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Robbing the blind OFFICERS from the National Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for robbing a blind seller of the ONCE lottery tickets. During October, an investigation was started after several thefts were reported in the city centre of Murcia. Wi t n e s s e s were shown photographs of the suspect and he was eventually identified as being behind a dozen petty crimes.
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Sniper hits two By Darren James A WOMAN has been arrested in S a n ta P o la a fte r a llegedly firing a number of shots and injuring two people. The 35-year-old was already known to the Guardia Civil as she possesses a crimin al rec o rd th a t includes a previous prison sentence. The incident unfolded after two people were walking along a street in Santa Pola when all of a sudden they were both hit by pellets... but were initially unaware about what had happened.
In the first case, a 43ye a r-old w oma n told the Guardia Civil that she heard what she thought was a firec ra c ke r going off a nd thought nothing of it. She felt an intense pain in a toe on her right foot but continued on her way home because she found nothing wrong and didn’t bother going to the medical centre. The second victim of the sniper was more serious, being a 14-year-old teenager who was shot in the head a nd ha d to be rus he d to Elc he G e ne ra l H os pita l where he underwent surgery
to remove the lead shot. Fortunately, in the latter case, the boy’s father had seen everything unfolding a nd ha d s potte d a w oma n leaning over a balcony with w ha t he be lie ve d w a s a firearm. O ff i c e r s from the Guardia Civil immediately obtained a search warrant f o r t h e s u s p e c t ’s a d d r e s s where they found under the kitchen table a springloaded rifle and a box of 5.5mm pellets matching those found on the roads and pavements where the incidents took place.
These little piggies went to Alicante IMAGES of a group of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs eating from rubbish piled on Alicante streets has sparked outrage from a local politician. The Popular Party’s Municipal Group spokesman, Luis Barcala, warned that the situation risked violating the minimum requirements of public health, according to Spanish media. Pigs are shown grazing on bags of rubbish strewn on the roads, in a neighbourhood which is also home to a local cemetry. Mr Barcala also described the photos as “unimaginable” and “absolutely incredible.” He called on local authorities
to act quickly to clean up the area and criticised local mayor Gabriel Echavarri. He suggested that local residents deserved - and were promised better - and that the scenes could impact on the area’s tourism industry. The pigs are thought to originate from a private pet collection but they are now increasing in numbers.
PIGGING OUT: One of the images of the animals with the rubbish.
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From the heavens AMERICAN NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik set tongues wagging after tweeting images of Alicante City taken from the International Space Station, as he captioned the images: “I am the mayor of Alicante.”
€1.75m win ALICANTE City Council has been given six months to move the iconic Torre Placia that has been bought for €1,750,000 and has finally brought 17 years of legal wrangling to an end.
Book it BOOK shop La Casa del Libro has opened its first outlet in Murcia, offering more than 40,000 titles in store and a further 200,000 reference books available on request.
Lucky man A FIRE broke out in an abandoned warehouse next to the IES Vega Baja in Callosa de Segura. When the Local Police arrived, they found that a person was sleeping inside.
FIVE members of a gang who robbed a bank by causing a distraction with dog poo have been arrested. The gang were arrested in Cartagena and are wanted for more than 15 other robberies involving distraction techniques throughout Spain including in Ourense, Guadalaj a r a , To l e d o , A l b a c e t e , B i l b a o , L u g o , Va l e n c i a , Cadiz, Cordoba and Lleida. National Police arrested the five after one of the gang dropped dog excrement inside the front door of the Cartagena bank. They took advantage of the commotion that followed involving customers, staff and even the manager, to rob valuables from the branch. It is not yet known exactly what was stolen. The gang comprised of three Colombians, one Mexican and one Cuban, between the ages of 21 and 61-years-old. They were kitted out with a range of disguises including a suit and tie, another with sports clothes and a cap, an elderly man, a y o u n g b o y, a w o m a n , and another with a pigtail and long hair. The National Police quickly intercepted the gang’s getaway in two vehicles after a probe identified the way the gang operated by choosing banks
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DOG POO: Robbers distract the bank customers and staff.
Foul play Dog poo bank robbers held near main roads to enable a quick escape. Those held have more than 25 previous arrests between them and different false identities in the police database. It is alleged that in separate robberies the gang have made off with €64,000 in Guadalajara, €42,000 in Albacete, about €13,000 in Toledo, €10,000 in Valenc ia , €7,000 in C a rta ge na (M urc ia ) a nd €5,000 in Cadiz.
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Holiday traffic bedlam DRIVERS have been warned to take care as millions hit Spain’s roads during this week’s pair of national holidays. Spain’s traffic directorate DGT are preparing for an estimated 6.7 million vehicles to hit the roads over the five-day weekend and have warned drivers to exercise caution especially on roads heading out from city centres since Tuesday. The most intense traffic is expected on the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol and in central Spain. Extra speed cameras and more patrols carrying out drug and alcohol tests on drivers will be deployed as well as a halt to all road works over the period. Six thousand Guardia Civil officers will be operating on the roads over the holidays as well as 800 other emergency service members and more than 13,000 road maintenance employees. The DGT has also warned of adverse weather conditions affecting the roads. Drivers have also been advised to return earlier on Sunday to avoid the night time rush back home.
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Four people escape crash A MULTIPLE car crash involving seven vehicles and injuring four people caused major hold-ups along the A-30 in Cartagena close to Escombreras. Emergency services reported traffic jams of over four kilometres. Two ambulances and one fire engine were quickly on the scene after being alerted by passing motorists.
Drivers beware ELCHE City Council is looking to raise more funds as a result of traffic fines. They plan to increase the amount taken by 28 per cent in the 2018 budget - a total of €1.8m - to compensate for the projected plummeting income from other fines.
Over the limit LOCAL POLICE in Murcia stopped a man who was detected by police radar driving at 127kph along the Avenida Juan Carlos I. The speed was more than double the legal limit in the area which is set at 60kph. The driver was arrested and is awaiting the next stage in legal proceedings.
Earth moves THREE more minor earthquakes have moved the residents of Lorca. On what is now becoming a weekly occurrence, the tremors were felt in the districts of Zarzadilla de Totana and La Paca and registered between 1.8 and 2.9 on the Richter scale, with the strongest only 5km deep.
Child abuse F O RT Y p e o p l e h a v e s o f a r b e e n detained by security forces accused of sexually exploiting Nigerian nationals in a number of cities across the country. The police operation was co-ordinated from Torrevieja and among the victims found were a number of children found in caves in Almeria.
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SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...40 Despite having the world’s fourth most widely-spoken language as its native tongue, Spain is home to a mind-boggling array of communication systems, from the Gomeran Whistle to Chinese, writes Harrison Jones.
Real twisters for the tongue SPAIN is a mixing pot of major languages, especially as European, Arabic and Asian residents settle in their own communities. The country’s history is littered with discarded sub-languages and the politics of retaining dialects that are spoken by so few people. Today, virtually all native Spaniards speak Castilian, the language foreigners somewhat simplistically refer to as ‘Spanish.’ Under General Franco’s fascist dictatorship, regional variations were marginalised and even banned in public, reinforcing Castilian dominance.
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WINDSWEPT: A valley in La Gomera.
ONE of the quirkier languages is known as the Gomeran Whistle and practised by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands. As the name suggests, it is perhaps more song than language, but Unesco recognised the communication as the ‘only whistled language in the world that is fully developed and practised by a large community.’ As many as 22,000 people ‘speak’ it and schools teach how distinct whistles replace each Spanish consonant or vowel when communicating across wind-swept valleys. The confusion does not stop there, though, as numerous dialects remain. Andalucian and Canarian are common, though sub-vari-
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Yet variations remain and are still so numerous that it beCHEER OF UNITY: Nearly all Spaniards comes a challenge to speak Castilian. even list them all. The most famous is be the only non-RoCatalan, which has seen a resurgence in mance language in Spain, which classiinterest since the controversial referenfies it as an official language alongside dum on Cataluñan independence. Also Galician, Catalan and Castilian. referred to as ‘Valencian’ or ‘Balearic,’ There are complications with other it is spoken by around 17 per cent of minority languages, like Aragonese, the population. Asturian and Leonese. These are all Aranese, or ‘Occitan,’ is also co-offirecognised - but unofficial - variations cial in Cataluña and can be heard in the of Castilian, and thought to be seriousnorth west of the region. ly endangered. Basque, or ‘Euskara,’ is thought to
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eties add to the difficulty of classification. Amongst others, Fala, Cantabrian, Extremaduran, Eonavian and Ribagorca, Mirandese, Benasquese, Asturian and Leonese are believed to still be in use in continually shrinking numbers. Aside from Basque, native Spanish tongues are all thought to be Indo-European in provenance. There are even sign language dialects. The closely related Catalan and Valencian sign languages are remarkably different to the traditional Spanish version. Minority sign language dialects are also still in use in the Canary Islands, Basque Country, Galicia and eastern Andalucia, but are much closer to the national version, which boasts an estimated 100,000 users.
gion. These include the RM-1 (Zeneta-San Javier), RM-19 (Port of the Chain-San Javier) and RM12 (of La Manga), which see an average of 55,000 vehicles use them daily.
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THE first flakes of winter have fallen across large swathes of Spain. It comes after the mercury plunged below zero in the wake of an arctic cold snap gripping the country. Amateur snappers flocked to social media to share photos of the wintry scenes, with
some stunning results. The bitter conditions follow a mild autumn and one of the driest Novembers on record. But the freezing weather is set to last, as a fresh cold front sweeps northern Spain over the weekend, with the icy blast to send temperatures plummeting for a second time.
British councillor tells EU: stop holding expats hostage A BRITISH councillor representing Rojales, Alicante, has told a meeting of the European Parliament that senior politicians are holding expatriates ‘hostage’ to achieve their own objectives. Speaking in Brussels, Derek Monks expressed con-
cerns that people who moved to Spain to take advantage of freedom of movement and labour now risked being exploited. “I expressed the concerns of all of us who took advantage of moving,” the councilor told Euro Weekly News in a letter.
“Senior politicians negotiating terms of the breakaway are using us as pawns to arrive at their ultimate goals,” he continues. “I expressed anger at this and pleaded for an end to this holding us as hostages to achieve other objectives.” Letters - page 55
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NATIONAL POLICE officers based in Elche have dismantled an indoor drugs factory. They discovered a major cultivation of marihuana in a villa in Elche where around 1,300 cannabis plants were growing and 10 kilos were already vacuum packed and ready for distribution. The police operation began at the beginning of November and resulted in a man being arrested and later released. The plantation was discovered after conducting a number of enquiries in the local area which led them to the villa where they suspected an indoor crop of illegal substances were being grown. Police then obtained the necessary search warrant for the property and found all the equipment needed to cultivate cannabis and around 1,300
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PLANTATION: Over 1,000 plants were seized in one raid. plants, of which almost 300 were fully grown. They also found more than 100 heat lamps and five large air conditioning units to help with the plant’s growth. The police also discovered that the arrested man had made an illegal electricity connection to the public supply, and this was added to the charges. The anti-drug operation in the area continues and the Na-
tional Police have said that they are not ruling out any further arrests in connection with the dismantled plantation. This latest find follows a similar operation undertaken by the National Police in Alicante where more than 400 marihuana plants were found in Muchamiel. The 47-year-old man, subsequently released, had the same lawyer as the detainee in Elche, who was also released.
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HE’S best-known for playing razor-clawed superhero Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise. But there were no knives being SHE’S the hotel heiress who shot to fame after sharpened after Australian actor her sex-tape leaked. Hugh Jackman jetted to But Paris Hilton has proven there’s Spain to promote his more to her than meets the eye latest film. after revealing that her busiThe star received ness empire is worth €2.5 bila rapturous receplion in a radio interview. tion at the premiere The blonde beauty recently of The Greatest announced she is to open an Showman, due to Ibiza hotel. The entreprebe released in Spanneur is calling the venture, Photo credit Twitter ish cinemas on Friday, Paris’s Boutique Hotel, and she EX-MAN: Hugh December 29. explained the venture would be Jackman in Madrid. “very futuristic and very Ibiza.” Speaking at the event the heartthrob confessed he would not be turning to directing now his stint as Wolverine has ended. He explained: “I would be a terrible director, the actors would hate me.” Jackman’s latest film sees him play Phineas Taylor Barnum, the creator of the Barnum and Bailey American travelling circus. Starring alongside Zac Efron and Michelle Williams, the musical boasts a soundtrack by Justin Paul and Benj Pasek who won Oscars for their work on La La Land.
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She’s a real pretty woman ACTING legend Richard Gere has been spotted showing off his gorgeous Spanish girlfriend at an awards ceremony in Madrid. The 68-year-old Officer and a Gentleman star certainly looked distinguished as he stepped out with Alejandra Silva, 34, at the Photo credit You Tube Harper’s Bazaar Awards. The silver fox wore a navy coat over a BESOTTED: white shirt as he snuggled up to the blonde Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere. businesswoman. Silva, whose father was for-
merly the vice-president of Real Madrid, is originally from Galicia and has made a successful career in PR. Most recently starring in Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, Gere has been enjoying something of a comeback in recent years with a string of films. Originally from Philadelphia, America, Gere was previously married to supermodel Cindy Crawford, and is devoted to Buddhism.
cian who has been TAKE TWO: compared to Begoña Villacis. Prince Harry’s future wife Meghan Markle has become an internet star. But mother-of-two Begoña Villacis, 40, was able to see the funny side as she tweeted: ‘Between Buckingham Palace and Cibeles... I’m sorry but I’m sticking with Madrid.’ Her comments came after the leader of centre-right party Ciudadanos in Madrid received streams of messages via social media.
Chastain in Spain SHE’S been nominated for two Oscars and earlier this year tied the knot with Italian fashion boss Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo. Actress Jessica Chastain, 40, continued to live the high life appearing at a Madrid photo call to promote her latest flick Molly’s Game, flaunting her ample curves in a stunning knitted dress.
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Toothless travel agency attacker detained NATIONAL POLICE in Elche have arrested a 58-year-old man after an attack in a local travel agency. A man entered the shop on Calle Conrado del Campo on the premise of wanting to purchase some flights to Tangier. However, according to statements and reports, the man purely wanted to establish that the woman employee was alone in the premises as the arrested man returned moments later to carry out his planned robbery. He took out a cutter knife and threatened the woman, putting it against her stomach and ordering her to get her bag. At that moment, the woman grabbed hold of a pair of scissors and began to defend herself in a struggle. She was thrown to the ground, held down by the neck and received a cut on one of her arms from the knife. The attacker also received a hand
wound from his own knife. During the struggle the employee agreed to let him have her bag as she feared for her life. The attacker then went to search the travel agency to see if there was anything else he could steal, during which time the woman managed to lock herself safely away in a room at the back of the shop. The accused man stole the
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woman’s purse which contained €500 and three Christmas lottery tickets worth €60. He also took two mobile phones and a box containing around €30. The victim was able to identify the man from a series of photographs matching the description given to them: approximately aged 55; 1.70m tall and no teeth.
million was spent by Madrid’s council on Christmas lights this year, €350,000 more than last year.
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Colleges boost SANTA POLA has asked central government for €12,000,000 to make improvements to a number of educational institutes in the municipality that includes the Gran Alacant Institute and the Colegio Hispanidad.
Toys for us CARTAGENA is trying to ensure that no child is without a toy this Christmas. They can be left in the town hall from December 11 to 27 between 10am and 2pm.
Family saved LOCAL POLICE in La Unión saved the lives of a couple and their twoyear-old son during a fire in their home in Calle Cortes de Cádiz de La Union.
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Spain is losing Big Mac battle MUNICIPAL CEMETERY: The stolen items are valuable on the open market.
Religious figures stolen by ‘grave robber’ LOCAL POLICE in Redován are investigating the robbery of a number of items from the municipal cemetery. Police were called when a warden at the cemetery noticed that some of the metal and glass gates and doors of the small individual mausoleums were open and on closer inspection discovered that the locks had been forced. On arriving at the scene, what surprised the police and the warden the most was that the only things stolen from the final resting places were the religious images contained in them. No damage was reported to the tombs apart from the forced locks that were broken
into in a similar way with what is believed to be a screwdriver. The police made a full search of the cemetery - both the old and the new zones - and discovered a total of nine similar incidents. Six were in plots in Calle Virgen del Pilar, Virgen de Fátima and Virgen de Lourdes and the other three in Calle Santa Rita, San Antonio and María Inmaculada. The only items stolen were religious figures and images that are valuable on the open market and thus understood by the police to be the reason they were taken. Personal mementos, photographs of the deceased, flowers and candles were left where they were.
THE crowning of San Sebastian as the world’s top food city is another feather in the cap for Spanish gastronomy. But as the country’s culinary heritage continues to attract international acclaim, Spain must be careful to retain its traditional mealtime values. An upswing in demand for Iberian ham from China has seen demand outstrip supply, while the famed Mediterranean diet increasingly appears more medical advice than lifestyle choice. And as the price of ham, olive oil and other delicacies rockets, working class Spanish families are increasingly turning to the same packaged, cost-effective fare that has sparked an obesity crisis across the globe. A recent report by two international think tanks concluded that the country is moving away from the Mediterranean diet, as the relentless rise of convenience and fast food sparks a profound cultural shift. The World Health Organisation says that Spain is one of the top European countries for obese children, while the proportion of overweight adults has increased from below 8 per cent in 1987 to 16 per cent today. The Mediterranean diet should include large amounts of fruit, vegetables, pulses, whole grains and olive oil, but importantly, none of this comes in a box. Foodie’s delight - page 29
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School run bus driver tested positive for drugs drivers, passengers and pedestrians alike. The initiative was promoted by the Spanish traffic department (DGT) in collaboration with the Valencian Community in which the focus is not only placed on the control and detec-
tion of drivers under the influence of alcohol but on narcotic substances too. This is due to police noticing that a higher percentage of drivers are found to be driving after taking drugs. At first, the school bus driver that was tested passed the rou-
tine alcohol breathalyser test and failed the subsequent drugs test which gave a positive reading. He’d been taking cocaine and this, along with cannabis, is the most common drug detected among drivers. The bus and the schoolchild-
ren were delayed until a replacement vehicle arrived to allow them to continue the school run, while the driver was taken into police custody to be charged with driving under the influence of drugs. It was only a few months ago
that Local Police in Santa Pola underwent the specialist training needed to carry out drug controls. Unlike alcohol tests, the police need a special accreditation on using the dedicated equipment required to test for narcotics.
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LOCAL POLICE in Santa Pola have arrested a driver of a school bus after testing positive for drugs. It was all part of the current campaign aimed at monitoring and controlling school transport and to guarantee the safety of
JOB SEEKERS: The market has dried up since summer. THE number of registered unemployed in the Murcia region rose more than the national average for the month of November. There was an increase of 1,487 people compared to October and represented a rise of 1.35 per cent compared to the national average of only 0.21 per cent. According to data provided by the Ministry of Employment, this increase put the total of those registered as unemployed in Murcia at 111,436 people at the end of November. However, taking the year as a whole to date, unemployment fell by 6.98 per cent compared to November 2016, as there
has been a reduction of 8,356 people in the last 12 months. Of the total of unemployed in the Murcia region, 44,352 are men and 67,084 are women, while the number of unemployed under 25-year-olds stands at 11,488, of which slightly more than 5,500 are men and 5,901 women. Likewise, in November 84,000 work contracts were signed in Murcia, 10,066 less than in October, which represents a decrease of 10.70 per cent when compared to the previous month. Of those 84,000 contracts signed, a total of 77,672 were temporary.
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Driest October for 76 years EXTREME weather conditions throughout the Murcia region continue to both break records and cause concern in equal measures. According to the Spanish meteorological office (AEMET), not since 1981 has there been a three-month period at this time of the year so dry. The region also had the
driest October since 1941 and the level of rainfall hasn’t been so low since 1977... with the brief exception of the same quarter in 1981. The lack of rain has been caused by the presence of a number of anticyclones northwest of Spain which, for many days prevented storms in other parts of the country
from ending up over the Murcia region. During November, the average monthly temperature was 13ºC - 0.1º higher than normal for the month - and the maximum recorded temperature of 19.2ºC was 1.2ºC higher. The minimum of 6.8ºC was, strangely, 1.3ºC lower
GETTING LOWER: The Rambla de Algeciras reservoir in the Gebas ravines area.
than the expected average. The average of the maximum temperatures has been the highest of the past eight years and - after the year 2009 recorded 20.6ºC - has
been the highest of the 21st century so far. During the month, the weather station in Murcia registered the warmest November day since 21.2ºC was
experienced in 1985. As for rainfall, the average for the Murcia region was six litres per m2 and only represents 29 per cent of what is hoped for at this time of the year.
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Mountain search TWO climbers had to be rescued from the popular route known as Los Cortaos de la Sierra de Redo v a n . T h e y were found by search teams after approximately 30 minutes.
McTrio hurt THRE E pe o pl e we re in ju re d a f t e r t he c a r they were in left the A30 ro a d i n M urc ia close t o t he M c Do n ald’s restaurant on the Avenida Ciclista Mariano Rojas.
Safer city A TOTAL of 290 Local Police officers will be on patrol in Murcia this Christmas as part of a s pecia l se c u ri t y p l a n that will be in operation until January 10.
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Rewarded for reducing absenteeism in schools ELCHE City Council has been recognised by the Ministry of Education for their plans to combat absenteeism from schools. They are one of seven municipalities across Spain that has received this special recognition. Students being absent from classes in primary schools in Elche is 2.48 per cent and 4.7 per cent in secondary schools. Compared to 2003, some schools have seen reductions of up to 12 per cent. Absenteeism is classed as a student missing 20 per cent of their classes without good reason. Councillor Patricia Macia said of the award: “This is deserved recognition of an initiative that was launched in our municipality in 1996 and has had such good results that many others have already shown interest in copying our model.” She also said that with the
RECOGNISED: Elche among seven municipalities showing major drops in absenteeism. cooperation of the local education department they plan to intensify measures to combat school absenteeism in 2018. “We have created a new set of ideas to address any existing problems and we will be organising more meetings with parents in the future.” It was pointed out that the
figures for the 2016-17 academic year show that Elche has become an exemplary model in the fight against absenteeism and truancy. Councillor Macia congratulated everyone that has played their part in the scheme to ensure Elche remains a benchmark in this field.
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Adoption waits causing drop in applications COUPLES in Murcia are waiting around seven years to be able to adopt a child. In the region, there are 223 families on the adoption register that are waiting to receive a child that is born in Spain. This year, 48 new applications were received which is significantly down on the 80 in 2016. It is believed that the amount of time people are having to wait, for a variety of reasons, is putting people off from applying. Currently, the entire adoption process, from initially joining the list, to being able to embrace a new member to the welcoming family, can last as long as seven years. It may be even higher in the case of children coming from countries other than Spain. Requirements to be able to adopt include favourable re-
ports covering the ability to financially support a new addition to the family, housing and employment stability, and a commitment to help the adopted child find their original family in the future. In addition, current legislation states that the person adopting must be at least 25years-old (one of the two in the case of a couple) and that the age difference between the adopted child and the adopter must be at least 16 years and no more than 45. Numbers wishing to adopt have fallen by more than 50 per cent and the figures speak for themselves. Between 2005 and 2010, there was a boom in applications, and between 2008 and 2010 there were an average of 180 each year. Since 2013 they haven’t reached 100.
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Protect your pensions from the lifetime allowance trap Are your UK pension funds safe from tax penalties of up to 55%? If you have been saving into pensions for years or have several funds, you could go over the UK government’s ‘lifetime allowance’ (LTA) without realising it. At £1 million (£1.3 million from 6th April 2018), the limit sounds high, but it counts all pension benefits (excluding the State Pension) and growth accumulated over a working lifetime. What are the penalties? If you exceed the limit, extra tax is payable whenever you access your funds – technically called a ‘benefit crystallisation event.’ How much you pay depends on the way benefits are withdrawn – rates are 55% for lump sums and 25% for income or transfers. So at best, the price for being over can cost you a quarter of your funds, at worst: over half. Being non-UK resident offers no protection. Usually, under the
By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks double tax agreement, Spanish residents escape UK taxes on British pensions (except government service pensions). However, for those over the allowance, these rules do not apply – the LTA tax is applied in the UK first and is not recoverable. How can you check your position? Calculating how much of your allowance you have used is not always straightforward, so check
with your provider or financial adviser. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will first test your allowance when you start drawing your pension, then every time you access funds and when you turn 75. If you die before 75, any lump sums paid to your beneficiaries will also be subject to the LTA test and subsequent tax penalties. How can you protect your funds? A higher limit can be secured by applying for HMRC’s LTA ‘protection.’ This usually has strict conditions attached, however, so take guidance first. Expatriates have the option of transferring UK pension funds to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS). Doing this can limit your exposure to LTA penalties while providing taxefficiency, currency flexibility and estate planning advantages. If you transfer UK pensions into a QROPS and your total benefits
are under the limit, you will not face LTA taxes. However, the QROPS must be within the EU or European Economic Area (EEA) – such as Gibraltar – otherwise you risk a 25% ‘overseas transfer charge.’ Once in a QROPS, funds are out of reach of LTA charges, no matter how much you have or how you access it. Those at or close to the limit should consider transferring and paying any tax charges now before funds – and tax liabilities – increase in value. Another option is to take your UK pension as cash and reinvest into a tax-efficient Spanishcompliant arrangement. In any case, before making any pension decisions, taking regulated advice is crucial to determine your most suitable approach and avoid pension scams. If you are near the threshold, consider acting sooner rather than later to prevent growth tipping you over the limit. The LTA is only set
to increase in line with inflation each April, so there will not be much leeway if you are already at the upper end. Regardless of whether the LTA will affect you, with Brexit around the corner, now is a good time to review your pension options. Living in Spain, you should regularly check your financial planning to make sure you take advantage of available opportunities and protect your wealth in the most suitable way for your particular circumstances. 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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Teenager injured in house fire A BLAZE has completely destroyed a flat and has left a 13-year-old child injured in Dolores. The fire broke out in the e a rly hours of Sunda y morning on the fourth floor of a n a pa rtme nt bloc k in Calle Cardenal Belluga de Dolores, and according to early reports was caused by an electric fire that had been placed too close to a sofa. The te e na ge r w a s le ft with a burn to one of their hands and suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation. A number of firefighters a nd offic e rs from the Guardia Civil and the Local Police quickly vacated the building of other occupants, although they had to use an
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GUTTED: The interior after the blaze. extendable ladder to rescue an elderly woman from the neighbouring flat to the one that was ablaze. She was unable to access either the stairs or the lift in
people have died in road traffic accidents in Spain this year, 27 more than at the same point last year according to the traffic directorate.
the building. The area surrounding the affected building was closed for a number of hours to enable members of the munici pal cl eani ng f or ce t o r emove rubble and remains t hat f el l on t o t he San Gabriel area below during the fire.
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Organised crime gang detained NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested five people for being part of an organised group dedicated to stealing from houses and hotel rooms in Alicante and Benidorm. The series of thefts were committed mainly when residents and guests were asleep and the investigations have now got to the bottom of three such robberies. The investigation began in mid-October after a robbery was reported at a hotel in Benidorm while the guests
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were sleeping peacefully. The suspects climbed the outside wall to gain access to the room where they took mobile phones, tablets and several credit cards. The thieves left the hotel without waking their victims but they quickly used the cards they had stolen, making several withdrawals from ATMs in Alicante, as well as a number of purchases and phone top-ups from mobile phone shops in Alicante totalling more than €1,000.
million people are currently unemployed in Spain according to government statistics, with 7,255 losing their jobs in November alone.
Once the suspects were identified, five people were arrested as a result of raids on two homes and police were able to recover a selection of stolen items, including telephones, jewellery, credit cards, electronic devices, 54 grams of drugs and €3,000 in cash. Those arrested are a mix of Romanian, Argentinian and Spanish nationality and used the stolen money to buy a selection of drugs particularly speed - and they’ve all been charged with crimes of fraud, robbery with force, drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organisation.
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A loving farewell By Karl Smallman and Matt Ford
BRAVE brain cancer fighter, Leo the Lion may have gone, but he will never be forgotten. Hundreds of friends, family and supporters of the inspirational four-year-old gathered on Palomares beach in Almeria to pay tribute in a moving ceremony which saw 250 heliumfilled balloons - many carrying hand-written messages - released into the sky. The Euro Weekly News team performed a simultaneous release of balloons outside their head office on the Costa del Sol, as did campaign support groups and individuals in other parts of Spain, the UK and beyond. An invitation-only funeral and cremation saw family and close friends pay their own respects on Tuesday, after many sent flowers or paid a visit to Leo as he lay in the chapel of rest over the weekend. A hearse carried him around Palomares prior to the service,
EMOTIONAL: Family, friends and supporters gather on Palomares beach. allowing people to pay their respects and friends to wave goodbye. In the UK, thousands of Manchester City supporters honoured Leo with a minute’s applause during their home Premier League match against West Ham last Sunday. Days short of his fifth birthday (December 6), the courageous four-year-old passed away peacefully in his mother Karen’s arms last Friday as dad Jorge and sister Sofia stood by.
His last words were, to Sofia, a very clear “I love you.” On September 2, 2015 Leo was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. Since then he underwent surgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the UK and, thanks to a fund launched late last year, which the Euro Weekly News supported, travelled to Oklahoma in the United States for cutting-edge proton beam therapy.
SOLIDARITY: The EWN team release balloons. But sadly, it was all in vain. Karen recently told the Euro Weekly News: “I want people to remember Leo for the happy little boy that he once was, that cheeky little boy, the one who smiled no matter what... “I want to thank everyone for their continuous support during this journey to give Leo the best chance for a life.”
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Lorca budget A TOTAL of €2,018,128 has been budgeted for work on the neighbourhood of La Salud-Cristo Rey de Lorca. This was one of the areas most affected by the earthquakes in May 2011.
Fire effects A WOMAN was taken to hospital in Pilar de la Horadada suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation following a fire in her house in Calle Garrofero.
Crime drops RECORDED crime in Crevillente in the year to October 2017 has reduced by 16 per cent. This is a continuance in the trend that saw a 26 per cent drop in the previous 12 months.
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Iconic local building in Spain’s top 20 ONE of Cartagena’s most iconic buildings has been judged to be among the 20 most spectacular in Spain. According to blog on TripAdvisor, the Palacio Consistorial de Cartagena is the only building from the region that is part of the list prepared by the popular tourism web portal. The palace was originally built in 1907 and refurbished around 10 years ago. Since then, it has been used as the headquarters of the mayor’s office and given its spectacular nature, often used for special occasions and municipal events. Built mainly of marble and granite, both on the façade and inside the impressive reception area, it was designed by architect Tomás Rico. It attracts more than 15,000 visitors a year - mainly tourists that arrive in Carta-
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gena via the numerous cruise ships - who are constantly surprised at the eloquence and fine detail of the building such as the stained glass windows, tapestries and intricate stone engravings. The Palacio Consistorial de Cartagena joins, Palacio
increase in credit card purchases online by Spaniards this year according to Bankinter.
Real de Madrid, Palacio de la Granja de San Ildefonso, Palacio de Carlos V de Granada, Palacio de la Magdalena de Santander, Palacio de San Telmo de Sevilla, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Palacio de Sobrellano de Comillas, Palacio de Cibeles de Madrid, Palacio de La Aljafería de Zaragoza, Casa Botines de León, Palacio
Monterrey de Salamanca, Palacio Real de Aranjuez, Palacio Real de la Almudaina de Palma de Mallorca, Palacios Nazaríes de Granada, Palacio Episcopal de Astorga, Palacio Güell de Barcelona, Palacio de los Marqueses de Viana en Córdoba, Capricho de Gaudí de Comillas and the Palacio de Riofrío de Riaza in the top 20.
ATTRACTION: Palacio Consistorial de Cartagena attracts more than 15,000 tourists annually.
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Carry on camping! CAMPING continues to be popular throughout the Murcia region... even during the month of October. According to data from the Tourist Accommodation Occupancy Survey published by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE), Murcia recorded the second largest average stay in campsites and the fourth highest in tourist apartments across the country. In detail, the average stay in
campsites was of 9.55 days, behind Valencia (9.79 days), but higher than the 4.80 days average across Spain. During October, 16 campsites were open in the Murcia region containing 4,784 plots and employing 188 people. Total overnight stays reached 110,293 with the majority of people (91,241) coming from abroad. That equated to 11,547 individual travellers with 5,491 visiting
from other countries. As for the data for apartments in the region, the average stay was 6.49 days in October which was comparable with figures from Valencia (6.90), Balearic Islands (6.83) and the Canary Islands (7.81). Weekend stays were still popular with 42.75 per cent occupancy in October in Murcia compared to 61.85 per cent which was the national average.
Safe school bus service NINE out of 10 accidents that happen on school transport involve getting on and off the bus. However, travelling to and from school in the Murcia region is considered more than safe as there hasn’t been a single reported accident so far in 2017. This is according to data released by central government in Madrid and presented by Murcia’s government delegate Francisco BernabÊ and the provincial head of traffic Virginia Jerez. Despite the excellent figures for Murcia, it was announced that more than 100 controls have taken place during the past week in the region to verify that all buses comply with safety measures.
Inspections were carried out in a variety of areas that included official documentation, ITV (MOT) certificates, the overall condition of the vehicle, and safety elements such as seat belts and other child restraints. As for the drivers, their driving licences were being inspected as well as checking on their driving hours and rest times. Traffic authorities state that a child without any type of seat restraint increases their chances of suffering fatal injuries in an accident by five times, and nine out of 10 serious injuries or deaths could have been avoided by wearing them.
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Longer visiting times for intensive care patients PATIENTS being monitored in Intensive Care Units (ICU) will be able to receive visitors for
longer thanks to a new plan. Public hospitals throughout the Valencian community treat
over 33,000 people in ICUs per year and the regional government has unveiled a plan to make them more comfortable, with better communication and, most important for families, to extend visitor hours. Including Torrevieja and the Vega Baja Hospitals, there are 44 ICUs for critical patients and, at present, relatives are only permitted to spend between 30 and 60 minutes with them. The new initiative will allow a minimum of four hours and is due to come into force within a year. Councillor for Health Carmen, Monton said that the change in visiting hours is to give both patients and families a little more privacy and comfort. Relatives will have a dedicated waiting room with all the facilities they need during what is obviously a worrying time for them. They will come equipped
with nearby toilets, drinks machines and food available all day long. “In these situations, people are at their most vulnerable so any detail, no matter how small it seems, can make their stay better and potentially aid their recovery,” said Monton. Patients needing to stay in ICUs will eventually have rooms with more natural light, dimmer switches, clocks and calendars to avoid people becoming disorientated. Noise in the hospital will be kept to a minimum with earplugs being available for those having difficulty in sleeping. The use of mobile phones will be monitored. Televisions will be allowed and many areas will include ambient music. Finally, the rooms will be redecorated in a more homely manner with different colours and a selection of pictures on the walls.
Regional hospitals among the best ACCORDING to the latest edition of the Health Reputation Monitor (MRS), the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital in Murcia ranks 17 out of 74 of the best public hospitals in Spain. Other hospitals in the region also make the list with Cartagena occupying 28th spot and the Morales Meseguer Hospital in 52nd. The Reina Sofia Hospital now takes position 37, having moved up the list from 58th last year. Across the country, the La Paz University Hospital in Madrid and the University Clinic in Navarra continue to top the rankings for the fourth consecutive year for best public and private hospital, respectively. The list is based on the recent study carried out by the MRS of 5,261 health professionals, patients, journalists and experts.
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Places assured AGREEMENTS will be signed with Totana, Puerto Lumbreras, Fortuna, Abaran and social services associations to provide places for 143 people with disabilities at day centres, costing €3,539,910.
Grant boost THE University of Murcia and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena will receive grants in the sum of €450,000 to finance projects to improve the Mare Nostrum International Campus of Excellence.
Art protected CALASPARRA will receive €30,000 to protect the set of cave art Abrigos del Pozo and €80,000 will go to San Javier for the overhaul of the El Maestre windmill.
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ON TARGET: The officers with their diplomas and (inset) on the range.
Sharp shooters MAYOR of Torrevieja, José Manuel Dolón, has presented members of the Local Police force with diplomas after passing a recently held firerarms training course. The course was held for three weeks between the end of October and the middle of November, and a total of 16 officers passed with flying colours. The intensive course, that took place at the Fontcalent
Army base in Alicante, is the first of its kind organised by Torrevieja and according to the mayor won’t be the last as more are planned in the future. “This is part of the council’s measures to improve the professionalism and safety of the Local Police, given the current security situation in the country,” said Mayor Dolón. He also explained that this specialist training is in addition to the obligatory firearms
training that all police have to undergo to enable them to carry guns. Firearms instructor Víctor Hernández explained that the course lasts for 40 hours over a tough three days, the final two are dedicated to practice with a variety of weapons. He said that it’s important for the police officers to be 100 per cent comfortable with the firearm they’re using and how it works.
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RESTORERS of an 18thcentury statue of Jesus claim they have found a note hidden in its bottom written by a Spanish priest around 300 years ago. The discovery was made by the Madridbased restoration company Da Vinci Restauro. Restorers said the note, handwritten on both sides of two pages, dates back to 1777 and is said to be signed by priest Joaquin Minguez, a priest of the cathedral of Burgo de Osma at the time. It discusses the author, popular Spanish pastimes,
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STATUE: The note (inset) was found in a hidden compartment. the local village’s economy, political and religious matters and famous people. The statue is normally
housed at the church of Santa Agueda in the village of Sotillo de la Ribera in the northern Spanish province of Burgos.
Politician jailed for destroying evidence AN ex-Madrid councillor has been jailed for two years, in the first sentencing in the Punic corruption case. Francisco Granados, a former number two in Madrid’s Popular Party, was found guilty of destroying evidence and hiding money.
Ex-Guardia Civil Jose Manuel Roriguez Talamino and Jose Luis Caro Vinagre also received prison time - of two years and a year and a half respectively - for their part in the case, which saw 51 people arrested in October 2014.
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Mass grave unearthed A MASS grave filled with the remains of at least 90 people has been unearthed in central Madrid. The discovery came during construction of a new theatre on Calle Atocha, owned by the Cervantina cultural society. Archaeologists have exhumed the bodies, which lay in a historic district of the Spanish capital with special government protection. A civil war shelter and an underground channel originally used to supply water to the Spanish capital have also been found. The skeletal remains most likely date to the 17th century and belong to the Church of the Desamparados, which formerly occupied the site. They have been handed to an anthropologist who will investigate whether the deaths were natural and establish their sex and ages before passing them onto the regional Archaeology Museum. The site is next door to the former Juan de la Cuesta printing firm, where the first copy of Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes’ influential novel Don Quixote was produced in 1605.
FULLER MOON: The phenomenon over Segovia last week.
STAR PERFORMER: A meteor shower could be visible next week.
Shoot for the stars STARGAZERS will be treated to one of the most impressive meteor showers of the year next week. The Geminids are set to peak on next Wednesday night and the morning of Thursday December 14. Viewers’ experiences will vary depending on atmospherics, but southern Spain should see the spectacle comparatively clearly because it has less light pollution than many other areas. Depending on weather condi-
tions, space enthusiasts will be able to view up to 120 meteors per hour, according to space.com. As the name suggests, the shooting stars - which are visible worldwide for a number of days - appear to come from the Gemini constellation. The shower is thought to be nearly 200 years old and is one of the most famous in the astrological calendar. It has been getting stronger since because of Jupiter’s gravi-
ty pulling the shower closer to earth. Experts advise that binoculars are not necessary but suggest staying away from artificial light and allowing 20-30 minutes for the human eye to adjust to the dark. There is thought to be no danger of any meteors reaching the Earth’s surface. Meanwhile, last week a ‘supermoon’ was visible over parts of Spain. Two more are expected next year, in January in February.
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By John Smith UK Prime Minister, Theresa May travelled to Brussels for Brexit meetings with European Union officials, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, but she returned to the UK empty handed. It was widely suggested before the meeting that the three main stumbling blocks vital to
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2 steps forward and 1 step back discussions about trade arrangements were covered and that she expected to return to the UK to report her success. The three matters which have to be resolved were pay-
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EMPTY-HANDED: Prime Minister, Theresa May meets European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker. ment of the ‘Divorce Bill’ and she appears to have offered between €40 and €50 billion by way of settlement, rights of abode for three million European citizens currently in the UK which will be easy and free but the problem centred around rights of movement between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Different analysts in the UK have a different view on what was about to be offered with some suggesting that the PM was going to offer a special deal for a borderless crossing with others saying that this was a rumour put out by the
Irish government in order to force her hand. In the event, it has to be remembered that the British government does not have an overall majority and needs to be supported by the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party), a protestant political party in Ulster which has 10 MPs which in return for concessions, allows the Conservatives to govern. As far as they are concerned however, the concept of a free border with the Republic is anathema and they announced that they would not support any agreement which would
give Ulster a different border deal to the rest of the UK. This has now prompted both the Scottish and Welsh ruling parties as well as the Mayor of London to agree with the DUP but on the basis that a free movement deal should apply to the whole of the UK. As Mrs May returned to Britain to consider her options, she received Spanish counterpart, Mariano Rajoy at Downing Street. He is offering his personal support to the UK, saying that in the same way that Britain supported Spain over the Catalan crises, so Spain will support her friend,
Britain during Brexit. He has also made it clear that apart from historical links, Spain sees the UK as a major source of financial support, with exports to Britain far exceeding imports, tourism still a vital font of income and cross investment in industry also being exceptionally important. The Spanish prime minister has been careful to balance his support of the British government with his praise for the EU negotiators but there is little doubt that Spain at least wants to see a soft Brexit which protects its economic relationship with the UK.
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Foodie’s delight! Spain is home to ‘world’s best city’ ACCORDING to a major study commissioned by a British catering service Spain is top of the list of the world’s top 100 cities for food. San Sebastian, in the north of the country, led the rest of the world in the survey for Caterwings. And it’s not just based on the number of Michelin stars. Ratings from 20,000 food journalists and restaurant critics were taken into account to evaluate the quality of the local food scene in hundreds of cities worldwide. They also considered the number of restaurants per 10,000 citizens, the percentage of fast food outlets to restaurants, plus vegetarian and vegan options. The study also looked at affordability, calculating
SAN SEBASTIAN: ‘World’s best city for food’ and (inset) the quality of local cuisine. how many hours a person on minimum wage would have to work in order to afford a two-person dinner in a restaurant and the percentage of fast food chains as compared to restaurants. San Sebastian stands above the competition thanks to its affordable offer for tourists. Tokyo, the city with the most Michelin stars, comes second in the top 100, scor-
ing particularly low on vegetarian and vegan options, while New York is third. Spain had another two entries in the top 10, with Barcelona in fourth and Madrid in seventh. London squeezed into the top 10 at ninth place. Other notable appearances in the top 100 were: Glasgow (61), Manchester (64), Edinburgh (77), and Brighton (93).
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SPAIN is leading an initiative to take action against plastic pollution affecting sea creatures. According to the country’s embassy in London, they are seeking global approval to deal with plastic litter’s impact on marine life. Worldwide, plastic in the ocean is leading to the deaths of sea creatures who ingest tiny particles of the material. Scientists believe that plastic is now so widespread in the oceans that it will remain
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Spain leading fight against ocean plastic in the food chain for decades and could affect human health. Plastics also often trap animals and impact tourist hotspots. Spanish delegates have spoken at an ongoing International Maritime Organisation (IMO) summit, which focuses on climate
change and sustainability. The embassy said Spain was leading an IMO initiative against marine plastic pollution and that they were ‘seeking enhanced Assembly’s commitment’ on plastic marine litter. In October, Spain became the 32nd coun-
FOUR prominent members of the movement for Catalan independence have been denied bail as new polls suggest pro-independence parties could lose their majority. But in a surprise move, a Supreme Court judge dropped the international arrest warrant against the former Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont. The PDeCAT leader remains in Belgium, alongside four other former cabinet ministers, who have also had the international warrants dropped. Spanish warrants remain in place. He had fled the country after being sacked by the Spanish government for pushing ahead with plans for independence, following the Catalan referendum. Back in Spain on Monday, Puigdemont’s former vicepresident, Oriol Junqueras; a former cabinet member, Joaquim Form and civic group leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart were denied bail. Meanwhile, the latest poll predicts pro-independence
try to sign up to the UN Clean Seas campaign, which aims to ‘turn the tide on plastic.’ Plastic use continues to grow dramatically, with some eight million tonnes being discarded into the oceans each year, according to the UN.
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FOUR DENIED BAIL: Pro-independence supporters in Barcelona and (inset) clockwise, from top left, Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Form, Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart. groups will win only 67 of 135 seats in the December 21 regional elections, five short of their total in 2015. The percentage share of the vote is set to remain similar, according to the Sociological Research Centre poll, but with pro-independence parties now running separately, their majority could be lost. Previous polls had shown anti and pro-independence blocs running neck and neck.
Today’s Supreme Court ruling did allow bail to be set at €100,000 for six other former cabinet members. But Junqueras, Form and the leaders of Asemblea Nacional Catalana and Omnium Cultural - Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart - will remain in jail. The judge said he was concerned that the four might break the law if released, but added that he did not believe they would leave Spain.
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She pleaded guilty to two child sex abuse. offences of child neglect and Prosecutor Zia Chaudhry attempting to pervert the told the court the woman had course of justice. falsely claimed that she’d Sentencing her to 12 arranged for a friend to look months imprisonment Judge after her children while she Robert Trevorwas away, but the Jones branded her friend had can“callous and selfcelled due to a becentred. reavement. She had “You showed created fake emails quite persistent to back up the lie. Latest news failure to perform In 2013, the and your parental duwoman’s youngest more as it happens ties and a breach child, aged three at of the trust, and the time, had been you then covered it found wandering the up. streets in the early hours of “You were asked to come the morning. home at the earliest opportuAnd earlier this year, the nity but you declined and resingle mum left her two mained until the expiry of youngest children in a car that week, displaying callous, while she visited a gym. self-centered indifference to the position of your children of Spaniards between the ages of 18-64 a thread which runs through speak more than one language. this case.”
A SINGLE mum has been jailed in the UK after she flew to Spain for a one-week trip and left her three children at home. The 37-year-old woman left her 16-year-old son to look after the others aged six and eight. The woman from Cheshire, who can’t be named for legal reasons, had flown to Spain to watch friends take part in a bodybuilding competition. Liverpool Crown Court was told she was found out when the youngest child told a teacher. The school contacted social services but the woman refused to fly home. Instead she tried to put the children with a woman who had been investigated for
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A TOWN HALL in Spain has made a complaint about a nightclub in its town for alleged ‘sexist and violent behaviour.’ Rosa Melchor, the mayor of Alcazar de San Juan in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha has filed a complaint after a well-known nightclub in the town staged games of a sexual nature including stripteases for prizes. Some of the scenes from the night have been shared through social networks where you can see a topless group of girls on stage. The mayor has said the council will take measures “whenever something like this
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this club, to see what happened. “Of course the ultimate goal is not only to find out what happened but to prevent it from happening again. “In Alcazar this behaviour will not be tolerated, neither in that nor in any other place.”
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Reaching out to friends REACH OUT will host ‘Mingle Bells’ at the Marina Bar, Calle de las Rosas, Torrevieja. The event will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm and is a great chance for creating new friendships. There will be a two-course Christmas lunch, tombola, raffle, bingo, quiz, a performance from the Rascals and surprises along the way. To book your place call 966 707 820.
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FESTIVE FUN: Santa gave a helping hand at the Age Concern Christmas Fair.
Santa came to town SANTA oversaw proceedings at the Christmas Fair held at the Age Concern centre in La Siesta. He was ably assisted by his little helpers, the Age Concern volunteers, who manned all the stalls selling Christmas gifts, jewellery, clothes and much more. One of the highlights of the morning was the raffle, and the lucky winner won a three-day trip for two to Valencia. The Fair raised an enormous â‚Ź2,717 which will go towards maintaining all the services Age Concern need to help people, of all nationalities, over the age of 50. For more information of how Age Concern could help you, why not pop into the centre on Calle Paganini, La Siesta or follow them on Facebook at Age Concern Costa Blanca Sur.
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NETHERLANDS Photo by e-architect.co.uk/Facebook
Eco house THE world’s first biological house built from farming waste, such as grass, seaweed and straw has opened to the public in Middelfart, Denmark, and has helped pave the way for environmentally-friendly buildings.
Suspects seized TWO suspects have been arrested in connection with a gang-linked shooting incident in Copenhagen, during which a 22year-old man was killed and a 19-year-old was injured.
Bad teachers FOREIGN academics working in Denmark have been fined thousands of euros for giving external lectures and moderat-
GREEN LIVING: This modern house in Middelfart, Denmark was built entirely from farming waste. ing exams at other universities, as it allegedly violated the terms of their work permits.
that could ban a Russian pipeline, which originally would have pumped natural gas to Germany through the Baltic Sea, from going through its waters on the grounds of security or foreign policy.
Pipe plugged DENMARK has passed a law
GERMANY
Nazi nan AN 89-year-old German woman, who was a member of the Nazi party during the Second World War, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for denying the Holocaust happened.
Rocker out BROADCASTERS in Germany have decided not to air ex-Pink Floyd mu-
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Cop flop THE NETHERLANDS will face a shortage of police officers in the near future, according to national media sources, because 14,000 will be retiring in the next seven years but only 1,000 are being recruited each year.
Fast track
Brain burden
Railway child
A NEW study by public health agency RIVM revealed as many as one person in four people in the Netherlands is affected by a brain condition such as depression or dementia.
POLICE have tracked down a young woman believed to have abandoned a young boy, who is currently being looked after by a f o s t e r f a m i l y, i n t h e c i t y ’s main railway station.
AMSTERDAM’S Schiphol airport is trialling a theme-park-style fast lane to help reduce security queues in busy periods, but is currently only open to passengers travelling within the Schengen area.
NORWAY sician Roger Waters’ concerts next year due to his support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), which has led him to be labelled ‘anti-Semitic.’
Club crashed POLICE held a 29-year-old drunk man who deliberately ploughed his car into a crowd outside a nightclub in the seaside town of Cuxhaven fol-
lowing a dispute, and have ruled out terrorist motives for the attack.
Show tanked A 49-YEAR- OLD man is on trial for importing two armoured tanks to Germany for a fashion show in Berlin without disarming them first, violating the nation’s law on combat weapons.
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Tragedy strikes
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has revealed his plans to make French the world’s most spoken language - it is currently the fifth most widely spoken - saying “the attractiveness of French does not just belong to France.”
A RENOWNED dancer from Scotland died after being hit by a tram while crossing a road in Brussels, where she was representing her country at a performing arts conference.
Victim speaks A CANADIAN tourist who was allegedly raped by three French policemen at the Paris headquarters decided to drop her anonymity to give her account of the night to a French TV station from her home in Ontario.
Flying taxis PARIS has revived plans to bring ‘flying’ water taxis to the River Seine, which will be tested in 2018 at speeds of 30 kilometres per hour.
Great grub FRENCH chef Guy Savoy’s restaurant in la Monnaie, Paris has been named the ‘best in the world’ for the second consecutive year on the annual La Liste ranking.
Beer bother UNSEASONABLY warm temperatures allegedly brought beer production to a halt in October in Belgium, where temperatures were around five degrees higher than the ideal, with producers blaming climate change for the problem.
High voltage SALES of electric cars reportedly increased by 147 per cent between 2015 and 2016 in Belgium, but they still only represent 1.6 per cent of the population’s cars, making it fourth in Europe.
Prince pinched A BELGIAN prince claimed the government was violating his human rights when they moved to cut his annual allowance of €308,000 after he made an unauthorised appearance in naval uniform at a Chinese state celebration.
Oh deer! MORE than 100 reindeer have been killed by freight trains in Norway over the past week during their winter migration and the state-owned rail operator announced it would build a fence to stop the slaughter.
Shocking reveal POLICE in Lapland have uncovered more than 150 instances of ra pe and sexual assaul t i n a small town of 2,000 people after 82 victims were identified aged between four and 75.
Plane project AIRPORT operator Avinor has said it wants Norway to become the first country using electricpowered airplanes for commercial flights, saying it could become a reality by 2030.
PM pursued FORMER Nor wegi an Pr i m e Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland revealed she was sexually harassed by a man 10 years her senior when she worked as a doctor in the 1960s.
SWEDEN
Drug shootout A 28-YEAR-OLD man was arrested in Malmo on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after a 20year-old was killed and a 22-year-old suffered serious injuries during a suspected drug-related shooting in Malmo.
Power abuse A SWEDISH man has been charged with committing ‘online’ rape after threatening 27 victims from Canada, Scotland and the US with posting pornography photos of them or killing their relatives unless they per-
formed online sex acts.
Horse around AN elderly man in Sweden has been fined for sexually assaulting a horse after he was filmed in the act by a security camera in the stable.
False alarm THE founder of Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad, was accidentally declared dead by a Swedish radio station that sent out an automated tweet saying the billionaire business man had passed away.
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WARNED: Fans told to go easy on the bevvy.
One pint rule ENGLISH football fans have been advised to stick to just one pint of beer during World Cup matches in Russia next summer. Visit Russia chief Igor Karzov said security could be tight but safety can’t be guaranteed for England fans if they get drunk and offensive.
Blame game PRIME MINISTER Dmitry Medvedev said there was an international conspiracy to ban Russia from the Winter Olympics in South K ore a ne xt ye a r. He accused a whistleblower who alleged there was mass doping in the R us s ia n te am of havi ng a ‘psychiatric disorder.’
Photo friendly MOSCOW is the third most popular city in the w orld for Ins ta gram m er s. I t was edged out only by New York and London. Millions of photos of the Russian capital are uploaded to the social media site every week. Celebrity accounts are especially popular.
Flag fear RAINBOW flags will be permitted at the 2018 World Cup, Russian officials say. There is a law banning gay propaganda in force. Russia will follow the same tactic employed at the Sochi Olympics when President Putin said gay people were welcome “as long as they leave the children in peace.”
Cold nights A SUBTERRANEAN pipe explosion left thousands of homes without heating in eastern Moscow. Five people suffered burns when the mains water pipe burst. An estimated 2,000 buildings were plunged into freezing conditions, with maximum temperatures still below zero.
Baby boom A 500 BILLION RUBLE (€7.2bn) subsidy for families was announced by President Putin ahead of next year’s election. The money will encourage Russians to have more children and make it easier to pay off mortgages and afford schooling costs. Putin hopes to reverse declining birth rates.
Rocket fail AN Orthodox priest who blessed a satellite was blamed for its subsequent crash by theologians. A rocket carrying the Meteor-M satellite crashed into the ocean hours after the blessing. In the priest’s defence one clergyman said: “If you bless a car with no gas in the tank, it still won’t start.”
WHOOPS: Priest got his blessings wrong.
FINANCE
OPEC members agree to cut output
FOR the first time ever in Spain, a political party is to be brought to trial following the destruction of records concerning €48 million in Swiss bank accounts. It is alleged that the Partido Popular ruling party led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy held a secret fund containing the money in Switzerland and that former treasurer Luis Barcenas with the help of others destroyed evidence of this on laptop computers. Barcenas together with a former IT specialist and a party lawyer are being put on trial for harming
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Manufacturing boom in Spain The current state of the Spanish economy is so buoyant that Economy minister Luis de Guindos is now content that the end of year forecasts for GDP will be met. “November’s surveys produced a clean sheet of improved PMI readings for all countries, resulting in the best performance for Eurozone manufacturing since the height of the dot-com boom over 17 years ago,” noted Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at HIS Markit in the report.
By John Smith the computers and concealing damaging evidence before investigators were able to undertake their work. Prime Minister Rajoy has already appeared before a court to give information on his knowledge of financial impropriety within the PP but at that time made it clear that he had no idea of what, if anything, was going on. The former treasurer is also involved in what is known as the Gurtel affair which revolves
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Sludge test SPAIN is testing new ways of treating wastewater and sludge as part of a European Union funded project. The aim is to reduce the risk of pollutants damaging the environment and recovering energy and fertilisers from the sludge.
Pension news NEW legislation to be introduced next year will make it easier for Spanish pension funds to invest in a wider range of products. This will remove current obstacles which prohibit investment in risk capital, hedge funds and real estate.
US changes MAJOR insurance company MAPFRE will be restructuring its international divisions and is pulling out of five US States. Whilst it will continue to offer insurance across much of America, it has decided to sell its New York business through an investment bank.
New VP for European Bank A S PA N I S H m i n i s t e r h a s a n n o u n c e d that he believes that the position of vice-president of the European Central Bank will be filled by a Spaniard. Luis de Guindos also confirmed
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In the fourth quarter, without doubt, Cataluña saw a strong deceleration ... October has not been a good month, but we see a certain normalisation in November,” Economy minister Luis de Guindos on Spain’s accounts.
Producing wooden goods.
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is the amount that Santander has raised by selling TotalBank, the US subsidiary of Banco Popular.
Spain’s ruling party to raise court charges
AT a meeting of the members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and selected non-members it was agreed to continue to reduce production. This group which includes Russia wants to see oil prices rise and are extending the curbs until the end of 2018 in order to combat the competition from shale oil which helped to stifle the market. Since the first reduction, prices have risen by 30 per cent.
A GLOBAL organisation has announced that the Spanish manufacturing sector is growing more quickly than even before the economic crisis. The spur to this has been increased production thanks to the winning of new business despite the Catalan crisis and is a 129-month high. Although these figures are very impressive, the report by IHS Markit shows that six members of the Eurozone have actually achieved better results but the news for the Spanish economy is encouraging.
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that he was not standing for the position of president of Eurogroup which consists of finance ministers from the 19 countries which form the Eurozone.
around a private fund allegedly made up from secret donations which were then dispersed to various party members and supporters. Luis Barcenas has so far denied wrongdoing and suggests that the Swiss funds were innocently held on behalf of a number of investors. The decision to actually try a political party will certainly raise a number of technicalities including who should represent the party in court and how any verdict will affect individuals if the party is found guilty.
Equal pay demand aids women COMPANIES who employ more than 250 workers will be required to correct any inequality in pay between men and women. This is to be Spanish government policy as it wants to ensure that men and women receive equal pay if they have the same responsibility and functions within the company. According to Spanish media, there is often as much as a 30 per cent disparity in salaries paid to women and companies will also be required to include unions in any review they undertake.
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Legal & General Group 256.50 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 65.75 London Stock Exchange Grp 3,803.50 Micro Focus International 2,381.00 Mediclinic International 690.50 Merlin Entertainments 357.90 Marks & Spencer Group 306.00 Mondi 1,796.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 216.50 National Grid 885.00 NMC Health 2,978.00 Next 4,452.50 Old Mutual Group 199.75 Paddy Power Betfair 8,400.00 Prudential 1,842.50 Persimmon 2,480.00 Pearson 705.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,450.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 276.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,382.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,427.50 RELX 1,747.50 Rio Tinto 3,520.00 Rolls-Royce Group 863.00 Randgold Resources 6,450.00 RSA Insurance Group 632.50 Rentokil Initial 325.00 Sainsbury (J) 232.50 Schroders 3,442.00 Sage Group (The) 746.00 Segro 484.00 Shire 3,670.00 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,250.00 Sky 1,064.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 424.50 Smiths Group 1,490.00 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt 442.00 Smith & Nephew 1,315.00 SSE 1,330.00 Standard Chartered 733.05 St James's Place 1,167.00 Severn Trent 2,171.50 Tesco 195.20 TUI AG 1,357.00 Taylor Wimpey 196.65 Unilever 4,213.50 United Utilities Group 817.50 Vodafone Group 226.00 Worldpay Group 420.40 WPP Group 1,290.00 Whitbread 3,580.00
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CHANGE% CHANGE VOLUME(M) -0,82% -1,990 143.809,58 +0,15% 0,1500 84.568,87 -0,47% -0,800 875.605,57 -1,96% -5,420 161.908,02 +0,26% 0,370 83.855,89 +0,44% 0,52 226.785,25 +0,80% 0,300 187.302,02 +0,44% 0,20 195.095,96 -1,32% -0,95 166.256,31 +0,20% 0,17 352.950,94 -2,24% -0,4100 155.552,06 +0,53% 1,31 92.923,58 +0,33% 0,6000 210.171,40 +0,51% 0,79 143.127,35 -0,36% -0,1600 208.776,57 +0,26% 0,2700 360.712,67 +0,47% 0,6500 376.032,21 +0,52% 0,9000 137.729,75 +1,09% 0,60 151.846,49 +0,11% 0,090 646.372,32 -0,89% -0,54 78.175,43 +0,25% 0,0900 216.582,30 +0,41% 0,370 228.592,61 +0,47% 0,64 37.296,54 -1,10% -1,33 95.932,20 -0,61% -1,39 219.343,57 +0,71% 0,36 208.346,83 -1,65% -1,86 200.689,02 +0,12% 0,1200 290.863,82 +0,41% 0,4300 159.186,91 M - MILLION DOLLARS
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$ 42.30 $ 2.60 $ 19.95 $ 20.34 $ 11.98 $ 2.19 $ 9.95 $ 5.45 $ 26.47 $ 5.275 $ 48.95
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WINTER HEATING WILL BECOME PRICIER Electricity cost goes up A DEDICATED Spanish ecological group has highlighted the fact that some four and half million Spanish residents will face the arrival of winter in situations of energy poverty. Weather reports suggest that Spain is in for an exceptionally cold snap, prices of electricity have recently risen by 2 per cent and as so much is generated by relatively inefficient coal and gas turbines, then prices will continue to rise. As far as pensioner expatriates are concerned, the winter fuel allowance that their compatriots in the UK and indeed other parts of Europe receive is not granted here in Spain, as the British government introduced a temperature eligibility criteria which removed Spain from the accepted countries, saving the British government €11 million per annum. The last payment was made in 2014 and in announcing the decision to cancel the payments, the then Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith who was heavily pro-Brexit told a British newspaper: “It’s absurd and offensive that taxpayers are funding these payments for people who have retired to the Mediterranean and enjoy warm weather. The European Union has frustrated our attempts to address this issue in the past, but with our new temperature-based eligibility criteria we’re able to satisfy EU rules as well as prevent this obscene waste of taxpayers’ money.” According to ECOtias.com, the online ecological group, customers of the electricity companies in Spain have to pay the highest charges in Europe and although in theory, it is possible for those who live in poverty to claim assistance to pay their bills it is incredibly difficult. The group claims however that even the government accepts that the requirements to obtain the assistance are complicated and less than 50 per of those entitled are likely to actually apply and receive the financial assistance available.
Keeping warm at a cost.
To make things just that little bit worse, the financial support offered by the government doesn’t even come from national funds but from regional and municipal funds with no additional support from Madrid. Whilst other countries continue to look for new sources of cheaper, safer energy, Spain does not even encourage the creation of solar power by individual households any longer, following complaints from the large energy companies that their profits could be hit.
Unemployment a problem as the service sector is still erratic TH E e m p l o y m e n t situ a tio n in Spain continues to suffer a roller coaster effect, especially in major tourist areas where unemployment continues to rise. The overall national rate of unemployment increased by just 0.21 per cent with 7,225 more unemployed t h a n i n Oc t o ber, b u t th e numbe r wa s m u c h h i g h e r in th e Balearics and Malaga Province. Although the overall trend of unemployment is falling in Andalucia, Malaga saw the number increase for the fourth month in s ucces si o n a n d t h e r e are n o w 158,330 unemployed, an increase of 3 pe r c e n t o v e r t h e p rev io u s month and the largest increase for five years. Temporary contracts will increase during the months of December and January as shops and s ervice i n d u st r i e s e x p a n d th e ir work force to take into account Christmas, New Year and Three Kings activities, but then the figures of unemployed are likely to
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increase again as the temporary contracts expire. There are still 3.47 million people registered as unemployed in Spain and with the fall in those contributing to the social services, the annual Christmas bonuses for pensioners will have to be found from somewhere. As the number of unemployed increased in the service sector, the good news was that an increasingly larger number of workers are being
recruited in the building sector w hic h suggest s t hat t he r i se i n house and commercial property c ons truct i on i s cont i nui ng at a pace. Whilst the government is generally very positive about the future state of the economy, there is no doubt that the Cataluña crisis has not been helpful, although Prime M inis t er Mar i ano Raj oy has pledged that the country’s economic growth could reach 3 per cent next year, if Cataluña returns to ‘normalcy’ after the election to be held on Thursday December 21. Whilst it appears that the situation concerning Catalan independe nc e i s becom i ng r esol ved, as those who pressed for the declaration are now modifying their demands, the fact that so many companies moved out of the region to ‘safer ’ provinces does mean that the employment situation there has become less certain and there will be some temporary ‘hiccups’ in the figures until the New Year.
Middle East remains a target SPAIN continues its wooing of major countries in the Middle East as it hosts the first Iran-Spain Joint Economic Commission in Madrid. Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Mojtaba Khosrotaj is to cochair a meeting where he will discuss endorsement of agreements on economic cooperation. Signing the Iran-Spain Economic Cooperation Roadmap and several memoranda of understanding is also on the Iranian delegation’s agenda. Despite the dislike that America continues to display against the Iranian regime, Spain was quick to forge diplomatic and economic links with Iran once the international trade restrictions were lifted last year. As Saudi Arabia is one of Spain’s larger trading partners and is in direct opposition to Iran, the Spanish government will have to be careful about how close to Iran it is perceived to be.
Video game sales increase THE Spanish love video games, having spent €67 million on games and consoles this Black Friday. This information compiled by GfK Global and released by the Spanish Association of Video Games (AEVI) goes on to confirm that this shows an increase in sales of 22 per cent over the 2016 figures for the same period. The increase saw larger numbers of games and consoles sold, so the amount spent was not solely due to an increase in unit price. Whilst manufacturers and developers continue to bring new games and upgrade consoles, so the market for their product seems certain to remain strong.
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Car sales are strong NOVEMBER was a particularly good month for the registration of new passenger vehicles in Spain with a total of 104,200 sold, 12 per cent more than last November. Part of this success was due to some major offers by various dealers to coincide with Black Friday, but the total for the 11 months of 2017 is still up by 8 per cent over the previous year at 1.13 million cars. In the problematic area of Cataluña, sales to rental companies were down considerably but purchases by companies and private
drivers were well up and almost matched the national increase. Most successful manufacturer so far this year has been Renault followed by SEAT and Volkswagen. Spain is also beginning to see a definite increase in promotion of electric cars with larger public car parks installing charging points although due to the fact that few cars can travel further than 300 kilometres with a new charge, hybrid vehicles are likely to set the trend for the immediate future.
Huge refinery contract shared with Spanish group THE latest major contract to be awarded to a Spanish construction company is worth €1.135 billion from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). Working in conjunction with French company Technip and Korean Samsung, the Spanish company Técnicas Reunidas is taking one third of the overall contract worth €3.53 billion. The site of the oil refinery is in Sitra on the east coast of Bahrain and represents a major refurbishment of the entire factory with Técnicas Reunidas being responsible for renewing the crude oil unit, the vacuum unit, the hydrocracker (which releases different gases from oil), various plants and auxiliary services. In addition, the company will be involved in the joint purchase of equipment
and construction of the entire project. The refinery currently produces up to 360,000 barrels of oil each day and part of the reason for the upgrading of the plant is to improve both efficiency and to make the entire operation more environmentally friendly. This is an area where Spanish know how has achieved a great deal of success and the Middle East market has been exceptionally important to Técnicas Reunidas which has undertaken 25 major projects in the area, earning some €20 billion in the past 10 years. The announcement of the news of this new business award helped the company’s share price which has been performing poorly of late to increase by 1.5 per cent.
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Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow...! LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT THE main, glaringly obvious reason that China and Russia consistently refuse to condemn, or completely sanction North Korea, is because that between them they have enough weaponry clout to finally dominate the western world. As allies, they are powerful enough to back up their ideals with a military might that could utterly annihilate both the USA and any other European democracy that chose to resist. The overwhelming force of these three countries would be more than capable of finally achieving what they have all been seeking for generations, a Communist domination of the planet. The fact that Communism, both Chinese and Russian, has become more ‘Westernised’ and capitalistic over the last 20 years or so, has nothing to do with it. These countries are still run by undemocratic dictators, who still use their citizens as pawns in their common, relentless ambitions to take over the world. The problem is of course that neither America, or the UK for that matter, will ever bow to these despots, however threatening they become. For this reason, and with the leader of our most powerful ally a bit flaky to say the
COLLUSION AND MANIPULATION? China, North Korea and Russia and (inset) Meghan and Harry. least, I believe we are even nearer to a nuclear holocaust than we were during the Cuban crisis. And there ain’t a darned thing we can do about it. Eat, drink and be merry folks, for tomorrow…! I don’t know about you, but I think Ms Meghan has our Harry completely by the short and curlies. Putty and manos come to mind.
Far from immediately jumping up and down with joy, as Harry suggested, I think ‘Mum’ would have been a little more cautious in her approach to this extremely assured and capable young lady, before succumbing herself to her undoubtedly charming persona. Unlike her lad, who is, at this point in time not quite sure if he’s on his a..se or his elbow. Time will tell my
friends, time will tell. As much as I welcome constructive criticism of my columnistic endeavours, I still abhor the vitriolic spitting, that seems to consume the small number of sad sacks of the ilk that descended on my recent, completely innocuous EU gaffe like a flock of indignant, jowl jiggling vultures. What I do fail to completely understand is why, if my comments cause such stress and mental suffering, they still continue to peruse them? This great paper is full of extremely competent and highly respected writers, so why don’t they simply pass me by? Believe me, both myself and my thousands of wonderful like-minded readers, wouldn’t miss them one iota, and frankly don’t need them either. Bye! Writing this in the sunshine of the extremely welcoming and still highly lovable Malta. What a pleasure to be back among this wonderful race of genuine and friendly people after so many years. Still consider this is where the ol’ boy could finally end his planetary innings. Have a good week. Be kind to someone. And whatever ya do. Always keep the faith. Love Leapy. columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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TECH FOR THE TIMID SMOKING has addicted us ever since Walt Raleigh discovered that sticking a leaf in your mouth and setting fire to it could do more than just burn your lips. But society’s greatest addiction is barely getting started: our smartphones. The internet is knee-deep in surveys as we know. One of the latest says 87 per cent of owners go to sleep and wake up with their smartphones. Younger users touch, swipe or tap their phones 2,617 times a day. Those of us closer to our sell-by dates may be slightly less hooked, but not necessarily. The biggest growth in smartphone use is now among the so-called ‘silver surfers.’ The figures for average teen messaging are truly breathtaking, not to mention thumb-destroying: 67 texts tapped out daily, with a staggering 1,831 a day coming in. I feel quite inadequate. Some 900 million texts sent every day according to the latest figures, and the best I can usually manage is ‘On way put kettle,’ or my standby to my other half during hypermarket ‘mazeophobia’: ‘Where hell r u?’
SMARTPHONES: Time to retrain the brain?
Smartphones are the new cigarettes After a decade of growing smartphone addiction, Terence Kennedy now shares a recognised medical syndrome: FOMO, the fear of missing out Never before has one device combined every element of modern mass media: telephony, texting, music, video, the internet, social media, video games and that most vital and most accessed material of all: cat
videos. Barely 10 years since the first iPhone changed the world forever, we are well and truly hooked. With almost as many mobile phones in the world as people, and two billion smartphones engaged in
a frenetic tapping routine even Fred Astaire couldn’t match, is it time to wave a red flag? Smartphone use makes us crash our cars, walk into lampposts, send inappropriate messages to the wrong people and heaven help us all, seriously wind-up Kim Jong-un. One American city has even conceded defeat and is embedding its ‘Walk’ and ‘Don’t Walk’ street-corner commands into the kerb, because it’s too much trouble for ambulatory texters to actually look up when crossing. Unlike man-flu which my partner steadfastly refuses to credit as a ‘real’ disease, smartphone addiction is now a recognised condition, though you do have to wonder whether treating it with therapy widely available online isn’t a bit like prescribing diet pills to an anorexic. If you recognise yourself even remotely in some of the above, perhaps it’s time to just put down your phone, get out there, and smell the roses. At least until someone invents a smartphone which can also produce odours, like the short-lived 1960 ‘Smell-o-Vision’ experimental movie. Perhaps my dear old granddad’s motto takes on a new life in this pixel-addicted era: ‘Everything in moderation ‘ except moderation.’
Turn off the tap THERE are some simple steps if you’re tapping too much: Set rules for your phone use; why not give it a break from nine in the evening to seven the next morning? Don’t use your phone while driving. Though under my wife’s household rules, texting over dinner will have far more serious consequences. Schedule break times from your smartphone or social media. Download an application if you’re really in trouble: among them, BreakFree and Menthal let you temper your online usage, while ColdTurkey and SelfControl let you block the really addictive sites. And when you really know you have a problem? If you identify with this recent headline from the Daily Telegraph: ‘One in 10 of us check our smartphones during sex.’ Seriously?
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A nice tip for the summer SIR I am used to the tipping DNA of daily life in the US where I once lived. However, as an expat who has now lived in Spain for the last four years, I was interested to learn last week that a friend’s daughter who worked in a local beach bar this summer received a set €175 a week cash payment throughout the season from the bar owner to cover for tips received. The four other staff working at the bar- now all paid off for the winter - also received the same amount, a very fair tips system in my book, and a useful euro boost to each agreed monthly wage. Often I know tips are all put in one pot (rather than staff keeping individual tips received) and then equally shared out, but sadly some bar owners keep all tips left arguing that monies received can help ‘cover for breakages,’ a policy that seems very unfair in my view. N Stretton, Fuengirola
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I RECENTLY had the pleasure of being one of the four guest speakers at the European Parliament Committee of the Regions in Brussels after being nominated by Valencia’s Regional Government. The main issue was citizens’ rights, and I expressed the concerns of all of us who took advantage of moving to Spain. Senior politicians negotiating terms of the breakaway, are using us as pawns to arrive at their ultimate goals. I expressed anger at this and pleaded for an end to this holding us as hostages to achieve other objectives. I also asked for consideration to be given to offer
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if they are on the list as a priority. This in fact also applies to all countries, not just the British. The more we have on the padron, the more funds Central Government allocates to each town hall. It is in all our interests. Derek Monks Councillor Public participation, Integration and Coordination of Urbanisations, Rojales
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Flight from Spain to UK diverts due to ‘disruptive’ woman IT’S good that the airline took action and I do hope the person is charged and has a heavy fine to pay for causing the plane to land in France. Maybe if more people were fined the cost of the fuel, airport costs and delay times for staff and passengers they would behave in a more responsible way. Dawn Sanchez Young They’re a pain in the backside. I’ve been on those disruptive flights and had delays more than I like to mention. They should fine them and disqualify their passport. Margaret Downes
Workman killed in ice cream factory accident I’ve worked all over Spain. H&S is hit and miss depending what company you work for. I was a service engineer in power generation, this industry has always been strict. But the rest say no more. Colin Carter There are full EU regulations to cover all of this. Exactly the same as the UK. It is how they are implemented that are the issue. Alan Whitehead You are right Alan. Of course there are H&S rules here. In some cases stricter than the UK. However, they’re only as
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pit bull dog attack I have lost count of the number of these types of dogs without muzzles running off the lead in children’s play areas. Some heavy fines please! Justice Christopher
good as the folks overseeing them. Darren Briddon
Gosh I couldn’t agree more Christopher, I’ve seen many of these dogs in public spaces without muzzles and it frightens the hell out of me when I have a young child and two terriers with me. Vanessa Campbell
Leo the Lion: The roar has faded
It’s not the dogs, it’s ALWAYS the owners!! Julieann Sanchez Lewis
Fly high Leo, rest in love and laughter. We will remember your beautiful smile and bravery forever. Love to your beautiful family at this time. xxx Liz Bagshaw My thoughts are with his family, this little Angel has flown bless him. xx Sallyann Wiseman What a brave little warrior, Leo, up with the angels -sleep well. Pauline Pearson
Mother-of-three dies after
That’s not true Julieann. Any qualified experienced dog expert will tell you that NO dog is 100 per cent predictable in its behaviour no matter what the owners do. It’s an animal and these breeds are unfortunately more dangerous than other breeds and that’s why certain types of owners want them. But if people really think it is ALWAYS the owners’ fault then the owners should be prosecuted and jailed when the dog attacks. Then people might think twice about getting a breed that is lethal when it attacks and just get a regular dog. That would solve the problem. Lisa Centellas
Dear Nora WHEN I started to read your column in last week’s issue I was intrigued about the squabble between Gordon Ramsay and Michel Roux. That is actually not my concern, which is that most of the time people are referring to a chef regarding a Michelin star. Many experts have continuously explained and clarified the Michelin star is NOT connected to a chef, but always to the restaurant, the food, the service etc. Dr Ir Johannes Hagelen, Malaga
Mapped out IN your papers EWN and RTN you often show missing knowledge of Nordic Geography. Scandinavia is: Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Finland is not in Scandinavia but a member of the Nordic Countries which are: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the autonomous islands: Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. Bjorn Beining, address withheld
Be warned WHILE strolling with my husband on Sunday at the marina in Cabopino, I was approached by two women thrusting carnations down my cleavage. While trying to extract the flowers I was robbed from my handbag so quickly that even my husband did not realise what was happening, and they disappeared when I gave chase. Please warn the public not to stop for anyone! Incidents like this are multiplying and it is not just the tourists that are being snared. What can be done? Anne Geddes, Costa del Sol
No nativity DOES anyone at the Euro Weekly News have any information about the Nativity Display on exhibition at the Palau in Altea? Last Xmas, we couldn’t find any information whatsoever about it, and finally walked up in the pouring rain, only to find that it wasn’t being displayed! Patricia James, Albir Editor’s note: We contacted the Palau who explained that they no longer have a Belen as for staffing reasons the installation opens only for functions.
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TV Couch Critic THOUGH unsure how many readers are also regular viewers of morning television, friends staying recently are avid Good Morning Britain (ITV 1, weekdays 06.00-08.30) watchers, so for a few days the show became background to breakfast preparation. It is presented by the lovely Susanna Reid, the delightful Charlotte Hawkins, the accomplished Ben Shephard and someone called Piers Morgan. Good Morning Britain (GMB) is much lighter viewing than the BBC early morning offering, though flicking between the two, some offerings are remarkably similar. What is not similar is the Piers Morgan effect. I thought Piers had decamped to the US (thankfully not to España) but it seems he has since returned and is now a regular on the ITV morning show. While I understand that controversy and over-the-top opinions can generate viewers, Piers takes this to a new and uncomfortable level. Some recent viewing gems include his guide to a good marriage: pick up your other halves’ socks; he thinks HE
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Buenos-dias Piers a turn-off unlike must-view box sets
RANT: Piers Morgan not a morning delight! set up Prince Harry and Meghan Merkle plus his rant about how good the GMB show is compared to its BBC rival.
for a moment, having accidently caught the Victoria Derbyshire Show (BBC2, weekdays 09.00 and BBC News Channel) I am now a fan. Victoria and an excellent team of reporters tackle sensitive and sometimes hard-hitting original stories, audience debate and breaking news, all in an easy-to-watch BBC2 style; truly an antidote to Piers, if you need one. I am thrilled that the BBC is planning a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (BBC1, Christmas Day, time TBC). Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will oversee six couples performing a routine which EASY TO WATCH: tells the story of What Victoria Derbyshire. Christmas Means to Me (them). Jeremy Vine is half of one On occasions his co-hosts are literaldancing pair; I have no words. ly lost for words and it is easy to see If seeking some stop/start viewwhy. ing whilst decorating the Christmas Keeping to the daytime TV theme
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tree, Box Sets have to be the way to go. These are essentially entire series you can watch via a catch-up service. One of the best on offer is Game Face (E4, via All4) and sees the much underrated Roisin Conaty navigating through a clumsy and hectic life, punctuated with hilarious driving lessons with instructor Damien Molony. The BBC is now fully in the Box Set space and is showcasing some wonderful BBC3 programmes most of us would otherwise miss. Junior Doctors, Blood, Sweat and Tears doesn’t always sit well with the mince pies, but is a frank documentary series following what seven newlyqualified doctors get up to as they continue their training; one is going to really annoy you! The BBC are also offering three complete series of Josh; there is a lot to get through if watched back-to-back, but even with a break the show tends to grow on viewers; it’s a comedy about friends who go way back starring Josh Widdicombe, Elis James, Beattie Edmondson and Jack Dee. Jennifer Saunders puts in all toobrief appearances for only three episodes as Beattie’s mother, a true gem in the making! Critique - J S, Mojacar, Almeria
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Heartbeats 9/11 Non-Transferable Lemon Life Within Heartbeats 9/11 Life Within A family move to a peaceful suburban neighbourhood to start a new life, but the dark history of their seemingly perfect home soon emerges. 12:40am Lemon Oddball comedydrama about a calamity-stricken actor (Brett Gelman) whose career and personal life are crumbling around him. 2:20am Scottish Mussel 4:10am Detour
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Seen a good movie lately? Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHAT’S happened to the film industry? Well first it’s now the ‘movie’ industry. I come at this from a slightly different angle this week as I was in the ‘movie business’ for over 20 years. I could watch maybe 100 plus films a month. Now, I’m talking about when video first started in 1979, when films never went on TV for seven years after they left the cinema and remember there were only three TV stations then. There was no Sky, no cable, just old fashioned terrestrial TV. I now have unlimited access to as many movies as I want and, to be honest, most of them are absolute garbage. I don’t want a lot from a movie. I want to be entertained. I don’t like horror movies except maybe something like the first Alien and the Exorcist, which many of you wouldn’t know, was banned in the UK on video for 25 years. But I digress. I want my movies to have a beginning, middle and an end. I’m totally fed up with watching stuff now that starts brilliantly, keeps you interested for 90 min-
utes then just ends, leaving you not having a clue what happens. No Country for Old Men - glued to it, and then it ends, not a clue. Why? Doubt was another one. The list is endless just like these films. But I can’t be alone in wanting to know what happens at the end of a film. Sometimes there is an end but it’s almost like all the budget has been spent making the first and middle parts and there’s only $50 left for the ending! Then there’s the super hyped films - the Emperor’s New Clothes award for last year’s was La La Land. What a load of tosh. I couldn’t even be bothered to watch the end. Then, of course, is the studio’s biggest cop out. The reason you don’t see so many great movies any more like The Sting, Butch Cassidy etc is because they want to play safe and make sequels and now even prequels. Most do not work. They are crap. Yes there are a few exceptions but mostly they are a waste of time. Never ever, ever watch a remake of a movie you loved when you were younger or of a TV series you liked. I’d love to know what good movies you have seen lately or what movies have disappointed you. I can recommend a couple Book of Henry and Florence Foster Jenkins. columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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BRITISH AIRWAYS really created a storm with its latest wheeze: First on pays highest fare, last on gets cheapest deal (but may lose hand luggage to the hold). But, really, what else would you expect from an industry that refers to ‘pax’ as ‘self-loading baggage’? But the airports themselves are just as bad, aren’t they? Passenger activity there boils down to three things: departing, arriving and waiting with ‘pax’ a captive audience, with disposable income, usually lots of time, and literally nowhere else to go. So it shouldn’t surprise us that airports are carefully designed to make us spend, spend, spend our hard-earned cash.
BRITISH AIRWAYS’ new ‘pay least, board last’ policy has caused uproar among travellers. (inset) Passengers queuing to board a British Airways flight. Well, they might think all those wretched duty-free shops we’re forced to walk through after security are inclined to make us spend! However, after the usually long and frankly irritating experience of passing through them, the first thing I want to do is find somewhere quiet to sit down and recover. And another thing while I’m at it: most of us ‘browsing’ are only doing it to while away time. We’re not shopping. We’re either
bored, or simply unable to find somewhere to sit from a deliberate policy of limiting seats in overcrowded airports - Stansted particularly guilty in this respect! Oh, and I’ve missed out: the security checks that one time lasted as long as the flight; the flight delays and inadequate compensation; the sense that every official involved in the process is trying to catch us out and send us to the back of evergrowing queues; the bag-drop
queues; the poor signage; the car parking rip-off charges; the interminable wait for the lack-ofcourtesy bus; the dire, overpriced terminal food; the daft consumerism of terminal shopping. Not to mention fear of flying itself! Speaking of flights, if a British explorer recently rescued from the depths of the jungle of Papua New Guinea while trying to find a remote tribe should invite ‘volunteers’ to help him on a future trip, how about ‘volunteering’ a few of our MPs to join him? Names on a postcard please... 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.norajohnson.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
I’m all for progress PERSONALLY, I’m all for progress. After all, without it we’d all still be driving Ford Capris and singing along to any combination of various members of the Osmonds that you can think of. But on the other hand, there are times when it can leave you open-mouthed, whilst you wonder quite what is happening. I’ve always enjoyed the Olympics, one of my first Olympic memories was Mary Rand winning the long jump gold medal at Tokyo 1964. I used to get up uncommonly early to watch it live on the BBC and found it so exciting largely because I should have been tucked up in bed at the time! If a report is to be believed then the Olympics of the future will be somewhat different. There are three sports - well I think they’re sports - that have been given the go ahead for recognition. Dodge ball. Arm-wrestling. And, the pick of the pops as the late Alan Freeman would have said, pole dancing! But progress keeps on coming. Driverless buses are one example. No longer do you have to put up with the driver telling you they don’t have the right change, or driving past your stop on the pretext they didn’t see you or didn’t hear the bell. One was even tested in Las Vegas last month… it crashed! As with most things, progress has its advantages and disadvantages but, personally, I embrace it wholeheartedly. Only yesterday I was playing Subbuteo while I was listening to records on my Dansette record player. No, I’ve always been on the cutting edge - just that mine needs sharpening a bit! 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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Across 1 Chop up trees to get a badge (7) 5 Releases from custody with some cricket gear (5) 8 Flower seen in a dell up in the Lake District (5) 9 Disturb a US soldier by the gallery (7) 10 Psyche revealed by Macbeth, ostensibly (5) 11 Side with gal in trouble (5) 12 Push soldiers (5) 14 Drink from fractured pipes (5) 19 Introduction of Fairtrade butter extract (5) 21 Support for fifty on the boundary (5) 23 Hospital doctors bury bridge partners (7) 24 Die surrounded by gold? Goodbye (5) 25 Nervous of fickle teens (5) 26 African country seen rebuilt by girl (7)
7 Reveals aftertaste in several beer mugs (6) 13 Small bed by lake for inner circle (7) 15 In search of Neptune, sounds like (7) 16 A heap of snow lost at sea (6)
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17 A follower endures explosions (6) 18 A ceremony in a Spiritualist's meeting (6) 20 Stick to prohibition outside (5) 22 Exhaust water supply after day (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents N and 18 represents Z, so fill in N every time the figure 16 appears and Z every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
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Down 1 Really enjoy dressing (6) 2 Rebel Euro MP's leader (7) 3 A number going to church for fish (5) 4 Pass by the Spanish part of church (6) 5 Army unit rebuilt a bridge (7) 6 Irish terrorists meet queen one from Baghdad, perhaps (5)
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Across 1 Get or find again (7) 7 Large company of musicians (9) 8 Expense (4) 9 One (4) 11 Crude (9) 12 Answers (7)
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Across 1 Bracelet (7) 5 Principio (comienzo) (5) 8 Langosta (de mar) (7) 9 Sobrina (5) 10 Cuchara (para comer) (5) 11 Islandia (7) 12 Anchovy (salted, tinned) (6) 14 Codicioso (6) 17 Aisle (aeroplane, theatre) (7)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
19 Oveja (5) 22 Listo (dispuesto) (5) 23 Más temprano (7) 24 Carreteras (5) 25 Chubascos (7) Down 1 Píldoras (5) 2 Book (5) 3 Government-licenced tobacconist's (7) 4 Tener miedo (6)
5 Desde entonces (5) 6 Promedio (7) 7 Martes (7) 12 To suck in (air or dust) (7) 13 Waterfall (7) 15 Rosary (7) 16 Votantes (6) 18 Laws (5) 20 Exilio (5) 21 Pears (5)
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1 Bodily, 4 Boosts, 9 Aloof, 10 Airdrie, 11 Sweeping, 12 Dill, 14 Disney, 16 Tokens, 19 Tone, 20 Valencia, 23 Cottage, 24 Annul, 25 Sermon, 26 Deters.
2 Harass, 5 Beta, 6 Retina, 7 Arms, 11 Less, 13 Uganda, 14 Drab, 15 Desire.
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1 Braised, 2 Drone, 3 Life peer, 5 Oars, 6 Surmise, 7 Steel, 8 Faint, 13 Moderate, 15 Senator, 17 Stables, 18 Latex, 19 Tacks, 21 Canoe, 22 Dado.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health. Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you.
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There are moments of boundless energy which really urge you to 'get up and go'. Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had. Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting. At the moment, your priorities are paramount.
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Your mind is positively buzzing with ideas. There has been so much progress in your personal life during the past year that it is hard to believe. However, you are capable of being very dynamic and single-minded. This is why, now, you may be patting yourself on the back. Keep colleagues on your side by taking a particular interest in them.
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the 'big picture' may have faded into the background.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment. Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person. Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because they could be time-consuming and disruptive.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keeping up the activity level physically is really in your best interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities. A promise broken may still be restarted without trauma, just determination is needed.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy. Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends. Children and young people fill your time for a lot of this week and certainly give you a reason to smile.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now. Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse festive social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places.
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Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
PSOE secretary general Pedro Sanchez resigned his parliamentary seat in October 2016 rather than facilitate Mariano Rajoy’s investiture as Spain’s president. Yet almost exactly a year later he backed Rajoy’s decision to apply Article 155 of the Spanish constitution suspending Cataluña’s autonomy after the October 1 referendum and the subsequent unilateral declaration of independence. Sanchez did so because Rajoy led him to understand there would be amendments to the Constitution regarding the regional system. Now that Cataluña has returned to something resembling normality as it prepares for the December 21 regional elections, Rajoy is backing off. “Reforming the Constitution cannot become a prize for those who have tried to liquidate it,” the president has said. But Rajoy himself, then in opposition, liquidated Cataluña’s 2006 Statute of Autonomy approved in a regional referendum and by the national parliament. He and the Partido Popu-
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MARIANO RAJOY: Backing off. lar challenged the Statute and their appeal was upheld by the Constitutional Tribunal, which emasculated it in 2010 and paved the way for the UDI fiasco. No use crying over spilt milk but Rajoy could now try to mop up at least part of it with the promised Constitutional reform.
Priorities THE uncharitable claim that Catalan secession gathered momentum in 2011
and 2012 at a time when the economic crisis was at its height, or its depth. This was when the ‘Madrid robs us’ slogan was born but who didn’t feel robbed when the boom busted and spending cuts inflicted deep wounds? But what about the regional government’s 10 per cent reduction on Health spending in 2011 and another 4.8 per cent in 2012, not to mention the 18 per cent cut for Cataluña’s universities? And all this at a time when the Generalitat splashed €18.5 million
IN November 2002 the Prestige oil tanker foundered after its hull began to leak 40 kilometres off Galicia. The Prestige’s captain Apostolous Mangouras wanted to put into port to contain the damage but Spain’s Minister of the Interior ordered him to take the ship out to sea. As a result the tanker broke up, releasing 80 per cent of its 77,000-cubic metre cargo, poisoning marine life and polluting 2,000 kilometres of Spanish and French beaches. The Minister in question was Mariano Rajoy who is often pilloried for his lethargic ‘wait and see’ stance, but didn’t do too well as Action Man, either.
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Change of tune CARLES PUIGDEMONT boasted not long ago that if there was one voting list for the December 21 elections that Rajoy feared, it was his. You’ve got it wrong, Charlie boy. If there is one list that Rajoy wants, it’s the ex-regional president’s PDeCAT. This is a classic example of whistling in the dark, especially after ERC - the party that Rajoy really fears - declined to join forces with PDeCAT to repeat the Junts pel Si coalition while other independence parties are also giving Puigdemont the brush-off. Meanwhile he swans around Bruges, disconcerting his own party which not long ago rejected unilateral independence. Undeterred, Puigdemont told a Belgian daily that he has not renounced UDI and did a Farage by suggesting that Cataluña should vote on remaining in the EU which he described as a “club of decadent countries.” Oh yes, he’s had a haircut too: amazing what a spell in sunny Belgium and an adoring court of exiles can do to a politician. columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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mentary face brightening treatment. With all of these amazing offers and products, there are mountains of ideas for presents for loved ones, or treat yourself before Christmas. Don’t forget Medcare also offers vouchers so you can give a family member or friend a token of your love and they can come to the clinic and choose what treatment they want for themselves! For more information, call Medcare on 966 860 258 or email doc tors@medcarespain.com or visit our website at www.medcarespain.com. You can also Like our Facebook page Medcare Spain!
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When did you last have your jabs? FOLLOWING the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) announcement measles was spreading across Europe, it is a good time to check whether you are up-to-date on your vaccines. While healthy adults will normally recover from the illness in around seven to 10 days, it is highly-infectious and can be harmful to teenagers, pregnant women, babies under one and those with a weakened immune system. One in 15 sufferers can go on to develop more serious conditions, including pneumonia and convulsions. According to Public Health England
(PHE), the disease has broken out in three areas of England recently, while cases have also been reported in Romania, Italy and Germany, posing a risk to those who have not had two doses of their MMR vaccine. PHE recommended those travelling to these countries take travel health advice before departing. Experts believe the outbreaks are linked to lack of immunisation due to widely discredited claims vaccines are linked to autism. The PHE have now reported 16 confirmed cases of measles in Leeds, 11 in Liverpool, and nine in Birmingham.
MEASLES VACCINATION: Disease has broken out in the UK. Dr Mary Ramsay, head of immunisation at PHE, explained, “the measles outbreaks we are currently seeing in England are linked to ongoing large outbreaks in Europe.” She added, “this serves as an important reminder for parents to take up the offer of MMR vac-
cination for their children at one year of age and as a pre-school booster at three years and four months of age.” So whether or not you are travelling in Europe this Christmas, it is worth checking whether your vaccines are up to date.
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Be part of the family with Carredent ESTABLISHED inTorrevieja for over a decade, Carredent Dental Practice is owned and run by husband and wife team Ian and Alison Smith. Ian studied dentistry at Liverpool University for five years while Alison is a qualified oral health educator, radiographer and den t a l n u r se a n d th ey own e d a l a rg e f amily prac t i c e i n Ma n c h e s te r for 10 years before moving to Spain in 2004 and later setting up Carredent opposite Carrefour in Torrevieja. Si n c e t h e n t h e y h a v e dedicated themselves to serving an international client base offering the latest equipment and services in the dental world at affordable prices with a professional and friendly team. T h e i r f a m i l y -ru n dental clinic focuses on being just that; a family prac t i c e wh e r e y o u a re trea t e d a s a m e m b e r o f the family and where focus is given on creating a welcoming atmosphere and professional, gentle, one-to-one care. C a r r e d e n t h a s a fu lly professional and highly qualified team and has recently welcomed dentist Jonathon to the team. The practice is fully legal and registered with the Valencian Health Authority and Sanidad and their prices follow the guidelines set out in the association of Alicante dentists so patien t s c a n r e st a ss u red they are not being overcharged. The practice specialises in cosmetic dentistry such as c r o wn s, d e n tu re s , white fillings, bridges, porc e l a i n v e n e e r s a n d blea c h i n g . Pe o p l e s e e k cosmetic dentistry for a variety of reasons. The truth i s m o st p e o p le
CARREDENT: Your expert family dentist. would like their teeth to be straighter, whiter, and pleasing to the eye when they smile and by fixing and repairing what they d is lik e ca n b o o s t th eir s e lf es te e m, p o s itiv ely impacting both personal and professional relationships. R ec o g n is in g th at n ot everyone is comfortable with a trip to the dentist, Ian is well reputed for his careful and gentle treatment of nervous patients. Contrary to popular belief root canals and most procedures are painless and there is nothing to fear as y o u a re in th e h a n d s o f caring and certified professionals, but recognising not everyone is comfortable with a trip to the d en tis t, th e te a m p u t every patient at ease from th e mo men t th e y w a lk through the door. Practice manager Alison said: “We pride ourselves on our excellent standards of painfre e w o rk an d w e h a ve g las s e s w h e re p atie nts
can watch a DVD during longer treatment sessions s o the y c a n fe e l more comfortable.� They use a state of the a rt de nta l c ha ir fully equipped with a digital Xray monitor and only the most modern and effective techniques and procedures. Sa me da y e me rge nc y appointments are available and a same day service is offered for denture repairs. To book a n a ppointment call 965 711 797 or 638 608 532. Carredent is ope n M onda y, Tue s da y a nd Thurs da y from 8.30am-12.45 and 1.305pm and Wednesday and Frida y from 8.30a m12.30pm. They are now also open Saturdays from 10am until midday. Carredent Urbanisation Jardin del Mar, 21 Torrevieja, next to Carrefour Tel: 965 711 797
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HAPPY RELATIONSHIP: Could be key.
Keeping dementia at bay WE are often advised to use regular exercise, supplements and a healthy diet to ward off dementia. But researchers have found
the answer could be even simpler, with people in a happy relationship 30 per cent less likely to suffer from the disease. The results, which take into
account 15 studies from the around the world, show married people cut their risk by almost a third, while widowed people increased their chance
of developing dementia by 20 per cent. The British-led report, which used data from more than 800,000 people worldwide, suggested the interaction and care marriages provide was responsible for the results. Researchers say they believe having someone to talk to keeps the brain active, while loved-ones are more likely to take medication, eat well and visit a doctor if reminded by their partner. Being in a loving relationship also makes people more likely to eat healthily and to go to the doctor if they are sick. A team at University College London believe that conversely the stress of bereavement can impair the cognitive performance of widowers. The researcher’s explained, “our findings... are the strongest evidence yet that married people are less likely to develop dementia.” They added, “dementia prevention in unmarried people should focus on education and physical health and should consider the possible effect of social engagement as a modifiable risk factor.” Marriage has previously been shown to increase the chance of surviving a heart attack, and lower the risk of high cholesterol, high blood pressure and type two diabetes.
SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. IS it normal to suffer a migraine? Migraines are a frequent cause of headaches but not all headaches are migraines. They can be intense and causing pulsating pain to one or both sides of the head. If you have these symptoms and they persist you should be evaluated by a specialist, who will carry out tests including a blood test and an MRI. What is the difference between a normal headache and a migraine? Migraines tend to affect specific areas of the head and can be associated with neuralgic symptoms including visual alterations, numbness or tingling sensation in the face or hands and even, although this is rare, temporary paralysis of the face or other parts of the body. They usually last between 24 and 72 hours and wear off gradually. Patients usually identify their
symptoms quite quickly and as time goes by can learn to prevent or reduce attacks by taking certain measures. How can I control these attacks? When they happen I have to stop what I’m doing and if I’m driving it could be dangerous. Attacks can be hard to control but usually if caught early they can be kept in check. Stressful situations should be avoided and those prone to migraines should get plenty of sleep at night and avoid anything they suspect sparks their attacks. What causes them? The causes are unknown, but genetics, hormonal changes and certain medicines are believed to be involved. Some patients also relate their attacks to certain foods or drinks including alcohol, smoked foods, chocolate, citrus fruit or caffeine.
If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com
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What a pain in the neck MORE than 80 per cent of back pain sufferers could be cured with a 10-minute treatm e n t , i t h a s b e e n claimed. Around 90 per cent of those su ff e r i n g f r o m a slipp e d d i sc a n d g iv e n ‘gentle electrical energy’ in the spine were able to avoid su rg e r y, wh i le 8 1 per cent were left without pain. Th e si d e - e ff e c t free treatment uses electrical currents on the spine to relax m u sc l e s, r e m o v in g pain in just one session, according to the study’s lead author, Dr Alessandro Napoli from Sapienza University in Rome. He explained, “the re-
sults have been extraordinary. Patients have been re lie v ed o f p ain an d re sumed their normal activities within a day. Followin g th is trea tme nt, inflammation and pain go away.” A c c o rd in g to researchers, back pain from a s lip p e d d is c is c a u se d when nerves become irritated, forcing the vertebrae to constrict and reducing th e s p a c e b e tw ee n the spine’s discs. They claim a new treatment allows the distance between discs to e x p a n d ag ain w h e n the muscles are relaxed. Dr Napoli, who recently presented his findings at the Radiological Society
of North America’s annual meeting, explained, in 10 pe r c e nt of s lippe d dis c cases the patient will not re c ove r on the ir ow n, s ome time s ne e ding s urge ry. H e a dde d, “there’s a big gap between conservative treatments for disc compression and herniation and surgical repair, which can lead to infe c tion, ble e ding, a nd a long recovery period.” It ha s not ye t be e n re ve a le d if or w he n this tre a tme nt w ill be c ome commercially available, how e ve r the s tudy’s re sults show back pain sufferers were still pain-free one year after their treatment.
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It’s good to talk? WE’RE often told ‘two heads are better than one’ when solving a problem. But does talking worries out actually help? Actually no, according to one expert. Robin Bailey, a senior lecturer in psychological therapies at the University of Central Lancaster, has told one publication talking about our concerns too much can make us more depressed or anxious. He says obsessively discussing one issue over and over again without a solution can cause panic and feelings of negativity, whereas conversations resulting in a plan can be positive. Experts call the phenomenon ‘co-rumination,’ where a group of people encourage each other to discuss problems to excess and focus on negativity, as well as focusing on hypothetical problems. Mr Bailey says the problem is most likely to affect women. He told one publication the concept is a “double-edged sword,” noting that co-rumination in children aged seven to 15 is shown to produce “high-quality” friendships but also anxiety and depression amongst girls, but not boys. Another study showed sharing problems with co-workers
DISCUSSION: Can lead to stress. increased the risk of burn out and stress, however. Mr Bailey emphasised it could still be positive to talk an issue over, though, but that it is important to steer the conversation towards finding a solution which is then acted on. He added the benefits of co-rumination were only found in face-to-face conversations, including phone calls and texting, but not when using social media.
The expert claims sharing problems on sites like Facebook or Twitter only results in the negative consequences of the phenomenon, not the positive. So the next time you call a friend to discuss something on your mind, acc o r d i n g t o M r B a i l e y, y o u c a n h e l p strengthen your friendship and feel better about your worries by focusing on solutions.
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The Christmas Charity Quironsalud Project 2017 THE Hospi t al Qui r onsal ud Tor r evi ej a launched a Christmas solidarity campaign 2017 under the name The Christmas Charity Quironsalud Project 2017. Taking place from December 1-13, the campaign consists of collecting toys plus Christmas cakes and pastries for the charities Alimentos Solidarios and Caritas of Torrevieja. The Association of estate agencies of the Vega Baja (ASIVEGA) and more than 50 associations of foreign residents from the area are collaborating towards this charity campaign. The campaign will be present on social networks with the hashtag #Xmas4all and, under the motto ‘Join the Solidarity Campaign of the Hospital Quironsalud Torrevieja,’ the toys or cakes and pastries can be left at the information point located in the hall of the hospital. The end of the campaign will be marked on Wednesday December 13 at 7pm at the entrance of the hospital and will feature British Choir ICA, who will put the finishing touch to the campaign with a festive concert.
Songs of praise PINOSO Vineyard Christian Fellowship will hold their Christmas Carol Service this year on Wednesday at 6.30pm. This annual event has grown over the last few years and the Fellowship was packed out last year. They will serve mince pies and mulled wine after the service.
Carols, coffee and Xmas cheer TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is holding their annual carol service on Sunday December 17 at 10.30am. Everyone is welcome, please bring along your family and friends. Mince pies will be served afterwards in the coffee lounge.
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Update on food, drink, entertainments, what’s on and weekly happenings
TORREVIEJA A SELECTION of International Carols, including many traditional English ones, will be performed at the hugely popular Christmas Carol Concert in the Plaza de la Consitución in Torrevieja on Friday December 15. The concert starts at 5.30pm and song sheets will be available so you can join in and accompany the various local choral groups. The concert is always very well supported with over 3,000 people attending last year, so it’s advisable to make sure you arrive early. Friday December 15: 5.30pm - Plaza de la Constitución Torrevieja CARAVACA Until Sunday December 10, Caravaca is being transported back in time as they host their large Medieval Market. It’s located in the historic area of the municipality in the Plaza la Arco, Plaza Nueva and along Calles Las Mojas, Mayor and Rafael Tejeo. It features more than 200 stalls selling all different kinds of handmade goods such as candles, wooden items, paintings, pottery, jewellery, wicker baskets and soaps. It’s not just market stalls as there will also be a full programme of events and entertainment including demonstrations,
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MAGICAL: Christmas in Murcia City. workshops, parades, performances and a spectacular display of falconry. Opening hours from today (Thursday) until Sunday are 11am to 2pm and from 4pm to 10pm. LOS NAREJOS Los Narejos will be honouring their patron saint, La Purisima Concepción, today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday). The events include the traditional ribbon race on bicycles, bingo, solemn procession and a firework display. Thursday December 7:
10.30am - Children’s Drawing at the Centro Civico 12 noon - Children’s Masterchef Competition at the Centro Civico 4.30pm - Children’s games followed by hot chocolate and bread rolls at the Centro Civico 9pm - Bingo to win Christmas Hampers at the Cissmu Friday December 8: 12 noon - Mass at the Iglesia de Los Narejos 12.30pm - Solemn Procession with the statue of la Purisima Concepcion
8.30m - Bingo to win Christmas Hampers at the Cissmu 11.30pm - Closing firework display at the Cissmu. MURCIA The 33rd Artisans Christmas Market will take place in the xity of Murcia until January 5. The market will be located on Paseo Alfonso X El Sabio and features around 70 stalls representing more than 30 types of crafts, with lots of great products which will make ideal Christmas gifts for your friends and family... or why not treat yourself? The stalls will be offering ceramics, jewellery, natural honey products, lace items, meats, cheeses, presentation boxes, cane and bamboo furniture, natural cosmetics, hand-bound books, candles, soaps and of course nativity figures and scenes. Opening times are every day until Friday January 5 apart from the dates which are listed below: 11am to 2.30pm and from 5pm to 9.30pm. The market will be closed on the afternoons of Sunday December 24 and 31 and closed all day on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
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WHAT better way to celebrate Christmas and New Year than to POP open a bottle of cava with friends? A sparkling wine with Denominación de Origen (DO) status from Cataluña, cava can be produced throughout Spain, though about 95 per cent is from Penedes (near Barcelona) with Codorníu and Freixenet the major and best known among about 200 manufacturers. Cava in Catalan means ‘cellar’ with the name officially adopted in 1970 to distinguish it from French Champagne, though only wines produced in the champenoise traditional method may be labelled cava. The primary grape is Macabeu with faint floral aromatics and slightly bitter finish; Xarel·lo has stronger floral and fruity aromas while Paralleda has high acidity and citrus flavours, creating a balanced fruity sparkling drink closer to Champagne than Prosecco. Produced in varying lev-
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CAVA: Highly versatile when paired with food.
Spanish sparkle els of sweetness, the driest cava is brut nature, progressing through brut, brut re- by Lorenzo serve, seco, Barbareschi semiseco to dulce which is the sweetest. Dating back as early as 1851, cava can be white (blanc) or rosé (rosat), which is produced by adding small quantities of red wines: Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha or Monastrell. Though some regard cava as an aperitif or a drink served for a toast, in fact it is highly versatile when
food pairing as it can be light and refreshing all the way up to fullbodied. Its acidity and effervescence will compliment a whole range of foods including poultry, cured and smoked meats, fish and seafood in addition to light desserts and spicy Asian dishes. Cava prices range from a few euros per bottle to €30 for a Gran Reserva, though in all cases I do not believe you will be disappointed. Happy tasting.
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Celebrate Christmas and New Year at Punjabi Palace THE three superb, modern Punjabi Palace restaurants in La Murada, Los Montesinos and La Marquesa (Quesada) are gearing up to offer customers old and new the true taste of India at a price that doesn’t hurt the pocket. Special menus are being laid on for Christmas Day lunch and New Year ’s Eve, although bookings are essential as the restaurants are so popular. Costing just €29.95, Christmas Day lunch offers a welcome drink, free bottle of wine per couple, poppadoms followed by a threecourse meal with live music between noon and 3pm. New Year ’s Eve is even more exciting costing €49.95 running from 7pm to midnight with a three-course meal, unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks followed by Bollywood dancers, fireworks and a glass of ca-
va all at midnight. The Quesada branch is already fully booked for New Year’s Eve so reservations in the other two equally attractive properties should be made as soon as possible. Prior to these two big events, each restaurant is open seven days a week from noon to midnight (with a break after lunch) and reviews on TripAdvisor indicate how good these three restaurants are. For lunch there is a very reasonably priced menu del dia which is served between noon and 3pm and generally includes a lamb or chicken dish, rice, poppadum and naan bread plus a dessert or coffee and a complimentary drink. Day or evening, a children’s menu is also available as all Punjabi Palace restaurants are family friendly and welcome younger diners
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Just some of the mouthwatering food on offer. who will have the chance to learn about the very special spices and flavours that go into making the various curries on offer. The talented chefs use spices from all different regions of India and cook food to suit all tastes from very hot to mild. There are the usual bhunas and baltis, tandooris and tikkas, but also different dishes to tempt your taste buds including unusual lamb and prawn dishes. If the wide menu choice is a little daunting, the friendly, award-winning front of house staff are always on hand to advise and recommend dishes and prepare dishes to your taste and preference. If you can’t spare the time to sit and eat, there is of course also the option of ordering
a take away meal and if you spend more than €20 you will be offered a free bottle of wine to complement your delicious and tasty curry selection. Ideal for couples and parties, as the festive season approaches, it is advisable to make reservations as all three restaurants are exceptionally popular at this time and certainly larger groups will need to contact their favourite branch well in advance. Punjabi Palace Los Montesinos Tel: 966 720 383 La Marquesa (Quesada) Tel: 966 714 963 La Murada Tel: 966 779 169 Visit Facebook Punjabi-palace
POPULAR: Thousands take part in annual half marathon (image from 2016).
Santa Pola half marathon attracts Europe-wide interest SANTA POLA will be staging the ir 29th H a lf Marathon on Sunday January 21 and already the organisers are receiving an average of over 400 entrants per day from right across the c ountry, s uc h is the popula rity of the a nnua l event. In a ddition to thos e re ceived from the immediate
l ocal i t i es, a si gni f i cant num ber of ent r ant s have come from Alicante, Murci a, Val enci a, Al bacet e, Madrid, Almeria, Ciudad Real , Tol edo, Cuenca, Granada, Barcelona, Ávila, Bal ear es, Cast el l ón, Zaragoza, Cantabria, Valladolid, A Coruña, Álava, Ast ur i as, Guadal aj ar a, Gui púzcoa, Jaén, León,
Málaga and Orense. B u t i t ’s n o t j u s t f r o m Spain that the fame of the Santa Pola Half Marathon has reached, as there is significant interest from various countries throughout Europe such as the United K i n g d o m , N o r w a y, S w e den, Belgium, Ireland, France, Italy, Holland and Denmark.
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Monforte del Cid recreates historic battles THERE are three days remaining of the Moors, Christians and Mercenaries marches in the municipality of Monforte del Cid, located close to Novelda in the Alicante Province. The fiesta is being held in honour of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and includes a number of parades, re-enactments of historic battles, religious ceremonies and the ever present fireworks. The events for the rest of the fiestas are: Thursday December 7: 10.30am - Parade of the Moors, Christians, Mercenaries and the local dignitaries from the town hall to the Templo Parroquial. 11am - Mass. 12 noon - Parade to the location when the Embassy takes place. 1pm - Embassy (diplomat-
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IN FIESTAS: Three days remaining for honouring local patron saint. ic speeches to avoid the war) of the Mercenaries, after which each company will parade to their headquarters. 4pm - Battle in the area surrounding the castle, which the Moors win. 5.30pm - Embassy of the Moors. 7pm - Parade of the Bajada de las Guerrillas along Calle de Reyes Catolicos and Avenida de Alicante. Friday December 8: 10am - Parade for the Moors, Christians and the
Mercenaries from the town hall to the Templo Parroquial. 12.30pm - General Parade of the Moors, Christians and the Mercenaries along Avenida de Alicante and Avenida de la Constitucion. 4pm - Battle in the area surrounding the castle, which the Christians win, symbolising the reconquest. 5.30pm - Embassy of the Christians. 6.30pm - Parade of the Bajada de las Guerrillas along Calle de Reyes Catoli-
cos and Avenida de Alicante. 9pm - Solemn Procession with the statue of Our Lady La Inmaculada Conception, followed by a Grand Firework Display. Saturday December 9: 10am - Alegre Diana (happy early morning parade) with the music bands. 11am - Parade of all of the companies along the streets of the town. 5pm - Lowering of the flags and the formal closing of the fiesta.
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FIESTAS in honour of the Virgen del Castillo are underway in Yecla and carry on until tomorrow (Friday) and again on Sunday December 17. The fiestas have been declared as being of National Tourist Interest as it is combined with remembering a group of local soldiers who went to fight against Cataluña in a 1642 war. Thanks are given to the Virgen as all the soldiers returned from the conflict without a single scratch. The fiestas feature a number of local people dressed as soldiers in formal uniforms and includes a great deal of gunfire from firearms of that period. THANKS: It’s a spectacular and noisy week in Yecla (file image). Thursday December 7: 9am - The statue of the Virgen leaves the Santuario del Castillo and is slowly brought down to the Plaza Mayor where she is received by officials. 7pm - Flower Offering Parade along Calles Niño Jesús, Hospital, Cruz de Piedra, Zaplana, Francisco Castao, Maestro Mora, San José, Don Lucio, San Pascual, Parque de la Constitución, San Francisco finishing at the Basílica de la Purísima.
Friday December 8: 6.30pm - Procession with the statue o f th e p atro n , orc he s tra s , a nd the firing of the blunderbuss guns from th e B as ilic a a long C a lle s J ua n Ortuño, Pintor Aguirre, Niño Jesús, Hospital, Placeta de Ortega, España, Iberia, San Antonio, Rambla and San J o s é en d in g in the Pla z a de Sa n Cayetano for the traditional firework display.
Sunday December 17: 10am - The act of the Minerva at the Basílica de la Purísima with more firings of the blunderbuss guns. 5.30pm - The statue of the Virgen begins the journey back up to the Santuario del Castillo, along Martínez Corbalá n, Plaza Mayor and the Plaza Concejal Sebastiá n Perez, and her arrival is followed by a firework display to close the fiestas.
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V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W . E U R O W E E K LY N E W S . C O M By Matthew Elliott ALMOST half of all the luxury real estate sold in Spain is within the thriving Madrid market. The Spanish capital accounts for 45 per cent of all luxury housing transactions. Both domestic and international investors favour the city for properties ranging in value from €800,000 to €1.5 million. The figures were released by Barnes Spain, which also revealed that a substantial proportion of international investors in Madrid are from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Barnes also said that Madrid is distinguished by the quality of its renovations. Location is everything in the capital so, rather than build luxury homes in undesirable areas, people prefer to remodel older homes in prime neighbourhoods. In 2017 alone Madrid residents have spent more than €2 billion combined on home renovations. Many do so with the specific intention of selling their property while the market is hot. Meanwhile thousands of owners are taking advantage of high prices to rent out their homes.
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LUXURY: Madrid market favoured by elite.
The average rent has shot up €17 per square metre this year. There is a major contrast with Barcelona, which has seen the
prices of luxury homes plummet by 20 per cent since the Catalan crisis began. Both wealthy foreign nationals,
and multi-national corporations are reluctant to buy homes or offices while the uncertainty lingers.
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Sale stats revealed VILLA LES CEDRES: Is breaking records.
€315m to spare? Costliest home on planet for sale THE world’s most expensive house has gone on the market in the South of France. The 14-bedroom chateau, Villa Les Cedres, has broken records by going on sale for over €300 million, and the owner hopes its unique history will attract buyers. The 187-year-old house, which previously belonged to a king, is currently owned by Italian drinks company Davide Campari-Milano Spa. The property had been used to grow the oranges used to flavour Grand
Marnier when it was owned by the Lapostolle-Marnier family. Davide Campari-Milano acquired the house last year when it took over Grand Marnier ’s parent company. Featuring 35 acres of landscaped gardens on the Cote D’Azur, the house was built in 1830 and bought by the mayor of Villefranchesur-Mer in 1850. In 1904, his descendants sold the chateau to King Leopold II of Belgium who began planting more than 14,000 species of plant, including the orange trees eventually used to flavour Grand
Marnier. Fifteen years after the king’s death, Villa Les Cedres was bought by the liqueur’s makers, who cultivated King Leopold’s crops for their drink. Now featuring bronze statues, a manmade pond and a belle epoque style throughout, its owners have listed the property with estate agent Savills. Campari believe the property is worth around 20 per cent of its 2016 gross sales, although Bloomberg News says this figure may not be achieved. Any owner is likely to be in good company as
Buying from abroad EUROPEAN buyers still account for the vast majority of homes sold in Spain to foreign nationals. Between them the Brits, French, Germans, Belgians, Italians and Romanians make up more than half the foreign buyers market. Within that group the British continue to dominate. UK buyers account for 13.9 per cent of all sales to foreigners. They are followed by the French on 8.8 per cent, Germans on 8.2 per cent, and Italians on 7.7 per cent. The proportion of foreign buyers
who are resident outside the EU now stands at 10.6 per cent. Moroccans, Chinese and Russians make up the vast majority of the non-EU market. Sales of properties to foreign residents rose by 13.4 per cent in the first half of 2017 with a total of 50,087 transactions. The bulk were sold along Spain’s Mediterranean coastline. The Balearic and Canary Islands accounted for a disproportionate share of the foreign market, while Murcia, Andalucia and the Valencian Community were also hugely popular.
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has a neighbouring property, as does Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
SEVEN in 10 Spanish buyers think properties are too expensive at present. A new study from Fotocasa revealed that buyers have spent an average of 8 per cent m or e on pur chasing a property this year than in 2016. The average expenditure now stands at € 1 7 3 , 0 0 0 . I n t h e c u rrent climate bargaining is vital and the majority of buyers have some success. Six out of 10 buyers managed to negotiate the price down, by an average of €14,000, roughly 10 per cent of the average asking price.
The study also shows that people are buying homes faster. Eight out of 10 buyers managed to close the deal in less t h a n o n e y e a r. J u s t over 60 per cent did so in less than six months. For sellers the process is naturally l o n g e r, b u t j u s t o v e r half still managed within half a year. Three quarters of buyers purchased a home to use as their main residence. Around 13 per cent bought property as a s e c o n d h o m e a n d 11 per cent as an investment, typically to be rented out.
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Christmas puddings What the Spanish feast on By Harrison Jones STUFFING, cranberry sauce and sprouts do not feature on Spanish Christmas dinner menus. In fact - like in many other parts of the world - the traditional meal does not even take place on Christmas Day, but on Christmas Eve. The family feasts vary, but often include prawns, mussels, cheese, soup and salad. Meats like lamb or turkey and fish like sea bream or sea bass can also feature. It seems fair to say that dinner is quite the spread. A fairly generous helping of wine is another precursor to Christmas carols. Alternative culinary traditions extend to the end of the festive period, in early January, with some Spaniards reportedly eating one grape for each of the 12 midnight bells
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LEGALLY SPEAKING Pets deserve security too! 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.
FIT FOR A KING: Roscon de Reyes. on New Year’s Eve. But the most appetising element of Spanish festive feasting could well be the desserts and snacks. Marzipan and churros are favourites but Roscon de Reyes - King’s cake - promotes the competitive streak in Spaniards. Many cafes claim to have the best recipe for the sweet bread, which is traditionally eaten on January 6, for the Three Kings festival. Also popular in Latin America, the round buns are
often decorated with brightly coloured sprinkles or fruit. Almonds, egg whites and honey make up the nutty nougat known as Turrón, a traditional treat dating back to Moorish times. Meanwhile, mantecados including polvorones - look a little like scones, but the sweet, nutty, crumbly desserts are closer to shortbread. Normally flavoured with almonds and cinnamon, they also have Moorish origins but are mainly produced in Andalucia.
PETS: Must be secured while travelling by car. ACCORDING to the latest statistics released by insurance company experts, one out of four drivers have been distracted by their pet whilst driving. The report also reveals that men are most often affected, those between the ages of 18 and 24, suffer most from these distractions. Moreover, the research also shows that up to 32 per cent of those who travel with a pet in the vehicle do so without restraining the animal, leaving it loose inside the cabin, a situation which is not only extremely dangerous, it is also illegal, on account of the risk to both the animal and the other vehicle occupants. Geographically, it is the Andalucians who do it more frequently, 74 per cent of the time. They are followed by Basques and Madrileños, with 73 per cent. On the opposite side we find the pet owners of Galicia and Castilla y Leon, who only take them with them 51 per cent of the time. The Catalans claim to do so on 55 per cent of their trips.
Animals, like humans and any object carried in the vehicle, must be secured. In a frontal collision where two vehicles are travelling at just 30 kilometres per hour, the combined collision speed therefore being the equivalent of about a 60 kilometre per hour collision, a dog weighing 10 kilos would increase its mass and weigh up to as much as 300 kilos at the point of impact. We must also realise that generally speaking, insurance companies do not consider animals as vehicle occupants, according to Carlo Brüggeman, cofounder of Acierto.Com, and would therefore unlikely be covered by the vehicle’s policy, although there are specific policies to cover the expenses of the veterinarian and even include compensation for accident or death. Overall, the advice is simple. To keep everybody safe, including your pet, and to comply with the law, the animal must be secure at all times. If carried in a cage or carrying case, then that too must also be secure.
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REGULAR PRUNING: Cut wood to size for use in the fireplace. such as citrus, mulberry, holm oak, hackberry, grape vine branches and they will give various amounts of heat and lengths of time to burn according to the characteristics of the wood. It is a long term process to prepare firewood as living wood pruned off the trees is better left a year to dry out before burning to reduce their
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crack naturally making split larger logs much easier. I find it easiest to prune with creating firewood in mind so I cut the branches to fireplace size as I prune. This makes it easier to transport the prepared logs and branches straight to the wood shed ready made. Even with all the trees I have, I still need to buy wood to keep the fireplace burning 24/7 during the coldest months but I appreciate that the cost of firewood is usually justified when you understand the time it takes for trees to grow and the work to prepare, store and transport it for the wonder of a living fire to keep warm. The ash from a fireplace can also be a benefit for the garden as a natural soil improvement. It should not be used in excess as it is very alkaline and is best used in combination with plenty of compost and manures that are more acidic to keep the soil ph balance neutral when adding the ash. It is great for improving the soil texture which makes it easier to dig and provides loads of carbon which is important for storing nutrition from the other organic fertiliser added to the garden.
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I HOPE you have not purchased a puppy from the internet or pet shops, if so expect your puppy to have health problems. If you have answered a newspaper advertisement I hope you saw the mother. If you have a puppy I do hope that your vet has recommended a good puppy class for you to attend if not then in my opinion you have the wrong vet. Your new member of the family is cuddly, pretty and being spoilt! Your puppy is making toilet mistakes and possibly started to chew up anything in site! The main problem is that if the
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Have a happy howliday Planning holidays for 2018? THE most wonderful time of the year has finally arrived, but make sure you keep your pets safe so they have a wonderful holiday too. Although decorations make your house look fes-
tive, make sure that they’re kept out of reach of animals or the new Santa figurine might just become your dog’s new chew toy. It’s also important to keep a watchful eye on fairy
lights and power cords. Always tape or fasten the cords down so animals won’t get tangled up in them or be tempted to chew on them. An electrical wire makes a tempting plaything for any animal, but if you get a new puppy or kitten for Christmas, you should be extra careful. Make sure your Christmas tree is weighed down so it doesn’t get knocked over. Vets also suggest leaving the tinsel off your tree, as it can cause problems if it’s eaten. Certain Christmas foods can also cause problems for your pet’s digestion. While most owners know to keep animals away from chocolate, they should also keep baking mix for cakes or cookies out of reach which can sometimes require surgery if too much is eaten. Some of the best festive flowers can also be toxic to animals, so avoid fresh lilies, holly, and mistletoe and opt for plastic alternatives.
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Premier League SPAIN and Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera is keeping focused on winning trophies ahead of the 2018 World Cup. “We are optimistic of fighting for every title this season,” said Herrera, ahead of United’s derby clash against Manchester City on Sunday. City are leading the Premier League title race but now that United have a fully fit squad available Herrera warned: “It’s great to have players back.” Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo and Marouane Fellaini have returned to the fold after injury and Herrera said: “With them in the squad we are stronger.” Meanwhile Spain midfielder and World Cup winner Juan Mata has praised United teammate Marcus Rashford: “Marcus is something special - a great mentality - and great qualities,” said Mata. Liverpool host Everton at Anfield on Sunday with Toffees new boss Sam Allardyce chewing over his hopes after signing an 18-month contract at Goodison Park. “I’ve taken over the reins to bring stability - I want to do much more - it’s my job to get among the European places, the FA Cup final or League Cup final,” said Allardyce. Premier League fixtures: (Saturday) West Ham v Chelsea; Spurs v Stoke; Burnley v Watford; Newcastle v Chelsea; Swansea v WBA; Crystal Palace v Bournemouth; Huddersfield v Brighton. Sunday: Manchester United v Manchester City; Southampton v Arsenal; Liverpool v Everton.
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We go to the World Cup to try and win - Rashford and Mourinho say England have a chance 2018 World Cup with Andrew Atkinson ENGLAND’S 2018 World Cup hopes are alive and kicking with Manchester United ace Marcus Rashford ready to head for Russia for the Finals next summer. “We are doing our best to go there with a real plan and intensity to try and win the tournament,” said Rashford. England have been drawn with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama in World Cup Group G with their opening game against Tunisia in Volgograd on June 18. England meet Panama, playing in their first ever World Cup, in Novgorod on June 24, and play their final group match against top seeds Belgium in Kaliningrad on June 28. Rashford, who has been in the England fold under three
managers in Gareth Southgate, Sam Allardyce and Roy Hodgson, said: “The players are gelling in a whole different way.” Southgate was appointed as England manager in November 2016, and Rashford, axed from England’s squad by new Everton boss Allardyce, said: “The set-up, aim and vision of where we want to go is much better.” England appear to have a great chance of reaching the last 16 in the 2018 World Cup and Rashford, 20, said: “We have to build our own plan once we get to the World Cup, to try and win it.” England qualified for the World Cup without losing a game in qualifying and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes they go to Russia with hope. “England must have a chance. There’s a great generation of players at different ages and with different qualities,”
said Mourinho. “They have good experience at club level, playing in the Premier League and in the Champions League. England have great potential,” said Mourinho. With the busy December schedule - United were in action against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday - and Rashford said: “It’s great to have all the games. We take one game at a time.” United, who last won the Premier League title under Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, finished sixth last season; winning the League Cup and Europa League under Mourinho. United host arch rivals and Premier League leaders Manchester City on Sunday; Bournemouth on December 13; travel to West Brom on December 17 and play Bristol City in the League Cup quarter final on December 20. “By the time it gets to Christmas, it calms down a bit. You
start to see pathways - to certain tournaments - and trophies,” said Rashford. Rashford, who joined United’s Academy aged seven, said: “You don’t start to think about England until you start playing in the England youth team. That’s when you start to dream about moments like this.” Rashford has been encouraged by England 1966 World Cup winning star and United legend Sir Bobby Charlton, 80, selected for four World Cups, who won 106 caps. “Someone who has won it before - that’s the biggest inspiration we can have as players,” said Rashford. Despite avoiding 2018 World Cup joint-favourites Brazil and Germany in the Group draw England boss Southgate was cautious. “We’ve been good at writing teams off - and getting beat we’re going to make sure we’re prepared,” said Southgate.
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VALENCIA suffered their first defeat of the season as they were beaten 1-0 by 10man Getafe on Saturday. The result leaves Los Ches five points adrift of league leaders Barcelona and just a point ahead of third placed Atletico Madrid.
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DOWN the motorway for the first time in many months, the society headed south to the Mar Menor golf course. It was fairly cold and many of the members decided it was time to get the winter clothes out for the first time. There was also a slight bit of rain, but overall a very enjoyable day out and the course was also in great condition, which made the scoring quite reasonable. Results for this outing: Overall and gold division division winner with 38 points was Ray Muttock Gold division runner up
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MAR MENOR: Time for the winter clothes. - Alan Gifford Silver division winner with 37 points Paul Owen Silver division runner up - Dave Capper Nearest the pins on par 3 ’s : B i l l M a r t i n , A n d r e w Drinkall, Ray Batey and Martin Morgan Nearest pin in two on par 4: Bill Martin Nearest the pin in three on par 5: Ray Muttock Tw o ’s p o t , n o t w o n , t o b e c a rrie d fo rw ard to the
next outing. Football card winners: Colin Phillips and Keith Smith. The next outing will be o n Tu e s d a y a n d a n y o n e wishing to join the society is welcome. If interested, please contact either by e-mail at: medbargolf2016@gmail.co m or pop in to the bar where all details can be left and the society will get in touch with you.
WINNERS: The victorious team, Team Warren.
Team spirit for Plaza Golf THIS week’s event took The Plaza Golf Society to Las Ramblas for a Texas Scramble four person team event. Ten teams took part with each team being made up of two low and two higher handicap players, a format that suits the Las Ramblas course. Team nearest the pins were up for grabs with teams Phil, Declan, Colin and Darren all winning drink vouchers for their efforts... hole 12 proved difficult, with no players making the green.
In the main contest, the top three teams were only apart by point four of a shot with Team Colin coming third with net 62.3. Second place went to Team Phil with net 62.2 and with a great net score of 61.9 was Team Warren made up of Waz, Big Ron, Lucky Lee and North East Nigel... well done to them sharing €100 first prize. The society’s next two events are both at Villamartin Golf Course tomorrow and December 15. Register at www.theplazagolfsociety.com.