ISSUE NO. 1681
21 - 27 September 2017
COSTA DE ALMERÍA
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Attacker held in custody
Spending disgrace deepens ONLY 10 per cent of the money promised to improve Almeria’s infrastructure has actually been delivered. Just €18 million was spent on public works across the province last year. This is despite the Spanish government pledging €180 million to fix crumbling transport systems and build high speed railways. Instead the money spent across all of Almeria is equivalent to a mere 10th of the city’s annual budget. It is almost precisely one 10th of the amount promised by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government.
Robber scares himself POLICE are hunting a bank robber who fired a sawn-off shotgun during a failed heist in La Mojonera, Almeria. The masked man walked into the busy branch shortly after noon and fired a warning shot in the air. But the chaos he caused seemed to scare the attacker more than anyone else. Witnesses told police that he seemed shaken by the sheer force of the weapon and immediately fled on foot without taking a penny.
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A TEENAGER accused of stabbing a 21-year-old man is in police custody, while his victim remains in the intensive care unit of Torrecardenas hospital in critical condition. A late-night fight erupted between the two at a drag racing event in Almeria’s Los Molinos neighbourhood. Police found the young man lying face down in a pool of blood having been stabbed in his stomach and lower back. Witnesses told them that he had been knifed and that the 17year-old culprit had fled on foot. DANGER: Millions of fruit trees in peril.
Clock is ticking Province on verge of major catastrophe By Matthew Elliott MILLIONS of fruit trees could die within the week across the Almanzora Valley. An emergency irrigation request has been sent to Madrid by Almeria’s Mesa del Agua water board. If the water doesn’t arrive in time an estimated four million clementine, peach, plum and nectarine trees face imminent death. Millions have already begun to lose their leaves and fruits are far smaller than usual. The problem is most acute to the north of HuercalOvera, where farms have entered ‘zero supply’ stage, receiving no water whatsoever. Farmers have resigned themselves to a disastrous harvest that will struggle to pay the bills. But the death of millions of trees would
be an environmental and financial catastrophe for the valley. “If the government does nothing to help it will mean the ruin of many families and the end of millions of trees that were planted decades ago,” said Mesa del Agua spokesman, Jose Antonio Fernandez. The board has begged Madrid to approve the transfer of five cubic hectometres of water from the Negratin reservoir in Granada to its Almanzora counterpart. The Villaricos desalination plant has been out of service since 2012. “Five years later, the government has not lifted a finger to defend the interests of Almanzora farmers,” said Fernandez, “despite the fact that they have offered to take over the desalination plant and repair it at their own expense.”
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No more police DESPITE more than 3,200 illegal immigrants arriving by boat to the Costa de Almeria this year, a request to increase police numbers to cope with the crisis was rejected by Madrid.
Truck smash TWO women and a man were seriously injured when their car crashed into a truck in Zurgena. Both women are in their 60’s and were transferred to Huercal-Overa hospital in critical condition.
Coke dealer A NIJAR man was arrested on suspicion of selling cocaine on Los Escullos beach. He scarpered when police approached. After a brief chase they found nine bags of the drug on him.
By Jay Emeny RYANAIR has published a full list of the flights it is axing over the next six weeks after admitting it had “messed up” pilots’ holidays. On Friday the airline announced it would be cancelling 2,024 flights, between 40 and 50 daily. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said in a press conference that the situation was a “mess” but said that anyone who is “entitled to compensation will receive compensation.” It is estimated that up to 400,000 people and 285,000 journeys are likely to be affected. They are reportedly to be offered alternative flights or refunds, most within a day of their planned departure, but losses incurred when cancelling car or hotel bookings will not be covered. But the budget airline still faces paying out €20 million to outraged customers. Mr O’Leary said: “We made a mess and Ryanair holds our hands up when we make a mess. “I’d like to apologise and say sorry for the short notice due to not having stand by crews. “Ryanair is not short of pilots -
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No fly zone Ryanair gaffe sparks travel chaos we were able to fully crew our peak summer schedule.” Rival budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle said it has recruited more than 140 pilots from Ryanair in 2017. “Pilot recruitment is also underway for more pilots for our new Dublin base opening later this year,” they added. EU compensation rules for
GROUNDED: Over 2,000 flights have been cancelled. cancelled flights are: • Passengers are entitled to assistance and compensation, if the disruption was within an airline’s control. • Airlines have to offer full refunds, paid within seven days, or re-bookings for a flight cancelled at short notice. • In addition, passengers can also claim compensation. • Cancellation amounts are: €250 (£218) for short-haul,
€440 (£384) for medium-haul and €600 (£523) for long-haul. • Passengers who reach their destination more than three hours late can be compensated from €200 to €600, depending on the length of flights and delay. For full details on the cancellations including a comprehensive list visit the Euro Weekly News website and Facebook page.
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Further misery forecast THE travel disruption that has hit Spain shows no sign of letting up. It comes after French trade unions called fresh strikes to protest against new labour reforms. Disruption to air, sea, and ground transportation are to be expected, with a knock-on effect in Spain. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office warned, “On September 21 and 23, French unions have called for protests and strike action across France. “This could cause disruption and delays to transport services including rail networks and some maritime ports. You should allow extra time for your journey and check your operator’s website.”
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Miss Curvy AN unusual beauty contest celebrated Almeria’s fuller-figured women. Miss Curvy Almeria requires contestants to be at least a size 42. The winner goes on to represent Almeria at the Miss Curvy Andalucia event in Granada later this year. Organisers say the show proves any woman can be beautiful no matter what her size.
Shipwreck deaths THREE survivors of a shipwreck 41 miles southwest of Almeria were rescued by the coast guard. They were brought to Almeria by helicopter with the body of a fourth immigrant who died from hypothermia. Three more are believed to have died at sea. At least 50 other immigrants travelling on small boats were picked up over the week.
Plump profit NECTARINES and peaches from Almeria are sold at a 1,100 per cent mark up. A study found that Almerian farmers are paid just 15 cents per kilo for the fruits, which go on to fetch €1.75 per kilo at supermarkets, 11 times the farmer’s fee. Similarly huge increases are seen with watermelons and plums.
Air disaster MOURNERS marked the 25th anniversary of the Seron air disaster. In September 1992 a fire helicopter carrying seven people crashed in the Sierra de Los Filabres amid torrential rains. Two were killed and five seriously injured. All were local men. Flowers are placed at the scene each year to remember the victims.
Narrow escape A SCHOOL bus was reduced to ashes when it caught fire just after the driver dropped children off at their Almeria school. Minutes later he smelled smoke and pulled over. Within minutes the fire was out of control. Black smoke could be seen from the University and firefighers were soon on scene to extinguish the blaze.
Galactico getaway REAL MADRID manager Zinedine Zidane has a holiday home in Almeria. The French football legend spends time off from a stressful job at his El Chive hideaway. His wife Veronique is originally from the tiny village. Zidane is said to be well liked by
SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...30 When summer draws to a close and most of the high season festivities have ended, residents of Barcelona come together for one last giant knees-up as La Merce gets underway.
Festival fever! DEDICATED to Mare de Deu de la Merce, the patron saint of Barcelona, the celebration lasts for four days from tomorrow (Friday) until next Monday and is jam-packed with events spread across the city. Barcelona has celebrated La Merce in some form or another since 1687, when legend claimed the Virgin of La Merce helped to rid the city of a plague of locusts, but the festival didn’t become an official celebration until 1902. From concerts to traditional dancing, theatre performances to spectacular light shows, and even an eco-friendly funfair for children, it is impossible to attend everything on offer during La Merce, however there are several main attractions that should not be missed.
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INFERNAL FLAMES: During La Merce.
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THE Correfoc (fire run) takes place at dusk, where one of the main roads (normally Via Laietana) is closed off and then opened to The Devils, a select group of locals who dress-up and behave like deviants.
ONE of the more breathtaking spectacles to take place during the festivities is the Castell - a variation on a human pyramid but with all the participants standing. The groups of Castellers aim to build human towers that can reach up to 10 levels high. A child is then tasked with climbing to the very top to add the finishing touch. These competitions are held throughout Cataluña during La Merce but the main Barcelona event is held in the Plaça de Jaume.
Giant jamboree THE parade of giants is popular among adults and children alike. Barcelona locals promenade huge effigies of kings, queens and other nobles through the city streets. The procession is usually accompanied by bands of musicians so the Giants can march and dance to the beat of their drums. The groups of impressive statues are brought in from all the different neighbourhoods in the city and those who accompany them are usually dressed in matching costumes as well.
Barbie dolls A MOJACAR-BASED designer was a major hit at the Madrid Fashion Week. Alla Dolgaleva has spent years hand-crafting her Barbie-themed clothes. The impressive
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Social NO VERTIGO: Castellers reach for the sky.
TOWERING ABOVE: The popular Giants Parade.
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detail went down well with judges at the fashion show’s ‘Doll Convention,’ which uses dolls rather than catwalk stars as models. Dolls sold at the show can fetch up to €8,000.
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started the new school year using 128 huts as classrooms across the province. Dozens of schools are undergoing major repairs, with many classrooms too dangerous to teach in. Air conditioning remains a major problem, despite parents’ anger in June when some students sat in stifling 36 degree heat.
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Birth burns
Super summer for flyers A RECORD-BREAKING summer was celebrated at Almeria airport. Number crunches noted a 16.3 per cent increase in passenger traffic this August. More than 135,000 commercial passengers swung through the turnstiles. Four in five of them travelled to and from foreign destinations, with just over 24,000 hailing from Spain. Among the foreigners, the British and Belgian markets boasted the lion’s share. Other nations are catching up. The number of Danes doubled. German numbers increased by 64 per cent over August 2016,
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following a concerted Costa de Almeria promotion effort in major German cities. Leading the pack in absolute numbers, the volume of Brits still increased substantially, by 36 per cent, as flight connections to the UK improve. The Costa de Almeria has also successfully marketed itself as an adventurous alternative to the nearby Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca. August’s performance means that more than 750,000 people have passed through Almeria airport in 2017 so far.
CHARGES are being brought against Poniente hospital after a mother was severely burned while giving birth. Xenia Lopez left the delivery room in even more pain than expected. Months later she has yet to receive an explanation. She wants to know how a patient could get third degree burns in such a controlled environment.
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The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1680 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 46 local stories.
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Top Social Media comments Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary admits ‘We made a mess’ So his organisation can’t do basic staff planning and rostering and he’d rather TOTALLY disappoint hundreds of thousands of customers than mess up Lyingairs historic good punctuality record and disappoint far fewer customers ... of course it’s nothing to do with the autumn and flying with lower passenger yields ... the man must think we are all idiots. Disgusting business ethics. Martin George So annoying! My mother is 89 and so excited about seeing her great grandchildren on Friday ... but instead is worried and anxious!!! Nicky Summers Twenty-one injured in Barcelona bakery explosion - I’m not trying to second guess ‘authorities’ but flour is very dangerous, especially in bakeries. It has been known to explode before now on more than one occasion, and it would be ‘unusual’ for gas to explode twice. I do hope all the injured make a full recovery very soon, poor people just doing a day’s work to make food for us, thank you and get well soon. Elizabeth Saunders
British father in coma with serious injuries during stag party do in Magaluf So insurance company won’t pay out because he had alcohol in his system? That would probably apply to everyone who is on holiday and travels! Terrible situation poor guy. Pamela Doyle More travel misery forecast in Spain as French strike again - Everyone deserves good pay and working conditions but when you have paid a lot of money for your holiday and have been looking forward to it for over a year it’s very frustrating. And people are bound to be upset about it. Susan Richardson Best free newspaper in Spain moves to heart of community - Super publication.. a must for anyone on holidays in the Costa.. and it’s FREE. Mary O'Sullivan Very handy for us as we go past there to go downtown + shop at Mercadona. Kris Jackson Picador’s dogs poisoned as revenge for Toro de la Vega celebrations in northern Spain - So killing these poor dogs is supposed to be justice? Monsters and totally on the same level as the picador. Margaret Rowse
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Barcelona could have been home to the Eiffel Tower. If everything had gone according to Gustave Eiffel’s initial plan, Paris’ most famous landmark would now be in Barcelona. Unfortunately, the Spanish government rejected the architect’s project, deciding it was too ‘radical’ for the city.
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Wind power rescue A TOTAL of 38 new wind farms have been approved for construction across Almeria Province. Fourteen of them will be built at the Los Balazos wind farm in Seron, which has been awaiting new turbines since 2010. It has been five years since Almeria approved new wind farms, despite constant pledges to invest in renewable energy. In the meantime major energy generation projects have stalled, while thousands of residents suffer regular power cuts. When complete, the energy produced by Almeria’s wind farms will be enough to power 700,000 homes, roughly the entire population of the province. By cutting back on almost half a ton of carbon dioxide emissions, their effect will be akin to removing 200,000 cars from the roads.
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Hurricane devastation AS many islands in the Caribbean try to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, they have barely had time to breathe before Hurricane Maria arrived. The island of Barbuda which is part of the independent state of Antigua has been inhabited for 300 years but is now deserted with properties literally blown away and every single inhabitant dispossessed and evacuated to Antigua which escaped relatively lightly. The first island to be hit by Maria was Dominica, like Antigua a former British colony and there has been considerable damage in the capital Roseau with the hurricane now due to roughly follow the trail of Irma as it moves inextricably towards the USA. A number of islands are still vulnerable and a Royal Navy vessel is delivering relief supplies to a number of the British Overseas Territories in the area including Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands but when compared to the actions of other countries, it is suggested that this is very little, very late. Living in Spain, we have to accept that it may become unbearably hot and water will either be in short supply or sometimes cause flash floods, but generally speaking we don’t suffer from any of the major natural catastrophes that affect so many other parts of the world.
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Daring move T W E N T Y- S I X - Y E A R - O L D songstress, Pixie Lott, has been photographed wearing a very daring high-cut swimsuit. The blonde pop star was pictured partying with friends on a yacht off Ibiza while donning a flesh-baring black one-piece, which perfectly displayed her toned physique. The Turn It Up singer was enjoying a break from her hectic schedule, relaxing with family and friends aboard the luxury vessel. Lott, who became engaged to her
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BEEFCAKE: Calum Best in Ibiza.
Best has faced back-lash for his appearance, however, after standing up one date despite insisting he was ready to settle down. The heavily-tattooed beefcake now appears to have found romance on his own, holding hands with the brown-haired beauty on sun loungers on the White Island. The star has previously been linked to Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, as well as fellow football-legend offspring, Bianca Gascoigne.
‘HUMAN KEN DOLL,’ Rodrigo Alves, lost three of his veneers while partying in Marbella. The 34-year-old, who is famous for his ambition to look like Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, explained, “I have been partying far too much and I guess that I must have had far too much to drink.” The Brazilian has since had the veneers replaced.
RODRIGO ALVES: Lost veneer.
She’s got front! HOLLYWOOD starlet, Lindsay Lohan, has been photographed front row at Madrid Fashion Week. The 31-year-old Mean Girls actress wore a tight black leather dress and enormous black sunglasses as she enjoyed being guest of honour at the Pasarela Cibeles show. The day before, the star opted for a different look, wearing all white to a Devota & Lomba show.
ALL WHITE: Lindsay Lohan.
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long-term boyfriend, Oliver Cheshire, last November, showed off a huge sparkler on her ring finger. The couple dated for six years before Cheshire got down on one knee in 2016, with Pixie explaining, “I’d had no sleep, so I just burst into tears. For once I was speechless!” Despite their busy lives, the pair managed to get some alone time together earlier this summer on a break in SIZZLING: Pixie Lott. Capri.
CALUM BEST, the 36-year-old son of football legend, George Best, has been spotted cosying up to a mystery brunette in Ibiza. The reality TV star, who has previously appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Come Dine with Me, is currently starring in Channel 4’s Celebs go Dating. The show follows several celebrities who have joined up to the Celebrity Dating Agency in their quest for love.
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TOWIE star, Megan McKenna, was filmed making amends with former pals Chloe Meadows and Courtney Green in Marbella. The 24-year-old brunette was shooting scenes for The Only Way is Essex on the show’s annual trip to Marbella when she was spotted with her two former best friends. The trio put aside their differences to enjoy a night clubbing.
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By Matthew Elliott A DOG was abandoned outside Almeria’s Zoosanitary centre under the cover of darkness. Staff at the kennel saw and rescued the animal, whom they have baptised ‘Floro.’ The dog was tied to a pole with a rusty chain by his former owner. There was no identification chip and he was left out for hours during the night before being discovered. Police were actually called to the scene by a group of youths during the night. But officers said there was no place they could keep the dog and decided to leave Floro there until the morning. Unhappy kennel workers say the case shows that Almeria is in dire need of a 24-hour
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KENNEL: Zoosanitary centre overwhelmed and under fire. animal protection and rescue service. Firefighters agree. They have already filed a complaint with the council arguing that it is not their job to be rescuing stray and abandoned animals all night. The police union has also criticised the lack of a week-
end animal rescue service. Local Police bear the brunt of calls from concerned residents and are already understaffed as it is. Almeria’s Zoosanitary Centre is embroiled in controversy of its own. Administrators are still trying to show accoun-
tants where thousands of ‘missing’ cats and dogs went. Socialist councillor Ines Plaza suspects they were put down. The centre has also been targeted by thieves. Earlier this summer five dangerous dogs were stolen overnight from the facility.
Monster battery scheme A MASSIVE lithium ion battery will be constructed in Carboneras. It will be the largest of its kind in Spain and help bring the Carboneras power plant into the 21st century. The 11.5 million battery will project 20 megawatts of power and have a capacity of 11.7 megawatt hours. It is part of a much wider reconfiguration of the power plant, which hasn’t evolved much since it was launched in 1985. Mainframe systems have been updated and the monster lithium battery will be accompanied by other renewable sources, including wind and water energy. The Carboneras plant is battling the clock to meet tough new EU environmental regulations. Nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide emissions must be reduced dramatically to meet its obligations. The total cost of greenifying the Endesamanaged plant is estimated at €240 million.
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Sea trade quartet FOUR agri-food companies from Almeria traveled to Canada to strike export deals in Montreal and Toronto. Almerian produce is in high demand in both Brazil and Canada.
Bank abuse EACH day there are roughly eight complaints on average concerning abusive mortgage clauses in Almeria. Last year there were 3,000 demands for compensation from banks.
Biz brains STUDENTS in Seron are learning the art of the deal from the Andalucian Centre of Entrepreneurship. Budding business leaders are taught modern market analysis and how to empathise with customers.
Wind power A LUXURY sailboat powered only by wind will stop by the Levante dock at the Port of Almeria for 24 hours tomorrow. The boat can hold almost 500 passengers.
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She’s hot stuff! Mallorcan crowned Miss World Spain MARIA ELISA TULIAN, a 21-year-old from Mallorca, is set to take on the world after being declared Miss World Spa in in G irona , Cataluña. D e s c ribing he rs e lf a s “sympathetic, enterprising, responsible and, above all, very fierce” the drama stude nt re pre s e nte d the Balearics and over a period of days prior to the Saturday Gala had to win one of s e ve n e ve nts in orde r to take her place in the final. Eli Tulian, as she likes to be known, won the sports test, but other tests included talent, multimedia, top model, regional costume test, bathing costume and beauty with a purpose, so she found herself on the night of the final against six other girls. A fte r a pre limina ry round, the final five were chosen, Eli triumphed, was crowned Miss World Spain
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Virtual success VIDEO gamers attended a conference in Huercal de Almeria. Funds raised from the weekend event, which included tournaments and workshops, went to Argar, a local childrens’ charity.
Moon march SIZZLING: Maria strikes a pose.
A HUNDRED ‘werewalkers’ took on a three and a half hour march under the full moon across the Tabernas Desert. They were baptising an official new trail set up by the council to attract hikers.
French fancy WINNER: Maria Elisa Tulian (centre). and will now go forward to take part in the 67th Miss World competition which
will be held in China in Novem ber wi t h an expect ed 100+ contestants.
WORK is to begin on preparing Almeria’s long dormant French cable for development. The former loading bay is to be converted into a shopping centre or promenade within the next decade.
Wheel week EUROPEAN Mobility Week is being celebrated in Almeria until tomorrow. The city is packed with scooters, skaters, cyclists, and go-karters, with free buses taking people around.
Green crate PICKY millennials from Almeria prefer their fruit and veg in carton or wood containers. Anything but plastic is the message from the generation of young people aged roughly 2135.
Time bandits HUNDREDS of public sector workers protested in Almeria demanding the immediate return of the 35-hour work week. The government promised to reinstate it in January, after imposing 37.5 hour weeks in 2011.
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Robot wars on the rise STUDENTS from the University of Almeria won first place in an engineering competition held in Gijon. The robotics experts showcased intelligent washing machines, robots and virtual reality specs.
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THREAT: Superstar Bisbal will perform amid tight security.
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A BAREFOOT woman carrying a large knife was arrested while she argued with a group of people in the early hours in Roquetas. Police believe she’d stolen one of their phones.
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A 50,000 INVESTMENT will be pumped into Poniente hospital to improve waiting rooms and out surgery facilities. There will be more space, better accessibility and privacy according to managers.
EXTREMELY tight security will be in place for HuercalOvera’s biggest pop concert of the year. The town celebrates a huge music festival on Saturday October 14 at the Hornillo football stadium. Star of the show will be pop sensation David Bisbal. It
is a homecoming gig for the Almerian superstar, who is wrapping up a nationwide tour. Both police and politicians are wary that the outdoor venue, star power, and thousands of spectators could prove a tempting target for terrorists. On Monday a security summit was held by Mayor Domingo Fernandez. He discussed preventative measures with Guardia Civil, State Security, and National and Local Police representatives. Spanish government delegate Andres Garcia also attended. Garcia stressed the important of co-operation between the different forces. Relations between them will be man-
aged by security experts dispatched from the national government. In the run-up to the concert there will be a noticeably increased police presence on the streets. Police checks and other security controls will also be ramped up. Local Police expressed their readiness to step up to the plate. They have been receiving special anti-terror training and have already managed to reduce crime by 6 per cent this year. With the country now at a Level 4 terrorist threat alert following the Barcelona attack, a major shake-up of the security forces is being planned for the next two years.
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Tribute to a trailblazer By Matthew Elliott A SPECIAL walk is being organised to celebrate the 150th birthday of one of Almeria’s greatest folk heroines. Literary lovers, feminists and history buffs will walk through the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park in honour of Carmen de Burgos. She was born in 1867 in Almeria and went on to become one of Spain’s greatest writers. The country’s first female journalist, Burgos was also a pioneering war correspondent who covered Spain’s colonial strife in Morocco in 1909. She was an early feminist, and contemporary of the Suffragettes, who fought for female and individual equality throughout her life. Burgos wrote under the pseudonym Colombine, and spent much of her life in Rodalquilar, Nijar. Much of her fictional work was inspired by the Cabo de Gata, leading to an enduring connection between Nijar and her legacy. The walk takes place on
INSPIRATION: Rodalquilar was literary icon’s home away from home. Saturday September 23 and combines both nature and literature. Participants will stroll through the Natural Park, stopping occasionally to read pieces of Burgos’ work. It will conclude with an ex-
hibition at San Ramon overlooking the beach. The walk is being organised by the Institute of Almerian Studies (IEA). Tickets, priced at €5 can be bought in advance on their website.
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From Hollywood to Bollywood
EPIC: Tabernas’ vast landscape the envy of film producers. By Matthew Elliott FILM companies from around the world are queuing up to shoot in Almeria. The Provincial Film Office is expecting around 500 requests for production permits and information this year. In 2016 there were 470 formal requests covering a broad range of feature films, documentaries and advertisements. Not all requests have to go through the official Film Office either, meaning the international interest is likely far higher than the statistics give credit for. Town halls and even private property owners with film-worthy land, can grant permission to the cameras. There are now an estimated 50 companies and 116 professionals
manning an increasingly competitive local industry. They offer their services as talent scouts, middlemen and location finders to foreign film production outfits. With recent blockbusters, such as Exodus from Ridley Scott, and the cultural phenomenon of Game of Thrones, being filmed in Almeria, the province’s reputation is spreading quickly. A recent article in the Indian Times fawned over the rugged beauty of the Tabernas Desert and its glorious history as the site of Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western trilogy. The desert today forms the backdrop to Porsche and Ferrari advertisements, as does the Cabo de Gata. All that’s missing is a Bollywood musical.
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An early Christmas for Leo the Lion By Karl Smallman THE family of Leo Bermejo, the always smiling little boy from Almeria with a brain cancer tumour, are planning an early Christmas party for their ‘lion’ after receiving devastating news from a world-renowned neurosurgeon. Over the past two years the brave four-year-old, known by his supporters as Leo the Lion, has undergone surgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the UK and travelled to Oklahoma in the States. His supporters raised thousands of euros for the cutting-edge treatment in a campaign that was regularly featured by the Euro Weekly News. But after Leo’s last MRI scan in Spain it was discovered a tumour was still there - and growing - reaching almost 9cm in length now. The family have been told that the
BRAVE LEO: Always smiling. bigger the tumour gets the faster it grows, as cells are dividing and reproducing. After reviewing the latest scan results in the UK top brain surgeon Conor Malucci told the heartbroken family that he feels that it is too dangerous to
perform any more operations. Mum Karen said, “As hard it is to hear we trust Alder Hey - the hospital that has never let us down - and the neurosurgeon who is world-renowned. “Leo is well now and we need to enjoy and treasure this time with him.” She added, “As hard as it is we have to come to the realisation that we cannot save Leo now. His fate is out of our hands.” Now Leo’s family is pulling out all the stops to organise a special early Christmas for him. Karen said, “Leo is not really interested in the Three Kings or Santa as they scare him a bit. What he does really love is ‘Frozen.’ “He would absolutely love for the Ana and Elsa characters to sing to him. It would be the best present ever.” So now the race is on to make his wish come true.
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SAFE: Zero drownings recorded on Nijar’s top beaches this summer.
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Beach deaths hit record low Drownings rarer than ever as public takes care By Matthew Elliott FOR the second summer running, no swimmers drowned at any point of Nijar’s extensive coastline. It has been hailed as a remarkable success in a summer in which eight people drowned across the Costa de Almeria. The last victim was a British man who didn’t drown at sea but in a Vera swimming pool in early August. Two of the fatalities occurred when a man and woman paddled out to a San Isidro reservoir to try and save a dog. Just five people have died at Almeria’s beaches, and none on Nijar’s 60km coastline, which
includes the often dangerous beaches and coves of the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park. In contrast, 12 people lost their lives at sea in 2015, the majority in Nijar. Strong winds and currents in remote Cabo de Gata coves have proven a deadly trap for inexperienced swimmers and tourists for decades. Beaches councillor Alexis Pineda said there has been a ‘greater respect’ this summer among bathers of warning flags and advice from lifeguards, especially during bad weather. Nijar has also committed itself to beach safety with 16 lifeguards manning popular
beaches, such as Las Negras and Aguamarga, from June 15 to September 15. At least 50 people were rescued by lifeguards in the past three months. Roaming Guardia Civil patrols regularly check quieter Cabo de Gata coves for any signs of trouble. The weather has also played its part, with less storms than a typical summer. Pineda wants to extend the record by maintaining safety programmes well into October. Nijar Council has set up a mobile phone application called ‘Nijarapp’ which will allow people to check beach conditions until October 15.
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Huge hike for free WORLD Tourism Day will be celebrated with a free hiking route through Huercal-Overa next Sunday. All the public are invited, from children to seasoned athletes, for the eight km jaunt.
Wild man POLICE arrested a 21year-old vandal on suspicion of slashing car tyres, damaging a bar terrace and knocking over nursing home flower pots during a night of madness in Velez Rubio.
Tour guides SPECIAL tours of the Cabo de Gata’s secret natural spaces are taking place throughout September. Organised by Almeria’s environment department, it includes a 4x4 adventure and trip to the lighthouse.
By Matthew Elliott A PORTRAIT of Francisco Franco hanging at an Almeria exhibition has provoked the ire of local Socialist Party councillors. The group have demanded the ‘immediate’ withdrawal of the large portrait of Spain’s former dictator. The General ruled Spain with an iron fist and has left a deeply divided legacy. A growing movement across the country want all relics, monuments, street names and other fascist iconography taken down. Franco’s portrait is hanging at an exhibition dedicated to Spain’s armed forces entitled ‘The Culture of Defence’ at Patio de Luces. Outraged Socialists are demanding to know why a portrait of a fascist dictator is hung in a democratic institution. Spokesman Juan Antonio Lorenzo said it was disgraceful that an exhibition dedicated to men and women who “live away from home so we can live in a peaceful democratic society” be tainted by Franco’s legacy. There is also a portrait of Franco’s fascist military ally Millan Astray. Their inclusion
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Franco furore grips gallery Anger over portrait of dictator as a young man is an “insult” to the victims of the post-Civil War regime, said Lorenzo. He castigated the Almerian council, led by the conservative Popular Party, for spending tax money showcas-
ing the face of a man who caused untold suffering to thousands of Almerians. Almeria’s Brotherhood of Legionnaires disagrees. They have accused the Socialists of
LEGACY: Even Franco paintings generate strong emotions.
trying to censor their history and of playing politics with the feelings of families. Brotherhood president Manuel Montes
said the portrait was of Franco in his early days as a commander, not in his later incarnation as a dictator.
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COMMUNITY
MACS BBQ success MIRAFLORES CAMPING LOS GALLARDOS was the venue for a MACS fundraising BBQ. Live music was provided by Michelle Miles and Melanie Howard-Coles aka ABBA-solutely fabulous, an ABBA tribute duo. They wowed the large crowd with an extensive medley of ABBA music that got people up and dancing. There were also games of chance and a raffle to raise money. As a result, the event raised €979. MACS, the local cancer charity, has charity shops in Mojacar, Turre, Albox, Vera and Huercal-Overa. If you want information about the location of those shops, gen-
LIVE MUSIC: ABBA-solutely fabulous entertained. eral enquires or serving as a volunteer, call 634 328 334 weekdays between 11am and
4pm. If you or a loved one needs the support of MACS, please call 634 656 555.
Church of England Costa Calida and Costa Almeria MOJACAR Eucharist - Sunday 11am at the Church of San Pascual,Agua de Enmedio Albox - Aljambra - Eucharist - Second and last Thursday each month 11am, Evensong Second Sunday each month 6pm Llanos Del Peral - El Cudador - Eucharist or Morning Worship, Sunday 11am Church Wardens, Pam Carter 667 947 573 and
Tony Noble 634 301 873, or see the website www.mojacarchurch.org. Harvest Festival services Mojacar and Lanos September 24, Aljambra September 28. BBQ and Fashion Show Llanos Del Peral Church Saturday September 23 at 4pm Tickets €5 (entrance and BBQ) from Church Wardens.
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MOJACAR Pueblo at 11.15am. All are welcome. The group also plan to continue having a second coffee/lunch meeting on the third Thursday of each month. Venues to be confirmed, see press. Diary for October 2017 Thursday 5 at 11.15am branch social. Speaker Joyce Vernon (medium). Friday 6 at 7.30pm Fish ‘n Chip night with quiz at the Oasis Bar in Palomares. To book a table call Christine on 697 887 362. Thursday 18 at 11.30am branch social at
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Royal British Legion, Mojacar branch Burdaldro, Mojacar. Saturday 28 at 7pm RBL Poppy Appeal dinner and dance at the Vera Avent hotel, Vera. Tickets €35 pp. Contact Christine on 697 887 362 or email secretary.rblmojacar@gmail.com. There will be a grand raffle costing €5 for a strip of five tickets from the Oasis bar in
Palomares, Total Entertainment in Turre or from Mick 678 101 471. Prizes include two return tickets on Monarch Airlines including baggage, a £200 voucher for Brittany Ferries, an exclusive travel voucher and more. The Royal British Legion Spain district north.
The Royal British Legion provides lifelong support for the Armed Forces community serving men and women, veterans and their families. If you feel they can help you, please call 676 451 780 from 9am-5pm on weekdays. Email assistance.rbl.dns@gmail.com or rblmojacar@gmail.com.
FACE announces autumn programme FACE (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) are pleased to announce their forthcoming fundraising events through autumn until Christmas. On October 28 at 7.30pm and October 29 at 3pm at the Zurgena Municipal Theatre, The Incognito Singers under the musical guidance of David Murphy will be performing Autumn concerts for the benefit of FACE. Tickets will shortly be on sale at CAT Services (La Alfoquia), Girasol (Albox), One
Stop Pools (Albox), and at Total Entertainment (in Albox and Arboleas). Tickets will be priced at only €5 each and once again there will be a raffle at each performance, and FACE will also be providing a bar for pre-performance and interval refreshments. This year’s diaries will be on sale shortly and will cost only €4. They will be available at various outlets or from any of the FACE Committee Members. The FACE Christmas Mar-
PURPLE REIGN: The Incognito Singers. ket will be held on Friday December 1, probably in a giant marquee in front of the Ar-
boleas Town Hall, although this has yet to be confirmed. It will commence at 6pm and
during the evening the draw will take place for FACE’s Grand Christmas Raffle which
will have a first prize of €200. These Raffle tickets will be on sale shortly, priced at €4 for five raffle tickets. FACE is still looking for Stall Holders, so if interested please contact FACE on its temporary telephone number 627 279 584. If you would like any further information on FACE please call the temporary telephone number printed above, email face.charity@hotmail.com, visit our website at www.face charity.com or look at the FACE Facebook page.
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NETHERLANDS
Drunk don’t drive THE number of people busted in Denmark for drink driving has halved since 2007. The change in behaviour has also reduced the number of people killed in alcoholrelated road traffic accidents by two thirds.
Alien invasion
Less young people are drinking and driving in Denmark than ever before.
Running debt DENMARK is unable to claim back millions of euros in student debt from EU students once they have left the country. The figure, which now stands at over €16 million, has more than doubled since 2011.
Fair pay THE national male football team has offered to pay the women side’s wages after a pay dispute. The women’s team are
currently on strike and have rejected the offer due to it not meeting their requirements.
Come up short A NEW bridge near Jedsted
was discovered to be a metre too short when it was installed last Friday. Authorities have ensured that it will be ready for its opening with a temporary solution in place.
AN Asian hornet has been spotted on the island of SchouwenDuiveland. The insects, which are the largest of their species, have been on the EU list of invasive alien species since August 2016.
against a fine for urinating in a public place. Geerte Piening was fined €140 two and a half years ago for urinating in the street after a night out.
Jumping ship
Cyber scare
INTERNATIONAL broadcasters based in the UK are likely to move their operations to the Netherlands after Brexit, according to a study by Expert Media Partners.
DUTCH girls between the ages of 15 and 18 are two times more likely to be bullied online than boys of the same age group, according to Statistics Netherlands. Less than one in seven victims in this age group report the abuse to the authorities.
Pee penalty A TWENTY-THREE-YEAR OLD Dutch woman lost her appeal
GERMANY
SWEDEN
Bond busted
Emmy acclaim
A GERMAN real-life James Bond has been prosecuted for hiding millions from the taxman. The 77year-old former spy was discovered to owe €14 million in tax and could face six years in prison.
Jurassic sea SCIENTISTS have finally identified the bones of a giant, 190 million-year-old sea creature that was discovered in the 1980s. The
long-necked reptile is believed to have been a super predator in the Jurassic period.
Right creep up POLLS have put the far-right AfD party in third place in the upcoming German election, ahead of other ‘smaller’ parties. If the party’s numbers hold, its representatives will enter Parliament for the first time.
FRANCE
Bank blunder THREE bank customers have been fined for ignoring an elderly man w ho los t c ons c ious ne s s in the branch and later died. The amounts ra nge from €2,400 to €3,600. Those prosecuted were accused of walking around and not offering to he lp w he n the 83-ye a r-old c ollapsed.
BELGIUM
Flight fallout
Sink home
RYANAIR has cancelled flights from Paris, Toulouse, and Bordeaux this week. The airline announced they will cancel up to 50 flights a day from now until the end of October, in order to improve their punctuality.
LOCAL residents who were evacuated from the village of Leuvensesteenweg last Thursday following the emergence of a sink hole have now been allowed to return home. The incident was triggered by a burst water main.
Homeless held
Face lift
A HOMELESS man was arrested last Sunday charged with murdering a woman who was eight months pregnant. Her partner raised the alarm after finding the 23year-old’s body in her apartment in Ustaritz.
THE City 2 Commercial Centre in Brussels will undergo major renovation over the next 18 months to make it more modern and accessible. Over €30 million will be invested in the project.
Dirty air AIR on the Paris metro system is 10 times dirtier than the air outside, according to a new report shared by local media sources. The high concentration of pollution is considered dangerous to health.
Hunting horror A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was shot dead by his grandfather on the opening day of France’s hunting season. The accident occurred as the boy went to pick up a dead game bird.
Drilling deep A NEW drilling contract has been awarded for a Belgian geothermal project. The client is planning to drill 5,000 metres below the surface to reach energy and heat resources.
Grand disaster THE Monumental Supreme Court of Belgium, which was built in the 19th century, is on the verge of collapse. The crumbling building is still used as Belgian’s highest courthouse and hears trials on a daily basis.
SWEDISH actor Alexander Skarsgard took home an Emmy from the award show last Sunday for his part in the acclaimed TV show Big Little Lies.
Flood fun A STORM caused basements and shops in Malmo to flood last Sunday. The heavy downpour included hailstorms and caused a half-marathon event to be cancelled, as well as damaging the interiors of several buildings.
Protest dispute SWEDISH police have come
under fire for allowing a neo-Nazi group to demonstrate in the streets of Gothenburg without having an official permit. The 50-strong group marched with banners bearing Nazi symbols.
No men allowed A MAN-FREE festival organised to protect women from sexual assault at music festivals has come under fire for its discriminatory approach to transgender individuals. Only those identified as female at birth are currently allowed to attend.
NORWAY
Polar scared NORWAY has fined a tourist guide €1,300 for scaring a polar bear. A guide who was leading a group on a snowmobile expedition approached the bear, which is forbidden, and scared it away.
Police scam A FORMER policeman was sentenced to 21 years in prison by the Oslo District Court for gross corruption and conspiracy to smuggle cannabis. It is reported he received over €262,000 in bribes from drug traffickers.
Solar sells SOLAR panel units will be sold for the first time in-store at a Norwegian electronic chain. The use of solar panel power for energy has tripled in efficiency in Norway in the past year alone.
Viking riches REINDEER hunters have discovered a 1,100 year-old Viking sword in Norway’s Oppland county. The sword was found in good condition owing to the freezing condition in the region throughout most of the year.
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Cup tickets
COUNTDOWN: Clock is ticking as 2018 tournament gears up. TICKET lines are now open for the 2018 World Cup held in Russia next summer. Football fans can submit applications for tickets until October 12. They will be sold on a first come, first served basis between November 16 and 28. Another sales period will come before the tournament’s kick-off.
HIV epidemic AN average of 80 Russians die every day from HIV/Aids according to new statistics. There has been a 13 per cent increase in deaths this year. At least 1.1 million people carry the virus in Russia. Health authorities have described it as an epidemic.
Slurry wars PIG farmers in south-west Russia illegally blocked the highway to Kazakhstan after police confiscated computers used to automatically feed 28,000 pigs. Detectives are investigating possible subsidy fraud and seized the computers for three months. The farmers face heavy fines for blocking traffic with their tractors.
Everest empire THE Russian Embassy in London raised eyebrows when it described Mount Everest as Russian territory in a tweet. The statement was later deleted by not before some netizens pointed out the strange claim. In response the embassy tweeted ‘digital sh*t happens’ alongside a picture of Forrest Gump.
Chimney comrades A WARNING was given to the Russian Consulate in San Francisco after it began burning rubbish in a giant fireplace. Black smoke sailed from the chimney leading to fears of a fire. But firefighters were told not to worry. The incident violates about 1,000 of San Francisco’s famously green-friendly rules.
Bomb scares SCHOOLS and other public buildings were evacuated in dozens of Russian cities after a series of bomb threats. In just one day authorities across the country received 42 anonymous threats. An estimated 45,000 people were moved from buildings in Perm, Omsk, Chelyabinsk and other major cities.
Forbidden film A FILM about an affair between Tsar Nicholas and a Polish dancer will not be screened by Russia’s biggest cinema group. Extremist Christian groups have burned cars and tossed Molotov cocktails outside cinemas daring to show ‘Mathilde.’ Tsar Nicholas II is considered a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.
BANNED: Cinemas are cowing into religious groups over film.
FINANCE Public sector pay cap
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STAT OF WEEK
business & legal
IT’S costing more than ever to die in Britain and many people have to cut back on funeral expenses which can average more than €4,000. London is the most expensive place to die with average costs exceeding €6,000 which is double the cost of a funeral in Northern Ireland according to the 11th Cost of Dying report published by insurers SunLife. The funeral however only makes up less than 50 per cent of the average cost with the total hitting €9,000 when adding the cost of a wake, cars, flowers and a profes-
By John Smith sional to administer the estate. In the survey according to funeral directors and bereaved, a number of people have opted for the cheapest coffin, hold the wake at home and even considered burying their loved one in their back gardens. Since the company first started the survey, they have seen costs increase by more than 70 per cent in England although Northern Ireland and Wales have seen a drop.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Stronger pound
Fashion sales grow online WITH London Fashion Week just about to finish, shopping for clothes online is becoming a major market in the UK and increasingly in Spain. In the past five years, UK spend online has doubled to £16 billion (€18 billion) although the overall growth in clothing sales is just over 1 per cent, suggesting that the customer base remains much the same but the method of purchase has changed. So says Mintel, the world’s
largest market intelligence agency with global offices in Europe, the Far East and Asia Major retailers such as Inditex and Mango have spent a lot of time and money in developing their Spanish websites which can then be rolled out across the world whilst a number of British companies such as Debenhams and Marks and Spencer are making it much easier for English speaking residents in Spain to purchase their clothing.
IN a recent edition of this newspaper it was suggested that sterling would be likely to recover against the euro and this is what has happened. At the time of writing, the exchange rate has exceeded €1.12 and could climb further.
Unfair olives SPANISH olive growers have now received a 150 page document from US Department of Commerce which they must fill in if they wish to keep tariff free imports. American olive growers accuse them of unfair competition supported by the Spanish government.
Bitcoin falls THE digital currency Bitcoin has lost 20 per cent of its value in September after tremendous rises in 2017. Despite this a single coin is still valued at around $4,000 (€3,356) although Chinese pressure may hurt it in the future.
Greater growth for Spain’s economy AFTER reviewing the way in which national accounting in Spain is undertaken, the authorities have now slightly upgraded 2015 and 2016 growth results. According to the National Institute of Statistics economic output grew by 3.3 per cent in 2016, up by 0.1 per cent over the figure reported in
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We know perfectly well that relocation would become an exodus, Catalonia would enter into an economic collapse,” Josep Bou President of Entrepreneurs of Catalonia on Catalonian Independence.
ON THE catwalk at London Fashion Week.
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is the total value that shares in Siemens Gamesa on the Spanish Stock Exchange have lost in just six weeks.
Escalating cost of death
A SPOKESPERSON for the Spanish Finance Ministry has announced that in order to comply with deficit containment requirements, public sector pay rises will be capped. The maximum increase in any single year between 2018 and 2020 will be set at 2 per cent although there is no guarantee that even this figure will be agreed in every case. Unions are now awaiting a meeting with government negotiators to see what their members are likely to be offered.
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March of this year whilst the 2015 figure is now reported as 3.4 per cent, up 0.2 per cent. So pleased is the government with these adjusted figures that the ministry of the economy thinks it reasonable to expect the 2017 figure to be even better than 2016.
Many people now consider the advantage of taking insurance or making interim payments on guaranteed costs in order to save their loved ones from having the problem of funding their funeral after they have gone. Those living in Spain will be able to find similar options in order to reduce the likely cost of a funeral and also need to consider whether their wills should specify that their estates should be distributed under Spanish law or the law of the country in which they were born.
Energy shares fall A REPORT issued by the investment bankers Goldman Sachs has frightened a number of corporate and private investors and hit the shares of Spanish energy companies. The twin reasons for this were suggestions that the Spanish government was likely to cut subsidies to the energy section and the increased amount of green energy will see prices tumbling.
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“Schhh... You Know Who” A WAR has broken out between Coca Cola and Japanese drinks manufacturer Suntory over the import of millions of bottles of Schweppes tonic water from Britain to Spain. Schweppes Spain, owned by Suntory has taken action against companies selling British made Schweppes tonic water and a major importer. So heated has the argument become that the main court in Barcelona has had to submit the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) the EU’s highest court for an opinion before making a ruling. Coca Cola owns the rights to produce Schweppes tonic water and other drinks in the UK and a number of other countries as does Suntory, but with the growth in popularity of gin and tonic across Europe, one Spanish distributor in particular decided that more money could be made by importing the quinine-based drink from the UK. It is estimated that the import of British tonic accounted for 5 per cent of total Spanish sales and action was taken against wholesalers who supplied bars and restaurants with the tonic as well as the main importer who had 45,000 bottles seized at ports of landing. Whilst Coca Cola has signed a private agreement not to send Schweppes tonic water direct to Spain, the distributor has argued that it is doing nothing wrong and that the Schweppes’ brand is closely associated in the minds of consumers with Coca Cola. The counter argument not only disputes this but points out that Spanish Schweppes tonic tastes different to the UK pro-
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TONIC WATER: Perfect to go with gin.
duced version and even has different sized bubbles. Once the CJEU completes its deliberations, their conclusion will be passed to Barcelona and a final decision will be handed down, so that one side will be able to relax with an enjoyable G&T. Intellectual Property lawyers await the decision with interest as there are many branded items produced in different parts of the European Union where parallel imports are known to take place from Eastern Europe to wealthier States and precedence in law is always helpful.
BUILDING A LOCAL CURRENCY FOR LOCAL PEOPLE
AN Israeli company, Colu, has attracted more than €10 million financial investment from corporate investors prepared to take a chance on new high tech start-up companies. Originally formed to take advantage of the interest in digital currencies following the success of bitcoin, it has shifted its emphasis to introduce local online currencies for specific cities. Starting in Israel and the UK, there is every likelihood that if the test cases are successful, we could see the same concept arriving in Spain. The actual idea is quite simple and takes the previously tried concept of a local currency and digitises it so they now operate the Haifa Shekel and the Liverpool Pound. Local companies agree to sign up free of charge to Colu and confirm that they will accept digital payment and consumers also sign up to convert their pounds on a one for one basis for the Liverpool Pound. There are no charges to change money nor are there charges when payments are made but in order to prosper
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PROMOTING local shopping.
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Colu charges 1.5 per cent when the digital currency is cashed in. The attraction for local business is that it pays no fees to accept digital payment and as membership - both business and consumer - grows so there will be an increasing market of local shoppers. Research shows that large businesses such as supermarkets and major retailers move up to 70 per cent of in-
come earned out of the area to regional or main bank accounts whilst local businesses keep up to 65 per cent of income circulating within the area. The concept is good, but there are potential drawbacks as there is only so much local business to business trade that can be undertaken before small companies need to ‘cash in’ their Liverpool Pounds which is when they lose 1.5 per cent of their total. Equally, if businesses keep hold of all of their digital income, Colu won’t make any income and could well ‘pull the plug.’ None of the four trial areas have been trading for long enough to indicate whether this is a potentially viable option, but the fact that some major venture capitalists are prepared to help fund the company suggests that this could be the next big thing in the digital world. If it does take off, then the only slight irony will be a concept that looks to support local shops for local people will see a percentage of the money earned disappearing to Israel.
Spain boosts private pensions THE Minister for the Economy, Luis de Guindos has made it known that the government is anxious to encourage investment in personal pension plans. He therefore intends to put a draft Royal Decree before Parliament reducing the maximum management fee for plans from 1.5 per cent to 1.25 per cent of the value of the investment. This is the second reduction since 2014 when the maximum fee was reduced from 2 per cent and will be criticised by investment managers who claimed that they lost €100 million of income then and could lose another €50 million if this law is approved. From 2025 it will also be easier for individuals to release part of their pension investments.
Winner of Ig Nobel prize A RECENT Spanish development for unborn babies known as the Babypod is available for pregnant women at a cost of €149.95. This small intra-vaginal device stimulates neural development in unborn babies through music. The company which has been set up by four scientists says studies show that it encourages communication and vocalisation in babies before birth through the music streamed. Babypod gives them their first musical and learning experience and is far more effective than other devices affixed to the stomach. Not everyone agrees however as it has been singled out for an Ig Nobel in this year’s annual awards presented by humorous American scientific magazine Annals of Improbable Research.
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BREXIT MAY HURT EXPATRIATE PENSIONS
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CONSERVATIVE MP Nicky Morgan, Chairman of the UK Treasury Committee has written to the Chancellor regarding possible loss of pension payments and insurance for expatriates. It appears that what are known as cross-border insurance policies may no longer be permitted following Brexit unless some form of agreement is reached between the UK and European Union. In essence, a number of policies which run after March 2019 have been sold to customers under passporting arrangements which allow for the insurers to make payments into the EU but these arrangements will in theory be stopped post Brexit unless some form of agreement is reached. Pensioners in particular should not immediately worry as it is believed state and other pensions paid into UK accounts should be safe but there may be some difficulty in respect of private pensions paid in euros into EU accounts. The same may be true for other insurance policies also written in the UK
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UK needs new agreement but covering properties, lives or other matters in Spain. This is not some form of crafty trick by insurance companies but a situation which means that without some form of agreement, they will either have to withhold payment or risk breaking the law. So far, the United Kingdom has indicated that part of the initial discussions inv o l v e d cross-border sales of goods and
Nicky Morgan, Chair of UK Treasury Committee.
materials but according to the Treasury Committee, both the UK and EU appear to have overlooked these sales. As it could take anywhere from nine to 18 months for legislation to be put in place to allow these transfers or for British insurers to either set up subsidiaries abroad or transfer their existing portfolios to third parties, the problem is quite urgent. In her letter to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, Miss Morgan said “The possibility UK providers may not be legally able to pay out pensions or insurance contracts to citizens in the EU - including UK expats - is a stark example of the consequences of a ‘cliff edge’ Brexit.” She went on to say that “It is therefore surprising there have been no position papers from the [European] commission or the government proposing how it might be addressed.” It is estimated there may be several hundred thousand contracts which could be affected and therefore this intervention by the Treasury Committee is clearly very timely.
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Catalan pension fears AS the Catalan Independence Referendum row rolls on, employees and pensioners in the province are receiving mixed messages about the viability of an Independent state. Whilst the Catalan government has been issuing comforting words to the estimated 500,000 existing pensioners, the government in Madrid suggests that there would be a shortfall of just under €4.7 billion to pay them. With the largest number of workers falling in the 25 to 54 age category, the number of pensioners could well grow over the coming years which would put a further strain on the Catalan economy. Without national support, the government suggests that the independent state could see job losses of at least 250,000 which would also reduce the pension pot and increase the drain on social service payments.
Losing mental capacity whilst living abroad by Stone King Charlotte Macdonald Contact me at international@stoneking.co.uk
MANY UK expatriates living in Spain own properties in the UK and have pensions and investments in the UK. They rely on their UK assets to maintain their lifestyles (and those of their families) in Spain. If they can no longer manage their affairs in the UK due to a loss of mental capacity, it can cause many difficulties.
You can choose a person or people, who you trust, to act for you when you are no longer able. The best way to avoid the legal and practical difficulties that can occur with the loss of mental capacity is to plan for it in advance by drawing up a document called a ‘Lasting Power of Attorney’ (‘LPA’).
An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity.
What is an LPA? An LPA is a legal document that enables you to appoint one or more attor-
neys to act for you when you are no longer able to act for yourself. Your attorney can be a professional,
such as a solicitor or a family member or friend. There are two types of LPA: ‘Health and Welfare’ or ‘Property and Financial Affairs’ An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity. It is therefore important to make one while you are in good health. Why should you get an LPA? You can choose a person or people, who you trust, to act for you when you are no longer able. If you lose your mental capacity and do not have an LPA, then your family (or the authorities) will have no choice but to make an application to the Court of Protection to appoint a ‘deputy’ to look after your affairs, which can be time consuming and costly. Will my LPA be recognised in Spain? Unfortunately there is no international type of LPA which is guaranteed to work in both the UK and Spain. The advice we give to our clients at Stone King, is that if you have assets in both Spain and the UK, your only safe option is to appoint attorneys in both jurisdictions.
If you would like to discuss LPAs contact Charlotte Macdonald or Dan Harris at Stone King LLP by email international@stoneking.co.uk or by telephone on +44 (0)1225 337599.
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No one’s laughing now are they? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT IF the UK doesn’t toughen up against the threat of potential terrorism we really can put our heads between our legs and kiss our proverbials goodbye. The first thing the government has to come to terms with (and more importantly publicly admit), is that we are in a war. The second thing, imperative to any successful outcome, is to openly recognise that the active participants in this conflict are predominantly young men, who hail from ethnic backgrounds and are followers of Islamic beliefs. Political correctness and the fear of being labelled a racist preventing us admitting who our enemies are is utterly ridiculous. The power to intercept internet use and freeze suspects’ bank accounts, rescinded in 2011 due to some human rights infringement protest (surprise, surprise) must be restored. Internment must be brought back. The 23,000 terrorist suspects presently at large in the UK have to be monitored more closely, including phone hacking and the eavesdropping of conversations. No individual convicted of terrorism should have access to public funds for leave
ANTI-TERROR MEASURES: Must be intensified? to appeal and, where possible, immediate deportation should be in effect. Suspects’ homes must be raided far more frequently. Mosques and schools, suspected of preaching radicalism, must be closed down and offending leaders jailed. Police have to be given much wider powers and not be in fear of recrimination for offending some religious ritual
or another. We are quite simply too damned soft. The days of Geneva conventions and fair play is over. This enemy merely looks on any sign of decency as a weakness. These people kill women and children and even their own kind indiscriminately. They saw peoples’ heads off and crucify others on social media. You can’t possibly fight a
war against them shackled by political correctness or the fear that you may ‘offend’ somebody. This war is also being fought on many fronts, including a growing number in high office, banner bearers who parade the streets and bleaters in the public media. The enemy is everywhere. Strange is it not, that when I warned of all this 20 years ago I was accused of being a ranting idiot and indeed often observed as a laughing stock? Well in the words of Nigel Farage to the European government. No one’s laughing now are they? I will finish this week on a somewhat lighter note. Ta ra! Couldn’t help laughing at a story I picked up during the week. It concerned the late great actor Yul Bryner. Apparently during the run of The King and I at the London Palladium in the 60’s, one elderly fan waited at the stage door every night with a bunch of flowers for Mr Bryner. Every time they were offered the star declined. On the final night the lady duly turned up and hit Bryner over the head with her bouquet. This was brilliantly observed in the piece I read as a memorable example of the ‘fan hitting the s..t’! Ha ha. Got to laugh ain’t ya? Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Bigger and better plus futuristic! SUPERYACHTS are getting bigger, bolder and more futuristic. Bars, restaurants and even water slides are all expected on the biggest sea vessels. Many support jet skis among their ‘toys,’ while others have helicopter pads, and a few go one step further and have a submarine in tow, or onboard Picasso or Rembrandt artworks. Here is a roundup of the Top Seven biggest superyachts on the waters today:
Azzam Size: 180.6 metres Cost (at purchase): €450 million Owner: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Manufactured: Germany
Fulk Al Salamah Size: 164 metres Cost: Unknown Owner: Oman ruling family Manufactured: Italy
Eclipse Size: 162.5 metres Cost: €340 million Owner: Roman Abramovich, Chelsea owner Manufactured: Denmark
Dubai Size: 162 metres Cost: €338 million Owner: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai Manufactured: Germany
Dilbar Size: 156 metres Cost: €335 million Owner: Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov Manufactured: Germany
Al Said Size: 155 metres Cost: Unknown Owner: Qaboos bin Said al Said, the Sultan of Oman Manufactured: Germany
Topaz Size: 147.25 metres Cost: €400 million Owner: Sheikh Mansour, Deputy premier of UAE and Manchester City owner Manufactured: Germany
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Superyacht owners splash the cash but few
Awash wit Peeping into the world of superyachts offshore in southern Spain and talking onshore to people in the know about the super-rich and famous provides an amazing eye-opener for landlubber David Noon, including how to save a small fortune on fuel to spotting an on-board Picasso. OTHING says rich like a superyacht. A Rolls-Royce or a stately home - even a private jet - pales in significance compared to the exuberance of wealth that a superyacht purports. The superyacht is the ultimate toy to many A-list celebrities, Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern royal families seeking out the high-life on the seas. And so it could be safe to assume that the owners of the monumental vessels have little time - or need - to worry about the cost of their homes at sea. Think again. Just as the majority of us will shop around for the best mobile phone or flight deal, superyacht owners are keen to bag a bargain wherever they can. In fact, a wise oligarch could be saved as much as €25,000 on a single tank full of fuel should he - or his hired crew - know where to stop off. This is a fair old chunk of cash when you consider the cost of cleaners, maintenance, catering staff, and everything else in the world of yachting, where some cynics claim that the two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day that he 43 metre buys... and the superyacht: day that he sells! Fuel capacity: Chelsea 22,430 owner Roman litres Abramovich’s (around b e s t - k n o w n £15,000) yacht (he has five in total), the Eclipse, reportedly has 70 staff to cater to the guests’ every need and operate not only the superyacht but also its mini-submarine. The world’s largest superyacht, the Azzam (a staggering 180 metres, or 1.75 times longer than a standard football pitch), is estimated to set its royal Arab owner back an eye-watering $60 million every year in upkeep alone. Owning a superyacht isn’t for the rich or even the super-rich. It is for an elite class so far up the wealth ladder that it’s hard to imag-
The biggest superyachts have 50 bedroom suites accommodating around 100 people.
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Rising Sun a favourite with world’s famous
From left: Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey and Noel Gallagher. MEDIA magnate David Geffen’s Rising Sun superyacht often hosts the rich and famous, with Barack Obama and wife Michelle, US TV Oprah Winfrey and actor Tom Hanks, as well as pop supremo Bruce Springsteen, fashion designer Calvin Klein and ex rock-icon Noel Gallagher all spotted aboard, including in local waters around Ibiza.
RISING SUN: Chartered by the famous.
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TALL STORY: Super Yacht A and (inset) owner Melnichenko.
Rock stop to forget WHILE there is undoubtedly cash to be saved from a stop-off in Gibraltar, one Russian billionaire will be wishing that his mega vessel had not put into Gibraltar earlier this year. No sooner had the captain of Andrey Melnichenko superyacht berthed than the Gibraltar Port Authority impounded the €400m superyacht, Sailing Yacht A. Seized, the tallest (and 10th longest) superyacht in the world, was held over unpaid fees, with German shipbuilder Nobiskrug claiming that the
Russian industrialist owed €15.3 million in overdue fees for the €143 million vessel. Designed by French interior designer Philippe Starck (who has a place in Ronda in southern Spain), the Sailing Yacht A remained in the hands of the Port Authority for two weeks until Melnichenko and Nobiskrug reached an agreement and all potential civil charges were dropped against him. Melnichenko also owns a superyacht called Motor Yacht A which is reportedly up for sale for around €200 million.
Pricey plaything
The Arab royal-owned super-yacht Solandge that charters out for €1 million a week, moored in Marbella earlier this month.
keeping them there. He points to over 500 metres of deep berthing space for superyachts recently built as part of the Mid Harbour Marina as a sign of government commitment to making the Spain and elsewhere in the Med) will have Rock an attractive stop-off to world’s superya tank which holds at least 42,500 litres acht skippers. and you don’t get to own one of those sleek But it is not just Gibraltar that is on the behemoths if you aren’t aware of costs. map for cash-savvy yacht owners. This is why Gibraltar has been attracting Malaga is also becoming an important more superyachts than ever and is increasing stop for vessels that don’t want to go as the amount of dock space for them as diesel far as Gibraltar, but with costs just 61c per diesel costing an averlitre and other Some superyachts age €1.05 per litre (and chandlery goods more in the other attracas well as alcohol have up to tive marinas of Mallorare considerably 70 crew ca), it will cost an adcheaper locally members. ditional €18,700 in even than next fuel to fill up. door in Spain. Neighbouring France - the favoured Clearly the likes of Chelsea owner Roman offshore playground of many superyacht Ambramovich isn’t drawn to Gibraltar to owners - offers some of the cheapest fuel if visit Morrisons, nor does he have a strange you can obtain it duty free at 45c per litre, affinity with the resident Barbary Macaques. but many owners have to pay duty and VAT But money talks and superyacht calls to which takes the price up to a whopping the Rock increased by 23 per cent in 2016 €1.45 per litre. and continue to attract some of the world’s Sail down to the other end of the Mediterlargest and most expensive vessels. ranean, and filling up will cost around €1.10 Paul Gonzalez Morgan of Gibraltar per litre in Turkey, which is cheaper than Shipping states that the upturn in arcash-strapped Greece which hovers around rivals of superyachts is continuing to the €1.21 price. grow, as is the government’s focus on
It’s show time FOR some a trip to the Monaco Grand Prix can be a marker of success. However it is the Monaco Yacht Show where those above the other half go to splash the cash. Drawing in everyone from buyers and sellers to charters and interior designers, no stone is left unturned at the marquee event on the yachting
calendar, with even a submarine section for yacht owners who want to delve under the sea. Come September 30, the harbour will again be full as this year’s yachting community rolls into town, so if you have a spare €300 million or so, pack your bags and head for the south of France. You won’t be disappointed! courtesy of the Monaco Yacht Show
ine. And because of this only 20 on average superyachts are commissioned each year. Costing between €300-500 million with an average build time of three to four years, owning a yacht is a hobby for the top echelons of wealth. And on top of the initial cost there are the countless extras to factor in: mini-submarines (as owned by Abramovich), support vessels, helicopters etc. Add in upkeep, which in general is around 10 per cent of the build cost (between €3050 million) each year - so yes an eye watering €3 - 5 million per annum - and the dizzying opulence of superyacht owning becomes clear. While not all superyachts stretch as far as the Azzam, they are all still whopping great machines, and incredible savings can be made by fuelling up in the right places. For example, a 37-metre boat (by no means the biggest sailing off southern
Up to 2,000 engineers are required to build a superyacht costing between €300-500 million.
FOR those deciding not to buy, superyachts are easily available for hire, though the average cost of chartering vessels costing between €300-500 million is €300,000 per week. For this the owners throw in the full crew requirement and fuel, but not many aim to make a profit overall, for the cost of running such vessels over 12 months is around €40 million. Whether being used solely by the owners, family and friends, or being chartered out to help offset running costs, many of the superyachts that use the Mediterranean in the European summer months head for the Caribbean from November to April. This means the opportunity for further sunshine holidays afloat, for rest assured the super-rich are not tied to just a fortnight break once a year!
PACKED HARBOUR: The Monaco Yacht Show.
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Spin, bluster and ex-prime ministers - is Blair turning over a new leaf 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
THIS week I was planning to write about thermoluminescence dating. Quite brief. Provocative. And thrilling. You’d have loved it. But then something happened. My blood pressure started rising rapidly. Again. After weeks of depressing news about fraught Brexit negotiations, Trump, Putin, Corbyn, hurricanes, who unexpectedly emerges from the woodwork? Yes. You guessed: Tony Blair. As we veer into autumn, is Blair turning over a new leaf? Thirteen years after opening doors to EU migrants, he now claims we can clamp down on immigration AND stay in the EU! Additionally, he’s urging MPs and Tory ministers to rise
TONY BLAIR: Pro-European passion. up against the government and oppose Brexit, hinting at plans for a new political party to offer a second referendum. Perhaps Blair’s most charming quality is his unquestioning trust in the promises made by his friends in Brussels. He once brought back a promise of Common Agricultural Policy reform in exchange for Britain returning much of Thatcher’s hard-won rebate. Brussels still pockets Mr Blair’s gift but never amended the CAP. Now he’s visited his
old mate Jean-Claude Juncker and claims the EU will ‘meet’ British concerns about immigration if Britain rejects Brexit. It really wouldn’t be surprising if Juncker’s promised him a place at the top table of the gravy train for his efforts at causing Brexit unrest. He and Juncker: both ‘has-beens’ who won’t accept their time is over. So Toxic Tony hasn’t given up on being European President! And why not? Didn’t he do a cracking job as Middle
East peace envoy, sending millions fleeing whilst the countries one after another descended into chaos. His self-interest and arrogance are beyond belief. How Blair evidently misses his time at the very top of government as PM! Which reminds me. Jim, a friend’s father suffering from Alzheimer’s, needed an assessment some years back to see if he could get into a care home. “What’s the name of the prime minister?” the GP asked. “Blair,” Jim replied, which got a firm tick... until Jim added: “Lionel.” Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS Raymond Kearney, Alicante
Why it went wrong THE day after the lethal truck attack at the Berlin Christmas market in December 2016 the Spanish National Police (based in Madrid) instructed all police departments in Spain to place physical security barriers in public areas where large numbers of people are likely to gather. The instructions clearly read ‘Municipalities should protect these public spaces by temporarily installing large planters or bollards at access points to hinder or prevent the entry of vehicles.’ In Barcelona the instructions were ignored and over 100 people were killed or injured during the recent attack. Why were these instructions not followed? Was the reason lack of funds, a manpower shortage or for aesthetic reasons? NO. The Catalonian police and authorities did not want to ‘appear’ to be doing what Madrid was instructing them to do. The newspaper El Periodico De Catalunya recently claimed there is a ‘total absence of police collaboration between Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan Police) and the National Police and Guardia Civil which translates into huge security deficiencies.’ Over the past decades the Catalan independence movement encouraged mass immigration of Muslims in the hope that they would adopt Catalan rather than Spanish as their new language and they would swell the numbers favouring independence. Following the explosion at the house in Alcanar the Mossos d’Esquadra refused help from the Madrid-based bomb squad saying it was nothing to do with them and they could handle it. But how efficient is the Catalan police’s intelligence network if they did not notice the movement of over 100 large gas canisters to a house occupied by Muslims and a Muslim cleric? Readers interested in submitting articles for this guest column should send articles of around 250 words on topics felt to be of interest to the cosmopolitan EWN readership to editorial@euroweeklynews.com.
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Healthcare a bitter pill to swallow WE came to Spain five years ago. Being under 65 years old we had to pay for private health care, which we have used and do understand, as our European Health Insurance Card will not cover us for long term future issues, only emergencies. We never wanted to use them to get our residence paperwork, although they used this as a sweetener when we signed up. We have not used the medical or dental cover for several months, and we understand that some people use this to get their residence and then cancel it once they have it, but we are not in this group. We now want to leave Spain and have been asked to pay for the full amount of the remaining eight months, and according to our legal team this is correct! So we either pay to fight or just pay the insurance company! As we have not used the cover for
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Wonders will never cease FOR once, and probably never again, I will totally agree with the Little Arrows man. What the hell will come up next? He’s absolutely right, leave the children to be children, boys or girls. The same applies for men and women, we like being who we are! Sexless, what a dreamt-up definition. I understand the other meaning of the word but to say we should all be neither men nor woman is stupid. Somebody, man or woman or a team must come up with this
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write something for me to really have a go at next time? Trump’s a good one, or maybe u-turn Queen May? Philip, San Fulgencio
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‘Hero’ takes down rowdy passenger AN aggressive man was choked to the ground by a fellow passenger during a Ryanair flight. Well done! The guy knew what he was doing, he’s martial arts trained and put a ‘sleeper’ on him, just enough squeeze pressure on the jugular till his knees buckle, and blood/oxygen slows down to the brain! Perfect! He’d have got a my foot right in the groin!! He should be locked up! Julie Jones Peel Don’t need aggressive passengers, why can’t they just behave, well done that guy who dealt with him. Ann Gregory What were Ryanair crew doing, surely they should have kept control, not a passenger!! Annette Paterson May require security staff on certain flights or destinations; shouldn’t need to but maybe as a precaution! Lynn Brown
Ryanair to axe 40-50 flights a day With less than 24 hours notice low-cost airline Ryanair has announced it will cancel 40-50 flights a day until the end of October ‘to im-
Comments from EWN online prove its system-wide punctuality.’ They should have their licence revoked. If you take bookings then operate your flights, I was considering them for a flight to Malta next year but this has changed my mind. Robert Baxter Johnston Text arrived at 6.35pm to cancel flight 9am next day. Tel no to contact them no answer and live chat not available . Office closed 7pm, received email at 8pm with refund or rebook link, rebooked for following day after three attempts but had to pay for seats again. I’m hoping to get refund. Beware if you ask for a refund at once then Ryanair believe no compensation is payable. I also had my flight cancelled during World Cup last year due to fly Marseille to Lille to follow England, offered a flight seven days later. I asked for hotel etc the lady on Ryanair desk called police over and accused me of being racist and abusive to her, total lie however when asked to leave airport gendarme turned at same
time she pointed me out to a colleague and smirked, he took me out and apologised. Brian Young
Airport unions ‘fear the worst’ but talks go on TALKS between the government and the airport unions have not gone as well as previous meetings, with some unions “fearing the worst” as key demands cause tension. They should fire them all and rehire. Lots of people wanting to work. Lisa Dandanell Ruggero Not so easy Lisa, some of those people have to be trained for years, IE air traffic control. You can’t just instantly dismiss and rehire. Plus what we don’t see from this story is... maybe the strike is the last straw for the workers who have a stressful and sometimes dangerous job to do. Alan Hill So cross we should be able to plan flights not an easy feat at the best of times Maureen Pearson
A MASSIVE vote of thanks to Benidorm’s much maligned Local Police department. Recently I have noticed a large police presence on every road with access to Levante promenade. This is obviously a plan to avert the use of vehicles being used in terrorist attacks and it is very reassuring to know that our Local Police are on hand to prevent this happening. It would be all too easy to imagine the carnage that would ensue if these terrorists were allowed access to one of the busiest pedestrian walkways in the town. Thank you one and all. Alan Fenlon, Finestrat
Stop the hate A FEW days ago, I wrote in a Facebook group that I had seen a boat coming dangerously close to a Marbella beach right among bathers, but others in the group told me to go back to my country if I don’t like it! Then, I saw an elderly Englishman being abused while trying to park his car at the supermarket until he got scared and drove away. What is happening? Things were never like this before! Christine Farnell, El Pinillo
Parking mad THE new parking system at Malaga airport is nothing short of atrocious! Arriving to collect my father last week, I ended up in the ‘new’ short term car park (effectively a tarmacked area surrounded by cheap fencing) by accident due to a lack of signage. I then had to pay €5 to get out despite having only been in ‘the compound’ for a total of three minutes! A grumpy expat, Coin
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We’re a slippery bunch! Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I LOVE a bit of shopping me. I can shop for hours. But, ha ha you knew there would be a but, didn’t you? Otherwise I’d be Mr Happy wouldn’t I? There are a couple of things that have put me off going to certain places to shop. The biggest culprit, for my dismay, is a certain chain of furniture shop. It’s not the things they sell - their quality and value is second to none and their meatballs are delicious. It’s the way you are made to walk round the store like a herd of cattle. You can’t just pop in and get something. You have to go round and round and, heaven forbid, you forget something when you get to the cash desk. It’s a nightmare! The other one this week was the big supermarket in the Myramar shopping mall who also have another branch down the road from where I live. Now in my local branch they have shopping trollies that clip on the front of wheelchairs so that if you are disabled you can shop more easily. When I asked if they had any of these trollies at the Myramar branch the security man said I’d have to enquire at the
information desk. So I went there and the lady said no, I’d have to go to the Myramar information desk and ask there. So, we went and there was no one there so now we had walked, not me of course because I’m in the wheelchair and poor Mrs S is pushing me, to the entrance of the supermarket, then all the way back to the store desk and then to the Myramar desk and now back to the supermarket desk where we tell the girl no one is at the mall information point. She then picks up the phone and speaks to someone and a few minutes later another woman appears with a key, wanders off and then comes back with a wheelchair friendly trolley. ‘Why is it locked up in a cupboard,’ I ask. ‘Because they get stolen,’ I’m told which made me smile. ‘So you are telling me that you have hundreds of able-bodied trollies, all over the place, that can be taken to car parks, streets and basically anywhere but the four that are used for us in wheelchairs have to be put under lock and key? Because we disabled lot are a slippery bunch and are more likely to run off with your trollies? I have to tell you disabled aren’t too big on running anywhere in case you haven’t noticed!’ I got the shrug and that was the end of that conversation. Emails to: mikesenker@gmail.com
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Will they pay inheritance tax? I am confused by the Spanish law on inheritance tax. I have a property in Almeria but I am not resident. I have a Spanish will which leaves my property to my son and my daughter equally. They Your property is in Andalucia, so we should not speak of Spanish law but of Andalucian law, because each of Spain’s 17 Autonomous Regions has its own rules. Further, many of the Regions changed their rules in 2015 after the European Court of Justice ruled that
both live in the UK. Will they have to pay some high rate of inheritance tax that will leave them in debt?
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S W (Costa del Sol) daughter, also EU citizens, each have an exemption of €175,000. If your property is valued at under €350,000, this means they will pay no tax at all. After Brexit, when your heirs are no longer EU citizens, they will face a tax bill of around €65,000 on a property worth €350,000.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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Sky Sports’ new £600m deal for all midweek EFL games Richard Shanley
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SKY has signed a deal worth £600 million that will see all midweek English Football League matches available to stream. The domestic rights deal, which will run between 2019 and 2024, also means that teams in the Championship, League One and League Two will be able to stream games live on their sites if Sky is not broadcasting them (UKVPN required here in Spain). From the 2019/20 season, Sky Sports Football will show up to 183 matches, including the continuation of the Carabao Cup and the Checkatrade Trophy - that’s 26 per cent more than the current deal. Overall, a maximum of 150 EFL games will be shown per season, including 16 midweek Championship matches and a minimum of 20 League One and League
EFL GAMES: Will now be available to stream live. Two matches. The value of the rights has increased from £88m to £120m per year compared to the existing contract, and the new agreement will see matches from 14.45 BST
to 17.15 BST blocked from live streaming. “These negotiations came at what was an incredibly challenging period in the sale and acquisition of sports rights in the UK,” said EFL
chief executive Shaun Harvey. Apple TV has gone the way of 4K with its fifth-generation release. The big announcement was made during the media launch on September 12 that the digital streaming service is finally embracing 4K Ultra HD resolution with the release of Apple TV 4K later this year. In the UK, pricing ranges for £179 for 32GB to £199 for 64GB. Apple’s decision to go for 4K puts the tech giant in the unenviable position of follower rather than innovator, since competitors Google Chromecast and Roku already offer the higher resolution. If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or email richard@europadigital.com. I look forward to your comments and questions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum Radio 96.1FM, now covering over 2,000sq kms of Costa Almeria or listen online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net.
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The biscuit tin shouldn’t be handy move it about a bit. Try to keep it out of the way.” Mary Berry - Food writer and television presenter
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Cast your net wide this week and be prepared to take advantage of a state of freedom. With high energy and an expansive mind, you are in a good position. Avoid being thrown out of kilter by activities around you. It may be difficult to make real progress at times but that does not mean you are unable to plan.
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WITH Queen Letizia of Spain’s 45th birthday having taken place last Friday, we take a look at the top five Spanish monarchs. 1. Felipe VI 2. Juan Carlos I The current King of Spain, FeJuan Carlos reigned as King of lipe became the youngest monarch Spain from 1975 until his abdicain Europe, as he was sworn in. tion in 2014. The grandson He has so far followed his of Alfonso XIfather’s legaII, he was the cy of taking a first King of mostly cereSpain followmonial and ing its second representaperiod as a retive role, actpublic. ing largely on Chosen by the advice of Franco to be the governthe next head ment. of state in His choice place of his faof wife FELIPE VI: ther, he did not proved somecontinue the Current King of Spain. what maverdictator’s legaick as he cy, instead inchose Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, an troducing reforms to commence award-winning television journalSpain’s transition to democracy. ist with no royal connections and His reputation began to decline who was married previously. after several controversies surThey have had two daughters, rounding his personal life, which 11-year-old Leonor, Princess of were worsened more by an eleAsturias, and 10-year-old Infanta phant-hunting trip in the midst of Sofia. the financial crisis.
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As the moon shines on you, it is almost possible to feel the light. After a few recent hiccups it is now possible to get down to achieving your heart's desire. Whether that is what you will want at the end of the day is neither here nor there.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There will be good news regarding an application or legal document. Following on from that your finances take a turn for the better and this could be long term. Having extra cash is great, but be wary of someone who would like to part you from it. At the weekend, events take a romantic turn but timing may be bad owing to other commitments.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you feel more in control as the week comes to an end, do not make the mistake of counting your chickens before they are hatched. If you do, you could end up with egg on your face.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Colleagues are far from helpful at the moment and you may even feel that matters are going backwards. It may be necessary to move away and leave them to haggle among themselves. Perhaps later you may step in and take control of the confusion. If your business life is far from good then it is more than balanced by harmony at home.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your mind is sharp and it is easy to spot problems before they arise. Some dispute regarding a trip is disappointing. However, you are not able to please everyone in this instance.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Having been given a chance to take responsibility at the beginning of the month, you are determined to do your best. Certainly, it is a time to concentrate on any business matters which need attention.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A great light shines on your romantic life. Whether it is meeting up with old chums or a new date, there is electricity in the air for you. Equally, a business coupling is particularly fruitful and you count your blessings to have gone down a particular path.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The usually flamboyant attitude which is yours at this time of the year is now subdued, but this will not last for too much longer and soon things will be back to normal. You will be looking to spice up your romantic life and your partner will be only too willing to go along with your suggestions.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is a lot going on and sometimes you need to take a step back. A feeling that you have covered some ground before is not unfounded. However, there are certain aspects of your life which need to be revisited. Only in this way are you able to see the real progress that has been made.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Expectations are high. With energy peaking early on, projects gain momentum and there are early results. A suggestion made to a loved one some time ago is now acceptable and there could be some excitement. Rather than setting down hard-andfast plans, it may be better to be flexible.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your love life is highlighted and, although you may be suspicious of your good luck, this is a new phase. Whereas before you had some reason to mistrust you are now able to have confidence. It is a great time to progress your inclinations on the romantic front.
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Across 1 Wayward agent returns with a piece of poetry (8) 7 Big farm located in Lutheran church (5) 8 A clergies' mix-up results in blasphemy (9) 9 Large cask turning the head (3) 10 Authentic old coin (4) 11 It's horrible having nothing and 500 debts (6) 13 Oriental vessel is a mile in length (6) 14 Price fixing ring ruined claret (6) 17 Take no notice of ogre in trouble (6) 18 US possession of Antigua, maybe (4) 20 Meeting place in the old encampment (3) 22 Working exercise into speech (9) 23 Permit everyone to be in debt endlessly (5) 24 I let tots out to find a dagger (8) shipping rate (5) 6 Risk 50 in part of the church (7) 7 There's nothing to marvel about in a change of home (7) 12 Heavenly arch for artist in East London (7) 13 Athens and Baghdad contain ballast (7)
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15 Sightseer in amongst our Istanbul visit (7) 16 Man of the cloth's a pain in the neck taking religious instruction (6) 17 Fireplace in middle part of King Lear (5) 19 Chap to leave with fruit (5) 21 Armour in the post (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents B and 13 represents N, so fill in B every time the figure 9 appears and N every time the figure 13 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 Model answer to a tricky question (5) 2 Get back to work miracle (7) 3 Produce Time Out (4) 4 Firm dates set next year (6) 5 They secure the normal
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Across 2 To take out (5) 6 Luxury (4) 7 Yesterday (4) 8 Seas (5) 9 Topo (4) 10 Árbol (4)
Down 1 Make smaller (8) 2 Pertaining to the moon (5) 4 Filled with fear or apprehension (6) 5 Indicate pain, discomfort or displeasure (5) 6 National flower of Scotland (7) 7 Move fast (4) 8 Armed engagement (6) 13 Leans in a recumbent position on back or side (8) 15 Make or get ready (7) 17 Gained by labour (6) 18 Giving out or reflecting much light (6) 20 Stretched tight (5) 22 Card game (5) 23 Lower part of a wall (4) The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
11 To bring (5) Down 12 Con (4) 1 Motorway (9) 13 Island (4) 2 Algo (9) 14 In the same way (5) 3 Lock (on door, box, safe) (9) 15 Aturdir (4) 4 Rake (9) 16 Parrot (4) 5 Joyas (9) 17 Greasy (skin, complexion) (5)
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (SHRUNK) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
AFFECT CATKIN CHEESY FERRET FESCUE GRISLY HEATER INCITE LEADEN POLICE RAVAGE SERENE SHRUNK (10) STRAIN STRAIT STRAND STRIVE STRUCK TEETHE
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Kaiser 2 Retire 3 Apiece 4 Upward 5 Sprint 6 Beaten 7 Inward 8 Rabies 9 Surety 10 Wisdom 11 Serine 12 Dreamt 13 Render 14 Trashy 15 Tongue 16 Inhere 17 Leaden 18 Emerge 19 Tenure.
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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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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 C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
TARGET: • Average: 18 • Good: 26
• Very good: 37 • Excellent: 47
SCORING:
TARGET:
4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
• Average: 17 • Good: 24 • Very good: 35 • Excellent: 45
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION kale kales duty durry anent attain anti ante anile ales altho alto aline alines alit entity entail elan elite hens held heat heath heal health hurt hurtle hurtles hurry hotline hotlines hotly hate hail inane inanely inlet inly into atlas atilt etna hint hilt
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aged aide amid dame damn dang deaf dean dime dine ding egad fade fend find idea idem made maid mead mend midi mind admen admin aimed amend amide deign denim famed fiend fined gamed imide indie maned media midge mined named aiding defang fading fanged gained imaged maiden median medina defaming imagined MAGNIFIED
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:
1 Cuando, 4 Tail, 8 Sepia, 9 Agree, 10 England, 14 Carta, 15 Cabra, 16 Obey, 17 Oddest.
CODE BREAKER
Down:
1 Casi, 2 Apple-tree, 3 Día, 5 Agradable, 6 Lies, 7 Sala, 11 Goal, 12 Ocio, 13 Wait, 15 Cod.
CRYPTIC
QUICK
Across:
Across:
1 Testify, 5 Capon, 8 Glean, 9 Realtor, 10 Implore, 11 Glade, 12 Purse, 14 Acres, 19 Races, 21 Trample, 23 Cheroot, 24 Hoard, 25 Siren, 26 Hostage.
1 Sticky, 4 Boats, 8 Lemon, 9 Contact, 10 Contain, 11 Here, 12/18 Tip off, 14 Zero, 15 Robe, 21 Link, 23 Respond, 25 Nervous, 26 Right, 27 Steel, 28 Nectar.
Down:
Down:
1 Tigris, 2 Sweep, 3 Igneous, 4 Yorker, 5 Clang, 6 Pottage, 7 Nerves, 13 Unclear, 15 Coaches, 16 Tricks, 17 Stitch, 18 Peddle, 20 Swoon, 22 Plaza.
1 Select, 2 Immense, 3 Kangaroo, 4 Band, 5 Aware, 6 Settee, 7 Scent, 13 Preserve, 16 Brought, 17 Blends, 19 Fresh, 20 Editor, 22 Nurse, 24 Foil.
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VELEZ RUBIO ALBOX
HUERCAL OVERA
HUERCAL OVERA
GARRUCHA
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RETAMAR
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ADRA
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Bilbao
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Benidorm
Mallorca
Barcelona
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TODAY: MAX 26, MIN 17-CL
TODAY: MAX 24, MIN 17-CL
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TODAY: MAX 27, MIN 20-S
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ALMERIA RETAMAR ADRA
ROQUETAS
Th: Thunder
Sn: Snow
1580 - Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe Drake returns to Plymouth, England aboard the Golden Hind, becoming the first British navigator to sail the entire earth. 1779 - Baton Rouge is captured by Spain The Spanish military officer and Louisianna governor Bernardo de Galvez captures the British post and garrison at Baton Rouge. 1846 - An eighth planet is discovered A German astronomer names Johann Gottfried Galle discovers Neptune. 1938 - Roosevelt makes peace appeal to Hitler Franklin D Roosevelt writes a letter to Hitler urging him to find a peaceful solution to issues that threaten war in Europe. 1996 - Stephen King releases two books at the same time Desperation, is released under King’s name, while the second, The Regulators, is published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. 2005 - The IRA officially disarms The Irish Republican Army (IRA), who committed terrorist attacks for years in an effort to rid Northern Ireland of British rule, gives up its weapons in front of independent weapons inspectors in secret locations in the Republic of Ireland.
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Simon Mayo (59) Radio DJ September 21. Mayo has worked for BBC Radio since 1981 and enjoyed a long and successful career which has culminated in his position as presenter of BBC Radio 2’s drivetime show, one of the most listened-to shows in the country. Sue Perkins (48) Presenter, Actor, Comedian - September 22. Susan Elizabeth Perkins originally found fame thanks to her comedy partnership with Mel Giedroyc in Mel and Sue. Since then she has become best-known as a radio broadcaster and TV presenter, appearing
on panel shows and now presents the gone on to appear in an Idiot Abroad as game show Insert Name Here. Possibly well as his latest offering The Moaning of her most high profile role Life. Julio Iglesias (74) Singer was co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off. September 23. Julio Iglesias Karl Pilkington (45) TV is one of the best-selling personality, radio producer Spanish singers of all time - September 23. One of the with a romantic image and a powerful stage presence. He most famous Mancunians on the planet right now, Karl has sold more than 300 Karl Pilkington. Pilkington achieved million records worldwide in as many as 14 languages. prominence as the producer of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s Also, he is the father of international pop radio programme on XFM. He has since sensation Enrique Iglesias,
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
Ally McCoist (55) Football manager and former player - September 24. McCoist won nine league championships with Scottish foottball club Rangers as well as becoming their all-time leading goalscorer before eventually going on to manage the club. Declan Donnelly (42) TV Presenter September 25. One half of Ant and Dec, he rose to fame through a role in the British TV programme Biker Grove. He is now a regular feature on many of Britain’s biggest shows, presenting the likes of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
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A RT H U R ’ S father is murdered which sees Vortigern (Jude Law) sieze the crown. Cast out and denied his birthright, Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) had to learn to grow up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. His life is changed completely as he pulls the sword from the stone and he has no choice but to acknowledge his true legacy, to rule England. Guy Ritchie puts his unique style on this epic fantasy action adventure which provides a new take on the myth of Excalibur, as Arthur makes his journey from the streets to the throne. This is a brazen reimagining of Arthurian mythos, coupled with Ritchie’s style, which makes for a bombastic yet entertaining King Arthur epic.
Trivia PS Marcha Real - Spain’s national anthem - had its lyrics removed in the wake of Franco’s death and they have not been replaced.
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DURING the heat of the blazing summer those of us that lived here had a secret code word to share with each other: ‘September.’ It simply meant soothing temps, the return of lost friends and a chance to get back to our prized daily routines before August abruptly disrupted our wellbeing. August was a necessary evil. Almost the entire year’s income was earned that month. It then would be a long wait until Easter of the coming year. Nevertheless August’s overbearing heat, crowded conditions and traffic jams tested everyone’s temperaments’ frequently-daily. September was a breath of fresh air allowing sleep at night. Yes, the mossies were also unbearable then but it was all part of the package of change. Of course it wasn’t like flipping a switch cuz you could get a hot day or two but it was a noticeable change. Furthermore the present tourists that came from afar left in one big long parade of cars heading north and away from us. It was this time that good friends, smart enough to not come during the inferno of Au-
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Glorious September welcomes old timers! Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.
gust showed up and drank with us late into the night. Usually a full year ’s information had to be caught up on and plenty of laughs in between brandies. After a few days local friends you hadn’t seen all ‘summer ’ would drag along visiting cousins and forgotten family immigrates from Germany and France. More chairs, bigger table and at least another bottle. Some of the new guests would bring wine from their corner of the world and it was quaffed without con-
BREATHING SPACE: Almeria’s beaches quieter in September. sideration or formality. Anything new had to be good. One had grown too familiar with Jumilla that was served all summer never chilled. The world hadn’t evolved to the tinto de verano yet. Ice you couldn’t trust. But, Jumilla was
highly alcoholic so had its own intrinsic benefits. My favourite visitors were Sir Deleval and Lady C who motored down from Ireland. We always started with a lunch at the ‘dirty Virgin.’ It wasn’t unclean, but
they got a kick out of calling it that. During that first paella we could plan the next outings and week’s activities. Our most important excursion then was to ‘picnic rock’ where we annually had a party on the beach. They brought tins of caviar, Champagne and crystal glasses to share with us. I reciprocated with potato chips, hot dogs and beer. We all laughed so much we should have been locked up for being crazy. We became close having met them in the hotel bar Indalo in the pueblo late one night, within our first week in Spain. Although some 25 years of age separated us, we seem to have much in common. They supposedly lived in a castle, others told us and we were residing in a borrowed house near the beach at the end of the known world. Not much separated us I guess.
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Advertising feature THAT is the message behind Linea Directa’s new brand Vivaz. The product aims to become a benchmark in the fight against increasingly sedentary lifestyles, with 44 per cent of the Spanish population failing to undertake the minimum recommended amount of exercise, according to the Active and Healthy Living Observatory of the Rey Juan Carlos University. This figure rises to 70 per cent for women, while one in four children is overweight. Vivaz offers three distinct health products designed to cover specific needs. Essential Insurance is for those who seek the best private health care at an affordable price, Complete Insurance covers all healthcare essentials, while Dental Insurance is designed for those who value toothcare but do not want to pay a fortune every time they visit the dentist. The new brand is closely linked to new technologies, with clients benefiting from an app using which they have full access to all aspects of their insurance, including payments, booking appointments or requesting medical documentation. There is also a second app named Vivaz Activity which is focused on improving the health of users, whether Vivaz customers or not. On every day that users meet the 10,000 steps target, the recommended amount of daily exercise, Vivaz offers points that can be redeemed for discounts on new insurance bookings or re-
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NEW VISION: From left, Miguel Angel Merino, David Perez and Francisco Valencia of Linea Directa. newals, among other gifts. For example, a discount of €150 is available on the Full Insurance products, and up to €75 on the Essential Annual Insurance package, making Vivaz the first health insurance on the market that rewards customers for living a healthier lifestyle. Vivaz does not only aim to revolutionise the market via its digital strategy, since it also offers excellent value for money with the most complete private insurance packages for families up to €400 cheaper than the market average.
Under the slogan ‘Ask more of your health insurance,’ Vivaz thus focuses on comprehensive health care, with a medical team including more than 30,000 professionals and 1,000 clinics and other health centres. It also offers a wide range of coverage from state-of-the-art diagnostic tests, surgery, preparation for childbirth, physiotherapy, and psychological sessions. In keeping with its philosophy of simplifying procedures for the customer, Vivaz will reduce the number of tests requiring prior authorisation
by up to 60 per cent, and include a number of innovations in the app, including a digital health card, the ability to search for a specialist in a particular field, a 24-hour doctor’s service accessible via chat, video call or phone, and online payments. Linea Directa CEO Miguel Angel Merino said: “With this new line of business we want to boost the health insurance market, offering insurance of the best quality at a highly competitive price. “Vivaz seeks to establish itself as an option for those who seek private healthcare as the perfect complement to our National Health Service. “This new service is a further step in our strategic commitment to diversification and growth to achieve the goal of becoming one of the 10 largest non-life insurers in Spain.” Vivaz also sees the launch of a corporate responsibility strategy based on the three pillars of research, social action, health and happiness. It will fund a series of initiatives including scientific studies, campaigns and training programmes with the overall objective of educating the Spanish population about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. For more information visit www.vivaz.com.
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Flu fighters All the best foods to keep those dreaded colds at bay By Kat Ashton SUMMER may not feel over quite yet, but there’s no doubt that flu season is officially round the corner. Now’s the perfect time to start boosting your immune system with extra vitamins and minerals and the easiest way to do this is by filling your diet with nutrient-rich food. Garlic has been scoffed to prevent colds for centuries, even before people knew about all the good stuff it contains. The smelly bulb has many antibacterial properties which help rid the body of toxins and bacteria so add an extra clove to your meal the next time you have the sniffles.
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Foods rich in Vitamin D, such as wild salmon, are critical for battling winter ailments as it helps to prevent sinus infection.
Although sweet potatoes aren’t traditionally thought of for their cold-fighting properties, they are a great source of Vitamin A which helps to stop illnesses from entering your system. They’re also a great winter comfort food. Having the occasional curry night may not be as bad for you as you think, as many dishes contain the spice Turmeric - the next big super food. High in antioxidants and a natural anti-inflammatory, it cleanses the body of any bad stuff when taken on a daily basis. Dark, leafy greens are great sources of Vitamin C, which reduces the symptoms and duration of a cold. Foods rich in Vitamin D, such as wild salmon, are also critical for battling winter ailments as it helps to prevent sinus infections. Eating any of these foods if you fall ill will help you on the road to recovery, but it’s important to drink lots of fluids too. Hot beverages like tea will help to soothe a sore throat.
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VISIT WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM TUMBLEWEED, dusters and cowboy hats may not be a daily sight in Almeria but for four days the province becomes the site of the Western Film Festival (AWFF). A love of westerns has been present in the province for more than 60 years, with many locations being used for filming classics such as Once Upon a Time in the West, Django Shoots First and A Fistful of Dollars. The western genre has experienced somewhat of a revival in mainstream media during recent years but in Almeria, the passion for it has never dulled. Taking place from Wednesday October 11 to Saturday October 14, the sixth Almeria film festival is set to attract yet another big crowd. Attracting international attention, it serves as one of the most important events in the region due to its leisure and cultural character as well as a programme of carefully-selected events to suit all ages. Professional and amateur actors as well as families and tourists from across the globe gather to celebrate this iconic genre. The festival features a host of full-length feature films, short films, documentaries and a number of other shows and serves as a major cultural event in Almeria, generating tourism and increasing revenue. The AWFF has put a lot of time and effort into the film selection and has included films in Spanish, those made in the EU as well as those shot in Latin America.
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WILD WEST: Home of spaghetti westerns. A number of awards will be dished out including the Award for Best Full Length Western Film, Award for Technical and Artistic Contribution to the Western Genre, RC Service Award for Best Photograph, Audience Award for Best Western Full Length Film, Award for Best Western Short Film, Award for Best Practice in School Training and the
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RTVA Award for Audiovisual Creation in Andalucia. The main venue of the AWFF is the village of Tabernas, renowned throughout Europe as the home of spaghetti westerns. The 500-seat town theatre will show the films whilst other venues of the event include Glorieta de España Square and the town hall square. One of the main attractions is OASYS Mini Hollywood. Now a theme park, it was constructed in 1965 for the Clint Eastwood film ‘For a Few Dollars More,’ directed by Sergio Leone and eventually became the global attraction that it is today. It serves as one of the major tourist attractions in the area with well-preserved open air museums holding a number of valuable film props and attracts hundreds of visitors every day. Another popular nearby theme park is Fort Bravo, a wild-west village which will host a number of activities during the event including various film screenings. The festival will also feature a duel in Tabernas, western music and parties, as well as plenty of action in the surrounding western villages. For those wishing to enjoy the entire four-day event, there are a number of nearby hotels as well as restaurants where wildwest dishes can be enjoyed or local cuisine depending on preference.
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TOWN BAND: Gave a concert to show off their skills to primary school pupils.
Mojacar town band gets kids involved MOJACAR Town Band recently gave a concert at Bartolome Flores School which gave them a chance to show off their skills to primary pupils, whilst also seizing the opportunity to get the children interested in the world of music, encouraging them to take up an instrument. The concert included a selection of well-known tunes from some of the children’s best loved films, which had them singing and clapping along. Miguel Angel Miranda, band director, also introduced his young audience to different types of wind, string and percussion instruments as part of both his and the council’s aim to further awareness of the Music School’s work to both the lo-
cal children and their parents. Mojacar’s School of Music began its journey in 1991 with just a few people and now boasts around 200 students, with new projects springing up which include the formation of a choir and a new band made up of the young pupils in the first stages of their studies. Currently, the town band has 70 musicians, who last year gave over 35 performances and took part in numerous competitions throughout Spain and, despite the young age of most of the group, it ranks in the top 10 in the province. Promoting music and encouraging young people to learn related skills is a top priority for Mojacar Council
and its Culture Councillor, Raquel Belmonte, starting with getting them involved at a very early age. In the ‘Music and Movement’ workshop, children aged between three and seven-years old can learn the basics and practise through musical games which experts claim has great educational benefits as well as helping their development in general.
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That sinking feeling? A TOAST TO GOOD FOOD, GOOD WINE AND GOOD FRIENDS W I T H G A R RY WA I T E HOTEL in Belfast opened last week. The 119-bedroom hotel owned and operated by Dublin-based Harcourt Develop-
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ments, is a ‘luxury experience with a Northern Ireland personality.’ ‘What’s the name of the hotel?’ I hear you ask. If I tell you that the hotel is situated in the former Harland & Wolff headquarters and historic drawing offices, it might make you think of the Titanic - and you would be right. Adrian McNally is to be the General Manager of the Titanic Hotel Belfast. The of-
fices where the Titanic was designed in the early 1900s have seen a £28m investment, including a £5m investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund, after having lain vacant for more than 25 years. In a recent interview the proud GM said that the most challenging aspect of the restoration was the restoration of the drawing offices, which were in a ‘dire state of disre-
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Pensioners that can drink to excess. IT is with some amusement I read that two pensioners who threatened and abused staff at the 47-bedroom Macdonald Loch Rannoch hotel in Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, have been fined nearly £5,000. Perth Sheriff Court heard how 72-year-old Robert Fergus went on a naked rampage through the hotel’s reception with a pair of scissors, and his wife Ruth, 69, threatened to shoot a member of staff in an alcohol-fuelled rage!
The couple were fined £4,100 and Mr Fergus was ordered to pay the hotel £800 compensation to cover the cost of damage. Needless to say the couple expressed their remorse and claim the alcohol induced incident was not in their normal character. I should think not! Leave that behaviour to the young ‘uns! Macdonald Hotels, which operates 54 hotels and resorts in the UK, Spain and Portugal, declined to comment about the case.
pair.’ The original ceiling plaster moulding, crafted by the same men who built the Titanic and intended to showcase the craftsmanship of the Belfast ship makers by replicating the inside of cruise liners, had to be painstakingly redone by hand by artisan tradesmen. “It was fundamental for the integrity of the Titanic hotel to be able to restore those to their absolute glory,” said McNally. The first drawing office is set to be the hotel’s ballroom, while the second is the bar, which also features the same blue and cream Villeroy & Boch tiles used for the Titanic’s swimming pool, which were salvaged from the bathroom floors in the Harland & Wolff office to line the side of the bar. Bedroom wardrobes are replicas by what would have been in a first class ship cabin, and steel ceilings in the hallways are reminiscent of a ship’s interior. Half of the 160-cover restaurant is in the historic side of the building and the other half in the new extension. Very Art Deco feel with banquette seating and floor to ceiling windows. Obviously the hotel has been built in reverence to the famous, doomed liner. There are many quips I could make, but I think they would be in bad taste especially as it was such a tragic event in our history. But I am wondering whether, at the inauguration of the hotel, a Magnum of Champagne was not swung at the hotel with the
And if they were not enough YOU might have been hidden away these last few weeks to have missed the latest scam on this country’s Costas and Islands. The ‘ambulance chaser’ act of persuading people they have food poisoning from eating in any of the local hotels, restaurants and other tourist destinations in return for compensation and obviously a ‘kick back’ to the ‘agent’ getting them to lodge a complaint. This practice has been jumped upon by the Guardia Civil and ABTA. In the news lately a wealthy British grandmother living on Mallorca who has been detained by Spanish police investigating these fake food poisoning scams involving the UK. Despite pleading her innocence, Debbie Cameron, 59, and her daughter Laura Joyce, were taken into custody after a raid on the family villa overlooking the Med on Tuesday.
Glamourous Mother and Daughter Partners in Scam? The operation was part of a series of raids on properties and businesses on the island in an investigation into allegations British holidaymakers have been filing false legal claims for food poisoning. The alleged fraud is said to have cost local hoteliers millions of pounds. Laura Joyce remains in Spanish custody with her mother frantically trying to have her released from jail. Strangely enough Mrs Joyce’s
husband Stephen, who runs and owns Heroes Sports bar on the island, declined to comment. “I have nothing to say,” said Mr Joyce. Hhmmm? Me thinks he doth protest too little!! Needless to say that this practice has escalated and has reached the British press. We have to add that at this moment in time, everything is alleged. A leaked police document reported by the Diario de Mallorca said that a car registered to one of her companies had been used by individuals who visited local hotels to recruit tourists for fraudulent claims. The investigation continues. Enough to make you sick isn’t it? (Some content from the Caterer and Hotelkeeper and the Telegraph)
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I went into McDonald’s yesterday and said “I’d like some fries.” The girl at the counter said, “Would you like some fries with that?” Jay Leno
Flippin’ burgers IT would appear that McDonald’s has experienced its first ever UK strike. Staff at two sites in Cambridge and Crayford voted to strike over working conditions and the use of zero hours contracts. The action took place on September 4. The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) said staff were demanding a wage of at least £10 an hour and more secure working conditions, as well as the recognition of the right to form a trade union as employees of the company. In typical Corbynesque manner the British Labour leader said “Our party offers support and solidarity to the brave McDonald’s workers in the BFAWU bakers’ union, who are making history today. They are standing up for workers’ rights by leading the first ever strike at McDonald’s in the UK. Their actions remind us that when people come together, organise and campaign for a better world, they can change history. Now it’s the time for all fast food workers, the young, the low-paid and the unorganised to join trade unions and organise in their workplaces to improve their lives. “Labour will stand with them as we build a country that works for the many not the few.” Give us a break!! McDonald’s announced in April that workers would be offered the choice of flexible or fixed contracts with minimum guaranteed hours. The move was trialled in 23 restaurants and will be extended to 50 more sites before being rolled out nationally. McDonald’s, which employs around 85,000 staff in the UK, also promised that by May workers paid by the hour will have received an average hourly pay increase of 17 per cent over the past two years. Doesn’t sound bad to me! Following the vote for strike action, a spokesman for McDonald’s said: “We can confirm that, following a ballot process, the BFAWU have indicated that a small number of our employees, representing less than 0.01 per cent of our workforce, are intending to strike in two of our restaurants.”
million, the cost to Spanish hotels in 2016 because of the food poisoning scam.
I APOLOGISE FOR MISSPELLING ALCAMPO IN A PREVIOUS ARTICLE. *Garry Waite is a foodie and restaurateur and Hospitality Management Consultant. If contemplating setting up an operation, or having problems with an existing project contact him on garryphwaite@gmail.com.
the increase in claims in Mallorca alone in the last 12 months.
million, the record number of tourists visiting Spain and the Islands, last year.
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Mother’s pleas overlooked THE mother of an 11-year-old Albox girl with cancer feels let down by the authorities. Alejandra suffers from a wilms tumor (a tumour on the kidney which affects only one in every 250,000 children) and is in the penultimate stage of the disease. Her mother, Aura, has had to quit her job in order to look after her daughter. She told Spanish media that she receives no money from the father who resides in France and pays no maintenance. The only help Aura receives is through social services, who pay the rent for the house where they live as well as food stamps. Aura feels that Albox coun-
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SUFFERING: Alejandra suffers from a rare form of cancer. cil have not been helpful and claims that a letter to the Popular Party has gone ignored. Her plea for a disabled parking space was rejected as Alejandra was not deemed sufficiently disabled to warrant one. Parents of other children in
Albox pulled together to buy Alejandra a wheelchair to help get her to appointments. Albox has the most expensive politicians in the province, who manage to pocket more than €5,000 per month in some cases.
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4 million trees in danger EMERGENCY measures have been taken to save four million fruit trees. The suspension of the Negratin-Almanzora reservoir transfer due to droughts has caused the Almeria Water Board to make a desperate irrigation request to the Ministry of Agriculture. Many trees in the Almonzora area have been without water for days, have grown less than they should and are beginning to lose leaves. There is an upcoming clementine harvest which is in danger of being lost altogether, with citrus fruits as well as paraguays, nectarines and
DRYING UP: Cuevas del Almanzora reservoir. plums all at high risk. Some communities have had the water of the Negratin reservoir as their only available resource. In many citrus farms in the area, the scarce reserves they have remaining will soon be depleted Jose Antonio Fernandez,
spokesman for the Spanish water board, said: “The situation is drastic and if the government does nothing to remedy it will mean the ruin of many families and the start of millions of trees that were planted decades ago.” Vegetables are also majorly at risk, particularly lettuce, with some companies planting in less than 25 per cent of the area that they have available.” The situation is worsened after the Villaricos desalination plant was rendered useless following the floods of 2012, a problem which the water board will demand be addressed at a meeting involving the entire agricultural centre on Monday, October 16.
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Flag anger A CAR was vandalised after a man displayed an Estelada flag. The banner, which is a symbol of Catalan independence, was hung off the terrace of an Armuña de Almanzora home. At least one member of the town, which has fewer than 300 inhabitants, was unhappy with this move as Spanish flags were VANDALISED: Residents not happy with flag bearer. painted on the resident’s vehiTensions are currently high as Catalan cle the next day. separatists are attempting to make CataloAccording to Spanish media, the parents nia a separate nation through via an illegal of the resident had emigrated to Catalonia referendum. but recently returned to Spain.
Business class A BUSINESS training seminar was held yesterday (Wednesday). The Andalucian Centre of Entrepreneurship (CADE) of Seron organised the class so that entrepreneurs could become familiar with the canvas technique, which aids the development of a business project consisting of structuring the key actions necessary to address a business idea and generate a proposal of innovative and viable value.
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High street invasion By Matthew Elliott INVESTMENT in Spain’s major city centres is approaching record levels. Top international brands are competing for prime high street properties as the wider economy reboots. A new study from real estate consultancy JLL found that €402 million was pumped into the Spanish high street in the first quarter of 2017. Much of the money comes courtesy of flagship stores set up by Primark, H&M, Zara, and other fashion giants. The unveiling of Primark’s 7,000 square metre store in Madrid’s Gran Via attracted thousands of
tourists and excited bargain hunters. Prime property isn’t the sole reserve of fashion outlets. Ikea, Seat and Leroy Merlin are also interested in snapping up more central locations. Decathlon is setting up three stores in the heart of Madrid. Demand is highest in Barcelona where one square metre on the Portal del Angel shopping street now costs €3,360. The arrival of mega-stores more commonly found on industrial estates nearer the airport than the city centre has small businesses worried. RetailCat, which represents 30,000 small stores, says it is impossible for them to compete with multinationals as rents rise.
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time to spend in the garden. It’s now possible to purchase Cannas in most garden centres and all you have to do is plant the rhizomes (the root like structures) about 15cm deep and let the plants work their magic. Cannas thrive most in a rich soil full of nutrients and natural matter. They can grow in poor conditions but the leaf size and petal colour will suffer. These plants also require lots of water so make sure to water them generously two to three times a week. They can handle periods of dry soil but will suffer in a drought-like environment.
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SOIL SOLARISATION: Uses the power of the sun to heat the soil that will kill weeds and insect larvae.
GRAEME TYRRELL THERE is a great advantage in the Mediterranean climate to utilise the long summer sunny days to increase the health of your soil for the garden to grow better. Solar sterilisation is a technique that can only be used in areas with at least six weeks of hot sunny weather. It uses the power of the sun to heat the soil to extreme temperatures that will kill all the weed seeds, soil borne diseases, insects and larvae that damage your plants and in addition release valuable nutrients into a more soluble form for plants to benefit from. It is an easy procedure that requires only a few steps to complete over six to eight weeks. The first step is to cultivate the soil to a fine tilth, as you might anyway to pre-
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potting mixtures that have grown plants before. Simply spread the soil out in a tray and cover with two layers of plastic to make it more effective and place in the full sun all day for four to six weeks. The technique means that the area you are sterilising is out of action for a couple of months but if you want to do your whole garden area it can be a sacrifice worth doing during the summer period of limited growth to be able to enjoy the flourishing cooler months with better soil or you can rotate different areas with just sections done each year to make the most of growing summer vegetables or plants in the zones previously sterilised or awaiting the technique to improve the soil. It is a great chemical free way to sterilise the soil down to 30cm deep and then grow healthier plants with less weeds.
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THIS is Liam Neeson, “Some mornings I wake up and think, gee I look handsome today,” he is a Spanish Mastin. Spain has not always been kind to Liam, Save a Mastin rescued him from the Valladolid Perrera, he had been abandoned, he was ill and had problems with his eyes. Liam had ehrlichiosis, a tick borne infection. Liam was treated for the ehrlichiosis and is now free of the disease, but, sadly for Liam, his sight could not be saved. Liam is now totally blind and had lost all confidence; even going for a walk was a major event.
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Enabling blind dogs to ‘see,’ the first in Spain Liam went into foster in Malaga, but is now in foster in Hacienda Del Alamo, Murcia. We, Liam’s new fosterers, did some research into blind dogs and decided that an echolocation unit would be the best solution for Liam. Save a Mastin and Brigitte Jaquillard, did not hesitate and a BlindSight S2 was purchased from Jordy Candy LIAM NEESON: Back from the brink. Inc, in America. This, as far as we are doors! It is still early days and if aware, is the first echolocation unit he gets excited and moves too to be fitted to a dog in Spain. It is a quickly he may still bang his head. wonderfully enabling device, what We are, however, delighted with is better than enabling the blind to Liam’s progress with the Blind‘see?’ Liam’s confidence has Sight. grown immeasurably since he has There must be many blind dogs been fitted with the BlindSight. He in Spain who could benefit from a is able to navigate partially open
Bl i ndSi ght devi ce. Let Haci enda Del Al am o, Fuent e Al am o, Mur ci a and Save a Mast i n l ead t he way i n enabl i ng the blind dogs of Spai n. Peopl e and dogs m ay have disabilities but i t i s soci et y that disables them. I t i s peopl e who park cars on the pavement, leave water meter doors open and allow their hedges to overgrow the paveme nt th at di sabl es bl i nd dogs, blind people, wheelchair users and mothers with pushchairs. Save a M a s tin and Li am want t o r ai se awareness and funds so that many
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Do not disturb ALL smart phones have ‘flight mode’ settings. Soon they may have ‘driving mode’ too. Safety campaigners want mobile phone companies to follow Apple’s lead in wheeling out a ‘Do not disturb while driving’ feature. It blocks out all wifi and cellular signals so it becomes impossible for friends to interrupt a driver’s concentration from afar. Britain’s RAC has written to Google and Microsoft asking them to follow suit. Phone use while driving is today considered an even bigger safety risk than alcohol abuse. Apple’s Do Not Disturb function can be set automatically so that it turns on when the phone perceives that it is in motion at high speeds. Messages can also be pre-programmed to respond to people trying to communicate with the driver.
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Market’s electric shock By Matthew Elliott PEUGEOT boss Carlos Tavares has warned that the rush to go electric risks destroying the motoring industry. His fiery remarks at the Frankfurt Motor Show come as European governments fall over one another with ambitious petrol-killing promises. Tavares, who runs PSA Peugeot Citroen and Vauxhall/Opel, says governments will bear all the responsibility when it comes to safety and technology concerns. Government interference in setting electric targets will kill creativity, he warned. State subsidies to boost the electric market will distort the industry’s natural evolution. “If you have ministers in Europe who say they will forbid the use of internal combustion engines, then I
China suffers from stifling smog and pollution.
have to comply and we will have to transform, re-engineer and retrain. But if electrification is not profitable in future, we all have a problem,” he said.
Tavares may not be accounting for China muscling into the electric market and potentially reducing consumer costs. The world’s biggest car market last week announced plans to ban petrol and diesel-fuelled cars and focus solely on electric. China suffers from stifling smog and pollution and already boasts a thriving electric bike industry.
WARNING: Peugeot boss doesn’t share electric enthusiasm. Last year the country built and sold 28 million cars, 500,000 of which were electric. Volvo has chosen China as the location to unveil its first entirely electric car in 2019.
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Chiron screeches to speed record FORMER Formula One icon Juan Pablo Montoya has broken a new speed record in his retirement. In front of stunned fans he managed to take a Bugatti Chiron to 400kph from a deadstart, then return it to zero, in just 41.96 seconds.
It took the Colombian 17 attempts to break the 42-second mark and get the video right. From a parked position to 400kph it took the 8.0 litre W16 quad-turbo Bugatti engine 32.6 seconds and 2,621 metres. It then took Montoya 9.26 sec-
onds and 491 metres to screech the car to a halt. Montoya sang the Chiron’s praises afterwards, claiming the car ran smoothly at 420kph in practice. During his competition days in the Indy500 the fastest he reached was 407kph.
Class of its own RACY: Bright red Urus SUV set to transform Lamborghini’s fortunes.
LAMBORGHINI executives are wetting their pants with anticipation ahead of the release of the Italian powerhouse’s new SUV. The date has finally been set for the grand unveiling of the Urus SUV, which ‘creates a class of its own’ according to a gushing press release. The ‘Super Sports Utility Vehicle,’ or SSUV, will meet the public on December 4 in Sant Agata Bolognese, Italy, the fantastically named site of the firm’s headquarters. The Urus is Lamborghini’s answer to an avalanche of groundbreaking new SUVs un-
leashed by Range Rover, Porsche and Bentley in recent months. Globally, the SUV market is more competitive than ever, with Chinese manufacturers also looking hungrily at the profit margins. By entering the SUV market Lamborghini expects to double its global sales and executives believe the Urus is the car to do it. It boasts a twin-turbo V8 engine, which will soon have hybrid capacity. It is expected to hit European showrooms by next summer and be priced at an eye-watering €150,000.
It was the sporting highlight of the Frankfurt Motor Show which saw some of motoring’s biggest names unveil their latest toys. Mercedes, BMW, Bentley, Audi and Toyota made major statements of intent.
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Take a bow record breaker Barry, top jockey Moore and superstar Hamilton Tony Matthews International Sports A former player, Tony is now the world’s most prolific author of football books with 150 published since 1975. He has also been a PE teacher and a policeman, and is now a quiz-organiser, fund–raiser, for various charities, and sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio. Costa de Almeria
I’LL start by congratulating footballers Gareth Barry, Sergio Aguero and Celtic FC, Essex cricketers, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and jockey Ryan Moore on their recent achievements. Well done men! SPORTS CALENDAR • The week-long Invicta Games (founded by Prince Harry) starts in Toronto, Canada on Sunday. • The first cricket ODI between England and the West Indies takes place today at Old Trafford; the second is at Trent Bridge on Saturday. • Three ‘home’ riders could stand on the podium after Sunday’s Spanish MotoGP in Alcaniz. • The world sailing and cycling championships continue in Japan and Bergen respectively and there’s Masters Golf in Portugal. • This weekend’s PL football matches include Leicester-Liverpool, Manchester City-Crystal Palace, Southampton-Manchester United, Stoke-Chelsea and West Ham-Tottenham. It’s Fulham-Middlesbrough, Leeds-Ipswich, Wednesday-
United in Sheffield’s ‘steel derby’ and Wolves-Barnsley in the Championship while Rangers play Celtic in the SPL. LAST WEEK’S ACTION • Lewis Hamilton, driving superbly, won Singapore’s first ‘wet’ night F1 Grand Prix to increase his lead over Sebastian Vettel in the championship to 28 points. For only the fourth time ever both front row cars crashed out on lap one and for the first time in F1 history two Ferraris (Vettel’s and Kimi Raikkonen’s) exited on lap one, as did Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen. There are six races left. • In cricket, the West Indies (176) beat England (155) by 21 runs in the T-20 blast at Chester-le-Street. And Essex are this season’s County cricket champions after beating relegated Warwickshire who will be replaced in Division One by Worcestershire! • The 3-1 favourite Capri, ridden by Ryan Moore and trained by Aidan O’Brien, won the St Leger. Moore has now rode the winner of all five English classics. And Geoff Wragg, trainer of 1983 Der-
by winner Teenoso, has died, aged 87. • In football’s PL, there were wins for leaders Manchester City (6-0 at Watford with Aguero’s 10th City hattrick), Bournemouth (2-1 v Brighton), Manchester United (4-0 v Everton to ruin Wayne Rooney’s return to Old Trafford), Newcastle (21 v Stoke) and Southampton (1-0 at Crystal Palace). The games between 10-man Chelsea-Arsenal, Huddersfield-Leicester, LiverpoolBurnley, Spurs-Swansea and WBA-West Ham were all drawn. • Leeds still lead the Championship ahead of Wolves and Cardiff. • SPL pacesetters Celtic beat Ross County 4-0 to extend their unbeaten run in domestic competitions to 55 matches. • Gareth Barry (WBA) has equalled Ryan Giggs’ record of 632 PL appearances. The first player to start 600 PL games, Barry should break Giggs’ record at Arsenal on Monday.
• La Liga leaders Barcelona won 2-1 at Getafe and Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 3-1. • There were recent Champions League wins for PSG (5-0 at Celtic), Chelsea (6-0 v Karabakh), Manchester United (3-0 v Basel), Manchester City (4-0 v Feyenoord), Spurs (3-1 v Dortmund), Real Madrid (30 v Apoel Nicosia) and Barcelona (3-0 v Juventus); Liverpool drew 2-2 with Sevilla. • In the Europa League, Everton lost 3-0 at Atalanta and Arsenal beat Cologne 31. • There have been FLC games this week including Leicester-Liverpool and Spurs-Barnsley (Tuesday) and Arsenal-Doncaster, Chelsea-Nottingham Forest, Everton-Sunderland, Manchester United-Burton and WBA-Manchester City (last night). • Bibiana Steinhaus (38) became the first female to referee a top-flight European League game when taking charge of the Hertha Berlin-Werder Bremen Bundesliga clash.
• Northern Ireland’s manager Michael O’Neill has been charged with drink-driving. • Valterri Bottas will sign a new contract with Mercedes and Fernando Alonso will stay with McLaren. • Coach Tony Smith is leaving Warrington Wolves RLC after nine seasons. • Harlequins ended Wasps’ 20 match unbeaten home run in RU’s Premiership, winning 24-21; Exeter now top the table… Munster and Scarlets head their respective Guinness Pro-14 groups… and New Zealand won their first three matches in the Southern Hemisphere Championship, scoring 128 points, including a record 57-0 victory over
South Africa. • The world middleweight fight between Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez ended in a controversial draw and GB’s Olympic champion Nicola Adams’ bout with Alexandra Vlajic was postponed when the American failed a prefight blood test! • Marc Leishman won golf’s FedEx Cup in Illinois with Justin Rose and Ricki Fowler joint second. And Sweden’s Anna Norqvist won the women’s Evian competition in France. • And finally, ex-footballer Jimmy Greaves (80) has remarried his exwife, Irene six decades after their first wedding.
GARETH BARRY: Equalled Ryan Giggs record.
RYAN MOORE: Won the St Leger riding Capri.
MANAGERIAL FACTS Roy Hodgson (70) who replaced Frank De Boer as Crystal Palace boss, began his playing career with the London club in 1963. However, he didn’t have the greatest of starts in his new role, as Palace became the first team ever to lose all their first five top-flight League games at the start of a season… and fail to score! Birmingham City, after losing six games on the bounce, immediately sacked manager Harry Redknapp. Blues are now seeking their ninth boss in 10 years.
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BIBIANA STEINHAUS (38) became the first female to referee a top-flight European League game in a Bundesliga clash.
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BLISS as the weather cools down and makes playing golf enjoyable again, instead of an endurance test, and the holidaymakers return to their native homes leaving the course a little less crowded. Wednesday September 6 - Monthly Medal It would appear the more comfortable conditions are to the liking of the members as the top three all returned under par scores, which is unusual in a medal. 1st Derrick Stephenson 77-10= 67 2nd Louis Long 89-21= 68 3rd Bill Gibb 76-7= 69 Two’s: Norman Ridgway 3rd, Derek Manning 8th, Paul Mailly x2 12th & 14th, Derrick Stephenson, Norman Whibley 12th, Dave Gray 14th, Bill Gibb 17th. Monday September 11 Team Match The members made the
MEDAL WINNER: Derrick Stephenson. journey down to La Envia golf to take on Golfnutz GS who hail from Granada, the format was pairs betterball and on a very warm day with the mosquitos very active, our members came out on top, winning by 73 pts to 53 pts. Wednesday September
OVER THE MOON: Ellen Lea.
13 - Individual Stableford It was the turn of the ladies on a day when three points separated 14 players at the top of the leader board. 1st Ellen Lea 36 pts on a card play off. 2nd Lynne Whibley 36 pts.
3rd Bill Gibb 35 pts on a card play off. Two’s: Bill Gibb 3rd, Derrick Stephenson 8th, Ann Miles 14th, Paul Mailly, Phil Miles, Dave Sharp, Dave Vickers 17th. For further information log on to the website aguilonmembersclub.com.
A WELCOME return to Stableford action after last weeks ‘traumatic’ medal round. It was an extremely hot day with virtually no wind leading to some very close and creditable scoring especially as the greens were quite sandy after the recent hollow tining. ‘El Presidente’ Townsend kept up his recent return to form with 36 points to come third but there was a very close tussle for first place with John Clements coming in with a fantastic 39 points to just pip Steph Glynn on 38 points. 1st John Clements 39 points 2nd Steph Glynn 38 points 3rd Alan Townsend 36 points Nearest the pin - 8th hole - Sean Halligan Nearest the pin - 14th hole - Patrick Vickery Valle del Este Golf Society is affiliated to the Valle del Este Golf Resort in Vera. They play every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Singles competitions are played every Thursday including a Monthly Medal. Visitors are welcome (subject to available tee times). Please ring Alan Townsend on 634 379 887.