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Irish boy drowns JAMES GREENE, a young Irish boy aged three, who was rescued from a pool in the Cabo Roig, Aguamarina Urbanisation on Monday tragically died in Alicante General Hospital the following morning. The boy was discovered unconscious in the communal swimming pool by an early morning bather. Investigators believe he may have slipped away from his family and fallen in the pool around breakfast time. Four police officers who rushed to the scene found the young boy to be unresponsive and ‘very cold.’ The police performed emergency resuscitation and the child responded, showing signs of life. The police were quickly joined by a local doctor and then an air ambulance crew who worked for over two hours by the side of the pool to stabilise the child before airlifting him to hospital. The tragic news that the boy passed away has come as a shock. Witnesses have praised the ‘great emergency services’ and the Department of Foreign Affairs said it is “aware of the case and is providing consular assistance.” There was no lifeguard on duty at the time of the incident as attendants’ shifts at the pool do not begin until midday - locals
BREAKING: Tragic ending to the young Irish boy rescued from an Orihuela Costa pool.
say parents and guardians are notified by clearly displayed signs and other means that they are in charge of their children’s safety when lifeguards are not present. Irish press have reported the indecent as an ‘accidental death’ however according to the Spanish Press Agency EFE, the reasons for his death are now subject to a police enquiry.
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Man drowns This marks the third case of drowning in the space of just 48 hours along the Costa Blanca. A man died on Postiguet beach towards the end of last week and a young child died after being rescued from a swimming pool in Orihuela.
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A MAN has died after drowning on La Curva del Palangre beach in Torrevieja. Lifeguards tried to resuscitate him but the man was unresponsive and presumed dead before they reached him according to the rescue team.
PHENOMENON: The ‘Perseides’ comes from the Greek star constellation ‘Perseus.’
Meteorite shower THE ‘Tears of San Lorenzo’ is a natural phenomenon in which up to 200 meteors per hour can be seen flying above and around the earth. Also known as the ‘Perseides’ spectacle the meteor shower was most clearly observable in areas of Puerto Lumbreras and Torre Pacheco. The meteors are formed by the break-up of comet ‘Swift-Tuttle’ which hit Earth’s mighty shield Jupiter and its remains headed for Earth’s atmosphere where they later disintegrated into flames.
The observatory in Puerto Lumbreras held several events encouraging people to visit the giant telescope to learn more about astrophysics and space. Many keen astronomers stayed out until dawn on August 12 and 13 to make sure that they got to see the full effects of the amazing light show. The big finale occurs tonight (Thursday, August 15) when the meteors will be passing by a full moon making them more difficult to see, but much more special.
Sewage spill in La Zenia THE streets of La Zenia were overflowing with sewage over the weekend causing pedestrians and motorists to evacuate the area. The council estimated that there were around 56,000 litres of sewage flowing through central La Zenia towards the beach and the chain of restaurants down Avenida Villamartin. The tumultuous overflow went on for hours and brought the whole area to a standstill.
Thankfully the council sanitary services stopped the flood before it actually reached the shore, which would have caused further disaster as the beach, where hundreds were bathing, would have been cut off completely by hazardous waste. The council will have to consider improving the infrastructure as the sewage channels are currently at maximum capacity due to the influx of tourism in the summer months.
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THE typical summer for holidaymakers and residents in Murcia generally consists of a bit of tapas and a beer. This is self-evident but also shown in recent figures from the INE which suggest that 31 per cent of all the beer drank in Murcia is consumed in July and August.
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THE clouds hovering over Murcia are most welcome for farmers and most of the public after the recent heat spikes. This weekend it appears that whilst the heat will return, it won’t be as intense as in the past weeks.
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E-plant ending THE fridge that was made famous after it was tossed down a hill and police forced the tosser to haul it back up again has been taken to an E-recycling plant in Murcia where it has since been safely disposed of.
Energy plan FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS has been invested in a new efficient energy network in Javali Nuevo. The mayor of Murcia, Jose Ballesta, has informed townsfolk that a new type of durable pavement with lights embedded in it will be installed in the area in the near future.
Public walk THE new path in the enclave of the Garden of Murcia that leads to the visitor centre of the Cotraparada has been completed and will be opened shortly. The councillor for Sustainable Development, Antonio Navarro, wants the public to walk through the gardens full of regional plant varieties.
New house THE Asset Management Company ‘Sareb’ has launched two summer campaigns that are aimed at publicising a selection of houses to foreigners looking for a house in Spain. Over half of the properties advertised are in Murcia.
Work push A TOTALof €2.76 million has been allocated for the hiring of 142 young people without jobs in local entities of the Vinalopo regions. These grants will benefit about 20 municipalities, as well as the Intermunicipal Association of the Vinalopo Valley, and are part of the Avalem Joves Plus Plan.
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WINNER: Casa Batllo was voted the best modernist building in Spain.
Modern marvel THIS art nouveau building in Barcelona has been named the winner of an architectural magazine’s poll on the best modernist building in Spain. Architectural Digest declared the Casa Batllo the winner after more than 21 per cent of those polled said it was their favourite modernist building. Cantabria’s El Capricho came second, Casa Lis in Castilla y Leon came third and the Palacio de Longoria in Madrid came fourth. Casa Batllo, sometimes called the House of Bones owing to its balcony’s
skeletal appearance, was designed by Antoni Gaudi. It was built around the outside of a pre-existing building in Barcelona’s Eixample district between 1904 and 1906. The house’s owner and its namesake Josep Battlo hired Gaudi to refurbish his family home. It was shortlisted by Barcelona City Council as one of 1906’s best buildings but was not chosen as the winner. The house’s design incorporates many features typical of art nouveau. Its balconies, windows, roof and
chimney all mimic nature with irregular curves in its masonry. Its central facade is said to be based on the surface of a lake with water lilies. It is thought to take cues from impressionist Claude Monet’s Nympheas painting. It is covered with 330 discs of pottery which were designed by Gaudi and fellow architect Josep Maria Jujol while staying in Mallorca when they were restoring Palma Cathedral. Casa Batllo is currently rented out for some of the most important events which take place in Barcelona.
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Forest blaze in Cieza Energy conservation A FOREST fire which was caused by a burning lorry caused traffic to be rerouted near the A-30 road in Cieza earlier in the week. Firefighters handled the situation quickly and traffic flow was stabilised within a couple of hours. A helicopter dropped a vat of water over the fire which had been consuming about a hectare of pine woodland which stopped it progressing further over the Cieza border into the province of Albacete. The Emergency Services of Hellin and the Sierra de la Pila were first on the scene and received thanks and praise from the locals for stopping the traffic from being backed up any further. The fire is the second in the space of a week in Cieza, last week the emergency services were alerted to a pyromaniac who had reportedly been setting fire to fields in the town’s green areas.
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THE council of Cobatillas has declared that it will prevent the emission of 34 tonnes of CO2 with its plan to install 136 new LED lights in the town. Most of the new lighting system has been integrated along the Alicante road and will continue being installed until 9,656 watts of lighting is installed. This will, according to Councillor Jose Guillen, help the town save over €11,000 each year and bring down light pollution significantly. The plan comes after the EU requested the implementation of new energy saving electric systems to replace the less efficient ones that will help the environment in the long run. The Department of Urban Development and Modernisation in Murcia has stated in a press release that they will continue to improve the areas of Murcia so they comply with the ever changing EU energy efficiency regulations.
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Mother and child held THE Guardia Civil arrested two men in Lorca for allegedly holding a Romanian mother and her daughter against their will and abusing them. Operation Babyrum was initiated at the beginning of last week after police were alerted by the Romanian authorities that a 20-year-old mother and her child might be in danger. The young mum had called her own mother who is living in Romania and she alerted the police about where they might be found. When the Guardia Civil arrived at the house where the mother and daughter were being held, they were found to have several serious lesions and were immediately transferred to the Rafael Mendez Hospital. The suspects, aged 20 and 24, were apprehended and will face trial in the Instruction Court of Lorca for gender-based violence.
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NEWS EXTRA Passengers dwindling MONTHLY statistics from Aena show that there were 17,000 fewer passengers travelling through the new airport in Corvera this July than there were flying to and from the old San Javier Airport in July of last year.
Pool drama CLASS MOVE: The council of Murcia is keen to restructure how education operates all over the region.
Education reforms THE new Minister for Education and former English teacher Esperanza Moreno has been clear with her intentions to reform the education sector of Murcia. The areas the council will be focusing on include facilitating equal opportu-
nities for students, halting the regional dropout rate and improving students’ results in exams. Moreno has been vocal in her speeches since she was awarded her new position in Mayor Jose Ballesta’s new cabinet.
Flags of quality FIVE beaches in Orihuela have been recognised for their quality by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality and awarded the coveted ‘Q’ flags to the beaches of Punta Prima, Cala Estaca, Cala Capitan, La Glea and Mil Palmeras. To be honoured in this way by the long-standing institution, a beach must have passed several quality
control tests and have outstanding facilities which all five of Orihuela’s finest were judged to have. The areas that the Orihuela beaches excelled in, according to the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality, relate to the sparkling bathrooms, accessibility to the installations, safety, waste collection, first aid facilities and leisure establishments.
Ballesta has also spent time in the education industry teaching as a professor in the University of Murcia and as such has been working closely with Moreno to improve the current state of education in Murcia.
A TODDLER was airlifted to hospital by helicopter after he fell into a swimming pool and showed signs of drowning. The paramedics stabilised the child and took him to Alicante hospital where he is recovering.
Rain ahead AHEAD of the upcoming rains expected in Orihuela and parts of Murcia, the Cruz Roja has shared safety information and preventative measures put together by the Civil Protection Society and the Emergency Services of Orihuela, shared on social media.
Cash gift THE Campoverde Theatre Group has made a generous €300 donation to the ‘Help’ Vega Baja Charity that will go towards two new wheelchairs for the institution. QUALITY: A blue flag flying on the Orihuela Coast.
Cleaner streets THE council of Orihuela has acquired a new pressure cleaning vehicle, an inspection vehicle and 17 cleaning carts which will go a long way in tidying up during the fiestas. The cleaning apparatus most requested by the people of Orihuela was the IVECO pressure cleaning vehicle which uses a propane boiler to heat the water and better remove stubborn grime from the streets as a result. The vehicle cost €56,446.50 which is almost twice the price of the rest of the cleaning supplies combined. The mayor has also dedicated time and resources into ways to keep the streets clean and improve current waste disposal methods.
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Solar boom in Murcia Dolphins saved THREE bottlenose dolphins were set free from a trawler net in Azohia with the help of the ‘Cetaceos y Navigacion’ company’s fisherman and the Naturalist’s Association of the South (ANSE). The dolphins did not sustain any injuries whilst they were hemmed into the shallow waters and were freed fairly easily within a couple of hours. Divers from ANSE went underwater in full scuba diving gear to drop the level of the nets which are designed to capture large shoals of tuna. The dolphins chase the fish into these series of nets and sometimes get stuck themselves. Often they are able to free themselves, but sometimes they need help to
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CHASING FISH: Dolphins frequently hunt on the coast of Azohia. find their way out. The ANSE team is currently studying the marks on the dorsal fins of the dolphins to work out whether
they are a new species on the Costa Calida or if they are endemic to the the Marine Reserve of Cabo Tiñoso in Azojia.
THE number of large solar farms in the region of Murcia is expected to grow 15 fold in the coming years. Due to the tax breaks surrounding the energy sector making it cheaper to sell renewable energy to the network, solar farms have been cropping up more and more ove r the la s t c ouple of years. Now the government has set new sustainable energy initiatives that will add a further 6,360 megawatts to the existing 440 megawatts s toc kpile of re ne w a ble e ne rgy a c c ording to the Ministry of Enterprise and Industry. The ne w de ve lopme nt plan will mean that many independent solar projects may be rejected as the government boost is supposed to cover the targets set by the Environmental Agency and the EU. The new solar parks, once ins ta lle d w ill ge ne ra te enough power to serve the
energy needs of 540,600 homes in Spain according to figures from the National Off i ce of St at i st i cs (INE). The EU has r equest ed
that all European countries com m i t t o pr oduci ng at least 32 per cent of the national energy quota via renewable sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric.
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FIESTAS: The festivities in Cartagena start with a thud on the petanca courts.
Cartagena festivals AFTER an epic start to the annual petanca festival in Cartagena last weekend, this weekend will see a tense finale between the winning teams and the start to the fiestas. Tomorrow, Frida y, August 16, t he petanca final will take place in the centre of Cartagena at 5pm. After a winner is announced and the helpers in the competition are justly rewarded, there will be a dance and a karaoke session for everyone to join in with. Frida y night ma rks the st ar t of t he Cartagena fiestas as will be exclaimed by the mayor, Federico Trillo-Figueroa, in a speech just before midnight. At 11am the following morning, Saturday August 17, a wet and wild water and
foam party will help people freshen up going into the new week. After this it’s time to get a sweat on in the Zumba and salsa classes just after m i dday and at l unch t i m e i t al l shut s down to let everybody cool off. In the evening at 6pm there will be a football tournament and then at 9.30pm the magician ‘El Gran Mago Juan’ will be performing. The day will finish with more dancing and some poetry from Esteban Martinez Vidal. The festivals will end on Sunday August 18, with plenty to enjoy from dawn to dusk such as the traditional ‘broom dance,’ a free beer in the social club, the petanca golden balls being announced, then another final foam party.
Prestigious award ALEJANDRO SOLANO, a marimba player from Cartagena, has won the national inaugural ‘Filón Del Cante De las Minas’ competition for his outstanding instrumental ability. A close second went to the saxophonist from Valencia, Jose Javier Perez and the audience were torn between the two. Solano was the winner based on his technical skill on the vibraphone derivative and the strength of his performance style which incorporated influences of jazz, flamenco and classical music.
INSTRUMENT: The marimba is closely related to the vibraphone. Solano is the founder of the Cartagena Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in
many events showcasing different genres of music in Cartagena.
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Man drowns in the sea A MAN reported to be aged around 70 died on the shores of San Javier after going into the sea for a swim last weekend. The man is said to have died of natural causes according to the paramedics
on the scene. Those who were near the man on the Barnuevo beach in Santiago de la Ribera whilst he was struggling to swim could only watch on as he went underwater. The Emergency services
Recycling plant blaze A RECYCLING plant near Argos in Cehegin was set on fire last weekend and thanks to the fire department it was promptly contained. The incident was a huge worry for the townsfolk as the land surrounding the plastic recycling plant is all pine forest that could become incinerated in a matter of minutes in the current scorching temperatures. The fire brigade came well equipped with two helicopters, one from Cehegin and one from Calasparra that dropped two huge loads of water on the flames. In addition to the assistance from the skies there were four environmental officers, nine firefighters and four fire engines on the scene to help douse the blaze. The Guardia Civil and Local Police will investigate the matter further and try to find the cause of the fire.
were accompanied by the Guardia Civil and the investigation into the cause of death will be determined shortly. The autopsy at the Institute of Legal Medicine of San Javier will shed further light on the incident.
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Heat action plan THE Ministry of Health in the region of Murcia has put the ‘Plan of Preventative Actions against the Effects of Excessive Heat on Health’ into action and it will remain in place until mid-September according to the government health department. In the midst of temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius this week, the government was quick to send out a press release aimed at informing citizens of ways on how to protect those most at risk during these sweltering times. The elderly and those who work outside for long periods of time are most susceptible to the heat, according to the ministry of health. Medical professionals recommend that people learn how to conduct simple emergency techniques and recognise when someone is suffering from heatstroke. They advise people to place cold towels on
ASSISTANCE: It is imperative to call an ambulance if any effects of heatstroke are evident.
those suffering and place them in the recovery position if they stop sweating or have particularly hot skin. The Ministry of Health in Murcia also lists various preventative measures that people can take when they
are outside for long periods of time, such as drinking plenty of sugarless cold drinks, taking periodic breaks in the shade and keeping medicine cold so as not to alter the beneficial effects.
Violent crime pact THE Councillor for Wo m e n , E q u a l i t y a n d LGBTQI rights in Murcia, Isabel Franco, has campaigned together with the head of the Official School
of Journalism in Murcia Juan Antonio De Heras to combat the violent crimes committed by sexist and homophobic people in Murcia.
Vi c e P r e s i d e n t F r a n c o met with Dean Heras to state her intentions to continue demonstrating solidarity with the LGBTQI c o m m u n i t y a n d w o m e n ’s rights activists throughout the region to stop the pain s u ff e r e d a t t h e h a n d s o f those who undermine them physically or psychologically. The council of Murcia released a statement drawing attention to the pact that they and the Murcia School of Journalism have made which pertains to the fair and consistent flow of information between the two institutions regarding violence towards any one particular gender or derivative of such. Dean Juan Antonio De Heras also submitted a new manual to be issued to all journalism and media students in Murcia that deal with any issues to do with g e n d e r a n d t a rg e t e d v i o lence.
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PILOTS with Ryanair’s Spanish division have threatened to walk out with cabin crew in September over plans to dismiss around 100 of them, their union said. The Spanish Pilots Union (SEPLA) said it would not accept the ‘arbitrary’ dismissal of the pilots which come under Ryanair plans to cut staff. The airline claimed they are overstaffed and plan to sack a total of 900 pilots and cab-
Ryanair pilots threaten strikes in crew across Europe. SEPLA claimed the reasons for the dismissal had not been properly explained or legally justified. Ryanair said overstaffing and costs related to the delay in the delivery of 30 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were among the reasons
for the sackings. It comes as Ryanair announced plans to close its bases in Gran Canaria and Tenerife and is also considering shutting one in Girona, Cataluña. “This is having a direct impact on pilots who face constant uncertainty about their future,” SEPLA said.
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SEPLA’s strike threat follows plans from the SITCPLA and USO cabin crew unions to walkout in Septemer. USO-Ryanair General Secretary Gustavo Silva claimed the airline constantly ‘abused’ its workforce. Ryanair sources said the sackings and closures were still undergoing consultation and added no routes would be affected if the plans go ahead.
Gang rape suspects Dog attacks will be deported FOUR Algerians being investigated for the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman in northern Spain will be deported once investigations are complete. A total of six arrests were made in Bilbao with two men being remanded in custody. The four released from custody with charges are being investigated. When their involvement in the attack is clarified they will either face court or be deported, it has been revealed. The four suspects have been found to be in the country illegally and the procedure to expel them has been
started, although this will be under the control of the trial judge in the rape case. At the moment they are on conditional bail and have to report to court every day. The victim clearly recognised two of her alleged attackers - she had met one of them through social networks. These are the two remanded in custody. She could not identify the rest of the gang that raped her in a park, so the court is waiting on tests and investigations to determine if they are the ones who took part.
FOUR people have been hurt after being attacked by a dog in Ourense (Spain). A 47-year-old woman was the most seriously hurt and had to be helicoptered to hospital, while two others were ‘gravely’ hurt in the incident on Sunday. Health authorities say all three are now out of danger after the attack by a mastiff dog in the town of O Bolo and are expected to be discharged from hospital soon. The fourth person was not seriously hurt. The dog apparently attacked the two grown up daughters of its owners and one of their partners as well as a neighbour. Manuel Corzo, the mayor of O Bolo, has confirmed that the dog is now in the kennel of A Rua, where it will be watched for a few days, before a decision is made about its future.
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Boy lost in forest found by police POLICE have found an eight-year-old boy who had become lost in a forest in the Burgos mountains. The boy had been playing with a group of children but wandered off as night started to fall at the town of Rioseco-Las Machorras, according to Guardia Civil sources. The incident happened on Sunday, August 4, when at about 8.40pm Guardia Civil were noti-
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PRICEY: This 1949 five peseta coin can be worth up to €20,000.
Five peseta coin worth €20,000 IT has been 17 years since the Euro replaced the Peseta as Spain’s currency, but that does not mean the old money is worthless. In fact coin collectors are willing to pay up to €20,000 for a single five peseta piece - providing it
is the right one of course. Known as a ‘duro’ (after the ‘hard’ day’s work it was supposed to represent the wages of) the ones sought by collectors date from 1949 to 1952. At the time the price of the nickel they were mint-
ed from rose and many were withdrawn from circulation to avoid speculation, meaning they are now pretty rare. Depending on condition, they are worth between €12,000 and €20,000.
fied the child was missing. A patrol arrived to find the boy’s parents and volunteers already carrying out a search. Concerned the child might be lost during the night in the forest, the police patrol was relieved to find the boy about four kilometres away on a track that leads to the Río Seco. After making sure he was unharmed the officers gave him a ride home in their official car.
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DGT camouflaged vehicles BE warned: as well as using drones to catch motorists breaking driving regulations, the DGT Directorate General of Traffic is also using vans camouflaged as civil vehicles, Spanish press reported. The DGT is initially testing out the strategy in Galicia, circulating among traffic to see whether motorists are committing traffic law violations, such as using mobiles or driving wearing wireless earpieces, according to media reports. Given the number of festivities in August, this month the DGT has been particularly focused on detecting drivers who get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol or drugs.
The spectacular Barrios de Luna reservoir.
Most “Instagrammable” road A recent survey conducted by Avis Spain has revealed the road that is most sought after for social media influencers and travel writers. The AP-66 running through the Barrios de Luna Reservoir in Leon has come out on top in the survey thanks to its stunning backdrop and spectacular suspension bridge. Avis 2019 Travel Trends report has revealed that there is a growing habit among young Europeans to decide on
holiday destinations on how attractive the area is for their social media platforms. A total of 58% of travellers between 18 and 24 years old are influenced by the aesthetics of their holidays and suitability to appear on platforms such as Instagram. At least 64 per cent of younger travellers use their social during their travels and 28% admit to publishing several times a day on these networks whilst away.
The trend has also led to a rising number of tourists venturing off the beaten tracks and visiting rural and remote areas not previously thought of as “typical” holiday destinations. This growing trend has caught the eye of the Ministry of Tourism, as the government are currently embroiled in a battle to curb rural depopulation. These figures show that rural areas and villages do have a position amongst the newer generation and in turn warrant investment.
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A 29-YEAR-OLD extreme sports YouTuber from Valencia died after falling around 50 metres in a botched base jump on Tuesday. Ruben Carbonell Beneyto died at around midnight after jumping from a silo in the town of San Vicente del Raspeig. A c c o r d i n g t o R u b e n ’s friend who was filming with him at the time and about to make the same jump himself, Ruben pulled the cord on his parachute but it failed to fully open before reaching the ground as it was badly packed. National Police officers confirmed the assertion when they arrived a short while later.
RUBBISH VIDEO: Blatant waiter dumps rubbish in the sea.
Litter-ly disgusting A VIDEO which has gone viral of a restaurant worker blatantly tipping rubbish into the sea has caused uproar after being shared on Euro Weekly News Facebook. The clip clearly shows the man, believed to be a waiter, pushing a litter filled wheelie bin to the shoreline before dumping the contents, which can be seen washing back up onto the sand. He then walks back to the restaurant with his empty wheelie bin. Don’t miss out, visit our Facebook page @EuroWeeklyNews to
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YouTuber dies in base jumping accident B e n e y t o ’s Yo u T u b e channel features several
videos of extreme sports such as bungee jumping
and paragliding. He had 28 subscribers
on the public video platform and the last thing he
filmed was over a year ago.
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Sea of plastic M O R E tha n 750 million pa rtic le s of pla s tic , a n a mount e quiva le nt to 3.7 tonnes, are floating about in the sea between Mallorca and Menorca, a report concludes. Much of the plastic is tiny pieces of less than five millimetres, the result of fragme nta tion from bigge r pieces, the main study author Dr Luis Ruiz-Orejon revealed. H e s a id tha t onc e the s e pa rtic le s ge t into ma rine ecosystems they are transported by surface currents and the wind. The re port’s findings were based on samples collected quarterly from the 36-kilometre wide channel between the two Balearic islands in 2014 and 2015. The data confirmed the greatest concentrations of plastic in the area were detected in spring and summer and in marine areas close to Mallorca, suggesting tourism has a direct in-
THREAT: The particles get into marine ecosystems.
fluence. Ruiz-Orejon pointed out t hat whi l e cur r ent s and swells “are very effective cleaning mechanisms at certain times of the year, the particulars do not disappear or lessen, but simply move
from one place to another.” The study, published in Environmental Pollution, was the third part of a NIXE III Project investigation into plastic contamination in the cent r al and west er n Mediterranean.
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LATIN American Internet security firm ESET is warning users that a WhatsApp scam has reached Spain and other European countries. Cybercriminals are using the internet messaging service to try to get hold of people’s contacts by offering them 1,000 GB of free data to celebrate WhatsApp’s anniversary. It works by sending a link via the app making the offer. Click on the link and it will ask you to respond to a survey to qualify.
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Beware latest WhatsApp scam The final step is to share the link with at least 30 contacts via WhatsApp if you want to qualify for the free data. This of course is what they after - the phone numbers of 30 people who they can then attempt more scams on. There is no free data.
It is thought the goal of the fraudsters is ‘click fraud’ where people are enticed into clicking on advertising links that ultimately bring revenues to the cybercriminals. For this to be profitable they need large numbers of people to contact.
Although there does not appear to be any intention to collect other personal details or spread viruses this could change in the future. Remember, if an offer seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Body of missing boy found THE body of a 14-year-old boy has been found in a ravine close to the campsite of La Mola in the village of Espot (Lleida) on Friday morning. The parents of the boy reported him missing after they went on a trek through the Pantano de Torrasa without him as it is understood he did not want to go. Upon return the boy was nowhere to be seen and the emergency services were called. The search began at around 8pm last last Thursday night and continued into the night until 4am. The search resumed Friday morning with the aid of a police helicopter. After hours of searching the body of the young boy was found at the bottom of a
TRAGEDY: The village of Espot where the boy was found.
ravine in a remote part of the area. The inaccessibility of the area led to the mountain rescue teams to take over the re-
covery of the body. The family are of Dutch nationality and were on holiday in the area when the tragedy happened.
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Andalucia’s doctors lowest paid ACCORDING to a recent study conducted by the Centro de Estudios CESM Granada, doctors in Andalucia are paid well below the country’s average hourly rate, and the lowest in Spain. The average doctor ’s hourly salary in Spain has been set at €23.66, but doctors in the Andalucian province are earning on average €18.07, much less than the nationwide average. Compare this to the Murcia region which earns €28.33 and the Catalan province that earns €25.60, professionals in the south of Spain are reportedly angry at the gap in pay. Doctors blame the low wage figures on the increased working hours they are forced to undertake. Extra shifts in the evening and weekends are not only affecting the working morale of the doctors, b u t t h e y a r e a ff e c t i n g t h e a m o u n t t h e y e a r n p e r hour. Andalucia is not the only province where doctors are paid well below the average wage. The most high profile area is the community of Madrid where the average hourly rate is €21.24. Vicente Matas, the author of the report, is disgusted at the figures and at the conditions that the doctors have to face. “There are MIRs in the fourth and fifth years who earn more than a medical specialist in certain regions,” he explained.
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TOP HEAVY: Returning from the supermarket.
WHO needs a van when you have a moped? Local Police in Sevilla have released pictures of this man as he returned from a shopping trip at a supermarket.
Police warn that trying to carry so much on a scooter is dangerous and the man has been reported. They also said this is not the first time the rider has been stopped for the same of-
fence. He was denounced several months ago, but far from learning his lesson he tried to cram even more onto his scooter this time round.
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS
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Holidays in uncertainty By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S acting prime minister and other leading politicians have headed off on their summer holidays this week while political deadlock in Madrid remains no closer to being resolved. Pedro Sanchez is understood to have arrived at the prime minister’s summer residence of Marismillas Palace in Andalucia’s Doñana National Park. He is staying with his wife Begoña Lopez and their two daughters. Sanchez’s trip comes just over a month before the Monday September 23 deadline to form a government or hold fresh elections. A deal between the acting prime minister’s left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and potential partners remains out of reach. Sanchez met with King Felipe at Mallorca’s Marivent Palace last week while the head of state was himself on holiday.
BREAK: Sanchez is on holiday amidst the impasse.
The acting prime minister told the king he would not ‘throw in the towel’ and that he would seek to form a government before resorting to a snap election. He said current mistrust between himself and leftist Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias was ‘mutual.’ The comments followed the collapse in talks between PSOE and the leftist Podemos which led to Sanchez losing two investiture votes after April’s inconclusive election.
Sanchez said he was looking for other ways to return to power but is keeping a deal with Podemos on the table. He also called on the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the centrist Ciudadanos to abstain and allow PSOE to take power which they have refused to do. One option floated by Sanchez was a Portuguese-style confidence and supply government which would see PSOE
rule alone with the backing of various leftwing parties. Podemos rejected the plan and continued to call for a full coalition, the details of which brought down earlier talks. Podemos’ Pablo Enchenique, who led his party’s negotiating team, said they were still open to a deal and called on PSOE to reach a ‘comprehensive agreement’ with them. Ana Beltran, a senior PP organisational spokesperson, said Sanchez had crossed his arms and done ‘absolutely nothing’ since April’s snap election. Junta de Andalucia Vice President Juan Marin, of Ciudadanos, called on Sanchez to ‘leave Doñana’ and get on with forming a government shortly after his arrival. PSOE ministers including Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero and Farming Minister Luis Planas both said they were concerned that the deadlock was slowing down economic growth.
Taking power THE formation of regional governments across Spain is complete with the swearing in of Madrid’s new president yesterday (Wednesday). The conservative Partido Popular’s (PP) Isabel Diaz Ayuso was voted in after reaching a deal with the centrist Ciudadanos and the far-right Vox. Her investiture marks the end of some the most protracted talks to form a regional administration since elections on Sunday May 26. Diaz Ayuso said negotiations to form the administration had been ‘difficult.’ The new Madrid Region president also faced difficulties from opposition parties including the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and the leftist Mas Madrid and Podemos. They unearthed a story about Diaz Ayuso’s alleged non-payment of real estate taxes on a home jointly owned with her brother, leaving her facing a scandal before even taking office. The president accused the parties of trying to ruin her investiture and ‘damage’ her honour. Diaz Ayuso’s investiture process was one of two of the most drawn-out following May’s elections. Similar wrangling took place in Navarra between leftwing parties who collectively won the most seats there, but none had enough to govern alone.
Poll tracker: • Partido Socialista (PSOE): 29.7 per cent, 128 seats • Partido Popular (PP): 21.8 per cent, 83 seats • Ciudadanos: 14.1 per cent, 52 seats • Unidos Podemos: 12.9 per cent, 33 seats • Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control
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Spain names Nazi camp victims THE Spanish government has published the names of almost 4,430 people who died in a Nazi concentration camp in Austria during the Second World War. The Justice Ministry said the
publication of the names of those who died in the Mauthausen-Gusen camp in Austria was done to comply with Spain’s Historical Memory law. The law requires the government to help with the repa-
triation of the Spanish victims of Nazism. Officials had to search through data held in Spain and elsewhere to trace those who died in the camp. The list of the names, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), gives the relatives of those who died web addresses to make applications or inquiries. They have one month to do so, government sources said. The publication comes after the government approved the creation of a day in memory of the Spanish victims of Nazism for May 5. More than 10,000 Spanish people were deported to concentration and death camps
NAMED: Spanish prisoners were among those who greeted US troops when Mauthausen-Gusen was liberated. while Spain was ruled by dictator Francisco Franco, an ally of Nazi Germany’s leader Adolf Hitler. More than 5,000 died in them.
Franco stripped those deported of their Spanish citizenship, making it difficult for relatives to trace victims and survivors of the camps.
Spanish prisoners were among those who welcomed US troops when they liberated Mauthausen-Gusen in May 1945.
Russian warship docks A TRAINING ship with the Russian navy has docked in one of Spain’s African enclaves despite criticism from
NATO for allowing vessels from the country to refuel there. The Perekop Smol’nyy class vessel docked in Ceuta last week. It is the second time a Russian warship has
docked in the Spanish enclave this month and the third time in a year despite NATO condemnation. Russian ships were blocked from Spanish ports from 2016 but the docking of the cruiser
Marshal Ustinov last year signalled their return. The Vasily Bikov patrol ship also docked in Ceuta in June. The Perekop was built in 1977 and began its career in the Soviet Navy.
IN PORT: NATO has previously criticised Spain for allowing Russian ships such as the Perekop to dock in its harbours (file photo).
Girl rescued from ‘threatening’ father A 38-YEAR-OLD Bolivian man has been arrested after his daughter called the police for help after apparently being threatened with rape. The 14-year-old girl reportedly scaled onto her fourth floor balcony in an apartment block in the centre of Valencia and cried out for help, claiming her father was trying to rape her.
She clung onto the guide brackets that held up the washing line as she shouted to passers-by below. Neighbours of the family tried to break down the apartment door to lynch the man but it was heavily locked. The police arrived shortly after and arrested the father while the girl was taken into custody for routine questioning.
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KILLING: The man attacked his family and took his own life in Teruel. A 41-YEAR-OLD man has killed himself after stabbing his 16-year-old son to death and seriously wounding his wife in Aragon. The man threw himself out of the family’s fourth storey apartment window in Teruel City after assaulting his wife and son. He survived the fall and was taken to the Alcaùiz
hospital but was pronounced dead soon after his arrival, according to local authority sources. His 39-year-old wife was airlifted by helicopter to the Miguel Servet Hospital in Zaragoza City with serious injuries. The ongoing police investigation revealed there was no history of violence in the
family. The wife of the murderer has another daughter from a previous relationship who is 19 years old. The killing comes as 37 other cases of murder have been reported within families this year. Of those cases, one third of the perpetrators committed suicide after killing or fatally wounding a family member.
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FOOTAGE: A still from the video of one of the raids on the homes of the suspects.
Child pornography ring TWENTY-FOUR people have been arrested in raids across the country after National Police dismantled a child pornography online distribution ring. Amongst the arrests were a mother and son, with the mother the alleged instigator of the video sharing and the son helping her posting the footage online. Of the arrests, four were
minors with the youngest being 14 years old. One man had also been arrested previously, but on his release reportedly set up new social media profiles to carry on with the illegal video sharing. Local Police forces and National Police officers worked together to make the arrests across the country. According to police reports,
the arrests took place in Alicante, Asturias, Barcelona, Badajoz, Cantabria, Castellon, Cordoba, Granada, Madrid, Malaga, Navarra, Salamanca and Lerida. A campaign by the National Police is urging people who come across any material of his nature to contact denuncias. pornografĂa.infantil@policĂa.es immediately.
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MORE NEEDED: Union says there are not enough vests.
More bullet proof vests needed POLICE officers’ trade union SUP is complaining that only 3,860 of the 5,200 bulletproof vests that the General Police Directorate (DGP) promised to buy in 2018 will be purchased. This means there are not enough vests to give to trainee officers, a situation the SUP regards as highly dangerous. It points out that earlier this summer a trainee’s life was saved in a stabbing attack by the vest she had bought for herself. The SUP says that the DGP blames the reduction of the contract on an increase in the cost per
unit of the vests once the anti-knife and antipuncture safety features requested by the union itself have been included. The lack of bulletproof vests affects police throughout Spain, but especially in Cataluña, Castilla y Leon, Castilla la Mancha, Cantabria, Extremadura and Madrid, according to the SUP. The union consider the shortage of vests a ‘contempt’ for the regulations that regulate the prevention of occupational hazards in the National Police Force.
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BREXIT BRIEF Economy shrinks THE British economy shrunk by 0.2 per cent between April and June this year, raising concerns that it could slide into recession amidst ongoing Brexit uncertainty. Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures showed economic output (gross domestic product, GDP), contracted for the first time since 2012. The head of GDP at the ONS Rob Kent-Smith said manufacturing output shrinking and a weakening construction sector contributed to the contraction. “Manufacturing output fell back after a strong start to the year. The often-dominated service sector delivered virtually no growth at all,” KentSmith said. The ONS said GDP growth figures had been volatile this year because of changes to the date of Brexit. The departure deadline was repeatedly pushed back due to deadlock and defeats of the Withdrawal Agreement in Westminster. Economists expected growth to flat line in the second quarter but had not predicted growth to fall. Chancellor Sajid Javid told British media he did not expect the economy to slip into a recession. “There’s not a single leading forecaster out there that is expecting a recession. And that’s because they know that the fundamentals remain strong,” Javid said. An economy is classed as being in a recession when there are two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
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On manoeuvres By Joe Gerrard PARTIES in Westminster are assessing their options as they look for ways to either push for, delay, change or stop Brexit before October. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has continued to step up its planning for a no-deal. Plans are afoot to help businesses most at risk of a no-deal with a bailout fund. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and head of no-deal planning Michael Gove has confirmed Operation Kingfisher as it is known is underway. Gove also called on Britain’s HMRC tax agency to find ways of helping small and medium businesses in the event of a no-deal. He also opened communication channels between Whitehall and business leaders to collaborate on planning for Britain potentially leaving the EU without a deal on Thursday October 31. The prime minister had to defend plans to fund the NHS by more than
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Billions on stockpiling BRITISH shoppers have spent around €4.3 billion stockpiling goods ahead of a possible no-deal Brexit and one-in-five said they have spent extra on food, drinks and medicine, according to research from Premium Credit.
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PLANS AFOOT: MPs are keeping busy while away on Parliamentary recess.
€1.9 billion. Johnson said the money was ‘new’ despite the opposition Labour saying the money is already being held in reserve by health trusts. Senior opposition Labour figures including Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott signalled the party is looking into tabling a no-confidence motion when MPs return from summer recess Wednesday September 4. “We are talking to all of the other parties in parliament and if we move
for a vote of no confidence we’ll want to do it with confidence that we can win it,” Abbott said. It comes as the Institute for Government thinktank said MPs who wanted to block a no-deal were running out of options and time. A general election, which would be triggered if a no-confidence vote is successful, would not likely be held before the Brexit deadline, the thinktank added.
REMAIN activists have pledged to boycott a new 50 pence piece which is planned to mark Britain’s departure from the EU, with one Liberal Democrat councillor saying anti-Brexiteers should not normalise a ‘rightwing coup.’
Supply fears MEDICATION shortages in Europe could get worse in a no-deal Brexit, according to health professionals and the pharmaceutical industry which said the shipping of some 45 million medicines a month from Britain to the continent could be disrupted.
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42 victims of gang rape in 2019 AT least 42 women have been victims of gang rapes or sexual assaults so far this year in Spain according to ‘Geoviolencia Sexual’ pressure group. Part of Feminicidio.net, the group has since 2016 unofficially compiled from media reports statistics on multiple sexual assaults. According to Geoviolencia from the beginning of 2019 until August 2 - when the last update was carried out - 42 multiple sexual assaults have occurred. July saw the most cases with nine multiple sexual assaults, followed by March and June (seven cases each). The months with fewest cases recorded are May (three) and April (five). The latest addition to the statistics was the case of the alleged multiple rape of an 18-year-old woman in Bilbao, reportedly committed by a group of six men aged between 18
and 36 who were arrested. To this will need to be added the Benidorm case where five young people between 18 and 19 years have been accused of sexual assault and another crime of sexual abuse on two Norwegian women. Since 2016, 134 multiple sexual assaults have been documented. Of this total, 20.9 per cent took place in Andalucia, another 17.9 per cent in Valencia and 17.9 per cent in Cataluña. The four provinces with the most cases are Barcelona (17 cases), Valencia (12), Malaga (10) and Alicante (nine). Since 2016, two out of every three multiple sexual assaults were rapes, while the remaining were other types of multiple sexual assaults. In the 134 known multiple sexual assaults, at least 471 sexual offenders have been recorded, although in some cases the exact number of al-
leged offenders is unknown. Of these, at least 116 were minors, or 24.6 per cent of the total. Of the 139 registered victims, one in three were minors. Spain does not have an official register or statistic that specifically counts the number of sexual assaults committed in groups - two or more persons - that have been denounced or are under investigation. The Ministry of the Interior does make annual reports on the criminal offences registered in Spain. According to this data, in 2018 there were around 13,811 crimes of a sexual nature, 18.1 per cent more than in 2017, when there were 11,692. According to the ‘Report on crimes against freedom and sexual indemnity 2017,’ the number has been steadily increasing since 2013 when 8,923 sexual crimes were recorded.
Dramatic mountain rescue GUARDIA CIVIL mountain rescue (GREIM) called in a helicopter to rescue two French mountaineers in the Spanish Pyrenees. The two 34-year-olds were on the Salenques Tempestades ridge in the Posets Maladeta Natural Park in Benasque (Huesca). They were 200 metres below the Margalida peak when they lost their rope. Unable to progress safely without it they called for help. The helicopter pilot had to carry out a very complicated manoeuvre, hovering his machine one and a half metres above the ridge. His two companions then jumped out and despite strong winds reached the climbers. After securing them with ropes, they finished the rescue and the Frenchmen were evacuated to the El Vado car park, where they had parked their vehicle.
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Two bodies discovered RESIDENTS in properties overlooking the Plaza de La Libertad in San Pedro Alcantara woke to the sight of two bodies collapsed in the square. Emergency services were called and when they arrived they found that one was dead whilst the other was unconscious and appeared to be seriously ill and he was transferred to the Costa del Sol hospital. Investigating officers reported there were no apparent signs of violence which might have caused injury to the two men, both described as being in their 30s or 40s and it is suspected they must have both been suffering from a drug overdose.
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IN a year that has seen a record number of drowning deaths in Spain, an inventor has created a flotation device he claims could save thousands of lives. The OneUp device, made by Leon-based inventor Saul Arteta, is a small and compact tube that inflates i n t o a l a rg e r i n g o n c e i t makes contact with water. The idea was born when Arteta saw an interview with two Red Cross members who told the story of attending to a shipwreck on jet skis to help the passengers on board. They spoke of their frustration over only being able to help a small number at a time due to the size and buoyancy of their jet ski. This led Arteta to think of something that could be carried in bulk and dispensed easily and quickly to a large amount of people. The creator realised that as well as helping with larger maritime rescues, it could also have personal and tourism related uses. Since the product’s cre-
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LIFESAVER: Several organisations have already expressed interest in OneUp.
New flotation device developed ation, numerous institutions have shown interest and purchased the product including coast guards, public administrations and private companies.
So far this year, the Royal Spanish Federation and Lifeguards have revealed that 232 people have died by drowning in Spain. This figure shows an in-
crease of over 25 per cent compared to the same time period last year. In July alone there were 94 deaths, the highest recorded since 2017.
IT has been revealed that Spain last year rejected 76 per cent of asylum claims. A total of 11,800 asylum applications were processed, with just 24 per cent being adjudicated as favourable. But of that 24 per cent, just 575 have actually been granted refugee status as yet. T h e s e p e o p l e a re n o t viewed as economic migrants, but as people escaping persecution or war as recognised in international law. The figures have been released by the Legal Service of the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR). “We are not a country of refuge,” said the CEAR in a statement, adding: “We are even worse than Italy.”
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Car theft gang busted
TRAGIC SCENE: Hospitalet in Barcelona.
COOPERATION: Guardia Civil worked with French police and Europol.
Alleged murderer’s double life A MAN suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend in Spain had been leading a double life, it has been revealed. On the one hand he was a sportsman, the father of a child of a year-and-a-half,
and known in his Hospitalet (Barcelona) neighbourhood as Jimmy. On the other hand, he was known as Anthony Terry - he even had a Facebook profile in that name.
It was under this name that the Peruvian 22-yearold was known to police. He was an old acquaintance of theirs with a long record of thefts and a robbery. He also had a restraining order against him brought by his ex, Nicole. That ended the day she turned 21. He organised a special part y f o r h e r, t h e n t h e n e x t day, in front of their son, he allegedly beat her to death. Nicole is allegedly the 38th woman in Spain to die from domestic violence so far this year.
A GANG of car thieves was so cunning that it fitted the vehicles it stole with GPS devices so it could steal them again if police recovered them. Now Guardia Civil have arrested 40 people for the theft of 118 cars in Spain, 61 of which have been re-
covered in France with the help of French police and Europol. Police say the sale of these vehicles would have netted the gang €4.5 million in profits. An investigation started when police detected that an ITV centre in Madrid
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was processing an unusual number of German cars for import into Spain. Closer inspection revealed that documents had in fact been stolen in Germany and were being used to give cars stolen in Spain a new identity by falsely ‘importing’ them into the country.
A MAN has died after a fight between two men wielding glass bottles in the centre of Barcelona. The brawl is said to have broken out at a centre for the treatment of drug addiction. The victim was taken to hospital in a critical condition and later died. Police are now investigating and looking for a suspect accused of carrying out the fatal attack.
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American Bully mutilated A DOG breeder is being investigated for animal cruelty after Guardia Civil on a routine inspection at a vet in Mieres (Asturias) found a mutilated dog. According to the Seprona Nature Protection Service the animal was ‘in critical condition,’ with mutilated ears and several wounds of varying severity throughout the body, was practically immobile and had an elusive attitude. He also had hypothermia and severe dehydration. The worst wound was 25 centimetres long with open stitches and he also had stitches and tears in both ears, paralysis in his right rear leg and an ulcer that had led to the loss of his right eye. The dog was not identified with a microchip and everything seems to indicate that the mutilation of the ears was the result of being cut with a
MUTILATED: American Bully was in a critical condition.
knife or scissors. Seprona officers were able to locate the alleged perpetrator, a 25-year-old dog breeder.
They think he deliberately caused the wounds to ‘modify the appearance’ of the American Bully.
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Hot July SPAIN has just had its fifth hottest July this century, with a temperature 1.2º Celsius above the average for this month, compared to the years 19812010. Between the 21st and 24th of the month a heatwave was recorded and several temperature records broken, such as the 39º Celsius reached at the Igueldo Observatory, in Donostia-San Sebastian. In Tortosa, the average maximum temperature was 35.1º Celsius, the highest value in almost a century. As far as rainfall is concerned, during July it was more abundant than normal, with storms mainly in the northern half of the country bringing intense rain and some major flooding.
A WEBSITE set up by Cataluña’s regional authority which some claim defames Spain and promotes its separatist agenda cost more than €450,000 of public money to develop. The website, www.catalo niavotes.eu, was set up in 2014 and has been receiving ongoing updates since its launch - all at the tax payer’s expense. It was the brainchild of former Catalan Generalitat President Artur Mas to promote the Catalan region before October 2017’s independence referendum. His successor Carles Puigdemont kept the website live after the referendum to celebrate the voters’ decision to back independence. The main theme of the website is reportedly to mark Spain as a repressive state which prevents Catalans from free expression and speaking their own language. Of the €450,000 spent, €110,000 was allegedly given to the pro-independence newspaper Ara to create favourable news stories and
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PRO-INDEPENDENCE: The website focuses on issues surrounding the Catalan independence push.
translate them into English, before publishing them online. Also in the budget was the hiring of a ‘head of inter-
national press,’ who has been paid a total of €212,474 in four years. The website was also used by politician Carles Puigde-
mont as a platform to give his account of police clashes outside the parliament buildings during the voting process.
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‘Tried to abduct’ boy A MAN aged 55 accused of trying to abduct a nine-year-old boy from a children’s playground in Vigo has been released by a court on conditional bail. He was arrested after allegedly grabbing the boy by the arm and led him away with the promise of seeing a toy truck. Luckily a parent saw something suspicious was happening and alerted the boy’s father who raced after them. The man released the boy and fled, but Local Police were able to find him nearby. He was identified by the boy’s father. A search of the man’s backpack found a knife with a 22cm blade and a laptop with external hard drive. According to the information given to the officers the detainee had been frequenting the park for a few days, sitting down to watch the children. A Vigo court has opened an investigation, but released the man having imposed a restraining order and prohibited him from communicating with the child.
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Pioneering liver transplant VALL D’HEBRON hospital in Barcelona has become the first medical institution to successfully complete a liver transplant which treats gastrointestinal mitochondrial encephalopathy (MNGIE). The operation has only been attempted five times ever and two of those attempts have been made in Barcelona. The most recent of which has proved to be successful. Whereas the research in this area started in Italy four years ago, it has only in the last couple of months displayed encouraging results for MNGIE patients. The MNGIE disease can limit a patient’s lifespan to a
mere 40 years as it causes loss of mobility and key functions such as eye movement. The benefits of transplanting certain organs such as the liver are numerous in these cases as they can boost certain fundamental nucleosides through enzyme replacement. The digestive tract is the area most at risk in these types of procedures and for that reason particular care is taken during invasive gastrointestinal operations such as these. Only the most qualified doctors such as digestive expert Carolina Magdalena of Barcelona University are given permission to attempt such procedures.
Acrobat’s lucky escape A YOUNG female trapeze artist recently had a lucky escape when she fell more than five metres whilst attempting a trick. The fall was filmed by an audience member at the show in Grandas de Salime in Asturias and has been shared on social media. Her colleagues and members of the audience are shown to be stunned by this untimely fall, but then a friend quickly rallies to her aid and makes sure that she is ok. In the event, despite the drop, she escaped with just an injury to her wrist.
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LOSING FAITH: The number of practising Catholics in Spain is dwindling.
Atheism growing SPAIN has been considered a Catholic stronghold, but according to statistics from the Centre of Sociological Investigation (CIS) there are now more atheists in Spain than practising Catholics. The CIS sociocultural study conducted this year found that around 23 per cent of Spanish consider themselves practising Catholics, whilst 29 per cent claim to have no religious be-
liefs. The remaining practise other religions. To further compartmentalise the data the CIS split up the non-religious group into three sections: agnostic (7.5 per cent), atheist (13.3 per cent) and indifferent (8.3 per cent). The figures also show a dramatic turn of the tide in Barcelona. More than 50 per cent of the population consider themselves Catholic, but only
around 11 per cent actually go to church and practise the religion. Some 70 per cent say they very rarely ever go to church other than on special occasions. Madrid is one of the least religious areas in Spain in proportionate terms. The percentage of Catholics has fallen to around 20 per cent and there are more atheists than agnostics by a 2 per cent margin.
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Traffic drones THE DGT traffic department announced at the start of the month with great fanfare that it was now deploying drones to spot driving offences, but it has now emerged none are covering the mainland. So far the only two equipped for the task of actually fining motorists are in the Canary islands - Tenerife and Gran Canaria to be precise. In addition, they do not have speed radars, so they can only impose fines for dangerous overtaking or illegal manoeuvres, the use of a mobile phone at the wheel or travelling without a seat belt. The provincial head of Traffic of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Pablo Calvo explained that the working radius of the drones in optimal conditions is about two kilometres. The camera incorporated in the drones, which cost up to €8,000, can also detect if people are driving too close together or ignores stop and give way signs.
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Canoeist refuses medal A 14-YEAR-OLD canoeist has refused to collect a medal he won in a competition in the town of Zaragoza after he was forced to remove the Spanish flag he had draped over his shoulders. The events took place after a Spanish Canoeing Federation competition during the medal ceremony at the pavilion of the Commercial Circuit of Sevilla. Pablo Ogazón Rodríguez Tabernero, climbed the podium to receive his medal, but was told forcibly to remove his Spanish flag before he could be awarded the medal. A similar situation occurred in Pontevedra in north western Spain where Pablo Ogazón went to collect the medal he had won in the Sprint
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SYMBOLIC: The Aragon region is an autonomous community with its own flag. Young Promises Championship in Verducido. He was forced to take off the flag and received boos
from the crowd, making him feel very uncomfortable. Zaragoza falls under
the autonomous community of Aragon and has its own identifying flag, to which, similar to Catalan, they are very protective over, and certain political parties such as the Aragonese Nationalism Party are campaigning for independence. The Commercial Circuit Governing Board has sent a letter condemning the actions of the ceremonies. “We are an entity with 150 years of history, having more than 700 athletes competing for Spain; our athletes have worn the flag of Spain without any controversy or offense.”
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Developers launch biggest animal adoption site in Spain THREE young website developers in Mallorca have launched the largest animal adoption platform in Spain, with more than 15,000 to choose from. The developers of pepecos.es discovered the animals by gathering information from independent animal adoption agencies all over Spain. The website is unique in that it offers various advanced functional search tools such as age, sex, breed and location. The service is growing exponentially in popularity and the creators are not done yet. The team of software developers are keen to extend their project into the mobile world so they are creating an app which also allows users to search for lost animals. The app will offer two public spaces, one to report a lost animal and another to inform users the location and time that an animal has been sighted. The website and app are free and the creators said they intend to keep them that way.
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RESCUED: The dog was close to death.
Police save dog from choking to death THE Guardia Civil who rescued a dog that was choking to death after it had been tied up with a length of string using a slip knot followed it home to find its owner. They had been called to a plot of land in the municipality of Guillena (Sevilla) by concerned neighbours who reported there was an American Staffordshire in a very poor condition. Officers arrived in the nick of time - they found the animal close to death as the string
had tightened around its neck. They cut the cord then, with the help of neighbours, cooled the dog and rehydrated it. It took 20 minutes to revive the animal, say police. Once back on his feet the pet headed for home, and officers simply followed it to find its owner. They discovered two more dogs, which appeared to not be adequately cared for. Guardia Civil are now investigating the unnamed owner for five counts of animal abuse.
Spanish Life 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.
091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 2pm
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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Fines for driving on Ibuprofen THERE are a number of medicines such as Ibuprofen, antihistamines or allergy tablets that can have similar effects on the body as cannabis or cocaine, according to the Guardia Civil. As such, it is possible for them to register on a breathalyser designed to detect illicit drugs and drivers may be fined for using them i f t h e y d o n ’t h a v e a p r e scription. There are about 5,000 prescription and non-prescription drugs that have adverse psychoactive or cardiovascular effects that can w o r s e n a d r i v e r ’s p e r f o rmance and give false positives on police breathalyser tests according to the Span-
ish Medicines Agency. The fine for failing a breathalyser is an on-thespot fine of up to €1,000 and six points. One DGT study posited t h a t a r o u n d 11 p e r c e n t o f all drivers in Spain use benzodiazepines in some form on a regular basis. Benzos are psychoactive drugs and despite the fact that they are readily available over the counter, the DGT warn that t h e y c a n s e r i o u s l y a ff e c t driving performance as they are essentially mild sedatives. Whilst benzodiazepines aren’t specifically tested for in breathalysers, they can be picked up later in the urine tests that follow.
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More MPs in Gibraltar WITH the next election in Gibraltar due no later than April 2020 (and likely to be earlier), a bill has been passed to increase the number of elected members of the House from 17 to 25 on a trial basis. Currently the combined Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party and the Gibraltar Liberal Party govern in coalition and hold 10 of the seats with each member of government being a minister. This increase follows a recommendation made by the Select Committee on Parliamentary Reform to the Gibraltar Parliament and has been discussed over the last 10 years as a sensible option in order to bring Gibraltar in line with similar Parliaments such as Bermuda, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man where there are more sitting MPs than ministers. This is very much in accord with the tradition embraced by the
NEXT ELECTION: Will see an increase in MPs.
Commonwealth of Nations and would also bring Gibraltar in line with smaller European States such as Liechtenstein and San Marino. Looking ahead to a possible no
d e a l Brexit, the electorate of Gibraltar which voted staunchly in favour of remaining with the European Union will have the opportunity to express via the ballot box whether it believes that the current governing party acted responsibly during the run up to Brexit. Alternatively it may wish to see a change of leadership back to the Gibraltar Social Democrats or will seek another option now that a fourth political party Together Gibraltar, led by the Marlene Hassan-Nahon (daughter of the first Chief Minister Sir Joshua Hassan) has been formed.
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JAILED: A Malaga Provincial Court judge sentenced the defendant to 51 years in prison.
Defendant gets 51 years in jail after multiple rapes on the Costa del Sol A 32-YEAR-OLD defendant convicted of raping four women in garages and store rooms in the Teatinos area of Malaga City has been sentenced to 51 years in prison at the Provincial Court of Malaga. The assaults took place between July 2014 and September 2015. The court heard during the trial the 32-year-old raped four women in the garages of community car parks. According to a statement read out in court, the man would use fear and violence to
assault the women. On one occasion he locked one of his victims in the boot of a car for more than an hour. He would threaten them with screwdrivers and wrenches, as well as issuing death threats if they failed to comply. Included in his sentence is a penalty of four years and six months for robbery with force as he committed nearly a dozen robberies in the same car park. Police were able to trace him after he posted selfies on social media which led officers to
track down his location. The man, who has not been named, will serve his prison sentence as well as 10 years on police surveillance and has been ordered to pay damages to the victims. During the trial his lawyer said he had ‘remorse’ for what he had done and that his crimes were the result of going through a ‘bad time’ in his life. The aftermath of his attacks have left many of his victims psychologically scarred and requiring treatment.
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Benijofar THE Mobile Eco-Park that has been making the rounds through Valencia and the Costa Blanca stopped off in Benijofar to show the locals how to save the planet little by little. The unit imparted some wisdom in the town such as how to deal with various types of non-biodegradable waste. This included demonstrations on how to properly dispose of batteries, aerosols, fridges, freezers, fuels and various other contaminants that can be harmful to the ocean or the rivers surrounding landfill sites. The Mobile Eco-Park has cleaned up toxic waste from just south of Valencia to most small towns around Murcia.
Scholarship programme THE council of Benijofar has announced a Scholarship programme that offers prospective students subsidies when going to study in Universities and colleges in Spain. The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training has created the scholarship programme that is currently available to apply for. The closing date will be October 15 for University students and October 1 for those going into mandatory education. Grants will be given to those whose income falls below the national minimum and scholarships will be awarded to those for exemplary achievements. Those eligible for scholarships should have either a previous bachelors degree that merits the award or some kind of vocational training that will prove useful in a given field of study. To find out more about becoming eligible for one of these scholarships or grants visit the website www.educacionyfp.gob.es and follow the threads to the page labelled ‘becas.’
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Van catches fire LOCAL POLICE officers were called out to Rojales, next to Benijofar, when a van caught fire on Sunday. Officers were alerted to the fire at around 1pm after a witness told them smoke was coming out of the vehicle. The cause of the fire remains unknown, but officers suspect it began after an object on the dashboard became so hot that it triggered a blaze. The fire was put out but the van was gutted by the flames.
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ABLAZE: The van caught fire on Sunday.
Local Police have since warned vehicle owners about the dangers of leaving them out in the midday heat during summer. They said drivers should take care not to leave objects exposed in their vehicles, especially those which produce reflections. Temperatures can reach as high as 40 degrees from 12pm to 6pm during the s u m m e r, m a k i n g f i r e s m o r e l i k e l y o ff i c e r s added.
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MATCH: Benijofar’s Club Deportivo side were bested by San Miguel.
Valiant in defeat BENIJOFAR CLUB DEPORTIVO left their hearts on the pitch last weekend in a match against an experienced San Miguel side. The game was close and particularly intense for a preseason friendly. Both teams
hounded the ball and possession was never easily won. The locals commented on the pace of the game saying that the greens were able to move the ball well, but ultimately they couldn’t break through the San Miguel defence.
After a gruelling battle, the start of the season did not go as Benijofar CD had hoped and they missed out on an early win, but it was a good show of fitness and promising for the season ahead.
THE Council of Benijofar has organised cinema evenings in the town’s sports hall. One took place on Tuesday when ‘Mama Mia 2’ was playing, blaring out classic Abba hits in the fantastic acoustics of the sports hall with the audience singing along. On August 22, the friendly bull ‘Ferdinand’ will be up on the big screen. Children will love this one as Fox animation have excelled with modern art and design to make a fun iconic character that resonates with all of Spain. At the end of the month the basketball movie ‘Campeones’ will be showing in the sports hall, the perfect environment for a film about a group of middle-aged basketballers who make it big. This picture won the Goya award for exemplary acting. Movies will start at 9.30pm and will have English subtitles.
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Catral NEWS Helping the elderly THE president of the Casaverde group Giménez Artés and Maria Ubeda Pascual, mayor of Catral, have signed a document in respect of the management of a new residence for the elderly which will open in early 2020. The contract lasts 40 years and includes complete refurbishment of the building at a cost to the group of €3.1 million and the home will have the capacity to house 264 people with employment of 160 staff. Apart from work for locals, the council will receive an annual payment of
Fun of the fair ON the outskirts of Catral, the Hermitage of Dolores is a popular place for visitors and will be the central point of religious interest in the fiesta which starts this coming Saturday and runs until Monday August 25. There will be different events every night aimed at all of the family and one of the highlights will be an appearance by the band Orquesta Zona Azul who will be on stage at 10.30pm on the first Sunday evening. Credit: Facebook
INFORMATION has recently been released by the Spanish government identifying the 4,427 Spaniards who were deported to Austria and killed following the rise to power of General Franco. They were incarcerated in two concentration camps, Gusen and Mauthausem and of those, two; José Pardo Lazaro and Manuel Costa Navarro were born in Catral. It is intended that the name of each Spaniard who died in Austria will be engraved on cobblestones which will be laid in their original birthplaces.
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In memoriam
NEW HOME: The signing of the contract.
€30,000 for granting permission to manage the contract and the group will also be responsible for paying property tax and municipal rates as well as giving the council three long term geriatric
places and three day places to use for the benefit of local residents. Once opened, this will become the largest old people’s home in the Vega Baja Del Segura.
HIGHLIGHT: An appearance by Orquesta Zona Azul.
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A big thank you! SAN FULGENCIO Council has sent its thanks to everyone who helped at the Virgin de la Paz fiestas over the weekend. In a statement it said: ‘The Department for fiestas would like to thank everyone for their collaboration and cooperation in making the fiestas of the Virgin de la Paz so successful. ‘From the amazing bar owners who have worked so incredibly hard, to the Local Police to the Protección Civil, to the motorcycle clubs, to the civil servants and to all the residents and visitors who at-
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THANKS: Council sent a big thank you to everyone involved at the La Marina festival. tended, we very much appreciate your help and support. ‘We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer and join us in celebrating the fiesta of the Virgin del Remedio from September 22 to October 11.’ The festivities were held mainly in Consum Square on Friday and Saturday evening, followed by a giant barbecue on Sunday in Plaza Sierra de Castilla. There have been various social media comments thanking the council for putting on such a show at short notice. Last month councillors for Fiestas, Samantha Hull and Fina Sampere Mirete, explained that when taking over office from the previous administration they had found no preparations had been made for what has become a traditional event in the first week of August, so had to postpone the festivities. They said: “For whatever reason, the previous council
had not organised anything for this year’s fiestas on the Urbanisation, and so we were left with a very short timescale to arrange everything. “If we had insisted on the fiestas taking place over the
first week of August, then we would have had no fiestas at all as such events have to legally be put out to tender. Unfortunately, it’s not a case of picking up a phone and booking acts etc. The earliest dates we could arrange the fiestas for was the following weekend. “With a reduced budget, we also took the decision to ensure quality over quantity and have top-class entertainment over two nights in Consum Square. “These arrangements will be for one year only as there will be more time to prepare for 2020’s events… over the first weekend in August!
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Torrevieja NEWS Dialysis coverage expands TORREVIEJA’S University Hospital has expanded its dialysis service for the summer to serve more patients, including those who holiday in the town. The expansion aims to allow patients from other towns and from elsewhere in Spain and the world to have their dialysis treatment while spending time in Torrevieja. Dialysis patients typically spend around four hours a day for two or three days a week having their treatment. The number of people requiring the treatment tends to increase in the summer in Torrevieja, meaning more staff are needed. Dialysis is a procedure patients have to have if their kidneys are no longer able to remove waste and excess fluid from the body. Patient’s blood is fed through an ‘artificial kidney’ which passes it through a cleaning filter, a dialyzer, which gets harmful fluid out before returning blood into the body.
Yacht ‘theft’ probe GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested a suspect in Torrevieja in connection with the theft of a roughly €3.5 million yacht from Mallorca. Investigators probing the alleged theft said the boat was found in Turkey’s Gulluk after it was stolen from Palma in April. Officers in Spain worked with those from Turkey and Greece to find the yacht. The vessel docked in Corinth before later arriving in Turkey, sparking police searches. Police suspect the alleged thieves of falsifying documents to steal the boat. They found the yacht’s name, registration and its home port flag had all been changed after it went missing. Spanish police told their Turkish counterparts the vessel had been detected in their waters, leading officers from the country to board and search it. Four suspects, three Turkish citizens and one Russian national, were arrested following the boarding. The boat was then returned to Palma and searched by Spanish Guardia Civil officers. They found extensive damage wrought to the inside including its electrical and location system being ripped out. About
€20,000 in missing parts have gone missing from the boat. The suspect arrested in Torrevieja was a Hungarian national. Eight suspects were arrested in total and officers have not ruled out detaining more.
‘STOLEN’: The yacht was allegedly stolen from Palma.
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Villamartin find out what all the fuss is about. It is best to get there early to ensure you can find a table at one of the bars and restaurants to see them - in fact booking is advisable. BREAKING THROUGH: The Happy Freuds’ fame is spreading.
Golfing for charity LOCAL councillor for Sports, Victor Bernabéu, has presented the first Golf Tournament Memorial Miguel Angel Tomás, to be held on August 31 at the Villamartin Golf Course at 2.30pm. The tournament is to raise funds for the AECC Orihuela cancer charity. “It is the first edition of the tournament and will serve, on the one hand, to remember Miguel Angel Tomas, and on the other, to raise money for the Spanish Association against Cancer Orihuela (AECC),” said Bernabéu. The councillor was accompanied by Irene Celdrán, president of AECC Orihuela, and María del Carmen Cámara, wife of the late Miguel Ángel Tomás. Cámara had the idea for the event. “I thought it might be interesting to create a tournament in memory of my husband, and I began to develop the idea. Now it’s a reality and the fundamental thing is that we will help AECC Orihuela,” she said. Miguel Ángel Tomás was a teacher in several schools in Orihuela and a keen golfer for 30 years. Celdrán thanked the Department of Sports for their support, and Maria del Carmen Cámara for thinking of them. AECC Orihuela has been running since 1953 helping people affected by cancer and their families. The tournament will be played in Stableford
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THE Happy Freuds make a trip down from their Javea base to play at Villamartin Plaza tonight (Thursday) at 9pm. They are a classic rock band that have rapidly made a name for themselves on the Costa Blanca as performing a great set. Their fame is spreading too, with the success of their music leading them to be ranked number one in Spain for their musical genre on the social network for bands ‘ReverbNation.’ They have also got into the top 10 in the world for their genre - not band for four lads from Javea! Their free concert at Villamartin Plaza is an excellent opportunity to
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Get ready to rock!
PRESENTATION: The tournament was officially announced by the town hall of Orihuela. Individual and will have various categories. In male there will be a first category (up to handicap 12.4) and second category (handicap from 12.5 to 24). In female there will be a single category. In addition to the awards ceremony, there will be a draw of gifts for all participants. Registrations will be open until Wednesday, August 28 and can be made at the Villamartin Golf Club, telephone 966 765 170 or email golfvillamartin@grupoquara.com. The price will be €25 for members and €45 for non-members. Anyone wishing to make a dionation to support the AECC can do so through Banco Santander account ES45 0049 6079 3325 1615 4719. “I encourage all golfers to participate in this tournament, because we can help many people through sport. I thank Cámara and AECC for organising it,” Bernabéu concluded.
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La Zenia NEWS THIS coming week sees a whole range of different free entertainment at La Zenia Boulevard with a selection of magic, music and a wealth of fun and games for children. Tonight (Thursday, August 15), magician and illusionist Nataly Machado in her trademark pink high heel shoes will delight and surprise the audience once again with her original show which is in turns amusing, amazing and simply baffling. There are not that many women magicians, but at 8pm you can have the chance to really experience one woman’s magical power. On Friday night it’s the turn of two teenage twin sisters from Torrevieja, the Mael twins who have already released a number of singles and appeared on TV’s La Voz Kids. Elena and Maria will not only perform their own songs but will also take you on a walk through some of the biggest and most popular hits of the 21st century, starting at 8pm. The guest artists who appear at La Zenia Boulevard have often travelled over much of the world and Saturday’s musical entertainment Cero Coincidencias (Zero Matches) have done just that as they are a four-piece who came together from their birthplaces of Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba and Spain in 2014. Now having released their first album, they offer a show which combines the music from their various backgrounds to make a unique and enjoyable sound. For the next few days, the emphasis is on entertaining youngsters, so on Sunday at 8pm, Rico and Lunita will be inviting their young audience
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Music, magic and fun
NATALY MACHADO: There’s magic in her shoes.
MAEL TWINS: Double entertainment.
to take part in a very enjoyable game show. Rico wants to appear on the talent show Yo Si Que Valgo but doesn’t know what he should sing, so he will be asking Lunita and the audience to help him choose the best option. It’s up to the children to advise him and during the show, they will also have the chance to join in a selection of games and dances as well as uncover a few surprises. Monday is a little more sedate as the show will be all about learning how to make different shapers and styles just using balloons and this two-hour presentation is bound to entertain. There’s an early start on
Tuesday as at 6.30pm the street fountain is turned on so that the children can cool down from the heat and have fun just getting wet and perhaps sharing the water with their parents as well. Swimming gear and towels are definitely recommended. Once they have dried out, the children will then be ready to watch a free blockbuster film as at 8pm, Marvel’s superhero film Antman and the Wasp will be screened. Then on Wednesday it’s time to be amazed by a stunning show of acrobatics by Marialex & Cia who will juggle, defy gravity and generally amaze with their dexterity and balance.
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a 15-year-old Irish boy who died while on holiday in Lanzarote. Mikey Leddy from Co Meath was fatally injured after falling from a 15-foot wall at Puerto del Carmen. He hit his head on the pavement and died soon after. He was on holiday with his parents at the time.
Tributes to Irish teen Sympathy has been sent to the family of the keen Gaelic footballer from several GAA clubs. Mikey’s club, Navan O’Mahonys GAA, said in a statement: “Navan O’Mahonys wish to express our profound sadness and
shock at the tragic passing of Mikey Leddy. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the Leddy family and Mikey’s many friends and teammates.” St Colmcilles GAA said Mikey had “graced Piltown and Seafield on numerous
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occasions and was a credit to his family and club.” Johnstown Football Club said: “We would ask that everyone remembers Mikey for the champion he was and his fighting spirit. RIP Mikey Leddy.” The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said it is providing consular assistance to the Leddy family.
Jeffrey Epstein death THE death of US financier Jeffrey Epstein while being held in prison on charges of sex trafficking has prompted a special FBI investigation into the circumstances. Epstein died shortly after he was found unconscious in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City early on Saturday, according to media reports. He had seemingly taken his own life. The millionaire was reportedly discovered to have marks on his neck last month, but there are conflicting reports as to whether he was placed on suicide watch at some point. Conspiracy theories surrounding his death have abounded on social media ever since the news of his death broke, not least because it occurred just a day after the
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UNCLEAR: There are conflicting reports as to whether the disgraced financier had been put on suicide watch at any time. release of pages of court documents with fresh allegations against him and some of his high-profile connections. Epstein was arrested on July 6 on allegations he arranged a sex-trafficking ring involving under-age girls. He
was denied bail, and could have faced up to 45 years behind bars if he had been convicted at his trial due to take place next year. He had pleaded not guilty to the sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.
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GRAN CANARIA is redoubling its efforts to counter an invasion by the Californian kingsnake, which is threatening the balance of nature on the Spanish island. A team is spending four months before and during the breeding season trying to catch as many as possible in a bid to halt the species’ spread and with the aim of eventually eradicating it from the island. So far this year 507 specimens have been found, a figure similar to the numbers found by this stage last year, but the pest controllers aim to double that number by the end of the campaign. The California kingsnake is a constrictor and not poisonous, which is one reason they are popular pets. This
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Spain’s war against snake invasion
INVADING: California kingsnake has no predators in Gran Canaria. is probably how they were introduced to Gran Canaria. Although not dangerous to humans, they are having a devastating effect on the island’s native wildlife, explained the vice-minister of Environment and Security
of the government of the Canary Islands, Blanca Pérez. It has no natural predator on the island, so left unchecked it would “break the balance of the ecosystem,” said Pérez.
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Plan to tighten exchange rule
SPAIN’S central bank plans to increase customer protection at currency exchange bureaus by requiring businesses to state how much they charge in commission and expenses. The Bank of Spain’s proposals, which are currently undergoing consultation until Friday August 23, would make the previously optional sharing of the information a legal requirement. Bureaus will be required to show customers how much they are charged in commission in writing for free under the plans. They will also have to post current rates in a clear and visible place.
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The number of shares Santander’s Asset Management division has bought in the Andalucian bank Unicaja, raising its stake from 3 per cent to more than 5 per cent.
Economic concerns over impasse
Losses for Mango but sales increase
Second quarter investment grew year-on-year by 1.2 per cent compared to the 4.7 per cent recorded in the first three months of this year. Investment in capital goods shrank by 1.4 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter after growing by 7.2 per cent from the first quarter of 2018 to 2019. The INE did not state that the fall was connected to the current political situation. But the data could indicate that firms are holding back capital because of political uncertainty. Capital goods investment is typically seen as a litmus test of business confidence.
FASHION chain Mango made losses of €35 million in 2018 despite sales increasing by 1.8 per cent, company figures show. Gross profits rose from €115 to €135 million, or by 17 per cent, from 2017 to 2018 according to the firm’s data. Sales totalled more than €2.2 billion last year, around €40 million more than in 2017. Costs including €57 million invested in the company’s digital arm led to net losses. CEO Toni Ruiz said the cause of the losses were ‘complex,’ but added gross profit growth was ‘excellent.’
TWO of Spain’s acting government ministers have warned ongoing political deadlock resulting from indecisive election results is harming economic growth. Acting Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said the failure to form a government following April’s snap election was creating uncertainty. Farming Minister Luis Planas said a stable government was needed to enact reforms in the agricultural sector and deal with potential fallout from Brexit. Montero said: “The deadlock does not favour economic growth and there are certain signs of lower growth as evidenced by some data.
By Joe Gerrard “A government running at full capacity would be much more favourable.” Planas said reforms in the farming sector needed to be enacted ‘right now.’ “A stable government is needed which is capable of reforming so that the Spanish quality of life can be improved,” Planas said. The comments of both come as recent National Institute of Statistics (INE) data showed gross domestic product (GDP) continued to grow in the second quarter but at a slower rate.
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BBVA sells subsidiary THE BBVA bank has sold its Paraguayan subsidiary to Banco GNB’s division in the country for €240 million and has notified Spain’s National Stock Market Commission (CMNV) regulator that it expects a net capital gain of €20 million.
Incentive call USAGE: Hospitality firms rarely use the invoices.
Low invoice use ELECTRONIC invoices issued by hotels, restaurants and cafes represented more than 0.4 per cent of the Spanish total in 2017 and 2018, according to the Seres digital documentation company. Seres said the use of electronic invoicing was ‘very small’ in the hospitality industry given that it makes up 7.2 per cent of Spanish gross domestic product (GDP). Seres Marketing and Communication Director Alberto Redondo said: “Even though it is one of the key sectors of the Spanish economy, much remains to be done as far as the level of electronic invoicing is concerned because it is very low or almost non-existent.”
POWER company Red Electrica (REE) has called on Spain’s National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) to create ‘real incentives’ and guarantee legal certainty to encourage companies to invest while also addressing climate change.
French buy FRENCH firm CPC Packaging has bought the Valencia region-based Fina Flexible Packaging which the former said would ‘significantly expand’ its coverage across European markets because of Fina’s customer base in Spain and across Western Europe.
Rents higher than before crisis RENTING in Spain is now 10.6 per cent more expensive than it was before the property market crash in 2007 and subsequent recession, National Institute of Statistics (INE) data shows. INE figures for 2018 showed rents have risen beyond pre-crash levels in every region except Navarra. Rents in Cataluña, Cantabria, the Balearic Islands and Galicia rose by 15.4
per cent, 14.7 per cent, 14.6 per cent and 13 per cent respectively. INE data also showed the percentage of households living in rented homes rose by 4 per cent from 2007 to 2018. The regions with the highest proportion of households in rentals were the Canary Islands with 27.8 per cent, the Balearic Islands with 27.7, Cataluña, 24.9 and Madrid, 23.3.
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0,75
7.630
0,30
0,03
28.828
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19,215
1,18
0,23
19.144
THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER
0,09
258.178
0,46
0,02
1.000.286
BRIT.AEROE
5,612
0,45
0,03
86.936
PERSIMMON
24,000
0,61
0,14
9.944
PROV.FINANC.
3,920
1,22
0,05
12.391
15,075
0,52
0,08
70.213
BRITISH LAND
4,897
0,77
0,04
80.178
PRUDENTIAL C
BRITISH TELECOM
1,740
0,80
0,01
740.023
RAMBLER MED.
2,111
1,01
0,02
11.900
BUNZL
21,320
-0,11
-0,02
5.409
RECKITT BNKR
60,500
0,33
0,20
23.809
BURBERRY
22,470
0,51
0,11
10.926
REED INTER
19,545
0,78
0,15
46.074
CARNIVAL PLC
36,430
0,69
0,25
9.430
RENTOKIL GRP
CELLTECH
27,490
0,55
0,15
6.345
RIO TINTO
CENTRICA
0,661
-0,48
-0,00
1.023.571
CGNU
3,860
0,35
0,01
131.008
4,552
1,20
0,05
44.964
40,705
-0,77
-0,32
173.454
ROLLS ROYCE
7,668
-0,96
-0,07
289.233
ROYAL & SUN
5,378
0,85
0,05
13.989
2,046
-0,44
-0,01
192.045
1,836
0,48
0,01
32.194
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
CRH
26,640
0,99
0,26
25.707
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHRS 23,610
0,94
0,22
558.877
CRODA INTERN
47,900
0,59
0,28
3.612
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 23,870
0,19
0,05
454.326
DCC ORD IEP0
65,540
0,89
0,58
1.360
SAGE GROUP
7,138
0,25
0,02
27.414
DELLING GRP
2,983
0,22
0,01
51.280
SAINSBURY
1,935
1,17
0,02
52.218
DIAGEO
34,220
1,09
0,37
98.945
SCHRODERS
29,300
1,65
0,48
8.801
EASYJET
9,894
0,14
0,01
12.624
SCOT.& STH
11,030
1,18
0,13
167.017
25,640
0,79
0,20
26.954
SEVERN TRENT
19,890
-0,01
-0,00
5.778
24,760
1,06
0,26
4.731
CONVATEC GROUP
EXPERIAN GROUP LTD
6,672
-1,97
-0,13
69.250
SKILLSGROUP
GLAXO WELLCO
16,793
0,32
0,05
144.394
SLOUGH EST.
7,717
1,44
0,11
62.126
GLENCORE INTL
2,336
0,62
0,01
1.194.379
SMITH & NEP.
18,970
0,77
0,14
74.001
GROUP 4 SECU
1,888
1,97
0,04
46.983
SMITHS INDU.
15,695
0,55
0,09
129.532
HAMMERSON
2,221
2,49
0,05
204.684
ST JAMES S P
9,428
-0,86
-0,08
42.326
20,980
1,55
0,32
23.270
STAN.CHART
6,288
0,31
0,02
82.083
6,239
-0,43
-0,03
1.116.947
STANDARD LIFE
2,524
0,56
0,01
164.172
21,068
-0,01
-0,00
37.663
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,482
-0,13
-0,00
149.442
TESCO
2,192
0,50
0,01
157.883
FRESNILLO
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO INFORMA GROU
8,550
1,11
0,09
30.585
INTERCON.HOT
53,770
0,68
0,36
9.787
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
57,280
0,67
0,38
4.375
UNILEVER
8,284
0,20
0,02
18.439
49,135
0,74
0,36
69.692
INTL CONSOLIDATD AIRLS GRP 4,587
1,44
0,07
111.029
UN.UTILITIES
7,650
0,33
0,02
20.276
ITV
0,93
0,01
257.024
VODAFONE GRP
1,500
0,46
0,01
455.322
1,084 29,620
1,06
0,31
7.791
WHITBREAD
42,520
-0,03
-0,01
5.342
KINGFISHER
2,086
-1,01
-0,02
202.722
WPP GROUP
9,920
1,14
0,11
89.050
LAND SECURIT
7,824
1,77
0,14
55.590
11,135
1,15
0,13
26.783
JOHNSON MATT
3I GROUP
Units per €
US dollar ................................................1.11736 Japan yen...............................................117.879 Switzerland franc ...................................1,08863 Denmark kroner .....................................7,46340 Norway kroner........................................9,95995
8,326
0,49
5,063
BRITISH FOODS
1.07965
60,556
18,108
BP
PEARSON
0.9268
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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M
PRICE 126,170 200,990 337,550 119,380 122,420 52,430 53,420 70,840 206,900 210,020 136,130 45,980 132,040 109,740 221,150 85,520 137,710 81,980 36,350 116,780 149,070 131,240 248,630 55,780 179,050 52,790 107,280 138,520 163,470
CHANGE% CHANGE 0,70 0,88 0,00 0,00 0,36 1,20 -2,16 -2,64 -0,66 -0,81 -1,37 -0,73 -0,50 -0,27 -2,13 -1,54 -0,05 -0,10 -0,73 -1,55 -2,83 -3,97 -2,52 -1,19 0,27 0,36 -0,11 -0,12 1,44 3,14 0,93 0,79 -0,85 -1,18 -1,23 -1,02 -1,41 -0,52 -0,56 -0,66 0,57 0,85 -0,18 -0,24 0,41 1,01 -0,07 -0,04 -0,47 -0,85 -0,43 -0,23 -1,14 -1,24 0,46 0,63 -0,46 -0,75
VOLUME(M) 654.923 7.742.384 636.997 964.758 1.571.376 6.585.838 2.672.323 4.506.370 418.549 794.876 1.074.213 7.234.451 1.517.558 2.618.978 862.590 2.935.512 8.460.471 1.296.565 6.848.223 2.285.258 404.160 581.863 626.891 2.676.686 1.206.630 1.122.343 1.224.368 1.723.316 463.708
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COMPANY
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced InnerWorkings, Inc. Two River Bancorp Cutera, Inc. Sientra, Inc. PC-Tel, Inc. Atreca, Inc. Fulgent Genetics, Inc. Puma Biotechnology Inc Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prevail Therapeutics Inc. Appian Corporation
$ 4.50 $ 20.40 $ 33.61 $ 6.39 $ 5.67 $ 12.93 $ 11.3146 $ 11.16 $ 4.32 $ 9.70 $ 51.45
1.66 ▲ 58.45% 6.87 ▲ 50.78% 8.50 ▲ 33.85% 1.40 ▲ 28.06% 1.14 ▲ 25.17% 2.51 ▲ 24.09% 2.0446 ▲ 22.06% 1.95 ▲ 21.17% 0.74 ▲ 20.67% 1.65 ▲ 20.50% 8.21 ▲ 18.99%
$ 3.10 $ 3.06 $ 6.62 $ 20.92 $ 11.81 $ 3.52 $ 2.65 $ 17.74 $ 34.42 $ 2.85 $ 23.77
3.64 ▼ 54.01% 1.86 ▼ 37.80% 3.15 ▼ 32.24% 8.65 ▼ 29.25% 4.56 ▼ 27.86% 1.30 ▼ 26.97% 0.88 ▼ 24.93% 5.39 ▼ 23.30% 9.17 ▼ 21.04% 0.67 ▼ 19.03% 4.95 ▼ 17.24%
Most Declined ViewRay, Inc. Fluent, Inc. Mesa Air Group, Inc. Nektar Therapeutics QuinStreet, Inc. TrueCar, Inc. YRC Worldwide, Inc. The RealReal, Inc. Virtusa Corporation Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. i3 Verticals, Inc.
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New company creation falls A TOTAL of 7,623 new companies were set up in Spain from January to July this year, a year-on-year fall of 1.7 per cent according to credit firm Iberinform. Iberinform figures showed almost a quarter, 23 per cent, of new companies registered were in Madrid. One in five were set up in Cataluña while 16 per cent were registered in Andalucia. Service businesses made up more than half of the total. Construction’s share of new firms was one quarter while industrial companies made up 6 per cent of the total. Iberinform figures also showed 57,705 plans to create new firms were registered from January to July this year, 1.7 per cent less than during the first seven months of 2018. A total of 21,630 companies were wound up in the first seven months of 2019, 1 per cent higher than January to July last year. Almost a quarter of all companies that dissolved did so in Madrid. One fifth did so in Cataluña, while 11 per cent did in both Andalucia and Valencia.
Stakeholders call for coalition deal TRADE UNIONS and business organisations have both called on Spain’s largest political party to reach a deal that would enable it to govern following April’s inconclusive general election. The general secretaries of the CCOO and UGT, two of Spain’s largest trade unions, both called on the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) to unite with the leftist Podemos. Heads of the Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE) and the Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME) said acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez should form a ‘moderate and stable’ government. Unai Sordo and Pepe Alvarez, of the CCOO and UGT unions respectively, said it was more important at this stage for PSOE and Podemos to agree on a joint programme. Union leaders called for tax reforms and raising the minimum wage to be a part of the pact. CEOE President Antonio Garamendi said stability and moderation should be the foundation of any deal PSOE strikes with other parties. CEPYME’s head Gerado Cuerva called for the ‘world of business’ to be at the centre of a future government.
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New head for developer ACTION PLEDGE: Valerio (inset) said she would crack down on the hiring of delivery riders as freelancers. CREDIT: Shutterstock (main), Wikimedia Commons (inset)
Contract crackdown SPAIN’S acting labour minister has vowed to end the practice of some workers being hired improperly on self-employed contracts if her party is returned to government. Magdalena Valerio unveiled plans for the crackdown following meetings with acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, trade union leaders and the heads of business associations. The government needed to address multiple court rulings which stated workers employed under such arrangements are full time staff and should be contracted as such, the minister added. Valerio added she planned to repeal the ‘most harmful’ elements of labour reforms introduced by the previous
conservative Partido Popular (PP) government. Those reforms were followed by a rise in workers being hired under temporary or zero-hour contracts, dubbed ‘junk contracts’ by critics. The crackdown would target companies in the so-called ‘gig economy,’ such as delivery firms Deliveroo and Glovo. Both firms employ delivery riders under freelance contracts, meaning workers have to pay their own social security contributions despite not being able to set their work schedules. The companies also require workers to make a set amount of deliveries to receive more work. Valerio’s pledge to crack down on
such practices follows court rulings such as in Madrid’s 19th Social Court which ruled Deliveroo workers should be classed as full time staff. The court ordered the firm to pay out almost €1.2 million to 500 delivery riders in social security payments they were made to contribute. Deliveroo has since said it will appeal against the ruling in Spain’s Supreme Court. That ruling is expected to set the precedent on whether the company and others can employ their riders as freelancers. Workers at Glovo in Barcelona protested earlier this year against their conditions and burnt their delivery bags.
MADRID developer Distrito Castellana Norte (DCN) has appointed the former head of BBVA’s Global Client Coverage and Corporate Finance Alvaro Aresti as its new president following the dismissal of Antonio Bejar over the Villarejo corruption scandal.
Job offer RAILWAY infrastructure agency Adif has opened 432 vacancies across its operations including in its support, technical and operational arms which it said aimed to meet challenges including the liberalisation of the rail market next year.
Returns grow AVERAGE returns on variable capital investment companies (sicavs) in Spain stood at 5 per cent after the first half of this year, National Stock Market Commission (CNMV) data stated which showed Gesprisa and Herprisa returned 17 per cent.
Prices rise
Dia owner probe A NATIONAL COURT judge has summoned the owner of Spanish supermarket Dia to testify on allegations he ‘economically strangled’ and bankrupted another company to buy it at below market prices. Judge Manuel Garcia Castellon claimed Mikhail Fridman, owner of the LetterOne private equity firm which bought the struggling Dia earlier this year, used underhand tactics to buy Zed Worldwide. His attempted takeover began in 2009. Zed Worldwide asked to be declared insolvent on June 30, 2016 and Fridman submitted a bid to buy it for €20 million four months later, well below its market value. A police anti-corruption probe alleged Fridman had ‘direct power’ over actions which they said caused property damage to Zed Worldwide shareholders. The allegations came after Fridman wrote to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office in November 2017 in an effort to absolve himself of responsibility over the company’s insolvency. The new police report which levelled
PRICES of petrol and diesel rose to an average of around €1.33 and €1.22 per litre respectively last week compared to the week before, according to the EU’s oil bulletin, following highs in May.
Reform plan
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ALLEGATIONS: Fridman’s (inset) summons follows his purchase of Dia earlier this year. allegations at Fridman led Judge Garcia Castellon, head of the Sixth Central Court of Instruction, to summon the LetterOne boss on September 12. Fridman deployed the tactics he used with the ‘total seizure’ of the company in mind, the police report alleged. His approach allegedly involved a ‘complex’ combination of actions which were designed to economically suffocate Zed Worldwide.
Prosecutor Jose Grinda, who has also been probing the case, claimed Fridman used a tactic known in the Russian criminal underworld as a ‘raider’ to try and acquire the company. Investigators also accused Fridman and others linked to him of illegally disrupting dividend payments to Zed Worldwide’s Russian subsidiaries. This left the company with a ‘total lack’ of liquidity, the report claimed.
ACTING Labour Minister Magdalena Valerio has said she wants to enact partial reforms including on collective bargaining and outsourcing following a meeting with union officials and the head of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE).
Bond offer CATALUÑA’S Generalitat is considering returning to the bond market in 2020 and plans to issue debt through green products to finance infrastructure planned as part of the region’s environmental sustainability push, Economy Minister Pere Aragones said.
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FEATURE
Bring back National Service LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT AS most of my scribble followers are aware, I don’t generally enter into personal rapport with correspondents. As much as I truly do appreciate the wonderful and varied feedback that I receive, getting involved with individual readers has, I have learned through past experience, usually been more time consuming than productive. However I do read all the mail that arrives to me personally and I’m always interested in letters received by the EWN, especially those pertaining to the column that is published on our excellent ‘Your Opinion’ letters page. This was certainly the case last week. Midst a positive deluge of mail supporting my ‘What If’ manifesto, the one that managed to find the ‘Letter of the week’ spot was, of course, a strictly minority, derogatory opinion. The gentleman disagreed with a number of my suggestions, and I did indeed take umbrage at his efforts to depict me as something of a cross between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. Firstly, my suggestion that we bring back National Service was not to teach our youngsters
STRICT DISCPILINE: National Service.
to kill people, they’re already learning that perfectly well in Civvy Street! It was to instill them with discipline and respect for their fellow human beings; rescue them from the gang infested streets, and give them the opportunity to learn a trade and engage in wider life experiences. The immigrant camps I suggested were not a resurgence of the likes of Auschwitz or Belsen, but places with full medical facilities, factories,
acceptable living conditions and places of learning. Somewhere to place illegals and those without papers; enabling them to live and work without disruption of local society, until they either earned the opportunity of becoming British citizens, or be returned back from whence they came. The ‘boot camps’ would be to bring young and rampant criminals into line. Strict disciplinary institutions that would
strike fear into young thugs and encourage them to attempt anything (even work!) to stay out of these establishments forever. So, to this gentleman who wrote in, I most respectfully ask you to read my blurb more carefully and not try to instill it with your own, utterly incorrect interpretations. Thanks a lot. I see yet another ‘suicide’ has prevented a high profile trial that could have incriminated members of the ‘hierarchy.’ Jeffery Epstein joins the ranks of those whose deaths are terribly opportune for yet more slimy highly placed toe rags, who, believe me, will stop at nothing to preserve their privileged existence. The tragic, still mysterious death of scientist David Kelly was another. Stephen Ward also ‘took his own life’ the night before he was prepared to blow the whistle on some of the highest in the land, which more than probably included royalty. Heaven knows how many others have been quietly ‘neutralised’ to cover the tracks of the elite. And while we are about it, have the authorities ceased to investigate the sordid goings on at Elm House? Plenty of ‘high profiles’ involved there I can tell you. Oops, careful Leapy, don’t want you ‘committing suicide’ just yet! Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
THIS week I was planning to write about the benefits to portfolio risk of international equity investing backed up by numerous research papers. No, don’t go away. You’d have loved it. Trust me. I’m a journo… Never mind! But then I came across a couple of newspaper articles. Firstly, about the actor Kevin Spacey (assault allegations recently dropped against him in America) ‘punching back’ at his accusers with a defiant poetry recital alongside the statue of a battered Greek boxer in Rome’s main archaeological museum. Next, that the police chief at the centre of the botched VIP sex abuse inquiry costing £2.5m into false allegations of paedophilia and child murder by the fantasist ‘Nick’ has amassed a £2m pension pot. And that when allegations about the Westminster paedophile ring first surfaced, Tom Watson, now Labour’s deputy leader, leapt upon them purely for personal political advancement. Sadly, one fact in this sorry mess that is ‘credible and true.’ Something’s wrong with this world, isn’t it? We have an Oscar-winning actor who has his career cut short by, as yet, unproven allegations. We have an MP who caused complete misery in the lives of well-respected people walking as
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Fanning the flames of ‘Nick’s’ false allegations
COP OUT: The charge sheet gets ever longer. free as a bird. We have a top policeman who also caused misery (because he didn’t do his job as an investigator) and who not only gets promoted, but a gold-plated pension plus all accompanying perks, such as free truncheons for life. As a writer of psychological crime thrillers (now in audiobook format; plus all profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity) I admit I’m attracted by crime and all it entails. From grisly descriptions of crime scenes to the spinechilling details of post-mortems - as in my latest novel ‘Betrayal.’ And given the chance to talk to criminals, I’d welcome the first-hand information they’d provide. But that’s as far as it’d go. Not so with
some police officers, apparently. The charge sheet gets ever longer, doesn’t it? In addition to the VIP abuse inquiry, there’s Hillsborough, Orgreave (police brutality), Stephen Lawrence, Rotherham (child-grooming), Cliff Richard… Well, let’s finish where we began: on a low note. What a ‘cop out.’ 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.nora-johnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99; £0.99), ibook, paperback and audiobook.
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LEGALLY SPEAKING Are his charges too high? Four years ago I bought a property in a new complex. At the time of purchase I was told that the community charge would be €155. On completion I was informed that the charge would be €255, because my apartment has a garden. Most others have terraces. Now the community charge has been reduced to €236 per month. All properties were reduced as the new President promised. Many other residents also complain about the high charges. They tell me that my charge is higher because my garden is watered by the community system and not through my apartment. The administrator tells me that any application to reduce must be done through the courts. Can I get these charges lowered? H M (Costa del Sol) It is quite normal that a larger unit YOU AND THE with a garden pays LAW IN SPAIN more than a smaller unit with a terrace. Be aware that your garden is in fact community property with exclusive use assigned to you. The community fees are not set by the president or the administrator. They are voted by the members at the Annual General Meeting. This would be the right time to raise the issue.
DAVID SEARL
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2:00pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 4:30pm The Top Ten Show 4:45pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 7:30pm Star Wars: Episode I 10:00pm Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 12:30am Star Wars: Episode III 3:00am 12 Rounds
7:00am Age of Summer 8:40am Nobody's Fool 10:35amSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse After being bitten by a radioactive arachnid, student Miles Morales develops incredible abilities. 12:35pmPimped 2:00pm Lizzie In Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892, Bridget Sullivan moves into the residence of Lizzie Borden. 3:50pm The Adventures of Jurassic Pet An adventurous teenage boy adopts and hatches a baby T-rex he calls Albert. 5:20pm Age of Summer 7:00pm Nobody's Fool 9:00pm Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 11:00pmPimped 12:25amMarriage Material 2:25am Shoplifters
10:00am Football Years 11:00am EFL Highlights 12:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30pm Football's Greatest Players 1:00pm EFL Greatest Games 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL Highlights 5:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:30pm Football's Greatest Players 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm Football Countdowns 8:00pm Championship Season Review 10:00pm Championship Season Review 11:00pm Championship Season Review 12:00am Football's Greatest Players 12:30am Football's Greatest Players 1:00am Football Years
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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Britain in Bloom 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm 800 Words 3:30pm 800 Words 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Good Morning Dagenham 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London New 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Garden Rescue 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Question of Sport 10:00pm Hold the Sunset 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Kevin Bridges: The Brand New Tour 12:35am New Tricks
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News Round-up of the main national and international news. 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pmFirst Blood
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8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 10:00am You've Been Framed! 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dinner Date 4:50pm Dress to Impress 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmBridesmaids A disorganised woman is asked to be maid of honour at her best friend's wedding. 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pmBridesmaids 12:35am Family Guy
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Only When I Laugh The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney World Series of Darts: Melbourne 12:00amZero Dark Thirty 1:00am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.
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Stay and be true to yourself ROBERT SHALLIS ‘BIRDS of a feather flock together.’ There’s certainly something to be said about that phrase. In many ways the company you keep can define who you are, we’re usually drawn to making friends with those who like the same things or have similar traits, we’re also drawn to people we aspire to be like, or at the very least possess qualities that may resonate with us. It has been said ‘you eventually become the average of the people you spend most of your time with.’ However, I believe that it has more to do with the amount of time we spend with people which has the greater impact, thus moulding a large part of the person you become. What happens when you find yourself spending time with people who are not actually like you? People that don’t share the same views or values? Or have a different moral standing? If these people disempower you, surely the question to ask yourself is,
DON’T COMPROMISE: Be yourself.
‘why I am spending time with these people?’ Failing to be your true self will inhibit true friendships as you’re not expressing the real you. If the real you is hidden and a false personality created to fit in, in order to please others, this will certainly lead you to feel imprisoned as the creative wonderful potential you have is simply locked away
and those who deserve to appreciate and welcome it are deprived of it. Do you find yourself: concerned by what others think, trying to please others, fearful of their disapproval, conscious of your mannerisms and what you say? Shyness, lack of self-confidence, nervousness, or fear of criticism can all be contributing factors to hiding your
This week I was robbed! MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man THIS week’s article has been written by a guest; a mini grumpy in the making, a ‘grumpette’ if you will. Please welcome my daughter, Dr S : This week I was robbed. No not in the way you might think. But by Starbucks. They even asked me my name before they robbed me. Most untraditional (I work with offenders, I should know). So, Monday I bounced into Starbucks at Waterloo station in London, and asked for a Soya Latte. Did I want it to be tall, grande or venti the ‘barista’ (a whole other article) asked; this is a language reserved for Starbucks just to make the process more convoluted and challenging. Let’s be clear, I need coffee. This means engaging my brain (pre-caffeine) is a challenge, so it seems unfair to introduce new words other than small, medium or large at this point, but alas, they do. Then, the ‘barista’ tells me the price of this ‘grande’ (medium to the rest of the world), latte - with its not so special milk -
is £3.90. Hang on, let me just repeat this. THREE POUNDS, NINETY. Almost £4! Now, I drink coffee a lot. And don’t get me wrong, I am partial to a fancy pants, whirly twirly, coloured, unprounceable, instagrammable coffee like the best of us, BUT, this is not what a ‘grande’ soya latte is. It’s BASIC. So why are you charging me the same price as a taxi from where I live to my nearest train station? I’ll tell you why; because they can! Because I smiled as he said ‘that will be £3.90 please’ and paid it. Because I didn’t say a word, and instead just messaged Big Grumpy and moaned. To be clear, Starbucks isn’t the only coffee shop robbing people, but I am quite sure every time I go into this establishment the price is creeping up for no valid reason. AND, it seems I am penalised for my lactose intolerance allergy (an early gift from my Dad) by having to pay extra for soya milk. I’ll just also have a quick moan about people who don’t indicate while I am here. Yes I am a psychologist, but contrary to popular belief, I am not a mind-reader! You are a hazard on the road! Please note, both these moans are particularly relevant following my recent trip to visit Big Grumpy in Spain, since coffee is one euro at our local venta (Starbucks take note) and no-one ever indicates!
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true personality and stop you from naturally getting along with others. Moreover, you’ll be missing out on people who would be better suited to the real you and enable you to be your real self. A good way to start is to invest in people who are investable and not those that you feel you have an obligatory allegiance to. Who or what are in-
vestable people? These are people who genuinely care about you, remain loyal and accept and love you for who and what you are. They are people who no matter what their status is in life know they are no better than you. Some may say these type of people are hard to find, look closely, they’re everywhere, but you will never notice or meet them if you are not aligned to them, simply put, if you are spending your time and energy on relationships that do not really serve you, you will miss investable people. Compromising your true self, character and nature will not give you the fulfilment you so very much deserve. You can make a good impression on people by not concerning yourself as to what he or she may think of you. This can be difficult at first but when someone judges you remember, they are simply defining themselves, not defining you. Refuse to get caught up in who you think you should be, relax and be who you are. You are just one decision away from ‘taking action’ and becoming your true self. So I urge you, make that choice today and watch the miracles of life start to unfold.
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CASSANDRA NASH A WEEKLY LOOK - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
KING FELIPE’S speech following Cataluña’s unauthorised and illegal referendum on October 1 2018 wasn’t his best although his best are hardly stirring. His words sounded as though they were written by Mariano Rajoy’s speechwriters and, not surprisingly, they made no impression on the Catalan separatists Spain’s king had another shot at mediation recently during the royal family’s traditional Holaorientated summer photo call at the Marivent palace in Mallorca. Speaking off-the-cuff as the Infantas and their mother s m i l e d t o o r d e r, F e l i p e s e n t a clear message to Spain’s political parties. “The best thing is a solution for a government before calling more elections,” he replied in answer to a reporter’s question. For once he got it right, but nobody will heed him this time either. The Partido Popular and Ciu-
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Unheeded words dadanos failed to perceive that Felipe could be referring to them while Pablo Iglesias won’t listen to anything a king has to say, anyway. A n d w h i l e P e d r o S a n c h e z ’s resoluteness is admirable, many socialist voters are starting to believe that acceding to P o d e m o s ’s w i l d e s t d e m a n d s would be preferable to the only other option open to him.
Dark days ahead
ON 24 June, 2016, Britons living in Spain already knew that Brexit would complicate their lives. That was before a hard Brexit was on the cards and now Boris Johnson is preparing to impose this on a country that doesn’t know what it is letting itself in for. Brussels knows what to expect and has been making the contin-
gency plans that are still being improvised in the UK. Spain has been doing its homework, too. Everyone knows what is going to happen on Halloween except the Brexiteers who believe that October 31 is a 2019 version of VE Day. How long before they realise that they’ve won their battle but lost a war?
Look on the bright side A POLL by Key Data for the pro-Podemos online publication, Publico, predicted that the PSOE and Unidas-Podemos would take 174 seats, two short of an overall majority, in a new election. This is unlikely as Pablo Iglesias’ popularity has plummeted since the failed Investiture and these results apply to an election tomorrow, not next November. Voters would be so weary of politics, politicians and promises by then that most would stay at home, especially if the weather were bad. But as always, the hard-core Right would turn out in force producing another hung parliament or, if Spain is to be truly unlucky, a PP-Cs-Vox coalition. Popularity has plummeted.
Double standards THERE is a socialist government in Navarra because EHBildu abstained during the investiture vote, allowing the P S O E ’s M a r i a C h i v i t e t o b e come regional president. This allowed the Partido Popular, Ciudadanos and Vox to insist again that the PSOE consorts with terrorists. EH-Bildu was the political arm of the defunct terrorist organisation, ETA, but is the situation in Navarra worse than in Madrid, Murcia or Andalucia where Vox’s votes enabled PP-Cs governments? T h e r e ’s o n e s e t o f rules for the PSOE but another for the P P, C s a n d Vo x w h o believe that they’re the ones with the copyright.
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Alicante’s underrated tourist base TORREVIEJA is not the destination at the top of many travellers’ lists in Spain. However, the city makes an ideal base from which to see a number of quaint, charming villages and popular beach spots. The waterfront promenade, lined with palm trees and Spaniards out for a stroll, comes alive in the evenings. Buskers and merchandise sellers add spirit to a number of endearing bench-based monuments, while the lively restaurants culture adds to the homely feel. The real draw, though, is the sea view - particularly at sunset - and the ice cream vendors who serve all manner of flavours, from the exotic to the traditional. Another tourist favourite is the Go-karting just outside
ROOM WITH A VIEW: Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca. of the town. Though the city is not particularly authentic - or much different to other tourist-filled seaside towns - what is impressive is the number of nearby locations that you can day trip to. With relatively cheap accommodation on offer, tourists can
see the delights of countless local beaches. Try the quiet Lomas de Cabo-Roig or Punta Prima, wave-filled Guardamar, or popular sand and sun-filled La Zenia. Nearby Spanish towns are also worth a visit for travellers after a more authentic experience.
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Top tribute HOLA Leapy, thank you so much for dedicating this week’s column to the great Joe Longhorne. I had no idea he had sadly passed away. If it had been one of the faceless wonders from Big Brother and similar rubbish I am sure it would have been all over the media!!! Disgraceful. I worked with Joe in Jersey in the 1970s. He was top of the bill and I was a female vocalist in the show, he was awesome. One week someone stole my handbag with my wages in and Joe paid me out of his own pocket, I will never forget him doing such a kind thing but that was the measure of the man, God bless him. I now live in t h e c o a s t a l r e s o r t o f M o j a c a r, Almeria and you will be pleased to know live music is alive and kicking here. Love reading your views every week and mostly agree with you. Wishing you all the best. Sandy Gold xx
WHILST the fireworks in Altea were absolutely fantastic, (I myself attended, to see the superb display with my husband). The after effects this morning were not so. We went to our usual beach Porto Senso, to be confronted with the remnants of the night before fireworks. In a world where we are constantly being told about all the plastic in the sea and the effects this is having on our environment, it was apparent this morning that it is not being taking that seriously. Just a few months ago in March I had the privilege of seeing a demonstration in L’Alfaz del Pi, where all schoolchildren took to the roads to show what plastic is doing to our environment.
MESS: Aftermath of a night of fireworks. Just seems like we are saying one thing and doing something totally different. I am not saying it is just here this is happening, I am saying we should all be looking at what we are doing and do something about it. I myself took time this
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THE Spanish government’s publishing of the names of its citizens who died in a Nazi concentration camp is a positive step towards the country confronting its fascist past. The government revealed the names of almost 4,430 people who died in the Mauthausen-Gusen camp last week. Those who were sent to the camp were among around 10,000 others deported to concentration and death camps by former dictator Francisco Franco’s regime. Franco was closely aligned with Nazi Germany’s leader Adolf Hitler during the Second World War. The publishing of the victim’s names is the latest in a long series of steps taken by Spain to face up to the crimes of the Franco regime. The worst of these were the mass killings of opponents. Several of them were deported to Nazi camps and stripped of Spanish citizenship while thousands more died and were buried in mass graves which are still being unearthed. Spain adopted democracy in the late 1970s and efforts to root out the relics of fascism have continued ever since and have faced considerable opposition. There is still a Francisco Franco Foundation in Spain while an equivalent organisation for Hitler in Germany would be unthinkable. Plans to exhume Franco’s remains from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum have also faced pushback including from the conservative Partido Popular (PP), a mainstream political party. But the latest move on the concentration camp shows exposing the crimes of fascism is necessary, just and long overdue.
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Rubbish being thrown into the sea The person taking the video should have followed him to the restaurant and then stood in the restaurant and called the police... that’s what I would have done. Arlene Segev I really hope that he and the restaurant have been reported to the authorities and police! This is absolutely shocking behaviour! Philip Binney The restaurant needs to be named and shamed then heavily fined... the ocean and sea life needs to be protected by us, not polluted, this is disgusting beyond words. Julie Benton
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President Sanchez removes titles from the nobles of Franco
Franco died 40 years ago. Mr Sanchez has raised Franco because he does not want to talk about the growing unemployment in Spain, not to mention the millions of public money that he gives to the Catalan independence, not to mention the pacts he makes with the ter-
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Holiday let restrictions Spain would die without tourists so before everyone criticises them just remember how many unemployed, out of business bars and shops there would be if we stopped coming. It’s about reminding people to be respectful as some lets are in residential areas. I lived in a block with a similar problem, but that’s life, get on with it. Theresa Attwood
Asda theft women hid all in her dress Incredible... hope she is prosecuted... enough is enough this garb should be banned. James Woods
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NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England SINCE 1950 at least, the International Motor Show has ruled the roost. Located in exhibition halls in major cities with easy access and lots of parking as well as good rail and then air connections. The International Motor Shows have been the shop window that attracted, enthralled and seduced the drivers of the world. At one time there seemed to be motor cities in each country. Places where motor shows were held and national champions were lionised. Each motor city led the cheering for their champions. Detroit USA is no longer the location of major automobile manufacture, there are many other locations across the American continent that lay claim to be a motor city. Though the music will forever be ‘Motown,’ the car companies have largely moved on. Times they are a changing. Changing times have infected the world of the International Motor Show too as through the summer events like the Goodwood Festival of Speed held between July 4 and 7 on the Goodwood estate have extended their appeal from an admittedly largish group of petrol heads to a much wider audience with 200,000 committed automobile enthusiasts gathMonterey Car Week sees the first public showing of the Bentley EXP 100 GT.
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Festivals or Motor Shows ering in the South Downs to see and hear hydrocarbon engines roar or electric motors whir spookily on the roads of one of the finest country estates of England. Not only, but to also see and hear jet suits fly and electric powered manned drones launch their campaign to join the Formula 1 circus in 2020. Vehicles of all shapes and sizes powered one way or another, collectively valued at almost £2 billion, captivated the public among the rolling hills of Sussex on the south coast of England. The ‘Festival of Speed’ saw the launch of 22 new models from 21 manufacturers, a further 26 recently launched cars which made their first dynamic appearances anywhere in the world. Putting the FOS on a par with the Geneva International Motor and Frankfurt International Motor Show. “At Goodwood
you can see it, sniff it and watch it go up the Hill,” said Mark Featherstone Goodwood’s sponsorship Director, “Our aim is to deliver a family friendly festival vibe with action packed activities and themed areas that provide a backdrop to world class cars and motor sports.” MINI celebrated its 60th birthday with a traditional sweet shop and a classic 1999 model personalised by none other than David Bowie and built a cobbled street in the middle of exhibition stands by other brands on the bleeding edge of technology. Volkswagen making headlines as it smashed a 20-year-old record for the fastest ever hill climb of the Goodwood Hill. The old record had been set by Nick Heidfeld in a McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car; VW’s former Le Mans winning driver broke the record at the wheel of the all-electric ID.R halo vehicle. A proclamation if one was yet needed of the arrival
of electric powered automobiles in the Big Time. Is this a trend that will see the demise of the International Motor Show? There is more than one straw in the wind that says an emphatic Yes; at least in Europe and the USA. This week another automobile festival begins; ‘Monterey Car Week & Concours d’Elegance,’ August 15 to 18 at Pebble Beach, California, USA. Positioned somewhat higher up the food chain than most car shows; Monterey Week could claim the title for Rich Pick Auto Salon except that the summer calendar of Motor Festivals is expanding with among others the ‘Salon Privé’ held at another English stately home Blenheim Palace from September 5 to 8, the challenge to the traditional Motor Show is clear. Where would you chose to enjoy looking over automobiles, motorcycles and even jetpacks? In a dreary city centre hall with dry ice blowers and a disco beat thumping or across the lawns of palaces with a glass of Champagne to hand? A question for the manufacturers as well as the enthusiast. Nick Horne, London, England
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BARRY DUKE BRITAIN’S new Home Secretary Priti Patel wants criminals to ‘literally feel terror,’ and one way she plans to do this is to have zero tolerance towards drug users. Vowing to make the lamentable Tories a ‘party of police,’ rather than the party of clowns that it really is, the arch-Brexiteer and death penalty supporter recently declared: ‘Any form of drug use - you don’t turn a blind eye to it at all. It has a corrosive impact on people and communities.’ This signals a ramping up of the ‘war on drugs, a policy that has been shown in both the UK and America to have done nothing other than escalate levels of crime and lose taxpayers trillions in wasted revenues. Let’s look first at the US. In June, 1971, Richard Nixon fired the first salvos in a war on drugs. By 2010, the cost of that ‘war ’ had
Spare us your stupidity, Ms Patel!
PRITI PATEL: Plans to have zero tolerance towards drug users. soared to over $1 trillion! Now $51 billion is spent annually in the hopeless battle against illegal substances. The UK, meanwhile, is squandering £1.6 billion a year in pursuit of a strategy that has little or zero effect
on drug consumption. Patel’s declaration horrified me, as it did LBC radio presenter Maajid Nawaz. He pointed out that on a variety of toxicity scales, alcohol remained at the top, while cocaine and cannabis only
came in at fifth and eighth positions, respectively. So, if it’s public health that concerns Patel, logically she should imposing a ban on alcohol and tobacco, both of which are considerably more toxic than
cannabis and cause far more deaths. This, of course, won’t happen, because alcohol and smoking is too deeply ingrained in British culture. Like me, Nawaz was also outraged by her suggestion that judicial terrorism should be used against criminals. He predicted, that, were the police to terrorise suspects, as they once routinely did, the public would lose what little trust it has in them. I have first-hand experience of that sort of brutal policing. Back in the 1970s, after I had a bottle smashed over my head by one of a gang of homophobic thugs, a police officer in Tottenham, north London, said: ‘Well that’s the sort of thing that happens around here to
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f****** poofters.’ And he then strip searched me, looking for drugs. Fortunately, a small packet of weed I’d had on me fell out my pocket when I was attacked. Patel’s words highlighted all that is wrong with British politicians, most of whom are too stubborn, too out-oftouch with public opinion or too stupid to realise that the only way to deal with the drug ‘problem’ is to decriminalise ALL illegal substances and subject them to regulation and taxation. At a stroke, drug gangs will be largely eliminated and tax revenues could be used to drag the NHS out of the hole it’s presently in. And there will be enough cash left over to tackle the desperate social problems that are destroying the fabric of British society. Other countries have shown that this is the only sensible way forward, but when last did you see political leaders in the UK, or America for that matter, exhibit anything other than gross ignorance and breathtaking incompetence?
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Putting all of your eggs in one basket is rarely to be advised. It should particularly be avoided this week. For the sake of speed and ease it will be tempting to take short cuts and make decisions that are bland. These will, of their nature, not be of the ‘good’ or ‘great’ categories. You are capable of better.
With high energy you are seeking to get as much done as possible in a small amount of time. Rather than go at it ‘hammer and tongs’, it could be easier. Let someone help you out. They will find it satisfying and so you will both be happy.
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How you feel about someone will change dramatically during the week. This will surprise you. Thinking about it logically, though, you have been missing the point for some time. Someone who you always thought of as a friend turns out to be much more. How you deal with this is very much an individual thing.
You are freer than you imagine. Your imagination is letting you down a bit at the moment. Not for some time have opportunities been throwing themselves at you like this. The question is not if you should take up an offer but rather which one you should choose.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) With your engine revving and the road ahead clear, a sense of great freedom is with you. There are those for whom this week is a chance to really make headway. For some, though, it is an irksome task. The difference is that some of you are taking a negative attitude. Make sure that yours is positive and you will have a chance to make real progress
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Wanting to put things right with someone close is a good instinct to have. It would certainly give you peace of mind. Indeed, this should be a quiet and peaceful week and one that is long overdue. Being successful in business is only one part of success. The light is dawning that what you have always wanted has changed.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone very special could come into your life. You must, however, be at the ball to meet the prince. This opportunity for happiness is not going to jump up and bite you. A phone call could be the start of it all. Accept invitations and get out and about. Be aware of what is going on so that you can be in the right place at the right time.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) What is the reason that you are being held back? Are you sure that you are, in reality, being held back at all? These are not trick questions. Being honest with your answers this week will lift a cloud from your horizon. Perhaps you are seeing ghosts when
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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Give others the benefit of the doubt and your infinite patience this week. Situations will change from minute to minute. It would be a waste of energy to take anything at face value. Time is often the first thing to solve many problems. As with health, given a few days simple things will sort themselves out.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Although you are only too aware that you are capable of great good when you put your mind to it, it would be wise to bide your time this week. You may not realise that you are expending too much energy until your weary head hits the pillow. Be kind to your body. Some things that are taken for granted should not be so. This can lead to neglect. In neither home nor business is this recommended.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) It may seem that everyone wants your attention at the moment. There are times when you would like nothing more than to go away and clear your mind. This is not only possible but essential. You need some quiet moments. Even a day away can renew your spirits and energy.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) So strong have been the practical considerations of late that you have been in a bad position. You need to live more for the ‘now’ and less for the ‘tomorrow’. Of course, life should be a mixture of both but sometimes it all gets a bit jumbled. Getting a few hours peace and quiet on your own may be all that you need. Getting enough sleep is also important in this situation.
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents N and 23 represents Q, so fill in N every time the figure 1 appears and Q every time the figure 23 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 Build up (9) 7 Not thin (5) 9 Earlier in time (5) 10 Want, deficiency (4) 11 Fundamental (5) 14 Be in accord (5) 15 Flightless bird of New Zealand (4) 18 Act punishable by law (5) 19 Excessively fat (5) 20 Speech sound that is not a vowel (9)
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Down 2 Japanese rice beer (4) 3 Say, state or perform again (6) 4 Find fault with (9) 5 No longer fresh (5) 6/16 Solidified carbon dioxide (3,3) 8 Without revealing one's identity (9) 12 Hold back to a later time (6) 13 Animal with two feet (5) 16 See 6 17 Indicate pain, discomfort or displeasure (4)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down Across 1 Robar (5) 1 Holy (7) 5 Playa (5) 2 Verde (5) 8 Enemy (f) (7) 3 Breath (respiration) (7) 9 Goodbye (5) 4 Naranja (6) 5 Bestia (5) 10 Lino (ropa) (5) 6 Rings (on finger) (7) 11 Trigger (of gun) (7) 12 Sombra (proyectada por un objeto) 7 Historia (7) (6) 12 Patinadores (7) 14 Herboso (6) 13 That (f) (7) 15 To repair (7) 17 Advertisement (7) 19 Melocotón (5) 16 Toallas (6) 22 They (f) (5) 18 Swan (5) 23 Más temprano (7) 20 Warning (5) 24 Smooth (skin) (5) 21 Hierbas (5) 25 Serio (7)
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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 (FIGURE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
AVENGE BEGGAR CRINGE FIGURE (10) FORBAD FUNGUS GHETTO HITHER JOCOSE LEGEND NARROW ONRUSH RAISIN SOUGHT STRONG TENSER TONGUE TRIUNE WRENCH
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Busboy 2 Oblong 3 Snotty 4 Hoyden 5 Shabby 6 Turkey 7 Lackey 8 Frosty 9 Linden 10 Choral 11 Deafen 12 Rankle 13 Hurrah 14 Launch 15 Beauty 16 Sheave 17 Turban 18 Sheath 19 Anyway.
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: 17 • Good: 24
• Very good: 35 • Excellent: 45
SCORING:
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Excellent: 31
prone pule ween welt went newel roil relent real realist rein reins rent rents noil unreal untune online oiler enlist elute ensile lune lute letup lent leal leis lenten lens lion lien lieu liens line liner linen lineal lint lints list tune tuner teen aeon aileron alien aliens aline aunt aunts inlet inst neon lain lilt lintel lust union silent silt sial sine
daft dart date deft dote drat fate feat feta fort frat fret raft rate reft retd rort rota rote tare taro tear toad toed tore torr trad tref trod vert veto vote after avert dater defat doter draft fated fetor forte orate ovate overt rated rater retro tared terra trade trave tread trove voted voter advert dafter darter orated rafted rafter retard retrod tarred trader trover drafter redraft OVERDRAFT
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Down:
1 Sad, 2 Team, 3 Turban, 4 Measles, 6 Chassis, 8 Mistake, 9 Library, 11 Modern, 14 Kiss, 17 Tie.
CRYPTIC
ENGLISH-SPANISH
Across:
Across:
1 Terminus, 4 Toil, 8 Malta, 10 Evasive, 11 Letters, 12 Salt, 14 Tahiti, 16 Engine, 19 Oboe, 21 Cremona, 24 Observe, 25 Reset, 26 Loss, 27 Persuade.
1 Comb, 3 Umbrella, 9 Caridad, 10 Aldea, 11 Otoño, 12 Rotten, 14 Rasgar, 16 Chispa, 19 Nettle, 21 Argue, 24 Tazas, 25 Cottage, 26 Assorted, 27 Lago.
Down:
Down:
1 Template, 2 Inane, 3 Uneasy, 5 Oriel, 6 Lied, 7 Samson, 9 Latch, 13 Repartee, 15 Theory, 17 Icons, 18 Scheme, 20 Busts, 22 Earls, 23 Coal.
1 Cachorro, 2 Mirlo, 4 Maduro, 5 Roast, 6 Ladders, 7 Abad, 8 Idioma, 13 Maletero, 15 Sneezes, 17 Health, 18 Rescue, 20 Toser, 22 Guapa, 23 Otra.
App of the week Vaporgram Pro LOVERS of the vaporwave style can use this app to create photos and pictures with the retro aesthetic. The user interface is inspired by an old computer, creating the perfect atmosphere in which to create your vaporwave masterpiece. It includes effects such as glitch, VHS and RGB as well as more than 800 stickers and frames. Custom user-made stickers and frames can also be added.
QUIZ: MONOPOLY BORED All the answers contain the name (or part of the name) of a location that features on the London version of a Monopoly board 1. Completed in 1998, which 20 metres (66 feet) tall steel sculpture designed by Antony Gormley is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear? 2. Formerly the governing body of cricket in England and Wales, which cricket club was founded in 1787 and has been based at Lord's cricket ground in St John's Wood since 1814? 3. Founded in 1749 by magistrate Henry Fielding and originally numbering just six men, what nickname was often given to London’s first professional police force? 4. On a map of the London Underground, which line is coloured dark blue (officially Corporate Blue)? 5. Pop musicians Hugh Cornwell, Pete Doherty, Boy George and George Michael, plus footballer George Best have all served part of their sentences in which Category B men's prison? 6. The infamous 1888 Jack the Ripper murders all took place in and around which district of east London?
7. ‘There's a new sensation. A fabulous creation. A danceable solution to teenage revolution’ are the opening lines of which Roxy Music song from their second album, For Your Pleasure? 8. What is the title of the British adult magazine for men that was launched by Fisk Publishing Ltd in 1966 and designed as a response to US magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse, which had recently launched in the UK? 9. What surname is shared by English journalist/television and radio presenter Jeremy, comedian Tim and TV sports presenter David? 10. Which dukedom was created by Queen Anne in 1702 for the noted military leader John Churchill (1650–1722)? Not a lot of people know that… originally known as Watling Street, the Old Kent Road was even mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Answers: 1. THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH, 2. MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB, 3. BOW STREET RUNNERS, 4. PICCADILLY LINE, 5. PENTONVILLE, 6. WHITECHAPEL, 7. DO THE STRAND, 8. MAYFAIR, 9. VINE, 10. DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
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 Spectator, 5 Dacha, 7 Rumba, 9 Leak, 10 Damsel, 12 Bishop, 13 Bans, 15 Aisle, 16 Inept, 18 Minuscule.
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 T) 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 30, MIN 22-S
TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 23-S
TODAY: MAX 22, MIN 14-SH
TODAY: MAX 35, MIN 19-S
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30 32 35 33 30 31
22 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 22 - S 22 - S
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31 28 30 29 29 28
22 - S 22 - S 23 - S 23 - S 22 - Cl 22 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
26 27 22 23 24 22
16 - Cl 18 - Cl 16 - Sh 15 - Sh 15 - Sh 16 - Cl
36 34 32 32 34 34
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
Mallorca
Barcelona
TODAY: MAX 30, MIN 23-S
TODAY: MAX 32, MIN 20-S
TODAY: MAX 28, MIN 22-S
S: Sun
23 - S 23 - S 24 - S 23 - S 22 - S 23 - S
30 31 33 31 29 29
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Cl: Clear
23 - S 24 - S 25 - S 24 - S 23 - Cl 23 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
32 33 32 31 32 32
C: Cloudy
21 - S 22 - S 22 - S 22 - S 21 - S 22 - S
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
27 29 29 28 27 28
JAVEA CALPE ALTEA BENIDORM
Benidorm
TODAY: MAX 31, MIN 23-S
31 32 34 31 30 31
DENIA
19 - S 18 - S 17 - S 17 - S 18 - S 17 - S
Alicante Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -
SATURDAY
22 - Sh 22 - S 21 - S 22 - S 21 - S 21 - 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.
the US, he studied at Georgetown University and Oxford and is married to Hillary Clinton who ran for president in 2016. • Robert Plant, Musician; August 20, 71 The lead singer and guitarist of Led Zeppelin was born in West Bromwich in England and he dropped out of training to become a chartered accountant to pursue music. He went on to have hits with Led Zeppelin including Stairway to Heaven and also had a successful solo career. • Robert Lewandowski, Footballer; August 21, 31 Lewandowski was named Polish Player of the Year in 2011 and in 2012 and joined German side Bayern Munich in 2014. Born in Warsaw, he played youth football for his home city’s Varsovia team aged nine.
Word Ladder COOL
WIND BACK
DVD
Brothers in arms
Move from the start word (COOL) to the end word (WIND) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
COOL FOOL FOOD FOND FIND WIND
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• Jennifer Lawrence, Actor; August 15, 29 the Lion in The Wizard of Oz aged 10 and Lawrence earned her first Academy Award for landed his first film role aged 20. Born in New nomination for her leading role in independent film York, he went on to win an Academy Award for Winter’s Bone and won the gong for Best Actress Best Actor for playing Jake LaMotta in the 1980 boxing film Raging Bull. for Silver Linings Playbook. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, she also featured in American Hustle. • Frances Bean Cobain, Artist; August 18, 27 Robert De Niro. • Madonna, Singer; August 16, 61 The daughter of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain and Born Madonna Ciccone in Bay City, Michigan in the US, rocker Courtney Love has modelled for Elle magazine and the Like A Virgin singer studied performing arts at Harper’s Bazaar including in one photo shoot where she wore her father’s clothes. Born in Los Angeles, she is also university before moving to New York to dance. She has sold more than 300 million albums and won a Golden a popular Instagram figure. Globe award for playing Eva Peron in Evita. • Bill Clinton, Politician; August 19, 73 • Robert De Niro, Actor; August 17, 76 Clinton was the 42nd president of the US and held office from 1993 to 2001. Born in Hope, Arkansas in The star of Taxi Driver and The Godfather Part II played
Solution COOL WOOL WOOD WOLD WILD WIND or
BIRTHDAYS
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This week in history
Quixotic journey SAM DUCHAMP spends his time writing spy stories, but they are very average. One day he creates a new character, Quichotte, a salesman obsessed with television who falls hopelessly in love with a TV star. Quichotte decides to take to the American road in search of his love. Joined by his imaginary son Sancho, he sets out to prove himself in the land of opportunity. Meanwhile, his creator DuChamp confronts an existential crisis in a society on the brink of moral and spiritual collapse. Quichotte is preoccupied by accomplishing brave deeds with a gallant flair, like a cowboy from the Old West. His creator has to confront towering challenges as he tries to make his way through a life which is increasingly becoming intertwined with his creation. Both quest for love in Salman Rushdie’s modern take on Don Quixote, Quichotte.
ALICANTE
ALICANTE
636 - Battle victory Soldiers from the Rashidun Caliphate led by Khalid ibn alWalid capture what is now Syria from the Byzantine Empire. It begins Muslim forces’ conquest of much of the Middle East and North Africa. 1237 - Region conquest The forces of James I of Aragon defeat those belonging to the Taifa of Valencia at the Battle of the Puig. The victory opens the way for the conquest of Valencia by the Christians from its Moorish rules. 1487 - Siege over Castillan and Aragonese armies capture Malaga after a five month siege. 1612 - On trial The trial of the Pendle witches, one of the most famous witch trials in English history, begins in the Lancaster Assizes. Of the nine women and two men on trial, 10 are found guilty and hanged. 1770 - Land claim Captain James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Britain. He names it New Wales but later changes it to New South Wales. 1930 - Cartoon first Fiddlesticks, the first colour cartoon with sound, is released by American animator Ub Iwerks. The artist would also cocreate the character Mickey Mouse with Walt Disney. 1945 - Book published George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm is published for the first time. 2010 - Operation over The last US combat troops leave Iraq, ending Operation Iraqi Freedom seven years after the US and Britain first invaded the country.
CRACK Wild West hitmen brothers Eli (John C Reilly) and Charlie (Joaquin Phoenix) Sisters have been tasked with killing gold prospector Hermann Warm in Oregon in the 1850s. They are in the pay of an enigmatic wealthy man known only as the Commodore who claims Warm stole from him. But Eli has his doubts. He thinks it is suspicious that anyone would steal from someone so dangerous but Charlie disagrees. They are racing against another Commodore employee, the scout Morris, who has other ideas in The Sisters Brothers.
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JORIS PLU SOME days ago, I had a fantastic meal with a very good friend of mine. We were talking for hours. There was a lot to say, to discover. At a certain moment we were talking about when and if people who were really in trouble would ask for help. If it would bring people closer to each other. Something that looks so simple and easy but which is for many of us so hard to do. We are not brought up like this. Or, we have to solve our own problems. And so many more answers. And to a certain extent this is true. We need to sort out our own life and work. But on the other hand there are circumstances where someone really needs help. This can be when one is moving from one house to another and in desperate need of helping hands. Or it could be about mental guidance, financial help, etcetera. We all need to find out our ourselves where the limit is, when to ask
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Asking for help brings people closer or not to ask for any help in our life. The question we asked ourselves was if this would really bring people closer. The answer which may of course differ from your own way of thinking was yes. It will bring people closer. There is an extra human bonding between two or more people at the moment of giving and receiving help. People who have been afraid to ask for help and have done it anyway say afterwards that most of the time they are very surprised the other person was so kind and so happy they could be of help. It involved, for both parties, a wonderful feeling. So yes, asking for help brings people closer. We humans have it in us. We want to help others. This is being human. It is part of who we are. Having compassion, wanting to help others is for
HELPING OTHERS: Is perfectly normal.
the biggest part of us as normal as eating and sleeping. So next time you really need help just ask for it. And next time someone asks you for help just give it. With all of your heart. We need to help others, help them to grow, to stay healthy etcetera. Not only asking for help but also giving help will bring people closer. Much closer than you might think. Just try it out if you are not already doing so. Asking for help does not mean you are a failure. It simply means you are just one of those humans who needs help at that certain moment in life. That you are taking care of yourself. And there is completely nothing wrong with it. Just love helping people, animals, nature‌ whatever needs help.
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Ready, steady, go!
RUNNING: Get fit and have fun.
RUNNING is free, you can do it a nyw he re , it burns more calories than any other mainstream exercise and it c a n re duc e your ris k of long-term illnesses, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. It can also boost your mood and keep your weight under control. O ka y, you ha ve bought those new trainers and are ke e n to ge t out for a nic e jog, but here are some top tips for beginners. It re a lly he lps to ha ve s ome one a bout the s a me level of ability as you to run with. You’ll encourage each othe r w he n you’re not s o keen to run. You’ll feel that you do not want to let your
running partner down, and this will help motivate you. Firstly, to avoid getting a stitch do not eat anything solid about two hours before your run and only drink in small quantities. Many muscle-related injuries are caused by people failing to warm up before exercise. Start each run with a gentle warm-up of at least five minutes. This can incl ude qui ck wal ki ng, marching on the spot, knee l i f t s, si de st eppi ng and climbing stairs. Start running at a moderat e pace, wher e you can easily hold a conversation) and then try to relax whilst you run. Tr y t o t ake shor t , easy steps, which are more effect i ve t han l ong, power f ul strides that act as a brake, slowing your forward momentum with every footfall. Keep your arms in tight, for
a really economical use of your energy. Initially, you should alternate between two minutes of jogging and two minutes of walking. Increase your r unni ng i nt er val s by one m i nut e per wor kout unt i l you can run the entire distance in one, without having to walk. Schedule your training so you run one day and rest the next. This simple training plan can help you achieve the greatest training effect and avoid overuse injuries. When you f i ni sh your r un, gi ve your sel f a f ew minutes to cool down after each run by walking and doing a few stretches. Keep your running interest i ng by addi ng var i et y. Runni ng t he sam e r out e over and over again can become boring. Vary your distances, pace and routes. Have fun.
Young and beautiful eyes TAKING care of your eyes and what surrounds them is vital to any beauty regime. Here are some suggestions to help keep your eyes looking wonderful. • Retinol One of the goals of cosmetics is to provide collagen. This improves skin hydration, which smooths the skin and can help
to make the eyes look younger. • Hyaluronic acid Hyaluronic acid supplements can help your skin look and feel more supple by aiding the skin to retain moisture. Effective for the area around the eyes. • Under eye masks These little gel pads offer cooling, calming relief to decrease puffy eyes. • Chill out with a cucumber Can help reduce puffy eyes and get rid of dark circles. • Get your beauty sleep A good night’s sleep helps you look and feel at your best. • Always wear your sun protection Use broad spectrum SPF protection of at least SPF35, preferably SPR50 on your face, even on cloudy days.
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Senior exercise W E a r e a l l g e t t i n g o l d e r, by the minute. So here we look at some less aggressive and lower impact ways of getting fit, no matter how young you are. • Walking Walking works the cardiovascular system and burns calories. To get your heart rate up, walk faster than a stroll. Picking up the pace can increase the intensity of your workouts. Add short bursts of speed or walk up an occasional steep hill. • Dancing One of the best things about dancing is that while you're having fun you can meet new people and build a superb social life. • Cycling Cycling is an aerobic
exercise that works your lower body and cardiovascular system. Start slowly and increase the length of your cycling sessions gradually. • Swimming Swimming a few lengths involves most of the muscle groups, and you’ll get a good aerobic workout if you increase the pace. • Nordic walking Nordic walking is a fullbody exercise that’s easy on the joints and suitable for all ages and fitness l e v e l s . I t ’s a s u i t a b l e a c tivity for people with joint conditions or those who may be carrying some extra body weight. • Yoga Yoga can improve both your physical fitness and
NO LIMITS: Get fit at any age. your general well-being through a series of posture and breathing exercises. Regular yoga practice helps develop strength, balance and flexibility. • Tai chi This ancient Chinese art promotes mental and physical well-being. Movements are generally slow
and controlled. This means you won’t improve your cardiovascular fitness or get a calorie-burning workout, but it does improve strength, flexibility and balance. • Pilates Pilates focuses on rebalancing the body and improving posture through
s l o w, c o n t r o l l e d m o v e ments and exercises. Regular practice can help you improve muscle strength and your overall sense of well-being. It can be really good for people who can¡t jump around too much. • Bowls You can enjoy bowls at
any age and with no experience. Although not the most energetic of games, bowls is good for posture, f l e x i b i l i t y, b a l a n c e a n d hand-eye coordination. • Gardening What better way to get fit and to achieve something beautiful at the same time.
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Weakness, exhaustion, vertigo and headaches, main consequences of this heatwave Specialists recommend not engaging in outdoor sports at high temperatures, as well as hydrating regularly, and paying special attention to children and older people. AS the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología [State Meteorology Agency] reported, a heatwave is expected this weekend in the Valencian Community and Murcia, during which daytime temperatures will peak above 40 degrees, with tropical nights. Among the most common disorders we can face, if we don’t take the necessary precautions when dealing with high temperatures, according to the specialists at Quirónsalud, the most noteworthy are weakness, a state of confusion, vertigo, headache, exhaustion, and a feeling of nausea accompanied by anxiety and sweating. Doctor Fulgencio Molina, Head of the Accident & Emergency Service at Hospital
Quirónsalud Murcia warns about the dangers faced by people who perform any type of intense physical activity when the air temperature is too high, even young and healthy people; especially if they practise any type of sport, high temperatures make them more susceptible to suffering any type of injury. According to Doctor Molina, “feeling cramps when performing physical exertion is a sign that tells us that we could be about to suffer a heat-related injury. Intermittent muscle cramps may be experienced in the limbs when engaging in sports.” These cramps are often related to accelerated breathing during exercise, as well as the amount of salts that are lost through sweat.
Another of the large risk groups are older people, especially if they suffer from high blood pressure. As José Luis Lasaga, Coordinator of the Accident & Emergency Service at Quirónsalud Alicante, explains, “one type of medication used to treat high blood pressure are diuretics, which, together with the high environmental temperatures, make a patient lose more liquids, due to which it is vitally important for these patients to drink more fluids than they usually do.” Doctor Mayte Resta, Head of the Accident & Emergency Service at Quirónsalud Valencia, recommends, “not engaging in sports exposed to high temperatures, and hydrating well before, during and after physical exer-
cise. In the case of older people, a group more vulnerable to dehydration, they must remain in a well-ventilated environment away from sun exposure, and maintain adequate levels of hydration; even if you don’t feel thirsty, you must drink water and offer them fluids regularly, even if they don’t feel like drinking.” And finally, with children, we have to take extra precautions; a child can become dehydrated even if we think they’re protected by shade, for example, on a beach under an umbrella. We must also look out for changes in behaviour, from irritable crying to lethargy, and regularly offer them water, even if they do not feel thirsty.
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THE TV presenter took her sons on a sightseeing and active tour around the Sierra de Grazalema area of Spain during a family holiday last week. Instagram shots of the 42year-old show her having fun with her two boys, visiting the Arcos de la Frontera Cathedral and playing in the Grazalema lagoon. Kirsty is trying to keep active after revealing during an interview that she ‘hit rock bottom’
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Kirsty recharges battery
BREAK: Kirsty Gallacher enjoys a family holiday in Spain.
after a painful split with ex husband, rugby player Paul Sampson. She turned to brother-in-law, comedian Russell Brand, to offer her guidance to help her through the ‘grief, trauma and abandonment issues’ she suffered. Kirsty and former rugby player Paul Sampson, 42, parted ways in 2015 after five years of marriage and continue to raise their two children.
Jenni Falconer wows in Marbella HEART FM radio presenter and TV personality Jenni Falconer took to Instagram to show off snaps of her family holiday in Marbella. The Scottish presenter has littered her Instagram profile with photos of her and her family on holiday in the Mediterranean sun. She showed photos of her trim figure, along with make-up free snaps of her during her morning run. She is currently on holiday with her husband James Midgley and their CREDIT: Instagram @jennifalconer eight-year-old daughter Ella. The pair married back HOLIDAY: Jenni with James and Ella. in 2010 and welcomed Ella to the world in 2011.
J-Lo draws a crowd in Malaga THE global superstar Jennifer Lopez enjoyed the Malaga sunshine as she prepared for her latest performance in her ‘It’s My Party’ tour. The American singer has been working out more than ever in preparation for her tour, which originally started in North America, before coming to Europe. She took to the stage in Malaga on Thursday, wowing the crowds with an incredible performance, after spending time in the sun with her son by her side. Her new fiance, athlete Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, has been supporting her all the way, posting sentimental snaps
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SUPERSTAR: J-Lo enjoying the Malaga sunshine before her latest performance. of her while she is away. In total she has performed over 50 shows so far in her latest tour, including a controversial concert in the Israel capital of Tel Aviv.
Before the show she was accused of taking sides in the Middle East conflict and of ignoring Palestine, which drew condemnation from some pro-Palestinian activist groups.
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Albatera: Thursday, 9am to 2pm; Calle Mayor - general market with around 40 stalls Algorfa: Wednesday, 8am to 1pm; Calle Fernando de Rojas - general market with around 10 stalls Benijofar: Tuesday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Corazon de Jesus - general market with around 20 stalls Cartagena (Los Dolores): Thursday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Conesa Caldron - general market with around 120 stalls Cartagena (Urbanizacion Mediterraneo): Friday, 8.30am to 1.30pm; Calle Sierra de Cazorla - year round general market selling fruits, clothes and home equipment from around 160 stalls Cartagena Cenit: Wednesday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Ribera de San Javier - huge general market where you can buy flowers, clothes, decorations and food from 282 stalls Cartagena (Barrio Peral): Monday, 8am to 2pm; general market with about 90 stalls selling tools, pharmaceuticals and vegetables Ciudad Quesada: Friday, Midday; Avenida de Quesada Por La Paz - big general market with 60 stalls Gran Alacant: Thursday and Sunday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Escandinavia - large general market with 130 stalls selling everything from clothes to food Guardamar del Segura: Wednesday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Ingeniero Mira/San Emigdio large general market with 335 stalls spread out over the town selling everything from clothes to food Guardamar (Campico): Sunday, 9am to 2pm; Carretera CV-895 - antiques, second hand items and general market sometimes displaying 500 stalls Hondon Valley: Thursday, 8am to 1pm; Calle Azorin - small year round general market with around five stalls La Manga: Every day during summer, 5pm to 2am; Plaza Bohemia - runs from June until September 15 , there are ceramics, decoration and artisanal products on offer La Mata: Friday; Eras del Cerro - general market with around 180 stalls La Romana:Saturday, 8am to 1pm; Calle de la Fuente - year round market with 48 stalls Lorca: Thursday; Calle Santa Quiteria General market with 250 stalls Lorca (Antiguedades): Second Sunday of the month, 10am to 2pm; Plaza de EspaĂąa second-hand items and antiques Los Alcazares: Tuesday; Calle Catalanes general market
Los Montesinos: Friday, 3pm to 8pm; Calle de los Santos Medicos - year round general market with 50 stalls Mazarron (Camposol): Thursday, 9am to 2pm; Avenida del Saladillo - general market with 125 stalls Mazarron (Puerto de Mazarron): Second Saturday of the month, 10am to 2pm; Paseo Maritimo - artisanal and second hand products on offer Murcia: Thursday; Calle Auditorium general market with 163 stalls Murcia (Alhama): Tuesday; Avenida Juan Carlos I - general market Murcia (Javali Nuevo): Friday; Calle Real general market with 63 stalls Murcia (Corvera): Sunday, 9am to 2pm; Calle San Carlos I - general market with 30 stalls NB Murcia has many other markets throughout the year Pilar de la Horadada: Friday, 8am to 2pm; Calle Isla - general market with 135 stalls Pinoso: Saturday, 8am to 1pm; Plaza de Colon - year round general market with 48 stalls Rojales: Thursday, 8am to 1pm; Avenida Justo Quesada - year round general market with 130 stalls San Javier: Thursday; Calle Cartagena General market San Miguel de Salinas: Wednesday, 8am to 1pm; Calle Juan XXIII - Year round general market with 165 stalls San Pedro del Pinatar: Monday; Calle Victor Pradera - General market Santa Pola: Monday and Saturday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida de Albacete - Large year round general market with 440 stalls specialising in food and clothes Torre de la Horadada: Tuesday, 4pm to 10pm; Calle Alcarria/Calle Italia - Summer only general market with 265 stalls Torre Pacheco: Saturday; Avenida Fontes General market Torrevieja: Friday, 8am to 2pm; Avenida Delfina Viudes - General market with over 500 stalls selling everything from artisanal products to groceries Torrevieja (Hippies): Every day, 10am to 10pm; Paseo de la Libertad - Old artisanal market with around 300 stalls Villamartin: Every other Monday, 9am to 2pm; Calle del Guadalquivir - General market
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ARA MALIKIAN: A performance to remember.
A unique violinist ALMOST permanently on tour, Spanish/Lebanese violinist Ara Malikian returns to the Costa Blanca to play his hugely popular, yet culturally diverse blend of mus ic as p a r t o f h i s R o y a l Garage World Tour. He can’t be pigeonholed as his musical tastes range from Classical to Flamenco through to Rock and he has performed with numerous international orchestras and
names including Sting. This tour is all about the violinist’s relationship with g ara g es w h ich s ta rte d in Beirut shortly after the outbreak of civil war when his father put together an impromptu band as they tried to p la y th e mu s ic o f t he Rolling Stones. S in c e th e n h e h a s trave lle d th e w o rld an d his show includes influences from all of the places that
he has visited with an unde rlying the me of e a rly punk w ith the s o-c a lle d ‘garage bands.’ Ara Malikian will appear at the Teatro Principal de Alicante on September 18 and 19 with tickets costing from €32 to €67 and then at the Artillery Barracks in M urc ia on Se pte mbe r 21 and tickets for this performa nc e pric e d a t €40 to €65.
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PER POC: Committed to the classics. AN ideal introduction for children to both classical music and the works of Shakespeare will be performed at the Victor Villegas Auditorium in Murcia capital at noon on September 22. The music which is by Sergei Prokofiev will be played by the Murcia Symphony Orchestra and the story of Romeo and Juliet will be told with giant puppets controlled
by the experienced hands of Per Poc Puppet Company. Even though the play will be conducted in Spanish, the music and the actions of the experienced puppeteers will bring the whole tragedy to life so that this should be a great introduction for youngsters of all ages. Tickets for the show are €10 per person.
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Coppola Hills Ristorante Italiano THE 40-year-old family-run retaurat Coppola Hills is making a statement in the Benijofar and Roja l e s a r e a wi t h t h e ir h o me made Italian cuisine. They have been open since April and have already been handed the award for the Best Italian Restaurant in Guardamar, a title w hic h t h e y c a n add t o t h e i r l o n g list of success stories a l l t h e wa y down from Ireland to Italy. It i s p l a i n t o se e why the number one Italian restaurant business o n Tr i p Ad v i so r over the last two years has received so much acclaim. The recipes for the t r a d i t i o n a l Na p le s style cuisine which were passe d d o wn b y ma ma A nto i n e t t e C o p p o la o v e r th e years have been combined with
THE BEST: The Coppola family receives the Big Radio 1 award for distinguished food. the expertise of Sicilian chefs to bring together incredible flavours from central to
southern Italy. Customers have referred to Coppola cuisine as
‘impeccable,’ the service ‘first class’ and the portions ‘generous.’ Tony r epr esent s t he second generation of Coppolas and he has brought Italy to the Costa Calida. His children are now distinguished chefs too, Roberto, Cristian and Deborah will make sure that the Coppola style continue s to r ei ncar nat e i t sel f through the years. The menu offers a wide selection of home-made pastas, pizzas, tagliatelle and gnocchi that are delicately forged in a stone oven. On the brasa there is fresh lobster on offer as well as a variety of meat and fish cooked to perfection on the grill. The menu de la noche is a three-course meal that Tony highly recommends on the first visit to get an idea of the vibrant mix of flavours available. The restaurant is located at the top of a tranquil hill which is the perfect setting to enjoy some Ital-
ian delicacies. Higher up than the bustling restaurant chains, the smell of the Coppola Hills Ristorante passes down as far as the plains and the view from the top of the hill is quite enchanting. Inside the restaurant there is a cosy two-storey open plan set up, whi l st out si de t her e ar e seat s spilling out into the street. The Coppola family have grand plans for the future as they are currently expanding the restaurant to the next door buildings which they also own. By the New Year the restaurant will have tripled in size, allowing space for an impressive new bar and more stylish decor. Find Coppola Hills on Facebook and Instagram with the handle @coppolahills to read more glimmering reviews or call them on 865 524 458 to book. They are at Calle Agata, 1 Rojales just before the roundabout.
Food and drink WORK has now been completed in the area of the Plaza de la Constitućion in Guardamar del Segura so that the annual four-day special market fair can start tonight (Thursday, August 15). Special stalls have been erected and more than 20 businesses will share their wares with visitors with every night seeing a different event, many of which revolve around food and drink. There will be special cooking demonstrations, with some samples to try, a beer festival and a wine festival as well as live music on Thursday and Sunday nights. Many of the activities are free, but those that involve alcohol will be charged for.
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Amaral will tour Spain ALTHOUGH they have appeared at the odd festival, it is two y e a r s si n c e m u ltimillion album sellers, the Spanish band Amaral have been o n t o u r, b u t t h i s is about to change. To coincide with the release of their eighth studio album, Sa l t o Al C o l o r in September, they are starting a natio n wi d e t o u r wh ich will see them play just one concert in the whole of Valencia Province at the Alicante Bullring on Saturday October 26. Former drummer and now singer Eva Amaral and guitarist Juan Aguirre met in 1992 in Zaragoza and soon after this meeting formed the band that went on to become o n e o f t h e b i gg e s t selling groups in Spain with their unusual mix of pop, rock and folk music. They are not a traditional pop band and their performances are known for being quite wild and can last for more than two hours which
ORIGIN: The album and the tour.
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AMARAL: Off stage and at the GREFA Foundation. is why they have won MTV and other awards for their work. The pair are the mainstay
of the ba nd a nd s urround themselves with different musicians for each of their tours.
Tickets for the Alicante City concert cost from €26 to €29 and can be ordered online now.
Opera screenings ALTHOUGH opera lovers may argue that the best performances come from Paris, Milan or Vienna, there is no question that the Royal Opera House in London is very near the top. To attend a concert can be very expensive
LIVE OPERA: A scene from Don Giovanni.
with tickets costing up to £190 (€205) plus of course the cost of travel and accommodation if flying from the Costa Blanca, but there is another much easier and cheaper option. The appropriately named Teatro Wagner in
Aspe will be screening two operas live from the Royal Opera House during October. First will be Don Giovanni by Mozart which will start at 7.45pm on October 8 and then Don Pasquale by Donizetti which starts at 8.30pm on October 24.
THE success of the Spice Girls has meant that sassy all girl pop groups have becoming increasingly popular around the world and for Spain, the trio that is Sweet California has been very successful. Mixing pop with Afro Beat and some Urban sounds, they spent nearly two years on the road promoting their last album and now with the release of their fourth studio recording, Origin, the girls are back touring Spain again. They will appear at the El Batel Auditorium in Cartagena at 8.30pm on October 5 with tickets costing from €20 to €36 with tickets available online.
PROPERTY JUST because a property is on the smallish side doesn’t mean it can’t be a comfortable home. If space is tight there are a variety of tactics for maximising space, making a house or apartment feel bigger than it actually is. One way to make smart use of available space is multipurpose stuff. Instead of a coffee or a side table have a trunk or chest. Sit on a storage ottoman rather than a chair. You can put things on them, you can put things in them, and trunks, chests and ottomans make attractive and interesting interior features. Opt for single kitchen items with various potential uses rather than entire sets. Maybe you only use one or two pots and pans regularly, and have others that rarely, if ever, see the light of day. Foldable items can be handy if you don’t have much home space to play with. Chairs which fold up are one example, sofa-beds are another. You can also get foldable or pull-out ta-
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and ornaments, overdoing it in a diminutive home can make it feel cramped. Consider putting out just a selection of favourites or statement pieces and storing away the rest, then rotating them every so often so different items get a turn and rooms regularly get a fresh look. Doing away with internal doors which are never or rarely closed is another way of opening up a small property. Widening the doorway or entry into the room will create an even greater sense of space. Plenty of natural light can create an illusion an area is bigger. Leave blinds up and curtains open to let as much natural light as possible flow into rooms. If you want some privacy, thinner, pale-coloured curtains will give you that while still allowing sunlight to filter through and brighten up a room. The same illusion can be created by sticking to light, solid colours on walls. Mirrors are another way of tricking the eye into making rooms seem a bit bigger than they actually are.
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Madeira my dear THEY have a saying to describe the roads in Madeira: ‘If it’s not going up, it’s going down and if it’s not turning left, it’s turning right.’ For Madeira is a mountainous island in the Atlantic and the roads around the island are somewhat dramatic. However, the views, the fauna and the flora are phenomenal. Words cannot adequately describe the vistas that you encounter from virtually every one of the many bends in the roads. This island is an autonomous region of Portugal, as such, its official language is Portuguese and the cuisine is heavily influenced by the mainland. Down in the capital, Funchal, Madeira retains an air of
timeless grace, even when the population is boosted by the arrival of cruise ships in the harbour. One of the must do’s for anyone coming to this island is to have afternoon tea at Reid’s. Now called Belmond Reid’s Hotel, the hotel is somewhat grander on the interior than the exterior. The tea, sandwiches, scones and cakes are served in that timeless English way, with aplomb and style. Of course, there is the famous toboggan run. Passengers sit in a sleigh like toboggan, made of wicker, with two ‘pilots’ (who are always in white with a boater hat) at the rear. After their initial run to get you moving, you then hurtle down
LETTERS FROM CANARIES By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com WHILST summer temperatures down here on the islands are normal, we’re still being bombarded with very high UV rays. It’s dropped to nine today, a small mercy but an improvement on the 12 and 13 we’ve had over the last month or so. Here’s the UV risk scale: 0-2, no danger; 3-5, little risk of unprotected exposure to the sun; 6-7, high risk; 8-10, very high risk and 11+, which has been the case for some time, extremely high risk. It feels a bit like being microwaved. The beaches, nevertheless, are full of sunbathing tourists, although locals lurk in the shade whenever possible. No warnings are offered to visitors. Nothing on news or weather forecasts, so as not to disturb the tourism=money status quo, but if you’re coming to the Canaries, or in fact going anywhere, be warned: check the UV count. Ask Aussies about what happens when a Caucasian population carries on regardless under a hole in the ozone layer. Although this is just one of many climate peculiarities being experienced all over the planet, affecting global warming believers and non-believers indiscriminately, our high UV is unusual. The UK and Northern Europe are sweating in unprecedented temper-
INLAND MADEIRA: Retains an air of timeless grace.
the narrow streets of this town towards the coast. You are advised to have your tea at Reid’s after this and not before. Madeira is also famous as the home town of Christiano Ronaldo and you might see the odd reference to him on the island (like the fact that they have named the main airport Christiano Ronaldo Airport). Madeira is also famous for its wines and there are many traditional bodegas, where you can taste the distinct fortified wines, which
range from dry to sweet. Madeira is situated in the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the Canaries so has a very soft climate, with an average temperature of about 19 degrees, but with comparatively little variation between summer and winter (the average temperatures vary between 16 and 23 degrees), though it does have a fair amount of rainfall throughout the winter months. As befits an island, where 20 per cent of its GDP is tourism, there are
numerous hotels around the coast, though do not expect a Benidorm or Ayia Napa style nightlife, the island is more geared to a more genteel and relaxing holiday, Indeed you may want to consider staying in one of the Quintas da Madeira, which are a series of old manor houses, scattered along the south coast, which have been converted to luxurious and beautiful hotels often set in the lush and green countryside.
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BEACH PARTY: Combined music with safety information. atures, but even at 39º, the UV’s still a safe 3-5. As we languish, preferrably under big trees, there’s plenty of time for tertulias about the post election political circus, notable here because the local Coalición Canaria party has lost its decadesold hold on the Canarian Autonomous Government to PSOE, the Spanish socialist party. Our new president is Ángel Victor Torres, whose investiture was livened up by his four-year-old son shouting ‘Papi’ - at which parliament erupted in applause - as he became president. See: https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/na
cional/papi-papi-el-hijo-pequeno-del-nuevopresidente-de-canarias-se-cuela-en-plena-sesion-de-investidura_201907125d28b8650 cf24fa103c22e96.html, courtesy of La Sexta. ‘He seems an ok bloke,’ say the sages in the shade. We shall see. At this no-news time of year, I often get concerned calls about a bit of La Palma dropping off, plunging into the sea and causing the mother of all tsunamis, which will obliterate New York, indeed the entire US eastern seaboard, and may cause trouble here. Thrill to http://www.exitmundi.nl/tsunami.htm
Got a wall for that, Trump?! And here’s a selection of Canarian news bites: Lanzarote’s grape harvest is 50 per cent down on last year’s bumper 3.7 million kilos. We’re talking Malvasia wine, beloved of Shakespeare. Mysteriously, a second dead cow has been found floating off the coast ‘in an advanced state of decomposition.’ No connection between these two news items, as far as we know. Fred Olsen Ferries celebrate 30 years of service between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where Beach Party Caleta de Fuste combined music with safety info on the Canaries 1,500 km coastline. Another bash, the Isla Bonita Love Festival in La Palma, was a resounding success: professional, well-organised, free and good fun. See, courtesy of El Apurón: https://elapuron.com/noti cias/sociedad/129936/isla-bonita-love-festival2019-official-aftermovie/ More ferry news,(ferries are important to islands): the Volcán de Tagoro, a new state of the art Naviera Armas boat, built by Incat, is on its way to the Canaries from Tasmania. With luck, I’ll enjoy it on my forthcoming August tour of the islands, a last fling on my soon-to-be-Brexited 75 per cent EU resident travel discount, sleeping in my ancient Nissan Patrol, discovering new places, great nature and nice people while I can still afford it. Watch this space.
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HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegaba ja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at of fice@helpvegabaja.com. We also have a 24-hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and nonmembers on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7 o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request. Please join us and make new friends, a warm welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker
Foundation spiritual centre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665. Email, schugy54@gmail.com (95458) PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required, please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) Torrevieja Christian Fellowship (TCF) There will be no Wednesday Fellowship Meeting(Bible Study) until further notice and we are no longer at Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas. For the next two months we will be holding our Sunday morning service at 10.30 a.m. in the El Nacional restaurant which is in Punta Prima on the N332. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. For further information see our website www.tcf-Spain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANC A B R A N C H . Fo r m e r & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Fo r c e s a r e w e l c o m e t o join this convivial & friendly organisation,
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CLASSIFIEDS INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.00 a.m; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m. House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 /617 215 463 www.icatorre vieja.org (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664 FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee. Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesada@yahoo.co .uk (95477)
www.euroweeklynews.com ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca. The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association, which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafa.org.uk/cos ta-blanca (238593) THE PATIENCE LODGE No 2177 of the R.A.O.B meets every Sunday morning at the Sacko´s Bar, El Limonar near Las Siesta at 10am. We are always looking for new and lapsed members to join us. Please call Secretary Dave Tonge on 688 704 091 for further information. (253807) CHURCH SERVICE IN ENGLISH EVERY SUNDAY AT 10.30am. Everyone welcome at Turre Evangelical Church next to Muebles Nuñez just across form the vet. Tea, coffee and fellowship after every service.
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www.euroweeklynews.com MOTORING FACT BMW is bringing the four-door coupe concept that has already enjoyed great success in higher vehicle classes into the premium compact segment, with the BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, which will premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2019. Backed up by innovative control/ operation and connectivity technology, excellent everyday usability and exceptional dynamic capability. This show-stealing spin-off from the classical sedan format is underpinned by BMW’s front-wheel-drive architecture and shares an array of technological developments with the recently unveiled new BMW 1 Series. One feature of the new car’s technical armoury is the ARB (near-actuator wheel slip limitation). ARB uses a slip controller positioned directly in the engine control unit rather than in the control unit for the DSC (Dynamic Stability Control) system. Eliminating long signal paths means that information is relayed three times quicker, while the driver perceives wheel slip being brought under control up to 10 times faster. This innovative traction
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control technology teams up with the likewise standard BMW Performance Control (yaw moment distribution) to deliver a direct and intense driving experience with both front-wheel drive and the BMW xDrive intelligent all-wheel-drive of the BMW M235i xDrive. The sporty range-topping model is fitted with the most powerful fourcylinder engine in the BMW Group line-up, producing 225 kW (306 hp). Flamboyant lines and state-of-
the-art connectivity. The first-ever BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe has elegant and sporty and extrovert lines with cutting-edge connectivity and generous levels of spaciousness. It, therefore, has all the ingredients to fuel the enthusiasm of new, design-led customers. The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe has been conceived as a global offering and represents an appealing addition to the model line-up, in particular in markets where the sedan body style enjoys strong popularity.
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ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher LARGE MPV models have great appeal for families who need space for children and lots of luggage, so day-to-day practicality and versatility are key factors - and so is price. Some of the larger MPVs can cost well over €30,000
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Opel Combo Life but for buyers on a budget, the Opel Combo Life is a smart alternative. Made by Opel and Vauxhall - both now part of the giant French PSA Group the Combo Life can seat seven on three rows of seats and still have substantial load space in the boot, with prices starting at €22,485 (£20,135). It has to be said that the Combo Life isn’t the most stylish in the class - it was designed as a van rather than specifically as an MPV - but it more than atones with its value for money and its surprisingly pleasant driving dynamics. There are petrol and diesel engines, manual and auto gearboxes and the option of five or seven seats. My test version was a seven-seat model with a perky and economical 1.2 litre 110 hp turbopetrol unit and six-speed manual gears. With all seats in use, there is still a substantial 806 litres of load space and with all seats folded down, there is an amaz-
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Facts at a glance Model: Opel Combo Life Energy XL Engine: 1.2 litre turbo-petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 12 seconds, top speed 175 kph (109 mph) Economy: 15 kpl (42.4 mpg) Emissions: 125 g/km
Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
ing 2,693 litres! In Energy XL trim, this version is €26,031 (£22,310) and highlights include touchscreen infotainment system with digital radio, Bluetooth, audio streaming, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and mobile phone portal, front and rear parking sensors, and auto lights and wipers. You also get
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very versatile seating - they can slide, fold flat and the rear two are removable - and there are also two drop-down tables. Safety features include auto emergency braking with pedestrian detection, forward collision alert, lane departure warning, driver drowsiness system and cruise control with speed limiter. The dashboard is well laid out for ease of use and trim materials are good quality giving the cabin a carlike ambiance despite its van origin. On the move, the Combo Life is quiet and responsive, with sharp accurate steering, slick manual gearshift, comfortable ride quality and great all-round visibility which gives a commanding sense of control. The 0-100 kph time is 12.0 seconds, top speed 175 kph (109 mph). Emissions are 125 g/km and fuel economy good at 15 kpl (42.4 mpg). The Combo Life is ideal for busy daily family life, weekends away and holidays and offers real value for money in the MPV sector.
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Alejandra Salazar and Ariana Sánchez won the final of the Mijas Open World Padel Tour tournament in La Cala de Mijas (Malaga). The World Number Two ranked team beat Paula Josemaría Ana Catarina Nogueira 6-3, 6-4.
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MotoGP thriller in Austria By Dilip Kuner MARC MARQUEZ may have been setting records recently, but Ducati have sent a reminder that they too are proud of their past. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) took a thrilling last corner win in Austria to keep up their 100 per cent success rate at the Red Bull Ring. He passed Marquez (Repsol Honda team) to sweep to victory in a race that could not have been closer as the two MotoGP greats treated the crowds to a sensational race at the myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich. New kid on the block Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) took third in a breathless race that saw Britain’s Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) crash out of contention early on. He hit the back of Tito Rabat’s Reale Avinita Racing Ducati on turn
three of lap two after the Spaniard had to take avoiding action to avoid Pol Espargaro’s (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) bike. Marquez on pole and Dovizioso made superb starts and reached turn one in first and second. There was nothing to choose between the two, neither willing to give an inch. But they were perhaps too intent on their own race at this stage and mistakes into turn three allowed Quartararo to take the lead, with Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) and Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins getting by Marquez and Dovizioso on the exit. Dovi then got by Marquez into turn four on the opening lap as the polesitter was demoted to P5. Meanwhile, Quartararo was getting the hammer down as the rookie took a 0.5 lead into lap two. However, Dovizioso and Marquez have too much talent to stay down the
field, and they both started to recover from their opening lap. Dovi was shortly back up to second, with Miller in third holding off Marquez. Just behind was the fast-starting Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), having climbed to fifth from P10. Marquez soon got past Miller, then Dovi and Marquez blasted past Quartararo on lap seven. They gradually pulled out a lead, but there was nothing between the two. Marquez got past Dovi with three laps to go, but could not pull clear. It was nip and tuck until the final corner when Dovi reclaimed first place and took the chequered flag. Dovi said: “This victory was really important for me. At the end of the race I had good grip on the tyre and this allowed me to attempt that incredible overtaking at the final corner.”
LAST CORNER: Dovizioso (number four) got past Marquez on the last corner.
Mas for Movistar MALLORCAN cyclist Enric Mas has signed with the Movistar Team for three seasons. Mas, 24, who competed in this year’s Tour de France for the first time, comes from the Belgian team Deceuninck-Quick Step. The Spaniard excelled in the French competition, where he held the white jersey as leader of the Youth classification for a while,
finally finishing third in the category. A native of Artá, Mas finished second in the Vuelta a España in 2018, which is the greatest achievement of his career to date, where he also won one of the stages. Mas trained in the ranks of the Contador Foundation until 2015 when he moved to the Deceuninck-Quick Step.
WINS AGAIN: Iballa Moreno won for the fourth year running.
Windy in Tenerife SPANIARD Iballa Moreno has taken the women’s title at the Tenerife PWA World Cup wind surfing championships. Her consistent performances saw her lift the trophy for the fourth consecutive year. Justyna Sniady proved that her first podium in Gran Canaria last month was a sign of things to come as the Pole
grabbed another podium position. Sniady got the better of Sarah-Quita Offringa for the second time this season as she defeated the Aruban in the semifinals. Sniady couldn’t find the jump she needed in the final to rival Iballa, but two second placed finishes in a row means
she is leading the world tour series. In the men’s competition, Australian Jaeger Stone beat world champion Victor Fernandez to become the first sailor, other than Fernandez or Philip Köster to win the Tenerife PWA World Cup since 2011. It was also his first win on the world tour.
SIGNED UP: Enric Mas has joined the Movistar team.