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ISSUE NO. 1744
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COSTA BLANCA NORTH
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NEWS EXTRA Joint venture COLLABORATION between Javea Council and the Historic Commercial Association in the municipality has continued, with a grant of €30,000 to encourage a number of initiatives to be carried out during the year.
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High fire FIREFIGHTERS had to evacuate around a dozen people from a 19-storey apartment block in Calle Doctor Orts Llorca in Benidorm after a fire broke out in a kitchen on the fifth floor of the Zeus building.
Radio cover A NUMBER of municipalities in the Marina Alta region will benefit from the installation of new radio equipment to enable emergency services to respond due to poor telephone coverage or the network fails.
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RESCUED: The area of Campello where the fire broke out on Saturday evening. TWO people have been injured and an apartment gutted after a fire in a back street in Campello. According to reports, the blaze on the first floor began just before midnight on Saturday evening due to a discarded cigarette end. Several neighbours in the three-storey block with 12 homes on Carrer Victor Samuel Riquelme had to be rescued by fire-
fighters as the strength of the fire and the thick smoke prevented them leaving. The blaze was quickly brought under control and firefighters were able to rescue three people and a dog that had made their way to the roof. The two injured people were the residents of the first-floor apartment where the fire started and another who suffered from the effects of smoke inhalation.
A BRITISH man has fallen to his death while abseiling down a mountain near Spain’s Costa Blanca known as the ‘Sleeping Lion.’ The unnamed 36-year-old was with his sister-in-law who was rescued by helicopter and taken to hospital with a broken leg. The climber reportedly fell more than 24 metres while abseiling down Monte Ponoig, near Polop, and his death is being investigated. A Guardia Civil statement said: “Emergency responders spent some time trying to save the life of the man who died but he suffered a serious wound to his chest which frustrated the attempts to revive him. “Members of the Guardia Civil GREIM team will be carrying out a site inspection later today to try to establish why this accident happened.” The abseil anchor reportedly broke away, but as the woman fell from a lesser height of almost eight metres, she managed to survive.
TRAGIC FALL: Mountain rescue experts are inspecting the area for evidence. The two were believed to be experienced climbers who were on holiday in the area. After being rescued in a fire service helicopter, the woman was taken to a fire station in Benidorm before being transferred to hospital. The dead man’s body was also taken by helicopter separately to the same fire station. Monte Ponoig is one of the most iconic mountains in the province of Alicante and is a popular choice for both walkers and climbers.
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Traffic change causes chaos
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CHANGES in the traffic layouts that took place close to the area around San Vicente Hospital are causing major headaches for hundreds of drivers. During peak hours, medical staff, outpatients and visitors are stuck in jams along the single-lane Calle Ibi. A petition has been launched to return to the previous system.
Fire drama A FIRE which broke out in the municipality of Muchamiel has caused damage to the boundary fence of a property as well as burning almost 200m2 of trees and bushes. The couple and two children living in the house were evacuated by the San Vicente Fire Brigade.
Hotel at sea A PROTOTYPE of a ‘floating hotel’ has been installed in the Denia Yacht Club. It fits into the landscape of the area and will give people the chance to enjoy a different kind of holiday ‘at sea.’ This is the first of its kind in the Mediterranean.
Poison move A MEETING held this week chaired by the mayor of Benissa - dealt with the coordination of the different emergency services in the municipality, specifically with the aim of controlling the number of dog poisoning cases that have increased over the past 18 months.
HIGH POINT: The Sierra Nevada mountain range lies in Granada Province.
Peak position THIS coming Tuesday is International Mountain Day, and what better way to mark the occasion than to look upon the magnificent slopes of one of Spain’s best-known Sierras. The Sierra Nevada mountain range lies in the Andalucia province of Granada in the south of Spain, and parts of it cross into the provinces of Malaga and Almeria. Its name translates to ‘the mountain range covered in snow,’ with its peaks
usually white from the cold conditions at their summits. The Sierra Nevada is home to the Mulhacen, the highest mountain in continental Spain and the third highest in Europe. The mountains also feature a National Park, a protected biosphere reserve, the Sierra Nevada Observatory and the IRAM telescope. The Sierra Nevada is also popular with skiers. Its ski resort is one of the
Big Beni taxis BENIDORM Council has increased the number of sevenseater taxis that will allow them to carry six passengers or be able to take extra luggage. This will now avoid the need for groups of five friends or those with large cases to order two taxis.
Solar solution HOTEL owners in Benidorm are studying a number of ways of using solar power with the aim of combating high electricity bills. A conference has been hosted by the business association HOSBEC after the price of electricity reached a p e a k o f above €60 per megawatt hour during this summer.
Club strips credit cards NATIONAL POLICE in Benidorm have arrested four people in connection with alleged credit card fraud in a strip club. According to reports, they took more than €53,000 from more than 20 customers who used their credit cards to pay for their drinks in the venue. Those detained are the owner of the club and three employees. It is understood the nine others are also being sought by the police, including the alleged ringleaders, and are be-
lieved to be in Poland. Reports of the possible credit card misuse first came to light within weeks of the club opening in April, and since then there have been a trickle of cases with customers reporting excess charges on their statements after attending the club. It appears that every time drinks were purchased using the cards, an extra 0 was added, so that customers ended up paying 10 times more than expected.
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most southerly in Europe. The range is a member of the Alpine family, which also includes the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Baetic System, the Atlas range and others across Europe, Africa and Asia. All of them formed after the tectonic plates that lie beneath Africa, India and the Eurasian landmass began colliding around 66 million years ago. That process is still ongoing in some mountain ranges in the Alpide belt.
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Brutal attack on cats A LOCAL cat association based in San Vicente del Raspeig has found nine of its cats dead in its shelter. According to reports, the deceased cats were found by volunteers of the Felines de la Morant association and it’s understood they had all died from blows to their bodies. A representative from the group said that ‘it looks as if they’ve all been hit in the chest with something like a baseball bat or simi-
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lar or even steel-capped boots.’ The incident at the enclosure which takes care of around 50 animals - has been reported to the Local Police and an unknown person has put up an award of €1,000 for information that leads to the perpetrator being caught. In addition to killing the cats, there was also a significant amount of damage done to the shelter which is located in the countryside with few living nearby.
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1743 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 139 local stories.
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‘Twin towers’ to be demolished by Darren Parmenter TWO apartment towers located in the area of Punta Llisera in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca, are set to be demolished. The skyscrapers each have 22 floors and contain 168 apartments in total. However, the Supreme Court has refused to consider appeals filed by the Valencian Government after they annulled the property licence in 2012 due to a lack of compliance with the property regulations of the Costa. The Supreme Court ruled the towers were constructed on unauthorised grounds which did not comply with Costa laws in Spain. The 2012 ruling rendered the already constructed towers illegal
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TWIN TOWERS: Iconic or an eyesore? and forced all inhabitants of the towers to vacate the premises. President of Valencia, Ximo Puig, announced the notice of demolition at a recent session of the
A DRIVER has been arrested in Alicante after being found with drugs hidden... in his genital area. The 19-year-old man was stopped by members of the special Rapid Intervention Operations Group (GOIR) of the Local Police in Calle Las Palomas at one of their routine check points. They discovered a total of 150 grams of cannabis in three packages hidden on his body, and also stashed behind the car radio in the dashboard.
Valencian Parliament. Puig blamed the irrational actions of the former Partido Popular Government for the catastrophe, singling out former Councillor for
Police find drug packages The Local Police only carried out a full search of the teenage driver and his vehicle after he acted suspicious-
Infrastructure, Territory and Environment of the Valencian Generalitat, Isabel Bonig, in his condemnation. The skyscrapers were initially authorised in 2005 under the Partido Popular’s mandate. The Valencian Government will be forced to compensate the owners of the towers, a figure which will likely exceed €100m, and a sum which will force the Ministry of Finance to make alterations to their 2019 budget in order to release the funds. According to reports, the promoters of the twin towers, Gemelos 28 promotion, are due to be compensated a figure 20 per cent higher than they originally paid for the construction of the towers, according to Spanish media reports.
ly when they stopped him. After discovering the first packet of 50 grams lodged in his groin, the police requested the back up of the Canine Unit to make a more thorough search of the vehicle, and it was at this point, a sniffer dog concentrated on the in-car stereo. They found the remaining 100 grams in two packets hidden at the back. The man was arrested at the scene and is now awaiting the next stage of the Spanish legal process.
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Benidorm gunman arrested A FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Serbian national has been arrested following a shooting incident in Benidorm which left three wounded, back in July. The incident was reportedly drug trafficking related and it is believed the chief suspect fled the country immediately after the incident. Police sources claim a brawl between two rival gangs saw gunfire being exchanged on Calle Mallorca in Benidorm, leaving three people in Villajoyosa Hospital, with bullet wounds. Two of the injured were from North Africa and the third an Irish holidaymaker visiting Benidorm. Investigations by police led to the arrest of the main suspect after discovering he had returned to Spain and was staying in Alicante. The alleged gunman had radically changed his appearance and even resprayed his vehicle in attempt to avoid being detected by police. It was the middle of last month when he was tracked down and subsequently arrested for attempted murder and belonging to a criminal organisation. When caught, he was carrying €4,600 in cash, and the court sent him to prison pending trial.
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Small hotels for coastal town AMONG a number of items discussed at the last plenary meeting of the Benissa Council, was the possibility of a number of small hotels being built along the coast. The last time the future planning and infrastructure of Benissa was fully discussed was back in 1982, and at that point it couldn’t have foreseen the future popularity of the municipality as a tourist area. There was an urban plan drawn up in 2003, but it was annulled by the Supreme Court five years ago. Benissa Council has said from the outset that it doesn’t want any large hotels to dominate the local landscape, but instead encourage continuing the pattern of those already open in the old town. In this case, a number of old houses have been converted into charming hotels with few rooms. Councillor Fernando Lopez Corsi, responsible for tourism in Benissa, said that they would be looking at the possibility of empty houses being converted which could become economically viable by attracting new visitors.
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ACCESS: The DYA team with the new ‘caterpillar’ chair. VILLAJOYOSA Council has unveiled the latest piece of equipment to help the ambulance service help people with reduced mobility. As part of their commitment of providing access to all buildings and homes for the local population, they have acquired an electric ‘caterpillar’ chair / stair lift which enables people to be helped down stairs. The €1,300 cost of the chair
has been donated by the La Caixa bank, who said that if they are able to collaborate with the council with any scheme they will do so. “On this occasion, they asked us for help to purchase this important piece of equipment and we never gave it a second thought,” said Paulino Aragones from La Caixa. Mayor of Villajoyosa, Andreu Verdu, said: “The caterpillar chair
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helps so many of our people, irrespective of their physical capabilities, gain access to any space in our municipality - especially getting up and down stairs - which otherwise would need extra help. The chair, kept in the DYA ambulance and operated at all times by trained personnel, is regarded as being safe and stable thanks to rubber grips which enable it to navigate all kinds of steps and stairs.
A WOMAN motorcyclist has been injured after her bike slipped on a road in Denia that has been described as being in ‘poor condition’ and is due to be resurfaced this week. She was taken by ambulance to Denia Hospital.
Site death A MAN has died from a suspected heart attack while working on a building site in Javea. The Fire Brigade were called to the scene to recover the deceased man from a high point of the building which was difficult to reach.
Early lights IN response to a number of requests from local businesses and hotels, the Christmas lights in Benidorm were switched on a week earlier than usual so they could illuminate this weekend of Red Day holidays.
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Clothes theft gang caught GUARDIA CIVIL officers based in Aldaia have arrested four people - three women and one man - in connection with a series of thefts from clothes shops in Valencia, Alicante and Murcia. The group, aged between 37 and 49 years old, are alleged to have stolen goods, mainly clothing and shoes, to the value of more than €5,700 after studying and taking advantage of when the shop sales’ staff changed their shifts. Operation ‘Himo’ began back in March after an Algerian national was arrested for theft in a shopping centre in Aldaia. The investigation continued when the Guardia Civil became aware of more episodes of shoplifting over a period of time, and always the same kind of products.
FIVE men arrested in connection with the disappearance of San Juan resident Nuria Ester Escalante have been remanded in Ibiza. Aged between 40 and 60, two are Argentinian, one Uruguayan, one Italian and another Polish. The court ordered a reporting blackout and little more is
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APPREHENDED: One of the alleged thieves with a Guardia Civil officer. Once they had throughly examined the CCTV footage, they then discovered 10 similar crimes which were allegedly carried out by the same group of Algerians.
It was established that they were part of an organised group which carried out their crimes across three Spanish provinces, between July 2017 and March 2018.
Woman’s disappearance known, but according to Ester’s 23-year-old son Aaron Berenguer, Guardia Civil’s criminal investigation unit, Policia Judicial, suspect she is the victim of ‘some type of violence.’ In October, the 52-year-old went to Ibiza in search of em-
ployment, as she had worked there in the past in hotels and as an airport security guard. Investigators established that she spent time in a property with two of the arrested men near Sant Antoni, which was occupied by squatters.
One occupant told police Ester had left her suitcase with him but had not returned for it. Ester’s son also told Alicante media that one of the men was known to his 21-year-old younger brother. Blood found at the squat is being analysed and matched with Aaron’s to determine if it belongs to Ester.
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Still stalling over health centre ANA BARCELO, who heads the regional government’s Health Department, was greeted by catcalls when she visited Pedreguer recently. While there, she avoided making a firm commitment regarding a new health centre for the town. The issue is an old one, as Pedreguer Town Hall began negotiations with the Generalitat in 2000, and in 2006 ceded a 1,440-square-metre plot of municipal land for the centre Two years later in 2008, the regional government outsourced the Marina Alta’s healthcare to a private company and a new centre to substitute Pedreguer’s 1982 building was not included in the contract specifications. Ten years later, the regional government intends to return the Marina Alta’s health centres and Denia Hospital to the public sector but not Pedreguer’s. After a meeting with Pedreguer’s mayor, Sergi Ferrus, and representatives from the Nou Centre de Salut (New Health Centre) Platform, Barcelo did not make any promises, although she did say she would have to consult the Health Inspection Directorate and revise the health centre’s Operational Plan.
EXPERTS: Politicians and tourism experts discuss post-Brexit tourism.
Preparing for the worst ALFAZ DEL PI recently hosted a symposium on ‘New alternatives to the UK market.’ A panel of regional and local politicians as well as tourism sector representatives discussed their plans to counteract a possible fall in British tourism. So far this year, the UK market has dropped by 1.4 per cent but was compensated by a 5 per cent increase in profitability. At present, Britons remain the Costa Blanca’s principal clients, accounting for 40 per cent of the passengers using Alicante airport, and Francesc Colomer, the regional Tourism chief, put across a message of calm and security. “We must tread more firmly than ever at this time of uncertainty,” Colomer said. “The British market is non-negotiable, indispensable and fundamental to the Valencian
Community,” he declared. “Our competitive advantages compared with other markets have not diminished,” Colomer pointed out, stressing the need to continue to work ‘responsibly’ to maintain the region’s quota of the UK market. “We need to read the Brexit agreement’s small print, see how the disconnection is concluded, without customs duties or airport taxes which could halt the arrival of tourists,” Colomer added. Scandinavian tourism has risen by 80 per cent since 2003 and Russia’s has increased by 180 per cent. Eighty per cent more Dutch and Belgian tourists are visiting the Valencian Community while the Italian, German, Portuguese and Eastern European markets are also growing, Colomer said.
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Child-friendly honour for Javea MAYOR of Javea, Jose Chulvi, has accepted an award from UNICEF, in recognition of the municipality being a ‘ChildFriendly City’. He was accompanied by Councillor for Children and Education, Montse Villaverde, at the presentation ceremony held in Oviedo, where Javea was among 114 local councils honoured by the Spanish Committee of UNICEF for their commitment and efforts in incorporating children and teenagers at the centre of their political agenda. After receiving the award, Mayor Chulvi said “Javea listens to the voices of its children in the same way as it does its adult population, and takes their wants and needs into account when making decisions and formulating future policy.” An example of this, is that the mayor is always available to speak to children, and both answers their questions and explains how the local government functions. Councillor Montse Villaverde said that “today is a very important day for all
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PROUD: Mayor of Javea, Jose Chulvi, and Councillor Villaverde with the UNICEF award. those who work with children in Javea, and that this accolade is a reward for all of them who participate in encouraging our young people in this way.” Both Javea politicians were
also keen to emphasise the success of a number of projects which have resulted in the youth having more respect and understanding for environmental and equality issues.
Prize for new tourist office THE new Tourist Information Office located in the Rincon del Loix area of Benidorm, has come second in the latest series of ‘Innovation Awards’ from the Valencian Community. It has been shared on this occasion with its counterpart in Valencia, with first prize going to Vall de Pop. The purpose of the award is to recognise the introduction of new products, services, facilities or initiatives into the day-to-day workings of the tourism offices to improve what is on offer to visitors.
Back in September, Benidorm introduced a series of digital enhancements to its tourism services, giving the visitor a whole new experience when they enter the offices. The aim was not only to inform users and answer their questions, but also to discover how much the iconic Costa Blanca tourist capital offers... it’s not just beaches and bars. Back in 2015, the Tourist Information Offices in Benidorm were among the first in the Valencian Community to achieve a ‘Q’ for quality based on the newly introduced ISO-14785 standard.
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NEWS EXTRA Art attack RONALD LAUDER, president of the World Jewish Congress, hit out at what he sees as a lack of political will by Europe (and Spain in particular) to investigate and recover artworks stolen by the Nazis.
Money march THOUSANDS of Catalan civil servants joined strikes and ongoing protests by students and health workers to demand more funding and better working conditions, with around 8,000 people marching to the Barcelona regional parliament.
Digits down CAVE art of hands by the Palaeolithic peoples of Spain and France indicates they may have amputated their own fingers as part of a religious sacrifice, though some experts suggest they may have lost fingers due to frostbite.
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Pool dea A TO TA L o f 1 4 p e o p l e d i e d i n p o o l s a n d o ff beaches in Spain up to November 30, bringing the total to 356 according to a new report. The National Drowning Report for 2018, from Spain’s Royal Salvage and Lifeguard Federation, showed the number of deaths fell by 21.8 per cent compared to the same time last year. The number of those who died in pools and in waters off beaches stood at 455 by November 30, 2017. The Federation said bad weather at the start of 2018 could have led to the fall. The weather would have discouraged bathers from swimming during that time, the agency said. Data showed Spanish men aged 65 and over were the most common victims of drowning up to November 30 this year. A total of 76 per cent of those who
drowned were males. Around 82 per cent of deaths took place in places where there was no surveillance, including from lifeguards, of the pool or
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ath toll drops DEATHS BY REGION:
POOLS: More than fourfifths of deaths happened in areas without lifeguards. beach in question. Around 59.5 per cent of deaths took place between the hours of 10am and 6pm, the report showed. Andalucia saw the largest
number of deaths, followed by the Canary Islands. The Basque Country and Castilla y Leon came joint third and the Murcia Region came fourth.
• Balearic Islands - 41 deaths, 11.5% • Valencian Communities 36, 10. 1% • Castilla y León and País Vasco -14, 3.9% in each community. • Murcia - 12, 3.4%, • Asturias - 11, 3.1%, • Aragón 9, 2.5%, • Cantabria,Castilla-La Mancha and Madrid - 8, 2.2% in each region. • Navarra 4, 1.1%, • Extremadura and Ceuta 2, 0.6%, • La Rioja and Melilla - 1, 0.3%, each. 76 per cent of all of those to die in aquatic spaces this year have been male. 75 per cent have been Spanish and the largest proportion of deaths have occurred in the 65 and older age category (40.7 per cent).
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Balcony rescue A MAN who had left his keys in his flat tried to get in through his balcony and ended up hanging from the façade before police rescued him. The 49-year-old climbed onto the roof of the apartment block in Sant Andreu de la
Barca, and using a rope, lowered himself over the edge. It transpired the rope wasn’t long enough, and he was left hanging precariously. Neighbours notified the police and fire service, who brought him back to safety.
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Toddlers drive to surgery A SPA N ISH hos pita l ha s launched a stress-reducing initiative which allows children to ‘drive’ themselves to the operating room in an electric car. While a member of staff controls the vehicle by remote , the s c he me he lps ‘e limina te the s tre s s a nd tears’ of young patients prior to surgical treatment. A spokesperson for IMQ Zorrotzaurre Hospital in Bilbao, said the car system ‘is demonstrating great efficiency, getting children who require surgery to go more quietly to the operat-
ing room.’ General director, Nicolas Guerra, said there was ‘considerable concern about the tears and the state of nervousness and anguish of the little ones.’ H e a dde d tha t it w a s e xtre me ly diffic ult to c a lm s ome c hildre n onc e they realised they were being s e pa ra te d from the ir parents. The team of IMQ anaesthe tis ts w e re re porte dly most concerned about the levels of anguish because ‘if c hildre n fa ll a s le e p scared, they will wake up in the same way.’ W hile if a c hild fa lls asleep calmly, ‘they tend to wake up from the intervention w ith le s s ups e t a nd worry.’ A fte r mulling ove r a numbe r of ide a s a nd re searching what was done in other hospitals, the hospital board decided to purchase an electric car. A survey of nurses, sur-
BIG HIT: Almost 100 per cent of the young patients asked opted to drive to surgery. geons and anaesthetists who spoke with young patients revealed 98 per cent of children wanted to use the car, all of whom entered the op-
er at i ng r oom ‘ cal m and without tears.’ Of those, 95 per cent woke up ‘calm and without agitation.’
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Brit arrested in “onepunch” kill case A 45-YEAR-OLD British man has been arrested by Spanish police in connection with the death of an Argentinian pensioner who was punched in the face on a zebra crossing in Fuengirola. The suspect was held at Malaga Airport last Friday on a European Arrest Warrant, after flying back to Spain from the UK. Mario Sauco, 65, was a father of three and died in Malaga’s Carlos Haya Hospital, 10 days after a late-night street attack on August 14. However, it is believed the purpose of the unidentified suspect’s return to Spain was to hand himself in to authorities. He was reportedly questioned at a police station near the airport before appearing in court behind closed doors on Monday in Fuengirola. Court sources suggest he has been released on bail pending a possible manslaughter charge. A social media campaign
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FATHER OF THREE: Mario Sauco’s family is heartbroken. was started by Mario’s daughter Analia, who published a picture of both her father and a man she described as the ‘attacker.’
Mario was only 300 feet from his home in Los Boliches, Fuengirola, when he was punched and broke his skull on the road.
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6 - 12 December 2018 By Sally Underwood A MAN accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend has denied the suitcase police found her torso in is his. Cesar Roman, otherwise known as ‘the King of the Cachopo,’ has appeared in court to deny killing his partner, Heidi Paz, aged 25, in Usera, Madrid in August. Police say the suitcase Heidi’s dismembered torso was found in is the same case Roman was seen to dump in a storage unit shortly after her disappearance. The victim’s body was found with her head, breasts and limbs cut off. A taxi driver testified he drove Roman to a warehouse on August 5, and helped him with his
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Chef denies murder ‘ h e a v y, ’ c a s e , w h i c h h e claimed weighed around 60 kilos. A subsequent fire at the storage unit led to the discovery of Heidi’s body
on August 13. Police are yet to find Heidi’s limbs, but preliminary reports showed she died as a result of asphyxiation. Ro-
man, a chef well-known for his chain of five restaurants serving the traditional Asturian dish ‘Cachopo,’ denies killing the victim.
CESAR ROMAN: As he was arrested.
YouTube star faces sex claims A WELL-KNOWN ‘YouTuber’ is facing five years in prison for allegedly sexually abusing a child aged under 13. Daniel Jose, a popular YouTube star with 8,449,693 subscribers, is accused of grooming and later molesting his victim in Madrid in 2016. Jose, who is famous for posting videos of himself playing computer games under the title ‘Dalas Review’, was 22 when he allegedly first contacted his victim in July 2015. Prosecutors claim he got in touch with the child through Twitter in July and August 2015, before stepping up contact in September via Skype. The defendant allegedly began asking his victim to send him nude photos and: “When she objected that she was underage, he told her it meant nothing,” according to the prosecutor. The accused also reportedly asked the child to
erase their conversations so her father would not see them. Lawyers claim Jose took the abuse further the following year on January 26, 2016, during the signing of one of his books, when he allegedly took advantage of a moment alone with his victim to touch them. It is claimed he later continued harassing his victim through WhatsApp before the pair met again at Madrid’s Atocha train station where there was allegedly more touching. The same year, Daniel Jose was subject to allegations by several young girls who claimed he had pressured them into sex. The accused defended himself, saying someone had hacked his account and stolen his identity. Daniel Jose took to his channel to strenuously deny this latest claim, calling it, ‘sensationalist garbage.’
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Waiting times fall THE average surgery waiting times for patients in Spain is 93 days, according to new data released by the country’s Health Ministry. One in every eight people wait over six months and figures show that 584,000 patients were on a waiting list on June 30, 20,000 fewer than in 2017. The best patient to population ratio is in the Basque Country, where there are 8.02 people on a surgery waiting list for every 100,000 residents, followed by Madrid (8.05) and Andalucia (8.15). The areas with the worst ratio are Cataluña (21.44), Extremadura (19.97) and
WAIT LOSS: Average waiting times have been reduced by 11 days for operations. Murcia (18.5). Orthopaedic surgery and ophthalmology continue to
have the largest number of patients, while the smallest are thoracic and heart surgery.
Building ruling MADRID’S 67th Court of First Instance has ruled that works to the Spanish capital’s Edificio España (Spain Building) to turn it into a hotel can continue, with a case against the company undertaking the project still ongoing.
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Violent end to fo Nobody deserves to go through violence - a sufferer has put an end to fo By Tara Rippin AFTER four years of violent abuse at the hands of her ex, Debbie Ann Jones took the brave step to press charges after the most recent vicious attack, which led to him being deported to the UK last week. Now she wants to use her experience to inspire other victims to take action before it’s too late and things escalate to a potentially fatal conclusion. The 40-year-old singer had only been in Benidorm for two weeks after moving to Spain for a new start, when her 45-yearold partner - who cannot be named for legal reasons - beat her before attacking her 54-yearold brother Michael Edwards, who is registered disabled. Speaking exclusively to Euro Weekly News, Debbie took the courageous decision to share her horrific experiences to help raise awareness. Debbie had recently divorced when she got together with her unemployed partner, and at first everything seemed rosy. But things soon changed. “It started off with him chucking a cup at the wall. I really wish I had seen that as a sign, but he apologised and that was that. “Things escalated from there. We had been together for about a year and were arguing when he starting pulling my hair. He said
DEBBIE: Debbie has broken her silence. he was sorry, that it would never happen again and I believed him.” But three months later, the violence stepped up to a terrifying level. Debbie was singing at a holiday park and her partner was sat right next to her, using his laptop. She asked him to move while she was performing. “When we got back to the house, he shouted ‘who do you think you are, telling me what to do?’ He smashed the mantelpiece above the fire, then literally punched me in the face and dragged me around while I was on the floor. “My daughter, who was 18 at the time, came downstairs and that’s when he stopped and ran
BRUISING: Debbie’s face is blackened after being punched. out of the house. I don’t know why I didn’t ring the police. I tried to see the goodness in him, and I loved him. He kept saying sorry and that it wouldn’t happen again. “I never knew when he was going to get violent. “It wasn’t drink related. He was very controlling and jealous and by my side 24 hours. “But in public he was the perfect partner, he was like Jekyll and Hyde. I tried to be the perfect partner for his sake. Debbie and her brother sold their flat in Wales and they all moved to Benidorm on November 1 this year for a new start. “I believed my ex when he said it would be different, I wanted to believe him.” But just two weeks later on November 15, Debbie asked her partner to come home at 9pm so they could watch the last night of fiestas’ fireworks display from the balcony. When he hadn’t come home, Debbie and her brother decided to go to Planet Benidorm. “He found us and was shouting ‘where have you been?’ He was asked to leave because he was causing a disturbance. I walked home with my brother
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VICIOUS ATTACK: Brother Michael Edwards was hit with a table leg. and when he came home minutes later he just completely lost it and smashed my wooden coffee table and the leg came off. He came over to me and punched in the face, on both sides.” Her brother Michael lay over
Debbie to protect her. “My ex lifted the leg and hit my brother twice in the head with the metal bracket end. There was blood everywhere.” Debbie called an ambulance and because it was an attack the police arrived, too. The attacker was kept in custody until a court appearance the following morning. “The officers asked me if I wanted to press charges and I said yes. I knew it would be murder next. We gave statements and were in court by 11.30am. The police and justice system were brilliant, really on the ball. “At Benidorm court before sentencing on November 29, he was sitting opposite me, and I felt physically sick, I was shaking and broke down, but the officers were brilliant and helped me
through it.” The aggressor was given a suspended sentence of two years and nine months, cannot contact Debbie for nine months nor Michael for three years. He was also deported to the UK. “I feel relieved but just keep questioning why I put myself, my brother and my daughter through it all. They wanted me to leave him. I’m going through the aftermath and putting myself on trial. “I don’t want this to happen to anyone, man or woman. Anybody is going through abuse should run, get out of the situation and call the police immediately after an attack. “I can’t stress enough that it’s important to trust and believe in yourself and the system, because it works.
In Spain victims of domestic/gender violence can call 016 for multilingual help and advice 24 hours a day.
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A SUSPECT: Allegedly killed two eagles.
Poisoner arrested POLICE have arrested a man for allegedly poisoning two eagles, one of which was endangered. The 52-year-old suspect is said to have killed a mouse eagle and an Iberian imperial eagle, a species which is at danger of extinction in Manzanares, Ciudad Real. Officers from the Guardia Civil arrested the man, after
agents from the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) found a dead mouse eagle at a private game reserve in Manzanares. Further tests confirmed that the animal had died from poisoning. Later, an Iberian imperial eagle was also found, showing symptoms of poisoning. The Guardia Civil stepped up their
investigations further when a resident in Membrilla, Ciudad Real, reported two cats had died of poisoning on the same reserve. Police later searched the home of the suspect, allegedly finding several containers of the same poison used to kill the eagles, as well as further chemicals on the roof of his house and in the trunk of his car.
Woman dies in fire A BLAZE at an apartment building has claimed the life of a 64-year-old woman. Another adult and a child who both lived with the deceased, suffered from smoke inhalation, while one of the casualties also received burns and was trans-
ferred to a nearby hospital in Barcelona. The fire broke out at the Paseo de la Zona at 2.50am last Friday, and the surrounding roads were closed for two hours while emergency services dealt with the incident.
Rocking deal SPAIN and the UK have signed the most important bilateral agreement over Gibraltar in more than a decade. Four Memorandums of Understanding have been finalised, aimed at reducing inequality between the Rock and Campo de Gibraltar, the neighbouring Spanish region in Andalucia which has struggled with high unemployment and drugs crime. They represent the first accord between Madrid and London since Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht.
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A letter from UK ambassador Simon Manley I WANTED to update you on the recent developments on our exit from the EU. As many of you are no doubt aware, on Sunday November 25, there was a special European Council on Brexit. EU leaders agreed the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the future relationship between the UK and EU. Citizens’ rights is a key part of the agreement, so this represents a big step forward in providing certainty for UK nationals living in Spain. As the PM said following the European Council “If you are one of the over three million EU citizens who has come and built your life in the UK - come to be our colleagues, our neighbours and our friends - you need a deal that guarantees your rights. If you are one of the almost one million UK nationals living elsewhere in the EU, you need the same. This deal delivers for you all.” The next stage is for the UK Parliament to vote on the deal the government has negotiated, which is expected on December 11. The European Parliament will also vote on the agreement. If approved, the Withdrawal Agreement will secure the rights of one million UK nationals living in the EU. It means that the 300,000 British people who have chosen to make Spain their home have a legal guarantee that they will be allowed
to stay here after the UK leaves the EU on March 29, 2019. The Agreement also defines the Implementation Period as running from March 30, 2019 until December 31, 2020. All UK nationals lawfully residing in Spain on December 31, 2020 will be covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. Under the current rules, UK nationals living in Spain must register with the Spanish authorities (at the Oficina de Extranjeros or at a designated Local Police station) to be legally resident here. Therefore, I and the team strongly recommend you ensure you are correctly registered as a resi-
dent, as is your current obligation. For detailed advice on registering, please see gov.uk/living-in-spain. We will, of course, update our advice if the Spanish authorities announce any changes to the registration requirements linked to Brexit. During the Implementation Period, you will be able to visit, live and work in the EU broadly as you do now. If you want to move to a different Member State, you will be able to do so during the Implementation Period. UK nationals and their families covered by the Agreement will continue to have
broadly the same access to healthcare, pensions and other benefits as they currently do. And you will be able to leave Spain for up to five years without losing your right to return if you have acquired the relevant residency status. If you have any questions about who is covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, please see the UK nationals living in the EU pages on gov.uk. Next steps • Make sure you are correctly registered with Extranjeria here in Spain (please see gov.uk/living-in-spain) • Sign up for email alerts to stay up-to-date and find out about our outreach events, by visiting the Living in Spain guide on gov.uk. • Follow our ‘Brits in Spain’ social media channels, including on Facebook. Both the Embassy and our network of consulates will continue with outreach events across Spain to answer your questions about your rights and Brexit, with three events planned before Christmas and more planned for the New Year. And we will continue to update you with key information in the months ahead. In the meantime, I would like to wish all British nationals living in Spain, a very merry Christmas.
SIMON MANLEY: Will update advice as changes are announced.
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Chilean burglar grounded POLICE in Mallorca arrested a Chilean man on a flight bound for London who had allegedly committed a series of burglaries on the island before trying to flee to Britain. The suspect had already seated himself in the plane when Guardia Civil officers came aboard on Wednesday afternoon and led him away. Five alleged accomplices were also held at an apartment in Palma, where the group was staying. An investigation has led detectives to believe that the gang is responsible for nearly 40 break-ins, stealing luxury watches, jewellery, elecINVESTIGATORS with the European Union (EU) have concluded that the
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TREASURE TROVE: Police seized a huge haul of stolen items. tronic equipment and cameras worth almost â‚Ź112,000. The crimes reportedly took place over a
short period in towns including Marratxi and areas like El Toro, a neighbourhood in Calvia.
Bank probe Spanish government is at fault for not
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Non residents income tax Carlos Baos We can help you.
AS we do every year, we wish to remind readers who are not Tax Residents in Spain, that they are still obliged to pay Income Taxes in Spain for NonTax Residents, even if they do not have any income in Spain, just for the fact of owning a property here. If you live in Spain but are not registered with the tax man as a Tax Resident or you do not submit taxes as Tax Residents, you could be legally considered as a Non-Tax Resident, as no notice has been given to the Tax Authority. If you are a Non-Tax Resident in Spain (or you are not legally tax resident in Spain), you will need to pay tax for income in Spain (Income Tax for Non-Residents, IRNR): eg rents from a letting, interest on bank accounts etc. If you do not have any income but you own a property or a share in a property, your tax bill will be based on a calculation in accordance with the
Cadastral Value (value that appears on your Spanish Local Rates receipt from the town hall, SUMA office or equivalent). Even now it is quite common for people who are Non-Fiscal Residents in Spain (or not legally Tax Resident in Spain) to simply not pay this tax and usually this is due to ignorance or neglect, especially when they have no income in Spain and only own a house or property here. Please notice, if you let your property in Spain, you have an obligation to submit the taxes every three months and not just once a year. If you are not sure if you are legally a Tax Resident or NonTax resident, or if you want to know which is the most appropriate for you, we can assist you by reviewing your personal situation. If you are a Non-Tax resident, do not forget to meet your tax obligation and if you want to avoid a possible tax inspection, penalties, etc, contact us and we will help you. The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.
Carlos Baos (Lawyer) - White & Baos - Tel: +34 966 426 185 Email: info@white-baos.com - White & Baos 2018 All Rights Reserved.
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More skilled and lower paid S PA N I A R D S u n d e r the age of 30 are earning less than a decade ago, despite being better trained and prepared for the workplace, according to the Annual Salary Structure Report. The average salary among teenagers has dropped by 28 per cent in 10 years, while earnings among 20 to 24-yearolds slipped 15 per cent, and by 9 per cent for those aged 25 to 29. This is in spite of the fact that those b o r n i n t h e 1 9 9 0 ’s have grown up in fear of the ‘crisis’ and are studying more, believing extra skills will help them face the future. The report highlights two issues in particular. The first is the ‘precarious’ nature o f t o d a y ’s w o r k i n g conditions which is l i t t e re d w i t h t e m p o rary or part-time contracts and positions, which pay by the hour rather than weekly or monthly. The second is the fact there are fewer younger people. The Spanish Statistics Institute (INE) registered 4.8 million Spaniards between the ages of 20 and 29 at the start of this year, 30 per cent less than the 6.7 million recorded in 2005.
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More time THE EU is ready to offer Britain a three-month extension to Article 50 to prevent parliamentary deadlock resulting in a no-deal Brexit. Under plans being discussed by European leaders, the EU would agree to extend Britain’s membership to allow time for a trade arrangement to be ironed out. However, Theresa May has claimed that any extension to Article 50 would require the reopening of the Brexit negotiations which could result in a worse deal than the one on offer. In practical terms, the extension could only last until July when the new European parliament is convened. The EU is adamant that only the political declaration and trade deal can be reviewed, not the broader withdrawal agreement, including the Northern Ireland backstop.
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Crunch vote looms By Joe Gerrard THE British government has stepped up efforts to sell its European Union (EU) withdrawal deal to politicians and the public as Parliament prepares to vote this Tuesday. Prime Minister Theresa May continued to host face-to-face meetings with Members of Parliament from her ruling Conservative Party this week as many remain sceptical of her Brexit deal. The Conservative Party’s position in Parliament is wafer thin and the government relies on 10 MPs from the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to pass legislation. The vote continues to loom as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would not support her deal in Parliament. Corbyn and other party figures added they would seek to bring about a general election if the deal is voted down, and would not rule out a second EU referendum. May also faced the prospect that the Scottish National Party (SNP) would also vote against her. The Prime Minister hosted Scotland’s First Minister Nicola
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Easier entry A FRENCH lawmaker has told British media that illegal immigrants would be able to enter Britain ‘very easily’ in the event of a hard or nodeal Brexit, with PierreHenri Dumont adding increased customs queues allow more time for sneaking into lorries.
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SHOWDOWN: May’s (inset) Brexit deal must overcome Parliamentary arithmetic on Tuesday. Sturgeon in Downing Street in an attempt to win her over last Monday. May’s position was further jeopardised by hard-line Brexiteer MPs from within the Tory fold threatening to sink the deal, on the grounds it leaves Britain tied too closely to the EU. Meanwhile DUP members jumped on comments made by May’s top Brexit negotiator Oliver Robbins which suggested Britain may not be able to withdraw
from the Northern Ireland ‘backstop’ arrangement. The mechanism, which would come into force in the event of stalling trade negotiations after Brexit, is a red line for the DUP. They claim it subjects Northern Ireland to different trade arrangements to the rest of Britain. In these circumstances May will have to bring everything to bear if she is to get her deal over Tuesday’s crunch hurdle.
AN oil tycoon has said that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to bring Britain out of the European Union (EU) is ‘workable’ and added businesses felt that London needed to move ahead with the withdrawal process.
Goods move BRITISH factories have begun stockpiling goods and materials they fear could be harder to import into the country following Brexit due to concerns over customs problems and political uncertainty in the event of a nodeal withdrawal, the EEF trade body said.
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Worker dies in plastics machine
WORKER: Died in a factory in Alcala la Real. A YOUNG worker has died in Jaen after becoming trapped in a machine at a plastics factory. The 21-year-old man reportedly became stuck in the moving parts of a machine, in the Poligono Llanos Mazuelos in Alcala la Real, Jaen. Another worker called emergency services after finding his colleague trapped. Members of the Alcala la Real Fire Depart-
ment, the Guardia Civil, Local Police, and P ublic H ealth Emerg en cy Co mp an y (EPES), all attended the scene. Officers from the Labour Inspection and Occupational Risk Prevention Centre were also called in. Health workers confirmed the young man had died in the incident. The Guardia Civil said the usual protocols following a workplace death had been put in place.
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Designer label robbery A GUCCI store has been ram-raided by a gang which fled with a large haul of designer goods, leaving the car embedded in the shop front. At around 5am last Friday morning, a red car was driven at speed through a display window, smashing a metal security blind at the shop in Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona. Several thieves then grabbed clothing, shoes and handbags worth thousands of Euros. It has still to be determined exactly how much was stolen, and an investigation is underway.
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Fugitive legs it to Netflix
ON LOCATION: Paz Vega (second left) and Toni Perez (second right) during filming. FUGITIVE, a Spanish television series filmed between February and April this year, can now be watched in 190 countries. Streaming service Netflix is offering the series, which stars the popular actress Paz Vega, in the original version or dubbed into English with subtitles in 27 languages. Fugitive was broadcast in Spain in April, obtaining a
weekly audience of two million viewers, with nine of the 10 episodes featuring the centre of Benidorm, the Rincon de Loix, the town’s beaches and the Sierra Helada national park. The Film Office’s reputation for excellent work ‘from the very outset’ was a decisive factor in the production company’s choice of Benidorm for the location, declared Benidorm mayor, Toni Perez.
So too were the involvement and cooperation from Visit Benidorm and the Hosbec hoteliers’ association who saw the series as a supreme opportunity to promote the resort in the 190 countries where Fugitive will be seen, Perez said. Netflix viewing figures for the first days that the series has been available have been very good, particularly in the UK, the mayor revealed.
Market traders protected by Constitution BENIDORM Town Hall lost its battle against the open-air flea market near the ITV vehicletesting station on the N-332. There was no evidence to back claims that the market was harmful to the public interest, a judge said, as the town hall went to court in a bid to reverse the permits that the administration granted in 2015. The court was unconvinced by town hall claims that the market was detrimental to future development in the area based on a study carried out by Alicante University. The operating
licences will expire in 10 years’ time, the judge pointed out. The market was ‘legal trade’ protected by the Article 38 of the Spanish Constitution, he ruled, commenting that the market had visibly improved the area as the plot was no longer covered in weeds and rubble, but had been levelled and paved. The market was also another attraction for ‘tourists from Britain, Nordic countries and the Netherlands,’ the judge added. The verdict not binding and the town hall was given 10 days to appeal.
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ALFAZ Council voted unanimously to launch a multi-language campaign informing European residents how to exercise their voting rights in the 2019 municipal and European elections. Letters, posters, radio and the municipal website will explain that they can do so by completing a town hall form, stating the intention of voting.
Running away from violence ALFAZ schools organised races to underline the grave problem of gender violence. Around 1,200 children from Alfaz and Albir’s infants and primary schools, together with their parents, took part in the runs promoted by the UN’s ‘Orange the world, leave no-one behind’ campaign. This was the third year that Alfaz’s Equality, Youth and Education departments collaborated on the initiative together with the town’s state schools, including the Instituto high school. Together they combined forces to condemn violence and promote values of equality, respect and tolerance with particular emphasis on schoolchildren and the young. Other activities included a cinema forum led by Javier Pascual, assistant director of the Alfaz Film Festival, co-education workshops by Red Cross volunteers and a graffiti-mural from students at the Miguel Hernandez University’s Fine Arts School campus in Altea.
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ALFAZ INITIATIVE: Promoting equality, respect and tolerance.
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ALTEA Town Hall has chosen 10 suggestions for the participatory budget from the 48 received. All residents over 16 and registered on the municipal Padron before August 30, can choose from the following; Open-air basketball courts A plastics-free market Beach volleyball courts Improvements to the Camino de Algar road adjoining the Sports Centre,
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ALTEA’S Tourism department has improved and extended the network of footpaths on Sierra Bernia. These lead walkers to the ruins of the 16th-century Bernia Fort, to prehistoric wall art at L’Abric de L’Ermita del Vicarior the Forat, a natural tunnel near the top of Bernia which links the northern and southern faces of the Sierra with sweeping views of the coast and countryside. The Cami de les Revoltes and the Cova de la Serp bridle paths have also been rehabilitated, explained Tourism councillor Anna Alvado. “Altea’s Tourist Info office receives so many enquiries about mountain walking and hiking, we felt it was important for the footpaths to be in good condition,” Alvado said. Another path has been added to link the PR-CV 7 route up to El Forat with the PR-CV 436 to Los Paelleros to create a circular route on the Altea side of Bernia. “Upkeep of the paths not only benefits visitors,
IMPROVEMENTS: Before and after on Sierra Bernia. but also reduces the environmental impact on the area,” the councillor said. “Adequate signposting and marking out the routes discourages the apparition of alternative paths and minimises erosion.”
State a preference The restoration of Arcadi Blasco’s sculpture A street workout park Charging points for electric cars
A children’s playground with wooden equipment Trees for the Plaza de Europa A start-up business incubator Votes can be cast until December 16, online at the www.alteaparticipa.es website, or in person at the Oficina de Atencion al Ciudadano, located inside the municipal offices in Altea la Vieja, the Centro Juvenil youth centre, or the Casa de Cultura.
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CONCERNED: Rocio Guijarro and municipal biologist Jose Manuel Perez inspect the pine.
THE pine tree in Alfaz del Pi’s Plaza Mayor represents the town’s full name and is understandably well-protected. Its tree-well in the pavement, is being extended so that more oxygen can reach the pine’s roots, said Alfaz’s Environment councillor Rocio Guijarro. Her department carries out routine checks on the tree and recently saw that the needles were dropping and yellowed, symptoms suggesting that the roots were deprived of oxygen, Guijarro explained. To counteract this, the town hall is taking emergency action by enlarging and deepening the tree-well so the air can circulate inside it. The €8,000 operation, overseen by the regional government’s department of Agriculture and the Environment, will also facilitate administering nutrients and treatments before the arrival of spring. “The pine in the Plaza Mayor is of great historical importance to the town, symbolising its independence from the Barony of Polop in the 19th century which brought a change of name from Alfaz de Polop to Alfaz del Pi,” the councillor said. The present pine was planted on November 17, 1932 and is the fifth to occupy the Plaza Mayor site.
Nearly there ROADWORKS and renewed infrastructure for the Barrio Noruego, one of the oldest developments in central Alfaz, are nearing completion. Asphalting Calle Oslo and Calle Noruego is due to begin in the middle of this month and the €725,000 project is expected to be finished by the end of December.
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Fire: An ever-present threat ALTEA’S Environment councillor Beatriu Nomdedeu recently attended the Valencian Community’s third Forestry Conference in Calpe. Planning, managing, controlling and extinguishing forest fires along with their characteristics, causes and consequences in the context to climate change
were the themes of this year’s conference. Experts and investigators who are currently analysing the causes of forest fires and developing solutions via new technology in their prevention and extinction, discussed necessary changes in restoring forest ecosystems, particularly those
ALTEA: Many urbanisations and homes are in woodland areas, like Altea Hills.
bordering built-up urban areas. It is also of vital importance in Altea where so many urbanisations and homes are in woodland areas, Nomdedeu pointed out, on her return from the conference. This is particularly relevant now that the regional government has put Altea in control of the forestry resources of 63 municipalities in the Alacanti, Marina Baja and Marina Alta. The councillor was accompanied by Ana Gonzalez, the municipal technician who specialises in protecting Altea’s countryside from forest and bush fires. “We are most concerned
about sustainable conservation and management of our natural resources and the conference brought the kind of up-to-date information only available at meetings like these,” Nomdedeu said.
ALFAZ residents and businesses have until December 17 to register for the annual Christmas competitions which give cash prizes for tree-dressing, decorating shop windows and creating a Nativity Scene. Those wishing to enter should complete an entry form, which should then be handed in at the Casa de Cultura offices.
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Fair shares MUNICIPAL employees demonstrated outside Calpe Town Hall complaining that some of their public sector colleagues were receiving higher salaries, despite doing the same jobs. The only yardstick for determining objective retribution should be the official Evaluation of Work Posts (VPT) and there should be no ‘specific and special’ supplements.
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Calpe Poster strikes a discordant note THE Calpe Cultural and Ecological Association (ACEC) complained the town’s ancient walls have been ‘desecrated’ with a placard. The poster is a town hall announcement for the New Year’s Day Concert in the Plaza Mayor, and ACEC called it a ‘profanation.’ The association has decided to hold a poll amongst members of public, and if at least 100 people are in favour of removing the ad-
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TOWN WALL: Built in the15th century and restored in 1981. vertisement, ACEC will ask the local council, controlled by the Partido Popular, to remove it.
At the time of writing, 87 per cent of participants wanted its removal, a spokesman said.
Another setback for giant hotel THE hotel under construction on Calpe’s Fossa beach has run into trouble. One side of the huge hole dug for the foundations in 2008 has partly caved in, obliging the town hall to cordon off a section of the road. Work cannot recommence until the affected wall has been stabilised, municipal sources said. This is another setback for the hotel, which received planning permission in 2006, although in 2008 the Ministry of the Environment started proceedings to halt construction of the 104-metre high hotel. The courts rejected the Ministry’s case but the economic crisis prevented the development from going ahead. Work restarted some months ago, although the original plans have been modified from 27 to 24 storeys.
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CALPE FAIR: Christmas goodies from local associations, shops and businesses.
Get in the mood for Christmas STARTING today, Thursday, and until Sunday, there is a Christmas Fair in Calpe’s Old Quarter. The transformed historic centre invites the public to stroll through the streets and discover the town’s picturesque corners while visiting the Fair. This is the Fair’s sixth consecutive year and although it was conceived with the intention of revitalising the oldest part of the town, it has become a meeting place for residents and visitors. Local shops have set up their stalls in Calle Llibertat while Calle Mayor and the Plaza de la Villa are dedicated to associations and gastronomy. The Children’s Fair is located in Plaza Beato Francisco Sendra with bouncy castles, traditional games and stalls selling popcorn and candyfloss. As well as the Fair, there are cultural events, Christmas workshops, live music, entertainments and stilt-walkers together with Father Christmas’s grotto where children can leave their letters. Not only local shopkeepers
and business-owners have collaborated with the Fair, but also local groups and associations including the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy and the U3A choir.
The Nativity Scene at the Casa de Cultura also opens today and there are others to be seen at the Belenes del Mundo exhibition at the Nuestra Señora de la Nieves church.
Red Cross in a fix COMISIONES OBRERAS union is protesting on December 14 against Calpe Town Hall’s unpaid Red Cross bills. The organisation provides the town’s ambulance and is owed €132,258 for six months’ service, but payment was blocked at the last plenary council meeting. Unless steps are taken, there will be no ambulance after December 31, endangering 16 jobs and leaving the town in a vulnerable position, the union warned.
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DRYSTONE: Inseparable from Teulada-Moraira’s landscape
THE local peñas (fiestas clubs) are holding their half-year celebrations this Saturday. The festivities include lunch inside a marquee, set up in the Plaza de la Iglesia in Moraira with a menu of puchero stew, a drink and dessert for €10. For more information call Sara on 687 107 127 or Leni on 672 320 982.
Walls home and dry THE drystone walling so evident in Teulada-Moraira has been registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. Spain applied for heritage status together with France, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland for what is known locally as ‘pedra en sec.’ Closely linked to agricultural communities, the technique has been passed on orally from generation to generation, usually in a context of informal apprenticeship. In the Marina Alta, drystone can be seen as walling, but above all as terracing, even near the water’s edge. This continues as far as the inland mountains, and in many cases, on the mountains themselves. The ancient building
method is based on stacking stones, which are then supported by their own weight and need no mortar to bind them, producing a solidity that the regional government describes as ‘minimalist and wise.’ Lack of maintenance means the drystone technique is disappearing from many areas, and Marina Alta cultural associations are hopeful the UNESCO declaration can help to reverse a decay that is especially obvious in abandoned agricultural zones. Encouraged by the UNESCO listing, experts are calling for effective preservation policies while recommending the intangible heritage and its technique should be included in schools’ Environmental Awareness programmes.
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TEULADA-MORAIRA’S Auditorium saw the premiere of the Teatreres pel Mon company’s first project, Trobadores (Troubadours). The play is one more of the Auditorium’s projects to promote the Marina Alta actors and actresses who bring the public closer to their passion and respect for the theatre. Written and directed by Alejandro Tortajada and performed by the actresses Maria Mas and Nydia Crespo, Trobadores is the story of two women who have hit rock bottom. Freeing themselves of fear, guilt, feelings of infidelity and hidden emotions, their paths had crossed unknown to them long before, and their meeting was not a chance meeting, as nothing in life happens by chance. Both actresses were very excited about putting on the first performance of Trobadores, they admitted.
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Passion for the theatre “Teulada-Moraira’s Auditorium is equipped with every technical feature, and culturally it is very important in an area which we are very fond of,” they said. “What’s more, this is a municipality which has always been very supportive of all our performances and we feel very much at home here,” Mas and Crespo added.
TROBADORES: Maria Mas and Nydia Crespo.
THE Moraira Lions Club presents its What a Cracker carol concert with the English Choir, the Laude Elizabeth School choir and dancers, the Salvation Army Band and the Salvation Army Timbrels this Sunday at 6pm, in Espai La Senieta in Moraira. There will be mince pies, shortbread, mulled wine and presents for the children. Donation €5.
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Municipality shows its gratitude TEULADA-MORAIRA’S council voted to give Ernestina (Tina) Bru, the freedom of the town. The proposal to name her ‘adopted daughter’ was a demonstration of the town’s gratitude towards Tina for serving the municipality and her neighbours in the 15 years since she arrived in Teulada-Moraira, said the local mayor Carlos Linares. These services to the community have been accompanied by activities and undertakings of a social character, revealing Ernestina Bru’s great human capacity, Linares said. Marian Bru, Tina’s father, who was the owner and headmaster of Moraira’s Escuela de Orientacion Maritima y Pesquera (School of Maritime and Fishing Orientation), will receive the town’s recognition with a street bearing his name. Recalling Bru’s profession, Calle Mestre Mariano Bru Martinez adjoins the Cap d’Or Infants and Primary School, where there is a plaque in his memory.
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Fish take the bait THE Teulada-Moraira Fishing Club had to cancel a winter league match when the River Jucar flooded during heavy rain. “It was with trepidation we followed daily weather reports leading up to match 12 on the Jucar’s B2 section,” said club secretary, Lawrie Drain. “Fortunately, the rain held off and the river was fishable, though with a slightly quick flow. The morning temperature was a chilly nine degrees, rising to 21 as the match drew to a close, though the water temperature dropped to nine degrees.” Ten members caught 51 fish, almost breaking the 100-kilo barrier with 97.9 kilos. It was a special day for new member Egan, who caught his first fish including a beautiful five-kilo common carp. “We are a friendly club, and are happy to welcome new members,” Lawrie said. Contact Frank Povey on 966 490 338, email frank.povey@btopenworld.com or call Ray Craig on 966 492 083.
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Concert time A CHRISTMAS Concert with Alicante Province Youth Orchestra, performs Mozart’s 20th Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake on Friday, December 28 at 8.30pm at Teulada-Moraira Auditorium. Free entrance, but numbers are limited to the auditorium’s capacity. Call 965 740 445, visit www.auditoriteuladamoraira.es or email info@auditoriteuladamoraira.com.
A book to portray a town PACO TORTOSA recently signed copies of his book Teulada-Moraira, balcony over the sea, between riu-raus and muscatel grapes at the Auditorium. The 400-page book, published by Teulada-Moraira Town Hall and created with
the help of local residents, contains 2,000 photographs. Obtained over a one-year period, they take the reader on a visit to Teulada-Moraira with all its festivities and traditions. The book includes a map of Teulada-Moraira by cartogra-
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PACO TORTOSA: The author signs copies of his latest book. pher Pau Fuster, that is so detailed that it even records the names and surnames of the town’s householders. Approximately 300 people attended the book presentation, which was introduced by Jaume Buigues and included performances from Font Santa
Dance Group, musician Oscar Briz and poet Cristina Soler. Tortosa thanked those who had collaborated with publishing the book as well as Teuladad-Moraira’s inhabitants. Without them it would not have been possible to gather the kind of information that he
wanted for the book, the author declared. “Tortosa’s project is a portrait of the municipality as it was between 2016 and 2017,” said Teulada-Moraira mayor Carlos Linares, “ in the future it will give a clear picture of what life was like here.”
Nice prospect for budding leader TEULADA-MORAIRA resident Pablo Vinogradov Llobell is attending the World Appreciative Inquiry Conference in Nice, France, next March. Vinogradov Llobell, a young lawyer, was selected with 25 other young Spanish lawyers, engineers, programmers and other professionals who contribute to society with personal and innovative projects. The event enters into the Junior Leadership Campus programme which fosters the personal and professional growth of entrepreneurial young people, eager to build a more just world.
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Water, water everywhere AN opposition councillor at Javea Town Hall asked why the cemetery consumed €4,400 of water in two months. The gardens are watered regularly and there are taps where those tending graves and niches can fill vases for flowers. But how, in July and August, could it mount up to €4,400? These weren’t busy months for the cemetery, Tere Ern remarked. Kika Mata, the town hall’s Services councillor, answered
that the municipal water company, Amjasa, knew about the problem and was reviewing it. The water pipes were deteriorated, she said, although they were replaced 10 years ago when the cemetery was enlarged. Amjasa’s director Josep Lluis Henarejos admitted the cemetery’s consumption was excessive, but maintained this was the result of leaks which the company had detected ‘practically every week’ owing to the deficient installation a decade ago.
The bells! The bells! G O T H I C c h u rc h b e l l s i n Javea and Alcalali have been listed as Assets of Cultural Interest (BIC). The Javea bell, now in the Archaeological Museum, was cast in 1450 and was found in the Santa Lucia chapel, but originally c a m e f ro m t h e S a n J u a n chapel. The Alcalali bell, also cast in 1450, belonged to the Sant Joanet de Mosquera chapel and was later moved to the Natividad de Maria parish church.
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AS it has for the last 10 years, the We Love Mountains group is promoting International Mountain Day. Javea is at the centre of this year’s celebration which highlights both the importance of mountain ecosystems as creators of natural resources and the need to respect and protect them. Three local activities begin at 7pm next Tuesday at the town hall with a screening of a moving video recounting the story of Maite Minaya, a forestry engineer who went blind when she was 34. She was the first entirely blind person to climb Montgo and reached the summit with Javea-born tennis champion David Ferrer as her guide. There will be a worldwide greeting by Javea and Club Montgo radio, hams from Cabo de San Antonio and a fun excursion to Montgo on Sunday, December 16. Register at www.welovemountains.org.
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MOUNTAIN DAY: Montgo and (inset) Javea mayor Jose Chulvi (centre) with We Love Mountains members.
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The genuine article From raisin trade mansion to library
FROM Saturday onwards, 14 Denia restaurants are serving genuine Arroz a Banda. Originally cooked on board fishing boats to feed the crew and called Caldero in the southern Costa Blanca and Murcia, authenticity requires the fish and rice to be eaten
separately and in that order. The restaurants are taking part in the Gastronomy Week organised by the local Hotels and Tourism Association (Aehtma) which is complemented by the Arros a Banda y Abanda de l’arros forum taking place this coming Monday.
NEW LIBRARY: Helena Buenza, Vicent Grimalt, Araceli Poblador and councillors. JUNIOR Housing minister Helena Beunza recently visited the restored mansion in Denia’s Calle Sant Josep. The €1.495 million cost of the rehabilitation was met by the Ministry of Publilc Works and she was most satisfied with the results, Beunza said. She inspected the building with the mayor Vicent Grimalt, the national government’s sub-delegate to Alicante Araceli Poblador and Denia councillors, praising the local administration’s ‘sensitivity’ in rehabilitating the mansion.
The building, with three storeys and a basement, has a tower which was added by a later owner, a member of the Sahuquillo family, Beunza was told. The family’s fortune was based on the local raisin industry and the owner would watch from the tower as the fleet of cargo ships entered and left Denia harbour. The Calle Sant Josep mansion will house Denia’s public library and part of the Historic Municipal Archive, with a series of reading rooms, a function room and spaces for public events.
Watch out TWO young women were arrested in Denia and charged with stealing a €3,000 watch, which was later recovered, from an elderly m a n . Wi t n e s s e s s a w how they embraced and kissed him rather forcefully but assumed they were relatives, not realising until they heard his cries for help that they were jostling him and removing his watch.
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Conducted tours to visit the past DENIA’S Archaeological Museum and the Generalitat’s C u l t u r e d e p a r t men t have organised conducted tours for the Constitution Puente (Long Weekend). The free tours are devised to introduce residents and visitors to Denia’s heritage and ca n b e b o o k e d a t th e Ethnological Museum (966 420 260) between 10.30am2pm and 4pm-7pm. This Saturday, there is a visit to L’ Al t d e Ben imaquia, the site of a sixth century BC Roman winery,
th e o ld es t in th e Ib e ria n Peninsula. T h e to u r me e ts o n the CV-735 Denia-Javea road in front of the La Xara railway halt at 10.30am. On Sunday, an Activitats e n fa milia family o u ting leaves Denia Castle’s reception area at 10.30am to visit the site of the Santa Maria church and cemetery. Bu ilt w ith in th e ca s tle walls between the 14th and 1 8 th c e n tu rie s , th is w a s once Denia’s principal place of worship.
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RALLYING: Demonstrators gathered in Madrid’s Plaza de Colon.
Unity rally THOUSANDS of protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to demonstrate in favour of Spanish unity and against regional independence movements. The rally saw demonstrators accuse pro-Catalan independence figures and others leading a coup against Spain and claimed they acted with impunity. It was organised by the Foundation for the Defence of
the Spanish Nation (DENAES) and backed by the far-right Vox party. It was also attended by members of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) including local politicians. Javier Ortega, secretary general of Vox, said protesters gathered there had the “determined will” to demonstrate until all pro-independence figures were jailed. Protestors in the Plaza de Colon waved Spanish flags and
chanted slogans which included calling for the abolition of regional autonomy in Cataluña. They also branded pro-independence parties, unions and groups “criminal organisations.” Those rallying also called for former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to be imprisoned and chanted: ‘Long live Spanish unity.’ The demonstration ended with the playing of the Spanish national anthem.
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Driving licences in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics. If you are planning on living in Spain on a permanent basis, it’s a good idea to have a Spanish driving licence - in fact it is mandatory after a while. Here are some guidelines for current and new drivers on how to do this quickly and easily. If you already have a valid EU (European Union) Community or an EEA (European Economic Area) driving licence and meet the minimum driving age in Spain, you can use it for the first two years of residence in Spain, although you must register your details with the traffic authorities after six months. You can register at your Central Register of Drivers and Minor Offenders of the Provincial Traffic Headquarters. If you don’t obtain a Spanish driver’s licence after two years of residence in Spain and are caught driving, you can face a fine of around €200. Visit: www.dgt.es to find out more. Once the process is under way, you will have to adhere to the same conditions as Spanish licence holders: Have reached minimum age in Spain for the specific category of vehicle you want to drive, Relevant medical checks, Renew or exchange the licence after the first two years’ residence in Spain. If an EU licence is renewed in Spain it effectively converts it into a Spanish EU licence, which then needs to be renewed every 10 years up to the age of 65, and every five years after 65. The new regulation which requires new residents to exchange their licences for a Spanish one, was enforced three years ago. As such, Spain has agreements with more than 20 countries, allowing drivers to exchange a foreign driver’s licence for its equivalent. To find out more, check with your home country’s consulate in Spain or the Spanish Traffic Authority at www.sede.dgt.gob.es. To exchange your licence, you will need to fill out an application form that is issued by the Provincial Traffic Headquarters. (See the above website). The following documents will be required: Proof of identity (original passport and a copy), Proof of your residence for six months (Certificate of Registration in the Central Aliens Register - the NIE number), Application form (in Spanish), Current valid driving licence to be exchanged (original and a copy), Written declaration stating that you don’t have another driving licence of the same class in another country, Written declaration stating that you have not been suspended or banned, Two recent passport size photographs (32 by 25 mm), Medical fitness report (visit the DGT website for information). For new drivers, check the legal driving ages and permit types before you register. You can get details depending on what type of vehicle you want to drive by visiting: Englishdriving-school.com. The best option (for new drivers) is to go to a driving school as they take care of the registration process with the Jefatura (Jefatura Provincial de Trafico) on your behalf. Once you have registered, get your medical and vision test done, too. Theory tests can be done in a classroom or be computer based. The written test is normally taken in Spanish, but some places offer it in English. For more information, visit http://www.autoescuelacorsa.com.
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NETHERLANDS PLANS to spend an extra €245 million on bicycle infrastructure have been announced by the Dutch government. This is on top of €100 million that State Infrastructure Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven pledged last year to improve bicycle parking and city-to-city cycle ways.
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Redress offer THE Dutch state-owned railway company has said it will pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and relatives of victims who were transported on its trains toward Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
PLEDGE: The Netherlands is investing €245 million in bicycle infrastructure.
BELGIUM
Legal killing
Firm appeal
OFFICIALS are investigating whether three doctors improperly euthanised a 38-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome two months before she died in an apparently legal killing. It’s the first criminal investigation in a euthanasia case since legalisation in 2002.
THE government has launched a campaign to lure finance and insurance firms away from London and to the Belgian capital after Brexit by claiming it would give them a ‘passport’ to the EU’s single market and place them closer to the heart of EU policy making.
FRANCE
NORWAY
HIV initiative
Sex charges
THE French government has announced it will take the rare step of reimbursing prescriptionbought condoms to combat the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. French-made Eden condoms are the first to be approved for remuneration by the country’s health authority.
A FORMER Norwegian cabinet minister has been charged with sexually abusing three asylum seekers. Svein Ludvigsen, 72, was charged with one count of taking advantage of his position as regional governor, and another of exploiting the asylum seekers’ vulnerable situation
Solar energy
Clear waters
A PUBLIC support scheme in France that aims to encourage solar power generation from innovative installations, costing €600 million has been given the green light by the European Commission (EC). The project involves the installation of 350 MW of solar power generation capacity.
GLOBAL efforts to combat the generation of marine litter received a major boost during a Sustainable Blue Economy Conference after Norway and the World Bank committed US$ 300 million (€263 million) to the cause. A third has been allocated to managing dumping in oceans.
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Tax revenue
Racism probe
SWEDEN had the fourth highest tax-toGDP ratio in the European Union last year, according to figures released by Eurostat. The country’s tax revenue accounted for 44.9 per cent of its gross domestic product, which is well above the EU average of 40.2 per cent.
A FORMER department head at Sweden’s prestigious Karolinska Hospital, affiliated with the body that grants the Nobel Prize in Medicine, has been accused of anti-Semitic behaviour toward Jewish doctors. Alleged victims have claimed ‘alleged’ bullying.
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Bank inquiry
Under scrutiny
DENMARK’S prosecution authority has filed preliminary charges against Danske Bank, for ‘violation of the laws on money laundering.’ An international economic crimes’ source said the investigation is ‘still at an early stage.’
US ecommerce giant Amazon is accused of exploiting its market dominance in its relations with third-party retailers who use the website as a marketplace. The Federal Cartel Office is investigating ‘many’ complaints from traders.
Costly travel PETROL prices in Denmark are among the highest in the world according to the Global Fuel Price Index which compared how far €50 worth of petrol would take a motorist, with the Danes ranking in the bottom five.
Repatriation aid MIGRANTS are being offered rental costs in their countries of origin as Germany tackles the ‘challenge’ of migration. The Interior Ministry has launched a controversial advertising campaign to increase the number of voluntary repatriations.
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With six editions on the Spanish Costas and Mallorca we cover the main expat areas of Spain - take a look at what is happening around our regions.
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
Double Guardia Civil success
Violent crimes GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a violent attack. The victim reported they had met with someone they knew in a commercial centre car park in Almeria City to sort out a misunderstanding on a social media site, and when they moved on to somewhere quie t e r, t h e t e e n a g e r s n a t c h e d their mobile phone and started to hit them, eventually whacking them with an iron bar on the legs, neck and hands. Guardia also reported the arrest of a man in connection with an attempted mugging in Roquetas. A 66-year-old woman said someone jumped out at her as she walked to her car from her home, the individual pulling out a 20-centimetre long tool used for piercing holes and threatening to stab her if she didn’t hand over her money. T h e w o u l d - b e t h i e f r a n o ff when a neighbour rushed over to intervene.
COSTA DEL SOL
Marks & Spaincers BRITISH fashion chain Marks & Spencer is set to launch their first lingerie shop in Spain’s Costa del Sol tomorrow (Friday). The store is set to be opened in Malaga City and is due to start by offering the retailer’s Winter range. It comes as part of a push
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toral work,” and is currently a vicar in the parish of Maracaibo, in the northwest state of Zulia. His Augustine Order of Burgos denied the claims and said: “We have always repudiated, condemned and rejected any action that threatens the dignity of any human, and much more so if the victim is a child.”
MALLORCA
Isolated in Paradise RECOVERED: Many of the stolen items from the warehouse have been located
OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil in San Javier have arrested three people in connection with a robbery and arson attack at a warehouse. Separately, police also arrested suspects in connection with organised crime offences and robbery in nearby San Pedro del Pinatar. The incidents in San Miguel led the Guardia Civil to a property in Santiago de la Ribera in connection with the search for a girl who was reported missing. Police claimed the suspects began to flee the scene across nearby rooftops before being caught close by. Guardia Civil officers found a number of young people, including the missing girl, as well as items allegedly stolen from the warehouse which had been robbed and torched. The detainees are aged 18, 23 and 24, and all live in Santiago de la Ribera. Three others, two of them youths, were also detained in San Pedro del Pinatar in connection with the spate of robberies from houses. Others were later arrested. The case continues.
from the retailer to tap into the Spanish market with its o f f e r i n g o f u n d e r w e a r, b r a s and other women’s items. To n y W e l s h , o f M a r k s & Spencer’s Spain and Gibraltar division, said: “We want to open our first lingerie store in Malaga to offer very attractive products that we know that customers like very much. “Combining advice and excellent customer service with high quality that characterises us together with an offer of
high-value lingerie, the store brings an authentic and the only shopping experience in Malaga,” Welsh added.
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Priest held A SPANISH priest from Motril has been arrested in Venezuela for allegedly abusing a 12-year-old girl. The accused, 35-year-old Ivan Merino Pedial, worked as
a teacher at the Santo Tomas de Villanueva School in Granada until three years ago. The priest confessed in a video statement posted on Twitter. Merino admitted: “We grew fond and it was a game and one thing led to another.” Merino studied in Burgos, Granada and Rome before working as a religious studies teacher in Granada. Three years ago he was transferred to Venezuela, “to support pas-
A VICTIM of domestic abuse at the hands of a Mallorcan ex has written a book about her experience as a ‘wake up’ call to other women. ‘Isolated in Paradise’ is a first person account of Eva K a r l s s o n ’s , a m o t h e r - o f - o n e from Sweden, torment at the hands of a man she met online in 2007. Eva previously met with the man whenever she could and he treated her ‘like a queen.’ But when Eva landed in Palma with her cat and all her belongings she said she knew she had made a mistake. The book reveals how the violence began early on and the isolation she felt. “He didn’t want a wife, he wanted a slave,” she writes. E v e n t u a l l y, E v a f o u n d t h e courage to pack her things, and take her daughter back to Sweden where she rebuilt her life. ‘Isolated in Paradise’ has been published in Swedish, but Eva has not ruled out an edition in other languages.
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Down sizing CAIXABANK plans to cut almost a fifth of its branches in Spain over the next three years in a drive to boost profitability while undergoing a digital transformation. As part of its 2019-2021 strategic plan, the Spanish lender has announced that it expects to cut the number of branches by 821 to 3,640 by 2021. The bank, which employs around 32,600 people in Spain, and also has operations in Portugal, said the plan would lead to job losses, but did not elaborate.
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business & legal
Vineyard gets wind of deal VINEYARD WIND, the company owned in a 50/50 partnership between Iberdrola and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has c h o s e n M H I Ve s t a s O f f s h o r e Wind as the preferred supplier for its 800 MW offshore megaproject in the US. The contract is worth €1.2 billion and the project is scheduled for installation in 2021. It is large enough to act as a catalyst for the build-up of a local supply chain in the region. Once the turbine supply order
is confirmed, MHI Vestas will begin the process of local hiring and supply chain investment to support the project as it nears the construction phase. M H I Ve s t a s C h i e f E x e c u t i v e Philippe Kavafyan said: “We feel honoured to have been selected as preferred supplier for the first large-scale offshore wind project in the US.” To keep pace with growing demand for offshore wind turbines worldwide, MHI Vestas plans to increase production capacity at
its Lindo nacelle factory and hire new employees to work there. The company said it plans to recruit 50 new employees and is implementing a new testing regime designed to increase production and improve quality. “This next phase of production will allow us to meet demand and d o s o m o r e e f f i c i e n t l y, ” s a i d Kavafyan. M H I Ve s t a s a l s o a n n o u n c e d that it has extended its lease agreement with Lindo to eight years.
New chief SPAIN’S multinational banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, known as BBVA, has appointed 44-year-old Turkish banker Onur Genc as its new CEO. Genc, who is currently the CEO of BBVA Compass and US Country Manager for BBVA, is expected to take over on December 31. BBVA is the principle shareholder of Turkey’s third largest private lender Garanti Bank. Genc stressed the importance of digitalisation and said that Spain and Turkey have some of the best mobile banking applications.
EU to review banks
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Tobin tax SPAIN will be the next European country to introduce the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), which aims to increase tax collection from international transactions and is estimated to raise €8.45 billion in 2019.
Game on MONEY MATTERS: The EU intends to investigate recent scandals. EUROPEAN UNION finance ministers are set to delay a reform of money laundering supervision at banks next week, because they first want to assess recent alleged cases of financial crime at the bloc’s lenders. An EU draft document, to be adopted on December 4, supports a need ‘to strengthen the effectiveness of the current framework’ after recent scandals. However, it does not propose institutional or legislative changes like the creation of an EU-wide supervisor recommended by the
European Central Bank. The document details an action plan meant to be the EU response to a series of high profile cases of alleged money laundering at banks in several EU states including Spain, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Malta. The plan foresees a review of recent bank scandals that could indefinitely delay legislative changes already proposed by the European Commission in September to bolster supervision of banks against money-laundering risks.
SPAIN’S regulated iGaming market grew by 30 per cent in the third quarter of 2018 as gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached €181.8 million, buoyed a growth in sports betting, casino and poker.
Wage boost THE Mercadona supermarket chain has signed an agreement with worker unions that will introduce a salary increase of almost 15 per cent for its entire 84,000 strong workforce, and working hours are also under review.
Spain taps up China SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping along with representatives from the China-Spain Business Advisory Council, in Madrid. President Xi Jinping urged Spanish businesses to make the best use of the China International Import Expo (CIIE) trade fair and take ChinaSpain economic and trade ties to a new level. Xi praised the establishment of the Business
Advisory Council and said that building a strong synergy between the two countries’ strategies will help bring about a more open and inclusive relationship between Asia and Europe. For his part, Sanchez said the trading world is changing and that Spain is paying more and more attention to Asia. X’s wife, Peng Liyuan, called for more artistic and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
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% CHG. NET VOL 3.85 22,001.64 1.24 19,190.18 0.96 6,054.08 5.43 8,445.03 7.45 7,890.80 0.74 15,878.91 1.14 77,490.04 0.90 15,697.81 2.00 27,898.73 2.80 63,078.63 -1.93 4,687.39 6.04 31,713.76 -2.73 4,167.13 1.98 5,450.38 0.60 8,127.27 1.60 104,319.83 5.31 7,307.95 -0.31 25,995.39 2.83 8,596.78 2.16 8,878.68 1.81 7,846.76 3.02 26,588.57 2.25 6,418.91 4.22 17,598.39 1.95 5,801.08 0.92 68,546.64 -0.18 4,510.00 7.65 6,502.95 1.88 17,352.31 -2.75 4,418.94 2.51 11,638.90 4.33 5,551.76 7.68 40,841.65 1.39 80,440.50 1.33 4,300.02 2.30 9,019.17 2.41 5,208.73 2.45 133,083.93 0.14 12,406.76 2.12 8,008.14 2.06 8,110.55 1.64 22,985.06 -0.68 8,651.20 3.68 7,580.64 1.00 5,844.89 3.36 3,966.50 4.36 5,658.92 1.60 5,319.49 -5.86 6,029.57 1.49 14,597.47
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CHANGE(P) -0.13 28.50 11.50 2.75 83.50 3.63 1.58 6.40 1.00 82.50 12.10 115.00 52.25 11.00 14.50 -40.50 2.40 68.75 77.75 1.00 115.75 -1.55 8.60 14.90 27.00 9.20 5.35 4.30 8.00 14.90 -3.10 46.50 78.00 3.38 15.65 35.50 9.95 29.50 8.00 26.50 23.00 -115.50 3.70 29.75 -7.95 31.00 2.90 1.55 36.60 22.20 42.00
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-0.23 0.71 0.74 0.94 4.88 2.02 0.66 0.77 0.03 1.68 1.45 1.64 3.37 0.58 1.51 -0.61 1.09 2.90 3.25 0.06 3.20 -0.48 1.97 1.75 0.43 1.70 1.61 1.41 0.31 2.56 -0.50 1.02 3.67 1.27 4.68 2.55 2.01 2.07 0.73 4.35 2.29 -5.92 1.87 2.66 -5.62 0.73 0.38 0.92 5.76 2.56 0.91
39,387.19 14,041.22 6,524.07 4,756.06 6,277.98 8,579.68 5,626.11 28,307.31 6,866.79 6,845.98 5,803.87 5,586.95 39,928.57 6,003.01 7,524.80 46,047.41 26,289.32 106,923.70 89,723.14 32,149.88 46,043.08 3,198.00 3,916.39 16,019.07 5,918.07 5,571.70 6,083.00 6,714.84 5,711.59 6,310.05 6,113.45 41,624.25 5,043.15 6,760.88 4,575.24 5,501.49 7,211.33 12,461.95 11,245.71 20,154.71 5,322.50 4,339.83 19,347.05 6,566.86 4,390.74 49,611.70 5,185.08 45,135.62 4,327.78 10,924.78 8,443.61
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Brexit negotiations and Italian defiance drive euro Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com
FOR the last few weeks, Brexit chaos has remained in the driving seat in the movement of the euro, with Italy trailing not far behind. Euro EUR/GBP: Remained at £0.88 EUR/USD: Remained at $1.13 Although the euro has been pressured by the ongoing Brexit chaos, and the tensions between Italy and the European Union Commission, it has managed to start and finish the period at a very similar rate. The tensions between Brussels and Rome played out this month, as Italy’s refusal to revise their draft budget for 2019 as it went against European Union regulations. Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister, Matteo Salvini remained defiant in the face of the EU, calling for the EU to ‘respect the Ital-
BREXIT CHAOS: Has remained in the driving seat in the movement of the euro. ian people.’ Despite this, it seems that Italy have backed down against the European Commission with sources suggesting that they are going to reduce their deficit target for next year to as low as 2 per cent of GDP, despite the previous 2.4 per cent goal. There has been a lot of weakness revealed in the German economy, with the economy contracting for the first time since 2015, as it shrank by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter, with investors believing that the German economy is not going to recover rapidly from this weakness in its third quarter.
Unemployment figures for Germany are set to be released later this week, with a predicted drop in unemployment, and if this is the case, the euro is likely to push back further against the major currency pairings before the month is up. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is set to be released for the Eurozone on December 7, which will show whether or not the Eurozone has grown, if GDP is seen to have grown compared to this time next year, it could mean the euro is likely to push back against the pound and US dollar.
Pound GBP/EUR: Up from €1.12 to €1.13 GBP/USD: Remained at $1.28 The pound remained volatile for the majority of the month, as Brexit chaos saw the currency continuously pushed around, being able to push back against the euro and US dollar, only to plummet when pessimistic Brexit-related news hit. The currency suffered a major dent when Theresa May’s cabinet was hit with the shock resignation of Dominic Raab, and then again when Jo Johnson resigned.
Sterling took a dent from the Consumer Price Index and Core Consumer Price Index figures, as both were expected to increase, although they remained at the same figure as the previous month. The UK GDP figures are set to be released for October on December 10, and the average earnings for October are set to be released the following morning. If these figures are positive and show growth, it is likely the GBP will push back against the major currency pairings. Although May’s Brexit negotiations are happening around the same time, major opposition from MPs over the EU Withdrawal Act is likely to cause the majority of the movement within the currency. US Dollar USD/GBP: Remained at £0.77 USD/EUR: Remained at €0.88 The US is currently embroiled in a trade war with China and with the G20 Summit coming up at the end of this month is likely to show whether this tension is going to be eased or escalated further.
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Snowflakes need boot camps… LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT SOMETIMES I really do find myself losing the will to live (I can hear the hurrahs from here!) This week yobbo violence against the British police rose to new unprecedented levels. In one of a number of incidents, after the beleaguered force was called out to attend to a fight outside a pub (where else?) they were apparently set on by up to 100 youngsters. Among this gang of feral youths it was later discovered that a few were actually only around 10 years old! In the fracas, the police were pelted with stones and fireworks, kicked and one punched heavily in the face. OMG I hear you say. How many were arrested? When do their trials come up? What assault charges are the police going to bring? Well, don’t hold yer breath. After the incidents, (and all the arrested perpetrators were released, basically with slaps on the wrist) the police issued a statement accusing the parents of ‘not having enough control’ over their offspring and that they had to ‘move up to the plate’ and give more guidance to their children. Is that not the most naive, unhelpful and posi-
POLICE: Confronted by ‘feral’ youths. tively inane simpering rubbish you have ever heard? So what do they suggest? Stopping their pocket money? Not letting them watch the X Factor for a week? This PC ‘snowflake’ attitude toward the
young is the main reason their behaviour is spiralling out of control. The only ‘guidance’ they need, is a short swift sentence in boot camp on bread and water. All these do-gooders are simply confusing our youngsters into experiment-
ing just how far they can actually go before they receive some heavy retribution or another. As for leaving it to the parents to sort out, are these law enforcers actually kidding? Don’t they realise that most of these youngsters come from homes that contain no love, no respect for the authorities and are often even worse than the unwanted offspring they allow to roam the streets. Step up to the plate? The only plate these products of our benefit society are interested in, is the one bearing a pile of chips on a Friday night. In the absence of National Service (come back, all is forgiven!) the only real answer to this yobbo culture are heavy boot camps with zero tolerance and the ability to make these youngsters petrified of ever being sent to them. Only then will we be able to introduce alternatives, youth clubs, gymnasiums, sports facilities and the like, to give them the opportunity to live decent lives and respect the laws and decencies of our society. As a final note to the small number of sad people that continue to think they are ‘revealing’ the ol’ boys hidden past, I suggest they buy my autobiography available on Amazon. Or if they are too mean for this, look me up on Wikipedia. Then for heaven’s sake give us all a break. Keep the faith, love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.
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Falling at the last fence Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
GIBRALTAR residents, according to the Daily Mail, ‘mocked’ Pedro Sanchez’s claim of victory over Spain’s recent Brexit spat as ‘fake news.’ To a certain extent it was a victory because Spain’s ‘prior agreement’ will be needed on matters concerning Gibraltar, although this was confirmation of the existing agreement rather than a concession. And it was a foregone conclusion that poor Teresa May would say yes to practically anything that Sanchez wanted, to avoid falling at the last fence in the EU obstacle course. Esp e c i a l l y wh e n s h e k n ew th at th e Grand National was waiting for her back home.
Cold comfort for old cure DANI MATEO is described as a humourist alth o u g h a n y o n e w h o w atc h es G ra n Wyoming’s programme El Intermedio can
Choice of friends JUAN CARLOS I, who abdicated in favour of his son Felipe more than two years ago, was photographed hobnobbing with Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Juan Carlos has always been on good terms with the Saudis and has supposedly helped Spain to pull off some very juicy arms and civil engineering contracts.
see that he’s a satirist. He’s in big trouble because of a sketch where he allegedly insults the Spanish flag in a mock homage to Frenadol, Spain’s go-to cure for a cold and is now being prosecuted for hate crime. Reverently intoning its contents he finishes with an almighty sneeze and wipes his nose on the nearest thing to hand, a Spanish flag, before realising in mock horror what he’s just done.
Credit: Twitter/Saudi Foreign Ministry
The Spani sh nat i onal i st s ar e besi de themselves with wounded patriotism, but the manufacturers Frenadol, who should al so be out r aged, haven’t com pl ai ned about the implication that it doesn’t work.
Not so simple arithmetic HOBNOBBING: Former king with Saudi Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is in hot water right now, but presumably the Rey Emeritus isn’t fussy about socialising with someone with no qualms about disposing of the journalists who diss him.
Hastily gabbling Sana sanita he then kisses it better as a Spanish mother does when a toddler hurts itself. It wasn’t Mateo’s best sketch and he knew what to expect, but the nose-wiping has been taken out of context. Called before a Madrid judge, he refused to declare but said before entering that he found it worrying that a ‘clown was being taken to court for doing his job.’
HACIENDA did its sums and Spain’s tax aut hor i t y f ound t hat t he unaut hor i sed Catalan referendum of October 1 last year cost €197,000, a long way off the €3 million that the previous government maintained. St r i ct l y speaki ng, €615,717 was ‘compromised’ but in the way of governments worldwide, most of that was not paid. Misappropriation of public funds is the charge that will get the remanded members of Cataluña’s previous government convicted, rather than rebellion. Ironically, it is below €250,000 and means they face lowish sentences. Makes you wonder if it was all worth it when weighed up against the cost of paying the board-and-lodging in chokey of Oriol Junqueras & Co for more than a year.
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Passion for furniture and decor ALBIR COLONIAL was launched in 1999 as a result of their great passion for furniture and decoration. What started as a small collection of furniture and colonial decor for the home, terrace and garden, has grown - almost 20 years later - into more than 6,000 square metres of exhibition, distributed in four large stores in the province of Alicante in Albir, Gata de Gorgos, Campello and Javea. For close to two decades, Albir Colonial has been pleased to offer furniture and decorative items of the highest quality. Their great enthusiasm for furniture and decoration is the basis of their philosophy of quality and design. Their products are handcrafted in solid wood, always respecting the environment. Because of this they only use wood with FSC and Legal Wood certificates. The catalogue of furniture and decor is constantly evolving, inspired by the latest trends discovered during recent trips to international fairs and direct visits to factories.
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A good servant or poor master? Prince was wrong; the internet is definitely not over, says Terence Kennedy
TECH FOR THE TIMID A HILARIOUS scene in ‘The IT Crowd’ had naive tech novice Katherine Parkinson given a precious box to hold. It ostensibly contained the Internet. All of it. The World Wide Web, the Interweb, the Intertubes, call it what you will. Barely three decades old, it now connects almost half of the world’s population, with five exabytes coursing through it daily. No I don’t know what that means either, but apparently it’s equivalent to 40,000 movies per second. Slightly too large to fit in Ms Parkinson’s box. From cat videos to connected kettles, from ordering pizza to analysing the Kardashian rear, the internet has become an essential part of our everyday lives. How on earth did we ever manage without it? Few of us have any conception of what holds it together. Try 300 un-
INTERNET: Around 85 per cent of people in Spain are online. dersea cables for a start. Experts estimate it will use 20 per cent of the world’s electricity by 2025 and release 5 per cent of our emissions. America’s data centres alone will need the equivalent of 10 nuclear power stations. Back in the mid-90’s we were impressively tech-savvy if we searched on AltaVista, which put the world at our fingertips through 13 million queries a day at its peak. Today’s
Google does 3.5 trillion. But fully half the world’s web traffic goes to just 0.1 per cent of today’s two billion websites. And miaouw for the news: astonishingly there are well over seven billion pictures of cats on the web, with two million videos on YouTube alone. Grumpy Cat and its ubiquitous videos earned its owners more than € 100 million. That’s a lot of Whiskas.
Of course the web has a dark side. Some estimates say up to 95 per cent of it is unindexed and thus invisible to standard browsers. Although this ‘dark web’ can have its good sides (not least in preserving the anonymity of journalists, activists and whistle-blowers), much of it is driven by criminal activity. While China leads in adding new users with more than 800 million people connected, Chinese surfers are actually far less fortunate than the rest of us. Imagine a world without Google, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram and that’s China, infamous for its so-called ‘Great Firewall of China’ manned by a mindboggling 50,000 internet censors. Around 85 per cent of Spain’s people are online, but that’s still well behind global leaders like Iceland (98 per cent) and those other lucky Nordics. So all in all, if ever you’re privileged enough to be allowed to hold the entire internet in its box, be very aware of your awesome responsibility. Respect, bro.
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For better or worse CAT videos apart, the internet undoubtedly spreads real knowledge and understanding around the world. But it’s also responsible for many of our modern problems, from the rabbitholes of time wasted on social media to the sheer destructiveness of online bullying and trolling. In the western world we spend an estimated 24 hours a week online, and many of us have little to show for it. Our sleep is disrupted, our attention-spans fragmented, our credit cards reeling. But observers say we are finally gaining more control over both our online identities and our habits as the dangers become all too apparent. That eminent 21st-century philosopher Lady Gaga said famously that ‘The internet is a toilet’. But we can at least flush it to let clean water in.
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Whatever happened to civil discourse? ANGER: Better to listen and respond in a civil manner.
Barry Duke I DON’T normally quote favourably from religious publications, but a while back I set aside an unusually intelligent piece written for the Salvation Army’s The War Cry by Rivera Sun, who called for calm and civil language ahead of the US presidential election. Sun wrote: ‘Discourse is the f o u n d a t i o n o f d e m o c r a c y. T h e ability to have a respectful and informed conversation about polit i c s - i n t h e p o s t o ff i c e , o u r homes, on the media, with friends, family or with total strangers - is essential for a society that prizes the ideals of liberty and freedom. ‘If we are not free to converse without being verbally assaulted, insulted and screamed at, what does that say about the content of our character? Is it really so hard to engage in the practices of be-
ing curious about our differences, asking questions, listening and responding in a sane and civil manner?’ Already things were hotting up, with Trump using the most obnoxious rhetoric to attack his opponents. We all see now, that a
president whose neck size exceeds his IQ has propelled America into a very dark place indeed, where a tsunami of intolerance has been unleashed against vast swathes of the population. Pipe bombs being sent by one of his more deranged supporters
to people like Barack Obama and actor Robert De Niro, the massacre of 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue and the gassing of refugees, are the latest examples of the lunacy that has overtaken the country. Meanwhile, Brexit has done immense damage to the UK, with discourse on both sides reaching unprecedented levels of hysteria. I’ve nothing against sarcasm a n d i n s u l t s p e r s e , b u t i t ’s t h e poor quality of the language used which irritates me most. Put-downs now being traded are completely lacking in subtlet y, w i t h t h e F - b o m b b e i n g dropped into every sentence. Insults, of course, have been bandied about since biblical times. Elijah, for example, told the priests of Baal. ‘Perhaps your god is sleeping, or maybe he’s off relieving himself somewhere,’ he suggested (2 Kings 18:27). Shakespeare was renowned for
his insults. ‘Thine face is not worth sunburning’, ‘Thou art as fat as butter ’ and ‘Thou art unfit for any place but hell.’ Centuries later, when boxer Joe Frazier said of Muhammad Ali ‘he’s a phoney, using his blackness to get his way,’ Ali retorted ‘Joe Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife.’ When Noel Coward told US writer and playwright Edna Ferber that she ‘almost looks like a man,’ she came back with ‘so do you.’ Actress Mae West said of a fella she met, that ‘his mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork’; and when a woman said to Winston Churchill ‘You’re drunk, and what’s more, you’re disgustingly drunk,’ he replied ‘You’re ugly, and what’s more, you’re disgustingly ugly. But in the morning I shall be sober and you’ll still be ugly.’ Oh, for a return to a time when invective was at its most entertaining when people had a better command of the English language.
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8:00pm Wild Tales From the Village 9:00pm Tap America: How a Nation Found It's Feet 10:00pm The Sinner 10:40pm The Sinner 11:20pm Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942 - 1984 12:20am Top of the Pops Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986. 12:55am Guitar Heroes 1:55am Wild Tales From the Village 2:55am Mcmafia 3:50am Mcmafia
8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Frasier 10:05am The Big Bang Theory 10:35am The Big Bang Theory 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am Heineken Champions Cup Rugby 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Heineken Champions Cup Rugby 4:10pm The Simpsons 4:40pm The Simpsons 5:15pm The Simpsons 5:40pm Arthur Christmas 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Britain's Most Historic Towns 9:00pm Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship 10:00pm Allied 12:25am The Impossible 2:30am Ministry of Justice 3:25am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:40am Big House, Little House
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5:45am Mike and Molly 6:05am Mike and Molly 7:00am Christmas Land unclassified. 8:35am Baby Daddy 9:00am Baby Daddy 9:30am Baby Daddy 10:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 11:00am Made in Chelsea 12:00pm Thunderbirds 1:50pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm Young Sheldon 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The World's End 12:10am Gogglebox
Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Rugby Gold Remember some classic matches from rugby's autumn internationals. 9:05am Live Rugby 7s: Cape Town 12:15pm My Icon 12:30pm Football Bournemouth host Liverpool at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League. 4:15pm Info not available 6:15pm Football Reading take on Sheffield United at the Madejski Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship. 12:00am Live NBA: Houston @ Dallas 2:30am Sporting Records 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News
8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Robozuna 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm The X Factor 2:10pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:20pm Apollo 13 5:00pm You've Been Framed! 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm ITV Evening News 6:40pm ITV News London 6:55pm Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 9:10pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:10pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:10pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:15am ITV News 12:30am Jaws 2 2:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs
3:20am Teleshopping 6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:50pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 2:20pm Catchphrase 3:20pm Jack Frost 4:20pm FYI Daily 4:25pm Jack Frost 5:25pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 6:55pm Yes Man 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Yes Man 9:00pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 11:10pm I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy
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5:15am A Gift for Christmas 7:00am Wonder Wheel Woody Allen's 1950s-set drama stars Kate Winslet as a former actress whose life is upturned by the appearance of her husband's estranged daughter. 9:00am The Greatest Showman 11:00am A Yeti Adventure 12:40pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 3:15pm A Gift for Christmas 5:00pm Black Panther: Special 5:30pm Lady Bird 7:20pm A Yeti Adventure 9:00pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:25pm The Greatest Showman 1:20am A Very Sordid Wedding 3:20am Bomb City 5:15am Holly Star
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Murder, She Wrote ITV3 Nightscreen Judge Judy Judge Judy Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot Bertie and Elizabeth Enchanting featurelength portrayal of the life of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Santa Claus Classic family Christmas adventure starring Dudley Moore, 1985 Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders On the Buses On the Buses ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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Teleshopping World of Sport The Protectors The Professionals The Professionals Motorsport UK ITV Racing: The Opening Show World of Sport Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing: Live from Sandown Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Train Robbers FYI Daily The Train Robbers Hornblower First Blood FYI Daily First Blood Training Day FYI Daily Training Day The Americans The Protectors
9:55am Click 11:50am Sweet Home Alabama 1:50pm Game Night 3:40pm Role Models 5:30pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 7:15pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 9:00pm Game Night 10:45pm Role Models 12:35am Fist Fight 2:15am The Little Hours 4:00am Wilson
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10:30am The Martin Lewis Money Show 10:55am Gino's Italian Coastal Escape 11:25am Doc Martin 12:25pm Midsomer Murders 2:20pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:30pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 3:00pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 3:30pm The Chase 4:30pm Tenable 5:30pm How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield 6:30pm Tipping Point 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm I'm a Celebrity Catchphrase Special 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Final 11:35pm ITV News 11:55pm Les Dawson Forever 1:40am Football Genius
7:15am School for Scoundrels 8:45am Greatest Gardens 9:15am The Instant Gardener 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 1:30pm Food and Drink 2:00pm Snooker 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Britain's Biggest Warship 8:00pm Snooker 12:00am The Mash Report 12:30am I'll Get This 1:00am Athletics 2:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 3:00am Question Time 4:00am Holby City A much-loved face from the past forces a guilty Serena to think about her future. 5:00am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
8:00pm A History of Christianity 9:00pm Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history. 10:00pm Daredevils and Divas: A Night at the Circus 11:00pm The Sky at Night A look at the world of astronomy. 11:30pm Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues. 12:30am The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey 2:00am Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history. 3:00am Mcmafia
7:20am King of Queens 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Stuart Little 2 5:05pm Father Christmas 5:35pm The Snowman 6:05pm The Snowman and the Snowdog 6:35pm Home Alone 8:35pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau 10:00pm A Very British Country House 11:00pm Tin Star 11:55pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1:00am The Angels' Share 2:45am The Last Leg
7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:10am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:10pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm Shrek the Halls 3:20pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 4:20pm FYI Daily 4:25pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5:05pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 7:10pm Despicable Me 8:10pm FYI Daily 8:15pm Despicable Me 9:00pm The Mask 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm The Mask 11:05pm Family Guy 11:35pm I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp 12:40am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:35am Family Guy 2:05am American Dad!
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The Professionals The Professionals The Sweeney The Sweeney The Sweeney Minder Minder The War Wagon FYI Daily The War Wagon The Train Robbers FYI Daily The Train Robbers Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Made in Britain Hornblower Executive Decision FYI Daily Executive Decision The Usual Suspects FYI Daily The Usual Suspects Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 9:25am Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 9:40am Baby's Day Out 11:30am Made in Chelsea 12:35pm Don't Tell the Bride 1:35pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm Young Sheldon 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm Oblivion 10:00pm Colombiana 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory 1:05am The Inbetweeners 1:35am The Inbetweeners 2:05am Tattoo Fixers 3:10am Rude Tube 4:05am Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus
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7:00am A Gift for Christmas 8:45am Black Panther: Special 9:15am A Yeti Adventure 10:55am The Greatest Showman 12:55pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 3:30pm In Darkness 5:25pm A Yeti Adventure 7:00pm The Greatest Showman Showstopping musical biopic about legendary 19thcentury circus entrepreneur PT Barnum. 9:00pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:25pm In Darkness 1:15am Lady Bird 2:55am Bomb City 4:50am Top Ten Show, the 2018 5:10am Holly Star
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EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Info not available Sunday Supplement One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games A New Life in Turin EFL Goals: Championship Football Info not available A New Life in Turin SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games To be Announced EFL Goals: Championship Football's Greatest Play-Off Final Highlights To be Announced EFL Goals: Championship Football's Greatest Play-Off Final Highlights
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9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm ITV News London 11:50pm Killer Women with Piers Morgan 12:50am Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 1:15am Jackpot247
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9:55am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 11:45am I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Final 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Final 8:35pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm American Dad! 11:00pm American Dad! 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 9:00pm Hidden Wales with Will Millard Professor Jeremy Black examines one of the most extraordinary periods in British history. 10:00pm Treasures of Ancient Rome 11:00pm A Very English Scandal 11:55pm A Very English Scandal 12:55am Everyday Eden: A Potted History of the Suburban Garden 1:55am Mcmafia 2:50am Mcmafia 3:50am Hidden Wales with Will Millard
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Murder, She Wrote ITV3 Nightscreen Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Inspector Morse Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Poirot Liar A Touch of Frost Liverpool 1 ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Psych: the Movie Permanent Dear Dictator Little Nicky The House Bad Teacher Fred Claus Chips: Law and Disorder The House Bad Teacher Bowfinger
Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Naked Attraction Gogglebox
Holly Star A Yeti Adventure The Grinch: Special The Greatest Showman Showstopping musical biopic about legendary 19th-century circus entrepreneur PT Barnum. 11:00am Katie Says Goodbye 12:45pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 3:20pm In Darkness 5:20pm A Yeti Adventure 7:00pm The Greatest Showman Showstopping musical biopic about legendary 19th-century circus entrepreneur PT Barnum. 9:00pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:30pm Katie Says Goodbye 1:10am In Darkness 3:10am Wonder Wheel 5:10am Holly Star
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A warm Danish welcome
Marisa Moreno is the Danish Consul on the Costa del Sol. As an international lawyer, she has a wealth of knowledge and experience on many matters which affect expats of all nationalities. She will bring this experience to you in her monthly column, but first she wants to introduce you to Peter and a taste of Danish Christmas…. CHRISTMAS is almost upon us and I would like to take the opportunity to share with you one of my favourite Danish traditions. I am going to introduce you to my good friend ‘Peter’ who will be the subject of my articles over the coming weeks on social, cultural and legal matters which concern all foreign community residents in general, and the Danish in particular. So Peter, who is very organised in his life, has this year offered to do traditional activities with his grandchildren to get ready for the arrival of Christmas. Peter is 50 years old and is Danish by birth, al-
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though he has been living in Spain since he was 10 years old when he moved with his family, parents and siblings, from his native Roskilde to our Costa del Sol. Peter has two grandchildren from his two daughters of his previous marriage and he wants to prepare a special Danish Christmas for them this year, because he wants his grandchildren to know and enjoy the traditions of their own country. Many Danish traditions have common roots with several other
northern European countries, so many readers will recognise the similarities in their own traditions. Christmas in Denmark begins with the preparation of the Advent crown, a Christmas decoration which each family makes, so Peter will take his two grandchildren to the field and pick up pine twigs and pine cones, to surround and shelter four white or red candles. They will also look for small wild red fruits and they will decorate it with some red ribbons.
A diabolical liberty Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man APART from me, who is fed up going into restaurants, and when ordering a soft drink like a coke, getting served a 200ml mixer sized bottle that’s the size you use for rum and coke or gin and tonic instead of a 330ml can or bottle and being charged ‘full’ price? It’s a diabolical liberty and a raving con. Don’t give me the old tosh that you can only get them direct from Coca Cola. I don’t care. Go into the local supermarket and buy some. I don’t care if they cost 30 cents and you sell them for €2.20 - just give me a proper size drink OK! One place told me if you use cans, it lowers the tone of the establishment. Listen mate, I’ve got news for you - your place, as brilliant as it is and I love eating there, is an upmarket cafe serving people in t-shirts, swimming shorts and flip flops in the summer. All the staff are walking about in t-shirts, jeans and trainers, not dinner suits and bow ties. It’s not the Ritz. Don’t be the person that stands behind the counter saying ‘you are the 200th person today that I’ve told we don’t get any call for this.’
OK so it’s ‘have a grump at eateries’ today. If you have a sign up saying you close at 4pm like the place Mrs S and Dr S went to in England - then it should be pretty safe to assume that you close at four o’clock correct? Wrong! Mrs S goes in at half three and Dr S is going to join her five minutes later. Patti orders a coffee then Sarah comes in five or so minutes later and also orders a coffee only to be told she can’t have one because the machine is off and is being cleaned. ‘But you don’t close til 4.’ ‘Yeah, but it takes half an hour to clean the machine and tidy up.’ ‘Yes, so do it when you close not when you are open.’ ‘We can’t cos we are open till four.’‘Then close the doors at 3.30!’‘But we have to stay open till four.’ Unfortunately it was a comprehension battle that could not be won. You can almost hear the staff saying, ‘if it wasn’t for all the bloody customers we could get on with our work!’ When I had my shops there was a very simple rule. We opened at 10am and closed at 10pm. The staff had to get there at 9.30am to hoover and do whatever was needed to do so we were ready to serve the public at 10am, and at night they didn’t start the closing process till the shop was closed and all the shifts that worked knew those were the rules.
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Then they will have to wait for each of the Sundays which precedes Christmas Eve for their grandchildren to light one of the four candles, one for each Sunday until the four candles are lit, then it will mean that Christmas has arrived. Also, Peter wants his grandchildren to have an authentic ‘Christmas calendar’ this year. To do this, Peter will have to prepare 24 small gifts (one for each day of December before Christmas). It’s going to be a big job because
there are two Christmas calendars, one for each grandchild, but it’s worth the effort. Peter could use chocolate figures in the advent calendar. They are easy to buy in the shops, but he wants his grandchildren to experience a different calendar this year along with the illusion of surprise which each gift gives. Peter has to give it some thought because children today are not as excited as when he was a child himself. So his two grandchildren, Alicia, four, and Adam, six, will be given gifts of small cars, animal figures, coloured pencils with glitter, plasticine, etc. The idea is that the grandchildren can share their gifts as he himself did with his brothers when he was little. I am sure that Peter ’s grandchildren are privileged to be able to enjoy the preservation of this beautiful Danish tradition but I am even more sure it will be Peter who will enjoy ‘Christmas calendar’ this year the most.
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your best interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don’t begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy. Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position. After all, you love a challenge so see this as a bit of a juggling act. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now. Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse festive social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places.
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Cryptic Across 7 Friend given card in royal residence (6) 8 A Brie I made from the peninsula (6) 9 Keep making a little dog (4) 10 Example of epic men’s makeup (8) 11 Rowing types, terrible moaners (7) 13 Put off in high-altitude terrain (5) 15 Old Peruvians of a certain caste! (5) 17 Returning paler, she loses heart to fall ill again (7) 20 Accommodation for American coins (8) 21 Where a camper sleeps is in contention (4) 23 Fancy cake outside exotic den (6) 24 Root cause of vehicle decay? (6) Down 1 Loose cloak or carbon copy (4) 2 Sapper's new identity documents? (6) 3 Had plenty of food - but about a quarter had no food! (7) 4 Article I had submitted to editor helped (5)
5 Determine content of crude cider (6) 6 Enjoy Scottish loch portrait (8) 12 Declare Ann put on very little weight (8) 14 Poems about current fashion
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company (7) 16 A Liberal from overseas (6) 18 Possibly faster getting desert (6) 19 Poet has European facial feature (5) 22 Approval after turning on corner (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents C and 12 represents G, so fill in C every time the figure 5 appears and G every time the figure 12 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 Pleasant-smelling (8) 8 White heron (5) 9 Concur (5) 10 Inactive (4) 11 Sailplane (6) 13 Medical practitioner (6) 15 Elaborate song for solo voice (4) 18 Desist from (5) 19 Intermission (5) 20 Singer of folk songs (8)
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Across 1 Caliente (no frio) (4) 3 Piruleta (8) 9 Kidneys (7) 10 Limpio (5) 11 Asado (5) 12 Dill (6) 14 Burbujeante (6) 16 Bitter (in taste) (6) 19 To grow (6) 21 Dirt (5) 24 Bendecir (5) 25 Beehive (7) 26 Tan pronto como (2,4,2) 27 Silk (4)
Down 2 Relating to the countryside (5) 3 Movable barrier in a fence or wall (4) 4 Capable of being farmed productively (6) 5 Weary (5) 6 Drunk (10) 7 Publication that appears at fixed intervals (10) 12 Formal and dignified (6) 14 State to be true or existing (5) 16 Established line of travel or access (5) 17 Pimple (4)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Guardarropa (8) 2 Income (from property) (5) 4 Ostra (6) 5 Milk (5) 6 To catch (7) 7 Fist (4) 8 Useless (person) (6) 13 Slap (8) 15 Barriles (7) 17 Mascullar (6) 18 Paintbrush (decorating) (6) 20 Basket (5) 22 Gansos (5) 23 Work (4)
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (COTTON) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
AFFORD ASCENT BETONY BIOPSY CENTER CORDON COTTON (10) CUPFUL FRAYED FROSTY HIDDEN MICRON POUNCE PYRITE SCHOOL SIERRA SUFFER SUNDER VERBAL
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Coarse 2 Larvae 3 Locate 4 Tallow 5 Rookie 6 Breezy 7 Vestal 8 Tinkle 9 Armful 10 Single 11 Gentry 12 Effort 13 Ginkgo 14 Memoir 15 Floury 16 Shaken 17 Typify 18 Cougar 19 Stroll.
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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case E) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
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TARGET: • Average: 19 • Good: 27
• Very good: 39 • Excellent: 50
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 7 Good: 9 Very good: 14
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Excellent: 18
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across: 1 Proboscis, 5 Nudge, 7 Sober, 9 Dear, 10 Cannon, 12 Sweden, 13 Fake, 15 Radio, 16 Clean, 18 Regarding.
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Down: 1 Pen, 2 Obey, 3 Casual, 4 Strange, 6 Dead end, 8 Bandage, 9 Deserve, 11 Belong, 14 Scar, 17 Nag.
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Across:
Across:
1 Thrush, 4 Bairns, 9 Rangoon, 10 Sonic, 11 Alert, 12 Explore, 13 Clandestine, 18 Lioness, 20 Apple, 22 Snaps, 23 Radiant, 24 Sadden, 25 Serene.
1 Cliffs, 4 Chupar, 9 Realeza, 10 Glove, 11 Ahead, 12 Ternera, 13 Hermanastro, 18 Apostar, 20 Etapa, 22 Tease, 23 Outside, 24 Spokes, 25 Granja.
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Down:
1 Tarzan, 2 Range, 3 Shorten, 5 Aesop, 6 Run-down, 7 Sacred, 8 Unnecessary, 14 Leopard, 15 Twaddle, 16 Blasts, 17 Gentle, 19 Elsie, 21 Plane.
1 Cargar, 2 Image, 3 Freedom, 5 Hogar, 6 Proveer, 7 Ruedas, 8 Waiting room, 14 Enojado, 15 Sweeter, 16 Mantas, 17 Bañera, 19 These, 21 Avion.
App of the week Calculator Pro While most phones now come with an inbuilt calculator, new app Calculator Pro offers smart phone users exciting new features, including a currency convertor using living data. The app also features a maths calculator, allowing users to take a picture of a problem and get an instant result, as well as a unit conversion facility and BMI calculator.
QUIZ: YOUNG AND OLD 1. By what name is the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales in London more commonly known? 2. In which 1944 Frank Capra film does Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant), a writer who has repeatedly denounced marriage as ‘an old fashioned superstition’, fall in love with Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), the minister's daughter who grew up next door to him? 3. In which decade was BBC TV’s iconic, non-chart music programme the Old Grey Whistle Test first broadcast? 4. In which US state is Salt Lake City, where Brigham Young and his Mormon followers first settled in July 1847? 5. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical poems by which Nobel Prize winning, USborn, British poet? 6. Singer-songwriter/actor Will Young first came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of which ITV talent contest?
7. Unchained Melody and The Man from Laramie were both UK number one hit singles in 1955 for which BBC DJ/radio personality? 8. Which anarchic 1980s British sitcom featured the characters Mike, Rick, Vyvyan and Neil? 9. Which Ernest Hemingway short story, first published in 1952, tells the story of Santiago, an ageing Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba? 10. Which worldwide organisation, now based in Geneva, was founded in June 1844 by George Williams in London and aims to put Christian principles into practice by developing a healthy ‘body, mind, and spirit’? Not a lot of people know that… the phrase ‘angry young men’ was originally coined by the Royal Court Theatre's press officer in order to promote John Osborne’s 1956 play ‘Look Back in Anger.’
Answers: 1. OLD BAILEY, 2. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, 3. 1970s (1971), 4. UTAH, 5. T S (Thomas Stearns) ELIOT, 6. POP IDOL, 7. JIMMY YOUNG, 8. THE YOUNG ONES, 9. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, 10. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA)
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*Gary Lineker, Ex-footballer; November 30, *Britney Spears, Pop singer; December 2. 36 57 The superstar’s first two albums, Baby One The legendary striker, who played for the More Time and Oops, I Did it Again, both sold English national team from 1984 to 1992, over 20 million copies worldwide. She released another six albums from 2001 to 2013 and became the country’s all-time top scorer in the FIFA World Cup finals after scoring a starred in her film debut Crossroads in 2002. Ozzy Osbourne. remarkable 10 goals. Since retiring, he has *Ozzy Osbourne, Heavy metal singer; forged a successful career as a sports commentator. December 3, 69 *Bette Midler, Singer and actress; December 1, 72 The Black Sabbath frontman became known as the Prince of Darkness and the Godfather of Heavy Metal. He Midler has sold more than 30 million records worldwide, earning herself the stage name The Divine Miss M, and married X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne in 1982 and the biggest hit is ‘Wind Beneath My Wings.’ Her films they split in 2016. include Down and Out in Beverley Hills, Get Shorty, *Jeff Bridges, Movie actor; December 4, 68 The actor starred as Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski in the 1998 Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Hocus Pocus.
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.
cult classic The Big Lebowski and earned an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Otis ‘Bad’ Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart. *Little Richard, Rock singer; December 5, 85 The ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ hitman was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He infused gospel tones with blues music during his performances as a teenager, and performed onstage when he was 14. *Andrew Flintoff, Cricket player; December 6, 40 Retired English all-rounder was named ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2004 and ICC Player of the Year in 2005. He finished his Test career with more than 3,000 runs and 200 wickets taken. He retired from cricket in 2010.
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Move from the start word (FOAM) to the end word (RAVE) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
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FROM the outside, a snowcovered cottage in the Cotswolds looks like an idyllic festive home, but inside waits the body of local writer Leonora Jewell. When Melissa Craig visits the area to enjoy her first winter there, she is asked to complete Jewell’s final book. Staying in her cottage, Craig finds a gruesome discovery overlooked by the police; a metal bar covered in blood. Police refuse to take seriously Craig’s claims this could be linked to the murder and she is left to finish her book. As she goes through Leonora’s notes, though, she begins to wonder whether the writer accidentally laid the way for her own murder. Doing some digging of her own, Melissa uncovers some unsavoury locals who she begins to suspect. But can she solve the case before the killer strikes again? Murder on a Winter Afternoon is the fifth book in the Melissa Craig series by Betty Rowlands.
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1884 - Monument complete One of the world’s most iconic structures, the Washington Monument was completed. 1917 - Halifax explosion The largest man-made explosion in the pre-atomic era takes place when a French munitions ship, the Mont Blanc, collides with another vessel in Halifax, Canada. 1921 - Free state Following five years of Irish struggle for independence from Britain, an Irish Free State is declared. 1936 - Stepping down After less than a year on the throne, Edward VIII becomes the first ever English monarch to voluntarily abdicate. 1941 - Pearl Harbour America joined the Second World War after a surprise attack by the Japanese on the American naval base at Pearl Harbour. 1945 - Bermuda Triangle Five US Navy Avenger torpedo bombers became lost in the Bermuda Triangle during a routine training mission. A search plane dispatched to rescue the men also became lost. 1975 - East Timor Indonesia launches a largescale invasion of the former Portuguese part of the island of Timor, near Australia. 1980 - Shock shooting One of the most famous pop stars in history John Lennon was killed by an obsessed fan in New York City.
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Being together is a life saver AS Christmas approaches I often think of those in the autumn of their years who for whatever reason, find themselves without friends and family around them. Recently I read that being lonely is as bad for elderly people as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. The evidence suggests that people don’t eat as well when they are on their own, which can make them more vulnerable to kidney and heart problems. While people are living longer, society has changed and extended family life is not as common as it used to be. I hope you will help to promote social clubs for pensioners and activities that they can get involved in on the Costa del Sol. Nora Clarkson
Sorry Leapy I WILL indeed withdraw my statement and would like to send my sincere apologies to Leapy Lee. I am sorry I misread his comments when highlighting the Grenfell disaster. The quote was: ‘To hear the moaning and whingeing of the evacuated you would have thought they would have preferred to chance an agonising death than be disturbed at that time of night.’ He was of course referring to a neighbouring tower block that was also evacuated, again very sorry for misreading his comments. Ray Osborne
Barrelling in I WAS shocked to read about Malaga Council’s plan to employ a marksman to cull the city’s parakeets. I do understand that their numbers have grown out of control and that they impact on other birds and wildlife, but this just seems a little inhumane. I personally prefer another method used to eradicate some overpopulated species; increasing numbers of their natural predators. In London, falcons used to be to help keep down the number of pigeons. Some people may disagree with this but I think it is better to let nature take its course rather than having gunmen wandering through the streets. Mrs A Ford
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BEAUTIFUL: Calle Larios, Malaga, Xmas 2017. I JUST wanted to say thank you for your guide to upcoming Christmas events in last week’s Social Scene (Costa Del Sol issue 1743). My grandchildren always look forward to the turning on of the lights in Malaga and this year I will now be able to surprise them with a few more local events. On the subject of Christmas lights, I was pleased to read that Malaga City Council was using LED lights in this year’s display. I imagine this measure will help to save costs for the taxpayer and also give us a much-needed reminder we should all be doing more to avoid waste, even during the festive period. Mrs Sheila A Booth
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A call for order AS British Members of Parliament prepare to vote this Tuesday on the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, many expatriates will be left wondering what the future holds due to ongoing uncertainty. Many will no doubt welcome the repeated guarantees Theresa May has made to expatriates living in Spain and elsewhere in the European Union (EU). These state that at least 300,000 expatriates living in Spain should, in theory, be able to continue living or working in the country as they did before Brexit. The problem lies not in the details of the deal, but in its chances of being approved in Westminster. Scores of MPs including those from Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and hard-line Conservative Brexiteers have said they are prepared to vote the deal down. The British expatriate community is a broad church as far as Brexit is concerned. Many would have liked Britain to remain in the EU, while others are happy the country is leaving. But all are equally entitled to feel secure about their future in Spain. While political posturing and threats may satisfy some MPs it is people here who are left worried about their homes, pensions and if their future here is secure. Politicians should for the sake of all British citizens both at home and abroad focus on securing an orderly Brexit instead of playing fast and loose with people’s lives.
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Spain is leading on migration at G20 summit I am not sure how accepting 47,000 migrants and then allowing them to cross into France and make their way to Calais to try to get to central London ... is leading the World. May we know how many have been repatriated ? PM
ANDALUCIA ELECTIONS: Ruling PSOE’s majority slashed as far right Vox party makes gains This is a reflection of the people’s opinion of the ruling elite that have plundered Andalucia for decades. I think it is a protest that should make all Spain wake up to the fact that they have been misled by the governing parties for too long. Derek Robinson
BREAKING: Norah Garratt has been FOUND alive and well in Benidorm Fantastic news, it’s the best news I’ve heard in ages, been a frantic 72hrs about my dear friend. Just glad the ending is the one everyone wished and pray for. Hugs and kisses to Norah
Public announcement from the Sales Director of EWN Media Group Proud to work in the best expat paper in Spain and I’m sure this new venture will only make things even better. Nazario I am proud to have been part of the EWN family for more
COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE than eight years now and always look forward to seeing the paper hitting the streets. Here’s to another few years to enjoy this publication. Maureen The EWN continues to grow from strength to strength, power in presence and publication across southern Spain with its tangible product as well as with the digital and social platforms opening the reading audience globally for all past residents, visitors and future visitors to the region to continue to keep up with the news. Being part of the EWN family previously I continue to enjoy reading weekly, so far this year I have read and introduced new readers to the Euro Weekly in the UK, Sydney, Australia, Budapest and Transylvania, Romania, the heart of the South Pacific in New Caledonia as well as the USA, friends globally message me saying they still read despite only having spent the odd five minutes initially, why, because it’s more than a weekly, bi-weekly rag, it’s a people persons community publication and people read to keep up with both news and columnists, that pretty much speaks volumes!!! The public have spoken, and the general consensus is that the Euro Weekly is by far the best in the region then yester-
day’s announcement makes absolute perfectly good sense! Good luck (not that it is needed) in the future growing publications of the Euro Weekly News! Harrison I really hope I can continue to get the EWN after the changes. I live in the UK and go to the Costa del Sol as often as I can, although it is getting increasingly difficult for me. As a pensioner and the crumbling UK financial situation since Brexit, I find I can only get down there for one week a year now. I would come to live there, but just can’t afford the initial outlay as I don’t have property here. Very sad!! Anyway, I really enjoy reading EWN as I feel it brings me closer to the place I love and it’s good to keep up with what’s going on there. Good luck in the new venture, I will stay a loyal reader and poster of certain articles on Facebook. Linda I believe we all agree Euro Weekly News is a well-known newspaper but the best of it is just here round the corner. The Euro Weekly family is working very hard to achieve the best result ever. Thank you very much to all our readers and clients for your support and understanding. Laura I am very proud to have been part of the EWN family for 11 years, and am looking forward to exciting things happening in the future. Our clients are the best and I know they are going to love the way ahead. Amalia
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Year round WHILE it may feel like winter is the one time you can take a break from using a daily SPF, the reality is, everyone can benefit from wearing sun protection year-round. The two rays delivered by the sun - UVA and UVB - both work differently. While UVB absorbed in moderate quantities can offer a series of health benefits, including helping our bodies create vitamin D, as well as working as a mood enhancer, and treating some skin conditions, UVA offers no such benefits. In fact, UVA rays penetrate deeper, simply damage the skin, causing premature wrinkles and increasing the risk of skin cancer. UVB, while potentially helpful in small amounts, also dramatically increases the risk of cancer. Even on a cloudy day, UV rays can still reach the skin so make sure to wear a daily SPF protection, ideally factor 30 or above, and top up frequently throughout the day.
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RELAX: Into an aromatherapy bath. PICTURE the scene; candles lit, a warm bath gently soothing away your cares, perhaps even a glass of wine. Baths are synonymous with winter comfort and may offer the perfect way to relax as the nights draw in. In fact, regular baths have even been shown to lower stress levels, aid blood pressure and perhaps even boost our immune systems. But how do you make sure you get the most out of your ‘me’ time? Cosmetics companies have spent years honing bath products, producing aestheticallypleasing, and often gorgeoussmelling, oils, gels, salts and soaks designed to enhance your
bathing experience. So why not take advantage of the many products on the market and treat yourself this festive season? These products come in various forms, and first up is the traditional bubble bath. This humble product has come a long way from the familiar sight of a bottle of ‘Matey’ next to the tub, and new formulas offer a much more grown-up take on this foamy favourite. While traditional bubble baths can be harsh on the skin, stripping it of natural oils and drying it out, new formulas like the ‘Lemon Custard’ shampoo, shower gel and bubble bath, £14.50 (€16.40) by Philoso-
phy, will nourish skin while you relax. Next up are salts and soaks which may not make quite the same visual impact as bubbles, but can certainly pack a punch when it comes to skin nourishing properties. Formulas which include natural sea salts contain minerals which your body can absorb through your skin, helping to relax muscles, restore health and promote relaxation. Varieties include Dead Sea, Himalayan and Epsom salts, all of which soothe rather than strip the skin. Some products also include a mixture of essential oils which add another dimension to your bath and can
relax or energise your senses, depending on which you choose. For those looking for a sensory experience, a pure bath oil can offer an intense hit of aromatherapy using natural products, which can again offer a range of mood-enhancing benefits depending on your preference. Finally, for anyone who loves a novelty, the bath bomb may have been around for some time but this year has seen some companies take the trend even further, creating multi-coloured, and sometimes even glittery products, which turn your tub into your very own show.
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Beauty baubles WHAT do you give the beauty aficionado who has it all? Why, a beauty bauble, of course. Not content with bringing us the beauty advent calendar, companies are now rolling out another must-have Christmas gift in the form of cosmetic products designed to be hung from the tree. Depending on your preference, you can buy coloured globes of shower gel, triangular decorations containing miniature candles, or cubes holding skincare essentials. Some canny sellers have even created crackers, hiding popular products. These novelties range from stocking-filler prices to blow-the-budget expense. If you want to get in on the trend this Christmas, check out the selection of baubles from boots.com, from The Sanctuary’s ‘Spa Shooting Star Shower Duo’, £6 (€6.75), to Maybelline’s ‘Super Slay Nails Gift Set ’ bauble, £8 (€9), which contains a top coat, and a fes-
tive-appropriate deep red shade. For sleep-deprived beauty experts who knows their way around a quality product, why not gift the This Works ‘Sleep Tight’ bauble from spacenk.com? The hexagonal decoration contains three miniature bedtime rescue remedies; a ‘deep sleep’ pillow spray, the ‘sleep plus’ pillow spray and a ‘deep sleep stress check’ roll on for £13 (€14.70). Overworked mums and dads will likely appreciate this year’s Christmas offering from Cowshed. The square decoration contains two relaxing products; the ‘Knackered Cow Bath & Shower Gel’ and body lotion, containing eucalyptus and lavender oils to calm the mind and body for £12 (€13.50), spacenk.com. Impress selfie-loving teens with Instagram-friendly Becca ‘Shimmering Skin Perfector Champagne Pop Mini Ornament’ for £16 (€18.10), spacenk.com. Or, try the Maybelline ‘Pout
CRACKERS: This Caudalie decoration contains three gifts. of This World’ bauble, £10 ( € 1 1 . 3 0 ) , boots.com, containing a lip gloss and lip liner. For the true beauty connoisseur and lover of luxury, splash out on Diptyque ‘Surprise Pocket L’Ombre dans L’eau & Baie’. This pyramid shaped decoration, costing £38 (€43) from spacenk.com, contains miniatures of two of the iconic brand’s most popular fragrances, as well as a travelsized candle. Finally, if you like the idea of individual crackers on the table, the Caudalie ‘Vinosource Christmas Cracker’, £10 (€11.30), spacenk.com, contains three small products and is sure to bring cheer to your festive place settings.
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CHRISTMAS: Finding the perfect gift for a beauty-lover.
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Health for your feet: come and visit our podiatrist Stefanie Aarnes in Clinica Britannia
Preparing your skin before the Xmas holidays CHRISTMAS is the most anticipated time of the year and now that you’re only a few weeks away from the day when you will be reunited with loved ones, have you taken the time to assess if your beauty routine is able to keep up with your needs? Although Christmas is a lovely season, there are also changes in the weather that can be detrimental to your skin, and much worse, affect your overall look. If you are one of the people who hasn’t switched yet to a new beauty routine that is suited for the season, you may already be dealing with skin and beauty issues that you’ll definitely want to get rid of, especially in time for the celebrations that are definitely happening in December. So, how do you start? Getting your glow back doesn’t happen overnight, but we want to make it easy for you. We have prepared a beauty transformation guide that can restore your glow in less than one month. Now is the time to get rid of dead skin cells, and fill the newborn cells with vitamins, amino acids and let the skin glow. One very easy step to do this is by starting with a very light chemical peel, to give your skin freedom to breathe again. Follow up with a rich tissue mask, which lets your skin absorb the ingredients easier. Simple, but very effective steps! For more information and prices, please contact us on Derma Clinic Spain. Also follow us on Facebook or Instagram for our monthly discounts and offers.
Call for an appointment on: 674 255 579 Camino del Pinxo 2 L’Alfàs del Pi 03580 674 255 579
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OBVIOUSLY the foot plays a crucial part in the process of walking, and often suffers as a result of poor function. This inefficient function can result in foot conditions such as corns and calluses, painful toe nails, pain in the ball of the foot, the arch, the ankle, or in the heel. Less obvious, but very important, is the fact that inefficient foot function has an influence on other parts of the body. A small structural or functional imbalance in the foot may often cause no foot pain at all.
It may however have an effect that can cause problems in the ankles, knees, hips and back, essentially all parts of the body which are connected to the feet by the skeleton. This may show itself as pain, instability, restricted movement, or in some cases just fatigue. Podiatrists can also often detect serious health problems which may otherwise go unnoticed, because a number of diseases manifest first through symptoms of the lower extremities (ie diabetes, arthritis, neurological disorders, heart disease, kidney disease and
PODIATRIST: Mrs Stefanie Aarnes. liver disease). Regular foot care can make sure your feet stay healthy. With proper detec-
tion, intervention, and care, most foot and ankle problems can be lessened or prevented.
Clinica Britannia Avda Ejercitos Españoles 1st Floor (Not ground Floor) 03710 Calpe Tel: 965 837 851 24h: 607 255 755
(Not so) friendly bacteria A TYPE of bacteria found naturally on our skin is becoming immune to antibiotics, scientists have warned. Staphylococcus epidermis grows naturally on our skin and is normally harmless, but experts claim the bacteria is mutating to defend itself against antibiotics, leaving us more vulnerable to infection. The bug, which is similar to the hospital superbug MRSA, can make its way into an open wound after surgery, causing infection. Scientists at the University of Bath are now urging doctors to identify patients who may be more vulnerable to infection and work to prevent or quickly treat any issue. Professor Sam Sheppard from Bath’s Milner Centre for Evolution said: “Staphylococcus epidermis is a deadly pathogen in plain sight.” He added: “It’s always been ignored clinically because it has frequently been assumed that it was a contaminant in lab samples, or it was simply accepted as a known risk of surgery.” Professor Sheppard noted: “Post-surgical infections can be incredibly serious and fatal,” adding, “infection accounts for almost a third of deaths in the UK so I believe we should be doing more to reduce risk if we can.” The scientist concluded: “If we can
RESEARCH FOUND: Bacteria on our skin is becoming resistant to antibiotics. identify who is most at risk of infection, we can target those patients with extra hygiene precautions before they undergo surgery.” Experts say you can help avoid bacteria travelling into cuts and scratches
by washing hands frequently using soap and warm water, keeping the skin clean, not sharing razors, bedding or towels, and keeping any cuts clean and covered.
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WE all know that in winter we should take care to ensure our skin does not become too dry. But what do you do, if all preventative measures have failed you, and you end up with dry, cracked skin on your hands or face? This common complaint can become sore, uncomfortable and even embarrassing. Cracked skin also means your barrier protection is lowered,
ic appointments to all new patients, so that they may meet the clinicians, talk about any concerns and build a rapport. These ‘taster’ consultations are available for a free dental check-up, free pain consultation with the osteopath, free skin analysis with the Aesthetics doctor and a free chat with the Cosmetic surgeon. After your MedClinic appointment, there are options for membership which provide ongoing discounts on numerous services and treatments or you can continue to visit on an as-needed basis. As well as innovative dental implants and everyday fillings and check-ups, the dental team provide full smile makeovers. Patients can choose from an array of cosmetic treatments from veneers and teeth whitening to invisible teeth straightening. We often see that an improvement in a
leaving you prone to infection, making it important to take measures to heal the area. The problem is caused by a lack of moisture in the skin, meaning the first step is to take steps to prevent further moisture loss by avoiding harsh detergent soaps, and thoroughly drying hands after you have washed them, rather than letting them air dry, which allows further mois-
patient’s teeth can lead to a huge boost in self-confidence. Now dental implants are from only €995 per implant! Other amazing offers, include teeth whitening from just €160 and the Complete Beautiful Smile package (teeth whitening, lip fillers and two facial peels) from just €480! If you are looking for the perfect present for that special person, Medcare’s packages or a gift voucher could be the answer! Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Call 966 860 258 or email doctors@med carespain.com.
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ture to be lost from the skin. Next, apply a heavy duty hand cream or barrier cream regularly throughout the day. The more often you do this, the stronger your skin’s natural barrier will become. Some of the best products are petroleum jelly and creams designed for eczema. For a more intense hit of moisture, slather your hands in
product and wear a pair of gloves over the top, overnight. For the skin on your face you may be less inclined to walk around with noticeably shiny lotions or creams on. Too heavy a product could clog your skin’s pores, leading to breakouts. Take care of the delicate skin on your face by avoiding washing with water that is too hot, and limit the use
of exfoliants until your skin is back to normal. Try using a special facial oil which will hydrate without being greasy, followed by a rich moisturiser designed for the face. Nourish your skin from the inside, by upping your intake of water and consuming more Omega 3 oils found in oily fish, pumpkin seeds or supplements.
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Jobs fit for a queen AFTER attending a glittering gala banquet at Madrid’s Royal Palace it was back to business for Queen Letizia last Thursday as she took part in a series of workshops in the Spanish capital. The Spanish queen, 46, joined Labour Minister Magdalena Valerio to mark the 40th anniversary of the National Employment Institute at the palace. Letizia looked typically sharp in a belted grey coat
teamed with a pussybow blouse and flared trousers, with her hair worn in her signature side parting. She began her day by meeting the President of the National Heritage Board of Directors, Alfredo Perez de Arminan, before attending the workshops which included saddlery, binding, moving goods and gardening. At the end of the engagement, Letizia spoke to students from the institute.
REGAL STYLE: Queen Letizia was promoting employment.
The only way is marriage JAMES ARGENT has big plans for 2019, revealing recently that he’ll propose to girlfriend Gemma Collins within the next year. Moreover, he is thinking about sunnier climes for the nuptials, saying: “We love the idea of getting married in Es-
sex or Brighton as they’re both special places to us, or we might go abroad and do it in Spain or Italy.” While the marriage may be on the cards, Gemma, 37, is not feeling rushed and does not plan to have a baby until at least 40.
Elsa is a siren SHE portrays the darkly enigmatic leader of a group of siren-human hybrids in upcoming Netflix series Tidelands, and this week Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, 42, praised the show for having strong female characters and embracing gender equality. The mother of three, who lives in Byron Bay, Australia, with husband Chris Hemsworth, said: “I’m not saying the men’s characters are not strong, I ’ m j u s t s a y i n g t h e y ’ re very equal. “ I t ’s g o o d t o s e e s t o ries like that right now.” The former model who was born in Madrid, also said she felt particularly connected to the mythology surrounding sirens, saying she “grew up with them.” Last month, Elsa revealed that starring in Tidelands had been a positive experience for her marriage.
She said being on set again had allowed her and husband Chris, 36, to focus on things outside family life and bond over their shared love of acting.
SPANISH SIREN: Elsa Pataky.
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WONDERFUL sunshine and a great atmosphere prevailed at the annual Jalon Valley ARC Christmas Fair at the weekend. There were some amazing gifts displayed on all the lovely stalls which some lucky people are going to receive for Christmas presents in just a few weeks time. Santa came by during his busy schedule, ably assisted by his two elves, Lily and Evva, and several children visited him in his grotto. As always, there was a fabulous display of cakes and savouries - all donated by many generous supporters -
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SUCCESS: One of the many stalls with wonderful gifts for sale. as well as some tasty mulled wine to bring Christmas cheer. Lynne Henry baked one of her specially designed cakes to be raffled, with Jayne from ARC the lucky winner. Shirley and other ‘crafty people’ made some lovely things for the ARC craft stall including toys for the dogs and cats. Shirley also made a fabulous Christmas cake, which will be raffled at our bag-packing days at Iceland, Benissa on December 21 and 23. Matt Mason kept everyone entertained with his lovely voice singing Christmas carols and many popular songs, as well as the Jukes playing their Ukuleles and singing a wide variety of carols and songs. Many thanks to both
Matt and the Jukes for giving freely of their time and talents, which was much appreciated. Many local businesses donated some wonderful prizes for the super raffle and many people also donated over 100 prizes for the Tombola stall. Both raised lots of money for ARC and we thank everyone for their generosity. The whole day was a great success and the best Christmas Fair to date raising nearly €2,500 for the animals in ARC’s care. The work never stops though, as ARC continues to rescue and care for abandoned animals, dumped kittens and puppies. All have to be fed, have vet treatment, injections, neutered and cared for, not to mention all the feral cat colonies in the Valley that ARC helps to support. So, the fundraising continues at a pace. There is a fair for ARC on December 13 at Bar Citrus, Orba from 1pm to 5pm. Also, please come to do some shopping at Iceland, Benissa on December 21 and 23 where ARC volunteers will help pack your bags and also have another raffle with some great prizes. Jalon Valley ARC thanks everyone for their support and wishes you all a very Merry and Peaceful Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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VARIETY: A scene from one of the great musical numbers. JAVEA U3A’s annual ‘Christmas Extravaganza’ once again attracted a full house at the Parador, and the 200-plus members who made up the audience were not disappointed. Congratulations to the director and compere, Shirley King, who managed to assemble the cast from a number of willing volunteers. She was ably accompanied by husband Richard in
charge of the sound. The show featured a variety of sketches performed by members including current and past presidents Val Dromgoole and Eric Atkins respectively. Other acts featured Sheila Giacomelli, Howard Parker, Roger Saunders and Myers and Margaret Logan, Peter Allin, Roy Brown, Trevor Rush, Karen White and Julie and Duncan Robson, Gary
Johnson, Gerald Joy, Larry Sherrington, Eric Atkins, Graciela Kaplan, Lesley Davies, Pru Hughes, Helma Herman, Leigh Patterson and Jacqui Rogerson and Lindsay Johnson. The show concluded with a performance by the Denia Rock Choir, before members of the audience were treated to mince pies and sherry as the Christmas spirit prevailed.
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CHRISTMAS CHEER: Santa Claus with Sonia Sleight (l) and Rose Chapman on the Bottle Tombola stall.
MOFTAG break all records ALL the hard work that the MOFTAG Elves put in for weeks beforehand certainly paid off last Saturday with the amazing amount of â‚Ź2,212 being raised for local charities. This is the highest amount ever made at their Fayres which are held twice a year. This year Santa Claus even paid them a surprise visit which just added to the festive mood of the day. MOFTAG (Mighty Oaks from Tiny Acorns Grow), the oldest club running in Calpe, this year celebrated its 40th anniversary and con-
tinue to raise funds for Maite Boronat, Gargasindi School, the Red Cross and the local food bank. The club would like to thank everyone who supported their Xmas Fayre in the way of donations and everyone who came along on the day. MOFTAG meet every Wednesday and new members are always welcome. If you would like more information, kindly contact the president Jenny Godfrey on 639 139 518.
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Puppets on a string... and more ONCE again, the International Puppet Festival is taking place in Alicante until Sunday. This amazing experience for locals and tourists alike will allow families with children, solo travellers or just anyone feeling a little curious to take a break from their Christmas shopping and enjoy something different. A total of 13 different groups are expected to attend the Festival - nine from Spain and four from around the world (Brazil, France and Hungary) - that will feature a total of 26 shows, most of which will be free to enter. Apart from the superb shows carried out by some of the world’s most experi-
LONG RUNNING: An example of the puppets on display.
enced puppeteers, visitors will be able to interact and take part in a number of workshops showing how these wonderful wooden puppets are made. The shows will be spread across Alicante City in the Cigarreras Culture Centre, Arniches Theatre, and in a number of open air stages in parks and public spaces. In addition to the beautifully crafted wooden puppets, there will also be a selection of glove, string and shadow puppets taking part in the shows. This is the 31st time that the International Puppet Festival is being held in Alicante and is the longest, continuous running festival that it hosts.
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All change for Spiritual Friends FOR many years Spiritual Friends has held its weekly meetings at SolPark Tennis (now called Innate Active) Moraira. However, due to the premises closing in the New Year for refurbishment they are on the move. They have approached Javea Golf Club and been kindly offered use of a room which is alongside the bar/restaurant. Please mark your diaries. After the Christmas/New Year break, the first meeting of 2019, will be Wednesday, January 9, at Javea Golf Club. The venue may have changed
but the time remains unchanged, gathering at 2pm for a 2.30pm meeting which goes on until 4.30pm / 5pm. For the diary of future meetings please see the website w w w. s p i r i t u a l f r i e n d s costablanca.com or e-mail: sp.fr.cb@gmail.com. Everyone is welcome to come along to any meeting they would find of interest. To all supporters of the group, past, present and future, Spiritual Friends wish you all a very Merry Christmas, with health and happiness in the New Year.
Local artists on display THIS week has seen the opening of the Denia Art Exhibition held at the Casa de la Cultura. The entrance is free and runs until Saturday, December 22, and whilst looking at and appreciating the work of the exhibitors you can enjoy a glass of cava and a snack or two. This is the first time a number of local artists - Hannelore Malic, Jutta Kuenen and Vera Jones - have been featured. The exhibiton opens Monday to Friday between 11am and 2pm and from 5pm to 9pm; Saturday from 11am to 1pm and from 6pm to 9pm.
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A SPECIAL DAY: Music with a mission.
Adoption is the best option COME along to the Christmas Special doggy charity day at the Benidorm Palace on Sunday. There will be some amazing acts performing, and some fantastic raffle prizes to be won along with a little Christmas spirit and fun for a very worthy cause. Don’t forget to wear your Christmas antlers or Santa hats. Local businesses have provided the raffle prizes, and some have provided their services all for free. The Tiger foundation, Manos Y Patos and help save Spanish Sharpie are all aiding Benidorm Homing’s dumped and abandoned, sick dogs in and around the Benidorm area. The doors will be open at 12pm (tickets
€10). As you enter there will be a Magic Mirror where you can have fun creating group selfies with interaction on social media and a lot more. Father and Mother Christmas will be there too. The show will be co-hosted by David James and Tom Kidd (Cool FM) and include performers like Mark Ellis, Destry Spigner, Guy Melidoni, Pablo Bloom, Kim Peters, Arlington Road, The Blues Brothers, She’s Pink, Westlife tribute, Duo Zodiac, Men of Motown, box jive and Benidorm Palace's very own Tito to name a few. You can buy tickets at the door on the day of the event. Please check for availability. benidormpalace.com 965 851 660.
THE AMATA craft fair that starts today and runs until Sunday from 1am to 9pm in the Port of Jávea will include a stall with Glühwein, the famous mulled wine that is drunk traditionally at Christmas time in Germany. Everyone who spends more than €10 will get a voucher for a free glass of this wine. Every stall offers something different: from pottery to embossed leather, jewellery in different materials, soft and wooden toys, small furniture of recycled wood and decorations made of shells, to name but a few.
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Give your share to show you care GREAT restaurants are rarely born. They are made. They are the aggregation of details and fine tuning over time. They have to find their footing, and this can take time. Oceana Club does not feel like it went through any of this. It seems to have arrived in the world fully matured, which is all the more remarkable given the weight of expectation upon its shoulders as a central part of the expatriate community. The latest manifestation of this role is to host the celebration of the opening of the new day centre for the elderly in the heart of Calpe, with the help of sponsors Princetons property service. Princetons demonstrated they have a true commitment to not just help people realise their dreams but also to support our parents’ and grandparents’ age groups. For them it’s about helping strangers who become friends and offering respect for the older generation especially those in need of help. Princetons, who were represented on the day by Manager John O’Neill and sales person Cherelle Thompson, happily paid for this worthy event and provided staff for the day, showing they have time for everyone; and it doesn’t stop there. Peter Sparkie Lyons and David Cassim, who are passionate about the day centre for the young at heart, officially announced the opening of this beneficial and exciting new social space for the elderly, and talked about their long-term goals to use the funds raised by the events and their charity shop in Calpe to help those most vulnerable and dependent. David, who has been a carer for 25 years, choked up in his presentation speech; he just wants to raise the bar to an acceptable level that people deserve. They also want to be able to help people when they are waiting to get placed by social services, which for various reasons could be months. David, being a positive person didn’t want to dwell on the negatives of others, instead focussing on pressing forward to give people what they so richly deserve - care and dignity. Peter said: “We will never turn anyone away.” A raffle was held using gifts provided by local businesses and managed to raise €425.05, which was a great start. The young at heart day centre will be opening on January 7, 2019 at the Gran Sol Hotel with opening hours between 10am and 3pm.
OWNERS: Jody and Franco from Oceana Club.
PASSION: David and Peter announce the opening.
€425.05 Raised for the day care centre from the prize raffle.
The day centre offers entertainment and activities with lunch and refreshments provided. There are also pick up and drop off points between Benissa and Jalon. Oceana Club, set in the Marina at Benissa has become a landmark in its own right and is known for remarkable, simple but delicious menus. The owners Jody and Franco have created a crew of fun-to-be-around staff and this combination is what gets folks coming back and guarantees positive recommendations. As you enter the place you are welcomed by a magnificent setting, a delightful marriage of objet d’art and the luxuries of modernity. Sitting at any table you have a wonderful view of the Mediterranean and the harbour. Walk into the bar area and the view is of the workshop-like kitchen where you can see the chefs crafting their dishes. Out on the long terrace you would be forgiven for thinking you had stepped on to the deck of a pleasure cruiser, especially at night when the lights are on. The ambience of the twinkling sky and the vast open sea hits a nostalgic note. The menu on this day was a buffet which offered a wide variety of mouth-watering canopies; slivers of beef and skewered peppers with tomato and mozzarella balls to start. There were also huge paellas with mussels, platters of salads, calamari, BBQ ribs and the most amazing Scotch eggs. It was followed by a delicious chocolate and cream festival of various desserts. The dishes just kept coming - you got the feeling the kitchen wanted you to know you’d been fed. All products were fresh and the dishes home-made. The chefs take great care in selecting the best quality ingredients. The restaurant also caters for all tastes by providing a large selection of the best wines of the region, a selection of draught beers and great Cava. Do you have a birthday coming up that needs celebrating? How about a wedding anniversary? Or your parents’ wedding anniversary? It’s happy Wednesday. Just find something worth celebrating, even if it’s merely the gruelling business of being alive and use it as the excuse to go and dine at the Oceana Club. You’ll thank us. More to the point, you’ll thank head chef Hassan Fezzaga.
OCEANA CLUB: Known for remarkable, delicious menus.
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Property law change A NEW Spanish law will require both parties in a married couple to agree before selling a property, even if the home is in just one name. This change will apply to any property which serves as the main residence for a couple, and limits the freedom of the spouse who is the sole owner of a home, to sell or rent it. The law is designed to protect families, placing the needs of the unit above those of either partner in a marriage, and will only apply to those who married in a civil or church ceremony. Salvador Salcedo, partner in the law firm Atico Juridico, told idealista.com the law is aimed to safeguard the family home and prevent one family member making a decision which could adversely affect others. He added the regulation would not apply to situations where there had been a marital dispute, as this is already covered by another law governing
MARRIED COUPLES: Must both consent to selling a property. the use of a family home in the event of separation and divorce. Salcedo explained: “A part of the Supreme Court’s decision, has at heart the principle of equality, which comes into play both when choosing a house and when deciding whether to keep it.” He said the new law would ensure any spouse whose name is not on a deed, ‘tolerates or grants their approval to an act
carried out by another to which they are not a party.’ If no consent is given, a notary can refuse to authorise the transfer of a property without face-to-face confirmation one party is happy to go ahead, or by power of attorney from the non-owner spouse. If a sale takes place without the consent of a notary, the land registrar will now refuse to register a property.
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MOTORING FACT TO build a car that remains at the very top of its class even when it’s at the end of its life, after new rivals have come and gone, is some feat. Even as the last Ford Fiesta bowed out, it was still winning group tests, still earning itself fivestar reviews, and still at the top of many hot hatch buyers’ want list. The latest Fiesta ST is available with three or five doors, both of which come with the same 197bhp, 1.5-litre three-cylinder turbo engine. The improvements Ford has made in the interior become immediately apparent on climbing inside. Gone is the old, plasticky dashboard littered with buttons, with a too-small infotainment screen. Although it is not exactly upmarket, the dashboard is more userfriendly, more modern and better finished, with some smart sections of black plastic drawing your attention away from the hard, brittle plastic lower down. In the front the chunky Recaro seats offer fabulous support all round, enclosing you within deep
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French authorities stopped the Paris-Madrid race in Bordeaux in 1903 after 10 were killed, including Marcel Renault, leading to a French ban on road races.
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bolsters and keeping you wonderfully comfy. But this leaves slightly less room in the back than is ideal, and the boot could be a little bigger too. However, as with all versions of this model, the extraordinary driveability of the Fiesta ST soon makes you forget about any foibles. Put your foot down away from the lights and the ST’s potency comes into play,
FEISTY FORD: The new ST delivers once again.
the steering wheel gliding in your hands as the front wheels effortlessly grip the tarmac.
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The Sport driving mode gives you sharper throttle and opens up the ex-
haust to deliver more engine noise, while race disengages traction control to really put the car in your hands. The nose still responds beautifully to the steering, which is incredibly accurate and perfectly weighted. Overall the new ST is exhilarating, addictive and beguiling, just like the old model was.
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Porsche 911: Style for the ages THE eighth generation of Porsche’s evergreen 911 sports coupe has been revealed in Los Angeles, 55 years after the first car to wear the famous designation was introduced. As you might expect, the 911’s traditional flat-six engine (now ex-
clusively turbocharged) is more powerful than ever, with both of the new 911 S models developing 444bhp, an increase of almost 30bhp compared with the outgoing model. Both have a new eight-speed dual-clutch PDK gearbox.
The rear wheel drive S can accelerate from 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds, while the all-wheel drive of the 4S cuts that time by 0.1 sec. Quoted top speeds are 191mph for the Carrera S, with the 4S 1mph slower. Efficiency has been increased via an improved direct fuel injection process and a new arrangement for the twin turbochargers and intercooler.
As is traditional in Porsche’s most famous car, the engine is in the wrong place, as it was when Ferry Porsche started tweaking Volkswagen Beetles before making cars under his own name. The exterior styling features significantly wider wheel arches than the previous generation, while the wheels are now 20” in diameter at the front and 21” at the rear. The outer shell of the body is now made from aluminium, apart from the front and rear, while the door handles are flush to the bodywork and pop out electrically when required. At the rear there is a much wider, variable-position spoiler, beneath which a seamless
light bar runs across the full width of the car. The straight lines of the facia design and recessed instruments were inspired, apparently, by 911s from the 70’s. The central screen of the Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system is now 10.9 inches, with new software that’s claimed to be faster and easier to use. A safety function dubbed Wet Mode, included as standard, detects water on the road and pre-conditions the control systems accordingly, and alerts the driver. Also standard is a warning and brake assist system, which detects the risk of collisions with moving objects and initiates emergency braking if necessary. Night Vision Assist with a thermal imaging camera is optional on the 911 for the first time.
SUCH STYLE: The Porsche 911 series is nothing short of iconic.
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Tanking it IF you’ve somehow managed to put the wrong fuel in your car, don’t panic, these things happen. But whether you’ve realised your mistake 30 seconds in, or not until you’ve filled the tank it makes no difference, the entire tank will need to be drained. The most important thing above all else is not to start your car, as this will make the fix simpler and less expensive. If you’ve had your wits about you in this way, notify the fuel station attendant and hopefully they’ll help you push your car to the station’s car park. From there you will be able to call your roadside assistance provider who will be able to come and assist. But if you’ve already driven a short distance before realising your mistake, you will need to have your vehicle towed to a mechanic. This is where the costs can mount as it’s likely that you will
FUEL FOR THOUGHT: It is worth being extra careful at petrol stations. need a new fuel tank, new fuel lines, fuel filters, pumps and injectors, though this depends on the vehicle. Unfortunately misfuelling is-
n’t covered by your warranty or insurance, and you’ll need to let your dealer know what has happened. Most fuel filler caps will have
a sticker stating what fuel the vehicle should be filled with, and there are also products with safety latches designed to block the wrong pumps going in.
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Banding together RENAULT, Nissan and Mitsubishi have reaffirmed their commitment to their alliance, as company leaders held their first meeting since the shock arrest of Carlos Ghosn as chairman of two of the companies. “We remain fully committed to the Alliance,” the three firms said in a joint statement as Ghosn remains in custody in Japan on allegations of misconduct. Ghosn was seen as the glue binding together a complex three-way structure which counts as the world’s top-selling car company, with some 10.6 million vehicles rolling off the production lines last year. Renault is the dominant member of the alliance, holding 43 per cent of the shares in Nissan, but the Japanese firm now outsells its French counterpart, sparking frustration in Tokyo. Ghosn and close aide Greg Kelly were arrested last week for allegedly conspiring to under-report Ghosn’s income by around €38 million. The 64-year-old tycoon denies the allegations.
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THE BMW Vision iNEXT provides an insight into the future of personal cars. The latest Vision Vehicle from the BMW Group symbolises the dawn of a new era in driving possibilities, and it has celebrated its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Far more than a vehicle, the iNEXT encompasses pioneering technology and design that is set
BMW Vision iNEXT The future has arrived to filter across the company and its brands. This is the first time that all of BMW’S strategic innovation
fields: Autonomous driving, Connectivity, Electrification and Services, have been incorporated into a single vehicle.
Engineers were driven more than ever by the idea that the future of transport must revolve around people’s emotions, needs and preferences. Possibilities offered by autonomous driving, electrification and ever-greater connectivity will in future open the door to completely new experiences and ways of shaping a journey. Drivers will have ever greater freedom to decide how they wish to use the time spent travelling in a car. The design of the vehicle’s
interior will become increasingly important, with the feel-good factor playing a more prominent role. The all-electric BMW Vision iNEXT has therefore been created as a mobile space that offers real quality of life and addresses the need for a new ‘favourite space’ in which we can be ourselves and relax. Composed of just a few, clean-cut lines, the geometry of the iNEXT cabin places the focus on materials and colours. A mix of cloth and wood cre-
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ates the kind of sophisticated feel associated with furniture design, helping to give the interior its special ‘boutique’ character. The inside of the car is bedecked with warm, welcoming colours, such as the nude shade Purus Rosé, Brown and Beige, while the shimmering metallic Mystic Bronze accentuates the effect. A petrol-coloured Enlighted Cloudburst cloth upholstery covers the rear compartment with its intricate Jacquard weave, which runs asymmetrically across the seat area and extends into the side panelling and parcel shelf. In the BMW Vision iNEXT, smart technologies stay in the background and out of sight hence the name Shy Tech - and are only deployed when needed or at the driver’s or passengers’ request. There is virtually no need for either screens or buttons, as functions can be operated using surfaces made of materials such as wood or cloth. Control of the vehicle is therefore tailored in every respect to the requirements of the people travelling in it. Moreover, the stunning Liquid Greyrose Copper paint finish, which gradually changes in shade from warm copper to dark rose, exudes style and class. The BMW Vision iNEXT features a very modern take on the classical BMW four-eyed front end, complete with superslender headlights, while cameras (rather than exterior mirrors) show what’s happening behind.
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Arsenal rule demolition derby tie against league leaders Manchester City, while Fulham will travel to Manchester United. Man City had to work hard to see off Bournemouth 3-1 and maintain their 100 per cent home record in the league this season. All seemed to be going to script when Bernardo S i l v a smashed them
ahead early on, but without Sergio Aguero they lacked a killer instinct and Simon Francis swept in a perfect cross for Callum Wilson to level for the Cherries just before half-time. However, Raheem Sterling delivered again with a poached effort, before Illkay Gundogan’s close-range finish made sure of the points with 11 minutes remaining. Other fixtures this weekend will see Burnley host Brighton, Newcastle entertain Wolves and West Ham take on Crystal Palace.
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UNAI EMERY’S Arsenal side produced a wonderful attacking performance to overpower London rivals Tottenham 4-2 at the Emirates. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put the Gunners ahead before an Eric Dier header and Harry Kane penalty saw Spurs surprisingly ahead at the break. But Aaron Ramsay and Alexandre Lacazette were introduced for the second half, and the Welshman soon set up Aubameyang for the equaliser. Then Lacazette’s deflected shot beat goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, before the outstanding Lucas Torreira sealed a fine victory for Arsenal. Arsenal next host Huddersfield while Tottenham will travel to Leicester. Liverpool’s Divock Origi scored a bizarre 96th minute goal in dramatic circumstances as an uncharacteristic Jordan Pickford error gifted the Reds a 1-0 victory over Everton. The feisty derby was heading for a draw when Pickford mishandled a sliced Virgil van Dijk shot, allowing Origi to head home the loose ball. It sent Jurgen Klopp sprinting onto the pitch to hug goalkeeper Alisson, but was harsh on Everton who had played with adventure. Liverpool will next face Bournemouth away, while Everton will entertain Watford. Chelsea overcame a spirited Fulham to claim an important 2-0 victory at Stamford Bridge. The Blues took the lead early on when Pedro slotted home from N’Golo Kante’s pass and they could have had more in the first half had Sergio Rico not twice denied Olivier Giroud. Fulham threatened to find an equaliser in the second half as Chelsea struggled for fluency, but substitute Loftus-Cheek made the win safe when he fired past Rico after an intricate passing move with Eden Hazard and Pedro. Chelsea next face a testing
FINE FORM: Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is making his mark this season.
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REAL MADRID kept up their remarkable renaissance with a 20 victory over Valencia at the Bernabeu. An eighth minute Daniel Wass own goal and Lucas Vazquez’s late strike earned Real boss Santiago Solari his sixth win from seven games since he took over. Gareth Bale had a shot brilliantly saved by Neto, and Karim Benzema volleyed wide early in the match. Defeat for Valencia leaves them 13th in the table, while Real Madrid are fifth but looking upwards. Los Blancos next face Huesca
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Real revolution continues
REAL RECOVERY: Real Madrid are transformed under their new manager. while Valencia will host Sevilla. Barcelona moved above Sevilla to the top of La Liga in securing a comfortable 2-0 win over Villareal. Pique headed in Ousmane Dembele’s cross for the opener, and youngster Alena scored his first ever league goal when he chipped the ball over Sergio Asenjo from Lionel Messi’s
through ball. It was only the second win in five games for Barca, while Villareal remain one place outside the relegation zone with one win in eight. The Catalans will next travel to Espanyol, while Villareal will host Celta Vigo. Atletico Madrid missed the chance to go top of La Liga after drawing 1-1 at Girona. Girona forward Cristhian Stuani struck the opener from the penalty spot after he was fouled by keeper Jan Oblak. Atletico were on course for a first domestic defeat since September 1 but a Jonas Ramalho own goal denied the home side. Atletico will next face Alaves, while Girona will take on Athletic Bilbao. Other fixtures this weekend will see Leganes host Getafe, Eibar entertain Levante, and Rayo Vallecano travel to Real Betis.