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Police uncover weapons factory By Harrison Jones FOUR people have been arrested after engineering blanks into live ammunition to sell on the black market. According to reports, authorities seized 45 air rifles, 133 cartridges of live ammunition, 275 cartridges of detonating ammunition and various tools to modify weapons, in the operations in Torrevieja and Guardamar. The Guardia Civil and Murcia police investigations began when a single person bought 45 weapons online. Concerns grew when the individual was connected to a number of extremist and violent groups. The investigation also revealed that the suspects allegedly used weapons routinely to carry out threats. The arrests were made in mid Novemb e r, a m i d f e a r s a b o u t the high number of weapons being acquired and the possibility of them being sold on to criminal groups.
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‘Scum of the Earth’ Vandals target memorial garden
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HEARTBREAKING: A quiet space of reflection ruined.
EXCLUSIVE By Darren James Residents of Urbanisation La Marina were lost for words on Sunday as they learned the unopened Garden of Reflection had been the target of vandals. The white painted brick wall that was about to have a number of plaques fixed on it in honour of residents of the Urbanisation had been daubed with black paint and a number of other fixtures that are part of the memorial garden were damaged. The wanton vandalism was discovered by one of many vol-
unteers that have spent much of this calendar year working on a project that was the brainchild of local resident Debbie Alger. “I’m heartbroken,” said a tearful Debbie. “It may only be a blank wall at this stage, but to me and many others it means so much. It’s the culmination of seven months of hard work, fundraising, meetings and organising and we were looking forward to the Garden of Reflection opening before Christmas.” Those plans are now in some doubt, with some people expressing their concern as to what might now happen to the finished wall once the memorial
plaques are put on it. “I’ve tried to justify why someone would do this,” continued Debbie. “But it’s simply vandalism. I’m fuming!” Pictures of the vandals’ work have been placed on Facebook and it’s hoped that someone will come forward knowing who carried out this cowardly act. Many commenting on the posts have described the perpetrators as ‘scum of the Earth.’ Debbie came up with the idea of the Garden of Reflection in the aftermath of a vigil on the Urbanisation following the Manchester bombing in the summer.
Four rescued from burning building GUARDIA CIVIL members have saved four people from a burning building in central Torrevieja, according to Spanish media. One man and an elderly, disabled woman, were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, following the fire on Monday night. Two other female victims did not require treatment. The four police officers
entered the building three times to help residents caught in the blaze. They quickly located the first pair, who were visibly effected by smoke inhalation. After they were brought to safety, the group rescued a woman from the third floor and one from the fourth. The causes of the blaze are currently unknown, but
are being investigated by the Guardia Civil. The four officers are said to be in good health.
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Quad fall A YOUNG girl was injured and needed to be rescued when she became trapped after falling down an embankment in Cartagena. She was driving a quad bike at the time.
Gas leak FIRE services attended a 112 emergency call to what turned out to be a false alarm. Locals reported a strong smell of gas but instead it was a non-toxic leak of carbon dioxide.
Green light THREE new licences have been awarded in Lorca for reconstruction projects on the Carretera de Granada and Calle Rebolloso, and in a building known as Los Almendros.
NIGHT PATROL: The Red Cross team at work.
Homeless care patrols now 24h A SCHEME organised jointly between a number of local charitable organisations has begun nightly projects to take care of the homeless people in parts of Cartagena. The Cruz Roja and popular charity Cáritas are working alongside the Santa Teresa organisation - and with the support of social services Councillor Carmen Martín del Amor to patrol the streets. Around 20 volunteers man three vans every night to come to the aid of street sleepers in the city centre and in the poorest parts of the municipality. The patrols begin every night between 7pm and 8pm and the vans are full of gro-
ceries, toiletries, warm clothes and not forgetting people full of human warmth and compassion. This year is the first time
service on Mondays, Wednesthat such patrols have taken days and Fridays, Cáritas on place every night and have beThursdays and Sundays and come more vital in recent the Santa Teresa Organisation weeks as low temperatures on Tuesdays and Saturdays. have arrived. It’s known that The route is althere are 12 people ways the same, as without any form of it wends its way shelter that take from the old town refuge in doorways of Ensanch of buildings and in through the urban particular those that Latest news areas. contain ATM maand They are backed chines. They are more as it by members of the currently joined by happens Local Police who another dozen or so not only report anywho, even though one to the charities that many they have somewhere to stay, be in need, but also provide the they are helped because they patrols with protection should live in dilapidated shacks. any of the homeless people beThe Spanish Red Cross come aggressive. (Cruz Roja) take care of this www.euroweeklynews.com
EMERGENCY services based in Murcia were called to a traffic accident in the early hours of Saturday morning at El Jimenado ( To r r e P a c h e c o ) . I t ’s u n d e r stood four people were injured.
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Xmas quality control A NUMBER of businesses in the Murcia region will be subject to a campaign of inspections during the preChristmas trading period and beyond into the New Year. Under the control of the Ministry of Employment, Universities and Business, the Consumer Inspection department will be checking on more than 100,000 Christmas decorations, menus and ingredients that are going into Christmas meals and dinners in restaurants throughout December. Director General of Commerce, Francisco Abril, highlighted the increase of family spending at this time of the year that also attracts an influx of goods and products into the market of less than acceptable quality or fake. “This is why we increase our focus at this time of the year - especially on the safety of toys - although these products are controlled by our inspectors throughout the year,” said Abril. The inspectors check and monitor that both businesses and the products they sell are complying with regulations such as containing the CE safety stamps on electrical goods and not being inflammable.
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Not so lucky A TOTAL of 40 tenths of a Spanish Christmas lottery ticket have been stolen in Elche. Worth a total of €800 (€20 per ticket), the number is 48054 and anyone possessing that number should double check where it was purchased and report any suspicions to the Guardia Civil.
Fatal plunge A 50-YEAR-OLD man has died from a fatal blow to his head after falling eight metres from a building in the Santomera Industrial Park. Emergency services arriving at the scene found the man’s body believed to be a worker on the building - and declared him dead.
Jobs boost THE Murcia region has already registered, by the end of November, almost 2,000 more permanent c o n t r a c t s t h a n w e r e o ff e r e d t h r o u g h o u t a l l o f l a s t y e a r. T h e forecast made by the regional government was for 66,000 contracts but the estimate has now been revised to surpass 70,000.
Home delivery A 37-YEAR-OLD Spanish fastfood delivery driver has been arrested for distributing drugs while working. When he was caught by members of the National Police in Alicante, he was in possession of 52 grams of cocaine and 22 grams of marihuana that were destined for ‘home delivery’ clients.
All change A FRENCH investment company h a s a c q u i r e d t h e f o u r- s t a r H o t e l Cartagonova in Cartagena. Located on Calle Marcos Redondo, the 15-year lease will be operated by B&B Hotels, and will change its name to B & B Hotel Cartagena. The amount of money paid for the hotel hasn’t been revealed.
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SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...41 As the first snows begin to fall in Spain’s mountains, ski and snowboard enthusiasts are itching to visit one of the country’s more unlikely tourist attractions, writes Harrison Jones.
Snow way DESERTIFICATION is coming to Spain. The south of the country sees temperatures regularly top 40 degrees and millions flock to beaches along its coasts. Yet the country is also home to around 35 ski resorts and roughly 1, 000 km worth of runs - some of it within hours of the beach. Complete with an attractive party scene and good terrain for beginners, many resorts are relatively cheap compared with the rest of Europe, making them highly attractive. Figures are scarce, but of the near 75 million tourists who visited Spain in 2016, a significant number are thought to have been skiers and boarders. Statista suggests snow sports vis-
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‘STUNNING VIEWS’: Olympic skier Graham Bell.
NICE ICE: Tobogganing is also on offer in Sierra Nevada.
WHILE most of Spain’s skiing is in the Pyrenees, there is a little in the south of the country too. In fact, Sierra Nevada, about a 40-minute drive from Granada, is Europe’s most southerly ski resort - and a highly popular one at that. Thought to boast over 321 days of sunshine, it also claims the title of Europe’s sunniest ski resort. The classic local brag is that you can ski by morning and sunbathe, on the Costa Del Sol, in the afternoon. Around a million people, many of them Spanish, skied the
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itors - including natives – have numbered around five million in the last few seasons, since 2012. But visitors SKI OR BOARD: It’s not just sno tend to opt for a w on offer in Spain. select few resorts. The resorts of Benasque and La Dubbed ‘the world’s best ski reMolina are other tourist favourites, sort’ by the Daily Telegraph, while Formigal has the most terrain Baqueira-Belet is the most popular, in Spain. best rated and biggest. The Spanish season can - in theoFound in the heart of the Pyrery at least - run from late Novemnees, many believe it is favourite of ber to early May, though this dethe Spanish royal family, but pends heavily on snow conditions. though the monarchy are still The best snow tends to be found thought to have a chalet there, the between January and March. King no longer skis.
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resort in 2014, according to Planet Ski. Remembering his appearance at the 1996 world championships, Graham Bell - a former Olympic skier and Ski Sunday presenter - told Euro Weekly News that the resort had a “great atmosphere and stunning views.” Though he is also quick to warn that the “snow can be a little hit or miss.” But if sun, skiing and partying are your thing, then you cannot go far wrong with Spain’s highest resort.
jured after falling off his motorbike. According to witnesses, he was hit by a car close to the DIA Supermarket. He was taken by ambulance to the Rafael Méndez de Lorca Hospital.
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POLL OF THE WEEK Do you send online Christmas cards? LAST WEEK’S POLL:
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alerts issued for the whole 48,458 Weather of Spain as storm Ana set to hit snap: Weather warnings issued as parts 6,987 Cold of Costa Blanca and Andalucia go below zero diverted and red alerts issued 6,673 Flights as storm Ana lashes Spain driver dies after crashing onto 6,662 Lorry Costa del Sol beach airline Ryanair facing pilots’ 4,518 Low-cost strike before Christmas views
SEA OF RED: Thousands of Santas took to the streets in Madrid. MORE than 7,000 people dressed up as Father Christmas to run through Madrid city centre in aid of a cancer charity. The athletes braved freezing temperatures and strong winds as Storm Ana rolled into Spain, but the festive atmosphere certainly seemed to warm their spirits up. Children also took part in the five kilometre gallop, donning green tunics and elf hats, while many of the adults wore long white beards to accompany their bright red hats and robes.
The event saw the merry throng dash along the Spanish capital’s famous Paseo de la Castellana, crossing landmarks including the Cibeles and Colon squares. It is the fifth successive year that the event which organisers claim is the largest Santathemed race in the world - has taken place. And a portion of each runner’s registration fee will be donated to the Intheos Foundation, a non-profitable organisation dedicated to fighting cancer.
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STORM Ana which hit the Murcia region in the early hours of Monday morning resulted in 86 calls to the 112 emergency telephone number from different municipalities across the area. Over the course of eight hours, 86 calls were made as a result of fallen trees, displayed telephone and electric cables and a handful of roof slates. The most affected municipality has been Cartagena where 65 calls were received relating to 40 different incidents, followed by Cehegín with eight worried callers to attend five cases. Roads didn’t escape the early morning problems with a number of trees and other obstacles blocking some 23 routes.
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FALLEN TREES: Among the damages caused. The most notable problems in the region reported were a palm tree that fell and cut off both lanes of the N-332 in Los Molinos Marfagones; a tree falling in the middle of a square in Cartagena; marble slabs falling from a facade, also in Cartagena, which caused no in-
was the increase in house prices in Spain in the third quarter of 2017, as valuations reached their highest level in a decade.
juries; cables falling in Lorca; and a large palm tree blocking a main road in Mazarrón. In Cieza and La Vega Alta, strong gusts of wind caused a number of incidents including some broken windows in the old court building, and collapsed fences in Calle Viriato and in the Príncipe de Asturias gardens. There were no reports of any injuries following the storm.
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Just model behaviour
EXPECTING: Alice Campello.
HE’S the ex-boyfriend of Australian songstress Kylie Minogue. But Spanish model Andres Velencoso, 39, shows no sign of settling down after being pictured with yet another new squeeze. The Catalan hunk posted photos of himself alongside Argentinian actress Luz Cipriota, 32, in Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava. And it appears the pair have sealed their HEARTTHROB: love after jetting off on a Andres Velencoso. South American jaunt. The rumoured couple visited Buenos Aires, where Luz was born. It comes weeks after Andres expressed his happiness with 25year-old Italian model and presenter Ginevra Rossini, known in her homeland for being the ex-girlfriend of Luigi Berlusconi, son of former Prime Minister Silvio. But the heartthrob has clearly moved on once more, following earlier flings with Spanish model Steffy Argelich, 23, and tennis star Maria Sharapova, 30.
Alice in wonderland SHE has over a million followers on social website Instagram. And Chelsea footballer Alvaro Morata’s stunning wife Alice Campello now has another reason to celebrate after the couple announced they are expecting their first child. The Italian model, 22, tied the knot with the Spanish striker in June, just weeks before his €65 million Premier League transfer was announced.
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BOMBSHELL: Penelope Cruz as Donatella Versace.
SHE’S Spain’s favourite sweetheart. And now Penelope Cruz is due back on our screens in new series, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Story. The 43-year-old stunner plays Donatella Versace, sister of the murdered fashion designer who was killed in 2007. Due for release in January 2018, the show follows the lead up and aftermath of the icon’s death. Cruz, whose normally brunette locks have
been died platinum blonde for the role, stars alongside pop star Ricky Martin, who plays Antonio D’Amico, Gianni Versace’s long-term partner. And showing just how well the stars were getting along on set, Martin posted a photo of him and Cruz snuggled up in full costume. Martin, normally known more for his singing prowess, explained he accepted the role to make a stand against the homophobia believed to have been behind Versace’s death.
Celeb focus Moss be joking? SHE’S the enigKATE MOSS: matic model who No selfies. has managed to stay on top for almost 30 years. And now Kate Moss has explained she’s no fan of social media. The 44-year-old stunner, who spends her time between London, the US and Ibiza, said: “Everything now is so instant with digital photography and there’s no mystique. I’m just not into posting about personal stuff online.”
Taken by storm SHE recently signed up to the E4 show Celebs Go Dating. And single beauty Tallia Storm, 19, showed why she’s such a catch after slipping into a plunging neon pink swimsuit on the beach in Spain. The Scottish singer flaunted her petite frame as she frolicked in the shallows before taking a stroll along the sand.
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RICE TO SEE YOU: Thousands flocked to the event.
Paella feast attracts hundreds of people OVER 250 different groups made up of local associations or just groups of family, friends and neighbours turned out in Torrevieja to celebrate Spanish Constitution Day with a giant paella contest. It’s really only a ‘contest’ in name as it’s essentially an excuse for hundreds of people to enjoy preparing, cooking, sharing and eating this most tradi-
tional of Spanish dishes. On this very sunny and cold day too, it was a perfect way to warm up. The paella fest was held for the second year in a row in the new market place next to Avenida de Delfina Viudes which has eight times the amount of space compared to the port where it had been previously celebrated. There was a massive influx of people and from very early on,
the first people on the scene set up tents replete with chairs and tables and were keen to give out the odd appetiser or two. Despite the hundreds of people that turned up to join the party, there were no reported traffic problems. As for the competition, only the first 80 entrants on a firstcome-first-served basis were admitted.
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Heart starters A TWO-YEAR contract worth €7 million has been awarded to the Murcia health service for the implanting of mini-defibrillators that will automatically reverse an abnormal heart rhythm in a patient.
Pumped up THE green light has been given to the Murcia health authorities to supply 403 insulin pumps and related assistance to diabetic patients at a cost of just under €2 million.
Nativity open THE mayor of Cartagena, José Ballesta, and other members of the council have attended a ceremony to inaugurate this year’s Nativity Scene located in the Episcopal Palace.
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Spain is failing migrant children THE discovery of a 12-year-old West African boy inside the dashboard of a car bound for Spain shows that migrants are prepared to use ever more daring methods of reaching Europe. But the find also illustrates the chilling reality that the number of unaccompanied children fleeing their homelands has risen at an alarming rate. A recent United Nations (UN) report suggests that the running total for Andalucia so far this year has increased by 240 per cent compared with 2016, leaving the regional authorities unable to cope. Those aged under 18 are officially protected by Spanish law and placed in so-called ‘reception centres,’ but once they turn 19 they are released onto the street without food, shelter or documentation allowing them to legally find work. And it is then that they become prey to prostitution networks, fall victim to radicalism or are tempted by other shady influences, according to non-governmental organisation Voluntarios Por Otro Mundo. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Spain is party, obliges countries to prioritise the best interests of children, while international law states that questionable individuals must be treated as children until proven otherwise. But the Spanish government is ignoring its obligations, with many youngsters homeless or held in adult detention centres. It is time the country stopped failing them. Boarder control - page 25
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Campers get their own space... but not happy with it MOTORHOME tourists see Cartagena as one of their top destinations... but complain that there aren’t enough places within the municipality for them to park. Their claims are backed by the Spanish Association of Motorhomes and Campers (ASESPA), who agree that for a city the size of Cartagena it is surprised that it lacks an area where caravan and motorhome tourists can park up and sleep the night. “Spain is the country that receives the most motorhomes from all of Europe, but there is a lack of infrastructure,” says Lorenzo
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Ruiz, secretary of ASESPA. He went on to say that Cartegena could be a major attraction for this type of tourism if the city council could grab the initiative and create a dedicated parking area that is well located, with good security and with efficient and available electricity and water supplies. “The destination is unique being based at a strategic point in the southeast of the country. Not only does Cartagena have superb beaches nearby, it offers so much culturally and has all the basic ingredients and more to make it a sought-after place for mo-
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torhome tourism,” said Ruiz. The Cartagena City Council has already given their approval for the building of an area opposite the Santa Lucia Hospital which will have a capacity for 70 mobile vehicles. However, this location has been rejected by the Motorhome Association Murcia (Ac-Mur), believing that it is too close to existing residential areas such as Lo Campano. Also, there is no connection to the city centre for those that wish to either walk in or use their bicycles. Another location - behind the Gómez Meseguer sports centre - has been proposed but has allegedly been rejected by the council due to a lack of viability.
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REJECTED: Tourist associations reject chosen site.
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Crafty jewel thief caught after more than a year OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil in Novelda have arrested a Romanian man in La Alberca, Murcia suspected of being behind a jewel robbery. The 36-year-old was detained following the robbery in a shop in Monóvar at the end of last summer. With everything caught on CCTV, the man entered the shop posing as a client interested in purchasing a number of pieces of gold jewellery. The shop assistant returned to show him the selection from which he picked five items: two gold pendants containing precious stones, two gold chains and a watch valued at €10,000. To avoid any suspicions at that point, the thief even paid a €100 deposit and asked the assistant to keep the jewellery
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DECEPTION: Thief pays deposit for goods already pocketed. he’d chosen in the sealed bag which he would collect at a later date when he had the rest of the money. However, he never returned... and for a good reason. He already had the jewellery.
Once the man left the shop, the clerk was suspicious at his actions and took out the bag that contained the chosen jewels. It was empty, and when CCTV footage was checked they saw he had pocketed them.
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Safety work underway WORK has already begun on the Bigastro Industrial Estate to improve safety, through different surveillance systems, asphalting, lighting, accessibility and the building of a new roundabout at the CV-95.
Burnt out FIRE services were called to a parking area in El Malecon in Murcia to extinguish two cars that eventually burned out. One of the cars had been abandoned.
Second class MORE than 3,000 residents of Bolnuevo and El Alamillo say that they have been without a regular postal service for seven months and have needed to go to the post office instead.
Horrific car crash as getaway begins AS the ‘Operation Exit’ traffic exodus got underway at the start of the long early December weekend, a fatal accident killed two people in a horrific crash. A man and a woman aged 43 and 42 respectively died instantly in the incident on the RM-730 motorway at El Moral that links Caravaca de la Cruz with Puebla de Don Fadrique in Granada. The alarm was raised when two young people travelling on the RM-730 spotted an Alicante registered Ford Focus completely destroyed about 20 metres from the road in a pine forest. They went to a nearby restaurant to report what they had seen but were reportedly too afraid to approach the car for fear at what they might find inside. Accompanied by people
DESTROYED: Both occupants found dead at the scene. from the restaurant, they approached the car in the dark using their mobile phone torchlight to see if there were any occupants. They were greeted with very loud music that was still booming from the crashed car and when they looked inside saw two people that did not respond and were obviously dead.
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First indications as to the cause of the crash suggest that the car lost control at a sharp bend that, if a driver is new to the area, can take them by surprise particularly if they are going too fast. It was also noticed that the Ford Focus had crashed into a tree in the forest as it was embedded in the front seats of the car.
DURING the course of a number of traffic Guardia Civil controls, two professional drivers were arrested after being found to be driving after taking drugs. Both were found to have taken cannabis and cocaine. The results were made public after the campaign which took place between the end of November and the beginning of December showed that the controls aimed at school bus drivers resulted in two detentions. A total of 138 school buses were stopped and the two drivers were reported to the Provincial Traffic Authority of Murcia. The maximum fine for such infringements is €1,000 and the loss of six points from their driving licence. The first driver arrested was a 37-year-old Spanish national from Alcantarilla
whose test for drugs returned a positive reading for cannabis. He was transporting 40 schoolchildren at the time. The other driver, also a Spaniard and 46-yearsold, tested positive for cocaine in Molina de Segura when he had 27 schoolchildren on board. In both cases, the coaches were immobilised close to the schools where they were inspected and kept there until their operating companies sent replacement drivers. To avoid the least possible inconvenience to the students, the inspections took place close to the schools either in the early morning before classes got underway as pupils left the bus, or before the end of the school day as the buses arrived to collect the students for the home run.
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After school training MURCIA’S City Council has approved an expenditure of €110,250 to allow a collaboration of 27 institutes to help 25,000 students to carry out extra-curricular courses this school year.
Police tests UNTIL this Sunday, Local Police in Cartagena will carry out a new campaign of testing for drink and drug driving in the municipality to ensure greater awareness of the problem.
Fresh breath THE region of Murcia has been given an initial budget of just under €34 million for four years for the contracting of home health services such as oxygen treatments.
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Roman artefact sellers detained GUARDIA CIVIL officers based in Alicante have recovered 315 pieces of great historical value. Two men are being investigated after allegedly offering hundreds of valuable archaeological pieces for sale online. According to an official report from the Guardia Civil, two Spanish men aged 47 and 64 and residents of Elche and Crevillente respectively are suspected of crimes of smuggling, fraud, theft and misappropria-
tion of historical heritage. Investigators had been aware for some time of the existence of a person who offered such historical products for sale online and then began a more detailed enquiry as to the authenticity of the pieces. The site that it is believed most of the artefacts came from is located in the Sierra de Crevillente and dates back to the 9th to the 15th century BC and home to many important civilisations that once settled there.
Search warrants were issued for the homes of the two suspects and the 315 items were discovered between them. Among them was a bronze medal belonging to Gordiano III, Emperor of Rome, up for sale online for €18,000, a Roman coin picturing Tito Flavio Vespasiano offered for €1,800 and a scarab amulet for €2,500. The Guardia Civil have reminded people that searching for archaeological remains is subject to official authorisation.
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DIGGING DEEP: Investigations lead to two arrests.
Council’s sweet gesture for Christmas RESIDENTS of Murcia will get the opportunity to taste some typical sweets in the lead up to Christmas. Not only will they be able to satisfy their sweet tooth, they will be able to help those people in the municipality that are most in need. The City Council will provide 1,500 kilos of sweets to various charitable or-
ganisations that will go on sale in packs of three and will cost €1. Money taken will then be distributed by the Jesus Abandonado, FADE and Murcia Acoge groups. People will be able to buy the sweets and thus making a donation as they enjoy many of the shows and activities on
display in Murcia throughout the coming few weeks. Launched by councillors Conchita Ruiz and Jesus Pacheco, they said that this initiative is intended to raise funds for the development of various activities to help those most vulnerable in the local society.
“These packs of sweets will be sold, at the price of €1, in four locations that the city of Murcia will place in the most prominent points of the municipality, coinciding with the celebration of activities and events of the Christmas program that attract a large number of people,” Conchita Ruiz explained.
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OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested nine young people in the Orihuela Costa suspected of being behind a series of robberies in the area. Four others are also being investigated. All of those detained are between 15 and 19-years-old and made up of various nationalities (four Spaniards, two Germans, one Romanian, one Venezuelan and one Moroccan) and the others investigated include a young
British national. They were all suspected of seven crimes of robbery with force and three other thefts, specialising in taking bicycles from inside homes. Guardia Civil based in Pilar de la Horadada began their investigations when a spike in robberies was reported in a number of housing estates on the Orihuela Costa all involved bikes being taken. It was quickly estab-
lished that an organised gang of youths living in Torrevieja was behind all the robberies. Their method was always the same. It appears that they travelled either on foot or by bus to the Orihuela Costa in small groups of three or six people. Once they arrived they toured around the different urbanisations and selected the house they were going to rob. One or two would
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Young bicycle robbers did it ‘for a game’
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Underage images NATIONAL POLICE in Cartagena have arrested two alleged paedophiles who were found to have more than 5,000 images of children between six and 10-years-old on their computers.
Good sport IN DISGUISE: One of the bike thieves caught on camera. then jump over fences into the property while others were on watch on the street. They came well prepared, bringing with them shears ready to cut any security chains that held the bikes they were looking for. Once enough cycles for everyone had been found, they all drove back to Torrevieja. During the subsequent
investigation, it seems that those involved saw their activities as nothing other than a game and a competition to see who could steal the most bicycles. It was also discovered that one of the crimes took place on Halloween night and with the thieves dressed in masks avoided being recognised on any CCTV cameras in the area or on the properties robbed.
THE municipality of Caravaca de la Cruz has revealed that 8,628 athletes took part in various sporting events included as part of the regional Sports Tourism Plan.
Great gig PEOPLE attending a feast of video game competitions on state-of-the-art computers in Murcia were able to enjoy a minimum of a 10 gigabyte internet connection... the same speed as used in Japan.
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Exercise immediately after suffering a heart attack FEWER deaths, relapses and ultimately a better quality of life. That’s the claim of the Alicante General Hospital as latest figures show their programme of exercise for heart attack patients is bearing healthier fruit. The hospital has developed a programme that treats some 200 new patients every year who have suffered a heart attack or angina, and breaks the traditional treatment with an immediate programme of exercise. Running alongside the usual medication and changes to diet and general lifestyle, an exercise regime has been produced and initial results have reduced mortality rates by 20 per cent. “Years ago, the patient was advised to rest and then to lead a quiet life and told not to strain or over exert themselves,” said Vicente Arrate from the Cardiology Department of the Alicante General Hospital. He agrees that this was a logical reaction, but times
have now changed with medical advances. “If we take account that most patients previously arrived at the hospital after long delays and a badly damaged heart following an attack, the prognosis wasn’t so good. Now, thanks to new treatments - especially stents - that can be offered to patients within 90 minutes of suffering a heart attack, the recovery rates are quicker and survival rates longer,” said Arrate. Within a few days of being admitted with a heart attack and being stabilised, patients are sent to the gym to use walking machines, aerobic devices, cycles and even small weights to improve their muscle tone. Some patients have even been seen walking up and down small flights of stairs or even light jogging although many have been shocked to be told by their surgeon that such exercise is possible and permitted.
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Poor little lambs! Three rustlers arrested AS part of an ongoing operation by the Guardia Civil in Murcia to clamp down on the theft of livestock from farms, three people have been arrested in connection with a number of burglaries and thefts. Three others are also being investigated for the theft of 43 head of sheep in Puerto Lumbreras. The operation began when a farmer reported he’d had 43 lambs stolen from his farm and when word spread, it caused great alarm across other members of the local livestock sector. Agents belonging to the specialist ROCA team that deal with such crimes carried out in the country and farming areas began a very detailed investigation. They collated information about the type of stolen cattle - young lambs belonging to the Murcia Segureño breed a nd proc e e de d to orde r a
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ONE GUARDIA AND HIS CATCH: Main suspect in lamb theft taken in for questioning. search of other farms’ cattle pens to try to find them. This allowed them to eventually identify a group of suspect s f r om a nei ghbour i ng farm, and discovered that the alleged leader of the group was a Portuguese citizen known to police authorities with a string of offences to his name. As soon as they were stolen they were sold almost immediately well below the market
price, and to avoid any suspicion the official identification num ber f or l i vest ock f ar m s was pl aced on t hem t o t ake them to the slaughterhouse as par t of t he r ecei vi ng f ar m ’s livestock. The three arrested and those being investigated - Spanish and Portuguese - are aged between 18 and 49. The value of the stolen lambs is believed to be €3,500.
Drugs stash found inside a baby’s hat A COUPLE has been arrested in Elche after trying to transport drugs inside a baby’s hat. They were arrested by offi-
cers of the National Police as they travelled in their car between Alicante and Elche and were only stopped after an ea-
gle-eyed officer spotted something unusual as the car approached a checkpoint. As he was checking a car ahead of the suspects, he noticed out of the corner of his eye a car slowing down faster than normal about 50 yards down the road at which point a pink object was thrown out of a window. As their car was stopped by police, the occupants thought they had fooled them by throwing their booty from the vehicle earlier, but when a more thorough check of the car was made and the pink object wasn’t found, they were detained and a police officer went back along the road to pick it up from the roadside. He discovered a baby’s hat containing a package with more than 100 grams of heroin. Being a significant amount, the couple was immediately arrested and another family member was called to take charge and care for the baby.
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WITHIN days of Alicante-Elche Airport announcing that it has welcomed passenger 13 million in 2017, the airport managers AENA have made a significant investment. An injection of €48 million will be pumped into the increasingly busier airport over the next four years until 2021, with much of that budget being focused on safety and security measures. Existing facilities will be adapted to take account of new security regulations connected with the checking of luggage, as well as improving the technology available that monitors the perimeter fence. The most significant actions in improving the quality of the terminal are the construction of new public toilet facilities in the check-in area and in the baggage collection area. There will also be a new ramp in the luggage pick-up area that will shorten the walking distance for those newly arrived passengers. A total of €13 million will be spent on improvements and extensions to the
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REFORMS: Millions to be spent on Alicante-Elche Airport. aircraft parking areas close to the runway, and €1.2 million invested in more energy efficient lighting and air-conditioning systems. Alicante-Elche Airport has already beaten the passenger records that were expected by AENA during the five year
period until 2021. The figure forecasted for 2016 was 12.3 million and well beaten, while the hoped-for passenger numbers for 2021 were expected to be 13,740,000... an amount that will be surpassed at the end of this year instead.
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Extra shopping days for next year SHOPS and stores in the Murcia region will be allowed to have one more official opening day during 2018. The regional government has announced via the Official Gazette (BORM) that there will be 15 non-working days in which retail outlets will be formally allowed to serve the public... many of which are on a Sunday. This is one more day than in 2017 and it’s already being predicted there will be another extra day taking it to 16 -in 2019. The full list of the extra commercial opening days for Murcia 2018 is: Sunday January 7 and 14; Sunday February 11; Sunday March 18 and Thursday March 29 (Maundy Thursday); Saturday June 9; Sunday July 1; Friday October 12; Sunday November 25; Thursday 6, Saturday 8, Sundays 9, 16, 23 and 30 December. The increase of opening
days will benefit all aspects of the retail industry throughout the region by generating more employment and a boost to tourism at different times of the year.
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Second largest marine crane in port OVER the next three months, Cartagena will be the home of the second largest marine crane in the world. With a tower measuring 135 metres high and with the capacity to move up to 14,000 tons, the Saipem 7000 marine crane will be based in the port for around three months to undergo a programme of maintenance. The port authorities have said that this crane is only beaten in size by the SSCV Thialf. There is no formal date for the arrival of the Saipem 7000 in Cartagena but it will be at the beginning of 2018 when it will be anchored a few metres from the port waiting for the authorities to assign a formal docking point to begin the work. The structure was designed in 1987 as a semi-submersible
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REPAIRS: The Saipem 7000 (pictured) due in Cartagena soon. boat with a built-in crane (Micoperi 7000) and is capable of hoisting and placing structures of up to 14,000 tons. Twelve years later, in 1999, the ship was rebuilt and a new ‘J-Lay’ type tower and a deep-water pipe placement system were installed. It has also achieved a number of marine records, such as
of the Spanish population will be retirees by
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lifting 12,150 tons on the Mediterranean Sea and the pipeline installation depth record when it reached 2,500 metres during works for Medgaz as it laid a natural gas pipeline between Algeria and Spain. It contains ballast pumps with a capacity to pump 24,000 tons per hour, while its ballast tanks have a capacity of 83,000 cubic metres; an additional 14 tanks can hold up to a further 26,000 cubic metres.
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ORIHUELA councillor Dámaso Aparicio has unveiled two Ecoparque recycling bins that have been cleaned and repaired. As he unveiled them, he addressed his comments to residents - especially those in the Orihuela Costa - to use them correctly this time. “The last time this service was set up we found that as well as the acceptable waste there were also numerous pieces of furniture, construction materials and other things that are not permitted.” One of the containers will be a permanent fixture in the Orihuela Costa Town Hall car park in Playa Flamenca while the second one will be more mobile and moved around the municipality at different times of the year. Local residents will be informed in ad-
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Refurbished recycling bins come with council requests
CORRECT USE: Councillor Dámaso Aparicio requests local co-operation. vance when this one will appear in their areas and how to use the containers in the way they were meant. Leaflets will be distributed in Spanish, English and German. These special and dedicated containers can only be used to deposit certain types of domestic waste that
was the fine issued to a convent in Sevilla for taking apart an antique organ and cleaning it without asking for permission.
shouldn’t be put into the normal rubbish bins as they are highly polluting. These sections of the Ecoparque’s containers include separate areas for electrical goods, printer cartridges, paint and solvents, fluorescent and low energy light bulbs, aerosol cans and cooking oil. They can then be taken away by the rubbish collectors for safe and expert treatment before being recycled.
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THE strike by driving test examiners in Murcia that began at the end of June this year has claimed its first victims. Seven driving schools have been forced to close their car doors due to an ‘unsustain-
able’ situation after six months of no driving tests being carried out. This has led to a loss of students and thus the consequence of a lack of income to enable the schools to continue in business as the
potential drivers hold back until the dispute ends. The Regional Association of Driving Schools of Murcia (ARAMUR) made the announcement and said that the strike of examiners had made their businesses “unsustainable.” There is already very little profit margin in the sector and this, coupled with the price competition that has taken place since the strikes began has led to the closure of seven schools in the region, with the possibility of more in the future if the situation doesn’t resolve itself soon. Enrique Lorca, president of ARAMUR, points out that many people hoping to take a course of lessons took out loans to pay for them - with the aim of paying that loan back in the future when they began work as a result of passing a future driving test that they cannot now repay.
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NO PASSES: Murcia driving schools faced with no choice but to shut. It’s been estimated by ARAMUR that since the start of the strike each driving school has lost around €3,000 each month, so as-
people took to the streets of Brussels to show their support for Catalan independence according to Belgian police.
suming the strike goes on until the end of the year, that accounts for €18,000 in total. Many young drivers traditionally begin driving lessons when they start university but this year the registrations have dropped by between 30 and 40 per cent.
There is some positive news as all the examiners now work on a Thursday and a Friday to attempt to unclog the backlog, but despite this ARAMUR estimate that more than 7,000 driving tests would have been cancelled during the strike period.
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Controversy and clashes continue over Cataluña TENS of thousands of pro-Catalan protesters demonstrated in Brussels last week, in a massive show of support for Catalan independence. In another week of drama for the independence movement, scuffles between police and protesters broke out in the Catalan city of Lleida. Chants of ‘wake up Europe’ rang around the streets near the EU headquarters in the Belgian capital, as 45,000 protestors urged the EU to support the Catalan cause. Following an independence referendum which was declared illegal by Spain and marred by police violence - the EU have so far been supportive of the Spanish position. Last week the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, met her Spanish counterpart, Mariano Rajoy, and gave her support for the Spanish government’s position. Thursday’s rally also supported the deposed Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, who spoke at the event, while some protesters carried flags for Flanders, another European area with a strong separatist movement.
Puigdemont, along with four former ministers, fled to Brussels in November, having been charged with sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds by Spain after declaring independence. A European arrest warrant for the former Catalan leader has since been dropped by a Spanish judge. Meanwhile, demonstrators in Lleida protested against the forced removal of 44 works of art from a museum by Spanish authorities on Monday. In the early hours of Monday, the Mossos d’Esquadra - Catalan police - and Guardia Civil, began picking up art from the museum. Around 500 people accused the Aragonese authorities - who claim ownership of the works - of using the situation to ‘rob’ the works. Various anti and pro-independence parties are standing in the Catalan elections on December 21. Polls are finely balanced between the two camps, though Puigdemont’s party is expected to win most seats.
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TIGHT SQUEEZE: It is not known how long the boy had been in the car.
Boarder control Boy, 12, rescued from car dash SPANISH police have discovered a 12-year-old boy hidden inside a car dashboard. The child was suffering with numb limbs and breathing difficulties after being crammed into the tiny space, to cross the Moroccan border into Spain. Reportedly, he is from Guinea, West Africa - though he has no official documenta-
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tion - and has been given treatment in a centre in Purisima. The 65-year-old driver, thought to be Moroccan, was arrested by the Guardia Civil after a heartbeat sensor detected the boy in Melilla, Morocco. Melilla is controlled by Spanish authorities. Police then began an intrusive search of the BMW X5, and ripped into the dashboard to
people will be made redundant following Spanish bank Santander’s takeover of Banco Popular, 400 less than originally proposed.
find the child. People smuggling is a prominent issue in Spain, with 5, 695 people being released from slavery between 2012 and 2016, according to the Interior Ministry. A Guardia Civil spokesperson said: “He was asked to open his boot but nothing was found. “When a heartbeat sensor was passed over the car, officers became suspicious. When officers detected the heartbeat, they took the expensive car to pieces.”
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Spain football legend attacked with sex toy FORMER Spain captain Carles Puyol got more than he bargained for as he posed for a video with Russian fans after the 2018 World Cup Draw. The World Cup and Champions League winner was in Russia to draw the positions of teams in Group G and H during the World Cup Draw on Friday, December 1. Following the draw, the 39-year-old was approached by two fans at his hotel for a seemingly harmless video. In the bizarre clip posted on YouTube, two women can be heard speaking in broken English asking Puyol “Can you help us? Can you say
you love us?” before one explains “it is for our video. You have such beautiful hair. You are so pretty.” Things suddenly take a drastic turn however, as one of the women brandishes a large sex toy and proceeds to push it in Puyol’s face. One of the women can be heard telling him she wants to have sex with him using the “big toy,” to which Puyol protests, before the video ends with both women being escorted from the hotel by security guards. Nothing has come of the confrontation and police have not been involved, according to reports.
SPANISH ROYALS: Debut their annual Xmas card.
Festive cheer KING FELIPE VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have debuted their annual Christmas card with their daughters, Princess Leonor, aged 12, and Infanta Sofia, aged 10. The family took a more formal approach this year, with the family colour-coordinating in red outside the Royal Palace of Madrid. King Felipe wore a red pat-
terned tie while his daughter Princess Leonor, who is first in line to the throne, wore a bright red dress reportedly from Carolina Herrera, one of her mother Letizia’s favourite designers. Meanwhile, Infanta Sofia was dressed in red and white tweed believed to be designed by children’s fashion house Pili Carrera.
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BRITISH travellers who lose their passports abroad could be trapped abroad as a new emergency replacement system is trialled. Previously, a person could get temporary papers within hours, but according to reports the Foreign Office has introduced a system where emergency applications are handled
by officials in Poland and Spain instead of individual consulates. The Foreign Office website now says ‘your emergency travel document will normally be ready in two working days.’ The pilot scheme is intended to improve security measures according to an official spokesperson. “They will also mean that we will be able to make decisions
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about a person’s eligibility for an emergency travel document in fewer places, safeguarding a secure UK border,” he said. The data entry process and form approvals will be carried out centrally in Warsaw and Malaga, but the emergency passports will be printed at individual embassies and consulates.
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Travellers are charged £100 (€113) to apply for the travel documents and must fill out a form on the UK government’s website and attend an appointment at their nearest embassy or consulate. Proof of travel plans, a passport-quality photo and a police report if the passport has been stolen must be provided.
Spanish Jews celebrating Hannukah THE Jewish festival of Hannukah began on Tuesday. The fe s tiva l c omme mora te s the rededication of Jerusalem’s Holy Temple during a Jewish revolt from 167 160 BC. It is also known as the festival of lights, with one of the most recognisable symbols being the Hanukkah, a nine branch candlestick. Since Tuesday, people have been lighting one c a ndle e ve ry night to mark each day of the event. Celebrations finish at nightfall next Wednesday. Jews in Spain have endured a turbulent history. The country used to have one of the largest and most prosperous Jewish communities. But in 1391, antiJewish riots across the country slaugh-
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CANDLE LIGHT: The Hannukah, a symbol of the festival, holds nine candles. tered thousands, while others were forced to renounce their faith. Then, in 1492, the Alhambra Decree le d to a ma s s e x odus of Jews f r om Spain, and the conversion of many others, decimating their numbers.
There are currently thought to be around 50,000 Jews living in Spain, mostly in Madrid and Barcelona but al so i n ci t i es i ncl udi ng Mal aga, Benidorm and Alicante, although in smaller numbers. Celebrations of the festival are small and generally private. In fact, 1998 is believed to have seen the first public celebration of the festival in over 500 years. Traditions include eating foods fried i n oi l t o r em em ber t he l egend of a small flask of oil, keeping the Holy Temple’s candles alight for eight days. Types of fried food vary across the world, though children from numerous countries are given chocolate money and a four-sided spinning top known as a dreidel.
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Game of bones BUILDERS in Valencia were shocked to their bones when they found an ancient skeleton, and what is believed to be a Roman perfume shop and burial site. Grupo Comatel workers were preparing to install a lift for a new hotel, but instead made a number of unexpected findings, which archaeologists believe could be significant. The remains of the young gothic woman were found alongside what experts think could be a Roman perfume shop and an ancient Visigoth burial site. The Visigoths were a Germanic off shoot of the Goths, around towards the end of the Roman Empire. Believed to be 25 at the
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FLESH ON THE BONE: Plaza de Manises and (inset) the woman’s remains. time of her death - between 250 and 750 BC - the woman’s body could be part of a wider grave system near the city’s Plaza de Manises. In a separate discovery, Roman structures and a number of glass bottles led archaeologists to suggest that a Roman
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perfume shop was also located in a similar area. Further tests are required to confirm the theory, which dates the would-be market at around 300 AD. The head archaeologist, Maria Luis Serrano Marcos, told Spanish media: “The point where it is located, next to the forum, in the centre of the Roman city, makes us think it is a perfumery.”
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By Harrison Jones THE 11 new locations joining the prestigious list of ‘Most Beautiful Villages in Spain’ have been announced. Villages applying for the network must have 15,000 inhabitants and certified natural or architectural heritage. But there is also a certain je ne sais quoi required to join the elite list. Here, we round up the new additions, which mean membership numbers now stand at 68. Sleepy Segura de la Sierra (Jaén) dates back to Arab times, when the town was called Saqura. The town boasts silent, picturesque streets with a number of historic monuments. The Andalucian village also has striking scenery from its hilly perch. The main attraction of quaint Mondoñedo (Lugo) is the Romanesque cathedral, which had a number of different influences on its attractive architecture. Caves on the outskirts of the Galician village are also worth a visit. A medieval aqueduct leading into rural Ledesma (Salamanca) gives a taste of the village’s vibe. A walled town believed to have its routes in Roman times, the stonework and nearby river make for striking scenery from afar. In 2011, Briones (La Rioja) reportedly had a population of just 873 people. A gothic monument and the town’s rich history might have been the main attraction, but for the vineyards surrounding it: wine is the only game in town here. Lerma (Burgos) has a number of important 17th century religious monuments. Quiet, cobbled streets and stunning surroundings make it one of Spain’s pleasant, traditional retreats. Perched atop a mountain, Zahara de la Sierra
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‘WHITE TOWN’: Zahara de la Sierra’s nickn (Cádiz) looks over a beautiful lake and up at an impressive castle. Known as a ‘pueblo blanco’ because of its white housing, it also has the Garganta Verde canyon within striking distance nearby. Mountainside views and Moorish features makes Bubión (Granada) a scenic tourist attraction, com-
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GUADALUPE: A World Heritage Site.
name is not the most imaginative. plete with modest church and traditional markets. Spectacularly located on the Poqueira river gorge, beneath the Sierra Nevada, the village is thought to date back to Roman times. Almonaster La Real (Huelva) is dominated by archaic buildings and boasts one of Spain’s few rural
mosques and an impressive open-air bullring. Stonework and cobbled streets give quaint Mirambel (Teruel) a deeply traditional, relaxed feel. The town’s population was reportedly under 200 just 13 years ago, and is unlikely to have grown much since. In the right light, the red architecture of Guadalupe (Cáceres) could seem oddly reminiscent of Florence. But the town’s central square and monastery have plenty of charm in their own right. The latter was named a World Heritage Site in 1933. The Caldelaos people of Castro Caldelas (Orense) wake up to an impressive castle dominating the village skyline. With narrow streets and a collection of red roofed houses, it feels authentically Spanish.
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A SPANISH man has been held at Barcelona Airport with 2.7 kilos of cocaine strapped to his legs. Eagleeyed police noticed that the 56-year-old - who was travelling from Sao Paulo, Brazil with a 46-year-old woman from Azerbaijan - appeared to be walking oddly, leading
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Legging it Smuggler caught at airport them to stop and search him. Although their baggage was clear, the man was found to
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MISLABELLED: The sushi trade has been singled out and (inset) an escolar.
Fishy business Mislabelled seafood rampant in Spain SPANISH consumers have been warned about seafood fraud. The widespread con involves scammers swapping expensive products for cheaper alternatives. And a new report by the national Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (Aecosan), has alerted restaurant-goers to the particular dangers of eating escolar. An inexpensive but tasty fish, escolar is fraudulently being sold as tuna, white tuna, butterfish, cod or grouper in eateries, with the practice especially rife in sushi restaurants. Nicknamed the ‘ex-lax’
fish or ‘laxative of the sea’ in the industry, it is considered dangerous enough to be banned in Japan and Italy. Eating the buttery flesh can cause keriorrhea, a form of fish poisoning with symptoms ranging from stomach cramps to severe diarrhoea and vomiting. Its sale is legal in Spain, and the Aecosan factsheet features a series of recommendations for seafood lovers since the fish ‘contains a fat composed of waxy esters that humans are unable to digest.’ These include removing as much fat from the flesh as possible, especially the skin, never eating it raw, and
avoiding consumption of cooking juices when it is panfried. Children, pregnant women, the elderly, and those with immunodeficiency or similar ailments should avoid it entirely. But the issue of misidentification remains, with some experts recommending that shoppers should only buy fish with the head still on to avoid mishaps. Seafood ranks number one in the global food fraud ranking, and a 2010-2013 study by conservation group Oceana which tested 114 tuna samples in the United States found that 84 per cent were mislabelled.
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JINGLE BELLES: The Velvetones’ performances got everyone in the Christmas spirit.
Festive fun with the Velvetones QUESADA Ladies Club invited the Velvetones to entertain them with their Christmas repertoire at Casa Contenta, Rojales. The ladies joined in the fun and a good time was had by all with the club giving a generous donation to their charity, ALPE special school
in Torrevieja. The Velvetones carried on the festivities by joining the patrons of the Bridge Bar, Rojales for more Christmas fun. They passed round the charity bin and more generous donations were made. They would like to thank both of these groups for mak-
ing the afternoon and evening so enjoyable. They start rehearsals again on Wednesday January 10 and welcome along anyone who wants to see what the group has to offer. Check out their website for further details: www.velve tonesharmonytorrevieja.com.
Las Salinas Lodge reach out LAS SALINAS Lodge Number 79 presented a cheque for €2,500 to ‘Reachout’ Torrevieja at El National restaurant in Punta Prima. ‘Reachout’ was the chosen charity of Brian McArdle, an organisation that he praised for the outstanding work that they do for the homeless and underprivileged, of all nations, in the local area.
PROUD MOMENT: Brian McArdle presented the cheque to Brian Proctor with charity steward, Vernon Sayce.
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SANTA’S HELPERS: Trevor and Pat Bagnall made Christmas come early for the children from the EMAUS home in Elche.
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TREVOR BAGNALL, charity steward of Dama de Elche Lodge, and his wife Pat made a pre-Christmas visit to the 21 children of the EMAUS children’s home in Elche to deliver gifts for the children. These gifts were mainly toiletries either collected by the Masons themselves or generously donated by their wives. The gifts were presented to Annette English, who said: “All of these toiletries are very welcome at the home and are always needed. Our thanks to all the members of Dame De Elche Masonic Lodge Number 163 for this wonderful donation.” The charity was chosen by worshipful master, Gordon Ramshead as his selected charity
for the year. This will be the last donation by Gordon who is soon to step down as master but no doubt his successor will try to carry on his good work. The Lodge has also provided 1,000 litres of much needed fuel oil for their heating over the winter and they will also be making a further donation to DEBRA (the Butterfly children) which will happen within the next two weeks when further details and photos will be given. If you can spare any items for this worthy charity, please contact Annette at the home or, if you have an interest in Freemasonry, please contact the following email address: prensa@glpvalencia.com.
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Chanukah beach celebrations THIS year will be the fourth public lighting of a Menorah at Playa Flamenca. Chanukah is a Jewish festival that dates back to the year 165 BC. At that time Jerusalem was ruled by a Syrian king called Antiochus. He looted and damaged the temple in Jerusalem and stopped the Jews from practising their laws and religion. This upset the Jews so much that they rebelled. The rebellion was successful and the temple was restored to its former state. A new altar was consecrated but there was only enough oil for the altar lamp to burn for one day. However the lamp burnt for eight days and a miracle was declared by the Jewish leaders. To celebrate this miracle an eight-day observance
is created ever year by lighting one candle each day in a Menorah (a special candelabra) until all eight candles are burning. The Menorah is placed in public places to remind people of the miracle. This year the southern Costa Blanca Jewish community will be lighting the Menorah on the steps of the esplanade opposite the Lobster restaurant at Playa Flamenca Beach at 7.30pm next Tuesday. Following the lighting ceremony they shall be serving wine and donuts. Please join as everybody is welcome; Jews, Christians, people of every religion and those of none. For further information please contact Alan via email: alan201150@hotmail.com.
BURNING BRIGHT: A traditional Menorah will be lit on the steps of the esplanade at Playa Flamenca Beach.
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KNITTING QUEENS: HELP members Tricia Brister, Annie Heatherington and Barbara Scott.
Keeping the community warm THE ladies of HELP Murcia Mar Menor have been busy knitting squares over the last few months to make warm, colourful blankets which were donated to the Red Cross in San Pedro del Pinatar. Annie Heatherington, who came up with the idea, handed over those that there were finished to Jave Cortez, the president of the Red Cross Mar Menor north, who together with vice president, Genaro Cortez Anguilo and Jaime Tornel, were delighted to receive them on behalf of the charity. Many friends of HELP knitted the blankets, both full size and baby size, together with knitted baby
clothes and donated the fabric. Annie stated that this is going to be an ongoing project and she is hoping to get more people involved. If anyone wants to help or would like patterns, visit the HELP outlet or the HELP office in Los Alcazares. The HELP outlet and HELP weekly car boot sale have also been collecting baby clothes over the past few months to donate to the Red Cross. HELP Murcia Mar Menor would like to thank everyone who has made donations which enable HELP to make a significant difference in the local community. For further details ring: 968 570 059.
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NETHERLANDS
ETHEREAL: Skiers were in for a treat when they spotted this natural phenomenon.
Angelic sight
of light, caused when light refracts through clouds 20,000 feet above the ground.
SKIERS at the Vemdalen resort in western Sweden were awestruck to see a rare phenomenon which makes the sun appear surrounded by a halo
Support slips A NEW government poll revealed
national support for the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party has slumped to its lowest level since its surge during the 2015 migration crisis of 2015.
Treasure trove A FARMER from Gotland was awarded more than 40,000 after he discovered hundreds of silver coins dating from the Viking era in his land after it had been dug up for road works.
Tax fail SOCIAL media network Facebook has been hit with a tax bill worth around €200,000 from Sweden after it was denied a round of tax deductions for not submitting the appropriate documents.
GERMANY
Off the tracks MORE than 40 people were injured,
Lucky escape POLICE were called to deactivate a hand grenade which was found in front of a house in Rotterdam after a man fired around 25 shots at the home with a firearm, and tried to throw the weapon inside.
Bike ban THE Netherlands could ban texting while cycling from 2019 onwards, as ministers are currently in talks on how the law could be implemented, with 75 per cent of Dutch people allegedly in favour of the move.
Traffic trouble DUTCH traffic accidents have increased by 8 per cent in the last year, according to research from VNV, the Dutch association of vehicle insurers, who claim 905,000 damage claims were registered last year.
Housing boom MORE than 27,000 new homes have been built in Amsterdam in t he past f our year s t o t r y and combat the housing shortage, with a further 60,000 scheduled to be built before 2020.
NORWAY
Close call MORE than 220 asylum seekers have avoided being deported from Germany after pilots refused to take off with them on board, allegedly making the decisions on a ‘case-by-case’ basis if they thought ‘flight safety could be affected.’
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eight seriously, after a passenger train collided with a freight train near the town of Meerbusch.
Keep away A CHRISTMAS market in a forest in Velen, which has a population of only 75 people, has begged visitors to stop coming after thousands descended on the village, blocking its
streets in every direction.
Village venture A GERMAN village with only 20 residents, who are mostly retired, will be put up for auction with a starting price of €125,000, after a private investor bought it in 2000 for one Deutschmark (around 50 cents).
FRANCE
BELGIUM
End of an era
Modern living
RENOWNED French singer Johnny Hallyday - the ‘French Elvis’ who sold more than 110 million albums worldwide has died at the age of 74 from lung cancer.
AN architect in the Belgian town of Keerbergen has structured a building around a street lamp, saying its a “creative solution” to the problem as authorities still haven’t moved it after two years of requests.
Smoke alarm AROUND 200 workers working at a nuclear reactor site currently under construction in northern France were evacuated ‘as a precaution’ after smoke was detected on the premises, making the air difficult to breathe.
Crowded castle MORE than 7,400 people bought a French castle called La Mothe-Chandeniers during a crowd-funding appeal which raised more than €500,000 to save the 13th-century chateau from ruin.
Golden oldies PENSIONERS in France enjoy the longest retirement out of all Western European countries, according to a study by the OECD economic think tank, and also have one of the world’s lowest rates of poverty among the over-65s.
On the march AROUND 45,000 Catalans marched in the Brussels European Quarter demanding that the European Union both respects their wish for independence, and that the Catalan leaders still in jail be released.
Bias bother ONE in five people of North African or Turkish descent say they have been victims of discrimination while looking for a job in Belgium, according to an independent anti-discrimination institution.
No refuge THE European Commission in Brussels will allegedly sue Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic over their refusal to take asylum seekers into their countries.
Mountain high TO mark the hundredth anniversary of Finnish independence from Russia, Norway tried to give its neighbour a mountain as a present but it was rejected on the grounds that it would be too controversial legally.
Youth held A 14-YEAR-OLD Norwegian boy i n Gr enl and has been accused of raping a girl the same age, filming the encounter and posting the video online before being reported to police by the girl’s parents.
Tall plans NORWAY has plans to build the world’s tallest timber building in the town of Brumunddal, which will be more than 80 metres tall when complete and 30 metres higher than the current tallest timber building.
Ferry flooded PASSENGERS and crew were evacuated from a ferry in Hordaland after it began to take on water, with nearly 20 people on board in total, and fire services were also dispatched to pump water from the boat.
DENMARK
Let it snow THE chances of a white Christmas in Denmark this year are 50/50, according to a national weather forecaster, which only happens roughly every 13 years on average due to the country’s strict criteria.
Gang busted POLICE detained 15 people allegedly connected to organised crime gangs which were linked to several incidences of gun violence in Copenhagen, as well as theft, fraud and breaking and entering, following a major operation.
Speedy chase A 37-YEAR-OLD man was detained on suspicion of vehicle theft and driving under the influence following a dramatic car chase in Fredericia, during which the car lost a tyre but carried on after driving over a spike strip.
Wrong turn A TRAIN which was part of Letbane’s light railway in Aarhus, which is still being tested, collided with a car driven by a 19-year-old man who accidently turned left at a junction where the manoeuvre was forbidden.
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BANNED: No glory for ice hockey team in 2018
Flying high SALES of Meldonium soared after Russia’s entire Winter Olympic team was banned from the 2018 games in South Korea. The performance-enhancing drug was linked to several star athletes, enough for Russia’s thousands of health fanatics and weekend warriors to snap some up for themselves.
Electric roulette RUSSIAN roulette tournaments with a twist are gaining popularity in the Russian city of Perm. Instead of loading one bullet into a chamber, adapted revolvers fire electric jolts. Competitors play for money and are disqualified if they show any hints of pain.
Ticket rush THE SECOND wave of tickets for the 2018 World Cup are now on sale. The latest batch will be sold until the end of January. They are for individual tickets for all matches except the opening and final. Tickets will be drawn by ballot if demand exceeds supply.
Art films A DOCUMENTARY film festival is underway across Russia. More than 130 films will be shown during the ArtDocFest which covers Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. Films come from over 30 countries, although most are inspired by Russia, and all have English subtitles.
Doctor Doh!
French connection
A DOCTOR with a PhD in chemistry from Moscow State University fell victim to scam artists pretending to be lab technicians. They told the woman, aged 75, she was terminally ill and only an experimental new medicine could save her. She handed over almost €75,000 of her life savings.
WEALTHY Russians with properties on the French Riviera are facing a tax crackdown. A Russian member of parliament was arrested on suspicion of tax evasion on luxury real estate. Oligarch Sulieman Kerimov is suspected of not paying almost €400 million in taxes.
Lenin legacy
MAUSOLEUM: Lenin’s resting place since 1924.
A POLL found that Russians are evenly split over whether to remove Lenin’s body from Red Square. The revolutionary icon’s body has been on display at his mausoleum for almost a century. Four in 10 Russians think it should stay, while an equal proportion want him to be buried.
FINANCE French group may move into Spain
THE European Commission has approved the takeover of Spanish car rental firm Goldcar by Europcar for an estimated €550 million. Having considered the overall number of European companies involved in the market, the Commission does not consider this acquisition likely to hurt competition. The French company considers that the incorporation of Goldcar into the group will help it to expand its business in the Mediterranean area in particular and strengthen its position in the leisure market.
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Farmers fear loss of subsidies THERE is a significant fear that the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will start to wind down from 2020 causing major problems for Spanish farmers. The Federation of Agribusiness Cooperatives of Andalucia believes that recent comments from the European Union suggest that the CAP could be on its way out which will be of particular damage to the Spanish agricultural industry. The federation argues that the maintenance of the finan-
By John Smith can unfold to ‘open up shop’ and then close quickly and run if they see the police. One man Aziz Faye, a Senegalese immigrant has come up with an innovative idea as he now purchases large numbers of unbranded clothes and trainers from Asia and then has colleagues sew on the Top Manta (blanket top) logo of his range. His concept ensures that his sellers are offering legal merchandise on which tax is paid and he hopes that
In the UK we are a British bank and will consider the implications once the outcome of the process is known,” Ana Botin Executive Chairman of Santander Bank.
SPANISH FARMING: An Andalucian orange grove.
cial support will allow farmers to continue to invest for the future and to move forward with environmental improvements. They blame the fact that the UK is leaving the European Union for a possible break down of the CAP and with Russia banning the import of some Spanish products and the USA placing much higher tariffs on imports such as olive oil, the farming industry in Spain expects more rather than less support.
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More power THE Spanish economy Minister Luis de Guindos has said that following Brexit he expects that Spain will have a much bigger role in the European Union. Currently even Portugal appears to hold more positions of power within the Union but he expects that to change.
Fibre cover GIANT telecoms company Orange is to spend €2 billion in order to expand its Spanish fibre optic service to 16 million homes by 2020. This is an increased user target of 15 per cent and an additional spend of €500 million over that originally planned.
Aid grant THE Provincial Council of Huesca has allocated €200,000 to 30 development projects around the world. The money will be spent during the next six months on projects in different developing countries around the world.
Hotel to be auctioned SANTANDER bank foreclosed on a €2.12 million debt owed by the beachfront Koral hotel in Morro de Gos (Castellon) forcing it into liquidation. Now the former four-star
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New idea for street sales IT is virtually impossible to escape the approaches of Looky Looky men in almost any tourist area in Spain. Many people consider these young men who are mainly African in origin harmless and at least they aren’t scrounging off social services, but others see them as an example of illegal activity, as they sell shoddy counterfeit goods, don’t pay taxes and some of the profits made may go towards supporting terrorism. The Spanish call them manteros (blanket makers) after the blankets many keep their goods in which they
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tourist hotel which had slipped to become a two-star operation has been put up to auction by the courts with an estimated value of €7.08 million.
this project will take off in a big way, allowing more immigrants to become accepted members of society. It may be some time before street sellers give up their stock of inferior fake products, but at least this is a step in the right direction and may combat some of the prejudice against them. The next part of the plan will be to try to persuade councils to allow the sellers of the Top Manta branded material to legally offer their goods for sale in the streets although this could be quite difficult to achieve.
Amazon and Ebay lose EU case THE European Court of Justice (ECJ) has supported a case brought by Coty which owns Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein to ban the sale of their products on Amazon and Ebay. Currently consumers may use the internet to try to obtain luxury goods at reduced prices by ordering from the websites of different companies in different countries. Although the decision affects just one brand, it is common practice for such decisions to be quoted as precedence.
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$ 19.20 $ 11.90 $ 61.91 $ 100.84 $ 11.98 $ 16.95 $ 13.51 $ 7.86 $ 20.50 $ 3.75 $ 27.16
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Support for de Guindos DESPITE denials a week ago, it looks as if Spanish minister Luis de Guindos wants to become vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB). The Economy and Industry minister had previously declared that a Spaniard should take up the position next May when current incumbent Vítor Constâncio of Portugal leaves the post but he had not indicated that he was actually looking for the job. Now, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has stated publicly that whilst his government has not put De Guindos’ name forward for the position, he would be an ideal candidate as he has raised the status of Spain as a successful financial player since he came to his position in 2012. The Prime Minister believes that the international profile of his Economy minister is high and that should he be put forward for the role, he should be a natural successor to Mr Constâncio especially as Spain is poorly represented in the higher echelons of European institutions with only one Commissioner, Miguel Arias Cañete who is European Commissioner for Climate and Energy. Whilst it is recognised that many European countries would like to hold the position, as one of the top four economies in the eurozone, Spain believes it is only right that it should be represented at a senior level within the ECB. The actual decision to appoint the next vice-president will be decided by a vote of all members of the European Commission and the successful candidate will be allowed to serve a single eight year term of office. Mr De Guinos has had some disappointment in the past when he ran for president of the Eurogroup (an informal meeting of EU finance ministers) which he was tipped to win but lost to the Dutch minister
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Jeroen Dijsselbloem when it appears that socialist members of the voting committee turned against him. Time will tell and it is possible that in order to save the minister from any embarrassment that Mr Rajoy is sounding out fellow heads of state before announcing his official nomination in order to ensure that there is a large enough majority who are happy to see Spain take on the vice-presidency.
Egyptian sales slump THE Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil has announced that exports to Spain at €779.8 million were 75 per cent up on last year. Currently in Buenos Aires for the 11th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference which has attracted representatives of 164 member countries, he met with his Spanish counterpart Maria Luisa Poncela. The export figures refer only to the period January to August 2017, although imports from Spain to Egypt for the same period were down from €929 million to €823.5 million significantly narrowing the trade gap as far as Egypt is concerned. According to the Spanish minister, Spain is currently looking at ways of expanding investments in the Egyptian industry.
AS ECONOMY RECOVERS AWAIT HIGH INTEREST RATES
ANALYSTS believe that financing for companies will shortly become more expensive and therefore loans should be obtained sooner rather than later. The reasoning behind this opinion is that bank regulations will continu e t o g e t t i g h t e r a n d th at there will be less liquidity in the market as the European Central Bank (ECB) reduces its purchasing support of EU members bonds. For the larger company it is suggested that they should issue their own lo n g t e r m b o n d s w h ere in vestors l e n d t h e m a n a g ree d amount of money over a set period of time while the companies pay annual i n t e r e st a n d r ed ee m th e bond at a date in the future. For smaller businesses who cannot afford this, now may be a good time to enter into a long-term loan with fixed interest rates which are still available from some banks at the present time. It is forecast that there will have to be an increase in both interest
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rates and inflation across Europe during 2018 and as banks are being instructed to make sufficient provisions in order to safeguard their customers, they are likely to increase rates or general charges to support the cost of making the provisions. The other problem for the banks is that the targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs), an ECB operation that provides financing to credit institutions for
periods of up to four years will be coming to an end. They offer long-term funding at attractive conditions to banks in order to further ease private sector credit conditions and stimulate bank lending to the real economy, but they are effectively subsidising the lending that banks are underta king so agai n, i nt er est r at es charged to borrowers between 2018 and 2020 ar e l i kel y t o i ncrease. Whilst there is action that companies can take in order to try to reduce the likely effect of rate increases, the consumer is in a much worse situation. With governments leaving interest rates at very low percentages, banks and lenders still manage to turn a 0.5 per cent interest rate into a 20 per cent rate on credit cards and even cheaper overdrafts sudde nly at t r act new hi gher bank charges so that the amount of interest paid remains low but the overall cost increases dramatically.
Baby milk problems could hit A FRENCH manufacturer of baby milk which is sold in Spain has ordered a global recall of baby milk product due to fears of salmonella. Lactalis which took over Granada-based group Puleva in 2010 has admitted that so far 26 French users of the milk powder marketed under the names of Celi, Milumel and Picot have become sick during December. A spokesman for the company which is one of the world’s largest dairy producers has told press sources that up to 7,000 tonnes of powder produced in a single factory in northern France may have been contaminated, but Lactalis is unable to determine how much is currently still in stores around the world.
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Another legacy of crash
DESERTED: A toll road.
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A GROUP of hedge fund managers who have purchased debt from the builders of nine bankrupt toll roads around Madrid are looking to claim €4.5 billion. The roads themselves were built by a number of Spanish companies who formed joint venture operations with toll road managers in order to earn what they expected to be lucrative income. Sadly for them however all of this took place prior to the financial crash and by the time that the roads were opened, the money collected was far less than originally forecast, leading many of the groups to declare bankruptcy. The roads themselves have been closed for years and many of the debts were sold at heavily discounted rates to various global investors who are now working together in order to make the Spanish government pay damages, thanks to particular clauses known as RPAs which existed in the contracts when the approval for the building was granted.
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Whilst the government acknowledges that it will be unable to reopen and franchise the closed roads without making a payment to those holding the debts, the amount which they believe is due and that which the hedge funds are claiming is significantly different. The government previously indicated that it expected to have to pay a manageable €2 billion, but those who are claiming compensation which includes corporate giants such as Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank are looking for a whopping €4.5 billion pay out.
Rather than each acting separately, all of the major claimants have joined forces and are being led by American company Houlihan Lokey to try to lever the best possible deal out of the Spanish government. According to their spokesman, the Spanish are acting like a South American government by delaying any agreement in order to hide the potential problem from the Spanish people, although the government rejects this, explaining that the delay was due to matters relating to the correct procedures when any bankruptcy occurs. Spain finds itself in a somewhat difficult position as it tries to negotiate a settlement with the combined might of some of the world’s biggest hedge fund organisations. On one hand it wants to pay as little as possible so that the amount does not hurt its economic recovery, but at the same time cannot afford to be too parsimonious as the government doesn’t want to be at the receiving end of a number of law suits.
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Surprise closure of franchise WHAT was thought to be a successful frozen yogurt franchise llaollao in Singapore leased from the Spanish chain closed with just 24 hours’ notice. With 29 outlets the stores have been very successful and there has been no information about why the closure took place, although all stores reopened two days later branded Yole, another frozen yogurt company. Four years of success came to an end without explanation from D+1 Holding, the company that is the master franchisee of llaollao in Singapore which simply confirmed that it will no longer be continuing the franchise. It did not reveal the reason why. No explanation has been received from the Spanish company either although similar events have occurred in Singapore in the past with the original company taking back the franchise within six months.
Losing mental capacity whilst living abroad by Stone King Charlotte Macdonald Contact me at international@stoneking.co.uk
MANY UK expatriates living in Spain own properties in the UK and have pensions and investments in the UK. They rely on their UK assets to maintain their lifestyles (and those of their families) in Spain. If they can no longer manage their affairs in the UK due to a loss of mental capacity, it can cause many difficulties.
You can choose a person or people, who you trust, to act for you when you are no longer able. The best way to avoid the legal and practical difficulties that can occur with the loss of mental capacity is to plan for it in advance by drawing up a document called a ‘Lasting Power of Attorney’ (‘LPA’).
An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity.
What is an LPA? An LPA is a legal document that enables you to appoint one or more attor-
neys to act for you when you are no longer able to act for yourself. Your attorney can be a professional,
such as a solicitor or a family member or friend. There are two types of LPA: ‘Health and Welfare’ or ‘Property and Financial Affairs’ An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity. It is therefore important to make one while you are in good health. Why should you get an LPA? You can choose a person or people, who you trust, to act for you when you are no longer able. If you lose your mental capacity and do not have an LPA, then your family (or the authorities) will have no choice but to make an application to the Court of Protection to appoint a ‘deputy’ to look after your affairs, which can be time consuming and costly. Will my LPA be recognised in Spain? Unfortunately there is no international type of LPA which is guaranteed to work in both the UK and Spain. The advice we give to our clients at Stone King, is that if you have assets in both Spain and the UK, your only safe option is to appoint attorneys in both jurisdictions.
If you would like to discuss LPAs contact Charlotte Macdonald or Dan Harris at Stone King LLP by email international@stoneking.co.uk or by telephone on +44 (0)1225 337599.
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Back in Blighty nothing much has changed LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT TWO things have been glaringly consistent on my latest trip to the old country, the almost unbelievable volume of traffic and the cold! Talk about the appendages of brass primates; the streets are littered with them! As for the traffic - well, not being the most patient of drivers, after two days of automobile altercations, my companion has now banned me from taking the wheel altogether. We did however manage to squeeze in a three-day trip to Malta. Although it temporarily took care of the brass monkey syndrome, it certainly didn’t resolve the increased traffic dilemma. Malta’s tourist economy is, I’m delighted to say, positively booming, but unfortunately the road development programme hasn’t quite caught up with the amount of newly acquired vehicles the locals are treating themselves to. Ah well I’m sure they’ll sort it. Good luck to ‘em. This historically beleaguered island deserves all the success it can get. ‘Course back in Blighty nothing much has changed. I was particularly peeved about the report of the black female, who was ticked off for putting her muddy feet up on the seat of a train.
TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE: London, left, and Malta. When the gentleman opposite (an MP no less) objected, she launched into a mouthy tirade which, among other things, included calling him a ‘white idiot.’ The report went on to say that it was all resolved peacefully however and by the end of the journey they had ‘become friends.’ Mmm, interesting. If he had called her a black idiot they would have been having their differences resolved down the local nick!
I was also a party to the views of some of the ladies concerning the recent surge into the, oft trivial, sexual harassment complaints. Almost without exception they consider the bulk of accusations frivolous and often quite ridiculous. Indeed some have told me that in their younger days, if they didn’t receive some form of sexual connotation or wolf whistle on their travels they would often worry that there may be something
wrong with them. I did take note of the recent cartoon which showed a woman complaining to her boss that, as she was the only member of the female staff that hadn’t been subjected to some form of sexual harassment, she was going to sue for discrimination. Don’t laugh, nothing would surprise me anymore, Not sure the latest Brexit deal is quite as wonderful as they all seem to be making out. Hopefully it will at least finally shut up all the Remoaners and allow the more forward thinkers to get on with the task of making the UK a leading, independent and successful runner in the whole host of world markets now finally opening up to us. One dark spot, for the ol’ boy, straight from the horse’s mouth as it were. Apparently I had actually been seriously considered for a spate in the Celebrity Jungle series but had been passed over because of my past criminal record! Marvellous ennit? One, highly debatable slip, some 45 years ago, in an otherwise untarnished lifetime of lawful existence, and it still follows me around. Ah well, didn’t want to eat their rotten grubs anyway. Keep the faith Love Leapy columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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TECH FOR THE TIMID LAST month I won half a million in an online lottery I hadn’t entered. Before that I could make a tidy commission simply by giving my bank details to a nice Nigerian minister to help him move his money. Well may you laugh, but it’s astonishing how many people plunge wallet-first into obvious scams, especially since e-mail made the conartist’s job so much easier and saved on the stamps. A Tennessee pensioner lost tens of thousands of dollars of his life savings not once, but three times to the same conmen, in a triumph of hopeless greed over basic hogsense. You might think it takes an IQ in single figures to fall for such swindles. Indeed a recent BBC documentary revealed that e-mail scammers with a perfectly good command of the English language deliberately ‘dumb down’ their appeals with terrible grammar and spelling, because that weeds-out the more literate (and apparently less gullible) among us up-front. But things have become so sophisticated in this age when hooking even a tiny fraction from an e-
Watch out for that damn scam spam Terence Kennedy decided not to collect his vast online winnings and is all the richer for it
SCAMS: Think before you click. mail blitz can unlock a fortune for the scammer. Your bank e-mails asking you nicely to update your details by clicking the link below. Except it isn’t a link to your real bank. Ka-
ching and goodbye life savings. Or take our Nigerian minister and similar fraudsters offering truly improbable amounts of money, if only you will pay the transfer fee involved. Ka-ching.
A friend (whose name has been hacked from your address book) emails from Thailand where she’s stranded without funds. Of course you’ll help? Ka-ching again. A sad little girl in Anywhereville needs money for a life-saving operation and you open your heart. And wallet. No such girl, naturally. The UK alone saw 1.7 million reported cases of cyber-fraud last year - never mind the rest that go unreported because victims are too embarrassed to admit their gullibility. Just one victim website, , gets 10,000 hits a day. Plus two dozen messages daily from people who are victims of sextortion; that’s when a person is blackmailed after being persuaded to carry out a sex act on webcam, which is then recorded. Many scams are not a particularly sophisticated form of fraud, and you might think you’re not going to fall for it. So just remember the old adage: if it looks too good to be true or not quite right, it probably is. And if you do decide to ‘take the chance’ of untold riches despite utter improbability, well, step this way because I have a bridge to sell you.
Hooked SCAMMING may be an old trick but it’s still an effective one. If you do get scammed, here are a few simple rules: Drop all contact with the scammer. Don’t try to track them down - remember, the scammer has your real details and possibly compromising information about you. It’s not worth the risk to continue talking to them, and especially not worth confronting them. If you sent cash, there’s no realistic way to get it back; beware the ‘recovery scam’ where the scammer then claims to be an agency able to get the money back, for a fee. Contact the police. Share as many details about the scam as you can to warn others. And a final golden rule to use in the first place: Google everything.
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Seagulls are not the problem SIR, To Mr P Cornwall (EWN, November 11, 2017). You must be kidding. You present the seagulls as public enemy number one. You call them ‘flying rats’ and ‘horrible birds.’ Don’t you think you’ve seen Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ too many times? If you are proposing to murder them then you are not kidding. Think a little: we can frighten them, move them away, stop violating the environment so that these animals could return to their natural habitats. Or are we going to cut the trees because some fruits fall on our heads? Dry the sea because it sometimes causes damage to the coasts? Destroy the sun because it causes skin burns? Shoot the EWN readers who like the seagulls? There are no ‘horrible birds.’ There are birds. We share the planet with them but we have not worried about respecting nature. These seagulls now return, in some way, the damage we have done to Mother Nature. Who is the real menace? The birds that no longer have places to find food
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or we, who believe we have the right to exploit, usufruct and damage the world? Love, peace and reason. Jose Manuel Fernandez Santana, address withheld
Customer care all important AT this time of year when unwanted gifts are often received I am happy that in Spain nowadays there appears to be new marketing re-think whereby more local shops agree to exchange purchases. When I lived in the UK more than 40 years ago Marks and Spencer’s had an enviable reputation as a concern always willing to exchange purchases for customers as long as they were returned undamaged and with a receipt. But this policy at that time definitely did not extend to the majority of shops. Move forward to the end of 2017 and to Spain, and I have increasingly found in recent years more shops
Calling card SENSIBLE RETURNS POLICY: Shoppers in Benidorm. happy to exchange items, and at times surprisingly so. Last week my wife even returned a pair of shoes, and the shop happily exchanged them for a different colour and size... even though she had worn them one night (admittedly on carpeted floors... but she told the assistant they had been worn (even though the soles did not identify with the fact).
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And a neighbour happily recalled that she had received total satisfaction from Lidl recently when returning a garment that did not fit perfectly by merely producing the receipt and returning the item in its box within 30 days. Such businesses deserve praise, along with the likelihood of swelling sales thanks to all-important customer care. C Power, Huercal-Overa
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Lorry driver dies after crashing onto beach RIP driver, but people mention it’s an accident blackspot but what is wrong with the road? I drive up and down that road all the time and have done in all weathers but to me there’s nothing actually wrong with that part of the road. Adam Brown Road’s fine, they drive too fast and disregard the suggested speed reduction signs... Matt Silver No judgement intended and of course no one should die, but I think the lorries in particular go into the bend too fast and when they break it just jack knives and goes over onto the beach. I’ve lost count of the number of accidents there over the years, all unfortunately involving lorries. Let’s hope they come up with something. Anne-Marie Nyberg Savastano I think they made a mistake lowering the limit along the whole section between Fuengirola and Marbella. Before at least people not familiar with the road could sense some dangerous section approaching when the speed limit dropped. Now they’ve been numbed by the time they reach tricky spots. Speed limit is fine there, but you often see lorries ignoring it. Jurgen Imschoot How many more people will be injured or die before they remove the ridiculous tolls on the motorway? Peter Courtney
Comments from EWN online Brexit ‘really is a shambles’ Yes. We should walk away and see if the EU shoot themselves in the foot by imposing stupid tariffs on imports from the UK. I can’t see German and French industry letting that happen. They have just as much to lose as the UK does. Their ‘negotiating’ stance (aka bullying) is the reason we find ourselves in this mess to start with. Andy Funnell I think the government are trying to negotiate with an EU who do not want to negotiate. They really don’t want us to go and will try anything to delay negotiations in the hope that Brexit will go away. Who will fill the huge financial hole when the UK are gone? Looks increasingly more likely that we will leave with no settlement which will harm EU countries more than it will the UK. Roll on 2019. John Grieve In one word ... NO. Don’t think they have any idea what to do to be honest. They didn’t have a
plan at the start and they don’t have one now. It takes two parties at least to negotiate and in this case a lot more. Needed for everyone to get round a table at the very start rather than putting it off and upsetting all and sundry since. Moira Armitage
No white Christmas for drug dealers in southern Spain That’s good. Might actually be able to walk down a busy street at night without every Tom, Dick and Harry offering to sell drugs when I’m on holiday in Spain. Neil Hilton Butchers Great news!!!! Audrey Carr
Two Malaga hospitals named among the best in Spain Brilliant hospital, they totally deserve that award. After spending six days in there cannot fault them. Kind and professional I felt totally safe. Michelle Johnstone Best hospital abroad. Saved my husband’s life! Cathy Ransome
SPARE a thought before you abandon the idea of sending a printed Christmas card to your family or friends due to the recent changes at the Post Office and send an email greeting instead. Although having a printed card from a loved one on the mantlepiece at home is not quite as good as them being with you in person, it sure as hell beats printing out an email to stick to the walls. Edwin Cheeseman, Javea
Sorry state MOST people worth their salt might issue an apology or retraction when they have been found to commit to print a falsehood which perpetuates a misunderstanding. Not so Leapy Lee, who brushes aside his blunder as a ‘completely innocuous EU gaffe’ and considers correction to be ‘vitriolic spitting’ by ‘sad sacks’ and ‘jowl juggling vultures.’ He consoles himself though with his ‘thousands of wonderful like-minded readers,’ who he must assume to be also ill-informed. But as I said... most people worth their salt... Elaine, Torremolinos
Final word NO, No, No. Please don’t publish the answers to the puzzles in the same issue! What’s the point in attempting the cryptic crossword deciding you can’t solve a clue and just giving up and looking at the answer! There are plenty of inferior free papers that supply answers in the same issue, so let’s keep these puzzles a challenge. Stewart, Torrevieja
Lotto plea YOUR weekly newspaper is the best of the bunch, but I request an improvement to be considered for the thousands of lottery ticket buyers. There are two weekly La Primitiva draws but you only give results for one, and the Euro Millions tickets now carry numbers that are for a Spain-only million Euro prize. Can you include both in the Lottery section of Time Out please Name and address withheld Editor’s note: The lottery winning details have now been expanded.
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TV Couch Critic SHIRLEY BALLASS, the new head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, (BBC1, weekends) somehow just does not fit into the show. She may be an expert and has all the experience and professionalism to sit in 10-from Len Goodman’s chair, but she lacks charisma, which is the most important part of the job. True, she can shimmy as good as the rest of them, but she gets a lowly three from me I am afraid. The Yorkshire Vet run by former James Herriot trainee George Wright with veterinary partner Julian Norton and their team is worth a look on My5 on various nights. The North Yorkshire town of Thirsk is the setting of this real life All Creatures Great and Small continuation, but be prepared to witness scenes in the operating theatre as well as in the farmyards and barns. Undoubtedly some viewers will not find them overly appealing. I feel EastEnders, BBC1’s flagship soap opera brought in to counter ITV’s Coronation Street dominance years ago, deserves a mention this week. Having not seen an episode since
Strictly’s Shirley is out of step through real lack of charisma WASTE OF SPACE: Greg Wallace.
Martine McCutcheon was mowed down, at first I thought I had stumbled on to The Jeremy Kyle Show given the shouting and arguments, though this appears par for the course since Angie and Den’s famous Christmas ding dong of yesteryear. I feel Albert Square is covered in chewing gum and not gold as Dick Whittington thought. Still, the view-
WRONG FOOTING: Shirley Ballass.
ing figures don’t lie. My own tip for Worst TV Programme Ever goes to Len Goodman’s Partners in Rhyme (BBC1 Saturday). Resurrecting Z listers to help two contestants identify rhymes and mimes; what a total shambles and a real embarrassment as Len ain’t no Brucie, though Strictly definitely needs him. Dec’s ‘he’s a very small man’ put
down for Dennis Wise and himself on I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here (ITV nightly) is hilarious. Amir Khan has turned out to be a proper wuss with his girlie screams (though I am anxious he does not know my full identity!) But Toff (the posh one) is a star who smiles through everything and Stanley Johnson with an even posher DNA also comes
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across as a jolly good egg. Ant and Dec have a plethora of awards under their belt, and watching the quick-witted pair, it is easy to see why. Narrated by the late and great Sir Laurence Olivier, a repeat of World at War (Yesterday) is a timely reminder of the horrors of the Second World War, with black and white film capturing live footage of carnage, coupled with eye witness accounts of what must have been a nightmare. It is good to remind ourselves occasionally just how lucky we are. Meanwhile, Master Chef the Professionals (BBC2) is a mixture of culinary expertise and near nervous breakdowns for some of the victims... sorry competitors. Mainly sous chefs battle it out to create the dish that can make their careers, with triumph and despair in equal measures when judges Marcus Waring and Monica Galetti taste the dishes. But why do some of the competitors submit dishes they have never cooked before, though the greater question for me is what does ex-greengrocer Greg Wallace add to the proceedings? Critique: PM, San Fulgencio, Costa Blanca.
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10:15am Let's Get a Good Thing Going 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Street Auction 12:45pm Fake Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Father Brown 3:40pm Escape to the Country 4:25pm The Instant Gardener 5:15pm Money for Nothing 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm U2 at the BBC 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Drugsland 12:45am KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead
7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am Let's Get a Good Thing Going 8:15am Street Auction 9:00am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Link 2:45pm Equestrian 4:00pm Inside Claridge's 5:00pm Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom 6:00pm The Blue Planet 7:00pm Russia with Simon Reeve 8:00pm The Repair Shop at Christmas 9:00pm MasterChef 10:00pm Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 11:00pm The League of Gentlemen 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am NFL 1:05am Dara and Ed's Road to Mandalay
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Christmas University Challenge 2016 9:00pm Armada: 12 Days to Save England 10:00pm New Invasion! With Sam Willis 11:00pm The Science of D-Day 11:30pm Flying Scotsman From the Footplate 12:30am The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys 1:30am Everything and Nothing 2:30am Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections 3:35am The Man Who Collected the World: William Burrell 4:30am This is BBC FourThis is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
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7:00am Don't Think Twice 8:40am Sharing Christmas 10:20am How to be a Latin Lover 12:20pm Smurfs: The Lost Village 1:55pm Fist Fight 3:40pm Final Recall 5:25pm Don't Think Twice Turmoil strikes a New York improv troupe when one member leaves to star in a SNL-like TV show. 7:15pm Smurfs: The Lost Village 9:00pm Fist Fight 10:35pm Final Recall 12:10am How to be a Latin Lover 2:10am Within 3:45am Lemon 5:20am Sharing Christmas
1:00pm SPFL Round Up 2017/18 1:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:30pm Soccer A.M. 2:00pm Eredivisie 3:00pm SPFL Round Up 2017/18 3:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 3:30pm Soccer A.M. 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:15pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Eredivisie 7:00pm SPFL Round Up 2017/18 7:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:30pm Soccer A.M. 8:00pm Football Years 8:30pm FootballFootball 11:00pm Revista de la Liga 11:30pm La Liga World 12:00am Eredivisie
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LEGALLY SPEAKING Carrying a load 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.
LOADING THE BOOT: Heavy items must be secured. “COULD you please clarify for me the rules regarding what (if anything) you are allowed to carry on the rear seats of the car? I have heard so many conflicting stories. Thanks.” If you are driving a vehicle that is carrying a load in the car, you have to make sure that the load is restrained properly. Load restraint is not just about making sure that the load does not come off - it is also about making sure that the load does not shift in a way that makes the vehicle unsafe to handle or allows the load to crash into the driver’s cabin, which may cause injury or death. Please restrain the load properly, if you have a traffic accident, you could have serious injuries caused by the load you carry. The Spanish Traffic Law requires that any load carried on or in your vehicle must: 1. Not be placed in a way that makes your vehicle unstable or unsafe.
2. Be secured so it won’t move or fall from your vehicle while driving - including driving consisting of emergency braking or turning suddenly. 3. Not project from your vehicle in a way that is likely to injure a person, obstruct the path of other drivers or pedestrians, or damage another vehicle or anything else. 4. Be restrained using an appropriate load restraint method. Anything on the back seats must be secured with seat belt. What objects can you carry in your vehicle? Do you take any security measure when you carry them? It is advisable to not carry anything in the car, please use the boot. In case you need to carry load in the vehicle, use the seat belt to secure the load, and if you carry heavy things, use a car net, it is forbidden to carry a heavy load without a load restraint net.
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Reinvest full price in EU home In your article in EWN of 30 November, about Capital Gains Tax relief on selling your principal residence, you omitted to mention that homeowners resident in Spain can also be exempt from CGT on selling their main residence in Spain if they purchase a new residence anywhere in the European Union, not only in Spain. It seems to be a little known change of tax legislation. Many estate agents and even tax consultants seem ignorant of it. W E (Costa Blanca) You are quite right, on both counts. If a homeowner residing in Spain sells his main residence here and uses all of the proceeds of the sale to purchase a new home in Spain or in another EU
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country, he can be completely exempt from Spanish Capital Gains Tax. Imagine a German on the Costa Blan-
ca who wants to return home to Germany. He sells up in Spain and buys a new home in Germany. He will be free of CGT if he uses all the money for the purchase. If he reinvests only half the price, he will get half off his CGT.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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It’s simple manipulation Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’M not big on social media. I do have a Facebook account just because it’s where my Orthostatic Tremor organisation posts a bit of news. I never post anything on Facebook. I also use Twitter where, I must admit, I do post a few comments. I only follow 100 people and I have a few followers myself. Something I’ve noticed recently is the amount of hate, lies and bullying that goes on there. Katie Hopkins and Donald Trump are two of the worst offenders but I’ve also noticed how it’s used to manipulate simple everyday entertainment shows. Mrs S and I enjoy Strictly Come Dancing and view it as a simple entertainment show. Nothing more and nothing less. Just an hour or so of ‘celebs’ trying to out dance each other. But all of a sudden on Twitter a columnist, from the scummiest of the red tops, has started a hate campaign against one of the celebrity participants - Alexandra Burke - absolutely slaughtering her anyway he can.
My question is why? This is not only on Twitter but in the paper too. Which, of course, is not one I’d read. We also enjoy ‘I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here’ and this same geezer - his name is Dan Wootton waited until one of the celebs - a young lad called Jack Maynard - was in the show for a couple of days and then exposed something he said three or four years ago and, of course, made sure Jack got booted out. Now, what the kid said wasn’t very nice and it was pretty offensive. My point is tell the producers of the show before he goes in. Don’t wait until he’s in and then make it a big thing on Twitter trying to show how you have exposed this scoop. But it’s what he does. On another note every time I buy something online or book something I do not need emails asking me to fill in a survey or asking if I’m happy with the service I received. Believe me you will know if I’m not. I don’t want to be on your mailing list receiving emails every day about what events are coming up. If they just sent me something every couple of months maybe I wouldn’t unsubscribe or delete them the instant I see who they are from. By the way, if you want to follow me on Twitter, I’m @silverfox1949xx or email columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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7:30am Flog it! Trade Secrets 8:00am Nigella's Christmas Table 9:00am David Suchet: In the Footsteps of St Peter 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Link 2:45pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 3:15pm Home Away From Home 4:00pm Inside Claridge's 5:05pm Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom 6:05pm The Blue Planet 7:00pm Russia with Simon Reeve 8:00pm The Sweet Makers at Christmas 9:00pm MasterChef 10:00pm Peaky Blinders 11:00pm The League of Gentlemen 11:30pm Mock the Week 12:00am Alternativity: The Performance 12:30am Cunk on Christmas 1:00am Dara and Ed's Road to Mandalay 2:00am Employable Me
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Christmas University Challenge 2016 It is the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. 9:00pm The Two Ronnies' Old-Fashioned Christmas Mystery Festive fun with Ronnies Corbett and Barker from Christmas 1973. 10:00pm The Two Ronnies Christmas Show 11:00pm The Story Of... 12:00am TOTP2 2:30am Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections 3:30am The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys 4:30am This is BBC Four
7:20am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's Cracking Christmas 1:25pm Carry on Nurse 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Lost and Found 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas 10:00pm The Channel 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:05am Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game 1:40am Alan Carr Live: Spexy Beast
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Which way to turn HOWEVER much the PP and PSOE fear Cs, they can’t coherently fail to back Arrimadas should she win enough votes and parliamentary seats on December 21. But the Cataluña en Comun-Podemos coalition between Ada Colau’s party and Pablo Iglesias’ party will be the deciders. Neither party knows which horse to back, although Colau only has to worry about Catalan voters who are anyway split 50-50 regarding separatism. At least she knows she will please half of them whichever way she swings. Iglesias has his party’s plummeting popularity to contend with and the power-hungry, popularity-seeking Podemos supremo knows that whether he supports a separatist or a constitutionalist party on December 22, somebody will be upset, either in Cataluña or in the rest of Spain.
Ines and the bride’s bouquet CRITICAL COALITION: Ada Colau and Pablo Iglesias.
CIUDADANOS (Cs) were the eternal bridesmaids and never the bride. Attractive and worth a second glance but never
the centre of atttention - until now. At the time of writing Cs would be the most-voted party ahead of the ERC secessionists if the December 21 regional elections were held today. What was founded in Cataluña as a regional civic association opposed to independence is now a national, constitutionalist party. In March 2016 it came within a hair’s breadth of helping the PSOE socialists and Pedro Sanchez to form a government, a nice little plan scuppered by Pablo Iglesias and the Podemos party. Come December 22, if Cs progress we shall see if the constitutionalist parties will put their money where their mouths are by backing a Cs government. Could be time for the bridesmaid to
catch the bride’s bouquet.
The president over the water CARLES PUIGDEMONT, erstwhile president of the Catalan region, stayed out of jail by decamping to Brussels shortly after declaring the Republic on October 27. If he wanted to remain in the public eye and Catalan hearts he would have done better to stay and accompany the Jordis, Oriol Junqueras and his former government in prison. Instead of cutting a romantic exiled figure, a sort of Catalan Bonny Prince Carles, Puigdemont is unromantic and an irritant inside and outside Cataluña.
Spare a thought THE six ex-consellers released from remand insisted as they exited prison, “We are thinking of Oriol, their remaining colleague Joaquim Forn and the Jordis.” No doubt. But above all they are thinking of themselves, home for Christmas, turkey, turron and cava.
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He recently described the December 21 elections as the second round of the October 1 referendum-that-wasn’t or at the very least a plebiscite, neither of which is far from the truth. But Puigdemont and his latest party, Junts per Catalunya, can probably expect a result like Artur Mas’s in the 2015 regional elections. In other words, plebiscite, schlebiscite. Or, possibly, plebischite.
The very idea of it GABRIEL RUFIAN, MP for the ERC party in the national parliament in Madrid, claimed recently that the imprisoned Jordis, Oriol Junqueras and nowreleased government members reminded him of Galileo. Like the separatist politicians, he was punished for his ideas and obliged to declare that the earth was flat, Rufian maintained. In fact Galileo got into hot water because he insisted that the earth revolved round the sun, not the other way round. Rufian got his history wrong and he’s equally wrong about the Jordis, Junqueras and the Consellers. They were remanded for breaking the law and breaching the Constitution, not for their ideas. columnists@euroweeklynews.com
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INSPIRED by the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment, a PR consultant wants the Sleeping Beauty story taken off the curriculum at her son’s school because the non-consensual kiss by the prince who wakes her up has an ‘inappropriate sexual message.’ For goodness sake! What’s the world coming to? For centuries, children have been familiar with this fairy story and haven’t become raving rapists. Soon young people will be so paranoid about kissing they’ll need written consent. Incredible! And what might be banned next? Goldilocks and the Three Bears as she nicks their porridge and abuses their home without their consent? The Tale of the
CONTROVERSIAL: Are fairy tales at risk of being written out of our literary heritage for good? Three Pigs, as the wolf blows down their houses, again without consent? Let alone Little Red Riding Hood, that encourages girls to walk alone through woods and talk to strange wolves... What about old women in pointy hats, living in forests, wanting to cook and eat small children after enticing them with candy? Call the police now, this must be stopped! And, yep, Sleeping Beauty should file charges for having been drugged with that Rohyp-
nol-tipped spindle. As for Cinderella, wearing glass shoes is highly dangerous they could smash. Also, it’s extremely misogynistic about ugly older sisters and defamatory of stepmothers. Incidentally, looked at in a different light, it could also be regarded as an allegory of the UK’s frustrated attempts to get to the ball and away from the constraints of Europe and its 27 stepsisters, er, member states. Brexit fairy tale or Brexit nightmare? Heck, this could mean the end
of the Panto tradition as we know it. All these could be banned: Aladdin, for trespassing in a cave and stealing jewels. Jack and the Beanstalk, the murder of an innocent giant. Babes in the Wood: oh, no way! And don’t get complacent, Famous Five: you’ll be next! In the present climate, when police have warned Christmas party goers to get consent before kissing under the mistletoe otherwise they may be guilty of rape, Prince Charming should wait another 100 years before trying anything on... 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 Jeff Sinton, San Pedro de Alcantara
Defining dates THINGS seem to change without explanation and in a conversation with a young person it transpired that they didn’t recognise the terms BCE and CE. Common Era and Before Common Era have in theory replaced BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini (Year of the Lord)) in official parlance although it appears that most people guess what they mean rather than actually understanding the letters. The concept of using the birth of Christ as the starting date for modern history was first thought of in 525 and was adopted in England in 731 by the Venerable Bede who actually then came up with the concept of referring to events with dates BC. By the early 15th century the whole of Europe had adopted this concept and was generally accepted around the world (even though Jewish and Muslim societies have their own calendars) until the early 21st century when it was considered appropriate to replace what could be considered unacceptable to non-Christians. Slowly but surely, different countries have accepted the Common Era definitions and these were introduced into the English and Welsh school curriculums, but some staunch Christian societies, especially in the USA are opposed to the concept. In simple terms, BCE is the same as BC and CE is the same as AD but just to confuse, some organisations such as the History TV Channel are said to use the original letters for most dates, but then the new ones when referring to Jewish or Muslim history. 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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PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
‘ FORGET ROCKET TESTS AND SMOKING VOLCANOES, LET US GO THIS WAY AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL FESTIVE LIGHTS OF MALAGA... ’
Trivia from around the world • THE world’s shortest international bridge is ‘El Marco’ in Badajoz, Extremadura, which links Spain to Portugal and is just 3.2 metres long. • There are more doner kebab eateries in Berlin which has 4,000 - than Istanbul according to tourism website Visit Berlin.
EL MARCO: Links Spain to Portugal. of the Earth every week. • Scotland makes an estimated €34 million in tourism a year due to the Loch Ness Monster myth, according to experts.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you have the feeling that younger members of the family are not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark. They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard. Getting out family photos or starting a family tree with them can be both entertaining and fascinating.
The prospect of travel sets you thinking. Have you been spending too much time considering others? Should you take steps now to get time alone then these plans cannot be changed. This will save any discussions as to how or when.
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Going over old ground is counter-productive. There is nothing to be gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others. You do not need experience of a situation to be able to come up with a useful idea. Staying in the same old rut has not served you in the past and will not do so now.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the 26th. Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions. Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental well-being. Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip. Having sorted out any problems that side-tracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself. Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people. Think of the way that a child gets its point over.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn't be surprising this week. As you are prone to mistakes and misunderstandings, try not to tackle anything vital. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and fresh air.
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This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of the year. Certainly, congratulations are in order. When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it, the satisfaction level is high. Be aware, though, that someone close also needs to feel that there is progress.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You are in for a bit of a bumpy ride this week. Some things will go well but other outcomes can be quirky. People change their minds, technology doesn't work, phone calls don't come. Be assured, however, that if you keep your sense of the absurd it could all be quite amusing.
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7 Idle talk about milliner (7) 12 Verse I’d composed is updated (7) 13 Rotters breaking glass vessels in the lab (7) 15 Contents of woodwind lessons diminish (7)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 12 represents P and 22 represents Z, so fill in P every time the figure 12 appears and Z every time the figure 22 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
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Down 1 Undress for Saturday outing (5) 2 Eastern apostle and French decoration (7) 3 Cinders has changed (3) 4 Doctor copies curtains (6) 5 Roman official melody about a bone (7) 6 Phosphorus is put on many bits of land (5)
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (CANOPY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 32
• Very good: 45 • Excellent: 59
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SCORING:
• Average: 13 • Good: 18 • Very good: 25 • Excellent: 33
4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION obese odes bode bodes bens bend bene benes bees been endue endues send sendup sendups seen seed dens dense dune dunes duns dues need nude nudes noes eons fund fusion fusions puns pups pion pions pips undo ones ions dude dudes done donee donees dons does dips spud spun spues squid quip quipu quipus quips quid dido
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alit gait ghat gilt halt hilt lath lilt malt math milt path phat pita pith plat tail tall tamp till lathi light might plait alight plight lamplit LAMPLIGHT
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across:
1 Recover, 7 Orchestra, 8 Cost, 9 Unit, 11 Primitive, 12 Replies.
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2 Excessive, 3 Obey, 4 Extensive, 5 Concept, 6 Partner, 10 Bill.
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Across:
Across:
1 Rosette, 5 Bails, 8 Lupin, 9 Agitate, 10 Ethos, 11 Align, 12 Force, 14 Pepsi, 19 Debut, 21 Ledge, 23 Interns, 24 Adieu, 25 Tense, 26 Senegal.
1 Pulsera, 5 Start, 8 Lobster, 9 Niece, 10 Spoon, 11 Iceland, 12 Anchoa, 14 Greedy, 17 Pasillo, 19 Sheep, 22 Ready, 23 Earlier, 24 Roads, 25 Showers.
Down:
Down:
1 Relish, 2 Supremo, 3 Tench, 4 Elapse, 5 Brigade, 6 Iraqi, 7 Steins, 13 Coterie, 15 Seeking, 16 Adrift, 17 Blasts, 18 Ritual, 20 Baton, 22 Drain.
1 Pills, 2 Libro, 3 Estanco, 4 Afraid, 5 Since, 6 Average, 7 Tuesday, 12 Aspirar, 13 Cascada, 15 Rosario, 16 Voters, 18 Leyes, 20 Exile, 21 Peras.
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• Miranda Hart, TV Zara Larsson, Singer, actress, December 14, 45 December 16, 20 Hart became best-known for The Swede won her country’s starring in her own show, singing competition, Talang, at the age of 11 in 2008 and Miranda, before going on to star alongside Mellissa has gone on to have hit songs Pope Francis. McCarthy and Jason Lush Life and Never Forget Statham in 2015 hit film Spy. You. • Jesse Lingard, Footballer, December • Pope Francis, Religious Leader, December 17, 81 15, 25 Now a regular in the Manchester United The 266th Pope of the Catholic Church first-team, Lingard has been with the club was first ordained as a priest in 1969 and since 2011 and got his first England took over as Pope from Benedict XVI in March 2013. international call-up in November 2015.
• Brad Pitt, Actor, December 18, 54 Hollywood star Pitt has played lead roles in a number of films including Moneyball, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Inglorious Basterds, as well as featuring as Rust Ryan in the Ocean’s trilogy. • Richard Hammond, Presenter, December 19, 48 The Broadcast Journalist is best-known for presenting Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May before moving to present Amazon’s The Grand Tour with the same pair.
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WHEN a young actress is killed in a violent attack at a cinema screening, Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team can’t decipher why the brutal murder has occurred. It is only when bestselling crime writer Blaine DeLano arrives at the precinct that the truth is suddenly revealed, someone is recreating the murder scenes from her latest series, book by book. With six more novels left in the series, Eve now knows how the killer will perform their next murder, but just why are these murders happening? Fiction soon turns into a bloody reality but luckily for Eve, her husband, Roarke, is a fan of DeLano’s series and is more than happy to work alongside his wife no matter how sinister things become.
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1799 - George Washington dies American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, George Washington dies of acute laryngitis at the age of 67. 1843 - Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is published Charles Dickens’ classic tale ‘A Christmas Carol’ is published for the first time. The tale was released after classics such as Oliver Twist in 1838 and Nicholas Nickelby in 1839. 1903 - First airplane flies Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled aircraft near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. 1911 - First explorer reaches South Pole Norwegian explorer, Roland Amundsen, beats British rival, Robert Falcon Scott, to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole. 1963 - Berlin Wall opens for first time More than two years after the Berlin Wall was constructed by East Germany, nearly 4,000 West Berlin residents are allowed to cross into East Berlin to visit relatives for the first time. 1979 - Stuntman Stan Barrett breaks sound barrier Stan Barrett, a Hollywood stuntman becomes the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound on land as he blasts across a Californian dry lakebed in a rocket and missile-powered car. 1984 . Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement committing Britain to return Hong Kong to China in 1997. Hong Kong was leased to Great Britain by China for 99 years in 1898.
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AFTER the Kingsman headquarters are destroyed by a psychotic drug lord, Poppy, the world is held hostage as she is determined to achieve world domination. The remaining members of Kingsman stumble upon new allies when they discover a secret spy organisation similar to their own in The United States known as Statesman. In an adventure that tests both sets of agents’ strength and wits to the limit, the two elite secret organisations must band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world.
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Food fads for 2018 EXPERTS have announced the hot new ingredients to grace our shelves next year. According to Mintel there are four key ingredients that are expected to excel in 2018: chaga mushroom, green banana flour, hemp and blue algae. And the company says 21 per cent of Spanish consumers enjoy experimenting with ingredients. It seems consumer interest in ingredients with natural functionality is high and as a result, the chaga mushroom is receiving renewed interest. As many as 73 per cent of German consumers agree that the health promoting benefits of natural foods such as fruit and vegetables are preferable to the added benefits of functional foods. Meanwhile, 48 per cent of Spanish consumers have used a functional food or drink product containing antioxidants. Speaking about these fashionable new ingredients, Emma Schofield, Global Food Science Analyst at
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Mintel, said, “traditionally known as a medicinal mushroom, chaga mushrooms are touted as being rich sources of betaglucans, antioxidants and certain B vitamins.” Meanwhile, “green bananas are simply unripened yellow bananas, however, from a nutritional perspective, they are very different. Green banana flour is gluten-free and rich in resistant starch, as a result it is emerging as a fibre-rich, clean label, grain-free flour.” Emma went on, “hemp seeds have been ignored for a long time, but the ingredient is said to contain a complete set of amino acids and a similar total protein content to soybean, it also contains micronutrients such as vitamin E and omega acids. “Lastly, spirulina - a blue algae - is shown to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, detox heavy metals, and aid weight loss.” So why not stay ahead of the curve and add some new ingredients to your cooking in 2018?
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Help is at hand if you have varicose veins FOR those who suffer the discomfort of painful and unsightly varicose veins, new t r e a t m e n t i s n o w available. Th e t e a m a t Q U PA based at Clinica Mejorate clin i c s i n Al i c a n te P rov i n c e o ff e r a w id e range of different health treatments as can be seen at their detailed website www.clinicamejorate.com. It is important to select a s p e c i a l i se d m e d ica l team wh o g u a r a n tee a complete and permanent result on all those suffering from their veins especially as the clinic keeps a close watch on patients for a whole year to ensure that there are no medical surprises which involve additional cost. Ge n e r a l l y sp e ak in g varicose veins are mainly found in the leg although they can appear elsewhere and a r e v e i n s t h a t th at hav e b e c o m e e n l a rg ed and twisted which can be caused through genetic inheritance as well as en-
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No tantrums this Christmas Having grandchildren to stay this Christmas? GOOD GRUB: Encouraging children to eat the same food as you may help them eat healthier.
IF you are having young children at your home over the festive period, there’s a good chance there will be something on the menu they won’t like. Whether it’s vegetables, soups or seafood, children can often be picky eaters. But rather than creating a whole new menu for your younger guests, why not follow expert advice and encourage children to eat the same foods as you? Nutrition professors Kathryn Walton and Jess Haines have spoken to one publication sharing their tops tips for a harmonious Christmas meal. The experts explain children aged around four are starting to develop a sense of independence and will often have strong opinions about which foods they like and dislike. They say, “rather than viewing children as non-compliant, we
can recognise this show of independence at mealtimes as completely appropriate for their age,” instead focusing energy on making sure children eat more of the healthy foods they do like rather than insisting on more bites of something they don’t. Kathryn and Jess explain research shows the most effective way of encouraging children to eat foods they might dislike such as vegetables - is to expose them to the food every day, offer non-food rewards (like stickers) for trying something new, and eating the same foods alongside them. Finally, they also suggest asking a child for their input before going food shopping or preparing a meal, giving them a small amount of control over their preferences without changing your whole meal to suit them.
SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. What is frozen shoulder? Frozen shoulder is a condition in which the muscles and ligaments of the shoulder hurt and lose movement due to inflammation. What can cause it? The capsule of the shoulder joint has ligaments attaching the shoulder bones to each other. When inflammation of the capsule occurs, these bones are unable to move freely in the joint. Most of the time, there is no cause for inflammation. Risk factors include: diabetes, thyroid disorders, menopause, previous shoulder injury, previous shoulder surgery, cervical disc disease, etc. What is the best course of treatment to follow? Treatment should be started with anti-inflammatories and painkillers, along with applying heat to the affected area. If this is not enough, injections can be done to reduce the symptoms. Physical therapy often improves stiffness and
pain. In certain cases, surgery is necessary. How long does recovery take? The recovery can last several months, often requiring treatment with pills, injections and rehabilitation for a long time. What are some general tips for muscle injuries? When any type of injury occurs in which joints such as the shoulder are affected due to the injury of the surrounding muscles and tendons, it is necessary to visit a specialist in the human musculoskeletal system as well as consulting with a physiotherapist. Adequate and timely treatment can often prevent complications such as full limb stiffness, which limits mobility, as well as avoiding more aggressive treatments. Physical therapy is one of the most important elements in this disease since the strengthening of the shoulder joint helps a prompt and successful recovery.
If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com
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IT’S a lonely place to be. However, new research from Mintel reveals that bleary-eyed Brits are not alone, as today half (50 per cent) of all Brits say they typically struggle to sleep. Failing to hit the seven-hour mark, the minimum sleep time recommended for adults, the average Brit says they sleep for just six hours and 51 minutes per day. Overall, some four in 10 (39 per cent) adults are failing to achieve seven hours of sleep per night, with one in 20 (5 per cent) getting by on four hours or less. Under a quarter (23 per cent) of Brits enjoy eight hours sleep and just 9 per cent indulge in nine hours or more. Meanwhile, it seems the average daily hours of sleep consumers get reduces with age, falling from seven hours and 23 minutes among 16-24year-olds to six hours and 34 minutes among the 45-54 age group. While 81 per cent of adults agree that getting enough sleep is as important
as following a healthy lifestyle, a desperate 47 per cent of adults say they ‘would try anything’ to improve their sleep quality, while only 46 per cent say they feel well rested when they wake up. Noise is the number one source of sleep interruption, as 59 per cent of Brits say that too much noise makes it hard for them to fall asleep. A further 57 per cent feel too much light causes difficulty with sleeping. Meanwhile, technology is also an issue as 34 per cent of Brits admit that using technology before they go to bed means they often have trouble falling asleep. So if you’re struggling to get enough sleep, it might be worth ditching the tablet or phone before bed, lowering your lighting and investing in some ear plugs.
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Load up the medicine cabinet A PHARMACIST has revealed the six over-the-counter medicines you need to survive winter. Rita Ghelani of Netdoctor has explained the best remedies for common complaints including indiges ti o n a n d d i a r r h o e a , h a n g overs, and heartburn. The expert recommends keeping anti-diarrhoea medicine in your cabinet in case food poisoning or an upset stomach strikes over the festive period. Rita also suggests stocking rehydration tablets to restore your body’s hydration, salt and sugar levels after your illness. If you suffer from indigestion after a heavy Christmas meal, she recommends antacid tablets. If these do not cure your heartburn though, Rita says you should ask your p h a r m a c i st f o r a s p e c ific medication to reduce the production of acid in your stomach. She adds aspirin or paracetamol will help reduce any pain associated with the conditions. For common colds and the flu,
th e p h arma c is t s a ys you s h o u ld u s e n o n - pre s c ription medicines combining a painkiller and decongestant as these will help relive high temperatures and a runny nose. Rita also recommends using steam inhalation and a eucalyptus-based oil to decongest your airways. Simply add a few drops of your preferred oil to a bowl of hot water, place a towel over your head and lean over the bowl. For hangovers - a staple of the Ch ris tmas p arty s e a s on - s he suggests taking soluble vitamin tablets including vitamin B to increase energy levels, paracetamol to reduce pain and milk thistle, which may help restore liver function. Finally, Rita recommends keeping a first aid kit in your medicine cabinet in case of burns or cuts over the festive period as well as stocking up on any prescription med ica tio n b efore pha rma c ie s close over Christmas.
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HAPPY PILLS: Make sure your medicine cabinet is stocked up this winter.
IF you are prone to a sore throat you will be more than aware winter can make symptoms worse than normal. No one likes losing their voice or being in pain, especially over Christmas. Thankfully, one publication has spoken to an ear, nose and throat expert to get the best tips on treating the complaint. Alasdair Mace, a consultant at Charing Cross and St Mary’s Hospitals in London, explained, “95 per cent of sore throats are viral, and don’t respond to antibiotics, but the good news is that they will usually get better within a few days, or a week,” adding, “you can often tell by looking at the back of your throat using a torch and a mirror. If it’s very red and swollen, it’s most likely a virus.” Mr Mace said, “any sign of yellow gunk or white spots indicates a
bacterial infection. Those white spots are colonies of bacteria, just like the ones that are grown in petri dish in laboratories.” The expert adds, “in both cases, it is important to stay hydrated as mucus and saliva help protect the throat,” explaining, “a humidifier will help counteract the drying effect of central heating, or simply drape a damp towel over a radiator, it will have the same effect.” Mr Mace concludes the best ways to treat the ailment at home are eating vitamin C rich foods like oranges, gargling with salt water to loosen mucus and drinking tea to sooth your throat. Mr Mace recommends avoiding alcoholic drinks like hot toddies as these will dehydrate you, as well as smoking or speaking too much. Finally, he says it is important to avoid aspirin as this can lower your immune response.
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SANTA POLA has released their full Christmas and New Year programme of events: Thursday December 21: 7pm - Christmas Concert by the Coral Villa de Santa Pola in Casa de Cultura. Invitation only Sunday December 24: 6pm - Parade with Father Christmas Tuesday December 26: 7pm - Concert by the Banda Union Musical Santa Pola in Casa de Cultura. Invitation only Sunday December 31: 11.30pm - Mobile Disco at the Castle Wednesday January 3: 7pm - Trons Parade. Thursday January 4: 7pm - Royal Embassy: The postmen for the Three Kings collect the letters from the children before going on a parade. Friday January 5: 7pm - Three Kings Parade where presents will be given out.
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Exciting Christmas activities for Cartagena CARTAGENA has announced a number of exciting activities and events for the 2017/18 Christmas, New Year and Three Kings season. In the Parque Heroes de Cavite, there’ll be an Inflatable Play Park for children to enjoy with a number of giant rides. They will be open from Friday December 22 until Thursday January 4 between 11am and 2pm and again from 5pm to 9pm, with the exception of Sunday December 24 and 31 when there are no evening openings. Other events include: Saturday December 16: 7pm - Concert by the Coro y Rondalla a ‘Son de Mar’ in the Plaza de San Francisco 8.15pm - Christmas Concert by the Coral Carthagonova in the Iglesia del Carmen Sunday December 17: 12.30pm - Concert by the Banda de Musica Santa Cecilia de Pozo Estrecho in the Plaza de San Francisco 7pm - Concert by the Banda de Musica Union Musical Cartagonova in the Plaza de San Francisco
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MAGICAL: Full programme of events for all the family. Friday December 22: 8pm - Christmas Concert by the coro San Gines de la Jara in the Plaza San Sebastian Saturday December 23: 12.30pm - Concert by the Banda de Musica Ntra. Sra. de la Soledad in the Plaza San Francisco
Sunday December 24: 12 noon - Parade through the historic centre of Cartagena Tuesday December 26: 6pm - Parade through the historic centre of Cartagena Thursday December 28: 6.30pm - Annual Magic Gala in the
Plaza de San Francisco Friday January 5: 11.30am - Arrival of the Three Kings by boat into the Port 12.30pm to 2pm - Three Kings greet the children in the Plaza Ayuntamiento 6.30pm - Three Kings Parade finishing in the Plaza Ayuntamiento.
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DUE to an enormous influx of visitors, the city council of Alicante has laid on a number of special buses to enable people to visit the Santa Claus House in the grounds of the Santa Barbara Castle. Around 1,000 people attended the grand opening and there were so many people in the area that police were forced to close adjoining roads. The shuttle bus service links the car park at La Ereta with the castle and will run as long as the Santa Claus House remains open. On the opening day, there were up to three hours to wait in queues which led to a number of complaints from members of the public asking for the attraction to be opened earlier rather than the 12 noon start. The Santa Claus House opens on December 15, 16 and 17 from 12 noon to 8pm; December 18 to 23 (inclusive) from 12 noon to 6pm and on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from 10am to 2pm. It’s one of the biggest and most
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Alicante Santa Claus House sees enormous numbers of visitors
HO HO HO: Alicante Council provide bus service to cope with demand. popular seasonal attractions in Alicante and is a truly magical place where the children can put their list of Christmas wishes and leave them in the ‘Well of Desires’ until Monday December 25.
Children can have their photographs taken with Santa Claus and as everyone waits to see the man himself, there is a selection of entertainment to keep people amused. Alicante City Council reminds
visitors that the parking spaces that are around the Santa Claus House are limited and recommend that people walk up to La Ereta via the different access points from the Old Town.
The main events in and around Alicante City centre are: Friday December 15 7pm - Christmas concert by the Municipal Symphonic Band of Alicante in Las Cigarreras. Friday December 15 to Sunday January 7 Attractions in the Seneca Square from 10am to 2pm and from 4pm to 11pm, which go on until midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays. Sunday December 17 11am - Christmas swimming in the open water from the Cocó beach. 7pm - Concert of Ancient and Renaissance Choral Music at the Castle of Santa Bárbara. Thursday December 21 Mercadito de la cascaruja with crafts and Christmas products in the Paseo de Federico Soto until Sunday December 24 from 10am to 3pm and from 5pm to 11pm. Friday December 22 8pm - Christmas Concert in the Auditorium Provincial.
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Fair festivities THE village of Hondon de los Frailes was full of light, colour and music last weekend. People came from all around to buy items from the 35 stalls which filled the street, selling jewellery, bags, pies, cakes, clothes, candles and all manner of goodies. To help the day along and get in the Christmas spirit, there was music from the local Hondon de los Frailes Youth Band and DJ/entertainer ‘ALEGRIA’ (Jan Van Galen). The Christmas Market was organised by Simone and Marcus from Restaurante Veintiocho and Sue Ashley from the ‘Village Community Shop,’ together with the cooperation and help from the town hall and local residents. Simone said “I would like to thank all those who helped us set up and also the public who supported us coming along for the day, not only from the village but from further afield as well. “This was the second time
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Sparkling success
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JAMMING: A stall owner selling various preserves. we had staged a Christmas Market and it was such a success. We are now starting to arrange the annual Easter Market.” Sunday saw the main street full of stalls of the many Hondon de los Frailes associ-
ations, offering Spanish delicacies, churros, mulled wine and preserves as well as activities for the children. If anyone would like further information, please contact: veintiocho.28@hot mail.com.
CONTINUING in the festive mood, Prosecco is an Italian white wine named after a village near Trieste and produced in the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions. First mention of the name is attributed to the British explorer Fynes Moryson, when he visited Italy in 1593. The most popular Prosecco is spumante (sparkling), but there is also frizzante (semi-sparkling), and the rarely exported tranquillo (still). Depending on sweetness, Proseccos are labelled Brut, Extra Dry or Dry. Prosecco is made from Glera grapes, but up to 15 per cent of other grapes may be included, including Verdiso, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir. The bulk of
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PROSECCO: An aperitif. Prosecco DOC is grown on low-lying plains, while the higher quality Conegliano Valdobbiadene Superiore DOCG is produced exclusively in a small area on hillside vineyards. Growing in popularity over the last 40 years, Prosecco exports have been increasing by double-digit percentages since 1998. Approximately 150 million bottles are produced annually, with the UK the biggest importer consuming 25 per cent of all production.
Unlike Champagne, Prosecco is produced using the Charmat-Martinotti method, in which the secondary fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks instead of in the bottle Served chilled it should be drunk preferably within three years of its vintage, with only exceptional quality bottles aged longer. Meant to taste fresh and light, its aromatic and crisp flavour brings apple, pear, peach and apricot to mind. Prosecco is usually drunk as an aperitif, but Brut can be paired with Parma, mild cheeses, sushi, seafood and dim sum, while the extra dry goes well with Panettone, sponge cakes, macaroons, mousses and parfaits. It can also be used in cocktails including Bellini plus Spritz, and substitute Champagne in the Mimosa. Cin cin and happy tasting!
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Christmas events round-up – in brief ALMORADI Almoradi will host a Christmas Artisan Fair from (tomorrow) Friday to Sunday (inclusive). It’s being held in the Plaza de la Constitucion with a number of stalls selling a wide selection of Christmas goodies including food, decorations and gift items. LA MANGA La Manga has their Christmas Market this Saturday. It’s based at KM4, Exit 40 in the Galerías El Flamenco and opens at 10am. The La Manga Mercadillo Navideño will have a great selection of traditional Christmas goodies as well as second-hand items, handmade articles and seasonal sweets and treats. There will also be a special area for children’s activities and performances. In addition to all of this, the
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CHRISTMAS MARKETS: Selling a wide range of goodies including decorations and gifts. Nativity Scene will be officially opened at 7pm and the Christmas Lights switched on at 7.30pm. ELCHE Saturday December 16: 6.30pm - Father Christmas Parade along Plaza dels Algeps, Jorge Juan, Reina Victoria finishing in the Plaza Baix. Thursday December 21 to Sunday December 24: Christmas Market in the Plaza de Castilla Thursday 21 - 5pm to 9pm Friday 22 and Saturday 23 10am to 9pm Sunday 24 - 10am to 3pm
Sunday December 31: 11.30pm - New Year’s Eve Party in the Placa de Baix Friday January 5: 7pm - Three Kings Parade leaving from Calle Renia Victoria and following a route along Plaza de Baix, Corredora, Pont dels Ortussos, Porta d’Alacant, Mestre Albeniz finishing at the Diagonal del Palau, where the Kings will greet the Baby Jesus. GUARDAMAR The city council have put together a number of events that are already underway and carry on until the Three Kings
festival. Thursday December 21: 5.30pm - Arrival of Father Christmas and the inauguration of his grotto, which is open until 8pm on Boxing Day, December 26. Sunday December 31: 11.30pm - New Year’s Eve Party beside the town hall with live music. Friday January 5: 6pm - Three Kings Parade, known as the Cabalgata de Reyes Magos from the Plaça Jaume II, along Avenida País Valencià and Calle Mayor finishing at the town hall where the children receive their gifts.
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IBI will host its annual Winter Fiesta which includes the Els Enfarinats, a massive flour and egg fight, on Thursday December 28. Ibi celebrates one of the weirdest and funniest fiestas of the region on December 28 every year to coincide with the Day of the Innocents; the Spanish equivalent of April Fool’s Day. It is called the Els Enfarinats which, when roughly translated, means the Fiesta of the Floured One and is essentially a massive flour and egg fight. The tradition of this particular fiesta goes back over 200 years and has been declared as being of Regional Tourist Interest, so is well worth witnessing. Make sure you’re not wearing your best clothes. It’s an early 8am start for everyone when the Els Enfarinats, dressed in a hilarious selection of military based uniforms, take control of Ibi. They hold a race to elect their mayor who then presides over the activities in the Plaça de l’Església (Church Square). The opposition is called the Casats i Fadrins and once everyone is in place the fighting begins and the church plaza of Ibi becomes a battle field.
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Ibi Winter Fiesta once again includes the traditional fight
FLOUR FEST: Locals and visitors join in with the messy traditions. The weapons are primarily flour and eggs, but also involved are foaming fire extinguishers, fire crackers and rockets. The two sides continually pelt each other and gradually the whole central plaza becomes a big white cloud of flour. Those involved are not that concerned about who they actually hit, so spectators often become involved in the scuffle.
The main events are listed below: Thursday December 28: 8am - The Els Enfarinats activities start, the fight begins at 10am and continues through until 12 noon. 5pm - Traditional dancing along Carrer de les Eres Saturday December 30: 5pm - Traditional Dancing along Carrer de les Eres
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HOT CAKES: Spanish real estate is thriving. A NEW report on the state of Spain’s residential real estate sector has underlined some interesting findings. The Euroval Real Estate Situation Report takes into account full data from the first half of 2017. Among the highlights are a substantial increase in the
number of sales. They shot up by 20 per cent in the 2016-17 period, compared to 10 per cent from 2014-15. The community with the largest number of sales was Andalucia, which accounted for 18 per cent of all transactions in Spain. But adjusted for population, Madrid saw
the highest number, with 81 sales per 1,000 inhabitants, compared to 72 in Valencia and just two per 1,000 in the Balearics. From January to June this year just one in 10 homes sold was a new build. That trend is expected to change by 2020 but secondhand homes dominate today’s
market. Total real estate activity is 30 per cent lower today than it was in 2007 when the market peaked before the crisis. But many experts doubt whether reaching such highs again would be desirable, nevermind attainable, and consider today’s situation to be more sustainable.
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Oozing confidence MAJOR property developers are preparing for a bumper 2018 across Spain. Several promoters and developers have secured huge financing deals from banks and are set to build along the Mediterranean coast. One of them is Metrovacesa which has just secured €275 million from seven different banks, including Morgan Stanley and BBVA. With that financial backing the company is set to become just the third major real estate developer to go public since the crisis. The money will be used to deliver at least 5,000 new homes per year from 2020 to help satiate a Spanish market hungry for new brick. Meanwhile Aedas
Homes, which also recently went public, plans to invest almost one billion euros in the Costa del Sol. It will both build new homes and renovate old ones, developing a total of 2,600 properties along one of Spain’s most in-demand coastlines. This latest venture will join other Aedas Homes’ projects already underway in the Balearic Islands, Sevilla and Madrid. On the retail front Lar España are set to invest €247 million in shopping centres nationwide between 2018 and 2021. The firm are betting on Spain’s booming ‘alternative’ property scene which includes offices, retail space and student accommodation.
Encouragement for the housing market HOUSE prices in Spain have risen by 2 per cent on last year, according to the Association of Spanish Notaries’ figures for the last 12 months since September. The same statistics show impressive growth in residential property sales, which are up 9 per cent. Though new build sales fell by 2 per cent, apartment sales went up by 8 per cent, while detached home sales saw an annual increase of 12 per cent, according to the analysis. The six most watched house price indices in Spain are all indicating that the market has recovered. The Assocation of Spanish Registrars showed the strongest growth, of 7 per cent in the third quarter, while Notaires projected the lowest growth - of 2 per cent in September. However, according to a
SUNNY FUTURE: Prices are up but still haven’t reached pre-crisis levels. report from property portal Idealista, some house prices are still lagging far below their peaks before the economic downturn nearly a decade ago. Malaga prices are 26 per cent below their peak, while in Barcelona prices are down 8 per cent and in Madrid down
20 per cent. In provincial capitals such as Lleida, Zaragoza and Castellón, prices are still over 50 per cent down. Meanwhile, new homes are continuing to be built, with the total expected to reach 75,000 this year, a 15 per cent increase on 2016, according to consultants DBK Informa.
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ONCE you have chosen your method of training, you then have to decide if you want to attend group classes or if you want to train your dog in private. I recommend group classes to enable your pet to socialise with other people and dogs. Group training usually consists of a group of dogs, all roughly the same age, all learning the same basic commands at the same time. Make sure the class you choose is appropriate for your puppy’s skill level, as well as his age. A good group class will have no more than 10 dogs in it; an instructor
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How smart is your pet? DOGS are much more intelligent than cats, according to a new study in the scientific journal ‘Frontiers in Neuroanatomy.’ Dogs apparently have 530 million cortical neurons, the
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If there are no classes in your area, or none that you find suitable, private training is another option. It is individualised to suit your needs. Private training is also good for dogs that have behavioural issues such as aggression towards strangers or other dogs. However your trainer will want you to attend a training club which has dog socialisation. Whether you are looking for private training or group classes, ensure the trainer teaches you how to teach your dog. Another sign of a good trainer is that he/she has the ability to acknowledge that some situations are beyond his/her knowledge, and tells you as such. Inappropriate training techniques can lead to bigger problems. Unfortunately there are a number of people who call themselves trainers who really are fakes. Do not be impressed by trainers that tell you they are members of this or that, it all means nothing. Safest bet is to go to a school that has been established and known for years.
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STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm untill 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their carers. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email strokesupportgroup@hotmail. com, website torreviejas trokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities. (95474)
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information www.pi larchurch.org Reg No: 2009SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcfSpain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either
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CLASSIFIEDS ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664
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NUMBER ONE: The I-Pace will be Jaguar’s first electric car.
TRIBUTE: The new car is named after legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna.
McLaren’s most extreme road car MCLAREN have revealed a brand new road car which the company say will be their most aggressive road car they have ever built. Named after legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna, the Senna has been described as a ‘race car for the road’ with a staggering 789 bhp. The Senna’s extremely powerful 4.0 litre V8 engine can produce top speeds of over 200mph, while the 060mph time is likely to creep under the three second mark.
Weighing just 1,198 kg, McLaren have created their lightest vehicle since the iconic McLaren F1 by stripping out body weight from the doors, making the cockpit visible, and making the body completely out of carbon-fibre. The British car giants have also announced that production has been limited to just 500 vehicles and each Senna has already been sold, with some of the profits going towards Ayrton Senna’s charity foundation.
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Jaguar I-Pace set for 2018 THE brand new Jaguar IPace, Jaguar ’s first electric car, is set to make its debut at next year’s Geneva Motor Show. Jaguar’s newest SUV will star at the Swiss show next year, which begins on Thursday, March 8, and is expected to go straight on sale in the UK. The British car giants claim that the I-Pace Concept’s high tech Lithium Ion battery will offer approximately 310 miles on a single charge. It will also be able to go from 0-60mph in under 4.0 seconds, with 700Nm of instant torque available and when the battery runs out of juice, it can reportedly achieve 80 per cent charge
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in just 90 minutes. The five seater has two electric motors that produce 400ps of power to deliver high performance ‘All Wheel Drive,’ capable of driving in any conditions. Inside the car, a floating centre console combines with a panoramic roof to create a spacious, practical interior with enough legroom to comfortably seat five adults. Aiming to steal the thund e r o f t h e Te s l a M o d e l X , Jaguar have created a dynamic electric SUV with both heritage and dynamism, more than equipped to rival the Model X. First customer cars are expected by the summer of 2018.
Grand Tour returns HIT motoring show The Grand Tour returned to the small screen last week. Jeremy Clarkson and chums Richard Hammond and James May are back for the second series of the Amazon Prime programme. It was touch and go for a while whether the former Top Gear trio would return at all. Clarkson came down with pneumonia while on holiday in Mallorca. Before then Hammond was involved in a second life-threatening car crash. To make up for the delay Amazon has secured an enviable cast of celebrities for a new ‘Celebrity Face Off’ feature. Among them will be actor Dominic Cooper, golfer Rory McIlroy, and the one and only David Hasselhoff. Confirmed locations are Mozambique, Switzerland and the United States. The show can be downloaded online through Amazon Prime.
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FIAT 124 SPIDER: Has its own distinctive 1960’s retro-style look and personality.
Fiat 124 Spider FIAT’S 124 Spider is a charismatic two-seater convertible sports car, with quick performance and agile handling, but is a relatively rare sight compared with its big-selling main competitor, the legendary Mazda MX-5. Yet people may be surprised to learn that beneath its smart Italian suit, the Fiat Spider is built on an MX-5 platform! Fiat has cleverly redesigned all the bodywork to give the Spider its own distinctive 1960’s retrostyle look and personality, tweaked the suspension and steering and added its own 140 hp 1.4 litre turbo-petrol engine. Prices start at €23,992 (£21,050) though my test model was the flagship Lusso Plus version, priced at €28,556 (£25,050). It is very well equipped, including alloy wheels, heated leather seats, upgraded BOSE sound system, auto lights and wipers, auto climate control, infotainment touch-screen, Bluetooth, sat-nav, connectivity, push-button start, LED headlights and rear-view camera. The cabin, like most small sports cars, has room for two adults but minimal stowage space, not even any door-pockets. There is a useful lockable box behind the front seats and a 140-litre boot, just big enough for two squashy bags. The fabric hood is manually operated (it can be done with one hand) and there are two rollover hoops for additional safety.
Stats panel Model: Fiat 124 Spider Engine: 1.4 litre turbo-petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 7.5 seconds, top speed 215 kph (134 mph) Economy: 15.6 kpl (44.1 mpg) Emissions: 148 g/km
Top speed is 215 kph (134 mph), the 0-100 kph time a quick 7.5 seconds. Yet despite such zesty performance, fuel economy is very good at 15.6 kpl (44.1 mpg). The responsive acceleration, precise steering, slick gearshifts and well-set suspension deliver a terrific driving experience, zippy, grippy and agile - just what you want from a sports car. The car feels part of you as you push it into corners, composed and assured, and the ride quality is still comfortable despite the stiffer suspension. The Fiat 124 Spider is a head-turning car you can live with as daily transport if you always travel light, though I suspect many buyers will probably have the Spider as a second car or as a weekend funster, and in those roles it is absolutely perfect.
Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
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Spain star Morata feeling the cold Chelsea Blues Spain Europe Global World of SPORT with Andrew Atkinson SPAIN and Chelsea star Álvaro Morata will take a stroll home at the weekend after the Blues Premier League fixture against Southampton at Stamford Bridge. “If we win the game, I take a beer while walking home,” said Chelsea’s record €65 million signing Morata. “I put a hat on - it’s colder there and walk home,” said Madrid-born Morata, who penned a five year deal in a move from Real Madrid in July. “The sun does come out - just for half an hour - and then goes away,” quipped Morata, 25, set to be named in Spain’s 2018 World Cup squad by Julen Lopetegui. Morata, capped 50 times for Spain at youth level, a member of the squad that won the 2013 European Under21 Championship, made his senior debut in 2014. Morata began his career at Real Madrid, winning the 2014 Champions League, prior to joining Juventus
MANCHESTER CITY and England defender Kyle Walker faces his former club Spurs in the Premier League at the weekend, booting: The club are in my heart. “Spurs gave me my Premier League opportunity and believed in me. The club is in my heart after being there eight years,” said Walker. “I thought about what I wanted to do with my career and I wanted something new,” said Walker, who moved to The Etihad in a £45 million deal. Walker, who began his career at Sheffield United a decade ago, during a time when he was shipped out on loan to Northampton, left Spurs to join City in the summer. “Going to City was the right step, working with manager Pep Guardiola. It’s a good move for me and, hopefully, England too,” said Walker. Walker, capped 32 times, hoping to be named in England’s 23-man 2018 World Cup squad, said: “The main objective at the end of the season is to be at a World Cup.” Spurs have dipped in the Premier League and gaffer Mauricio Pochettino says it is possible players have too much
in a €20 million transfer in 2014, where he won the domestic double of Serie A and Coppa Italia. A €30 million return to Real in 2016 saw Morata win another La Liga and Champions League, before departing for Chelsea: “I'm very happy at Chelsea,” said Morata, settled with his wife Alice. Global Sport SQUASH: The 2017 Men’s and Women’s Squash World Championships in Manchester feature the world’s best players compete for the sport’s most prestigious titles. “I’m thrilled the World Championship is back to Manchester, it will be a great spectacle for the sport,” said England Men’s No 1 Nick Matthew. England Women’s No 1 Laura Massaro said: “It’s huge to have this prestigious event in the UK - a real showcase - the best in the world.”
ALVARO MORATA: winter chill. The quarter-final action onwards takes place at Manchester Central Convention Complex during December 14-17.
No soggy bottom for beefed-up Anderson JAMES ANDERSON would never have dreamed his garage door ‘wicket’ in his home town of Burnley over two decades ago would lead to stardom.
“I used to bowl against the garage door, pretending I was bowling for England,” said England ace Anderson, who took 5-43 in the second test of the Ashes series in Australia. Anderson, 35, who grew up in the old mill town, trod the road to stardom at Burnley Cricket Club, aged 17, prior to being noticed by Lancashire CCC. Lancashire, long dubbed as the ‘flat cap and clogs’ part of the UK famed for tripe and onions - parched
peas and crusty pies. “I prefer Beef Wellington - the pastry has to be just right - no soggy bottom,” quipped Anderson. “The Lord’s tea break is more about protein shakes and fruit and nuts, than scones and cucumber sandwiches,” said Anderson, who took his first five-wicket haul in Australia in his 15th Test. “I was happy to get the five wickets,” said Anderson, part of the England set up since 2002. “I have felt in good rhythm all year and feel like I am bowling as well as I have. My body is in good shape,” said Anderson. “People tell me I am about to finish and retire - I want to show I still have wickets in me - hopefully that can continue for the rest of this trip,” said Anderson. “I am loving playing cricket and as long as I am bowling well and doing myself justice on the field I am going to keep playing,” said Anderson. England travel to Perth - trailing the series 2-0 - for the third Ashes Test against Australia, which starts on December 14. Australia will regain the Ashes, if they win.
Spur a thought for Kyle UKSPORTSCENE with Andrew Atkinson confidence after beating Real Madrid in the Champions League in November. “It was a massive statement beating Real Madrid, but it is important we don’t get carried away,” said Spurs midfielder Dele Alli. Fernando Llorente, who joined Spurs in August, has struggled to score in the Premier League, having netted 433 career goals at Basconia, Bilbao Athletic, Athletic Bilbao, Juventus, Sevilla and Swansea. Spanish international striker Llorente, 32, in Spain’s 2010 World Cup winners squad, sustained a broken arm ahead of pre-season. “It’s so difficult to arrive in a club without pre-season and perform the way that you want. But I am happy with his contribution. “He is disappointed when he
plays and doesn’t score, but I am sure he is going to help the team,” said Pochettino. Spurs will be without suspended Davinson Sanchez, redcarded against Watford, missing Premier League games against Stoke, Brighton and Manchester City.
Monkey business away from Gnome H’ANGUS the Monkey is a legendary tale that Brian Clough carried on his back at Hartlepool United during 196567 while in charge of the The Monkey Hangers. Ex-Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Brighton and Derby boss Clough visited pubs in a
quest to raise money to keep the struggling club afloat. He also applied for a coach driver’s licence to drive the team bus. Clough, who died of stomach cancer in 2004, aged 69, and assistant Peter Taylor were sacked by the chairman in 1966. A boardroom coup saw them reinstated. The Hartlepool monkeyhanging legend emerged during the Napoleonic Wars, after a French ship was shipwrecked, at a time of fear of a French invasion of Britain - French infiltrators - and spies. Amongst the wreckage lay one survivor - the ship’s pet monkey - dressed to amuse in a military-style uniform. It’s said fishermen held a beach trial - concluding the monkey was a French spy - and sentenced to death, by hanging. The legend lives on with Hartlepool United’s mascot H’Angus the Monkey and Rugby Union team Hartlepool Rovers nicknamed the ‘Monkey Hangers.’
A Preston North End fan was arrested in the mid-90’s during a game at Hartlepool for being in possession of an offensive weapon - a GNOME! The fan and the gnome were on the terraces, when an eagle-eyed policeman copped it, and duly arrested them. Both were escorted from the ground and spent the afternoon in local police cells, released after the game, with a caution. PNE boss John Beck, who welcomed the gnome mascot during the 1994-1995 season as a ‘lucky’ mascot, was sacked after seven successive League defeats.
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SPAIN narrowly missed out on the World Rugby Sevens Challenge Trophy as they lost 26-7 to Australia at the Cape Town Sevens. The result leaves Spain in 10th place in the Men’s World Series standings.
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Spanglish Golf Society at Las Colinas FOR this month’s meeting, the Spanglish Golf Society and a group of 32 players visited the established course at Las Colinas. The Christmas competition to o k t h e f o r m a t o f a best two from four Stableford an d d e sp i t e a win ter coat, the course was in good condition, with fast greens and tight pin positions.
After cava, orange juice and mince pies on the first tee, the players set off to play, warm inside if a little cool on the outside. The winning scores on the day were as follows: 1st - Alan Cooper, Paul Cawte, Mick Nelson and Brian Elkington - 77 points 2nd - Jim Speakman, Staf Hurlin, Brian Prockter and Morten Kristensen -75 points 3rd - Brian Burnard, Barry D e x t e r, Andy Howard and Bob Hewitson - 75 points 4th - Mike Probert, Paul Dexter, Jack Fanning and
Eddie Stanford scored 71 points. Nearest the Pins - Steve Birkett, Nic McCloughlin, Roger Chapman, Dave Patterson and Dave Palmer. Football Card (S) - Andy Howard and Mike Belsen T h e s o c i e t y ’s n e x t I n terim fixture is at Vistabella on Wednesday, December 20. For anyone interested in joining the society, call Paul Cawte on 966 731 223 or Graham Hall on 664 692 638 or pop into the Spanglish bar, located at Dona Pepa, Quesada.
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Ruby’s golf play final game of the season THE last game of the season took the society to the difficult Las Colinas course, where the top LAS COLINAS: The members with their prizes. four players would tee off togethSilver division and overall winner was husband er at the end of a large field of players. Jeff. The weather was good and the course proved The two’s pot was shared between Brian Wilto be in excellent condition as usual. son and Theresa Wright. The golf lived up to expectations with a good Back at Rayz bar, the prizes were presented few players coming in with over 30 points. and Marc Doherty won the football card. Michelle Evans managed to stave off the chalThe main presentation of trophies for the player lenge from nearest rival Marc Doherty to take this of the year award took place at the annual Christyear’s honours. mas dinner, which was held at Stan and Ollies for The rest of the field results were as follows; 43 members and their partners who enjoyed a nearest the pin on the par 3’s were Brian Wilson, splendid evening. Peter Jepson, Theresa Wright, Roy Stanley and A great end to a prolific year saw captain Colin Buck Taylor. Best front nine was Bill Malcolm, Fear hand over to the new captain, Dave Shelton. best back Theresa Wright. To join the fun, email: rubysgolf@yahoo.co.uk. Gold division winner was Michelle Evans and