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corvera airport report played down

The Gobierno Regional has tried to play down the importance of the AENA news regarding Corvera Airport, which claims that the airport is not financially viable.

Also, the Empresa Estatal claims a loss of 98 million euros would be caused by the closure of San Javier, which could continue operating until 2025 with investments. The Consejero Portavoz, José Ballesta,

said that AENA ‘will have to explain’ this news. He added that of the 47 other airports 49 were facing losses, including El Prat and Barajas. He suggested that the period of the current grant, 40 years, should be taken into account, and that to stick to the situation of the year 2012, which was a time of decline, would show that almost all airports were not

viable.

Ballesta said the Gobierno Regional is determined to see through the commissioning of Corvera airport ‘in the shortest time possible’ after initiating the procedure for the termination of the concession to the Company led by Sacyr.

He stated that the airport ‘is the fulfillment of a long-awaited deal.’

bar & restaurants occupants drop by up to 50%

According to the Presidente de la Asociación de Pubs y Bares Especiales de la Región de Murcia, Pedro Martínez, consumption in the bars and pubs of the region has fallen between 30 and 50 percent.

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a college party, and instead focusing their attendance on Saturdays. Pepe Barceló, owner of The Black Crow on Avenida Pérez Casas, says sales have fallen sharply, to 50 percent on Thursday, about 30 percent on Friday and Saturday, Sunday ‘is hardly worth opening’ and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday showing a minimal trade.

terra mitica trial looks likely to end in custodial sentences

The corruption case against the Board of Directors of Terra Mitica, the first suspicions of which were aired in 1998 after an enquiry from the Agencia Tributaria (Tax Collection Agency), and which was under investigation for two years before being archived by the judge, was reopened in 2011. It now at last looks likely to end in custodial sentences for 38 individuals, among them the Chief Executive Officer and three former directors, as well as members of the management of 25 companies.

They are all accused of involvement in money laundering during the construction of the theme park. The scams were based around invoices for work that was never carried out, for inflated invoices, for bypassing the control of the Board by subcontracting works outside the control of the company; for forgery of contracts and invoices and evasion of tax and IVA. Those in the forefront of these practices include business owner Antonio Moreno Vicente Carpio, who faces a projected 53 years and four months for 19 different counts of tax evasion, forgery of invoices and money-laundering offences.

General Manager Miguel Navarro, Technical Manager Antonio Rincón, and Head of Contracts Justo Valverde, none of whom currently hold these posts, face sentences of 10 years for forgery of business documents, fraud and tax evasion, whilst the CEO at that time, Luis Esteban, could be inside for 7 years.

The offences date back to 1997, during the building of Terra Mítica, undertaken at a cost to the public coffers of 400 million euros, and with the encouragement of the then Alcalde and Presidente Regional of Benidorm, Eduardo Zaplana.

Zaplana’s connection with the scandal is tenuous, and arises through his former brother-in-law, Justo Valverde, who entered into a contract with Vicente Conesa, CEO of the engineering and construction company

C3 Ingeniería, and Miguel Navarro. The three men formulated a scheme by which they could take over managing part of the construction of the park from the main board of directors and management team, thus enabling them to present a large number of invoices for acceptance by the finance department.

These works were never carried out, and in many cases the companies quoted were in no way ever involved in any aspect of the Park.

The three then recruited Antonio Rincón García, who for a ‘financial consideration’ was installed as head of the technical department, and as such was responsible for counter-signing the invoices.

They formed the company Parque Temático de Benidorm, which allowed Vicente Conesa and C3 Ingeniería a means of becoming involved with the preparation of the park.

In 1999 the company engaged the firm Terra Verd to undertake the landscaping and irrigation at a cost of 6 million euros, and Terra Verd then subcontracted the work, thus burying the paper trail from the scrutiny of the Board of Directors.

This may have been the tipping point, as the prosecution service noticed these irregularities first.

Alerted to the possibility of further scams, they followed up on other invoices, specifically those involving business owners Antonio Moreno and José Luis Rubio, with whom Conesa collaborated to ‘manipulate’ their invoicing procedures so as to avoid paying tax and IVA. It is estimated that around 4.4 million euros worth of tax has been avoided, while the amount in compensation payments is thought to be in the area of 7.8 million euros. Terra Mitica’s main shareholders are the Gobierno Regional de Valencia as well as several large high-street banks in the Comunidad Valenciana.

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It would seem that the economic crisis, certainly so far in 2013, is showing that one in three cars sold in Spain, is over ten years old. Numbers from Ganvam, the national association of motor dealers, show that sales of used cars will rise by just over 4% in 2013, compared to 2012.

Juan Manuel Sa’nchez Torres, Ganvam president, remarks that the market success for second hand cars, is the “Unwitting hero of the crisis” Such has been the demand for second hand jam jars, that prices have shown a rise of around 17% in the average price. Sa’nchez Torres says these sales represent “Unfair competition” due to lower administrative cost (No mention of large profit mark up at showrooms then!), and to cap it all, the director of Spain’s DGT traffic department expressed concern as to the safety of the country’s aging car fleet. He should pop his head around the door of my local I.T.V. testing station. They do a litmus paper test on the sump oil!

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Unless you have a spare 200 million euro in your back pocket, as sure as “Eggs is eggs” and “Submarines float and dive”, unless of course, the submarine happens to be manufactured in Cartagena, and goes by the model number S-80 (Don’t even go there!), Corvera Airport will not opening in 2013, but I’m sure we all knew that!

The complex was completed some 15 months ago, but with the economic turndown generally, along with the refusal of Aena, to move out of San Javier, without massive compensation, which the concessionary is unable to pay, because the cupboard is bare, it ain’t going to happen.

Public Works councillor Antonio Sevilla is not too concerned. “Several companies are interested in becoming a concessionary, and Aeromur, who were involved from the start, are still in the picture. but although it would not be legal to compensate Aeromur financially, we might look at extending their concession after the existing 40 year deadline, the door is always open” Not so Corvera, it would seem.

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It may seem like an early start, but the main gate at around 07.45 Hrs., on either June 7th., or 14th, at the San Javier Air Base & Military Academy, would be the place to be, should you wish to join a privileged party to tour the station.

As part of the 125th., anniversary of Santiago de la Ribera, a rare chance to visit this base, home of the “Eagle Patrol”, has been agreed by the Academia General de Aire. The Eagle patrol can often be seen across the sky’s of the Mar Menor, practicing their acrobatic movements. This air base is also the training centre for the Spanish Air Force.

To join the visiting party, contact will have to be made with the Tourist Office in San Javier, on telephone number 968 571 704. The office tell me that they will require your name, address, telephone number, and N.I.E. number. A copy of your passport is also asked for.

On a visit to the base, a couple or so years ago, I explained to the Air ViceMarshal, over coffee, as one does, that, many years ago, I took my first solo flight in a Beagle Pub, at Birmingham International Airport, then called Elmdon Airport, and that was real “Seat of the pants flying”. Can’t imagine why he suddenly found he had an urgent appointment elsewhere? I had to pay for the coffee and tortilla!

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Mother fakes Garzón To Return To Politics The ex Magistrate from the National Court, Baltasar robbery after Garzón, who lost his job for pursuing the Gürtel corruption has said: ‘It’s the moment to participate in gambling politics, the panorama is stifling’ According to a report by Typically Spanish, Garzón takings of said that he would not stand as a member of any political grouping, but he said he will be political though son’s bar ‘denuncias , debate and demand’. He considers that the

A woman who spent the entire day’s takings of her son’s bar in a fruit machine and tried to cover it up by reporting a break-in has been arrested.

The accused, 56, from Artana (Castellón) told the Guardia Civil that two men burst into the bar at around 01.00hrs when she was cleaning the premises and one grabbed her by the neck and punched her, threatening her with a sharp object.

She said the other man grabbed a bag containing 200 euros in coins and 600 euros in notes, which was the takings from that day and the day before.

But police said her statement was ‘inconsistent’ and that she kept tripping herself up.

She finally broke down and confessed that she had invented the story because she was afraid her son would find out she had spent nearly 800 euros on the fruit machine, and having afterwards fallen down the stairs, decided to use her facial injuries as a cover-up, saying they were the result of a violent burglary.

The woman has been charged with simulating a crime for financial gain.

current ideological positions are very worrying.

In an interview in El País today he stated: ‘Politics is not a closed shop and is a vocation of service in which you have to give everything and receive very little’.

He tells the paper, ‘In politics you have to be faithful to what you say and if you can’t do that you should leave, you should not have taken up office’.

The El País piece has another headline, ‘The Judicial Power should protect the Gürtel judges from the pressure from the Partido Popular’.

Other quotes from the exJudge, ‘The Infanta should have declared voluntarily and helped justice’ ‘I will intend to make the State return to the victims the goods which were plundered by the Franquist’.

First reaction in the Internet Polls has been an unanimous welcome and the promise of votes. Quite how Mariano Rajoy and the Partido Popular handle this remains to be seen.

British Twin Brothers Found Dead In Fuengirola Flat

Police in Fuengirola, Málaga, have opened an inquiry into the deaths of elderly British twin brothers in their home. The two men, aged 83, were found after a neighbour reported a foul smell coming from their flat yesterday and called the police. Firefighters had to break down the door to get in.

One of the men was in an armchair in the lounge and the other was lying on a bed. They both had plastic bags over their heads and parcel tape over their mouths. A postmortem is due to be carried out to ascertain the exact cause of death.

Police are treating it as a suicide pact, but have not ruled out any line of inquiry, including murder. The flat where the bodies were found is on the C/ Federico Ruiz Vertedor in the popular resort town.

Annie Leibovitz wins Prince of Asturias prize

The photographer, Annie Leibovitz, has been named as the winner in the Prince of Asturias Awards in the category of communication.

She beat the Magnum Agency and the journalist Christiane Amanpour in the last three.

She is the second woman to win this award, after María Zambrano in 1981.

The jury said she is one of the ‘global photojournalism energisers’, and one of the most respected in Europe and America, whose recognized graphic work has been shown in the best galleries and museums in the emblematic cities of the world.

The Jury noted that her work was seen on the covers of the most prestigious magazines.

Recently famous for her naked photos of Demi Moore for Vanity Fair, she has been shown to be expert in reflecting the political time, literature, cinema, music and sport though her protagonists, such as John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, all during the 13 years she was contracted to ‘Rolling Stone’.

Leibovitz is 63 years old and is considered to be the most important photographer alive at the moment, she is also the most highly paid.

She showed a grand retrospective exposition in Madrid in 2009, in which she exhibited her most intimate images, among them pictures of her partner, the writer Susan Sontag, who died in 2004.

Susan Sontag was also given a Prince of Asturias award for letters in 2003.

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Spain announces Premursa confirms further reform of Cajas funding to complete

Earlier this month, Spain announced plans to control the cajas blamed for causing the country’s financial crisis, the latest measure in an overhaul of its bailed-out banking sector. The government launched a bill to restrict the regional savings banks’ lending to individuals and small businesses, it announced after a cabinet meeting.

The cajas - which were traditionally regionally based lenders - diversified into property during Spain’s decadelong building boom that went bust in 2008. “What we are trying to do is return to the traditional model of savings banks - a traditional model that somehow got distorted in recent years and was the basis of the problems in the Spanish financial model,” Finance Minister Luis de Guindos announced at a press conference.

This is just one of the measures Spain promised to the EU last year in return for tens of billions of euros to save its banking sector from collapse. It plans to limit a savings bank’s assets to 10 billion euros, the Ministry said in a statement detailing the plan. If a caja exceeds that size, it will have to submit its financial activities to more stringent regulation.

The plan also aims to place control of the savings banks firmly in the hands of depositors, shielding the boards from political influence. It will set quotas for the proportion of seats on the board held by depositors and demand that board members have financial competence and experience.

That was apparently a response to past controversies over the naming of unqualified figures with links to politicians to the boards of the cajas. Dozens of cajas were swallowed up in a mass restructuring of the banking sector following the start of the Spanish crisis.

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Jesus Samper, the President of Proyectos Emblemáticos Murcianos SA (Premursa) - the promoter and developer of the Paramount theme park at Alhama de Murcia, has claimed he has secured the required investment to complete construction work on the project.

According to press sources, Samper went on to confirm he had received firm commitments from investors from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, whist a number of American investment groups had expressed an interest, but were waiting to see how work on the project commenced later this year.

Samper was speaking at a press conference, along with Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, and the Mayor of Alhama, Alfonso Ceron, to deny rumours questioning the viability Paramount Park, and that Paramount in the USA were giving considering withdrawing their licence, despite expenditure of €36 Million.

He also went on to say how he had no concerns over the Paramount Theme Park in London, set to open its doors in 2019, just 4 years after Paramount Murcia.

Samper also clarified that training for the staff recruited to work in various departments at the park would commence in 2014. This is despite the fact that a dedicated office to handle their recruitment opened early in 2012. source: La Opinion de Murcia/Tumbit.com

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According to a report by Tumbit.com, key destinations for emmigrating Spaniards were Italy (12,000); Greece (10,000) and Portugal (4,000). Some 6,000 Spaniards relocated to the UK, where total numbers are now thought to stand at around 30’000 arrivals since 2008.

However, it is difficult to state final and exact number as many Spaniards have kept their official Residential status as being in Spain. One anomaly that has not been answered by the INE is why so many Spaniards - who are suffering the effect of 27.2% unemployment at home - would choose to relocate to Greece with a 26.4% rate of unemployment, when the European average is 10.9% ?

Alicante Airport Traffic Jumps in April

Recent figures released by AENA has revealed how the number of flight to Alicante’s El Altet Airport increased by 10.1% in April, compared to April 2012. Passenger numbers from the UK alone increased by 7% over the same period. However, the largest growth came from the Scandinavian countries, with a 36.3% increase in passengers from Norway; 33.4% from Sweden and 79.1% from Denmark.

A total of 827,764 passengers flew through the airport on 6,055 flights during April 2013.

As far as the first quarter of the year was concerned 2,324,716 passed through the airport, increasing 3.2% more than the same period last year, with the number of operations increasing by 1.0%.

As far as the number of flights are concerned 2,537 operations came from the UK (+10.9%); 911 domestic operations (-18.3%); 407 flights to Norway (+52.4%); 365 flights to Germany (+17.7%); 350 flights to the Netherlands (+23.2%); 257 flights to Sweden (+49.4%) and 129 flights to Denmark representing an 111.5% increase.

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Rojales Council feels that the Foundation is now part of Rojales and that we should be part of the various fiestas throughout the year, they are even going to hold a special welcome home fiesta for Faith when she returns back to the centre from Barcelona.

The EHCRC Foundation had the honour of being invited to lead the San Isidro Pilgrims Walk with Taffeta the miniature horse, leaving from the church in Rojales at 8am and going to the Recorral Park.

Behind Taffeta there were six magnificent horses, then the statue of Saint Isidro, carried in turn by the strong men of Rojales, plus the Mayor and dignitaries, followed by a long line of pilgrims.

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Co-Founder Sue Weeding said “Isn’t it incredible that a little miniature horse left to die five years ago, is now leading an important procession through Rojales and being greeted by the Mayor. We at the rescue centre think it’s wonderful to have become part of the great community of Rojales”.

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Not too many years ago we would all be drooling at a team that included the likes of former International footballers Andy Dibble, Colin Hendry, Asa Hartford, Peter Barnes, Uwe Rosler and Tommy Booth.

We would have paid a lot of money for the privilege of seeing them line up. Well now the opportunity will cost you almost nothing, just your loose change, as they and others, will be turning out on Friday 7 June at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Torrevieja against ‘Team Skala’ , a side thought to comprise, for the most part, of Guardia Civil Officers stationed in the locality.

Joe Corrigan has also been named in the squad but it is thought that he will turn out only in a managerial capacity as he continues to nurse an injury.

They will be joined by Eric Nixon, Ali Pickering and Les Chapman, amongst others, who will be confirmed over the coming days for the match next Friday.

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This will be the third occasion that the team have visited the area in recent years, both previous occasions being an unlimited success.

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I was speaking last week with an ex-colleague in the Welfare Rights Unit at the council in London where i used to work concerning an appeal for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) of a client of mine here and it is clear that aspects of the Welfare Reform Act of 2012 are starting to really hurt people. She said that a staggering 83% of people that they have helped claim ESA over the last year have been turned down at the assessment stage. In the light of

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However, the High Court has granted permission for a full hearing of the judicial review challenge to the government’s introduction of the more stringent qualifying criteria for mobility benefit. What is extremely concerning is that the government had already projected figures of how much the introduction of PIP will save from the welfare budget before a single person had been assessed.

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Throughout my time in welfare rights i have seen at close hand the considerable and positive impact that claiming disability benefits has on people’s lives. That extra income enables people to remain as independent as possible and helps reduce the link between poverty and health. There are countless people living here in Spain who would undoubtedly be entitled to more income by claiming disability benefits but many are unaware of what is out there for them. Feelings of pride and not wanting to be a burden on the state coupled with wanting to preserve their independence often put people off. Difficulty accessing forms, finding the nature of them overwhelming and wanting to avoid intrusive The Barbershop at questions deter many even Quesada Country Club further.

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realised that this had happened the thieves had long gone. One of the least expensive and successful ways of preventing this type of theft has for many years now been to wear a “money belt” or similar and even then to carry with you only what is necessary for the shopping trip. Also due to thieves targeting tourists if you have rented a hire car it is very important that you do not advertise this fact and carefully remove the hire car sticker from the rear of the car for your increased safety.

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The Royal British Legion “Torrevieja Branch” enjoying the Social and entertainment after our monthly meeting.

Music & singing provided the the excellent “Woody” from the 50s,60s &70s, our Madam Chairlady (Gill) got up to swing to his music, along with the Vice Chairman (Graham) and Treasurer, (Gerry) we had lots of fun and chat, our President (Ted)also got up but I missed the opportunity to catch him on the camera, maybe next time Ted. Come along and join us at the “Casa Ventura” San Luis Bowls Club every 2nd Friday in the month 6.30pm/7.00pm start.

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Declared ‘Timanfaya’ during the year of 1974, the protected national park located in the southwest region of the island of Lanzarote, is a purely mother-nature created sight.

For some six years during the 18th century, this area of land experienced a series of violent volcanic eruptions, in which more than thirty massive explosions of molten lava shook the island, destroying up to eleven settlements.

Although the air was filled with thick, black fumes, and entire villages were buried and destroyed under ash and volcanic gravel - known as picón - fortunately and miraculously there were no casualties.

The people of these villages deserted their homes early enough to avoid any fatalities this natural disaster could have caused.

It was one of these destroyed villages that the Timanfaya name was acquired from, which now - marked by its signature ‘El Diablo’ (The

Devil) entrance sign - flaunts its vast territory to the many tourists, outdoor explorers and geology lovers that visit,.

Stretching from the Montañas del Fuego (Fire Mountains) out to sea, the park covers approximately 51 square kilometres of ground between the two municipalities of Yaiza and Tinajo.

Unguided walking around the park is not permitted due to potential dangers of fragile rocks and unstable lava tubes.

Visitors can explore the park by either a forty minute guided El Diablo bus tour, which departs every twenty minutes and offers recorded commentaries in three languages; or by foot

on a three hour walk guided by a park ranger. The walks are the most popular and only held four times a week, therefore pre-bookings are highly encouraged.

There is also an option of camel rides through the park too, which departs from near the visitors centre near Mancha Blanca.

The glass-walled El Diablo restaurant in the centre of Timanfaya Park hosts spectacular views over the volcanic landscape out towards the sea. Together with its impressive César Manrique-designed barbeque and cast-iron grill, which uses geothermal heat from the ground to cook food, visitors can enjoy a unique and rustic dining experience.

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Credits for small companies in Spain may be provided by Germany

Germany may agree to provide ‘special credits’ to small and medium-sized businesses in Spain and Portugal to help them grow, and later to those in Greece. According to German national daily Der Spiegel, the central European country’s equivalent of Spain’s Official Credit Institute – the KfW – is considering investing up to 10 billion euros in small companies and sole traders’ enterprises in the southern EU nations, taking advantage of currently low interest rates.

Finance minister for Germany Wolfgang Schäuble (pictured), in a letter to economy minister Philipp Rösler, compared the situation of Spain, Portugal and Greece vis à vis the rest of Europe with that of East and West Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. According to Schäuble, many southern European countries are in a similar condition to East Germany – without the communism, but in terms of poverty and financial struggle – and that before the country was united, West Germany used to send aid to its counterparts behind the Iron Curtain.

He said companies in crisis-torn European countries would benefit greatly from increased access to capital markets and would be able to create jobs or, at least, by staying afloat, not contribute to the jobless figures.

The German finance minister said Spain, Portugal and Greece were ‘in danger of losing an entire generation’.

Non-drinking drivers get 20-euro petrol vouchers

Free petrol for young drivers in the early hours of the morning who can prove they have not drunk any alcohol is being given

by Huelva city council in the south-west of Spain.

Numerous checkpoints have been set up around the city to breathalyse drivers and those who show a zero alcohol

reading will be given petrol vouchers.

To sign up to the scheme, they will be given a ‘points card’ upon registering at the city hall and showing their driving licences, and each breathalysing test they undertake which shows a reading of 0.0 will earn them one stamp.

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This is part of a campaign by local authorities to convince young revellers to take it in turns among their friends to drive and not to drink

Jobseeker who ‘sang’ his CV on the metro taken on by national TV show

An unemployed graduate who ‘sang’ his CV whilst playing the Ukelele on the Barcelona metro has been given a job by Spain’s Channel 6, La Sexta. Enzo Vizcaíno’s performance on the train went viral on YouTube and hit national headlines, after he joked in song about his experience as a community manager – social network administrator for companies – and Ukelele-player.

Vizcaíno has a degree in journalism, but has despaired of finding work after months on the dole following redundancy. As a result of the video

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BEING A RESIDENT OF SPAIN OR NOT CAN MAKE A CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCE TO CAPITAL GAINS TAX. NASTY SURPRISE: HAVING WHAT EVERYONE CALLS THE RESIDENCE CERTIFICATE IS NOT PROOF OF TAX RESIDENCY AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WILL BE TREATED AS A NON RESIDENT AND 3% OF THE SALES PRICE WILL BE HELD BACK. Q. I have sold my house. I was under the impression that I was a resident and that the 3% retention for non residents would not be applicable, but the notary said that my residence certificate was not proof of residency and that he had to treat me as a non resident which means that 3% of the sales price was retained and paid into the tax office. How can the resident certificate not be proof of residency?

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Destinations further then Manchester are charged on an cost bases to cover fuel and time for the extra distance at 50p per mile. All types of household pets are carried including parrots, rabbits etc. Either way the journey is within 48 hours with the channel crossing via the Euro Tunnel, pets are then delivered in order of addresses so no pets travel further then they should.

Pet Chauffeurs have been operating an pet service for over five years and cover the whole of Europe and Scandinavia. Holding an type 2 licence from Animal Health and Welfare, and members of the F.T.A. enabling the transport of pets on long journeys.

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DONNA DOES IT FOR DAISY

Donna Gee writer, journalist, editor but above all grandmother raises €2000 for CICRA who reseach into Crohn’s Disease in children.

Sunday May 26th and the El Rasarians - the folk from El Raso, plus a few walkers from other areas walked with Donna for Daisy - the whole walk was 2.5km. with Bucks Fizz and Beer as a pit stop and then a fun treasure hunt on the last leg of the walk!

Donna had already raised €750 with her sponsored slim and we had hoped to get her over the 1000! Well I think it was a suprise to all of us as the final figure when all the pledges come in will top €2,000!

Well done Donna and many thanks to Dee who is owner of Bar Sofia. Also many thanks to Maxine who is the resident Sunday entertainer, Emily Hullman and Eileen Carpenter. Creana and her lovely models did a splendid job with the Fashion Show and she will be at the next fundraiser at Casa La Pedrera on Thursday June 6th for Ladies Pamper Day. LADIES PAMPER DAY is just €12 including a splendid 2 course lunch or €6 if you do not want lunch.

Thanks also to Anne Day who was on booking in duty and Jack Lowe who just dropped by for a quick visit and ended up as usual selling raffle tickets. The raffle alone with many prizes donated by the generous stall holders made €108!

Next events are the Ladies Pamper Day at Casa La Pedrera now in it’s 4th Year!!

Followed by a Summer Ball on Saturday 15th June at Quesada Country Club - tickets for this

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You can book tickets for either event with Susan Reader at sueinthesun@hotmail.co.uk or sending a text message to 629 869 959.

The Fashion Show in at Quesada Country Club in April with a record 83 guests! raised €243 for The Children’s Home in Elche and Pamper Day with all sorts of tratments at special prices and The Summer Ball are both to raise money for The Children’s Home in Elche.

Open invitation to would-be singers Following hot on the heels of their highly successful ‘Far Lands’ concert at Torrevieja’s Palacio de la Música last week in aid of ‘Age Concern’, CANTABILE FEMALE VOICE CHOIR are pleased to announce their final concert of the season will be held at La Siesta Church on Saturday June 1st at 7:30pm. The concert will be a mixture of sacred and secular music.

Entrance is free and donations will be made to the church.

Cantabile, as always, wish to add their heartfelt thanks to La Siesta Church for allowing them to rehearse there.

OPEN AFTERNOONS: Any members of the public and especially would-be singers are cordially invited to attend the choir’s last rehearsals before they disband for the summer. These are on June 7th and 14th in the church from 3-5pm.

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Mirror Mirror on the wall Mirror Mirror on the wall, will you Audition for us at all?

On Friday 14th June at 2pm in the Quesada Cultural centre the Rojales Pantomime Group will be holding Auditions for their next production, Snow White and the 7 dwarfs. Written and directed by Barry Cox with Christine Smith and choreography by Mandy Bartlam this promises to be the groups most ambitious project to date.

There will be 9 principle roles to fill with lots of oppurtunity for chorus work. The group are also seeking anybody who wishes to become involved helping Front of house, back stage, painting, costumes etc.

The Panto group have raised thousands of Euros for local worth causes as well as entertaining the public. If you fancy yourself as a budding actor/actress why not come along and have a bite of the apple? you may fall under its enchantment and we promise

you wont fall under the spell of the sleeping death, well...... not unless you are our Snow White. So,why not come along and meet us,give it a go and join your local panto.

If you are interested in joining us then please do contact Barry bazbov@yahoo.co.uk or Christine shimserv@googlemail.com Mirror Mirror on the wall, will you answer to our call?

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Continuing from last week, with my amazing ‘Walk with Falcons’ with the International School of Falconry located within Las Colinas Golf in Campoamor - what I did not tell you, is that although I met Margarita the Eagle Owl, I also got the chance to get up really close and personal with her, as she sat on my arm and I was able to stroke her. It was not the first time that I had seen an Eagle Owl from an amazing vantage point, as on one of our Monday walks we had gone along the ridge, and obviously startled some birdlife, and looked down and caught 3 eagle owls flying off from the rocks beneath us. It was an amazing sight, and it was even more spectacular as we were just above them looking down and could fully appreciate the span of their incredible wings.

The European Eagle Owl is a very large and powerful bird with a wingspan of 160 / 168cm and the total length can range from 56 to 75cm so you can imagine it was an impressive sight, especially with three of them.

Although Margarita tolerated my stroking her, she was not happy with the handler and was hissing at him and in excess of 3kg, my arm was starting to feel the weight. I also noticed that she was on her own and I was advised that this is because if she was in the cages with the other raptors, she would simply attack and eat them. Because of the sheer size and their aggressive nature, this makes them the most dominant bird of prey (both nocturnal and diurnal) wherever they are found. Very occasionally they are killed by large Eagles, but more often it is they who prey on other Raptors. They prey mainly on mammals – chiefly rabbits and hares – but

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they will also take birds up to the size of a large Buzzard, which are usually taken from night roosts. Large Eagle Owls have been known to take roe deer and foxes, which they kill by crushing their skulls with huge, powerful feet.

I did not realise that The European Eagle Owl was a native of Britain until the latter part of the 19th Century and became extinct there largely as a result of man’s persecution. However, they are making a comeback and this is because unbelievably they have been added to several fox hunts in the UK to get around the law following the ban on ´hunting´with dogs. In the first line of the act reads “A person commits an offence if he hunts a wild mammal with a dog.” - which is clear, except there are a further five words in that sentence: “... unless his hunting is exempt.” Those five words - and the list of exemptions in schedule one of the act - have been the salvation of hunting.

One exemption in particular has been manna to the hunters: “Flushing a wild mammal from cover is exempt hunting if undertaken for the purpose of enabling a bird of prey to hunt the wild mammal.” Hunts therefore, have begun using packs of hounds in combination with birds of prey. To comply with the law, the huntsman must go into a wood or undergrowth with his hounds and try to flush a fox out in the direction of the bird.

Since 2004/2005 about 20 hunts bought in Eagle Owls and Golden Eagles in the belief that they are acting within the law.

However they are not the first to use Birds of prey, in this case the Golden Eagle, to hunt Foxes as ,In Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, is still used to hunt game as large as foxes and wolves, often on horseback, so maybe not so unusual after all.

However, it was not that long ago that according to some the ‘same detestable English Puritanism’ nearly extinguished the ancient sport of falconry in the British Isles in the 17th century, but now Falconry it is back to enjoy it’s ‘World Heritage status’ in the 21st century. It’s doing a lot of good to in making use of the natural relationship between raptors and their prey, today, falconry is not only used in combination with hunting but as ‘pest control’ - to control pest birds and animals in urban areas, landfills, commercial buildings, and airports. in many countries.

At the East Midland Airport an eagle owl named ´Elliot´ is being used as an environmentally friendly bid to keep the skies free from other birds and in Europe, a golden eagle called ´Cheyenne´ is being used to stop foxes and hares running onto an Italian airport runway.

This was only introduced as a ´last resort´as traditional measures, such as fences and repellents failed to keep the animals away.

In Spain, apparently similar birds have been employed to the same effect.

So you too, could get close and personal with Margarita at Las Colinas - it would certainly make a great birthday gift or anniversay celebration and it is affordable day out for the whole family. For further details check out their website www. aworldapart.es or you can call 965 323 786. It is all go here at Casa La Pedrera, with the first of our outdoor events taking place this Friday the 31st at 7pm, with our spectacular equestrian and flamenco extravaganza, Flamenco with Horses. Tickets are still available by calling Jenni on 660 816 620 or check out our website page at www.thingstodoinspain.info which has a link to the facebook page. Remember too, that all our activities are running which includes quad biking, horse treks, archery and air rifle, plus the tea garden is open for cream teas and light lunches. Until next week.... Jenni

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Cycle Route 26 Quesada to Callosa de Segura Leave Quesada and head for Benijofar, turn left at the traffic lights (cobbled area) cycle downhill for about 300metres then turn right just before the edge of the town, cycle down past the houses until you come to orange / lemon groves where you’ll find a track through them which takes you to the river. At the river turn left and cycle over the bridge and down the ramp then go left and cycle alongside the river until you come to the outdoor Community pool leave the track here and cycle down through the houses until you come to a main road .

You are now at the main road through Formentera. (be careful as there are many oneway streets) Turn left and cycle out of Formentera on this road until you come to a camino road on your right (Approx 1km), take this camino and cycle it, up and over the bridge across the CV91 Guardamar road and just stay on this camino until you come to the next junction (road to Daya Nueva) where you go straight over following it through some lovely cultivated land with beautiful views until you come to the next road where you turn left. Follow this road all the way until you come to Dolores (4 kms).

Go straight on at the first roundabout and turn left at the second roundabout and right at the third one then first left along a lovely little Spanish road that takes you passed some houses and out into beautiful countryside.

Dolores is a lovely place to stop for some refreshments by the way as there are numerous bars and restaurants to choose from. Keep on cycling staying on this road until you come to a junction, turn right here and

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By Gary & Ly road through Catral heading for nn Cyclogical Crevillente.

Quesada At the edge of town you will come to a large roundabout follow it all the way round to the left and take the bridge over the AP7 where you come to another roundabout where you take the exit for Casicas.

This is another lovely quiet camino, follow it until you come to traffic lights (approx 4kms ) where you turn left and immediate right, follow this camino all the way into Callosa, you will end up cycling alongside the rail line for the last couple of kms , be careful crossing the line as you enter the Town.

Once you have had something to eat and drink and a look around the town you can return the same way or you can head through the town, following the signs for Redovan / Orihuela and at the edge of the town there is a blue cycle track that will take you to Rafal, after Rafal follow the road to Benejuzar where you can pick up the river track or you can stay on the road passing through Algorfa and Benijofar before heading back to Quesada.

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Cliff-asif, one of the star acts appearing on the Cliff & Elvis Spectacular starting on Sunday 2nd June is to celebrate his birthday during the first show of the tour.

Cliff-asif is recognised as the best tribute to the Peter Pan of pop and when meeting up with Sir Cliff he looked at Will (Cliff-asif) and said “Its nice to meet me”!! He looks and sounds just like the UK’s idol and adds a comical aspect to his show that has everyone rocking with the music and the fun!!

Elvis 2000 is without doubt one of the best Elvis tribute artists anywhere and has a great voice that sounds so much like the King. Having been voted runner up in The Coastrider Music Awards (Costa Blanca) Best Tribute 2013 and winner in 2012 Elvis 2000 is certainly the best vocal Elvis you will hear and, he also generates a lot of fun and humour into his show to! When these two work together on tour, the banter is always incredible!!

This is a simply amazing show that’s a MUST for all Cliff and Elvis fans so, cancel everything else in your diaries and book your chosen venue NOW to avoid disappointment!

Dates & venues:

02/06/13 The Rendezvous, Campoamor Tel 608 467 597 10€ (Includes finger buffet) 03/06/13 Emerald Isle, La Florida 647 681 294 04/06/13 La Marina Sport Complex, San Fulgencio, La Marina Tel 966 796 389 05/06/13 Los Rosales, Lemon Tree Rd, CV895 Campo de Guardamar 03140, Tel 606 192 691 (12.50€ inc 2 course meal) 08/06/13 Bar Restaurant San Miguel Cooperative, Murla, Jalon Valley, (Xalo) Tel 633 076 588 / 633 694 740 11/06/13 The Club House, Camposol Golf 968 978 855 12/06/13 Lounge Bar, Torrevieja Tel 966 922 743 13/06/13 Rocajuna, Punta Prima Tel 965 997 260 / 664 591 795 19/06/13 The Club, Quesada Tel 966 717 028 Tickets are at the venues: 8-50€ (unless stated). Shows start at 8.30pm See www.jukeboxpromotions.co.uk for more info!

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Rihanna’s European tour starts in Bilbao

RIHANNA launched her European tour yesterday (Saturday) in Bilbao and will be back in Spain a week later for her concert in Barcelona – both of which are a sellout.

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With four musicians, eight dancers and another 60 people working backstage,

the artist had her audience transfixed as she started off with soulful tunes Mother Mary and Fresh out the runway, before moving onto Jamaican-style dance hits Man down and You da one.

The middle part of the show included some of her best-known records such as Umbrella, Stay, Rude boy, What’s my name, Talk that talk, and Diamonds.

Although she has only been on the music scene for eight years, Rihanna was named ‘greatest artist of the last 20 years’ by the prestigious USbased magazine Billboard, has six Grammy Awards to her name and has sold 37 million albums and 146 singles downloads.

She was named by magazine Forbes as the top world star on social networks with more than 62.5 million fans on Facebook and 26.5 million followers on Twitter.

Her next Spanish concert is on June 1 in Barcelona.

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When asked why it had taken the government so long to create the new law, vice-president Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (pictured) said that the cabinet had been obliged to approve a series of legislative initiatives ‘urgently’ since they had a time-limit for these after winning the general elections in November 2011.

She added that the government had agreed to give automatic residence rights to all foreigners who bought properties exceeding 500,000 euros in value – considerably more than the initial 160,000-euro value initially planned – as well as anyone who purchased national debt to the value of two million euros or more, and anyone investing significant amounts in the country, including setting up large companies that would provide new jobs, be in the ‘public interest’, or suppose a contribution to scientific or technological innovation and investigation.

Highly-qualified professionals from abroad working for major companies of international renown, new entrants to the country who already have a job offer, and those travelling to Spain for professional training or education will also be given automatic residence.

Pub owners get three year two month prison sentence for music being too loud

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Garzón appeals to ECHR over his being struck off for Gürtel phone-tapping

A Judge who was struck off for ‘acting outside his jurisdiction’ when investigating a high-profile corruption case has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Baltasar Garzón took matters into his own hands with the infamous Gürtel case and arranged for telephones of main suspects to be tapped, producing incriminating evidence which is what led to the scandal being uncovered in the very beginning.

He says the fact he was banned from practising as a judge as a result was ‘against the Spanish Constitution’, which effectively gives investigating judges total freedom in their related actions.

To this end, Garzón says ‘what is not criminal conduct has been considered as such’ and that he has been made into a scapegoat for the ‘poor and inadequate’ laws of Spain.

Garzón adds that the ministry of justice and the prosecution service ‘supported’ his actions in tapping the suspects’ telephones and that the verdict against him is therefore ‘contradictory, irrational and arbitrary’.

He says he limited himself to ‘complying with his obligations’ as a judge and did not breach any legal regulations, and that to strike him off on the grounds of his investigative procedures would create ‘unacceptable legal insecurity among judges and magistrates’.

Finally, he says the magistrates who passed the verdict preventing him from practising again did so by ‘creating a tailor-made criminal offence’, since ‘there is no law in Spain preventing or regulating telephone-tapping’.

Penal Court Number 3 has given a three year and two month sentence to both the owners of a pub in Valverde del Camino, Huelva.

The two have been found guilty of causing acoustic contamination, and in addition both will have to pay a 3,800 Euro fine, and compensation of 7,000 Euros for the neighbours somatic and psychic disorders.

The court considered it proved that the neighbours suffered acoustic contamination from 2008 to May 2010 from the pub next door. The sentence notices that the pub owners used an improper sound limiter.

Article: Howard Brereton - Typically Spanish

More than 80 families have benefited so far from the housing decree issued by the Junta de Andalucía

More than 80 families have benefited so far from the housing decree issued by the Junta de Andalucía which gives those evicted the chance to live in empty property owned by the banks.

In a report by Typically Spanish, it appears they can use the property for five years, and while they are there the Junta will pay the bank a small rent.

Manuel García Peláez, Andalucía Councillor for Development and Housing, has said that 53 municipalities in Málaga province had signed an agreement to move ahead with the decree.

Three dead and one critical in light aircraft crash

Two men and a woman have died in a light aircraft crash and the pilot is in a critical condition in hospital. The plane, a singleengine Cesna 172 owned by the company Aviation Centre, went down in an area of scrubland near Marratxí (Mallorca), killing two men aged 22 and 36, and a woman aged 36.

Emergency services say the pilot, 22, is seriously injured and has been taken to the Son Espases hospital in Palma after having been attended to at the scene.

Firefighters were called out to deal with the blaze which flared up when the plane hit the ground, and one of the firemen and a bystander suffered minor burns when attempting to help.

A full investigation is under way as to the exact causes of the crash.

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1 Not readily available (6) 2 Standardize (9) 3 Pertaining to cities (5) 4 Craftsman (7) 6 A nearby galaxy (9) 7 Smooths (5) 8 A writer of literary

11 Smile (4) 15 Revering (9) 17 Not figuratively (9) 18 Pet rodents (8)

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1 High pitched, quiet and small channel (6) bacteria (7) 2 Dessert, led astray by little 22 An impetuous rush pool (6) (6) 3 Pull 17ac (3) 5 Try this mixture - it’s dry (7) 24 Fragrance (5) 25 Hindu for “Mister” 6 Carry on Connie, you French (5)

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2 Kick 17 ac (4) 4 Lured decent lunatic to take Iodine (7) 8 You old penthouse dweller! (4) 9 Head start in gloomy 17 ac (6) 12 In North, queen is central (5) 13 Discovery reportedly punished (4) 14 Drumming could be supersonic? (10) 15 Attached good light around centre court (5) 17 Put nothing in animal vessel (4) 19 Ponytail belonging to us, but not mine! (5) 20 One-dimensional missing a 17ac (5) 21 Vehicle taking very loud polishes (5) 25 Humble? Me? Heartless elk!

(4) 27 A merest error producing a 17ac (7) 28 Attractive share of profits for middlemen (4) 29 Sebastian takes in a named 17ac (5) 30 17ac each way? (5) 32 Capture in humane trap (3) 33 Grotesque thong outside university for nothing! (6) 34 Pad excavations (4)

drunk! (8) 7 Band with no light? (8) 10 Sleep mid-morning with a political leader (3) 11 Poor Cynthia missing in 17ac (5) 15 Tree hiding amongst legumes (3) 16 Relative loses a free... (5) 17 ...17ac from “Club Argentina” (5) 18 Music for your photos? (5) 22 17ac cook without hesitation (5) 23 Hit deck as mass disintegrates (7) 24 Trying times in middle-age without drugs (7) 26 That woman takes a weekend to tremble (5) 27 Almost frown for 17ac (4) 31 Tree has transformation (3)

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1 Not plural (8) 5 A type of inflorescence (6) 9 Aerialists (8) 10 Bovine mammary glands (6) 12 Secure or fasten (5) 13 Earnestly (9) 14 Ape or monkey (6) 16 Pins (7) 19 Astounding (7) 21 Attractiveness (6) 23 A piece of numerical data (9) 25 A tree of the genus Betula (5)

26 Titillating (6) 27 Ball-shaped (8) 28 Sprinkle with moisture (6) 29 A unit of computer memory (8)

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Divas Give Girl Power to AFA

It promises be a star studded evening at The Divas Rosales Show on Saturday June 8th at Restaurante Los Rosales in Guardamar.

Starring 3 of the finest female vocalists on the Costa Blanca, the night will be a homage to Divas and dancing the night away.

The Costa Blanca’s much loved vocalist Maria O’Hara will take your breath away with her beautiful voice.

Described as the voice of an angel, Maria can deliver any song from pop to opera with aplomb. Joining her is the “Queen of Soul and Motown”, Celena Deans. Also appearing will be winner of the “Coastrider Female Vocalist Awards 2013”, the amazing Nikki G. The 3 Costa Blanca Divas won’t be having tantrums on the night, but will be using their powerful voices to thrill and enthral the audience. This will be the first time that the 3 ladies have appeared together in one show, and with their range of music and talent, there is sure to be something for everyone The raffle will be in aid of AFA, The Alzheimers Association in Torrevieja. Their work is essential for the health and well being of both sufferers and the families who care for them. Their last raffle at Los Rosales raised over 350€. For more information about their work please visit http:// www.afatorrevieja.es/ en/ Doors open at 7pm.

Tickets 12.50€ for show and meal. Available from Restaurante Los Rosales Guardamar, Card and More La Marina, Card and Gift Shop Benimar and Punta Prima, Hire Centre San Luis and Card and Gift Shop Quesada. Call 697 501 992 or book online www.lrshows.com email lrshowsinfo@ gmail.com

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Thursday 29th May: Auction from 4pm Friday: Richie C - Vocalist from 9pm Saturday: Karaoke with Lorna & Jeff 9pm Sunday: The Fabulous Kylie 9pm Tuesday: Bingo with Dave 3.30 - 5.30pm & “Torri Has Talent” 9pm (€50 prize for best entertainer that evening) Wednesday: Fun Quiz with Uncle Ted Thursday 6th June: Cabaret & meal 2 course €7.95 with Dee SERVING A FULL MENU 7 DAYS A WEEK

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FOOD news...FOOD news...FOOD news...FOOD news...FOOD news

Jamie Oliver is our favourite TV chef Delia is deemed out-of-date

His cheeky smile and carefree approach to cooking won the nation over when he hit our screens 15 years ago. And it seems Jamie Oliver still has our hearts today.

According to a report by Mail Online, ‘The Naked Chef’ has been voted Britain’s favourite celebrity chef in a new survey, as well as the cook whose recipes we find easiest to follow at home.

The survey also shows that Britons feel long time culinary queen and television staple Delia Smith is out of date, and that the famously sultry Nigella Lawson makes us fat.

Jamie Oliver, 37, was picked as our number one by almost a fifth (23 per cent) of those polled - with Gordon Ramsay second (16 per cent) and Nigella Lawson third (11 per cent).

The least popular was Masterchef’s John Torode,

picked by just one per cent of the 1,000 people polled by diet firm Forza Supplements.

Surprisingly, the nation’s cookery queen Delia came second bottom with just two per cent of votes.

Delia, 71, was also the chef voted most out of date - chosen by more than quarter of respondents (26 per cent), as being increasingly past her sell by date.

Foul mouthed dynamo Gordon Ramsay was almost deemed by respondents to be outstaying his welcome on our TV screens with 12 per cent of the vote with the Hairy Bikers coming third (10 per cent).

When it comes to actually picking up the spatula and heading into the kitchen ourselves, the nation’s foodies reckon that Jamie Oliver’s recipes are the easiest to follow - with 57 per cent saying his were the

most reliable.

Delia came second for reliability (14 per cent) and Nigella Lawson third (8 per cent).

Unsurprisingly Heston Blumenthal, who is famous for his complicated and intricate recipes such as snail porridge, came bottom with just one per cent of the votes.

One of the most interesting findings is that people feel that if you cook Nigella Lawson’s recipes you are likely to have the most fun - but also most likely to pile on the pounds.

It is to be expected that people fear eating the famously voluptuous chefs food will wreak havoc with your waistline.

The BBC2 star’s chocolate hazelnut cheesecake, featured on her TV show Nigellissima, famously contains more than 7,000 calories.

She was chosen as the

most calorific chef by 49 per cent of those polled beating the Hairy Bikers (11 per cent) and Delia Smith (9 per cent).

But it’s not just eating Ms Lawson’s recipes that is why we blame her for piling on the pounds.

The kitchen temptress, Nigella also makes us hungriest when we watch her shows - chosen by 31 per cent, ahead of Jamie Oliver on 30 per cent and Gordon Ramsay (10 per cent) .

Managing director of Forza, who commissioned the survey said: ‘I think Jamie won the poll because of the success of his cook books.

‘Virtually all of us have got one of his books in our homes and any idiot can follow the instructions.

‘It is interesting that Delia has gone so quickly from the being the nation’s favourite

and Nigella is making us fat!

to being such a turn off.

‘We are learning to love food more and become a bit more ambitious with our cooking. It’s why so many of us are over-weight.

‘The days of Delia telling us

all how to boil an egg are long gone. It’s why Nigella is so popular. She has put the sex back into cooking.

‘She’ll make us all fat - but we don’t care because we are having so much fun.’

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North Staffordshire Oat Cakes are in Spain Visit Bill & Rita at Los Alcazares Market - Monday La Marina Market - Thursday Moncayo Market - Saturday El Zocco Market - Sunday

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Zenia Mar La Manga Golf Resort Start 10.30pm La Marina Comedy Show Gran Alicant Via Park 1 El Chapperel La Marina Torrevieja Catral With Lynden B Entre Naranjas Los Alcazares Benimar U2 Tribute Pueblo Pincipe 1st Anniversary Gran Alicant Torre de la Horredada La Manga Golf Resort Start 10.30pm Eagles Nest 4pm – 7pm Quesada Starts 4.30pm Playa Flamenca Starts 10pm Las Chimosas Playa Flamenca 4pm – 6pm Torrevieja

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C O M M U NIT Y NE W S To the Editor

On Sunday 12th May I was travelling between Villa Martin and San Miguel when I found that I could not control the steering and lost control of my car which rolled several times across a field before coming to rest over a steep bank. A gentleman who had witnessed the accident stopped and called the emergency services and as I managed to stand and put my head out of the window urged me to remain still due to the precarious position the vehicle was in.

Other cars had stopped and a nurse clambered down to me and held my hand, keeping me calm, until help arrived.

She then acted as my translator with the Paramedics -all my Spanish went out of the window.

My two good samaritans disappeared before I could thank them and I was taken away in the Ambulance but without their help it is probable that I would have been seriously injured or worse. I cannot thank them enough for giving me such support and courage.

Pamela Russell San Miguel

OPENING EARLY JUNE 2013

Coppola Pizzeria at La Finca Golf Pizzas, Fish and Chips, Burgers etc. Eat In / Take Out

LINE DANCING

“La Mata Jazz”

Monday afternoons - jazz jams in Torrevieja.

At The new Pegasus Torrevieja, Calle Dinamarca 7, Tel. 617 042 295. Very good musicians will be there: - Bajo / Bass: Jesús Gea Marcos (E); - Drums: Bryan James (UK) Piano: Ramon Climent (E); and some special guest.Chris from La Mata Jazz www.jazz.la-mata.com http://www.facebook.com/lamata.jazz

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

Casa Venura Jazz Club Friday May 31st 2pm to 4pm

Urbanisation San Luis, Torrevieja. Calle Arbizu No. 1

Presents

A jazz lunch Eat with a beat!

Live Music Entertainment

Special Menu available at a great Price Contact Bar direct for details on 966 789 24

Booking a table is advised

Admission - 5 euros - Jazz Concert Only Re. Music. Phone Gill Monks 868 182 406 - Email.gillee70@hotmail.com There will be a raffle held for ‘Help Vega Baja’

Every Friday 10.30am Bar Sofia, El Raso. Fun Learn to Line Dance for Absolute Beginners with Adam (all the basic dances to get you line dancing) No previous dance skills required, but a sence of humour a must.TEL 670711408

THE SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

QUESADA. Meets at The Dojo, Avenida de las Naciones, Quesada. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7.30 p.m. And every Thursday there is an Open Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 7.30 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. SSandra will be presenting a Fundraiser on Thursday, 30th May at 7.30 p.m. entry 3€. Jan Harris and Shaun Gray (U.K.Mediums) will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 2nd June.

Please support your church. Everybody welcome. Contact Wendy on 965323028. www.spiritualistchurchquesada.com New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com

ROJALES NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

The next meeting of the Rojales Neighbourhood Watch Group will be held on Monday 3rd June at 11am in the Municipal Centre in Ciudad Quesada. The meeting is open to all residents living in the 03170 postal area and we look forward to welcoming you. Please tell your neighbours and come and join us.

For further information about Neighbourhood Watch in Rojales please see our website www.rojalesnw.info or contact: David East (LeadCoordinator) david.east82@gmail. com or Helen Tudor (Secretary) helentudor22@gmail.com

STRICTLY SOCIAL CLUB

Why not come and join us for an afternoon of entertainment, fun, quizzes and games. We also have speakers, and arrange meals out and coach outings. We meet on the top floor at The New Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima between 2.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each Month. Open to all age-groups. For more info call Margaret on 966730569 or Brian on 678807159. Looking forward to meeting you

CASTILLA AMIGOS

We are a friendship group for single people. Meet every Wednesday 3 pm at BAR SOFIA on the El Raso urbanisation (off the Lemon Tree Road) Guardamar. ANN 965 070 247 - 666 747 398

Charity shop

Now that summer looks as though it has arrived, many of us will be doing our springcleaning, and have a good oldfashioned sort out.

When doing so the Alzheimer’s Shop in Torrevieja, would welcome any of your unwanted goods. By doing so this would help awareness of Alzheimer’s in the area, and help with our fundraising to keep our day care centre open, and in the near future build a residential care facility in Torrevieja.

Our shop is located at Calle Maestro Feo Vallejos Torrevieja (to the right of the church in Plaza de la Constitution). Where people can bring their DONATION’S of clothes, shoes, handbags and any unwanted goods. You are always welcome to come along and find out more about Alzheimer’s.

Contact details: Torrevieja area: Matilde Sánchez 636 110 251 Orihuela Costa area: Rosa 677 015 208

space for a little one?

Martha, Lucy and Beau are six months old. They are part of a litter of 9 puppies who were found in a cardboard box at only a few weeks old. They are all healthy, happy puppies who will be medium sized dogs when they are fully grown.

These gorgeous ginger kittens were saved from drowning, and are looking for a loving home, to help them forget the trauma they have just gone through.

To arrange to meet them or APAH’s puppies, please contact Yvonne on 630 422 563.

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Electrician , available for all works. Small or large. Call Dave 693 251 562. davendonc@aol.com

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Electric golf trolley, power caddy classic 75€.

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Cased Gazebo Metal Framed, easy to assemble security grills & gates / electric roller shutters 50€ Quesada Area & all cars opened / Window / Shutter Tel: 654 666 686 Door locks Opened, Changed & Fitted

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ELEGANT SLIM, SEXY ITALIAN LADY availanble home/house visits.

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Refrigerator Baumatic (as new) 80cm x 50cm 60€ Quesada Tel: 966 716 599

GOLD WANTED

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Pool, above ground, metal sides, 3.5 m diameter, 900 high, pump, steps, cover etc 50€ ono Tel 689371127 (Lorca area

Pool tables, snooker tables, table tennis tables, darts. Tel: 666 933 726 www. spainpool.com

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If I were a garden, I wouldn’t want to be our garden.

It lives life on the edge, exposed to the burning ardour of the sun and the ferocious caresses of the west wind, with the plants heroically seeking to draw sustenance from the bedrock that passes for soil.

However, in the last month it has managed to rain twice, or maybe three times. Everything in the garden responded with gusto, including the weeds, to which I responded with weedkiller.

But when I took our trusty sprayer from its winter hibernation, I discovered that it had become a sprayer in name only – its once virile squirt had become no more than a pathetic piddle.

The fearsome wand that once dealt death was now reduced to a limp parody of its former might.

To restore its flow required an operation, and confident that sprayers do not have a prostate gland nor need anaesthetics I donned my surgeon’s mask, scrubbed up and made the first incision – or rather, I dismantled the whole thing!

The anatomy of a sprayer is simple, and within my understanding, josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk but even so

By Jos Biggs

viewpoint alqueria - The Democratic Process I was careful to keep all the pieces tidily in order on the operating table, which was in fact Pete’s work bench. I did not want to put it all together again and find one piece left over, or that I had put it together wrong, thus creating a Frankenstein’s monster, which might subsequently turn on me before running amok and devastating every living thing in the village.

I meticulously cleaned and checked each part for vital function. I even deployed a specialist tool (a bent safety pin) to clean out the little hole in the end of the wand. Then I re-assembled it, filled it with water, pumped up the pressure and pressed the trigger. Its response was immediate – a perfect circle of fine spray! Without further ado I mixed up the weedkiller and sallied forth, death on my mind and at my trigger finger.

Weedkilling by sprayer is gardening made easy – no bending, no kneeling, no broken fingernails, no scrabbling around after the last remnant of root. It is a variation on Lock and Load, it is Pump and Press. I quartered the garden with a stealthy tread, my finger on the trigger, every sense tuned to Weed Alert. The instant I spied an unwelcome alien, I lined it up within the cross-hairs of my sight, and fired. I spared none, there was no escaping my eagle eye, nor evading my lightning draw and dead-eye aim.

I was the Quick-Draw McGraw of the pressure sprayer!

Expert Advice – Take it with a Pinch of Salt

Most people profess to have a genuine desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating the correct foods. There is it seems, much truth in the oft used maxim – We are what we eat.

There is of course a vast difference between having the aspirations to do the right thing and actually doing something tangible about it. The number of fast food establishments and the huge range of processed food and drinks available in supermarkets, gives a strong indication that the spirit might be willing with many of us, but the ever expanding flesh around the waistline is weak.

But even with the most dedicated health freaks, it is no easy task to recognise just what is good and what is detrimental to our well being and once again this is all down to those frizzy haired scientists, who spend their working days shuffling around the laboratory in their baggy knitted jumpers and sandals, trying to find new ways to confuse us.

Just when you think you have it cracked in the dietary

department, out comes another report telling us that what we had hitherto been told about the health benefits from this food or that, is now a load of old horlicks and moreover, is doing us great harm.

I came to the conclusion a long time ago, that my reasoning when deciding which foods to embrace or to give the boot, should be – If in doubt, think natural.

I have always loved that simple food, the egg. Fried, boiled, poached scrambled, it doesn’t matter, where would we be without them and just ask my wife who it is that makes the best omelettes around . . . no, not Jamie Oliver . . . me!

There was a time when I made an effort to cut down on the number of eggs I ate in a week because, we were told, eggs are high in cholesterol and should be consumed in moderation. I have looked at the information available and who am I to disbelieve it, but equally important are the other foods we select for our daily needs to go along with them.

It’s the same with butter.

I simply love the stuff.

Nevertheless I was gradually persuaded to give up this fatsaturated poison for the health giving benefits of vegetable oil spreads of one brand or another. Although I was forced to believe the hype that this

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would make me a leaner, more robust individual able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, there is no advertising executive alive who was ever going to convince me that it tastes like the real thing. Can’t believe it’s not butter? I bloody well can!

And then we had the new miracle additive; the ingredient that not only guarded against heart attacks, strokes, Nile Fever and ingrown toenails, but actually reduced cholesterol in the blood – at least according to Gloria Hunniford in the TV ads.

Methuselah will have nothing on me I thought. I will eat five kilos a day and live forever.

But then twelve months ago, having endured the misery of consuming this bland sludge over several years, and observed the manufacturing process and the dirty grey colour of most low fat spreads before the yellow dye is added; I made a conscious decision to return to my old favourite – good English slightly salted butter.

Okay, it is rich in saturated fats – I have to accept that but hey, if I use a little restraint and common sense, what harm can it do. A little bit of what you fancy does you good, is another maxim that rings true to me. I’m full of maxims.

Then in February, another report came out, announcing that perhaps butter was not

the villain it had been made out to be after all and that in fact, some saturated fat was advantageous to good health.

I saw this as vindication for my stance on the subject and did back flips around my living room; but soon stopped when I began to wheeze and require oxygen.

In fairness, the report also stressed the need for the blend of saturated and unsaturated fats including an intake of the necessary Omega 3 and 6 fats for good health. In other words, it all comes back to what most of us know but fail to practice often enough – that balance and moderation are the key factors. Common sense is the one sure ingredient to maximise on prolonged good health, but common sense as I am always banging on about, seems to be an endangered commodity in 2013.

And isn’t it sensible to eat everything containing preservatives? Because if they can give your bread, cakes and soft drinks long life, then surely they will do the same for you.

Stands to reason...

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Of the seven hundred and eighty-five souls that comprise the population of Alqueria one hundred and fifty-seven are below eighteen and therefore not eligible to vote. Nor are they eligible to run for President. The remaining six hundred and twenty-eight are however and they did. Every person over the age of eighteen registered as a candidate for the post of President. This included the bedridden, the indifferent and the illiterate. Those who couldn’t normally string three words together eloquently and accurately completed the necessary documentation. The agoraphobic and infirm managed to negotiate the streets and byways of Alqueria to appear before the Electoral Qualifying Committee.

Campaigning took on a surrealism understood only in Alqueria.

Regiments of would-be politicians mounted on soap, fruit and Remitroot boxes promoted xenophobic, ill considered and totally impractical policies. The British Conservative Party looked on in envy. The prospective candidates engaged in a strange game.

Stacking boxes upon boxes they tried to stand head and shoulders above their rivals. Collapses occurred frequently with untidy heaps of writhing would-be politicians becoming a frequent sight in the Pueblo. The sound of massed political doctrines being propounded resonated through the streets of Alqueria.

The ballot paper resembled the cast list from the Soviet version of ‘War and Peace’. The parties represented, ranged from the ridiculous to the plain daft. One candidate stood on the ‘free roller-skates for over eighties’ ticket while another wanted ‘Abyssinian Goat Shirling’ legalised.

On election day the turn out was one-hundred percent, the sight of so many exercising their constitutional right to elect a head-ofstate, a privilege not afforded in some western democracies was uplifting. No-one could fail to be stirred by the sight, not shaken perhaps but certainly stirred. Counting was quick and predictable.

One vote for each candidate apart from Loco Paco. Paco became so confused by the catalogue of names on the ballot paper he put his cross by the printers name. Inky Pedro the printer, lived happily in Madrid unaware of the fickle ballot paper of fate. He was naturally surprised when the letter dropped on his mat naming him as joint President of Alqueria. He changed his name, donned dark glasses and hid in the roof space peering through the slates like a cornered lynx.

Loco Paco became the only constituent in the village with six hundred and twenty-seven people to represent him. A two party system tends towards democracy while any more can see a candidate elected even though the majority of votes are for others.

The Alquerian result became much debated, held by radical idealists as a model for the future but by everyone else as ruddy ridiculous.

Perhaps Alqueria’s electoral process needs some tinkering?

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As promised, Today we will find ways of making sure that information that has been deleted is truly “gone”!

Last time we looked at the way the Disk stores the information, the weaknesses within the design and the ways in which this information can be recovered. Today, we will look at the methods and programs, that will IRREVOCABLY remove all recoverable traces of information.

We have looked at how your information is stored to the disk and how, with expertise and patience, we can retrieve it again. So, we need a little revision before we move on. All information is overwritten, either in part or completely, at some time or other. There is usually enough information left to be able to re-create the original information, either, completely or partially.

Ever since “secrecy” was introduced into the use of computers, there has been a need to completely remove all traces of sensitive information.

In “day’s gone by”, you might have burned the piece of paper then spread the ashes to the four winds, possibly ate it or found some way to completely destroy the information. As we have seen it isn’t quite as easy with computerised storage, but there is a method that will produce a result similar the “good old fashioned” way.

We have seen that if you over-write your file it becomes far more difficult to recover. So, what if you deliberately write and re-write over the same information a number of times. This would make it even more difficult to get the original back! How do we check that the process is working? What if we used a pre-defined pattern of information, for example, overwrite with a string of “0’s”? We could then read and check that they had been written!

Now change the string to “trev you are a totally awesome” or some such non-sense, write it and then read it to check that it is written properly.

Using this method it would be possible to achieve complete anonymity.

There are a number of wipe options that are commonly in use for a secure wipe. Option 1 is the longest and most thorough is a method that overwrites the information 35 times. Option 2 is a US government recommended wipe that uses 7 re-writes. This doesn’t take as long (hours instead of days!) with almost the same security (almost impossible to recover anything) as the 35 re-writes. Option 3. Also US government but only 3 rewrites. This method is great for destroying your information and also for “Once a month” cleaning of the “unused” space on the disk.

Option 4. Is the quick wipe of the PseudoRandom one pass and even with most recovery programs it will be impossible to recover.

Fortunately, none of us have to be a computer genius, to be able to do this as there are a number of programs “out there” that will do it for you.

The one I use is called “Eraser” and can be found at; “http://eraser.heidi. ie/”. I have used this program for years and never been able to recover anything that has been overwritten more than 3 times! It is free (now there is a surprise!) and does what it says on the tin. If you choose to try it the rest of this article will help you set it up!

When it has been installed, you will see a window that has a menu bar (at the top). Click on “Edit” → “Preferences” → “Erasing”. On the tab marked “Files” you will see all the wipe options that are available to you. I use the 3 rewrite wipe to balance speed and security. This is my “day to day” file wipe choice. Now if you look again at the tabs the other one is marked “Unused Disk Space”. This is the once a month or twice a year option and should be a good, leave it all night, clean. My choice is the 7 rewrite US government wipe. Leave all the other boxes as they are and press OK. Now you are set-up and ready to go. Have fun playing with the program but beware – once the file is gone, it is gone! La Vida Fayre is on Thursday 30th and I will be there to provide answers and solutions to your computing problems. See you there!

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Rosalind’s Sister by Tara Scott-Page “I am everything you ever feared in your life. Someone would pay one way or another for the filth and humiliation suffered.

Bitter Sweet Revenge.”

Rosalind McKinley is a tough 28 year old cookie, ambitious and extremely determined to leave her unhappy past well and truly behind her in Indiana and an abusive, sexist lout of a father unwittingly following in sister Shirley’s footsteps who had long since escaped this drudgery.

Both girls carry a family portrait, sentimentally showing two young girls standing in a park, one 5 years of age the older one, 15. A lifelong bond and inevitably, essential to the plot and the thriller element of this story. Will they meet up and be reunited?

Rosalind undergoes a dramatic transformation; a new persona emerges with “a tinge of quality for a woman of obvious quality.” Leonora Carrington-Jones’ love affair with Manhattan, New York begins at the salubrious Carlisle hotel, synonymous with wealth and power, working for Madame Durand. Our girl aspires towards grasping this opportunity firmly in both arms, embracing wonderful opportunities through fair or foul means. She can exploit opportunities and manipulate her men to suit her needs. Her own shot in the power stakes?

“There was money to be extracted from the silk lined pockets of the rich and famous today and she wanted her fair share.”

It is 1976 and Leonora has this vision of being a hair stylist to the stars and lover to one or two British lords or realistically, their athletically suitable sons.

So, what is missing from the life of this successfully popular stylist? A handsomely wealthy, eligible bachelor perhaps? Or even a married man? Not just anyone. Leonora craved the powerful and wealthy. And as luck would have it, the most beautiful man she had ever seen enters her life and sweeps her off her feet. Powerful yes, wealthy yes but also married. The wrong type? The dangerous type. Like playing with fire.

Hareb bin Aziz al Hareb, a Saudi Prince is a man of considerable substance and looks a million dollars. Leonora was completely absorbed by the near hypnotic quality of his deep dark brown eyes and the whirlwind of a passionate love affair is kindled.

But fire burns and it can easily destroy.

His stay in New York is for business and once he returns to the Middle East a love-sick, forlorn Leonora agrees to meet him in Dubai, excited by the formulaic smells of the orient with its spices, exotic fruits and the salty sea air. Atmospheric and exhilarating.

Our heroine fantasizes over her dream man appearing in the misty distance mounted on his white Arab stallion on a mission to whisk her up and away to his tented, desert palace of love. Full of anticipation and excitement like the fairy tales. But reality and fantasy are poles apart and pigs don’t fly so poor Leonora becomes enmeshed in a poisonous web of deceit, lies and more abuse. How can love turn so sour, transform dreams of love to ones of despair?

Survival meant letting go of her dreams and her dream man.

In spite of her betrayal and distress she holds on to a thread of hope that they would indeed ride off in to a desert sunset together. Dream on naïve one.

Ironically salvation in the form of Susan aids the mentally battered, bruised, physically nauseous and disillusioned Leonora, fighting for her life, for her survival in an alien world where females are powerless and exploited for the pleasures of men. A long way from home, almost friendless and alone and isolated. Easy prey. But some women are made of stronger mettle and can look danger in the eyes without flinching and seek retribution such as an eye for an eye without suffering the pangs of guilt. Even murder.

Amidst this erotic tale of love and despair, Rosalind’s sister fits in there somewhere but that’s something you’ll have to work out for yourself.

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It’s warmer here

before I left I got a text from my mother saying ‘bring warm clothes and it’s raining too!’ Just the sort of unwelcome travel advice anybody dreads. A quick look on a weather forecasting website confirmed that Britain was scheduled to be under feet of snow with a hurricane and biblical flood thrown in for good measure. Landing at Gatwick it was cats and dogs and the mercury was in single digits. Yet within a few hours the sun was shining and apart from a brief hail storm and a cloudy day the forecasters certainly screwed it up in my favour.

My 94 year old Grandmother was gravely ill and sitting by her bedside I could not help but remember the old adage that we are born unable to fend for ourselves; needing to be clothed and fed and helped with our personal hygiene and then at the end of our days we may again have to be helped in all the same For further information or advice on ways. My gran is a popular lady and a steady stream of visitors computing, contact Trevor on 689 892 coupled with her ox like constitution and cheery demeanour 745 or canducomputing@hotmail.co.uk means she will soon be back on her walking frame again.

Having already moved homes twice this year; we now have the She made me laugh when a relative apologised for not visiting hang of it so when a flat became available with the gorgeous her sooner saying he had not known before where she was. views pictured here it just had to be done for a third time. Through a fog of heavy antibiotics she classily replied ‘don’t Mercadona did us proud again as their 60c bags for life are worry dear - nor do I.’ ideal for packing and carrying. It’s funny how priorities change As well as visiting family the other reasons for my trip were as in the past I was always happiest living in the middle of nowhere. Now however, the convenience of civilisation being twofold, I had a ticket for the last home game at Anfield where close by is great with the added bonus of Jamie Carragher bowed out after 17 years and 737 senior draught Guinness available just a few paces appearances. Craftily after the speeches at the end of the game my mate and I hopped over a wall so escaping our seats from my front door. up in the gods and ending up by the players entrance tunnel, I ventured back to Blighty recently and just there I managed to get some close up shots of a good few Enjoy Stephens musings? Pop over to http://findmeahomeinspain.wordpress.com as the players. All in the name of articles are posted on there too...and they’re a bit longer too! Findmeahome are always journalism would have been looking for quality homes for their sales and rental portfolios, please contact Stephen for a valuation: stephen@findmeahome.es Telephone: 636 266 641 my defence if caught. The

photos are on my Wordpress blog for any interested Liverpool fans.

After the game it was a quick dash into the city centre as Mark Knopfler was in town and I had secured second row seats for a few of us. Yes I know there are still great guitarists around like Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton but in my humble, Mark is awesome and anyone reading this in Spain with a love for live music could try and grab tickets for one of his Spanish dates. In July he plays Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga and the Costa Brava.

Just like Cordoba 2 years ago he again kindly remembered my birthday is on the 25th and organised the Barcelona date for then as an excellent pressie for me!

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MURCIA MATCH PLAY LEAGUE Can I just thank everyone who played in this years Murcia League & all the excellent courses that we played on & fought to the final conclusion on the fairways’ of the well manicured El-Valle. It took the final game & the last pair to find the winners Congrats to Mo Flint & his team for winning the prestigious Juan Martos Memorial Trophy. Here Are the results & final placing Game (1) San Javier suffered a heavy defeat to local team Club 25 by 30pts to13pts Game (2) The Celts who have not had a good end to their season lost to La-Manga by 24pts to 15pts Game (3) Hacienda at last found a bit of form on the front nine to give leaders Roco Juna a fright but went down by 28pts to 21 pts Game (4) Marinasol playing in their first season finished very strongly to beat Sierra Golf 31pts to 14pts

Game (5 )La Zenia needing two points to win the league & Having dropped their Captain came through in the last pairing despite losing 7 to 3 to take the title beating a very sporting Sprightly Crew 31pts to 23 pts.

What a fantastic finish to the best league in Spain.

The Final Table: 1st La Zenia 241pts 2nd Roca -Juna 239pts 3rd Marinasol 235pts 4th Club 25 223pts 5th SP Crew 213pts 6th San Javier 212pts 7th La Manga 207pts 8th Sierra Golf 191pts 9th The Celts 182pts 10th Hacienda 171pts Well that’s the results now for the celebrations We meet at Hacienda on the 10th June@ 10am details later regarding format

LAS SALINAS PETANCA LEAGUE The Panthers will be playing at the Jardin del Mediterranio in Torrevieja, as from now, this will allow them to have use of good facilities and share with Los Balcones, and the Dutch club, the Dutch are considering joining the league this Autumn, they have some good players and would the sixth Nationality EL RANCHO PETANCA A team from la Romana near Aspe, visited El Rancho for a

match against a league select.

With 30 players from each they were split into five groups which gave all players 3 games. The home players proved a handful winning four of the five matches, this was a good opportunity for some to meet new players and the day was enjoyed by both sides. A return match is lined up for September.

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Well done Phil but you know what that means…

Results and the prize list for to-day were Category 1. 1st.

David (King Kong) Gill 33points 2nd. Chris Butler 28 and Paul (The Hulk) Hurrell 27. Category 2.

Phil Brigham 42 points 2nd. Keith Mann 28 on c/b from 3rd. Ken Holmes. Category 3. 1st. Brian Coombes 29 points 2nd. Terry Phillips on c/b from Roger Twigg 28 points.

Both the best Front 9 & Back 9 went to Phil Brigham with 22 and 20 points Nearest the pins Hole 4 & 15 Paul Hurrell. Hole 8 Jackie McVicar and 4th.shot nearest the pin Hole

7 & 18 King Kong David Gill. The Full Monte prize for the lowest score going to George Hall. Our scratch card for to-day was not completed so that will run over to our next game at La Peraleja on June 3rd. and this is followed by Vistabella on June 9th so if you would like to enjoy our regular games at some of the best courses and rates around then contact David Winder on 626 774 157 or email him at davidwinder.torregolf@ gmail.com Our picture of winners L-R. Phil Brigham, Terry Phillips, Brian Coombes, Roger Twigg, Ken Holmes, Paul Hurrell, Jackie McVicar, Keith Mann, David Gill and Chris Butler

CLAPTONS GOLF SOCIETY ALENDA GOLF 17TH MAY 2013 now. Results as below.

Here we are back at Alenda Golf, for many of us this is our fifth visit so we are well used to the course, and will be expecting some good scores. The sun is shining and everything is set for a good days golf. The course looks in really good condition as the Captain tees off on the first tee. There will be no longest drives today as one member remembers that we are playing here and not Altorreal. At the end of the day it was apparent that the scores were to be very close with all the winners in all categories having to go to count back. Everybody finished and we journeyed back to the Clubhouse for our normal presentation and meal. Thanks to Chris and his staff.

Members please take note, Captains Day is only two months away and we need to know numbers by the next Society day out.

Mainly for the course to know numbers for the meal and whether we are able to go off the 1st and 10th which will make a difference to the evening, or just the 1st. If you are thinking of playing on Captains Day, which is the 19th July, please put your name down

Overall Winner Mick (3 times on playing) O’Grady 37 points Gold Winner Terry Sharley 32 points on c/b Gold Runner Up Bob Eaton 32 points on c/b Silver Winner John Stones 35 points on c/b Silver Runner Up Terry Smith 35 points Best Front Nine Dave Pretty 18 points on c/b Best Back Nine David Gray 15 points on c/b Nearest the Pin 3rd Andy (the Wizard) Trefry 5th Andy Trefry 13th Once again Andy Trefry 16th Brian Abbott Best Guest John Davy 32 points Most Potential Phil Docherty Next meeting at Saurines del Torre 21st June.

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QUESADA Altorreal Golf Wednesday 22nd May 2013 It was forecast to be sunshine all the way and after the previous weeks unsettled weather we did not know what to believe. We all set off from The Sportsman Bar full English Breakfast devoured.

It wasn’t long before we came to a standstill on the AP7/E15, a little worried as time moved on a quick phone call to the course was needed but we soon passed the accident that caused the hold up and Altorreal bound we were. Arriving with time to spare we all descended upon the 1st Tee. The forecast was true to its word and the sun stayed around all day.

After the round Mr Stirfry decided that a re-visit to the 4th hole (Trees) was required to

search for a €15 pair of sunshades we did find them relief !!!! That’s what you get for wearing two pairs at once (unknowingly) ????

Once again a great big thank you to Ron and Yolanda at the Sportsman for cooking the pre round breakfast and a great Chicken Stroganoff Chips & Rice after the game not forgetting the vino for Nearest the Pin prizes. Thanks also to The Club, Quesada for donating prizes for the Best front & back 9. Jake had a great day hope you enjoy the bones Jake. Make them last as I don’t think you will see anymore for a while !!!!!

Winners of the Day : Winner : Mark Pollitt 40 pts Runner-up : John Sanchez 33 pts on C/B Nearest the Pins : 5th Ian Faulkner, 8th Mark Pollitt, 10th : Brian Ead 17th : Nikki Ead Front 9 : John Kemp 21pts Back 9 : Tony Stead 18 pts Thanks all for a great day, next outing Wednesday 26th June @ Font Del Llop .

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Eurogolf La Marquesa Press Report.

40 players took part in today’s competition which was a Yellow Peril game played on Thursday 23 May 2013 at our home course of La Marquesa Golf Course.

The reduced field was partly due to temporary green and a large number of cancellations earlier in the week...

The weather conditions were okay, nice sunshine but with blustering winds, making the club choice more of a gamble. Unfortunately one member of my team lost their putter on the front nine and had to use an iron thereafter. Needless to say we were not in the prizes and as of going to print it has not yet turned up. (we think he was wanting a new one anyway)

The results were as follows: 1st: David Gelsthorpe, Cindi Green, Tom Hull & Gill Gordon. 172 points 2nd Geoff Evans, Franco Gentili & Gill Britten 169 points 3rd Tony Stanley, Bob Shorley, Terry Sayers & Phyllis Venables. 159 points No nearest the pins due to the reduced

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Football Winners: Gill Britten, Ian Turner & Norman Woods.

TOFF’s Results Tuesday 22 May 2013 Overall Winner –Ken Brett Gold Division 1st Keith Wright 43 points 2nd Vince Tocker 43 points 3rd Dave King 39 points 4th Terry Sayers 37 points Silver Division: 1st Ken Brett 44 points 2nd Gill Gordon 44 points 3rd Ken Enever 43 points 4th Orlando Ferrol 42 points There are a few spaces left for the next away day on Sunday 23rd June – contact Ian Turner to put your name down

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the course in excellent condition, both clubs, standing in third & fourth place in the league, were expecting a tough game.

However, San Javier were in for one big surprise as Club 25 decided to bring there “A” game with them to close out the season with a clean sweep, winning all four matches and taking 31 points in the process.

After match drinks were still taken in good form, with a

Club 25 Golf Society Club 25 Golf Society @ El Valle Club 25 GS played local friends and rivals San Javier GS at El Valle in the final Murcia League game of the season last Monday.

On a fabulous day for golf and with

san javier gs

We had your away day this week to Alenda and for a lot of players this was there first visit and I can say it will not be the last. What a great course in Fantastic settings and a course in great condition.

everyone enjoyed the day.

forward to is work this week.

We played in two division and in the first Division we had a Leicester Lads one two with Nic Evans coming out on top with 35pts followed closely in second

by Mick Hardy on 34pts with Barry Beale beating Neil Patrick to third place on count back with 31pts.

Nearest The Pins Hole 3 Paul Matthews Hole 9 Barry Beale Hole 13 Alex McLennan Hole 18 Vincent Gibbons The next Society’s game is on Monday, 3rd JUNE 2013 at La SERENA. 1st Tee time - 10.00am.

The format will be MEDALFORD (front holes Medal, back holes Stableford.

Payday will be on Saturday, 1st June 2013 at La Serena (in the bar area) between 11.00 and 12.00 hours.

In the second division this is where the big scorers came we Vincent Gibbons in 1st place on 41pts then in second place was Bob Blair on 40pts with Paul Newman back in third on 38pts.

Handicap secretary is looking

C.F. MOLINA 2 MAZARRON F.C. 1

The early morning trip to Molina started really well for Mazarron and they took the lead in the fourth minute. Jose Ruben was allowed to run down the right wing despite looking in an offside position during the build up.

Having rounded the keeper he then squared the ball for Diego (Jnr) to tap it in to an empty net for his fourth goal in four games since returning to the Club.

Mazarron should have increased their lead when a close range header from Ruben was saved by the keeper’s feet and then Cecilio blazed the ball over the bar from the resulting corner.

They were made to pay for these misses when Molina equalised

previously unbeaten duo from San Javier ensuring post golf event life was as brilliant as ever, a few beers and a good old ‘crack” with the usual old jokes and hard luck stories to boot!

Thanks to all from San Javier GS for a great day and many congratulations to Club 25 GS for a great first year in the Murcia League.

Club 25 GS Team – Picture Below, Left to right, Tony Elsworth, Roy Baker, Pete Rastall, Mark Brailsford, Steve Auty, Brian Baker, Martin Ackers, Pete Hutton

after 18 minutes.

A through ball saw Hernadez run on to it unchallenged and score.

Molina then took the lead when Jesus Ramon outpaced the entire Mazarron defence to make the score 2-1 to the home team. Molina then replaced their goalkeeper and shortly afterwards a shot by Alfonso from near the halfway line hit the bar with the keeper well beaten.

The linesman again made his mark 4 minutes into the second half when he was consulted by the referee about an off the ball incident. As a result Mazarron’s Clemente and Molina’s Jesus Ramon were both shown a red card, a decision which so

Regards Mick infuriated the Molina player that he was reluctant to leave the pitch for a few minutes before being finally escorted away.

Mazarron should have equalized after 60 minutes when they were awarded a penalty but Ruben’s spot kick was saved. Shortly afterwards a shot from Barrachina was headed off the line. Molina should then have made the game safe when their striker rounded the Mazarron keeper Ruben only to tap his shot wide from about two yards.

Despite a bout of late substitutions, Mazarron failed to make any further impact on the game and will need to beat Beniajan at home in the last game of the season to make sure they remain in ninth position in the Primera Autonomica.

Team: Ruben, Alfonso (Poyato), Diego, Jose Da, Jose Ruben, Santi (Matt), Cecilio, Barrachina, Clemente, Diego, Perico (Toni) Man of Match Captain Diego

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FC TORREVIEJA – A LOOK BACK AT THE SEASON Torry started the season with high expectations having put together a side which were expected to challenge for a promotion play-off spot. Of the new players Inarejos a flying winger of good pedigree was expected to excite as were the two ex-Catarroja forwards from the previous seasons league title winning side, Koeman and Ernesto. The latter was considered to be a “stellar” signing after being voted the leagues “Player of the Season”.

Torry won their first 2 games and headed the table. They then lost form in September and finished the month lying in 12th place.

They were unbeaten throughout October and climbed up to 7th place and within sniffing distance of a play-off place. They then had a decent November and climbed to 6th place and even closer to a play-off place with their last home game of the month being an emphatic 6-0 mauling of bottom club Catarroja. Their form slumped alarmingly in December and they lost central defender Pedro Lopez to an injury which has ended his career.. Also winger Inarejos left the club for personal reasons. Then the club dispensed with services of manager Casimiro Torres a game before the Christmas break.

Torry went into the Christmas break without a manager and with a depleted squad lying 14th in the table. Torry brought in a new manager, Joserra during the Christmas break to try and turn things round in the New Year and the second half of the campaign.

He didn’t get off to the best start and by the end of January Torry lay in 15th place. They had also lost the services of 2 experienced players, Javi Josa and Dani. In came three new experienced players , Dani Meseguer, Juan Fran and Villanueva. February showed a very slight improvement with Torry moving up a place to 14th by the end of the month. In March Torry’s results were even worse and at the end of that month Torry had slipped to 18th and in the final relegation place.

It couldn’t really get much worse.

In April Torry started to turn things round and were unbeaten in the month after some good performances and climbed to 14th place in the table but still not comfortable yet from the threat of relegation. In May they won and drew their first 2 matches and moved up to 13th place in the table and clear of relegation. They lost one and won one of their last 2 games to finish a respectable 12th in the table.

The pitch played a part in Torry’s woes for home games and as the saying goes “it is the same for both sides” but that said it can be a leveler and prevent any sort of free-flowing football from being played and it did. It got so bad that Torry moved across the road to play on the astroturf at the Nelson Mandela stadium. The quality of football did in fairness improve but the stadium is too open and the wind certainly gets up there.

Also the club hit the usual cash flow problems towards Christmas which is hardly a motivator to the players. It is, however, the same problem throughout football in Spain and in many other countries particularly at the lower levels.

Torry had some bad luck with injuries to players, particularly Pedro Lopez and Ernesto who was never fit and had his contract cancelled early in the new year as the niggling injury he had been suffering with needed rest and surgery. Torry had problems “between the sticks” with neither of the 2 youngsters Manolo or Javi Tur convincing. If only the experienced Pepitiu who played in 4 of the last 5 games and didn’t concede a goal had been signed at the start of the season. The defence generally performed well throughout the season and only conceded 2 or more goals in 10 games out of 40. Vicente was an almost ever present improved as the season progressed.

Rafa was rock solid before a longish absence after having his appendix removed and was even stronger on his return and was my “Player of the Season”. Jorge had some “captains” games but again let himself down through indiscipline and missed too many

games through suspension.

The central midfielder area was undoubtedly the weakest area for Torry and it was crying out for a playmaker. Abel did a good job there and so did Dani until he departed but neither were or are the most creative. Up front Luis Carlos had some good games while Gasch improved towards the seasons end but simply didn’t score enough or threaten to score enough. A shortage of creativity and goals was a problem. Koeman did his best as the lone striker for much of the season until manager Joserra changed his tactics towards the end of the season which enabled Koeman more support. His return of 12 from 21 starts proves how valuable he really was for Torry and it was clear that in some games he wasn’t fully fit but still worked tirelessly and did the business.

Finally I think all the fans would like to say a big thank you to Senor Boix for keeping the club afloat and will be hoping he stays at the helm for the next 4 years.

A satisfied Darrylldinho following his adopted team through another up and down eventful season. To read about FC Torrevieja access the Torry Army website www. fctorrevieja.net.

TORRY ARMY AGM

The International Supporters Club of FC Torrevieja will hold their AGM on Thursday 20 June at the Casa Ventura in San Luis.

The meeting starts at 8.00 pm.

All members are encouraged to attend. There will be a Free buffet after the meeting has closed.

Nominations for the committee to serve in 2013/14 are invited from current members. If any member would like to put themselves forward for the committee they should pick up a nomination form from the Torry Army office in San Luis. Completed nomination forms, with a proposer and seconder, must be handed in at the Torry Army office in San Luis before Thursday 6 June .

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