ISSUE NO. 1688
9 - 15 November 2017
COSTA DE ALMERÍA
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Highway drugs bust
NABBED: Nervous driver was hiding huge haul. A ROUTINE traffic stop turned into a major drugs bust on the A-7 motorway at Viator. Police uncovered more than 10 kilograms of vacuum-packed marihuana stashed in the boot of a car. Guardia Civil officers detected nervousness in the young driver passing through their checkpoint. Upon closer inspection they also noticed a strong smell of marihuana radiating from the vehicle. When asked if he was transporting drugs of any kind, the 26-year-old Almeria City resident replied that someone may have smoked a “joint” in the car recently.
World Travel Market a hit ALMERIA Provincial Council made a positive impression at the World Travel Market event in London. The world-leading tourism fair, which attracts over 45,000 industry professionals from across the globe, was again held at London’s ExCel Arena. And provincial vice-president, Javier A Garcia, reported that he held a series of positive meetings with tour operators, airlines, marketing firms and international media outlets.
NO LICENCE: Poachers shot and beheaded wild goat.
Trophy killers Police pounce on poachers By Matthew Elliott Poachers who killed a wild goat and took its head as a trophy are facing prosecution. T h e th re e men h ad no hunting licence and hadn’t e v en p ro p e rly s ea le d t he head when they were stopped by the Guardia Civil in Tabernas. Guardia Civil officers on anti-poaching duty in the desert terrain grew suspicious when they saw a vehicle pass by without its lights
on, despite it being nightfall. They were able to follow the vehicle using the intermittent flashes of its rear brake lights as a guide. The van was pulled over on the A L-3103. Ins ide were three men, two in full camouflaged hunting gear. There were binoculars and live a mmunition on the seats. Inspecting the van, police found two rifles and the decapitated head of a Spanish Ibex, also known as an Iber-
ian wild goat. It was still stained with blood and improperly secured for transport. Checking the men’s documentation, police found that they had no permission to hunt in the area, no hunting liability insurance, or even a generic hunting licence. The rifles were legally owned. All three men were reported for poaching offe nc e s a nd w ill like ly be fined. The Guardia Civil officers confiscated their trophy.
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Stab victim survives A WOMAN remains in serious condition in Torrecardenas Hospital after being stabbed by her partner, who later committed suicide. The Moroccan man was found hanging in a plastic greenhouse in the El Alquian neighbourhood of Almeria City after apparently believing that his wife was dead. But she was found alive at the home of the couple, who have two children, and doctors say that she is stable after receiving a knife wound to the throat.
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Break-in bungle A BURGLAR is facing seven years in prison after breaking into an Almeria National Police officer’s home, whom he attacked with an iron bar after the officer pulled his gun on him.
Nasty smell PLUMBERS tackled a sewage discharge that has caused a regular stampede of bathers from El Palmer beach between Enix and Roquetas. Leaks have also been detected at the mouth of the Andarax river.
No consent TWO men were jailed for ten months and two years for taking advantage of a drunk woman as she celebrated her 19th birthday in Almeria. A third suspect
‘Human tragedy’ underway A TOP Guardia Civil officer has described the ongoing migrant crisis as a “human tragedy”. Colonel Arturo Prieto, head of the Guardia Civil Command in Almeria, made the comment as Frontex, the European Border and Coastguard Agency, announced an expansion of its security campaign in the Alboran Sea. It comes after over 600 migrants were rescued off southern Spain last weekend alone, and is the first time in more than a decade that Frontex has extended the scope of its role. Operation Indalo, worked in unison with the Almeria’s Guardia Civil and maritime rescue officials, had been scheduled to expire at the end of October. Instead it will be continued until at least the end of the year as the waves of migrants travelling from North Africa to Spain’s Andalucian coast shows no signs of abating. According to Frontex da-
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DESPERATE: Migrants willing to risk it all.
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Cheap homes on offer SPAIN’S ‘bad bank’ SAREB has 32,509 cheap properties for sale across Spain, with more than 1,000 in Almeria Province. The bank, formally known as the Company for the Management of Assets proceeding from the Restructuring of the Banking System, was set up in 2012 as a condition for Spain’s financial sector to receive billions in EU loans. SAREB took on more than €100 billion in bad assets in 2012, which it has steadily been selling ever since. The deadline to offload all of its assets is 2017. So far, American private equity firms, investment funds, and companies have been the main buyers and beneficiaries. Of the 1,111 pieces of real estate owned by SAREB in Almeria, 428 of them are homes. The bad bank’s latest offer is to take care of the writing expenses. The discount is valid until Friday December 15.
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Huge hearts A TOTAL of 1,672 tons of food aid will be distributed to 13,342 needy families across the province this year. Volunteers from the Almeria Red Cross helped collect canned goods, rice, olive oil and UHT milk. More than 2,000 babies will be helped by the aid programme.
Delivery danger A POSTAL worker who was attacked by three dogs while making a delivery in Nijar has been awarded more than €60,000 compensation. The 52-year-old was bitten by two German Shepherds and a mixed breed. She spent six days in hospital and lost mobility in her left shoulder.
THE origin of the Camino de Santiago stretches back to the ninth century, when the tomb of Saint James the Great was discovered in Santiago de Compostela. Legend claims that the remains of the revered apostle were carried by boat from Jerusalem to be buried in the Galician capital. Since then, millions have flocked to pay their respect to the apostle in the city’s cathedral and many churches, monasteries and villages were built around the route. However, the popularity of the journey began to fade during the 14th century as a result of wars, disease epidemics and natural disasters. The route began to regain its appeal during the 19th century, but it wasn’t until the 1980s, when the Council of Europe declared the site the first European Cultural Route, that the pilgrimage began to surge in popularity once more.
TWO brothers convicted of raping two stepchildren in El Ejido had their sentences overturned. The stepfather of the young boy and girl was given 14 years in prison and his brother three. But on appeal the court found contradictions in the children’s stories and acquitted both men.
KNACKERED: Hikers abandon their shoes at ‘world’s end,’ the pilgrimage’s final destination.
Prestigious prize
Summer space A NEW car park will be built at the back of the Pueblo Indalo complex managed by Best Hotels. The second-biggest hotel
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STUNNING: The remains of Saint James the Great are believed to be buried in the Santiago de Compostela cathedral. Now people from across the globe flock to complete the Camino each year and nearly 300,000 pilgrims made it to Santiago de Compostela in 2016 alone. While some still make the journey for religious purposes, many just take the opportunity to test their endurance and explore the Galician countryside.
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IBIZAN poet of British descent Ben Clark was awarded the Loewe Foundation’s International Poetry Prize. His award-winning collection The Celestial Police was published with the help of a scholarship with Mojacar’s Valparaiso Foundation. Clark, aged 33, writes in Spanish and publicly read his work in Mojacar during his stay.
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POLICE hunting vandals who pelted stones, oranges and eggs at moving buses and cars on Halloween have made three arrests in Roquetas de Mar. They are searching for dozens of other balaclava-wearing suspects. The bus drivers union said at least 400 eggs were thrown.
THE Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of Saint James, has been one of the world’s most important religious pilgrimages for centuries, but its popularity has surged in recent years, writes Kat Ashton.
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THERE are many different paths that pilgrims can take to reach Santiago, including routes that start in other European countries such as France and Germany. One of the most popular choices is the ‘French Way,’ which starts in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the Pyrenees border and making its way through Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos and Leon before it reaches Santiago de Compostela. The route stretches for over 800km and takes around a month to complete. The true end of the Camino however actually lies at the Cabo Finisterre cape near the Galician fishing village Fisterra. True devotees tackle this extra 100km stretch from Santiago to worship in front of a sacred image of Christ and see the ‘World’s End.’ It has also become tradition for travellers to abandon their destroyed walking shoes here or burn them in fires.
chain in Almeria will also be adding another 88 apartments to the popular complex. The 600 new parking spaces should help relieve Mojacar’s summer congestion.
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Pets 65
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Motoring 68 - 70
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1687 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 49 local stories.
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EWN a true leader THE phenomenal growth of EWN Online continues. October was another record-breaking month for the EWN’s website and social media platforms which are now firmly established as the leading internet sources of Spanish news in English.
And the increasingly impressive statistics look set to go on during the year-end build up towards Christmas and New Year. The website is now drawing ever closer to a staggering 900,000 page views per month, with a million clearly achievable in the weeks and
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479 new page likes for the month which takes us UP to 22,469 Total reach for October was 945,982 (20% up on September) - so we’re really nudging the 1 million target! Top story was the Galicia wildfire story which reached 50,459 people.
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Tweet impressions up to 67,700 New followers: 60 Mentions: 100
Poll of the week Is it wrong not to wear a poppy ahead of Remembrance Day?
LAST WEEK’S POLL: Following the Guardia Civil’s announced crackdown on horse hobbling, are police doing enough to combat animal cruelty in Spain?
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TRIVIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD The world’s deepest postbox is in Susami Bar in Japan, where it sits 10 metres underwater and is often used by divers to leave postcards.
Buzz Aldrin was not the first man on the moon but was however the first person to urinate there, according to National Geographic. During the Second World War, the crew of British submarine HMS Trident kept a fully grown reindeer called Pollyanna aboard their vessel for six weeks after receiving the animal as a gift from Russia.
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Record of number of page views: 866,944 UP 21% on previous best month (September 2017) Number of users: 256,774 UP 44% on September 2017 Our top article (Ryanair flight cancellations) received over 34,000 page views
months ahead. Meanwhile the Facebook page now boasts an amazing near 23,000 followers. These figures have left all traditional rivals trailing in their wake, with the EWN Online team’s reputation for round-the-clock, accurate reporting of the latest news increasingly being noted, appreciated, and followed. The EWN has a brief to lead, both in Print and Online, while others appear merely able to follow.
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A US ranger went into the Guinness Book of World Records for being struck the most times by lightning. Roy Sullivan was hit seven times throughout his life, in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
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OUR VIEW
Time to reflect AS hundreds of thousands get ready to consider the futility of war and to proudly wear their poppies on Remembrance Sunday, people are still dying around the world. Not every war is a formal declaration between two or more countries but in many ways, unofficial armed conflict is even worse as those taking part will often ignore what are known as the ‘rules of war’. There are no less than 44 recognised international armed conflicts where a minimum of 100 people were killed during the past 12 months and in a number of cases, such as Syria and Yemen, the conflicts are supported by foreign financial and military aid. Representatives of the American government have recently made it clear that the only way to get North Korea to change its ways is by a full invasion and the industry of war benefits the taxpayers and economies of America and most of the European Union. This ignores the atrocities that have been committed by Daesh on innocent civilians and which sadly can never be contained as a single madman driving a vehicle into a random crowd can never be contained. Sunday is a time to reflect on the past and the future and to hope that our leaders do what they can to protect as many innocent lives as possible.
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Cold blooded killer POLICE arrested a murder suspect in El Ejido. The Moroccan national is accused of executing his victim in cold blood while the target slept. The suspect, aged 41, also killed the wrong man. He entered a La Mojonera apartment with an accomplice in 2014 and shot a man they believed was a rival in the drugs trade multiple times in the head. The victim was simply staying overnight in the apartment. Immediately after the murder, the suspect fled to Morocco via Ceuta. But last month Guardia Civil investigators learned that he planned to return to Spain using a fake passport. Cooperating with the Moroccan authorities they were able to track him on his way to El Ejido for drug-related business and make the arrest.
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Born to be a star
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SHE’S the Marbella-born actress who appears set to conquer Hollywood. And Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is well on the way to achieving her dream after the second season of hit series Stranger Things amassed over a record million mentions on Twitter within 48 hours of it being released. The 13-year-old, whose parents hail from GOING PLACES: Bournemouth, is said to be Millie Bobby Brown. worth more than €5.5 milRAUNCHY: Christina Pedroche. lion after the first season of the supernatural drama garnered 22 million viewers in the United States alone. It comes after the starlet appeared on the cover of Teen Vogue and was named in Time Magazine’s InfluenA WELL-KNOWN Spanish glamour modtial Teens of 2017. el has been robbed after having her clothes She has now signed lucrative sliced open in Madrid. Wilma Gomez, 33, deals to promote Calvin Klein and was at a train station when she realised that Converse products after spending the a brand new mobile phone and 600 USD summer filming upcoming blockwere missing from her jacket. buster Godzilla: King of Monsters “I went to buy a ticket and when I put alongside Oscar nominee Vera my hand in my pocket there was a big CHRISTMAS Farmiga and English screen icon hole,” she said. “It’s a very busy place and CRACKER: Charles Dance. because I’m so clueless I thought I had Wilma Gomez.
Sheer delight! SHE’S the actress and host who set tongues wagging after presenting Spain’s televised New Year’s Eve coverage in a transparent dress. And Christina Pedroche, 29, again left little to the imagination as she put on an eyepopping display after taking to the catwalk during the 2017 Women’s Secret Night lingerie show in Madrid. She shared the runway with famous Spanish models including Rocio Crusset and Estela Grande at the glittering event presented by Hollywood star Elsa Pataky.
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lost my cell phone or my money, which I was going to exchange for Euros. “They literally cut my clothes!” But it was not all bad news for the 2007 Miss Playboy Spain, who currently stars on TV in Chile, as the stunner revealed that she was visiting her home country for a festive photo shoot. “I’ll be on the cover of the Christmas edition of Playboy,” confirmed the Mallorca-born bombshell. “The first time I did it was in 2008.”
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Hot and heavy
STEAMY: Hoult HE’S played an inand Costa. troverted schoolboy, a manipulative teenager and a mutant superhero. But British actor Nicholas Hoult, 27, appears to have finally come of age after stripping off for a raunchy sex scene alongside 32-year-old Spanish actress Laia Costa in his latest film Newness. The romantic drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has just been released worldwide via streaming service Netflix.
A bit Messi FOOTBALL mega star Lionel Messi’s wife Antonella Roccuzzo appeared to accidentally reveal that the pair’s third child will be a boy. The blunder came in a birthday social media message to eldest son Thiago, who recently turned five. It comes after the 29-year-old last month confirmed that she was pregnant after tying the knot with the 30-year-old Barcelona striker in June.
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Truth time Europe wants answers over plant By Matthew Elliott EUROPEAN officials are demanding a full accounting of how the Spanish government invested a €22.7 million grant to build the Cuevas del Almanzora desalination plant. The European Commission has given Madrid until the end of the month to explain where the money went and clarify what the immediate future
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holds for the defunct desalination plant. The plant, located between Palomares and Villaricos, has been closed since heavy flooding in autumn 2012. It was constructed at a cost of €70 million, almost a third of it from European funding, but only operated for a few months before the flooding. Concerns that some of the money was funnelled away
The personal fortune of Zara founder and Spain’s wealthiest person Amancio Ortega.
were raised when Arcadio Mateo, former director general of Acuamed, was jailed for bribery in 2016. The charges related to the Almanzora plant’s construction, which was promoted by the state-managed water infrastructure body. European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu, wants to know the status of the judicial investigation and whether any European funds were used illegally. Faced with drought and the prospect that the Almanzora
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ULTIMATUM: EC wants answers over plant spending. plant might be tied up in legal knots for years, Almeria’s agricultural industry is seeking alternative funding for a new
desalination plant. There are more than 10,000 farmers in the province with urgent irrigation needs.
The agricultural industry of the Almanzora Valley and Levante alone employs more than 30,000 people.
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Clean city project MILLIONS will be pumped into a major renovation of Almeria City’s historic quarter. Plaza Vieja will be made more accessible to walkers and parking spaces expanded at Plaza Marin.
Green glass AFTER a successful environmental awareness campaign from Ecovidrio, glass recycling shot up by 15 per cent last year, with each Almeria City resident recycling 6.2 kilograms of glass on average.
French fraud A MOROCCAN man was arrested at Almeria port when he presented a fake French identity card. Customs officers felt it was heavier than usual and used ultra violet light to test its veracity.
Grave pain THEFT of flowers and a lack of water available to clean plots were reported after thousands of Almeria residents visited cemeteries across the capital to remember the departed on All Saints’ Day.
Nasty smell PLUMBERS tackled a sewage discharge that has caused a regular stampede of bathers from El Palmer beach between Enix and Roquetas. Leaks have also been detected at the mouth of the Andarax river.
Rare bird A VULTURE was spotted flying above the city streets of Almeria. At the time of writing environmental agents were still trying to catch the bird, asking citizens to call 112 if seen.
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Going on behind closed doors CONTRACTS worth almost €12 million were awarded by Almeria City Council by invitation, rather than public advertising, last year. Critics have accused councillors of breaching transparency laws and the basic etiquette of good governance. Dozens of contracts for public works valued at less than €200,000 were awarded via private email. Throughout 2016, €11.8 million of public funds
were distributed in this manner. Councillors created a shortlist of three companies for each project and invited them to make an offer. There was a minimum of publicity, giving companies ‘in the know’ and with council contacts a definite advantage over their competition. The practice is legal as long as the individual contracts aren’t worth more than €1 million. But, given the
city’s pledge to eradicate corruption and instill a philosophy of ‘good government,’ news that 14 per cent of all of Almeria’s public contracts were awarded almost in secret, has raised eyebrows. Councillor for the economy, Maria Vazquez, is adamant that no transparency laws have been broken. She claims that contracts are always published, even if not through official bulletins.
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TASTY: Volunteers ensure every dog has his day.
Man’s hungry friends ALMOST one ton of pet food was donated in just one day by generous Almeria residents. Volunteers from Adopta un Amigo Almeria (Adopt a Friend) SOS Perrera collected food at a special stall in the city. In an 11-hour shift they re-
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ceived 971 kilograms of wet and dry food. People passing by the Mediterranean Shopping Centre also brought blankets, toys and medicines throughout the day. A piggy bank was also set up. Inside volunteers found
of Spaniards do not have a siesta, despite the country being famed for it according to a government study.
€143.13 in donations after their efforts. The donated food and items have been distributed to different rescue centres across the province, including the Refugio Canino La Reserva and the Vicar Can-Felina Red Solidaria. Almeria’s Zoosanitary Centre also benefited from the fundraising effort, as did poorer pet owners.
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How will UK inheritance tax affect your family? Liability to UK inheritance tax is based on domicile, not residence. If you are a UK domicile, or are deemed domiciled under HM Revenue & Customs rules, your worldwide estate above the thresholds is liable to tax at 40%. Assets in the UK are liable regardless of domicile. You can live in Spain for many years and remain a UK domicile. It is however possible to adopt a domicile of choice in Spain or elsewhere if you cut ties to the UK. The rules are complex so you need specialist advice if you wish to protect your heirs from this tax. There are now two allowances for inheritance tax: Standard nil-rate band - The tax-free threshold is currently £325,000. It should rise each year in line with inflation, but it has been frozen for a number of years. When this allowance is not used, or only partly used, you can transfer the balance to your
£1 million by 2020.
By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks spouse/civil partner. Residential Nil Rate Band (RNRB) – This new “family home allowance” came into effect in April 2017. It is being introduced gradually, so that it is £100,000 this tax year, rising by £25,000 each year until it is £175,000 in 2020/21 (after which it will rise in line with inflation). This allowance is also transferable, so this makes a total potential threshold for a couple of
You can claim the family home allowance on a property outside the UK, provided it is your main home. Local inheritance tax may still apply. Note, however, that there are limitations on the Residential Nil Rate Band: • It only applies to property (a family home • You need to have lived in it at some stage • The property must be inherited by descendants • They must receive it directly • Only one property can benefit • Larger estates may not benefit Estates worth over £2 million receive a smaller allowance, and those over £2.2 million do not receive any RNRB at all. This applies to your whole, worldwide estate, not just to property. So this will include your savings and investments, trusts, pay outs from
life insurance policies, pension lump sums received on the death of a spouse/partner, cars, furniture and personal belongings such as jewellery. It will also include applicable gifts given away over the last seven years. Debts and liabilities are deducted from the total assets and gifts. Since the residential nil rate band is only available where property is passed directly to children and grandchildren, this will not apply to many trusts. If you own property in a trust, seek advice to establish what you need to do to protect your family from paying unnecessary tax. Seek advice on how to protect your family and other heirs from inheritance tax. It gets more complex for expatriates because of the domicile issue. You need specialist cross-border estate planning advice to establish where you are domiciled and the most effective solutions for you. It is important to understand how the
UK tax interacts with Spanish succession tax and what steps you can take to avoid or mitigate these taxes for your heirs. Blevins Franks has 40 years’ advising expatriates in Spain on estate planning and inheritance tax planning. Contact us for personalised advice on UK inheritance tax, Spanish succession tax and establishing an effective estate plan that achieves your wishes. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.
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ENVIRONMENTALISTS denounced the exploitation of the Rio Aguas at a United Nations convention on climate change held in Bonn, Germany. Three representatives from Acuiferos Vivos - Sheila Andion, David Dene and Ion Holban - attended the conference on Tuesday. The platform was established more than a decade ago to fight for smarter solutions to Almeria’s water crisis. A statement read that they would criticise “the terrible state of the (Altos Agua) aquifer and the ecocide that is taking place on species of flora and unique fauna in Europe.” The aquifer has previously been called the most over-exploited in Andalucia by the group, which also denounced “the pillage of water carried out in the province,
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Water anger goes global
PILLAGE: Platform accuses big business of stealing water (image from a protest by the group). particularly in the Sorbas-Tabernas region, due to super-intensive olive plantations.” The appearance before the United Nations came after a protest held in Almeria’s Puerta de Purchena on Saturday. Demonstrators called for residents across the province to fight against the
“agro-industrial pillage” of resources, especially water. Their views are supported by Group Ecologists Mediterranean (GEM) who last week criticised what it described as the “mad expansion” of irrigation across Almeria Province.
AFTER a successful tourist season, Nijar is already looking ahead to next year. Heavy traffic at the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park has been identified as the biggest problem to fix. In spring this year the council summoned business leaders, tourism chiefs and other experts to advise on a tourist promotion plan. Green and sustainable tourism was the ultimate goal of the coalition. Analysing the first summer under the plan, councillor for Tourism Alexis Pineda said that one major lesson learned was the need for a strict plan on parking at the Natural Park to be enforced. Key problems over the summer included cars and motorhomes being parked at the entrances to beaches, blocking access to emergency vehicles. Hundreds of fines were issued over the high season to drivers parking in expressly prohibited locations. The council began expanding public transportation options to the beach, especially from Almeria City. That initiative is expected to be renewed and improved next summer.
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City crash injuries FOUR people were injured and taken to hospital for treatment when three cars collided with one another on Almeria’s Avenida Pablo Iglesias on Sunday afternoon.
Sex swoop A SUSPECTED paedophile was arrested in Almeria amid a nationwide swoop on distributors of child pornography with the help of the United States Homeland Security Department.
Ancient wall RUINS from a wall built by Jairan, the first Muslim king of Almeria who ruled from 1014 to 1028, were uncovered by archaeologists in the city near Puerta de Purchena.
Words matter AN active-aging course was completed by Mojacar residents with the help of creative therapist Victoria Wilkinson who focused on communication and the expression of emotions.
The amount of money Barcelona FC and Real Madrid each generated during the 2015/16 season according to the Deloitte Football Money League.
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Ambitious architects FANCY DRESS: Vera residents in 16th century garb honour hill’s history.
PLANS to convert the Hill of the Holy Spirit into an even more popular tourist attraction were unveiled by Vera Council. The town commemorated the 499th anniversary of the destruction of the ancient city of Bayra which once stood on the hill. Mayor Felix Lopez spoke to 200 members of a consolidation project aimed at recovering the lost city. “We want to rebuild a future for the city of Bayra,” he said. Work on restoring the ancient site begins in 2018, 500 years after a devastating earthquake shook the region. Architects for the project also addressed members at the town auditorium. They explained how the renovation of the Muslim site will be split into six phases, ending with the reconstruction of the Alcazaba. They have already carried out a meticulous study of the ruins and relics still preserved in the hill. A three-dimension-
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Tourist makeover for Holy Hill
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Contract scandal A MAN who forged work contracts and sold them to foreign nationals without residence permits is facing nine years in prison for cheating the social security office.
Pest control CONSERVATIONISTS congratulated the Roquetas Council on the swift extermination of one of the worst mosquito plagues in a decade to threaten Aguadulce residents thanks to early action.
ANCIENT SITE: A procession will carry torches to the peak. al recreation of the site will guide the physical reconstruction, projected to cost around €1 million. Forecasts suggest that, by reimagining the 16th century site, Vera can attract up to 50,000 visitors to the Hill of the Holy Spirit each year,
with an entrance fee of €1 being floated. Today is the exact anniversary of the earthquake, which killed 150 people living on the hill. Tonight a procession will carry 150 torches to the peak and hold a minute’s silence at 11pm.
Pedal power A BIKE lane will be built on the bridge of Almeria City’s Avenida del Mediterraneo de Almeria at a cost of €400,000 to extend the capital’s bike lane network to more than 70 kilometres.
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HUNGER STRIKE: Instructors enough is enough.
Road rage Instructors call hunger strike DESPERATE driving school instructors have threatened to go on hunger strike. The radical decision comes in response to almost six months of industrial action led driving test examiners against the Directorate-General of Traffic (DGT). The Provincial Association of Driving Schools of Almeria (Asoproal) claims schools and students have been caught in the crossfire. They want an immediate resolution of the conflict, which has cost Almeria’s 170 driving schools more than €1 million in lost revenue.
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Only the President and VicePresident of Asoproal will definitely take part in the hunger strike if it goes ahead. They are Rafael Villegas of Berja Driving School and Maria Luisa Orcera of Autoescuela Trafik. Others are invited to join them. At the time of writing the hunger strike was set to begin on Tuesday. The two have threatened to conduct the strike right outside the Provincial Traffic Headquarters of Almeria located in the capital. “We have no choice but to adopt this protest during the
The total length of Spanish coasts, which is further than the distance between the US and Spain.
difficult time we are experiencing in our sector,” said Villegas, a frequent critic of both the examiners and DGT. He cited school closures, job losses and a lack of students as consequences of a “conflict that we have not created.” Both students and schools were suffering he said, with around 600 families dependant on income from school, and thousands of young people needing their licence in order to find a job. Since examiners went on strike in June, calling for a salary increase, an estimated 26,000 practical classes have been missed and 2,500 people seen their exams cancelled.
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Dog attack horror Victim has both legs amputated A WOMAN is fighting for her life after being attacked by dogs in Galicia. The 82-year-old from Covelo, Pontevedra, named as Maria Dolores AB, was set upon by two French mastiffs owned by a neighbour as she returned home from mass. Horrified witnesses described how the animals bit her lower legs and scalp to the bone. She was reportedly dragged for 30 metres and her injuries were so serious that surgeons were forced to amputate both her legs below the knees. According to local media reports, the dogs had escaped from the garden of their owner’s home, with police now probing the incident after it emerged that residents had complained about them being loose on several occasions.
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FRENCH MASTIFF: The breed responsible and (inset) the scene in the wake of the attack. The victim was taken to a hospital in Vigo where she remains in a critical condition. One of the dogs is a pure French mastiff, also known as Dogue de Bordeaux and a breed considered potentially dangerous in Galicia, and the
tonnes of tomatoes were used in the Tomatina festival in Valencia this year.
other a boxer cross, but neither had the mandatory microchip or health card. Under Spanish law owners of dog breeds considered potentially dangerous, including rottweilers, pit bull terriers, and Staffordshire bull terriers must possess a mandatory licence and keep the animals muzzled and on a lead whenever in public.
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EX-CATALAN President Carles Puigdemont was released on bail in Belgium after the Spanish government issued a European arrest warrant in his name. Puigdemont had fled to Brussels after Spanish authorities voted to impose direct rule on Cataluña following the illegal independence referendum on October 1. Puigdemont, along with four of his ministers, handed himself into the Belgian authorities on Sunday but they were freed after a 10-hour hearing. The court will now decide whether to act on the warrant. Catalan officials face up to 30
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IN LIMBO: Carles Puigdemont must wait for Belgian officials to decide whether to extradite him. years in prison on charges of rebellion, embezzlement of public funds, sedition and disobedience.
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Eight members of the former parliament have already been jailed following a hearing in Madrid, which Puigdemont refused to attend, pending the government’s enquiry into the controversial referendum. Meanwhile, in an article he wrote for a British newspaper, Puigdemont said “leaders of this democratic project face the severest punishment possible the same as for terrorism or murder. The Spanish state must honour what was said so many times in the years of terrorism: end violence and we can talk about everything,” he declared. “We’re playing with much more than our personal futures: we’re playing with democracy itself.”
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That’s a bit rich! Zara tycoon tops Forbes’ ranking AMANCIO ORTEGA has strengthened his position as the wealthiest person in Spain with a personal fortune in excess of €70 billion, according to the latest Forbes’ Rich List. It comes after the founder of Inditex fashion group - best known for its Zara chain of stores - briefly toppled Microsoft mogul Bill Gates to become the richest person on the planet in August this year. The 81-year-old tycoon’s assets are equivalent to the combined wealth of the 51 individuals who follow him in the annual Top 100 published by the Spanish edition of Forbes’ magazine. Second place on the 2017 list is occupied by Ortega’s daughter and heiress Sandra Ortega Mera who is estimated to be worth €6.5 billion, while third place is taken by Mercadona president Juan Roig with €4.8 billion. The top 10 is completed by
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ROLLING IN IT: Amancio Ortega (inset). boss of hotel group Iberostar Miguel Fluxa (€3.6 billion), president of infrastructure giant Ferrovial Rafael del Pino (€2.9 billion), OHL construction chief Juan Miguel Villar Millar (€2.7 billion), Roig’s wife and Mercadona vice-president Hortensia Herrero (€2.6 billion), casino magnate Manuel Lao (€2.4 billion), Mango founder Isak Andic (€2.3 billion), and security firm Prosegur head Helena Revoredo (€2.3 billion).
But the influence of the famously reclusive Ortega - who has a 59 per cent stake in Inditex, the largest textile group in the world, plus a property empire managed via Pontegadea Real Estate - is such that if he is removed from the list the average net worth of the top 100 falls from €1.58 billion to €890 million. Only 27 spots are occupied by women, who have between them amassed €24.5 billion.
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SIZZLING: Hooters is known for its fried food and scantily-clad staff.
What a hoot! US chain keeps abreast of Europe EY EPO PPIN G U S c ha in Hooters has confirmed it is to ope n its firs t dine r in Spain. The ra unc hy bra nd is famed for its chicken wings and beer served by young waitresses in revealing outfits, which have earned it the self-proclaimed ‘breastaurant’ moniker. And with more than 430 eateries in 28 countries, the first Spanish Hooters will soon open in Castelldefels, Barcelona, according to the company’s Facebook page. Hooters has come under fire for objectifying women due to its compulsory barely-there orange-and-white
uniform consisting of tiny s horts c ombine d w ith a c le a va ge -e nha nc ing ve s t top, while the logo features a n ow l w ith its e ye s re placed by nipples. In the US, it has attracted further criticism for promotional events such as staff beauty pageants and calendars with photos of girls in various states of undress, while female applicants are reportedly asked to reveal their measurements during the interview process. It c ome s a s D ire c tor of Operations in Spain, Julio A ria s , move d to dis mis s claims that the restaurant was forced to seek an alter-
native to its original site in Vi l adecans af t er bei ng sl am m ed by f em i ni st
groups, insisting that the switch was due to ‘space issues.’
Going to pot A MAN from Scotland who claims he was falsely accused of running a cannabis farm in La Linea de la Concepcion, near Gibraltar, has been left homeless after police seized his passport. Robbie Miller, aged 24, had left Scotland to find a job as a software engineer in Gibraltar and rented a room in a shared flat with a British biker. A few days later, officers raided the property in La Linea de la Concepcion and discovered six large cannabis plants weighing seven kilos. Robbie was held by police for 24 hours before the court seized his passport and released him on bail. The judge allegedly wasn’t interested in hearing his evi-
dence that allegedly proved that the cannabis plants, which he claims must have been growing long before he arrived in the country, were nothing to do with him. Robbie, originally from Hamilton in Scotland, has since been forced to sleep on a bench as he couldn’t book another place to stay without a passport. He told media sources that he wanted to return back to Scotland as soon as possible, but this has also proved impossible with no passport and limited funds. Mr Miller has hired a Spanish lawyer to represent him and hopes the judge will grant him an early hearing and dismiss the case as soon as possible.
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Baking news! AGE SUPPORT, the charity based in Arboleas, has launched its Guess the Weight of the Christmas Cake Competition 2017. The fruit cake, made and iced by a friend of the charity, was weighed at the local supermarket with Lola from Coviran and Cathy, chair of Age Support, looking on. You can view the cake and guess the weight, for €1, in the Age Support shop in the Placeta Padre Arias in Arboleas near the bakers and hair-
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dressers and where the Saturday market is held. The winner will be announced by mid-December in the local press, Smooth FM and the shop. If you have any special items you could donate for the Age Support Christmas Raffle please take them to the shop in Arboleas, which is open 10am to 1.30pm Monday to Saturday. The charity will also have a stall at the ACRAA Christmas fete in the Renfe building, Alfoquia on November 26.
RBL Christmas Fayre THE Zurgena Branch of The Royal British Legion is holding a Christmas Fayre at the Renfe building in La Alfoquia. Taking place on Saturday November 18 from 10am, there will be more than 30 stalls with all you need for Christmas, including handmade cards, scented candles, soft toys, hampers, handpainted art and much more. The event will be opened by the mayor of Zurgena, Luis Diaz Garcia, and all money raised on the day will go to the 2017 Poppy Appeal.
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Festive fundraising FACE (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) are to hold their famous Christmas Market for the third year running in a specially erected marquee that will also be used for the 18th Al-Arbuli Gastronomic Festival. The gigantic tent will be erected in the car park at the top of Arboleas, in front of the town hall. The Gastronomical Festival will be held on Friday November 24 and Saturday November 25 and will include musical performances and traditional food tasting in the marquee. Local restaurants in the Arboleas area will also be serving special meals throughout the event. FACE (the major fundraising organisation in the Almanzora Valley) will be holding their Christmas Market on Friday December 1, starting at 6pm. Once again the main aim of the market is to raise funds for the various organisations that APSA gives their thanks to Almeria Ten Pin Bowling, Colin the Card and Pricebusters for their monthly prizes and to all who purchased raffle tickets, the proceeds of which will go towards helping animals in the care of APSA. Winners Keith and Norma Prime: Two course Sunday Lunch for two or Fish ‘n’ Chips supper at Almeria Ten Pin Bowling.
FACE supports. There will be more than 30 stalls at the market selling everything from cards to candles, Christmas wrapping to jewellery and perfume. There will be a special visit from Santa Claus. Mulled wine and mince pies will also be available. Radio presenters Jack Savage and Rod Oxley from 89.8 Smooth FM will be there throughout the whole evening and Carrie’s Dusty Boots will be doing a theatrical demonstration of line dancing entitled Oliver. For further information about FACE and the work it undertakes, or if you are interested in joining this dedicated group of fundraisers, please contact FACE by calling 634 306 727. FACE can also be contacted through their new twitter account: @FACECharity, on their website: www.face-charity.com and also through their Facebook page.
APSA raffle winners Heather Smith: Colin the Card €10 voucher. Brenda and Alan Marley: Pricebusters €10 Voucher. Winning tickets drawn by Maggie Nightingale, APSA Shop Manager. Sellers Jean & Mac (€44), Keith (€64) and APSA Shop (€12).
Total collected: €120. APSA (Animal Protection Society Albox) is a non-profit, nokill shelter that rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes all breeds of dogs and cats in the Albox area. For more information, please visit the facebook page: www.facebook.com/APSAani malrescue/
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FEATURE
Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph. By John Smith THERE are two specific dates associated with the end of the First World War, one of which is permanent and the other changes each year. People all across Britain will observe a two minute silence at 11am this Saturday (the 11th hour o f t h e 11 t h d a y o f t h e 11 t h month), which is the time and date when hostilities formally ended after more than four years of battle during what is now re-
In memory of those who laid down their lives membered as The Great War. The nearest Sunday to November 11 is chosen as Remembrance Day where people gather together to remember and mourn the dead
Behind the poppy IN the spring of 1915, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian doctor who had just lost a friend during the First World War (1914-1918), was inspired to write the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ after seeing poppies growing in battle-scarred fields where little else would grow. The poem inspired Moina Michael, an American academic, to make and sell artificial red poppies which were later introduced in the UK by a French woman, Anna Guerin. In 1921, The Royal British Legion ordered nine million of the poppies and sold them on November 11 to commemorate the end of the Great War. The first year alone, the poppies raised £106,000, a staggering amount of money in those days, which was used to help First World War veterans. Nowadays poppies are mostly sold in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to pay tribute to servicemen and women killed in conflict. The poppy is traditionally red to reflect the colour of field poppies and is considered a symbol of remembrance and hope.
in all wars, although in Britain and here in Spain, more emphasis is given to those who died during the 20th and 21st centuries. In London, next Sunday will see
the usual massive ceremony at the Cenotaph which will be attended by members of the Royal Family, representatives of the Commonwealth and Overseas Territories,
Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Sunday By Benjamin Park THE Royal British Legion (RBL) continues to provide a la rg e numbe r of s e rvic e s across Spain year after year. A he a d of this R e me mbrance Day, we spoke to a few members of RBL branches around the country about what the occasion means to them and how they will be spending the day. Jo Taylor, Chairman of the RBL Coin branch, first set-up th e bra nc h in 2006 ha ving previously been a member of two other branches in Spain. She spoke of how her b ranc h c hoos e s to honour loved ones on November 11. “ O n R e me mbra nc e D a y,
we provide a bell service,” she said. “People who attend speak of loved ones they have lost and it’s not just in the First World War, we have people who speak about loved ones they have lost in Iraq, Afghanistan and other wars too. “After people have told me of their loved ones, I read a piece about them and we hold a short moment of silence. We try to ke e p the s e rvic e both public, but private at the same time.” Steve Taylor, who served in the Royal Air Force, was first a member of the RBL in Oxfordshire but transferred his membership to Mollina
when he moved to Spain 10 years ago, where he is now Chairman. He said: “I have attended many Remembrance Day services in and out of uniform both in the the UK and many overseas locations. “I t i s not onl y about t he First World War but every loss of life up to today.” Dave Punshon, a member of the Mollina branch, said: “Though I never served in the armed forces, my father was a standard bearer and founder member of the legion club in my home town. “As he died when I was 22, Remembrance Day is a time of reflection on two counts.”
politicians, veterans of various conflicts and serving military together with a huge audience of onlookers. Due to their advanced age, the Queen and Prince Philip will play a reduced role in the laying of wreaths as they cannot be expected to spend hours standing around in what is invariably a chilly morning. As well as the main service in London, the laying of wreaths takes place all over the UK as well as the Commonwealth and there will also be many parades embracing ex-servicemen now settled in Spain plus the usual services in Gibraltar. Poppies are worn as a symbol of respect and tribute on Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day and funds raised from their sale go towards assisting ex-servicemen through the Royal British Legion. The original concept of the wearing of poppies in remembrance - which was inspired by a Canadian military officer and poet who wrote ‘In Flanders Fields’ actually came from America and was adopted by the American Legion before the concept came to the UK in 1921 from France.
FINANCE
THE Spanish economy has steadily recovered over the past three years, allowing the government to be confident that it can meet financial targets set by the European Union. The Bank of Spain however has indicated that unless the Catalan crisis is resolved quickly that economic growth could be threatened and in a worst case scenario be as low as 2.5 per cent against a forecast 3.1 per cent.
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AS airlines become increasingly more streamlined and cost aware, so they are anxious to become more efficient and two are now weighing passengers. For years, those travelling on commuter helicopters in the USA were required to be weighed in order to ensure even distribution of people and baggage, but Air Samoa are now charging overweight passengers extra in order to affray fuel costs. Now the concept has travelled across the Pacific and Atlantic to
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By John Smith Europe and Finnair has started asking passengers flying out of Helsinki to pop on the scales with their hand baggage. This is voluntary and the more rotund will not be charged extra but the concept could well be copied by airlines across the EU although at already busy airports like Malaga, the extra time taken may delay the introduction of personal weigh ins. A spokesman for the airline explained that whilst it was possible
BUSINESS EXTRA
Hi-energy ENERGY Company Red Eléctrica de España (REE) made a profit of €495.5 million in the first three quarters of the year. This is 5.1 per cent more than in the same period of 2016 and is in line with company forecasts.
Job losses UNEMPLOYMENT in Spain increased by 56,844 in October which is considered to be a positive result considering that October is traditionally a bad month, with the average figure nearer to 90,000 over the past 10 years. November figures however may increase due to the Catalan crisis.
Oil boost REPSOL, one of the major Spanish oil companies, has reported a profit of €576 million (higher than forecast) for the third quarter of the year. Overall debt at the end of September had reduced to €6.97 billion, thanks to higher oil prices.
Senate demands help for Jordan THE Senate, the Upper House of Spain’s Parliament has signed a document urging the Spanish government to give financial support to the Kingdom of Jordan. In addition, it wants Spain to demand that the European Union also gives economic assistance to Jordan which is being crippled by the
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It isn’t so much where inflation is now but where it is going that concerns us,” commented Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England after it raised interest rates 0.5 per cent.
ready to come into service by 2026. After being criticised for giving lucrative rail contracts to overseas companies which may have resulted in British workers losing their jobs, the short list contains a number of companies with UK manufacturing bases. The fact that these companies have been short high speed listed is important to them, but the tender will not be issued until next year and contracts awarded only in 2019.
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is the record-breaking amount of tourist spend in Spain for the first nine months of 2017.
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High speed train shortlist THE UK Department for Transport has shortlisted five companies for a £2.75 billion (€3 billion) contract to build trains for the new HS2 rail network. T h e winner will des i g n , build and service some 54 new highspeed trains and one of those selected Patentes Talgo is SpanPrototype ish with its train. head office near Madrid. The high speed trains which should have a top speed 225mph are due to be
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cost of dealing with large numbers of Syrian refugees. It is estimated that there are several hundred thousand Syrians claiming asylum in that country who have joined up to two million Palestinians, hundreds of thousands of whom live in refugee camps.
for any airline to gauge the weight of any aircraft and checked baggage accurately, it had to rely on European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) passenger standard weight estimates which assume that a male weighs 84.6kg, a female passenger weighs 66.5kg and the average child under-12 weighs 30.7kg. By checking on the actual weight of passengers the Finnish can then produce its own averages with the hope that it may be able to reduce the amount of fuel needed for each flight.
Freixenet decides to stay IN an about face, Freixenet the Catalan-based cava producer has decided to keep its headquarters in the province. Now that the Spanish government has applied Article 155 and dismissed the Catalan parliament, the president of the Freixenet board has made it clear that there is now no longer any need to relocate which it had seriously considered.
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Santander to reduce staff
THE concept of a special day of discounts goes back to 1932 when a number of US businesses realised that people were bored on the day after Thanksgiving. America stops for the Thanksgiving public holiday held on the fourth Thursday of November every year and the next day, almost by default, is taken as an extra holiday by millions of people. This year Black Friday falls on November 24 and American stores see this as the start of the Christmas season with many taking advantage of the discounts to commence their Christmas (and in many cases Hanukkah) gifts. For decades, this phenomena was kept the other side of the Atlantic but as more and more US corporations became involved in owning business in Europe, so the concept of Black Friday moved over and now it is yet another excuse for sales in the UK and more recently Spain. Amazon, the online giant started to trail their Black Friday deals at the beginning of November and also include a deal of the day in the run up to that Friday, although they have in the past launched Black Friday a week earlier and run their offers for two weeks! Retailers ensure that there are a number of bargains in store but in previous years there has been chaos as consumers arrive hours in advance of opening and push and fight in order to grab the relatively small number of real bargains available. Someone is always ready to dream up a bright alternative and now we also have Cyber Monday where other companies offer their goods at discount online with the downside being your computer
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BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY APPROACH
BLACK FRIDAY: Crowds gather.
might crash but you won’t be crushed. Spain has come a little late to the party, but major chains and even some local stores are likely to participate although they tend to simply offer percentage discounts on items of clothing and electrical goods rather than making significant cuts on individual pieces seen in other countries.
OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS ARE BACK IN THE NEWS
Paradise Papers hacked THE hacking of a law firm based in an offshore tax haven, this time Bermuda, has highlighted the amount of wealth now estimated at €10 trillion lodged secretly around the world. Even a 91-year-old woman and her 96-year-old husband are caught up in this investigation although a spokesperson for HM Queen Elizabeth II has made it clear the investment of £10 million (€11.25 million) in Bermuda and Cayman Islands is quite legal. The United Kingdom is very much involved in these latest revelations as the law firm Appleby which is reported as being hacked is based in the Isle of Man with offices in the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, all British Overseas Territories and all with UK appointed Governors. Britain’s involvement with offshore tax havens has been long and for many years has attracted adverse reviews from countries such as the USA with stricter control only taking place recently. When added to the fact that many British lawyers and fund managers are
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heavily involved in advising clients as to legal means of avoiding tax, Britain is certainly far from innocent in its overseeing of the activities of its Caribbean Territories in particular. It isn’t just the Queen who has taken advantage of the situation according to the latest revelations following the Appleby hack in what is now being called the ‘Paradise Papers.’ It is suggested that the major shareholders in Arsenal and Everton, who have both worked together whilst making their money in Russia not only have investments offshore via Appleby but may also be sailing close to the wind with regards to rules concerning ownership of more than one Premier League club. Others said to be involved include a close aid of Canadian Prime Min-
ister Trudeau who has campaigned against tax havens as well as American billionaire and recently appointed US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross who for years advised Donald Trump with many more names yet to be revealed. The latest accusation is that the former mayor of Barcelona and current spokesman of the PDeCAT - which supports Catalan Independence Xavier Trias Vidal de Llobatera has been a beneficiary of a family trust which had money in Switzerland for decades although he denies knowing about it. The politicians in the Territories involved take the view that it is not their duty to collect tax on behalf of other larger countries and they are doing what they can to ensure the financial well-being of their fellow countrymen by keeping taxes to a minimum. Following the major coverage of the previous ‘Panama Papers’ which resulted in many political resignations around the world, this latest scandal looks set to run and run.
B A N C O S A N TA N D E R i s going to employ an independent company to advise it on how best to handle the staff it has inherited following the takeover of Banco Popular. It has already confirmed that it intends to make redundancies in both bank’s workforces and envisages the loss of several hundred positions over the next 12 months. Having already closed 300 of the Popular branches and disposing of more than 2 , 5 0 0 s t a ff s o o n a f t e r t h e takeover it now wants to try to integrate a number of the remaining inherited staff into its existing operation. Santander now employs more than 200,000 staff in its combined Spanish and International branches which is a slight reduction in the workforce during 2017.
Government to review mortgage laws WORK on legislation to bring Spanish mortgage rules in line with European Union directives is about to be undertaken which will give consumers greater protection. It is expected that draft regulations will ensure that banks will be unable to evict homeowners who are in default on their loans as easily as they can currently and that there will be limits as to the percentage of default that has to be reached before action can be taken. In addition, it is intended that companies will be prohibited from setting targets for those staff selling mortgages, as targets with commissions can sometimes encourage canvassers to allow those who can’t afford repayments to be accepted.
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Carrefour still continues growth FRENCH supermarket group Carrefour continues to grow in Spain and is about to open its sixth store to remain open 24 hours a day. Whilst the company has been opening superstores in suburbs of main towns and cities and even ‘cash and carry’ outlets Supeco, it is also looking to expand its gourmet Market outlets in affluent areas throughout Spain. The new Carrefour Market Boulevar is described by the company as “one of the best supermarkets in Madrid” and is stocked with quality produce
of the type that might be found in specialist departments in Harrods or Selfridges. With 12,000 products ranging from fresh fish to sushi, quality cheeses and meats and a f r e s h b a k e r y, t h e M a r k e t even includes dedicated eateries, as well as a fine wine cellar. Supermarkets generate huge amounts of income for their shareholders and have to be increasingly more innovative and focused on target groups in order to ensure that they maintain and increase their market share.
American agency expects house prices to rise in Spain COINCIDING with the decision by the government to change mortgage regulations, an American credit rating agency is forecasting a surge in Spanish house prices. One of the three main agencies, Moody’s has reviewed pricing and building in various European countries and whilst Spain is not at the top of the league, it believes that prices will rise on average by 8.6 per cent over the next three years. The main jump is expected to be in 2018 at almost 6 per cent and will then slow down for the following two years. The main drivers of the price rise are low interest rates, a stronger economy and a larger number of
younger workers managing to find and retain employment according to the review. Britain and Germany are the two leaders in growth of prices as well as new building, but Spain is certainly due to see some price hikes especially as there are likely to be more new buyers than new properties being built. Prior to the crash, the construction industry was awash with cash and new builds were springing up a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y, b u t m a n y o f these developments were never completed and although there is some sporadic new building, many buyers are having to look at older property.
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I’ve never had much respect for politicians LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT BACK in the 60’s I saw a number of the ‘Old Boys’ club members with their trousers down, both metaphorically and in reality. Well I remember a prominent London MP rushing up to me at a party. Clad in a string vest and very questionable Y-fronts, he implored me to “take over upstairs.” Apparently, the ‘blonde’ nymphomaniac he was endeavouring to satisfy had become too much for him. I didn’t accept his offer I may add! Another told me he thought smoking marihuana was ‘such fun!’ No, I’m afraid politicians in general have never impressed me much. There is one overriding problem with the elder male occupants of the Westminster power corridors. The majority went to public school. Students from these male-dominated institutions never really learned to mix with the female of the species. Their only experiences with the opposite sex were annual school dances and overbearing Nannies. This, accompanied by the odd grope of the slightly more promiscuous young ladies from the local St Trinians, left women reduced to nothing more than subjects of locker room
PUBLIC SCHOOL POLITICIANS: Becoming dinosaurs? humour and ribald banter in the dorms. The outcome of this attitude, resulted in the total absence of respect for those of a gender, they considered not only mere objects of sexual titilation, but also intellectually inferior and subsequently had no important standing in the
male-dominated corridors of their future political ambitions. Many of these elder statesmen on the benches fall into this category, and still consider Westminster nothing more than an extension of their public school education and
debating societies. As attitudes change, and more and more women are elected into the house, these ex-public schoolboys are slowly becoming the dinosaurs of the political arena. Frankly, apart from serious offences, racking up ancient knee brushings and somewhat innocuous schoolboy’s sexist innuendoes, is a complete waste of time and energy. Time to get back to more serious issues, like running the country for example! Thank the Lord the Labour Party are also up to their proverbials, or else they would be using it as yet another weapon in their armoury of schemes and skulduggery to keep the government on the back foot till the next General Election! Picked up a lovely piece of terminology this week; non-erotic cognitive distraction. This is the condition of ladies having their moment of intense sexual arousal being spoiled by suddenly remembering they’d missed a pedicure appointment, or something of that ilk. Apparently sufferers of this unfortunate ‘malady’ are encouraged to ‘stay in the moment.’ Stay with me luv, it’ll only take a moment! Keep the faith, columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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Pedal power E-BIKE batteries work hard, so they’re expensive. And they’re heavy. Postmen where I live use a €500 e-bike with a monstrous lead-acid battery; not the way for the rest of us to go. Most bikes use lithium-ion batteries, which recharge for just a few cents overnight and will take you 30 kilometres or more depending on your own pedal-power and hills. E-bikes don’t (yet) generally recharge downhill. For mega-trips you might even consider carrying a second battery - but beware of that extra weight. How often you can recharge your expensive battery depends on how you treat it. Like any lithium-ion, it dislikes total discharges. So treat it well with plenty of shallow charging and discharging and I can’t resist saying it, you’ll get hundreds of cycles.
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On yer bike with a battery boost In an era of batteries with everything, Terence Kennedy asks if tiny motors can get us back on two wheels. WE all know Holland is as flat as the proverbial tortita. Indeed, my Dutch wife’s home town even advertises its 80-metre ‘mountain.’ So it’s all the more surprising then in a country where cycling is so embedded, that last year for the very first time, the ‘flat-earth’ Dutch bought more e-bikes than those conventional clunkers. Electrically-assisted bicycles, to give them their full name, are conquering the market at nearly 10 per cent growth a year, say the experts. Annual European sales have hit more than a million now and rising, and the world’s main e-bike producer China already has some 220 million on its roads. So when you ‘get on yer bike’ these days, should it be battery-assisted? Granted there’s a fairly hefty
entry price: perhaps €700 for a modest machine, over €3,000 for one which could qualify you for the Tour de France if you don’t get rumbled. (In fact a French competition cyclist did just get caught using a hidden electric motor. He apparently did it ‘to ease his sciatica.’ Yeah, right). E-bikes come in two flavours, essentially those which make you work (cheaper) and those which don’t (time for a second mortgage). The most popular are the ‘pedalassisted,’ where you have to keep pumping or you’ll grind to a halt. Depending on your budget and how hard you work, your battery may take you between 30 and 100 kilometres or more of actual powered cycling. Just don’t expect a ‘free
DUTCH COURAGE: A 1933 Junkers e-bike from Holland. ride’ when you hit a hill; getting up it is a shared endeavour between you and your battery. Simple e-bikes have three boost settings (one, two and ‘wheeeee!’), and of course the usual traditional gears, from three to 21. E-assistance from the motor (usually in the front wheel hub) cuts out past 25 km/h to avoid over-enthusiastic riders becoming strawberry jam at the bottom of a hill. Fancier e-bikes have regenerative braking, a hand-throttle, can fold or for the true road warrior, can even pull a trailer full of batteries. As with electric cars, some governments now subsidise e-bikes as
part of their ‘greening’ policies. So should you boost your pedalpower? As many of us know the European mainland is generally more bike-friendly than, say, the UK where unseating cyclists can be a national sport. Our climate is conducive, that initial ‘whoosh’ as you pull away from cyclists on their prehistoric bikes is gleeful, and there’s nothing to rival the wind in your hair and the insects in your mouth. And simply as physical exercise, it’s certainly a lot better than my previous regime: first-thing every morning up-down-up-down-updown, then open the other eyelid…
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TV Couch Critic TELEVISION highlights don’t come much bigger than The Blue Planet 2, (BBC One, Sundays). Laid back, knowledgeable and understated, David Attenborough delivers a feast of educational beauty that is inspiring, humbling and certainly never dull. Dolphins that surf ‘for the fun of it’ and giant trevallies that leap from the sea to snatch birds mid-flight, some scenes are reminiscent of the racer snake in last year’s Planet Earth II offering. One that got away got a cheer in our household. The distressing sight of walrus and their young crammed together on what’s left of the icebergs and others desperately trying to find a piece of ice to rest on was sobering, given the Arctic has lost 40 per cent of its ice in the last 30 years. It’s a hope that the powers-that-be find a way out of the world’s complacency in order to take action before it is too late. This truly is one not to be missed. The Great British Bake Off (Channel 4, Tuesday) appeared to have survived the controversial
Attenborough serves up a not-to-miss blue treat! quarter final eviction of ‘fans’ favourite’ Liam Charles, as well as Noel Fielding’s fridge gag, but the grand final was still bestowed with one last gaff. The more dedicated Bake Off fans may well have been alert to Prue Leith’s error in tweeting the winner 10 hours before the programme was screened, citing her lack of time-zone knowledge as she was in Bhutan at the time. The tweet was quickly deleted and despite this final faux pas Bake Off appears to have completed the move from the BBC without too much trouble with viewing figures up. For the record, Sophie was crowned champion with appearances on This Morning and Sunday Brunch assured. Is there any chance Weatherfield police could ask the local council to put CCTV up in Coronation Street
ATTENBOROUGH: Sunday feast. (ITV1) given it appears to be the biggest crime hotspot since Oxford in the times of Inspector Morse. Having had the contents of a factory emptied in broad daylight, the great ‘non- existent- flat’ scam that left residents owed thousands - not to mention murders in the street and bodies under Gail’s converted
JESSICA: Constantly drunk. garage ‘ cameras would definitely assist investigations. Additionally, maybe the increasing body count at the hands of current ‘businessman’ Phelan, who appears immune to police interest, would also cease. We live in hope. Having been a Forces’ child, I looked forward to the life on an
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army base abroad on The Last Post (Sunday BBC One), but the reality I recall is very different to the programme written by Peter Moffat and based on his own childhood memories. Set in 1965 on a British military base in Aden, a port city in southern Yemen, it has lots of weekly drama with kidnappings and killings galore. I cannot decide whether to feel sorry for Ed’s wife Alison, played wonderfully by Jessica Raine (the slutty one) who is constantly drunk whatever time of day. However, she makes me laugh with her complete disregard for social niceties with the other wives and constantly tries to lead astray newcomer Honor, the new captain’s wife (the naïve, innocent one) played by Jessie Buckley. Charming overall in its old fashioned manner, it provides a view of how army life affects the wives as the military police try to reconcile the British Empire with the rise of the Swinging Sixties. It will actually be 50 years on November 30 since Britain withdrew from Aden, the former Crown Colony. Critique: SC, Torrevieja, Costa Blanca
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Medical lessons I never wanted to learn! 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.
IT‘S a story that haunts me to this day: I don’t really want to tell it, but it does allude to all ‘problems in Spain always got sorted out then.’ Karen shouted to me, Joby is not getting up. He says he has aches and pains and is sweating profusely. I went down to inspect. He was never ill and liked school and the activities. We had no choice but to go to the book. When we left America we had no idea where we were heading. It wasn’t on the map of Spain so we didn’t know what to suspect. Amongst the few books we brought with us was a large tome concerning medical problems and illness from the common garden variety to the strange and tropical. We crossed reference all the symp-
toms and diagnosed all the variables’ and weaned it down to meningitis. “Impossible” I said, but for caution we drove to the village right away and entered Dr Carrillo’s consultancy. I immediately announced my understanding of the problem, he didn’t say a word but pressed here, there, twisted this, looked down his throat and conferred. “You must go to the hospital right away, do not stop anywhere, it is a dire circumstance.” Then he confused me with the befuddling questions of: “What kind of car are you driving, what is the licence plate? You must take the back road going to Venta del Compadre. Do not stop anywhere.” But I don’t know where the hospital is. “Do not worry, head out now and drive quickly.” It sounded bad and out the door we flew as confused by the brevity of the analysis as the cryptic questions of our drive. Blasting down the road at speeds up to 100km per hour I soon attracted two motorcycle police right
JOBY: He was never ill and liked school and the activities. on my tail. They started to pass but ran alongside me and gestured for me to roll down to the window.
“Are you Polankey going to the hospital?” Still in shock I just managed to nod my head. “Follow us”
and off they sped, sirens blaring. Down old cobblestone streets and around bends full of traffic that soon parted as we drove by. When we arrived at the door nurses stood in attention surrounding a trolley. I ran behind them. They burst through a double set of doors and the last nurse gestured for us to sit and wait. I stood helpless in front of the doors. My mind racing as I was concerned that all seemed too prepared; something dire was obviously happening. Standing in my frozen position the doors flew open and out rushed Joby. No shirt and just in his underwear. Behind him were masked doctors and a bevy of nurses all masked and gloved. “Ric Ric, they’re trying to hurt me.” I glanced up and directly behind the little tike was a man holding the largest needle I had seen in my life. I was speechless. Couldn’t believe my eyes. Off they dragged him back behind the doors. I just remained standing, like any good and useless father.
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Across 1 Element from uncommon planet (4,5) 8 Crude oil’s in store (4) 9 A cat and a lion wandering in Spain (9) 10 Cancel Royal Engineer’s dingdong (6) 13 Harridan’s dead crafty (6) 15 Outer form, of course (5) 16 A healer from an insecure relationship (5) 17 Grant given to a section of a hospital (5) 18 Film award for first one seen crying about refugees (5) 21 Celebrity new owner has changed (6) 22 Formal and avant-garde art seen in school (6) 25 True novel about an unpaid worker (9) 26 Cocktail after meal in wood (4) 27 Drink to the crashing of Beetle car (9)
7 Amassed a crowd outside Germany (7) 11 Repeated and rewritten in real pen (9) 12 A royal dispute for a missile (5) 14 Listen to team leader with compassion (5)
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16 Greek city in the Adriatic or in Thessaly (7) 19 Doze off while ozone’s dispersed (6) 20 Take for granted cook amuses (6) 23 Change old German sovereign (5) 24 Charlie and Henry eat shark (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 21 represents N and 22 represents J, so fill in N every time the figure 21 appears and J every time the figure 22 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 2 Conscious of a town in Herts (5) 3 Venezuela teacher demonstrates lift (5) 4 Some take a poll on who is God (6) 5 Dehydration results from a scruffy T-shirt (6) 6 Raids pier by mistake, as it’s in poor shape (9)
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Across 1 Young swan (6) 4 Tedious (6) 9 Covetousness (7) 10 Blemish (5) 11 Share of something (5) 12 Objectives (7) 13 Rigorous (6) 15 Periodic count of the population (6) 18 Bring to an end (7) 20 Clean with hard rubbing (5) 22 Distinctive, typically pleasant smell: (5) 23 Easily agitated (7) 24 Israeli currency (6) 25 Comes to an end (6)
Down 1 Talons (5) 2 Glassworker (7) 3 Expel from a country (5) 5 Watch closely (7) 6 Empty, void (5) 7 First book of the Bible (7) 8 God or goddess (5) 13 Distinguish oneself (7) 14 Assemble in proper sequence (7) 16 Grave (7) 17 Deceive by a mock action (5) 19 Range (5) 20 Rise suddenly (5) 21 Groundwork (5)
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Across 2 Chairs (6) 5 Supper (4) 6 Well (for water) (4) 7 Wall (interior) (5) 10 Palabras (5) 13 Thing (object) (4)
14 Side (of person) (4) 15 Slice (6) Down 1 Silk (4) 2 Venta (4) 3 To rain (6)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
4 Piedras (6) 7 Lápiz (6) 8 Pasa (6) 9 Rocío (3) 11 Pan (for cooking) (4) 12 Doubt (4)
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‘ I WAS LUCKY, HE ONLY PUT HIS HAND ON MY KNEE WHEN I ASKED FOR HIS AUTOGRAPH! ’
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case T) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
TARGET: • Average: 9 • Good: 12
• Very good: 17 • Excellent: 22
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A meeting midweek could mean a change to your finances for the better. In the short term, it may be necessary for you to rearrange money and appointments but try not to be too put out. Change is perhaps something that we become less tolerant of after a situation has gone on for a time.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) EURO MILLIONS Tuesday October 31
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Sudoku LA PRIMITIVA
There is so much that has come to light in the past few weeks. It is no wonder that your mind is reeling. All will become clear in the weeks ahead and this cannot be rushed. However, there is a need to look after your health and get out in the fresh air. Any thought of joining a walking club or health group should be pursued.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A pleasant surprise makes you a little more optimistic midweek. It is possible for you to take on negativity too quickly. The next time something does not go according to plan, hold fire. It is amazing what a little time and distance will solve.
Saturday November 4
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.
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1 Cleaver, 5 Trail, 8 Reeve, 9 Transit, 10 Case, 11 Pensions, 13 Euston, 15 Tender, 18 Sheraton, 19 Bait, 22 Retsina, 23 Lover, 24 Tyres, 25 Castles.
7 Prerogative, 8 Angler, 9 Plenty, 10 Scared, 12 Actual, 13 Gun, 14 Unlike, 16 Casino, 18 Vienna, 20 Shandy, 22 Marchioness.
1 Beetroot, 6 Sueca, 8 Ice, 9 Algo, 11 Aire, 13 Inks, 14 Orar, 16 Tap, 17 Clavo, 19 Estación.
Down: 1 Coracle, 2 Ewers, 3 View, 4 Rather, 5 Teamster, 6 Abscond, 7 Lotus, 12 Notaries, 14 Shelter, 16 Retorts, 17 Mosaic, 18 Sprat, 20 Anvil, 21 Plus.
Down: 1 Open, 2 Pedlar, 3 Porridge, 4 Wasp, 5 Divert, 6 Restrain, 11 Confirms, 12 Ancestor, 15 Ignore, 17 Shares, 19 Ache, 21 Dusk.
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Down: 1 Bastante, 2 Eye, 3 Real, 4 Onion, 5 Teaspoon, 7 Caer, 10 Girl, 12 Ropes, 15 Acta, 18 Ahi.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although last week was not run at the pace anticipated, now the pace certainly picks up. Finances are still firmly on the agenda, but this time you will be able to deal on a more relaxed basis. A contact made recently gives you the opportunity not only to make some money but also to enlarge your circle of friends.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Make a point of putting on a happy face and your mood will stay high. There is still some more to be done to improve your social life and a recent offer of charity work may be just the thing. Avoid restricting the sort of folk who you are willing to mix with. Cultural differences apart, it is quite an eye-opener to find out how others live and think.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Being considerably more relaxed about those things which cannot be changed has taken a weight from your shoulders. It is also easier to understand why others have taken this approach in the past. There is, however, a balance to be found. Don't be put off by people who have become sloppy in their approach because this is not going to affect you.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you still patting yourself on the back for that recent achievement? Socially, this is a lovely week when old friendships are strengthened and new acquaintances prove to be relaxing. It is another mellow week but one in which you seriously consider making a major change.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be your charming self this week without pushing too much. A natural approach when you are seeking a response is the best course of action. Simply being in the right place and under someone's gaze is all that is required. Are you getting itchy because an offer is not forthcoming? Well, if you absolutely must, then get a little bird to whisper in their ear.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It is clear that you really love your hearth and home but, every now and again, there is a small voice calling. The good things in life appeal and, to have these, an effort is involved. Do not underestimate the amount of pleasure that you will enjoy when putting in that extra effort. It does, after all, involve other people. Some of those people prove to be quite fascinating.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Having put in extra effort to bring a zing into your life, it is important that you keep the impetus going. This is not only good for your health and wealth, but also your mind. Although trying something new brings a few odd remarks your way, try not to be sidetracked.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is still a strong accent on family matters and getting things sorted out. The way ahead is clear. If you are able to persuade someone that an idea was theirs and not yours, so much the better. Being in a practical mood serves you well because it is possible to get a lot done in the next few days. The weekend, however, is another matter.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your mind is still sharp this week and there are many questions that you would like answered. Doing a bit of research proves fruitful and also quite amusing. A recent contact may not come up with the proposition hoped for, but realise that it is still early days.
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Pestminster crackdown or hysterical witch hunt? Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
THERESA MAY ‘begged for help’ and the UK press has been inundated with tales of sexual shenanigans in Hollywood and Westminster. First up, Hollywood. That people are no longer willing to accept disgraceful, predatory, controlling behaviour is welcome news and long overdue. Yet it seems that any accusation is immediately taken at face value. The guilt of the accused is automatically taken for granted, and mob justice prevails. But shouldn’t we be careful as a society? Historically, creative people often weren’t very moral or very nice. Caravaggio, the painter, killed a love rival. Richard Wagner: an anti-Semite and serial adulterer. Byron: sexually very exploitative, apparently. If we reject the creative work of these people, aren’t we depriving ourselves of something valuable? Kevin Spacey is generally considered a fine actor. But should his career be destroyed over alleged incidents way back while maybe drunk? At the time of writ-
DISGRACED: Kevin Spacey has been accused of sexual misconduct. ing, they don’t seem to compare with Harvey Weinstein’s behaviour which appears to justify all the condemnation it’s attracted. Many of our own outstanding actors in the past led lives that were often controversial. If we’re only prepared to accept the artistic creations of sexually well-adjusted, blameless individuals then our films, novels and other creative works could become quite bland too.
As for Westminster, MPs warn of “wild rumours” fuelling a witch hunt worse than the expenses scandal. And following that scandal, who wanted to become an MP? As a group, they’re despised, distrusted and discredited. Now only a few public-spirited individuals, the ambitious with sufficient outside income, and an army of incompetents fill the benches. Is it surprising our Brexit performance’s been so pathetic? Whilst in no way condoning sexual harassment by politicians of young aides and others fearful for their careers, it seems to me the few decent MPs left will be subject to another witch hunt. And there can’t be many people without some incident in their past they’d rather forget! After this lot of ‘sinners’ has been hounded out, who’ll be left to deal with the single-most important challenge facing the UK in recent times? 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. columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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THURSDAY THOUGHTS By Graham Braben, Albox
Forgotten your password? I’M sure you know what I mean. That moment, no that dreaded moment, at the supermarket checkout, when you’ve put the password for your card into that hand held device, only for it to display everybody’s nightmare phrase - password incorrect. You chance a guilty look behind and see the queue of shoppers, trolleys twitching with intent, growing by the second and all staring angrily at you, daring you to get it wrong for a second time. What a nightmare passwords are. James Bond never seems to have a problem remembering or cracking them. He sees something once and that’s it, he remembers it forever, well at least until the end of the two-hour film. Yesterday I had a little time to spare and got to wondering, as you do, how passwords first came about? Unbelievably they’ve been around for a long time, there’s one at the start of Shakespeare’s well-known play about that Danish Prince, Hamlet. But it seems that the real culprits were those Ancient Egyptians. Apparently, they had to give a password for getting into certain important places, having to negotiate their way past guards with seriously pointy spears. When it comes to passwords, I thought that I was being clever by keeping them simple - 12345 or even, brilliantly I thought, password - but they are the most popular passwords of all. But, what if we all change our passwords to ‘Incorrect’ then when we forget them, the machine will simply remind us! Crack that code if you can James Bond! columnists@euroweeklynews.com 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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A kiss is sexual assault? Oh please SIR, I read Leapy Lee’s recent article in EWN issue 1687 and absolutely agree. This whole debacle has my eyebrows climbing my forehead and jaw dropping to my chest. Tried to kiss me, says one, hand on knee, says another. Please don’t think I’m unsympathetic to reports of serious sexual assault, I’m not. However, claims of hugs, elbow holding, kiss on cheek will eventually have the knock on effect of stopping any physical contact between the sexes and mankind will resort to laboratories to procreate! The march of feminism is being dealt a serious blow. People in positions of power who use their position to threaten or persuade minions for sexual favours are not the type of person we need to govern the country. The whole Weinstein affair has opened floodgates. But what in the name of God were these girls thinking? Going to hotel rooms for auditions or work? Surely they’re not that naive? Just look at the man! How else would
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that repugnant human being attract beautiful women except by force? Anyway, I’m fed up with all these complaints. Put a Code of Conduct into place, get Human Resources to do their job, and get on with life. Paula Mackie Senior, address witheld
No home comforts I HAVE for some years been paying €400 to €500 a month to rent a property in Spain. Rather than waste money like this, I would rather buy a cheap property that I can own. But I am now over 65 and as far as any Spanish lenders are concerned, I am one step from death so not worth lending to. I live on my own. As well as a British state pension, I have a company pension, but it is difficult to save when I have to pay rent every month. I am not going to suddenly become unemployed, not going to have more children and don’t smoke or drink, own my own car and have no depen-
The uniform (RAF) EMPTY HOMES: An ongoing Spanish problem? dents. I have no loans or credit cards. The loan would still be paid if I became injured or sick, and I am willing to take out life insurance. But banks and lenders would sooner lend money to younger people who may default on them
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or not be able to pay for any number of reasons, and if a family, they cannot be turned out of a house. No wonder why there are still so many empty properties (including those owned by banks) in Spain. Michael Hill, Torre del Mar
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Passengers held on return to UK WHAT happened to freedom of movement within the EU????, should have just opened the exit door!!! Julio This is what was voted for, stronger border controls, and until they have checked you through, legally you’re not on British soil! They can refuse anyone from entry at this point, and send you back from whence you came. George R Carman
Brits wreck Benidorm hotel room They should lock them up in Spanish prison for five years and ban them from ever returning to Spain again! They are an embarrassment to the British people! Disgusting cretins! Julie Jones Peel Bet they don’t behave like this in Russian hotels next year during the World Cup a week in a Russian prison and they will be crying for the British Embassy. Michael Hearne They ought to have their passports confiscated, they are an embarrassment to decent people. We had a couple like this in our lovely hotel in Kefalos in July. Kenneth Bartram What a bunch of pathetic, childish, mentally deranged idiots! They should be locked up and made to pay every penny it costs to repair that room. Ellie I agree with Ellie they should be locked up what a disgrace. Not all English people are like that but we all get
Comments from EWN online tarred with the same brush. Totally outraged get a life lads, would you do this in England? I don’t think so idiots. Lesley
At least 27 dead in church shooting in America When oh when are the American people going to wake up. Tell the President to start protecting the population by legislation. Jack Lawlor But don’t touch the gun laws the second amendment protects them. More people die in America than in the war on terror through the stupid gun laws. Gary Patrickson
Teens throw cat from second-floor window Seems as if the mother is as bad as the son. If my son had done that he would have gotten a good hiding from me. Gerrie Lewis
And the mother is upset that her little brat kid is being harassed on social media! He deserves a lot more than that! how about some punishment being handed out by the Guardia! Christine van Baten I hope the people who did this get their just desserts. These people should be fined heavily and also put into prison. Carol Patricia Nichols
Arrest warrant issued for sacked Catalan leader Just proves want to be dictators, can’t just take over without agreement of the country the people or an election, Spain was only looking after all of its citizens, He was only interested in himself. Viva España. Robert B Johnston It was a coup d’etat by avaricious elected individuals to try to remove one of Spain’s most profitable areas. Cataluña is responsible for 20 per cent of Spain’s GDP... the riches that abound in this area were funded by all of Spain not just from this area and built up over many generations... it was a money and power grab that could cost the perpetrators their liberty for a very long time... they deserve what they get for fooling the people into believing that they were acting in the interest of Cataluña... they are servants of the state of Spain. Mike Aucott
I THINK of you! Wearing your suit of blue So proud, so debonair, so strong My heart would beat with so much pride If then I had you by my side But alas! The years have come between The tears they flow, for what might have been But think of tomorrow, not of the past, Just remember, a love, that will always last. Maggie, Albir
Free country? I AM very concerned about the situation in Cataluña. How on earth was an illegal referendum allowed to happen? If Spain is so set on it remaining part of the country, why were they allowed to have their own police force plus TV and radio stations in their own language in the first place? Why should they not be allowed to form their own little country - I just feel so sorry for them! Wendy Chisholm, Arroyo Medina, Almeria
Bright idea WITH all the facilities on the Costa del Sol’s beaches, including gymnasiums, massage beds and showers, isn’t it time councils started to install changing rooms as well? There would only need to be three or four near the showers, with gaps at the top and bottom to prevent any funny business! Name withheld, Fuengirola
Get a grip SORRY Viv Forbe (Letters 1687), but we very much should be afraid of human-led global warming, which is a scientifically-proven FACT! And especially here in Spain, where we are running out of water at an alarming rate. Try reading some scientific reports on the issue rather than Fox News or whatever and maybe your opinion will change! Anthony Purvis, Mallorca
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WE answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.
DRAMATIC: The Roman amphitheatre in Cartagena is one of the largest in Spain.
Historic harbour CYCLISTS: Must abide by rules of the road. IT is probably safe to say that all road users have witnessed a bicycle rider going through a red light or riding on the pavement, a practice that many find frustrating, but always one that raises the same question, are cyclists allowed to do such things? The simple answer is NO. In terms of law, once a bicycle is being ridden it is classed as a vehicle and therefore covered by the same rules and laws as a car, a lorry, a bus, in fact any other vehicle on the road. It is only when the rider dismounts and walks with the bicycle is it considered otherwise. In this instance, the situation means that the person has become a pedestrian. That is the same reason why cyclists cannot ride across zebra crossings, because we wouldn’t expect a lorry to do that, and the rider must dismount before they do. Listening to music using headphones or using a mobile phone when riding a bike are prohibited in the same way as they are for other vehicles. Consuming more than the prescribed limit of alcohol or using drugs is also not allowed, as a cyclist you
are governed by the rules of the road. Just so you know what you are risking, let’s have a look at some of the most common infractions. Not having a bell on your bicycle - 80€ Faulty or no brakes - 80€ Carrying an extra person on the bicycle 80€ Failing to stop at a traffic light - 200€ Failing to give way at a junction - 200€ Not having lights - 200€ Having too many lights - 200€ Failing to wear high visibility clothing between sunset and sunrise and in poor visibility -200€ Riding under the influence of alcohol 500€ There are many other laws and infractions commonly committed by cyclists, as well as other road users of course. We will look at these in more detail in future editions, but for now, take note, you can indeed be fined on your bike and remember that one golden rule, when you are riding your bike, it is a vehicle and governed by the same rules and laws as every other vehicle.
For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook. I sold my property in January for €42,000 and my solicitor held back 3 per cent of the selling price, which came to €1,260. I came back out this month and I asked her about it. She said, if I want that back, the Tax Office will ask for the other €900. Is this correct? I have paid my Form 210 taxes. M C (Costa del Sol) WHEN a non-resident sells her property in Spain, she must pay Spanish capital gains tax of 19 per cent on the profit she has made. Your buyer filed Form 211 and paid 3 per cent of the price to the Spanish Tax Agency as a guarantee
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against your capital gains tax. That is the €1,260. If you had no profit, you can claim this back from the Tax Agency.
However, it seems you have made a profit and your lawyer has calculated your capital gains tax at €2,160. So, if you try to recover your 3 per cent deposit, you will be charged a further €900 which, apparently, is what you actually owe.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
BOASTING one of the most strategic ports in the Mediterranean, the city of Cartagena was once the threshold for every empire that invaded Spain and has inherited an impressive collection of cultural landmarks as a result. Located in the region of Murcia, this important naval city was founded in around 220 BC by the Carthaginians but didn’t become the thriving metropolis it is known as today until it was conquered by the Romans. It is still possible to see mosaics and murals that date back to this era in several of the city’s protected buildings. The city is home to an impressive array of ruins, such as the Roman amphitheatre, which is the second biggest on the Iberian Peninsula, and the Byzantine wall that was built to protect the city from invasions. An easy way to get a grasp of just how many lives this city has lived is to take a trip up to Conception Castle which offers impressive views of the whole bay. Here you can see the Spanish warships anchored where Phoenician traders used to dock their boats, and the effortless blend of modernist buildings and ancient fortresses proves just how well the city has held onto its history as time has passed.
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MACS - with a little help from some friends MACS Cancer Support Group has been supporting cancer patients and their families for more than a decade and has become a well-respected and award-winning charity in the Almeria area. Dozens of volunteers give up their time in many different ways, working in the numerous shops, organising events, helping with administration, delivering equipment and simply being there to lend an ear or offer support during difficult times. Volunteers come from all walks of life but one thing they have in common is teamwork. No organisation can succeed without its members working together as a team and MACS is no exception.
Along with working together within the group, it is vital that MACS works closely with other groups and businesses in order to give the best possible service and care to everyone who needs it. MACS recently established an exciting new collaboration with Spanish cancer support group, AECC (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer). AECC, established in 1953, has branches along the coast from Alicante to Almeria and is linked with the Spanish Cancer Association. The connection with AECC is a real step forward for MACS, this link will give the group access to additional information, events and resources as well as support in lo-
cations such as Roquetas de Mar and Granada, areas where MACS hopes to expand. MACS will also have some access to AECC apartments for patients who have to be away from home and close to the hospitals for long periods of time. The arrangement will be mutually beneficial as MACS will complement the AECC’s contact with the British community. MACS has also developed working relationships with charities of a different kind. Many cancer patients have much-loved pets, in cases where the patients feel they can no longer care for their animals, MACS works with animal rescue groups
The MACS team at a recent event along with AECC. including PAWS in Mojacar and Albox-based APSA. These well-established animalrescue groups offer assistance in finding new homes for the animals and offering advice on how best to deal with these delicate and upsetting situations. In return, MACS gives its unsaleable bedding and towels to the rescue centres to be used to make all the homeless animals comfortable until they find their forever
homes. MACS president and founder, Elaine Brown, strongly believes that charities perform best when they work together to achieve a common goal and that there is strength in numbers, especially in the battle against this terrible disease. There is a famous quote by Helen Keller: “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”.
Contact MACS on 634 328 334 or email macscancersupport@live.co.uk. Visit macscancersupport.com or see the Facebook page.
Silky smooth winter hair By Sally Underwood WHILE summer can dry out and damage our hair, central heating can have the same effect in winter, leading to dull, tangled hair.
With Christmas coming up and with it a whole host of seasonal parties, we have put together some simple to use tips to keep your hair looking silky smooth and split end-
free throughout the festive period. N o bubble s . The firs t part of your haircare regime starts with your shampoo. Most cleansers contain sulphates, which are the chemicals that froth, giving your shampoo bubbles. They can a ls o be ha rs h, how e ve r, stripping away your hair ’s natural oils and moisture and meaning you use more conditioner and other products to compensate. There are now many sulphate-free shampoos on the market to suit every budget. Mask must. Masks are not just for the face any more and many hair care brands now sell hair masks, a heavier and more concentrated version of their normal conditioner. Once or twice a week, use a hydrating or repairing mask on towel-dried hair after washing. Run the mask through with a wide-toothed comb and leave to absorb for around 15 minutes. For maximum benefits, wrap a
hot, damp towel around your hair while the mask is on, helping it to penet r a t e deeper.
LUSCIOUS LOCKS: Cold weather can leave hair looking dry and dull, so make sure you take special care of it this winter. Get the gloss. Finish off your routine by running a serum or leave-in conditioner through your damp hair before blow-drying or styling. The product will help seal the hair shaft, giving a smoother appearance and preventing moisture loss.
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Finding your skin type By Sally Underwood SKIN is fascinating. The body’s largest organ, skin generates itself every 28 days, constantly renewing to keep our bodies protected from external aggressors like bacteria and UV rays. Its many layers also help regulate body temperature, maintain the body’s balance of fluids, sense pain and absorb the impact of any knocks or hits. And while the skin on our bodies is thick and largely takes care of itself, the skin on our faces is much thinner than elsewhere on our bodies, around a fifth of the thickness of that on our arms, legs and chests. It also contains far more sebaceous glands - the glands which produce oil meaning the skin on our face is oilier than elsewhere, but conversely can become dry because of its thinness.
TAKE CARE: Knowing your skin type will help you find the best products to keep it looking healthy.
Regular cleansing and moisturising is good for your skin.
We a l l k n o w w e c a n h e l p make our skin look better by regularly cleansing, exfoliating and moisturising our skin, but
knowing what skin type you have is the first step in choosing the right products and getting the results you want.
Wi t h a h u g e r a n g e o f s k i n care products on the market it can be a baffling choice in the pharmacy or supermarket, with many of us simply picking up the same thing over and over again without thinking about it too much. If you aren’t getting the results you want though, it may be worth considering whether you are using the right products for your skin. Below is a guide to knowing what type of skin you have. There are four main skin types. Dry skin produces less oil and will have an overall rough and dull appearance, w h i l e o i l y s k i n o ff e r s t h e r e verse problem with a greasy shine and visible pores. Combination skin will present dry patches on the cheeks with oily areas around the nose and forehead and normal skin will have fine pores and be neither too oily or dry.
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Smell to get well By Sally Underwood WITH November in full swing, the build up to Christmas won’t be far behind. What can be a magical and fun part of the year can also be stressful. Ferrying children and grandchildren to parties, buying presents, all those lastminute preparations and the inevitable hangovers can all lead to feelings of stress, lethargy or even anxiety. While there are many ways to deal with stress, an easily accessible option which may help could be aromatherapy. The study of aromatherapy sees essential oils used in different ways to balance emotions. The oils themselves are readily accessible either in health food shops or online and can be combined with ‘carrier ’ oils to make their scent last longer. For anyone dealing with stress, lavender is known to
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healthier pick-me-up than caffeine, there are several oils which may help bring back your ‘zing.’ Grapefruit, juniper berry, peppermint, lemon and bergamot oils are all uplifting and can be used with a carrier oil like avocado, jojoba or coconut oil to make a homemade body moisturiser which will offer you energising bursts of fragrance through-
out the day. Finally, if you have overindulged, ginger can be fantastic for settling the stomach. Why not try making your own room diffuser using ginger oil mixed with orange and peppermint oils? The soothing smell will help calm feelings of nausea and have you onto your next party in no time!
SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. When do a baby’s teeth start to grow? A child’s teeth usually start to grow within the first few months however this can vary greatly. Some babies will start to teeth when they are three to four-months-old whereas some don’t start until after they turn one. What are the symptoms of teething? The main sign that your baby has started teething is when they want to constantly chew on something as their gums are irritated. Their gums will also be noticeably inflamed and they will drool a lot. Your child may also be irritable and in some cases also have a fever.
Are there ways to reduce the pain? In general a baby will feel better when they have something to chew, you can purchase a teething ring which you can put in the fridge before giving it to your child which can also help soothe the pain. If it’s not enough you can also use analgesics or anti-inflammatories such as paracetamol and ibuprofen. When should you seek medical help? Usually it is not necessary to go see a paediatrician unless the baby is extremely irritated or has a high fever as these could be signs of other problems.
If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com
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1st Roquetas Half Marathon THE first city of Roquetas Half Marathon will take place later this month. The race will begin at 10am on Sunday, November 26 from the Juan Carlos I Avenue next to the Parque de Los Bajos, with the finish line located in the Bullring of Roquetas de Mar. Trophies will be awarded to the first three of each category, both female and male and, in addition, to the special modalities of local athletes. Prior to the race, the Corridor Fair will be in-
augurated on Saturday November 25. The Corridor Fair is installed in the Infanta Cristina Sports Pavilion, and will be open from 3pm until 9pm. The fair will also remain open during the day of the competition, from 8am until 2pm, with the trophies being handed out after the races have all finished. The maximum number of athletes for the event is 300 and registration closes on Thursday November 23 at 2pm.
Charity trail across Almeria A TRAIL event organised by an association dedicated to researching and fighting Duchenne and Becker diseases will take place later this month The Solidarity Trail against Duchenne and Becker will begin from Olula Street in Almeria on November 19 at 10:30am, with all funds going towards the Duchenne. There will be 10km and 6k trails, as well as a 6km hike. The event is organised by the Duchenne Partnership Partent
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Project Spain, a non-profit association created and directed by parents of children with Duchenne and Becker. Muscular Dystrophy Duchenne (DMD) is a progressive muscle disorder that causes the loss of its function and is reportedly the most common muscular dystrophy diagnosed during childhood and affects one in every 3,500 children in the world, with around 20,000 new cases each year. While Muscular Dystrophy
Becker is les severe and much less common it still affects approximately three to six of every 100,000 births. The association works for the promotion and financing of research projects, psychosocial attention, awareness campaigns and educational programmes. Registration for the event is open until 6pm on Thursday, November 16 at http://www.todofondo.net/prueba/ver/ii-trail-solidario-contraduchenne-y-becker---59/
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Councillor of Culture Raquel Belmonte (right) with the performers of ‘Engagement, Wedding and Divorce.’
Performances in the Municipal Building EVERY Friday in November, the Municipal Building of Multiple Uses in the town will host a different theatrical performance, organised by the city of Mojacar Department of Culture. The last performance, ‘Courtship, Wedding and Divorce,’ a comedy by the Álvarez Quintero brothers, full of action and very fast sequences, was well received by the audience. Mar Galera and José Quesada of La Galera Producciones were the actors in
charge of its representation. The performance was attended by the mayor of Mojácar, Rosa María Cano, accompanied by the councillor for Culture, Raquel Belmonte. The next event takes place tomorrow (Friday) at 8:30pm, where the curtain will open for ‘Open Couple’ by Nobel Prize for Literature, Dario Fo, and his wife, Franca Rame. The play will be interpreted by the Tamerlan Theater Company and costs €3.
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Active aging course proves successful MOJACAR Council, together with the Provincial Diputación of Almeria, recently completed an intensive ‘active aging’ course for senior citizens entitled ‘Más Allá de la Palabra.’ The creative sessions, which ran throughout October, included ways to promote and deal with self-esteem and stress release, as well as stressing the importance of taking up individual interests. Personal and communicative development were also on the agenda, by looking at feelings and how to channel and release emotions, which are not always easy challenges to face. The sessions were carried out by Creative therapist Victoria Wilkinson and Ana García, the local councillor responsible for local senior citizens, alongside the group of Mojacar’s older residents. Garcia stressed the importance of taking care of our elders, especially in a society which has an ever increasing elderly population.
RBL to host Christmas Fayre THE Royal British Legion (RBL) Zurgena Branch will host a Christmas Fayre in aid of their 2017 Poppy Appeal. On Saturday November 18, the Fayre will be officially opened by Mayor of Zurgena, Luis Diaz Garcia at 11am. Held at the Renfe Building in Alfoquia , there will be 30 stalls filled with Christmas items. The fayre is free to enter with refreshments available throughout the day and also a raffle.
Bolero is back TAMARA and the Panchos will perform at the Theatre Auditorium in December with their unforgettable show in honour of the bolero. This year, they will present their ‘If You Tell Me Come’ show, dedicated to showing both the great successes of the original bolero but also some of their own, new compositions.
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Miguel at R POPULAR Flamenco singer Miguel Poveda will perform at the Roquetas de Mar Teatro Auditorio on Saturday, November 18. The 44-year-old has collaborated with many artists throughout including Enrique Morente, Carmen Linares, Paco de Lucía and Vicente Amigo, among many others and recently featured on ‘La Voz’ as an advisor to Manuel Carrasco. During the performance, he will be accompanied by Jesus Guerrero on guitar, Antonio Coronel ala Bateria, Paquito González on percussion and Londro, Carlos Grilo and Dani Bonilla, to the palmas and choirs, leading the musical direction, to a large extent, will be teacher Joan Albert Amargós.
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Poveda to Perform Roquetas de Mar Over the course of his career, Poveda has won awards such as the National Music Award 2007, National Culture Prize of Catalonia 2011, Prize of the Chair of Flamencology of Jerez, Medal of solidarity for his concert to Benefit the Andex Foundation and the Andalucia Medal 2012. The performance begins at 9:30pm and tickets are still available via the Teatro Auditorio Roquetas de Mar website.
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PERFORMER: Miguel Poveda will perform on November 18.
Poveda (right) was recently an advisor to Manuel Carrasco (left) on ‘La Voz.’
TRAVELLING away from Spain this week the focus turns on Buttafuoco Storico from Italy; a serious competitor to Barolo, Barbaresco, Amarone. Little known outside Italy, it is reasonably priced and produced in the Oltrepo’ Pavese, a beautiful hilly area 70km from Milan that has by Lorenzo cold winters and Barbareschi warm, dry summers. Different type of soil bottom gravel embedded in sand, compact sandstones and also clays - in the relatively small territory impart unique characteristics to the grapes. Through fermentation of several indigenous grapes with different characteristics, the winegrowers produce a unique wine of structure that can age for years. The blend is 50 per cent Croatina that brings the colour and hints of red fruit; 25 per cent Barbera with its acidity the backbone of the wine, plus Ughetta Canneto and Uva Rara that enrich
Hidden gem from Italy softness and fruit. Buttafuoco Storico is produced by only 14 winemakers who adhere to strict rules, including being harvested by hand, aged at least 12 months in wooden barrels then a minimum six months in bottles embossed with the ‘Mark of the Dawn Treader ship,’ and only marketed three years after harvest. Excellent with red meat and game dishes it also goes perfectly with blue and mature cheeses. My favourite labels - all below €20 for a 2011 or 2013 vintage - are Vigna del Garlenzo - Az; Agricola Giorgi Franco di Giorgi Pierluigi; Vigna Montarzolo Azienda Vinicola Calvi Davide; and Vigna Costera -
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ITALIAN: Excellent with red meat. Azienda Agricola Maggi Francesco. These are 24 months in barrel and 10 months in bottle, so equivalent to a Spanish Gran Reserva. Salute and happy tasting.
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HE’S a bit of a coward is Carles Putzschdemont (someone else’s joke, but too good not to share). Cataluña’s president Carles Puigdemont chickened out of announcing the Republic on October 10 as his separatist supporters expected. On the eve of UDI, faced with accusations of treachery, he chickened out of announcing the regional elections that could have halted Article 155 and suspending Cataluña’s autonomous status. Allegedly pushed by his Juntspel Si coalition partners, ERC, Puigdemont could not chicken out of the October 27 vote proclaiming the Republic to a halfempty parliament chamber and some serious Front Bench faces. He looked more cheerful the next day going walkabout in Girona, where he was mayor between 2011 and 2016. He smiled for the inevitable selfies and said he would turn up for work as usual on Monday. Instead he poodled off to Brussels with five members of his government to hire the lawyer Paul Bekaert who has defended members of the Basque terrorist group ETA and halted the extradition to Spain of Natividad Jauregui. The next day Puigdemont said he would return to face the music, but “only if guaranteed a fair trial,” so until he gets a ‘get-out-of-jail’ free card he will head a government in exile. Chicken.
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Having tried to placate voters inside and outside Cataluña until now, Iglesias stayed with the hounds by calling to order Albano Dante Fachin, party leader in Cataluña, after at least one Podemos regional MP voted for independence on October 26. Whether he likes it or not, that’s where Iglesias must remain if Podemos wants any credibility in Spain’s 16 other regions.
Sentenced twice over CHICKEN RUN: Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont fled the country after declaring independence.
Hare and hounds UNTIL now Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds regarding Cataluña. Meanwhile the October Sigma Dos poll puts Unidos Podemos - the not entirely successful Podemos-Izquierda Unida merger - on 15.3 per cent of the vote, now fourth after Ciudadanos on 16.7 per cent.
ASAMBLEA NACIONAL CATALANA leader Jordi Sanchez is in Soto del Real prison, remanded for his part in organising demonstrations in Barcelona last September. Shortly after he arrived, Sanchez asked to move after he heard a prisoner shout Viva España. The request was rejected as Sanchez’s safety was not at risk, the prison authorities explained. The trustee assigned to share his cell was luckier. After several days in Sanchez’s company he confessed that he couldn’t put up with the Catalan separatist a day longer. He was always banging on about independence, he complained: “It was like being sentenced twice over.” Fortunately he was moved next day but he has our sympathies: we know just how he felt.
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On benefits THE Catalan crisis could not have come at a better time for Mariano Rajoy and his government. Little attention has been paid to the Gurtel kickbacks and corruption trial involving leading Partido Popular politicians past and present. The Public Prosecutor maintained that former Health minister Ana Mato benefited, through her exhusband, from presents and commissions bestowed by Gurtel boss Francisco Correa. She read from the usual script, claiming she had no idea who had paid for the nice little extras that the family enjoyed. So someone smart enough to become Health minister wasn’t smart enough to query the origin of such generosity. Or did she merely shrug her shoulders and fasten her seatbelt as she and the kids took off for Disneyland? columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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ZOMBIE TIME: Participants will be tasked with a number of tests.
Night of the dead A ZOMBIE survival challenge is coming to Albox. The Viral Zombie - Real Game event takes place on Saturday, November 19, between 11pm and 6am and will see participants attempt to try and survive the night through the streets of Albox, tasked with a number of tests needing a lot of skill, ability and ingenuity. Those who participate as survivors will have to role-play as various characters and perform different missions throughout the evening, while encountering different obstacles preventing them from making the jour-
ney as planned, including an invasion of zombies. Ticket prices for the event range from €20 to €35 for individual survivors, and can be purchased at various points around Albox, including the town hall. Anyone aged 14 years or under must be accompanied by an adult at all times with a signed photocopy of the DNI of the attending adult. Anyone from 15 to 17 years-old must have a signed photocopy of the DNI of a parent or guardian who is signing the authorisation.
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Boxers’ last bequest BOXERS GOLF SOCIETY was the very first in the Albox area. It was founded in 2004 by golfers Les Ashton and Allan Hay and very soon had over 50 members. When Allan died suddenly in 2011, his partner Trudy Sailes, a l s o a g o l f e r, p r e sented a trophy to Boxers to be played for every year on C a p t a i n ’s D a y. T h e current and final holder of the Allan H a y t r o p h y i s To n y Horrobin. However, the last drive has been driDRIVING FORCE: From left, Tony ven. Falling memGeorge Miller and Trudy Sailes. bership and difficulty Walk for Life Arboleas. recruiting people to organBoxers’ Captain George ise Boxers Golf Society has Miller and President Tony caused it to close after 13 Hammond presented Trudy years. The society has dea n d Wa l k f o r L i f e Vi c e cided to donate all their rePresident Jean Bircher with maining funds to the charity €520. that Trudy is so involved in,
Hammond, Jean Bircher, Walk for Life Arboleas is a registered charity that s u p p o r t s c a n c e r s u ff e r e r s and their families. To find out more, check out their website: walk4lifearboleas.com.
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COFFEE CHATTER: Coffee Spanglish members meet with professors and students from a local language school. THE English-Spanish language exchange, Coffee Spanglish, was pleased to recently receive a visit from the students and teachers of the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Macael, the official language school based in Macael. Language tutor Enrique Rodriguez arranged the visit and he was accompanied by his fellow tutors Rosario Sanchez, Virginia Martin and Silvia Capilla, along with some of their students. It provided a unique opportunity for English-speaking members of Coffee Spanglish and the students from the Escuela de Idiomas to develop their conversation skills. The Coffee Spanglish group was initiated in 2016 by Sarah Makin and Shelagh Copeland from the Almanzora Group of Friends with the support of Councillor Maura Hillen from the town hall of Albox. It allows English residents to improve their conversational Spanish with the help of native speakers and Spanish residents to improve their English in a relaxed atmosphere outside of a schoolroom environment at no cost to the participants. Coffee Spanglish meets every Friday at the Cafe Bar Oasis on Calle Canonigo Bartolome Marin, 6, Albox from 5pm to 7pm. For more information about joining Coffee Spanglish for free, contact: coffeespanglishal box@gmail.com
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Life’s a beach! STUDIES show that people who live close to the coast are happier than those who live inland. While doctors used to prescribe trips to the coast for hundreds of years to cure all manner of ailments, there has been little research into why being by the seaside actually has proven health benefits until recently. Scientists from the University of Exeter’s European Centre for the Environment and Human Health have conducted several experiments to delve into why the ocean has such a positive impact on our well-being. They actually discovered that those who live by the coast absorb greater levels of vitamin D and enjoy the health benefits of this. Vitamin D helps to keep bones strong and regulates the immune system, which can ward off all manner of illnesses. The researchers at Exeter University concluded that living by the sea encourages outdoor activity so more people who live there get in a daily dose of exercise.
EVERY DAY’S A HOLIDAY: Is a sea view the secret to happiness? The fresh, salty air by the coast can also help with respiratory problems such as asthma, coughing and bronchitis due to the negatively charged hydrogen ions in the air that help the body absorb oxygen. Swimming in salt water also
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Always do this while you are present, reassure and reward the dog with praise and titbits. Only ask sensible people, who are used to dogs to assist you with this exercise. Some if not most vets prefer to examine their patients on a table. So if you have a dog that can be lifted onto a suitable table, get the dog used to being put on the table. Hold him in a comfortable position for a few seconds, praising him and reassuring him, then give him a ‘titbit’ and gently lift him off. Never let a dog jump off the table by himself. If you use a table, make sure a mat or cover is placed on it so that it is not slippery for the dog. There is no quicker way to make a dog hate being picked up and put on a table than to place it on a slippery surface. Administering prescribed treatments: Often following a visit to
THE VET’S TABLE: Do not let your dog jump off alone. your vet you will be required to continue a course of treatment at home. This can include: giving pills or liquid medicine (orally); applying ointments to eyes, ears, and skin; administrating eye or ear drops. The only reason dogs object to taking medicine is that they are not used to being handled. It is kinder to prepare your dog to the best of your ability for the occasion when this will probably arise. This is best done by training
your dog to allow you to handle it and examine any part of its body, under any circumstances, without any resistance from your dog. Pills can often be given by disguising the pill inside a little piece of butter, margarine or cheese. There are’many “Do Not’s” associated with this sort of training, all of which are common sense, but you would be surprised how many dog owners have little of this precious commodity. Do not give dogs any medi-
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Performance braking by Matthew Elliott FORD has a new solution for drivers who miss the oldfashioned hydraulic handbrake. Its Drift Stick goes against the modern obsession with the electronic handbrake. The Drift Stick is a lever connected to the electronic handbrake in the new Ford RS Edition. Skilled drivers can use it to lock the rear wheels and slide, rally car like, while conducting a sharp turn. The patented device slips easily into the car’s diagnostics port. It was developed with the help of rally driver Ken Block, who showcases the Drift Stick in a YouTube video for Ford. It works in unison with the anti-lock system and is far
easier to use than traditional hydraulic handbrakes. That doesn’t mean new drivers will suddenly be performing rally stunts on public streets. Drivers will have to know how to drift before they can make any real use of the new technology. Not to mention the fact that drifting is illegal on almost all public roads. Expert drivers will be able to make use of a USB stick, plugged into the Drift Stick, to monitor their performance. If they have access to one, they can take it down to the
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Vanquish bows out THE very last of the Aston Martin Vanquish S range has been released. The S Ultimate is the British firm’s glamorous send off to the now iconic model. Aimed at serious collectors, there are just 175 Ultimates up for grabs, with a starting price of £211,995 (€237,706). There’s little to improve on the monstrous 595bhp already offered by the regular Vanquish S. So this rare collectable instead focuses on style, with three new designer themes to choose from. Ultimate black, a blueish grey, and white gold are the colour schemes, while buyers can be as picky as they like about the interior design. All Ultimates feature carbon fibre brakes, treadplates, and grilles and are emblazoned with a rose gold ‘Ultimate’ badge.
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equipped with new diagnostic reading devices which will connect to vehicles’ onboard computers to analyse security systems and detect ‘malicious software’ or ‘cheating.’ ITV inspectors must also hold a ‘Superior Automotive Technician’ qualification as a minimum. In addition, if a vehicle passed its technical inspection
in any other European Union country it will remain valid in Spain until the next scheduled review. Drivers may also book their test up to one month in advance of the suggested date. Finally, if a vehicle fails the ITV test motorists will be able to choose a different centre for the second test rather than being forced to use the same one.
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SLOW UPTAKE: A BMW i3 in Barcelona. SPAIN does not place in the top 10 of a Europe-wide ranking of countries selling the most electric cars and hybrids. New data from the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has revealed the plug-in sector has just 0.3 per cent penetration in Spain, placing the country 14th on the European chart. Norway tops the ranking with a 29 per cent market share, followed by the Netherlands with 6 per cent and Sweden with 3.6 per cent. The UK places sixth with 1.4 per cent with Ireland in 12th with 0.5 per cent. The ACEA report says that there is a clear pattern between per capita income and interest in electric vehicles, with richer countries in the lead. For example, the average income per capita in Norway is €64,000 while in Spain it is €24,000.
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Skoda Kodiaq Edition THE Kodiaq is Skoda’s largest SUV, available with five or seven seats and with a variety of engine and trim options, giving it very broad appeal. Also offering the choice of 2WD or 4WD, the Kodiaq starts at €25,259 (£22,190) for the entry level S model but most buyers will move to at least mid-range specification to gets the best blend of equipment. My test model was an Edition version with a 2.0 litre 148 hp diesel engine and in 4WD form. Standard kit includes alloy wheels, cruise control, drive-mode selection, roof rails, blindspot detection, dual zone aircon, keyless entry and stop-start, rear parking s e ns ors , s a t-na v w ith 23c m touc hscreen, connectivity, wireless phone charging and even umbrellas which slot into the front doors! This version costs €38,332 (£33,675). The 2.0 litre diesel unit is smooth and quie t, w ith a
0-100 kph time of 9.2 seconds and a top speed of 195 kph (121 mph). Fuel consumption is 18.2 kpl (51.4 mpg). The Kodiaq looks quite imposing and is larger in the metal than it appears in photographs. The frontal look with its narrow headlights and larger grille takes inspiration from its flagship stablemate the Skoda Superb. Underway the Kodiaq proves surprising nimble and impressively secure and controlled on the corners, with light pre c is e s t eer i ng gi vi ng good feedback. Ride quality is also excellent. In overall driving terms I’d say it was best in the class. Inside, the dashboard is rather restrained in design but is very functional and the materials look robust and hard-wearing. The cabin is very roomy, with lots of head and legroom,
and while the third row seats are a little cramped, the middle row does slide forward to create more legroom if needed. With this sort of versatility, a flat-load floor and plenty of oddment stowage space including two gloveboxes, the Kodiaq earns top score for practicality. Even with all seven seats in use, there is 270 litres of bootspace and folding the seats boosts it to a cavernous 2,065 litres. Rivals in the sector include Nissan X-Trail, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorento and perhaps the Ford Edge - all formidable contenders - but the Kodiaq newcomer covers all bases - well-built, spacious, comfortable, and with refined driving dynamics.
Stats panel Model: Skoda Kodiaq Edition Engine: 2.0 litre diesel Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 9.6 seconds, top speed 195 kph (121 mph) Economy: 18.2 kpl (51.4 mpg) Emissions: 144 g/km
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Brazil tough nut to crack for England after Germany test ENGLAND host Germany on November 10 and Brazil on November 14 in international friendlies at Wembley ahead of the 2018 World Cup Finals with manager Gareth Southgate throwing down the Gauntlet. “I don’t think anybody can sit back and safely think they’re going to be involved next summer,” warned Southgate. “In every position there’s really strong competition,” said Southgate, who has brought in Joe Gomez, Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus Cheek. Southgate has left out Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Daniel Sturridge, Jermain Defoe, Chris Smalling, Jake Livermore, Fraser Forster and Aaron Cresswell. Reining World champions Germany, world cup winners four times, and five-time World
UKSPORTSCENE with Andrew Atkinson Cup winners Brazil are arguably England’s toughest duo they could face as an indicator to their 2018 World Cup hopes. It will be a real test of steel and nerves against Joachim Low’s Germany - cruising to qualification from Group C with nine wins out of nine. Brazil are likely to field their strongest side, including stars Philippe Coutinho, Neymar and Gabriel Jesus, as they prepare for Russia, in a bid to clinch their sixth World Cup success. Southgate will finalise the England squad - after friendlies against Germany and Brazil and games against Holland in Amsterdam on March 23, and
SPAIN Captain Sergio Ramos will get a taster of the 2018 World Cup Finals when they play hosts Russia in an international friendly game on November 14. “We have never lost focus and been united on one aim to reach the World Cup. It will be my fourth World Cup and that fills me with pride,” said Ramos. Spain meet Russia in a friendly in St Petersburg at the 70,000 capacity Kretovsky Stadium - dubbed the ‘UFO’ - to play on a pitch that has been relaid THREE times! A third new pitch was laid in June, three weeks before the start of the Confederation Cup. Zenit FC played two league games on the second pitch laid, and chunks of turf were ragged up! “Russia doesn’t have experience with sliding pitches in football stadiums and that’s a real challenge,” said St Petersburg’s Deputy Governor Igor Albin. The Kretovsky Stadium is one of 12 stadiums across 11 Russian cities that will host matches, including the 2018 World Cup semi-final and the third-place play-off games. The Kretovsky Stadium has been praised as one of the world’s most advanced stadiums which took over a decade to build, reportedly costing more than 49 billion rubles (€950 million), seven times the amount announced in 2004 when original plans were drawn up. Deputy Governor Albin said: “This multifunction sport and cultural complex is exploited all year round so we have a retractable roof and a sliding pitch. It’s a reasonable price.”
against Italy at Wembley on March 27. “If I had to pick a squad tomorrow I know who I’d take. Over the next six months that could evolve drastically,” said Southgate. Phil Jones, John Stones and Gary Cahill are key defensive players and Southgate believes Jones, 25, is the best defender England have in their locker. “Not just this season, but there was a long period in the middle of last season where Phil Jones has been the best defender,” Southgate said of the Manchester United star. “Phil has had great experiences - with both club and coun-
try - he organises and competes well and it’s clear what he brings to the team,” said Southgate. England squad for the friendlies against Germany and Brazil: Tammy Abraham (Swansea City, loan from Chelsea), Dele Alli (Spurs), Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Jack Butland (Stoke), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Eric Dier (Spurs), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Joe Hart (West Ham, loan from Manchester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool). Phil Jones (Manchester United), Harry Kane (Spurs), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Crystal Palace, loan from Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Leicester City), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
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Danny Rose (Spurs), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Spurs), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Harry Winks (Spurs), Ashley Young (Manchester United). *Northern Ireland play Switzerland in their first leg play-off on today, with the return second leg in Basel on November 12, in their quest to reach the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
F1: Lewis hams it up LEWIS HAMILTON heads to Brazil on November 12 having won his fourth Formula 1
“We’ve qualified for the World Cup, which was our primary objective,” said Lupetegui. Pique and national teammate Sergio Ramos put aside political differences to reach next summer’s World Cup after Pique had been vocal in his support for Cataluña’s referendum on independence. Pique said he could quit, but a pact was made: “I have a very good relationship with Gerard - even though we think differently - we have no problem between us,” said Ramos.
World Championship in Mexico last month. “This year was a massive challenge I was looking forward to,” said Hamilton, ahead of the penultimate race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil Mercedes driver Hamilton, who has won three titles in four years, joins Sebastian Vettel, Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to have won at least four F1 titles. F1 title rival, Ferrari driver Vettel, has battled for the title with Hamilton this season: “Fighting against a great team in Ferrari with the highest decorated driver in the sport was a massive challenge. “It’s great to have two teams fighting - we need more of that - it pushes us all more to the limit, that’s what’s got us excited for the sport,” said Hamilton. The São Paulo race marks the 46th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the 45th time is has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950 – along with it being the 34th World Championship event to be staged at Interlagos.
Márquez’s fourth MotoGP title bid SERGIO RAMOS: World Cup winner.
Ramos proud as Spain head to Russia Before Spain head to Russia they host Costa Rica in Malaga on November 11, the first of a double-header friendly fixtures awaiting coach Julen Lopetegui’s squad. Spain defeated Israel 1-0 last month, to finish five points ahead of Italy in the World Cup qualifying Group G. Spain qualified for the 2018 World Cup, beating Albania 3-0 in Alicante, in the wake of the disputed referendum in
Cataluña, that lead to Barcelona defender Gerard Pique being booed. “Many things have happened but we have focused on the best interests of the team,” said Lopetegui, who has won eight out of nine competitive games since replacing Vicente del Bosque in 2016. On qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Lopetegui said: “We are delighted and proud of what we have achieved, it’s very important for Spain.
SPAIN’S defending MotoGP World Champion Marc Márquez heads to Valencia on November 12 - needing only an 11th place finish - to win a fourth MotoGP title. The 2017 MotoGP World Championship final race in Valencia sees Respol Honda Team’s Márquez enter the last round of the season ahead of Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso. Standings after race 17 of 18 see Márquez 21 points ahead of Dovizioso, after the Italian won the Malaysian MotoGP on October 29. Márquez, who needs to score five points - if Dovizioso wins - an 11th place or better finish, was pointless in three races during the 2017 MotoGP World Championship, when crashing out in both Argentina and France.
NEXT week only in the Euro Weekly News. Sports correspondent Andrew Atkinson talks exclusively in-depth in Part 1 of a two-part interview with British born teenage swimming sensation, twice-Junior World Oceanman Female World Champion, Club Natacion Elche star, Zoe Connolly, 16.
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REAL MADRID have not been awarded a penalty in their first 11 league games for the first time in over 35 years. The feat has not occurred since 1981, before any of the current squad were born.
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ALBC Open 321 Avalon Challenge Drawn Fours 2017 ALBC Drawn Fours commenced with 24 players, eight teams, taking part in the knockout competition. The final was won by Dennis Willoughby, Maureen O’Hara, John Fitzgerald and Steve Byatt against Reg Birmingham, Jette Kress, John Burgess, and Jim Pike. The result was a good win for Dennis Willoughby’s team who lead from the start and maintained pressure throughout the game not allowing Reg’s team to settle. Losing semi-finalist to the winners were, Roy Ritson, Sandra Minnett, Graham Patrick and Shelagh Allen who never really got going and although there was good quality bowling, Dennis and team won comfortably. The other losing semi-finalist to the runners up were, Wayne Roberts, Linda Burges, John Burgess and Siobhan Herrity and was a lot closer game. The scores were level on the ninth end at 11-11 but from there, however, on the 16th end, Reg’s team went ahead with the score at 20-12. A great rally on the last two ends, Wayne and team gaining three and two shots, but unable to reduce the lead losing17-20.
THE Open 321 Avalon Challenge, sponsored by Avalon Funeral Plans was played with a 321 round-robin format, where teams of three players play six ends of Triples, six of Pairs and finally six ends of Singles over a set period of two hours. The competition was open to Cabrera, Indalo, Mojacar and Almeria bowling clubs. The 16 teams entered were drawn and divided into two groups, played over three days. On Tuesday October 31, the winners of group one played group two to decide the competition winner and second place. The runners up of both groups played for third and fourth place The quality of play was excellent throughout. Finalists were from Indalo, Almeria and a mixed Almeria, Indalo team. The final was between two Indalo teams, Group one winners, Jenny Thompson, Gill Atkinson and Maggie Holmes against Group two winners Keith and Linda Lester, with Tony Kent. Both teams had played well over the three days and on paper should have been a close game. It was however not so, as Maggie’s team won all three disciplines taking
Winners of Avalon 321 Challenge Cup - left to right Gill Atkinson, Maggie Holmes, Jenny Thompson with Julie Durrant (Avalon). the Open Championship. The runners up third and fourth play-off was between Group one runners up, Reg Birmingham, Ken Richardson and Colin Wright playing Group two runners up, Tony and Mary Mullen from Indalo and Shelagh Allen from Almeria. These game results had to go to the rules to decide the winners.
Tony’s team won the triples and singles discipline but lost the pairs. This from the spectators’ view gave Tony’s team third place, however the rules state that if the points and scores are level at the end of the game a triple is played to decide the winner. To save a repeat of this situation, next year the rules need to be amended for the final.