Costa de Almería 19 – 25 July 2012 Issue 1411

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Almeria Port misses out on €2.7 million PHOTO

ALMERIA PORT has finally been ruled out of this year’s Extreme Sailing Series circuit.

The sporting event has traditionally been one of Almeria’s best tourist attractions, bringing some 15,000 visitors to the city each year it was held, according to Junta de Andalucia Councillor Maria Isabel Requena.

In addition, the advertising campaign has reached 200 million people from 120 countries all over the world. Requena blames the situation on the town hall and Almeria Provincial Government for failing to support the event as they had previously promised.

Requena claims both government bodies have been trying to postpone financial negotiations for the sporting event, but have left it so long now that there ‘is not enough time to organise’ it.

The event, which has traditionally taken place during the weekend of October 12, has cost the Andalucian government up to €600,000 per

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EXTREME SAILING SERIES: Almeria hosted the event last year. series. However, this year Provincial Government President Gabriel Amat and Mayor of Almeria Luis RodriguezComendador have been ‘absolutely irresponsible’, Requena said, despite several meetings in which they had spoken of committing to work towards organising and funding the event. Requena estimated that the city could have earned approximately €2.7 million by hosting the Extreme

Sailing Series, due to the rise in business restaurants and hotels would have seen during that weekend.

She also challenged Provincial Government Vice President Javier Garcia to ‘find another excuse to explain to Almeria’s tourist and sportsrelated businesses why they haven’t supported this important event’ instead of blaming it on the ‘lack of councillors’.

A 26-YEAR-OLD Moroccan stowaway was pulled out of the sea after he jumped off the ‘Outlander’ ferry travelling from Nador (Morocco) as it entered Almeria Port. He is due to be repatriated.

Suspicious death THE body of a 69year-old Spanish man, who lived alone, was found at his house in La Gangosa, Vicar.

There were signs of violence and initial investigations point to burglary.

Stabbing verdict A 22-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to four years for stabbing and killing his ex-girlfriend’s father in Almeria. He must also pay more than €144,000 in compensation to the family.

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A JELLYFISH weighing more than 15 kilos was fished out of the sea in Garrucha.

Crowds came running to see the massive creature that was thought to be a species originating in Portugal.

A man came across the jellyfish last Thursday while swimming and managed to guide it to the shore using a child’s fishing net.

When the man moved it up onto the beach with the help of lifeguards, it split into three large pieces and several smaller ones.

Using a shovel, they disposed of it in a

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Stabbed in head A FIGHT between two Northwest Africans in Vicar ended with a 46year-old man in hospital with a stab wound to his head.

Officers are searching for the other man.

Concerts EL EJIDO has a series of concerts organised for the summer by local, national and international artists from various genres.

Padel play MASSIVE CREATURE: The jellyfish split into three peices after it was caught. wheelie bin.

A lifeguard said that it wasn’t the first time a huge jellyfish had been

found in Garrucha but that it wasn’t very common.

He said that it was a dangerous creature that had to be disposed of.

However, he said that as it was so big it was easily spotted and nobody was stung.

Onlookers praised the man and the lifeguard for their quick response.

The week before there had been a tide of small jellyfish and children’s swimming classes had been cancelled for a day.

As well as coloured flags indicating how

rough the sea is, lifeguards also sometimes fly white jellyfish flags to warn swimmers.

Another lifeguard said that smaller jellyfishes were more dangerous than giant ones.

He said small ones can be difficult to see and therefore swimmers are more likely to bump into them. “I don’t feel like swimming anymore today,” said one Garrucha woman. “Poor thing,” said one child.

“Too bad we can’t cook it up,” joked a group of friends.

Man electrocuted A 20-YEAR-OLD man died after being electrocuted while working with a cement mixer at his property under construction in the Villegas neighbourhood of Las Norias, El Ejido.

BETWEEN next Friday and Sunday the second Summer Padel Tournament will be held at the Mojacar municipal court. On July 30 the La MenaMacenas walking route will take place.

Palmanem IN the three months since the Red Palm Weevil was detected in Almerimar, 6,461 palm trees have been treated with a biological treatment called ‘Palmanem’ in a bid to save them.

Cable theft FIVE people were arrested in Almeria after they were allegedly caught stealing 70 kilos of copper cable from street lighting in local streets.

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TWO Albox residents were arrested after they were allegedly caught burgling a property in the Cañada del Herrero neighbourhood in Zurgena thanks to a call to the Guardia Civil.

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Almeria big exporter of goat’s milk ALMERIA province’s primary sector activities have grown in the first months of 2012, reaching up to 4.3 per cent of Spain’s total milk exports.

According to the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute, goat milk exports have risen in the past months, making Almeria the fourth largest goat milk exporter in the country. Despite a descent in overall production, with 500,000 litres less than

in 2010, the product quality has improved. According to the Junta’s Agriculture council, its market value has also grown, because goat milk production grossed € 23.3 million last year.

The exported milk has all gone to dairy producers in France, where it is highly valued for cheese processing. This year the province has earned more than €2.6 million; 12.6 per cent more than before.

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Financially, processed dairy is not very important in the area despite a 38 per cent growth in the Andorra market.

However, the Andalucian government considered these improvements to be a sign of “Almeria’s efforts to branch out and improve its products as well as search for new markets”. The Junta has also supported the growing cheese factories and goat milk production.

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Search on for missing man GUARDIA CIVIL are searching for a man, 42, with bipolar disorder who disappeared last week.

Antonio Salvador Martinez’s clothes and shoes were discovered 3km from Vega de Abrucena, were he was last seen. He requires urgent medication.

More parking A STUDY into creating more blue parking areas in El Ejido’s town centre and near commercial areas has been proposed by the spokesman for the Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) party, Francisco Fernandez.

Plant growth AROUND 2,200 students from various schools in Almeria and Murcia participated in a course on cultivating native plants. The 39 activities were organised by the Cajamar Foundation.

FASHION FLAIR: Victorio y Lucchino designs are feeling the pinch, but Mango (inset) are flying the flag.

More to fashion than glamour

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HE world of fashion may be glamorous, but there is more to it than colour fads and designs.

While Zara, Mango and Bershka continue to keep the Spanish flag flying high in the global fashion world, some national firms are facing increasing pressures in the difficult economic times.

The Sevilla-based Victorio y Lucchino fashion house has now been forced to announce staff cutbacks though it says it has a ‘solvent viability plan which guarantees the continuity of the firm’.

However, it has refused to comment on bank-

ruptcy proceedings it is involved in through creditors.

Created by Jose Víctor Rodriguez Caro and Jose Luis Medina del Corral in the 70s, V&L’s two male founders married in 2007. Over the years they have designed dresses for royalty and celebrities, with singer Whitney Houston wearing one of their designs in The Bodyguard.

In recent times Adolfo Dominguez was also forced to close almost 50 stores and was absent from Madrid Fashion Week, while designer Amaya Arzuaga closed her factories in Burgos because ‘producing fashion in Spain is too expensive’.

Stolen goods A 45-YEAR-OLD man was arrested for allegedly receiving stolen goods. These goods were reportedly found at a farm in Cerro Los Lobos in Vicar. The investigation remains open and further arrests not ruled out.

A MAN was sentenced to 31 days of community service in Almeria for the physical abuse of his eight-year-old son.

The Moroccan man, aged 53, was just sentenced for a crime which took place in November 2009 after his son, aged eight, came home past his curfew.

The father admitted to beating his son with a belt, leaving injuries which took 15 days to heal, according to a medical report presented to the court. The judge heeded the public prosecutor’s request of 31 days of community service and a restraining order of 100 metres for one year.

No-one is going to get lost in the Olympic Village’

Jose Javier Hombrados, Spanish handball player, after seeing the clothes, designed by Bosco, which will be worn by the Spanish Olympic team at London 2012.

MANY towns in the Almeria Province will be visited by the blood collection service this month in a bid to maintain the 60 donations a day required to keep the blood bank self-sufficient.

Gang busted NINE people have been arrested on burglary, drug and possession of firearm charges, believed members of a gang that carried out burglaries in the Los Velez area. Three others were charged with receiving stolen goods.

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IN the first four months of the year, 11.4 million kilos of frozen vegetables worth €12.4 million have been exported internationally from Almeria. This is a 100 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.

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Adding niches THE first part of the works to add 188 niches in El Ejido’s municipal cemetery has been approved and will take three months at a cost of €213,000, financed 75 per cent by the town hall and 25 per cent by the provincial government.

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THERE has been a 13.1 per cent decrease in organic and recycled rubbish generated in Almeria City in the first six months of the year from 45,719 tonnes in the same period last year to 39,716 tonnes.

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in Spain neither 450,000 youths work nor study, according

to the president of the Spanish Economic and Social Council, Marcos Peña, who said that this is one of the matters which most worries the European Union.

No go area LOCAL POLICE have cordoned off the Rambla de San Antonio area in Aguadulce in a bid to stop damage and rubbish left by people at the botellon.

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GUARDIA CIVIL seized a nine-month-old lioness which was found on an urbanisation in Badajoz.

The owner of the property, who bought the feline for €2,500, initially claimed that he had bred the lioness himself. He has been charged with violating smuggling laws.

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Beaches guide via mobile THIS year’s guide to the accessible beaches in Almeria can now be consulted on mobile phones as well as in the traditional format.

FAAM (Almeria’s Federation of Associations for People with Disabilities) and the regional government have worked together in cooperation with the 12 town halls in the area to issue the fifth edition of Almeria’s guide to accessible beaches.

This year’s edition can be downloaded onto mobile phones in Spanish and English.

Six suspects detained for spate of bike thefts

HAUL: Bicycles and motorbikes recovered by the Guardia Civil.

SIX people have been arrested for allegedly stealing 30 bicycles in Almeria Province.

The Guardia Civil had been investigating a series of robberies from storerooms located in private garages.

Within nine days the police had arrested six suspects and recovered two motorbikes and 27 bicycles which were stolen from Almeria City and Vicar.

Three of the individuals, aged between 16 and 21, were arrested in Roquetas del Mar charged with forced entry and robbery. The other two, aged 39 and 30, were arrested in Vicar for allegedly receiving stolen goods.

700 kilos of tar spilled on Almeria coastline A TAR spill at sea reached the coastline between Cabo de Gata and Almeria.

Approximately 700 kilos of tar contaminated the sea and beaches along Almeria’s coast.

A boat in the area noticed the spillage

and alerted the authorities, after which the town hall activated a special clearup operation. The city’s cleaning company Urbaser sent two sand cleaning machines to remove the tar from the beaches, while another four

workers removed the rest from the seashore and water by hand.

Almeria Town Hall’s Maintenance Councillor Manuel Guzman assured that more no more pollution had been seen since the incident.

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Stories making headlines from the United Kingdom

Wise squirrel A GREY squirrel jumped into a paint pot in Cullompton, Devon.

The rodent may have camouflaged itself in order to avoid being culled, as its species is said to carry squirrel pox that could potentially kill its red counterpart.

Pizza pigeon FIRE crews in England closed off a road and mounted an 11-man rescue operation in Bournemouth, Dorset, to come to the aid of a pigeon trapped above a local pizza restaurant.

Book rage A MAN, 31, was charged with common assault after being appalled to discover that his partner of five years refused to stop reading the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey.

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Two shot in daylight A YOUNG man and a woman were victims of a shooting that took place in the early afternoon on Calle Manuel AzaĂąa in Almeria.

The woman, aged 42, and man, aged 20, presumably mother and son, sustained superficial wounds after they were targeted by a shooter in a white van at 1.45pm.

An off-duty Guardia Civil officer, who witnessed the incident, was among the first to tend to the victims.

He immediately alerted the National Police.

Ambulances rushed the victims to Torrecardenas Hospital, where they continue to receive medical attention while police examined the scene.

Later that afternoon, police located the male suspect along with the white van in the town of Huercal.

Though Police continue their investigation of the suspect’s motives, one theory is the shooting could be related to a custody battle over a minor.

Inmates to fight addiction

Residents can choose from lists of buildings, traditions or customs.

The Seven Wonders of your Almeria town ALMERIA town halls are inviting residents to vote from now until August for the seven wonders of their towns.

Residents may choose from lists of monuments, traditions and customs at their town halls.

Wonders not on the lists can also be nominated.

Quality of life in general, the town hall itself, the Playazo Beach, the bullring and the annual fiestas are just some of the things on Vera’s list.

Residents can vote until August 16 in Vera at the Casa de Cultura, the Convento Victoria and the tourist information office.

In

Turre, voters can vote up until August 30 at Guadalinfo, the town hall or the library. Options include the Algarrobo cave, the long bridge over Rio Aguas, the cintas jousting at the annual fiestas, Los Moralicos village and much more.

Is your town participating?

What would you nominate?

EL ACEBUCHE prison recently opened a therapeutic unit to help inmates overcome drug-related problems.

The head of the penitentiary centre, Miguel Angel de la Cruz, pointed out that the project “is a need we have had for many years� to promote sobriety and social reinsertion for inmates with drug addictions.

Fifty interns will voluntarily participate in the programme which was set in motion by both prison workers and prisoners to help other inmates that want to be reintegrated into society.

The project has also received support from the Provincial Drug Addiction Service, Noesso Association and regional government bodies.

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Stories making headlines from Germany

Motorway mop-up POLICE arrived at a crash in Western Germany to find the autobahn drenched in a salad dressing-style spill after a truck loaded with mustard and vinegar skidded and crashed into a tunnel.

Ape escape TIRED: Canoeing students with their certificates on Garrucha Beach.

Canoeing and swimming a hit TWENTY-NINE children aged seven to 12 completed a 10-hour canoeing course over five days in Garrucha.

More than 20 more did a swimming course. The course was also supposed to be 10 hours long, but one class had to be cancelled due to a plague of jellyfish.

Last Friday the children were awarded certificates and medals by their instructors and town hall representatives.

Both courses were subsidised

by Garrucha, meaning parents only had to pay a small percentage of the actual cost.

Canoeing instructors Eduardo Bueso and Juan Jose Girona said that the Garrucha children had been excellent pupils.

They praised their endurance and obedience.

Some pupils told the EWN they had enjoyed the canoeing course a

lot, although it had been quite tiring.

Miguel Angel who helps coordinate Garrucha’s sports activities said they had been running the course for five years.

He said he hoped it would be on again next summer. Bueso, who lived in London for a year and speaks English, and Girona were off to start a canoeing course in Almeria city the following day.

Garrucha’s sports councillor Lita Paredes said that they were planning to run another swimming course later this summer.

The children said their swimming instructors Damian and Jose Luis had been really nice, were good teachers and that the classes had been great fun.

FIVE chimpanzees broke out from their enclosure at Hanover’s Experience Zoo in Germany, injuring a five-year-old girl and sparking a temporary evacuation of 2,500 visitors, a zoo spokeswoman said.

Mum sued A GERMAN court made a woman pay her daughter €600 in damages after she put photos of her daughter in a bikini on Facebook complete with mocking comments underneath.

Aquatic duo SWIMMING sweethearts Britta Steffen and Paul Biedermann could return from the London Olympics as Germany’s golden couple, but only if they can turn around previous poor performances in the pool.

Sniffing fight THE 18th Snuff World Championships took place in Germany with participants fighting to sniff the most of the finely ground tobacco leaves up directly off their fingers or through special devices.

Dolphins out

The canoeing course lasted for 10 hours.

THREE German dolphins are looking for a new home after zoo officials in Münster said they were closing the dolphinarium because they did not have enough money to upgrade it.

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SCANDINAVIAN PRESS Stories making headlines in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Appeal for lost teddy SWEDEN - Police in Stockholm have launched an appeal to find a missing teddy bear. A picture of the missing bear appeared on Facebook after a little girl lost it on the Swedish island of Kungsholmen.

Mother who killed baby remembers ‘nothing’ A WOMAN accused of killing her newborn baby in El Ejido stated before the Almeria court that she remembers ‘nothing’ from that day.

While the public prosecutor is

pushing for 20 years in prison for aggravated murder, the defence pleaded for nothing more than involuntary manslaughter, arguing the Moroccan woman suffered from

Tigers kill man DENMARK - A young man who was not employed by the Copenhagen Zoo, was found dead in the tiger enclosure by zoo keepers as they arrived for work.

It is said that the man entered the cage himself.

Sausage stir SWEDEN - A street vendor’s advertisement featuring the full, red lips of a woman wrapped around a thick sausage has caused a stir in a Southern Swedish town, leaving gender experts outraged.

SNAPPED: Camels on Mojacar Beach.

Facebook holiday contest

MOJACAR town hall is holding an online photography competition for tourists. To take part, holidaymakers must first, ‘like,’ the Facebook page,

‘Turismo de Mojacar.’

Photos can be of any aspect of the entrants’ holidays in Mojacar.

Other Facebook members can then vote for their

Not popular NORWAY - Bergen on the west coast of Norway has been rated

by CNN as one of the top 10 most underrated cities in the world.

Bergen is one of several places not on the average tourist’s radar.

Wild youths DENMARK - As Danish students nationwide mix end of school celebrations with alcohol, a new study from Aarhus University found that one in 12 Danish teens have serious substance abuse problems.

Dubious carer NORWAY Dagbladet reports state that a Norwegian man, who has reportedly been involved in several radical groups and trained by al-Qaeda in Yemen, had previously worked at a day-care centre.

temporary insanity and ‘didn’t know what she was doing at the time.’

The incident occurred in March 2011 when the woman allegedly gave birth to a baby girl on the roof terrace of her home then threw the infant over the edge, from a height of 20 metres into an alleyway.

According to a document presented by the prosecutor, the woman first tried to rip the umbilical cord with her bare hands ‘with the intention of ending the child’s life’ before resorting to hurling the baby off the roof.

The prosecutor said the woman denied even giving birth at first, but ultimately admitted to abandoning her baby in a nearby alleyway where the dead body was found.

Some of her relatives were arrested at the time favourite photos.

The as it was suspected they competition ends in were involved, but it was September when the later revealed they didn’t winner will get a full- know she was pregnant. board holiday in a fourstar Mojacar hotel with a spa.

The package includes free parking, a camel ride, a tour of Mojacar Pueblo and a guided hike.

Another fire starts The band is famous for writing their lyrics in English.

Dover concert a huge success HUNDREDS of people attended a concert given by Spanish band Dover in Roquetas de Mar. The concert was one of the star features of Roquetas de Mar’s summer live culture series ‘A pie de calle’ and was supported by the local band Neverlose. Dover is an internationally renowned band from Madrid.

A FIRE broke out during Virgen del Carmen festivities, devastating 30 hectares of land in Berja.

Despite the Junta’s prohibition to light fire crackers during the Virgen del Carmen procession, investigators believe illegal fireworks were to blame.

The high temperatures and dry undergrowth at this time of the year make sparks dangerous and may put neighbouring homes at risk.

Special attention by the Navy THE Spanish Navy pays special attention to the Alboran Sea in its Mediterranean surveillance activities due to its positioning.

Barely 150 kilometres separate Spain and Morocco or Algeria, making it one of the areas with the

largest per capita income differences in the world and consequently a potentially conflictive area.

Approximately 30 per cent of worldwide sea trade passes through the Mediterranean.

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August for clearance market THE Roquetas de Mar summer clearance sales market will take place in August, instead of September as planned.

The Roquetas Businessman and Traders’ Association, ACER, expects approximately 50 businesses to set up their stands at the market, although the economic crisis may have a negative effect of this number.

However, according to ACER’s president, “the opposite effect may also occur given that most businesses have more stock on sale this year”.

The association is also considering repeating the entertainment that made the last winter sales market a success including a fashion show and food stands.

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Local tourism is set to go online THE Valle del Almanzora Association of Municipalities has decided to promote tourism in the area by updating the area’s tourist information online.

The towns of Valle de Almanzora are going to be collaborating with Andalucia’s public Tourism and Sports office to promote and advertise the valley as a tourist attraction on Andalucia’s tourism webpage.

The head of Valle del Almanzora tourism project, Noelia Martinez, pointed out that the area did not have any officially recorded

or validated resources regarding its cultural heritage before now.

Martinez also said that there were now 110 online resources that have been recently recorded, or will be soon, on www.andalucia.org, to inform users about tourist routes, cultural visits or nature reservations in the area.

The information will soon be complemented with information regarding hotels, restaurants and other many other private establishments that may interest visitors.

Spectrum FM upgrades a hit

By Richard Shanley

Jessica Shanley of Spectrum FM outside the upgraded studios in The Parque Comercial, Mojacar.

SPECTRUM 90.8FM have in conjunction with Abertis Telecom completed their power and cabling upgrades in readiness for the new antennas which will dramatically increase coverage in Costa Almeria and Calida.

“This is just the first step in providing our listeners with an improved service” said Jessica Shanley on Monday. “These essential upgrades are just step one already giving us a 30 per cent power increase and a 100 per cent quality increase on our new frequency of 90.8.

“The new antennas will increase coverage all the way to Cartagena on the coast and inland past Albox towards Baza. This will effectively double our transmission area. The final steps of the process should be completed by the end of the month”, she continued.

Six month sentence for internet scammer AN ALMERIA man was sentenced to six months and a fine for his part in an online money laundering scheme.

The man claimed that he was only carrying out what he thought to be a legitimate job.

He transferred €2,874 from an unknown woman’s Cajamar bank account into his own by using her

online passwords to access the account.

Immediately after the transfer was complete, the man proceeded to transfer that same amount to the account of a Ukrainian resident whose identity remains unknown, even to the ‘employee’ himself.

Investigators assumed that he worked as the middle man since he also had a Cajamar account, and intra-bank transfers tend to draw less attention.

According to the man’s defence, he believed his actions were legal since They allegedly they were part of a job he threatened the obtained online. workers and His ‘employer’ agreed to demanded that they pay the man a empty the safe. commission of €200 for Once police each transfer he arrived on the performed. scene, they found Almeria court decided the workers the man’s carelessness unharmed, but the ultimately implicated him two robbers had as a launderer warranting already fled with an six months in prison and a unknown amount of fine of €2,874, the cash. amount stolen from the victim.

Armed bank robbery A BANK in the Oliveros neighbourhood of Almeria city was held up by two armed individuals in broad daylight.

At 2.15 pm only three workers were in the bank on Calle Canonigo Molina Alonso when two men with guns entered and locked the doors.

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Stories making headlines from Russia

Rope jump record AT a festival in Tver, Russia, 133 people set a new record for the number of people rope jumping at once. Rope jumping is where people jump from a bridge tied to a safety cord.

Briber jailed THE Dorogomilovsky District Court sentenced Turkish citizen Okan Yunalan for receiving a 6.5 million ruble (€160,000) bribe from a company looking to rent two premises in a mega complex in Moscow.

Pussy Riot THREE members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot could face up to seven years in jail for taking part in an impromptu performance and causing significant damage to the sacred values of The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

Star returns REGINA SPEKTOR, the Moscow-born, New York-based singer songwriter, has returned to Russia for the first time since she emigrated to perform in St Petersburg and Moscow.

Illegal arrest LEFT FRONT leader Sergei Udaltsov is seeking 10 million rubles (€300,000) in compensation from the state after the Supreme Court ruled that he was illegally arrested in December.

Long passage THE Moscow metro intends to buy wagons that are traversable along the entire length of the train’s interior.

The wagon design would allow passengers to be more evenly distributed and make their trip more comfortable.

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Court overturns firm’s decision to sack worker A COURT in Murcia has overturned a company’s decision to dismiss a woman for using ‘vulgar and insulting language’ at work.

The Unipost SA employee wrote on social networking site Facebook comments like: ‘I can see that ‘c*ck-s**king’ is a very common illness amongst the staff at this company.’

The court ruled that despite the fact that her language was vulgar, she

simply wanted to comment on the way the company was managed.

The judge considers that the comment was protected by freedom of speech, as it was not insulting.

The message also contained comments like: ‘We may be workers but we’re not pr**ks’ and ‘Everybody knows what their own mouth smells of, but I know that mine will never smells of a*sehole’.

The company had

considered that her comments could not be ignored and that they violated the norms of common courtesy.

She was dismissed and

paid €2,735.

The company was aware that she was the company representative with the General Workers’ Confederation.

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Undelivered aid money THE Junta de Andalucia owes several months’ grant aid money to centres for mentally handicapped people.

More than 20,000 people attend centres such as ASPRODALBA in the region.

Sea People THE documentary series, ‘Habitantes del Mar,’ is being shown on Canal Sur 2 at 10pm on Mondays. Part of one of the programme was filmed in and around Mojacar and Garrucha.

Sporty Scots AT HOME: 89-year-old, Frank Price in his garden.

Frank all set to turn 90 FRANK PRICE, a British resident of Los Gallardos, will be 90 next Thursday.

Pongo Price to his friends and family, Sir Frank will celebrate the completion of his ninth decade with “a lot of old people,” at a party in a Mojacar hotel.

His long list of adventures and achievements include founding the Midlands Art Centre, developing the new town of Telford into a city, being the Mayor of Birmingham, the Chairman of the Waterways Board, and forming the Price Brown Partnership in Mojacar. People he has met, and befriended,

include Indira Gandi, the British Royal family and many more famous people and leaders.

Demonstrating his down-toearth, humble nature, he told the EWN that the best thing about having been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, was having taken his parents along.

Price’s rags-to-riches autobiography, ‘Being There,’ was published in 2002. Readers comment on www.amazon.co.uk, that it is a record of a great life that will amuse, provoke and annoy and say it is “wonderful and impossible to put down.”

Algarrobico demolition order to go ahead THE demolition of the Algarrobico Hotel in Carboneras will reportedly begin despite the fact that the judicial process has not yet concluded.

Andalucian environmental councillor Luis Planas has assured that “this is the stance that should be taken in conflicts

regarding such matters” and “without waiting for the court ruling.” The demolition, rubble disposal treatment and rehabilitation of the area have already been commissioned by Planas and the environmental minister so the work can begin as soon as possible.

THE Scottish National youth basketball team is training in Pulpi for the second year running. Players will take part in sporting events in the Explayate programme in San Juan de los Terreros.

Bowling gig MEL J is singing live on the Amigos Bowling Centre terrace, Arboleas tomorrow (Friday). Reservations are recommended.

No parking GARRUCHA residents are once again frustrated at not being able to park near their homes now that summer tourists are in town. The underground car-park remains unopened despite the mayor’s promises.

Turtle fun CAMP Levante has children’s activities next Saturday near the mouth of the Antas River on Vera Playa promenade.

Blind turtle’s bluff and other games will teach youngsters about turtle conservation.

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Beach horse show brings in the crowds Francisco Fernandez partying at Euro 2012.

Celebrations come to an end THE Spanish Ambassador in Poland was dismissed after he was seen on TV partying during a Euro 2012 match when Spain played Croatia.

Francisco Fernandez, who was Ambassador in Poland since 2008, was dismissed on the orders of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Jose Manuel GarciaMargallo.

He was seen on a sports programme on the ‘Intereconomia TV’ channel at his residence in Poland, toasting with

champagne and handing out gifts. He also said, “we are going to beat the French”.

He was wearing a Spanish football t-shirt which had been given to him by national goalkeeper, Iker Casillas.

Fernandez, 67, told the Spanish press he “doesn’t understand” why he has been dismissed. He explained he organised a dinner at his residence for people who wanted to see the match and his actions stemmed from his “pride to be Spanish”.

MORE than 500 tourists and locals watched a horse show on Vera Beach.

Children as young as five, and adults, did acrobatics, played horseball, dressed up as pirates and in Andalucian dress, all on horseback. The horses jumped as high as 1.30 metres and there were pony and horse dressage routines.

The annual show was organised by the Hipico Vera riding stables.

Some of the riders were beginners.

Others ride on a regular basis and have won national awards.

Hipico Vera also has a summer pony club where children can learn to ride, groom and take care of the ponies.

The owner of Hipico Vera, Teresa Hevia, cancelled the club’s participation in the Mojacar Moors and Christian celebrations last June.

In previous years her pupils have done displays on the beach wearing historical costumes, and have taken part in the cintas medieval jousting.

This year, Hebia said the Moors and Christian organisers told her just a few days before the planned event, that women and children

ACROBATICS: Children and horses entertaining crowds on Vera Beach. would not be allowed to joust.

They said it went against tradition.

Hebia was furious, saying the celebrations had only started about twenty years ago. She accused the organisers of chauvinism and pulled out completely.

Last Saturday, on the beach in front of the Millionaire Bar, the

Hipico Vera club thanked Vera town hall. They said without the town hall’s support the event could not have taken place.

The crowd applauded and cheered at the riders’ skills and style. The show was free and most people stayed until the end, despite finishing at dusk, and there being no seating.

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By Annie Maples TELEFONICA have renewed Iñaki Urdangarin’s contract to work for them in the US on an annual salary of €1.5 million.

This sum includes a €300,000 allowance to offset fluctuations between the euro and the dollar.

Urdangarin, whose present contract expires on July 31, was also allocated €1.2 million in expenses and will receive compensation of €4.5 million should Telefonica decide to sack him.

Named Duke of Palma on his marriage to King Juan Carlos’s younger daughter, Princess Cristina, Urdangarin has been Telefonica’s US delegate since 2009. He is currently under investigation for alleged corruption and misuse of public funds

arising from his ostensibly non-profit making sports foundation, Noos.

The renewal, leaked earlier this week by the Spanish national daily, El Mundo, was not unanimously backed by the Telefonica board, according to insiders.

Urdangarin’s presence is adversely affecting the company’s public image, some board members claim, and is partly responsible for a slump in profits.

Despite these objections, Telefonica chairman Cesar Alierte and his allies in the more moderate sector, preferred to retain Urdangarin, El Mundo reported. This, they believed, would avoid giving the impression that Telefonica had “sentenced” the King’s son-in-law parallel to the ongoing court case in Palma de Mallorca.

Deceased climbers were ‘experts’ TWO climbers who died on Mont Blanc were ‘experts’, according to the club to which they belonged.

The Tierra Tragame club released a statement saying that the man, from Madrid, and his Polish girlfriend, had proven track records and the necessary abilities to carry out the climb. In fact, he had completed the Mont

Blanc climb twice, in 1999 and 2007.

He had also climbed the highest mountains of America, Africa and Europe, and she had conquered some of the world’s highest peaks.

They both took part in climbs and mountain races and were in excellent physical shape.

The tragedy was due to climate change, the club

TRAGEDY: Two climbers died on Mont Blanc.

said, as they died from the cold on the Dome du Gouter peak of the Mont Blanc range, at 4,400 metres, on the frontier between France and Italy.

They were with another two hikers who survived after they were found by the manager of the Gouter shelter following a fall when they were on their way back to the valley.

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Zumba rakes in €275 for skin cancer A FITNESS class in Mojacar Pueblo raised €275 for a cancer charity.

More than 50 people, mostly British, took part in the Zumba class which was part of the ‘Protegete y Vive’ (Protect yourself and live), skin cancer campaign from the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).

Volunteers Alison Bramwell and Julie and Natalie Bruce led the class at the Centro de Usos Multiples at the foot of Mojacar Pueblo.

For more than an hour, the instructors lead men, women and children through dance routines.

One man wore an L-plate around his neck. Many participants regularly take part in Zumba classes, but for some

FLEXIBLE: Sandra impressing the crowds with her agility in Mojacar. (including the totally uncoordinated EWN reporter), it was their first time. Although the class was in the evening, temperatures were still in

More Mojacar Fun NOBODY should go home from their holiday in Andalucia without having seen a bit of Flamenco.

Tomorrow (Friday) there is a free flamenco show in Mojacar Pueblo’s Plaza El Fronton at 10pm.

Then on Saturday the Municipal Band is playing in the Plaza del Parterre at 9pm. Classical music lovers should make sure they are in town on Monday because the Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra is performing at the Centro Usos Multiples at the foot of Mojacar Pueblo at 9.30pm.

Tickets are €20, pensioners €17, children and students aged 12-28, €12. Next Wednesday Alfonso Quinto’s open-air magic show promises fun for all the family. Get to the Plaza Nueva Main Square in the Pueblo before 9.30pm to avoid disappointment.

the high 30s and even the 40 or so spectators broke out in a sweat.

AECC Mojacar coordinator Bronia Montero, invited people to call her on 616 424 555 for tickets to the benefit dinner at the Puntazo Hotel on July 27.

Tickets cost €20 with all proceeds going to the AECC fund.

As well as raising money to help cancer sufferers, the PYV campaign aims to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention.

Other PYV activities this month include petanque (call 659 055 472 ) and seven-a-side football ( call 600 881 037 ) both starting Saturday.

Find AECC Mojacar on Facebook.

SWEATY: Charity Zumba class at the Centro de Usos Multiples.

Calling artists THE Group of Friends Association of the Museo Pedro Gilabert in Arboleas is organising a painting competition entitled ‘Corners of Arboleas’ (Rincones de Arboleas).

The competition is open to all ages and should feature some aspect of Arboleas.

Entries should be submitted to the Museum no later than August 8.

Judging and presentation of prizes will take place on August 10.

For more information see amigosmuseogilabert@ gmail.com

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Actor Peter Egan lends his support to PAWS DEDICATED animal cruelty campaigner and prominent actor Peter Egan (Chariots of Fire, Ever Decreasing Circles) has thrown his weight behind the Mojacar-based Animal Charity PAWS. He is using his widelyfollowed Twitter feed to launch an appeal for funds to help PAWS buy an urgently-needed new transport van.

Peter was introduced to PAWS by Dogwatch UK, who home many PAWS’ dogs in England.

PAWS re-homed more than 300 dogs and 50 cats last year, most of which went abroad because there are not enough homes locally. And it is on course to exceed that total, if it can keep rehoming dogs abroad. But it has been using the same

La Parata in Mojacar raise money for charity FURTHER to the article in last week’s EWN, we must clarify that Shea and the team at Restaurant La Parata in Mojacar raised €1,700 for the Help for Heroes charity.

A further €1,000 was raised towards replacing the asbestos roof at the ASPRODALBA complex in Vera.

We apologise for any confusion.

van for the past nine years, which has recently broken down twice and is on its last legs. If the shelter can’t move animals out regularly, it simply can’t take new ones in.

“I’ve been campaigning for years against the cruelty inflicted on galgos and other hunting dogs in Spain,” said Peter Egan.

“PAWS has done great work over the years to rescue and find good homes for these lovely animals. So I’m delighted to offer them my help and support in continuing this work. I’ve contributed to the appeal myself, and I hope animal lovers everywhere will join in and help them get the van they need.”

PAWS is still €5,000 short of its target to purchase a new-ish but reliable van. They hope the appeal will bring in the

ACTOR AND CAMPAIGNER: Peter Egan. remaining money by early autumn. PAWS works to re-home animals through other charities in Holland and Germany as well as Dogwatch and Ibizan Hound Rescue in the UK.

You can follow Peter Egan on Twitter @PeterEgan6 or get more information on the Van Appeal at www.pawspatas.org/van.php

Vera Half Marathon in October VERA & District Lions Club Half Marathon is to take place on October 6.

All proceeds will go to Vera children’s refuge and other local charities.

Two main sponsors in Albox for the event are Ibex Insurance, who are supplying all the runners T-shirts and Liberty Seguros, who are supplying the trophies.

Registration will be at 2pm in the car park at the rear of the Vera Hotel. The runners and their supporters will be entertained by the Bay Radio Road Show. There will also be a handicraft market from 2pm.

More information from Roy Stevens roygstevens@gmail. com or call 634 326 573.

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Channel 4 reveals new 2012/13 drama line-up CHANNEL 4 has announced its drama line-up for the rest of 2012 and beginning of 2013. John Simm is to star in Here and There, a one-off two-hour drama from Michael Winterbottom (The Trip) about a family living through Simm’s character’s prison sentence.

The programme is expected to air in September or October. Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur, War Horse) is to play an excrime boss from Brighton in the four-part series The Fear. His character Richie Becket’s family firm, now run by his two sons, has to deal with a ruthless new rival gang of Albanians.

In volatile circumstances, the erratic, extreme behaviour of Becket threatens to inflame the situation.

The Fear is scheduled for November/December 2012.

David Oyelowo (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) is the star of single drama Complicit from writer Guy Hibbert (Blood and Oil, Five Minutes of Heaven).

Exploring the murky moral compromises underpinning the hidden intelligence war, the drama follows MI5 officer Edward (Oyelowo) who, desperate

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to foil another 7/7, wrestles with his conscience when he comes face to face with British terror suspect Waleed (Arsher Ali of Four Lions). Complicit is to air during late 2012 or early 2013.

Other new shows include Gabriel Byrne’s Coup (September/October); Olivia Colman’s Run (Winter 2012/2013); six-part thriller Utopia (2013), about a mysterious graphic novel and a shadowy unit called The Network; My Fat Mad Teenage Diary (November 2012), depicting teenage life in the ‘90s at the height of Cool Britannia; and a sequel to the classic The Snowman to be screened in December.

There will also be a new series for each of Fresh Meat (October), Homeland (October), Misfits (October/November), Beaver Falls (August) and Top Boy (2013).

NEW ROLE: David Oyelowo.

Alexander Armstrong and Emma Willis have signed up to co-host a new ITV game show. Prize Island will see four couples battling it out in an exotic setting in order to win £50,000.

The contestants will be tested on their own relationships, while having to prove their skills in a series of tasks. The couples will take part in four rounds of

challenges, before making their way to the final stage ‘Buried Treasure,’ which contains a new car with the prize money locked inside.

Armstrong said of the show: “Prize Island is inventive, funny, compelling, oh, and set on a tropical island with prizes!”

Willis added: “I am beyond excited to be one of the presenters of Prize Island. It promises to be a show like no other where contestants win unbelievable prizes.” Prize Island is scheduled to air in 2013 on ITV1. Pointless presenter Armstrong revealed earlier this year that he turned down the chance to host Countdown.

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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Stat of week The VAT rise from Monday will increase fuel prices between two and three cents per litre.

Fuel prices went up 3 per cent last week, with diesel reaching €1.324 and petrol €1.398.

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IVA tax rises hit all pockets Increases cut consumer spending and add to the family cost of living IVA increases announced by the government could add €415€600 to an average family’s annual budget.

The 18 per cent IVA rate on items has been increased to 21 per cent by Rajoy as part of new sweeping austerity measures, while the 8 per cent rate charged

on items and services has been increased to 10 per cent.

However, the super-reduced 4 per cent rate levied on basics including bread, milk, cheese, eggs, fruit and vegetables as well as medicines, books, newspapers and social housing remains unchanged.

A €48.3bn holiday feel

BY EWN Business Reporter SPAIN earned the second highest amount from international tourism in the world during 2011.

With receipts of $59.9 billion (€48.3bn), only the United States with receipts of $116.3 billion (€93.7 bn) earned more.

International tourism earnings grew to €740 billion in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8 per cent from 2010, according to the World Tourism Organisation.

Following Spain in the league table of earners was France with $53.8 billion (€43.3bn) with China $48.5 billion (€39.1) and Italy $43 billion (€34.6b) also

making it into the World’s Top five destinations by international tourism receipts.

In 2011, there were more than 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide, representing a growth of 4.6 per cent compared to 940 million in 2010.

The growth of international tourism receipts of €740 billion corresponded with an increase of 3.8 per cent on 2010.

In 2011, international travel demand continued to recover from the losses resulting from the recession, where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through to the end of 2009.

According to consumer groups, OCU, CEACCU and FACUA the tax increases will discourage spending and reduce purchasing power.

Raising IVA was “negative, counter-productive and unjust,” warned CEACCU, and would hit vulnerable families the hardest.

OCU and CEACCU based their

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A PENSION aged couple in the UK need £231 (€277) a week to achieve an acceptable standard of living, according to a report.

Port talks SOME BUSINESSMEN headed by the mayor of Malaga have visited Tangiers to discuss co-operation on construction of a new port planned in the Moroccan city.

Farm takeover A FARM in Cordoba has been taken over by workers under the slogan ‘Land for those who work it.’ The Junta de Andalucia failed to sell the land at auction.

55,252 apply for 380 jobs at Ikea

JOB HOPES: Ikea Málaga was also inundated by applicants when it set-up.

IT’S happening all over again. Five years ago when Ikea prepared to open its new outlet in Malaga thousands of applicants applied for the hundreds of jobs.

With times now even more difficult due to the ongoing economic downturn, Ikea has now received 55,252 applications for 380 jobs advertised last month for its new store in Sabadell, Barcelona, which is due to open later this year.

estimates of an extra €415 and €600 statistics for average family spending.

OCU predicted that regardless of the final figure, higher IVA meant that families already affected by the economic crisis would consume less through cutting back further.

AUSTERITY MOVES: Rajoy has raised IVA.

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READERS were advised by you (Issue 1408) that if a non-resident, they could use their foreign plated car for up to six months in any calendar year. I am informed by the police that the car must additionally be road legal in its country of origin. In the case of a British registered vehicle, it must have a current road tax disc and a current MOT where necessary, plus valid insurance.

If this is correct, I feel it should have been included.

RW (Benalmadena) The police are quite right and I should have included this in my column.

You and the A vehicle which does not meet the legal Law in Spain requirements in its

By David Searl country of registration does not suddenly become ‘legal’ when it is driven in Spain. Keep in mind that the valid insurance means insurance from the vehicle’s country of registration in order to comply with European Union directives.

I have received several queries on this subject from people in similar circumstances who wished to keep their UK-registered car year-round in Spain for use on their visits, which did not total more than six months.

In principle, they can do this.

But the car must return to the UK for its MOT and these owners must also tax the car in the UK. In addition it is necessary to inform the UK department of vehicles that the car has been ‘permanently’ exported, which means more than one year.

So it is not so simple. Motorists can have their vehicle impounded subject to stiff fines if the police stop them. And the police are checking foreignregistered vehicles more closely all the time.

My recommendation is to take the car back to its home country, sell it, and buy a Spanish car to use while here.

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You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.

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A hefty €12,000 retirement price PENSIONERS older than 75 have seen their savings drop from an average of £22,500 (€28,489) to £12,998 (€16,478) in the last two years, Aviva’s latest Real Retirement report found.

£££ EIGHTEEN MILLION homeowners are five years into a 17-year slump with average property values not returning to their 2007 peak until 2024 once inflation has been taken into account, according to Price Waterhouse Coopers.

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ALMOST a fifth of people have lost trust in their bank and are planning to move their cash elsewhere, according to a survey.

£££ AMAZON tops a new league table of the country’s favourite brands, while M&S was nudged into fourth

place by Google and BBC iPlayer, according to the YouGov poll.

£££ SAVERS have earned £1.36 (€1.72) a year on every £100 (€126) stowed in the typical pension since 2007, well below the £5 (€6.33) they should expect, Money Mail found.

£££ BETWEEN April and June, the economy shrank 0.2 per cent, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

Europe like a ship without rudder and also a captain THE Libor scandal hitting banks in the UK and America appeared temporarily to take the heat off the Eurozone.

But appearances can be deceptive, and while our eyes were off the EU ball, the ongoing crisis involving not only Greece but also Spain and Italy - were becoming more intense and agitated.

So were disagreements on fiscal union between the Germanic, Dutch and Finnish bloc and the other Eurozone leaders, The most recent meeting of EU heads of state (number 20) held in Brussels at the end of last month had been called in response to pleas by Spain and Italy for urgent EU aid in bringing down the cost of borrowing.

The international markets had already decided that the proposed banking sector rescue fund would not do the trick, and things had begun to look bleak.

With Greece’s new government still dragging its feet and requesting that the Troika bail-out should run on into 2017, together with the news that France was halving its growth forecast, it was clear to everyone that firm decisions were not being made or enforced.

Merkel had travelled to Brussels with her mind already made up - no matter what pleas or demands came from Spain and Italy - she was determined to hold fast and to reject anything that even hinted at fiscal union (unless Germany controlled it) or Eurobonds.

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the morning, ending with the EU trumpeting success because Merkel had apparently given in on several previously ‘non-negotiable’ points.

The other Eurozone leaders were jubilant, calling this ‘summit’ a real breakthrough, but Merkel, on arriving back in Berlin, insisted she had given way on nothing.

She has now been summoned by Joachim Glauck, the German president, to clarify precisely what she did, or did not, agree to; and to add to the confusion the country’s constitutional court is being convened for what has been called a ‘crucial meeting’ to declare on the legality or otherwise, of the European Stability Mechanism’s (ESM) supposed ability to access the EU’s bail-out funds.

The EU is demanding that this court should find in favour of the ESM, but many Germans, impatient with the EU’s apparent disregard for the primacy of the

court and its upholding of the terms of the German Constitution, are pointing out that the business of these judges is to decide and declare on points of law, not to make policy at the behest of the EU. The ESM is also being challenged in the courts by various groups comprising left-wing politicians, businessmen, and citizens on the grounds that in its present form it violates the Bundedstag’s sovereign budgetary control, all creating delays which could rumble on for weeks, if not months, while the international bond traders lurk uneasily in the shadows. Clearly, this confusion cannot continue.

Greece, despite not having managed to keep its austerity promises, is pressing for the next tranche of ‘Troika’ funds, whilst Spain and Italy go about utilising support.

Meanwhile France, once Germany’s bulwark, is suffering, with the country’s economic growth figures indicating a slide into recession.

Europe is like a ship without a rudder. Worse still, there’s no one on the bridge.

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What is quantitative easing (QE)?

When interest rates are too low to be cut any more, a central bank can opt to pump money directly into the economy.

Although QE is often described as ‘printing money’, the bank does not actually do this, rather it basically credits its own bank account, thus expanding its balance sheet.

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www.euroweeklynews.com THE Bank of England (BoE) has announced another round of quantitative easing.

At its meeting on 5th July the Monetary Policy Committee voted to pump £50bn of extra stimulus into the economy. At the same time the base interest rate was kept on hold at 0.5%.

The decision to launch this third round of quantitative easing – “QE3” – was taken against a “background of continuing tight credit conditions and fiscal consolidation” and “the increased drag from heightened tensions within the Euro area.”

The Bank said that although progress was made at the latest European Council, there are still concerns about debt levels in several EU countries. This is weighing on confidence and has hit some of the UK’s main export markets.

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money in their accounts which they can lend to businesses and individuals. This boosts the money supply and should feed into the wider economy.

At the same time, when the bank buys bonds, it reduces the supply in the economy and so increases the demand for new bonds. This makes it cheaper for businesses to borrow money for longer-term investments, as longterm interest rates also get pushed down.

How much QE has the Bank of England done?

The QE programme was first launched in March 2009 with an initial £75bn of asset purchases.

Later that year it expanded the programme to £200bn.

It announced a further £75bn of QE in October 2011, dubbed “QE2”. This was expanded by £50bn in February 2012.

The latest round takes the total to £375bn.

Does QE work?

The Bank believes it does. A BoE report found that the first round of QE had provided a “significant” benefit to growth and that gross domestic product had increased by between 1.5% and 2% as a result. This is the equivalent of cutting interest rates by between 1.5% and 3%.

While some analysts point out that lending to businesses and individuals remains sluggish in spite of QE, others argue that it has helped the financial markets by keeping the interest rate on government bonds down.

While there is no way to quantify it, it is more than likely that the UK economy would have been in worse, perhaps much worse, shape without QE. It does have its critics, however, with pension campaigners being particularly vocal, claiming it has contributed to company pension scheme deficits and has driven down annuity rates.

The BoE responded to this in May, with deputy governor Charlie Bean saying that since QE had raised share prices, it had a neutral impact on a pension fund.

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colleague David Miles also claimed that QE was not as damaging to pensions as suggested. The end result is more money in the wider economy. He explained that the sellers of government bonds tend to use some of the money they get from the BoE to purchase other assets, such as corporate bonds and shares. As demand for such assets increase so does their price.

That lowers longer-term borrowing costs, and encourages the issuance of new equities and bonds by firms.

Is there anything different this time?

The QE programme will be working alongside other recently announced measures by the BoE and Treasury. A new Funding for Lending Scheme is about to be launched, and there are plans to ease liquidity regulations on banks. The BoE believes that these measures, together with reduced pressure on household real incomes because of lower commodity prices and the continued stimulus from past monetary policy actions, should “sustain a gradual strengthening of output growth.”

What about the Eurozone?

On 5th July the European Central Bank (ECB) cut its key interest rate from 1% to 0.75% a record low for the Eurozone.

Markets had hoped for a cut to 0.5%, but this may still happen at a later date. The Bank also cut its deposit rate from 0.25% to 0% to boost bank lending to the private sector.

It stopped short of increasing its €1 trillion funding facility for banks or launching a QE programme. President Mario Draghi did however hint that the Bank has more weapons ready to help the Eurozone. “We still have all our artillery ready,” he said.

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Anglo American

2,022.00

-23.00

-1.12

2,607,937

Antofagasta

CU RR EN CI ES

C LOSING P RICES J ULY 16

PRICE(P) C O M PA N Y Aberdeen Asset Manag. 258.00

0.78437

1.27489 Units per €

United States $..................................................... 1.22582 Japan Yen ¥.......................................................... 96.6288 Switzerland Francs............................................... 1.20113 Denmark Kroner ................................................... 7.43982 Norway Kroner...................................................... 7.47552

1,069.00

-2.00

-0.19

1,205,726

ARM Holdings

487.70

-3.00

-0.61

3,359,934

Ashmore Group

322.10

3.50

1.10

1,199,789

Assoc. British Foods

1,285.00

-4.00

-0.31

750,865

AstraZeneca

2,940.00

3.50

0.12

2,082,478

British Land Co British Sky Broadcasting BT Group Bunzl Burberry Group

2,266.00

-6.00

-0.26

163,619

Diageo

1,672.00

-7.00

-0.42

2,367,978

Eurasian Natural Res

402.90

-5.90

-1.44

1,921,554 1,618,899

0.00

1,432,295

0.01

1,761,448

Fresnillo

1,423.00

-21.00

-1.45

370,662

8.00

1.52

1,860,880

G4S

254.60

-24.10

-8.65

30,337,734

688.50

-5.50

-0.79

4,887,773

GKN

221.90

-0.40

-0.18

10,664,800

1,083.00

9.00

0.84

395,949

1,207.00

-22.00

-1.79

1,600,718

B. American Tobacco

3,378.00

0.50

533.50

1.13

8,452,291 667,185

BAE SYSTEMS

308.00

1.60

0.52

4,631,584

Barclays

157.70

-4.45

-2.74

69,503,462

BG Group

1,292.00

-8.00

-0.62

4,355,966

Capita

693.50

5.00

0.73

1,158,215

BHP Billiton

1,795.00

-10.50

-0.58

4,229,767

Capital Shopping C.

329.90

3.40

1.04

441.50

3.40

0.78

21,280,464

2,113.00

-8.00

-0.38

DOW JONES

NASDAQ

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Croda International

-0.31

0.75

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0.46 1.76

-0.80

6.50

88.26 8.33 58.45 35.41 7.81 72.50 80.70 106.61 16.10 47.67 85.06 19.53 18.82 51.42 25.11 185.12 68.54 35.07 39.66 92.10 43.47 29.45 22.98 64.94 76.73 62.74 73.00 45.28 73.16 48.01

3.00 21.00

932.00

874.50

MMM 3M Co AA Alcoa Inc AXP American Express Co T AT&T Inc BAC Bank of America Corp BA Boeing Co CAT Caterpillar Inc CVX Chevron Corp CSCO Cisco Systems Inc DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co XOM Exxon Mobil Corp GE General Electric Co HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co HD Home Depot Inc INTC Intel Corp IBM International Business M. Co...

JNJ Johnson & Johnson JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co KFT Kraft Foods Inc MCD McDonald's Corp MRK Merck & Co Inc MSFT Microsoft Corp PFE Pfizer Inc PG Procter & Gamble Co KO The Coca-Cola Co TRV Travelers Companies Inc UTX United Technologies Corp VZ Verizon Communications Inc WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc DIS Walt Disney Co

657.00 1,212.00

CRH

253.90

296.30

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Carnival

Compass Group

PRICE(P) CHANGE 326.10 2.40

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C O M PA N Y

Aviva

BP

C O M PA N Y Centrica

C O M PA N Y

212.40

1.00

0.47

3,156,343

1,452.00

6.00

0.41

4,158,062

Glencore International

316.50

-0.15

-0.05

3,975,019

Hammerson

464.40

7.30

1.60

1,854,243

Hargreaves Lansdown

551.00

-1.00

-0.18

470,413

833,035

HSBC Holdings

556.80

-3.20

-0.57

12,142,906

728,161

ICAP

312.50

2.60

0.84

1,856,591

IMI

798.50

5.50

0.69

503,614

Imperial Tobacco Group 2,539.00

-1.00

-0.04

1,051,855

InterContinental

1,507.00

5.00

0.33

853,769

160.00

4.20

2.70

4,732,899

2,723.00

20.00

0.74

342,400

75.00

0.05

0.07

11,288,950

Intl Cons Airlines Group PRICE

CHANGE NET / %

$16.85 $5.18 $3.27 $28.71 $3.18 $9.21 $31.71 $2.63 $2.39 $15.26 $50.84 $3.49

4.33 / +34.58% 0.60 / +13.10% 0.37 / +12.79% 2.48 / +9.45% 0.25 / +8.81% 0.72 / +8.48% 2.44 / +8.34% 0.19 / +8.19% 0.18 / +8.14% 1.09 / +7.69% 3.30 / +6.94% 0.22 / +6.73%

Most Advanced Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AuthenTec, Inc. MISONIX, Inc. j2 Global, Inc. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Nektar Therapeutics Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. Complete Genomics, Inc. Zogenix, Inc. First Solar, Inc. Stratasys, Inc. LoJack Corporation

GlaxoSmithKline

Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey

2,123.00

-14.00

-0.66

339,515

Kazakhmys

727.50

-16.50

-2.22

1,123,100

Kingfisher

271.60

3.00

1.12

5,912,065

Land Securities Group

783.00

6.50

0.84

1,513,096

Legal & General Group

129.90

0.50

0.39

11,512,148

Lloyds Banking Group

29.90

-0.30

-0.99

75,890,996

Marks & Spencer

320.70

4.30

1.36

6,431,285

Meggitt

398.90

1.10

0.28

1,238,788

Morrison (Wm)

271.20

1.90

0.71

5,267,960

National Grid

682.50

-10.50

-1.52

20,135,558

3,196.00

9.00

0.28

414,165

158.30

2.10

1.34

5,024,465

1,264.00

-10.00

-0.78

1,331,472

788.00

6.50

0.83

929,133

1,453.00

8.00

0.55

1,012,378

Polymetal International

858.00

-19.00

-2.17

228,653

Prudential

762.00

6.00

0.79

3,522,916

Randgold Resources

5,805.00

-120.00

-2.03

243,186

Reckitt Benckiser

3,549.00

12.00

0.34

499,950

534.00

-0.50

-0.09

2,395,662

Next Old Mutual

Most Declined Alto Palermo S.A. $12.84 The Hackett Group, Inc. $5.22 Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited $8.17 Cadiz, Inc. $7.12 YRC Worldwide, Inc. $6.12 Amyris, Inc. $3.11 Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. $2.50 WSB Holdings, Inc. $2.38 Leap Wireless International, Inc. $6.08 Omega Flex, Inc. $11.13 FalconStor Software, Inc. $2.30 Transition Therapeutics, Inc. $2.31

1.46 / -10.21% 0.51 / -8.90% 0.78 / -8.72% 0.65 / -8.37% 0.54 / -8.11% 0.26 / -7.72% 0.20 / -7.41% 0.16 / -6.66% 0.42 / -6.46% 0.75 / -6.31% 0.15 / -6.12% 0.15 / -6.10%

Pearson Pennon Group Petrofac

Reed Elsevier Resolution

218.30

5.90

2.78

4,330,320

REXAM

433.70

3.70

0.86

1,001,358

2,986.00

-34.00

-1.13

2,669,449

Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce Holdings

870.00

-6.00

-0.68

8,720,096

Royal Bank of Scotland

204.50

-1.90

-0.92

7,761,997

Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J) Schroders Serco Group

2,300.00

7.50

0.33

3,183,103

109.50

0.30

0.27

7,942,272

2,663.00

-9.00

-0.34

1,052,641

276.00

-9.00

-3.16

7,290,514 3,494,220

313.40

1.70

0.55

1,336.00

22.00

1.67

252,404

551.50

2.50

0.46

837,416

Severn Trent

1,725.00

19.00

1.11

733,261

Shire

1,868.00

-10.00

-0.53

1,003,499 1,859,401

Smith & Nephew

654.50

2.00

0.31

Smiths Group

1,052.00

15.00

1.45

805,255

SSE

1,430.00

22.00

1.56

2,232,961

Standard Chartered

1,470.00

-4.00

-0.27

2,508,185

Standard Life

237.10

1.70

0.72

3,312,426

Tate & Lyle

671.50

-0.50

-0.07

1,285,994

Tesco

317.00

3.25

1.04

11,862,348

Tullow Oil

1,386.00

-47.00

-3.28

4,373,507

Unilever

2,144.00

2.00

0.09

1,774,109

United Utilities Group

697.00

12.50

1.83

3,895,191

Vedanta Resources

897.50

-17.00

-1.86

906,002

Vodafone Group

183.30

0.45

0.25

74,401,464

Weir Group

1,525.00

-9.00

-0.59

605,086

Whitbread

2,088.00

0.00

0.00

971,474

Wolseley

2,328.00

-5.00

-0.21

791,979

WPP

786.00

-11.00

-1.38

3,686,747

Xstrata

843.20

-3.60

-0.43

2,016,941

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

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NINETY-FOUR bank managers in Spain were fined last year for ‘serious’ or ‘very serious’ offences by the Bank of Spain.

This was a more than 40 per cent rise in the number fined in 2010, and was in addition to sanctions against 11 banks as corporate entities.

But the Bank of Spain’s annual memorandum also reveals that 336 credit and finance providers are now subject to supervision, three fewer than in 2010.

This figure includes 29 savings banks which, although retaining their credit company status, ceased offering direct finance last year, passing these operations to banks following restructuring of the financial services industry.

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The women who need to work on making love a top priority!

SO what do us women spend our money on? Lunches out, shopping, handbags, or cars maybe?

Well it seems rich ladies in China are indulging in all of the above but still lack one thing in their lives.

Romance.

A look According to at finance a new report, for females well-heeled and successful Jane Plunkett businesswomen jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. in China are com spending their bundles of cash on the chance for love.

Dating is big business in China, a nation reputedly home to 180 million single people.

The founder of one of China’s biggest online dating sites recently reported that his company was making annual profits of about €24 million from its registered

Loose change

Economics bunker the Madrid Masters THE 2012 Madrid Masters golf tournament due to be held in September has been cancelled due to the present financial crisis. The event was last year sponsored by Bankia, which in May received a €23.5 billion bailout.

THE CURRENT ACCOUNT WITH A WORLD OF BENEFITS.

WEALTHY SMILE: Some rich women have everything...except a husband. users. And it appears that rich ladies without a ‘Plus One’ are not ashamed to use these services to try to find their Prince Charming.

One popular online dating website in China recently announced a global manhunt on behalf of 36 female millionaires who have made fortunes from their country’s economic boom but

have failed to find love. The mission apparently is to find suitable husbands for some of the most eligible women in China.

This brings up a recurring theme. Is it possible to be a successful businesswoman and also find time for love and a family? Or are executive women destined to a life with a place setting for one?

From looking at my inner circle of female friends it’s obvious that sacrifices do have to be made if a woman wants to be top in her profession or business.

A friend of mine is about to walk up the aisle, but at 37 years old and with no desire to give up her executive position, children will probably never be an option for the couple.

Another single friend is totally open to a relationship, but as working hours dictate her existence, her social life rarely gets a look in.

Busy and professional women are successful because they know how to prioritise, so it’s important to use these same skills to find a loving partner.

Be open-minded about a little intermix between work and play and don’t rule out meeting Mr Right in a work situation.

Be social and learn how to say ‘no’ and make time for some romance.

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Tourists snap-up smart trend and pack up the cameras FEWER British tourists are packing their cameras and camcorders this summer, instead relying on their smartphones for holiday pictures.

Once an essential for every summer holiday, new research shows that digital camera sales have fallen by as much as 29 per cent since 2006.

Furthermore 8 per cent of adults in the UK - equating to three million consumers - now say they are likely to use a smartphone instead of replacing their current camera when it breaks.

Indeed, the future is looking far from flash for the digital camera market.

SMART MOVE: More people now use phones for photo memories.

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While the market was valued at an impressive ÂŁ843 million (â‚Ź1.071bn) back in 2006, by 2016 it is forecast to have declined to just over half a billion (ÂŁ523 million, â‚Ź648.5m).

In addition, the picture is no more positive for camcorders, which have experienced a 21 per cent decline in sales over five years, down from ÂŁ354 million (â‚Ź438m) in 2006 to ÂŁ279 million (â‚Ź346m) in 2011.

Samuel Gee, Technology Analyst at Mintel, a leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence, said: “Although smartphone cameras do not typically match the quality of output of dedicated devices, the technology is consistently improving, as the quality of camera image output becomes too high for consumers to reliably distinguish between competitors. “Dedicated device manufacturers investing in digital services and including social connectivity and image-editing features in upcoming devices will remain a more enticing proposition in the face of gently growing opposition.�

Some 21 per cent of all camera and camcorder owners agree that smartphones are a better long-term investment than a camera or camcorder.

However, while there is a trend towards using smartphones for photo taking, more than seven in 10 strongly agree that the quality of photos is better on a digital camera or camcorder than a smartphone.

Once, the photo shop was an essential port of call for any returning holidaymaker, but today just 23 per cent of camera owners take their photos to be developed there.

While four in 10 digital camera owners print their photos at home using their printer, 27 per cent of consumers prefer to look at photos on a computer screen rather than print them out.

The top five things consumers do with photos and videos once taken, are 1. Save on a computer (78 per cent) 2. Send them by email (53 per cent) 3. Upload to social networks (50 per cent) 4. Print at home using a printer (42 per cent) and 5. Burn them to a CD or DVD (36 per cent).

A BRITISH bookmaker operating in Gibraltar is in trouble with the UK taxman who claim that Stan James transferred part of its business in 2000 to avoid paying UK gaming tax. Normally, Gibraltar–based firms pay only 22 per cent corporation tax on profits, though a company believed to have moved offshore to The Rock purely to avoid paying higher tax in the UK faces an additional tax.

â‚Ź1m games MORE than 7,000 video games have been sold by a French collector for over â‚Ź1 million to a Canadian eBay bidder.

Date rescue ‘THE Bad Date Rescue’ application has been launched by dating website eHarmony providing users with an iPhone call to graciously allow them to finish a date that is not going well.

Blood drive BRAZILIAN football club Vitoria has removed its trademark red hoops from shirts, with the colour added back gradually as fans donate blood.

All aboard!

GIBRALTAR is to abolish import duty on yachts over 18 metres and cut it from 12-6 per cent on vessels under 18 metres.

Deadly idea A US funeral company in Carolina is opening a coffee shop offering clients a fireplace, TV and WiFi.

Sweet start A BREAKFAST sandwich consisting of sausage, egg, cheese and two waffles has been added to the menu by a US fast-food restaurant.

Top teens YOUNG entrepreneurs from Gibraltar won a production award at the Young Enterprise UK awards in London. Team Impulse - nine boys and one girl all aged 17 and still at school designed, developed and produced the Y-Tangle, that prevents earphone cords from knotting up.

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How a circling eagle led to down-to-earth politics A circling eagle led Carole Saunders into charity work and then local politics.

Nicole Hallett reports.

How did you become President of the Cultural and Ecological Association of Calpe (ACEC)?

A circling golden eagle inspired me to join when I discovered the Salinas was only under the protection of the town hall.

I eventually became President of the ACEC, and I went on to form the cultural side which tries to protect local culture including the Roman ruins.

Why did you later set up Friends of the Children of Emaus?

After a radio interview about a fundraising concert, people started giving me donations. By law, if you collect money for charity you have to form an association and keep accounts. To fundraise for a charity on your doorstep is very inspiring.

How did you get involved with politics?

Politicians I met through ACEC said I should get involved. I failed to be elected as an Independent with the BLOC party and Greens in 2007, but last year I helped form the Independents with Greens party. I am the Councillor for Associations, Citizens Participation and Local Agenda 21, which I hope to get fully running and get voted back in the next elections.

Previous jobs?

In the UK I owned a restaurant for 10 years and also worked in marketing for a clothing manufacturer. Here in Spain I have run a golf club bar with outside catering and also sold advertising.

Greatest achievement?

Getting voted into the town council of a foreign country.

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Vital Statistics • Age: 57 • Born: Lancashire (UK) • Lives: Calpe (Alicante) • In Spain: 25 years • Status: Married • Hobbies: Tennis and Gilbert and Sullivan Society • Best thing in Spain: Outdoor life • Worst: Corruption • Always in fridge: Neighbour’s fruit

EWN COMMENT Size does NOT matter THE Bank of Spain intends to oblige banks to make the small print on contracts readable to protect clients and ensure that loans are ‘responsible’.

But evicted mortgageholders, purchasers of CAM preference shares or Bank of Madrid nonvoting shares would still have gone ahead if the

print was six inches high because they were given a hard sell. Font size is no match for honest explanations.

A change of diet SPAIN’S €100 billion bank bailout involves more than last week’s VAT hike and tougher lives for civil servants. Banks and the economy itself will have the Troika breathing down their necks because there is no such thing as a free lunch where Eurogroup money is concerned. Nevertheless, it is challenging to picture them relishing Brussels’ fat-free detox diet after the addictive junk-food of the property boom’s feeding-frenzy.

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I READ that Velez-Malaga Mayor Francisco Delgado has again asked the Junta de Andalucia for help to sustain the local tramlines (Axarquia, Issue 1409).

It was an ill-conceived project which should never have got off the ground.

It started in the middle of Torre del Mar instead of providing an interchange at the bus station and terminated away from Velez centre.

It ran on a limited service and if one was missed, passengers had to wait 30 minutes for the next service.

If the tram was used to travel to the regional hospital, passengers had a longer walk up hill than travelling by bus.

The population of the area was insufficient as, if comparisons had been made with other countries throughout the world with successful services of this nature, they were built only in centres of huge urban populations.

The building of lines in Malaga is justified as it connects the city centre with residential areas, hospitals, university buildings and out of town centre commercial complexes and provides an interchange with the major rail and bus stations.

As someone now retired who spent their working life in the field of transport and tourism I welcome the return of tramway and metro services but only where justified.

This doomed project will never be profitable and would always be a drain on public expenditure.

Peter Wilkinson, Nerja (Malaga)

Brave act RG must be congratulated on her actions with regards to the death of the little dog that was dragged behind a car in Pedreguer (Costa Blanca North, Issue 1407).

Firstly she tried to stop the driver, confronted him and then made a denuncia to the environmental arm of the Guardia Civil.

I like to think that any person witnessing such a distressing act would have done the same; sadly, I don’t think so many would. Perhaps this would be through the usual ‘don’t want to get involved’ attitude or because they do not know what to do.

Any act of cruelty or mistreatment of an animal should be reported. At this time of year animals get abandoned; they are left tied up without water or food or shelter from the elements, locked in sheds, or kicked and beaten.

Snapped!

Mike Dornan, by email

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The English cannot dictate any more; no more Empire!

What you would like to do is just as was done in Shanghai; all the parks, cinemas, restaurants, and clubs with a sign saying ‘No Chinese, No dogs’.

Here you would like it to read ‘No Spanish, Only English’.

Veronique Nedelec, by email Editor’s note: The Shanghai sign referred to above is believed to be a myth. In Colonial times Bund Park had a list of rules, a photograph of which shows that the park was reserved for the foreign community and that dogs and bikes were not permitted.

PAWS, the Mojacar based animal rescue charity, has appealed to the public to stop discarding unwanted animals, with many left near the shelter in the middle of the night. Volunteers, many in their teens or early 20s, are working in the heat and staying up at night to nurse young puppies and kittens, that need emergency care.

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Every case - together with dates, times, addresses and names if possible - should be reported to the Guardia Civil/Seprona.

Google ‘Seprona’ and read about the cases they have dealt with and the resulting fines.

RG was very brave and her official report hopefully will result in the apprehension of someone.

Pamela Dawson Tasker, by email

Pleasing to see WHILE on the beach at Papillon in Elviria I saw the local police stop and confiscate the items a ‘Looky looky’ man was trying to sell.

I must admit I am pleased to say that I am happy for the police to be finally getting rid of the problem.

Rob Gander, by email

Sky-high exchange WE went to book our air tickets on Ryanair as we think it is the better deal if we can beat the company at its own game by taking no luggage, no prior booking, no selecting seat, etc.

However, when we last booked we

pressed the key to find the total cost and something popped up that I did not foresee, the exchange rate I had to pay for using my Spanish credit card, which was €1.37 to the British pound.

I think this is well over what we get in exchange at banks.

So, please be aware when booking flights from the UK you will save a lot using English credit cards.

P E Kerr, Playa Flamenca (Alicante)

Word of warning WHEN I bought six cans of beer from a busy supermarket in Albox I was charged for 24.

However, I did not notice this until I got home and checked the bill and could not return for a few days.

When I eventually drove there again and asked how I could get a refund for their mistake, the manager said it was not their fault, saying I should call customer services.

I have tried six times and all I get is a message saying there is nobody available to answer my call, try again later, and their website doesn’t work.

I hope that this experience will serve as a warning to others to check their bill before leaving the shop.

Bar Hall, Lubrin (Almeria)

No more Empire IN response to Mike Walsh’s Images of Spain (Issue 1409), I do not see

Remember sense NO, N Gonzales (Letters Issue 1409 ), Spain does not display signs warning of pickpockets in shops and at markets, and neither do they display signs at airports and border crossings that proclaim.

‘Welcome to Spain but don’t forget your common sense.’

Ken Bethell, Puerto de Mazarron (Alicante)

Cyclists beware HOW can Mr Thomson (Letters, Issue 1409 ) expect courtesies from motorists, when cyclists show none to us or pedestrians?

Cyclists cross pedestrian crossings when mothers with children and the elderly are there.

They have no regard for traffic lights, one-way streets, or cars trying to overtake while cycling three abreast, and they often ignore cycle lanes.

I have had my car scratched by a very rude cyclist, but no way to claim as they have no insurance.

Nor do they pay road tax.

In general most are a menace on the roads.

N Henson, Benalmadena (Malaga)

Deadly poor CONCERNING the letter from T Davies on the death penalty ( Issue 1409 ) and the frosty reception he received from a group of lawyers when he said hanging should be restored for murder.

He should understand that there is no money to be made by lawyers from the dead.

J Glazer, Nerja (Malaga)

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A new contender for the ‘most griped at’ award

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT FREE SPEECH: Everyone is entitled to readers I appear to have. Secondly, I am also is black, white, yellow or ‘amazed’ at the number green. I don’t give two bits that accuse me of racism. if someone is Catholic, Well, let’s just get the Protestant, Muslim or definition straight. Racism Methodist. I don’t give my is when someone is opinions about who people derogatory towards are, but what people do. another simply because It’s the actions of folk that they are who they are. I invoke my reactions. If I have never done this in my feel the antics of some life. I don’t care if a person need to be brought to the

air their opinion. attention of readers and they happen to be of a certain type or come from a particular background, so be it. I don’t single out people because of colour, creed or race. In fact, if you look back over the years, it is the Brits themselves who have borne the greatest brunt of my dissensions

and I’m one of the most patriotic Englishmen you could hope to find.

One of the downsides of modern society is people’s tendency to scream racism whenever home truths are aired.

Well, I’ve experienced true racism, both in Rhodesia and South Africa, and I can assure you there is simply no comparison between that sort of unacceptable horror and people simply airing their opinion in public. I’m sorry if anyone takes offence, but they are of course my own opinions and if anyone feels the cap fits, well…

Anyone is free to write in.

If their opinions are relevant, interesting and fairly short they stand a fair chance of being published; that’s what free speech is all about.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

WHAT a pathetic article Leapy Lee wrote on Germany’s shock when Italy beat them in the Eurocup (Issue 1409).

Everyone interested in sport wants their team to win and is a bit put out when they don’t.

Nothing stopped working in Germany afterwards and they took it in their stride.

As long as nationalism is confined to the sports field we are safe.

Why does Lee spring a ‘Third World War’ on us? I am British and worked in Germany for some nine years and was very happy.

We are in a mess in Europe with all economies under stress.

Our eventual escape will be in part thanks to German initiative and taxpayers.

LETTERS TO LEAPY

VER the years I have received tons of correspondence relating to my column: thank you all for that.

Up to now my biggest response was when I scribed that, in my opinion, all dangerous breeds of dogs should be either put down or put in a zoo.

That remark, I seem to recall, took up a special EWN page to accommodate the resulting onslaught of ‘slings and arrows’: ‘My kootchie coo Rottweiler ‘Fang’ wouldn’t hurt a fly’, etc, etc.

Well, since my recent piece on our friends from Alemania, lo and behold yet another is reaching for the coveted title of ‘most griped at’. Firstly, I am, to use an overworked word, amazed at the amount of German

Taking it in their stride

Crispin Welby, Arboleas (Almeria)

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HAVE an uncle who lives in Nigeria. Called Fredderick. Yes, really.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how he spells his name. Oh, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Norra.

Anyway, I got an email from my uncle in Nigeria yesterday. Not only did he introduce himself and apologise for not getting in contact with me earlier in my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lifetime,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he wants to send me money. Lots of money. ÂŁ1.5 million to be exact.

And he only needs me to send him a mere ÂŁ150 so he can prepare the parcel to send me the money!

What, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got an uncle in Nigeria, too? The one who needed money from you because he was stranded in London when he got mugged and lost all his cash and credit cards?

And an aunt as well? The one whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always sending you those nice emails?

Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it surprising how so many of us have relatives in Nigeria â&#x20AC;&#x201C; arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we just one big happy family?!

Every day, millions of people get these bogus â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;419â&#x20AC;&#x2122; emails (so-called after a section of Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal code) promising millions.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re such obvious scams itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to imagine

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Have the scammers scammed you yet?

Breaking Views NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers.

anyone would fall for them.

Yet police estimate that, every year, US citizens alone are conned out of some $200m.

And, according to the British National Criminal Intelligence Service, the

average loss in the UK is ÂŁ35,000.

The sender claims to be a banker, bureaucrat or royal toadie, wanting to move vast sums your way. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no money to be moved â&#x20AC;&#x201C; except yours.

Palms must be greased, imaginary legal documents acquired â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all with your dosh.

Other versions play on your loneliness, charity or naĂŻvetĂŠ (you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win a lottery you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enter).

Fake job offer, orphan, dead bank customer, cancer patient: same scam.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written before about

SCAM MAIL: Every day millions of people receive bogus emails. this - itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clearly not going to go away - and scambaiting (anti-scammers replying to scammers and turning the tables on them) and the numerous websites chronicling the funny results. One includes letters where the anti-scammer

poses as a lonely, rich widow called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Minnie Mowseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, a retired aristocrat.

Poor scammers! Maybe they need our help now more than ever. Please send your generous donations as always to: The Twilight Home For

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The sound of speed

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N the UK recently, an off the road biker, screaming across parkland, was near throttled by an outraged pedestrianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dog lead. If he expected sympathy, he was to be disappointed.

The majority of newspaper readers were right behind the saboteur.

Living in a white Spanish pueblo, every five minutes the peace was shattered by the ear-splitting row from the smallest and near slowest vehicle on the road; you call it a motorbike; I call it a two-wheeled pain in the neck. What do bike riders get out of it? Hardly faster than a cyclist yet they sound like a Harrier Jetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take-off.

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Corrupt West THE Czech government could be brought down over accusations

government minister, Vlasta Parkanova, nodded through an order for Spanish made C295M military transport planes.

She is accused by the Organised Crime and Financial Crimes Unit of abuse of power and misappropriation of public funds.

Why stop at this? It is a scandal so many parliamentarians are allowed links and goodness knows what else with commercial concerns they legislate on.

The Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parliamentary system is riddled with corruption.

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Phobic anxiety could age older women by six years

By Temba Mahari KEEPING calm and relaxed is the way to stave off ageing.

Phobic anxiety could trigger premature ageing through damage to one’s cells, researchers found.

Older women who are fearful in situations like crowds or heights have shorter telomeres than their calmer peers. Telomeres are the caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect our genetic material from damage.

As people age, their telomeres shorten. Among people of the same age, shortened telomeres have been linked to an increased risk of cancers, heart disease, dementia and overall risk of death.

A group from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, US, took blood samples from more than 5,000 women aged 42 to 69 years old. The team found having a high phobic anxiety level was associated with significantly shorter telomere lengths. The difference in telomere lengths for women who were highly phobic and those who were not was similar to what was seen for an

ANXIOUS: Older women who fear crowds could age quicker than those who do not. additional six years of age.

“This study is notable for showing a connection between a common form of physiological stress -

phobic anxiety - and a plausible mechanism for premature ageing,” said study author Dr Olivia Okereke. “However, this study’s

Early signs timeline of Alzheimer’s disease A TIMELINE of the unseen progress of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear has been put together by the Washington University School of Medicine, US. The team looked at families with genetic risks of the disease. They stated that the signs appeared up to 25 years before the expected onset of the disease.

A study of 128 people from the UK, US and Australia, showed they had a 50 per cent chance of inheriting one of three mutations that are certain to cause early Alzheimer’s, which often develops in the 30s and 40s.

Researchers said those who carry the mutations will go on to develop the disease a lot earlier than the more common form of Alzheimer’s, which generally affects people in their 60s. The study looked at the age the participants’ parents were when they developed the disease and underwent blood

design cannot prove which problem came first, the anxiety or shorter telomeres.”

The findings have encouraged researchers to investigate further the relationship anxiety has with telomere length change.

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STARTING EARLY: Alzheimer’s can develop as early as age 30 and 40. and spinal fluid tests.

The earliest change is in when the spinal fluid levels drop. They suggest this can be detected 25 years before the anticipated age of disease.

GERMAN researchers have found out that men can pick up whether a woman is fertile or not by the way she moves on the dance floor.

Researchers from the University of Gottingen shot digital videos of 48 women walking up and down and dancing for 30 second bursts.

Dr Bernhard Fink said: “The results show that the dances and walks recorded at the women’s most fertile period were more attractive than movements recorded in the least fertile stage.”

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Coffee drinking in pregnancy

By Temba Mahari WONDER why your children are hyperactive?

Well, don’t think it’s all the coffee you were drinking during your pregnancy, say researchers.

A study of more than 3,400 five and sixyear-olds has found no evidence that the children’s behavioural problems were related to their mothers’ caffeine intake during pregnancy.

The children whose mothers drank around three cups of coffee a day had no greater risk of suffering from inattention than those who had none, said author Eva Loomans, from Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

However, she said: “This doesn’t mean that caffeine might not be harmful as they did not look at any other developmental issues besides behaviour.”

Loomans cautioned there is still more to be learned about caffeine and children’s long-term development.

This study could only look at the overall relationship between mothers’ self-reports of caffeine intake and their reports on their children’s behaviour.

That does not necessarily mean caffeine Hyperactivity: No link to mum’s caffeine intake. has no effects, she said.

Baldness drug could ‘cause impotence’

By Temba Mahari MEN should be aware of the potential sideeffects of medications used to combat baldness.

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An ingredient in hair-loss treatment Propecia could cause permanent impotence and shrink one’s genitals, scientists claim.

Kevin Malley, 30, who says his life was devastated by Propecia, has launched a hunger strike at Merck & Co’s corporate headquarters in protest at the pharmaceutical giant’s failure to acknowledge the hair-loss drug’s role in causing a battery of persistent side-effects, including sexual dysfunction.

When he started taking the drug in 2011, which he only planned to use for one year he consulted his doctor and was told the symptoms would disappear after he stopped taking the drug. But he says a year on and nothing has changed.

“Even if the side-effects are rare, that doesn’t mean that I should not have been warned. I did have a life before this,” he told Good Morning America.

Dr Michael Irwig from the University of Washington recently published a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that found the ingredient finasteride, which is found in Propecia, can cause persistent sexual dysfunction, including low sexual desire, erectile dysfunction and problems with orgasms.

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7:00am The Pingu Show 7:10am Zigby 7:25am Timmy Time 7:35am Dirtgirlworld 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Barney's Barrier Reef 8:30am Scoop Children's comedy series about news reporter Digby Digworth. 8:55am The Scooby-Doo Show Cartoon capers with Scooby and the gang. 9:15am Dennis and Gnasher Dennis and Gnasher believe the world truly is their oyster and that kids should make the rules. 9:30am Wingin' It 9:50am Shaun the Sheep 10:00am Friday Download 11:00am Raymond Blanc: The Very Hungry Frenchman 12:00pm Golf 1:35pm Jack 3:25pm Show Me the Monet

4:25am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am CITV 9:25am Dinner Date 10:25am ITV News 10:30am House Gift 11:25am There's No Taste Like Home 12:25pm The Hungry Sailors Dick and James Strawbridge sail around Britain to discover fantastic food. 1:25pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:35pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 2:35pm Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

3:35pm TV's Biggest Blockbusters

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4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:55pm Flog It! 5:55pm Songs of Praise 6:30pm F1 the German Grand Prix Highlights 8:00pm Secrets of Our Living Planet 9:00pm Engineering Giants 10:00pm The World's Most Dangerous Roads 11:00pm Mock the Week...Again 11:30pm Line of Duty

5:25pm Doc Martin 6:25pm Celebrity Chase 7:25pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

7:40pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Britain's Secret Treasures 9:00pm Dancing on Ice Goes Gold 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Round-up of the day's news.

11:20pm Bomber Command 12:15am JP Morgan 7's Highlights

8:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

8:15pm Regional News All the latest local news.

8:20pm Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside.

9:10pm Casualty 10:00pm Wallander 11:30pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

11:45pm Regional News All the latest local news.

11:50pm Weather The latest weather information.

11:55pm John Bishop's Britain John Bishop hosts the comedy and entertainment show.

5:45am British Olympic Dreams 8:00pm Olympics' Most Amazing Moments 10:00pm Girl Power 11:00pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:30am Snog, Marry, Avoid?

1:00am Live at the Electric 1:30am Girl Power Going for Gold.

2:30am Can Anyone Beat Bolt?

3:25am Cherry Healey: How to Get a Life 4:25am Live at the Electric 4:55am Snog, Marry, Avoid?

5:25am British Olympic Dreams 5:55am British Olympic Dreams

8:00pm London: A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank 9:00pm The Bridges That Built London - With Dan Cruickshank 10:00pm Amadeus 12:50am Teenage Kicks: The Search for Sophistication 1:50am Mark Knopfler - A Life in Songs 2:50am Mark Knopfler: Later Presents...

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12:30am Twenty Twelve 1:00am Sparkle 2:40am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

5:15am Pages from Ceefax News and information from the BBC's Teletext service.

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1:05am Super Casino 11:00am Monkey Life 11:25am The Hotel Inspector 12:25pm Big Brother 1:25pm Krull 3:55pm Clash of the Titans

Disney animation based on the true story of a Native American princess who fell in love with an English sea captain. Though John Smith arrives in the New World in search of gold, Pocahontas teaches him to appreciate life's more natural pleasures.

4:00pm The Simpsons 4:35pm The Simpsons 5:05pm Deal or No Deal 6:05pm Sainsbury's London 2012 6:10pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

6:40pm 4thought.tv 6:45pm Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 9:00pm Come Dine with Me 10:00pm Thelma's Gypsy Girls 11:00pm Role Models

The long running Sunday evening festival of well loved hymns from churches all across the United Kingdom.

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CH5

5:55pm Songs of Praise

12:40am F1 the German Grand Prix Highlights 2:10am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:15am Faster Higher Stronger: Stories of the Olympic Games 3:15am Holby City 4:15am Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 5:15am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

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12:55am Internal Affairs 3:00am A Family Portrait 3:05am Camelot Morgan has shapeshifted into Igraine. 4:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus

1:00am World's Fastest Train 2:00am Super Casino

Satellite Satellitechannels channels SKY1 5:20am Hello, Goodbye 6:10am Liza and Huey's Pet Nation 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Must be the Music 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Dog the Bounty Hunter 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 4:00pm Oops TV 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm Futurama 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Raising Hope 8:00pm Sinbad 9:00pm Terra Nova 10:00pm The Simpsons 10:30pm Parents 11:00pm Strike Back Project Dawn 12:00am Spartacus: Gods of the Arena 1:15am Emergency with Angela Griffin 2:15am Big Trouble in Thailand 3:10am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:00am Border Invasion USA 4:50am The Secret Life of Suburbia 5:20am Dream Lives for Sale

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Time Out AS every expat knows, living abroad offers opportunities to reinvent yourself that rarely exist outside the witness protection programme. Dancing in the Fountain: How to Enjoy Living Abroad is a breezy and amusing tale of author Karen McCann’s transition from rural Ohio to the heart of one of Europe’s oldest cities, Sevilla.

Adapting to her new culture isn’t always easy. She survives

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)

This is an emotional week, when it is difficult to keep things to yourself. Get together with others and do a bit of social networking. Talk, and if you cannot bring yourself to confess to a problem, say that it is a friend of yours who has it. Certainly, you need to share this concern to get a balanced picture.

LEO (July 24 - August 23)

There is a highly social week ahead with social gatherings here and there. A trip means that finances start to look brighter.

You may find it necessary, if you are to progress, to consider a move to another job or area. Get involved with people who have been in the same situation. This gives you a good guide as to exactly where you want to be.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

There is a great impatience this week when someone flatly refuses to see something through to the end. You do not admire sloppiness and your reaction shows this.

It may be necessary for you to sort out a situation which has been going on far too long. As you dislike loose ends in any respect, your patience may come to an end.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)

Energy is high and there is a lot of fun to be had. An invitation sent out brings an old friend to your table. This is not as straightforward as you think it will be. Odd stirrings make you confused.

Just joking Why did the fish get kicked out of the school?

Because he was caught with seaweed.

IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: With high energy and sex appeal right through to the end of the year, you are likely to stir things up a bit on the domestic front. Doing something completely out of character should be avoided if possible. If this is not possible, then you may use your charm.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)

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You feel like a fish out of water in a confused and noisy situation. Perhaps you are not making the right kind of friends, so take control of the quality of people who you associate with. Maybe it is relatives that are causing concern. You cannot choose your relatives, but it is possible to see less of them.

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This is a great social week. Your puppy-like enthusiasm attracts others and a barrage of good vibes comes your way.

Indeed, your relaxed attitude allows someone close to get their own life a bit more into perspective.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

People look to you to guide them through the maze of right and wrong this week. Your talent for bringing humour into the most tense situations is invaluable midweek.

Summer is a socialising time for you and it is all steam ahead as you issue invitations and receive some back.

The kind nature that is so much a part of you is only too evident this week. A situation makes you feel frustrated and you need to find a way forward. A bit of expert advice goes a long way even if it does mean that you still have to go it alone. Be strong and remind yourself that this is for someone else.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

You like to do your own things in your own way and in your own time. That certainly shows this week. It can cause a bit of a stir with family. Even so, it will inspire someone close to step forward and make their own stand. Put someone straight when they step out of line.

As you prefer living in the here and now, you find it difficult to understand and tolerate people who plot and plan in advance. It is tedious in the extreme to consider every little detail of something which may never happen. Because there is this relaxed attitude, you have developed a larger-than-life personality.

SU DOKU

This time of year reminds you just how much you enjoy home comforts.

Plan ahead now for those chilly winter nights when the air is crisp and the wine is mulled. The urge is to work with others this week and that in itself throws up plans for evenings ahead. Having planned a romantic weekend there may need to be some adjustments.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

What has four wheels and flies?

A rubbish truck.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Your mind, as ever, is changeable. This is a fun time to dabble at this and that to bring a bit of variety to your life and work. Meeting new people and starting new projects means that it is a busy time at work but the rewards are high.

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With which comedy performers would you principally associate the following catchphrases/quotes?

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

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Born July 23, 1954 she is a Spanish Conservative Popular Party (PP) politician, who has been Mayor of Madrid since December, 2011.

She is well known for being married to former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, whom she had met during their university postgraduation trip. She has also worked for national television chain Telecinco as a political commenter and is famous for being direct when voicing her personal opinion on matters including gender equality, environmental issues and abortion laws.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)

dancing in the water.

A passing Spaniard growled: “Hey you two, is that any way to behave? You wouldn’t do that back where you come from.” And that’s the whole point. Living overseas, you get to try things that you’d never normally do.

Dancing in the Fountain will be available August 15 from Amazon, and on Kindle and other e-readers.

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MARGARET is a seventeen-year-old New York City high school student who believes that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman’s life. On her journey to set things right, she begins emotionally brutalising not only those close to her, but herself as well. She is suddenly faced with the basic truth that her youthful ideals are clashing against the realities of the adult world.

2h30m Director: Kenneth Lonergan Starring: Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick

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Move from the start word (DOGS) to the end word (RACE) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder.

You must only change one letter at a time.

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TONY ROBINSON (Baldrick: Blackadder), 7. JOHN INMAN (Mr Humphries: Are You Being Served?), 8. MATT LUCAS (Daffyd Thomas: Little Britain), 9. DAVID JASON (Del-Boy Trotter: Only Fools and Horses), 10. KIRSTEN COOKE (Michelle Dubois: ‘Allo ‘Allo)

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Crosswords CRYPTIC Across 1 Walls formed of legs and forequarters of mutton? (8) 5 Expert witness revealed to be a fool (4) 9 Fellow starting New Deal as a statesman (7) 10 I name new state (5) 11 Tie up in low river (4) 12 Rewrite diverse amendments (7) 15 English flower festival (6) 16 Fix up extremely remarkable couple (6) 19 Sex and dope are wrong, itʼs revealed (7) 21 Coo! luv - starting to look really with it (4) 24 Redesigned River Nile for a big ship (5) 25 Requiring dead engine to be repaired (7) 26 Greek character around a nurse, heʼs a card (4) 27 Loses car damaged by game (8) Down 1 Think about an appendage (8) 2 Chap leaves to gather fruit (7) 3 Sage going out for a long time (4) 4 Crockery from disputed estate (3,3) 6 I put in a movement of the hand to resign (5) 7 Being rank, it is returned by the Queen (4) 8 A doctor I sent to bed drunk (7)

ENGLISH - SPANISH The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Route (4) 3 Melocotón (5) 6 Peines (5) 8 Gusto (sentido) (5) 10 Garlic (3) 11 Ídolos (5) 12 Anillos (5) 13 Diez (3) 14 To bring (news, luck etc) (5) 15 Onza (5) 16 Margarita (flor) (5) 17 Querer (objeto) (4)

Co d e B r e a ke r 13 A trip with OʼConnor around bypasses (7) 14 Poor glue ruined this introduction (8) 17 Somatic form of nuclear engineering (7) 18 Sheʼs back in academy and then sustained a rupture (6) 20 Gas produced by Norse oxen (5) 22 Fruit found in plumberʼs lunch box (4) 23 Almost take Boyd out of the boneyard (4)

QUICK Across 1 Saunter (6) 4 Shut (6) 9 Flyer (7) 10 Applauds (5) 11 Tight (5) 12 Housing (7) 13 Exciting (11) 18 Well-liked (7) 20 Range (5) 22 Monster (5) 23 Organise (7) 24 Sore (6) 25 Begrudge (6)

Down 1 Recibo (document) (7) 2 Season (for specific activity) (9) 4 Environment (7) 5 Rarely (4,5) 7 Tailors (7) 9 El más fácil (7)

Down 1 Meagre (6) 2 Rule (5) 3 Correspondence (7) 5 Clear-headed (5) 6 Staying power (7) 7 Blueprint (6) 8 Working class (11) 14 Make comprehensible (7) 15 Watch (7) 16 Small peg (6) 17 Discard (6) 19 Supple (5) 21 Snow leopard (5)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS: CRYPTIC - Across 1 Humus, 4 Lancet, 9 Macrame, 10 Annex, 11 Read, 12 Let-down, 13 Was, 14 Mafia, 16 Until, 18 Gas, 19 Forbear, 20 Leer, 23 Clubs, 24 Pinnace, 25 Step-in, 26 Booty.

Down: 1 Humdrum, 2 Mecca, 3 Seal, 5 Acanthus, 6 Consort, 7 Toxin, 8 Keels, 13 Water-ski, 15 Fortune, 17 Larceny, 18 Grips, 19 Focus, 21 Erato, 22 Snub.

QUICK - Across: 1 Crass, 4 Bent, 9 Regatta, 10 Piano, 11 Get, 12 Lurid, 14 Idiot, 15 Yearn, 16 Opts, 18 Edge, 20 Pains, 22 Agree, 23 Satin, 25 Pro, 26 Flats, 27 Upstage, 29 Soak, 30 Basis.

Down: 1 Circle, 2 Anger, 3 Sit, 5 Emptiness, 6 Trading, 7 Magnanimous, 8 Loath, 13 Dyspepsia, 17 Perhaps, 19 Gaffe, 21 Unless, 24 Traps, 28 Sob.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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 (THINGS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Moscas, 4 Codo, 8 Stamp, 9 Pulpo, 10 Oreja, 11 Letal, 14 Spots, 16 Irons, 17 Lily, 18 Colour.

Down: 1 Mismo, 2 Suave, 3 Applause, 5 Owl, 6 Oro, 7 Apellido, 12 Trozo, 13 Loser, 14 Sol, 15 Oil.

1. Unscramble the name of a current England football international: RANGERS’ RED VET 2. Unscramble the name of a television comedy panel game: GHOST ARSONIST

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet.

In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents R and 22 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 16 appears and J every time the figure 22 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares.

As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Barest Direst Dishes Estate Hasten Jangle Lunges Noises Nought Ranges Rested Shrink Sister Stingy Tested THINGS(10) Untied Whiten Winter

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Resume, 2 Refuge, 3 Whiten, 4 Course, 5 Strong, 6 Months, 7 Enters, 8 Writer, 9 Severe, 10 Toward, 11 Endure, 12 Steeds, 13 Nearer, 14 Stench, 15 Reacts, 16 Cherry, 17 Rested, 18 Leaned, 19 Recede

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4:55am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions.

12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

3:00pm Drive to Buy 4:00pm Secret Dealers

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4:00pm Show Me the Monet 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain 5:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving.

6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook.

8:00pm Coast 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Hairy Bakers 10:00pm Horizon Documentary series exploring topical scientific issues.

11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.

5:00pm A Touch of Frost 6:00pm Tipping Point 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Superstar 11:15pm ITV News and Weather 11:50pm Real Crime

12:25am Who Do You Think You Are? USA 1:10am Women of Valor 2:50am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am Faster Higher Stronger: Stories of the Olympic Games 3:55am Victoria Pendleton: Cycling's Golden Girl 4:55am Britain's Heritage Heroes 5:25am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

BBC3 5:55am British Olympic Dreams 8:00pm British Olympic Dreams 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Care Home Kids 11:00pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am American Dad! 1:30am Care Home Kids Looking for Love.

2:25am Girl Power Going for Gold.

3:25am Olympics' Most Amazing Moments 4:25am British Olympic Dreams 4:55am British Olympic Dreams 5:25am Girl Power

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5:15am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Heir Hunters Series dedicated to finding the heirs of people who have died without leaving a will. 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 11:58am BBC News and Weather 12:00pm Cowboy Trap 12:45pm You've Been Scammed 1:13pm BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt Game show in which two teams compete for the best bargains before they go up for auction. 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors Drama series set in a busy Midlands medical practice. 3:15pm Escape to the Country

4:00pm Regional News All the latest local news.

4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:00pm Copycats Two families battle it out in a range of hilarious games.

5:30pm Roy 6:00pm Newsround 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Food Factory Stefan Gates reveals the secrets of supermarket food by making his own from scratch.

9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Question of Sport 10:00pm EastEnders 10:30pm Absolutely Fabulous 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Tom Daley: Diving for Britain

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Bygone years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not missed THOSE by-gone years lacked a lot in most facets of life. Nothing much happened that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t controlled by the moonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gravitational pull or the daily sweep of the sun.

The nearest traffic light was in Almeria. The nearest phone was in Garrucha. There were post offices. But they were only good for getting magazines. If anyone selling stamps fancied that edition, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to wait. You just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t subscribe to PLAYBOY any more than asking for the Pope to visit. One soon discovered you were surviving on one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smallest islands.

Literally, when it rained, roads to Turre, Garrucha, and Carboneras were cut off for days.

Daily, one anticipated any new arrival, including delivery men or the odd tourist, to glean even an ounce of entertainment or news. At night you could drink, count stars, or argue. Something about the mild Mediterranean temperament crept into oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifestyle. But the tiniest remark or

RICP

Those first years of living in Spain in the late 60s are reminisced upon by one who survived them.

Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 and became one of the pioneer developers. He reads extensively and travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.

innuendo could become exaggerated out of proportion.

Overnight it could grow into a vehement hatred and all out war.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before you learned who wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t talking to whom, why, and for how many years or decades. When you did find out

My Spanish friends lacked nothing nor missed anything.

the truth, you knew you were in trouble.

The pettiness alarmed me.

Someone had borrowed a car and not returned it full of petrol.

Or the owner of a dog had discovered that his pet had jumped ship and moved on down

the road to the next cortijo where he was being better fed and cared for. But, that neighbour became instantaneously a thief!

Pride was at stake and in a community with nothing else to do, pride was all you had left to

honour and disobey.

Another good daily pastime was counting seagulls and clouds and geckos and insects. The flies were a lot meaner then. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d fight you while eating and go right down your throat to get the crumb. If you wanted to get rid of them, you just had to open the doors and windows on the far side of the house and walk gently toward that area waving your arms frantically.

The latest movies were only the ones someone local had a role or bit part. Life evaporated into a dry cultural cave but drink gave it pop and fizz. Your soul craved music, any kind, even a small, curt rhythm creating a string of destiny for the day. A lingering tune sung by workers in the early morning hours would haunt you the entire day.

My Spanish friends lacked nothing nor missed anything.

They had known nothing else.

Yet on they sang, letting the world know they were still in control of their own daily fate.

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ENKA and Maria and the international team at Los Angeles Bar and Restaurant on the road to Villaricos, have just completed their first year. What a party it was!

Their policy of good food, good price and great service, has proven to be just what holidaymakers and locals are looking for in a restaurant.

Never complacent, considerable investment has just been made in renewing the airconditioning in Los Angeles’ restaurant, providing improved comfort for all. There is also the large, airy terrace, popular with diners and those wishing for a cool drink in the shade.

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TERRACE: Large and airy space for outdoor eating, popular with diners wishing for a bit of shade.

THE TEAM: Keeping tourists and locals happy.

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Their twocourse set menu for €10, and three-courses for €12.50 which includes a traditional roast, are very popular.

No stay in Andalucia would be complete without trying the local speciality, paella.

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• ALBOX COMMUNITY CHURCH Sundays 11am in Christian Centre.

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• 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 v a n g e l i c a l C h u r c h .

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• 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 Library 10am–1pm. 636 918 942 or www.almanzoragof.org.

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• SOCIAL RUNNING Hash House Harriers: Second and fourth Sunday of month. Call 627 225 223 or 686 408 834.

• RBL Mojacar meets at 11.30am on the first and third Thursday of each month at the Artisan Centre situated at the base of the pueblo. Call 950 473 025.

Monday

• RBL 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.

• MOJACAR BRIDGE CLUB – Monday and Wednesday, 7pm in Torre – 950 437 100.

• REGENCY POOL LEAGUE Albox – three-man teams – Call 968 006 149.

• ROYAL ACADEMY OF D A N C E B A L L E T Vera: Call 950 453 681.

• DAMES IN SPAIN, Mojacar meet third Monday of month at the New Kimrick, 11am.

• NEW VICTORY CHURCH Sundays 11am at Avda Guillermo Reynar, Huercal Overa.

• TURRE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, near the top of Avenida de Almeria,

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Call the chairman 950 472 225.

Tuesday • 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.

• RBL Roquetas meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 3pm at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio. Call 950 333 243.

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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 .

10.30am–1pm.

All welcome. Call 667 702 774.

Saturday evenings in front of ELC in Vera.

• ALBOX FISHING CLUB meet fortnightly at The Bar Wassy. Call Squidly Sid 634 313 650.

• MOJACAR BRIDGE CLUB: Call 950 437 100.

• APSA Animal Charity in Almanzora Valley needs dog beds, bedding and blankets. www. apsa.org.es or please call: 663 762 642.

• LIVING ALONE IN SPAIN? We are a 60+ group of friends who meet for lunch every Wednesday in the Mojacar area.

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• BOAT MODEL BUILDING GROUP in Los Alcazares: Call 968 170 870 or email davidlees66@hotmail.com.

Others

•ROSE SINGERS, Mojacar, welcome enquiries from top sopranos. 667 275 614.

•ARTISAN NIGHT MARKET in Vera Playa in front of the Zimbali Hotel open every night from 8pm until the first week of September.

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• CLUB TAURINO Mojacar is a non-profit making social club for people interested in making friends and learning Spanish culture. Call 950 475 261 or www.club-taurino-mojacar.com.

• MACS Mojacar Cancer Support Group: Helpline 634 656 555; General enquiries please call: 607 598 470; or send an email: macscancer support@live.co.uk; visit the website: www. macscancersupport.com.

• RBL Zurgena and District Branch offers members meetings, crib nights, coffee mornings, quiz and buffet nights, etc. See w w w. b r i t i s h l e g i o n . o r g . u k / branches/zurgena for more details.

• THE VOICES OF ALMANZORA Albox: New members always welcome to join. Call 950 432 333.

• THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION meets throughout the week: www.britishlegion.org.uk /counties/spain-north/ branches.

• WANTED: Dog beds, old bedding and blankets for the Animal Charity APSA in Almanzora Valley. APSA shop call 663 762 642 - www. apsa.org.es.

• PAWS CORNER, Main shop 10.30am-1.30pm Tues, Wed, Thursday, Fri and Sat. Boutique: 10.30am-1.30pm Thurs, Friday and Sat call 627 819 512.

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Furthermore, the new Peugeot 301 benefits from a new range of three cylinder petrol engines (1.2 l VTi) which, due to their advanced technology, combine driving pleasure and reduced fuel consumption.

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The new Peugeot 301 will have its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show in September.

It will then go on sale from November 1 in Turkey, then into Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, The Middle East, Gulf and African States, as well as in certain Latin American markets.

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Audi A3 comfort

BATTERY DRIVEN: Perfect for an active lifestyle.

Ford C-MAX Hybrid THE power of C-MAX Hybrid stems from the combination of a gasoline engine and a battery-driven electric motor.

When powered by gasoline, the C-MAX Hybrid uses the all new 2.0-litre Atkinson-cycle fourcylinder engine – powerful and fuel efficient and among the most advanced non-turbocharged four-cylinder powertrains Ford has ever offered.

The C-MAX Hybrid offers room for five people and plenty of cargo – making it perfect for the owner

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For cargo, C-MAX Hybrid has 60/40 split-fold rear seats.

The seats easily fold flat with 52.6 cubic feet of space behind the first row and 24.5 cubic feet behind the second row.C-MAX Hybrid is part of Ford’s strategy to give customers the power of choice for fuel efficiency.

C-Max Hybrid – with a base price of €21,300 – is part of Ford’s first dedicated line of hybrid vehicles and is currently available to order at select dealerships.

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HE third generation Audi compact hatchback has an impressively strong specification and numerous technological

A compact hatchback.

advances in quality, infotainment, driver assistance technology, efficiency and driver appeal.

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QUALITY: A compact hatchback. progress is evident in the very high quality cabin, which genuinely breaks new ground in the class with standards of materials, workmanship and ergonomics.

Three specification levels – SE, Sport and S line – all include alloy wheels, air conditioning or climate control, radio with electrically folding screen, iPod connection, Bluetooth interface and navigation preparation.

There are three very convincing four-cylinder petrol and TDI options to choose from. These

hi-tech, impeccably refined units all deliver optimum performance and highly efficient electromechanical power steering.

They channel their drive through a completely new chassis which strikes a considerably more delicate balance between comfort, composure and driver appeal.

Orders in June were priced from €24,270 OTR to €33,578 OTR first deliveries in September.

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Bradley on French glory trail and 30,000 fans witness Haye’s win CYCLING – Bradley Wiggins, despite being hit by a flare and then sportingly slow-pedalling to allow fellow cyclists to catch up following a sabotage attempt by a tack-thrower, WILL become the first Brit ever to win the gruelling 2,000 mile (3,200 km) Tour de France which ends on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday. Yesterday, Wiggins, with his yellow jersey prominent, was over two minutes clear of the field with stages fast running out.

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By Tony Matthews

A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

Athletic, Elgin, Montrose and Peterhead but not for the Ibrox faithful!… Portsmouth will start 2012-13 in League One with a 10

point deficit… Former Celtic and Motherwell striker Joe McBride has died, aged 74… Fabio Capello is Russia’s new manager… Andy Carroll may rejoin Newcastle…

And England lost 2-1 to Greece after extra-time in the semi-final of the European U19 tournament.

ROUND-UP – In boxing, 30,000 fans at Upton Park saw David Haye knockout Dereck Chisora in ‘5’ and 10,000 saw Amir Khan blitzed by Danny Garcia in ‘4’ in Las Vegas… It was a Spanish 1-2 as Jorge Lorenzo stormed home in the Italian Motor GP ahead of Dani Pedrosa; Andrea Dovizionso was third…

Aussie quickie Brett Lee has retired from international cricket; Kevin Pietersen (who scored 234 for Surrey last week) may return to the ODI scene and the first Test between England and South Africa starts today… Leeds (who ko’d Wigan in the semis) will play Warrington (who walloped Huddersfield) in Rugby League’s Challenge Cup final… Harlequins’ new 10,000 capacity Copthall Stadium, Barnet, will be opened in February … Denmark beat Australia by three points to win Speedway’s World Cup…Jeev Milka Singh won golf’s Scottish Open in a play-off.

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Let’s make the London Games great, Britain!

Preview of the 2012 Summer Olympics by Tony Matthews THE opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics will have a theme called ‘The Isles of Wonder’, arranged by Oscarwinning director Danny Boyle, with music by Rick Smith and Karl Hyde of the electronic duo Underworld.

HRH Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will open the Games a week tomorrow (July 27) while songwriter/musician Sir Paul McCartney will bring the curtain down on the opening ceremony.

A short film featuring Daniel Craig as 007 agent James Bond will be screened during the TV coverage of the opening ceremony. A total of 10,505 competitors, representing a record 204 nations will take part in 302 event covering 26 different sports Team GB will have no less than 542 men and women participating on home soil, and water, and there is no doubt that each and every one will be going flat out (not literally) to win a medal and so make Britain Great!

This will be a record number of representatives at any Olympic Games for GB who expect to win at least 40 medals overall. The USA will have 530 athletes in the UK and will, it seems, collect 100+ medals (again) while Russia with 436 entrants will, I feel, finish a close second with around 85-90 gongs. Germany has entered 391 competitors, Spain 282 and China just 161.

And Jamaicans might, just might, win all the sprint golds.

Here are my GB ‘ones to watch’ at London 2012, taking

MEDAL HOPEFUL: Marathon star Paula Radcliffe. each sport in A-Z order: ARCHERY I expect the arrows fired by Alan Wills, Simon Terry and Larry Godfrey, and Amy Oliver, Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson to score high!

ATHLETICS In the men’s track and field section, I’m hoping for solid (some winning) performances from Phillips Idowu in the triple jump, from hurdlers Rhys Williams, Andy Turner and team captain Dai Greene, from 800m star Andrew Osagie from Mo Farah in the 5,000m and 10,000m, from high jumper Robbie Grabarz, from 6ft 6in UK indoor and outdoor long jump champion Chris Tomlinson and from sprinters Harry AikinesAryeetey and ex-footballer Adam Gemili, who will be taking on Bolt,

Gaye, Lemaitre, Blake, Powell, etc.

The women under focus will be 2011 European U23 and national pole-vault champion Holly Bleasdale, track runners Jo Pavey (5,000m), Lisa Dobriskey, Nicola Sanders, Emily Pidgeon (5,000m European junior champion), Perry ShakesDrayton (who set a personal best in the 400m hurdles recently), Hannah England, reigning 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu, 100m hurdler Tiffany Porter, GB’s golden Hepthlete Jess Ennis, 3,000m steeplechaser Barbara Parker, Cuban-born triple-jumper Yamile Aldama, British javelin record holder Goldie Sayers and marathon star Paula Radcliffe; and please, don’t anybody drop the baton in the relays!

Unfortunately, I don’t think

we’ll figure in the shot putt, discus or hammer, sorry.

BADMINTON Left-hander Chris Adcock and Glaswegian Imogen Bankier can succeed in the mixed doubles while Susan Egelstaff and Rajiv Ouseph who has 10 titles under his belt, can do the business individually.

BMX (biking) Two favourites for medals are Liam Phillips and multiple world champion Shanaze Reade.

BOXING I’m confident that Anthony Ogogo (middleweight), Josh Taylor (lightweight), Anthony Joshua (super heavyweight) and Andrew Selby (bantamweight) will box well. In 2011 Selby became the first Welshman for 86 years to win a European title. As for the women punchers, Nicola Adams, exceptionally strong in the

flyweight division, and middleweight Savannah Marshall (Britain’s female world champion) look to have the best chances.

CYCLING (Road) If they’ve recovered from their Tour de France exploits, I expect Bradley Wiggins, the Manx-machine Mark Cavendish and Chris Froome to challenge for prizes, along with colleague David Miller, while Emma Pooley and Nicole Cooke should be there or thereabouts in the women’s sector.

CYCLING (Track) All the big names, Sir Chris Hoy (who has 4 gold and a silver already in his collection), Jason Kenny, two recipients of gold in Beijing, Ed Clancy and Geraint Thomas, and Steve Burke are quietly confident of picking up medals, so too are four women, namely Joanna Rowsell, Danielle King, Victoria Pendleton and Manchester-born Laura Trott.

DIVING Everyone, including yours truly, wants the 2009 World, European and UK 10m platform champion Tom Daley to win gold and break China’s dominance in this sport. Also, check out Chris Mears, Daley’s diving partner Pete Waterfield and competent lassies Tonia Couch and South African-born Monique Gladding, who could all spring to glory!

CANOE Slalom) Scot Campbell Walsh (in the men’s K1) and Lizzie Neave produced the goods in Europe last year and can do likewise on home water.

CANOE (Sprint) Three men Tim Brabants, Ed McKeever and Liam Heath - and two women Angela Hannah and Louisa Sawers - can all pick up medals.

Continued next week

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games reviews

By Tony Matthews CHINA, the 22nd country to stage the Summer Olympics, welcomed 11,028 athletes from 204 countries who competed in 302 events, covering 28 sports.

GB sent 311 competitors to the Far East and came back with 47 medals (19 gold), finishing fourth in the medal table behind USA 110, China 100 and Russia 72.

Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals in the pool and broke swimming records on seven occasions In fact, 43 new World and 132 new Olympic records were set during the games (indoors and out) and 86 different countries won at least one medal.

GB’s gold medalists (some in teams) included cyclists Chris Hoy (3), Bradley Wiggins (2), Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint

Thomas, Nicole Cooke, Victoria Pendleton and Rebecca Romero; swimmer Rebecca Adlington (2); sailors Mark Hunter, Zac Purchase, Ben Ainslie, Sarah Ayton, Pippa Wilson and Sarah Webb; rowers Tom James, Andrew Trigg- Hodge, Pete Reed and Steve Williams and middleweight boxer James DeGale. * Let’s hope GB can gain 50+ medals this year.