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Two of Costa Blanca North’s outstanding residents have been awarded MBEs in the New Year Honours List, published last Friday. MARK PETRIE, Honorary Consul for Denia, has been awarded an MBE for services to British Nationals Overseas, while Brian Thomas McLeod, an entertainer who performs under the name of Stevie Spit, has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to charity. Mark Petrie has provided support to British nationals in and around Denia for over 30 years. He has helped countless citizens in difficult situations such as bereavement, hospitalisation or arrest; first as a volunteer, then as an Honorary Consular Agent and, for the last 11 years, as Honorary Consul. The area in which he works has a huge number of British nationals, more than 7,000 in Javea and Denia alone, and he is so well-known in the local area that he is the first port of call for any British national in trouble. When not working in Spain as one of the Costa Blanca’s top female impersonators, under his stage name of Stevie Spit, Brian McLeod dedicates much of his time to fundraising and has personally assisted scores of charities. Among those he has helped
BEM: Brian Thomas McLeod. are the Elche Children’s Care Home, he almost singlehandedly raised enough money to send Natasha Lynch to the USA for lifesaving medical treatment and, at great risk to himself, he took his drag act to Kabul, where he raised thousands of dollars for local causes. HMA Hugh Elliott said: “It is extraordinary to see nine British nationals awarded at the same time –- a real testament to the depth and diversity of the UK-Spain relationship and to the contribution that so many British nationals make to their communities across Spain. “Mark’s commitment to supporting British nationals is unparalleled. His care for his fellow
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MARK PETRIE: Awarded an MBE. British nationals during the terrible forest fires in Javea in 2016 was extraordinary; identifying the vulnerable, assisting those who had been forced to leave their homes and liaising with the authorities. He is an invaluable part of our consular operation and we and the British community in and around Denia have much to thank him for.” He added: “Stevie (as most people know him) is a truly inspirational fundraiser. His enthusiasm is such that whenever he organises one of his many
impromptu charity fundraisers it is almost a guaranteed success, such is his support from the local Costa Blanca community.” Mark Petrie said: “I was most surprised to receive the phone call from the Ambassador informing me that I had been awarded an MBE for services rendered to British Nationals in Spain. For me it has always been incredibly satisfying to be able to comfort somebody who is in a situation of distress in a foreign country and I feel most honoured.” Brian McLeod said: “In the years when I was flitting in and out of Afghanistan, under the radar of the Taliban in order to raise desperately needed funds for war-torn children, I never dreamed in a million years it would lead to me being awarded a BEM. I’m feeling very honoured to be recognised in this way.”
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EXPATS up and down the Spanish Mediterranean coast have fallen victim to so-called ‘hugger muggers,’ but one gang of thieves met their match on the Costa Blanca when they targeted Texan expat Phillip Bryant. Denia resident Phillip told the Euro Weekly News, he had been cycling home from the shops one day back in the summer and was nearly at the gates to the complex where he lives on Carrer Cigonya when a grey car pulled up beside him. “The male driver started asking a bunch of questions about directions,” Phillip recalled. “I tried to help him, but his questions got more and more confusing. Right when I was telling him to go into Denia and ask someone else, I noticed that two females had exited the car and were approaching me from opposite directions. “I was still on my bike, starting to wonder what’s up, when the females reached me. “‘Would you like to get married?’,” the older and taller of the two asked. “The younger one stroked my chest and said, ‘You are very sexy’. “The guy had asked directions in Spanish, but they were using English.”
At this point Phillip’s instincts kicked in. “I saw that the guy was turning the car around, since he was facing a dead end. Somewhere in my brain, all of my alarm bells and warnings went off. I have a good friend who was hug mugged by a group of hookers in Barcelona, and I realised that was the intention of this group. “Before I consciously knew what I was doing, I pushed off on my bike and started riding in a circle around the women and the car. I’m not sure where it came from, but all of a sudden I was singing and yelling, ‘These are hugger muggers! They’re trying to rob me! La la la la la!’” Joked Phillip, “Yeah. I sang la la la at them. It’s not a defence I would have predicted I would have employed!” “Hey look everyone! These people are thieves and are trying to rob me!”, Phillip then shouted out for good measure, attracting the attention of people walking towards a nearby beach bar. “I was a one man band of Apaches and they were in my territory!” Phillip’s unorthodox defence worked. The woman fled back to the car and jumped in, all three shooting him a dirty
look before speeding off. “After I had time to process what had happened, I was pretty p***** off at them”, the straight talking Texan told EWN. He was also surprised he had been targeted at all. As reported a number of times in EWN, ‘distraction’ thieves’ victims on the Spanish costas are often senior citizens, the vulnerable and people with reduced mobility, many of them foreigners. Phillip pointed out he is neither aged nor infirm, does not he lack mobility and describes himself as on the stout side. “I resent being mistaken for a victim. I’m also kind of impressed with their boldness,” he remarked. Phillip has blunt advice. “What I’d say to other men is most likely you’re not that hot. If strange women walk up to you, start touching and complimenting you, then offer strange and wondrous experiences, tell them to f*** straight off, check to see if you have your wallet, phone, and watch, and make a scene. If they try to take your stuff, hit them straight in the face.”
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Texan takes on hugger muggers
INSTINCT: Phillip circled round the group on his bike yelling “These are hugger muggers! They’re trying to rob me! La la la la la!”
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The nine UK nationals named in the New Year Honours List are: • An MBE to Mr Mark Petrie, Honorary Consul, Denia, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • An MBE to Dr Charles Betty, Charity and Community Worker in Spain; retired. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • An MBE to Mr Christopher Mark Dottie, President, British Chamber of Commerce, Spain. ‘For services to British business in Spain.’ • A British Empire Medal (BEM) to Mrs Christine (Krista) Ann Hyer, President, Cancer Support Group, Mallorca. ‘For services to the British Nationals Overseas.’ • A BEM to Mr Brian Thomas McLeod, Entertainer, Spain. ‘For services to charity.’ • A BEM to Mrs Betty Burgess, volunteer, Las Palmas, Spain. “‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • A BEM to Mrs Maureen Payne, President, Age Concern, Costa Blanca Sur, Alicante, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • A BEM to Mrs Sheila Stuart, Chairperson, British Ladies Association, Madrid, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • A BEM to Mrs Veronica Wheeler, President, British Benevolent Association of Girona, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’
Senseless vandalism VANDALS have targeted the Benissa nativity scene, prompting the outrage of the local council. The authority said vandals had yanked off some pieces and left holes, also urinating on the installation in the council hall in front of the municipal library. “The life size nativity is one of the council’s actions aimed at promoting Christmas activities in Benissa,” commented administration spokesman Jorge Ivars. He expressed his utter lack of comprehension as to why anyone would damage
the nativity in this way, and stressed that this behaviour “does not represent the true values of Christmas.” It was, Ivar said, “an intolerable attack by those who do not believe in our traditions.” The council said it has not been able to identify who the vandals were and had informed the Local Police of the incident. Meanwhile, the local authority’s Culture department is working on incorporating new pieces into the nativity scene for next year and on reinforcing security measures to prevent future acts of vandalism.
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New light ALICANTE City Council has approved a nearly €2.5 million investment in the installation of LED street lighting in five neighbourhoods: Carolinas Altas, Pla del Bon Repos, La Florida, Ciudad de Asis and Gran Vía Sur. The project comes under the 2014-2020 Sustainable Energy Municipal Action Plan.
Plastic tree DOZENS of pupils at schools in Pego helped to create a Christmas tree from hundreds of plastic bottles. The initiative was aimed at raising awareness of the amount of plastic used every day and the importance of recycling to help protect the planet.
Huge thanks THE Finestrat Social Services councillor Maria Llorca and her department expressed their enormous gratitude to a hospitality trade business which has donated more than 300 kilos of items of household linen, including towels, sheets, blankets and dressing gowns for local underprivileged families.
Job done VILLAJOYOSA Council has completed upgrades to the Torre industrial estate. The nearly €235,00 project was financed by the local authority and by funds from the Valencia government’s Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and Employment department under a programme to improve industrial area and technology zone infrastructure.
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POLICE in Denia have arrested five suspected members of a criminal gang connected with the theft of some 100 latest generation mobile phones with a combined value of more than €100,000 in hits on shops in different locations along the coast, including Calpe, Benissa and Gandia.
FIRES in three rubbish skips on Alicante City streets on Boxing Day were acts of vandalism, the council said. Firefighters managed to control the blazes on Calles Padre Racaredo de los Rios, Catral and Torero Jose Maria Manzanares before they caused extensive damage.
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EL POBLE NOU DE BENITACHELL Council has approved a municipal budget for next year which the local authority says focuses on employment and social services. The more than €5.8 million spending plans got the green light at an extraordinary plenary meeting with the six votes in favour of the governing team (Mes Benitatxell and IMA), while the RED CV voted against. The budget allocates just over €2,672,000 to personnel. Mayor Miguel Angel Garcia particularly underlined job creation under the Temporary Activity Development Plan. He referred to the positive statistics for 2019, with 39 people employed on temporary contracts, 13 of them through subsidies. The council also highlighted its backing for social services and the substantial allo-
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PRIORITY: The council says it wants to end the waiting list for the home help service.
cation to the Servicio de Ayuda a Domicilio (Home Help Service) in order to ‘put an end to the waiting list.’ The council described the service as one of the most important in the locality giv-
en the high percentage of the population aged 65 and over. “When an elderly or dependent person asks for help they cannot be put on a waiting list. Assistance has to be immediate,” commented So-
cial Services councillor and Mayor Isa Garrido. The council was additionally keen to point out that for the first time there are budget sections for the areas of Equality (€18,000) and
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Youth Policy (€7,000). Other noteworthy investment allocations include upgrades to public parks and the cemetery, improvements to water and air quality in the municipal swimming pool and the installation of video cameras for greater security in residential complexes. “We want to be on the side of residents and of people, who are the driving force of this village. “With the development of employment and this injection of oxygen into social services, we are sure of achieving this” the mayor affirmed. Garcia maintained there had been a lot of “hard work” since his re-election six months ago to get the budget approved before the end of December, describing it as an “important landmark” for the municipality. He pointed out it had been more than a decade that this had been achieved before the start of the New Year.
Linking diet and tourism EL CAMPELLO has joined a network of municipalities promoting the benefits of a Mediterranean diet, and which the local authority hopes will also encourage visits to the area. The council decided to join the initiative overseen by the
Agencia Nacional de Salud y Dieta Mediterranea (the National Health and Mediterranean Diet Agency) following a proposal from El Campello Tourism councillor Marisa Navarro. Navarro, along with El Campello mayor Juanjo Berengue, attended a recent act
staged in Muchamiel to present a campaign promotional video and the participating municipalities. Among the localities which have already signed up are Elche, Torrevieja, Denia and Ibi, as well as El Campello. Muchamiel and Sant Joan are set to join. El Campello Council explained the network aims to spread the word about the rich variety of a diet classified by UNESCO World Heritage as one of the healthiest in the world. “We are in a land which pro-
duces the healthy foodstuffs, and it is very interesting to link this wealth with tourism because our offer is very attractive and can attract visitors from all over the world,” the mayor commented. The Tourism councillor explained that becoming part of the network meant participating in physical and online promotions programmed by the Diputacion de Alicante and by the provincial Chamber of Commerce, “positioning El Campello as a prime destination for enjoying this diet.” Also attending the gathering
in Muchamiel were the Alicante Chamber of Commerce president Juan Bautista Riera and provincial Economic Development and Productive Sector deputy Sebastian Cañadas, who is also the mayor of the host municipality. “By eating healthily we enjoy a much longer and happier life, and in this land we have the highest quality products,” Cañadas remarked. A scientific committee and the chefs Dani Frías and Pablo Montoro are participating in the network as well as local authorities. CREDIT: Ajuntament de El Campello
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EXPECTATIONS: The council wants to link the production of foods making up the Mediterranean diet with tourism.
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Alicante province population growth ED: 1749 - JANUARY CENSUS data issued at the start of the New Year shows that the municipalities along the coast of the Alicante Province has recovered 10,000 inhabitants after having lost 80,000 in the last four years. The way the figures are calculated, the numbers reflect the population on January 1, 2018. One of the main reasons behind this increase has been due to the campaigns launched by a number of town halls to encourage their foreign residents to register on the local Padron. Since 2013, the official numbers of people had declined significantly in almost all municipalities, especially those with a greater proportion of foreign residents who
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REGISTERED: Torrevieja was among a minority where Padron numbers fell. had almost overnight stopped appearing in the official numbers. Brexit has also pushed more people into registering as the official advice from the British Consulate has always been to make yourself as legal as it’s possible to be if you wish to continue with your current lifestyle choice when the UK leaves the EU. The figures are used to determine the numbers of councillors that can serve at the
forthcoming local elections at the end of May. However, all the councils can breathe a sigh of relief as none of the 5,000, 10,000 or 20,000 thresholds have reduced and so there will be the same number of councillors as 2015; even in Alfaz del Pi where the 2017 number of 18,394 is now back over the 20,000 level. Bucking the almost universal trend, Torrevieja saw its inhabitants drop by 653.
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TOLLS: The government has slashed overnight toll fees.
Toll free travel ED: 1750 - JANUARY BAILED-OUT toll motorways are now free to use from midnight until 6am, and from 6.01am drivers will benefit from a 30 per cent reduction in fees. Spain’s previous government began the process of ‘buying back’ motorways run by ailing toll companies, and the new socialist cabinet, which came into power in June, has continued to see the plan through. The government has committed to ‘buy-backs’ and ‘non-renewals’ when toll company franchises on most of Spain’s pay-per-use mo-
torways expired, with the next stretch ready for de-privatisation being the AP-7 between Silla and San Juan from January 1, 2020. Free overnight use and cheaper toll fees during the day apply to the AP-7 Alicante ringroad, and a few kilometres further south, between Cartagena and Vera, along with the AP-36 through CastillaLa Mancha, the M-12 between Madrid City and the airport, and four of the outer Madrid link roads or ‘radial’ highways. These toll roads suffered major losses after they opened between 2000 and 2004, since traffic flow was around 75 per cent on average lower than predicted as drivers sought alternative routes to avoid the cost.
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ED: 1751 - JANUARY THE recent agreement between Calpe’s town hall and the Red Cross ambulance service has been pronounced invalid. The Valencian Community’s Legal Advisory Council declared that the arrangement supplementing the service provided by the Generalitat’s Health Department is not legal. The Advisory Council’s ruling, which is binding, maintained that the town hall is not competent to make decisions regarding health provision. Although the municipal auditor and the town clerk’s office had previously made the same objections, Calpe Council unanimously approved a €270,375 agreement retaining the 24-hour Red Cross ambulance service for four years. Providing ambulances is the regional government’s responsibility but the Benissa SAMU emergency service, a Basic Life Support ambulance which also takes patients to Denia Hospital and a Denia-based ambulance for unaccompanied patients cannot cover Calpe’s needs especially
AMBULANCE SERVICE: Red Cross ambulance must disappear from Calpe streets. when the local population increases during the summer, the town hall argued. The Local Administration Directorate-General also informed the town hall that the agreement could only be formalised between the Red Cross and the ‘competent administration,’ in this case the Generalitat. Calpe Town Hall’s only solution now is to convince the regional Health Department of the ambulance service’s precarious situation. As this is the Generalitat’s exclusive competence, it is up to the regional government to find a solution, Calpe mayor Cesar Sanchez argued.
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BRITISH MPs gathered in parliament on Tuesday to debate a range of options for Brexit the Prime Minister could present to the country and to the EU going forward. Theresa May opened the debate in the House of Commons which took place ahead of the second crunch vote on
ED: 1752 - FEBRUARY her proposed Withdrawal Agreement. Speaker John Bercow put seven amendments to the agreement forward for a vote. The Labour opposition’s amendment was among those
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Brexit vote accepted. It would commit the government to rule out a no deal by seeking a permanent customs union with the EU or holding a second referendum on withdrawal if passed.
Civil War fighters to be identified ED: 1752 - FEBRUARY BENISSA is one of five Valencian Community towns taking steps to identify victims of Spain’s 1936-39 Civil War. Work on locating mass graves in the old Bellita cemetery is due to start in March, the town hall has revealed. Some months ago, the regional government’s Justice Department asked municipalities to provide any information they had regarding the graves of Civil War victims and Repub l i c a n s e x e c u t e d d u rin g th e y e a rs which followed Franco’s victory. The town hall has consulted the local Casa Cultural, an association already attempting to recover information regarding the members of the International Brigade who fought with the Republican side and are buried in Benissa. As a result, the remains of five of the International Brigade fighters still interred in Benissa’s old cemetery will be exhumed, and if possible, identified together with those of another five volunteers whose remains were transferred to the new cemetery
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INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE: Five volunteers buried in Bellita cemetery. in 2001. As well as Benissa and Monovar, only Paterna and Godella (Valencia) and Castellon have responded to the Justice Department’s request.
Amendments put forward by Conservative MP Dominic Grieve and Labour MP Yvette Cooper would lead to further votes on the deal and to a possible extension of Article 50 respectively.
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Conservative Graham Brady’s amendment calling for changes to the Northern Irish backstop was also selected. May signalled the government would be prepared to back it. MPs voted on each amendment in turn on Tuesday. The results of the vote were not
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known at the time of this newspaper’s publication. Any that passed would commit the government to following through on their provisions if the overall deal also passed. For the full results of Tuesday’s vote visit: www.euro weeklynews.com.
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First Smart Bench ED: 1753 - FEBRUARY
VILLAJOYOSA is the first Spanish municipality to install a Smart Bench. The bench in the Barbera pa rk c ha rge s phone s a nd other devices via USB ports
ble reminder of the importance of using clean, renewabl e energy f or ever yday routines like charging mobiles or tablets. “We want to lead by example and demonstrate that we can reduce pollution by usi ng si m pl e energy devices,” said La Vila’s Patri-
m ony and Techni cal Servi ces counci l l or, Pascal Amigo. “By offering a free and sustainable charging station and internet, we are also reducing the town hall’s carbon footprint and complying with our environmental commitments.”
Hoping for the best ED: 1753 - FEBRUARY THE Generalitat regional government is challenging the court order to demolish Los Gemelos on Punta Llisera at the end of Benidorm’s Levante Beach. Planning permission for the two towers was granted in 2005 and despite the national government’s opposition, promoter Andres Ballester went ahead with the project. After years of court cases, appeals and counter-appeals the Supreme Court finally annulled the Los Gemelos building permit. It also ordered the Generalitat to foot a €100 million bill for demolishing the two blocks and compensating 168 owners whose cliff-top apartments infringe Spain’s coastal protection laws. The regional government presented its appeal at the end of last December and this has now been accepted by the Supreme Court.
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SMART: The all-singing, all-dancing bench.
or indire c t induc tion a nd provides free WiFi. What looks like an ordinary bench uses photovoltaic energy produced by solar panels which charge batteries and provide the power for the WiFi connection and chargers. The bench is also a tangi-
TORRES GEMELOS: Landmarks at the end of the Levante Beach. The Abogacia de la Generalitat, which attends to the regional government’s legal interests, raised objections on procedural grounds and complained that an appeal immediately preceding the current proceedings was dismissed. So too, were appeals from Ballester’s company, Terras de l’Horta, and other
Los Gemelos owners. Despite hoping to find legal loopholes that could halt demolition, the Generalitat’s Housing department is consulting the Property Register to calculate the apartments’ value while engineers are assessing the cost of demolition and the complicated logistics involved.
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ED: 1757 - MARCH THE official programme for this year’s biggest fiesta in Valencia, Fallas 2019, has been released, with the party taking place right through to March 19. You can catch something happening every day in the city, such as the rather noisy but traditional mascletàs - fire crackers - in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. This weekend we see events such as the arrival of the Moors and Christians, a night show and huge fireworks display on Saturday, and on Sunday a fantastic heritage parade through the streets, and the inauguration of the street markets on Tuesday. On Saturday, March 16, there are parades and prize-giving celebrations, as well as fireworks at night, and on Sunday, March 17, the first official day of the celebrations of the Fallas, there is a huge party and one of the biggest parades through the city streets, culminating with fireworks on Paseo de la Alameda at 1am.
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On Monday, March 18, there is a tribute to the poet Maximilià Thous, and a tribute to the Serrano teacher, which will take place at their respective monuments, with another pa-
rade and a major fireworks display. On Tuesday, March 19, the Cremà de Fallas 2019, there will be a floral offering, followed by mass in honour of
ENJOY FALLAS: Something happens every day. San José, then at 7 pm, the final and biggest parade of the event, with the celebrations continuing through the
evening, ending with fireworks and fires and a huge party not to be missed. Towns around the region al-
so hold celebrations, full details of which are always available from the relevant town halls.
‘VOICES HEARD’: Bremain in Spain members travelled to London for the march.
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BRITISH expatriates from the Costa Blanca flew to London and joined the fight for a second Brexit referendum. Members of the pro-second referendum Bremain in Spain group travelled from Spain to London for the Put it to the People march. Group chair Sue Wilson told Euro Weekly News that the 100-strong group was the biggest amount which the organisation had ever taken to Britain for such a march. “The turnout was fantastic and I think now the government is going to sit up and take notice. It created a lot of camaraderie,” Ms Wilson said. “Everyone was in a good mood and there was no trouble. We hardly saw any police out except outside Downing Street,” she added. Ms Wilson spoke to protestors on the Number 10
Vigil stage, delivering a rousing speech according to Bremain in Spain. Bremain in Spain member Pat Laing said she felt privileged to be part of a “peaceful and good-natured” march. “Brexit is based on fear and nationalism. The best of human nature was on the streets of London on Saturday,” Ms Laing said. Saturday’s march saw up to one million people take to central London to call for a second vote on Britain’s membership of the EU, according to estimates from organisers. Politicians including Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan joined protesters. Watson told demonstrators a second referendum was the only way to break Britain’s Brexit impasse. Separately, around 400 expatriates gathered in Madrid’s Margaret Thatcher Plaza in protest against Brexit. A petition calling for Article 50 to be revoked, which would halt Brexit, has been signed by more than five million people.
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Traditional dishes explained ED: 1762 - APRIL
an insight into the customs and lives of Jalon’s population, use local products easy to obtain, explained Eugenia Mestre who compiled the recipes and accompanying photographs. The book is divided into different categories for ricebased dishes and pulses, meat, fish, stews, vegetables, eggs salads, preserves, cakes and desserts. Ampara Bertomeu transPhoto credit: Jalon town hall
THE organisers of this year’s fiestas in Jalon have compiled and published a cookery book with traditional local recipes. Els Majorals 2019, recently presented Xalo, Cuina de Tradicio - Traditional recipes of Xalo listing 121 dishes at Jalon’s Museu Etnologic.
These include everyday meals as well as those habitually eaten on special occasions and during fiestas, including the traditional bollos made for the Festa del Romer. Each recipe is a fragment of Jalon’s gastronomic tradition passed down from generation to generation, now united between the covers of the book. These recipes, which give
JALON COOKBOOK: The people and food (inset) behind the book.
Birth of endangered gorilla in Valencia ED: 1763 - APRIL ALI, one of the females of the group of gorillas of Bioparc València and mother of Ebo, the first gorilla that was born in the Comunitat Valenciana has had a new baby. They are examples of the Western Coast Gorilla, a species that is critically endangered. The gorilla’s native home is the area centred around Gabon, in Western Africa. This birth of a western coast gorilla in the Bioparc is, quoted as being ‘great news for this emblematic species of primate since it is in serious risk of extinction and is reported as being in critical danger of extinction
GORILLAS: Are a critically endangered species. in the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).’ The Valencian breeding group is part of the European Conservation Programme
(EEP) and gives hope of survival for these great primates. The group is formed by Mambie, the breeding male and three females that have had all young: Ali, Nalany and Fossey.
lated the text into Valenciano, while Angelicaa Mas has produced the English version to remove the language barrier as far as possible.
The photographs that accompany each dish were taken by Vicent Segui and Cornelia Lekkkerkerk who also designed the cover for the book.
Xalo, Cuina de Tradicio is available at Panaderia Vicentica, the Panaderia de Francis and Bodegas Xalo or by contacting any of the Majorals.
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One of Spain’s biggest pilgrimages ED: 1766 - MAY
A STAGGERING 300,000 pilgrims travelled on foot from the San Nicolás Cathedral in Alicante to the Monastery of Santa Faz, the second largest pilgrimage of its type in Spain. The Monastery is home to the important relic known as the ‘Santa Faz,’ a linen cloth onto which the face of Christ was allegedly
dried on Calvary, leaving bloodstains of the silhouette of His face. There are only two other cloths of this kind recognised by the Catholic Church. The pilgrims carried long reeds with a branch of rosemary on the tip on the walk last Thursday, which takes about two hours and has an almost carnival atmosphere with street stalls set up along the route. After a mass, held at the Monastery, many people continued the festivities into the evening with a huge picnic in the area.
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Disabled exploitation probe ED: 1768 - MAY
BENIDORM BAR: Customers are given the option to ‘rent’ people with achondroplasia.
A BRITISH disco pub in Benidorm is under investigation by Public Prosecutors for possible offences relating to the hiring out of dwarves. A board outside the entrance of the establishment read: ‘Wanna Rent a Midget?? Ask at Bar.’ The bar’s Facebook account also reportedly contained photos of clients
posing with a man with dwarfism wearing various costumes. According to Spanish press, the lawyer for the Alpe Achondroplasia Foundation, Felipe Orviz, said the message on the sign is an ‘attack’ against the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The matter is now under investigation as to whether the practice is a hate crime against people with dwarfism.
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HOME TO SANTE FAZ RELIC: Monastery of Santa Faz.
PARTY TIME: Tens of thousands thronged the streets.
It’s taken 11 years ED: 1769 - MAY
VALENCIA was transformed into a sea of cheering humanity illuminated by flares to a soundtrack of blaring car horns as the region went wild when its team won football’s Copa del Rey. As the final whistle blew on a 2-1 victory over Barcelona, the whole of the region erupted and the party began. Tens of thousands thronged the streets of Valencia City, while even in the smallest, tranquil Valencian villages fireworks were set off, car horns were loudly sounded, people were cheering in the streets and social media went mad. Valencia had not won this trophy for 11 years.
Halfway through the season, the Valencian team was in poor form and just four points away from relegation. But all the gloom that had been enveloping the club in its centenary season was blown away as the team hit form. It eventually finished fourth in a Champions League spot and then Saturday’s triumph in the cup put the icing on the cake of a memorable season. Sunday afternoon saw the party continue with the team being paraded through the city on an open-topped bus, as the Valencians celebrated their heroes. The red carpet was rolled out by politicians keen to get in on the act, with official receptions held for the team at the Basilica, the Palau de la Generalitat and the Valencia Town Hall, where 12,000 fans crowded in front of the building to see the players. See sports pages for a cup report.
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Fugitive killer caught ED: 1770 - JUNE NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a 71-year-old Danish man in Calpe in connection with the death of his ex-wife in Belgium almost 10 years ago. Officers arrested Leonardus Lei Beumount on a European Arrest Warrant over the death. A court in Limburg has tried him in abstenia, found him guilty of murdering Josee Widdershoven in Maasmechelen and sentenced him to life in prison, revisable after 20 years. The court heard Lei Beumount appeared at Widdershoven’s home on December 13, 2009 armed with a 22-caliber rifle. The two were locked in a long-running dispute over the financial implications of their divorce. The defendant waited in Widdershoven’s garage and shot her several
DETAINED: Lei Beumount was arrested in Calpe. times at point-blank range after she walked out of her house, the court heard. The Limburg court issued the European Arrest Warrant after Lei Beumount absconded from a hearing in May. Officers detained the suspect while at
a luxury yacht regatta in Calpe. His extradition is now being weighed as the case continues. It comes as the Costa Blanca overtook the Costa del Sol in terms of violent crime, new police figures show.
It’s a Royal honour IN a proud moment for Javea’s British community one of their own has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Georgina Harvey, President of the Original Charity Shop and Library in Javea, has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to charity. Having joined the OCSL as a volunteer 24 years ago, Georgina quickly became Library Head and then Vice President. During her time as President, the OCSL has directly generated more than €500,000, all donated to those in need. Organisations supported include the Franciscan Refuge in Gandia, the Red Cross in Javea and Marina Alta Breast Cancer Support. A delighted Georgina said: “I am truly honoured to receive this award. The last 24 years working with our 80 plus,
ED: 1773 - JUNE SUMMER got off to a roaring start in Alicante as 180 effigies were burned in San Juan bonfires attracting more than 1.5 million visitors to the city to watch the midnight tradition on Sunday. The celebrations also generated around €10 million in direct income which is reportedly more than it has made in the past. Mammoth crowds witnessed the ceremonial ‘crema’ and ‘banya’ procession in which firefighters incinerate towering
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THANK YOU: Georgina Harvey BEM. hard-working volunteers at The Original Charity Shop and Library, has been nothing but a pleasure and privilege.” Her honour was one of six handed out to British people resident in Spain.
ED: 1771 - JUNE British Ambassador in Spain, Simon Manley said: “It is extraordinary to see six British nationals awarded at the same time - a real testament to the depth and diversity of the UK-Spain relationship and to the contribution that so many British nationals make to their communities across Spain. “I am incredibly impressed by what the OSCL has achieved under Georgina’s leadership - being a financial success in today’s e-world is something to be very proud of. I understand that in its new premises, the shop is known as the ‘Harrods of Javea.’ I wish it similar levels of success.” For more about the charity visit: www.charityshoplibrary.com.
A roaring success wooden monuments of mythical figures before dousing them with water. There was almost a firefighter for every effigy on duty to oversee the event to ensure the safety of the public. The launch of the ‘Imperial Palm Tree’ in Benacantil caused an outbreak of flames to occur, but it was quickly and efficiently handled by the fire department. There were several incidents of people feeling disorientated from the smoke after the fires, but no-
body was seriously injured. The ‘nit de la crema’ is the last ‘hurrah’ for these effigies which have been focal points in the city for 10 days prior. It also signifies the end of the festival and the beginning of summer. On top of the burning ceremony there was a huge fireworks display called the ‘Mascleta de Reyes Marti,’ made up of 1,200 rockets which only lasted for 20 seconds, but lit up the sky over Alicante.
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MEASURE MOVE: Plan to cut food wastage in Costa Blanca resorts such as Benidorm.
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THE Spanish Hotel Association has started putting into place measures to combat the growing problem of food waste in Benidorm and other popular Costa Blanca resorts. A major draw to the resort’s hotels is the buffet style meals offered as part of hotel packages, but the downside is the amount of food waste produced. Over a tonne of unwanted
food was discarded last year as a result of overstocked buffet selections. The mayor of Benidorm has come forward in the ‘brave’ move to start to implement regulations to limit the amount of food wasted at these hotels. A spokesman for the hotel association Hosbec said that “we understand that the challenge is complex, especially in the holiday hotel sector where the gastronomic offer is based on the free buffet.” He added that Hosbec un-
derstands it will be difficult to change the mind sets of the tourists but insists any measures will not affect the quality or choice of food available. Measures such as smaller choices per day or introducing pre-packed starters or desserts are all considered, but it is down to the individual establishment to interpret the rules as they see fit. It comes as figures show Benidorm is as busy as ever, with hotels 90 per cent full at the end of June.
A FIRE near the shark enclosure at the Oceanographic Centre (Oceanografic) in Valencia on Tuesday morning forced the evacuation of 1,400 staff and visitors. Large columns of black smoke could be seen several kilometres away as the blaze took hold at an external tower next to the enclosure in the Turia region of the c i t y a t 11 a m . F o u r t e a m s o f Va l e n c i a Bombers managed to control the flames within half an hour while two Local Police teams were on hand to assist with public safety. Sources from the emergency services and the aquatic centre confirmed there were no injuries and no mammals or animals suffered as a result of the incident. According to a centre spokesperson ‘the evacuation was carried out with absolute normality and the workers had rec e n t l y r e h e a r s e d a n e m e rg e n c y p l a n , ’ adding that the damage caused by the fire will now be evaluated and the area cleaned in order to open tomorrow.
BLAZE: Large plume of smoke over Valencia. The aquatic centre is part of the Arts and Science park and is the biggest aquarium in Europe and faithfully reproduces the most important marine ecosystems in a large number of specially designed habitats. The centre will return the money to all visitors affected. Call 960 470 647.
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A WOMAN of 24 was stranded for 10 hours at Alicante Airport after Ryanair reportedly refused to let her board her flight due to her ‘swollen face’ not matching her passport photo. Shannon Wotherspoon suffered a skin irritation during her holiday on the Costa Blanca which caused her face to swell. When she presented her passport to the Ryanair check-in staff they said that the resemblance was not clear and there was also minor water damage to the edge of her passport. After speaking to a supervisor it be-
came clear that she would not be able to board the flight and was forced to book an alternative flight to Edinburgh with British Airways for an additional €230. British Airways had no issue with her passport and Shannon eventually made it home. A spokesman for Ryanair said: “It is each passenger’s individual responsibility to ensure that he or she is travelling on a valid passport (not expired or da ma ge d), in c omplia nc e w ith Ryanair’s terms and conditions.” STRANDED: Shannon Wotherspoon was refused boarding.
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SUMMER: The four-year old was saved after a stranger performed the Heimlich manoeuvre when she choked.
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ENGINE FIRE: Passengers suffered minor injuries.
Emergency landing BRITISH AIRWAYS flight BA422 from Heathrow had to make an emergency landing in Valencia on Monday as smoke filled the cabin and passengers suffered minor injuries. Videos have emerged online of the cabin of the Airbus A321 filled with a cloud of grey smoke. According to sources the crew made the alarm call, stating ‘engine on fire’ to ground staff who scrambled emergency equipment to greet the stricken aircraft. As the aircraft landed, emergency escape chutes were deployed and passengers evacuated to safety. No one was seriously injured on the flight, however nearly 20 had to be treated for minor friction burns, smoke inhalation and panic attacks.
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A YOUNG girl on a flight from Alicante was saved by a heroic stranger after choking on a sweet. Four-year-old Summer started to choke on a sweet whilst flying home from her holiday. Her mother initially started to hit the young girl on the back in attempt to dislodge the sweet but was unsuccessful. Her mother, Kirsty Reed, was calling out for help to the crew and fellow passen-
gers when Jordan Lowrie ran over and performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on young Summer and successfully dislodged the sweet. Jordan had been sleeping in his seat after a holiday in Benidorm with friends and was woken up by Kirsty’s calls for help. The Sun newspaper reported that Jordan only knew what to do as he had seen a video of someone performing the Heimlich manoeuvre a few days earlier. Jordan’s heroic actions certainly saved the young girl’s life.
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ED: 1783 - SEPT EXPATS on the Costa Blanca are being urged to be Brexit-ready with the latest online info and a roadshow in Alicante and Murcia. Up to £3 million has been set aside by the British Government to make sure all UK citizens in Spain are up-tospeed with all the facts at their fingertips by October 31. Extra support will be targeted at pensioners and disabled people, as well as those living in remote areas, with mobility difficulties, and those needing help with language translation or interpretation. British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris said: “As we approach the date when we will leave the EU, we recognise that British nationals may want to speak to us individually about their concerns and to check if there is anything else they need to do.
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CONCERNS: British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris.
“By going to areas where there are a lot of British nationals, we hope to make this as easy as possible.” UK nationals living in Spain are being advised to prioritise registering as a resident by October 31 and to sign up for email alerts from https://www.gov.uk/living-inspain and following Brits in Spain on Facebook. Those needing help with their residency applications will be able to find local organisations to support them once the funding has been allocated.
Anyone who wants to speak to someone from the Consulate can visit at any point between 9.30am and 2.30pm. A roadshow will hit the trail on September 16 and will be touring towns across the Alicante and Murcia provinces until October 23. The British Consulate is running the pop-up information stalls outside supermarkets where consulate staff will be on hand to answer any questions about Brexit, living in Spain and access to healthcare.
ACTING Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez took to the air on Monday September 16 to get a full view of southern Spain’s flood stricken regions as the death toll rose to six and air and train services were disrupted for a third day. Sanchez commanded a government helicopter to take to the air to see for himself the devastation left behind in the wake of the recent storms. He witnessed first-hand where flash floods had swept away cars and swamped homes in the regions of Valencia, Murcia and eastern Andalucia. Prime Minister Sanchez was clearly distressed at what he saw flying over Orihuela in Alicante. He ordered the helicopter to land so that he could personally visit a command centre for emergency operations. Sanchez met with many emergency ground workers, listening intently to their experiences of the events of the last few days of horror. Sanchez went on to offer his condolences to the families who have lost loved ones before strenuously making the point that the Government would be doing everything possible in its
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power to assist survivors of the disaster. Clearly emotional as he arrived in Murcia, he told reporters, “All those who have been affected need to know the Spanish Government will help so that at least they can repair much of the material damage caused by this extraordinary meteorological phenomenon.” Sanchez went on to say water levels need to drop before the Government can fully evaluate the total cost of the damage, adding that the Government will fund the clear up and repair operation. The Prime Minister’s statements supported comments made earlier by Spanish King Felipe VI, who said, “May we all, with the help of all, be able to overcome the despair that now weighs on so many homes and families.” Locals clapped profusely as the Spanish Prime Minister reboarded his helicopter for ministerial meetings to arrange the aid required.
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‘BEAUTIFUL’ RESULT The largest criminal network on the Costa Blanca, believed to have laundered at least €7 million, has been shut down as part of a 10-year operation which resulted in the arrest of 40 people.
N AT I O N A L POLICE: Carried out numerous arrests.
ED: 1787 - OCTOBER ACCORDING to the National Police, the criminal organisation was dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering. The operation - known as Beautiful was launched in 2008 and as well as numerous arrests across the region, has resulted in the seizure of almost 4,000 kilos of cocaine, an army of firearms and a large number of high-end vehicles and luxury boats. As part of the operation centred on the Costa Blanca North, a luxury car dealership was reportedly raided by and
a number of luxury cars and motorbikes were seized. Several hotel owners in the region have allegedly been arrested and questioned by police, while a 25-metre yacht was also seized in the port of Denia. It is also alleged that the ex-director of a local football club has been implicated in the scandal. One-hundred troops have carried out numerous arrests and a total of 13 searches have taken place in Alicante, Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona. So far, more than €600,000 have been seized in cash from several homes, more than 600 bank accounts have been blocked and 300 properties valued at more than
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CYBER PRO ED: 1789 - OCTOBER
DENIA Hospital will develop, together with eight other European Union institutions that form a consortium, a set of software solutions and a training strategy to help fight computer attacks in the healthcare sector. This is all part of the ‘Protego’ project, financed by the European Commission, in which the GFI Technology Group, the University of Southampton, the Science and Technology Division of IBM Israel, the Italian San Rafaele Hospital, the University of Alcala de Henares, the Belgian University of Micro-elec-
tronics Centrum, the Catholic University of Leuven, and the British Information Catalyst for Enterprise LTD also participate. Protego is part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme. The aforementioned consortium, of which Marina Salud forms part, must create a series of technological solutions
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€20 million will form part of the investigation. The suspects are charged with laundering operations exceeding €7 million. The criminal organisation was mainly based in the Alicante region, although it had strong ramifications in Madrid, Galicia, Valencia, Murcia and Barcelona. The network was allegedly engaged in drug trafficking in the European Union and laundered all its profits with different methods and systems. EUROPOL collaborated with officers from Colombia, Portugal, Sweden, Romania, France and the British agency NCA.
ADRENALINE JUNKY: British competitor Thomas Berryman performs a spectacular exhibition jump.
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BENIDORM was the epicentre of inter national base jumping at the weekend. For yet another year the Gran Hotel Bali, the highest hotel in Europe, hosted the BASE Jump Extreme World Championship. The expert competitors launched themselves into the air from the hotel’s 160-metre high observation deck. Undoubted adrenaline junkies, they had to
know the exact moment to open their parachutes, spectacularly coming down to earth right on target next to one of the hotel’s swimming pools. American Justin Bietler was the top jumper in the Benidorm event and the winner of the whole BASE 2019 circuit after coming first in the final test. He was 35 points above the UK’s Thomas Berryman, who was one of the competition favourites, and who was second overall. Spain’s Eder Navacerrada was ranked third.
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that will make it possible to improve the protection of the clinical information that is handled in health organisations and which, on occasions, has been the target of attacks by international hackers Denia Hospital and San Raffaele Hospital will be the testing ground for this set of solutions
and the Director of Information Technology of Marina Salud, Vicent Moncho said in a statement, “this is an opportunity to pilot an international programme that will help us to improve the security of our information systems because in a paperless hospital, the security of clinical information is a strategic objective.”
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HOUSE COLLAPSE: Disaster, but no-one hurt.
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EURO WEEKLY NEWS reporter Linda Hall now questions this saying after four tonnes of rubble crashed to the ground as a wall of her neighbour’s house in Xativa’s Old Town collapsed. In fact, four houses were affected in the terrifying incident last Thursday. “I’d like to describe the noise but can’t because I have never heard anything like it,” she admitted. “Then I saw the patio piled up with rubble, masonry, broken glass and an open skylight. I called the 112 Emergencies number who were absolutely marvellous.”
Neighbours milled around outside and it became obvious she and her husband got off lightly. “These are terraced townhouses but some, like our neighbour’s, have extensions at the back and that is what collapsed.” Firemen, police, city councillors, the municipal architect and even Xativa’s mayor Roger Cerda were on the scene almost immediately. “At first it looked as though our own problem would soon be solved. Then the firemen stepped in,” Linda explained. All the hanging debris and rafters above the patio must first be removed before work can start below, they decreed. “Patience” they’ve told me. “Miraculously, not one person was hurt by the falling masonry. So it was our lucky day, too.”
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Boarders nightmare T W E N T Y- T W O p a d dleboarders were helicoptered to safety after they were trapped in J a v e a ’s C o v a d e l Llop Mari on Sunday November 3. They were evacuated in groups throughout the night by a Salvamento Maritimo helicopter while the Guardia Civil’s GEAS diving unit and mountain rescue groups brought them space blankets and water by sea. When the party of paddle-boarders from Valencia arrived at Granadella that morning, the sea was calm, despite an Alicante Province Orange Alert for gales, they said. Once they left the protection of the bay they met increasingly high
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TRAPPED: Paddleboarders’ rescue from Llop del Mari (inset) directed from Granadella. waves but, unable to turn back, made for the apparent safety of Cova del Llop Mari cave, reachable only from the sea. Trapped by the waves, high winds and strong currents they contacted emergency services who sent out the Salvamento Maritimo helicopter. The rescue operation, directed from Granadella beach, began at 6.30pm and a
woman who had broken her arm and a child were the first to leave. The last three people flown were out at 12.30am, the emergency services announced. Rescue teams drew attention to the irresponsibility of the trip’s organisers for ignoring the Orange Alert, and questioned the decision to relocate the Salvamento Maritimo helicopter to Palma.
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Costa Blanca Brit friendly ED: 1792 - NOVEMBER
THE uncertainty generated by the Brexit saga has prompted the Valencia regional government to launch a major promotional campaign focused on the British market. Under the slogan ‘Always Brit Friendly,’ the campaign will aim to lure UK tourists by presenting the region as a hospitable and safe holiday destination. Unveiling details of the promotional plans in Benidorm, Valencia region Tourism secretary Francesc Colomer revealed more than €300,000 will be invested in advertising in British newsapers, magazines and on TV and digital platforms between now and February 2020. There is also an online strategy designed to improve the positioning and relevance of Valencia region in the British market.
In addition, this week a delegation from the Valencian Tourism department was at the World Travel Market in London, and for the beginning of December has another ‘important’ promotional activity in the British capital. In terms of the campaign images, Colomer explained that Benidorm and the Costa Blanca would play a prominent part as the main destinations for holidaying Brits. The promotional action will be directed particularly at 25-65year-olds planning a break, who are looking for somewhere different, who consider themselves adventurous and active, who like guided trips and who want to be able to buy luxury and designer gifts. The Tourism secretary stressed the campaign was based on what he called “emotional bias,” aiming to “reinforce the empathy with the tourist as a fundamental element for sustaining the sector,” at the same time as giving out a “welcoming, friendly
message” so the British feel “safe and worry-free in the Valencia Community.” Colomer said he was convinced the campaign would be successful because “the British tourist adores Spain, the Costa Blanca, and very especially Benidorm.” The goal is that they “continue wanting to come,” he added. Benidorm and Costa Blanca Business Association Secretary General Nuria Montes, who pointed out the campaign had been planned before the latest Brexit extension, said people were “tired of the Brexit effect and of so many calls of alarm,” and would continue with their holiday plans as normal. In fact she had good news for the sector, reporting a recent “slight increase” in reservations and a “positive” forecast for the winter season. The secretary general echoed Colomer ’s comments that the campaign centred on sending British tourists the message they “will always be welcome.”
NO TO GENDER VIOLENCE ED: 1795 - NOVEMBER
THE Costa Blanca has loudly condemned gender-based violence. People across the region came out on Monday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and to add their voices to calls to take action. Local councils organised marches, workshops and other events aimed at raising awareness about the issue and sending out the message to gender violence victims they are not alone and that there are ways
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ACTION: Finestrat Council was among many which staged marches to raise awareness about gender-based violence. out of abusive relationships. Town halls held a minute’s silence in memory of the now 52 women who have died at the hands of their partners or ex-partners in Spain so far this year, five of them in Alicante Province, and the children left orphans. In Alicante City the
Plataforma Feminista staged a demonstration in the Plaza del la Montañeta. Holding crosses and silhouettes of women to represent each of the 52 victims, they also read out each of their names. Alicante City Council’s official acts began with the unfurling of a banner from the town hall’s central
balcony reading ‘not blows which hurt or words which injure.’ “We call on all society and all the political forces to unite in the struggle against macho violence. We don’t want one more woman killed,” declared Deputy Mayor Mari Carmen Sanchez. There are currently 3,800 women in Alicante registered in the Interior Ministry’s ‘SistemaVioGen’ aimed at effectively identifying risks of gender-based violence and dealing with cases. Four of the women are classified as at extreme risk and have 24-hour a day police protection for their safety.
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Replacing a lost or expired British passport from Spain WITH Brexit possibly around the corner, if you have less than six months life left on your passport it would be a good idea to renew sooner rather than later. Quite often when different official forms are digitalised, it becomes more rather than less confusing and you need to have a degree in programming in order to proceed. For once however, the British government has made things much easier and far less complicated in applying for a replacement passport if yours has been lost or is about to expire. No longer do you need to supply lots of forms including birth certificates and to have a photograph physically signed on the back by someone who knows you and it really is now quite easy if you have access to a computer. Very simply visit https://www.gov. uk/overseas-passports and you’re taken through the whole process step by step and the only drawback is that there isn’t a single page detailing everything including costs as you have to go through a page at a time. There is however a passports link which does give quite a lot of information on the website, but not everything. Even if you have lost or had your passport stolen, you are not precluded for applying online for a replacement, but you have to declare it lost in advance also online. As a real bonus you can now use digital photograph and there are quite explicit rules about what is acceptable as you navigate the website and whilst it may take a couple of attempts, provided you remove any glasses and stand in front of a white background, a selfie taken with a
phone will probably work ok. If you are not happy using a phone camera, then most towns have at least one print shop where they can photograph you and give you a digital image on a memory stick or card. As you progress through the procedure you will be best served by having access to details of your previous passport, but it isn’t actually essential and the site does report back to a human in the UK who can check. When you post your photograph, you will be asked to give details (including email address) of a person of standing who can confirm that they know you and that the photograph is of you. The whole process can take up to six weeks from start to finish and this will include delivery via courier to your address in Spain and you have to pay with a debit or credit card for the cost of the passport (depends upon number of pages) and courier fee at the time of submitting the application online. You will be sent a special code which will allow you to track your passport through all of its stages. In the event that you have lost your passport and need a temporary replacement, that can also be done online. It is more expensive than a normal passport, is usually good for one round trip only and will normally be issued by the British Consulate in Malaga. For those without computers, it is still possible to apply through the post and there are even different shops with English-speaking staff scattered around Spain where for a fee they will help you complete the forms and send them off for you.
This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
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A POLICE investigation into a robbery in Denia led to the bust of a crime gang operating across Alicante. Police have linked the organisation to more than 30 cases of house break-ins and
violent thefts in several areas, including La Nucia and Javea, as well as in Murcia. In the Denia robbery the thieves got hold of a credit card, among other items, which they used to withdraw a large amount of money from a cashpoint. Police reported the gang would cruise round a chosen area in three vehicles look-
ing for properties or individuals to target, using violence to steal what they wanted if necessary. To access homes the thieves broke front door locks, forced their way through, or used credit cards or a piece of plastic to get in. When it came to vehicles they concentrated on touristy areas, looking for cars with
President of Original Charity Shop receives MBE ED: 1797 - DECEMBER GEORGINA HARVEY, President of the Original Charity Shop and Library recently travelled to Madrid where she received a most deserved honour. The Medal of the British Empire was presented to Georgie by the British Ambassador, Hugh Elliott, at his residence in Madrid. Georgie was born in Tunbridge Wells and later lived in London. She worked as an administrator for Special Educational Needs. Georgie and husband Ed have three children and six grandchildren. They moved to Javea 25 years ago and Georgie immediately became involved in the Original Charity Shop and Library. As a bookworm she initially worked in the Library but later in the shop as well. She has been President of the organisation for the
WELL DONE: Georgina Harvey with the British Ambassador, Hugh Elliott.
last 13 years and under her presidency OCSL has seen enormous growth. There have been several moves in the last few years: from Javea Park to Avenida la Fontana and two years ago to the wonderful new location on Carrer de Nancy in Javea’s Arenal. A move that proved to be extremely successful, hardly there and it became necessary to expand again! Fourteen years ago Georgie
and Ed moved from Javea to the mountain village of Barx / La Drova near Gandia. But, of course, there was never any question of giving up OCSL. Indeed, Georgie proceeded to recruit new volunteers and all of them make the trip to Javea every Tuesday to work in the shop. Congratulations Georgie from all the staff and clients on your MBE award. Well done, we are so proud of you!
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foreign plates or rentals to smash the windows and take items from inside. A c cording t o p o l i c e t h e gang sent the stolen items abroad by road or sea hidden among baggage. In searches of four properti es police se i z e d l a rg e amounts of stolen goods, including jewellery, cash, elec-
tronic devices and designer clothes. The operation resulted in seven arrests. The detained in d iv id u a ls , w h o a re a g ed from 30 to 59, face charges including membership of a criminal organisation, breaking into properties and vehicles, and violent theft and intimidation.
DENIA Council has publicly thanked the young Senagalese man who saved a disa b l e d m a n f ro m a house fire in the town. Gorgui Lamine Sow was presented with a diploma during the official celebrations for the Day of the Local Police on Friday for rescuing Alex Caudeli from the burning property on Calle Port after spotting smoke billowing out from a first floor balcony and hearing his cries for help. Without a second thought the 20-year-old scrambled up to a window and hoisted Alex Caudeli onto his shoulder to carry him down to safety. Gorgui, who was dressed for the occasion in a traditional white Senegalese outfit which he said represented his country, in turn
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RECOGNITION: Denia Council presented Gorgui Lamine Sow with a diploma for his act of bravery. presented Denia mayor Vicent Grimalt with two paintings by Senaglese artist Hamidou Sall. One, which features a vehicle with a Senegalese flag on the bonnet, is for the town hall, while the other is for Alex. The young Senegalese’s brave actions turned him into a local, and national, hero, although initially an anonymous one. He had simply gone on his way without any-
body even knowing his name after the dramatic rescue. Within days he had been tracked down and named in Spanish press. It turned out he had come to Spain in 2017, and lives in Gandia with his girlfriend, who was in the audience at the Denia’s social centre for Friday’s event, and their seven-month old daughter. Gorgui is undocumented. However Denia residents and
council called on the government to regularise his status, and by extension that of his family, as a reward for his act of bravery. Gorgui explained he is now registered as a Gandia resident and about to provide the government with the necessary papers to secure his work and residency papers, which he said will allow him and his family to have “a new life.”
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son has suddenly arrived. We hope to have met our clients’ expectations when dealing with their MARRIAGES AND DI VORCES in Spain and we would also take this op portunity to congratulate those clients, from dif ferent countries, who SOLD, PURCHASED or EX CHANGED their proper ties through our firm and kindly took our advice about the importance of having a SPANISH WILL drafted when being an owner of a property in Spain. The year 2019 has been one of hope for all
those people who lost their money time ago, buying properties in Spain offplan, that for tunately, we have been able to get their money back for them. Also, it has been the year for people affected with mortgage floor and costs clauses, and multi currency mortgages, as they have been able to get their money back. Sadly some clients and friends passed away dur ing this year and our condolences go out to their surviving spouses and family. Again in these cases we have as
sisted as rapidly as possi ble to help the heirs when dealing with the INHERITANCE in Spain and the UK. This is also a year when we have been able to get inheritance tax paid back, for nonresidents heirs, but also residents in the European Union (now as per the New Court Deci sion of the Supreme Court, also the ones liv ing out of the European Union), that were not able to enjoy the tax ben efits in the Inheritance Tax, as if they were tax residents in Spain. On a happier note we
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VANDALISED: Santa’s sleigh removed from Calle Gambo.
VANDALISED Christmas decorations had to be taken down in Calle Gambo. “Maintenance department operatives have removed the sleigh and reindeers as they were badly damaged,” said Fiestas councillor Jesus Carrobles. “It wasn’t the first time that antisocial people have tried to wreck this decoration as it was damaged the day after it was installed, although it was able to be repaired.” “Vandalism like this affects the Christmas spirit that we want to bring to the town and to its residents and visitors as well as material objects,” Carrobles lamented. The sleigh and reindeers were not the only decorations in the vandals’ sights as the giant snowman at the La Palmera crossroads and the life-sized toy shoulders outside the l’Hort de Colon were also damaged.
Sandy feet, no problem WATER pipes for foot showers on Benidorm’s Poniente beach will be replaced to solve low pressure problems. This inconvenienced beachgoers each summer, admitted Monica Gomez, councillor responsible for Beaches. Pressure was lowest between the Port and the beginning of the Poniente promenade and the former Local Police post as far as Calle Vigo where foot showers installed by the regional government are still in
use, Gomez explained. “To start with we shall in sta ll wid e r p ip e s s o that when demand is at its greatest, water reaches all the foot showers, which use sea water,” she said. “A couple of years ago we improved the flow of seawater to the La Cala showers but now we must improve this for the rest of the network.” Work will cost €48,395 and should be finished within the next few weeks.
OPPOSITION parties on Benidorm Council, the PSOE socialists and centre-right Ciudadanos (Cs) are preparing amendments to the 2020 Budget. Neither party was impressed by the draft document that Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez presented just before Christmas and although the PSOE has not yet announced its proposals, Cs will propose converting all of Calle Ruzafa into a semi-pedestrianised street at the next council meeting. The same party wants lockers installed on Benidorm’s beaches so that beachgoers do not risk losing their belongings, or, worse, having them stolen. Other Cs’ amendments are a repetition of those proposed when the 2019 Budget was announced and include a roof for the multi-sports track at the L’Illa municipal sports centre. Dressing rooms and toilets are needed at the Patinodromo skating rink and the Pepa Esperanza Llinares municipal centre needs enlarging, Cs said. Ruben Martinez, spokesman for the PSOE socialists revealed that the party was still studying the draft Budget but would soon be announcing these. Martinez nevertheless said that personnel costs would increase by €3 million next year, accounting for almost 40 per cent of the municipality’s outlay. In contrast, he lamented, spending directly benefiting residents would decrease this year by more than €8 million.
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FUNDRAISERS: Hogar del Pensionistas with Red Cross and APSA representatives.
Senior citizens help others A L FA Z ’ S H o g a r d e l Pensionista raised €1,300 for two local charities. The senior citizens who belong to the Hogar del Pensionista recently presented the money they had raised to Mara Martinez, president of the Benidorm branch of the Red Cross, and Fermando Romero, area director for
APSA, a support group for persons with cognitive disabilities. The Red Cross has premises in Calle Francia where help is available for the most vulnerable members of the population, including the elderly and the victims of gender violence. As well as its contribution to all kinds of emergency situations, the or-
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OFFICIAL ADVICE: Register on Padron, says councillor Martine Mertens.
ganisation is active in training, education and the defence of the environment. APSA, another non-profitmaking organisation has for the last 50 years worked to improve the quality of life for those with learning difficulties in Alicante Province. Since 2011, APSA has worked closely with Alfaz Town Hall, which is demon-
strably committed to helping those with intellectual disabilities as well as their families. As a result of this collaboration, Alfaz is home to the Marina Baja’s first vocational training centre which is orientated towards helping students with learning and development problems find future employment.
Padron warning for Brits WITH Brexit awaiting Britain and the British, Alfaz residents have been urged to register on the municipal Padron. Other Nationalities’ councillor Martine Mertens emphasised Alfaz Town Hall’s continuing support for its British residents. At the same time, she warned of Brexit’s possible consequences on significant issues that include access to the public health service, employment, residency and obtaining official documents like driving licences or passports. All those residents not officially registered on the municipal Padron could lose many of these rights from 2021 on-
wards, Mertens declared. Registering was the only sure way of guaranteeing their rights, This will be a year of transition, she added, and Alfaz’s British residents should use this to regularise their situation in Spain. “This period is not going to be extended beyond 2020,” the councillor stressed. Important doubts remained regarding driving licences, she continued. It was not yet clear if UK driving licences would be valid for Spain and the rest of Europe, so residents would do well to use the transitional period to take out a Spanish licence, Mertens said.
Something to laugh at THE 13th edition of Alfaz’s Festival Jajaja Risas Navideñas (Hahaha Christmas Laughs Festival) continues at the Casa de Cultura. The Children’s Solidarity Film cycle includes screenings today, Thursday January 2, and Saturday, January 4 at 5.30pm. Tomorrow, Friday January 3, Mago Magic from Valencia perform their family show Imaginamagia at 5.30pm. The Festival concludes on Sunday, January 5
at 5pm with Rapunzel, The Musical by the Comedyplan de Valencia company. Tickets, €2, for the Casa de Cultura performances can be obtained on the day at the box office. There is also a €2 donation for the Children’s Films. This will be followed by the Three Kings parade through Alfaz’s central streets, finishing inside the municipal marquee where Their Majesties present gifts.
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EMPLOYMENT course participants landscaped the area adjoining Alfaz’s municipal polideportivo sports complex. The programme combined work and training for Alfaz residents with difficulties in entering the labour market or those from vulnerable social collectives, explained Dolores Albero, the town hall councillor responsible for Employment. The dozen people who took part in the course have now obtained a Level Two Professional Certificate in installing and maintaining green zones and Level Three in gardening and landscape restoration. A celebration at the end of the course held at the Escoles Velles cultural centre was attended by Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques, accompanied by Dolores Albero. Alfaz Town Hall has for years prioritised training and employment through different programmes especially directed at the unemployed and more recently has paid particular attention to those with functional diversity, Arques explained. The town hall is organising new courses for Alfaz’s Vocational Training Centre which as well as the existing Patient Care, Administration Agriculture and Computer Studies will include Personal Image, Building Works, Tourism and SocioCultural Animacion.
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NEW CONNECTION: Proposed road will link this area with the N-332.
Traffic flow A L FA Z C o u n c i l g a v e the go-ahead to putting out to tender the new Albir access road. The €900,000 project will provide an alternative to the existing access between the N-332 main road and the CV-753, better known as the Camino Viejo de Altea (Old Altea Road). Compulsory purchase orders for five different plots of land, valued at a total of €130,000, were also approved, explained the town hall spokesman Toni Such at the conclusion of the council meeting. “According to official estimates, work should begin during the first three months of this year, bearing in mind that constructing the road
has been authorised by both the central Spanish government’s Ministry of Public Works and the provincial council, the Diputacion,” Such said. The new two-lane road, which has been designed with pavements as well as a hard shoulder on either side, will begin at Alfaz N-332 roundabout on the outskirts of the town and join the CV753 near the Magic Robin Hood Holiday Park where another roundabout is planned. It will decongest notorious traffic holdups at the traffic lights at the Cami de la Mar-Avenida de l’Albir crossroads, improving traffic flow between the centre of Alfaz and the coastal area.
SEAT 600: Put motoring within reach of the masses.
THE European Car Club ‘Los Antiguos’ announced the Second Classic Car meeting between January 31 and February 2 in Alfaz. Members of the public will be able to admire a collection of classic cars and, in particular, more than 500 models of the Seat 600.
The iconic and first affordable family car was made in Spain by Seat, a joint venture by Spain’s National Institute of Industry, Spanish banks and the Italian company, Fiat. Production of 600s began in May 1957 and continued until August 1973.
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Musical treat ALTEA will resonate to classical music next March. The town is hosting the first edition of the Beatik Altea Festival (BAF) between March 7 and 15, an initiative combining classical music with master classes from internationally acclaimed soloists and teachers. A u r o r a S e r r a t , A l t e a ’s C u l t u r e c o u n c i l l o r, a n d BAF organisers Jonathan Rives and Antonio Martinez explained that the festival will enhance the public’s music experience while helping musicians to develop their professional skills as they begin their careers. Its other objective was to offer great concerts to classical music lovers, they said. For nine days next March, Altea will be a centre for concerts, master classes and talks. It will also introduce Beatik, an app created by the University of Jaen that enables musicians to read a
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PARTICIPATORY BUDGET: Ramp suggested for steep Pont de Montcau.
MARCH DATE: Jonathan Rives, Aurora Serra and Antonio Martinez announce the BAF festival. score handsfree, with pageturning software that adjusts to their playing in real time. There will be master classes in piano, cello, oboe, violin, viola, flute and clarinet from musicians and teachers from the Col-
burn School (Los Angeles), the Universitat der KunsteBerlin, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hochschule fur Musik Theaten und Medien (Hannover and the Habs Eiser Hochschule (Berlin) amongst others.
The master classes will be given at Villa Gadea and Altea’s municipal Conservatoire while the concerts will be held at the Palau. More information is available from the www.beatikalteafestival.co m website.
Project takes the prize MORE than 400 residents voted to use Altea’s Participatory Budget allocation for improvements to Calle Puente de Montcau. This was the third edition of the popular vote, with 1,051 registered residents emitting 2,256 votes to decide how some of the town hall’s cash is spent. Citizens’ Participation councillor Maria Antonia Lavios thanked all the members of the local population who took part in the Altea Imagina, Altea participa (Altea Imagines, Altea participates) initiative. “They have shown that they want to take part in the decisions that make im-
provements to our town,” Lavios said. The Montcau proposal for a ramp to substitute some of the steep road’s steps was backed by 408 people, followed by improvements to the Cap Blanc neighbourhood, which obtained 381 votes. “We conclude this edition with good news, as the total budget has increased to €120,000 and there was a 23.5 per cent increase in the number of people taking part,” the councillor said. This amount will cover the Pont de Montcau project, Lavios said, with the remainder shared between the other finalists.
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CALPE town hall issued a poster with recommendations for children’s Christmas presents. “What are we giving?” gives advice on the gifts that parents and relatives need to avoid and those they should buy to create an equal society. The poster stressed the importance of play in emotional and social development, reminding parents that this is how children learn to respect the world they live in as well as other people. Toys have no gender and are not exclusive to boys or girls and there as many colours as there are people, the poster declared.
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Global warming affects Calpe coral M O R E t h a n t h re e quarters of the coral o ff the Alicante p ro v i n c e c o a s t h a s been affected by climate change. The Institute of Coastal Ecology and the Spanish government’s Environment Ministry are analysing the effects of higher sea temperatures in coastal areas of Valencian Community and Baleares. These include the Ifach zone, as well as the Sierra
Helada marine reserve, the Marina Baja, Cabo de las Huertas and Tabarca. Last summer scientists studied 307 colonies of cushion coral and Oculina patagonica and their findings revealed that 78 per cent of corals are affected by climate change in a process that has
resulted in bleaching. Although corals can survive bleaching, they are under more stress and subject to mortality, the experts said. Alicante’s provincial council, the Diputacion has forged close links with the Institute of Coastal Ecology over the past year, said Miguel Angel
Sanchez, who heads its Environment department. “It’s essential that the public administrations and society should take measures that will contribute to fighting climate change which, as this project shows, is seriously affecting our marine environment,” Sanchez said. Photo credit: Giovanni Galli
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Out with the old A NINE-STOREY apartment building on the La Fossa beach will be demolished and a 20storey block put in its place. The project’s promoter, a Javea-based construction company, acquired the building, which fronts on to the Paseo Maritimo and Calle Ponent in August 2017. The existing property occupies a 2,237-square metre site and dates from the 1970s. Its apartments are still occupied but the new building will have 38 apartments, with two on each floor and all with sea views. The project is now on public display and its critics have al-
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LA FOSSA: 20-storey tower block to replace a 20s building on the seafront ready pointed out that the 20floor block does not comply with the town hall’s earlier pledge that new buildings in Calpe would be limited to 15
storeys. Meanwhile, Calpe’s mayor Ana Pastor declared that the new building has, “and will have”, all necessary permits.
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TOWN HALL: Launching its first Equality Plan.
a survey that was completed by all employees.
The findings will enable the Equality Committee to
set goals and apply strategies designed to prevent potential gender discrimination and eliminate situations that were identified. The resulting document will need to be agreed by the Negotiating Table and later approved by a plenary council meeting. The Plan will have a threeyear validity period affecting the areas of human resources, professional promotion, training, balance of work and family life, prevention of sexual harassment, equality awareness and training and non-sexist communication.
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CALPE Town Hall’s Equality Committee is launching its First Internal Equality Plan. Presided by the Human Resources councillor, Ana Perles, the committee will be composed of representatives from each union as well as the Human Resources and Equality departments. All public administrations are now obliged by law to possess an Equality Plan and demonstrate their commitment by complying with its principles. The document lists inequalities found amongst town hall staff following a diagnosis of the situation and
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IFACH: Calpe’s landmark outcrop.
CALPE’S Tourism department has issued 5,000 calendars illustrating the town’s beauty spots. These will be a principal feature in the Spanish and international tourism fairs and workshops which the municipality attends in an official capacity. They are also available, free of charge, from Calpe’s Tourist offices in the Plaza del Mosquit and Avenida de los
Beauty spots Ejercitos Españoles. The images for this year’s calendar were chosen from a collection of photographs that the Fotoclub Ifach recently donated to the town hall. They show Calpe’s landmark outcrop
of rock, the Peñon de Ifach from different angles including its Carellot face, as well as the Las Salinas salt beds, the fishing port, the Holy Week parades and the town’s Moors and Christians celebrations.
PREPARATION: Teams will be representing the Valencian Community. THE Valencian Community’s children’s and junior basketball teams were recently training in Calpe. They were preparing for Spain’s Basketball championship which starts tomorrow, Friday January 3, and
concludes next Tuesday, January 7 in Huelva. As part of their training schedule they held friendly matches in the Domingo Crespo sports centre, together with regional teams from Cataluña and Aragon.
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A roof over heads has stagnated since the €900,000 contract was award-
ed in September 2018. Work could not begin because it was necessary to occupy private-owned land to build the roof, municipal sources revealed. “By acquiring this plot of rural land we have finally brought to an end a series of incidents and situations that have hindered the pledge to cover the multi-use track,” said Teulada-Moraira mayor Rosa Vila. The town hall now owns the necessary 1,378 square metres of land after reaching an agreement with the owners who received €24,488. Building the roof will start immediately, Vila announced. “Direct negotiations with the owners, the confidence that the present municipal government inspires and a desire to finally carry out a project that has been halted for several years were essential in getting it off the ground once more,” the mayor said
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CURSA SOLIDARIA: Some walked, others ran.
Fun run for Red Cross TEULADA-MORAIRA’S Cursa Solidaria fundraising race attracted 143 runners who completed the circuit in fancy dress. The event, organised by the town hall’s Sports department and the Corremundos ath-
letics club, had two categories aimed at those wishing to run and those preferring to walk. Between them, the runners and walkers raised €386 which were presented to the president of the local branch of the Red Cross.
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BUDGET APPROVED: Town hall ready for 2020.
First Budget approved for 2 years TEULADA-MORAIRA To w n H a l l a p p r o v e d its Budget for 2020 at the last plenary council meeting of 2019. This was the first entirely new Budget for two years, as last year the predecessors of the present local government limited themselves to extending the 2018 accounts.
This year’s Budget, which amounts to €17.726 million, was passed by councillors belonging to the Compromis-PSOE-Nonaligned coalition. The councillor from the RED party abstained, five Partido Popular councillors voted against the motion, while two more PP councillors failed to attend.
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Ready for royal visit THE Three Kings are due to arrive on Moraira’s L’Ampolla beach at 5.30pm on Sunday, January 5. From here they will make their way to Teulada where they will reach Avenida de Las Palmas at 7pm. The Three Kings parade is one of the most important events in Teulada-Moraira’s fiestas calendar, the town hall explained.
Although organised by the Fiestas and Tradition department, there is important input from the A Morell association, the 2020 Fiestas Committee, the 2020 Font Santa Fiestas ‘Quintos,’ as well as local volunteers and the Cap d’Or residents’ association, the Potixolet Moraira Theatre and the Three Kings Fiestas Committee.
Didn’t see it coming A CAR crashed into the bank of rubbish containers in Teulada’s Calle Colon in the early hours of the morning. Neither the driver nor his passenger was injured although the vehicle and the half-buried
containers were badly damaged. According to sources quoted in the Spanish media, Teulada-Moraira’s Local Police have taking proceedings against the car-owner for dangerous driving.
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LADY LUCK showered Teulada-Moraira with €20 million’s-worth of the first prize in the Christmas Lottery, but l i t t l e m o re i s k n o w n than that. If the managers of the El Forti lottery administration on the Moraira-Calpe Winners know the identities of those who bought the magic number 26590 which paid out €400,000 for each decimo (10th of a series), they are divulging nothing to the Press. According to other local sources, one of the winners is originally from Granada and he learnt of his win while staying there. Apart from that, the El Forti managers who sold 50 winning tickets said soon af-
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MYSTERY WINNERS: El Gordo tickets sold here, but to whom? ter the draw that no-one had visited the Administration with a winning ticket. “It’s all very quiet and we
do not rule out that many of the winning tickets could have been bought by visitors,” they said.
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PLAYMOBIL EXHIBITION: A mediaeval town under siege.
The play’s the thing MORAIRA recently hosted a Playmobil exhibition sponsored by Teulada-Moraira’s Business-owners and Shop-
keepers’ Association, AECO. This second edition of the exhibition depicted a
Nativity Scene, a besieged mediaeval village and cowboys and Indians. More than 1,200 Playmobil figures were on show at Espai la Senieta, 80 per cent of which belonged to a private collection and was curated by Andres Rivero, Fernando Noguera and Carolina Noya. The Playmobil figures belong to Teulada-Moraira resident Jose Vicente Ferrando who agreed to cede his collection for the Moraira exhibition.
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Subsidy for pool Prawns in the game
YEARLY ARRANGEMENT: Alberto Tur, Miquel Garcia and Jose Chulvi. JOSE CHULVI and Miquel Garcia, respective mayors of Javea and Benitachell, renewed the existing swimming pool agreement between both municipalities. Under this, Javea Town Hall pays Benitachell €14,000 a year so that residents registered on the municipal padron pay the same
rates as Benitachell residents when using the neighbouring town’s covered swimming pool. The same agreement also allows Javea’s Sports department, headed by councillor Alberto Tur, to use the pool for municipal swimming club sessions and patients prescribed aquatic therapy.
RED Marina Alta prawns cost around €150 a kilo in Javea over the holidays. The local fishing guilds revealed that the Christmas Eve and N ew Year’s Eve must-haves for Spanish tables now sell better during the big-spending summer season. In the past sales also shot up in May, when Spanish children make their First Communion, but demand fell
Official help JAVEA Town Hall has renewed collaboration agreements with local associations. Mayor Jose Chulvi confirmed a €12,000 subsidy for Peña La Marina so it may continue supporting grassroots football and €5,000 for Escola de Cinema Riurau to promote events such as the Film Festival.
off during the economic crisis of 2008 and has not fully recovered. “You can see we’re still in recession, the markets are empty,” one Marina Alta fishing guild president lamented. With or without recession, the price of prawns increases by approximately 30 per cent as the Christmas holidays approach, compared with between €80 and €100 in early December.
This is when many canny shoppers make their purchases, buying fresh red prawns and freezing them for their festive dinners. Neither did the mid-December weather help the Javea fishing fleet, professional fisherman explained. “Red prawn catches have been acceptable but volatile,” one said, with bad sea conditions keeping boats in port for several days.
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GRAULL TEACHERS: Off to Europe on training courses.
Teaching the teachers JAVEA’S Graull school has joined the Erasmus+ education programme through its Captivating Innovation initiative. Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme for education, training, youth and sport in Europe and on this occasion eight of the Graull school’s teachers are taking part in training courses and observing good educational practices or jobshadowing in Denmark, Italy, Malta and Iceland. These activities are being held over the next two school years and also offer the Graull teachers the opportunity of sharing experiences with their European counterparts.
Walk through the past THE Fundación Oceanogràfic, based in Valencia City, is again organising walking ro u t e s w h i c h a re based on Javea’s maritime tradition. The first, tomorrow Friday January 3, is entitled Stories of Romans, tunas and survival adaptations. It leaves the Parador at 10am, following a route from the Arenal beach to the Sequia de la Noria channel, analysing the coastal landscape, its richness and biodiversity. Particular emphasis will be laid on the historical and cultural values of different eras, pointing out the former Roman fish-farm, the Almadraba method of tuna-fishing and the salt beds, together with the extraction of Javea’s
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CONDUCTED TOURS: A look at Javea’s maritime past. trademark tosca sandstone. The second route, Fishermen, salt fish and seafood recipes, is scheduled for Sunday January 26. It starts at 10.20am at the Lonja - the market where the freshly caught fish is auctioned - and includes a walk
through the fishing port, learning more about the different types of fishing methods used in Javea and the principal species that are caught locally. There will be explanations of traditional curing methods and other ways of conserving
fish from a professional fisherman and with collaboration from Javea’s Fishing Guild. Both outings are free, but places are limited and can be reserved in person or ringing the tourist offices at Javea Centre (965 794 356) and Javea Port (965 790 736).
Recognition for Loreto fiestas JAVEA Council voted in favour of asking the regional government to declare September 8 a Fiesta of Local Interest.
This is the feast day of Nuestra Señora de Loreto, the patroness of the Duanes district, and a fiesta that Javea’s
mayor Jose Chulvi pointed out involved the entire town and thousands of visitors. “This is a landmark that we want to be recognised, protected and promoted,” he added. “We are talking about various generations of men and women, of boys and girls from Javea who learned through these fiestas to love their neighbourhood,” Chulvi said. “They have transmitted a set of social codes based on solidarity, work and comradeship.” The Loreto fiestas were important in maintaining and shaping the town’s identity, continued the mayor, who declared that as representatives of the local population, it was the town hall’s obligation to support and be aware of the organisers’ hard work and ensure that the celebrations remained alive and continued to grow and progress.”
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Countdown to Brexit
NOW that the dust is beginning to settle following the General Election and as the countdown to Brexit continues, European Union ‘bigwigs’ of all types are making it clear that they don’t think that the end of 2020 will allow for sensible trade deals to be made. The new European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen has already stated in interviews that she believes that the transition period which Prime Minister Boris Johnson says will end at the end of 2020 regardless may actually be too early. She has stated that she is “very con-
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cerned” about the limited timeframe for talks and suggested that the matter
IT may well be wishful thinking for both the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) and many remainers, but prepare for an outcry for a second Scottish Referendum. In theory it could happen (subject to approval by the British government which could be very unlikely) but should it be agreed it would most likely take place during 2020 which could then
should be reviewed in the middle of the year to consider how far the negotia-
Delay attempt delay the negotiations between the UK and the EU and could be even more problematic if the vote was to leave the Union. It doesn’t really seem a realistic proposition but the SNP do want to take advantage of every
tions had progressed. A spokesman for No10 has rejected this idea, thus reviving fears of a possible no-deal Brexit if both parties can’t come to an arrangement within the year. Meanwhile, Dutch European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans wrote what has been dubbed a ‘love letter’ to The Guardian newspaper saying how sad he is that Britain should be leaving the Union and that he for one would welcome the country back at any time in the future once it recognises its mistake. Some politicians responded thanking him for his kind thoughts and confirming it was a matter of when, not if, whilst other people on Social Media compared it to a sickly piece from a former lover after a break-up.
opportunity in case they can delay any final deal. Whilst the wish to see an Independent Scotland may be very real in the hearts and minds of many, the reality is that Scotland could not just remain in the Union but would have to leave with the rest of Britain and then apply for membership which could take decades.
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BREXIT EXTRA Dress smartly WORRIED by the cavalier clothing of many MEPs, those who run the European Parliament finally appear ready to introduce a strict dress code, especially after Liberal Democrat members arrived wearing their infamous ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ yellow t-shirts.
Staff Brexit THE Brexit Party, which may be called the Reform Party once Brexit has been finalised, has reportedly made the bulk of its employees redundant after the party’s poor showing at the General Election which will leave few staff to handle the reforms.
Data exchange BRITAIN is 13th in line for a deal to make data sharing with the European Union easier and Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor has indicated that those countries who applied earlier than Britain should be reviewed first.
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PRESUMABLY as they are more environmental ly aware and there have been some special price offers, young people have increasingly travelled by train this Christmas, with ticket sales up by more than 20 per cent over last year.
Firework frenzy THE Copenhagen police have had to deal with several nights of illegal setting off of fireworks in one district. Pedestrians and motorists com plained that those responsible were firing in
DANISH TRANSPORT MINISTER: Benny Engelbrecht sees one of the trains off. discriminately at innocent people walking or driving by but no injuries were reported.
BELGIUM
Cruise control
Road rage
IT has been admitted by the Belgian author ities that the €250,000 they spent earlier in 2019 to launch a catch phrase in Flemish which said ‘Be a control cruiser’ had almost no effect as the majority of drivers didn’t know what it meant.
A RECENT survey of Belgian drivers showed that they are most irritated by seeing someone driving whilst using a mobile and approve of the fact that anyone caught is automatically fined €116, but it is reported that the number being prosecuted has dropped.
GERMANY
FRANCE
Lucky find
French Mac
IT was a very lucky break for a 63yearold man in Krefeld who for some reason left his backpack which contained Christmas presents and €16,000 by a tree. A Samaritan found it and handed it in to police refusing to take a reward.
AFTER a fiveyear legal battle, McDonald’s have won the right to open a branch on the exclusive is land of Île d’Oléron just off the coast of La Rochelle. It is a very popular spot for tourists and has a num ber of holiday home owners.
Drunk driver
New money
POLICE in Cologne received a number of calls re porting that a man on an electric scooter had been spotted on an autobahn. Officers quickly arrived and came to the conclusion that he was drunk, re moved him from the road and he has now been charged.
EIGHT African countries are moving away from France by changing their currencies from the CFA Franc to the newly created Eco. They currently have 50 per cent of all of their currency lodged with the Bank of France but this will be removed as well.
NETHERLANDS
Cyber attack
Car exploded
HACKERS using ransomware managed to infil trate computers at Maastricht University over Christmas targetting their Windows systems and at the time of writing, emails were down and it is not known whether the attack also stole scientific data.
A CAR with Polish number plates was de stroyed in a car park in The Hague when an am ateur firework bomb was detonated under neath the vehicle. So violent was the explosion that debris was found in nearby trees and up to 20 metres away.
SWEDEN
NORWAY
Straw goat
Sad loss
EACH Christmas since 1966, the town of Gavle has built an enormous straw goat to celebrate Christ mas but most years it is burnt down by hooligans. This year however it survived but a smaller version at a school was set on fire.
THE Norwegian Royal Family was shocked by the news on Christmas Day that Ari Behn, former hus band of Princess Martha Louise had committed suicide. The King and Queen sent their condo lences to their three granddaughters by Behn and his family.
Poly gone THE owner of Putin the Parrot who escaped from her home in Danderyd outside of Stockholm has offered a reward of 10,000 Swedish Krona (€959) for news of his whereabouts. She is worried that he may have been given as a Christmas present and has left the country.
No regrets AFTER pleading guilty to giving work to an Eritrean immigrant who was not supposed to work, 87 yearold retired Bishop, Gunnar Stålsett was given a 45day suspended jail sentence and fined. After the case he insisted that he had no regrets.
FINANCE Boxing Day fail
MOVE over Boxing Day, Black Friday is now collecting more money in the UK. Traditionally, crowds flock to the Boxing Day sales but there has been a much worse turn out than expected with one research compa ny suggesting that spending will be down just under 10 per cent com pared to last year. It didn’t help that the weather was bad and some high street shops started their online sales on Christ mas Eve so shoppers could stay at home and still get the bargains.
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is the amount that the Global Pension Fund of Norway has invested in Spanish stocks and shares.
Woo Deliveroo
THE success of the Deliveroo operation in the UK has seen it being wooed by heavy hitters such as Amazon and Uber who both wish to take it over. It has grown very quickly since it was founded in London in 2013 and now has operations in many European and Asian countries including Spain. Now it wants to sell part of its shareholding to Amazon which has been looking to get back into the rapidly expanding fast food delivery business but the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) isn’t so
By John Smith happy with this plan. Basically, Amazon has two options, one to buy into a company such as De liveroo or alternatively set up its own competing business (which it did in 2016 but soon pulled out) and the CMA fears that such an investment in the company could be bad for customers, grocers and restaurants as there would be reduced competition. The CMA’s executive director, An drea Gomes da Silva, said: “Millions of people in the UK use online food plat
forms for takeaways, and more than ever are making use of similar services for the sameday delivery of groceries and we are worried about lessening of competition.” That then is the problem and unless and until the two companies are able to persuade the CMA that its fears are groundless, approval will not be given for the investment. Any purchase in the UK is likely to in clude other markets such as Spain where Deliveroo operates in many large towns and cities.
The Calma Card AS an experiment, the Deutsche Bank and MasterCard are launching what they say is the first bank card in Spain to use motion code technology. The Calma Deutsche Bank Card will allow the security code (shown by the CVC label on the reverse) to change auto matically every four hours in or der to increase security as it doesn’t allow thieves to clone or benefit by data theft on on line transactions This card also offers insur ance cover for theft or robbery to cover the value of any stolen purchases.
LEGALLY SPEAKING More 90-day questions? I had understood that an EU national could spend a maximum of three months continuously in Spain without registering. And that he could return again and spend up to a further three months without registering. However, the maximum in a year was 183 days. NonEU nationals could spend three months in any six months. J C (Costa del Sol)
S o m e years ago this was the regu YOU AND THE lar routine. That LAW IN SPAIN is, a tourist stay of 90 days with no formalities, plus an extension of a further 90 days, which was easy to obtain. People had passports with 10 or 12 prorrogas stamped in them. Or they would go to Morocco for the week end and then return to begin another tourist stay of 90 days. The law was the same; it was enforcement that was lax. This led to misunderstandings. If you wish to delve deeper, you can consult Arti cle 30 of Ley Organica 4/2000 del 11 de Enero, along with its various modifications over the years, and the reglamento of this law, which specifies how it should be carried out.
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.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Fraud watch FOLLOWING various problems with match fixing in Spain and the growth of online betting, the government is to launch a special national commission to keep an eye on potential betting fraud in the Spanish licensed online sports betting market.
Surprise gift LAST Christmas a customer at Primark in Colchester found more than they expected in their stocking, when a sock was found to contain a piece of human bone. Police have now confirmed that they are not treating it as being crime linked.
Bank review NEWS Agency Reuters has stated that the European Central Bank has asked Spain’s High Court to provide information about investigations undertaken over a ‘spying case’ involving Spanish Bank BBVA to see whether the Bank has been compromised.
New day for Dia HAVING purchased a large percentage of the shares in the Spanish Dia supermar ket chain during 2019, Russian entrepreneur Mi jaíl Fridman is stepping up his campaign to return the
company to profit. From early 2020, the bulk of the businesses and assets within the group will be transferred to different sub sidiaries in Luxembourg in order to ensure that it is able
to continue to trade during the coming year. In addition, some of the debts will also be transferred but taxes will continue to be paid in each of the countries in which Dia operates.
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COMPANY PRICE(P) 3I Group 1.103,50 Admiral Group 2.317,00 Anglo American 2.176,00 Antofagasta 938,20 Ashtead Group 2.446,00 Associated British Foods 2.642,00 AstraZeneca 7.745,00 Auto Trader Group Plc 607,60 Aviva 422,20 BAE Systems 579,60 Barclays 181,50 Barratt Developments 746,00 Berkeley 4.940,00 BHP Group 1.810,80 BP 483,95 British American Tobacco 3.266,00 British Land Company 630,00 BT Group 196,20 Bunzl 2.117,00 Burberry Group 2.233,00 Carnival 3.677,00 Centrica 90,60 Coca Cola HBC AG 2.603,0 Compass 1.903,50 CRH 3.100,00 Croda Intl 5.120,00 DCC 6.600,0 Diageo 3.229,00 Direct Line Insurance 317,90 DS Smith 393,30 EasyJet 1.420,50 Experian 2.593,00 Ferguson 7.034,00 Flutter Entertainment 9.230,00 Fresnillo 620,00 GlaxoSmithKline 1.818,8 Glencore 238,75 Halma 2.163,00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1.968,00 Hikma Pharma 2.029,00 Hiscox 1.430,00 HSBC 597,80 IAG 630,00 Imperial Brands 1.859,60 Informa 867,60 InterContinental 5.220,00 Intertek 5.890,00 ITV 152,85 J Sainsbury 235,80
CHANGE(P) +3,50 +17,00 +6,00 +8,20 +9,00 +30,00 +31,00 +9,20 -0,40 +0,80 +1,50 +2,40 -7,00 +19,40 -3,75 -5,50 +10,00 +0,20 -33,00 +10,00 -35,00 +0,54 +26,0 -15,00 +32,00 -5,00 +54,0 +9,00 0,00 +0,60 +1,50 +-12,00 -36,00 +38,00 +20,00 +1,2 +4,00 +19,00 -7,50 +9,00 -9,00 -1,60 +4,00 -1,20 -2,60 -20,00 +40,00 +0,10 +1,60
% CHG. +0,32% +0,74% +0,28% +0,88% +0,37% +1,15% +0,40% +1,54% -0,10% +0,14% +0,83% +0,32% -0,14% +1,08% -0,77% -0,17% +1,61% +0,10% -1,54% +0,45% -0,94% +0,60% +1,01% -0,78% +1,04% -0,10% +0,83% +0,28% 0,00% +0,15% +0,11% +-0,46% -0,51% +0,41% +3,33% +0,07% +1,70% +0,89% -0,38% +0,45% -0,63% -0,27% +0,64% -0,06% -0,30% -0,38% +0,68% +0,07% +0,68%
NET VOL 634,80K 229,75K 1,08M 877,70K 431,89K 493,32K 717,33K 1,19M 3,14M 2,45M 17,90M 1,21M 207,68K 1,90M 22,86M 1,54M 2,17M 10,19M 457,48K 600,78K 494,54K 6,46M 352,37K 1,44M 392,31K 189,59K 79,88K 1,36M 1,79M 1,26M 477,42K 642,56K 179,35K 110,16K 1,36M 2,98M 18,06M 461,54K 444,34K 116,76K 650,44K 9,00M 2,14M 865,22K 859,67K 242,67K 102,24K 4,60M 2,14M
COMPANY Johnson Matthey Just Eat Kingfisher Land Securities Legal & General Lloyds Banking London Stock Exchange Marks & Spencer Micro Focus Mondi Morrison Supermarkets National Grid Next NMC Health Ocado Pearson Persimmon Phoenix Prudential RBS PLC Reckitt Benckiser Relx Rentokil Rightmove Rio Tinto PLC Rolls-Royce Holdings Royal Dutch Shell A Royal Dutch Shell B RSA Insurance Sage Schroders Scottish Mortgage Segro Severn Trent Smith & Nephew Smiths Group Smurfit Kappa Spirax-Sarco Engineering SSE St. James’s Place Standard Chartered Standard Life Aberdeen Taylor Wimpey Tesco Tui Unilever United Utilities Vodafone Group PLC Whitbread WPP
PRICE(P) 3.085,00 829,60 220,00 981,40 309,70 63,18 7.760,00 217,70 1.078,80 1.785,00 204,10 961,30 7.270,00 1.736,00 1.285,50 655,00 2.650,00 754,90 1.440,50 242,60 6.224,00 1.926,00 464,80 649,60 4.548,50 701,40 2.265,50 2.271,00 568,20 756,80 3.392,00 588,00 899,60 2.546,00 1.861,00 1.714,50 2.966,00 9.125,00 1.467,50 1.177,50 722,80 335,50 194,45 256,00 974,40 4.416,00 967,40 151,00 4.893,00 1.077,50
CHANGE(P) +7,00 +19,60 -0,30 +11,80 +0,70 -0,24 +80,00 +1,50 -22,40 +11,00 +1,90 +2,10 +156,00 -46,00 +16,00 -3,00 +25,00 -0,60 -1,00 -0,10 +41,00 +3,50 +4,00 +4,80 +13,50 +3,40 -12,50 -4,50 +3,20 -0,60 +7,00 +6,50 +9,00 +33,00 -19,00 +19,00 +32,00 +70,00 0,00 +1,00 -4,20 -1,40 +1,85 +2,60 +14,20 +26,50 +16,60 +0,60 -5,00 +8,50
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246,42K 4,23M 3,69M 1,21M 4,45M 66,49M 180,20K 3,04M 570,41K 611,39K 3,85M 3,20M 390,01K 2,45M 980,93K 1,13M 629,37K 386,21K 1,93M 8,39M 476,84K 2,17M 1,09M 1,15M 989,86K 1,98M 5,25M 2,38M 1,22M 860,35K 114,99K 1,27M 833,51K 400,34K 1,23M 309,14K 86,65K 71,31K 1,23M 835,35K 2,57M 3,15M 6,13M 7,21M 577,34K 1,05M 1,27M 23,06M 168,65K 1,33M
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PRICE 177,26 1.351,89 1.869,80 289,80 330,14 148,28 120,30 47,77 55,35 69,89 208,10 230,66 219,97 135,27 60,08 145,75 139,14 198,17 91,50 158,96 101,57 39,32 126,09 430,38 150,28 295,97 61,53 189,39 119,59 145,75
CHANGE% CHANGE VOLUME(M) +0,67 +0,38% 1,47M -8,51 -0,63% 1,04M +1,03 +0,06% 6,19M -0,11 -0,04% 36,59M +0,22 +0,07% 4,13M +0,06 +0,04% 1,54M -0,30 -0,25% 4,14M -0,08 -0,17% 11,06M +0,33 +0,60% 6,90M -0,24 -0,34% 10,52M +0,31 +0,15% 10,29M -0,55 -0,24% 1,34M -0,85 -0,38% 3,08M +0,36 +0,27% 2,75M +0,26 +0,43% 14,09M -0,08 -0,05% 3,43M +0,10 +0,07% 7,87M +1,11 +0,56% 2,26M +0,16 +0,18% 3,59M +0,29 +0,18% 18,41M +0,86 +0,85% 5,31M -0,06 -0,15% 9,60M +0,87 +0,69% 5,19M -0,56 -0,13% 9,96M -0,43 -0,29% 1,84M +0,32 +0,11% 1,55M +0,24 +0,39% 8,17M +0,23 +0,12% 5,45M +0,07 +0,06% 3,55M +0,05 +0,03% 5,50M M - MILLION DOLLARS
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+0.40% +18.89% +25.40% +25.39% +4.97% +0.52% +1.30% +2.27% +14.29% +1.06% +0.98%
280,016 272,021 1.05M 1.21M 322,681 231,827 350,875 859,575 5,630 897,629 303,941
-1.16% -1.71% -17.37% -0.63% -0.57% -3.03% -14.33% -7.25% -12.88% -3.51% -12.40%
4,463 6,394 122,285 1.04M 1.16M 202,981 870,299 944,314 963 13.33M 125,502
Most Declined Broadcom Inc. 8% Pfd. Series A Atrion Corp. IGM Biosciences Inc. Alphabet Inc. Cl C Alphabet Inc. Cl A Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cl A BridgeBio Pharma Inc. Karuna Therapeutics Inc. Discovery Inc. Series B Roku Inc. Cl A Phathom Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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THE currency market was charac terised by its unpredictability in 2019, with heightened geopoliti cal tensions infusing significant volatility into the major curren cies. And it looks like we may be in for more of the same in 2020 as many of the key 2019 currency trends look set to continue to dominate market sentiment over the next 12 months. ECB and Germany could weak en the euro EUR/GBP in 2019: High £0.93, Low £0.82 EUR/USD in 2019: High $1.15, Low $1.08 The European Central Bank is al so likely to demand attention this year as it wrestles with an increas ingly fragile outlook in the Euro zone, not to mention Germany’s recent economic woes, which have
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CURRENCY TRENDS: 2020 could shape up to be even more volatile. the country teetering on the edge of a recession. A wideranging review of the ECB’s strategy will begin in Janu ary, with Christine Lagarde (who took the helm at the ECB back in November) already signalling a willingness to deviate from the policy path forged by her prede cessors. If further easing is unleashed to
support the currency bloc, or if Germany does indeed slip into a recession, the euro could tumble. Brexit to keep pound pressured GBP/EUR in 2019: High €1.20, Low €1.06 GBP/USD in 2019: High $1.35, Low $1.20 For GBP investors, Brexit will re main the pressing issue. While Boris Johnson’s election victory
may have allowed him to success fully pass his EU Withdrawal deal, this marks the end of only the first stage of negotiations. In 2020 Johnson will embark on phase two of the talks, which will see the UK attempt to hash out the terms of a trade deal and its future relationship with the EU be fore the end of its transition peri od in December. With Johnson reluctant to pur sue any more delays, there is a clear risk of the process resulting in a nodeal Brexit at the end of the year, the threat of which is likely to limit any upside in the pound. Trade and Trump to drive US dollar USD/GBP in 2019: High £0.83, Low £0.74 USD/EUR in 2019: High €0.91, Low €0.86 Across the pond we will see US politics return to the fore this year, with impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump and the
2020 Presidential election both likely to drive volatility in the US dollar. We won’t know who will be the 2020 Democratic candidate for a few more months, but the poten tial for Trump to be challenged by a Democrat who is viewed as eco nomically disruptive, such as Bernie Sanders, could prove USD negative this year. As EUR/USD is the world’s most traded currency pairing, any US dollar losses could support the eu ro. Also in the spotlight for USD in vestors will be the ongoing trials and tribulations of the USChina trade talks. With a preliminary phase one deal now apparently agreed by both sides, the focus will turn to whether a more comprehensive deal can be reached in 2020. With so many key events on the calendar, 2020 could shape up to be even more volatile than 2019.
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And so that was Christmas
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT SURROUNDED by family and friends, hopefully many of you will have once more enjoyed this special and much loved occasion. I’m pretty sure most of you will have also observed the ritu als and timehonoured Christmas Day traditions that we have been famil iarised with over the generations. In the beginning we are the babies, crawling around the base of the tree with the young mums of the family lightly admonishing us as we endeav our to pull baubles and shiny bits of tinsel from the lower branches. Over the next few years we morph into the youngsters, excitedly tearing off the paper from presents, brought by a Santa we are becoming slightly more skeptical about, but still pre pared to give the benefit of the doubt just as long as we receive at least a proportion of the presents we asked him for! The next stage in our Christmas generation game sees us become one of the young and midaged adults who, having finally got the youngsters off to bed, are pouring copious mea
MOST LOVED POSITION: Grandparents enjoy a privileged position at Christmas. sures of alcohol and consuming about a million calories in Quality Street and mince pies, while relating what we consider hilarious tales of past Christ mas turkey disasters. All being played out against a back drop of East Enders, Coronation Street, the Queen’s mes sage and yet another rerun of Dr Zhivago on the box.
Generations later, if we last long enough, we find ourselves in the twi light of our years, quietly enjoying the utterly spoiled and most loved exulted position you can attain. You become Grandpa/Grandma. And that’s where this ol’ boy has finally found himself. Grandpa (or in my situation Great Grandpa) is expected to do just about
nothing. He is not required to wash up, clear up, lift up furniture or top up the drinks. He occupies the most comfortable chair in the room (gener ally in the corner). Periodically he is asked by various family members if he ‘wants anything.’ He is allowed to doze off without being labelled a party pooper and is
subsequently not particularly worried that his chair is a little out of the way just as long as he is close enough to occasionally interject the conversation with an ‘I remember when’ recollec tion of his own. These narratives are usually delivered to reassure the room (and himself) that he hasn’t actually ruined the whole Christmas celebra tions by selfishly deciding to slip away and meet his maker thereby actually becoming an ‘I remember when’ sub ject for a whole host of future family Christmas gatherings! It’s been a blast to be with my amazing family in Dublin this year. Thanks for making yer ol’ Dad proud and happy once again. I’d also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy and Peace ful New Year. With a special thanks to all at the Euro Weekly for putting up with me through yet another highly successful year of our great publica tion. Have a wonderful 2020. I partake a large shot of the amber to you all. Keep the Faith Love Leapy, leapylee2002@gmail.com
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JUST A FEW OF MY UNFAVOURITE THINGS NORA JOHNSON
BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
SOME of my bugbears of the 2010s? Well, let’s start with ‘woke’ culture (black American for woken or awak ened). It’s the idea, like in the film ‘The Matrix,’ you can suddenly wake up one day and realise how the world really works in terms of prejudice and power, bigotry and inequality. ‘Social justice’ is the current buzz word. In other words, it’s nothing but teenagers virtuesignalling their identity politics credentials (about race, gender, trans rights etc) to each other. Maybe we could simplify it further by saying that ‘wokeness’ means you’ve voluntarily placed a chip on your shoulder... Next, transgender changing rooms in M&S stores. Why has M&S spent more effort on facilitating men’s desires rather than answer ing women’s needs? What is a woman shopping with kids, too young to be left unsupervised, sup
CHANGING ROOMS: Would you take a buggy into the cubicle with you?
posed to do in this scenario? Previously, she’d have left them in the corridor outside the cubicle and changed in the cubicle with the door/curtain open. Does she now have to squeeze the double buggy in to this lockable cubicle with her? Or does she scoop the kids out of the buggy, leave it outside to be nicked, squeeze the kids in with her and then start trying on clothes? Or, frankly, does she take her custom else where? Finally, narcissists those selfab sorbed, selfish, egotistical types
everyone’s come across. Well, they’re all well and good, until you try to live with one (Melania Trump, I’m looking at you!). Then the misery begins. When someone is so utterly selfabsorbed in their own needs, when they cannot accept blame, ac countability or responsibility, eventu ally the **** hits the fan rather dra matically. Take comfort from the fact that society can’t tolerate too much of anything. In short, they’ll be the first to succumb to the (Twitter spon sored) Zombie apocalypse. Trump springs to mind... The more that ‘wokeness,’ PC daft ness and insufferably selfrighteous narcissists like Trump are ridiculed, the better. Looking back, it seems as though the whole world’s been re cently acting like the worst type of intolerant, bratty adolescent... OK, rant over! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohn son.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING TRADITIONAL AND ARTISAN BUSINESSES IN ANDALUCIA CONSULAR MATTERS I HAVE been watching the tele vision series ‘The Crown’ a lot recently, and it started me thinking about how many busi nesses and events I am invited to as a lawyer with the firm Just Law Spanish Solicitors and as the Danish Consul for Andalucia and Extremadura. It is always very interesting to visit businesses in my capacity as trade delegate, and explore new possibilities of how to help Span ish businesses establish relations with foreign businesses, and in particular Danish companies. Our regular readers will remem ber that I was recently invited to the city of Linares, to see first hand pâté production and then an
BEER TASTING: Each one was served in a special glass.
open an art exhibition, two very diverse organisations, but never theless informative. Following this, last week I was invited to a beer tasting event at the San Miguel brewery in Mala ga, you might have seen this brewery when landing at Malaga airport; and I am also very well informed on just how popular San Miguel beer is in the United Kingdom! I have to say that San Miguel have surpassed themselves in their visitor experience. They have a dedicated tasting room with a beer Sommelier. The tasting room is lit with an overhead digital projector which displays images appropriate to each one of the beers that are being tried, including ambient music relevant to the beer in question. But it does not end there, the projector also lights
up the tables. The Sommelier explained the complex process involved in cre ating each beer and described the taste and how it is brought to blend and perform in the most exquisite way in all our senses. A first for me was that each beer was served in a special glass with a particular tapa designed to bring out the best taste in the beer. And to finish the visit, we went on to the inhouse bar. At this point, readers will be proud to know that this brave taster then actually managed to get herself home in one piece! Merrymaking aside, I certainly believe it so important that busi nesses in Malaga are continually supported as much as possible; and here’s to hoping that the San Miguel brewery continues to do what it does best in Malaga.
Marisa Moreno Castillo • Consul of Denmark • Lawyer at www.justlaw.es • info@justlaw.es • Tel. 952 666 045 - 336 373 535
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7:30am Monster Family: Special 8:00am Wheely 9:45am Instant Family 11:50am Shazam! 2:10pm The Kid Who Would Be King 4:15pm Avengers: Endgame 7:15pm Wheely In a world of cars, a young racer finds his days on the track are over after a bad accident. 9:00pm Shazam! 11:15pm Instant Family 1:20am Greta 3:10am What Men Want Ali Davis is a successful sports agent who is constantly overlooked by her male colleagues. 5:10am The Kid Who Would Be King
8:00am Football's Greatest Players 8:30am Football's Greatest Players 9:00am Football Countdowns 9:30am Football Countdowns 10:00am EFL Greatest Games 10:30am Saturday Social 11:30am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm EFL Goals 2:00pm Soccer Saturday PreMatch 3:00pm Soccer Saturday PreMatch 3:30pm Gillette Soccer Saturday: Build-Up 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday: Reaction 6:15pm EFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Goals 8:00pm Championship Season Review 9:00pm EFL Greatest Games 10:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 11:00pm EFL Goals 12:00am Championship Season Review
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Beautiful, beautiful “ San Sebastian TALK to almost every Spanish national about travelling around Spain, and they will all mention San Sebastian. And if you say that you’ve never been there, it’s greeted with a look of dismay, quickly followed by “it’s beautiful... you must go there!” San Sebastian or Donostia as it’s known to the local Basque Country population is one of the most northerly of Spain’s most popular tourist destinations located on the Bay of Bis cay. San Sebastian’s most famous attraction is its great selection of beaches, but for those seeking a little more than a sunbathing holi day there is a wealth of history to be discov ered and a chance to learn about a whole dif ferent culture and language at the same time. If anything, a trip to San Sebastian feels like you’re visiting two countries for the price of one. Much of the architecture that San Sebast ian offers is relatively modern, with one ex ample being the Buen Pastor Cathedral (or Cathedral of the Good Shepherd). Dominat ing the local skyline at 75 metres high (245 feet), construction began in 1888 with the of ficial documentation being signed by the two
yearold King Alfonso XIII... the present King Felipe VI’s great grandfather. The building was originally just a church and designated as being a cathedral in 1953, nine years before it was completed. Featuring the Gothic Revival style, it’s considered the most important church in San Sebastian and is an even more spectacular sight at night thanks to the lighting. One of the most visited places in San Sebas tian is the Parte Vieja (Old Town). The quaint buildings famous for their very colourful roofs are protected from the sea by the Monte Ur gull. Traditional tourists that are looking for a more relaxed form of nightlife will quickly fall in love with the Parte Vieja when they get to know its trendy bars and cafes, and with the Basque Country being world famous for the quality of its cuisine, there is no problem in finding a quality restaurant or four. To walk off the food and drink, a stroll through the streets to see some of the city’s other famous churches such as the Basilica of St Mary’s of the Chorus is recommended, and as you do so try to imagine that until 1863, this historic Parte Vieja was surrounded by a wall.
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Teleshopping Teleshopping You've Been Framed! Dress to Impress Dress to Impress Dress to Impress The Masked Singer You've Been Framed! Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World FYI Daily Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World Hotel Transylvania 2 FYI Daily Hotel Transylvania 2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl FYI Daily Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Skyfall FYI Daily Skyfall Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad!
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5:10am The Kid Who Would Be King 7:15am Wheely 9:00am Shazam! 11:15am Instant Family 1:20pm Wonder Park 3:00pm The Sisters Brothers 5:10pm Wheely In a world of cars, a young racer finds his days on the track are over after a bad accident. 6:45pm Shazam! 9:00pm Instant Family 11:10pm The Sisters Brothers 1:15am What Men Want Ali Davis is a successful sports agent who is constantly overlooked by her male colleagues. 3:15am The Aftermath 5:20am Wonder Park
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BARRY DUKE EVER hear of Kansai Yamamoto? No? Well neither had I until I spotted a frightful garment languishing on a charity shop rail. It was so grotesque that I thought it had been created by someone who’d been licking too many psychedelic toads. Apart from the raised bands of fabric along its sleeves and shoulders that made it look it like the carapace of a Stegosaurus, the shiny black blouson had attached to the front a large metal plate that bore the letter K, which I as sumed had now’t to do with Kellogg’s. Nevertheless, I slipped it on. One glance in a mirror told me that, were I to wear it in public, the Fashion Police would be on my case immediately and have me hauled off for psychiatric eval uation. I replaced it and walked out. Then some sixth sense drew me back, and, on examining the label closely, saw the name Kansai Yamamoto. I asked an as sistant if the name meant anything to her. ‘Motorcycle, innit?,’ she wise cracked, snapping her chewing gum loudly. I asked her to set it aside for me while I did some research. ‘Sure,’ she
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CHARITY SHOP FINDS: Tokyo Pop bodysuit designed for David Bowie and my dyed snakeskin boots. replied. ‘Thing’s been hanging there for months, and we only keep it for a laugh.’ An hour later, all excited and out of breath, I charged back into the store, threw £5.00 across the counter and rushed back home to
put the thing on eBay. Yamamoto, I discovered, was a Japanese designer who launched a company in 1971 that specialised in wacky designs. It quickly became renowned for its many avantgarde col lections and among his clients was
David Bowie (the picture on this page shows the Tokyo Pop bodysuit he creat ed for the singer). Within an hour bids for this ghastly garment reached £300. In the end there was a bidding war between two bou tiques: one in New York and the other
in Paris. The French store won the jack et for a tad over £350.00! I returned immediately to the shop in the fervent hope of finding other Ya mamoto creations, but to no avail. What I DID find was a stunning, brand new pair of genuine snakeskin boots in my size, made by an Italian company called Jo Ghost. They were perfect in every respect bar one. They were a repulsive bright green! But I coughed up £15 for the boots, which normally retailed around £350, dyed them black and am still wearing them today, roughly 15 years since I first acquired them. What brought back memories of my forays into charity shops was the discov ery this week that someone has created a Facebook page for people who find bargains in ‘chazza’ shops. It’s called ‘Charity Shop Not So Sh*t Finds’ but nothing on it came anywhere close to the Yamamoto blouson, the Jo Ghost boots or a 1950s black sheep skin flying jacket I found for a tenner in Age Concern. I was offered 200 quid for that jacket but refused to part with it, and brought it with me to Spain. But sadly, in almost 10 years on the Costa Blanca, I've not encountered a single day cold enough to wear it.
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12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 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 Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Ladhood 12:00am Graham Norton's Good Show Business Guide 12:50am Kevin Bridges: The Brand New Tour
7:30am Wanted Down Under 8:15am Flog It! 9:00am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Coast 3:00pm Get Away for Winter 3:45pm The Best Dishes Ever 4:15pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:15pm Alaska - Earth's Frozen Kingdom 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Twinstitute 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm The Choir: Aylesbury Prison 11:00pm I Love 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Drinkers Like Me: Adrian Chiles
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm Handmade: By Royal Appointment 9:00pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 10:00pm Eat to Live Forever with Giles Coren 11:00pm The Normans 12:00am The Art of Scandinavia 1:00am Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 2:00am Hokusai: Old Man Crazy to Paint 3:00am Handmade: By Royal Appointment 3:30am Caribbean with Simon Reeve The adventurer travels around the islands and mainland coast of the Caribbean Sea.
4:25am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm Midsomer Murders 11:25pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:55pm ITV News London 12:10am Ross Kemp and the Armed Police 1:10am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2:00am Ideal World 4:00am James Martin's French Adventure
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Teleshopping Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep 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 Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm How to Lose Weight Well 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:35am The Adulterer
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World Cup Rivalries Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High Get Carter FYI Daily Get Carter Jaws 3 FYI Daily Jaws 3 The Contender The Protectors Teleshopping
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Wonder Park Wheely Instant Family Berlin, I Love You Shazam! Wheely Wonder Park Instant Family Shazam! Youngster Billy Batson is chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam as his new champion. 11:15pm Berlin, I Love You 1:20am The Sisters Brothers 3:30am What They Had 5:20am Wonder Park
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6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Britain's Busiest Motorway 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show: Live 10:00pm The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Piers Morgan's Life Stories 12:40am Tenable 1:30am Ideal World
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NO SAFE HAVEN DEAR Euro Weekly and readers, Happy New Year! I read this paper every week to keep myself uptodate and it se ems that we have seen a lot of violence in 2019 in Spain. It’s truly a shame as I consi dered the Mediterranean coast somewhat of a safe haven. It seems this could soon be no more. I truly don’t understand what we are coming to but would like to leave a message here. I know a lot of good people who help and really contribute to society in a positive way. If you are one of these peo ple, please keep doing what you do. You may not feel like it, but the world apprecia tes you and your work. Who we are and what we do may feel insignificant at times, but it all adds up to something very special. And I believe that what goes around, comes around. Let’s make 2020 a good year! Janet Foster
The irony… DEAR Mr Lee, The only problem with Greta Thunberg is that she does not get it right with regards to who is guilty of being the initiator of cli mate change; which by the way is the ELI TES upon whose order the climate is engi neered by aerosol injection and HAARP. The top of irony is that she is a psyop of the globalists in the first place, whose goal is to further the deliberate misin formation of the public with the aim of making the NWO’s sustainable agen da acceptable. The climate change we see today is the effect of Geoenginee ring and weather modification by HA ARP, which leads amongst other things to the food shortage crisis we see alre ady an onset of. This is a crime against humanity caused by order of the globa list elites. As you chose this topic for your we ekly column (Issue 1797) you should ha ve used the opportunity to set this in formation right. Yet all you did was complain about a precocious, glowering twerp. How dare you?!!! Name and address supplied
Social nonsense DEAR Euro Weekly, I must air my views in the hope it will
MORE AND MORE: Are children being given an unhealthy view of the world by being spoiled at Christmas? have some effect on these insensitive idiots that are giving their children an unhealthy view of the world by spoiling them and plastering it all over social media. I can only imagine that it makes children heap more pressure on their poor parents for bigger, better gifts. Will they always have a bike, games console, mobile phone or will there be a day when the parents can’t keep up with their demands? I am sure most rea ders will agree that social media is the devil and by showing staged photos it is just gi
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ving a false portrayal of life. The best thing I have seen recently is the little girl, too young to have been damaged by this nonsense who is handed a wrapped gift and once ripping the paper open is overjoyed to discover it is a banana! This was obviously filmed for a laugh, but should also be a warning that we should le ad as an example and stop building false hope and greed. Yours gratefully, Emma Collins
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Unrealistic choices A S 2 0 2 0 b e g i n s , p e o p l e e m b a r k o n t h e i r Ne w Year’s resolutions. The moment has finally arrived to face the objectives that keep being put off till January 1. But research proves that the outlook is bleak. About half of all adults make a New Year’s resolution. However, less than 25 per cent of people stay committed to their goals for longer than 30 days and only 8 per cent of people accomplish them. The most common resolutions come in the form of lifestyle changes like losing weight and saving money. The main reason that people don’t achieve their objectives is because they are generally unrealistic. Expectations about the speed and ease of completing resolutions also contributes to people falling victim to the false hope syndrome, leaving them disappointed. Ancient Babylonians are considered to be the first civilization to make New Year’s resolutions, around 4,000 years ago. Celebrations were held in mid-March, when the year began with the planting of the crops. During a religious festival known as Akitu, Babylonians promised to pay their debts and return borrowed objects. If they didn’t keep their word, they would fall out of favour with the gods. Despite these religious roots, resolutions today are focused on self-improvement. And although the rate of accomplishment is dismal, it doesn’t stop the tradition from continuing. After all, we’ve had thousands of years of practice.
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I sincerely don’t believe it’s just due to the usage of mo bile phones. FOMO that is exacerbated by an inability to deal with their emotions appropriately. This genera tion are quick to turn to drugs (alcohol, marihuana, etc) instead of trying to understand their emotions. I don’t envy whomever must contend with them when they’re adults. It’ll be psychosis and sociopathy galore (to varying degrees). Seán Harris
Police issue warning to swimmers in Spain as man drowns after taking advantage of warmer waters: Take care out there guys! The water is still cold! There’s a big difference between the sea and a pool. But if you aren’t a confident swimmer, stay away from both! Gordon O'Keeffe
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broken, so no way of getting her wheelchair up the steps. If there had been a warning about this when we bought our tickets at Torremolinos we wouldn’t have made the trip. Yvonne Doniford
Recognised By Queen: Honour the people that do so much for others. Doctors, Paramedics, Nurses, Police, Soldiers, RNLI etc, who put people’s lives first and are paid a pittance or are unpaid volunteers. Not the rich and famous, sports or film and TV entertainers. They do not deserve it! Brenda Demeter
Incompetence on the Costa Del Sol leaves disabled person stuck inside lift for hours, missing their flight: They aren’t bothered. A couple of years ago we took my disabled mum to Malaga. Got there and the lift was
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81-year-old Grandmother dies on hard shoulder of UK motorway after being driven by ambulance 600 miles looking for bed: I am back in the UK now and even getting in to see a doctor is crazy. I had to wait seven weeks recently, al beit not an urgent need. But having said that, my brother died in Spain in June because the ambulance refused to take him until I ran back to the apartment to get his health card. I had to leave him collapsed in the local square with strangers around him. Devastating. So, there is good and bad health care everywhere. Annette J Beveridge
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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A chance remark alluding to your past brings a flashback. This helps you to see a current situation more clearly. We all make mistakes and follow the same old patterns, but this time you are being forewarned. It is in your experience and power to make a different choice of action this time. In doing so, much confusion and upset can be avoided.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Someone will most certainly come to the rescue when your situation changes. Well, they will, won't they? Have Plan B ready just in case. In continuing to think in the short term you do yourself no favours. Think now of a '10year plan' and be determined to reach your goal. Bit by bit and day by day you will progress. You don't have to rush ahead and get stressed.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) An exciting project is bubbling away in your mind but may need financial backing. Take advice from a professional or someone with successful experience in these matters. Remember that any idea has to grow, so consider what you need to see happen in five years' time.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) During your social encounters this week you meet someone who offers to help. That is great, but do ask yourself if you would be prepared to give anything in return.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Some exciting suggestions make you think twice about a current business matter. However, it may not be necessary to change anything but to consider the new suggestion as a sort of 'add on' to a current project.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The moment that you have been waiting for has arrived. A colleague has made a decision that is long overdue. Perhaps you are a little shocked and speechless because there has been such a time lag, but this will pass. It may not be overconvenient but the phrase 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) You work hard for your money. Make it worthwhile by trying to hold on to as much of it as possible. Someone who is charming and plausible may try to get you involved in a fasttrack money making scheme.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)
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By showing confidence in your own way of doing things, you inspire others. This is chiefly because you are at last finding a balance between work and home life. In the past you may have felt stressed and equated that with working - not so now.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Because you are intent on pleasing others, you may be cramping your own style. This is something that you have in abundance and it should be used. You may be feeling that a business idea does not stand a chance.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A juicy bit of gossip comes your way this week and it is hard to keep it quiet. You must do so, however, because there is a lot riding on it. When people trust you, they are saying much about the relationship. In this particular case, the person may well be able to progress you socially at some time in the future.
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Across 1 Monsieur's country is profitable (4) 3 Scares an awful opposition to Crusades (8) 9 Arranged the loan to become solvent (7) 10 Bear I had trapped in Lincoln? (5) 11 Feed the fires in the Potteries (5) 12 Model ran into brick carrier (6) 14 Notch found on the Spanish metal (6) 16 Counts out Arizona city (6) 19 Deceitful person beginning to win artist’s support (6) 21 One is entertained by flower girl (5) 24 Take a pot shot at wading bird (5) 25 Stone that's great in building (7) 26 Rewriting tag lines is theft (8) 27 Last character with Susan backing old Greek (4) Down 1 Bird more exotic than apes? (8) 2 Brute in agency, a hooligan (5) 4 A fellow hobbling on fire (6) 5 Sailor a foot nearer the stern (5) 6 Newspaper bosses' steroid abuse (7) 7 Observes what they grab, by the sound of it (4) 8 Henry's second wife takes former husband back but not in the main house (6) 13 E.g. insert mobile numbers (8)
15 Female garment requiring some fabric, hem is extended (7) 17 Professional in Egypt formerly creating turmoil (6) 18 Ensign aboard vessel? (6)
Code Breaker
20 Sense some of his mellowness (5) 22 This set of rooms sounds charming (5) 23 Avails oneself of various essential services (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents C and 14 represents B, so fill in C every time the figure 13 appears and B every time the figure 14 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 Down 1 Clean with hard rubbing (5) 1 Censure severely or angrily (5) 4 American buffalo (5) 2 Male sheep (3) 7 Zoological garden (9) 3 Land alongside or sloping down to a 8 Pack of 52 playing cards (4) river (4) 10 Tooth decay (6) 4 Mendicant (6) 12 Only one (6) 5 Small fatty fish usually canned (7) 13 Smaller amount (4) 6 Requires (5) 16 Charge someone with too many tasks 9 Prevent from being seen or discovered (9) (7) 18 Put off until another time (5) 11 At a snail's pace (6) 19 Of very poor quality (5) 12 Fencing weapon (5) 14 Provoking fear or terror (5) 15/17 Principal groomsman at a wedding (4,3)
English - Spanish
Across 1 Chestnut (fruit) (7) 5 Roncar (cuando se duerme) (5) 8 Flat (level) (5) 9 Recibo (7) 10 Arrows (7) 11 Deslizarse (5) 12 Refrigerator (6) 14 Draw (equal score) (6) 18 Alas (5) 20 Wire (metal) (7) 22 Emanar (7) 23 Cousin (female) (5) 24 Suit (for man) (5) 25 Fingir (7)
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The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Cellophane (7) 2 Smooth (skin) (5) 3 Otro (diferente) (7) 4 Delay (6) 5 Calcetines (5) 6 Office (workplace) (7) 7 Between (5) 13 Advantage (7) 15 Pastel de carne (4,3) 16 Esmeralda (7) 17 Maquillaje (4-2) 18 Trigo (5) 19 Agitar (5) 21 Novia (en boda) (5)
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Hexagram
The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (ACCEPT) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ACCEPT (10) ARREAR BITTEN CAUSED CHEESE FACTOR FRILLY GREASY INTENT MIASMA MUFFLE NAUSEA PLEASE SATIRE SCALED SCURVY SENIOR TARTAR TEETER
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Career 2 Errand 3 Martin 4 Inhere 5 Careen 6 Photon 7 Debtor 8 Marmot 9 Pigeon 10 Beauty 11 Rattle 12 Scanty 13 Trauma 14 Repair 15 Estate 16 Nutria 17 Notice 18 Truant 19 Garnet.
Nonagram
Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
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TARGET: • Average: 22 • Good: 31
• Very good: 44 • Excellent: 57
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 8 Good: 12 Very good: 17
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Excellent: 21
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QUICK Across: 1 Plenty, 4 Grab, 8 Gradually, 9 Mars, 10 Ceased, 13 Strict, 15 Bass, 18 Offensive, 19 Tied, 20 States.
CODE BREAKER
Down: 1 Pyjamas, 2 Eager, 3 Team, 5 Rules, 6/18 Buy out, 7 Mules, 11 Discuss, 12 Scent, 14 Rifle, 16 Alert, 17 Gift.
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1 Risque, 3 Hatred, 8 Carmine, 10 Place, 11 Eased, 12 Ocelots, 13 Banal, 15 Pause, 20 En masse, 22 Radio, 24 Torso, 25 Madeira, 26 Relief, 27 Points.
1 Patito, 3 Blocks, 8 Naughty, 10 Carta, 11 Snore, 12 Desmayo, 13 Throw, 15 Spear, 20 Apretar, 22 Taste, 24 Force, 25 Sunrise, 26 Llover, 27 Anillo.
Down: 1 Rocker, 2 Sires, 4 Apple, 5 Reasons, 6 Dressy, 7 Pesos, 9 India, 14 Admiral, 16 Acrid, 17 Hector, 18 Germs, 19 Rowans, 21 Stole, 23 Deign.
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1 Punish, 2 Truco, 4 Luces, 5 Corbata, 6 Season, 7 Ayuda, 9 Hueso, 14 Horario, 16 Put on, 17 Marfil, 18 Brush, 19 Veneno, 21 There, 23 Still.
App of the week
Video fun MOODELIZER enables you to add custom soundtracks to videos. Select a genre and ‘rehearse’ playback by dragging your finger around the viewfinder or perform rehearsals using the viewfinder or an existing video. Messing about with the audio alone is fun, but it all comes together when making a video. This app can add extra excitement by way of rousing club music or head-banging guitar riffs.
QUIZ: THAT WAS 2019, THAT WAS (PART TWO) 1. In which European capital city did Elud Kipchoge become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) in October? 2. Which actor stars in the title role of the American psychological thriller film Joker, released in October? 3. How did Christina Koch and Jessica Meir make astronautical history in October? 4. Jo Swinson was elected the new leader of which UK political party in July? 5. Which football club were expelled from the English Football League due to unpaid debts and poor ownership in August? 6. After 178 years in business, which travel company collapsed in September, triggering the largest ever peacetime repatriation as 150,000 holidaymakers were left stranded? 7. Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of which member of the British royal family and property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in September?
8. In October Waitrose and John Lewis announced they were to stop selling Christmas crackers containing what from 2020? 9. Who was the author of the non-fiction book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence US, first published in November 2019? 10. What was the name of the English theatre and opera director, actor and medical doctor, who first came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett, who died in November, aged 85? Not a lot of people know that… the most-watched British television broadcast of the year (11.7 million) tuned in to the England women’s football team's 1–2 defeat to USA in the semi final of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Parc Olympique Lyonnais in July.
Answers: 1. VIENNA, 2. JOAQUIN PHOENIX, 3. FIRST ALL-WOMAN EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA)/SPACE WALK, 4. LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, 5. BURY F C, 6. THOMAS COOK, 7. PRINCESS BEATRICE, 8. PLASTIC TOYS - as part of plans to cut down on singleuse plastic, 9. DONALD TRUMP JNR, 10. JONATHAN MILLER
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Sudoku LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
• Lewis Hamilton, Race car driver, January 7, 1985, 35 British Formula One race car driver regarded as one of the best in the history of the sport. He won F1 championships in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018, setting a record for most race victories by a British driver. He became the first black driver to ever compete in F1. • Robbie Krieger, Guitarist and songwriter, January 8, 1946, 74 Roll Hall of Fame member best known as the guitarist of the rock band The Doors he wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors’ songs, including the hits ‘Light My Fire,’ ‘Love Me Two Times’ and ‘Love Her Madly.’ He was listed by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
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• Cuba Gooding Jr. American actor, judge on the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing. He’s January 2, 1968, 52 also served as a judge on Dancing with the Won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Stars and Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. for his role as football player Rod Tidwell in the • Diane Keaton, Movie actress, January 5, 1946, 74 film Jerry Maguire. Other credits include As Good As It Gets and Men of Honor. He stars as OJ Simpson on Rowan Atkinson Film actress who gained fame for her roles in the FX series The People v O J Simpson. Annie Hall, Sleeper, and Play It Again, Sam. She • John Paul Jones, Bassist January 3, 1946, 74 also played Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather. She Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter known for being a cobegan starring on HBO’s The Young Pope in 2016. • Rowan Atkinson, Movie actor, January 6, 1955, 65 founder of the multi-platinum and diamond rock band Led Zeppelin, the group known for songs like ‘Stairway to Comedian, actor, and screenwriter listed as one of the 50 Heaven’ and ‘Black Dog.’ funniest actors in British comedy by The Observer. His Mr • Craig Revel Horwood, Dancer, January 4, 1965, 55 Bean character gained him a large following in England and the United States. English dancer and choreographer known for his work as a
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Fan guide GO beyond Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with this visual dictionary and definitive guide revealing the characters, creatures, droids, locations, and technology from the new film. Uncover the inner workings and the secrets of Rey’s Jedi library. Discover the Sith fortress world of Exegol and the treasures of droidsmith Babu Frik. Meet the most notorious criminals of Kijimi and the sociable Aki-Aki on Pasaana. Study the intricate reforging of Kylo Ren’s helmet and the menacing armour of the Sith troopers. Produced in close collaboration with Lucasfilm and written by Star Wars insider Pablo Hidalgo, this 200page book is packed with incredible detail. Featuring more than 600 images, five stunning original cross-section artworks of new vehicles and behindthe-scenes photography in this must-have companion for fans of all ages.
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1838 - Code Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire and would revolutionise long-distance communication. 1924 - King Tut British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen uncover rooms filled with treasure including statues, gold jewellery and most a stone sarcophagus containing a gold coffin that holds the mummy of Tutankhamen. 1971 - Crushed Sixty-six football fans are killed in a stampede at a stadium in Glasgow, Scotland as they leave a game, caused by the crush of spectators all leaving at the same time. 1980 - Sugarhill Hip hop’s roots as a commercial phenomenon trace back directly to January 5, when the Sugarhill Gang’s song ‘Rapper’s Delight’ became the first hip hop single ever to reach the Billboard top 40. 1992 - President One of the most widely ridiculed and memorable gaffes in the history of the US Presidency occurred in Japan on January 8, 1992, when President George H W Bush vomits on the Prime Minister of Japan. 1999 - Euro New Year’s Day is the dawn of a new era in Europe, as 11 nations adopt a single currency, the euro. Now the official currency of 19 members of the European Union, its introduction had a profound effect on the global economy.
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THE sequel to the 2017 adaptation of the Stephen King thriller sees the Losers’ Club grown into adults. For many of them, the horror of their encounter with Pennywise the Clown is a half-buried childhood memory. However, Pennywise still lurks beneath the town of Derry, and he is beginning to stir again. Inevitably, the Losers are drawn back to their home town to face the nightmares of their childhoods and, perhaps, put an end to Pennywise once and for all.
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Fly safe THE worst and most unwel come souvenir to bring back home is a cold or a flu. And one of the most common places to catch a chill is on an aeroplane. Planes put a big group of people in close prox imity, creating a breeding ground for bacterium and viruses. However, getting a flight doesn’t mean an assured bout of illness. There are certain tips that can help reduce the chances of catching other trav ellers’ ailments. Viruses spread on planes be cause of the low humidity and air conditioning. Sitting by a window reduces contact with people in the aisle. Passengers should also adjust their air conditioning in the vents above the seat to blow germs away.
It may seem pointless, but wiping down the seat before sitting down can also minimise the chances of illness. Disinfec tant wet wipes or spray will do the job quickly and effectively and cleaning should be focused on the tray, armrests and seat belt. Plenty of water to keep hy drated will also contribute to keeping in top shape. Finally, the golden rule that everyone should try to follow is to not sit near the toilets, as they are the busiest part of the cabin with the biggest germ concentration. Dr Craig Ranson from the English Institute of Sport, spoke about these measures which apply both to travelling athletes as well as the general public. He indicated that the illness prevention campaign has proved effective so far,
with 40 per cent less illnesses among their ranks. The most common illnesses which spread among people sitting in close quarters include colds, chest infections and bugs like the norovirus. They are spread through condensa tion in people’s breath, which is expelled when they talk or cough. These harmful microor ganisms can survive on hands or on hard surfaces and poten tially infect healthy individuals. A study conducted in Canada compared illness transmission rates between people on flights and average com muters. The investigation led researchers to find that trans mission was 23 times more likely on a plane than on public transport, being the lack of fresh air one of the main cul prits.
UNWANTED: Passengers frequently get ill on a plane.
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The secrets of sleep REGULAR CARE: Stay well for the rest of your life.
Why Chiropractic care is good for you! THE following 10 statements explain why getting a spinal adjustment by a Chiropractor can help you to get and stay well for the rest of your life. Each statement is sup ported by some great peer reviewed articles which backs up the benefits of regular chiropractic care. To find out more about the research please visit www.kironilsson.com. 1. It’s good for your nervous system. This is the system that controls and regulates every single function in your body. 2. It’s good for your posture. The author of the sup porting paper also suggests that you may need more than one or two adjustments if you want to train your self out of poor postural habits. 3. It’s good for your brain function. There is evidence to suggest that getting adjusted may help improve vi sion, reading ability, memory, alertness, energy. 4. It keeps your joints young and well lubricated. An adjustment can help restore normal joint movement and mechanics and help remove joint adhesions or scar tis sue. 5. It’s good for your overall. Health measurement of ‘serum thiol levels’ reveal the higher the level the health ier you are or the less chance of disease. People without pain or symptoms and were getting adjusted had high serum thiol levels. 6. It’s good for your family. Especially babies with colic as it may stop them crying and this makes mummy and daddy happier. 7. It can make you more flexible.The article by Fox us es hamstrings as an example of how being adjusted and stretching can help your muscles to relax. 8. It can make your muscles stronger and more flexi ble. Quite an indepth explanation into why getting ad justed can improve neurological control and muscle strength. 9. It can improve your coordination. Significant im provement to handeye coordination are noted in this article following a series of adjustments. 10. It is an effective treatment for back pain. Chiro practic came out on top in this article relative to hospital outpatient physiotherapy treatment. For more information, call in to our practice, connect on Facebook, or visit our website. Dra. Sharon Nilsson DC sharonnilssondc@gmail.com http://www.Kironilsson.com www.facebook.com/Kiro Nilsson http://www.youtube.com/Kironilsson www.twitter.com/Kiro Nilsson Teléfono: 965 889 303 / 692 611 475
WE spend almost a third of our life sleeping. In mam mals the need for sleep is so intense that natural selec tion has found a way to al ways guarantee it. An exam ple of this can be observed in dolphins, whose two cerebral hemispheres take turns to sleep during long oceanic journeys. The question soon arises, why is sleep so important? We tend to think that when we sleep, our body and mind shut down. But this could not be further from the truth as sleep is a very active peri od during which a lot of pro cessing and restoration oc curs. Neurons synthesise proteins and the rest of our cells also perform a similar process to renew themselves ready for the next bout of activity. Every day, our brain takes in an astonishing amount of information, but rather than being directly recorded, it needs to be processed and stored. Overnight, new knowledge and experiences suffer a transformation process called ‘consolida tion.’ Every time we remem ber something, we reactivate its memory and make it more stable, a similar process to when we go over the lines of a pencil drawing to pronounce it more. This reactivation occurs uncon sciously during the day, but stronger, longterm memory is formed during sleep.
ENIGMA: Many unknown processes occur during sleep. Other times, as if by mag ic, a skill we have learnt seems to improve without practising. Researchers have successfully demonstrated that a period of sleep after practising a skill will increase speed of execution of a task
and reduce the number of errors. And finally, is sleep the key to intuition and creativity? Intuition involves the sponta neous and seemingly illogical problem resolution, while creativity is symbolised by
novelty and the unusual. These two concepts have a lot in common, as they are characterised by their use of ‘hidden knowledge’ and tend to happen uncon sciously. Dreams are a big promoter of these abilities that seem to happen as if by magic. However, they are based on the reprocessing of previous information that is already stored in the brain. While we sleep, this infor mation is combined and gives way to the extraction of regularities, deductions and patterns. When we wake, we have generated what we deem to be a spontaneous discovery.
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Tennis champ IT has been a busy time for tennis player Rafa Nadal recently, not only has he won a record fifth Mubadala World Tennis Championship after a three-hour and 12-minute epic against Stefanos Tsitsipas in last week’s final, but he also added one more prize to his extensive list of awards, although, on this occasion, it had little to do with tennis. He received the Silver Cross on the merit of the Guardia Civil thanks to his collaboration with their project to promote the National Interuniversity League of Challenges in Cyberspace. Nadal recently stated that emerging talents like Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas could go for Grand Slam glory in the coming year. Whilst he will be facing the brutal reality of ending his career soon and questions about his retirement date have cropped up regularly in re-
RECEIVED SILVER CROSS: Collaboration with the Guardia Civil.
cent times, it doesn’t appear to be anything the Mallorcan can shed any light on just yet. Talking about how long will he continue to play, he said: “I do not know. It cannot be foreseen. I see my-
self playing until the head gives me to be able to maintain the passion for what I do. It is also true that I think it’s easier for the head to maintain the illusion if the body responds to you.”
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Strictly chuffed STRICTLY star Gemma Atkinson showed off her post-baby bikini body on Instagram during a recent family winter break in Spain with boyfriend Gorka Márquez and five-month-old daughter Mia. The 2017 finalist, and star of the Strictly Christmas Special, showed off her incredible bikini body in a snap, which was shared with her 1.3 million Instagram followers. The former soap star and her boyfriend Gorka, 29 - a professional dancer on the B B C ballroom dancing show headed to his hometown of Bilbao, to spend time with his family during the festive season. Gemma, who is currently on maternity leave from her regular Hits Radio breakfast show following the birth of her first child in J uly, made the most of the warm weather by heading to the pool. In the snap, Gemma can be seen leaping into the air in the middle of the swimming pool with her arms high above her head, sporting a big grin on her face. Clearly enjoying herself, she captioned the image: ‘Chuffed.’ Gemma took to Instagram to talk about her fitness training and how it had changed following the birth of her daughter. She said she had a newfound “respect and appreciation” for her body and was mentally stronger. She went on to say: “When I train, I flood my body with endorphins and it makes me feel positive, energised and happy." And added: “I don’t starve myself or rely on any ‘quick fixes,’ I POST-BABY BIKINI BODY: eat well, exercise and work hard like everyone Recent family winter break else has to.” in Spain.
Christmas… it’s over for another year Will you do the same thing again next year? FOR Christmas, families like to keep up their traditions. As families get spilt by divorce new logistics arise. Whose house should we be at? What custody arrangements are made that cannot be broken? The emotions for all concerned in divorced families are ex hausting and huge. Having elderly relatives to visit can cause friction, however helpful they are. Families today can extend themselves at a dizzy speed. One family I know rents a massive house each year so the 30 or so members can enjoy a supersize family festival. For many single people, Christmas can be a very lonely day indeed. Often being on your own entirely is best so you can just get through the day. Loneliness can be a friend. Then there are those special people who go out of their way with their big beautiful hearts and make a difference to total strangers. One friend of mine used to cook two turkeys. She would then make plastic plates of Christmas din ners and drive around London looking for home less people to give a meal to. When she came home the family turkey would be ready for the family meal. She has the most beautiful heart you could imagine. People like her make a difference on Christ mas Day. I read today of a Facebook friend who since her bereavement now works Christmas on a vol
CHRISTMAS DAY: Can be a challenge for some people. untary basis at an old people’s home. For her, giving her time and energy is the best cause she could think of for Christmas. The table I was invited to this year, was abun dant and dressed with an antique lace table cloth. Fine wines flowed and the food was a de light for the lovely couple who invited me to join them. Yet many singletons were not as lucky as I. Yes, I am blessed. I know this. So, for Christmas 2020 I am going to change my ways a little, and start looking at something I could perhaps do on Christmas Day 2020 that might help others in some way. Working with old folk is perhaps not my thing, but I have a year to look around. So, of course, do you if you feel this way. Happy New Year!
Human rights AN exhibition of images from the new collection by photographer Garcia de Marina offers an im portant reflection on hu man rights. The ‘Inocentes’ collec tion of 51 works by the visual poet cover themes of violation, torture and of treating people as infe rior due to the colour of their skin, gender, sexual orientation or opinions. But the photographs do not only prompt thoughts of suffering, but also of hope and of build ing a society not based on confining people because of their differences, but on diversity and respect. Garcia de Marina’s works have been shown in exhibitions around Spain and abroad. The exhibition at the Lonja del Pescado exhibi tion hall in near Alicante port runs until February 23.
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New Year recipes BOWLER’S PRIVATE DINING THIS delicious dessert is made all the more smoother with the addi tion of milk chocolate. It is a great one to make in ad vance and loved by all ages around the dinner table! Looking for a great way to serve sea bass? This lemon and dill sauce is a perfect complement. You could use salmon if you prefer!
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Milk chocolate panna cotta Ingredients 600ml cooking cream 2 tablespoons caster sugar 200g milk chocolate chopped 2 teaspoons gelatine or gelatins leaves ¼ cup boiling water Method Mix the cream and sugar in a saucepan, bring to the boil then remove from the heat immediately. Stir though the milk chocolate (you can use dark if you prefer). In a separate cup mix the boiling water and gelatin together then add to the cream mix ture. Pour the mixture in to in dividual moulds, or if you like one big mould. Chill for 34 hours or until set.
Lemon and dill sauce Ingredients 250ml cup dry white wine 1/2 small onion diced Garlic glove diced 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice !1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill Salt and pepper to season 2 tablespoons canola oil 2 filets of sea bass
PANNA COTTA: A dessert loved by all ages.
Method Add onions, wine, garlic, and lemon juice to a medi um saucepan over a medi um heat until reduced by half for about five minutes. Reduce heat to low and add the butter one piece at a time, whisking until melted before adding more. Remove pan from heat and stir in the fresh dill. Sea son sauce to taste with salt
and pepper. Preheat a non stick frying pan and add a drizzle of olive oil, season the sea bass fillets and add to the hot pan, skin side down first, and start cook ing for approximately five minutes until the skin is nice and crispy. Then, flip them over for 30 seconds to fin ish. Serve with celeriac purée and seasonal vegeta bles of your choice!
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THE new Audi RS 7 Sportback is on sale now priced from £97,050. It joins the RS 6 Avant in the brand’s range of powerful executive vehi cles, featuring a new wider body and a 4.0litre twinturbo V8 petrol engine with a mildhybrid system. Like the previous RS 7, the new car takes the basic fivedoor A7 Sportback and adds some extra muscle in both its styling and power courtesy of the brand’s highperfor mance and racing division, Audi Sport. Buyers can choose from four trimlevels, including a basemodel and three further specifications, Carbon Black, Vorsprung and Launch Edition. Both the Carbon Black and Vorsprung models receive black exterior trim. The former specification gets a set of black 22 inch alloys, while the flagship Vorsprung model features 22 inch matte titanium alloys, a panoramic glass sunroof and a standardfit sports exhaust sys tem, finished with trademark oval exhaust tips. The limited edition Audi RS 7 Sportback Launch Edition is fitted with a set of 22inch alloy wheels, ceramic brake discs, red brake
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Full bodied style calipers and black exterior trim. Its cabin also receives a premium Bang & Olufsen surround sound system, while its speed limiter is reconfig ured to raise the car’s top speed from 155mph to 174mph. Under the bonnet the RS 7 uses the same engine fitted to the RS 6 a new 4.0litre, twinturbo V8. It packs 592bhp and maximum torque stands at 800Nm between 2100 to 4500rpm,
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ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher HOT hatchbacks have endur ing popularity and one of the strong contenders in the sec tor is the Suzuki Swift Sport which has charismatic styling and packs quite a perfor mance punch. Powered by a very respon sive 138 hp 1.4litre turbo petrol engine, the Swift Sport delivers a zesty 0100 kph time of 8.1 seconds and has outstanding handling charac teristics to keep it firmly plant ed on the corners. Top speed is 209 kph (130 mph), emis sions 125 g/km and average fuel economy 16.6 kpl (47.1 mpg). Priced at €22,359 (£18,999), the Swift Sport has a perfor mancestyle cabin with bol stered front seats and the dashboard dominated by twin hooded speedometer and revcounter dials. There is also a neat display unit between them providing additional in formation including lateral ac celeration and braking force! The frontal styling gives the
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car a potent stance and twin exhausts emphasise the per formance aspect so the Swift Sport can turn a few heads. It is well equipped too standard features include alloy wheels, LED headlights, rear parking camera, cruise control, digital radio, Bluetooth, sat nav, climate control and
Facts at a glance Model: Suzuki Swift Sport Engine: 1.4 litre petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 8.1 seconds, top speed 209 kph (130 mph) Economy: 16.6 kpl (47.1 mpg) Emissions: 125 g/km
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ates more rear passenger space. Seating is comfortable and supportive and there is a good driving position with ex cellent visibility. Boot space of 265 litres is slightly smaller than that of some rivals, but is expandable to 579 litres by dropping the rear seats. Underway, the Swift Sport is smooth and eagerly respon sive, agile in the city and com posed on the open road. The suspension is well balanced for grippy handling and the steering gives excellent feed back from the road surface for assured driving. Despite firmer suspension, the overall ride comfort re mains very good. Rivals include the Ford Fies ta ST and Peugeot 208 GTI both impressive cars yet the Suzuki Swift seems to have a more distinctive and engaging character and can compete with the best of them. Anyone taking a test drive is likely to be very impressed at just what the Swift Sport of fers in terms of its joyful dri ving dynamics and generous equipment levels.
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Another costly loss GOALS from Kelechi Iheanacho and Demarai Gray handed West Ham United a second consecutive 21 de feat, with Leicester City leaving Lon don Stadium with all three points on Saturday evening. Lukasz Fabianski, returning after a threemonth absence, gave away a penalty early in the game but re deemed himself immediately by sav ing Gray’s effort, but the Foxes still took the lead through Iheanacho’s closerange header. Pablo Fornals netted his first Pre mier League goal for the Hammers with a tidy finish to level the match prior to halftime, but Gray’s sweep ing effort meant West Ham were beaten in the Saturday evening fix ture The returning Fabianski received a huge cheer from the West Ham faithful at London Stadium, and the Poland international was first in volved on four minutes when Marc Albrighton powered an effort to wards goal from Gray’s cross. The Hammers No 1 was equal to the ef fort. Sebastien Haller saw his own strong strike blocked by Jonny Evans but the first real drama of the after noon came before 10 minutes had been played, as Fabianski brought
PAID THE PRICE: West Ham’s board sacked manager Pelligrini after their loss to Leicester City.
down Iheanacho in the penalty area. A yellow card for the ‘keeper and a spotkick for the Foxes. Up stepped Gray. His effort was low, but tame, and Fabianski imme diately rectified his mistake with a fine save. Arthur Masuaku was next to try his luck, and a curling effort from 25 yards almost bamboozled Kasper Schmeichel, but the Leicester goal
keeper was able to punch away the fullback’s attempt. Fornals stole possession from Al brighton before setting up Felipe Anderson, leading to standin cap tain Decan Rice. The midfielder’s volleyed attempt was held. As the final five minutes of the first half approached, Leicester took the lead. Ayoze Perez did well to keep the ball alive, heading back for
Iheanacho to knock the ball past Fabianski from close range. Haller saw a header go agonising ly wide just moments later, and Leicester’s lead would not last the half. Good combination play from An derson and the returning Ryan Fred ericks saw the Brazilian cross first time, and Fornals struck sweetly from around 16 yards to earn his
first Premier League goal. The home fans among the 59,919 in attendance thought the Irons had the lead on the stroke of halftime, only for Haller’s instinctual toepoke to go wide of the near post. Christian Fuchs had the first real attempt of the second half, firing a low freekick straight into Fabianski, but the shotstopper could not do much about Gray’s effort six min utes later. Once again, Perez was involved for the away side, waltzing past Issa Diop before releasing the Foxes for ward. Gray made no error, slotting past Fabianski and restoring the away side’s lead. Substitute Albian Ajeti was played through by fellow substitute Michail Antonio, as the duo looked to link and find a way back into the game for West Ham. Schmeichel was quick off his line to smother and deny the Swiss attacker. With both teams tiring towards the final moments, Leicester were able to hold on and claim the three points, handing the Hammers a sec ond defeat in 48 hours. Within hours later manager Pelle grini was sacked by West Ham’s board and replaced 24 hours later by David Moyes.
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HARD FOUGHT: But Liverpool retained a 13-point lead after beating Wolves.
Lead restored LIVERPOOL edged out Wolverhampton Wanderers 10 in a hardfought contest at Anfield on Sunday to re store a 13point lead at the summit. The Reds went ahead in the 42nd minute when Adam Lallana nudged the ball off for Sadio Mane to sweep in the effort allowed to stand
after a VAR check. Wolves thought they’d lev elled, however, when Pedro Neto guided a cross home in firsthalf stoppagetime, but it was chalked off by officials due to an adjudged offside in the buildup. Both sides had opportunities in the second period and Ruben Vinagre gave cause for concern when
he struck narrowly wide in added time but the hosts were able to hold on for vic tory. The result restores Liver pool’s 13point advantage at the top of the table, with the Reds having played a game fewer than nearest chal lengers Leicester City and Manchester City.
ENGLAND suffered a ‘new ball’ attack in South Africa as they lost the first test match over Christmas. There were, as you might expect, a few twists and turns along the way, but in the end, the result was thoroughly comprehensive. South Africa won the first Test at Centurion their first nondefeat in six at tempts by 107 runs, thanks to a sustained new ball assault that delivered England’s last six wickets in 11.5 overs at a cost of 46 runs. The star of the show on this fourth and final day, however, was not the first innings hero, Vernon Phi lander, nor the kingpin of their attack, Kagiso Raba da, crucial though he was in crashing through Eng land’s resistance with four wickets in his final seven overs.
South Africa 284 (de Kock 95, Curran 458, Broad 458) and 272 (van d e r D u s s e n 5 1 , A r c h e r 5
102) beat England 181 (Denly 50, Philander 416) and 268 (Burns 84, Rabada 4103) by 107 runs.
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CHELSEA produced a stunning late comeback to beat Arsenal 21 in the Premier League on Sunday, consigning Mikel Arte ta to defeat on his home debut as coach of the north London side. PierreEmerick Aubameyang gave the hosts the lead in the 13th minute but Arsenal goal keeper Bernd Leno’s howler handed Jorginho an equaliser on a plate after 83 minutes. Four minutes later, Tammy Abraham settled a badtem pered London derby when he drilled through Leno’s legs. Arsenal, 12th, started with great intensity, forcing Frank Lampard’s tiredlooking Chelsea back, until Aubameyang broke the deadlock after 13 minutes with an acrobatic header. Lampard brought on Jorginho after 34 minutes and changed from a 343 formation to 433, as he did on Boxing Day against Southampton, and it helped the visitors find a foothold at a firedup Emirates Stadium. Fourthplace Chelsea, who lost five of their previous seven league games, had the better of
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COMEBACK: Chelsea took the lead in the 83rd minute of play against Arsenal. the second half and when Leno blundered they quickly turned the screw to leave Arteta still hunting for his first win, follow ing a draw at Bournemouth. After Aubameyang’s opener, Alexandre Lacazette came close
to adding a second but N’Golo Kante made a vital interception in front of goal. The hosts showed more spark than in recent weeks but could not capitalise and Jorgin ho’s presence helped Chelsea
turn the game around after the break. “I give credit to the boys, credit to Jorginho,” Chelsea striker Abraham said. “In the first 30 minutes they dominated the ball... then this man Jorgin
ho comes on and it’s a whole different ball game. Him coming on lifted us as a team.” Abraham saw one effort blocked and another saved by Leno in the second half, while Arsenal substitute Joe Willock
fired narrowly wide. Then with the clock ticking down Leno missed his punch as he tried to reach Mason Mount’s free kick, allowing Jorginho a simple tapin at the far post. On Leno’s error, Arteta said: “He will be down and when an error costs points it’s harder. We have to respect what he’s done at the club and get him back on board.” Abraham and Willian broke at lightning pace and combined for the English striker to net the second against a shellshocked Arsenal, his 12th league goal of the campaign. After the match, Arteta com mented on the absence of mid fielder Granit Xhaka, whose agent said this week the player has informed Arsenal of his de sire to join Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin. “He played well at Bournemouth and after he started to feel ill, and the last two days he’s been in bed,” Arteta said of the former club captain. “I hope he doesn’t leave.”