Costa de Almeria 6 - 12 September 2012 Issue 1418

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Traders battle to absorb VAT BUSINESSES - including many in Almeria - are doing their best to cushion clients from the latest VAT rises.

With businesses striving hard to survive the ongoing economic difficulties, some have already said they do not plan to put up their prices.

The Beachcomber, a popular bar restaurant on Mojacar Playa, plans to keep its prices at the same levels as before last weekend’s VAT increases.

“We are going to be more prudent in claiming back our taxes and instead of overlooking small purchases we make on a monthly basis we will now be requesting invoices in a hope to combat our expenditure,” said John, •Turn to Page 4

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Noisy homes AROUND 70 per cent of Almeria City residents have added soundproofing to their homes with a study finding most buildings are badly insulated.

Feria fun ADRA’S 160th annual feria opening today (Thursday) until Monday will also mark the town’s 100th anniversary.

Electrocuted A MAN from Mali died after suffering severe burns while working on a high voltage pylon in Nijar.

Debt fight NO charges have been pressed following a fight over a debt between a Moroccan and a Romani family in El Ejido.

SMILES ALL ROUND: But summer holidays are over, and it’s back to school.

Expensive return to the classroom IT’S back to school for millions of children next week.

For many parents the challenging aspect of family budgets has been faced in recent

days, with one consumer survey in Spain indicating back-toschool costs range from €300€700 per child in state schools, and a lot more in private.

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Desalination plants to rescue of tourist areas MANY tourist areas would have been without water this summer without the much-criticised desalinisation plants in Alicante and Murcia.

Drought plus a structural failure in the Tajo-Segura pipeline prevented water transfers and threatened the domestic supply in Torrevieja and La Manga, as well as to Alicante and Murcia cities.

Desalinisation plants in Murcia’s San Pedro del Pinatar and in Alicante City have instead worked at capacity this summer, processing 6.5 cubic hectometres of water in July compared with 0.3 hectometres during the same month in 2011.

Thirty per cent of the area’s water already comes from the desalinisation plants including the city of Murcia, 40 kilometres from the coast. The remainder usually comes from the Taibilla river and the Segura-Tajo pipeline “There would probably have been supply problems without the plants.

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Interest free instalments ALMERIA Provincial Government is working on a customised tax-paying programme which will grant residents in 96 municipalities up to 10 months to pay taxes without interest charges.

Shanties vanish

MUCH CRITICISED: Desalination plants in Alicante and Murcia.

They were a good solution,” said Adolfo Gallardo de Marco the central government’s representative on the Canales de Taibilla water board.

The present PP government has little enthusiasm for the desalinisation plants, introduced by their PSOE predecessors. Despite a €1,600 million investment, they only

functioned at 16 per cent capacity, complained Environment Minister, Miguel Arias Cañete earlier this year.

But the plants would in any case have increased production, regardless of government reluctance. Brussels, which provided most of the money for them, told Spain earlier this year that the plants could not lie idle.

MORE than 10 shacks have been demolished in El Ejido since the city council gave notice in July.

Social workers are seeking alternative home for 120 immigrants living in shanty towns in the area.

Vera workshop YOUNGSTERS attended an Archaeology Workshop organised in Vera by the Council of Education and Culture as part of a summer programme.

Fire charge A 43-YEAR-OLD Antas resident referred to as A F has been charged with starting the Bedar wildfire in Bedar by the Guardia Civil. Initial investigations revealed that a cigarette butt caused the fire, with the location identified as where the accused had been cutting a metal container with a radial tool.

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A 19-YEAR-OLD Bedar man has been arrested

by Guardia Civil officers for allegedly raiding two homes during raging wildfires.

Two people reported the theft of jewellery, computers and photo equipment after they had evacuated. One victim had left their home unlocked in case firemen needed to gain access.

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Couple in €12m expat swindle jailed A COUPLE is now behind bars having swindled 120 Spanish expatriates out of £10million (€12.6m).

The fraud has left some of the expatriates penniless and without homes.

John Hirst, aged 61, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court in the UK to nine years after admitting conspiring to defraud and money laundering relating to a ‘Ponzi’ scheme targeting expatriates in

Mallorca. His wife Linda was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years for money laundering.

The couple used the cash to fund a lavish lifestyle including expensive houses and luxury holidays plus wedding celebrations in Las Vegas and Mallorca, the court heard during the six-week trial.

A third person, financial advisor Richard Pollett, aged 70, was found guilty of

conspiracy to defraud and was jailed for six-and-a-half-years.

Judge Durham-Hall said that those targeted were mainly ordinary, hardworking expatriates who put their pensions and savings into the scheme after being promised huge returns and a risk-free guarantee.

Of the £10million invested, only around £4million has been repaid.

Flood chaos rescue

A NIGERIAN woman has been arrested in Almeria for forcing fellow nationals in Spain into prostitution by threats, including black magic.

Found dead A MAN of 72 missing since last Thursday has been found dead in a ravine of Camino de Barranqueras, in Garrucha.

Marihuana seized TWO men aged 48 and 50 have been arrested after the Guardia Civil seized 69 marihuana plants from a farm in Sorbas (Almería).

Holidays over EIGHTY-ONE children aged six to 12 spent two months in Almeria as part of a Holidays in Peace programme have returned home .

A YOUNG woman who was dragged 400 metres by flooding at a Mojacar beach was treated at a health centre after being taken there by pòlice.

Food on way

ALL ABOARD: Jet-setters should check out Tuesdays when they want to travel with an eye on cost.

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F you want the cheapest airline tickets, then check out Tuesdays!

In a consumer watchdog Which? survey into 1,174 flights within Europe with Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways, some Sunday flight costs soared 175 per cent compared to two days later.

Flying from London Gatwick to Alicante with easyJet on a Tuesday on average saves 25 per cent compared to travelling on a Friday, the survey revealed.

Meanwhile the £100 (€125) cost of a Barcelona to Heathrow ticket with British Airways on Tuesdays leapt to £275 (€343) on a Sunday, while the £100 (€125) cost of a Heathrow to Barcelona ticket with British Airways on a Tuesday leapt to £150 (€187.5) by Friday and Saturday.

Which? said: “People can save a significant sum if they can be flexible changing the day or time they choose to travel.”

Brother and sister held for gems raid on parents A BROTHER and sister have been arrested for stealing €8,000 worth of jewellery and €3,000 cash from their parents in Padules.

Guardia Civil officers called in to investigate the thefts are said to have discovered no forced entry to the premises, nor of the safe.

It was later found that almost all the jewels had been sold in an establishment in Almeria, allegedly by the victim’s daughter.

Following further investigations, the son was detained as her accomplice.

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Flood victim dragged along beach

ALMERIA Municipal Housing Company has put the construction of 20 homes on a site where flats have been demolished out to tender.

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HEAVY rain caused 70 incidents of flooding in Mojacar and Pulpi, with several roads affected. In one case, two people had to be rescued from their car.

FIVE of the immigrants rescued from the sea near Cabo de Gata were minors who will now remain under protection of the Junta de Andalucia.

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Every day I think about coming home

Alexia Garcia, translator and interpreter with a degree from Alicante University, speaking about her decision to leave Spain and move to Holland in 2010 in search of work opportunities.

Payment problem APPROXIMATELY 25 per cent of citizens who have recently gained a state subsidised home in Almeria have been forced to give them up as they cannot afford the down payment, the city council has revealed.

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kilos of tomatoes were thrown into the streets of Buñol, Valencia in the town’s annual Tomatina Festival. Local councillor Rafael Pérez said despite the recession the same amount of tomatoes were used as in 2011.

MORE than 800 tons of food is to be distributed in Almeria by the government to 62,777 people through charities from next month.

Jobs lost IN Almeria 5,000 have been lost year, with becoming jobless month alone.

jobs this 787 last

Music school THE Municipal Music School in Almeria had so many applications on its first day that the managing company is already considering adding a second floor.

Blood needs ALMERIA’S Centre for Blood Transfusions is planning 25 sessions in 15 municipalities this month. Sixty daily donations are needed to guarantee supplies.

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A MADRID comic shop has been named the best in the world. Arika Comics will receive the Eisner Prize for ‘best shop’ at the International Comics Convention in San Diego, US, next weekend, thereby becoming the first Spanish shop to receive the award.

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Mixed summer sales as traders fight VAT rise ON THE DECLINE: Cannabis use.

Drug-taking decreasing DRUG consumption is dropping in Almeria, but alcohol intake is increasing.

This is revealed in the latest study on drugs

by Andalucian residents carried out by the Junta de Andalucia.

Residents have been found to use fewer substances of almost all types, with the exception of alcohol.

Cannabis, hallucinogenic products, tranquillizers and other products have also slightly decreased. Daily consumption of tobacco has dropped from 45.7 per cent to 31.5 per cent, but alcohol consumption increased from 4.8 per cent to 5.5 per cent.

The main purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of psychoactive substances, as well as the most common socio-demographic profiles of drug-users.

From front page the proprietor. “Luckily we have shown a profit this year from January to August in comparison to the same period last year.

“Why? We don’t know, but we have noticed that we have more clients ordering A la Carte rather than Menu del Día and there has also been an increase in Spanish customers who appear to be coming out of their shells with respect to other types of cuisine.”

Meanwhile, a Vera trader, who asked not to be named, said that he would not increase prices in his general store.

“I cannot afford to lose local customers for the sake of a few cents in

every euro. I need to absorb the increases in VAT, otherwise some of my loyal customers of many years might move elsewhere to shop in establishments that decide to keep to the old price rates.”

This view was shared by a normally well informed business source in Mojacar.

“Competition has been so intense in the last two years that just slight price increases can put people off, and see them take their business elsewhere,” she said.

“So I expect many traders to keep things as they are. I certainly do not plan to rise prices.”

Meanwhile, nationally supermarket giants Lidl and Mercadona have both announced that they will not charge customers the VAT increase.

Lidl said that thanks to their ‘business policies based on constant production improvements and cost reductions’ the company will not have to pass on the VAT increases to consumers.

Both companies said the added VAT costs would be taken from their margins to avoid affecting sales.

Carrefour also plans to give VAT discounts to shoppers over 65.

While garages cannot hope to absorb the increased VAT on vehicle sales, clearly recent times have been good for Stuart Campbell of Kia Motors in Mojacar Playa.

“We have been lucky enough to have sold out our entire stock of vehicles both here and in Almeria.

“When some British banks had problems some clients decided to transfer money to Spain and to buy a vehicle before the rise of IVA. “We sold six cars recently and are now waiting for new stock and also brochures as we are still getting enquiries.

“It could be just the reputation of our product but we have so far done better than last year.”

But the summer sales which ended before the VAT rises were introduced from September 1 turned out to be very disappointing in many places, with the president of the Association Corazón de Alicante reporting ‘between 30 and 35 per cent fewer sales’ compared to last summer.

“It has been the worst summer since the economic crisis,” he remarked.

Pedro Reig, President of Covaco, a regional trade employers group, agreed that this year’s sales seemed to go largely unnoticed.

“Sales are not what they were, and never will be the same again,” he said, referring to recent news that the government passed a law that allows retailers to offer discounts throughout the year, rather than just during the traditional winter and summer sales periods.

But Covaco positively noticed in odd tourist areas, due in part to foreign visitors and to a lesser extent, the Spanish,the sale of appliances increased.

Meanwhile, Enrique Gil, head of the Malaga Retail Federation (Fecoma), Enrique Gil, reported that the summer sales turnover was approximately €42 million; down €3 million on last year.

Fecoma statistics also showed that the average amount spent by people in Malaga Province during the sales was €50; a drop of €11 on the 2011 averages.

Gil pointed out that not even 70 per cent price reductions or the planned VAT rise saved the sales, leaving many shop owners wondering what the future will bring.

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Stories making headlines from the United Kingdom

Valuable vomit A BOY found a piece of ambergris on a beach in Hengistbury Head, which is hardened sperm whale vomit and used for making expensive perfumes. It is thought to be valued at €50,000.

Medieval find A MAN uncovered a medieval sword and a 33-foot well beneath the living room floor of the home he has lived in for 25 years in Plymouth, Devon.

Doggy shrink ONE of the Queen’s pet corgis will receive professional help from animal psychologist Roger Mugford, to correct the animal’s aggressive behaviour towards other dogs.

Baby gender FIFTEEN per cent of patients that choose their baby’s gender, a procedure that is outlawed in the UK, are British, estimated Dr Steinberg of the Fertility Institutes in Manhattan.

Potter home THE Lavenham cottage that appeared as Harry Potter’s birthplace in the popular magic-themed movie saga is on the market for £950,000.

Truancy fines TEACHERS will be allowed to issue a fine of £60 to parents who condone truancy from September, reported Schools Minister, Nick Gibb.

No visas MORE than 2,000 foreign students may be deported within 60 days after the London Metropolitan University’s right to student visas was removed to prevent people taking advantage of visas to work in the UK.

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Singers’ chance of stardom

By Richard Shanley A SONG and accompanying video extolling the virtues of Mojacar has been produced by Spectrum FM. It is part of the radio station’s continuing policy of promoting the Costa Almeria.

To listen to the song and see the video, type Spectrum FM Mojacar into the You Tube search bar.

As the Number One local English language radio station it is important to inform and help wherever possible the local area and the people who live there.

That is why I have decided to champion the

cause of local singers and musicians.

After the false rumour last year that local live music would be lost forever due to new sound limiting laws, I have reinforced my view that live local music is the mainstay of the area.

With bars already struggling due to a lack of tourists and residents with disposable income, live music attracting customers is all-important.

To this end Spectrum FM is inviting all local singers and musicians in groups to submit a biography of themselves together with an mp3 of one of their songs.

These should be sent to info@spectrumfmmojacar.n et Moving forward, each week an artist will be selected to become Spectrum 90.8FM’s ‘Song of the Week’, with the number played each day during The Almeria Today programme (weekdays from 10am) with Richard Shanley and David Hay. The singer/group will also be invited to be interviewed to promote their act and to tell listeners about their background.

Bar owners can then decide if they wish to book the talent.

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Stories making headlines from Germany

Cleavage war A TEACHER in Wiesbaden was ordered to pay a €400 fine for putting a pencil down a student’s shirt to draw attention to her ‘inappropriate clothing’.

The student was ordered to do community work for retaliating on the internet.

Pink stinks THE Kinder Surprise pink ‘just for girls’ products have been attacked by Pinkstinks Germany because they supposedly depict ‘stripper fairies,’ which they believe can pass negative gender roles to children.

Olympic bill

RESCUES: The beach at Vera has mounted several successful rescues this summer.

900 call-outs for lifeguards FIVE successful rescues were mounted on Vera beaches by the lifeguard team this summer.

But in total the team dealt with 900 incidents, the majority jellyfish stings or minor wounds.

“The best team of lifeguards is the one that carries out fewest rescues,” said Rudy Mahiques, the lifeguard team co-ordinator for Vera.

Vera has 13 lifeguards, a technician in sanitary transport and a nurse.

GERMAN hockey gold medal Olympians may be held liable for a €500,000 bill for damages done to the MS Deutschland cruise ship during their victory celebrations.

Senior excuse A GRANNY who was sent to prison in Düsseldorf for smuggling cannabis for traffickers from Holland tried to excuse herself saying she had only done it to stay active and not out of any ‘criminal impetus.’

€190 Clutch A €190 ‘durable’ paper bag marketed as a men’s clutch for the German fashion label Jil Sander’s autumn 2012 collection is reportedly already sold out.

Huge tumour A 14.3 kilo benign tumour has been removed from a woman in Cologne after doctors assessed that is was in danger of obstructing her internal organs.

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In search of other worlds THE German-Spanish Astronomical Centre in Calar Alto is help look for liquid water and life signs on planets.

It is collaborating with the American Kepler mission, according to communications at the XXVIII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Beijing.

SPACE: Search for life is on.

Check prices call after rises in VAT A CALL has been made for random checks to be carried out on prices being charged following the VAT which came into effect on September 1.

The consumers association FACUA has asked the government and autonomous communities to look into certain distribution companies who have claimed they will maintain prices following the VAT increases.

Ruben Sanchez, the spokesman of FACUA, said that the National Commission for Competition (CNC), the National Institute of Consumption (INC) and the corresponding community authorities should be performing checks of price variations in August in comparison to July. “Many consumers are expressing their concern to us, as well as on social networks, that some important companies have raised prices of numerous products�, Sanchez said.

However, in cases where power or water bills are to be paid in September, he clarified it was not fraud to include the new VAT rate.

Valentin Martinez Pillet, Project Coordinator of the Astrophysics Institute of the Canary Islands, says the mission will be launched by around 2030.

The infra-red spectrograph available at Calar Alto can help the Kepler mission in its search for organic molecules in outer space.

Basis of this collaboration is the recent discovery by Kepler of a twosun multi-planet system, as disclosed by scientists from the University of San Diego, which presents ‘habitable conditions’.

This could involve the presence of water, which is the first condition for life.

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Normality being restored to Mojacar in wake of floods

Cars almost submerged in front of Casa Jose Butchers, next to the Hotel Provenzal on Mojacar Playa. have previously suffered, continue to collapse.

Road verges collapsing at points which would inhibit entrance and exit to the area and a landslide on the main road to the area being of particular concern.

Beaches, albeit devoid of sand bearing in mind the beaches here are man-made - but now cleared and green flags flying for those visitors who have

been plunged into a situation of “what do we do if there is no beach to sit on”.

Storms of this nature are expected now and again, but it is clear that most residents of Mojacar are of the opinion that a lot of the damage could possibly be avoided with careful planning by the local authorities, and they feel that once the situation is controlled it seems to be immediately swept under the carpet.

Two cars parked on the beach by the Best Mojacar Hotel fell into a ravine.

TONY UNWIN

IN the aftermath of the torrential rainstorm that battered Mojacar, a massive effort has been made to reinstate some semblance of normality to the promenade of Mojacar Playa.

Thursday’s storms caused flooding and electricity in the area was severely affected with Mojacar Pueblo and The Parque Comercial intermittently cutting out until 9am.

The destruction of general water pipes on Mojacar Playa and surrounding areas left a large number of residents without mains water for almost two days.

Many houses suffered considerable damage with outside walls collapsing and serious flooding.

Residents had to resort to using water from private swimming pools in order to be able to start the clear-up.

Areas like La Parata were very badly affected in so much as the problems of the past were still very much in evidence.

For example, the overflow each year of the riverbed which, despite efforts to divert the water, is a major thorn in the side of the community, walls which

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Litter fight begins

By Tony Matthews RUBBISH dumped in and around Turre and Mojacar is considered a fire risk by many residents and traders.

The recent fire near Bedar and the smaller ones at Vera and Antas have clearly shown the fire hazard created by bottles, loads of paper, cardboard and other trash.

Direct sunlight on a plastic/glass container, can easily trigger off a spark that can lead to a blaze.

Turre opposition councillor, Martin Morales and his Mojacar counterpart, Jessica Simpson are heading a campaign to bring the litter louts to book.

Anyone with information of dumpers should contact the councillors, myself, the EWN or your local radio station.

Eleven loggerhead turtles freed into sea ELEVEN loggerhead turtles - an endangered species - have been

released into the sea at Amoladeras beach in the Natural Park Cabo de

THEFT: Some of the stolen articles.

Gata-Nijar.

Since last summer, 273 turtles were also released in the area by the Regional Council for Agriculture, Fishing and the Environment.

The turtles came from the Centre of Sea Management of Algeciras (Cegma) in Cadiz, which had been their home since being born on the beaches of Almeria about two years ago. The aim is that the turtles return to this area for egg-laying once they are fully grown, which will be in 15 to 20 years.

This will help create a stable population of this endangered species in the motorbikes, bicycles and quads.

Three more people have been charged area.

The initiative is based with sending the stolen goods to Romania in a joint operation in Almeria on collaboration between between Guardia Civil and the National the Regional Council and the Biological Station at Police.

Twenty bicycles, five quad bikes, a car, DoĂąana, whereby turtle two mopeds and five motor bikes have eggs are imported from been returned to their owners.

Cape Verde.

Almeria gang held

SIX people, including an underage alleged gang leader, have been arrested and charged with at least 60 thefts in Almeria and in the Poniente area.

Operating mainly in El Ejido, Vicar and Roquetas de Mar, plus neighbourhood Vega de AcĂĄ, the gang allegedly accessed community garages to force storage room doors, mainly targeting

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Union march date is set A MARCH is planned from El Ejido to Almeria next Wednesday though the route remains unclear as the authorities are seeking the least impact on traffic and residents.

Security forces, Guardia Civil and National Police will be on duty during the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;AndalucĂ­a en pieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; march organised by the trade union SAT. The unionists have already marched through Jaen, Cordoba and Cadiz and arrived at Casabermeja, in Malaga last weekend.

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BLACKENED: Hillside charred by the Malaga fire.

Counting the deadly cost: raging fire means multimillion clean-up operation

By Nicole Hallett VICTIMS of the biggest fire in Malaga Province for 20 years continue to count the cost.

Insurance officials are also looking at figures after the killer blaze which started last Thursday evening destroyed 200 homes and engulfed 8,225 hectares of land (the equivalent of 13,000 football pitches), almost 85 per cent of it forest, and the remainder agricultural and urban land.

As the fire spread throughout the night it raged in half a dozen municipalities, including Coin, Alhaurin, Mijas, Marbella, Ojen and Monda.

Helicopters and planes continued to damp down 48 hours later, by which time residents from outlying districts were using the weekend to take a closer look at affected areas.

The blaze started in Barranco Blanco in Coin municipality and Guardia Civil officers are continuing to question people in the area in a bid to reveal the source of the blaze.

The leading theory is that it was started intentionally.

With temperatures well above 30ºC when the fire started, dried scrubland and vegetation following the hot summer, combined with gusting winds of more than 30 kilometres an hour at times, saw the flames quickly

spread over 12 kilometres, forcing around 5,000 people to be evacuated, including from La Cala Golf Resort Hotel.

Police went door-to-door ordering families out of their homes as the flames approached.

Killed in the blaze was a 54year-old German who returned with his wife to their home in La Mairena after being evacuated.

His charred body was later discovered, but not that of his wife.

Five people were also injured including a German couple aged 59 and 60 who remain in a critical condition in hospital. They suffered more than 50 per cent burns.

The devastation left in the wake of the fire will mean a multimillion-euro clean-up operation, including reforestation projects and recon-struction of housing and infrastructure.

Many of those who have returned home from the emergency centres that were set up have been left without power.

The social network Facebook (FB) played an integral role during this disaster in which some householders lost every-thing.

While the fire raged, FB members updated others on how it was spreading.

A FB group called SOS Volunteers Andalucia was also

created to provide a social communication and information exchange platform. It now has thousands of members.

Early on during the emergency, various points were organised, including the Iceland stores in Fuengirola and Puerto Banus, for people to drop off donations, including clothes and food.

“The response was overwhelming,” said an official.

“People have come from all along the coast with items to donate, filling hundreds of trolleys.”

A horse box arrived from Axarquia filled with items donated by people in Herradura and the Nerja Donkey Sanctuary, among others.

Many donated items have been taken to a central government drop-off point and to the Red Cross for distribution. Anything left has been stored and is being sorted.

Meanwhile, the group has since set up an interactive website – www.sosandalucia.com – which provides updated information.

The international community is also collaborating with various organisations, including local charities, media and town halls.

The group’s plan is to continue to serve as a centralised platform for any other potential future emergency situations.

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www.euroweeklynews.com ITV is set to drop the numeric one from its flagship channel for the first time in a decade as part of a forthcoming rebranding exercise, according to a report.

Broadcast claims that the rebrand of ITV1 is among a number of changes being made to the commercial broadcaster’s network of channels. This includes the trademark yellow colour on the flagship ITV1 being phased out and a new set of idents - short video clips that accompany the start of programmes being introduced.

The report also claims that ITV’s digital channels - ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV - will be given a ‘substantially different’ on-screen presence, although they will keep their existing names. An ITV insider told Broadcast that the rebrand is “not just a paint job”, but is about boosting the overall ITV brand.

“This is a big undertaking and will have a sense of scale,” said the source. “It is aimed at ensuring viewers attribute our content to the ITV brand.”

Rufus Radcliffe, the group marketing and research director at ITV, is said to be leading the rebrand, which is ITV’s first such exercise in the

ITV1 to change name back to ITV, report claims DISHING THE DIRT

By Richard Shanley Of Europa Digital

ITV has not changed its brand in the past six years, so it is a big undertaking. last six years.

Previously at Channel 4, Radcliffe was behind the relaunches of E4 and More 4, and he also introduced Channel 4¡’s current ‘floating logo’. IT’s branding changes were originally due to roll out in the autumn, but they have reportedly been pushed back to January, presumably to avoid clashing with The X Factor.

Sky1 has confirmed that the fourth season of Glee will not air in the UK until January. The musical drama returns to Fox in the US next month, but Sky1

has decided to hold back the UK premiere in order to “play out... an unbroken run”.

In a statement, the broadcaster said: “We originally thought the majority of our customers would want to see Glee as soon as possible, but last year you gave us feedback about the constant breaks in scheduling (owing to one-off broadcasts of live sport and other events in the US) and told us you wanted a more consistent scheduling pattern.

“We listened to the feedback and have decided to begin

showing season 4 in January 2013, so we can play out in an unbroken run.” Spin-off series ‘The Glee Project’ has also been confirmed to return to Sky1, with an autumn air date being eyed for the reality show’s return.

The new season of Glee will feature guest spots from Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) and will also introduce four new regular cast members.

The X Factor and Doctor Who will clash in the Saturday night schedules on Saturday, September 8, it has been

revealed. Doctor Who’s second episode ‘Dinosaurs on a Spaceship’ runs until 9.20pm (CET) on BBC One and The X Factor will start on ITV1 at 9.10pm.

Early schedules featured the two programmes overlapping for 20 minutes, but ITV pushed the reality show later into the evening at the last minute. This weekend’s Doctor Who premiere will not clash with Simon Cowell’s entertainment series.

‘Asylum of the Daleks’ ends at 9.10pm, just before The X Factor airs. X Factor’s ratings have dropped considerably so far this series, failing to reach the 10 million plus viewing figures and 40 per cent plus audience shares that it reached during the opening audition rounds last year.

However, ITV controller Peter Fincham has denied there are any concerns about flagging ratings on the show, insisting the vehicle has still "got years" to run.

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4.00pm - midnight 4:05pm Marrying Mum and Dad 4:35pm Splatalot Gameshow filled with medieval, messy madness.

5:00pm Shaun the Sheep Animation.

5:10pm Wingin' It Comedy series.

5:30pm Roy The O'Brien family are new in town. An ordinary family - well, almost.

6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm Good Cop 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Neighbourhood Watched

12:20am Gone Baby Gone 2:10am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:15am Panorama 2:45am Countryfile 3:45am Land of the Lost Wolves 4:45am Doorstep Crime 999 5:15am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm The World's Strictest Parents 9:00pm Don’t Tell the Bride 10:00pm Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live 11:00pm Wilfred 11:20pm Pop’s Greatest Dance Crazes 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:30am Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live 2:30am Wilfred 2:50am Don’t Tell the Bride 3:50am The Comedy Marathon Spectacular

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4:55am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home in the country. 12:45pm Cash in the Attic 1:15pm Bargain Hunt The antiques challenge comes from Exeter. 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:40pm Doctors 3:10pm Only Fools and Horses 3:38pm Only Fools and Horses

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Channel 4

7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am Barney’s Latin America 8:30am The League of Super Evil What LOSE need is a rival. 8:40am Léon 8:45am Frankenstein's Cat 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What’s New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Buzz and Tell 9:30am Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 9:45am Baby Jake 10:00am Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10am Uki 10:20am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30am The Large Family 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Dirtgirlworld 11:00am Octonauts 11:05am Kerwhizz 11:30am Driver Dan's Story Train 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm My Life in Books 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

5:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal

4:00pm Wanted Down Under 4:45pm Hairy Bikers’ Best of British The bikers continue their culinary journey through time as they celebrate British food.

5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Celebrity MasterChef The celebrities face their first restaurant service.

8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Wartime Farm 10:00pm Hilary Devey's Women at the Top 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Kirsty Wark.

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show Alan returns with his daily chat show that celebrates the very best of British.

5:00pm My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Katie leads Robbie into a honey trap.

8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm The Corrie Years 10:00pm The Bletchley Circle Three-part drama series about a group of former Bletchley Park codebreakers.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show

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Channel 5

5:40am Deal or No Deal 6:35am Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard 6:40am Freshly Squeezed 7:05am Paralympics Tonight 8:00am Paralympic Games Breakfast Show 10:15am Paralympic Games 2012 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Paralympic Games 2012 2:00pm Paralympic Games 2012 Presented

by Georgie Bingham and Arthur Williams.

6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am City of Friends 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Big School 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Abby's Flying Fairy School 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NUMB3RS

5:20pm Come Dine with Me 5:55pm The Simpsons 6:25pm Paralympic Games 2012 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:30pm Paralympic Games 2012 Tonight 11:30pm The Last Leg with Adam Hills

4:15pm Expecting a Miracle Drama about a young couple who are struggling to conceive through IVF treatment.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Complications are rife when April and Dex walk in on Heath kissing Bianca.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Frontline Police 9:00pm Revealed Documentary strand exploring historical events.

10:00pm The Hotel Inspector Documentary series with Alex Polizzi.

11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother

with Rachael Stirling

10:00pm - The Bletchley Circle

Three-part drama series about a group of former Bletchley Park codebreakers.

12:20am The Rob Brydon Show 12:50am James May’s Things You Need to Know...

1:20am BBC News 5:00am Shakespeare Unlocked

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm BBC Proms 10:25pm The Toilet: An Unspoken History 11:25pm The Treasures of Ancient Rome 12:25am Only Connect 12:55am Darwin’s Struggle: The 1:55am Creation 3:35am The Toilet: An Unspoken History

12:35am Poms in Paradise 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:15am Rude Tube 1:20am David Blaine Drowned Alive 2:15am Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure 4:10am Stalked 4:35am This is Me 4:40am Time Team 5:35am Deal or No Deal

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela’s Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY

8:00am Wild Vets 9:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am Lie to Me 12:00pm Lie to Me 1:00pm Oops TV 2:00pm Stargate SG-1 3:00pm Stargate SG-1

6:20am Ramona and Beezus 8:10am Father of the Bride II 10:05am How Do You Know 12:10pm The Change-Up 2:10pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 3:50pm Father of the Bride II

4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm The Middle 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm The Middle 6:00pm A League of Their Own 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Sinbad 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Trollied 11:30pm Trollied 12:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 3:55am Lie to Me 4:45am Lie to Me 5:35am Airline

5:40pm Analyze That 7:20pm Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 9:00pm The Change-Up 11:00pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 12:40am Analyze That 2:20am How Do You Know

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:15am The Lamp 7:00am Cleopatra 11:00am An Affair to Remember 12:55pm The Help 3:20pm Just Go with it 5:20pm Love and Other Impossible Pursuits 7:05pm Sweet Home Alabama

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9:00pm Just Go with it 11:00pm The Help 1:30am Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

SKY MOVIES ACTION 9:30am Shanghai Knights 11:30am Total Recall: Special 11:50am Superman 2:15pm Green Lantern 4:15pm Bloodsport 6:00pm Shanghai Noon 8:00pm Shanghai Knights 10:00pm Green Lantern 12:00am Bloodsport 1:40am Sucker Punch 3:35am The Thing 5:30am Our Man Flint

TCM 9:00am The High Chaparral 10:00am The Wings of Eagles 12:00pm Branded 1:45pm Gunsmoke 2:50pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Casablanca 5:55pm The Big Trail 8:15pm Carson City

5:20pm - Love and Other Impossible Pursuits with Natalie Portman

10:00pm The Silence of the Lambs 12:15am Company

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Stat of week 77% of Spanish aged 45 - 66 believe they will have to work until they reach 70, a poll by the ESADE business and law school in Barcelona has revealed.

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Bank HQ in €2 bn feud SANTANDER may be forced to buy back a €2 billion complex that includes the Madrid headquarters of its banking group.

At present Santander holds a 40-year lease on the complex - which includes a hotel and an 18-hole Seve Ballesteros golf course - and pays €100 million a year rent.

But now two men who bought the

freehold from Santander in 2008 Europe’s biggest property deal at the time - now find themselves at the centre of a complicated feud and are understood to be planning a move that could see the company set up to hold the site - Marme Inversiones - move operations out of Spain.

According to a report in the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper such a move

by UK-based tycoon, Glenn Maud and Irish financier, Derek Quinland could lead to an Abu Dhabi sovereign fund THERE will be no more VAT or income tax rises in pushing for control.

2013, President Mariano Rajoy has pledged.

Such a move could set off a complex chain reaction which might allow AN aspiring Vietnamese mechanic has used Santander to claim scrap metal and an old Suzuki to design a up to €500 million in prototype of Batman’s motorbike, the Batpod. compensation.

According to the Sunday Times, it would additionally cause a €650m loss THE “very strong” recent government financial on complicated measures will help Spain make “further progress at interest rate swap the European level,” International Monetary Fund derivative, causing spokesperson Gerry Rice has said. the feud to explode within weeks.

BUSINESS EXTRA NEWS

No more tax rises in 2013 A scrappy new Batpod

Praiseff for Spain from IMF

Like! Mr Facebook spends €563,000 on jet set life WHAT’S it like to be a high-flying boss?

Facebook chief, Mark Zuckerberg spent $692,679 (€563,153) on private jets for himself, family and friends last year, an airline report reveals.

Zuckerberg needs to charter private aircraft for business and personal travel because he would be subject to ‘stalkers and other kinds of crazy’ on scheduled flights,

the report added. The total spend included the cost of chartering planes, crew plus catering, but did not identify the number of flights, passengers carried, nor the percentage of business compared to personal travel.

DOWN TO EARTH: Mark Zuckerberg spends lots of time at 35,000 feet.

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Easy way to stay legally updated with the EWN

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I have received several queries from people wanting to consult earlier You and the Law in Spain columns in the EWN. This also provides me with a good reason to plug the book ‘You and the Law in Spain’ which is now updated on the web.

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It is easy to consult earlier columns

by You and the going to the Law in Spain EuroWeeklyNews online

By David Searl edition.

Enter euroweeklynews.com, go to the Business section, and then click the Legal Q and A reference.

Checking three or four columns on the same general topic will provide a deeper perspective on the issue.

Should even more complete information be required, then go to santanabooks.com, and that gives the opportunity to order a 2011 edition of ‘You and the Law in Spain’ direct from the publisher.

It is also available as an e-book that can be purchased in sections if required.

For example, a community president might want to download only the section on Horizontal Law, which contains a complete translation of this for communities.

Many have indicated they want a new edition of the book, and not one from 2011, and consequently updated information for 2012 is now being offered directly on the Santana web site.

This includes the Spanish capital gains tax revised for 2012 up to 27 per cent on profits of more than €24,000, although non-residents pay a flat 21 per cent.

There are also the 2012 revisions of the domestic workers law, under which employers are required to register cleaners as an employee and pay Social Security.

In addition, other recent updates include the new requirements for European Union citizens to register as residents of Spain, which came into effect in April.

David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers.

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Retirement cash a worry for most MOST people are failing to take steps to ensure they will have enough money to fund comfortable retirement, says Prudential retirement expert Smith Hughes.

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GREEN tax contributions to a typical annual dual fuel bill costing £1,310 (€1,637) reached £91.50 (€114.3), almost double the amount in 2010, according to www.energyhelpline.com.

THE UK economy will grow as early as next spring, predicted Bill O’Neill, Chief Investment Officer at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

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CHANCELLOR George Osborne has discarded the idea to increase taxes on the rich, stating the UK’s financial recovery will be made possible by the endeavours of wealthy entrepreneur businesses.

£££ THE £1,500 (€1,825) Apprenticeship Grant for Employers will be reformed and expanded to make more companies eligible and to encourage training, government sources say.

Spelling out harder time with VAT rises HIGHER IVA – Spain’s value added tax (VAT) – that came into effect last Saturday brings higher electricity, gas, water and phone bills.

Telefonica clients will have already noticed that the new rate was applied to their bills for August because these are paid in September.

Electricity providers have followed suit and a user whose electricity bill averaged €77.68 in July will pay €78.5 for power consumed in August.

The average 2002 power bill was €42.83, according to the FACUA

In Madrid, for example, charges rose an average 11 per cent.

Taxi fares have also been subject to a 2 per cent IVA rise. Drivers should wait until tariffs are revised at the end of the year before deciding whether to pass on the increased VAT to passsengers, advised the CTE, their professional association.

The current situation makes it “neither prudent nor reasonable” to raise prices, according to the CTE. Airlines are also uneasy about the VAT increase although this affects only national flights, as international flights are exempt. “But any tax that discourages consumers affects tourism,” said the ACETA business association. a possible truce in the IVA on new cars has companies’ ‘patent battle.’ increased from 18 to 21 per cent.

The sector is in no condition to absorb the JAPAN’S government could increase, say run out of funds by manufacturers’ association October, Finance Minister Anfac and importers Jun Azumi has warned.

Aniacam.

New car sales fell 9.5 per cent during the first half of this year compared with A EURO collapse would 2011 and the volume of take 10 per cent (€3.5 sales is likely to drop to trillion) off the German 700,000, Anfac believes. economy, according to In contrast, seven out of national economic adviser every 10 cars sold this year Lars Feld. will be second-hand, predicts GANVAM, Spain’s association of used vehicle dealers.

THE average youth But whether a car is new unemployment rate in the or second-hand, the 2.54 Eurozone would rise to 13 per cent rise means a 60per cent if Greece were to litre tank now costs €2 leave the euro, says UN more to fill, although VAT International Labour accounts for only a third of Organisation senior the taxes on petrol and economist, Ekkehard Ernst. diesel fuel.

consumers’ association.

The latest VAT rise means electricity has risen 86 per cent in 10 years, an average of €36.83 a month or €441.96 a year. This latest power increase is the third this year, following a 7 per cent rise in April and approximately 4 per cent in July.

A VAT rate rise on public transport fares from 8 to 10 per cent has seen the average cost of a ticket on an AVE high speed train increase from €118.8 to €120.

Independently of the VAT rise, some regional governments have also increased public transport costs.

EXTRA BUSINESS... EXTRA BUSINESS .... EXTRA A rich view PEOPLE should drink less and work more if they want to be rich, according to Australian mining heiress Gine Rinehart, the world’s richest woman.

Lead by Lego THE ‘Lego Friends’ toys colourfully marketed towards girls have earned the Danish company Lego €267 million, despite being criticised for gender stereotypes.

Funds alert

The real cost VAT changes last weekend have seen cinema tickets rise to around €8 and €25 theatre seats increase to around €30.

Truce talks GOOGLE and Apple bosses Larry Page and Tim Cook are said to be in talks over

It pays to advertise BILLBOARD space reading Please Hire My Wife was taken by an Ohio man to help the former university employee find work after being jobless for six months.

Costly collapse

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www.euroweeklynews.com WITH the Olympics still fresh in our minds, this is a good time to use a sporting analogy to explore a popular investment approach.

One event that combines all the qualities listed in the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) is the decathlon.

Decathletes have to train for and be skilled at 10 different disciplines, quite a Herculean task. To win a gold medal they need to have speed for the sprinting events, stamina for the distance events, strength for the field events like shot put and technique for events like the pole vault.

This is very impressive, but there is a group of athletes who consistently outperform even the best decathletes.

The individual event champions deliver far better performances in their area of expertise. At these London 2012 Olympics, decathlon gold medallist Ashton Eaton ran the 100m in 10.35 seconds. Usain Bolt took just 9.63 seconds in the individual event. It’s probably unfair to compare anyone to Usain Bolt, but the results of the other nine disciplines tell the same story.

For example, Eaton threw the javelin 61.96m, while the individual event gold medallist achieved 84.58m.

Eaton reached a height of 5.2m in the pole vault compared to the individual champion’s 5.97m.

The specialist performed better than the generalist every time.

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by Bill Blevins, Financia Correspondent, Blevins Franks

You would not expect Usain Bolt to also specialise in the pole vault or javelin, specialists tend to be just that - specialists.

There are many situations in life where a specialist performs more efficiently and delivers better result than a generalist, and this is particularly true in investments.

Just because an investment manager is skilled at managing UK equities, for example, does not mean he will be as successful at managing US or Japanese equities. Managers also tend to specialise in a certain style of investing, and these styles move in and out of favour according to economic and other factors. They will therefore produce impressive results in certain conditions, but below average ones in others.

Some investors rely on just one or two fund managers to look after their investment

capital. However wouldn’t you prefer to have individual specialists managing the various areas of the market your capital is invested in?

You can benefit from a team of specialist investment managers though “multi manager investing”.

Today most investors agree that holding different asset classes and different regions and sectors in their portfolio spreads risk. Multi manager funds add a third, and increasingly important, level of diversification in your portfolio.

If you invest in a multi manager fund, you benefit from a team of specialist managers, as well as diversification across multiple investment styles within each fund, with different managers looking after each style. As an example, let’s look at the US Equity Fund offered

by Russell Investments, which is recognised as a specialist in sophisticated multi manager investing.

There are nine specialist managers looking after this one fund (as at June 2012), covering four styles: growth, value, market-oriented and beta reduction, and even these are split into sub-sections.

This complementary blending of managers and styles can reduce investment risk, regardless of what style is in favour, and help provide more

consistent returns through different market environments.

Just like a strained muscle would hamper the decathlete in all his events, if prevailing market conditions are unfavourable to a single manager’s investment approach, performance may suffer. Multi manager spreads risk as it lowers the investor’s dependence on the success of a single manager’s approach.

Russell Investments carefully selects each manager based on “best in class” criteria. This means that investors can benefit from the expertise of some of the world’s leading managers across their whole equity portfolio.

Russell devotes considerable resources to identifying, hiring and managing some of the best money managers in the world.

It has over 200 investment analysts dedicated to finding, assessing and monitoring investment management teams globally. They aim to select managers with an exceptional ability, strong track record, robust processes and complementary skills. In the year to March 2012 it researched over 9,000 investment manager products,

selecting 221 of them for specific assignments.

Going back to the sporting analogy, in the world of athletics individual champions can easily change from year to year. The same can happen with investment managers, but the multi manager firm’s research is designed to find the next champions. Each of their funds is also constantly monitored, so that managers can be changed as and when necessary to improve performance for clients. Multi manager investing is not designed to attempt to win a gold medal in just one particular season. Rather, it aims to produce consistent results, season by season, over a long-term period.

It is a suitable investment approach for various investors with different needs. However you should always discuss your requirements with a professional wealth manager like Blevins Franks, as your investment strategy should be targeted to meet your personal objectives.

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NET VOLUME 539.62

Admiral Group PLC

1149.00

-37.00

-3.12

314.58

Aggreko PLC

2350.00

-10.00

-0.42

244.73

AMEC PLC

1121.00

11.00

0.99

181.77

Anglo American PLC

1773.50

23.50

1.34

1,678.59

Antofagasta PLC

CU RR EN CI ES

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0.79125

1.25695 Units per €

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1132.00

25.00

2.26

666.22

ARM Holdings PLC

559.75

-14.25

-2.48

1,615.81

Ashmore Group PLC

327.25

-1.75

-0.53

287.74

C O M PA N Y

Associated Brit Foods

1331.50

7.00

0.53

156.17

British Am Tobacco PLC 3328.50

AstraZeneca PLC

British Land Co PLC

541.00

1.50

British Sky Broad Gr...

768.75

7.50

BT Group PLC

221.40

3.80

1.75

8,688.62

C O M PA N Y Centrica PLC Compass Group PLC

VOLUME 1,630.92

711.50

3.00

0.42

687.72

8.00

0.72

515.11

Croda International PLC 2386.50

32.00

1.36

49.86

Diageo PLC

1746.25

21.50

1.25

802.45

303.10

1.28

0.42

1,676.00 2,426.60

Eurasian Natural Res

227.10

2.00

0.89

NET VOLUME

Experian PLC

1015.00

11.00

1.10

622.66

600.23

Fresnillo PLC

1624.50

63.00

4.04

562.41

0.28

633.09

G4S PLC

255.00

2.10

0.83

1,874.99

0.99

346.72

GKN PLC

214.65

1.10

0.52

1,433.33

1431.25

6.00

0.42

3,743.39

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% C H G. 1.04

1116.50

CRH PLC

EVRAZ PLC PRICE(P)

PRICE(P) CHANGE 330.10 3.40

0.82

2937.75

2.00

0.07

743.17

Aviva PLC

327.55

1.45

0.44

2,264.64

Babcock Intnal Group

939.75

3.00

0.32

234.11

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

323.35

4.90

1.54

2,211.44

Bunzl PLC

1127.50

4.00

0.36

227.43

Glencore International

382.35

-2.65

-0.69

22,053.18

Barclays PLC

183.90

0.61

0.33

6,900.00

Burberry Group PLC

1353.50

-1.00

-0.07

460.43

Hammerson PLC

460.15

2.85

0.62

395.67

BG Group PLC

1299.50

11.32

0.88

1,573.85

Capita PLC

721.75

-1.00

-0.14

271.48

Hargreaves Lansdown

626.75

5.50

0.89

183.72

BHP Billiton PLC

1858.50

23.00

1.25

2,162.05

Capital Shppng Cntrs

339.55

1.60

0.47

841.33

HSBC Holdings PLC

550.75

3.70

0.68

5,181.11

443.62

2.25

0.51

7,709.65

Carnival PLC

2161.50

2.00

0.09

183.38

ICAP PLC

315.10

-2.60

-0.82

552.43

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Imperial Tobacco Group 2480.50

25.00

1.02

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Emmis Communications Corporation $ 2.50 Saba Software, Inc. $ 9.40 Zion Oil & Gas Inc $ 2.86 Video Display Corporation $ 4.60 Splunk Inc. $ 34.40 Perceptron, Inc. $ 5.70 Cache, Inc. $ 3.38 Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. $ 15.82 ZipRealty, Inc. $ 2.24 Reis, Inc $ 11.69 Central European Distribution Corporation $ 2.73 Elbit Imaging Ltd. $ 2.22 Silver Standard Resources, Inc $ 14.83

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3.09 14.95% 1.4199 13.52% 3.03 9.40% 0.20 7.97% 0.20 6.35% 1.0305 5.40% 0.12 4.82% 0.10 4.72% 0.21 4.61% 0.16 4.58% 0.54 4.54% 0.24 4.36%

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0.30

0.21

2,524.41

2812.00

-3.00

-0.11

84.23

84.00

0.75

0.90

1,734.56

2418.50

15.00

0.62

138.35

Kazakhmys PLC

606.75

13.50

2.28

1,244.48

Kingfisher PLC

2,692.75

273.85

-1.80

-0.65

Land Securities Group PLC 791.50

0.50

0.06

377.83

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129.00

1.00

0.78

3,421.04

Lloyds Banking Group PLC 33.44

0.13

0.39

36,061.81

Marks & Spencer Group

357.90

0.10

0.03

1,354.88

Meggitt PLC

396.65

1.40

0.35

248.50

Morrison Supermarkets

277.35

-2.60

-0.93

2,238.17 1,461.87

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Pearson PLC Pennon Group PLC Petrofac Ltd

688.50

5.50

0.80

3632.00

57.00

1.59

156.19

167.00

0.50

0.30

888.05

1208.50

14.00

1.17

276.45

737.75

1.00

0.14

403.70

1511.00

8.00

0.53

246.03

Polymetal Intnal PLC

973.00

5.00

0.52

311.44

Prudential PLC

787.25

0.25

0.03

917.49

Randgold Resources Ltd 6425.00

105.00

1.66

126.95

Reckitt Benckiser Gr PLC 3587.50

28.00

0.79

321.66

6.00

1.02

1,328.40

Reed Elsevier PLC

596.25

Resolution Ltd

216.20

0.40

0.19

992.82

REXAM PLC

426.05

2.08

0.49

391.58

Rio Tinto PLC

2795.50

60.66

2.22

2,814.44

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 837.25

16.50

2.01

1,839.56

Royal Bank of Scot Grou 223.60

-2.70

-1.19

3,686.28

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

2294.00

22.50

0.99

597.64

RSA Insurance Gr PLC

114.10

0.02

0.02

1,796.18

2810.25

31.00

1.12

321.37

303.70

7.50

2.53

2,598.66 973.12

SABMiller PLC Sage Group (The) PLC Sainsbury (J) PLC

329.25

1.53

0.47

1422.00

0.00

0.00

41.67

Serco Group PLC

565.25

2.50

0.44

204.43

Severn Trent PLC

1733.50

3.00

0.17

127.19

Shire PLC

1925.00

10.00

0.52

286.35 296.56

Schroders PLC

Smith & Nephew PLC

666.25

-0.50

-0.07

Smiths Group PLC

1047.00

1.25

0.12

134.36

SSE PLC

1380.00

12.41

0.91

526.53

Standard Chartered PLC 1390.50

-1.00

-0.07

742.84

Standard Life PLC

267.20

2.00

0.75

1,064.42

Tate & Lyle PLC

660.50

4.50

0.69

200.08

Tesco PLC

338.60

2.02

0.60

3,812.26

Tullow Oil PLC

1385.00

22.00

1.61

1,305.81

Unilever PLC

2279.50

15.00

0.66

396.76

United Utilities Gr PLC

712.25

3.06

0.43

685.09

Vedanta Resources PLC

890.50

23.00

2.65

434.65

Vodafone Group PLC

182.92

1.40

0.77

15,339.63

Weir Group PLC

1634.00

2.00

0.12

284.39

Whitbread PLC

2131.00

2.00

0.09

130.52

Wolseley PLC

2592.50

50.00

1.97

330.02

WPP PLC

824.75

10.00

1.23

1,427.04

Xstrata PLC

945.70

-6.78

-0.71

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Time is not money, say the Greeks GREECE is back in the spotlight after asking for more time to achieve its deficit reduction target.

Indeed Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with Angela Merkel in Berlin and Francois Hollande in Paris to present new proposals which would involve delaying the timeframe originally agreed by two years to reduce Greeceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deficit to less than 3 per cent of GDP, whilst arguing that such delay would not result in extra costs for other EU countries.

This would take the end of the Greek budgetary adjustmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; programme from 2014 to 2016, a necessary measure according to Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras to avoid further drastic austerity measures which would feed the recessionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vicious circle and dampen down any recovery hopes.

However, German Finance Minister Wolfang Schäuble replied immediately that more time usually means more money, adding that such a request points towards new demands from Greece which is under the scrutiny of auditors from the IMF, ECB and European Commission.

The verdict is expected early October.

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of 2012. This confirms the tricky situation in which the fourth largest EU country finds itself in with domestic demand in decline, record unemployment and international demand and tourism not sufficient anymore to lift the national economy.

Investors are convinced Spain will have no choice but to ask sooner, rather than later, for further EU help to reduce the interests on its debt which is now costing almost â&#x201A;Ź35 billion.

Even so Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has declared on many occasions that the nation will wait to understand the

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Catalonia faces debts of more than â&#x201A;Ź40 billion and one can wonder how many others of the 17 Spanish regions may have to join the liquidity fund set up by Madrid and under which conditions if any!

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Charity fundraiser stays positive fighting cancer Charity fundraising expat Tina Sanchez got engaged on the second date and is currently organising a swank event at The Polo House. Nicole Hallett reports.

How did you get involved with Future events? charity work?

A gala dinner and prize draw at The Polo A colleague roped me in six years ago House, Marbella, to raise money for Ciudad starting with buying things for poor de los Niños on October 4. We are still people on World Vision, followed looking for businesses to donate by animal charity AAA, Caritas, prizes. Contact metrobanus Cudeca and the Malaga @hotmail.com to donate. orphanage Ciudad de los Craziest thing you have Niños. done?

How much have you Getting engaged on the raised? second date to my husband Around €3,000 in cash, of 10 years, Javier. We although I am mostly married two years later. involved in getting food and Scariest experience? other items for the poor and Finding I had ovarian cancer in children. I could not even begin to count March. Within days I had a hysterectomy and this value. am now halfway through chemotherapy.

Have thing changed since the How have you coped? economic crisis?

I try to stay positive and never give up. I Absolutely. Now it is more difficult raising work at Metro Restaurant in Puerto Banus donations and getting people to attend and my boss has been really flexible with my fund-raising functions. hours.

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EWN COMMENT The luxury of regional pride ON top of Spain’s EU bank bailout and the spectre of sovereign rescue, Cataluña, Valencia and Murcia have sent out their own mayday calls. They owe €145 billion, of which €36 billion must be refinanced this year. Aided by lottery loot the government set up an €18 billion rescue fund in July but the arithmetic is not promising. Autonomies and nationalist pride come at an exorbitant price these days.

The vicious circle RECEIVING the €400odd allowance available after unemployment benefit is exhausted will depend on looking for work for the previous 30 days. As though it were that easy!

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FOLLOWING the front page story (Costa del Sol, Issue 1413) about the opening of the new runway and complaints about noise levels; we have a huge problem now.

We live between the villages of Valle de Abdalajis, Alora and Pastalero; inland from Malaga.

Both day and night low-flying planes come directly over the top of our valley and house.

It is so loud that it starts many of the neighbourhood dogs barking.

It is absolutely intolerable.

We have about 20 houses in our little valley and it is very remote and is why we love it here. Due to the heat we leave our windows open, but the noise is intolerable and we can no longer sit outside enjoying our previously peaceful garden.

Tony Lloyd, inland from Malaga Editor’s note: Airport authority AENA has installed a sound level meter in Cartama to collect data on noise levels generated by Malaga’s airport during August and September.

Technicians will then study the information. In the meantime complaints can be sent to the Airspace and Environment Department.

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Sleeping on job I BELIEVE I know one of the reasons many people choose to go to supermarkets rather than the smaller shops (Issue 1416).

Supermarkets are open from morning until evening without closing in the middle of the day for a few hours.

This is true for all shops. In the centre of Fuengirola I can see that many of the shops are suffering.

These are the ones that close for siesta. Yet just a bit further up in the large Miramar Shopping Centre where the shops stay open all day, they seem to be enjoying a far better trade.

Equally so, most of the cheap Chinese stores seem to do well, however the only one I know of that closes in the middle of the day – which was located on Carretera de Mijas – has closed.

Jane Harder, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

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takes my breath away. How can people be so preoccupied with bulls and other animals when they eat them.

They should be ashamed of themselves.

First stop eating animals then protect them.

Go to have a look at how they are killed. I am proud to say I am more than 80-years-old and have never tasted anything that comes from an animal, including meat dairy. Please do not ask the silly question where I get my protein from.

At my age I walk six miles every day. So please let the animals live.

Stop eating them, it will even help the climate change.

R.Nedelec, Marbella (Malaga)

Born to sniff IN regards to the article on dogs sniffing out the red palm weevil in trees (Issue 1417).

This makes one wonder why it was not thought of before. Dogs rely on their sense of smell to interpret the world much in the same way people depend on their sight.

The area of a dog’s brain that is devoted to analysing smells is

around 40 times larger than that of a human and can smell between 1,000 and 10,000 times better, depending on the breed of dog.

KH, Calvia (Mallorca)

Taxing thought I READ that Mayor Chalvi is delighted to be able to spend €1.5 million on the refurbishment of the Arenal area. His taxpayers wish he would show equal enthusiasm about repaying the excessive IBI extracted from them over the past seven years.

I think that he talks the talk of good government, but like most politicians, when it comes to walking the walk, he becomes somewhat lame.

He pleads poverty, but still seems to find plenty of cash for fireworks and rock bands!

Eric Brown, Javea (Alicante)

Driving tonic THIS should interest those who need to take a medical for their driver’s licence. Catral now has its own ‘psicotecnico’ centre where my wife recently obtained hers for €20, instead of the often quoted €30-€50.

It is carried out in a matter of 20 minutes or so. For those that do not speak Spanish the receptionist can help them with a reasonable understanding of English. We just turned up for our test with no problem.

The centre is more or less opposite the small Consum supermarket, open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6pm-9pm. You should take your original residence

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D.M., Catral (Alicante)

Proud legacy I WAS annoyed by the insinuation in ‘EWN Comment’ (Issue 1416) that London should somehow be ashamed of its connection with Oliver Cromwell.

As a Londoner I am proud of our association and the legacy he has left us. He rid us, both of a treacherous king and the concept of a divine right to rule.

He gave us a strong parliament, a professional army and made us respected throughout Europe.

Granted he didn’t do much for theatres, church music or Christmas but you can’t have everything. Don’t believe the monarchist propaganda.

Ken Bethell, Mazarron (Murcia)

Public outrage I AGREE with Mike Walsh (Issue 1417) in regards to the fury towards a two-year sentence on three women who cavorted on the altar of one of Moscow’s most revered places of worship, screaming blasphemies and obscenities.

If this had happened in a Muslim place of worship the penalty would have been far more severe than a two-year sentence.

Just look at the recent beheading of 15 men and two women in Afghanistan by Taliban.

Their crime? Being at a late night party with music and dancing where there were men and women.

Apparently this is immoral.

In my mind, this should provoke far more public outrage.

Also, what about the women who are raped and then stoned to death for their ‘crime’ according to Sharia law; the same law that Muslim Extremists seek in the UK. Something we should fight at all costs.

LH, Torrevieja (Alicante)

Power bill shock WE were already bracing ourselves for the VAT tax increases on September 1, but I see we are going to be done again by backdating the bills like electricity.

How do they possibly justify putting it on the August bill as well.

There is no way anyone can receive their bill in August so is this just a marvellous way of raising extra money.

DJH, by email

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Super fit humans Paralympics

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

Paralympic Torch Relay: Double gold-winning cyclist Simon Richardson lighting the cauldron at the lighting ceremony in front of the Paralympic Agitos outside Cardiff City Hall, Wales. impairments - itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like a culture shock. I hasten to add I have no problem with the disabled.

Over the years I have

been in touch with the infirm probably more than most through various charity organisations; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the sheer volume of

individual tragedies that has suddenly confronted us that I find disquieting. Anyway, congratulations to all the participants.

Before I do leave the subject however, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the antics of Barbara Windsor and Boris Johnson were particularly clever.

I actually found their emulating people who have lost their legs, bordering on the downright offensive.

Nothing constructive was achieved by the actions of this patronising pair of Wallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, except get them in the newspapers.

Wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it great to see the ignoble art of squatting (no pun intended) made a criminal offence this week?

With total predictability, there they all were. Grubby looking left wingers and do gooders, all whinging about the fact these parasites would now have nowhere to live. My God, just think.

Some of them will probably have to get a job! Nothing gives them the right to take over and reside in other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property without permission. Nothing allows them to trash another personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place of abode. If you want to drop out, get a tent or drop back in and earn your own. Otherwise good riddance .

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

Right on wrong I ADMIRE people like you who put on paper what so many feel. Your column (Issue 1416) sums up everything wrong about football today. I believe it has had such a bad influence on society and helped to create the aggressive culture we now have. Since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been reading your column I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve disagreed with you once.

Rod Blow, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante)

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I THOUGHT very carefully about my subject matter this week. I finally decided to go ahead because one thing I do pride this column on, is the fact that apart from the odd unintentional slip, I try to be honest.

I am also completely aware, that writing what I consider to be how I truly feel can sometimes put me up to my eyeballs in mire!

Well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late to change; so here goes.

The truth is I simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get my head around The Paralympics. Now before you all start screaming and shouting, no one could have more admiration for these brave men and women than me.

Super fit humans, who have often overcome almost unbelievable odds to attain their exalted positions as para-olympians, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t watch without feeling uncomfortable.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care what anyone says, as far as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m concerned, no one could have been quite prepared for such an onslaught of missing limbs and

Overpaid YOUR article regarding the football season start (Issue 1416) sums up the situation perfectly.

Players are overpaid, over-rated yobs and prima donnas. Sadly it has become the general signature for British society. If you could stand for Prime Minister; you would get my vote!

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UK health tourism and compensation culture frustration I

AM angry – again - so angry, I need to lie down in a dark room and let my heart rate stabilise a bit. Meanwhile, why not flick ahead to the sudoku page or go and make that cup of tea …

Hey, me again. Apologies for the short break but pleased to report the heart rate’s just about stabilised. But why so angry? The reason is the article I just read about yet another Nigerian ‘health tourist’ who went to the UK for an emergency caesarean on the NORA JOHNSON NHS. This heavilypregnant woman, Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological educated at suspense and crime thrillers.

Harvard, flew to Manchester Airport more than 3,000 miles from her home, to have her baby FIGHTING FUND: British travel agents £1m fighting fund to deal with personal at cash-strapped Wythenshawe Hospital injury cases. costing the taxpayer around £10,000.

It’s reported she required vast resources, including midwives, two ‘health tourist’ isn’t one. She’ll never Rather like the compensation culture so urology consultants, a radiology repay a penny and doubtless will be back prevalent now in the UK. British travel consultant, two obstetric consultants again for the next birth. agents are said to have an annual £1m and two anaesthetists.

This has all to do with getting fighting fund to deal with personal injury Now, NHS treatment is not ‘free’. It’s something for nothing – something I’ve cases filed by holidaymakers. Among paid for by the UK taxpayer and this written about here before in this context. cases they’ve had to defend is that of a

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woman who sued after a coconut dropped onto her chest while reclining under a palm tree in the Dominican Republic. She received £1,700 in an outof-court settlement.

Add to that the case of the teacher who secured a £200,000 compensation payout after slipping on a grape while in a school canteen. Good heavens!

Not to mention the illegal immigrant labelled by the judge a ‘one man crime wave’ who was recently jailed for two years for a string of new offences (12 to add to his ‘previous’, namely 30!). Just a year after winning £17,360 compensation for ‘unlawful detention’ while awaiting deportation!

Is it really surprising people like the Nigerian ‘health tourist’ above effectively ‘steal’ from the British taxpayer when the UK’s thriving compensation culture is not only still keeping the door open for them but continuing to transport them over the threshold?

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Self-luminous electronic displays can affect sleep.

Mobile phones can affect sleep SLEEP problems can be caused by using an electronic gadget for just two hours before bed.

Teens are particularily susceptible to the problem, researchers from the Lighting Research Centre at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York (USA) found.

They believe the displays cause melatonin suppression.

Melatonin is the chemical that controls the body clock.

“Our study shows that a two-hour exposure to light from self-luminous electronic displays can suppress melatonin by about 22 per cent,” said Mariana Figueiro, associate professor at Rensselaer and director of the LRC’s Light and Health Programme.

“Stimulating the human circadian system to this level may affect sleep in those using the devices prior to bedtime.”

TOO LATE: By the time coughing and sneezing symptoms come about, the virus may have already been passed on.

Flu could be spread earlier than thought FLU may spread long before symptoms appear.

Doctors and nurses could unintentionally be infecting patients after being exposed to the bug, even if they feel healthy.

Office workers could be passing flu to

colleagues before they have even coughed or sneezed.

This is what a study in ferrets by Britain’s leading flu expert, Professor John Oxford of the Queen Mary School of Medicine in London suggests.

The aim is to back the case for more healthcare workers to be given the flu jab and later a universal vaccination programme.

The ferrets were able to pass on the flu SMOKING more than 20 cigarettes a day nearly triples the 24 hours after being chances of suffering a brain haemorrhage. infected with the There is a 50 per cent chance of surviving a brain bleed virus, even though no and those that live often face a lifetime of disability. symptoms were While quitting reduces the danger, heavy smokers who shown for another full give up are still twice as much at risk as those who have day. never smoked.

The strain used was More than 420 cases of subarachnoid haemorrhage the same one that (SAH) between 2002 and 2004 were investigated by caused the 2009 Korean researchers and compared with the same number swine flu pandemic of people matched for age and sex that have not which reportedly killed experienced a brain bleed. almost 300,000 people The more people smoked, the more at risk they were. worldwide.

Smoking triples chance of brain haemorrhage

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1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 2:30pm Regional News 2:40pm Doctors 3:10pm Only Fools and Horses More laughs with Peckham’s most famous market-trader brothers.

7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:40am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am Barney’s Latin America 8:30am The League of Super Evil 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround . 9:00am What’s New Scooby-Doo? 9:12am Léon . 9:25am Buzz and Tell 9:30am Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 9:45am Baby Jake 10:00am The Adventures of Abney and Teal 10:15am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:25am The Large Family 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Dirtgirlworld 11:00am Octonauts 11:05am Kerwhizz 11:25am Driver Dan’s Story Train 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm My Life in Books 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.3:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal

5:15am Deal or No Deal 6:10am Make Do and Mend 6:35am Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard 7:05am Sali Mali 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Come Dine with Me 10:25am Come Dine with Me 10:55am Come Dine with Me 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pm The Renovation Game 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Undercover Boss USA 2:05pm Teleshopping 2:10pm Superscrimpers Hot Summer Tips 2:40pm The Battle of The River Plate

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4:00pm Wanted Down Under 4:45pm Helicopter Heroes 5:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargainhunters make a saving.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Vikings 11:00pm The Rob Brydon Show 11:30pm Newsnight

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

7:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Emmerdale Popular long-running soap opera, set in a Yorkshire village.

8:30pm FIFA World Cup Qualifier England v Ukraine.

11:10pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm FIFA World Cup Qualifier

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Double Your House for Half the Money Sarah Beeny is back.

10:00pm One Born Every Minute 11:00pm Rude Tube

12:15am Citizen Khan 12:45am On a Clear Day 2:20am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:25am Toughest Place to be a...

3:25am Rip Off Britain 4:10am Celebrity Master Chef 4:40am Celebrity Master Chef 5:10am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

BBC3 8:00pm Total Wipeout 9:00pm Free Speech 10:00pm Don’t Tell the Bride 11:00pm Bad Education 11:30pm EastEnders Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

12:00am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Bad Education 2:00am Don’t Tell the Bride 3:00am Free Speech 4:00am Let Me Entertain You

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4:05pm Marrying Mum and Dad 4:35pm Splatalot 5:00pm Who Let the Dogs Out? Wacky dog training talent show presented by Zak George and narrated by Rik Mayall.

5:30pm Trade Your Way to the USA 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

8:00pm The One Show Magazine series featuring a mix of interviews, topical reports and features from around the UK. 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Trouble on the Estate 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm The Lock Up

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12:20am China on Four Wheels 1:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 5:00am Eco Maths 5:30am The Code

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Indian Hill Railways 9:30pm British Passions on Film 10:00pm Grand Prix: The Killer Years 11:00pm Lilyhammer 11:45pm Rude Britannia 12:45am Inspector Montalbano 2:30am British Passions on Film Fun and Games.

3:00am Grand Prix: The Killer Years

12:45am Grimefighters 1:15am Jackpot247 3:45am Golden Balls 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:05am Random Acts 12:10am 9/11: The Miracle Survivor 1:10am Surfing Special 2:55am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:20am Sailing 3:45am International Volleyball 4:35am Mobil 1 The Grid 5:00am British Rallycross 5:25am FIM Superbike World Championship 2012 5:50am Ironman 2012

Channel 5 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Big School 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Rory McGrath’s Pub Dig 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NUMB3RS

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4:15pm A Sister’s Secret Drama.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Cowboy Builders 9:00pm Revealed 10:00pm Person of Interest High-tech thriller series.

11:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:55pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

12:55am CSI: Miami 1:50am Super Casino 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

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8:50am Sweet Home Alabama 10:45am The Bodyguard 1:00pm Shallow Hal 3:00pm Stay Cool

4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm So You Want to be a Pirate!

7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Road Wars 10:00pm Strike Back 11:00pm Gattaca 1:05am Brit Cops - Zero Tolerance 2:05am The 4400 3:00am Super Nurses 3:30am Super Nurses 3:55am Lie to Me 4:45am Lie to Me 5:35am Airline

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Ramona and Beezus 7:30am Broadcast News 9:45am Dragnet 11:35am Made in Dagenham 1:30pm Bad Teacher 3:10pm Dragnet 5:00pm Dinner for Schmucks 7:00pm Made in Dagenham 9:00pm Father of the Bride II 11:00pm Bad Teacher 12:45am Dinner for Schmucks 2:45am Best

4:40pm The Karate Kid 7:05pm Sweet Home Alabama 9:00pm The Bodyguard 11:15pm Shallow Hal 1:15am The Karate Kid 3:40am Intersection

SKY MOVIES ACTION 9:10am The Top Ten Show 2012 9:30am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 11:15am Shanghai Noon 1:15pm Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3:15pm Gone in 60 Seconds 5:15pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 7:00pm Shanghai Noon 9:00pm Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 11:00pm Gone in 60 Seconds 1:00am The Chronicles of Riddick 3:05am The 13th Warrior

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12:10pm Rawhide 1:45pm Gunsmoke 2:50pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Billy Two Hats 5:55pm The Train Robbers 7:40pm The Hill 10:00pm Posse 12:05am A Fistful of Dynamite 2:50am Posse 4:45am Roxie Hart Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins and Andrea Riseborough

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6 - 12 September 2012 www.euroweeklynews.com CAN you hear it? If you listen very carefully, you can hear the collective sigh of relief of mothers across Spain; across most of the Western world, in fact. This week and next herald the start of the new school term and after some 11 weeks, not a moment too soon, may I add.

There is nothing better than the company of my little ninja niñas, but two solid months is just de trop, demasiado, and zu viehl. One more bickering session over who gets the first pancake, the purple rather than pink cup or the really pretty Barbie and I will happily walk the plank of the nearest pirate vessel.

This being our first year in Spain and the fact that our beloved, yet crazy dog now has separation anxiety, we decided to spend the summer here: The summer, the whole summer and nothing but the summer, your honour. If there has been an upturn in the local economy, surely we must have done our part as the staunchest supporters of all things Spanish.

A thank you letter from Mariano Rajoy would not be inappropriate. Not to mention all the foreign guests we have dragged half-way across the globe to do the same - but then I think I already did (Holiday

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ULRICA MARSHALL ulrica @euroweeklynews.com

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We actually only made it as far as Sóller, which in itself was no mean feat with a no air-con sauna of a car, but then I was most curious about the brand spanking new Jumeirah Beach Hotel. How would such a legend of a hotel fare in the land not typically known for its superior and attentive service? Pretty well, is the answer, though they still need to decide if they love or loathe children, with family facilities a bit patchy.

There has certainly been enough to do here in Mallorca to keep us occupied and entertained; horse riding, boating, water parks and the beach during the day; spectacular shows such as Son Amar’s Pasíon and Pirates at night.

ME TIME: After two months of holidays we can be close to breaking point.

It’s just that I can’t wait to get back to routine; humans are, after all, creatures of habit and a mélange of sloth,

servitude (donning more ‘hats’ than a milliner as chef, entertainer, cleaner and chauffeur) and sun alone is not

enough and too much at the same time.

So bring on the early starts, healthy salads rather than charred barbecues; time to blitz the now tractor-sized spare tyre in the gym, where they probably believe I have been abducted by aliens or emigrated (again) after such a long absence. Hallelujah to coffee mornings with the mummies before ticking off a few things on my to-do list, which now rivals the telephone directory in size and scope.

Back to normality. Back to cooler days after such oppressive heat and back to burgundy, brown and black hues after months of pastels. More than January, I find the school start the most exciting time of the year; new projects and ideas abound; resolutions that you are more likely to stick with than in the bleak January lull.

Heck, I may even go back to school myself after a summer sabbatical from my Spanish lessons - and enroll in another class: Maybe now is the time to take up BASE jumping or knitting?

So, if you see me dropping off my little angels at the school gates this week, do excuse me if I don’t shed tears of sadness, and please overlook the odd impromptu cartwheel as I head off to an autumn of me, myself and I.

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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 The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

2:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

2:40pm Doctors 3:10pm Only Fools and Horses

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8:30am The League of Super Evil 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What’s New Scooby-Doo? 9:12am Léon 9:25am Buzz and Tell 9:30am Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 9:45am Baby Jake 10:00am The Adventures of Abney and Teal 10:15am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:25am The Large Family 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Dirtgirlworld 11:00am Octonauts 11:05am Kerwhizz 11:25am Driver Dan’s Story Train 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm See Hear 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

4.00pm - midnight 4:05pm Marrying Mum and Dad 4:35pm Splatalot 5:00pm Who Let the Dogs Out? Wacky dog training talent show presented by Zak George and narrated by Rik Mayall.

5:30pm 12 Again 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

8:00pm The One Show Magazine series featuring a mix of interviews, topical reports and features from around the UK. 9:00pm Watchdog 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:35pm The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws 11:45pm Not Going Out

12:15am Rosh Hashanah 12:45am The Human Stain 2:20am Weatherview 2:25am See Hear 2:55am The Tube 3:55am Rip Off Britain 4:40am Celebrity MasterChef 5:10am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

BBC3 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2011 8:05pm Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 10:00pm Be Your Own Boss 11:00pm The Revolution Will be Televised 11:30pm Family Guy 12:15am American Dad! 1:00am Be Your Own Boss 2:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:30am Bad Education 3:00am Let Me Entertain You 3:55am Don’t Tell the Bride

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4:00pm Wanted Down Under 4:45pm Helicopter Heroes 5:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Restoration Home 10:00pm Dead Good Job 11:00pm The Boss is Back 11:30pm Newsnight

12:20am Storyville 1:55am BBC News 4:55am L8r Youngers 2 5:40am Ask Lara 5:50am Ask Lara

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm 20th Century Battlefields 10:00pm Solitary Endeavour on the Southern Ocean 11:00pm The Three Rocketeers 11:50pm Africa’s Magnificent Beasts 12:40am 20th Century Battlefields 1:40am Great British Railway Journeys 2:10am Solitary Endeavour on the Southern Ocean 3:10am The Three Rocketeers

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4:40am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

3:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal

5:50am Ironman 2012 6:15am Deal or No Deal 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Come Dine with Me 10:25am Come Dine with Me 10:55am Come Dine with Me 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pm The Renovation Game 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Undercover Boss USA 2:05pm Superscrimpers Hot Summer Tips 2:40pm Shane

7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am City of Friends 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Big School 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Mio Mao 10:00am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:05pm The Family Recipe 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Rory McGrath’s Pub Dig 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NUMB3RS

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show Chat show that celebrates the very best of British.

5:00pm My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Popular long-running soap opera, set in a Yorkshire village.

8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm All Star Mr and Mrs 10:00pm Mrs Biggs 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Assassins

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm River Cottage 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Shameless Shameless kicks off series 10 with two brand new episodes shown over consecutive nights.

4:15pm The Hollywood Mom’s Mystery 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Secret Interview 9:00pm Emergency Bikers 10:00pm Dallas Revival of the prime time blockbuster soap.

11:00pm Paddy and Sally’s Excellent Gypsy Adventure

12:40am New Girl with Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day

2:00am Jackpot247 4:00am Columbo 5:20am ITV Nightscreen

12:10am 2 Broke Girls 12:40am New Girl 1:05am Random Acts 1:10am Barclaycard Mercury Prize 1:40am Itunes Festival 2012 2:35am A$Ap Rocky 2:50am Spotlight 3:00am The Crush with KFC Krushems 3:55am Happy Endings 4:15am Momma’s Boy 4:35am The Good Die Young

12:00am True CSI 1:00am Cricket on 5 2:00am Super Casino 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela’s Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 5:35am Airline 6:05am Sell Me the Answer 7:00am Don’t Forget the Lyrics 8:00am Wild Vets 8:30am Wild Vets 9:00am Stargate SG-1 10:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am Lie to Me 12:00pm Lie to Me 1:00pm Oops TV 2:00pm The 4400 3:00pm The 4400 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm The Middle 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad 12:00am Brit Cops - Rapid Response 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Super Nurses 3:30am Super Nurses 3:55am Lie to Me 4:45am Lie to Me 5:35am Airline

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:30am Top Secret 6:05am Father of the Bride II 8:00am Knucklehead 9:45am The Royal Tenenbaums 11:45am The Stepford Wives 1:25pm How Do You Know 3:30pm The Change-Up 5:30pm Just Wright 7:15pm The Stepford Wives 9:00pm How Do You Know 11:00pm The Change-Up

1:00am The Royal Tenenbaums 3:00am Stan Helsing 4:35am Critical Condition

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5:10pm Like Dandelion Dust 7:00pm Something Borrowed 9:00pm Ghost 11:10pm Morning Glory 1:05am 8 Mile 3:00am Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 5:20am Secretariat

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:55am American Ninja 2: The Confrontation 6:30am Transformers: Dark of the Moon Special 7:00am Small Soldiers 8:55am Shanghai Knights 10:55am Anaconda 2: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 12:35pm Real Steel 2:45pm Salt 4:30pm Superman 7:00pm Shanghai Knights 9:00pm Real Steel 11:10pm Salt 12:55am Crimson Tide 2:55am Machete 4:50am American Ninja 3: Bloodhunt

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Someone you mistrust offers to add to your celebrations. Why not call a truce?

We both know that little long term will come out of it, but who cares? Sometimes, it is better to

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

Something new which you started in recent weeks becomes more than a passing interest. Although it may be surprising to you, it is owing to a predictable situation. In opening your mind, you also seem to have opened your heart. Many people do that at this time of the year and so you are not alone.

Trusting is sometimes difficult but it must happen sometime.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

PUBS SUBS SUES SEES BEES BEER

As you are very much in the limelight, it comes as no great surprise that admiration comes your way. What may surprise you, however, is the direction it comes from. Who would have thought that such a situation would arise? Strange things happen sometimes. Treat life with humour and kindness and you will not go far wrong.

could be tempted to let enthusiasm run away with you. It is a lovely feeling, like being a child again. Be sure to have fun, but do keep as much money in your pocket as possible. With many demands at the moment, restrict your exuberance on finances.

1. SADZA (African porridge made of ground maize or millet),

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)

Karlos Aguiñano Urkiola.

Born September 6, 1948 in Beasain Guipuzcoa, Karlos is a popular chef, cooking show host and television producer. His love for Basque cooking began at home as a child, when he would help his mother in the kitchen.

resolution to put more energy into everything that you do. The rewards are both social and financial. There is no great progress in love this week but patience is a virtue.

share one good moment with someone than none at all.

A last-minute invitation turns out to be just the ticket in more ways than one. An invitation to join a holiday may be proffered. This is unusual, certainly, but keep an open mind.

Your company is clearly well appreciated so why not make that a point of pride? Let's face it, who is best equipped to blow your trumpet?

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2. SACRUM (triangular bone in the lower back), 3. PISTOLET

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)

Asking too much of yourself is unrealistic. You need to pace yourself and make plans.

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1. Aboriginal terms: bunyip, nulla-nulla, sadza, woomera 2. Abbey buildings: cellarium, cloisters, garth, sacrum 3. Aircraft: aileron, elevator, fuselage, pistolet 4. Alchemy terms: arcantum, azoth, elixir, tuatara 5. Alphabets and writing systems: cuneiform, Cyrillic, diptera, kanji 6. American Indian terms: axon, hogan, papoose, sachem 7. Angels: anaglyph, seraphim, thrones, virtues 8. Archaeology terms: dolmen, frond, menhir, stele 9. Architectural terms: Majlis, Norman, Regency, Rococo 10. Armour: babbit, fauld, gorget, greave

(old gold coin), 4. TUATARA (New Zealand lizard-like reptile),

Some legal matters need your attention.

That's not really what you want at this time of the year. A decision has to be made and it needs a fine balance. Asking others may just confuse matters, so only seek expert advice. At the end of the day, you will know what is both best and acceptable.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23)

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Your outgoing attitude is spot on.

Some may say you are a little crazy, the way you go for things. Each person has their own way and yours can be quite unique but that certainly does not make it wrong.

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Across 1 Small laboratory with our work (6) 5 Search for water to put out the fire, one hears (5) 8 Quote the Church of England about it (4) 9 Order ale, but at riot (8) 10 Manager is hesitant but is the exact opposite (10) 13 Look at old boy over in summerhouse (6) 14 Possibly buries gems (6) 16 Selfish lover giving flowers to saint (10) 19 More of us play a game of golf (8) 21 Originate from Thailand (4) 22 Started to damage the skating area and take in liquid (5) 23 Vet show on television (6) Down 2 Enthusiastic prima donna on the way up (4) 3 Stayed too long at the fare?

(7) 4 Schedule is not altered by the revolutions (9) 5 Spot the bad back (3) 6 Earnest writer spotted in the wilderness (5) 7 Involved ideal networks (8)

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Across 1 Sorpresas (9) 5 Lights (not darkness) (5) 7 Milk (5) 9 Después de (5) 10 Delante (5) 11 Circus (entertainment) (5) 12 Nickname (5) 14 Margarina (9)

Co d e B r e a ke r 11 Dines in with sailors who are late (9) 12 Hiding a Para? No Iʼd be fearful (8) 15 However, Sonnyʼs partner is a killer (7) 17 The Queen is dogged by an American soldier when the fabulous bird returns (5) 18 Dreadful ride (4) 20 Article in fine wood (3)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Clutch, 5 Mutiny, 8 Esau, 9 Turnover, 10 Oilstone, 11 Else, 12 Igloos, 14 Chumps, 16 Reap, 18 Sombrero, 20 Sure-fire, 21 Zinc, 22 Bedsit, 23 Straps.

Down: 2 Lasting, 3 Truss, 4 Hotdogs, 5 Merge, 6 Thoreau, 7 Noels, 13 Orpheus, 14 Campers, 15 Parsnip, 17 Elude, 18 Swift, 19 Razor.

QUICK Across 7 Garden flower (6) 8 In a foreign country (6) 9 Hairless (4) 10 Particular (8) 11 Moorland shrub (7) 13 At no time (5) 15 Convey (5) 17 Last course (7) 20 Hair problem (5,3) 21 See 2 Down 22 Containing salt (6) 23 Not wide (6)

Down 1 Handle (6) 2/21A Best clothes (4,4) 3 Burrowing rodent (7) 4 Army trainee (5) 5 Running shoes (8) 6 Large gully (6) 12 Wonderful (8) 14 Marriage ceremony (7) 16 Earnest request (6) 18 Area (6) 19 Postpone (5) 21 Uncommon (4)

QUICK - Across: 1 Summons, 4 Topic, 7 Scald, 9 Retains, 10 Absolve, 11 Lotus, 12 Nickel, 14 Madras, 18 Brass, 20 Measles, 22 Actress, 23 Dense, 24 Stray, 25 Dead end.

Down: 1 Sustain, 2 Means, 3 Shriek, 4 Total, 5 Painter, 6 Costs, 8 Delve, 13 Chapter, 15 Award, 16 Suspend, 17 Amused, 18 Boars, 19 Seedy, 21 Lunge.

ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Fregadero, 5 Tired, 7 Cinta, 9 Suave, 10 Noise, 11 Latas, 12 Reeds, 14 Insurance.

Down: 1 Fat, 2 Addresses, 3 Encontrar, 4 Brake, 6 Roast, 8 Naipe, 9 Salad, 13 See.

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Down 1 Sun (3) 2 Embalse (9) 3 Atrocity (9) 4 Pan (5) 6 To make an appointment with (5) 8 Sky (5) 9 Wide (street, river, trousers) (5) 13 Deber (dinero, explicación, respeto) (3)

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

In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents B and 2 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 11 appears and Z every time the figure 2 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.

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

Adhere Bitten Crater Dearly Dwells Enters Hearts Medals Neatly Raised RECALL(10) Reeled Rested Sickly Stayed Steeds Treaty Weeded Welled

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION about what we pretend to be.

1Island, 2 Shells, 3 Sender, 4 Billed, 5 Hinted, 6 Waters, 7 Felled, 8 Enters, 9 Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an Reeled, 10 Fender, 11 Elders, 12 Cheers, 13 Render, 14 Hopped, 15 Resent , 16 American writer and humanist intellectual.

Barely, 17 Oceans, 18 Steady, 19 Spears

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Ecco Homigod!

THE poet Rabindranath Tagore once wrote that, “Age considers; youth ventures.” Except, it seems, in the case of the 80 year old churchgoer from Zaragoza who decided to restore a 100 year old painting of Christ using a painting by numbers set and an old dish mop.

Apparently she leapt with glee upon the beautiful fresco by Elias Garcia Martinez and duly proceeded to totally obliterate the pained features and delicate brushwork of the original. This story gave me the biggest laugh of the year, especially the protestations of the perpetrator who insisted (as a child would) that everyone knew what she was doing and she therefore had done nothing wrong.

Personally if I were her I would have plead insanity or told everyone that Christ told her to do it then ran away and hid. What is telling is the vehemence with which she attacked the fresco.

Not only did she endeavour to paint the missing sections ruined by damp and age, but she continued by covering the whole image with her own particular style of brushwork which was amateur, to say the least.

Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character).

Her ‘restoration’ to me smacks of something more sinister, artistic envy perhaps, a desire to destroy beauty or maybe she just hated the artist’s work.

Whatever, the fact remains that she has deliberately ruined an accomplished work of art and you may feel I am being cruel but the woman is not stupid or mentally impaired, she seems quite bright to me and must have realised that one does not just paint over a century old fresco in order to save the church a penny or two.

Perhaps it should be treated as a deliberate act of vandalism.

Would a 16 year old graffiti artist be treated with the same benign amusement? How many of us who at least profess to a smidgen of artistic talent have thought “Ooh that Michelangelo could do with a spot of paint, let me just slap a bit of Titanium White over

the third Cherub from the left and see what happens?” I think not.

Absurdly, given the wanton destruction the old lady caused, her act has created something of a tourist boom for the church and ‘Ecco Mono’, as the restoration has been called, has become a ‘must see’ attraction.

The second laugh from this whole ‘fiasco’ surely has to be the sanguine attitude of the Councillor of Culture whose solution to the likely irreparable damage to the work was to comment that perhaps they could replace it with a photograph of the original. Why stop there, why not replace ‘Ecco Homo’ with a photograph of Bart Simpson?

Anyway I’m off to The National Gallery, thought I might restore a few old masters, maybe brighten up a Caravaggio or two, add a few flowers and put a smile on the lips of St Sebastian. Then who knows, maybe I’ll straighten up the nudes in Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles D’avignon’ and finish up by cleaning Duchamp’s urinal.

I may even rewrite the ending of Macbeth. The world is my lobster as Salvador Dali may have said.

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AR EL PINAR has new management as of last Saturday (September

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Simon Green and Allison Atkins came to Spain from Essex six-and-a-half-years ago and have lived in Cuevas del Almanzora.

They have been together 20 years and worked in bars and restaurants in England and Spain for most of their adult lives.

They have now taken over the management of El Pinar Bar and Restaurant and hope to give it a ‘breath of fresh life’.

The bar, set in the foothills of the Fillibres Mountains, with stunning views of the sea and mountains, is a peaceful and tranquil venue for all the family.

Open every day from 10am until late, they offer breakfast, lunch and dinner service as well as a well-stocked bar.

Breakfast is generally

NEW MANAGEMENT: Simon Green and Allison Atkins. served 10am-12pm, lunch from 12pm-4pm and dinner 7pm-10pm.

“These times are general guidelines and if someone comes in at 12.30pm and really wants a full-cooked English breakfast we are happy to accommodate,” said Simon.

Their lunch and dinner menu is ‘traditional pub grub’

that many are used to back in the UK, including curry, fillet steak and pies.

There are at least five starters, 10 mains and up to five desserts to choose from.

Prices are reasonable with starters and desserts costing between €3.95 and €4.95, while mains range from €6.95 to €9.95.

There is also a children’s

two course menu which includes ice-cream for €4.95.

Between 4pm and 7pm the kitchen is officially closed, although head chef Allison is around during this time, so if someone is really hungry she will rustle something up.

During this time customers can still enjoy bar service, play pool, relax around the large swimming pool or catch-up on

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RELAX: With the whole family at the spacious pool. the internet using the establishment’s free WiFi. “Families conscious of the potential dangers of currents at the beach, often come and spend the day here with their children and enjoy the facilities we have to offer,” said Simon.

Friday night is ‘Chip Shop Night’ with selections including chips with fish, cod roe, pie and doner kebab.

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There is also a free fun quiz starting from 8.30pm.

Every Sunday there is live music – someone different each time – to go with that traditional Sunday roast for only €12.95 with alternatives available if required.

Everyone is always assured a warm welcome by Simon and Alli. For more information or to reserve call 950 469 036.

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Organic foods not necessarily better WHILE organic food contains fewer contaminants, there is little evidence that organic foods are more nutritious than conventionally grown foods.

Eating organic foods can reduce the likelihood of consuming pesticides and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, one of the most comprehensive studies to address the questions to date shows.

Two-hundred-and-forty published studies of the nutrient and contaminant levels in organic and conventionally grown foods and studies of humans eating them were looked at by a team of researchers from Stanford University in California.

Both the nutrient levels and the bacterial fungal or

Spangler wrote in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Their analysis did find that conventional produce is 30 per cent more likely to be contaminated by pesticide.

The risk of bacteria E.coli contamination was unrelated to farming methods, it was also found.

Based on this result, LITTLE EVIDENCE: That organic foods are better for you. people who do not wish to have exposure to any pesticide contamination of we did not find evidence to pesticide residues may various products including support this perception,â&#x20AC;? prefer to choose organic fruits, vegetables, grains, author Crystal Smith- foods for that reason. meats, milk, poultry and eggs grown organically and conventionally were reviewed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despite the widespread misperception that organically produced foods are more nutritious than conventional alternatives,

Expensive food FOOD in the future is expected to be far more expensive due to a spike in prices caused by poor harvests and rising demand.

The increase in maize, wheat and soya bean prices this summer is the third spike in the past five years.

Though farmers have become more efficient, increasing their yields of land under production, this has been offset by two negative factors.

There are policies in the US and the EU that divert large amounts of corn for biofuels and poor harvests caused by the weather, the Guardian newspaper reported.

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Already sessions in Malaga Province have been linked with sessions in Almeria and sessions in Castellon with others in Cataluña. If you and friends have an interest in a session or sessions do contact Dick before his allocated days are all taken up.

Falling palms Increasingly one is now hearing of more and more cases of palm trees falling and causing damage to properties, cars and people

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Spain’s best known gardening authors who have lived and gardened in Spain for 25 years. www.gardeninginspain.com.

FUNDING: Some councils have expanded the number of trees in streets and parks.

Driers even when not yet affected by the palm weevil.

So do check there is no movement of any palms you have, by having a couple of people put maximum pressure on the trunk from several angles while a third person checks for any movement from the vertical.

Other palms have fallen because their trunks are seriously weakened by the hollowing out effects of fast munching weevil grubs.

of trees along streets and in public parks.

Fortunately some councils require that other, perhaps better looking trees are planted to replace felled pine trees. Provided we do get heavy autumn rains to raise the water table beneath gardens, consider planting some new trees for shade and aesthetic beauty in the late autumn, winter or early spring.

Replacement and additional trees

During the past year we have heard of increasing numbers of councils and private land owners developing areas of allotments for rent.

In spite of the crisis, councils have found monies for expanding the number

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Apologies, but Conasi where we purchased our driers have changed their email address from info @conasi.biz to info@conasi.eu. If you email them they can send you an article by us about how to use the driers in both English and Spanish.

Running out of space so happy gardening.

Regarding availability of our books, on searching the internet we came across the internet bookshop of WHSmith.

They are an alternative stockist to Amazon UK and Spain. (c) Clodagh and Dick Handscombe www.gardeninginspain.co m September 2012

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• CARERS SUPPORT GROUP Mojacar, 11am at Turre Evangelical Church. Snacks, coffee and tea provided. Almeria Angels present to give help and support.

Call 950 472 822 or 677 683 385.

Costa de Almeria’s best guide to local non-profit clubs, charities and societies Email whatson@euroweeklynews.com Fax 952 440 887 Post Euro Weekly News, Calle Moscatel 10, P-62, Poligono Industrial Arroyo de la Miel, 29631 Benalmadena, Malaga.

• DAMES IN SPAIN, Mojacar meet third Monday of month at the New Kimrick, 11am. Members and guests welcome. Call the chairman 950 472 225.

Tuesday

• ALMANZORA GROUP OF FRIENDS Albox Information Centre and Library 10am–1pm.

636 918 942 or www.almanzoragof.org.

• 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 Albox meet the first Thursday of the month for a coffee morning at 10.30am and the third Thursday of the month for their Branch Meeting at 11am, both at La Parrilla Restaurant. Call 630 562 618.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE BALLET Vera: Call 950 453 681.

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

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

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

Wednesday • SEWING CIRCLE at Turre Evangelical Church, 10.30am–1pm. All welcome. Call 667 702 774.

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

• MOJACAR BRIDGE CLUB: Call 950 437 100.

• LIVING ALONE IN SPAIN? We are a 60+ group of friends who meet for lunch every Wednesday in the Mojacar area. Call 667 303 788.

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

• BOOK FAIR Friday, Saturday evenings in front of ELC in Vera.

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

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

• 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 www.british legion.org.uk/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 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Boutique: 10.30am1.30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, call 627 819 512.

•ROSE SINGERS Mojacar, welcome enquiries from top sopranos for their future performances.

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The Monasterio de El Saliente.

Romeria in Albox THIS Saturday is Albox’s ‘Romeria de la Virgen del Salient’.

It is a religious procession that travels the 18km from Albox village to the Monasterio de El Saliente where the virgin is kept.

Hundreds of people from around Spain come to attend this event.

This romeria has been declared of cultural interest.

For those who fancy going to Albox there are a number of monuments one can visit in between partaking of the various bars and restaurants and wandering around the shops.

Most of the monuments are churches of which there are at least five and hermitages - religious retreats – of which there are two.

There is also the Marcelinos stone wall.

For those who enjoy motorcross there is the La Mina circuit with many of the ups and downs laid out over natural terraine.

At the beginning of November Albox will hold their All Saints Feria, where it is traditional to go out and eat tapas at midday in a festive atmosphere which often continues until midnight.

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Keeping a happy household with more than one pet takes a lot of effort.

Teaching new pets to meet resident pets BEFORE bringing home your new dog, introduce your new pet to your resident pet in a neutral area. Keep both dogs on leashes for a short time.

Be matter-of-fact about the situation but stay alert.

If either dog reacts aggressively, consider getting a different dog or none at all. Keeping two dogs that do not like each other under control is a huge and dangerous task.

After a few minutes take the leads off and let the dogs explore each other, best at this point you walk away and keep quiet.

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Dogfights generally involve a struggle between an existing resident dog and a new arrival, often of the same gender. Dogs in the household, just as in a wild pack, have a hierarchy, with one animal being the dominant one. Respect this hierarchy when you

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introduce the new dog.

Assess which dog is the dominant one, it is usually the older pet.

Reinforce your own position in the household by teaching your dogs the commands “down” and “stay.” Giving them a

“down-stay” command while they’re side-by-side communicates to them this is your house, and they will behave themselves regardless of how they feel.

How can I get my cat and dog used to each other?

Put the new dog on a leash. Prepare yourself for some major upset on your cat’s part. Do not get too concerned over a goodnatured cat-and-dog chase but do correct your dog when it happens.

Ask your pup to “sit” instead and praise him when he complies. Your cat will take a while to adjust to the newest member of the household. Ensure she has open doors and windows to escape.

Give her a place to eat where she can feel secure and where you will not have to run interference.

Keep the litter box out of your dog’s domain.

Some cats prefer to adjust on their own. Try putting yours in a room with food, water, toys, a litter box and a scratching post.

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Inner warmth thanks to a Buddhist lama MIRACLES do happen.

Four years ago I went to the bullring in Lorca, sat in my usual seat and heard world-famous minstrelpoet Bob Dylan warble his songs.

One week ago I drove high into the bleak brown barren hills above Serena and Los Pinos to a Buddhist retreat and met a famed Tibetan Lama, Namkha Dzong, and experienced mind altering inner warmth and purring serenity among families of other Buddhists who had made the early morning trek to greet the master.

Will wonders ever stop?

There is a Buddhist centre near most people and plenty of nice folk to show the path to inner enlightenment.

Two of the main participants at the retreat were Tesni, charming daughter of Tito’s and her mate Pablo, who were very helpful in getting me there.

Anyone wanting to get in touch with them can do so on 661 82 494 or 607 675 447 or write to namkhadzong@gmail.com.

In these turbulent times, finding a few moments of inner peace is as valuable as two good bottles of wine, and less costly.

There is quite a large established community already around my vicinity, including a monk living in nearby Sopalmo and plenty more scattered about through Mojacar, Vera and Bedar (Almeria province).

Anyone wanting to talk religion and who feels

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

short changed on what they have been offered as spiritual compensation should go to the Buddhists.

They not only have answers, but help create personal solutions once individuals discover some of the inner truths: how constant ‘desires’ limit what you have been able to find and process.

I cannot be a guide but many of these folks can.

I was especially enchanted with the Lama who is setting up the centre, even though he already has other teaching schools in Nepal and India).

When in his presence there is a feeling of goodwill, along with ‘glowing and understanding companionship.’

Individuals can talk freely as if with an old and trusted friend.

The Lama knows and listens well.

The lecture when I attended concerned the younger generation and how much time is wasted with gimmicks and electronic gadgets rather than with parents, reading and learning something of value.

The world was not made to entertain us, but rather for us to create a good passage illustrated by positive deeds while flowing through this ‘temporary’ life.

I have been truly elated since this experience.

Possibly my wine sopped eyes won’t allow

ENCHANTED: If you need spiritual compensation visit a local Buddhist centre.

The wise one with local wise guy. me to look at this bright light directly, but what I did see moved me tremendously.

And I want to learn more... much more!

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The New Clio attained a global score of 85 per cent – including the top ratings for child protection, pedestrian protection and safety equipment – which marks an improvement over its predecessor.

The front end of the car was designed to minimise injury to pedestrians. The bumper has no salient edges, while the lower part of the windscreen, which is traditionally very rigid, was designed to reduce the risk of injury in an impact.

Meanwhile, the height of the bonnet was raised in order to incorporate a crumple zone between the structure and the uppermost parts of the engine.

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Renault’s approach to safety is founded on a detailed study of actual accidents and real world safety with a view to proposing products that correspond with realities on the road, including the incorporation of safety equipment as standard from the first equipment level.

Priorities consequently focus on the development of the most efficient technologies to prevent an accident happening, ensuring corrective action can be taken in unexpected situations and protect passengers when an impact does occur. Over the years, Renault has emerged as a benchmark for automotive safety and this is mirrored in the results its models have secured in media ratings.

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HE all-new Volvo V40 has received the top rating of five stars in the Euro NCAP collision test.

“We are very proud to have one of the world’s safest cars and we’re taking yet another important step toward our 2020 target - that nobody should die or be seriously injured in a Volvo,” says Thomas Broberg, Senior Technical Advisor Safety at Volvo Car Corporation.

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HE Euro NCAP consortium has awarded the new Audi A3 the maximum five-star rating for passive crash safety.

The results for adult occupant protection in a frontal, rear and side impact as well as child safety and pedestrian protection make the new Audi A3 one of the safest cars in its class.

Pedestrian protection is a key issue for Audi and the car maker has delivered an outstanding solution: a specially designed front end incorporating an active bonnet, which is raised in the event of a collision using a pyrotechnic release mechanism to help mitigate the consequences of an accident.

Halogen and LED daytime running lights make the Audi A3 more visible to pedestrians.

Other driver assistance systems, such as the standard rest recommendation function, the optional speed limit display, adaptive cruise control, active lane assist and side assist systems are now also available to drivers of the compactclass model.

The same also applies to the adaptive headlight range adjustment and full-LED headlights, which will filter down to certain A3 variants from the executive class in the near future.

The A3 also comes with the multicollision brake – a safety function that received the 2012 Yellow Angel award from German motoring organisation

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CB Almeria basketball club start kick-off with a closed team ALMERIA basketball club expects to start the season kick-off on Monday with a full team, despite the numerous changes since the previous season.

The training team had a meeting this week with the first confirmed players and others with whom negotiations are still under way. Two main wingers,

dePaulas and Ramon, have left and pivot Miguel Angel Martinez is still awaiting a best offer from a national or foreign team.

CB Almeria is still searching for two pivots and most probably will promote two players from the junior team to replace dePaulas and Ramon.

The team has already been training to prepare for the season and to follow-up the possible new players.

Initially, the aim of the club was to repeat the great success of the previous season, where it classified for the promotion to EBA league. However, the loss of the two main scorers and the arrival of young players might turn this campaign into a transition year.

The club is starting the kick-off with ease since the season will not start NO GOALS: Gunino passed with flying colours. until November 4, which Gunino was very Uruguayan player. “We gives them two months satisfied with his first have presented a strong to complete the new match and his contribution defence. The team will team and achieve in preventing any goals. continue to grow in each cohesion before starting This was the most game”. And Gunino has the competition in the important thing for the passed with flying colours First National league.

Uruguayan player Gunino premieres with UD Almeria ADRIAN Gunino was unknown to the followers of UD Almeria until now, since he had not played in their stadium before.

So he had a true premiere last Saturday against Real Madrid Castilla. Rumour had it he was not adjusting well to the team and he would have a hard time replacing Rafita as right back.

Some even ventured he would be sent back to Fenix because the team had made a mistake with his signing. However, all these speculations were done with in 90 minutes.

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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.

conjured up some cracking Group ties including Manchester City-Real Madrid, CelticBarcelona, ChelseaJuventus, Manchester United-Galatasaray and Arsenal-Schalke.

The competition starts in earnest on September 18/19.

And among the third round League Cup-ties on September 25/26 are Carlisle-Spurs, ChelseaWolves, Leeds-Everton, Manchester City-Villa, Manchester UnitedNewcastle and WBALiverpool.

Last weekend, WBA completed their best top-flight start since 1984 by beating Everton 2-0; Tevez netted his 50th PL goal for Man City in a 3-1 win over QPR; Arsenal won 2-0 at struggling Liverpool, Van Persie’s hat-trick gave Man Utd a ‘late’ 32 win at now bottom club Southampton; West Ham eased home 3-0 v Fulham; and there were draws at Swansea, Wigan, Newcastle and Tottenham (again).

Due to the WC qualifiers, there are no Premiership or Championship games this weekend, but the pick of the other matches is the Devon derby between Torquay and Plymouth.

FORMER world superbike champion James Toseland has married Katie Melua, and Mo Farah has won £250,000 on the TV show The Cube.

NEWLY-WED: James Toseland.

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FOOTBALL – We’ll see action all over Europe (and the world) this coming weekend as several countries (the majority kicking off in the evening) get their respective 2014 World Cup qualifying campaigns under way their goal, a place in Brazil in two years’ time.

England, without Rooney, Carroll, Cole and Young, begin their Group H matches in Moldova, whom they’ve beaten twice before in WC qualifiers 3-0 (in Christinau) in September 1996 and 4-0 (at Wembley) 12 months later.

In Group A, Wales welcome Belgium to Cardiff and Scotland entertain Serbia in Glasgow. The Republic of Ireland visit Kazakhstan in Group C, and Northern Ireland compete in Russia in Group F. For the record, last Friday in Monaco, Chelsea got thumped 41 by Athletic Bilbao in the European Super Cup, Falcao netting a treble for the Spaniards.

The Champions League draw has

Richard Whitehead.

A total of 105 transfers took place on deadline day, including Essien (Chelsea to Real Madrid), Adam (Liverpool to Stoke), Sinclair and Maicon (from Swansea and Inter Milan respectively to Man City), Dempsey & Dembele (Fulham to Spurs), Carroll (Liverpool to West Ham), Johnson (Man City to Sunderland), Berbatov (Man United to Fulham), Van der Vaart (Spurs to Hamburg) and Granero (Real Madrid to QPR).

Sadly three ex-

PARALYMPICS – These Games are turning out to be better than the able-bodied Olympics with Team GB collecting gold medals galore.

Swimmers Jessica-Jane Applegate (16) and Ellie Simmonds (17) both smashed records in winning gold… double-amputee sprinter Richard Whitehead tore up the track… cyclist Sarah Storey roared round the velodrome… David Weir’s wheelchair ignited in the 5,000m… Aled Davies whirled his discus… and dressage riders Natasha Baker (twice) and Sophie Christiansen sat proudly on their horses.

With more gongs, silver and bronze medals to come, the tally of 102 secured in Beijing will be bettered, I’m sure.

CRICKET – England went 2-1 up in their 50-over series with South Africa - and retained top ODI status - after Ian Bell inspired a six-wicket victory at Lords last Sunday.

Meanwhile, Andrew Strauss has Falcao.

retired, allowing Alastair Cook to take over as Test captain. And this year’s CB40 final will feature Hampshire against Warwickshire.

GOLF – Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts are Jose Maria Olazabal’s wild cards in his European Ryder Cup team.

And looking ahead, in-form Mojacarbased, Newcastle fan George Crichton from the Valle del Este Golf Society, could make Europe’s 2014 Ryder Cup

team at Gleneagles, if his legs hold up!

FORMULA ONE – After a crash, bang, wallop start, last Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa was won by Jensen Button with Sebastian Vettel second and Kimi Raikkonen third.