Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 7 - 13 March 2019 Issue 1757

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ANIMAL DEATHS: Five cats’ bodies were found in Casares.

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Cat poisoning By Joe Gerrard A BRITISH expatriate has told Euro Weekly News that several cats in colonies in Casares have been found dead and are thought to have been poisoned. Kathy Brown, who moved to the Costa del Sol in April 2018, said she was “absolutely gutted” about the deaths of at least five cats. Their bodies were found near to the Majestic Hills urbanisation where Ms Brown lives. “I love cats and I wanted to get involved with a charity when I moved here, so I joined Gatos y Amigos (Cats and Friends in English),” Ms Brown said. There were 15 cats living in a colony that Ms Brown and other volunteers looked after. They were neutering and releasing the animals and rehoming kittens too young for the procedure. “Community gardeners told me they saw cats vomiting. Five

of them were later found dead,” Ms Brown said. “We are 99 per cent sure they were deliberately poisoned. Everyone’s so upset about it, no one knows why anyone would do this,” she said. Out of the 15 cats in one colony, only four are left in Ms Brown’s care, she said. Some are missing and Ms Brown said she feared they were also dead. “Locals here are now reluctant to let domestic cats and dogs out of the house because they are worried they might get poisoned,” Ms Brown said. Eugenio Blanca, head of Gatos y Amigos, told Euro Weekly News he and other group members were very disappointed. “It was a big job which volunteers were doing for free to help control the number of cats for the local community. And now they have been poisoned,”

Blanca said. “Rat poison can be bought in supermarkets, so it is very easy for anyone who wants to kill animals to do so. The authorities should be controlling this more,” he added. Blanca said the group is due to hold a meeting today (Thursday) to decide how to

go forward. Casares Council, which works with Gatos y Amigos to neuter the cats, said the work of the volunteers was ‘essential’ to control cat populations. A total of 363 cats have been neutered since March 2018, according to the local authority’s figures.

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NEWS EXTRA Reservoir capacity THE centrist Ciudadanos’ Malaga Cortes Deputy Guillermo Diaz Gomez has asked the Junta de Andalucia and the Spanish government to give a timetable for works to expand La Concepcion reservoir’s capacity, ‘essential’ for securing future supplies.

Water works THE ACOSOL water supplier has begun works worth €3.4 million to improve supply links on the Torreblanca del Sol Urbanisation in Fuengirola to curb cuts experienced due to the geography of the area.

Grill thefts MARBELLA’S Hidralia sanitation body has called on locals to help trace missing grills after more than 200 were stolen in the city in six months and costing more than €60,000 to replace.

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Fugitive held NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a 50-year-old Dutchman wanted in his home country in connection with alleged extortion offences. Police claimed the extor-

tion was gang-related and was made over debts. Dutch authorities alerted their Spanish counterparts telling them they believed the suspect was living on the Costa del Sol. The case continues.

Bar blaze probe SUSPECT SEARCH: The shooting took place in the Dama de Noche urbanisation.

Shooting probe NATIONAL POLICE in Marbella were tracing suspects this week in connection with a shooting in an urbanisation near Puerto Banus on Friday evening. Police believe two gunmen currently remain at large and the shooting, which left one man injured, was gangrelated. It took place on the Dama de Noche urbanisation

at around 8pm. An expatriate witness who does not wish to be named told Euro Weekly News he and his friends were playing paddle when they heard the shots. “We heard two loud bangs which sounded like balloons popping. I felt unsettled afterwards, this is a place with lots of families,” he said.

The victim of the shooting, a man aged between 30 and 40 from the Balkans, spent the night in Marbella’s Costa del Sol hospital before being discharged Saturday morning. The Dama de Noche urbanisation is made up of around 900 properties. Police have said they will not rule out any leads as the investigation continues.

OFFICERS with the National Police have arrested two youths in connection with a blaze that caused thousands of euros in damage to a Marbella beach bar. Police launched their investigation following the fire at the Bounty Beach bar in El Pinillo on Tuesday February 19. That fire came days after one at the Playa Padra, a favourite with celebrities. The case continues.

Bed fire trial A COURT in Malaga City has jailed an inmate of Alhaurin prison to an extra two and a half years after finding him guilty of setting fire to his mattress. The court heard the defendant torched the mat-

tress while going through a period of mental instability. T h e f i r e l e d t o 11 i n mates and several guards b e i n g a ff e c t e d b y s m o k e and caused almost €1,820 worth of damage.

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Insurance payouts

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INSURANCE companies in Marbella pay out an average of €93,136 to bereaved families after the death of life insurance policy owners, the highest amount in Spain. A report from the Unespa industry body showed Marbella came ahead of San Sebastian with €76,607 and Cartagena with €64,199, second and third in Spain respectively.

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A GROUP of taxi drivers in Malaga Province gathered in Malaga City on Monday to call on the Junta de Andalucia to enforce new rules on ride hailing apps. The drivers, from the Costa del Sol taxis group, said the 45day time frame given by the Junta was too long.

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LEADING BEACH: La Concha is in San Sebastian in the Basque Country.

World beater THIS beach in northern Spain has come fourth in TripAdvisor’s ranking of the world’s best coastlines. La Concha Beach, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, beat others in Jamaica, Sicily, Hawaii and the Seychelles in the travel site’s 25 Best Beaches in the World ranking. It came behind Baia do Sancho in Brazil, Cuba’s Varadero and Eagle Beach on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Ses Illetes, on Formentera in the Balearic Islands,

came 14th in the ranking. La Concha beach is nestled in the bay of the same name to the west of the River Urumea on the coast by San Sebastian. It covers an area of around 54,000 square metres and has an average length of 1,350 metres and an average width of 40 metres. It is a sandy beach which faces outwards onto shallow waters which give way to the Atlantic. A rock formation known as Santa Clara Island sits roughly in the

middle of the bay which itself lies between the mountains of Igueldo and Urgull. The beach’s promenade is decorated with the Barandilla de la Concha, art nouveau railings built by Juan Rafael Alday in 1910 and opened by King Alfonso XIII in 1916. The bay is also home to the old Damen coastal gun battery which is now a museum and library. La Concha was named one of the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.

Four held NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested four suspects aged between 19 and 31 in connection with an alleged robbery at a shopping centre in Fuengirola on Monday. Officers seized almost 150 mobile phones and six tablets said to be taken from the Miramar centre, and claiming that a fifth suspect remains at large.

Money back COUNCILLORS and Local Police in San Roque have praised the ‘exemplary’ conduct of a man who handed in a woman’s missing purse which contained €500 and personal documents. Officers said the man handed the purse into the town’s Local Police station shortly after the woman arrived to report it as missing.

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A COURT in Malaga City has handed a man a two-year suspended prison sentence after convicting him of punching a police officer who caught him selling cocaine in Torremolinos. The court heard the defendant hit one officer after he was questioned about trying to sell 0.6 grams of the drug for €50.

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A TOTAL of 249,520 tourists stayed on the Costa del Sol in January, an increase of 2.7 per cent compared to the same month last year according to official figures. Costa del Sol Tourism Board figures also shows the number of overnight stays stood at 792,684, up 0.7 per cent on January 2018.

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Hunting support COUNCILLORS in Mijas have passed a motion which commits the local authority to supporting hunting. The motion was tabled with Mijas Council following a request from the Mijas Society of Hunters and the Andalucian Hunting Federation. Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado said it showed the council was committed to supporting biodiversity and economic development in rural areas. “Hunting is part of our roots and it contributes to our economy and soci-

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ety. We do not want it to be threatened by trends in opinion or by political interests,” Maldonado said. Saliva Marin, of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), said: “On countless occasions we have had to go to hunters to help us deal with boars which are increasingly appearing on golf courses,” Marin said. The leftist Podemos’ Francisco Martinez Aliva, the only councillor to vote against the motion, said hunting was sadistic and cruel.

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Church theft NATIONAL POLICE have launched an investigation into a break in at a Torremolinos church which saw thieves steal around €60 and leave an empty sweet packet behind. Officers were alerted to the robbery at the Caritas El Pinillo Church after it took place on Monday evening. Forensic officers visited the church on Tuesday. Fidel Garcia, the parish priest, said the thieves took the €60 out of two envelopes in an

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office in the church’s cellar. The church has no safe to keep its money in because staff rarely keep cash on site, the priest said. There were also signs that drawers had been rifled through and that the thieves had attempted to enter the naive without success, Garcia said. Garcia said the thieves had also left behind an empty packet of chocolate biscuits which appear to have been eaten during the break in.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1756 of the Euro Weekly News Costa del Sol edition, including 149 local stories.

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Millions for town ESTEPONA’S council has said that around €100 million has been spent on works in Estepona since 2011. Mayor Jose Maria Garcia Urbano said the funds had led to the greatest transformation in the town’s history. Projects include a new sports ground, costing €6 million, an athletics stadium which cost €5.1 million and due to open in March, and the €3.5 million Botanical-Orchid Park.

Disaster conference AROUND 400 emergency services personnel, security staff and other specialists are set to meet in Malaga City for a conference on dealing with and preventing natural disasters from next Wednesday. The International Congress of Prevention and Emergencies, put on by the Professional Association of Firefighter Technicians (APTB), runs from Wednesday March 13 to Friday March 15. It is set to see professionals discuss disasters including floods which struck Malaga Province last year.

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‘DEVASTATED’: The mugging took place in Manilva’s Duquesa Port.

Brit mugging warning THE British owner of a holiday apartment in Manilva has spoken to Euro Weekly News of her shock after muggers stole two of her friends’ luggage in the town. Cheryl Young, from Barnsley, said she loaned her holiday apartment to the couple in their late 60’s. They arrived in Manilva at around 3.30pm on Thursday. “I want to make people aware this is happening as the thieves may target others in Manilva,” Ms Young said. Ms Young said the two arrived at the Duquesa Port area when they noticed a Nis-

san Juke car following them. Three men told them they were official parking attendants and asked for keys to their vehicle. They refused to hand them over, Ms Young added. The couple sat close to the apartment at La Cigala when the car returned and a man got out and began screaming at one of them. Others then stole their luggage. Ms Young’s husband Brian said the couple were “devastated” about what had happened. The mugging has since been reported to police.

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A BRITISH shopping centre management company has awarded the first contracts for a €160 million retail and leisure park in Torremolinos. Intu awarded the contract for laying foundations, earth moving and structural works for their Costa del Sol development. The Dragados and Sando companies are set to undertake the works under a Temporary Union of Companies arrangement. Intu said the finished development would be made up of 12 neighbourhoods, two hotels, one congress centre, 70 restaurants, one circus and one concert venue.

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Brit flight death A WOMAN has died of a suspected heart attack while on a flight from Gatwick Airport to Malaga on Monday. Staff on the easyJet flight asked if any doctors were on board after the woman began breathing heavily, according

to a passenger. The passenger told Spanish media the woman, thought to be aged between 60 and 70, looked ill and sat with her mouth wide open. A passenger sitting next to her told cabin crew that she

needed medical attention. Two doctors on board the flight were able to care for her before the plane landed at 8.35pm. Emergency services personnel boarded the plane and began performing CPR for

more than 20 minutes, according to a passenger. She was taken to hospital and passengers waited a further hour before getting off the plane. A post-mortem is set to take place to confirm the cause of death.

MALAGA City’s Antonio Banderas has opened auditions for the first production at his new theatre in the city. Banderas’ Teatro del Soho Caixabank has launched a casting call for its production of A Chorus Line. The theatre, which will seat 900 when finished, is due to open in October when the play will be staged. Banderas is set to feature in the play which is about an audition for a Broadway dance show. A Chorus Line is due to run for three months in Malaga City before touring Madrid, Barcelona and the US, according to the actor.

Movie makers MORE than 70 films, television shows and other audiovisual productions were shot in Marbella in 2018, according to data from the city’s Film Office. Figures showed Marbella Film Office collaborated on 20 of the projects. They also included advertisements, music videos and news reports. Laura de Arce, Marbella’s Tourism Director, said: “Our objective is to position Marbella as one of the leading destinations for all types of audiovisual projects.”

Murder probe NATIONAL POLICE in Torremolinos have claimed that a 70-year-old man has turned himself into authorities and has confessed to killing his 77-year-old roommate. Officers said the man arrived at the station at around 5pm on Saturday. He told police he beat his roommate to death with a hammer, officers alleged. The 70-year-old has since been arrested. An investigation has since been opened and remains ongoing.

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NEWS EXTRA Metro still unfinished FEBRUARY marked 10 years since works began on the Malaga City Metro in 2009, and were due to be finished in June 2014, with it now having cost around €700 million and due to be completed next year at the earliest.

Elderly talk FUENGIROLA Council officials hosted a talk on how to improve the quality of the lives of local elderly people in collaboration with the Harena Foundation which helps an average of 400 people a year.

Tower study MARBELLA’S council has hired architects from the University of Malaga for €3,000 to survey the Ancon Tower, built in 1575, to find out its condition and what works would be needed to renovate it.

Works done SEVERAL new projects have been completed in Estepona including a multi-purpose sports court in Nueva Atalaya, renovations to the Plaza Juan de la Rosa in Isdabe and a car park for more than 30 vehicles in Cancelada.

Town debt ALMOST €700,000 a month is paid out by Torremolinos Council to service it’s roughly €200 million debt, according to figures from the local authority’s finance department which spends €416,000 on interest payments alone.

Forest call MEMBERS of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) on Mijas Council have called for around 500,000 square metres of woodland near the Hipodromo and El Chaparral areas of the town to be protected to prevent development there.

G IBR A LTA R’S H e a lth Minister has opened a new centre to care for terminally-ill cancer patients and their families at The Rock’s St Bernard’s Hospital. N eil Co s ta o p en ed the Mark Dellipiani Palliative Care Unit on Thursday. He was joined at the ceremony by Deputy Chief Minister

New health centre Dr Joseph Garcia and the family of Major Mark Dellipiani, the centre’s namesake. Dr Daniel Cassaglia, The Gibraltar Health Authority’s

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(GHA) Medical Director, said: “I am extremely proud that the GHA has the opportunity to honour M a jor M a rk D e llipia ni in this way.” Dellipiani died of cancer in 2017 and members of his family have since met with Gibraltar health officials to talk about their experiences.

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Flag swearing FUENGIROLA’S council has organised a ceremony set to see locals join Spanish Legionaries swear an oath to the country’s flag on Sunday April 7. Fuengirola mayor Ana Mula said Spanish citizens over 18 could join in the ceremony at Sohail Castle. Those interested can download an application from the Ministry of Defence website and return to the Sub-delegation of Defence in Malaga before March 29.

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NEWS EXTRA International Club meeting THE International Club of Estepona (ICE) has said its annual general meeting is set to take place at the Clubhouse, Bahia Dorada in Estepona on Thursday March 21 from 10am, with two vacant committee positions to be voted on.

New shop A CHARITY clothes shop opened in Los Boliches in aid of the Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice on Tuesday, with Fuengirola’s mayor attending the opening along with other council officials on Calle Parroco Ildefonso Lopez Lozano.

ABBA bash A TOTAL of 46 members of the Coin Royal British Legion and guests were treated to an ABBA-themed dinner dance in aid of the 2019 Poppy Appeal at Alhaurin el Grande’s Las Carolinas on Saturday.

School beach clean PUPILS at the British International School in Marbella have taken part in volunteer efforts to clean a local beach of plastic waste. The event, put on in collaboration with the Plastic Free Seas Worldwide group, saw dozens of students picking up wrappers, plastic bottles and bags. It came as part of the school’s Environmental Awareness Week. Ian Holden, a Year Three teacher at the school, said the clean-up and awareness week had left staff and students determined to make a difference to help the planet. “One of the best parts of being a teacher is feeling you are making a difference to children’s lives and society in gen-

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CLEAN-UP: The pupils joined in with the litter picking. eral, and this was certainly the case during Environmental Awareness Week,” Holden said. Plastic Free Seas are set to meet this Saturday at Estepona’s Laguna Village for an-

MEMBERS of a local walking football team are set to star in a music video of the Cha Cha slide in aid of a cancer charity on Sunday. Steve Cody is a personal trainer who invited Walking Football Spain to feature in the video. He wanted to raise money for Cancer Care North West of England after his sister contracted breast cancer and was cared for by the char-

other clean-up. The event begins with a briefing at 11.45am. For more information visit Plastic Free Seas Worldwide on Facebook.

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‘Roaring’ success A BRITISH football team has bested one from Spain in an international football tournament organised by the La Cala de Mijas Lions which raised €622 for charity. The La Cala de Mijas Lions said their first International Football Tournament saw the British team take on and beat Spain during a penalty shootout after a one-all draw. It took place on Friday at the local football ground and was a ‘roaring success,’ the club added. Brian Simpson, who thought up the tournament, said: “It’s been my ambition for a long time to arrange a football tournament.”

Help for Africa EIGHT medical workers who volunteered to go to Senegal in Africa and treated more than 550 people in two towns there have been welcomed back to Spain in Coin. The New Moon Foundation volunteers were in Senegal for several weeks as part of the trip. They gave out 224 pairs of glasses and performed surgery on about 350 patients. ity. Separately, the team have set a provisional date of Saturday March 23 for a mini International Tournament in Elviria. Funds raised there are set to be donated to young Marbella woman Sarah Almagro Vallejo. Sarah is raising money for prosthesis after losing her limbs to septicaemia last year.

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Making a difference through vital cancer screening and tests by Tara Rippin POSITIVELY PINK charity has launched another potentially life-saving initiative aimed at British women living in the Malaga Province. Free breast screening is already provided by the charity, together with PSA prostate cancer blood tests for men for just €10. And now, Lorraine Palmer and her small, committed team are embarking on a scheme offering cervical smear tests with ovary ultra sound, for just €20; a fraction of the cost of the vital procedure. Lorraine said: “This is a new thing for Positively Pink and we are delighted to be able to offer this fantastic opportunity for women to have a cervical smear together with ultrasound on the ovaries.” The first session will take place at Clinica El Campanario

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FUNDRAISING: Sponsored Positively Pink/Blue run. in Calahonda on March 26, from 11am to 1pm. Women will be given a voucher and the first arrivals will be seen on the day. If there is a large turnout, appointments will be made there and then. A British passport must be taken.

“We have no idea how many women will come along, but the hope is that by catching anything early enough, it can be treated. Women tend to put everything else before themselves, but it is so important to take care of ourselves.”

CHARITY: Lorraine Palmer (right) and daughter Jordana with auction items at a previous fundraiser. Lorraine added: “I know so many people whose lives have been saved by breast screening, which we offer. In the last year of doing PSA blood tests for men, at least three lives have been saved.

“I have had men come to me to say they tested positive for prostate cancer and because it was detected early and treated, they are now living happy and healthy lives. “We are looking into the

possibility of offering other forms of testing in the future. We care that everyone lives healthily as long as they possibly can.” She explained that the nominal fee charged is a drop in the ocean to the actual cost, but hopes that by paying a small fee, people will be more inclined to get their results. To cover the additional costs, Positively Pink fundraises throughout the year, in particular staging an annual Pink Ball at El Oceana Beach Hotel and Restaurant in La Cala de Mijas, owned by Lorraine, which raises tens of thousands of euros. “Every penny goes to the screening, and we cover all of our own expenses and other costs,” she added. For more information, visit: https://positively-pink.com.

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NEWS EXTRA Teacher plaque MARBELLA’S mayor Angeles Muñoz unveiled a plaque commemorating Carmen Duque, the founder of the Los Naranjos Nursery and Alboran School, saying she was an enterprising, determined, honest and courageous woman.

Station work RAILWAY company Renfe has confirmed works of more than €7.5 million to refurbish Torremolinos’s Cercanias train station will begin in May and services will not be disrupted during the 18-month renovation.

Free travel THE Diputacion de Malaga has opened the application process for residents of towns of less than 20,000 inhabitants to take free three-day, twonight holidays in a town in the province, with 2,500 places available.

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Into the light GLOBAL campaign Darkness into Light has joined forces with local charity Afesol Salud Mental to raise awareness of suicide and self harm prevention. Afesol looks after all aspects of mental health and is committed to promoting the cause of Darkness into Light on the Costa del Sol. They are now taking registrations for their fourth annual walk on the Costa del Sol, which aims to raise thousands of euros to be spent on mental health issues. The walk will be held on the Paseo Maritimo seafront promenade in Estepona on May 11. The five-kilometre walk is restricted to 500 participants, so walkers are advised to register early on the darknessintolight.ie website.

Film campaign awareness A FILM about a young Fuengirola man with Leukaemia who campaigned to boost bonemarrow transplants before dying, is set to be screened in Malaga City and Marbella. Siempre Fuerte (Always Strong in English) features interviews with the family and friends of Pablo Raez, as well as with doctors and journalists. Raez’s uncle Vladimir co-di-

PARTNERSHIP: From left, Beverly and Fionulla of DIL Costa Blanca, Carolina and Sara of Afesol and Nuala, Anne and Michael (centre)of DIL Costa del Sol. Wo r l d w i d e , t h e f i r s t walk was held in Dublin 11 y e a r s a g o , w i t h 4 0 0 participants. Since then it has grown into a global phenomena with 200,000 walkers taking part

around the world in 2018. Last year 180 people registered to attend the Costa del Sol event and raised €18,300 for local charities.

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rected the film which is being shown in Malaga City on Saturday, March 16. The documentary takes its name from Raez’s campaign to raise awareness of bone-marrow transplants. It comes weeks after Fuengirola’s mayor Ana Mula and Raez’s father Francisco unveiled a memorial plaque in the town’s Parque de España. Raez died in 2017 aged 20.

Hopes for returning doctors THE Junta de Andalucia’s new Health Delegate in Malaga Province has said he hopes to encourage some 300 doctors who have left Andalucia, to return with contract improvements. Carlos Bautista said he is hoping doctors will want to return in time for the summer, particularly in the Costa del Sol which typically sees hospital visits rise. Bautista said: “We are overwhelmed. Doctors also need rest and holidays. The collapse in public health in recent years has been brutal.”

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Hospital ceiling collapse A PATIENT has been injured while in a hospital in Spain after part of the ceiling in an emergency room crashed down on him. The man, a patient at the University of Badajoz Hospital, was injured in the incident and a companion also received ‘very minor’ injuries. The Junta de Extremadura said that the observation room was immediately evacuated and closed adding that first investigations ‘do not reveal any external signs of the cause’and notes that ‘there are no leaks or movement of air conditioning equipment located on the roof.’

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Elephant’s lonely demise Slow treat

A FEMALE elephant passed away at Cordoba’s zoo after suffering a serious physical deterioration over the past six months. The Cordoba Town Hall confirmed the death of the elephant, known as Flavia, after having spent 43 years in the zoo. D u r i n g a p r e s s c o n f e rence, the town hall stated that Flavia’s passing came as a ‘hard hit’ to its keepers. F lav ia’s p h y s ic a l w e llbeing had deteriorated over the past six months and had declined even further during the two weeks leading up to her passing. The zoo had been working in collaboration with Pacma, an animal rights p a r t y, t o t r y a n d t r a n s f e r Flavia to a sanctuary in order to improve her everyday well-being. However, the Pacma stated that Cordoba zoo had ‘isolated the elephant, known as the saddest ele-

CORDOBA ELEPHANT: Flavia spent 43 years in the zoo (file photo). phant in the world, during 43 years of confinement.’ They also assured that they had tried, up until Flavia’s last moments, to ‘save’ her from captivity as she had spent all of her life

in a confined space without being able to interact with other elephants and without enjoying the environmental richness that these types of animals require. Pacma stated that despite

t h e i r o n g o i n g e ff o r t s t o give Flavia the ‘utmost dignified retirement’ that, in the most unexpected and sad way, she had the ‘worst ending’ she could have endured.

A REGIONAL government in Spain has come out of its shell and is promoting the message to eat healthily by tucking into snails. The unconventional advice from the Junta de Andalucia extols the benefits of eating ‘caracoles’ saying: ‘Do you like snails? You’re lucky! When you eat them, you contribute to your body: Iron, proteins, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Vitamins A, B9, B3, B12 and E. ‘And, in addition, they have very few calories: 90Kcal / 100 gms.’ The advice also says that snails contain omega-3 and less than one gram of saturated fat for ever 100 grams. It remains to be seen if the healthy eating advice, originally issued by the Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, will be taken up by many expats though.

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ABANDONED GALGO: Spanish police rescued a hunting dog from a well.

Cruel end for dogs THE February end of the hunting season in Spain has seen a massive increase in the number of dogs abandoned - estimated to be 50,000 - according to an animal charity. A British woman, Anna Clements, originally from Ma n c h e st e r, is c a mp aig n in g w ith Barcelona-based charity SOS Galgos to save thousands of abandoned greyhounds (galgos) in Spain, which are used to chase small mammals and b i r d s i n c l u d i n g h a re s , rab b its , g ro u s e , pheasants and geese during the hunting season. The charity claims that the dogs are sometimes thrown down wells, tied to railway lines

or abandoned at the side of the road as the midOctober to early February hunting season comes to a close. SOS Galgos has been rescuing greyhounds in the regions of Castilla La Mancha, Castilla Leon and Andalucia for nearly 20 years now. O ve r the ye a rs , a s w e ll a s ra is ing public awareness of the issue, SOS Galgos has rescued, rehabilitated and given a new home to some 3,000 greyhounds. But they say much more remains to be done. Facebook page: sosgalgosoficial Website: www.sosgalgoscom

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Disney remake PRODUCERS of a live action remake of The Little Mermaid are said to be considering filming in Axarquia. According to Spanish media, filmmakers spent three weeks in the area scouting for possible locations and politicians are optimistic the classic could be shot locally. Officials are said to have recommended locations including beaches

i n Mar o, t he Cuevas del Tesor o i n La Cal a del Mor al , t he Ner j a Caves, Benajarafe, and Torre del Mar. Juan Peñas, a t our i sm spokesman, said: “[Disney is] one of the most powerful studios in the film industry.” Actresses tipped to star in the remake include Bella Thorne and filming could reportedly begin as early as 2020.

Dogs eat fishhooks AT least six dogs in Molinar (Mallorca) have been operated on after reportedly swallowing fishhooks hidden inside bait and later discarded by fisherman in rocks or on the beach. Another pet is being treated for poisoning, and some of the dog owners have apparently had to pay up to €1,000 in vet bills. Those affected, living between the Portitxol lighthouse and Sa Roqueta de l M olina r, have l odged f or m al c ompla ints t o t he Depar t m ent of

Animal Welfare, the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries and the Seprona of the Guardia Civil. They have questioned the legality of fishing in certain parts of the area, and claim that as a result of the practice, the seafront is becoming a mess and full of dirt. As such, t he pet owner s ar e r equest i ng t hat f i sher m en ar e urged to fish responsibly be monitored and sanctioned by the relevant agencies.

Heavy load PALMA firefighters were called to help get a morbidly obese woman, who weighs more than 200 kilos, into an ambulance in s’Arenal, Mallorca. The lady, 60, who has been bed-ridden for three years, was dragged on her mattress and placed on a stretcher before being taken to Son Espases hospital.

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Food poisoning A GROUP of people have been affected by salmonella poisoning after eating traditional Spanish tortilla (omelette) at a bar in northern Spain. According to the Delegation of the Junta of Palencia, the number of individuals with symp-

toms of the infection has risen to 23. Four of the victims are still hospitalised but are showing good progress. An inspection of the establishment is being carried out and food samples have been collected.

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€200,000 to burn the king TWO artists haves put their statue of Spain’s King Felipe up for sale with one condition, the new owner has to burn it and record the fire on film. The four-metre-tall statue, created by Santiago Sierra and Eugenio Merino, is priced at €200,000 and is currently on display at the ARCO art fair in Madrid. It has been dubbed Ninot after the name given to figurines burnt in Valencia festivals. Luis Navarro, an assistant to the artists, said the artists had set out to create something that had to be destroyed. “We are looking for a type of collector who is not obsessed with the idea of possession or accumulation of objects but actually takes pleasure in destroying the piece of art they’ve just purchased,” Navarro said. “The destruction of the piece

will be documented and what remains will be a historical document of its time,” he added. The artists’ work comes after Sierra displayed photographs of jailed Catalan politicians at ARCO last year. King Felipe and Queen Letizia opened ARCO this year but did not view the statue, a fair spokesperson said.

The Political Prisoners in Contemporary Spain exhibit was later pulled and sparked a debate about censorship at the fair. The statue also follows a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling last year which found Spain had violated two activists’ human rights for burning pictures of royals in 2007. CREDIT: Royal Household, via Twitter

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ROYAL SUBJECT: The king and queen visited the fair.

Child survives fall A BOY of five has survived a fall from a third-floor apartment in Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real). According to National Police sources, an investigation is already underway although initial findings point to a fortuitous accident.

The boy was first admitted to hospital in Ciudad Real and from there was taken by helicopter to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Virgen de la Salud hospital in Toleda. Hi s condi t i on was st abl e, hospi t al sources announced.

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Nobu Marbella launched its winter Omakase menu Nobu Restaurant, located in Puente Romano Marbella, has launched its winter Omakase Menu. Omakase means in Japanese ‘I’ll leave it up to you’ and refers to chef’s selection. The dishes include legends from Nobu Style cuisine; the appetizers consist of three choices: Salmon ‘New Style’ Sashimi, White Fish Dry Miso or Sashimi Salad Matsuhisa. The main course cannot be without Black Cod Miso and as the sweet treat, there is the classic Green Tea Tartlet.

Nobu Restaurant & Lounge, the first Nobu opened in Spain, is located in the centre of Puente Romano’s lively ‘La Plaza.’ The famous and unique gastronomy hub offers a variety of restaurants and cocktail bars. Through diversity and innovation it attracts outgoing and passionate guests from all round the world. Winter Omakase menu is served for dinner between Sunday and Thursday. Price is €45 per person.

For reservations please write dine-marbella@nobuhotels.com or call Tel (+34) 952 778 686

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Suffering for art by Sally Underwood

PAY INEQUALITY: A new law will crack down on gender discrimination in the workplace.

Workplace discrimination By Sally Underwood SPAIN’S cabinet has announced it will crack down on gender discrimination in the workplace. New legislation, approved by the PSOE party, will see new fathers granted up to 16 weeks of paternity leave by 2021, while businesses will also be made to complete

equal pay audits. Politicians claimed women’s hourly earnings are 12.7 per cent lower than men’s in Spain and announced businesses will be forced to compile figures on average salary values, bonuses, and nonwage benefits by gender. The law, which currently only applies to companies with more than 250 employ-

ees, will be adopted by those with more than 150 employees in the legislation’s first year, those with more than 100 employees in its second year, and 50 or more in the third year. The new rules will also address issues including selection and hiring processes, as well as work conditions and sexual harassment.

A DRUMMER at a carnival event in north west Spain was so dedicated to his art his hands began bleeding as he played. The drummer’s hands were left dripping with blood which left marks across his instrument at the entroido (carnival) festival in Viana de Bolo. The traditional drum, known as a bombo, is used to beat out a rhythm during a procession where revellers wear brightly-coloured costumes and masks. The carnival, which is the oldest in the Galician region, is believed to derive from Pagan farming rituals.

BRIGHT COLOURS: The Viana de Bolo procession features brightly-coloured costumes.

Rental ready THE car rental sector in Spain is ready for a bumper summer season, having invested €882 million in acquiring 46,741 vehicles during the first two months of the year, according to data published by the Spanish Vehicle Renting Association (AER). The association also said that this investment represents an increase of 5.63 per cent compared to the same period of 2018, whilst the number of vehicles has increased by 3.72 per cent. The AER noted that the number of car purchases made by the rental sector in Spain accounts for 20.1 per cent of the total Spanish market, which closed the period with 232,569 sales, representing a 6.82 per cent decrease, thus helped by the investment from the rental sector. In February alone, the rental sector registered a total of 26,103 units, which is a 5.89 per cent increase compared to the same month of 2018. So far, it is Volkswagen who are leading the leasing market in Spain, ahead of Renault, Peugeot, Seat, BMW, Citroën, Toyota, Ford, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Nevertheless, despite Volkswagen being the leading brand, the most popular models are the Renault Kangoo, the Seat León, then the Volkswagen Leon and Polo, the Renault Clio, the Peugeot 3008, the Citroën Berlingo, the Nissan Qashqai, the Volkswagen Tiguan and the Ford Transit.

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Depression causes ’47 sick days a year’ by Sally Underwood DEPRESSION in Spain costs sufferers around 47 days of complete disability each year, and 60 days of partial disability, according to figures released by the World Health Organisation. Margalida Gili, professor of Social Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands, said: “Depression is associated with a significant level of

disability, with substantial implications for the quality of life of these patients and their family, work and social environment.” The study showed disability rates from depression were higher than for other chronic illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and back pain. In total, 29 per cent of patients seeing their GP did so for a depressive complaint.

CHEMISTS are being offered €10,000 a year plus a free house to reopen a pharmacy which serves 17 isolated towns and villages. The closed business has reportedly left thousands of residents without a pharmacy service for more than 10 months, with many elderly people forced to use taxis to get their medication from the nearest pharmacy, which is 45 kilometres away. However, when snow and frosts hit these isolated towns, residents can find themselves totally cut off with no access to medication. The head of the platform pushing for the pharmacy’s reopening, Miguel Angel Lopez, stated that the Junta of Castilla y Leon and the School of Pharmacists of Soria have been ‘unable’ to resolve the situation which has left thousands of people without their fundamental healthcare rights. He continued to explain that one of the main issues causing the closure of the business was the lack of profit gained in the ‘slower’ months of the year, but highlighting

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LOCAL PHARMACY: A total of 4,000 signatures have been collected in hopes to reopen a business located in Villar del Río, Soria. that the work during summer months could even become ‘excessive.’ The pressure group hopes

to reopen the establishment by offering an estimated €10,000 through grants and public aid a year to whoever

agrees to move to Villar del Rio and take over the pharmacy. They will also get a house and garage plus all profits.

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Sex extortion gang busted by Dilip Kuner A GANG who extorted €500,000 from men who answered fake sex ads has been arrested. Guardia Civil have so far identified 40 victims of the criminals, who used a well-known contacts website to lure the men into a blackmail racket. Police launched an investigation in March 2018 after receiving several complaints from people who had ‘connected’ with women who offered sexual services. The appointments never took place but instead the victims received a multitude of calls and messages from instant messaging applications, in which several people demanded large amounts of money. These were accompanied by threats to tell the men’s partners and relatives that they were trying to get sexual services. On one occasion the victim was threatened with death. All the detainees were based in the province of Valencia, although the or-

ganisation had a hierarchical and complex structure in which each member played a specific role within it and could thus operate at the national level. The leaders of the organisation were in SEARCHES: Guardia Civil made 14 arrests. charge of carrying out Guardia Civil have arrested 14 the extortion. Once successful, cash people, 51 bank accounts have been was paid into accomplices’ bank acblocked and 13 vehicles and €10,000 counts in exchange for a percentage in cash have been seized. of the ill-gotten gains.

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Russian journalist dies POLICE in the south of Spain are investigating the death of the Sovi et j our nal i st I gor M al ashenko who was f ound hanged in Sotogrande. Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential development in Andalucia and is located in the municipality of San Roque, Cadiz. The 64-year-old analyst and Russian television executive was the number two of the independent media group, Media M o st , owned by t ycoon Vladimir Gusinski.

He was behind Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s 1996 reelection campaign and also led t he el ect i on headquar t er s of Russian presidential contender Kseniya Sobchak last year. From 1992 he was director general of the Ostankino TV and Radio Broadcasting Company and held the post of NTV head from 1993 to 1997. Investigators have not ruled out any t heor i es about t he death, but Guardia Civil say the early indications are of suicide.

Destitute death A HOMELESS Polish man in his 60’s was found dead on Monday night in a field in the Palma neighborhood of El Amanecer in Mallorca. Other people living on the streets noticed the victim was not moving and contacted emergency services. Reports reveal there were no signs of violence and initial findings suggest the deceased may have died from a cocktail of alcohol and drugs. A post-mortem was expected to be carried out yesterday (Wednesday) and the National Police has launched an investigation. Two weeks ago a homeless woman in her 30’s was found dead in an apartment block stairwell in the city, prompting criticism of the city council. Residents claimed they witnessed the woman deteriorate quickly before passing away, and felt more could have been done.

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Deal efforts BRITISH efforts to secure changes to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement continued on Tuesday with further talks in Brussels. British Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and Attorney General Geoffrey Cox met with EU officials in a bid to change the proposed backstop mechanism. The backstop aims to prevent a hard border falling between Northern Ireland and the Republic if future trade talks between London and Brussels break down. It has become a sticking point in Westminster with pro-Brexit and DUP MPs, hampering Prime Minster Theresa May’s efforts to get her deal passed. It comes as May prepares to return to Parliament to put her Brexit deal to Parliament next Tuesday. If the deal fails to pass MPs will be asked whether they are willing to let Britain leave the EU without a deal. If they reject a no-deal outcome they will then be asked if the withdrawal date should be pushed back. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said his party will back a second EU referendum. The party will continue to push for other options including a snap general election, Corbyn added.

Taking measures By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain has joined an expatriate group in welcoming measures approved by Spanish Ministers covering expatriates and tourists in a no-deal Brexit if London adopts similar measures. Simon Manley said the measures, passed by Royal Decree on Saturday, offered assurances to British expatriates and holidaymakers including for healthcare and residency. “I am pleased to see the Spanish government has announced a series of detailed Brexit contingency measures, published extensive advice to business and citizens, and has guaranteed the rights of EU nationals living in Britain,” the ambassador said. Richard Hill, vice president of the Brexpats in Spain advisory group, told Euro Weekly News the announcement was good news, and added he was ‘impressed’ with Spanish planning so far. “It is good news, but it should be said that it depends on the British government reciprocating for Spanish

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BREXIT EXTRA Macron EU vote claims FRENCH president Emmanuel Macron has claimed the Brexit vote represents Britain’s retreat into nationalism fuelled by fake news and ‘anger mongers’ while calling for reforms to the EU after Britain leaves the bloc.

Town funds WELCOMED: Manley (inset) said he was pleased with Brexit plans. residents there,” Hill said. The vice president added some points including how expatriates who had not begun or were still in the process of getting their residency needed clarifying. “Regardless we are still telling people to get legally registered and Brexpats in Spain is still on hand for help and advice,” Hill added. Manley’s comments come as Spanish ministers unveiled the mea-

sures last week before approving them following Friday’s Council of Ministers cabinet meeting. The Royal Decree states British citizens with residency will have to get a Foreigner’s Identity Card (TIE) before December 31, 2020. Josep Borrell, Spain’s Foreign Minister, said the measures would cover the residency of around 300,000 British expatriates until 2020.

THE British government has pledged funds worth almost €1.9 billion to fund towns in England struggling economically after Brexit which some, including Labour, claimed was to get backing for the proposed EU Withdrawal Agreement.

No limit IRISH prime minister Leo Varadkar has said the backstop cannot have a time limit and Britain should not be able to leave unilaterally.

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Captain defends rescue team THE captain of the Guardia Civil has strongly defended the professionalism of the team who battled to reach Julen, following allegations rescue attempts could have harmed the boy. Salvador Jimenez told Spanish media he had not heard the allegations made by David Serrano, the owner of the plot where Julen fell down a borehole in January, but praised the work of rescuers. At a court case investigating possible negligent manslaughter, Serrano’s lawyers told a court twoyear-old Julen could have been killed by initial efforts to reach him. The defence team have handed the court a report claiming the child could have been alive after his 71-metre fall and instead killed by a long instrument reportedly used by rescuers to try to move a presumed blockage in the well. Lawyers claimed hairs allegedly found on the tool could show it had harmed the boy’s head. The Malaga court is now investigating the claims but sources told Spanish

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Athlete jailed A FORMER Balearic boxing champion has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for beating up his girlfriend at their home in Manacor after she reportedly asked for help with the housework. Arnau must also pay €2,178 compensation and on release, can’t go within 500 metres of the victim.

Car plunge tragedy IN COURT: David Serrano claims Julen could have been killed during the rescue operation (pictured). media the hypothesis is unlikely since no blood is said to have been found on the instrument. David Serrano is so far the only person who has officially been named as under investigation, while several others have been called as witnesses, including Antonio Sanchez, the man who report-

edly drilled the borehole. According to Serrano’s lawyers, the investigation could later widen to include others. Also appearing as witnesses are Julen’s parents, Jose Rosello and Victoria Sanchez, David Serrano’s wife, and three hikers who were in the area when the incident occurred

and who were the first to help the family. Engineers and members of the Guardia Civil team first called to help will also be asked to testify. Serrano reportedly claimed Antonio Sachez left the borehole uncovered after drilling and that he later covered the hole himself with concrete blocks.

THE body of a young man, believed to be an expat, was discovered on the rocks after his car reportedly fell 100 metres from cliffs at Cala Llamp, Andratx. The Guardia Civil found the car on Monday night and in the early hours of Tuesday morning the police’s special group of underwater activities (GEAS) located the body. An investigation has been launched to discover what happened, but initial reports suggest the car may have been driven deliberately into the sea.

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BANK FRAUD: Nuisance calls can include serious scams.

Spain suffers most spam calls By Sally Underwood SPAIN is the country which receives the most spam calls per month, according to new figures. A new study by caller identity company Hiya, showed Spanish phone users receive an average of around nine spam calls per month; a rate of 24 per cent. Globally, more than 85,000 million spam

calls were received in 2018, a 325 per cent increase on the year before. Spain received the highest percentage, followed by the United Kingdom at seven calls a month and 22 per cent, and Italy at six calls and 21 per cent. Many calls were automated by telecommunications companies, however some were more serious, involving banking scams, false kidnappings, or special rates number scams.

LOW ALTITUDE: San Sebastian’s mayor has expressed ‘concern’ over the incident at La Concha (pictured).

Plane startles bathers by Sally Underwood A PLANE collecting sea water to extinguish a ne a rby fire s ta rtle d beachgoer s as i t passed low overhead in San Sebastian. The aircraft was videoed swooping low over the sand on La Concha beach before settling on the water near a small boat and a kayak. The pilot of the Canadair hydroplane,

which was helping to battle a forest fire, has since been criticised by Twitter users, with some labelling their actions, ‘risky.’ San Sebastian’s mayor, Eneko Goia, also tweeted: “Always ready to help in emergencies, but we are going to express our surprise and concern to the aviation authority over the risky manoeuvre of the hydroplane at La Concha, which flew at low altitude over the city centre and landed in the bay.”

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A challenge, not a problem HEAT WAVE: Current high temperatures are expected to remain in the Costa del Sol and Mallorca.

Snow joke by Sally Underwood FOLLOWING recent unseasonably high temperatures across Spain, meteorologists are predicting ice, snow and winds to hit much of the peninsula later this week. The recent highs of 28 degrees Celsius in Murcia, and 26 in Sevilla and Valencia are set

to be replaced by winds and even orange alerts for the coasts of Galicia and the Basque Country. Areas expected to be exempt from the drop in temperature are the Costa del Sol and Mallorca. Experts believe any wintry weather across the rest of the country will not last long, however.

SPAIN and Morocco are investigating ways of repatriating the unaccompanied minors (MENA) who arrive in Spain. Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, revealed the joint plans on an official visit to Melilla. He acknowledged that the autonomous city was worried by the MENA issue but said he was not in favour of modifying the Children’s Protection law to deal with it. Grande-Marlaski emphasised that Spain and Morocco were working on a formula involving all Spanish institutions which would have the child’s interests at heart. This coordination between Spain and Morocco would

MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR: Fernando GrandeMarlaska. form the basis for future action “but always in the child’s interests,” the minister insisted.

The Moroccan authorities were the first to be concerned about the minors, Grande-Mar-

laska said. “They want the children back in their own country and to provide them with protection, either within their families or in the care of the state. Morocco does not want them uprooted,” he explained. He did not like the term MENA, Grande-Marlaska said, which turned the children into objects. Neither did he like describing the issue as a problem but preferred to regard it as a challenge, he added. The minister also stressed that this was not a situation going back eight months ‘or the day before yesterday’ but one that he first became aware of three or four years ago when visiting Melilla.

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ANCIENT humans living in Spain lived in close contact with each other, worked together a n d sh a r e d a co mmon d i e t , n e w e v i d e n ce from sites in Cataluña suggests. Archaeologists working at four sites near Barcelona have claimed dogs were fully integrated into Neolithic communities around 6,000 years ago. The remains of the dogs were found in burial plo t s n e x t t o t h o s e o f people, with evidence suggesting they were sacrificed when their owners died. S ilvia Al b i z u r i , o f th e University of Barcelona and lead au t h o r o f t h e stu d y published in the Journal of Archae o l o g i c a l Sc i e n ce , said dogs played an important r o l e i n Ne o l ith ic economies and societies. “The y r e se m b l e d th e shepherd dogs of the current

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Stone Age man’s best friend COCAINE SHIPMENT: Policia Nacional intercepted the drugs at a warehouse in Madrid

Cocaine shipment intercepted COMPANIONS: Findings show Neolithic people and dogs shared close bonds. Pyrenees and helped with taking care of herds and settlements,” Albizuri said. Findings from the sites showed puppies and oney e a r-o ld an imals b u ri e d next to their owners, meaning they were likely killed rather than dying naturally. T h ere w a s n o e v id e nc e

from their bones that their bodies had been stripped of meat to eat before their burial, Albizuri said. The Neolithic era refers to the period when humans began gathering in permanent settlements, farming and raising livestock before recorded history began.

POLICE aborted an operation that was planning to send 400 kilos of cocaine for distribution in the UK. Although the cocaine was brought by boat to Galicia, the National Police later intercepted the drugs at a warehouse on the Corredor del Henares industrial estate in National Police, their investigations confirmed information that a joint Spanish-British organisation had smuggled an ‘important amount’ of cocaine into the country via Galicia. It was taken by road to Madrid where it was kept in the warehouse while the group

waited for the right time to move it, police sources said. On inspecting the packages of cocaine, police were surprised to find that some were stamped with the letter ‘M’ while on others the logo was handwritten. “Possibly these were changed by the organisation itself,” the same police sources commented. “But it is most unusual to find a logo that is drawn and not stamped in relief.” The investigation remains open, as no arrests have yet been made and police are tracking down the members of the group.

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RECORD RESULT: January saw 4.2 million tourists come to Spain.

Record-breaking tourism ALMOST 4.2 million holidaymakers visited Spain in January this year, the highest amount recorded for that month and 2.2 per cent more than in 2018. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed the 4,196,939 tourists who came to Spain in January spent around €4.7 billion, 3.6 per cent higher than in 2018. The figures follow another record-breaking year for Spanish tourism in 2018. Forecasts from Spain’s Tourism Board over growth slowing or numbers falling due to a slowdown in holidaymakers from Britain,

France and Spain failed to stop January breaking records. A rise in the number of tourists coming from Italy, the Netherlands and the US has helped to offset that decline in recent months. Holidaymakers from the US numbered 149,000, up 25.5 per cent from January 2018 while the number of French visitors fell by 8.7 per cent to 446,307. The number of British tourists coming to Spain in January was 807,347, 1 per cent more than in January 2018. The Canary Islands was the favourite

destination for tourists. Around 1.2 million, 27.6 per cent of the total in Spain, travelled to the islands. The figure was 2.1 per cent less than that of January 2018.

Police hurt during chase

OFFICERS from the National Police working in conjunction with colleagues in France, have freed a Venezuelan drug trafficker who was kidnapped in Paris. The investigation began in Spain as part of an investigation which looks into criminal groups who are dedicated to kidnapping and extortion. The investigation discovered the victim was being held in a residence located in the 13th district of the French capital, and after notifying the French National Police, was

released and one of his captors arrested. It was only when the victim’s identity was fully clarified, the investigators discovered the man was wanted on an arrest warrant in Spain under suspicion of being a drug trafficker, after being arrested in 2005 in possession of 13kg of cocaine. The victim’s relief and release was subsequently shortlived, as he was then arrested in France in order to be returned to Spain to face the charges against him.

FIVE police officers have been injured and a 23-year-old man arrested by armed police in Spain after he ploughed into a road block, bringing a 44- kilometre (27mile) high-speed chase to an end. Police shot out the car tyres when the driver failed to stop at the road block on the A-226 and smashed into officers - injuring five - near Teruel at 9am on Sunday. The young man, from Barcelona, was charged with resisting arrest and failing to stop when ordered to by police. All of the injured police officers were treated at the nearby Hospital Obispo Polanco.

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Missing people A TOTAL of 12,330 people out of more than 176,000 reported missing since 2010 remain unaccounted for, about 7 per cent of the total according to a government report. The Missing Persons in Spain 2019 report showed Cataluña had the highest number of active cases of any region with 547 reports, 39 of which are classed as high-risk. Barcelona Province alone had 389, the highest of any province, followed by Madrid with 347. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced a raft of measures to curb the number of missing people cases. The ministry is also set to launch an app with the names and pictures of those who remain missing. Allowing different police forces to share and access information in a centralised database and creating provincial co-ordinators are among them.

ALLOWED: Vox’s Ortega Smith (inset) is set to appear in Brussels.

EU allows far-right event THE European Parliament hosted an event organised by a Spanish far-right party weeks after rejecting two others over security and reputational concerns. The parliament’s General Security Directorate said Vox’s event on Cataluña complied with the institution’s rules and that an application to hold it was made in good time and form. Kosma Zlotowski, a Polish MEP from the country’s

far-right Law and Justice Party, invited Vox to stage the event. He said the two shared values on returning to a Christian Europe and preventing the EU from ‘federalising.’ The Vox event took place yesterday (Wednesday) at the EU parliament building in Brussels. It featured party General Secretary Javier Ortega Smith. Cataluña, a Spanish region discussed claims that

the Catalan Generalitat has pushed false ideas about the region’s history onto schoolchildren. Antonio Tajani, president of the parliament, recently pulled one event set to feature former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and another from Spanish farright and neo-fascist groups. The first was pulled due to security concerns and the second to defend the institutional reputation of the parliament.

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‘Rural Spain’ protest THOUSANDS of protesters gathered in Madrid on Sunday to rally in defence of rural Spain and its traditions including hunting. National Police estimated around 6,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the Spanish capital. They were joined by members of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), the leftist Podemos, the centrist Ciudadanos and the f a r- r i g h t Vo x i n c l u d ing PP leader Pablo Casado. Protesters marched with banners featuring slogans including: ‘Long live the hunt’ a n d ‘ F a r m e r, p r o t e c tor of the environment.’

Carlos Bueno, one of t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n ’s organisers, said rural Spain was becoming empty. “The towns are abandoned and in the meantime urban society has not realised the gravity of this human, territorial, ecological and strategic drama that affects us all,” Bueno said. Protesters also demonstrated against a suspension of hunting in Castilla y Leon following a ruling from the region’s High Court. The protest comes a f t e r S p a i n ’s Te r r i t o ries Minister Meritxell Batet previously said depopulation was the ‘biggest challenge’ facing the country.

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A sad farewell to Ann Rudkin WE would like to send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ann Rudkin, who has passed away suddenly. Ann, whose warm character and lively personality made her an extremely popular member of the Euro Weekly News family, worked with us in our previous offices in Arroyo de la Miel. In recent years Ann carved out a career teaching English as a foreign language, and was well known around Fuengirola amongst the expat community. She passed away unexpectedly while travelling back from a dream holiday in the Caribbean. The 63-year-old leaves behind a son, Scott and two grandchildren, Joshua and Cameron. A funeral will be held at the Cerros de Aguila cemetery/crematorium on Monday, March 11 at 4.30pm. Scott has asked for donations to be made to charity rather than flowers.

ANN RUDKIN: A funeral will be held at the Cerros de Aguila cemetery/crematorium on Monday, March 11 at 4.30pm.

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Catalan trial First for an Arab court

SPAIN’S former Prime Minister has said ex-Catalan Generalitat officials on trial over the 2017 independence referendum and declaration knew he would not allow a vote to ‘liquidate’ Spain. Mariano Rajoy, who was in office when the referendum was held in October 2017, said he was obliged to defend Spanish unity under the country’s Constitution. He was speaking as a witness in the ongoing trial of 12 defendants at the Supreme Court. Rajoy, who activated Article 155 after the Catalan Generalitat declared independence following the 2017 vote, said he and other officials had acted with prudence and caution. Article 155 was the constitutional mechanism used to suspend Cataluña’s regional authority and impose direct rule from Madrid after the independence declaration. “We made efforts to get support from everyone. It is the Spanish who should decide what Spain is,” Rajoy told the court. Rajoy said he did not recall any violence and added he did not have any data to hand on the issue. “I never made decisions about police operations, those were taken by officers in charge of them,” Rajoy said. Several of those on trial have been charged with rebellion. Prosecutors will have to prove those defendants used violence to gain independence while defence lawyers claim it was Madrid and Spanish police forces that used force on protesters and voters. Former Secretary of State for Security Jose Antonio Nieto told prosecutors he believed activists with the Committee for the Defence of the Republic (CDR) encouraged violence. Nieto, who testified on Monday, also claimed the Catalan Generalitat had encouraged it. The trial continues.

A DUBAI appeal court recently gave a Spanish resident joint custody of his two children. In the first ever shared custody ruling in an Arab country, the court decided the children should live with their father for one week, and the following week with their mother. T h e c h i l d r e n ’s f a t h e r, B o r j a Brañanova, a mining engineer from Asturias who has lived in Dubai for 15 years, considers that he has won the first round of his continuing battle with the country’s legal system. “I hope this sentence will encourage lawmakers worldwide to get upto-date and ensure that children, and not only mine, can look forward to a better future,” he said. Brañanova married a South African woman in 2013 and had two children, Sebastian and Olalla, who were registered as Spanish citizens. The couple separated three years later and a Dubai court gave the mother sole custody, preventing the father from taking the children on holiday to Spain, but allowing them to travel to South Africa with their mother. Over the next three years Brañanova fought to reverse the custody rul-

COURT DECISION: A Spanish resident wins joint custody in an Arab country. ing without help from the Spanish authorities who declined to take action ‘out of respect for Dubai’s judicial independence.’

Having won the first phase of his battle, Brañaova now hopes the Dubai judges will allow the children to visit Spain with him.

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Phone fraudster arrested OFFICERS from the National Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in Dénia, accused of conning five people who wanted to sell their phones through the internet. The man, of Romanian nationality, is accused of searching the internet for phones for sale, then contacting the sellers, using a fake identity, to discuss purchasing their terminals. When an agreement was reached over the sale, the seller was told to send the phone, without receiving money, as the fake buyer needed to check the terminals before sending pay-

COPS CALLED: For not paying for phones he scammed from people. ment, which never happened. The fraud is recorded as having an economic value of €3,100, the amount which the five victims should have received, and

so the man was arrested for the five offences of fraud, and a series of minor offences. He appeared before the courts and was released with the charges pending.

Son follows famous father’s footsteps THE son of Pedro Zaragoza Orts, the mayor who ‘made’ Benidorm, was instrumental in preventing the exhumation of Francisco Franco. Francisco Zaragoza Ivars succeeded in suspending the building licence needed to open the tomb in the Valle de Los Caidos and move the dictator’s remains for burial elsewhere. “I believe I’ve done what I had to do,” he told local Spanish media. Zaragoza Ivars, who has a doctorate in Law and a degree in Political Science also has Town Planning qualifications from the National Institute of Public Administration. In the 60’s,

Zaragoza Orts was responsible for turning Benidorm into an international resort with highrise buildings, but in later life was more famous for persuading Franco to allow bikinis on Benidorm beaches. He was one of founders of the Fundacion Francisco Franco and Zaragoza Ivars occupied his father’s place on the board following his death in 2008. He expressed professional and moral satisfaction at having halted the exhumation. “They are trying to remove a dead man to humiliate him and profane his tomb.”

Benidorm fire tragedy A WOMAN, said to be 70 years of age, died in a house fire in Benidorm this week, but her dog was saved from the blaze. The incident occurred in the upper floor of a building in the Alameda Pedro Zaragoza area for reasons which are being investigated. Three fire tenders went to the scene which started in the bedroom, the rest of the home largely being affected only by smoke. The woman was said to have been overcome by smoke, though the dog managed to escape and is now in the care of a foster home. This was the second fire on the same day in the area, with another declared in Gandia, though firefighters arrived in time to rescue the elderly couple from their terrace where they sought refuge.

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Spies in the sky AN Andalucian council has approved municipal regulations allowing the Local Police force to use drones. The Nijar (Almeria) Town Hall said the drones would be used for greater vigilance and public safety, in the event of accidents or disasters, and to help prevent crime. Mayor Esperanza Perez said the move would mean “greater security for farmers in the control of our extensive area dedicated to cultivation,” and would be an essential tool in cases of disappearances or searches, “which will allow us to multiply exponentially the radius and capacity of Local Police and Civil Protection action.” The mayor said drones would also be useful in keeping the municipality’s beaches safe and preventing drownings.

Blaze deaths TWO people have died after a fire broke o u t in a n a pa rtme nt building in Barcelona. At 7.30 on Sunday morning a group of firefighters were called to the scene afte r re c e iving multiple a le rts from neighbours of the complex. T h e bla z e broke out on the fourth floor of an 11-storey apartment building w ith re s ide nts of the 44 a pa rtme nts evacuated. The fire was extinguished around half an hour after the incident occurred. According to Spanish press, the victims were between 60 and 70 years of age. Reports also confirmed that several witnesses stated that they had heard an explosion apparently from the apartment.

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Fine for anti-feminist bus A BUS banner redefining Gender Violence as Domestic Violence was fined by Barcelona’s Guardia Urban for infringing advertising laws. The banner along one side of the vehicle was accompanied by Hitler’s face, while the other side was emblazoned with the claim, ‘Gender laws discriminate against men.’ Although the ultra-conservative, ultraCatholic Hazte Oir association behind the antifeminist message was fined, the Barcelona police did not prevent the bus from continuing its drive through the city. Members of the Arran anti-capìtalist group who threw paint at the banner, scraped away

part of its decals and tried to halt the bus complained that the police moved them on and threatened to arrest them. The same day, Barcelona’s Public Prosecution department denounced Hazte Oir for hate crime and campaigning against Spain’s Equality laws and in particular those protecting women. “Like it or not, here we are,” responded Hazte Oir spokeswoman Teresa Garcia who claimed that the association’s petition asking the Partido Popular, Ciudadanos and Vox to repeal the Gender Violence laws has already collected 20,000 signatures.

Dead fox shock ANOTHER distressing image has rocked the

Internet in Spain this week after a fox was found dead

and tied up to a post in Asturias. The fox was discovered in a protected area known as the Natural Park of Las Ubiñas-La Mesa, in Santa Maria. An individual reported the incident along with an image on February 28 via a Tw i t t e r a c c o u n t k n o w n as @lasendadloso. The account stated that the discovery was ‘Simply, not normal … And we are in a protected Natural Park area, as well as a Biosphere Reserve.’ The case has since spread across the Internet with an increasing number of comments regarding the measures carried out by the authorities to avoid and stop these types of acts on animals.

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Rare disease drug shortage by Sally Underwood A GROUP of Spanish laboratories warned around 30 per cent of medicines approved for rare diseases by the European Medicines Agency do not make it onto the Spanish market. The collective claimed only 61 of 118 rare disease treaments available in Europe were approved in Spain. The group added: “The current average time [for approving drugs in Spain] is 19 months, well above other EU countries.” It added the time taken before a medicine goes on sale in Spain jumped from 12.4 months between 2002 and 2013, to 14 months in 2014 and 2017. The association said: “While not a significant difference, the data shows it is necessary to implement new policies to reduce inequality of access.”

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Brit officials’ expat Brexit call BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain and the Alicante Consul have called on the roughly 76,000 British expatriates living in the Valencia Region to get their residency ahead of Brexit after meeting Spanish officials. Simon Manley and SarahJane Morris took part in an outreach event with some 200 expatriates in Valencia. They were joined by Juan Carlos Fulgencio Tejedor, the Spanish government delegate in the region. All three officials called on British expatriates to stay calm in the run up to Brexit on Friday March 29. Fulgencio Tejedor said the Valencia Region’s resources were being boosted to help expatriates get their residency documents on time. Expatriates should rely on official resources and not the rumour mill, the Spanish official added. Sarah-Jane Morris said it was now more important

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BREXIT CALL: Officials including Manley (left) discussed Brexit. than ever that British and Spanish officials work together to ease the impact of Brexit on expatriates and lo-

cal authorities. “Both I and Valencian colleagues urge all British nationals living in Valencia

to ensure they are correctly registered with the authorities and making the necessary preparations for when Britain leaves the EU, so they can continue to enjoy living in this beautiful part

of Spain,” Morris said. The meeting comes after the Spanish government announced no-deal Brexit back-up measures including on residencies and healthcare on Friday.

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Prehistoric sea creature discovery

FOSSIL FIND: The leptocleidus was a small type of plesiosaur. RESEARCHERS have found the remains of a sea creature in a Valencia region quarry which prove it lived in Spain at the same time as the dinosaurs. Palaeontologists from Madrid’s National Distance Education University (UNED) said in a new study that the fossilised remains of a leptocleidus were found near Morella in Castellon Province.

The species is a type of plesiosaur thought to have lived in a delta that existed there at the time, the researchers said in the Cretaceous Research journal. Adan Perez-Garcia, a coauthor of the study, said the find was “exceptional.” “It is the first reference of these animals in the Iberian Peninsula,” Perez-Garcia said. The creature was not a di-

nosaur but co-existed with them around 125 million years ago during the Lower Cretaceous period. It was previously thought to have only lived in what is now Britain, Australia and South Africa. Fossils indicate the leptocleidus was no more than three metres long, with a short neck and a triangular head. They lived in shallow waters such as the mouths of large rivers near the coast.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S prime minister has signed off a decree officially setting the date for general elections on Sunday April 28, meaning the Cortes Generales is now dissolved. Pedro Sanchez signed off the royal decree which sets out the timetable for election campaigning and the date of the vote itself. The official campaign period runs from Friday April 12 to Friday April 26. Although lawmakers will now no longer meet until after the day of the vote, Sanchez’s ruling Partido Socialista (PSOE) continues to put forward proposals. There are still a handful of Council of Ministers cabinet meetings left before the election. The press conferences which typically follow them have seen rafts of proposals and measures announced. Some of them can be approved by Royal Decree. Others requiring full parliamentary approval will now be

Up for grabs

REPRESENTATION: The Congress of Deputies. sent to the Permanent Deputation of Congress. The Deputation is made up of 59 lawmakers from all political parties represented in the Congress of Deputies lower house. There is an equivalent body for the Senate made up of 36 lawmakers, with both exercising the powers of either house while they are dissolved. Seats in the Cortes Gen-

erales are now being eyed up by politicians from all parties. With the general election looming, here is a summary of how the institution is voted in and what its function is in Spanish politics: A total of 350 seats are up for grabs in the lower house, while 208 out of 266 are being contested in the Senate. Whichever party or coalition controls the Cortes controls the government. The ex-

ception to this is the current PSOE government, the first to come to power with a noconfidence motion meaning no election was called rendering them governing in a minority. Spain itself is divided into 52 multi-member constituencies which fall along provincial lines. Members are elected by a party list proportional representation system, with seats in a constituency awarded to parties according to the proportion of the vote they receive. The Senate meanwhile sees voters choose a total of 208 members while 58 are appointed by regional authorities. The job of both houses is to scrutinise the government, hold ministers to account, represent constituents at a national level and approve legislation.

Rural pitch A FAR-RIGHT party has thrown its lot in with rural communities who demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday, telling them they will be their representatives nationally. High-ranking Vox members appeared alongside officials from the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP), the centrist Ciudadanos, and the leftist Podemos at the Rural Alliance rally. All were attempting to pitch themselves as the champions of rural Spain. Farms, hunters and supporters of bullfighting all claimed they had been ‘abandoned’ by Madrid at the rally. They also claimed they were being harassed by environmental groups. Parties claimed they would protect traditions including bullfighting as a way to buoy rural economies. Podemos said it would champion a ‘sustainable’ rural economy. But Vox’s Javier Ortega Smith sought to align his party firmly with the protesters’ agenda. “As of April 28 you will have a parliamentary group defending you in Congress,” Vox’s Secretary General said. The rural vote is a constituency sought after by parties across the political spectrum. Rural communities have suffered from depopulation and economic decline for decades, breeding resentment against what they consider a metropolitan political class. That resentment could well bolster the fledgling far-right party. Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 26.7 per cent, 115 seats Partido Popular (PP): 20.5 per cent, 84 seats Ciudadanos: 16.2 per cent, 55 seats Vox: 12.1 per cent, 34 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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Brit navy ships may be built in Spain CONTRACTS worth almost €1.2 billion to build three British naval supply ships could be awarded to Spanish shipbuilders, a councillor in Britain has said. Portsmouth City Council leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson said concerns over the choice of firm to build the vessels had been voiced at meetings between the government and the defence industry. The decision not to guarantee that the ships would be built in Britain was a ‘significant problem,’ Vernon-Jackson added in comments made to British media. “These are highly complex ships carrying quantities of munitions so they have to be very powerfully built, and be able to be in a war zone and yet the government are choosing to probably allow them to be built in Spain,” the council leader said. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson

NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested two men in Aragon in connection with a spate of burglaries in Zaragoza City. A Zaragoza City court has since remanded the two suspects, aged 25 and 20, after they appeared on charges in connection with

CONTRACT CONCERNS: The ships are set to supply the HMS Queen Elizbeth aircraft carrier. said officials were legally required to tender the contracts internationally. The ships, which would be used to supply Britain’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers, are set to sail with the Royal

Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). A final decision on the contracts is set to be reached in 2020. Concern over the contract comes as the Appledore shipyard in Devon prepares to close this month after 164 years.

Robbery probe

four burglaries in homes. Police seized cash, tools, jewellery, electronics and other items they claimed were stolen from the homes. Houses and flats where residents had gone out and left their doors on the latch were targeted, officers added.

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Bad luck for drivers DURING the recent campaign launched by the Director General of Traffic (DGT), 72,062 large vehicles, such as lorries and buses, were stopped by traffic patrols and 8,813 drivers reported for offences. During the week-long campaign, 118 vehicles were so bad they were immobilised at the scene, 52 of these being lorries, and the rest vans. In addition, 89 drivers tested positive for alcohol, 16 of these being lorry drivers, and 40 drivers were tested as positive for drugs, with eight driving heavy goods vehicles. T h e re w e re a l s o 1 2 6 p e o p l e i n l o r r i e s , 1 2 i n buses and 517 people in vans who were reported for not using a seatbelt. There were 1,044 drivers reported for excessive speed, of which 957 were van drivers. Despite those figures, the number one reason why drivers were reported was for driving more hours than permitted, of which 1,889 complaints were recorded.

Girl racer arrested AN underage girl was arrested for driving at more than 220 kilometres per hour while her companion videoed her. She was detained after the video, which was uploaded onto social media, and forwarded to the redesabiertas@policia.es email address. She was driving on the A-5 motorway in the direction of Badajoz, accompanied by the 27-year-old man who had hired the car and

was videoing the girl as she drove at 220 kilometres an hour, ignoring the 120-speed limit. Both were identified from the video and summonsed to report to the police, but although the man responded, the girl did not. She was later arrested and has been charged with breaking the speed limit and driving without a licence.

Respecting the law SPAIN has ranked 21st in a new table which measured 126 countries worldwide on their respect for the rule of law. Spain scored 0.71 out of one on the World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2019. It scored 0.7 last year and came 23rd. Spain came behind Germany, Britain, France and one place behind the US in the ranking while coming ahead of Portugal, Italy

and Greece. Denmark, Norway and Finland came first, second and third respectively. Elizabeth Anderson, executive director of the WJP, said a global slide in checks on government power was “deeply concerning.” The WJP said in a statement the slide suggested authoritarianism was on the rise. The WJP surveyed some 3,800 experts and 120,000 households across the 126

countries to gather their data. It ranked countries based on their limits to government power, the absence of corruption, open government, respect for rights, order and security, compliance with regulations and civil and criminal justice. Spain scored highest on privacy, the lawful transition of power, the absence of corruption in the military, police and courts and the absence of crime.

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A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been hospitalised after being shot in the Numancia neighbourhood of Vallecas, in Madrid, according to a spokesperson for the Madrid Emergency Services and the Superior Police Headquarters. The shooting took place on Sunday afternoon at approximately 2.20pm. Police are investigating the matter further, but sources have currently revealed that several hooded men shot the 20-yearold, originally from the Dominican Republic, several times, with one of the bullets lodging in his collarbone. The victim has been transferred to the 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid in a moderately serious condition. For the time being, no arrests have been made and it is thought the incident could be Latin gang related.

Well fall rescue JUST weeks after the Julen rescue tragedy which gripped the world, another young child has plunged down a well in Spain. A seven-year-old boy was pulled from the hole by rescuers with a rope before the arrival of the emergency services. The child fell into the empty well in Alaraz, Salamanca on Monday. The Castilla y Leon emergency control room despatched firefighters, police and medics to the scene. The child, described as ‘conscious,’ was transferred by ambulance to hospital in Salamanca.

Man dies in fifth-storey flat fire

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FLAT BLAZE: Firefighters found the body of an elderly man in the Costa Blanca apartment block. AN entire apartment block on Spain’s Costa Blanca was evacuated after a fire took hold in a flat on the fifth floor on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency services discovered the body of an elderly man when they entered the blazing building in Elche (Alicante), but they could not save his life. Another elderly person was found and rescued by firefighters inside the building. All of the other neighbours were safely evacuated by Local Police from the property on the corner of Vicente Blasco Ibañez with Marques de Asprillas streets. Roads were closed while firefighters, with two fire engines and a hydraulic platform, worked to extinguish the flames. National Police officers are investigating the cause of the fire.

Heavy winds fan flames GALES complicated the work of firefighters battling to control more than 100 fires in the north of Spain. Seventy-seven of the fires were located in Asturias where gusts reached 100 kilometres per hour, while in Cantabria the regional government activated its Forest Firefighting Plan owing to warnings of high wind.

Residents in Muskiz (Vizcaya) had to leave their homes as a forest fire approached and were temporarily housed at the municipal sports centre. This blaze was the most serious of the forest fires affecting Vizcaya where, as in Asturias and Cantabria, high winds were causing difficulties.

ESPIONAGE: Spies probably responsible for embassy assault.

Spy assault on embassy AN assault on the North Korean embassy, originally dismissed as a hysterical woman’s overreaction, was probably espionage. The ambassador Kim Hyok Chol was expelled by Spain following North Korea’s nuclear tests in September 2017. Only one diplomat, staff and their families now live at the embassy in the exclusive Aravaca area outside Madrid. Late last month, 10 men stormed the house, hooding its occupants whom they tied up, struck and interrogated. “They carried replica weapons and held the Kore-

ans for two hours,” sources close to the case revealed. A woman who managed to escape through a window was spotted minutes later by a National Police patrol car. She had a head wound and after using a mobile app to communicate with her, they understood that she and the others at the embassy were violently attacked by other Koreans. The police rang at the outer gates which were opened by a man ‘of oriental appearance’ who said that everything was in order. Despite initially believing him and assuming that the woman was unbalanced, the

patrol car remained nearby and shortly afterwards police saw two cars with diplomatic plates leave the house. Once inside, they found the embassy official and the others who were bruised and shaken. The attackers took mobiles, laptops and documentation with them before fleeing in the stolen embassy cars which were abandoned and located hours later. The investigation is being conducted with maximum discretion owing to the ‘delicacy’ of the incident, but everything points to espionage, the same sources said.

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USEFUL LINKS THE United Kingdom will leave the European Union on March 29, 2019, resulting in a number of significant changes which will affect individuals and businesses. To stay abreast of the Brexit progress and its implications, there are a number of websites, recommended or written by the British government, which are updated as new information becomes available.

*Official information for British people moving to and living in Spain, including Brexit guidance, residency, healthcare and driving, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain The site contains current, official information, and was last updated on January 29. *Information about EU exit, including the article 50 process, negotiations and announcements about policy changes as a result of Brexit is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/brexit Topics covered range from preparing your business for when the UK leaves the EU to living in Europe after Brexit. *Another useful government led site is ‘Prepare for EU Exit’ which contains information about how to prepare and the steps that may need to be taken by individuals and businesses. This includes everything from passports, driving licences and flying within the EU to banking and selling online. To see more, visit: https://euexit.campaign.gov.uk/ *The implications of a ‘no deal’ scenario are outlined at the dedicated government website: https://www.gov.uk/search?q=no+deal+scenario While leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority, it must plan for every eventuality, including a ‘no deal.’ As such the guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the EU to benefits and pensions, advice for pet travel, the impact on the regulation of medicines and medical devices, amongst other issues. *The Spanish government has launched a dedicated ‘Prepared for Brexit’ website which provides information for residents and businesses alike, not only about the implications but also contingency measures that are being adopted at both national and international levels. The site is in English. http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/brexit/Paginas/index.aspx?fbclid=I wAR3X5YV5IjNeP5MqUy4cxSiD4POiAfXT6o4QD1z96s0sfcLMHEoSY KVFsdM *For those covered under the Spanish social security system, there is advice on requesting or renewing a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) on the official home page: https://sede.seg-social.gob.es (The Spanish government’s dedicated social security website in English).

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Promoting tourism together THE secretary of state for Tourism has launched a new initiative called UNETUR whose main objective is to develop an integral model for quality and competitiveness in Spain’s tourism sector. This project aims to help maintain Spain’s leading position in the tourism

BEST BOOKS: The University of Cordoba’s library is among the best in Spain.

Best Spanish libraries By Sally Underwood A STUDY by the University of Granada has revealed the library at the University of Cordoba is among the best in Spain. The institution is the third best in Andalucia, behind the library at the University of Pablo de Olavide which comes in first, and the University of Sevilla is second. The ranking is based on an efficiency calculator comparing each library’s budget with the number of book

loans and computer downloads made. The results also

factor in the number of people in the surrounding area.

Youth unemployment falls A TOTAL of 32.6 per cent of Spanish workers aged under 25 were unemployed at the end of January this year, down from 36.1 per cent the previous year. The fall comes as the equivalent figure for Italy rose from 32.6 per cent in January 2018 to 33 per cent this year. In October 2013, during the Eurozone debt crisis, the same statistics for both countries were 56 per cent for Spain and 40 per cent for Italy.

sphere through standardising procedures, applying diagnostics and producing manuals with good ideas and practices. UNETUR will be set up this month by six founding groups including SETUR, the Secretary of State for Tourism; ICTE, the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality; and ITH, the Hotel Technology Institute.

Exam success THE principality of Asturias in the north of the country leads the rest of Spain’s regions when it comes to passing school exams. According to Genaro Alonso, councillor for Education in Asturias, the pass rates for primary, secondary and bachillerato courses for 2018 were 98 per cent, 85 per cent and 84 per cent respectively. These results consolidate the already positive figures for children passing their exams and moving upward in the education system, says Alonso, and maintains their position at the top when compared to other regions. Primary Regarding the enrolment figures, the rate has remained the same as the previous year, with a similar number of students attending school in 2018.

The number of those which completed their primary education is 98 per cent of students, with slight variations throughout the six years. Nevertheless, Asturias ranks in third place nationally regarding the number of students who finish primary education. Secondary The completion rate for the ESO secondary education course is 90 per cent, with exam pass rates at 84 per cent. Bachillerato The pass rate for the bachillerato (the A-level equivalent) is 84 per cent, with girls outperforming boys by seven clear percentage points. With 63.1 per cent of pass rates in Asturias for the 2016/2017 year, Asturias was ranked the third top region in the country.

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VICTIMS: Spain registered the highest amount between 2000 and 2018.

Terror deaths FROM all EU countries, Spain registered the highest amount of terrorism victims between 2000 and 2018, according to a study published this week. During the mentioned dates, the Black and White Book of Terrorism in Europe stated that 268 people died due to terrorist attacks carried out in Spain. Some of the victims were from Madrid’s train bombings back in 2004,

Islamic state attacks and also those carried out by ETA. France ranked in second place with 263 fatalities, followed by the United Kingdom with 212 victims. The study also showed that 1,115 Europeans had died from terrorist attacks in 30 countries around the world, with the United Kingdom lost 492 nationals, the highest number in Europe, followed by France with 181 deaths,

Germany (89), Italy (63) and Spain (49). Among the total number of Europeans killed in and outside Europe in terror attacks (1,868), 91.1 per cent lost their lives to jihadist outrages. The book explained that the EU is ‘fighting more and more effectively’ against terrorism, with 69 victims recorded compared to 18,000 worldwide.

JELLYFISH have been seen on a Costa del Sol beach - with the early sightings believed to be due to the high winter temperatures and recent mild weather. The creatures have been pictured on the popular Torreblanca beach in Fuengirola. While many jellyfish are unlikely to sting or cause irritation, caution is still advised if you encounter one. Last year saw a surge in the

number of jellyfish washing up on Spanish beaches. Beachgoers were warned to stay away from the potentially lethal Portuguese man o’war after several were spotted on beaches in Malaga City and the holiday hotspot Marbella. Hundreds of the venomous blue and purple creatures also washed up in Cadiz and Huelva provinces after being blown in by strong westerly winds from the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

JELLYFISH: Caution is being advised.

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Inspiring - Costa Women’s International Women’s Day conference

FACEBOOK COACH: Fiona Catchpowle. CREDIT: #AskCyberGran Facebook

A PACKED programme of speakers has been lined up for Costa Women’s International Women’s Day conference tomorrow (Friday). Organised with women in business in mind, the annual focus of the event at Andalucia Lab in Marbella is #MakeIt Happen, with the aim of inspiring and motivating. And keeping everything running smoothly and taking control of the stage will be Facebook coach, Fiona Catchpowle, aka #AskCyberGran. The Marbella-based business woman will MC the event, which is co-organised by UKbased 1230 The Women’s Company and sponsored by Euro Weekly News. Fiona said: “I will be introducing the speakers, sponsors and representatives from the charities, while offering tips and guidance with a bit of prompting in between.” Meet the guest speakers

FASHION EXPERT: Jenny Holloway will share her story of getting to the top. CREDIT: Jenny Holloway Facebook

JENNY Holloway is the founder of non-profit social enterprise, FashionCapital/Fashion Enter, reportedly the UKs portal for the fashion industry.

She said: “The sister companies strive to be a centre of excellence for sampling, grading and production and for the learning and development of skills within the fashion and textiles industry.” Jenny will share her story of making it happen through grit and determination.

ness to demystify marketing to help find the next customer.” Steps to success

ACTION: Jo Bendle endorses a focused approach.

Demystify marketing

YVONNE RADLEY is one of the most sought after media experts in the fitness industry and founder of Big Me Up Media, which helps fitness and wellness professionals become famous and boost their client list through fitness media and marketing. She said she makes fit pros famous and catapults them to everyday stars.

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TIINA WILEN: The entrepreneur has a foolproof plan. CREDIT: Avenue Facebook

MINAL PATEL: Marketing expert. CREDIT: Marketing by Minal Facebook

MINAL PATEL will share her impressive marketing experience and reveal how to achieve optimum impact from publicity. Her background is in marketing with online company Constant Contact, based in America, and she now helps small businesses while combining her time with being a Facebook trainer. The founder of Marketing by Minal, said: “I make it my busi-

SERIAL entrepreneur Tiina Wilen specialises in building concepts and brands that stand out. She will be sharing her own experiences and reveal how to become an expert in seven surprisingly simple steps. Tiina is the founder of Avenue, a business which helps professional women package their knowledge and experience into expertise and that expertise into a model and idea that sells. Super productive JO BENDLE is a productivity coach and author of a 90 Day

Supporting women THE Costa Women’s conference will support two charities close to the heart of members, Knitted Knockers and AMUSUVIG - Asociacion de Mujeres Supervivientes de la Violencia de Genero. Knitted Knockers Costa del Sol creates free handmade breast prosthesis for women who have undergone mastectomies or lumpectomies. While Malaga-based AMUSUVIG is an association for female survivors of gender violence which aims to promote equal opportunities between women and men and the presence of women in political, economic, cultural and social life. The association also strives to unite women who have been the victims of gender violence in its different forms, and push for improvements to laws protecting females. Costa Women founder, Ali Meehan, said: “Within the local community, AMUSUVIG is helping women, girls and children to live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity. “As we know, domestic violence can affect women from any socio-economic class, nationality, religion, creed or educational level.”

Productivity Planner who promises to reveal the surprising truth about being super-efficient. She will explain that it is not about more time, more money or more clients if the way a business is run remains the same. Jo believes it’s about real, consistent, and focused action day after day. Catapulting businesses

CREDIT: Yvonne Radley Facebook

Discovery and motivation

Attract clients and grow

SUCCESS: Natalia Edelmann will reveal her top tips for success. HOLISTIC: An approach to business is endorsed by Jo Soley. CREDIT: Jo Soley Facebook

MEDIA EXPERT: Yvonne Radley.

Jo said: “The key principles of heart-centred marketing is to ensure you gain clarity on your business, your message, your clients and of course, your marketing.”

WOMEN’S business coach and planner Jo Soley promotes clarity and an organised approach to attract clients and grow as a business. She will reveal her secrets, along with the importance of Numerology and how it can elevate your business.

CREDIT: Natalia Edelmann Facebook

NATALIA EDELMANN of The Life Fulfillment Academy Community is a life fulfillment strategist, certified wellness coach, Yin Yoga teacher and co-author of Natural & Organic Healing: Your Ultimate Health & Wellness Guide. She will be sharing five tips to make it happen in business - selfdiscovery, self-visualisation, selfcare, self-acceptance and selflove.

Building relationships CO-ORGANISER of the conference, 1230 The Women’s Company, is an effective, dynamic network of meetings and events. Like-minded business women regularly meet to inspire, share experiences, strengthen and grow their businesses through building trusted business relationships. The company, founded in 2002, offers an opportunity to learn new networking skills and make contacts while discovering the secrets of business success from other entrepreneurs. As well as support, 1230 TWC, based in Beckenham, England, provides workshops and guest speakers while providing women with far reaching networking opportunities. 1230 representative Jackie Groundsell has flown from England to help organise and attend tomorrow’s (Friday’s) conference.

Ticket winner

LAST year ’s Costa Women’s International Women’s Day conference guest speaker, Kathy Ennis, kindly donated her ticket after finding herself unable to attend. And the lucky winner, who will also receive a copy of Facebook trainer Kathy’s Social Media Planner, is Elisabeth Sundlöf.

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DENMARK DENMARK’S government is reportedly mulling plans to let shops and petrol stations refuse physical cash in a bid to crack down on crime while supermarkets, pharmacists and other businesses performing ‘central societal functions’ would still have to accept it.

Cash plan

Food labels LABELS designed to help shoppers cut down on food waste by swapping the phrase ‘best before’ with ‘often good after’ could appear on products including milk, beer and chocolate in supermarkets across Denmark after several companies agreed to trial it.

PLAN: Some stores may stop taking cash.

SWEDEN

‘Spy’ arrest

Bank probe

Officers with Sweden’s Sapo security services have arrested a suspect in a Stockholm restaurant in connection with alleged espionage activities conducted by a Russian intelligence officer who police claimed worked under diplomatic cover.

THE Swedish Economic Crime Authority has launched a probe following claims made by a media investigation that around €3.8 billion was laundered with Swedbank and that company information was improperly released.

BELGIUM

GERMANY

Climate march

Arms outcry

PROTESTORS demonstrating for action to tackle climate change in Antwerp were joined by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunbery on Thursday, with the school pupil’s school strikes against pollution having inspired similar movements across the world.

OPPOSITION lawmaker Omid Nouripour called for military ties with Saudi Arabia to be severed following claims German-made weapons were used in the Yemen Civil War, breaking export licence rules, with the government claiming there is no evidence to support the allegations.

Faith call

Man sought

THE head of the new Islamic Cultural Centre of Belgium Brahim Laytouss has called for an end to the ‘politicisation’ of his faith and added Muslims wanted to be pluralistic and neutral after cutting ties with Saudi Arabian funders.

GERMAN Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has said he does not know the whereabouts of Bilel Ben Ammar, a Tunisian sought for questioning in connection with the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack who was deported from Germany shortly after it took place.

NETHERLANDS

Hottest day

Church thefts

TEMPERATURES in the Limburg village of Arcen reached 20.5 degrees last week, the highest ever recorded across the Netherlands for that time in February amidst unseasonably warm weather across much of Europe.

A COURT in Belgium has jailed a Dutch woman, 40, from Dongen, for one and a half years after finding her guilty of stealing copper drain pipes from 18 churches, with the defendant also ordered to pay €16,000 in compensation.

NORWAY

FRANCE

One held

Bullet use

POLICE in Alta have arrested a suspect in connection with an alleged bomb threat made to the crew of a plane waiting to take off from the city’s airport which resulted in passengers being evacuated.

THE Council of Europe’s Human Rights commissioner has called on France to stop using rubber bullets against protesters after ‘gilet jauntes’ (yellow vest) demonstrators were left with injuries including broken jaws after recent rallies.

Boat search

Tax backing

A WOODEN boat reported missing with one person on board was found moored on Asmaloy Island last week after it disappeared between Fredrikstad and Notterroy, sparking search and rescue efforts from Norwegian and Swedish coast guards.

A FRENCH push for a minimum level of corporate taxation during its upcoming G7 presidency have received the backing of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin who said Washington would ‘absolutely support’ it after a Paris meeting with counterpart Bruno Le Maire.

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Video stars FRIGILIANA, the Axarquia town once named one of the most beautiful in Spain, has been chosen to shoot Coca Cola’s newest television advert. The mountain town now appears in a one-minute campaign broadcast across all national television networks and online. The advert, designed by Argentine company McCann Market, was filmed at the beginning of February on Frigiliana’s Calle Santo Cristo, and shows diners enjoying the brand’s drinks overlooking the town’s views. Frigiliana was previously chosen by confectionary company Ferrero Rocher for filming an advert in 2015. The town’s mayor, Alejandro Herrero said he was pleased with the latest piece of publicity for the area. He explained: “As soon as they arrived to ask for permission to shoot, we gave the crew all possible help and even provided them with the details of some residents who worked with horses to haul the material to the terrace where they staged a restaurant.”

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Let Fallas begin! THE official programme for this year ’s biggest fiesta in Valencia, Fallas 2019, has been released, with the party taking place right through to March 19.

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Join the brotherhood THE processions in Torrevieja during Semana Santa (Holy Week) chronicling the Passion of Christ attract thousands of visitors. This year will be the 14th year that the Paso of Jesus in the Garden of Olives is taken through the streets of Torrevieja by the International Cofradia (brotherhood), a group made up of European expatriates. For many years, members of the International Cofradia carried the paso (floats) on their shoulders, a task requiring around 100 people, but recent falling numbers have meant a smaller group has pushed the paso instead, which is also expected to happen this HOLY PROCESSION: The International Cofradia. year. The first official meeting of the International If you are interested in forming part of the InterCofradia will be on Thursday, March 14, with subnational Cofradia, contact David McLachan on sequent meetings on March 28, April 4 and April 865 661 937 or Paul Mutter on 671 218 285 for 11. further details.

Yo u c a n c a t c h s o m e t h i n g happening every day in the city, such as the rather noisy but traditional mascletàs - fire crackers - in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. This weekend we see events such as the arrival of the Moors and Christians, a night show and huge fireworks display on S a t u r d a y, a n d o n S u n d a y a fantastic heritage parade through the streets, and the inauguration of the street markets on Tuesday.

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Feminist strikes THE Feminist Movement of Mallorca held a rally in front of the courts of Via Alemania in Palma on Tuesday to protest against what it terms patriarchal justice. The group argues that the judicial system holds women responsible for aggressions and violations against them, and is calling on sup-

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Pig sick… AN Albox couple are furious about plans to reopen a pig farm near their home. Paul Griffin and Luisa Fernandez claim the associated smell, noise and flies will be a stress-inducing nuisance and will devalue their property, which has been in Luisa’s family for five generations. The couple acknowledge the property was a piggery from the 1980’s up to some six years ago, but told the Euro Weekly News it looks likely to be significantly bigger this time and will be an intensive breeding operation. Other local residents also oppose the project, Paul and Luisa say 350 people have signed their petition to stop it opening. Jenny Spear is one of the couple’s neighbours. Initially assuming it would be a ‘nice little pig farm’ as before, alarm bells went off when she realised it was being enlarged.

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port for national feminist strikes planned for tomorrow (Friday), International Women’s Day. In addition, the movement wants to see more gender training for members of the judicial system and a review of the law on gender violence. Spokesperson Anna Lopez said: “There is a brutal lack of protection of women. The current law needs to be applied effectively, the definition of sexist violence must be expanded and the necessary resources for the protection of females have to be put in place.” Lopez also highlighted the need to protect transsexual people, who she said are not covered by any specific law.

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Bankruptcies up by a fifth A TOTAL of 9,115 people and companies filed bankruptcy proceedings with Spanish courts in 2018, an increase of 20 per cent on the previous year according to official figures. Data from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) showed 5,842 of the cases came from companies and were filed in Commercial Courts. The number of business-related insolvencies rose by 9.1 per cent last year compared to 2017. A total of 3,273 of the cases were filed by individuals with no connection to business.

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the total gross operating profits made by the companies in the IBEX 35 stock index in 2018, up 9 per cent on the previous year and driven partly by a 4.1 per cent revenue rise.

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Budget deficit of €16 billion

Profits and losses SPANISH companies listed on the Madrid stock exchange have posted their results for last year, with those on the IBEX 35 index netting a combined total of almost €43 billion. The combined total for net profits was 0.1 per cent less than 2017 levels, pulled down by losses of more than €2.8 billion for the Naturgy energy company. The combined total for companies increased by 10.8 per cent from 2017 to 2018 without the Naturgy losses. International expansion, cost cutting and a combined increase in revenue of 4.1 per cent contributed to strong levels

By Joe Gerrard of growth among some publicly-listed companies. Exchange rate changes between the euro and Latin American currencies hit the sales and profits of others, including telecommunications firm Telefonica and the Mapfre insurance company. The Santander bank made more than €7.8 billion in net profits, the largest amount netted by any company in the index. Oil company Repsol saw its net profits rise to more than €2.3 billion, an increase of 10.4 per cent compared to

2017 and the highest result for eight years. The increase was driven in part by rising crude oil prices. Energy firm Iberdrola made more than €3 billion in net profit in 2018, breaking all previous records. Fast food chain Telepizza posted €10.4 million in net losses, compared to a net profit of €31.8 million in 2017. The losses came as the firm increased sales by 14.5 per cent last year. Industrial chemical company SNIACE, which is not in the IBEX index but is on the stock market, posted losses of almost €5 million, 32 per cent more than 2017.

THE winner of the Sunday April 28 snap general election will have to find €16 billion to cover the deficit due to government budget plans being rejected. Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) budget’s failure to pass the Cortes would create a deficit of 2.4 per cent of economic output (GDP). The government was aiming to cut the deficit to 1.1 per cent of GDP but gaps in finances have risen because some spending measures have already passed, Montero added.

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Subsidiary sell off MERCADONA President Juan Roig’s Angels investment company has announced plans to sell the Valencian Foot Institute sports injury specialist to medical firm Podoactiva which serves around 350,000 patients each year.

Salary rise

GROWTH: Deutsche Bank wants more customers. DEUTSCHE BANK said it is committed to increasing the number of its Spanish customers by 40 per cent to 900,000 by 2023. The German bank’s pledge comes after customer numbers grew in Spain between 2014 and 2018. Deutsche Bank reportedly considered pulling out of Spain during that time. Fernando Sousa, Deutsche Bank Spain’s general director,

said its company lending arm was likely to come up against ‘aggressive competition’ from rival banks. “We are seeking profitability rather than a bigger market share,” Sousa said. The general director for Spain added competition meant Deutsche Bank was seeking to differentiate itself to Spanish clients by offering specialised services to individuals and companies.

PUBLIC sector workers in Spain are set to see their salaries rise to €1,071.40 a month later this year, with government officials having approved the increase on Monday and the increase due to apply to roughly 40,000 staff members.

Data claim TELEFONICA President Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete predicted users of electronic devices may eventually demand payment from companies to hand over personal data and added firms would have to continue self-regulating customer information use until the state regulates it.

Losses of €291 million SPANISH olive oil maker Deoleo has posted losses of €291 million and a fall in the value of assets of €200 million in 2018. The company reported a fall in sales of around 12.5 per cent to €605.5 million last year to Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMW) regulator. Company share prices fell by 9.9 per cent to 7.5 cents after the news.

Deoleo said in a report on the results that it would maintain its commitment to producing quality goods. “The olive oil business is strongly shaped by a product offer in which the only incentive for purchases is low prices,” the company said. It comes as Deoleo replaced CEO Pierluigi Tosato with Miguel Iberrola Lopez. Tosato is set to stay on as a director.

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C LOSING P RICES M ARCH 5

PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 2,004.25 -1.75 Associated British Foods 2,261.00 2.00 Admiral Group 2,192.50 -0.50 Ashtead Group 2,015.50 -50.50 Antofagasta 945.00 3.40 Auto Trader Group 475.30 -1.70 Aviva 435.60 1.10 AstraZeneca 6,218.00 6.00 BAE Systems 473.55 -2.05 Barclays 164.58 0.84 British American Tobacco 2,868.75 -2.75 Barratt Developments 604.10 -1.30 BHP GROUP PLC ORD $0.50 1,750.80 6.20 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,939.00 -9.00 British Land Co 603.90 2.90 Bunzl 2,415.00 -1.00 BP 536.65 0.55 Burberry Group 1,936.75 -16.25 BT Group 215.10 1.15 Coca-Cola HBC 2,586.50 -2.50 Carnival 4,170.50 -39.50 Centrica 122.90 -0.60 Compass Group 1,681.00 -1.50 Croda International 4,876.50 -8.50 CRH 2,416.50 -2.50 DCC 6,565.00 -30.00 Diageo 2,970.00 7.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 357.60 1.40 Evraz 585.30 3.50 Experian 1,986.25 -12.75 easyJet 1,233.25 -1.25 Ferguson 5,306.50 -9.50 Fresnillo 796.00 -3.00 Glencore 305.33 0.13 GlaxoSmithKline 1,509.70 1.30 GVC Holdings 661.00 10.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1,708.25 4.75 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,803.75 -12.25 Halma 1,577.00 -8.00 HSBC Holdings 621.00 3.00 Hiscox 1,628.00 -6.00 International Conslidtd Airs Grp 574.00 -0.35 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,554.25 -11.75 3i Group 956.50 1.10 Imperial Brands 2,580.50 20.50 Informa 713.70 -0.70 Intertek Group 5,010.00 -178.00 ITV 136.73 -0.77 Johnson Matthey 3,165.00 -19.00 Kingfisher 248.10 -0.40

% CHG. NET VOL -0.09 28,098.49 0.09 17,796.84 -0.02 6,396.87 -2.44 9,678.84 0.36 9,298.60 -0.36 4,452.43 0.25 16,862.40 0.10 78,394.42 -0.43 15,030.39 0.51 27,846.08 -0.10 65,670.66 -0.21 6,089.66 0.36 36,769.88 -0.23 5,074.17 0.48 5,735.17 -0.04 8,054.83 0.10 108,010.08 -0.83 8,012.77 0.54 21,279.47 -0.10 9,398.28 -0.94 8,116.88 -0.49 7,032.97 -0.09 26,765.90 -0.17 6,434.71 -0.10 19,747.85 -0.45 6,386.78 0.25 71,039.41 0.39 4,930.75 0.60 8,225.71 -0.64 17,933.10 -0.10 4,988.93 -0.18 12,254.94 -0.38 6,072.00 0.04 42,335.12 0.09 75,012.33 1.54 3,875.26 0.28 4,072.20 -0.67 8,492.68 -0.50 5,979.41 0.49 123,134.81 -0.37 4,682.19 -0.06 11,959.36 -0.26 8,367.16 0.12 9,307.67 0.80 24,215.01 -0.10 8,787.63 -3.43 8,263.33 -0.56 5,480.60 -0.60 6,094.37 -0.16 5,180.33

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PRICE(P)

Land Securities Group 905.10 Legal & General Group 285.90 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 63.12 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,740.00 Micro Focus International 1,833.75 Marks & Spencer Group 280.65 Mondi 1,803.25 Melrose 179.80 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 230.20 National Grid 849.15 NMC Health 2,848.00 Next 5,172.00 Ocado Group 1,040.75 Paddy Power Betfair 6,135.00 Prudential 1,621.00 Persimmon 2,453.50 Pearson 836.20 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,911.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 266.80 Royal Dutch Shell 2,359.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,372.00 RELX 1,637.75 Rio Tinto 4,402.50 Rightmove 498.63 Rolls-Royce Group 899.70 RSA Insurance Group 519.00 Rentokil Initial 356.05 Sainsbury (J) 231.85 Schroders 2,803.50 Sage Group (The) 663.30 Segro 657.40 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,230.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 251.48 Smith (DS) 343.20 Smiths Group 1,458.50 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 494.60 Smith & Nephew 1,442.75 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 6,762.50 SSE 1,203.75 Standard Chartered 629.75 St James's Place 1,005.25 Severn Trent 2,027.00 Tesco 229.60 TUI AG 798.80 Taylor Wimpey 181.10 Unilever 4,014.75 United Utilities Group 840.20 Vodafone Group 133.29 John Wood Group 547.40 WPP Group 874.50 Whitbread 4,858.00

CHANGE(P) 2.10 0.10 0.05 23.00 -10.75 -2.45 -9.25 -1.05 0.65 0.55 -8.00 -10.00 -5.75 20.00 1.50 -6.50 -6.60 12.00 0.50 7.50 5.50 -9.25 7.00 2.43 4.50 -0.40 -0.65 -1.85 19.50 -2.50 3.60 -2.00 2.23 -3.40 -4.50 -0.16 -5.75 -62.50 1.75 5.65 0.25 -2.00 0.40 -0.20 -0.25 15.25 -4.80 1.93 3.20 1.10 6.00

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0.23 0.03 0.08 0.49 -0.58 -0.87 -0.51 -0.58 0.28 0.06 -0.28 -0.19 -0.55 0.33 0.09 -0.26 -0.78 0.20 0.19 0.32 0.23 -0.56 0.16 0.49 0.50 -0.08 -0.18 -0.79 0.70 -0.38 0.55 -0.09 0.89 -0.98 -0.31 -0.03 -0.40 -0.92 0.15 0.91 0.02 -0.10 0.17 -0.03 -0.14 0.38 -0.57 1.47 0.59 0.13 0.12

6,707.26 16,940.64 44,843.44 16,346.55 7,704.19 4,533.73 6,525.87 8,650.12 5,478.98 28,962.03 5,734.12 7,113.01 7,297.83 4,781.74 41,646.41 7,726.74 6,574.81 41,489.08 31,724.21 104,023.29 88,562.03 31,609.32 55,172.21 4,211.97 17,157.04 5,368.90 6,407.43 5,106.10 6,292.46 7,224.49 7,103.49 5,186.72 6,192.18 4,615.15 5,719.42 7,241.55 12,590.07 4,976.18 12,359.52 20,230.02 5,273.50 4,812.10 22,456.49 4,769.06 5,895.49 46,542.58 5,751.05 36,924.47 3,646.24 10,929.92 8,752.28

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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M

PRICE 109,000 175,850 432,690 138,350 122,120 51,160 45,650 80,310 195,980 183,810 138,430 53,940 138,480 104,190 180,590 81,370 112,260 85,640 43,070 98,870 132,150 125,740 236,020 56,240 147,960 64,740 97,850 114,330 206,860

CHANGE% CHANGE 0,09 0,10 0,50 0,88 -1,80 -7,93 0,64 0,88 0,07 0,09 -0,49 -0,25 0,59 0,27 0,39 0,31 -1,12 -2,22 -0,73 -1,36 -0,55 -0,77 1,20 0,64 0,09 0,13 -0,23 -0,24 -2,41 -4,46 -0,34 -0,28 -0,24 -0,27 -1,74 -1,52 -0,67 -0,29 0,44 0,43 -0,66 -0,88 -0,02 -0,03 -4,12 -10,13 -1,26 -0,72 -1,01 -1,51 -2,81 -1,87 -0,08 -0,08 0,28 0,32 -0,30 -0,63

VOLUME(M) 850.434 6.556.747 1.011.330 916.612 2.125.629 6.384.954 3.528.363 5.762.140 676.481 1.284.312 1.098.478 8.118.600 2.122.004 3.768.624 917.891 2.833.051 8.820.327 1.438.419 6.032.830 2.572.491 238.259 970.214 2.009.197 4.148.111 1.992.104 3.932.957 1.971.957 1.326.461 641.416

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Most Advanced JMU Limited $ 2.60 Ascendis Pharma A/S $ 120.60 China Finance Online Co. Limited $ 2.23 Nightstar Therapeutics plc $ 25.18 China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc.$ 4.96 Alphatec Holdings, Inc. $ 2.02 Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. $ 2.87 Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. $ 4.92 NuCana plc $ 12.90 AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. $ 4.96 Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. $ 39.90

1.65 ▲ 173.68% 51.29 ▲ 74.00% 0.92 ▲ 70.23% 10.02 ▲ 66.09% 1.71 ▲ 52.62% 0.41 ▲ 25.47% 0.37 ▲ 14.80% 0.53 ▲ 12.07% 1.38 ▲ 11.98% 0.52 ▲ 11.71% 3.76 ▲ 10.40%

Most Declined Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. Intrexon Corporation Endo International plc Healthcare Services Group, Inc. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. Children's Place, Inc. (The) Translate Bio, Inc. AVROBIO, Inc. American Outdoor Brands Corporation Opera Limited Enstar Group Limited

$ 6.80 $ 4.14 $ 9.33 $ 32.78 $ 26.38 $ 84.82 $ 9.22 $ 15.97 $ 11.74 $ 7.985 $ 166.45

2.21 ▼ 24.53% 0.92 ▼ 18.18% 1.91 ▼ 16.99% 4.96 ▼ 13.14% 3.24 ▼ 10.94% 9.78 ▼ 10.34% 1.01 ▼ 9.87% 1.66 ▼ 9.42% 1.22 ▼ 9.41% 0.795 ▼ 9.05% 15.87 ▼ 8.70%

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Eurozone outlook leaves euro limp and pound strong Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

ONCE again, Brexit rumours and developments have left the pound one of the market’s biggest movers, with the euro and US dollar steadier amid slowing economic outlooks. Euro EUR/GBP: Down from £0.87 to £0.85 EUR/USD: Down from $1.14 to $1.13 With Eurozone political jitters and uncertainties taking a backseat for the time being, the biggest news for euro investors over the past month has been uncertainty about the Eurozone’s economic outlook. Demand for the euro has been limp for most of the past month as concerns worsened that slowing global growth is having a worse impact on the Eurozone than previously expected.

MOVEMENT: Brexit rumours have meant mixed movement of currencies. German data has continued to print well below expectations. While the nation was able to avoid a recession in Q4 2018, data has been pointing towards a longer than expected economic slowdown for the Eurozone as a whole. So far, Eurozone data has not seen a notable uptick of any kind, keeping investors doubtful that the European Central Bank (ECB) will tighten Eurozone monetary policy any time soon. As the euro is still limp, investors are waiting for more optimistic Eurozone data before returning to the shared currency. German data will be particularly influential, and Friday’s German retail sales

data, unemployment stats and Markit manufacturing PMIs could offer the euro some support if they impress investors. Next week’s Eurozone growth estimates for Q4 and ECB press conference could influence the euro outlook if they surprise investors, and looking even further ahead, German factory data will continue to play an influential role in euro movement in the coming month. Pound GBP/EUR: Up from €1.14 to €1.16 GBP/USD: Up from $1.31 to $1.32 The past month has been a rollercoaster ride for the pound and UK markets in general. While at the start of the month

investors were lamenting a lack of progress in Brexit and fears the process was heading to an end without any firm outcome, market sentiment on Brexit has quickly turned around over the past couple of weeks. Despite a lack of fresh Brexit developments mid-February, speculation began to flare up that the UK government was leaning towards delaying the Brexit date past its current date of March 29. As bets of a delay rose, no-deal Brexit fears lightened and the pound strengthened. This week, sterling surged further as the UK government finally confirmed there could be a vote for an option of ex-

tending the process, if parliament continues to vote against its Brexit plan. Markets are anxious a no-deal Brexit remains on the table and this could lead to a sterling plunge if uncertainty persists throughout March. However, if UK parliament votes in favour of the government’s plan or in favour of a delay, the pound could sturdy as no-deal fears would lighten. US Dollar USD/GBP: Down from £0.76 to £0.75 USD/EUR: Remained at €0.87 Unsurprising US data, a more cautious Federal Reserve and developments in US-China trade developments have made investors hesitant to keep buying safe haven currencies like the US dollar. As a result, the dollar’s movement over the past month has been mixed. The Federal Reserve has indicated it expects the US economy to be impacted by the global economic slowdown. As a result, if US data falls short of expectations over the coming month, the dollar could be in for losses versus its rivals. The most influential data will be factory and growth stats.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT POLITICIANS come and go, but governments go on forever.’ Didn’t this recent quote hit the nail squarely on the appendage? As I have observed in this blurb on a number of occasions, the whole political masquerade is merely an illusion. Because we freely elect our politicians, we are under the almost laughable impression that we also in some way control our own future. Ha! Pure naïve bunkum. We are all players in a subversive system implemented by the shadowy billionaires who are our true masters. A preconceived plan to keep us all happy and firmly convinced that our democracy and ‘freedom’ are so important to us they are ultimately worth dying for. The truth is, the more chaotic and precarious our societies become, the more the money manipulators like it. Keeps us all nicely occupied ya see. I was recently speaking to a member of the Home Office and asked him if a newly-elected government made any difference to the workings of his department. With a barely detectable smirk he told me that, apart from a few small ‘irritations’ at the outset, nothing changes at all, the department simply carries on just as before. In fact, he went on to say that many new

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PUPPET MASTERS: Who is really pulling the strings? politicians are so inexperienced, they actually ask the department to advise them on what procedures they should follow. This is precisely what happens with the world’s faceless financiers; they simply carry on business as usual, irrespective of governments or politicians. And they all cover each other’s backs. Remember the Jamal Khashoggi, embassy mur-

der affair (which has gone mysteriously very quiet)? Did you honestly think the King of Saudi Arabia, (family worth an estimated 1.4 trillion dollars!) would have his position threatened in any way by the actions of these assassins; even though, in my opinion, he almost certainly instigated the whole unsavoury affair himself?

Why not? Because he’s in league with the true rulers of the planet, as any leader of that oilsoaked country of corruption will always be. Murder means nothing to them. These people are a law unto themselves, an elite ‘club’ of secrecy and subterfuge who don’t care what government or dictator happens to be in power, just as long as they don’t threaten their own exalted positions. Among the many disruptions to society these faceless few revel in war, it’s a wonderful source of income and keeps the participants thoroughly occupied and out of their hair. They are no doubt also revelling in all the Brexit Bull, which is also keeping enormous numbers of the peasants extremely busy. It’s all a charade and they are the all-powerful puppet masters. Their aim is to make us fear life itself. They want us to hate ‘the other.’ They love confusion. They want us to practise aggression. They seek to divide us all. With division comes chaos and chaos is their greatest ally. And there aint a durn thing either you or I can do about it. On a lighter note ta rah! I see the pests of summer are already arriving. Flies, mosquitos, ticks, cyclists, etc! Keep the faith, Love, Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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Bargain Hunt Best House in Town The Great British Sewing Bee BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank Ray Mears Goes Walkabout Who Do You Think You Are? The Hairy Bikers' Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Great Continental Match of the Day Gone Fishing: Mortimer & Whitehouse Travelling Blind The Parkinson's Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure? Better Things Romesh: Talking to Comedians Newsnight Weather

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Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You've Been Framed! Gold You've Been Framed! Gold Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore You've Been Framed Gold! You've Been Framed! Gold Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed! Gold You v Chris and Kem Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad!

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The Chase The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Professionals Snooker The Professionals The unit is hit by bombings and assassinations as part of a vendetta campaign. 6:35pm The Sweeney Cult 70s police drama. 7:45pm Snooker 11:30pmAmerican History X Gritty drama. 12:35am FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment. 12:40am American History X Gritty drama. 1:50am The Sweeney 2:50am Better Late Than Never

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Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Live European Tour Golf Good Morning Sports Fans Match Centre Live European Tour Live PGA Tour Featured Groups Live Premier League Darts The Unibet Premier League heads to the BHGE Arena in Aberdeen for its fifth week. Cricket Day one of the second Test as New Zealand take on Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Live NBA: Indiana @ Milwaukee Cricket

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7:30am Escape to the Country 8:15am Best House in Town 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm Ray Mears Goes Walkabout 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 5:15pm Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 8:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Attenborough and the Giant Elephant 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05amMidnight's Children

8:00pm World News Today The day's leading stories. 8:30pm Top of the Pops Performances by John Farnham, Bruce Willis, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Tom Jones, Whitesnake, ABC,... 9:00pm Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942-1984 10:00pm The Story Of... 11:00pm Classic Album: American Pie - Don Mclean The making of Back to Black, the second and final studio album by singersongwriter Amy Winehouse,... 12:00am Our Musical History 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:30am The Culture Show 2:00am Arena 4:00am The Story Of...

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8:20am Cheers 8:45am Frasier 10:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:10am Ramsay's Hotel Hell 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Channel 4's midday news summary. 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Crufts: The Daily Show 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Crufts 2019 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am The Big Narstie Show 1:05am The Real Football Fan Show

7:00am World Cup Top Goalscorers 7:15am The Chase 8:15am The Avengers 9:20am Kojak 10:25am Quincy, M.E. 11:30am The Sweeney 12:40pm The Professionals 1:45pm Snooker 5:30pm The Professionals Drama series about two intelligence agents. 6:35pm The Sweeney Carter's girlfriend asks him to find a missing villain, but the plot thickens when he is found dead. 7:45pm Snooker 11:30pmKiller Elite Action thriller. 12:40am FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment. 12:45amKiller Elite 1:50am River Monsters 2:25am River Monsters

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Keith Flint: The Prodigy FOR the second Monday running, I was sitting in front of my laptop trying to decide what to write about, when news of a death within the world of music came through on social media. This time it was news of the untimely death (at the age of just 49) of Keith Flint; charismatic, lunatic frontman of one of the UK’s most successful electronic dance bands, The Prodigy. Formed in Essex by Liam Howlett, Keith Flint’s official duties in the band were dancer and vocalist. The Prodigy quickly achieved a cult and dedicated following in the early 90’s rave scene in London. They would emerge from the underground scene, and along with The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, would become pioneers of the Big Beat genre. Mainstream success followed in the mid-90’s, with massive No 1 hits Firestarter and Breathe. Flint adopted a punk persona which dominated the videos for the band’s hits. The music was hardcore and so were the videos, with Flint developing a somewhat scary image. This image was somewhat at odds with his real personality, with people who knew knew him and who worked with him describing him as a complete gentleman!

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9:00am Top Class 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 10:30am Nature's Microworlds 11:00am Animal House: Natural World 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:45pm Daddy Long Legs 4:50pm Flog It! 5:45pm Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals : Natural World 6:30pm Travelling Blind 7:30pm The Great British Sewing Bee 8:30pm Race Across the World 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Lost City of Z 12:25amNoah 2:35am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Yellowstone 9:00pm Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Michelle Dockery narrates a documentary examining the wildlife of the east Asian country. 10:00pmTrapped Icelandic crime drama, starring Ólafur Darri Ólafsson. 10:50pmTrapped 11:40pm Top of the Pops Studio performances, videos, celebrity interviews and archive footage of classic hits. 12:10am Top of the Pops 12:40am Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity 1:40am Duets at the BBC 2:40am The Joy of the Single 3:40am James May's Big Ideas

7:00am King of Queens 7:25am King of Queens 7:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:40am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Simpsons 12:25pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm A Place in the Sun Series on holiday homes abroad. 4:00pm Sun, Sea and Brides to be 5:00pm Crufts: The Daily Show 6:00pm A Place in the Sun Series on holiday homes abroad. 6:30pm The Secret Life of the Zoo IV 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Crufts 2019 10:00pmThe Martian 12:40am Southpaw

7:00am Milkshake! 10:55am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:10am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Dolphin Tale 1:40pm Friends 2:10pm Friends 2:40pm Friends 3:10pm Friends 3:40pm Friends 4:10pm Daddy Day Camp 6:00pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 6:55pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 7:50pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 8:00pm Balmoral: A Hidden History 10:00pm The Queen Mum 11:00pmAngels and Demons Harvard symbologist Tom Hanks is called in to save Vatican City from being incinerated by an ancient sect 1:30am Criminals Caught on Camera

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CONSULAR MATTERS THE Danish handball team have previously been the best in Europe on two occasions, and won gold as Olympic champions in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro games, but they have never won a Handball World Cup before. However, a few weeks ago, Denmark proved that their team is a steamroller by crushing Norway and winning the 2019 Handball World Championship for the first time in their history. Denmark played at home and their team members entered the field convinced this was their day. The team not only had a whole sports pavilion with bleachers crowded with fans willing to support them until they were exhausted, but also with the whole country behind them. A totally dedicated country which began celebrating their anticipated victory from the second half, standing in the Herning pavilion and at home, watching the game on TV. On February 4, Alberto Camas, president of the City of Malaga Handball Club, with whom I have a

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The Danish steamroller the participation of this sport among the Danish young people living on the coast. The agreement will allow young people to approach the handball team in Malaga, and to become members of the club as well as the creation of an association of young fans linked to the team. This is a clear example in which sport and diplomacy can and should be of service to society. Society becomes more and more competitive each day, but we must base the education of its young people on effort and honesty and ultimately try to be the best version of ourselves that we can. Congratulations to Denmark on your victory, champions of the world 2019!

PROMOTING HANDBALL: Marisa with Alberto Camas. long-standing friendship, visited me at our headquarters in the Consulate of Denmark in Malaga, and during our meeting we reached an agreement to promote the sport amongst

the Danes in school here in the province of Malaga. One of the functions of the Danish Consulate is the promotion and encouragement of cultural relations be-

tween the country which I am proud to represent and Spain, so when Denmark won the 2019 World Handball Cup this was the perfect opportunity for me to help encourage

Marisa Moreno Castillo Consul of Denmark Delegate of the Hispanic Danish Chamber of Commerce Founder of www.justlaw.es info@justlaw.es Tel. 952 666 045

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Beware of rom-con men: Steal your heart and cash!

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

LAST weekend an email popped into my website inbox from someone called ‘Shirley.’ Nothing strange in that; I frequently get terrific comments (very flattering, many thanks!) from readers of my novels as well as of this column. But this email was a bit different. It was accompanied by a photo of an extremely pretty, smiling teenager with the message that she hoped she could become my ‘girlfriend.’ I know I appear in trousers in the photos on my website but do I really look, umm, male? (Check this out for yourself; the website’s listed below!). And, in any case, would I honestly be interested in befriending someone a fraction of my age over the internet? The sad truth is that many have been duped into sending money to internet conmen posing as would-be girlfriends/ boyfriends. (Last year, UK victims of romance scams - the majority of whom are women - lost £50m, an average of £11,145 each, according to data from police reporting centre Action Fraud). All part and parcel of what’s usually known as ‘Nigerian scam,’ because Nigeria is where it usually originates. And it works. One Nigerian conman received a 12-year jail sentence after scamming

CONMEN TRAP: Beware of the internet romance scam. $1.3 million from victims. Nigerian scam has many variations, but its dating or romance scam, in addition to requesting money for college fees, sick relations etc, is a bit different; the fraudsters upload fake glamorous photos, mostly of white people claiming to be foreign specialists working in Nigeria or Ghana. After they initiate some correspondence and perhaps even send some cheap gifts, they’ll inevitably be almost on their way to meet you, but something will happen to them. They’ll get robbed, roughed up (you get the picture) and naturally, you’ll be their only contact to beg for financial help. Scams so obvious they could have been

made up by members of the present government; themselves world leaders in rewriting the textbook on incompetence. Oh, and if ‘Shirley’ happens to be reading this and wants some ‘additional feedback,’ here’s two additional words mate, and one of them is ‘off.’ Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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Who owns my terrace? I refer to David Searl’s article in January. I agree with the roof of a building being a ‘communal element,’ but I can’t understand why ‘no unit actually owns its terrace.’ The title deeds to my apartment state the area of my terrace is included in the total area of the property. I pay community fees at a lower rate than my neighbour who has exactly the same sized apartment, but with a bigger terrace. I have David Searl’s book but I cannot see where in the LHP it says everything outside of the apartment wall is communal. D.H. (by e-mail)

Well observed. And it is indeed David Searl confusing. Article 396 of You and the Law in Spain the Spanish Civil Code establishes the Law of Horizontal Property, and it also establishes that communal property includes the ‘Building façade, with the exterior fittings of terraces, balconies and windows…’ Your property title separates the terrace from the enclosed area, but does not state specifically that you have ‘exclusive use’ and not full title as a private element. This does not appear in the LHP. Your neighbour’s larger terrace can affect the amount of his fees.

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

Peter’s odd and curious world by Peter Purvey AS this is my first article for EWN, a small introduction to new readers may be appropriate. I have been writing a monthly column for the RTN for over a year, about a combination of things I have read or heard which piques my interest or curiosity, and best describes the odd and curious brain I was born with. Most of the stories I relate are largely autobiographical. I have travelled extensively in the USA and Australasia, and have experienced hotel fires, earthquakes, met people and been in situations you would have loved (or hated!) I read Time each week, and Astronomy, Scientific American and Discover monthly so I keep my interests up-todate on many fronts. I hope my writings will entertain, amuse and sometimes give you food for thought. For my first contribution I offer ‘Memories,’ from an experience last summer which I hope to repeat this year. Memories are made of this...

MAKING MEMORIES: Food with a view at Arenal beach. While enjoying an early evening meal at my favourite little restaurant ‘Calpe Playa’ on Arenal beach, the thought came over me; at that particular moment in time there was nowhere else in the world I would rather be. With a panoramic view from the Ifach to (almost) the setting sun, I watched people coming off the beach carrying the remains of a day’s pleasure; strollers, many with their pets, taking a paseo, looking for somewhere to eat. I

began to think, If I wasn’t here, where would I like to be? The association of food with location was uppermost and I began to think of food with a view. The revolving restaurant high over Las Vegas as the sun sets and the desert all around changes colour would be high on my list. The food’s not bad either. I don’t usually eat oysters, but three locations where I made a pig of myself are: an evening boat trip round Sydney Bay where the oysters are some of the

finest in the world; New Orleans with dinner and oysters at the revolving rooftop restaurant is a must, and in San Antonio on the river walk. The river snakes its way across the town deep in a self-carved gorge with river taxis, shops and restaurants serving the most mouthwatering oysters. Once, in San Diego, I invited a dear old lady friend of mine to dinner. To my embarrassment she completely ate and drank me under the table on a feast of

oysters, Champagne, Guinness and red wine. I slept through the most severe earthquake that night, dreaming only of pink elephants climbing the wall. A few odd items... • I read that a bacterium which can ingest plastic and turn it into a harmless chemical residue has been found by accident. (With plastic waste much in the news these days, I hope it has a voracious appetite). • The oldest known footprints have been found in South China. The 546million-year-old fossil imprints represent the earliest known record of an animal with legs. (Not one of us! We weren’t around for ages.) • The Earth has been given a new geological Chapter named ‘The Meghalayan Age.’ ( named for the Countess of Sussex?) This covers a period from 4,260 BC to the present. • The beginning was marked by a dreadful drought which saw the end of a number of civilisations across the planet. The extreme weather forecast for this year may very well mark the end of it ! Send any comments to peter calpe@gmail.com.

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Why are we conned? Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHY do I feel like the unluckiest punter in the world sometimes? As you all know, because everything is done online now and you have to give your email details to book flights, hotels, car hire etc, the companies keep all your information and then start sending you offers. This is OK except none of the offers ever apply to me. I never qualify for any of them. Flights are to places I don’t want to go and car hire is at a time of year I don’t want to travel. The same applies to hotels. They dangle carrots all the time. PayPal send me stuff for discounts I don’t want or need. I never get free delivery on Amazon because although it’s offered, when you check you find out you have to spend €50 and my order comes to €20 and I’m not going to spend €30 more to save €4. Not one offer I am sent have I ever been able to use. So, what I’m doing

now is unsubscribing to all the mailing lists so I don’t get the hump any more. On the subject of offers and car hire my pal asked me if I knew any decent car hire places here and, as he was busy, could I look for one for him. Wow, what a minefield of con artists are out there. I saw one for about €50 for a week. I thought it was silly cheap so I delved a bit deeper. Lo and behold it was an impossible price. Firstly, you had to pay for a full tank of fuel and bring it back empty and if you don’t there’s no refund so that could cost you an extra €20 - 30. Then there is the extra insurance because you’re not covered for this or that. This is a real killer because they hold back about €1,000 on your credit card. When I read some reviews for this particular company so many people said they had a problem getting their deposit back because this firm came up with reasons like there was a scratch that wasn’t there before and as the person hiring hadn’t had the foresight to take pictures of the car beforehand, they couldn’t prove otherwise. Why does everything have to be such a chore? Yeah, I know, once you find the right one it’s all fine, but why do we have to be conned all the time?

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Trivia from around the world is Yonge street in Toronto, Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles). *** Australia was originally called New Holland. *** The largest island in the world is Greenland. *** Ten million people visit the Great Wall of China every year. *** Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world. *** Papua New Guinea has the most languages with 851 individual dialects.

water is in Antarctica. *** Over 200 languages are spoken in Europe. *** The largest country in Europe is Russia at 17.1 million square kilometres, with 3.96 million in Europe. *** The smallest country in Europe is Vatican City at 0.44 square kilometres. *** The Hawaiian alphabet contains just 13 letters. *** The longest street in the world

*** The African continent houses 54 countries. *** Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year. *** The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia. *** Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. *** A third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa. *** 90 per cent of the world’s fresh

YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When it comes to throwing wobblers, please don't. It is so important this week to stay cool and unruffled. Change nothing that you can avoid changing. Even having discussions about change can set your nerves jangling. What is needed now is a comfort blanket and someone to put it around you.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of last year. Certainly, congratulations are in order. When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it, the satisfaction level is high. Be aware, though, that someone close also needs to feel that there is progress.

DID YOU KNOW? In 2016, the world’s largest family was reportedly in Baktwang, India, and was made up of one man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren. They live in a 100-room, four storey house in the hills in the Indian state of Mizoram, where the wives sleep in large communal dormitories.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) The importance of making the right choices is clear to you. Where to begin seems to be a sticking point. Starting by taking away the things you really do not want is essential. Be practical and logical. This is not a time for sentiment or muddled thinking. Although you will need patience in abundance as the week progresses, take one thing at a time.

BAKTWANG: Where the world’s largest family live in a four storey house.

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I realised that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.” Yoko Ono

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The prospect of travel sets you thinking. Have you been spending too much time considering others? Should you take steps now to get time alone then these plans cannot be changed. This will save any discussions as to how or when. Taking charge of your own time is liberating. Someone has to make the decisions, why not you?

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)

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Although you have the feeling that younger members of the family are not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark. They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard. Getting out family photos or starting a family tree with them can be both entertaining and fascinating. Altogether, this week is for the generations to come together and find a common cause. Teenagers seeking answers should ask grandparents.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) LA PRIMITIVA

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I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.” Richard Branson

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

REINTEGRO

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With the best will in the world it is only possible to spend money once. We are all guilty of trying to get over this truth, but it never works. Have patience when looking to improve your possessions. There are more pressing needs and these, in the long run, prove more satisfying. Should you be thinking of taking on a commitment, have clear ideas of how it will be managed.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Going over old ground is counter-

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productive. There is nothing to be gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others. You do not need experience of a situation to be able to come up with a useful idea. Staying in the same old rut has not served you in the past and will not do so now. Get a few days away and it will help to free your thoughts.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the 16th. Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions. Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential. Do not assume that all will go according to plan. Having been forewarned, you will have plan B ready. Take a suggestion to make fast money with a pinch of salt.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental well-being. Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip. Having sorted out any problems that side-tracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong. There is no soft option when it comes to self-control but the rewards are amazing.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself. Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people. Think of the way that a child gets its point over. Eye contact, simple speech, humour, a smile: all will help to oil the wheels of achievement.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn't be surprising this week. As you are prone to mistakes and misunderstandings, try not to tackle anything vital. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and fresh air. Someone who is supposed to help you proves more of an irritation than a saviour, and you may wish that you had stuck with the manual. This is a week to try to keep life simple.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You are in for a bit of a bumpy ride this week. Some things will go well but other outcomes can be quirky. People change their minds, technology doesn't work, phone calls don't come. Be assured, however, that if you keep your sense of the absurd it could all be quite amusing.

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Across 1 Deprived of food adverts, perhaps (7) 5 Group of fish also swimming round husband (5) 8 Soldier in uniform (7) 9 Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2) 10 Italian city in deluge Noah discovered (5) 11 Tavern's crazy retainer (7) 12 Awful groans for this loose skirt (6) 14 Provides for the Queen going into the musical (6) 17 Commercial a quiet man modified (7) 19 Religious groups in difficult situations (5) 22 Lad initially ventilates dens (5) 23 About to get more slim and less mucky (7) 24 Apply force to journalists (5) 25 Stays, if maybe to live up to (7) Down 1 Shoot in season, having no end of fun (5) 2 Part of cargo, natural gas (5) 3 Roman house with fashionable anti-hero (7) 4 Force the last of you into evening wear (6) 5 She starts every race perfect (5) 6 Tour going wrong, time to expose scandal (7)

7 Cough mixture was our connection, we hear (7) 12 All cops cook this seafood delicacy (7) 13 Cotton on a reel is tangled (7) 15 A terribly nice part of the bible, very

Code Breaker

16 18 20 21

old (7) Incorrectly cited Saxon laws (6) Checks in at the remotest spot (5) Labour leader ends loans (5) Saint Raymond the Wanderer (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents B and 18 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 9 appears and Z every time the figure 18 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 Small hound (6) 4 Not quick (4) 8 Residue (9) 9 Do what one is told (4) 10 Give in (6) 13 Earnest or urgent request (6) 15 Molten volcanic rock (4) 18 Flesh-eating animal (9) 19 Yellow part of an egg (4) 20 Mild and refined in manners (6)

English - Spanish

Across 1 State (nation) (6) 4 Taladros (herramientas) (6) 9 Trompeta (7) 10 Walnut tree (5) 11 To steal (5) 12 Mustard (7) 13 Addresses (11) 18 Magazine (journal) (7) 20 Zebra (5) 22 Playing card (5) 23 Más pesado (7) 24 Caramelos (6) 25 Customs (border office) (6)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Down 1 Portable rocket launcher (7) 2 Be in accord (5) 3 Young sheep (4) 5 Stay temporarily (5) 6/18 Slogan used to rally support for a cause (3,3) 7 Alcoholic drink made from apples (5) 11 Walk heavily or roughly (7) 12 Fundamental (5) 14 Source of danger (5) 16 Prevent from happening (5) 17 Deal with successfully (4) 18 See 6

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

Down 1 Whole (entire) (6) 2 Pulgar (5) 3 Sport (7) 5 Anillos (5) 6 Equipaje (7) 7 To pay off (settle) (6) 8 Dolor de estómago (7,4) 14 Factura (7) 15 Huerto (7) 16 Brakes (automobile) (6) 17 Homeland (6) 19 Sábana (de cama) (5) 21 Breeze (5)

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Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (TURTLE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

CARBOY CARTON EYEFUL FOLKSY FOSSIL GYRATE JOCKEY KITTLE LAPTOP PARLAY PESETA PLUCKY RECTOR SUNLIT TAPPET TIPTOE TURTLE (10) WEAPON YEARLY

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Whiten 2 Gunmen 3 Rotten 4 Entire 5 Helmet 6 Stormy 7 Eldest 8 Hookup 9 Pelvis 10 Depose 11 Thwack 12 Escape 13 Touchy 14 Beauty 15 Status 16 Behalf 17 Caucus 18 Frayed 19 Strung.

Nonagram

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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

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

TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 32

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

• Very good: 45 • Excellent: 59

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 8 Good: 11 Very good: 16

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 20

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aeon amen ante anti damn dean dent dine dint done etna into main mane mean mend mien mind mine mini mint moan mont name neat node note omen tend tine tone admen admin amend ament amine amino amnio anime anode anted atone demon denim indie maned matin meant mined monad monte named nomad noted oaten tinea tined toned anomie atoned daemon daimon detain domain donate indite inmate iodine maiden mantid median medina minted moaned monied tandem amniote dominie edition intimae mediant dominate ideation iodinate MEDIATION

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QUICK Across: 1 Pistol, 4 Cava, 8 Probe, 9 Equal, 10 Velocipede, 13 Wanderlust, 17 Audio, 18 Crate, 19 Sort, 20 Select.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 1 Pups, 2 Scope, 3 Owe, 5 Azure, 6 Asleep, 7 Genial, 11 Ocelot, 12 Sweats, 14 Nadir, 15 Scare, 16 Beat, 18 Cue.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Drop, 3 Asteroid, 9 Swelter, 10 Gates, 11 Lingo, 12 Parson, 14 Stamen, 16 Ascent, 19 Copper, 21 Dogma, 24 Runes, 25 Cottage, 26 Disrobed, 27 Deny.

7 Behave, 8 Carrot, 9 Hope, 10 Transfer, 11 Esgrima, 13 Knees, 15 Pulir, 17 Nappies, 20 Destreza, 21 Sing, 23 Magnet, 24 Seesaw.

Down:

Down:

1 Disclose, 2 Ocean, 4 Scrape, 5 Eager, 6 Outcome, 7 Dish, 8 At home, 13 Strategy, 15 Amounts, 17 Sedate, 18 Creche, 20 Pesto, 22 Glade, 23 Prod.

1 Velo, 2 Career, 3 Bedtime, 4 Echar, 5 Prison, 6 Come here, 12 Saucepan, 14 Lavarse, 16 Intend, 18 Poseer, 19 Tenth, 22 Neat.

App of the week Step counter GET fit and have fun at the same time with Fitness RPG, a new app offering to reward users for their activity levels by unlocking free games. The programme, which can be connected up to phones, Fitbits and Google Fitm monitors how many steps a user has taken and opens up levels of Fitland, a fantasy hero game.

QUIZ: STRIKE A POSE All the questions or answers feature the names of some of the famous Hollywood stars mentioned in Madonna’s 1990 UK number one hit single Vogue 1. At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, which famous actor refused to accept the Best Actor Oscar as a protest against the ‘poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry’? 2. At which MLB club did baseball legend Joe DiMaggio spend his entire 13-year career? 3. In which 1932 film did Greta Garbo famously speak the line: “I want to be alone”? 4. Virginia Katherine McMath was the real name of which American actress, dancer and singer born in Missouri in 1911? 5. Which American film actress became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956? 6. Which American stage and film performer is best known for his performances in films such as An American in Paris (1951), Anchors Aweigh (1945) and Singin' in the Rain (1952)? 7. Which German-born actress’s final on-camera film appearance was a cameo role in Just a Gigolo (1979), starring

David Bowie, in which she sang the title song? 8. Which iconic film actor was, according to a track on the Eagles’ 1974 album On The Border, ‘too fast to live, too young to die’? 9. Who, in December 1953, appeared on the front cover of the first issue of Playboy magazine? 10. With more than 100 film, television and theatre roles to her credit during her six-decade-long career, which famous actress was placed second behind Katharine Hepburn on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema in 1999? Not a lot of people know that… according to the Chicago Tribune, the man who evaluated Fred Astaire's first screen test in 1931 wrote: ‘Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little.’

Answers: 1. MARLON BRANDO, 2. NEW YORK YANKEES – he was nicknamed the Yankee Clipper, 3. GRAND HOTEL – although she later claimed: “I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be let alone!’ There is all the difference, 4. GINGER ROGERS, 5. GRACE KELLY, 6. GENE KELLY, 7. MARLENE DIETRICH, 8. JAMES DEAN (although Madonna refers to him as ‘Jimmy Dean’ in the lyrics), 9. MARILYN MONROE, 10. BETTE DAVIS

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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Costa del Sol TOMORROW

TODAY ANTEQUERA

ANTEQUERA

COIN RONDA

RONDA

MALAGA

BENALMADENA MARBELLA

MIJAS

MALAGA

BENALMADENA MARBELLA

ESTEPONA

ESTEPONA

SATURDAY Malaga

Almeria

Bilbao

Madrid

TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 9-S

TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 8-S

TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 8-S

TODAY: MAX 15, MIN 0-S

Fri - 17 11 - Cl Sat - 18 11 - C Sun - 18 11 - S Mon - 17 10 - Sh Tues - 17 9 - Sh Wed - 17 9 - S

Fri - 18 11 - S Sat - 18 9 - Cl Sun - 18 11 - S Mon - 17 11 - C Tues - 16 10 - Sh Wed - 17 10 - Cl

Fri - 18 6 - S Sat - 18 7 - S Sun - 17 7 - S Mon - 16 8 - Cl Tues - 15 8 - Sh Wed - 16 9 - S

Fri - 16 0 - Cl Sat - 16 1 - S Sun - 15 1 - Cl Mon - 14 3 - Sh Tues - 15 3 - Sh Wed - 16 3 - S

Alicante

Benidorm

Mallorca

Barcelona

TODAY: MAX 16, MIN 8-CL

TODAY: MAX 16, MIN 8-CL

TODAY: MAX 16, MIN 5-S

TODAY: MAX 14, MIN 4-S

Fri - 17 8 - Cl Sat - 17 8 - Cl Sun - 18 7 - C Mon - 18 9 - Cl Tues - 18 9 - Sh Wed - 19 9 - Cl

Fri - 16 8 - S Sat - 17 8 - Cl Sun - 18 9 - S Mon - 18 10 - Cl Tues - 17 10 - Sh Wed - 18 11 - Cl

Fri - 17 4-S Sat - 17 5 - S Sun - 17 6 - Cl Mon - 18 8 - Cl Tues - 17 7 - C Wed - 17 8 - Sh

Fri - 14 5 - S Sat - 15 4 - Cl Sun - 16 7 - S Mon - 16 8 - Cl Tues - 16 7 - Sh Wed - 16 7 - Cl

S: Sun

Cl: Clear

C: Cloudy

ANTEQUERA

COIN RONDA

MIJAS

MALAGA

BENALMADENA MARBELLA ESTEPONA

Sh: Showers

Th: Thunder

Sn: Snow

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Rachel Weisz, Actress; March 7, 49 Stacey Dooley, Broadcaster; March 9, 32 This English rose first found international fame in This year’s Strictly Come Dancing winner, 1999 film The Mummy alongside Brendan Fraser Stacey Dooley is a British investigative before going on to further success with The journalist known for her BBC documentaries covering social issues including child labour. In Constant Gardener, The Bourne Legacy and Constantine. In June 2011 she married Bond actor Rachel Weisz. 2018 Dooley surprised audiences by winning Daniel Craig. Strictly with partner Kevin Clifton. Freddie Prinze Jnr, Actor; March 8, 43 Sharon Stone, Actress; March 10, 61 Best-known for his roles in teen movies including She’s Perhaps best-known for her breakout role in 1992 film Basic Instinct alongside Michael Douglas, Stone has been All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Freddie Prinze Jnr has a popular actress since, appearing in Casino, War and been acting in films since 1996. Now married to Buffy the Remembrance and King Solomon’s Mines. Vampire Slayer actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, Prinze Jnr Didier Drogba, Footballer; March 11, 41 This striker became the first African-born player to score has two children.

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100 goals in the English Premier League and went on to be one of the top scorers in the history of Chelsea FC, playing for the club between 2004 and 2012. Drogba was also named African Footballer of the Year in 2006 and 2009. In 2012 he was voted Chelsea’s greatest player ever by the club’s fans. James Taylor, Singer; March 12, 71 The folk singer, famous for hits including You’ve Got a Friend, and Fire and Rain, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. The popular star has won five Grammy awards, including for album of the year, and has collaborated with other well-known musicians, including Joni Mitchell. Taylor married Carly Simon in 1972 before the pair divorced in 1983.

Word Ladder LAZY

DOGS BACK

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1876 - First phone Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone at the age of 29 after working with Thomas A Watson to transmit sound waves along a thin wire allowing them to be picked up and heard over a distance. 1917 - Revolution Scarcity of food causes riots and strikes to break out in Russia, leading to the so-called February Revolution. One week later, Nicholas II abdicates, marking the beginning of a communist revolution. 1930 - Civil disobedience Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi begins a march towards the sea in protest at the British monopoly on salt supplies, making the moment his largest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule. 1957 - Suez open After Israel withdrew from occupied Egyptian territory, the Suez canal opens again, although weeks of clean-up operations to remove wreckage from the Suez crisis delayed the passage of larger ships. 1959 - Barbie debut The first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City after the doll was created by Ruth Handler when she realised her daughter preferred playing with adult dolls to babies. 1936 - Rhineland occupied Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles after sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarised zone along the Rhine River.

This week in history

Dead at first sight THIS new novel by crime writer Peter James follows two men on either side of the Atlantic who both discover they have fallen foul of the same honey trap scheme to dupe them out of their last penny. As both a London man who thought he would be meeting Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, and a retired NYPD cop in Florida realise they have been scammed, in Munich a wealthy divorcee dies in suspicious circumstances falling from an apartment. The same week, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace begins investigating the suicide of a woman in Brighton. As all the seemingly unconnected strands begin to come together, Roy Grace begins uncovering a global empire of cruel internet scams and swift deaths for anyone who threatens to expose the truth.

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OSCAR winner Olivia Coleman dazzles in this quirky film speculating about the relationship between 18th century British monarch Queen Anne and two of her closest allies; Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) and Abigail Marsham (Emma Stone). As an ailing Queen Anne occupies the throne, she relies increasingly heavily on her good friend Lady Churchill, whose influence over and close relationship with the monarch ruffles feathers in court. When Churchill’s impoverished young cousin, Abigail, comes to court looking for work a battle for the queen’s affections breaks out, with only one woman left standing. This based-on-true-life tale combines royalty, lust, intrigue and betrayal.

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IN the interests of balanced journalism may I point out an error of exaggeration in the report by Joe Gerrard on Migrant arrivals in issue 1753? On page nine he reports: ‘This January’s figure is almost three times higher than that of the same time last year.’ Using the two figures of 4,104 and 1,396 here’s the error. Divide the second into the first and you get 2.94; almost three I agree. But it means the latest figure is not three times more but three times AS MUCH. His statement is an exaggeration. To explain further, 4,104 is 2,708 more than 1,396 and that is nearly double the first figure. So he can truthfully say EITHER: January’s figure is almost three times as much as last year’s OR: January’s figure is almost two times more than last year’s The corruption of the two is an exaggeration that if true at three times more would mean the latest figure would be about 1,396 + 3x1,396 = 5,584. That is the clear exaggeration in his writings. This mistake is sadly very common with journalists which undermines their credibility if they can’t report correctly proportional increases in numbers. Dr Tony Lewis Editor’s note: With thanks to Dr Lewis for pointing out the error. Sometimes mistakes slip through, but we know we can rely on our readers to keep us honest!

Recipe sought BIT of a long shot, but I have lost my recipe for making marmalade which I took out of your paper years ago circa 2003 to 2010, this recipe is the greatest I have ever had. I think you had a columnist that did a foody section. If you can find it, reprint it as I have a tree full of bitter oranges. Many thanks. Steve Wise Editor’s note: With apologies to Steve, but an exhaustive search has failed to turn up the recipe. Maybe one of our readers has kept it?

No frills PLEASE note, Ryanair is NOT ‘lowcost,’ but it IS a ‘no-frills’ airline. There’s a huge difference! Geoff

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CAMPAIGN: Animal rights charity Pacma wants to stop donkey abuse in Mijas.

Cruel Mijas I HAVE just visited Mijas. It’s a beautiful place, but was appalled at the donkeys tied up. They could hardly move their heads. They had no water and they were standing in the same place for hours. Utter disgrace. Total animal cruelty. Lesley Armatage

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SPAIN’S announcement on guaranteeing the status of legally registered British expatriates in a no-deal Brexit is welcome, but now is not the time to stop preparing. Madrid said the some 300,000 legally registered expatriates will continue to enjoy the same rights they have now, including on healthcare. British officials including Ambassador Simon Manley have welcomed the move. So have expatriate groups and no doubt many expatriates themselves were also encouraged. But speaking to one senior member of Brexpats in Spain, we were told that concern remains over those expatriates who have are not registered. Brexpats in Spain Vice President Richard Hill told Euro Weekly News that regardless of whether Britain leaves with or without a deal on Friday March 29, getting registered was essential. If Britain leaves with a deal the new measures will no longer be needed as they are already covered by the Withdrawal Agreement itself. If a no-deal Brexit comes to pass then, providing Britain makes similar guarantees to Spanish citizens there, legally registered expatriates will be protected. But being legally registered is the catch. Spanish authorities have worked tirelessly to accommodate those expatriates getting their residency ahead of Brexit day, including fast-tracking applications and making more resources available to cope with the mounting backlog. If you have not begun the residency process then we advise that you do not gamble on them being as accommodating after Brexit. A little hassle now could save you a lot more later.

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Spain asks for help as olive industry suffers The EU is the protectionist market, hence the rise in US tariffs. The good years are over for the EU protection racket, taxes will have to go up again. Jeff

Best and worst Spanish supermarkets Supersol.

Tanya

Drunk dad jailed for ‘worst case of disorder ever seen’ on flight from Spain to UK Finally an appropriate punishment. Too often these idiots just get a slap on the wrist and threats of being banned from that airline which I doubt are enforced. I wonder if this will act as a deterrent factor or whether these numpties who kick off on a plane are too stupid to think straight once they have downed a few beers and will carry on ruining flights for everyone. Angus

Speed freak

WARNING!: Deadly caterpillars spotted on the Costa del Sol

WHY am I one of the very few people who tries ever so hard to stick to the speed limit of 50 on the cv905 (Torrevieja)? Have they got the new road signs at the incorrect speed? Muriel

I noticed the pine trees are full of these things and yet it’s only February. They are within the grounds and along the roadside surrounding Baviera Golf, Caleta de Velez. The trees are infested with nests. These places are much frequented by people and animals. This year the deadly creatures have mul-

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE tiplied in numbers. I hope the council or the owners of the property where these things are nesting are going to take action before they start leaving the nest, some of the nests are the biggest I have seen. My mother-in-law was taken to hospital a couple of years ago after touching infected leaves from a pine tree she was pruning in her garden. Alan They are not just on the CDS, they are everywhere one finds pine trees. We have them in Jaén Province. Alan

Dead body found on Andalucian beach in south of Spain I fear there will be many more, until governments stamp on illegal migration and people trafficking. PM

DISTRESSING CONTENT: Police officer receives backlash for shooting dog in Spain Let’s find that officer’s name and shame him. What’s that officer’s name???? ANYONE? Demon

Police arrest gang suspected of €50 million Spanish Bitcoin scam During my early days of binary option I fell into a lot of online scams, trying to trade bitcoin and invest in binary options, which nearly wrecked me out, making me lose up to 259k, very confused on what to do until my boss introduced me to an online recovery agent. He helped me recover all my money back from those scammers. Cris

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez unveils measures to protect citizens rights in event of ‘disorderly’ Brexit I am 19, went to school in Spain, have been trying to get residency since leaving and a job. I have had job offers being bilingual, the problem is I need residency or 5,000 in the bank. Do you know any 19-yr-old with that amount and no job? I am just getting nowhere. Please can someone help? Shaun

RYANAIR: Budget airline expects growth to slow in Spain this year Yet more pre-emptive bullying by the Irish company. Spain is a solid market. The flight staff are treated abysmally, and should try to strike again, will be told their bases are closing owing to ‘commercial reasons.’ It’s about time the crass management of Ryanair were hoist by their own petards. Geoff

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Calling all zero heroes

by Nicole King THIS project was launched at our United Nationalities of Marbella Summit. The aim is to get as many establishments to sign up to reward our zero heroes and promote road traffic safety by positive reinforcement. Signing up as a business is a great way to support our community by encouraging a designated driver on a night out with friends or family. Businesses are provided with a supply of disposable breathalysers to make sure the driver has not drunk alcohol in a fun way, and then reward them with free soft drinks. Each establishment can set their own conditions according to their own criteria with some places setting the one driver to three drinkers, but many also offer this to a couple where one drinks and the other is making sure they get home safely. This is encouraging people to go out of their local area and try other restaurants and bars, much needed

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IN THIS INSTANCE: Green is a no-go. to maintain all year-round business within our resident community. By signing up, the businesses are

featured on Marbella Now TV and on social media, giving each business incomparable exposure as well

as the satisfaction of being socially responsible. We’ve only just started this incentive, and not having much help it’s hard to talk to everyone. So far it is heartwarming and encouraging to already have such a supportive business community with the following companies contacted embracing this opportunity as leaders in this incentive: The Kempinski Bahia Hotel, Hard Rock Cafe, The Boardwalk, El Gaucho Banus, Kitch, Posidonia Banus, Ambrosia, La Red Chiringuito, The Harbour, The Playwright’s, Vic & Jon’s, Linekers, Babilonia Banus, Tibu Banus, to name but a few. We are about to launch a dedicated web www.zerohero.es to feature all participating businesses for quick and easy reference. I’d be so grateful if other community members in the Costa del Sol could help us get more businesses on board, encouraging them to also embrace this incentive to remind us, in a nice way, that responsibility towards our community and road traffic safety go hand in hand. As this is

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a community effort, we need the effort of the community to really get it going! Another #UNMS incentive supported by Linea Directa to also promote road safety is their offer to policy holders to have up to four free taxis a month at no extra cost in an effort to stop us driving when drunk without stopping the fun of going out. Obviously when they weighed up the potential costs, they realised it would be cheaper to give us a free taxi a week than deal with the alternative possible consequences. We too need to assess the situation when it comes to drinking and driving and calling on a zero hero to take us home is a good place to start! #Zerohero #Bettertogether #Weareasone #Marbella #Costadelsol Contact for further details: MiMarbellaRTVM@gmail.com www.zerohero.es www.rtvmarbellanow.com #UNMS2019 Tuesday May 14 Save the date!!

Sense and sensibility

Consumers don’t know what they want, warns Terence Kennedy THE bravest t-shirt I ever saw was sported by a brash Aussie lass: ‘So many men, so little time.’Perhaps today it needs a slight amendment; So many toys… How did we get locked into the ruinous cycle (for the planet’s resources and our bank balances) of constantly wanting, needing, the shiniest new gadgets? I blame that first iPhone back in 2007. Granted, the rot had begun before that, with providers herding us into two-year replacement contracts leaving us with drawers of dead phones. But unlike today’s stalled innovation, each new model did often boast a huge techno-leap over its quickly-obsolete predecessor. T h e n c a m e t h e i P h o n e ’s r e lentless annual upgrade cycle, surrounded by showbiz hype to rival the second coming, and yea verily did Samsung and Moto and the rest join in and be-

fore we knew it, those with more money than sense were changing their phones every year. I don’t know what circles you move in, but I’ve only ever met one person who absolutely had to buy a new car each year: an American ‘realtor’ or estate agent who insisted other Americans wouldn’t buy property from someone driving last year’s hopelessly outdated model. Ye t p h o n e s l a s t p o t e n t i a l l y longer than cars; no moving

parts, just slap in a new battery every few years and in theory they could go on forever. The ecological cost of our upgrade frenzy has been devastating in terms of the raw materials, not least the so-called ‘conflict minerals’ whose proceeds help fuel the misery of African wars and corruption. The good news is that the tide is finally turning. A UK survey back in 2013 found users were changing their phones every 20 months. Now it’s 29 months and rising.

A random sampling from the world’s 1.5 billion smartphone users recently found 54 per cent intending to keep their phones until they’re finished. A p p l e ’s r e c e n t p r o f i t d i p comes as its top-end phone hits more than €1,500, more than I p a i d f o r m y c u r r e n t c a r, a n d triple the price of my desktop computer containing at least as much top technology and 10 times the materials, which is quite simply nuts. Samsung’s flagships aren’t far behind, yet half that price spent on a ‘lesser ’ brand like Honor or OnePlus buys almost as much technology for your pocket in today’s cutthroat market, and I recently picked up a basic emergency phone in our local hypermarket for a princely €12. Perhaps a famous philosopher ’s warning should be heeded: ‘You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.’

YES I realise I do need to get out more as I confess to logging every charge I give my devices. But my 2014 Nexus tablet has now had over 500 charges yet still runs for days. Contrary to our ‘buywashed’ beliefs, the batteries in modern devices will not generally be exhausted after two years, and certainly not one. A friend who is an average smartphone user is still going strong with the original battery in her five-year-old iPhone. If she does need a replacement, a battery costs less than €70 to install. Although manufacturers don’t shout about it, most other flagship phones can be refurbished back to ‘asnew’ for a mere fraction of the price of the newest model. So why wouldn’t you?

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Speed up your recovery from a hip replacement

By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com IT was with some horror that I listened to a recent patient inform me that her surgeon here on the coast had advised her to wait 12 weeks before starting rehabilitation and physiotherapy after her hip replacement. Twelve weeks! During my military training, the physio arrived the first day you woke up after surgery! Move it or lose it! In the UK as a whole, the physio is usually heavily involved in the process of orthopaedic surgery (and so many more now!). Before your operation Your physio ensures you: • Have your crutches and know how to use them. • Teaches you any tips for things

BE PREPARED: Get as much information from your physio before the operation. like going to the toilet or general movement. • Makes sure that you are set up at home for what you need. • Explains what will happen with exercises and rehab after your operation. Generally makes sure you are

prepared for real life after your operation! Nothing worse than having to learn things fresh when you are already groggy from anaesthetic and really need to go to the bathroom! After your operation Your physio should be one of the first people you see when you wake

up; teaching you how to move, making sure you remember how to use your crutches and go to the toilet, starting your exercises. The sooner you start, the sooner you finish! Rehabilitation • Get assessed. You and your hip

are individual. There are 72 structures in each hip (muscles, ligaments, tendons and bones) and two hips which work together. So make sure you are doing the best thing for your situation. • Unlearn the patterns. It took 30, 40, 50, 60 years to walk that damage in, make sure you learn new (better?) patterns so you don’t continue the same damage. • Move. Old-fashioned hip protocols are a long list of things you can’t do; don’t move this way, don’t move that way, but the latest research suggests that in most cases all movement is good. (There are some people who need to be careful; see point one!) Early start = early finish For the best results start early (even before your operation!). The sooner you start, the sooner you finish and get back your full mobility. A hip replacement should stop pain and give you back your movement. If it doesn’t, what is the point?

For more information about rehabilitation after a hip replacement check out our website, www.TheBodyworksClinic.com, our Facebook page, Bodyworks Health Clinic or call us on 952 883 151

Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach MANY people follow an eating plan to a rough idea of how many calories they want to eat - as mentioned previously this figure is often 1,200 which is very very wrong - but quite often they have no idea throughout the day how much they have actually eaten. Unless you track your food diary, certainly while you are still learning how many grams of carbs, fat and protein is in an egg for example, t h e n y o u c o u l d b e g o i n g w a y o ff course on a daily basis. You may think you have eaten say 1,400 calories and hit your goals, but the reality could shock you. Too little is actually more common and on carb cycling if you are way under your targets you will not lose weight just as much as if you’re way over. There are many apps out there which are perfect for such a purpose. My personal favourite is MyFitnessPal. A free app with the option of premium for extra benefits, I have used this app for at least seven years. It is a great way of checking

Stay on track

MAXIMUM ACCURACY: Make sure you know what you have eaten each day. food labels, setting your daily macro targets and more. Even food in Spanish supermarkets is listed, so you can get the maximum accuracy of what you eat. To lose weight by carb cycling it is crucial to know what targets you a r e a i m i n g f o r, f o r y o u r s p e c i f i c

weight, height, age, and fitness. Anything else is just guesswork. For tailored plans you can contact me on ccforbeginners@hotmail.com or visit my Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/carbcy clingforbeginners. Follow me on Instagram @carbcyclingqueen.

Spring cleanse WE all know we should clean our faces every day, just as we brush our teeth or take a shower. While it may sometimes feel like an effort before bed, cleansing offers benefits such as fewer blemishes, allowing pores to breathe and helping subsequent products penetrate deeply. For an oil-based cleanser, why not try Living Libations’ Seabuckthorn Cleansing Oil (£29.99/€34.50 for 50ml, www.rawliving.eu)? This all-in-one cleanser, exfoliator and moisturiser is packed with omega fatty acids, vitamins, lipids, and hundreds of bioactive compounds, promising to soothe and hydrate. For skin suffering from hor-

monal changes or sensitivity, check out Votary’s Super Seed Cleansing Oil (£55/€63.30 for 100ml, www.cultbeauty.co.uk). It promises to soothe mature skin, combining pumpkin, chia, broccoli and jojoba for a nourishing hydrating cleanse.

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Care and repair ANTIOXIDANTS, the naturally-occurring chemicals which help to mop up free radical damage caused by sun and pollution, are thought to be able to help stave off ageing, skin damage, and even help prevent cancer. So with all these potential benefits on offer, how do we make sure to include antioxidants into our lifestyle? As with most health changes, the first step is to treat the inside out by upping your intake of antioxidantrich foods. These include dark chocolate - finally an excuse! - berries, kale, and citrus fruits. Topically too, there is much we can do to benefit from antioxidants, such as nourishing our hair and bodies with Beauty Kubes’ Zero Waste Hair and Body Wash Unisex (£8.50/€9.89 for 27 cubes, from www.beau tykubes.co.uk). These zero-waste and travel-friendly cubes contain co-

CITRUS: Help protect from the inside with fruits and vegetables.

conut milk, which benefits from well-known antioxidants vitamins B, C and E. For the face, Evolve Beauty’s Daily Defence Moisture Mist , (available in two sizes from £10/€11.66 from www.evolvebeauty.co.uk) contains an ingredient common in Spain - the prickly pear - which helps to infuse the skin with antioxidants, simultaneously hydrating and protecting. Similarly, Soleil Toujours Organic Aloe Antioxidant Calming Mist (€22.95 for 100ml, from www.revolve clothing.es), also soothes and

protects the skin, especially after sun exposure. For an antioxidant-packed moisturiser, try Sunday Riley’s CEO C + E cream (from £16.56/€19.39, www.revolveclothing.es), which contains vitamins C and E for UV protection and hydration. Alternatively, check out Bee Yu’s Ultra Hydrating Day Creme (£76/€88.47 for 50g from www.beeyuskin care.co.uk). This product contains cape chestnut oil to help filter out UV rays naturally, as well as packing an anti-ageing punch due to its levels of bee venom. Finally, for a lasting layer of antioxidant protection, choose a make-up brand such as RMS Beauty, whose Lip and Skin Balsam (€22.03 from www.revolve clothing.es) promises to soothe and hydrate the skin.

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Glamorous Glynne SONGSTRESS Jess Glynne, CREDIT: Spice Girls Facebook who has achieved more UK number ones than any other British female solo artist, wowed the crowds at Sala Apolo in Barcelona when CREDIT: Jess Glynn e Instagram she took to the stage in a lacy bralet and red satin STYLISH: Jess loves her trousers. midriff-baring outfits. Baring her midriff, the 29far are all in the year-old Ain’t Got Far To TOUR DATES: Jess Glynne will UK. Go singer teamed her daring be supporting the Spice Girls. It’s rumoured outfit with huge hoop earJess will be paid £1.3 million rings and wore her red curls in a high ponytail. (€1.52 million) to appear with Jess has been booked as the support act for all 13 the girl band. of the Spice Girls upcoming tour dates, which so

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back in a black bow. The Queen’s makeup included light smokey eyes, glowing skin and a subtle pink lipstick. The mother-of-two, 46, attended the unveiling of the International Contemporary Art Fair Arco at the IFEMA Exhibition Centre, with husband, King Felipe VI.

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SPAIN’S Queen Letizia looked incredible as she stepped out in a stylish black belted leather dress at the opening of an art fair in Madrid. She stunned onlookers with her bold fashion choice, accessorising with nude heels and wearing her hair loosely tied

BOLD: Queen Letizia steps out in leather.

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Sultry Cindy in the city RUMOURED love interest of Lewis Hamilton, brunette beauty Cindy Kimberley, showed off her amazing figure in Barcelona last week. The 20-year-old was papped stepping out for a yoga class, after earlier showcasing her incredible abs while making a phone call on her balcony. The model arrived in the Catalan city with Formula One ace Lewis, 34, days before, accompanied by the racing star’s dog Roscoe. Cindy hit the headlines as an unknown schoolgirl four years ago when Justin Bieber admitted he was a fan after spotting a sultry photograph of her on social media. He apparently reposted the picture for his 100 million followers, writing: ‘OMG who is this?’ It turned out she was a Dutch-born student living in Denia, Costa Blanca, who was subsequently signed up by Uno Models, which has offices in Barcelona and Madrid.

MODEL: Cindy Kimberley was scouted by Justin Bieber after seeing this photo.

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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala, cooks us contemporary style Iberian pork fillet!

Rare pork for the Queen?! Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella www.thelittlegeranium.com THE word contemporary means modern and living in the present time. We recently won an award for best contemporary restaurant on the Costa del Sol and I had thought that the word meant extremely modern/creative, but in truth it means living in present day times. That is better than living in the past I suppose! With food it is a little different because creative chefs are masters of inventing new things and recreating old things, evolving them to make them modern and we call this contemporary. I often write about this, for example when I recreated the classic Eton mess dish using a more modern approach or when I recreated the paella much to the shock of the Spanish! The word contemporary works well for the style of tapas we cook at lunch-

time because we are not cooking tapas from the past like most of the Spanish tapas restaurants. Last week I wrote about some of our Asian fusion tapas which are very popular at the Geranium, but we also use a lot of local ingredients and cook them in a more classic way. One example is the pork fillet that we buy from a little farm near Toledo. It’s anything but regular pork, it is pretty much a wild beast and feeds off either chestnuts or acorns depending on what forest they live in. I actually visited the area to see for myself with a friend who is a hunter. He was hunting wild boar which is similar to the Iberian pork that we buy only bigger and more vicious! When pork is bred like this in the wild, it can and should be eaten on the rare side, because it’s wild there are no salmonella concerns, medium rare is perfect. When it is cooked like this it is moist and juicy and full of flavour, below is a lovely recipe for it, which you must try! Memories of cooking this type of pork go back quite a long way into the late 90’s, when I prepared it for an event

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN enjoyed a nice meal cooked by Steven. that Her Majesty the Queen was attending. I had served a vegetarian starter and they loved it and the next course was I agree a little risky, especially for that era. Into the kitchen the head butler

walked and demanded to see the chef. He said … “ what are you doing? Are you crazy…Her Majesty won’t eat pink pork!” I replied that it was not pink but rare and he had a fit! I don’t know

whether you have ever eaten well cooked pork fillet, but it resembles eating cardboard or shoe leather. I refused to cook it well done because this was special pork and so we conjured up some lamb rumps which because of the high fat content, can be cooked well done and still be moist. It was a far more traditional dish and not what I had in mind, but Her Majesty was happy and that was all that mattered. She obviously was not aware of the commotion in the kitchen, thank heavens and in fact she commented to me about how smoothly the event had run! I remember that one of the Royal guests thanked me for my service and held out his hand to me. I opened my hand to find a pound coin. Thank you, sir, but there is no need I said, but he insisted! On leaving I went to pack my knives in my car which was a fairly new Porsche 911 convertible. The Royal guest appeared from the car next door which was a fairly old Fiesta. He looked shocked, I called out… good night Sir... Good night Chef, he replied in a sort of posh grumpy way!

Iberian Chestnut fed Pork Fillet, peppercorn jus, wild mushrooms and lentils ON our lunch tasting menu at The Little Geranium at the moment. Cook this beautiful pork on the rare side with a peppercorn jus on the side. Here’s how; Ingredients for 4 Good olive oil for marinating and frying 2 whole Iberian pork fillets approx 250-300g each (most good supermarkets and butchers sell this) 4 cloves of garlic peeled and left whole 1 punnet of wild or field mushrooms (or setas) 1 small bag of small green lentils (approx 200g) (Lentejas de habas) 1 onion peeled and chopped finely 3 cloves garlic peeled and chopped finely 1 sprig of fresh thyme 1 tablespoon of chicken stock bouillon or 1 stock cube 2 tablespoons of chopped fresh herbs like parsley

For the sauce 2 tablespoons of soft green peppercorns 150 ml of chicken stock/ bouillon granules 150ml of beef stock/bouillon granules 1 tablespoon of honey 1 tablespoon of soy sauce juice of half a lime To finish 4/5 heaped tablespoons of panko breadcrumbs 1 big bunch of fresh green parsley Maldon salt Blend the herbs and breadcrumbs in a food processor until bright green and reserve Micro cresses for garnish Method Trim the fat off each pork fillet and remove any sinew on the outside of the fillets.

Submerge them into some olive oil with the whole garlic cloves, marinade overnight. • Cook the lentils by sweating off the onion and add the lentils. Now add the stock cube or bouillon and top up with water. • Add the thyme and cook gently on a simmer for about 30 mins until tender. • Sweat off the mushrooms with the garlic and reserve. • Make the sauce by reducing the two stocks together and add the honey and soy sauce, add the peppercorns and taste, finish with the lime juice and keep on high heat until the sauce thickens. • Seal the whole pork fillets until coloured all over (2-3 mins) in a

RARE PORK: Served with a peppercorn jus and lentils.

frying pan and then put the fillets on an oven proof baking tray. • Roast the fillets in a pre-heated oven at 200c for approx seven mins and remove and allow to rest for at

least five mins. • Meanwhile fry off the cooked lentils and add the mushrooms and chopped herbs to the pan, season and reserve • Check the sauce for seasoning and reduce enough to coat the back of a spoon. • Toss the pork in the herby breadcrumbs to coat. • Slice the pork so that you get at least two portions from each fillet • Serve the lentil/ mushroom mixture on the plates and the pork on top. • Serve the sauce separately. • Garnish the dish with a few micro cresses. • Serve.

You can email Steven any questions on steven@thelittlegeranium.com Winner of Best Contemporary International Restaurant 2018 - Costa Del Sol • www.thelittlegeranium.com

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Cast off for entertainment TOUCH OF CLASS, the Fuengirola-based amateur international show group will be appearing at St Andrews Church in Los Boliche s tomorrow (Frida y). All Aboard for an e v e n i n g o f c o m e d y, music and dance with t h e s h o w c a s t i n g o ff a t 8pm and tickets costing €10 from tou c hofc las s tic k e ts @ gm ai l.com, by calling 684 0 2 6 8 11 o r a v a i l a b l e a t the door on the night with all proceeds going to the St Andrews C ha pla inc y. In addition to the s h o w, t h e r e w i l l b e drinks and tapas availa ble to purc ha s e . The troupe will also be taking part in an International Celtic Festival at Sunset Beach Moonlight Bar on Sa turda y M a rc h 16.

UK LEGENDS: Decades of Experience.

UK Legends to perform on Costa BRITISH band, the UK Legends perform the hit songs of the bands they have worked with over their musical careers, which includes The Animals, Smokie, Joe Cocker, Dire Straits, Status Quo, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, and many more. The concept of their show is that rather than only performing the songs of one band, a wide repertoire of hit songs from the legendary UK bands of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s guarantees an en-

tertaining show and satisfies a very wide selection of musical tastes, age ranges and gender. Tonight (Thursday) they appear at La Sala in Malaga City. Tomorrow (Friday) they are at Venta El Cortijo in Frigiliana; Saturday sees them at La Catarina in La Campana (Marbella) For further details visit the website www.costadeldisco.com.

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Miss Gibraltar 2019 THE annual Miss Gibraltar Pageant is due to take place on Saturday June 1 and this year has seen more contestants than usual signing up. There are eight local competitors who have ‘thrown their hats into the ring’ hoping to win the chance to take part i n t h e 6 9 t h M i s s Wo r l d contest which takes place in Thailand towards the end of the year. Almost against the odds, Kaiane Aldorino Miss Gibraltar of 2009 went on to become Miss Wo r l d i n t h a t y e a r a n d she is now mayor of Gibraltar.

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FIRST PERFORMANCE: Could it be magic?

Take That - Giants A SPECIAL show created by Benjamin James, a Salon Varietes stalwart and his business partner Brijan Barten will pay tribute to the ever popular Take That. Entitled GIANTS this promises to be an evening of the biggest and most famous hits performed by Britain’s top boy band who have been in one line-up or another since 1990 although they did take a 10-year break. With shows tomorrow (Fri-

day), Saturday and Sunday, you too can get up and dance in the aisles whilst you relive a career that has spanned nearly 30 years and has spawned so many great songs. The concept of GIANTS was born in 2013 when Brijan and Ben first appeared in a production known as The New Jersey’s. A Take That tribute was something they had always considered creating as the music was a secret love of theirs,

however the time was never right and the show hadn’t seen the light of day until now and appropriately the first live performance will be at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. To book please visit www.salonvarietestheatre.com or call the box office on 952 474 542 between 11am and 2.30pm tomorrow or Saturday, alternatively turn up one hour before any show (starting 7.30pm except Sunday 7pm) to see if seats are still available.

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A birthday to remember IT was a very special night at The Little Geranium in La Cala de Mijas last Saturday when Michele Harper-Saunders celebrated her birthday. Michele, wife of celebrity chef Steven

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STEVEN (right): Puts his heart into the meal.

Saunders and co-owner of the restaurant enjoyed an intimate evening with her mother Katherine (who had flown over especially from the UK) and two of her closest friends. Steven exceeded his already high standards, producing a 10-course vegetarian menu for these very close guests and recognising her love FUN TIMES: Michele (in blue for shoes, one of the courses consisted of ity of The Little Geranium that the kitchen is Tempura avocado served open to view and Steven always makes a in a very glittery pair of point of chatting with all of his guests as the high heels. evening proceeds although understandably, Michele as ever he was very anxious to ensure that his wife looked delightful in a and business partner was able to enjoy her figure hugging blue dress special evening off. and Steven of course was Michele is also a qualified dance and fitwearing his trademark ne s s te a c he r a nd a t he r Mi chel e Har per trilby hat whilst cooking Academy offers a large range of different not just for the birthday and sole classes including very popular Pilates traingroup but for a packed ing, so for more information on this side of restaurant. a very versatile lady, visit the Academy It is a mark of the qual-

IN FASHION: Councillors are preparing for the show this Saturday.

Fashion show THE first in a series of events for Marbella Fashion Week is set to go ahead in San Pedro de Alcantara this Saturday. Marbella City Council unveiled plans for the event on Monday. It is set to feature presentations of designs from international designers at the Hotel Barcelo de Guadalmina. Maria Guerra, Marbella City Council’s festivals spokesperson, said the local authority was sure the event would be a great success.

Julio Cesar Battaglia, the event’s organiser, said showcases in Marbella were considered among the most prestigious in Andalucia. “We are proud to have planned activities in San Pedro de Alcantara because we have fallen in love with the town,” Battaglia said. “We believe it is a fashionable and growing town,” the organiser added. This Saturday features presentations from designers from Georgia, Moldova and

Uzbekistan. Granada designers Susana Poyatos and Evelyn Martinez are also due to present their work. Martinez said being chosen to feature in the event filled her with pride. “It is a platform to both publicise my work and collaborate with designers from across the world,” Martinez said. The show comes ahead of a series of fashion events in July, October, November and December this year.

dress) with friends. Facebook page. The couple have seen a great start to the year as The Little Geranium has just been voted Best Contemporary International Bar & Restaurant Costa del Sol by the prestigious Lux Magazine which for a restaurant been open for just three years is a great achievement, as is the fact that the restaurant is constantly in the TripAdvisor top 10 restaurants (out of more than 100 eateries of different types) with a huge number of four and five star reviews.

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Art talk A LOCAL arts group is set to host a lecture on the themes of drinking and sex workers in the works of famous painters on Monday. The Costa del Sol Arts Society’s The Night Before the Morning After: Hard Drink and Harlots in Art lecture is set to start at 4.30pm at Fuengirola’s Salon Varietes Theatre. The event is due to feature a talk from John Ibbon and follows exhibits on the themes at the Musee d’Orsay and Tate Britain. The works of artists includes William Hogarth, Thomas Rowlandson, William Cruikshank, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso and others.

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Ski and sun WHEN you are looking for the ideal break, what could be better than a few days in one of the most luxurious hotels in Marbella followed by skiing at an exclusive resort? All of this can be offered by Marbella Club, a world famous name which helped put the city on the map and the specially designed and built El Lodge Ski Resort in

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EL LODGE: Luxury on the mountain.

the Sierra Nevada. Situated 2,300 metres above sea level, the resort offers all the comforts of a boutique alpine hotel: direct access to the slopes, spa with indoor and outdoor swimming pool, gym, children’s play area, a delicious and varied cuisine and entertaining ‘après-ski’ activities, all with an impeccable

service. Built in 2015, this elegant hotel with just eight rooms and 12 suites offers an exceptional opportunity to enjoy life in the mountain to its fullest. Spend the day skiing and return to the luxurious surroundings with Jacuzzi, outdoor heated pool, spa, first class restaurant and comfort-

able lounge. At the moment, the Sun Deck, the only ski-in/ski-out restaurant in Sierra Nevada, will come alive every Saturday and Sunday with straight DJ sets from 1pm to 6pm so whether you just want to enjoy the snow or wish to stay by the sea a s w e l l , v i s i t h t t p s : / / w w w. e l lodge.com/.

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Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

CIUDADANOS wants to poach votes from the Partido Popular when the ballot papers are counted on the night of April 28. With luck, the PSOE might be the mostvoted party but the PP and Cs votes could add up to more, and a coalition could be on the books. The lead singers would be those with the most votes, which Albert Rivera believes could easily be Cs. What happens if they need Vox? That’s something he’s not discussing. Instead h e ’s d o i n g a S c a r l e t t O ’ H a r a a n d w i l l think about that tomorrow.

Somewhere over the rainbow THERE has been considerable chuntering in the PP and Ciudadanos-supporting media after Pedro Sanchez’s government announced the biggest job offer in years for the public sector. What do they expect? With an election in less than two months time, Sanchez is going all out to get into the voters’ good

INTERVIEW by John Smith GUITARIST Rob Sas who lives near San Pedro moved to Spain in 2012 after spending most of his working life playing in different rock bands in the UK. He had been a regular visitor to the area and decided that the time had come to enjoy the benefits of the Spanish climate and way of life whilst still keeping in touch with his music. He firstly put together the Rob Sas Band which plays Classic Rock covers and regularly appears along the coast, but he also kept in touch with friends in the UK with whom he had played in a Deep Purple tribute band. Back in 2014, friends from two Purple bands, Burn and 24 Carat Purple, were over in Marbella for a stag bash and they played an impromptu concert which led to the formation of Deeper Purple, who play regularly across the UK and appeared at the Pink Purple Zep Fest organised in

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books. Election ploy or not, that will put more people into jobs in a country where unemployment is still a scourge and a job

in the public sector is a pot of gold at the rainbow’s end. Politicians are cynical, but the voting

Schrodinger’s Cat(aluña) SPANISH journalist Daniel Gascon recently compared the Catalan republic - declared on October 27, 2017 but never enacted - as Schrodinger’s Republic. Days later, Ines Arrimadas, Ciudadanos leader in Cataluña, travelled to Waterloo in Belgium where she stood outside the house where Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled former regional president, lives in considerable comfort. “The Catalan republic does not exist!” she roared, accompanied by a handful of supporters and a multitude of reporters. She too, must have been thinking of Schrodinger’s cat, the subject of Erwin Schrodinger’s suggesCARLES PUIGDEMONT: tion that if you place a cat and something which He still thinks the republic could kill a cat - a radioactive atom, for instance -in is alive. a box and seal it, you would not know if the cat was dead or alive. In a sense, the cat is both dead and alive; take your pick. Puigdemont and the separatists thinks the republic is alive, the Spanish government and half Cataluña’s population know that it isn’t and Arrimadas says that it isn’t. Well done, Erwin Schrodinger: a quantum physicist has come closer to explaining the Catalan republic than anyone else.

public knows that, because they too, are cynical. Although not so cynical that they would turn their noses up at a funcionario’s job and a pot of gold.

No chip off the old block FELIPE JUAN FROILAN DE TODOS L O S S A N TO S D E M A R I C H A L A R Y BORBON is the son of the Infanta Elena and grandson of now-retired Juan Carlos I. The 20-year-old attended a demonstration against the policies of Spain’s president Pedro Sanchez who has been denounced as a felon and traitor by Vox, the PP and Cs. Juan Carlos admittedly degenerated into the usual florid, pleasure-loving Borbon, but he once declared he was king for all Spaniards. And he helped to steer Spain away from dictatorship and the kind of society where Felipe Juan Froilan de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbon would presumably be happier.

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DEEPER PURPLE: Rob Sas and band in Duquesa. Estepona in 2017 by local resident Ian Grant who himself guests with the band from time to time. The band is just about to

undertake a series of eight concerts in the UK (taking them across England, Scotland and Wales) under the title Back into the Fire (1969 was the

year of Deep Purple in Rock in which the track Into the Fire appeared). Then they will be travelling to Spain to be part of the

Estepona Rocks Festival to be held at the bull ring on June 28 and 29 alongside five other top class bands. Rob who has played in touring bands with John Coghlan, long-time drummer with Status Quo as well as Nick Simper of Deep Purple in Quatermass II and Doogie White of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, is now also a DJ and presents weekly programmes on Central FM Spain as well as radio stations in the UK and Canada. He and the Deeper Purple Band are already planning a number of special projects for 2020, but to hear some of the best known numbers from Deep Purple from 11 albums spanning 16 years then visit http://pinkpurpleproductions.c om to book tickets. One thing is for sure however, Deeper Purple will be performing Smoke on the Water as they burn their way through the Purple catalogue.

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MOBILITY SENIORWORLD - MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, stairlifts, nursing beds, rise ´n´ recline chairs and a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire. Visit our showroom in Los Boliches - or call on 952 663 131 or 670 964 181 for advice & best prices. (279180)

MORTGAGES FLUENT FINANCE Abroad. Are you looking to release eq u i t y in your home here in Spain? Need to pay IBI, Community Fees, Taxes, but don’t have the cash available now to do this. Do you want to sell your property for what it is worth but don’t have the ability/time frame due to cash constraints? Do you want an alternative to the Banks who are costly and slow? Call us now on 691 179 445 / 952 961 952 or email ronald@fluentfi nanceabroad.com Come and visit us in our San Pedro office

MOSQUITO SCREENS MOSQUITO screens, sliding, pulldown, pleated colours call Mosquito Nick 647 072 861 (281384) (T1)

www.euroweeklynews.com ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof s h a d e s . d e s i g n (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high-quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service. All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (276610)

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CAR SERVICES AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also, 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmat ic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (277164) BRITISH MECHANIC Mijas Costa. Experienced & Reliable. 605 407 369 ITV SERVICE from €45. Pre-inspection, Door to Door delivery & Final Pass, for a quote call Doug 604 354 114 (282568) www.autovaleting.eu. Professional mobile car valeting for quality cars. Transform the appearance of your car! Machine polishing. Waxing. Protection. Leather & fabric interior cleaning. 10 years preparing cars for the motor trade for maximum resale value. Please view website. Tel 666 926 718.

FOR SALE SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com MASSIVE SAVINGS AT BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is

going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbrady cars.com (257838) PRICE SLASHED - AUTOMATIC / Diesel Hyundai I40 2012 Like new one private owner full service history and lots of extras looks and drives like cars double the price. WAS €13,995 NOW €12,995 952 838 842 /608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (257838) PRICE SLASHED! JAGUAR XE. R-Sport 2.0. D. 2016 Automatic 6’000 Klm. (3’700 Mls) Health orces this sale bought from Salamanca Marbella keys still in plastic bags, this car cost 45’000 € LOOK at this massive saving WAS 27’995€ NOW 26’995€ 952 838 842 608 950 221 billbradycars.com PRICE SLASHED! AS NEW (Special Order) Automatic / Diesel Seat Alhambra Seven seats. Nov 2016 Only 8,000 Klm. (5’000 Mls) Touch electric side doors, Apple touch and sat-nav, sensors all round front back sides etc. Climate control, cruise control, parking cámera privy glass, lots more to many to list here, a perfect family M.P.V. Save a fortune on a top quality family car remember this is not exrent or lease cost 35,000 € Was selling for 27,995€ NOW ITS ONLY 25,995€ 952 838 842 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com CHEVROLET Captiva 7 Seater 2.2 Diesel 4X2 2011 (2012 Model) From private owner Sat-Nav, parking camera, sensors, bluetooth and lots more must be the best value for money around for a top quality jeep its only 9’995€ 952 838 842/ 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com 4X4 AUTOMATIC/ Diesel SSangyong Rexton 2.7 Ltr. 2009 With service history 99’000 Klm. (62’000 Mls) Metallic Black/ Black leather electric seats, bluetooth, dod guard and lots more extras fantastic value for money its only 7’995€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbradycars.com ONE private owner and only 36’000 Klm. (22’000 Mls) Citroen C-3 Picasso 1.4 Ijn. Nov. 2011 Bought and serviced by Citroen Fuengirola and always garaged, This is a very scarce MPV. Look at this fantastic price its only 7’995€ 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbradycars.com.

7 - 13 March 2019 R O B E R T S O N C A R S . . . S T A R BUY…Jaguar XF 2015 only 10,000kms. From SALAMANCA MAIN DEALER, MUST BE SEEN EVERY EXTRA. Cost new 46,000 euros star buy at 26,500 euros TEL. 952832173/ 608658785 SEE PHOTO. WWW.ROBE RTSONCARS-SPAIN.COM SALE...ROBERTSON CARS AUTOMATIC DIESEL MERCEDES A180, 2008, ONLY 64,000KMS. BLUE 5DOOR IMMACULATE...€6,995 EUROS TEL.952 832 173 / 608 658 785 SEE PHOTO. WWW.ROBERTSONCARSSPAIN.COM SALE...ROBERTSON CARS 4X2 NISSAN JUKE 1.6 2012 ONLY 40,000KMS. WHITE, PETROL 5 SPEED, 5 DOOR , TOW BAR UNUSED, WAS..€10,995 NOW...9,500. TEL.952 832 173/ 608 658 785 SEE PHOTO. WWW.ROBERTSONCARSSPAIN.COM SALE...ROBERTSON CARS DIESEL SKODA FABIA 1.6 2012 ONLY 24,000KMS, BLACK AND WHITE 5 DOOR MANUAL WAS. €8995 NOW...7,500 EUROS. TEL.952 832 173 / 608 658 785 SEE PHOTO. WWW.ROBERTSON CARS-SPAIN.COM SALE...ROBERTSON CARS NEW SHAPE FORD FIESTA 1.25 TREND 2015 0NLY 63,000KMS. SILVER, 5 DOOR MANUAL, WAS €7995 NOW...6,995 EUROS. TEL.952 832 173 / 608 658 785. SEE PHOTO. WWW.ROBERTSON CARS-SPAIN SALE...ROBERTSON CARS HYUNDAI Xi20 CROSSOVER 2017 DIESEL ONLY 13,000KMS. WHITE 5 DOOR, HIGH SEATING GREAT FOR BAD KNEES/BACKS. STILL SMELLS NEW.PARKING SENSORS, WAS 11,995 . N O W . . . 1 1 , 7 5 0 EUROS. TEL 952 832 173 / 608 658 785. SEE PHOTO. WWW.ROBERTSON CARS-SPAIN.COM 2007 TRANSIT CONNECT in good all round condition. Electric Windows, Air Con. One local owner. €2,995 Tel: 695 559 939 (254317) 2011 FIAT DOBLO 1.3 CDTi DIESEL. Very economical. Only 135,000klm. In very good condition

throughout. One local owner. €4,995. Tel: 695 559 939 (254317) 2007 Range Rover 2.7 HSE Sport, Diesel in excellent condition throughout 20inch wheels in Magenta, with cream leather High Kilometeres. 390,000 kl New Engine Fitted 30,000 KL ago. Must be seen €11.750 Tel: 695 559 939. 2007 Mercedes 320 ML Disel New Model Right Hand Drive On Spanish plates in Silver New Tyres and ITV 130,000 Miles. Lots of Extras €8,450. Tel: 695 559 939. 2008 Mercedes E63 AMG, Full Spec in Silver with Black Leather, only 90,00 KL awsome car must be seen € 23,950. Tel: 695 559 939. 2012 Ford Transit Connect, Endurotec 210,00 KL in very good condition thoughout, Air Con, side door, new ITV €4,995. Tel: 695 559 939. COLLECTORS Car 1994 Mercedes E220 Convertable Left Hand Drive 1 owner from new 5 speed manual Electric roof with Air Con, only 140,00 KL in Silver with black Leather must be seen these cars are only appreciating in Value €9,750. Tel: 695 559 939.

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2006 Kia Serento 4 x 4 Left Hand Drive Spanish PLates 2.5 Diesel in Excellent condition thoughout Light Metalic Blue with Grey Leather. Alloys, Air Con also New Tyes and New Itv €5,995 includes Transfer. Tel: 695 559 939. 2007 Citroen Picasso Right Hand Drive on Spanish PLates, 1.6 HDI Diesel. One owner from New, Top of the Range, New ITV, Ecellent condition thoughout €2,995. Tel: 695 559 939. CHEAP diesel 2001 Mercedes E300 Automatic Spanish Car, Runs and Drives Perfectly in silver, Low KL, Needs a bit of Tidying, €1,995. Tel: 695 559 939. AUTOMATIC 2002 Chrysler Tratos 2.5 only 90,000 KL Spanish Left Hand Drive, New ITV in very good condition throughout only €1,495 Tel: 695 559 939. FIAT MULTIPLA diesel, 6 seater, 2002. Recent new parts. Spanish plates on RHD. 123k miles. €1,450 ono. 00447812 571 384 (282993)

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GOLF VII TDI - 5/2016. Fully Equipped. 150CV. Automatic/DSG. R-Line shape, sunroof, xenon, Spanish. 86,000kms. VW Warranty. €20,490 (VAT deductible) 610 748 099

INSURANCE WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726) EU INSURANCE DIRECT. Best prices, best service, best cover for all your Insurance needs. TEL 951 080 118 or 952 830 843 (277294)

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (277922) BRITISH MECHANIC Mijas Costa. Experienced & Reliable. 605 407 369 (259167) www.euroweeklynews.com

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REPAIRS ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job Too Small. 952 667 074 (279183) BRITISH MECHANIC Mijas Costa. Experienced & Reliable. 605 407 369

WANTED

WANTED all cars, vans and anything interesting also classic cars, bikes, etc, with or without paperwork considered, same day decision, cash waiting, 653 777 073. (254317) WANTED, wanted, wanted!! All cars, all years, all models… from exotic to classic. Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329 or 606 647 597. (281326) ALL CARS / Commercials wanted, any age, any condition. Cash. Buyer collects. Transfer included. 605 109 796 (282565)

CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921 (253107) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (253107) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921. (253107) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837. (253107)

CAMPER VANS, CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKES, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID, CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 (253107)

MUSIC LIVE MUSIC with DAVID CHRISTIAN-CLARK specialising in Spanish Guitar for Weddings & Events,Gib to Nerja. Call 00 350 540 367 29. E-mail: davechris tianclark@gmail.com. Search on YouTube & Google + for video-demos etc. (277271)

PEST CONTROL COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. Serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (277244)

PETS YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (246764)

LOW COST NEUTERING 630 197 435 (Eng) / 691 357 744 (Spanish)

CHARITIES ACE CHARITY ‘El Refugio’ in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm. (93319) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public at weekends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) AT SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for

some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about rehoming, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) ARCH - Andalusian Rescue Centre for Horses welcomes visitors and volunteers to our stables every day from 9-11am. Come along and help out, or sponsor or adopt one of our horses, donkeys or ponies. We always need help with fund raising to look after the abandoned and abused animals. Our aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home. We are a small friendly team - why not join us. Find us in Alhaurin el Grande, behind the Venta Miralmonte on the road from Alhaurin to Coin, (A404), Urb. Viña Borrego, follow the yellow signs. Charity registered with the Junta de Andalusia No 8448. www.horse rescuespain.org or info@horserescuespain.org or archrescue @yahoo.co.uk Tel 656 935 613 or 659 408 664 Our Charity shop is located in Calle Melendez Pelayo, just off Calle Gerald Brenan, Alhaurin el Grande. Tel: Liz 600 651 007. We always need volunteers and stock for the shop. We can also arrange collection. (93322)

CLASSIFIEDS ercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anytime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es (242538) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air-conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcares pain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain. (278403) LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. lagunaken nels@hotmail.com. Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983. (280597) WWW.STEFANIESKEN NELS.COM Excellent Kennel & Cattery facilities Est. 1986 Viewing most Welcome 952 790 943 (282111)

PET TRANSPORT ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (276821) PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Fully DEFRA/OCA/TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dogworld.com (241623)

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KENNELS CAT & DOG World Kennels and Cattery. 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.cat-and-dogworld.com (279084) EURODOG Boarding Kennels & Cattery. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and ex-

PLUMBING & repairs/descales, water heaters supplied and fitted same day. Will travel as Benalmadena based. NO job to small. Call Glen 669 073 773. (281331) www.euroweeklynews.com

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PROPERTY TO LET LONG TERM RENTALS AVAILABLE and also wanted. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522

W W W . I N M O A N DALUZ.COM is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (258053)

PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drainspain.com (257090)

PRINTERS SIGNAGE, LED, 3D Corporate lettering, Solar check films, full CNC Cutting Service, Large format Flatbed printing, Poster, Menu boards, Interior Decoration for Homes and offices. Real Estate Boards, Roller Banners, Business Cards, Flyers. We cover the coast. 951 310 395 or 952 906 121 info@eye print.es (259024) C R E A T I V E MARBELLA Your friendly local printers. Luxury Printing, Copying, Binding, Branded Merchandise and Clothing, Menus, Bespoke Gifts, Wedding Accessories. Located in Poligono Industrial Nueva Campana 27 - 952 810 831 www.creativ emarbella.es or follow us on Facebook (278561)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MALAGA EXPAT CONSULTING - Paperwork Assistance, (NIE, Residencia, Driving Licence Renewal, Car Transfer, Doctor Registrations, Translation, Property Rental License and more), Relocation Advice. Outstanding service at competitive rates. Call Irina Saltmarsh 687 733 743 www.malagaexpat.com (276483)

W W W . I N M O A N DALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (258053) LOS BOLICHES 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Apartment, 98m2, close to beach, shops & amenities. BARGAIN €180,000. 627 011 848 (282959) TORREMOLINOS investment opportunity land to build 1 to 3 properties. Can be sub-divided. €180,000. Direct Owner 650 703 714 (282981) BENAVISTA – El Paraiso 167kms.Ground floor studio apartment furnished with bedroom, bathroom with shower unit. Kitchen, lounge. Lawned rear garden with orange & lemon trees. Near to shops & restaurants, bowling green & golf. €90,000. 952 883 715 GAUCIN. Beautiful finca in natural surroundings at the Genal river. 10.000SM two bedroom house newly build. All included even Jeep 4x4. Must be seen 616 969 496 (283387)

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STARLIGHT PROPERTY. All Areas. Residential & Holiday Lets. 689 819 592 www.starlight-spain.com PROPERTY MAINTENANCE by professionals. For all your needs: Gardening, Cleaning, Pool Maintenance, etc… 100% client satisfaction. Call Javier now 654 353 522 – 640 626 675

MARBELLA, BANUS, Luxury 1 & 3 bedroom apartments by Marina. Private garden. Pools, Garage. Long or short term. Visit www.apartamentosbanus.com Ref Fashion 1 bed or Ref Garden 3 Bed bravoele zovic@gmail.com 34 637 439 222 (283336) FUENGIROLA Centre, 1 bedroom apt ground floor, furnished , responsible retired people only 500€ PCM FUENGIROLA Centre, 1 bedroom apt Penthouse, furnished , responsible retired people only 550€ PCM BENALMADENA 1 Bedroom Garden Apartment. Suit Retired Couple. Low rental in exchange for occasional assistance. 605 978 203 (283518) EL PINAR 1 bedroom apartment (max 2 pax) sea views, no children. €450 pm 640 081 444 ( 283509)

PROPERTY WANTED SELLING UP?? Why not give us a call and let us give you an honest and realistic valuation of your property. List with us and let us take the stress out of selling your home. No sale, no fee!! English agent on the ball with clients waiting. Please call 685 524 921. (253107) WE HAVE clients actively looking for villas, townhouses & apartments from Torremolinos to Calahonda. Call Joe 626 864 683

REMOVALS/STORAGE

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 21st March. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 (258054)

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REMOVALS/STORAGE EUROPE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (277262) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (277262) STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (277262) LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@ya hoo.co.uk (276485) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years’ experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.moving matters.eu (277259)

MOVE IT MASTERS UKSPAIN-UK. Over 30 years experience. Guaranteed lowest prices. Storage & kennelling available Tel or Whatsapp: 660 030 107 (282612)

MAN AND VAN MAN & LARGE VAN, 100% reliable, Removals, Clearances. Ikea collection & assembly. 20€ per hour. Tel: 622 020 856 (246758) MOVEIT-STOREIT.COM Tel David 696 810 618 BIG VAN (Removals) UKEurope. Always on time. 100% reliable €25 PH 633 277 270 (279080) 2 MEN, Van €30 p hour. House Clearances & Storage. 651 081 610

JDS EURO TRANSPORT & REMOVALS - Regular trips throughout Europe. Contact Julian 00 44 7884 908 929/00 34 637 066 114 See Facebook Page for recommendations (SPAIN UK - UK Spain, 15 years established. Part / full loads Storage. Pet transport / travel with your pets spainukuk spain@gmail.com 637 980 655 (282779)

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moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (259433)

ROLLER SHUTTERS ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service. Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / in fo@aceofshades.design (101730) ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (280561)

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STORAGE STORAGE Marbella Dry Secure 952 816 582 move@freinternation al.com (257824) STORAGE lowest price guaranteed. Packaging materials Self-Storage Marbella 952 811 311 (278691) www.euroweeklynews.com

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L O C A L & International Removals Regular Schedules 952 816 582 move@freinterna tional.com (257824) HIGH TOP VAN going from Spain to UK and return. Reliable Service. Call Graham 620 353 594 for details. E-Mail vgcasa color@gmail.com

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CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years’ experience. Very reliable. 677 087 575 (277284)

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FURNITURE

SITUATIONS VACANT

FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944

CURTAINS, Blinds, Upholstery, Soft furnishings made to measure, wide range fabrics and foam 672 800 887 judein spain@hotmail.com

CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com

EYEPRINT – 951 310 395

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SOLAR

TAKE Care of your Career as a live in Carer in the UK. If you have good written/spoken English with a British or EU passport you can earn from £1134 - £1344 for 2

SOLAR Hot Water Systems. Quality Guaranteed. All Areas, Envirocarespain since 1996. 952 663 141 670 409 759. www.envirocares pain.com info@enviro c a r e s p a i n . c o m (281338)

SOLAR SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal For Large Glazed Areas To Reflect Heat / Glare And Stop Furniture Fading And Still Keep The View. Save Heat In The Winter Too Improve Your Living Environment. ian@solarshadetint ing.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176

SWIMMING POOL POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland re-grouts, heaters. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklenripple.net (257044)

TRANSLATOR OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS. All languages. 952 789 204. Mobile 654 613 094. sanpedrotransla tions@gmail.com (279016)

UPHOLSTERY RUGS FITTED CARPETS, Upholstery Including Leather Cleaned On Site 685 524 921 (252581)

WINDOWS UPHOLSTERY

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CLC WORLD are looking for extra canvassers to join their successful team working at Malaga Airport. Full contract given. Phone Simon for details on 671 227 230

SEWING SERVICES

SHOP signs, vehicle signs, banners, window signs, 603 464 582, www.signd sign.es (257068)

weeks. Contact Sandra Field on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultus care.com (282731)

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www.perfectpools.es M aintenance, Repairs & Renovations. Also, the very latest technology in pool heaters, covers & rollers. info@perfectpools.es. 650 348 785 (257069) WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westar pools.com (277920) POOL HEATERS, covers and rollers. Quality inatallations. Free quotations. All areas covered. Over 20 years’ experience. EnviroCare. 952 663 141/670 409 759 www.envirocarespain.c om (281338)

ADVANCED Cleaning Services. Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning, 28 years’ experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable. 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 acservs@out look.com (253107) UPHOLSTERY including leather cleaned also carpets. 685 524 921 CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned. Reliable, fast service. Family run. Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437)

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JUSTPOOLS.ES 8x4m pool 90€ inc. 10x5m pool 100€ inc. Re-grout 8x4 500€ inc Full liability insurance. 952 472 476 / 619 636 586 (258615) POOL MAINTENANCE, Problems, Repairs, Sand change, Friendly reliable, Est2005, References available, Nick 625 863 133 (283519)

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TV & SATELLITE REPAIRS – TV’s, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi – Boxes, Video, Hi-Fi and microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 years’ experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (281211)

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THE phenomenon called ‘Highway Hypnosis,’ also known as white line fever, happens when people drive perfectly on commutes, school runs and long trips without any memory of performing particular tasks such as indicating, stopping and turning.

plays a part in the planet’s future, and how that part can be influenced by thinking of a more efficient lifestyle, which includes what many consider to be a huge burden on the planet; the car. Now, thanks to a new website, we are a step closer to realising how us and our cars impact the environment. Green NCAP is an independent initiative which promotes the development of cars which are clean, energy efficient and not harmful to the environment. It aims to improve the quality of the air we breathe, to maximise the use of resources used for passenger transportation and to reduce global warming. The highest standard is attributed to a car which maximises the reduction of its own pollutants and greenhouse gases, and at the same time, operates at minimised fossil fuel consumption and/or maximised energy efficiency under real-

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TESTING: A Green NCAP road test in action. world conditions. Pollutant emissions from transportation are one of the main contributors to poor air quality worldwide, especially in cities. Air quality problems are known to be the root cause of many health problems and even premature death, so the need to

reduce the pollutants emitted by road vehicles has never been greater. In Spain, the DGT launched the eco sticker system, where vehicle owners can display a disc in their windscreen which denotes how environmentally friendly the car is. Although it’s not mandatory

to display, there are some cities -Madrid and Barcelona for example - who restrict access to vehicles based on this rating in order to reduce the impact on air pollution. In Green NCAP’s first round of tests, 12 cars have been rated: the Hyundai Ioniq and BMW i3, both electric vehi-

cles, achieve a maximum fivestar rating, the VW up! GTI gets a credible four stars, BMW’s X1 2.0d and the Mercedes Benz A200 are both awarded three stars, the Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost is rated as two stars in its latest guise, and a one-star rating is given to the Audi A7 50 TDI, the Volvo XC40 T5 and the Subaru Outback 2.5. Three cars - the VW Golf 1.6TDI, the FIAT Panda 1.0 and the previous level Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost - get zerostar ratings. Visit the Green NCAP website at greenncap.com, to see if your car makes the grade, meanwhile you can get more information about the Spanish system from the DGT website, dgt.es.

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Celebrating Classic and Historic Motorsport! E are very fortunate in Europe that, through the ‘off’ or winter season we have plenty of shows, exhibitions and other events to celebrate this wonderful world of classic, historic and even modern cars. One of the best, in fact the No 1 in Europe, is the International Historic Motorsport Show, otherwise known as ‘Race-Retro’ held at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire every year at about this time. The show celebrates the very best of Historic Motosport, covering an amazing range of disciplines of the sport and combining this with car club stands, trade stands, a ‘live’ stage with stars of the past, motor sport legends in fact, talking with stars of the present and sharing their experiences. Such people as F1 pilot John Watson sat with the CCCA’s famous racing driver legend, John Fitzpatrick and rallying’s Monte Carlo winner, Rauno Aaltonen. A tribute to the UK’s first F1 World Champion, Mike Hawthorn in 1958, took place alongside a showcase of F1’s Turbo era, the legacy of Le Mans, and 100 years of Bentley which were all popular with the thousands of visitors. Held in unusually warm, winter sunshine, an exhilarating live special stage took place on the Saturday and Sunday and, for only £10, visitors could get a ride in a real rally car and do a couple of laps of the special stage. Not only that but a second, competitive special stage was set up for some of the serious guys and a host of international drivers and cars took part. One hundred and twenty plus ex-works and WRC, Group 4 and Group B cars took part in this fabulous show. The CCCA’s own Mike Anderson put on an excellent demonstration in his Group A Ford Sierra Cosworth to the

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RACE-RETRO: A classic Mini at the Historic Motorsport Show at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. on site which is but a twominute walk from the action. This writer stayed for the full three days and was kept busy and enthralled for the duration. Don’t miss it next year!

SHOWCASE: Classic Car Club members admire the vehicles in the exhibition. delight of the huge crowd. Rauno Aaltonen was the first across the start line after being reunited with the original Mini he drove to victory in the Monte Carlo Rally, with owner Patrick Walker acting as co-driver. A poignant sight was Jimmy McRae lined up alongside him in his late son Colin’s Subaru. The stage was barely a couple of hundred metres from the main

halls and was a huge success. Silverstone Auctions were in attendance with some gorgeous classic cars and also a stunning array of classic and historic competition cars which went under the hammer on the Saturday, along with much motoring memorabilia and classic watches. For those new to Classic cars, HERO (the Historic Endurance Rallying Organisa-

tion) were on hand outside the main entrance to the four exhibiting halls to allow people to drive any of a marvellous selection of classic cars and maybe whet some motoring appetites! Stoneleigh Showground has proved itself to be an excellent venue for this super event which, this year, ran for three days from Friday to Sunday, and there is even a decent hotel

Another Classic Car activity The CCCA is, as always, busy and has it’s March classic car run starting from Venta El Trapiche near Velez-Malaga on Saturday. Any enthusiasts who would like to come along to the start can do so, first cars are due to depart at 11.00am. The event will finish with a lunch at Restaurante El Cortijo just outside Frigiliana. Not content with running the event on Saturday, Drive Andalucia, the Club’s specialist longer tours arm, is organising it’s four-day Tour Primavera which will have finished yesterday (Wednesday) after whizzing around the Alpujarras and the Sierra Nevadas! We’ll report on this event in our next issue.

Jaguar enthusiasts as well as owners. This is what their Chairman, Philip Wray, reported on their recent run: “We enjoyed another great run from Venta El Tunel northwards towards Casabermeja, following the ridge and being able to see the countryside for miles to the east and west, with the pale mountains visible like a Japanese painting. Even getting from the motorway to El Tunel is a pleasure with a windy eucalyptus tree-lined road passing over two dams across the gorges of the Agujero reservoir. From Casabermeja we followed the road to Riogordo and Benamargosa, stopping for a coffee break at Venta El Trapiche, near Velez. From here we passed Benamocarra and El Borge to enjoy more stunning scenery towards Cutar and Benamargosa to climb the steep hill (with a Cava stop) to Comares. Comares is one of the ‘Pueblo Blancos’ perched on the top of a mountain giving commanding views over the countryside. After parking, we walked a couple of hundred metres to the Hotel de los Abuelos, (hotel of the grandfathers), which is an old converted olive mill complete with all the original, working equipment! The view from the terrace overlooking the precipice is not for the faint hearted. Jose and Angel provided a most enjoyable fourcourse lunch with wines which kept us there until 6pm. All in all, another fabulous day.’’ That’s it from me, until the next time!

Jaguar Enthusiasts Club The JEC has also been busy running a one-day tour for

Further information on Classic Car Club of Andalucia events can be found on the Club’s website www.cccandalucia.com. Membership of this vibrant club is open to anyone owning a genuine classic car here in Spain. Saca tu coche clásico del garaje y diviértete con el.

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HAVING knocked Real Madrid out of the Copa del Rey last week, Barcelona went on to possibly eliminate their greatest rivals from La Liga title race, with a 1-0 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The pressure was on Madrid, not only to make up for their defeat in the Copa, but also to reduce the nine-point gap between them and La Liga’s leaders Barca. But instead, a great chip from Croatian midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, earned a victory for dominant Barcelona, taking them 12 points ahead of Los Blancos. However, Atletico Madrid, in second place, are biting at the heels of Ernesto Valverde’s team, following a convincing 2-0 win over Real Sociedad. Ending the week seven points off the league leaders was Diego S i m e o n e ’s s i d e ’s o b j e c t i v e at Anoeta, and they did exactly what was required of them. Spain striker Morata opened his

WINNING GOAL: Ivan Rakitic takes Barca ahead.

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Atletico account in the previous weekend’s victory over Villarreal and boosted his tally to three goals in two games with a pair of headers in the space of three first-half minutes on Sunday. Sitting in seventh place after a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao are Valencia, thanks to goals from Rodrigo and Kevin Gameiro. Meanwhile, in the second division, Almeria celebrated a 2-1 defeat over Zaragoza, and are now in eighth place. Alvaro Gimenez put Almeria ahead before Alvaro Vazques equalised. Esteban Saveljich went on to score the winning goal six minutes later. O n S a t u r d a y, R C D M a l l o r c a face Oviedo, Almeria take on Sporting Gijon, Elche play Cadiz, while Malaga are up against division leaders Osasuna.

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No more Monday football SPANISH football federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales has confirmed there will be no more La Liga matches on Mondays amid dwindling gate numbers. On Twitter, he wrote: ‘There will be no more football on Mondays. From the next season in La Liga there will be play on Saturday and Sundays. We will see what happens with Fridays, if we reach a good agreement for all.’ He added: ‘Business is important but the fans more so.’

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SAN SEBASTIAN holds top position in Spain for the number of elite female sports teams it has in relation to the number of inhabitants. The city boasts one team per 18,667 inhabitants, way ahead of Barcelona with one per 147,304 and Madrid (one per 230,238). The figures are included in the sixth study carried out by the Municipal Sports Board of Donostia which analysed the teams participating in the collective sports of football, basketball, handball, hockey, volleyball, water polo, r u g b y, i c e h o c k e y, s o f t ball, indoor football, rowing and curling, as well as athletic, swimming, and for the first year, rowing. The survey shows that this season, there are 10 women’s

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FANS FIRST: RFEF president, Luis Rubiales, is putting supporters first. It follows a protest by Deportivo Alaves supporters over fixture changes to Mondays during a La Liga win over Levante, and a game against Athletic Bilbao in December. Top games in Spain have been held on the first day of the week since 2010, and while matches have received good television audiences, there has been a drop in stadium attendances.

Clear rider at Spanish Grand Prix BERA BERA: Elite Spanish handball team. teams from San Sebastian that are in the highest category or division. These are Bera Bera in handball, Real Sociedad in field hockey and football, IDK-Gipuzkoa in basketball, Atletico SS in athletics and softball, Txu r i U r d i n i n i c e h o c k e y,

Txuri Berri in Curling and Arraun lagunak and Donostiarra in rowing. Te n t e a m s p u t S a n S e bastian in third place in terms of the number of female teams in elite divisions in Spain, surpassed only by Barcelona with 11 and Madrid which has 14.

IRISHMAN Peter Moloney and the Team Harmony-owned mare Ornellaia won Sunday’s four-star Grand Prix at the Spanish Sunshine Tour in Vejer De La Frontera, Cadiz. Only five of the 50 starters managed to jump clear in the opening round, with Moloney from Waterford joined in the jump-off by fellow Irish rider Billy Twomey with Lady Lou. Moloney and the 14-year-old Ornellaia claimed the winner’s prize of almost €23,500 after setting an unbeatable target of clear in 43.25 seconds. Switzerland’s Carlo Pfyffer cleared in 43.10 to finish second. There was another Irish winner in the 1m45 speed class at the same venue, Sligo’s Richard Howley riding Chinook.

Race for the MotoGP title THE 2019 MotoGP season k i c k s o ff a t t h e w e e k e n d with the Qatar Grand Prix. The first of 19 races, Qatar will open proceed-

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After a long spell in Eur o p e i t ’s o ff t o T h a i l a n d , Japan, Australia and Malaysia before the closing race in Valencia on Novem-

ber 17. Marc Marquez, threetime defending champion, is the favourite to take the title as he looks for a sixth career world championship. But the Spaniard has strong competition, including new Repsol Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo, 2 0 1 7 a n d 2 0 1 8 r u n n e rup Andrea Dovizioso, Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales and veteran champion Valentino Rossi.

While Marquez has only won at Qatar once in MotoGP, in 2014, Lorenzo is a three-time MotoGP winner at the circuit. A n d Ya m a h a ’ s Vi n a l e s was the fastest

rider in testing and will be sure to battle for victory on Sunday. CREDIT: Mark Marquez Twitter

FAVOURITE: Three-time defending champion, Marc Marquez.