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Water ban fears ease THE Junta de Andalucia regional government has eased watering restrictions following heavy rainfall. Irrigators will now be allowed to water crops more freely, but still 25 per cent less than normal rates. The Junta told farmers they can use 11 cubic hectometres of water before September 30 after the La Viñuela reservoir almost doubled its water levels during March, gaining 30 cubic hectometres. A further meeting will take place in mid-May to discuss allowing irrigators further water once it is clear how much water has been stored over the rainy season. In February, farmers were told they would have to reduce their watering by 60 per cent, a move which was welcomed by irrigators. The Junta de Andalucia explained subtropical fruit farmers would be offered just 10 hectometres of water for irrigating throughout the year compared to the 23 hectometres normally used. Alexander Clavero, a spokesman for Plataforma de Aguas de la Axarquia, praised the policy which saw Viñuela’s water levels maintained at their current level rather than decreasing as before. Clavero told one publication the 60 per cent reduction was more effective than the day-long watering bans in place last year as “the next day people consumed more.”

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Weather chaos Wind and snow wreak havoc By Sally Underwood Extreme weather conditions have wreaked havoc on some of Axarquia’s roads. Strong gusts of wind felled trees in some areas, while others experienced snowfall and heavy rain. Weather conditions are expected to improve over the coming w e e k , h o w e v e r, w i t h temperatures reaching a maximum of 20 degrees over the Easter weekend. D u r i n g t h i s w e e k ’s d r a m a t i c w e a t h e r, o n e large pine fell across the A7207 Torrox-Competa road, forcing motorists to edge along the mountain’s edge to pass by. Branches and debris also littered the roads until workers were able to cone off and later remove the tree. Some residents also reported falling roof tiles, landslides, metal rods buckling under the force

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A PINE TREE: Blocked the A7207. of the wind and even walls collapsing. In Canillas de Albaida, Alfarnate and Alfarnatejo, others reported snowfall, with some settling on the countryside. Jorge Martin, the may-

or of Canillas de Albaida, explained the snow had not caused any problems in the town and did not pose a risk to motorists as it had not settled on the main road. The snow fell for just

over one hour while the outside temperature measured nine degrees. Overnight temperatures in several mountain towns, including Competa and Archez, fell to around minus one.

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Arsonist arrested A MAN has been detained for allegedly setting light to the car of a politician’s mother. The accused, known only as BAR, is also being investigated for attempting to burn an EMMSA cleaning vehicle. Ezequiel Carnero, the politician whose mother’s car was destroyed in the blaze, congratulated the police on arresting the suspect. He explained, “The problem was related to an EMMSA issue,” adding, “I was in the middle of a conflict with this company after denouncing irregular practices by workers who did not meet their schedules.” The incidents took place last November when Carnero’s mother’s car was burnt out around 1am, following claims he had been threatened. The politician said, “I feel harassed and persecuted, and the worst of all is my mother and sister are afraid even to open the windows of the house.” Carnero said the fire started outside the house which he shares with his mother and sister, explaining, “We had not moved it all day and the fire started on a wheel, it’s very suspicious,” he said. The Local Police and firefighters attended the scene, extinguishing the flames. The car could not be saved, however, and was almost completely destroyed except for its rear wheels and trunk.

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NEWS EXTRA Sound as a pound THREE people have been arrested in Malaga for carrying €1,750 in fake €50 notes hidden in their car and underwear. The car was also uninsured.

Hot wheels A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been run over by a foldable electric scooter at a pedestrian crossing in Malaga. The incident has sparked outrage amongst some residents who say they should not be allowed on the roads.

That stinks LOCAL POLICE have closed the bar at Malaga’s La Invisible building after finding faecal bacteria in the water. The bar will now need a municipal licence before it can open again.

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Rank holiday Sewage spills into sea over Easter STORMY weather has broken an underwater sewage pipe off Nerja’s coast. Raw human waste was spotted floating off the beach as Spain celebrates Holy Week, with thousands of holidaymakers flocking to the town. Speaking exclusively to the Euro Weekly News, Greg Caldecott, who has lived in Spain for the last two years after leaving his native Liverpool, said: “There was a grey slick heading towards Torrox and on close inspection I could see that it contained raw sewage, I can’t believe the pipe is leaking again after they ‘fixed’ it last year.” The council said it has informed company Aguas de Narixa which will carry out repairs after a piece of pipe broke off at around 200 metres out to sea. The pipeline was repaired last March in a €100,000 project after a leak caused a ‘geyser’ of sewage to form off the beaches. Witnesses said the raw sewage was visible from popular attrac-

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HUMAN WASTE: Could be seen from the Balcon de Europa. tion the Balcon de Europa. Almost half the municipality’s sewage is pumped through the underwater pipeline untreated before it is let out to see at around 1,000 metres off shore. The council says this distance is far enough for the current to take the waste out to sea. However, when the pipeline leaks waste it is expelled far nearer to the coast and is instead brought in by the motion of the waves.

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Tummy bug sparks fury AROUND 30 students have become ill with food poisoning from a school trip. Rincon de la Victoria Council says it is now considering filing a complaint against a Sevilla restaurant after pupils at IES Bezmiliana fell ill after an excursion. The school trip to a theatre festival ended in disaster after students, teachers and parents came down with vomiting and diarrhoea after dining in a restaurant in Santiponce, Sevilla. The victims fell ill as they made their way home from the trip before the majority were then forced to visit health centres the next day. None of the group required hospital attention, however. The school trip had seen

a group travel by bus from Rincon de la Victoria to the Roman ruins in Sevilla, where they took part in a classical theatre festival alongside several other schools from Andalucia. Doctors say they believe the source of the alleged food poisoning could be the meat served in the Meson El Olivo restaurant in Santiponce. Another school group from Cordoba are also said to have become ill after eating at the same venue. Antonio Jose Martin, councillor for Education and Culture, explained, “we coordinated with the health services and Local Police to tell all the participants of the trip to go to the emergency room even if they did not have very serious symptoms.”

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Drunk and disorderly A 79-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Torrox for allegedly driving without a licence and while drunk. The man, who is from Nerja, is said to have crashed on Avenida Esperanto, damaging property, before fleeing and later being arrested.

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A POLITICAL PARTY is demanding further health services in Rincon de la Victoria. Ciudadanos have said the town needs dentistry, ultrasound and radiology services to serve its residents. The current health setup is only designed to cater for 45,000 people.

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Troubled water POLITICIANS are criticising Nerja Counci l o v e r a l l e g e d d ela y s in buildin g b r i d g e s o v er th e rio s Chillar and Seco. The Partido Popular and Ciudadanos have said the project is in “paralysis” and complained nothing has been done since the beginning of 2015. Ciudadanos said the delay was “incomprehensible.”

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LENTING A HAND: Thousands of people have attended Holy Week parades in Malaga this week.

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Safety first RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council is reorganising traffic in Torre de la Benagalbon to improve road safety. The council is introducing new traffic signalling on Calle Osario as well as installing wooden planters along Avenida de la Candelaria to make it safer for pedestrians to walk along the street.

Outdoor theatre A PROJECT to build a 500-seat outdoor auditorium in Rincon de la Victoria will cost €350,000. The building will offer space for larger shows as the town’s other venues can only offer space for between 110 and 180 people. The site will be located in the Parque Julian Huerta area.

THE biggest religious festival of the year is underway across Spain. Elaborate processions continue to take place today (Thursday), tomorrow and Sunday as Holy Week (Semana Santa) draws to a close. O rg a n is ed by brothe rhoods known as cofradias, the spectacular events see members known as nazarenos parade through towns and cities dressed in the capirote, a conical hood traditionally used

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to cover the faces of penitents. And while the more traditional, sombre processions take place in cities including Zamora in Castilla-La Mancha, where the celebration dates back to 1179, it is in Andalucia where glamour and a holida y a tmos phe re a re to the fore. The most jaw-dropping festivities take place in regional capital Sevilla and Malaga on the Costa del Sol, attracting hundreds of

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thousands of spectators and serving up some stunning images. The biggest draw in Sevilla is this evening’s La Madruga, which runs during the night on Maundy Thursday and continues into the early hours of Good Friday. In Malaga the cofradias carry huge, heavy t r onos ( t hr ones, known elsewhere as pasos) depicting scenes from the Passion of Christ or the Sorrows of Virgin Mary on their shoulders.

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TOP RECOGNISING THE SACRIFICE: Citizens of Madrid search through the remains of their homes after the city was ‘liberated’ by the nationalist forces of General Franco (inset) in March 1939. SPAIN could finally be ready to exorcise the ghosts of its bloodiest internal conflict. This Saturday marks 79 years since the end of the Spanish Civil War. And a new museum in Teruel, Aragon, is set to become the first in the country dedicated to telling the story of the three-year battle. The war began when General Francisco Franco’s troops launched a brutal nationalist military uprising against the democratically elected Republican government of president Manuel Azaña on July 17, 1936. By 1937 the nationalists had captured much of northern Spain, while Madrid was under siege. In 1938 and 1939 they advanced on Cataluña, cutting off Barcelona from the capital and sealing Franco’s victory on April 1, 1939. But the conflict was distorted in the four decades until his death in 1975, as the dictator attempted to airbrush the Republicans from Spain’s history books, and the issue has on the whole been neglect-

ed by governments since. A recent survey revealed that 69 per cent of 14-to 17-year-olds in Spain received ‘little to no’ information about the civil war in school history classes. War memorials that appeared across Spain in the wake of the war named only the Nationalist dead, while the relatives of thousands of missing Republicans were told to ‘say nothing and forget’ as Franco brainwashed a nation. It is only in the last decade that a generational shift has been sparked, after the controversial Law of Historical Memory was in 2007 passed by socialist prime minister Jose Zapatero. The decree formally condemned the Franco regime and honoured victims on both sides. And it has culminated in a move that would previously have been unthinkable, as the city of Teruel, which was bombed by both sides in a famous battle, seeks the green light to begin work on the country’s first official civil war museum. Should it go ahead, it could mark an important step in Spain coming to terms with its fascist past.

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NEWS EXTRA New nursery approved VELEZ-MALAGA Council has approved building a new infant school in Caleta de Velez after several years of delays and a modification to the original budget. Works to the site are expected to begin soon.

Keep culture AN association in Nerja has called on the council to preserve the municipality’s heritage. The group expressed its ‘concern’ at the current measures to protect Nerja’s culture.

Jobs boost NERJA Council has promised 41 new municipal jobs to workers following the approval of its 2018 budget. The jobs would be secured until 2021.

OUR VIEW Brexit link triggers democracy doubt THE Vote Leave revelations bring into question the very democratic foundations of the UK. Pro-Brexit whistleblower Shahmir Sanni, former treasurer of campaign organisation BeLeave, claimed that his supposedly independent operation was used to funnel €712,000 to a digital services firm on behalf of the official Vote Leave campaign. He also said Vote Leave and BeLeave shared office space and the campaign fronted by Conservative MPs Boris Johnson and Michael Gove advised the latter how it should spend money. If proven, Sanni’s claims could mean the Vote Leave campaign violated election rules, according to reports, first by making an unofficial donation and second by working alongside another campaign organisation with which it did not share a spending cap. And the situation has arguably been worsened in the wake of evidence given to the Commons culture committee by former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie. He told MPs: “I think it is completely reasonable to say there could have been a different outcome of the referendum had there not been, in my view, cheating.” When considered together, the allegations raise serious concerns about the Brexit result, and more importantly, whether Britain’s democracy remains intact. And that should trigger alarm bells in leavers and remainers alike.

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Glam Pam’s carpet stroll EX-BAYWATCH beauty Pamela Anderson turned heads after slipping into a silk gown for a charity event in Madrid. The blonde star, 50, has recently been involved in a family spat, but she was all smiles as she accompanied Marbella-based actress Maria Bravo on the red carpet at the Global Gift gala. Maria founded the international trust for needy children, and Pam has been a regular ambassador It comes after her 21-year-old son Brandon made the news for punching his father, and her exhusband, Tommy Lee in the mouth. She posted a blog on her website in which she wrote that her son hit his father “in the nose for all of us who he has hurt. “Now Tommy feels humiliated - and is attempting to destroy his own son. “This is the Devil - this is the disease of alcoholism.”

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SHE’S the former page 3 girl who found fame on ITV dating reality show Love Island. But Danielle Sellers showed she’s still got front after frolicking topless on a Spanish beach. The 23-year-old left little to the imagination after peeling o f f h e r b i k i n i t o p b e f o re p a d dling in the shallows while barely covering her assets with her hands.

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THEY finally confirmed their commitment to one another on an ITV reality show. And The Only Way Is Essex stars Gemma Collins, 37, and James ‘Arg’ Argent, 30, have splashed out on a holiday home on the Costa del Sol as they prepare to get married and start a family. Speaking to OK! magazine, Gemma said Arg was a ‘changed man’ after shocking viewers of the season 22 TOWIE pre-

mier by revealing ‘part of going to Spain is to relax my body to prepare for a baby.’ During a visit to a financial adviser on the show she added: “We got matching watches and we’ve bought a holiday home in Spain and now we’re setting up a joint bank account. “What it is, I’m a big roller, I earn well, I spend well. If Arg is watching the football, I’ll have a massage girl come round.”

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SPIRIT OF HE’S starring in a THI NG S: The actor new series about the wo re a traditional life of Malaga-born white robe. painter Pablo Picasso. And Antonio Banderas, 57, was this week back in his hometown where he took part in traditional Palm Sunday celebrations alongside girlfriend Nicole Kimpel, 37, and daughter Stella, 21. The Hollywood A-lister donned a white robe as he joined local brotherhoods for the annual Virgen de Lagrimas y Favores procession.

The life aquatic SHE’S married to Australian Thor muscleman Chris Hemsworth. And Spanish actress Elsa Pataky has landed a starring role in the first Netflix series to be filmed in her hubby’s homeland. The 41-year-old beauty is set to play Adrielle Cuthbert, the ‘ruthless leader of a group of dangerous half-siren half-humans,’ in upcoming drama Tidelands.

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THE Junta de Andalucia has said it wants Malaga’s new hospital to be built at “maximum speed.” Marina Alvarez, Minister for Health, said the Junta will support the plan and hopes the new building will be located at the back of the Materno Hospital “if technically possible.” Pr e v i o u sl y, a fo rme r health minister, Jose Luis Garcia de Arboleya, said M al a g a c o u l d n o t c o p e without another hospital. He explained a group of exTweet us your perts had compiled a 300opinions page report considering the impact of building an 800bed hospital on the land behind the Materno Infantil. Under the proposals the current Carlos Haya Hospital would become a 400or 500-bed hospital for patients with chronic conditions. In turn, the Hospital Civico would become a research and training hospital. Around 300 people helped create the document, with sources saying, “We are confident that what we have proposed will go forward.”

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VELEZ-MALAGA: In a precarious financial situation? Inset: MAYOR MISHAP: Antonio Moreno Ferrer has called for calm over housing company’s future. THE mayor of Velez-Malaga has asked for calm over the future of the town’s housing company. Emvipsa, which is under municipal control, is thought to be in a precarious financial situation but Mayor Antonio

Moreno Ferrer has assured the council it is “not endangered.” Moreno Ferrer has said the company will be handed €4.2 million in parcels of land to help balance its books and save its 750 employees. Last year Mayor Ferrer came under scrutiny after it was alleged he created a job for his own son as a health and safety worker. The investigation began after a spokesman for the Partido Popular (PP), Francisco Delgado Bonilla, claimed the son of the company’s former manager, Jose Luis Sanchez Tore, was employed, “without

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procedure, to the point that he was first hired and then afterwards the technician role was created.” The PP allege the job was a ‘prize’ after Sanchez Tore helped broker a deal between political parties PSOE and Grupo Independiente Pro Municipio de Torre del Mar (GIPMTM), allowing Antonio Moreno Ferrer to become mayor. The actual hiring took place while Ferrer was still president of Emvipsa. The PP claimed the hiring was “an arbitrary decision,” and twice wrote to Emvipsa asking for the contract to be voided.

V E L E Z - M A L A G A’ S landmark commercial park only has two free spaces. The Tecnoalimentario Park is welcoming offers from interested companies after one of its remaining spaces was taken by Malaga company Perymuz. The business, which sells food and drinks to hotels, bought two plots measuring 3,000 square metres for €468,000. Antonio Moreno Ferrer, mayor of Velez-Malaga, explained the park was, “becoming an example of the industrialisation of the agri-food sector and a space for innovation and business development.” He added an aeronautical company was interested in taking one of the last remaining plots. In October last year the Junta de Andalucia offered €240 million in aid to help businesses in Velez-Malaga, including those planning on settling in the Tecnoalimentario Park. Mayor Ferrer said two grants would be given, one for research, development and innovation and the other for digital transformation and job creation. The funds will be managed by the Andalucia Agency for Innovation and Development and will be accessed until 2020.

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€27.5m budget approved SEVERAL projects in Nerja can go ahead after the council finally approved its 2018 budget. Almost €5 million will go towards investments in street and beach cleaning, equipment for the Local Police and sports facilities following the move. The budget, which had been rejected by opposition parties in February, finally passed following the abstention of the opposing Partido Popular (PP) and Ciudadanos. Failure to approve a budget in 2017 left politicians unable to move forward with several planned projects. Last week a spokesperson for Ciudadanos expressed optimism the bill would pass this time, explaining, “There have been changes since the last draft.” The PP, were not as hopeful however, saying they had ‘detected a series of errors’ in the draft budget. In February it was revealed the coalition team faced resistance from opposing parties over the €27.5 million document. A similar situation last year saw Nerja’s 2016 budget carry over into 2017 after politicians failed to agree a new bill. Commenting on the council’s 2018 draft budget one councillor Lola Sanchez criticised the coalition for “demanding approval in a hurry in just five days without the analysis such an important document requires,” Councillor Sanchez capitulated this week, however, supporting the bill and allowing it to pass.

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Trial suspended A CASE against a mayor has been suspended following an argument over the court’s legitimacy. The trial against Abdeslam Lucena, mayor of Benamocarra, will be delayed until it can be decided whether its court is qualified to handle the case. Lucena faces a seven year and nine month ban from holding office after being accused of two crimes against civic rights. Prosecuting lawyers claim his crimes hold a maximum sentence of 10 years’ suspension and therefore should be tried in a criminal court. The mayor ’s own defence lawyer has also claimed the trial should be halted on the g r o u n d s h i s c l i e n t ’s f u n d a mental rights have been violated. The accused faces trial for ‘repeatedly and without cause’ withholding municipal information requested by two councillors in 2011. The prosecutor claims Lucena had ‘full

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NEWS EXTRA Public bike boom MALAGA’S roads are set to become even busier than they are with the addition of 1,000 public bikes. The new scheme, similar to one in London, will expand the current network of 400.

Safe journey POLICE are stepping up their presence in Malaga’s transport hotspots, including at the subway, train stations, bus stations and the port used for journeys to Melilla.

Cheap water ABDESLAM LUCENA: On trial for keeping public information to himself. knowledge of the obligation he had to facilitate the rights of citizens to participate in p u b l i c a ff a i r s , ’ u n d e r t h e Spanish constitution.

Lucena was reportedly asked to provide details on the hiring of several workers but refused ‘through direct denials.’

MALAGA AIRPORT will soon be forced to sell water for €1 a bottle after receiving complaints of high prices from consumers. Soon a bottle of water will be priced at a maximum of €1.

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THE average price of housing in Malaga rose by 5.4 per cent in 2017 and is set to increase a further 5 to 8 per cent this year. The rise has been put down to an increase in demand.

No strike WORKERS at Malaga’s Metro bus company have been offered a wage increase of more than 10 per cent to avoid a strike.

Not a fan HOLLYWOOD mega-star Antonio Banderas has said he is not a fan of the proposed 135-metre new tower at Malaga’s port. The native of the city said he would prefer something less tall.

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MARO: Loses special protection status. Inset: FIGHTING BACK: Councillor for Urbanisation Anabel Iranzo will contest the ruling

Licence expired by Sally Underwood THE hamlet of Maro will no longer come under a special protection plan after four years. The small town of 800 residents will no longer be protected by a special court ruling, leaving the door open for Nerja Council to implement a new plan over its future. Anabel Iranzo, councillor for Urbanisation, explained, “our intention is to come back

and create a special plan, scrupulously fulfilling the requirements set by regulation, something that unfortunately the PP (Partido Popular) did not do.” Maro’s future has been in doubt for several years following a proposal by company Salsa Lario to create an 18hole golf course and 680 houses. The company owns around 250 hectares of land around Maro and laid out its building proposals in April 2015, which

include two million square metres being used for the golf course and housing development. A group of residents has campaigned against the construction work on the basis of its ‘enormous environmental impact.’ Their spokesman, Jorge Alaminos added that “it would be a real environmental attack, a return to the politics of the brick, and the real estate speculation that led to the crisis of the capitalist system.”

VELEZ-MALAGA Council has been forced to withdraw tax breaks for its residents. The Junta de Andalucia regional government has given the council 30 days to stop granting property tax (IBI) aid to families in the municipality. Juan Carlos Marquez, councillor for Finance, explained the council has no intention of complying with the ban, howeve r, s a y i n g t h e a i d h a s been in force for the past 10 years. He complained, “We do not understand how the council was not required to overturn the grant before when the same laws were in force as they are now.” Last year Velez-Malaga Council claimed the tax relief would assist around 26,200 families,

with aid capped at €500 per home and €1,500 for multiple properties. Juan Carlos Marquez confirmed, “the council made a particular effort to fit this aid into our budget,” adding, “we have set aside €4.3 million for assistance in 2017, including helping those who were previously ineligible, and we are prepared to consider increasing this amount to deal with demand if necessary.” Anyone renting or owning a home in the Velez-Malaga area that missed paying their tax in any year between 2012 and 2016 was previously eligible. Renters were required to provide a rental agreement or some other proof of living at the premises.

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Spain lodges FB complaint SPAIN has accused embattled social network Facebook of abusing the data of 21 million users. It comes as the Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to engulf the American firm, with the Brexit campaign and senior UK politicians including Boris Johnson and Michael Gove now implicated. And the Spanish Agency for Data Protection has accused the online giant of illegally collecting data on political ideologies, religious beliefs, gender and personal tastes of millions of accounts in Spain.

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SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy could finally get his 2018 budget passed. Negotiations have been frozen for weeks with opposition groups unwilling to sign off the conservative minority government’s proposals. But Albert Rivera, leader of centreleft Cuidadanos - Spain’s fourth-largest political party - has revealed that he has reached an agreement to support the budget after Rajoy ‘yielded’ to some of his demands. These include an increase of 2 per cent on minimum state pensions, a

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Rise in audiences boosts gig profits ket comprised of Latin stars like Ricky Martin, Maluma, Luis Fonsi and Morat, were reasons for a fourth-year increase in live music profits,” says the study. Ricky Martin was the biggest draw, with 115,806 people drawn to his One World tour, while more than 91,000 saw November Rain hitmakers Gun N’ Roses and Colombian reggaeton star Maluma attracted almost 71,000.

CHINESE smartphone giant Xiaomi, which last year opened its first three shops in Spain, has achieved a ranking of fourth in the Spanish market within four months, ahead of the likes of Apple and LG, according to sales figures.

Bottling it MANAGEMENT company AENA is to ensure that all newsagents and vending machines in Spain’s airports offer small - 330 or 500 millilitre - bottles of water for sale at a maximum price of one Euro.

House that SPANISH real estate firm Testa has snapped up 1,458 rental properties from Valenciabased financial services group Caixabank for around €228 million, with the company forecasting the move to increase annual turnover by €8.7 million.

Vatican sparks outrage A SPANISH website is taking on the Pope. The Vatican has launched a crackdown on the commercial use of its name and emblems, and the move has triggered a debate over whether the Holy See is legally able to claim ownership of the ‘brand.’ But Gabriel Ariza of the online portal Info Vaticana.com argues that the Catholic Church

has started a ‘political witch hunt’ against the site for its exposing of corruption in the institution. “We have already taken down logos and other vestiges that can relate us to the Vatican, but they just want to shut us down,” he said. “We think that serving the Church is defending it from its enemies.”

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By Matt Ford salary boost for young workers, an extra week of paternity leave for new fathers, €1,000 per year grants for the education of children aged 0 to three years, income tax reductions for those earning less than €17,000 per year, and the dismissal of Senator Pilar Barreiro, who is under investigation for fraud, forgery and embezzlement. “The government knows how to count seats and without our support this [budget] could not happen,” Rivera told Spanish media. Rajoy must now appeal to other par-

Let me be clear: instead of risking a trade war, which he seems eager to wage, we should be aiming for greater cooperation. Make trade, not war, Mr President.” EU leader Donald Tusk urges Donald Trump to think twice over trade tariffs.

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million. The post-tax profit posted by Spanish carmaker SEAT last year after the company turned over more than €9.5 billion in 2017.

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FACE THE MUSIC: Ticket prices have come down after the government halved a controversial tax, with 91,000 paying to see US rockers Guns N’ Roses last year.

SPAIN’S live music industry is booming. A new report by the country’s Asociacion de Promotores Musicales (APM) shows that ticket sales increased by 20.6 per cent to €296.2 million in 2017. “Spain’s consolidation as an unavoidable destination for the big tours by international artists... especially in large venues selling out thousands of tickets, like the Rolling Stones and U2, as well as a new mar-

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ties to get the budget approved, since he remains seven seats short of a majority vote despite Cuidadanos’ support. He is expected to appeal to Basque nationalist party PNV, but its leaders have repeatedly said they will not negotiate the budget while the controversial Article 155, invoked by Rajoy to impose direct rule over Cataluña last October, remains active. A PNV official said: “The latest events in Cataluña and Spain have left us very concerned, and talking about budgets seems a little frivolous… let them find support from other groups.”

Exec rakes in €20m salary REAL MADRID boss Florentino Perez’ number two has become the highest-paid executive in Spain. Marcelino Fernandez Verdes, CEO of civil engineering firm ACS and president of German subsidiary Hochtief, last year earned €20.46 million to top the national ranking by more than €4 million. The businessman is lined up to assume presidency of ACS when Perez eventually steps aside, with the latter’s pension fund currently amounting to a jaw-dropping €41 million, according to reports in Spanish media.

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Legal & General Group 259.00 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 66.40 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,124.00 Micro Focus International 1,439.50 Mediclinic International 679.70 Marks & Spencer Group 270.00 Mondi 1,885.50 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 227.80 National Grid 772.50 NMC Health 3,251.00 Next 4,780.00 Old Mutual Group 214.75 Paddy Power Betfair 7,155.00 Prudential 1,875.00 Persimmon 2,721.00 Pearson 761.80 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,900.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 252.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,257.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,220.00 RELX 1,450.00 Rio Tinto 3,555.00 Royal Mail 491.30 Rolls-Royce Group 851.50 Randgold Resources 5,824.00 RSA Insurance Group 627.50 Rentokil Initial 250.50 Sainsbury (J) 227.00 Schroders 3,439.50 Sage Group (The) 650.00 Segro 587.00 Shire 3,060.00 Smurfit Kappa Group 3,182.00 Sky 1,336.50 Standard Life Aberdeen 400.25 Smith (DS) 474.80 Smiths Group 1,508.50 Scottish Mortgage Invst Trst 447.50 Smith & Nephew 1,332.50 SSE 1,224.00 Standard Chartered 735.00 St James's Place 1,255.00 Severn Trent 1,853.00 Tesco 204.15 TUI AG 1,625.00 Taylor Wimpey 183.20 Unilever 3,737.50 United Utilities Group 691.00 Vodafone Group 195.50 WPP Group 1,080.00 Whitbread 3,660.00

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NET VOL 15,397.17 47,588.01 14,504.00 3,975.81 4,184.60 4,310.46 7,010.63 4,860.09 25,426.44 6,945.79 6,641.64 12,179.03 6,294.72 47,929.43 7,730.13 5,945.44 41,512.88 30,908.15 101,320.88 84,273.45 15,346.63 48,029.94 5,254.00 16,396.37 5,432.41 6,450.11 5,010.41 5,015.87 7,366.07 7,037.71 5,953.37 27,285.49 7,200.72 22,587.89 11,091.34 5,121.67 6,078.75 6,192.62 11,458.93 12,312.65 23,971.94 5,864.86 4,043.81 19,766.41 8,966.46 6,015.24 46,172.79 4,564.56 51,313.19 13,899.94 6,741.53

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Most Advanced CareDx, Inc. $ 7.52 Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. $ 24.01 Credit Suisse AG $ 10.57 SMART Global Holdings, Inc. $ 48.92 Fred's, Inc. $ 2.75 Arbutus Biopharma Corporation $ 5.20 Solid Biosciences Inc. $ 8.96 Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. $ 5.29 ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ $ 19.21 The Dixie Group, Inc. $ 2.90 ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ Biotechnology$ 10.97

1.54 ▲ 25.75% 2.85 ▲ 13.47% 1.05 ▲ 11.03% 4.85 ▲ 11.01% 0.24 ▲ 9.56% 0.45 ▲ 9.47% 0.70 ▲ 8.47% 0.41 ▲ 8.40% 1.41 ▲ 7.92% 0.20 ▲ 7.41% 0.74 ▲ 7.23%

Most Declined Ferroglobe PLC Zions Bancorporation Westport Fuel Systems Inc Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Black Box Corporation resTORbio, Inc. Omeros Corporation Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. Calyxt, Inc. Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.

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Dram good performance BOTTOMS UP AS WHISKY SALES SKYROCKET SPANIARDS’ favourite tipple is whisky, a report says. According to the latest data from the Spanish Federation of Spirit Drinks (FEBE), 214 million litres of spirits were sold across the country in 2016. The boozy blowout produced revenues of almost €7.6 billion - €1 billion more than UK drinkers spent over the same period - and provided 330,000 jobs while swelling the public treasury’s coffers with €1.3 billion obtained via indirect taxes. And consumers chose whisky as their go-to imbibe, as year-on-year sales grew by almost 2 per cent for a 27 per cent market share. Trendy rival gin was the second-most popular spirit, accounting for 22 per cent of the market as sales increased by 9.9 per cent. But rum sales dropped by 2.3 per cent, leaving the Caribbean classic a distant third in the market with a 16 per cent share. Less popular still were liqueurs (13 per cent), brandy (9), anisette (7), vodka (5) and tequila (1). A FEBE official confirmed that figures for 2017 are currently being analysed but are not expected to differ wildly from 2016, meaning ‘whisky will be the most-consumed beverage, followed by gin and rum.’ Scotch whiskies topped the national brand ranking, accounting for 73 per cent of sales, with Johnnie Walker, Ballantine’s, J&B, Chivas, Grant’s and William Lawson’s among the most popular. The gin market was more evenly-spread, with 47 per cent of boozers opting for Spanish brands and 53 per cent preferring international products, with Malaga’s Larios 12 the best-selling overall. Rum sales were dominated by dark varieties, which accounted for

GIN AND BEAR IT: Spain’s thirst for whisky shows no sign of being quenched with gin a distant second.

86 per cent of the market, while the most popular brands included Bacardi and Havana Club from Cuba, plus Barcelo and Brugal from the Dominican Republic. But Vicente Montecinos, director of market research group NPD, believes that vodka will be the next big thing in Spain. “Vodka is a growing market,” he told Spanish media. “Spirits move slowly with fashions and trendy brands including Smirnoff, Absolut, Grey Goose and Zubrowka are becoming more popular. “The Spanish vodka Basmmon, made from potatoes, has won international awards and is another that is on the rise.”

EQUITY FUNDS ‘ARE LIKE MIGRATING BIRDS’ IT was the biggest real estate deal of 2017. The €10 billion agreement which saw American asset management firm Blackstone snap up the property portfolio owned by failed Spanish bank Banco Popular leads the worldwide ranking for sales involving a single asset or portfolio. It came after rival banking group Santander acquired Banco Popular for a token €1 last June, and involved forming a company of which Blackstone bought a controlling 51 per cent stake. The remaining 49 per cent remains with Santander as part of its Banco popular rescue package. It leaves Blackstone, which also picked up the housing portfolio of Catalunya Caixa - now part of BBVA - among others, as one of the largest real estate owners in Spain. And the huge deal was followed a few months later by American private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management successfully bid-

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€10bn deal world’s biggest

BLACKSTONE: Now one of Spain’s biggest real estate owners after snapping up the property portfolio formerly owned by Banco Popular (inset) in the wake of the bank’s collapse. ding €5.5 billion for 80 per cent of BBVA’s property portfolio. “It is striking how some of the opportunistic private equity funds move in flocks like migratory birds,” says Borja Sierra, interna-

tional executive vice-president of real estate consultancy firm Savills Aguirre Newman. “One minute they are calm in a pond in Africa and then they start flying and travel 4,500 kilometres

to an island in the middle of the ocean to breed. “This happened in Spain from 2009. “One of the birds usually starts the flight and takes the lead, marking the direction of travel, and in this case it is Blackstone. “They have consistently been pioneers and trend markers for their competitors, and as big investors they don’t get involved in small operations.” Compiled by New York-based real estate number-crunchers Real Capital Analytics, the list shows that five of the 10 most expensive deals not involving a company takeover last year took place in China, with two in the UK. The latter pair of sales included the €5.1 billion acquisition of shares in a portfolio of hospitals and nursing homes by Chinese insurer Taikang, and a €2.1 billion stake in the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent purchased by Royal London Mutual Insurance Society.

Gross domestic product record as Aragon tops regional charts THE Spanish economy continues to grow. And new data from the National Statistics Institute has revealed that gross domestic product (GDP) last year rose most in Aragon among the country’s autonomous communities. The northern region saw its GDP increase by 3.6 per cent in 2017, with Asturias (3.5 per cent) and Madrid (3.4 per cent) completing the top three. These figures eclipse the European average of 2.4 per cent , wi t h onl y Cast i l l a y Leon (1.9 per cent), and La Rioja (1.8), plus the African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla falling to beat the benchmark. GDP per capita smashed records in 2017 with Madrid (€33,809) topping the rankings, followed by the Basque Count r y ( €33,088) and Navarra (€30,809).

€500m energy deal confirmed AMERICAN multinational banking giant JP Morgan has become Spain’s biggest investor in solar energy. The financial services firm has revealed it is to snap up a €500 million controlling stake in a 660 megawatt solar project in southern Spain and Portugal via its investment vehicle Sonnedix. The scheme includes a number of plants in Andalucia, Extremadura and Murcia, which will generate 495 megawatts, with the remaining 165 megawatts produced by Portuguese facilities. Together, the project will generate enough electrical e n e rg y t o p o w e r 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 h o m e s p e r y e a r, w i t h Barcelona-based supplier Audax signing a 20-year deal in what is reckoned to be the biggest long-term solar power contract ever agreed in Spain.

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Spain remains on debt row TARGET BEATEN BUT DEFICIT STILL EXCESSIVE SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has revealed that the country met its European Union (EU) debt target for the first time last year. The leader tweeted: ‘Spain achieves: we have in 2017 reduced the public deficit to 3.07 per cent (4.3 per cent in 2016). A fundamental fact to continue growing, create employment and guarantee our public services.” It is the smallest difference between public spending and revenue that Spain has registered since the financial crisis broke out a decade ago, and just beats the 2017 target of 3.1 per cent set by the EU. The final figure of 3.07 per cent is equivalent to an overspend of €35.7 million, a Treasury official confirmed. It sees Spain continue to claw its way out of a financial black hole triggered by the international banking crisis of 2008, which was later deepened after the country’s housing bubble burst in 2009. The twin collapse saw public debt soar to 11 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) after it climbed by more than €100 million in the space of a year. But the economy has recently spluttered into life, growing by around 3 per cent per year since 2015 and slowly reducing debt in the wake of sweeping cuts and tax increases which in 2012 totalled €65 billion of austerity measures. The government has been working to a model designed by Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro which has been dubbed the ‘Montoro adjustment,’ whereby a small increase in public spending is permitted provided the total is lower than the nominal growth in GDP (with inflation). Spain will however remain in the EU’s Excessive Debt Procedure (EDP), a corrective process for countries with a public deficit of more than 3 per cent, for at least another year.

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MAN WITH A PLAN: Brussels believes that Mariano Rajoy could have reduced deficit further but chose not to do so.

It could soon be the only one of the EU’s 28 member states with an open procedure after the UK, Greece, Portugal and Croatia last year exited the process, with France expected to follow. EU officials reportedly believe that Rajoy’s government has intentionally maintained the EDP because if Spain was to reduce debt below 3 per cent new limits would be imposed, including a €7 billion ‘structural adjustment’ that would force Madrid into further cuts or tax hikes. The 2018 deficit target for Spain is 2.3 per cent, but there is a widespread consensus in Brussels that the country will again fail to meet it and will instead try to remain at least a 10th above 3 per cent in order to avoid the new adjustment, with regional and local elections due in 2019.

INHERITANCE TAX SHAKE-UP ANNOUNCED SPAIN’S highest court has ruled the Spanish practice that charges non-residents of Spain a higher rate of inheritance tax to be discriminatory and therefore unlawful. According to reports, this has now left the window open for those who have paid the higher rate to file claims for refunds. In a landmark case, the Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that the practice is no longer acceptable even if the non residents of Spain live in a third country that isn’t part of the European Union. As a result, non-European Economic Area (EEA) citizens that have paid Spanish inheritance tax in the last four years are expected to now be able to apply for a refund. According to Madrid-based tax partner of Cuatrecasas law firm, Antonio Barba, said the judgement w ill h a v e a ‘ h u g e i mp ac t o n Spain’s current inheritance and gift tax rules by not only forcing Span-

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Non-EU loophole slams shut

LEVY BREAK: Many non-EU nationals could be due a tax rebate, says lawyer Antonio Barba (inset).

ish authorities to amend the current legislation but “opens the door for taxpayers to claim refunds of all taxes paid under the discriminative rules in the past four years, the standard term of the statute of limitations for taxes.” He told International Investment: “We estimate several hundred nonEU taxpayers to be entitled to apply for a refund of inheritance taxes paid [by them] to Spain during the last four years. “Just t hi nk t hat m any provinces of Spain, [such as] Bal ear es and Andal uci a, where foreign investments in real estate are huge. “Most of the investors are EU residents - who are not affected by this last judgement, as the law was amended to give them tax breaks two years ago. But there are still quite a few investments from the US, Latin America, China, etc.”

Blue passport fury as British firm snubbed UK HOME SECRETARY Amber Rudd signed off a €560 million blue passport deal without knowing who had won the contract, it has been claimed. The controversial deal will see post-Brexit British passports produced by Gemalto, a European company listed on the Dutch and French stock exchanges. And accor di ng t o t he Home Office, the process was a blind tender, meaning ministers had no clue which firm submitted each bid. UK-based De La Rue and French company Oberthur also competed for the contract, with the final result sparking a major backlash, with critics calling the decision a ‘humiliating symbol’ of the postBrexit UK. But the Home Office said the deal will save taxpayers €137 million over five years.

Social security fraud savaged THE Spanish labour inspectorate has slammed a ‘huge’ social security fraud. It comes after the Social Security department revealed t hat an est i m at ed 300,000 ‘false’ self-employed people in Spain receive more than 75 per cent of their income from a single client. An official from the labour i nspect or at e t ol d t he Congress that the majority are forced to register as self-employed ‘so that the company that pays them does not have to pay social security.’ But the practice may now be living on borrowed time after Fermin Yebenes Salices, president of the Labour Inspectors’ Union, appeared before a government subcommittee to discuss reforms to self-employed labour laws in order to crack down on the problem.

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I really do lose the will to live LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

GREAT contender for our, ‘You thought you’d heard it all’ trophy this week. British police will now no longer attend any shoplifting episodes unless the ‘haul’ exceeds £200! Apparently, this new policy, which effectively decriminalises shoplifting, has been quietly introduced by ministers over the last few months. Well, we’re all in the wrong game, aren’t we? Personally, I see this as a great way to becoming an entrepreneur. We can become wholesale goods suppliers. All we need is a few trucks going around to various collection points and a staff of average ‘tea leaves.’ We then send them out to various stores, equipped with shopping bags and a calculator. When they have nicked £199 worth of goods, they simply leave the store and drop the stuff off at the pre-determined pick up points. Job done. Actually, the opportunities are limitless. We could supply our own shops. We’ll call them

GRENFELL TOWER: More questions are now being asked about the tragedy. SHOPLIFTING: ‘Effectively decriminalised.’ ‘Lifted.’ I can see us on every street corner. Pound and charity shops will become a thing of the past. One day we could even be quoted on the stock exchange. Ok Leapy, simmer down. Got a bit carried away there. Also, not quite sure how we could prevent stores from nicking their stuff back! You really couldn’t make it up though could you? Oh, and by the way. Don’t rely on shop se-

curity staff to do the plod job. They can be prosecuted for laying a hand on you! Sometimes I really do find myself losing the will to live. I see yet another toe rag fraudster has been convicted of pretending to be a Grenfell tower victim. This latest individual hailed from Zimbabwe and lived miles from the tower, yet still managed to con social workers into handing over £19,000 before being ‘sussed.’ With this in mind I decided to ask Google (yes, I do research occasionally!) just how many false claims had actual-

ly been made by these despicable fraudsters, who are already presumably enjoying the fruits of the UK’s utterly misguided luvvie approach to our immigrant population. What popped up to my request for more info was indeed something of a revelation. The Metropolitan Police Service have published a form under the freedom of information act. Far too lengthy to put in this blurb, it contains some 20 or so questions that have been put to the MPS since the tragedy. Talk about a waffle. ‘Not in the interest’ seems to be a phrase that crops up a great deal. I suggest those who are interested take a look. Enter ‘Information about the fatalities during the Grenfell fire tragedy’ and up it all comes in pdf format. Some weeks ago, I also took quite a lot of disdainful stick when I revealed information given to a friend of mine from one of the firemen who was actually on the scene. This brave firefighter told my associate he had seen at least 40 bodies in one flat alone. I see rather more official questions are now being asked about this previous ‘Leapy Rant’ revelation. Remember you read it here first folks. Have a great week. Enjoy the onset of spring. And whatever ya do. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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TECH FOR THE TIMID

Give us a break Don’t cry for me Argentina if something breaks, says Terence Kennedy

THERE’S rejoicing aplenty in our household when a device breaks. It means we can buy a new one without a guilty conscience. Filling your country mansion with gadgets by the thousand is all well and good if you’re a moneyed technophile like Stephen Fry though to be fair to the great man, manufacturers probably throw scads of free stuff at him in the hope he’ll promote it to his 13 million Twitter followers. As a lesser mortal I grew up with the constricting ethic that you only buy what you will actually use, and you don’t replace it until it breaks. And I’ve never got over it. In fact until repairing stuff started becoming something of a dead art a decade or two ago, I would even give up precious free time in hand-to-hand combat with a dodgy toaster, menacing an innocent amplifier with a deadly soldering iron or perhaps the most futile exercise of all, using a couple of euros’ worth of glue to do a reverse Humpty Dumpty on a vase

costing just half that in the local sec-

to even open up our technology,

DIY: ‘Do you feel lucky, punk?’ ond-hand emporium. Now when stuff dies we buy new stuff. Lots of new stuff. We’ve all got drawers full of dead phones, and even the poor in Africa would sneer at my old Nokia 1100. It’s becoming increasingly difficult

though the web has any number of people doing ‘teardowns’ of the latest devices - even on a thousand euros’ worth of new iPhone, the spoiled brats. Fortunately there is still some stuff you can build yourself if you are so

waywardly minded. When my computer died at the ripe old age of 10, I felt like a child with a new Meccano set (rather dubiously renamed Erector sets in the USA, where they don’t do double entendres). I got to work happily assembling my own Dagwood-sandwich-type computer from a case, a power supply, a motherboard, RAM chips, a hard drive, a gaggle of YouTube videos and more bad language than the average sailor. For the most part though, we just buy. It’s an ethic hard to knock when a friend recently spent more to fix an ageing laptop than it would have cost him to buy another one on eBay, or a new one for €50 extra. Oops, I just ‘accidentally’ dropped that irritating bedside clock I’ve hated with a passion every morning for years. Hooray I can finally buy a new one. As Groucho Marx said, if you don’t like my principles, I have others.

Make do and mend THE ‘Maker Movement’ is a worthy one but they’re fighting a losing battle. Look them up on the internet and perhaps there’s one near you, kindly souls with technical expertise, meeting locally over a weekend to repair all sorts of dead technology brought in by members of the public. ‘ M a k e r s ’ e v e n p ro d u c e their own cookbooks of repair recipes. Some are printed but they are mainly found online, if you’re brave enough to tackle technology designed to res i s t e v e n t h e m o s t d e t e rmined siege. It certainly is morally satisfying to breathe new life int o a n o l d t o a s t e r, o r t o g e t that old Apple Newton back up and running again - even if only to find that Steve J o b s t o o k i t s p ro p r i e t a r y s o f t w a re w i t h h i m t o t h e grave.

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A recipe for leaving a very bad taste in the mouth Nora Johnson

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NEWS that the Metropolitan Police responded to calls relating to the recent KFC closures - ‘Please do not contact us about the #KFCCrisis, it is not a police matter if your favourite eatery is not serving the menu that you desire’ makes you wonder, whatever next? Last year, Police Scotland’s emergency call handlers were amazed when a woman reported the theft of her snowman. Other calls included a request to check a woman’s height, another reported a ‘dirty look’ from a neighbour and a

woman asked for help with a large spider in her home. Some 2.8 million 101 nonemergency calls are made every year in Scotland with just under half a million 999 emergency ones. Heck, if crime writers like myself came up with motives as weak as these for calling out the cops in our thrillers, we’d be nicked for wasting readers’ time! The East Midlands Ambulance Service was asked if storing cracked eggs in a fridge was a ‘health risk’. Other daft ‘nuisance’ calls included someone with a broken toenail, someone wanting a taxi home, another with toothache, and a patient who didn’t want to wait 30 minutes for their GP appointment. And according to the BBC, ambulances and emergency response vehicles were de-

KFC CLOSURES: Have prompted panic among Brits. ployed more than 1,500 times to five patients in 12 months, while a single patient reportedly called the ambulance service almost 10 times a day.

Maybe I’m being thick here (no need to comment), but why? I remember reading a story about the 1950’s when boys

were taught as Wolf Cubs (and maybe still are) how to make an emergency telephone call from a GPO red call box. Even at less than 10 years

of age, they had more accrued wisdom than all the examples of ‘adults’ quoted here. Finally, 999 calls due to loud bangs heard in Manchester city centre recently turned out not to be an emergency. It was a hen party popping balloons on a ‘Butler in the Buff’. Good grief! (Actually, that's not what I wrote originally but a much more restrained comment!) Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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I’m now a convert to BA Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO just when I thought Ryanair was getting their act together they mess up again. I was booked on a flight to the UK on Thursday. My hire car was booked and my hotel was booked and at 1am on Wednesday I got an email from Ryanair telling me my flight’s been cancelled because the French air traffic controllers are going on strike. Let’s just digress on to that for a moment. Why do the ATC think that by punishing the public anybody is going to have the slightest sympathy for their cause? Anyway, I’m now left with the job of finding a new flight to the UK. All the flights to Stansted were full and every other airport was too expensive or I couldn’t get a direct flight. Ryanair ’s choice was to cancel and get a refund or to book a new date which is no good to me because I was only going ‘til Sunday. I finally, at 2.30am, found a BA flight to a different airport to where my hire car was being collected. So I now have to contact them to try and get a car there and then return it to Stansted. I’m informed by them that to do that it’s going to cost me double the price I’ve al-

ready pre-paid. Why? Because when you prepay you can’t change anything. You have to start again even when changing the pick-up time. I finally told them I’d get car from the original destination and they agreed to change the pick-up time. All I had to do now was get from one airport to the other and my mate agreed to get me. I got to the airport expecting to see lines of people because of all the cancelled flights. Guess what - the only company that had cancelled flights to the UK was Ryanair! There were some cancelled by airlines going to France but to the UK none. This got me wondering why. So I asked the two pilots that were waiting to get on my flight. Well actually, I suppose technically, I was waiting to get on their flight and they told me it’s easier and cheaper for Ryanair to just cancel the flights than get involved with the admin and overtime payments to staff. They really don’t do themselves any favours. So I am now a convert to BA flights to London City Airport which, by the way, actually came with a meal included too. Maybe my mate at Talk Radio Europe, Bill Padley, can ask his ABTA contact why Ryanair always do the thing that manages to pee their customers off the most. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Checking your details at the roadside 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. AS they go about their duties patrolling the roads of Spain, the Guardia Civil traffic police have a whole range of tools in their arsenal to both help those in need, and of course deal with those drivers who break the law. One piece of kit carried by all of the officers, often stored in the panniers of their motorbikes, or inside their patrol cars, is their Personal Digital Assistant, or PDA. ON THE ROAD: A Guardia Civil PDA in The device is linked via Bluetooth action. to a thermal printer, and so able to isthe officers can almost instantly find the insue fines on the spot, and pools its data with formation they are looking to confirm. the central office of the DGT traffic departHowever, when the information is not ment. linked, such as for drivers who haven’t The PDA can be used to check driver and swapped to a Spanish licence, then the vehicle details, such as if you are actually process takes a lot longer to complete, and qualified to drive, if you’ve been banned, if your journey is likely to be increasingly deyou own the vehicle you are driving, and delayed as a result. tails about that vehicle and its insurance. Converting your UK licence to a Spanish The whole process of checking the inforversion is a relatively easy process. It can be mation is almost instantaneous, but it can done at your local DGT traffic office, or you take a lot longer if the information provided can hire one of the many specialist advisors by the driver is either inaccurate, or unwho will complete the administrative process known. on your behalf, and a simple medical and One particular problem facing foreign dricomputerised reaction test is all that is keepvers is when they are not registered as resiing you from joining the many residents who dents in Spain, or have not transferred their have already converted and enjoy an easier licence to a Spanish one. life on the roads. For those who have, you are likely to be There is more information on the process sent on your way a lot quicker than those available at our website, n332.es, as well as with no registered details, as a single check links to find your local traffic office and the of a driver’s NIE number links all of the releinformation required to complete the process. vant driver and vehicle details together, so

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WE are an apartahotel consisting of 130 privately owned apartments. Three quarters of these are in the letting pool, which is run as a hotel by our managing agent, who is also our administrator. Because of the conflict of interest, we have agreed by a large majority at last year’s AGM, to split the community from the business. Our administrator refused to accept this, so we called an AGM. The administrator refused IN general, yes, but if you have a notarial record of the proceedings and results, which should be called an

to send out the notice so we did it ourselves. We won by 50 votes to seven. We also invited the notary and our lawyer. We got a written and stamped report from the notary and the minutes taken by the lawyer. Now the administrator will not give us the legal minutes book. I have been told that we cannot bring a court case against him until the minutes have been stamped and registered. Can you advise? LS (Costa Blanca)

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‘Acta de Presencia’, this should serve as the basis to request a judge to order the release of the minutes book.

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WE are writing to express our concern regarding the increase in motor homes/caravans invading this beautiful area of coastline. Visiting cars to Playa Carolina beach (totally monopolised by mobile homes) found difficulty in parking. This serves as a car park and not a caravan park! Not content with parking on vast areas of local coastline it is now noted they are also using various spaces in town areas including the Health Centre. Please advise on local authority policy regarding this increasing menace? With thanks. David and Sally, Aguilas Editor’s note It would appear that the answer lies in the hands of local authorities and police. If these motor homes are parked illegally they can be moved on, although in some towns they are allowed to stay for 48 hours.

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Summer is coming and so are motor homes Mobile phones or cloaking devices? DRIVERS may have noticed that pedestrians leap out in front of you, whilst using their trusty mobiles as some sort of defence and not having even seen your car coming, are not alarmed when we have to make an emergency stop in order to avoid hitting them. The worst offenders are in the town, since there are plenty of zebra crossings for them to practise their art and anywhere near the crossing will do! Hybrid cars are great for drivers, but I reckon that in electric (silent) mode these will be a real hazard to the ‘mobiles’ who may only rely on their hearing to identify a road user.

UNAWARE: Phone zombies. We no longer have to remember anything any more cos with our trusty Smartphone, just click on Google and voila, there it is! Ah we knew that was what we had forgotten. Now where on earth did I put

my mobile phone? I know I will ring my mobile from my fibre optic landline and hope I did not leave it in silent mode - Telefonica is useful after all! Brian Johnston, Benalmadena

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Carles Puigdemont held in Germany From fantasy to reality in one action - bet the smile has been wiped off this face now! David Baxter Criminals go to prison. Traitors doubly so.

Peter Harvey Great news.

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He should now face all charges levied against him and be made to pay for all the disruption he has caused to the whole of Spain. Jail him. Malcolm

Clocks going forward to be scrapped?

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Good! I cannot stand anyone spitting, absolutely disgusting. Janet Lawrenson

Pilots suspended over mid- Anti-tourism groups flight videos threaten summer protests Their crime was getting caught. I’m sure many of the pilots on the short haul flights mess around to relive the boredom during the two-hour flights. Engage auto-pilot, disengage brain. Ron Curtis

Yes! It takes me days to get into the new routine and the animals are totally confused? Carol Raines

I’m almost sure the plane landed safe and well so what’s the problem. Shel Louise

It was tried a few years ago, no one liked it. Maggie Champion

Almost everything mid flight is automated.

I hope not. It gives the illusion of summer coming. Marita Langley-May

Brit fine for spitting on cabin crew

I like the lighter evenings.

Hopefully BA will ban her for life too.

Lynn Nickeas

Should have had at least a five-year ban from flying. Gill Reynolds

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The problem here is that tourism is booming and it is making life hard for the average Mallorquines. The cost of renting a home is now almost the same as their monthly wage. Prices are soaring. The island is very rich because of tourism, but it’s not being passed on to the working people. Barbara Jago There are two sides to every story. Having lived in Mallorca I can understand both views. Although tourism is needed there are different types. I am sure you will agree with the locals when they say they are fed up witnessing hundreds of drunken youths chanting and screaming, etc etc in the streets, all night and every night of the week in some holiday areas. They want them to enjoy their island but not at the detriment of all else. Jan Andersen-Page

Since moving to the coast I’ve never encountered such hysteria about unwanted animals. It’s an industry here, over a hundred charities, thousands of soppy people wasting millions of euros, when an inexpensive injection would solve the problem. Then people could turn their attention to the desperate plight of the millions of hungry, brutalised humans right across our planet. The number of stray dogs in the world is nearly half a billion, and five million of these live in Spain. That’s just dogs. For goodness sake let’s put them down. We really need to take a serious look at our priorities. Edmund Taylor, Fuengirola

Big cats COULD you not run a piece asking all readers to report the location of any circus they know of (Issue 1707)? That way every single one could be checked and hopefully have their animals removed after local protests. “It comes after months of negotiations between officials from the circus, local authorities and animal rights groups, with lawyer Raquel Lopez from the DeAnimals law firm acting as mediator.” If the above is true and those animals were in such awful conditions how does this square with animal rights legislation? Is the law here so toothless? There should not have been negotiations, the animals should have been removed, the circus owners jailed pending trial, with prison time, large fines and life bans at the end of it. I have lived here 40 years and it shocks me that my adopted country still has such a long way to go. John Little, Alicante

Spitting mad BACK in the 40’s and 50’s, spitting was considered to be a health hazard, regrettably, in recent years it has become commonplace in a sporting context and most noticeably amongst the footballing fraternity. The revelation Jamie Carragher spat at a critic has caused outrage but isn’t it time for this disgusting and unhealthy habit to be condemned and stopped? It sets such a terrible example to children as they tend to mimic their heroes! Ken, San Fulgencio

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SATURDAY - 31 MARCH

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Classic Mary Berry 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm MasterChef 3:30pm MasterChef 4:00pm Shrek Forever After 5:25pm Final Score 6:10pm A Question of Sport 6:40pm Doodlebugs 7:00pm Ready or Not 7:30pm BBC News 7:40pm Regional News 7:43pm Weather 7:45pm Pointless 8:35pm Who Dares Wins 9:20pm Casualty 10:10pm Troy: Fall of a City 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am Forget Me Not 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:35am BBC News

7:10am The Wonder of Animals 7:40am Naomi's Nightmares of Nature 8:10am The Pets Factor 8:30am Dengineers 9:00am Absolute Genius Monster Builds 9:30am Beyond Bionic 10:00am Robot Wars 11:00am Gordon Buchanan: Elephant Family and Me 12:00pm Six Puppies and Us 12:55pm The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives 2:00pm Cromwell 4:15pm Canterbury Cathedral 5:15pm The Secret Helpers 6:15pm Big Cats About the House 7:15pm Easter from King's 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs 10:00pm Hamlet 1:15am Civilisations 2:15am Therese Desqueyroux 4:00am This is BBC Two

9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Thunderbirds are Go 10:05am Wishfart 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:25pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:30pm Info not available 2:30pm Britain's Brightest Family 3:00pm Tenable 4:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:15pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Info not available 9:30pm The Voice UK 11:00pm ITV News 11:20pm Info not available

7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:15am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:55pm Celebrity Catchphrase 1:55pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:55pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 3:55pm FYI Daily 4:00pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 4:40pm Nanny McPhee 5:40pm FYI Daily 5:45pm Nanny McPhee 6:45pm Scrambled! Mr Bean Bean's Holiday. 7:45pm FYI Daily 7:50pm Scrambled! Mr Bean Bean's Holiday. 8:30pm Skyfall 9:35pm FYI Daily 9:40pm Skyfall 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad!

8:00pm Lost Kingdoms of Central America 9:00pm The Silk Road 10:00pm Below the Surface 10:45pm Below the Surface 11:30pm Top of the Pops Mike Read and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 May 1985 12:00am Top of the Pops 12:30am The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End 1:25am The Highwaymen Live 3:25am Lost Kingdoms of Central America 4:25am Top of the Pops 4:55am Sounds of the Seventies Solos Vintage rock, pop and soul performances from the BBC archives

6:10am Rising Damp 6:35am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Evil Under the Sun 8:00am Man About the House 9:45am On the Buses 11:35am Holiday on the Buses 1:20pm Carry on 3:05pm Carry on Up the Khyber British comedy starring Sid James and Kenneth Williams, 1968. 5:00pm Carry On Forever 6:00pm Carry On Forever 7:00pm Carry On Forever 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 100th episode of the rural detective drama series. 12:00am Vera 2:00am Carry On Forever 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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8:00am Marathon: Maraton Del Meridiano 8:25am Triathlon 8:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:20am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:50am Frasier 10:20am Frasier 10:50am Frasier 11:25am The Big Bang Theory 11:55am The Big Bang Theory 12:25pm The Big Bang Theory 12:50pm The Simpsons 1:20pm The Simpsons 2:20pm Come Dine with Me 3:25pm Coast v Country 4:25pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm A Place in the Sun 6:30pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Coastal Railways with Julie Walters 9:00pm Britain at Low Tide 10:00pm Zoolander 2 12:00am AVP: Alien vs. Predator

10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:00pm Police Interceptors 2:00pm Police Interceptors 3:00pm Traffic Cops 5:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 6:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:00pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 9:00pm Inside Windsor Castle 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Secrets of Henry Viii's Palace 11:00pm Conspiracy: The Nazi King 12:00am Secrets of the Nazi Occult 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Inside Manchester's Midland Hotel 5:00am The X Files

8:25am Match of the Day 10:00am Painting the Holy Land 11:00am Live Worship on Easter Sunday 12:00pm Urbi et Orbi 12:25pm The Silent Child 12:45pm Bargain Hunt 1:25pm BBC News 1:35pm Weather for the Week Ahead 1:40pm Shaun the Sheep Movie 3:00pm MasterChef 5:30pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm The Big Painting Challenge 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm The Generation Game 10:00pm Ordeal by Innocence 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2

8:35am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:05am Gardeners' World 9:35am Countryfile 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 12:45pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Info not available 2:15pm Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago 3:15pm Canterbury Cathedral 4:15pm RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin Mcgregor 5:45pm War Horse 8:00pm Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Unsealed: Conspiracy Files 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:35pm Top Gear Extra Gear 12:00am Selma

8:00pm Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. 8:30pm University Challenge Cult student quiz show where two rival university teams battle it out to see who has the most superior intellects. 9:00pm Painting the Holy Land 10:00pm Timewatch 11:00pm The Battle of Britain 12:40am Operation Jericho 1:40am Dancing in the Blitz: How WW2 Made British Ballet 2:40am Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century 3:40am Timewatch

7:40am King of Queens 8:05am King of Queens 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm Ice Age: The Great EggScapade 5:00pm Dumbo 6:15pm The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Homes by the Med 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm The Green Mile 2:10am The Supervet 3:10am Coastal Walks with My Dog 4:10am KOTV Boxing Weekly

11:35am Britain's Greatest Bridges 11:50am Police Interceptors 12:50pm Police Interceptors 1:45pm The Cowboys 4:15pm Joe Kidd 5:50pm Space Cowboys 8:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Lonely Life of George Michael 12:00am The Nation's Favourite George Michael Song 1:00am The Last Days of George Michael 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Inside Manchester's Midland Hotel 5:00am The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant 5:45am House Doctor

7:00am The Protectors 7:25am Hornblower 9:30am World Superbike Highlights 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:35am Pawn Stars 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Pawn Stars 1:20pm The Big Fish Off 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live From Musselburgh 5:00pm Dunkirk 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm Dunkirk 7:45pm Diamonds are Forever 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Diamonds are Forever 10:10pm Lethal Weapon 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pm Lethal Weapon 12:20am Fire Down Below 1:20am FYI Daily 1:25am Fire Down Below 2:30am River Monsters 3:30am The Protectors 4:00am Teleshopping

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8:30am Scrambled! 8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am Teen Titans Go! 9:10am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:30am Spy School 10:05am Adventure Time 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Love Your Garden 10:55am The Voice UK 12:25pm Info not avalable 2:00pm Free Willy 4:05pm Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm Regional News and Weather 8:00pm Info not available 9:00pm The Durrells 10:00pm The Good Karma Hospital 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm Sherlock Holmes 1:35am Marcella

7:00am You've Been Framed! 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:15pm The Voice UK 2:55pm Britain's Got Talent: Top 10 Golden Buzzers 3:55pm Happy Feet Two 4:55pm FYI Daily 5:00pm Happy Feet Two 5:50pm Hop 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm Hop 7:45pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 10:00pm Spectre 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Spectre 12:50am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:55am Family Guy 2:20am American Dad! 2:50am American Dad! 3:15am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

7:00am Carry on Cruising 8:50am Holiday on the Buses 10:35am Mutiny on the Buses British comedy spin-off film from the TV series of the same name. 12:10pm Carry on Cowboy 2:10pm Carry on Camping 4:10pm Carry on Camping 5:55pm Midsomer Murders 7:55pm Vera Detective drama series based on the novels by Ann Cleeves 10:00pm Larry Grayson: Shut That Door 12:00am Are You Being Served? 2:00am Blue Murder 3:30am Carry On Forever 4:20am Carry On Forever 5:10am Road to Avonlea

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Cricket Cricket Total Goals Total Goals Total Goals Soccer A.M. Football Rugby Union Munster take on Toulon at Thomond Park in the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Champion Cup 6:30pm Football Hull City take on Aston Villa at the KCOM Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship. 8:40pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Cricket Day three of the second Test between New Zealand and England in Christchurch.

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Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Aces High FYI Daily Aces High Dunkirk FYI Daily Dunkirk Goodwood Members' Meeting Highlights The Big Fish Off The Scorpion King FYI Daily The Scorpion King Jaws FYI Daily Jaws The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Cricket Cricket Total Goals Total Goals Cricket Live Nissan Super Sunday 4:30pm Live Nissan Super Sunday Chelsea take on Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. 8:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf Day four of the Shell Houston Open from the Golf Club of Houston. 12:00am Cricket Day four of the second Test as New Zealand host England in Christchurch.

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FEATURE

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Men choose tote bags for the style Nick Horne The Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England OVER the years I have destroyed more briefcases than I care to remember, much less admit to, mainly by stuffing them full of paper, newspapers and magazines as well as other random objects. Of course some only use their briefcases to carry their lunch or more recently their lunch plus their laptops and sundry charging devices. The briefcase has been the staple accessory of the European male of a certain sort for decades. While the hat vanished, the briefcase strode on. So why have men adopted the tote bag? It is at root only a simple strong large square bag with robust handles. Yet a global trend has emerged and been seized upon by traditional all male brands like Dunhill London with their Duke tote costing €3,317, or James Purdey an Son - famed for their guns - with ‘The Keeper’ tote in two versions, heavy at €1,295 and lightweight at €1,025. Suitable for the campo or elite shopping streets of Milan, Marbella or Madrid. But French and Italian houses have not allowed the grass to grow under their feet. Berluti’s elegant ‘Silhouette Leather Tote’ at €2,681,

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Ermenegildo Zegna Couture with their ‘Pelle Tessuta Brown Tote,’ a snip at €2,796. And Connolly England have created their casual Nubuck version which can be yours for just €1,146. Not to ignore the more traditional manufactures who have found a sudden extension into high end men’s fashion. One such is Ichizawa Shinzaburo Hanpu of Kyoto, Japan, now celebrating 110 years of manufacturing canvas bags with unobstructed interiors and robust handles serving the task intended when first designed to carry heavy blocks of ice from the ice house to home. The brand has suddenly found a global demand from men looking for a practical and stylish alternative to the briefcase. As Ichizawa will only deliver mail order within Japan itself, you could visit their shop or they now have a stockist in London, Trunk Clothiers of Marylebone, who will deliver to

FIND YOURSELF A TOTE BAG • Museo del Prado www.museodelprado.es/en, Madrid. • Ichizawa Shinzaburo Hanpu www.ichizawa.co.jp, Kyoto, Japan. • Trunk Clothiers www.trunkclothiers.com, London. • James Purdey & Sons www.purdey.com, London. • Dunhill London www.dunhill.com, London, global. • Berluti www.berluti.com, France, global. • Ermenegildo Zegna www.zegna.co.uk, Italy, global • Connolly www.connollyengland.com, London. • LL Bean www.llbean.com Maine, USA.

JAMES PURDEY AND SON, LONDON: ‘The Keeper’ a tote suitable for the shoot, field and town.

Spain or pretty much anywhere. LL Bean of Maine in the USA have a similar heritage founded in 1912 and will deliver their version of the tote to pretty much anywhere on the planet. The question that is no doubt uppermost in your mind though is where did I get my current tote? The perhaps surprising answer is the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Amazing hotels, singing and a touch of class

by Adam Whalley-Lewis I HOPE that springtime has sprung wherever you are reading this. I’m writing this week’s piece in the beautiful Boulevar Cafe in Estepona, with a view of the Mediterranean, silently praying that Jane McDonald doesn’t go by on a cruise somewhere or that her army of loyal fans don’t descend on my café con leche - I check with the owner, seems I’m fine, Jane is sailing around Cuba apparently - catch up with Jane on 5 SELECT, Monday if Jane, cruising and a bit of singing are your thing. No cruise ships on BBC2 on Saturday evenings as Giles Coren and Monica Galetti guide us around some Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby. Last week Giles and Monica were in Ireland, roaming around Ashford Castle. We learned that the castle, which is beautiful, was built over 800 years ago by the De Burgo family and more recently was home to the Guinness family. What I like about this programme is that it does what it says on the tin. Yes, we get to see wonderful hotels, but also get a glimpse of what is going on beyond the showpiece guest experience - Giles hoovering the walls and Monica doing something with falcons. If the chap cleaning and the lady covering

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DOES WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN: Monica Galeti and Giles Coren in Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby. the birds of prey segment doesn’t prove Auntie is committed to gender equality, I don’t know what would... Next time the Amazing Hotel is a former grain silo in Cape Town; Giles and Monica are tasked with cleaning the windows during the worst drought to hit the Cape for 100 years. It is a shame we can’t send over some of the rain that’s been falling across Spain over the last few weeks. If you caught Picasso’s Last Stand on BBC2 last week you netted a gem. The show used his final years in the 1960’s as a hook for Sir John Richardson (Picasso’s biographer) to try to persuade us that Picasso produced some of his

best work in his final years. I don’t need to be persuaded. Sir John elegantly made the case, through memories of Picasso’s family and friends, that although his final pieces weren’t universally welcomed at the time and are some of his most explicit work, his creative genius shone through. For a short while, you can make your own mind up via BBC iPlayer. What did you make of The Real Full Monty: Live ITV on Wednesday night? I thought Alexander Armstrong and Ashley Banjo did a great job in pulling everything together whilst supporting the male celebrities to take everything off in front of a live audience in

Sheffield. The stripping celebrities wanted to raise awareness of testicular and prostate cancer and I take my hat off to them all. The personal stories were moving and made the show so much more than some of the preshow headlines suggested. This wasn’t just someone who used to be in EastEnders and a rugby hunk getting their kit off, this was a prime time push to save lives. A group of lady celebrities, supported again by Ashley, take a turn to do the same as the men and to raise breast cancer awareness tonight (Thursday) on ITV. Look out for Ruth Madoc in a Calendar Girls pose and Coleen Nolan showing the other ladies how it’s done. I applaud everyone involved. Happy Viewing.

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MONDAY - 2 APRIL Garden Rescue Escape to the Country 4:40pm Money for Nothing 5:25pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm MasterChef 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Classic Mary Berry 10:00pm Lenny Henry: The Commonwealth Kid 11:00pm BBC News

1:00pm Funny Lady 3:15pm Trust Me, I'm a Vet 4:15pm Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 5:15pm Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Repair Shop 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Dave Allen at Peace 11:00pm The Unique Dave Allen

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Nature's Microworlds 9:00pm Painting the Holy Land 10:00pm Battlefield Britain 11:00pm Bomber Boys 12:30am Britain's Flying Past 1:30am Top of the Pops 2:35am Battlefield Britain 3:35am The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story Series in which film-maker Gillian Pachter reexamines the Ruth Ellis case

1:00pm The Jewel of the Nile 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Star Boot Sale 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm The Million Pound Holiday Club 9:30pm Travel Man 10:00pm The Island with Bear Grylls 11:00pm Kiss Me First 12:05am Greg Davies - The Back of My Mums Head

12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:05pm 5 News 1:10pm Home and Away 1:40pm Neighbours 2:10pm Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 4:10pm Oliver! 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm Home and Away 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm The Yorkshire Vet Casebook 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Paddington Station 24/7 11:00pm Police UK: Armed and Deadly 12:05am Caught on Camera

12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Moving On 3:30pm Escape to the Continent 4:30pm Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Come Home 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News

3:15pm Trust Me, I'm a Vet 4:15pm Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 5:15pm Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Repair Shop 8:00pm Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs 9:00pm Great Indian Railway Journeys 10:00pm Hospital 11:00pm Cunk on Britain 11:30pm Newsnight

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Nature's Microworlds 9:00pm BBC Young Musician: Forty Years Young 10:00pm The Story of the Jews 11:00pm Jonathan Meades on Jargon 12:00am Time Shift 1:00am Francesco's Italy 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:40am Top of the Pops 3:10am What Do Artists Do All Day? 3:40am The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Star Boot Sale 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great Celebrity 10:15pm Seven Year Switch 11:20pm Gogglebox 12:20am Indian Summer School 1:20am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

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6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 7:30pm Regional News and Weather 7:45pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Kyle Files 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

1:25pm Emmerdale 2:00pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:15pm The Smurfs 6:15pm FYI Daily 6:20pm The Smurfs 7:20pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm American Dad! 11:00pm Action Team 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy

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5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm 100 Year Old Driving School 9:00pm Info not available 10:00pm Info not available 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather

1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm Judge Rinder 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! Gold 8:30pm You've Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Bridesmaids 11:00pm FYI Daily

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10:40am Minder 11:40am The Saint 12:45pm The Avengers 1:50pm Ironside 2:55pm Quincy, M.E. 3:55pm Minder 4:55pm The Saint 6:00pm The Avengers 7:05pm Storage Wars 7:35pm Storage Wars 8:05pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Football's Foreign Legion 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Lethal Weapon

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11:00am St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 12:00pm FYI Daily 12:05pm St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:40pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:30pm You've Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy

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Aces High FYI Daily Aces High Dunkirk FYI Daily Dunkirk Diamonds are Forever FYI Daily Diamonds are Forever Mr. Bean Mr. Bean An Audience with Billy Connolly First Blood FYI Daily

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To find out whether your hormones are functioning properly you can get tested to check if you have any deficiencies.

Not only do hormones impact your mood, they also affect your health and having an imbalance can lead to all manner of conditions, such as exhaustion and fertility issues.

Hormones are produced by glands and are the chemical messengers that trigger activity in different parts of the body to help keep cells and organs working properly. To find out whether your hormones are functioning properly, you can get tested to check if you have any deficiencies. This can then give you an idea of whether you need to make any diet or lifestyle changes, or if you need to take any supplements. However these tests can be pricey but there are several things you can do regardless to help your body stay in check. Testosterone levels for example, can be boosted by doing strength training and ensuring your diet has enough good fat and protein. Meanwhile vegetables such as kale, broccoli and cauliflower contain a compound that helps the body to metabolise oestrogen.

EXHAUSTED: An imbalance in certain hormones can make you feel more tired than usual.

Could veganism harm your hair? VEGANI SM i s g a i n in g popularity across the globe, but several concerns have been raised over whether it could h a v e a n i m p a ct o n your hair health. While many vegans are well informed about their diets, hairdressers have reported that their clients who have cut out animal products completely complain they have more brittle hair and weaker hair growth. This could occur because vegans find it more difficult to consume a high amount of protein after they have cut out meat, fish and dairy products. H air i s m a d e u p o f a chain of proteins so having

a deficiency will directly impact your hair. Therefore, it is important to s u p p leme n t y o u r die t with alternative sources of protein such as pulses, and speak to a nutritionist if you need more advice. If y o u h a v e w ea k h a ir, you can protect it against fu rth er d a ma g e b y u s i ng trea tme n ts s u ch a s h a ir mas k s o n c e a w e e k , and av o id in g co lo u rin g and heat styling as much as possible. Use a protective spray on your hair when it’s wet before you brush it and try to find a shampoo that increases hair elasticity and protects cuticles.

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Another great tango night in Nerja FER N A N D O EG O ZC U E pre s e nts his ne w s how in the Noches de Tango cycle at the Villa de Nerja Cultural Centre. The Argentine guitarist a nd c ompos e r re turns to Nerja on Saturday April 28 with his new project accompanied by a maestro of the bandoneon (Argentine concertina) and a pair of superb dancers. The musical performance will combine the warmth of the guitar with the strength of the concertina in its different expressive possibilities with a repertoire that includes traditional Argentinian tango songs blended into the show alongside his own compositions in a fusion of complementary influences. Both the guitarist’s classical training and the influence of jazz and contempora ry mus ic a re fus e d in a very defined personal style; precision and feeling for an

RETURN TO NERJA: Fernando and Claudio create ideal mood for Tango. Argentine root music which is intensely emotive. The addition of Claudio Constantini on bandoneon shows the link between the two musicians who understand and translate the sound seemingly into a single instrument.

Dancer s Rebeca and Guillermo are teachers and professional dancers of tango who wi l l i nt er pr et t he music of Fernando through detailed choreography expr essl y cr eat ed f or t hi s show.

An unnatural fizz BACCHUS CELLAR by Lorenzo Barbareschi VINHO VERDE is not a ‘green’ wine nor a grape, but a region (DOC) for its production. It may be red, white or rose, and translates as ‘young wine’ usually consumed three to six months after harvest. Vinho Verde in northern Portugal the nation’s largest wine region - has produced wine for more than 2,000 years, and is now responsible for approximately 85 million litres each year, of which 86 per cent is white. Made from local grape varieties Loureiro, Arinto, Trajadura, Avesso, and Azal, the whites are lemon - or strawcoloured with 8.5 to 11 per cent alcohol. The most successful is Alvarinho, which displays tropical aromas, an

VINHO VERDE: A Portuguese gem. overall lemony character, high acidity and alcohol levels, and Loureiro which is more floral. White Vinho Verde are light and fresh and known for vibrant fruit, natural acidity and low alcohol which makes them ideal for pairing with seafood, salads and Asian cuisine, or served as an aperitif. The reds made mostly from Vinhão, Borraçal and Amaral grapes have an inky texture, are low in alcohol, have sour flavours and are seldom exported. The roses are fresh and fruity, and usually from Espadeiro and Padeiro grapes. Many of the Vinho Verde wines have a light fizz, origi-

nally a natural by-product of fermentation in the bottle, but nowadays a result of added carbon dioxide mainly for enmasse export as better labels do not have any bubbles. The Vinho Verde image as a young wine has led importers pressing producers to deliver wines freshly bottled, thereby preventing the development of high quality single-varietal labels. Popularity of Vinho Verde has surged in the last decade with consumers discovering it as one of the most affordable and versatile wines on the market, with prices from around €5. Happy tasting.

The evening at the Cultural Centre Villa de Nerja will commence at 9pm and tickets for the show which lasts 80 minutes will cost €13 and are available from the centre box office or online at www.mien trada.net.

Photographic exhibition in La Herradura THERE is a very unusual exhibition of photographs at the Municipal Market in La Herradura which runs until Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Members of the Almuñecar Photographic Club have posted 50 photographs of La Herradura around the market so that shoppers and stall holders can enjoy the colour and spectacle of the 40x60cm photographs as they go about their business. This is the third event of its type and has attracted entries from a number of photographers from La Herradura, Almuñecar, Motril and Cordoba as well as other local residents who hail from different European countries.

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Tropical species are a very popular form of plant for indoor gardening. They give a different range of plants that cannot be grown in the outdoor Mediterranean garden. If you grow tropical plants in pots they can grace the terrace or balcony in summer and be retired to the indoors in winter, or they can be a permanent indoor feature in a bright, warm area of the home. A favourite, which is hardy and fast-growing in the right conditions, is the impressive glossy-leaved trumpet flowered Mandevilla, also called the Sun or Summer Parasol. It originates from tropical Central America where it is a climbing plant. It was named after British explorer and diplomat Henry Mandevilla who first botanically identified it. A Mandevilla needs plenty of sunlight or it will not flower profusely. It is very cold-tender so must be kept in a warm place above 10°C throughout winter. They will thrive in a

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TRAINING dogs does not give the end product; dog’s natural instinct plays a vital role. Man first domesticated dogs because he had so many instincts which could be useful. When we think that man has used the dog for many thousands of years for his own benefit, it is very difficult to understand why so few owners and trainers can differentiate between instinct and intelligence. Instinct is an urge from within which makes a dog act in certain ways and has no connection with intelligence. A dog’s first instinct is to survive. When he is born the pup squirms about until he finds a teat and then sucks it. No intelligence or learning

Dogs instinct by any association plays a part in this process. The maternal instinct tells the female to clean up the foetal membrane etc and stir the puppy into action by licking it. The female is not taught this, she has not seen another female do this. Most instincts provide pleasure to the dog and because the dog associates the action with pleasure the instinct grows stronger with usage. In my opinion instinct is something which is either there or not there. Instinct can be strengthened, weakened or diverted, it cannot be put there and it cannot be taken away, it might lie dormant, but once developed it can never be weakened again. I always explain this when people want their dog to be trained for man work, once aggression is raised in this manner it cannot be reduced.

A dog with an obsession for chasing balls can be controlled by training and by providing other outlets for his energy, the same way if a young dog is diverted the first time he chases a car he may give up the idea, but if he is allowed to chase cars the hunting instinct becomes stronger, and in no time it will be very difficult, even impossible, to cure the habit. Instinct covers survival, maternal, hunting, guarding pack and self-preservation. Self-preservation makes dogs furtive and afraid of the unfamiliar, this is no use to man. This nervousness in the domestic dog is, in my opinion, one of the common causes of problems in present-day dogs. This instinct of selfpreservation has been weakened by simply breeding from bold dogs rather than nervous ones, but has never been entirely removed.

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In 1900, 40 per cent of American cars were powered by steam, 38 per cent by electricity, and 22 per cent by gasoline.

Yamaha electrifies the competition YAMAHA MOTORS has announced that its new TY-E electric trial bike will compete for the first time in the 2018 FIM Trial-E Cup.

Volkswagen Touareg is the wheel deal V O L K S WA G E N h a s u n veiled its brand new € 5 7 , 0 0 0 S U V, a n d t h e Touareg is the most technologically impressive model ever. Its kit list might be expected on a military grade tank and includes two giant displays and advanced safety systems that use thermal imaging and night vision cams. Infrared beams will pick out animals, pedestrians and cyclists, and the hi-tech LED lights will flash to alert drivers to hazards. T h e To u a r e g i s a l s o packed with other driver assistance systems for traffic jams, parking and roadworks, while the highlight of the new interior is the ‘Innovision’ cockpit. It has a 12-inch instrument panel behind the steering wheel twinned to a 15inch touchscreen on the

dash. The glass covered HD screens have a customisable ‘home’ screen to display sat n a v, r a d i o , A p p l e C a r P l a y and Android Auto. A luxurious interior - covered in leather and wood also has a four zone climate control, eight-mode massage seats and mood lighting with a 30 colour choice. The car also has four USB ports, wifi hotspots, a headu p d i s p l a y, a s w e l l a s 8 1 0 litres of boot space and a metre long retractable panoramic roof. This model is longer and wider than its predecessor but sits lower to the road and features a bold chromecovered front. Volkswagen will offer the Touareg with a plug-in hybrid as well as V6 and V8 petrol and diesel engines, while the matrix tech will convert to left hand drive.

Designed to optimise the unique advantages of electrical power, the TY-E is scheduled to race at Auron in France on July 14-15, and at Comblain au Pont in Belgium on July 21-22. Featuring advanced new technology, the TY-E has come straight from Yamaha’s ‘Evolving R&D’ programme, where employees have the opportunity to work outside conventional frameworks. They can devote up to 5 per cent of their working hours developing new concepts, and a beneficiary of that has been the development of a trial model for competition that can overcome typical EV obstacles. Key progress in the design can be seen in the harnessing of high torque output from small

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ROCKING RIDE: The Yamaha TY-E combines power and style. sized and lightweight components, creating an easy, responsive and controllable riding character. The high rotation electric motor achieves strong off-road performance with powerful low speed torque and extended acceleration. Sophisticated motor control technology achieves an excellent response and the optimised flywheel ensures top class traction.

There is a newly designed high output battery pack and a light monocoque frame that adds to the dynamic rider experience. The FIM Trial E-Cup is the only sanctioned event where electric trial machines alone can compete. Kenichi Kuroyama, who is currently competing in the IA Super class of the All Japan Trial Championship, will represent the Yamaha Factory Racing Team in 2018.

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Griezmann on the move? Striker seeks summer solution By Benjamin Park ATLETICO MADRID forward Antoine Griezmann has admitted that he wants his future resolved before he travels to the World Cup with France in the summer. The French international has been continuously linked with a move away from Madrid over the past few seasons, with runaway La Liga leaders Barcelona reportedly favourites to secure his signature in the

summer transfer window. H o w e v e r, s o m e o u t l e t s maintain that the 27-yearo l d w i l l b e o ff e r e d a bumper new contract in a l a s t - d i t c h e ff o r t t o k e e p h i m a t t h e Wa n d a M e t r o politano. And the forward himself has now confirmed that he wants his future sorted, one way or another, before he boards the plane for this s u m m e r ’s Wo r l d C u p i n Russia. G r i e z m a n n t o l d L’ E -

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will have to be resolved beforehand. “What bothers me the most is that everyone asks me about this issue.”

RESOLVED: The Frenchman wants his future resolved before this summer’s World Cup.

Valverde cruises to Cataluña title SPANIARD Alejandro Valverde has won his second consecutive Tour of Cataluña after his closest competitor crashed out in the final stages. Valverde held a 16-second advantage over Colombian Egan Bernal heading in to Sunday’s final stage but cruised to victory when Bernal fell towards the end of the race. The Colombian landed awkwardly after falling less than 10 kilometres from the finish line, as he was unable to avoid contact with another rider who had fallen just in front of him. He was unable to continue following medical treatment on the track of the 155-kilometre stage and was later taken away by an ambulance for treatment on a nasty looking shoulder injury. Thirty-seven-year-old Valverde eventually finished ninth on Sunday, managing to secure a 29-second overall lead over Movistar teammate Nairo Quintana and 47 seconds ahead of Frenchman Pierre Latour in third. The final stage was won by Briton, Simon Yates, and after the race, he told British media: “It was very difficult from the beginning. “I decided to try and go early, and it paid off. I wanted to try to get on the (final) podium but I fell a little bit short.”