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Spain’s Duchess of Alba dies aged 88

Spain’s eccentric Duchess of Alba, the world’s most titled noble and a nature treasure in her homeland, has died at the age of 88 in Seville Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart died at her home in downtown Seville, the elegant Palacio de las Dueñas.

She was admitted to hospital in Seville on Sunday with pneumonia and possible heart problems after having suffered a stomach virus a few days earlier.

Reports earlier in the week suggested the duchess was recovering but on Tuesday, she was taken home to be with her six children and her 64-year-old husband Alfonso Díez.

The announcement of her death was made by Seville mayor Juan Ignacio Zoido on Thursday. Her body will lie in state in the Andalusian capital, town hall sources told Spain’s Europa Press news agency. Her funeral will take place at 12pm on Friday.

Born in Madrid in 1926, the 18th Duchess of Alba had more titles than any other noble on Earth according to Guinness World Records, which lists 57 titles for her due to her complex international ancestry.

Spaniards followed with fascination the story of her last wedding — the third marriage for the twice-widowed duchess.

The duchess had to work hard to overcome the opposition to that marriage by her children, whose own divorces and affairs have for years filled the pages of Spain’s

gossip magazines.

Díez renounced any claim to the duchess’s wealth and just before the wedding she divided up much of her estate among her five sons and one daughter in her will. She kept control over the assets — reputedly worth between 600 million and 3.5 billion euros ($750 million and $4.4 billion) — until her death. “Nobody pressured me. I am not someone who lets herself be influenced,” she told Spanish celebrity magazine Hola at her luxury home on Ibiza.

After her last wedding, the aristocrat kicked off her shoes and danced flamenco on a red carpet at the entrance of her 15thcentury Duenas Palace in Seville, before throwing her bouquet into a crowd of wellwishers.

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Six out of 10 Spanish youths plan to move abroad to find a job, study finds

Spanish youths are among Europe’s most pessimistic when it comes to their future, a study of several EU member states suggests.

Spanish youngsters feel that they will be worse off than their own parents, while six out of every 10 polled are planning to move abroad in search of a job, according to a survey by the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications.

The study by the telecoms company surveyed more than 6,000 people aged between 18 and 30 in Britain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Spain.

Spaniards and Italians showed the least confidence in finding a job in their own countries, while 58 percent of Spanish youths said they were planning to move abroad to find a job, compared with 21 percent of young Germans.

Yet this open attitude toward emigration is in contrast with the fact that only one out of four young Spaniards report having ever lived in a different country.

Asked whether they expected better living standards than their parents’ generation, only 29 percent of Spaniards replied

affirmatively, compared with 43 percent of Germans.

As for job prospects, only 40 percent of surveyed Spaniards thought they might find an occupation in keeping with their own studies and training, compared with 66 percent of Germans and 59 percent of British youths.

Spain is the only country where “avoiding unemployment” was a more powerful reason to accept a job than the salary Working conditions also vary considerably from country to country. While 38 to 44 percent of youths in Germany, Britain and Czech Republic have full-time jobs, in Spain and Italy that figure drops to 20 and 18 percent, respectively.

Spain was the only participating country where “avoiding unemployment” was a more powerful reason to accept a job than the salary.

Spain and Italy also showed that young people there stay in school longer to make up for the lack of job opportunities: in Spain, 65 percent of those surveyed continued to study even though they felt they were ready to work.

The most positive results for Spain were in entrepreneurial desire, with 40 percent interested in starting their own business. A majority reported a wish to work in the field of information technology. The main reason for embracing self-employment is a lack of opportunities finding a job with an existing company.

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F.A.C.E. (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) are pleased to announce that their Annual Christmas Market will be held on Friday 5th December starting at 600pm.

This year the market has a completely new venue. It will be held in a specially erected marque which will be erected on the Arboleas Feria Ground just up from the Arboleas Ayuntamiento.

There will be a vast variety of stalls, including perfumes, jewellery, kitchenware, television android boxes, Christmas cards and wrapping paper, bedding, clothing, pet accessories and stalls that will be selling those last minute Christmas gifts and accessories. Father Christmas has been contacted and it is hoped that he will be in attendance, even though this is his busiest time of the year. In addition there will also be a Christmas Tombola, a Grand Raffle and refreshments will be available including Mince Pies and F.A.C.E’s famous Mulled Wine

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Entertainment for the evening will be provided by “Carrie’s Dusty Boots” who will be performing a completely new routine, which is very different from routines they have performed in the past, “The Children Of Arboleas”, who will perform various Spanish Dances and “The Voices of Almanzora” who will sing seasonal melodies and carols old and new.

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Front Row :Cathie Ringrose (Right) Elaine Taylor (Left) Second Row : Anne Gilkison (Right) Jean Leighton (Left) Back Row Middle : Cecilia (Right) Tina Huntly (Left) Little Owls last year donated Food Parcels for the poor Spanish people within the Arboleas Community and were able to continue this support again this year via the Local Farmacia in Arboleas. We also donate parcels after each month’s meeting.

We are only able to support the community this way through the most generous donations given by Walk for Life, Sophia’s, Jennie’s Line Dancers.

The Taverners Golf Society, Sol Yoga Centre, the Almanzora Theatre Group, friends, neighbours and clients and our own Little Owls. We are most grateful to each and everyone one of them as this will help us to continue our voluntary work around the area.

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Spain’s Castile–La Mancha region has announced a total ban on the use of phones in schools in a bid to end “a daily battle” between teachers and students.

To date, individual schools in the region have been responsible for drawing up their own rules on the use of smartphones in classrooms.

Now, however, Castile–La Mancha is cracking down. On November 18th, the region rolled out a ban which means students are forbidden from using their phones in class except in special cases where they will be used as an educational tool. In such cases, prior permission must be sought from teachers and families.

Students who break the rules will suffer minor punishments including being deprived of a break, or staying behind after school.

The law has been brought in to end the “daily battle” between teachers and students, Félix Aparicio, the director of studies at Albacete’s Bachiller Sabuco secondary school told regional daily La Tribuna de Albacete.

Aparicio said that younger children generally did not bring their phones into class but that from the age of 13 or 14 onward, this was standard practice.

He stressed that this was a problem not just during class but also when it came to homework, and made special mention of the indiscriminate use of WhatsApp groups.

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2014 week 9 Back into the studio this week and with 4 men, 4 women and just 4 weeks to the final the heat is on! Who is going to be dedicated enough to put in the hours to outdo their opposition?

Opening the show this week were Steve Backshall and Ola with a Jive.

Oh dear! not Steve’s dance. He was struggling with timing issues from the off which continued throughout and combined with poor quality kicks and flicks must put him at risk of the bottom 2 this week. That said the lifts they performed were carried out with ease. I gave him 4 and the judges 23. Following onto the dance floor were Caroline Flack and Pasha with an American Smooth. After a wardrobe malfunction as she reached the floor (she slipped on her dress coming down from the stairs) she performed a fabulous routine to perfection at a rapid pace which included some really nice lifts and tricks. I awarded her 9 and the judges 33. Pixie Lott and Trent then did a Charleston to

teachers relate to the use of smartphones, according to Inmaculada Suárez of the teaching union Anpe, who highlighted the difficulty of integrating the use mobile of mobile phones into the classroom.

“Mobile phones aren’t necessary and students shouldn’t use them in class or during break time,” she told Spanish news site El Diario.

But some schools are taking a different approach.

“Previously we prohibited all mobile phones and other types of electronic devices. You can ban what you like but the reality is that students will bring (phones to class),” Antoni Aparici at Barcelona’s Joaquim Pla i Ferreras school told El Diario.

“The ban also caused contradictions, because our centre is following a programme where students use tablets and computers in certain courses, so it didn’t much sense to stop them carrying electronic devices,” Aparici said.

Now the school has put a system in place where students can ask teachers if they can use their phone for task like photographing blackboards containing key information. The system has been a success, according to staff.

Critically, there has been less tension over the confiscation of phones, a situation which can sometimes lead to aggressive behaviour as students are reluctant to part with their devices.

Some 56 percent of Spanish school students have admitted to using their mobile phones in class despite bans, while 72 percent are against a blanket ban on such phones in schools, a study by the some gifts for Christmas from one social media platform Tuenti revealed. of the many stalls, there will be bargains for everyone. If you would Currently, the Spanish regions of Murcia and like a stall of your own please E-mail Galicia are looking at Soo Wallace on sillyboo59@yahoo. legal bans on mobile co.uk We look forward to seeing you phones in schools. and many thanks in advance for your Source: http://www. support. thelocal.es/

Diamonds are Forever. Another very fast paced routine full of Charleston swivels and tricks. For me however, a little disappointing as she was doing the swivels with two bent legs which looked odd and her lifts looked very heavy in the air. But as we expect from Pixie she performed extremely well. I gave her 9 and the judges 37.

Mark Wright and Karen then came out to perform a Tango. This for me was a bit of a mixed bag, good bits and bad bits. In hold the frame was quite good, the characterisation was good as was his top line until you saw the bottom stuck out at the back! That said great intensity and for that reason I gave him 8 and the judges 32.

Following were Frankie Bridge and Kevin with a Viennese Waltz to ‘Whats New Pussycat’ In practice Frankie suffered with motion sickness because of all the turns involved in this dance but on the night you wouldn’t have known. Her top line and body contact were held throughout the dance and

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her transitions between the various steps was excellent. I awarded her 10 and the judges 38. Next was Jake Wood and Janette with Samba. This was a fabulous piece of entertainment, talk about snake hips! And some! This was danced to the Macarena which was included in the choreography as was ‘twerking’ and he managed to make it look sexy! As always Jake always sells what he is doing to perfection, the only negative was that the technique on the Samba needed quite a bit more work. I gave him 9 and the judges 38. Sunetra Sarker and Brendan then danced a Waltz. Sunetra is prone to making errors during her performances and this was no exception. Unfortunately, the errors were highlighted with ‘lumpy’ bits in her Waltz. She did manage to get the slide and glide of the Waltz well which appeared nice and smooth so I awarded her 6 and the judges 30. Closing the show this week were Simon Webbe and Kristina with Salsa to ‘Let’s hear it for the boys’.

After his Argentine Tango last week I didn’t think he could get anywhere near the performance but he certainly proved me wrong. The armography he did was so complex and was carried out with ease throughout as was the choreography which was also some of the most difficult I’ve seen in any ‘Strictly’ series. I again gave him a 10 and the judges 36.

So this week the judges bottom 2 were Steve and Sunetra as were mine and their top 2 were Frankie and Jake where mine were Frankie and Simon.

The public bottom 2 were also Sunetra and Steve with Steve leaving the show after the dance off and a 3-1 judges vote, so with just 7 celebrities left can the lower marked rise up to the top? or will the top celebrities hold onto their slots? Can’t wait til next week. Don’t forget that you can come and catch up on the ‘strictly’ gossip at one of our classes but in the meantime - Keep Dancing!

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News A reminder of how important it is for everyone to be on the Padron and the electoral roll There is only til the 30th of December to register!!

Why register on the padron?

• To secure more services from regional and central government More money and grants Better health services, care and support Better roads and transport More schools, teachers, fire fighters and police • To register with a doctor • To register a motor vehicle • T o obtain free or reduced cost Spanish lessons • To enable you to ask to vote •T o have a say in the future of your town • T o help growth and boost the economy of the town

What is the padron?

• An official census of habitants in a municipality: Living in or owning a property on having a long term renal agreement Who have asked to be included in the padron Who count in the numbers of people requiring services Following registration you can: •O btain a certificate of “empadronamiento” •A sk to vote and be on the “censo electoral” •T his does not affect your UK taxation status or voting rights for national elections and you are not registered for Spanish income tax When you do go up to register on the Padron, it is just as important to register on the “Censo Electoral” / Electoral Roll, this enables you to be able to vote in the European and the local Municipal elections, if you spend 6 months or more of the year in Mojacar, then it is your right and obligation to vote the representatives of the local Government. You must ask for this separate second form to fill out which just requests the basic identity details as on the previous Padron form.

If you do want to vote, and I would

urge you to, it is essential that your name is on both the padron and censo electoral – that’s the Spanish electoral roll. You must do this before 30th of December and it will involve a visit to the town hall in Mojacar pueblo with your passport and either escritura or rental contract,.There’s an English speaking person at the town hall that will be able to assist you, but if you find this daunting, don’t worry, as we here at MPSM will be able to help you.

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Also, those of you who think you are on the register must check that you still are on it as names are often removed after a period of time and without notice. This applies particularly to non-residents, whose names can be taken off the register after 2 years and residents after 5 years.

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‘Out-of-control tourism’ hurting wild Ibiza New wave robots strut stuff at Madrid expo

Hundreds of robotics experts and their whirring, flashing robot creations gathered in Madrid last Wednesday for a top world congress on humanoid technology.

“Hello human friends, I am Reem-C,” said one of the guest exhibits, a 1.65metre (five-and-a-half-foot) humanoid robot weighing 80 kilos (176 pounds).

Robots big and small showed off their skills at dancing, cooking and even training accident victims to walk again.

The 2014 International Conference on Humanoid Robots runs until Thursday at Carlos III University in the Spanish capital.

“There is quite a big explosion of robots currently,” said one of the participants, Frederik Bengtsson, a

Swedish student.

One of 430 participants from 31 countries, he entered a competition at the congress to programme some of the robots.

“The technology is getting cheaper and faster so it’s a really fast-growing area, like computing a few years ago,” he said.

Researchers are now trying to programme emotional responses in robots, said another expert, Santiago Martinez from Carlos III’s Robotics Lab. “But making a machine that can think is complicated,” he said. “We will not see it in the near future.”

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Rampant tourism is threatening the coastline of the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza while other major wilderness areas are also being seriously neglected

by Spanish authorities, a new study shows.

The care of three of Spain’s five wild paradises which have Unesco World Heritage protection status comes in for criticism in the World Heritage Outlook report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization: the Ibiza coastline, the Doñana wetlands in Andalusia and the Canary island of La Gomera.

In the case of Ibiza, which attracts millions of visitors each year, the study says that the island’s natural ecosystem is currently “under high threat from uncontrolled tourism”, citing “uncontrolled anchoring” and “sewage pollution from thousands of tourist boats and yachts” as key problems, besides “invasive alien species”. “ Additional threats come from disposal of poorly treated sewage from the land, visitation pressure on the terrestrial parts of the site, and disposal of dredged material nearby,” the World Heritage Outlook report continues, adding that climate change, plans to lay a new submarine electric cable between Ibiza and Formentera and an oil exploration and drilling project in the Ibiza channel are also causes for concern.

Among the particular wildlife elements the IUCN is most concerned about in terms of human impact are the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows, “with their associated biodiversity”, and the population of the Balearic Shearwater. “If this negative trend continues, these values may soon enter a critical conservation state,” the report says.

The chief reason for the threats to

Ibiza’s protected coastline, according to the study, is the lack of proper environmental management. “Staffing, enforcement of borders and the legal framework, visitor management and monitoring of key threats” are all described as “clearly insufficient”, at least in part due to a lack of “financial resources”.

Meanwhile, the IUCN is concerned at a longstanding problem of water levels at Doñana National Park, a partwetland wilderness by Andalusia’s Atlantic coast and home to the world’s largest population of Iberian lynxes. The management of the site is considered much better than in Ibiza, for example, but does not have an impact on agricultural policies outside the park which have caused “the longterm and continuing reduction in water quantity and the barrier effect caused by surrounding uses of the land”. Much of the surrounding farmland is given over to the irrigation-heavy production of strawberries.

Finally, the Garajonay National Park on La Gomera is a concern due to the damage caused in a massive blaze on the island in 2012, which proved how vulnerable the protected area is due to the woodland’s small size and slow growth. Increased tourism and climate change are among the causes of this extra vulnerability at Garajonay, but the IUCN report accepts that the situation is improving.

Two of Spain’s wild Unesco sites passed the test, however: Monte Perdido in the Aragonese Pyrenees and Tenerife’s Teide National Park, home to Spain’s highest peak, the dormant Teide volcano.

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welcome to La alfoquia

La Alfoquia is a town within the municipality of Zurgena with a mix of nationalities enjoying the traditions and customs of this locality.

The town is made up of around a thousand inhabitants, situated o¬n the left bank of the Almanzora River. By the various studies and consultations carried out to diverse levels, it can be affirmed that the Arabian word, FOQUIA (AL, would be the article) signifies something that is higher than something else. “The High o¬ne”, “The High Thing”, “The Upper Thing”, but in reference to another lower... thing!

Because of it, it is thought that the Arabs that inhabited the nucleus of Zurgena, when they crossed the river, they distinguished among the lower part of the plantation plots named Tamarchete and the o¬ne that was above them, Alfoquia.

The beginnings of the urban area of Alfoquia was limited, in its origins, to diverse farmhouses disseminated along the “Pago de Alfoquia”, of where took its name. When the Lorca-Baza railroad was inaugurated in 1894, some constructions for storage of the products were initiated that arrived or left for the railroad. This meant that the workers and their families needed housing and so the

population actually grew from workers from many different places. The growth occurred slowly but surely over 60 years giving it a cosmopolitan population from the start.

Without doubt, La Alfoquia owes its true origin to the railroad, in fact during almost all of the 20th Century, the town was known as The Station and was o¬nly given that of Alfoquia in the official media of the Town Hall of Zurgena.

The so named “House or Store of the Aunt Magdalene” was o¬ne of the symbolic buildings of La Alfoquia until May 30th, 1997 when the machines, due to their poor state, put an end to it. The house was a witness to all kinds of activities: Dwelling, goods Depot for wheat, Christmas celebrations, anniversaries, weddings, etc.

Since the establishment of the railroad, La Alfoquia supplied itself with water by installing tubing descending from Tijola.

In July 18th of 1963, during the times of Franco, the building of the pipeline was started, the o¬nly fault that the system had was that the water came from sand banks in the Almanzora.

Being of very bad quality, drinking water was limited to that brought to the town by R.E.N.F.E. (Spanish Rail).Three taps were installed in different parts of the town to provide water for public general use, soon after, groups of and individual neighbours begun to tap into the water supply, redirecting the water to their homes.

In La Alfoquia there have been two grain mills, o¬ne used to obtain food for people and the other for their animals. o¬ne moved by the water of the stream of Tamarchete, the other, with electric current, situated in the center of the town. Today they are in disuse although the second, may be seen functioning during various events.

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Faradic is a form of electrical stimulation that uses a higher intensity current than a Micro-current stimulation and so is ideally suited for firming and toning body muscles. The Current is delivered through electrically conductive pads that are positioned over specific muscle groups.

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alternating milli-amperage current to the needs of each individual. delivered in a series of short pulses a Faradic technology can be used for few milli-seconds in length. the toning of wasted muscles, and for As the current passes through the stimulating the blood supply in wasted conductive pads it stimulates the limbs. The purpose is to prevent motor points of the muscle triggering a muscle atrophy (denervated tissue), visible muscle contraction. By varying improve the venous and lymphatic the intensity of the current, the pulse circulation and prevent fibrosis in the length, wave form and the rest period muscle tissue. between each muscle contraction When applied aesthetically Faradic Faradic treatments can be customized therapy is traditionally used for body contouring, slimming and toning.

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Each treatment session provides a form of passive muscle exercise. It is a type of alternating current, meaning that changes its polarity at certain preset times, and that stimulates muscles by nervous excitement. Each stimulus causes a contraction and then there is a period of rest.

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the body’s own natural bio-electrical field. In most cases, treatment is virtually sub-sensory, with just a slight electrical tingling sensation.

Originally developed for treating facial palsy Micro-current therapy is now also used widely in physiotherapy for pain control and in hospitals for wound healing. As an aesthetic treatment microcurrent stimulation has been shown to have a number of other cosmetic benefits.

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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Last time we looked at the desktop as a metaphor for your workspace and how it has evolved. Today, as a result of a question asked at my clinic, we will look at ‘Sleep’, ‘Hibernate’ and ‘Power Off’ options.

Where would you find these options anyway? When you have done ‘for now’ most of use will simply leave the computer running until we are ready to ‘get at it’ again.

For most of the time that is the right option to use. But, we live in Spain where the power isn’t always stable or clean, leaving the computer running might mean loosing everything that you have done if the power suddenly stops! For the rest of us, the other option is to turn off the computer, turning it back on when we need to.

So, what is ‘Sleep’, ‘Hibernate’ and ‘Power Off’? Well, the first two are methods of putting the computer into a ‘Low Power’ mode that will let you come back to exactly where you were working, when you put it into that mode. I know, I does sound like some ‘techno-ese’ but, I promise, that when we have finished, you will have a much better understanding of which one to use.

OK then, What does ‘Sleep’ have to offer that ‘Power Off’ or ‘Hibernate’ doesn’t. Sleep mode, whether it is Windows, Linux or Apple is very much the same thing. Putting your computer into ‘Sleep Mode’, puts it into a very low power mode. Everything that you are working on is kept in memory, just as if you were working on it, but turns everything else off. The biggest users of power are the screen (laptops) and hard drives (every computer). As both of these are turned off, the power needed to maintain the work is now minimal!

What other benefits does the ‘Sleep’ mode have? It will allow your computer, literally at the touch of a button (keyboard key), come back to life within seconds where you can, at this point, return to

whatever you were doing. This is the part of the TV advert which shows ‘the fastest ever ‘Startup’ (a sales lie!). This mode is great with a laptop because of the inbuilt battery but not so good with the desktop unless you have an UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply).

Second option is ‘Hibernate’! This mode has advantages and disadvantages over ‘Sleep’.

When shutting down in ‘Hibernate’ mode the computer makes a copy of everything that is stored in the memory (Random Access Memory), to the hard disk in a file and then turns the computer off. This also means that you don’t have to save that spreadsheet or document, as everything is being save, exactly as it is.

So what are the advantages? As your computer is off, any power loss or spikes will not affect anything that you have done, and more importantly, you are not using expensive Spanish electric and you are able to resume working exactly where you left off! Now, for the disadvantages! It takes nearly as long to restart as simply starting from cold! As you can see the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and for a Desktop / Tower where you are writing a 50,000 word book or thesis, then this option has far more going for it than the ‘instant on’ facility of ‘Sleep’.

I appreciate that most people out here prefer the Laptop, because of its compact simplicity, but have to include us ‘Box’ users too. Do I have a suggestion as to which on to use? I would love to be the ‘All Knowing’ Oracle, but I’m not able to make choices for anyone other than myself! Ask yourself these questions. Do I really need to get back to my task immediately? Can what I’m doing be lost if it doesn’t come back on? If you answer ‘Yes’ to these questions then ‘Sleep’ mode may well be the best thing for you. I use it when I on a call-out to monitor distance and time to make sure I don’t over charge and it works!

For further information or advice on computing,contact Trevor on 689 892 745 or canducomputing@hotmail.co.uk

Let’s Be Careful Out There The Junta de Andalucía demolished two more homes in Cantoria last week. The poor owners after going through years of torment got the final kick in the teeth when their homes bought in good faith were torn down.

Compensation could supposedly be claimed from the ex-Mayor who is now languishing in prison and the developer but conveniently they both declared themselves bankrupt when ordered to cough up.

Working in the property industry for the last eight years I find it impossible to believe that ‘if’ any estate agents were involved in these sales that they didn’t know something was amiss.

Lawyers also; if as impartial as their clients believed and paid them to be; could and should have stopped many of these contracts from ever being signed. The saying ‘buyer beware’ and even worse ‘leaving brains on the plane’ must ring hollow to any owner going through the heartache and worry that their lives and savings tied up in

Spanish hotline on benefit fraud

Calls to benefit fraud hotline double, thanks to honest Brits

Calls to the benefit fraud hotline in Spain have doubled since the British Government launched a major advertising campaign during the last week of October to encourage the public to call the hotline if they suspect benefit fraud, and to urge claimants to report changes in their circumstances.

The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) benefit fraud hotline in Spain – 900 55 44 40 – has seen a surge in vital tip-offs that fraud investigators are now pursuing to verify if people are claiming benefits illegally.

Awareness of the campaign and associated media coverage among expatriates in Spain, and their willingness to call the hotline, is helping investigators to reduce the waste of honest taxpayers’ money on fraudsters.

Work and Pensions Minister Mark Harper said: “Hard working taxpayers have had enough of fraudsters taking money which is meant for genuine claimants, which is why we’re seeing so many people taking action by calling the hotline. We know it’s a small minority who commit benefit fraud but I would urge anyone who has suspicions to call the free and confidential number or report them anonymously online.”

Worldwide, someone is reported to benefit fraud hotlines every minute of every working day on average, and in the last year alone nearly 60,000 fraud investigations have been launched.

The Government has recovered nearly one billion pounds of wrongly paid benefits in the last year, and has introduced a raft of measures to crack down on people who cheat the system - both abroad and in the UK – including: • Tough new rules so that 40% of individuals’ benefits can be taken to repay stolen cash - on top of any fine or custodial sentence handed out by the courts; • Increased penalties from £2,000 to £5,000, without taking a fraudster to court; • A new £50 civil penalty for claimants who negligently give incorrect information on their claims or fail to report a change in circumstances which results in overpayments.

If you suspect a benefit cheat, call the confidential hotline on 900 55 44 40 - open from 8am to 4pm every weekday in Spain - or report them online at www.dwp.gov.uk/benefit-thieves-spain.

Source: Teresa.Larraz@fco.gov.uk

British Embassy Madrid Torre Espacio, Paseo de la Castellana 259D, 28046 Madrid E-mail: teresa.larraz@fco.gov.uk | Tel.: 00 34 91 714 6364 Mobile: 00 34 648 191958 | FTN: 8360 6364

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Spanish bricks are going to be reduced to dust.

Carlos Lesmes, Chief Magistrate of Spain’s Supreme Court recently said that the court service is only fit for chicken thieves’ not major fraud cases. When the boss admits it’s bad then it’s bad! The Junta de Andalucía has the right to demolish homes before any compensation is paid to owners. In fact the Junta will only compensate if the building licence was declared void. Conveniently for them, these latest licences were counterfeit so couldn’t be rescinded as they weren’t issued in the first place.

How Spain is only listed as No. 7 in the list of corrupt countries is beyond me; surely even Spanish building inspectors could see land being cleared, roads built, supply pipes and pylons put in, foundations laid, actual houses, garages and pools built and huge bill boards advertising where these illegal properties are available for sale. Why only years down the line are the Junta

supposedly getting their house (an unfortunate phrase) in order? With 300,000 illegal properties in Andalucía how can the powers that be say they never noticed a thing until years later?

In the Balearics, the regional authorities proposed a sensible amnesty for building works done without a licence from eight or more years ago. This put smiles on 30,000 home owners’ faces until it was noticed that back in July when the law was rubber stamped in the voting chamber; the portrait of King Juan Carlos hanging on the wall should have been replaced by a portrait of recently crowned Felipe VI. The fact that the Balearics had not yet been sent a picture of the new king wearing his snazzy new crown to stick on the wall; nor even been told that they had to do this means nothing under Spanish law and all laws passed could be declared void for the days they committed this heinous crime against the Spanish

Crown.

Newspapers and websites across the world spread news of all the buck passing and demolitions, of imprisoned Mayors and ordinary folk having been swindled out of their savings with their dreams shattered.

Andalucía has done very well thank you very much from all the people that have invested money here in their quest for a sunny retirement. Johnny foreigner pays taxes in one way or another, uses goods and services creating employment and wealth; yet all run the risk of being kicked in the wallet.

Lastly owners hoping to do holiday lets next year should seek advice as a new law soon comes into force requiring properties to be registered with local councils. Owners need to have a first occupation licence. From Hill Street Blues; Sergeant Esterhaus’s phrase ‘Let’s be careful out there’ springs to mind!

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Spanish Property Market To Home Rental Help Economy Grow In 2015 Prices Rose by 0.3% in October

After years dragging down the Spanish economy, the property sector will finally start expanding and contributing to growth in 2015, argues a new report titled ‘The Case for Spain III: Plus Ultra’

by Arcano, a financial advisory and

asset management company.

The report claims that in 2015, both the residential construction sector, and Spanish property prices, will come back to life. This will mainly be due to (1) an improvement in credit conditions with increasing mortgage approvals, (2) ACACIA VILLAS a higher share of foreign investment, and (3) a PROPERTY SALES recovery of demand in info@acaciavillas.net Spain. As a result the 610 323 541 - www.acaciavillas.net sector will lead GDP growth in key regions on Immaculate villa, hardly used and comes with the back of the inevitable a 5m extended lounge. reactivation of new-home furnished, nearly new construction. furniture and white goods.

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According to a recent report carried out by property portal, fotocasa.es, the average price of rental housing in Spain increased by 0.3% in October, compared to the previous month, bringing the price per square metre per month to 6.77 euros. In year-onyear terms, rental prices dropped by 2.8% in October, compared with the same month in 2013.

This monthly rental increase is the fourth registered in Spain this year, although the most moderate, following rises of 0.5% in February, 0.4% in April, and 1.3% in June.

In May 2007, the price per square metre of rental housing reached its record level of 10.12 euros, and since then prices have accumulated a decline of 33.1%. Specifically, seven regions have registered declines in excess of 30% since the maximum prices reached seven years ago. The region which has registered the greatest reduction in rental housing prices is Aragón, with an accumulated decline of -42.6%, followed by the regions of Valencia (-37.3%), Cantabria (-36.5%),

Castilla-La Mancha (-35%), Murcia (33.5%), La Rioja (-32.4%) and Asturias (-30.4%).

In the ranking of rental prices, the region in which it is most expensive to rent a home is the Basque Country, where the price per square metre per month stands at 9.83 euros. The second most expensive region is Madrid, with 9.20 euros per square meter, followed by Catalonia, with 8.78 euros per square metre.

In contrast, the region of Extremadura has the cheapest home rentals, per square metre, with the price standing at 4.5 euros, followed

by Castilla-La Mancha, at 4.71 euros per square metre.

The report noted that, with regard to the Spanish provinces, rental prices registered increases in 17 of them in October, compared with September, while 28 provinces registered declines, month-on-month, and in the remaining 5 provinces, the prices remained stable.

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LEGAL CORNER WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR

Inheritance Tax

Q. My wife and myself (71 and 68 ) live in Spain since 2006. We are both to the best of our knowledge tax residents.

We have a house in joint names valued at approximately 180000 euro and savings of aprox. 40000. We would like to know how much inheritance tax my wife would have to pay if I deceased, and how much capital gains tax would we pay if we decided to sell.

A. You are going to like the answers.

Inheritance tax: If you deceased, your wife would pay NO INHERITANCE TAX, as she would be entitled as resident of Andalucía to 175000 euro tax free, which is more than the value of the estate she would receive.

Please note that the 175000 euro exemption in Andalucía, is an all or nothing exemption. If you are one cent over, you pay on all but the first 16000 euro.

Each autonomous region of Spain has it´s own exemption rates, and the legislation applicable (and therefore the levels of exemption) will be the one of the autonomous region of Spain where the heir has been a resident for the larger part of the five years previous to the death. Believe it or not very often tax planning involves moving from one area of Spain to another.

Incredible but true: A wife resident in Almería inheriting a net estate of 813000 euro from her husband would pay just under 200000 euro in Andalucia while if the same wife had been living in Madrid she would have paid 0 inheritance tax).

Could the lady have avoided the tax. Yes, but the tax planning would have required the

family moved to Madrid.

Capital gains tax: you will pay NO CAPITAL GAINS TAX because if you are over 65 years of age and are selling your main home (you can not claim this if you are a non resident), the sale is exempt of capital gains tax.

Michael Davies.

Abogado.

Member 1748 of Almeria Law Society.

Member 67228 of Madrid Law Society.

Ex-Honorary British Consul.

NON-RESIDENT INCOME TAX. We are still receiving many enquiries about non-resident income tax. (What is it? /do we really have to pay it if we do not rent out our property? / What do you recommend we do if we have never paid it? ) To avoid any doubts: If you are non resident of Spain and own a property you must file a non resident income tax return every year even if you have never rented out the property. Please note that the tax office has no obligation of informing you of this. Do not confuse this tax with rates (IBI), which is a local tax and nothing to do with non-resident tax. If you have never paid it I recommend you approach a solicitor like ourselves to take care of putting things back into good order, before they claim it with surcharges or worse still consider that if you are not filing it you must be a tax resident and come after you for your world wide income and fining you for not filing a 720 declaration of worldwide assets obligatory for residents.

Michael Davies is a Spanish Abogado and has been practicing law in Almería since 1993. He is member of the Law societies of Almería and Madrid and has offices in Mojacar and Almeria High Street.

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We will keep you up to date and fully informed throughout and all at a very competitive price.

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For those that become residents of Spain, we can also assist in other legal matters, such as matrimonial issues or business contracts.

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After a successful exhibition in Belguim, we are looking for legal properties for our clients.

Oria, Nice cortijo with 3 bed & 3 bath and in walking distance to the village !!

The price is only 120.000€

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Real Estate and Construction Will Boost Spain’s Economic Growth in 2015

According to a report carried out by independent financial advisors, Arcano, entitled ‘The Case for Spain III: Plus Ultra‘, the real estate sector and construction will be the engines of economic growth in Spain in 2015, as well as company and household financing.

The fall in fuel prices could also boost the growth of the economy, along with the depreciation of the euro against the dollar, the European Central Bank’s monetary stimulus and the fiscal policy.

The report suggests that this growth could be above the 2% predicted by the Spanish Government.

Due to an improvement in financing, granting of mortgages, the return of foreign investors and a recovery in domestic demand, as well as the necessary reactivation in the construction of new homes, the financial body forecasts that by 2015 there will be a resurgence in the

residential building sector and the price of housing in Spain.

The report considers that the renewed offer of bank financing is due to the liquidity and solvency of the system having greatly improved since the end of 2013, and notes that the flow of new credit to households and SMEs is positive and is growing, which clearly supports economic growth.

Ten risks to the Spanish economy are also listed in the report, which are: complacency; debt; demography; energy dependency; fiscal sustainability; institutional crisis; low inflation; sustainability of growth in the long term, wage recovery and unemployment. According to El Economista, the report states: “These risks, although tremendous, are, however, much less than those Spain had in 2007″.

Source: http://news.kyero.com/

READY TO MOVE INTO! 115.000€ Fully furnished (down to the last teaspoon!) top floor Apartment with sea views in the distance set in Pueblo Salinas (Vera beach).

It has a built area of 72 mts2 which is distributed between 2 double bedrooms with built in wardrobes, a family bathroom, hallway, a fully fitted kitchen and a living dining room. There is also a terrace off the lounge overlooking the pool and a utility area off the kitchen. The property also benefits from private parking. The development is

fully gated and it has swimming pools and landscaped gardens.

Vera beach and all the local amenities are less than 15 minutes walk via the promenade, Garrucha is 10 minutes away and Mojacar Playa or Mojacar Village can be reached in less than 15 minutes drive. It is within 10/20 minutes drive to several golf resorts in the area such as Valle del Este in Vera or Desert Springs in Cuevas del Almanzora.

The Airport of Almeria is within no more than 45 minutes

drive and Murcia Airport is approx.1.15 hour drive.

The unmistakable Andalusian style with its white walls, coloured tiles and blue glazed roofs have made these properties very popular for those looking to live there fulltime or simply looking for a second home or investment.

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new one stop tel: 950 473 040 Fax: 950 472 412

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REF.766

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A truly beautiful rustic-style cortijo full of light, character and charm, in excellent condition and set on a superb plot with magnificent views. 2 beds, 2 baths. Build 100m2, plot - 62000m2. Fantastic peaceful location, yet only 7 minutes to the village.

Superb opportunity - beautiful detached villa of 350m built, full of charm and original features, set on a wonderful, private plot of 10,700m2 with swimming pool and fantastic views. 4 beds, 3 baths. 300m2 built + 1 bedroom guest house.

An excellent detached Cortijo in very good condition, set on a large plot with swimming pool, in a very tranquil location with magnificent mountain views. 110m2 built, 1800m2 fenced & gated plot. Air-con (hot & cold) sat TV, sold furnished.

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Arboleas

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MOJaCAR

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219,950€

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An excellent detached villa of 130m2, in immaculate condition, set on a walled and gated plot of 514m2 with 8x4 swimming pool. 3 beds, 2 baths – lounge/ dining room. Air-con, open fireplace. Outside, covered patio, off-street parking many terraces.

REF.776 LOSGALLARDOs 94.950€

BARGAIN Semidetached villa with 3 double bedrooms, 2 baths, plus large sun terrace with Fantastic Mountain Views, living/dining room, private allocating parking, A/C hot & cold, beautiful communal pool & private garden well maintained, Bargain price. Bank Valuation of 185.000€.

Luxury large South facing apartment with amazing sea views, 2 beds + wardrobes & 2 bath, large Terrace 39m, fully fited kitchen, A/C (hot & cold), private locked garage, 2 communal pools, excellent value.

A fantastic, beautifully designed cortijo in impeccable condition, full of character, set in a tranquil location with lovely country views, yet only 20 mins to the coast.4 beds, 3 baths, pool, garage and separate storehouse, phone & internet.

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An excellent detached villa of 176m2, in very good condition, set on a walled and gated plot of 890m2 with 8x4 swimming pool. 3 beds, 2 baths - lounge with separate dining room. Air-con. Outside store room, off-street parking for several cars.

MOJACAR

66.950€

Large 72m, 5th floor apartment for sale, with 1 double bedroom, 1 bathroom, south facing with nice terrace, spacious living/dining room, Private secure underground parking and store room, A/C hot & cold, beautiful communal pool & garden, sold fully furnished.

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News Countries with No Minimum Wage Have Higher Salaries and Less Unemployment

The latest informative bulletin published by the National Institute of Statistics, entitled ‘Wages in Spain and the EU‘, notes that several of the countries that have no established minimum wage actually have much higher average salaries. In addition, the unemployment rate in these countries is lower than the average of the countries which have a minimum wage.

The average unemployment rate in the EU member states that do not have an established minimum wage is set at 7.1%. The list of these countries with no legislation on a minimum wage consists of: Denmark; Germany (minimum wage to be introduced from 2015); the Czech Republic; Italy; Cyprus; Austria; Norway; Iceland; Sweden; Switzerland and Finland. There are, however, large disparities among these countries. For example, the unemployment rate in Cyprus is 15.1%, while Norway has an unemployment rate of only 3.7%, and Germany, with a population of over 80 million people has an unemployment rate of 5%.

The average annual gross salaries in these countries are much higher than in those states with an established minimum wage.

The average salary in Denmark exceeds 60,000 euros, while in Switzerland it is even higher and exceeds 70,000 euros per year.

Finland with an average annual salary of 43,848 euros, and Germany with 43,300 euros, are two other good examples of the higher wages in these countries.

The list of countries which do have an established minimum wage is made up

of: Belgium; Bulgaria; Estonia; Ireland; Greece; Spain; France; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovenia; Slovakia and the United Kingdom. El Economista reported that the country with the highest minimum wage is Luxembourg, with 1,900 euros per month, while at the lower end stands Bulgaria with 173.84 euros per month. The minimum wage in Spain stands at 752.85 euros per month.

The average unemployment rate in these countries exceeds 11%, which is four percentage points higher than the average rate for the countries with no minimum wage.

Spain, with 24% and Greece with around 26%, head the list for unemployment, while the Netherlands, with an unemployment rate of 6.5%, and the UK with 6%, have achieved good results in this respect despite having an established minimum wage.

The Institute’s bulletin also noted that, in the EU, the average hours worked per week in a principal job was 37.2 in 2013, while Spain exceeded this average, working 38.0 hours per week. The countries where the citizens worked fewest hours were the Netherlands (30.0 hours) and Denmark (33.6 hours per week), while the highest number of hours were worked in Greece, reaching 42.0 hours per week.

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Ref 1048 Build Size 120m² Dist beach 200m Beds 3 Baths 2 Terraces 1

€149,950 FANTASTIC SPACIOUS DUPLEX, WAS 2 PROPERTIES MADE INTO 1. LARGE LOUNGE LOG BURNER, LUXURY BATHROOM, JACCUZI, EN-SUITE BED, SPACIOUS TERRACE. REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE

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€156,000

Build Size LOVELY 3 BED DUPLEX PRIVATE 120m² GARDEN, SOUGHT Dist beach AFTER COMPLEX IN 300m RESIDENTIAL AREA COMMUNAL POOL & Beds 3 TENNIS COURTS. VERY Baths 2 NICE QUALITY BUILD. Terraces 2 OFF ROAD PARKING.

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€79,950

Build Size GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT WITH 63m² GARDEN. Dist beach INDOOR AND OUTDOOR 5,000m POOL. AIR CON. SOLD Beds 2 FULLY FURNISHED. Baths 2 PARKING PLACE. PRICED Terraces 1 TO SELL.

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€69,950

Build Size 2 BED APARTMENT IN FRONTLINE COMPLEX. 65m² Dist beach NEEDS MODERNISATION HENCE THE PRICE OF 100m 75,000. SECURE PARKING, Beds 2 VERY LARGE POOL. Baths 1 GOOD SITUATION CLOSE Terraces 1 TO ALL AMENITIES.

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A Tale of Two Villages by Christine Smith “Trees and foliage were being swept along, down in the raging torrent, and then suddenly, we saw a car being swept down the road, over where a wall had been demolished, and come to rest on its side, in the mud.”

For all you expats and lovers of Spain I pose an interesting question: Is Spain a haven of “sun, sea and sangria” or is it overrun by “concrete, fish and chips and all day breakfasts?” To continue this line of thought, do you find the esplanades full of cheap shops selling tourist junk and blaring music “disgorging lager louts” from your local bars? I’m not just referring to Benidorm. And finally, are Spanish destinations a “carbon copy of UK seafronts, but with more guaranteed sunshine?”

Christine Smith chose to live in the real Spain, uninhabited by tourists and like many of us, spent some time exploring possibilities and travelling around Spain. The result is an interesting diary/ travelogue containing some of the details she wanted to relay to you the reader.

She was attracted to Spain because of the people and lifestyle. Her quest to find the perfect home focused on exploring traditional Spain somewhere “completely unspoilt, undeveloped, a non-tourist region that would give her the taste of Spain as it was before we invaded by the plane load.” Yes, you

will have realised that she is critical of the expats who attempt to make their dream become a version of Little Britain, a carbon copy of home but surely she has every right to voice her opinion?

Viva la difference!

The coastline attracted the tourists, the author though was “hungrier to explore” those places beyond the beaten track, places such as La Rioja, or Aragon even Don Quixote country, Castilla La Mancha perhaps?

Interestingly enough, “A Place in the Sun” was showcasing the pretty village and beautiful scenery of Extremadura and environs. “I watched entranced.”Just like that. There were visions of a fertile area lying between the Gredos mountains, two provinces: Caceres which borders onto the west of Portugal and Badajoz, bordering onto Andalucia in the south. A priority was to be able to integrate with the local Spanish and their way of life without becoming too isolated. Extremadura is seen as the “poor man of Spain” like Almeria. It is isolated but not exploited by tourists so it seemed ideal-in theory anywhere!

Success. Santiago Del Campo was the place where Christine found what she was looking for. Her daughter showed some interest in joining her as well as her son, Ben who rented a chalet

on the hills above Careres. The area represented peace/tranquility and beauty, with splashes of spring around the countryside which proved to be an absolute joy. Fields of blue hues. Small streams trickling through the rocks.

What more could you ask for? My favourite, the swifts “swooping down skimming across the water.” Bats down by the river. Fantastic sunsets.

This is Spain at its best, the Spain that we love.

“Great streaks of red stretching across the sky as if it was on fire” as well as “hundreds of tiny insects dancing just above the water creating an illusion of rain falling.”

La Vera nearby, is famous for pimento, smoked paprika. Also the Monfrague National Park is well worth a visit, home to many beautiful raptors: eagles and buzzards.

As a contrast to the unspoiled, natural beauty, the inevitable concrete jungles have sprung up of Torremolinos and Fuengirola with the indolent glamour of Marbella and Puerto Banus providing a bit of a let-down apart from the interesting line up of Ferraris on show.

Ben wanted to find somewhere a little more populated and was drawn to Almeria because it was undeveloped and the rent was cheap. Whilst renovation

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was underway in Santiago Del Campo, Christine accompanied her son, exploring the region.

Christine writes about the flash floods in Almeria late 2012.

I was working down there at the time and remember them vividly. The Almanzora valley usually flooded every 40 years so it shouldn’t have been such a shock in 2012 but it was.

“Few escaped the intrusive flood water, bringing its dirty sludge into their homes.” Olive groves were absolutely shattered and eight people were killed during those floods, three in the Almeria region.

Useful tips on places to eat and drink, fiestas and flamencos to enjoy, it shows Spain at its most seductive. Readable and frank.

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Find and circle all of the United States Presidents that are hidden in the grid.

The remaining letters spell an Abraham Lincoln quotation

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1. How many rounds make up an amateur boxing match?................................

2. Which annual championship was first held on 17 October 1860 at Prestwick, Ayrshire and was won by Willie Park Senior?...............................

3. How many greyhounds contest the final of the Greyhound Derby?...............

4. Which fellow Australian partnered John Newcombe to 3 successive Wimbledon Men?s Doubles titles from 1968-1970?.........................

5. In Rugby Union, how many matches need to be won to achieve the Grand Slam?..................................

6. Which sport is generally regarded as been the fastest ball game?...............

7. How many yards are there between each set of stumps in cricket?............................

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B HARRISON MCKINLEY T ROOSEVELT TAFT WILSON HARDING COOLIDGE HOOVER F D ROOSEVELT TRUMAN EISENHOWER

KENNEDY L JOHNSON NIXON FORD CARTER REAGAN

8. What name is given to the lightest weight category in Olympic boxing?..................

9. Name one of the riders who has won the Tour de France 5 times before the year 2005?..........................

10. Which sport was banned in Scotland in 1457? ............

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G H W BUSH CLINTON G W BUSH OBAMA

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4. 1940 the husband of actress Pauline Collins, who?.........................................

5. 1701, the man who invented the Centigrade temperature scale, who?......

6. 1975, which author, after been shot on his doorstep by the IRA?...................

7. 1582 who did William Shakespeare marry?..................................................

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Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!.....................................

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!....................

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225g of currants 225 of golden sultanas 225g of raisins 175 of glacé cherries, halved 175g of candied peel, mixed and finely chopped 50g of candied pineapple, cut into small pieces 50g of stem ginger, chopped 100g of dried apricots, chopped 100g of blanched almonds, chopped 150ml of dark rum 5 tablespoons of cherry brandy 5 tablespoons of brandy 5 tablespoons of sherry The zest of 1 large lemon 1 tablespoon of black treacle 2 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon 1 tablespoons of ground mixed spice 1 teaspoon of ground ginger 200g of plain flour 350g of butter 350g of soft light brown sugar 6 eggs

Christmas Cake

Method

Combine all dried fruits into a large mixing bowl.

Add brandy, rum and sherry. Mix well and leave to stand for at least 24 hours covered in a cloth. Stir the mixture every few hours.

Mix together the zest, almonds, flour and all spices in a large bowl.

In a separate, smaller bowl, cream the butter, sugar and treacle until its light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time – making sure you add a little flour with each to stop them curdling.

Gently fold in the dried ingredients and mix well.

Tip the creamy mixture into the fruit. You can mix this with a spoon, or get stuck in and do it with your hands. We find this is a better way to get everything evenly coated and ready to bake.

Preheat your oven to 150°C (Gas mark 2) and prepare a 9-10 inch cake tin. Ensure that you double line the sides and

bottom of the tin separately.

Pour the mixture into the lined tin. Because this cake doesn’t rise much, make sure you even the top and make a slight indent in the centre with your spoon. Top tip: if you can, place a circle of baking parchment over the top of the cake. This stops the top browning and drying out as it cooks.

Bake for 3 hours and 45 minutes. When cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin on a rack overnight.

Remove from the tin and take off the side parchment. Pierce the top of the cake all over with a skewer. Pour over 5 tablespoons of brandy or dark rum. Wrap in a double layer of parchment, followed by 2 layers of foil.

Leave to age in a cool, dark place, in an airtight container. Feed the cake with 4 tablespoons of brandy or rum every month until ready to cover.

Two weeks before serving, cover the cake in a coat of marzipan. A few days before, cover in royal icing and decorate.

So why not try out this new, luxury Christmas cake recipe this year? It’s the perfect time to start baking, and we’d love to see your inventive decorations!

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This makes 2 puddings; 1x 1 pint basin 1x 2 pint basin

ingredients

6oz Glebe Farm Gluten Free White Bread Mix / Plain Flour 9oz Currants 9oz Sultanas 1¼lb Raisines 300g (10oz) Glazed Cherries (Quartered) 6oz Mixed Chopped Candied Peep 2oz Chopped Blanched Almonds (Optional) 6oz Shredded Suet 1 Lemon - Rind and Juice 4oz Breadcrumbs 6oz Soft Brown Sugar 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon ½ Pint Brown Ale 3 Large Eggs ½ tsp Salt

Gluten Free Christmas Pudding

Serves: 12

ingredients

350g (12 oz) high-quality mincemeat 225g (8 oz) plain flour 2 tablespoons caster sugar 125g (4½ oz) unsalted butter, diced 1 large egg, beaten milk, to glaze

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Mince Pies

Method

rep:1hr › Cook:20min › Ready in:1hr20min mincemeat. Press the edges together Lightly butter a 12-case patty tin. Tip with the end of a fork to seal. Make the mincemeat into a bowl and stir so a small slit in the top of each, then that the liquid is evenly distributed. brush lightly with milk. Chill for about Place the flour, sugar and butter in 30 minutes. a food processor and process briefly While chilling, preheat the oven to 200 until resembling breadcrumbs, then C / Gas Mark 6. Bake the pies for 20 slowly add the egg through the feeder minutes until golden brown. Cool on a tube (or rub the butter into the dry wire rack and serve warm. Enjoy! ingredients by hand and stir in the Source: http://allrecipes.co.uk/ egg).

Bring the mixture together with your hands, wrap in cling film and chill for an hour. Thinly roll out the pastry onto a floured surface. Cut out 12 circles with a fluted pastry cutter, large enough to fill the cases in the patty tin. Press Free Bottle of wine gently into each case, per couple to take away then fill evenly with the after having our night menus mincemeat.

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Method

Wash fruit and leave to dry overnight.

Mix the fruit and all other dry ingredients into a bowl with the rind and juice of the lemon.

Beat the eggs in a different bowl and then add to the mixture.

Next mix in the ale.

Grease the basins and fill with the mixture.

Cover with grease proof paper and wrap a tea towel over the top of the

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Place the basins in a saucepan, add boiling water to two thirds up the edge of the basins.

Boil for 8 hours in a saucepan with the lid on. Keep topping up with boiling water to two thirds up the basins.

After 8 hours; remove from the saucepan, remove the tea towel and paper and leave to cool.

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10.95€

lavidacucador@gmail.com Open every day 12pm - late

D ia

menu del

from

6€

2 Courses served at Lunchtimes

12.30- 3.30pm

from

5.95€

12€ from

Cod & chips

from 12.30pm

Selection of Delicious Homemade starters and puddings to include a glass of wine or tubo.

Our main menu includeds a selection of fine fresh vegetables and homemade gravy, and included a FREE glass of wine, tubo or soft drink booking recommended

5€

bar specials from 6pm Mondays: Chilli & Rice

Tuesdays: Cod & Chips

FRIDAYS 12.30pm - 9pm

traditional Sunday lunch

Wednesdays / Thursdays: Selection of homemade pies, chips & gravy

LIVE PREMIER FOOTBALL

We are here

Albox Arboleas Zurgena La Alfoquia

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Living water Church

Mojacar. An Evangelical informal service at 4.00pm every Sunday, opposite Red Cross Centre on Mojacar Playa. Contact Pastor David Hamilton 697 522 521 John 950 529 321 Margaret 950477063 For more info visit www. livingwate rchurchmojacar.com

GASTrONOMIA DELICATESSEN ON LAS BUGANVILLAS

Richard & Spencer would like to welcome the British Butcher to their shop Come along and look you won’t be disappointed Tel 950 132 048 or 603 431 220

Come & enjoy

t La Vida Quiz NiWitgh h ANDY El Cucador

Chilli & Rice or Chilli jacket only 5€ 6pm - 9pm

All welcome Tel: 637 061 489

Every Monday Night 7.30pm for 8pm

Spot Prizes

An enjoyable night guaranteed

Swing when you are winning!

Sat 29th Nov - 8pm TBA FREE ENTRYDATE Live -music NEW of D Robbie Williams, Buble etc Book food to reserve table CANCELLE Bar Menu Available

Brendan O’Dee Sat 13th Dec - 8pm FREE ENTRY All your favourite songs Bar Menu Available A night with

La Cabina every wednesday 10am - 7pm

For more info: 674 767 801 or 607 403 195

Karon

Have a wonderful day! Love from all your friends and family in Spain xxxx

remember step aerobics? come & join us every wednesday 11.30am at Jovasport gym in Mojacar Parque commercial with Alison

call 666 273 168 for more info LEARN SPANISH WITH“PACO” ACCIDENT – ACCIDENTE ROBBERY – ROBO AMBULANCE –AMBULANCIA FIRE - FUEGO

URGENCY – URGENCIA FIRE MAN – BOMBERO

INJURED – HERIDO FRACTURE – FRACTURA HEART ATTACK – INFARTO OPERATION – OPERACION

CARDIOLOGIST – CARDIOLOGO BLOOD – SANGRE

PLEASE , CAN YOU HELP ME? POR FAVOR , PUEDE AYUDARME? CALL A DOCTOR , WE HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT LLAME A UN MEDICO , HEMOS TENIDO UN ACCIDENTE MY WIFE / HUSBAND HAS HAD A HEART ATTACK MI MUJER / MARIDO HA TENIDO UN ATAQUE AL CORAZÓN HE IS LOSING BLOOD, HE IS BLEEDING ESTÁ PERDIENDO SANGRE , ESTÁ SANGRANDO HE HAS THE ARM / LEG BROKEN TIENE EL BRAZO ROTO / LA PIERNA ROTA MY HANDBAG HAS BEEN STOLEN ME HAN ROBADO EL BOLSO PLEASE , CALL THE FIREMEN POR FAVOR , LLAME A LOS BOMBEROS IT’S URGENT , THERE IS A FIRE ES URGENTE , HAY FUEGO

Learn more Spanish with Paco-661 142 606 at Campsite Los Gallardos, Lessons based in conversation, All levels catered for plus Private lessons!

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Taekwondo ... be the best ...train with GTF

LIVE PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL

Just a gentle reminder that this coming Friday 28th Nov is quiz night at Riad Your quizmaster is Dorie who will no doubt give her usual” enjoyable to all” quiz There will be a raffle which we hope you will join in the prize being a Christmas El Gordo Lotto ticket Any proceeds will go to our general fund.

Our aim as usual is to entertain -nothing more -come and join us.

Book direct with Riad cost for quiz with dinner is the usual 15€ .

The social people.

Costa Calida-Costa Almeria.

Priest Reverend Pauline Williams 950 956 166 / 687 250 860 Mojacar:- Eucharist Sunday 11am. The Church of San Pascual, Aqua De Enmedio Albox:Community Hall Aljambra,Eucharist last Thursday in month at 11am Evensong second Sunday month 6pm Almeria.

Peurto Lubreras - Tanatorio Pinera (follow the signs for Estacion) Every sunday at 6pm.

Roquetas:- 3rd Thursday of the month at 1200(noon) at Burtys Bar. Church Wardens are Eric Dore 950 515 105. Pam Carter 667 947 573 or visit www.mojacarchurch.org

SEND your birthdays & events TO: EDITOR@SOLTIMES.COM and WE’LL PRINT THEM FREE OF CHARGE!

market days

Mondays: Antas, Berja & Huercal Overa Tuesdays: Albox, Cuevas, Los Gallardos Wednesdays: Mojacar, Bedar, Lubrin,

Sat 20th Dec - 8pm Xmas Special Music Mix

Fun Quiz!

quiz night at Riad

old school moves 2014 style Church of England

Geoff Murrell

Every Thurs @ 8pm

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Velez Blanco Thursdays: Carboners, Cuevas, Sorbas Olula del Rio

Martial Arts Classes for Children & Adult S

Tel: 646 844 708 www.tkdspain.webs.com Indigo Gym - Mojacar Playa

Fridays: Garrucha, Turre, Zurgena Saturdays: Vera, Aguilas, Arboleas Velez Rubio Sundays: Villaricos Nightly: Garrucha, San Juan (Sunday)

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La Cena in Albox is a fine dining experience without the expense.

A beautifully decorated restaurant, run by husband and wife team Simon and Carol. At the moment they are serving a superb Menu Del Noche for only 10.95€ which includes a Caraffe of wine and you can now choose from a choice of 7 Starters, 6 Mains and 5 Desserts. Full A La Carte is also always available.

Please call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm today and reserve your table, you will not be disappointed!

The Beachcomber John and the team at The Beachcomber always ensure your food is beautifully cooked and is served with a smile.

With fish and chips to die for plus all the traditional favourite meals you would expect.

Monday and Tuesday Spanish Lessons, Wednesday and Thursday Thai Chi, Friday Art Classes, Saturday Computer Club Friday 31st October 10 year anniversary and Halloween party.

Telephone now to book or to find out more about any of our many events: 950 473 099.

Bistro Bonita is situated in the pretty village of Cerro Gordo and just 10 minutes outside Albox. They do delicious homemade food including beef wellington, orchard pie and speciality food.

All freshly prepared so booking is essential.

Try their homemade 3 course Sunday lunch at 8.50€. Free venue for your Party or Get Together just phone Chris for details - 950 930 169 or 650 599 739. www.bistobonita. alittlebitofengland.es.

ALBOX Fresh food served daily - Check out our specials board BOOK NOW FOR XMAS MEALS & PARTIES

Fri 12 - 9.30pm Sat 12 - 5pm

The Palms Bar Restaurant Urcal 04691, Almeria

homemade pie Cod ‘n’ ChipS or served with

chefs special Beer Battered Cod & Chips Homemade Steak Pie Full Menu Available

Available for Christmas Functions/Partys etc...

Snacks, Dining & Holiday Accomodation

Find Us off Junction 563 on the Autovia N340-E15 Open 12pm til Late -Wed - Sun

To Book Tel: 950 958 167 / 678 832 036

La Cena

Restaurante

Albox

menu del noche €10.95

Includes a caraffe of wine per couple 7 starters, 6 mains & 5 Desserts Full A La Carte also available

Beer-battered atlantic Cod, Homemade Chips, with Mushy/Garden PeaS

5.95€

Bacon Bap or Sausage Sandwich

3€

With tea or regular coffee 9am - 10.30am

LIVE FOOTBALL

tel: 950 473 099 www.beachcombermojacar.com

Free entry to all the gig’s New winter opening hours Tues-Fri 6pm - late, Sat 12- late Sun 2- late

Enter tainment This Week

Tuesday - 7pm Dar ts Wed - 7pm Quiz ever yone welcome Thurs - 8pm Karaoke with Mar tin.

Fri - 8pm Motown night.

This is now a weekly event.

Sat - We play your choice of music Sun - Brian Dee plays at Bar Unique for the last time this year.

From 3pm don’t miss it.

Three course meal just 10.50 booking essential for this menu

All bookings to barunique@hotmail.com or call Glenn on 634 393 235

includes free tea or coffee

3.95€

TAPAS Daily

Tu es day Sp ec ia l

1€

STANDARD BREAKFAST 2.75€

Home made tapas

day the day of the nu of menu me Bar Opening Times 3 courses 10am til close €10.50 regular TRIBUTE SHOWS see website for details

ALL DAY BREAKFAST from 9AM

9am - 4.30pm (Sun 10 - 12)

Find us across the old bridge from Palza Mayor Albox, opp Bar Wassy

Kitchen 10am - 4pm

GREAT NEW D AILY MENU NOW AV A I L A B LE!!

& Other Sport

Monday - Saturday 7pm - late. Closed Sunday

Downstairs on the sea front next to the Irish Rover Look out for our live entertainment evenings

Market Day

& add standard tea or coffee for 50c

8:30 to 10:30AM

which will you try today?

our fun quiz every Activities join thursday night Monday

• Art Class 9-1:30pm • Line Dancing from 2:30pm with Eleanor & Gilly • ROCK’N’ ROLL 7:30PM

Tuesday

• keep fit 9am • Darts Night from 8pm - All Welcome from Sept

Wednesday

• Line Dancing with Carrie 7pm

Thursday

• The forum community singers

Want to sing but think you cant?

Friendly Weekly Workshop from 15:30

• Fun Quiz Night

friday

• computer club 9:30 - 1pm • CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH 6pm • Geneology (Monthly)

Traditional Sunday From 3.95€ Breakfast 6 Lunch .95€ From

SER VED 10AM -12 .00 AM

OPEN YOUR BUSINESS TO ample parking Free Wi-Fi NEW OPPORTUNITIES CALL 950 121 936

5.95€

Bookings Advisable Takeaway option available

Call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm

free wifi

chips/peas or salad

9AM-LATE MON-SAT (Tues open 8.30) 10-6 SUN @

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Pool Cleaning & Water Tanks : No Leads 120€, Golf Bag www.howtomakemoneyfrommembershipsites.co.uk - Pink & Black (Never Used) carpentry 70€, Ladies Golf Bill’s Carpentry & Clubs 50€, Motor Shop Fitting LICENSED POZO/septic tank emptying Bike Battery - As Hanging Doors • Installation of new septic New 20€, Dymo Flat Pack Furniture 400 Label Writer tanks with certificates Fitting Kitchens Tiling 60€, Generator • Repairs to existing pozos No Job Too Small 250€ Citroen Free Quotations • CCTV Camera C3/C2 Roof Bars Tel: 633 507 165 Inspection 80€ Tel:950 095 construction Call Andy on 950 091 109 or 648 768 587 597/675 302 443 Arboleas builder, Fully Email: blockeddrainsrus@albox-online.net Derek legal, Call Steve on 950 930 536 B ose ENTERTAINMENT or 634 306 690 Acoustimass computers 5 Series 2, Don Robinson Stereo Speaker NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED pc consultant HARD DRIVING BLUES S y s t e m .

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3 Lovebirds – 1 Blue, I Olive Green, 1 Blue/ Green with 2 Large Cages 100€ Tel: 950 958 164 – Huercal Overa

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www.soltimes.com Tel: Kate on 950 121 936 email: sales@soltimes.com for details electrics All

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potty finca services professional tree felling & pruning, including all types of palm trees

strimming of overgrown gardens & hedge cutting spanish registered. ring john or Ruth on 616 855 294 or 950 163 930

health & beauty pamper yourself at R Retreat El Cucador, beauty treatments, hair salon, holistic massage, waxing, pedicure etc. Therapists all established & UK qualified. Email retreatcucador.gmail.com or call 647 379 878 or look at our main advert on the ladies page inside & call the therapists direct

legal services cont...

Legal Services including: Conveyancing, NIE, Wills & Inheritance, Residencias, Cadastre, Notary / Court, Translations and much more.

We speak English, Spanish, French & Swedish

iron/metal

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insurance

Award winning agent For all your Insurance Needs Please contact

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legal services

Phil the Pick Locksmith 24 hours. Locked Out? Locks fitted/ upgraded house safes. Arboleas & surrounding area.

Special weekend rates.

Tel: 697 243 181

logs for sale

painter & decorator

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From just €1 per week

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ring for a free quote

Tel: 649 186 107 or

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Call Vanessa 637 061 482

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plumbing

British

KNOWLES plumbing

plasterer

All work Guaranteed

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TELEPHONE: 950137197 / 606807797

personals

i am a 67 year old loving caring male looking for female, for meals in & out & to enjoy life again Inland or Coastal

ring or text 634 344 584

MOLLY. Small to medium approx 8/10 months old found abandoned.

Just wants to be loved. Good with other dogs and needs a loving home very sweet nature (black) Phone Pat 607 554 984

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Specialising in rural property with character Whether you are buying or selling we will be delighted to hear from you

reduced further

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Call Stephen 636 266 641 email info@findmeahome.es Find us online at www.findmeahome.es facebook.com/findmeahome

20mins from mojacar, 4 beds, 2 baths, Open plan living areas, kitchen & diningroom as well as a workshop, courtyard front & back & room for a pool. Mountain views.

VERA APARTMENT FOR RENT

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mojacar playa front line apartment

1 bed apt with private, gated parking & gardens. Communal pool. Walking distance to amenities, shops and restaurants. Opposite beach. Sea views.

€69,000

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Tel: 662 597 596

(0034) 667 235 205 (sp) (0044) 7850 575862

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Central Heating Gas/Oil - Solar Hot Water Boiler Servicing, Repairs & Replacements Water Leaks - Sewage Blockages Water Deposit Tanks 500-8000l Pool Pumps - Septic Tanks Osmosis Systems

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load of small or big Olive logs, no roots €165 load of mixed Olive some roots €145 load of eucalyptus, no roots €165 all loads 2 tonnes Arboleas & avon cosmetics Tel Claire 691 surrounding areas 987 454 avonfromclaire @yahoo.es

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2 BEDROOM, 2 BATHROOM, pENTHOUSE APARTMENT IN VERA PLAYA ALL MOD CONS, BALCONY & ROOF TERRACE OFFERING FANTASTIC VIEWS cALL 663 977 230 EMAIL: gedfab@yahoo.com Vera Playa Apartment

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Classified box from 9€. lineage only 45 cents per word Deadline 5pm Friday Contact Paulette on 950 121 936 or 902 750 190 ext 332

removals

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Friendly Reliable Service 0044 7874 638 330 Fully Legal Special deal sat/tv services from UK - Spain Office: 968 564 298 Mobile: 696 621 884

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From a parcel to a small house move Professional,Friendly & Caring Fully insured, scheduled monthly door to door service

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fortnightly SERVICE TO & FROM UK FULL OR PART LOADS

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CUSHIONS CUSTOm MADE

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have a vacancy at the office of Los Carasoles

We are looking for a talented artworker to join our expanding team in our production department. You must be able to use

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Please send your CV to editor@soltimes.com motoring section mobile mechanics

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We buy your unwanted bikes for cash, runners, non-runners or accident damaged.

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The Twilight Saga - Dawn

Having moved the kitchen furniture in order to get at the light fixing and its defective fluorescent tube we thought we might as well leave everything, including a total of four tubes, in situ until the light was fixed.

Therefore our kitchen had a storm-tossed look – the table had been shunted sideways with its accompanying chairs huddled around it at all angles as if a malignant force of nature had flung them out of the way in some great meteorological tantrum.

The Big Steps still occupied centre stage, and Tall Andy occupied the steps. ‘Let’s take the whole thing down, so that we can get at it.’ He advised.

Andy, being properly qualified and therefore

By Jos Biggs

josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk

not afraid of electricity, delved into the innards of the fitting and began to take it apart.

‘Did you buy it secondhad?’ He queried.

‘No. Why?’ ‘Have you had it repaired?’ Was his next question.

‘No. Why?’ ‘Because the fixings inside are all different from each other.’

‘Oh.’ He straightened up to 6ft 5inches. ‘It would probably be cheaper to buy a whole new unit.

I’ll go to another job and come back in half an hour.’

Time was of the essence and p r e v a r i c a t i o n unnecessary, so we shot smartly off to Suicide Corner, fully aware that this was where we bought this dodgy light in the first place. However, lightning never strikes twice, they say; it wouldn’t happen again.

With the clock ticking we homed in on the fluorescent light section to find no 3 tube fittings; we settled for a 2 tube affair, paid an

‘Plane laser’ finds Roman gold mines in Spain

Airborne archaeologists using planemounted lasers have discovered a 2,000-year-old network of ancient gold mines in the Eria valley in northwestern Spain.

The mining network is in León province, near the spectacular Las Médulas region, which is considered to be the largest opencast goldmine of the Roman Empire.

It contains evidence that the Romans diverted rivers to supply the mines with water in the first century BC. The network of mines, had, however, remained hidden and overgrown for centuries.

Researchers from the University of Salamanca made the discovery using a remote sensing technology known as LiDAR during an aerial survey.

According to news site Science Daily, LiDAR works by illuminating targets with a laser beam to measure distance.

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arm and half a leg for it, resolved next time we needed a light to go to the Chinese shop, and sped homewards with our pricey purchase.

Our timing was perfect. We arrived as Andy returned. The light was transferred to his competent hands, he ascended the steps and installed it. Pete switched the switch.

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He, she, or perhaps even it appeared one fine Winter morning. Wrapped in a long black frock-coat to keep the early chills at bay the apparition stalked the byways of Alqueria.

People watched through half open shutters as the spectral figure sauntered to and fro. It appeared to be looking for something or worse, at least to the culpable minds of Alquerians, someone. Whether the figure had powers of arrest or censure it was impossible to tell. From its easy movement and upright stance however an age of thirty to forty would have been appropriate.

For whom had it come?

For whom had the bell tolled?

The younger folk examined their consciences and the older their diaries.

Manuela’s first thought was that of a jilted lover. She tried to remember the suitors she had wronged but they were so numerous it would have taken a bookkeeper of some renown to recall all the petty details such as names etc.

If the figure is female then it is perhaps a wife bent on revenge or it could still be a jilted lover of course. Manuela decided on discretion and took a supply of food, three bottles of Cava and the Village’s senior firefighter into the sanctuary of her roof-space.

Rodriquez was quite beside himself, his enemies were more numerous than a politician’s evasions and he feared for his very life. Suppose the stranger was armed or worse, suppose he wanted money? Rodriquez disguised himself with false elbows and joined a band of

itinerant donkey-thratchers.

Antonio Poyato had never paid a cent in customs duty or any other form of tax on his international Remitroot sales. Was this an evidence gathering operation on the part of some fiscal bureau? Officials had always turned a blind eye in exchange for some of the precious Remitroot liquid. Suppose the blind eye had suddenly regained sight.

Poyato made a mental calculation of the customs duty he could possibly owe. He packed a suitcase and headed for Morocco.

Blythe Gruntmore thought it might be his Spanish teacher from Newcastle.

The last time he had seen him he was a gibbering wreck crouched in a corner cowering in the fetal position after listening to some gem of pronunciation from Blythe. The teacher had sworn revenge over Gruntmore’s systematic destruction of the poetic Spanish language. Blythe could contain himself no more and confronted the intruder.

The stranger was Loco Paco’s brother, Daft Diego. He intended to pay a surprise visit on Paco but had unfortunately lost his address. He had resigned himself to a life of aimlessly wandering the streets of Alqueria.

News Dignitaries to Attend MACS shop opening in Huercal Overa Javier Fernández Lozano is co-author of a paper on the discovery, published in Journal of Archaeological Science.

“Unlike traditional aerial photography, this airborne laser detection system allows the visualization of archaeological remains under vegetation cover or intensely ploughed areas,” he said.

LiDAR was developed by NASA in the late 1960s to track retreating Arctic ice and ocean composition. It can be used in planes or drones.

Fernández Lozano noted in the paper that the Roman mining study in the Eria valley is the first piece of ‘geoarchaeology’ performed with LiDAR in Spain.

“Our intention is to continue working with this technique to learn more about mineral mining in the Roman Empire and clear up any mysteries such as why Rome abandoned such a precious resource as gold from one day to the next,” he wrote.

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The Mayor of Huercal Overa and the Honorary British Consul of Almería will participate in the opening of the new MACS shop in Huercal Overa. Huercal Overa is the first ayuntamiento to provide a free opening license and aministration for a MACS shop.

Additional support is graciously provided by FACE Arboleas, Mojácar Masons and Voss Estates.

MACS, the Mojácar Area Support Group, is an all volunteer organization designed to provide support for cancer patients and their loved ones. The shop will have a relaxation room to provide private Patient Survivor and

Care Giver meetings. In additional to emotional support, MACS also offers a free loan of hospital aids and other needed supplies such as wigs and bras. MACS can provide help with translators and transportation. Grief counseling is also available.

The shop offers sales of clothing and goods and will be open from 10 until 2 Monday through Friday. The shop is located at 151A Calle Estación, Huercal Overa. The grand inauguration event will be held on Monday, December 15, 2014 at 12:30. Join us for a ¨cuppa¨ and help us celebrate.

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Illegal overtime ‘costs Spain 273,000 jobs’

Spaniards are working over 10 million hours a week in illegal overtime a week, the equivalent of over 270,000 full-time jobs, says Spain’s opposition Socialist party who are now hoping to change the

situation.

Spain’s unemployment rate is 23.7 percent and 5,427,000 people are out of work, according to the latest figures from the country’s national statistics office, the

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With the full-time working week being 40 hours plus two optional hours of overtime, that’s the equivalent of 273,315 fulltime jobs. If you take the average working week of Spaniards, currently 35.8 hours, that figure is even higher at 286,284 jobs.

Now Spain’s Socialists are hoping to change all that with a motion to be presented in Spain’s parliament on Thursday.

Among the measures they’d like to see are a stop on extra hours being worked in exchange for time off until Spain’s unemployment rate drops below 15 percent.

While the party don’t want to do away with overtime altogether— “A lot of people do them because they need to,” party sources told Spain’s el diario newsite — they do want to make sure those hours are paid, and the time-in-lieu system is very difficult to control.

The Socialists also want working hours

specified in all employment contracts with contracts defaulting to full time if no hours are specified.

Also on the agenda is a rollback of the Spanish government’s 2013 labour reforms which gave employers far greater freedom in how they will assign working hours. Under the new regime, part-time workers can end up working as much as 90 percent of a full-time contract and can be asked to work extra hours with as little as three days notice.

Figures from the OECD show Spaniards work an average of 1,665 hours a year, or more than the Germans, the Dutch and the Swiss.

According to figures from the European Commission, however, Germany has a productivity rate of over €42 ($54) per hour while Spain lags well behind with only €32 ($41).

The Spanish organization Arhoe has long campaigned for a rationalization of Spanish working hours, fighting against the culture of ‘’presentismo’, or simply being in the office.

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On the 22nd November, Urcal Golf Society members and guests played their latest game at Aguilon.

Playing for the November cup in a Stableford format scores were very varied even though conditions were ideal for good scoring on the beautifully prepared course.

Twenty four members and guests contested the competition with Tony Morgan coming back into some sort of form with a creditable 37points even though he failed to score on three holes. In second place came Derek Phillips playing his best golf for some time with 33 points and Dave Butler took third place with 30 points.

There were two nearest the pin prizes on offer, these being won

by Barry Kilby and Jean-Francois Crinquand.

Longest Drive went to one of our

who also won the prize for the best lady of the day.

High handicap prize was won by Derek Phillips who came second in the main competition.

Places achieved in each of the monthly singles competitions go towards the Order of Merit trophy at the end of the year, which looks to be a two horse race between Captain Steve Dodd and Tony Morgan, with one more qualifying event to go in December and only seven points between them, it should be an interesting final event.

Anyone wishing to join our friendly society please telephone our Captain on 608238827 you will be made to feel most welcome.

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Monday’s individual competition saw Brian Couper score 37 points to win the men’s stableford followed, in second by Les Armfield (34) and John Lally (34) third on countback. There were two’s prizes for Derick Dale and Les Armfield. Isobel Jones won the ladies division with 34 points. A countback on 30 points placed June Nicol second and Ann Kavanagh third.

Thursday’s team game, played in fourballs, was best three to count on par 3’s and 4’s with best two on par 5’s and a par score of 100. First with 108 points were Greta Hahn, Jackie Dale, Marcos Caparros and Jim Budd, just two points clear of Linda King, Ann Kavanagh, Frank Conmy and Les Armfield (106). Third were; June Nicol, Hylton

sport SHORTS by Tony matthews • Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton, F1 Grand Prix champion for 2014. The Mercedes driver won the season’s final race in Abu Dhabi, ahead of Fellipe Massa with Valltieri Bottas third, giving Williams a double podium finish. Lewis amassed a total of 384 points, German Nico Rosberg (2nd overall) 317 and Aussie Daniel Ricciardo (3rd) 238. The 2015 campaign starts in Melbourne in three months time.

This week Last night, in the Champions League, Manchester City met Bayern Munich while Chelsea played FC Schalke. This evening, Liverpool visit Ludo Razgab and Arsenal entertain Borussia Dortmund.

Tomorrow Celtic, Everton and Tottenham play in the Europa League.

On Saturday, it’s Manchester UnitedHull, Sunderland-Chelsea, WBAArsenal and West Ham-Newcastle in the PL, followed by SouthamptonManchester City and Spurs-Everton on Sunday.

In the Championship we have Bournemouth-Millwall, Leeds-Derby and Middlesbrough-Blackburn; Peterborough-Bristol City (Friday) and Swindon-Fleetwood (FL1) and Shrewsbury-Burton (FL2).

Saturday’s Rugby Union matches are England-Australia and Wales-South Africa.

Last weekend’s internationals ended Wales 16 All Blacks 34 (Kiwi Richie McCaw won his 100th cap); England 28 Samoa 9; Scotland 37 Tonga 12 and Ireland 26 Australia 23. And Exeter Chiefs went top of the Aviva PL after beating Wasps 31-15.

• Over 60,000 fans saw Arsenal lose 21 at home against Manchester United...

It’s the Gunners’ worst-ever start to a Premiership season. There were also wins for leaders Chelsea over 10man WBA 2-0; reigning champions Manchester City 2-1 v Swansea; Burnley, again, 2-1 at Stoke; Everton,

• Championship leaders Derby won 21 at Watford and Bournemouth (2nd) drew 2-2 with Ipswich (4th).

• In FL1, Bristol City (top) lost 1-0 to PNE (3rd) and Swindon (2nd) won 2-1 at Peterborough. winners

(100). There were nearest the pin prizes for Ann Kavanagh and Brian Mayhew.

Marina Phoenix play Mondays (individual) and Thursdays (team game). To join us for a €25 greenfee. Ring Jim on 950 162 727 / 600 353 670 or Rosalie 950 397 117/ 697 512 882.

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also 2-1 v West Ham; Newcastle 1-0 v QPR; Spurs 2-1 at Hull and Crystal Palace 3-1 over hapless Liverpool 31. Aston Villa-Southampton met on Monday.

• Wycombe, 4-1 Cheltenham, lead FL2.

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Although 24 hardy players set out to play last Tuesday we were beaten by heavy rain and were forced to abandon the match after 9 holes, however there were comments of ‘we do need the rain’.

Friday looked as if the weather might be similar to Tuesday but the weather pundits were proved wrong and the sun came out even though the wind got up just to make it a bit tricky.

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• Celtic remain top of the SPL after beating Dundee 2-1.

• Lionel Messi’s hat-trick in Barcelona’ 5-1 win over Sevilla, gave him the record of most La Liga goals ever. He’s now on 253, two more than Telmo Zarra’s total of 251, set 60 years ago.

Leaders Real Madrid beat Eibar 4-0, with Ronaldo scoring twice.

• England’s women lost 3-0 to Germany before a near record crowd of 45,619 at Wembley.

• Sheffield United have retracted their decision to let convicted racist Chad Evans train at Bramall Lane.

• Wigan Athletic’s chairman Dave Whelan has controversially appointed Malky Mackay as the club’s new manager.

• England’s cricketers (145-2) won their first tour game in Sri Lanka (1986) by eight wickets via the Duckworth Lewis rule. The first of seven ODIs takes place today, the second is on Saturday.

• In boxing there were wins, recently, for Tony Bellow (cruiserweight); Manny Pacquiao (weightweight); Scott Quigg (super bantamweight) and Jamie McDonnell (world bantamweight).

• And Team GB Olympian Charlotte Djurgarden who has been named Equestrian rider of the year.

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stableford match were Ian Jones with 32 points, Robin Hawkins 31 points and Geoff Owen 31 points. Nearest the pins on the 6th hole Bryan Brown and the 13th Patrick Vickery. Twos were Dave Ross on the 14th and Bryan Brown on the 6th.

We will be holding the Pat Townsend Memorial Trophy over 2 days next week and look forward to reporting the winner of the competition.

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We are a fairly new Golf society who play twice weekly, Wednesdays and Sundays, at Marina Golf Club in Mojacar.

We are a friendly and welcoming society, of expats and Spanish golfers, who welcome anybody, of any gender or ability, who wishes to play with us.

(Contact details are at the end of this report.). Come along and enjoy your golf with us at Marina Golf Club.

Sunday November 16th saw a keenly fought Stableford competition with the following results:1st Philip Dunne 34pts 2nd John Park 32pts

Wednesday November 19th saw a field of 18 golfers with the following results:Division 1 1st David Middleton 34pts 2nd Frank Button 33pts 3rd John Geaves 32pts Division 2 1st John Hart 32pts 2nd Tony Stubbs 31pts 3rd Martin Oliver 26pts Next competition is a Medal round on Sunday November 23rd.

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By far the most impressive performance came from Dave & Wendy Greaves who´s score of 55 was an amazing 16 under par, four shots clear of Ann Wilmott & Louise Douglas (59) in second place. Malcolm Sibbons & Kevin Bircher were third, edging Keith Jackson & Ron Wileman into fourth after both pairs scored 61, one better than fifth placed Ian Postles & Mike Duckham (62) There were also three nearest the pin prizes available, with these

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Sunday saw 40 matches starting in grey overcast conditions with a blustery wind gathering pace making golf a little difficult, however it soon became clear that the Spanish “young guns” had the stamina to outstay their “slightly” older counterparts and the second days individual matches finished Spain 23.5

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points, U.K. 16.5 points.

So the overall result was a victory for Spain by 34 points to 26 points, the trophy was presented by the U.K. captain Les Raufer to the Spanish captain Pepin Liria, who as well as being one of Spains foremost “Matadors” plays a mean game of golf of a handicap of 3.

Our thanks go to the tournament sponsers “Dimovil of Lorca” who presented all of the competitors with a commenerative medal also our thanks must go to our course director J.J. Serrano and his staff for the organization and presentation of the golf course.

It has to be said that all the games were played in a friendly but competitive spirit and was a great advert for anglo-spanish relations, we all look forward to next years match.

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