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Desert challenge shows off Almeria ENTHUSIASTIC sportsmen and women braved last Saturday’s unsettled weather to take part in The Desert race, one of the most demanding events of its kind in the country. The second edition of this ultra-endurance challenge attracted 5,300 competitors. Setting off from Almeria City, cyclists completed a gruelling 100-kilometre route and walkers 70 kilometres through spectacular landscapes, including the Alhamilla and Gádor mountains, before crossing the finishing line in Roquetas de Mar. The event was organized by the Alfonso XIII Legion Brigade in collaboration with the provincial government and the councils of the seven municipalities the race went through. It is one of four similar challenges the Legion organises on Spanish territory, the goal of which is to promote sport and a healthy lifestyle under the slogan ‘The Legion and desert unite us.’ Almeria City mayor Ramón Fernandez-Pacheco underlined the benefits of the challenge to the local economy, commenting “This race represents that emotional link which Almerians have with the Legion, with our

ENTHUSIASTIC: Keen competitors set off on The Desert ultra-endurance challenge. base, because The Desert is a weekend which leaves many positive things for Almeria and Almerians.” Sports Councillor Juanjo Segura echoed the mayor’s sentiments, saying, “We have to thank the Legion for the opportunity The Desert means for promoting Almeria within the sphere of sport tourism. Many people come from elsewhere, who are going to stay overnight in America, who are going to eat and buy in our establishments.” Provincial government

Vice-President Javier Aureliano García was also among the dignitaries seeing the competitors off at the starting line. “Without the Legion this would not be possible and the province of Almería will always feel indebted to them”, he said. “It is very lucky for us, and not all provinces have the luck of having our uniqueness. It is precisely due to that that the race is held here, which is a presentation card for what we are working on, pairing up tourism with sport. It is a

Rail setback

THE Almeria Railway Defence Board has reacted angrily to news of a possible delay in the arrival of an AVE high-speed rail service to the provincial capital until 2025, describing it as a ‘new blow.’ Referring to a Public Works Ministry internal report, the public platform said

the view that putting back the completion date of a high-speed connection by two years could be necessary due to reasons of capacity at the Puerta de Atocha and Chamartín stations in

showcase for what Almeria means both at national and international level.” The day before the race the Parque de las Almadrabillas in Almeria City centre was the venue for the first Mini-Desert, 400 under-16s taking part in the non-competitive races, which raised money for the URA Clan Foundation for the integration of children with a disability. There was also the opportunity to try the best of the province’s produce at the parallel Flavours of Almeria fair.

Madrid was difficult to believe. It said the news was like a slap in the face to Almeria society, tired of promises about the arrival date of a high-speed train service, and which has been waiting for seven years for works on the infrastructure project to resume.

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NEWS EXTRA Time to change! DON’T forget to change your clocks! At 3am on Sunday morning the time goes back one hour to 2am - so you get an extra hour in bed.

Extra wait DUE to the November 1 national holiday you will have to wait an extra day for next week’s edition of the Euro Weekly News. We will hit the streets on Friday rather than Thursday. Sorry for the delay but we hope you agree that we are worth the wait!

Fire rally ABOUT 5,000 firefighters from across Spain took to the streets of Madrid last Saturday to call for their profession to be nationally regulated after the death of one firefighter in 2016 resulted in complications for his surviving family.

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EU budget warning Officials dismiss debt concerns By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S Finance Minister has said the European Union (EU) will likely approve the country’s budget plans amidst reports Brussels officials were preparing to warn Madrid over public debt concerns. Maria Jesus Montero said a letter that EU finance officials were due to send Spain “endorsed” measures that will see higher government spending and tax increases if approved. Montero’s comments follow speculation that the EU was preparing to warn Spain that the draft plans risked efforts to slash the country’s deficit. The deficit, or negative difference between income and outgoings for the Treasury, stood at more than

NO WORRIES: Montero said the EU would approve Spain’s plans.

€36.2 billion at the end of last year according to government data. “We understand that Brussels will give its endorsement to our budget plans,” Montero said after a Council of Ministers meeting last Friday. Pablo Casado, leader of

the conservative opposition Partido Popular (PP), said the budget plans amounted to a two-year election campaign for the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE). “The government wants to spend money on unnecessary promises at the expense of the future deficit and debt,”

Casado said. EU officials are concerned about whether planned spending hikes can be covered by proposed increases in taxes, including the planned ‘digital’ levy on large technology firms. The EU has the power to strike down Spain’s budget

plans if it deems them too costly. Diplomatic sources said Brussels is not considering this. The Spanish government has been preparing its response to Brussels this week. All EU member states in the eurozone are required to submit their budget plans to officials in Brussels before enacting them into law. The warning comes as the EU showed concerns over plans for Italy’s budget, another country with a large deficit and national debt which also plans increases in spending. EU budget measures were brought in following the Eurozone debt crisis during the recession, which saw countries such as Greece receive large bailouts to cover yawning gaps in their books.

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Migrant reality THE first Spanish Red Cross Immigration Congress, held in Almeria last week, focused on looking at the reality of immigration from the perspective of human rights, race and interculturalism. Attending to immigrants reaching the Spanish coast on small boats, international protection, media coverage of migration and migrant rights were among the topics the 220 congress participants discussed.

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THE BIG PICTURE Nº 37

Melting away

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TORRENTIAL downpours over the weekend led Renfe to cut the Sevilla-Granada-Almeria train service when the volume of rainfall interrupted rail circulation on a number of points along the route. The rail operator offered passengers alternative means of transport or the option of changing their tickets or getting their money back.

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Picked up MARITIME Rescue picked up 370 immigrants from the Alboran Sea on Monday, among them 38 women and seven children, who were attempting to reach the Spanish coastline in seven boats. One of the craft managed to make it to the island of Alboran where those on board were helped by the naval detachment based there.

Break-in GUARDIA CIVIL officers arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of breaking into a cafe in Roquetas de Mar and making off with a table and five chairs from a terrace, then returning the next day and stealing around €280. He is suspected of cutting through the awning, causing €450 worth of damage.

Thank you THE parents of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz, who tragically was found dead 13 days after he disappeared in February in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park, thanked all those who had helped in the search for the boy and who gave their support to the family in a ceremony at the Campohermoso Congress Palace.

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THIRTY-THREE families in Pulpi will benefit this year from the seventh edition of the One Vegetable Garden, One Family project, promoted by the local authority and the company Primaflor. Under the agreement families are able to grow their own fruit and vegetables on land owned by Primarflor, which includes plots equipped with irrigation equipment and seeds and plants to cultivate.

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IN RETREAT: Rising temperatures are melting the Monte Perdido Glacier. THIS view may be gone within a matter of years. The Monte Perdido Glacier, in the Pyrenees mountain range near the French border, is one of Spain’s last remaining glaciers. The one-kilometre long and 500 metres high glacier lies near the summit of the Vignemale mountain, one of the highest in the Pyrenees. The Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) has been monitoring the

glacier since 2011 and data currently shows it is melting at an average rate of three centimetres a day. Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, of the CSIC, told Spanish media the glacier and others in Southern Europe w ould like ly be the firs t in the world to disappear. “Studying them is very important because we can learn about how glaciers behave in their final phases and to what extent melting can speed up or slow down,”

he said. The glacier was once one complete mass of ice but it has to split into two parts in recent decades. The upper area of it was almost flat in the 1950’s but now it slopes meaning snow is less likely to settle on its surface which speeds up the melting process. Lopez-Moreno said large parts of the glacier will vanish if temperatures continue to warm at current rates.

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Drugs seized A GUARDIA CIVIL investigation led to the seizure of large quantities of illegal drugs from a property in Roquetas de Mar. Officers found hundreds of grams of cocaine, crystal meth, marihuana and an unidentified substance which was sent for analysis, as well as items commonly used to manufacture narcotics, including precision scales. The security forces were first alerted to the possibility that a home

in Roquetas was being used as a drug factory at the beginning of the month. Having identified the property, officers set up a surveillance operation, observing no-one going in or out for several days. They took the decision to go in when on an initial inspection they noticed a strong smell of marihuana coming out of an open window. The 42-year-old owner of the property was arrested on charges of producing and trafficking drugs.

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Flu jabs THE annual flu vaccination campaign got underway in Almeria this week. Just under 95,000 doses of the vaccine are expected to be administered at health centres throughout the province this autumn, 8.8 per cent up on the previous campaign. The aim is to increase coverage of the highest risk groups, among them the elderly and people suffering from chronic health conditions. Health and community service professionals and essential public

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service employees, including members of the security forces, firefighters and prison workers, will also be immunised. “Vaccination is one of the most efficient methods or preventing certain illnesses, in this case flu, among those groups of the population most vulnerable to the virus,” commented Andalucia Secretary General of Public Health and Consumption Josefa Ruiz Nearly 60 per cent of over-65s in Almeria had a flu jab last year.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1737 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 111 local stories.

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POLL OF THE WEEK Should Spain follow Canada and legalise marihuana for recreational use as some have proposed? LAST WEEK’S POLL: Do you think British tourists will be less likely to holiday in Spain after Brexit?

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BACKTRACK: The Public Safety law is controversial.

‘Gag law’ u-turn SPAIN’S ruling political party has reportedly watered down plans to reform laws which have seen protests banned after the Prime Minister previously said changes were urgently needed. The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government has ruled out repealing measures in the Public Safety Law including ones to stop the filming of police officers and ‘express’ or ‘hot’ deportations. The latter refers to immigration authorities being able to immediately send migrants back to Morocco instead of processing them in Spain first. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is currently hearing a case filed by two migrants who were deported under the rules. Reports of backtracking on reform plans, based on internal government documents seen by Spanish media, come as the PSOE laid out plans for changes they do support. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said it was “essential” that some elements of the law are repealed. “Some parts of the law are a specific and effective violation of the right to assemble and associate freely and of the right to information,” the minister said.

Grande-Marlaska added the repeal of express deportations should be dealt with under the framework of immigration laws. Politicians should wait until the case concerning the two sub-Saharan migrants being heard in the ECHR in Strasbourg is resolved, Grande-Marlaska added. PSOE proposals to change the law, which are backed by their leftist Podemos allies in Parliament, include ending requirements to notify the authorities before staging protests. The party also reportedly wants to curb police powers and make it easier for people to identify officers on duty. Proposed changes include only allowing body searches if there is ‘concrete and verifiable’ evidence of wrongdoing and limiting the time detainees can be held without charge. Plans to abolish fines for filming police officers have been toned down. The PSOE now wants to keep the restrictions in cases where it could endanger officers, their families or investigations. The news comes as government data shows the Public Safety Law has resulted in the government collecting almost €270 million in fines from the law since it was introduced. The figure excludes fines collected this year.

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The rain in Spain

SOLIDARITY: Recycling for a good cause.

Action on breast cancer VERA’S local council has been doing its bit for the fight against breast cancer. A pink ribbon adorned the front of the town hall to mark International Breast Cancer Day on Friday October 19, and last Sunday there was a walk of solidarity aimed at raising awareness about the disease. The local authority is also this year taking part in the Ecovidrio Recycle Glass For Them campaign, which aims to encourage local residents to recycle glass and contribute to a good cause at the same time.

Non-profit organisation Ecovidrio has set up two pink recycling igloos in the town’s central square, pledging that for every kilo of glass deposited in the containers they will donate a euro to the Sandra Ibarra Solidarity Against Cancer Foundation. More than 60 cities are participating in this year’s Recycle Glass For Them campaign, and there are around 250 pink igloos across the country. In support of the campaign designer Agatha Ruiz de la Rada has created a spe-

cial mini-igloo as a symbol of awarenessraising about breast cancer and solidarity with sufferers of the disease. The mini-igloo is being sold online, the profits going to the Sandra Ibarra cancer foundation. Cancer survivor Sandra Ibarra established the foundation a decade ago with the objective of promoting and coordinating efforts to combat the disease. Its work includes looking for ways to improve the quality of life of patients and cancer survivors.

THE tail end of last week and the weekend saw torrential rain hitting the Costa del Sol with massive disruption and the sad death of one firefighter who was swept away when his vehicle got into difficulty. Roads were closed, rivers flooded and some of the towns which are perched high in the mountains saw their steep stairways becoming waterfalls. Parts of Malaga Province received as much as 70 per cent of their annual rainfall and one person had to be rescued by helicopter as the flood waters threatened her life. Some pockets of habitation were untouched by floods although the rain was heavy and continuous thunder and lightning played havoc with pets which in the main are terrified by loud noises. It would be easy to blame councils and the government for the fact that the infrastructure of drains and flood controls are insufficient but sudden heavy storms such as these can’t really be controlled and at the end of the day, sadly, one just has to live with the knowledge that as the climate changes, so this type of destructive weather is likely to continue. At the end of the day we can only feel sympathy for those who have seen their houses flooded and grateful to those working in the emergency services for all that they do to try to ensure the safety of citizens wherever they may be. Also spare a thought for the animal charities which have to try to cope with literally hundreds of terrified animals who run the risk of being flooded out.

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Big screen celebration

Instagram model shares all SOCIAL media star Demi Rose set pulses racing in Ibiza, RUNWAY: Demi Rose as she embraced scorching struts her stuff. temperatures in a series of skimpy bikinis. The Instagram model put on a provocative display last week in a ripped neon yellow bikini that left little to the imagination, teaming it with a topless cap, aquamarine PVC boots and her poodle, Teddy. Ibiza was the island of Demi’s choice for shooting the first in a series of modelling campaigns for her own swimwear line, and she turned heads as she transformed the streets into her own personal runway. Sharing almost every minute of her life with her 7.7 million followers, it was no surprise that even her departure was turned into a photo opportunity. Luxury liners moored in the idyllic harbour, surrounded by pools of sunshine, provided the perfect backdrop as the ex of American rapper Tyga, said goodbye to sunny Ibiza for another year.

Classy Cruz PENELOPE CRUZ’S lookalike sister Monica is the sensational face of luxury jewellery brand Majorica, launched last week in Spain. The 41-year-old actress

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and dancer modelled a royal blue front zip dress and black ankle boots, while strategically showing off pieces of Rock Star merchandise from her collection.

THE glitzy seventh annual Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival is due to kick off today (Thursday) with a planned cocktail gala and glamorous red carpet arrival of celebrities. Among the big screen and television hotshots hitting the island are Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. The Hollywood hunk starred in a string of blockbusters including sci-fi movie Doctor Strange (2016), Casino Royale (2006), and Amer-

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RED CARPET: Doctor Strange star Mads Mikkelsen will attend the Mallorca film festival.

Hip hop queen NICKI MINAJ is one of the first performers confirmed for the MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao on November 4. The undisputed queen of hip hop released her platinum selling, highly-anticipated fourth studio album ‘Queen’ in August, her first in four years. Ariana Grande and Camila Cabello are leading the gong nominations, with Drake, U2, Foo Fighters and David Guetta among others.

ican psychological horror-thriller television series, Hannibal (2013-2015). The grande dame of Spanish film, actress Marisa Paredes, 72, will also make an appearance to receive an award for her contributions to the industry during a career spanning almost 60 years. The festival, organised by actress and director Sandra Seeling Lipski, will see the unveiling of more than 100 films, documentaries and music videos, from 23 countries. And the ever-growing Made In Baleares section will present a record-breaking 24 films produced and directed locally.

HEADLINER: Nicki Minaj.

Sheer style ISRAELI supermodel Bar Rafaeli suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Cosmopolitan Awards 2018 in Madrid last week. The 33-year-old, ex-girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio caused a stir as she flashed her bra underneath a sheer polo neck top. But she still looked sensational in a leather wrap skirt with large gold belt and towering black heels. MODEL: Chic Bar Rafaeli

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NEWS EXTRA Pool sorted ADRA’S municipal indoor swimming pool looks guaranteed to remain open for at least the next four years following town hall approval for awarding the €395,000 a year contract for managing the facility to company Clece.

House blaze drama

Shoe haul A ROUTINE check of vehicles disembarking at Almeria port from Morocco led Guardia Civil to discover more than 100 pairs of trainers hidden under a blanket, the vehicle owner having said he had nothing to declare.

Lotto luck FIRST prize in Saturday’s National Lottery draw went to a lucky winner who bought their ticket from an outlet in Albox, the winning number being 88.894, and earning the ticket holder a tidy €600,000.

CONTROLLED: Guardia Civil officers helped douse the flames. A GUARDIA CIVIL patrol helped douse a house fire following an emergency call out to a building in the Las Colinas area of Aguadulce. When the two officers arrived at the scene they found smoke billowing out of the property and a number of local residents waiting outside

for the emergency services to arrive. The officers immediately alerted the fire brigade then entered the building to check no one was still inside. They came across two residents trying to put out the blaze. The officers grabbed extinguishers from the hallways and be-

tween them all they managed to bring the fire under control until the fire service could get to the scene and thoroughly extinguish the flames. One of the officers later had to be treated at a medical centre for inhaling a large amount of smoke and toxic gases.

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Road upgrades MAJOR upgrades are set to be carried out on one of the main roads in Palomares and a principal street in Cuevas del Almanzora town. The works on Calle Las Bombardas in Palomares will begin at the start of next year and will include the replacement of the water and drainage pipes, placing power lines underground and installing new lampposts and street lighting with LED technology. The road will be resurfaced, and there will be new pedestrian crossings and signposts. The thoroughfare will be widened to 10 metres, improving traffic flow. Cuevas mayor Antonio Fernández Liria described the improvements as “very necessary on being one of the roads with most traffic

in the district,” while councillor for Palomares and district mayor María Isabel Alarcón said they would “improve the daily life of Palomares residents.” The Cuevas local authority will pay 65 per cent of the €400,000 budget for the Palomares road improvements and the provincial government the remaining 35 per cent. Calle Las Maravillas in Cuevas town is earmarked for resurfacing and for new LED-powered street lamps. These works come under the Andalucia regional government’s 2018 Rural Employment Development Programme, under which there are also plans to repair the El Realengo plaza and roundabout and to improve access to the El Rulador hermitage.

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Seniors’ residence necessary GARRUCHA mayor María Lopez Cervantes has described a municipal residence for the elderly as one of the “most important” projects of her administration’s mandate, and a “very necessary resource for the municipality.” Speaking at a symbolic act last week to mark the start of works on the new centre, the mayor said the aim was for residents and daycare users to feel interconnected with each other

and with their surroundings. The building is planned to accommodate 64 residents and 30 day attendees. Facilities are to include 10 single and 27 double bedrooms, as well as areas for different health services, among them rehabilitation and occupational therapy. The residence project is also expected to create 45 jobs, including physiotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses and cooks.

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Works all set to go WORKS on a section of the road leading up to Mojacar village are all set to go. The new town hall building will be in front of this section of La Avenida Paris, where there is currently no pavement on the approach to the right. The council expects the works will improve pedestrian and traffic safety. The works are scheduled to take three months to complete. The street will remain open to vehicles over this period, but the council recommends going via the cemetery roundabout to avoid traffic jams to reach the primary and nursery schools and the municipal sports centre. Further municipal works scheduled for the near future include the installation of LED streets lights in the area around Mojacar Playa’s commercial centre, el Faz and Marina de la Torre and repainting zebra crossings on the beach road. Other works due to be carried out include building additional niches in the municipal cemetery and doing up an area set aside for families where they can put up a plaque in memory of loved ones who have been cremated. The council is meanwhile undertaking the general maintenance and improvements usually done at this time of year in preparation for the commemoration of

IMPROVEMENTS: The works are expected to make the road safer.

All Saints’ Day on November 1. A council plenary session also approved the purchase of

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Snow falls in south Long live Spain SKI RESORT: ‘It looks like Christmas.’ SNOW has covered the Sierra Nevada ski resort ahead of its opening for the winter season. Yesterday the most southerly ski station in Eu-

rope tweeted a video with the tag: ‘It looks like Christmas.’ The Sierra Nevada, in Granada Province, Andalucia, is typically open from late November to early May

for the ski season. The resort lies 27 kilometres from Granada City and less than 100 kilometres from Motril. The highest summit of the Sierra Nevada range is Mulhacén at 3,481 metres, the highest ski lift and piste goes to just below Veleta, which is at 3,398 metres. There are a total of 128 runs with 19 green (very easy), 43 blue (easy), 52 red (difficult) and seven black (very difficult). Snowboard and ski teachers number 400 across 15 ski schools.

BY 2040, Spain is set to overtake Japan as the country with the longest life expectancy, according to a study published in the journal Lancet. With a predicted lifespan of 85.8 years, Spain will rise from fourth place to edge out Japan which will average 85.7 years. In another development, the United States will drop from 43rd position in the world (79.8 years) to 64th, while China will rise from 68th to 39th (81.9 years). The United Kingdom is likely to rise up the league table from 26th place to 23rd, with life expectancy increasing from 80.8 years in 2016 to 83.3 years in 2040. Researchers based their study around five ‘drivers’ of average lifespans, which are all related to so-called ‘lifestyle’ diseases: high blood pressure, alcohol intake, tobacco use, being overweight, and high blood sugar. They also incorporated information about rates of cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. The World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Competitiveness Report’ recently listed Spain as one of the healthiest countries, and it also ranks highly in its healthcare system. With the exception of Afghanistan, the bottom 30 countries in 2040 - with projected lifespans between 57 and 69 - are either in sub-Saharan Africa or small island states in the Pacific.

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NEWS EXTRA Family reforms A NEW Murcia regional government family law which views abortion as a ‘failure of the natural process of maternity, not a right’ has been accused of setting the cause of women’s rights back decades.

Drug claims NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old man in Valencia in connection with drug trafficking, sexual assault and threatening behaviour, after his partner accused him of violence and officers allegedly found narcotics prepared for sale at his home in Maritim.

Aerial aid THE Director General of Traffic has announced that five remote-controlled drones are ready to be deployed on Spanish roads and will initially be used in ‘special traffic operations motivated by sporting, recreational or festive events.’

Crime hike ACCORDING to figures released by the Catalan regional police force, reports of crimes, particularly thefts, have jumped by 19 per cent in Barcelona so far this year, a total of 146,446 incidents up until the end of August.

Mini tremor TORREMOLINOS suffered a minor earthquake on Monday at 1.12pm, and according to the National Geographic Institute it measured 3.4 on the Richter scale and originated 91 kilometres underground, no reports were made to emergency services.

Dodgy meat SIX members of a criminal organisation have been arrested in connection with distributing more than 1,000 tonnes of ‘bad meat’ to firms in Madrid and Valencia, with eight more under investigation.

A NEW study has honoured Spain with the world’s best beaches award 2018. It has been named the country with the most Blue Flags, 696, than anywhere else in the world. The findings were revealed by the Association of Environmental Education (ADEAC), the Spanish section Federation of Environment Education (FEE). The award was set up in 1987, and Spain has dominated the competition

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Playas take top prize ever since, collecting more ‘quality beaches’ than Portugal, Greece, France and Turkey.

Factors taken into consideration by judges include beach safety, water quality, environmental information

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and management. The top three regions were Valencia which received 132 flags, Galicia with 109 and Cataluña which was awarded 101 flags. Despite being 186 miles away from the nearest coast, Madrid was given its first flag for the Virgen de la Nueve, which is located on the banks of San Juan reservoir close to the town of San Martin de Valdeiglesia.

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NEWS EXTRA Flight fight SECURITY officers at Guacimeta Airport, Lanzarote, arrested a 20-year-old Spanish man for allegedly throwing his two-year-old son on the floor during an argument with his partner at baggage reclaim.

Boar war OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil have arrested a man whose dogs attacked and killed a wild boar at a house in Simat de la Valldigna, Valencia, while it was filmed and spread on social media.

Flood cost LESS than two weeks after the floods that devastated the Mallorcan district of Sant Llorenc, leaving 13 dead, the island’s council has calculated the extent of the damage to infrastructure amounts to €91 million.

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Call for Spain to legalise cannabis SPAIN should legalise cannabis according to the leader of the Podemos political party. “It is absurd that you can buy tequila or gin from a supermarket, but marihuana is illegal,” said Pablo Iglesias, who has led the grass-roots anti austerity party since its inception. Podemos had organised a forum on the drug with a view to following nine USA states and Canada into legalising the cultivation, sale and consumption of cannabis. If their ideas come to fruition it would mean farmers would have a new cash crop. People would need a licence to grow, harvest and sell cannabis, with the political party aiming for controls which would favour private crops, small holdings and farming cooperatives in order to stop big business taking control. At the moment the sale and cultivation of the drug is illegal, as is the public consumption of the drug, although smoking it in private spaces is not deemed against the law. “The legalisation must be implemented mainly for medical use and research,” said Podemos. In a para-

MAKE IT LEGAL: Pablo Iglesias wants to relax cannabis laws.

dox, Spanish law permits the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes, but it is not classed as a medicine so can’t be prescribed for medical purposes - only cannabis derived products may be used on a doctor’s prescription. Podemos said that legalising the drug would replace the black market, reduce crime and control the age of people buying it. At the moment 90 per cent of young people say they have easy access to cannabis. The political party added that tax revenues from the drug could be used to transform Spain’s public health care service. However, the proposals have a long way to go before they are made into law as there is no political consensus on the matter. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has avoided the debate on legalising the drug, saying when asked about the issue on a trip to Canada that he had enough problems as it is. Canada earlier this week partially legalised cannabis. People can now possess up to 30 grammes of the drug.

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Jailed for making sex abuse complaint

A WOMAN who accused two men of sexual abuse, saying they drugged her before assaulting her, has been jailed for two years after a judge decided she was lying. Granada’s Criminal Court sentenced the woman after two men she had denounced were acquitted of using burundanga (Hyoscine, also known as scopolamine) to make her compliant. The judge decided that Raquel G O had made a false accusation, which could have had serious consequences for the men. As well as the jail term she must pay the victims €3,000 each. The facts date back to an early morning in December 2013 when the married woman, who has children, went to a disco with a friend after holding a business dinner. The woman then said that she had completely lost

JAILED: Judge at Granada Criminal Court sentenced the woman. consciousness despite having had only two drinks, the last one bought by two strangers. She declared that she only remembered having sexual relations with the two defendants, one next to the discotheque and the other in the town of Motril. She de-

nounced both of them for a crime of sexual abuse for which the Attorney General’s Office requested eight years in prison. The trial held in July 2016 saw the defendants aquitted. The judge found no evidence of drugs or any criminal ac-

tivity. Now, having heard that a witness said Raquel was “very drunk”, the judge has sentenced her on the basis that she made the complaint despite knowing that the facts she presented “did not correspond in any way to reality.”

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CARS were washed away and houses left underwater last weekend after flash floods ripped through parts of Spain one week after 13 people died following storms in Mallorca. Red alerts were issued in parts of Andalucia and Malaga Province following some of the worst floods ever recorded. The Costa Blanca and north eastern parts of Spain were also struck by heavy rainfall. King Felipe has spoken to both Junta de Andalucia President Susana Diaz and Diputacion de Malaga head Elias Bendodo about the situation. Emergency services despatched helicopters to villages inland from the Costa del Sol to rescue several people trapped in their homes. Personnel were called out 621 times in Malaga Province alone, with a total of 924 incidents recorded across Andalucia. Almost 400 litres of rainwater fell across Malaga Province in the space of 24 hours, the largest

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Floods strike Spain DELUGE: Cars were washed away by floodwater. SUBMERGED: Houses were left underwater in parts of Malaga Province. amount ever recorded, according to Spain’s AEMET Met Office. One firefighter was found dead near Campillos on Sunday after his vehicle overturned and he was swept away by the torrent, according to emergency services. The village of Jimera de

Libar, in the Serrania de Ronda area of Malaga Province, was left underwater after a nearby river burst its banks. Parts of Valencia Region, Cataluña’s Tarragona Province and Teruel Province in Aragon were also struck, with roads cut and several people left stranded. The Valencian town of Tav-

ernes de la Valldigna saw around 218 litres of water per square metre fall, 128 of which fell in one hour according to AEMET. Gandia and Simat were also badly hit. The firefighter in Malaga Province was the 20th person to be killed in floods in Spain so far this year.

The storms are the fifth major downpour to strike the country in 2018. A total of 11 Spanish regions, including Murcia, the Balearic Islands and Valencia, were put on alert in September. Parts of Almeria Province including Albox and towns across the Almanzora Valley were also struck by storms last August.

DOWNPOUR: Emergency services were called in across Spain.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

Weapons woes THE death of reporter Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul earlier this month has had global repercussions, with arms sales to Saudi Arabia once again called into question. Many have blamed the Saudi regime and have called for weapons shipments to end. The Saudis have denied any involvement and have vowed to investigate the death. Germany has already halted arms shipments to Riyadh this week and Canada is considering doing the same. Politicians in Spain have wrestled with the issue several times this year due to Riyadh’s intervention in the Yemen Civil War decried by human rights groups and others including Khashoggi. The weapons sales are highly lucrative for Spain. Madrid sold the third-largest amount of arms to the Saudis out of all other suppliers from 2012 to 2016. The country’s Navatia shipyard is also set to build five warships for the Saudis as part of a €1.8 billion contract. A trade union representing workers there is concerned that a diplomatic spat could risk thousands of jobs. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) is now in a difficult position.

ARMS CONCERNS: Spain’s King Felipe with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Pablo Echenique, of the leftist Podemos party, has called on the government to halt the sale of weapons to the Saudis. The PSOE depends on the wider Unidos Podemos leftist coalition’s 67 members of parliament to pass legislation, including the budget. But the party cannot afford to be seen putting thousands of workers out of a

job if they cancel the Navatia deal and others. Sanchez has so far erred on the side of keeping deals with the Saudis in place. In the wake of Khashoggi’s death, he may have to decide whether he wants to save those contracts or his delicate parliamentary alliance.

Call to vote BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain has said a final vote on the country’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is unlikely. His comments come as an estimated 700,000 people marched through London to call for a ‘People’s Vote,’ or second referendum on Brexit. Brexit remains as divisive as ever but recent polls suggest public opinion in Britain is turning away from leaving the EU. A total of 47 per cent of people surveyed in a recent YouGov poll said Britain took the wrong decision when it voted to leave the bloc in 2016. Around 40 per cent said it was right. British Prime Minister Theresa May has already ruled out a second vote. If another ballot were to take place it would be unlikely to be put forward by Conservative MPs. Polling data suggests such a vote would likely be on a knife edge, making it unlikely that a second vote would settle matters once and for all. Hardline Brexiteers would brand the move as evidence of an establishment conspiracy to upend the 2016 referendum result. Remain supporters argue voters should be allowed a final say on what is arguably the biggest change in Britain’s constitutional arrangements since it joined the EU’s forerunner the EC in 1972. Unless there are major personnel changes in Westminster between now and next March Ambassador Manley looks set to be proved right.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

SCHOOL STRIKE: Russians across the country mourned those killed in Kerch.

Putin’s college shooter claims PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has said a mass shooting at a Crimean college which left 21 people dead and dozens injured was sparked by similar attacks in the USA. “Everything started with well-known tragic events in schools in the United States. Young people with unstable minds create false heroes for themselves,” Putin said. Suspect Vladislav Roslyakov also died in the Kerch shooting.

Spain trial acquittal SPAIN’S National Court has found 17 defendants accused of alleged mafia links, including a State Duma deputy and other Russian nationals, not guilty. The court acquitted the defendants claiming there was not enough evidence to convict them on charges of money laundering and fraud in a 143-page ruling.

State-linked tweets TWITTER has said it has identified more than 3,840 accounts it claimed were linked to a Russian state-backed misinformation campaign staged during the United States’ 2016

presidential election. The social network published around 10 million tweets it said were linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency which US officials claimed co-ordinated the campaign.

Trump ‘listens’ PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has said his opposite number in the United States Donald Trump listened to him and was keen to improve Moscow-Washington relations. Putin said he had a “completely normal and professional” dialogue with the US President and added though they had their disagreements that was normal between heads of state.

Ship ‘stuck’ in port A RUSSIAN container ship remains in eastern China due to port officials there fearing they would be hit by United States sanctions, its owners have claimed. The Neptun container ship, one of six subject to US sanctions, has spent four months in Nantong amidst claims it was transferring refined petroleum to North Korean vessels, Gudzon said.

Hot autumn MOSCOW locals took to social media la s t w e e k to s ha re pi ct ur es of themselves enjoying hotter than usual October weather in the capital. Photos showed residents basking in w a rm s uns hine in pa rks and ot her spots in the city and taking part in outdoor activities while leaves brown and fall from the trees. It comes as weather officials said temperatures had topped 50-year records for the month.

SCORCHER: Locals enjoyed warm weather.

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Chain reacts CARREFOUR has announced that it is confident its overhaul plan is on track after its sales growth accelerated in the third quarter. The international supermarket chain is in the midst of a fiveyear plan to cut costs and jobs and boost e-commerce investment to help it react to competition from Amazon. Carrefour is reaping the benefits of price cuts and an expansion into convenience stores, and is on track to achieve cost savings of €2 billion by 2020.

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Finance overhaul agreed SPAIN’S political parties have delivered their conclusions to the Commission for the Investigation of the Financial Crisis, which has lasted a year and a half. The PSOE, the PP, Ciudadanos, Podemos and the PNV agree that poor supervision has been a key factor, and are calling for radical changes. They recommend that the Bank of Spain monitors the solvency of banks, insurers and securities firms, while the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) controls the

by Tom Woods markets, the behaviour of intermediaries and commercialisation. After almost a hundred witnesses and hundreds of hours of debates and exhibitions, the political parties have produced a comprehensive review that will be presented at the full Congress in November. Both PSOE and PP agree that insurers be under the stewardship of the Bank of Spain, leaving the remit of the Ministry of Economy, but the Spanish Union of Insurance and

Reinsurance Entities (UNESPA) is against it. The PP said that banking and insurance companies must have a “binding resolution of disputes between all types of financial organisations and their customers,” something that has not happened up to now. The PSOE said that the current roles of the Bank of Spain and the CNMV “generates many inefficiencies and conflicts,” which is why a reordering of responsibilities was necessary.

THE Bank of Spain has called for a thorough investigation into international payments carried out using Blockchain technology, as it believes that certain elements are capable of making transactions efficient, fast and transparent. The bank particularly highlighted distributed ledger technology (DLT) as having great potential for the Spanish financial system. However, it did add that in order for DLT to be practical and efficient within the European financial system, its implementation should be centralised.

Women’s glass ceiling

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Budget bid WITH an election looming, Pedro Sanchez’s socialist government has unveiled a draft budget for 2019 that moderately increases social spending, increases the minimum wage by 22 per cent, and raises some taxes.

Share shock STANDING OUT: Ana Botin is Chief Executive of Santander. THE presence of women in the top management of Spanish listed companies remains a rarity. According to data recently released by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), only 14.8 per cent of high-level positions are held by females. This is far from the target set for 2020 by the Code of Good Governance, which envisions women having 30 per cent of the share. The 14.8 per cent figure corresponds to 156 women in senior management positions in

listed companies. A gender gap is even higher among companies that have a turnover of less than €500 million, with the figure at only 19.9 per cent. Acerinox, Merlin Properties and Siemens Gamesa all have no female representatives on their boards, while ACS, BBVA, Grifols, Naturgy and Sacyr have less than 10 per cent. By contrast, Colonial and Red Electrica had the high proportion, at 50 per cent.

BANCO Santander is the latest big bank to become embroiled in a sprawling German fraud investigation into a shareswapping scheme that allegedly allowed investors to reclaim billions of euros of tax they never paid.

Bank blast THE National Court has ruled that Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA), the parent company of Bankia should be held liable for the alleged irregularities that led to the bankruptcy of Banco de Valencia.

Riu to reap dividends THE company behind Dublin’s Gresham Hotel last year paid a €3 million dividend to new Spanish owners the Riu Group. Accounts just filed for the business also show that the company behind the hotel made a €4.9 million operating profit in 2017 on revenue of €17.6 million. The directors of the Gresham firm, who include Riu CEO Luis Guell, noted that while revenue and

profits at the iconic hotel on O’Connell Street fell last year, it is anticipated that the figures will improve. The latest set of accounts show that the Gresham generated €13.6m in revenue from room sales last year, and €3.5m from food and bar sales. The Riu group paid €92m for the Gresham, after the hotel had been put up for sale earlier that year by Nama.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT YET again we see a bunch of arrogant, socalled world leaders assassinate someone who disagrees with their policies. I think this rather bears out my recent column on governments stopping at nothing to eliminate any individual or group that may threaten their positions or control. However, what worries me about these two recent murders, is the almost unbelievable incompetence of those who organised these utterly despicable ‘hits.’ If their government’s level of intelligence is to be judged by these glaringly flawed acts of murder, it makes me extremely nervous regarding any decisions they may need to make on world issues. Mind you, I was more surprised with Putin’s botched assassination efforts than the Saudis. I did credit the Russian hierarchy as having a bit more savvy than the arrogant bunch who reign supreme over the sandy wastelands of Saudi Arabia. Having lived amongst them for some eight years, I can tell you that the only thing they have truly learned from the 21st century is that their money can buy virtually anything. I do feel however, that with the recent atrocious act of cruelty, against an unfortunate journalist who wanted nothing more than legal papers for his upcoming marriage, they may have just underestimated the intelligence of

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MURDERED: Will the truth about Jamal Khashoggi’s death ever come to light? even Donald Trump. What they failed to realise, in their barely disguised threats to disrupt world oil supplies should their explanations not be accepted, is that unlike Russia, heavy sanctions would have them on their knees within in months. They manufacture nothing, grow nothing of

note and the heaviest work they are prepared to do is lift a pen to sign some lucrative deal or other. Without their imports, they would very soon be made to realise that you can’t eat oil or weapons of war. Having said that, you can rest assured that it will all sort itself out sooner or later. Money

still rules the world and is far more important than the life of the occasional rogue journalist or alleged traitor (or the sacrifice of those they set up to do the job!). In fact to these people, wealth is more important than millions of lives, as long as the results cement their positions of power. Mark my words, the faceless money-men who really run the planet, are burning the midnight oil and puffing frantically on their ‘Double Coronas’ as we speak! I’m rather more worried about the America/Russia nuclear treaty situation. With two highly arrogant individuals of somewhat flaky intellect in charge of their respective big red buttons, I fear we could find ourselves back in the dangerous situation we experienced in the Cold War/Cuban crisis of the 60’s. This time it is far more volatile. Iran, India, North Korea, Israel and Pakistan are now all nuclear powers. In the event of conflict between the East and West, any one of them, under the misapprehension that they could somehow be the last man standing, could bring down the apocalypse the Bible warns against. If that happens, we can all put our heads between our legs and whistle up our Barcelona’s! Keep the faith Love Leapy . leapylee2002@gmail.com

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TOWNHOUSE: Boasts a large roof terrace. dos, where facilities include a school, doctors, a pharmacy, two supermarkets, restaurants and bars, and a Tuesday market. The population of Alfaix has increased in recent years and today is approaching 400 inhabitants. It has two small supermarkets and a restaurant. If you are looking for a place under the sun, in an authentic Spanish village not far from the sea, this is an absolute mustsee!

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Penthouses remain at top of the market THE penthouse remains the undisputed jewel in the Spanish housing market. Although the value of ground floor apartments has also rebounded, the top floors have increased the pricing gap. According to real estate portal www.pisos.com the typical penthouse in Spain costs €275,735 compared to €258,876 in 2017, meaning a year-on-year price increase of 6.51 per cent. As for ground floor flats, the current average price stands at €143,891 for 85 sqm. In 2017, the price was €139,058, an increase of 3.48 per cent. The buyer who wants to enjoy good views must spend 92 per cent more than one who is happy to keep at ground floor level - that is six points higher than last year. However the figures are to some extent comparing apples to pears as they do not take account of floor areas. The average penthouse sold this year has been 118 sqm compared

GREAT VIEWS: Penthouses are very sought after. to the 85 sqm for ground floors. Per square metre, a penthouse averages €2,337, still considerably more than the €1,693 for a ground floor home but not as big a difference as the headline figures suggest. According to Ferran Font, director

of Estudios de pisos.com, “the penthouse is a safe investment that, in times of uncertainty, may see falls in price, but not significant ones. However, in moments of optimism, its value rises faster and higher then apartments on any other floor.”

They have more than 10 years’ experience and are based in Vera Playa, in the Buganvillas area, next to the Dutch bar, Cactus and the shop, ‘Luces.’ They offer a large variety of properties ranging from small budget apartments to large front line beach villas. All properties have the correct paperwork. If you are considering buying or selling a (second) home on the Costa Almeria please feel free to contact them!

Cost of renting through the roof THE cost of renting a property in Spain is now equivalent to nearly 50 per cent of an average worker’s salary, according to real estate portal pisos.com. An increase in demand for rented accommodation has pushed rental charges up by 15 per cent over the last year. At the same time, figures from the National Institute of Statistics show that wages have typically gone up by a mere 0.6 per cent over the same period. In some regions of the country the news is even worse for renters. In the Canary Islands, Cataluña and the Basque Country the cost of renting is closer to 55 per cent of average monthly earnings, in the Valencian Community it’s more than 60 per cent, and in Madrid and the Balearic Islands it’s a whopping 70 per cent. The report reveals that the most expensive parts of the country for property rentals are the Community of Madrid (€1,395 per month), the Basque Country (€1,126), and the Balearic Islands (€1,109).

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SALES BOUNCE: The figures were the highest for a decade. THE amount of houses sold in Spain during August stood at 44,637, the largest quantity for that month in more than a decade according to new figures. Data from Spainâ€™s National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed the amount sold was the

Housing market boost highest since August 2007, at the height of the pre-recession property boom. A total of 58,872 houses were sold at that time. Figures for last August show a 7.4 per cent in-

crease compared to the same time in 2017. Sales fell in month on month terms between last July and August by 2.8 per cent. Almost 352,770 new and second-hand properties have been

sold this year, a growth of 11.1 per cent compared to data posted this time last year. Fernando Encinar, from the Idealista online property portal, said figures showed as many

houses had been sold so far this year as were sold during the whole of 2015. The Madrid region saw the largest year-on-year increase in Spain, with sales rising by 7.6 per

cent compared to August 2017. The regions of CataluĂąa and the Balearic Islands were the only two in Spain where sales fell compared to August last year. They fell by a rate of 11.2 per cent and 3.2 per cent respectively.

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VILLA ANDRES: A light and airy two bedroomed property. Next is the separate, larger than average fitted kitchen with separate utility room. There are two double bedrooms, both with fitted wardrobes and aircon. The master bedroom has an en-suite shower room and there is also a family shower room. Outside, the attractive gardens are a mixture of tiled and stoned areas

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€12.2 million house sale HOUSE in the Madrid region has being sold for €12.2 million in one of the most expensive sales carried out this year, according to a property website. The property, in the La Moraleja area, is three floors high and covers an area of 2,100 sqm on a plot of around 11,000 square metres, Idealista said. The sale was carried out through the Everyprop luxury estate agent. Spanish businessman Trinitario Casanova bought the property, according to reports. Architects Javier de Hita and Javier Lopez Sanchez designed the house in collaboration with Gustavo Ortiz. The house contains a 220 sqm master suite with two bathrooms. There are four other suites and two bedrooms in the property, all with en suites. The first floor houses a

SOLD: The house covers 2,100 sqm. gym and an adjoining spa. The garden features a small pond complete with its own waterfall. It also features a paddle tennis and mini tennis court and a swimming pool. The house’s entrance consists of four metre automatic doors that open out onto a 70 sqm foyer. A staircase and panoramic lift connect the three floors, one of which houses a 140 sqm private cinema with a four-metre wide screen. The second floor houses living areas, a kitchen, dining rooms and small

office covering a space of 400 sqm. The third floor features several terraces along with the master suite, its bathrooms and a dressing room which covers 80 sqm on its own. The property’s modernist design allows for expansive views across its plot of land. It has a garage with room for six cars. The house has an energy efficiency rating of ‘A’ due to its geothermal air conditioning system, insulation, lighting and treated glass.

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Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

LOVE him or loathe him, there’s no way you can ignore Donald Trump. Or what’s said or written about his presidency - especially the so-called Russia connection. But why does he behave the way he does? If he’s innocent of any possible complicity, why does he keep acting as though he’s guilty? If he or his staff played absolutely no part in Russian election interference, why did he sack the FBI director James Comey, an own goal that led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller? Then there are his business links to Russia and the millions of dollars that reportedly ended up in his property empire from Russian sources. There is, too, that notorious Trump Tower meeting at which Donald Trump Jr allegedly expected to come by some scandal about Hillary Clinton from Russian sources. And there’s Trump himself, who has criticised America’s closest allies and publicly humiliated his FBI, but only ever speaks warmly of Putin, America’s foremost adversary. Was there genuine collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump election campaign

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VICTORIOUS: But were Russia involved in Trump’s election win? resulting in his surprise victory? We’ll probably never know for sure. But one thing is for sure. To those who worship The Donald, he can do no wrong because he is The Donald. To suggest otherwise is worse than lying. It’s heresy. (As set in their ways and as uncompromising as an acquaintance when asked what he thought of the Renault 5. He unhesitatingly replied

they were definitely NOT guilty!) Trumpflakes mimic Trump - any news they don’t like is dubbed ‘fake news’ or ‘alternative facts’. As for Trump himself, he’s built electoral success on the premise that truth is in the eye of the beholder. For instance he was once addressing a rally in Kansas City and let slip something that sounded as though it had come straight out of George Orwell's apocalyptic novel, 1984. He said: “Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening.” Oh, but it is, Mr Trump! Forget your ‘alternative facts.’ This is rewriting history... 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.norajohnson.net) are available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits go to the Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

How are the votes weighted? Our community has 27 units of which 14 are villas on plots and 13 are attached row houses. The community has voted that all homeowners pay an equal share of the costs. One of our owners has now stipulated that the community fees per unit should be ‘As the law says.’ In other words, they should be assigned to each unit according to the coefficient of ownership of the property. What are the voting rights when the fees are charged according to the coefficient? P V (Costa Blanca) The Law of Horizontal Property David Searl establishes that each prop- You and the Law in Spain erty in a Community of Owners shall pay the yearly fees according to its share of ownership or ‘cuota.’ If some owners have larger apartments or plots, they will pay higher fees. This coefficient of ownership share is set in the original charter of the community not by vote. The law provides that votes are decided by a ‘double majority.’ This means that both individual owners and the weight of their shares must be considered. If your dissenting owner goes to court, the judge will surely order that this system be applied.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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True democracy more complicated DEMOCRACY, well now we dream of that, all of us in our hearts, but the ruling on the case where Northern Irish bakers refused to bake a cake with a gay theme (Leapy Lee Issue 1737), was not democratic as I see it. The bakery is in the business of baking cakes, what the required writing on the cake has to do with the cake making business is beyond my understanding, it was just a personal choice similar to Aunt Bridget’s birthday. Real democracy would not get involved with such nonsense. We are all in this life together, but when we side against ‘the other’ it leads to dreadful outcomes as what else is war? If we continue to think with ideas of majorities versus minorities we will never understand democracy or what it is attempting to be - that simplification is just majority rules which in its truest sense is not actually what democracy means. Maureen Comyn

HAVE YOUR SAY

WHILST I sympathise with ‘Kev’ whose wallet was stolen from his rucksack at Alicante airport, (Some editions Issue 1736) I’d love to be able to ask him, if at any stage of his journey, did he have that rucksack on his back? There are gangs operating around crowded areas such as airports, and they are so skilled, they could take that wallet in the blink of an eye, and you wouldn’t feel a thing.

Gang warning WATCH OUT: Thieves can strike in a flash.

Seamus Neary Editor’s note: ‘Kev’ reported that he had his wallet stolen while going through airport security.

Radio times OUT of deference to the true pioneers of English Radio in the Balearics, I feel I must correct your columnist, Laura Penn, on

her recent claim to have been the instigator of the first Englishspeaking radio station on Mallorca. In fact, English radio was first introduced to the Balearic Islands

All letters by email or post should carry the writer’s address, NIE and contact number though only the name and town will be published.

by Ricky ‘Lash’ Lazaar, an American cohort of the legendary Errol Flynn, from his club in Palma in the early 80’s. It then progressed to the studios of Antenna 3 in Palma where it continued to

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Surge in migrant arrivals to Spain despite recent storms Apart from a bit of Press censorship Algeria is a reasonable country. There is no reason for anyone to pretend they are ‘refugees’, or seeking asylum. Send them back. PM

Record cruise numbers on the Costa Blanca Cruise ships harm not only passengers of the cruise but all those in the vicinity of the ship at 150 tons of fuel a day which releases as much particulate matter into the air as about one million automobiles each day… plus the entire industry dumps over one billion gallons of sewage yearly in our seas… not to mention the disruption of tourists in our ports… they don’t make residents happy in the places they visit… Felipe And everyone is talking about cars and their emissions, so why are we getting so many cruise ships and other ships letting out so much rubbish. Why are they not paying more, because it is all about money, and the car drivers are easy pickings. R Besomi

British Consulate to tour the Costa to give Brexit advice

Comments from EWN online What about the hundreds and thousands who do not live on the Costas? We need information as well. Alan Bowman

WATCH: Gang of drug smugglers turned migrant traffickers held in Spain

Expensive move

I don’t think we should let them drown, but they should be sent back where they came from. They are economic migrants not asylum seekers. The people bringing them in should be locked up. Naimah

CAN anyone help with a problem that affects the residents of Canillas de Albaida (Axarquia). If you want to sell your property, you need a DAFO certificate issued by the town hall. The cost is €7,000. C o m p e t a c h a rg e € 3 , 5 0 0 a n d Archez €2,500. Have you any suggestions as to why? It would be very interesting to know what other local authorities are charging to sell properties. Dennis Haslam

SHOCKING: More than one third of all people in Mala- WATCH: ‘English hooligans’ ga Province are at risk of trash the streets of Sevilla ahead of Nations League poverty clash with Spain They are bringing migrants in by the thousands and there are Spanish people living in poverty, there is something wrong here. Edgar

Find ’em, arrest ’em, JAIL ’em.

Colin

Emu dies from ‘stress’ afPLASTIC TRAP: Distressing ter one-mile police chase deer stuck in bottle snap in Spain goes viral in Spain Oh how brave and courageous to chase a frightened bird This poor guy was never helped??

Michael

broadcast in English for a wide audience over the next 13 years. It employed over a dozen DJs, one of the most popular being your own Leapy Lee. If only from a purely historical point of v i e w, I h o p e y o u c a n s e e y o u r way to correcting this extremely misleading, and to many ex ‘Lash’ fans, somewhat distressing report. Sylvan Whittingham

with motorbikes and then pounce on it (and gloating) as if a dangerous fugitive when already dead… pathetic… Felipe

Editor ’s note: DAFO certificates were brought in by the Junta de Andalucia in response to the estimated 200,000 ‘illegally’ built homes in the region, and affect rural properties. These were often given building licences by local town halls, which were later declared invalid.

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ELSA ARTADI, Minister of the Presidency and spokeswoman of Cataluña’s regional government, could be in trouble. An independent, who is said to be sp e n d i n g t o o mu ch time in Madrid. That’s one black mark against her name already. Like all Catalan pro-independence politicians, she wears a yello w r i b b o n t o d emo n s tra te her solidarity with the remanded or se l f - e x i l e d me mb ers of the previous regional government. N o w, r u m o u r h a s it th at s h e does not wear her ribbon all the time . “ Sh e o n l y p u ts it o n fo r press c o n f e r e n c e s an d p u b lic functions.” a tell-tale reveals. “She takes it off whenever she can because she says it spoils her clothes.” Re a ssu r i n g t o k n o w th at at lea st t h e r e ’s o n e s e p ara tis t with a m i n i m u m o f co mmo n sense.

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Hard right, soft centre THE PP’s leaders Pablo Casado an d A lb ert Rive ra , w ho he a ds Ciudadanos, will use Andalucia’s reg io n al ele c tions to w oo the Right.

Both are wasting their time. A large proportion of the Right will vote for Casado anyway because they have never voted anything other than PP. He should look to the voters who wanted former vice-president Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as party leader, not a young fogey. There’s no denying that Rivera is in a good position to scoop up votes from PP supporters, attracted by his rigid stance regarding Cataluña, but if he veers too far to the Right, he will cheese off his Centre voters. It’s the undecided Centre who bring Spanish politicians their election victories, not the Right, as Casado and Rivera could learn to their cost on December 2.

Not my bad MARIANO RAJOY, president of the Spa nis h gove rnme nt until May 31, spoke recently about the w a y he w a s e vic te d from the Moncloa.

Talking to students in Quito (Ecuador) he attributed his departure to the ‘sad role’ of the PSOE and the PNV nationalist party’s ‘lack of personality.’ Oh. Right. So it had nothing to do with National High Court’s reference to the Partido Popular’s ‘institutional corruption’ regarding funding when announcing the Gurtel case verdicts. Nothing to do with the same court’s decision that the Caja B the PP’s slush fund of black money - did exist. Nothing to do with Rajoy’s unconvincing testimony during the Gurtel trial which, according to the judges, put his credibility in doubt. Nothing to do with all those allegedly corrupt ex-ministers, remanded ex-ministers and sentenced ex-ministers. N othin g t o do wi t h Gur t el , Gurtel and more Gurtel. Gurtel? Nothing to do with him. As always, it was everybody else’s bad, never Mariano Rajoy’s.

The barest minimum PEDRO SANCHEZ and the Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias have signed a 2019 Budget pact. This increases new spendi ng by €2.8 bi l l i on and am ongst ot her t hi ngs wi l l raise the minimum wage. Obviously the Partido Popul ar has t o oppose t hi s on principle, but the Confederation of Business Organisat i ons ( CEOE) - Spai n’s equivalent of the CBI - has warned that this could hold back increases for the rest of the wage-earners. “My heart bleeds” is what those who are paid the minimum wage are probably saying.

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Cryptic Across 1 Anna taught here in Asia Minor (4) 3 Cause to lose weight? I came back and ate! (8) 9 Watches The Seekers (7) 10 This set of rooms sounds charming (5) 11 Stick out bent bugle (5) 12 Missing seaman dispatched (6) 14 Feel bitter about Sterne novel (6) 16 Some critic and leading light (6) 19 Clergyman beginning to prevent crime (6) 21 Tries different examination again (5) 24 Thin Egyptian finding slippery substance (5) 25 Fibre for number one gallery (7) 26 Fast athlete comes second to office worker (8) 27 Small county in which flowers are grown (4) Down 1 He composed Butchers' Dance (8) 2 Cancel year-book, it has a letter missing (5) 4 Accident caused by masthead on a ship at sea? (6) 5 Scots change prices (5) 6 After a shuffle, dealing is in order (7) 7 Constantly veer off (4) 8 Humiliate within the wide meaning of the word (6) 13 Ring leader is French and less

impatient (8) 15 Less salubrious fish I follow with a little ruler (7) 17 Contracted in meagre education (6) 18 Recruit an engineer with lots of time

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available (6) 20 Polish lady has a nurse (5) 22 Shiver when she drinks a cocktail (5) 23 Invites not to start tasks (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents R and 7 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 3 appears and J every time the figure 7 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Be upright (5) 4 Identify and correct computer errors (5) 7 Deadlock (9) 8 Deep, translucent red (4) 10 Holds up (6) 12 Parents and their children (6) 13 Fearless and daring (4) 16 Helper (9) 18 Edges (5) 19 Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 7 Folder (para papeles, documentos) (7) 9 Hasta (5) 10 Selfish (7) 11 Sentido (5) 12 Jarabe (líquido) (5) 14 Margaritas (7) 16 Sospechoso (comportamiento) (7) 18 Cuellos (5) 20 Con frecuencia (5) 22 Sobrinos (7) 24 Heel (5) 25 Patinete (7)

Down 1 Cut off from a whole (5) 2 Foolish person (3) 3 Unable to hear (4) 4 Type of fuel (6) 5 Swaggering show of courage (7) 6 Conjecture (5) 9 Bewildered (7) 11 Shuts (6) 12 Apartments (5) 14 Popular pub game (5) 15 Rod used by a magician (4) 17 Digit of the foot (3)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Down 1 Tornillos (6) 2 Rainbow (4,4) 3 Abejas (4) 4 Pregunta (8) 5 Tuna (4) 6 Alicates (6) 8 Coffin (5) 13 Embarazada (8) 15 Uncertain (8) 16 Pantalones cortos (6) 17 Melodías (5) 19 Tailor (6) 21 Cloth (fabric) (4) 23 Worse (4)

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

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Very good: 17 Excellent: 22

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IRISH LOTTO

Average: 9

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are likely to reveal information unintentionally. You’ll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex this week. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aged dang dare darn dart date dean dear deer dent drag drat dreg edge egad geed grad nard need nerd rand read reed rend retd teed tend trad anted dater deter eared edger gated grade grand greed raged rated tared trade tread treed trend agreed ardent danger degree derate earned endear gander garden geared gender grande grated neared needer ranged ranted rented tender angered derange deterge dragnet enraged entered grandee granted greened greeted grenade negated reneged renegade teenaged GENERATED

Tuesday October 16

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Friday October 19

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LA PRIMITIVA

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

Thursday October 18

BONUS BALL

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JOKER: 4 223 358

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Saturday October 20

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) New partnerships will develop if you join investment groups. Property investments could be prosperous. You can’t do everything on your own. Family responsibilities are escalating. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

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JOKER: 7 003 139 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your home environment may be hectic, which could result in emotional upset if you aren’t well organised. Try not to take everything so seriously. Be sure to find out all you can before you commit to anything. There might be a problem with a will or with an insurance policy. Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Put your efforts into being creative. Don’t give out any personal information that you don’t want spread around. You could lose a good friend because of it. Learn some new skills that will increase your income. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday

Sunday October 21

BONUS BALL

2 24

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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Across:

1 Cama, 3 Pavement, 8 Soldado, 9 Matar, 10 Attic, 11 Cartera, 12 Ganado, 13 Mancha, 16 Soplete, 18 Cards, 20 Isles, 21 Chapels, 22 Survivor, 23 Tajo.

1 Lashes, 4 Hordes, 9 Snapper, 10 Curse, 11 Enter, 12 Service, 13 Overpowered, 18 Traitor, 20 Ticks, 22 Plume, 23 Concede, 24 Astral, 25 Hamlet.

Down: 1 Cesta, 2 Maletin, 4 At once, 5 Entre, 6 Terraza, 7 Fancy dress, 9 Mercancías, 12 Gossips, 14 Ciruela, 15 Tercio, 17 Pelar, 19 Susto.

Down: 1 Lasted, 2 Slant, 3 Emperor, 5 Oscar, 6 Dormice, 7 Seemed, 8 Aristocracy, 14 Viaduct, 15 Estonia, 16 Utopia, 17 Aspect, 19 Theta, 21 Creel.

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Across: 1 Lie-in, 3 Sepia, 6 Rat, 8 Caldron, 9 Bream, 10 Cava, 13 Edit, 14 Eager, 17 Clanger, 18 Too, 19 Needs, 20 Scope.

Down: 1 Lark, 2 Nectar, 3 Sell, 4 Permanent, 5 Annual, 7 Terminate, 11 Deacon, 12 Walrus, 15 Ages, 16 None.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You can’t make things better if you don’t know what to fix. You may interest people in a service you have to offer. Work quietly behind the scenes for best results. Don’t hesitate to look for alternatives that will enable you to raise the kind of donations you need to do the job right. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

ers carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Those you work with may have little consideration for the underdog. You can raise your standard of living if you pick up some freelance work on the side. Don’t jump into investments too quickly. Try not to overreact to the loss. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Use your energy wisely. You may find yourself in the limelight for the wrong reasons. Someone envious of your popularity may challenge you to a debate. Travel for business purposes may bring the highest returns. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge. Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing. Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Changes involving your domestic scene may be unpleasant. Try to mix business with pleasure while travelling. You can convince anyone of anything. Get your domestic chores out of the way early.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead. Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities. Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading. Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion. Listen to oth-

You need to sit back and enjoy. Things have been moving so quickly that you need to do something physical to release your tension. Unexpected changes in friendships could occur. Make creative changes to your living quarters.

QUIZ: REINVENTING THE QUIZ 1. In 1895, which pair of French brothers patented their Cinmatographe, a cine camera and projector in one? They also invented the improved autochrome process of colour photography. 2. Thought to have originally been invented by the ancient Babylonians, what was a clepsydra? 3. What the name of the American inventor who took out the first of more than 1,000 patents at the age of 21? His inventions include the phonograph, the motion picture camera and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. 4. What was the nationality of Ernő Rubik, the inventor of the 3-D combination puzzle the Rubik's Cube? 5. Which 19th century British scientist’s inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology? 6. Which heat-resistant, strong synthetic fibre was invented by the Polish-American chemist Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965?

7. Which influential American musician formed the avant-garde rock group the Mothers of Invention in California in 1964? 8. Which of the following toys was invented first: Crayola Crayons, Etch-a-Sketch or Mr Potato Head? 9. Which pop group took their name from an 18th century English agriculturist who invented the seed drill? 10. Which type of waterproof raincoat made out of rubberised fabric that was first sold in 1824, is named after its Scottish inventor? Not a lot of people know that… Mikhail Kalishnikov, inventor of the AK-47, greatly regretted having invented the weapon, and is quoted as saying “I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work, for example a lawnmower.”

Answers: 1. LUMIÈRE BROTHERS (Auguste and Louis), 2. AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING TIME BY THE TRICKLING OF WATER (WATER CLOCK), 3. THOMAS EDISON, 4. HUNGARIAN (born in Budapest), 5. MICHAEL FARADAY, 6. KEVLAR, 7. FRANK ZAPPA, 8. CRAYOLA CRAYONS (1903), Etch-A-Sketch (1960), Mr Potato Head (1949), 9. JETHRO TULL, 10. MACKINTOSH (named after Charles Macintosh)

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Sole food WE all know fish is good for us at any time of our lives, but now scientists have found it can be particularly beneficial after we retire. Researchers have found that eating a diet rich in oily fish can reduce the risk of age-related illnesses by up to a quarter. The study carried out at Tufts University in Boston, showed that pensioners with higher levels of Omega 3 oils, those found in oily fish like salmon, mackerel and sardines, were up to 24 per cent less likely to develop heart disease, dementia and cancer. Scientists say the oils could also help to regulate blood pressure, heart rate and inflammation. Researchers tracked 2,662 people with an average age of 74 to see how they aged. The study’s lead author, Heidi TM Lai explained, “In our study we found that adults with higher blood levels of Omega 3 from seafood were more likely to live longer and healthier lives, so it is a great idea to eat more fish.” In addition, the research showed, participants in the highest group consumed about one additional weekly serving of fish, compared with the lowest group.

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Get glowing THE recent trend towards healthy, glowing complexions has also seen a move away from traditional ‘scrub’ type exfoliators to their slightly more sophisticated chemical cousins. Although the words ‘acid peel’ may bring to mind horror stories of red, angry skin, many new formulas created using natural plant or sugar acids can be gently effective. What’s more, because acids ‘gobble’ up dead skin cells rather than simply sloughing them off, they can provide a multitude of additional benefits, including higher cell turnover, increased collagen production, reduction in hyperpigmentation from sun damage (definitely a plus in Spain) and improvement in skin tone. Skin peels use one or more acids and come in a variety of forms, from toners to masks and skin pads to serums. The chemicals used range from glycolic acid derived from sugar, to malic acid from apples, and citric acid from fruit. There is also salicylic acid, a very strong and drying form of acid derived from plants. This is generally only advised for topical use, for example on a blemish rather than all over the face. In contrast, one of the gentlest acids, lactic acid, is derived from milk and provides a very light exfoliation. In fact, for an all-over gentle body exfoliation you can simply add a small

amount of powdered milk to your bath (just don’t mind the slight dairy smell!). So are acid peels for you? Unless you suffer from eczema or another skin condition, or have particularly sensitive skin, you can generally find a peel gentle enough to work for you. The less sensitive your skin is - and the longer you have been using acids - the stronger the formula you will be able to use. Sensitive and normal skin will benefit from the gentlest of peels in the form of a toner or serum, such as Pixi Glow Tonic which offers a mixture of gentle acids from €12 and promises to ‘reveal a brighter, glowing complexion.’ Oily, acne-prone or mature skins may be able to take slightly stronger formulas such as the Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel pads, from €16.50, which claims to lessen, ‘depth of lines,’ and reduce, ‘visibility of pores,’ as well as getting to work on sun damage. The main thing to remember, whatever your skin type, is that acids make your skin more sensitive to sun burn and hyperpigmentation, and so you should regularly use an SPF 30 to 50 for at least two weeks afterwards. PIXI: Suitable for all skin types.

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Back in matte with subtle cream and liquid formulas used to gently add g lo w to c h ee k b o n e s and brow bones. While the ‘lit from within’ trend shows no signs of abating, a raft of new produ cts re le a s e d th is w ee k show the look has evolved for autumn and winter, pairing a naturally glowing face with a sophisticated matte lip. This may not seem like good news for those of us who equate matte with dryness and creasing, but des p air n o t. G o n e are t he

MAYBELLINE NEW YORK: Has launched a new range. cakey, dehydrating formula s of ye s te rye a r, and in are moisturising produc ts offe ring a blurre d, pe rfe c ting look. The even better news? Matte formulas tend to stay on the lip longer than glossier ones and leave fewer marks on cups and glasses. So if you want to be ‘on trend’ just in time for party season, why not try out either of this week’s newest re le a s e s inc luding Chanel’s Rouge Liquid Powder lipstick, €35, or M A C ’s Pow de r Kiss, €19.50. Both formula s offe r full coverage with a matte, s oft-foc us finis h, w hic h promises to even out imperfections. Chanel’s launch offers a ra nge of s ix s ha de s from nudes to bright reds, while

launched a limited edition collection in collaborat i on wi t h Fr ench fashion designer, Isabel Marant. Label l ed L’ Or eal Paris X Isabel Marant Col or Ri che Li pst i ck, the collection of seven shades i s enr i ched wi t h camellia oil, ‘for enhanced comfort,’ and is available from €8.34. Last month, Maybelline New York also launched its Super Stay Matte Ink City Collection, with five shades of hydrating matte colour from €6.50.

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FOR more than a year now the hottest beauty trend has been for glowing, youthful looking skin. The look saw major cosmetics c o m p a n i e s mo v e aw ay f r o m p o wd e r f i n is h foundations, primers and moisturisers to lighter formulas promising the dewy glow of a teenager. Even blushers and eyeshadows got in on the act with powders replaced by creams, gels and glosses. Highlighters - formerly the preserve of the 1980’s als o ca m e b a c k o n t r e n d

Heat without the hurt?

M A C offers slightly more selection with 15 shades, including some deeper berry colours and beiges. For a more budget-friendly option, e a rlie r this month, L’O re a l Pa ris

BLOW DRYING. Straightening. Curling. There are plenty of ways to damage our hair in the name of styling. Whilst we can limit the damage by using lower heat, heat protectors and hydrating products, is there a way of limiting the harm at the source? Dyson certainly seem to think so. Perhaps better known for its hoovers than its haircare, the brand has sought to make in-roads in the beauty market, first launching a hairdryer two years ago and now a hair multi-tool. The Dyson Airwrap Hair Styler comes with a hefty price tag (€499.99) but promises to take the hassle and damage out of styling. Designed to be used on wet hair, the tool also comes with six attachments, using a mixture of warm air and suction to draw hair in before drying and styling. Using less heat than straighteners, a maximum 150 degrees Celsius compared to a typical straightener at 185 degrees, the tool promises less breakage and shorter styling times. The Airwrap works by ‘gripping’ the hair using innovative technology, eliminating the need for clips or barrels and creates large or small curls. Other attachments include a dryer and heated brush to straighten and dry hair. If spending almost €500 on a hair product doesn’t appeal to you, there are other multi-tools designed to reduce the stress and time of styling. At around a 10th of the price is the Babybliss Airstyler Big Hair (€46.45). This heated brush can style hair from wet using a spinning ceramic barrel to recreate the effect of a professional blow dry, either curling hair or drying it straight..

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Countdown to film festival WITH just a month to go until the 2018 Almeria International Film Festival opens, provincial Culture Deputy Antonio J Rodriguez has announced further details. The Teatro Cervantes in Almeria will be a principal venue for screenings and other festival-related activities.

“Several editions ago we took the decision to bring the festival to the centre and infect the city with the magic of the cinema,” Rodriguez commented. The deputy also said festival goers could expect a good injection of humour in the opening and closing ceremonies.

Where the design of the festival poster is concerned, designer Roberto Rodriquez explained he had based his work on images of a roll of film and the tongue and eyes of a chameleon. The 17th edition of the film festival will run from November 17 to 24.

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Wear it with pride THE Royal British Legion Mojacar poppy appeal campaign is well underway in the lead up to Remembrance Day. Poppies are available in various bars, restaurants and shops in Mojacar and at Iceland supermarket in Vera town. There will also be a stall in Mojacar Playa’s Parque Comercial with poppy merchandise on November 3 and November 10. The Remembrance Sunday Service will take place at the outdoor church in Mojacar Playa at 10.30 on November 11. In the event of bad weather it will be held instead at St Pascual Church, Mojacar. The Royal British Legion created the poppy appeal to

help those returning from the First World War. A century on the RBL continues to help today’s armed forces in much the same way, whether coping with bereavement, living with disability or finding employment. Money raised throughout the poppy appeal goes directly to the legion’s welfare work providing care to anyone who currently serves in the British armed forces, who has previously served, and their families. This vital work is entirely dependent on the public’s support, so each year the legion asks that the public give generously and to wear poppies with pride. All money raised in Spain stays in Spain.

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TECH FOR THE TIMID I WAS assaulted by aural barbed wire in the cinema the other day. One minute there I was, minding my own popcorn, the next I was savaged by verbal incontinence from a patron on his phone. As mobiles breed like a nuclear reactor (five billion phones now and growing fast), there are inevitably some downsides. From relying on messengers with cleft sticks just a couple of aeons ago, we want 24/7 communication, and we want it now. Mobiles are everywhere - especially everywhere they shouldn’t be, like in the hands of inattentive drivers at 120 kph - competing with the muzak in restaurants and rammed down our ears in public spaces. Perhaps they’ve even made communication too easy. In Denmark for instance, the advent of the mobile has inundated emergency services like those run by animal protection agencies. It’s all too easy to phone while out walking, just to report a cow

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The march of the mobile: ET tweet Sometimes it’s good to switch off home

looking cold. I spent much of my youth in Africa, where the traditional local aspiration was a bicycle and a radio. Ah, simpler times, when later even the impoverished gardener we used to help out by providing ‘piece work’ had a mobile phone better than mine. With the world in our pockets, these days we’ve got Big Brother everywhere at every time. Wherever we go to get away from it

all, we take it right there with us. And we almost never, ever, switch the things off - except overnight, and not always then if you’re a chronically sleep-deprived teenager. One study says that we check our phones on average every 12 minutes. Two in five adults look at their phones within five minutes of waking, while a third check them just before falling asleep, accord-

ing to the report. Guilty as charged m’lud, at least on the second two. A high percentage (71 per cent) say they never turn off their phone and 78 per cent say they couldn’t live without it. The average daily time spent on a smartphone is two hours 28 minutes, rising to over three hours for 18 to 24-year-olds. As one pastor noted recently; ‘These days it’s quite something if people switch off their phones while they’re getting married, or on their deathbed.’ Certainly the march of the mobile is unstoppable and even beneficial to society; in rural areas it’s often cheaper to issue mobiles than to wire long and difficult terrain with landlines. But whether we are really any better off being permanently within reach of family, friends and employers is something only you the user can decide. Don’t even think of phoning to tell me, though.

PHONING will soon be the one thing we don’t actually do with our phones, it seems. Although smartphone usage is rocketing, voice-calling drops by several per cent each year, and voicemail as a concept is all but dead. Millennials in particular think that calls are too intrusive, actually repelled by the idea of making or taking voice calls when a text will do nicely instead. So last year, for the first time, texting, tweeting and other social media, chat and other ‘indirect’ contacts, overtook the traditional voice call, with more than 35 per cent of interactions now in digital format. The trend was summed up neatly in an automatic call response I got from my nephew: ‘You’ve reached […....…..]. No one answers phone calls any more, send me a text.’

‘To me… To you’ Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I PURCHASED a pedometer for the ever suffering Mrs S for her birthday at her request. When she opened it and asked me to set it up she also handed me the booklet that had all the instructions in about 10 different languages. Well, I have to tell you, it was impossible - not because I didn’t know any of the 10 languages but because the writing was so small that it could not possibly be read. I don’t wear glasses, not even for reading, and I even tried with a magnifying glass and I still couldn’t work out what the instructions said. This has happened to me a few times recently. I challenge you to pick up any toothpaste box, deodorant can or, come to think of it anything in that size box, can or bottle and read the instructions on the back. So why? In their eagerness to create new and fancy products, companies very often overlook the optical needs of their older consumers. Sometimes that oversight is just a small daily annoyance. But, in some cases, it can also have potentially dangerous consequences. What if, as in many cases, there is something important that needs to be passed on regarding a potential safety issue? Regulations and lawyers have helped turn boxes, bottles and instruction

manuals into a fine-print nightmare by demanding so much information that the print must be tiny to accommodate it all. Otherwise, the packaging and manuals would be too big and costly. But that doesn’t help me or other oldies trying to read the darned things. Another reason is the young designers themselves. Young designers want to reinvent the world, but they have none of the problems of eyesight challenges. So it’s very difficult for them to imagine why fine print should be an issue. Having said that I bet some of them struggle too. Then, of course, a lot of companies are trying to go global and that means trying to fit text in several languages into one document or one bottle to meet each country’s regulations. I’m not even sure if there is a minimum size font they have to use. There is no point in complaining to any of the big companies because they don’t give a monkey’s but I am tempted to have a little try in contacting a few smaller companies to see what they say. I know it was a few weeks ago that Barry Chuckle of the Chuckle Brothers died but it made me think - I don’t believe anyone that has ever picked up a bit of furniture in their house to move it hasn’t uttered the now immortal phrase, ‘To me… To you.’ Not the funniest line ever but I’d love a Euro for every time a member of the public has used it. mikesenker@gmail.com

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Job plans ARBOLEAS Council is set to benefit from the new Andalucia regional government Employment Plans, expected to be actioned at the beginning of next year. There will be an investment of just short of €83,000 in Arboleas for six-month contracts for people fitting the requirements established in the province’s Official Bulletin. Arboleas mayor Cristóbal García said the aim of the Junta de Andalucia plan was to provide assistance to people of all ages currently f i n d i n g i t d i ff i c u l t t o g e t work. The mayor explained the idea was to promote the recruitment of the unemployed, who through working on a community cooperation or social project gain experience and make it more likely they will find a permanent job.

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Bullfighting back BULLFIGHTING is back on the programme of events for the Albox All Saints’ Day fair. Albox mayor Francisco Torrecillas unveiled the poster for the line-up at an act held at the town hall. Speaking at the presentation, bullfighter Filiberto Martínez from Murcia said he believed there should be respect between those who defend the tradition and those who are against it. Filiberto has recently returned to bullfighting after recovering from a hand injury for six weeks. A total of six bulls, two

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FIGHT RETURNS: The fight is set for Saturday November 3. from Malaga Province and four from Sevilla Province, are set to take part in the fight. Albox’s municipal band is set to provide music at the fight. It is also set to involve

Ana Rita, a leading horsemounted bullfighter and Julio Benitez El Cordobes. The event will be on Saturday November 3 and will be the last fights to be held in Spain this bullfighting season. Bullfighting, once considered a staple of Spanish culture, has become more controversial in recent years. Supporters claim it forms a part of Spain’s national identity and is a way of life for the matadors who take part in it. Opponents argue it is needlessly cruel to the animals involved and that there is no place for such a blood sport in modern Spain.

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posure for the roots. Strawberries can be grown in pots or hanging planters throughout the year, provided they have plenty of sunlight. You could consider buying growing lights or a hydroponic system which would also allow you to grow tomatoes without having to move them outdoors once established. Again, when growing both, good drainage is vital. Potatoes can surprisingly grow well in fuss-free planter pouches, though they will need a lot of light once they take hold. They will also need a bit more space than fruit and vegetables. Scallions are ideal for gardening beginners as they’re

easy to care for and don’t need as much sunlight as other veggies. On the c o n t r a r y, radishes, which are known to do well indoors, need heaps of light, and you will need a deep container for the growing bulbs. Micro-greens are not just easy to grow, they are extremely good for you, packed with up to 40 times more vitamins and nutrients than fully grown vegetables and plants. An idea is to start with a mixture of baby kale, beets and arugula, which harvest at an incredible speed. Herbs also grow very well in the home, such as basil, rosemary, cilantro, chives, thyme, parsley and oregano. Cold air may cause wilting, so make sure they are not too close to a window during the winter months.

GARDENS RADISHES: Grow your own in the home.

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A SUNNY space and the right soil is all you need to create a mini allotment inside your home. You can save yourself a trip to the market by cultivating vegetables, fruits and edible plants in the home all year round. By placing a pot with specially designed indoor potting soil and drainage holes next to a window with lots of sunshine, can see you well on your way to harvesting crops in no time at all. Some of the best types of vegetable to try are leafy greens and lettuce which do well inside all year round, with the right drainage. Spinach isn’t keen on moisture, so it’s essential to grow your greens in a welldraining soil in a pot with good drainage holes. Indoor potting mix ensures proper drainage and air ex-

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THE winter is almost upon us. The days are getting shorter and temperatures have dropped both outside and inside the house. Keeping warm is expensive and apparently accounts for more than 70 per cent of household energy consumption at this time of year. But there are ways to reduce heat consumption, which in turn cuts bills while helping the environment, too. It sounds obvious, but opening curtains and blinds during the day and closing them at night is a great way to heat your home. During the daytime, keeping them open lets the sunlight and warmth in. In the evenings, they act as a layer of insulation to keep heat in the rooms. If you have radiators, a good idea is to place tinfoil behind them. It helps insulate from the cold and retain warmth in the home. The idea is that the heat is reflected back into the rooms, meaning they warm up faster and stay that way longer. Setting your central heating boiler to turn on the heat 30 minutes before you get out of bed in the morning, but at a lower temperature, is cheaper than turning it on when you get up at a higher temperature. The same applies to pellet burners. Rather than leaving the heat generators on all day, set the timers to come on for when you return. Pipe-lagging with foam tubes keeps the water inside hotter for longer and protects against the cold. And, while tempting, placing your sofa close to the heating prevents warmth from circulating in the living room as well as damaging your settees.

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Man-size tissues at the ready TV COUCH CRITIC by Adam Whalley-Lewis …OR should that be ‘non gender specific, large tissues at the ready,’ well, whatever you call them, we needed them on Sunday evening when BBC1’s drama The Cry came to an end. It seems to have been running for much longer than four weeks and what a journey Joanna and Alistair have been on. Do you remember the scenes on the flight to Australia and the harrowing intrusion of the Press? I won’t give away the ending, just in case you were doing something else on Sunday, you know, like trying to save your finca from a Biblical storm, but enough to say Stella Gonet (Alistair’s Mum, Elizabeth) steals the show. You can binge watch The Cry on BBC iPlayer. Whilst BBC1 were concluding things down under, ITV were ensuring that Monday’s chat at the water cooler wouldn’t be dull, by showing the second instalment of Butterfly. Max is now Maxine and all Hell is breaking out. Two scenes stood out on Sunday, the brilliant Alison Stead-

CRYING SHAME: BBC1’s The Cry came to an end on Sunday evening. man (granny) declaring that Maxine is no grandson of hers - quite right granny, Maxine is now your granddaughter and secondly, Dad Stephen calling out the school bullies by reminding them that knocking someone out in order to protect a loved one from a hate crime is all right in his book. This is hard hitting stuff, tackling a subject most of us know little about, whilst pushing some TV boundaries too. Episodes one and two are available on the ITV Hub, episode three is on ITV next Sunday.

Strictly not mentioning THAT kiss, Come Dancing continued over the weekend. Bruno was off doing something else, so Alfonso Ribeiro joined the judges and made a big impression. As much as we love Bruno, Alfonso was a hit, so I hope that whatever Mr T was doing was worth it because the Fresh Prince star looked really comfortable in the fourth judge’s chair. Vicki and Graziano left the show on Sunday. Let’s hope Bruno is allowed back this weekend for the Halloween special.

I’m not much of a fan of breakfast shows on TV, Radio 4 does it for me, but ITV’s Good Morning Britain rattled a few cages last week and this time it wasn’t Piers Morgan who had the masses screaming at their TV over the cornflakes (or wheatgerm toast with honey, depending on your post code) no, this time it was Ben and Charlotte who ignited the blue touch paper and then failed to retire to a safe distance. Ben and Charlotte were discussing Disney movies being banned or rewritten to reflect ‘modern women’ with two experts (where do they find these people?) both of whom liked the sound of their own voices way too much. We didn’t reach a conclusion, Twitter went crazy and I have reported Prince Charming to the Guardia Civil for being a non-feminist. I know where I stand on this topic, but I don’t want to risk overloading the postal service by saying any more. Looking ahead (I haven’t forgotten, Caroline) The Great Model Railway Challenge continues on Channel 5 on Friday - no more info needed really, Channel 4 is Standing up to Cancer, again on Friday and if you are in the mood for a late night movie, Deepwater Horizon is on CH4 on Sunday night. Happy Viewing HappyViewing1@outlook.com

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IN 1865 the British government introduced the Locomotive Act, which required each vehicle to have three people on board: a driver, a stoker for the boiler, and a man walking ahead with a red flag to warn people.

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Rover if you were part of the landed gentry. Things have moved on, and Range Rover ownership now starts at about €34,000 for the Evoque, and morphs through myriad hotels to this, the Range Rover TDV6 Vogue. This full-fat version is now in its fourth incarnation and is still regarded as the pinnacle of luxury SUVs. Bentley, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce have fashioned expensive rivals but the Range Rover has lost none of its cachet. Even populating the brand with new models such as the Velar, Sport and Evoque, hasn’t dented the desirability of the biggest Range Rover of them all. It’s one of the best luxury cars money can buy. The entry level TDV6 version is powered by a 258bhp

diesel engine which blasts 060mph in 7.5 seconds, and the official fuel economy now tops 40mpg. If you demand more diesel grunt, the cheapest 4.4 litre V8 is another €19,000, roughly the same as the allnew, super-economical P400epetrol-electric PHEV version. The crazy 5.0 litre V8 petrol starts at €133,000 and is somewhat behind the times in the new, environmentallyfriendly Land Rover fleet. An eight-speed automatic gearbox is now standard on the Rangey, with a raft of adaptive driving aids for every type of condition on

and off the road. These include the now ubiquitous Hill Descent Control and modes for snow, rock, or any off-road terrain you can think of.

IN VOGUE: Range Rovers are still the SUV market leaders.

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Bloodhound out of breath THE British land speed record (LSR) attempt has run out of financial road and gone bust. Supersonic land vehicle Bloodhound requires another €28 million to guarantee funding for future record attempts, up to and including eventually going for 1,000mph on an 11.8-mile track at Hakskeen Pan in South Africa’s Northern Cape. The administrator is FRP Advisory LLP and Andrew Sheridan, its joint administrator, acknowledges the ground-breaking nature of the Bloodhound project. “Administration provides some breathing space to identify an investor who will bring the guaranteed funding, impetus and expertise required to drive the project,” he said.

“The €28 million the Bloodhound requires to break the land speed record is a fraction of the cost of, for example, finishing last in a Formula 1 season or running an America’s Cup team.” It was always going to be an uphill task, both technically and financially. The project to build the 14-metre 135,000 thrust horsepower jet and rocket-powered car has been overseen by Richard Noble, team founder and former LSR record holder. He and his co-founder and Bloodhound driver, Wing Commander Andy Green, have been full-time fundraisers since 2007 when the project was launched. Yet through endless public ap-

pearances, speeches to industry leaders and schoolchildren, meet and greets at conferences and endless press rounds, neither of them have flagged or been anything less than supremely enthusiastic. Many were called on in that time but few stepped up, though they have had crucial sponsorship and partnerships with Rolls-Royce, Castrol, Rolex, Cisco, Oracle and Geely, as well as the Ministry of Defence, which loaned expert staff and provided the EJ200. The public too, have been inspired by the project, donating millions to have their name on the tail fin or to watch the first runs of the car at Newquay aerodrome last autumn.

It was actually Paul Drayson, businessman, amateur racing driver and the then British Minister of Science back in 2009, who encouraged the duo to push on and try to break 1,000mph. With major skills shortages hindering UK manufacturing companies, Drayson was also looking to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers with the ‘Apollo Effect.’ To that end, education was always key to the Bloodhound project and in its role as a contributor to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) campaign, it has reached more than two million children since launch, including 120,000 UK schoolchildren a year.

Even the low-level air-speed record, which is no longer contested, stands at ‘only’ 994mph. Unlike Formula 1, there are no restrictions on design, besides the stipulation for four or more wheels, two of which are required for steering. The rest is down to the imagination and creativity of the team, as well as the skill and bravery of the driver. Mark Chapman, Bloodhound’s chief engineer, has kept the team plugging on in the face of adversity, and said: “With the right support we have no doubt that the project will achieve its aims and could be racing for the record in as little as 10 months.”

RECORD-BREAKER: With funding, the Bloodhound can make land speed history.

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ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher DESPITE the relentless rise of the SUV, the demand for larger people-carriers remains solid, as there are bigger families and those with business needs where extra space is important. Most of the mainstream manufacturers have an MPV in their ranks, notably the Ford Galaxy and Volkswagen Sharan, and there is another very strong contender from the VW stable, the SEAT Alhambra. Named after an opulent palace in Granada, Spain, the Alhambra has won several ‘Best MPV’ awards, scoring highly for its occupant and load capacity and its range of strong flexible engines. There are petrol and diesels on offer with different power outputs and with manual or auto gearboxes. Prices start at €32,340 (£28,395) for the entry S version, but most buyers opt for models further up the range. My test model was in Xcellence trim, with a 2.0 litre diesel engine and six-speed DSG auto gearbox.

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SEAT Alhambra Xcellence STATS PANEL Model: Fiat 500C Lounge Engine: 1.2 litre petrol Transmission: 5 speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 12.9 seconds, top speed 160 kph (99 mph) Economy: 21.2 kpl (60 mpg)

Model tested is UKspecification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets. Equipment on this version, which costs €40,040 (£35,155), is extensive and includes leather upholstery, reversing camera, sat-nav, threezone climate control, alloy wheels, roof rails, auto lights and wipers, cruise control, connectivity features and a panoramic sunroof.

ELEGANCE: The new Alhambra is as spacious as a palace inside.

The cabin is a pleasant place to be, thanks to clever design which makes maximum use of the space, and leaves adequate room for adults even on the third row of seats. There are plenty of storage spaces around the cabin and the boot holds 267 litres even with all seven seats in use. With all seats fold-

ed, you get a massive van-like 2,297 litres of load space. The Alhambra has wide electrically-operated rear doors, making rear seat access easy, and very handy when in tight parking situations when there isn't enough room to fully open a conventional door. Underway, the 148hp diesel

unit pulls well even with seven people on board, and proves very refined. The suspension setting is nicely balanced to give composed cornering and a comfortable ride. Top speed is 198 kph (123 mph) and the 0100 kph time is 10.3 seconds. Emissions are 137 g/km and the fuel economy very good at 19.2

kpl (54.4 mpg). The SEAT Alhambra has elegant if slightly understated styling and while it can be argued there are more eye-catching models in the MPV sector, rivals will find it hard to match the overall mix of space, comfort and versatility that the Alhambra offers.

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NEEDING WORK: The classic car requires a complete makeover. A RUST-BUCKET Porsche, hidden away for decades has emerged for sale for an eye opening €108,000-€130,000. The 1958, 1600 Super Speedster has been kept in storage since 1983, leaving it covered in rust and in a state of total disrepair. However, RM Sothebys is in charge of the auction and is pitching it as a ‘prime example for restoration.’ Originally built for the American market, the car is one of a select group to be made with a speedometer reading in miles rather than kilometres, and US-specification bumpers. Given the car’s current condition, its original colour is not listed, but a door stamp claims it once boasted a metallic silver finish.

Though its early history is not known, the current owner purchased the motor in 1983 as a restoration project. But after sanding off the majority of the paint, they placed the car in storage in Dallas, Texas, where it would remain for more than three decades. The car has been off the road for so long it still boasts its 1983 Texas licence tag. The Speedster is mostly complete, but requires some serious work to get it back on the road. According to the seller, “its next owner can expect to replace any sheet metal in the usual areas, including floor plans, trunk floor and battery box.”

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Barkley gives Mourinho the blues MANCHESTER UNITED manager Jose Mourinho was involved in a furious touchline melee after Ross Barkley’s 96th minute equaliser for Chelsea saw a thrilling game end 2-2. Mourinho’s side looked on course for an outstanding win over his former club after two goals from Anthony Martial overturned the first-half lead given to the hosts by Antonio Rudiger’s 21stminute header. But when Chelsea technical assistant Marco Ianni celebrated Barkley’s late goal in front of him, the Portuguese jumped up and was held back by a mixture of stewards and staff as he tried to get to Ianni. The incident put a dampener on an impressive performance from Mourinho’s men, although Ianni was largely to blame and apologised afterwards. Man United will next host Everton on Saturday, while Chelsea will travel to Burnley on Sunday. Manchester City remained at the

ROSS THE BOSS: Barkley’s good form continued with a last-gasp winner.

Koepka becomes best in business BROOKS KOEPKA is set to become world number one for the first time after winning the CJ Cup in South Korea. Koepka, who was named the PGA Tour’s player of the year earlier this month, carded an eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to finish on 21 under, four shots clear of fellow American Gary Woodland. The 28-year-old replaced his Ryder Cup teammate

top of the Premier League with a thumping 5-0 home win over Burnley. The Clarets’ Joe Hart, a former Man City favourite, made smart first-half saves to deny Sergio Aguero and David Silva, but was powerless to stop Aguero rounding off a slick passing move inside the box. Burnley looked out of their depth and their hopes vanished when City added two more goals in two minutes shortly before the hour mark, through Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho. Salt was firmly rubbed in the wounds when Riyad Mahrez curled home a superb fourth goal, and Leroy Sane converted a Benjamin Mendy cross. City will next face Tottenham on Monday, while Burnley will host Chelsea on Sunday.

Dustin Johnson at the top of the rankings on Monday. “To be world number one is something I dreamed of as a kid,” said Koepka. “Everything I’ve done this year has been working, so I don’t want to change anything - just keep improving.” Three-time major champion Koepka, who won the US Open and US PGA Championship earlier this year,

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the third player in 2018 to reach number one for the first time, after Justin Roase and Justin Thomas. His final round in South Korea included chipping in for a birdie from the greenside rough at the par-four 16th.

AMERICAN DREAM: Koepka has achieved his goal of becoming world number one.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he is “winning average games” for the first time in his life after Mohamed Salah sealed a hard fought 1-0 victory at Huddersfield. Salah’s 50th goal in English football came with a clinical low finish into the far corner after he ran onto Xherdan Shaqiri’s incisive 24th minute through ball. Huddersfield missed a number of presentable chances in a game that they were very much in until the final whistle. Liverpool rise to second in the table and remain level on points with league leaders Man City, while Huddersfield continue the search for their first win of the season. The Reds will next face Cardiff on Saturday while Huddersfield will take on Watford. Other fixtures this weekend will see Fulham host Bournemouth, Brighton entertain Wolves and Leicester take on West Ham.

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Alaves’ season kicks on ALAVES briefly surged to the top of La Liga following Tomas Pina’s second-half winner in a 1-0 victory over Celta Vigo. Midfielder Pina smashed home from close range in the 58th minute at Balaidos after the ball was laid back to him by Victor Laguardia. The Basque side, having rocketed from sixth in the league, moved a point clear of secondplaced Sevilla, although they have played a game more. Alaves have never won a major trophy and were in the third tier as recently as 2013. They will host Villareal on Sunday, while Celta Vigo will face Eibar on Saturday. However, their reign at the summit of Spanish football was short-lived as Barcelona claimed an impressive 4-2 home win over Sevilla. It was not all rosy for the Catalan side though, as Lionel Messi was ruled out for three weeks with a fractured arm. The Argentine star left the field in agony in the 26th minute, after colliding with Franco Vazquez, and will miss important ties against Inter Milan and Real Madrid. Despite the setback, Barca’s other marquee players Coutinho, Suarez and Rakitic ensured that Barca returned to the top of the league, by one point.

SURPRISE PACKAGE: Tomas Pina’s goal gave Alaves their fifth win of the season. Real Madrid suffered their fourth loss in five games in a 2-1 defeat against Levante at the Bernabeu, piling more pressure on coach Julen Lopetegui. Los Blancos were stung twice inside 13 minutes when first Jose Luis Morales and then Roger Marti, from the spot, scored for Levante. Marcelo pulled one back with a thumping strike in the 72nd minute ending the team’s goal drought of 482 minutes. Real tried their utmost to find a second, bringing on Bale and Benzema, but Levante’s impressive defence held out. Lopetegui’s side’s next assignment is El Classico at Barcelona on Sunday, while Levante will entertain Leganes on Saturday.