as famous for being famous. But 36-year-old former It girl Paris Hilton certainly looked the part as she hosted the Foam and Diamonds Opening Night Party at the Amnesia nightspot in Ibiza. Having slipped into a plunging sheer gold dress decorated with sequins, the hotel heiress completed her outfit with a diamond choker and sparkling crown. AUSTRALIAN cricket legend Shane Warne, Her 32-year-old beau Chris Zylka, 47, is thought to be holed up in a stunning manan actor and model, opted to dress sion near Marbella after he took to Instagram to down in black t-shirt and matching caption a photo: ‘Home for the next 10 days in jeans. Spain, time for some rays & a swim!!!!!!!!’ The couple have been dating since the He is in Andalucia to celebrate daughter turn of the year and shared a cheeky emBrooke’s 20th birthday with his other kids brace in front of the cameras before joining Jackson and Summer, the quartet later posing Shane with hi thousands of revellers inside the famous together at the Gibraltar border. s kids. club.
Bruno Mars’ Versace on the Floor, and he plainly possesses some debonair charm of his own as his curvaceous partner showered him with hugs and kisses. It comes after the couple made their relationship public at a 2016 French state dinner at the Elysee Palace in honour of Cuban President Raul Castro. Chris Zylka/Instagram
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Off his brolly HE has described his teams as playing heavy metal football. But 50-year-old Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s softer side was on display as he relaxed on party island Ibiza with wife Ulla Sandrock and friends. At one point the charismatic German was seen sporting a bizarre multi-coloured parasol on his head before he posed for photos with fans. He later lounged on an outdoor bed sipping Champagne and smoking, clearly relaxed after recently signing Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah from Roma for a club record fee. The Scouse club have eight pre-season friendlies lined up before the Premier League campaign gets under way, starting against Tranmere on July 12.
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€14,000 for Alzheimer’s care By Sally Underwood LA CAIXA bank has donated thousands of Euros towards non-pharmacological treatment for patients with
Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The bank, which has carried out the philanthropy through its Obra Social (social work) scheme, has
signed an agreement with the Association of Relatives of Alzheimer ’s Patients in Almuñecar (Afavida) to rehabilitate the cognitive capacity of sufferers, prolonging their independence and improving their quality of life. The signing, which took place in the town’s Services Centre, was attended by councillor for Social Services, Maria del Carmen Reinoso; the director of La Caixa, Almuñecar, Encarnacion Lopez, as well as the president and vice-president of Afavida, Ana Maria Guerrero and Concepcion Bautista. Both the councillor and the Afavida representatives have thanked La Caixa for their support, saying, “we will continue to try to offer further and better services
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Padel pals ALMUÑECAR has hosted the Andalucian Padel Circuit, attracting 240 pairs, from cub level to juniors. The event was played on 13 courts across the Rio Verde sports complex, Francisco Bonet Stadium and La Herradura’s courts.
Golden day GOOD DEED: La Caixa signs the deal. for our patients.” They added, “thanks to the contribution of €13,700 from La Caixa’s Obra Social, the Afavida Association can begin to buy the necessary materials for a Snoezelen (multi-sensory) room that will improve the rehabilitation treatment of Alzheimer’s patients.”
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The programme will run for a year and cover 25 patients from the Afavida Association, which has been running in the town for 10 years. Non-pharmacological therapy for those with Alzheimer ’s focuses on: “cognitive rehabilitation for affected capacities including memory, attention-span, language skills, as well as occupational therapy, physical exercise training in basic daily activities and help with behaviour.”
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from Motril have unearthed pieces of gold and ceramic from caves in Granada. They believe the finds date back to the Nasrid Kingdom, established in 1230 by Mohammed I ibn Nasr.
Express mail RESIDENTS in La Herradura will no longer have to travel to Almuñecar to post their packages since the town’s post office will now be offering a full range of services.
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Clean and green By Sally Underwood MARINA DEL ESTE has gained its 23rd Blue Flag, denoting the area’s commitment to hygiene, environmental controls and safety. The official ceremony for the raising of the environmental award was presided over by the managing director of the Marinas del Mediterraneo group, Manuel Raigon, along with the Environment and Tourism councillors, Luis Aragon and Rafael Caballero. Also at the event were the marina’s chief of maintenance,
CLEAN BEACH: Attendees watch the flag-raising. a representative of the Guardia Civil and several sailors. Marina del Este Marina is located to the east of Punta de la Mona and La Herradura, in a natural beauty spot between the
mountains and the sea. Sheltered from the west, it has 227 berths for boats with a maximum length of 35 metres and a yard dedicated to boat repair, serving all boats in the area.
Boat life in La Herradura WATER-LOVERS are set to benefit from a new boat ramp on La Herradura beach, as well as wooden bollards preventing cars from parking on the sand. The work has begun with the installation of wooden barriers starting near Chiringuito Bueno and continuing in the direction of Cerro Gordo until the Los Novos urbanisation. Construction has also started to a new stone
breakwater which will allow the new boat ramp to be built. The pier, which will use 500 cubic metres of stones, will be concreted to a width of 4.5 metres, while three metres of parking will be added to the beach. A provisional large capacity car park is also already in place, located on the beach front.
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THE LAUNCH: Revellers enjoy the party.
Revamped beach bar opens ONE of Almuñecar’s longeststanding beach-front bars, Chiringuito Primera Ola, has reopened its doors on Velilla beach following extensive refurbishment.
The bar is the third of its kind to be revamped on the same beach, and the 10th across Almuñecar and La Herradura. The shiny new interior now boasts modern, white fit-
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tings and new seating. Owned by the same couple for more than two decades, Trinidad Herrera, the town’s mayor, was on hand to congratulate the family on their work. A large party, attended by around 100 family and friends, marked the reopening, with music by DJ Marcos, food tastings and fireworks.
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It’s good to share RINCON DE LA VICTORIA has opened registration for its second ever free coworking office space. Around 20 entrepreneurs will benefit from this initiative, which aims to develop businesses through training, personalised mentoring and workshops. This second edition is expe c te d to a ttra c t 20 bus iness, which will be innovative and show potential for growth, and is designed for entrepreneurs who have not yet formed their company or are in a very early stage
of development. During the five months from July to December 2017, participants will receive support in starting up of their companies, including work space, training, mentoring, workshops and events.
Designed for entrepreneurs who are in an early stage of development. The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Josefa Carnero, explained the objective of the project is “to promote employment and training, supporting new entrepreneurial initiatives so that they achieve success.” He added, “we will contin-
ue working to develop schemes that will promote an entrepreneurial culture whose economic benefits directly impact our municipality.” A minimum of 16 and a maximum of 22 entrepreneurs can get involved in the project, each business hosting between one and three people in the space. Registration will remain open until all the places are taken. Anyone interested in joining the programme may submit an application at w w w. e o i . e s / e s / e s p a c i o s coworking/rincon-de-la-vic toria-2-edicion, or request more information at the office of APAL Delphos, located on Calle Arroyo Totalan, in Edificio Puerta Axarquia. The coworking office space itself is located on Calle Ancla in la Cala del Moral.
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Musicminded MOTRIL is set to host its Musica Sur (southern music) festival from September 23 to 29 in Teatro Calderon, Casa de la Condesa de Torre Isbale and Azucar museum.
Piano man DAVID GOMEZ, a famous pianist is set to perform a concert of classical tunes by Chopin and others, against the backdrop of 200 candles outside the Santa Cruz aqueduct on Wednesday July 12.
Feria over ALMAYATE’S annual feria has come to an end with an emotional concert by brothers Kiko and Shara following three days of intense celebration throughout the town.
High design FABIO HIDALGO RODRIGUEZ, a 20-year-old man from Velez-Malaga, has won the town’s design competition, winning €250. The contest was aimed at the town’s young people, with entrants aged an average of 25-yearsold.
Lucky lotto SHOPS in Almuñecar are offering clients spending over €20 a chance to join in the town’s raffle. Entries can be made until July 12, with the draw held on July 14.
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Wedding bells NERJA’S Town Hall is now offering civil ceremonies. Every Wednesday couples can say “I do” in front of a Justice of the Peace for free for both residents and foreigners alike.
Food fest TORROX is set to host its Sabor a Malaga (flavour of Malaga) festival from Friday to Sunday, showcasing the best of the region’s produce, including mango, honey and garlic.
AKA 2nd NERJA’S municipal sports centre has hosted the 12th International Karate Cup, with local club AKA coming second, beating off competition from Andalucia and La Mancha.
Water baby THE 32nd provincial swimming circuit is coming to Frigiliana this Saturday at the municipal swimming pool. The event takes place around Andalucia, concluding in Malaga on August 5.
Dance on MEMBERS of Frigiliana’s youth dance groups will be performing a special show in the town’s Plaza de las Tres Culturas on Saturday.
Red carpet TORROX’S mayor, Oscar Medina, has cut the ribbon at the town’s new senior citizens centre. The building offers space for classes, dancing and workshops, as well as leisure facilities.
New road VELEZ-MALAGA’S Council has opened the new Carril de Sevilla, an 800 metre street, complete with cycle lane, designed to facilitate access to the Axarquia Comarcal Hospital.
THE opening of Nerja’s fire station has been pushed back again until after the summer, prompting outrage from firefighters. The station, which is almost fully completed, has been promised since 2009, and most recently delayed by a disagreement between Nerja’s Council and the Junta de Andalucia. Fire workers have now shown their anger at the latest postponement by
Fire station delayed again hanging banners on the site. In March, following protests over the delay the town’s councillor for Civil Protection and Firemen, Oscar Jimenez, provided an update on the building’s progress. Mr Jimenez explained it was caused by a €90,000 bill for modifications to
the building’s original design. He added a conflict had broken out between Nerja’s City Council and the Junta, who are sharing the costs, over who should pick up the additional bill. The councillor insisted Nerja’s own government had done everything it can, explaining, “we are waiting for
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the government in Malaga to open the new Park,” and that “the council has done its duties and our priority is for the new station to be inaugurated and to be able to provide a good service for Nerja.” The latest delay comes after a spate of recent fires in Torrox and Nerja, with one woman suffering second-degree burns following a gas explosion in a restaurant in Nerja’s centre.
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Guardia Civil launch summer campaign for safer vacations THE Guardia Civil has launched a campaign, with the title Ten Hints, which seeks to encourage responsible behaviour while tourists and residents enjoy their well-deserved vacations. They have produced 17 short video clips which look at safety for individuals and regard for the environment in public and holiday areas. The advice has been placed in five different categories, all of which appear to be overlooked at times during the summer and when an element of holiday ‘excitement’ makes people forget the obvious. In addition to the actual advice, suggestions are made as to the specialist divisions of the Guardia Civil, who are
responsible for different areas of policing. Firstly, the organisation reminds holidaymakers of the importance of protecting the environment and animals. This includes not leaving dogs in hot cars without water and ventilation, individuals not throwing burning cigarette ends away (due to the strong possibility of starting a wildfire) and reminding all that rubbish of any type (including dog excrement) needs to be removed and disposed of properly. The next topic covered is that of travel by road - which many people do - from holidaymakers travelling to second homes on the coast, to first time visitors driving hire cars. The most important advice is never drive having taken alcohol or drugs, use
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seat belts at all times, respect the speed limits and never text or use a mobile phone when driving. Don’t make it easy for burglars, especially at home in this very hot weather, by leaving windows and doors open, (particularly when you are sleeping) and be alert to possible thefts on the streets, as mobile phones and bags can disappear in the blink of an eye. Many tourists enjoy the outdoor life but too many go hiking or climbing with inadequate clothing, (especially footwear). The advice is to always take sufficient liquid and wherever possible, a mobile phone in case of accidents. Every summer, reports abound of people drowning (often when caught in treacherous tides or from the shock of diving into very cold water) and children need to be watched at all times, both in the sea and when near swimming pools.
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Has life become better or worse on the Spanish Costas over the past 30 years? Armed with industrial quantities of Factor-50, author and former resident Terence Kennedy hit the carretera to find out. FLASHBACK: Calle San Miguel in Torremolinos, which was among southern Spain’s original popular tourist destinations.
CHANGING FACE: Calle San Miguel remains popular with locals and tourists alike to this day.
IN the early 80’s, hit by a super sales pitch so hard that if it had been the Titanic the iceberg would have sunk, we bought ‘our dream home on the Costa.’ Back in the old days some property salesmen were so persistent that once they got a foot in the door, they would keep it there until gangrene almost set in. We quickly realised - after buying while still a few years short of our 40th birthdays - that we had personally jumped the gun in our own life pattern, and in doing so only succeeded in bringing down the average expat age in our urbanizacíon from 66 to 65.5. So after completing a book project we eventually sold up and moved on. Last month - three decades on - we returned to a noticeably busier, brighter and bronzer coast. But has life improved in southern Spain over all those years... for more than perhaps the cement manufacturers? According to the famous French proverb, ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Well hasta la vista baby; if it weren’t for the street sign where we once called home, we felt we could have been on a different planet entirely. Where our hills were alive with cicadas, now it’s cement mixers and a toll road, and what we paid for our house now barely buys a bike-rack. Where Brits formerly arrived at the airport laden with baked beans, Angel Delight and Marmite, those who still insist they won’t eat ‘foreign muck’ can now buy their own imported choice items in even the smallest supermercados.
Tourism magnet The statistics are truly astonishing: when we left 30 years ago, officially there were just 250,000 foreignborn people living in Spain. Today, deep breath, it’s 4.5 million, or some 10 per cent of the nation’s entire population. The UK’s Financial Times says Spain is the most favoured destination for other Europeans considering moving, chas-
Si señor! A truly enviable lifestyle THERE’S no denying the magnificent quality of life in southern Spain today, with more foreigners than ever able to enjoy it in an era of enormous mobility and cheap travel. It actually cost us on our visit more to park our car at our home airport Toulouse than the price of the flights from France. And once settled into the holiday mode where else, for instance, could an everyday gal afford to buy a ‘genuine’ Gucci bag on the beachfront or if you prefer Louis Vuitton - with the label changed following a quick dab of glue. “No problem señor!” Where else can one live in a t-shirt and shorts for the majority of the year... and skin-cancer be damned? Where else can you browse happily in fleets of shops called ‘Toda Una Euro’ and
not actually find anything priced at a euro? Where else can you brave the throngs of car-hire touts at the airport on arrival and be offered a week’s rental for a breathtaking €1.80 (but then read the [very] fine-print: ‘Mandatory insurance €200’)? Looking back to the 80’s and crossing the dreaded coastal carretera used to be a dice with death. But now all you have to conquer is vertigo as you stride across the overpasses. There are also many more shops of more variety including the top designer brand names as well as numerous Chinese bazaars that are the equivalent to the ‘open-allhours’ corner-stores in the UK. Further food for thought is provided with more restaurants and cafes of every
persuasion than even a customer on steroids could handle. There’s a lifestyle our forefathers could only dream of, in a country where many still believe it is one’s birth-right to sleep for three hours in the afternoon and keep the children out long past midnight. Equally intriguing - especially to anyone ‘of a certain age’ - is that in the main all bar and restaurant toilets can be used by the public, whether customers or not. That dovetails perfectly with the first rule of becoming a senior citizen: never pass a public toilet…
FLASHBACK: The Plaza de la Costa del Sol in Torremolinos with Fiat 500s the car of the day in the mid 70’s. The old photographs featured are courtesy of Torremolinos Chic Facebook page. Readers with old
COASTAL ROUTE: The N340/A7 Carretera is the Costas’ land link to the main resorts throughout Spain.
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SKYLINE CHANGE: Carihuela Beach today, with Torremolinos a much-changed but everpopular resort with tourists from all over Europe. ing what The Economist in London says is now the world’s 10th-highest quality of life. The British authorities estimate that the real population of Britpats living in Spain is far bigger than official Spanish figures suggest, at anywhere up to a million. And around 800,000 are permanent residents. Are you as gobsmacked as I was to learn from the BBC that, contrary to popular belief, only 21.5 per cent are in fact over the age of 65?
Never mind the residents, how about the tourists? As the world’s second-biggest tourism magnet after France, Spain has seen numbers rocket to a staggering 75 million annually. That’s a whole heap of suntan lotion and Ambar Especial Lager, especially on the Costas! But let’s not wear any rose-tinted glasses. The Spanish coast in the 80’s was already far from resembling that fabled and quaint little fishing port with a few bobbing boats that was Torremolinos,
FLASHBACK: Carihuela Beach in Torremolinos when the resort started becoming popular with tourists, initially mainly from Scandinavia. when its first hotel opened on the Costa del Sol in 1960 and helped along with other key resorts of the time to unleash today’s torrent of tourists. Even by the time we hit the coast in the days when shoulder pads and big hair dos were in fashion, and when Wham, Donna Summers and Stevie Wonder were in the British pop charts, you had about as much chance of finding a summer car park space in the major resorts as you did of winning El Gordo.
Sunny outlook to taxing thoughts IN a globalising world Spain may cling on to its unique and familiar habits. But for how long? One amazing change noted since the 80’s is how industrious the otherwise laid-back Spanish appear to have become. The Spanish actually spend more time working than many of their counterparts in Europe: 1,691 hours each year while the British put in 1,674 and the Germans just 1,371, says the OECD. These days statistics also show that almost 60 per cent of Spaniards never have a siesta. Yet some things have stayed stubbornly the same, including Spain’s agonised relationship with Gibraltar.
I found it almost comforting that, just as decades ago, one can still whizz along the carretera and see The Rock rising magnificently out of the mist, yet not encounter a single road-sign pointing to it until virtually within sight of its ‘OTT-English’ teashops and red telephone kiosks. Nor are many expats (here’s looking at you, the Brits) apparently any more fluent in the local language than they were 30 years ago. One quick survey recently showed that a third rarely or never meet Spanish people, apart from in shops and restaurants, and that 60 per cent speak little or no Spanish. Indeed, we met one Brit who is
ABOUT THE AUTHOR IRISH journalist, author and addictive traveller Terence Kennedy lived briefly on the Spanish coast with his Dutch wife Elise in the early 1980s, after crossing some 76 countries in a
The song of the cement mixer was already pervasive, as Spanish speculators fell over each other to colonise vast tracts of coastline and were steadily forced further and further inland. As land pressure increased, buying into a complex which ‘overlooks the sea’ could mean you’d need to drag your bucket and spade several kilometres each way to get there, up hills which would make ideal Land Rover testing ground. To an outside eye at least, the worst of the excesses are now past though the development continues apace (and amazingly to this once-burned writer at least, the often-maligned timeshare is actually experiencing a resurgence). Fewer deserted building skeletons bear witness to the at-times greed and hopeless optimism of the 80’s.
Amazing beaches
GOOD LIFE: British expats enjoy the Spanish lifestyle... but many still speak only English. endearingly restricted to ordering petrol in one of the three or four amounts he can actually ask for in Spanish. Even so he has comfortably lived life in Spain for more than 15 years after a near lifetime working in the Far and Middle East after heading abroad following the still clearly remembered UK miners’ strikes and three-day week.
Citroen 2CV for no apparent reason. He has worked variously as a newspaper reporter and columnist, a ‘spectacularly inept’ railway clerk, a rock and jazz drummer, a radio and television scriptwriter and announcer, and a
Having at times lived in tax-free states he wistfully points out the only thing nowadays easily obtainable untaxed in Spain - following the 2008 recession and a tightening of council belts - is the sun. “But hey ho,” he jokingly says. “That’s a small price to pay to feel the sun on my back for eight months of every year and to have London less than three hours away.”
magazine editor. Among his books, the eccentric story of their oddball travels was published as ‘A Nonsense of Direction’ (now out of print but due for re-publication as an e-book). When static, the two now live in SW France.
EU rules have made it marginally less of a paperchase for expats to live here (but who knows for the Brexpats from 2019!). Additionally much of the previous corruption has been stemmed as some of the worst offenders - including many mayors and compadres - languish under the state’s hospitality. Polish up the crystal-ball and what might the Costas look like in another 30 years, when the only way this observer might be around is in an urn? Residents and visitors alike will certainly be fatter, echoing the global obesity trends which are already so flabbily obvious here. It will be (even) hotter thanks to climate change, with Mr Trump’s petulant blocking antics a mere speed-bump in history. Contrary to what you might expect, the currently at times choked summer highways will be quieter and the air will be healthier, once the dawning of the electric car truly has broken. And keeping fit might mean power-gliding along the growing boardwalk networks along the Costas on walker-drones. The amazing beaches will still be packed, the beach bars passed from generation to generation will no doubt still be doing a roaring trade, the UK’s Daily Mail will still insist Germans are buying up 99year leases on beach deck chairs, and among more sensible Europeans, the Brits will still be burning to a bright-crimson crisp as further proof of constantly living the dream or of a great holiday visit.
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Making memories trip to Disneyland Paris for Leo INSPIRATIONAL cancer fighter Leo Bermejo from Almeria is heading to France with his family for a magical, memorymaking five-night trip to the Disney theme park. A fund launched late last year - and taken up by the Euro Weekly News with subsequent widespread publicity reaching hundreds of thousands of people raised enough money to send him to the United States for cutting edge protonbeam therapy in Oklahoma. But a recent MRI scan has confirmed the cancer has returned and is growing quickly in different areas of the original cavity. Speaking about the trip Mum Karen said, “I don’t feel one bit excited. I am sure we will all have fun but deep inside our hearts we will know that it is the beginning of the
BRAVE LEO: Has never stopped smiling.
end for Leo. “Now we are being forced to think about life without him which seems impossible at the moment. His smile brightens our day every day, his happiness and positivity makes us all better people.” She went on to say, “I am sure emotions will be all over the place. I will watch other families with their healthy children feeling envious. Why can’t that be us? Why is it my baby
boy that has to go through this. “He has fought so hard but he has never stopped smiling and he has never shown that he is ready to give up.” The family will travel to Manchester first so that Leo can say ‘hello’ to his friends there. Then they will all travel to the Disney resort for five nights. On their return to Spain the family will start arranging palliative care for brave Leo.
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THE Spanish electricity supplier Iberdrola is to invest €2 billion in a programme to modernise distribution and introduce digital electric meters across the country. This is part of an ongoing project which has already seen the installation of 9.5 million digitised meters and this will now be extended by a further four million. Part of the cost will be covered by a significant loan recently agreed between the company and the European
is the amount that Iberdrola is receiving as a loan from the European Investment Bank to modernise energy delivery.
Investment Bank (EIB) in a bid to meet new legal obligations to upgrade meters and to improve the quality of the service offered. In addition to the improvement in
MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT: Fatima Bañez.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul AN announcement has been made by the Spanish Council of Ministers that it will need to find an additional €9.5 billion to pay July pensions. Minister of Employment Fatima Bañez explained that in order to pay the bonus July pension the government would have to lend this money to Social Security with €5.986 billion coming from government and €3.514 billion coming from the steadily shrinking ‘pension piggy bank’ or the reserve fund. The total required to make
service being offered to consumers, it is forecast that the ongoing project will create in excess of 6,000 new jobs with workers either directly involved in installation and upgrading
The problems in BMN’s balance sheet have gone to Bankia, which also has its own load of bad assets,” according to Bridget Gandy of Fitch Group, on merger of two Spanish banks.
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the July pension payments is €17.218 billion so in order to be able to meet government obligations, the loan which is interest free and does not have to be repaid until 2028 is absolutely vital. There are 9.5 million pensioners who receive their normal pensions in July together with this extra summer bonus which is slightly more generous than the British winter fuel bonus that expatriate pensioners do not receive if resident in Spain.
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Santander service CUSTOMERS of Banco Santander will be able to make payments from their debit or credit cards using some Samsung Galaxy phones. Samsung Pay is a new option which can be used at establishments that allow contactless card payments.
Dock strikes THE unions representing dockers and employers have reached an agreement which will mean the end of strikes and protests. The new laws introduced at the behest of the European Union caused major problems but with employers guaranteeing jobs, the situation is resolved.
Prices down AFTER a period of monthly consumer price rises at 3 per cent, May has shown a marked reduction to just 1.9 per cent. This drop is due to a drop in the cost of oil which is reflected in lower electricity and petrol charges.
New smart Chinese App THE giant Chinese company Alibaba has signed an agreement with Spain’s second largest bank BBVA to introduce a new payment App into Spain. Chinese tourists will now be able to use the Alipay mobile App through BBVA’s Smartpay
service to pay for certain items online. Shops around Spain are now being encouraged to sign up with BBVA to allow those with Alipay to use the App whilst shopping and thus increasing their attraction to Chinese visitors.
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or in production of the material associated with the work. As this latest upgrade is rolled out, it will see work taking place in Aragon, Asturias, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra and Valencia. According to Iberdrola and the EIC, this work will contribute towards a much more reliable delivery of electricity as well as contributing to making its generation and distribution more environmentally sustainable.
New debut on MAB THE company which owns La Cañada shopping centre in Marbella has been listed on the Alternative Stock Market (MAB) with a valuation of €2 billion. General de Galerías Comerciales (GGC) owns another five centres throughout Spain as well as many smaller properties. Share price was set at €79 and the company which is now considered to be the most valuable of its type on the MAB has proven to be an attractive investment as it generates significant rental income and owns all of its properties without any bank borrowing. GGC chooses its own sites, develops them and then controls their lettings so concentrates on projects it knows and understands.
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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 208,19 0,16% 0,34 124.405M 84,24 0,73% 0,61 75.336M 144,02 0,24% 0,34 751.419M 197,75 0,15% 0,29 119.425M 107,46 1,72% 1,82 63.334M 104,33 0,20% 0,21 197.811M 31,3 -0,35% -0,11 156.502M 44,85 0,04% 0,02 191.710M 80,71 0,31% 0,25 70.052M 80,73 0,04% 0,03 342.032M 27,01 -0,04% -0,01 234.858M 221,9 -1,12% -2,51 87.402M 153,4 0,81% 1,24 183.446M 153,83 -0,19% -0,3 144.598M 33,74 0,60% 0,2 158.882M 91,4 0,27% 0,25 324.975M 132,29 -0,26% -0,35 356.475M 153,16 0,02% 0,03 124.877M 64,09 -0,39% -0,25 175.379M 68,93 0,64% 0,44 532.252M 59 10,96% 5,83 77.970M 33,59 -0,12% -0,04 200.520M 87,15 0,18% 0,16 222.947M 126,53 0,11% 0,14 35.363M 122,11 0,38% 0,46 97.854M 185,42 0,08% 0,15 178.701M 44,66 0,56% 0,25 182.225M 93,78 -0,68% -0,64 173.160M 75,68 -0,33% -0,25 228.167M 106,25 0,51% 0,54 166.362M
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Most Advanced West Marine, Inc. ObsEva SA Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. Xcel Brands, Inc Web.com Group, Inc. A. Schulman, Inc. The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. CPI Card Group Inc. Altimmune, Inc.
$ 12.85 $ 8.55 $ 22.29 $ 4.68 $ 3.05 $ 25.30 $ 32 $ 38.82 $ 12.51 $ 2.85 $ 3.20
3.20 ▲ 33.16% 1.05 ▲ 14.00% 2.48 ▲ 12.52% 0.47 ▲ 11.16% 0.30 ▲ 10.91% 2.30 ▲ 10% 2.65 ▲ 9.03% 3.06 ▲ 8.56% 0.90 ▲ 7.75% 0.20 ▲ 7.55% 0.22 ▲ 7.38%
$ 15.39 $ 3.23 $ 2.12 $ 8.20 $ 7.13 $ 22.16 $ 5.76 $ 3.40 $ 6.80 $ 2.90 $ 4.70
10.12 ▼ 39.67% 1.45 ▼ 30.98% 0.19 ▼ 8.23% 0.70 ▼ 7.87% 0.58 ▼ 7.52% 1.78 ▼ 7.44% 0.44 ▼ 7.10% 0.25 ▼ 6.85% 0.4999 ▼ 6.85% 0.20 ▼ 6.45% 0.30 ▼ 6%
Most Declined Cara Therapeutics, Inc. Destination Maternity Corporation Microvision, Inc. VOXX International Corporation Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. American Outdoor Brands Corporation Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. aTyr Pharma, Inc. MediWound Ltd. Real Industry, Inc. EXFO Inc
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Pound stumbles on GE2017 result Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com
ONCE again the currency market has been rocked by UK political uncertainty, with the general election triggering notable shifts in the pound. In the two weeks surrounding the result of GE2017, the GBP/EUR exchange rate shifted by more than €0.026. The euro’s gains against the pound may have been more substantial if not for the European Central Bank’s (ECB) latest interest rate decision. What’s been happening? The year 2017 is certainly shaping up to be as full of twists and turns as 2016. While election campaigning was suspended in the wake of horrific terror incidents in Manchester and London, the election was held on June 8 as planned. However, the outcome certainly wasn’t what Theresa May had planned when she called for the election in April. Initially the Conservatives were expected to walk the election, increasing their majority and
OUTCOME: Interesting to see what happens to the pound over the next few weeks. strengthening Prime Minister Theresa May’s hand in Brexit negotiations in the process. But the tide of public opinion turned, and in the end May failed to secure the 326 seats needed to form a majority government. The result wasn’t the continuation of the status quo some investors were hoping for and the pound fell by around 2 per cent as a result. Although the GBP losses were nowhere near as dramatic as the ones recorded in the wake of Brexit, the UK’s even more uncertain outlook
did leave Sterling struggling despite Theresa May’s swift decision to form a coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The euro did come under some pressure of its own however as the European Central Bank (ECB) cut inflation forecasts. The reduction in expectations for inflation reduced the odds of the ECB opting to reduce quantitative easing or increase interest rates in the near future, limiting the euro’s gains. What do you need to look out for?
It will be interesting to see what happens to the pound as the dust settles over the next few weeks. Although it was boosted by the fact that a higher-than-expected number of Bank of England policymakers had voted in favour of raising interest rates, it was also unsettled as the decision to Brexit negotiations are just beginning, and Theresa May had asserted her commitment to continuing with the discussions as part of a minority government. If it appears that May has lost some of her sway in Brussels as a result of the election outcome, fears that the UK will emerge from Brexit with a bad deal could put the pound under further pressure. However, some suggest that Theresa May has indeed altered her approach and intends to target a ‘Soft Brexit,’ which could help GBP climb sharply. At Currencies Direct we’re here to talk currency whenever you need us, so get in touch if you want to know more about the latest news or how it could impact your currency transfers. Since 1996 we’ve helped more than 150,000 customers with their currency transfers, just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more.
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Germany calling Catalan unemployed
WARNER BROS -v- WANDA GROUP A MAJOR disagreement has broken out between movie giant Warner Bros and Spanish cinema chain Cinesa over the inclusion of a trailer with Wonder Woman. The Chinese-owned Cinesa is furious that the Digital Cinema Package file that was supplied to its 45 theatres included a trailer for King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword which is the latest ‘blockbuster’ from director Guy Ritchie, due for August release in Spain and forecast to lose €130 million. Warner’s have taken this action to embed the trailer with the hugely successful Wonder Woman film to try to promote King Arthur and has refused to remove the trailer from the copies supplied to Cinesa. In retaliation, Cinesa has either covered the screen with an apology for a technical problem or let the trailer run without sound or in some cases vision which spurred Warner Bros Spain to issue a tweet giving details of competitor cinemas which screen the trailer in full. Cinesa which is owned by Chinese entertainment company, Wanda has deplored the decision to embed the trailer
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and to tweet the detail of competing cinemas but has also gone on to publicly blame Warner Bros for making it impossible for Spanish audiences to benefit from special offers. The reason for this, according to Cinesa is the fact that rather than take a percentage of the ticket sales for its movies it instead charges a fixed fee for the screening of films, meaning that unless any cinema is prepared to reduce profits, then no special offers can be made. Whilst looking at this dispute from a purely national perspective, with just 45
Cinesa cinemas in Spain, Warner Bros is hardly likely to be particularly worried. However in China, Wanda owns 497 cinemas and 3,947 screens, 661 cinemas and 8,200 screens in the USA and 244 cinemas with 2,200 screens across Europe and this could become a major battle between two giant organisations, especially as the Chinese corporation is also a major producer of films. Time will tell whether this spat becomes a major war or simply disappears with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
AS the economy in Germany continues to boom, there is a skills shortage which has led companies to recruit workers from Catalonia. The state of Baden-Württemberg is acutely aware of the lack of young skilled technicians and engineers and has entered into an agreement with the Catalonian government to train youngsters and then offer them jobs. This is quite a challenge for technicians as they need to be able to speak good German, but the Goethe Institute in Barcelona has been assisting with intensive language courses and provided that applicants accept that the weather in Germany can be less clement than that of Spain, this could be a way forward for the well-educated yet unemployed. Salaries and living standards are good and it is only a 12hour drive or two-hour flight from Stuttgart to Barcelona.
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PSOE abstain on CETA vote AFTER initially indicating that it would vote in favour of the E U -C an ad a Tra d e Tre a ty (CETA), the PSOE Party decided to abstain. This decision upset the minority ruling PP government as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy accused the main opposition of potentially making Spain a laughing stock amongst its colleague states in the European Union. In th e ev en t, w h en th e v o te was held in the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, it went through with 179 votes in favour
and 79 against, so the abstention of the 81 PSOE MPs effectively made no difference. The upper house is dominated by PP senators, so its vote is a foregone conclusion. The European Union voted to enter into this agreement which would make trade between the EU and Canada easier and with less restrictions, but each member state must approve the agreement and then a vote in the European Parliament must ratify the decision before the agreement can enter into law.
Young people earn less than those they replace THERE have been winners and losers in the growth of employment in Spain with workers under 40 seeing a real drop in the value of wages. It would appear that there is a significant difference between the amounts paid to the young and those over 60 according to a report from the National Statistics Institute (INE) which suggests that age and length of service play a huge role in salaries. Although these figures are historical, the information is illuminating as they show that as new workers are recruited to replace those who retire, they will invariably
earn less than those they are taking over from. Average salaries for those under 24 are estimated to be €11,288 which is a massive 5.1 per cent drop on the previous year and in fact all average salaries have been reduced for those up to the age of 50 and it isn’t until they break 60 that the average wage increases by 2.6 per cent. According to the INE report, those who are older and have greater experience are in the main valued by employers whilst younger people are prepared to take lower wages initially in order to obtain work and to start their careers.
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Either shape up or ship out LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT I DUNNO, perhaps it is me. Of course I sympathise with the victims of the Grenfell horror. Of course I find the initial results of the nationwide fire hazard investigations extremely worrying. What I can’t get my head round is all those who are now coming out of the woodwork and using this tragedy to whinge about the conditions they all ‘have’ to live in. Among others, those who reside on the notorious Broadwater Estate are a case in point. ‘Why should we have to put up with these awful slum conditions?’ they whine. Why doesn’t the government (natch!) do something about it? Well just a minute. Ill-advised as high rise accommodation may have been, they were initially built in good faith. The rules governing public buildings were, and are, far more stringent than private projects. None of them began their existence as slum dwellings.
BROADWATER ESTATE: None of the buildings began their existence as slum dwellings. None of them started out covered in graffiti, with lift shafts stinking of urine, or knee high in rubbish used condoms and drug paraphernalia. Flats originally built to accommodate families of four to six persons were never meant to cope with benefit scroungers boasting 10 or 15 offsprings, or jam-packed with scores of ‘sub-lets.’
All these conditions are brought on by those who move into them. Human beings create the enviroments they reside in. It’s time many of these residents started to get their own houses in order, rather than blaming all and sundry for their woes. Stop thinking about their so-called ‘rights’ and start concentrating more on their own wrongs would be a start.
All over the UK there are scores of high rise estates, which are proudly and properly run by local councils and caring tenants. With their carefully tended gardens, playgrounds for the children and hardworking responsible residents, they are wonderful examples of how decent human beings, however diverse their cultures and backgrounds, can live in perfect-
ly harmonious and orderly surroundings. I suggest those who feel all the blame for their ‘misfortunes’ lay outside their own walls, either shape up or ship out. They are a drain on resources, a threat to democracy and utterly useless contributors toward any future of the country that nurtures them. I do feel sorry for the Yemenis. I always found them an extremely happy and caring people. I shall never forget their kindness when I found myself hopelessly stranded in the desert. Believe me, if I’d also known the steel runway reinforcing I helped deliver to that secret Saudi air base, would one day be used to launch death and destruction among them, I would have ‘accidently’ allowed my truck to topple off that extremely precarious mountain pass! (It’s in the book!) Let’s hope peace and tranquility will once again prevail for these likeable people in the not too distant future. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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A mountain of odd socks Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’M lying in bed and all of a sudden I hear that dreaded noise. It’s the single tone buzz that tells you that there is one serious bad ass mozzie flying round the room. I wave my arms about like a nutter then there is silence. I reach out and get the mozzie spray that I keep next to the bed. I press the nozzle to protect myself from this kamikaze killer... and nothing! I shake the container - there is plenty in there - I press again - still nada. I don’t like waste and I certainly don’t like wasting stuff that I’ve paid for. The case in question this week is products that come in spray form. Either the old-fashioned aerosol type or the newer environmentally friendly pump sprays. Three times this week I’ve had one sell me short. The mozzie spray was the first, the second was some glass cleaner - this was even worse as I could actually see, in the clear container, how much was left. It didn’t matter how many times I pulled the trigger - not a dribble. The third was a pump action sun cream which just packed up. This one at least I could unscrew and pour it out. So, as usual, I ask the question - is it only me? I’ve had expensive eau de toilette atomizers do it and if you have half a bottle of something left do
you take it back to the shop? Well, of course, you can’t because you could have had it for a few months. So you have to chuck it out. There is one mystery in life which I have been trying to solve for years and to this day have got no nearer to solving this problem. Now I know this happens to every man I know and, I bet, to millions I don’t. So here’s the question. WHERE DO ALL THE ODD SOCKS GO??? I definitely wear two socks and, for sure, I put two into the laundry basket and they are then transferred to the washing machine. And that’s when it happens. One or two disappear into sock land. Somewhere in the world there must be a mountain of odd socks as high as Everest. Where do they go? There was actually a study done which revealed that the average man loses15 socks a year leaving them with loads of mismatches. So, with the average Brit living to 81 it means you lose 1,215 socks over a lifetime costing you about €3,000. By the way, that’s 84 million odd socks just in the UK and with all these statistics and money spent - guess what - no-one came up with an answer. Makes you wonder doesn’t it? The silly season is approaching. The holidaymakers will arrive and nothing will be the same till mid-September. There will be loads of people about and most will be having a fun time with the family but some will act like idiots. But then, of course, that gives me plenty to be grumpy about! Email me mikesenker@gmail.com.
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Across 1 Point to friendly crowd (5) 4 Rate all members of the side (7) 8 Cakes mix-up is clear (7) 9 Wept whilst mixing cider (5) 10 Creepy sibling hiding at home (8) 11 Something inherited from an espionage network (4) 13 Off around New York, nevertheless (6) 14 Rags, as in the river (6) 17 Pat's confused about what's gone on (4) 19 Splendid joke I fed into Scotsman (8) 22 Cliff Richard is miffed Elvis started lawbreaking (5) 23 Rider at doctor later (7) 24 Southern shark is skinny (7) 25 Big Bird beheads Snoopy (5)
7 Steps the German amongst the lads (7) 12 About a motor vehicle or train (8) 13 Caps set at different angles (7) 15 Meeting involves information technology in fraud (7)
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16 Regiment in pursuit of support (6) 18 Gets a glimpse of what they confiscate, so we hear (5) 20 Denounce phoney cures (5) 21 Heavy Metal at number one (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents T and 6 represents Q, so fill in T every time the figure 5 appears and Q every time the figure 6 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.
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Down 1 Look at Mississippi, it appears (5) 2 Penalty conversion is easily enough (7) 3 Chief to remain as support (8) 4 In part, cruciverbalist endeavours to pay attention (6) 5 Diplomacy is part of the Riot Act (4) 6 Erect or demolish, we hear (5)
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Across 1 Fried potatoes (5) 4 Childhood disease (7) 8 Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another (7) 9/22 Vehicle safety device (3,3) 10 Innocuous or inert medication (7) 11 Bishop's headdress (5) 12 Formal and dignified (6) 14 Protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains (6) 17 Seat for one person (5) 19 Short heavy curved sword with one edge (7) 22 See 9 23 Ape (7) 24 White ant (7) 25 Particular procedure by which something is done (5)
Down 1 Inexpensive (5) 2 Set up for use (7) 3 Refrain from harming (5) 4 Exhibition of cowboy skills (6) 5 Burnt sugar (7) 6 Precise (5) 7 Doctor who performs operations (7) 12 Early wind instrument (7) 13 Cocktail made of gin with dry vermouth (7) 15 Disaster (7) 16 In operation (6) 18 Wrath (5) 20 Snares (5) 21 Range (5)
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Across 14 Quién (3) 1 Guijarro (6) 15 Mediodía (4) 3 Barco (de gran tamaño) (4) 16 Traffic jam (6) 7 Mentira (embuste) (3) 9 Right (not left) (7) Down 10 El más fuerte (9) 1 Tirar (4) 13 Poverty (7) 2 Thieves (8)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
4 Sierra para metales (7) 5 Proyecto (4) 6 Embarazada (8) 8 Cowshed (7) 11 Abierto (4) 12 Well (for water) (4)
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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
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.
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1 Sabre, 4 Latimer, 8 Retreat, 9 Broom, 10 Prepared, 11 Hera, 13 Faster, 14 Fidget, 17 Ally, 19 Reproach, 22 Ember, 23 Lithium, 24 Phantom, 25 Smear.
1 Absent, 3 Helper, 8 Speed, 10 Diaries, 11 Silence, 12 Tests, 13 Upset, 15 Brass, 20 Alert, 22 Arrange, 24 Leading, 25 Level, 26 Steady, 27 Feared.
1 Barato, 4 Asno, 8 Gamba, 9 Niece, 10 Longest, 14 Ducha, 15 Broma, 16 Ojal, 17 Agency.
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1 Strap, 2 Batters, 3 Elevates, 4 Lathes, 5 Tuba, 6 Moore, 7 Remnant, 12 Migrates, 13 Flare-up, 15 Granite, 16 Bedlam, 18 Libra, 20 Homer, 21 Writ.
1 Assist, 2 Steal, 4 Exact, 5 Priests, 6 Resist, 7 Added, 9 Dense, 14 Prepare, 16 Rural, 17 Fables, 18 Large, 19 Yelled, 21 Tried, 23 Never.
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1 Bags, 2 Remolacha, 3/15 Tea bag, 5 Sweetcorn, 6 Open, 7 Knee, 11 Neat, 12 Odio, 13 Lazy.
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Is someone trying to sidetrack you by casting doubt on a relationship or plan? Something is going on so make sure that you have all the facts. It would be gullible of you to take everything at face value. You have good supportive colleagues and may seek their advice. Be optimistic as the weekend comes and remember your sense of humour.
Showing confidence means others see you as being very much in control. They need to see that you can be trusted. If a plan is not going in the right direction, be prepared to change tack. Changes should not be made to financial plans until you are sure of your ground. Romantically, you are being admired.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) It is all go for you at the moment. Not only will you be particularly clearthinking but your intellect will be sharp as a knife. Your enthusiasm spills over from your business life to personal matters, leading to a hectic and eventful time all week. When it comes to romance, a positive and dynamic approach stands you in good stead.
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It is now important that you are clear about the person you wish to spend your time with because you may have more than one option. Plans that you started last week are now showing progress. Keeping the pace growing is essential to beat rivals. It is not an easy week by any means but it should not be boring.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A tendency to be emotional because of a setback should be avoided. When you feel the pressure rising, remember that nothing is worth risking your health for. Sound out friends and colleagues to avoid overreacting. It is a week when you realise how someone close is able to be a great help. The question is, can you accept it?
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There is sensitivity in your chart. It is possible to overlook someone who needs your time and consideration. You are not a mind-reader and they may not directly seek your help. Be aware, then, of how others are faring.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) When someone asks you this week where you are going, will you know the answer? You will make progress if you do. If you're not sure, then there is no point in going full steam ahead. This is a week to consider your options on all fronts, particularly in business.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A personal decision needs to be made. No major changes are necessary so long as you have a firm plan. It is not so much that caution is required, rather more that you should give yourself time to consider. In the longer term, you may see this week as a turning point. .
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is a week of planning and making changes. Some things click into place and you realise that you are on your way to completing an ambition. The trick is to manage it without upsetting people on the home front.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Are you putting off a decision affecting others? This is a good time to take the bull by the horns. Keep an eye on finances involving younger people. Sometimes, you are better able to help in other ways, perhaps by giving encouragement or advice.
SAGITARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Your activities this week may seem to be ones best done alone. To a certain extent this is true. However, if you wish to make others feel important and gain their support in the future, you should involve them. You don't have to take advice which is given but be diplomatic when not acting on it. Hurt feelings can cost money.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Are you feeling less positive than usual? We all do at times. If energy is low get out for a long walk in a relaxing place. Perhaps watch a film that raises your spirits. There is about you a kind of regret and fondness for the past, but there is nothing wrong with sentimentality so long as it does not cloud your picture of the future. That can be bright indeed.
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The prevention or reduction of religious radicalism SIR, As far as I know the majority of religions practised in the UK are hierarchal in nature thereby the Archbishops of Canterbury/York and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland are the leaders of the Protestant faith, The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish faith and the Archbishop of Westminster of the Catholic faith. Due to this hierarchal structure any official religious preacher who goes ‘off base’ is brought to heel by their superiors and corrected. If their conduct does not improve they may lose their positions. Many people are not aware of the fact that the Islamic faith has no such structure as each mosque chooses its own Imam who is not subservient to any higher authority and may not even be formally educated in his own religion. Would it not be an idea to make it compulsory that the Imams of all mosques in the UK are responsible to The Grand Mufti (honestly it is an authentic term!) and his council of, presumably, lesser Muftis who would license each Imam and supervise that his teachings are in line with their accredit-
HAVE YOUR SAY
ed version of the Quran. This would then eradicate the type of teachings and radicalisation of the likes of the Finsbury Park mosque. Alister Bottomley Pollensa, Mallorca
Heaven’s above. A locked church! WHAT a sad reflection of how low some people in modern society will stoop when a church has to lock up to ensure that either vandals or thieves do not take advantage of open doors.
Dog days
A wise move maybe, but also very sad.
I recently visited a church near our home to light a candle for a sick friend, only to discover that the church was bolted, though fortunately the following day when I returned the priest was there and I was able to spend a few minutes in prayer.
LOCKED UP: Various items have been stolen in recent years. It seems the locked door policy was not taken lightly, but with various items stolen in recent years, as well as some vandalism, the powers-that-be decided to en-
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sure future safety. Wise, maybe, but also so very sad. Ted Gallagher Aguilas, Murcia
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Gaining power (Leapy Lee) THOSE five points have been taken from a list of 10 that have all been exposed as untrue. Not enough space to explain on here but to complain labour made it political then you do the same is hypocrisy in extreme. Paul chaloner
Three dead in Torremolinos crash IT’S about time the Spanish government started a reeducation programme for Spanish drivers. The Spanish are lovely people but behind the wheel of a car they are just crazy. Ok! some expats are no better. But the Spanish have no concept or awareness of danger. When they approach a roundabout or a stop sign they have no intention of slowing down or stopping. It’s full speed ahead. Little wonder there are so many accidents. Lloyd Lupin
Comments from EWN online which led to a fatally nightmarish outcome. My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends. I thought that they are supposed to uphold the law not break it, how can you trust them after this. David Kerswill
Sad ending for shark in Mallorca WHY didn’t they take the hook out of the shark’s mouth and take him back out to sea. The sea is his home not the humans. Should not have killed him. Lilly Spencer
EU citizens must apply Off duty officer allegedly for ‘settled status’ caused Torremolinos crash IF current EU citizens can continue to live in the UK but
SOBERING, and not just tragic, no parent should EVER bury their own child. One only hopes the courtroom castigates him heavily for this horrific recklessness
future ones can’t, what happens when the current ones die? Well, if they own a house and have adult children living in their country of origin, they’ll find they have a house they can’t live in! As new immigrants they would
be refused entry. If Spain reciprocates your families will not be able to move into your Spanish home! They’ll be refused entry! Is that what pro-Brexit expats want? Brian Eagleson
Trialled for kidnapping her dying husband Why has she only be charged with Kidnapping? Her Actions Obviously Played A Massive Part in His Suffering,Deteration & His Aweful Death. Its Gotta To Be Murder....Plain & Simple, Too. Tomas Kirken
Concerns for Brits rights in EU IS it any wonder the electorate and expats are confused. They have been lied to throughout, remember the bus... £350m which will go to the NHS? As for expats getting the same rights in Spain to benefits/housing and healthcare, another lie. Wake up, you choose to be in Spain. So under 65yrs old, you pay + pay + pay Smile that’s the way it is and some governments will exploit this. Tony
SINCE December a dead dog is lying by the side of the road from Los Gallardos towards Garrucha. It’s a podenco, probably abandoned by a brutal hunter, then killed by a ruthless driver, then left to rot. I have talked several times to the Local Police in Los Gallardos who say they have called the institution responsible for removing dead animals from the roadsides, but nothing happens. I have e-mailed SEPRONA (Servicio de Protección de la Naturaleza) several times about this dog, asking if they are responsible for removing it, but no reply. When I tried to send a message from their website a sign turned up saying my e-mail address was not correct, which is nonsense. Does anybody know which institution is supposed to remove these dead animals? I thought rotting animals by the Spanish roadsides belonged to earlier and darker times. Or are they back? Britt Arenander Huerta Nueva, Malaga
No respect I DREAD this time of year because the cycle yobs are out in force, especially on weekends. In towns they don’t stop at crossings, even when people are half way across them because they have no number plate and know they won’t be caught. They pull straight out on roundabouts, forcing cars to stop and they go through red lights. They are all on the clock, trying to knock a minute off their last best time getting from A to B. Michael Hill Trapiche, Velez-Malaga
On the rocks I HAVE been coming to Orihuela since 2001 and got such a shock when I arrived this week to see the rocky state of Playas Flamenca and Cala Mosca. I am a keen swimmer but I don’t know how anyone could negotiate their way into the water on both beaches! The rocks extend well out even to a swimmer’s depth. It is almost literally impossible for anyone to SAFELY enter the water! And to think these beaches have been awarded BLUE FLAG status (or so I believe)!!! Name and address withheld
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THURSDAY - 6 JULY
7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Crimewatch 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Kitchen Garden Live with the Hairy Bikers 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Wimbledon 2017 Continued live coverage from the fourth day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time 12:45am This Week
7:15am The TV That Made Me 7:45am Flog it! Trade Secrets 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm The Daily Politics Andrew Neil with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 12:30pm Wimbledon 2017 9:30pm Today at Wimbledon Clare Balding is your host for highlights of the fourth day's play at Wimbledon. 10:30pm The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. 12:15am George Best: All by Himself 1:45am Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip 2:45am Wild Ireland
8:00pm 100 Days+ 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Castles: Britain's Fortified History Series in which historian Sam Willis traces the story of Britain's castles and their unique role in our history, art and literature. 10:00pm Horizon Horizon investigates claims of signals from extraterrestrials. 11:00pm Aliens: The Big Think Professor Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, takes up the search for extraterrestrials. 12:00am Guts: The Strange and Mysterious World of the Human Stomach 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:35am What Ever Happened to Rock 'N' Roll? 2:35am Castles: Britain's Fortified History 3:35am Horizon
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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 Alastair Stewart presents the latest headlines from around the world. 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm David Dickinson's Name Your Price 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The True Cost of Parking 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Killer Women with Piers Morgan 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Fearless 12:45am Devon and Cornwall Cops
7:35am Vanderpump Rules 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am You've Been Framed! Gold 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Below Deck 12:25pm Vanderpump Rules 1:20pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You've Been Framed! Gold 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 Love Island 11:00pm Celebability 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy
7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:30am Wild at Heart 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:35am Judge Judy 12:00pm Road to Avonlea Drama about a young girl sent to live with her eccentric family on King Edward Island. 1:05pm Love Your Garden 2:10pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:15pm Wild at Heart Drama series set on an African nature reserve. 5:20pm Man About the House 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:55am Wycliffe
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Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Best of Both Worlds Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Supervet 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Naked Attraction Natural World First Dates
8:40am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:55am Paw Patrol 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:25am Digby Dragon 9:40am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm House Doctor 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm First-Class Fear 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5: England v South Africa 9:00pm Generation Poverty Gap: On Benefits 10:00pm Circus Kids 11:00pm Big Brother 12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side
7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Crimewatch 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Kitchen Garden Live with the Hairy Bikers 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Wimbledon 2017 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 Count Arthur Strong 10:00pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Not Going Out 12:05am Begin Again US drama. 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:55am BBC News
7:15am The TV That Made Me 7:45am Flog it! Trade Secrets 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm The Daily Politics 12:30pm Wimbledon 2017 9:30pm Today at Wimbledon Clare Balding is your host for highlights of the fifth day's play at Wimbledon. 10:30pm The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. 12:05am Top of the Lake Powerful and haunting mystery drama series. 1:05am Top of the Lake Mystery drama series. 2:00am Panorama 2:40am Doctor Who 3:40am This is BBC Two
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Becoming a Lied Singer 10:00pm Rock n Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sideman 11:30pm Girls in Bands at the BBC 12:30am The Genius of David Bowie 1:30am Top of the Pops John Peel and David Jensen present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 March 1984. 2:05am Rock n Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sideman 3:35am Sounds of the Eighties 4:00am Girls in Bands at the BBC 5:00am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
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8:55am Paw Patrol 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:25am Digby Dragon 9:40am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm House Doctor 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Salem Falls 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5: England v South Africa 9:00pm Blind Date 10:00pm Best of Bad TV: Live and Dangerous 11:00pm Big Brother: Live Eviction 12:30am Big Brother's Bit on the Side
The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Counting Cars Counting Cars Tour de France Highlights Tour de France Live Coverage of stage 6, from Vesoul to Troyes. The sprinters are back in action on this 216 km flat stage. The Professionals Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Tour de France Highlights Goodwood Festival of Speed Highlights World Series of Darts Tour de France Highlights
10:00am Barclays Premier League World 10:30am Premier League 100 Club 11:00am The Premier League Years 1:00pm Football's Greatest 2:00pm Great Sporting Moments 2:30pm Great Sporting Moments 3:00pm Premier League Legends 4:00pm Spanish Football Gold 4:30pm Football Gold 4:45pm Football Gold 5:00pm Football's Greatest 5:30pm Football's Greatest 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 7:00pm Premier League Legends 7:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 8:00pm Live Super League 11:00pm Boxing Gold 11:30pm Boxing Gold 12:00am Premier League Legends
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 Judge Rinder 4:00pm David Dickinson's Name Your Price 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Secret World of Posh Pets 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Julie Etchingham presents the latest headlines from around the world. 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Joanna Lumley's India 12:40am Tipping Point
7:35am Vanderpump Rules 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am Coronation Street 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Below Deck 12:25pm Vanderpump Rules 1:20pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Emmerdale 2:30pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! Gold 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 Love Island 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:50am Family Guy
7:00am Man About the House 70s sitcom. 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:30am Wild at Heart 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 1:00pm Love Your Garden 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:05pm Wild at Heart 5:10pm Man About the House 5:45pm Rising Damp 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm The Street 11:15pm Law and Order: UK 12:20am Wire in the Blood 2:10am Prime Suspect 4:00am Mr Selfridge 4:50am Long Lost Family 5:40am Rising Damp
7:00am Tommy Cooper 7:25am The Professionals 8:15am Storage Wars New York 8:35am Storage Wars New York 9:00am Counting Cars 9:30am Counting Cars 9:55am The Professionals 11:00am Tour de France Highlights 12:00pm Tour de France Live 6:00pm The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminal intelligence agents. 7:00pm The Darts Show 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm Goodwood Festival of Speed Highlights 10:00pm World Series of Darts 2:00am Tour de France Highlights Coverage of stage 7, from Troyes to Nuits-SaintGeorges. 3:00am Goodwood Festival of Speed Highlights
7:30am Football Gold 8:00am WWE Main Event 9:00am Premier League Legends 10:00am Premier League 100 Club 11:00am Football Gold 11:30am Rugby Union Gold 11:40am Rugby Union 1:45pm Rugby Union Gold 1:50pm Rugby Union 3:55pm Rugby Union Gold 4:00pm Spanish Football Gold 4:30pm Football Gold 5:00pm Football's Greatest 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 7:00pm Premier League Legends 7:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 8:00pm Great Sporting Moments 8:15pm Great Sporting Moments 8:30pm Live Super League 11:30pm Boxing Gold 12:00am Premier League Legends
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Flying by the seat of their pants - passengers and pilots 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
AT this time of year, air travel’s uppermost in many people’s minds. Not always a pleasant experience what with queuing, flight delays, ‘misunderstandings’ etc. easyJet recently denied claims that, ahead of a flight from Malaga to Bristol, its pilot announced there was a ‘50/50’ chance both its engines would work, before asking passengers for a ‘show of hands’ whether or not they should take off or stay put - triggering panic on board. easyJet subsequently confirmed the ‘technical issue,’ strongly denying the request for a vote, while one witness said the hysteria may have been a ‘misunderstanding.’ Nonetheless, cabin crew do liven things up with the PA system -
AIR TRAVEL: Pilots can liven things up with the PA system. occasionally at the expense of passengers. On an early flight to Paris, a BA pilot announced: “Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to inform you that this is my very first flight... (long pause while passengers glared at each other in panic)... of the day.” Cue relief all round. BA again: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard this British Airways flight to Denver. If your travel plans do not include visiting
Denver, then now would be the perfect time to make yourself known to a member of the cabin crew.” A Virgin flight attendant once announced: “It’s customary after a long-haul flight to ask for volunteers to clean the toilets. If you wish to volunteer, please stand up before the fasten seat-belt sign’s been switched off.” And this during the safety briefing on the Canadian airline Westjet: “In the event of a sudden drop
in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down. If you’re travelling with someone who needs help, put your own mask on first, then help your husband.” After a jet landed at Heathrow in a storm, the Aussie pilot forgot to switch off the PA system. Passengers heard him snigger: “Hell, I need a cool beer and a warm Sheila after that.” As a stewardess rushed to warn him, one passenger yelled: “You forgot the cool beer, Sheila!” All airlines keep handcuffs on board to deal with ‘over-boisterous’ passengers. Maybe a spare pair of cuffs for ‘over-boisterous’ pilots too? Nora Johnson’s psychological/suspense crime thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lie,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.no ra-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS By Graham Braben, Almería
Viability of sheds MY granddad had a shed. It was full of sacks, various garden tools, some sort of noxious liquids for making his plants into Triffids overnight, oh and a mangle. I’m pretty sure if he could see how sheds are being used today then granddad would be astounded. Although we don’t know for sure, I would guess he can’t get television where he is; I imagine Bolivian prisons are pretty strict! Yes, things in the shed department have moved on at quite apace since granddad’s days of freedom. In fact today there is something called Shedonmics research. Honestly, I’m not making it up; people are employed to assess the economic viability of sheds! I do know how important sheds are though. We lived in New Zealand for a short time and you would often see that a ‘…real Kiwi bloke’s shed…’ was a major selling point for a house. I was never able to find out what happened in them though. But today sheds have taken on a new life. According to Shedonmics experts - sorry, no matter how often I say it, it still sounds like it belongs in a Monty Python sketch. Seriously though, they - not the Pythons but the Shedonomists - say that a third of people in the UK want to renovate their shed so they can rent it out. Which is just as well because the number of people who would like a shedcation - please stop laughing, this is serious stuff!! - has nearly doubled. Forget 5-star hotels or taking to the open road with a tent, people are now looking for a shed away from home. However, it’s not just holidays that have increased the profile of sheds. Apparently, over 10 per cent of men have admitted to planning a surprise for their partner in the shed. You can picture it can’t you? Soft music, flowers and then that most romantic of lines, “Darling, I’ve bought you a new mangle.” Readers interested in submitting articles for this guest column should send articles of 3-400 words on topics felt to be of interest to the cosmopolitan EWN readership to editorial@euroweeklynews.com.
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SATURDAY - 8 JULY
TV LISTING
SUNDAY - 9 JULY
7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live James Martin presents another menu of mouthwatering recipes, great chefs and celebrity guests. 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks Mary Berry takes viewers step by step through delicious recipes for everyday and special occasions. 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Weather 1:15pm Wimbledon 7:25pm BBC News 7:35pm Regional News 7:40pm Weather 7:45pm Pointless 8:30pm Pitch Battle 10:00pm Casualty 10:50pm BBC News 11:05pm Weather 11:10pm Little Fockers 12:45am Tropic Thunder 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead
7:00am Lucky Partners 8:35am John Mills Talking Pictures 9:15am Scott of the Antarctic Faithful re-telling of the doomed Antarctic expedition of 1911-12 led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. 11:00am Athletics 12:00pm Wimbledon 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Father of the Bride 3:30pm Wimbledon Live coverage of the famous tennis tournament. 9:30pm Today at Wimbledon 10:30pm Museum of the Year 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm QI XL Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right. 12:15am 2001: A Space Odyssey 2:30am West 4:05am This is BBC Two
8:00pm Britain and the Sea David Dimbleby explores how the sea emerged as a source of pleasure, Punch and Judy and sand sculpture. 9:00pm Nature's Great Events 10:00pm Mea Culpa 11:25pm Titanic's Tragic Twin: The Britannic Disaster Documentary investigating how the Britannic suffered the same fate as her sister ship the Titanic on the 100th anniversary of her sinking. 12:25am Top of the Pops Special 20th anniversary edition of the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1984. 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:35am Synth Britannia at the BBC
7:40am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:05am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:50am Frasier 10:20am The Big Bang Theory 10:50am The Big Bang Theory 11:20am The Big Bang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm The Simpsons 12:50pm The Simpsons 1:20pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:20pm Four in a Bed 2:50pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm Four in a Bed 4:30pm Four in a Bed 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:00pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Formula 1 8:00pm Rise of the Planet of the Apes 10:00pm Bridesmaids 12:20am Red Eye
7:00am Milkshake! 11:10am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:45am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:05pm Police Interceptors 1:05pm Police Interceptors 2:00pm Police Interceptors 3:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 4:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 5:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 6:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Blind Date 10:00pm Big Brother 11:00pm Live Boxing 1:00am Super Casino
7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Athletics: London Anniversary Games 5:30pm Escape to the Country 6:10pm Songs of Praise 6:45pm How to Holiday Better 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Fake or Fortune? 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Sue Barker: Our Wimbledon 12:45am The Week the Landlords Moved in 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead
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WITH temperatures soaring above 30 degrees this summer, even those of us who are careful to stay out of the sun can accidentally burn. If you have caught too much sun, it is not all bad news as the countryside is full of natural local products bound to help. A l o e v e r a , wh i c h g ro w s in a b u n d a n ce in S p a in is known for its soothing properties. Containing chemicals which reduce inflammation and pain, the plant may help that burn heal quicker. Try cutting off a leaf, opening it up and applying it directly to the affected area, avoiding any open wounds. You could also make your own gel by standing the leaves upright and allowing the plant’s resin to drain off for a couple of minutes before removing the lighter gel with a knife. Locally produced honey can also help treat light burns. A natural humectant with antiseptic properties, this golden liquid will moisturise the skin and reduce inflammation. If you have burnt your face, why not try mixing some honey with your aloe vera gel and making your own face mask. Alternatively mix honey with oatmeal for an ultra-soothing pack. Leave either of these to work for 10 to 15 minutes and then moisturise immediately. One of Axarquia’s most popular crops is the avocado, which can also work wonders on sunburn. The creamy fruit contains healthy fats, vitamins and antioxidants, making it ideal to soothe sizzled skin. Cut the fruit in half and mash up its inside to form a paste. Mix this with one tablespoon of olive oil or aloe vera gel and once again, leave on the skin as a mask for 15 to 20 minutes. Coconut oil, sold in most pharmacies in Spain, will also do the trick, containing chemicals which help reduce in-
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ALOE VERA: Is known for its soothing properties. flammation and have antibacterial properties. Used before sun bathing, the oil contains a natural low SPF, and used afterwards it will rehydrate and soothe the skin.
So if you have been caught out so far this year, why not turn to the nature for cheap and effective ways to heal your burn?
Are there cancer-causing toxins in sunscreen? PROTECT, protect, protect. It’s drilled into us, particularly at this time of year, but are we doing more harm than good in protecting our skin from the sun with sunscreen? Researchers say they believe that a compound called avobenzone, common in sunscreen as it blocks the UV rays and helps
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prevents skin damage, could form cancercausing toxins when it is exposed to a mixture of sun and chlorinated water in swimming pools. Experts from the Lomonosov Moscow State University said that based on their experiments they concluded that a generally
safe compound transforms in the water and forms more dangerous products with acetyl benzenes and phenols, being quite toxic. Health experts have urged people not to have a knee jerk reaction and stop using sunscreen altogether, but welcome continued studies on the chemicals we put on our skin.
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Don’t let your break become a holiday hell HOLIDAYS are here. You work for months and months in order to rest and relax and spend a few weeks enjoying down time with your partner. However, it may not all be beautiful romantic sun rise walks and sun set dinners as psychologists say that in summer, problems and arguments can increase between couples. Having more free time together often makes you look at those little details that you do not think about or notice so much during the normal day to day routines and many times, too, we have holiday expectations which are too high that lead to friction and disagreements. So keep in mind these tips to avoid holiday arguments:
those eternal words “we can do whatever you want...” “I don’t mind, you book it...” a trip should be planned together so that you are both aware of what is in store and there will be no later nasty surprises that actually what you planned isn’t what your partner wanted. If you have very different ideas about what you want in a holiday, you can find the compromises at an early stage and find a holiday to suit you both.
Plan together If you are still to book that break, try and plan it together. Even if you hear
Be on holiday It may be holiday time, but so few are able to actually switch off and be
If you have different ideas, find a compromise at an early stage.
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on holiday and keep checking their emails and phone and talking about work. This can be frustrating for your partner so give them your undivided attention as much as possible and spend some quality time together. Have space It is fine if you do not want to be in each other’s pockets for a full week or two; accept and embrace this. It really is a holiday for both of you so if your partner is desperate to get the golf clubs out and go for a round of golf, then take advantage of enjoying some ‘me’ time and maybe go for a peaceful dip in the pool or book yourself into the spa. Your evening meal will no doubt be more enjoyable and special being able to talk to each other about your days and make you feel like you’re back in those early date days.
Replacement metal hips may cause problems according to UK agency THE Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), a British government organisation has updated guidance for healthcare professionals regarding metal on metal hip replacements. It was known that this particular type of replacement whilst very efficient, could cause longterms soft-tissue reactions and these new guidelines encourage regular monitoring including xrays and blood tests of patients who have undergone this type of replacement. Dr Neil McGuire MHRA’s Clinical Director of Medical Devices said: “We have updated the current advice to ensure patients with metal on metal hip implants continue to receive appropriate follow up to detect emerging complications should they arise. “Hip implants have positively transformed the lives of many patients who in the past were subject to increasingly severe
pain and progressive disability. These use a variety of metal, plastic and ceramic components. “Although the majority of patients with these metal on metal devices have well-functioning hips, it is known some may develop soft tissue reactions related to their implant. The clinical advice we have received indicates patients will likely have the best outcomes if these problems are detected early, monitored and treated if necessary. “If you have any questions about your hip replacement, speak with your GP or implanting surgeon.” Although there is no firm figure of those who might have received such implants, it is estimated that there may be more than 50,000 who have metal on metal hip joints although many are already monitored on a regular basis and countless more are unlikely to encounter any problems.
SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. HOW much alcohol can a person safely have? The amount can vary depending on the person. Their age, weight and any pre-existing conditions alongside the situation it is consumed in (with or without food) and the timeframe of the activity (whether it’s quickly in a short period of time, or slowly throughout the day). In general, it is recommended not to go over 30 grams of alcohol a day for men and 20 grams for women. The way to calculate it is simple. You multiply the amount of alcohol consumed in millilitres by the percentage of alcohol in the drink and times 0.8 and finally divide by 100. This way you can tell how much alcohol you are consuming per drink. What are the short term risks of drinking too much alcohol? Drinking too much alcohol can cause neuropsychiatric disorders which can alter mood and behaviour, cause blackouts and in serious cases lead to comas. It can also seriously affect a person’s kidneys and liver. What are the long term risks? In the long term alcohol can affect almost any part of the body. The organ most usually affected by alcohol is the liver, causing cirrhosis.
However the heart, brain, kidneys and nerves can all be severely damaged by the abuse of alcohol and cease to function correctly. How can you tell you are drinking too much alcohol? Although this will vary from person to person, it can be potentially dangerous to exceed 30 grams of alcohol in men and 20 in women. However if you find yourself needing a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover, have been criticised by other people for your drinking or feel guilty or bad about your drinking; you may want to consider cutting down on alcoholic drinks. Is binge drinking more dangerous than drinking regularly? The high consumption of alcohol in a short space of time is, as mentioned previously, quite dangerous and potentially life-threatening. However, drinking responsibly without exceeding the limits mentioned above does not necessarily entail high risks. On the contrary, moderate, or even daily consumption of for example half a litre of beer or two glasses of red wine can be beneficial. Drinking high percentage spirits or beverages sporadically is also not considered dangerous.
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ALMACHAR is getting ready to celebrate its Nights of Charm festival until August 11, offering six performances of Andalucian, Turkish, Sephardic and Balkan music On July 14, Rosstown will be playing at the Anca Juanito 3G bar, providing a musical ensemble composed of four components that interpret versions of funk, soul, rock and blues artists. On July 21, the group Break the Senses from Malaga will be performing in the Parque Arco Iris with a very individual style of rock.
The first concert in August will be Gangberries at Meson Redondo’s and the event will be closed by Nawar Ruta at the municipal swimming pool. Vice- Pr e si d e n t o f th e C o mmo n w ealth , Ju a n Pe ñ a s, A lmac h ar ’s spokesman for culture, Antonio Fields, as well as the councillor of Culture, Aroa Palma, have presented the festival, which is in its 11th year. It is an initiative that came about to offer an alternative culture and leisure event to both lo c a l s a n d v i si t o rs d u rin g th e summer. The concerts will take place every Friday at 11pm in different bars and
FESTIVAL: Aroa Palma, Antonio Campos and Juan Peñas present the event. public places of the municipality. Mr Peñas explained, “it is a very attractive event to all those in Axarquia, adding interest to summer nights and also has repercussions for the town’s businesses since many of the concerts are held in bars and restaurants. It also means our public spaces are filled with music loved by our residents.” A n to n io Ca mpos , e xpla ine d the event “gives locals the chance to enjoy live music, as well as a forum for these b an d s to s h ow of the ir s tyle .” H e added, “it is very interesting that those inland constantly put on initiatives like this, which is in its 11th year.” Aroa Palma, explained the concerts will feature different musical styles,
including flamenco, funk, soul, rock and blues, as well as traditional Anda luc ia n, Turkis h, Se pha rdic A nd Balkan music. She commented, “it is a cultural programme which was born in the summer of 2007 so that our residents and tourists could get out on Friday nights and forget about everyday problems and tasks. In turn, it gives us the opportunity to support these artists and help local establishments.” Ms Palma added the concerts are all free, explaining, “it is something we are trying to support. With our small budget we do a lot for the area.” She also thanked Paco Gallardo and Ruben Portillo for he lping to put on the event.
There’s still time THOSE hoping to attend this year’s Weekend Beach Festival in Torre del Mar still have time, with performances continuing until Saturday. The event, which takes place on Torre del Mar ’s beach, will see 90’s legends, The Prodigy, perform tomorrow night. The Weekend Beach Festival has been running every year since 2014 and sees tens of thousands of music-lovers camping out next to the sea. The festival attracts both national and international acts and plays host rock, pop, metal, fusion, reggae and hip hop music. Tickets cost from €40 and can be bought at www.week endbeach.es.
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ANY years ago I was a secret diner. It’s a fad that started in the States - where else - and made its way to the UK. Based on the same principles as mystery shoppers, appointed representatives are given certain places to visit. They then report back to the operators with a complete breakdown of everything that happened during their visit. From the welcome received to the quality of the bread and the flavour of the coffee at the end, all have to be meticulously recorded and sent off. In return, the company reimburses the cost to the inspector together with his fee. Some restaurant chains, including McDonald’s, handle their own in-house diners, who travel the group’s eateries. Other companies and individual operators em-
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GARRY WAITE ploy the services of a company. HGEM in the UK has hundreds of clients and online ‘secretshopping.org’ handles its fair share too. Although I have been asked by colleagues to do a similar thing as a favour on the coast, there is a distinct lack of companies in Spain doing the job. There is SMG, an American backed company and mysteryshopperspain. com both of which operate further north of Andalucia. With industry competition so
intense in Marbella I would have thought a company offering such services would be inundated. For many years I have used the tried and tested ‘comments form’ which asks client to fill in a questionnaire, and in return their names go into a draw for a dinner for two or some such reward. While these are good to compile information - including contact details - it is often an imposition to the client. I have used secret diners in my places, especially when I know that I will not be there, but it has to be someone you trust and with sufficient knowledge. If there are operators out there who feel that they should consider this service there is an interesting article on tabletalktv.com./secret diners. Or, for further information, contact me.
The Great British Menu judges (from left): Oliver, Andi and Mathew.
Game, set menu and match THE Great British menu concluded with a banquet at Wimbledon shown on BBC Two. The fierce competition, tempered by great camaraderie, terminated with four chefs creating the four-course lunch at which I would have liked to have been seated. The chefs were Pip Lacey (starters), a graphic designer turned chef, who runs the kitchens of Angela Hartnett’s Michelin star Murano in London; Tommy Banks, (fish course), Michael Bremner (meat course) and Selin Kiazim (dessert). All dishes were expertly executed and served to a very appreciative gathering of ex-champions, groundsmen, executives and Lawn Tennis Association members. Now here’s the thing! The whole competition was overseen
by three judges. Oliver Peyton, an Irish restaurateur, has been a judge for years and similarly the distinguished food writer Mathew Fort. Having been earning some of my living over the years as a food critic, writer and restaurateur, I can understand why these two are judges but, along with many others, according to some Press reviews, I am mystified by Andi Oliver as a judge. A singer and local radio presenter, her passion for food does not match her co-judge’s comprehensive knowledge and experience. Even so she did bring good value to the programme with her huge personality and laugh.
MY APOLOGIES to George Bernard Shaw, a literary master, who penned ‘the use of exclamation marks in writing is akin to laughing at your own jokes.’ I must be a barrel of self-indulgent giggles!!!
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.
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I say everything is about company. A gourmet meal with an A*hole is a horrible meal. A hot dog with an interesting person is an amazing meal.” Chris Rock, Actor/Comedian
The top dog ONE of my first ‘gastronomic’ memories was as a kid leaving the cinema with my parents and being treated to a ‘Hot Dog’ from the van outside. Original ‘Street Food’? This Frankfurter sausage, covered with onions, loads of German mustard and tomato sauce was the finishing touch to a great night at the movies! I am sure on a blind tasting I would be able to tell it immediately. My taste buds have certainly changed as I haven’t had one for many years and not sure that I would want one now - but that doesn’t mean that they are not still being served. Just like the fashionable ‘Gourmet B u rg e r ’ t h e r e a r e restaurants extolling the virtues of hot dogs. One such place is the EXTRA ALERT: Just wonderfully named, missing the tomato Dogs ’N’ Dough, in sauce! Manchester. After receiving a bad review on TripAdvisor claiming that their ‘hot dog was small and gone in four bites,’ owner James Black has set up a competition: The Four Bite Challenge. Sixty guests are being invited to eat a ‘dog’ consisting of a 100g sausage and 80g brioche bun in four bites and in one minute. Those that rise to the challenge will win a meal for two... presumably on another day! This trendy eatery also serves other interesting ‘dogs’ including the New Yorker (pastrami, horseradish mayo Swiss and jalapenos) and Enter the Dragon (salt and pepper chicken, char sui crackers, spring onion and sriracha - a spicy mayonnaise); pizzas which include the classics plus the Pig Lebowski (pulled pork, crispy bacon, smoked ham and yellow mustard)and Caribbean Dream (rum glazed chicken, pineapple and peppers). I’m going to contact Mr Black to find out how many people took up his challenge and more importantly how many managed to eat it in four bites and one minute!
7 billion The number of hot dogs consumed during the peak season in the US - from Memorial Day to Labour Day - which adds up to 818 every second.
Garry Waite is a foodie and restaurateur as well as an Hospitality Management Consultant. If you are contemplating setting up an operation in Spain, or indeed having problems with an existing project contact him on garryphwaite@gmail.com
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Smooth sailing through to 2020 A NEW report on future trends in the Spanish property sector indicates that both prices and the number of transactions will rise steadily on an annual basis until at least 2020. Average house price rises across Spain will be 7.3 per cent per annum according to Solvia’s estimates. That masks substantial regional differences with prices expected to leap 14 per cent in Madrid and stagnate in less populous interior areas.
Portrait of a buyer LESS than one in 20 homebuyers are able to pay in cash, and only one in 10 are capable of financing half of a new home’s value with their own savings. The findings come from a 2017 report on housing demand in Spain. Based on more than 1,100 interviews across the country, the Casaktua report found that 45 per cent of respondents had less than 10 per cent of their target home’s value in cash reserves. A similar study last year found that just 20 per cent were in the same position, suggesting a drop in financial capacity. Age is a key factor. Those aged over 50 could pay an average of 40 per cent of their target home’s value up front, or as a deposit. Those aged 24-35 could provide just 17 per cent, with much of that likely due to parental help. The survey also painted a picture of the average Spanish homebuyer today. They are typically married, with children, and aged between 35 and 49. Most don’t care if their home is new or second-hand, 49 per cent prefer apartments, compared to just 10 per cent after townhouses.
The report suggests that Spain is in the throes of an expansionary property cycle that is markedly different from the boom of 2002 to 2008. The key difference being that growth will be slower but more stable and consolidated. Regarding home sales, the data suggests there will be an average annual increase of roughly 7 per cent, leading to a total of 564,000 sales in 2020. The half million mark is a major milestone expected
to be surpassed either this or next year. Construction of new homes should reach 110,000 by 2020, still substantially below the pre-crisis peak years, but more in tune with sustainable demand. Another trend will see the re-emergence of the first time buyer who takes out a mortgage. During the crisis the previously star character of the classic property story took a back seat as banks tightened their belts and wages fell. By
FUTURE TRENDS: Show that both prices and number of transactions will continue to rise steadily. 2020 they will be firmly back on track, accounting for up to 30 per cent of new purchases.
Investment skyrockets TOTAL real estate investments in Spain have shot up b y almo s t 7 0 p e r ce n t in 2017. In the first half of the year roughly €6 billion was in v e s te d in th e c o u n tr y’s property market. A substantial portion of the money came from overseas, and all sectors within the industry, from residential, to hotels, retail and offic e s h a v e ex p e rie n ce d growth. The retail market has performed best. Almost €2.5
billion has been invested in shopping centres this year alone, a rise of 188 per cent on the first half of 2016. The sale of the gigantic Xanadu shopping centre in Madrid has played a vital role in this growth. Other major shopping investments are underway on the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and in Cataluña. Office space investment s hot up by 55 pe r c e nt to reach €1.2 billion in just six months.
The same volume was invested in hotels, marking an increase of 69 per cent on 2016, when just €711 million was invested. Meanwhile in the residential sector home owners and pote ntia l buye rs w ill be pleased to know that investme nt s hot up by 136 pe r cent. Almost €800 million has been ploughed into the marke t s inc e J a nua ry, w e ll a bove the €330 million from January to June 2016.
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DOGS want to be trained and there is so much proof that trained dogs are invariably happier than an untrained dog. All trained dogs have happy owners. Great satisfaction can be derived from training a dog. It is not time consuming and most training can be done whilst exercising the dog. If you do not have the time to exercise your dog then you
should not keep a dog. Training classes undoubtedly contribute to better training of dogs. One great advantage of classes is that they accustom the puppy or young dog to meeting other dogs and owners get an opportunity to meet people with a common interest and often a common problem. Many people are regarded as experts when they have trained a dog of one breed to a very high standard. Faced with a difficult dog they would not know where to start. Training methods vary just as much as dogs and their owners do. There are however, many accepted exercises that form a useful basis for most dogs and most owners. Many people do not fully realise their responsibilities and try very hard to comply and end up with a dog that will bite, causes a road acci-
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Precision engineering BRITISH luxury supercar firm Aston Martin has produced its first model using a Mercedes engine, a 510hp 4.0 litre twin-turbo. The new DB11 V8 can hit 301kph and reach 100kph from a deadstart in
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Revving up the seasons MOTORING will be massive on the telly in the next few months with new seasons of both Top Gear and The Grand Tour set to hit the airwaves. The competition will kickstart an excellent summer for car lovers who can watch Clarkson and Co on Amazon and Top Gear’s latest American edition. Top Gear America! launches later this month and stars American actor William Fichtner, Top Fuel Drag driver Antron Brown and car journalist Tom Ford. It’s the very first season of the rejigged US version of the hit British show, itself breaking new ground post Jeremy Clarkson and after the disastrous reign of Chris Evans. The series starts on July 30 and has promised action from NASCAR, stunt racing, the world’s fastest SUV and other madness. The trailer is now viewable online. The Grand Tour teaser trailer is slated for a July 11 release with the second season the hit Amazon Prime show
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Walloped wallabies VOLVO is having trouble with kangaroos. It’s not the brand’s Swedish heritage but rather deficient artificial intelligence which is posing problems. Volvo has admitted that, 18 months into its Australianbased kangaroo detection and collision avoidance research, they still can’t guarantee that self-driving cars won’t wallop a wallaby. Onboard tech is confused by the hopping antics of kangaroos which makes them seem smaller when in mid-air. The emergency brake and steer function isn’t applied until the animal lands and it is too late. Volvo hopes to safeguard all its latest models against kangaroo collisions. There are an estimated 20,000 each year in Australia with tens of millions in insurance claims.
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Arsenal could break their transfer record by signing Alexandre Lacazette from French club Lyon for £45m+.
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ON Friday June 23 the Individual Stableford provided great scores considering it was such a hot day. There was the occasional breeze and players were sensible and drinking lots of water etc. After the game the consumption of beers certainly went up! Well done to Diana on an excellent score of 41 points, closely followed by Terry Oxford with 40 points. Handicap cuts have already taken place. This coming Friday is our last day at Los Moriscos until September 8. The autumn/winter calendar is getting busy so make a note of the exciting games on the horizon. LADIES 1st DianaE lliott Hcp2241pt s 2nd Erica Oxford Hcp28 35pts 3rd Gill Green Hcp20 35pts MEN 1st Terry Oxford Hcp26 40pts 2nd Eddie Janssen Hcp19 39pts 3rd John Conlan Hcp22 38pts 4th GrahamF rancis Hcp2738pt s AÑORETA - Individual Stableford Mr Captain showed some form on Friday when playing at Los Moriscos, this continued on Monday 26, with a great score of 39pts. Beating the next best
Robert Durston with 36pts. The second Mans prize went down to the countback and was decided on the last hole Rod Oldham beating Peter Garner. Marisa won the Ladies easily with 33pts, the rest of the ladies having a bad day at the office, with Marisa being 10pts ahead of the next lady. Better luck next week ladies. The course is looking very good and the management are trying very hard to keep watering the areas that the sprinklers cannot reach. OVERALL WINNER John Conlan Hcp22 39pts LADIES 1st Marisa Elias GarciaHcp18 33pts MEN 1st Stewart Green Hcp 6 36pts 2nd Rod Oldham Hcp28 34pts 3rd Peter Garner Hcp20 34pts BAVIERA - Tuesday June 27. On a very hot (36ºC) day, 32 intrepid GINS members played an Individual Stableford at Baviera. Although there was a stiff sea breeze which somewhat offset the heat, several wise people took advantage of the summer buggy deal. However there was no evidence from the results that it helped! There was only one lady
and one man in the prizes who had used a buggy. The course is standing up well to the heat and the greens are getting faster at last. Congratulations to the overall winner Roy Boutel, recently returned from obscurity. OVERALL WINNER RoyB outel 39pts LADIES 1st Jackie Viles 34pts 2nd Diana Elliott 34pts MEN 1st JohnB ollard 37pts 2nd GraemeB irch 36pts 3rd RussellD ick 34pts TWOS Gill Sibson 15
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