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Hotels tackle food waste By James Warren THE Spanish Hotel Association has started putting into place measures to combat the growing problem of food waste in Benidorm and other popular Costa Blanca resorts. A major draw to the resort’s hotels is the buffet style meals offered as part of hotel packages, but the downside is the amount of food waste produced. Over a tonne of unwanted food was discarded last year as a result of overstocked buffet selections. The mayor of Benidorm has come forward in the ‘brave’ move to start to implement regulations to limit the amount of food wasted at these hotels. A spokesman for the hotel association Hosbec said that “we understand that the challenge is complex, especially in the holiday hotel sector where the gastronomic offer is based on the
MEASURE MOVE: Plan to cut food wastage in Costa Blanca resorts such as Benidorm. free buffet.” He added that Hosbec understands it will be difficult to change the mind sets of the tourists but insists any measures will not affect the quality or choice of food
available. Measures such as smaller choices per day or introducing pre-packed starters or desserts are all considered, but it is down to the individual establishment to inter-
pret the rules as they see fit. It comes as figures show Benidorm is as busy as ever, with hotels 90 per cent full at the end of June.
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Cool dogs THE Guardia Civil has issued a warning to dog owners to protect their pets as temperatures soar in Alicante. A Tweet urges people to avoid, wherever possible, exposing dogs to direct sunlight in hot conditions and to never leave animals unattended in a vehicle. The glass acts as a magnifier which can result in temperatures capable of causing death in a short space of time.
Swimmer saved A 69-YEAR-OLD man was pulled unconscious from a pool in Benidorm on Monday afternoon. A SAMU team performed advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation manoeuvres on the bather and managed to recover the patient’s vital signs. He was taken to the Villajoyosa Hospital, with symptoms related to drowning.
Cannot ban bull-fighting THE former mayor of inland town Villena, Alicante, has been summonsed to court for hearing an allegation regarding the Spanish offence of prevarication, after failing to reintroduce bullfighting in the town. This was despite a Court of law deciding that he had no power to ban it in the first place. Apparently, the local bullfighting foundation issued the summons as the former mayor, Francisco Javier Esquembre, had repeatedly failed to act after the Bullfighting Association had won repeated judgements which stated that the local authority could not ban bullfighting in the town. The Foundation of the Bull of Lydia said that the judicial hearings on this subject began in 2016 ‘before the refusal of the city council of Villena to realise a run of bulls to consider that the bullfighting spectacles have negative connotations and it is not convenient to associate it to the munici-
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NEWS EXTRA Seven arrests A SUSPECTED habitual thief has been arrested in Ibi, near Alicante for the seventh time in a year for allegedly stealing from supermarket customers. His wife was arrested as an accomplice.
Car chase NATIONAL POLICE officers arrested a man, 25, who was stopped for driving with a baby on board, which was not restrained. The man tried to evade capture but during a pursuit, hit other vehicles.
NO AUTHORITY: The mayor apparently does not have the power to ban the sport in Villena.
pality.’ The Superior Court of Justice of the Comunitat Valenciana (TSJCV) previously ruled that the City Council lacked the competence to either authorise or deny the cel-
ebration of bullfighting shows and to question the legal features that define bullfighting as of cultural interest. The crime of Prevarication, ‘prevaricación urbanistica,’ is a unique Spanish offence and
relates to the duties of Public Officials to act in accordance with the law. It is punishable by imprisonment of between 18 months and four years. Esquembre will appear in court on September 10.
Fall death AN investigation is underway after a British man apparently died after a fall at a hotel in Benidorm last Saturday, with reports indicating he had been drinking with friends and reached a thirdfloor area, normally inaccessible to guests.
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Theft after sex offer
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AN eight-year-old boy was rescued from drowning in a hotel swimming pool in Alfaz del Pi, last Th u r sd a y. He r e c e iv ed emergency treatment from the ambulance crew and was said to be recovering in hospital at the time of going to press.
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Mobile office FOR the third year, during the summer Valencia will have a mobile tourist office, which will visit areas where there are concentrations of tourists, such as the Science Park and various beaches.
Barcos locos FIFTY unique, home-made boats, including a giant ‘farton’ will take part in a crazy regatta this Saturday at 11am, in the new natural swimming pool of La Marina, Valencia. The event is officially called ‘regata de Los Barcos Locos.’
N332 crash A BOY, aged 17 and a girl of 15 were seriously injured in an accident between the motorcycle on which they were riding and a car on Monday morning on Avenida Europa at l’Alfàs del Pi. Emergency services attended the scene and the injured were taken to hospital.
Booze free POSTIGUET Beach in Alicante saw 4,000 people enjoying the bonfire festivals from June 21 to 23 - all without alcohol. Authorities were particularly pleased with the agreement and participation from the young and that 150 breath tests were carried out with only nine failing.
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OFFICERS from the National Police have arrested three women in Benidorm who allegedly stole from people after enticing them with the offer to have sex. They stole bank cards, cash and other valuables from a number of victims.
AENA, the airport operator has announced a new route between Alicante and Geneva. There will be three flights per week in addition to the existing connections between Basel and Zurich.
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WORLD LEADER: The Puente de Rande spans the Vigo bay in Galicia.
Winning bridge THIS bridge in northern Spain has been named the second best in the world by an industry association. The Puente de Rande, in Vigo, Galicia, was named the second best by the International Association of Bridges and Structural Engineering (IABSE). A jury of 100 engineers judged and ranked the bridges. The Puente de Rande came ahead of Britain’s Mersey Gateway and behind Mukogawa in Japan. IABSE said the bridge’s sustainable and environmentally-friendly design
were among the reasons it came second. The Puente de Rande is a cablestayed bridge which spans the Vigo bay across a strait which gives the bridge its name. It links the towns of Redondela and Moaña. Engineers Fabrizio de Miranda, from Italy and Spain’s Florencio del Pozo and Alfredo Passaro designed the bridge. Construction began in 1973 and it opened in 1981. The bridge won the Outstanding European Metal Construction Award in 1979.
The Puente de Rande is more than 1,600 metres long and its pillars are 148 metres high. It was the longest cable-stayed bridge in Spain and one of the longest in the world when it was built. Around 50,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day on average and an estimated 231 million have gone over it since its opening. Galicia’s Audasa infrastructure authority began works to widen the bridge in 2016 at an estimated cost of almost €108 million. They were completed in December 2017.
Fake fines by email
Fomenting LGTBI hatred
THE Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) warned through its Twitter account of a scam whereby drivers receive an email in which, they are notified of a fine of €1,530. The official-looking notice even bears the logo of the DGT, but the organisation assures that this type of communication by email is a scam. The only ways of notification of traffic fines are either by mail or through the Electronic Road Address (DEV) for which the electronic ID is required. Sources of this organisation have explained that this type of scam is reactivated every so often. They go on to advise members of the public not to open the received email and delete it. The notification is accompanied by a link to make payment of the alleged fine and is, of course, false.
THE left wing Compromis party spokesman in Les Corts, Fran Ferri, has shown his ‘outrage’ at the parliamentary initiatives registered on Monday by Vox, the newly formed ultra-right-wing party, to request documentation on LGTBI groups and data on gender violence since 2004. Les Corts is the main legislative chamber of the Valencian Generalitat, which currently has a left-wing ruling coalition, which includes the 17 elected Compromis party deputies. Vox has 10 elected Deputies In Ferri’s opinion, the request is ‘indecent’ and ‘only seeks to foment hatred.’ He has therefore announced that Compromís will present in Les Corts "a letter asking the Bureau for the inadmissibility of parliamentary initiatives that are a tool to foment hatred towards LGTBI people.’ Ferri warned that it is ‘indecent to access institutions and collect a public salary to dedicate themselves to attacking without foundation the lesbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual people.’
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New exhibit for museum THE Military Museum of Valencia has presented its latest acquisition, a cannon which dates back to 1679. The valuable and ornate piece of military history is believed to have been made in a foundry less than 300 metres from where the museum is now housed. The weapon will be part of the centre’s permanent display. Visit www.amigos museovalencia.es.
Illegal clothes haul MORE than 1,000 counterfeit items with a total retail value of over €100,000 have been seized by National Police. Twelve people, 10 men and two women were arrested in Benidorm in connection to the crime. The investigation into the falsely branded goods started in May and by the end of June most of the perpetrators were identified and subsequently apprehended. The Judicial Police Brigade together with the Prevention and Reaction Unit in Benidorm carried out the operation. The majority of the illegal
COUNTERFEIT: Goods with street value of over €100,000 seized. products were items of clothing, most incorporated a wellknown brand label and were made in the style of famous designer companies. The authorities worked with representatives of the brands that had
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UP THERE: One of the best hotels in the world to connect to the landscape.
been duplicated to help identify the fraudulent goods. The authorities finally traced the counterfeit items back to their source and arrested the vendors based on intellectual property charges.
Top recognition HOTEL booking website hotel.com has listed The Vivood Landscape Hotel and 5E Spa, located in the mountains near Guadalest, inland from Benidorm, as one of the five best in the world to connect with nature. This luxurious adult-only
hotel makes the most of its mountainous views, with an infinity pool, floor to ceiling windows, terraces and glasswalled showers in the en-suite rooms with amazing views. The public rooms, including the restaurant, also boast these great views.
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Tragic loss of one of life’s diamonds SHARON NORRIE, the lady her colleagues at Bay Radio described as ‘one of life’s diamonds,’ has tragically lost her five-year battle against cervical cancer. Sharon passed away last Monday evening at the age of just 41, leaving behind daughter Laura. Sharon was Bay Radio’s commercial director, and was a well-known and much-loved figure on the northern Costa Blanca, having previously worked for Blu and Europa Network. In honour of Sharon, who fought cancer for five years straight and never gave up, her friends and family would like to raise money for the Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia in Valencia, who did everything in their power to overcome this horrible illness which eventually took over her life. If you would like to support the appeal, donations can be made via: https://www.gofundme.c om/cervical-cancerawareness-in-honour-ofsharon
‘Green’ rice protection THE Valencian rice fields are adopting a new, ecologically sound method of controlling the caterpillars (Chilo suppressalis), which can decimate the rice crop. Rice is grown along the coastal plain from Valencia to Denia. It is a valuable crop and, of course, the essential ingredient in paella. The new method uses a system of wooden rods which have synthetic pheromone diffusers replicating the hormones of the female of the insect. These saturate the atmosphere surrounding the crop. The male caterpillar is then left ‘sexually confused’ and unable to seek out the females to mate. The rods are bio-degradable and avoids the farmers having to use fertilizers to control these pests.
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BLAZE: Forest fires in Tarragona
Bomberos help in Cataluña fire A TEAM of firefighters from the Valencia region was helicoptered to the Tarragona region, to the north, to assist in fighting a large forest fire. The fire burnt about 4,000 hectares of forest and agricultural land in the Ribera d’Ebre (Tarragona) area, which come under Cataluña. The blaze is said to have been the largest in Spain, so far this summer. Announcing the assistance package and warning people in the Valencian re-
gion, President Ximo Puig said “I want to make a call to the Valencian society, to all those who in some way have a relationship with the forest and people who approach areas that may be susceptible to suffering a fire: we have to have the maximum of prudence. “These days are going to be very difficult, we are going to have an extraordinarily difficult summer and citizen cooperation is fundamental.”
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Ruling delivered DELIVEROO, the fast food delivery firm, has lost the first stage of the litigation brough t b y i t s Va l e n c ia n drivers for recognition that they are employees of the company and are not selfemployed. A ruling recognised the ‘employment relationship’ of the delivery drivers with the company, Roodfood SL, the own e r s o f t h e b r an d ‘Deliveroo.’ The c o m p a n y h a s b ee n ordered to pay the Social
Security contributions for each worker for 2017, the year in which the claim was filed , a mo u n tin g to more than €160,000. The action group behind the litigation has also called fo r s o me th in g to be done about the risks the riders a re re q u ire d to ta ke mee tin g targ e t d e liv ery times, which they claim are responsible for road accidents. Roodfood SL has stated it will appeal the ruling.
Speed arrest GANDIA Guardia Civil have arrested a 33-year-old man who was travelling on the AP-7 motorway at a speed of 223 kmph and who, when detained reportedly tested positive for several narcotic substances. The driver, who was in a high-performance vehicle, was spotted on the motorway, near Gandia, heading north by the ‘Pegasus’ surveillance helicopter of the Directorate General of Traffic, who immediately alerted the Traffic Department of the Guardia Civil. The man has been charged with several driving offences.
Social exclusion CATHOLIC Church charity, Caritas Diocesana, has warned that up to 320,000 residents of the Alicante Province remain at risk of social exclusion, which represents 20 per cent of the population. Last year the charity reported that it assisted 31,579 people, with five cases of humanitarian emergency, 765 people with employment problems, 969 for equality issues and 1,345 in respect of problems relating to housing. This figure showed a
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VICTOR MELLADO: Warned of the severe risk of exclusion.
‘marked decrease over the previous year’ (2017) when over 40,000 people were helped. Presenting the charity’s annual report last week, Caritas director, Victor Mellado, said the “severe exclusion does not improve, but increases.” And he argued that the residential projects of the province are “saturated, as they are increasingly finding that there are more people alone and without adequate employment, health and housing resources available to them.”
Prescription ease NURSES in the Valencian region will now be able to prescribe medicines for the public. Some 20,000 nurses, who have at least one year’s experience, will now be able to write prescriptions, rather than patients having to wait to see a doctor. It is hoped that the initiative will re-
duce the workload of the doctors and Health Centres and generally make the system more efficient. Councillor for Universal and Public Health, Ana Barceló, said, “You gain in security, you reduce self-medication, the side effects of drugs and reduce pharmaceutical costs.”
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Happy Harris anniversary
By Dave Proctor FAMILY firm Harris Furnishings celebrated the third anniversary of the opening of its showroom in Pedreguer at the weekend. Having previously been located in Gata de Gorgos, David and Jayne Harris invited friends old and new for a glass of cava and treats to kick off a month long sale of sofas, chairs
and other furniture. D a v id a n d J a y n e , who have 58 years’ experience, have a real passion for quality furniture which comes th ro u g h in a frien d ly a nd professional way. And the anniversary also marked a slight diversification as the Harris’, including their two children, now offer their ‘Sofa Medico’ service, which is a cleaning,
renovation and re-upholstering service. D a vid a nd J a yne ha ve over 58 years’ experience in the uphols te ry tra de be tween them, David having learned the trade from his father-in-law, and they pride themselves on their local reputation, gained during the past 14 years. Find out more a t www.harrisfurnishings.com.
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WITHOUT SERVICE: The tram line between Denia and Calpe remains closed (file photo).
No tram for three years
DENIA has been without a working tram link for three years as of this month. Officials with the Ferrocarrils de la Valenciana (DGV) transport agency first shut Line Nine of the tram service which runs between Denia and Calpe in 2016. Agency officials said they had to close it due to a lack of security. Underestimations of the scope of works needed to bring the link in line with security
ENGLISH drivers of an empty bus that was en-route from Malaga to Liverpool have denied any knowledge of the large quantity of drugs that were found hidden in their vehicle during a
HARRIS FAMILY: Emily, David, Jayne and James.
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standards and delays to the project have meant it remains unfinished. Officials had originally hoped Line Nine would be up and running earlier this year. Further works, including the building of a new bridge across a ravine in Benissa at the cost of €9 million, mean it will remain closed. The FGV has put on a bus service to serve the route until works are finished.
No knowledge trial in Valencia this week. The court heard that the
bus was searched during a routine road check by the Guardia Civil back in January 2018 when drugs with a street value of over €1.5 million were found. The trial continues.
Left ‘for hours’ alone NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with his 37year-old partner’s death in a fall in Elda after emergency services were not alerted until six hours later. Police sources said the woman fell into a garden in the town on Sunday. She was conscious, but was left injured after hitting the ground. Officers have accused her partner of ne-
glecting his duty of care after finding the woman but failing to alert emergency services for six hours. Police claimed he left the 37year-old where she lay and went to find a phone. Emergency services arrived at the scene hours later but she was dead when they arrived. The 37-year-old’s body was removed at around 1.30pm. The case continues.
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Masonic fundraising THE O l i v a L a Sa f o r Lodge of Freemasons recently held a summer party and barbecue for Masons and guests at the po pul a r l o c a l restaurant Viva España in Ol i v a a nd r a i s ed €300 for the El Preventorio children’s home charity. Elsewhere, the wives and partners of memb ers o f t he t hre e Freemason’s Lodges of Javea have donated a digital projector to the A soci a c i ó n Aut i sm o Javéa, which supports ch ildre n a nd y o u n g adults suffering from autism and last month d on a t e d € 2 5 0 t o a refugee who was in desperate need. If you wish to know more about Freemasonry, co nt a c t Wi l l i a m Turney at prensa@glp valencia.com.
Natural habitats now under threat GREENPEACE, the environmental pressure group, has detailed in a recent report that they have calculated that 23 per cent of the Valencia region’s natural habitats are under threat from ‘Massive Urbanisation’ projects. The report ‘A Toda Costa 2019’ has been prepared by Greenpeace in collaboration with the Observatory of Sustainability, which fo-
cused on the natural areas that still remain on the coast after the ‘mass ive ’ urba nis a tion of re c e nt decades and in the ‘threats’ that they now face. The Greenpeace report concluded that a greater effort to develop policies for the protection of biodiversity is necessary and reiterates the ‘urgency’ of the actions on the coast.
‘There are extensive areas of natural habitats that need to be protected before they can be affected by urbanisation, and in order to reverse the trend of biodive rs ity los s , eff or t s shoul d be complemented with the restoration of degraded areas, especially the restoration to the public domain of the illegally privatized zones,’ the report said.
Success for bowls club THE final of the Valencian Champions League Lawn Bowls competition took place at Mont y Mar Bowls Club between northern winners, Benitachell and San Louis, winners from the south. After a series of tightly fought matches, last week’s Championship depended on the pairs games. Benitachell duo, Carol and Dudley Davies went into the last end with the score even. Dudley drew into the lead twice only to have
WINNERS: The victorious Benitachell club. his shot wood taken out, with his very last wood he drew on top of the
jack and although the opposition skip bowled a superb bowl, the winner
stayed where it was, giving Benitachell the Championship.
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Town tackling Tiger mossies FINESTRAT, just inland from Benidorm, is being sprayed to try to rid the town of Tiger mosquitos. The Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, also known as forest mosquito, is a mosquito native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia; however, in the past few decades, this species has spread to many countries through the transport of goods and international travel. The insect can, in rare cases, transmit harmful diseases like Zika virus, West Nile virus, Chikungunya and dengue fever. The Tiger mosquito is not only strikingly different in terms of appearance to the native Spanish mosquito, but it is also much more aggressive! This breed’s bites are a lot more painful than the native Spanish mosquito and can cause severe swelling, scarring and in some cases infection that may require a visit to the doctor. Like all other species of mosquito, they are very much attracted to stagnant water, which helps them to breed. May to October is the time in which Tiger mosquitos are most active. In some urban areas, like the town of Finestrat, the local authorities have begun fumigating areas where the mosquitos are likely to breed, near to ponds and other open areas of still water.
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS By Joe Gerrard MEMBERS of the acting left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government are aiming to form a coalition this month as the countdown to an investiture vote begins this week. Acting Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo said PSOE’s investiture was the only political option after it won the most seats in April’s election, but fell short of a majority. “We will be clear about what basis we want to lead the country on,” Calvo said. She spoke as Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met with President of the Congress of Deputies Meritxell Batet to fix a date for the investiture vote. Sanchez and PSOE are courting smaller parties in Congress to get the 176 votes they need to be voted in. The acting prime minister reached out to parties across the political spectrum to find a way forward, but talks with the leftist Podemos have
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COUNT DOWN: Congress will vote on a PSOE government this month. proved the most fruitful. Sanchez met with Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias after the round of elections wrapped up in May and agreed to form a ‘government of co-operation.’ But the two parties have struggled to agree on what co-operation would look like. Iglesias has pushed to have Podemos Congress members appointed to ministerial positions, but Sanchez
said PSOE was only prepared to offer low-level government posts. Calvo claimed the decision was due to the fact a coalition between PSOE and Podemos would still leave the government 11 seats shy of a majority. Tha t me a ns the y w ill have to bring other parties into the fold which could open the door for them to de ma nd gove rnme nt a p-
pointments as well. Comments from other leading PSOE figures hint the party is losing patience and is anxious to form a government sooner rather than later. PSOE spokesperson Adriana Lastra said her party wanted ‘responsibility’ from Podemos after Iglesias suggested he might try to stall the government’s investiture until September. “This isn’t Game of Thrones,” Lastra said. Internal factors in Podemos also mean backing a PSOE government is not a straightforward move. The party’s haemorrhaging of votes in recent elections has created pressure for them to find their own identity rather than throw their lot in with PSOE. Sanchez and PSOE figures have not ruled out calling fresh elections if the deal falls through.
Internal strife THE centrist Ciudadanos entered a crisis last week after a number of high profile members questioned its drift to the right, with some resigning in protest. Several members of the party’s executive committee said they would quit over leader Albert Rivera’s refusal to support a government led by the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE). The party has shown a greater willingness to deal with the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the far-right Vox in recent months. Ciudadanos agreed to join a Vox-backed coalition with the PP in Andalucia in December and it also struck similar deals with both following local elections in May. Party members in its Catalan heartland broke ranks with the leadership and backed sitting leftist Barcelona mayor Ana Colau to block Vox’s entry into local government. Internal divisions in Ciudadanos were previously summed up by its candidate for Barcelona mayor Manuel Valls, who said its dealings with the far-right ran counter to its progressive, liberal values. The party appears to be straining under the contradictions of its strategy. Rivera is thought to be positioning the party as the leading opposition force against PSOE, but his right-turn has alienated liberal supporters.
Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 32.1 per cent, 138 seats Partido Popular (PP): 20.2 per cent, 89 seats Ciudadanos: 12.5 per cent, 37 seats Unidos Podemos: 12.2 per cent, 32 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control
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HIGH PERFORMANCE: Supercar in the Yiannimize Grand Tour. CELEBRITY: 50 Cent put in an appearance.
Supercars set off THE first inaugural Yiannimize Grand Tour departed from Villa Padierna, Marbella to kick off a week of lavish partying, spectacular scenery and celebrity appearances including rapper 50 Cent, all in the aid of charity. More than 100 Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porches, Aston Martins and Bentleys were all decked out in custom branding as they set off on a seven-day
trip across Spain and France, finishing in London, UK. The event is the brainchild of car customiser Yianni Charaloumbus who has worked on the supercars of some of the world’s most famous celebrities including boxer Anthony Joshua and entrepreneur Balbinder Singh, owner of the high end events company Rich List Group. The road trip will take
the cars over 2,000km passing through Valencia, Barcelona, Montpellier, Geneva and Paris, with prestigious VIP parties being held in the most exclusive clubs along the way. Entrants had to pay €14,000 to take part, with an extra €7,000 for other team members. The profits have gone to Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) and Rays of Sunshine.
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‘Sustainable’ cash machine THE BBVA bank has installed the country’s first ‘sustainable’ cash machine at its Madrid headquarters in a bid to cut energy use. The bank’s new machine is made of recycled and recyclable materials and its 25 per cent lighter than traditional
cash points. All its features are designed to reduce its environmental impact including where its parts are sourced from. BBVA is aiming for environmentallyfriendly versions of its machines to be in place by 2020.
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Europe’s best variety of vultures in Spain THE northern Catalan / Pyrenees area of Spain is the only place in Europe where four species of vulture are present and nesting according to new studies. A project carried out by the conservation team at Monachus Group has successfully brought the Black Vu l t u r e b a c k i n t o t h e a r e a w i t h a careful rehabilitation of the surrounding conditions. The reintroduction of the Black Vulture adds to the area’s Fawn Vultures, Lammergyer and Egyptian Vultures which are already nesting and thriving in the Boumont Reserve in Lerida. The project started in 2007 after environmentalists noticed a dramatic reduction of the Black Vulture population. They constructed specific nesting platforms to encourage the birds to
NESTING: Northern Spain’s Black vulture population is on the rise.
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initiate breeding and also created feeding points to help make the scavenging of inexperienced young vultures much easier. Black vultures are purely scavenger birds, only able to feed on the
dead and decaying meat from animal carcasses. Only in certain cases where the animal is weak or ill will they feed on live prey. There are currently around 60 birds and around 20 breeding pairs in the area. “Around 30 birds ensure a colony is safe, and around 40 means the birds are actively breeding successfully,” said Ernesto Alvarez, President of Fauna Rehabilitation Group GREFA.
Homage to Spanish films THE 73rd edition of the world famous film festival, held in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, paid special attention this year to Spanish cinema. “Spanish cinema in the
last decade has returned ‘on fire’,” said Niall Greig Fulton, a spokesperson for the festival. This is one of the catalysts for this year’s festival to have for the first time a
retrospective look at Spanish Cinema, more specifically the works of acclaimed director Iciar Bollain. During the festival, works from around eight different Spanish directors will be shown, as well as movie shorts and a brief look into Spanish musical culture through documentaries. The highlight of Bollain’s work will be a showing of the director ’s piece ‘In Strange Land’ which documents the 6,000 Spanish nationals currently living in Edinburgh. This high quantity of Spanish residents is precisely the reason for the focus of this year’s festival explained Fulton. The tribute also gives a small nod to the amount of times the country’s capital has been referenced in the Catalan debate, using Scotland as an example of breaking independence from their longstanding neighbours. The film festival finished on Sunday, June 30.
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BREXIT BRIEF
THE recovery of rival holiday destinations will have more of an impact on British tourists opting to travel to Spain than Brexit will, according to Britain’s Ambassador to Spain. Simon Manley said at an event organised by the Madrid Business Forum that the years since the 2016 Brexit referendum have seen record numbers of British tourists holidaying to Spain. “Spain is in the hearts of the British. There are few countries whose holiday offering compares to Spain’s,” Manley said. The ambassador added the number of German tourists holidaying in Spain had fallen faster than those of the British in recent months. “Germany is not coming out of the EU and German economic growth is similar to that of Britain’s,” Manley said. “What’s happening is the return of other destinations such as Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia which disappeared from the market for security reasons. They are now more competitive again,” the ambassador added. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed the British were the single-largest group of tourists in Spain during the first four months of 2019 at around 4.3 million.
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By Joe Gerrard THE final two Conservative leadership candidates have sketched out their approaches to Brexit ahead of the contest’s final vote. Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and current post occupant Jeremy Hunt have set out their stall on Brexit ahead of Monday July 22’s ballot of Conservative party members. It comes as the Labour opposition continues to grapple with its Brexit approach, with leader Jeremy Corbyn facing mounting pressure to adopt a clear position. Johnson and Hunt’s supporters played down the prospect of a no-deal after Hunt said he would be prepared to leave without an agreement but would do so with a ‘heavy-heart.’ Hunt added he would set aside about €6.7 billion to deal with a no-deal. Johnson backer Matt Hancock said the former Foreign Secretary’s goal to leave on October 31 with or without a deal made getting one more likely. Both pledged to raise spending in oth-
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BREXIT PARTY leader Nigel Farage, in Birmingham said the pro-leave group will have candidates ready to fight every Parliament seat while the Conservatives could not be trusted to deliver a ‘proper’ EU departure.
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CLASHES: Johnson (left) and Hunt (right) are setting out their Brexit approaches. er areas, but Chancellor Phillip Hammond warned the Treasury’s surplus funds would not be up for grabs in a no-deal Brexit. Meanwhile in the Labour party, Shadow Chancellor and Corbyn ally John McDonnell said the party needed to ‘move now’ on its Brexit approach. It comes as the party failed to unite behind a single approach at a shadow
cabinet meeting which reportedly saw McDonnell liken Labour’s Brexit policy to a slow-motion car crash. McDonnell told Sky News he would publicly back remain, but was willing to wait for Corbyn to build a consensus on one policy. Labour currently supports putting Brexit to a vote but has not said which side it would back. A general election remains the party’s preferred option.
BRITAIN’S chief Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins has resigned to work in the City of London after he came to be seen as a chief architect of Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft withdrawal agreement which has not passed.
Not ready THE Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) new director Carolyn Fairbairn has said nine in 10 small to medium sized companies have not prepared for a nodeal Brexit.
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Topless sunbathing, to bare or not to bare, and where? TOPLESS sunbathing. It is today by no means an uncommon site on the Spanish costas. When mass tourism really began to take off in Spain in the 1960s the country was still a dictatorship and conservative attitudes prevailed; the Catholic Church warned against the topless fashion northern Europeans brought with them. But not only have the Spanish got used to seeing foreign tourists ditching their bikini tops to catch some rays over recent decades, surveys suggest at least one in three Spanish women happily sunbathe semi-nude themselves. The official line on going topless in Spain? A reform of the 1989 Penal Code removed the categorisation of toplessness as a public scandal and subsequent rulings have stated that going topless cannot be banned on beaches. Nevertheless, some local authorities have demanded the power to establish areas where being bikini-topless is a no-no, like public swimming pools and municipal parks for example.
REGULATIONS: Some municipalities prohibit toplessness in places like public swimming pools.
No law prohibits going topless at residential complex communal pools, but under the Horizontal Property Law communities of owners can vote to put a stop to it and establish a ban as an internal rule. Regulations are one thing, but then there is what is considered socially acceptable. Is there a difference in people’s minds between topless on the sand and topless by the pool or in the park? Probably most people these days don’t
bat an eyelid at the sight of bare boobs on the beach. But the same people may well raise an eyebrow if they find their female neighbours going topless at the community swimming pool or should they find themselves staring at a lady’s nipples in the face while walking the dog on the nearest public patch of green. So, to bare or not to bare, and where, that is our question? Let us know what you think.
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Shots fired at police van in Cueta A NATIONAL POLICE van was shot at on Saturday afternoon (June 29) whilst on a routine patrol of the area of Cueta. The van was part of the Unit of Prevention and Reaction (UPR) and was making its patrols around the area of Principe de Cueta when shots were fired into the air. A further shot was then aimed at the van which dam-
aged the lower part of the side panel. There were no reports of injuries sustained. Police reportedly retaliated with warning shots at which time the perpetrators fled the scene. A full investigation is now underway and a forensic analysis of the bullet in the van is being carried out to identify the type of weapon used and to try to determine the shooters’ identities.
Migrants rescued ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY people were intercepted by Spanish maritime authorities travelling from Africa to a port in Andalucia across the Alboran Sea. The refugees were caught travelling in make-shift vessels along the Gibraltar coast yesterday. Sixteen women and one child were aboard the inflatable boat, the rest were men of all ages.
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Somebody’s goat is missing VALENCIA City’s Local Police are seeking the owner of a goat found wandering along one of the city’s busiest streets. The animal was discovered in the morning in Avenida Pio XII and taken to the nearby Campanar district police station in case someone had reported it missing. The discovery has since been announced on the Valencia force’s social media pages, but if it is not claimed the goat will be taken to the Centre de Animales Exoticos in the Nazaret neighbourhood.
Squabbles at EU summit THE US urged Spain to lead the EU in diplomatic negotiations with Venezuela and Cuba during the EU Summit in Madrid last week. The American Ambassador in Spain has accused the Nicolas Maduro regime of stealing more than three billion dollars of public funds and signing an agreement with Russia. The Ambassador and the US foreign office have urged Spain to put pressure on Maduro b y offe r i ng m i l i t a r y a id to h is riv a l J u a n Guaidó and freezing the dictator’s assets.
British mother booted off flight A 31-YEAR-OLD mother of two claims she was booted off an easyJet flight because she was wearing an over revealing top. Harriet Osborne from Suffolk told a British newspaper that when she got on a Stansted-bound flight at Malaga airport an air stewardess told her h er s e e -through, low -c ut blouse and no bra attire were inappropriate for a plane with children on board. The make-up artist alleged s he ha dn’t put a bra on be cause she was wearing nipple covers and tape. She also maintained she got up and put on a jumper which the friend she was travelling with was carrying, but to her surprise was not allowed to
MALAGA AIRPORT: British mother of two had to spend the night after been asked to leave her flight. return to her seat. Harriet and the friend had to spend the night at Malaga airport and fly the following day. An easyJet statement ins is te d the 31-ye a r-old w a s
‘politely requested to wear an additional top for the flight,’ b ut was r em oved f r om t he plane because she ‘proceeded to act disruptively towards a member of our crew.’
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Footballer causes death crash JOAO MALECK, a Sevilla Atletico footballer, was involved in a traffic accident that killed two newly-weds. The accident occurred while the 20-year-old player was speeding in Zapopan (Mexico) and rammed the rear of the car belonging to a young couple who had married only the day before. According to early reports in the Mexican media, Maleck was over the drink-driving limit when the accident occurred. He was first taken in custody to a health centre for medical attention and later to the Zapopan police station. “We demand that he feels the full force of the law for irresponsibly taking the lives of two innocent people,” said the local mayor, Pablo Lemus.
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Anywhere but Cataluña IN recent years the Ministry of the Interior has encountered serious problems in covering National Police vacancies in Cataluña. The Proces towards independence discouraged applications for postings, but the situation deteriorated still further after thousands of officers were sent to Cataluña to prevent the unauthorised independence referendum. Two years later new recruits have to be ‘practically dragged there’ according to police sources. Nor are there financial incentives, as a Cataluña posting adds less than €80 a month to a National Police officer’s paypacket, unlike the Basque Region where they earn an extra €300. Last month, 2,593 National Police officers finished their training, but only eight of the 500 who passed out with the highest marks chose to go to the region. Rejection of Cataluña is only equalled by reluctance to go to Ibiza and Menorca although for very different motives. There are no political problems on the islands and no rejection of National Police officers by the local population. Instead, their reasons are entirely financial owing to the high price of accommodation in the holiday destinations.
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Internal migration slows SPAIN’S rapid inter province migration continues into 2019, but has slowed down according to new studies. Statistics from the National Statistics Office has revealed that internal migra-
tion continues in larger cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, however the rate has dramatically slowed down since 2017. A large percentage of the migration was the result of rural depopulation which
has been a hot topic for the past few months during the country’s elections. However sky rocketing house and rental prices in the larger cities and increased job opportunities and government investments
Coin cyclist national cycling champion COIN local Carmelo Urbano has secured victory for the Sub-23 Andalucia Team after being proclaimed the new Spanish road race champion. Urbano completed the 157.8-kilometre route ending in Lorca in Murcia on Saturday in four hours, three minutes and 31 seconds, 13 seconds ahead of second-placed Arturo Gravalos, and 25 seconds before Oier Ibarguren in third. The cyclist is seen as one of the most important rising national cycling stars.
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RISING STAR: Carmelo Urbano looks to have a promising professional career ahead of him.
in the smaller municipalities have meant that more of the younger generation are staying to find work in their place of birth. Madrid for example, the city with the historically highest migration has 8,792 fewer citizens than recorded in 2017. Barcelona has 7,712 fewer. One of the most reduced cities in the country is Jaen, which in the past 10 years has lost more than 30,000 inhabitants. There is also a pattern emerging of people travelling to the popular tourist areas on the coast, with Malaga and the Balearics experiencing increases. Overall however Spain’s native population continues to decrease, but the total population increases. This is due to the highest number of international immigrants than ever before coupled with Spain’s lowest birth rate since 2002.
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BURNED: Up to 8,000 palms were destroyed.
Elche’s palm groves hit by fire ARSON is suspected after four separate fires destroyed up to 8,000 trees in Elche’s World Heritage listed palm groves. Elche Local Police, along with the fire department and N ation a l Po l i c e h a v e an nounced that an investigation has been opened, with first indications suggesting they were intentional fires. The palm grove of Elche was declared a World Heritage site by Unesco. The
firs t fire w as s p o tte d a t around 0.50am on Saturday in a p alm o rch ard in La H o y a. L ate r, at a ro u nd 2.25am, a second fire broke out in a grove in Algoros. At the same time another orchard began to burn, this time on the CV-856 at kilometre 1. Finally, at 6am, a fourth fire broke out on CV851 at kilometre 2. The four fires, all in the municipality of Elche resulted in thousands of burnt
A fifth of youth not working TWENTY per cent of 20 to 34-year-olds in Spain are not working or studying according to recent Eurostat data pertaining to 2018. This puts Spain in the top six countries in Europe for unemployment in this age bracket. Italy tops this list with 29 per cent of young adults unemployed and out of education. They are followed closely behind by Greece with 26.8 per cent, then Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Croatia, France, Cyprus and Hungary in that order. At the other end of the spectrum lies Sweden which leads the employment ladder with only 8 per cent of their 20 and 30 somethings out of work. They are followed by Netherlands with 8.4 per cent, then Luxembourg, Austria, Denmark, Slovenia, Germany and Portugal in that order.
palm trees - estimated to be up to 8,000 - according to fire brigade sources. Twenty-five fire fighte rs from Elche, Crevillent, San Vicente and Almorabi stations fought the blazes alongside six from the forest firefighting unit. The fires were put out later the same day. The Elche Palmeral is the name given to a number of da te pa lm grove s in a nd a round the c ity tota lling about 200,000 trees
Woman dies while cooling off in pool A BRITISH woman died while cooling off from the suffocating heat in a swimming pool in Orihuela, according to the Spanish press. The 36-year-old reportedly suffered convulsions after taking a dip in a pool in a complex in the Entrenaranjos area at midday on Friday. An emergency medical team fought to save her life by practising CPR for some 45 minutes, but tragically there was no response, the press said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Spanish media also reported the woman possibly had a history of epilepsy. An autopsy is due to be carried out to determine the cause of death.
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What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics. HERE in Spain there is a general number for all emergencies, 112. No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles without a Spanish SIM card. The responders speak a number of languages, and you can also fax or SMS 112. In addition, there are individual emergency numbers, depending on the type of assistance you need. It’s a good idea to keep a printout of them handy, in your bag or wallet, in the home and in the car. And it can’t hurt to have a few helpful Spanish medical/emergency terms written down, just in case you don’t get an English-speaking member of staff. National Police, also known as National Police Corps (Cuerpo Nacional de Policia, CNP), deals with criminal offences and public order in towns and cities, and can be contacted by calling 091 or 902 102 112. The latter was set up for non-Spanish to report burglaries, car theft or a break-in when documents and belongings are lost or stolen. Available in English from 9am to 2pm, all week long, the service is also available in French, German and Italian. Once the telephone report is made,
claimants have 48 hours to check and sign their statement at the police station of their choice. In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 091 at the time, then go directly to a police station to make a report. The Guardia Civil is a military force which operates mostly in rural areas and is responsible for drug offences, fatal car accidents, robberies and murders, and can be contacted on 062. Local Police (Policia municipal) cover their local town or city area for traffic offences and control, lost property and crimes such as theft and neighbourhood disputes. You can reach them on 092. And a special helpine, 016, has been set up specifically to report instances of gender violence. For an ambulance (ambulancia) and health emergencies, call 061 or 112, and in the case of a fire call the fire brigade (cuerpo de bomberos) on 061 or 112. For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24- hour helpline 900 100 333.
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This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
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A BRITISH tourist has recounted the lifesaving actions of a hotel entertainer who saved the life of a young boy who was pulled from a communal pool in the Costa Blanca. Amy Sinclair, 35 years old from Livingstone, Scotland, said she heard a commotion as she was putting out her towel at a resort in Alfaz del Pi. She turned to see a man screaming, pulling a young boy out of the pool who was limp and had turned blue. A hotel entertainer on the scene reportedly began to perform CPR on the boy and managed to get him to start breathing again. Amy described the whole thing as “the worst thing I have ever witnessed.” The boy is now recovering in hospital and is said to be doing better.
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CONDEMNED: One case saw an underage migrant try to cross into Ceuta.
UN condemns child migrant treatment By Joe Gerrard A UN committee has condemned Spain for its treatment of unaccompanied migrant children, citing two cases from 2016 and 2017. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (OHCHR) said border authorities failed to provide sufficient legal guarantees to the children and did
not consider their documents properly. OHCHR said ensuring the best interests of migrant children who try to enter Spain was of ‘fundamental importance.’ “In cases of uncertainty, the individual must be given the benefit of the doubt,” the committee said. The first case concerned a Cameroonian national who was denied legal representation after arriving
at the border of the Spanish enclave in Africa Ceuta. Prosecutors refused to accept his official documents and he was ordered back across the order. The second case, in 2017, say an Algerian national was returned after arriving in Almeria by boat and taking an age test which claimed he was 19. OHCHR said such tests have a ‘wide margin’ of error.
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Supermarket robbery A 64-YEAR-OLD man entered a Mini Mas supermarket in La Corredoria, Asturias and held up the cashier with a firearm and a large knife demanding €200 from the till. Police were able to identify the Spanish national even though his face was partially covered with the hood of his jacket. An interview with the shop assistant and a review of the CCTV cameras led the police to make the arrest a few days later. The CCTV footage showed that he had also tried the rob the same premises the day before, but backed out at the last minute due to the number of customers in the store at the time. The police apprehended the man at his home in the area on June 17 and whilst searching the premises, found the clothes he wore for the robbery, the weapons used including the knife and a replica firearm, and approximately 6.5 kilos of hashish ready for distribution. The 60-year-old man was brought before the judicial authority and his immediate admission to prison was decreed pending trial.
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SUMMIT: The leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies are meeting in Japan.
Sanchez and May at G20 By Joe Gerrard THE prime ministers of Britain and Spain have joined the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies for the annual G20 summit in Japan. Spain’s Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was pictured arriving in Osaka for the summit on Friday. Sanchez said Spain’s two priorities for the summit were action on climate change and making the global economy more environmentally friendly. “We are united by our defence of multilateralism, global trade and our commitment to ensure climate neutrality in line with the Paris Agreement,” Sanchez said.
The cameras captured a brief exchange between Sanchez and US president Donald Trump. Trump reportedly told the acting prime minister he ‘loves’ Spain and the tone was said to be friendly. British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would push for world leaders to do more to combat climate change. Sanchez, May and Abe are joined by the leaders of the US, France, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Russia, China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other leading economies. This year’s agenda includes discussions on the global economy, trade and investment, innovation, the environment and energy, jobs, women’s empowerment, development and health.
NATO ammunition project SPAIN has joined a European Treaty for the buying and sharing of maritime ammunition with seven other European countries Belgium, France, Italy, Holland, Poland, Portugal and non NATO member Finland, along with Spain will form a new Memorandum of Understanding in the provision of Decisive Munitions of Maritime Combat (MBDM). The agreement was facilitated by Acting Defence Minister Margarita Robles. The cooperation between the EU member states aims to standardise the purchasing and increase manufacture of maritime weapons such as surface to air, surface to surface, torpedoes and blank
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AGREEMENT: Spain joins NATO treaty to reorganise their maritime military. ammunition, whilst at the same time reducing manufacturing and buying costs. It also aims to address common storage solutions for the nation’s ammunitions, with the overall focus on giving Europe a good
quality stockpile of maritime munitions. Spain is already part of similar coalitions in Europe that have done much the same thing with land based military equipment and ammunition.
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DANGEROUS: Balconing leads to several deaths each year.
Balconing fines in Magaluf THREE tourists in the Mallorcan district of Calvia have been fined for balconing, so far this year. Local laws mean people recklessly jumping from balconies into pools or clambering from one balcony to another face fines of between €600 and €1,500. Anyone encouraging or inciting others to indulge in this reckless behaviour is also liable to be fined.
The by-law was introduced in 2016 after a string of balconing deaths and serious injuries. Last year 11 fines were handed out in Calvia, which is the council that covers Magaluf. All the fines so far this year were levied by Local Police in June. So far on 2019 there has been one death attributed to balconing. A British tourist was also
Transgender prostitutes freed NATIONAL POLICE released eight prostitutes of Colombian and Venezuelan nationality after breaking apart a transgender trafficking ring. Six arrests have been made in the country’s capital of traffickers linked to the prostitutes forced to work in cities across Spain. They were allegedly lured into Spain on the false promises of well-paid jobs and high prospects. They were assigned an apartment, had their passports removed and were monitored 24 hours a day to avoid any of the victims escaping. The investigation began in 2018 when two of the victims managed to contact the police and report their circumstances and a full investigation got underway. The alleged leader of the organisation is also a Venezuelan transsexual who has settled in Spain, persuading other transsexual victims into the country, then forcing them to influence others to cross to Spain. During the raids on apartments of the capitals along with the prostitutes being released into protective custody, money, mobile phones, laptops and small quantities of drugs were seized.
filmed leaping from an exterior stair to try and grab a tree. He fell through it and crashed to the ground, breaking several bones in the process. He allegedly then claimed he had slipped by the pool in an effort to get the hotel to pay his medical expenses. The hotel’s insurance company discovered the video on social media and is refusing to pay, leaving the tourist facing a bill of €37,000.
Most indebted towns A TOWN in the Madrid Region has the highest level of debt per head in Spain, according to data released by the Finance Ministry. Puebla de la Sierra’s debt is equivalent to almost €8,160 per every one of its 60 residents. A large part of the debt comes from a roughly €700,000 loan taken out by a wood processing plant, with almost €490,000 still owed. Vallada, in the Valencia Region, came second with debts worth more than €8,060 for every one of its almost 3,040 inhabitants. Its total debts are worth almost €24.5 million. Moraleja de Enmedio, in the Madrid Region, has debts worth €6,883 per head.
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Hitman was a con by Dilip Kuner A WOMAN who wanted her ex killed so she could sell his organs went to police to complain that her daughter’s boyfriend had swindled her when she tried to hire a hitman. Police in Madrid promptly arrested both mother and daughter, who was in on the alleged plot, plus the boyfriend, after hearing the 52-year-old woman’s complaint. According to reports, trouble started for the mother when she realised that her partner had conned her and her 20-
year-old offspring out of €60,000. The elder woman allegedly came up with a scheme to get her revenge and her money back. The daughter mentioned this to her 29-year-old boyfriend, who told them he
had the perfect plan - but he would need €7,000 up front. The cash was to be used to pay informants and as a deposit for hitmen who would kill the woman’s now ex-partner. And to get the missing money back they would har-
vest the victim’s organs to sell on the international black market. But the women waited and waited, and there was still no sign of a hit. Eventually they realised there was never going to be one.
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Body found on Cadiz beach A BODY has been found by police on the Playa Puntilla in the Cadiz region of El Puerto de Santa Maria. As reported by 112 Emergencies Andalucia, the grim discovery was made last Tuesday (June 26) at 11.40am by a passer-by who contacted the emergency services after noticing a body on a section of rocks at the end of the jetty. A team of workers from Public Health Emergencies, the Local and National Police force and fire crews were all present to rescue the body as it was in a difficult to access area. Details are not yet available as to the identity of the body or the means in which the deceased died.
Hunt for Europe’s oldest mosque AN archaeologist and historian from Harvard is looking into the possibility that an area near Madrid could be hiding Europe’s earliest mosque. A team of excavators are currently working on a site to try and find the remains of the ancient city of Reccopolis, an old Visigothian city which was taken over by Muslim conquerors in the early 9th century. Michael McCormack has explained that recent
discoveries on the site have uncovered a large building structure that has all the hallmarks of being a mosque with the layout of the floor plan similar to what is found in the Middle East. The ‘front’ of the structure also faces Islam’s holiest site, Mecca. If excavations prove successful, the discovery would mark a landmark in Spain’s prominence in Muslim culture.
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RECOVERED: Guardia Civil pulled car from lake.
Body in reservoir A BODY recovered by police divers from a submerged car in a Spanish reservoir is thought to be that of a British man who disappeared three months ago. Fishermen who spotted the car in the Civan reservoir in Caspe, Zaragoza, alerted emergency services. Guardia Civil and specialist divers arrived at the scene to make the
grim discovery. The car had just part of the roof poking out of the water. The body has been tentatively identified as 59-year-old Martin Walker who went missing at the start of March. The vehicle’s number plates match those of Mr Walker’s car which disappeared at the same time. Forensic tests and DNA analysis will be carried
out to confirm the identity. Divers attached airbags to the car and pulled the car from the lake in order to recover the body. Mr Walker, who ran a fishing tours business called Catfish Capers on the River Ebro, was originally from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. He had lived in Spain for around 15 years.
‘No evidence’ Low-emissions for virus decision protest THE EU’S Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has said ‘no evidence’ was found proving three Icelandic tourists contracted chikungunya while holidaying on the Costa Blanca. A spokesperson for ECDC said tests following reports the tourists had contracted the virus showed their illness was not caused by chikungunya. It comes as the Icelandic Directorate of Health confirmed that initial tests had shown signs the tourists had the illness, but further examinations could not confirm the findings. A report issued by the ECDC said: “There is no evidence that the reported cases are the chikungunya virus disease.” It follows media reports which said the Icelandic holidaymakers, including a 37-year-old woman and a five-year-old child, contracted the virus while staying in Alicante Province. The ECDC added it did not issue advice to travellers after reports interpreted a regular assessment of disease risks as information for holidaymakers.
THOUSANDS of demonstrators took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday to protest against plans to scrap the city’s low-emissions zone. The protesters gathered in the Spanish capital after the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and centrist Ciudadanos announced plans to scrap the zone after taking control in the city council. Acting Environment Minister Teresa Ribera told the media the council was putting ideology before public and environmental health. Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, the new mayor of Madrid, said Madrid Central as the zone is known was a failure and added the council would try to find alternative sustainability measures. It comes as the Ecologists in Action environmental group said Madrid Central led to a yearon-year fall in nitrogen dioxide levels from April 2018 to 2019 in the zone. Levels of the pollutant have fallen by around 16 per cent across the city.
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CARLOS BAOS WE CAN HELP YOU A NEW Law 5/2019 of March 15 actually came into force on June 16 and as it is more commonly known, the Mortgage Law is a regulator of real estate
New requirements to obtain a mortgage loan in Spain credit contracts. This new law has introduced important new elements which will apply when
you approach a bank for a mortgage loan. Amongst these changes, one of the most important is the obligation that banks now have to provide the customer with the necessary information to allow them to compare the mortgage loan conditions being offered with other banks’ conditions. In addition, it is required that customers know and understand all of the conditions of the loan and the consequences of signing it in order to allow the client to be able to make an informed decision. This information must be given by the bank to the client, at least 10 days before the signing of any contract or offer related to the completion of the mortgage loan and must be in accordance with the FEIN
model, European Standardised Information Sheet, which can be found in Annex I of the new Law. Another important change is that the person requesting the mortgage loan must meet with the chosen notary, where the loan deed is to be signed, in order to obtain free advice and review of the loan, before the date of completion. Amongst other things, the notary will review and confirm in this meeting that the information provided by the bank is in accordance with the Law. If the notary confirms that the information and documentation comply with the requirements established in the Law, he will draw up a certificate or statement by means of which he will certify compliance with the deadline for delivering the
documentation by the bank before signing for the mortgage. This certificate or statement will also reflect any questions or doubts that the client has presented to the notary as well as the advice that the notary has given to the client. In addition, the client must answer a series of questions provided by the notary in order to confirm that the client has received all the documentation and information. If the notary cannot verify that the client has received all of the necessary documentation or the client does not appear to have received this advice, the notary will draw up another statement in which he will confirm this situation and in such cases, the mortgage public deed cannot be granted nor signed. Also, the new law has clari-
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fied the issue of the distribution of mortgage expenses. As per the actual Law in force, now the client will be responsible for the costs of valuation and survey and copies of the deed that he or she may request from the notary and the expenses related to the lodging of the deed in the Land Registry and the rest of the notary’s fees will be paid by the bank. As for Stamp Duty Tax, it will be paid (as established recently), in accordance with the legal changes carried out by the Royal Decree 17/2018 in the Stamp Duty Tax Law, article 29 which states that the lender (meaning the bank) is the taxpayer and will be responsible for this cost. If you are applying for a mortgage to buy a home or for any other need contact us and we will help you to follow the necessary steps to obtain it. The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, it simply transmits information related to legal issues.
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€100mn fake food seized By Dilip Kuner SPANISH police have seized 300 tonnes and 39,000 litres of ‘counterfeit’ food and drinks, many falsely labelled as organic. They were acting as part of the Europe-wide Operation Opson which in total saw €100 million worth of food and drink seized. This year Spanish police were asked to keep an eye out for mislabelled ‘organic’ produce. The Guardia Civil’s Seprona environmental division made more than 2,500 checks and inspections at shops, markets, airports, seaports and in-
INSPECTIONS: Guardia Civil checked 90,000 tonnes of ‘organic’ food.
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Printing of ‘anti-Semitic’ book stops
than 1,500 administrative offences and 13 criminal of-
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A BRITISH publisher has said it will no longer print copies of a book by a Spanish geopolitics specialist after parts of it were deemed anti-Semitic. Penguin Random House said it would stop printing Pedro Baños’ ‘How They Rule the World’ following a review which found it featured ‘echoes of Jewish conspiracy theories.’ The decision comes after the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism called for the book to be pulled. They claimed the Spanish version of the book
90,000 tonnes of suspicious organic products were checked. The illicit practices uncovered include the use of unauthorised substances, the diversion of conventionally produced food to the organic market and the use of falsified documents to blur the traceability of the products. The Guardia Civil was working with INTERPOL and Europol and focusing on the fight against counterfeiting, adulteration, sale, labelling, illegal trade or distribution of food products and economic fraud.
discussed the Rothschild banking family who have historically been the subject of conspiracies about Jewish influence in finance and politics. The English language version of the book did not feature the passages. Penguin Random House said it accepted the findings of an external review which said publication of the book should stop. Baños has previously claimed to have been the victim of ‘malicious, false and unjustified criticism.’
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S Korean official dies A HIGH-RANKING official from the South Korean government has died after being robbed in Barcelona. Hyewon Kim, aged 65, was seriously injured on Monday night (June 24) when a motorcyclist tried to snatch her handbag. She was knocked to the ground and hit her head. She passed away in hospital three days later. The victim was part of South Korea’s Culture and Tourism Ministry and was on an official visit to Barcelona. Police have launched an investigation and are examining security camera footage from businesses in the Poblet Nou district of the city to see if they can identify the robber.
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Drone Marihuana metres from owners THE Secretary of Transport Maria Jose Rallo has released figures showing the amount of registered drones in the country according to databases. In Spain there are 5,500 registered aircraft along with 3,600 registered operators. The announcement was made by Rallo at the Exprod r o n i c a 2 0 1 9 F a i r, w h i c h highlighted the increasing popularity and importance of proper drone usage. Current drone usage is regulated by the AESA, however the Ministry of Public Works is working on a standardisation of the laws across Europe to help with the uniformity of restrictions and licences. As well as these changes in the regulations, there will also be a plan put into place whereby automatic digital traffic management systems will allow manned and unmanned aircraft to share the same airspace.
schools and play area GUARDIA CIVIL uncovered an indoor marihuana plantation on the doorstep of a nursery school and children’s play area in Almeria. The first was discovered just 100 metres from a nursery school and an institute in Roquetas de Mar, and a second only 50 metres from a children’s play area in a house in Felix. In both cases the Guardia were tipped off by local residents reporting a strong smell of the drug emanating from the respective properties and complaining about the constant noise. Neighbours in both Roquetas and Felix also expressed particular concern that many children
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TIP-OFF: Residents reported strong smells of marihuana and constant noise coming from the properties. passed by the houses. Investigations and discreet surveillance operations allowed the Guardia to pinpoint the location of the possible plantations. When officers went into the Roquetas house they found more than 200 marihuana plants,
nearly 180 grammes of hash hidden in a strong box, five air-conditioning units, an air extractor and precision scales. There were 390 marihuana plants growing in the house in Felix. As is often the case in these kinds of illegal
drug cultivation set-ups, there were unauthorised connections to the power supply in both properties. Officers arrested a 41year-old woman from Roquetas identified as CVOD in connection with the Felix plantation.
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Drug lorry intercepted in Malaga A LORRY containing over 1,000 kilograms of hashish and 225 kilograms of marihuana has been intercepted on the way to Malaga, destined for Holland. The National Police made the arrest as part of the ‘Coffee Operation,’ a large scale drug trafficking operation based in Spain but linked to countries across Europe. The police received a notification of a Dutch registered lorry parked at the Centre of Transport of Merchandise of Malaga. In the early hours of the morning of Monday the lorry was recorded to have left the centre and headed along the A-357 towards Malaga. It appeared to be flanked by several ‘support’ cars as it made its way along the highway. It was intercepted at around 11am by National Police officers and on inspection contained eight pallets of extruded polystyrene. Police sniffer dogs were used and the illegal load was quickly identified as being placed in the hollowed out containers. Along with the large drug seizure, €2,700 in cash and the lorry and trailer were seized. The lorry unit was registered to a Dutch transport company and the driver, a 50-yearold Dutch resident was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.
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Million-euro watch stolen
Hopping mad after stealing 66 shoes for the same foot
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Cyclist rescued A COORDINATED effort by Guardia Civil, Almeria firefighters, Local Police and an 061 ambulance team resulted in the successful rescue of an injured cyclist who fell down a ravine in the El Pocico area of Huercal de Almeria and was unable to move. The Guardia reported the rescue took more than three hours. The operation was complicated by the difficult access and the terrain, forcing members of the rescue team to walk two kilometres carrying all their equipment to get to the 50-year-old man. It was after dark when rescuers managed to get him out of the ravine and carry him the two kilometres back the other way then transfer him to the Torrecardenas hospital. The cyclist broke his tibia and fibula in the fall.
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COMPLICATED: The difficult terrain forced the rescue team to go two kilometres on foot to get to where the cyclist had fallen down a ravine.
A BUNGLING burglar was left looking for one legged people to sell his ill-gotten gains to when he stole 66 shoes that were all for the same foot. A court has heard that the man smashed a window of a shoe shop and hastily grabbed as much merchandise as he could carry before making his escape.
A TOURIST has allegedly had a watch worth €1.15 million stolen in a mugging in Spain. The 22-year-old victim from Azerbaijan was on a seafront walk with a friend when he was accosted by a thief in Ibiza. He was pushed several times before the Formula 1 themed watch was ripped from his wrist and the mugger ran off with his booty. The theft was immediately reported to police, who say the victim had injuries on his wrist and arm. The thief is thought to be in his 30’s. The stolen watch is one of just 75 made and is based on a McLaren theme. It features a highly engineered tourbillon mechanism that rotates once a minute to supposedly ‘nullify’
EXCLUSIVE: Just 75 RM 50.03 watches have been made.
the effects of gravity. The Richard Mille 50.03 McLaren F1 features a chronograph function accurate to fractions of a second to measure lap
He must have been left hopping mad when he got home to find the market for his loot was going to be severely restricted. It wasn’t long before he was tracked down by police and brought to heel. The prosecutor is asking the Provincial Court of A Coruña (Galicia) to imprison him for four years and nine months.
times, and has a self-winding mechanism. At 40 grammes including the strap - it is thought to be the lightest watch in the world.
Compensation is also being asked for. The value of the stolen shoes was €3,023 - at least to the shop. They were worthless to the thief. That is the sum - plus €238 for damage caused - that the prosecutor wants the man to pay. It was not stated in court whether they were left or right foot shoes that were stolen.
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ETA leader extradition SPAIN has asked France to extradite a former ETA terrorist leader over the 1987 bombin g o f a p o l i c e b a rracks in Zaragoza in which 11 people died, five of them children. Josu Ternera (real name José Antonio Urrutikoetxea) was arrested on May 16 in the town of Sallanches, in the Fren c h Al p s. He w as held in custody initially, but conditionally released on June 19. He h a d b e e n o n t h e ru n from Spanish courts since 2002.
Ternera joined ETA in the 1 9 8 0 s , w h e re h e b ec a me head of the group’s political apparatus. In 1989 he was arrested in Bayonne and a year later he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. After his release he was expelled by the French authorities and handed over to Spain on May 4, 1996. T h e S p an is h N atio n a l Court prosecuted him for belonging to an armed gang, th e n in J u n e 1 9 9 6 h e w a s charged with a 1986 bombing in Madrid in which 12 Guardia Civil officers died.
Too hot for horses SEVEN horse and carriage drivers in Palma have been fined for forcing their animals to work at the height of the heatwave. Local by-laws decree that when there is a yellow alert for heat - as is the case at the moment - then the drivers must stop work between noon and 5pm. Local Police spotted that several of the tourist carriages were still operating in the dangerously hot temperatures of 36 degrees Celsius and stepped in to call a halt. Police say they will be keeping an eye on the situation in the coming days to ensure the welfare of the horses. Now animal welfare group Actúa has demanded the immediate withdrawal of licences from the fined drivers for endangering the lives of their animals.
Man stabbed to death in playground A 42-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed to death in the Madrid neighbourhood of Valdezarza. A police report says that the incident happed last Friday at 4.20pm at a children’s playground and that the victim received multiple stab wounds to the chest and back. The victim was in a state of cardio respiratory arrest when the police arrived
and they tried to revive him for 45 minutes, but their attempts were unsuccessful and he died on the scene. The mother of the man has been treated in hospital for a nervous breakdown after receiving the news. As of yet, the attacker has not been found however the case has been handed over to the homicide department for investigation.
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PAINTING MYSTERY: The Prado Museum asked the public to help it identify the scene in Riancho’s painting.
Museum calls for help SPAIN’S national art museum has called on the public to help find a place depicted in one of its paintings. Researchers at the Prado Museum in Madrid appealed to people to help find what is featured in Cantabrian painter Agustin Riancho’s Landscape. The appeal was picked up by Andaluciabased Palaeontology student Luis Collantes who retweeted it.
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The post later went viral and several Twitter users suggested it depicted the Saja Valley in Cantabria. Collantes said it could also show the Salto del Gitano in Extremadura’s Monfrague National Park. Other suggestions included the River Esla in Castilla y Leon, the River Cabriel in Castila-La Mancha, Aliaga in Aragon and the Despeñaperros Natural Park in Jaen Province, Andalucia.
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Airline booze clampdown RYANAIR has extended a clampdown on drunken behaviour on flights to Spain by banning passengers from taking duty-free booze to their seats. Cust om er s on som e flights to Alicante, Palma, Malaga, Barcelona, Tenerife Sur and I bi za have been getting emails setting out new rules for carrying alcohol. The email states that any duty-free alcohol bought at the airport will have to be put in their luggage to go in t he hol d bef or e boar di ng their flight. This will be done at the gat e and wi l l be f r ee of charge for those with priorit y boar di ng or one sm al l piece of hand luggage. Others will have to pay a fee, and if the drink is in a bag not appropriate for the hold it will have to be binned. The ban was first started on flights to Ibiza and Alicante in 2017, but has since been extended.
GERMANY’S biggest internet platform for selling illegal drugs has been closed down, and its Mallorca-based leader arrested. Eleven people have been detained for suspected involvement in drug trafficking via the website called Chemical Revolution. German police say the main suspect is a 26-year-old man who they say headed the operation and had his last address in Mallorca. The arrest last spring of another 26-year-old German citizen for trafficking drugs led to the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office opening an investigation. Police seized large quantities of narcotics, including nearly 50 kilograms of amphetamines, 16 kilograms of marihuana, two kilograms of MDMA, 900 grams of cocaine, 600 grams of heroin and a high volume of ecstasy tablets, and LSD in in the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony.
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Spanish flag on Madrid City Hall THE new governing parties at Madrid City Council have hung a Spanish flag in place of the banner of the LGBTQ community which was due to be flown for Pride Month. The conservative Partido Popular (PP) and centrist Ciudadanos hung the flag on city hall as others were due to fly the rainbow flag to mark LGBTQ pride month. A rainbow banner has been placed off to one side of the building. It comes as another farright party, España 2000, unfurled a banner with the Spanish flag bearing the words ‘Straight Pride’ in Valencia City. The Spanish flag was put up shortly after Santiago Abascal, leader of the farright Vox, called on Madrid’s new mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida to do so.
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SWITCHOVER: The rainbow banner was placed to one side to accommodate the Spanish flag. Abascal said on Twitter the Spanish flag more accurately showed that Madrid respected everyone regardless of their background. The Vox leader also accused the LGBTQ lobby of hating those who ‘do
not think like them.’ The Spanish flag also hangs where a banner which said: ‘Refugees Welcome’ once hung under the city’s previous leftist mayor Manuela Carmela.
Police release kidnapped man POLICE released a man who had been held for seven days while his kidnappers demanded a €2 million ransom. The Argentinian victim was being held at a property in Madrid’s Prosperidad (Prosperity) district by a gang of five men - four French and
one Russian. Their hopes of prospering from their crime were scuppered by National Police. An investigation began after Spanish police received, through diplomatic channels, a complaint filed in Argentina by a relative of the abductee.
The Argentine consulate in Spain reported that a relative of the abducted man had been contacted from Spain with demands for a €2 million ransom to be paid for his release. The victim himself also contacted the relative by phone warning of the seriousness of the situation and asking for the ransom to be paid. He said he and his entire family had been threatened with their lives if the demands were not met. The Spanish authorities were notified and within a matter of hours had found the house where the kidnapped man was being held. As police arrived to surround the house, they realised the gang together with the victim were leaving the property. Fearing he was being moved to another location or was about to be harmed, officers moved in on the gang immediately, making five arrests. Police say four of the detained have experience in weapons handling and military operations.
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Lagging behind
BEST FRIENDS: Dog was rescued by firemen and police.
Dog rescued from scorching balcony FIREFIGHTERS were called in to rescue a dog that had accidently been trapped on a balcony in Spain in the full glare of the sun. Local Police called in Palma (Mallorca) firemen to help reach the pooch which was stuck on a fourth-floor balcony and appeared to be suffering from heat exhaustion.
The canine had spent all morning in the sun in the midst of the present heatwave. The animal was rescued and taken to a vet with symptoms of heat stroke. Police are reminding people that it is important to ensure that pets are kept in shade in a cool spot with plenty of water available.
Brits arrested after €90 million drugs bust in Spain A TOTAL of 16 people in England and Spain have been arrested following a €90 million drugs bust in Madrid. An international gang was in the process of picking up more than a tonne of cocaine from Colombian smugglers in a supermarket car park in Leganes when police moved in. Spanish authorities worked in partnership with the UK’s National Crime Agency and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), as well as judicial forces in Colombia and the USA in the operation. A 49-year-old man from Poole in Dorset, a 54-year-old man from Ashford, Middlesex, and a 48-year-old woman from Windsor, Berkshire, were arrested in connection with the incident. Nine people were arrested in Madrid, two in Barcelona and one in Malaga. Reports suggest a Colombian gang had joined forces
with a British crime ring in order to share logistics During the operation guns,
dozens of mobile phones and around €100,000 in cash was also seized.
Caña believe it EIGHTY per cent of the beer drunk in Spain is done so within six of the 17 autonomous communities. Andalucia, Madrid, Cataluña, Valencia and the Balearic Islands are runaway national leaders in beer consumption, apparently due to the influx of thirsty tourists they receive each year. From June to September of last year, 11 million hectolitres (a unit equal to 100 litres) of beer was consumed in Spain and according to statistics used by brewers like Jacobo Olalla Marañon, one of every four beers is drunk by a foreigner. Most people opt to drink out of the house in Spain, in bars and often with something to eat. This distinguishes the country’s drinking culture from other European countries as generally the statistics are skewed in the other direction. The presence of so many ‘taperias’ and bars around Spain apparently entices locals and foreigners alike to step out and enjoy a tipple.
SPAIN now spends less on international aid than it did in 1990, in terms of gross national income. It means that of major countries, it is the nation which has reduced aid the most. It has declined five times more than the Netherlands, which is second on the list of countries where aid contributions have fallen. While the trend for members of the Development Assistance Committee since 2018 has seen a rise of 24.5 per cent, Spain has reduced payments by 55.7 per cent. These figures have just been released by Oxfam Intermon in its report La realidad de la ayuda 2019 (The Reality of Aid 2019), an exhaustive study that the NGO publishes every y e a r a n a l y s i n g S p a i n ’s contributions in comparison with other donor countries.
The NGO wants Spain to put in place a plan to reach the European aid average of 0.5 per cent of gross national income compared to the 0.2 per
cent it spends now. Provisional figures for 2018 show aid contributions continuing to fall. In 2017 Spain gave €2.25 billion, last year €2.146 billion.
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Benidorm NEWS Busy as ever BENIDORM is as busy as ever, with hotels 90 per cent full at the end of June. Data collected by hoteliers organisation Hosbec, who said that British customers are once again positioned as the main market in Benidorm, accounting for 43 per cent of market share in the month. This puts them ahead of the Spanish, who made up 41.9 per cent. After the United Kingdom, Portugal was the second most important market - but a long way back with a 3.5 per cent share. Next was Belgium with (2.4 per cent), Holland (2.1 per cent), Ireland (1.4 per cent) and Romania (1.2 per cent).
By categories, three-star hotels in Benidorm had 91.2 per cent occupancy, followed by four-star establishments (90.3 per cent). Looking to the future, Hosbec says it wants to increase the numbers of visitors coming from Portugal, France and Italy as well as the rest of Spain. It is worried that the resort city is too reliant on British trade and wants to seek alternatives in case there is a Brexit slow-down from UK visitors. But overall Hosbec is satisfied with the figures as there had been worries visitor numbers would dip this year by two to three points.
RBL has November in mind MEMBERS of the Benidorm and District Branch of the Royal British Legion are already thinking ahead to next November. They will soon be making plans for fundraising for the Annual Poppy Appeal and recently met over lunch and enjoyed an afternoon at the Showboat to discuss forthcoming events.
SUMMER LUNCH: Discussing Poppy Appeal plans.
Town hall pay rises BENIDORM’S local government and opposition parties agreed pay increases for councillors and advisers. Salaries affecting both full-time councillors, advisers and those paid only for attending council meetings will rise by between 9 and 15 per cent, adding ₏173,738 to the wages bill. The proposal went ahead thanks to votes from the Partido Popular and the PSOE socialists.
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BENIDORM Town Hall is applying for a grant to restore the 16th century Morales watchtower. T h e t o w e r, a p r o t e c t e d Asset of Local Importance (BIC), is located on the southern side of the former N-332 main road but originally stood on the old Camino Real between B e n i d o r m a n d Vi l l a joyosa. The money will be made available by the regional government’s Culture department, under grants made to conserve and protect the Valencian Community’s architectural heritage. Rehabilitating the tower will cost €207,236 and Benidorm is applying for 40 per cent of the total.
Odds and evens for drivers THE Las Terrazas car park near Benidorm’s Levante beach is free, but will be regulated for non-residents. There are still no plans for the demolished complex of 1960’s apartment buildings on the corner of Avenida del Mediterraneo and in the meantime it is providing a much-needed car park on the seafront. Residents registered on the municipal padron can continue parking without restrictions, announced Mobility councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate. Otherwise, vehicles with number plates ending in an even number can park on even dates and those ending in an odd number on odd dates.
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Rehabilitating the past
MORALES TOWER: Stood on the old Benidorm-Villajoyosa road.
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CANOEING: Advice before setting out.
Explore the Sierra Helada coves THE local youth department and Hamacas Playa Albir are again offering free canoe excursions. Organised for the 16-35 age gr oup ever y Tuesday during July and August, the excursions in waters of the Sierra Helada national park ar e l i m i t ed t o gr oups of eight people each day. Under-18s will also need written permission from a par-
ent or legal guardian. Al l t hose i nt er est ed i n taking part should put their names down at the Centro de Informacion Juvenil de L’Alfas, located in Alfaz’s Casa de Cultura. “We have been organising t hese out i ngs f or t he l ast eight years,” explained the new Youth councillor Laura Sevilla. “They are always very popular and encourage young people to explore the Sierra Helada coves during the summer.”
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SIERRA HELADA: Clearing rubbish
Clearing up after others SIXTY people who cleaned the foot of the Sierra Helada’s cliffs removed 60 kilos of litter. Luis Miguel Morant, Environment and Beaches councillor, thanked the groups and volunteers, including divers, who gave their time and energies to removing plastic, glass, tin cans and other rubbish from coves and the seabed. “We hope that this will make the public aware of the serious environmental problems that their litter, and above all, plastics are creating,” Morant said.
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Pool rescue
tion and Coordination Centre revealed a SAMU ambulance medical team stabilised the child before transferring him to hospital in Villajoyosa.
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AN eight-year-old boy in difficulties in the swimming pool of an Alfaz hotel was rescued with symptoms of drowning. The Emergency Informa-
EQUALITY DRIVE: Rocio Guijarro and other councillors involved.
It’s in the bag ALFAZ’S Equality department launched a campaign condemning any kind of violence against women, coinciding with the 31st Film Festival. Yo amo el feminism. Yo amo el Festival de Cine (I love feminism. I Love the Film Festival) is funded by the national government’s National Pact against Gender Violence. Purple, linked in Spain to the Equality movement and rejection of gender violence, was chosen for 1,000 bags with the Yo amo el feminism. Yo amo el Festival de Cine slogan that will be distributed during the film festival. “We want to incorporate the gender issue in all
municipal policies, in line with the State Pact against Gender Violence, said Alfaz’s Equality councillor Rocio Guijarro, who thanked the Festival organisers for involvement in the campaign. Thanks to the National Pact against Gender Violence, Alfaz received a €20,000 allocation, the councillor reported. This has been used to show professionals, including the police, social workers, schools and the Health department, how to coordinate their response for gender violence victims and to create municipal procedures to provide the best possible prevention and intervention programmes, Guijarro explained.
Changeover at the Rotary
Learning all about wine this summer
EDIGIO TOCE, who takes over from Istvan Szekely, is the new president of the Rotary Club International in Alfaz. The traditional Change of Collars ceremony was held at the Hotel Sun Palace in Albir and was attended by Alfaz’s councillor for Residents and Groups, Martine Mertens. The Rotary Club l’Alfas del Pi Internacional was constituted in 2017 with the objectives of advancing and encouraging tolerance, talent and peace through different year-round activities while serving the community, education and the disadvantaged.
ALFAZ-based Bodegas Enrique Mendoza are participating in a UNED Open University summer course on the importance of Spain’s wine industry. The course is organised by the UNED in Denia and as a member of the UNED board, Alfaz Town Hall is cooperating with the course, which will be held between July 15 and 17. The course is an introduction to Alicante wine and includes tasting sessions, debates and visits to the province’s principal wine-producers, including Bodegas Enrique Mendoza. Participants will also visit bodegas in Jalon, Sax and Villena. The UNED course is limited to 40 people and applications can be made via the UNED website.
Fire was short-lived A FIRE destroyed 1,500 square metres of vegetation growing beneath pines at the Finca Roca property at the ‘new’ N-332 roundabout giving access to Alfaz del Pi. No-one suffered injuries during the fire and the four Benidorm fire brigade vehicles called to the scene had the blaze controlled and extinguished 90 minutes after it was reported.
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L’ESPIGO: A comparatively new urban beach.
Cookery classes for men ALTEA Town Hall is organising cookery classes for men, announced Equality councillor Vicenta Perez. The Men Cook Too course is aimed at over-45s who would like to learn to cook so that they can share the household chores and ensure that there is true equality in all fields. The course is free and will be held at the Formacion para Personas Adultas (FPA) adult education centre on July 17, 18 and 19. Participants need to be registered on the municipal padron, Perez said.
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RADIO ALTEA celebrates 25 years of broadcasting tomorrow, Friday July 5, drawing on its archives to review the town’s social, political, cultural and sporting events. Altea’s first broadcaster debuted as Radio Altea Emisora Parroquial in the 50’s, with several name changes until Radio Altea Mediterranea was created in 1994, becoming Radio Altea in 2012.
THE Blue Flag is flying at Altea’s urban beach, the Playa de l’Espigo. Last month Diego Zaragozi and Xelo Gonzales, respective Beaches and Tourism councillors, travelled to Cullera together with other officials from Costa Blanca town halls. There they received three of the coveted flags from the region’s Tourism chief, Francesc Colomer for the l’Espigo, La Roda and Cap Blanch beaches. “This is the first year that the l’Espigo has won a Blue Flag because it is a comparatively recent creation and first had to pass a series of controls before it could opt for recognition,” Zaragozi explained. “The l’Espigo flag confirms the work that Altea Town Hall has put in to benefit the environment, looking after our natural resources and putting them at the service of the public,” Zaragozi declared.
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Special Flag confirms hard work date
TRUE EQUALITY: Vicenta Perez in the FPA kitchens.
All interested males can put their names down at the Equality department located
on the ground floor at Altea Town Hall, the councillor added.
Measures to fight fire OWING to the announced pre-emergency forest fire status, Altea’s Environment councillor urged the local population to take preventive measures. This, above all, applied to the town’s areas of woodland and scrub and any other sector where fire can easily spread, Jose Orozco said. “There are measures that should be borne in mind throughout the summer but particularly in periods like the present when there is a high risk of fire throughout much of the country, owing to temperatures of 35ºC and more,” he explained.
“Obviously there is a ban on making paellas or having barbecues in the open in spaces without specific authorisation,” he continued. “Work tools that produce sparks and could start a fire are also banned and, of course, burning pruned branches and weeds is totally prohibited.” Orozco added that fire were also prohibited or any type of object with a flame, like sky and wish lanterns and warned smokers not to throw cigarette on the ground. Orozco reminded residents to ring the 112 number if faced with an emergency.
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Jalon - Orba Valley NEWS Xalo Photo credit main picture: Joanbanjo
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CAMPAIGN: Campaign (above) in Orba to end discrimination.
‘Demolish closets’ call from town hall ORBA Town Hall commemorated International Gay Pride Day with a call to ‘to demolish the closet.’ Officially backing the right ‘to exist and love in freedom,’ the council has launched a campaign that it hopes will give a voice to the LGTB+ collective. This applied to the municipality but above all to rural areas, where the gay community is often barely visible, said Orba’s Equality and Inclusive Policies department. “Everybody is welcome in Orba, independently of their feelings or who they love,” declared Equality and Inclusive Policies councillor Laura Cervera. Many LGTB+ people suffer continual discrimination simply for belonging to this collective, the councillor said. “This is particularly true of rural areas where there is a greater fear of being rejected than in big cities,” she added. “Public administrations are under the obligation of fighting for the rights of all citizens, which is why campaigns like this are funda-
Play-time ALICANTE’S provincial council, La Diputacion announced plans to allocate €1,500 to Lliber which will be used to put on a play in the local language under its Town Hall Grants Programme that was created to promote both Valenciano and popular culture in the Valencian Community.
mental in the fight to normalise the collective and fight against any kind of discrimination.”
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Calpe THIRTY-NINE candidates entered th e d raw fo r th e title of Fie s ta s queen during Calpe’s celebrations this August. A further 22 eight-year-olds put their names down for the title of jun io r q u e e n a n d , a s in pre vious years, the draw for both was held before a notary. The names were selected unseen b y th e 2 0 1 8 F ie s ta s que e ns Lucia Tenza and Sandra Simarro o n c e th e n a me s o f th is ye a r ’s ma id s o f h o n o u r h ad be e n a nnounced. Two long catwalks leading up to the stage were installed in the Plaza Mayor, as well as seating for 2,000 members of public.
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C AL P E ’ S G ua r d ia C ivil a r re st e d a m a n on drugs charges after findi ng 2 5 g r a m m e s of cocaine hidden under his vehicle’s gearbox. In t he pa st , he r a n a ba r whe re he a l s o s uppl i e d dr ug s, b u t after l e a v i ng th e b usine ss c o nt i nu ed to d e l i v e r dr ug s to h is f o r m e r c l i e nts ’ homes and several local bars.
Queens decided by lottery
HOPEFULS: Candidates and escorts photographed beforehand.
Calpe backs equality CALPE Town Hall issued an institutional statement supporting equality for all people, regardless of their sexual identity. Earlier the local mayor Ana Sala had refused to agree to fly the rainbow flag in Plaza Colon to commemorate Gay Pride Day on June 28 as suggested by PSOE councillors. Instead, a manifesto calling for equality was read out in the principal council by members of Calpe’s Partido Populular and Ciudadanos parties. “We should ensure our society respects affective-sexual diversity and brings to an end the many aggressions and prejudices that continue to exist towards a collective that is espe-
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GAY PRIDE: Calpe council members read out a manifesto.
cially vulnerable to discrimination and is at a greater risk of social exclusion,” the statement maintained. The manifesto went on to declare the municipal corporation of Calpe condemned all types of physical and verbal aggres-
sion, humiliation and contempt towards LGTBI people in Spain. “We add our voices to all those clamouring for a future based on equality for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender-identity.”
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Free tours of an early luxury villa Reina site their name, as centuries later when the Romans were long forgotten and the Moors expelled, the local population believed these were the baths of a Moorish queen. Underground conduits were also believed to be tunnels that connected her baths to a fabled palace. The conducted tours will be held on Tuesday mornings throughout July and August starting out at the Moli del Morello at 9.30am. It is not necessary to registered beforehand, but as the parties are limited to between 25 and 30 people, it is advisable to arrive in good time. More information is available on the Casa de Cultura’s telephone number, 965 839 123. Photo credit: Tamorlan
CALPE Town Hall is organising free conducted tours of the Banys de la Reina. The archaeologist Alicia Lujan will explain the history and importance of the Romain remains which date from the second century AD and were inhabited until the seventh century AD. The complex, considered one of most important in Roman Spain, includes an eightroomed luxurious villa with tessellated black and white tiling, imported marble and baths that would have belonged to a wealthy family. There were also tanks cut out of the rock where fish were farmed and later dried and cured and the garum fish sauce produced. These tanks gave Banys de la
QUEEN’S BATHS: Included a Roman fish farm.
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SUMMER BALL: MorairaTeulada U3A enjoyed a five-course dinner followed by dancing.
Highlight of the year ALMOST 150 members of the Moraira-Teulada U3A dressed up for one of the year’s highlights, the summer ball.
On a hot night at the end of June they gathered at Salon Canor on the outskirts of Teulada for an enjoyable evening that began with a cava reception in the well-tended gardens, with music provided by the Poco Loco steel band. The ladies, who had spent ages getting their hair just so, were complaining that what the men looked on as a cooling breeze was actually a gale which ruined their efforts. A five-course dinner, accompanied by impressive quantities of wine, was fol-
lowed later by music from Soulsplosion which kept many on their feet, dancing until midnight. Tina Turner ’s Simply the Best was the clear hit of the night, drawing ever-larger numbers onto the dance floor. Even the local taxi firms
did their bit by managing not to leave anyone stranded for too long after the evening had concluded. For details of events and information about U3A Moraira-Teulada, visit the www.u3amoraira-teulada.org website.
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NEWS NINE people were rescued in two separate operations off Moraira’s El Portet beach. The first operation occurred in the afternoon when two young men in a rubber dinghy who were being carried out to sea by a very high wind had contacted the Emergency Services. The Puig de la Llorença rescue boat was alerted, but in the meantime they were spotted by a jet-ski which towed them to safety before the boat had time to arrive. Later that evening, two people entered Moraira’s Club Nautico asking for help after seven family members had gone out rowing in a small boat and found that they, too, were being swept out to sea by the wind. By chance, the Cap d’Or, which carries out rescues in Benitachell, happened to be moored at the yacht club and was about to
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Good Samaritans at sea
EL PORTET: Not always as calm as it seems. set out to save the family but, yet again, they were seen by the occupants of a semi-inflatable which towed them back to port.
Another town hall first TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall commemorated International Gay Pride Day with a rainbow flag draped on the balcony for the first time. A manifesto, by Equality councillor Mamen Botija, also declared that “diversity should not be the cause of confrontation” and pledged to paint the rainbow flag on the local administration’s route map.
TEULADA-MORAIRA Fishing Club held Match 13 of their summer league on Section A2 of the River Jucar. The forecast was for a fairly overcast but dry day, so members were surprised to find light rain as they assembled for the draw. They had expected to put their parasols to a different use that day but the rain soon stopped and with a temperature of 23 degrees with a light breeze, it was ideal for fishing. The match began at 9.35am to a very slow start. After half-an-hour the first two fish were landed and another 30 minutes saw the same two anglers land a second fish and no-one else was having any luck at all. Matches had been fished on the same section on the previous Saturday and Sunday and this possibly affected club members’ success. As the day progressed a few more anglers managed to land the odd fish, but only Malcolm Hunt was experiencing ay regular catches. In the middle of
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Few fish, but stocks replenishing
BETTER TIMES: Frank Wills with a beautiful carp from an earlier outing. Section 2 there were hardly any bites to be had and some had to wait over four-and-ahalf hours for their one and only fish “The overall size of the fish was much smaller, which although disappointing on the day, bodes well for the future
as we do not always see enough of the next generation which will keep the stocks up,” said the club’s Graham Sewell. “We are a very friendly club and are always happy to welcome new members. Anyone without match fishing experi-
ence will be given assistance and advice from our more experienced members,” he added. For further information please contact Frank Povey (966 490 338, email frank povey@btopenworld.com or Ray Craig on 966 492 083 or 650 069 247.
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Step back into the past THE Tourist Office is organising free, English-language conducted tours of Teulada’s Gothic Quarter in July and August. From the old Porta de la Mar in the Plaza de la Cruz, the tour takes visitors through the streets that were once protected from pirate attacks by the town walls. The solid, simple but stately houses follow the architectural design of centuries while the robustlybeautiful but spacious 17th century church of Santa Catalina the Martyr was built as a fortress to with-
stand the same pirate attacks that assailed the Alicante coast at that time. The Plaza de la Iglesia is presided by the elegant Renaissance door of the Divina Pastora Chapel, which also dates from the 17th century, with its traces of Arab remains and vestiges of the primitive Christian settlement. From there visitors move on from the Plaza de Los Porches to the Sala de Jurats i Justicies, built in 1620 from the area’s local tosca sandstone and Teulad a ’s f i r s t a d m i n i s t r a t i v e centre.
They wi l l l ear n m or e about t he t own’s pat r on sai nt , San Vi cent e Fer r er and can see his sister Constanza’s house in the street that is now named after her.
The 90-minute tours are held on July 11, 18 and 25 as well as August 1, 15, 22 and 29, setting out from Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 7.30pm. Photo credit: Joanbanjo
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ADMINISTATIVE CENTRE: Sala de Jurats i Justicies, built in 1620.
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Fire disaster averted FIREFIGHTERS were called out twice to minor TeuladaMoraira fires that were soon controlled. The first affected 20 metres
of scrub along the Cami Castellons in front of the municipal water deposit which firemen from the auxiliary fire station in Benissa extin-
guished within minutes. Two days later 1,000 square metres on a plot of land adjoining the Pont de la Via caught fire at approxi-
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TEULADA-MORAIRA: Fires extinguished before damage done.
THE recently-concluded Font Santa fiestas included three bull-running events held late at night. Controversially these included the bou embolat version where burning brands are attached to t h e b u l l ’s h o r n s a n d w h i c h h a s now been eliminated in eight Marina Alta municipalities. Javea, Benissa, Alcalali, Benitachell and Gata town halls banned bou embolat on safety or humanitarian ground, while both Pedreguer and Ondara voted in mini-referendums to ban the practice, while Calpe has also pledged to hold a public poll.
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BOU EMBOLLAT: Featured in the Font Santa fiestas.
mately 10pm. There was a strong wind at the time, but rapid action by the Benissa and Denia fire brigades prevented the flames from reaching the adjoining heavily-wooded Tossal Gross.
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J AV E A o n c e a g a i n e m p h a sised its allegiance to diversity and sexual freedom on International Gay Pride day. Councillors, municipal employees and members of the public gathered at the town h a l l a s J a v e a ’s m a y o r J o s e Chulvi read a manifesto which expressed concern at the growing number of attacks on the LGTBI collective. The manifesto emphasised the local corporation’s commitment to true equality and guaranteed everybody’s right ‘to be, to feel and to love as they wished.’ Equality councillor Montse Vi l l a v e r d e l i s t e d t h e t o w n
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Commitment to diversity
MANIFESTO: Guaranteeing freedom.
hall’s ‘stable and continued” efforts to meet this challenge. The Xabia es Diversa programme has been working for three years with local high schools, she said, to work towards respect and prevent discrimination while creating a safe space for young people needing support. For the first time there will be an Orgullo - Dia de la Diversidad fiesta in the Plaza de la Constitucion tomorrow, Friday July 5 at 7pm with the collaboration of the local high schools, associations including Xabia en Moviment, activists and the diversity-conscious.
Just passing through THIS is the time when whales cross the Mediterranean, making for the Strait of Gibraltar and cooler water. This part of the coast belongs to the Cabo de San Antonio marine reserve where the huge cetaceans make at least part of their journey unmolested. They are frequently seen between Javea and Denia and the excited occupants of a sailing boat recently had a close up view of a humpback whale, swimming only a couple of metres away from the boat and surfacing several times almost within touching distance.
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JAVEA U3A’s two Wine Appreciation groups visited Casa los Frailes vineyard and bodega in Fontanars dels Alfarins (Valencia). They were shown around the familyowned 400-hectare estate, founded in 1771, which now produces some of the best organic wines in Spain. The U3A group, affectionately known as WAGS, is run by Trevor and Sally Rush.
Oh buoy!
AS the summer season started in earnest, more than 60 boats are moored in the Cala Blanca and Sardinera bays. With the Cap Prim offering protection, these are ideal spots for yachts and dinghies and the campaign to persuade holiday sailors not to drop anchor and damage the meadows of Posidonia Oceanica (Neptune Grass) is taking effect.
The 60 boats in both bays have tied up at the 62 ecological buoys installed by the town hall. The town hall, backed by the Fundacion Oceanografic based in Valencia City, has stressed the environmental importance of preserving the Posidonia, distributing 23 more of the yellow-coloured buoys in En Calo, Els Orguens at the base of Cabo de la Nao and Llop Mari.
New ideas for Old Town
VINEYARD: Trevor and Sally Rush with the son of the bodega owner, Miguel.
THE new committee of the Xabia Historica businessowners recently held their first meeting with Javea’s mayor, Jose Chulvi. The meeting was also attended by Marta Bañuls, who heads the town hall’s
Economic Promotion department, Ximo Segarra, councillor delegated to the Centro Historico, and Services councillor Kika Mata. The meeting covered various issues and as well
as discussing the association’s proposals to boost the potential of the Old Town, the mayor and councillors brought the committee up to date on the sector ’s requests to the local administration.
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NATIONAL GALLERY: Exhibition of Sorolla’s paintings closes on July 5.
Sorolla set to music J AV E A p i a n i s t M a r t a Espinos will play at the close of the Sorolla exh i b i t i o n a t L o n d o n ’s National Gallery on Jul y 5. Many of Joaquin S o r o l l a ’s b e s t - k n o w n paintings are set in Javea, produced during the summers that the Va l e n c i a - b o r n a r t i s t spent there at the turn of t he 20t h cent ur y. Espinos will play pieces by Spanish comp o s e r s , m a i n l y S o r o l l a ’s contemporaries, that illustrate the spirit and c o n t e n t o f S o r o l l a ’s world within the context of his portraits, landscapes, seascapes and scenes from Spanish life. The pianist was a pupil of Joaquin Achucarro from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She is regarded as one of the most unusual musicians on the Spanish music scene and specialises in constructing transversal relations between music, other themes and discipl i nes.
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April rain takes its toll RED CROSS lifesavers revealed that they are carrying out more rescues than usual on Javea’s Arenal beach. They explained that torrential rain in April altered the marine currents and are putting the elderly and the very young at greater risk. At one point in Easter Week, 330 millimetres of rain fell in just 12 hours, pouring
cascades of water onto the beach and carving out channels in the sand. The beach was soon levelled, but the lifesavers pointed out that those channels still remain on the seabed, producing an undertow that is particularly treacherous at the entrance to the Fontana canal even on days when the Green Flag indicates that it is safe to swim.
Town hall savings AS in the past, Javea’s mayor Jose Chulvi has renounced his annual salary of €50,000 from the town hall. Instead he remains with the €34,382 he receives as a re-
gional MP in Las Corts in Valencia, plus a monthly travel allowance of €918. He will also receive an attendance allowance for town hall meetings, capped at
€1,759 a month. The overall wages bill for councillors and advisers amounts to a yearly €506,000, practically a 15 per cent reduction on last year’s €593,000.
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Smart, fast and sustainable BALEARIA, the shipping line, which runs the Denia-Ibiza ferry is building a gas-powered, high-speed passenger ferry. Powered by dual natural gas engines, the boat is now taking shape at the Armon shipyard in Gijon (Asturias) and the pioneering project is the first of its kind. Named the Eleanor Roosevelt, the catamaran will be 123 metres long and 28 metres wide, with a 1,200-passenger capacity and a hold that can take 450 cars. The ferry will have four dual engines and a propeller system built by the Finnish company, Wartsila, world leader in intelligent solutions and technologies for the shipping market. Once operating, the Eleanor Roosevelt will have a service speed of 35 knots and
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DENIA PORT: A Balearia ferry.
a maximum speed of more than 40 knots. Gas, much more sustainable than other fuels, reduces sulphur oxide and cuts ni-
trogen oxide emissions by 85 per cent and the prinicipal greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, by 30 per cent.
Shops damaged as terrace collapses THE terrace of a first-floor Denia apartment collapsed at 2am, destroying two empty shops below. The apartment’s owner, an elderly woman who lives alone, needed medical attention for a panic attack, but nobody was injured, although the collapsed terrace caused considerable damage to the two shops. The woman and the occu-
pants of the apartments adjoining hers were temporarily evacuated by Denia’s Local Police as firefighters from the Denia brigade stabilised the damaged terrace and shops. There were no heavy objects or flower planters on the collapsed terrace, but the building is 30 years old and an i nspect i on by t he municipal architect found that one adjoining terrace
was unaffected. A slight crack was detected in the terrace on the other side, but although this was not considered dangerous, the occupants were warned not to use it. One shop adjoining one of the ruined properties had recently been reinforced and was unaffected, as was a bank on the other side which was allowed to open to the public.
A beach with no sand SINCE 2014, Denia’s Blay beach, which is subject to erosion, has been regenerated each summer. Beaches councillor Pepe Domenech said recently that he doubted that this would happen this year. An official from coastal authority Costas told him during a recent meeting that no budget allocation had yet been made for re-
plenishing Blay beach sand. Possibly cash would be available “within a few weeks” for those sections where the beach had disappeared, she said. Domenech admitted that carrying this out in August and closing two of the beach’s zones would be complicated. “A short-term solution is unlikely,” he stated.
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SPAIN’S acting deputy prime minister has said Madrid will complain to the Va t i c a n o v e r co mmen t s f r o m a C a t h o lic priest who said Francisco Franco’s planned exhumation would ‘resurrect’ the former dictator. Carmen Calvo said Vatican Nuncio to Spain Renzo Fr a t i n i ’s c o m m e n ts were ‘unacceptable’ and merited a resounding response from Madrid. Th e a c t i n g d ep u ty prime m i n i st e r a l s o a c cused the envoy of meddling in Spain’s internal affairs. Fratini said in an interview with Spanish media Madrid was ‘resurrecting’ the dictator and his political legacy with plans to move his remains from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum. “If there are so many
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Vatican Franco spat
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NORWAY
Island ‘stunt’ REPORTS that the Norwegian island of Sommaroy wanted to become the world’s first time-free zone were a publicity stunt from the country’s tourism board who took a previous call from residents there, with officials saying they regret not clarifying their role in the story.
Illegal fishing AROUND €10.2 million worth of illegal fish were caught in Norway last year according to official figures, with the catches unlawful
NO TIME: Sommaroy is in the Arctic Circle. because they exceed quotas set to stop populations being wiped out by overfishing.
FRANCE
‘UNACCEPTABLE’: Fratini (INSET) was speaking on plans to exhume Franco’s remains. problems in the world and in Spain, why resuscitate him? I say they have resurrected Franco,” the high-ranking clergyman said. Calvo said: “We hope the Vatican will comply with what we agreed and
tha t it w ill not obs truc t the exhumation.” The exhumation has hit several obstacles including a successful legal appeal from Franco’s descendants which forced Madrid to temporarily halt the plan.
Fire probe
Falling short
INVESTIGATORS probing a fire which gutted Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral in April have said an electrical fault or a cigarette were among the suspected causes and they have ruled out criminal involvement following interviews with witnesses.
EMISSIONS from transport and buildings are not falling fast enough meaning France failed to meet its own climate targets between 2015 and 2018, according to the country’s newly-created climate council (HCC) which said goals were unlikely to be met under current policies.
NETHERLANDS
BELGIUM
Train payouts
Plastics ban
THE NS state railway company has announced it will pay tens of millions in compensation to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who were transported to Nazi death camps on its trains in the Second World War.
A BAN on disposable plastic items in public spaces came into force in Brussels on Monday, with the city’s council prohibiting the handing out of straws, cups, cutlery and trays and venues informed about what alternatives they can give to customers.
Drugs bust
Blackmail trial
DUTCH police have seized around 2.5 tons of methamphetamine during a visit to a Rotterdam office building, with the haul thought to be worth hundreds of millions of euros and the largest quantity of the drug found in a single search.
A COURT in Flanders has jailed two defendants for 18 and 10 months after they were found guilty of blackmailing a sex worker and some of her clients, including a mayor in the region and a member of its regional assembly.
DENMARK
Taking office
Wolf births
METTE FREDERIKSEN was sworn in as prime minister last week after her left-leaning Socialdemokrateme party formed a minority government, with the 41-year-old the youngest holder of the office in Denmark’s history.
A COUPLE of wolves have been found with six pups in Ulfborg in West Jutland, according to conservationists with Aarhus University which monitors the animals and spotted the family on camera.
SWEDEN
GERMANY
Insect funds
Population up
SWEDEN’S government has announced plans to spend about €210,000 on combating European spruce bark beetles which have destroyed between three and four million cubic metres of forest area after their numbers grew following droughts last year.
GERMANY’S population grew by 227,000, 0.3 per cent, last year to reach more than 83 million which is the highest level in the country’s history according to the Federal Statistics Office, which found the largest increase was in Bavaria.
Woman dies A STOCKHOLM hospital has referred itself to Sweden’s health watchdog after a woman died following a tear in her aorta artery ruptured hours after being sent home by staff there with paracetamol for suspected chest pains.
Man held A BOSNIAN man has been arrested in Germany in connection with the 2015 Paris mass shooting, according to prosecutors in Dresden who said the 39-year-old was detained on a European Arrest Warrant on suspicion of aiding and abetting the attacks.
FINANCE
Stockholders oust founders
SHAREHOLDERS of the Codere gambling company formally ousted its president and CEO and vice-president at its annual general meeting. Stockholders voted to replace Jose Antonio and Luis Javier Martinez Sampedro with Alberto Manzanares and Fernando Sempere, according to information given to Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) regulator. Norman Sorensen has taken office as president. The Martinez Sampedro brothers, who founded Codere, said they are considering legal action. It comes as the company posted net losses of €9.4 million during the 2018 financial year.
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Spain’s rate of inflation in June according to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) which registered the lowest level in almost three years according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Steel maker’s earnings plan
Billions owed in tax bills A TOTAL of 4,028 Spanish taxpayers owe more than €14.1 billion, according to the Tax Agency which found there were 6.7 per cent less debtors than last year. Tax Agency figures found the total amount owed to the Treasury was 7.8 per cent less than last year. It comes as the agency published its list of debtors who owe more than €1 million following tax returns for the last financial year. Companies linked to the construction and property sectors were among the individuals, entities and firms with the highest outstanding debts.
By Joe Gerrard Many of those companies were left with hefty tax bills after earnings were hit following the property market crash in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Reyel Urbis owed the Treasury €353.2 million after paying off around €8 million over the previous year. Martinsa-Fadesa, who’s folding led to the biggest bankruptcy case in Spain at the time, still owes €50.3 million. Figures on the list included Rodrigo Rato, former deputy prime minister to Jose Maria Aznar. Rato owes more than €1 million to
the Treasury and is currently in prison for his part in the ‘Black’ corruption scandal. Nueva Rumasa, one of the firms owned by the Ruiz Mateos family of tycoons, owes €8.9 million. Former Real Madrid President Lorenzo Sanz owes about €1.35 million. Two subsidiaries of the Andaluciabased Abengoa Group, Abengoa Abenewco and Abengoa Energia, owe more than €2 million and €1.1 million respectively. Footballer Daniel Alves and artist Miguel Bose were among those who cleared their debts as of this year.
THE Basque Country-based Tubos Reunidos steelmaker has unveiled plans to make €40 million in earnings excluding tax and financial deductions (EBITDA) by 2021. The company said Plan 40 aimed to boost partnerships with other firms, suppliers and customers. No jobs will be axed under the plan, the firm added. Tubos Reunidos currently has an order book of €128 million, company figures presented at its annual shareholder meeting show. It comes as the company recently closed a deal with its creditors to refinance debts amounting to €351 million.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Mineral mining
FORECASTS: LetterOne hopes to boost Dia’s sales.
Dia owner’s high hopes THE Dia supermarket chain will have net sales figures of between €7 billion and €7.2 billion, according to forecasts included in its new owner’s business plan. Private equity firm LetterOne, which bought the struggling supermarket chain earlier this year, said sales would approach 2018 levels in 2020 before rising each year until 2023. Dia’s owners said new lines of financing and capital investments would help to consolidate the company’s position and make it viable in the long term. It comes after losses of almost €352.6 million in 2018 created doubt about the future of Dia until it changed hands.
REPRESENTATIVES of Spanish mining companies called on the Spanish government to fastrack extraction projects so the industry can create jobs, take advantage of high overseas demand and cut imports at a Madrid conference last week.
Store sales THE El Corte Ingles department chain and the Inditex fashion group launched their summer sales online and in store last week, with both beginning seasonal discounts ahead of the traditional start date of July 1.
Wine exports THE amount of Spanish-made wine sold abroad was 706.6 million litres, a year-on-year rise of 7 per cent according to the Spanish Observatory of the Wine Market (OEMV) which found earnings fell by 7.7 per cent.
Incomes back at pre-crisis levels AVERAGE earnings in Spain stood at €11,412 a year in 2017, the first time in nine years the figure has been higher than pre-crisis levels according to a new study. The National Institute of Statistics (INE) found average earnings increased by 3.1 per cent from 2016 to 2017. It was the first time earnings were above 2008’s average of €11,318. That year saw the
global financial crisis break out which plunged Spain, Europe and much of the world into recession. The INE found household incomes averaged at €28,417 in 2017. That figure is still below the more than €30,000 average recorded in 2009. About 10.4 per cent of households said they faced financial difficulty towards the end of the month in 2018, up 1.1 per cent year-on-year.
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29,710
0,72
0,21
25.849
RIO TINTO
CENTRICA
0,881
1,50
0,01
1.530.047
CGNU
4,217
1,25
0,05
574.987
CONVATEC GROUP
3,978
0,22
0,01
219.957
48,985
0,60
0,29
270.265
ROLLS ROYCE
8,490
1,21
0,10
375.567
ROYAL & SUN
5,848
1,60
0,09
147.798
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
2,228
1,67
0,04
395.947
1,485
1,82
0,03
36.402
CRH
26,237
2,36
0,60
106.294
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHRS 26,165
1,34
0,35
299.049
CRODA INTERN
51,450
1,10
0,56
24.493
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 26,075
1,28
0,33
535.984
DCC ORD IEP0
70,420
0,38
0,27
12.204
SAGE GROUP
8,080
0,51
0,04
72.214
DELLING GRP
3,327
0,43
0,01
123.979
SAINSBURY
1,949
-0,93
-0,02
521.899
DIAGEO
33,885
0,23
0,08
219.805
SCHRODERS
30,770
0,65
0,20
42.963
EASYJET
9,578
1,60
0,15
263.677
SCOT.& STH
11,300
0,93
0,10
144.268
24,000
0,84
0,20
75.448
SEVERN TRENT
20,470
0,15
0,03
36.409
24,260
1,85
0,44
55.343
EXPERIAN GROUP LTD
8,476
-2,70
-0,24
159.180
SKILLSGROUP
GLAXO WELLCO
15,914
0,83
0,13
280.412
SLOUGH EST.
7,326
0,75
0,05
83.953
GLENCORE INTL
2,780
2,31
0,06
2.820.445
SMITH & NEP.
17,090
0,23
0,04
68.895
GROUP 4 SECU
2,080
0,00
0,00
494.175
SMITHS INDU.
15,795
0,93
0,15
43.390
HAMMERSON
2,829
2,09
0,06
287.677
ST JAMES S P
11,185
1,87
0,21
81.515
19,400
0,49
0,09
37.873
STAN.CHART
7,160
0,61
0,04
765.205
6,631
1,01
0,07
841.097
STANDARD LIFE
2,990
1,76
0,05
405.359
18,758
1,26
0,23
153.217
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,574
-0,37
-0,01
388.284
TESCO
2,273
0,26
0,01
1.013.899
FRESNILLO
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO INFORMA GROU
8,364
0,18
0,02
165.071
INTERCON.HOT
52,480
1,42
0,73
28.900
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
55,720
1,27
0,70
25.957
UNILEVER
INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRS GRP 4,692
-1,61
-0,08
1.966.187
ITV
2,31
0,02
777.699
1,105
7,790
1,14
0,09
89.310
49,060
0,58
0,28
123.617
UN.UTILITIES
7,838
0,12
0,01
127.626
VODAFONE GRP
1,300
0,56
0,01
4.921.390
33,390
0,30
0,10
37.870
WHITBREAD
46,410
0,40
0,19
15.926
KINGFISHER
2,151
-0,23
-0,00
431.929
WPP GROUP
9,988
1,04
0,10
185.711
LAND SECURIT
8,356
1,44
0,12
85.175
11,140
0,04
0,01
125.453
JOHNSON MATT
3I GROUP
0.89442
1.11829 Units per €
US dollar ................................................1.13245 Japan yen...............................................137.178 Switzerland franc ...................................1,11339 Denmark kroner .....................................7,46450 Norway kroner........................................9,67400
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Euro and US dollar pressured, pound flounders due to Brexit
ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday
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Euro EUR/GBP: Up from £0.87 to £0.89 EUR/USD: Up from $1.11 to $1.12 Despite rising bets that the European Central Bank (ECB) would likely take a more dovish stance on Eurozone monetary policy, the euro put in a much stronger performance earlier in June, climbing against weaker rivals. The euro then rebounded strongly as its rival the US dollar tumbled. However, as global trade tensions continued to worsen and key Eurozone data fell short of forecasts, investors became concerned that the ECB was not dovish enough about the economic outlook. That changed this week, when ECB President Mario Draghi indicated that the bank would loosen monetary policy if inflation did not improve. This week’s Eurozone inflation report also fell short of expectations
EUROZONE INFLATION: Fell short of expectations month-on-month. month-on-month. The euro slipped today, but its gains were limited as the more dovish ECB stance wasn’t entirely surprising either. The euro may have room to advance again if the US dollar remains weak, or if upcoming major Eurozone ecostats show that the economy is recovering more strongly. Pound GBP/EUR: Down from €1.13 to €1.11
GBP/USD: Down from $1.27 to $1.25 The pound has easily been among the worst-performing major currencies over the past month or so. While the pound’s losses have slowed since the end of May, it continues to weaken as no-deal Brexit concerns resurface. Brief periods of support offered by signs of UK economic strength have been short-lived, with a lot of major
UK data showing that economic activity remains limited by Brexit uncertainties. The main focus for pound investors this month has been the Conservative Party leadership contest, which officially began last week and will run into July. Hard Brexit advocate Boris Johnson is the frontrunner, and he has indicated he would rather embrace a nodeal Brexit than delay the process
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again to secure a deal with the EU. Developments in the leadership contest and how they may influence the pound outlook are likely to dominate pound movement in the coming weeks. US Dollar USD/GBP: Up from £0.78 to £0.79 USD/EUR: Unmoved at €0.89 After a particularly strong May, the US dollar (USD) has seen wide fluctuations in June. Earlier in the month, rising protectionist rhetoric from Donald Trump combined with signs of weakness in the US economy led to a surge in expectations that the Federal Reserve would be pressured to cut interest rates over the next year. While speculation that these rate cut expectations were overdone helped the US dollar to recover against a weak pound (GBP) and euro (EUR) in the middle of the month, there is still potential for the US currency to fall further. Investors are anticipating the Federal Reserve’s June policy decision, as well as other major US ecostats that could influence the outlook for the Fed and the US dollar.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT DELIGHTED to report that at the time of writing my lovely family is gathering to celebrate the arrival of my eighth decade. My estranged spouse Pauline, with whom I remain good friends, was one of those coming from Ireland accompanied by my son David. They were flying with easyJet and Pauline was travelling for the first time on her new Irish passport. All initially went well at Belfast International and, with bags duly checked in, they presented themselves at the boarding gate. Some friends of Pauline went through first, closely followed by my son. Pauline subsequently offered up her passport and boarding card to the young lady at the desk - and that’s when the problems began. Scrutinising the passport the ground crew member turned to Pauline and to her complete surprise informed her that the name on her passport didn’t match the one on her boarding card. She than pointed out although the passport displayed the name of Pauline Graham, (her married name) the boarding card said Pauline Devine. Although somewhat taken aback, but undeterred, Pauline then showed her that on the passport’s adjoining ‘remarks’ page the Embassy had typed in ‘Birth certificate name Pauline Devine.’ Up to then the exchanges had been fairly pleasant and low key, but overhearing the discussion
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What’s in a name?
BOARDING GATE: That’s when the problems began.
another ground crew member then decided to move into the conversation. And she was ‘one of those!’ Apparently holding more authority than the first girl, she proceeded to snatch the Passport and in extremely loud and overbearing tones, not only informed Pauline that she would not be al-
lowed to board the plane, but sneeringly added that the information on the remarks page had in ‘no way been printed by the Embassy’ and was ‘even in a crooked line.’ Needless to say Pauline was now utterly embarrassed and completely taken aback. This un-
pleasant member of staff was, in front of a line of passengers, actually accusing her of illegally tampering with her own passport. It got worse. She then curtly told Pauline - ‘Pay us £80 and we’ll let you board the flight.’ Pauline naturally asked her to explain the reason. ‘Name change fee’ snapped the woman. With hackles now rising and not at all satisfied with this curt explanation, Pauline then informed her that she didn’t in fact have £80. My son David, on hearing the confrontation had now returned to the gate. The women promptly asked him if he had £80. When he said that he hadn’t, David then added they had to get on as they were en route to celebrate his Dad’s birthday and that all their friends were already on the plane? ‘Ring them then’ snapped the woman. ‘Get one of them to come back and pay the £80.’ With this suggestion utterly out of the question and tempers becoming decidedly frayed, Pauline now realised that they could now quite easily miss the flight and possibly even my birthday. She decided to abandon her principles and, even though the reasons were still not clear, reluctantly carded the £80 and was finally allowed to board. The next day I telephoned easyJet for an explanation. To be continued… Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Alarm bells in Waterloo CASSANDRA NASH A WEEKLY LOOK - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
ARTUR MAS, sometime president of Cataluña hinted at a return to politics once he can hold public office again early next year. M a s o rg a n i se d an in d e p en den c e r e f e r e n d u m in 2 0 1 4 , a lesser affair than the October 1 effort of 2017 which led to the brief and inconclusive UDI of October 27. It earned Mas a trial and a €36,500 fine, while barring him from public office. Ever-wily, he has kept a low profile and bided his time. Much of what has happened in Cataluña would never have occurred if Mas had not been obliged to hand over to Carles Puigdemont, now ensconced in comfort and martyred self-exile in Waterloo. He became president in 2016
only because the antisystem CUP party refused to back Mas’s investiture. If Mas makes a comeback the outcome is anybody’s guess, but it could be that the understudy has to hand back his starring role and return to the wings.
A personal matter THIS time it is Albert Rivera’s turn to say ‘No means no’ and insist that Ciudadanos will not assist Pedro Sanchez’s investiture. Not everybody inside his party is happy about Rivera’s willingness to
apply a cordon sanitaire to the PSOE party while happily making use of ultra-Right VOX. The unconvinced include Francesc Carreras, Cs’ founder, regarded as Rivera’s early mentor and on record as saying that his pupil is putting the party before
Collective nouns THE Supreme court increased La Manada’s sentence from nine to 15 years on appeal. The ordeal of an 18-year-old girl gang-raped by five men who liked to call themselves La Manada was indeed rape and not sexual assault, the court ruled. The first verdict dumbfounded all but the defendants, but justice has now been seen to be done, reversing the original ruling where the terrified young woman’s passivity went against her. Sometimes during the Pamplona hearing, the girl herself appeared to be on trial, perpetrating the old attitude that if a woman is raped it is partly her fault. Incidentally, the English-speaking media here and abroad routinely translate La Manada as the Wolf Pack, a slur on those sleek predators. It is better translated as Herd, conjuring up a group of lumbering priapic cattle.
the public good. In fact it is not even that. Rivera cannot forgive Sanchez for the Vote of No Confidence that carried him into the Moncloa a year ago when Ciudadanos was riding high and the PSOE was at its lowest-ever ebb, This is a personal, not a political matter, which could lead to a second general election and ultimately do Rivera few favours.
Say sorry
Demonstrations in Malaga against the sentence of La Manada case in 2018.
ON June 19 Felipe VI celebrated five years as king. This is the same day that his forebear Felipe V finished burning down Xativa in 1707 as punishment for backing the Hapsburgs in the War of Succession. Felipe V’s portrait hangs upside down in Xativa’s L’Almodi Museum and will remain so until a Borbon king visits the city and apologises. Not surprisingly, no Xativa visit has yet been pencilled in to Felipe’s diary.
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7:00am The Royal 7:50am Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:50am Inspector Morse 12:00pm A Touch of Frost The severed arm of a missing environmental health inspector is washed up on the shores of the Humber and Frost's investigation leads him to a local meat factory. 2:05pm A Touch of Frost 4:05pm A Touch of Frost 6:05pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pm Vera The detective is called in when David Kenworthy, the son of a prominent local family, is found murdered on the beach at Whitley Bay. 12:00am Midsomer Murders
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EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Championship EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 EFL Goals: Championship MLS Round-Up Show A review of the latest round of Major League Soccer fixtures. EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 MLS Round-Up Show EFL Highlights Football's Greatest Players
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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING NEWS 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
I HAVE an uncle who lives in Nigeria. Called Borris. Yes, really. That’s how he spells his name. Oh, and I’m Norra. Anyway, I got an email from my uncle in Nigeria yesterday. Not only did he introduce himself and apologise for not getting in contact with me earlier in my ‘lieftime,’ he wants to send me money. Lots. £1.5 million, to be exact. And he only needs me to send him £150 so he can prepare the parcel to send me the money! What, you’ve got an uncle in Nigeria, too? The one who needed money when stranded and mugged in London, losing all his cash and credit cards? And an aunt too? The one who’s always sending you those nice emails? Isn’t surprising how so many of us have relatives in Nigeria - aren’t we just one big happy family? Every day, millions receive these bogus ‘419’ emails (so-called after a section of Nigeria’s legal code) promising millions. They’re such obvious scams it’s hard to imagine anyone falls for them. Yet police estimate that US citizens alone are annually conned out of $200m plus. And the British National Crimi-
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Have scammers skimmed your bank account, too? SCAM EMAILS: Everyday millions receive bogus claims and promises.
nal Intelligence Service estimates the average loss in the UK is £35,000 plus. The sender claims to be a banker, bureaucrat, ‘royal’ toadie wanting to shift vast sums your way. But no money’s to be shifted... except yours - for the greasing of palms and acquisition of imaginary legal documents. Other versions play on your loneliness, charity or naïveté (you can’t win a lottery you didn’t enter). Fake job offer, orphan, dead bank customer, cancer patient: same weaponised scam. I’ve written before about this, but if repeated publicity saves just one more person from being conned... Finally, 5,000 people were the victims of holiday booking fraud last year, with their total losses amounting to £7m. Travel associa-
tion ABTA said victims lost an average of £1,380 each, having bought bogus airline tickets, accommodation or organised tours. It said scammers were using increasingly sophisticated methods to target people looking for ‘good deals.’ Just remember: if it sounds too good to be true... Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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LEGALLY SPEAKING Do they need a lawyer? I became the President of a large Community (477 apartments) near Torrevieja and we need some legal advice in the following areas: 1. Interpretation of the Horizontal Property Act particularly with regard to AGMs and EGMs and what percentage votes are required for different issues. 2. To finalise a Community regulation document detailing what owners can and cannot do to their balconies/terraces. 3. To finalise a Community regulation document detailing who is responsible for repairs to balconies/terraces. M J (Costa Blanca) Why not start by talking to your property admin- YOU AND THE istrators? Are they LAW IN SPAIN registered as Administrador de Fincas? This is an official title and they should be able to provide most basic legal advice. If not, you might want to give some thought to a change. A community as large as yours needs good legal advice. Someone will know an effective lawyer. Or you could order my book, You & the Law in Spain, from Amazon or from aradford@mylawyerinspain.com. The book does not resolve every detail, but it will help you to ask the right questions and to understand the answers.
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Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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7:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 8:05am Gardeners' World 9:05am Countryfile 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am Nigella: At My Table 12:00pm A Cook Abroad 1:00pm Super League Triathlon 2:30pm Athletics 3:55pm Yentl A Jewish woman is left alone in the world after the death of her father, who had been secretly teaching her Talmud law in defiance of religious tradition. 6:00pm Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942-1984 7:00pm Oz: The Great and Powerful 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm War in the Blood 11:45pmThe Water Diviner 1:30am Question Time 2:30am Martina: Trans
8:00pm John Denver at Wembley Arena 8:40pm BBC Proms Encores 8:45pm Schönbrunn Summer Night Concert From Vienna 10:00pm Arena 11:20pm Rich Hall's California Stars 12:50am Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand 1:50am Dazzling Duets at the BBC 2:50am Schönbrunn Summer Night Concert From Vienna 4:05am John Denver at Wembley Arena A classic performance by the US musician at London's Wembley Arena in 1979, originally shown as part of a selection of programmes to mark the 70th year since the birth of the quintessential `country boy.’
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9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:20am Paw Patrol 9:35am Nella the Princess Knight 9:55am Wissper 10:00am Pirata & Capitano 10:10am Floogals 10:25amSunny Day 10:50am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:10am Access 11:15am Friends 1:40pm National Security 2:40pm Access 2:45pm National Security 3:20pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 4:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:10pm Dirty Britain 7:05pm 5 News Weekend 7:10pm Rich Kids Go Skint 8:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 9:00pm Gino's Win Your Wish List 10:00pm Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy 12:05am Funny Women
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TO the Editor Now there’s nothing us Brits like more than a good whinge. So here’s my tuppence worth: It’s too hot, too many tourists, too much ‘foreign’ food, the coffee and the food come out lukewarm at best, too much late night partying, too many fireworks, the sausages are pants, the Spanish don’t always speak English, there’s too many French, too many Germans, the Spanish drivers are terrible, you can only get lager, the crisps aren’t the same, the restaurants don’t open until late, the newspapers are expensive and often a day late, they don’t show cricket on the television, there’s too many bank holidays, the shops don’t open on a Sunday, the police aren’t friendly, there’s too much paperwork… I miss England, as then I would really have something serious to whinge about! Bill Robinson
African migrants HI Leapy Thanks for your great articles. I see in the letter section a reader thinks Spain should give all the arriving African migrants a job, house and anything else they might need. Why do people in Europe think it is their responsibility to do this. Most of the migrants are sub-Saharan Africans whose governments are to blame for their circumstances. Also do they not realise that by encouraging them the current trickle will turn into a flood which will change Spain beyond recognition and not for the better. Keep up the good work. Regards. Name and address supplied
In agreement HI Leapy, Just had to reply to your blog in last week’s EWN. Like you I also live in Spain, we know we are immigrants, but like some in the UK we never ask for benefits. Why do you have so many ranting at your views, I agree with your comments 99 per cent of the time. Grumpy Old Man, I also agree with his so-called rants. Objections to your comments are a minority so keep up the good work. I for one love your comments. Regards. Jess
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A jolly good whinge Witty and sincere DEAR Ed On June 25 in London, there was a service of remembrance for Baroness Trumpington, a stalwart Conservative politician of the old school, who sat in the House of Lords (if you remember she was the one who ‘flicked the V’s’ at a speaker in the House of Lords a short while ago). I had the pleasure of meeting ‘Trumpers’ a few years ago, at a function. Her speech was witty, but sincere and meaningful. A short while later we were stood outside the local hall enjoying a cigarette together. She asked me the time, as she did not want to be
BARONESS TRUMPINGTON: Stalwart Conservative politician. late for her next appointment - a glass of whisky and Match of the Day. They don’t make them
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THE G20 summit wrapped up in Osaka, Japan on Saturday. Decisions taken there and exchanges between leaders offered telling clues on the state of international relations. All except the US reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris Climate Accords. Strong environmental positions from Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Britain’s Theresa May ahead of the summit were also encouraging. But international commitments to cut emissions appear hollow when they do not include the world’s second-worst polluter. Exchanges with leaders were also watched closely. A video appearing to show US President Donald Trump pointing out Sanchez’s chair and telling him to sit down was seen as a snub. Other reports said the much-maligned president told Sanchez he ‘loved’ Spain, although his sincerity on matters of the heart is questionable. A lesser reported on but perhaps more interesting exchange saw Sanchez warmly greet Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and de factor ruler Mohamed Bin Salman. The Spanish defence industry’s dealings with the Saudis may have led Sanchez to offer the hand of friendship. But ample evidence linking Bin Salman to journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing and his country’s devastating military intervention in Yemen make such encounters difficult to watch. Smiling with a leader whose warplanes continue to drop bombs on innocent people does not make for progressive leadership.
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Rubbish piles up as refuse collection strike drags on People have to have the right to protest if they’re being taken advantage of and the fact it’s ‘inconveniencing’ us is their only way to get the council to the negotiating table. I imagine they can’t possibly be getting any kind of pay while they’re striking though, so they’ll be left with no option but to continue working for peanuts. At least the streets will be clean. Linda J
Dog death ‘grossly negligent’ after being left tied up in the sun in Zaragoza What is wrong with people? It’s been so hot, too hot for humans and definitely too hot for animals. Are people that thoughtless, cruel or just plain stupid? Susan M
COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE Cold Water Shock - as dangerous as it seems? I usually go in really slowly, wincing and going ‘oooh too cold!’ and then as Michael McIntyre says on his sketch ‘It’s alright once you’re in it!’ Andrew F
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but I do walk around the beach boardwalks. Naturally, we see people on the beach but am I offended by them? Of course not. If I was I wouldn’t be in the area. Don’t let a small minority control the wants and desires of the majority. We have too much minority rule at present with the wants and desires of a few overriding the want and desires of the majority. This must stop and the majority must stand up for their rights. Sheree R
Spain hit by further wildfires as stifling temperatures continue Firefighters in Spain are amazing. Wildfires are unfortunately normal in summer, but they do a great job. Tracy M
EWN online this week POLL OF THE WEEK As Spain continues to be gripped by the first of this summer’s heat waves, do you think you do enough to protect yourself from high temperatures?
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LAST WEEK’S POLL: In light of recent attacks in bars and pubs in popular Spanish holiday resorts, do you think more should be done to protect revellers?
Yes No
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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are about to tackle some tough tests. Work and personal hurdles could preoccupy you, but after the weekend you’ll be able to sort out the ice from the cream. No matter how awkward things seem on Monday or Wednesday, trust your ability to wait for the right moment, rather than risk spoiling your plans.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Feisty Mars and the fiery Sun are warring with changeable Pluto, so avoid any tearaway temptations on Thursday or Friday. You could be emotionally vulnerable, or even lulled into a false sense of security. However confusing the planets may seem, even out the odds as best you can by ensuring your worries take second place.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Hassles and battles are on the cards. If things don’t happen as fast as you’d expected, or domestic and workaday blips assail your patience, transform them into an opportunity to show your special qualities. Potent planetary influences urge you to look, listen, learn and refuse to allow petty stumbling blocks to undermine your confidence on Tuesday and Thursday.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Astrologically, it’s not unreasonable to assume that when sparky Mars and the zesty Sun conflict with restless Pluto, life could become a tad frustrating. You might find it hard to tolerate hypocrisy and setbacks, but fortunately, it’s all just a passing cloud. Regardless of any lack of continuity, concentrate on keeping going and prepare for next week’s brighter outlook.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Punchy Mars and the heady Sun are set for a scramble with touchy Pluto. You’ve been there before, so despite any administrative bumps, gossipy whirls or curious rejections, don’t be too sensitive. Add up what you’ve achieved, subtract your fears and keep your emotions under control.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Upfront Mars and the upbeat Sun will be at loggerheads with powerful Pluto. You might not appreciate some of Friday or Saturday’s antics, so be ready to use your charm, or perhaps your
equally wicked sense of humour will do the trick. Whatever comes up for review, a cool rethink could inspire you with some useful tactics.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) This is an intense week, and if you get stuck with a particular issue, jumble your words, or just can’t seem to do anything right, it might be worth finding out if the grass is greener on the other side.
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Quirky planetary niggles will surface without warning. A variety of talks, news and last-minute changes surround your family members, friends or colleagues. No matter what affects your personal or occupational activities, stay focused, decide what your goals are and, just as importantly, find the easiest way to move forward without losing your healing sense of humour.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Even the best-made plans can suddenly sink without a trace. Your dreams for a fresh start in one particular direction still need tender, cautious care, and you may equally need to be wary of overstepping the mark where money’s concerned.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You will need bucketloads of humour and understanding as impatient Mars and the sprightly Sun engage with touchy Pluto. Stay well clear if you want to escape potential power struggles.
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LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Saturday June 29
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IRISH LOTTO Saturday June 29
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EURO MILLIONS Tuesday June 25
BONUS BALL
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Storms in tea-cups need loads of sweet-talking. Of course, if you can’t be bothered with it all, fair enough; keeping quiet could be the best way to deal with problems, glitches or sudden backfires. If you can’t take a break, at least chill out with whatever or whoever brings you the greatest pleasure.
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BONUS BALL
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) If you suspect that some things are not what they seem, you could be right. Repel doubts, ban anxieties and stick to facts and tact. If certain individuals or situations continue to conspire against you, change course and do something entirely different. What goes around will come around quicker than you think.
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All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts.” William Shakespeare, Playwright
Women’s wit
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Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones.” Charlotte Bronte, Writer
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TIME
Across 1 A poem about bride's first home (5) 4 About five looked really hungry (7) 7 Rickety chair included in bill is very old (7) 8 Super sort of money bag (5) 9 Just inside Balmoral Castle (5) 10 Limits speeches when leader’s absent (7) 11 In slander I detect insult (6) 13 Begrudge when forwarded (6) 17 Bring back from hardware store (7) 19 The French average holiday (5) 21 Cited new proclamation (5) 22 Housing monarch in a little row of houses (7) 23 Maybe wrestle in vain against the heat (7) 24 Water carriers were diverted to the south (5) Down 1 Frightened by man carrying weapon? (7) 2 Happen to give a dog a bit of a shock (5) 3 New deal Ben made possible (7) 4 Safe after rescue operations (6) 5 Note ever so badly written using too many words (7) 6 Andres Segovia reveals his clothes (5)
8 Pan lid turned over (3) 12 Postponement concerning bad feeling (7) 14 Blow up the awful general (7) 15 The varied uses of a classical hero (7)
Code Breaker
16 17 18 20
Peter's agitated badger (6) Some dancing bobbins (5) Unconscious in Monmouth (3) Conscious of a town in Herts (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 8 represents T and 26 represents B, so fill in T every time the figure 8 appears and B every time the figure 26 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 Characterised by insincerity or deceit (6) 4 Collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn (4) 8 Spring-flowering plant (5) 9 Mar (5) 10 Go against, as of rules and laws (10) 13 Event that happens (10) 17 Informed or conscious (5) 18 Like a sheep (5) 19 Appear (4) 20 Filled with fear or apprehension (6)
English - Spanish
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
Across 1 Acaudalado (7) 5 Canciones (5) 8 Worldwide (7) 9 Hedgehog (5) 10 Nidos (5) 11 Fuera (de edificio, objeto, indicando posición) (7) 12 Rehearsal (6) 14 Towers (of castle) (6) 17 Quarry (mine) (7) 19 To earn (5) 22 Huésped (5) 23 Escuela (establecimiento de enseñanza superior) (7) 24 Laughs (5) 25 Lawyer (f) (7)
Down 1 Badger's burrow (4) 2 Eskimo hut (5) 3/18 Inside information that something is going to happen (3,3) 5 Love intensely (5) 6 Lacking sensation (6) 7 Run away from confinement (6) 11 Large deep serving dish with a cover (6) 12 Grinding teeth (6) 14 Pursue (5) 15 High quality porcelain (5) 16 Form a curve (4) 18 See 3
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Mujer (5) 2 Asses (donkeys) (5) 3 Tener sed (7) 4 Amarillo (6) 5 Aguanieve (5) 6 Más ruidoso (7) 7 Chubascos (7) 12 To shrink (7) 13 Cantantes (7) 15 Pride (satisfaction) (7) 16 Stain (mark) (6) 18 These (5) 20 Granddaughter (5) 21 Wheel (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 (GOSSIP) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
AFFRAY AFRESH ARMFUL CORPSE CRISIS CURFEW FROSTY FUNGUS GOSSIP (10) HIJACK MASSIF POLISH POTION PRIORY SHARED SPURGE STREAK UPLIFT VESTAL
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Chalet 2 Thrall 3 Alkali 4 Fixate 5 Hearty 6 Styled 7 Sultry 8 Sparky 9 Itself 10 Stamen 11 System 12 Funnel 13 Swampy 14 Silent 15 Neater 16 Grassy 17 Eerily 18 Walnut 19 Milieu.
Nonagram
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.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
TARGET: Good: 17 Very good: 24
• Average: 24 • Good: 34
• Very good: 49 • Excellent: 63
SCORING:
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Excellent: 31
tent tenth tenon went hone home nett none noma beth bent nonet neon neat omen oats month monte moat moats moan moans meno meat meats mean meant means meatman mats manta mans mana manat manats heat heats eats amen ammo aeon ants tame tams tans stamen atman atmans name
cere cert cord core corp cred crop deer doer dorp drop jeer peer pert pore port prod redo reed retd rete rode rope rote torc tore tree trod cered coder coper cored credo creed creep crepe crept decor deter doper doter erect erode pedro peter pored recto repot roped terce toper treed trope copter creped deport ported redtop reject teredo ejector proceed project PROJECTED
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Down:
1/17 Job lot, 2 Easy, 3 Bedlam, 4 Curious, 6 Garbage, 8 Therapy, 9 Clarify, 11 Ghetto, 14 Elks.
CRYPTIC
ENGLISH-SPANISH
Across:
Across:
7 Petite, 8 Hoover, 9 Glee, 10 Intrepid, 11 Sort out, 13 Anger, 15 Pesto, 17 Tenants, 20 Ornament, 21 Task, 23 Client, 24 Strain.
7 A veces, 8 Butaca, 10 Useless, 11 Dulce, 12 Reed, 13 Fever, 17 Relax, 18 Nada, 22 Plans, 23 Dearest, 24 Chains, 25 Lazier.
Down: 1 Deal, 2 Divert, 3 Tedious, 4 White, 5 Solemn, 6 Resident, 12 Overrule, 14 Dentist, 16 Teased, 18 Artery, 19 Vesta, 22 Swig.
Down:
1 Vaquero, 2 Referee, 3 Leyes, 4 Puddles, 5 Tallo, 6 Lanes, 9 Esmeralda, 14 Seasons, 15 Maletin, 16 Factura, 19 Opaco, 20 Jamas, 21 Ganar.
App of the week Wizards Unite THE new Harry Potter: Wizards Unite app allows fans of the series to realise their magical potential by joining others from around the world in tracking down misplaced magical artefacts. The app, made by the same developers as Pokemon Go which spawned a worldwide craze in 2016, allows users to cast a cariety of spells to defeat the magic surrounding the Foundables.
QUIZ: WORD-PAIRS DIFFERING BY A SINGLE LETTER 1. (a) A stout, stiff stake or pillar of timber or other material and (b) a disdainful grimace (four letters)? 2. (a) Actually existing and (b) intense (sometimes fanatical) enthusiasm (four letters)? 3. (a) Exist in great plenty and (b) in the area or vicinity (six letters)? 4. (a) Famous, especially by reputation and (b) not achieving its end or not lasting (six letters)? 5. (a) Give up or retire from a position and (b) set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and colour (four letters)? 6. (a) Husband or wife and (b) complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost (four letters)?
7. (a) Make tight and (b) meat from a calf (four letters)? 8. (a) Not being in a specified place and (b) express agreement or acquiescence (six letters)? 9. (a) Ready for harvest and (b) rub with a circular motion (four letters)? 10. (a) Tardy and (b) a thin strip of wood (four letters)? Not a lot of people know that… words that both sound the same and are spelled the same are both homonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).
Answers: 1. POST-POUT, 2. REAL-ZEAL, 3. ABOUND-AROUND, 4. FABLEDFAILED, 5. QUIT-SUIT, 6. MATEMAZE. 7. SEAL-VEAL, 8. ABSENTASSENT, 9. RIPE-WIPE, 10. LATELATH
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
CODE BREAKER
TARGET:
4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 12
1 Jitterbug, 5 Bogus, 7 Deter, 9 Cure, 10 Gazebo, 12 Apathy, 13 Taps, 15 Inert, 16 Loyal, 18 Croissant.
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.
Kakuro
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.
Across:
Boggled
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Costa Blanca
TOMORROW
TODAY
DENIA
DENIA
JAVEA
JAVEA
CALPE
CALPE ALTEA
ALTEA
BENIDORM
BENIDORM
ORIHUELA
ORIHUELA
TORREVIEJA
TORREVIEJA
Malaga
Almeria
Bilbao
Madrid
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 20-S
TODAY: MAX 27, MIN 22-CL
TODAY: MAX 34, MIN 18-CL
TODAY: MAX 35, MIN 19-S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
31 33 33 31 31 31
21 - S 22 - S 22 - S 21 - S 20 - S 20 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
28 30 31 28 29 29
23 - S 24 - S 23 - S 21 - S 21 - S 21 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
29 27 25 25 25 24
17 - Cl 16 - Cl 15 - Cl 15 - Sh 15 - Cl 15 - Cl
35 34 32 31 33 35
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
Mallorca
Barcelona
TODAY: MAX 30, MIN 21-S
TODAY: MAX 36, MIN 22-S
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 22-S
S: Sun
23 - S 23 - Cl 24 - Cl 22 - S 21 - S 21 - S
30 31 32 30 28 28
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Cl: Clear
23 - S 24 - Cl 24 - Cl 22 - S 21 - S 21 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
35 34 33 33 31 32
C: Cloudy
22 - S 23 - S 23 - Cl 22 - Cl 21 - S 21 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
31 30 31 30 28 28
JAVEA CALPE ALTEA BENIDORM
Benidorm
TODAY: MAX 31, MIN 22-S
31 31 33 31 30 29
DENIA
18 - S 18 - S 18 - S 16 - S 17 - S 18 - S
Alicante Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
SATURDAY
22 - S 23 - S 22 - Cl 22 - S 20 - S 20 - S
Sh: Showers
ALICANTE ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA
Th: Thunder
Sn: Snow
Sudoku LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
England, she was nominated Best British Newcomer in the 2012 British Film Institute awards and now plays lead character Maddy Smith on the series Wolfblood. • Ashley Young, Footballer; July 9, 34 Young was born in Stevenage in England and was initially let go by Watford’s Academy, but later received a contract for the team. He went on to play for Manchester United and joined England’s national team in 2007. • Jessica Simpson, Singer; July 10, 39 The Texas-born singer’s album Sweet Kisses went platinum two times following its release and her single I Wanna Love You Forever made the Billboard Hot 100’s top five. She has also acted and appeared in The Dukes of Hazzard film remake in 2005.
Word Ladder TYPE
DOWN BACK
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Amongst the ruins
Move from the start word (TYPE) to the end word (DOWN) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
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• Bill Withers, Singer; July 4, 81 promoted his faith around the world and has Withers’ soul hits including Ain’t No Sunshine, attracted a global following for his message of Lean on Me and Lovely Day led to his induction peace, compassion and happiness. Born Tenzin into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Born Gyatso in Tibet, he fled to India following China’s 1958 annexation. in Slab Fork, West Virginia in the US, he had a nine-year stint in the US Navy before starting his Dalai Lama. • Ringo Starr, Musician; July 7, 79 music career. The drummer of The Beatles was born Richard • Edie Falco, Actor; July 5, 56 Starkey in Liverpool in England and was invited by the The actor who played Carmela in The Sopranos TV series other band members to replace Pete Best shortly before their 1960s heyday. Starr sung Yellow Submarine while in was born in New York in the US and rose to fame with appearances on Law & Order. She later featured in the the band and he went on to have a successful solo career. Showtime programme Nurse Jackie. • Aimee Kelly, Actor; July 8, 26 • Dalai Lama, Religious Leader; July 6, 84 Kelly first broke into acting after landing a role in the 2011 film Sket opposite Ashley Waters. Born in Newcastle in The spiritual figurehead of Tibetan Buddhism has
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A people divided IAN and Sophie have just married and are settling into life on the outskirts of Birmingham at th e back end of the Great Recession. The couple find strains in their relationship increasingly reflect political fault-lines in a Britain rocked by riots a year before it hos ts th e Olympics. Meanwhile, Doug is a pol i tical commentato r based in Chels ea wh o writes about aus terity, while his teenage daughter prepares to join struggles for social justice. E ls ewhere there i s Benjamin Trotter who is about to begin a new career in middle age while his father Colin pines for the day he can vote in a referendum on the EU. All are trying to find their way in a nation still coming to terms with the l oss of its indus try an d gl ob al s tanding in Jonathan Coe’s M idd l e England.
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138 - Emperor dies Roman Emperor Hadrian dies of heart failure and is later buried in Rome. His reign saw Rome construct defensive buildings on the empire’s borders including Hadrian’s Wall on the English-Scottish border. 988 - City founding Norse King Gluniairn agrees to pay taxes and accept the Brehon Law of High King of Ireland Mael Schnaill mac Domnaill. The decision marks the founding of Dublin. 1497 - First voyage Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama sets sail for India. His voyage is the first direct one undertaken to the subcontinent by a European. 1575 - Last clash A group of English soldiers attack Scottish troops at Carter Bay in the Raid of the Redeswire. It is the last major battle between the two countries in history. 1645 - Battle victory Parliamentarian forces defeat the last Royalist field army at the Battle of Langport in the English Civil War. 1845 - Cabin move American writer Henry David Thoreau moves into a cabin in Concord, Massachusetts. He wrote about his time there in Walden which is now a classic. 1957 - Musicians meet John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet at Liverpool’s Woolton Fete. They will form The Beatles three years later. 2011 - New nation South Sudan becomes the youngest country in the world after seceding from Sudan. It is later rocked by a famine, internal conflict and a water crisis.
THE year is 1946. Rachael Morgan (Kiera Knightley) has just arrived in Hamburg in Germany while the dust is still settling from the Second World War which ended the previous year. Morgan is hoping to be reunited with her husband and colonel of British Forces, Germany Lewis (Jason Clarke). Lewis is trying to tackle violence from rebel Nazi loyalists while he and his wife struggle with a relationship strained by war. Both are trying to come to terms with the death of their son in The Aftermath.
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JORIS PLU NOW that summer is officially upon us with its beautiful colours which are so much brighter as the sun shines on them, it is time to get some insight information about the impact of some of those colours on our minds - in business and personal life. The list gives you an idea and can help you think differently about colours in the future. Have a look at colours in nature and in business. What are these colours telling you? What are businesses trying to achieve using certain colours? A good thing to know is that whatever your favourite colour is, just keep on liking it if you feel comfortable with it. Red gives us appetite, a form of urgency, warning, love, excitement many fast food chains use this as their main colour. Blue can be the colour of being
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Colours and your mind
IT’S NOT BLACK AND WHITE: See the colours all around you. calm, sadness, peace, cool, security, trust, productivity - some brands use it to tell you they are trustworthy. Green is predominantly connected with nature, good health, positive power, balance or even envy - a store will use this to tell customers they are environmentally conscious. Orange is enthusiasm and attention - like traffic lights for instance
And breathe…
and many posters in shops have an orange colour to get your attention. Yellow gives us sunshine, happiness, energy, warmth, emotionality used by many all over the world as the colour for hope. Black, which like white is not actually a colour, stands for power, evil, unhappiness, negativity, but also strength and intelligence.
WE take breathing for granted, but if we were to pay a little more attention to this simple action we could greatly enrich our lives. Meditation is highly recommended to ease our modern-day stress levels, offering peace of mind, greater insight and well-being in return for just spending a few minutes of our day focused on our breath. The ideal time to start is in the morn-
White is the colour of clean, safe, pure, innocence, creativity. Brown is connected with being strong, reliable, warm and friendly. And while purple can be mysterious and represent mystery and wealth, pink can be the colour of kindness and romance. But most of all, let colours inspire you in a positive wonderful way whatever meaning people are giving to them. Just use the colours in your life the way you want them to be used. If you feel good with certain colours, if they make you happy and give you that uplifting feeling that you need, just go for them and give your life that wonderful colourful touch. In Spain we are so lucky that there is such a big variety of colours all around us. Just have a deeper look at this from today on. Maybe you will discover more beauty than before in nature, flowers, plants,
ing, before you get into your day. Similarly just before bed is a recommended time to not only think over everything we’re grateful for that day, but to meditate and quieten our minds to optimise our rest. Even mid-day meditation is appropriate; any moment that you choose to take at least five minutes for yourself will set you well on your way. For some perhaps the idea of meditating is synonymous with adopting the Lo-
trees or even in buildings and other colourful things. Colours stimulate your brain every day. Find your positive colours and use them to shift your way of thinking towards the best possible way. Some nice quotes about colours are: ‘The best colour in the world is the one that looks good on you,’ Coco Chanel - ‘Colours are the smile of nature,’ Leigh Hunt - ‘Colours are brighter when the mind is open,’ Adriana Alarcon. Have a colourful life.
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tus position, which is daunting in itself. But you’ll be happy to learn that as long as you are comfortable and sitting preferably in an upright position with your back straight, whether it is on a chair, the floor, on a cushion or in bed, you’ll be fine. Sit comfortably, place your arms comfortably in front of you with your palms facing upwards and try to relax. Stop thinking about everything and just concentrate on your breath.
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CELLULITE: Is just normal fat beneath your skin. IS there any way to eliminate the ‘cottage cheese’ on your thighs and rear end? Yes absolutely! Cellulite is just normal fat beneath your skin. It looks lumpy because it pushes against connective tissue, causing the skin above it to pucker. That’s why you can have it whether you’re heavy or thin. Women are more likely to get it than men. Prolonged sitting and an inactive lifestyle may change circulatory patterns and increase the risk of developing cellulite. Smokers also have a higher risk of developing cellulite, as do those who stand in one place for long periods of time. The best time to start making smart decisions is before cellulite begins to appear. There are four stages of development which may begin in women as early as age 16. Grade 0: No cellulite present. Grade 1: Smooth skin while standing, bumps and dimples appear while sitting. Grade 2: Orange peel or cottage cheese appearance
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Get summer-ready with super savings at Medcare! EVERY year for the past decade, Medcare has released regular annual promotions across all departments: medical, dental and aesthetics. This summer sees a bumpercrop of offers on many nonsurgical aesthetics treatments and products! The aesthetics team have been working tirelessly for weeks to work out some great prices for some of the best products and treatments available on the market. These promotions mean that Medcare’s valuable patients will not only get some amazing prices, but the security of knowing that all injectable treatments are performed by a registered, licensed and insured doctor, as per law in Spain. Starting with Botox for one area at just €160, that’s a saving of over €100! And as Doctor Hussain believes in natural results, there is no danger of ending up with that ‘frozen’ look either!
LOOKING GOOD: The aesthetics team have some great products and treatments available. Medcare Aesthetics launched the Teosyal range of fillers last year, from Swiss brand Teoxane. And they have been incredibly popular due to their longevity, flexibility and of course, their results. Teosyal products can be used in a fabulous Skinbooster treatment, also known as Rehydration therapy. Many tiny injections are placed all over the face or neck with a potent mix of hyaluronic acid and nutrients. This treatment gives the skin a fresh, illuminated glow, adds volume and reduces wrinkles. Teosyal also has the only LICENSED product that is used as an under-eye filler to reduce eye-bags and dark circles to give a more fresh and
youthful appearance. And of course, THE most popular filler treatments over the last few years, lip filler! Now reduced at Medcare from €340 to just €240! More incredible savings for patients come in the form of a FREE dermapen session when you book a single session or a course. Dermapen microneedling is still one of Medcare’s most popular anti-ageing treatments because, although there are a few days downtime, the end results are just amazing. With some patients looking 15 years younger after four or six sessions. For skin tightening and toning, with no downtime, Exilis can give some great results.
Using radiofrequency, it blasts fat cells and encourages collagen production to tighten skin. Finally, Medcare only stocks the best pharmaceutical grade skincare products, from GLO Skin Beauty and Heliocare. GLO is a cruelty-free brand that used active ingredients such as glycolic acid and vitamin C in higher concentrations than high street brands. These products give great results in brightening, exfoliating and toning the skin. HeliocareSPF50 COLOR was voted the best SPF face cream in 2018. Not only does it protect against the sun’s harmful rays but the lightweight non-greasy gel cream can act as a subtle foundation too! Now Medcare is selling this for just €19.95.
You can see all of the promotion details on the Medcare website, there is a link on the home page. You can also book FREE initial consultations with the aesthetics doctor, dentist and osteopath. Summer promotions vaild until the end of August 2019. Call 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com. Caring for over 10,000 patients on the Costa Blanca since 2005.
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NOW, we all want to live longer and enjoy our old age, so keeping the grey matter healthy is as important as physical fitness. Here are some tips for keeping your brain in the best of health. Use it or lose it Stretching your brain keeps your mind sharp. People who are more active in mentally challenging activities are more likely to stay sharp. Why not learn a new game, like Bridge or Canasta, start writing or maybe learn a new language, like Spanish? Work out Experts aren’t 100 per cent sure why physical activity seems to increase the blood supply to the brain and improve links between brain cells, but staying active can help memory, imagination, and even your ability to plan tasks. A healthy diet Choose foods that are good for your heart and waistline. Being obese in middle age makes you twice as likely to have dementia later on. Watch what you drink We all know that too much alcohol can have a short-term effect on our judgement, speech, movement, and memory. But it can have longterm effects. Drinking alcohol in excess over a long period of time can
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Keeping your brain healthy shrink the frontal lobes of the brain, leading to dementia. Musical youth Musical experience boosts mental functions that have nothing to do with music, such as memory and the ability to plan. Playing a musical instrument or singing also helps with better coordination and is known to have health benefits. Plus, it’s fun and it’s never too late to start. Make friends Be a people person! Talking with others actually sharpens your brain, whether at work, at home, or out in your community. Sleep and the brain A long night’s rest is best for memory and your mood. Adults need seven to eight hours of sleep every night. Apparently, during sleep, the glymphatic system cleans out waste, or ‘junk,’ particles, and if you follow the above advice, you are going to need a good rest!
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Chilli peppers a healthy hot option LOVE them or hate them, chillies are surprisingly good for you. Chilli peppers contain a substance called capsaicin, which gives peppers their characteristic piquancy. This chemi-
cal is currently being studied as an effective treatment for sensory nerve fibre disorders, including pain associated with arthritis, psoriasis, and diabetic neuropathy. Topical capsaicin is also now a recognised treatment option for osteoarthritis pain. Red chilli peppers, such as cayenne, have been shown to reduce blood cholesterol, triglyceride levels, and platelet clustering while increasing the body’s ability to dissolve fibrin, a substance that is important to the formation of blood clots. Capsaicin not only reduces pain but its peppery heat also stimulates secretions that help clear mucus from your stuffed up nose or congested lungs, perfect if you have a cold or flu. Red chilli peppers also have a high level of beta-carotene or pro-vitamin A and just two teaspoons of red chilli peppers provide about 6 per cent of the daily value for vitamin C coupled with more than 10 per cent of the daily value for vitamin A.
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HOT COUPLE: Rochelle Humes and Marvin.
FOOTBALLER Kyle Walker has been pictured soaking up the Spanish sun with sometime girlfriend Annie Kilner after their relationship was thought to be under threat from an infidelity scandal. Walker, 29, who plays for England and Manchester, smiled as he and Kilner joined others on the boat off Formentera in the Balearic Islands. It comes as ex-model Kilner, 26, reportedly dumped her beau after he was said to have had a series of trysts with Ex On The Beach star Laura
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Saturday’s star sizzles STUNNING Saturdays star Rochelle Humes enjoyed a luxurious yacht party in Ibiza with husband Marvin, showing off her incredible figure in a leopard print swimsuit. Joining friends the pair put on a PDA during a paddle board session as part of a break to celebrate footballer friend, Tom Cleverley’s 30th birthday. Rochelle made the most of the blazing temperatures in her skimpy orange one-piece, covered in an ani-
Burying the hatchet
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MADE UP: Walkler and Kilner enjoyed a yacht trip together.
mal print and featuring a scooped neckline and high-cut on the legs to flaunt her gorgeous figure. Hunky Marvin ensured he shared the limelight showcasing his muscular physique in swimshorts. Marvin lent his DJ skills to the event, playing a selection of 90’s hits including Peter Andre’s Mysterious Girl to the delight of the crowd. Marvin and Rochelle tied the knot at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire in July 2012 and have two daughters. Brown. The hatchet now appears to be well and truly buried as Kilner seemed keen to put the episode behind them. Walker’s attention flicked between his forgiving flame and his mobile phone as he stood atop the deck of the yacht while wearing sporty black swimming trucks. Kilner was seen enjoying the drinks offering between dips in her conservative, but in places suggestive, full body outfit which left little to the imagination south of her waist.
A celebration THIS Saturday, July 6 there will be a special party organised by the Casa Rociera del Benitachell starting at 7pm to celebrate the Virgin of Rocio. After the parading of the statue there will be a meal of tradi-
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tional dishes including Cabasset which is a pork dish, Coca Maria, a tasty cake and Mistela a sweet wine mixed with different spirits. The ladies of the Rociera will dress in typical and delightful
costumes as everyone having enjoyed their meal will clap and dance to the music of flamenco group Suspiros de Arte. There will naturally be a bar open for those who need to cool down.
GOING VIRTUAL: Queen Letizia wore a business outfit during the meeting.
Stylish royal SPAIN’S Queen Letizia donned a stylish business wear combo while being shown virtual reality equipment at the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) in Madrid. The 46-year-old wore a smart white blouse and grey trousers while meeting with workers and volunteers at the charity’s headquarters. A visit to the charity’s online workshop saw the queen try out virtual reality glasses which are used by patients during treatment. The queen also met with AECC president Ignacio Muñoz Pidal and its Madrid head Laura Ruiz de Galarreta. AECC and Queen Letizia go back a long way. The charity was the first that the 46-year-old became honorary president of when she ascended the throne alongside husband King Felipe in 2014.
Cinema by the sea ONCE again, there will be a series of free screenings of major movies aimed at the entire family on the Arenal Beach every Tuesday in July until August 20. Starting at 10pm, the films will have a Spanish soundtrack, but each will have English subtitles so that the largest number of people can enjoy the shows. The full list of movies is as follows:
July 9 - Campeones July 16 - Rampage July 23 - ET July 30 - Jurassic World, Fallen Kingdom August 6 - Ready Player One August 13 - Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle August 20 - Mary y la flor de la Bruja
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Vinum Enoteca, passionate about wine THE overriding impression of Irina, the co-owner of Vinum Enoteca in Calpe is that she is friendly, passionate and very knowledgeable about wine. She poured us an Albarino from the Riax Baixas, northwest Spain, but first, she said, “this wine is light and fresh, like a 20-year-old girl, but if you go to its neighbour. it is like a more mature woman, perhaps in her 30’s, elegant, soft and mature.” What a wonderfully evocative way to compare two wines. The wine is wonderful. The flavour is fresh, but with soft acidity, so it fills the mouth. An absolute joy and so different from many of the cheap, mass-produced white wines found in the supermarkets. Irina explained that she had been an interior designer when her love affair with wine began. She was living and working in London and started studying for the Professional Qualifications. Impressively, she holds the WSET levels 1 to 3 and is currently studying for her Level 4, the highest award this organisation gives. Irina started this concept with her business partner Elena earlier this year and was borne of their love of wine. The walls of this shop, which is near the seafront in Calpe, are adorned with shelf after shelf, bottle after bottle of wine, predominantly Spanish, but some other fantastic wines as well, like the amazing Australian wines ‘19 Crimes.’ This producer has developed the most incredible marketing device with a living label. Pop in and ask Irina or Zivko, their sommelier, who is working with them in the shop. It is very difficult to describe, but you have to see it. Irina explained that she stocks over 500 wines and they personally select many of them, preferring to actually visit the Bodegas to taste the wine, to meet the producers and understand each particular wine. One thing we do notice is that the wines, whilst not cheap, are not prohibit i v e l y e x p e n s i v e e i t h e r, w i t h a g o o d range of bottles under the €10 mark. Irina laughed that she has one regular customer, a lady of a certain age, for whom a bottle of wine lasts three or four days, who, since discovering the wines in this Aladdin’s cave, recently complained that she can now no longer enjoy supermarket wines.
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In the shop, there is a large tasting table, where they plan to hold tastings and indeed courses in wine appreciation, to pass on their love of wine, together with other events. We s h o u l d p e r h a p s m e n t i o n t h a t though they have used the name ‘Club’ for their project, it is not some exclusive club where there is a joining fee or you need qualifications to enter, indeed you can pop in for a glass of one of their wines of the day, or even enjoy a bottle of any of their wines, perhaps between friends, for a small corkage fee. Failing that, pop in to select some fantastic wine to enjoy at home. They will, of course, be more than happy to recommend wines for your personal enjoyment. We a r e s u r e y o u w i l l n o t b e d i s a p pointed, we were not.
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Perfect pâté dish of the day BOWLERS’ PRIVATE DINING THIS week my recipe is the incredibly tasty and easy home-made chicken liver pâté. Easy home-made chicken liver pâté Ingredients 15g (1/2 oz) butter 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped Pinch of fresh thyme (optional) 1/2 diced onion 100g chicken livers, trimmed and chopped 3 tablespoons brandy 100ml cooking cream 5 whole black peppercorns Pinch of salt
!!Dani’s weekly food tip!! Always start with a smoking hot pan before adding your ingredients for any recipe.
Method Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic, onion and chicken livers, pepper and salt, Reduce heat to low, and simmer approximately for 10 minutes, until chicken livers are tender and no longer pink. Then add your brandy, cook out for about 20 seconds then add the cream. Place the pate mixture in a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl, cover and chill in the refrigerator approximately three hours before serving. Red onion chutney This will go nice with steak, pate, cheeses or even a ham sandwich. It will last for a week if stored in the
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refrigerator! Ingredients 3 large red onions 2 tbsp olive oil 150 ml red wine 60 ml balsamic vinegar 4 tbsp sugar Method In a saucepan, heat the olive oil and add the onion with a pinch of salt. Put a lid on and cook over a low heat for about 15 minutes until the onion is soft and translucent. Add the red wine, balsamic vinegar, sugar and a good twist of black pepper and reduce down for about 15-20 minutes over a low heat stirring often, this will be ready when you have a sticky jam-like consistency.
HOME-MADE PATE: Incredibly tasty and easy to make.
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Jazz at the Palace Dave’s Diary WELCOME to my diary page. Every week I will be listing some of the hundreds of events, happening in the Costa Blanca North region. We are particularly keen to help to promote charity events, so if you are organising one or know of one, please let me know at daveproctor@euroweeklynews.com If you enjoyed any of the events we have listed, do not hesitate to let us know. I hope you find this page of use.
Have fun, Dave
Now to end of August There are a number of free activities every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Cala de Finestrat for children aged three -12 years. There is also Zumba for the adults. Details from the Finestrat Ayuntamiento
July 1 to 28 Valencia holds its traditional Great València Fair. The city organises a month of activities.
July 4: 7.30pm A summer barbecue in aid of Catland and Javea Feral Cats Society, at Quo Vadis €15 including live music and some great food. Tickets catsrusjavea@gmail.com
July 5 WORTHWHILE VISIT: The impressive Ducal Palace.
Javea will be holding its first Pride party. Plaza de la Constitución starting at 7pm.
July 5, 6 and 7 A VISIT to the 14th century Ducal Palace in Gandia which was once the home of the Borgias is worthwhile at any time. In July and August however, it is becoming a major entertainment hub with open air Spanish film screenings and classical concerts. However if jazz is your
preference then there are two nights where you can enjoy a Borgian dinner accompanied by music from a live band followed by a tour of the Palace. Each event starts at 9pm lasting until midnight and guests are promised a specially prepared dinner paired with fine wine.
The first dinner will be on Friday July 26 featuring music from the Randy G r e e r Tr i o f o l l o w e d b y the Enrico Peidro Jazz Trio on Friday August 23. Details of the cost of each night as well as the chance to reserve your tickets may be obtained by calling 962 871 465 or emailing vis ites@palauducal.com.
La Nucia is holding its Annual Medieval Market, The market will consist of some 70 stalls decorated in medieval style with stallholders dressed as medieval merchants, there is also a very active programme of live medieval music, street theatre and musical dancers. Every evening the market closes with a different fire show.
July 6 to 14 It is fiesta time in Denia. If you haven't ever seen the Correfoc (night of the fire) it's well worth a look – 12.30 am on July 10. (It’s shown as 9th on the programme, but is after midnight). Twice daily during the fiesta, there is ‘Bous a la Mar,’ bull running where the bulls are run towards the sea. The idea being that people entice the bulls to charge them and then jump into the sea to escape them
July 6 In the gardens of the Parador Hotel, Javea a dinner in aid of Todos Juntos, Javea threecourse menu for €40 IVA incl with live music during the meal. Contact the hotel to book.
July 6: 7.30pm Apasa are holding their ‘All White on the Night’ fundraising dinner in the beautiful Gardens of Canor near Teulada with music by the Watch Band. Tickets are €35. If you go say Hi to the photographer and wish his wife Happy Birthday! Tickets are €38 from 965 741 668; 606 588 197 or 639 603 880
July 12 In the gardens of the Parador Hotel, Javea dinner in aid of The Red Cross three-course menu for €40 IVA incl with live music during the meal. Contact the hotel to book.
July 18 The Gandia Area Social Club welcomes the Jubilee Jazz Band. The event, which includes a dinner, will be at the lovely Moli Canyar venue in Potries. Tickets from gascbookings@gmail.com. €24 for non-members. Must be booked before July 14.
July 18 to 21 The Moors and Christians in Oliva. The full programme and timings are announced nearer the time, but watch out for the battles on the beach at dawn.
July 19 to 21 Sees Oliva holding its Moors and Christian events, which in this case includes early morning landings battle and battles on the beach.
July 20
MUSICAL MAN: Benjamin Sun in performance.
Freak out A NATIVE of Alicante, pianist Benjamin Sun is something of a musical renaissance man, having graduated from guitar and Hammond organ to the grand piano. His musical tastes are varied and he has recorded a number of albums with different musicians over the past few years. He will now be taking up a four-week residency at the Freaks Art Bar & Gallery in Alicante City playing every Thursday from tonight until the end of the month. Tonight, July 4 he will be alone at the piano
playing his own compositions in an evening entitled Piano en Blanco. Next Thursday he will be with local rapper El Flako as they explore the evolution of folk and rock. July 18 sees him welcome Gustavo Cafaro as they mix piano, guitar and harmonica. Finally, the month closes with a 1980’s jam session with audience participation encouraged. Admission is €8 for each night and includes a welcome drink.
In the gardens of the Parador Hotel, Javea a dinner in aid of Tara. Protectora de Animales three-course menu for €40 IVA incl. with live music during the meal. Contact hotel to book.
July 21 The 4ever Valencia festival has a top international line-up including British acts Keane, Tears for Fears and Los Planetas. See the 4ever website.
July 28 Is the last day of the Feria in Valencia which brings the month-long fair to a close. This is the day for ‘the Battle of the Flowers.’ a unique parade, where the floats get pelted with flowers.
August 28, 11am In Bunyols, near Valencia is the world famous ’Tomatina.’ Tickets are rare unless you go on an inclusive tour.
September 29 Doors open at 1pm. Benidorm Palace is hosting ‘A marvellous show called ‘Save my life 3’ in aid of the local dog rescue centre. All the acts are giving their time for free and last year, the Palace raised thousands of pounds for this worthwhile charity. Tickets available in various places around Benidorm and the Box Office. By the way, please let the Box office know beforehand if you want food.
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Roll up for the Circus ‘ROLL up, Roll up, see the greatest show on earth!’ or so the old cliché goes. But this is 2019, and the new Benidorm Circus show is anything but old and clichéd. Out have gone the animals, out have gone the white-faced clowns and their corny jokes and in has come some fantastic and enchanting acts. The ringmaster is the brilliant illusionist David Climent, but acting as he does as the man in charge of this ring, he brings elegance and a cohesive style to this show. The acrobats are, inevitably, graceful, and display great feats of derring-do, but presented in a modern way, cycling, roller skating and juggling footballs amongst their other skills. The ‘clown’ is a wonderful silent comedy styled performer, perfect for the multi-national audience. His knife throwing act was well conceived, funny and hilariously executed. David and the other magician’s routines had the big ‘wow’ factor and had the audience scratching their heads in disbelief. But it was some of the simpler acts which I found the most enchanting. The Phileas Fogg styled bubbles act and the wonderful
ALCHEMY: Shrouded in mystery and secrecy.
shadow hand puppet show were great. The show is called Alchemy which is defined as an ancient practice shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Its practitioners mainly sought to turn lead into gold, a quest that has captured the imaginations of people for thousands of years. However, the goals of alchemy went far beyond simply creating some golden nuggets.
ACROBATS: Are presented in a modern way.
A rather good name for a magical show, don’t you think? Alchemy can be seen every Saturday night at 6pm in the Big Top behind the Benidorm Palace. Bookings can be made at the Benidorm Palace Box Office.
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Feeling fab at Footwork OF course, dancing is a good form of physical exercise, but the benefits to one’s mood, mental health, and physical health is astonishing, and it doesn’t hurt as it’s just fun! During the summer months it is easy to get wrapped up in the same monotonous routine. Stressful days in the office, running around after the kids, holiday dining, or lounging about all day, it leaves us feeling sluggish and unmotivated. Studies show that those who engage in mind-body exercise build a stronger global cognitive than others, gaining the ability to adapt to changing situations, coping with languages, flexibility, memory, and organisation. At Footwork Dance Studios, we pride ourselves in our diverse free-work classes, for ages two to 85 years, the opportunity to learn new skills, gain self-confidence, accomplishment, stability, and best of all have fun whilst broadening social horizons, all guided by
DANCE STUDIOS: Come along and learn new skills. our energetic, experienced and qualified teachers. Come and join our fun as our performance opportunities begin, starting off the summer in Los Montesinos at Semana Cultural, soon followed by our annual Summer Show ‘Dancing through The Rainbow’ on Sunday July 21 at Casa de Cultura y Musica Los Montesinos (Tickets on sale now - €7.50 each). We are excited to announce that come September Footwork will be a full Performing Arts studio, adding singing, acting, and musical
theatre to our timetable, as well as new contemporary jazz classes. From July 23 - 26 we are hosting a Dance and Musical Theatre intensive for seven+ years for both students and newcomers (places available now). On October 6, our students will be returning to Benidorm Palace to perform. We’re looking forward to rehearsals in September, so if you would like to be part of the above, we’d love to see you. Contact Erica 662 003 823, fb Footwork Dance Studios Spain for more information.
CULTURE LINK: This bridge in Girona was built by Gustav Eiffel just before he built the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
A city full of charm A HUB of Catalan culture in its own right, Girona is packed to the brim with museums, galleries and stunning buildings. The historic centre built by the city’s abundant wealth during medieval times has been well preserved over the centuries, surviving wars, sieges and revolutions. The best way to see the city is to take a walk along the medieval walls, known as the Passeig de la Muralla, that border the city centre and offer great views. Girona has one of the best preserved Jewish quarters in all of Europe called El Call, which
is a maze of narrow, cobbled streets that look just how they would have 500 years ago when the Jewish population occupied this area of the city. Another highlight that should not be missed is Girona Cathedral, which has a picturesque long staircase leading to the entrance that was used as a location to film Game of Thrones. The city has its own small airport but there is also a high-speed train service that links Girona to the Catalan capital of Barcelona, so it makes a perfect destination for a quick day trip.
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Jewellery with art CONSULAR MATTERS THE image of two of the most iconic women of the 20th century, dazzled by diamonds, remains in our film culture. The image of Audrey Hepburn eating a croissant as breakfast at dawn on a deserte d 5 t h Av e n u e i n N e w Yo r k and the famous song performed by Marilyn Monroe ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’ are part of the western culture and an ancient, but undoubtedly true, conception. Historically, for thousands of years in all the civilisations in which they have records, women were not allowed to have their own possessions and
PRESENTATION: At the collection of the Danish jewellery brand. as a consequence, economic independence, but they had her own jewels. The incorporation of women into the paid labour world, the
Marisa Moreno Castillo: Consul of Denmark
PETER PURVEY THIS is one of the most feared things heard by sailors in the past. Fire in the middle of the ocean is one thing, but fire in one’s own home today when there is an organised fire service should not be too much of a problem, especially when one assumes there are laws about using fireproof materials, smoke alarms, sprinklers and fire doors and inspectors to carry this out. But the cry ‘fire’ always strikes fear into one’s heart. As I watched the burning of Grenfell tower block I could not believe I would ever see a scene like this in Britain. I tried to think back to similar catastrophes and could only come up with the Twin Towers. On the silver screen, of course, we were enthralled by ‘The Towering Inferno’ with a great performance by Fred Astaire. That was probably the nearest many of us came to see the portrayal of a life-like drama of a tower block fire. I have experienced two hotel fires. The first occurred in New York a few days before Xmas.
recognition of their civil and political rights only goes back less than a century compared to those thousands of years of history.
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The glass ceiling, salary differences, domestic violence and ancestral traditions still play against us on too many occasions. In the history of Spain, the anecdote was well-known already in the 15th century as the then Queen of Castile Isabel ‘La Católica’ had to sell her own jewels to cover the expenses of the first trip of Christopher Columbus to seek new trade routes with the Indians and Orientals which resulted in the discovery of America in 1492. In addition the jewels fulfilled, and they continue to fulfill another undoubted purpose, that is the one to foment the beauty of the person who wears them, as well as to send a clear message of the economic power. As Consul of Denmark, and
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the trade delegate for Andalucia and Extremadura, part of my duties are to support and develop commercial relations between Danish and Spanish businesses and this time, my position led me to be at the presentation of the collection of the Danish jewellery brand ‘Ole Lindgaard Copenhagen’ in a famous Puerto Banus jewellery store. Ole Lindgaard Copenhagen is a family business founded in 1963 by the patriarch Ole Lindgaard (jeweller and designer), whose jewellery creations are a perfect combination of style and magic. And when the jewellery rises to the level of art, it is a pleasure to contemplate, enjoy and wear them, and if it is also an investment, the circle is complete.
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‘Fire down below!’ I was sleeping on the 43rd floor of a 5th Avenue hotel; it was snowing lightly and the temperature near to zero. At around three in the morning all the fire bells started ringing and loudspeakers on all floors told guests to evacuate using only the stairs. I looked out of the window. The monstrous fire engine blocking the street below looked a fraction of the size of a Dinky Toy and the people pouring out onto the snowy street, looked smaller than ants. Then I noticed smoke creeping under my bedroom door, so, very reluctantly put on some clothes and with a wet cloth handy, joined others walking down to street level. We had passed the 30th floor when we heard the voices and clatter of feet coming up towards us, so we waited. It appeared all was well! A cook had left the gas on under a large pan of oil which had eventually ignited. The Hotel’s super efficient air conditioning system had immediately begun circulating the smoke all over the hotel. A bit frightening but it could have
GRENFELL TOWER: I could not believe I would ever see such a scene.
been a disaster. The first Robot farmer? A team at Harper Adams University are trying to grow a whole field of barley, from spraying the weeds,
ploughing and sowing the seeds, then harvesting the crop using only a small robotic tractor and a drone. Now, thanks to LIDAR (light detection and ranging) you no longer
need your insect repellent, pith helmet and machette when you enter the forest in search of ‘El Dorado,’ or indeed, any lost city. All you need is a helicopter and LIDAR scanner. This new system can ‘see’ through the dense forest canopy to the ground. The system has already revealed the ruins of a completely unknown Maya city, thought to have been occupied by up to five million people. Using this system on one of Picasso’s greatest works, ‘The Crouching Woman,’ was found to have a totally new and unknown painting underneath. More than the blink of an eye! In a move to capture photosynthesis as it happens, scientists have invented a camera with a shutter speed of one millionth of billionth of a second: known as one ‘femto second’ which is the fraction of all the seconds in 32 million years. I try to make my articles informative, amusing and sometimes thought provoking; Any comments, to me, petercalpe@gmail.com
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How confident are you? ROBERT SHALLIS CONFIDENCE is not a personality trait, it’s a skill that can be acquired through learning. The more you practice being confident the more naturally it will come; think of it as exercising a muscle. It’s the ability to be able to move from a thought to taking action, coupled with the willingness to try. Lack of confidence can hold us back from what we really want to do in life. Our thoughts and wishes remain just that if action is never taken. We are not born shy or with lack of confidence no more than we are born with unlimited amounts of confidence. We have simply acquired the habit of being so during our early years which creates our framework and our reality. Many people have lack confidence because they add their own assumptions and opinions to the facts. For example: ‘My boss is really mean, he’ll never give me a pay rise, why ask for one?’ Well the fact is yes, your boss may be mean, but it’s only your opin-
SELFCONFIDENCE: A skill you can learn.
ion that he won’t give you a pay rise. Your opinions are only ‘your’ opinions and not a true reflection of what is actually real. This way of self-sabotage will only add to your lack of self-confidence and keep you from improving on your life. The fear of the result is what holds many of us back. You imagine the worst and therefore don’t act on something that could make a
significant difference in your life. Being confident isn’t about becoming an extrovert and being more vocal, it’s about facing your challenges and fears and courageously breaking through that invisible wall. Many extroverts may appear confident on the outside but they don’t always say what they really mean because they are not confident on the
inside. They fear criticism so do not speak their truth, their personal fear is just hidden in a different way. So, if you really want to become that new confident you, start off by practising small acts of courage each day. Look at something that you know you should or would like to do that would normally instil a little fear. It can be something as small as paying your
scary grumpy old boss a compliment instead of assuming he’ll rip your head off!! Each time you overcome a fear by acting upon it, it will slowly increase your confidence. Slowly start to step up and face your larger fears as you start seeing your confidence grow. Eventually you will start seeing more success and stop focusing on your negative assumptions and past failures. This new found skill will start to serve you very well, and as time passes, remember to keep exercising it. To stay fit and healthy you need to stick to a regime, confidence skills require the same, so don’t stop, and keep going. By being persistent you’ll be demonstrating faith in yourself. The more faith you have the more persistent you will become. Eventually, it will become habitual and replace your old habits of doubt and fear. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest once said “It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” Don’t let lack of self-confidence be your unclimbed mountain, conquer it and you’ll reach summits you would never have thought possible before.
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BARRY DUKE ANYONE with an atom of sense knows that if you buy eggs you place them at the top of your shopping bag or trolley and not at the bottom where they will inevitably be cru sh e d b y o t h e r p u rchases. And that’s exactly what I did last Friday afternoon after buy i n g a t r a y o f 2 4 . Then disaster struck. A little old lady lost her balance on the bus in which I was travelling and crashed into my shopping bag. There was a sickening crunch. When I got home, I knew the bag would be a horror, but I u n d e r e st i m a t e d th e sheer scale of the mishap. All but one of the eggs had broken, and a week’s shopping beneath was soaked in yolk and albumen. This wa s t h e t h i r d o f a number of incidents that set me thinking that I’d somehow a n n o y e d E r i s, th e Greek goddess of strife and
Black Friday discord. First, my freezer d ec id ed to ta k e a le a k. When I got up to make my firs t cu p o f co ffe e o f t he day, I skidded in a pool of w ate r in th e k itch en a nd ended up flat on my back. Then I discovered a glitch in the comments section of one of the websites I run. N o rma lly, I g e t lo ad s of c o mmen ts b en ea th e a c h ite m I p o s t, b u t I n o tic e d that several days’ posts had not attracted a single comment. Puzzled, I checked the moderation folder, and found that several hundred w ere lan g u is h in g th e re , waiting approval. Further investigation revealed that Disqus, through w h ic h all c o mmen ts are fu n n elle d , h a d - w ith o ut warning - erected a barrier a g ain s t h u n d red s o f ‘re stricted’ words: words like ‘beer,’ ‘monster,’ ‘idiot,’ ‘p o t, ’ ‘c ra c k , ’ ‘g a y,’ ‘panties’ and, most most un-
BROKEN EGGS: I underestimated the sheer scale of the mishap. fathomable of all, ‘job.’ Meanwhile I was getting dozens of emails and messages from angry commentators demanding an explana tion for w ha t the y
perceived as censorship on my part. But the worst was yet to come. After I had dealt with the website problem and returned home late with my
shopping, I set about washi ng di shes at ar ound 11.30pm. I then got distracted by a phone call. As I was speaking, I became aware of water lapping at my feet.
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Real i si ng I ’ d l ef t t he t ap running, I sprinted into the kitchen to turn it off, skidded and crashed to the tiles - again! Then the lights went out. Water had seeped into our cooker and tripped the main fuse. So by torchlight and standing in an inch of water, I had t o get i nt o t he electrics of the cooker and dry everything off. An hour later I managed to restore the electric supply, and it took 90 minutes to mop up the water. Then I knocked my mobile phone into the filled-tothe-brim mop bucket. Of cour se by t hen m y plan to sit down in front of the telly with a steak dinner was out of the question. So, I chose a curry pot noodle instead. Just as I sat down to eat it, I heard a rending crash. A large clock had fallen off t he wal l , and t her e wer e shards of glass everywhere. The not poodl e, as I choose to call the things, went i nt o t he bi n and I swallowed a sleeping pill and crawled into bed.
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The road to rescue is rocky! ANOTHER two rescued equines arrived at Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre last week, but as always there were many more calls for help regarding such animals. EHCRC already has nearly 120 rescued horses, ponies and donkeys and it is logistically impossible for them to take every animal that people ask them to. They have to focus their attention on those animals most in need and in conjunction with the Police and Guardia Civil. Hence reporting cases of abuse or abandonment ie making a ‘denuncia’ to the Guardia Civil/Police is paramount (details of how to do this can be found on EHCRC website below). EHCRC functions without any governmental funding and relies on donations, volunteers, their charity shops and the 24/7 unrelenting drive of the Co-Founders, Sue and Rod Weeding. The first of these rescues is a darling little pony.
LUISA: Needed a hernia operation.
EHCRC received a phone call from URMA, the Local Police in Callosa de Segura - they had received an anonymous call to say there was a little pony in an appalling state. They phoned EHCRC and as always Rod dropped everything to go there straight away. She is the sweetest little thing, about nine years old, she is covered in sores with dreadful skin problems, she is very malnourished and her feet are in an awful state. Dorothea, their equine vet, has given her a full check up and she is receiving the care she so justly deserves. The Police want Dorothea’s report as they are determined to take this case to Court. Another step forward in animal welfare. The second rescue is an a d o r a b l e d o n k e y, n o w n a m e d Luisa. The Centre received a call from Protectora Pels Pèls Crevillent, an animal organisation from Cre-
villente in the Alicante Province. The owners of a property had called them in the morning after they had found a donkey, abandoned and tied to the fence of their house, in very poor condition with a huge lump under her tummy. Pels Pèls don’t have the f a c i l i t i e s t o k e e p a d o n k e y, s o they asked EHCRC for help. The Hospital Veterinario San Vicente in Alicante, agreed to do the operation and she is now recovering well. Many thanks to the Local Police in Callosa de Segura and Crevillente for their prompt action. As always EHCRC would like to thank all their supporters, and to donate or find out more check out their website www.easyhorse care.net. You can visit our two latest rescues and all the other residents on our next open day July 7, 1pm to 4pm. More info on www.easyhorse care.net or find us on Facebook.
ADOPTION BRANDY and Alex were born after their mum turned up at one of our volunteers house. They are around six weeks old and are ready to be reserved now. They are happy, playful boys and are litter trained.
WILLOW is small and cute. Sadly her owner has died and we need to find her a new mummy or daddy. She is seven years old. Good with other dogs. Full pet passport and negative of leishmania. Willow will make a wonderful companion.
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Holding a remote car key to your head doubles its range because the human skull acts as an amplifier.
Exquisite luxury FOUNDED in Barcelona in 1904, by Damián Mateu and Marc Birkigt, Hispano Suiza is a luxury Spanish car brand owned by four generations of the Suqué Mateu family. At the Geneva Motor Show in March, the company launched the Carmen which combines hypercar-rivalling performance with exquisite luxury, painstaking craftsmanship and meticulous attention to technical and engineering details. The all-new fully-electric Carmen has been created from the ground up to deliver an ex-
ceptional and luxurious driving experience. The hyperlux grand tourer features motorsport-derived technologies to achieve superb handling, a 0 - 100 km/h time of under three seconds, and an electronically-limited top speed of 250 km/h.
The level of luxury, comfort and character that Hispano Suiza had in the 20th century has been combined with the powerful, safety and technological parts and materials today. All of that without
losing what Hispano Suiza really is. A custom-made electric powertrain employs two motors to deliver 750kW (1019 PS) to the rear wheels and carbon fibre monocoque and body panels keep weight under 1,690 kg.
LAUNCHED: The luxurious Carmen.
New Tesla pickup announced IN a recent hour-long podcast Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he’s aiming to price the company’s new pick-up truck at under $50,000 (€44,000) and have it outperform the industry’s best-selling vehicle, the Ford F series, but with a futuristic sci-fi design. Musk said that the new vehicle will combine the functionality of a conventional truck and assured everyone that the new vehicle will be better than Ford’s F150 but additionally, he commented, that it will be a better sports car than a standard Porsche 911. “It’s kind of like a ‘Blade Runner’ truck, that’s the idea. It’s not going to be for everyone. When we unveil this thing, there’ll be some people who are like, ‘Oh, that doesn’t look like a truck; I don’t want to buy it.’ It’s like when they came out with automobiles, people were like, ‘Oh, I like a horse and carriage.’ Sure, OK, you can stick with your horse and carriage, but you’re going to get an automobile later. You just don’t know it.’ Last year on Twitter, Musk claimed the pick-up will come with dual-motor all-wheel drive, as standard, a suspension that adjusts dynamically for load and ‘crazy torque.’ He also said it will have power outlets to accommodate heavyduty, 240-volt power tools. Musk said he hoped that full details of the truck will be revealed this summer.
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The ‘Great British Women in the Car Industry Rising Stars’ Award EMMA KING, Ford’s senior purchasing manager at the forefront of the marque’s €11bn investment in electric vehicles, has been named the winner of Autocar’s Great British Women in the Car Industry - Rising Stars 2019 initiative, held in partnership with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). King started her career as a commercial vehicle buyer for Ford in 2007 and has risen through the ranks to lead the firm’s electric vehicle purchasing team across the US, the EU and China. She has been an instrumental part of teams driving key technological changes in the industry. Her most recent role has involved heading up the procurement of global battery cells, coming at a crucial time for Ford as it restructures its business and prepares for the rapid growth in electrified vehicles. Autocar editor, Mark Tisshaw, said: “Emma’s impressive rise at Ford is the perfect showcase for everything we are
celebrating here today. The car industry is always experimenting, pushing boundaries and looking into new technologies, and Emma’s role perfectly highlights how exciting it is to be a part of. The ambition and success of all our top 100 rising stars demonstrate the breadth of exciting career opportunities within modern automotive.” King said: “The work I do with Ford is a really exciting area to be involved in. Investing heavily in an electric future means our work is at the forefront of the migration to new technologies and services. “It is a huge privilege to have been chosen as this year ’s winner of Autocar ’s Great British Women in the Car Industry - Rising Stars, and I would like to convey my sincere thanks to the entire team at Autocar and the SMMT for this honour. I am deeply thankful to have been considered alongside such accomplished and varied female talent and hope that we can, in turn, inspire future generations.”
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DS3 Crossback Performance Line ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher DS AUTOMOBILES is a fast-growing car brand - the premier division of the French PSA Group which includes Citroen, Peugeot and Vauxhall-Opel - and DS is making quite an impact with its stylised cool-image designs which really turn heads. The new DS3 Crossback is a fine example - a compact SUV which has a genuine wow-factor and grabs immediate attention. Available in petrol, diesel and allelectric form, this model competes in a tough sector which includes the VW TCross, Audi A2 and Mini Countryman and while they all have their own pluspoints, the DS wins on sheer visual impact. DS prices start at €24,186
(£21,555) but to get more standard kit you have to move up range and my recent test model was a topspec Performance Line version priced at €30,806 (£27,455). It has the 1.2litre turbo-petrol engine giving a hefty 155 hp and is mated to an eight-speed auto gearbox. This combination delivers a zesty 0-100 kph time of 8.2 seconds and it tops out at 208 kph (129 mph). Given the powerful performance, the average fuel figure of 14.7 kpl (41.7 mpg) is quite respectable. Underway, the car is eagerly responsive, with smooth auto gearshifts. The steering is light so feedback is rather limited but you still get a sense of grip and composure and feel fully in control. Ride comfort is good unless you are on very rough
surfaces when the suspension set-up transmits the bumps. Cabin accommodation offers adequate head and leg room front and rear and while the 350-litre boot is not among the largest in the class, it is still fine for most everyday needs and does expand to 1,050 litres with the rear seats down. Where this DS outshines its rivals is its street-image the exterior design of flowing curves and striking features is an outstanding example of famous French flair and that extravagance continues in the cabin where beautifully crafted detailing of the dashboard, doors and gearshift make you feel you are in something that is quite special. And that feeling is particularly important in the SUV sector where a distinctive and exclusive image is often a key factor.
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Spain on top of Europe By Dilip Kuner SPAIN looks to have a new generation of potential world-beaters after they beat Germany 2-1 to become champions of Europe for the fifth time. They gained revenge for a loss to the same opposition in Krakow two years ago to equal Italy’s record for the most titles in the UEFA competition. The Spanish players started confidently with some crisp passing and excellent possession play that left the German youngsters chasing shadows, at least initially. Luis de la Fuente’s men soon took advantage to open the scoring, with Napoli’s Fabian Ruiz taking a pass from Mikel Oyarzabal in the seventh minute to beat the German keeper with a powerful leftfoot shot from the edge of the area. After Fabian’s goal, the match settled down with both teams enjoying periods of domination, although there was a lack of clear opportunities. Spain just about edged the rest of the first half, although Germany had halfchances through Levin Öztunali and Jonathan Tah. After the break it was Germany who came out the stronger, although Stefan Kuntz’s young players still struggled to create real openings.
WINNERS: Spain rook their fifth UEFA u21s title. Forced to chase the game, Germany started to leave space at the back as they played a high press, leaving themselves open to fast breaks. After Alexander Nübel failed to hold a Fabián Ruiz snapshot, Dynamo Zafreb’s Dani Olmo put in Spain’s second goal. A late long-range goal from Nadiem Amiri was no more than a consolation for the Germans. Spain’s coach Luis de la Fuente said: “We’ve been working for this for years. This is a group of players who are fantas-
tic and so talented. It’s so important for Spain and Spanish football for these young lads to get the praise they deserve. I am more than proud of these players. We’ve played so, so well at times in this tournament. I can only say well done to these players, who can make history.” Stefan Kuntz, Germany coach SAID: “We started the game not very well; Spain were very tough and we made a few errors. We then changed tactics in the second half and improved, but the second goal was a psychological blow.”
First-time winner at Valderrama THE Andalucian Masters at Valderrama saw South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout seal his first European Tour title with a six shot victory. While he had a slight wobble on the final day when he saw his five shot lead hauled back to three at one stage, his victory never really looked in doubt. His closing 71 saw him finish at 10 under par and means he now has a place in the Open along with Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Spaniard Adri Arnaus who were part of a fiveway tie for second. It also meant he became only the third winner of the event after Graeme McDowell (2010), and tournament host Sergio Garcia (2011, 2017, 2018). Bezuidenhout now moves into the top 10 of the Race to Dubai Rankings after two other top three finishes this season. Spaniards Eduardo de la Riva, Alvaro Quiros and Jon Rahm finished alongside Arnaus and Lorenzo-Vera at four under par for second place. Sergio Garcia secured a top 10 finish with his three under par score, with Europe’s 2018
GREAT WIN: Congratulations to Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn, Belgian Thomas Detry, Gavin Green of Malaysia, German Bernd Ritthammer and Hideto Tanihara of Japan one
shot further back. Bezuidenhout said: “I was relieved, it was a long day. I went through a struggle in the middle of the round, three bogies in a
row. I thought, I can’t let it slip. My caddie kept me in the moment nicely and the par save on the eighth hole was crucial. It just got the momentum going that I had lost a bit. “To bounce back with three birdies in a row after that was nice and it settled the nerves a bit. To come out with a win today is special. “My family have kept me humble throughout my career, they’ve supported me and thanks to them. I’m here because of them, it’s so special. “It’s been a dream since I started playing golf to play in a Major Championship, and to play The Open, which is my favourite Major, just makes it even more special.” Adri Arnaus commented: “It was an honour to play two days in a row with Sergio in such an iconic place as Valderrama. Yesterday I started a bit nervous, but I calmed down after four holes and I started to enjoy it, and we got along so well. “Today was more like being on my own, and I was able to do it on that back nine, so I’m really pleased.”
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Max takes Austria F1 win MAX VERSTAPPEN took his sixth career GP win and his second consecutive Austrian Grand Prix victory after a storming drive. He needed all his skill and determination to steer his Red Bull to first position at the team’s home track following a dreadful start. Verstappen’s march to his sixth career win, the team’s 60th and the first for power unit partner Honda in 13 years looked scuppered at the off. When the lights went out the Dutchman’s RB15 bogged down and he was immediately swamped by the cars around him on the grid. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc powered away in the lead ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen dropped to P7. Ahead of the first round of pit stops Leclerc had built an almost five-second advantage over Bottas, who triggered what would be for most of the leading pack a single pit stop. Bottas made a clean stop, but there was no such luck for Vettel. The Ferrari driver’s crew were not ready with a set of hard tyres and the German was forced to sit stationary for six seconds as a front left wheel was located and fitted. Leclerc made his stop at the end of the following lap and he emerged in P3 behind new leader Hamilton and Verstappen. Hamilton pushed too hard and damaged his front wing. At the end of lap 30 he pitted for hard tyres and a new wing. The stop saw Hamilton stand still in his pit box for 11 seconds. Red Bull responded and brought Verstappen in for a set of hard tyres and he emerged four seconds clear of Hamilton, in fourth place. The Dutch ace quickly began to close up to third-placed Vettel and on lap 47 he closed to within DRS range of the Ferrari driver. On lap 50 he made it past, then took Bottas six laps later. What followed was a titanic battle between Leclerc and Verstappen. With three laps remaining the latter made a move down the inside into turn three. The pair went alongside each other in the corner and banged wheels. Leclerc went wide on the exit of the corner and Verstappen was through. Verstappen’s overtaking move on Leclerc was put under investigation by the stewards, but it was eventually judged to have been fair and Verstappen’s win stood. Vettel had also been on the move during the closing stages and he passed Hamilton to take a solid fourth place after starting from P9. Hamilton was left with fifth place ahead of Lando Norris’ McLaren.
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NEYMAR has been told he is not welcome back in Spain by La Liga president Javier Tebas, who says his off the field behaviour is ‘not good for the competition.’ The Brazilian joined Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record €222 million two years ago.
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Viñales wins MotoGP in Assen By Dilip Kuner YAMAHA are celebrating a hard-fought win at the TT Circuit Assen after Maverick Viñales delivered a strong race performance to beat Marc Marquez into second place. But the team’s other rider, Valentino Rossi crashed out on lap five, taking out Takaaki Nakagami with him. Viñales had a good start from P2, but a wobble in turn one looked to have cost him. He fell back to fourth, where he stayed at the completion of the first lap. There was a small scrap be-
tween him and Marc Marquez early on, until the number-12 rider noticed the three front men getting away, prompting him to make his move. As he chased the race leaders, frontrunner Álex Rins crashed his Suzuki. Viñales took full advantage as he passed Joan Mir, and then the battle with Marquez and Fabio Quartararo who finished second and third respectively - for top spot began in earnest. The 24-year-old was in
third place for a while and was having a good look behind Marquez with 14 laps to go, deciding carefully where he would make his move. He first led the race on lap 16, but Honda’s Marquez proved difficult to shake, as you would expect from the championship leader. With nine laps to go, the Yamaha rider ran wide going into turn one and
fell back to second place. It wasn’t long before he retook the lead - in fact it was on the same lap. From there on in there was no catching Viñales as he opened up a lead. The Spaniard kept his concentration until the very end and took the chequered flag with a 4.854s advantage. The result means Rossi stays in fifth position in the championship standings with an 88-point gap to first.
Viñales on the other hand moves up from 11th to seventh in the rankings, with a 95-point margin to the top. Yamaha remains third in the constructor standings. Marc Marquez remains top on 160 points, followed by Ducati’s Andrea Dovizoso, who was fourth on Sunday, on 116 points. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) is third and Alex Rins (Suzuki) fourth. Viñales said after the race: “It feels like I’m dreaming. These have been difficult times for me, because I’ve been out of the three tracks where I thought I had the most po-
TOP SPOT: Viñales has finally hit form.
tential with the bike. “My season has been difficult, but I’ve tried to keep the momentum from Catalunya, because I felt really good on the bike. I’m so grateful to the team, because they did a great job this weekend and prepared well for the last laps of the race. “I was strong, even one-toone on the brakes, I knew I could make the overtakes. It was very important to relieve some of the pressure by taking a victory.” He added: “I think the team will be more relaxed now. Being back on the top step of the podium again feels really good and bringing Yamaha back to its winning ways is the most important to me. “We knew we had the potential but hadn’t been able to show it. It’s always a combination between the team’s, the rider’s, and the bike’s efforts.”