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Lotto luck TICKET-HOLDERS in Mojacar, Vera, Almeria City , Albox and El Ejido won €1,375,000 on the ONCE lottery and €1,806,000 on the El Gordo draw.
Panto time BABES IN THE WOOD is on January 9, 10 and 11 at 7.30pm, and Saturday 10 at 2.30pm at Camping Los Gallardos. Tickets are €10 and meals can be booked on 650 418 954.
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Children learn to cook up tasty treats KNOWING how to combine ingredients for tasty, healthy recipes was the order of the day for Almeria youngsters in a series of Christmas workshops held at the city’s central market. The children were in for a surprise, however, when the mayor of Almeria City, Luis
Rogelio Rodriguez Comendador, arrived to join in and inspire the children to have fun while learning something useful. The children were shown different ways to combine the various fruits and vegetables of Almeria to make tasty dishes. They learned about the foods’
nutritional qualities and the convenience and availability of these ingredients for their daily diet. After spending time with the children, the mayor visited the Local Police association for Almeria to express his appreciation for their service and
The Three Kings on parade in Almeria CHRISTMAS Day has been and gone, but for Spanish children and those that have embraced their new home country, the fun is still to come with the arrival of Three Kings on January 5. For good boys and girls, the Three Kings bring presents, and many towns and cities across Spain hold a street parade to welcome the royals bearing gifts. This is a Spanish custom that you will not want to miss, to see the joy on the children’s faces as they clamour for a glimpse of the magical kings, who come riding horses, camels, tractors or trailers, and throw sweets and small gifts to the eager onlookers.
In Almeria City, the cavalcade will be touring the streets from 7pm. In Albox, the festivities will begin at 5.30pm. Adra’s parade will start at 6pm, and in addition there will be a children’s show at 11am. Mojacar’s parade will start from Plaza Nueva at 5pm.
professionalism during 2014. “Throughout the year,” said Comendador, “you have demonstrated your ability when serving, protecting and supporting Almeria citizens. Your constants have been action on traffic safety, drugs, truancy, safety training, violence, minors, and audiovisual piracy, and attending to those citizens who have sought help.” The mayor went on to wish the officers and their families a happy holiday and reiterated the city’s continued commitment to and affection for its Local Police force.
For details of Three Kings’ parades in your town, contact your town hall’s culture department. In many towns, the Kings’ postman has already visited schools to pick up wish-lists from the children ready to deliver to the Three Kings ahead of January 5.
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CONTROLLED EXPLOSION: Second World War bomb destroyed.
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OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have carried out a controlled explosion on a Second World War bomb snagged in fishing nets. The bomb was caught by fishermen off the coast of Almerimar in El Ejido and reported to GEDEX, the branch of the Guardia Civil in Almeria City that deals with objects of this type. The officers advised the fishermen to leave the bomb alone while they travelled to the scene. GEDEX officers carried out a controlled explosion after measuring the bomb and
logging its details. The bomb, originally manufactured in England during the Second World War, was adopted by various countries and this particular model was commonly used during the war. The bomb was 50 centimetres in length, 40 centimetres in diameter and weighed 30 kilograms, 15 kilograms of which was TNT explosive. GEDEX advises that if anyone finds an explosive device they should leave it undisturbed and report it immediately to the Guardia Civil by telephoning 062.
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Almeria commemoration ALMERIA City marked the 525th anniversary of Almeria’s conquest by the Catholics in 1489. The day was marked with a parade as part of the Dia del Pendon (Day of the Banner).
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EGYPT has banned the Almeria movie, Exodus, because of “historical inaccuracies,” according to censors. The movie, which had many scenes shot in Almeria depicts the Jews building the pyramids, something vigorously denied by the Egyptians. It also portrays Moses’ parting of the Red Sea, an action that was caused by an
earthquake according to the head of Egypt’s censorship board. According to the second book in the bible’s Old Testament, Exodus, the Israelite slaves were led to freedom from Egypt by Moses and his brother Aaron. The book tells the story of a series of plagues rained onto Egypt as predicted by Moses,
including a plague of locusts, boils, darkness and the death of the firstborn son in each family. Although Morocco’s CCM (the state run cinema centre), has given the go-ahead for the film, Moroccan website Medias24.com has claimed that officials have made the decision to ban the movie a day before its release.
Immigrants rescued OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have rescued a patera with 24 immigrants from Maghreb, 11 kilometres east of Mesa Roldan. The immigrants have been transferred to Almeria City for processing.
Happy birthday LIDUEÑA ISABEL CONTRERAS has celebrated her 102nd birthday. With five children, 13 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren, she says her secret is eating migas and Adra fish. Velez-Blanco patio VELEZ-BLANCO’S castle is to get a new patio in 2015. The existing patio, which currently sits at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, will be completely restored and moved back home.
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A 75-YEAR-OLD man who went missing in Roquetas de Mar has been found safe and well in Alicun. The Guardia Civil located the man but no reason has yet been given for his disappearance.
Party night DECEMBER 31 is Helping Hands’ New Year’s Eve party night featuring Michelle Miles, Pitu Song and DJ Steve King at Bar La Fuente, Purias. More information on the Helping Hands Facebook page.
No payment ANDALUCIA Council has exempted Velez-Rubio Town Hall from paying €47,737.39 compensation because the claimant, who fell backstage in a theatre, took six months to claim.
New signs ALMERIA Council has earmarked €355,000 to improve signalling and barriers on roads across the province in five separate projects. The news was announced by provincial deputy Miguel Angel Castellon. Three injured THREE people have been seriously injured in a car crash in Berja. Two of the victims had to be cut free by fire crews. All three were transferred to Poniente hospital.
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Cruise boost ALMERIA PORT received 18,373 tourists and 22 cruise ships throughout 2014, 3,000 more than the forecasts made earlier in the year, according to figures released by the port authority.
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Sports honours TOWERING CHALLENGE: Tarragona’s spectacular human tower festival.
Tarragona’s castells is a top image of 2014
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OME of the most amazing images of the year have been chosen by press photography agency Barcroft Media, including one particular shot from a Spanish festival which generally has people wondering to themselves: “But what if they fall?” The above image forms part of Barcroft Media’s Best Pictures from 2014 and was taken during the 25th Castells Competition held every October in Tarragona. A total of 30 ‘human tower’ groups gathered in a contest to build the most difficult human tower structure, an annual tradition in the Spanish city. The Castells competition is televised and news headlines usually focus on spectacular
Quote of the Week You are like Jesus on Christmas night. There was no room for him either.’ Pope Francis during a surprise Christmas Eve telephone call to refugees in a camp near Irbil, in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region. ISIS fighters have forced tens of thousands of Christians to flee.
tower collapses, as well as showing those that are successful. Competitors need strength, coordination and a head for heights as they clamber up the human tower, and the falls can regularly be quite serious. The castells have been awarded the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity designation, and the event is just one of a number of bizarre festivals that Spain is known for. Bizarre or not, the competition offers spectacular sights, thrills and spills, and was chosen by Barcroft Media’s celebration of the ‘amazing side of life.’ The selection of photos also focuses on major news events from the year.
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per cent is the amount that the Bank of Spain predicts the Spanish economy will grow by in 2015, a year that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has described will be the ‘year of an economic take-off’.
ALBOX Council honoured 13 Albox sports people in a ceremony at Federica Garcia Lorca hall. The 13 athletes excelled in disciplines from bowling to judo and running.
PSOE candidate MACAEL PSOE announced their candidate for the upcoming municipal elections. Ricardo Zuniga will be representing the socialists and was described by the party as: “honest and hardworking.”
Seron gas REGIONAL director of Repsol in Andalucia, Gregorio Muñoz Almagro, and Seron’s mayor, Juan Antonio Lorenzo, have signed an agreement for a network of piped gas for 240 properties.
And finally... THE Three Kings in Zaragoza were slapped with fines when they were caught riding motorcycles with no helmets on their way to an appearance at a local school. Police stopped the trio for wearing golden crowns instead of the legally required helmets. Pupils had to wait 45 minutes while the Three Kings were chastised and fined.
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Weather brings Christmas chill MANY people were happy to stay at home on Christmas Day, with heavy rain, strong winds and snow on the highest points in the province of Almeria. The Meteorological Office issued an Orange alert for strong winds around the capital and the Levante coast. The 112 emergency services were kept busy attending to more than 40 incidents in the province over a wide area during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In the
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Get your skates on in Olula del Rio! OLULA DEL RIO Council is offering residents a new way to enjoy this holiday season. All budding Torvills and Deans have the chance to practise their skating on an ecological ice rink. The rink is located in the ‘Nave Polivalente’ which is just down on the righthand side from the Polideportivo sports centre on the outskirts of the town. The rink is open from 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 8pm and will remain open until January 20. The price is €3 for 20 minutes and includes skate hire. The rink measures 200 metres in length and can accommodate up to 40 skaters. There is also a monitor to help any beginners.
FAMILY FUN: Ice skating in Olula del Rio. Mario Galera, Councillor for Sports and Youth in the municipality, was pleased with the initiative.
He said: “We understand that such activities are necessary and bring something new to the
town. We hope residents will come and visit and enjoy an activity which is affordable to everyone.”
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ECONCILIATION, religious violence and corruption were the subjects of the three major Christmas messages of interest to expats in Spain this year. Queen Elizabeth’s speech – the traditional gather-around-the-telly-onChristmas Day event in so many UK households – touched on a number of subjects with the main theme being one of reconciliation. Pope Francis used his annual Christmas message to condemn religious violence worldwide, particularly in Iraq and Syria. And King Felipe VI used his very first Christmas address to the nation to condemn the corruption that has cast a dark shadow over Spain during 2014. His own sister’s questionable involvement in such kind of affairs was noticeably absent from his speech, though he did say that public figures don’t have a right to “profit or become rich”. Christmas messages from world leaders often fall on deaf ears, but they
always bear a message that people should heed. The Queen of England urges reconciliation, and who wouldn’t agree with that? She said “peace and goodwill have lasting power.” And she’s absolutely right; peace and goodwill do have lasting power. The Pope calls for an end to religious violence and King Felipe VI condemns corruption; both opinions that the majority of people worldwide would share. While a lot of people hear the speeches at Christmas time, many instantly forget what the message was and go back to grabbing another mince pie and glass of mulled wine. But to give a thought to the messages and take on board what people are saying can help initiate change. Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill, of reconciliation and of turning our backs on the world’s wrongs. To carry this message beyond Christmas and throughout the year is something that we should all try our best to do.
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ON THE AGENDA: Suggestions to promote Almeria airport.
New board to boost airport
THE Junta de Andalucia’s councillor for Tourism and Trade, Rafael Rodriguez, chaired the founding meeting of the Provincial Bureau for Almeria Airport last week. The new body brings together representatives from various institutions to hear suggestions and seek measures to boost activity and connections. Among the suggestions was the importance of
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companies. He stressed that in 2013 tourism grew in Almeria and is expected to increase by 15 per cent this year with new agreements with flight operators to increase air links and tourist flows. During the winter, from October to April the airport goes into hibernation with just seven destinations available. In years gone by there were regular winter flights to and from the UK.
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Earthquake hits 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 towns of Adra, El Ejido, Roquetas de Mar and Almeria City. This is reflected in the official website (IGN) National Geographic Institute indicating that the earthquake occurred at 3.24pm and had its epicentre in the northern Alboran Sea. There were no reports of any injuries or material damage.
Three dogs rescued LOCAL POLICE in La Mojonera came to the rescue of three dogs trapped in a pond. The animals were stuck in the pond located in the Rambla Carcauz and had been there since the previous day. When the Local Police arrived at the scene, the officers could see the dogs, although on dry land, could not get out because of the steep sides. The fire brigade were called to help in the rescue.
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New history museum THE town of Seron will shortly have a History Museum next to the castle of the town. The new cultural space will be in the upper part of town and has been made possible thanks to an economic boost of €283,000 awarded through the Provincial Plans of the Government. The History Museum was started in 2011 in the first phase, when an investment of €230,000 was needed. The future museum will consist of a three-storey building, the basement will act as a warehouse and storage area, another floor will be a permanent exhibition hall and the third floor will be for a temporary exhibitions hall with a total floor area of about 400
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Free home to good people THE tiny town of Bayarcal set in the Alpujarra region of Almeria is looking for families to save their school. In a bid to arrest the town’s population slump which at the moment is little more than 300, the town hall is to offer three houses free to families with three or more children as long as the children register at the local school in the town centre. The mayor, Jacinto Navarro hopes the measure will boost the population, rejuvenate the town and ensure the continuity of the school which currently has 14 students. The town hall will
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March 27, Issue 1499. evaluate the requests and the mayor has said that “the only requisite is that they are good people.” While the children are still of school age they will be able to stay in the property,” he confirmed. But before the families move in, the town hall needs to do some renovation work.
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“All the houses need painting and two need some carpentry work and a new floor is needed in the other,” said the mayor. The mayor has requested a meeting with the president of the Government of Almería, Gabriel Amat, in the hope to get funding to carry out these reforms.
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Evictions down EVICTIONS are slowing down in the province of Almeria and are down to the same levels as 2010. Statistics from the General Council of Judicial Power, GCJP, show a reduction of evictions for the first time since 2008. According to statistics from GCJP there were 140 evictions in Almeria in the term ending in October. Even though this figure is still high, it is approximately half of the previous year.
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Record turnout SUNDAY April 13 saw record numbers of runners descend upon Almeria Port for the 13th edition of the 10-kilometre race. At around 11am, approximately 1,200 participants left Muelle de Levante, walking and running through the commercial port, the fishing port and past the lighthouse, finishing again at the Muelle de Levante, close to the control tower. Medals were awarded for the first three runners finishing in each category.
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€60million walk free EIGHT Egyptian sailors caught red-handed with nearly 10 tonnes of hashish worth €60 million have been set free by a judge. Judge Fernando Andreu of the National Court decided that a new law preventing Spanish judges investigating ‘international crimes’ meant the sailors were out of his jurisdiction. The sailors were detained about 25 to 30 nautical miles south of Cabo de Gata in Almeria. Customs planes spotted a suspicious vessel, not flying the Spanish flag, but with Arabic inscriptions on the bow. Customs boarded the boat, and discovered 450 bales of hashish, around 9.8 tonnes. The boat was seized and the crew presented to magistrates in Almeria. When referred to
National Court No 4, Judge Fernando Andreu released them. This was against the advice of the public prosecutor’s office, responsible for the fight against drugs in Spain, which argued that
New k almost c THE new APSA kennels are well on their way to completiton on a site near Albox. Di, chairwoman of APSA, was delighted to report the steady progress at the recent APSA AGM at Jacks in Albox. The registered charity has been in existence for more
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n smugglers from court international treaties allowed for their continued imprisonment whilst awaiting trial. Choosing to apply the new legislation literally, the judge said that the new legislation no longer allows Spanish
justice to act in such cases, given that the boat is not Spanish, nor are the suspects, who were not in Spanish waters or flying a Spanish flag, and nor were they en route to Spain. Last month, Spain’s
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governing Partido Popular pushed through a new law removing Spanish judges’ competence to handle cases of universal justice, which is the investigation of serious crimes committed outside Spain.
ennels complete than 10 years and continues to find homes for dogs whilst running a neutering and education programme funded solely through the APSA shop and events organised by volunteers and supporters. Di reported that she found homes for 101 dogs last year
DI AND A PUPPY: Waiting for the new kennels to be built. but the charity took in many more, it now has more dogs than ever and the kennels are full. To save on costs and to
assist home finding, the charity is building its own kennels nearer to Albox. http://www.apsa.org.es
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OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have intercepted four Mora tortoises at the port of Almeria. Agents found them hidden inside a cardboard box in the boot of a vehicle. The Mora tortoise is an endangered species and is protected under the CITES convention, an international
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agreement between governments to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. The tortoises were found
following routine checks on vehicles, people and luggage by agents when the ship from Ghazaouet (Algeria) docked. A passenger who was travelling on to France was found not to have the correct
MOJACAR: Works have been split into five phases.
Additionally, there will be the continuation of pavements which connect the whole urban area. A parking area has been set aside on Ventanicas beach for 50 vehicles. This area will include a bus stop, improving access to the promenade. Mojacar Town Hall is proud of its coastline, and cleaning continues. It is also flattening the gullies formed by heavy rains. The Marina de la Torre area will receive a shaded area for the disabled. Mojacar Town Hall has also made a new vehicle available for watching over the beaches. The town’s steep location has made it difficult for access, especially for people with limited mobility. With this in mind, Mojacar opened a lift in mid April which connects the lower part of the village with the upper Calle Aire. This makes access much easier and already the lift is receiving many positive comments. There
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Mojacar puts into action 5 measures MOJACAR Council has put into action five measures to help improve services in a time of crisis. The current economic situation makes it impossible to roll out the full works for Mojacar’s seafront promenade, so it has been split into phases. Firstly, the initial extension of the promenade by 880 metres from Cueva del Lobo to the Red Cross. Secondly, the promenade will be widened to encompass a four metre wide pedestrian walkway, a three metre wide cycle lane, and a metre wide area with shrubs and gardens. There will also be three separate games areas on the beach in the most popular areas. A second measure is changes to the administration. For the last two months, residents of Mojacar, Turre, Bedar and Los Gallardos have been able to carry out tax-related procedures at the Mojacar office, thanks to an agreement between the town hall and Almeria Council. Road improvements include a roundabout where the road towards the village meets the entrance to one of the Huerta areas. This, on the AL-611 road is historically an accident black spot, so this will improve safety, especially during holiday periods.
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are new signposts for Mojacar Playa, Artesa and Oran, as well as Calle Alegria. In addition, vehicle and pedestrian access to the Huerta las Parras has been improved. Finally, the lack of availability in the municipal cemetery has led the town hall to increase its capacity with 96 new niches, following the style and geometry of the existing ones. Mojacar Mayor Rosa Maria Cano said: “This is a measure which has been planned for some years, and it is now that the bases have been put in place in order that the works become a reality. “As well as making the coastline more attractive, my aim is that neighbours, residents and tourists have more space for walking, games and leisure. It is an ambitious project which will contribute to Mojacar remaining one of the most popular Spanish tourist destinations.”
legal documentation to introduce the animals into Spain. The confiscated tortoises were handed over to staff from the Provincial Delegation of the Environment.
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June 5, Issue 1509. THE King of Spain has decided to step aside after 39 years on the throne. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made the announcement and said there would be an amendment to the country’s constitution to allow the king’s eldest son Prince Felipe, 45, to take over. The new Crown Act, which will regulate the abdication and succession process was being pushed through the law-making stages on Tuesday. In his official speech, King Juan
Carlos, 76, who has reigned since 1975, said: “We have felt the need for renewal, and to open up a better future. Today a younger generation deserves to step forward. I want the best for Spain, to which I have dedicated my whole life. I have decided to abdicate my crown to give way to a new generation embodied by my son Felipe, heir to the throne. I keep and will keep Spain forever deep in my heart.” Throughout his reign, which followed in the wake of Franco’s dictatorship, Juan Carlos was considered one of the world’s most popular monarchs. Along with Adolfo Suarez,
Spain’s first Prime Minister following the dictatorship, the monarch helped to smooth the country’s transition to democracy. However, recent years have seen a loss of confidence in Spain’s royal family due to a longrunning corruption scandal involving the king’s daughter and son-in-law.
STEPPING ASIDE: King Juan Carlos.
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Child saved by off-duty officer A GUARDIA CIVIL officer who was enjoying some leisure time with his family at the weekend has saved the life of a child who was drowning in a pool in Aguadulce. The officer heard screams on Sunday evening and rushed to the scene where he saw a crowd of people and a
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Almeria’s millenium JULY 1014 marked the creation of the Kingdom of the Taifa of Almeria by Jaran the Amiri. To celebrate the 1,000th anniversary, Almeria City this week announced that the ensuing 12 months will include a large number of free activities in the city for all the family to enjoy. Sonia Ferrer, delegate from the government of Andalucia, met with the administration in Almeria this week to discuss some of the activities planned. A website has been launched to showcase the activities at www.elmilenio.es. Events include street parades, music concerts, workshops, theatrical tours and poetry readings.
young child floating face down in the swimming pool. He immediately jumped into the water and retrieved the child before performing lifesaving techniques. Assisted by onlookers at the scene, the office refused to stop cardiopulmonary resuscitation despite early indications not being very positive. After a couple of minutes, however, the child gasped and expelled a large amount of water from his lungs. The officer also took care of the boy’s mother who was suffering from shock. The boy and his mother were quickly transferred to hospital where both are now recovering.
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Boat rescue MARINE RESCUE saved 13 men of North African origin from a boat 40 miles off the coast of Garrucha. The 13 men onboard were all illegal immigrants trying to find a way into Spain. They were transferred to an immigration holding centre.
ALMERIA PROVINCE: Villages were deathly silent as it was too hot to venture out during the day.
Feeling hot hot hot!! ALMERIA temperatures soared over the weekend as the province was put on yellow alert. Villages around the province were deathly silent as their occupants hid indoors during the day, only coming out after dark for some fresh air. In Llano del Espino, on the Rambla de Oria, not a sound could be heard until approxi-
mately 10pm when a couple of families came outside to eat and the children were allowed some freedom. Inland, Albox peaked at 39.5º Celsius while Almeria hit a muggy 36ºC at 3pm although residents say it felt hotter due to the humidity. El Ejido experienced 37ºC on Sunday, dropping to a slightly more comfortable 33ºC
on Monday and Tuesday. Mike Harper, a new resident of Albox, commented: “We’ve been melting for the last couple of days, but at least our older property is built to withstand the summer. I’m glad I’m retired.” In Mojacar, souls brave enough to risk the sun’s power enjoyed a dip in the sea and the welcome sea breeze.
Temperatures there on the coast were a slightly more comfortable 34ºC. AEMET, Spain’s meteorological office, has not issued a weather warning for the rest of the week for Almeria. However, temperatures are predicted to rise again early next week by approximately five to seven degrees, depending on the area.
ALMERIA CITY: Nowhere cheaper for a night’s stay in a four star hotel.
Almeria among the cheapest in Spain ALMERIA is one of the cheapest cities in Spain for travellers, according to the 2014 rankings published by the respected travel website TripAdvisor. Huelva, Jaen and Murcia also make it onto the list, meaning Andalucia and southern Spain offer some of the best value for money tourism in the peninsula. The rankings are based
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on the price of a night in a four-star hotel, a return taxi, a two-course dinner for two with a bottle of wine and a couple of cocktails. Huelva is Andalucia’s cheapest city, with an average price of €130.41 for a night out, whilst Almeria comes in second with an average of €138.25 for dinner, drinks, taxi and a bed.
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October 2 Issue 1526 THE Euro Weekly News (EWN) Media Group has picked up a prestigious award from the Spanish newspaper industry. EWN was nominated in the AEEPP (Asociaciòn Española de Publicaciones Periòdicas) 9th annual awards ceremony in Madrid. Members of the Euro Weekly News (EWN) team travelled to Madrid where they were joined by other media publications from across Spain. President of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, presented the award to the EWN team. It was made for the dedicated deliverance for more than 15 years of its free weekly publication to the English expatriate and English-speaking community in Spain and the wider digital audience. The award was accepted on behalf of the entire EWN
AWARDS CEREMONY: EWN team went to Madrid. group by Operations Manager, Nicki Burgess. Forty awards were presented to media publications, EWN being the only English-language publication to receive one. Nicki Burgess said: “We are honoured to receive the award and privileged to be here with our Spanish colleagues from other media groups.” Sr. Gonzalez asked who EWN targeted and Nicki explained it was the largest English-language publication keeping expatriates in Spain informed of news across its six editions. He was impressed with the coverage and asked when EWN would be available in Madrid, asking if it would be when Madrid had a beach. He showed great interest in EWN’s attendance, passing comment
that he could tell the team were from Malaga with their southern Spain suntans. EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden were unable to attend the ceremony as they were promoting the business in Europe at another function. But having seen the photographs of the event, Michel said: “This award is for no one person, it is for all at EWN. We do not work as individuals, we work as a team. We pull together to ensure that each week we deliver to the Englishspeaking community a
newspaper giving local, national and international news. “We also deliver 24/7 breaking news digitally to our readers and clients. Without the commitment and dedication of the whole team we would be hardpressed to meet our own expectations. Steven and I are proud of where Euro Weekly News fits into the community, and we are equally proud of the team. We are thankful to the AEEPP for their recognition and award.”
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Tabernas Desert a rural wonder TABERNAS DESERT has been voted the second wonder of rural Spain in a survey by the Toprural portal. It received 2,208 votes out of 7,000, to gain second place in the survey behind Las Hurdes in Caceres. The Tabernas Desert is enjoying a revival in the movies currently, with
film epics including Exodus and Clavius being shot there, and Arnold Schwarzenegger looking to reprise his former role as Conan the Barbarian. From 1950 to 1970, it was the setting for many Westerns. With more than 11,600 acres, the desert was declared a nature
reserve in 1989. The other rural wonders in Spain were Cañon del Rio Lobos in Burgos, Playa de las Catedrales in Lugo, Nacedero del Rio Urederra in Navarra, Aiguestortes National Park in Lleida, and the Benasque Valley in Huesca.
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AN unemployed mother-of-three went on hunger strike after she was excluded from a job selection scheme because she was doing an unpaid training course. Inmaculada Lopez’s only income is a monthly payment of €104.95 in minimum benefits from the Junta de Andalucia regional government. Desperate for the chance to earn a living, the Velez Rubio woman applied for a scheme designed to help the unemployed get back to work. But the provincial Economy, Innovation, ER Science and Employment HUNGER STRIKE: Inmaculada B M Department explained that E left without any help. C Inmaculada was not E D included in the Emple@30 informed if a vacancy became scheme in Velez Rubio. available. However, unemployThis was because she ment office representatives had been doing a free stated that her registration had unpaid training course not been renewed. offered by Murcia Meanwhile, Inmaculada Employment Agency and explained although the town December 4, Issue 1535. was therefore not hall was next to the church registered as a job-seeker. where she had been protesting, nobody The woman was invited to renew her from the council had approached her or registration on the job-hunters’ register at offered help. It wasn’t until Monday that a the unemployment office so she would be councillor offered to try and assist her.
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DENMARK – For the second year running a bomb threat at Odense Station shut down rail traffic affecting all of Denmark on the busiest travel day of the year. The incident occurred on the Friday before Christmas.
MIDNIGHT MASS on Christmas Eve in the UK is under threat from drunks disrupting services. Several parishes cancelled the late-night mass this year, abandoning what has been a British tradition for more than 1,500 years.
DENMARK – New measurements of the Danish coastline show that it is nearly 20 per cent longer than previously thought.
Ace English SWEDEN – One in two Swedes regards his or her English language abilities as above average and only one in 10 considers his or her English below average.
THE BBC has said that it is struggling to compete with streaming service Netflix and that it has to adjust to the “hybrid world” of live and online viewing if it wants to keep viewers.
NORWAY – The Scandinavian airline SAS are to slash costs following a sharp fall in net profits in the fourth quarter of 2014. The company posted a net loss of €32.2 million from August to October.
Royal bump SWEDEN – The Royal Court announced just before Christmas that Princess Madeleine is pregnant with her second child with her financier husband Chris O’Neill. The baby is due in the summer.
SHOPS in the UK benefit to the tune of around £300 million each year from gift cards that are bought but never used. Gift cards and vouchers are popular Christmas presents but often go unused and expire. Breeze Ju
GIFT VOUCHERS: Often go unused and expire.
TWO-THIRDS of British schools are struggling to recruit maths teachers because of heavy workloads, and one in 10 schools is also finding it difficult to fill geography and language roles.
More autonomy THE Orthodox Church in Belarus has announced plans to seek greater autonomy from Moscow as the Belarussian government expressed concern over Russia’s political actions and worries about its currency.
Rebel wedding FORMER rebel commander Igor Strelkov has reportedly married his assistant after having recently settled down in Moscow to protect President Putin from traitors. The excommander of pro-Russian separatists in ROYAL BABY: Sweden’s Princess Madeleine.
GERMANY starts 2015 at the top of the FIFA world rankings and boss Joachim Low is claiming his side can go on to win the Euro 2016 competition in order to confirm the team’s World Cup success.
Park makeover BERLIN’S Spreepark may be in line for a serious makeover following an application from city authorities to the EU for help to clean up the site. The abandoned theme park is a tourist attraction and has been used for movie shoots and for holding raves.
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the Ukraine married Miroslava Reginskaya before Christmas.
A BERLIN court has said that the infamous human taxidermist Gunther von Hagens can open a museum featuring preserved human corpses, despite objections from local officials. Von Hagens plans to exhibit 20 human bodies and around 200 human body parts.
Charities struggling
Bomb disarmed
THE falling rouble has hit charities in Russia hard, with a major drop in donations from institutions leaving vital medical equipment under threat.
TEN thousand people were evacuated in central Potsdam following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb on a building site. The weapon was disarmed by bomb disposal experts.
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Gaza medic NORWAY – Tabloid newspaper Verdens Gang has named outspoken doctor Mads Gilbert as Norway’s person of the year for his work to treat Palestinians wounded in the Gaza conflict.
A BACKLOG of more than 390,000 immigration cases has been built up by the Home Office and MPs have described the British immigration system as being in “intensive care.”
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OPPOSITION-MINDED artists have been told that although Russia embraces the freedom of artistic expression, those who speak out against the administration should not expect state funding.
Strength to strength
Long plunge A TOURIST in Thailand – believed to be Russian – has been taken to hospital after the car he was travelling in fell from a 250-metre height into the sea near a resort in Phuket.
RUSSIAN ROUBLE: Falling in value.
GERMAN business confidence rose in December on the back of falling oil prices and a weak Euro, the lfo economic institute has said, and the prospects for 2015 look good. The business climate index rose to 105.5 points in December.
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business & legal Tourism heads for the record books SPAIN welcomed 61.7 million foreign visitors between January and November 2014. This is 7.2 per cent more than during the same period in 2013 and the addition of December will make 2014 a recordbreaking year. November’s figures were also encouraging, as the 3.4 million
foreign tourists who entered Spain in that month were 2.9 per cent up on 2013. As usual, they came from the ever-faithful source markets of the UK, France, Germany, Scandinavia and Italy. The UK remained at the top of list with 14.3 million tourists during the first 11 months of the
Smart to make do and mend SPAIN now repairs more items than before the economic crisis. This is especially true of smartphones and the two million repaired throughout 2014 doubled those of 2012. There are now 51 million mobile lines in Spain. There are approximately 70 million handsets and 80 per cent of all new mobiles are smartphones, a Telefonica Foundation report has revealed. The expense of a new terminal prompts most owners to opt for repairs because although a repair costs the phone company around €116, users pay approximately €40, as the phones are usually covered by guarantee.
For Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Yoigo what was a minor subsidiary service has become an important segment of their business and another commercial ploy in the battle to keep clients happy. Some repairs take only an hour at a provider’s outlet while others can require eight days to complete. Screen replacements are the most frequent request, with more phones taken in on a Tuesday than any other day of the week. July and September are the busiest months for repairs, Vodafone said, as most mishaps occur on the beach or at swimming pools while on holiday.
year, a 4.9 per cent increase on 2013 and 23.3 per cent of the total number. The majority of foreign visitors headed for Cataluña, which received 15.9 million tourists, 25.8 per cent of the total. The Canaries were the second favourite destination, followed by the Balearics and Andalucia.
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Pension paradox SPANISH pensions are practically frozen but gained purchasing power in 2014 for the second consecutive year. This was due to falls in the retail price index and oil prices.
Risky shares A MADRID judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Madrid couple claiming that Bankia mis-sold them shares. However uninformed they might be ‘everyone knows’ that buying shares is risky and not a deposit, he commented.
Mastering management THE IESE Business School in Madrid is now 50 years old. It was the first centre to offer an MBA (Master’s Degree in Business Administration) in Europe and it did so with the co-operation of Harvard. Since then, more than 7,200 people from 102 countries have studied there. Although the economic crisis has prompted international questions
regarding the practical value of an MBA, the school’s director-general Jordi Canals dismissed claims that management cannot be taught but is acquired through experience. “Management is the most complex profession that anyone can tackle,” Canals remarked, adding: “An MBA is not the ultimate solution, but it does help to make great professional strides.”
SPAIN’S Economy Minister Luis de Guindos foresaw that growth in the last three months of 2014 would ‘at least’ equal the third quarter’s when the GDP rose by 0.5 per cent.
INBOUND: 61.7m visitors so far this year. Credit IR Stone Shutterstockcom
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Business is a family affair MANY small businesses would struggle if it were not for the help of family members. In their own way each member of the family has an interest in its wellbeing. This has negative economic consequences on the greater community. The unpaid better half and children helping out is work that could otherwise be carried out by fully paid cards-in employees. There is a downside when it comes to employing or being dependent on input from a family member. It isn’t easy to discipline, let alone confront and sack a malingering wife,
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husband or sibling. There is the added likelihood of causing a family rift if you do so. If you find an employee with their fingers in the till or not pulling their weight you can fire them. It is not so easily done when it is a family member.
There will also be the likelihood of ‘employees’ taking advantage of their family position. They will, not to put too fine a point on it, swing the lead. They may not be as hard-working or as focused as they would be if working in a conventional job. A family business has to work to business principles. These must be inspired and mutually agreed upon by all involved. Running any business has to be a team effort. An important point is to remind every team member that they are not working for you; they are working for the business. The boss is also an employee.
Everyone, the boss included, plays by the same rules. A common mistake made by employees, including family members, is to consider each day’s takings as profit. It is not of course. A family member who worked for me glowed when he showed me the day’s takings. Bless him. I might have rained on his parade by reminding him that I was lucky to see 10 per cent of what was in the till. For some, such as newsagents, the margins are much lower. Is there an answer? Yes, grin and bear it. Happy New Year.
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Take a few sensible financial steps to ensure a happy ever after Loose change A look at finance for females
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A NEW YEAR brings with it an eagerness for new beginnings. In January we think about changing old habits and starting out afresh. For a friend of mine, the new project for 2015 is moving in with her long-term boyfriend. And while they have a fabulous relationship and are very excited to live together, research shows that couples argue more about financial matters than any other topic. So rather than concentrating on postcodes and styles of furniture it’s vital to get money matters discussed in detail first and foremost. A poorly planned move-in can put
JOINT FINANCES: Couples should have an agreed plan. tremendous stress on a relationship, so it’s best to smooth out the details ahead of time to avoid disagreements and hard feelings later. Get full disclosure Before moving in together, or mingling assets, couples should fully disclose their finances as
part of a joint financial planning process. Leaving any nasty financial skeletons in the closet will certainly end in even harder conversations further down the line. Split living expenses fairly Develop a plan for paying bills together and divide household
expenses evenly or proportionate to each partner’s income. Who’ll pay for the internet, TV, electricity, water or groceries? Work out a system to divvy up bills so it’s always organised and fair. Who paid for what? When it comes to big purchases
in your new abode, for example a fridge, bed, sofa or washing machine, keep an account of who paid for what. Start a file, where you simply put in the receipts for major purchases with the name of who bought what scribbled on the receipt. This way, no one bears the full weight of furnishing the home, and you’ll avoid arguments over ownership later if things don’t work. Stay independent Many modern couples, especially if both are employed, prefer to hold separate credit cards and bank accounts. Of course spilt all joint bills, but keeping your ‘own money’ to spend on things you want for yourself is definitely a sensible option. Unless enjoyed by both, why should one half share the cost of another’s compulsive shopping habit or gourmet taste in food?
Can he protest noisy bar? Q. I bought a second-floor apartment over an unused community swimming pool which was You and the cemented over. Beneath us was a small restaurant. For years the community voted Law in Spain against allowing it to expand. Now the By David Searl community has voted to allow the new tenant of the restaurant to expand onto the open terrace below us. We can no longer use our own terrace due to noise, chairs being dragged about, cigarette smoke and, at times, some rude, drunk clients. Is Article 18 of the Horizontal Law, which protects individual owners from majority decisions, applicable in the Balearics? What steps can we take against the restaurant owner or to convince the community to reverse the vote and prevent the restaurant from operating under our terrace? What costs would I incur to get to a point where a judge would listen to the case? J M (Mallorca) A. Article 18 does apply in the Balearics. It provides that one owner, who feels his interests are prejudiced by a community decision, can apply to the court to rule on the matter. In your case, I would ask my neighbours who are also affected to form a group to complain about the noise. First, make your complaint in writing to the president. If
you instruct a lawyer to bring your case, it will cost about €1,000. You could also call the police when the bar is noisy.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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More jobs for 2015 DESPITE little economic growth, the government generated employment in 2014 for the first time in six years thanks to political stability, said Labour Minister Fatima Bañez. Unemployment fell by 300,000 with the creation of 400,000 jobs between November 2013 and November 2014 and this rhythm will accelerate in 2015, she predicted.
Small world LOGROÑO-BASED firm Avanzare produces 11 per cent of the world’s thinnest known compound, graphene. Used in medical, chemical and industrial processes, it is also produced by five other firms in Alicante, Madrid and San Sebastian, placing Spain amongst the world’s largest producers.
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Grateful thanks AFA says a big thank you! At this time of year Torrevieja’s Alzheimer’s Association (AFA) is especially grateful to those organisations who remember us when they have their pantomime or carol service or even a Christmas party. We have had some really wonderful donations ranging from a magnificent pantomime donation of €3,000 to a truly lovely raffle donation of €125 with carol service collections in between. We can assure everyone that all of this money will be put to very good use, benefiting our ‘abuelos’ (we no longer use the term patients) and their families who need help more than ever at this time of year. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Matilde Sanchez, AFA President, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Look again IN response to ‘Puzzled’ of Campello, come on! You have only to venture about two miles inland up the bed of the Rio Seco where we are inundated with magpies. We see up to 40 at a time on our telephone wires. EJ Bellamy, Muchamiel (Alicante)
Fast work MY electricity bill with Endesa showed that I was paying a penalty of some €40 every two months for not having an ICB box, of which I knew nothing. How long I’ve been without one, I don’t know. I recently had this so-called box fitted and in turn informed Endesa who said an engineer would come out and check it. The next day an engineer arrived at 7pm. He looked at the box, flicked the switches to see if the lights worked and was there for a total of five minutes. For this he charged me €290 and asked me to pick up a certificate the next day. Is this a standard fee or was I ripped off? R J Hackett, Benalmadena (Malaga)
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EU setup until one member walks away. When that happens the elite will suddenly wake up too late. Once one goes, others will do the same. Perhaps it’s a pipedream but then, just maybe, we can set up a proper Common Market, with full accountability and proper control of our destiny. Balanced accounts? Utopia! Chris Thomas, Puerto Vera (Almeria)
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Wrong number I AM 70 years old and have had ME for the last seven years. I was burgled at 5am in my home and they entered via a locked window. My small dog barked and I tried to listen, but could not hear a sound. Then a light shone in my face and I knew somebody was there. I got out of bed screaming in my native language, something like: “Get out of here you son-ofa-b---h. Then a young man ran out screaming at me: “F--k you, f—k you,” before leaping into the next patio. I saw my laptop, money, bag and keys had gone. I called the police on 112 but only got an answering machine so I called a Spanish neighbour. He came over and tried to call the police but he couldn’t. A few days later I went to the town hall to complain about not being able to call the police at night. The lady there told me not to use the emergency 112, but 092. How on earth should anybody know that? A day or two later a nice English couple came to my gate,
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with all the little cards, my bag, including my driving licence. I was very happy to get them back. Thank you very much, English people. Else Tue Andersen, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Same old story CONGRATULATIONS to Nora Johnson for hitting the nail on the head in her article ‘Cabgate and our smug governing elite’. The true attitude of our politicians towards the voters cannot better be shown than by Gordon Brown’s unfortunate (for him) episode with Gillian Duffy in
the run-up to the 2010 election. She, a lifelong party supporter, explained her concerns about debt and immigration. His reaction? She was a bigot! However, we should also remember that although the politicians set policy, the Administration remains the same, no matter which political group is in power. To quote Sir Humphrey Appleby in ‘Yes, Minister,’ after serving 11 governments in 30 years he would have ended up a raving schizophrenic if he had believed in all their policies. Thus little changes, regardless of the decisions of the electorate. This explains why voters have become increasingly disillusioned with, and detached from, politicians. And this is not confined to the UK: it applies across Europe. Each EU member has its own unelected Civil Service but in the EU we also have an unelected elite which sits in Brussels. There is no doubt in my mind that they look complacently and contemptuously at the voting populace in Europe. Nothing is going to change in the current
WE retired abroad to a then nonEU country some years ago and, unlike many of the people we met, we gave up our entitlement to NHS care back in the UK by informing the appropriate authority. We come to Spain for a few weeks in the winter to enjoy the sunshine. We now live back in the UK and being a UK citizen I am concerned for the country in which we live and in my opinion the best way forward is for the UK to leave the European Union. We need to trade freely with the rest of the world and not be constrained by the rules and regulations of Brussels. When we joined the EU back in the 70s we traded heavily with countries like Australia and New Zealand, which we had to drop like a hot brick, giving us and them two years to make the necessary adjustments. Now Europe is stagnating and we need to look outside. Because of mass immigration, our services are at breaking point. You can’t get doctors’ appointments and the waiting lists for operations are horrendous. We are the most populated country in Europe with more people arriving daily. Mr Frost mentions the poor people of Spain seeking work in the UK, doing jobs that the British will not do but immigrants doing poorly paid work in the UK are subsidised by the taxpayer. Wouldn’t it be better for our own people to do the work and reappraise the benefit system which is so attractive to everyone? Finally, I suggest that Mr Frost returns to the UK to live if he wants to voice how he thinks it should be run. Elizabeth Covington, Mazarron (Murcia)
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No future without love LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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ITH the news of yet more toerag psychopaths screaming Allah Akbar while taking the lives of innocent human beings, I wonder what more atrocities lay in store for all of us in the year 2015. More misery that’s fer sure. How can these people possibly believe that the violent, merciless, murdering message from their God will ever be accepted by peace loving normal people? Of course it won’t, and never will be. History is full of warring races who have tried to take over this planet through violent means. None have prevailed for long. There is no future at all for a human race without love. Love is the superglue of the spirit, both in its ethereal and manifested state, without it we are all empty shells. I have never heard one of these psychopathic toerags tell anyone they love their God or He loves them.
EU DIRECTIVE: It has been suggested obesity be considered a disablement. We should really feel sorry for these misguided souls, who are deprived by their religion of the one thing that truly binds us all together. Not me I’m afraid, I’d like to see them all ‘martyred.’ every last one of them. Can you imagine their God having to supply about a trillion virgins? The mind boggles. To my mind one of the most ridiculous suggestions to surface this week was the
EU directive that obesity should be considered a disablement. Did you ever hear anything as ludicrous as that!? How long would it be till the likes of the odious ‘White Dee’ or whole families are stuffing themselves with as much as they can get into their benefit gobbling mouths, merely to reach the weight necessary for yet another pillage of the public purse? Give us a break. Unless it’s some genuine
metabolism disorder, most of them are fat and greedy, pure and simple. Many of them gorge vast quantities of fattening products, dozens of eggs for breakfast, a half dozen hamburgers for lunch, along with chocolates, ice cream, and Lord knows what else they can stuff down. Disability benefits? I’d reduce the benefits most of them are already on, so they can’t afford to gorge themselves into obesity. If they can genuinely prove they have lost weight through discipline and dieting, they should be rewarded by receiving free time at health farms or spas. Rather the tax payer footed the bill for these type of operations than making these people not only blameless for their situation, but putting them on a par with genuinely disabled people who are in no way responsible for their unfortunate positions. Makes my blood boil it does but you probably gathered that! Oh well. Happy New Year all. Especially to John the electrician who got me out of a whole heap of trouble recently and restored my faith in human nature. Cheers John. Keep that faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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“Take no wooden nickels nor used bandages, unless from the squatters”! 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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END this year by finishing my saga concerning the Sierra Nevada. I was ripped off and feeling pretty disgusted at the whole event. I dared not speak to anyone on the mountain concerning my situation. I might just have to listen to theirs which were always worse! At last, a date for a final reconnoitre and decision was made by the partners. Telegrams were to be used for immediate decision making. I still had the old keys to get in so drove up. The squatters had broken in and controlled most of the entire building. Nothing could be done.
hard. They didn’t want to talk or see me. They knew their rights. Driving back down the mountain I flew in a rage, popping into the first bar to tie one on. Then, performed that subtle task the way I had been taught LOOKIN by years of living G in Spain. I bought BACK IN everyone within MOJAC shouting distance a AR drink, and then conveyed my woes, displeasures and sad USED CARS: Payment for an apartment on the slopes. tale. I then waited for comments. As the evening tarried, most So I went back down the broken down cars with one mountain and telegrammed all headlight remaining.” He also left. But one particular stalwart associates. SQUATTERS WON’T inserted a disclaimer. “Take no remained close and reciprocated, LEAVE EXCEPT FOR BIG BUCKS wooden nickels nor used exchanging drinks and tales of AND FREQUENT KISSES! bandages unless they’re from the woe. I really just wanted to put the fire out and maybe come up The investors wrote back: “Sell squatters.” at any price. We trust your judgeWith clear instructions and with a plan for mañana. At 10pm, ment,” came the first telegram. latitude to negotiate, I climbed he informed me it had been his My wizened Uncle Tom added a the mountain again to Shalom I- desire to own an apartment on further addendum. “Or trade it for 1A but the squatters had doubled the slopes. He had no cash but anything... used underwear, in numbers and were partying could/would give me used cars! JOINMEPIC SHUTTERSTOCK COM
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Well, as you know, historically God favours children and drunks. So, I initiated negotiations and told him about the squatters. He informed me about the true condition of the cars we had to value and by 2am, we had a contract, written in Spanglish on piles of serviettes. Then we partied for a few hours celebrating and bought yet more drinks. About 4am, I decided it was time to legalise matters. I impressed all when I phoned a Notario. A little known law of Spain is you can insist the Notario comes to you if the situation warrants and that’s just what I did. For his part, this Notario rather blew me off until I started bantering about the law and threatened to sign his ‘libro de reclamaciones’ if he didn’t appear. This man of ‘letras’ arrived like a bolt of lightning, typed it, and did the deal. He even refused to join us for a celebratory whisky.
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Will you be making a New Year’s resolution? If so, what will it be?
NTJE BRUSKE of Nova Vita Restaurant, Bar and Lounge in Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, said: “I don’t particularly have any New Year’s resolutions for myself as such, but I think that maybe I am feeling like many others at this time of year, and the greatest thing of all would be world peace.” Lynda ‘LouLou’ Barnes from LouLou’s Hair Design in Velez Rubio, Almeria, replied: “I am determined to lose weight in 2015. I was 60 on December 21 and am determined to prove that a lady can be of a certain age yet still look and feel amazing. I know everyone says they want to lose weight at New Year but I know I will do it.” We think she can do it, too, and wish you well, Lynda!
business, working hard and getting ready for the busy, busy summer period which is coming. I am planning on increasing my range and styles of human hair extensions and creating even more wigs on a personal order basis so that I can help my Joyce from Curiocity Hairdressers in customers fulfil their own 2015 resolutions Fuengirola, Costa del of having great looking, fuller or longer Sol, told EWN: ”I am looking hair.” not really interested Fuengirola Iceland worker Kelly Young in personal said: “We went on a family holiday to Gran resolutions but my plans Canaria in November and so want to save for 2015 will definitely money to be able to go on holiday again be the development of this year.” my hairdressing Nick Cannidge, owner of The Computer Company in Urbanisation La Marina, Costa Blanca, joked that NICK (far left): To further his resolution will be the expand his company. same as every year: “Smoke less, eat less, drink JOYCE (middle): To less and exercise more, develop her hairdressing which normally lasts a business. day!” He added: “But we are also resolving to KELLY: To save for further improve and expand the business another family during 2015.” holiday.
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Get in there Darcy and hurry up Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
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HAVE just been made to sit through yet another Jane Austen movie on the
television. This particular one was ‘Emma,’ but quite honestly it could have been ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ ‘Mansfield Park,’ ‘Persuasion’ or just about any one of her six completed novels as far as I am concerned. Let’s face it, they are all as near as damn it, the same story but with different characters. Well alright, not exactly the same story, but certainly identical themes and you pretty much know after the first half hour, how it’s all going to end - Yawn. I should be biased in favour of the lady, because she briefly spent some time with her sister attending a boarding school in my
COLIN FIRTH: As Mr Darcy, sends women into raptures of delight.
home town of Reading, but I guess it’s a bloke thing, because I just cannot get into the heaving bosoms; fainting away with the vapours; well bred young gels attending endless balls thing. Well heaving bosoms are okay I suppose, but you take my point. If Jane’s books (I feel that she wouldn’t mind me calling her Jane) are a true representation of those Regency times, then what utterly boring and tiresome (a good Austen word) the people were. And how the heck did they manage to breed? I mean, when any of her male characters fancies the pants off the likes of Miss Elizabeth Bennet or Miss Catherine Morland, instead of just telling the wenches exactly what’s-what in no uncertain terms, these less than red blooded men go all the way to Moscow just to get to Benidorm. They are lucky not to be drawing their old age pensions before they finally pluck up the nerve to express their feelings.
Or heaven forbid, deliver a peck on the cheek. Yes, yes, I know that the sight of Mr Darcy aka Colin Firth, striding toward Pemberley in his wet kecks is enough to send any modern day woman into raptures of delight. But from a man’s point of view, I spent the whole six episodes shouting at the TV to “get in there my son and stop pratting around”. I ask you! There’s Lizzy Bennet giving off mating signals that could be seen from space, and all that our immensely wealthy, sophisticated man about town Fitzwilliam Darcy can do, is look aloof and walk around in damp M&S underwear. But I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that for a man who seems to dislike the works of Jane Austen so much, I am remarkably well informed on the subject. It’s a trade off with my Princess you see. If I sit through this stuff with her, then I am allowed to watch a Grand Prix occasionally. Simples!
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1892: Ellis Island opens in New York to begin processing immigrants to the United States. The first person to pass through is a 15-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore. It closes in 1954 after processing millions of immigrants. 1919: The German Workers’ Party - later to become the Nazi party - is formed by Anton Drexler in Munich. Adolf Hitler becomes the party’s 55th member in September of the same year. 1929: Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among the country’s poorest and sick people. Her work later leads to a Nobel Peace Prize and her beatification in 2003. 1971: Sixty-six people lose their lives when crush barriers collapse at Ibrox Park in Glasgow during a derby clash between Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers. It is the worst British football disaster at the time. 1977: British music company EMI fires punk band The Sex Pistols because of their notorious behaviour in public. The band had only been with the label for three months and released one single, Anarchy in the UK. 1985: The UK’s very first mobile phone call is made by comedian Ernie Wise from St Katherine dock to the Vodafone head offices situated above a curry house in Newbury. 1986: Phil Lynott, the Irish musician and former frontman of rock group Thin Lizzy dies from heart failure 11 days after collapsing from a drink and drug binge in his home in Surrey, England. 2002: Twelve of the European Union’s 15 countries start using the new Euro currency. It is the biggest monetary changeover in history and replaces existing currencies by the end of February.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy, and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.’ Helen Keller
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Hard-working, enterprising and self-sacrificing are just some of the words that describe your zodiac sign. It will be these qualities that count. Friday will boost your powers of persuasion, but you won't have too much to complain about if you follow this lucky trend into next week's encouraging tide. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Eager Mars meets affluent Jupiter and enriches your financial forecast. It might show a foretaste of money to come, or on-stream benefits. If you intend to make alterations to your personal and home interests, you'll undoubtedly cope with both offbeat and upbeat activities. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) One thing is certain, when you come through this week's restless planetary antics, you won't be totally the same Piscean who walked in. Whether you're figuring out numbers, analysing your dreams, or getting into a playfully social mood, there'll be much to enjoy and put to the test. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Education, media, creative and social connections are given star merit. The solar eclipse in your own sign bursts with vitality and success, more so for an array of bold moves, replacements and makeovers covering your personal affairs. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Stand by for a week of whoosh and whirl. More importantly, try to avoid getting tongue-tied or dogmatic on Tuesday and Friday. Promising potentials appear, especially if you spruce up your competitive streak. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Throughout this fortunate week, whatever else you decide, refuse to discard your hopes and wishes. As a Gemini, you like to have two strings to your bow of life, which gives you an alternative option, especially if the going gets tough. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A vivid star pattern portends a frantic personal and social diary.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Scenes, 2 Hearts, 3 Render, 4 Mutter, 5 Inland, 6 Hedges, 7 Larder, 8 Ginger, 9 Orders, 10 Angels, 11 Cursed, 12 Elders, 13 Asters, 14 Dealer, 15 Tinsel, 16 Beards, 17 Novels, 18 Noises, 19 Cannot
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January 2, Christy Turlington, 46, model Turlington is one of the original supermodels of the 1990’s and has worked with internationallyacclaimed fashion houses such as Calvin Klein and Versace. She has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers during her career. January 3, Mel Gibson, 59, actor Australian-born movie star who shot to fame in the road movie Mad Max. Since then he has starred in numerous Hollywood blockbusters including Braveheart, The Patriot and Hamlet.
Ensure that any tight planning is carefully handled, especially if you hope to fit in everything you would like to say. Don't allow Monday or Wednesday's tensions to spoil opportunities for settling something important. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Pave the way for any ambitious schemes you may have, rather than actually starting them. With your ruler the Sun eclipsing your kindred fire sign, determined Aries, you are now more likely to get the support and affection you need from the powers that be or someone who thinks the world of you. Loosen up on Tuesday and Thursday. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Even if the opposite to what you
1. Blondie, Talking Heads, Duran Duran and Elvis Costello were all associated with which style of rock music popular in the late 1970s? It was derived from punk but generally more poppy in sound and less aggressive in performance. 2. Built in 1903–6 on the site of Newgate Prison, by what other name is the Central Criminal Court in London better known? 3, The ‘Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’ is the nickname of what? 4. ‘There’s talk on the street; it sounds so familiar. Great expectations, everybody’s watching you’ are the first lines of which 1977 UK Top 20 hit by the Eagles? 5. What nickname was applied to the veterans of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the First World War (1914)? 6. Which city is the capital of India and seat of the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India? 7. Which city is the state capital of New South Wales? 8. Which country won the 2014 Rugby League Four Nations tournament? 9. Which large breed of sheepdog has a shaggy bluegrey and white coat? 10. Which state in the eastern United States, one of the original 13 colonies, is known as the Old Dominion State?
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January 1, Grandmaster Flash, 57, rapper Born Joseph Saddler in Barbados, Grandmaster Flash is one of the major pioneers of hip hop DJ-ing and early rap music. He is credited with the creation of the first crossfader, made from junkyard parts in the Bronx.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case T) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
He has courted controversy in recent years for the portrayal of Jews in his movie The Passion of the Christ.
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January 3, Michael Schumacher, 46, racing driver Seven-time F1 world champion Schumacher drove with Ferrari for 10 years before retiring and then making an unsuccessful comeback. He was involved in a skiing accident in 2013 and was placed in a medically-induced coma.
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January 4, James Milner, 29, football player English central midfielder who joined Manchester City in 2010 after spending two years with Aston Villa. He became a member of the English national team in 2009. In his teenage years he excelled at not just football but also cricket and running.
want happens, it could prove useful. One clue to this week's planetary crossword puzzle is ‘What word could also mean success?’ Check it out, and make it work for you. Never forget that important ideas and developments can stem from seemingly trivial discussions. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Aries intensifies your willpower. Before you say 'go', find out where you stand. It might pay you to leave things be for a little longer to see if anything begins to change. Some of the consequences of your actions will become obvious as your charming ruler Venus begins to have an effect. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The planets mobilise your streak
Good: 12 Excellent: 21 January 2, Paz Vega, actress. Vega was well known in Spain for her role in television series ‘Menudo es mi padre’ and Spanish movies such as ‘Lucia y el sexo’, before hitting the big time worldwide with appearances in Hollywood movies Spanglish and The Spirit. She has been married since 2002 and has three children.
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of Scorpio daring, but don't stretch your limits. Your most effective weapon against personal and workrelated pitfalls is your ability to be objective. Your desire to make specific situations and conversations work needs to be combined with your faith that they will work. Even if a different approach is required, try it and see. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The main gist of the solar eclipse in fiery Aries and the link between plucky Mars and your ruler friendly Jupiter will stir surprises. Whether you create the right atmosphere all round depends on how you interpret other people's views. Stick to crisp, simple but sensitively tuned answers, then no one can accuse you of not trying.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cart, cert, cite, curt, cute, fact, fate, feat, feta, fiat, frat, fret, frit, kart, kite, raft, rate, reft, rift, rite, tack, take, tare, teak, tear, tick, tier, tike, tire, tref, trek, true, tuck, tufa, turf, acute, after, caret, carte, cater, citer, craft, crate, cruet, cuter, cutie, eruct, facet, fruit, irate, kraft, krait, react, recta, recti, refit, taker, trace, track, trice, trick, trike, truce, truck, uteri, acuter, curate, faucet, racket, tacker, ticker, tucker, tackier, truckie, FRUITCAKE
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The Skeleton Twins When estranged twins at the end of their tether - Milo and Maggie discover that they have both unsuccessfully attempted suicide during a chance reunion, the pair are forced to confront where and why both their lives went so wrong. As they reconnect after being apart for so long, Milo and Maggie begin to realise that the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship. The Skeleton Twins was met with critical acclaim upon its release and garners an 87 per cent rating on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes. Directed by Craig Johnson and starring Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig and Luke Wilson. Run time 91 minutes. Rated 15.
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1. NEW WAVE, 2. OLD BAILEY, 3, BANK OF ENGLAND, 4. NEW KID IN TOWN, 5. OLD CONTEMPTIBLES, 6. NEW DELHI, 7. SYDNEY, 8. NEW ZEALAND, 9. OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG, 10. VIRGINIA
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 (BUTLER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous character associated with this time of year (two words): ATHIEF TERM Unscramble the name of a popular drink: CHANGE MAP
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: FATHER TIME, CHAMPAGNE
Play on Words D N A H 6 Begin to arrange a spree (5) 8 Eager, though wrong, to correspond (5) 13 Black leg that is endless infection (7) 15 Fools in some silly class escapade (5) 16 Is caught by props but puts up
a fight (7) 17 Argument about bad tee (6) 18 Get placed in position and attacked on all sides (5) 19 Stick out bent bugle (5) 21 Albert and I have become animated (5)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents H and 25 represents Z, so fill in H every time the figure 17 appears and Z every time the figure 25 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.
Across 1 Spade-like tool (6) 4 Inspects (6) 9 Brings into existence (7) 10 Grades (5) 11 Rub out (5) 12 Accomplish (7) 13 Possessing sound knowledge (11) 18 Reaches a destination (7) 20 Shoulder firearm with a long barrel (5) 22 Make a mess of (5) 23 Question (7) 24 Sprinted (6) 25 Large animals (6)
Down 1 Holy (6) 2 Drama set to music (5) 3 Outermost (7) 5 Severe (5) 6 Worry (7) 7 Method (6) 8 Fixed (11) 14 Apprehensive (7) 15 Trash (7) 16 Hesitated (6) 17 Flattens (6) 19 Worth (5) 21 Goes wrong (5)
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
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GEO Answers: Hands up, Alter ego
Across 1 March off for appeal (5) 3 Look at manuscript, it appears (5) 7 Manila’s odd beasts (7) 9 Side with gal in trouble (5) 10 She and the Queen are fine (5) 11 Authorise nurse championship (7) 12 Somehow chews a nut (6) 14 Dreads becoming more unhappy (6) 18 Stroll after a bee to the blackberry bush (7) 20 Corset’s remains (5) 22 Society finish off craft (5) 23 Attacks a fool but suffers afterwards (7) 24 Is backing First Lady to sort things out (5) 25 Game in a coaches’ school (5) Down 1 Group of students in charge of work of art (7) 2 A soldier and the French mobile (5) 3 She’s as strange as parts of a window (6) 4 Correct late law (5) 5 Fish Ted concealed and moved (7)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Lost for words, 7 Gala, 8 Antidote, 9 Rattle, 10 Reason, 11 Net, 12 Rebel, 14 Ashen, 16 Sin, 18 Garret, 20 Astute, 22 Vigilant, 23 Away, 24 Heartstrings. Down: 1 Leakage, 2 Smart, 3 Flaxen, 4 Retort, 5 Ordeals, 6 Ditto, 13 Earlier, 15 Entraps, 16 Steals, 17 Natter, 19 Abide, 21 Train. QUICK Across: 1 Glass, 4 Parent, 9 Arrange, 10 Briar, 11 Ewer, 12 Outside, 13 Pun, 14 Plea, 16 Oven, 18 Win, 20 Examine, 21 Fake, 24 Alibi, 25 Replace, 26 Tigers, 27 Dwell. Down: 1 Goatee, 2 Agree, 3 Sent, 5 Ambition, 6 Edifice, 7 Turkey, 8 Melon, 13 Pacifier, 15 Leading, 17 Depart, 18 Weary, 19 Reveal, 22 Amaze, 23 Spud.
Across 1 Puro (5) 3 Novia (en boda) (5) 7 Above (6) 9 Water (4) 10 Resto (9) 13 Tía (4) 14 Navy (6) 16 April (5) 17 Beach (5)
Down 1 Masticar (4) 2 Like that (3) 4 Englishwoman (7) 5 Age (of person, animal, building) (4) 6 To walk (7) 8 Limpiadora (persona) (7) 11 Berry (4) 12 Each (4) 15 Thousand (3)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 3 Doll, 4 Fun, 6 Eggnog, 7 Plates, 11 Asar, 12 Elf, 13 Toy, 15 Comet, 16 Camellos, 18 Opened, 19 Bells, 21 Barba. Down: 1 Pudín de pasas, 2 Holly, 4 Fireplace, 5 Food, 8 Sled, 9 Gift, 10 Stove, 14 Oro, 17 Antlers, 19 Baby, 20 Star.
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TOP 10 STRANGEST NEW YEAR TRADITIONS WITH the New Year right upon us, we take a look at some of the strangest traditions at this time of year from around the globe. Whether practised or not, some of these wacky traditions certainly make for some interesting reading.
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A North Korean submarine 1. In some South American countries, crashes in the Sea of wearing different coloured underwear on Japan, a CIA officer goes New Year’s Eve will determine what kind of missing in Ho Chi Minh year you are going to have. For instance, City and a package of wearing red underwear means the forged documents following year you will find love, gold disappears. Something underwear indicates wealth and white links the three incidents underwear will bring you peace. but it will take time to put 2. In Peru at this time of year, people in the pieces of the puzzle a small Peruvian village in Chumbivilcas together, and time is the Province near Cuzco have fist fights to one thing that Jack Ryan settle their differences in order to start the New Year off with a clean slate. Not SERENA EPSTEIN the kind of place for pacifists on New Year’s Eve! 3. Romanian farmers try to communicate with their cows at New Year, and they all hope that somehow a cow will manage to talk back. Not only will they be able to call themselves Romanian Dr Doolittle’s, but they’ll also have a year filled with good luck. 4. South Africans love nothing more than chucking old furniture out the window in this tradition that is particularly popular in Johannesburg. Many Italians follow the same practice, no doubt in accordance of the old adage ‘out with the old, in with the new.’ 5. In Siberia, holes are cut in the ice covering Lake Baikal and New Year’s trees are carried to the bottom of the lake by divers. Given Siberia’s climate, only professional divers in full scuba gear participate. 6. In a tradition that sounds more fitting
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Just Joking ‘Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.’ ‘Someone stole my Microsoft Office and they’re gonna pay. You have my Word.’ Q: How do you think the unthinkable? A: With an itheberg.
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Sudoku 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.
Jr doesn’t have. Meanwhile, President Jack Ryan Sr faces an old challenge with a new twist. North Korea is getting restless with a new, young dictator eager to flex his muscles and increase his country’s nuclear ambitions. As he tries to become dominant on the world stage, part of
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for Halloween, Chilean families in Talca like to see in the New Year in the company of dead relatives. Thousands of people will attend a late night mass in the graveyard, light candles and sleep on the graves of dead relatives while classical music plays in the background. 7. Apparently in Ireland some people like to smack the walls with bread in order to get rid of evil spirits. Probably best not to use a sliced pan as you might hurt your hand, but instead a big chunk of thick Irish brown bread. 8. St Mark’s Square in Venice is the place to be on New Year’s Eve if you’re single. On top of the spectacular fireworks display put on each year, the square holds a mass kiss-in, with thousands of smooching couples puckering up. You never know, you might get lucky! 9. Not content with having overindulged on traditional pork with sauerkraut or white and blood sausage during the entire holiday season, Estonians will eat seven times on New Year’s Day to ensure abundance in the New Year. 10. Japan is a noisy place to be on New Year’s Eve. In alignment with the Buddhist belief that bell-ringing brings cleanliness, all bells are rang 108 times, giving a festive sound to the holiday but ringing ears for the next few days.
COW WHISPERING (top left): Unusual Romanian New Year tradition. BREAD (bottom left): Ideal for hitting walls with in Ireland. BELL-RINGING (top right): Japan’s noisy New Year’s tradition. MULTI-COLOURED UNDERWEAR (bottom right): Colours indicate what the year holds.
Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION write, writs, brews, ripen, ripens, strew, strews, strip, stripe, stews, stirs, spire, spite, spike, spiked, spied, spent, speed, tripe, tried, tiers, eerie, piers, piece, pieced, piked, niece, entrée, enter, entire, deceit, deeps, deepen
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Canine resolutions for a better life in the New Year
IT’S that time when we look forward to the New Year and think how can we make life better. It is the time for our New Year resolutions, and I see no reason why our canine friends should be left out. Here is my lighthearted list of the pledges our dogs should make… • I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I’m lying under the coffee table. • I will not roll my toys behind the fridge. • I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house. • I will not eat the cats’ food, before, or after, they eat it. • I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of carpet in the house when I am about to throw up. • I will not throw
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up in the car. • I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc.
• I will not chew my human’s toothbrush and not tell them. • I will not chew crayons or pens, especially not the red ones, or my people will think that I am haemorrhaging. • When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down when it’s
raining outside. • I will not drop soggy tennis balls in the underwear of someone who is sitting on the toilet. • We do not have a doorbell. Therefore, I will not bark each time I hear one on the television. • I will not steal my Mum’s underwear and dance all over the garden with them. • The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mum and Dad’s laps. • My head does not belong in the refrigerator. • I will not bite the officer’s hand when he reaches in for Mum’s driver’s licence and car registration. DOGGY PLEDGE: I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
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big dinner or party buffet which causes people to then overeat and fill up the stomach too much too quickly: “Eat slowly and chew food well,” she recommends to aid digestion. To avoid excesses Dr Perez advises a number of guidelines: Plan celebrations and make menus. If having heavy starters, balance with a lighter main like fish. Whenever possible, grill or bake food and avoid
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An after Xmas remedy for that overindulgence FEELING guilty about overindulging over the festive period? Then eat bilberries. The bilberry is native to Europe and looks similar to the blueberry, being its wilder and more acidic version. It is believed that eating a handful of the fruit each day could help reduce the impact of a high-fat diet. Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland found that the beneficial health effects of bilberries are due to high levels of polyphenols, a disease-fighting chemical component significantly higher in bilberries than in commerciallycultivated blueberries. As part of the study, mice were fed a high-fat diet for a period of three months. Some of the mice were also fed either 5 per cent or 10 per cent of
How to avoid weight gain at festive parties DURING the holidays, eating habits tend to be altered. Overeating and indulgence can cause us to increase in weight, putting on average up to four kilos. Nutritionist at the Obesity Unit at Chiron Hospital Torrevieja and Murcia, Carolina Perez, gives some guidelines to prevent the festivities taking their toll on our bodies and digestive health. She said binge eating is the worst cause with many people holding out for that
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frying and high-fat foods. Swap chicken for the lower fat option of turkey. If you have to have an alcoholic tipple or two, opt for lower calorie drinks like Champagne and cava rather than creamy liqueurs and cocktails. Serve a fruit platter for dessert before putting Christmas sweets on the table. Do not cut out meals before celebrations in a bid to prevent weight gain at parties as the opposite can occur.
DISEASE-FIGHTING: Bilberries have beneficial health effects. freeze-dried bilberries in the diet and found that the bilberries diminished the inflammatory effects of the highfat diet, which can lead to diseases
like heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Bilberries also reduced high blood pressure levels associated with fatty diets.
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SCIENTISTS are hoping to create a new cream which could combat wrinkles after accidentally discovering a rogue gene that ages skin. In a 20-week tanning experiment, they found that mice who lacked the enzyme Granzyme-B had aged significantly less than those who had it and they also had noticeably smoother skin and their collagen was more intact. The discovery was made by accident as the researchers at the University of British Colombia in Canada were looking into the role of
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Friendly Frankies: home from home FRANKIES BAR in Vera is a firm favourite , with both residents and holidaymakers returning time and again for the great food, warm welcome and rousing entertainment. A great team can really set a venue apart, and this has never been truer than at Frankies Bar where the ‘Three Ss’, Sharron, Sally and Sue, are very popular with the customers because of their professional service and warm welcome. Previous owners Alan and Shelly are still around, and Shelly continues making her very popular fish and chips on a Friday, a meal that people travel from miles around to devour. While on the subject of food, the menu continues to delight with good-sized portions at great prices, with the steaks being one of the most popular choices. A steak meal can cost as little as €9, making it terrific value. In the words of Danny and Sharron: “Nobody leaves hungry!”
SHARRON AND DANNY: “Nobody leaves hungry!” Drinks are also reasonably priced with a pint for €2.50, a spirit and mixer for €4.50 and bottles for €1.50.
Frankies Bar has entertainment every Friday night. Friday nights are always very popular so if you want to eat Shelly’s
fabulous fish and chips during your evening, it is strongly recommended to book in advance. Sharon and Danny hope that their customers enjoyed the free mulled wine and mine pies on Christmas Day and the festive celebrations on New Year’s Eve with the free buffet, cava and the traditional grapes at midnight! The evening was accompanied by some great party music and everyone danced the night away in true New Year’s Eve style! Although closed today, January 1, 2015, Frankies Bar will reopen tomorrow on the 2nd when fish and chips will be served as usual! Frankies Bar is on the righthand side of the road on the approach to Vera Playa Club hotel Frankies Bar Avenida Islas Canarias - Vera Playa Tel: 634 329 841
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Hip, cool and trendy GOAH, in Villaricos, would like to wish all of its customers a fantastic start to 2015 and hopes they enjoyed the fantastic festive fun with them over the Christmas and New Year period as much as they did! One of those hip, cool and trendy restaurants that should be on everyone’s list. Formerly El Mar la Mar, this popular restaurant consistently pleases its visitors in every way and the staff look forward to welcoming you in 2015 for even more great food and spectacular service. With stunning views across the Mediterranean, the interior and exterior areas of Goah are tastefully decorated and simply perfect for a romantic meal with a loved one, or a night of cocktails with friends. It is also the perfect CONTEMPORARY: venue for your special occasions such as birthdays and weddings. They stock a wide selection of your favourite drinks, and proudly boast an extensive array of gins and vodkas available in the outdoor cocktail bar with wines are 100 per cent Spanish. Open every day of the week from 11.30am until late, Goah, is a firm favourite with residents and returning holidaymakers. The staff
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A clean, refined look. are professionally presented, and multilingual, so there will be no issues with communication. The cuisine is varied and modern with Menu del Dia available from Monday to Friday during the day, with choices of four starters, four main courses and desserts plus a drink; a stunning six-course tasting menu in the evenings, and of course an A La Carte menu to delight any
palate. On Wednesday evenings, be ready to enjoy the entertainment on offer, as you will be treated to a night of Flamenco music and dancing; and on Friday evenings the baby grand piano is put through its paces, enthralling you with beautiful tunes while you eat and drink in absolute comfort. Finding Goah is simple. Heading from Mojacar to Villaricos, cross over the large bridge and the restaurant is a little further on the left.
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THE VOICE UK will return for its fourth series in January, BBC One has confirmed. A new picture of the coaches featuring new addition Rita Ora - was unveiled by the BBC along with the news that the show will return on January 10. Emma Willis and Marvin Humes will be back for their second series as hosts of the singing competition, which features the famous blind auditions. Jones recently praised Ora’s performance during filming for the show, saying her personality was coming across. The Voice will begin on January 10 at 8pm (CET) on BBC One. BT Sport has announced details of the Barclays Premier League fixtures it will screen before the end of winter. Tottenham Hotspur’s match against rivals
THE VOICE: Judges with new addition, Rita Ora. Arsenal is one of the top flight fixtures that will air live in February and March. The North London derby will be screened live on BT Sport on Saturday, February 7 at 12.45pm (CET), while Tottenham’s trip to Liverpool will air live three days later on Tuesday, February 10. On February 11, the broadcaster will air Everton’s trip to Stamford Bridge to face current league leaders Chelsea. Another London derby is
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scheduled to air on BT Sport on Sunday, February 22 as West Ham United make the short trip to Tottenham. Finally, Arsenal and Everton’s fixture on Sunday, March 1 will be aired live with a kick-off time of 3.05pm (CET). If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or
email richard@europa-digital.com, I look forward to your comments and questions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum 96.1 and 106.8FM, now covering over 2000sq kms of Costa Almeria and Calida or listen online at costaalmeria. spectrumfm.net for the latest news and views from the world of satellite television.
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FOTOS FABREGA: Photographers and more. and commercial photography as well as photographing properties. Pets are a speciality, and who better to capture that gleam in your fluffy pal’s eye, or to immortalise them for you? Fotos Fabrega can provide you with photographs for identity cards and licences, and they also do the larger size British passport photographs.
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WAS a 16-year-old rookie sailor when joining my first ship, RMS Britannic, the last of the White Star liners. Not much had changed for passengers since the RMS Titanic of the same company met its tragic end. Progress was unhurried back then. The Britannic ended its Atlantic crossings with several weeks’ cruising Mediterranean ports. Many of our populous Costa townships would have been fishing villages back then. Progress in cruising since has been nothing short of astonishing. To be honest, I prefer the old ways, but I can’t stop progress. When passengers embarked on those ocean greyhounds there was a long, drawn-out wearying process of registration and embarkation to
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complete long before one was shown one’s cabin. Let us then book a cruise on Royal Caribbean International’s latest cruise liner, the Quantum of the Seas. What comparisons can be drawn between the two periods? The RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Britannic was a little over 700 feet in length and weighed a little over 27,000 tons. RCCL
Quantum Class liners are twice the length and at 168,000 tonnes, an incredible seven times the weight of the White Star liner. Best not think of the many hours it took to finally recover baggage and reach one’s cabin on the super liners of yesterday. Today, RCCL promise their 4,000 boarding passengers that their luggage will be stowed and
they will be in their cabins within 10 minutes of arrival. Airports take note. There’ll be no piping you on board. You check in online. No queues to join and nor will you wait in a long line to have your ID checked, fill out paperwork and collect your stateroom keys. You take a selfie, load it onto the online check-in website, fill out your passport details and print out your boarding pass. Show this to security and proceed to your stateroom. Yours is a hotel type card key but you also receive a WOWband wristband. It covers all your needs including purchases on-board. It is waterproof so wear it when
splashing about in any of the liner’s many pools and hot tubs. No escape from the office or Facebook. The liner uses a new type of near-earth satellite. Internet access is assured wherever you are on the ship; there are no dead spots. Ship’s staff are equipped with tablets, not the kind you get from the chemist for aches and pains, but hand-held computers that take care of every need. A Royal iQ app and Android devices allows you to plan, change schedules like spa appointments, dinner reservations, shore excursions, etc. Cabins have USB charging ports. There are 45 iQ stations that interact with your WOWband. These access everything and everyone, including your onboard friends. The liners also have two robotic bartenders. Use your tablet to order cocktails; these are mixed and delivered by robots. All of a sudden a voyage on the RMS Titanic looks quite appealing.
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Christmas collection for the needy in Albox FOR the fourth year, Sol Yoga Centre in Albox has been collecting money for three charities for the needy. They raised money with healing days where volunteer therapists offered treatments requiring a minimum €5 donation. They also sold second-hand books, unwanted gifts, and summer clothing, while at Christmas there was a bumper raffle with 45 prizes. In January 2014, the Sol Yoga Centre chose which organisations and causes would benefit, €630 was spent on food
parcels for 18 families listed as registered as living under the poverty line in Arboleas. Cecelia Molina Verdu, Arboleas’ pharmacist, is an unofficial distribution point so the goodies were passed to her. Also, almost 50 gifts (two each) were collected for the children of the families through the generosity of those who were given a name and an age to buy for, for example: Nina aged 6. These gifts will be distributed to the children on Kings’ Eve. The remaining money was split between Age Support Almanzora and Little Owls.
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Author shares dark side JOSE MIGUEL CARMONA, from La Aljambra in Albox, has released his book, Almeria: Tierra de Cortijos, a work that explores the darker sides of Almeria.
He looks specifically at the farming community, how they lived and worked the family farms, and lacked basic household amenities like a bathroom. It took the author five
years of research and explores areas of rural life not previously published like the arranging of marriages in the fields and babies being buried within the home. The mortality rate was much higher and because there was no time to christen the child, they were not permitted in the cemeteries. The dead child was often placed in a box and buried in the transparency of the town hall and foundations of the family transparency in awarding of public works. home. The first report detailed Rogelio Mena’s The book also includes a expenses during 2013 and it detailed his number of photographs 12 trips to Seville and 19 to Madrid to gathered from family organise the town’s new water supply. The collections that have never mayor received no wages during 2013. been seen by the public previously. “We have nothing to hide,” said Mena.
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and al fresco dining in Spain? GARDENING overall probably remains the number one retirement pastime for those living in Spain all year round. Some retirees do nothing but garden, while for others it might be just an hour or two potter each week, or just monitoring and giving instructions to gardeners. The main motivation for those that care and garden with passion is to have a garden they are proud of. In the best cases a spot of Spain that enables the genuine achievement of that popular expression ‘We came for the weather’ rather than in reality, ‘We look out at and drive in good weather, but we live in an air conditioned environment’. In the 70’s and 80’s inexpensive air conditioning was not available, so one purchased a property in a situation with natural shade from mature trees and natural seasonal breezes and one organised working time and siesta time, as the Spaniards did, around the pattern of the hottest and coolest hours. For us, during the hottest summer and winter hours a deep covered terrace outside the kitchen and winter dining room was important to comfortable family and invited guest entertainment. The large photo shows us enjoying tapas with Spanish friends on our covered terrace. In the early years we also often entertained smaller groups in the shade of a maturing carob tree and under a large umbrella. But umbrellas don’t last
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TAPAS: With friends. PAELLA BOOK: Now selling in the USA. forever and don’t really last long if left out in all weathers, especially if unexpected gales blow up. Also none of these situations were ideal when cooking paellas on a gas ring, as few days have no wind. So temperature control was not ideal. The answer was to construct a dedicated shaded facility to celebrate the publication of my book ‘Authentic Valencian Paellas’, which for some reason has suddenly
started to sell more copies in the USA than in Spain. The paella kitchen restaurant is shown in the smaller photograph. At the time of the photograph, the paella pans were indoors to protect them from rain.
The kitchen has proved excellent for paellas of all sizes and also North African tagines and griddled fish and meats. Naturally the siting of such facilities is important in the colourful structure of plants, shrubs and trees.
The choice of plants varies from gardener to gardener and many have been through that tempting stage of let’s have one of everything with insufficent regard to their natural source and
moisture shade and frost protection needs. But more about that next week. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com January 2015.
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Rants, gripes and bugbears - a message for hoteliers in 2015! Nora Johnson
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IT always mystifies me how I can pay a small fortune for a minuscule room in a trendy hotel in London or any big city and feel less at home than in my own home! Over-complex controls are a major bugbear. Some shower controls, for instance, require mega experimentation before you suss out how to work the damned thing - without scalding or freezing yourself to death. Hoteliers, please provide simple controls, a steady water pressure and a thermostatic temperature control! Likewise,
the room phone should be simple enough to use without requiring a PhD in electrical engineering and/or telecommunications. A few speed dial buttons clearly labelled to contact the front desk and room service are quite enough. Another gripe is the lighting. Invariably I have to pull the damned plugs out of the sockets to switch off standard lamps. And I like my room to be dark when I am sleeping. I don’t want to be lying under or next to a control console with more flickering lights than Regent Street at Christmas! Also, more easily accessible power points, please! I’m going to use the power supply, so make it easy for me to access it - not have to crawl around or under the desk and unplug other appliances. And speaking of the desk, can you
SHOWER CONTROLS: Please make them simple to use! remove all the clutter? A desk should only have a lamp and a telephone disturbing the vast wilderness of empty simulated woodgrain. The room service menu,
advertising for all the other hotels in the group and directory of services should be stowed away in a drawer. The desk is for my own personal stuff!
Finally, there are never enough pillows, are there? But nor do I want 15 cushions piled on the bed, a daft towel ‘swan sculpture’ or that equally daft bit of fabric draped across the end which does nothing but needs to be removed before I can get in, and be plonked ... where? On top of all those cushions piled in the corner, of course. These are just a few practical issues I’d be really grateful if any hoteliers amongst you out there could consider in 2015. And, for all you readers too, any gripes I’ve missed out? Okay, rant over! Happy New Year! Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook
Choose good thoughts and create an abundant New Year AS the New Year begins, Sally Trotman practice gratitude and Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified positive expectation for the Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and year ahead. For a the Tarot. Each month she moment, recall a situation will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid or event which brought increased self awareness. you great joy last year. As www.sallytrotman.com you remember this time, feel your spirit lift. You may even find yourself NEW YEAR: Begins full of promise, so set yourself smiling now! From this place of achievable goals. expansion and peace, set the intention to expect In the tarot deck this many more blissful moments like this one to number corresponds to manifest in 2015. You the card of Strength. This create your reality with is the year to recognise strengths and your thoughts. Choose your good thoughts and create develop strength on all levels, mentally, emotionan abundant New Year. The year 2015 adds up ally, spiritually and to the number eight. This physically. A great way to develop is deemed an auspicious number in Chinese culture. more strength is to create
more balance. You may wish to consider, for example, how you can balance your own needs with the needs of other. January begins with the full moon in Cancer on January 5. Comfortable in this sign, Cancer is
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create a vision board. Find a cork board or paste pictures onto your computer of what you would like to bring into your life over the coming year. The New Year begins full of promise, so set
achievable goals and remain open to receiving unexpected gifts. Planning and yet remaining flexible is key here. The number eight turned on its side resembles the infinity symbol. This is reminding you that you are eternal, that there is no rush. As you flow from one year to the next, everything is happening in divine timing. Embrace inner and outer change this year. Relax into the natural rhythm of life. Sally Trotman teaches Personal Development Workshops and offers one to one sessions in Palma, Watford UK, and via Skype. Visit www.sally trotman.com or sally. trotman@btinternet.com.
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Looking for a bargain in property hot spots FOREIGN buyers, who have been boosting the Spanish property market, continue to look for bargain properties. They are concentrating on the country’s best known areas in their hunt for a good deal, according to website Kyero.com. Alicante and the Costa Blanca continue to be the most attractive province for foreign buyers accounting for 31 per cent of all enquiries generated.
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New McLaren GT3 racer is unveiled MCLAREN GT has confirmed first details of the McLaren 650S GT3 - the latest generation track-focused racer which will contest GT3 championships across the globe from the 2015 season. Building on the highly successful 12C GT3, which has firmly re-established McLaren at the front of the GT grid over the past three seasons, the 650S GT3 was unveiled in front of fans and the global motorsport media at the recent 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. As the 12C GT3 continues claiming trophies around the world, the 650S GT3 has big shoes to fill, but it has been designed to do just that. The menacing and purposeful-looking racer is the secondgeneration GT3 car from McLaren GT, the GT race car building arm of McLaren, and follows in the slipstream of the 12C GT3,
650S GT3: A track-focused racer. now competing in its third competitive season. To date, the 12C GT3 has secured three championship titles, 51 race victories and 71 further podiums, a number that
continues to rise on a weekly basis, and currently leads the highly competitive Blancpain Endurance Series and the GT Asia championship. Based on the recently unveiled McLaren 650S, and built around the same lightweight carbon fibre MonoCell chassis, the GT3 iteration has been honed using CFD technology and the latest in automotive and motorsport simulation to offer enhanced aerodynamics and improved levels of cooling. At the front, an aggressive splitter and larger air intakes dominate the purposeful new look, incorporating the familiar McLaren ‘face’ - albeit a more aggressive and menacing version, while on the flanks, the all-new lightweight carbon fibre bodywork wraps around reprofiled air intakes, which offer further optimised cooling.
The fixed carbon-fibre rear wing works in tandem with the large carbon-fibre splitter to complete the management of air as it is worked across, through and beneath the sleek lines of the 650S GT3. The road-going version has been designed and developed to provide ‘the ultimate in driver engagement on the road,’ and the 650S GT3 uses this same approach. Revised suspension geometry, wider track and updates to the overall setup provide enhanced levels of drivability, optimising engagement for the wide range of drivers competing in GT racing. In addition, the updates have been made with added emphasis on endurance racing, pulling from the lessons of the past few years, and responding to feedback from the customer teams. Reduced cost of ownership has been a priority during the design and development.
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Maserati and Heidi Klum celebrate 100 years
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MASERATI, continued to celebrate its 100 years of history with a sevenpage pictorial featuring supermodel Heidi Klum called ‘Beyond the Swimsuit’ in the introduction of iconic American magazine Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 50th Anniversary issue. “We started our next 100 years of craftsmanship by kicking off 2014 with the launch of one of the best received Super Bowl commercials ‘Strike’ featuring the all new Maserati Ghibli, and BEYOND THE extending the brand SWIMSUIT: to another massive Brought together cultural icon, Sports ‘day in the life Illustrated Swimsuit scenes.’ 50th Anniversary issue , ” said Harald Wester, CEO of Maserati. “I had a great time driving the new Maseratis for their new campaign shot by Francesco Carrozzini,” said Klum. Shot by Italian Master Photographer, Francesco Don’t take a chance! Carrozzini, the sevenDon’t break the law! page pictorial piece Take the hassle out of re-registering your ‘Beyond the Swimsuit’ vehicle onto brought together ‘day in Spanish plates the life’ scenes that befit We endeavour to better any one of the world’s most genuine quotation famous women, Heidi 490 Euro + Road Tax + CO2 emission tax if applicable Klum, the Hollywood star with the glamorous Alan 662 249 159
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UK snooker champion, and colleagues Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy… Ireland, under skipper Brian O’Driscoll, for their Six Nations Rugby triumph… Sri Lanka, victors of cricket’s T20 World Cup… marathon runner Wilson Kipsang, who won the London and New York events… Northampton Saints, Rugby’s Aviva Premiership and European Champions Cup winners… Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali… Germany, FIFA World Cup winners (and for beating Brazil 7-1)… Real Madrid, inspired by Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, for their Champions League and European Super Cup victories… Sevilla, Europa League winners… MK Dons for whipping Manchester United 4-0… Bournemouth for smashing Birmingham City 8-0 away… Chelsea, Sheffield United, Spurs and Liverpool for reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup… Worcester-Scunthorpe or their epic recording-breaking FA Cup penalty shoot-out (1314)… Britain’s athletes (including 40-year-old Jo Pavey) for some terrific performances in the Glasgow Championships… racehorse winners Tonalist (Belmont Stakes), California Chrome (Kentucky Derby), Pineau de Re (Grand National) and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Australia (Derby)… NH jockey Tony McCoy on reaching the milestone of 4,000 winners… Stephen Bunting, the BDO Darts
RIP Tennis star Elena Baltacha World champion… boxers Carl Froch, four-time World Super Middleweight champion… GB equestrian rider extraordinaire, Charlotte Dujardin… GB swimmer Adam Peaty… and finally skeleton bobber Lizzy Yarnold. RIP Sadly these sporting folk all left us in 2014: exfootballers Sir Tom Finney (Preston), Tony Hateley (Liverpool, etc), Bert Williams
(Wolves) and Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Spain); F1 driver Sir Jack Brabham; rugby stars Jack Kyle (Ireland) and Norman Mair (Scotland); jockeys Terry Biddlecombe, Dessie Hughes and Michael Scudamore; trainer Toby Balding; athletes Sir Chris Chataway and Dorothy Tyler; tennis star Louise Brough; cricketers Ian Craig, Gary Gilmour and Phil Hughes (all Australia) and Phil Sharpe (England), and, finally, BBC commentator David Coleman.
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From Back Page the podium 16 times and starting in pole position on seven occasions. He amassed 384 points to clinch his second driver’s title of his career, ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. Lewis’s victories came in Malaysia, Bahrain, China, Spain, Britain (Silverstone), Italy, Singapore, Japan, Russia, USA and Abu Dhabi in that order, clinching the title in the last race. And to cap a great year, the 27-year-old Stevenageborn driver was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year, gaining 33 per cent of the vote. Marc Marquez MotoGP star Spain’s ‘Masterclass on two wheels’ Marc Marquez, ‘MM’ to his colleagues, achieved a hat-trick of World MotoGP championship victories - and his fourth triumph in five years. He competed in all 18 races, gaining 13 wins, 14 podium finishes while accumulating a total of 362 points. He won the title with three races remaining. He took the chequered flag in Qatar, America, Argentina, Spain (on three occasions at different venues), France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Britain, Malaysia and India. And with his 10th successive victory in Indianapolis, USA, ‘MM’ became only the third rider to achieve 10 successive race victories in the same season, after Aussie Mick Doohan and Italian Giacomo Agostini. And some more: I must also congratulate golfer Rory McIlroy, the PGA and Open champion who helped Europe win the Ryder Cup, again, under influential captain Paul McGinley… England’s women, winners of Rugby Union’s World Cup and ‘Team of the Year’… Ronnie O’Sullivan, the Welsh Open, Masters and
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Above: Marc Marquez, Spain’s ‘Masterclass on wheels.’ Left: Grand Prix world champion Lewis Hamilton caps a great year.
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Three stars shone brightly in 2014
SO much happened in the world of sport in 2014 that I could easily have filled this entire newspaper covering all the feats, successes and triumphs achieved by individual stars and teams over the last 12 months. However, I have been able to
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reduce my wordage and hopefully I have covered all the relevant facts and stats. Here are my top three sports stars of 2014: Lionel Messi - footballer In October 2014, Barcelona’s Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi became the youngest player to score 250 goals in La Liga. The very next month, he bagged a hat-trick against Sevilla to become the all-time top scorer in La Liga with 253 goals. And later in the month, he netted his 74th Champions League/European Cup goal to become the all-time leading marksman in this 60-year-old competition.
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these notes the irresistible ‘Leo’ had notched no less than 375 goals in 445 competitive games for Barcá (2004-14) and another 61 in 119 U20/U21/senior internationals for his country. And he’s still only 27. Lewis Hamilton - F1 champion The 2014 Grand Prix World champion Lewis Hamilton competed in all 19 F1 races this year, winning 11, finishing on Turn to Page 71 PROLIFIC: Barcelona’s superstar Lionel Messi became the youngest player to score 250 goals in La Liga.