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Market held in Garrucha GARRUCHA is holding an Andalucian Market this weekend, starting tomorrow (Friday). The market will be held in the town hall square.
Almond walk ORIA is holding an ‘almond route’ walk on Sunday March 9 leaving from Bar Pepe at 10am. Enquiries at Oria Town Hall, €15 with food or €5 walk only. Places limited.
Antas day ANTAS will be celebrating Andalucia Day tomorrow (Friday) in La era del lugar with traditional Migas (breadcrumbs) and music.
Carnival time The town of Carboneras gets its carnival celebrations underway on Saturday with a parade at 5pm starting from La Glorieta.
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The Via Verde in Almanzora Valley moves a step closer THE dream is becoming a reality. That is the summary made by the president of the Almanzora Valley Community of Municipalities, Antonio Ramon Salas, regarding the Via verde (Green route) that will run through the backbone of the valley. A hitherto almost unattainable project that with determination and effort will start to become a reality in just a month and a half when work begins. “It will become a benchmark for the Almanzora Valley because in its first phase it will offer visitors a 50 kilometre route down the old railway line,” he explained. “We do not know
Fines. The Mancomunidad has worked hard these last two years to accelerate this project. A job that has led them to maintain several meetings with officials in Madrid and ADIF (Railway Infrastructure Administrator) to accelerate efforts to unlock a project that is now starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. The first step taken by the Community was to get the transfer of land which belonged to ADIF, having a length of 64.1 km and an area of 1,578,948 exactly how much this first phase that the first phase of work will square metres which runs along will cost but it will exceed €1 run in a stretch of about 50 the towns of Zurgena, Arboleas, million,” said Salas who explained kilometres from Hijate station to Cantoria, Fines, Olula del Rio, Purchena, Armuña del Almanzora, Tijola, Seron and Alcontar. This transfer took place towns of Adra, El Ejido, Roquetas earthquake occurred at 3.24pm and in April 2012 and has a de Mar and Almeria City. had its epicentre in the northern term of 20 years with an This is reflected in the official Alboran Sea. annual payment to ADIF website (IGN) National Geographic There were no reports of any of €16,300 plus VAT per Institute indicating that the injuries or material damage. year.
Earthquake hits local Almeria towns AN earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale was registered early Monday afternoon with its epicentre in the Alboran Sea. The quake was felt by people in the
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Letters 27 IN THE MONEY: Police confiscated €140,000.
Police find cash GUARDIA CIVIL confiscated €140,000 from a Murcia man, 43, following a spot check in Velez Rubio. The officers found the money in a bag hidden in the hollow of the spare wheel space of the vehicle. The intercepted money is one of the largest amounts ever seized in Almeria Province under the regulation of money laundering prevention. The owner of the money, faces a charge of money laundering after exceeding the maximum amount of €100,000 per person which is regulated
in order to prevent such activities. Upon completion of the search, the man was allowed to continue his journey with €1,000. The rest of the money was handed over to the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offences of the Bank of Spain. The Guardia Civil advise that anyone carrying an amount equal to or greater than €100,000 or its equivalent in foreign currency, must declare it in advance to the Customs and Excise Department.
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NEWS Record visitors ALMERIA City’s museums received a record number of visitors during January. A total of 4,597 people were registered with the number one spot going to the new Guitar Museum. Cheers THE first phase of works for a new wine museum in Laujar de Andarax has been completed at a cost of €21,500.
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Interpol track down woman NATIONAL POLICE in Roquetas de Mar have arrested a 35-year-old Russian woman. The woman was wanted by the authorities of her country for a violent robbery at knifepoint in the city of Volgograd. The Provincial Commissioner of Almeria reported that the woman, who had an international arrest warrant issued by the Russian authorities, was located and arrested at her home in Roquetas de Mar. The woman committed the robbery for which
she was sought in December 2011, when she assaulted a compatriot at knifepoint, whom she had also threatened to kill while stealing a gold chain. In January 2012, the judicial authorities of Volgograd issued an arrest warrant with a threeyear prison sentence for robbery with violence and intimidation. A few days before the fugitive was arrested, the National Police had received information from Interpol that she was in Roquetas de Mar.
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THE Unicaja Almeria Volleyball team have dedicated their ninth Copa del Rey win to the Virgen del Mar and the province.
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Soho market HUNDREDS of people enjoyed the first artesan and second hand ‘Soho’ market in Adra. The market will now be held on the third Sunday of each month on the promenade opposite the marina.
A JEWELLER’S shop in Dalias was the victim of an early morning raid with thieves breaking down the door and getting away with an estimated haul of €70,000.
Dump it THE town hall of Felix has bought a new dumper to replace the old one which did not comply with safety laws.
THE Teatro Auditorio in El Ejido currently has on display until March 7, an exhibition promoting the natural park of Sierra Maria and the Los Velez area.
Bravo THE City Orchestra of Almeria and its choir surprised shoppers at the city central market with an impromptu flash mob concert. Man hurt A MAN, 35, was seriously injured when he overturned his car in the Avenida del Mediterraneo in Almeria after hitting a road sign. He sustained several injuries and was transferred to Torrecardenas Hospital. Solidarity run THE second Carrera Solidaria de la Mujer run will take place in Almeria City on March 9. The event has been arranged to celebrate ‘Women’s Day’ on March 8 and will raise funds for a charity yet to be decided.
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TIPPING: Not obligatory in Spain, but is however much appreciated.
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Top of the tips… L EAVING a tip in Spain is not obligatory and there are no set rules as there are in the USA, however, it is much appreciated. Despite the financial crisis, according to a survey carried out by the Hoteles.com site, most people continue to leave tips. When it comes to foreign tourists, the North Americans are reportedly the most generous, with 71 per cent leaving tips, the British (34 per cent) and the Germans (26 per cent) are also amongst the top tippers, as well as the Russians and Scandinavians. Amongst Spanish tourists, 6 per cent claim they always leave tips, 24 per cent do so occasionally and only 8 per cent never leave anything. Tourists from Madrid are apparently the most
Quote of the Week I haven’t robbed banks, I’ve expropriated them. It’s a revolutionary tax.’
Jaime Jimenez, facing 15 years and nine months in prison for his alleged participation in a bank robbery in Madrid in February 2007.
generous, with 60 per cent leaving tips, followed by the Basques (40 per cent), Catalans (26 per cent) and Andalucians (23 per cent). For 94 per cent of tippers, a good quality service is the main reason to do so. This should mean that Andalucia gets the most tips, as it comes out top in Spain amongst Spanish tourists for customer service, with 43 per cent of their votes, followed by the Basque Country, Madrid and Galicia. Customer service is apparently worst in Extremadura. Other top reasons for leaving tips are the quality of the products, the premises and speed. Eighteen per cent of those questioned say they are more likely to leave a tip if they are with their partner or friends.
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transplants were carried out 45 onorgan one day in Spain last month. This is a record for the country, which for the past 22 years running has been a world leader for organ donors, with 35.12 per million inhabitants.
THE latest stop for the Costa Almeria Tourist Board was the ‘Danish Travel Show’ held in the City of Herning last week.
Cuevas carnival THE town of Cuevas del Almanzora celebrates its carnival from Saturday with a parade at 6pm through the streets. On Sunday it is the children’s parade starting at 5.30pm. Both begin at the Castle Square.
Mamma Mia THE Symphonic of Abba show comes to the Auditorio in Roquetas de Mar on Saturday March 8. The show has five international singers, a rock band and the one world symphonic orchestra.
And finally... THE former President of Cantabria and leader of the PRC (Cantabria Regional Party) was caught in parliament looking at pictures of naked women in a magazine. Other MPs took photos of him which then reached social networking sites such as Twitter.
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Football fan fined €200 THE football fan accused of throwing ‘Goofy’ the Yorkshire Terrier from the stands in Olula del Rio during a football match has been fined €200. The fan was in agreement with the fine given by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Purchena following a prosecution order by the animal protection group ‘El Refugio.’ The fan accepted the fine of 20 days at the rate of €10 a day as the perpetrator of
a crime of animal abuse under Article 632.2 of the Criminal Code. He was also ordered to pay veterinary and court costs and escaped a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth. The president of ‘El Refugio’ Nacho Paunero explained that if ‘Goofy’ had suffered serious injuries the attacker could have faced a prison sentence of up to one year.
This individual has been spared jail by very little. “We hope this serves as a warning for those who mistreat animals for sport. We will continue to denounce all cases of mistreatment of animals, of which we become aware. Our aim is to put the perpetrators in their place, which is prison, according to our criminal code,” he remarked.
Spring Break: 2,400 youngsters to descend upon Mojacar in April SOME 2,400 youngsters are set to invade Mojacar in April when the third Edition of Mojacar Spring Break comes to town. Mojacar will host the four-day festival on the weekend of April 10 to April 13. Youngsters will be able to enjoy four days of activities together with some of the main DJs from the national scene as well as sporting events and excursions. The event emulates the American Spring Break, in which college students and youngsters in general celebrate the first days of spring with parties and events. In this case, the Hotel Pueblo Indalo in Mojacar will be providing the accommodation in one of the most anticipated events on the Spanish mainland. The festival drew 2,000 people last spring and confirmed acts for this year are Luis Lopez, Les
NEWS German group visit A GROUP from the Sociocultural Association CristianoAlemana of Roquetas de Mar visited Cuevas del Almanzora. The group of 35 people visited tourist attractions in the town, the Castillo del Marques de Los Velez, and the Archaeological, Art and Cave Museums.
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Taberno tour TABERNO Town Hall has organised an 11km almond blossom trail walking route for Sunday. The walk starts at Las Morras at 9am and is €3 or €10 with food. Registration at the town hall.
Clean sweep AROUND 100 pupils from the Alquian Institute in Almeria City picked up more than 3,000 kilos of rubbish from the El Perdigal Beach last week.
Star signs SPRING BREAK VENUE: Hotel Pueblo Indalo will host the event. Castizos, JP Candela, Space Elephants, Bad Beats, Gvives, Ernesto Zapata and MJ Flores who will all be performing in the Sala Mandala. Mojacar Spring Break, which has its counterpart
in September with another festival that closes the summer also organises access to the ‘white town’ with buses from Alicante, Murcia, Cadiz, Madrid and Salamanca.
So far, the Alicante based organisation Mojacar Club has around a thousand people registered. For more information visit www.mojacarspringbreak.com.
UD Almeria have signed the star player of the Thailand Football League. Centre forward Teerasil Dangda of Muangthong will join up with the club in the summer.
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Antas Carnival THE town of Antas will have a carnival parade on Saturday afternoon at 5pm starting from the Plaza la Era del Lugar.
Turre tournament THE 30th Marathon Football Sala tournament in Turre takes place today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday).
Free concert TO celebrate Andalucia Day tomorrow (Friday), the town of Carboneras will hold a concert in the Teatro Casa de la Musica at 12pm with free entry.
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Cuevas del Almanzora, last tropical paradise CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA was a tropical mangrove forest with a unique ecosystem and still has very well preserved fossil remains of animals and plants from 2.5 million years ago. Those are the findings of Valencian researcher Joaquin Ricardo Sendra. The discovery was revealed at the 29th Conference of the Spanish Society of Paleontology in Cordoba, in October 2013 and forwarded to the Valencian newspaper Levante last week Sendra showed that in Cuevas there was a ‘bay of five kilometres’. This landform was nestled between the current Sierra de Almagro and Sierra Almagrera and formed a Pliocene sea enclosed on both sides. “In the mangrove forests there lived tropical fish, jellyfish and seals and it was the last tropical paradise of the Iberian peninsula, immediately before the outbreak of the glaciations and climate change that led to the arrival of the
CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA: Had a unique ecosystem. Quaternary period and profound changes in terrestrial and marine ecosystems,” as explained by the Valencian paleontologist. Rhinos, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers, instead of partridges and rabbits, inhabited Cuevas. In short, another great treasure for the history and heritage of Cuevas, with the potential to give many more surprises.
Sendra began studying the remains found in the town 20 years ago, when he noticed materials appeared much more than they seemed during the construction of a motorway. From the study over two decades and analysis of roots, wood fragments, plants and even oysters, elements all in a fossil state, Sendra has established the existence of an entire ecosystem.
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Junta fines for flouting smoking law A TOTAL of 242 complaints for various breaches of the smoking ban were made in Almeria Province last year. This led to the Junta, throughout the year, opening disciplinary proceedings against 224 establishments. The most common cause for complaints were for smoking in restaurants, leisure and health centres amongst others. In total, 237 establishments were fined in 2013, a figure that includes fines carried over from 2012,with a total figure for fines amounting to €30,574. The smoking ban is set to be hardened in Andalucia after the Minister of Equality, Health and Social Policies, Maria Jose Sanchez Rubio, announced the intention of the Junta to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in health and education centres amongst others.
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Happy parade MORE than 500 schoolchildren opened the Adra Carnival on Friday with a big parade through the streets.
Cheap seats ALMERIA has the cheapest cinema tickets in Spain with an average price of €4 compared to the national average of €6.97.
Stamp honour THE first saint of Almeria, Saint Jose Maria Rubio is to have a commemorative stamp published by the Post Office to mark the 150th Anniversary of his birth.
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Manhunt leads to arrest THE Guardia Civil arrested a 23-year-old man just hours after he robbed a bank at knifepoint in Ohanes getting away with €6,000. The alleged robber walked into the bank around 10am with his face covered by a hood and a knife in his hand. After threatening one of the employees, he escaped with an estimated €6,000. The Guardia Civil, along with agents of the Local
Police of Canjayar and Alhama de Almeria, triggered a large search operation comprising 30 agents. The operation resulted in the arrest of the offender at around 3pm in Tierras Coloras de Illar with police managing to retrieve all the stolen money. The resident of Ohanes, was arrested on suspicion of robbery with violence and intimidation.
Dames day out THE Dames in Spain, Mojacar, are celebrating International Women’s Day at Desert Springs Golf and Country Club in Cuevas del Almanzora. The event will be held on Saturday March 8. On arrival there will be Cava or Bucks Fizz, followed by a three course lunch and coffee. Complimentary coach travel has been organised to leave the Parque Commercial Centre at 12.15pm. For further information please contact chairman, Myra on 950 475 491 or secretary, Iris on 666 107 364.
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Walking routes THE Mancomunidad of Bajo Andarax are to promote 11 walking routes in the area. Some of the walks include a 20km train ride with a walk back.
Health week MORE than 1,500 people in Adra took part in nine different sporting activities during ‘health week.’
Day out AROUND 500 senior citizens from Almeria City enjoyed a day out in Totana (Murcia) where they visited the Santuario de Santa Eulalia de Mérida in the Sierra Espuña as well as a market.
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More pharmacies on the way in province SINCE the Ministry of Gender, Health and Social Policies launched a public tender to provide more pharmacies in the Province a total of 17 new pharmacies have opened. The latest pharmacy opened earlier this month in Venta del Viso in the town of La Mojonera. In the coming months new pharmacies will open amongst others in Almanzora (Cantoria) and Los Menas and San Francisco in HuercalOvera. Thanks to this tender pharmacies in the Province of Almeria will eventually increase from 283 to a total of 330 providing a service to smaller towns and villages in outlying areas.
PHARMACIES: A total of 17 new pharmacies have opened in the province.
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Events on in Vera VERA is celebrating its carnival this weekend with a parade starting things off on Saturday at 5.30pm from the Pabellon Municipal sports centre. The parade will pass through the streets of the town. On Sunday there is a traditional mask parade at 5.30pm from the Plaza Mayor. Finally on Tuesday starting at 5.30pm there is a big parade starting from the Pabellon Municipal sports centre which will take the same route as Saturday. On Andalucia Day (tomorrow Friday) in the Plaza Mayor at 11am there will be a football exhibition from CD Vera and different teams in the region. Also tomorrow there will be a traditional ‘Dia de Andalucia’ concert by the Municipal Music Band of Vera in the Convento de La Victoria at 12.30pm.
Los Gallardos population in decline as immigrants leave due to crisis LOS GALLARDOS is the Andalucian town that has experienced the greatest relative decline in population in 2013 compared to 2012.
This small Almeria town lost in that period 26 per cent of its population according to figures released by the Institute of Statistics and Cartography
of Andalucia. Behind Los Gallardos, with roughly 20 per cent, is a town in the province of Huelva, Cumbres de Enmedio. According to the
All set for tourism fair ZURGENA will host the first Tourism Fair of Almanzora on March 15 and 16. The event organised by Zurgena Town Hall will take place in the old Renfe railway station building in La Alfoquia, and counts on the collaboration of the Government of Almeria and pupils of the Employment Workshop ‘Animación Turística’ in the Almanzora Valley. The head of Tourism for Zurgena, Sampo Kullervo Penttila is calling on tourism businesses in the area to attend the event. The idea for the event has been born out of an idea to promote tourism in the valley and allow people to get to know about its
attractive outdoor spaces, its culture, industry, gastronomy and leisure activities. It will also be an opportunity for businesses to promote tourism, provide information and sell their products and services in a town which links the Levante area of Almeria with the Almanzora Valley. The weekend is expected to be full of activities with workshops and round tables and people will have the opportunity to sample all types of products. The cost for booking a space in the fair is €50 and any business that wants to attend the event should contact Sampo in Zurgena Town Hall.
municipal census, Los Gallardos had 2,848 residents in 2013 compared to 3,831 residents in 2012. Los Gallardos occupies first place in Andalucia not for the number of citizens it has lost in a year, but for the ratio of the drop in the total number of registered inhabitants. The mayor of Los Gallardos, Maria Gonzalez, recognises this ‘significant drop’ of citizens, mainly due to departure of immigrants. British, Ecuadorian and Colombian nationals are some of those who no longer live in the town, the main reason being the current economic situation. Around three or four years ago with the construction of the AVE some families were registered in the town to school their children, a fact that is also reflected in the population decline in recent years.
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On the podium EL EJIDO surfer Alberto de Mario finished in third place at the Hurley Costa de La Luz championships held in Cadiz.
Mercastock MORE than 30 clothes retailers took part in the Mercastock clothes market in El Ejido. The market was set up to help sell surplus autumn and winter stock.
Laced up THE Sports Pavilion in Huercal-Overa filled up for the Sixth Meeting of Lacemakers with more than 400 women and one man taking part in the event.
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Statue removed for cleaning A LOCAL landmark in HuercalOvera is due to get a face lift. The statue of the Cura Valera, opposite the town’s church, will
be restored by Maria de la Barca Domech Villanueva who is licensed in Fine Arts and Restoration.
The statue has stood in the square which now bears its name since 1950 in a fenced off section of a garden area and is suffering
Work projects in the Almanzora THE Provincial Government of Almeria has contracted works in three towns of the Almanzora Valley. The works in Seron, Tijola and Somontin will amount to a total cost of €606,000. The president, Gabriel Amat, has signed with the companies responsible for implementing the award of contracts which will improve basic services and infrastructure in Somontín and Tijola while Seron will have a new exhibition centre. Tíjola will receive
€240,000 to improve circulation in the main artery of the town and will include replacement and renewal of public lighting, improvement to the sewage supply and to pavements, signage and garden areas and furniture. Somontin will receive €83,000 towards the construction of a roundabout in the town centre and the reform of the municipal morgue. Also, Seron is to carry out works with a budget of €283,000 which will allow residents to have an exhibition centre.
SERON: Residents to get an exhibition centre.
from various defects with cracks appearing on one side. The front of the statue is also in a bad condition with staining and organic growth affecting the surface of the natural stone which due to its porous nature has caused serious damage. Cracks have also appeared due to the extreme in temperatures causing the marble to expand and contract. Works on the restoration will begin this week and will take around a month with the statue of Salvador Valera Parra back in its rightful place for Easter week. The Mayor Domingo Fernandez has commented that the residents of Huercal-Overa are faithful followers of their Cura Valera. “They count on him for their miracles and we are all waiting to see the finished work. “It was the people of HuercalOvera that raised the funds for this monument and now the town hall will cover the costs of the restoration because the people want to see the image of the Cura Valera in its best condition,” he said.
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Winter concert THE Municipal Music Band of Almeria played the last of four open air winter concerts in the Parque Nicolas Salmeron in the city at the weekend.
Bore draw A CROWD of 9,784 spectators watched UD Almeria draw 0-0 in a match against their neighbours Malaga.
Trial run THE head of tourism in Almeria City, Isabel Fernandez joined a group of tourists on a guided tour of the city on Saturday.
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APSA in Albox always looking for volunteers APSA, the animal charity based in Albox, is making steady progress with its exciting plans for the building of kennels to house the many dogs in its care. Having their own kennels will cut the cost of boarding fees and the kennels, close to Albox will mean the more convenient location will greatly help with dog walking, volunteers at the kennels and homing the dogs. They have already received some generous donations of money, building materials and time! Just €0.50 buys one block, €80 enough for a pen. Cash donations can be given at the shop in Avenida Lepanto, open 10am to 2pm Monday to Saturday. Anyone able to donate enough for a pen might like to have it named after their dog. Any donation is gratefully received. APSA are always happy to take building materials, blocks, tiles etc many people have got some lying about the place. Please ring 663 762 642 to arrange delivery to the
APSA: Freya was recently rehomed to newcomers to the area. site or collection. APSA are always on the lookout for people with spare time to help them with the building - all volunteer help is gratefully received even if just for an hour or two. The APSA AGM will be held on Wednesday April 2 at Jacks in Albox
from 2.30pm. There is a car park opposite in Avenida Lepanto. All are welcome - come along to hear the latest news about the new kennels. Maybe people have fundraising ideas or have time to spare to help the charity in any way, go along and chat with them.
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Fewer arriving illegally IN 2013, the arrival of immigrants to Andalucia fell by 19 per cent. According to the Andalucian Pro-Human Rights Association, last year, 2,743 people entered Spain via Andalucia. Figures fell in most of the provinces which have coasts, including Huelva, Malaga, Granada and Almeria, but not in Cadiz. Just over 1,400 immigrants arrived in Cadiz in 2013, almost 100 more than in 2012. No immigrants have arrived in Malaga for the past two years. Most of the immigrants who came to Spain last year came in small boats, followed by inflatable dinghies and jumping over border fences. There were 130 people who died attempting to reach Spain in 2013, 24 of them in Andalucia.
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Man stoned friend to death A JURY in Nijar unanimously convicted a 31-year-old man accused of stoning a friend to death in December 2011. The man who had had a previous argument with the victim had threatened to kill him with a knife but a third person prevented the stabbing.
The prosecutor has maintained its request for 13 years in prison in response to the ‘extreme brutality’ with which he killed the victim and asked for compensation of €300,000 for his brother. The defence have asked for a minimum sentence of 10 years.
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Motorist wreaks havoc in Antas GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 19-year-old motorist charged with knocking over a motorcyclist and taking flight. The man, who was drunk and driving without a licence, was later stopped by a traffic control and allegedly tried to run over one of the officers. The incident occurred
at 6am and was witnessed by an offduty Guardia Civil officer driving his own car on the N-340 in Antas. The officer observed a vehicle approaching at high speed from a crossing to the right and saw in the rearview mirror that it failed to stop at a sign causing it to hit the motorcyclist.
The officer turned round quickly to go to the crash site, where he found the motorcyclist lying motionless in the road. After placing him in a safe position, the officer called the emergency services and then called colleagues who were carrying out vehicle spot checks nearby. Officers noticed the vehicle and tried to stop it, which is when the driver made a sharp manoeuvre forcing an officer to dive to the floor to avoid being hit. The Guardia Civil started a search for the vehicle, catching up with him a few miles later. While attempting to leave the road and take a dirt track the driver lost control and went off the road, at which point the driver and one of the passengers left the scene on foot. After identifying the rest of the occupants, the Guardia Civil made the necessary enquiries to obtain the identity of the driver, arresting him at 10am. The arrested man has previous arrests for reckless driving and driving without a licence. He is accused of offences of failing to stop at an accident, causing injury, endangering traffic safety and assault on a law enforcement officer.
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NORWAY - A Norwegian children’s charity left a scantilydressed 11-year-old boy at a bus stop in the cold to test how many people would help him. Most did.
Go home NORWAY - Russian President Vladmir Putin reportedly told the head of Norway’s sports federation that with 16 Winter Olympic medals, they had enough and should go home.
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Nice cuppa A COUPLE who went through years of legal action over their children, reached a consensus after a High Court judge suggested they sit down and have a cup of tea together.
BRITISH households are expecting their finances to improve over the next 12 months for the first time in at least five years, a survey shows.
Banksy sold ONE of Banksy’s most famous murals, ‘Kissing Coppers,’ has been sold at auction in the US for £345,000 after being removed from the wall of a Brighton pub.
SWEDEN - Supervisors at a municipality in Sweden have been found guilty of driving a coworker to suicide by bullying him at work.
Kids smuggling
PRINCESS VICTORIA: Swedes want her to reign.
DOG owners who fail to control their animals should be given notices ordering them to train their pets or have them taken away, campaigners and politicians have said.
Sales up FERRARI says the UK has become its biggest European market, overtaking Germany. Almost 680 cars were shipped to the UK last year.
Real life Uncaring bosses MORE than half of workers feel their employers do not care about their well-being, leading many to consider looking for a new job, according to a study by Investors in People.
RUSSIAN PRESS Lingerie cleansing SYNTHETIC lingerie is to be banned from July under new trade laws in the Eurasian Union countries. Russia’s lingerie outlets may throw away up to 90 per cent of their stock.
SWEDEN - Police are attempting to dismantle a network of 40 children, some as young as eight, who were forced into drug dealing in Stockholm.
Torahs found
Slaughter ban
PEOPLE from countries which have legalised child euthanasia, such as Belgium, which recently passed the law, could be banned from adopting Russian children.
DENMARK - The Danish government has brought in a ban on the religious slaughter of animals for the production of halal and kosher meat.
Dog control
LIFE can mean life, Court of Appeal judges have ruled, following a European Court of Human Rights decision which declared them unlawful.
SWEDEN - Almost 50 per cent of Swedes want King Carl Gustaf XVII to abdicate and Princess Victoria to take the throne, a survey shows.
Suicide guilt
TEA: A calming way to reach agreement.
Positive outlook
A HUNGARIAN rabbi said he had found 103 Torah scrolls stolen from Hungarian Jews during WWII and stashed in a Russian library.
No Russians
Building auctioned RUSSIA expressed outrage after one of its diplomatic buildings was auctioned by Sweden
GERMAN PRESS Shredded cash
BRITISH PRESS Helping hands
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as a result of litigation between Moscow and a German businessman.
Potato imports RUSSIA will start importing Dutch seed potatoes again, once a quality inspection has deemed them suitable. This could mean a €10 million export opportunity.
Presidential criticism RUSSIA condemned unrest in Ukraine as a coup attempt, with President Putin blaming the opposition for the biggest escalation in three months of anti-government protests.
Meat imports RUSSIA is planning to partially lift a ban on meat imports from the United States. The import of US pork, beef, and turkey was halted last year due to safety concerns.
BAVARIAN police are searching for the owner of thousands of euros found shredded at a waste disposal site. If no-one comes forward then employees at the site will get the cash.
Street sex THE mayor in the German-French border town of Saarbrücken plans to ban street prostitution, as the region’s sex trade problem continues to increase.
Cutting costs SEVERAL government ministers in Germany have reportedly been sleeping in back rooms in their Berlin offices, despite earning around €14,000 a month.
Bling bishop A DISGRACED German bishop who spent €31 million building new headquarters reportedly used cash for good causes to fund his lavish projects.
Gold diggers GERMAN archaeologists recovered over €1 million worth of Roman gold and silver jewellery from an amateur treasure hunter who dug it up illegally.
Hoax calls FIREFIGHTERS in Berlin are losing their patience after being called to a home for refugees 160 times for no reason. They believe youths may be behind the hoax calls.
No permission CIVIL servants at Germany’s defence ministry signed off a €55 million pay-off as part of the Eurofighter project without checking with their boss.
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Homeless detained A HOMELESS man, 30, was arrested in Palma after he allegedly knocked another man unconscious to rob him. A couple friend of the detainee was arrested as well for covering the assault.
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A MAN, 50, was rescued by helicopter after he broke a foot while hiking in the Puig Fume area near Pollensa.
Cyclist injured A CYCLIST, 30, was admitted to the Son Espases Hospital in a serious condition after being in collision with a car on the Soller road near Palmanyola.
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Lottery winners LUCKY ticket holders in Jacarilla and Almoradi have scooped nearly €9 million in prizes from the National Lottery.
Rice Torrevieja TWENTY SEVEN restaurants Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa involved in the second edition of Torrevieja’ starting on Monday. www.torreviejagastronomica.com.
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Residents unite RESIDENTS in La Aparecida gathered in support of the family of a teenager who is critically ill after falling through a skylight while playing on a building site. They ask the council to finish the work at the site.
Warmest months JANUARY and February have been the driest and warmest for 33 years. Conditions are repeating those in 1981; one of the 20th century’s driest years.
Library opens THE new library within Torrevieja’s Ciudad del Mar school has been officially inaugurated by Mayor Eduardo Dolon who urged students to visit it and enjoy the pleasure of reading.
Fire extinguished FIREFIGHTERS put out a fire that threatened nearby houses in the Almuñecar district of Lobres. The burning of stubble in the Era del Teniente reed bed accidentally started the blaze, sources said.
NEIGHBOURS demanding the removal of an illegal phone tower in Benajarafe (Velez-Malaga) have taken the case to the Public Prosecutor’s Office as still it hasn’t been removed five years after it was promised.
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LUXURY mega yacht ‘Pacific’ visited Palma last weekend. The 85-metre long vessel is equipped with a gym, a spa, a cinema and its own heliport.
BALEARIC women earned an average €19,377 in 2011. This is 16.4 per cent less than what men earned the same year, trade union UGT has denounced.
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VALENCIA COAST: Tourism and fishing would be harmed.
Fight to keep Gulf of Valencia oil-free THE list of opponents to oil exploration in the Gulf of Valencia continues to grow. Jose Mas, president of Calpe’s Royal Yacht Club is also president of the Association of Valencian Community Yacht Clubs. All members oppose the surveys planned by Cairn Energy, he said. Mas emphasised the need to fly the flag and defend the Valencia coast at a recent meeting with Ana Perez,
local councillor for Land Protection. He was accompanied by Juan Perez who heads Calpe’s fishing guild which, like all Marina Alta guilds, is fighting the exploration. Calpe Town Hall has challenged Cairn Energy’s environmental impact assessment, Perez assured them. Authorising the prospections means “a life sentence” for the sea, she said. Earlier Antoni Joan
Bertomeu, mayor of Teulada-Moraira, joined the chorus of protests from Denia and Javea. “Our coast must not suffer, bearing in mind its natural wealth, the fragility of its biodiversity and the harm to tourism and fishing,” Bertomeu said. Benissa Town Hall also rejects the Cairn Energy project in a fight that is uniting the Marina Alta, regardless of political aims and ideology.
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MARCH sees a number of activities and workshops taking place at Santa Pola’s Natural Park including birdwatching, interpretive tours, lectures and visits to the Museum of Salt.
ALICANTE Airport was officially renamed Alicante-Elche last July but airports’ authority AENA has only just altered the lettering on the airport building. The aiport code remains ALC, however.
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Ikea fight
SIX minor earthquakes were registered in the Monforte del Cid and Petrel area. Measuring between 1.3 and 2.4 on the Richter scale they were “normal” for the zone, experts said.
SAN VICENTE shopkeepers and others from surrounding L’Alacanti towns will oppose plans for Alicante City’s Ikea. They also fear competition from franchise chains at the new Rabasa shopping centre.
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FIFTY schoolchildren at an Alcoy mountain refuge and 18 elderly people from a nearby Alzheimer’s home were evacuated during a woodland fire. It spread when farm workers burned weeds and stubble.
THE same Alcoy bakery has been held up five times by a knife-wielding man wearing a balaclava and knickers on his head. The assistant failed to identify the police’s principal suspect.
FOUR people, two men and two women, were admitted to Santa Ana Hospital in Motril following a collision between five cars on the N340 road in Torrenueva.
Drug trafficking A GUARDIA Civil from Algarrobo was arrested as part of an anti-drugs operation in Nerja. The officer has been accused, together with 11 other people, of allegedly smuggling 1,500 kilograms of hashish and hiding it in the Maro-Cerro Gordo natural park.
Action brought THE Environment section of the Malaga Public Prosecutor’s Office has brought action against a woman from VelezMalaga for allegedly selling six endangered Greek tortoises online.
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French visitors ANTEQUERA the content website into second most to the town.
Town Hall has translated of its tourist promotion French, as they are the numerous foreign visitors
Mountain asset THE left-wing Izquierda Unida party in Casares has asked the Andalucian Parliament for Utrera Mountain to be declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.
Homeless helped RED CROSS Social Emergency Units attended to 325 homeless people in Marbella, Fuengirola, Mijas and Benalmadena last year.
No shooting THE Independent and Civil Servants’ Union (CSIF) has complained that Local Police in Cartama have not had shooting practice for 15 years.
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New Nissan for Spain Latest truck made in Avila
NISSAN’s new medium-duty NT500 lorry is to be produced at its Avila factory. The plant will produce 2,500 units a year for Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Italy and Portugal. As well as the €100 million Avila outlay, the group is launching two new models in Barcelona this year, with a total investment of €431 million, announced
Nissan’s vice-president for industrial operations in Spain, Frank Torres. The new lorry and existing Cabstar will guarantee the jobs of the Avila plant’s 501 employees, Torres said. The company also plans to review the situation of 22 employees who relocated to Barcelona. They could return in 2015 if the market recovers, Nissan sources revealed.
Fraud or delusion of losing gambler SOME people believe they possess a foolproof betting system. Jose Santamaria of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia) had so much faith in his that he decided to sue Telefonica when he failed to win. As a result of Santamaria’s formal complaint the national high court in Madrid is investigating Telefonica Moviles España for massive premium rate SMS fraud. Mobile software companies Zed Iberia Wordline and Alvento Soluciones are also implicated. The three are accused of earning more than €46 million by rigging the ‘Movistar Emocion Millon’ competition in 2009 that required contestants to
submit points via text messages to participate in a multimillion draw. Text messages were sent in bulk and points irregularly allocated, Jose Santamaria claimed afterwards. Prizes were won by people who were related to each other or lived at the same address and prizewinners were not officially announced, Santamaria said. There was no fraud, Telefonica sources insisted, and only Santamaria complained out of thousands of participants. He also defines himself as a professional gambler with “an infallible system” the same sources said. “When he failed to win he blamed the three companies believing it had to be a swindle.”
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€16.9m fine THE CNMV, Spain’s stock market regulator, fined Santander €16.9 million for mis-selling €7 billion of its convertible bonds in 2007. Investors suffered huge losses when Santander’s shares plummeted during the financial crisis.
More jobs GRIFOLS, the Barcelona-based multinational pharmaceuticals and chemical company, has enlarged it Parets del Valles plant. This will enable it to double blood plasma production, creating more than 400 new jobs.
Rich-poor gulf widens ANDALUCIA, Valencia and Murcia are the worst-hit by the financial crisis. The last five years have left a deeper mark on these three regions than any others in Spain. In contrast, the Basque Region and Navarra, together with Madrid and Castilla y Leon, fared best, found the Cajas de Ahorro (savings
banks) think-tank, Fundecas. The third of Spain’s inhabitants who live in Andalucia, the Valencian Community and Murcia saw the per capita GDP fall by almost 10 per cent. Thirty-three per cent lost their jobs. At the other end of the scale Madrid, the Basque Region and Navarra lost only 5 per cent of their GDP.
NEW LORRY: Will be produced at the factory in Avila.
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STAT OF WEEK GAS NATURAL FENOSA earned €1.4 billion last year, only 0.3 per cent more than in 2012. It owed the increase to good performance outside Spain and “strict financial policies” the multinational said.
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Facebook buys the leading text messaging system for $19 billion FACEBOOK has acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion (€13.84 billion) in cash, stock and shares, the social network giant announced in a statement. In their biggest acquisition to date, Facebook has taken on the popular text messaging system, which is used by more than 450 million people. Although many younger people are drifting away from Facebook, WhatsApp is rapidly increasing in popularity. In some markets it is now more prominent than Facebook, with approximately one million new users a day. As of August 2013, some 20 million people were users of WhatsApp in Spain. Together with Spain, Germany, Mexico or India have also reached the 20-million-user milestone. The high cost of SMS text messages and increasing sales of smartphone devices are behind the Spanish success of WhatsApp. Predictions by MassyPhone, an online business message provider for sending WhatsApp messages, say the upward tendency will continue and the text messaging service will have doubled its users in Spain by 2015.
WhatsApp founders, Jan Koum and Brian Action, are now to join the billionaire set in Silicon Valley. The deal includes $4 billion (€2.91 billion) in cash, $12 billion (€8.74 billion) in Facebook
shares and a further $3 billion (€2.18 billion) in stock at a later date. WhatsApp’s brand will be maintained, with its headquarters remaining in Mountain View, California. Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO, will join Facebook’s Board of Directors, and WhatsApp’s core messaging product and Facebook’s existing Messenger app will continue to operate as standalone applications. Koum said: “WhatsApp’s extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. We’re excited and honoured to partner with Facebook as we continue to bring our product to more people around the world.” In 2012, Facebook purchased photo-sharing app Instagram for $1billion (€728,420,818), which had been their largest purchase to date before the new deal with WhatsApp.
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Suspected launderer to be extradited SPAIN has approved the extradition to the US of Arthur Budovsky. Ukrainian-born Budovsky, who gave up US citizenship on marrying a Puerto Rican, is accused of being the ‘principal founder’ of Liberty Reserve. He and seven employees allegedly used the digital currency service which is based in Costa Rica to launder more than $6 billion (€4.36 billion) for criminal organisations. The authorities claim the case is the biggest international laundering operation to be tried by the United States. Budovsky was arrested in May last year when his flight from Morocco stopped over in Madrid. The national high court in Madrid has consented to his extradition on the grounds his alleged crimes took place in the US.
A FASTER than expected rebalancing of the Spanish economy has prompted Moody’s to upgrade the country’s government bond rating to Baa2 to Baa3. The credit rating agency has assigned Spain a positive outlook, and has concurrently upgraded Spain’s short-term rating to Prime-2 from Prime-3. Moody’s based its decision on the improving medium-term economic prospects, underpinned by a rebalancing of the economy away from real-estate investment towards exports. This, according to the agency, should provide for a more sustainable growth trajectory. The growth pattern of the Spanish economy in the third quarter of 2013 has become more balanced, Moody’s argues. Business investment has started to contribute positively and consumer confidence has been improving on the back of an earlier-than-expected stabilisation in the labour market. At the same time, both the corporate and household sectors continue to reduce
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Moody’s upgrades Spain’s government bond rating with a positive outlook
EXPORTS: Rebalancing of economy leading to better ratings. their high debt burdens, Moody’s adds. Competitiveness gains have been substantial and will continue to underpin the export sector as wage growth will likely remain very moderate in the coming years, according to the rating agency. Exports also seem to be significantly more diversified than before the crisis, limiting the vulnerability to a growth slowdown in any one region. Improving economic prospects in turn
provide a greater level of confidence that Spain’s still elevated budget deficit can be gradually reduced in the coming years. The 2013 general government budget deficit target of 6.5 per cent of GDP (excluding bank restructuring cost of 0.5 per cent of GDP) is likely to have been reached, and Moody’s also considers this year’s target of a deficit of 5.8 per cent of GDP to be achievable. However, the credit rating agency
expects the public debt ratio will continue to increase for several more years given the persistent budget deficits and relatively moderate nominal GDP growth, before peaking at above 102 per cent of GDP in 2016. Moody’s also expects the unemployment rate to decline only slowly over the coming years, although the labour market reforms have probably lowered the rate of GDP growth necessary to achieve significant net employment creation. The positive outlook on the Baa2 rating reflects Moody’s expectations that improvements in the economy and the government’s fiscal position will continue over the forecast horizon. More specifically, Moody’s expects the economic recovery to gather speed in the course of 2014 with domestic demand, particularly business investment, contributing positively to growth. The rating agency also expects wage moderation to continue, deepening the important competitiveness gains achieved to date.
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The worth of a woman Loose change A look at finance for females
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T’S not just the economic crisis that is affecting the financial situation of women; discrimination between the wages of male and female workers is also contributing to the fact that girls bring home less money per month. According to a report from the European Commission, on average, women in the EU earn around 16 per cent less per hour than men. So picture this, a boy and girl baby are born with equal opportunities, but as current society would have it the educational and career
expectations for boys and girls are different. By the time they grow up, the boy will be earning on average 16.2 per cent more than the girl. Not really fair, is it? Looking specifically at Spain, it has been noted the wage gap between men and women is such
that a woman should have to work 84 days more per year to earn the same salary as a man. Other statistics show that while 2 million part-time female workers in Spain earned €719 per month in 2012, men doing the same job earned a monthly salary of
€804. Curiously, this gender pay gap throughout Europe exists even though women do better at school and university than men. On average, in 2011, 82 per cent of young women reached at least upper secondary school education in the EU, compared to 77 per cent of men. Women
also represent 60 per cent of university graduates in the EU. The implications of such discrimination can be detrimental to women. It means women earn less over their lifetimes; this results in lower pensions and a risk of poverty in old age. The reasons for such discrimination are numerous, and often the result of so-called ‘direct discrimination’ where women are treated less favourably than men. In sectors like health and social work, women make up 80 per cent of all workers and typically have lower wages than those dominated by men, such as banking. According to experts, gender equality is a key for achieving employment growth, competitiveness and economic recovery.
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Costly show STATE broadcaster TVE spends €3.68 million to produce a series of its afternoon show ‘Entre todos.’ €175,000 goes to presenter Toñi Moreno, which means she earns approximately €1,400 per 150-minute show.
Bonus back A MADRID court has sentenced the Interior Ministry to give a prison officer back a Christmas bonus which was cancelled in 2012 after the government passed anti-deficit measures.
Big save CUTBACKS have allowed the 17 Spanish regions to save an estimated €4.04 billion between 2011 and 2013, the Finance Ministry announced. This is 15.9 per cent more than predicted last year.
He sold us land that wasn’t his Q. Ten years ago we bought a piece of land and built a house on it. We paid You and the £40,000 but never registered the land. Law in Spain Now we have started to obtain a By David Searl proper title deed, the ‘escritura,’ but when we checked with the Town Hall, we discovered that the land was not owned by the man who sold it to us. Instead, it has been registered to a neighbour on the other side. This registered owner of ‘our land’ now wants us to pay him for it. We have asked the original ‘seller’ to return our payment to him, but he keeps putting us off, so we now intend to go to court against him. How long might this take and is there anything else we can do? KW (by email) A. Your legal claim to recover money from the fraudulent seller is likely to take two or three years at least. As to ‘anything else’ you can do, it is what you should have done before you bought the land. The most basic point is to have documentary evidence that your seller is the owner of the land. If the land was not
registered at the Property Registry, then the Town Hall ‘Urbanismo’ department will have some information. What does your purchase contract say? If your seller claimed to be the owner at the time, he may be open to charges of fraud as well as civil damages. Finally, my lawyers at Ubeda Retana
strongly suspect that the land has no ‘permiso de segregación’ which is a permit to subdivide country land into plots.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
FINALIST CITY: Barcelona was highlighted for the use of new technologies.
Barcelona could be Europe’s leading innovative city A SPANISH city could be the winner of the first European Capital of Innovation award, or iCapital. Barcelona has become a finalist of the award together with Grenoble (France) and Groningen (Netherlands). The three finalists were selected from a shortlist of six contestants where the city of Malaga also competed. An independent panel of experts selected the cities on the basis of their main achievements and policies building the best ‘innovation ecosystem.’ The Catalan city was highlighted “for
introducing the use of new technologies to bring the city closer to citizens.” The winner of the €500,000 prize will be announced at the closing ceremony of the Innovation Convention 2014, Europe’s premier innovation event in Brussels on March 10 and 11. The iCapital Award was launched to encourage cities to stimulate innovation and create a network of cities which can share their best ideas for the future. Cities are judged on the basis of initiatives they have already taken and ideas to enhance innovative capacity.
OPINION & COMMENT
Appalled at town hall’s home threat I WAS appalled to read the item (Costa del Sol, Issue 1493) about the expats facing the demolition of their Mijas home. This is just typical of how some of the elected bureaucrats run a cart and horse through established legal matters, considering only their selfish political urges, at the expense of expats who they obviously consider as second class citizens not worthy of the respect of their own laws. The O’Riellys have my total support in their planned legal action. From personal experience I know what stress a situation like this can cause; there appears to be no quick legal action possible in Spain, and even though they are clearly in the right and must win any action they and their lawyer take, this whole matter will remain a cloud over their lives unless the threat is withdrawn immediately. It would be great for Euro Weekly News to start a campaign against this evil and illegal action. I am sure you will have the support of not only many expats but also many Spanish nationals who not only make their living from the development of the Costa del Sol but are decent human beings who strongly resent the actions of a small number of their fellow citizens. Sandi Davidson (By e-mail)
Horrified I READ the article concerning the O’Riellys’ home with horror. How could these evil politicians ruin the life of a couple by threatening to destroy the home they have created from an old building, having made sure they complied with all the relevant Spanish laws and even bought the property from a judge! You state that “the town hall claims this was an empty plot with no house.” These people deserve to be instantly dismissed for their self-serving incompetence!
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She told me they’re not a charity and if they were to make it cheaper they would have “an influx of injured animals brought in to them.” I felt this was such a callous attitude as vets should be caring towards animals, not just those who have owners willing to pay. It means that a lot of stray animals are left to suffer and die simply because the people trained to help them seem to not want to unless there is money involved! Cassie Alcaide, Teulada (Alicante)
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One OAP eyes and chats up another, who was only interested in the price of bananas at Bioparc, Fuengirola. Ernie Barnes, Arroyo de la Miel They are giving the Costa del Sol and the whole of Spain a bad reputation which can only put off more expats from investing here. Don Leeser (By e-mail)
What a joke I AM not one to comment on articles in the paper, however, I feel compelled to write... is this article a joke? How in the world can the town hall make such a ridiculous accusation to say this is a house that was built four years ago and not accept any proof from the O’Riellys to say this was an old mill house (and yes it looks like one) built in 1964. If this goes ahead I will absolutely lose faith in the Spanish justice system. Danielle Evie, (By e-mail)
Gone mad I AM in shock. Has Mijas Town Hall gone mad? You can see by
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the photo this is an old house. And l cannot believe that the Ayuntamiento will not even accept the proof, this is terrible! Lisa Prout, (By e-mail)
Off-plan plea IN response to Kath Williams’ letter (Issue 1493), as she requested I wondered if she would take on board the topic of money owing to clients who paid for off-plan properties. Whilst I sympathise with the SOHA members, there are umpteen more whose life savings have been put into off-plan
properties and who now have to rent. Our solicitor has been less than useless but I have proof that we are owed €35,000. I would welcome a chat with anyone interested in this subject. Mayors and builders who have been found guilty and given prison sentences are still lording around having said they are bankrupt! Rita Vost, (By e-mail)
Bad attitude I FOUND a kitten lying by the side of the road which had been run over and left to die. I managed to pick up the stray kitten and take it to the vet. It was badly injured and sadly there was no choice but to put her to sleep. The bill they gave me, €162, I thought was extortionate considering that I had rescued it from a busy road and brought it to them for help. I went back to query the bill but the owner/manager refused to speak to me, so it was left up to the receptionist.
I FELT sad and angry reading Vicki McLeod’s column (Family Matters, Mallorca, Issue 1493). What happened to responsibility and participation? At 11 and 12, my sister and I were helping with chores around the house, including ironing, setting the table, preparing the vegetables, ‘making’ the fire (coal), and the beds, etc. In other words, our mother was preparing us to run a household. We could knit and sew and cared for our pet dogs and could do a little cooking. But this was the normal way of living. We would have been ashamed to have our clothes and things scattered all over the floor. We did not look upon this as tiresome, forced labour. It was a lesson and we had rewards. Our mother regularly took my sister and me on excursions for the day to the hills and woods of North Wales where we played games and had our picnic or sometimes we had afternoon tea in the garden of a beautiful hotel. We also went to the seaside and the fair, and when father was home (he was a merchant seaman) we would go as a family to the ‘pictures’ or the theatre. I know most young people have ‘everything’ these days and have a ‘faster’ lifestyle, but responsibility for one’s actions should never be ignored. Ena Amengual, Calvia (Mallorca) Editor’s note: Vicki wrote about the struggle to get her daughter to help around the house, and came up with a ‘points solution’ to reward children for help.
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Children need discipline H
e that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chastenth him betimes.” Proverbs 13:24. This is the bible extract thought to be the origin of the modern day ‘spare the rod and spoil the child.’ To me the original is a great deal more subtle than its latter definition. So many parents these days couldn’t care less or simply have better things to do than to discipline their offspring. We see the results of this selfish complacency all around us. Spoiled brats who have had everything lavished on them simply to keep them as quiet and ‘unseen’ as possible. These are the types who, in their early ‘tattooed’ teens, fall out of expensive clubs in the early hours - pour scorn on those less fortunate and make a mockery of the ‘Brit Awards.’ At the other end of the scale the unchastised victims of these self-serving parents can be seen roaming the streets terrorizing neighbour-
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT
DISCIPLINE: It is your duty as a parent to instil. hoods and looting shops. All of these youngsters have one thing in common; they are basically unloved, by uncaring parents, who simply can’t be bothered. Children need discipline. They cry out for guidance and boundaries in the bewildering, frightening, almost unfathomable circumstances most of them have manifested in. To not give them what they crave is tantamount to child abuse in its worse possible form. If you truly love your children, then it is your absolute duty as a parent to instil discipline. If this means a slap on the bum or the back of the legs then, providing it is a last resort, then I am all for it. What you are actually showing them is that you
happen to care. I don’t mean, I hasten to add, severe beatings delivered in anger with the sole purpose of causing pain. This type of violence only leads to more aggression and even less respect. I’m talking about the odd proverbial clip around the ear of the type delivered by the
bobby on the beat, when he packed an erring youngster off back home (good ol’ days or what!). I have had six children, all of whom got a clip when I felt it was deserved. None of them have chastised me for it in later years. The eldest four have all turned out to be confident and respectable adults and I have no reason, God willing, to expect any less from my two 13-year-olds. The fact they are truly loved is the most important requirement of a child. Give ‘em a clip, then, when the time is right, give ‘em a big hug and a kiss. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.
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An issue of colour NOBODY is surprised that Leapy Lee has so few black friends, that’s commensurate with being a racist and a bigot. His weekly rambles regularly feature a racist undertone, although he has a platform and an opportunity to voice positive comments to a wide audience, he instead insists on bitter and vulgar generalisations based on racial and cultural differences. Colour is only skin deep, beneath we are all the same bearing only whatever differences that define us as individuals. Try to befriend some black people or even Muslims, you may be surprised to learn that there really isn’t that much difference between us at all. Michael Burton
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Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/ nora-johnson
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N what lawyers call a landmark case, the UK High Court has found that Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer, has infringed the trademark of Lush, a cosmetics company owned by a husband-and-wife team from Poole, Dorset. Lush, known for its colourful soaps and bath bombs, doesn’t sell its products on Amazon. However, when users searched for ‘Lush’ on Amazon’s website, they found similar products but displayed as though they were made by Lush themselves. The argument was that this was deliberately misleading while Amazon, it’s fair to assume, knew exactly what it was doing. A bit like finding Maria Callas warbling away in Stringfellows, Lush finally succeeded where thousands
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David versus Goliath - the scent of victory! of small businesses have failed following its three-year David and Goliath legal battle with Amazon. And now it’s using a new shower gel to mock Amazon UK boss, Christopher North. Its new ‘Christopher North’ shower smoothie has been trademarked and described as “rich, thick and full of it.” The product is especially recommended for those with a ‘recent history of dry dull skin’ and promises to flow ‘straight to your fulfilment centre with its super saver delivery.’ Now, Lush is both a marvellous British manufacturing story and a marvellous British retailing story. And this victory amply demonstrates that you can’t ride roughshod over brands that people have spent years of hard work building up. Good luck to it and to every
other ‘little guy’ who’s battling against these giants. Justice shouldn’t be, but so often is, the preserve of the super rich. As for Amazon, there are doubtless many who have stopped using it since the recent scandal over its tax avoidance schemes adversely affecting business in the UK. A situation not helped by the TV documentary shown last year about the working conditions for their temps, walking miles and miles and miles at a punishing rate to meet customer orders. Like ponies down mines. Heartless, cruel, ruthless. The moral high ground to which many aspire is all well and good, but can so often turn into that apocryphal slippery slope. For, when it comes to cost and convenience, who amongst us can say, hand on heart, we’d never buy anything any more
from Amazon? Especially here in Spain - if there’s simply no alternative …
Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’,
‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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Indalo Players do Alice in Wonderland OTFRIED LAUX has once again taken a timeless classic story and adapted it to the theatre with the Indalo Players. The fantasy tale of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written in 1865 by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the psuedonym of Lewis Carrol. Directed by Otfried, it will show off his talented style of production. He has made and designed the set himself and surrounded himself with an experienced team who have realised his ideas by producing fabulous colourful costumes, props, lighting and music for the show. There are many new faces in the cast, some of whom are new to acting, and they have taken to the boards with great gusto and determination. The actors are ably
ANIMAL CHARACTERS: The actors will be assisted by puppets. assisted by a selection of animal characters in the form of puppets beautifully made by Nora, the resident
make-up artist. They will be hand operated by the actors who have had to be trained for this skill. This magical show can be seen at the Kimrick Theatre on March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30 at sportsman and soft spoken 8pm or 3pm on the Sunday. man was always full of Food is served before the interesting comments and performances with a understanding. The kind of traditional roast on the person that you always Sunday (pre booking wanted to “get to know advised) better.” Tickets are on sale at €10 He will be greatly missed from PC Playa, Mojacar or by all at his favorite Connexions in watering hole, The Turre or tel: Rusty Nail. 634 349 638.
Farewell to Jeff Gard By Ric Polansky WITH great reluctance and even greater sadness I announce the passing of a TRUE ‘caballero’ and friend, Jeff Gard. A South African mining engineer, he loved Mojacar and contributed heavily in time and money to “make repairs” to our political system. Jeff, a
JEFF: Will be missed.
Gordon Ramsay coming to Spain for TV series OPTOMEN TELEVISION is producing a brand new series to be set in Spain. Gordon Ramsay has been awarded 16 Michelin Stars and is famous for his temper in the kitchen. He
has filmed several TV series such as Hell's Kitchen and The F-Word. He will be sharpening his knives and his tongue to help businesses in need. Filming is due to begin in May and June and will be broadcast on Channel 4 later in the year. The show’s BAFTAwinning producers are looking for restaurants, hotels and B&Bs in Spain who would like some help from Ramsay. Series Producer Nicola Lloyd says “This series will see Gordon travel to Europe’s holiday hotspots
GORDON RAMSAY: Well known for his temper.
to help Brit-owned restaurants, hotels and B&Bs that are struggling to make ends meet.” If your business is in desperate need email
restaurants@optomen.com with your phone number, details of your restaurant, and why you think you would be suitable. Or call +44(0)203 227 5867
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The great siege of Kiev T HE 2014 siege of Kiev by the EU and US might be as historically defining as the 1942 German siege of Stalingrad. Will the Russians win this crucial battle too? Invited to sit in the EU waiting room, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Victor Yanukovych opted instead for Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian Customs Union (ECU). Big, if its land mass was a human foot the EU would be toe-sized. Because of its vast mineral wealth the Customs Union is much more powerful than China. Outmanoeuvred by Putin’s Russia the unelected heads of the EU were exposed as presumptuous, arrogant and poorly performing in statesmanship. By contrast, Russian President Vladimir Putin bettered the EU Goldman Sachs bank clerks at the negotiating tables. During 2013 Russian diplomacy won
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and milking the welfare state. Former Soviet Bloc Mike Walsh. Based in peoples were the Mexicans Mediterranean Spain, is an of Europe and quarantined international journalist, to avoid contamination. author and professional writer. Then came the European Union’s crushing the day in Belarus, Syria, Iran humiliation. Whilst empty and Ukraine. This is the promises were made, inevitable consequence of a Ukraine was treated with self-elected EU cult lacking in condescension to wait cap KIEV: Will the Russians win this crucial battle too? cutting edge political in hand for EU ‘pie in experience. the sky.’ The To be taken into Ukraine’s elected than Western Europe. Its of the European Union. Former account is the president opted capital Astana makes Dubai There is an escalating Soviet Bloc collateral damage for pie now. look tacky. The Ukraine is struggle developing between done to the peoples were Russia gave it to Europe’s biggest country. the Eurasian Customs Union European Union’s him on a plate. Other nations are ready to and EU. The latter is highly the Mexicans reputation. Very How mortifying join the ECU. exposed as it is largely much a protégé of the spectacle of a A population head count no dependent on Russian of Europe American ambitions, former Soviet Bloc longer matters. What counts goodwill, trade and its mineral the EU saw itself as the nation snubbing the are geographical position, wealth. United States of Europe. EU in favour of alliance with international trade, political Russia is Germany 1936 Disdain towards Eastern their former colonisers. and military alliance and whose emergence as a central European states was similar Russia’s ECU is two-thirds mineral wealth. power was a threat to British to American scorn shown the size of the British Empire Critics who claim wrongly supremacy, US and Soviet towards Central and Latin at its zenith. It is six times that Vladimir Putin bribed the ambitions. American countries. bigger than the EU. Ukrainians seem to find EU Russia has to be stopped by Western media create the Membership includes mineral and US threats and bribes orchestrated banishment, illusion that the peoples of rich Kyrgyzstan, a nouveau acceptable. At least the character assassination, trade non EU nations are a shifty rich country the size of Ukrainian government was blockades and if necessary bunch intent on stealing jobs France. Kazakhstan is bigger elected, unlike the ruling suits war.
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Pop icon chooses Spanish designer POP icon Lady Gaga has chosen the creations of a Spanish designer to appear in her next musical video. Lady Gaga will reportedly wear ‘at least’ one of the creations of Eva Soto, a young designer who has been linked to the Samsung EGO catwalk. The delighted designer from Galicia, aged 29, said that she had always admired the style of the pop singer but never imagined that she would notice her designs. She admitted she found it hard to believe the deal which had been struck following an e-mail which the pop diva herself had sent to the designer, to tell her how much she had liked her ideas and which she says hopes will help her gain international recognition. However, she says that she is trying not to be too excited, despite Lady Gaga telling her that she had selected one of the creations from her collection ‘Entre Lineas’ (Between the Lines).
DESIGNER: Eva Soto’s creations have been chosen for next ‘Gaga’ video.
Scotland may have its Queen COULD the Duchess of Alba become the Queen of Scotland? Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de
Tormes, better known as simply the Duchess of Alba and close to marking her 88th birthday, has, according to Guinness World Records, more titles recognized by an existing government than any other noble in the world, more than 40! However, the matter has been raised in the press that if Scotland obtains independence, she could become their rightful Queen. Known to her friends and family as Cayetana, in October 2011, she married a man 24 years her junior despite the opposition of her family and the King of Spain. She gave her children their inheritance in advance, and her new husband renounced any claim on her wealth, estimated at as much as €3.5 billion. She is a direct descendent of King
James II of England and VII of Scotland, the last Monarch to reign north of Hadrian’s Wall, between 1685 and 1688, and the great-greatgreat-great-granddaughter of James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of King James VII of Scotland. The Duchess is rumoured to be quite keen on the idea and has the money to help the independence movement gather strength as well as helping what would be the world’s newest country to get on its feet. Plus Cayetana could add yet another title to her list; probably the most prestigious she could ever hope to have. The other ‘candidate’, Duke of Bavaria Franz Bonaventura Adalbert Maria Herzog von Bayern, is reportedly ‘not really that interested’.
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GONE: Many investors have lost their lifelong fortunes.
Looking for Spain’s LMIM scam victims
THE LM Investment Management (LMIM) scandal that lost investors’ lifelong fortunes has affected significant numbers of people living in Spain, especially Alicante, Almeria and Costa del Sol. As investors try to get their money back in the wake of LMIM’s collapse, Spain’s expat victims have somewhere to turn, namely, the LM Investor Victim Centre (LMIVC). (https://sites.google.com/si te/lminvestorvictimcentre/) Established in Australia in 1997, LMIM was an investment management company founded by New Zealander Peter Drake. Investors were sold a range
of financial products deploying different investments in Australian residential property markets. During the 2008 global financial crisis, LMIM established a fund called the Managed Performance Fund (MPF) which alone totalled $400 million (€293 million) that was actively promoted worldwide through a network of independent financial advisors. In March 2013, LMIM called in its administrators and the result has left investors in shock and despairing. Under allegations of mismanagement, fraud and ponzi scheme operations, LMIM was
placed into liquidation in August 2013, owing investors worldwide a total of $750 million (€493 million), some of whom live in Spain. One of LMIVC’s representatives in Spain told Euro Weekly News “we know in Spain there are hundreds, if not thousands caught up in this scam.” The hope is that as victims come together, the larger numbers will register a higher profile and give a greater chance of recovering unjust financial losses. Over 390 victims of LMIM have joined in the past three months, seeking justice. The LMIVC spokesman declared, “There have been many millions of euros lost by people in Spain; I alone know 26 or 27 personally.” He spoke of victims who can’t go back to England and who have no money to live on, having lost all they invested. These victims in Spain represent just a fraction of the suffering LMIM has caused. According to the LMIVC website, LMIM founder Drake’s passport was seized and his assets frozen in September 2013. Advisors worldwide were also implicated by failing to correctly categorise the investment due to carelessness or pure greed thanks to the high payments LMIM made to its advisors.
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The history of the FIFA The 1958 Tournament in Sweden By Tony Matthews SIXTEEN countries competed in four groups of four with each team playing each other once. And this was the first time that four from the UK were involved while at the same time, Pele was in action and goal average was used to separate teams in groups. The groups were: (1) Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Northern Ireland, West Germany; (2) France, Paraguay, Scotland, Yugoslavia; (3) Hungary, Mexico, Sweden, Wales; (4) Austria, Brazil, England, Russia. Unfortunately, England, weakened by the loss of key Manchester United players killed in the Munich air crash and with the late Tom Finney in their line-up, were dumped out by Russia (in a play-off) while the Scots finished bottom of their group. Eight countries made it into the quarter-finals, the ties ending Brazil 1 Wales 0, France 4 Northern Ireland 0, Russia 0 Sweden 2 and defending champions West Germany 1 Yugoslavia 0.
50,000 fans, saw Brazil at their brilliant best. Two-goal Pele was again in top form as they beat the Swedes 5-2 to win the trophy for the first time. France whipped West Germany 6-3 to claim third spot.
1958 CUP: Brazil beat the hosts, Sweden, 5-2 to win the trophy. In the semi-finals Pele’s treble inspired Brazil to a crushing 5-2 win over France and the host nation Sweden beat the Germans 3-1. The final, played in Solnan before
Facts: • Pele became the youngest player to score in a World Cup final and the youngest to gain a winner’s medal. • Nils Liedholm (Sweden) became the oldest player to score in a World Cup final (35 years, 263 days). • The final produced the highest number of goals scored by a winning team (5), the highest number of total goals scored (7). • Just Fontaine, France, netted 13 goals in the tournament, a record that still stands. • Over 868,000 spectators attended the 35 matches (giving an average of 24,800).
Next week: The Tournament in Chile.
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ASPRODALBA: Cleaning up the unit.
Lasting legacy from David and Zoe MANY people in the area knew David and Zoe from the Ferreteria El Real, always helpful and full of local knowledge, but not everyone knows things they did in the background. Last year they provided a training kitchen for Asprodalba at cost price to Vera and District Lions Club who did the fitting. However, the greatest, and probably the last, of their generous acts before they moved away was to fit the kitchen at the new residential unit that has
been built for Asprodalba in Vera. Again everything was provided at cost, no charge for their labour, which means Asprodalba is one step nearer to opening the residential unit which will house eight local people with learning difficulties. Vera Lions and Asprodalba would like to thank Zoe and David for all their support and wish them well in their new life in Bulgaria. For more info about the Lions, please contact Glyn Williams on 950 467 324.
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Left out in the cold A
RTUR MAS stepped up his courtship of Cataluña’s moneymen. Formerly he had asked only that the region’s formidable business sector did not place obstacles in the region’s path to independence. Now he has urged them to wade in but that path suddenly looks more likely to be pitted with ruts, dips and a sinkhole or two. “Not a chance,” hinted both Joan Rosell and Joaquim Gay de Montella, respective presidents of Spain’s business confederation, the CEOE, and Cataluña’s Fomento del Trabajo association. “We want tranquillity. We want political stability,” Rosell said a couple of days later. Presumably he sees neither as compatible with independence. Emotionally most Catalans would like to be shot of Spain, but are beginning to perceive that economically it might not work. They suspect that slamming the door shut on
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Madrid and Brussels would let in icy draughts of isolation along with independence.
A bicycle made for two THE PSOE primaries are still far ahead but candidates are already jockeying for position. Carme Chacon, former Defence minister and currently lecturing at a US university, is one. Eduardo Madina, the spokesman for the parliamentary PSOE party is another. Both are frontrunners and each has asked the other to be their Number Two. Each has politely and firmly turned
down the other. Unless a dark horse emerges, one of them could be the PSOE presidential candidate for the 2015 general election. Chaco is small and a feisty dresser; Madina is tall and on the right side of good-looking. Ideology apart, both will be easier on the eye than Alfredo Rubalcaba.
Gender bender THE new abortion law has two huge drawbacks. It was planned and written by a man and it was planned and written by a man who is also minister of Justice. Abortion is about health and sociall ARTUR MAS: Courting Cataluña money. issues, not crime.
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Sharing the kitchen DOLORES DE COSPEDAL, the PP secretary general, suffered a setback read by observers as humiliation. Her choice of Jose Luis Sanz as Andalucia’s presidential candidate was pipped by Juan Manuel Moreno, the preference of vicepresident Soraya de Saenz de Santamaria. Neither highflyer is fond of the other - it’s never a good idea to have two women in the same kitchen - and observers see this as bad news for Cospedal. It should be remembered that she failed to carry the can back for Mariano Rajoy when questioned by the judge investigating the Gurtel and Barcenas corruption cases. She had no knowledge of the arrangement whereby sacked party treasurer Luis Barcenas continued to be paid, De Cospedal declared. That decision rested with Mariano Rajoy and PP vice-secretary Javier Arenas, she said. Mariano Rajoy sets loyalty very high and rewards it well. Hardly surprising, then, that Juan Manuel Moreno, close to Arenas and Saenz de Santamaria, is the PP’s candidate for the Andalucia presidency.
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BBC2/ 4:30pm Bergerac 5:20pm Are You Being Served? 5:50pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Revenge of the Egghead 7:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 8:00pm Permission Impossible 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Coming Home 10:00pm The Pity of War 11:30pm Newsnight
ITV/ 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Student Nurses: Bedpans and Bandages 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Edge of Heaven 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Americans
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4:25pm Escape to the Country 5:10pm Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 5:40pm Songs of Praise 6:15pm Pointless 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Blandings 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm The Musketeers 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 2
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After five years building a life together, capped off with a beautiful wedding, Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams) should be in the honeymoon period of their young lives. But, following a tragic car accident, Paige's memories of their time together have become lost in a haze of amnesia.
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OPINION & COMMENT Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.
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HEN we first started building houses for the newly arrived foreigners seeking a chance to live in the sun, nothing impressed them more than listening to the workers sing all day long. Music from radios was unheard of so to accompany their drab work routine, the silence was mostly broken by short love poems sung to their own harmonies and attitude. Vocalisations echoed up the mountainside and down the valleys, whether you liked it or not. Their passion for self assertiveness and morning bravado knew no limits mattering not if the words sung or tune was correct. No one ever contested or challenged another man’s song. A companion worker might join in but never with his own song (or version thereof). If he wanted his song, he drifted off to a distant corner of the site and laboured, humming there in fond resonance to his own voice and chosen song.
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Authentic Flamenco returns to Turre - not to be missed LOOKING BACK IN MOJACAR
FLAMENCO: Entertainment that should thrill and excite you and be totally memorable. Every now and then there would be a weekend gig to attend in Turre... up in the barrio. Slowly I became educated in the rudiments of that irascible and sometimes irritating song style referred to as Flamenco. It is purely Andalucian (regional). Be that as it may, the rest of Spain has been conquered by it. As the years flew past, the
authenticity of this unique form has all but disappeared. Flocks of charlatans have adopted it as a quick weekend money spinner to fool the unlearned tourist. People that knew it, just quit going to see it. Flamenco died an unpopular death, unless you could get into those zones where it was practised almost secretly late at night and until dawn.
Well, I have astounding good news. It has returned. The true and traditional ‘Cante Hondo’ (deep song) of this once prestigious and esoteric form of music. The authentic shrills that poet, Garcia Lorca, listened to and loved and then wrote about has made a comeback and locally. Best yet, you can see it each Saturday night in Turre at
the new club built for just such a purpose. Attention. This coming weekend is special. Turre has a lot of fun bars. But better sneak over and find this place before show night. It won’t be easy to find and is crowded every weekend. The show starts at 9pm and entrance is only 5€. Tapas and beer are even less expensive. The place in Turre is called Peña Las Fraguas and is located in the calle La Era, Casa Alta in a place that used to be called ‘Doble Sentido.’ Performing are none other than the champions of Andalucia. The singer, Antonio Garcia, ‘El Genial’ with guitarist (and another champion), Francisco Javier Exposito, and dancer, Nuria Martinez, (another champion) will all be on display. This is a show not to be missed... a Déjà Vu entertainment that should thrill and excite you - at worst, it will be totally memorable.
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The Inglorious end to Spanish colonial power Part 1: The disaster of the Battle of Annual
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T the end of the nineteenth century Spain’s colonial empire stretched to the Americas and Pacific. But in 1898 they had a disastrous year. They lost Cuba, Puerto Rica and the Philippines to the new imperial power, the USA, leaving them with just a strip of territory along the northern coastal of Morocco, which included the two cities of Melilla and Ceuta. These two autonomous enclaves have been under Spanish rule for centuries. Melilla was conquered in 1497 by Isabel, the Catholic Queen, after the Moors were expelled in 1492. Ceuta has been in Spanish hands since 1580, when Portugal became part of Spain under King Felipe II, although it only received official recognition at the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668. Despite military attempts by the Moroccans to recover their territories in 1694 and 1774, they never dislodged the Spanish. Although the present borders were fixed by treaties with Morocco in 1859 and 1894, it did not stop the Rif Berbers rising up against their colonial masters and it was here in 1921 that Spain suffered its most humiliating military defeat at the hands of the irregular Berber army during what became known as the Rif War. Spain’s last attempt at empire building was thus concentrated on the southern shores of the Mediterranean. However Spain’s interest was more about extracting the mineral wealth than colonisation, which would have meant setting up a civil administration. Spain was relatively poor without the financial means to accompany their territorial ambitions with a programme of development or aid. In 1908 Spain extended the territory under its control and Spanish companies began to mine lead and iron in the mountains south of Melilla, where a rail link was built.
Peter Fieldman London-born journalist and author, Peter spends his time between Paris and Madrid. His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’ available on Amazon or www.1066TheConquest.com
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MONTE ARRUIT: Turned out to be a graveyard.
Due to the growing armed conflict with Berber fighters, the mines had to be shut down several times between 1909 and 1912 and were never economically viable. In 1912 the Treaty of Fez was signed effectively dividing Morocco between the colonial powers of France and Spain. While the French kept the western part of the country, the northern Rif mountain region remained under Spanish occupation. In 1921 the Spanish High Commissioner in Melilla, Damaso Berenguer, decided it was in Spain’s interest to conquer more territory and from the coastal base of Melilla he sent out a force of more than 20,000 men into the Moroccan hinterland. The revolt of the Rif Berbers By 1920 the Rif Berbers had a strong leader, Abdal Karim al Khattabi, known as Abd el Krim, who had previously worked for the Spanish administration in Melilla, spoke Spanish and was a fervent opponent of colonial rule. Born in the region he had considerable local knowledge and although the Berbers were divided into several tribal groups, he
managed to forge an efficient guerrilla army of several thousand men. The Berbers were excellent fighters and hunters and knew the mountains. They were ready for combat. In contrast, the Spanish soldiers were poorly trained conscripts and reservists without proper equipment or supplies. There was also a total lack of strategy on the part of the high command who neglected to establish bases or lines of communication for the army as it headed deeper into the Rif mountains controlled by the Berbers. On 22 July 1921 the Spanish forces under General Manuel Fernandez Silvestre reached a small town called Annual, where they soon found themselves surrounded. After a siege lasting five days the Rif army attacked, inflicting huge losses on the Spanish forces. The body of the General was never recovered although witnesses say they saw him lying face down on the battlefield.
In the flight from Annual some of those who escaped made their way to the coast to Afrau where they were rescued by Spanish naval vessels. Others reached the French zone at Zoco el Telata de Metalsa to the south. But the main body of soldiers under General Felipe Navarra y Ceballo Escalera retreated towards Melilla. Their objective was to reach a hillside garrison called Monte Arruit 80 kilometres from Annual. After an arduous journey from Annual, the remnants of the Spanish army succeeded in reaching the garrison. The final 12 kilometres was made under cover of darkness. Lacking moral and discipline, and low on water and provisions they were within one kilometre of the fort when dawn broke. Although the Spanish were reputed to be carrying white flags, the Rif army began firing from all sides. The soldiers panicked and leaving the three canons they had managed to salvage from Annual, scrambled up the hillside, making their way as best they could towards the fort leaving dead and the wounded, who were subsequently murdered, where they fell. Monte Arruit was to be their graveyard.
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The trouble with telly... left high and dry A
S far as I can gather, life has been tough on expats in parts of the Balearic region of late, what with the realignment of satellites in the sky, leaving us high and dry in the telly department. Or stuck with the local offerings. Now, as much as I love the sun, sea, mountains and relaxed life here in Spain, I struggle to come to terms with their TV. Perhaps, this is because the Spaniards all have such an active social life and more hobbies than you could shake a remote control at, which renders the concept of TV of little value. But as a part-time couch potato, I love slouching on the sofa with a glass of ‘tinto’ in one hand, large handful of salt and vinegar crisps in the other, watching shows like Dexter, Sherlock or Dr Who on boxsets purchased from that giant online retailer with a Brazilian river name, since downloads take three days and we are still officially trying to cope with
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Spanish TV - for the sake of learning the language. But herein lies the problem because either the programme on offer happens to be in Catalan, which is one step too far for my linguistic abilities, or it is a foreign programme, dubbed into Spanish using the same two voice-overs for every single character - the male voice sounds as if it belongs to a cow-lassoing gringo with a major moustache, while the female voice is invariably that of a 50-yea-old who smokes 40-a-day, even when the characters portrayed are in their late teens. My suspension of disbelief just can’t take it. Then there are the local offerings - talent shows, game shows and news, along with
the dramatic soaps: The aim here seems to be to speak incredibly fast, which means I resort to the Spanish subtitles to be able to follow. I do feel sorry for the person (or computer) in charge of creating these subtitles -
because they clearly can’t keep up. The relevant text appears several scenes too late, which can lead to all sorts of confusion, and often bears little resemblance to what is being said. So, I think I will soon be
throwing in the towel and seeking out some professional satellite-honing help to take in British TV. Or perhaps I will join the rest of the Spaniards in all the riveting activities that keep them from the small screen.
March forward this Spring
ELCOME to Sally Trotman your forecast Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified for March Counsellor who works with 2014. Each month I Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot. Each month she write about how you will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid can make the most of increased self awareness. the month ahead, www.sallytrotman.com using astrology, numerology and the tarot as a unique tool to help you confidently create the life you desire and deserve. March forward this Spring: March begins with the new moon in Pisces. This creative sign is encouraging you to follow your intuition and listen to your dreams. This watery sign will help you to become more in touch with your emotional needs, and you may find old memories surfacing so that you can release the past once and for all. The moon becomes full on March 16 and is ruled by the practical sign of THREE: This sensitive number can help you to honour your truth. Virgo. The influence of this earthy sign will help you to become clear about what is sensitive number is helping you to honour perfectly. It may at times seem like a long important to you in your working life. The your truth. From your inspired ideas, plans and winding path to creating everything second new moon of the month, ruled by are formed. When these plans are put into you desire, but with patience and Aries, will give you the energy to set your action dreams become reality. Be patient persistence, you will soon begin to see the ideas in motion. By the end of March, you with this process. First become clear about fruits of your labour. will feel clearer and more confident about what you want, and then to bring your Impress with the Empress: The Empress what you want to create in 2014. ideas to fruition by taking inspired in the Tarot deck is the archetypal mother Free yourself with three : As March is the action. After you have set the wheels in figure. This powerful female is helping you third month of the year, this creative, motion, trust that everything is working out to nurture yourself physically, mentally,
emotionally and spiritually this month. Eat well, rest, and exercise more often. When you look after your physical body you will have more energy to do the things that are important to you. Take time to listen to how you really feel and confide in someone you trust. Chose your thoughts wisely, focusing on what you have and what you would like more of in your life. Attend to your spirituality by meditating each day or simply spending time in nature relaxing your mind. By giving yourself this time and space you will feel more balanced. At the Spring Equinox on March 21, day and night become equal. With Spring fast approaching, consider the new seeds you wish to sow this year. If you are unsure, ask yourself this question; if you could be granted one miracle what would it be? This will give you great insight into what is truly important for you at this time in your life. Would you like to receive a more personalised astrological forecast? Discover how the numbers in your date of birth, and placement of the planets at your time of birth, influence your relationships, career, health and home life. I hold one hour sessions in Palma, Mallorca or via skype. Please visit my website for more information www.sallytrotman.com or call to book your appointment time on 674 405 464.
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When were your best memories? Recent research by a US university says that most retired people think they have had the best memories of their life by the time they are 25.
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OBERT BROWNLEE is a retiree living in Oria (Almeria). Like all of us would probably say, the 66-year-old Robert said: “There have been good bits and bad bits throughout my life.” Yet he added that life toward the end of his 30s was much better than before 25. He stated, “Around 38-years-old I began 25 years of real happiness. The best memory was meeting my second wife at 38. For me, life began nearer to 40 than 25.” Dave Palmer-Richardson, aged 48, is the owner of Oasis Bar in Benijofar (Alicante). He said you don’t necessarily have the best memories before the age of 25, but he feels as you get
We wanted to ask you: Are they right? Does life end at 25 or begin at 40? What is the best memory you have had?
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older you reminisce more: “I think psychologically as you get older, you look back more and with fonder memories. It can make them seem better than what they were.” Like Robert, Dave said that meeting his wife was the turning point in his happiness: “My life began when I met my wife Emma and I’ve never looked back since. You have got to live in the moment.” Helen Rainier, aged 56, works at a travel agency in Puerto de la Torre (Malaga). She said that while she certainly has fond memories of her younger years, she doesn’t agree with the survey. “I had so much more wisdom and life experience at 40 that allowed me more perspective on life. This perspective has given me better moments overall after 40 than before 25.” Care worker Lyn Blake, on holiday in Torrevieja (Alicante) from Sunderland,
UK, said she disagrees with the survey. She said that she had better memories after having reached 25. Now in her 50’s, Lyn said: “My best moments were having my children and I didn’t have my first until I was 31. So whilst I had some great times in my 20’s, I certainly don’t think they will be the best in my lifetime.” Another retiree, Brian Crook, aged 75 lives in Rambla de Oria (Almeria). Brian shared with us that “my best memory was moving to Spain when I retired at the age of 50. I have moved around a bit since then. When I was 25 life was miserable, really.” Moving to Spain has been a big ‘happiness factor’ for Brian: “My enjoyment really started in Spain. I have been in Spain 26 years and love the sun.”
(From left) BRIAN CROOK: Best memory was moving to Spain at age 50. DAVE PALMER-RICHARDSON: Create more memories by living for today. ROBERT BROWNLEE: Life begins closer to 40 than 25. Advertising feature
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you could be out of pocket. When discussing the future with someone close, you are expected to take the lead.
too early. Bide your time and even hold your tongue when someone in a strong position spouts rubbish.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Being over-generous with cash midweek could see you making a poor move. Perhaps someone needs to be more hardworking or perhaps less of a spendthrift. Propping up a bad habit would be doing them no favours.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Confidence in a close relationship should be maintained. Possibly someone who envies your position would like to see discord. A matter of spiritual or religious faith is questioned, but the answer comes more clearly and sharply than you would have thought. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) An emotional cut-off from the past is not as bad as anticipated. Indeed, it confirms in your mind who you are and what your place in the world is. Inherited traits knit easily with your present life and bring contentment. All that you want to change at the moment are certain things round you that have been outgrown.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 January 20) An investment made recently is built upon and brings peace of mind. Finances do need consideration but more in the long than the shortterm. Much is happening in the background that does not require your attention but, all the same, be aware. Life may be like a game of chess, but this week if you turn your back an opponent may cheat.
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You realise this week how liberating it is to share your thoughts and feelings with someone close. It is not always easy to do this, until you realise everyone has them. Some hopes and dreams are more attainable than others, of course, and someone has to find out which are which. Avoid being too critical of someone young and inexperienced.
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Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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Average: 30
Very good: 57
Good: 39
Excellent: 70
aced, acid, acne, alec, call, cane, cant, cedi, ceil, cell, cent, cite, clad, clan, dace, dice, iced, lace, laic, lice, nice, talc, acted, actin, antic, cadet, caned, canid, cited, clean, cleat, dance, decal, dicta, edict, enact, laced, lance, lilac, linac, nicad, telic, cadent, called, candle, canted, cantle, client, decant, delict, enatic, lanced, lancet, lectin, lentic, cedilla, citadel, deltaic, dialect, CANDLELIT
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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A suggestion made by you recently did not seem to be taken seriously. This week, however, negotiations could be opened. Circumstances change and it may seem someone gave up
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Reading the small print or being sure what is offered in a personal encounter is most important this week. Leave nothing to chance or
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Although energy is not high, there is the need to have some kind of challenge. With the brain active, it is
Saturday, March 1, is the feast day of St David, the patron saint of Wales, so this week’s quiz is all about that Principality 1. Abertawe is the Welsh name for which city? 2. At an altitude of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, which is the highest mountain in Wales and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland? 3. Born in Tredegar on March 28, 1942, who was the vicepresident of the European Commission under Romano Prodi from 1999 to 2004? 4. Four Welsh sports stars have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award: Dai Rees (1957), David Broome (1960) and Ryan Giggs (2009) were three, which boxer, in 2007, was the fourth? 5. If you arranged the names of the cities in Wales, which would come first? 6. Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station were all friends of which children’s television character, who lived in the ‘top left-hand corner of Wales’?
an ideal time to plot and plan your next moves. Maybe something that has been delayed might now be advanced. You find it hard to choose between opportunities. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The imagination stirs and the heart races at a suggestion this week. Your strong intuition tells you it is the right thing to do. You are a constant friend, but such an adventure may mean an absence from someone close.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With a mind as sharp as a needle, you spin through the week, weaving your own charming spell. A bit of extra confidence works wonders for your mood. Something that you read sets you thinking about doing some writing or creating something artistic, perhaps even a musical.
WELSH RARE BITS OF INFORMATION
Your Stars
Josema Yuste. Born March 2, 1954. Josema Yuste is a Spanish actor, comedian and TV presenter. He was one of the members of Martes y 13. The comedy duo made their debut in the late 70s, and presented the New Yearʼs Eve special shows in the Spanish TV from 1984 to 1997. He provided the voice of the genie in the Spanish version of Disneyʼs Aladdin.
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Move from the start word (MEAT) to the end word (SAFE) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
SALT SALE SAFE
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) After a relaxed weekend, it might prove difficult to take up the reins of work again. However, midweek sees you trotting along happily and minding your own business when someone stops you in your tracks. When a challenge is issued, your natural stubbornness comes to the fore.
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Make this a year to build on friendships. Busy as you are, your well-being is tied up with those close to you. Money is not everything.
MEAT MELT MALT
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Time is precious this week because you are in demand. A chance lost in the past presents itself again but wonʼt be too easy. Holding back just a little makes you more desirable. A want to travel could be cramped by financial considerations.
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1. SWANSEA, 2. SNOWDON, 3. NEIL KINNOCK, 4. JOE CALZAGHE, 5. BANGOR, 6. IVOR THE ENGINE
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Across 1 Contrary rate of payment for a poet? (8) 5 Many coming back from Bristol finally (4) 9 New head learnt about early light (7) 10 Victor and Oscar go to India with the French material (5) 11 Member of the Salmon family seen in adult routine (5) 12 Receiver heading for oneʼs home, itʼs serious! (7) 13 A firm is after my French principality (6) 15 After a short time Sueʼs ordered dessert (6) 18 Disapprove strongly of absurd old peer (7) 20 Follows A-list characters (5) 22 Court service admitted workmanship (5) 23 Train me to build a tower (7) 24 Frenchman took food to a companion (4) 25 Iʼd turned round and trespassed (8) Down 1 Early film presenting very religious group (5) 2 Neglected the outline (3-4) 3 Choose from a select few (5) 4 A nice evening view sent us wild? (6)
Across 7 Radioactive element (7) 9 Not fancy (5) 10 Lyric poem (3) 11 Finish (9) 12 Command (5) 14 Unfriendly (7) 16 Provide with nourishment (7) 18 Inexpensive (5) 19 Mouth organ (9) 20 Firearm (3) 21 Severe in manner (5) 22 Raise up (7)
6 I love messy, oily one (5) 7 Unusual respect for staff (7) 8 Exaggerate past deeds only for starters (6) 13 A little male, cold, enveloped in hate (7) 14 Hits yob protected by Civil Service
(6) 16 Prison communist is moved (7) 17 Possibly means a sailor (6) 19 Factory flower (5) 20 Singer producing sick note before start of recital (5) 21 Filled up, sad about Lawrence (5)
Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents V and 26 represents Z, so fill in V every time the figure 16 appears and Z every time the figure 26 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.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Scant, 4 Ocular, 9 Oxidise, 10 Lloyd, 11 Emus, 12 Passion, 13 NCO, 14 Beta, 16 Argo, 18 Row, 20 Nacelle, 21 Kite, 24 Okapi, 25 Ukulele, 26 Esther, 27 Moses. Down: 1 Shower, 2 Adieu, 3 Trip, 5 Coleslaw, 6 Looting, 7 Rodent, 8 Tempo, 13 Nail file, 15 Enchant, 17 Income, 18 Rebus, 19 Recess, 22 Ideas, 23 Guam. QUICK Across: 1 Chamois, 4 Sewer, 7 Illustrious, 8 Butterfingers, 11 Bigger, 12 Osiris, 14 German measles, 9 Canada goose, 20 Sorry, 21 Correct. Down: 1 Climb, 2 Allot, 3 Obscene, 4 Swoon, 5 Waste, 6 Races, 9 Unite, 10 Raise, 13 Swagger, 14 Guess, 15 Recur, 16 Annoy, 17 Loose, 18 Sleet. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Later, 4 Coche, 7 Eye, 8 Songs, 9 Nurse, 10 Eat, 11 Nadar, 12 Unity, 13 Ver, 14 Gordo, 15 Ileso, 16 Ice, 17 Toser, 18 Story.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Down: 1 Last night, 2 Tenedores, 3 Reservoir, 4 Centuries, 5 Carnicero, 6 Everybody.
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 7 To speak (6) 8 To cry (weep) (6) 9 Cara (rostro) (4) 10 Cowards (8) 11 Peluquero (11) 14 Eight hundred (11) 18 Albaricoques (8) 19 Equipo (4) 20 Escarabajo (insecto) (6) 21 Diary (journal) (6) Down 1 Cod (7) 2 Pegamento (4) 3 To grow (plant, hair, person, animal) (6) 4 Balloons (6) 5 Catorce (8) 6 Panadero (5) 12 Recibos (de haber pagado) (8) 13 Timetable (for trains, buses) (7) 15 To put up (resistance) (6) 16 Dentro de (6) 17 Velocidad (5) 19 Bandeja (para servir, en nevera) (4)
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 (TIGHTS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. ASSENT
SENSES
AWAITS
SETTLE
CEASES
SIGHED
CHERRY
STEEDS
CLEATS
SWAYED
GALLEY
THINGS
LETTER
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous European landmark: FOR ELITE FEW FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: STEPHEN FRY, EIFFEL TOWER
Unscramble the name of a famous English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, director and activist: SPY THE FERN
Down 1 Causing laughter (8) 2 Mentally healthy (4) 3 Roadside rubbish (6) 4 Mars (6) 5 Promised land (8) 6 On one occasion (4) 8 Goods to be bought and sold (11) 13 Circumspect (8) 15 Stretched out (8) 17 In the area or vicinity (6) 18 Place of worship (6) 19 Fall silent (4) 20 Seize suddenly (4)
1 Export, 2 Reason, 3 Taller, 4 Wooden, 5 Estate, 6 Deadly, 7 Stared, 8 Elders, 9 Steeds, 10 Assure, 11 Treats, 12 Reared, 13 Rigour, 14 Seeing, 15 Sarong, 16 Slithy, 17 Uppers, 18 Dangle, 19 Nougat
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Walking could boost your brain power WALKING could help boost your brain power. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh (USA) found that an energetic stroll three times a week increased the size of the brain’s memory hub. They asked 120 men and women aged between 55 and 80 to go for a brisk 40minute walk three times a week. They recorded the participants’ brain power and results for a year and found that key regions of the brain had grown by 2 per cent, including the hippocampus which is one
WALKING: Could help to reverse the ageing process and ward off disease.
of the first areas to be destroyed by Alzheimer’s disease.
The scientists conclude that walking could help to reverse the ageing of the
brain and help ward off potential diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Try lavender to help ease your anxiety LAVENDER could be a good natural alternative to treating anxiety rather than drugs. A 10 week study involving more than 500 people diagnosed with anxiety disorders showed that the patients’ anxiety score dropped by 14.1 points for the participants taking a lavender preparation. The score also dropped by 11.3 points for those taking an antidepressant and 9.5 points for the group which was given a placebo. It is believed that the lavender has an effect on the chemicals in the brain involved in anxiety like the antidepressant drug, but it has fewer side effects.
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MOODY: Most people are happiest first thing in the morning.
Getting grumpier as the day goes by IT seems we are all baring our souls on social media and now scientists are ditching the lab and have taken to Twitter for research. They analysed more than half a billion Twitter messages from people all over the world and concluded that people wake up in a good mood which deteriorates as the day goes on. It may be hard to believe, especially if you’re not a morning person, but breakfast does appear to be our happiest time of day.
The researchers from Cornell University, New York (USA) compared and analysed words relating to happiness and found they occurred most in the morning and also at the weekend. The research also showed that the positive feelings lasted slightly longer at the weekend, most likely because people have a lie in and get up later. The researchers believe that sleep and the body’s natural rhythms also play an important role.
EUPHORIA Hair & Beauty in Lumbreras is holding an open day with all proceeds going to registered charities via Team Harmony. The event on Thursday, March 6, features some very special prices on a range of treatments, including: Cut and blow dry €15, blow dry €8.00, wet cut €10, file and paint nails €6, just nail art €6, hand massage €6, foot massage €6, 1/2 leg wax €6, bikini wax €6, underarm wax €5, lip wax €3, eyebrow wax and tint €4. These prices are offered for this event only - please book your appointment to avoid disappointment. Call 868 188 706 / 657 713 571.
Treat yourself to one of a range of treatments at special prices. Also available to purchase: Nail files, Handbags, Chocolate and Chutneys. Team Harmony is a Charity Support Group
that has been supporting national and local charities since 2008. For more information: 968 959 257 or email teamharmony@icloud. com, www.teamharmonyspain .com. Euphoria can be found at: Rio Guadalquivir 1 Bajo, La Estacion, Esparragal, Pto. Lumbreras, Murcia.
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Girasol in Albox : Much more than a Health Food Shop CLAIRE of Girasol Health Food Shop and Community Centre in Calle Malaga, Albox is coming up to eight successful years of trading. Girasol continues to go from strength to strength and Claire has gradually established herself as the person to seek for advice on which supplements will suit your needs, be them for health, dietary or nutritional. Girasol stocks an extensive range of vitamins and mineral supplements with products that are exclusive to Girasol and will not be found in any local supermarkets. Claire is happy to give advice on which supplements are best for your ailments and appreciates feedback from customers to help to continue to provide the best advice. Girasol stocks a whole range of nutritional foods and supplements such as the popular Japanese foods, fresh tofu, soya yoghurts and the widest range of bread flours to bake home-made breads. Other popular ranges include a range of
ABOVE: There is a room available for hire. RIGHT: Call in and see Claire at Girasol. beneficial, healthy teas with more than 100 to choose from. Girasol also stock pumpkin, linseed, sunflower and sesame seeds as well as dried fruits and berries. Claire is a mine of information for good cooking tips using healthier alternatives to traditional cooking methods and is happy to see that all the top TV chefs are using many products that are sold in Girasol such as rapeseed oil, an alternative cooking oil which contains less saturated fats and fewer calories. Girasol stocks local honey from Taberno and a range of semi-precious jewellery which many
people believe have healing properties. Attached to Girasol is the Community Centre, the room is available for private hire and hosts a whole range of activities during the week. Children’s activities include on Monday afternoons Karate, Thursday afternoons sees cheerleader gymnastics and a street dance class and Saturday mornings there are gymnastic classes. For the adults on Monday and Thursday there is pilates, Tuesday has art classes and Wednesday yoga classes and salsa-cise. Friday is given over to Spanish lessons. New mosaic workshops are now
available for adults and children. Also new to Girasol is a computer health screening service, this is available by booking an appointment and will give people the opportunity to have a full health check with computer printout and nutritional advice. For more information on any of the health products and activities please contact Claire on 639 089 170 or e-mail enquiries to alboxgirasol @hotmail.com. Girasol, Calle Malaga, Albox. Open Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm.
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Recognising signs of stress in the elderly LIVING in Spain is often a joyous experience, but it can also be highly stressful. Senior citizens are often seen relaxing, enjoying their retirement in the sun and many people do not imagine pensioners getting stressed; they have retired, raised their children and paid off their mortgages, but stress is not age specific and many elderly people also suffer. Facing losing a spouse or friends and living in isolation in a foreign country can particularly lead to tension and worry. There are some common ways to detect if a friend, loved one or neighbour’s stress is cause for concern: Look for changes in eating habits, such as over-eating or loss of appetite. Mood swings due to stress may present in increased irritability, general sadness or depression. Memory issues may arise with the person becoming more forgetful or losing concentration. Physical signs of stress can include body aches and pains or increased episodes of illness and changes in sleeping patterns. Knowing and recognising the signs can help people to take action and alleviate the stress factors. Try joining a new club, take up gentle exercise or visit one of the many local charities that offer support and a listening ear. Reducing stress can help give a greater sense of well-being.
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Sweet taste for ‘one of a kind’ Spanish beer
AN artisan brewer from the Axarquia (Malaga) has come up with a ‘one of a kind’ beer to honour the region’s sweet past. Velez-Malaga based Murex has crafted a beer which has a 20 per cent content of sugar cane juice. While other brands apparently use sugar coming from sugar canes to colour their drink, Murex is reportedly the only brewer to actually use the ingredient during the fermentation process. “We obtain a very interesting flavour while paying homage to the industrial past of the
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Axarquia, traditionally linked to sugar production,” their creators said. Their name is also a wink to the region’s past as it is the name of a mollusc the Phoenician civilisation that settled in Velez-Malaga obtained a dye from. The product has earned a ‘Sabor a Malaga’ seal issued by the Malaga provincial government to promote local products. But the company aims for a bigger promotion and has plans to open a sales point where clients would be able to see the brewing process before
tasting the beer. “We would like people to enjoy the smell of malt and the whole brewing process,” cofounder Israel Berjillos said. Murex brews five beer varieties in its factory, which has the capacity to produce an estimated 390,000 litres per year. For the time being, the company is producing 1,000 litres of beer per week to be distributed in gourmet shops and catering businesses in Malaga. SWEET BEER: Will be distributed in gourmet shops in Malaga.
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Is climate change affecting flavour of tea? AN American researcher has embarked on a four-year study to determine whether climate conditions can change the flavour of tea. Colin Orians, professor at Tufts University (US), is to lead a research team to examine how
climate change affects the compounds responsible for the drink’s benefits. The team will analyse the concentration of the compounds related to tea’s stimulant, healthful and sensory properties, including its flavour.
They have been given a $931,000 (€680,000) grant by the American National Science Foundation. Their goal is to make producers understand how climate change can affect their crops, and help find ways to
Recipe found for ‘eternal’ pizza AN American military lab has achieved what most thought to be impossible: a pizza that lasts three years. Researchers in Massachusetts found the recipe for this ‘eternal’ pizza after spending almost two years developing it. The secret behind it lies in the use of humectants ingredients (sugar, salt or syrups) that prevent soggy pizza resulting from the moisture in tomato sauce getting to the dough. That sogginess was the cause of mould and disease-causing bacteria in previous attempts. Iron filings have been added to the food’s package to absorb any air inside and guarantee it remains ‘fresh.’
TRADITIONAL PIZZA: Are its days over?
Benefits and history of Mediterranean diet OVER millennia the Mediterranean people have brought to their tables recogniable dishes through their distinct cultures. Iberian, Celtic, Greek, Roman, Barbarian and Arabian contributed to
establish the actual ‘Mediterranean trilogy’: bread, olive oil and wine. From the Middle East arrived cereals, legumes, carrots, onion, garlic, plum, peach, cherry, apple, pear and several nuts. From Europe came beetroot, chicory, cabbage and asparagus; from the Far East arrived chickpeas, sesame, cucumber, aubergine, mustard, basil and citrus. From Southeast Asia and Oceania arrived the rice, rosemary, pepper, ginger, cucumber and cider; from Africa arrived
MED DIET: Health benefits shine through.
melon and watermelon and from America arrived the corn, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, courgette and pumpkin. Modern science revealed in the second half of the twentieth century the exceptional nature of the Mediterranean lifestyle and its influence on the health of the population. The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet were initially described in the years 1950-1960 by Dr. Ancel Keys and colleagues in the ‘Study of the seven countries’ which recounted the role of this diet in coronary heart disease. They observed that in Mediterranean countries the rate of coronary heart disease was significantly lower than in other countries in northern Europe due to dietary habits.
keep their products’ quality. They will focus on the Chinese regions of Yunnan, Zhejiang and Fujian, the three major teaproducing provinces in the Asian country. The research follows a preliminary study that
suggested that the quality of tea is determined by chemicals that depend on climate conditions. The study may also be applied to other crops as its results could be extrapolated to agriculture in general.
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A GROUP of friends from Valencia has launched a website to protect the paella, the culinary cornerstone of their region. Guillermo Navarro, Jose Maza and Paco Alonso decided to start the project after realising how the many versions served in different
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Friends launch website to save paella parts of Spain were ‘damaging’ the dish’s reputation The creators of the ‘Wikipaella’ insist the Valencian dish has to be made using local produce and never mixing meat and seafood.
They also defend the use of a wood-burning stove to cook it, although this is optional. The collaborative website aims at becoming a reference site on how to make the paella and spreading the ‘paella culture.’
It has a map which helps to locate restaurants where authentic and traditional paella is served. A blog on the web explains the elements of the ‘paella making ritual,’ while trying to clarify misconceptions about
FOOD & DRINK the dish. Wikipaella will also have space for its users, with a section devoted to answer their questions and publish their own recipes. For more information about the paella and the tradition behind it, visit www.wikipaella.org.
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Great weekend for Almanzora Charitable Theatre in Albox THE Parrilla Bar and Restaurant in Albox hosted a weekend of theatre courtesy of the Almanzora Charitable Theatre. The group held two nights of theatre on Friday
and Saturday night and an afternoon performance on Saturday. All three shows were very well attended with the audience enjoying a three course meal in between the two plays.
The show featured two hilarious comedies,’ ‘Gosforth’s Fete’ and ‘Brenton versus Brenton.’ The first comedy show ‘Gosforth’s Fete’ written by Alan Ayckbourn brought
Albox carnival closes tonight THE carnival activities in Albox come to a close tonight with the ‘group competition’ in the Salon de Actos Federico Garcia Lorca in the town hall building. The competition will get underway at about 8.30pm. The carnival got underway on Saturday at 5pm with a children’s procession from San Francisco Square to the Sports Centre. Later, at 10pm it was the turn of the adults to enjoy their procession with the same route. Councillor for Culture Tito Carrillo commented: “Every year we are amazed by the originality, humour and good taste of the participants in creating their costumes. “We prepare for the carnival with great affection trying to improve every
TELETUBBIES: Good costume taste. year, as far as we can. We always put a lot of hard work in to every detail, but the most important thing is the great participation that this festival has with lots of people turning up to enjoy themselves.
much laughter from the audience. The second comedy ‘Brenton versus Brenton’ by David Tristram was a hilarious spoof of American Soaps. The aim of the Almanzora Charitable Theatre weekend was to raise funds for ‘The Little Owls group’ who are based in Arboleas. The voluntary support group provide emotional and practical support to those who, for example are living with terminal illness as well as people who are bereaved or lonely or anyone who may need help in any way. Anyone who feels they need help in some way, or would like to join the ‘Little Owls’ team can contact them on 648 278 546 or email littleowls@hotmail.es. All personal information will be treated with the utmost respect and confidentiality.
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Hive of activity in Albox IT has been an interesting couple of weeks for the people of Albox. After the unanimous decision by the town hall to denounce the two men allegedly waging a war of extortion against local businesses, the Mayor of Albox, Rogelio Mena visited the courts in Huercal-Overa to register the denouncement. With the visit to the courts, the mayor fulfilled the agreement adopted in full at the extraordinary meeting held on February 15. The complaint requested to the courts
INCIDENT: Skip set on fire outside Guardia Civil. preventative measures such as prison, the prohibition of the two known criminals to live in the town or a restraining order preventing them
from entering establishments in the town. Mena has stressed the decision by the council was in response “to the defence of public interest
and the law,” while stressing further that “if even a single person is deprived of their liberty, this government team will defend them.” The mayor insisted that “any attack on rights and freedom must not be allowed” and specifically asked the townspeople “to report any criminal act if they are victims of any crime” The mayor added: “A complaint is the only way that both the security forces and courts can act upon any crime and we hope the town hall has served as an example.”
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Albox to Almanzora road open THE AL-7102 road that connects Albox with Almanzora was officially opened on Monday morning. The president of the Provincial Government, Gabriel Amat, the delegate of Development, Miguel Angel Castellon, and the mayor of Cantoria, Gaspar Masegosa, attended the opening of the renovated section. The road has been improved at a cost of â‚Ź450,000 with the elimination of dangerous bends, widening resurfacing, installation of safety barriers and improved road markings and signs. Gabriel Amat highlighted the importance of these actions to the town of Cantoria as well as other towns in the valley who rely on this road as an important link to Albox and the motorways.
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Sent to prison THE number one court of Huercal-Overa has ordered prison without bail for one of the alleged extortionists in the town of Albox. The man was arrested after he refused to perform a breath test ordered by traffic control while showing “obvious signs of intoxication.” The 52-year-old testified in court on Monday morning as the perpetrator of alleged crimes against road safety, the undermining of authority and threatening behaviour. The judge therefore decided to send him to the provincial prison El Acebuche, as has been indicated by judicial sources. The other alleged extortionist denounced by Albox Town Hall was arrested over the weekend and was tried for violating a restraining order in effect from court number three.
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AST week we considered some features you might develop during the remainder of the winter and in early spring to make your garden more attractive, interesting and productive. This month we discuss how to add value and at the same time making your garden more sensuous by actively stimulating the senses of sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing and being at ease. We look at each of the senses in turn. SIGHT - This includes having internal vistas that prompt one to take a second breath and stop and take in the vision in front of you for longer than a few seconds. The magic is often achieved by the creative mixing of plants in terms of the colours of their bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. In both the first and second edition of our book ‘Your garden in Spain’ there is an important chapter titled ‘Painting with plants.’ This introduces seven basic approaches to colour combination namely aimed at flower beds and vistas that are based on using common, compatible, complementary, clashing,
Making your garden into a sensuous space Dick Handscombe
Gardening Corner By Dick Handscombe Spain’s best known expat gardening author about to start his 26th winter cut back.
calming, cold or caliente (hot) colour mixes. Carefully designed garden lighting can also create very dramatic touches once the sun has gone down. A pond with the constant movement of fish, watering birds, hopping frogs and flying dragon flies can also add a very special magic touch. SMELL - Starting with perfumed jasmine at the gate and strategically placed perfumed shrubs such as lady of the night and roses, aromatic herbs like rosemary and lavender, perfumed perennials such as San Diego and lemon scented geranium in mixed beds or dedicated clumps
ENERGISED: Exercise stimulates the body and soul. and carefully located citrus trees where both the blossom and background smell of the leaves and ripening fruit can be enjoyed. TASTE - The careful location of edible herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables along main routes through the garden to enable one to take a snack, indeed graze, as one strolls around the garden. TOUCH - Using a combination of plants with different leaf and bark textures that give varying messages when touched. HEARING – The natural music of fountains and waterfalls, the buzzing of bees and croaking of frogs,
and the chirping of a variety of birds can add magic to gardens. ENERGISED - The stimulation of body and soul as a result of wandering around, exercising, resting or dining in the garden breathing the sensuous air after a stressful day. Herb oils in the air are rather healthier than car fumes on the way to the supermarket or human exhausts in a busy gym. RELAXED - The use of aromatic herbs around the garden can create a continuous aromatherapeutic effect that can be enhanced by carefully selected piped music.
FEELING AT EASE Making one feel at ease with the world - pleased that one has settled in Spain - by paying particular attention to the comfort of bench seats, chairs, hammocks and sun beds where one can rest and enjoy one’s dreams and a timely sun downer within a secure environment created by high hedges, gates, fences and security systems. There is obviously much that can be done so do look at your garden this month with both a critical and creative eye and plan to improve it for the coming spring and summer to enable your dream of a Spanish garden of Eden to become a reality at last. The evolution of my garden is described in the book ‘ Living well from our garden - Mediteranean Style.’ It is only available from Amazon Books. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com February 2014
Sick building syndrome ECO-HOMES may be the key word, but could they be hiding a hidden threat? Whilst they are built to preserve energy and keep draughts out, green buildings are susceptible to trapping humid air in which toxic mould can spread causing what the World Health Organisation is calling ‘Sick building syndrome’ (SBS). Mould is a type of fungus with up to 4 per cent of the population thought to react to mould spores, with as many as one in 10 people with allergies such as hay fever and eczema affected. Mould spores can also be dangerous for some asthmatics and certain mould species can also cause lung infections and damage. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the problem affects 30 to 50 per cent of new or refurbished buildings. The Alberta Court of Appeal in Canada, has been abandoned since 2001, after renovations to an 87-year-old building went wrong. When it reopened, people complained of fatigue, irritated lungs, and watery eyes. It was revealed the problem came from mould growing inside the walls as the new building had trapped moisture breeding toxic mould. When carrying out any renovations at home, seek as much expert advice from professionals as possible.
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The dog should be able to lie quietly for short periods, not jumping up, walking on a lead without pulling and coming when called are all essential. Most dogs are used to being the ‘baby’ in the family and may find it difficult losing this position. Get your dog used to being ignored and left alone for short periods of time every day. If it is your intention to exclude your dog from certain areas of the house after the baby arrives, establish these rules well in advance of the baby’s arrival. Ideally, the dog should be excluded from the baby’s bedroom. It is a good idea to teach your dog to walk gently next to the pram, but never tying the leash to the pram, and never when unattended. The dog should also be
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Why are we Brits so obsessed with our TVs? HELLO and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Wednesday, the only Computer Club in Albox had an open day where the topic was TV. Why are we Brits so TV obsessed? Or in my case technological knowledge obsessed? It all took place at Jack’s Bar, where we have the computer club, a registered charity, on Friday mornings, starting at 10am. We had hoped for a reasonable turnout but were quite unprepared for the 80+ people that actually arrived. It was standing room only! The club President and original member was the primary speaker and I was the sidekick as he was, in Costa Blanca, a satellite specialist and
Trevor Spencer Computers ANDROID BOX: Better to have it properly installed. installer, and he really knows his stuff. The talk started with an understanding of what has happened, but avoided the contentious reasons of why. The next topic was whether it was worth buying a larger dish to increase the chance of receiving Brit TV. Using examples of people who, with the normal dish were getting all the channels and those who, with the two-
metre dish who are still no better than we are. Eventually the pros and cons of internet TV were discussed by me and adequately demonstrated the downside to these Android boxes. I also commented that a properly installed box having the technical backup from the provider was by far the better option than trying to ‘Do It Yourself.’
The box that I had set up worked perfectly for the past week at home but at the talk it was a case of ‘Tomorrow’s World’ and ‘Honestly folks, It worked earlier.’ I have the same programme used on these android boxes (which is a free programme), on my laptop and it works faultlessly. See you all next week.
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WO decades after releasing the first generation Twingo, Renault has taken a fresh look at its city car. The French manufacturer unveiled the New Twingo, with the aim of rekindling the innovative spirit of the 1992 model. The brand’s engineers and designers took their inspiration from the original Twingo and the iconic Renault 5. Their objective was to create a roomier and more agile city car, and this is how the idea of switching to a rear-mounted engine took shape. Renault’s thoughts found an echo in those of Daimler which, at the same time, was exploring ideas for the next generation versions of the Smart. After early talks, the two firms signed in 2010 a strategic cooperation
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2014 Tri Glide Ultra launched in Spain HARLEY-DAVIDSON has launched its 2014 Tri Glide Ultra three-wheeled motorbike in the Spanish market. Available from €40,500, the Tri Glide Ultra is reportedly the only motorcycle in its range that can be driven with a B type driving licence. As part of the manufacturer’s Project RushMore, which aims at bringing customers an enhanced driving experience, the motorcycle has been redesigned. It features the new twincooled high output 1,690cc Twin Cam 103 engine with 138 Nm torque and 86HP. This is a 5-to-7 per cent increase in horsepower and torque due to a new cam profile and better breathing through an improved airbox. TRI GLIDE: Three wheeled motorbike. Its average consumption is of 6.2 litres per 100km. The luggage spaces have It comes with a GPS been redesigned with more navigation system that offers Can be space inside, a new look driven with digital terrain modelling, outside and new latches that route options (scenic, a B type can be operated with one fastest, etc.) and voice licence hand. recognition in English, The batwing fairing has also Spanish, French, German, been changed to reduce head Italian and Portuguese. buffeting without losing its distinctive Audio output is 75 watts per channel Harley-Davidson style, the iconic through four speakers, boosted by a motorcycle manufacturer claims. bass port. Improved lighting comes as standard The system is also Bluetooth capable with the new Daymaker LED headlamp for pairing a mobile phone. and LED fog lamps. Using a wired headset, a rider can The new Boom Box 6.5 infotainment make and receive calls without ever system features a 6.5 in full-colour removing their hands from the touch screen. controls.
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2013 was a record year for Ferrari LAST year brought record figures for Ferrari. Its turnover increased by 5 per cent to €2.3 billion in 2013, the Italian firm announced. The manufacturer showed a trading profit of €365.5 million with a net profit up to €246 million. These figures come after the strategic decision the manufacturer adopted to reduce car sales in order to maintain their exclusivity and boost their value. The target was reached despite a reduction of approximately 5 per cent in the number of approved cars consigned to the sales network, which was of 6,922 units in 2013. “This is a very important result that has been achieved with great work by everyone,” said President Luca di Montezemolo.
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DIVISION 1 winner in Cortijo Grande’s Wednesday, February 19 stableford was Frank Button with 34 points. Second went to John Park (34 points); Mike Picken was third (33 points). Division 2 winner was Barbara Wardley with 35 points. Martin Oliver was second with 34 points and Pat Hill was third with 30 points. Ball sweep winners were Mike Picken, John Hill, Tony Stubbs and Philip Dunne times two. With over 40 golfers for the monthly medal, Sunday’s Division 1 went to Frank McGovern with a 69 score. John Park was second with 71, John Geaves was third with 73. Albert Dekker took Division 2 with 70. Stephen Picken placed second with 75, Janet Kay was third with 76, and ball sweep winner on two holes was Philip Dunne. At the annual dinner and presentation night, men’s individual winner was greenkeeper Antonio Pinero; ladies’ winner was Barbara Wardley. The better ball four ball winners were John and Barbara Wardley.
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Barcelona stunned, cricket returns to Caribbean and Bernie cleared Wayne smashes record
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International Sports 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.
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ON Tuesday, in the Champions League, Manchester United visited Olympiakos and last night Chelsea played Galatasaray while Real Madrid met Schalke. This evening Tottenham (1-0 down) and Swansea (0-0) play their return legs of their last 32 Europa League ties against Dnipro and Napoli respectively. Saturday’s PL matches are Everton-West Ham, FulhamChelsea, Hull-Newcastle, StokeArsenal and SouthamptonLiverpool; on Sunday it’s Aston Villa-Norwich, Swansea-Crystal Palace and Spurs-Cardiff, while at Wembley, Manchester City play Sunderland in the LC final. The top games in the Championship are Burnley-Derby, Leicester-Charlton, Nottingham Forest-Wigan and QPR-Leeds. Tomorrow, on Sunday and next Wednesday, England play the West Indies in three One Day Internationals in Antigua. The World Track Cycling championships continue in Colombia with Brits Laura Trott, Dani King, Jo Rowsell, Becky James, Jason Kenny, Ed Clancy and Phil Hindes all hoping for medals.
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Wayne Rooney has smashed all records! Last Friday he signed an extended contract with Manchester United and will earn £82.6m up to June 2015. And when he retires he’ll become a United Ambassador and probably get paid for that too! How the footballer’s weekly wage has risen: • 1961 Johnny Haynes £100 • 1966 Bobby Moore £500 • 1968 George Best £1,000 • 1990 Roberto Baggio £50,000 • 2001 Sol Campbell £100,000 • 2009 Carlos Tevez £200,000 • 2014 Wayne Rooney £300,000 Rooney will earn around 50p a second; £30 a minute; £1,800 an hour; £43,200 a day; £300,000 a week, £1.2 million a month and £15.16 million a year. I got £120 a week as a player! defeats for Arsenal (with 10 men) and Manchester City, against holders Bayern Munich and Barcelona respectively. * In the PL last weekend it was Cardiff 0 Hull 4 (Steve Bruce’s 100th win as a PL manager); Chelsea 1 Everton 0 (courtesy of John Terry’s late goal in off Tim Howard); Manchester City 1 Stoke 0; Arsenal 4 Sunderland 1; Norwich 1 Spurs 0; Newcastle 1 Villa 0; Liverpool 4 Swansea 3; Crystal Palace 0 Manchester United 2 (with a Rooney special), West Ham 3 Southampton 1 and WBA 1 Fulham 1. * Burnley beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 and Leicester whipped Ipswich 3-0 in the Championship while Wolves won 3-0 at Brentford to go second behind Orient in FL1. * In Spain, Real Madrid, La Liga
leaders by three points (63-60) beat Elche 3-0, Real Sociedad stunned Barcelona 3-1, Osasuna blitzed Atletico Madrid 3-0 and Almeria drew 0-0 with Malaga. * Fraser Forster kept his 13th And the successive clean sheet as Celtic All-England beat Hearts 2-0 in the SPL. He’s not Badminton Championships start in conceded a goal for 1,311 minutes Birmingham next Tuesday. - a new Scottish record. Edwin van ROUND-UP der Sar (ex-Man U) holds the British * Last Thursday, in the Europa shut-out record of 1,170-minutes League, Jonathan Soriano of while Danny Vanderlinden (Brugge) Saltzburg Red Bull scored one of is the European record holder with the greatest goals I’ve seen for 1,390 minutes. years, from 55 yards in a 3-0 win * England seem to have an easy over Ajax. Get this on Youtube - it’s ride in their qualifying group for brilliant! Also, Spurs lost to an 80th Euro 2016 in France. They will play minute penalty in Dnipro/ Ukraine Estonia, Lithuania, Switzerland, while Swansea drew 0-0 with Slovenia, and San Marino. Wales Napoli. take on Belgium, Spain meet * Earlier, in the Champions Ukraine, Germany play both League, there were 2-0 home Scotland and Eire and Northern Ireland oppose Hungary. * 100 Arsenal players have received red cards since Arsene Wenger took Wednesday League: Basil & Sybil and Delboy & Racquel draw, over in 1996. Double D’s 8.5, Anglocelts 7.5. 8-8. * Jason Day (Australia) Bow Boys 13, Newbies 3. George & Mildred 11, Rigsby & Miss Jones beat Victor Dubuison Westies 11, Cowboys 5. 5. (France) in the World Golf Los Amigos 12, Oooh Unlucky 4. Match Play final in Cowboys and Bow Boys draw, 8-8. Friday League: Arizona. Strikers 12.5, Spitfires 3.5. * F1 boss Bernie Thursday League: North & South 10, Cowboys 6. Ecclestone has been Mork & Mindy 10, Marlene & Boycie 6. Triple X and X Factor draw, 8-8. cleared of fraud. ROONEY: Signed new contract.
2 wins and a draw for North & South in Amigos League RESULTS from the Amigos Bowling Centre League for week ending Friday, February 21: Tuesday League: North & South 12, Strikers 4. X Factor 15, Scatterpins 1. Pin-splitters and North & South draw, 8-8. 3 Amigos 9, Pin-splitters 7.
Forum Golf Society have first 2014 visit to Marina Golf FORUM Golf Society had its first 2014 visit to Marina Golf in Mojacar, the penultimate qualifying event for the 2013/2014 Ford Golf Leagues. John Holder (38 points) was the day’s winner,
with Brian Gyer second with 36 points. The four nearest-the-pins went to Derek Manning, Tony Morgan, Stan Whitty & Kevin Bircher. Pat Garrigan claimed the longest drive on the 18th.
With one qualifier left to play (Valle del Este, March 21), only 3 points separate third place from seventh. Forum’s upcoming fixtures are March 7 (Team Bowmaker at Lorca), March 15
(Quiz Night & Meal, Jacks in Albox), and March 21 (Stableford at Valle del Este). Contact Phil Elam on 666 847 840 / philjelam@yahoo.co.uk or see www.forumgolfsociety.webs.com.
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Jenny Jones wins bronze medal Congratulations to GB on gaining four medals at the Winter Olympics, equalling their best haul, achieved in France in 1924. Snowboarder Jenny Jones (bronze), skeleton bobber Lizzy Yarnold (gold), the women’s curlers (bronze) and their male counterparts (silver) did the business.
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Pairs comp
TUESDAY at Valle del Este saw a hidden pairs competition. The day’s two highest scores were Sean Halligan with 36 points and Ray Harrison with 33 points. Friday’s stableford competition produced winner Dick Hull (38 points, hcp13). Second went to Dave Ross (37points, hcp17) while third on countback went to Ian Jones (36pts, hcp11).
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Annual Padfield Putter Trophy THIS week’s annual Padfield Putter Trophy at Marina Phoenix went to Linda King and Jim Budd who topped the day’s scores with 39 points. Tony King and Frank Varey were second on countback (36 points) from Isobel Jones and Rosalie
Fardon (36 points). In Monday’s individual stableford, Isobel Jones won the Ladies’ Division (32 points), followed by Linda King in second (30 points). Brian Mayhew topped the Men’s Division with 38 points.
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Second on countback was Alan Morris (37 points) ahead of Tony King (37 points) in third. To join us for a €25 greenfee, ring Jim on 950 162 727 / 600 353 670 or Rosalie 950 397 117/ 697 512 882.
WINNERS: Linda and Jim with the trophy.
Badgers Golf at Desert Springs BADGERS GOLF SOCIETY made their first visit of the year to Desert Springs Golf Resort for their weekly competition. Winner of the day’s competition was Richard Jones with 36pts, from Steve Casburn in 2nd with 32 pts, with Mark Newhall taking 3rd place with 31pts. Nearest the pins went to Richard Jones, Colm O’Keeffe, Roy Bishop and Sheila Watts. Saturday’s Stableford competition at Macenas was won by Sheila Watts with 37pts from husband Brian in second place, 35pts and 3rd place Steve Dodd 29pts. Members are reminded that the yearly membership is now due. Badgers Golf Society plays every Saturday at Macenas for their weekly roll-up. Please book in at Badgers. Forthcoming fixtures are March 6 Aguillon, March 12 Macenas, March 20 away day trip to Lorca. Guests are welcome to join the society on both Wednesday and Saturday competitions and can book in either at Badgers Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or call 950 478 525/686 038 259. Fixtures can be found on www.badgersmojacar.com.