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Burglary spree A MAN has been arrested charged with committing at least 10 buglaries in the Nerja area. He allegedly stole items including mobile phones and laptop computers, which are easy to transport.
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BLACK PALL: Smoke rising from the area of El Ingenio Shopping Centre. Inset: Palm trees destroyed.
Police investigate a spate of fires
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Malaga urbanisation. Due to the strong winds on the day, the flames reached up to one metre high and firefighters found it difficult to put them out. No-one was injured and no evacuation of the shopping centre or nearby homes had to be carried out. Police are investigating the cause of the fire, as they believe it could have been started deliberately, local mayor, Francisco Delgado, announced. Local resident Roland Gillett reported that a lot
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A FIRE has destroyed an area of palm trees, avocado trees and bushes near the A-7 ringroad in Torre del Mar. The blaze started at around 4pm between El Ingenio Shopping Centre, the Juan Azuaga football ground and the Viña
More water FARMERS in the Axarquia area have demanded more water for irrigation so as not to endanger cultivation of subtropical fruits like mango, avocado and custard apple.
Money back Water-carrying helicopters help douse the flames. of trees were burned or charred and that the flames came very close to a house which he says ‘fortunately was not damaged’.
He also confirmed that there had been a spate of fires in the area in the past month-and-ahalf which police are now investigating.
VELEZ-MALAGA Town Hall will have to return almost €1 million to the central government. The money was given to the town five years ago to carry out work on the Playa Fenicia archaeological site.
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Just champion! A real win-win night for Spain By Brendan Small FORGET the economic woes, unemployment, concerns over the euro and the dead property market. Spain’s football team, by winning the UEFA Euro 2012 Soccer Championships, provided a muchneeded fillip to summer life in general throughout the nation. The 4-0 drubbing of Italy saw the nation switch into party mode, from the costas to the plazas of Madrid, from the northern stretches of Galicia to the crowded streets of Barcelona. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards, expats and tourists stayed glued to television screens - at home, in cafÊs and restaurants, as well as in plazas and on street corners - as Spain gained the historic victory that made them real champions, having won the same trophy in 2008, followed by the side’s historic World Cup win in 2010. They became the first side in history to notch up three on the trot!
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Delayed payments VELEZ MALAGA Town Hall has received demands to pay â‚Ź82,079 for works on the Arroyo Hondo indoor swimming pool in 1994, and the regional fire station, carried out in 1997.
Water works RIOGORDO Town Hall has to pay â‚Ź1 million to the owners of an aquifer for removing 15 litres per second of water from it. CELEBRATING: Jubilant fans make some noise after the historic victory.
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“We had a really busy night, and the victory gave our business a real boost,� said one Torrox cafe owner. “Some Spanish families extended their day out on the beach to have a snack and watch the game, whereas normally they just go home without
THE Agriculture Area of SalobreĂąa has announced it will offer local farmers free seeds to grow sweet onions in a 20-hectare area.
spending extra,� he added. With near deserted main roads, towns and villages were bedecked with flags, and Spanish football shirts the preferred choice of attire. And as a new week dawned cars everywhere were flying the Spanish flag.
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Case shelved against Alfarnatejo mayor A MALAGA court has shelved the case against the mayor of Alfarnatejo, Antonio Benitez. The mayor was accused of embezzlement of public funds and document falsification, but the court considers there is no proof that a crime has been committed. The case against the mayor was presented by the Conservative Partido
Popular Party with claims that money for bills for services which had been carried out by companies for the town hall had been paid into the mayor’s account. They also claimed money had been paid to his father and a former councillor. According to the report which accompanied the decision to shelve the case, there is no proof that the mayor intended to keep public funds or that he
knowingly took part in criminal activity. The mayor and the rest of the defendants had consistently denied the accusations and the judge considered that their explanations were sufficient to prove their innocence. The judge believes that the mayor provided his own money in order to pay bills to suppliers and then paid it back into his account from the town hall.
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LAST MONTH, unemployment fell by 199 people to 3,490, which is the best figure seen so far this year. It is hoped that more people will find jobs in July, which is traditionally a good month for falls in unemployment.
Pending payment NERJA has demanded that the Junta de Andalucia pay grants which have been pending for four years which were to pay for the restoration of 14 houses in the town.
English lessons RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Tourism Council has decided to collaborate with a private company to promote language tourism in the town with stays of 2 weeks so they can improve their
NATIONAL POLICE arrested seven people aged between 18 and 42 accused of drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession in Motril. They were growing marihuana in a purpose-built greenhouse.
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RUNNING RIOT: Up to a million people visit Pamplona for the annual Running of the Bulls.
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LAMENCO, wine, sunshine, and olive oil are all synonymous with modernday Spain. And there is also the annual Running of the Bulls Festival in Pamplona, Navarre, in the Northern Pyrenees. An estimated one million people visit Pamplona annually for the Festival of San Fermín, which this year opens tomorrow
(Friday) with a grand fireworks’ display and general partying. This will be followed each morning for the next seven days by a daily running of the bulls, followed by a bullfight at 6.30pm involving animals from that day’s run, and ending with more night-time partying. The festival events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
Youths arrested for larceny
Seafront work
TWO youths, aged 17 and 19, were arrested in Velez-Malaga charged with larceny. They allegedly committed the crimes in Velez-Malaga and in other towns of the Axarquia area. They were caught in the centre of the town after they were observed behaving suspiciously on their motorbikes. Local Police stopped and identified the two men and discovered that they were in possession of several sound systems from cars and a GPS tracking device, which were confirmed to have been stolen.
THE business owners’ association in Torre del Mar (ACET) has demanded that works on the seafront be completed before the high season begins and more tourists arrive. Their worry is that the unfinished promenade will put tourists off visiting.
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LA HERRADURA now has a paintball ground for a maximum of 12 players, which has been set up by a young local man and is the only one of its kind on the Costa Tropical. The game area is 200 metres.
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RESIDENTS on urbanisations on the outskirts of Rincon de la Victoria have reported that they are being left without street lighting because people are stealing the copper wire.
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NERJA Town Hall is carrying out roadworks and resurfacing in two areas in order to improve access for residents in Burriana and El Playazo. The budget for the works is €20,000.
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There are no magical solutions to the financial crisis’
EC President Jose Manuel Barroso, who applauded the measures approved by EU leaders to stabilise debt, but warned the end of the crisis was still distant.
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million people on average watched 15.48 the Euro 2012 final match between
Spain and Italy on TV on Sunday, making it the match with the most viewers in history. At 10.32pm there were more than 17.88 million people watching.
METERED parking in Almuñecar and La Herradura will be in place in July and August and will not continue in September. In the commercial area of the centre parking will only be metered from 9am to 2pm.
Castle tours ALMUÑECAR plans to turn the San Miguel Castle into a museum and has begun to clean up the area in order to preserve the archaeological remains. There will be guided tours of the castle.
Vandalism LOCAL POLICE in Rincon de la Victoria arrested six minors who allegedly destroyed public property in the Hoya de las Cabras Forest Park.
and finally... A MAN was arrested in Sevilla for teaching his 11-year-old son how to drive. The man, who is a driving instructor, had taken the child on the A8100 road between Carmona and Utrera, where he was spotted driving slowly and dangerously, and was stopped by police.
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Lifeguards hired TWENTY Civil Protection volunteers will take care of lifeguarding in Almuñecar this summer. There will be an extra guard at each post compared to last year.
Case against school teacher is dismissed A COURT in Motril has dismissed the case against a Salobreña teacher who was accused by three students of running into them with his car.
The events occurred in front of the Mediterraneo High School, where students were protesting during the education strike on May 22 this year.
Tour guides ALMUÑECAR will have a daily tour guide service during July and August. The guides won’t work on Monday because the castle and the museum are closed. They will promote the town’s historical cultural heritage.
According to the accused, he was just trying to access the school parking lot and did not think the children or their belongings could be harmed. The judge did not find the teacher’s behaviour to be reprehensible and has also considered that one of the minors may have faked his injuries.
A good reputation ON ROUTE: Promoting sustainable mobility.
70 cyclists tour around Almuñecar in the heat
Tram lines VELEZ-MALAGA Mayor Francisco Delgado has once again asked the Junta de Andalucia for help managing and sustaining the local tram lines.
Mayor case suspended
AROUND 70 event last sustainable There were
cyclists took part in an weekend to promote mobility in Almuñecar. cyclists of all ages who
took part in the cycling route and later were given water and watermelon to keep cool. Children received medals for taking part.
MARBELLA came fifth in the Trivago website’s Reputation Rankings listing the Top 50 coastal resorts. The list is compiled from hotel accommodation assessments received from tourists. These awarded Marbella 78.62 points out of a possible 100, putting the town at the head of the Malaga rankings.
THE CASE for slander and disobedience against the mayor of Benamocarra, Abdeslam Lucena, has been temporarily suspended due to its relation to another case that has yet to be solved. Lucena was accused of making slanderous claims against the high school headmaster on publicity billboards in the town and disobeying a court order to take them down. The defence claims that the mayor was publicly denouncing the irregular placement of the headmaster in his job position, and this accusation is currently being tried as well. The judge has suspended the proceedings until a conclusion is reached regarding this matter.
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Nonexistent firms fleece Seguridad Social POLICE arrested 150 people following an investigation of 30 fictitious companies that defrauded millions in social security payments. A further 277 face charges for involvement in the large-scale swindle which operated in Barcelona, Tarragona, Gerona and Jaen. At least 406 people, mainly Moroccans living in CataluĂąa, paid between â‚Ź300 and â‚Ź500 to be registered on the payrolls of non-existent businesses. They were then able to renew work and residence permits. A total of 3,375 people were registered as employees, with 398 “workingâ€? long enough to draw unemployment pay totalling â‚Ź2,667,000. The fraud came to light last year when Work inspectors in Barcelona detected firms that appeared to have no valid activity and were in arrears with employees’ social security payments. Further investigation uncovered the network of 30 companies. Most of the supposed partners and administrators, many from disadvantaged backgrounds, performed no duties at all and one of the detainees turned out to be a pizza delivery boy. All were figureheads chosen to mask the true identities of the people behind the scam and deflect official scrutiny, police said.
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Search continues EXCAVATIONS at their father’s property, Las Quemadillas, continue this week in the search for missing Ruth and Jose. Their father, Jose Breton, who was separating from his wife, Ruth Ortiz, at the time they disappeared,
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remains in prison on remand. Ruth, six, and her twoyear-old brother, Jose, disappeared in October 2011 but could still be alive, insisted Juan Jose Primo Jurado, the national government’s Andalucia sub-delegate.
Unclear history HALF of young Germans are unsure whether the Nazi state was a dictatorship, and even more are not sure whether the Socialist East German regime was one. AT RISK: Foreign students being educated in Ceuta.
School jeopardised for Moroccan pupils
MISSING: Ruth, 6, and her brother Jose, 2.
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remove 200 Moroccan pupils who study at local schools. “Their own schools are good and up to standard,” said Francisco Antonio Gonzalez, the national government’s delegate in Ceuta. “If they can get a good education in their own country, I don’t understand why they need to come here.” Education in Spain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla is controlled by the national government’s Ministry of Education. The ministry is now carrying out an onthe-spot enquiry to determine which foreign pupils are entitled to attend Ceuta schools. “We can’t consent to fraud,” Gonzalez announced. There was no problem for foreign pupils whose fathers work legally in Ceuta but others ‘use deception’ to receive a service they have no right to, he added. The investigation is part of a wider-reaching
enquiry into abuse of Spain’s public services which expects to find around 2,500 fictitious names on the electoral rolls. Moroccans account for only 1.3 per cent of pupils at Ceuta’s 23 schools. Nevertheless the enclave’s bad educational record and dropout rate were blamed last February on an ‘avalanche of Moroccans’ by Education Minister Jose Ignacio Wert. He later had to rectify and explain that the pupils were Ceuta residents of Berber origin who make up 50 per cent of the primary and middle school population. The presence of Moroccan children in Ceuta’s schools is customary, teachers say. The city is only a couple of kilometres away from the Moroccan towns of Castillejos (Fndek in Arabic) and Beliones, and children cross the border each day to go to school.
Butane gas on the rise A CANISTER or 'bombona' of butane gas went up by 92 cents on July 1 to €16.45. The price is reviewed every three months, with rises based on international fuel prices, exchange rates and transport costs.
Change in law JEWS and Muslims spoke up against the court’s ruling to consider circumcision a crime of bodily harm.
No fun fair A FAIRGROUND ride span out of control, throwing a car carrying three people into a group of walkers, leaving seven injured.
Bad crows BERLINERS have complained they are still being pecked on the head by aggressive crows, despite the warning signs.
Mad cow A RUNAWAY cow broke into a house after trying to attack another cow, which turned out to be her own reflection in the kitchen’s window.
Burglar buzz POLICE called to a break-in found the ‘noisy intruder possibly armed with a drill’ was a vibrator buzzing against the apart-ment’s pipes.
Record paper EUROPE’S topselling newspaper, the German daily Bild, made it into the record books for its 60th anniversary edition, of which 41 million copies were distributed.
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SCANDINAVIAN PRESS Stories making headlines in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Broken Leg? Press 1. DENMARK – Emergency rooms in hospitals are attempting to cut waiting times by forcing patients to call before they turn up.
SHM break-up SWEDEN – DJ trio Swedish House Mafia announced that their upcoming tour will be the last the group plays together, ending four years of massive commercial success.
Hacker arrested NORWAY – A Norwegian is amongst 24 arrested in an FBI action against an international hacking group which has misused 400,000 credit cards.
Downloads OK DENMARK – Illegal downloaders are no longer at risk as the Danish government revealed future plans to dissuade, not prosecute, them.
Lip chewer SWEDEN – A man charged with cutting off and eating his wife’s lower lip told investigators he planned to kill himself after the attack and that the decision was ‘spontaneous’.
Good teens NORWAY – Norwegian teens use fewer illicit drugs and consume far less alcohol than young people in other countries.
Clean oceans DENMARK – A new net could help clean up the oceans while at the same time help with providing struggling fishermen with a source of income.
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Bad weapons result in death A DRUNKEN man in Southern Russia attacked police officers with an axe and a pitchfork, prompting them to shoot him dead. He was threatening to shoot his wife and mother-in-law.
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Prescription fees not a bitter pill THANKS to the Andalucia Health Service’s computerised prescription system, all users’ details are up to date. Snags encountered in other autonomous communities when copayment for prescriptions came into force on July 1 are not expected here. Around half a million of Andalucia’s 1,679,801 pensioners get through more than five prescriptions a month,
according to Health Department statistics and many will now pay something towards them. Co-payment is directly linked to income, and those on Spain’s lowest, non-contributory pensions pay nothing at all. Pensioners on an annual income of less than €18,000 pay 10 per cent, as do those with annual incomes of between €18,000 and €100,000. The difference is that the lower income group will not pay more than €8 in any one month while those with up to €100,000 pay a maximum of €18.
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Help lifeguards LIFEGUARDS asked beach-goers to tie empty plastic bottles to their swimming trunks to make body recovery easier in case they drown.
No red light POLICE blamed the ‘frame effect’ or incorrect colour rendering, for the video that shows a traffic police car driving through a red light.
Drinking kills A RUSSIAN farmer committed suicide by slashing his throat with a chainsaw during a drinking binge with his brother.
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ST PETERSBURG police tried to prevent a group of Michael Jackson fans from commemorating the third anniversary of the ‘King of Pop’s’ death, citing a new law on public gatherings.
THE republic of Yakutia in Eastern Siberia was asked to grow drug-free cannabis to occupy land that is otherwise used by illegal cannabis farmers.
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NEW ARRIVAL: Birth rate falling.
Deaths in Spain outstrip births FEWER babies were born in Spain for the third year running, revealed 2011 figures from the national statistics office, INE. Mothers gave birth later last year, at an average age of 31.4 years, and had 1.35 children each, compared with 1.38 in 2010. Last year’s 468,430 registered births were 3.5 per cent fewer than in
2010 while the 387,347 deaths showed a 1.9 per cent increase. Life expectancy for males born last year rose to 79.1 years but remains practically unchanged for females at 84.9 years. Non-Spanish mothers gave birth to 90,390 babies - 19.3 per cent of the total - but again this was lower than the 98,845 - 20.4 per cent - registered in 2010.
Lost passport IN Edition 1407, an article regarding what to do in case of losing a British passport incorrectly quoted the number to contact. The correct number is 902 109 356. We apologise for any inconvenience.
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Stat of week WORK-RELATED trips fell 36 per cent in Spain between 2008 and 2011, according to Eurostat data with 17.3 million business trips over the three years.
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House gloom HOUSE prices last month fell back to such a degree that the annual pace of decline has now hit its highest rate for almost three years as the economy remains weak with little sign of a bounce-back, according to mortgage lender Nationwide.
Biggest race FORMULA ONE’S British billionaire chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has offered to pay more than €43m to stage a grand prix in Central London. It would be the biggest motor race in the world.
So confident DEBENHAMS, Britain’s No. 2 department store group, said it was confident it could keep growing after a push into non-clothing areas saw it beat sales’ forecasts.
MADRID’S bid to host the tsunami and nuclear 2020 Olympic Games could explosion last year. be under threat. Meanwhile, Istanbul The nation’s precarious contines to fight for the economic situation and opportunity to host the delicate financial outlook Euro 2020 Soccer are acting as a negative to Championship, which the Spain hosting the games in Olympic committee eight years’ time. considers unrealistic. As the world at large Interestingly, if the focuses on the 2012 British Olympic Committee follows Olympics due to open in its own unofficial rule of the London later this month, games being held in the International Olympic alternating continents, with Committee has Europe admitted that it hosting this is conscious of year’s games Spain’s present in London, challenges. OLYMPIC lottery and with Brazil These could scammers are using a chosen for the lead to Madrid letter emblazoned with 2016 games in finding difficulty an imitation London Rio de Janeiro, in finding 2012 logo and Olympic then on paper sponsors for the rings to swindle it should be 2020 games, personal details out of Asia’s turn to despite the city unsuspecting victims be the chosen to be earlier netting probably as the 2020 the highest forwarded to criminal venue. score of 8.08 out gangs abroad. Madrid, of the three along with remaining Tokyo and candidates. Istanbul, has been invited Second in the points to the London Olympics to chart is Tokyo (8.02) which see how this year’s games is applying for the fourth are run. time, while Istanbul gained Early next year the 6.98 points, with this the Olympic Committee will city’s fifth Olympic bid. visit each short-listed city, Though the economic and this will be followed by situation is putting a dark a full report and verbal cloud over Madrid’s hopes, presentation being Tokyo may have problems submitted. The final with power supplies decision will be made in following the earthquake, 14 months’ time.
New scam!
Albert puts cars up for sale
SELLING UP: Prince Albert.
DESPITE the world’s economic woes... and especially those in Euro-land, it seems unlikely that the reason Prince Albert II of Monaco has decided to auction off part of the luxury car collection started by his father Prince Rainier III, is personal financial hardship. Bentley, Panhard and Porsche are among cars going under the hammer.
FLASHBACK: The 1992 Barcelona Olympics were heralded globally as a success.
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More tonics sought to health card concerns
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REGARDING your article on the European health card, can you direct me to the department I need to contact in the UK? I was told by a Spanish receptionist that they will not let us see a doctor with just the card, but, as I am 66, I could obtain from England a Proof of Pensioner certificate. I rang every department I could while we were in England but no one knew what I was talking about. The overseas helpline said they must be confusing me with a Spanish resident who needs an S1 form. In the end I gave up, having spoken to five departments and seven people. Please help as no one in England seems aware You and the of such proof. P M (by email) Law in Spain By David Searl
YOU said in your article that pensioners who visit Spain can obtain a Proof of Pensioner certificate. Where do we apply for this? J V S (by email) When people use terms like ‘see a doctor’, this leads me to believe that we have a misunderstanding of how the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) really works. The EHIC covers free emergency treatment or treatment for a medical problem which arises during the person’s visit to Spain. If a visitor falls and breaks an arm or suffers a heart attack while on holiday, they will be treated. If visitors simply do not feel well and want to ‘see a doctor’, the EHIC does not cover this. In short, the EHIC is designed for the emergency room. For proof of pensioner status, this basically comes from the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP). If in the UK, go to your local healthcare trust, with your EHIC and some recent correspondence with the DWP, addressed to your UK address. With these two documents, they can issue a certificate good for three months. If in Spain, start with the nearest UK Consulate. They should have a DWP representative. If PM, my first questioner, called the Overseas Healthcare Team on 0191 218 1999 and got no help, I should be surprised.
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David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers. You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.
Christmas joy...178 days in advance WITH just 178 days until Christmas, London toy shop Hamleys has released its list of predicted topselling festive gifts, tipping traditional favourites including Mickey Mouse and Barbie alongside more modern hits such as Moshi Monsters.
£££ THE Spice Girls reunited to launch a new musical based on songs that made them one of the biggest bands of the 90s. Viva Forever!, written by Jennifer Saunders and produced by Mamma Mia!
B
ritish usiness riefs
mastermind Judy Craymer, opens in London’s West End on December 11.
£££ THE Coryton oil refinery in Essex, the most modern and efficient of its five plants in Western Europe, has closed, doomed by bankruptcy. The plant is to become a storage depot in a deal
between Royal Dutch Shell, Vopak and Greenergy.
£££ SIR JIMMY SAVILE’S life has been unveiled with treasured possessions catalogued ahead of a huge charity auction. The items which belonged to the nation’s once favourite discjockey include a €112,000 RollsRoyce Corniche, and a €14,800 gold and diamond encrusted Rolex watch.
Monopoly money, aka quantitative easing... QUANTITATIVE EASING, if it didn’t sound so official, slipping as it does with such facility from the lips of senior bankers, might be considered dangerous or even illegal. Some of you might recall the plan by the Nazis during the Second World War to print millions of expertly-counterfeited Bank of England £5 notes to drop across Britain. This scheme, had it been carried through, might have done untold damage to Britain’s international credit, and possibly adversely affected the war effort. If one now transposes 2012 billions for those 1940s’ millions, it’s not difficult to see the similarity, except that in 2012 it is our own Bank of England that is printing the stuff and putting it into circulation. The reason for issuing the first round of quantitative easing (QE) a few years ago did have some merit, for it helped refinance banks caught up in the 2008 Lehman Bros’ fiasco so that they could cover overdrafts and loans to businesses, large, medium-sized and small. This should have had the effect of easing the recession, improving employment prospects, especially for young people, and generally filtering through to the High Street to get the economy moving again. That was the plan, but it appears now that the banks preferred to use this injection of new money as capital to lend to one another, and at the same time setting Libor, the inter-bank rate (at least by some) upon which commercial credit is based, artificially high. This made their balance-sheets look good, pleased the shareholders, and satisfied the Stock Exchange - at the expense of you and me. Small and medium businesses are to this
DANGER: Printing money could jeopardise the economy.
Jim Collins Costa Blanca
day being charged unnecessarily high rates on their overdrafts, with the extra costs naturally being passed on to their customers. This has meant the pockets of the ordinary man in the street have been hit twice, by a cost of living above the official figures, and by mortgage rates set artificially high by the joint action of quantitativeeasing and banking-industry manipulation. There is a great hue and cry now, of course, with various politicians calling for ‘heads to roll’, and yet Sir Mervyn King, Chairman of the Bank of England, as well as lending his voice to the clamour for tougher banking regulation, was talking, only a week or two ago, about the possibility of QE issue number three. The damage inflicted upon Britain’s economy - not to mention
the international reputation of London as a world financial centre is impossible even to estimate at this juncture. How can anyone know with any accuracy, how many innovative young entrepreneurs have been discouraged from putting their ideas into practice by banks refusing them ‘start-up’ loans or setting the rates impossibly high? How many small and mediumsized businesses have been forced to close their doors, able no longer to service their overpriced overdrafts? The Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS), perhaps the most respected in its field, has warned that “the Bank of England, with its dual programme of money printing and ultra-low official interest rates, might be putting Britain’s economy at risk.” With this in mind, it can only be hoped that wiser, and perhaps more far-seeing, minds will prevail before the present dangerous trend evolves into something even worse.
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www.euroweeklynews.com THE banking crisis in 2008 undermined the financial strength of institutions such as banks and insurance companies, and people are now once again concerned about the safety of their savings. The only certain way for investors to achieve security from institutional failure is through a state controlled investor protection regime. Luxembourg stands out among EU Member States with its exceptionally strong culture of investor protection. It has a regime which provides maximum security to investors without limit. The Grand Duchy is in the top 10 financial centres worldwide. It is the second largest investment funds centre after the US and the leading private banking centre in the Eurozone. Its financial centre is founded on a modern regulatory framework, which is continuously updated. It has attracted banks, insurance companies and investment fund promoters from across the world. It has a flourishing insurance market with all the principal players having a presence and making use of the freedom to offer cross border services in the EU. Many of its institutions specialise in unit linked life assurance, an increasingly popular vehicle for wealth management. Luxembourg was one of the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC), which became the European Union (EU), and continues to play an important
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role in EU politics. It houses a number of EU institutions including the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the European Court of Justice. It has built a reputation for investor protection, tax certainty, anti money laundering practice and banking confidentiality. Historically many high net worth individuals used offshore financial centres for confidentiality and tax mitigation. However, apart from a lack of regulation and investor protection, they have also been under attack from European and international bodies, with the result that investors who use them are placing their assets at risk for no real or sustainable benefits. In contrast, Luxembourg’s regulations are governed by EU directives that require strict financial controls and supervision to provide investors with a secure
onshore regime that can still offer tax benefits. Investor protection Luxembourg’s investor protection is unique within Europe. The cornerstone of this regime is the legal requirement that all clients’ assets must be held by an independent custodian bank approved by the State regulator, the Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA). This arrangement involving the CAA, custodian bank and insurance company is known as the “Triangle of Security”. These are the key points:• The regime ensures that the legal separation of clients’ assets from the insurance company’s shareholders and creditors, so investors are protected from exposure to the company’s credit risk. • The insurance company maintains a register of all assets and how they are invested, which is monitored by the CAA. • All policyholder assets are deposited with a custodian bank. • The bank is required to ringfence clients’ securities (eg investment funds, shares, bonds etc) – i.e. they are off its balance sheet. If the bank fails, these securities remain in segregated client accounts.
• The bank is bound by the regulator’s legal powers to protect the assets on behalf of investors. • 100% of the policyholder’s securities are protected. Cash deposits are not securities and so are not segregated, but cash held in monetary funds is treated as securities and so are protected. Tax certainty Most investors take out European investment bonds for tax planning reasons. Luxembourg offers the greatest certainty that these tax breaks will continue. EU and UK authorities have no jurisdiction over Luxembourg based bonds, nor can they discriminate against them as it is against EU laws to discriminate against the products of another Member State. Compliant Luxembourg based bonds enjoy the same preferential tax treatment as locally offered bonds. The same cannot be said of non EU locations, such as the Isle of Man. The tax-free roll-up of investment income and capital gains, which applies to Luxembourg based European Bonds, is the same that applies across most of Europe (excluding the UK), so there is no political pressure to change this system. Withholding tax advantages are
available through Luxembourg’s extensive double tax treaty network. Financial privacy Luxembourg law provides absolute confidentiality. Institutions are legally forbidden from divulging client information to third parties (except in relation to criminal activities). Individual financial privacy remains important for many high net worth individuals. As part of the EU, Luxembourg participates in the EU Savings Tax Directive on savings income, but it applies a withholding tax rather than automatic exchange of information. This situation will only change if Switzerland ends its banking secrecy. Over the years Luxembourg has finely tuned its financial services industry into one offering unparalleled investor protection, client confidentiality and legitimate tax planning opportunities. Many British expatriates in Spain have already taken advantage of Luxembourg’s favourable arrangements. A consultation with an experienced tax and wealth management adviser such as Blevins Franks can help with structures suitable for your individual circumstances. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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LONDON - FTSE 100 C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G. 5.00 1.93
NET VOLUME 2,972,622
Admiral Group
1,169.00
-23.00
-1.93
601,001
Aggreko
2,085.00
13.00
0.63
374,345
AMEC
1,026.00
24.00
2.40
1,449,899
Anglo American
2,109.00
20.50
0.98
2,797,689
Antofagasta
CU RR EN CI ES
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 2
C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Aberdeen Asset Manag. 264.70
0.80276
1.24568 Units per €
United States $..................................................... 1.25825 Japan Yen ¥.......................................................... 99.9318 Switzerland Francs............................................... 1.20121 Denmark Kroner ................................................... 7.43463 Norway Kroner...................................................... 7.51782
1,097.00
9.00
0.83
1,359,104
ARM Holdings
511.00
5.50
1.09
3,482,250
Ashmore Group
353.30
4.80
1.38
896,369
C O M PA N Y
PRICE(P)
Assoc. British Foods
1,288.00
6.00
0.47
851,842
B. American Tobacco
3,298.00
56.50
AstraZeneca
2,882.00
29.00
1.02
3,066,224
519.00
British Land Co
C O M PA N Y Centrica Compass Group CRH
PRICE(P) CHANGE 319.60 1.60
% C H G. 0.50
VOLUME 9,361,799
670.00
1.00
0.15
3,431,177
1,241.00
9.00
0.73
2,026,870
Croda International
2,299.00
36.00
1.59
408,585
Diageo
1,658.00
16.00
0.97
3,218,471
Eurasian Natural Res
425.60
10.20
2.46
2,270,200
EVRAZ
258.50
-2.20
-0.84
2,585,806
NET VOLUME
Experian
916.00
15.50
1.72
2,159,102
1.74
1,971,654
Fresnillo
1,490.00
33.00
2.26
584,172
8.50
1.67
2,599,938
G4S
283.70
4.60
1.65
2,083,591
GKN
181.70
1.10
0.61
5,476,018
1,472.00
25.00
1.73
6,631,665
C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G.
Aviva
282.70
10.10
3.71
15,626,492
British Sky Broadcasting
687.50
-9.00
-1.29
4,010,478
Babcock International
864.50
11.00
1.29
1,067,062
BT Group
215.30
3.90
1.84
14,221,651
BAE SYSTEMS
290.70
2.10
0.73
6,344,280
Bunzl
1,055.00
12.00
1.15
719,378
Glencore International
299.00
3.45
1.17
12,062,371
Barclays
168.40
5.55
3.41
100,162,201
Burberry Group
1,336.00
11.00
0.83
2,398,316
Hammerson
450.00
7.10
1.60
2,023,937
BG Group
1,323.00
23.00
1.77
5,085,370
Capita
658.50
2.50
0.38
1,902,702
Hargreaves Lansdown
537.00
7.50
1.42
459,906
BHP Billiton
1,830.00
24.00
1.33
4,651,638
Capital Shopping Centres 321.20
-0.80
-0.25
2,428,129
HSBC Holdings
570.10
9.00
1.60
19,705,992
432.50
10.55
2.50
24,679,006
Carnival
3.00
0.14
562,025
ICAP
339.80
2.30
0.68
1,333,040
BP
2,185.00
GlaxoSmithKline
IMI
DOW JONES
NASDAQ
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 2
C LOSING P RICES J ULY 2
C O M PA N Y
PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME
MMM 3M Co
88.87
-0.73
-0.81%
98,355
AA Alcoa Inc
8.62
-0.13
-1.54%
1,031,488
AXP American Express Co
58.88
+0.67
+1.15%
176,641
T AT&T Inc
35.95
+0.29
+0.81%
639,456
7.96
-0.22
-2.75%
6,585,783
BAC Bank of America Corp BA Boeing Co
73.19
-1.11
-1.49%
113,222
CAT Caterpillar Inc
83.07
-1.84
-2.17%
318,971
CVX Chevron Corp
105.06
-0.44
-0.42%
237,280
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc
17.02
-0.15
-0.87%
1,180,085
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
48.77
-1.80
-3.56%
412,734
XOM Exxon Mobil Corp
84.71
-0.86
-1.01%
601,700
GE General Electric Co
20.36
-0.48
-2.33%
2,262,301
HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co
19.98
-0.13
-0.65%
557,692
HD Home Depot Inc
52.86
-0.13
-0.25%
361,272
INTC Intel Corp
26.50
-0.15
-0.58%
1,144,710
IBM International Business Machines Co... 195.09 -0.49
-0.25%
79,868
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
67.74
+0.18
+0.27%
504,286
JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co
35.87
+0.14
+0.39%
1,295,846
KFT Kraft Foods Inc
38.52
-0.10
-0.26%
323,032
MCD McDonald's Corp
87.95
-0.58
-0.66%
109,034
MRK Merck & Co Inc
41.77
+0.02
+0.05%
413,047
MSFT Microsoft Corp
30.35
-0.24
-0.78%
1,431,812
PFE Pfizer Inc
22.87
-0.13
-0.57%
749,911
PG Procter & Gamble Co
60.90
-0.35
-0.57%
250,797
KO The Coca-Cola Co
78.58
+0.39
+0.50%
283,937
TRV Travelers Companies Inc
63.81
-0.03
-0.05%
90,444
UTX United Technologies Corp
75.22
-0.31
-0.41%
184,056
VZ Verizon Communications Inc
44.67
+0.23
+0.52%
263,277
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc
69.32
-0.40
-0.57%
388,702
DIS Walt Disney Co
48.43
-0.07
-0.14%
390,192
C O M PA N Y
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced Brightpoint, Inc. $8.81 Lincare Holdings Inc. $41.32 NCI, Inc. $4.72 ATP Oil & Gas Corporation $3.90 Horizon Pharma, Inc. $8.10 Chindex International, Inc. $10.89 Corinthian Colleges, Inc. $3.19 BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. $2.88 Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $4.64 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $30.705 Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. $5.96 Theravance, Inc. $24.05 Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. $2.27 Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. $7.34
3.40 / +62.85% 7.30 / +21.46% 0.67 / +16.55% 0.54 / +16.13% 0.97 / +13.62% 1.09 / +11.12% 0.30 / +10.38% 0.25 / +9.88% 0.40 / +9.43% 2.50 / +8.88% 0.46 / +8.36% 1.83 / +8.24% 0.17 / +8.10% 0.54 / +7.94%
841.50
10.00
1.20
1,260,289
Imperial Tobacco
2,504.00
49.00
2.00
1,571,261
InterContinental
1,551.00
16.00
1.04
996,609
Intl Cons Airlines
158.60
-0.90
-0.56
4,459,306
2,694.00
22.00
0.82
260,870
77.80
1.20
1.57
11,990,153
Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey
2,207.00
-1.00
-0.05
701,204
Kazakhmys
730.00
8.50
1.18
1,245,587
Kingfisher
289.00
1.60
0.56
5,951,628
Land Securities Group
750.50
12.00
1.62
2,389,944
Legal & General Group
128.50
1.20
0.94
13,236,390
Lloyds Banking Group
31.48
0.38
1.22 138,113,695
Marks & Spencer
327.90
2.90
0.89
3,808,150
Meggitt
388.30
3.00
0.78
1,323,726
Morrison (Wm)
267.00
0.90
0.34
9,263,579
National Grid
681.00
5.50
0.81
5,611,507
3,195.00
-4.00
-0.13
506,982
154.00
2.60
1.72
9,235,088
1,262.00
-4.00
-0.32
1,895,368
768.50
6.50
0.85
1,122,122 1,562,841
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Most Declined Liquidity Services, Inc. $39.72 IRIDEX Corporation $3.62 Le Gaga Holdings Limited $4.33 OpenTable, Inc. $40.47 pSivida Corp. $2.11 Vera Bradley, Inc. $19.41 National American University Holdings, Inc. $3.97 Groupon, Inc. $9.83 FirstCity Financial Corporation $8.00 Casella Waste Systems, Inc. $5.44 The Hackett Group, Inc. $5.19 Omega Flex, Inc. $11.12 MakeMyTrip Limited $15.38 Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. $5.19
Petrofac 11.46 / -22.39% 0.55 / -13.19% 0.56 / -11.63% 4.54 / -10.09% 0.20 / -8.66% 1.66 / -7.90% 0.33 / -7.67% 0.80 / -7.53% 0.65 / -7.51% 0.41 / -7.01% 0.38 / -6.82% 0.79 / -6.63% 1.05 / -6.39% 0.35 / -6.32%
1,437.00
49.00
3.53
Polymetal International
919.50
10.50
1.16
378,876
Prudential
751.50
13.50
1.83
3,524,702
Randgold Resources
5,800.00
65.00
1.13
208,053
Reckitt Benckiser
3,446.00
81.00
2.41
2,038,636
Reed Elsevier
516.00
4.50
0.88
1,962,074
Resolution
198.00
2.10
1.07
2,918,886
REXAM
423.60
2.60
0.62
1,727,782
3,060.50
41.50
1.37
3,588,881
Rolls-Royce Holdings
869.00
11.00
1.28
2,866,598
Royal Bank of Scotland
219.00
3.70
1.72
11,629,086
2,239.50
14.50
0.65
2,615,547
108.60
0.50
0.46
9,655,787
2,574.50
19.50
0.76
1,867,076
280.30
3.00
1.08
2,334,760 4,122,257
Rio Tinto
Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J) Schroders Serco Group
304.50
3.10
1.03
1,370.00
34.00
2.54
270,872
544.00
8.00
1.49
740,848
Severn Trent
1,662.00
9.00
0.54
705,668
Shire
1,841.00
9.00
0.49
2,898,771 1,386,280
Smith & Nephew
639.00
1.50
0.24
Smiths Group
1,018.00
3.00
0.30
800,971
SSE
1,401.00
10.00
0.72
1,870,186
Standard Chartered
1,419.00
34.50
2.49
4,340,193
Standard Life
234.40
1.00
0.43
3,303,225
Tate & Lyle
647.50
0.00
0.00
1,539,109
Tesco
314.70
4.65
1.50
14,380,620
Tullow Oil
1,493.00
23.00
1.56
2,709,349
Unilever
2,155.00
11.00
0.51
2,852,373
United Utilities Group
679.50
4.50
0.67
2,191,458
Vedanta Resources
906.00
-6.00
-0.66
1,233,790
Vodafone Group
179.40
0.15
0.08
81,157,719
Weir Group
1,563.00
33.00
2.16
1,246,905
Whitbread
2,087.00
59.00
2.91
692,623
Wolseley
2,393.00
16.00
0.67
988,289
WPP
796.00
23.00
2.98
4,736,890
Xstrata
802.90
4.30
0.54
7,008,144
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Graduates get UN job offer
How to avoid visits by family and friends costing a fortune
APPLICATIONS open next Friday (July 13) for young Spanish to work with the United Nations Suitable candidates, who must be under 32 with a good university degree, work experience, and an excellent level of French and English, are wanted to work in a variety of areas, including architecture plus social, economic and political affairs. Other official UN languages, including Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Spanish will gain points, and with the UN’s work with Africa, Portuguese and Swahili are also highly valued. The closing date for aplications is September 12, and an examination for selected candidates will take place in Madrid on December 5.
EXPATRIATES living in the South of Spain are the envy of people based in Northern Europe. On wet and windy days - in the middle of July - family and friends back home wish that they too had sandy beaches, cheap A look food and drink at finance and that for females fabulous Andalucían Jane Plunkett weather to jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. enjoy. com So it’s not surprising that everyone wants to jet off to Spain - to visit expatriate family and friends – for their holidays. Having guests stay is always a fantastic experience and something I hope never stops occurring. But, equally, it can be an absolute drain on finances.
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Just when I thought I might get to the end of a month with a little left over in the account to go towards savings, my phone rings and it’s another would-be visitor looking to taking a sunshine holiday. With that goes any plans of taking it easy moneywise, and eating salad and toast for a month. Entertaining guests costs extra money. One small example is buying flowers for THE crypt in which Elvis Presley was first buried was withdrawn from a huge Los Angeles auction of sports the house because you want the place to look nice. Then there is the fridge to stock and music memorabilia following protests from fans. up, and if like me more eating out to
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avoid feeling guilty about looking tight or not showing the guest a good enough time. Such guilt can lead to all intended budgets being smashed. So how can the experience of having guests be enjoyable but not at the same time end up in massive debt? The main rule is to be honest. The visitors are either family or close friends and they know times are tough, so let them know, for example, that the euro doesn’t go as far as the pound, and that you’ll have to think of inventive ways to enjoy each other’s company without breaking the bank. Do you have a terrace or garden? This alone is a mega attraction for guests from colder climates, so use it. Buy a cheap BBQ and cook at home. There really is no need to spend money eating out in restaurants every night. Look out for fun and different things to do that don’t cost much. Here in Cordoba we have Cine de Verano. A €3 ticket provides a beautiful outdoor cinema experience and you can even sneak in your own sandwiches, though it’s pretty cheap to eat there, too. Don’t let guests squash budget plans. Speak the truth and make an effort to have fun in the sun on the cheap!
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‘Inevitable’ rise in IVA is set to cost families €900 a year SPAIN’S added-value tax, IVA, is almost certain to rise on products currently charged at 4 and 8 per cent. Such an increase could cost the average family in Spain almost €900 extra a year. Despite Mariano Rajoy’s earlier vows that his government would not increase IVA, the Treasury (Hacienda) is already examining plans at the behest of Brussels, ministry sources have disclosed. At present there are no plans to increase the highest IVA rate of 18 per cent to 20 per cent, the same sources say. But if the powers-that-be in Brussels are to be placated, and as one of the conditions for the bank bailout, all products in the 4 and 8 per cent tiers could rise. At present the reduced rate applies to food, water, healthcare articles including spectacles and contact lenses and health products for animals. Inland public transport, as well as sea and air travel to the Balearics, attracts the 8 per cent
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construction. In addition 8 per cent currently goes to the
government for every ticket sold for the cinema, theatre, concerts, circuses, museums and exhibitions. Bread and flour also incur 8 per cent IVA. The State also takes almost 12 cents of a €1.40 cup of coffee, and the same amount on a €1.40 croissant. It receives another 4 per cent from the price of the newspaper that clients read as they drink the coffee and eat their croissant. Eight per cent IVA is added to every taxi journey, every night in an hotel and every ‘menu del dia’ consumed. Super-reduced 4 per cent IVA applies to staples like fruit, vegetables, rice, milk, eggs and cheese. Books and magazines enter this tranche, as do cars, prosthetics for the disabled and social housing construction. Eliminating the two lower IVA tiers could cost the average Spanish family an extra €877.25 each year, with a noticeable impact on food, warns consumer association OCU.
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Not so cool! ICE CREAM shortages were experienced on the first day of summer in New York when record-breaking temperatures rose into the 90s, sending children seeking relief in the spray of fire hydrants.
Tweet tea! A TWITTER-ACTIVATED vending machine is dispensing free iced tea in exchange for a Tweet in South Africa in what developers say is the world’s first sampling drive via the microblogging site.
Land ahoy! A MAN-MADE floating island with a €5.2 million price tag is being marketed to the megarich by an Austrian firm which claims the 20mx37m ‘can be anchored anywhere its owners choose’.
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Sky is the limit for Lee, a man of the stars
Day and night are very different for Lee Osborne whose daytime role running a property company is in total contrast to also being a leading amateur astronomer. Nicole Hallett reports.
What is amateur astronomy? It is a vast subject and as a hobby there are many different ways of enjoying it. Some people can be just knowledge based and never look at the sky. Others take images of deep sky objects. Most, like me, have either binoculars or a telescope to gaze at the sky, although even naked eye astronomy is fun. How did you become interested? In the mid-80s I was interested in Halley’s comet and attended lectures by prominent astronomer Sir Patrick Moore. Most interested in? Star clusters, planets, the moon and meteor showers, for which I have made an all-sky camera. What is your role in the Costa del Sol Astronomy Club?
I am the head of it and arrange everything, encouraging observing sessions and holding talks with presentations. Have you met any famous astronomers? Sir Patrick Moore on many occasions, and I have also been to his house a few times; Ninian Boyle and Andy Burns are very approachable. Proudest achievement? I am one of only three people to complete the Moore marathon and was mentioned on the BBC Sky at Night programme. Who would you like to sit next to at a dinner party? Comedian Peter Kay always makes me laugh and I love Bob Marley’s music. Did you want to become an astronomer as a child? Only as an amateur. I am not clever enough to do it professionally.
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Vital Statistics • Lives: Mijas Golf, Malaga • Age: 37 • Birthplace: Chichester, UK • Status: In a relationship • Job: Property management company owner • Hobbies: Astronomy,mountain walking and geocaching • In Spain: 11 years • Best thing in Spain: The countryside • Worst: Driving • Always in fridge: Beer and chocolate.
EWN COMMENT New meanings MARIANO RAJOY won last year’s elections because voters thought he could solve the economic crisis, not because they wanted the PP’s promised reversal of gay marriage or abortion laws. Meanwhile, the Royal Academy of Spanish Language has made up its own mind
and accepts the term ‘matrimonio homosexual’. So now Rajoy faces the double task of rewriting the lexicon as well as performing economic miracles.
No sugar for this pill THE Spanish take more medication than any other EU country and the cost is crippling the health system. Spending cuts that are stripping away much of the health system’s flesh in order to ensure that its backbone survives means that 485 medicines will no longer be provided free. Anyone needing Ibuprofen or Almax will now have to pay for their own. And about time, too.
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THE passion in Spain as the national squad reached the Euro 2012 soccer finals was highly evident in Alhaurin el Grande. My wife counted 82 flags hanging from homes as we drove through the town en route to the coast for the San Juan celebrations. One week later, and with the Spanish squad by this time safely through to the finals, there were 109 flags flying from balconies and business windows on the same route. Now I hope the passion and pride can assist the nation to pull out of the many economic problems it is facing as part of the eurozone. N Snelson, Cartama (Costa del Sol)
Snapped! By S Jensen, Sotogrande
Theft alert AS a frequent visitor to Southern Spain, why do the authorities not erect signs warning tourists of the dangers of pickpockets? Over the years while I have only once been a victim of theft in Spain, I have lost count of the number of people I have heard about who have had holidays ruined by theft. From the crowded seafronts in many resorts on the Costa del Sol to the beaches in Costa Blanca, from the shopping aisles of many leading supermarkets to inland Sunday markets that attract so many, all too often people fall victim to opportunist thieves. With credit cards and wallets stolen, often along with passports and travel documents, holidays are totally ruined. If signs were erected warning of pickpockets, and the theft of handbags outside cafes, etc, more people would be on guard. Everywhere in the world sadly has to face up to the fact of dishonest people. Therefore, signs would not negatively reflect on Spain as being any worse than other places. N Gonzales, Bristol (UK)
Sickly charge I WAS recently prescribed statin tablets to lower my cholesterol by the doctor I use through a personal private medical insurance my wife and I have. On noting that the tablets ‘to be taken daily for the rest of my life’ cost more than €34 a month, I decided to use the Spanish health system, to which I am entitled as a British pensioner, for a second opinion. The health service doctor agreed I needed statins, and prescribed some,
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Hotel thought WITH regard to the possible demolition of the illegally built Algarrobico Hotel in Almeria. Why not offer the site to the Spanish Legion and Navy as a training exercise for their demolition engineers in the use of controlled explosives? Six months should be long enough to reduce the structure to a pile of ballast. This could then be loaded onto offshore barges and shipped around the headland to Carboneras and used to construct an artificial reef to try to eliminate the movement of sand from one end of the beach to the other. Alternatively the ballast could be shipped further along to where the commercial port is being extended
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365 steps and more!
ON a recent visit to Mallorca, I snapped the famous 365 Calvery Steps in Pollenca town after climbing to the top. To my amazement,when I climbed them I initially discovered that rather than one for every day of the year, there appeared to be more than 400 steps. However, later I was told that in recent years a few extra steps have been added at the bottom... and officially there are in fact just 365 of the original ones. Quite a climb... but a nice attraction in the generally unspoilt part of northern Mallorca.
and used there. The site remaining will need sculpturing to return it to its natural look, with the planting of succulents and bushes assisting a return to nature in a few years. John H Taylor, by email
Cycling danger MANY expats claim that while the majority of Spanish drive fast, they show lane discipline on the main highways. Well this might be the case on the main roads, but on local roads, as a cyclist, I can assure you while the bus drivers are generally thoughtful and considerate, many of the taxi drivers and normal motorists are not. Regularly bus drivers show patience and give right of way as I cycle between Torre and Mojacar. But I have learned to expect few courtesies from normal drivers and taxi men who frequently appear more concerned with just getting from A to B without any thought for others. Norman Thomson, Torre Almeria
Pat on the back HAVING lived in Spain for seven years, while the bureaucracy continues to amaze and disappoint me, customer service continues to impress me. The latest example was last week when my wife shopped in Plaza Mayor near Malaga, buying a blouse at the Bershka outlet. On arriving home she felt it was too big, so we drove back to Fuengirola
5 - 11 July 2012 Axarquía - Málaga East and visited the Bershka shop in the Miramar shopping centre as we were not keen to have to drive a further 15 kilometres all the way back to Plaza Mayor. The staff could not have been more helpful, agreeing to exchange the item for a smaller size, even though it had not been bought at that shop, but a different branch. M Nell, Calahonda
Deadly view MIKE WALSH gives a balanced rationale for the return of capital punishment for murder (Issue 1407). Whilst touring Brazil years ago, six London lawyers in the same hotel where I was staying invited me to a local snack bar. However, the atmosphere turned hostile when I said hanging should be restored for murder as clearly stated in ‘Thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’ All six disagreed, citing the inhumanity of state execution and abolitionists’ fear of a miscarriage of justice. Defending my view that the risk of one unfortunate death is the price society has to pay to protect lawabiding citizens – and put the wind up would-be murderers as Mr Walsh’s New York examples demonstrate – the group were not content to ‘agree to disagree’, and didn’t speak to me again. Ostracised for speaking the Gospel truth; a human quality murder defence lawyers know nothing about. T Davies, Málaga
Bumpy excess WHY do the Spanish authorities seem so determined to have sleeping policemen (speed bumps) on almost every straight stretch of road? On an eight-kilometre drive near my home there are 28, with many so quickly in succession that they really are not required. K Davies, Rincon de la Victoria
Happy note I AM delighted to note that the English/Spanish crossword in your Time Out section is a weekly feature. When it first appeared I thought it was probably just a one-off, but over the weeks since it was introduced I have found it an addictive, and entertaining, addition to your first class entertainment section which both my wife and I individually complete every week. Keep up the good work... and I enjoy the rest of the newspaper as well. N Hannah, Marbella
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over... it is now’. But the shock in that basement was sliceable. You can imagine this ol’ boy in the midst of all that! With YEESSS battling to burst forth from tortured lungs, I managed to slip quietly out. I left the following day. Till then I was surrounded by blank faces and subdued conversations. The whole country went into shock. The problem is their arrogant attitude prevents them from learning from their mistakes. Mistakes like thinking they could win the ‘Third World War’ on the economic battlefield. What a farce that is turning into! But they won’t concede. They’ll not admit defeat until it has cost them all they have and the whole thing lies in tatters around their feet. Sound familiar? Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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SCIENTISTS in Australia have discovered a huge graveyard of ancient, rhino-sized megawombats. The site in Queensland is thought to contain up to 50 diprotodon skeletons between 100,000 and 200,000 years old.
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A MULTITUDE of ‘I told you sos’ this week. High street bankers have been shown to be no better than common criminals. Egypt has become the first ‘Arab Spring’ country to enter the summer as an Islamic state. (More to follow!) The Euro and EEC are still floundering. EAPY EE And finally Sharapova is SAYS IT screaming OTHERS THINK IT even louder. But it was GERMAN FANS: Defeat seems to leave them totally crushed. the Germans going out of right, and the Euro 2012 soccer always going to win. It’s a I was in Germany in complete high of World championships that really sort of naive arrogance and 1966. Believe me, they had Cup-winners euphoria. tickled me. The utterly the flaw in their character won the World Cup long In true Leapy’s law stunned look on the faces that Margaret Thatcher before that historical final fashion, I watched the of both players and fans spoke of. It makes their against England. Parades game in the basement staff alike was absolutely typical. every defeat absolutely had been organised. Every quarters of a large hotel in The problem with the crushing. petrol station had an Wiesbaden! As the Germans (I do have The odd thing about our enormous football in a net commentary was in German friends – or did!) is ‘Alemanian’ allies is that strung up on the forecourt. German, I didn’t actually that they are always utterly they never seem to learn Parties had been arranged hear the time-honoured convinced they are in the the lessons of history. and the country was on a phrase ‘They think it’s all
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A HAIRLESS British dog called Mugly has won the title of ugliest dog in the world, in a competition held in the US. The Chinese Crested pooch from Peterborough won $1,000 and a year’s supply of dog biscuits.
Brazen thief NEW YORK police launched a search for a thief who walked into a Manhattan art gallery, swiped a Salvador Dali painting off the wall, stuffed it into a shopping bag and calmly left.
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CHEERS: A good Mojito is like a cool breeze on a hot day.
Mojito, anyone? Suzanne Manners
tendency to imbue simple things with greater meaning, but isn’t that what being an artist is all about? Anyway, the Mojito obsession this week is the consequence of drinking a particularly large and particularly strong one in a bar on Thursday. I knew it was strong because my son began to make sense and I interpreted his “For God’s sake, mum!” as “Mum, I love you and you
are the most intelligent mother in the whole world and you are always right.” That was just before sliding gracefully from the bar stool and onto the floor. As I’m writing this, basking in the heat of the afternoon, cold beer in hand, I am watching the weather news from the UK. We Brits are always surprised at the vagaries of the weather and yet it has never been any other way. As a child I remember frozen pipes in March, thunderstorms in August, floods and even tornadoes. Before the barrier, the Thames was always flooding, Wales was always wet and it always snowed when you least expected it. Even though it snows in most places every winter, local councils still run out of grit and trains crawl to a halt. The only typical weather you can be certain of in the UK is untypical weather. It is no wonder we Brits are so pragmatic in our packing, not only PG Tips teabags but an umbrella or two, sunscreen, bathing suit and coat. We pack like schizophrenic travel reps. Five years in Spain has taught me to relax about the weather; June, hot, July, hot, August, very hot, September, hot...you get the picture. So what do I pack when travelling in Spain? Sarong, bikini, sunscreen, mint leaves, a bottle of Bacardi, brown sugar and a couple of bottles of Cava. What else?
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Bureaucracy is a job creation initiative that is hard to beat THERE is quirkiness to Spanish bureaucracy. It is unnecessarily complex; is it because they can exploit its weaknesses amidst the confusion. Bureaucracy is a job creation initiative and a fundraiser hard to beat. A new scam is to fine those with Alicante registered cars that have ITVs done in some other provinces. Now they fine non-Spanish residents up to â‚Ź1,000 for nonpossession of a Spanish driving licence. They could easily set up a periodical desk at advertised town halls. A couple of English speaking clerks could efficiently process many applications. Better that than hundreds of expats cluttering up offices a 100 mile round trip away. But no; that would be too simple and a cheap solution for a bureaucrat to grasp.
Corrupt banking NOTHING epitomises unbridled corruption and breathtaking incompetence than do the banks. Even politicians get it right occasionally. Although their morality is elastic even they know it stretches only so far. Not so with the banks; they now make and manipulate each hijacked country’s fiscal laws. Are we mad? We must be living in Alice’s Wonderland. If you have the stomach for it take a peek at El Pais or the British dailies; your heart will sink. There is only one solution. Make the banks fall on their swords; absorb their own losses and declare their insolvency. Nationalise the banking system and make it directly accountable to the people through parliament, firewalled against corruption. Others have done it; nations and American states. In every single case economies thrive and the people are made wealthier. There are too many politicians enmeshed in our banking system; turkeys don’t vote for Christmas. This has got to change or we all sink with the vipers in their parliamentary counting houses.
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2,000 motor enthusiasts brave heat MORE than 2,000 people attended the Almeria Festival of Speed (AFS) at the race track in Tabernas last Friday. The AFS was organised by Spectrum FM radio and sponsored by the EWN, La Voz de Almeria and Cadena SER radio. Circuit owner David Garcia said he couldn’t believe how many people had turned up, especially as it was a working day. He said there had been more people than at last year’s Andalucian Championships, held on a Sunday. It was also one of the largest displays of cars and motorbikes ever held on the Costa Almeria. Participants raced to record their best times on the track, which reached a temperature of 65ºC, 20 more than at the previous weekend’s European Grand Prix. The ‘hot laps’ that passengers paid for in race cars with professional drivers had to be cut short because of the heat. Ten aircooled cars also had to pull out because they couldn’t run in such high temperatures. The hardy owners of display cars who were still there at 3pm, were given three free laps, in recognition of their endurance. Despite the weather conditions, there were no accidents and people spoke highly of the event. Organiser Richard Shanley of Spectrum FM said he had been impressed by the professional and safety conscious way Kevin Healy of Focused Events had run the track.
FESTIVAL OF SPEED: One of the largest displays of cars and motorbikes ever held. Competitor Stuart Robinson said when Shanley said it had been a shame some cars cancelled because of the 47º degree heat, he had told him: “You are not God.” However, Robinson said for 98 per cent of the crowd (including himself), it felt like they were in heaven. He thanked all the organisers for an absolutely fabulous day. Homemade food as well as music and dancing by Rough Justice, The Eric Morecambes, the Julie Bruce Dance Academy and Carrie’s Dusty Boots added to the festival’s party atmosphere. There were stalls by Los Amigos de los Animales de los Filabres and PAWS animal charities.
Costa Coches and SRS Vehicle Services were on hand to answer any motorsportrelated questions. For just €5 a piece, guests were given the chance to be chauffeur driven around the race-track in a luxury pink limousine and treated to a glass of bubbly. Freestyle stunt rider Greg Rowbottom of Los Gallardos entertained the crowds with his wheelies. Shanley said they now have a basic blueprint for the next AFS. They know what works and what doesn’t, and hopefully next year will be bigger and better (and hopefully a bit cooler), than the first.
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Jimmy Carr’s ‘error of judgement’ - is it really worthy of an apology? A UK Cabinet minister has condemned people like Jimmy Carr who use tax avoidance loopholes as the “moral equivalent of benefit cheats”. Hang on! This is rather like a Mafia Don lecturing someone who hasn’t paid his protection money on his moral failings NORA JOHNSON to pay up! Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of Benefit cheats years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. are indeed committing a crime. But whatever we think is a fair amount of tax, following the tax law to the letter isn’t. I’m not a Jimmy Carr fan. But is it entirely fair to hold him up as some satanic individual? He’s not broken any laws. He employed somebody to give him tax advice and taken it. Benefit TAX AVOIDANCE: Keep taxes reasonable cheats, though, are stealing money from the taxpayer. Carr is still a reasonable percentage earns more for taxpayer – he’s just a taxpayer with a the taxman than over-taxing them. good accountant. It’s not Carr who’s Remember the brain drain and wrong; it’s the complexity of the requests for the last British system that allows him to pay so little. businessman to turn off the lights as he It’s well known that taxing people a emigrated? Well, it’s all coming back
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and people will pay them. again with the regrowth of the black economy and tradesmen preferring to work for cash. Even some MPs felt a need to ‘adjust’ their expenses - are they any better than benefit scroungers?
Keep taxes reasonable and people will pay them. Hit them for half or more of their earnings and the tax avoidance gurus will earn a fortune, leaving the country worse off. What is needed is a simple and fair system. The other real question here is what do people get for their taxes? Eyewatering sums of taxpayers’ money have been frittered away on useless political projects, disastrous social engineering experiments and futile desert wars. Whilst there is a moral duty to pay taxes that are due, there’s also a moral imperative on governments that they don’t take more of a worker’s income than is strictly necessary. Successive governments have breached that imperative. Most people would agree, I’m sure, that much of their money has been simply wasted. Carr is far too easy a target. Lots of ‘celebs’ allegedly engage in tax avoidance. And if Jimmy Carr finds himself overtaxed, will he simply in future be known as ‘Jimmy Bicycle?’ Nora Johnson’s novels, Soul Stealer & The De Clerambault Code (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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A sporting opportunity F
IRST there was the unforgettable Euro football, then the racing at Ascot and now tennis at Wimbledon. With so much sport in the airwaves, I feel positively exhausted and I haven’t even been in the vicinity of a sports stadium, let alone put my trainers on. My right arm appears to have had a solid workout, though, watching events unfold with bated breath from the comfort of my sofa or local bar. Armed with lashings of strawberries and cream and the obligatory Champagne, beer or Pimm’s, there really is little better than watching these finely tuned men and women slog it out for our entertainment. As backseat drivers, millions of viewers worldwide bemoan any error like a personal betrayal or celebrate as if winning the lottery on a point scored. A penalty missed could lead to a sporting guru being ostracised for the longest time. But if you thought competition was stiff at these events, it is not a patch on the fervour of that seen at some of the tennis courts and golf courses around Mallorca. Call it the Nadal effect, or what
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you will, but the island is full of budding world champions. Or so it would seem. Because for many expats, sport is life rather than an occasional pastime or means of keeping fit. Granted, the weather is more benevolent here for outdoorsy opportunities than in its Northern counterparts and, with national football teams and Tour de France cyclists using Spain as their training ground, there are few valid excuses not to partake. Still, be afraid - be very afraid when your opponent declares that your forthcoming game is a friendly one or that they are a bit rusty; they are only covering their bases should they be having an
TENNIS TRADITION: Champagne and strawberries at Wimbledon.
off day. Their handicap is probably near par and they will fight nail and tooth to win. As Dale Earnhardt, the US race car driver, once said: “Second place is
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just the first place loser.” The work-life balance for most expats in Spain tends to favour life; even fully-functional tycoons have their many minions
scurrying around to ease the workload. So, it follows that we have an inordinate amount of time to spend on our hobbies - as they were once called - and an even more abundant amount of time to wallow over lost games and training for victories. Even the gyms are competitive, with the iron-pumping ratio off the charts and in-house Mr and Mrs Gym contests to flex your rippling muscles for. Baggy T-shirts and shorts are, of course, outlawed by the fashion police and Lycra - ideally Stella McCartney for Adidas - rules the roost. First place is, after all, not available to all at the same time and, if you are going to lose, best look your best doing so. In fact, the only way to truly ensure that you’re not racing straight for loser abyss is to join me from the passive comfort of the sofa or local bar. Here you have the opportunity to pick and choose the winning player or team as you go along; slyly changing sides as the match progresses, armed with a handbag full of flags from different countries. Anyone for another Pimm’s?
Mishaps in A & E At least 12 per cent of people attending an Emergencies department at a Spanish hospital suffer some type of mishap. In 35 per cent of cases this is caused by
errors during medical tests, 27 per cent are nursing-related and 24 per cent are caused by incorrectly prescribed or applied medication At least 70 per cent of mishaps could be prevented with better clinical practices, found a study of A & E departments (EVADUR). A further 1.4 per cent of people died, found the study which examined the case histories of 3,854 emergency patients at 21 Spanish hospitals. Twelve per cent suffered what the study termed “an adverse event” and in 54.8 per cent of cases, this harmed the patient. Forty-three per cent of incidents were either not apparent or not detected until after patients was discharged from hospital. The most common profile of a person likely to suffer an
adverse event after emergency hospital treatment is approximately 60 years old and already suffering from a chronic disorder, the study revealed. The most likely complication is likely to be infection, non-serious injury or a worsening of the ailment that required emergency treatment in the first place. Friday is the most hectic day for A & E in the hospitals studied, and Tuesday the quietest. Busiest times are between 8am and 4pm and the slackest from 4pm until midnight. Most adverse incidents occur when A & E is busiest but medical complexity is also responsible, as are medical staff’s work schedules. A & E attended than 26 million patients a year in 2008, making this the most-used health service after primary care.
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The key to clear skin By Michel Wahba SIMPLE habits like a daily cup of coffee or a fast-food lunch could be undermining your efforts towards maintaining healthy skin. New York City-based dermatologist Dr Deborah Wattenberg wrote several books and articles exploring ways to keep the skin young and undamaged. The first advice she has for her patients is to quit smoking. “Smoking is probably the worst thing you can possibly do for your body, including your skin,” Wattenberg says. Nicotine and other chemicals
found in cigarettes destroy the skin’s elastin and collagen, leading to wrinkles and fine lines, she added “habitual smoking can also lead to those pucker lines around the mouth.” Although a study revealed that some wines fight off sunburns, it is suggested that alcohol, along with sweets, caffeine and junk food are some of healthy skin’s enemies. Wattenberg explains that they prevent water from reaching the skin, consequently drying it off. She suggests doubling the suggested six to eight glasses of water a day, in order to keep the skin hydrated. Getting away with six hours of
sleep or less a day may not only affect you mentally, but it’ll also show on your face and your skin, Wattenberg warns. “When you don't sleep, stress causes the release of the hormone cortisol, which makes your skin oily and causes acne, which makes your skin look less attractive,” she explains. She also says that being nice to acne-prone skin will pay off. Scrubbing the acne aggressively will only cause “scarring, pigmentation and make it worse.” Finally, Wattenberg stresses on the importance of wearing sunscreen, even during winter. She adds “sunscreen is the key to a youthful skin.”
One coffee a week, protects the heart from going weak MODERATE coffee consumption is suggested to protect against heart failure, according to a new study. While most health organisations warn against habitual coffee consumption, other reports indicate that coffee could reduce the risk of prostate cancer, among other benefits. The research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre found that moderate coffee drinkers had an 11 per cent lower risk of heart failure. The study was aiming to shift the previous, often conflicting, information from a definitive
yes or no, to a question of how much. “Our results did show a possible benefit, but like with so many other things we consume, it really depends on how much coffee you drink,” said lead author Elizabeth Mostofsky. It’s unclear why moderate coffee consumption provides protection from heart failure, but researchers say part of the answer may lie in the intersection between regular coffee drinking and two of the strongest risk factors for heart failure; diabetes and elevated blood pressure.
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Lower the risk of diabetes ADOPTING a vegetarian lifestyle lowers risk of diabetes, a new study suggested. The study, run by Loma Linda University in California, shows that vegetarians are 36 per cent less likely to develop metabolic syndrome, in comparison to those who eat meat. Diabetes is usually caused by unhealthy eating habits, and replacing the meats with greens is likely to prevent the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, which is when a patient develops some of the factors associated with diabetes, notably high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol, high glucose levels and an unhealthy waist circumference. “This work again shows that diet improves many of the main cardiovascular risk factors that are part of metabolic syndrome,” said Dr. Gary Fraser, from the Adventist Health Study.
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Plastic surgeries can shave off nine years from age By Michel Wahba PLASTIC surgeries could make you look nine years younger, according to a new study.
Researchers asked 40 medical students to estimate the ages of 60 plastic-surgery patients, with before and after shots. On
average, the students estimated the patients to be 8.9 years younger than their actual age. Plastic surgeons will now be able to tell patients what they can realistically expect, the researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada wrote in their study. “Surgeons generally have had to use somewhat vague terms, telling patients they will look ‘less tired’ or ‘more youthful’,” the researchers wrote. SPF Sauvignon Blanc protects skin against harmful sunburns, a new study revealed. A compound food in grapes may protect from skindamaging ultraviolet radiation, researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council. When UV rays hit the skin, they activate reactive oxygen species (ROS), which then oxidise big molecules like lipids and DNA consequently resulting in particular enzymes that kill skin cells. But grapes flavonoids work to decrease the formation of the ROS’s in skin cells that were exposed to UVA and UVB rays. Research Director Marta Cascante suggested that this finding may lead to better sun-shielding drugs and cosmetics. TURNING BACK TIME: Previously, wine was found to fight Alzheimer’s disease and Plastic surgery can prostate cancer. make one look younger.
No sunburns, we’ll drink to that, cheers!
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CRYPTIC
Across
15 This (4)
1 Come (4)
Down
3 Tiendas (5) 9 Hacha (herramienta)
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(3)
2 Earthquake (9)
10 Sobrina (5)
4 History (8)
11 To hate (5)
5 Saucers (9)
12 Garlic (3) 13 Rings (on finger) (7) 14 Muñecas (juguetes)
1. I said, “A-hey, what is this?” (1970) 2. He looked kinda nice and so I said I might take a chance (1963) 3. Since you left me and you said goodbye (1964) 4. But long as there are stars above you (1966) 5. She took my heart away (1974) 6. Of every head he’s had the pleasure to know (1967) 7. He was big and strong and in his eyes a flaming glow (1978) 8. I walked alone between some old adobe haciendas (1962) 9. And people are stupid (1984) 10. I was just in the middle of a dream (1986)
6 Béisbol (8) 7 Behind (in or at the rear) (6,2)
(5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS: CRYPTIC - Across 1 Reagan, 4 Locum, 8 Avast, 9 Remarks, 10 Hue, 11 Sedge, 12 Talc, 13 Minus, 15 Ruby, 17 Hair, 18 Yarra, 20 Also, 21 Cubic, 24 CIA, 25 Frisbee, 26 Cease, 27 Skint, 28 Facets. Down: 1 Reassure, 2 Award, 3 Anthem, 4 Limits, 5 Corella, 6 Mesh, 7 Greengrocer, 14 Crackers, 16 Bellini, 18 You bet, 19 Acacia, 22 Brace, 23 Efts.
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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 P) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
QUICK - Across: 1/6 Hit man, 3 Brass, 8 Earnest, 9 Loves, 10 Amass, 11 Concede, 12 Deepen, 14 Belong, 17 Austere, 19 Child, 21 Okapi, 22 Leading, 23 Due, 24 Gowns, 25 Eat.
Nonagram
27 Hinge on (6)) Down 1 Alter (6) 2 Variety of mandarin orange (7) 3 Ahead of time (5) 5 Shaft (3) 6 Humiliation (5) 7 Keen (5) 8 High temperature (5) 13 Gratuity (3) 15 Fix (3) 17 Infer (7) 18 Find out (5) 19 Discourage (5) 20 Myth (6) 22 Shinbone (5) 23 Condition (5) 25 Acquire (3)
Below are the second lines of songs that reached number two in the UK singles charts. What are the titles? (The year the song was originally released in the UK is given as a clue)
1 Sponges (for washing)
8 Quizás (7)
revealing (7) 14 Damaged by dreadful debt rate (8) 17 Made up tag line for jelly (7) 18 Body of water that could be erased (3,3) 20 Celebration in the back bar (5) 22 Manʼs hard hat outside (4) 23 Brave, we hear heʼs out in cricket (4)
SECOND STRINGS
Down: 1 Hyena, 2 Terrace, 3 Bless, 4 Attack, 5 Silence, 6 Movie, 7 Nest egg, 12 Diamond, 13 Evening, 15 Orifice, 16 Bellow, 18 Share, 19 Class, 20 Digit.
Average: 18 Good: 23
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HOW TO PLAY 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.
UK NATIONAL UK IRISH LOTTO LOTTERY THUNDERBALL
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LOTTERY Saturday June 30
Very good: 33
cent, coin, cone, corn, icon, into, iron, nice, noir, note, once, rein, rent, tern, tine, tone, torn, cento, conic, conte, crone, inert, inter, intro, nicer, niter, nitre, nitro, noter, recon, tenor, toner, tonic, trine, citron, coiner, corner, cornet, cretin, ironer, noetic, notice, orient, tonier, centric, conceit, concert, cornice, cornier, tricorn, concerti, necrotic, tricorne, INCORRECT
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Palas, 4 Dad, 6 Dog, 7 Ronda, 8 Aire, 9 Reja, 11 Twins, 12 Out, 13 Ola, 14 Desks.
TARGET:
26
28
21
29 38
42
BONUS BALL
28
39 LUCKY STARS
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Move from the start word (HAND) to the end word (FOOT) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
HAND HANK HONK HOOK HOOT FOOT
Across 1 Mollycoddle (6) 4 Squash (5) 9 Later on (9) 10 Imitate (3) 11 Garish (5) 12 Farthest (7) 14 Overtake (4) 16 Nuisance (4) 21 Authorise (7) 23 Soar upwards (5) 24 Steal from (3) 25 Pomegranate syrup (9) 26 Religious belief (5)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
HAND HIND FIND FOND FOOD FOOT
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ENGLISH - SPANISH
1. ALL RIGHT NOW (Free), 2. AND THEN HE KISSED ME (Crystals), 3. BITS AND PIECES (Dave Clark Five), 4. GOD ONLY KNOWS (Beach Boys), 5. YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET (Bachman–Turner Overdrive), 6. PENNY LANE (Beatles), 7. RASPUTIN (Boney M), 8. SPEEDY GONZALES (Pat Boone), 9. THE WAR SONG (Culture Club), 10. MANIC MONDAY (Bangles)
Across 1 Looked forward to Ted finishing the former PE college (8) 5 A request to leap around! (4) 9 Give a warning to the left prior to conclusion (7) 10 Hero-worship promotion mineral (5) 11 Take Enid out to eat (4) 12 Hold a rally in favour of an experiment (7) 15 One examining a canopy (6) 16 Riddle resolved in game (6) 19 Telly or silly thing to put your shopping in (7) 21 Bland apartment (4) 24 Oasis and Nirvana dropping Ecstasy (5) 25 Rebuild old Escort into a two-wheeled vehicle (7) 26 Quietly unwell, so take a tablet (4) 27 Forgave Dicky and Pedro (8) Down 1 Speed up different, deep exit (8) 2 Father lets out mother and himself (7) 3 Hands in screwdriver (4) 4 Affected Leeds regimentʼs senior figures (6) 6 They have pride in their families (5) 7 Stunned when American gets married (4) 8 Telling on an old country pursuit (7) 13 Story giving can be so
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Real men don’t use prostitutes HOLIDAYS in the sub-tropical climate of Spain are rarely forgotten. Preferably forgotten is the slime trail left by widespread prostitution that fouls the highways and byways of Spain. The laws that once governed public morality were fed into the Spanish parliament’s shredder. Prostitution, like incest, was removed from the statute books as being a crime. Some will claim it is none of our business if, in exchange for a little pin money or college fees, the strumpet can hold her hand out after what comes naturally. The truth is far different. Prostitution in Spain is legal and unregulated; pimping is illegal but largely tolerated. It is estimated that between 200,000 and 400,000 women work as ‘street workers.’ Taking advantage of Spanish tolerance hundreds of thousands of women and young men are shipped to Spain from South America, Eastern Europe and Russia and Africa. Often this is done under pretext of a legitimate job, perhaps in the tourist
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industry. On arrival their passports may be confiscated and they are caught in a vice of immigrant illegality and their sordid trade. For the mafias who trade in them, like the slave-dealers of old, the trade in human flesh is as lucrative as dealing in drugs. It is commonplace to see virtually naked teenagers offering themselves at the side of the roads and on roundabouts. Many are illegal immigrants and off the radar and so their criminal masters control their lives. In the Spanish border town of La Jonquera, so many street workers littered the pavements that Europe’s largest 101 room brothel was provided for their activities. Hookers are charged €70 per
PUBLIC ANGER: Prostitution should be made illegal in Spain. night. Other local authorities responded by setting up areas where prostitutes are allowed to sell their services without harassment; usually industrial estates. Throughout Spain there is
public anger at the prevalence of prostitution; urban areas are shunned or local residents turn vigilante. They often take their protests to the police and local seats of government. The
authorities respond but dealing with the problem is like nailing jelly to the wall. One police officer says: “These women, and the people who pimp them, do not pay the fines; they have no bank accounts; they have no fixed abode.” It is high time for Spanish legislators to follow examples set by Sweden, Norway and Finland, where prostitution is illegal. But, it is the client, not the prostitute, penalised by hefty fines and possible prison sentences. Prostitution is a front for money laundering, tax evasion, criminality, paedophilia, political and other forms of corruption; blackmail. It fuels exploitation, cruelty, slavery, venereal disease, drug abuse and body trading. Prostitution is not a victimless crime. It is one of the few crimes in which both parties are victims. Those who use them demean themselves, open themselves to blackmail, social ostracism, and ruin their self respect and their reputations. Is there a solution? Yes; get the message across loud and clear. Real men do not use prostitutes.
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SOLIDARITY: The Amigas de Casa ladies were joined by their Spanish counterparts Amas de Casa.
Amigas Garden Party THE Amigas de Casa, a social group for English-speaking women based in Villanueva del Trabuco, celebrated their third Garden Party recently. During the party, themed around Queen Elizabeth II’s
A best decorated hat competition was held.
Golden Jubilee, a letter from Buckingham Palace congratulating the organisation was read out. The singing group Amigas Cantar performed a medley of songs and there were prizes for games and the best decorated hat. Many craft stalls were present and the Cudeca stall raised €95. The raffle and ‘New to You’ stall raised €185, which will be donated to Aspromanis, an association based in Málaga which provides help and employment to handicapped people. To become a member please contact trudileach@yahoo.co.uk.
Plenty of stalls tempted bargain-hunters.
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Laurie brings his Blues to Spain By Benny Davis THE face of Hugh Laurie, MBE, is instantly recognisable to television audiences around the world, especially in the UK and USA. His wonderful, loveable bumbling interpretation of landed gent ‘Bertie Wooster’ alongside Stephen Fry in
BLUES MAN: Actor and musician Hugh Laurie.
‘Jeeves and Wooster’ and later comedy performances in Rowan Atkinson’s ‘Blackadder’ contrasted greatly with his new-found fame as Dr Gregory House in the American television series ‘House’, which eventually listed him as being the
most watched leading man on television and the highest paid actor ever in a TV drama, earning over €550,000 per episode. But the great man’s other love has always been music, more specifically the Blues. His first venture into the world of dots was a Blues Album, ‘Let Them Talk’, since then he has appeared in many concerts and featured on TV shows including BBC’s ‘The One Show.’ Now audiences in Spain will get the opportunity to enjoy the ‘man’s’ music R&B, pop and, naturally, when he plays to selected swing. dates at the end of this His impressive knowmonth, a rare opportunity how has helped him win for Blues enthusiasts which no less than 10 Grammys. commences on July 26 at On July 14, George the Teatro Arteria Paralel in Benson will be kickstarting Barcelona, then July 27 the Starlite Festival, Teatro Circo Price in Madrid enabling the audience to and finally at the Starlite enjoy the music of a true Festival Marbella on July live legend of jazz. 29. Although Hugh has July 16 - Roger Hodgson, the mastered many legendary voice of instruments including Supertramp guitar, drums, harmonica Roger Hodgson, will be and saxophone, he will be offering his only concert swinging away on piano scheduled in Spain as part and giving it all with his of the Starlite Festival. gravelly vocals during this The legendary voice of latest tour accompanied by Supertramp arrives at his soul mates, The Copper Starlite Festival to rock the Bottom Band. audience with his For more information and magnificent songs, now ticket purchases, visit: hymns of an entire www.hughlaurieblues.com generation. (Thanks to Heat Gold radio For more information on presenter Eric Taylor for the concerts, see this valuable snippet of www.starlitefestival.com information.)
Starlite to light up the Costa del Sol July 14 - George Benson, the live legend of Jazz
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hard for small gardens. Page 273 of our book Your Garden in Spain – From planning to planting and maintenance shows Dick dwarfed by a century plus 10 metre high and widely spreading Bougainvillaea covering an old palace. What a challenge for your villa! • Neither plant if planted in well prepared soil requires even an annual feeding as the deep roots search out sufficient nutrients.
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Most cleaners work ‘illegally.’
Cleaners to boost the employment figures MORE than 30,000 home helps are expected to swell the numbers of workers employed in the submerged economy. On June 30 the specific Social Security tier for domestic workers
ceased to exist. Those with one employer were automatically reregistered in the general category but cleaners working for several people had to re-register themselves. As anyone not complying with the new regulation automatically lost social security cover, around 36,700 workers – 12 per cent of the total – remain outside the system, according to the UGT trade union. The final figure will be closer to 30,000, the union believes, once Social Security offices finish processing the flood of re-registrations Working from home boosts productivity. that last month averaged 400 a day. Despite trade union requests, there will be no extension of the deadline for reregistering, the ministry ONLY 26 per cent of - 10.7 per cent more of Labour announced. Spanish employees than a year ago. There would, however, work from home, In theory, 40 per be “incentives” for compared with 35 cent of Spain’s 10 cleaners to work legally. per cent in Europe. million employees There are an estimated At present 16.2 could work from 700,000 domestic per cent of home, an alternative employees in Spain but companies have known in 2011 only 297,000 to employees who boost were covered by Social motivation work from home at and Security and productivity, least one day a week experts claim. approximately 400,000 worked “in the black.”
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EVICTIONS from social housing in Andalucia will be halted if occupants include the elderly, the disabled or minors. The measure is aimed at families in a “desperate” financial situation who accumulate rent arrears for justifiable reasons, according to the regional government. Where possible, the Junta will look for alternatives so that tenants in difficulties are not made homeless, said Housing and Public Works chief, Elena Cortes. At present the region’s 46,000 publiclyowned dwellings are occupied by approximately 250,000 people.
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Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games reviews By Tony Matthews • 9,566 athletes (two-thirds men) from 170 nations entered 286 events in 32 sports • South Africa competed for the first time since 1960 with two of its runners, Elana Meyer and Derartu Tulu, contesting the 10,000m which Tulu won • Following its reunification in 1990, Germany sent one team • Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania also entered for the first time since 1936 while Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia & Herzegovina made their debuts • In gymnastics, Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo won six gold medals, four on one day. Michael Phelps would equal this record in 2008.
FOOTBALL – Spain, World and double European champions, were brilliant in beating Italy 4-0 in last Sunday’s Euro 2012 final in Kiev. Vicente del Bosque’s ‘passing machine’ outplayed the Italians for long periods and won the trophy By Tony Matthews in style with exquisite goals A former football player and the from Silva, world’s most prolific author of Jordi Alba, football books (more than 100 Torres (to finish published), Tony is also the sports joint top reporter for Spectrum Radio and scorer) and lives in the Cabrera mountains. Mata. Spain’s victory was the biggest-ever in a VICTORIOUS AGAIN: The Spain team have been dubbed ‘The Untouchables’ in the UK Press. European Championship final and besides becoming the first country to reach three major international tournaments in succession, they went one better by winning them all. Boring Spain? What a load of bull!
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Euro 2012 Fact File • 76 goals were scored in 31 matches; the best by Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Sweden v France and Jordi Alba for Spain v Italy in the final • The average attendance for all Euro 2012 games was 46,480 (agg. 1,440,896). The biggest crowd - 64,640 saw the EnglandSweden game... the final was attended by
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Spain pull off second Euro 2012 cup win 63,170 • Excluding shoot-outs, only four penalties were awarded: three scored, one missed • 54 players received yellow cards while three saw red: Papastathopoulos (Greece), Szczesny (Poland gk) and Andrews (Eire) • The England-Italy encounter was seen by 400 million on TV, a Euro record • My Euro 2012 team – Casillas (Spain), Debuchy (France), Pique, Ramos and Jordi Alba (all Spain), Pirlo (Italy), Iniesta, Xavi, Alonso (all Spain); Ronaldo (Portugal), Ibrahimovic (Sweden) SOCCER EXTRA – Michel Platini wants Euro 2020 to be in one country (12 different cities) or in 12 different countries (one city per country)... Ben Foster has joined WBA from Birmingham... Brentford want a new ground by 2016 (Lionel Road, Hounslow)... GB’s 17strong Olympic soccer squad will comprise English and Welsh players
only with Bellamy, Richards and Giggs the three over-aged inclusions... and it seems as if NewCo Rangers will start 201213 in SL1. TENNIS – Wimbledon ends on Sunday and the big surprise so far was the elimination of Rafael Nadal, beaten by Lukas Rocos, ranked 100th in the world. At the time of going to print, holder Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer (after a scare) and Andy Murray were looking good. The latter’s game against Marcos Baghdatis last Saturday, ended at 11.02pm UK time, Wimbledon’s latest ever finish. CRICKET – Alastair Cook’s inform England beat Australia by 15 runs in the first of ODI and by six wickets in the second. The third game took place yesterday at Edgbaston. MOTOR SPORT – Last weekend Casey Stoner won the Assen MotoGP from Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, to join Jorge Lorenzo at the top of the rider’s championship after the Spaniard was ‘recklessly taken out’ on the first bend by Alvaro Bautista. This weekend the bikers will be riding in the German MotoGP while the F1 drivers will
DID YOU KNOW? During Wimbledon fortnight: • 250 ball boys and girls are engaged • 350 umpires operate on lines and chairs • 660 matches are played in 14 days • Around 54,250 tennis balls are used overall • And 200,000 glasses of Pimm’s go down a treat! be racing in the British GP at Silverstone. GOLF – Welshman Jamie Donaldson (36) won the Irish Open at Royal Port Rush - the first tour victory of his career. ATHLETICS – GB won 17 medals at the European Championships in Helsinki, with Mo Farrah (5,000m), Robbie Garbarz (high jump) and Rhys Williams (hurdles) claiming gold. But, oh, the men mucked it up again in the relay! And has Usain shot his ‘bolt’? The giant sprinter was beaten by Yohan Blake in both the 100m and 200m races at the Jamaican championships last weekend.