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Cadets bid farewell to Almeria host families By Susan Leach BRITISH and other English-speaking host families in Mojacar, Turre and nearby towns said farewell to their ‘sons’ and ‘daughters’ who returned to Segovia last weekend. Twenty-eight artillery cadets and their instructor Major Angel Losua spent 12 days on an intensive English course organised by Andy Mortimer and his team of teachers and assistants. EWN reader Glynn Histed and his partner Wendy Gretton, an English teacher in the programme, have been hosting for five years. They encourage other readers to get involved in the programme. Manuel Garcia, 29, from Sevilla, said he and the other cadets had been kept very busy. He said that it had been a great experience and he would definitely come back. Garcia won the award for the most improved reader. Another cadet, from Sevilla, Alberto Aznar, 23, said the host families and food had been wonderful. Every morning the cadets attended class and then partook in sports activities, before spending time at ‘home’, practising their English.
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Church nearly back in service LAS SALINAS CHURCH in Cabo de Gata is due to be restored and newly consecrated by September. This will allow the church to be reopened for Mass and tourist activities.
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SOCIAL: David Weir (with bagpipes) at the Scottish night in Alfaix. There was also Scottish night when the hosts and cadets were treated to a live bagpipe concert. Last Friday, there was an awards ceremony at Turre Community Centre. The cadets received certificates for completing the English course, a required part of their military training. The group leader said they had really improved their English. He thanked the British hosts and organisers, adding that the cadets looked forward to receiving them as guests in Segovia very soon.
There is a visit planned for the weekend of September 14. It will include a tour of the artillery academy and monuments in the historical city of Segovia. Mayor of Turre Arturo Grima thanked Mortimer and the other teachers. He said that without the host families it wouldn’t have been possible, and told the cadets: “When you want to come back, Turre is here.” If you are interested in the Segovia trip, or hosting cadets, contact: andrewmortimer7@msn.com.
HEALTHCARE users complain that Torrecardenas Hospital in Almeria has outgrown its car park. The area is also full of rocks and potholes.
Curing ham THE Almanzora rural development council approved a €272,429 subsidy to build new drying facilities for cured ham production. The project was proposed by Hijate Meat Industries in Alcontar (Almeria).
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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 cafés 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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Food prices increase GROCERY prices rose last year 3 per cent while wage restraint and salary cuts are becoming increasingly common. Almeria Province’s food prices are the second quickest to rise in Andalucia.
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CELEBRATING: Jubilant fans make some noise after the historic victory. “We had a really busy night, and the victory gave our business a real boost,” said one Mojacar 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
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.
Fruit-pickers are ferried to Lerida AFTER police intercepted two coaches in Lerida (Cataluña), they found the passengers were all African workers from Huelva. A closer check revealed that some 40 of the 100 Africans were not legal, said Lerida Mayor Angel Ros. Although both coaches belonged to an operator covering scheduled routes, they were privately hired for the journey from Huelva. Ros has now asked the central government’s sub-
delegation in Lerida to contact Huelva to find out who hired the coaches. The arrival of the workers coincided with the start of Lerida’s fruitpicking season and the end of the Huelva strawberry harvest, said the national government’s delegate, Inma Manso. Immigrant workers from Andalucia and Aragon who habitually move from one harvest to another were specifically requested not to descend on Lerida this year.
HEROIN use descends while addiction to alcohol and prescription pills rise in Almeria. The provincial addiction centre attended more than 1,300 people during 2011.
Vegas in town LAS VEGAS SANDS representatives visited several Spanish cities in search of the perfect location for casino tycoon’s next venture. Tabernas desert is one of the favourite options for a casino complex, given the area’s similarity to Las Vegas.
Internet use GUARDIA CIVIL officers teach the Almeria Parent Association for the Intellectually Disabled (ASAPROS) in Viator about dangers on the internet and how to avoid them.
Crisis class EXPERTS Juan Cano and Rafael Escuredo will teach a course on ‘The economic crisis and social model: sustaining the Welfare State’ for Almeria University.
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Six years for dealing cocaine and hash THE SUPREME COURT has sentenced a young man to six years in prison for dealing cocaine and hashish. He has been charged with crimes against public health, attacking a police officer, illegal possession of firearms and faking identity documents. He will also have to face a two-month fine of €12 per day for assault, and a six-month fine for forgery. According to evidence, the Guardia Civil
suspected drugs were being sold in a sweet shop named El Bola which he ran in Aguadulce, Roquetas de Mar. In May of 2007, two officers searched the business, when the accused man’s partner was there alone. The officers found 0.50 grams of cocaine wrapped in paper on the floor next to her, and measuring instruments, 722.98 grams of hashish and 72.83 grams of cocaine in the storeroom.
They also found more than 700 gun cartridges. Later in August, the Guardia Civil located the suspect’s residence. Once he appeared on the scene they ordered him to stop, but he tried to escape and charged one of the officers with his vehicle. When the officers arrested him and searched his home they found an unregistered gun, 470.67 grams of hashish, and forged ID documents.
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ALMERIA’S Dental Association is giving 0.7 per cent of its funds back to the community. The organisation has agreed to help the Nazareno Family Association and Almeria Autism Association, as well as Almeria’s Hope Line.
Plum tomatoes ALMERIA farmers are starting to grow more plum tomato crops and less cherry or cocktail tomato produce. According to farmer’s association ASAJA, plum tomatoes are becoming increasingly popular among consumers.
LAST week the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) association in Almeria, Colega celebrated LGBT pride day. Colega also appealed to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the appeal concerning the legality of same-sex marriage in Spain.
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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.
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TORRECARDENAS HOSPITAL in Almeria has given patients more than 3,000 informative receipts to show healthcare users how much the Junta is spending on medical care. The hospital is currently giving out receipts for four different procedures: cataract surgery, dental work, rhinoplasty and arthroscopy. The healthcare centre is also planning to extend this measure to other procedures, including Computerised Axial Tomography (CAT) scans, mammograms and every other diagnostic test. This is one of the Junta’s first steps towards an ‘Open Government’, which consists of letting citizens know exactly where their taxes are going to.
GENDER-VIOLENCE victims in Almeria will have free career-guidance and professional training. Fifteen women will participate in Programa Cualifica’s 12 Edition, a social initiative organised by the Junta de Andalucia.
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ALMERIA’S Festivity Council will hire an outside company to administrate, organise and control the fairgrounds during the ‘feria’ in August. The reasons for this are due to logistical needs.
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TOURISM COUNCILLOR Juan Alonso has presented 105 guided visits for the summer season, with visits to Cabo de Gata at night and 4x4 routes. Tourists can also listen to audio guides on their smartphone, including the most important monuments in Almeria.
EXPOTAKU 2012 was a weekend-long event organised by and for Japanese sub-culture enthusiasts in Roquetas de Mar. They took part in workshops, art exhibitions, videogame tournaments, karaoke, short films and competitions.
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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.
A DIVER was found dead after a four-hour search in Carboneras Harbour on June 30. The diver, aged 32, had been diving without oxygen tanks with another person when he disappeared.
Ex-convict AN EX-CONVICT is accused of attacking two police officers and perpetrating several robberies while on parole. He also allegedly attacked a hospital worker while trying to break into a laboratory in a hospital in Almeria.
Rescued SEVENTY-EIGHT Algerian immigrants were rescued from three open boats close to Cabo de Gata within 24 hours.
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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Well-heeled A MILLIONAIRE is suing his ex-wife over her vast ÂŁ640,000 designer shoe collection which she kept from their divorce settlement three years ago.
Almeria drivers forget safety precautions ALMERIA has the second highest road traffic child mortality rate in Andalucia. Approximately 70 per
cent of these deaths are related to negligent seatbelt use. According to Mapfre Foundation’s
Won’t breathe THE UK is facing fines if it fails to improve air quality quickly, after the European Commission refused plans to delay improvements.
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recent research, the most common traffic offence committed by drivers in Almeria is not using a seatbelt or approved childrestraint systems. More than 15,000 drivers in the province have lost three points from their licence for not using a seatbelt or proper child restraints. The second most frequent offence in the province is speeding or driving below the minimum speed limit, at 20 per cent of the night of the charity market. infractions made. According to official statistics, despite the overall decrease in offences registered stall-holder and organiser, since the points Clara Pozo, said there were system was some colourful, new and introduced in 2006, a interesting sellers this year. total of 2,320 drivers Last year the market raised have lost their 4,000â‚Ź for charity. licences in Almeria.
THE final day of the Queen’s two-day visit to Northern Ireland was marked by an historic handshake and a huge party.
FIRST NIGHT: Children’s books in English on the opening
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A NEW track from British band Muse was selected to be the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
By Susan Leach THE fourth annual summer street market near the Hotel Zimbali in Vera Playa opened on Friday June 29. Fifty-two stalls owned by
people of many different nationalities will be open from 8pm until late every night until the first week in September. It is primarily a handicraft market, and
Police search for arsonist THE police are currently searching for the culprit who set fire to chiringuito El Torero in Roquetas de Mar. The chiringuito was completely destroyed in the fire, and the flames also damaged a palm tree, a motorbike and a lamp-post. Despite the large number of people present in the area, no one was hurt during the incident, which occurred at 10.30pm last Monday. No suspects have been arrested yet, although an eyewitness claims to have seen the person responsible. The police expect to make an arrest soon.
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Youths unclear of 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.
Change in law PROUD ACHIEVEMENT: The pupils with their medals and awards.
Julie Bruce pupils on top form PUPILS of the Julie Bruce Dancing Academy travelled to Mazarron for a three-day dance competition. Girls and boys aged from five-16 and student teacher Natalie Bruce joined seven other dancing schools from all over Spain. There were 150 dancers who performed various styles of dance in front of two adjudicators who were flown over from England especially for the competition. Principal Julie Bruce was very proud of all the pupils who achieved five gold, three silver and three bronze
medals and the overall highest mark for the mixed group routine, which included all the children. There were more reasons to celebrate; at a recent examination session numerous pupils gained a fantastic 91 per cent and were praised by the examiner for their hard work and presentation. The academy is now working towards performing in summer fiestas and yet another examination session at the end of the year. For details of dance or Zumba classes contact Julie on 697 861 071.
Hotel burns during wedding reception A FIRE broke out at Hotel Terraza Carmona in Vera at around 3am last Saturday during a wedding reception. The flames forced hotel clients, workers and neighbours to evacuate the building and surrounding homes. The fire spread over 2,500 square metres, severely damaging the building as well as the furniture inside. However, no one was hurt during the blaze. None of the surrounding buildings were touched and the neighbours were able to return to their homes once the fire was brought under control.
An eyewitness reported noticing smoke in the upper floor of the building, apparently coming from a stage where a band had been playing during the wedding party. Just 45 minutes later the flames were out of control, and the building was being evacuated. Witnesses suspect that the lighting or amplification wiring had short-circuited causing it to catch alight and start the fire, although fire officers are still investigating. Weddings planned for this coming weekend have had to be cancelled.
JEWS and Muslims spoke up against the court’s ruling to consider circumcision a crime of bodily harm. They called for the criminalisation to be reversed.
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 apartment’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. This set a record for ‘the biggest distribution of a free special edition of a newspaper.’
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FESTIVAL OF SPEED: Participants raced to record their best times on the track.
2,000 motor enthusiasts brave the 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 that 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 that he had been impressed by the professional and safety conscious way Kevin Healy of Focused Events had run the track. Competitor, Stuart Robinson said that when Shanley
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One of the largest displays of cars and motorbikes ever held on the Costa Blanca. said it had been a shame some cars cancelled because of the 47 degree heat, he had told him, “You are not God.” However, Robinson said that 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 motorsport-
related 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 entertained the crowds with his wheelies. Shanley said that they now have a basic blueprint for next year’s AFS. They know what works and what doesn’t, and that hopefully the AFS II will be bigger and better than the first. He said it had been a steep learning curve, but that overall he was very pleased with the inaugural festival. He thanked all display car owners and competitors for making it a day to remember. See more than 800 photos of the AFS on Spectrum FM’s Facebook page: Spectrum FM Costa Almeria.
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Moralicos to Mojacar: A 32km overnight stroll FIFTY-SIX people, including six Britons, took part in the Los Moralicos Association’s (LMA) fourth annual fullmoon hike that began on Saturday, June 30. The youngest hiker was eight and the oldest was over 70. The 31.8-kilometre route included mountain trails and roads, footpaths and coastal paths. One trail had very recently been cleared by volunteers and the fullmoon hikers were the first to tread it. The group were accompanied by a Civil Protection vehicle with medically trained volunteers and guides. During a rest stop, the LMA addressed the crowd, telling hikers about the history of their village and their hikers’ hostel (refugio) project.
FUN: Hikers doing ‘blind walk’ activity at 10.30pm. They plan to build the refugio on the old Moralicos school site, with help from Turre Town Hall and the Junta de Andalucia. In Sopalmo, some hikers were extremely tired so the group divided into three.
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Some were taken by the Civil Protection to the finish point near the Hotel Indalo, on Mojacar Beach. Others walked a short-cut down the rambla. Twenty-two people stuck to the original route, taking the coastal
path by Macenas, as the sun rose, arriving at their final destination at about 7.30am. This year’s walk was the LMA’s longest so far. The organisers said that some hikers on last year’s walk had expressed a desire to lengthen the route. On finishing the walk last Sunday, however, they said that although it had been amazing, most people had found it very tough. Next year they would probably shorten it. They said that with a shorter route, more hikers would be able to finish, and the group wouldn’t have to split up. For more information about LMA and their refugio project, email losmoralicos@gmail.com or search for, ‘Los Moralicos Turre’ on Facebook.
Woman attempts to murder ex’s new partner THE public prosecutor has reduced the sentencing request for a woman on trial for attempted murder. The initial demand was for 10 years in prison, although recent developments have led the prosecution to lower the sentence to seven-and-a-half years on a provisional basis. However, the victim is still demanding a 10year sentence as well as compensation of more than €82,000. The accused, a 46year-old woman from Lugo, had been reportedly subjected to ‘neglect and abuse’ by her ex-husband for 10 years. According to the defence, at the time of the attack she was suffering from posttraumatic stress and depression, both of
which, added to the possibility of her exhusband taking custody of her child, may have led to ‘temporary insanity’. In addition, she testified that the intention behind the knife attack, which occurred in Almeria in 2009, was not to kill her ex’s partner, but to “scare them so they would tell the truth and not take my daughter away from me.” However, as the prosecution pointed out, one of the injuries was to the victim’s neck was considered to be life-threatening. Despite the trial being in its final stage, sentencing had to be postponed due to the defendant fainting and having to be taken to hospital. It is due to resume on July 5.
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Prescription charges won’t be a bitter pill to swallow THANKS to the Andalucia Health Service’s computerised prescription system, all users’ details are up to date. Snags encountered in other autonomous
communities when co-payment 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.
Still hope for missing Ruth and Jose 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, remains in prison on remand. Ruth, six, and her two-year-old brother, Jose, disappeared in October 2011 but could still be alive, insisted Juan Jose Primo Jurado, the national
The search continues for Ruth, 6 and Jose, 2. government’s Andalucia subdelegate. Investigators are not
disheartened, said Primo Jurado. On the contrary they are using every means possible
to solve the case and find the children, he told reporters. He nevertheless
understood the disappointment of investigators and ‘those who love the children,’ after heavy earthmoving machinery failed to produce results, the subdelegate admitted. Information from ground-penetrating radar also took time to analyse, Primo Jurado explained. The judge in charge of the case also awaits the geo-radar analyses, then it will be up to archaeologists to work at suggested points.
Co-payment is directly linked to income, and those on Spain’s lowest, noncontributory 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. Pensioners whose income tops €100,000 can expect to pay 60 per cent of prescription costs up to €60 a month. Under the old regulations, however, they were already charged 40 per cent. In the majority of autonomous regions, amounts paid out over each individual’s limit will eventually be reimbursed to their bank accounts. In Andalucia, however, once the chemist’s computer indicates the limit has been reached, a pensioner pays nothing for the rest of that month. Eighty-five per cent - 1,414,873 – of the region’s pensioners will not pay more than €8 per month, the Health Department revealed. A further 260,895 come into the second category and 4,033 – just 0.2 per cent of the total – into the third.
Crisis hits carers and cared-for suffering By Linda Hall THE regional administration owes €35 million to centres which look after the intellectually impaired. At the Mater et Magistra centre in Sevilla, 100 carers who look after 150 patients have not been paid since March and neither have suppliers. If the centre is surviving, said director Mercedes Antunez, it is entirely due to the goodwill of both staff and suppliers. “The Junta might have cash-flow problems but so do I,” lamented Antunez, who is also concerned about employees’ own difficulties with the banks. The problem is enormous but a common one for the 540 FEAPS centres for the mentally disabled, she said. Mater et Magistra and other FEAPS centres held sit-ins last week to draw attention to their problems and force the Junta to act. The centres attend to 20,000 people throughout the region and provide jobs for 8,500 employees.
Carers have not been paid since March. The Junta retains 75 per cent of a patient’s disability allowance, leaving between €80 and €135 for personal expenses, the director explained. She could not understand why the Junta had stopped paying, as funding was agreed in the yearly budget. “Where is the money? That there is nothing for
building repairs I can understand. That there is nothing for outings I can understand. But upkeep can’t be touched!” Antunez exclaimed. Asking parents to pay more to compensate for the crisis is no solution, Antunez claimed. Many are unemployed, she said, or are elderly with modest pensions.
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Junta steps in on evictions
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’
Vicious mugging of elderly resident in Mojacar By Ric Polansky LAST Monday at 6.30pm a local resident walking near the Guardia Vieja complex in Mojacar was viciously mugged, thrown to the ground, beaten and her purse stolen. As I write these few lines she is still bedridden and cannot move. Her face is quite cut up requiring stitches and her left arm totally black from the bruising. Fortunately, she was greatly helped by Jim of the Cave Bar and Kenny of Cowboy Cocina fame. The victim, frail, delicate, quiet and demure Jennifer is still not sure what happened to her nor why such a brazen act would be committed so publicly. The word ‘desperation’ comes to my mind. This truly is the first act of this type of violence in living memory. But since her incident I have heard stories of purse snatchings in Garrucha and camera thieving on the beaches. Be on your guard; routine movements need to be examined in advance for lurking predators. A strange and alien gender of personage has apparently descended upon Mojacar this summer. Jennifer is being attended by the Almeria Angels.
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 publicly-owned dwellings are occupied by
approximately 250,000 people. The department intends to be exacting regarding government-owned social housing, Cortes declared. It is essential to ensure
that the homes are put to the use they were built for and not allowed to lie empty. New regulations making the most of currently tenantless housing are imminent, she revealed.
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Homes needed for kittens A WOMAN was surprised when a stray cat she found near the high school she teaches at in Vera gave birth to nine kittens in ‘a range of colours’. Teacher Maricarmen Campoy has adopted the cat, named her ‘Chuchi’ and had her spayed. She cannot keep the kittens though, as she already has three cats as well as Chuchi. “They are gorgeous and really well-behaved. The ginger ones don’t stop purring when you stroke them.” She has found homes for some of the kittens, who are now two months old, but needs to find good homes for the remaining few. Contact Maricarmen at lua1980@hotmail.com or call her on 653 932 939 if you are interested in taking a kitten.
Retirement money lost in alleged scam
AT RISK: Foreign students being educated in Ceuta.
School jeopardised for Moroccan pupils
CEUTA’S education authorities want to 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 on-
the-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. The presence of Moroccan children in Ceuta’s schools is customary, teachers say and children cross the border to go to school.
A RETIRED businessman has pressed charges against a financial advisory firm, which allegedly promised him profits for a €50,000 humanitarian investment. After seeking legal advice and learning about this type of investment he trusted all of his retirement money to the company, signing a joint venture to build homes for single mothers in impoverished areas. The contract specified that ‘the investment will produce at least 800 per cent earnings upon a monthly basis for investing clients’. The contract also committed the company to ‘return the money deposit if the investment cannot be made or the earnings do not reach the percentage established in the agreement’. One year later, he assured that no payments have been made, and despite multiple calls and emails there has been no satisfactory response from the company. He finally decided to press charges in June due to the possible fraud for the €50,000 he invested.
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NOW OPEN: Kelly and Luke with a customer.
Sweet treats in Mojacar MANY local residents attended the opening of the M 'n' M Olde English Sweet Shop in Mojacar Playa. They were treated to cava and homemade cupcakes by owners Kelly
and Luke. Several have since made return trips. The shop is open Monday to Saturday 10am - 8pm and Sundays 11am - 4pm. old They also stock many other products.
LAST weekend around 10,000 vehicles crossed the Strait of Gibraltar as North Africans working in Europe returned home for summer holidays. As they do each year, the Spanish authorities launched the Strait Crossing Operation (OPE) which began June 15 and continues to September 15. The operation has run smoothly so far, with few hold-ups.
Alleged murderer deemed ‘childish’ THE young man currently on trial for allegedly stabbing his former girlfriend’s father, has been deemed ‘childish’, ‘immature’ and ‘very impulsive’ by doctors, but not mentally ill. The defendant has harmed himself while in custody and is experiencing ‘anxiety’ due to the
17-year-long prison term he will face if found guilty. The incident occurred in midJuly 2010 after his ex finally decided to put an end to their relationship. Believing his ex’s father was behind the break-up, he allegedly stabbed him in the neck.
Despite this initial evaluation, doctors consider the accused’s progress to be ‘very favourable’, on account of his current ‘normal’ behaviour. For this reason, and his reported willingness to admit there are rules to be followed, they have not diagnosed him with a personality disorder or mental illness.
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Crisis worry delays family plans JOB insecurity and financial uncertainty are obliging couples to delay having children. Even those who decide to go ahead and start a family do not take all the maternity and paternity leave they are entitled to. Maternity leave fell by 10 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with 2011. “This is due to unemployment, because the leave is linked to work,” said family researcher Margarita Leon. “If people feel that employers will look at them in a bad light or think twice about renewing contracts, obviously they are not going to claim their rights.”
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Cleaners to help boost 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 re-registered 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 reregistrations that last month averaged 400 a day. Despite trade union requests, there will be no extension of the deadline for re-registering, the ministry of Labour announced. There would, however, be “incentives” for cleaners to work legally. There are an estimated 700,000 domestic employees in Spain but in 2011 only 297,000 were covered by Social Security and approximately 400,000 worked ‘in the black.’
More home work required ONLY 26 per cent of Spanish employees work from home, compared with 35 per cent in Europe. This falls to 8 per cent for employees who work at home during more than a quarter of the week, found a survey for the Masfamilia foundation. At present 16.2 per cent of companies have employees who work from home at least one day a week - 10.7 per cent more than a year ago. In theory, 40 per cent of Spain’s 10 million employees could work from home, an alternative known to boost motivation and productivity, experts claim.
CHANGE: Cleaners will now be paid legally.
Deaths outstrip births in Spain 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. Foreign residents accounted for 2.4 per cent of deaths although they represent more than 12 per cent of Spain’s population.
NEW ARRIVAL: For the third year running fewer babies were born.
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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 nursingrelated 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 were 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 more than 26 million patients a year in 2008, making this the most-used health service after primary care.
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Madrid wife brutally murdered as Spain lifted Euro Cup AS a triumphant Iker Casillas flourished the European Cup, three masked men beat a notary’s wife to death in Madrid. The murder occurred on Sunday night in an upmarket urbanisation in the city’s Fuencaral-El Pardo district. The three men broke into the house, looking for valuables as the notary, his son and the son’s fiancée watched
Spain’s football team collect their awards. A domestic employee was also present at the other end of the house. The woman, aged 62, felt unwell and went to her bedroom. Her son followed soon afterwards after hearing ‘a strange noise’, said sources close to the case. Once upstairs, the 32year-old came face to face with two masked
men dressed in black. A third hit him over the head, leaving him semiconscious although with his hands covered in blood - he managed to return downstairs and warn his father. The men escaped in the meantime and after finding his wife lying in a pool of blood, the notary rang the emergency services. Owing to the gravity of her wounds and the
amount of blood she had lost, medics could do nothing to save her. The son was taken to the La Concepcion Clinic for treatment. The upstairs rooms were ransacked, according to some sources, although police did not confirm this. The family is ‘totally normal,
unassuming and hardworking’, said a neighbour. Earlier that evening before the match, the notary was seen walking the family’s golden retriever, others remembered, expressing surprise that the dog ignored the intruders. Later, the son’s girlfriend recalled seeing an unfamiliar car near the house, they said. CCTV footage of the
neighbourhood is now being examined, but although the notary’s villa has security cameras, these did not show the attackers, sources revealed. It is thought the three men entered via an adjoining house - the Ivory Coast embassy which is currently being renovated and could have been used to gain access to the notary’s home.
Gunman jailed for 19 years
GIFT: Drivers who have never lost points will gain one on their licence.
18m drivers to be given bonus point EIGHTEEN million Spanish motorists are to receive a bonus point on their driving licences. Those who have never had points deducted from their licence now have 15, a gift that comes six years after Spain’s points system was introduced. Two bonus points were previously awarded to exemplary drivers in 2009, bringing their total up to 14.
Of Spain’s 26 million drivers, 4.9 million were responsible for driving offences which cost them points. Of these, 1.4 million committed two or more offences. Anyone losing all points temporarily loses their driving licence, the fate of 142,015 people, just 0.5 per cent of drivers. A further 2,462 drivers have lost all their points on two occasions.
A 23-YEAR-OLD was convicted in Barcelona of shooting and killing his partner in August 2009. The victim was eight months’ pregnant at the time. The child she was carrying was delivered by Caesarean but died the day after the shooting. The man, then aged 20, was carrying a pistol because he had been ‘negotiating’ with some men, he told the court. They had allegedly stolen jewellery at his brother’s wedding, he claimed, and he had no idea that there was a bullet in the chamber. At the time of the shooting the couple were in the lift. He fired the gun ‘because of the noise the lift made’ when they reached the 10th floor where they lived, he said. He was sentenced to of 19 years and six months in jail.
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Supercross Brit takes on brave new route MOTORBIKE stunt rider Greg Rowbottom’s tricks and jumps were wellreceived by hundreds of spectators at the Almeria Festival of Speed. He told EWN that Spain is great place for motorbike enthusiasts and riders. Despite the recession, this positive-thinking young man is determined to make a living by doing what he loves best. Rowbottom, aged 22 moved to Spain from Blackpool when he was nine. He started riding and competing in motocross and supercross almost immediately. “It wasn’t why we came to Spain, but it was how they got me to come,” he said. He didn’t want to move, but when his parents bribed him with the promise of a motorbike, he agreed. He said that the Antas area was great for motocross training.
and other companies, gradually dried up. In 2011, Rowbottom’s Danish girlfriend Vicki Lund came to Spain. Her father has twice been the Danish motocross champion. With his help and support from the Sioeholm MC team, Rowbottom was able to spend the 2011 season in Denmark. He recalled that it was hard at first because the terrain is sandier there, but that Mr Lund had been
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POLICE arrested 150 people following an investigation of 30 fictitious companies which 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 Cataluña, paid between €300 and €500 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 ‘working’ long enough to draw unemployment pay totalling €2,667,000. 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.
VALENCIA’S Regional Government tried to buy them off with jobs, alleged relatives of victims killed in the 2006 Metro accident. Forty-three people died and 47 were injured when the speeding train derailed on July 3. Juan Cotino, then head of the Agriculture Department, later visited several of the families. On at least two visits, Cotino – now Speaker of the regional parliament – suggested jobs to close relatives of victims, it is claimed. During the meetings, Cotino always repeated the official theory that the accident was ‘inevitable and impossible to predict’. He also enquired about the circumstances of the
victims’ brothers and sisters. “He asked my two sons if they worked or studied. He said if they needed anything, we only had to let him know,” recalled a mother whose daughter died in the accident. “My elder son replied that they wanted to find work on their own merits, without outside help,” explained the woman, who asked to remain anonymous ‘to avoid problems’. “We said goodbye and closed the door behind him. We didn’t want to see him,” she said. She viewed the visit as a sop to the affected families, some of whom were initiating criminal proceedings for negligence against the
state-run FGV railway. Leonardo Pedrero, whose father died in the accident, also received a job offer, he claimed. Cotino did not visit his Torrente home, the 44year-old said, but a regional government official told his mother that he could work ‘wherever he wanted’. Cotino did meet some families in Torrente, where 21 of the victims lived, a spokesman admitted, and he was accompanied by Jose Santiago Miquel Soriano, then a local councillor and now mayor. No offers of work were made and the meetings were ‘a gesture’ towards the victims, Miquel maintained. “The Speaker demonstrated great humanity,” he added.
NEW DIRECTION: Greg Rowbottom with his parents and girlfriend. In 2006, aged 16, he joined Granada-based, Javier Remacho’s team. After two seasons he decided to go solo. “In 2008 I won just about everything going in Almeria and the surrounding areas,” said Rowbottom. However, just before the end of the
season, when he was in third place in the Andalucian championship, he had a nasty crash and had to stop riding for six months. At that time the recession hit hard, and sponsorship that had been easy to come by from Red Bull, Mundomoto, Ipone Oil
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an enormous help. He had been very well-received by the Danish team, and also by Husqvarna, who had provided him with a race bike. He has now decided to move away from racing and focus on stunts and freestyle, which he has always loved anyway.He told EWN that friends sometimes suggest he gets a proper job, and many think he is crazy to keep on trying, with the Spanish economy in such a bad state. His mum, singer, Kay Rowbottom (Frances) and dad Tony Rowbottom have always been very supportive though, he said. Rowbottom said he plans to try his very best to make a living out of stunts, freestyle, and organising winter training in Spain. He said it doesn’t matter that there’s not a lot of money around. “It’s about skills and contacts, and I’ve got both,” said Rowbottom.
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Poisonous toad warning
By Nicole Hallett A BRITISH family found out the hard way that toads in Spain can be poisonous to animals if they mouth them. Tony Samson, originally from Milton Keynes, has lived in Spain for 12 years, five of them on the mainland with his wife Carolyn, and had never heard of this danger. All this changed when their eight-year-old Jack Russell, Vino, came into contact with a toad in the garden of their home in Valtocado. “We found him outside in the garden by a toad,” said Tony. About 10 minutes later Vino vomited and five minutes later went into convulsions. Frightened and sick with worry, Tony gently picked up his limp body and took him to the bath and washed out his mouth. Tony says: “As he lay there, he shook violently and his lovely brown eyes had gone so dark and lifeless.”
Vino the Jack Russell and owners Tony and Carolyn Samson.
They took Vino to an emergency vet in Coin at around midnight where he was treated to stop the convulsions and given an anaesthetic. “Veronica, the vet, told us to prepare ourselves for the worst as this poison from toads is nearly always fatal, especially in small dogs. After 20 minutes she asked if I wanted to put him down to put him out of his agony, but I said no, that Vino is strong and we cannot take away his right to fight this,” said Tony.
They left Vino under the watchful eye of the vet who managed to stabilise him at about 2.30am and by morning he was doing better, although still weak. “She did a marvellous job but warned us Vino could show signs of strange behaviour, as the toxins can damage the brain,” said Tony, adding that Vino is now well again. Anybody who suspects their pet has mouthed a toad should take them immediately to a vet. This incident has prompted
Tony, who has worked as a marine engineer in the past, to design a special muzzle.
“Not one to stop a dog biting, but one to stop a dog eating, yet comfortable to go for walks with,” said Tony. “By nature dogs are hunters and scavengers, even though they are fed at home. A muzzle that stops this will protect them from potential killers including toads and processionary caterpillars, among others,” Tony added.
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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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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!
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£££ 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.
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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 AMERICAN author and humorist Sam Ewing said that inflation is “when you pay fifteen dollars for the tendollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.” Most of us will smile in recognition at this statement, but yet too many people do not take inflation seriously as a threat to their wealth. I should probably quote Ronald Reagan instead: “Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.” More recently, the UK protest group Save our Savers described inflation as “the kiss of death to savings.” Wealth preservation is about protecting the value of your capital in ‘real terms’ – that is, after inflation and tax. There are various threats to your wealth that you need to plan for, but often interest rate risk and inflation risk come lower down the list than they should. While cash was viewed as a no-risk investment option by many, recent years have proved this is not the case, with a prolonged period of very low interest rates as well as bank failures. If, as most British expatriates do, you still have cash savings in Sterling, the bad news is that markets now imply that the first Bank of England interest rate rise will not be until February 2017. They have now priced in a cut to 0.25%
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by the end of this year. Save our Savers calculates that over £100 billion has already been lost since the BoE base rate was cut to 0.5%, and this figure is only going to grow. Another round of quantitative easing also looks increasingly likely, and there is concern that this contributes to higher inflation. Central bank policies over recent years have been described as a ‘disaster’ for savers in general, and more so for retirees, by the over 50s group Saga. If inflation outpaces the low interest rates available on your savings accounts, wherever you live, your capital is not only not growing, but declining in value. Prices have risen throughout history. Using Sterling as an example, the pound lost 99% of its value in less than a century. In the same way, the Euro is losing purchasing
power every year. You may not worry about a 100 years’ time, but inflation can have a significant impact on your capital over your retirement years. Inflation is insidious – you may not notice the effects each year until it is too late. Remember that official figures are based on a basket of goods and your personal rate is likely to be different. Over the longer term inflation reduces the spending power of your capital. For example, an inflation rate of 4% will reduce the spending power of 100,000 (be it Pounds or Euros) to 81,537 after just five years. After 10 years it falls to 66,483 and after 20 years it will have lost 56% of its value. If your personal inflation rate is 5%, 100,000 would be worth just 35,849 in 20 years’ time. Even lower interest rates have an impact over time. 2.5% inflation reduces the spending power of 100,000 to 77,632 in 10 years and 60,269 in 20. With more and more people living longer than 20 years in retirement, many for 30 years
or more, you need to plan for this possibility. Thirty years of inflation could decimate your savings if they do not keep pace with inflation. A 4% inflation rate would wipe out over 70% of the value of 100,000, taking it down to just 29,386. It would even lose over half its value with a lower rate of 2.5%, ending up being worth 46,788. These calculations are only based on the real value after inflation. They do not take tax into equation, another thing you need to consider and plan for. A recent research paper by First Direct provided a good illustration of how a million is not what it used to be, with inflation downgrading the lifestyle it can buy you. The value of £1 million today was worth £2.6m 20 years ago. In 1992, £1 million could buy you all the following: an average house in Kensington or Chelsea, a Rolls-Royce, a seagoing luxury yacht, a holiday home in Tuscany and another in Cornwall, two high end luxury brand watches, a 3.5 carat diamond necklace and a 32-night Caribbean
cruise. A comparative £1 million basket of goods today would consist of an average house in Hounslow, an Aston Martin, a river cruiser, a house in Cornwall, two basic model luxury brand watches, a 0.45 carat diamond pendant and a 14-night Northern European cruise. It is a similar story here in Spain. To quote Save our Savers again: “Albert Einstein said that compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe. Given that inflation is its opposite, it is surely equally true to say that inflation is the most destructive force in the universe.” Speak to an experienced adviser like Blevins Franks to discuss strategies for your capital to keep pace with inflation, based on your circumstances and objectives. At the same time discuss the opportunities available to protect your income and wealth from unnecessary taxation. 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
Next Old Mutual Pearson Pennon Group
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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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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RISING COSTS: An IVA increase will push up shopping bills. rate, together with most hotel and catering services and house
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 Costa de Almería 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 oneoff, 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
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.
Ugly mutt 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.
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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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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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TAX AVOIDANCE: Keep taxes reasonable and people will pay them.
Is an error of judement 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 earn a fortune, like a Mafia leaving the Don lecturing country worse off. someone who What is needed is hasn’t paid his a simple and fair NORA JOHNSON protection system. money on his The other real Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of moral failings question here is years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. to pay up! what do people Benefit cheats get for their are indeed taxes? Eyecommitting a crime. But employed somebody to watering sums of whatever we think is a give him tax advice and taxpayers’ money have fair amount of tax, taken it. Benefit cheats, been frittered away on following the tax law to though, are stealing useless political projects, money from the disastrous the letter isn’t. social I’m not a Jimmy Carr taxpayer. Carr is still a engineering experiments fan. But is it entirely fair taxpayer – he’s just a and futile desert wars. to hold him up as some taxpayer with a good Whilst there is a moral satanic individual? He’s accountant. It’s not Carr duty to pay taxes that are not broken any laws. He who’s wrong; it’s the due, there’s also a moral complexity of the imperative on system that allows him governments that they to pay so little. don’t take more of a It’s well known that worker’s income than is taxing people a strictly necessary. reasonable percentage Successive governments earns more for the have breached that taxman than over-taxing imperative. Most people them. Remember the would agree, I’m sure, brain drain and requests that much of their money for the last British has been simply businessman to turn off wasted.Carr is far too the lights as he easy a target. Lots of emigrated? Well, it’s all ‘celebs’ allegedly engage coming back again with in tax avoidance. And if the regrowth of the black Jimmy Carr finds himself economy and tradesmen overtaxed, will he simply preferring to work for in future be known as cash. Even some MPs felt ‘Jimmy Bicycle’? Nora Johnson’s novels, a need to ‘adjust’ their expenses - are they any Soul Stealer & The De Code better than benefit Clerambault (www.nora-johnson.com) scroungers? Keep taxes reasonable available from Amazon in and people will pay them. paperback/eBook £0.77) and Hit them for half or more (€0.89; of their earnings and the iBookstore. Profits to tax avoidance gurus will Cudeca.
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A lesson in dignity Ric Polansky continues his tales of ‘coming of age’ in the village some 43 years ago. This is part two of getting into REALLY hot water.
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WAS sat down in the little room where they took all the statements and denuncias. Nobody seemed concerned about my condition. The in-house mutterings were concerned with “who was going to awake the sergeant? He’ll be furious” seemed like no big matter for the paltry circumstance. But when I peered out the small window I could see a substantial crowd had gathered and some of the women even crying. That was bothersome to me. Could I have interpreted MY ‘storm in a tea cup’ as what they might have discerned as a village revolution or insurrection? I must have been there an hour when I heard someone speak. “The sergeant is shaving and dressing and will be down in a while.” That lasted for a good hour more which gave me time to wrestle with some of the thoughts pinging around my fogged cranial cavity. I wondered if they would untie my hands before they shot me. On my tombstone it would read ‘Another damn fool American’ or even worse. But even those paltry brainwaves came and went so quickly I didn’t capture the essence of the seriousness. That concerned me. Drink must do strange things to the brain, I mused. First light hadn’t quite broken so the night was at its darkest. Much of the crowd had dwindled away except a few wives and trusty Juan. No children would witness my murder. I don’t know whether that relieved me or not. Then I clearly heard the marching of the boots down the steps and across the interior courtyard in vivid unison. Sentries bolted to attention, rifles ready and pointed. Everyone was on their guard against the demonic Mr. Me? Hell, I was frightened just to breathe. The heavy wooden door burst open and bashed against the wall behind. I cheated and took a quick deep breath as I jumped to attention. In stepped Sergeant ‘Belmonte’* cleanly shaved, boots polished and wearing lots of decorations on a crisp, smart uniform ready to go to an Easter parade. I was impressed, all that just for me! I noticed his pistol was well holstered, that brought momentary relief. He told me to sit down while he remained out of arm’s reach. He stood still and studied me closely, as if some small clue could tell him of my character or earlier cruelty meted out in life. “What in the hell happened in that bar? Were you drunk? Or just foolish? You are a man to be respected in this community. How or why did you do such a foolish act? So many saw it all happen. Look, they’re still outside wondering if you have gone loco.” I wanted to answer, say something, anything in my defence but I couldn’t get in a word, and when I tried my upmost he raised his hand for me to stop and hush in curt quick gestures. I was so ashamed of myself. I was going to cry but even my brain wouldn’t process those signals either. I stood there bruised and bleeding and dumb; damn dumb. As dumb as I had ever felt in my life. I wasn’t receiving a schoolboy reprimand but one from a fellow man to ‘another’ and that made me feel worse.
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LESSON LEARNED: Ric had to learn his lesson the hard way. “Can you give me your word?” he asked. I would have told him any words that he might have wanted to hear. I would have sung them, too. But, before my brain could translate that thought to my mouth to speak in my defence, Belmonte questioned “Can you drive home OK?” Somehow I said “Si” and he handed me my car keys. I tried desperately to swallow to hold back the emotion erupting from deep within. “Ric, you have given me your word, go straight home. Do not stop along the way.” I was outta there before he could mutter the last full sentence. Outside everyone embraced me, but I had no smiles for anyone. I wanted to be left alone and forget it all. I was trying to get away as quickly as I could, but driving was not easy that night. My vision was completely blurred and my head was hazy. My eyes would not stop crying. I couldn’t figure out why. Belmonte had shown me great dignity and honour. He had taught me so much with so few words. I crept into the house and lay down on the sofa. It seemed as if I had just shut my eyes when my wife was shaking me awake. “Ric, what did you get up to last night? There are Guardia posted on the front door, the back door, one down by the car and another on the roof!” Hmmm, (not wishing to give anything away) I had better have a word with them. Walking was done with great difficulty as every bone on my body ached. I was handed a paper to sign attesting to the fact that I had fallen down steps, they had found me and brought me home. I heaved another sigh of relief and signed on the front, back, sides, anywhere and everywhere.
Belmonte wasn’t the sergeant’s real name. He just looked like him, the great Juan Belmonte, the torero, small of stature and jaw jutting out from his face as if it were a rail on the front of a train to meet all adversaries head on. When Sergeant Belmonte retired it was announced in the paper that a ceremony would be held for him at one of the local restaurants. No one ever attended those events, just the required lot, the mayor, head dog catcher and the next two highest in the Guardia Civil. Believe me, a hush fell over the group of them when I walked in wearing a suit and tie and strode to the very front table where Belmonte sat. I gifted him a Cross gold pen, shook his hand vehemently and wished him good luck, bowed and walked out.
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North To Alaska Henry Hathaway's western is set in the frozen north and stars John Wayne and Stewart Granger as Sam McCord and George Pratt, goldminers who strike it rich in Alaska.
4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks Texas is left terrified for her life. 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm Sainsbury's London 2012 9:00pm Country House Rescue Great Fulford is a Grade I listed manor house near Exeter in Devon. 10:00pm Michael Johnson: Survival of the Fastest 11:00pm 24 Hours in A and E
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4:15pm The Lady Musketeer Gerard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Michael York, John RhysDavies. 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm World's Toughest Prison 9:00pm Marco Pierre White's Kitchen Wars Competitive cooking show with Marco Pierre White. 10:00pm The Hotel Inspector Documentary series. Alex Polizzi travels around Britain, helping out struggling hotels. 11:00pm Big Brother Catch up on the latest events inside the Big Brother house.
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Satellite channels SKY1 5:35am Airline 6:05am Don't Forget the Lyrics 7:00am Crash Test Dummies 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Stargate Atlantis 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Best of Oops TV 1:00pm Glee 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Stargate Atlantis 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Futurama 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Mount Pleasant 12:00am A League of Their Own 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Costa Del Street Crime 3:00am Martina Cole: Girls in Gangs 3:55am It's Me or the Dog USA 4:45am Emergency Animal Rescue 5:35am Airline
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‘Outnumbered’ set for fifth series and Christmas special • BBC family sitcom Outnumbered will return for a fifth series and a Christmas special, it has been confirmed. The 40-minute Xmas edition will air later this year, while filming for the next series will begin in 2013. Centred around the Brockman family, Outnumbered follows parents Pete (Hugh Dennis) and Sue (Claire Skinner) as they struggle to control their unruly children Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Ben (Daniel Roche) and Karen (Ramona Marquez). There had previously been rumours that the programme may not get a fifth series with reports claiming that the show would only return with one-off specials. Created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, the show won the National Television Award for ‘Best Comedy’ earlier this year. The most recent Christmas special of Outnumbered pulled in more than eight million viewers for BBC One on Christmas Eve. • John Barrowman, Kate Thornton, Patrick Kielty and Emma Willis have signed up as guest hosts for This Morning throughout the summer. Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford will take over the presenting duties from Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on Mondays to Thursdays, while a
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selection of rotating guests will fill in on Fridays. “Just because some of the audience go on holiday at this time of year it doesn’t mean their favourite shows should too - and if the British summer lives up to its reputation then
we’ll have more people indoors watching us than ever before!” said Holmes. Langsford added: “Summer should be a happy time and we think we’ve got the programme to make it just that.” Strictly duo Russell Grant and Flavia Cacace will be offering Latino workouts to help viewers get fit, while Big Brother host Brian Dowling will be fronting a Dream Dates segment to aid singles looking for love. Britain’s Got More Talent host
Stephen Mulhern will be showcasing hidden talents in an End of the Pier feature, while Abbey Clancy returns to the daytime show to look at summer fashion trends and more Hunks in Trunks. This Morning Summer kicks off on Monday, July 16. • BBC One Saturday night series Magicians and the Jonathan Rossfronted Penn & Teller: Fool Us have been axed. The two magic shows failed to pull in massive ratings and despite a revamp for the BBC programme’s second series earlier this year, neither will return, according to sources. A BBC rep said: “We can confirm that a third series of The Magicians will not be commissioned by the BBC.” If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or email on richard@europa-digital.com. I look forward to your comments and questions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum Radio (90.8fm), or listen online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net for the latest news and views from the world of satellite television.
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12:20am The National Lottery Friday Night Draws 12:30am White Van Man Comedy series centred around Ollie, a man with a van. 1:00am EastEnders Omnibus 3:25am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 3:30am Chatsworth 4:30am Question Time 5:30am BBC News
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12:00am The Review Show 12:50am My Summer of Love 2:15am Taken 3:40am BBC News 5:30am Pages from Ceefax News and information from the BBC's Teletext service.
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5:30am Deal or No Deal 6:25am Countdown 7:10am Sali Mali 7:15am The Hoobs 7:40am The Hoobs 8:05am Freshly Squeezed 8:35am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss Canada 11:00am Four Rooms 12:00pm You Deserve This House 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 1:35pm How to Cook Like Heston 2:00pm Hombre
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5:00pm A Touch of Frost 6:00pm Tipping Point 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Chas reveals her and Cameron's secret plans to a furious Gennie. 8:30pm Coronation Street Lloyd becomes the victim of a catastrophic sabotage. 9:00pm Grimefighters Series following the work of Britain's clean-up teams. 9:30pm Coronation Street Steve and Lloyd wreak havoc at Bessie Street School's sports day. 10:00pm Let's Get Gold Second of a three-part series hosted by Vernon Kay. 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm State of Play
4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Sainsbury's London 2012 Helen Turner, Paralympic basketball player and World Cup gold medallist, reveals her thoughts as she realises the enormity of her task ahead; the nerves are running high but her young son, friends and family keep her strong. 9:00pm Come Dine with Me 10:00pm The Million Pound Drop Live 11:35pm 8 Out of 10 Cats The concluding compilation show of the best bits from the current series.
1:55am The Store 4:00am Midway 12:05am Rude Tube 1:10am Random Acts 1:15am 4thought.tv 1:20am Wayne's World 3:00am School Disco An animated look at the mores of adolescents trying to impress on the social scene. 3:10am My Name is Earl 3:30am I Hate That Smile 3:35am The Million Pound Drop Live 5:00am Amelia and Michael 5:10am 1300 Cc 5:25am Atlantic 5:30am Deal or No Deal
Channel 5 5:50am Wildlife SOS 6:10am House Doctor 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am City of Friends 7:35am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Castle Farm 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Igam Ogam 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Extreme Fishing with Robson Green 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS
4:15pm Survival on the Mountain Fact-based drama documenting an American couple's struggle for survival after they are trapped in an avalanche in the Himalayas whilst on a hiking trip. When their guide disappears, they are left to fend for themselves in treacherous conditions. 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours Karl convinces Tash to embrace her talents regardless of what anyone else thinks. 7:00pm Home and Away Romeo confronts Ruby about her manipulation and they fight. 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm World's Craziest Police Pursuits Second of a two-part special giving a cop's-eye view of the madness and mayhem caused when bad motorists turn into fugitives trying to outrun the police. 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads Extreme truck-driving competition. 10:00pm Big Brother 11:00pm The Bachelor Reality series featuring Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews.
12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino 5:00am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world. 5:25am Wildlife SOS 5:50am Wildlife SOS
Satellite channels SKY1 5:35am Airline 6:05am Sell Me the Answer 7:00am Crash Test Dummies 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Stargate Atlantis 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Best of Oops TV 1:00pm Glee 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Stargate Atlantis 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm Parents 10:00pm Parents 10:30pm Stella 11:30pm Brand X with Russell Brand
12:45am Women in Trouble 2:25am Analyze That 4:10am Stan Helsing 5:45am Project: Alf
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:55am Secretariat 7:00am 40 Days and 40 Nights 8:40am Legendary 10:30am The Top Ten Show 2012 10:45am I Am You 12:40pm Bird on a Wire 2:35pm Black Swan 4:30pm Girl, Interrupted 6:40pm The Age of Innocence 9:00pm Black Swan 11:00pm Stay Cool
5:35am When in Rome 7:15am Head of State 9:00am 30 Minutes or Less 10:30am Crazy People 12:10pm The Dilemma 2:10pm Head of State 3:50pm Analyze That 5:30pm Footloose Special 5:50pm Little Fockers 7:30pm 30 Minutes or Less 9:00pm The Dilemma 11:00pm Little Fockers
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SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:40am Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 7:10am The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 9:05am Sanctum 11:00am The Karate Kid 1:20pm Jaws 2 3:20pm I Am Number Four 5:15pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 7:10pm The Other Guys 9:00pm The Karate Kid 11:30pm Circle of Pain 1:05am The Other Guys 2:55am Reign of Fire 4:40am Avenging Force
12:00am The Good Guys 1:00am Costa Del Street Crime 2:00am Martina Cole: Girls in Gangs LA 2:55am Road Wars 3:25am Raising Hope 3:55am Airline 4:25am Emergency Animal Rescue 5:15am It's Me or the Dog USA
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5:30am Pages from Ceefax 7:00am The Pingu Show 7:10am Pinky Dinky Doo 7:25am Timmy Time 7:35am Chuggington 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Barney's Barrier Reef 8:30am Dennis and Gnasher 8:40am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:05am Project Parent 9:30am The Slammer 10:00am Blue Peter's Big Olympic Tour 10:30am Incredible Edibles 11:00am My Genius Idea 11:30am Splatalot 11:45am Deadly 60 Bites 12:00pm Copycats 12:25pm Eliot Kid 12:40pm MOTD Kickabout 1:10pm F1 the British Grand Prix Qualifying 3:30pm The Sky at Night
4:00am Midway 6:10am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am CITV 9:25am Saturday Cookbook 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 12:20pm The Real Housewives of New York City Reality series following a group of affluent Manhattan housewives. 1:15pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:25pm Bond: 007 at 50 Casino Royale. 3:55pm Bond: 007 at 50 Diamond's are Forever.
5:30am Deal or No Deal 6:25am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am British GT 8:25am Mobil 1 The Grid 8:55am The Morning Line 9:55am T4 on the Beach 2012 11:00am Love Shaft 11:35am Revenge 12:35pm The Big Bang Theory 1:10pm Summer Daze with Blackberry 1:45pm The Simpsons 2:20pm The Paralympic Show 2:55pm Channel 4 Racing
7:25am City of Friends 7:40am Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs 7:50am Castle Farm 7:55am Abby's Flying Fairy School 8:05am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:10am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:25am Family! 8:35am Noddy in Toyland 8:50am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 9:00am Little Princess 9:20am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:30am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am The Mr Men Show 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:45am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Meerkat Manor 11:30am World's Craziest Police Pursuits 12:25pm Big Brother 1:20pm Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads 2:25pm Rio Bravo
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6:05pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather. 6:15pm ITV News and Weather 6:30pm Primeval 7:25pm You Cannot be Serious 7:55pm Totally You've Been Framed! 8:25pm Superstar Auditions 9:25pm Let's Get Gold 10:55pm ITV News and Weather 11:10pm Mad Mad World 11:50pm Take Me Out
5:05pm Deal or No Deal 6:05pm Come Dine with Me 6:40pm Come Dine with Me 7:10pm Come Dine with Me 7:40pm Come Dine with Me 8:05pm Come Dine with Me 8:35pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm River Cottage 10:00pm The Million Pound Drop Live 11:35pm Witness
5:10pm North by Northwest 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket England v Australia (One Day International). 9:00pm NCIS 10:00pm Big Brother Catch up on the latest events inside the house. 11:00pm International Boxing Tyson Fury v Vinny Maddalone.
7:10pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 7:20pm Regional News All the latest local news. 7:25pm Weather The latest weather information. 7:30pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 9:20pm The National Lottery: Secret Fortune High-tension game show. 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 11:18pm Weather 11:20pm Mrs. Brown's Boys Comedy series about a loudmouthed Irish matriarch. 11:50pm Live at the Apollo
11:55pm Shakespeare Uncovered
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CH5 5:10pm North by Northwest Classic, darkly comic Hitchcock thriller in which an adman is pursued both by spies, who mistake him for a double agent, and by the police, who think he is an assassin.
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12:55am TOTP2 1:55am Small Engine Repair 3:30am Pages from Ceefax News and information from the BBC's Teletext service. 4:40am Pages from Ceefax News and information from the BBC's Teletext service.
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BBC4 8:00pm The Blue Planet More oceanic explorations, topped off with David Attenborough's masterful narration. 9:00pm Illuminations 10:00pm Mesrine: Killer Instinct 11:45pm The Comet's Tale 12:45am The Sky at Night The world of astronomy with Patrick Moore. 1:45am Richard Wilson Learns to Drive 2:15am Illuminations The Private Lives of the Medieval Kings. 3:15am The Blue Planet David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans.
1:50am 4thought.tv 1:55am Stand Up for the Week 2:40am Comedy Lab 3:05am Lucky Escape 3:10am The Million Pound Drop Live 4:30am My Friend Michael Sniff 4:35am Night Walking 4:40am St. Elsewhere 5:30am Deal or No Deal
1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming.
Satellite channels SKY15:15am It's Me or the Dog USA 6:05am Sell Me the Answer 7:00am Guinness World Records Smashed! 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Must be the Music 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Football's Next Star 12:00pm Modern Family 1:00pm Terry Pratchett's Going Postal 3:00pm Inside Gatwick
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4:40am Avenging Force 6:30am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 7:00am The Mighty Ducks 8:45am D2: The Mighty Ducks 12:20pm Tremors 2:00pm Spider-Man
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Jamon, Jamon: More than a movie… more than a delicacy
N an effort to improve my Spanish, I have taken to renting DVDs’ that have bilingual idioms and subtitles. The 1992 Spanish film ‘Jamon Jamon’, the debut of a young Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, has been my latest venture. This award-winning film has been described as: ‘a tale of ham and passion! …a juxtaposition of emotions combining erotic desires and food… an allegory for Spain itself.’ Jamon (ham) plays a central role in the movie as hanging jamon legs (hoof included) are featured in nearly every scene. That very same likeness of hanging hams is one of the Consider This most recognisable US citizen Jack is spending the first years of his retirement in Almeria. His articles have images of Andalucía. been published in Spain and the US. Go to any tapas bar and you will likely see the ceiling obscured by dozens of these hanging hams. Similarly, while visiting SPANISH IMAGE: Go to any bar and you will find the hams hanging. Spanish friends, a jamon leg can often be seen strapped to a cradle-like multiple inland sites as both animals you is the blood and flesh of the swine.’ framework (a jamonera), usually at the were considered to have been spiritually Judaism, another of the great centre of attention all the while yielding created by pagan Gods. The pig was so monotheistic religions developing on the thin wafer like sweet ham morsels to all. valuable that during the age of Augustus Iberian Peninsula, also has similar If there is a national Spanish delicacy, ham-shaped coins were in fact, the restraints on pork. Like Islam, Jewish jamon is it. But what do know of the popular currency. The Visigoths, who religious restriction on the consumption jamon tradition? Is it anything more than followed the Romans, preserved and of pork, its flesh and blood is a taboo a movie theme, a tasty bocadillo or enhanced the delicacy mostly in that originated in the early laws of its tapas? Is there a larger story here? monasteries and convents. For the first scripture. The Hebrew Bible (the Old Consider… time, a direct connection between Testament—Leviticus and Deuteronomy When the mysterious Celts (c. 800-450 Catholicism and jamon developed. specifically) are very clear in their BC) first settled in the coastal regions of By the ninth century, Muslim depiction of pork as unclean as the pig Spain, javali, or wild boar, were among dominance on the Iberian Peninsula was does not chew its cud and is therefore the most bountiful wildlife. To the Celts, well established. Islamic opposition to considered taboo and non-kosher. domesticating these wild boar to pork is expressly forbidden in the Koran. As Inquisitional pressures began to livestock herds became an important Islamic jurisprudence specifies which mount in the 15th and 16th centuries, part of their survival. Javali and their foods are haram or unlawful and food consumption (in this case, ‘jamon’) domesticated cousins, pigs, were valued forbidden. began to be used as a way to mark and revered. Ethnographers believe that According to the Koran: ‘Forbidden to Christian identity as being different from the many existing statues of pigs and the ‘other.’ Jamon was used in the boars were used as territorial markers persecution of anyone whose allegiance to the king and Catholicism was in and ornamented tombs. The Celts doubt. Jewish and Muslim subjects were quickly learned that cured ham was a made to prove their new identity as long-lasting form of protein. They were ‘good Christians’ by the public displays of coastal people that, over time, eating pork in the public squares on developed a system of using sea-salt Fridays. The tradition of displaying and air curing to create the proper hanging hams on their doors and environmental conditions for food under their eves was a public storage. Pig farming and meat-curing proclamation that pork was a food were well established by the time of the that ‘made one Christian’. subsequent early Roman settlements. For those populations that were so Roman sculptures of boars (and deeply anchored in the prohibition of bulls) can be found in pork, the pressures to conform to jamon became enormous. Knowing this, Christians, consciously or not, assigned jamon a strong place in all that which was contrary to Judaism and Islam. For example, this ‘Christian meat’ took on symbolic meaning at the ritual of Easter. The benediction of ham allegorically represented the ‘flesh and blood’ of
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Roman sculptures of boars were made as the animal was considered to have been spiritually created by pagan Gods.
Christ that gathered only Christians together. Abundant pork preparations suggested that Christians would not initiate the dietary taboos of Jews and Muslims. The Easter jamon and its festive pig slaughters reinforced Christian identity. The chorus from an 18th Century Pyrenees’ folk song said it best: “While the Jewish law prohibits lard as heretical The same is not so in Christian lands Let us eat fresh pork. Let us eat! The more we enjoy the piglet The better Catholics we become! Additionally, within the Jewish and Islamic tradition, the openly articulated belief that ‘one’s soul is in the blood,’ required that proper butchering techniques allow animal blood to flow to the ground before being covered by earth. Blood sausages, (pork cooked its own blood) especially those developed in the Murcia area are, to this day, a culinary choice that reinforces the notion Christianity is that which directly opposes the Talmud and Koran. Like clothing and language, many of the world’s cultures readily designate ‘others’ by that which they eat. Sometimes in good humour, sometimes pejoratively; Italians are macaroni eaters, Germans are krauts, the French are frogs, Hungarians are goulashheads, the Brits are roast beef, etc. However when it comes to Spain and jamon, the cultural and religious implications contained therein run very deep. We are hard pressed to find a stronger case in which a food group has had such a historical impact. To be sure, Spanish jamon makes a wonderful bocadillo, tasty tapa and even the colourful theme of an engaging Spanish movie. With jamon however, there is a much larger story to tell.
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One coffee a week protects the heart says new study By Michel Wahba 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 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
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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1h46m Director: Ken Kwapis Starring: John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney.
CATHERINE TOSKO, a British vegetarian film maker living in Estepona, moves to Spain the year that Cataluña, an autonomous region, abolishes bullfighting, and decides to make a documentary about it, ‘The Bull and The Ban’. This is the book of the exclusive interviews, essays and photos with matadors such as Francisco Rivera Ordoñez (Death and the Sun) and Frank Evans (The Last
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There is a strong feeling of 'self' this week, and you realise that you have many things to be thankful for. These thoughts come after a period of uncertainty that saw a lack of progress.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) You know in your heart that you should take control of your future. This is a time to talk with others and consider their thoughts. At the end of the day, however, you are the one who has the final say.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) At times this week you will feel that a certain relationship is not developing along the right lines. Although it seems that your efforts are often in vain, this is a situation that requires thought and patience on your part. It is perhaps a good time to look to your business matters for a change of scene and to set your mind on a more constructive course.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You should not feel responsible for the failings of others. Although you may think you could have done more in a certain situation, it is unlikely that any significant difference would have resulted. This is a busy time but also one in which a small persistent voice will be heard: the voice of logic and practicality. Listen to it.
Just joking Wife to her husband: “Wake up. Some thieves have broken into our house. I think they are now eating the food I made last night.” Husband: “We’d better call them an ambulance then!”
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)
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Born July 6, 1980, he is a Spanish basketball player who currently plays with Los Angeles Lakers. His mother was a doctor and his father was a chief nurse who worked at the hospital in Barcelona where Pau was born. When Magic Johnson announced his HIV-positive status in 1991, Gasol, 11, decided that he wanted to be a doctor and find a cure for AIDS. He enrolled in medical school at Barcelona University but left as his basketball career advanced. He taught himself Italian and French and also speaks English.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)
PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
A long-term relationship has its wobbly moments this week, but all is not lost. Listen to your heart as it speaks louder than any other voice. You know what you need but that may conflict with what you feel you should want. In an ideal world, these two areas would be in harmony. Give a little happiness to others and your own heart will be lighter.
Your sense of balance in the universe could be upset, but do not let this sour either your thoughts or your character. You are in the eye of the storm so take this time to think. A bit of care and attention is what you need and you know where to find it.
This is not a time to drift into things because the planets are urging you to take control and forge ahead. Let others know exactly what you want and expect from them. If you do not, others will make decisions for you that could prove less desirable.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)
ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
Feel sympathy for those who lack the gift of insight. Their lack of understanding upsets you, but their horizons are narrow. This is a time of giving to yourself. Look forward to some time away or indulging in something that really relaxes you. Should you be searching for someone special, they may be closer than you know.
Someone who appears to be putting themselves in the way of your progress could simply be trying to help. They may have a valid point to make but just not be good at expressing themselves. Be aware of this because there could be a link to your health and love life.
Making firm decisions in your love life may prove difficult. Do not be rushed. This is far from a straightforward week and you need to remember how to relax. You are able to deal with what comes your way but it is upsetting to find that someone has been less than honest.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With your mind sharp and energy high, you want to make fast progress and, indeed, you can. You are only too aware of the time that has been wasted waiting for others. Now, most of that may be dealt with. See how others react when you do not. Leaving others to their own devices works better than nagging. Your lack of interest could worry them.
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When you meet opposition try to use persuasion and logic to win the day. Failing that, you may decide that ʻenough is enoughʼ and forge ahead, anyway. In this positive mood you find yourself attractive to the opposite sex. That does not mean you have a right to be pushy. Just use your charm. Combining business with pleasure could lead to trouble, so try to keep these two areas separate.
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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)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Come (4) 3 Tiendas (5) 8 Quizás (7) 9 Hacha (herramienta) (3) 10 Sobrina (5) 11 To hate (5) 12 Garlic (3) 13 Rings (on finger) (7) 14 Muñecas (juguetes)
Co d e B r e a ke r 13 Story giving can be so 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)
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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)
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. 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. 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.
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Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (CREASE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Palas, 4 Dad, 6 Dog, 7 Ronda, 8 Aire, 9 Reja, 11 Twins, 12 Out, 13 Ola, 14 Desks. Down: 1 Padrastro, 2 Lagartija, 3 Sure, 4 Dangerous, 5 Diamantes, 10 Used.
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Bullfighting waiter entertains crowds
SHOW: Waiter ‘fighting’ a toy bull on Garrucha’s seafront.
FOOTBALL fans and diners got a free roadshow outside the Califa Cafe, Garrucha on Sunday July 1. A waiter with a loudspeaker and fancy dress showed off his bullfighting moves in the road. He stopped traffic after each of the four goals scored by Spain in the Euro 2012 final, for his display, using a miniature battery-powered bull. Restaurant terraces throughout Costa de Almeria were crammed with locals and tourists watching the game on television. In Garrucha there was a fireworks’ display and cars and lorries drove up and down the seafront road waving
flags and tooting their horns. The football semi-finals and last Sunday’s final seem to have given local bars and restaurants a well-needed boost. However, several onlookers hung around nearby without buying anything.
TEENS: Local girls celebrating Spain’s 4-0 win.
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‘CAMPEONES’: Andrew Bromley-Wilson of Wickford, Essex, chanting in Spanish.
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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, Russia and Africa. Often this is done under pretext of a legitimate job, perhaps in the tourist
Mike Walsh vwww.michaelwalsh.es Mike Walsh. Based the Costa Blanca, international journalist, author and professional writer: ex-business assessment executive Guild of Master Craftsmen. European correspondent Boston Revolutionary Radio.
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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4:15pm A Soldier’s Love Story Sentimental romantic tale. A US soldier serving in Afghanistan becomes a father-figure to a lonely boy who writes to him from back home in California.
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BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Time to Remember 9:00pm Last Days of the Liners 10:00pm The Horizon Guide to Senses 11:00pm Garrow's Law Legal drama inspired by the life of pioneering barrister William Garrow. 12:00am Last Days of the Liners 1:00am Borgen 2:00am Angelic Voices - The Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral 3:30am Time to Remember 4:00am The Horizon Guide to Senses
1:25am Jackpot247 3:35am Must Love Dogs Romantic comedy. 5:10am ITV Nightscreen
12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Pokerstars The Big Game. 2:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.
12:05am Random Acts 12:10am The Killing 1:05am 2 Broke Girls 1:35am Summer Daze with Blackberry 2:05am Tribes 2:20am The Cribs 2:30am Spotlight 2:40am The Crush with KFC Krushems Presenter Will Best is joined by guest host Amy Childs for July's Crush. 3:35am Akeelah and the Bee 5:25am Deal or No Deal
Satellite channels SKY1 5:35am Airline 6:05am Sell Me the Answer 7:00am Crash Test Dummies 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Best of Oops TV 1:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E 2:00pm Dog the Bounty Hunter 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin 10:00pm Spy 10:30pm The Cafe 11:00pm The Good Guys 12:00am Cop Squad 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Costa Del Street Crime 2:55am My Pet Shame 3:55am It's Me or the Dog USA 4:45am Emergency Animal Rescue 5:35am Airline
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Oleanders and Bougainvillaeas
OTH Bougainvillaeas and Oleanders are long standing popular plants in Spanish gardens for a number of good reasons. •Both are very drought resistant once established with a deep root system. This takes about three years. •Both have a range of attractive flower colours ranging from white to yellow to orange, pink and bright red. •Both can be purchased or trained to grow as bushes, standards, hedges and trees. Bougainvillaeas can also be trained to give ground cover on the flat or on banks. •All colours of Oleander are frost resistant but unfortunately only the purple Bougainvilleas are almost frost resistant. If frost appears to have killed off all the growth of a mature Bougainvillaea plant, as happened even to mature purple flowered plants as a result of the 2005 record breaking frosts, don’t dig up the plant, and be patient. The plant may well sprout from the base and the old plant can then be pruned away. •Both green and green/yellow leafed varieties can be purchased if one hunts around. •Both plants are normally inexpensive at just €5 to €10 and additional plants can be raised from cuttings. Both plants are often propagated and
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By Clodagh and Dick Handscombe grown to a saleable size in Spanish nurseries and garden centres rather than being imported. •Both plants can be left to grow unpruned if you have space or pruned 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. •Neither plant if planted in well prepared soil requires even an annual feeding as the deep roots search out sufficient nutrients. •Neither plant experience many bug or fungal problems provided they are not over watered.
If they do experience black fly or woolly aphids treat as explained in the chapter on ecological pest control in the aforementioned book. •Both plants can be grown in containers in patios or on apartment terraces and balconies. •Both are long lived under normal coastal and inland valley conditions. On the downside unfortunately both plants have a significant leaf and flower fall so are best not planted close to pools. Also the sap of Oleanders is poisonous so do wear gloves when pruning. Happy gardening with these common but wonderful plants. (c) Clodagh and Dick Handscombe www.gardeninginspain.com
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Placing Spanish plazas By Linda Hall INSIDE Spain itself, more than 20 town, village and city squares bear the name Plaza de España. But there are even more worldwide, beginning with the Place d’EspagneSpanjeplein in central Brussels. The square is watched over by statues of
Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, in homage to the Spanish language. Rome has its Piazza di Spagna, named for the palace, which was built on the orders of the Spanish king, Fernando el Catolico in 1480. It now houses Spain’s embassy to the Vatican.
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FAMOUS: Piazza di Spagna in Rome. Still in Europe, Lisbon in Portugal has its Praça de Espanha. In Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Balkans, Mostar’s Plaza España pays homage to the 22 Spanish soldiers and an interpreter who died on active duty while stationed with the Nato mission there. In Africa, Tetuan (Morocco) and Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) each have a Plaza de España. There is another, even further afield in Agaña in Guam. This island in the Western Pacific now belongs
to the US but was a Spanish possession until it was surrendered in the SpanishAmerican War of 1898. Across the Atlantic, Miami Beach in Florida has a Plaza de España, while south of the border, Mexico has a total of five. Argentina has six squares bearing Spain’s name, but Chile has only one. So too does La Paz (Bolivia), Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Arequipa (Peru) and Montevideo (Uruguay) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
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Mojacar, Sundays 11am. The venue is located at the Red Cross roundabout opposite the pharmacy on Mojacar Playa. See www.living waterchurchmojacar.com or call 950 618 814.
• ALBOX COMMUNITY CHURCH Sundays 11am in Christian Centre. Call 950 064 402 or see www.ftk-spain.net.
• CARERS SUPPORT G R O U P M o j a c a r, 1 1 a m a t Tu r r e E va n g e l i c a l C h u r c h . Snacks, c o ffe e a n d t e a p r ov i d e d . A l m e r i a A n g e l s p r e s e n t t o g i ve h e l p a n d support. Call 950 472 822 or 677 683 385.
• ANTAS CHURCH Jauro village meet second and fourth Sunday of month in the community room by the village church at 11am, followed by coffee. 950 092 091 or www.antaschurch.com.
• ALMANZORA GROUP OF FRIENDS Albox Information Centre and L i b ra r y 10am–1pm. 636 918 942 or www.almanzoragof.org.
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• R B L A l b ox m e e t t h e f i r s t Thursday of the month for a c o ffe e m o r n i n g a t 1 0 . 3 0 a m and the third Thursday of the month for their Branch Meeting at 11am, both at La Parrilla Restaurant. Call 630 562 618.
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•FUN DOG SHOW on July 7, 11am-3pm at Casa Lorenza, Las Minas near Santa Maria de nieva Huercal-Overa. Call The Dog House on 655215486.
Sunday • ALBOX RUGBY CLUB training at 11am. Theresa 634 826 828.
• R B L Zurgena and District meet the first Thursday of the month at 11am at Latinos Bar in La Alfoquia. Call 690 958 844 or email: aligard57@ hotmail.com.
• SOCIAL RUNNING Hash House Harriers: Second and fourth Sunday of month. Call 627 225 223 or 686 408 834.
• ROYAL ACADEMY OF D A N C E B A L L E T Vera: Call 950 453 681.
• TURRE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, near the top of Avenida de Almeria,
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• RBL Mojacar meets at 11.30am on the first and third T h u r s d ay o f e a c h m o n t h a t the Artisan Centre situated at the base of the pueblo. Call 950 473 025.
• NEW VICTORY CHURCH Sundays 11am at Avda Guillermo Reynar, Huercal Overa.
• REGENCY POOL LEAGUE Albox – three-man teams – Call 968 006 149. • DAMES IN SPAIN, Mojacar meet third Monday of month at the New Kimrick, 11am. Members and guests welcome. Call the chairman 950 472 225.
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• ALMANZORA GROUP OF FRIENDS: Information Centre and Library in Albox from 10am to 1pm. Call 636 918 942 or visit the website www.almanzoragof.org.
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on Sundays at 10.30am - 950 617 549 or www.turrechurch.com. On Fridays there is a Mums and Toddlers group 10am-12pm. 950 452 885/950 956 171. • CHURCH OF ENGLAND: Mojacar Eucharist Sunday 11am; Albox Evensong second Sunday in month 6pm; Roquetas Eucharist third Thursday in month 11.30am. Priest 950 478 432; Warden 950 478 066; www.mojacarchurch.org .
first Tuesday of the month at 3pm at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio. Call 950 333 243.
Wednesday • SEWING CIRCLE at Turre Evangelical Church, 10.30am–1pm. All welcome. Call 667 702 774. • ALBOX FISHING CLUB meet fortnightly at The Bar Wassy. Call Squidly Sid 634 313 650. • MOJACAR BRIDGE CLUB: Call 950 437 100. • LIVING ALONE IN SPAIN? We are a 60+ group of friends who meet for lunch every Wednesday in the Mojacar area. Call 667 303 788.
Others •ARTISAN NIGHT MARKET in Vera Playa in front of the Zimbali Hotel open every night from 8pm until the first week of September. •BOOK FAIR Friday and Saturday evenings in front of ELC in Vera. • APSA Animal Charity in Almanzora Valley needs dog beds, bedding and blankets. www. apsa.org.es or please call: 663 762 642. • BOAT MODEL BUILDING GROUP in Los Alcazares: Call 968 170 870 or email davidlees66@hotmail.com. •ROSE SINGERS, Mojacar,
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CARING PROFESSIONALS: Elena and Angel can advise you in English. pets should not be carried out by just anybody. You can rest assured that with more than seven years experience in the field, Elena and Angel know exactly what they are doing. Vaccinations, X-Rays, micro-chip ID implants, minor or major operations, dog and cat grooming by ex-dog show judge, Maria, and a whole array of pet food and accessories are on offer. Take your pets for regular, affordable checkups, too, and you’ll ensure they stay healthy all year round.
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www.euroweeklynews.com TWO tennis tournaments took place last June at the Indalo Tennis and Padel club in Vera. Twenty players of different nationalities, (mostly British), took part in the first, a round robin tournament, on June 3. After a fun, intense morning of tennis, prizes were awarded and players then retired to the bar for beer and tapas on the house. Two weeks later, on Saturday June 16, the fifth children’s tournament of the first ‘Circuito Almanzora – Levante’ was held at the club. The young players competed on Indalo Tennis and Padel’s clay courts, unique in the Almeria area. They learned new skills, improved their game and made new friends. Professional tennis coach Daniel Lescano said the children demonstrated a surprisingly high level of skill and ability,
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Indalo Tennis report: June 2012 and that they really made the most of the club’s facilities. The club will remain open all summer, providing several programmes for both residents and tourists to learn and practise tennis and padel. Affordable group and private classes are available for all levels and ages, and friendly games are always being organised. Padel is not as physically demanding as tennis and is a great way to stay in shape yearround and make new friends by playing doubles. The clubhouse bar accepts members and non-members alike. Its pleasant terrace area, relaxed atmosphere and
club has seven padel and seven tennis courts (including four clay courts). Couples and families are encouraged to learn together, and charming countryside accommodation is available for rent on a weekly basis. Driving from Garrucha towards Vera turn left towards the Lidl supermarket, then left again and follow the ‘Tenis y Padel Indalo’ signs.
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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 • Fu Mingxia (aged 13 from China) won the men’s high diving event • USA ‘Dream Team’ of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Co easily won gold in basketball and American lass Jennifer Capriati (16) won a tennis gold medal.
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’ By Tony Matthews outplayed the Italians for long A former football player and the periods and world’s most prolific author of won the trophy football books (more than 100 in style with published), Tony is also the sports exquisite goals reporter for Spectrum Radio and from Silva, Jordi lives in the Cabrera mountains. Alba, Torres (to finish joint top scorer) and Mata. Spain’s victory was the biggestever in a European Championship VICTORIOUS AGAIN: The Spain team have been dubbed ‘The Untouchables’ in the UK Press. 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 loan 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 England-Sweden game... the final was attended by 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)
Spain pull off second European cup win • 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)
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 2012-13 in SL1.
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
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
3RD GOAL: Fernando Torres scores for Spain.
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! 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 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.
Atlanta, USA, 1996 • 10,320 athletes (6,797 men) from 197 countries entered 271 events in 26 sports • USA won most medals (101, 44 gold); Germany gained 65, Russia 63, China 50 • Russia’s Lilia Podkopayeva became the first gymnast since Nadia Comaneci in 1976 to win an individual gold and come first in her disciplines; America won its first
gymnastics gold medal via Shannon Miller while Spain’s first-ever gymnastics gold came in the women’s rhythmic group • Amy Van Dyken became the first American female swimmer to win four golds in the pool; Penny Heyns (South Africa) won gold in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke events and Ireland’s Michelle Smith collected three golds
and a bronze. She remains her nation’s most decorated Olympian • In track and field, Canadian Donovan Bailey won the men’s 100m in a world record time of 9.84 secs. He also anchored his team to win gold in the 4x100m relay • Michael Johnson took gold in both the 200m and 400m, setting a new world record of 19.32 secs in the former.
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Boxers Golf Society BOXERS GOLF SOCIETY turned out in force at Alboran on June 29 to compete in the fortnightly Stapleford competition. The course is in really good condition and everyone enjoyed an excellent day’s golf. The best score of the day was Steve Gilmore on 37pts making him the Division one and overall winner. Runner up was Ray Dixon on 36pts, beating Dave France also on 36pts on count back. Division two was won by Pete Stooks on 34pts from Richard Measures on 33pts and Eddie Vaughan third on 31pts. John Kinch won the third division with 30 pts. Eric Bence took second place on count back from Pam Partridge, both carding 29 pts. Nearest the Pins. 2nd Arthur Davies, 12th John Kinch, 15th Paul Holly. Dates for the Diary: Hacienda del Alamo on the July 10. Terry’s ‘Trouble and Strife’ competition at Desert Springs on July 15. Boxers Golf Society meet each Saturday at the Why Not bar in Albox for information and competition bookings. Guests are always made welcome.
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Indalo Bowling 2012 Bull Pairs Competition
Finalists: David and Sandra.
TWENTY-EIGHT teams entered this ever popular competition which is played in the 2-4-2 format. Reaching the semi-finals were the pairings of Don Kitchen & Keith Harvey against Dennis Leigh & Gerard Donck plus David Sewell & Sandra Kyle against John & Chris Dedman. Both semi-finals were close, Dennis & Gerard winning on an extra end against Don & Keith and David & Sandra winning by a score of 17-13 against John & Chris. In the final after a slow start Dennis & Gerard put together a winning streak of ends to lead 14-6 after 13 ends, and eventually ran out worthy winners by a score of 16-12.
Winners: Dennis and Gerard.
Marina Members Golf Club the latest scores and more MONDAY June 25 was a qualifying stableford for the members and Loraine Roberts excelled again in the Ladies Division, winning with 40 points – Margaret Budd took second
with 36 and Nuala Hurn third with 34. The Gentlemens Division saw a four way tie for first place with all scoring 36 points and the result was decided on lower
handicap taking priority. First, was Brian Mayhew (36), second Frank Varey (36) and third Geoff Owen (36). Gross two prizes went to Margaret Budd, 5th and Andrew Markham 14th. Thursday’s competition was a four ball Texas Scramble with 10 per cent of combined handicap. 1st Gordon Ross, Mark Cunnell, Greta Hahn and Wolfram Hahn 60.8 2nd Colin King, Steve on the 12th hole. Alan Lyons, Nuala Hurn and Bryan was nearest the Val Ross 60.9 pin in two shots on the 3rd Brian Mayhew, 8th hole. Geoff Owen, Margaret COSTA COCHES Budd and Ali Mammud ORDER OF MERIT is 62.3 hotting up with only six Nearest the pin months gone, and in 1st winners were Margaret place Patrick Vickery Budd, 17th and Sandra 399pts, 2nd place Mark Edwards 14th. Newall 396pts, 3rd place Phil Miles 392pts and Visitors can join the with a few players within members every 10 pts of the leader there Thursday for €32, is everything to be including green fee, in a played for in the coming mixed team event. Ring months ENJOY YOUR Jim Budd on 950 162 GOLF AT VALLE DEL 727 or 600 353 670. ESTE.
Valle Del Este Golf Society hot results THIS week it was hot and so was the scoring at golf. Tuesday a team event with the best three scores from four, the winning team with a high score of 124 pts For more local sports for this area visit
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was made up of Martin de Bruin, Byran Brown, Alan Bryan & Ray McHale. Always in the limelight Ray. Friday and the main comp of the week a stableford again with good scores been recorded. 1st Mark Newall 39pts (now with a new hcap of 6), also with a good score in 2nd place Bob Mearing 37pts and in 3rd place with a score of 35pts, Drew Simmons, who also claimed nearest the pin
Aguilon Golf WEDNESDAY June 6 - Monthly Medal A three way tie with countback required to determine the placings 1st Glyn Ombler 79-9=70 2nd John Bridgen 77-7=70 3rd Jim Barclay 88-18=70
Forum Golf Society F O R U M G O L F SOCIETY’S first full visit to the new Lorca Golf Resort for an individual stableford competition coincided with the hottest day of the year to date, with temperatures reaching 43 degrees Centigrade, which led to all but a very (fool)hardy few opting for buggies instead of walking. The sizzling heat was matched by another red hot performance from Terry Moore, who scored an excellent 38 points playing off just 6, and was rewarded with his first victory of the year after five previous top three finishes. Dave Sharp (36 points) was second, Geoff Hebb (35 points) third, Paul Douglas (34 points) fourth & Fran Elam (33 points) fifth, with nearest the pin prizes going to Geoff Hebb, Terry Moore, Malcolm Fenwick & Martin Sharp. With 14 of the 21 Qualifying competitions now played, Forum’s team for our annual two day ‘Ryder Cup’ competition against Marina Members in November is now starting to take shape, and Terry Moore’s fine recent run of results has seen a change at the top of the leader board for the first time since January. With only the top 10 players guaranteed a place in the Forum team, the top positions are now as follows: 1. Terry Moore 115pts 2. Phil Elam 113pts 3. Dave Sharp 95pts 4. Frank Varey 93pts 5. Derek Manning 80pts 5. Geoff Hebb 80pts July 6 - Summer Singles Matchplay Quarterfinals at Marina; July 13 Double Par Medal at Marina; July 20 Doubles League Third Round (Two Man Scramble) at Marina. For further information, contact Phil Elam on 666 847 840 / philjelam@yahoo.co.uk, or www.forumgolf society.webs.com