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Omar Sharif laid to rest

The funeral of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, who died on Friday at the age of 83 following a heart attack, has been held in Cairo.

Among those attending the service were fellow actor Hussein Fahmy and former Egyptian Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawas, a close friend of the star.

Fahmy hailed Sharif as “a man who loved Egypt and represented the Egyptian art in its best form.”

“Somebody that we’re going to miss for a very long time,” he added Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s 1962 epic, Lawrence of Arabia.

He won a further Golden Globe three years later for Doctor Zhivago.

Mr Hawas, a prominent archaeologist, said he had “lost a close friend” while “the world lost a great actor”.

“As a movie star, he will not be repeated again. He was unique,” he said.

Many local actors attended the funeral

at the Hussein Tantawi Mosque in an eastern neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital, among them Egyptian actor Gamil Rateb and film star Khaled Nabawy.

When news broke of his death on Friday, stars from around the world paid tribute to Sharif, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease earlier this year.

‘He was handsome, sophisticated and charming. He was a proud Egyptian,’ Barbra Streisand, who co-starred with Sharif in Funny Girl, wrote on Facebook.

‘I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Omar, and I’m profoundly sad to hear of his passing.’

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Cultural calendar for Mojácar this July

The Department of Culture and Festive Events of Mojácar Town Hall will put on a varied cultural and leisure program throughout July. The events are aimed at everyone, but with special emphasis on activities for children.

A packed program of cultural and leisure activities to cover the summer entertainment will start on July 13th and continue throughout the month. Most of the activities take place up in the old part of town and the aim is to encourage residents and visitors to go up and appreciate at first hand the attractive tourist village of Mojácar.

The schedules of these nights of fun include childrens’ activities, concerts by the Municipal Band of Mojácar, jazz concerts, demonstrations of Spanish dance by the municipal school of dance, as well as the dance group of Gustavo Criado. There will also be an Art Exhibition from the 15th to the 31st of July at the Art Centre “La Fuente”, opening Friday 17th at 19.00h until 21.00h.

Additionally there will be a Disney themed market along the seafront for the little ones from the 17th until the 26th of July.

Walkers of all ages enjoy the Menas-Macenas full moon walk

On Saturday July 4th, a group of 66 people took part in the evening trek under the full moon on the Las Menas- Macenas path. Starting near Macenas beach they set off on a conducted 10 km medium difficulty walk. The participants enjoyed seeing the moon rise out of the sea, which later illuminated the walkers’ path with light.

The walk began at the Hotel Indalo at the end of the town promenade at about seven meters above sea level, from there it moved down the ancient Mojácar- Carboneras road. The trail passed through a narrow, undulating rocky path giving plenty of opportunity to observe part of the Almeria coastline, with views of the natural beauty of this now pedestrian only route. The path passes the important and significant historical old buildings such as the "Macenas Castlillo" which the walk is named after, from there you follow the road until you reach the Pirulico Tower. Then, it climbs up the slope to reach one of the local water deposits at the highest point of the trail at 150 meters above sea level, where there are amazing and majestic views.

The activity was laid on by the Almería Regional Council in collaboration with Mojácar Town Hall. Many adults and young people participated and thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to visit rarely seen parts of the municipality of Mojácar. The walk took three hours to complete and was followed by a celebratory supper attended by all of the participants.

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A good friend of mine for a number of years, Trevor played his first gig with the popular band in 1973 and his last in 2008 and recently I contacted the former guitarist to see how life has been since those heady days of rock ‘n roll music Trevor, now aged 67, was in fact, a press knife maker before joining the group Choise in the late 1960s. He said, smiling as ever: “I was a metal worker by day and a musician by night... how times changed”.

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Venezuela could face beer shortage Venezuela is currently experiencing a political and economic crisis - a dire situation that could soon be much worse for many residents, as a national beer shortage looms across the country.

Workers at Empresas Polar - which makes 80% of the country’s beer - are on strike. Last week, workers at the country’s largest private distributor walked out of two plants and 16 distribution hubs, demanding higher wages, compounding the problem.

Shelves in Venezuelan shops are not yet showing any shortages, but Polar says it is already struggling to get deliveries out to some parts of the South American nation. Access to imported raw materials to make the beer - like grain - is also difficult, the Global Post reports.

The situation concerning for many citizens, prompting Tarek Willian Saab, Venezuela’s human rights ombudsman, to step in and mediate the dispute before the production slowdown could have repercussions

for beer-drinkers.

In Venezuela, beer is the drink of choice, accounting for 76% of alcoholic beverages consumed.

The inability to grab a glass of the amber nectar might be the least of consumer’s worries, however: Milk, medicine and spare machine parts have also suffered shortages in recent months.

The poor state of the economy, among other issues, triggered mass anti-government protests earlier this year.

They have since died down, but many continue to struggle with shortages.

In March, Venezuelans were so worried about food shortages and demininshing stocks of basic goods, fingerprint scanners were installed in supermarkets in an attempt to crack down on hoarding.

Venezuela’s official rate of inflation hit 64 percent last year, the highest in the world.

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Four people in Spain hospitalized after suffering heat strokes 40ºC+ temperatures expected to last into until mid-July in central and south-western Spain The scorching weather beating down on Spain this summer is taking its toll on the population.

Four people have been hospitalized over the last few days in Castellón, Mérida and Huelva due to heat-related illnesses.

In the Madrid region, emergency services have handled 123 heatrelated calls in the last two weeks, although no serious illnesses have been reported, according to news agency Europa Press.

Spain is experiencing two back-toback heat waves that have already broken historical temperature records for this time of the year.

The current hot spell is expected to last at least until July 16 in the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

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Victims of heat strokes Castellón. One of the firefighters helping put out a blaze in Montán, where lightning struck on Tuesday, was evacuated by helicopter after showing signs of heat stroke.

Mérida. An 84-year-old man remains in very serious condition at a Cáceres hospital, where he was admitted with a body temperature of 44ºC. He is currently in the Intensive Care Unit.

Huelva. Two men aged 54 and 71 are in the intensive care units of two local hospitals after suffering heat strokes.

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Following the latest election result the Town Hall in Zurgena has made improvements to the support for the English speaking community within its administrative area.

Under the management of the Mayor, Luis Diaz Garcia and the Councillor for Integration, Jim Simpson these improvements include an additional full time member of staff in the person of Jose Manuel who will compliment the service which Andreas Bonillo has been providing on his own for the past 7 years.

The Help Desk will be situated in the reception area of the Town Hall and will be clearly signed.

It is hoped that, whilst it cannot be attended 100% of the time by one of these english speakers, a large percentage of time will be covered. Additionally, shown below, are the contact numbers on which you may reach one of the staff if the desk should not be manned. The Town Hall is open

from 0900 until 1400 each day.

The Zurgena Help Desk is there to assist all our citizens with any issues or problems they have where the lack of language skills restricts their ability to resolve such issues.

In addition, to the Help Desk, Jose is providing Spanish classes and all 3 staff will endeavour to provide a high level of service to our English speaking residents.

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Underwater volcanoes discovered off Australia

A team of researchers has unexpectedly discovered four extinct underwater volcanoes off the coast of Sydney in Australia.

The team from Australia’s national science agency (CSIRO) made the discovery during a search for larval lobster breeding grounds.

The cluster of volcanoes is believed to be around 50 million years old.

The researchers say the discovery may hold clues to how Australia separated from New Zealand.

The volcanoes were discovered about 250km (155 miles) off the coast of Sydney.

“This is the first time these volcanoes have been seen,” volcano expert Richard Arculus told AFP. “We know the surface topography of Mars better than we know our backyard because there’s no water in the way.

“I think every time we turn the spotlight on the sea floor we see things that we’ve never seen

before.”

It is hoped the discovery will help scientists to better understand the Earth’s crust, and the composition of the underlying mantle layer.

“It’s a bit like going through somebody’s garbage bin and determining what they’ve been eating,” Richard Arculus said.

“They tell us part of the story of how New Zealand and Australia separated around 40 to 80 million years ago.”

Scientists say the biggest of the four volcanoes rises 700m off the sea floor, with a crater spanning 1.5km across.

The BBC’s Jon Donnison in Sydney says while New Zealand has a few active volcanoes, the last eruption in Australia is thought to have been more than 5,000 years ago.

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Kerry Katona shares an emotional message

KERRY Katona took to Twitter on Sunday to share an emotional string of messages with her fans following her split from George Kay. The mum-of –five revealed she was looking forward to wiping the slate clean as she anticipated life without her husband in it.

“Sweet dreams all, tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life xxx,” she wrote on her Twitter account.

The 34 year old had also posted a cryptic message earlier on in the day that suggested she was reflecting on what had been and gone.

“I am strong because I have been weak, I am brave because I have known fear, I am wise because I have been foolish, I can now live because I have known pain,” she said.

Just last week it was reported that Kerry had thrown her husband of a year out of the house, a decision that reportedly left him in hospital for the night.

“Something had to give. For Kerry, the kids will always come first above everything else.

People have told her straight that they’re worried about the children when George is around. The police got called to the house again at the end of the year,” a friend of the

couple told The Mirror.

Adding: “She thought she had found Mr Right but it looks as though the marriage might be over.”

Kerry has been keeping herself busy with her children since the split.

Sharing a sweet snap of her youngest daughter Dylan Jorge – whom she shares with George Kay - in her arms, Kerry wrote: “Dj being a mummy’s girl! Lol xxx.”

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‘Louis Walsh wanted me to date celebs’ reveals Gemma Hayes

The singer-songwriter admitted the boyband manager wanted her to start dating other celebrities in order to boost her career.

“I had a conversation with Louis Walsh at one stage. He’s a brilliant businessman and he wanted to work with me at the time,” she said.

“He was saying to me, ‘Gemma you need to play the game more, we need to get you out dating another celebrity, we need to get you on the scene and in the papers’.

“It was such an interesting conversation because he said ‘you have the X factor’, which I thought was brilliant.

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“But what I do is write songs. I understand what he was saying, though. He deals with people who want to be superstars and he couldn’t understand why I said no to that,” she added.

Gemma, who has had success recently with a remix of Wicked Game, lives in London with her husband Stuart Musgrave and their 18-monthold son Max. “I’m loving being a mum, little Max has broken my heart wide open,” she said.

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battle between my career and looking after him, he wins hands down.”

The Tipperary native previously lived in Los Angeles for five years before moving home.

“It’s funny because when I moved to LA, Ireland was in the middle of the boom and everyone had fancy handbags and when I came back you could feel the sense of devastation in the air,” she told Miriam O’Callaghan on RTE Radio 1.

“I moved back because my work visa ran out and I didn’t have a record deal.

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The holiday season got under way last month with local officials banning drinking in the streets between 10pm and 8am, and insisting that holiday reps accompany groups on bar crawls.

Sadly, it appears so far to be having little effect.

The crackdown has been treated with scant respect by tourists and after years of recession in Europe, bar and nightclub owners seem to have little incentive to limit drinking rounds and turn away customers.

Back on the mainland, other resorts are trying different tactics. Benidorm, a town that has become synonymous with partying Brits and retired sun seekers, has applied to Unesco to be given World Heritage status. While some may laugh and accuse officials of resorting to a hopeless publicity stunt, they are serious about the bid, and hope that the move will attract the curious as well as the blind drunk.

The thinking is that Benidorm was one of Spain’s earliest holiday destinations, and because tourism is such an important global industry, its role deserves to be recognised. If the Unesco application succeeds, Benidorm will join more than 40 other Spanish sites on the list, including Granada’s magnificent Alhambra and Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

And, speaking of Barcelona, that city’s residents have complained for some years that its centre has “Due to high client demand we are looking for more become overrun with properties to rent. If you have an apartment or villa visitors, especially during the summer months, available for rental and that the advent of then please contact us today!” the likes of Airbnb has We are a family run business and offer a full range of driven up property prices services to our clients, giving you a one stop shop for to unaffordable levels. In truth many believe that all your property requirements. those visiting are simply Property Management/Key holding not spending enough Security checks - Rentals, including meet money, and local officials and greet, Cleaning/Laundry would rather bring in Repairs and maintenance fewer, but wealthier isitors.

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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Have you ever lost the password to your WIFI and been at a loss as to how to get it back? Well, as with all things, it’s easy when you know how, and today I’m going to give you that easy know-how!

These tricks allow you to recover the password or, better still, passphrase to any network you’ve connected to in the past from your laptop.

‘Double Click on it. At the bottom of the next box will be a ‘check box’ asking to show your password – Click on it.

You will be asked for the password that you use when you start your computer and Click ‘Allow’.

Method 2 – This works either through a network cable or wirelessly.

Under Windows 7, 8.x and 10 In the search bar at the bottom of the ‘Start’ button menu, type in ‘CMD’ to get a, usually, black screened window.

Type ‘ipconfig’ and press the return key.

Make a note of the ‘Default Gateway’ number, write it exactly as you see it and then you can close that window.

Open your browser and type in that number into where you put the name of the website that you want to see. You will, usually, be asked for a password which can be found if you turn over the router (often ‘admin’). see a ‘web page’ that is in reality the controls of your router.

Click on the ‘Wireless’ settings and then ‘Wireless Security’. The names might be a little different but should be recognisable.

In ‘Wireless Security’ you will be given options – ‘Disable’ – No WIFI protection; WPA/WPA2 Personal – Recommended as it is usually the easiest to set up and still very secure; Encryption and most importantly your wireless password – usually readable!

Contact me for free advice concerning your computer, or to arrange an appointment, at the email address or phone number below.

Method 1 - This solution only works if you have your laptop connected to your router wirelessly!

Under Windows 7, 8.x and 10 The usual way is to press the ‘Window’ key (usually bottom left on the keyboard and has the Windows ‘flag’ displayed) and the ‘R’ key together. Type into the box ‘ncpa.cpl’ which will open the network section of the control panel.

Right Click and select ‘Status’, Left Click ‘Wireless properties’ Left Click the ‘Security’ tab. Here you will find the network Security type (NONE, WPA, WEP, etc), the Encryption Type (Aes, etc) and your password covered by dots (you don’t want anyone to get to it easily do you?)! Below that is a ‘Check Box’ marked ‘Show characters’ – Left Click over that box and your password becomes visible!

I suggest either writing it down immediately or using a utility like ‘KeePass’ to safely store the information.

Under Linux Start menu • Preferences • Network Connection.

Under the section WIFI find your router ID and left click on the ‘Edit’ button.

Look for, and select the ‘WIFI Security’ Tab and you will have all the information.

Under Apple Click on the ‘Magnifying Glass’ (called Spotlight) in the top right hand corner of your screen.

Type into the box ‘keychain access’ and press enter.

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Omar Sharif

Born in 1952 to a Greek Catholic family in Alexandria, Egypt; Michel Demitri Chalhoub as he was first named graduated from Cairo University with a degree in maths and physics. His mother was a society hostess whose friendship with Egypt’s King Farouk meant royalty often visited their home to play cards. His father traded in rare woods, Sharif admitted that his father’s business flourished with the royal connection.

Omar Sharif was fluent in French, English, Greek, Italian and Arabic. He studied at RADA in London after a brief stint working for his father. Returning to Egypt in 1952 his first part was in the film Devil of the Desert. The same year he starred alongside Faten Hamama in the film Struggle in the Valley. His good looks and charm swayed the actress in breaking her rule of no on screen kisses, they fell in love and Omar converted to Islam to marry her.

Both Omar and his wife became darlings of the Egyptian film industry starring in many films together during the 50s and 60s. In 1962 Omar’s big break came with Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean insisted on casting local actors and the gamble paid off as Omar won two Golden Globes; best actor and best newcomer. By being nominated for the Oscar but not winning; he joins a list of just six actors who didn’t win both awards when nominated.

Omar and Faten had a son Tarek who aged eight in 1965 played the young Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago; again directed by Lean. Omar played the lead

bored games!

I’ve got an admission to make. We play games at home. We’ve been known to play board games and card games as the sun sinks below the horizon on many occasions. It’s such a pleasant way to spend a family evening and as we watch the sun setting, the rays slowly dissipating across the valley, showering us in a diaspora of gentle dusky light… it’s so much easier to pinch someone’s card!!

But I must say some games make even watching the omnibus edition of “Come Dine With Me” appealing. That’s not something you say every day.

I stumbled across a game which, from what I’ve read, could be worth avoiding at all costs. “Kolejka” is a game about queuing. Nothing else really, just queuing. It’s a Polish game that was developed to teach Poles about life under Communism and the difficulties of buying normal things. They had to queue and then had cards they could produce to jump the queue or liquidate others in that queue. Sounds spellbinding!

In reality it couldn’t have been that bad because it won the coveted Gra Roku Best Game award in 2012.No, I missed that news too; we’re clearly not up to speed on Polish games awards.

Then there’s “Park and Shop: The Shopping Game”. After playing this game, the Polish queue game probably sounds fantastic! “Park and Shop” involves players driving their cars to the shopping mall, getting everything off their shopping list, then returning to their car. So, after pushing and shoving your way through a busy shopping mall all day, you can come home and spend an hour or two playing a game which involves you...pushing and shoving your way through a busy shopping mall!

But it’s not just board games that excel in dullness. New technology, not to be left out, has hit the odd low itself. A game for Nintendo owners was called “Imagine: Babysitter”. In this game-which doesn’t come cheap-players have to pay to do all those things that real babysitters get paid to do, such as trying to stop a tantruming baby screaming.

Tempted? No, I’m not either.

But, I would like to suggest a sequel to the babysitter game. How about, “Imagine: Change The Nappy”! That’d be one to avoid at all costs. It could be released at the same time as another new game by the same people, “Imagine: Spending Money on Rubbish”.

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alongside Charlie Chaplin’s daughter Geraldine. Again he won a Golden Globe as best actor but strangely was not even nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar). After King Farouk was overthrown the Nasser government put travel restrictions in place; Omar turned down film parts as he wasn’t allowed to leave Egypt. By 1966 he’d had enough and started to stay in Europe between shoots. He commented “It gave me glory, but it gave me loneliness also. I missed own land, my own people and my own country”. It also cost him his marriage to Faten though they remained good friends throughout their lives.

In 1968 Omar starred alongside Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl. Initially it was a platonic friendship but grew into an infatuation and they started an affair.

When it was made public the Egyptian government considered stripping Sharif of his citizenship due to Streisand’s support for Israel in the Six Day War. Instead, many Arab nations banned the film.

Omar lived in hotels for many years, the consummate bachelor he never had another serious relationship.

He was a skilled contract bridge player being one of the top 50 players in the world. He wrote books about the subject, had a newspaper column and even licensed a video game in the early 90’s. Other passions were horse racing and gambling. His most successful horse was called Don Boscoe, he also wrote articles

for a French racing magazine.

Obliquely he was a lifelong supporter of Hull City FC. In 2010 Hull University gave him an honorary degree and met his hero Ken Wagstaff who’d scored nearly 200 goals between1964-75; and was voted Hull’s player of the century. Omar smoked up to 100 cigarettes a day but gave up after a triple bypass operation and heart attack in the early 90s.

Omar also returned to Egypt to spend more time with family and to slow down his extravagant lifestyle; as his family had started to make fun of some of the later and direr film parts he’d been forced to take to pay off his gambling and hotel debts. Instead he waited for better parts making less than a film a year in his later life. In 2003 he won the French equivalent of the Oscar and best actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Monsieur Ibrahim.

Describing Faten Hamama as his only true love, she died this year and Omar followed her this last weekend. Succeeded by his son and two grandsons; Karim and Omar Sharif junior who is following in his grandfather’s footsteps as an actor.

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WAKING ON SUNSHINE!!!!

Yes, the heading might be a play on a famous song but is that not what most of us do every morning? As soon as you open your eyes 99 times out of a 100 that lovely, warm, health enriching big ball in the sky is shining down on you saying “Get out here and enjoy me!” and make the most of outdoor living.

Treat your outdoor space differently to the way you did in England, remember you will be outside far more here, and so will your friends and family when they come to visit you.

I always look at my outside space as an extra room and have extended my patio area so when I have visitors they have a place to sit and relax and a place for eating and doing the B.B.Q. while I have a glass of wine and enjoy their company. Hey, don’t keep a dog and bark yourself!

So use your budget wisely, buy the best quality you can afford, this is not the U.K. where you may only sit on your patio a few days a year, your terraces, swimming pool surrounds and barbeque furniture will be used daily, yes even Christmas as the sun is warm during the day then too. Ensure it is of a standard up to Spanish climatic conditions with excellent guarantees, not every chair disintegrates because Billy Bunter sat on it you know!!!!

Think about what you will be using your various areas for, getting the sun, shade or some peace and quiet away from the visitors. (Don’t worry, we all think this but don’t always say it) Are you a party animal requiring more chairs and tables for buffets or perhaps you are sun worshippers where sun beds are more important to you? Treat the outside as another room extension (can’t say that enough) if you are limited for space stackable chairs are great at parties allowing Uncle Nobby plenty of room to perform his John Travolta “80’s” party piece, the wiggle may have vanished but the suit remains the same!!

The choice for patio furniture is limitless, aluminium, wood, steel, mosaic, rattan for the colonial look. The rattan colours popular for this year are white or grey, don’t worry if you need to match with anything you already have, brown is still around.

Before you hit the shops full of ideas with what you are doing with your outside space, measure so you know what size table or sofa set will fit into the area.

If you are buying a base for your parasol find one in stone / concrete with wheels and brakes, this allows you to push your parasol around as the sun moves. It beats lifting the base and hurting your back. None of us are getting any younger!!

Another little tip regarding your parasol, do not place it in the centre of your tables even if there is a hole for it. It may look great but when that gust of wind comes

along it empties your glasses of wine and beer quicker than “her indoors” Tell your visitors if they are not using the parasol put it down as those gusts of wind will blow it over and could break it or do some damage to poor Nan sitting their minding her own business.

Always good to use plastic glasses on your patio and around your swimming pools because when glass hits the tiles it flies everywhere and the children cry a lot when they get cut feet. If glass goes in your swimming pool the only way to get it out is to drain the water out, clean and then refill it again – yes expensive!!

Enjoy your summer with your families and most of all have fun, with or without the G & T´s.

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My wife has just recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer decease. It is at an early stage, but I would like to know if there is anything we should be doing from a legal point of view while she is still of able mind. (The original question was much longer with a lot more detail and involving other matters also. With the clients permission we have prepared this abbreviated version.)

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

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

The power of attorney is necessary because the moment she is no longer of able mind you will be able to handle her accounts, sell the property, etc while if

this has not been done her accounts can not be touched , you can not sell a jointly owned property etc. etc.

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

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

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

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Just half of holiday rentals in Spain have a licence to operate legally, according to new research by Esade business school.

The proportion of legal tourist rentals tends to be higher in places where it is regulated, such as Barcelona, where 75 per cent of holiday lets operate legally.

However, it does depend on the the sanity of the regulations, with excessive regulations driving landlords into the black economy in some areas.

The proportion of legal rentals is much lower in Madrid (39 per cent), Mallorca (34 per cent) and Granada (31 per cent), despite, or perhaps because of, draconian holiday rental regulations in Madrid and the Balearics.

According to the Esade report, 14 per cent of tourists who come to Spain every year stay in holiday lets and spend €2,685 million whilst on holiday in Spain. Of this spending, €921.9 million goes on accommodation (€249 per person) while €1,763 million is spent on shopping, restaurants and leisure.

The research also finds that 32 per cent of people who stay in holiday rental homes would not come to Spain if they could not stay in this type of accommodation, so at least a third of holiday rental clients would never stay in a hotel. Hoteliers claim that holiday rentals are stealing their business thanks to unfair advantages like tax breaks, but this research suggest that is not true for at least a third of the business generated by holiday rentals.

Mar Vila, lecturer at Esade and coauthor of the report, explained that the report was compiled based on interviews with holidaymakers and property owners in San Sebastián, Barcelona, Mallorca, Madrid, Granada and Calpe.

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cent of the holiday rentals included in the study are regulated and registered.

The proportion, Vila explained, is higher in places with holiday let legislation such as Barcelona. The exception is Mallorca where legislation is “restrictive” and only 34 per cent of holiday lets are registered. “This doesn’t mean they don’t pay taxes,” Vila pointed out.

The report, sponsored by the Spanish Federation of Holiday Let Associations (Fevitur in Spanish), also reveals that 92 per cent of owners who decide to let their home to tourists do so to “boost household finances”. For many it’s a matter of financial necessity, with 65 per cent saying they need it as a financial backup, and 58 per cent saying they wouldn’t be able to make ends meet without it. “Holiday lets contribute to the local economy, not only because guests spend in local shops or large stores but because holiday let owners employ people for maintenance, cleaning, refurbs or buy furniture,” Vila said.

He also pointed out that the study contradicts the theory that holiday rental guests are part of the “binge drinking tourism”. Clients are generally foreigners, with an average age of 47 and mostly (83 per cent) come to Spain to spend a few days with their family.

These tourists’ average stay is 7.4 days, longer in coastal areas and shorter in cities.

Recently the tourist association Exceltur published a report on the P2P platforms that manage holiday lets, particularly Airbnb and Homeaway, and called for more restrictive legislation for the sector. The Exceltur report accused the holiday rental business of all manner of wrongdoings.

Credit : Spanish Property Insight

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The latest statistics from the Government show that turnover in the Spanish property business has stabilised after years of declines.

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The market turned over €10.5 billion in the first quarter of the year (Q1), just a fraction (0.8%) more than the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Public Works (Fomento).

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These figures are still some way from those registered in 2008, when the year’s total balance reached €94,951.40 million, double the total registered in 2014 (€47,475.50 million).

By market segments, the value of business in new builds continues to fall registering a total of €1,489.10 million in the first three months this year, a drop of 17.7 per cent compared to the same period last year when the value reached €1,752.30 million.

The resale market, on the other hand, was up 3.8% up with turnover of €9 billion, which offered some compensation to the decline in new home sales.

By region, turnover was greatest in Madrid (€2,075.8 million), followed by Catalonia (€1,976.9 million), Andalusia (€1.901.8 million) and the Valencian Community (€1.265.8 million).

At the other end of the scale, the regions registered the lowest figures were Ceuta and Melilla (€25.0 million between them), La Rioja (€58.0 million), Extremadura (€79.0 million) and Navarra (€93.9 million).

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Half a million home owners are ‘property millionaires’ owners and rising house prices.

Zoopla said the areas outside London with the highest concentrations of £1 millionplus streets are all in Surrey, with Guildford, Leatherhead and Richmond housing 158, 154 and 144 streets respectively.

Kensington Palace Gardens is ranked as the country’s most expensive street overall, with homes there worth £42.6 million on average.

The Boltons, where one house sold for £51 million this year, takes second place, with average property values standing at £30.3 million.

Grosvenor Crescent rounds out the top three, with an average property price of £22.7 million.

Lawrence Hall, of Zoopla, said: “London continues to be the epicentre of the million-pound property market in Britain, but our property rich list reveals a number of high-value property areas outside the capital, particularly in Surrey and Buckinghamshire, that are very attractive to professionals seeking to live outside yet within easy reach of the city and enjoy low crime rates coupled with good schools.”

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Courtenay Avenue, London, N6, £19,609,231 5. Ilchester Place, London, W14, £13,718,746 6. Compton Avenue, London, N6, £12,049,363 7. Manresa Road, London, SW3, £11,600,920 8. Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W, £11,321,413 9. Cottesmore Gardens, London, W8, £11,037,133 10. Frognal Way, London, NW3, £10,702,421 Britain’s most expensive towns (average price) 1.

Virginia Water, Surrey, £1,208,638 2. Cobham, Surrey, £1,037,825 3. Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, £982,660 4. Keston, London, £976,354 5. Esher, Surrey, £969,337 6. Richmond, Surrey, £939,652 7.

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More than half a million people in Britain are now estimated to be “property millionaires” after the number doubled in three years, according to a website.

The total number of people living in houses worth more than £1 million now stands at 524,306 according to Zoopla’s property rich list.

There are now 10,958 streets where the average property price is more than £1 million.

More than 4,700 of these are in London, around 3,700 in the South East, 121 in Scotland, 17 in Wales and just 53 in the North East. There are 13 streets in the capital the average prices is more than £10 million.

The figures come with surveys showing a pickup in house price growth occurred after the election.

According to data collected by Halifax, one of Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders, the annual growth rate increased from 8.6 per cent in the 12 months to May to 9.6 per cent in the 12 months to June, the highest pace since September 2014.

Experts said home movers had been reassured by “stability” of a party gaining a majority in the new Government, particularly because the Conservatives are seen as supportive of home

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1. London, 4,735 2. South East England, 3,697 3. East of England, 1,350 4. South West England, 398 5. North West England, 234 6. West Midlands, 146 7. Scotland, 121 8. East Midlands, 104 9. Yorkshire and the Humber, 99 10. North East England, 53 11. Wales, 17 12. Northern Ireland, 4 telegraph.co.uk

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San Sebastián: the most expensive place in Spain to buy a home Homes on the prestigious seafront avenue of Paseo de Miraconcha average €9,453 per sq metre The Paseo de Miraconcha in the city of San Sebastián in northern Spain’s Basque Country is a special place. The seafront avenue looks out over the beautiful, horseshoeshaped Playa de la Concha.

In summer, yachts anchor in the calm waters of the bay and parasols dot the sand.The Paseo de Miraconcha is the most expensive place to buy a home in Spain, according to data released in April by Spanish property website Idealista, with prices averaging €9,453 per sq metre, comfortably higher than the Passeig de Garcia Fària in Barcelona, another prestigious seafront address, which

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Development at Playa de la Concha started in earnest in the late 19th century, spurred by its popularity with the Spanish royal family, who had a summer residence built here.

The neo-gothic Palacio Miramar is now owned by the municipality and is used as a venue during the San Sebastián International Film Festival, held in September every year.

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La Hechicera de Alqueria

Sanchia Sústomore lives with the Hill People in their western barrio, although she doesn’t owe allegiance to either of the village groupings.

She lives alone in perhaps the oldest property in the Avenida de las Naranjas. The downstairs room is still a stable, although she has no horse. The attic is still for drying locally grown produce of which she produces none. Her whole house is given over to cauldrons and dried herbs, desiccated bats and hopping amphibians. For Sanchia is a hechicera, a sorceress, a witch, at least she believes she is.

She is the ninth daughter of a ninth daughter.

This is believed to have special significance apart from demonstrating a total lack of selfcontrol by her parents and grandparents.

Some of the elderly residents of Alqueria believe she may be beneficial in the curing of minor skin rashes and mild indigestion.

The general opinion is however that she is as mad as a snake but harmless. Unless of course one is tempted to swallow one of her potions. She once offered Manuela a love potion. The young men of the village couldn’t take the chance of it working and hastily organised a football outing to Barcelona.

Sanchia introduced one of her concoctions into the town’s water supply claiming it was a cure for Purple Gibbon Disease. This appears to have worked as there hasn’t been a single reported case in the village.

Part of the stock-in-trade of witches is the ability to curse those unfortunate enough to incur their displeasure. Sanchia didn’t believe in the evil eye method and had developed the evil buttock. Cursed with the left buttock is alarming, with the right it can

put you off your food for a week. During her 72 years Sanchia has cursed just about everyone in the village. Whether they hold her responsible for their present condition or whether they just humour the inept witch of Alqueria, is difficult to tell.

She is on firmer ground when it comes to fortune telling. Those who use her services are halfway to believing before she gets her nabo out. She uses a nabo instead of a crystal ball. This is probably down to economics rather than a belief in the mystical powers of root vegetables.

Her customers seem reasonably happy with her generalisations and she relies on all prophesies being self fulfilling.

Alas, Sanchia is now in the Loca Mujeres ward at the Hospital de Alta Resolucion El Toyo in Almería. Admitted after an abortive attempt to launch herself from the roof of the Bar La Casa Devante. Whether this was because of a misplaced belief that she could fly or an overindulgence in Remitroot liquor, has yet to be established. It was probably a combination of the two. The upright vacuum cleaner she used in place of a broomstick broke her fall and prevented serious injury.

Those who are yet to be cursed can rest easy for a week or so while Sanchia’s wounds heal.

Chicken and Chips, Part2

The time was about 1.15. We had 1¼ hours in which to receive, eat and pay for our chicken and chips. We didn’t need to leave the restaurant until 2.30, and how long does it take to prepare chicken and chips? We would be finished in plenty of time to get to the coach pick-up by 3.00.

I had seen portions of chicken and chips being delivered to every other table but ours, so I knew to expect a small mound of rice and the thigh and drumstick of a normal sized chicken, accompanied by a sensible sized serving of chips, all on a round plate.

We waited. And waited. What was the hold-up? Couldn’t they catch the chicken? Were they waiting for the potatoes to grow? Or had they sent out to China for the rice? At 2 o’clock I said ‘Come on, we’ll go.’

‘We haven’t paid for our drinks.’

Pete pointed out.

‘We’ll leave it on the table.’

‘No. Hang on a little longer.’

We hung on, despite my protests, and because by now we were in the early stages of malnutrition. Other customers received their orders while we continued foodless.

At 2.20 the waiter approached, bearing two oval platters heaped to spillage point with sufficient rice to feed a small Chinese village, upon which half a turkey-sized chicken balanced precariously, surrounded by enough chips to account for an entire harvest of potatoes.

We had 10 minutes in which to down this gargantuan feast. We set

Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre newsletter

This month our wonderful Spanish volunteers in our Guardamar charity shop rescued six kittens from the port area and, after organising vaccinations, began looking for new homes for these cuties. It’s wonderful to see our volunteers doing their bit to help abandoned animals in Spain.

Meanwhile, at the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, the bond between our rescued donkeys Little Lady and Della grew even stronger. These two arrived at the centre from two separate rescues, both suffering from severe malnutrition and with terribly deformed hooves cause by years of neglect that left them almost unable to walk.

Now looking much healthier, these two happy little donkeys spend their days lying side-byside in the stables or munching alfalfa out in the paddocks. It’s wonderful to be able to give them a second chance.

Sue’s broken wrist is also healing nicely and she should be able to have the cast removed this month. She is very much looking forward to being fully operational again – not being able to drive is a pain in the neck!

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after public complaints This month we were called by San Pedro del Pinatar police to rescue a grey stallion left without food and water, after complaints from members of the public who were concerned about the horse’s skeletal appearance.

We brought the horse home to the centre and veterinarian checks showed he was malnourished but otherwise healthy. Diplomat, as we named him, has now been castrated and is settling in well at the rescue centre. He especially loves the string curtain Rod set up to keep the flies out his stable and prevent infection after his surgery.

We’re delighted to see the police now acting on public complaints, which even just two years ago wouldn’t have happened. We are so encouraged by the changes that we’re seeing. We believe there’s a huge movement forward in Spain for animal welfare and these rescues do have a knock on effect because people start to realise that they can’t get away with animal abuse.

Volunteers needed for new charity store in Dolores The challenge for us now, after eight years of operation, is to continue raising enough money to grow as a structured organisation with the resources to respond to every case.

As part of our fundraising efforts, we’ll soon open our ninth charity shop selling second hand clothes, furniture and bric-a-brac in Dolores.

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By Jos Biggs

josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk to – determined if not to finish, at any rate to make a serious dent in our dinner. We threw it down our throats as if we were competitors in an All You Can Eat In An Hour competition.

We stuffed until 2.40, leaving behind two seriously depleted platters, and the exact money on the table. As we waddled down the road like two racing penguins, we prayed that the coach would be late.

If I ever go to Évora again I will go to that same restaurant; search out that same waiter and wait patiently for my order, even if that takes days out of my life. Having eaten I will go into the kitchen, ask to see the boss, and tell him/her that I am an undercover agent hired by the Tourist industry to check waiter service in small restaurants. I will tell him/her that although the food was excellent, the waiter was in a category of awkwardness all of his own.

helping out, please call Sue on 652 021 980.

Thanks to Route 66 diner for helping raise €625 Benimar’s Route 66 American diner this month held a fundraiser for us to celebrate their first anniversary, which raised a wonderful €625. The money will help us feed and care for our more than 90 horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from abuse and neglect. The fundraiser came on a very busy day, as Rod had been called out by the police to rescue Diplomat and later had 700 bales of alfalfa to get off the field.

Sue was worried she wouldn’t be able to attend because her broken wrist has left her unable to drive. But at the last minute all the volunteers from the La Zenia charity shop came to the rescue.

They bought some of the raffle prizes with their own money and picked Sue up to make sure she could be there.

It was just wonderful and we have to extend a huge thanks to everyone involved.

Open day schedule If you’d like to meet our two new foals, a reminder that our open day is held on the first Sunday of every month. Entry is free.

If you’d like regular updates from the centre throughout the month, please “Like” our Facebook page, where we regularly post stories and pictures of all our animals.

Don’t forget, we offer loads of donation options if you’d like to financially support our work. As always, a huge thank you to all our wonderful supporters across the world. With your help and support, we are making huge steps forward for animal welfare in Spain.

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Apricot tarte tatin Ingredients: 75g/2¾oz caster sugar 40g/1½oz unsalted butter, cubed 300g/10½oz fresh apricots, halved and stoned (about 7 or 8 apricots)

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Method:

1.For caramelising the apricots, you need a small ovenproof frying pan with a base that measures about 20cm/8in in diameter. Put the sugar in the pan and set it over a medium heat. Cook until the sugar first melts and then caramelises and turns golden brown. Don’t stir the sugar but swirl it around the pan every now and then.

2.Remove the caramel from the heat and stir in the butter with a wooden spoon. The caramel will be extremely hot so watch out for splashes and don’t dream of tasting it.

3.Continue stirring for 2–3 minutes as the caramel cools and thickens. It will look oily and separated to begin with, but will become smooth and toffee-like as you continue stirring. When the caramel is smooth, carefully arrange the apricots on top, cut-side down.

Leave to cool for 20 minutes.

4.Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

5.Unroll the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured

Apricots

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surface and use a rolling pin to roll it out until it is 2cm/1in wider. Place a dinner plate or 25cm/10in cake tin on the pastry and cut around it.

6.Gently slide the pastry on top of the apricots and push down the sides with a round-bladed knife. Prick the surface to allow steam to escape.

7.Bake the tarte tatin for 25 minutes until the pastry is golden-brown and the apricots are cooked. Remove the pan from the oven using an oven cloth to hold the handle of the pan – don’t forget - it will be very hot.

8.Leave the tart to stand for a couple of minutes to allow it to settle, then loosen the edges and place a large serving plate or board on top of the frying pan.

Very carefully, but quickly, turn it over, using a folded dry tea towel to help you hold it, and allow the tarte tatin to drop gently on to the serving plate.

9.Serve warm with crème fraiche or ice cream.

skin and flesh, not too juicy but definitely smooth and sweet. Some describe their flavor as almost musky, with a faint tartness that lies somewhere between a peach and a plum Apricots are rich in many plant antioxidants. Some of these are the vitamin antioxidants so familiar to regular users of this site. Others are more difficult to obtain from other foods, and may be responsible for specific health benefits. Overall, consider the apricot to be a great food that provides you with the protective effects of antioxidants while adding very few calories to your daily total.

Apricots are originally from China but arrived in Europe via Armenia, which is why the scientific name is Prunus armenaica. The apricot tree came to Virginia in 1720 but its appearance in the Spanish missions of California around 1792 marked the fruit’s real Tuesday - Sunday arrival. The climate there is Dinner & Dancing perfectly suited to apricot culture, and apricots in the with Live Music United States are grown primarily in the sunny House Speciality orchards of California.

Apricots are enjoyed as a BBQ Meats fresh fruit but also dried, Menu del Dia & Menu del Noche cooked into pastry, and eaten as jam. The fruits are with a wide variety of dishes also distilled into brandy and liqueur. Essential oil from the pits is sold commercially as bitter almond oil. Turkey, Italy, Russia, Spain, Greece, U.S.A. and France are the leading producers of apricots.

Apricots are those beautifully orange colored fruits full of beta-carotene and fiber that are one of the first signs of summer. Although dried and canned apricots are available year-round, fresh apricots with a plentiful supply of vitamin C and are in season in North America from May through August. Any fresh fruit you see during the winter months have been imported from either South America or New Zealand.

Relatives to peaches, apricots are small, golden orange fruits, with velvety

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Ingredients:

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3 ripe mangoes, peeled, cored and sliced juice and zest 2 limes, plus 6

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Method: Put half the mango slices in a bowl with half the lime juice and half the zest, cover and chill until serving. Put the rest of the mango in the freezer for 3-4 hrs or until frozen solid.

Put the frozen mango in a blender with the rest of the lime juice and zest (saving a few pinches for decoration), blend until smooth, then tip into a container and leave in the freezer until needed.

Just before serving, put the chilled mango pieces in the bottom of 6 sundae glasses and take the coconut ice cream and frozen mango sorbet out of the freezer to defrost just enough to scoop.

Divide the mango sorbet and the coconut ice cream between the glasses, and decorate with mint leaves, lime slices and any remaining lime zest. Serve immediately.

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Music under the stars in Albox

Music filled the main square of Albox on Saturday July 11th as the town hosted its first concert of town bands organised

by Albox School of Music, the Cultural Association of Music in Albox and Albox Town Council.

Bands from Lijar, Mojacar and Albox played under the stars in the unique setting of the Plaza Mayor.

The audience was treated to a broad selection of music which included excerpts from Phantom of the Opera and Concierto de Aranjuez in an evening hosted by the journalist Juan Antonio Rubio Guirado.

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Classic car club move their base to the Hotel Overa

Amigos del Coches Clasicos announces its monthly meetings are to be held at the Hotel Overa, junction 547 on the E15 / A7 near Huercal Overa, Almeria. The move, from Aguilas, provides a more convenient and central meeting venue for its members within the Almanzora Valley and surrounding locality.

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 3.00pm and everyone owning or interested in classic cars will be made most welcome.

Additional information is available at: www.a-c-c.es Asociacion De Amigos De Los Coches Clasicos Del Levante (Amigos del Coches Clasicos) The Club was formed in February 2008 and originally based in Aguilas. Membership is multi national and open to everyone interested in the restoration, preservation and use of classic cars.

Members’ cars are predominately Classic British and European Sports cars of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. In general they are maintained, and in many cases, were restored by their owners.

A full calendar of events are organised, which includes monthly drives around the local area, social lunches and shows. A monthly e magazine is circulated to members and contains details of events, technical tips and articles on classic car ownership.

ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION BRANCH 1359

The Branch meets on the third Tuesday in the month at 14.30 hrs at the El Paraiso Restaurant, located in Jardin del Mar 3, which is located very near Carrefour. If you would like information please contact the Chairman on 692508916 or Welfare on 615048892 or visit the Website www.rafacb.com

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Information for all present and future COLLYFER clients, you can now take your policy with you should you need or want to return to the UK, contact Karen for details 617 456 335 karencecere@collyfer.com

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Meets on Monday’s at 3pm at The Bahia Serena Hotel For more info please contact Alison Ferguson 950 349 749 or Sue Barlow 950 333 344

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NOTICE FORTHCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS IN 2015 ROQUETAS DE MAR SUB-BRANCH 3569 Tuesday 8th September – Social meeting & photographic competition – subject is BEACH or MOUNTAIN scenes.

Tuesday 6th October – Social meeting & Horse Racing afternoon.

Tuesday 20th October – Poppy Luncheon at Restaurant Roma (to be confirmed).

Friday 23rd October (date to be confirmed) Joint Remembrance Parade with The Royal British Legion/La Legion - La Legion Army Base, Viator. Details to follow.

Sunday 25th October – POPPY APPEAL TABLE AT BURTY’S BAR. Tuesday 3rd November – Social meeting and annual RBL ‘BIG POPPY APPEAL RAFFLE’ Tuesday 1st December – THE BIG ANNUAL POPPY APPEAL LUNCHEON & Tombola at Restaurant Maracay, ZG. 1.30 for 2.00pm. (same as last year).

All monies raised at these events will go to the 2015 Poppy Appeal.

New members are most welcome to join the branch, so come along to any the social meetings, contact Jenny/Mike on 950328469 for further info. Social Meetings are held at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio, Roquetas De Mar, on the first Tuesday of each month (3pm), unless otherwise notified.

FTG Notice

The ‘Friday Tapas Group’ meet each Friday somewhere in the Urbanisation at 13.00hrs and, the venues for the next few weeks are:

17-7-15 Bar Lady Lay, C/Sierra Nevada.

24-7-15 Blossom Cafe Bar, (near brown chairs).

31-7-15 Bar Tango, near Hotel Sabinal.

7-8-15 Bar Cullar (Brown chairs), next to Hotel Bahia Serena.

14-8-15 Bar Tapas Ana, C/Sierra Nevada, in the URB. 21-8-15 New York NY, in the URB. 28-8-15 Oasis on the Beach (Chiringuito).

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A SIZZLING BBQ IN THE HEAT!

The Roquetas branch of the RBL held their annual BBQ on 7th July 2015 on Angela’s terrace, in the sizzling evening heat and raised 205.70€ for the 2015 POPPY APPEAL. A big thank you goes to Angela Law for hosting this year’s event, Mike and Jenny Hickman for doing the catering and the twenty eight members and friends in attendance. The photograph shows six enjoying their food & drink. This was the final function until September, as a large number of members and locals go on holiday. The branch will reconvene for the autumn on Tuesday 8th September, at The Lodge, for the next meeting. Please note that there will not be a meeting on 1st September. Details of future events and socials can be found in the ‘RBL Notice’, which is published weekly in the local press.

editor@soltimes.com During the months of July and August the town hall will be hold many activities in different scenic areas of the town of Roquetas de Mar, where you can enjoy every night a different performance.

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Dogs Home reports record numbers of dumped pets after distraught owners watch TV show

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, which captured the nation’s heart on For the Love of Dogs, has reported an 84 per cent increase in abandoned pets in three years.Record numbers of pets are being dumped at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home because their owners can’t afford to keep them.

The famous London rescue centre, which featured in Paul O’Grady’s ITV show For the Love of Dogs, reports an 84 per cent increase in abandoned pets in the past three years.

Reasons include owners being forced to work longer hours, having to move into rental accommodation, downsizing to flats and being unable to afford vets’ bills.

But staff say many people are turning up at Battersea – which last year took in 2,723 dogs and 1,870 cats – after watching Paul O’Grady’s show, in which cameras follow the progress of abandoned animals.

A Battersea spokesman said: “Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs has shone a light on the important work done by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and rescue centres across the country.

“Customers have travelled through the night from Fife and Falmouth, France and Denmark, citing their love for the Battersea TV series.

“In the past three years we’ve seen an 84 per cent increase in calls from owners wanting to give up their dogs to us.“ Elsewhere, a total number of 403,967 calls were made to the RSPCA’s national emergency line for the year to May 2015.

Staff say they are currently dealing with a horse crisis as record numbers are being abandoned and left to starve.

RSPCA Chief Inspector Simon Osborne said: “People may associate abandonments with dogs and cats, but over the last few years we have seen a horse crisis in this country.

“Our centres only have about 125 places, but we have 800 horses in our care at the moment.

“To anyone out there who is struggling, please seek advice and help from friends, family or animal charities before just abandoning your animal.” mirror.co.uk

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Smile by Deborah Moggach

“Through a fog of early morning sickness I’d carry out the plates of scrambled eggs.”Cheer up,” he said. “It might never happen.” “I thought it has.”

This collection is composed of 11 short stories examining marriage and modern families, insecure and generally unhappy. In some cases freedom and divorce are feasible alternatives to an empty and unfulfilled life.

In Smile imagine the workers in a hotel having to wear badges that simply read Smile. The hotel was American so perhaps this explains it? Sandy, the narrator was 19. Formerly known as Alexandra, we learn that she changed her name when she was 12. She has been in and out of care homes since her dad walked out on her at the tender age of 4. A damaged young lady.

She seems attracted to older men, one in particular “who never turned up, married and based in Huddersfield.” We learn of her pregnancy when she is working in the hotel, serving breakfasts. Further into the pregnancy she is moved into the kitchen. She has decided to keep the baby: “I’d have someone to love, who would be mine.” You soon get the feeling of how unhappy she has been and her desperate need to be loved. When Donna is born she monopolises her: “ I’d sit for hours, just breathing in her scent.”

Mum wasn’t the best of role models for a young mother like Sandy. She had a volatile relationship with her current boyfriend, Eddie, one minute giggling, the next rowing. Sandy felt warm and whole towards the end of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, Moggach portrays her as a fulfilled young woman: “Donna had changed my world, nothing seemed real anymore, only her.” An older man, the type that Sandy is usually attracted to turns up at the hotel on a fairly regular basis, happy-go-lucky, a rep. doing a bit of this and a bit of that takes a shine to Sandy paying her the usual compliments: “You’re looking bonny” followed by www.carolnaylor.blogspot.com www.carolesleynaylor.wordpress.com naylorcl@hotmail.es

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“You’ve got a beautiful smile.” Sandy is not her usual smitten self because she takes the responsibility of motherhood seriously.

When he flirts with her she tells him he’s too old for her and he admits to being “matured in the cask.” When she took his Access card for payment one time she saw the name on the card and of course, recognised it.

“What’s up? Seen a ghost!” Of course she was shocked.

She takes the opportunity to visit him in his room to ply him with questions and he tells her he sells toys: “It’s the child in me. I’m just a little boy at heart.” He persuades her to play a sixties game called Ker-Plunk which was being relaunched. She feels uncomfortable when he puts his hand around her waist and squeezes her before asking for a kiss. “You make me feel years younger,” he tells her then asks if he can take her to Brighton pier to eat ice cream the next time he visits.

Sandy is unable to smile through another heartache and one wonders what the future will hold for the poor girl.

In Making Hay we meet Frank who hints at some medical problem that he hasn’t disclosed to his wife or anyone else. It sounds serious. He’s a coach driver and he is taking a group of women and children for a CND rally. Women Against the Bomb. It seems to be a beautiful June day and Frank seems meditative.

He is married to Doriza, a Hungarian who he met 15 years ago. It had been a fiery relationship, Frank being seduced by her mysterious ways but once the rot sets in: “mystery’s the first thing to wear off.” He is still fond of her but something is missing. Something else though. He mentions his visit to the hospital and “some little creep in a white coat” and the need to tell his wife, hints of not feeling well. Even the mention of cancer: “I’ve got leukaemia.”

Something out of the ordinary happens as he is checking the coach before locking it up. A woman was still on the coach, reluctant to go on the march, complaining about feeling ill. She was pretty but dressed badly, making her frumpy and she seemed

to be depressed. Both of them took a walk outside before she grabbed him, stripped off and they made passionate love. “Greedily she wanted more. She gripped me, there was something impersonal and determined about the way she did it.” Not once did she smile.

“Make hay while the sun shines,” she told him. He rephrased it substituting love for hay. Her answer was surprisingly: “Love? I’d call it despair.” Once the rally was over, Frank dropped the women off home and this young woman disappeared out of Frank’s life for ever.

Imagine what Frank told his wife when he returned home!

Lost Boys focuses on family relationships. Ewan complained to his wife that he had had a deprived childhood even though Lily, his mother had taken him to France and Tuscany for the summer and a year spent in a Cairo hotel. How could Ewan describe Lily as being untrustworthy and yet his wife describes her as being romantic? He resented his mother for neglecting him.

He recalls an incident when she was painting nudes by the river when he was a young child: “I wandered down the stream and fell in and nearly drowned.”

The narrator, his wife, idolises Lily and after having her children she longs for Lily’s company. “I felt emptied, an empty vessel, drained by others’ needs.” She takes the children to Lily’s and they go swimming. She had hoped to be inspired by her. The swimming trip initially proved to be a wonderful experience before turning sour and potentially tragic.

The narrator leaves us with an image of Ewan as a little boy in his school blazer waiting at the school gate for a mother who didn’t turn up. She also leaves us with a poignant image of another lost boy, her son. The interesting message is that by idolising someone that person is lost to us. Reflective and thoughtful.

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd. ISBN: 0-74931227-0 REVIEW it by Carol Naylor.

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Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic will dominate tennis says McEnroe Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will win "four or five more Grand Slams" in the next two years, according to former world number one John McEnroe.

Djokovic, 28, beat Roger Federer on Sunday to retain his title, his third at SW19 and his ninth Major in total.

"Novak is just coming into his prime and it is pretty hard not to think that he is getting stronger and stronger," McEnroe told BBC Sport.

"If he stays healthy, he is going to dominate the next couple of years."

Djokovic has been top of the world rankings for the last 53 weeks and has won two out of the three Grand Slams this year, losing in the French Open final.

"He is definitely into my all-time top five," added McEnroe. "My top four are Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Roger and Rafael Nadal but Novak is at number five and rising.

Tim Henman, four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist

"When you reflect on how Novak has left no stone unturned, his serving has been getting better all the time, his diet, his preparation, it is all first class.

"He is in his prime, he is 28, I see him at the top of the game for five or six years. I see him adding to his Grand Slam collection very soon."

"Novak does not have as many Grand Slams as those guys but I am thinking his total is going to rise quickly.

"He could be moving up even further in my eyes, but he has already jumped some people by winning Wimbledon again."

Djokovic's best year since he turned professional in 2003 came in 2011 when he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

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"He is a better volleyer, he is more resilient defensively, and he is also a better returner.

"Now he is not just able to do that consistently, he also steps in and just crushes the ball.

"I did not think that was possible, but he is more aggressive now when before there were times that he was content to just get it back."

Djokovic also seems settled off the court, celebrating his first wedding anniversar y with Jelena d u r i n g Wimbledon fortnight, and enjoying family life with son Stefan, who was born in

October last year.

"He seems supremely motivated," said McEnroe. "His dream must be to win a Calendar Slam, which he can't do this year because he lost in the final in Paris.

Novak Djokovic's coach Boris Becker and wife Jelena were on hand to watch him win a third Wimbledon title.

"It is not going to be easy, but at the same time he keeps finding ways to push himself.

"He has got a great team and emotionally he is in a great place so you have got to think he has got a couple more great chances.

"I am always pulling for the top guys to stay healthy so they can maximise their potential. He certainly is right now."

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Ashes 2015: Five things we learnt from first Test England started the 2015 Investec Ashes with a sensational 169-run win over Australia in the first Test at Cardiff.

With Australia favourites for the series, England's win and the manner in which they pulled it off will have surprised many, including the touring Aussies.

So what did we learn from the first Test and what can Alastair Cook's men can now take into the second Test at Lord's? David Ruse analyses the main talking points...

Mitchell Johnson was England’s nemesis during their 5-0 Ashes whitewash two winters ago, seizing 37 wickets at an average of 13.97. The left-armer looked a shadow of his former self at The SWALEC, though – much to the delight of the home fans – going for his worst Test figures of 0-111 and angling many deliveries wide of both leg and off stump.

True, the slow Cardiff track has not given him much assistance but the 33-year-old old has been out-bowled by compatriots Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc and looks the weakest link in the Baggy Greens’ seam attack.

Johnson, who shipped 651 runs across five Tests the last time he bowled in an Ashes series in England, may not be dropped for Lord’s, especially with his Starc, seemingly a doubt for next week’s game at HQ – but would the less rapid but more reliable Peter Siddle be a better bet?

“Moeen or Rashid?” was a question hotly debated by pundits and fans ahead of the first Test. Moeen got the nod and it proved an inspired selection. His batting – his elegant, languid, Gower-esque batting – helped England push on from a potentially precarious 293-6 in their first innings and post 430, the left-handed shotmaker stroking 77 from 88 balls and, I can assure you, earning the admiration of Ricky Ponting in the commentary box.

Moeen impressed with the ball, too, severely denting Australia’s opening knock by removing

run machine Steve Smith and opposition skipper Michael Clarke and then offing David Warner in innings No 2, the twirler adding more stellar names to a list of Test victims that also includes Kumar Sangakkara, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson and Rohit Sharma. Better than a bit-part bowler, don’t you think?

Much of the talk before the series was how Joe Root and Steve Smith would amass runs aplenty during the Ashes. Well, one did at Cardiff. England No 5 Root proved his class once again, firstly by digging England out of a hole at 46-3 in their first innings to record a majestic and ubercomposed second Ashes century and then adding 60 in his followup knock to procure his team a lead that always looked beyond Australia on a pitch doing a bit.

Smith, though, a man who came into the series having hit seven tons in his last 12 Tests, failed to get past 33 at the SWALEC, outfoxed by Moeen first up before nicking off to slip second time around. Did England pay close attention to Nasser Hussain’s excellent Ashes Zone analysis on the Baggy Greens’ No 3? Only they know that but with other batsmen also out of sorts, Australia really need their golden boy to shine.

Clarke proclaimed with conviction in his pre-match press conference that Australia had the perfect blend of youth and experience in their Ashes squad, but are they too experienced?

Ryan Harris (35) has already been forced to retire due to a knee injury, while we’ve already mentioned the first-Test travails of that Johnson fella.

Add in the fact that Clarke (34) is no spring chicken and coming off the back of a serious hamstring injury over the winter; Shane Watson (34) has not scored a Test hundred since the last Ashes and seems to love getting out lbw; and that Brad Haddin (37) is looking decidedly shaky behind the timbers – particularly when dropping Joe

Root on zero – and the tourists have plenty to ponder. Watson’s heir apparent Mitch Marsh and reserve gloveman Peter Nevill must think they’ve got a shot at playing at the Home of Cricket.

Stuart Broad admitted himself that a smack in the face by a Varun Aaron bouncer last summer had dented his confidence, something that was evident with his batting woes and less-than-snappy bowling in the West Indies. But, boy, is he confident now!

Always a man for a big occasion, Broad impressed with the cherry for much of the Test, often without much reward, but he garnered huge success on day four.

A stunning opening few overs saw him whistle conkers past Aussie blades, oust Chris Rogers, and go for almost diddly squat in runs, while he followed that up later on with the vital scalps of Smith and Clarke.

The 29-year-old was almost unplayable, c h a n n e l l i n g memories of his scintillating 2009 Ashes spell at The Oval, bowling with great rhythm and giving England fans yet another reason to believe that soughtafter little urn could be theirs.

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July 2015

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RESULTS Wednesday July 1 – Monthly Medal Played in blistering heat on a golf course in superb condition a few players overcame their “medalitis” to return some creditable scores 1st Graham Tabberer 77-7= 70 2nd Jim Barclay 83-12= 71 on a card play off 3rd Dave Simpson 87-16=71 on a card play off Twos: Chris Baker x2 3rd and 8th, Dave Simpson x2 8th and

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Marc Marquez wins German MotoGP

Marc Marquez wins German MotoGP Defending champion Marc Marquez won the German MotoGP with a dominant race ahead of Dani Pedrosa.

It was the Spaniard's first victory since the second race of the season, at Austin in April - but his sixth in six years at the Sachsenring circuit.

Championship leader Valentino Rossi was third but extended his overall lead over Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.

Rossi - chasing his first title since 2009 - now leads Lorenzo by 13 points at the halfway stage of the season.

Marquez was utterly dominant in the 2014 season, winning 13 of 18 races, but has been off the pace in 2015.

His second win of the season leaves him fourth in the standings, 65 points behind Rossi.

Lorenzo - winner of four races this season - made a fine start but Marquez soon sliced past to take the lead.

Marquez then moved clear as Rossi fought out a duel with his team-mate Lorenzo, while Marquez's Repsol Honda team-mate Pedrosa - back on form after missing three races at the start of the season with an arm problem moved his way past both Yamahas to take second, his best result of the year.

British riders Bradley Smith and Cal Crutchlow finished sixth and seventh respectively.

In the Moto3 class British rider Danny Kent won for the fifth time this season to extend his lead to 76 points and enhance his chances of becoming the first Briton to win a world championship in any class since Barry Sheene in 1977.

In the Moto2, Belgian Xavier Simeon won his first race of the season while Johann Zarco stayed clear at the top of the standings with a second place.

British hope Sam Lowes - third in the overall standings - finished fifth.

German Grand Prix results: 1. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 41:01.087 2. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 41:03.313

3. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 41:06.695 4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 41:11.015 5. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 41:21.872 6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 41:24.302 7. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Honda 41:30.968 8. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 41:36.040 9. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 41:36.962 10. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki 41:38.340 11. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 41:38.361 12. Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Ducati 41:43.168 13. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 41:49.698 14. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 41:51.774 15. Jack Miller (Australia) Honda 41:54.856 MotoGP standings after race nine of 18: 1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 179 2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 166 3. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 118 4. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 114 5. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 87 6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 87 7. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 67 8. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Honda 66 9. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 64 10. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 57 11. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 51 12. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki 44 13.Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Ducati 32 14. Scott Redding (Britain) Honda 30 15. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 19

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Cabrera lawn bowling club

The Redington Gent's Summer Cup was held at Cabrera Lawn Bowling Club between 24th - 27th June. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the matches did not disappoint either.

There were some fiercely contested rounds, in particular the matches between Robert Valentine v Colin Jones and Brian Firth v Ian Jackson. In the semi final against John Sephton, Paul Cartwright probably played one of his best matches to beat John and go into the final where he met Brian Firth.

The final was played on the 27th June and was eagerly anticipated as both Paul and Brian are excellent bowlers. Paul started off the better and was leading 4-2 after 6 ends.

Brian picked up a 3 on the next end and gradually started to pull away.

Paul could not create the form of his

semi final win and sadly only won 4 more ends with Brian winning the final and competition 21-8. Congratulations to Brian for a well deserved win and commiserations to Paul. Many thanks to all markers and umpires.

Photo left to right David Jenkins (Captain) Paul Cartwright and Brian Firth

19th Hole golf society - cucador 19th Hole Golf Society. Cucador.

On Thursday 9th July The 19th Hole Golf Society made its way north to play the lovely Lorca course near Murcia to play a 3 Club Challenge.

These events are normally competitive affairs but this proved to be a classic, with 12 players returning with better than 30 points. Stars of the show were Chrissie Dow and Nekana Galindez both returning with 38 points to take 1st and 2nd places in Division 2 with Don Harbron in 3rd place with 33 points.

In the low handicap 1st Division Mark Danson on 37 points took 1st place from Nigel Greenwood on 36 and Brian( Dee) Lowden in 3rd with 35 points.

With results like that, with only 3 clubs, makes you wonder why we cart 14 of the little devils around with us during a normal round of golf.

Result;Division 1 1st Mark Danson Nett 37 points (03) 2nd Nigel greenwood Nett 36 points (19) 3rd Brian Lowden Nett 35 points (21) Division 2 1st Chrissie Dow Nett 38 points (35) on Countback 2nd Nekana Galindez Nett 38 points (28) 3rd Don Harbron Nett 33 points

(28) Nearest The Pin. 4th Hole Doug Birrell 8th Hole Tommy Seed 9th Hole in Two Mark Danson 10th Hole Doug Birrell.

18th Hole in Two Ayden Twos: 10thHole Peter Easthope, Brian Hunt, Doug Birrell 12th Hole Mark Danson, Paco Ocaño Grayal The 19th hole G/S is now arranging weekly games at various courses in the area, our home course, which we play fortnightly, is Aguilon.

If you are interested in joining the 19th hole give the secretary a ring on 610340653. Or email gs19thhole@ hotmail.co.uk

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Sports Shorts from Tony Matthews...

• England’s cricketers (430 and 289) thumped Australia (308 and 242) by 169 runs in the first Ashes Test at Cardiff. Joe Root, who scored 134 and 60 and took few wickets, was voted ‘Man of the Match’. The second Test starts at Lords tomorrow.

• World number one Novak Djokovic retained his Wimbledon singles title by beating seven-time champion Roger Federer in four sets in the final while Serena Williams won her 21st Grand Slam title in her 25th final with victory over Gabine (Gabby) Muguruv, the first Spaniard to reach the last two of the women’s singles since Conchita Martinez in 1998. Williams now holds all four major Grand Slam titles and is the oldest champion in the modern era at 33.

Andy Murray’s brother, Jamie, and Aussie John Peers lost in the men’s doubles final.

• Rory McIlroy WILL NOT PLAY in this year’s 144th British Open which starts tomorrow at St Andrew’s; he damaged his ankle playing football!

• Ireland’s Conor McGregor beat Chad Mendez to win the UFC Interim Featherweight belt in Las Vegas.

• West Ham and Aberdeen are through to the next stage of the 2015-16 Europa League tournament, but St Johnstone are out.

• German World Cup winner Sebastian Schweinsteiger could be a Manchester United player as you read this; Robin van Persie should be at Fenerbahce and Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling at Manchester City for £49m, and Glen Johnson at Stoke and goalkeeper Asmir Bergovic at Chelsea.

• GB’s Chris Froome was leading the Tour de France at the start of this week.

• This weekend GB tennis stars take on France in a quarter-final Davis Cup-tie at London’s Queen’s Club.

• And finally, Scottish jump jockey Brian Toomey is riding again – two years after a suffering a head injury that almost killed him.

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Tiger Woods believes in 15th major win at St Andrews Former world number one Tiger Woods says he can win his 15th major at this week’s Open, claiming his game is “heading in the right direction”.

Woods, 39, has not won a major since the 2008 US Open and has struggled with form and injury in recent years.

But, in an interview with BBC Sport, world number 241 Woods said he now felt more consistent.

The American also said that golf was “in good hands” with current world top two Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth.

In addition, Woods revealed that he now spends less time playing golf and more time with his two children.

Woods has been hampered by a back problem, for which he had surgery in 2014, and has been trying to alter his swing.

He has struggled for form throughout 2015 and has recorded three scores in the 80s in his last six tournaments. Last month, he shot the worst round of his professional career - a 13-over-par 85 at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio - and missed the cut in the US Open at Chambers Bay with his worst score in the event.

However, he carded his best round of the year - a four-under-par 66 - on the first day of the Greenbrier Classic on 2 July.

“My body’s finally good. I’m just not as wiry

and as whippy as I used to be. And being 39 versus 19 is totally different.

“If you’re making changes you have to take a couple of steps backwards before you make the giant leap forward - if you look throughout my career when I’ve made swing changes I’ve gone through that suffering period and I’ve come out pretty good on the other side.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve found the solution - it’s a process, an evolution, making subtle shifts, fine tuning and getting the overall pattern different, and that takes time.

“I’m starting to feel like I’m getting more consistent - the last round at Greenbrier was probably the best I’ve hit in a couple of years.

“I know I’m heading in the right direction.

It’s going take a tremendous amount of work and a lot of patience but I’ll get there eventually.”

In 2009, Woods admitted cheating on his then wife Elin Nordegren and having multiple affairs.

He took a five-month break from the game and has not won a major since.

In May this year, his two-year relationship with US Olympic skiing champion Lindsey Vonn ended. Woods said the break-up was “brutal”.

Asked how he deals with performing below his own expectations, Woods said he now spends

more time with his family.

“It’s a little bit harder now, because I just don’t have as much time to devote to practising.

“My kids are the most important things in my life. When I was younger I could practise 14 hours a day - it didn’t matter as I didn’t have any other responsibilities.

“Now with my kids in my life and my foundation [a charity helping provide college-access opportunities for low-income students], which is so important and which we are trying to grow, I have more responsibilities.

“But my two kids are everything for me. I drop golf and everything to be with them.”

Woods on the Open Woods last won the Open in 2006 - the third time he has won golf’s oldest major. Since then, the best he has done is tied for third in 2012.

His two other wins in the event - in 2000 and 2005 - both came at St Andrews, where this year’s Open will be held.

Dan Roan: Could you win?

Tiger Woods: “Absolutely” DR: You really believe that?

TW: “Absolutely.

“It’s my favourite golf course in the world.

I love coming back here and seeing it and remembering all the shots and remembering all the good times I’ve had here.

“The creativity that it takes and the discipline - people don’t realise how much you need to shape the ball and the discipline it takes to play this course.”

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