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Blazing start to the New Year for Palma’s firefighters WHILE revellers were toasting the start of 2019, Palma Fire Service kicked off the New Year tackling a van fire before evacuating residents in ‘grave danger ’ from an apartment block. The first call out of the year was to a field in Son Banya where a Transit vehicle had been set alight and was totally destroyed by fire. Within 24 hours, the fire service had posted at least six further tweets detailing incidents they had attended, including a ‘serious’ flat fire. Several residents at the apartment block in Palma suffered smoke inhalation and one received burns after a fire broke out on the first floor at around 8.30am. A fire service tweet reveals the Cas Capiscol neighbours were in ‘grave danger ’ with 13 needing
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VAN FIRE: Fire crews see in 2019 tackling a van fire. medical attention at the scene and at Palma Hospital. A number of crews were despatched to the blaze in Calle Dolors Montserrat, where they evacuated all of the neighbours and needed ladders to help quell the flames on the first floor.
The incident has prompted calls from Palma Fire Service for more troops, pointing out the ‘bodies of securi-
ty and rescue cannot be at the expense of limitations and cuts which endanger the security of the people.’
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A BRITISH woman suffered a brain injury and multiple fractures after plunging 25 metres from a rock face at Randa mountain in Algaida on New Year’s Day. The 25-year-old was airlifted to Son Espases Hospital in Palma, where she is currently in intensive care. The woman, part of a group who had parked at the Cura sanctuary car park, seems to have lost her footing in the dark.
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Serious injuries A HIT and run driver has caused outrage after running from the scene of a collision in Andratx which left a 75year-old woman trapped underneath a car and needing hospital treatment for ‘serious injuries’ on Christmas Day.
Flood aid THE Balearic government will provide €200,000 of aid to those affected by the October floods in Pollensa, while 600 people took part in a charity race promoted by Rafa Nadal, raising €10,000 for flood victims in Llevant.
Jail term A PRISON term of 12 months has been handed to a Spanish man who hurled abuse at a security guard at Palma’s Prosecutor’s Office, threatening to ‘cut his neck, crush his head and kill him’.
Fuel cap REPSOL is banned from building more stations in the Balearics, or in any of 28 locations, for 12 months as it will exceed its 30 per cent market share, a limit enforced to control growth in the hydrocarbons sector.
Support for burns victim A CAMPAIGN launched to help a 27-year-old who was severely burned after a gas explosion at his home just before Christmas, has raised €2,000 in just one day. The blast at the attic apartment in Coll d’en Rabassa on December 21, left Jairo with second degree burns to 50 per cent of his body. He was transferred to a specialist burns unit at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, and was in an induced coma at the time of going to press. His condition is said to be ‘very serious,’ and the Leetchi crowdfunding page was set up to help the family be with Jairo.
Ravine rescue A HIKER was dramatically rescued by helicopter after falling eight metres into a canyon at S’Almandra. Mallorcan firefighters responded to an emergency call and treated the wounded man at the scene for a serious hip
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BLAST: Gas explosion at Coll d’en Rabassa. Two other apartments at the same building were affected by
injury which prevented him from walking. The Guardia Civil then despatched a helicopter to stretcher the hiker from the location between Cuber and Lloseta, and transferred him to Son Espases Hospital.
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SIX months after being ar r est ed i n connect i on with a hammer attack on an el der l y wom an, a 25- year- ol d m an has been detained in Manacor f or al l egedl y sexual l y assaul t i ng a young woman. According to reports, the 19-year-old was attacked on December 20, but didn’t report the incident immediately as she was ‘aware the Venezuelen detainee was an aggressive person’ and was scared of him. The victim was reportedl y dr i nki ng wi t h a group of friends, and was
joined by another group of people, including the suspect. Towards the end of the evening, the alleged assailant is said to have separated the woman from the rest of the group and tried to kiss her. According to sources, he t hen appar ent l y grabbed her by the shoulders and forced her into a house where he ‘partially undressed her and tried to assault her sexually’. A roommate entered the r oom and ‘ m anaged t o stop him,’ while the alleged victim fled. A court date is to be set.
RESCUED: An injured hiker was stretchered from a canyon at S’Almandra.
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A MAN, 23, was due to appear in court yesterday (Wednesday) accused of allegedly raping, harassing and publishing intimate photographs of his 19-year-old ex-partner on the Internet. The series of alleged incidents reportedly began in October after the young woman ended the relationship.
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CARNIVAL: La Vijanera takes place in Cantabria.
THREE young men, including a fugitive from a juvenile centre in Es Pinaret, forced the front door of an inhabited house in Casablanca, before being held by the homeowner, who contacted the National Police. They were arrested and the escapee was returned to the centre.
Lottery win LUCKY winners of the El Gordo in Mallorca enjoyed a combined Christmas present of €2.8 million. Seven-tenths of the first prize ticket, 03347, were sold at lottery offices in Can Picafort, Inca and Palma and two at offices in Arenal and Cala Ratjada.
Public poll ALMOST 32 per cent of Balearic residents believe there should either be no regional government or that there should be fewer autonomous powers, according to a recent survey by the Centre for Sociological Research to gauge public opinion regarding identity and the form of government.
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MAYOR of Palma, Antoni Noguera, said he hopes whoever is responsible for starting the 280 container fires in Palma receives the ‘maximum sentence’ when caught. The National Police have joined the hunt for the culprit, responsible for causing hundreds of thousands of euros worth of damage last year.
THE landscape, signposting and itineraries are thought to be the reason that hiking routes in Mallorca have reportedly become the most in demand in Europe. Between last October to May 2019, tour operators from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are understood to be bringing 350,000 hikers to the island.
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Ancient fiesta THIS photograph captures costumed revellers in northern Spain enjoying one of the country’s most ancient fiestas which is due to kick off this Sunday. La Vijanera takes place in the town of Silio in Cantabria. It is the first of Europe’s carnivals to take place every year. The festival sees participants don costumes themed around animals and nature. These include the Los Zarramacos who dress in sheepskins, wear
weevil hats and carry jingle bells which hark back to devices used in ancient times to ward off evil spirits. La Vijanera also sees people playing around 60 different characters. Each has its own costume and symbolism and characters include El Oso (The Bear), El Hungaro (The Hungarian), El Viejo (The Old Man) and Bruja (Witch). These characters and other festival goers gather in Silio’s town centre after their procession and read verses
Waste warriors MURO Town Hall has hired a company of private detectives to combat illegal dumping and has already ‘opened at least three files’ that could result in fines of up to €9,000. Mayor, Marti Fornes, said the move was deemed necessary as ‘there are offenders who, instead of going to the mandatory green point, abandon mattresses, appliances or other unauthorised waste illegally.’ There are apparently 30 official collection points at Fora Vila. Fornes explained that the detectives
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prepare a detailed report with a description of the waste deposited, the registration number of the offender’s vehicle, photographs and other information, before passing it to the local authority, which then decides if ‘a case should be opened.’ But the move has not been welcomed by all councillors who ‘distrust the method’ which they claim lacks ‘mechanism and administrative control,’ and allows the municipal government to decide who ‘to denounce.’
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which pay homage to the events of the previous year. The fiesta ends first with La Preña, the birth of the New Year. The Bear character then takes centre stage, with a mock killing of the character symbolising the triumph of good over evil. La Vijanera is believed to have begun before the arrival of the Romans in Spain and some claim it is linked with Celtic celebrations of the Winter Solstice.
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Attack on mother A SON, who allegedly assaulted his mother before threatening to kill her and locking her up, has been arrested. The 20-year-old boy is accused of attacking the 45-yearold at their home in Picasso Avenue in Palma. The woman was initially taken to the University Hospital of Son Espases for treatment and the suspect was taken into custody. Both were later released. Sources claim the suspect then
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called his mother and ‘threatened her with death.’ Later at home he is said to have locked her up, taken her keys and phone and assaulted her. Hours earlier, National Police in Palma arrested a 45-year-old man and his partner, 23, for allegedly ‘assaulting each other in the presence of their three-yearold daughter’ at a property in Calle Tomas Rullan. They reportedly argued over a mobile phone.
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1747 of the Euro Weekly News Mallorca edition, including 63 local stories.
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Authentic bars in the Balearics under threat
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681 361 318 tara@euroweeklynews.com BAR LIFE: The number of bars in the Balearics has fallen (file photo). TRADITIONAL bars are slowly ‘disappearing’ in Palma as modern businesses cater for a different type of clientele and costs force closures. In 2010, there were just over 4,000 bars on the islands, but this number began to fall to around 3,400 at the start of this year. Statistics show that last year there was an increase for the first time in seven years, but with a notable change from tra-
ditional to more modern, particularly in the centre of Palma and coastal areas. The Mallorca Restaurants’ Association claims the trend is towards the ‘disappearance’ of the traditional bar, and members have highlighted the higher cost of labour following the latest ‘collective agreement’ for the hospitality sector. The agreement will see a 17 per cent salary increase whether the establishment is a hotel or a bar.
Regeneration project EIGHT new business projects will be announced next week to ‘reindustrialise’ Lloseta and the region as a whole after the closure of Cemex cement plants. A total of 14 initiatives have been developed by a Working Group set up by the state and regional government, which in-
cludes six projects earmarked for the areas affected by the shutdown of the firm’s Gador site. Cemex and the unions have been involved in the scheme, with the ‘objective of finding employment and industrial activity alternatives’.
In villages, too, generational changes and regulatory and market factors, such as rising rent costs, have had an impact, leading to the closure of bars which once served as community centres. The Association acknowledged that in some areas there may have been too many bars, but in specific parts of the island, would like to see some form of ‘freeze’ on the influences which are driving up costs.
Sugary product ban SCHOOLS across the Balearics must begin to wipe out the sale of sugary pastries and drinks in cafeterias and vending machines during the next academic year. There will then be a threeyear period before penalties are enforced, to allow schools
and catering providers to adapt. The ‘decree of healthy eating’ drawn up by the General Directorate of Public Health, ‘expressly prohibits’ the sale of these goods in ‘all schools in this autonomous community, public and private’.
Suicide action plan TRAINING is being given to 45 health professionals in Mallorca in the wake of statistics which reveal there were 103 suicides in 2017 across the Balearics. Head of the Islands’ Suicide Observatory of the Health Service, Nicole Haber, stressed the ‘importance of the involvement of the entire society to eradicate the greatest health problem public in Europe which has, to a large extent, remained invisible’. In its first year of operation, the observatory has carried out ‘intense work’ in terms of awareness and training among health professionals 150 in total - together with organising courses, workshops and seminars. It has also launched a Wo r k i n g G r o u p which will work on enhancing the Plan of Prevention, Action and Management of the Suicide Behaviour of the Balearic Islands.
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ORDER: Legal battle over bullfights heats up.
Lawyers draw blood LAWYERS for the Balearic executive have responded to the case made by the Spanish government, which is appealing the islands’ bullfighting ban. Madrid has taken the Balearic anti-bullfighting law to the Constitutional Court. The law imposes severe restrictions on the event, banning the spilling of blood and the attendance of children. Dozens of other bureaucratic hurdles are set up to make the fights unrecognisable. In its appeal, Madrid claims the Balearic executive overstepped its competence by banning a tradition that is part of Spain’s national culture. In response island lawyers say there is no ban, mere-
ly a restriction based on animal welfare laws well within the rights of regions to impose. Lawyers also rejected the claim from Madrid that bullfighting is a ‘common cultural heritage of all Spaniards.’ Instead, they argue, Spain is a pluralistic nation with different but equal cultures existing side by side. The Balearic lawyers also cited a 450-year-old precedent. In 1567 Pope Pius V issued a papal decree banning bullfighting because of the suffering caused to the animals. The law is presently suspended while the Constitutional Court hears the case. A decision is expected before the 2018 bullfighting season begins.
Proposed ban on tourist cars THE government of Spain’s Balearic Islands is planning widespread new climate change regulations in Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera in a bid to be greener and protect the ‘endangered’ environment from carbon dioxide emissions. It is proposing to ban all tourists travelling from the mainland in diesel vehicles from 2025 and in petrol vehicles from 2035. By 2020, car rental firms will be obliged to have to have at least two per cent of their fleet in electric vehicles, rising to 100 per cent within the following 15 years. And from 2025 islanders will not be able to purchase diesel cars or petrol vehicles from 2035. It’s currently estimated that 35 per cent of CO2 emissions in the Balearic Islands comes from road traffic, but no new regulations have been proposed for boats yet. Island leaders also want the closure of all the power stations and want to see solar panels installed in large car parks, new buildings and industrial build-
FEBRUARY ED: 1703 OUR FRIENDS ELECTRIC: The Balearics could soon be turning greener. ings of more than 1,000 square metres. At the moment, only 2 per cent of the energy produced on the Balearics comes from renewable energy sources. Local councils will have five years to replace all public lighting on the islands to LED. President of the Balearic government Francina Armengol said: “The rules place the Balearics at the forefront of the communities in the fight against climate change with measures that accelerate the transition from diesel and petrol to 100 per cent clean mobility, with electric public transport and vehicles.
“The goal is to lay the foundation for the future of the Balearic Islands to work fully with renewable energies and to grow smartly and sustainably, respecting what we most cherish: our territory and our environment. “The proposed law is ahead of the future and looks to the long term, planning the society we want on the 2050 horizon, with concrete and timed measures. “It will allow us to fulfil the international commitments acquired in the Paris Agreement.” The proposals will have to go out to public consultation before being approved.
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Will to win THE Euro Weekly News has bagged a national press association award for the second year in a row. It comes after Spain’s leading English-language weekly newspaper picked up the Professional Trajectory Award at the 2018 Spanish Periodical Association (AEEPP) Awards. According to the organisers, the award is won by a company ‘for its successes and outstanding professional journey.’ The jury featured Jose Manuel Velasco, president of Global Alliance, the international confederation of PR and communication management associations, and Miguel Justribo, Corporate Communication Director of Telepizza Spain, among others. Other winners included national daily newspaper El Español, Spanish news website El Diario, and American streaming giant Netflix. The association said in a statement: “We want to recognise the Euro Weekly the leading English newspaper - as an invaluable information resource for the foreign community living on our coasts.” The AEEPP Awards event is now in its 12th year and is considered to be among the most prestigious press awards in Spain. The AEEPP comprises
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around 100 publishing firms which together produce more than 900 titles covering both online and printed media, with an estimated annual readership of almost 130 million. EWN publishers Michel and Steven Euesden were on hand to collect the award at the glittering gala event, which took place in the auditorium of the famous Royal Post Office building in Spanish capital Madrid. After collecting the award, a delighted Michel said: “The EWN Media Group is a family of people who work day and night throughout the year with dedication and passion. “We are so honoured to have received this award from the AEEPP. “As a team we work hard and believe in the future of all printed and digital publications. “We would like to give thanks to our wonderful clients and readers. “But in the main this award is for a team that has given everything over the last year, and we must also recognise their partners, as anyone in the world who works in print will understand. “A massive congratulations to everyone.”
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Taken by storm SEVERAL incidents were reported to emergency services across Mallorca after the island was struck by wind and rain. Falling trees, floods, landslides and cut off roads were among the 48 notable cases the 112 emergency services line recorded during a 28-hour period from Saturday to Sunday. The damage was left in the wake of Storm Hugo which passed through the Balearic Islands over the weekend. Winds with speeds of up to
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DELUGE: Firefighters from Palma had to pull a car from a flooded road during the storm. according to reports. 120 kilometres per hour were Firefighters from Palma recorded in the Serra d’ Alfabia were called out after the brickduring the downpour. A total of work facade of a building col270 litres per square metre of lapsed on the Calle Delme in rain was registered in Escorca,
Smashed to pieces TWO British tourists have been arrested in Playa de Palma after they allegedly caused more than €2,000 worth of damages to their hotel room. The two brothers, aged 20 and 26, are believed to have smashed up the room they were staying in while visiting Mallorca. According to reports, security services at the hotel received complaints that there was a lot of noise coming from a fifth floor room, while the occupants were also allegedly throwing bottles and furniture from the room onto the street. When security services in-
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APRIL ED: 1711 spected the room they reportedly found that the pair has destroyed the entire room with a telephone socket, hair dryer, desk, toilet, skirting boards and doors all seriously damaged. The damage is believed to have cost more than €2,000. And following a report from the hotel to the police, the two Brits were arrested and have now appeared in court.
the Establiments area at around 12.45am on Sunday. Two people were evacuated from the building as a result. Emergency personnel also responded to floods on the Cami de Son Anglada outside Palma which swept a car into the road, leaving it partly submerged in the torrent. No one was in it at the time. Guardia Civil officers and Mallorcan firefighters also had to rescue eight people trapped in the Coanegra stream, with one reportedly displaying the symptoms of hypothermia.
Tourist tax hike By Joe Gerrard HOLIDAYMAKERS arriving in Mallorca last week have been hit with a tourist tax rate that has doubled with the start of the summer season. The levy, which is added to the price of hotels for tourists staying on the island, rose on May 1. Some holidaymakers have claimed they were not told about the increase until they arrived to check in at their lodgings. A group representing Mallorca hotels said they blamed the Balearic Government for the outcry following the rise. They claimed authorities did not provide tourists with enough warning that the tax would increase. One group of holidaymakers refused to pay the extra charge, claiming they had not been informed, according to reports in British media. The Balearic Government said the tax was well-received and being paid without issue. The tax will return to its previous rate on October 31 at the end of the tourist season. Authorities reportedly hope the levy, which now also applies to cruise ship passengers, will net an extra €120 million for the Balearic Government’s coffers. Javier Vich, president of the Palma and Cala Major Hoteliers Association, said the rate of increase was a significant one.
MAY ED: 1714 He added this was more the case when comparing the prices of Mallorca hotels to those in competing destinations. “Receptionists and hotel directors had to explain the new charges to guests and many repeat clients couldn’t understand the reason for the increase,” he said. The new rates range from €2 per day in one to three-star hotels to €4 per day in five-star accommodation. A flat rate of €2 per day has been applied to other sites such as hostels, rural hotels and campsites. A couple staying in a fivestar hotel for seven nights would face a bill for €56 under the new rate. The Balearic Government has said it plans to launch a campaign aimed at tourists to show them what their money was being spent on. The public relations drive is reportedly set to see leaflets issued in Catalan, English, German, Italian and Spanish explaining the environmental benefits of the tax. Tax-funded projects including the ongoing recovery of elm groves and improving Bellver forest pathways are also set to be signposted so tourists can see where their money is being spent.
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All twerk no play Revellers face fine over traffic stunt by Matt Ford
TOTAL BUMMER: The revellers held up traffic.
JUNE ED: 1718 punishable by a €500 fine and six points off the driver’s licence. ‘Fooling around like this carries its consequences.’
It comes after two Spanish brunettes were last month filmed dancing suggestively on the roof of a BMW in Javea on the Costa Blanca. And British Playboy millionaire Jody Sanders recently wrecked his €300,000 convertible Rolls Royce by reversing it through the window of a Calvia tobacconist while two women dressed in thong bikinis danced on the back seat.
Jaws-dropping! by Staff Reporter A GIANT great white shark has been spotted off the coast of Mallorca. The five-metre long predator was filmed for 70 minutes as it cruised in clear water in the Cabrera Archipelago National Park, 10 kilometres to the south of the holiday island. Biologists from the ALNITAK 2018 Scientific Expedition announced the historic sighting on their Facebook page, writing that it is the first time one of the huge fish, known scientifically as Carcharodon carcharias, has been spotted in Spanish waters for three decades. “There have been unconfirmed sightings and rumours in recent years, but this is the first scientific observation of Carcharodon in Spanish waters for at least 30 years,” the post said. “On this occasion the historic sighting was photographed, filmed and observed by a crew of 10 people from five countries.”
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A DRIVER faces losing six points off his licence and a heavy fine after two blondes in the back seat of his car shocked holidaymakers by putting on an x-rated twerking display in Mallorca. The revellers held up traffic as they bopped to loud music blaring from the convertible Opel in front of a packed public bus. In video footage of the shocking scene shot in capital Palma’s port area where millionaires moor their luxury yachts - one of the scantily-clad women repeatedly slaps the other on the bottom before stripping off her jacket as she writhes suggestively. Her pal then opens her legs and shakes her backside at waiting motorists who beep their horns impatiently as the pair and a male friend in the front seat take selfies and record videos on their phones. And she continues her lewd performance as the car performs an illegal Uturn and speeds off. One Spanish onlooker can be heard shouting: “There are wh***s and then these girls!” Local Police said in a tweet: ‘We have initiated proceedings for reckless driving,
AUGUST ED: 1724 LIFE SAVER: The car broke the victim’s fall.
By Matt Ford A BRITISH holidaymaker has survived after plummeting seven floors from a balcony at a Mallorca hotel and landing on a car bonnet during a row with his partner. The unnamed victim, believed to be in his early 30’s, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Son Espases
Hospital in Palma in the wake of the dramatic incident. He had reportedly been taking drugs and drinking alcohol before arguing with his girlfriend and plunging from their accommodation at the Hotel Porto Playa, Porto Cristo, in the early hours of the morning. Medics said it is a “mira-
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SOME FIN REMARKABLE: It is the first documented sighting of the predator in Spain for 30 years.
JULY ED: 1722 Led by Spanish-Dutch biologist Ricardo Sagarminaga van Buiten, the team also included 16-year-old scholarship students Miguel Felix Arboledas and Nahim Lasgaa Capo, plus British environmentalist and writer Georgina Stevens. Alnitak is a Spanish marine research and education centre dedicated to the conservation of marine habitats. There are at least 47 species of shark in the Mediterranean.
Disco King dethroned AUGUST ED: 1725 PALMA’S ‘Disco King’ faces a €950,000 fine for illegally carried out alterations on the now defunct nightclub Pachá on the seafront promenade. This is the amount the city council is demanding Bartolomé Cursach pays for ‘serious urban infringement’ after he simply ignored regulations and carried out a series of major alterations. Both Cursach and the Natzaret Foundation which owns the land Pachá was built on also face having to demolish parts of the building which were constructed without permission. Although Cursach closed the premises down, he is still liable for returning the building to its original condition. According to the council the works carried out at the old club have been valued at €759,222.43, with a fine of between 100 per cent and 150 per cent of that value being applicable. The fine has not been finalised yet as Cursach has the right of appeal.
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Expats held in heist probe BREAK IN: 12 suspects have been held.
By Tara Rippin TEN expatriates have been held after a balaclava-clad, knife- wi e l d i n g g a n g stormed into the Mallorcan home of two sisters in their 80’s. After a lengthy investigation, officers involved in ‘operation castle wing’ uncovered a well-organised gang of criminals responsible for the theft and disposal of €50,000 concealed in a safe at the annex connected to the Es Verger restaurant in Alaro. A police spokesperson confirmed three men wearing balaclavas broke down the door before threatening and intimidating the elderly
victims, owners of the business. The gang, aged between 2 1 an d 2 9 , an d o f P o lis h, German and Maghrebi origin and living in the Arenal a re a o f P alma a n d Inc a , were found to have orchestrated and carried out the raid in May.
AUGUST ED: 1727 The subsequent arrests were carried out over an almost eight-week period. Although the elderly vic-
tims suffered minor injuries, they were extremely shaken up and cared for by health services after the raid. The spokesperson added: “This was because of the state of shock caused by the violence of the event and the situation of superiority held by the offenders.”
Along with the raiders, two further accomplices allegedly carried out surveillance work abroad to dispose of the cash and arrange an escape vehicle, while another four are believed to be responsible for ‘receiving and conceal i ng.’ “The Guardia Civil has made arrests for the crimes of cover up and reception, and helping the offenders to divert some of the money through transfers to Morocco via money transfer companies,” added the spokesperson. “They acted under a preconceived plan and had detailed information about the
objective that made the investigators suspect the existence of a person linked to, or who could be, the restaur ant whi ch t he vi ct i m s ran.” This triggered the arrest of a cooperator, who is said to have provided information leading to the leader of the gang. Various precautions were used to avoid det ect i on, i ncl udi ng usi ng t hr ee di ff er ent t el ephone lines within a two- month period. The investigation has reveal ed l arge am ount s of m oney had been spent on leisure, clothing and games, and more than €11,000 at a roulette table in Palma in a single night.
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MALLORCA is cracking down on illegal holiday rentals with the creation of a new app - part of a wider ongoing scheme to position the island as a more sustainable tourist destination. Launched by the Balearic Islands government, the Holiday Rental Check Mallorca app will allow visitors to search for holiday homes while ensuring they comply with rental regulations. There’s also a map function, which allows users to search for properties by location. Balearic minister for innovation, research and tourism, Bel Busquet said the initiative was aimed at protecting visitors and being transparent with the authority’s rules and regulations. The new app allows visitors to have instant access to all the information they need about rental homes and to avoid any risks involved with renting illegal properties. Busquet added that ‘tourism continues to be a main contribu-
SEPTEMBER ED: 1731 tor to the Balearic island economy’ and the government’s aim is ‘to develop a long term and sustainable tourism strategy, which provides the maximum benefit for islanders and visitors.’ The online tool is available in four languages, English, Catalan, Spanish and German. The app is one factor in a bigger plan to alter Mallorca’s image. Last week, calls were made to curb party boats around the island amid claims they were a nuisance and ‘excessively noisy’. A Non-Parliamentary Proposal (NLP), with concrete measures to reduce the impact of the ‘boozy cruises,’ was presented at the end of August by
Més per Mallorca (MES), a political coalition formed by the Socialist Party of Mallorca, IniciativaVerds and Entesa per Mallorca. Councillor for Palma, Neus Truyol, said that the party trips were an example of ‘bad tourist activity’ which poses a threat to the financial future of the industry. All-inclusive resorts have also come under fire this summer. In July, the Balearic government proposed new rules to ban unlimited alcohol in these complexes. And in 2015, Calvia Council brought in rules to clean up Magaluf and punish ‘uncivic behaviour.’ Within two years the list had been added to and extra police officers laid on to ensure they were adhered to. Prohibited activities include defecating in public places, having sex in public, being naked in public, littering, tearing branches off trees and playing music above 65 decibels.
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By Tara Rippin A BELGI AN c o u r t h as ru le d against sending artist Valtonyc back to Spain where he faces jail for writing lyrics which glorify terrorism and slate the royal family. Instead, the judge found that the Sp a n i sh a r t i st , r ea l n a me J os ep M i g u e l Ar e n a s, h a d n o t committed a crime and was exercising his freedom of expression. Aren a s, 2 4 , f r o m P a lma d e Mallorca, was supposed to hand himself in voluntarily to the authorities in Spain, where he has been given prison sentences totalling three and a half years. But instead he fled to Belgium. Speak i n g t o p r e ss afte r th e court hearing in Ghent, Arena’s lawyer Simon Bekaert, said the judge ‘decided there will be no extradi t i o n a n d d i sc a rd ed all three charges.’ The judge reportedly ruled that ‘there is no terrorism involved and no incitement of terrorism, so there is no question of a crime according to Belgian law.’ In addition, he found there was no case to answer over insulting the S p a n i sh k i n g a n d th a t n o threat was made that could warrant returning Arenas to his home country.
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FREE SPEECH: Valtonyc was found not to have committed a crime. Speaking to reporters after the d ec is io n , in E n g lis h, A re na s th an k e d th e co u rts for not extraditing him, but said he was aware that the ‘struggle continues.’ He added that he felt good and was happy, but expressed ‘sadness and concern for his com-
ra de s in Spa in w ho a re be ing re pre s s e d by the c ountry’s laws.’ During the rapper and composer’s trials in Spain, courts rejected his argument that the point of rap lyrics is to be provocative and should be protected by free speech laws.
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R ights gr oups and act i vi st s used Arena’s case in a wider lega l a nd pol i t i cal di sput e over freedom of expression, condemning the w a y pr osecut or s have over-reached in using the criminal code to punish anybody who ‘glorifies terrorism’ or insults the Crown.
THE Maritime Rescue Service of Palma was one of the most active teams in Spain during the summer, responding to 244 emergencies involving pleasure boats alone, and assisting 799 people. At a national level, from June 15 to September 15, Salvamento Maritimo, which has 20 centres, handled a total of 1,328 emergencies related to leisure craft, and attended to 3,879 people. The Ministry of Development released a statement this week claiming Mallorca’s coordination centre carried out ‘the most actions,’ but that many of the emergencies could have been avoided with good maintenance and safety checks. Figures show that mechanical failure was the cause of 82 per cent of incidents, with the remainder of rescues due to fire, explosion, sinking, overturning or being stranded. The maritime rescue service has 55 fast-acting vessels called 'salvamares', 14 ships, four guards, 11 helicopters and three aircraft.
Attack on officer
A COUPLE were arrested for verbally abusing and attacking a police officer during a routine patrol in the marina of Santa Eularia. They face charges of assault, resisting arrest and disobedience. According to sources, officers were driving around the area at 3.40am on Saturday night, when they saw two large groups of people in the street.
NOVEMBER ED: 1739 Two people standing with one of the groups was allegedly throwing glass at the other gathering of people. When the male was asked to identify himself, he reportedly answered in a derogato-
ry manner and refused to show his identification. The Spanish man then allegedly grabbed the policeman by the arms, while the woman, also Spanish, grabbed the officer by the neck and began insulting and threatening him. The two assailants were arrested and additional units were called to help keep the calm when other people present became abusive.
Suspected burglar in custody A SUSPECT has been arrested in connection with six house burglaries which took place in Palma within the last three weeks. The 29-year-old man, is believed to be responsible for the break-ins at a string of houses in and around Manacor Street in Palma, all carried out in a short space of time. According to the National Police, access to the properties was via a window or balcony during the night, ‘taking advantage of the fact that the residents of the houses were sleeping.’ Among items stolen was jewellery, mobile phones, computer equipment, cash.
NOVEMBER ED: 1742 Credit cards were also allegedly taken and used, with small amounts of money being spent to avoid using a PIN number. During one burglary, the owner of the house woke up after hearing noises, and ‘surprised the thief inside.’ The homeowner tried to stop the burglar, but he managed to get away.
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Social and sporting figure killed in crash NOVEMBER ED: 1743 by Tara Rippin MALLORCA is in mourning following the death of a hugely popular bar restaurant and live music venue owner, Guillermo Lera, who was killed in a motorbike accident on Sunday. The 38-year-old proprietor of the Irish-themed Shamrock bar in Palma, popular with expatriates and Spanish alike, died in the early hours when his Yamaha XVS hit a traffic signal in front of the Gesa building. Emergency services were quickly on the scene, but could do nothing to save the businessman. No other cars were involved and the Guardia Civil has launched an investigation into the circumstances.
LOSS: Guillermo Lera died on Sunday. The tragic death has knocked the social, sporting and gastronomic world of Palma, where Guillermo played an active role. He transformed the Shamrock in-
to an eclectic music, sport and food venue which attracted international bands and well as artists from across Mallorca. Friends and customers described
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the spot as an ‘oasis’ for musicians and performers. The sailing enthusiast also sponsored the Shamrock rugby team, and was a popular figure in a number of other sporting events. His culinary passion saw his venue crowned winner of last year’s 12th annual TaPalma contest, a celebration of traditional and contemporary tapas designed to showcase the creativity of local chefs. As a mark of respect, organisers of TaPalma 2018 cancelled the ribbon cutting and inauguration act of the tapas and cocktails route, which was scheduled to take place at Shamrock yesterday (Wednesday). One of the many condolences and tributes posted on Facebook, read: “His spirit will undoubtedly remain latent in Shamrock, the place where thousands of people from Palma had the privilege of vibrating to the best live concerts. Palma music, culture and sport worlds are in mourning.”
THE full restoration of the iconic Torre de Cala Pi in Llucmajor has been completed after six months, and is part of a programme being carried out on the historic defence installations across the island of Mallorca. Representatives of the Department of Culture and Heritage from the Mallorca Council and the municipality of Llucmajor were in attendance to see the results of the work on Tuesday. According to the architect responsible for the project, Carlos Moranta, work has been carried out on repairing the outside and interior walls, as well as restoring the roof. The work was necessary to prevent further collapse of parts of the building and to cover up several leaks in the roof, with the materials used, being as similar as possible to the original stone and earth. Much of the work on the Torre de Cala Pi was carried out by members of the Heritage Brigade, with the support of the local council who have been allowed to hire unemployed people, or those on benefits to complete the task.
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NEWSPAPER RAIDS: Protesters rallied against police action in Madrid.
Journalism protests DEMONSTRATORS gathered outside Spain’s Supreme Court last week after police officers raided the offices of two news organisations. The protesters gathered as more than 650 journalists from across the country wrote to the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Spain’s justice watchdog, demanding reporters’ rights be protected. It comes after Judicial Police officers raided the offices of Diario de Mallorca and of Europa Press’ Palma division. It saw officers seize several documents allegedly connected to a large-scale corruption case being examined by journalists. Maria Ferrer, director of Diario de Mallorca, said police did not present a court order during the search and that they also seized two personal mobile phones.
She added they had initially refused to allow the police inside, citing their journalists need to protect their sources. Police said the raids were not in connection with the news outlets themselves but were undertaken to determine how the documents were leaked to reporters. Members of the Madrid Press Association (APM) who demonstrated outside the Supreme Court, said journalists right to confidentiality should be protected. Carlos Martinez de la Serna of the Committee to Protect Journalists reporter rights group, said that the move was an attempt to stop the uncovering of corruption. “The decision to confiscate the reporters’ devices and materials is an unacceptable attempt to intimidate them,” Martinez de la Serna said.
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Dream deal ONLINE travel agency eDreams Odigeo has successfully refinanced its debt through €425 million of guaranteed bonds, due in 2023. The move enables the company to extend the maturity of its debt to five years and increase flexibility with the National Securities Market Commission. It will also mean that eDreams will save more than €12 million in annual interest payments, improving cash flow. The deal is expected to be finalised on September 25.
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THE percentage of Spain’s gross domestic product to be reinvested into public projects including schools, hospitals and the environment this year, 40 per cent less than the average since 1995, according to the European Commission.
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Brits abroad tip the scales BRITISH holidaymakers over-tip by almost €10 a day, according to a new study. And the excessive gratuities - typically amounting to €134 over a 14day break - are being blamed on a failure to master local etiquette. Among 3,000 sun-seekers quizzed by UK price comparison website comparethemarket.com, which carried out the research, more than one third admitted to lacking confidence when it comes to tipping abroad. But while one quarter generously over-tipped on purpose, more than
one in 10 revealed they had been confronted by an irate local in the wake of a blunder. Chris King, a travel expert at the online portal, said: “Heading on holiday should be a real highlight for everyone in need of a well-deserved break. “However, it seems millions of Brits are frequently getting themselves tied up in currency conundrums and it’s costing them their sanity.” He added: “We hope our latest fact-checking tool will help out
A CANADIAN gold and copperproducing firm is to reopen a Spanish mine. Nuria Menendez, managing director of Orovalle, Toronto-based Orvana Minerals’ Spanish subsidiary said that the company is planning to start work at the Carles gold mine in Salas, Asturias, after a favourable exploratory survey. The site is situated in the Rio Narcea gold belt, a historic deposit first discovered by the Romans 2,000 years ago, previously mined between 1997 and 2006 with over 1,000,000 ounces of the precious mineral extracted.
Brits abroad so they can check out the do’s and don’ts before they jet off - saving their blushes in the process.” The website has created a series of tools and guides to help tourists tip the right amount after researchers found that four in 10 claimed it adds stress to their trip. Less than a third of Britons knew you should leave a 10 per cent tip in Turkish restaurants, with only 16 per cent aware the same amount should be handed over to taxi drivers in South Africa.
Amazon staff clash with police in strike
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SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara among other brands, has revealed that net profit soared to €3.37 billion in 2017, placing the group ahead of long-term Swedish rival H&M, which posted returns of €1.6 billion.
Samba style PRIME SUSPECTS: Trade unions accused officers of attacking protestors. A THREE-DAY strike by Amazon warehouse employees in Madrid has descended into violence. Timed to coincide with the e-commerce giant’s Prime Day summer promotion, the industrial action saw police in riot gear charging picket lines on grounds they were blocking traffic, trade union officials said. At least two protesters were arrested during the rally over
working conditions, with one demonstrator reportedly losing teeth after being hit in the face with a truncheon. A photo shared on social media by Alberto Rodriguez, a member of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, appeared to show a blood-stained shirt outside the company’s warehouse in San Fernando de Henares. The image was captioned: “This is the respect that Amazon Spain has for its workers.”
SPANISH energy firm gas Natural Fenosa will sink €95 million into two solar energy projects in Minas Gerais, Brazil, after snapping them up from rival Canadian Solar, with the plants set to become operational before the end of the year.
Anti-social SPAIN’S data protection agency, AEPD, has slapped Facebook and WhatsApp with €300,000 fines for processing and sharing users’ personal data without their consent, with the former currently appealing an earlier €1.2 million sanction for the same offence.
Octopus market squids in SPANISH diners are up in arms over the soaring price of octopus. The delicacy has become increasingly expensive recently and is currently selling wholesale for up to €10.25, a 26 per cent jump from last year and 45 per cent more than in 2016, according to industry data. In the north of Spain, depleted stocks and re-
duced quotas have seen demand outstrip supply, whereas in Mediterranean provinces catches have remained similar while the market has grown. And the predicament has reportedly seen suppliers and restaurateurs turn to foreign octopus to make up the deficit, with much of the tentacle treat served in eateries now sourced from Morocco, Mauritania and Portugal.
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Brexit keeps pound volatile as 2018 draws to an end Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com
S TAYI NG o n t o p of th e late s t currency news can help you time your transfers more effect i v e l y, s o f i n d o u t w h a t y o u should be looking out for over the next couple of weeks… Latest currency news The final few weeks of 2018 witnessed their fair share of c u r r e n c y v o l a t i l i t y, w i t h t h e latest Brexit developments taking a toll on the pound and the euro finding support from Italian news. Over the past month GBP/EUR has fallen from €1.13 to €1.10 while the GBP/USD exchange rate has slipped from $1.28 to $1.26. What’s been happening?
VOLATILE: The final few weeks of 2018 witnessed their fair share of currency volatility. M u c h o f t h e p o u n d ’s r e c e n t weakness has been caused by PM Theresa May delaying the parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal. Although Sterling recouped some of its losses after May survived a vote of no confidence, the renewed focus on a no-deal Brexit kept the currency under pressure. However, losses against the
euro were less pronounced than elsewhere as a surprise contraction in German GDP in the third quarter weighed on the euro. Indications that economic output in the Eurozone as a whole is faltering also saw the euro dip against the US dollar. That being said, the euro did gain some support from the news that the EU and Italy
have finally come to an agreement over the Italian budget. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a fourth time in December and indicated that further rate hikes could be on the cards next year. What do you need to look out for? Things have started to slow up in the build up to Christ-
mas, but the pound will remain highly sensitive to Brexit developments over the coming m o n t h , w i t h t h e U K ’s e x i t from the EU now less than 100 days away. The euro, meanwhile, may prove more reliant on data, with the single currency potentially softening if the Euroz o n e ’s e c o s t a t s c o n t i n u e t o point to a slowdown in the fourth quarter. T h e E C B ’s e c o n o m i c b u l letin will also be of interest. A dovish tone from the ECB would be euro-negative. At Currencies Direct we’re here to talk currency whenever you need us, so get in touch if you want to know more about the latest news or how it could impact your currency transfers. Since 1996 we’ve helped more than 250,000 customers with their currency transfers, just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I MUST confess to find the ongoing saga of the Arabian princess who tried to flee the United Arab Emirates and was allegedly captured at sea in March, yet another interesting example of Mid East hierarchy running roughshod over international laws. The death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has still to be explained. So far that particular murderous act has followed the predictions I made a few columns ago - ie a long ‘investigation,’ followed by the arrest of so-called rogue operators who will subsequently be put on public trial. This latest act of alleged kidnapping and piracy does I’m afraid not bode too happy an outcome for the young lady in question. The family she has now been forcibly reunited with has already announced they have doubts as to her emotional stability and mental state. Be that as it may, it is certainly a predictable statement and no doubt forerunner to the blanket of secrecy that will undoubtedly be pulled down over this whole sorry affair, as the Princess is brought firmly back into the family ‘fold.’ This event did bring home to me one of the risks I found myself running during my far off ‘Arabian days.’ At the time I had no idea of the gravity of the situation that I found myself in, or in fact the danger and repercussions that could have
SLIM CHANCE: ‘Justice’ for Khashoggi following a predictable route. befallen the dusky young beauty I had become acquainted with. At the time I was becoming quite successful in Saudi and had my own spacious apartment, cute little Datsun 280 ZX and a nice few quid buried in the garden! I was the proud possessor of a new telephone landline and was basically riding the
crest, as they say. I had begun to receive a number of phone calls that consisted mainly of female giggles and ‘how are you’s’ in what was obviously an Arabian accent. Anyway to cut a long one short, the calls ultimately became more personal and interesting and
naturally the ol’ boy finally got around to inviting her over. I was certainly aware that we couldn’t be seen in public, but figured it was all still a bit of harmless fun, and hopefully a few frolics to boot! She subsequently arrived one day accompanied by her Ethiopian maid and companion. Obviously upper crust, she told me she was in fact a Princess from an extremely well-known Saudi family. They stayed about an hour, which included much giggling and coy exchanges until they finally left with promises to call again one day. That day never arrived. In fact I never heard from her again. (Sorry to disappoint!) It was only much later that I realised that what had been to me a spot of silly fun and games had been unbelievably dangerous for the young lady in question, and could in fact have led to extremely severe punishments that could have included death by stoning. Lord only knows what could have been the ol’ boy’s fate. Doesn’t even bear thinking about. One time I can assure you I was delighted not to have had my wicked way. And you can take that to the bank. Good luck Princess Latifa, our thoughts are with you and all the other oppressed females who reside in these countries. A very happy New Year to all. Keep the faith. Love, Leapy.
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TECH FOR THE TIMID TOO much e-mail is not a technical problem. It’s a people problem. You can’t fix people, but you can fix your e-mail. Particularly when, like my friend recently, your Inbox is struggling under the sludge of thousands of e-mails. Yes I know, she should have created a selection of nice pretty folders and dragged each e-mail into one, but perhaps she preferred to have a life. You could of course just leave your e-mail overload where it is. That nice Google company gives us 15 gigabytes of e-mail storage free, which would hold, oh I dunno, several squillion e-mails. But good luck trying to find the specific one you want one day. In principle you don’t have to go through all your thousands of e-mails one by one for the mother of all spring-cleans. You can in fact delete the lot with just a couple of clicks - if you really want to. Beware. Let’s first be clear on one vital
Aiming for ‘Inbox Zero’ January’s a good time to declare e-mail bankruptcy, suggests Terence Kennedy
OVERLOAD: Nail that mail. bit of e-mail housekeeping: savvy e-mail users don’t work with their e-mail directly in the Gmail (or other provider ’s) website. It’s clunky, it’s inflexible, and it gives you little control. It is a far, far better thing that you do to install an actual dedicated e-mail program (called a ‘client’ in the jargon), and access your e-mail that way. The added advantage is that the website still
keeps all your e-mails archived in reserve, in case things ever go wrong on your own computer. There are plenty of (free) e-mail programs available for the taking. Thunderbird is a classic, Windows comes with the very basic Mail app, or you can move up a rung to Outlook for more features. Other popular programs are Mailbird Lite, eM Client, Opera Mail and Incredimail.
Another tip if you’re facing a giant clean-up is the possibility of moving to a ‘universal’ e-mail address. If you’re simply using the one your ISP provides, you’ll lose it when you move or switch providers and you’ll have to start again from scratch. But if you u s e G m a i l ( o r Ya h o o , G M X Mail, Zoho Mail, Apple’s iCloud or even the rather mysterious Elude beloved of people paranoid about their privacy) - you c a n k e e p i t f o r l i f e . Yo u r s , o r perhaps just the life of the company providing it. So: install your dedicated e-mail program, route all your e-mail to it, create specific folders below the Inbox (family, friends, enemies, junk, Nigerian princes, your call), then drag and drop whole batches of e-mails into their appropriate folders. Job done and a happy 2019 to you too.
Hotmail ain’t cool DID you know that if you still have a Hotmail address, some of the folks you deal with online will automatically assume that you are (a lot) older, you’re not very tech-literate, and according to one UK car insurer, you’re more likely to crash. Hotmail ‘retired’ in 2013 - time to move on gramps. If you don’t want the ubiquitous Gmail, Yahoo now offers anyone a free account, with 1,000 gigabytes of storage. Will that do nicely, given Yahoo’s insistence that this ‘can handle 6,000 years of inbox usage for the average user’? And remember: these days, one’s not enough. Use a main e-mail address for trusted friends, family and business, and a secondary one for all those merchants you just know are going to spam you.
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8:50am Match of the Day 10:25am The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 11:50am Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 1:10pm Dynasties 2:10pm BBC News 2:25pm BBC London News 2:30pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 4:20pm Revolting Rhymes 4:50pm Revolting Rhymes 5:20pm Kung Fu Panda 3 6:45pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The ABC Murders 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:15pm BBC London News 11:25pm Meet the Fockers
10:30am Great British Menu 11:30am Great Indian Railway Journeys 12:30pmWild Ireland 1:30pm Wild Ireland 2:30pm The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 3:55pm The Heroes of Telemark 6:00pm Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made 7:00pm Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me 8:00pm Dad's Army 8:30pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 9:00pm Masterchef: The Professionals Rematch 10:00pmThe Snow Wolf: A Winter's Tale 11:00pmFrankie Boyle's 2018 New World Order 11:40pm2018: A Year in the Life of a Year 12:10am No Activity Christmas Special 1:00am NFL 1:50am Jimi: All is by My Side
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8:45am You've Been Framed! 9:10am Britain's Got Talent 10:00am Emmerdale 10:35am Take Me Out 11:35am Celebrity Catchphrase 12:35pm You've Been Framed! 1:05pm Emmerdale 1:35pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 2:35pm FYI Daily 2:40pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 3:15pm Happy Feet Two 4:15pm FYI Daily 4:20pm Happy Feet Two 5:20pm Casper 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Casper 7:25pm Iron Man 2 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Iron Man 2 10:00pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 12:35am Family Guy
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LAURA PENN ‘PENN TO PAPER’ ODDS are you will see him sometime this week - or at least a person impersonating him. According to the Syrian tradition the names of the Three Kings who visited the baby Jesus in the stable are Hormisdas, Larvandad and Gushnasaph. In the Armenian tradition, on the other hand, they are Kagba, Badadakharida, and Badadilma. But they are probably better known as Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar. I hate to be a party pooper - especially as I love the Three Kings fiesta on Mallorca, but there is only a tiny slither of evidence that three kings, or wise men, ever made an appearance during the birth of Jesus. The feast of the Epiphany, also known as Three Kings’ Day, is celebrated to commemorate the visit of the Magi from the East to the baby Jesus and the image is inextricably linked with today’s Nativity scenes. But I hate to tell you that there is no mention of any Magi in three of the four Gospels. Only Matthew mentions them and even then he doesn’t name them or
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FIESTA TIME: The Three Kings arriving by boat. say how many of them there were. Many bible scholars don’t believe the wise men existed at all. For all their lack of historical reality, the three wise men might as well be named Gandalf, Merlin, and Dumbledore. But don’t let that get in the way of a good party! The Three Kings fiesta is a biggie and for Spanish children the Three Kings are way cooler than
Santa. In a survey in 2015, Spanish schoolchildren overwhelmingly chose the kings as their favourite gift giver (67 per cent) over Santa Claus (27 per cent), but of course they are happy to have prezzies from both! Huge Three Kings parades or ‘cabalgatas’ are held around Spain on January 5. One of the biggest, in Madrid, draws crowds of 100,000
people, including thousands of children eager to catch the sweets thrown into the crowd by the three kings themselves. Here on Mallorca the biggest parade is in Palma and the kings arrive by boat, as they do in many of the ports around the island. My favourite memory of the fiesta was watching the kings arrive by port at Port Adriano and then mount Harley David-
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sons to drive away towing a truck full of gifts. Now that is way cooler than a sleigh! Another fav was watching the Palma parade one year and getting pelted with a shower of hard sweets. It was then I realised what the upside down umbrellas were for. I do have a knack of missing the guys in big crowns altogether. I think it has something to do with the mulled wine, or maybe the slurpy hot chocolate on offer, but more often than not, I aim to see the kings but somehow miss the main event. The Three Kings fiesta is pretty much a Spanish only event with the added advantage of another day off afterwards … not that we are short of those. Time to gird the loins for the Sant Antoni and San Sebastian festivities on Mallorca partying is a marathon not a sprint! Then there is one of my favs, Carnival on the way. Make sure you don’t miss out on any of the fun by listening to my radio show where I will be giving more info on fiestas coming up. Laura Penn hosts The Sunshine Club every Sunday 10am - 12 noon on Mallorca Sunshine Radio. www.mallorcasunshineradio.com email laura@mallorcasunshine radio.com
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SATURDAY - 29 DECEMBER
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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Nigel Slater's New Year Suppers 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Chicken Run 3:35pm Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm Top of the Pops 7:10pm BBC News 7:20pm BBC London News 7:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:00pm Pointless 8:50pm Ant-Man 10:35pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:50am The NFL Show 1:20am Reign of Fire 2:55am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:00am BBC News
7:30am This Farming Life 8:30am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 9:30am Great British Menu 10:30am Great Indian Railway Journeys 11:30am Bill 1:00pm The Super Squirrels 2:00pm Dunkirk 4:10pm The Lake District: A Wild Year 5:10pm Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants 6:10pm Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made 7:15pm Kylie Minogue: Reel Stories 7:40pm Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees 8:40pm Nothing Like a Dame 10:00pm Philomena 11:30pm QI XL 12:15am Frankie Boyle's 2018 New World Order 12:55am Stewart Lee: Content Provider
7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm All About the Good Life 9:00pm The New Forest: A Year in the Wild 10:00pmBlack Lake Hedda Stiernstedt, Filip Berg, Andre Eriksen, Alida Morberg, Bahar Pars, Daniel Larsson. Swedish thriller series. 10:45pmBlack Lake 11:30pmThe Old Grey Whistle Test 1:00am ABBA at the BBC 2:00am Life in the Snow 3:00am All About the Good Life What was it really like behind the scenes of The Good Life? 4:00am The New Forest: A Year in the Wild 5:00am This is BBC Four
7:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Lego Masters 9:25am The Big Bang Theory 9:55am The Big Bang Theory 10:20am The Big Bang Theory 10:50am The Big Bang Theory 11:20am The Big Bang Theory 11:45am The Simpsons 12:40pm The Simpsons 1:15pm Baby's Day Out 3:10pm Hugo 5:35pm The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds on Holiday 6:35pm Channel 4 News 7:05pm The Secret World of Emily Brontã‹ 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau at Christmas 9:00pm Amazing Spaces Winter Wonderland 10:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 12:20am The Inbetweeners 2 2:10am Piranha 3DD
9:10am Paw Patrol 9:25am Nella the Princess Knight 9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:45am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:20am Criminals Make You Laugh Out Loud 10:45am Bean 12:35pm Groundhog Day 2:35pm Ghostbusters II 4:45pm Live Premiership Rugby 7:15pm Ultimate Megastructures: Colossal Cruise Ship 8:00pm World's Strongest Man 2018 8:55pm 5 News Weekend 9:00pm Blind Date 10:00pm Gino's Win Your Wish List 11:00pm Celebrity Game Night 12:05am Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!
7:00am Breakfast 9:00am Match of the Day 10:20am Bolt 11:45am The BFG 1:35pm Dynasties 2:35pm BBC News 2:50pm Songs of Praise 3:25pm Cinderella 5:05pm How to Train Your Dragon 2 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Spy in the Snow 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pmLes Misérables 11:00pmBBC News 11:20pmBBC London News 11:30pmMatch of the Day 2 12:45am War of the Worlds 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News
12:35pm James Martin's American Adventure 1:05pm The Mummy 3:20pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:30pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:30pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 5:30pm The Big Audition 6:30pm Big Star's Bigger Star 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9:00pm The London Studios: Home of the Stars 10:00pm Bradley Walsh: When Dummies Took Over the World 11:00pm The Keith and Paddy Picture Show 11:25pm ITV News 11:45pm Another Audience with Ken Dodd 12:45am Our Cilla
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6:30am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:50am Brief Encounter 9:30am Prince Harry in Africa 10:30am A Very Royal Wedding 11:55am Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy 1:20pm Princess Diana: A Life After Death 2:25pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:40pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:50pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Maigret 2:00am Maigret 3:45am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:45am Road to Avonlea 5:40am Road to Avonlea
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Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
WHAT with Brexit, the drones, groans and can’t-get-homes Gatwick ‘miscommunication’ fiasco, you could be forgiven for missing all the recent ‘mis-speaking.’ First off, Lewis Hamilton’s description of his home town Stevenage as ‘the slums’ angered many people, not least most of its residents. Well, with Stevenage, what you see is what you get. An honest town in that respect. New town, post-war families working hard. No slum. Not the middle-class wannabee of Welwyn Garden City, but no slum. And Lewis, albeit brilliant world champion racing driver, knows that. Though I’m sure he’d have liked it to have been because it would have made his ‘down with the boyz’ street talk so much more convincing. Basically, Lewis doesn’t stop and think before he speaks. But then, do our politicians? Just recently, we had Corbyn’s ‘stupid woman’ gaffe aimed at Theresa May followed by innumerable oh-yes-he-did and oh-no-he-didn’t panto-politics claims he actually said ‘stupid people.’Yeah, right. But this mis-speaking isn’t confined to British politics. Consider Hillary Clinton and the countless times she ‘mis-speaks’ about being in places where she clearly wasn’t. Under
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STEVENAGE: A beautiful sight. INSET: Lewis Hamilton. sniper fire in Bosnia. Under bomb fire in Belfast. Always sounds so thrilling - like something out of a Tom Clancy novel. Problem is, it does come out of a Tom Clancy novel. Pure alien fiction (on a level with that early chatter of alien-operated UFO drones at Gatwick.) Then there’s Sarah Palin (remember her?) who, amongst other claims, swore she could ‘see Russia from Alaska.’And, nearer home, Malaga bureaucrats who threaten to fine householders for repairing cracks (yes, cracks!) in garden walls without a permit when there are complete, unlicensed villas in the surrounding campo. Yes, mis-speaking is a bit like the norovirus: it’s everywhere now. Which reminds me of the
magistrate who, before sentencing, asked the accused if he had anything to say. ‘*uck all’ came the reply. Turning to her colleague on the bench the magistrate repeated: ‘What did he say? ‘*uck all,’ said the colleague. ‘Really,’ said the magistrate. ‘I’m sure I saw his lips move.’ Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora- johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits go to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
LEGALLY SPEAKING
Are they insured? We purchased a top floor apartment which includes a roof terrace for our use only. We have insured the apartment for what we paid for it. This amount is higher than the IBI and it does not seem to include the roof terrace. We have emailed the community administrator to confirm that the roof terrace is included in the community’s building insurance but they have not replied yet. Should we have also included the President in the email to get a reply? Can we request a copy of the community building insurance to prove that our roof terrace is insured? A B (Costa Blanca)
Standardly the roof terrace is David Searl You and the Law not really your property. in Spain It is reserved for your exclusive use, but the community is finally responsible for any problems. That is why it is not listed as part of your purchase. Yes, you can request a copy of the insurance to see just what is covered by building insurance and what you need to cover separately. Even efficient administrators are seldom very good at answering questions so I suggest you go directly through your president.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
Take care in the sun
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.
THE video of a choir of Danes in swimsuits sunburned was undoubtedly the coolest marketing campaign designed to raise awareness of the importance of preventing the excesses of overexposure to the sun. The creator of this campaign deserved his wages for the next five years, at least. This campaign promoted by the prestigious and powerful Danish Cancer Society was the beginning of my relationship with the campaign that the Western Costa del Sol Health District and the Costa del Sol Hospital of Marbella have developed over the last 10 years under the direction of my now good friend, Dr Magdalena de Troya, Head of the Dermatology Service of that Hospital. Although this may be based on the Costa del Sol, the lessons are applic-
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PLEASED TO HELP: Marisa (centre) at the official ceremony. able to people living anywhere in Spain. My especially pale skin made me aware at an early age of the adverse effects that solar overexposure can have and this made me enjoy the sun in a much more sensible way. So I was very happy when following the Danish campaign video, the
doctor and the coordinator of the Sanitary District, Nuria Delgado, contacted me to request the help of the Consulate. Magdalena, Nuria and I worked on the project which was without a doubt very interesting, and also gratifying on a personal level. Dr Magdalena de Troya has led
a team which has developed and promoted healthy habits regarding exposure to the sun and getting local town halls to provide information for their bathers, lifeguards and beach workers (wear sunglasses, hats, shirts, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun etc) and have their own ser-
vices for the prevention of the effects of overexposure (the installation of shaded areas, sunscreen cream dispensers and ‘sun lights’ that warn of the level of radiation, among other things). With the collaboration of the Consulate, open days were held at the Hospital which the Danish Social Security has in Benalmadena Pueblo (Montebello) where dozens of diagnoses were made for visitors and patients. I hope that this can be an example followed by other regions such as the Costa Blanca and the Balearic islands. I attended the official closing ceremony of the 10-year campaign and there I had the opportunity to find out the scope and importance of its results. We have answered the cry for help from those Danes burnt by the sun and we hope we have raised awareness and helped some of them at least, but in the same vein as the video itself, we have also enjoyed ourselves. What more could you want?
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Silent Witness series 22 cast and stories, including guest star Samantha Womack Richard Shanley NOW that we’ve got all that Christmas cheer out of our system, it’s time to talk about the B B C ’s l o n g - r u n n i n g m i s e r y fest Silent Witness. Five new two-part stories are coming in early 2019, bringing all the murder, deceit and washed-out colour grading you could want. Here are details on the first two stories. Emilia Fox, David Caves, Richard Lintern and the iconic Liz Carr are all back, plus a host of guest stars have been lined up for the new run t o o . We ’ l l g o t h r o u g h t h e m story by story. The first story, ‘ Tw o S p i r i t s , ’ f o c u s e s o n t h e t r a n s c o m m u n i t y, a s a t r a n s man is murdered and a trans
SILENT WITNESS: Five new two-part stories are set to hit your screens early in 2019.
Parents at fault Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man BEFORE I start this, I have to say that I like children. Well, let me qualify this, I like well-behaved children. The ones I’m not too fond of are the ones that are allowed to do what they like, when they like, where they like, with parents that do not give a monkeys what inconvenience it causes others. Come to think of it it’s not the children that tick me off; it’s the parents that let two-plus-year-olds run round a restaurant screaming at each other. The parents sit there totally oblivious of the noise. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be having fun. They should be, but not at the expense of the other punters. Then all of a sudden, they decide they have had enough and start yelling at the child which then starts the poor little so and so crying and screaming and then mum or dad start shouting even more. Then the idle threats start. ‘If you don’t stop I’m sending you on the next plane back to England!’ You can almost see the child thinking ‘No you aren’t! I’m five ... you have to
come up with something more believable than that ... but in meantime I’ll just carry on screaming.’ I was in a supermarket recently and there was a woman with a five or six-year-old child and he was kicking off like a thing possessed and she was totally ignoring him. Obviously she had read somewhere that this is the correct way to deal with this situation but I have to tell you, even though I’m no expert, it’s not! At that point a woman walked up to her and said: “Excuse me, can you control your child or at least stop and ask him what’s wrong.” Well, all of a sudden it became quite apparent where this small person developed his temper because his mum went berserk at this woman telling her, in no uncertain terms, to mind her own business. But what did happen was the child, all of a sudden, stopped screaming to watch his mum take over the tantrum. I walked off and left them all but having a full blown punch up. My last plea is to the passengers on aircraft. It is not acceptable to let your little precious constantly kick the back of my seat and yes I will turn round and I will ask you to get them to stop and no it’s not their fault or mine, it’s YOURS! mikesenker@gmail.com.
activist is kidnapped. Gavin & Stacey star Andrew Knott, Waterloo Road’s Heather Peace, The Bank Job’s Johann Myers a n d L o s t i n A u s t e n ’s J e m i m a Rooper make appearances. Story number two, ‘Lift Up Yo u r H e a r t s , ’ s e e s a t e e n a g e boy die in a meth lab explosion, prompting his inspirational head teacher Noah Taylor to confront the drug dealers p r e y i n g o n h i s c o m m u n i t y. Guest stars include former EastEnders star Samantha Wo m a c k , B l a c k M i r r o r a c t o r Dan Li, The Crouches actress Jo Martin, Patient Zero’s Hara Ya n n a s a n d K r y p t o n ’s C o l i n Salmon (who appeared in S i l e n t Wi t n e s s ’ v e r y f i r s t s e r i e s ! ) . S i l e n t Wi t n e s s r e t u r n s with its first two episodes on Tu e s d a y, J a n u a r y 8 a n d Wednesday, January 9 at 10pm (CET) on BBC One.
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents K and 12 represents W, so fill in K every time the figure 1 appears and W 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 Ahead in development (8) 8 Conceals (5) 9 Natural talent (5) 10 Have a requirement for (4) 11 Discover (6) 13 Put before (6) 15 Catch sight of (4) 18 Small oval fruit (5) 19 Once more (5) 20 Informal photograph (8)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
Across 1 To go (7) 5 Tenedores (5) 8 Smaller (in size) (5) 9 Pareja (compañero) (7) 10 Thread (5) 11 Journey (5) 12 These (5) 14 Caterpillar (5) 19 Bamboo (5) 21 Anchor (5) 23 Justicia (7) 24 Mareas (5) 25 Estrellas (5) 26 Atrasos (financiero) (7)
Down 2 Avoid (5) 3 In addition (4) 4 Beverage (6) 5 Adult male duck (5) 6 Annoying (10) 7 Imitation diamond used in cheap jewellery (10) 12 Film theatre (6) 14 State of extreme happiness (5) 16 Large keyboard instrument (5) 17 Knocks gently (4)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Spoiled (pampered) (6) 2 Grooves (in wood, metal etc) (7) 3 Cuernos (5) 4 Repetir (6) 5 Para siempre (7) 6 Income (5) 7 Pantalla (cine) (6) 13 Kidney beans (7) 15 Abuelo (7) 16 Bees (6) 17 Pair (6) 18 Blouses (6) 20 Fly (insect) (5) 22 To quote (writer, line, passage, source) (5)
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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LOTTERY
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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Eager Mars meets affluent Jupiter and enriches your financial forecast. It might show a foretaste of money to come, or on-stream benefits. If you intend to make alterations to your personal and home interests, you'll cope with both offbeat and upbeat activities.
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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.
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
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Stand by for a week of whoosh and whirl. More importantly, try to avoid getting tongue-tied or dogmatic on Tuesday and Friday. Promising potentials appear, especially if you spruce up your competitive streak.
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
CRYPTIC
Across:
Across:
7 Oropel, 8 Amazed, 9 Leno, 10 Greeting, 11 Worship, 13 Sleep, 15 Acebo, 17 Milagro, 20 Escarcha, 21 Cosy, 23 Wonder, 24 Lovely.
1 Spruce, 4 Roasts, 9 Explain, 10 Elate, 11 Thyme, 12 Resolve, 13 Considerate, 18 Bramble, 20 Verse, 22 Alike, 23 Turnips, 24 Ninety, 25 Tenner.
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1 Tree, 2 Aprons, 3 Alegría, 4 Camel, 5 Pastel, 6 Reindeer, 12 Occasion, 14 Miracle, 16 Brandy, 18 Alcove, 19 Scarf, 22 Sale.
1 Sweets, 2 Reply, 3 Clarets, 5 Opens, 6 Shallot, 7 Stewed, 8 Ingredients, 14 Oration, 15 Reverie, 16 Obtain, 17 Teaser, 19 Bleat, 21 Reign.
1 News, 3 King, 5 Toy, 7 Stress, 9 Oven, 10 Orient, 11 Hug, 12 Hope, 14 Ice, 16 Mime, 17 Lovely, 18 Awe.
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A vivid star pattern portends a frantic personal and social diary. Ensure that any tight planning is carefully handled, especially if you hope to fit in everything you would like to say. Don't allow Monday or Wednesday's tensions to spoil opportunities for settling something important.
2 Walnuts, 4 Scrooge, 6 Youth, 8 Spiritual, 11 Ham, 13 Pie, 15 Elves.
LEO (July 24 - August 23)
CODE BREAKER
Pave the way for any ambitious schemes you may have, rather than actually starting them. With
QUIZ: THAT WAS 2018 THAT WAS (PART 1) 1. Which Danish player beat Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win the 2018 Australian Open Women's Tennis championship, her first Grand Slam title, in January? 2. David Beckham launched a Major League Soccer (MLS) team in which US city in January? 3. Which online news and social networking service reported its first quarterly profit as a public company in February? 4. Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as president of which country in February? 5. The world’s oldest message in a bottle was found in Western Australia in March; it had been thrown from the German ship Paula how many years earlier: (a) 152 years (b) 132 years or (b) 112 years? 6. What is the name of the founder of Amazon who Forbes announced as the world’s richest person for the first time at $112 billion in March? 7. Where, in Australia, did the 21st Commonwealth Games take place in April? 8. In April, which animated sitcom surpassed Gunsmoke’s 635-episode count to have the highest episode count of any
your ruler the Sun eclipsing your kindred fire sign, determined Aries, you are now more likely to get the support and affection you need from the powers that be or someone who thinks the world of you. Loosen up on Tuesday and Thursday.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Even if the opposite to what you want happens, it could prove useful. One clue to this week's planetary crossword puzzle is ‘What word could also mean success?’ Check it out, and make it work for you.
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series on US television? 9. Which Welshman won his third World Snooker Championship by beating John Higgins 18-16 in final in May? 10. Which country won the 2018 Eurovision song contest in May? 11. What is the name of the Spanish prime minister who was forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament filed by socialist leader Pedro Sánchez in June? 12. What is the name of President Trump’s spokesperson who was asked to leave the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Virginia in June over her support of the president’s policies? Not a lot of people know that… 12 camels were disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel Beauty Contest in Saudi Arabia in January after their owners used Botox on their lips and in June a special pedestrian lane was introduced in Xi’an, China, just for ‘phubbers’, slow-walking smartphone users.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Aries intensifies your willpower. Before you say 'go', find out where you stand. It might pay you to leave things be for a little longer to see if things begin to change.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The planets mobilise your streak of Scorpio daring, but don't stretch your limits. Your most effective weapon against personal and work-related pitfalls is your ability to be objective. Your desire to make specific situations and conversations work needs to be combined with your faith that they will work. Even if a different approach is required, try it and see.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The main gist of the solar eclipse in fiery Aries and the link between plucky Mars and your ruler friendly Jupiter will stir surprises. Whether you create the right atmosphere all round depends on how you interpret other people's views. Stick to crisp, simple but sensitively tuned answers, then no one can accuse you of not trying.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Hard-working, enterprising and self-sacrificing are just some of the words that describe your zodiac sign. It will be these qualities that count. Friday will boost your powers of persuasion, but you won't have too much to complain about if you follow this lucky trend into next week's encouraging tide.
Answers: 1. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, 2. MIAMI (Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, referred to as Inter Miami CF or Inter Miami), 3. TWITTER, 4. SOUTH AFRICA, 5. B - 132 YEARS (June 12, 1886), 6. JEFF BEZOS, 7. GOLD COAST, 8. THE SIMPSONS, 9. MARK WILLIAMS, 10. ISRAEL (Toy performed by Netta), 11. MARIANO RAJOY, 12. SARAH SANDERS
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A VISITING friend staying with us on the Costa Blanca has asked why leading supermarkets here do not have a special check-out for pensioners? It seems in Singapore, where she lives, there are special check-outs marked for pensioner shoppers only, with benches so that while waiting they can sit down. In addition an assistant is on hand to help put purchased items in shopping bags. I am not aware if these exist anywhere in Spain, though I am sure other EWN readers will know. With the number of elderly shoppers and retired people here, it seems like a good idea. Having said that, they did not feature in supermarkets in the UK either when I lived there. N Button, Torrevieja (Alicante)
A big thank you I JUST want to say thank you to all that follow our work and a special BIG THANK YOU to those of you that are sponsoring and donating to help the animals we rescue. Your contributions are helping so many animals, especially our long term dogs as some have a regular vet bill. Just lately we have built two fenced play runs, one of which has a second-hand caravan, which will be the sleeping quarters for our special long term cases. We have also rented a warehouse and land next to our shelter and erected an extra five indoor pens so that we can help more animals as well as extra space outside for dogs to have more freedom during the day. My wife and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kind support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. José Safont Ruiz President Animals in Distress, Coin (Malaga)
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Why not special check-outs? Green clean I READ the recent STERLING WORK: article about volunVolunteers cleaned teers cleaning up up Fuengirola beach. Fuengirola’s beach (Costa del Sol Issue 1746) and I just want to show my support and admiration for them. If my back wasn’t so bad I would be out there doing my bit too. It’s so important to treat this planet with respect and it pains me to think of all the marine life suffering because of the selfishness and foolishness of humans. Everyone at the Plastic Free Seas Foundation is doing wonderful work and I hope this kind of initiative is rolled out across the world. Just a few hours of work can gather up a ton of harmful waste, and then all the volunteers should treat themselves to a well-earned ‘cerveza’!
APPARENTLY Spanish grandparents spend an average of six hours a day with their grandchildren. This does not go down well with some academics. In the past a report worried that this may be too much for the elderly and that they should have a right to say ‘no I need a rest.’ This is a slightly offline message in Spain, as the extended family is one of the great joys of Spanish culture. It is a facet of life that seems to be increasingly lost in some other European countries as the Nanny State encroaches ever further into our lives. The willingness for families to rally round and help out when needed is a huge boon to society as a whole, and also to the State, which then doesn’t need to pay up for a huge array of social services including childcare. Those grandparents who do help with childcare make a huge difference to their children. Times are tough and wherever possible many families in Spain have to have both parents working to make ends meet. Often they cannot afford childcare and that is where the grandparents come in. They selflessly pitch in and help out. The suspicion of the report is that they may be exploited by their unscrupulous offspring looking for an easy life. But the report forgets the quid pro quo - those grandparents will themselves be looked after by their children when they need help. That is as it should be. Families should stick together.
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Spanish navy criticised over manoeuvre Bet the Royal Navy were trembling. Spain should save money spent on fuel when their contributions to EU go up when we leave! John Are the Spanish really that stupid?
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COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE
Police officer receives backlash for shooting dog in Spain
WATCH: Protests and clashes in Cataluña as PM Pedro Sanchez and ministers meet in Barcelona
The police use deadly force and kill a beautiful dog protecting her master. She showed she has more courage and love than these police officers, it’s so heart breaking. Jason
Riots in France, Cataluña problems will never go away, permanent tension and protest against the government in Spain, suppose we are better out of it . John
How the **** did he became a Cop? Don’t know how to handle a dog without killing it or injuring it? Uday
DOG SHOT: Farmer guns down dog that allegedly attacked his sheep
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Spanish terrorist, responsible for the Atocha Massacre, to be extradited after 24 years on the run Why would any sane person release him on probation?
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Now let’s see the dog’s owner being charged with dangerous dogs. John
Rescue ship Open Arms sets sail for Spain with 311 migrants aboard after being refused entry by Italy If Libya is deemed to be unsafe, why not put them ashore in Algeria or Tunisia or Morocco. These charities are nothing more then ferries involved in the trafficking of human beings.
The UN has successfully repatriated over 15,000 from Libya but you won’t find that reported in the main stream media. United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) report which you can find on Facebook.com/IOMLibya/. And you are of course free to ‘moderate’ this post if it offends your editorial stance. The facts however speak for themselves. PM Rescued off the Libyan coast??? Return them straight back to Libya. Renato Today 300 - what will Spain do when tens of thousands have arrived and yet still keep coming. This is not a sustainable solution for any country let alone the relatively poor ones in southern Europe. Annie Most do not want to stay in southern Europe, but make their way north, hoping to get to London. No one is sure why ? PM
Court rules to protect bullfighting as a cultural institution in Spain’s Balearic Islands Ah yes. The ‘National Cultural Heritage’ argument. Like slavery, and garrotting, and wife-beating, and executing Communists? PM
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THE festive season is great; catching up with family, indulging in our favourite foods, and generally having a good time. But alongside any feelings of discomfort you may experience from too much food or alcohol, can be evidence of overindulgence shown on your skin and hair. Our skin, hair and nails are a good barometer of health and are very quick to show when we having been looking after ourselves as much as normal. This can present itself in the form of hair that is dry and unmanageable at the mid-length and ends but greasy at the root. Or skin that has lost its healthy colour and may look dry or flaky. We may even break out in more spots than normal. The best changes always take place from the inside out, and we can undo a lot of damage caused after having eating unhealthy food or drinking more alcohol than normal by cutting back on the food and drinks which are worst for us. Most people naturally cut back a little in January, slowly WITH Strictly Come Dancing as popular as ever, more and more people are taking up dancing. And researchers in Japan have found older people who take up the hobby are less likely to lose their independence. A team of scientists tracked a group of more than 1,000 women aged between 75 and 84 and found those who dance were less likely to need help with everyday tasks such as bathing. They also found dancing was more effective than other forms of exercise in helping with independence, compared to jogging, cycling, and golf. The study, carried out at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology and published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science, found that dancing, ‘is a more useful exercise for maintaining brain structure and balance in older adults’ ability to walk, strength and flexibility exercise.’ Lead author Dr Yosuke Osuka said: “Although it is unclear why dancing alone reduced the risk of ADL [ac-
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Post party SOS returning to their old eating habits, or even embarking on a drastic new regime, such as giving up alcohol for the month. Upping your intake of water is the first priority whether you are concerned about your hair, nails, or skin, as dehydration is the cause behind many beauty complaints. Festive over-indulgence coupled with central heating or log fires means many of us are dehydrated without necessarily knowing it. Next, load up on the fruits and vegetables which pack the
most health punch. These include berries, which contain vitamins which help with skin elasticity, as well as healthy oils such as olive oil and those found in mackerel and salmon. These will help to support the skin’s structure. Another essential is protein. This helps us create keratin, the building blocks which make up our skin, hair and nails. Healthy sources of pro-
OVERSTRESSED: Look after your skin, hair and nails after the busy season.
tein include white meat, such as chicken and turkey, fish, and seafood. In the meantime, you can
Let’s dance
DANCING: Older women benefited from dance. tivities associated with daily living] disability, dancing requires not only balance, strength, and endurance ability, but also cognitive ability - adaptability and concentration to move according to the music and partner, artistry for graceful and fluid motion, and memory for choreography.” The study’s authors concluded: ‘Participation in dancing was significantly and independently associated with a reduced risk of in-
cident ADL disability among older Japanese women.’ Researchers studied the women over eight years, during which time they participated in a range of exercises, indulging martial arts and tai chi. Dancing was found to improve both endurance and strength, whilst also adding a mental challenge element which scientists think may help with everyday tasks. The study found older women who dance are 73
per cent less likely to need help with routine tasks, such as dressing, bathing and eating. Dr Yosuke said: “Dancing should be a useful exercise for maintaining functional capacity in this population. This finding may encourage participation in dancing among the older population.” During the research, older women were asked to take part in 16 exercise types, including hiking, ball games, bowling, aqua exercise and yoga. All members of the study group lived independently at the beginning of the eight years, and none had difficulties with daily tasks, but roughly one in eight developed problems. Scientists compared exercises, and found dancing reduced women’s risk of needing help with daily activities, including walking, eating, bathing, dressing and using the bathroom.
fake your way to a post-Christmas glow by hydrating from the outside. This means an intensive hair mask once a week to moisturise strands and seal the cuticles, leaving a glossy shine and preventing split ends. If your hair has truly taken a battering over the festive season, a trim will help
restore the look of health. For the skin on your face and body, make sure to moisturise regularly, as well as using a gentle exfoliant once a week to slough off the dead cells contributing to a lacklustre appearance. Finally, for your nails, treat them by massaging a small amount of oil into the cuticles and surrounding skin, followed by a hand cream to prevent any flakiness.
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HER 16-year marriage to stockbroker Danny Goldberg ended in April. But Australian model Annalise Braakensiek showed she’s letting things hang loose as she soaked up the rays on holiday in Barcelona. The 45-year-old bombshell sent temperatures soaring after whipping off her bikini top before posting a saucy snap on Instagram captioned in Spanish: ‘A very magical and fun day.’
Photo credit Instagram/Annalise Braakensiek
Beach ready FORMER The Only Way Is Essex star Ferne Mccann has been living it up in Marbella. The 27-year-old posted a series of snaps to social media as she flaunted her washboard abs in a series of racy swimsuits. Ferne gave birth to daughter Sunday in November, and recently said of her post-baby body: “My body shape has changed completely. I’m not totally ripped but my thighs have shrunk.”
SHE is expecting her third child with Real Madrid and Spain footballer Sergio Ramos. And TV presenter Pilar Rubio, 39, showed she is game for a laugh after cheekily painting her bump to resemble politically incorrect South Park character Eric Cartman. The beauty captioned the shot: “Today we came up with a few ideas so that pregnant women can disguise themselves at carnivals. This is my favourite!”
HOT MAMA: Pilar Rubio and (right) her decorated bump.
RED HOT MAMA: Ferne in Marbella.
Revered DJ hits Mallorca in May MASTER of electronics and 80’s resident DJ at Manchester ’s Hacienda, the legendary Laurent Garnier will perform at Mallorca Live Festival in May. The revered DJ is hailed as representing the ‘pure history of the electronic music’ and is renowned for his eclectic and long sessions. Garnier will join Dixon and DJ and producer Robin Perkins, better known as El Buho, in the Old Aquapark of Calvia on May 10 and 11. Festival organisers said Laurent’s confirmation gives ‘a new step in the event’s consolidation as one of the essential dates of European electronics’ after having showcased artists of the calibre of Solomun, Nina Kraviz, Henrik Schwaerz, Ben Klock, The Martinez Brothers or Kolsch.
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Braak in the sun!
BEACH READY: Annalise Braakensiek.
LEGEND: Laurent Garnier will take to the stage at Mallorca Live Festival. The fourth Mallorca Live will feature other popular names from the music scene, such as Two Door Cinema Club, Vetusta Morla, La Mo-
da, Viva Suecia, La Pegatina, DJ Coco, Los Estanques and Lava Fizz. Last year’s festival attracted 27,000 spectators, and
this year organisers have expanded the site to offer areas dedicated to gastronomy, bars and other entertainment.
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Coastal attraction by Sally Underwood BRITISH expatriates are still flocking to the Spanish Costas despite Brexit, it has emerged. A study by the International Federation of Real Estate Professions (FIABCI) reported that the number of homes sold to non-Spanish in Alicante Province rocketed to 6,352 in the second quarter of 2018. This figure represents a 15 per cent rise on the same period in the year before, according to the Valencian College of Notaries, and published by Idealista.com. Britons are the most likely to buy a property
on the Costa Blanca, followed by the Swedish, Belgians, Germans, French, Norwegians, Russians, and Dutch. Overall, 44 per cent of second homes on the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol and Balearic Islands are owned by expatriates. Meanwhile, foreign buyers represent 15 per cent of all property purchases in Spain. Amongst the Spanish, residents of Madrid are most likely to want a second property on the Costa Blanca, with more residents of the capital buying in Alicante Province than anywhere else in Spain.
THE number of mortgages granted in Spain rose by 20.4 per cent in 2018. I n O c t o b e r, 3 0 , 3 5 6 w e r e r e g i s tered, an increase of more than 20 per cent on the previous period the year before.
According to the Real Estate Trust Index, produced by real estate agency Solvia, this popularity is important for the health of the local property market in Alicante. For anyone who still has any nagging doubts about investing in Spanish property after Brexit, professionals at Yer Realty are urging expatriates not to worry, saying, “the market is staying stable and the worst is over.” While Spain’s property market did take a dip in the last quarter of 2017 in the months after Brexit negotiations began, the market
Lending boom
of 10.7 per cent on the number granted between January and October 2017. Experts say they think 2018 may turn out to have the highest figures since 2011. Meanwhile, the amount of capital lent in mortgages increased proportionally with the increase in number granted, with the amount going up by 25.9 per cent. The figure has increased in 17 of the last 18 months, reflecting the boom in the property market. During October this y e a r, t h e a v e r a g e m o r t gage granted was €126,926, at an interest rate of 2.63 per cent over a 24-year term. Meanwhile, 60.4 per cent of RENTAL LAWS: Changes have come into force. mortgages were offered been amended to mean that soout at a variable rate, Meanwhile, landlords now cial services can now intervene compared to 39.6 per have new rights to claim their in the eviction of a vulnerable cent at fixed rate. property back under several tenant, even if a court order During the first 10 circumstances without having has been given, until that permonths of 2018, the to expressly include this in a son can be found a suitable aloverall amount of borrental agreement. ternative. rowed capital increased A tenant will also be alSocial services will also by 16.6 per cent during lowed to leave the contract at work in closer contact with the January to October the any time after the first six court system to adopt meaprevious year. months, giving their landlord sures to protect families on Experts believe if the 30 days’ notice, and any comlower-incomes, as well those trend continues as it has pensation will be agreed. with larger family responsibilidone, there will be beAdditional rights have also ties, offering greater legal protween 335,000 and been included in the new law tection to both landlords and 345,000 mortgages handfor particularly vulnerable peotenants. ed out in 2018. ple. A rented housing law has By the same month, nearly 300,000 mortgages had been granted across Spain, an increase
New housing laws CHANGES to housing laws proposed last week by the Spanish central government have now come into effect. Under the new laws, the period of rental contracts has been increased from three years to five. Also, if neither party gives notice not to renew a contract within its last six months it will automatically be renewed for another three years rather than the current one year. The government has also created legislation preventing landlords from asking for more than two months’ worth of rent as a deposit, except in the case of long-term lets. Additionally, the costs of any real estate management and of formalising the contract will be borne by the property owner, as long as they are a legal entity, and unless any expenses incurred were directly initiated by the tenant. The government has also said, as long as there is a rental agreement in place, improvement works can be carried out to a property with a new contract being created.
strengthened again in 2018, and real estate sales have, ‘fully stabilised,’ according to Idealista.com. They add: ‘In fact, compared to the first quarter of last year, property sales have increased by 10.9 per cent.’ Yer Realty says it is partly interest from foreign buyers which keeps Spain’s markets so strong, particularly on the Costa Blanca, commenting, ‘the British have been the international buyers who have been most loyal to the Costa Blanca for years, and in fact they are the international customers with the greatest pur-
PROPERTY BOOM: Market continues to thrive on Spanish coasts. chasing power in the real estate market in the region for
percentage of all sales in Alicante.’
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PEDRO SANCHEZ’S pre-Christmas foray into Cataluña opened the door to more dialogue with its pro-independence government. The Partido Popular, Ciudanos and Vox are naturally hopping mad while welcoming the excuse to call Sanchez a traitor. That’s how the Spanish nationalists see it, but the 50 per cent of Catalans who don’t want independence would presumably prefer Churchill’s jaw-jaw to the war-war Casado and Rivera have set their hearts on.
Long memories IS the success of extreme right wing Vox in Andalucia’s regional elections a mirage? The period between 1939 and 1975 is still present in many minds. There are still people around with a relative who was executed or imprisoned after the Civil War. There are still homosexuals who remember having to hide their sexual preferences. There are still women for whom contraception was inaccessible and who remember the backstreet abortionists. A large proportion of the local population is thankful for Spain’s Constitution and pres-
Jaw-jaw, not war-war ence in Europe. Come the May 26 elections, how many of them are going to vote for a party that would reverse everything achieved over the last 44 years?
Just imagine THE Prestige oil spill polluted 1,600 kilometres of coastline between north Portugal and the south of France. A tank burst on the structurally unsound 26-year-old ship during a storm on November 13, 2002. It was carrying 77,000 of fuel oil and sank 210 kilometres off Galicia on November 19. Against the advice of the Prestige’s captain Apostolos Mangouras, the Interior minister Mariano Rajoy ordered the stricken ship to put out to sea instead of making for a port where the oil spill would have been disastrous, but could have been contained. The Prestige case reached the La Coruña High Court in 2012 and Mangouras received a two-year prison term for environmental crime. A London insurance company and the
ship’s owners were told to pay €1.5 billion compensation in sentence, now confirmed by Spain’s Supreme Court. Rajoy initially made light of the oil spilling from the Prestige, which he compared to ‘four strands resembling plasticine.’
His gift for minimising catastrophe foreshadowed his dismissal of PP corruption as ‘isolated cases’ in May 2018 on the eve of the Gurtel sentences and his own political demise. Not so much understatement as a total absence of imagination. Credit: Moncloa
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Help from above ANOTHER former minister of the Interior, Jorge Fernandez Diaz once pinned the police Medal of Merit on a statue of the Virgin Mary. During the economic crisis he told journalists that Santa Teresa would ‘intercede on Spain’s behalf.’ Fernandez Diaz goes to Mass each day and spends retreats in the monastery at the Valle de Los Caidos where Franco still lies in state. Yet between 2012 and 2016 he knowingly used public money to undermine the government’s opponents. For two years, Interior
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New Porsche touring car by a 220 kilowatt four-cylinder engine which is capable of delivering top speeds of 275 kilometres per hour. The interior includes sports seats with the 718 logo embroidered on the headrest. The Porsche Communication Management (PCM) entertainment system has been removed, but buyers can opt to have it fitted free of charge. The Boxster version comes as a coupe while the Cayman has a standard roof.
GERMAN car maker Porsche has unveiled a new touring model which it said was designed for maximum driving pleasure. The Porsche 718 T is based on the design of the 1968 911 T and is available in the company’s Boxster and Cayman ranges. The company said in a statement that its ‘T’ touring models were synonymous with driving pleasure. “The 718 T will be most at home on winding country roads, offering the joy of dynamic driving as its ultimate goal,” Porsche said. “The two-seater accommodates this philosophy through a pared down range of features,” the company added. The 718 T features 51-centimetre alloy wheels, the PASM sports chassis, a six-speed gearbox, Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) and Porsche dual-clutch transmission. It is powered NOT only do today’s senior executives have to deal with the many pressures of running business, but choosing a company car can be equally taxing. In recent times three fine luxury saloons have been launched by Mercedes, BMW and most recently, Audi, making it quite a head scratcher to pick a winner. But for those who simply can’t decide, there is always the dependable Jaguar XF. As with its rivals, you get a choice of petrol or diesel engines, two of each, in the XF’s case, in varying states of tune and with either one or two turbos or a supercharger attached. The range stretches from a 161bhp 2.0-litre diesel right up to a 375bhp 3.0-litre supercharged petrol V6 in the XF S. All but the latter can be had in one of three versions: entry-level Prestige, aggressive-looking R-Sport or luxurious Portfolio. All are automatic, while the majority of engines are offered with the option of four-wheel drive. Notable by its absence, mind you, is any
ON TOUR: The 718 T is most at home on winding country roads.
Jaguar XF: Class is permanent form of hybrid, plug-in or otherwise. Inside, the Jaguar XF certainly manages to feel opulent, from the thin sliver of wood encircling you to the fluted leather on the seats. Like all modern Jaguars, the XF is let down a little by
its infotainment set-up too, which is a little fiddly and dated looking. There’s a decent amount of space up front too, and in the back there’s more than enough for two large adults. The boot’s one of the biggest in its class too, al-
though it isn’t the most usable thanks to an oddlyshaped floor that slopes up toward the front of the car, making it harder to stack large loads. Also, when you start the engine there is a rather invasive hum, and a considerable
CAR ROYALTY: Many buy Jaguars on reputation and looks.
vibration through your seat. However, the chassis rides fluently and irons out larger undulations, settling into a relaxed lope on the motorway. The steering is beautifully judged: fast without feeling snappy, smooth without im-
pacting on feel, light but without feeling remote. Out of every corner you blast, faster and faster, squeezing on the throttle each time and allowing the traction to carry you away. For all its rattle and hum, this big diesel engine is certainly punchy, serving up huge globs of torque right where you want them. Overall, this is still a likeable enough alternative to the luxury car norm and one that, if you’re willing to live with its flaws, will put a big grin on your face every time you take the long way home.
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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER’S 19-year-old son Mick, has claimed his maiden Formula 3 victory on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, 26 years after the legendary German driver, won his first F1 title there.
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Champions League Final
NOVAK DJOKOVIC won his first Grand Slam title in more than two years by overcoming Kevin Anderson to claim his fourth Wimbledon championship. Djokovic, seeded 12th, won 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3) on Sunday to win a 13th Slam, his first major since the 2016 French Open. The Serb, 31, quickly took control to take the opening set in 29 minutes, and broke his South African opponent twice more to storm the second set too. However he did not have it all his own way in the third, and had to survive five set points before dominating the tie-break to seal victory. “I had many moments of doubt, I didn’t know if I could come back to this level to compete,” said Djokovic,
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Bale shows Real class GARETH BALE scored one of European football’s great goals as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to win their third successive Champions League title. Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a huge blow with only half an hour played, as star player Mohamed Salah collided with Sergio Ramos and got his arm caught underneath him as they fell to ground. The incident led to Salah being stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder and he is now a doubt for the World Cup with Egypt. Liverpool keeper Loris Karius endured a game from one of his worst nightmares, gifting Karim Benzema the opening goal shortly after half time with a rushed pass out of hand. The Reds recovered from the calamity to equalise through Sadio Mane, before Bale came off the bench to score a spectacular
MAY ED: 1717 WONDER STRIKE: Gareth Bale’s stunning goal set up Real Madrid’s win. overhead kick and put Real 2-1 up after 64 minutes. There was to be no comeback from a shell-shocked Liverpool this time, and Karius’ misery was complete when he fumbled Bale’s speculative 30-yard shot
into the net in what should have been a routine save. The result sealed Real’s record 13th win in the competition, and their fourth in five seasons to give coach Zinedine Zidane his third triumph in three
years. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has now lost his third successive final since arriving at Anfield, having suffered defeats in the League Cup and Europa League finals of 2016.
Djok and awe Novak serves up Wimbledon glory who also won the Wimbledon title in 2011, 2014 and 2015. “There is no better place to make a comeback, it’s a sacred place for the world of tennis, it’s very special.” He is now in outright fourth place on the all-time list of Grand Slam men’s singles titles, moving clear of Roy Emerson and closing the gap on Roger Federer (20), Rafael Nadal (17) and Pete Sampras (14). The former world number one will move back into the top 10 when the latest rankings are released on Monday.
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WINNING GRIN: Djokovic is back at the top of the game.
Nadal serves up 11th French Open title WORLD number one Rafael Nadal won an incredible 11th French Open title by beating Austrian Dominic Thiem in straight sets. Nadal, 32, won 6-4 6-3 6-2 to earn his 17th Grand Slam on Sunday, putting him three behind Roger Federer’s all-time record. The Spaniard edged an intense opening set, before tightening his grip on the second with an early break of serve. Despite having cramp in the third set he somehow managed to increase the tempo, and 24- year-old Thiem in his first major final, had no answer. “It’s a dream to win 11 times,” said Nadal. “I played a great match against a great player. “He is a player who pushes you to the limit.” Nadal’s victory means that the past six Grand Slam titles have been won by either him or Roger Federer, with the next generation of players struggling to break their dominance. Nadal is only the second player in history to win the same Grand Slam 11 times after Margaret Court, who won 11 Australian Open titles between 1960 and 1973. The Spaniard had been the hot favourite to win at Roland Garros, after warming up with three clay-court titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome. Against seventh seed Thiem he was at his destructive best. “What you have done - to win this tournament 11 times - is one of the greatest things in sport,” Thiem said to Nadal afterwards.
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CLAY KING: Nadal is the greatest player ever on clay.