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Turtle rescued from tangle A LOGGERHEAD turtle is recovering at an Equinac marine life rescue association centre after a Garrucha jet-ski company came across the creature tangled up in discarded fishing nets on Sunday afternoon. It had fishing line tightly wrapped round its front right fin, which was severely inflamed. With the help of Guardia Civil, Mojacar-based British Equinac volunteers Alex Lawson and Adele Land and fellow volunteer Tony Navarro from a local diving business got the large loggerhead into a vehicle at Garrucha port and to the dive centre for an initial assessment. Adele and Alex then recruited friends Clare Flatters Cooper and Tony Cooper to drive the turtle to Almeria in their larger vehicle, where they were met by more volunteers who took it to the Equinac centre in Almeriamar. “We were delighted to be
CREDIT: Equinac Facebook page @asociacionequinac.org
EASY DOES IT: Aquamund was transferred from Garrucha to the Equinac centre in Almerimar, where it is receiving treatment for its injured fin (inset).
able to attend a live animal as sadly many of our callouts are related to deceased dolphins and turtles,” Adele told the Euro Weekly News. Equinac posted heartfelt thanks on social media to everyone involved in the res-
cue effort of Aquamund, as the association has named the turtle, and particularly to the jet-ski company’s Javier Martinez Ubeda, commenting had it not been for him saving the creature it would have lost its fin and probably died from starvation. But Equinac also expressed its frustration that incidents like this happen at all. “We are tired of seeing how the marine environment continues to be damaged, how mortal traps are still being left for marine fauna,” the association commented.
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City packed HOTEL occupation in Almeria during last week’s festival averaged around 95 per cent, while spending in the city centre’s bars and restaurants was slightly down on last year, according to the ASHAL hotel and catering business association.
Attack arrest GUARDIA CIVIL reported a ‘significant arrest’ in relation to a violent attack on a farmer in his greenhouse in El Parador in Roquetas de Mar earlier this month, which left him with serious injuries requiring surgery.
Culture drop THE number of people visiting Junta de Andalucia-managed cultural sites and museums in Almeria Province over the first six months of the year was down by 24,149 on the same period of 2018.
Bank hold-up POLICE arrested a 62-year-old man accused of entering a branch of La Caixa bank in Almeria on Monday morning and threatening an employee with a large knife, getting away with a small amount of cash.
ON DUTY: Mounted police from Sevilla helped guarantee public safety and a bomb disposal unit was active 24 hours a day throughout the festivities (inset).
Festivities end without incident ALMERIA City festival ended on Sunday with no reports of significant public safety incidents. Police made 36 arrests and issued 236 fines, mainly for consuming drugs in public areas or for carrying prohibited weapons. Officers from Almeria, Granada, Madrid and Sevil-
la, including mounted police, were on duty throughout the more than week-long festivities. In addition, a TEDAX-NRBQ bomb disposal and chemical threat unit was active 24 hours a day. The TEDAX officers carried out more than 25 inspections and searches to prevent possible acts of terrorism at
events attracting large crowds. One novelty this year was the participation of the Private Security Territorial Unit, which checked out all events at which private security companies were operating to ensure compliance with regulations and the employment of only qualified personnel.
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Holidaymaker held and drugged GUARDIA CIVIL arrested two men for holding a holidaymaker in Roquetas de Mar against his will and feeding him drugs for two days to force him to hand over his car. The victim contacted the Guardia after he managed to get away and make it to Jaen. He claimed he had been staying at his holiday home in the coastal town when someone he had never met before approached him about buying his vehicle and invited him to go to a nearby apartment to discuss details. He was made to stay in the property, which was clearly being used for drug sales, for 48 hours, continuously drugged up, to the extent he lost all sense of time, he maintained. The captors then took him in his own car to an administrative matters agency to get the vehicle put in one of their names; however it turned out outstanding payments on the car made this impossible. Frustrated, the pair forced the victim to take them to his own apartment. Here they threatened him and ordered him to stay put until the following day, when they planned to have another go at getting the car ownership transferred. Next morning, the victim, by now clearheaded, headed straight for the bus station and hightailed it to his Jaen home. The Guardia identified the two suspected captors as 31-year-old MLS and 25-yearold YG. The pair face charges for illegal detention, drugs, vehicle theft and stealing from a property. The Guardia also said further arrests have not been ruled out.
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Car theft
Source: Ayuntamiento de Casar de Cáceres
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ALMERIA City Local Police found a luxury car reported stolen in Germany and arrested the two occupants, both foreigners. Police in Marbella had tipped off the Almeria force the vehicle was in the p r o v i n c i a l c a p ital, prompting an immediate search and its location in the city centre.
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A DEAD dolphin washed up on the Zapillo beach in Almeria City mid-afternoon when the beach was packed with sunbathers. The Equinac marine life rescue association reported the dolphin was a young male and that there were signs of shark bites on the corpse.
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More calls THE Andalucia Institute for Women’s telephone information service received 1,584 calls from Almeria over the first half of the year, nearly 18 per cent more than in the same period of 2018. Of these, more than 60 per cent were related to gender-based violence.
Works halted THE Almeria Mesa del Ferrocarril platform pushing for better rail infrastructure complained there had been no movement on high-speed rail line works in El Puche this month, but the Development Ministry ADIF rail infrastructure administrator maintained activities had been adapted to the August heat and holidays.
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Culinary world map WANDERING through the traditional whitewashed houses and narrow streets of Casar de Cáceres in the northern region of Extremadura you would be hard placed to find anything extraordinary about your surroundings. However if you stumbled upon the innocuous Museo del Queso in the centre of the village, you would soon be learning about the local cheese that has become world renowned for its unique flavour and manufacturing
processes. The town of Casar de Cáceres has been producing the famous Torta del Casar for centuries and still does so today, using the same traditional methods they used hundreds of years ago. Just eight families now produce the cheese which comes from the Merino and Entrefina sheep that graze on the local Cardoon Thistle that is common in the area. The thistle was found to give the cheese a slightly bitter flavour
Port record ALMERIA Port registered 11,949 passengers and 2,649 vehicles getting on and off ferries connecting the province and North Africa last Saturday, a record for one day in this year ’s ‘Crossing the Straits’ operation. Nearly 440,000 passengers used the port between the operation launch and August 25.
Drug bust GUARDIA CIVIL discovered more than 800 marihuana plants and illegal electricity connections in 22 properties in Huercal de Almeria, arresting a 33year-o l d man. G u a rd ia investigations were prompted by repeated power cuts in the area and neighbours’ reports of a strong smell of the drug.
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TRADITIONAL: The bell tower of the church of Casar de Cáceres.
and a semi liquid consistency. The sheep used are notoriously difficult to produce milk from, so it takes up to 20 sheep to produce just 2.2 pounds of cheese. So sacred is the commodity in the area that in 1999, the local councils set up a protection project called ‘Denominación de Origen del Casar,’ to maintain the integrity of the cheese, monitoring counterfeit cheese put onto the market and giving official accreditation to genuine products.
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GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a 32-year-old from HuercalOvera for four incidents of fraud on suspicion of offering sales of postgraduate and masters final papers, pocketing the cash, but handing over nothing. The Guardia investigation followed a number of complaints from Madrid and Cadiz. The suspected conman advertised on various websites as a company which supplied the postgrad and masters works, the Guardia said. The victims, all university students, contacted him by email or a mobile app to establish the kind of paper they needed and the price, which went from €200 to €500. According to the Guardia, once JLGC received the money he cut contact with the victims without supplying them with the papers. The Guardia revealed they managed to track down the suspect via bank accounts and technology used in the scam. He also has a record for similar incidents.
POLICE forced their way into a property in Almeria prompted by fears a woman could do herself or others harm after suffering a psychotic break. Local Police, the fire service and the 061 health emergency service requested National Police assistance to transfer the woman to the Torrecardenas hospital psychiatric unit. The doctor with the judicial authorisation to follow the appropriate protocol said it was impossible to move the patient, who suffers from serious psychiatric problems and was armed with a knife. A fire engine ladder was raised up to the third floor apartment in Calle Ferrocarril. When officers smashed through a window the woman lunged forward with the knife, shouting at the policeman in front, who had to protect himself with his shield. Within seconds the officers had immobilised the woman and let in the health team to examine her and take her to hospital.
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Gang of thieves smoked out CREDIT: Almeria Guardia Civil
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EXPECTATION: The council hopes the project will attract more visitors to the castle.
Go-ahead for renovations THE Andalucia regional government has approved renovations to Cuevas del Almanzora’s Marques de los Velez castle which the council hopes will attract more tourists and improve visitors experience. The plans set out improvements to parts of the castle which have deteriorated, and putting areas to different uses: the Local Police will move out of the castle complex and the building will become a museum and information centre. Also on the drawing board is restoring paintings on the ground floor which were the work of prisoners held there in the 18th century.
The total investment in the project will add up to more than €430,000. The national Development Ministry will contribute 30 per cent of the funds under the 1.5% Cultural Programme, the aim of which is to allocate said percentage of the public works budget to initiatives related to conserving and restoring heritage sights. The Junta de Andalucia commission which gave the go-ahead to the Cuevas castle project also gave the green light to the renovation of the Almeria cathedral bell tower and to works on Tabernas castle’s hispano-muslim fortification.
Cliff tumble rescue CARBONERAS Guardia Civil and Civil Protection rescued a 34-year-old man after he fell down a cliff between Cala Sorbas and the mineral loading platform lo-
cated between Carboneras and Aguamarga. However, rough seas made the rescue operation more difficult, Carboneras C ounc il re porte d on its
Facebook page. However, the man was eventually safely transferred to Aguamarga beach, where he was checked over by medical services.
IDENTIFIED: The Guardia Civil arrested the eight gang members and discovered tools used to break into businesses (inset 2). ALMERIA Guardia Civil has arrested eight members of a gang of thieves targeting tobacconists, bars and cafes. The Guardia launched investigations last November following an increase in robberies from these kinds of businesses in the lower Andarax valley area. They identified a similar pattern: the robbers went straight to where tobacco products or takings were stored, suggesting they kept a watch on establishments and the owners for several days before carrying out the hits to gather information on where money was kept, opening hours and escape routes. The Guardia said they also delayed break-ins if they believed there was a chance of be-
ing seen by witnesses or running into the owners or employees. The Guardia set up a complex prevention and patrol plan and by March had established it was dealing with a well-organised criminal structure. They also said that to avoid being connected with each other in the event of a security forces’ investigation the gang members lived in different parts of Almeria, Alicante and Barcelona. The Guardia revealed the gang leaders lived quietly in a property in Alicante, which was also a meeting point for members to plan their next targets, and where they had topof-the-range vehicles at their disposal. In recent months it became apparent the organisation had shifted its attentions to localities in the Gador mountains close to El Ejido, before moving into the Huercal-Overa area. With the gang members clearly identified the Guardia detained the eight in coordinated operations in Roquetas de Mar, Huercal de Almeria and Alicante Province. They also seized £1,700 in cash, a range of tools used to get into businesses, specialised internal communications systems and six luxury cars. The now dismantled gang was responsible for at least 24 robberies, mainly in Almeria, the Guardia said, but added that the investigation remained open and they had not ruled out linking them to break-ins on the borders with Granada and Murcia.
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NEWS EXTRA Boats burn A FATHER and son suffered burns when two leisure boats moored at Garrucha port caught fire, and a woman working nearby needed medical treatment for smoke inhalation, Spanish press reported. Both boats were badly damaged.
Thief held GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a 55-year-old man from San Isidro after finding documentation and bank cards reported stolen from a vehicle in Cabo de Gata in his backpack during a check for drugs at a Nijar bar.
Hidden hash POLICE arrested a 24year-old after finding 270 marihuana plants in a greenhouse next to an animal enclosure and with a dog in the dangerous breed classification to deter intruders in Matagorda in El Ejido.
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Done and dusted THE complete overhaul of 11 children’s play areas in Cuevas del Almanzora town and elsewhere in the municipality has been completed, the local council reported. The local authority funded the updates with a total investment of nearly €216,000. Cuevas mayor Antonio Fernandez Liria, Palomares village mayor Maribel Alarcon, and local councillors Antonio Marquez, Francisco Navarro, Isabel Maria Haro,
Miriam Quintana and Pedro Martinez recently went to see first-hand the newly inaugurated La Chimenea playground located next to the Palomares nursery school. Improvements have included replacing the equipment and installing safety paving. In addition, students from the local gardening employment workshop put down artificial grass, installed a drip irrigation system and smartened up the gardens.
The Junta de Andalucia’s Employment, Training and Self-Employed Work department awarded the council a subsidy to launch the workshop, which started up in October last year. The workshop will function for one year, and has Employment, Migration and Social Security Ministry collaboration. The 15 students receive both academic and practical training, working on the municipality’s parks and gardens.
Campus thief cuffed POLICE caught a thief red-handed stealing from an Almeria university campus bar. A police statement said the 32-year-old had forced open a window and pocketed €51 and soft drinks. Officers cuffed him when they went to investigate the bar alarm going off in the early hours of the morning and spotted him coming out the window.
At this point campus private security company officers drew up and confirmed the individua l ha d be e n c a ught on the bar’s security cameras. As well as cash and refreshments, police said the suspect was carrying a knife. Police also reported SK has a criminal record and was being investigated in relation to a vehicle break-in in Almeria City in July.
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IMPROVEMENTS: New equipment and artificial grass have been installed at the La Chimenea playground in Palomares.
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NEWS EXTRA Music triumph SOME 5,000 people turned out for a free Almeria City Orchestra concert billed as a homage to the province staged in Almeria’s Parque de las Almadrabillas, with the ‘Cable Ingles’ mineral loading platform as a backdrop.
Pool open THE Cuevas del Almanzora indoor swimming pool has reopened its doors to the public following several months of works to update and make the municipal facilities more energy efficient, representing a €40,000 local council investment.
New officer A NEW officer has joined Pulpi Local Police. Jose Lopez Sanchez officially became part of the force at a ceremony held at the town hall on Friday and overseen by Pulpi mayor Juan Pedro Garcia.
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Agreement aimed at boosting sport HUERCAL-OVERA Council and the local El Castillo football club have signed an agreement aimed at encouraging the municipality’s children and teenagers to take up not only football, but also five-aside football and basketball. Under the agreement, which Huercal-Overa mayor Francisca Lourdes Fernandez and CF El Castillo president Teresa Navarro rubber stamped last week, the council is providing the club with a nearly £105,000 subsidy to help in areas including transport costs, grants for trainers and sports federation fees. The agreement runs until the
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RUBBER STAMPED: The local council is providing El Castillo football club with a nearly £105,000 subsidy. end of next July. “We are aware of the benefits practising sport gives children and teenagers,” commented municipal sports
councillor Alejandro Campos, adding that the local authority was currently finalising the upcoming course’s offer of sports schools and work-
shops, and would be releasing details shortly. The mayor stressed the government team’s priority was to ‘organise, promote and encour-
age the necessary measures to develop the practice of sport among all ages, and especially among children and teenagers, as one of the main contributors to health and the promotion of positive coexistence.’ Fernandez also said that for the new course the council is applying ‘a new management model which guarantees the quality of sports activities, the scrupulous respect of monitors’ and trainers’ labour rights with a contract registered with Social Security, and carrying out all activities in optimum and safe conditions in regard to infrastructure and equipment.’
Weed whiff points to pot plantation AN overwhelming smell of weed wafting out of a property in Roquetas de Mar prompted numerous neighbours’ complaints to the Guardia Civil about a possible indoor marihuana plantation on their doorsteps. Residents were particularly worried that
there was a strong smell of the drug in areas where children gathered. Neighbours’ suspicions turned out to be justified. Sure enough when Guardia officers took a look round the property in the El Parador area
they found 236 marihuana plants, plus all the usual kinds of indoor cultivation-boosting paraphernalia. The discovery led to two arrests on drugs and power supply fraud charges: 60-year-old MTRS and 41-year-old AJR.
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NEWS EXTRA Open again THE Monteagud Sanctuary has reopened following seven years of works and a complete facelift carried out by the diocese and the provincial government. Bishop of Almeria Adolfo Gonzalez consecrated the altar and blessed the sanctuary last week.
Poster prize CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA Council has launched a competition for the design to feature on the poster for the San Diego fiesta in November. Entries must be submitted between September 23 and 30, the winner receiving €300.
Nature theme AN exhibition of oil paintings by Olula del Rio artist Josefa Quiles featuring landscapes, still life, plants and other themes related to the natural world is on show at Adra’s Real Club Nautico until September 10.
Being different is fun FOR the fifth year running Vera Council organised a fun workshop for children aimed at integrating youngsters with special educational needs. Some 100 local boys and girls took part in the Education department and summer play centre initiative, which the local council said was based on the premise ‘together is better.’ Staged in Vera town’s central Plaza Mayor, specialised monitors organised different activities and a series of multisensory games. Vera mayor Jose Carmelo inaugurated the workshop, stressing the local authority’s support for ‘the integration and education of everyone through the play centre and the other municipal education centres and activities such as this.’ Play centre pupils then read out the ‘being different is fun’ manifesto, which was
INTEGRATION: The council said the initiative was based on the premise ‘together is better.’ followed by a message of support from Education councillor Caroline Perez. “We are all equal and we are all different, because we all have a condition, a char-
acteristic, a value which makes us different from our friend, our neighbour, our colleague, and this is great because life can be seen from many viewpoints and
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colours,” the councillor said. The councillor told the children they are all ‘a key piece in a mechanism which includes differences with tolerance.’
SALVAMENTO MARITIMO rescued three youngsters struggling to swim back to shore after they leapt into the water from the Pilurico Tower near Macenas beach in Mojacar Playa. A Helimer 205 helicopter carried out the rescue and flew the three adolescents to Almeria airport, where an ambulance and the Guardia Civil were waiting for them, Salvamento Maritimo posted on social media. A member of the public alerted the emergency services to the youngsters’ plight at about 1pm, Spanish press reported. Guardia Civil, Civil Protection, Local Police and 061 health service personnel rushed to the scene, and maritime rescue mobilised the Salvamar Algenib rescue boat and the helicopter to pluck them out of the sea one by one. The three were taken to the Torrecardenas hospital in Almeria City as a precaution, but were all reportedly in a good state of health.
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Aircraft sea plunge A JET training aircraft was filmed crashing into the sea off the coast of La Manga, Murcia, killing the pilot. According to police reports, the authorities received hundreds of calls from residents explaining that an aircraft had crashed just off the shoreline at around 9.30am on Monday morning. Initial reports suggested the pilot managed to eject before the aircraft hit the water, but once the rescue team reached the wreckage the pilot was found dead. A police statement confirmed the identity of the pilot being Commander Francisco Marín of the General Academy of Air of San Javier (Murcia). It was thought that he was undertaking a training flight when he got into unknown difficulties. The plane could be seen plummeting towards the ocean surface before attempting to pull up. A full investigation is now underway into the accident and as to why the aircraft, a Spanish built CASA C-101 Aviojet, ended up plummeting into the Mediterranean.
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CRASH: Commander Francisco Marín sadly passed away after his jet crashed on Monday morning.
Sacrifices found LOCAL POLICE in the Gran Canaria town of Santa Brigida made the gruesome discovery of several animal corpses thought to be the victims of ritual sacrifice. They found several chickens, a peacock and a dwarf goat, several without heads or feet in land above Finca El Galeon (Guiniguada Park). Police say this type of find is usually associated with religious sacrifices. Guardia Civil have been called in to investigate the case.
First MTV Music Award THE 25-year-old, Rosalía Vila Tobella has become the first Spanish artist to win an award at the MTV Music Video Awards on Monday
night at the Prudential Centre, New Jersey. Rosal í a won t he awar d for Best Latino Video for her hi t si ngl e Con Al t ura
with reggaeton star J Balvin, beating stars such as Drake, Selena Gomes and Daddy Yankee. She was also nominated for Best New Artist which was eventually won by Billie Eilish. She went on to perform the hit with J Balvin in front of the 20,000 strong audience. “I come from Barcelona. Thank you for inviting me t o si ng on t hi s st age i n Spanish,” said the singer as she accepted her award.
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Biblical floods hit Madrid HEAVY rains and hail rocked Madrid on Monday afternoon. Vehicles were washed away by the gushing stream in streets when the skies collapsed in just a few minutes causing ‘biblical-style’ flooding and scenes of chaos. The storm started around 6pm and only lasted about 10 minutes but caused disaster in the capital’s streets. Parts of the M40 and M30 motorways were cut off, while lines 5 and 9 of the metro were also affected. Arganda, an area just south east of the capital, saw 40 litres of hail fall per square metre between 5.30pm and 6pm. At least 50 vehicles were damaged and several vineyards destroyed. The president of the community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz declared a state of emergency and ordered the intervention of all fire units in more than 200 points of the city.
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Female ‘biological man’ CASTER SEMENYA is currently fighting for her right to run competitively, after the IAAF ruled that women with a so-called difference of s e xua l de ve lopme nt (DSD) would need to take hormone s to low e r the ir testosterone levels in order to compete. The South African female athlete Caster Semenya has been called ‘biologically male’ by a member of the International Association of A thle tic s Fe de ra tions (IAAF) board of directors. José María Odriozola, a professor of biochemistry who is also the former president of Spain’s athletics body, made the comments in a re c e nt inte rvie w. H e said that Semenya is ‘biologically a man’ who has ‘a huge advantage’ over her rivals. The comments have come w he n O drioz ola w a s de fending the IAAF regulations on limiting te s tos te rone le ve ls for fe ma le athletes - limits that do not apply to male athletes. The re s tric tions on Se menya competing were temporarily overturned by the Sw is s Fe de ra l Supre me Court on June 3, though the IAAF is trying to have them reinstated. Critics say the IAAF has
CASTER SEMENYA: The South African female athlete has been called ‘biologically male’ by a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). been ‘blatantly racist’ in Semenya’s case. Sem enya has been bat tling the IAAF since 2018, when the governing body first introduced its limits on wom en wi t h hi gh t est osterone levels. As a result, she was told that she could
ei t her t ake t r eat m ent t o change her natural hormone levels, or else compete in any m en’s event of her choosing. Sem enya has r epeat ed time and again that she is a woman and intends to compete as one.
High and dry on the beach BARCELONA’S municipal police provided 174 ‘postrobbery kits’ to beachgoers whose belongings were stolen while they were swimming. A pair of flip-flops, t-shirt, trousers and a metro ticket solved the immediate problems of victims who were visiting one of the 10 beaches along the city’s five kilometres of shoreline.
The situation was still more complicated for those who were using the San Sebastian or Mar Bella nudist beaches, police said. The number of beach robberies increases each year, they revealed, as in 2016 they had to provide 20 of the kits between May and September, compared with 174 between May and mid-August this year.
The robberies also confirmed that what Barcelona’s deputy mayor Albert Batlle described as a ‘security crisis’ had reached the beaches. This summer the Barceloneta police station in the city’s coastal district dealt with 853 reported thefts, 17 complaints of robbery with violence and 27 complaints that cars were broken into.
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Child dies on beach AN eight-year-old girl died in the health centre of San Vicente de la Barquera in Cantabria having been rushed to hospital because she was feeling dizzy at the El Rosal beach. The girl reportedly started to show serious signs of nausea in the car park after she and her grandparents spent the day at the beach.
After an ambulance was called and the young girl was receiving help on the way to the hospital, she suffered a cardiac arrest and started bleeding from her nose. Paramedics were able to resuscitate her in the ambulance and stabilised her, but her pulse remained weak. On arriving at the hospital she was pronounced dead.
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Cactus nursery closed down DESERT CITY in Madrid, the largest cactus nursery in Europe, has had to close its doors and terminate the contracts of 11 employees over irregularities regarding the land the nursery was built on. Despite winning numerous awards for its work in preserving rare and exotic species of cacti and enticing thousands of visitors per year, the place has had to close its doors and its owner and founder, Mercedes García has had to begin a long battle to reopen the horticultural wonder. The problem arose when a complaint by company Garden Projects and New Style Maintenance complained that the land the nursery was built on was classed as agricultural land
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SURVIVAL: Desert City attracts thousands of visitors per year. of special protection, and therefore the construction of a ‘garden centre’ is not permitted. The centre is fighting that it is not a garden centre but a nursery to grow and pre-
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serve species of cacti. However, the city council of San Sebastián de los Reyes found that the nursery was in breach of urban planning laws and closed the facility down.
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ASSAULTED: Driver left Malaga bus station before being attacked in La Linea.
Bus driver attacked A DRIVER on the Malaga to La Linea bus route was attacked at La Linea bus station after allegedly damaging a badly parked car as he entered the Linensel Bus Station terminal. The driver suffered injuries to his hands and face as he protected himself from the attack, where a man ‘of gypsy appearance’ reportedly jumped out of the parked vehicle and started to smash the windows on the front of the bus. The attacker then struck the driver with a heavy object, causing serious injuries
which resulted in the driver needing to be treated in hospital. The incident is the latest in a series of assaults on bus drivers, who are now calling for greater protection and awareness of the dangers they face. Just last month, three drivers had to be treated for minor injuries following attacks by members of the public in Marbella. According to police reports, the attacker has been arrested and is subject to questioning.
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Woman held captive A WOMAN has been rescued by police after her family reported she was being held captive. The 26-year-old Romanian woman was able to find a way of contacting her family back in Romania who in turn let the Guardia Civil know that she was being held captive at a house in Monzon, Huesca. It took the Guardia Civil only six hours to locate the woman after Operation Agresiune was launched jointly with the Romanian Police Force after the w oma n re porte d s he w a s be ing held against her will. When they arrived at the house they arrested a 36-year-old man for abducting a nd a bus ing the w oma n. The young woman is currently in hospital after suffering cuts to her forearms
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HELD CAPTIVE: The investigation had been going on in Romania before the joint international investigation from a knife attack. Guardia Civil also found a number of illegal substances in the house including 18g of cocaine separated into small bags which police believe were to be sold.
The man is awaiting trial in the judicial Guardia de Monzon Instructional cour t of Huesca and i s f aci ng charges for abduction, grievous bodily harm, maltreatment and drug trafficking.
Something fishy going on POLICE in Vitoria impounded 120 kilos of tuna found inside the type of trailer generally used for hunting dogs. They were alerted after seeing a c a r a nd tra ile r ha bitua lly us ing a space reserved for unloading, even after they had fined the owner for parking there on a previous occasion. They suspected that it was being
used to deliver perishable goods, a suspicion that was confirmed after they noticed a strong smell of fish coming from the trailer. They found that several tuna had already been delivered to a nearby fishmonger while others were still inside the trailer. In all, the police confiscated seven fish weighing 120 kilos, after which
it was taken to the municipal vet for analysis who confirmed that the cold chain had been broken. As the temperature was 16ÂşC or higher inside the trailer, which did not comply with hygiene standards, all the tuna was destroyed and proceedings started against the 64-yearold man who was caught delivering the fish.
Pilgrims rescued after fog TWENTY Irish people require d a s s is ta nc e a fte r showing signs of exhaustion a nd hypothe rmia w hils t
walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. The group be c a me trapped and stranded in a mountain area by low level fog in the northern region of Navarra on Sunday afternoon. The 20-strong group of Iris h pilgrims a ls o included four blind people. After becoming disoriented, the leaders of the group c a lle d loc a l ta xis , w hic h were not able to reach them. They then contacted local emergency services, who found them at around 6pm.
Fi r ef i ght er s wer e di spatched in two vehicles to the tourists’ location amid adverse weather conditions. While authorities evacuated those who were in most distress, the remainder of the group was guided to a hostel in Roncesvalles. None of t he gr oup r equired hospitalisation. The Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrimage wal ks i n nor t h- west er n Spain which culminate at the shrine of Saint James the Great at the cathedral of
IRISH PILGRIMS: Spanish authorities tended to the group which included four blind people. Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. The pi l gr i m age, whi ch can often serve as a type of spiritual retreat, has become increasingly popular over the last few years.
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Teen driver causes havoc
OUT OF CONTROL: A minor crashed a car against a wall in San Pedro Alcántara. A 14-YEAR-OLD caused damages in a residential area of San Pedro Alcántara when driving a vehicle out of control and ended embedding it against a wall. Fortunately there were no casualties and the boy himself was able to exit the car on his own two feet. The teenager, who did not know how to drive, started the car in the garage
of a residential area of Nueva Alcántara, specifically the urbanization Los Almendros II. He then accelerated and shattered the parking door, crashed first into a wall on the garage ramp and then rolled over the gate and onto the Santiago de Compostela Avenue. The vehicle sped further out of control, across the avenue
where it finally embedded into the wall of the Laude San Pedro International College. The minor was then able to exit the car without assistance, regretting the event. It is still unclear why the boy got behind the wheel and accelerated as he did. Thankfully no one was injured in the event.
Fuel tanker blaze at Palma airport THERE was alarm at Palma airport, Mallorca when a fuel tanker burst into flames. The lorry, belonging to the Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos (Hydrocarbons Logistics Company) was on the runway to refuel a plane at the time. The incident took place at 8.49am last Thursday and fire protocols were immediately put into place. The tanker was taken clear of the air-
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craft and airport firefighters were rapidly on the scene. They extinguished the flames with foam. The fire was restricted to the valve area at the back of the tanker and did not reach the actual tank. No one was hurt in the incident and airport operator AENA has confirmed the incident did not affect flights. An investigation has now been launched.
RECENT reports suggest that certain parts of the picturesque Port d’Andratx in Mallorca and one nightclub in particular, have become a hotspot for antisocial and drunken behaviour. Residents have made several complaints about fights, shouting and altercations outside a nightclub on the port road, comparing it to the infamous Punta Ballena strip in Magaluf. Local Police were called to the area on Thursday at 4.12am to a fight that had broken out outside and found tourists covered in blood. It transpired that the boy was allegedly glassed in the face during the fight and was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police have also caught people urinating in public and for getting into their cars under the influence of alcohol after leaving the club. Neighbours have said that they are ‘outraged’ as they have not been able to sleep due to the noise and the youngsters urinated in their doorway and fight outside their windows. They say that they will take measures to return peace to their neighbourhood.
Costly power cut MEDICATION worth €297,818 had to be destroyed following an electrical fault at the Pr inc e sa hospi t al i n Madrid. On May 1, a public holiday, medical staff discovered that the electricity for a refrigerated store had been cut off since April 29. T his w as c aus e d by an overl oad whose origin has still not been established, but following this the automatic temperature control ‘failed to function c or re c tly,’ ac cordi ng t o a subsequent enquiry. The refrigerator’s temperature rose to 16ºC, but between April 29 and May 1 when the breakdown was eventually discovered, no medicines were with-
drawn from the store. “Nobody accessed the refrigerator so t he f aul t went unnot i ced,” explained a spokesman for Madrid’s regional Health department. Once discovered, the refrigerator was restarted and all the medication removed and analysed. One batch used for cancer treatment and another of antibodies used to attack bacteria and viruses had to be destroyed, the Health department announced recently. “There have been no more incidents with the refrigerator but as a precautionary measure, regular visual checks are made on the changeover of each shift.”
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Save the date IF acting president Pedro Sanchez fails to acquire sufficient support to form a government by September 23, there will a general election on November 10. The PSOE socialist party was the most-voted in the April 28 general election but with 123 of the necessary 176 seats, Sanchez needed help that was not forthcoming in his July investiture. He picked up one vote from the PRC regionalist party in Cantabria while the remaining parties of all
colours and ideologies either voting against him or abstaining. The abstentions included Sanchez’s natural allies, Unidas Podemos, after the acting president and the PSOE executive refused to consider the coalition they expected. Sanchez is now talking to the political parties that are willing to talk to him and alPEDRO SANCHEZ: Needs support to avoid a general election.
Cuba visit doubtful THE present political paralysis could halt the visit to Cuba planned for King Felipe and his wife Letitzia in November. Their journey now depends on next month’s events as the dissolution of parliament and a November election would combine to halt the first official visit by a Spanish monarch to the island.
so civic groups and organisations. His strategy is to find support for a social programme too difficult for UP and its leader Pablo Iglesias to turn down. Coalition is still not on Sanchez’s agenda and he makes no secret of fearing a Cabinet with UP ministers. “There can’t be two governments in one, like Italy,” Moncloa sources declared. The same sources admitted that although Iglesias faces a dilemma, he has the last word in avoiding a new election. Sanchez declared, “September does not exist” during the first round of negotiations prior to the July investiture attempt. While apparently ruling out a second bid, critics now claim he was already preparing for November.
Pressing for payment WITH an acting but not an elected government, expected transfers to Spain’s autononous regions cannot go through. Cataluña is preparing to sue the national government in Madrid for not paying the usual advance on the region’s 50 per cent cut on IRPF income tax and IVA added value as well as 58 per cent of ‘special’ taxes. This amounts to €1.3 billion and the vice-presid e n t o f C a t a l u ñ a ’s re g i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t , P e re Aragones, pointed out that with the exception of t h e B a s q u e R e g i o n a n d N a v a r r a , S p a i n ’s a u tonomies are currently losing out on €9 billion. Nevertheless, they turned down Aragones’s offer to join forces in suing the government although they, too, are pressing Madrid for payment.
POLL TRACKER • Partido Socialista (PSOE): 30.3 per cent (between 127 and 131 seats) • Partido Popular (PP): 20.5 per cent (between 84 and 88 seats) • Ciudadanos: 13.9 per cent (between 43 and 47 seats) • Unidas Podemos: 13.2 per cent (between 32 and 36 seats) • Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control
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BREXIT BRIEF Divorce settlement BORIS JOHNSON has told EU representatives that the UK will not be obliged to pay a significant portion of the £39bn ‘divorce settlement’ that was promised by Theresa May when Britain leaves the EU. In an interview with ITV after the conference Johnson said that if the UK does come out of the EU without a deal then “the £39bn is no longer, strictly speaking, owed.” The Sunday Times reported British Government lawyers had decided the amount the UK owed the EU is as little as £7bn whilst Sky news believes that this figure is closer to £9bn. An EU spokesperson has stated that the full £39bn payout would still be owed even if the UK left the EU without a deal as it was money borrowed during Britain’s involvement with the EU. Boris Johnson on the other hand believes that the entire EU board is well aware that this is not the case.
Realistic solution must be found THE G7 Summit was a tumultuous event for the UK Prime-Minister Boris Johnson over the weekend as he faced Donald Tusk and the EU board of directors in a debate as to whose responsibility it is to take the first steps towards a new Brexit deal whilst insisting that the UK is well prepared to exit the EU without a deal. Johnson was firm in his approach that the UK is well prepared for a No Deal scenario, stating in an interview after the first day of the gathering that the country could ‘easily cope.’ He was quoted by the BBC as saying that, “it all depends on our EU friends and partners” whilst Tusk expressed the opposite by stating that the ball was in
BREXIT DEAL: Northern Ireland could end up in the EU single market if the backstop is not lifted.
the UK’s court. The Irish backstop was a
subject of great interest at the summit as it was one of the
main reasons why Theresa May’s deal did not get through parliament. Tusk said that he was open to considering new alternatives to the backstop if they were realistic and implementable. He reiterated much of what he and the EU directors said before on the matter, that Brussels is not willing to outright scrap the backstop that would potentially leave the UK in the jurisdiction of the EU. German Prime Minister Angela Merkel was reported as saying that there was the possibility for an alternative to the Irish backstop, but held the same position as Donald Tusk when eluding to the matter of whose responsibility it was to come up with the solution.
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BREXIT EXTRA Companies want out NEW Business Secretary, Andrea Leadsom claims UK businesses are getting impatient with the current hedging taking place in Brexit negotiations and want a decisive conclusion. Leadsom has had talks with several big UK businesses.
UK deal BORIS JOHN SON has claimed that Donald Trump wants to strike a deal with the UK within a year following talks at the G7 summit. The Prime Minister said that Trump had likened the EU to an ‘anchor’ around the ankles of Britain.
No confidence THE Labour party is debating if stopping Boris Johnson taking the UK out of Europe by force is still possible. Jeremy Hunt has called for all opposition parties to call for a vote of no confidence and back him in a general election, but other MPs have proposed action.
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DENMARK THE ‘Ellen,’ the world’s first completely electric ferry, set sail last week from Fynshav to Soby in Denmark. The vessel can transport 30 vehicles and 200 passengers and is powered by a bat tery ‘with an unprecedented capacity.’
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Trump cancels WORLD’S FIRST: Completely electric ferry.
NETHERLANDS
Short cut
Smoke signals
A DAILY ferry service is planned between Groningen port in Eeemshaven near the German border and Rosyth in Scotland. Op erations would coincide with Brexit, provid ing a vital freight link if crossings further south are delayed.
HEALTH and safety watchdog NVW fined seven Amsterdambased companies be tween €450 and €4,500 for selling illegal e cigarettes. The imports from the US con tained three times the amount of nicotine permitted by the Dutch authorities.
GERMANY
BELGIUM
Food embargo
Trump offer
THE Agricultural Minister of Germany has told Britain that after a nodeal Brexit, German food producers may discontinue selling their produce in the UK due to the threat of their lorries being held up in border queues.
NATIONALIST party the New Flemish Alliance has offered Donald Trump the town of Wallonia for €1. This comes after Denmark flatly refused Trump’s bid for Greenland. Wallonia is known for its large number of separatist parties.
Tesla calling
Dodgy meat
ELON MUSK has mentioned that Germany would be a good place to set up Tesla’s next Gigafactory and is currently in talks with ministers from various regions of the country to find the ideal location.
BELGIUM has responded to reports that meat imported from the Netherlands was being sold as ‘bio’ when it did not meet EU stan dards by saying the prepackaged produce should have been checked by the Dutch au thorities.
FRANCE
Joined up
Thick hide
AHEAD of the G7 Biarritz meeting, antiglobali sation and climate activists joined Yellow Vest protesters and Basque nationalists at a countersummit in HendayeIrun on the FrenchSpanish border, confronting the rich poor divide caused by ‘cynical’ world leaders.
TWO visitors to La Palmyre zoo in France scratched their names on the back of a rhinoceros named Noelle. She experi enced no pain, but the zoo director de scribed the action as ‘stupid and disre spectful.’
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FOLLOWING the political quarrel between Den mark and the US over President Trump’s pro posal to buy Greenland, Trump has cancelled his planned visit to the country arranged after an in vitation from Queen Margrethe II.
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NORWAY
Snap attack
Viking dig
A MAN in his mid 70’s was hospitalised after he was attacked by a crocodile at the Skansen Aquarium on the Djurgården Island in Stockholm. The man had reached over a glass barrier and was grabbed by the creature.
FOR the first time in 100 years, a Viking ship grave is being excavated in Norway. It was discovered last year by new georadar technology near Halden in southeast Norway. An archaeological dig will begin shortly.
Air support
Zero goal
AIR ambulance operator Svenskt Ambulansflyg will purchase six PC24 twinjets from Pilatus at an estimated cost of €580 million, making it the first European operator to acquire the type for emergency medical transport.
A PORT in Norway has signed a cooperation agreement with an environmental nonprofit organisation to help it become emissionfree. The port of Oslo will partner with the Oslo headquartered Bellona Foundation to achieve its zeroemission goal.
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Organ donation 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. As of 2010, Spain has operated an ‘optout’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of poten tial donors or their families in giving permission for the use of organs. The rate of family refusal in Spain is 13 per cent, compared to 37 per cent in England (according to the National Transplant Organisation figures ONT). According to the ONT, Brits living in Spain are more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home. It’s not necessary to have a donor card. What is important is to let family members and loved ones know your wishes in terms of organ donation. Figures published by the Spanish ONT in 2017 put the country as world leader in donation and transplants, reaching a new record with 46.9 donors per million people and 5.261 transplants. Spain has been a global leader in organ donation and transplantation for the past 26 years. Broken down by organ, there were 3,269 kidney surgeries (up 9 per cent on 2016), 1,247 liver transplants (up 8 per cent), 304 heart procedures (8 per cent rise), 363 lung surgeries (up 18 per cent), 70 pancreas trans plants (down 4 per cent) and eight bowel surgical procedures (up 100 per cent). According to the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), these surgeries are equivalent to six donors and 14 surgical procedures a day. In addition, Spain saw a new record in bone marrow donation last year, with 78,291 new donors and an increase of 196 per cent over the previ ous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid2020 goal. In Spain the number of those on the waiting list was reduced to 4,896 in 2017, from 5,480, although the number of children waiting for organs in creased to 74, from 48 a year earlier. Lung and heart are viable for 46 hours after death, liver and pancreas 24 hours, kidney 72 hours, corneas 14 days, bone and skin five years, and heart valves up to 10 years. Small intestines, veins, tendons and liga ments can also be donated. A single organ donor can save up to eight people and a single tissue donor may enhance the lives of up to 50 people. This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
FINANCE Showers ahead
HANSGROHE, a German shower and taps multinational, is reap ing the rewards of its association with cycling, which has enabled it to triple brand recognition in its country over the past year. Now it is betting on Spain’s La Vuelta a España to repeat the trick in this country too. “Cycling has allowed us to con nect more powerfully with the end consumer,” explains Luis Montes de Oca, marketing direc tor of the German company for the Iberian Peninsula.
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STAT OF €1.237 billion WEEK
Is the amount of regional funding outstanding to Madrid’s council, according to the city’s Finance Minister Javier Fernández-Lasquetty.
Gowex boss faces trial
JENARO GARCÍA, founder of Gowex is to go to trial and faces up to 18 years in prison on fraudulent share price manipulation charges. The telecommunications/wifi company is alleged to have system atically invented an income stream that did not exist and therefore raised the company’s stock valua tion. A high court judge has ordered that oral proceedings should begin against García, for whom the anti corruption prosecutor is asking for 18 years imprisonment, García’s wife and Gowex advisor Florencia Maté.
By Dilip Kuner Also involved in proceedings are the secretary of the Board of Direc tors, Francisco Manuel Martínez, and company administrator Ignacio Navarro, and the companies Let’s Gowex and Gowex Wireless. The judge is also investigating three other people Tania Roel Mosquera, Ramón Peláez and Hugo Daniel Marías as ‘partici pants for profit,’ while he has cleared Guadalupe Esmeralda Almeida Figueroa and Javier
Martín Vaquero, people to whom Jenaro García granted the position of proxies of some of the related companies. The Gowex scandal broke in the summer of 2014 after a report by the consulting firm Gotham City Research which warned that the real value of the company’s securi ties was zero euros and that 90 per cent of its sales did not really exist. The Public Prosecutor’s Office also wants García to be fined €10.2 mil lion as well as the confiscation of the profits obtained from the sale of Let’s Gowex.
Flying cheap BUDGET airline Iberia Express has launched a campaign of dis counts of up to 35 per cent for internal Spanish flights called #SpanishAdventure. This promotes flights to 14 different destinations within the country, including the Ca nary Islands and the Balearic Is lands. The promotion is available until September 1 to fly to all of the company’s destinations in the peninsula and the Canary and Balearic archipelago, from September 16 to December 15. More information is available on the company’s website.
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Top bank THE international magazine Global Finance has r e c o g n i s e d B B VA a s t h e most innovative digital bank in Latin America in 2019 and as the best digital bank in Spain in the ‘Corporate/Institutional’ category in its ‘Digital Bank Awards 2019.’
New boss SALES DOWN: Car industry is experiencing a downturn.
Car sales down
CAR and SUV registrations experienced a 37.4 per cent drop in the first 20 days of August, to 30,691 units, according to data from the National Association of Vendors of Motor Vehicles, Re pair and Spare Parts (Ganvam). This sharp decline in the annual comparison is explained by the entry into force, on September 1, 2018, of the new WLTP emissions regulations, which led brands to give big discounts to reduce their stocks of nonapproved vehicles. This generated a sharp increase in registrations in August 2018. In the year so far up until August 20, the Spanish market saw a total volume of 839,850 units sold, which translates into a fall of 7.7 per cent. Company fleet purchases fell the least at 265,480 units, (2.7 per cent fewer), followed by hire companies, with 202,138 units, (3.1 per cent) and private sales were at 372,232 units, (13.1 per cent).
SPANIARD Enrique Lores will take over from HP Inc CEO Dion Weisler on November 1. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of PCs and computer hardware, the group h a d a t u r n o v e r o f €5 2 .7 billion in 2018.
Uber cash U B E R S Y S T E M S S PA I N , has multiplied its revenues and net profit almost sixfold in 2018, declaring a turnover of €16.73 million, compared to €2.88 million the previous year, while net profit has increased from €163,514 to €979,914.
AliExpress’ first Spanish store CHINESE Internet retail giant AliExpress has opened its first physical store in Spain at the intu Xanadú Shopping Centre, in the Madrid town of Arroyomolinos. The chain, part of the Alibaba business group, owned by magnate Jack Ma, the rich est man in the Asian country, kept the open ing a close secret until a few days before it happened on August 25.
It finally announced the event through so cial networks as part of a ‘solve the riddle’ competition asking ‘What is going to hap pen?’ The general manager of AliExpress Spain, Estela Ye, commented last July in an inter view with Efe that it expected to finish the year with 10,000 Spanish companies on the platform.
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CHANGE(P)
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NET VOL
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2,194
-1,04
-0,02
2.379.316
16,688
-0,88
-0,15
665.408
LLOYDS BANK
0,498
-0,74
0
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ANTOFAGASTA
8,012
-2,69
-0,22
227.047
LONDON STOCK
68,24
-0,92
-0,63
58.410
ASHTEAD GROUP
21,06
-3,53
-0,77
177.770
MARKS & SPENCER
1,86
-1,55
-0,03
814.840
ASTRA ZENECA
71,54
-3,06
-2,26
275.929
MEDIA CONTEN
3,157
-1,48
-0,05
70.210
BABCOCK INTE
4,986
0,16
0,01
137.198
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS
4,518
-0,17
-0,01
199.470
BARCLAYS BANK
1,369
-2,3
-0,03
3.320.465
MICRO FOCUS
15,63
-1,04
-0,16
299.648
BARRATT DEVE
6,456
1,51
0,1
609.186
MONDI PLC
15,76
-0,03
-0,01
305.271
BAT INDUSTRI
28,82
-3,48
-1,04
368.449
MORRISON SUP
1,793
-1,38
-0,02
555.975
16,684
-0,71
-0,12
707.666
NEXT
57,32
-1,43
-0,83
31.744
4,924
1,76
0,09
5.205.171
PEARSON
8,022
-1,93
-0,16
280.830
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5,35
-1,78
-0,1
621.899
PERSIMMON
19,125
-1,91
-0,37
162.316
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22,55
-1,56
-0,36
46.477
PROV.FINANC.
3,946
3,52
0,13
84.867
PRUDENTIAL C
13,41
-3
-0,41
1.008.156
RAMBLER MED.
2,053
1,92
0,04
603.243
RECKITT BNKR
61,414
0,11
0,07
195.035
REED INTER
19,095
-1,27
-0,25
368.779
ANGLO AMERICAN
BILLITON BP BRIT.AEROE BRITISH FOODS BRITISH LAND
5,05
0,12
0,01
659.060
BRITISH TELECOM
1,58
-1,65
-0,03
2.365.527
20,021
-1,52
-0,31
217.481
BURBERRY
21,26
-0,42
-0,09
51.355
CARNIVAL PLC
33,71
-4,09
-1,44
148.066
CELLTECH
26,35
-1,4
-0,37
49.637
CENTRICA
0,668
1,43
0,01
2.322.315
CGNU
3,586
-2,02
-0,07
1.750.856
BUNZL
RENTOKIL GRP
4,442
0,05
0
452.654
39,135
-0,28
-0,11
244.686
ROLLS ROYCE
7,422
-2,63
-0,2
296.614
ROYAL & SUN
5,26
-0,94
-0,05
151.500
1,833
0,19
0
1.084.993 1.062.774
RIO TINTO
1,775
-0,07
0
148.410
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
26,3
-1,36
-0,36
233.644
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHAR 22,595
0,33
0,07
CRODA INTERN
45,28
-1,14
-0,52
39.408
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-0,42
-0,1
907.181
DCC ORD IEP0
67,22
-2,38
-1,64
15.162
SAGE GROUP
-2,15
-0,15
174.906
DELLING GRP
2,861
-0,57
-0,02
425.477
SAINSBURY
1,92
-3,32
-0,07
1.324.775
DIAGEO
33,94
-0,7
-0,24
509.096
SCHRODERS
26,27
-0,42
-0,11
31.563
EASYJET
9,385
0,29
0,03
243.629
SCOT.& STH
11,175
-0,58
-0,06
447.852
EXPERIAN GROUP LTD
25,06
-0,36
-0,09
172.157
SEVERN TRENT
20,25
-0,25
-0,05
74.705
24,331
0,88
0,21
15.822
CONVATEC GROUP CRH
6,864
7,05
4,4
0,3
457.314
SKILLSGROUP
GLAXO WELLCO
16,732
-1,25
-0,21
986.750
SLOUGH EST.
7,696
-0,41
-0,03
300.916
GLENCORE INTL
2,237
-0,78
-0,02
3.376.897
SMITH & NEP.
19,045
-1,47
-0,28
279.653
GROUP 4 SECU
1,711
1,57
0,03
345.199
SMITHS INDU.
15,505
-2,65
-0,42
144.064
HAMMERSON
2,273
0,05
0
396.996
ST JAMES S P
9,316
-0,72
-0,07
124.638
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN
19,03
0,74
0,14
66.279
STAN.CHART
6,008
-3,09
-0,19
557.421
HSBC
5,813
-1,34
-0,08
5.965.139
STANDARD LIFE
2,462
2,28
0,05
1.761.579
IMPERIAL TOBACCO
19,96
-3,75
-0,78
264.784
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,469
-0,85
-0,01
1.472.744
TESCO
2,11
-1,4
-0,03
1.509.774
FRESNILLO
INFORMA GROU
8,5
-2,32
-0,2
163.024
INTERCON.HOT
50,64
-0,88
-0,45
35.357
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
52,94
-1,3
-0,7
27.170
UNILEVER
8,218
2,24
0,18
327.557
49,955
-0,87
-0,44
449.398
UN.UTILITIES
7,872
-0,25
-0,02
216.811
VODAFONE GRP
1,495
-1,47
-0,02
8.351.598
INTL CONSOLIDA AIRLINES GRP 4,198
-1,42
-0,06
492.866
ITV
1,118
-4,91
-0,06
1.446.134
JOHNSON MATT
27,87
-0,68
-0,19
34.501
WHITBREAD
43,036
0,65
0,28
41.900
KINGFISHER
1,898
-2,07
-0,04
1.484.137
WPP GROUP
9,374
-1,55
-0,15
208.005
LAND SECURIT
7,662
-0,91
-0,07
165.295
10,745
-1,10
-0,12
162.121
3I GROUP
0.90708
1.10244 Units per €
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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL
Eurozone economic weakness EUROZONE economic activity continues to show signs of weakness, according to the PMI index. The IHS Markit indicator stood at 51.8 points this month, c o m p a r e d t o 5 1 .5 p o i n t s i n J u l y. I t i s one of the lowest increases recorded in the last six years. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the euro area saw second quarter g r o w t h o f 0 .2 p e r cent, half that in the first, and Germany recorded a contraction of 0.1 per cent. In recent months, growth in the services sector had offset a decline in manufacturing. H o w e v e r, A u g u s t saw a reversal and, as a result, companies were more cautious about hiring staff. I n i n d u s t r y, n e w orders have suffered from a decline in exports (including in intra-euro area trade). In addition, confidence in business activity over the next 12 months fell sharply in August. “Sentiment has fallen to its lowest level since May 2013, and has weakened in both manufacturing and services. “There has been some optimism in France and the rest of the euro area as a whole, while German firms expressed pessimism about the outlook for future business activity for the first time in almost five years,” says the IHS Markit report.
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Banks on Brexit alert THE possibility of a no deal Brexit is gaining strength and has put the Spanish banking sector on alert. Santander, which makes 13 per cent of its profit in the UK, and Sabadell, owner since 2014 of the TSB are particularly exposed. Both have prepared contingency plans for all scenarios, including the worst scenario. Their businesses in the UK are susceptible to a fall in economic activity and demand for credit. A fall in the value of the pound, which has already lost 16 per cent of its value against the euro since the 2016 referendum and 2.2 per cent since Boris Johnson was elect ed Prime Minister is also bad news for the banks. In its latest financial report, San tander admits that a no deal Brexit could have ‘material adverse ef fects’ on its access to capital and liquidity. It also acknowledges that it could have ‘significant repercus sions’ on operations, profitability and business. To minimise the impact of Brexit, Santander agreed last year to move
WORRIED: Santander making Brexit contingencies.
its investment banking division from London to Madrid. Sabadell, for its part, faces the risk of a hard Brexit spoiling its plans to extract value from the pur chase of TSB, now that it has al ready left behind the problems caused by the complex technologi cal migration last year. This caused an additional cost of €321 million in the 2018 accounts.
The goal is for the UK to con tribute 20 per cent of the group's profit by 2021, but that could be optimistic if there is a disorderly ex it. The English bank is currently run ning at a loss. In its halfyearly report, Sabadell admits that if the UK leaves the EU in October without an agreement there would be ‘a significant drop in foreign trade for the UK’ and that
Powering Mexico SPANISH energy company Iber drola will this year start the con struction of a combined cycle and a photovoltaic plant in Mex ico, with an estimated invest ment in both projects of €677 million. The combined cycle in Ver acruz and the photovoltaic park in the State of Puebla is part of a fiveyear plan that will see the company invest about €4.515 billion in the country. Iberdrola is also studying pro jects in the region for another €903 million as part of its initial contribution to the Oaxaca Pact, signed last week by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin) and nine governors of the coun try, the company has reported. The energy company esti mates that it will make purchas es from Mexican industry worth more than $3 billion dollars (€2.709 billion), which will help the country’s economic growth. With a presence in the coun try for 20 years, Mexico is a key
ENERGY COMPANY: Is building five plants that will come into operation this year.
“There is a five year plan.
market for Iberdrola, where it has an installed capacity of more than 7,400 megawatts (MW) distributed in 20 plants. These are a mixture of com bined cycles, wind farms and photovoltaic, which are located in 13 states, of which about 60 per cent supply energy to pri vate customers. In addition, the energy com pany is building five plants that will come into operation this year and will raise the installed capacity in the country to more than 10,000 MW.
the economy would go into reces sion in 2020. In the first quarter of 2019, GDP grew by 0.5 per cent, but contracted by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter. The group hopes that the Euro pean and British authorities will end up taking pragmatic decisions to avoid systemic disruptions in fi nancial operations, according to the report.
Jobless foreigner numbers down THE number of foreigners unemployed in Spain stood at 362,296 by the end of July, its lowest level since Oc tober 2008, according to data from the Public Service of State Employment (SEPE). This was 1.2 per cent down on the previous month and 2.4 per cent compared to the same month in 2018. In absolute terms, the monthly decline was 4,509 unemployed, while in yearonyear terms there are now 8,875 fewer foreigners unemployed than at the same time in 2018. Of the total number of immigrants without work, 228,690 belong to nonEU countries, compared with 133,606 from EU countries. Almost six out of 10 unemployed foreigners are women (209,924 against 152,372 men) and 94 per cent are over 25 (340,086 unemployed). In addition, practi cally six out of 10 worked in the service sector and 16 per cent belonged to the group without previous em ployment. By Autonomous Community, Cataluña and Andalu cia registered the highest number of unemployed im migrants, with 68,941 and 57,856 respectively. They are followed by Madrid (52,918) and Comunidad Va lenciana (52,279) and the Canarias (19,594), CastillaLa Mancha (18,280) and País Vasco (17,279). The regions with the fewest unemployed immi grants at the end of July were Cantabria (2,900 foreign unemployed), La Rioja (2,980), Extremadura (3,410), Asturias (4,946) and Navarre (5,963).
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FEATURE
Shifting climate
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I’M just not too sure about all this global warm ing, climate change and carbon emission con troversy. There is of course no doubt that the Earth’s climate is shifting. The floods, storms and melting Polar caps are positive proof of that. I’m just not quite convinced that the rea sons for these phenomenas are actually those that all the ‘greenies’ and tree huggers would lead us to believe. After all, there were no carbon spewing au tos, jet guzzlers or farting livestock, (excluding the dinosaurs of course) when the world en dured its Ice Ages and oceans receded to reveal previously sunken mountains across the sur face of the Earth. One of the facts our ‘saviours’ of the planet seem to conveniently ignore, are the movements of the globe itself. Our wondrous ‘spaceship’ does not revolve smoothly on its axis. It does in fact ‘wobble’ slightly. The smallest shift of such a vast body can of course have an enormous effect on its climate. This happens roughly every 26,000 years and, according to scientists, at this mo ment in time we are also in the middle of our fifth major ice age. Bearing all this in mind, it stands to reason that the climatic effects we are experiencing appear inevitable and simply
GLOBAL WARMING: There’s no doubt the climate is shifting.
require us to deal with them as best we can. I’m always suspicious of those who work in departments that earn tax payers money by spreading fear factors among the populace. Af ter all, if they can’t find anything to blame us for, they’d all be out of work wouldn’t they? As far as all the hysteria surrounding the
Windsors using a private jet to travel to the Balearics last week, I do agree 100 per cent that, apropos their stand on carbon emission, it certainly reeks of pure hypocrisy. I do however; question the motives of those objecting the loudest. Can I detect just a weeny touch of en vy tucked away in there somewhere?
I wonder how many of them, given the op portunity to climb aboard Elton John’s private jet and be whisked off to party on a sun drenched Mediterranean Isle would give it a second thought. Mmm? I also vehemently dis agree with Elton John trying to play the right eous card by ‘off setting’ any pollution emis sion damage with donations to the somewhat dubious ‘Carbon Footprint Company.’ This is the unacceptable face of the privi leged and arrogant, basically informing us that if you have the finances you can do just about anything. A line of reasoning that would sug gest that it’s ok to drive down a high street in the Bentley killing and maiming pedestrians provided you make a large enough donation to the local hospital. No, Sorry Mr John doesn’t quite wash with me. My heart went out this week to my beautiful daughter Rebecca and her partner Alba. Tragi cally their beloved pet was knocked down and killed by a hit and run driver outside our home. She was a wonderful and captivating sweet ca nine soul. We are all totally devastated. RIP young Molly. Sadly missed. Keep the Faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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NORA JOHNSON
Don’t write in slanglish if you wanna pass exams
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
IN a recent survey, thousands of tutors were asked why students they’d taught failed English GCSEs. The most common reason, given by 42 per cent of respon dents, was using ‘slanglish’ in exams, the most commonly misspelt words and phrases being ‘tonite,’ ‘summin’ and ‘pls.’ I’m sure it’s considered elitist, but what can you expect when your ears are as saulted daily by the mangling of pronunci ation from commentators on TV and ra dio? Some (not all) don’t pronounce ‘ing’ at the end of any word, ever, so you get: ‘I’m standin here in Downin Street waitin to see what’s bein said after this meetin...’ If you want kids to write correctly, then they need to hear the right things in the first place, right? There is, too, a traffic re porter on BBC radio who does exactly the same thing: traffic is ‘quein,’ ‘passin’ or ‘slowin.’ When a listener complained about this, he was reprimanded by a BBC functionary who said they were trying to encourage regional accents. Now, I’m all for regional accents, but this is just sloppy speech. But, to be fair, you’d expect that sort of PC nonsense from the BBC.
IN A WORD: Slanglish is sloppy speech. And don’t get me started on ‘yoof’ pre senters. No wonder our children can’t speak and therefore write properly if their use of language is held up as being correct. Remember Tony Blair dropping his ‘t’s to be down with the yoof? Messaging and autocorrect are often given as the main reasons for the current situation. Nonsense! The root of the prob lem is simply that kids don’t read books any more. So they’re never exposed to correct grammar nor have any chance to widen their vocabulary. What hope is there they’ll ever learn it if all they ever see or hear of language is ‘txt
spk’ or the mangled noise of TV and video? While doubtless technology bears some blame for this, so too do govern ment educational policies that have by passed books as a primary aid to learning. And the average yoof’s reaction to all this: ‘I dunno wot yr bovvered abt. Jst syin.’ Nora Johnson’s 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 Cler ambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback & audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
FEATURE
LEGALLY SPEAKING Can he withhold the minutes? Our community consists of an aparthotel with 130 privately owned apartments. Three quarters of these are in a letting pool, which is run as a hotel by our managing agent, who is also the community ad ministrator. Because of the conflict of interest and com plicated money transfers, we agreed by a large majority at the AGM to split the residential community from the letting business. Our administrator disagreed so we called an EGM, which we won. We also had a notary and our lawyer attend. Now the administrator will not give us the official minutes book, which we need to get the minutes registered. I have been told that we can’t proceed with a court case against him until the minutes have been regis tered. Can you advise? L S (Costa Blanca)
The min utes are property of the YOU AND THE community and the LAW IN SPAIN administrator is obliged to deliver them to the president. If your adminis trator is a member of the official College of Property Ad ministrators of your province, you can report him to the College. Any single member can go to court if he feels that his interests are harmed. Your situation is complex and you need good legal advice.
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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7:00am 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 Celebrity Special 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm The Cruise 10:00pm Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Sanditon 12:45am La Liga Highlights
8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dinner Date 4:50pm Dress to Impress 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Horrible Bosses 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Horrible Bosses 12:05am Family Guy
7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 9:00am
7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am The Saint 8:15am Kojak 9:15am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmCycling: Vuelta a España 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Cycling: Vuelta a España 9:00pm Fishing Allstars 10:00pm Tomorrow Never Dies 11:05pmFYI Daily 11:10pm Tomorrow Never Dies 12:30am Lethal Weapon 1:25am Eraser 2:25am FYI Daily 2:30am Eraser 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 11:25am Rugby Greatest Games 11:30am Live European Tour Golf 1:30pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 3:30pm Live European Tour Golf 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket 10:45pmSky Sports News 11:00pmThe Debate 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Live WNBA: Los Angeles @ Indiana 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News
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 Celebrity Special 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmLethal Weapon 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London
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3:30am 7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 9:00am
4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am The Saint 8:15am Kojak 9:15am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pm Cycling: Vuelta a Espana 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Cycling: Vuelta a Espana 9:00pm The Sports Stars Fishing Championship 11:00pm Tremors 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am Tremors 1:05am The Sweeney 2:05am Minder 3:05am The Professionals 4:00am Teleshopping
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 11:25am Rugby Greatest Games 11:30am Live European Tour Golf 1:30pm Football Centre 2:00pm Live: Loma/ Campbell: he Weigh-In 3:00pm Football Centre 4:00pm Football Centre 4:30pm Live Test Cricket 7:00pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket 8:00pm Live EFL 11:30pm Class of '92: Full Time 12:30am Barclays Premier League Preview
Coronation Street Coronation Street Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote 9:55am On the Buses 10:25am On the Buses 11:00am Rising Damp 11:30am Lewis 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm Lewis A student production of The Merchant of Venice is halted when the actor playing Shylock is murdered during the performance. 6:55pm Downton Abbey 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Vera 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Law & Order: UK 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping
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Dinner Date Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Identity Thief FYI Daily Identity Thief Family Guy Family Guy
9:55am 10:25am 11:00am 11:30am 1:40pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 4:55pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 1:05am 3:00am 3:55am 4:45am 5:35am
Teleshopping Coronation Street Coronation Street Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote On the Buses On the Buses Rising Damp Lewis Heartbeat Emmerdale Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Lewis Downton Abbey Murder, She Wrote Lewis Foyle's War Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Wild at Heart Wild at Heart On the Buses
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SATURDAY - 31 AUGUST
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SUNDAY - 1 SEPTEMBER
7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pmMary Berry Quick Cooking 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Live Rowing 4:00pm Athletics 5:00pm Final Score 6:15pm BBC News 6:25pm BBC London News; Weather 6:30pm Weather 6:35pm Marvel's Avengers Assemble 8:45pm Pointless 9:35pm Who Dares Wins 10:20pmCasualty 11:10pmBBC News 11:25pmWeather 11:30pmMatch of the Day 1:00am The Rap Game UK 2:00am The NFL Show
10:00am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 10:30am The Animal's Guide to Britain 11:30am The Princess and the Frog 1:00pm Nigel Slater: Eating Together 1:30pm My Life on a Plate 2:15pm Flog It! 2:50pm Home Front Heroes 3:35pm Talking Pictures 4:20pm The Man Who Never Was 6:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 7:00pm Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 8:00pm Proms Encore 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Wild Shetland Scotland's Viking Frontier 10:00pm Their Finest 11:50pm Southside With You
8:00pm Britain's Secret Seas 9:00pm The Private Life of Chickens 10:00pm Darkness: Those Who Kill 10:45pm Darkness: Those Who Kill 11:35pm The Vietnam War 12:30am The Vietnam War 1:25am Top of the Pops: 1988 1:55am Popular Voices at the BBC 2:55am Britain's Secret Seas 3:55am The Private Life of Chickens Jimmy Doherty learns about the origins, social behaviour and intelligence of chickens.
7:00am King of Queens 7:25am King of Queens 7:55am Frasier 8:20am Frasier 8:45am The Big Bang Theory 9:15am The Big Bang Theory 9:45am The Simpsons 10:20am The Simpsons 10:50am The Simpsons 11:20am Triathlon & Endurance Events 12:25pmFour in a Bed 12:55pmFour in a Bed 1:25pm Four in a Bed 1:55pm Four in a Bed 2:25pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm Live International Rugby Union 5:40pm Grand Designs 6:40pm Channel 4 News 7:00pm Formula 1 8:30pm Return of the Wooly Mammoth 10:00pm Bridge of Spies
10:55am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Access 11:30am Police Interceptors 12:20pmPolice Interceptors 1:15pm Friends 2:10pm Friends 2:40pm Friends 3:10pm Friends 3:40pm Friends 4:10pm Britain's Horror Homes 5:10pm Britain's Horror Homes 6:10pm 5 News Weekend 6:15pm The Blitz: Britain on Fire 9:00pm World War II in Numbers 10:55pmChris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys
11:00am BBC News 11:30am Sunday Morning Live 12:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Points of View 3:05pm Hold the Sunset 3:35pm Escape to the Country 4:05pm Shop Well for Less 5:05pm Cinderella 6:45pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News; Weather 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Peaky Blinders 11:00pm BBC News
7:20am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:05am Gardeners' World 8:35am Countryfile 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am Nadiya's Summer Feasts 12:30pmTop of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 1:30pm Live Rowing 3:15pm Super League Triathlon 5:15pm Equestrian 7:00pm The Ganges with Sue Perkins 8:00pm Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein 11:35pmLive at the Apollo 12:20am Life of Crime 1:55am Who Do You Think You Are? 2:55am Holby City 3:55am This is BBC Two
8:00pm BBC Proms 2019 10:00pmArena Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama's work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from her peers and those in power in the art world. Heather Lenz's documentary profiles her work, including the much-visited Infinity Mirror Room installations, which defies classification. 11:10pmRyan Gander: The Idea of Japan 12:10am Strangeways Britain's Toughest Prison Riot
7:15am King of Queens 8:05am Cheers 8:30am Cheers 9:00am Cheers 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Stuart Little 2 4:00pm The Great British Bake Off 5:30pm Coast vs Country 6:30pm The Yorkshire Dales and the Lakes 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Formula 1 10:00pmThe Handmaid's Tale 11:20pm 50 Years of the Troubles: A Journey Through Film 12:15am The Monuments Men
11:30am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:00pmFriends 12:30pmFriends 1:00pm Friends 1:30pm Friends 2:00pm Police Interceptors 3:00pm Force 10 from Navarone 4:00pm Access 4:05pm Force 10 from Navarone 5:20pm Operation: Daybreak 6:20pm 5 News Update 6:25pm Operation: Daybreak 7:40pm 5 News Weekend 7:45pm The Secret Life of the Long-Haul Flight 9:00pm Adele: In Her Own Words 11:00pmWhen... Goes Horribly Wrong
9:30am The Sara Cox Show 10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:25pmSave Money: Good Diet 12:55pmLove Your Garden 1:55pm ITV News and Weather 1:59pm ITV London Weather 2:00pm Midsomer Murders 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm Zone of Champions 6:30pm ITV News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News London 7:00pm The Chase 8:00pm Catchphrase 9:00pm Britain's Got Talent: The Champions 11:00pmWho Wants to be a Millionaire?
9:50am Coronation Street 12:45pmNinja Warrior UK 1:40pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 2:05pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 2:35pm Catchphrase 3:35pm You've Been Framed! 4:35pm You've Been Framed! 5:05pm What a Girl Wants 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm What a Girl Wants 7:15pm Liar Liar 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Liar Liar 9:00pm Quantum of Solace 10:00pmFYI Daily 10:05pm Quantum of Solace 11:05pmFamily Guy 11:35pmFamily Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am American Dad!
6:05am On the Buses 6:30am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am George and Mildred 7:25am Carry on Again, Doctor 9:05am Inspector Morse 11:25am The Wizard of Oz 1:25pm Lewis 3:25pm Lewis 5:30pm Foyle's War 7:40pm Agatha Christie's Poirot Captain Hastings is staying with friends when wealthy heiress Mrs Inglethorp is murdered. 10:00pmEndeavour 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:05am Emmerdale 2:35am Emmerdale 3:00am Emmerdale
7:00am River Monsters 7:25am The Sports Stars Fishing Championship 9:25am Fishing Allstars 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 11:50am Cycling: Vuelta a Espa単a 12:50pm Columbo: A Case of Immunity 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Red River 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Red River 7:40pm World Cup Rivalries 8:00pm Cycling: Vuelta a Espa単a 9:00pm River Monsters 10:05pm The Shawshank Redemption 11:10pmFYI Daily 11:15pm The Shawshank Redemption
9:00am Great Sporting Moments 9:15am Great Sporting Moments 9:30am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 11:25am Rugby Greatest Games 11:30am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Live EFL 3:15pm Live Formula 1 4:45pm Formula 1 5:00pm Lomachenko: Pound-4Pound 5:30pm Luke Campbell: Off Limits 6:00pm Live Premier League 9:30pm Live Test Cricket 12:00am Live Indycar 2019 - Grand Prix Of Portland Qualifying 1:30am MLS Live
9:30am The Sara Cox Show 10:25am Ninja Warrior UK 11:20am Countrywise 11:55am Midsomer Murders 1:50pm ITV News and Weather 1:59pm ITV London Weather 2:00pm Zone of Champions 2:30pm Britain's Got Talent: The Champions 4:30pm Tenable 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm ITV News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News London 7:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 8:00pm 5 Gold Rings 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 10:00pm Sanditon 11:00pm ITV News and Weather
7:10am You've Been Framed! 7:35am Emmerdale 10:10am Coronation Street 1:10pm Catchphrase 2:10pm In for a Penny 2:35pm You've Been Framed! 3:05pm Hop 4:10pm FYI Daily 4:15pm Hop 5:00pm Britain's Got Talent: The Champions 7:05pm Despicable Me 2 8:05pm FYI Daily 8:10pm Despicable Me 2 9:00pm Captain America: The First Avenger 10:05pmFYI Daily 10:10pm Captain America: The First Avenger 11:25pmFamily Guy 11:55pmFamily Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am American Dad!
7:00am On the Buses 7:25am The Royal 8:20am Heartbeat 9:20am Heartbeat 10:25am Lewis 12:25pmLewis 2:25pm Inspector Morse 4:35pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:45pm Doc Martin 7:50pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pmSir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private 11:00pmThe Halcyon 12:00am The Halcyon 1:05am Tutankhamun 2:05am Carry on Screaming 3:40am Emmerdale 4:10am Emmerdale 4:35am Emmerdale 5:00am Emmerdale 5:30am Emmerdale
7:00am Motorsport UK 7:50am Cycling: Vuelta a Espa単a 8:45am TT Classic Highlights 2014 9:50am TT Classic Highlights 2014 10:50am The Professionals 11:55am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 2:10pm Brannigan 3:10pm FYI Daily 3:15pm Brannigan 4:20pm Chisum 5:25pm FYI Daily 5:30pm Chisum 6:35pm Hornblower 8:45pm Live Laliga 11:00pmCycling: Vuelta a Espa単a 12:05am Wanted 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am Wanted 2:15am Columbo: A Case of Immunity 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen
7:00am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 8:40am Rugby Greatest Games 8:45am Super League Gold 9:00am Total Goals 10:00am F1 Cars Through 1000 Races 10:05am Live Formula 3 Championship 10:50am Monaco Jetski Grand Prix 11:00am The Sunday Supplement 12:30pmLive Scottish Premiership 3:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 5:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:30pm Live Test Cricket 12:00am Sky Sports News
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29 August - 4 September 2019
TV LISTING
TUESDAY - 3 SEPTEMBER
MONDAY - 2 SEPTEMBER 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out London 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm This Country 12:00am Have I Got a Bit More News for You
3:15pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 6:25pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm
Heir Hunters Blitz Cities Odette Flog It! Eggheads Born to be Wild The Repair Shop Only Connect University Challenge 10:00pm Rise of the Nazis 11:00pmI Love 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds 9:00pm Rome: A History of the Eternal City 10:00pmGreat Indian Railway Journeys 11:00pmThe Art of WWII: A Culture Show Special 12:00am Victoria: A Royal Love Story 1:00am Walt Disney 2:00am Walt Disney 3:00am Metalworks! 4:00am Rome: A History of the Eternal City
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie's Meat-Free Meals 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pmCop Control 11:00pmStath Lets Flats 11:30pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:30am Britain's Extreme Weather: Superstorms & Heatwaves
3:15pm Instakiller 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Traffic Cops 10:00pm Paxman: Why Are Our Politicians So Crap? 11:00pm Are Our Politicians Up To It?: The Debate 12:05am Paxman on the Queen's Children
3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Capture 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather
11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm The Super League Show 2:45pm Heir Hunters 3:30pm Blitz Cities 4:15pm 633 Squadron 5:45pm Live Women's International Football 8:00pm The Repair Shop 9:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 10:00pmThe Chefs' Brigade 11:00pmMock the Week 11:30pmNewsnight
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds The wildlife expert films blue tits, blackbirds and swallows as spring arrives. 9:00pm New Forest: A Year in the Wild Wood 10:00pmTutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 11:00pmThe Search for Alfred the Great 12:00am Sheila Hancock Brushes Up: The Art of Watercolours
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The Great Hotel Escape 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:15pmSink or Swim 11:15pmHigh Society: The Cannabis Cafe 12:15am A Very British Brothel
3:15pm Killer Reputation 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:15pmInside the Tower of London 11:15pmLockerbie: Minute By Minute 12:45am Countdown to Murder
4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm A Confession
3:35pm 4:40pm 5:45pm 7:15pm
10:50am Rising Damp 11:20am The Darling Buds of May 12:30pmAgatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Coronation Street 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Midsomer Murders 6:20pm Downton Abbey 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pmDoc Martin 11:00pmScott & Bailey 12:00am Scott & Bailey
12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Silverstone Classic 9:00pm Speed Freaks 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pm Tomorrow Never Dies 12:05am FYI Daily
8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 12:00pmFootball Centre 12:30pmRef Watch 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 4:30pm Live Test Cricket 12:00am Sky Sports News
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Save Money: Good Diet 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London
3:35pm 4:35pm 5:35pm 6:40pm
11:20am The Darling Buds of May 12:25pmAgatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:00pm Downton Abbey 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmDCI Banks
3:35pm 4:40pm 5:45pm 6:50pm 8:00pm
Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Cycling: Vuelta a Espana 9:00pm Made in Britain 10:00pmThe World is Not Enough 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pmThe World is Not Enough 12:40am La Liga Highlights
8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pmSky Sports News 12:30pmSportswomen 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 4:30pm Live Test Cricket West Indies v India. 12:00am Sky Sports News
7:00am Coronation Street 7:25am Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am Murder, She Wrote 9:50am On the Buses 10:20am On the Buses 10:55am Rising Damp 11:25am The Darling Buds of May 12:30pmAgatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Coronation Street 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Midsomer Murders 6:25pm Downton Abbey 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:05pmUnforgotten 12:00am Unforgotten 1:05am Law & Order: UK 2:05am Law & Order: UK 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping
7:00am British Touring Cars - Crashes and Smashes 7:10am Only When I Laugh 7:35am The Chase 8:20am Kojak 9:10am The Sweeney 10:20am Minder 11:25am Cycling: Vuelta a España 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Cycling: Vuelta a España 9:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 10:00pmSpeed Freaks 11:00pm The Specialist 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am The Specialist 1:15am Scream 4 2:20am FYI Daily 2:25am Scream 4
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am The Ashes - Live England v Australia. Coverage of the first day of the Fourth Test in the five-match series, taking place at Emirates Old Trafford. 7:55pm Live Vitality T20 Blast Cricket 11:00pm The Debate 12:00am Live Caribbean Premier League T20
Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 10:00pmSingletown 11:00pmFamily Guy 11:30pmFamily Guy 12:00am Family Guy
Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed! 7:10pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 8:10pm FYI Daily 8:15pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 10:00pm Singletown 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy
WEDNESDAY - 4 SEPTEMBER 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Our Lives 9:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather
7:30am Garden Rescue 8:15am Antiques Road Trip 9:00am See Hear 9:30am Our Lives 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 12:15pmPolitics Live 2:00pm Hardball 2:45pm Emergency Rescue Down Under 3:15pm Heir Hunters 4:00pm Blitz Cities 4:30pm A Matter of Life and Death 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Born to be Wild 8:00pm The Repair Shop 9:00pm Interior Design Masters 10:00pmThe Big Hospital Experiment 11:00pmBetter Things 11:20pmRick Stein's Long Weekends 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds 9:00pm A History of Scotland 10:00pm Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez 11:00pmA Timewatch Guide In the year 793, Europe changed for ever when the famous monastery at Lindisfarne on the Northumbrian coast was suddenly attacked and looted by seafaring Scandinavians. 12:00am The Wonderful World of Blood with Michael Mosley 1:00am Time Shift
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Across 1 Cut cooked buns (4) 3 Very unstable conical explosive (8) 9 Opening nothing if rice is ordered (7) 10 Famous composer hiding in hotel gardens (5) 11 Seven Tories hosting a happening (5) 12 Enrols unfortunate introverts (6) 14 Some taking over nations to impose regulations (6) 16 A wild outing and one light celebration (6) 19 Heavy, uninteresting food - for example, little Dorothy's turnover (6) 21 Many poems not in plain English (5) 24 Nobleman finding love in farm building (5) 25 Sailor upset scene due to nonappearance (7) 26 Being left is rather frightening (8) 27 Fixed with needle and thread in all directions (4) Down 1 Tea's gone off — but that was a long time ago (5,3) 2 Sort of untie or join (5) 4 Just circling outskirts of Prague for all to see (6) 5 Guiltless wife finally accepted by family group (5) 6 I regain disputed African country (7) 7 Dog left length of hair (4) 8 Strain trifle by mistake (6) 13 One German saint, one German
theorist (8) 15 Animal doctor collapsed near old-timer (7) 17 Peruvian Indians taking drug to allow for eventualities (2,4)
CODE BREAKER
18 Watch out for second-rate merchandise (6) 20 Nudes cavorting in the sand (5) 22 Steps taken in Ugandan celebration (5) 23 One is after black bird (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents X and 18 represents M, so fill in X every time the figure 11 appears and M every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Sound made by a dog (4) 3 Swift (5) 8 Collier (4,5) 9 Largest organ in the human body (5) 10 Smaller amount (4) 14 Not shut (4) 15 Flower holders (5) 18 Least familiar (9) 20 Dance craze started by Chubby Checker (5) 21 Boundary of a surface (4)
Down 1 Financial institution (4) 2 Get something (7) 4 Objectives (4) 5 Hotel providing overnight lodging for travellers (3) 6 Enthusiastic (5) 7 Come into existence (5) 11 Chosen by vote (7) 12 American elk (5) 13 Rescues (5) 16 Finishes (4) 17 Female horse (4) 19 Not cooked or dressed (3)
ENGLISH-SPANISH
Across 1 Yawn (7) 5 Mujeres (5) 8 Picadura (de abeja, avispa) (5) 9 To skate (7) 10 Hay (5,2) 12 Aumento (5) 13 Pigeon (6) 15 Street light (6) 18 Más tarde (5) 19 Por lo menos (2,5) 21 To keep an eye on (7) 22 To make an appointment with (5) 23 Thread (of screw) (5) 24 Pencils (7)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Parada de autobús (3,4) 2 Brillo (de tela, pelo, zapatos, superficie) (5) 3/22 Huevera (3,3) 4 Oponerse (6) 5 Cascada (9) 6 Beggar (7) 7 Enfermera (5) 11 Emerald (9) 14 Whips (for training, driving animals) (7) 16 Authors (7) 17 Barril (6) 18 To wash (5) 20 Desván (5) 22 See 3
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.
NONAGRAM How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
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BONUS BALL
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Excellent: 23 EURO MILLIONS Tuesday August 20
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Friday August 23
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Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
Thursday August 22
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JOKER: 4 974 449
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Saturday August 24
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JOKER: 5 326 330 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday August 25
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
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CRYPTIC Across:
7 Eraser, 8 Pecado, 10 Cigüeña, 11 Apple, 12 Turn, 13 Habil, 17 Newer, 18 Iron, 22 Heels, 23 Octopus, 24 Chapel, 25 Maceta.
1 Charred, 5 Stamp, 8 Deacons, 9 Abide, 10 Disco, 11 Explode, 12 At ease, 14 Ablaze, 17 Catseye, 19 Given, 22 Exist, 23 Sees red, 24 Sheen, 25 Sardine.
Down: 1 Rescate, 2 Dangers, 3 Beret, 4 Regaliz, 5 Nappy, 6 Foxes, 9 Pasajeros, 14 Measles, 15 Triplet, 16 Unusual, 19 Which, 20 Besar, 21 Straw.
Down: 1 Coded, 2 Arabs, 3 Riotous, 4 Dashes, 5 Sharp, 6 Arizona, 7 Precede, 12 Archers, 13 Entwine, 15 Bugbear, 16 Ceases, 18 Elton, 20 Verdi, 21 Nudge.
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are in a romantic mood but something is missing from the picture. It is not that you are feeling the need of having more than one string to your bow, it is more that you are tired of using the same old arrows. So, what is out there to fire your imagination? Something really new will not miss the mark with you.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION arch arco card cart char cord craw croc crow dart drat draw hard hart hoar orca road rota taro torc trad trod trow ward wart word wort actor chard chart chord crowd hoard orach ratch roach throw torch worth wrath wroth accord chador coward crotch toward CATCHWORD
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Across: 1 Sulks, 4 Staid, 7 Ingenious, 8 Easy, 10 Alter, 13 Banal, 14 Menu, 17 Notorious, 19 Surly, 20 Gaffe.
Down: 1 Spider, 2/18 Log off, 3 Send, 4 Spoils, 5 Austere, 6 Dank, 9 Spanner, 11 Pantry, 12 Pursue, 15 Lots, 16 Brag.
CODE BREAKER
This is a brilliant week for money and business. Mars is influencing you to be more up-front and practical in your approach. You may feel changes coming on that you would rather deny. Burying your head in the sand is not an option. Take the bull by the horns and you could be surprised at your success.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) You will see the lighter side of life this week when you discover that someone is holding a torch for you. You are flattered and vaguely interested. Your combination of intelligence and humour make you a delightful companion. Venus smiles on all your close relationships and you seem to be able to do no wrong. .
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is much to be tackled this week, but you are wary of making full-on decisions. Taking things one step at a time is the best policy because it gives you space to consider the options. There is a restlessness about you that is hard to pinpoint. Perhaps you are feeling positive but have to hold fire because of others. This is frustrating, but try to relax.
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Energy levels go up and down and you seek to ration yours by not going all-out physically. It is still possible to be quite dynamic while planning. Indeed, your clear vision impresses a colleague. If you are due for promotion then some good news is likely. Blow your own trumpet rather than wait for others to do it for you.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The changes affecting you for the past few weeks continue but you are now getting better at managing their direction. Someone wanting you to take a
logical action should not be allowed to push you forward. When to act will be clear to you.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Someone who has been unhelpful in the past suddenly steps forward. Could you have been wrong about them? Probably not. Keep a clear mind when with them. Saturn influences you to be more organised before a bout of indecision strikes.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The influence of Venus and Jupiter brings you the influence and status that you deserve. It's not that you haven't worked towards it but now you start to see the benefits. There is an urge to improve your appearance and surroundings to fit in with the 'new you'.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) During the past few weeks you may have gained a different perspective on life. Your need for a close attachment and harmony in your life should not be underestimated or denied in the name of practicality.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) To be truly happy you need to build on your partnerships. Keep these in balance and everything else will fall into place. Life has taught you some rather harsh lessons recently. The upshot of that is you now feel more in control and more secure.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is an all-consuming need to see some reward for all your efforts. There will be those who will tell you that you need to push harder for success. Perhaps you need to be with more like-minded people. Certainly being with the wrong colleagues can bring your spirits down.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) When needed you are sure to be positive this week. On a project, 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind. There is much fun to hand but it must be 'work first' at the moment. Some opportunities do not come twice and you need to be aware of them when they present themselves. Spend some quality time with your loved ones.
QUIZ: MONONYMOUS PEOPLE A mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a single name or mononym 1. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin was the real name of which French playwright who wrote more than 20 comic plays about contemporary France, developing stock characters from Italian commedia dell'arte? 2. Lysistrata, the Birds and the Frogs are all notable works by which ancient Greek dramatist (448-380 BC), best remembered for his comedies? 3. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) was which American singer/actress’s first UK number one hit single? 4. What is the name of the Somali-American fashion model who married pop star David Bowie in a private ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland in April 1992? 5. What was the name of the beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt, the mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony, who killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian? 6. Which American pianist and entertainer, who died in 1987 aged 67, was famous for his romantic arrangements of popular
piano classics and for his flamboyant costumes? 7. Which footballer began playing for Santos at age 15 and the Brazil national team at 16? During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the only player ever to do so? 8. Which Greek epic poet is traditionally held to be the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, although modern scholarship has revealed the place of the poems in a preliterate oral tradition? 9. Which influential 17th century Dutch artist made his name as a portrait painter with the Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp (1632)? He is also identified with the series of more than 60 self-portraits painted from 1629 to 1669? . 10. Which Scottish-born singer is widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest 1969 winning entry Boom Bang-a-Bang? Not a lot of people know that… before finding fame as the lead singer of the Police, Sting (real name Gordon Sumner) worked as a bus conductor, a building labourer, a tax officer and a teacher.
Answers: 1. MOLIÈRE, 2. ARISTOPHANES, 3. CHER, 4. IMAN, 5. CLEOPATRA, 6. LIBERACE, 7. PELÉ, 8. HOMER, 9. REMBRANDT, 10. LULU
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Looks more like the young lad who had not driven before, powerful(ish) Audi A4 / A6 estate, likely an automatic so foot to the floor no concept of the power and flew straight through car park doors, smacked the wall on the bend and then panicked / left his foot down and flew over the road and in to the garden. Certainly doesn’t look drunk and his nationality is not relevant? Expensive mistake and a costly lesson, but at least nobody was hurt; bricks, metal and garden shrubs easily replaced. Steven Clark
SPAIN has been ravaged by fires so far this year, but one thing can be said at least - the Spanish government does its utmost to supply the resources to put them out. But turn your gaze across the Atlantic and the same cannot be said about the fires devastating large swathes of the Amazon rain forest. G7 leaders at their summit in Biarritz would appear to have raised a few hackles with their comments that the disaster - if only we could call it a natural one and not man-made - must be tackled. President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil in particular has not taken kindly to in his view being lectured on the issue. He sees it as none of the G7 nations’ business and that they should not interfere in what he views as an internal issue. The retort from world leaders is that it is their business. With climate change an ever more pressing problem the Amazon needs to be protected and nurtured, not cleared for agriculture. To their credit the G7 nations have offered $20 million to help fight the fires. This is to be rejected by Brazil who shoot back that the money would be better spent reforesting Europe. And Brazil does have a point. The fight against climate change starts on our own doorstep. It is a problem that every single one of us should take action over.
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COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK Lots of people defending the kid, would it be the same if he ploughed into people not a wall? Simon Wye
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Definitely prosecute. Charge parents for all dam age done. Paul Huddart
OMG no.!! The poor firefighters have only just fin ished putting the fire out in Estepona. Debz Carr
A testament to Audi build quality.
Seems like the whole world is on fire. Alan Mackenzie
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Banks on Brexit alert WELL let’s just have a think about this 2016 when the people voted. Santander and other banks have supposedly got intelligent people working for them and only now have they realised these occurrences can happen. Banks are supposed to be looking to the future, but from my experience one might be better putting one’s money under the mattress. Come on banks stop all this bullshit, you always come out smelling like roses. Advice, cut major salaries and payouts for incompetence because you and shareholders are the problem, not Brexit. Jo Watson Standby England, the 51st state of America. Out of the family EU pot and right into the USA fire. Murray Wasik
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DEAR Editors, The rising worldwide concern with cli mate change and pesticide use prompts me to record my own observations since moving to Andalucia in 2005. The biggest and most dramatic change has been in large predator/scav enger birds such as the larger eagles and vultures. Up until a few years ago I would train my binoculars on the western edge of the Maroma mountain range and see both enormous species using the up draft to gain altitude, then fly back into the mountains. This no longer occurs. I have not seen either species for years, a huge disap pointment for our visitors. Smaller birds such as beeeaters and cragmartins also would flock in this area in quite high numbers, often noisily seeming to interact. Again, a thing of the past, I see them occasionally in small numbers at this time of year. A similar story with insects. Up until a few years back, ants of all types were a real nuisance, parading in columns 20 or 30 metres long, across the patio, over furniture and everywhere in the garden. Except for very few wandering around, they’ve more or less vanished. Similarly bees and wasps. This year is the first year I have rarely had to re move drowned bees and wasps from our pool. Flies a similar story. How these observations relate to cli mate change and/or pesticide use I am not qualified to say. But such huge changes do have an answer, even if maybe just a local phenomenon to this area of Axarquia. We all need to know. Anthony John Randall, Alcaucin
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JORIS PLU IN golf they teach you to hold your grip on your club loose. It is all about the swing. If you stress too much on your grip you will not hit the ball or the ball will fly in a di rection you did not want in the first place. Same when you learn to ride a bike. If you are sitting too tight on it, it will be more difficult to learn. So loosen the grip. Also in your life. Loosen your grip. On material things, ego, what you say, your emotions, relation ships, etcetera. Once you start holding on to everything in life, in time it will be more difficult to loosen the grip. Sometimes people will be unable to do it. Most of us know this but it is so hard not to get attached to others, to material things, to life itself. One of the most important lessons in life is being able to let
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Loosen the grip go. Not getting too attached. Here I am talking about just loosen ing the grip. Not even letting go. Not easy. But do able, step by step. Because when we die we lose grip on everything we have in one second. To make sure you get this I will write it again: when you die, you lose grip on everything in one second. Do not wait that long. Learn from now on how to loosen your grip on every thing in your life including your life. It will make living much easier to deal with. There will always be bad days in our lives. But as long as we under
LIFE HAPPENS NOW: At this very moment, enjoy it, every single bit of it. stand that those are just moments in life, that we can choose to let it all be a bit looser, we will feel more free, more at ease. Like the saying goes… tomorrow is another
day… a new beginning. Be confi dent. Do not hold on to those bad days. They will pass. Loosen the grip on your negative thoughts. Same with relationships. If you
are holding on too tight, chances are you are creating a stressful re lation instead of a loving one. Loosen the grip. So what about loosening the grip on your own life? There is a saying: do not take life too seri ously, you are going to die any way. I believe we all know this. So ask yourself this question, know ing you are going to die anyway. Why is for most people life so full of negativity, anxiety, fear, and holding on to? Just reflect on this question for a moment. Start today, step by step, loos ening your grip on the things you want. I promise you that in time you will feel more relaxed, more free. Loosen your grip on the past. Holding on causes more damage.
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HEALTH & BEAUTY THESE days, more and more people are beginning to un derstand the importance of a simpler way of life and are try ing to incorporate more natur al and healthier products, foods, methods of transport etc into their lives. Making your own natural beauty products at home is a great way of saving money, lavishing your body with the best treatments available from Mother Nature herself, whilst doing your bit for the environment at the same time. Just because a product has an expensive price tag of €40, it does not mean that it is nec essarily the best on the mar ket. More often than not it’s a case of very clever marketing! Essentially, all beauty prod ucts such as cleansers and moisturisers are made from the same basic ingredients, which are all fairly cheap to produce. Cleansing your skin is an es sential part of any skin care routine, as dirt from the at mosphere must be removed regularly to prevent pores from clogging and the appear ance of the dreaded spot, or worse still spots.
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Treat your skin naturally Many people are content on using a soap to cleanse their skin and to remove all traces of dirt and makeup, yet soap can be harsh and will upset the skin’s natural Ph balance. Us ing a natural cleanser is much gentler and softer and will not harm the skin in any way. Common soaps that you find in the supermarket or chemists all contain caustic so da, which is otherwise known as sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a highly corrosive substance and chemical. As well as being used to manufacture soaps and detergents, it is also used to bleach paper in paper pro duction and in petroleum re fining! Below is a selection of nat ural recipes for cleansers that will cleanse the skin and re move makeup as well. Take care when applying around the eyes as the skin here is very delicate and needs spe cial care. The recipes below are all made from natural ingredients and are therefore inexpensive to produce, refreshing on the
skin and more importantly free from chemicals and preservatives. For this reason, they will not keep for as long as commer cially made products, but can
be stored for several months in an airtight container. Those made with only natural prod ucts will have to be used with in a few days though. It is a good idea to make small
For combination skin 125ml of boiling purified water 40g ground almonds Cucumber Method Place the ground almonds into a muslin bag, secure with string and place in a bowl. Add the boiling water and leave to soak for two hours. Press the bag from time to time with a spoon. Cut the cucumber into pieces and place in a blender. Remove the almond bag and add the juice in the bowl to the cucumber. Process until smooth. Transfer to a container and refrigerate. This cleanser should be used within 4 days. For dry skin 4 tbsp of avocado oil 2 tbsp of coconut oil 2 tbsp of warm purified water 1 tbsp of emulsifying wax or ointment Method Place all the ingredients except the water into a bowl. Place the bowl into a pan of hot water and heat gently. Stir until the wax has melted. Add the water and beat with a fork until the mixture has thickened. Transfer to a bottle and close with an airtight lid. This will keep for several months. For oily skin 1 tbsp of natural live yoghurt 1 tsp of lemon juice 2 drops of pure essential lemon oil Method Mix all the ingredients together and apply immediately.
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batches to ensure that these natural products do not go off. There are several skin types
normal, dry, oily, combina tion (most common), sensitive and mature so choose the recipe that best suits your type of skin.
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AFTER numerous days with very few eggs here at Olive Tree Farm, suddenly the girls have gone into overdrive, which has surprised us. When the weather is very hot, they do tend to slow down, but having just had a couple of cooler days, it seems it has spurred them into action. Between boiled eggs added to salads, bacon and egg for lunch, scrambled eggs wherever they fit in and Spanish Omelettes, I was beginning to run out of ideas, and then I remembered Peas and Ham, plus an egg of course. Passed on by a friend a couple of years ago, this easy to make lunch, was a nice change. Taking just minutes to make and served with
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crusty bread, it is on the table in a flash and is really tasty! Serrano ham with peas, mushrooms and eggs Take 10-12 button mushrooms and slice thinly. Finely slice and chop one clove of garlic. Add 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil to a small frying pan on a medium heat and stir through the mushrooms and garlic, adding a little salt and pepper. (not too much salt though!) As the mushrooms start to soften add three or four pieces of serrano ham cut into strips and a knob of unsalted butter
and cook through for a couple of minutes. Add two handfuls of thawed frozen garden peas per person and stir through. As the pan starts to warm back up, break one fresh egg per person onto the top of everything and cover the pan with a lid. Leave on a low / medium heat for about 3-5 minutes until the egg white is cooked through and the yolk is still runny. Season with a little salt and black pepper and serve straight from the pan sat on a wooden board with lots of fresh crusty bread. You cannot get much easier than that! NB It also works with broad beans, chopped runner beans or a mixture of those and peas. If you miss out the eggs at the end, it is also nice served with cooked pasta, just stir everything together at the end of cooking. Bacon also works well, but needs a little more cooking than the ham.
Use one egg per person.
Olive Tree Farm was set up about four years ago with the intention of achieving a level of self sufficiency. We have poultry for meat and eggs, goats for milk, rabbits and small pigs for meat and harvest our 70 olive trees each year for oil. We also grow a variety of fruits and vegetables.
ALBOX & SURROUNDING AREAS
IMPROVEMENTS: The works included repaving streets and smartening up public fountains.
STREETS, rural roads and public fountains in Albox have been smartened up thanks to a se ries of works financed in great part by subsidies under the 2018/19 Rural Employment Development Programme. Albox Council received €253,200 in total for works in cluding repaving or installing pavements on roads in a num ber of areas of the municipali ty and for improvements to
Smarter streets the del Marques, Carmen, San Rafael, Colora, Del Medio, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Pleito, Los Caños, Demetrio, Los Feos, Del Bollo, Los Muer tos, del Mojon, Capita and Llano de los Olleres natural fountains.
The Junta de Andalucia’s Presidency and Local Adminis tration department subsidised 75 per cent of the cost of the works materials and the Alme ria provincial council the re maining 25 per cent. The Employment Ministry subsidised 45 per cent of the cost of contracting personnel, while Albox Council was re sponsible for the other 55 per cent.
Greener light for Almanzora THE provincial government is investing €720,000 in improving energy efficiency in four Almanzora municipalities. The Diputacion de Almeria has already awarded the works projects for energysav ing measures to be implemented in Lucar, Olula del Rio, Sierro and Urracal, which the administration said will lead to savings on municipal electricity bills, reduce light cont amination and cut down on the emission of greenhouse gases. Provincial Development deputy Oscar Liria said as well as reducing expenditure on power by around 30 per cent, the invest ment in the latest generation street lighting would translate into a better service for residents of the four municipalities ‘through measures which respect the envi ronment.’ Liria maintained these kinds of works are particularly important in the smallest of the province’s 103 municipalities because “they have less resources for undertaking action in terms of infrastructure.” According to the deputy, the energy efficiency invest ment is the type of project which con
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POWER SAVING: The provincial Development deputy said the projects would cut electricity bills and contamination.
tributes ‘to modernising and transforming municipalities,’ also encouraging people not to move away from smaller areas.
CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Cantoria
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HERITAGE: The acting Culture Minister recently visited the palace and the newly renovated Almanzora railway station.
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Almanzora Palace pledge ACTING Culture Minister Jose Guirao has pledged to work on the renovation of the Almanzora Palace in Cantoria ‘to the extent that we can.’ In an interview on Spanish radio the Pulpiborn politician described the palace as ‘an example of our province’s ar chitecture and history.’ He said he had spoken to Can toria Council about working on
the project through the 1.5% Cultural Programme, the aim of which is to allocate said percent age of the public works budget to initiatives related to conserv ing and restoring heritage sights. Guirao’s comments came just days after he was in Cantoria, where he visited the newly reno vated Almanzora railway station and the palace.
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1st anniversary celebrations THE Almanzora Group of Friends will be celebrating a year in its premises in the Plaza San Antonio in Albox on Saturday September 7. The group took over the location in 2018 following an offer to make it theirs from the Albox mayor. AGoF has had a few moves since its early beginnings some 21 years ago, over which time it has grown and evolved. The association can trace its roots back to 1998, when there was an ‘In ternational Office’ next to the Local Police station at the top of Albox high street. It was open every Tues day morning to offer information and advice to new arrivals in the area. In October that year the group published the first edition of the Al box News, full of helpful information for Englishspeaking residents. In November 1999, due to the ef fects of numerous earth tremors, the building which housed the associa tion was closed down, and it moved to a bar on the main road between Albox and Arboleas. Then from Au gust 2000 until April 2002 it operated from members’ houses and garages. In spring 2002, the group, which
CELEBRATION: AGoF is marking its first year in its Plaza San Antonio premises. by then had an extensive lending li brary for members, found new councilowned premises in the Al box covered market, opening three
mornings a week. Early 2004 saw its name changed to the Almanzora Group of Friends, registered with the Spanish authori
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ties as a nonprofit making associa tion Asociacion de Amigos Orienta dores del Almanzora. In the same year it published its
THE Animal Protection Society Albox fundraising fashion show is coming up on Thursday September 12. The event will be staged at the Albox Tennis club from 2pm onwards and will also feature a raffle, clothes sale and some great live entertainment. Tickets priced €5 are available from the APSA shop in Avenido Lepanto in Albox.
new style Almanzora Group of Friends newsletter. The association flourished in its covered market location and its membership grew to around 1,500. But in 2006 the local authority decid ed it wanted to develop the site and gave all the tenants notice to move. The group moved to the town’s Calle Barcelona, then to Avenida Lep anto, before taking up residence in its current home. Today the AGoF base is open from Monday to Friday, and on the first Saturday of the month, from 10am to 1pm. It provides information to members, has a library of over 5,000 books and organises day trips and holidays. The group also now provides members with free WiFi access and runs a help desk for members’ queries on all things Spanish. The premises also boasts an up stairs room for staging social events, which has a children’s reading corner. Join the group for its anniversary musical celebrations and games on September 7 at 11am. For directions please email alman zorafriends@gmail.com or see the AGoF Facebook page.
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Market PLACE Monday Antas: Plaza de Abastos, 7am-2.45pm. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Huercal-Overa: Avenida Guillermo Reyna, 8.30-2pm. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Tuesday Albox: 8.30am-2pm, Avenida Pio XII. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Cuevas del Almanzora: 9am-2pm, Plaza de la Libertad. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Los Gallardos: 9am-2pm, Plaza de Andalucia. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Wednesday Cantoria: 9am-2pm, Plaza de Andalucia. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, bags, household items, accessories. Lubrin: 9am-2pm, Plaza Constitucion. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Mojacar Pueblo 9am to 2pm, near sports centre. Fruit and veg, clothing, flowers, fish, handicraft, shoes, accessories. Palomares: 9am-2pm, Calle Mayor. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Pulpi: 9am-2pm, Calle del Mercado. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Velez-Blanco: 9am-2pm, Calle Corredera. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories.
Every week we will be listing some of the hundreds of events, happening in the Almeria region. We are particularly keen to help to promote charity events, so if you are organising one or know of one, please let us know at info@euroweeklynews.com.
Thursday Carboneras: 8am-2pm, Calle Castillos. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Cuevas del Almanzora: 9am-2pm, Plaza de la Libertad. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Olula del Rio: 9am-2pm, Calle Ramon y Cajal. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Roquetas de Mar: 9am-2pm, Avenida Union Europea. Fruit and veg, food, bags, clothing, shoes, accessories, jewellery, decorative items, crafts, flowers and plants. Sorbas: 9am-2pm, Plaza Constitucion. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories.
Aguilas: 8.45am-1.30pm, end of Calle Murcia: Household items, clothing, shoes, books, food items, fruit and veg, accessories. Arboleas: 9am-2pm, Plaza Constitucion. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Los Llanos flea market: 8.30am-2pm, Llanos del Espino. Second-hand and new items, fruit and veg, plants. Velez-Rubio: 9am-3pm, Calle Carrera del Mercado. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Vera: 9am-2pm, town centre streets. Fruit and veg, food, bags, clothing, accessories, jewellery, household items, arts and crafts, flowers and plants.
Friday Chirivel: 9am-3pm, Calle del Paseo. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Garrucha: 8am-2pm, Calle Joaquin Escobar. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories, flowers. Turre: 9am-2pm, Paseo del la Rambla. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. Zurgena: 9am-2pm, Avenida 19 de Octubre. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories.
Sunday Adra (third Sunday of the month): 10am-3pm, marina: Secondhand items, arts and crafts, antiques, jewellery. Mojacar Pueblo flea market: 9am-2pm, Multiple Uses Centre. Books, antiques, artworks, second-hand items, jewellery, clothing. Oria: 8am-2pm, Plaza de la Constitucion. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories. San Juan de los Terreros: 9am-2pm, Paseo Maritimo. Fruit and veg, clothing, foodstuffs. Velez-Rubio (last Sunday of the month): 9am-2pm, Plaza del Rey. Antiques, arts and crafts, second-hand items. Villaricos: 8.30-2pm, Calle Baria. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, books, golf accessories, household items.
Saturday Adra: (first and third Saturday of month): 9am-2pm, Calle del Puerto. Fruit and veg, clothing, shoes, household items, accessories.
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DURING the property boom, which for most seems like a very long time ago, the demand for various types of property was very different to how it is now. Due to the way in which property prices had risen to extortionate heights, the proliferation of the demand for small houses and apartments of one or two bedrooms was only natural. House prices were so high the average family could only afford a property of small dimensions, and anything bigger was way out of their reach. For example, between 2005 and 2008, almost 80 per cent of properties that were being built consisted of one or two bedrooms, a further 10 per cent were studios, barely 15 per cent were able to boast three bedrooms, and those with four hardly existed. During the property boom, twobedroom properties became the star product on the mar ket, with studios and onebedrooms also faring well. Even threebedroom properties were much smaller than they are these days. Back in the day, a property with three bedrooms would have had a total area of approximately 80 square metres, while today 130 square metres is more likely the norm. Today, the demand is now for a larger proper ty. Everyone wants more living space. And it has been noted that the profile of the buyer has also
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changed during this time. The main people buying these larger proper ties are families that already own a home but who want to buy a better one that is also larger in size. These days, the same amount of money will get purchasers a lot more for their money. Now, there is a much greater interest from buyers around the ages of 36 45, whereas be fore potential buyers were much younger or much older. These new buyers don’t want to buy their first home; they want to improve on the one that they have or move from rented into a property that they themselves own. During the property boom, it was virtually im possible to sell a large property, however, with today’s prices, the situation has changed. Professionals in the realestate sector, even in big cities, have seen how larger properties are lit erally flying off the shelves. As is often the case nowadays, more and more people are starting to work from home, so not only do buyers re quire bedrooms to sleep in, but they also need extra room for an office or study. With regard to new builds currently under construction, their size is reflected in this recent new demand for a larger property. Although new buildings in the centre of large cities are still relatively small, properties on new develop ments outside of town are much bigger than they used to be.
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PABLO IGLESIAS is backing a loser by pushing Spain’s moral obliga tion to accept the tragic migrants who prefer to risk their lives than stay in their countries of birth. He might be right and this will resonate with Unidas Podemos voters and the socially commit ted. Indeed, the Spanish proudly displayed their lack of racism and were always happy to welcome all immigrants, especially well heeled Europeans. They grudgingly accepted Lati nos too, who at least spoke the same language and shared or at least understood a similar cul ture. That has changed and one of the reasons why Vox obtained so many votes in the Andalucia elections last December was be cause it does not put out the welcome mat for nonEuropean, nonLatino immigrants. Iglesias wants to shame the tardiness of the PSOE govern ment’s response to the Open
Win or lose Arms immigrants. Rightly or wrongly and whisper it soft, that could be a votewinner, not a loser.
Could be worse THERE are worse things than the
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It all adds up ALBERT RIVERA, Ciudadanos’ leader, is hedging his bets regarding Pablo Casado’s bright idea called Es paña Suma. The PP and Cs should run on the same ticket in future elections, together with Vox, Casado sug gests. Rivera has so far shown little enthusiasm, and why should he? Why stick his neck out and possible repel future votes from Cs’ backbone of Centrist voters? If Spain endures another general election on No vember 10 and in the all too likely event of another hung parliament, Rivera will get his chance of a threesome anyway, without having to sign up to anything beforehand. He’ll get his cake and eat it too.
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Loser takes all THE Partido Popular, with Pablo Casado in charge, obtained its worst ever general election results last April, taking only 66 seats in the na tional parliament compared with 137 in 2016 and losing 3.5 million votes. Not to worry, though. Bolstered by the nominally Centre party Ciu dadanos and UltraRight Vox, the PP now governs a total of 21.7 million people in Madrid, Murcia and An dalucia, despite not being the most voted party in any of these regions. This was never a question of arith metic, nor a tripledecker equation or even differential calculus. Casado’s feat is closer to quantum mechanics which nobody under stands, but which get amazing re sults.
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phasised by the 15mm increase in ground clearance over the standard model, increasing the overall dimensions by 10mm.
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The interior space of both the saloon and hatchback ver sions have also grown slightly to some clever space saving by the boffins at
Skoda. Both the front and back seats give ample leg room. Boot space according to Skoda is a spacious 660 litres, expandable to 1,950 if the backrests of the rear seats are lowered, with a dividing floor increasing space even more. Engine wise, the 2019 Scout range offers two different op tions, the 2.0 TDI 190 hp DSG and the 2.0 TSI 272hp DSG. Equipment wise the Skoda comes with all the standard luxuries a modern day car should contain. Prices start at €44,990 for the 190hp version and €45,990 for the 272hp.
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2019 Mitsubishi L200 Mk6 ALTHOUGH on the surface the 2019 facelift L200 looks to have had a complete overhaul, the new model carries a lot of previ ous features. The new model carries over features from its interior as well as the chassis and drivetrain, however receives a downsized
engine, completely new suspen sion geometry and a host of new technology and driver as sistance features. The size of the load bed re mains the same, 1,520mm long and 1,470mm wide, meaning it sits slightly smaller than the Nis san Navara or the new Mer
cedes XClass, however the dif ferences are minimal. The fiveseat, Double Cab Barbarian X is the new range topping model, equipped with a standard sixspeed automatic gearbox. New technology includes blind spot warning system with
lane change assist, lane depar ture warning, hill start assist, rear cross traffic alert, forward collision warning with automat ic emergency braking and trailer stability assist. Overall the interior carries a lot of the ergonomics of the previous model, giving the inte
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rior a chunky and robust feel. Ride has been worked on for 2019 too, with improvements being made to the chassis, new springs and dampers with an in creased spring rate on the front
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COMPLETE OVERHAUL: The 2019 Mitsubishi L200. axle, and a more complex rear leaf spring setup. The range topping model comes equipped with the downsized 2.3litre fourcylin der diesel engine, 148hp and 400Nm of torque. Motorway cruising is effort less and getting up to speed is no hassle. Off road capabilities are still the truck’s forte, even with road tyres, with various offroad fea tures such as standard selec table fourwheeldrive, high and lowrange gearing, a locking central differential, an enor mous spread of offroad modes and hill descent control. Prices start from £21,515 for the Club Cab 4Life model, and go up to £32,200 for the range topping Barbarian X.
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Rins pips Marquez to win British Grand Prix
He’s a winner RORY MCILROY paired with World num ber one Brooks Koepka won a $15 mil lion cheque when he claimed the FedEx Cup in Atlanta. The Irishman finished the day with a two under 68 to claim the title by four shots from Xander Schauffele, and five over Koepka and Justin Thomas. This makes him only the second per son to take the title twice, the other be ing Tiger Woods. Spanish interest rested on Jon Rahn who took a creditable 12th spot to keep him firmly at the elite end of the golfing world. McIlroy said: “Really cool to put my name on this trophy for a second time. Any time you can do something that on ly Tiger has done, you’re doing some thing right.” He added: “Once I saw I was in the fi nal group with Brooks, it just took me back to Memphis a few weeks ago. In that tournament McIlroy had gone into the final round with a oneshot lead over Koepka, only to shoot a 71 com pared to his rival’s 65.
Alex Rins claimed his second victory this year.
throughout the race, with Rins look ing to have slightly more pace than Marquez throughout. After a tense last lap, Rins got incredible drive out of Luffield and forced his GSXRR under neath Marquez to claim victory in one of the closest margins for a
number of years. Monster Energy Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales picked off Rossi in the early stages and rode to a consistent third to complete the
podium. The only British rid er on the grid, LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow scored a strong result bringing his Honda RC213V home in sixth. Dovizioso’s acci dent gifts Marquez a now 78point lead in the champi onship with seven rounds remain ing. Speaking about the race Alex Rins said: “Today has been unbelievable.
Spain beat England for bronze SPAIN’S women’s hockey team won their first Euro medal in 16 years when they beat England in the third place playoff match at the European championships to claim bronze. And the Spanish men took silver after losing 50 to firsttime winners Belgium in the final. The Spanish women had to come from behind to draw 11 at full time, then took the medal by winning 32 in a penalty shootout. Hannah Martin had opened the scoring for England in a close game when an interception deep in the Spanish half set her up in the 10th minute. But six minutes later Begona Gar cia fired a ball into the circle and Maria Tost got enough stick on it to divert the ball past Maddie Hinch in goal. With the score level in Antwerp (Belgium) it went to a shootout with England taking a 21 lead. But two
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SUZUKI’S Alex Rins claimed his sec ond victory of the year after edging out Marc Marquez by just 0.013 sec onds. The Spanish duo had been en gaged in a race long battle that cul minated in the young Suzuki rider making a last ditch move around Woodcote and out dragging the championship leader on the final straight. Marquez started strongly, con verting pole position into an early lead as drama behind led to French man Fabio Quartararo high siding out of Copse corner, leaving Cham pionship contender Andrea Dovizioso nowhere to go as his bike hit the stricken Yamaha and vaulted into the air. Both riders avoided serious injury, however Dovizioso was later trans ferred to hospital as he explained that he briefly lost consciousness during the incident. This allowed Rins to move from fifth to third and confidently over take Valentino Rossi on lap two and then start to close down on Mar quez. The pair would swap positions
I won in Austin, beating Valentino. And now I’ve won here, beating Marc. These guys are very fast and are ‘legends’ of the sport. “I knew it would be difficult to beat Marc today, but I really wanted to try, and it was fantastic to do it. In a couple of the sectors he was faster than me, but I could make it up in some other areas. “But towards the end of the race I felt I had better pace than him, and I told myself that I must go for it and take the chance, I saw the opportu nity and I made it happen. Big thanks to everyone in the team!” Team manager Davide Brivio added: “What a win! I was hoping to have a battle like this one day, espe cially a battle with Marquez. “Alex was just great, he stayed behind, and he stayed calm, he ran a very clever race. He studied the situation and waited for the right moment to try for the win. It was perfect, fantastic. “To win against Marquez isn’t easy, and we’re very happy! Sylvain got some good points and he has done a great job to help us develop the bike. Everyone in the team and all the staff in Japan are working so hard, and I want to thank them all.”
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MEDAL: Spain beat England for third place. failures in a row meant that England missed out on a medal at the event for the first time since 2003. In the final the Netherlands fol lowed up their 80 thrashing of Eng land in the semis with another im pressive performance, beating Germany 20 with goals in the first and final quarters.
It was their sixth European final and the fifth time they have won. Kelly Jonker opened the scoring in the 12th minute before Lidewij Wel ten made the game safe as the final whistle approached. For Spain the bronze was not the only title they brought home. Gigi Oliva was named player of the tour
nament while in the men’s tourna ment Belgium took their first Euro ti tle. The World Cup holders were on home soil and made the most of their noisy support to take the tro phy. They had beaten Spain 50 in the tournament opener before posting an identical score in the final. In the thirdplaced playoff match the Dutch beat Germany 40 to the medal for the eighth consecutive Eu ro Championships. England beat Scotland 30 to take fifth place and condemn the latter to relegation from the top tier, leaving Wales to battle it out against Ireland to avoid the last relegation spot. Wales not only needed to beat the Irish for the first time since 2006, but by two clear goals. They completed their task em phatically with a 40 win, sending Ire land and Scotland down in the process.
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THE Spanish K-4 500 team of Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Arévalo, Marcus Walz and Rodrigo Germade, has won the silver medal at the World Championship in Szeged (Hungary), meaning they now also qualify for the Olympics.
Carnage on first day of la Vuelta
FOR the first time the Costa Blanca town of Torrevieja hosted a stage finish in La Vuelta a España and there was carnage. A leaky paddling pool has been blamed for two teams crashing in the showcase event at kilometre 13.4 on the course round the town. It was a big honour for Torrevieja to host the first stage of the third and final Grand Tour of the season. It was run as a time trial which brought excitement to the town’s streets. Bringing a little more excitement was the paddling pool, which left a water slick across the road. With the teams averaging speeds of 54.14 kilometres per hour in perfect condi tions, a sudden wet patch was the last thing they need ed. While most teams negti ated the tricky stretch safely,
the UAE Team Emirates and LottoJumbo saw their riders come crashing down during the timed rides, losing time over the other teams before the race was underway. Prestage favourites Team JumboVisma lost 40 sec onds, with overall con tenders Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk caught up in the crash as their team mates skittled into one an other at the barriers. Former champion Fabio Aru lost more than a minute after his UAE Team Emirates crashed on the same corner. LA Vuelta will see riders cover 3,272.2km before fin ishing in Madrid after three weeks. Astana won the first stage, with 25yearold Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez crossing the line first to earn the leader’s red jersey.
ATHLETICO MADRID continue to show their noisy neighbours how it’s done af ter winning at the weekend to make it two wins out of two. It promised to be a difficult start to the season for them as they try to bed in no fewer than nine new players includ ing three of their back four and cope with the loss to Barcelona of French striker Antoine Griezmann. Diego Simeone’s side may look differ ent in terms of personnel, but when it comes to playing style there is little change. Simeone still sets his team up 4 42 with four central players crowding midfield and the full backs providing width. And it is still bringing results, with Ath letico beating Leganes away 01 to fol low on from their 10 home win against Getafe in the first round of matches. Across the city Real Madrid are not getting the results they want. When Zinedine Zidane returned to the club he promised a revolution and demanded control of transfers to mold a team for himself. So far he has spent €300 million on four players, with most of it going on
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PROUD MOMENT: Sevilla sit top of the table.
SCORER: Antoinne Griezmann scored twice.
Eden Hazard. Unfortunately for Zidane’s plans Hazard is out injured, and there is little sign of the ‘new Real.’ Barcelona, without Messi, were look ing to get back on track after their shock loss to Athletic Bilbao in their first match of the season. Barca’s much vaunted attack was missing Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele in their home game against Sevilla side Real Betis. Things were not looking too good when Nabil Fekir put the visitors 10 up early on, new boy Antoine Griezmann stepped forward to show why Barcelona were so keen to buy him.
He scored two and set up another as the Catalans went on to win 52. The crowd also got a glimpse of the future, with 21yearold Carles Perez impressing (and scoring) on his first start, and Ansu Fati becoming the club’s second youngest player ever at 16 years and 298 days. Surprise early leaders are Sevilla where a mix of new arrivals and experi enced players setting up in a 433 for mation have seen them claim two wins. They travelled to Andalucian rivals Granada and secured a 01 win to follow on from their opening round 02 defeat of Espanyol.