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COSTA DE ALMERÍA YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION CREDIT: Guardia Civil

ISSUE NO. 1730

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BLAST OFF: Police destroyed explosives from the mine (inset).

It’s dynamite by Joe Gerrard GUARDIA CIVIL officers had to call in their bomb experts for a controlled blast after finding 63 kilos of explosives in an abandoned mineshaft in Laujar de Andrax area. Police were called out to the mine, in the La Tolva area of the Sierra de Gador, after a local found the dynamite about 300 metres inside the shaft. The ‘Goma-2’ explosives, which were found along with 288 detonators, were Spanish made and designed for industrial use. Officers said the shaft was difficult to enter

due to it being flooded and its entrance closed off. The Guardia Civil were able to access it through a small opening in the side of the mountain that the mine was dug into. Officers found the explosives inside. Their initial tests showed it was around 30 years old and in very poor condition. The area was cordoned off while police prepared to destroy the find in a contained blast. The dynamite was detonated inside the mineshaft, leaving the structure completely sealed they said. The Guardia Civil has issued a statement since the blast containing guidelines for the

public in the event of them making similar discoveries. Police said people should take care not to touch or tamper with explosive material and they should stop others from doing so. Caution has been advised especially if the explosives appear aged, weathered or rusty. The area where explosives are found should be carefully marked by stones or branches. Care should be taken not to touch any explosive materials with the markings. People should refuse any request to collect or move such material and authorities should be alerted to it as soon as possible.

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Couple hit by train A MAN and a woman remained in Almeria City’s Torrecardenas Hospital this week after being hit by a train in Pulpi. Police and regional authority sources said the incident was most likely an accident. The involvement of third parties has been ruled out, they added. ADIF railway administrators were alerted to the man, 29, and the woman, 31, after they were found lying seriously wounded by the side of the tracks at 9am on Sunday. Local Police officers and medical personnel were despatched to the couple. Paramedics said both had suffered serious head trauma and they were initially taken to

La Inmaculada Hospital in Huercal-Overa. Then pair were then transferred to Torrecardenas Hospital due to the seriousness of their injuries. Doctors there said the man was in a coma while the woman was recovering well. Guardia Civil officers investigating the accident said their initial findings suggested they had been hit while walking over a level crossing. The investigation continues.

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NEWS EXTRA Unfree speech A 75-YEAR-OLD man was attacked in Oliva after he criticised a group of youths with a placard in support of separatist Catalan politicians currently on remand for infringing the Constitution.

Body found AFTER a diver’s body was discovered entangled in the nets of a Cullera fishing boat, police investigating the death believe he was the owner of a parked car with tow-bar found near the shore.

Hot nights AN Alicante University study found in 2016 that there were 60 ‘tropical nights’ in Denia and 55 in the following year when the temperature did not drop below 22 degrees, compared with 20 in 1980.

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Main suspect in Dutch boy’s murder arrested 20 years on in Spanish forest THE main suspect in the 1998 murder of an 11-year-old boy at a summer camp in the Netherlands has been arrested in a Spanish forest. Jos Brech, 55, was recognised by a Dutch tourist who tipped off police after seeing a photo of the man wanted in connection with the sexual assault and murder of Nicky Verstappen. The youngster had disappeared from the Brunssumerheide nature reserve overnight on August 9, 1998. His body was found nearby the next day. He had been sexually abused before he was killed, according to police. The detainee now faces extradition to the Netherlands within a few days. Brech became the main suspect in the murder after the investigation asked 16,000 males aged 40 to 65 from Limburg, the area of the murder, to voluntarily submit to a DNA test. Among the 2,000 who turned

JOS BRECH (right): Has been arrested in connection with the murder of Nicky Verstappen (above). down the request was Jos Brech. As he had previously been questioned by police as a witness he quickly became a suspect. When Brech - said to be a survival expert who could hide out in remote locations - disappeared from the country without saying a word to his family or friends an international ar-

rest warrant was issued. Acting on information from a Dutch tourist, Spanish police arrested Brech in a forest about 50 miles from Barcelona. Originally Dutch and French police thought he may have been hiding out in the Vosges region where he owns a cabin. A search of his property allowed detectives to find DNA traces, which they say link him to the

killing of Verstappen. At the time of the murder police had launched a massive search, but the boy’s killer was never found. New techniques allowed police to garner DNA evidence from the boy’s clothes in 2008, but no matching specimen could be found - so earlier this year police asked 16,000 men to voluntarily give DNA samples.

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Hotel stays up for feria

THE BIG PICTURE Nº 29

LODGINGS across Almeria City were almost full during the week of the city’s Feria de la Virgen del Mar last week, according to the local council. Roman Fernandez-Pacheco, the mayor of Almeria City, added in a press conference shop sales had also risen by around 60 per cent compared to last year.

Hash bust GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in La Mojonera in connection with the seizure of some 60 grams of hashish in three cigarette packets and precision scales. The detainee has been brought before El Ejido’s Court of Instruction and proceedings have also been sent to justices there.

Crime stats NATIONAL POLICE officers on call during the week of Almeria City’s feria made a total of 35 arrests and issued 145 sanctions, according to data. The rate of crime recorded during the festival was down by up to 45 per cent for some offences compared to last year, police added.

Village call SEVERAL villages and small towns in Almeria Province are losing their populations due to low birth rates and younger residents leaving, according to statisticians. A total of 36 settlements now have less than 500 inhabitants and in some areas schools have closed due to their being no children to teach.

AUTONOMY DAY: Ceuta marks it autonomous status this Sunday.

City celebrates THIS is Roberto Pla’s aerial view of Ceuta, one of Spain’s enclaves in Africa which celebrates its Day of Autonomy this coming Sunday. Lying only 14 kilometres from Cadiz and 28 kilometres across the Strait of Gibraltar from the British territory, Ceuta has been under Spanish rule since 1668. Ceuta is one of two Spanish autonomous cities, the other being the country’s other African enclave of Melilla. The cities have more powers than those on the mainland and have days to mark their status as Spain’s Autonomous Communities (regions) do. King John I of Portugal captured Ceuta from the

Kingdom of Fez after sailing for the city on August 21, with it being conquered the next day. Ceuta’s flag is similar to that of Portugal’s capital of Lisbon and it still bears the shield of the country. Portugal formed the Iberian Union with Spain in 1580, meaning all its overseas possessions were jointly run by both countries. The Iberian Union dissolved in 1640. By 1668 Ceuta was in Spanish hands after King Afonso VI of Portugal handed it to King Carlos II of Spain under the Treaty of Lisbon. Ceuta is now part of the Andalucia region. It was attached to Cadiz Province until autonomy was granted in March 1995.

Ideas theft ANDALUCIA’S Junta has recorded a total 277 complaints alleging intellectual property theft made in Almeria Province during the first six months of this year. The 277 figure means 2018’s violations are already at 80 per cent of those recorded during last year, according to the authority’s employment spokesperson in Almeria.

Ivory probe EXPORTS officers with the Guardia Civil have placed a suspect under investigation in connection with the alleged sale of 17 items made of ivory and seven of red coral. Proceedings for the case have been sent to Vera’s Court of Instruction, with both materials banned under Spanish poaching and conservation laws.

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‘Child assault’ trial Migrant centre ‘chaos’ PROSECUTORS in Almeria City have requested that a defendant accused of sexually assaulting his teenage daughter whilst she slept be jailed for 11 years if found guilty. Prosecutors claimed in their initial submissions to Almeria’s Provincial Court that the 15-yearold’s father had entered her bedroom whilst she slept. The defendant, who is married and has three other children, began

to take off her clothes and touched the girl. She woke up whilst he groped her and told him to leave, prosecutors alleged. Prosecutors have requested that the defendant be forbidden from making contact with his daughter or going within 500 metres of her for 12 years if found guilty. They have also asked the court to put him on a 10-year probation and to pay out €4,000 in compensation on top of the 11-year jail term.

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A TRADE UNION has claimed that a reception centre for migrant youths in Almeria City has been filled by three times is capacity and is in ‘chaos’ as a result. The Federation of Citizen Services Workers (CCOO) accused the Junta de Andalucia of ‘irresponsibility’ over their handling of the Migrant Reception Centre in the Piedras Redondas area of the city. The situation there has now gotten out of hand, the union added. “The consequences have been

the transfer of migrants from one centre to another and between provinces which is creating extra strains on human and labour resources and child care,” CCOO said in statement. The union added regional authorities had not hired more staff to cope with the rising number of arrivals and that workers are becoming “exhausted.” “We will consider mobilising if this growing problem is not addressed,” CCOO said.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1729 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 53 local stories.

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CREDIT: Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation (main), Wikimedia Commons (inset)

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TREASURE TROVE: Salvador Dali’s (inset) letters feature in the archive.

The art files ARCHIVISTS in Barcelona have received a trove of documents which they believe could shed new light on Spain’s 20th century avant-garde art movement. The files, which include thousands of documents from artists including painter Salvador Dali and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, belonged to the Barcelona art critic Sebastia Gasch. Many of them have never been published before. Their donation to Catalan scholars was signed off by Emili Gasch, an Economics Professor and son of the art critic and Eugenia Serra, director of the region’s National Library. Joan Minguet Batllori, a Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and an expert on Gasch, said the collection was “sensational.” “There is a wide breadth of items. Not only are there letters from some artists and very important critics in the history of 20th century art. There is also important material about the circus as well as about dance, flamenco and Spanish cinema,” Batllori said. Emili Gasch said it also featured letters from his father’s “constant friend” Joan Miro, the painter, sculptor and ceramicist from Barcelona.

There was also correspondence from Dali and Lorca who Sebastia Gasch counted among his friends, his son added. The documents, seen by some Spanish media outlets, detail how Dali and Gasch came to know one another. The critic wrote to the artist in 1926 after seeing one of his works in Barcelona. Gasch wrote an article praising Dali’s work. The archives feature a letter from Dali thanking him for his praise and also to tell him about his distaste for the word ‘artistic.’ “It is a horrible word that only services to indicate things that lack art at all: artistic show, artistic photography, artistic advertisements, artistic furniture,” Dali wrote. Their friendship later soured after Dali delivered a lecture in the 1930’s declaring himself a communist, which Gasch mocked. Dali called Gasch an “imbecile” in a letter responding to his mockery which is in the archive. The documents also feature correspondence, poems and letters from Lorca. “I always say that you are the only critic and the only sagacious person I have ever met,” Lorca wrote.

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OUR VIEW All change ONE interesting side line that has emerged from the current possibility of a no deal Brexit is a review of the ongoing need for the 1p and 2p coins in the United Kingdom. It has been clear for many years that the production of these coins is actually a loss maker which costs the country a large amount of money each year, as the cost of the metal used in the blanks is higher than the actual value of the coins themselves. The argument in favour of keeping the coins is two-fold, firstly, any companies were involved in making offers which ended in 99p as there was a marketing perception that an item priced for example at £9.99p was seen to be much cheaper than an item priced at £10. Research suggests that fewer offers of this type are being made so the need to be able to offer 1p in change has reduced dramatically. The second fear was that the disappearance of the two smallest sterling coins would be treated as a sign of inflation which is generally unacceptable to any government in power, but as inflation appears inevitable according to many economists over the next few years, it is believed that the loss of the 1p and 2p would almost go unnoticed with the 5p filling most gaps. The same observation concerning production is true with regards to the 1 and 2 euro cents and there appears to be little justification in continuing with those coins as well, although Italians of a certain age may resist the concept as they remember the days of change being given with boxes of wax matches, bus jetons or sweets.

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Female militant executed THE story of Encarnacion M a ga ña , the only w oma n s hot in Fra nc o’s pos tw a r Almeria, is to be told in a new book. The 20-year-old was murde re d, a long w ith s e ve n c ompa nions , for ma king Spa nis h c opie s of B B C London bulletins reporting Franco’s activities in Spain. Entitle d ‘The Englis h part. The anti-Franco struggle from the underground in Almeria,’ the book has been written by the historian Eusebio Rodríguez Padilla. The young woman’s case, known as the English Party, was not an isolated process during the military justice of the Francoist Almeria. Pa dilla s a id: “ It w a s a blow on the table of the military of Almeria, for the excessive rigour employed, which made it clear that he would not tolerate interference in the establishment of his New State.” Magaña’s actions cost her he r life , a nd thos e of he r

FRANCO’S ACTIVITIES: Magaña’s actions cost her her life. militant colleagues against the regime, condemned to

death in the controversial case, t he ent i r e j udi ci al

process of which is covered in the book.

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Public hound Salvame star

Celebrity’s shock image CREDIT: Telecinco/Twitter

KIKO HERNANDEZ is one of the most well-known faces in Spanish television and a few days ago he was seen going out to dinner with a woman he claimed was just a friend. They dined at a restaurant in San Sebastian de los Reyes, on the outskirts of Madrid. The pair opted for a rather summery dress style and they both appeared to be really enjoying each other’s company. It seems it cannot be avoided that members of the public go crazy for any news surrounding Kiko’s life outside of ‘Salvame,’ a programme aired on Spanish television network Telecinco since 2009. Who is she? Are they friends? Was it a date? These were just a few of the questions posed by many of his followers on social media. The establishment was likely chosen due to it being a rather small restaurant where they thought they could relax, the pair left together in Kiko’s car later that night. According to a statement by the man, he claims the la-

TV PRESENTER: Spanish TV personality receives unwanted attention. dy was just a good friend and said she was actually someone who worked behind the scenes on the show. The name of the woman has not been disclosed and Kiko has said he plans to keep her identity private out of respect for her.

Film festival in Madrid AMERICAN actor and filmmaker Danny DeVito, known for films such as Twins and Batman Returns, will receive a lifetime achievement award. The ceremony will take place at the San Sebastian AWARD film festival in Spain next month. The 73-year-old will also attend the festival to proCEREMONY: mote his latest film, Smallfoot, a 3D animated comedy Donostia adventure in which he provides the voiceover for a yeti. Award for In a statement, the San Sebastian festival organisers Danny DeVito. said DeVito ‘led a versatile career’ in theatre, film and television spanning almost five decades. DeVito will receive the festival’s Donostia Award on September 22. The Award has been given out each year since 1986.

Hot and steamy MADRID-based pop artist Ruth Lorenzo posted risque photos of herself on her instagram account. The ‘Dancing in the rain’ singer and fifth place X Factor contestant continues to wow more than 100,000 followers with images like steamy shower selfies in lingerie. She is well-known for her playful and seductive nature, posting suggestive photos.

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RUTH LORENZO: Spicy pics on social media.

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A TELEVISION presenter, Jasmine Harman who has coverered A Place In The Sun: Home or Away since 2004 was flooded with suggestions by her Instagram followers after sharing a problem she encountered on set. The 42-year-old TV PERSONALITY: Funny went shared a number viral. of selfies as she got to work this week, but one in particular stood out. She wowed her fans with a monochrome photo, perhaps teasing them with a hint of cleavage, wearing a striped dress and beaded necklace. In the background, a man could be seen sat on a bench a little worse for wear and Jasmine later captioned the snap ‘when someone is sleeping off their hangover in the exact spot you want to film in.’ The mother-of-two added a bunch of hashtags and asked her supporters what she should do next. The popular TV host soon received plenty of suggestions, with one follower saying: ‘Chuck a bucket of water over him.’ Two others continued the thread saying: ‘Just tip the chair and run’ and ‘it would make great television.’ Many followers also joked about the identity of the man asking which member of the crew it was, whilst others simply offered understanding ‘been there.’

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Tourism trends Arrivals slow while spending rises By Joe Gerrard THE number of foreign holidaymakers in Spain this year may be lower than in 2017 but the amount spent by them could be higher, according to tourism officials’ forecasts. Spain’s Tourism Board’s report predicted there could be ‘zero or negative’ growth in the number of overseas tourists holidaying in the country this year in the worst case scenario. There could be a ‘very moderate’ growth in the best case scenario, the document added. The report said the Tourism Board expected ‘positive and hopeful’ holidaymaker spending figures driven by a growth in ‘cosmopolitan tourism’ such as cultural visits and food and drink trips. Statisticians from Turespaña drew up the report to forecast figures for the July to October period. The predicted slowdown in arrivals compared to previous years was largely driven by a slump in visitor numbers from Britain, Germany and France, the three leading tourist nationalities in Spain. Visitors from the three countries account for more

SLOWDOWN: A decline in holidaymakers is predicted this year.

than 50 per cent of the total arrivals in Spain between them. The report stated there could be a rise in French tourists during September and October this year. Trends from British visitors suggested there could be a fall of 4.2 per cent of tourists from that country during the same period, it added. Forecasts state the amount of overnight stays from Germans and their spending could fall during the same period. Tourism Board officials said there had been promising growth in the number of

holidaymakers coming from the United States, Italy and the Netherlands. Growth from those nationalities, as well as from Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland could help to buoy numbers, they added. A general growth of 2.4 per cent between July and October is expected. Industry performance in the final months of the year could lead to a stagnation or decline in visitor numbers for 2018, the report stated. Spending is predicted to grow by 5.3 per cent during the July and October period. This is driven largely by a

growth in spending from US and Portuguese travellers of 11.9 per cent and 21.1 per cent respectively. This year’s figures come on the back of two recordbreaking years for tourism in Spain which in part explains the slowdown. Tourism experts have reportedly begun to wonder whether Spain has hit its ‘ceiling’ for the amount of arrivals in the country. Findings from the report also suggested the move away from classic ‘sun and beach’ holidays towards cosmopolitan tourism is expected to continue.

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EURO WEEKLY NEWS said goodbye last week to a budding young reporter who approached us looking for a leg up in her career. Gabriella Elkhouri, who is working towards her journalism badges in Sweden, spent two weeks in our Costa del Sol head office. Journalists and designers showed her the ropes and helped her to score a front page on our Mallorca edition. The words that follow are from Gabriella who was tasked with writing a retrospective of her time at the paper before she left us. Here is her story: “After two fun weeks of learning the ins and outs of a weekly newspaper I’m now sharing my internship experience at Euro Weekly News. My name is Gabriella Elkhouri, I was born in Sweden, at the age of one my family moved to Spain where I was raised. After 19 years living under the sun I moved back to Sweden, where I am currently in my first year of studying Journalism and Multimedia, at Södertörns University to become a journalist. At the end of July I contacted Euro Weekly News and asked them if I could have an internship with them. They gladly accepted and shortly after I began my internship. The EWN staff were extremely

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RISING STAR: Gabriella Elkhouri (centre) with the EWN team and her front page. welcoming and helpful, and offered me very good advice. As a Swedish girl growing up in Fuengirola I was always surrounded by different nationalities, it is something that has affected me positively and shaped me to the person I am today. The reason for my choosing Euro Weekly News was because its a newspaper that makes different nationalities feel at home when they are not in their motherland. Something that I have felt here. The first week as an Intern I was story searching, shadowing the editor

seeing how articles were made. I also spent my time with reporters and learnt the aspects of planning pages for the newspaper. I was given the opportunity to write a front page, with all the help I could get. The first time I saw the front page in paper was really exciting, especially when I saw my name on it. I have been here for two weeks now and learnt so much in such a short time. One of the biggest things I discovered with the EWN is that when everybody works together, that is

when the best results are achieved, ‘Teamwork makes dream work’ as they say. I have managed to work harder and faster, something that is really going to be useful for me in the future. I now appreciate more the importance of news and how it affects people and society in general. I would like to thank Mr and Mrs Euesden for awarding me two weeks of internship with the newspaper. I really appreciated the willingness to let me explore all the departments within the company.

I was able to sit in on meeings, collaborate with the writers and write content for the publications. EWN really allowed me to see how an editorial team works from start to finish. I have gained skills in researching, writing and learnt the meaning of team work. I look forward to going back to cold Sweden and taking these experiences with me. This internship has only helped to increase my desire to work for a company like this in the future. Thank you again to the team of EWN for all of your support, and for all of the opportunities you have given me.” Everyone at EWN is delighted to wish Gabriella all the best for the future and we are all looking forward to reading her articles or seeing her deliver news on the television. EWN’s door is always open for young aspiring journalists to come and hone their skills. If you think you are up to the challenge then please contact us by the phone numbers or email addresses listed in the newspaper.

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Stowaways found GUARDIA CIVIL officers have picked up two Moroccan men off Almeria one of which was thrown overboard from a ship travelling from the country, according to his claims. Police were called out to the Mediterranean after receiving reports that a man who had stowed away on a vessel which sailed from Nador had been thrown overboard. Officers arrived in the Rio Jiloca rescue boat to find the man in the water. Efforts to get him on board took around an hour due to him attempting to resist being taken on board. Police attempted to calm him once on board but they claimed the man tried to escape off the boat. A senior officer’s arm was slightly wounded while trying to restrain him. Guardia Civil officers later intercepted the ship which had sailed from Nador as it arrived at Almeria City’s port after another stowaway was found in the vessel’s bow. The captain contacted police and officers boarded the boat

and apprehended the man. Both men were later taken to the National Police station in

the port where arrangements were made to deport them to Morocco.

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RESCUED: One man claimed he was thrown overboard.

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TWO knife-wielding brothers and a woman have been arrested accused of 14 violent robberies as they oversaw a reign of terror. Police say ‘great social alarm’ was caused as the trio em b a r k e d o n a c r ime spree that left many of its

Reign of terror victims terrified due to the levels of violence and intimidation used. T h e th ree a c c u s ed are

said to have ranged across Mojacar and as far afield as the Vega Baja, Murcia City, Molina de Segura as they

carried out their criminal activities. Police say that not only did they carry knives to intimidate their victims, but they did not hesitate to attack innocent members of the public with the sole purpose of obtaining what they wanted, namely money, mobile phones and the theft of their vehicles. The investigation began in mid-July after police rec e ive d a numbe r of c omplaints. The first was from an international transport company w hic h ha d €12,000 worth of diesel stolen. Police allege that the trio then embarked on a journey of violent and intimidating robberies throughout the province and surrounding

regions. They allegedly stole a total of three cars in order to m ove qui ckl y away f r om the crime scenes and to find new victims. In one case a victim was ordered to kneel down after bei ng kni f ed i n t he neck, while in others the victims were dragged violently by the aggressors and thrown to the ground for the sole purpose of stealing their vehicles. With the help of witnesses police were able to identify the three suspects. The two men - aged 27 and 39 were tracked down to their m ot her ’s house i n Los Conejos de Molina de Segura residential development. Pol i ce ar e cont i nui ng their investigations.

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NEWS EXTRA Memory site request OFFICIALS with the Junta de Andalucia have submitted an application to the regional authority’s Historical Memory Council to designate the Cerro de la Testa in Nijar a Site of Democratic Memory due to Civil War bunkers there.

Disabled data MORE than 46,000 people in Almeria Province, 21,037 men and almost 25,000 women, are classed as 33 per cent disabled and 20,755 are more than 65 per cent impaired according to the Diputacion’s Equality Department.

Water works THE Dinotec water treatment company has won the Junta de Andalucia’s contract to build a new sewage plant in Uleila del Campo which the firm expects will be able to process 520,000 litres of fluid a day.

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Sitting out on counter-terror body No date for Cataluña’s Mossos joining CITCO after a year by Joe Gerrard CATALUÑA’S autonomous police force has yet to join a national terrorism and organised

crime body which includes forces from the rest of Spain, according to the centre’s sources. The Mossos d’Esquadra, which reports to the region’s

Generalitat administration, has not joined the Centre for Intelligence against Terrorism and Organised Crime (CITCO). Cataluña’s regional government signed a deal pledging the Mossos would do so last year, the body’s sources told Spanish media. A spokesperson for Spain’s Interior Ministry has confirmed that the Mossos are not part of the centre, according to the same reports. They added the force’s incorporation was being finalised but no official date had been set. The reasons for the refusal were down to technical issues and not politics, the spokesperson added. “The databases of CITCO and the Mossos are in different programmes,” the spokesperson said. An unnamed member of CITCO disputed the Ministry spokesperson’s claim. They said the issue with databases was solvable if the right soft-

NO SHOW: The Mossos have yet to join CITCO. ware was bought. “The Mossos did not get involved because they did not want to,” he said. A Mossos spokesperson said it was up to the government and not the police to give reasons as to why they had not joined the body. Official told the media during a press conference which followed the attack in Cornella on August 20 that preparations were being made to join the body.

The news follows a deal signed by Cataluña’s Generalitat and Spain’s Interior Ministry in July last year in which the former committed to updating the Mossos systems to join CITCO. This has yet to happen. The Generalitat’s signing of the deal meant Cataluña, as well as the Basque Country, were among the first to agree to prepare their police forces to join CITCA.

Ertzaintza, the Basque police force, are independent from Madrid and answer to regional authorities, they are in a similar arrangement to the Mossos. CITCA was founded in 2014 and was set up to co-ordinate the work of the National Police, Guardia Civil and Spanish intelligence agencies in terror and organised crime. They use a computer system known as SICOA to help stop attacks and avoid different forces overlapping and doubling up on work. Members of the body, including the Mossos and Ertzintza, commit themselves to sharing all their data with CITCA under the terms of their joining. Final responsibility with the body lies with Spain’s Interior Ministry and Security Minister who is currently Ana Botella.

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30 August - 5 September 2018 By Tara Rippin IN the wake of strikes and bouncing cheques, budget airline Ryanair has announced plans to charge passengers for hand luggage - its second cabin bag policy change this year. Non-priority customers can currently take one bag weighing up to 10 kilos into the cabin, and one can be stored below free of charge. While priority passengers have the luxury of carrying two hand luggage items aboard. But as of November 1, normal (non-priority) flyers will be charged €8 for any second item, or €10 if not paid for during the reservation. But the move could present positives for people who want to check smaller bags in the plane’s hold, with €8 preferable to the €25 charge to check in bags up to 20 kilos. An option for those planning to carry a second bag would be to opt for Ryanair’s €6 priority boarding plan while purchasing tickets, giving passengers the option to carry-on two bags into the cabin for free. But those who have flights booked with Ryanair departing

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CHARGE: More changes to cabin bag policies. after November 1 will still be expected to cough-up the additional money if they arrive with a second item of hand luggage.

Ryanair claim the new policy will ‘speed up the boarding and cut flight delays,’ attributing the lengthy process of checking second items of

hand-luggage into the hold for free is the main cause for delays for the airline. Labelling up to 120 suitcases per flight apparently causes delays of 25 minutes. A FAQ with responses on their website attempts to make things clearer for anybody travelling with the airline. One of the questions relates to paying for priority status. A curious client asked: “What happens if more than 100 customers want to buy priority boarding?” To which the answer was ‘they can’t,’ priority boarding is capped at 95 customers per flight (out of 189 guests). When asked if this was a ‘sneaky or hidden Ryanair charge,’ a spokesperson replied: “No, this simplifies and improves the boarding gate experience and punctuality for all customers. Ryanair has no hidden extras, all optional services or fees are brought to the customers’ attention and agreed prior to booking.” But the news is unlikely to be welcomed by holidaymakers and business travellers who have endured numerous delays recently due to strikes. And the company’s media woes were fuelled when compensation cheques, issued to customers whose flights were delayed or scrapped in July, bounced.

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B ELGIUM

N ORWAY

Big bang

Fund call

SEVERAL people called authorities and the media after hearing a loud bang over Charleroi last week which a Ministry of Defence spokesperson later confirmed came from an F16 breaking the sound barrier over the town.

A COMMISSION appointed by Norway’s government to look into how to manage profits from its more than €860 billion sovereign wealth fund has recommended officials keep their assets after the country’s central bank floated selling oil and gas shares.

Shop fine A LABOUR tribunal has ordered a shop in Louvain to pay a man almost €13,300 in compensation after ruling he was discriminated against when it turned down his job application in favour of a woman.

SUPERSONIC: An F-16 caused the sound.

Man held Drugs bust OFFICERS with Belgium’s Federal Judicial Police have seized nearly two tons of cocaine at Ghent’s port which they said had arrived in the country from Brazil and had an estimated street value of €56 million.

Wolf spot THE second wolf spotted in Belgium this summer is a male according to DNA analysis of samples taken from the animal, the sighting of which comes as wolves are suspected of killing at least three sheep in Leopoldsburg.

G ERMANY

Court doubts A MAN who was deported to Germany last week on suspicion of being a former guard at a Nazi concen-

Secret video THE former Norwegian Fisheries Minister has accused journalists at Aftenposten, Norway’s largest newspaper, of being ‘devoid’ of ethics after one took clandestine video footage of him and girlfriend Bahareh Letnes discussing plans to host an Oslobased Iranian culture festival.

Climate claim LEADING climate researchers in Norway have claimed Norway’s unseasonally hot summer could become the norm due to climate change which could bring more droughts, less but more intense rainfall and heatwaves.

D ENMARK

Death arrest

Record cash THE Treasury of Germany has announced a record budget surplus in the first half of this year at €48.1 billion or the equivalent of 2.9 per cent of GDP according to data from the Federal Statistics Office.

POLICE probing the death of Marie-Louise Bendisten in July 1998 have said they are months away from being able to pass the case to an appeal court after a 37year-old man was arrested in connection with the killing in June.

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tration camp may never be prosecuted due to a lack of evidence over collaboration charges which he denies.

Bird virus USUTU, a tropical virus which is deadly to blackbirds, has been found in at least 12 corpses of animals in Bremen, Hamburg and Bavaria Renke Luhken, a researcher with the

Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine has said.

Staff attacks ATTACKS on firefighters and police officers rose by about 22 per cent between 2013 and 2017 from 3,710 to 4,527 incidents with between 41 and 49 per cent of those done under the influence of alcohol a parliamentary study showed.

NETHERLANDS

S WEDEN

Told to leave

Policy manual

TWO Armenian children aged 12 and 13 have been ordered back to their homeland after the Dutch Council of State upheld the country’s Secretary of State’s decision to reject their asylum request due to them not facing danger there.

THE government of Sweden has published a ‘feminist foreign policy’ handbook online which features guides for foreign administrations and NGOs on how to advance the cause of women’s rights globally ahead of the country’s general election on September 9.

Capital bid A ROTTERDAM entrepreneur has said he is planning to launch a petition calling for his city to be made the capital of the Netherlands on the grounds that it is ‘the future’ and Amsterdam is ‘the past.’

Body sent SWEDEN has returned the remains of an Aboriginal man back to Australia where they will be laid to rest after spending more than 100 years at Lund University.

Road fire

Seasons turn

A DUTCH family from Alkmaar, including three children, were able to flee their vehicle unharmed after it caught fire while driving on Belgium’s E17 motorway on their way back from a holiday in France.

AUTUMN has arrived in some of the mountainous parts of Norrland including in the town and ski resort of Hamavan Vasterbotten after temperatures hovered around 10 degrees for five consecutive days, according to meteorologists.

Model death

Turned down

A CORONER from the Netherlands has appeared before a court in Kuala Lumpur to give evidence in connection with 18-year-old Dutch model Ivana Smit’s fatal fall from a 20th floor flat in the Malaysian capital.

IMMIGRATION authorities in Sweden have refused to take almost 200 migrants who are currently stuck on a ship in a port in Sicily, with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven stating other countries had to step up and take responsibility.

DANISH police have arrested a 34year-old Swedish citizen in Zealand in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old outside his Copenhagen home last year and senior officers have said they had spoken with their counterparts in Sweden over searches there.

Ebola aid THE Foreign Ministry of Denmark has said it has sent the equivalent of more than €1.3 million to the World Health Organisation to help combat Ebola after another outbreak occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Course places THERE are set to be between 1,000 and 2,000 fewer places on Englishspeaking courses in Danish universities according to Higher Education Minister Tommy Ahlers who said his country could not provide education on behalf of others.

Solar report UP to 267 solar power cells installed across Denmark do not meet legal standards according to a report from the country’s Energy Agency due to them not being administered as separate entities from the buildings and fixtures they serve.

F RANCE

Asylum rebuke SYRIAN refugees will not be able to start returning to the country as the country’s leader Bashar al-Assad’s ally Russia has suggested a spokesperson for France’s Foreign Ministry said while adding instability there concerned senior officials.

Plan probe PARIS prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations from a satirical weekly that France’s Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen and her husband extended their publishing company Actes Sud’s officers without informing the capital’s council or tax authorities.

Cash cut THE mayor of the French village Salency has pulled funds earmarked to support the revival of the Fete de la Rosiere, a festival which celebrates ‘virtuous’ women aged between 14 and 20 over concerns it is sexist.

Wine boost PRODUCTION of French wine is forecast to rise by some 25 per cent this year following a poor year in 2017 due to cold weather according to the country’s Agriculture Ministry, which has predicted output could reach 4.6 billion litres.

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State mulls paying up THE Economy Ministry is weighing up whether to voluntarily pay back money early to a European banking fund. Spain has debts of €26.7 billion with European Stability Mechanism (ESM) which it must repay by 2022. The fund was created to provide European Union (EU) member states with emergency cash during financial crises. Government sources said it was studied whether to make the early payment, or amortisation, but added no decision had been reached.

30 August - 5 September 2018 THE total weight of the Spanish fish farm industry’s output in 2017, which Spain is now the European Union leader for, according to figures from the aquaculture industry.

FINANCE

business & legal

Pension record

Court cuts tax bill SPAIN’S National Court has ruled that the country’s government must lower the amount by which it intended to fine a United States-based steel company for alleged tax fraud. The Madrid court ruled against the government in an appeal filed by Alcoa in connection with an audit in which the Treasury claimed it owed some €131 million in fines. The court found officials had not accounted for losses the company racked up in the years before the 2006 to 2009 period when the fraud is alleged to have happened. It has

by Joe Gerrard now ordered the government to recalculate the figure. The company has reportedly factored in a €26 million expected loss to its third quarter earnings over possibly having to pay the fine. Alcoa sources said it did not expect a favourable outcome if the Spanish government took the case to Spain’s Supreme Court for further appeal. The firm and Arconic, a subsidiary of Alcoa which specialises in aerospace and vehicle manufacturing,

have estimated the new figure could range between €21 and €53 million. Company sources said the final bill would be split between Arconic and Alcoa. The former is set to assume 51 per cent of the cost and the latter 49 per cent under the plan if the two are still fined. The €26 million figure assumes a worst case scenario in the company’s forecasts designed to cover the 49 per cent of the total the Treasury is likely to demand. Alcoa is the sixth largest aluminium producer in the world.

SPANISH government spending on pensions rose by 4.86 per cent to more than €9.2 billion by the end of July, a historic record for that month. Pensioners were paid an extra €100 in July due to a revaluation which left seven months of arrears. Pension increases in this year’s General State Budget by 3 per cent for minimum rates and 1.6 per cent for all others also pushed up spending government officials said.

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Merger report CORPORATE mergers fail to generate the value expected by shareholders and investors in around two thirds of cases according to a report from the KPMG consultancy which claimed i n t e g r a t i n g d i ff e r i n g c u l tures and workforces were factors in the findings.

Home sales ACCORD: Gimeno headed up El Corte Ingles. DIRECTORS at the El Corte Ingles department store chain have reached an agreement with their shareholders over the departure of president Dimas Gimeno. Gimeno accepted an agreement drawn up by the firm’s bosses last Saturday evening. He resigned shortly before being formally dismissed on Sunday following a standoff which lasted several months.

The former president has agreed to sever ties with El Corte Ingles in exchange for the firm paying him the equivalent of two years’ salary as part of a compensation package. The total payout has not been confirmed. The agreement follows a week of talks in which Gimeno tried to secure a bigger payout over his dismissal which was agreed by company bosses last June.

LUXURY home purchases rose in Spain by 27 per cent in the first half of this year and the number of sales in Cataluña fell by 13 per cent between January and June, the real estate agent Lucas Fox said.

Power funds SPAIN’S Council of Minister has approved a €15.25 million payout to electricity firms who helped to cover a shortage of funds in the sector during 2013 after the courts ruled the government had to compensate the firms in 2014.

Self-employment grows THE number of workers set up as self-employed has grown by 1.3 per cent across the Spanish economy since 2009 to almost 3,251,950, according to data. A report from the National Federation of Autonomous Workers’ Associations (ATA) showed that 43,219 more workers had opted for the status from July 2009 to the same month this year.

Women led the growth in numbers while the number of men who worked for themselves declined. The number of female self-employed workers grew by 7.9 per cent while males fell by 1.9 per cent. Data also showed self-employed workers aged 40 and above represented 65.2 per cent of the total.

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL MINISTERS from Spain’s government have said they will not move forward with their plans to balance the country’s books until the Senate is stripped of its debt policy veto. Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo said following a meeting of the Council of Ministers last week the government would press on with its deficit reduction strategy once changes came in. Her comments come as leftist parties including the anti austerity Unidos Podemos group and the pro Catalan independence Esquerra Republicana de Cataluña (ERC) backed the governing Partido Socialista (PSOE). Valencian regionalists Compromis have also offered their support. Calvo said the veto, which allows the upper house of Parliament to strike down debt and deficit legislation, had created an “exceptional and unintelligible” situation. “We are aiming to return to the constitutional normality we had under previous laws which maintained Congress’ pre-eminence over the Senate,” Calvo said. “The Congress as the seat of popular sovereignty will be able to adopt final decisions, as is the case with all other laws. The Partido Popular (PP) introduced this veto, perhaps for political and partisan reasons,” the Deputy Prime Minister added. Legal experts have reportedly said it

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Deficit path stalls Ministers vow to remove Senate veto

VETO ROW: Ministers want to strip the Senate of the power. would be difficult or “almost impossible” to remove the veto before the end of this year. Pablo Casado of the opposition conservative PP, who currently hold an absolute majority in the Senate, has said his party would oppose the reforms.

The centrist Ciudadanos also voiced their opposition. Casado claimed it was a ploy from the government to try to end the separation of powers laid out in the constitution. Teodoro Garcia Egea, the general

secretary of the PP, said the move showed the leftist and anti-austerity leader of Podemos Pablo Iglesias governed Spain. “One of the demands of Podemos is to remove powers from the Senate in which Spanish voters gave an absolute majority to the PP,” he said. The tussle over the veto follows meetings between government ministers at Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s residence in La Moncloa last week for talks on deficit plans. Their proposed stability pact set a target of the deficit equalling 1.8 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019. The figure is up from the previous PP government’s goal of 1.3 per cent. Deficits for spending have been targeted at 0.4 per cent for the Madrid government, 1.1 per cent for the welfare budget and 0.3 per cent for regional spending. The government has estimated that their plans will see them spend €6 billion more than was to be spent under PP plans.

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Executive earnings rankings THE boss of one of the world’s largest fashion firms has topped a list of the highest paid chief executives of the biggest firms listed on Spain’s stock exchange. Pablo Isla, the president of Inditex, earned the most money last year of any IBEX 35 executive at €10.7 million. The figure included a €6.5 million pay packet and another €4.1 million in shares, according to data from Spain’s National Securities Market Commission. The president of Acciona, a renewable energy and infrastructure company, came second. President Jose Manuel Entrecanales earned a total of €10.4 million last year. Energy firm Iberdrola’s CEO, Jose Ignacio Sanchez Galan, took home €9.4 million. Ana Botin, the head of the Santander bank, came fourth with €7.8 million.

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Government control for dangerous dogs? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT HORRIFIC photos once again this week of a young baby savagely mauled by a pet dog. How long is it going to be until the authorities realise that a number of canine breeds are actually no more adaptable to the living conditions of human beings than many dangerous wild animals? To my mind the likes of Bull Terriers, Mastiffs, Rottweilers etc should be viewed in one place and one place only. The local zoo. In the last 10 years there have been 17 deaths in the UK due to dog attacks and 200,000 reports of dog bites in the last year alone! These are horrendous figures and the most tragic fact of all is that the majority of victims were extremely young. Many of these tots, now scarred for life, have had their whole futures altered beyond redemption, simply because the two-legged animal that should be the most responsible of all, deems for some unknown reason to allow unpredictable, potentially life destroying four legged canines to share their homes. When are they going to recognise the devastation these animals are actually capable of? I do actually shudder when I see photos, or postings

DANGEROUS BREEDS: These dogs are capable of causing devastation. of dangerous dog breeds, cuddling up or licking the faces (not too hygienic anyway!) of babies of sometimes a few months old. One, split second vicious snap and those faces could be gone forever. When are the government going to see some sense and ban certain dangerous breeds altogether? I await the slings and arrows of DDO’s (dan-

gerous dog owners) with my usual full metal jock strap firmly in place! Contrary to the outcry that accompanied it, I did have some sympathy for the British pensioner who said her Benidorm holiday was ruined because her hotel had ‘too many Spaniards in it.’ Not being present at the time, I can’t comment on her remarks about the general rudeness of the

other guests, although I am fully aware that certain cultures may appear somewhat more abrasive and a little more obtrusive than the British are generally exposed to! No, to an extent I can fully emphasise with her problem. Some years ago, when the children were a great deal younger, I decided to take them all to a hotel in Mallorca over the Christmas period. After checking in and exploring our ‘special Christmas treat’ It didn’t take long to realise that the hotel was full of Germans. In fact, the whole of the Christmas festivities were geared toward the Alemannia’s. The staff all addressed you in German. The shows (including the comedian) were German orientated. The food had a distinct German flavour, the bars were empty by 10pm and breakfast was served at some ungodly hour around sunrise! Our whole Christmas was in fact ruined. I believe that hotels do have a certain responsibility to inform potential guests that their establishment may be geared toward some culture or citizens from a specific country. At least you would then have the choice of who you would prefer to share your hard-earned break with. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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TECH FOR THE TIMID BY force of habit, a young colleague recently ended an e-mail to the tax authorities with a row of kisses. Ouch. Digital communication is still a brave and scary new world, especially for those of us with a reduced shelf-life. It’s not just the text-speak terms like LOL which are confusing. (For years a friend assumed it meant Lots of Love and used it thus. He only discovered his mistake in a hurt response to a note of condolence). Join me on a voyage of discovery through 13 of the more important email etiquette tips. 1. Plenty of us absolutely hate emails without a subject line. Even worse: WRITING THE SUBJECT LINE IN CAPS. Easy there, pardner. 2. Use a proper salutation. Except to friends, hey, yo or hiya doesn’t cut it. When in doubt the time-tested ‘Dear …’ works just fine. 3. Don’t blitz your entire address book with funnies or a cat video. If you can’t desist, at least use the

Anatomy of an e-mail You need to etiquette-it in today’s communications world, says Terence Kennedy

E-MAIL: Tame the beast. BCC (blind carbon copy) button so you’re not releasing your entire address book into the wild to delight the world’s spammers. 4. Don’t assume the recipient knows who you are just from your e-mail address, especially if it’s ‘hotlips36-24-36@gmail.com.’ Attach a proper signature to every email. 5. Check previously-quoted text for potential landmines before re-

sending it, unless the entire ‘thread’ has only been between you and your single correspondent. 6. Mixing up Reply and Reply All has cost many a hapless employee their job. Ditto not ensuring you’ve clicked the right addressee. 7. Don’t put emojis in business correspondence. Sad-face emoji really doesn’t do when apologising for missing the tax-form deadline.

8. Nowadays if you don’t reply to a message in 24 hours it’s a snub. 9. Go easy on the exclamation marks!!! Not for nothing are they called ‘screamers’ in newspaper parlance. 10. Never shoot from the lip; don’t e-mail when you’re angry. Or drunk, which should be a criminal offence. 11. Keep things brief and to the point. Wordy letters are a relic of a bygone age, more often’s the pity, but there it is. 12. Don’t send giant attachments, or fleets of them, without asking first. 13. Finally, last thing before hitting Send, run a (spell)check. Be particularly aware of the pitfalls of predictive text, which might easily have turned your dear to dead, being pregnant to pringles, your kissing to killing (I’ve had them all). Never mind the embarrassment caused when predictive changed the two vowels in a message about a lady’s car called a Volvo.

To BCC or not BCC RULE 3 says don’t blitz your entire address book with a bulk e-mail, covered in detail in an earlier column. If you really must, at least ‘BCC’ the recipients rather than revealing to all and sundry just how many (or few) actual people you know. That’s also vital these days when lists of real, active addresses are digital manna from heaven for anyone of the spamming persuasion. The most common solution is to address the e-mail to yourself in the normal way. Then go through your address book adding recipients individually, by clicking the BCC button for each. Incidentally, did you know that under Europe’s new GDPR rules, bulk e-mailing is now technically illegal unless you ask each person’s individual consent? So good luck with that.

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What does your #ootd selfie say Nora Johnson

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REPORTEDLY one in five shoppers admit to buying clothes online, wearing them once just to post a selfie, and then returning them for a refund. And 3544-year-olds (not teenagers this time!) are the worst culprits of all. Barclaycard, that barometer of fashion intel which commissioned the new research, says this trend to ‘snap and send back’ is increasing, partly thanks to the hashtag ‘outfit of the day’ (#OOTD). Here, Instagrammers upload a picture of themselves to showcase what they’re wearing - in a bedroom, on a beach, on the streets or wherever - and the hugely popular hashtag has more than 2m posts. I know it’s a trip down memory lane but I remember a pre-digital time that involved lusting after a particular outfit in a shop window, saving up and rushing back from the

shop to put it on. Or, picking out a fabric and pattern and sewing the dress or coat yourself. Way back when, many women were skilled home dressmakers who created beautiful garments for themselves on simple Singer sewing machines. They also sewed clothing for their families as well as curtains and other household items. And knitted and crocheted too... Not so long ago I was chatting with a careers advisor who said the clothing industry is desperate for skilled tailors and dressmakers. But the main thing schools are offering nowadays are ‘textiles’ courses, which are more concerned with

the design of fabric rather than constructing clothing. A final thought. Apart from the environmental impact of this constant buy/return cycle - more packaging, more transport miles, more waste - how do these people have so much time for selfies? According to the latest stats from Google, 24 billion selfies were uploaded to their photo-sharing site in just one year (2016), doubtless mostly of the #OOTD variety. Well, I can top that. I buy not just the one outfit but a complete new wardrobe every day, snap it and send it back. The IKEA delivery guys are getting really pissed off, though... Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Where will they pay tax? We own a property in Spain and for 30 years we registered at the local Hacienda as ‘Resident Non-Taxpayers.’ Every year we produced a tax certificate from our country of legal domicile, South Africa, and only paid tax on our property in Spain. In 2013 we were told by Hacienda that, if we were Resident in Spain, we had to pay Spanish taxes and claim back our tax from our country of origin. My question is: In order to avoid double taxation, do we have to declare ourselves non-resident tax-payers in South Africa and only pay taxes in Spain, on the pension and annuity income we bring into Spain? N H (Costa Blanca) The short answer is: yes. Almost all David Searl You and the Law countries base their inin Spain com e t ax on resi dence and not nationality. By terms of the tax treaty between Spain and South Africa, updated in 2007, you must arrange to go off the books in South Africa and pay tax in your country of official residence, Spain. Furt her, you m ust decl are your worl dwi de i ncom e, not j ust t he am ount you bri ng i nt o Spain.

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NEW trend is sweeping Spanish construction which involves building modern homes using techniques dating back centuries. The Adobe method has been used throughout history to construct buildings in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and elsewhere. The method involves making bricks from clay, sand and other natural materials such as straw which are dried in the sun before being built around a wooden frame. The technique is visible in buildings such as the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali as well as in the Poeh Museum tower in New Mexico in the United States. Adobe methods are now being used in Spain to build eco and green homes and other buildings. Bricks can be made using traditional methods and there are now options to buy them already completed. Examples of Adobe homes exist in Spain in the form of both historic constructions and new builds. Spain’s hot and dry climate lends itself well to using the technique. The advantages of using the tech-

ADOBE BY ME: The homes are becoming popular in Spain. nique include its simplicity and its limited environmental impact. It is also economical, with Adobe buildings cheap to make and good insulators meaning savings can be made on energy bills.

Disadvantages include the method being time consuming, with bricks taking around three days to dry. It is also hard to build tall structures with the method and exterior walls require regular maintenance.

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Crowdfunding boosts market A TOTAL of €5.5 million has been invested in 11 property projects in Italy as a result of a crowd-sourcing platform. Financing firm Hou sers said they predicted the figure could be as high as €10 million by the end of the year and that it could reach €30 million in 2019. Giovanni Buono, the head of the company’s Italian operation, said they were planning on expanding into Rome, Torino and Venice having already broken into markets in Milan, Florence and Potenza. “In a year we have managed to get 9,000 investors from Italy to join our platform and invest in projects in the country, as well as Spain and Portugal,” he said. The firm are reportedly aiming to grow their user base to around 25,000 during next year. The platform works by members loaning developers amounts from €50 upwards to buy, build and develop properties.

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TRONG investor interest in the real estate market triggered a 27 per cent growth in luxury residential property sales and purchases in the first half of 2018. This has been despite the uncertainty generated by the turbulent political situation in Cataluña causing a notable drop in the number of transactions of high standard homes in that area. Some estimates suggest that the number of transactions in Cataluña during the first six months of the year fell by 13 per cent. But the rest of the country has surged ahead when it comes to luxury property, simply shrugging off the falls seen in Cataluña to see a 27 per cent rise in prime residential real estate transactions, according to a report by Lucas Fox. This resulted in a sharp increase in the average sales price, which soared by 19 per cent in the first half of the year. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), 217,539 housing transactions were carried out between Jan-

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Luxury homes sales soar SOLD: The country has surged ahead when it comes to luxury.

uary and May this year, representing an increase of 13 per cent over the same period last year. The sale of new homes represented 18 per cent of the total of transactions, with a total

of 38,328 new residential properties transferred. “Lower unemployment and access to credit, which is beginning to become a little easier, make it a very favourable

time for us,” says Férran Font from property portal pisos.com. The areas with the highest sales of luxury homes were the main Spanish cities and holi-

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day destinations, which recorded a historic record in the number of transactions of prime residential properties. In Madrid, the number of transactions brokered by Lucas Fox increased by 20 per cent during the first half of 2018. In addition, the total value of these operations increased by 10 per cent over the first six months of 2017. Moving across to Valencia City, according to the Ministry of Development, the total value of sales transactions grew in the first quarter by 17 per cent compared to the same period last year. In the Barcelona region of El Maresme there were 80 per cent more luxury sales during the first six months of the year, despite the political uncertainty that hit the rest of Cataluña’s high end real estate market, according to Lucas Fox. However, there was a 27 per cent reduction in the total value of transactions, due to a reduction in the average price of the properties traded.

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SPAIN’S new Minister of Housing and Development has taken up his post, with policies addressing renting, leasing and planning said to be high on his to-do list. Jose Luis Abalos referred previously to measures the new Partido Socialista (PSOE) government would implement if they took power. They include reforming urban lease laws to restore minimum periods of five years, as well as tax reliefs for tenants in rentals and for landlords offering affordable rates. Plans to increase the amount of rental housing available to the most disadvantaged groups have also been floated.

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Some testing times! Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I WAS round at friend’s the other day and they have a youngish child who was being a little boisterous. Not naughty, just being a child basically and, all of a sudden, the mum said: “If you don’t behave you will have to go to your room.” Now, when I was a kid, this was definitely a punishment. In my room I had a bed and a wardrobe and maybe a few toys. I’ve seen this kid’s bedroom when we were shown round the house. Believe me, being sent there was not a punishment. There was a flat screen TV, Play Station speakers, headphones and a laptop. I know things change, but it’s becoming harder and harder for me to accept certain things. For instance, some youngsters can hardly write because everything is done on a keyboard. Then there is predictive text - who needs to learn how to spell? Here’s one for you - ask anyone under the age of 20 to tell you the time on a normal watch. You will be amazed at the amount that can’t. Why? Because all people do

now is look at their phone and read the digital clock. In my opinion every child should be taught how to tell the time on a normal analogue watch. What do you think?

Not so good AND now to insurance, there are many adverts on TV for comparison companies, but remember that can be a minefield as some promote the companies that give them a bigger commission. Then there is the dreaded small print. You think you are getting the same, or better deal. But I’ve found, when trying to sort my daughter’s car insurance out, that what initially looks like the same or better cover doesn’t quite turn out that way. When you go through the clauses you can sometimes be better off with the original, which at first appeared to be dearer. And if the decision on what life insurance to purchase is decided by Michael Parkinson giving you a free fountain pen, then I suggest you need to take a serious look at yourself.

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com DEAR Editor, A large area of waste ground in front of my apartment block was sanded over and used as a parking area for the recent Torre del Mar air fair. Now that it’s over, it is a dog litter tray. Men, women and children let their dogs run free on it so they can poop on it, then take their dogs away when they have done their business. Time to chip all dogs so that these criminals can be heavily fined for such anti-social behaviour. Dog poop carries numerous diseases and you can bet that any fly that lands on your food or face has been on some dog poop very recently. And fine the owner of any dog not chipped. Michael Hill

Anti-social behaviour Caring councils

Airport closed HI, I’d just like to say how disappointed I am about San Javier airport closing, as the alternative Corvera is 34 kilometres further on. I for one will never use it, San Javier was making money and busy. Why on earth didn’t they put the military over to Corvera, it would have been out of the way, but no. Again money spent on this monstrosity which nobody wanted and they could have extended San Javier. Roy Wallace

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HAVING read your article (Our View, Well done Councils) please, please tell me where these caring councils are who look after residents. I live in the lovely town of Catral renowned not for its beauty but its history of corruption and illegal building on a large scale!! The very rich ex-mayor and many other agencies lined their pockets, though this was 16 years ago those activities are still impacting on residents of Catral in a big way The mayor of Catral whom I am sure is a very caring person unfortunately has little more power to help than a dog with rubber teeth as Valencia Council took his real power away. In 2007 many residents were served with demolition orders on their homes, can you even begin to imagine the heartache and worry that caused, we are now in the year 2018 and yes although these orders are suspended they are still registered against our properties, some residents do not even know they have them till they try to sell their houses All attempts to resolve this awful situation have failed. Top solicitors, estate agents, residents have all been totally ignored by Valencia who refuse to discuss the matter with anyone and are sitting on these orders even though they

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ILLEGAL BUILDINGS: Many residents were served with demolition orders. could not demolish nor intend to demolish any of the houses. Ailing health, ageing and financial problems are effecting many of us who are retired and need to sell our houses which as you can imagine is nye on impossible until these orders are lifted. The heartache goes on and despite what you think about caring councils nobody seems to care about the forgotten residents of Catral. Maybe your paper could give some thought about the other face of the caring councils which I am sure are not exclusive to Catral. Thank you and I hope I have touched a caring nerve somewhere. Regards, Kay Fitter

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Police make grim discovery in car boot at roadside check PM: A ‘random’ roadside check?? Where they look in the boot??? Intelligence led I would suggest.

STUBBED OUT: Costa beaches pioneer ciggyfree zone C F Rowe: Great idea!!

FUEL TAX: Spanish government proposal to increase diesel price by estimated 28.6 per cent

Comments from EWN online Man crushed and seriously injured by 250 kilo bull in Spain

Gary: Cows create more emissions than cars…. maybe they should tax them.

Kathryn Ramsden: Better than having the poor bulls running terrified through the streets, if idiots run in front of this on purpose they should have to pay their own medical bills. Eve Nicholls: Better than some poor animal being run into the ground until it’s so exhausted it dies! Christine Marshall: At least no animal will be humiliated, tortured and killed.

Pet owners in Spain warned to be on their guard for ‘spiked’ food

Pickpockets dress as women to steal from Benidorm tourists claim

Zara Mária: Anyone know what area? I never take my eyes off my dog when we're out these days

Gill Reynolds: We witnessed a beggar woman sat cross legged on the pavement with a shawl thrown over herself and every now and again a man would arrive, bend down and throw a purse or wallet under her shawl.

WATCH: Dozens of migrants land on beach packed with stunned holidaymakers in Spain Tomas Kirken: Legitimate asylum seekers should be properly helped. All others as migrants should be detained and then sent back to wherever they got into the people smuggler’s boat. Simple as that.

David Clark: Send them back! Cherry Lacuadra Talledo: That’s good return them where they belong.

€70,000 of fake goods seized in Benidorm tourist shop raids Fiona Hanson: These are sold on every single town market we go to! Matt Coy: Fake goods? Just sit on any beach in Spain for an hour.

I totally agree HI Leapy, I have just read your article ‘Are our values being threatened’ in this week’s Euro Weekly and I had to write to say that I agreed with every word you wrote. What is it with us British that as soon as someone speaks his mind particularly about people from the Muslim community, that they are somehow branded as being racist??? We have always prided ourselves on having free speech in the UK but this seems to be being eroded. Thank goodness there are still people like yourself who are happy to speak up for what I am sure is the great majority of us Brits. Always enjoy your column. Thanks Gill Chapman (Benalmadena)

EU departure DEAR Editor, I write into your paper occasionally, with views on the subject of the UK leaving the EU as it affects UK nationals who are TAX resident in Spain ( not to be [frequently] confused with part timers and holidaymakers) Today I see in the Irish papers that the Central Bank is trying to find a way of enabling UK state and private pensions to be paid into pensioners’ euro accounts, in the event that capital and financial services will not be included in any ‘deal’ and worryingly this disastrous idea of walking away with no deal at all. There are about 135,000 UK state pensioners tax resident in the Republic of Ireland. Private pensions added raises this figure to 150,000 (UK gov figures). These are very largely people on fixed incomes - much like the majority of UK pensioners resident in Spain (110,000) but I see no move to encourage people to talk about this, and, really prepare for any eventuality. All I hear is ‘it will sort itself out somehow,’ ‘it will be all right in the end,’ ‘wait and see what happens.’ Would there be any way of trying to get all the information in one place - reliable, verifiable as to what exactly do pensioners need in order to minimise the disruption and expense this exit is most likely to produce, and would a media project to stimulate this be worthwhile in the public interest and - an element of the media public service information responsibility? Included would be all the essential elements of EU citizenship, and adherence to the laws of the host country, eg - all financial contracts, the EHIC, driving licences, ownership of vehicles, etc, etc and, what being a citizen of a third country would mean in each category. Triples all round - cheers = Ian (beiderbeck)

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Across 1 Additional payment (5) 4 Irritable (5) 7 Be persistent, refuse to stop (9) 8 Remain (4) 10 Cause (6) 12 Enter and rob a dwelling (6) 13 Smaller amount (4) 16 Harmless (9) 18 Spirited horse (5) 19 Pool or fund of money held in common (5)

Down 1 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 2 Short sleep (3) 3 Nimble and quick (4) 4 Mentally quick and resourceful (6) 5 Watch and direct (7) 6 Of a strict bearing or demeanour (5) 9 Put in order (7) 11 Not easily irritated (6) 12 Sate of extreme happiness (5) 14 Examine in detail (5) 15 Fastening device (4) 17 Fix conclusively (3)

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Down 1 Aisle (aeroplane, theatre) (7) 2 Suelto (5) 3 Cabbage (3) 4 Praise (6) 5 Paracaídas (9) 6 Techo (7) 7 Hornos (5) 11 Housewife (3,2,4) 14 Lápices (7) 16 Knee (7) 17 Delantales (6) 18 Attractive (f) (5) 20 Mancha (de aceite, pintura, etc) (5) 22 Animal doméstico (3)

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Yours is a big ship. You are able to take a lot on board but you don’t have to. In this special week, when you see things so clearly, be selective. Allow into your life only that which is valuable and worthwhile. This is not selfishness, it is providing a source of inspiration for the present and the future.

Your old shoes are comfortable and still have a lot of wear in them but someone is suggesting that you should buy some new shoes and throw the old ones away. They are no longer shiny. They are no longer fashionable. They do, however, provide all that you need.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) That little bit of extra cash has made you realise something. Not everything is as simple as you would wish it to be, and throwing money at a problem will not make it go away entirely. There are some things that you need to come to terms with. It is much easier to incorporate the uneasy into your life if you take a more relaxed attitude.

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Sometimes, when we are making a journey, it is not the usual route that is best. Something has changed in your sphere and there is a need to adjust to it. There are other options that will bring the same result and maybe even a more convenient one. You will need to do two things. The first is to open your mind to the possibilities.

Keep things simple. You know where you are.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you looking for guidance? Maybe you are thinking that a recent acquaintance will be able to provide it. You ran something by a few friends and they are not so sure. That is because this is a situation where you need an expert, not a well-wisher. Best not to waste your time and jangle your nerves.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) It appears at times that you are in the middle of a play. The lights are on you, the mike’s wired, your audience awaits, then nothing. Not that you are lost for words. You know exactly what to say and do. What you are wondering is why you are there in the first place. Maybe where you are was not intended.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) There’s a lot of buzzing going on in your head. No, it isn’t tinnitus, it’s something quite different. You know it’s a great time to get ideas and act on them. However, trying to act on too many at once is causing some confusion. Maybe there’s too much going on.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You’ve been working hard, maybe in the dark some of the time. This week someone shines a torch on your situation and you see exactly where you are. Surprised? You shouldn’t be.

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1 Clearance, 8 Sane, 9 Onlookers, 10 Orator, 13 Edible, 15 Raise, 16 Acrid, 17 Trawl, 18 Eagle, 21 Regard, 22 Ardent, 25 Residency, 26 Aged, 27 Redressed.

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2 Crabs, 3 Emerald, 4 Saltar, 5 Citar, 6 Rhubarb, 7 Shepherds, 10 Passwords, 13 Extraño, 15 Coconut, 16 Prayer, 18 Hairy, 20 Begin, 23/1 Tea bag.

2 Liner, 3 About, 4 Ankara, 5 Curses, 6 Main brace, 7 Genteel, 11 Abrogated, 12 Order, 14 Deter, 16 Arrival, 19 Adhere, 20 Lazier, 23 Duels, 24 Nacre.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone needs to learn to stand on their own two feet. It isn’t you, but it’s close. Finding a balance between helping and idly standing by while mistakes are made is necessary. It’s not easy but it has to be done. You may break into a sweat this week and it won’t suit your nerves, but you’ll get through.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A way opens up before you that can bring wealth. Branching off from that is a path to certain happiness. Which will you take? If having that money means changing your nature (or trying to) is that going to make you happy? On the other hand, if you sidestep the money can you still be happy?

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Getting a creative project started has opened your eyes to many things. Perhaps you question why you did not do it before. The fact is that it doesn’t matter. You are where you are right here and not because that was where you were heading.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Just imagine for one day that you have achieved everything your heart has desired. When you wake up in the morning believe it is so. Feel how your spirits lift and your heart sings. Carry that feeling through the week and beyond. If you believe that you are a success you can be. Why stop when it feels so good?

QUIZ: THE EYES HAVE IT 1. According to Greek (and later Roman) mythology what was the name of the primordial race of savage giants, each with a single eye in the centre of his forehead? 2. Eye of the Tiger by the American rock band Survivor was the theme song for which 1982 American sports drama film? 3. In bingo slang, which number is known as Kelly’s Eye? 4. In Shakespeare’s Othello, which character speaks the line: ‘O! beware, my lord of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock’? 5. In which year was the giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames, the London Eye first opened to the general public? 6. What was the name of the Yorkshire-born inventor of cat's eyes?

7. Where Is the Love?, Shut Up, Hey Mama and Don't Phunk with My Heart were all UK Top 10 hit singles for which American musical group? 8. Who directed, produced and co-wrote the 1999 erotic drama film Eyes Wide Shut? 9. Who has been the editor of the British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine Private Eye since 1986? 10. Who played James Bond in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only? Not a lot of people know that... on a dark night, a human eye could see a candle flame flickering up to 30 miles (48 kilometres) away.

Answers: 1. CYCLOPS, 2. ROCKY III, 3. ONE, 4. IAGO, 5. 2000 (March 9), 6. PERCY SHAW, 7. THE BLACK EYED PEAS, 8. STANLEY KUBRICK, 9. IAN HISLOP, 10. ROGER MOORE

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VICE-PRESIDENT Carmen Calvo’s was the voice of reason when she remarked that an “unacceptable phrase was not an attack on the Spanish state.” She was referring to declarations from Cataluña’s regional president Quim Torra who is not renowned for honey-tongued oration, particularly when referring to the national government. Pablo Casado, the Partido Popular leader who proudly refuses to give an inch over reformed terrorists or Cataluña, fell on her statement like a ton of the bricks used to build monuments to the past. Casado urged Calvo to “fulfil her obligations and defend Spain” presumably by returning to the abrasive authoritarianism that was the former government’s default mode and took Mariano Rajoy up a one-way street. Torra was equally offended at Calvo’s dismissal of his claim that his government did not need to defend itself and should instead attack “an unjust state.” Pedro Sanchez, who continues to insist that Cataluña requires a political and not a judicial solution, refuses to rise to the bait. And as every parent knows, ignoring tantrums has always been the best way to

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Where the bodies are JOSE LUIS VILLAREJO is a pensioned-off police commissioner now imprisoned on remand. During 10 years’ leave of absence between 1983 and 1993 he made a multi-million fortune with a network of detective agencies.

What better sideline for a high-ranking police officer than working for public bodies, commercial companies and private individuals? On Villarejo’s return to active duty he worked undercover for the Ministry of the Interior and was involved in Jorge Fernandez Diaz’s ‘dirty war’ discrediting Catalan politicians. His name pops up in practically every Spanish scandal including the recently-aired tapes where Juan Carlos I’s former mistress claims that the Rey Emeritus got rich on commissions and has black money sheltered in tax havens. Villarejos has also tried to conceal his wealth and is charged with money laundering and involvement with a criminal organisation. Even now he could still beat the system as the Public Prosecutors investigating his illegal activities have challenged the investigating judge’s decision to lift the case’s gagging order. Information contained in Villarejos’ impounded documents and files could put ‘the institutions’ at risk and even compromise the ‘safety of the State’ they warned. The retired policeman has always been a smooth operator. And of course it always helps, knowing where the bodies are.

Fat chance A RECENT analysis of 1936 data on 21-yearold army conscripts living in Madrid revealed that young men from the working class district of Vallecas were three centimetres shorter than those from classy Salamanca. The postcode says it all before the anthropologists can get a word in edgeways, but what would a similar survey say today? No doubt it would find that 21 year olds in Vallecas are as tall as those in Salamanca but much, much fatter. The more slender your means these days, the wider the girth.

Bad test result ABDELBAKI ES SATTY, the late imam of Ripoll who blew himself up on August 16 last year, was behind the Barcelona massacre of August 17. Like many jihadists, he was imprisoned on drug offences and between 2010 and 2014 he was visited four times by agents from the CNI, Spain’s intelligence service. According to reports in the Catalan media, they considered getting him onside but he failed the psychological tests necessary to become an informant, which was probably fortuitous. As Osama bin Laden ably demonstrated, jihadi collaborators show little loyalty to their paymasters.

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by Adam Whalley-Lewis WELL, it would seem that quite a few of us do if BBC1’s new prime time Sunday night thriller is anything to go by. Auntie trailed this one heavily, which doesn’t always guarantee a winner - Love Island? - but after an exhausting day on the Costa with lovely friends Linda and Gary, I sank into a thankfully air conditioned sofa on Sunday with a glass of blanco and wasn’t disappointed by the vino or the TV. The action and there is a lot of it, centres around Home Secretary Julia Montague, played impeccably by Keeley Hawes and a close protection officer, David Budd, who Richard Madden makes his own. Now, a little bit like Nuns who can count the number of Popes they have lived through, I can count quite a number of Home Office chiefs (from my former life) including an incident in a lift with a guide dog, the then Home Sec and a really big protection officer and I recognised some of what was going on. That said, as with most action thrillers, about a year of exciting stuff is obviously going to be packed into each episode. I’m not too sure we have ever had such a sexy chief at the Home Office either, male or female. If episode one grabbed you, the storyline going forward will keep you watching. We already

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NEW THRILLER: Starring Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden. know that Julia has ambition to move from the Home Office to Downing Street (remind you of anyone?) and David is complex, to say the least. The action continues on BBC1, Sunday and of course on iPlayer. A quick thank you to everyone who has emailed me their thoughts and suggestions, keep them coming. Special mention to Michael

and his suggestion to petition ITV bosses about Brad speeding up his questions to the Chaser and to Caroline, who wants more suggestions for the week ahead, will see what I can do. Fans of Neighbours, Channel 5, weekdays, will no doubt be excited by the upcoming marriage of Aaron and David. A raft of Erinsborough dramas conspire to put a black cloud over

the big day, including one of the grooms not being able to walk, falling out with his future father-in-law (Paul Robinson) and a stand in celebrity celebrant. This same sex wedding is a TV first for an Australian show, never been done before on a show from down under. Maybe Skippy will put in a guest appearance? Sadly Ant won’t, as it seems Holly Willoughby is co-hosting I’m A Celebrity with Dec, what will Phil do without her? Nothing to do with the Jungle, but Naked Attraction is back on Channel 4, Fridays. I’ve no idea who the target audience are for this one. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a dating show, kind of Blind Date style, but everyone takes their clothes off and they all chat about, well you can guess. Clearly the viewing figures stack up, but I’m not sure just who is admitting they are watching! Looking ahead (Caroline this is for you) BBC1 are showing The King’s Speech on Friday night, this is a movie I would stay up to watch if you haven’t seen it, X-Factor is back on Saturday night and only because Caroline is a Marbella girl, I need to mention Gemma Collins: Diva Espana, ITVBE Sunday evening - only watch if you are a TOWIE fan or you call Marbella home. Happy Viewing. HappyViewing1@outlook.com

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V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W. E U R O W E E K LY N E W S . C O M ALMOST two in five workers are suffering from stress and anxiety. According to a survey conducted by Behaviour and Attitudes, mental health issues are now the most common illness in the workplace. In fact, it suggests that these health conditions have pushed cancer and back pain into second and third place for illnesses among staff. Some 38 per cent of employees say they are under stress, according to the survey which was commissioned by Friends First and conducted by B&A. It found cancer in second place with 33 per cent of workers citing it, followed by chronic back pain, which is suffered by 32 per cent of workers. Almost half of under-35s say they have taken extended sick leave of a week or more due to stress or anxiety. While four out of 10 surveyed say they have taken extended sick leave due to an accident or illness. The average sick leave period was 14 weeks. H o w e v e r, a quarter of employ-

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cent claiming they are less healthy than they would like to be. Karen Gallagher, protection director of Friends First, said the research showed mental health issues had the potential to affect us all and the effects of stress and anxiety knew no boundaries when it came to age, gender or profession. ON THE INCREASE: Workers cite stress and anxiety as major issues.

HEALTH & BEAUTY A NEW health and fitness craze looks set to cause a stir, and not because it’s difficult to pronounce. Qigong, pronounced cheegong, is the 5,000 year old Chinese practice of keeping mind and body sane and well. This is through various means, including postures, meditations, guided imagery and importantly, breathing techniques. Qi means ‘breath’ or ‘air’ and is considered the vital-life-force or life-force energy. Practitioners believe that this force penetrates and permeates everything in the universe. According to one teacher of 12 years, Sifu Anthony Korahais, Qigong is easier than yoga and accessible to everyone. He claims to have taught extreme athletes, dedicated couch potatoes, people aged from 20 to 80, disabled veterans and marathoners. A simple exercise Sifu uses to illustrate the lack of boundaries, is the ‘pushing mountains,’ which involves gently moving your palms back and forth in a flowing manner, and coordinating your breath with the movement. He says ‘anyone can do this exercise, it can be done in a wheelchair, and can even be done with one arm.’ With Qigong, you don’t need to memorise long, complex routines, or worry about the martial aspects of the art. Apparently you can dive immediately into the meditative and energetic aspects, which is also what apparently brings you quick results. But while some Qigong exercises are physically easy, others are challenging.

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PRACTICE: Techniques are simple and can be practised anywhere. But because there are so many different techniques, it’s easy to raise the difficulty level for those who are ready. Similarly, there are movements appropriate for those who are ill or out of shape, and even techniques that an Olympic athlete would struggle with. Sifu points out that Qigong is also a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine, along with acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. He said: “In China you can find Qigong in the hospitals. In fact, in some there are entire Qigong wings.” Over the years, Sifu has collaborated with acupuncturists, massage therapists, chiropractors, psychologists, reiki healers, osteopaths and nutritionists.

“I have seen with my own eyes how Qigong can greatly complement other forms of healing.” And while yoga is ‘empowering,’ Sifu says the difference with Qigong is that it doesn’t require physical strength or flexibility. In fact physical strength can be a hindrance. Body builders for example, often struggle to relax the muscles and let go of deeper layers of tension. Sifu added that an art that doesn’t need brawn for success is empowering for women, the physically unfit, the disabled, children and smaller sized men like himself. As well as being fun, Qigong is accessible in that you don´’ need much training to start get-

The answers could be at your fingertips GEL fillers and shellac techniques have become huge money spinners within the female beauty industry, but your nails are more than just an aesthetic tool. They can say a lot about your health, and can tip you off to any irregularities, according to the Berkeley University of California, Wellness. Here are a few examples of how the nail can indicate problems in other parts of the body. Nails normally curve at a slight upward angle from actual bed. But nails that arc downward may indicate disease of the lung, liver, inflammatory bowel or cardiovascular, as well as HIV infection. White bands, Muehrcke’s nails, is a condition characterised by a pair of horizontal white lines running parallel to the nail base. These may arise after chemotherapy, but are also associated with

liver and kidney disease. Beau’s lines are horizontal indentations that may be a sign of injury to the nail and again can occur as a result of chemotherapy or as a result of a high fever. But they can also suggest a zinc deficiency, diabetes or peripheral vascular disease. Spoon nails, or koilonychias, may be abnormally thin and flat, or even concave enough to hold a drop of water. This is apparently associated with anaemia or repeated exposure to chemicals or trauma. Terry’s nails are white plates with a dark band at the tip. Common in people with liver disease, the condition may also occur as part of normal ageing. However, research shows that they are also associated with diabetes, congestive heart failure and HIV infection.

ting results. “I can train a fresh beginner to start getting amazing results in just three hours,” said Sifu. There are numerous sites online you can visit to find out more.

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A FIESTA in Honour of San Ramón Nonnato starts today (Thursday) in the town of Zurgena and the organisers promise that this will be another great few days. Highlights include: Today (Thursday) the evening starts with a gymkhana for the younger children in the sports centre at 6pm and then at midnight, there is the crowning of the Queen followed by presentation of awards and trophies for various winners of different sporting events. Following this, there will be music from the Prometida Orchestra and the duo Sabor a Menta. Friday sees the main festivities of San Ramon Nonnato with a special mass at 7pm followed by a procession of the saint’s statue through the town accompanied by the band Lagrimas de Amor at 8pm. The evening’s entertainment continues at midnight with the traditional Verbena and performances by Maxims Show Band and A Contra Luz Duo. Saturday starts at noon with children’s workshops and water games followed by a water slide on Calle Victoriano Lucas at 5pm and another music concert at

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WINE DAY: Getting the feel of the grapes.

Enjoy a Day of Wine FIREWORKS DISPLAY: A perfect end to the Fiesta. midnight featuring the Pentagrama Orchestra and A Contra Luz Duo. The fiesta finishes on Sunday with a traditional ribbon gathering for children at Gines Parra Park at 5pm, the ever popular foam party at the Zurgenas sports centre whilst a number of adults

will take part in the horseback ribbon gathering at 7.30pm in the Almanzora dry river bed More music, this time starting at 11pm with Quinteto September and at 1.30am the fiesta closes with a bang courtesy of a giant fireworks display.

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to Live Well by Andrew Harding Vitamin C: Ascorbic Acid NECESSARY for the production of collagen in the body (collagen holds the cells of the body together and is necessary for wound healing). Humans cannot synthesise it within the body like other animals can, so it needs to be present in the diet on a daily basis. It is present in all citrus fruits, tomatoes and their juices, red and green peppers, potatoes and green leaved vegetables. It is destroyed when heated, but one small glass of fresh citrus fruit juice will provide more than the minimum daily requirement. Deficiency results in the disease: ‘Scurvy,’ the symptoms of scurvy include; bleeding gums, loosening of the teeth and wounds not healing as they should. If untreated, it will result in death. Cheerful stuff! I hope this week’s recipe makes you feel more optimistic? It is a luxurious version of an old favourite. Chilli con carne Serves 4 1 whole, large onion; chopped 4 whole garlic cloves; chopped 2 whole red chilli peppers sliced 1kg minced beef

THE Huercal-Overa Council celebrates its fifth annual Local Wine Day on Sunday, September 2 starting at 11am. For obvious reasons, this is always a popular event and as there are a number of local vineyards in the area, it is a good opportunity for neighbours to sample each other’s produce and for visitors to enjoy a taste of the newest pressings. There will be grape treading for adults and children and naturally plenty of wine to be tasted as well as advice from experts about wines produced in the area. It all takes place in the Plaza de San Francisco but in order to attend you will need to register at the town hall.

This week: Everyone’s favourite - Vitamin C

OLD FAVOURITE: Chilli con Carne. 125ml red wine 2 whole beef stock cubes 2 teaspoons ground cumin 500 grams cherry tomatoes; halved 3 teaspoons black peppercorn, freshly ground 2 teaspoons salt 1 can red kidney beans, drained and washed juice of 4 whole limes 1 whole, large green pepper; chopped 1 large bunch of cilantro; finely chopped 2 tablespoons cream cheese 250 grams red Leicester cheese; grated 8 tortillas. Place onion, garlic, red chilli and ground beef in frying pan.

Dry fry until beef browned and other ingredients cooked through. Add red wine, beef stock, cumin and simmer for 10 minutes. Add cherry tomatoes salt and black pepper and cook to reduce until sauce thickened. Add the red kidney beans and simmer for another 10 minutes Add lime juice and simmer for two more minutes, add cilantro, stir once. Check and add seasoning if necessary. Place tortillas on to a lightly oiled oven tin, place chilli con carne on one half of each tortilla, place cream cheese on top, followed by the red Leicester. Fold the tortilla to enclose the chilli/cheese mix. Place in an oven, pre-heated to 200 Celsius (fan oven), 180 Celsius (no-fan) for 10 minutes. Serve. Hint: Substitute red or yellow peppers for the green, or any combination. Tip: To avoid wasting unused chilli peppers, place in a shallow bowl in the sunshine until they dry out completely and then store in a sealed jar. Use scissors to cut them when they are needed and add to the sauce to rehydrate them.

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The Year of Culture THIS year sees the town of Vera celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Art Festivals with two weeks of special programming in what it has declared as the Year of Culture. Many of the performances have been produced by local groups and will be performed in Spanish, but the musical event should be accessible to all regardless. On Sunday and Monday The Call will be performed by the Royal Archconfraternity of Father Jesus Nazareno.

Then Wednesday and Thursday will see the play Under Therapy, produced by the Royal and Venerable Brotherhood of San Juan Evangelista and Christ of Mercy. On Saturday, September 8, is a single performance of the play Bautizo a Palos by the San Cleofás Cultural Centre Theatre Group. On Monday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 11 there will be a presentation of El Enfermo Imaginario by the Illustrious and Venerable Brotherhood of

Our Lady, the Stma Virgen de las Angustias. Perhaps more accessible to expatriates on Thursday 13 and Friday September 14, the show Hairspray will be enacted by the Theatre Group of the Youth Brotherhood Virgen de los Perdones. Monday September 16 is the turn of a typical musical zarzuela La Corte del Pharaoh, presented by the Company Teatro Lírico Andaluz. All events will take place at the Auditorio Ciudad de Vera starting at 10pm.

ALBOX is the centre of one of the most important religious events in southern Spain which takes place on Saturday September 8. Thousands of people undertake a 20-kilometre pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Saliente which was built in the 18th century and is constructed on the site of a prehistoric settlement at Monte Roel. Housed in the sanctuary is a small wooden statue of Our Lady of Saliente (known as La Pequeñica due to its size) which is believed to have been carved in the 18th century and it is this which is paraded before the pilgrims. It is an unusual coloured figure which consists of the Virgin, two angels, the moon and a dragon and has been carved in a manner which is quite different from the normal style of the times. Many of those taking part in the long trek do so in bare feet

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Important pilgrimage attracts thousands

Thousands take part in the annual pilgrimage. to show their sanctity. Those making the long walk set off on the evening of Friday Septem-

ber 7 so that they may arrive in time for the early mass and to see the parade of the statue.

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STORMS that have struck the Almanzora area have caused water to fill ravines and riverbeds that are usually dried up in Albox and elsewhere. Albox saw almost 40 litres per square metre in rainfall during the storms over previous weeks this month, according to meteorological data. Velez-Rubio saw around 50 litres per square metre, with 30.3 litres per square metre recorded in Los Filabres, 21.2 in Velefique, 18 in Chirivel and 14 in Oria. Pictures in Spanish media showed water flowing down Albox’s ravine which is usually dry. Similar phenomena were spotted in other towns across Almanzora following the storms which left roads flooded and damage to thoroughfares and farmland. Emma Sola, the mayor of Chirivel, said rains in the town over the last week had been moderate to minimal. “Hopefully it will remain that way,” she said. Cazatormentas, a climate research group, said the recent bout of storms had been

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TORRENT: Albox’s ravine ran with water (archive). shorter than previous ones. T h e ir s tu d ies s h o w e d a ris k o f ra in in S e p tembe r but it was still too early to predict weather accurately,

the group added. Sola’s comments follow those of last week when she gave updates on Chirivel Council’s efforts to clean up

and repair damage caused by the storms. The mayor said the extent of the damage was still being assessed but initial find-

ings suggested the cost of repairing roads could run as high as €180,000. Sola added the storms had dislodged sediment from the

town’s ravine, which had burst its banks and caused roads in the town and in Albox to be submerged in water. The dislodging meant the ravine flowed faster making it harder to stem the water. Estimates have stated that around a quarter of the town’s almond crop was destroyed during the storms. There are also concerns unseasonal hail fall could have had a further impact. Almond trees in the Albox area were also damaged due to hail fall from earlier storms, according to Spain’s Met Office. Farmhouses were also affected, AEMET added. Francisco Torrecilla, the mayor of Albox, said: “There were storms over the fields of Oria and many of the districts and towns on the edge of the Chrivel ravine which meets with that of Albox, with both of them flowing into the River Almanzora. “It is good to have water in the ravines because it helps to boost supply, but damage has been caused.”

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‘Healthy’ path on the way ALMERIA’S Diputacion has awarded the contract for a €180,300 walkway planned for Tijola which authorities hope will be used by locals to get fit and keep healthy. The site of the pathway is currently a road which begins at Calle Garcilaso de la Vega and ends at Calle Miguel Angel Blanco.

It is 640 metres long and is surrounded by plants and trees with views of a nearby canal. Mario Padilla, the mayor of Tijola, said the works would mean locals got more use out of the thoroughfare. “This is the first step to plans which we intend to complete by creating more

such spaces across the town meaning residents no longer have to move to greenways,” Padilla said. The company which is due to undertake the works is tasked with making repairs to the road to stop landslides into the waterway which sometimes take place. There are also plans to

FITNESS BOOST: The new walkway covers an area of 640 metres.

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TAPPED: The project aims to improve pipelines. THE Diputacion de Almeria has approved some €191,000 in funding to refit Zurgena’s water pipe network as part of an €8 million province-wide improvement scheme. Works in Zurgena are set to focus on the supply of drinking water. La Alfoquia, Cañada del Herrero, Calle Nueva Avenida, Virgen del Saliente, Marquesado, Barrio Alto, Camino Real, Los Limoneros and Avenida Andalucia areas are all set for refits, provincial authorities said. Oscar Liria, the Diputacion’s development spokesperson, said the authority had made

the providing of quality water one of its main priorities. “We have invested €30 million since 2011 and we are continuing to approve new projects and improve water networks throughout the province,” the official said. “We are solving the lack of water in certain areas and we are working to ensure it continues to reach every tap,” he added. The works in Zurgena come as part of the Diputacion’s €8 million Integrated Water Cycle Network, which is managed by the publicly-owned GALASA firm.

clear the land alongside the road of shrubbery and tree stumps, widen it to three metres, install street lighting and put in benches and bins. The canal next to the path will have to be channelled in order to widen the pathway. The works come as part of wider plans to create more space for sports and other

outdoor activities in the town. Oscar Liria, the Diputacion’s development spokesperson, said the works would allow for the creation

of stable jobs in the town. “Congratulations on an initiative that involves a stimulus for the town and a boost to healthy habits,” Liria said.

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HEAVY rains have left many roads and tracks unuseable and left residents stranded in their own homes, according to the Albox Partido Popular (PP) political party. Now it is demanding that town mayor Francisco Torrecillas ensures damaged routes are fixed ‘immediately.’ The opposition party says that the responsibility to repair the damage caused by last week’s storms rests with the council, adding that that is a fact he seems ‘unaware of.’ According to local PP spokesman, Juan Pedro Pérez Quiles, the rains and the exits from the gulleys have been a serious problem for residents of the municipality’s outlying hamlets. He claims that passage of water has caused subsidence, sinking and flooding, which has left rural roads and tracks impassable. Pérez Quiles added that several residents of the affected areas have been unable to get in or out of their properties by car, saying PP

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officials had verified the situation in person. He went on to take a pot shot at the mayor, saying that instead of looking for solutions, he confronts local citizens through social networks. The PP says that thanks to the provincial council the main road was fixed on Friday, adding that Albox Council should have done the same for smaller roads and tracks. He added that neighbouring towns hired machines and had staff working over the weekend to repair roads so residents were inconvenienced as little as possible. Pérez Quiles said: “Whether it’s Friday, Saturday, Sunday or the Lord’s Day. Our duty and responsibility is to be close to our neighbours, to respond and to provide all the means and resources necessary to solve the problems as quickly as possible.”

ROAD CALL: PP members have called for action on the damage.

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Squared away FACE LIFT: The Plaza Mayor has a new look. RENOVATIONS to Albox’s Plaza Mayor have been completed with the enlarging of space for pedestrians on the site next to the Santa Maria church. Stone from the Albox area was used to pave the square, which is a popular gathering point for residents of the town. Albox Council said pedestrians had gained more secure space in which to enjoy the town.

“We continue to work on the recovery of the town’s historic features. Soon the convent, the new headquarters of the town hall, will also be renovated,” the local authority said. Francisco Torrecillas, the mayor of Albox, said: “This is the second phase of the remodelling of the Plaza Mayor and it had the same objectives as the first. “These were to provide more historic

space, as well as a larger and more secure area for pedestrians which looks nicer,” Torrecillas said. The completion of the Plaza comes as works to the Casa Convento, the building which is set to house Albox Town Hall, look set to be finished by the end of the year. Both projects come as part of a wider project to regenerate Albox’s historic town centre.

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MODERN FLAIR: A new look for a traditional concept.

BMW has premiered its latest roadster, the Z4. Setting for the official launch was Pebble Beach Golf Links in Monterey, California where the open-top two-seater took the classic roadster concept into ‘the world of today and tomorrow,’ according to BMW. In Pebble Beach, the Munich-based premium carmaker will present the exclusive BMW Z4 M40i First Edition (combined fuel consumption: 7.1-7.4 l/ 100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 162168 g/km). It has an extremely powerful 250 kW/340 hp, straight six-cylinder engine and a sports suspension with electronically controlled dampers, M Sport braking system and an electronically controlled M Sport differential in the rear axle transmission. The BMW M Performance automobile takes 4.6 seconds to sprint from a standstill to 100 km/h. Vertically aligned headlights, the

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(141 mph), a quick 0-100 kph time of 7.7 seconds, fuel consumption of 18.1 kpl (51.4 mpg) and emissions of 134 g/km. Underway, the X2 is smooth and responsive, with accurate steering with good feedback. On the corners it is remarkably composed and ride comfort is very good on all but the roughest surfaces, when the harder suspension and larger wheels

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LIVERPOOL make the trip to the East Midlands to face Leicester on Saturday secure in the knowledge they have the main man when it comes to goals and assists. Mohammed Salah - who scored the winner in their last match against Brighton - has been directly involved in 45 Premier league goals since the start of last season. His 34 goals and 11 assists is 12 more than anyone else. For their part Leicester won for the first time in seven matches after going behind. Harry Macguire scored the winner in added time. Sitting in second place in the table Chelsea, who are behind Liverpool on goal difference, beat Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle 1-2 away. This meant new boss Maurizio Sarri became the fifth Chelsea manager to win his first three Premier League matches in charge. The others were Jose Mourinho,

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TOP SCORER: Mohammed Salah is congratulated by Virgil van Dijk.

Gus Hiddinck, Antonio Conte and Carlo Ancelotti. He will be trying to make it four in a row when Chelsea travel to Bournemouth on Saturday who are in fifth place after a 2-2 home draw against Everton. Arsenal, who finally broke their duck with a 3-1 win over West Ham after losing to Manchester City and Chelsea, head to Wales to play Cardiff on Sunday. West Ham’s Issa Diop will hope for better luck in his match against Wolves. He became the eighth Premier League player to score an own goal on debut. On the other hand Wolves will have had a confidence boost after they held champions Manchester City to a 1-1 draw. Manchester United head for Burnley looking to get their season on track, while Tottenham are away to Burnley - both games are being played on Sunday. Credit: @Carlossainz55/Twitter

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BARCELONA face newly promoted Huesca on Sunday as they aim to keep their 100 per cent record going. So far the Catalan team have seen off Alaves 3-0 and followed that win with a 0-1 result away from home against Valladolid. Ousmane Dembélé scored the only goal and Luis Suarez had another chalked off for offside as newly promoted Valladolid gave the reigning champions a scare. They thought they had equalised, only for a header by Keko to be disallowed for offside when reviewed by VAR. Barcelona will be back home for their next match and will be hoping they are not as difficult to break down as Valladolid were.

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Barca survive VAR scare WINNER: Rohan Dennis won the opening time trial.

WINNER: Dembélé scored the winner. Real Madrid sit on top of the table on goal difference from Barcelona, and will also be playing at home, this time to Leganes. Madrid are brimful of confidence after beating Girona 1-4 away, with Kenzema scoring a brace. Gareth Bale knocked in one and Sergio Ramos another as the club showed they can live without Cristiano Ronaldo. Atletico Madrid will hope to follow up their first win of the league season with one on the road as they head to Celta Vigo on Saturday. An Antoine Griezmann goal was enough to see off bottom of the table Rayo Vallecano in their last match. Sevilla meanwhile have a

tough assignment if they are to hang on to third spot. They have started the season with an impressive 1-4 win away to Rayo Vallecano, but followed that up with a disappointing 0-0 home draw against Villareal. On Sunday they cross the city for the big derby game against Real Betis. The latter may only have one point so far this season, but they are guaranteed to put up a fight against their local rivals. Valencia have had a poor start to the season, languishing in 15th spot with a solitary point. They head to seventh placed Levante on Sunday hoping to kick-start their season.

La Vuelta returns… LA VUELTA (Tour of Spain) cycling race started this week in Malaga before heading off into the Costa del Sol. Rohan Dennis (BMC) won the opening time trial, beating Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski into second place by six seconds with Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal) third. Although short - the flat course was just eight kilometres long - it gave cycling enthusiasts the chance to see their heroes at close quarters. Sunday saw the teams start off from Marbella on a course that took them to the Caminito del Rey in El Chorro. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) out-sprinted Kwiatkowski to take the stage having overhauled earlier attacker Laurens De Plus

(Quick-Step Floors) who came in third. The cyclist stayed on the Costa del Sol for stage three, racing from Mijas to Alhaurin de la Torre, before heading off east of Malaga. Stage four started in Velez-Malaga and went on to Sierra de la Alfaguara. Next up was the Granada to Roquetas de Mar route as stage five, before today’s (Thursday) Huercal-Overa to San Javier stage. Tomorrow cycling enthusiasts can view the riders on the Puerto Lumbreras (Murcia) to Pozo Alcon (Jaen) stage. Saturday sees the tour going from Linares to Almaden as the riders head further inland and up to northern Spain and Andorra in the coming weeks.