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Spanish police seize cocaine inside hollowed-out pineapples

The drugs had arrived in Spain via a ship from Central America, the Spanish interior ministry says Spanish police seized 200kg of cocaine found inside hollowed-out pineapples Spanish police seized 200kg of cocaine found inside hollowed-out pineapples Photo: Ministerio Interior Spanish police seized 200 kilos of cocaine found inside hollowedout pineapples that arrived by ship from Central America, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

The drug-stuffed fruit was found among 10 shipping containers filled with pineapples that arrived in the southern port of Algeciras, one of Europe's largest ports, the ministry said in a statement.

"Among the thousands of fresh pineapples inside the containers, they found fruit that had been hollowed out and stuffed with drugs and then covered with a yellow wax that simulated the colour of pineapple pulp," the statement said.

The pineapples arrived from an undisclosed country in Central America and were en route to two companies, one based in Madrid and the other in Sant Quirze del Valles near Barcelona.

Both companies were said to be run by Spanish nationals of Colombian origin.

• Cocaine trafficking arrests target transAtlantic crime families. The police detained three people as part of their investigation

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and have not ruled out more arrests.

Last year, police in Algeciras seized 2.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of pineapples arriving from Costa Rica – one of the biggest ever seizures of the drug in Spain.

Spain's close ties to its former colonies in Latin America have made it a key entry point for cocaine smuggled across the Atlantic to Europe.

Smugglers have used increasingly weird methods to get the drug past Spanish customs.

The cocaine found inside hollowed-out pineapples by Spanish police in Algeciras (Ministerio Interior) • Drug gang smuggle cocaine disguised as shoes In recent years police have found cocaine inside breast implants, a wig, a plaster cast encasing a man's broken leg as well as inside a 42-piece crockery set, consisting of bowls, plates and saucers.

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US secretary of state cancels Spain visit after breaking leg in bike accident

Massachusetts General Hospital with his doctor, who did the prior surgery,” said the statement.

The US representative was scheduled to fly to Madrid on Sunday afternoon to meet with King Felipe VI, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Maragllo.

The main goal of his visit was to sign a new bilateral protocol to turn the airbase at Morón de la Frontera (Seville) into the main US military permanent base for Africa (USAFRICOM).

“The Secretary very much regrets not being able to visit Spain to meet with one of our close allies for discussions on a range of issues,” said the State Department release.

The last time a US Secretary of State came to Spain was a 2011 visit by Hillary Clinton.

John Kerry was scheduled to fly to Madrid on Sunday to sign bilateral military agreement US Secretary of State John Kerry has canceled what was to be his first visit to Spain after breaking his leg in a cycling accident on Saturday.

Kerry fractured his right femur while riding a bicycle in the French municipality of Scionzier, near the border with Switzerland, the US State Department said in a release.

“Given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston today [Sunday] to seek treatment at

Diplomatic sources said they still did not know how the bilateral agreement will be signed. The Spanish government, which approved the deal on Friday, is in a hurry to get it ratified before the dissolution of parliament in the fall. Spain will hold general elections in November, and with the ruling Popular Party (PP) widely expected to lose its absolute majority, it is unclear whether the new government would support the agreement.

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Doctors Hail 'Spectacular' Cancer Breakthrough

Immunotherapy, which uses the body's immune system to attack cancerous cells, could herald a "new era" for cancer treatment.

The results of new cancer drugs trials have been hailed as spectacular, with one expert claiming the potential for a cure for the disease is "definitely there".

Immunotherapy, which uses the body's immune system to attack cancerous cells, proved so effective that in one British-led trial, more than half of patients with advanced melanoma saw tumours shrink or brought under control, according to researchers.

The trials, a number of which have been presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual conference in Chicago, could herald a "new era" for cancer treatments.

Professor Roy Herbst, chief of medical oncology at Yale Cancer Centre, described some of the findings as "spectacular", and said immunotherapy could replace chemotherapy as the standard cancer treatment within the next five years, according to reports.

He told reporters: "I think we are seeing a paradigm shift in the way oncology is being treated.

"The potential for long-term survival, effective cure, is definitely there."

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Professor Peter Johnson, director of medical oncology at Cancer Research UK, said: "The evidence suggests we are at the beginning of a whole new era for cancer treatments."

An international trial involving 945 patients with advanced melanoma saw them treated with two drugs - ipilimumab and nivolumab.

Researchers found the treatments stopped cancer advancing for almost a year in 58% of cases, with tumours stable or shrinking for an average of 11.5 months.

This compared to 19% of cases for just ipilimumab, with tumours stable or shrinking for an average of 2.5 months, according to the research, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr Alan Worsley, Cancer Research UK's senior science information officer, said the findings suggest combining immunotherapy treatments could hit advanced melanoma with a "powerful one-two punch".

He said: "Together these drugs could release the brakes on the immune system while blocking cancer's ability to hide from it." However, Dr Worsley did sound a note of caution.

He said: "But combining these treatments also increases the likelihood of potentially quite severe side effects.

"Identifying which patients are most likely to benefit will be key to bringing our best weapons to bear against the disease."

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Claws for though Judi Dench, Julie Christie and Fiona Shaw strip off and pose with dead sealife to highlight the plight of the world's oceans Helena Bonham Carter posed naked with tuna in February this year Part of Fishlove campaign to raise awareness of over-fishing Six more stars including Dame Judi Dench and Julie Christie have stripped off Dame Judi Dench, Fiona Shaw and Julie Christie are among six stars to strip off for new photos designed to raise awareness of over-fishing.

Taken to mark World Oceans Day on the 8th June, the snaps were taken for the Fishlove campaign and echo a similar picture of Helena BonhamCarter released earlier this year.

Like Ms Bonham-Carter, who posed with a 27kg tuna, each of the actresses involved covers her modesty with marine animals, in Dame Judi's case, a lobster.

The campaign highlights the devastation wrought by over-fishing and aims to encourage shoppers to purchase only sustainably caught fish.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, Dame Judi, 80, revealed she opted for a lobster because she ‘has a passion for them’.

‘The best part of the shoot was that it is not every day you get to cuddle one,’ she added.

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didn’t get to eat it.’

Dame Judi is particularly anxious to highlight the increasing acidity of the world’s oceans, a phenomenon caused by atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolving in the sea.

In large amounts, it can have a detrimental impact on marine organisms and on the health of the lobster population.

‘I have always loved the sea,’ she continued. ‘My brothers and I learnt to swim practically before we could walk, and swimming in the sea is unsurpassed.

‘I hope the campaign will achieve awareness of what we are doing to the planet.’

Fellow veteran Julie Christie, 75, who shot to fame in classic films such as Doctor Zhivago, appears in a particularly dramatic photo that sees h e r lying covered i n small fish.

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Misery for British holidaymakers

Misery for British holidaymakers as Spanish air traffic controllers confirm four days of strikes in June . Spanish air traffic controllers have planned four days of strikes in June. The events will take place on June 8, 10, 12 and 14 for two hours each morning and two hours each afternoon across the country The strikes mirror the 2010 stoppages which left 600,000 tourists stranded The union is now protesting the penalties given to those controllers Britons travelling abroad to Spain for a sunny break should prepare for considerable disruption in June as Spanish air traffic controllers have called partial strikes over four days.

The stoppages have been organised by the USCA controllers’ labors union in dispute over fines and suspensions given by airport operator AENA to 61 controllers for a walkout that happened in 2010.

Control workers will strike on June 8, 10, 12 and 14 between 10am and 12pm and 6pm and 8pm across the country, the union worker confirmed.

The action will begin as Spain starts its summer tourism season and threatens to disrupt an industry that accounts for over 10 percent of economic output.

Travel companies and airlines who will be affected by the strikes are hoping there will be as little disruption as possible for travellers during the strikes.

A spokesperson for budget airline, easyJet said: ‘easyJet has been advised of planned industrial strike action by Spanish Air Traffic Control services on 8, 10, 12 and 14 June for two hours each morning and two hours each afternoon.

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‘It is too early to say whether there will be any impact to our flying programme and we are currently monitoring the situation.

‘We would like to reassure customers that we are doing everything possible to minimise any disruption as a result of the industrial action.’

At the last strike, five years ago, 600,000 travellers were stranded ahead of a national holiday, and the government were forced to call in the army to take over control towers.

For the first time since the country returned to democracy in 1978, Spain was forced to implement a ‘state of alarm.’ The controllers gave no warning before starting their walkout, which was the result of a dispute over pay and conditions with airports authority AENA. The wildcat strike lasted for 24 hours wreaking havoc across Europe.

Over 600,000 tourists were affected across Europe as a result of the Spanish controller’s unannounced walkout People wait for their delayed flight to Las Palmas at the airport in Munich in 2010.

Over 600,000 tourists were affected across Europe as a result of the Spanish controller’s unannounced walkout Following this, 61 air traffic controllers from Barcelona Control Centre were fined one month’s salary, and were given a month’s suspension.

However the suspension of 59 of the 61 staff members has been pushed back to 2016 because of a ‘shortage of staff’ according to The Local.

AENA had no comment on the June 2015 planned strikes.

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Swarm of 30,000 bees forces city-centre street closure

A SWARM of over 30,000 bees which entered a parked car in the northern city of León forced Local Police to close an entire street for three hours yesterday (Saturday).

Pedestrians were diverted until gone 20.00hrs, and drivers were flagged down upon entering the central C/ Padre Adintero and warned to keep their windows closed.

The queen bee escaped from her hive and flew into a vehicle by the roadside at around 15.30, and the rest of the worker bees followed her, squeezing in through the bonnet.

They were not discovered until around 17.00hrs, when a 'green patrol' of the Local Police was sent out to deal with the swarm.

Officers called the bee-keeper, but he did not reach the scene for another two hours, during which the street was closed to walkers and car drivers advised to proceed with caution.

The bee-keeper, in full protective uniform and gloves, 'smoked' the creatures out of the car into a cardboard box with a honeycomb inside it.

It took at least an hour for him to remove them all and take them back to their hive.

This is the second incident in as many

weeks in the northern region of Castilla y León involving escaped bees.

An 85-year-old man out for a walk near the village of Serradilla del Arroyo (Salamanca province) was attacked by over 700 bees on Sunday, May 17.

He threw himself into the stream that gives the village its name to cool off, and was taken to hospital where it took nurses over an hour and a half to remove all the stings.

Julián Perancho Sánchez's daughter Balbina says she 'does not know how he survived', and reported that his face and body were so disfigured none of the local people who went to his aid recognised him.

Last-known reports on his condition said he was 'recovering well', and it is believed he is now getting over his ordeal.

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Sony World Photography Awards 2015 British schoolgirl aged 14 wins category prize

Three Brits have won prizes in the world's biggest photography awards Three amateur British photographers have been named winners in the Sony World Photography Awards.

Stephanie Anjo, who is just 14 from Guilford in Surrey, has won the Youth Portraiture

construction from multiple photographs taken in London and the Sussex coast in July 2014.

The winners of all ten Sony Awards Open Categories including Culture, Environment and Travel have been announced.

The winning photographs were chosen from a record 177, 444 submissions from photographers around the world.

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The Sony World Photography Awards is the world’s biggest photography competition and its aim is simple: to recognise and Category with a picture of her young cousin with her arms raised looking up to the sky.

Speaking about her image “Mellow Memories”, the school girl said: “This is a candid shot of my little cousin in her happiest state taken in my grandma’s garden in Portugal.”

'Perfect Symmetry' by Norman Quinn 'Perfect Symmetry' by Norman Quinn Norman Quinn, an architect from Belfast, has won the Open Panoramic Category with his photograph titled “Perfect Symmetry”, which shows two huge cranes dominating the Belfast skyline at sunset.

The image has been stitched together using editing software to create an impressive panoramic. Anthony Crossfield, who works as an artist in London, has been named winner of the Open Enhanced Category for his picture taken of a man doing a bomb dive into water.

He said the image, which shows the swimmer just about to enter the water, was intended to “undermine stereotypes of masculine strength and power”.

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Bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras station is a lesson in 'how not to do' public art A 30ft bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras International railway station is a lesson in “how not to do” public art, a senior Royal Academy of Arts figure has claimed.

Tim Marlow was speaking as he unveiled a new, temporary installation at the London Eurostar

terminal – a clock which will hang above the controversial lovers statue.

“Good public sculpture should seem effortless,” Mr Marlow said. “What you have here are two object lessons: one in how to do it, and the other how not to do it.”

The clock unveiled by Mr Marlow, the director of artistic programmes at the RA, will be in place for six months. Created by artist Cornelia Parker, and entitled One More Time, it is a working replica of the station’s clock with the colours reversed – a black face with white hands.

Mr Marlow described the nearby lovers statue, The Meeting Place, as “terrible”.

“How not to do it – and with respect to the artist it’s a bad commission – is the sculpture of the two lovers,” he said. “It’s a terrible, schmaltzy, sentimental piece of kitsch.”

The statue has faced brickbats ever since it was unveiled in 2007 following a major renovation of the station.

Writer Will Self described it as “crappily kitsch” while Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller called it “barely a work of art”. And another critic recently called the statue “fatuous” adding it was “idiotic in scale, devoid of artistic life” and called for it to be

reward the best contemporary photography in the world.

The awards have brought untold reward and recognition to those involved and each year offers an incredible $30,000 (USD) in cash prizes plus the latest Sony digital imaging equipment.

Free to enter, photographers of all abilities are invited to submit either their best single shots or series of work. The images are judged by the World Photography Organisation and a specially selected jury from the World Photographic Academy which is made up on the photographic industry’s most esteemed individuals.

The awards offer an unparalleled opportunity for exposure for photographers at all stages of their career and are known worldwide by industry leaders.

The annual awards gala and ceremony takes place in London, welcoming an international attendance of industry leaders to celebrate the recognition of the best in contemporary photography and each year also pays tribute to one of our masters with the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award.

Supporting the celebration is an exhibition of the winners and shortlist, comprising of hundreds of photographs expertly curated inside the historic London landmark, Somerset House.

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But the artist responsible, Paul Day, has consistently defended the piece, saying it evokes the romance of travel. He says he regularly receives messages from the public praising the piece.

The new artwork, by Parker who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1997, is a working replica of the station’s clock, and sits just feet in front of its inspiration. “I think the piece above it has the subtlety and complexity of good art.

“What Cornelia has done is amazingly simple on one level: the shadow side of time, a clock in reverse, the mirror image,” Mr Marlow said. “The effect of it is beautiful. It makes you think of all sorts of things: time being synced, being eclipsed.”

The second clock is suspended from the Grade I-listed roof, and needed permission from English Heritage to be installed. It will remain there until November.

The station also boasts a bronze statue of the former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, by Martin Jennings.

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Brit tourist dies after falling from fifth-floor balcony in Ibiza

A British tourist has died after reportedly plunging from a hotel balcony in the party resort of San Antonio in Ibiza.

The 26-year-old was said to have been found at around 11.30pm on Saturday night after paramedics were alerted, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is thought the man was staying on the fifth floor of the two-star Piscis Park Hotel when the tragedy occurred.

An investigation was underway last night to determine the official cause of death, although sources said they believed he had fallen from a balcony at the hotel, which overlooks San Antonio bay.

The tragedy is the first of its kind involving a British holidaymaker in San Antonio so far this year.

On May 15 a British tourist died after falling down some stairs inside a bar in Magaluf, on the neighbouring island of Majorca.

Ian Frankland, 36, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, plunged nearly 20 feet down the flight of stairs inside Mulligan’s on the resort’s Punta Ballena strip.

On May 2 a British man died in the same Majorcan resort after falling from a 13th floor balcony.

He was later named as expat Robert Fielding, 58, who lived on the island with his wife and child. Police said at the time they were treating his death as suicide.

Last year a British tourist posted a video on Facebook of a friend risking his life and injury to others by jumping from the roof of the Piscis Park Hotel into its swimming pool - a practice known locally as “balconing” which local authorities are trying to stamp out with fines.

He is thought to have done it for a tenner as part of a dare.

Piscis Park Hotel could not be contacted today for comment.

A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: “We can confirm the death of a British national in Ibiza. We are providing consular assistance to the family at this sad time.” mirror.co.uk

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Summer time is here and it’s the start of enjoying your outdoor space again! As you dust off your patio furniture and unpack the rest of your outdoor decorations from your recent move to Montgomery, you might be thinking your space could use a little refreshing. Making changes to your outdoor space can sometimes be a costly event, but here are some DIY ideas to help you transform your outdoor space to the outdoor retreat you’ve always wanted.

Reflection We all know that adding a reflective surface such as a mirror to a wall can make a room feel bigger.

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Pillows and Fabric One of the cheapest ways to refresh your outdoor patio set is by adding new cushions and pillows.

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Create levels in a small yard Sunset offers nine photos of before and after small yard projects full of great ideas. Even the most dishear tening small yard spaces can be made to look spacious and cozy. One of the best takeaways: When possible, create various levels in a small yard either by creating terraced “outdoor rooms” or simply by using raised planter beds.

Small yards should always include at least “two rooms” Garden artisan Scott Cohen is an expert when it comes to designing functional yards. Check out his incredibly useful tips for small yards. Some of the best takeaways: No matter what the size of the yard, it should always include at least “two rooms”. Cohen offers ideas for how to use backyard water features and other elements to break up space. He also explains how the reflective quality of water makes everything look larger.

Lay paving stones diagonally to make a space appear larger

If your small yard looks disheveled and uninviting, you'll be inspired by these 12 photos of small yard renovations. HGTV features a slideshow that gives specific tips for making a small yard look bigger and better. One of the best takeaways: Lay paving stones on the diagonal to make the space seem larger. Take a look at slide 2 and 9 for great examples of how paving layout can impact a small yard.

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If you want a little privacy, you can add curtains to your space. And if your fabric is not for outdoor use, make sure to waterproof those as well. Be sure to clean these pieces at the end of every season and store them in a nice dry place for the winter months or when not in use.

Use bright, bold colors in the front of a small landscape

You'll find tricks of the trade in this small yard slideshow from BHG.com. Each slide offers a spec ific tip for small yard design.

Some of the best takeaways: Plac e bright, bold colors in the front of a small landscape because they catch attention first, making the rest of the yard rece de and feel larger. Also, take advantage of texture in lush plan tings. Large leaf plants and patio trees change the scale of a small space.

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How to sleep in the

Spanish heat

A few simple tricks for surviving those sweaty summer nights – no air con required

Ciudad Real, central Spain, July 17, 11pm: outside it’s 32.8ºC, according to the AEMET Spanish state meteorological agency. At that temperature the bed sheets cling, pajamas are too heavy, and cool air is notable by its absence. It’s impossible to sleep. Your first reaction is to turn on the air con, if you have it. But often it’s not worth the cost to have it running the whole night, so you decide to turn it off again. But is it possible to sleep coolly in the Spanish summer without air conditioning? Tradition says yes. Ancient Egyptians used to moisten their bedclothes to sleep better and combat heat waves, which pose a serious risk to public health. According to the results of a scientific study carried out by the Spanish National Research Council, mortality rates for those aged over 75 increase 20.1 percent for each degree that the maximum daily temperature rises above 36ºC. Direct a fan towards the windows to prevent the heat coming through Our ancestors have passed down to us a long legacy of tricks for staying cool. You can sleep under cotton sheets, for example, which aid perspiration. At the same time you can also put your sheets in the fridge or freezer inside a plastic bag for a few minutes before sleeping – they won’t stay cool the whole night, but it will be long enough for you to fall asleep – or fill a hot water bottle with cold water to cool down your bed. Here are a few more suggestions.

1. Be creative. Come up with methods to stop hot air from entering the room. For instance, point a fan toward the windows, or place a bowl full of ice or very cold water in front of the fan to cool the air further. A damp sheet placed over the window also helps.

2. Wear light pajamas. That’s the advice from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), though you can also sleep naked if you like. It’s a question of preference. According to a study by the Association of American Cotton Producers Cotton USA carried out in the UK, 57 percent of people who sleep naked are happier in their relationship with their partner.

3. Apply compresses dipped in lukewarm water on parts of the body most sensitive to heat, such as the neck, elbows, ankles and the backs of the knees. The contact with cool water has a refrigerating effect that triggers a narrowing of the blood vessels, heating up the skin. In turn, the heat cools you down as a result of the difference in the surrounding temperature, explains the CDC. Over half of people who sleep naked are happier in their relationship with their partner 4. Sleep alone. It’s the best thing to stay cool. Sleeping alongside someone else increases your body temperature and makes the bedclothes cling, explains dormir.org.

es, a website devoted to sleep problems.

What’s more, doing so at floor level will make you even cooler as hot air tends to rise.

5. Shower in warm water to reduce your body temperature.

This is a good tip for feeling fresh and clean. Many people say that, even though the shock of a cold shower produces an instant feeling of coolness, it reactivates your body and energy consumption, which makes you feel the heat more quickly afterwards than if you had showed in warm water, explains the Biological Health Institute. Also, be sure to keep your feet cool as heat enters the body here. Washing them before you turn in for the night or sleeping with them outside the bed are two good tips.

6. Eat salad for dinner. Avoid big meals and hot dishes such as stews, soups and roast chicken. These force the body to produce more heat in order to digest them. A yoghurt, salad or that Spanish summer favorite, cold gazpacho, are perfect for summer nights. And don’t forget to drink plenty of water, the WHO says: the body uses it to get rid of heat.

7. Turn off all lights and electronic gadgets completely.

Putting them on standby is not enough: they go on using energy and giving off heat, according to the International Energy Agency – between five and 10 percent of what they would use when switched on. Also: replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, which produce the same amount of light but use a fifth of the energy and give off less heat, according to the emergencies center in Arlington, Virginia.

Lastly, if you are able to sleep out in the open air, do so. Set up a camp on the roof or head out into the country to sleep close to a place next to water (the moisture in the air has a cooling effect), turning a night of stifling heat into one of adventure.

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Mojácar Town Council was represented at the “Expovacaciones” Tourism Fair held in Bilbao from the 8th to the 10thof May. Experienced representatives from Mojácar Tourist Office have given out information to visitors from the stand of the provincial Tourism Service of Almería, in conjunction with the region of Andalucía. This year the tourism fair in Bilbao had a record 357 stands to promote the diversity the region offers.

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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 only 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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Alphonse ‘Al’ Capone was born in 1899 into a respectable Italian family in Brooklyn; one of nine children he left school at 14 after hitting a teacher in the face. He first worked in a bowling alley where he met Johnny Torrio a gangster who recruited him to his James Street Boys gang. Torrio mentored Al; teaching him to always project a smart and respectable image. He got the nickname Scarface after he’d insulted a woman and her brother Frank Gallucio had attacked him with a knife. Torrio ordered Capone to apologise to the family and later Capone employed Frank as his bodyguard.

At 19 Capone married an Irish Catholic Mae Coughlin; then under 21 his parents had to give their permission. Johnny Torrio had left for Chicago to run a brothel business for his boss Big Jim Colosimo. In 1919 shortly after marrying, Capone also moved to Chicago to assist Torrio. Big Jim was soon killed (allegedly by Capone), with Johnny taking over.

Prohibition started in 1920 giving new opportunities for Capone and his boss. Chicago, on the edge of Lake Michigan (and Canadian border) made it easy to import Canadian whiskey. Only a day’s drive away are New York and Atlantic City so Rum and Scotch whisky were smuggled in. Two of Al’s brothers worked for him, Ralph ran his beer brewing and bottling business, Frank was sharp suited like Al with a reputation for violence and was his enforcer. By chance a third brother James became a prohibition

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agent, In 1923 the new mayor of Chicago started to clean up the city; Torrio sent Al and his brother Frank to a suburb called Cicero were they infiltrated the Republican run council putting the leader Klenha and others on the mob payroll, then it was easy to transfer brothels, gambling dens and speakeasies to the area.

Al appointed Frank as council liaison, so when in 1924 the Democrats tried to win local elections Frank had men armed with machine guns and shotguns at polling booths to ensure locals ‘voted right.’ In response Chicago Police sent plain clothes reinforcements. Al and Frank mistook the policemen as rival gang members and a shootout ensued leaving Frank dead. Al was heartbroken at the loss of his brother and retaliated by kidnapping officials killing one of them and stealing ballot boxes ensuring Klenha won again.

Torrio retired and returned to Italy after a failed assassination attempt; leaving the business to Capone. By this time even the new Mayor of Chicago was being bribed and Capone’s businesses were turning over a $100 million a year. Capone courted the press and was often photographed at restaurants and the opera. He was a philanthropist too setting up soup kitchens during the Great Depression

and gave lots of money to charity.

Once after a failed attempt on his life had resulted in the injury of a mother and son, he paid their hospital bills.

Strangely the police never had enough evidence to convict Capone on any charges. He used cash for everything to avoid a paper trail but after buying and renovating a mansion in Florida the government used that as evidence to jail him for 9 years in 1931 for tax evasion. Capone almost got away with it but his plan to bribe the jury was discovered and the jurors were switched at the last moment. Capone bought special privileges whilst inside at first but then got transferred to a new prison - Alcatraz.

Here he couldn’t communicate with his gang and with prohibition ending in 1935 business dried up.

Capone suffered from syphilis and was released in 1939 to Florida a very sick man. The disease attacked his brain leaving him with a mental age of a child. He died quietly at home surrounded by family in 1947 aged just 48!

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IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!!

Now is the time to get ready for the rush of summer visitors that put money in your bank to help pay for the up keep of your holiday homes!

So many people do not understand if they rent their properties out they need to keep it in good order – yes that may mean painting, gardening, replacing kitchen equipment, linen, towels, furniture, sofas that are tired or uncomfortable and not forgetting the sagging mattresses.

You have to view this project of yours as a business. Take a good look at your property and say “Would I want to pay good money, my hard earned holiday money for this place?” Take into consideration that there are hundreds of properties to rent. This is your chance to impress your guests and get repeat bookings. So if your property is not up to the right standard, DO something about it!!

One of the most common complaints that we hear all the time in the shop is that holiday clients have a bad back or can´t sleep because of a lumpy, sagging mattress. Your holiday clients are here to relax, so if the bed frame squeaks please change it! No-one wants the Out Laws or kids knowing what is occurring in the bedroom (which is part of a holiday, relaxed and away from the worries of home) don´t forget the teenagers who find it all very gross – so no street cred there then!!

The next common complaint is that there is not enough patio furniture to enjoy the outdoor life in the sun (which is one of the main reasons they are in Spain after all).

Ideally your guests would like a quality patio set, outdoor dining table and chairs, comfortable seating and the all important parasol to offer a little shade from the sun. And if you have advertised that your holiday home is for 6 people, then guests

rightly expect that there will be a sun lounger for each person to while away the hours around the pool.

So, you have sorted out the mattresses, beds and outdoor areas. Now it is time to look at your sofas. Do they need replacing or do they need a good clean?

Even if you can´t afford replace the sofas then make sure that they are clean. Most sofas have removable covers that can be washed, so put in the machine at your lowest temperature and spin. Take out of machine and put back the fillings and dry on terrace. Doing it this way it is easier to put the fillings back in the damp covers as the material is more pliable and best part is no ironing required. For the base of the sofas use a little washing up liquid in warm water and sponge down the bases Finally sponge down again with clear, warm water. Leave doors and windows open to dry, or if you can take the sofa outside to dry. Job done.

Feeling proud of yourselves now? We are not finished yet! Here are a few more hints to make your property stand out

from the crowd.

• do the curtains need washing? If so have a Spring clean!

• No curtains? Get some, as bare windows make the place look unfinished.

• Do the sofas need a bit of colour with some cushions? Buy some.

• Get a few pictures or mirrors on the walls to add interest.

• If throws or bedspreads seen better days, brighten then up with a wash. Or if you have the budget, invest in some new ones.

• Give your property a friendly, homely feel which gives a welcome “glad you are here” to your clients.

Remember every client has access to a very large network of potential NEW clients for you for this year and following years? If you don’t invest in your holiday property, then you have just missed an opportunity for your best form of advertising. - word of mouth! So friends, family, probably two lots of work colleagues, chats with other Mum’s at the school gates and other social events.

Ouch! That hurts your bank balance.

If you have a good rental agent they will tell you when things need to be replaced.

Keeping properties in good order means they can get more rentals every year for you. Listen to your agent, they know your competition and they will be able to advise you on how to maximise your letting potential and compete with other rental homes in the area. After all, they don’t want complaints that are going to affect their reputation! Let’s face it, if you keep your property up to standard , when you stay in it yourselves you will also have a better holiday as you will be comfortable and will want come to Spain more often for your breaks.

It might sound like a lot of work, but if you want to maximise your rental income then it has to be done. But the good news is that if you keep things up to date and fit out your holiday home properly, the list of jobs is never as big.

Enjoy your property in the sun with the good life of Spain as well.

Written by Chris from Furniture Plus

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Home Mortgages Rose 19.7% in March The number of new mortgages constituted on homes listed in the property registers reached a total of 19,806 in March, which represents a 19.7% increase over the same month in 2014, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute earlier this week, relating to transactions carried out in previous months.

With March’s year-on-year increase, home mortgages in Spain accumulated ten consecutive months of double digit increases. However, the increase registered in March is almost ten points less than that recorded in February, when the signing of new mortgages on homes rose by 29.2%.

The average value of the mortgages constituted on homes reached 101,989 euros in the third month of the year, representing a rise of 0.3% over the same month of 2014, while the capital loaned for these mortgages increased by 20.1% yearon-year, to over 2,019 million euros.

Month-on-month (March over February), the number of home mortgages fell by 7%, compared to an increase of 0.4% recorded a year earlier, while the capital loaned decreased by 13.4%, in contrast with the monthly decline of 1.1% recorded in March 2014.

Europa Press reported that, in the first quarter of the year, the signing of new mortgages on homes accumulated an increase of 22.9% over the same period of 2014, with

increases of 27.4% in the capital loaned, and 3.7% in the average mortgage value.

The regions which recorded the greatest number of mortgages constituted on housing in March were Madrid (3,794), Andalucía (3,397) and Catalonia (3,229), while the regions which registered the highest year-on-year increases in home mortgages were Cantabria (+78.9%), Navarra (+64.8%) and Madrid (+38.6%).

Moreover, the regions where most capital was loaned for the constitution of home mortgages were Madrid (517.9 million euros), Catalonia (377.4 million) and Andalucía (291.5 million euros).

Month-on-month, the regions where the number of new mortgages on homes increased most were Navarra (+47.5%), the Canary Islands (+34.8%) and Cantabria (+14.9%), while the largest decreases were registered in the Basque Country (-37%) and Andalucía (-15.7%). keyero.com

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June 2015

Spanish Government Approves New PIVE Plan

The Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers last week approved a Royal Decree renewing the Efficient Vehicle Incentive Programme, PIVE 8 Plan, following the success of the previous versions of the plan, and the resulting positive effect on the Spanish economy and the environment. The new plan, which is the last of the series, has a provision of 225 million euros.

and a reduction in CO2 of some 850,000 tonnes. As published on the Government website, La Moncloa, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría also stressed that these PIVE plans have allowed the market to accumulate 19 consecutive months of growth and a 30.5% increase in new car registrations in the month of March. In 2014, close to 1 million new vehicles were registered in Spain.

The Vice-President of the Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, highlighted the fact that once the eighth round of the plan has concluded, some 1,185,000 old vehicles will have been replaced by new ones. Moreover, an annual saving of 412 million litres of fuel will have been made, which means the importation of some 2.5 million barrels less of petrol per annum,

The PIVE 8 Plan maintains the main characteristics of the previous plan, although one new feature is that the beneficiary will obtain a subsidy of 750 euros provided by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, and another 750 euros from the car manufacturer or dealership. keyero

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Spanish property market recovery fastest in the Balearic Islands

The Spanish Balearic Islands, which reported some of the lowest house price falls in Spain during the six year economic downturn, is now experiencing the fastest and highest rises in the country.

The strong property market is being supported by a healthy tourism sector and a multi-national house buying population, according to Alejandra Vanoli, managing director of Mallorca Sotheby’s International Realty.

She pointed out that Calvia alone has 19,000 non-Spanish residents from 100 different countries and this year the firm is selling more houses than ever.

In Ibiza it is a similar story. According to Glynn Evans, the firm’s managing director in Ibiza the international buyers are attracted by exciting culinary business ventures from multi-Michelin starred chefs, supercar and powerboat championships, 70 metre plus berths for the finest private mega yachts and several new five star hotels.

On top of this, at the end of April, the Bank of Spain confidently declared an end to the property crisis. José Luis Malo de Molina, said that ‘the adjustment in the housing sector, in principle, is complete’ and ‘the process of price adjustment, in principle, has already bottomed out’.

The mortgage market is also well into recovery. Data from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics show that property loans in the Balearics, for example, were up 36.2% in February 2015 over the previous year, above the national average

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of 29.2%. Meanwhile, the Spanish rental sector is also improving. Average rents increased by 0.2% in April, compared to the previous month, to €6.98 per square meter per month, according to the data from property portal Fotocasa, and year on year they increased by 1%.

‘In the last few months we have gone from registering widespread declines in home rental prices, to registering increases in every region except one.

Rental prices, therefore, are starting to increase in most of the country,’ the Fotocasa report said.

But rents are still down 31.1% since the peak of the rental market in May 2007 when it was €10.12 per square meter per month and all regions have seen serious declines since the peaks before the economic downturn.

Rental prices have fallen the most in Aragon with a decline of 41.9%, are down 37.8% in Cantabria, down 36.5% in Valencia, down 35.9% in Castilla-LaMancha, down 34.8% in Murcia, down 30.5% in Rioja, down 30% in Asturias and down 29.5% in Andalucia, since the peak of the market.

However, prices increased in April month on month in all regions except in Castilla-La Mancha where they fell by 0.1%. Rental prices increased the most in La Rioja with growth of 4.2%, they increase by 3% in the Balearic Islands, and by 0.9% in Madrid propertywire.com

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Paseo del Mediterraneo 197 - Mojacar - Almeria

Tel: 950 472 430 / 610 053 563

www.veritashomes.co.uk info@veritashomes.co.uk You can find us on mojacar playa

€59,999

Lovely Studio with private garage and sea views from terrace and roof solarium. Communal pool. Near El Cantal beach. Ref. 1520

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€95,000

2 bed / 1 bath south facing Apartment with sea views on front line development with garden and pool near amenities. Ref.1513

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€125,000

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€79,500

2 bed / 1 bath fully furnished Penthouse with sea views, terrace of 13 m² and solarium of 57 m². Air con. Opportunity! Ref. 1633

Palomares

€85,000

Fantastic 3 bed / 2 bath furnished Townhouse with underground garage, terraces and roof solarium near amenities. Ref. 1629

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1 bed / 1 bath fully furnished Apartment with underground parking place and store room. Lift & heated pool. Ref. 1626

Mojácar playa

€99,000

Charming 2 bed / 2 bath furnished Apartment near La Parata pool & tennis court. No community fees. Ref.1634

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€137,000

CALL US NOW ON 950 472 430 Or 610 053 563 Large 2 bed / 2 bath ground floor Apartment with private garage & garden. Small complex with pool near beach. Ref.1021

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€149,000

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€199,950

2 bed / 1 bath furnished sea facing Apartment with large terrace. Store room & underground parking. Almost on the beach. Ref. 1630

Nice 2 bed / 1 bath Villa on one level with pool, terraces, garden and roof solarium on plot of 400 m².

Air con. Ref.1620

3 bed / 2 bath detached Villa near beach, amenities & promenade. Air con & fire place.

Car port . Partial sea views. Ref.1560

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Charming semi-detached 3 bed / 1 bath House on plot of 1589 m² in Agua del Medio, near Macenas beach. Garage. Ref. 1116

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€200,000

Light-filled 3 bed / 2 bath Townhouse with private garage on small community with pool within 200 m to sea and amenities. . Ref.1511

€395,000

Charming secluded 4 bed villa, great location lovely private pool, large terrace, modern kitchen, well maintained 1820 m². Ref 1045

Please visit our office or refer to our website for more “bargains”. Vendors: If you are seriously considering selling your property please visit our office to discuss effective ways of achieving your goal.

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VILLARÍCOS Villaricos, fishing village rich in culture and tradition, is located in the ancient Phoenician village of Baria; between Sierra Almagrera and the Mediterranean Sea; at the Eastern side of the province of Almería and limits with Murcia, Its strategic position has caused that, over centuries, many civilizations (Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans…) have left their mark, it has important archaeological sites, such as the salting factory, the Phoenician necropolis of Baria, as well as many mining remains from the 19th century .

Villaricos has miles of coastline of virgin beaches and coves as well as an extraordinary climate that invits you to walk , enjoy, sunbathe, enjoy the sea, taste its food, enjoy its parties and traditions, visit its tourist resources, or just rest.

There are many business sectors such as fishing, tourism and the chemical industry.

Villaricos, maintains the same structure as in the past, with its two ports: Balsica, and la Esperanza and Villaricos Castle or Torre de Cristal (Glass Tower) , which was built as a defensive bastion in the 18th . century; nowadays it is a tourist information

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point and an exhibition hall during the summer.

El Cuartel de Blanquizares, an amazing viewpoint from which you can see a great part of the coast.

The restaurants are very important (bars, “chiringuitos” (bars at the beach), pubs, restaurants and hostels) and the market every Sunday at the seaside promenade.

Villaricos’ coast is ZEPIM (Specially Protected Mediterranean Area), really important due to its seabeds in the oceanic Posidonia.

Villaricos is one of the most attractive coastal places of the region, where te Almanzora river flows into, this river gives its name to the entire region.

HEADQUARTERS BEACHES AND SMALL BAYS (Playazo Villaricos, Luis Siret beach, Cala Verde, Dolores Beach, la Invencible Beach, Peñón Cortao cove, las Conchas cove, Cristal cove) DIVING. DIVING PLACE ( MARKET (Sunday)

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dreambeach fiesta The festival will be held on 7 and 8 August in Almería Beach Villaricos in Cuevas de Almanzora, expected to exceed the 80.000 attendees of last year.

Sea procession of the Virgin, Diana, with a music band and cucaña marinera.

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June 2015

Spanish notaries take steps to protect property purchasers

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fail to keep up to date with their contributions to the community funds.

In the event of a property on which payments are outstanding being sold, the new owner is responsible for up to three years’ past payments plus the year in progress being made. If the monthly payments reach 150€, there can therefore be a debt of over 6,000 euros.

Now, however, the notaries will have automatic access to the records kept by the official College of Property Administrators, enabling them to see the state of the accounts during the signing of the deeds. This will probably lead to some hurried renegotiations in order to allow the sale to go through, but the bottom line is that it will save solicitors some work and provide an extra guarantee for those purchasing homes in Spain.

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280,000€

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Vendors must be up to date with neighbours community payments Among the many reasons for recommending that anyone buying property in Spain should contract the services of a good solicitor is the need to ensure that the home being bought doesn’t carry any charges or debts, and a new system being employed by the notaries in this country should contribute to making this process more watertight.

Outstanding mortgages and other charges will normally be revealed by the Nota Simple from the property registry office, but another kind of debt concerns neighbours’ community payments. These can often consist of a significant amount, especially if the community has lift or communal swimming pool maintenance costs, but inevitably sometimes owners

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This is a rare find in the pretty village of Bedar, a substantial 4 bedroom property with many original features througout. The property is in excellent condition and also boasts incredible sea views and large walled garden with mature planting.

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

We can also arrange the following if needed: • Open a Spanish bank account • Connection of utility services • If you are considering renting your house or land we will negotiate your letting agreement, ensuring that the terms of your contract meet your requirements • Write your Spanish will • As your Fiscal Representatives, we will assist you in any dealings with Spanish Tax Office and explain to you all the taxes that you are liable to pay.

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6 Simple Rules for Getting Rid of Dust

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Home Sweet Home

Sawdust, plaster dust, drywall dust, any kind of dust—none of it is good for your lungs, your floor, your tools, or your desire not to start a fire. Getting rid of it is both essential and easy.

Rule 1: Catch dust while it’s airborne Because dust is first suspended in the air, it makes sense to use air to transport it for disposal. A wet–dry shop vacuum will take care of most of it. For example, hook a Dust Deputy cyclone collector ($100) to work with any vac and you create an efficient twostage dust collector that mimics what industrial wood shops use. The funnel-shaped Deputy swirls wood chips and dust like water going down the drain, collecting them in the bottom of the tank—the first stage. The remaining fine particles continue to the shop vacuum and its air filter.

Rule 2: Be inventive Poke around woodworking-supply websites and you see all kinds of adapters, hoses, and shrouds to hook up to your equipment. That’s how we found the dust-trapping ChopShop Saw Hood from FastCap ($142, fastcap.com). Sawdust flies against the slippery back of the hood and falls by gravity into a spare cardboard box. Mission accomplished.

If you prefer a home-brewed solution, make a hood out of plywood, particleboard, or sheet metal. Lumberyards did this all the time at the height of the radial-arm-saw era.

Rule 3: Sweep up the rest Don’t waste your time with cheap brooms and a flimsy dustpan. Buy a contractor-grade push broom, a commercial-duty bench brush like a good old fashioned model made with horsehair and a wood block. They work incredibly well at removing even the finest talclike dust from work surfaces and work clothing. Get a big aluminum dustpan to round out your dust removal kit.

Rule 4: Dress for dust Sometimes you just can’t help but create a lot of airborne dust, despite using dust collection equipment. Wear coveralls that you can slip out of easily when you go inside the house or into your car. Take a bench brush and knock the worst of the dust off you, then slip out of the coveralls and hang them on a nail by the door.

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Greece counts down to default after Tsipras slams EU demands as ‘unreasonable’

Greece has become deadlocked with its international creditors just days before a potential default as its leaders were accused of “playing with the future of the country”. Meanwhile Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said that Greece was not to blame for the lack of a deal. In an op-ed in French paper Le Monde this weekend, he blamed “the obsession of some institutional representatives who insist on unreasonable solutions and are being indifferent to the democratic result of recent Greek elections”.

The debt-laden nation must pay back €304m (£218m) in loans due to the International Monetary Fund on Friday, but is struggling to reach a deal with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF needed to unlock €7.2bn in vital funds due under its second bailout in 2012.

Greece – led by left-wing Syriza since its January election win – is refusing to give ground on the pension cuts and labour market reform demanded by creditors in order to release the funds, scotching hopes that a deal might be reached over the weekend. Tsipras held a conference call last night with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande over the impasse. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis – recently sidelined by Tsipras – meanwhile denied speculation that he would quit, tweeting that “rumours of my impending resignation are (for the umpteenth time) grossly premature”.

But the glacial pace of the negotiations drew fire on both sides from senior European officials. Klaus Regling, managing director of the European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone’s financial rescue fund, warned: “If the Greek government refuses to engage in the reform process, it is playing with the future of the country. The risk is then great that past sacrifices

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Jose Manuel Barroso, who held the presidency of the European Commission for a decade, added that politicians had taken “too long” to find a solution. He told the BBC: “Sometimes I get the impression that people are waiting for an accident so that they can really focus [on] avoiding a bigger disaster. It’s too long, this time that has been taken to find a solution. I believe it’s important now to find that solution.” According to Greece’s Economy Minister, George Stathakis, the state will be able to scrape together enough funds to meet Friday’s IMF payment, although a total of €1.6bn is due by the end of the month, when the bailout programme expires.

Even if Athens passes that hurdle, it will almost certainly fail to make €3.5bn of interest payments due on Greek bonds held by the ECB on 20 July. The uncertainty has tipped Greece’s devastated economy back into recession, while fears over default and a potential “Grexit” from the euro have prompted savers to pull cash out of the nation’s banks, which are being propped up by emergency support from the ECB. Households and businesses pulled out nearly €5bn in April amid worries that euro-denominated savings could be forcibly converted into vastly cheaper drachmas. Deposits could also be seized to recapitalise banks in a rescue akin to the “bail-in” of Cypriot banks two years ago, savers fear.

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¿Por qué?

Why does Alqueria have a stable population? Stable, at least in terms of numbers. Stability is not a word one would apply to the mental state of the residents. Psychiatrists have written books, given after dinner speeches and generally ‘grown fat’ on the collective dysfunctional psyche of Alqueria’s population.

The question could be better put, thus.

“Why do people live there?”.

Alqueria was rebuilt in a valley below the Sierra Alhamilla during Spain’s Muslim years. The Valley suffers mysterious temperature inversions due to complex climatic aberrations. The Village can be superheated, in the high forties centigrade and then within an hour the unfortunate residents of Alqueria shiver as the mercury plummets.

Strange mists occur for no apparent reason, green, smelly and worryingly sticky. Where they come from, why they linger and where they go to are mysteries, unfathomable even to the most gifted meteorologists. They cause respiratory problems, aggravate the eye’s cornea and for some inexplicable reason can cause the bowels to become autonomous.

Perhaps the most baffling atmospheric phenomenon affecting Alqueria is its smell.

‘The Alquerian Pong’ as it has be dubbed by observers is omnipresent. It infiltrates the highways and byways of the Pueblo.

It pollutes sealed rooms, refrigerators and the glove-compartments of cars. It is always there. Alqueria does however have bad drains. The result of an early botched attempt by Roman engineers to bring sanitation to this backwater but ‘The Pong’ is a different kind of odour. A cross between Nigora Goat pheromones and very ripe

Stilton cheese is perhaps the best description f o r something that tries very hard to defy description.

The people themselves are continually at each other’s throats. The two barrios comprising the Village hate each other will a will. Riots, civil unrest and general mischief is a daily occurrence and is very debilitating for the infrastructure and the tempers of Alqueria.

Disowned by the Spanish Government after being somehow bypassed by the Christian Reconquest, perhaps on purpose, Alqueria became a stateless village. Declaring a republic they now fend for themselves. The only income is from their Remitroot crop. Alqueria being the only place where soil conditions are right for this remarkable plant to grow.

They make their own laws, choose not to collect any form of taxation and govern by referendum.

So to return to the original question. Why do people continue to live in this seemingly hostile environment and put their financial faith in the vagaries of the Remitroot growing season? Perhaps John Milton had the answer when he wrote. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven”

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WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com www.daviessolicitors.com ALZHEIMER AND THE LAW Question

My wife has just recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer decease. It is at an early stage, but I would like to know if there is anything we should be doing from a legal point of view while she is still of able mind.

(The original question was much longer with a lot more detail and involving other matters also. With the clients permission we have prepared this abbreviated version.)

A. We would recommend that your wife issues you with a Spanish enduring power of attorney. (This is quick, easy and even though it could vary depending on the solicitor it will not cost you more than 300 euro). We have a booklet on the different types of powers of attorney you can sign in these circumstances. Simply request it by e-mail and we will post or e-mail it to you free of charge.

Unlike in the UK this can only be issued while your wife understands what she is doing. If it was required later on a much more complicated procedure would be required using the local courts (this is an expensive and long procedure).

The power of attorney is necessary because the moment she is no longer of able mind you will be able to handle her accounts, sell the property, etc while if this has not been done her accounts can not be touched , you can not sell a jointly owned

property etc. etc.

The one thing she can not issue you with power of attorney for is for signing a new will, which is why we would recommend that you take a good look at her will to make sure that it is correct as she will not be able to modify it in any way the moments she no longer understands what she is doing. Make sure that it complies with the New Directive 650/2012 , that the beneficiaries are those she wishes , that you are comfortable with the named executor etc. etc. Remember when she is no longer of able mind the will can not be changed under any circumstance .I would look at your own will also, as if you have left everything to your wife you may wish to change this in favour of perhaps one of your children.In the UK. I would also recommend that you put things in motion to obtain a full enduring power of attorney. The forms can be downloaded from the internet and you can start things off by post. In the UK this can also be done after she is no longer of able mind, but there is no harm in doing it beforehand.

We would strongly recommend a visit to your solicitor to discuss your situation in particular and to address at least the matters explained above.

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.

A Furry Octopus

Mr Tommy Fluffypants had to go to the vet to have his rabies jab and be chipped. We were all organised, with the cat flap blocked off by a 9 litre bottle of water, and the box on the kitchen table.

Tommy was reclining with all the indolence of a Roman Emperor on one of our 4 kitchen chairs. I picked him up, but as my hands closed around his little body he slithered eel-like through my grasp. However, I reacted quickly enough to catch hold of his magnificent fluffy tail, and for a second we both pulled, putting the integrity of that tail in extreme jeopardy, but I prevailed, and reeled him in.

I gathered all his legs together, rounded him into a furry ball, and propelled him headfirst into the box.

But….as he was about to pass through the doorway he managed to free an arm, and stick it out at right angles. I recaptured the arm, but a leg had appeared. No sooner had I captured the leg than another arm materialised. I grabbed both arms and both legs, but he stretched his head up, so that I couldn’t get him in without decapitating him.

I had his arms in one hand, his legs in the other. I let go of his legs to push his head through, reckoning that if I got his front half in the back half might follow. He braced his liberated legs against the doorway, slid backwards straight through my hands, shouldered the bottle of water aside, and broke for freedom.

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josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk off the box, and plonking him in from above. Despite being wrapped in a towel, he still managed to behave like a furry but extremely slippery octopus, with bits of his appendages appearing from all angles, but gravity was on my side, and we eventually got most of him in.

Now all we had to do was close the box without trapping any part of Tommy in the catches. He bucked and wriggled; I could close the box, but not with his arms, legs and tail intact, and eventually he managed to get enough of himself out of the box to effect a second and final escape past the water bottle and into the garden.

We made another appointment and borrowed Nancy’s box, the top of which is a lid with a simple but secure catch.

Does anyone know where I can buy such a box locally?

Famed Spanish folk singer Pantoja leaves jail for family visit Famed Spanish folk singer Isabel Pantoja has been let out of prison for four days after completing part of her two-year sentence for money laundering.

The 58-year-old smiled and waved to fans and journalists Monday as she left the Alcala de Guadiara jail in Seville province Monday with her brother.

The fixture in Spain’s gossip magazines and TV shows qualified for the pass to visit relatives but must return to jail later this week. Pantoja was convicted of laundering money for Julian Munoz, a

former boyfriend and mayor of the resort city Marbella.

She was previously married to the famous bullfighter Francisco “Paquirri” Rivera, who died in the bullring in 1984.

Munoz was sentenced to seven years in the scheme of providing building permits in Marbella in return for bribes.

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Spain has a very big café/restaurant/ bar culture. In fact, most places you’ll eat out at are all three at once! Café in the morning, restaurant at lunchtime, café again in the afternoon, and a bar in the evening. Remember that in Spain dinner is not a big deal or a big meal (Yes! 10 points to me for rhyming!) Also remember, lunch is the big meal and it’s around 2-3 o’clock in the afternoon.

If you try to eat lunch at noon you will most likely be the only one eating and the waiters will make fun of you. There also might still be people drinking their

breakfast coffee and eating toast.

Most of the time when you walk around town, you’ll see places to eat with signs or chalkboards outside advertising a menú del día (menu of the day) for a fixed price, around €7 in Córdoba, around €10 in the rest of Spain. This is really the best way to eat because it’s cheap, and you get a lot of food. Usually you get to pick two courses from a list, and it comes with a drink, bread and desert. Be aware that when you sit down at a restaurant in Spain the waiter will bring you bread, and if you touch it, you have to pay for it; it’s not usually free. I’ve even had to pay for ketchup at really touristy places. Sometimes they will bring you olives or tapas as a starter without ordering them for free or sometimes you have to pay. You never know. Also water isn’t free either. If you just ask for water, you’ll get bottled water and most likely fizzy bottled water at that (con o sin gas-with or w/out fizz).

Ask for tap water (agua del grifo) if you want it for free. And don’t expect ice.

For a country as hot as

Spain, they never serve drinks with ice, and if you ask for ice, you’ll get one cube.

Lunch in Spain usually comes in courses: a first course (primer plato) and a second course (segundo plato). Usually you start with bread, a chopped up baguette, yum yum. Spaniards are almost incapable of eating lunch without white bread, and yet they all are very thin. So unfair.

Maybe you’ll have some olives or cured ham, cheese, and salchicha to start with. First courses are usually lighter, like a salad, soup, or scrambled eggs

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with something like mushrooms or fish.

Seconds are generally heavier, like meat or fish, and potatoes or pasta. Desert usually consists of fruit, yogurt, flan, or natilla (kinda like pudding), followed by coffee of course (café con leche).

One of my favorite long lunches in Spain, eating cuchinillo (baby pig) in Segovia with Marie, and yes, we drank that whole bottle of wine between us two. Made for a fun afternoon!

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Ingredients: chopped 1 slice ciabatta, toasted For the balsamic roast cherry tomatoes 85g/3oz cherry

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top with the feta cheese and thyme and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place on a baking tray, transfer to the oven and bake for eight minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Place the chicken breast on a slice of toasted ciabatta.

For the roasted cherry tomatoes, place the tomatoes on a baking sheet, drizzle over the olive oil and roast for ten minutes. Add the balsamic vinegar and roast for a further 2-3 minutes.

tomatoes on the vine dash olive oil dash balsamic vinegar For the roast potatoes 2 new potatoes, halved dash olive oil

For the roast potatoes, boil the potatoes in boiling salted water for ten minutes, or until softened, and drain. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and fry until golden.

To serve, place the chicken onto a serving plate, top with the roasted cherry tomatoes and serve the roasted potatoes on the side.

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For the chicken, heat a griddle pan. Rub olive oil onto the chicken breast, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste, and then place in the griddle pan skin-side-down for 4-5 minutes, or until golden. Turn over,

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Chef’s choice of filling, including : Steak & Ale, Chicken & Mushroo m, Minced Beef & Onion,

Homemade Beer-Battered Hake

The fabulous

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BBQ Available 5€

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Served with creamy homemade tartare sauce, hand-cut chips & peas

Pan-fried Chicken Breast

Juicy Chicken breast served in a creamy mushroom sauce

Vegetable Stir-Fry

Assorted fresh Vegetables in soya sauce, ginger & garlic served with noodles

Rib-Eye Steak

Succulent 8oz Rib-Eye Steak serv ed with your favourite accompaniments

Sea Bass Fillet

Pan-fried fillet of Sea Bass serv ed on a bed of sautéed leeks & cabbage

Scrumptious Homemade Puddings

traditional home cooked sunday lunch

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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION MOJACAR BRANCH

Meetings the first and third Thursdays of the month, at the Artesan Centre below the Mojacar old village at 11:15am.

You need not have served in the Armed Forces to be a member.

Diary for June:June 4th Branch meeting guest speaker Adele from Costa Almeria News.

June 5th Fish and Chips Quiz at Beachcomber Restaurant Mojacar Fish and chips €5 p.p. 07:30pm Quiz €2 p.p.

0830pm Profits to the R:B:L: Poppy Appeal.

June 9-11th Coach trip to Cabo de Gata and Mini Hollywood.

June 13th Black and White Jazz night at Laguna Restaurant 3 course meal music by Pedro Clemente Quartet,Dominic Doolittle with guest singers Nadine and Lady Ellen €29:50 Transport from and to Parque Mojacar €7.

June 18 Coach trip to the Army base at Viator or shopping in Almeria €11.

For more details on Social Events contact Eilleen on:- Email socialevents,rblmoj3485@gmail.com Tel. 619 372 474.

Mojácar Insurance at the Wacky Races

Mojácar Insurance took part in Saturday’s Wacky Races in aid of Villaricos village and organised by Mark Burgess at La Plaza bar.

Mojácar Insurance came third in the race thanks to the pushers Mat Smith and Ben Jones and the great skill of Finley Unwin and fitness coach Julie Price.

Congratulations to the winners and riders and big thank you to all those who took part and supported the event.

market days Mondays: Antas, Berja & Huercal Overa Tuesdays: Albox, Cuevas, Los Gallardos Wednesdays: Mojacar, Bedar, Lubrin, Velez Blanco Thursdays: Carboners, Cuevas, Sorbas Olula del Rio Fridays: Garrucha, Turre, Zurgena Saturdays: Vera, Aguilas, Arboleas Velez Rubio Sundays: Villaricos Nightly: Garrucha, San Juan (Sunday)

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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 950 477 063 For more info visit www.livingwate rchurchmojacar.com

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Cabrera Music Club

A non-profit making venture We are still working on the Cabrera Music Club venture! And keener than ever.

We have had a couple of fantastic events and everyone has been delighted, which has spurred us on to further endeavours.

July.. Never been done in Cabrera before !!!!

We have arranged, by popular demand, a classical “String Quartet” concert evening on Tuesday July 14th.

Through our connections we have met with a well known international violinist, Michael Thomas who started the world famous “Brodsky Quartet”.

We have arranged for him to form a quartet to play in Los Pastores courtyard, and he has chosen other top musicians to accompany him, namely José Vélez (violin 2), Clara García (Viola) and Paloma García (cello). Though these musicians are coming from as far as Seville and Alicante, they will be playing as “Quarteto OCAL” They will be starting with the “Dvorak American Quartet”, there will then be approximately a 20 minute break, and then this will be followed by “Schubert´s Rosamunde”. These are both very popular pieces for a string quartet and this should be an exceptional night.

As this will be a concert situation, there will be Cava and canapes served at 7.00pm included in the entry price of 18 euros. Concert starts at 8.00pm. Though drinks will be available in the interlude and can be preordered by early arrivals, we are only allowing meals to be served after the completion of the concert at approximately 9.30. Please support us in this special event as we attempt to please all tastes.

We feel this will be a good start preceeding the Piano Concert on September 5th with Pedro Valero, pianist and singers Maria Garcia, soprano and Antonio Magno, tenor presented by the Cabrera Social Committee.

Thank you, Cabrera Music Club

F.A.C.E. Summer Market

F.A.C.E. (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone), is pleased to announce that it will be holding it’s Annual Summer Market, for the second year in succession, at the Bar Kubatin underneath the Hostel Meson in Arboleas, on Friday evening the 26th June.

The event is to be held in the evening and will open to the public from 6-00pm until late.

There will be a Raffle, a Hundred Numbers Game, Tombola and many market stalls. Some will be inside the Bar Kubatin it’s self and others will be in the large court yard to the rear of the bar.

Entertainment will be provided by Smooth FM Radio and an exhibition of Line Dancing will be performed by Carrie’s Dusty Boots.

Food and refreshment will be provided by the Hostel Meson.

Any one interested in running a stall on the evening can do so by contacting F.A.C.E through either its Facebook page or by visiting the website at www.face-charity.com and the price of a stall is only €5 per metre.

For further information on either F.A.C.E. or the Summer Market please contact Adele Wrigglesworth on telephone number 667 255 094.

June 2015

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THE CITY CITY - ciudad STREET- calle CHURCH- iglesia BANK- banco HIGH STREET – calle mayor TOWN - pueblo POST OFFICE- oficina correo TOWN HALL- ayuntamiento Excuse me, could you tell me where the bank is?

Perdone, ¿podría decirme donde está el banco?

It’s at the end on the right / on the left Está al final a la derecha / a la izquierda Do you know where the supermarket is? Please ¿Sabe donde está el supermercado? Por favor Yes, the supermarket is at the end of this street Si, el supermercado está al final de esta calle Excuse me i am looking for the chemist’s shop Perdone estoy buscando la farmácia It’s next to the post office Está al lado de (la oficina de) correos What time do they open / do theyclose? ¿ A que hora abren / cierran?

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Restaurant Dining Once again, there’s a multitude of distinctions. You can sit down and have a full meal in a comedor , a cafetería , a restaurante or a marisquería – all in addition to the more food-oriented bars.

Comedores are the places to seek out if your main criteria are price and quantity. Sometimes you will see them attached to a bar (often in a room behind), or as the dining room of a hostal or pensión , but as often as not they’re virtually unmarked and discovered only if you pass an open door. Since they’re essentially workers’ cafés they tend to serve more substantial meals at lunchtime than in the evenings (when they may be closed altogether). When you can find them – the tradition, with its family-run business and marginal wages, is on the way out – you’ll probably pay

La Cena

The highway equivalent of comedores are ventas which you’ll be extremely glad of if you’re doing much travelling by road. These roadside inns dotted along the highways between towns and cities have been serving Spanish fare for hundreds of years, and the best ventas are wonderful places to get tasty country cooking at bargain prices. Again the menu del dia is the one to go for and the best places usually have quite a gathering of lorries in their car park, shrewd long-distance truck drivers being among the best customers.

Replacing comedores to some extent are cafeterías, which the local authorities grade from one to three cups (the ratings, as with restaurants, seem to be based on facilities offered rather than the quality of the food). These can be good value, too, especially the self-service places, but their emphasis is more northern European and the light snackmeals served tend to be dull. Food here often comes in the form of a plato combinado – literally a combined plate – which will be something like egg and chips or calamares and salad (or occasionally a weird combination like steak and a piece of fish), often with bread and a drink included.

This will generally cost in the region of 4.50 to 6.00 Euros Cafeterias often serve some kind of menu del dia as well.

You may prefer to get your plato combinado at a bar, which in small towns with no comedores may be the only way to eat inexpensively.

Moving up the scale there are restaurantes (designated by one to five forks) and marisquerias, the latter serving exclusively fish and seafood. Restaurantes at the bottom of the scale are often not much different in price from

Restaurante

La Cena would like to invite you to sample the exciting new additions to the already successful menú of the night. With 4 new additions per the 3 course taking it to 11 starters 10 mains, and 9 sweets. With additions to include more choice for the high volume of gluten free people. Still Price at the value beating 10.95 for 3 courses, including a carafe of wine for 2 people. Full al-carte still available. Please call for reservation as our busy season is upon us.

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Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey.

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“I’ve missed this tiny thing for nearly seventy years. And now the earth, made sludgy and chewable with the melting snow, has spat out a relic. Spat it into my hands. But where from?”

It seems that Healey’s paternal grandmother who had been showing signs of senility came out with the simple but inspiring phrase that prompted this debut novel: “My friend is missing.” The critics loved it. I loved it. Healey didn’t want it to be too bleak portraying a vulnerable octogenarian showing signs of dementia, trapped in a life of boredom and tedium: watching or attempting to watch tv, attempting to read when the words don’t make sense, waiting endlessly for the carer or the daughter. What a life! Nine publishers fought over its publication and the tv rights have already been sold. Suggestions regarding Judy Dench or Maggie Smith playing Maud are strong possibilities.

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Maud is 82, eccentric with an obsession for collecting anything and everything. She has done this since being a child but when it continues into old age it is infuriating for her daughter Helen. Most of it is rubbish after all. “Sufferers often seek refuge in a childhood version of themselves.” (Healey) Dementia transforms a previously safe and recognisable world into one that is frightening and strange and the author captures this remarkably well. So it is appropriate to run two timelines, one that takes us back to post-war (1946) when Maud was a 15 year old and then move to present date. The plot flits backwards and forwards and significantly the author uses various means to connect both timelines, a character or a memory of an event. Very clever.

The potential bleakness is understanding the degeneration of Maud’s mind, her inability to sometimes recognise her daughter or her granddaughter, Katy.

Imagine losing your way going to the corner shop, with pockets full of lists, her “paper memory,” many meaningless and taking home umpteen tins of peaches, the same every day. Or what about twelve calls to the doctor telling him you are ill in a short space of time then when he arrives telling him you are fighting fit? Also imagine that your one and only friend Elizabeth just disappears and in her muddled mind, Maud suspects that Peter, Elizabeth’s son must

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be responsible for getting rid of her. She never trusted him, she thought he was deliberately starving his mother.

Maud makes several unsuccessful attempts to visit her home, reports the disappearance to the police on four separate occasions to their amusement and her agitation then puts an ad in the local Echo. Phoning Peter during the night and forgetting why she was phoning him caused him to swear and complain. Poor Helen was always having to apologise. Carla, one of the carers didn’t help either. She relishes feeding Maud with the latest gossip particularly the gory bits which results in a distortion of Elizabeth’s disappearance: “Elizabeth locked in room-crack addicts in house.

Bound and tortured in basement.” Ironically, Maud knows that her friend doesn’t have a basement so something isn’t quite right. So much for her paper memory.

The whodunnit part of the story is the major one to follow and it will keep you riveted. It is woven into the Elizabeth is missing plot meticulously and concerns half-forgotten memories which hold the key to a dark secret from the distant past, an unsolved mystery. “I found it too late, far too late. Now I’ll never find her.

She’ll always be missing and I’ll always be looking for her. I can’t bear it.” It is the discovery of the remains of a compact belonging to her sister and found in the garden of her octogenarian friend Elizabeth.

“The mildewed mirror is like a window on a faded world, like a porthole looking out under the ocean. It makes {Maud} squirm with memories.”

Sukey was Maud’s sister, seven years her senior and sophisticated. She loved dressing up and going dancing. Maud idolised her and they had a close relationship. Sukey married Frank who was a dodgy character and Maud’s lodger, Douglas disliked him intensely. He saw Frank as being a jealous man with a foul temper. Douglas had a soft spot for Sukey and he was always at Sukey’s house particularly when Frank was away working. Maud suspected they were having an affair which he denied.

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tea as was the weekly custom and she wanted to sleep there rather than return home. She then abruptly decided to return home and disappeared into thin air.

This was 1946. Naturally her family was distraught and Pa blamed Frank. He thought she had been kidnapped or killed although he searched the town for her and even travelled to London scouring the streets in vain.

The police had to deal with lots of cases of men and women disappearing so Sukey’s disappearance became unremarkable: “People are being reported missing left, right and centre. The men can’t get used to being back on Civvy Street, or the women can’t get used to having their husbands home again, and so they’re off.”

A suitcase full of her clothes turns up but no Sukey.

Two further devices are used to create mystery. One is the mad woman with a dark but tragic past who seems to stalk Sukey and Maud in a menacing way. On the night of Sukey’s disappearance the mad woman scared the living daylights out of her and neighbours heard her screaming. Maud is petrified when she chases after her on many occasions. She has been known to grab Maud and hit her with an umbrella. What does she know about Sukey’s disappearance? What is significant about her digging up of marrows? Is there a connection? If so, what is it?

The second device is the narrative thread concerned with the Grosvenor Hotel murderer, Kenneth Lloyd Holmes due to hang for the murder of two women. In Maud’s demented mind perhaps Sukey was his third victim? “I had to know if he killed my sister.” So she writes to him before his execution. Maud’s mother and father died not knowing what happened to their daughter. “I don’t want to die like that,” admitted Maud.

By the end of the novel past and present become fused with memories muddled. Earlier lucid thoughts change shape, lost in her state of dementia with this unsolved mystery. Well-written but unsettling.

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Barca Win Copa Del Rey

Lionel Messi scored an outrageous solo goal as La Liga champions Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao to win the Copa del Rey and edge closer to the treble.

The four-time world player of the year lit up the Nou Camp when he evaded n u m e r o u s challenges on the right wing and then surged into the area before firing home a firm, low shot.

Neymar tapped in his 38th goal this campaign, before Messi scored his 58th with the outside of his boot.

Inaki Williams headed in late on.

That effort in the 79th minute was a small blip in an otherwise superb performance by Luis Enrique’s side at their home, the Nou Camp.

A repeat display against Juventus in next week’s Champions League final will almost certainly see them complete their second ever continental treble, having become the first La Liga side to do so in 2009.

On Saturday there were many fantastic moments of Barca interplay, but the highlight of the match, and maybe the Spanish season, involved just one player - Messi.

The 27-year-old Argentina forward started on the right and surrounded by Athletic players in the lead up to the opening goal, but managed to squeeze through a gap, sprint into the box, shift the ball past one more defender before striking a shot low past goalkeeper

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“Leo is spectacular, he is a star,” said Neymar.

“For me he is the best in the world and it is an honour to be part of this team with players of such quality.”

If that was an individual goal of the highest standard, then Neymar’s was a team goal of equal quality.

Quick passing around the area between Messi and Ivan Rakitic ended with Luis Suarez squaring the ball to Neymar to slot in.

It was another goal for the Brazilian in what has been a superb second season at Barcelona.

Messi scored his second of the night and his 58th this season with a stunning close-range finish after the break which meant he, Suarez and Neymar have now scored 120 goals in all competitions for the Catalan club this campaign.

Barca took a more relaxed approach in the last 15 minutes, and Athletic 23-time winners of the competition - made the most of their opportunity when Williams headed in from six yards out.

Xavi came on as a late substitute in his final appearance for Barcelona at the Nou Camp. And the Spaniard, who will be ending a 17-year association, almost scored a fourth when his brilliant free-kick struck the post.

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Arsenal became the most successful club in FA Cup history as they outclassed Aston Villa at Wembley to earn Arsene Wenger a recordequalling sixth triumph.

The Gunners retained the trophy they won against Hull City a year ago to put Wenger’s total of wins alongside George Ramsay - who previously stood alone with the record for his victories with Villa between 1887 and 1920.

Arsenal’s 12th final victory was never in doubt as they dominated with a magnificent display, the only surprise being that it took until five minutes before half-time for their control to be rewarded with Theo Walcott’s goal.

Alexis Sanchez confirmed that superiority with one of the great FA Cup final goals shortly after the restart - a swerving, dipping 25yard thunderbolt that flew high past startled Villa keeper Shay Given.

Villa were a shadow of the side that performed so impressively to beat Liverpool at Wembley in the semifinal, their flaws exposed ruthlessly as Per Mertesacker took advantage of an embarrassing lack of marking to head the third.

Substitute Olivier Giroud’s fourth in the final moments only completed what was a harrowing day for Tim Sherwood’s side, who had travelled to Wembley high on optimism and expectation after an impressive run to the final.

It was a day of triumph for Wenger, as he added another FA Cup to his three Premier League titles in a game that was a sharp contrast to the tension of last year’s final, when the Gunners had to recover from two goals down.

And Wenger recorded a tactical victory over Villa counterpart Sherwood, with his decision to use the pace of Walcott to take on Villa’s defence rather than the power of Giroud reaping rich rewards.

Sherwood’s big selection call to play Charles N’zogbia ahead of Gabriel Agbonlahor - never looked like working. By the time the latter was introduced, just after Arsenal had gone two up, the horse had bolted for a Villa team that simply never performed. Arsenal’s season can now be judged as a success, with the trophy adding to a third-placed finish

in the Premier League that assured Champions League football again.

This was a day of unrelenting misery for Sherwood and his players watched at Wembley by owner Randy Lerner, who was sitting next to Villa fan Prince William.

They will have to regard Premier League survival as their success this term, which was the main priority when the manager replaced Paul Lambert in February.

Villa ended the league season by being thrashed 6-1 at Southampton and losing at home to relegated Burnley and the ominous signs of those performances were flagged up once more as Arsenal’s pace and mobility ran them ragged.

Goalkeeper Given showed great athleticism to save from Laurent Koscielny, and Kieran Richardson blocked crucially from Walcott as he looked certain to score.

Just as it looked as if Villa would somehow survive until half-time, Arsenal got the breakthrough they deserved, Walcott thumping a finish past Given at his near post after Sanchez headed down Nacho Monreal’s cross.

Before Villa could regroup after halftime, Sanchez effectively settled the contest with a magical FA Cup final moment, sending a bullet finish high past Given with the keeper barely having time to react.

Villa, pretty much as they had looked from the first whistle, were shellshocked and Mertesacker was allowed

by Christian Benteke to rise unmarked and head in the third.

The formalities were completed with virtually the last kick of the game when Giroud turned in Alex OxladeChamberlain’s cross in front of a rapidly-emptying Villa end, with their supporters having had little more than a couple of half-hearted penalty appeals to sustain them.

Wenger took the applause of Arsenal’s fans before the trophy was presented - the manager who has had so many doubters delivering his answer with another piece of silverware.

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The wait is over, the mission completed and the comeback has begun for Jessica Ennis-Hill.

The Olympic champion, in her first heptathlon since winning gold on that glorious Saturday evening in London nearly three years ago, finished fourth overall at the HypoMeeting in Gotzis, soaring above her initial points target with a 6520-points total.

“I’ve still got that competitive edge, I’ve still got that strength to dig deep,” she said, smiling.

But how good was her performance and might she deliver another sparkling performance at an Olympics?

How good is fourth place?

As Ennis-Hill kneeled on the start line, head bowed as she placed each foot on the blocks, she did not know what to expect. No-one did. When she looked up to stare at the line of 10 hurdles in front of her, she was about to run at full speed into the unknown.

The 29-year-old knew she would have no trouble completing the first of heptathlon’s disciplines, but could she hurdle, high jump, shot put and run 200m in the same day, then throw, jump and run some more 24 hours later?

“I think it’s hard to know what to expect,” she said on the Friday before competition, admitting to nerves and excitement.

But by Sunday afternoon, on a sun-soaked day in Austria, EnnisHill could say she was now ranked the fourth best heptathlete in the world, even though she had been

absent from the sport for years, experienced the life-changing impact of motherhood and had her training disrupted by a troublesome Achilles.

“I’m really, really pleased,” she said. “Some of my events have been pretty poor, pretty standard.

I feel there’s so much more to come. If someone had said I’d have had 6,520 beforehand I would have taken that with both hands. It’s a pleasing position to be in after all that time off.”

Can she still compete with the best?

Despite the frustration of not hurdling as well as she would have hoped, of not throwing the javelin as far as she would have wanted, and being below her best in every event, Ennis-Hill finished just 11 points adrift of third place and 27 points from second.

“It’s a superb comeback,” beamed Toni Minichiello, Ennis-Hill’s coach.

But while she is within touching distance of the majority, there are the few - those who were once inspired by her - setting a high standard.

Brianne Theisen-Eaton, the Canadian who won the prestigious invitational event, amassed nearly 300 points more than the former world champion and recorded the highest score by a heptathlete since the Briton won in London.

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The 28-year-old two-time world champion beat pole sitter Andrea Iannone and championship leader Valentino Rossi, who finished third.

Defending champion Marc Marquez, fourth in the standings, crashed with six laps remaining.

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow also failed to finish, crashing out from fifth with three laps to go.

Lorenzo is now six points behind Rossi in the championship standings.

“I’ve been in this form in the past,” said Lorenzo. “I’ve won three races in a row before but now I want to make it four [Catalunya in a fortnight].”

The Spaniard dominated from the outset, moving into the lead on the first lap and powering ahead of rivals, at times lapping over a second quicker than anyone else.

Marquez had battled superbly to climb from 13th to third but his late crash provided a huge dent to his title hopes.

He is fifth in the standings, 49 points behind leader Rossi.

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Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 41:39.173 2. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 41:44.736 3. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha

41:45.834 4. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 1:49.151 5. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 41:54.457 6.

Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 41:54.838 7. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 42:02.978 8.

Michele Pirro (Italy) Ducati 42:08.325 9. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 42:11.181 10. Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Ducati 42:13.744 11. Scott Redding (Britain) Honda 42:17.726 12.

Loris Baz (France) Yamaha Forward 42:21.331 13. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 42:23.974 14. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 42:29.608 15. Eugene Laverty (Ireland) Honda 42:32.233 World Championship standings 1.

Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 118 points 2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 112 3.

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A BREEZE FOR BADGERS

On 27th May Badgers Golf Society enjoyed a bright and breezy day at Alboran Golf for their regular Wednesday fixture.

All the members commented on the great condition of the course, especially Neil Bown who came out the winner with 36 points.

Andy Kaye continued his recent good form to claim second spot on 34, with a resurgent Greg Knight scoring 33 in third place. Both Neil and Andy added to their prize pot with Nearest The Pin awards, and Andy gilded the lily with a birdie 2 for his third prize of the day.

Other NTP’s went to Steve Casburn, and Fred McEvoy who converted his for an additional prize for a birdie 2.

Badgers next Wednesday fixture is at Valle Del Este on 3rd June.

Badgers G o l f S o c i e t y, Mojacar play every Wednesday a n d S a t u r d a y.

Members and visitors are always welcome. Any golfers wishing to play should ring or email Mike Daily mikdaily9@gmail.com tel. 664 876 995 or Andy Mucha andymucha1@gmail.com tel. 634 333 481, or email badgersmojacar@gmail.com

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SPORTS SHORTS by Tony Matthews • Last Saturday Arsenal won the FA Cup for a record 12th time and for the sixth time under manager Arsene Wenger.

• The Gunners thumped Aston Villa 4-0 - and players from different countries scored the goals: Walcott (England), Sanchez (Chile), Mertesacker (Germany) and Giroud (France).

• There were also ‘Cup final’ wins for Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2-1 over Falkirk); for Barcelona (3-1 v. Atletico Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey - Lionel Messi scored twice); for Wolfsburg (3-1 v. Borussia Dortmund) and for Motherwell (6-1 on aggregate over Rangers in the SPL Play-off).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------• Saracens beat Bath 28-16 to win Rugby’s Aviva PL title, Glasgow defeated Munster 31-13 in the Pro-12 final and England slammed the Barbarians 73-12.

• Kell Brook stopped Frankie Gavin to win the IBF welterweight crown; Welshman Lee Selby claimed the featherweight title, defeating Evangy Gradovich; Anthony Joshua battered Kevin Johnson to become the IBF heavyweight champion; and Amir Khan beat Chris Algieri, also in a welterweight fight.

• In the second Test against New Zealand at Leeds, England’s Adam Lyth scored his first century (107); skipper Alastair Cook broke Graham Gooch’s record of 8,900 runs and bowler Jimmy Anderson took his 400th Test wicket.

• Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo won the Italian MotoGP at Mugello; Andrea Iannone was second, Valentino Rossi third.

• Spain’s Alberto Contador won the Tour de Italia cycle race.

• And GB Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee claimed his second win of the 2015 World Triathlon Series in London.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------• This weekend it’s the Canadian F1 Grand Prix from Montreal... treble-chasing Barcelona play Juventus in the Champions League final (Saturday)... there are soccer friendly internationals involving Scotland-Qatar and the Republic of Ireland-England... and the women’s FIFA World Cup starts in Canada (also on Saturday).

• There are two classic horses - The Oaks (Friday) and the Derby (Saturday); the French Open tennis finals take place this weekend...And England’s play New Zealand in a ODI at Edgbaston next Tuesday.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------• COMMENT: Sepp Blatter is still FIFA President - what a joke following the arrest of seven members of football’s governing body by the FBI for alleged bribery, racketeering and money-laundering.

FIFA is in chaos.

QUIZ - I have a RBL Charity quiz at The Beachcomber, Mojacar Playa, on Friday evening, 8.30pm.

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Marina Phoenix Golf Society

Mondays Winners Thirty two players contested the individual stableford at Marina Phoenix on Monday 25th.

Margaret Budd lead the way with 38 points to win the ladies division from Ann Kavanagh (35) in second followed by Miriam Staunton (34) third.

Hylton Smith scored 39 points to win the men’s division. John Meagher (36) was second ahead of José Postigo (35) in third place. The only two’s prize went to John Meagher (9th).

Thursday’s team game three to count on par threes and two on the rest.

Another good turnout saw Bob Craig lead his team of John Kavanagh, Hylton Smith

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and Margaret Budd, to victory with 92 points. In second were Liz Meagher, José Postigo, Don Atkins and Miriam Staunton (90) followed by Maxine Mayhew, José Urroz, Jim Budd and Gerry Byrne (89) in third. There were nearest the pin prizes for Alex Elder (5th) and Les Armfield (14th).

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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