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Gold coin worth £250,000 discovered in child's pirate treasure collection
The coin among the collection Credit: SWNS An 18th-century gold coin worth up to £250,000 has been discovered in a child’s pirate treasure collection. The rare Queen Anne Vigo five guinea piece was given to the anonymous owner by his grandfather when he was a child. The coin was kept in a toy box for pirate games and the owner had no idea of its value. It was packed away and forgotten about until his grandad died when he rediscovered the coin and gave it to his own son to play with. Experts then told him it was one of 20 made of gold seized from Spanish treasure ships in Vigo Bay, Spain, in 1702. ut of treasure captured by the British fleet, were struck in 1703 as part of a propaganda campaign to detract attention from the British failure at Cadiz the previous year. The treasure was delivered through London and received at the Royal Mint by then Master of the Mint, Sir Isaac Newton. My grandad travelled all over the world during his working life and collected many coins from the various countries he had been to. He gave me bags of coins to play with throughout my early
FURNITURE sofas - mattresses - garden furniture RECLINING SOFAS - LEATHER SOFAS - PACKAGES years because I was into pirate treasure. As time passed, these coins went back into bags and boxes and were forgotten about, until I rediscovered them after my grandad passed away. I looked back through the coins, remembering the stories I made up about them when I was small, and then gave them to my own son to play with and put into his own treasure box. My little boy has been playing with this coin as I did all those years ago. – The owner The man, of Bishop’s Stortford, Essex, eventually took it to be valued. Gregory Tong of Boningtons auctioneers, in Chelmsford, instantly recognised its value as one of fewer than 15 known examples. It is expected to fetch up to £250,000 at auction next month and is only the sixth example of its type to be offered for sale in the last 50 years itv.com
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Collyfer cover all areas of Almeria and parts of Murcia We have our own Tanatorio´s in Arboleas, Cantoria, Garrucha, Huercal Overa, Pulpi and Taberno. We also have permission to use Tanatorio´s in Albanchez, Bedar, Lubrin, Seron, Sorbas and Uleila del Campo.
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Dalí's 'lobster telephone' and 'lips sofa' to go under hammer at Christie's in December SPANISH surrealist artist Salvador Dalí's famous lobster telephone is up for auction with a starting bid price of €280,000, along with a number of other items including the artist's 'Mae West lips sofa' modelled on the American actress. The Edward James Foundation, which continues the legacy of the British poet of the same name, is one of the trustees of Dalí's assets and works of art, which Edward James owned. One of these is the marble sculpture titled the White Aphrodisiac Telephone, better known as the 'lobster telephone', which has gone under the hammer at Christie's in London for a quarter of a million pounds (currently around €280,000). It is one of five pieces that will be bid on during the auction on
December 15 from Edward James' 'Temple of Surrealism', which included the original 'lobster phone' and a replica. At least 200 items from the Foundation are up for grabs at prices totalling around 2.5 million pounds (€2.8m). thinkspain
Oxfam's 'tax haven-free' list includes 25 cities in Spain
TWENTY-FIVE cities in Spain have pledged to be 'tax haven-free' in line with an Intermón Oxfam campaign. This means they will scrupulously monitor the source and destination of all money handled by the council and exchanged through companies working as suppliers for them or who are awarded one-off or ongoing public works contracts.
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They will only work with firms which can show they do not 'hide' their funds in tax havens – such as banks in Bermuda, Uruguay, Belice, Switzerland and other countries famously used to launder cash – in order to avoid paying their duties in Spain. Suppliers and contractors, among other non-employees, working for town, city and provincial councils and regional governments account for 25% of Spain's GDP, meaning the tax paid on these transactions runs into billions. Estimates show that if all money-launderers and tax-avoiders in Spain accounted for every euro they earnt and paid the required duties on it in the country, the national debt could be wiped out within months. The full list has not been published on Intermón Oxfam's site, although Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Valenica, Alicante, Zaragoza and Murcia are among them. In terms of regions, Navarra, Aragón, Catalunya and Castilla-La Mancha have signed agreements to this effect at government level. Oxfam's report, ¿Beneficios para quién? ('Benefits for whom?'), which analyses fiscal activities of the IBEX 35 – Spain's 35 largest companies in terms of share capital – shows that in the year 2014 alone, a total of 891 branches of these corporations were set up in tax havens. thinkspain
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F.A.C.E. Needs You!
If you have a few hours to spend each month assisting a dedicated group of people to raise money for worthwhile charities such as Little Owls, the A.E.C.C. (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer), M.A.C.S. (Mojacar Area Cancer Support), F.A.C.E. (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone), may be just the place for you. In 2003 the mother of the F.A.C.E. President Adele Wrigglesworth registered her to take part in the “MacMillan Biggest Ever Coffee Morning in the World” Event . Adele had never done charity work before, but with the aid of friends and neighbours, she accepted her mother’s challenge and set about organising her first ever charity event, which was held in her garden in Los Garcias in Arboleas. Over the following couple of years the event grew from being a garden event to taking over the whole street. However it was felt that money raised in Spain, should remain in Spain, and so from these humble beginnings, and with much help from the Arboleas Ayuntamiento, the present day F.A.C.E. Charity was born! Over the intervening years, F.A.C.E. has grown and evolved into a fully registered charity and has donated thousands of Euro’s to other needy causes in addition to those previously mentioned. F.A.C.E. normally holds two major fund raising events during the year, one during the Summer and the other during the weeks previous to Christmas. These two events are supplemented
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by donations from generous groups or persons and by a host of smaller events such as the occasional Quiz Night, Clothes and Book Sales and other fund raising events. There has always been a strong committee led by F.A.C.E. President Adele Wrigglesworth, however over the years this committee has become smaller due to the retirement of various members because they have returned to the United Kingdom or have found that other commitments have had to replace their F.A.C.E. duties. Therefore it is now time for F.A.C.E. to recruit two or three new members.
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If you feel that you have the time and the enthusiasm to join the F.A.C.E. team, F.A.C.E. would really like to hear from you. In the first instance please contact Adele Wrigglesworth on telephone number 667 255 094 or contact the charity through either it’s Facebook page or via its web site at www.face-charity.com
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Oldest lady in Spain turns 115
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Until December 21st 2016, Liberty Seguros is proud to offer 50 Euros Cash-Back on your car, home and life insurance premiums. These Cash-Back offers apply to new policies issued and in force between September 27th to December 21st 2016 and are not for renewals or replacements. All insurances applicable to this promotion must be paid by direct debit and the cash-back is refunded directly into your bank account (within the SEPA zone). Minimum premiums will apply as will some conditions. As Iván Ortego, Expatriate’s Experience Director at Liberty Seguros confirms: “At Liberty Seguros we are totally transparent. Sure, there are minimum premiums with each of these special Cash-Back offers but clients can be assured that all of our brokers are fully briefed and will explain everything in detail before any policy is taken out. Anyone can put their trust in us without concern” If you need car, home or life insurance, or perhaps, you’re not happy with your current provider, now is the perfect time to contact Liberty Seguros to get these extra CashBack offers! With Christmas just around the corner, 50 Euros is not to be sneezed at and as we all know, every little helps! Why not let Liberty Seguros give you a quote so you can see how competitively priced their products are?
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SPAIN’S oldest woman and the second-oldest in Europe turns 115 today (Saturday), but ‘does not look it’, according to staff at the Barcelona nursing home where she lives. Ana Vela Rubio is not up to having a party, but will probably see her only surviving daughter, who is 89 and lives nearby, albeit her own health is somewhat precarious. Normally, Ana’s daughter would give a statement to the press every year on her mum’s birthday, but this year she does not feel up to it. Ana herself has never, not since she was born on October 29, 1901, been ill – not even the common cold, says David González, director of the La Verneda home for the elderly in Barcelona, which has around 80 permanent residents, 30 who attend daily and another 1,200 who have warden-assisted apartments on the complex. A seamstress who left school at around the age of 11, Ana Vela was born in Puente Genil (Córdoba province) and moved to Catalunya in the 1940s. Here, she started working as a seamstress in a tuberculosis hospital in Terrassa (Barcelona province). Aged 104, she started going to the La Vereda home on a day-centre basis, but still lived in her own home. She was 109 when she moved into the nursing home, which said it would celebrate today with a ‘close-knit’ and ‘private’ ceremony among staff, but says Ana Vela can no longer walk and has lost her cognitive faculties. Despite this, she is not bed-ridden, but the carers get her up every day at 10.00 and put her in her wheelchair. She eats liquidised food, as many of the other residents do, but ‘eats very well’, says González. thinkspain
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I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU JOIN ME ON MONDAY 7TH NOVEMBER BETWEEN 10AM AND 3PM, TO CELEBRATE MY 3RD YEAR ANNIVERSARY. WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE 3 YEARS THAN WITH THE 3 C´s.........CAVA, CUPCAKES AND CHOCOLATE!! IF THAT WASN´T ENOUGH I AM THROWING IN AN EXTRA C......CHRISTMAS. I WILL BE SHOWCASING THIS SEASON’S CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS FROM CASA MIA & THE UK HIGH STREET, AS WELL AS AN EVEN BIGGER SELECTION OF THE AUTUMn/ WINTER COLLECTIONS. A NEW RANGE OF ACCESSORIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE INCLUDING EVENING BAGS, SCARVES, GLOVES, HATS & JEWELLERY, ALL OF WHICH MAKE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS. AS A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, EVERYBODY PURCHASING ON THE DAY WILL RECEIVE A free gift FROM ME!
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COLIN THE CARD IS RETIRING
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COLIN & JILL WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR LOYAL SUPPORT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. FROM THE 7TH NOVEMBER PLEASE COME ALONG AND MEET GLEN & NOREEN THE NEW OWNERS OF “COLIN THE CARD” The shop will continue providing “THE BEST SELECTION OF GREETINGS CARDS IN SPAIN” We have a vast range of cards & gifts for all occasions, some of which are exclusive to Colin The Card. Worldwide postal and courier services at competitive prices, buy it, write it and send it! Open 9:30am - 2pm Monday - Saturday Inc. Longo - Centro Comercial Ctra. Lorca-Baza - Km 73, Albox 04800
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Sierra de Alhamilla Natural Area Only 15km northeast of Almeria city is this largely barren and rugged 8,500ha mountain range, designated a protected natural area in 1989. Riven by deep gullies, particularly on its southern slopes, it rises to 1,387m at its highest point of the Colativí peak. It is a sparsely populated area, with only 50 inhabitants within its boundaries. Despite being semi-arid, the Sierra has some outstanding examples of holm oak woodland in places over 800m. Access There are various entry points into the area. In the west, the AL110 road leads up from Pechina to the Baños de Sierra Alhamilla. A few kilometres past the A92/N340 junction, towards Tabernas, is a track that goes into the northeast part of the Sierra and crosses it all the way to Turrillas; to get the most out of the wildlife and the superb views along here, you can walk this route. Just beyond the park boundaries in the east is the Níjar-Lucainena de las Torres AL102 road, which passes through some dramatic landscape in the Sierra's foothills. Accommodation The closest village with accommodation is Tabernas, but Níjar has a better choice of places to stay. For something special, visit the spa hotel at the Baños de Alhamilla. Flora Despite the Sierra's dry and barren appearance and its small size, it contains 40 species of flora. The Sierra is one of Spain's most important habitats for the rare rosemary rosmarinus eriocalyx, with flowers of varying shades of blue. The most significant vegetation is an area of well-
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The 'Friday Tapas Group' meet each Friday somewhere in the Urbanisation at 13.00hrs. venues for the next few weeks are as follows: 4 Nov. – Bar de Tapas La Bega, opposite Don Jamon, in the Urb. 11 Nov. – Paseo del Golf (19th Hole), near the British Bar. 18 Nov. – El Marinero in Las Marinas.
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Anyone is welcome to join the happy bunch and have a laugh, exchange views and ideas. The more, the merrier and the bar owners enjoy it too!
FORTHCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS IN 2016 ROQUETAS DE MAR SUB-BRANCH 3569
10th Nov. – Remembrance Service at Burty’s Bar, in conjunction with the monthly Church Service. Following the service, the Royal British Legion will hold the draw for THE BIG POPPY RAFFLE. 11th NOV – Royal British Legion Poppy event at Leo’s Bar in the Port at Almerimar. All members and guests are welcome to attend this all-day event, so come along and support The RBL. 16th NOV. – Poppy Luncheon at Restaurante Roma, including the Annual Poppy Tombola. 1.30pm for 2.00pm. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE! 6th DEC. – Social meeting.
All monies raised at these events will go to the 2016 Poppy Appeal.
New members are most welcome to join the branch. Contact Jenny/Mike on 950328469 for further information. Social Meetings are held at The Lodge, Calle Americo Vespucio, Roquetas de Mar, on the first Tuesday of each month at 3.00pm.
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preserved holm oaks, the only woodland in an otherwise treeless area. A d a p t e d to extreme temperatures and times of drought, these holm oaks are a relic from the days when much of Almeria was clad in Mediterranean forest. The best examples of these holm oaks can be found on the Sierra's north-facing slopes; on the south-facing ones they are concentrated in the Barranco del Rey and the Cerro del Vivero. Apart from the holm oaks and some reforested areas of Aleppo and maritime pines, most of the Sierra's vegetation is dominated by low scrubland, with pink rock roses (cistus albidus), marjoram (thymus mastichina) and thyme (thymus gracilis). Fauna Most fauna inhabits the area above 800m, where there is the most tree cover, with the most noteworthy species being the Sierra's populations of trumpeter finches and Dupont's larks. The Sierra harbours one of the Iberian peninsula's highest densities of certain steppe species and the province's biggest population of thekla larks. The steppe birds include stone curlews, little bustards, crested larks, short-toed larks, lesser short-toed larks and black-bellied sandgrouse. During migration periods, there are hen harriers and Montagu's harriers. Nesting in the steep, rocky cliffs close to seasonal rivers (ramblas), particularly on the south-facing section of the Sierra, are blue rock thrushes, crag martins, alpine swifts
25 Nov. – Lilly’s Bar, in the Urb.
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and black wheateaters. At the highest points are birds of prey like booted and Bonelli's eagles and buzzards. Look out for kestrels and sparrowhawks in the skies above woodland areas. Mammals include the white-toothed shrew, garden dormouse, genet, beech marten, fox and wild boar. Lizards are the most abundant reptiles; with ocellated, spine-footed, Algerian sand, Spanish sand and southern wall lizards found here. Given the aridity of the area, amphibians are not so numerous, but in the more humid parts are marsh frogs and southern toads. Things to see Baños de Alhamilla are natural hot springs in the west of the area and can be reached from Pechinas, from where they are signposted. They were first discovered by the Phoenicians, then the Romans - who constructed the underground sunken Roman marble baths that still exist today - and centuries later, the Moors. Set in an apparent oasis of palm trees, there are fine views over the Andarax valley and down to the Mediterranean. Níjar is worth a stop to pick up some of its famous locally made pottery and rugs and bedspreads made from rags, known as jarapas. Walks You can walk or cycle from the Cerro del Puntal east to the Colativí peak, along a 10km-long stretch of mainly surfaced road. To get to the starting point, turn off the N340 at Mini-Hollywood and once past this, take a dirt track up to the hilltop TV transmitter on Cerro del Puntal. This route has magnificent views over the Tabernas desert and Cabo de Gata. Villages Villages just outside the area's perimeter are Lucainena de las Torres, Pechina, Tabernas and Turrillas. http://www.andalucia.com
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The quirky and cheap trick that will make your favourite fragrance last for an extra TWO YEARS •N ever place your expensive fragrance in your windowsill • The heat can destroy its intensity and impression, say experts • Cover it in foil and place in the fridge to make it last longer Have you ever noticed that after dousing yourself in your favourite fragrance in the morning, the scent seems to have worn off just a few hours later? It could well be because of the way you’ve been storing it, say experts. If you’ve been placing your expensive fragrance in your windowsill, the sunlight may have been evaporating its character, causing it to lose its intensity and impression. Want to make your favourite perfume last for two extra years? Cover it in foil and leave it in your fridge, say perfume experts Indeed, as Mark Knitowski, senior vice president of product development and innovation for Victoria’s Secret Beauty, told Byrdie: ‘The best way to keep your fragrance fresh is to store it in a cool, unlit space, like a refrigerator. It can make the fragrance last up two years longer. ‘Because when fragrance is in heat and sunlight,
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Reading and reviewing this novel has been a “pleasure” but also painful. It is a cathartic experience for Kambili and the readers. The hibiscus plant grows all over the world and is important symbolically. In places such as S.Korea and Malaysia it is the national flower. The red hibiscus is the flower of the Hindu goddess, Kali. Adichie wanted to use it as the symbol of freedom, a new beginning away from the oppression of society and family life. Kambili is the protagonist, a young naive girl who loves her father even though he intimidates her and constantly punishes her. On one occasion she is hospitalised fighting for her life. Eugene, her father is a wealthy business man showing benevolence towards the poor but abuse and malevolence towards his family. He has been indoctrinated by the fervour of post-colonialism after independence was declared and the turmoil of civil war through his views on Catholicism. He is depicted as a religious zealot, an extremist and shockingly, he has severed his ties with his own father who he refers to as a heathen who continues to worship his ancestors in the way the traditionalists did. As a contrast, Eugene’s sister Aunt Ifeoma is warm
and caring but poor. She is a university lecturer at a time of unrest and she provides Kambili and her brother Jaja with an alternative life, one that is full of hope and more moderate. It is in her aunt’s modest flat where the 15 year old falls in love with Father Amadi; it is a beautiful experience for her and the reader after tolerating the oppressive and damaging “love” of her father. He is a wonderful person, full of life, extremely caring, a young man who spontaneously bursts into Igbo song and full of humanity. The love is reciprocated but he is unable to commit to a relationship with Kambili. Beatrice, her mother tolerates most of the abuse inflicted on the family. It is because of Eugene that she miscarries twice and like her daughter, is hospitalised. Adichie wanted to show that there were alternatives even if the fight for freedom and human rights destroys the nucleus of the family which it does for Eugene and family. Highly recommended. Available from amazon.co.uk ISBN: 987-064-692-2 Farafina Publishers, Lagos.
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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. If you need professional computer help, you can contact me to make an appointment at my workshop or clinic (which is at Maloan’s bar in Albox). I must, over the years, have managed to educate, through these article, many people about their computers and how to get the best from them. This is based on the number of people that have been coming to my clinic recently. As You have been such good students and learned so much, I have decided to end the clinic unless You make a specific appoint to meet me there. So the subject for today! We are going to re-visit the creation of memorable passwords. Over the years that I have been writing, and hopefully, educating, We have considered the use of passwords, safe password storage programs and ‘aid memoirs’ to keep your passwords safe. We have discussed the need to have a different password for every website that you visit and still many readers use the same one for everything! This is your choice and must be respected! What if there were a method that you could use to create memorable passwords, would that be of any use to you? Today we will look at several techniques to create wonderful passwords that can be easily remembered. Let’s look at the different passphrases (not passwords – a phrase is MUCH more difficult to unravel) that are already easy available and being used every single day! So as they say on ‘Strictly come dancing’ “in no specific order”:Nursery Rhymes! How many have thought of using a nursery rhyme? I didn’t! Stop reading and think of one. When you have recited or sung it through, think of another, then come back to the article! Favourite line from a film! In my case there are tens of thousands to go at. My current favourite it “It is better to burn-out than to fade away!”. Spoken by the Kurgan on the
original ‘Highlander’ film. Techno-Jargon! This is often levelled at many of my peers and probably rightly so. This career specific terminology is particularly difficult to crack as it is so specific. He is a really simple phrase “A tooth Bytes, Bits are tiny and a nibble can get you into trouble”. Numbers! This can be as easy or as difficult as you choose. One easy way is to select 2 birthdays. When you run them together you will have a 12-16 digit password (depending on if you use the century part of the date)! For Example. Battle of Hastings (14th of October 1066) becomes 10661014 and Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated on (9th of May 1092) becomes 10920509! Used together they become a stinker of a password to crack! KeyBoard Patterns! Using your keyboard you create a ‘design’ that starts with a given letter and then hits every letter on the keyboard under the simple picture (design)! For example the Hike Swoosh (Tick) might start with the ‘S’ and hit ZDTYU en route. Now the method to use the first 3! The method is simple, pick a nursery rhyme, or film line or techo-babble. Now substitute numbers for some of the letters, for example, number 1 for the letter I, number 7 for the letter L, 5 for S and so on. Create your own imaginative substitution code. So here is an example: “Hickory dickory dock” becomes “H1ck0ry_d1ck0ry-d0ck”. Simple to create, much harder to crack ;-) We can also extend the number method by using a standard mnemonic system to create complete sentences from a random string of numbers. There are websites that can instruct you how. The best one found to date is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mnemonic_major_system So until next time, Happy Password Creation.
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Last week we saw some betterthan-expected UK GDP growth: up 0.5 per cent since the EU referendum. Of course, it is still early days. With politicians on all sides doing their best to confuse, scare and generally talk a lot of hot air, things can always change as the debacle rumbles on. Brexit aside, I cannot ignore the fact Santander is planning to extend its ‘30-minute’ remortgage service to homemovers and firsttime buyers by the end of the year. Although lenders have the right to do what they feel they need to, I worry about the advice element in all of this and whether the consumer is getting the right outcome. A first-time buyer going online to obtain the biggest loan they are ever going to take out, via an effective panel of one and all in 30 minutes? Sounds like a really bad idea to me. I am biased, of course, but I passionately believe that mortgages should not be
commoditised. They are special cases that need careful handling and, most of all, advice. It still amazes me how little people really know and understand about products, fees, risks and processes, or what a mortgage broker does, for that matter. This is not just about Santander. I have always respected the people who work there, from the BDMs all the way up. And let’s not forget how it supported brokers when other lenders were lagging behind. Indeed, it is not the only player looking at this idea. But we need to work together and be responsible as an industry to educate the public and protect them from poor decisions and bad advice. See more of the debate at www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk
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The UK economy grew faster than expected in the three months after the Brexit vote, official figures indicate, helped by strong service sector growth. The economy expanded by 0.5% in the July-toSeptember period, according to the Office for National Statistics. That was slower than the 0.7% rate in the previous quarter, but stronger than analysts’ estimates of about 0.3%. “There is little evidence of a pronounced effect in the immediate aftermath of the vote,” the ONS said. Welcoming the figures, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond said: “The fundamentals of the UK economy are strong and today’s data show that the economy is resilient.” The economy was boosted by a strong performance from the services sector, which grew by 0.8% in the quarter. Transport, storage and communication was the strongest part of the service sector, growing by 2.2%. That was the fastest pace since 2009 and was helped by a healthy quarter for the UK’s film industry. The latest films in the Jason Bourne and Star Trek franchises were released in July along with other popular productions, lifting takings at box offices. ONS chief economist Jo Grice said “A strong performance in the dominant services industries continued to offset further falls in construction,
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while manufacturing continued to be broadly flat.” This is the first estimate of economic growth for the period, using less than half the data that will be used for the final estimate. The economy has slowed slightly but by nothing like as much as feared and the Office for National Statistics says that “the pattern of growth continues to be broadly unaffected following the EU referendum”. That pattern is, however, a rather unbalanced one. The only sector of the economy that continued to grow was services, up by 0.8%; agriculture, manufacturing production and construction all shrank. Brexit supporters will take these figures as a sign that warnings about the economic costs of voting to leave the EU were nothing more than scaremongering. Remain supporters will argue that only prompt action by the Bank of England saved the economy and that worse is to come. While growth in the services sector was robust, the construction sector contracted by 1.4% and industrial production fell 0.4%, with manufacturing output down 1%. “In manufacturing, the contraction in output should be attributed to some unwinding of the massive growth spike seen in the second quarter, rather than industry scaling back production for any referendum related reasons,” said Lee Hopley, chief economist at the EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation. “In line with the raft of survey data the GDP estimates confirm that it has been more or less business as usual but it doesn’t tell us, however, if this will continue for the foreseeable future.” No details of consumer spending were released in this set of figures, but Howard Archer, UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said: “It looks certain that third-quarter growth was also heavily dependent on consumers’ willingness to keep spending, supported by still decent purchasing power and high employment. “Consumer spending also clearly benefited from the weakened pound encouraging spending by overseas visitors to the UK. The weakened pound also supported foreign orders for UK goods and services.” Bbc.com
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Marbella conference on foreign demand for property in Spain As I predicted, Brexit is turning out to be bad news for the property market on the Costa del Sol, where the British have been the biggest group of buyers for many years. I was in Marbella on Wednesday speaking at a conference on the property market organised by Tinsa (Spain’s leading appraisal company), HolaBank (part of CaixaBank, specialising in banking services for foreigners in Spain), and the Observatorio Inmobiliaria trade magazine, in collaboration with the Malaga Lawyer’s Association. I gave a presentation on trends in foreign demand before and after Brexit, and had the chance to speak with a good number of lawyers and agents who work with foreign clients. Most told me that Brexit has had a significant negative impact on their business, which I already knew from a survey I have carried out in the last couple of weeks (more on that another day). As you can see from the chart below, British demand is dominant in Malaga province (home to the Costa del Sol) as it has been for many years. Buyers from the UK were 36% of the the foreign market in Malaga province last year, more than double the next biggest group (Sweden), and 50% of the top six markets combined. Brexit impact costa del sol property market Since Brexit, and even in the months leading up to Brexit, British buyer interest (enquiries, visits, sales) has taken a dive. Most of the professionals I spoke to at the conference, and those I have surveyed by email, report that British demand has suffered a “moderate” or “big decline”, and I think when reliable figures are finally available we will see a big decline in British purchases, perhaps 50% or more, at least in the six months after Brexit. “You can forget the British market for the next year,” one agent told me. The general mood was sombre. BLAME STERLING What’s driving the decline? A few people report client concerns about the status of Brits in Europe after EU exit, but more than anything it’s the fall in the pound that’s taking potential buyers out of the market. The next chart
shows British purchases (all Spain) and the EURGBP exchange rate in recent quarters. I think we will soon see reported sales following the exchange rate down. Spanish property sales Some professionals I have spoken to say that Brexit has influenced clients from other countries, some of whom are also deciding to wait and see. Buyers will often jump on any excuse to avoid having to make a big decision, and uncertainty is nearly always bad for confidence in any market. Looking on the bright side some agents report that British buyer interest stabilised in September after plunging in July and August in response to the original Brexit shock. “We have noticed an impact from the Brexit, not only on British demand but across other EU nationalities as well as the shockwaves of uncertainty touched other countries, however that now seems to be righting itself and figures are working steadily back up,” says Catriona Hogan, Marketing Director of Your Viva, one of the leading agents on the coast. “We are still getting a good level of interest but there is a certain reticence when it comes to closing the deal – with some people presumably holding off until they know what is going to happen and also holding to see if Sterling recuperates further.” Unfortunately, the pound has lurched down again in October, so I wouldn’t be surprised if British interest is back on the slide. If you want to know where British buyer interest is heading, just look at the direction of the pound. And when I say interest I’m not talking about people dreaming of buying in Spain and making enquiries online, I’m talking about people who are serious about buying.
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Rajoy finally comes to power again EVEN Pablo Iglesias, the leader of the leftist Podemos party, this week recognised that one of the political qualities of Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s conservative prime minister, is patience. Having endured seven years as opposition leader, Mr Rajoy won power in a landslide in 2011 and had to pick up the pieces of his country’s housing bust. His fiscal curbs and a raft of financial and labour-market reforms speeded up a vigorous economic recovery, but were unpopular. Together with corruption scandals in local government, that cost Mr Rajoy his majority in an election last December. His People’s Party (PP) remained the largest party, but in a newly fragmented parliament. Since then, Spain and Mr Rajoy, reduced to an impotent caretaker, have waited for more than 300 days. No party has been able to assemble a parliamentary majority. A second election in June boosted the PP (from 123 seats in December to 137 out of 350) but failed to break the deadlock. Then after a wrenching internal struggle and faced with a third election at which they would probably lose more seats to the PP, the opposition Socialists at last agreed to abstain. That should allow Mr Rajoy’s new government to be approved in a parliamentary vote expected on October 29th. How much the prime minister can achieve with his powers restored is unclear. Mr Rajoy has the support of Ciudadanos, a new liberal party with 32 seats. To approve a budget, and the further belt-tightening required to meet the targets agreed with the European Commission for the fiscal deficit (to 3.1% of GDP next year, from a target of 4.6% this year), the prime
minister will have to try and scrape up votes from Basque nationalists or rely on further Socialist abstentions. This is new territory for a Spanish government. The PP has the fewest seats of any ruling party since democracy was restored in the 1970s. Accustomed to steamrollering laws through, Mr Rajoy acknowledged that he will now have “to earn governability…day by day”. He has some cards: he can threaten to call a fresh election, and can only be overthrown if the opposition unites around an alternative. Apart from the economy, the most pressing issue facing the new government is Catalonia. Its regional government plans to hold a referendum on independence next September. Mr Rajoy, backed by Ciudadanos, refuses even to talk about that. Catalans could still be dissuaded if offered more autonomy, as the Socialists propose. But confrontation looks likely. A minority government will test the opposition, too. The Socialists fear ceding to Podemos the mantle of opposition to Mr Rajoy. Having flirted with a post-modern politics of the centre, Mr Iglesias has retreated towards the hard left. Many Spaniards dislike Mr Rajoy, but they want a government and the signs are that they want their politicians to cooperate. Last year the rise of Podemos and Ciudadanos prompted many commentators to write the obituary of the two traditional parties. In the new world of minority government, Mr Rajoy and the Socialists will still be the key players. And patience may continue to gain its reward. economist.com
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If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com - www.daviessolicitors.com Inheritance tax: New exemptions for inheritance by non-residents: Excellent news: Inheritance tax discrimination of non-residents has come to an end thanks to the European Court of Justice. Make sure that when you file your inheritance tax as a non-resident beneficiary that your solicitor calculates your tax also as if you were a resident in the autonomous region with the maximum connection with the estate (using any additional exemption offered in that region of Spain to its residents). For example, where the property is situated. In the case of an inheritance in Andalucía this will in practice mean that if you are a Spouse or a descendent and receive less than 175,000 euro in value, you will pay no inheritance tax (other regions of Spain have different exemptions). It can result in a bit of confusion because, as before, as you are nonresident you will need to present the tax declarations to the national tax office (Agencia Triburaria) in Madrid . But you can claim the same exemptions as if you were a resident in Andalucia presenting your return to
the regional government in Andalucia (which is where you would have presented it had you been a resident). If the tax calculated is lower as a resident, you are entitled to claim the same tax level as a resident on your self-assessment form. Please note that if you present a self-assessment and do not make the above calculations and claim the most favourable outcome on your self-assessment form, then it would be a complex procedure to get your money back if you later realise that you were entitled to the extra exemption. It is an easy mistake to make. People are still presenting the self-assessment forms without taking advantage of the system that has been created by the sentence of the European Court of Justice of 3rd of September of 2014 and the resulting change the government has made to the inheritance tax forms for nonresidents, introduced on the 31st of December of 2014 For further information about this and who is actually affected by the situation, please read our previous article which we printed back in September of 2014 when the sentence was issued by the ECJ.
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came in the form of clay vessels or pouches made of animal skin) about 9,000 years ago. Soup can be made out of broth or a form of liquid.
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The word soup comes from Payplat dis Julien, a refugee French soupe (“soup”, “broth”), from the French Revolution, which comes through Vulgar opened an eating establishment Latin suppa (“bread soaked in in Boston called The Restorator, broth”) from a Germanic source, from which also comes the word and became known as “The “sop”, a piece of bread used to Prince of Soups”. The first soak up soup or a thick stew. American cooking pamphlet The word restaurant (meaning dedicated to soup recipes was “[something] restoring”) was written in 1882 by Emma Ewing: first used in France in the 16th Soups and Soup Making. century, to describe a highly Portable soup was devised concentrated, inexpensive soup, sold by street vendors, that was in the 18th century by boiling advertised as an antidote to seasoned meat until a thick, physical exhaustion. In 1765, a resinous syrup was left that could Parisian entrepreneur opened a be dried and stored for months shop specializing in such soups. at a time. The Japanese miso is This prompted the use of the modern word restaurant to an example of a concentrated soup paste. describe the shops. English cooking dominated early colonial cooking; but as new immigrants arrived from other countries, other national soups menu del noche €11.95 gained popularity. In Includes a carafe of wine per couple particular, German immigrants living in 11 starters, 10 mains & 9 Desserts Pennsylvania were Full A La Carte also available Monday - Saturday 7pm - late. Closed Sunday famous for their Call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm potato soups. In 1794, Jean Baptiste Gilbert Find us across the old bridge from Palza Mayor Albox, opp Bar Wassy
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is situated in the pretty village of Cerro Gordo and just 10 minutes outside Albox. They do delicious homemade food including beef wellington, orchard pie and speciality food. All freshly prepared so booking is essential. Try their homemade 3 course Sunday lunch at 8.50€. Free venue for your Party or Get Together just phone Chris for details 950 930 169 or 650 599 739. www.bistobonita. alittlebitofengland.es
Mamas Cocina Christmas Fayre Christmas Cakes - Various Sizes & Choice of Decorations from 4.55€ Christmas Puddings - Individial to 8 Portions from 1.50€ Mince Pies - Puff or Shortcrust Pastry 2.25€ Selection of Christmas Desserts from 18€ Handcrafted Belgian Truffles & Italian Soft Nougat
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Wednesday 14th December Tribute to ABBA plus their fabulous Duoshow New to this area 20€ p.p including 3 course Christmas dinner
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Saturday 17th December Comedian & Vocalist Justin Sane with Mr Entertainment 5€ p.p ticket only Food available
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Dancing in the Fountain The secret to the Spanish diet The Spanish diet may violate every nutritional belief
Karen McCann has learned, yet the lifestyle and eating habits in Spain have worked enormous benefits. What's the secret? At dinner parties, even nibbling the minimal amounts required of a good guest, I am always more than replete after the appetisers alone. But of course, there is always more to come. But how, with all this eating and drinking, aren’t the Spanish fatter? More to the point, why wasn’t I gaining weight? In Spain, I had abandoned my long-held, low-fat vegetarian diet, committing a host of sins with jamon, fried fish, chocolate, and beer. Yet my weight actually went down a little, and I knew I looked and felt fitter. How was this possible? And what next? Was I about to learn that recycling actually harms the planet, driving sober increases the chances of car accidents, and cigarettes prevent cancer? Just how upside-down was my worldview going to get? So far, no one has tried to convince me of any of those things. But during my first year in Seville, as I violated one fundamental nutritional belief after another with apparent impunity, I began to develop some theories (or possibly rationalisations) to explain the phenomenon. The true Spanish diet First of all, while my diet is extremely rich, the amount I eat (when not at dinner parties) is quite small. I consume less but never feel hungry, because in place of mountains of low-fat food, I’m eating small portions of dishes that are truly satisfying to palate and stomach. Meals are also taken slowly. The Sevillano lunch is no mere sandwich, no quick carton of yogurt gulped down at the desk surrounded by ringing phones. This is the main meal of the day, and most shops and businesses close from two until five in order to allow people time to collect the kids from school and head home to a
family meal or to a nearby café with friends or coworkers. The other reason I feel so healthy is that I walk everywhere. In a city like Seville, travelling by foot is simply the most practical way to get around. The convoluted street plan, with its overabundance of one-ways and dead-ends — to say nothing of the narrow streets crowded with illegally parked vehicles — makes driving in the city centre a nightmare. Living in the Ohio countryside, I averaged two hours in the car every day; now I spend that amount of time strolling through the city to visit the shops, markets, cafés, gymnasium, friends’ homes, museums, theatres, and other places that make up the daily round. On the rare occasion when my husband Rich and I want to go out of the city, we rent a car or travel with friends. Many Spanish and expat friends have cars, especially if they have kids or need to travel for business; but even then, if they live in the city, walking is their first choice. Among all the other advantages, the pedestrian lifestyle means no one has to serve as the designated driver and spend the night drinking cerveza sin alcohol (alcohol-free beer), known as sin for short. Alcohol is such an accepted fact of Spanish life that the government makes little effort to control the drinking habits of the population, but it has undertaken the equally thankless task of trying to rein in the nation’s tobacco consumption. When I arrived in Seville, it seemed as if everyone smoked, including my doctor and the young woman who worked at the health food store. Many considered it one of the basic pleasures of life and a health risk worth taking, in much the same way Americans consume considerably more sugar than they know is good for them. A famous Spanish ad campaign positioned smoking as a matter of personal
freedom; its slogan, “I choose,” ran beneath photos such as a naked man capering joyfully in a field or two pretty girls kissing passionately. I began to understand why the Spanish live an average of four years longer than Americans, despite the fact that huge numbers of them smoke, drink alcohol (sometimes even at breakfast), and eat vast amounts of ham (which they claim actually lowers cholesterol). Sitting with good friends, nibbling ham and olives, sipping drinks, and trying to express how we truly think and feel about what’s most important to us — life just doesn’t get better than that. As the Spanish saying goes, el vino, para que sepa a vino, bebelo con un amigo — for wine to taste like wine, you must drink it with a friend. I suspect their longevity is due to some combination of the famous Mediterranean diet, the less hardcharging lifestyle, and of course, universal access to medical treatment. Their approach to health care may sometimes appear a little unorthodox by American standards, but it seems to work. http://www.expatica.com
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How to Make Leaf Lanterns with Wax Paper One of the most inexpensive crafts you'll make all year! Use those extra household supplies you've got laying around the house and create a beautiful autumn decoration.
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How To:
8 wax paper sheets Dried leaves Scissors Ironing board Ironing cloth Iron Cutting mat Washi tape Votives
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19th Hole Golf Society, Match Report
On Thursday 27th October 32 players arrived at the Lorca Golf Resort to play a Four ball Team Waltz. The condition of the Greens and perfect weather helped to make it a very enjoyable day’s golf with some good and bad scoring. Pete Dow, celebrating his birthday, had a very pleasant present by being in the winning team consisting of his wife Chrissie, Syd Walker and Vince Swain, with a score of 84 points. In second place with 81 points were Paco Ocaña Grajal, Nekana Galindez, John Ball and Willie Ellis. Willie also took the Individual prize scoring 39 points as well as claiming a Nearest the Pin on the tricky 8th Hole and converting to a Two. Big thanks to Pete for supplying the bottles as prizes for the Nearest the Pin competition. Results 4 Ball Waltz Competition 1st Chrissie Dow, Pete Dow, Syd Walker and Vince Swain. 84 points, 2nd Nekana Galindez, Paco Grajal Ocaña, John
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Gareth Bale has become the world’s best-paid player, after the Real Madrid forward signed a three-year contract extension in the Spanish capital worth £350,000 a week after tax. The deal, confirmed by Madrid on its official website on Sunday, will keep Bale at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium until at least June 2022. Bale’s new buyout clause was reported by The Guardian to be £900 million ($1 billion). As significant as tying Bale to Madrid for what should be the best years of his career, is the fact that he will now earn more than the putative £288,000 per week ($351,000) currently garnered by Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo remains in talks with Madrid over a potential new five-year deal.
Bale eclipsed him as the world’s most expensive player when the Welshman signed for the Spanish giant in 2013 for £85 million ($103.6 million), a fee since beaten by Paul Pogba’s £89 million ($108.4 million) summer 2016 move to Manchester United. http://europe.newsweek.com/
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• Last Saturday, there were excellent PL wins for Manchester City (4-0 at WBA 4-0), Liverpool (4-2 at Crystal Palace), Arsenal (4-1 at Sunderland), Chelsea (2-0 at Southampton), Everton (2-0 v West Ham), Middlesbrough (2-0 v Bournemouth) and Watford (1-0 v Hull). • Spurs drew 1-1 with Leicester, Manchester United, despite having 42 attempts on goal and seeing Ander Herrera sent-off, were held 0-0 at home by Burnley. Stoke played Swansea on Monday. • In the Championship, Brighton (v Norwich) and Fulham (v Huddersfield) both registered 5-0 victories; leaders Newcastle won 2-1 at Preston (a few days after hammering North End 6-0 in the League Cup) and the Birmingham City-Aston Villa derby ended 1-1. • Cristiano Ronaldo netted a hat-trick and missed a penalty as La Liga leaders Real Madrid won 4-1 at Alaves; Barcelona (2nd) beat Granada 1-0. • Last night, Champions League action involved Manchester City-Barcelona, Borussia MonchengladbachCeltic and Ludo Radz-Arsenal, while tonight it’s Legia WarsawReal Madrid, FC CopenhagenLeicester and Spurs-Bayer Leverkusen and tomorrow Fenerbahce-Manchester United and SouthamptonInter Milan play in the Europa League. • The top PL matches this weekend are Arsenal-Spurs, Chelsea-Everton, LeicesterWBA, Liverpool-Watford, Manchester City-Southampton, Swansea-Manchester United. • The key Championship games are Bristol CityBrighton, HuddersfieldBirmingham and NewcastleCardiff. • FL1 leaders Scunthorpe visit Coventry; FL2 table-toppers Plymouth play at Crewe, and unbeaten Carlisle travel to Newport. • Celtic, SPL leaders by seven points, take on Inverness CT and several non-League clubs compete in the FA Cup first round, with Eastleigh starting off against Swindon on Friday. • The League Cup quarterfinals, set for 29/30 November, are Arsenal-Southampton, Hull-Newcastle, LiverpoolLeeds and Manchester UnitedWest Ham. • Bangladesh (220 & 296) beat England (244 & 164) by 108 runs in the second cricket Test to level the series at 1-1. England collapsed from 100 for nought in their second innings, as teenage spinner
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Lewis Hamilton wins Mexican Grand Prix to keep title chase alive
Lewis Hamilton kept his title hopes alive with a comfortable victory from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton survived a scare at the start, when he ran wide at the first corner after locking a front tyre. But otherwise he was untroubled en route to his 51st career win. In the championship, the result changes little, and Rosberg can win the title by finishing second to Hamilton at the last two races of the season. Hamilton is 19 points adrift with a total of 50 available in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Rosberg can now regroup after a weekend on which Hamilton was in almost total control throughout. The German will doubtless keep to his well-worn mantra that he is taking it one race at a time and trying to win each one, but he has the luxury of knowing he can afford to take it easy in both remaining races and clinch his first world title. Both Mercedes take to the grass Rosberg also had a scare, and a more eventful race than Hamilton, as 120,000 fans had little to excite them under blue skies and warm sunshine in Mexico City, until some frantic and bad-tempered late action in a battle over third place between Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Hamilton spent the first stint controlling his pace to ensure he did not overwork his damaged tyre, while Rosberg was under pressure from Verstappen. Rosberg and the Dutchman had collided at the first corner as Verstappen tried to take second place, Rosberg taking to the grass behind Hamilton after the collision. The incident was investigated by the stewards but given the all-clear. Verstappen's audacious overtake attempt It was a foretaste of what was to come. As Hamilton controlled the race - on the way to a victory that puts him equal with Alain Prost in second place in the all-time winners' list, with Michael Schumacher
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Maggie and ‘her boys’ win at IBC Invitation Rinks
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I`m happy to report that even more people turned up for the training session this week. Not only that but most of them were able to walk unaided. A serious advantage. As they began their usual warm up session I thought back to the early games when little attention was paid to warm up or warm down sessions. Consequently many players suffered for a few days after each match. Crikey! Even I join in....................... and I can`t even write fast. Training over, they quickly divided themselves into two teams. I shall call them the Reddies and the Greenies. Malcolm Long Socks played and acted as referee. He`s the chairman so can do what he wants! Even though it`s nothing to do with me I was given the job of ball boy, photographer and also time-keeper. It was a great game and I have to draw special attention to three players. First of all Near Miss Chris. Can`t call him that anymore because he has developed into quite a formidable striker. From henceforth he is Chris Netflicker. Well done that man! Next we have Rock on Tommy
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Maggie Holmes, along with David Horton, Ferah Mehmet and Myles Micklefield won the recently held Indalo Bowling Club Invitation Rinks in great style. This is a fantastic annual event lasting 4 days and attracted 112 bowlers, making up 28 teams, from Clubs locally, the UK and Alicante area. One team of 4 from Aston-on-Wye have been flying over and playing for 6 years and have already booked up for next year! In between all the banter and socialising, the competition was very competitive. After some great matches the semi finalists were two teams from Indalo; John and Chris Dedman, Jenny Thompson and Gill Atkinson playing Maggie, David, Ferah and Myles. It was the most exciting match with 5 needed on the last end by Maggie’s team to draw. They bowled some wonderful woods to get the 5 which took the match into a decider and one shot on the extra end was enough to secure the victory! The other semi final was played by a team made up of players from 4 different clubs, El Cid, Benitachell, Finca Guila and Cabrera (called Dolly Mixtures) against a team from Montemar Bowling Club, near Alicante. This was another close semi final with the Dolly Mixtures’ team of Jean McLaughlin, Julie
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Novak Djokovic ready to fight as Andy Murray targets number one spot at Paris Masters
Novak Djokovic is ready to fight for his world number one status as Andy Murray heads into this week’s Paris Masters looking to overtake the Serb. Briton Murray, 29, won his third title in as many weeks with victory in Vienna on Sunday, and could top the rankings with another good run in Paris. Four-time champion Djokovic says he is rejuvenated after a slump in form. “It makes me want to go on court and fight for every point because there is something to win at the end,” he said. The 12-time Grand Slam champion returns to action after losing in the Shanghai semi-finals two weeks ago. Djokovic, 29, has finished four of the past five years as the world number one and will hold on to the top ranking if he reaches the final in Paris. However, failure to do so would allow Murray to overtake him if the Scot can win, or if Murray reaches the final and Djokovic falls before the semis. “I have been in these particular situations before in terms of ranking, so I know what to do, and I just keep things very simple,” said Djokovic. He returns to Paris for the first time since completing the career Grand Slam with a first French Open title in June, but since then his form has dipped. Djokovic won in Toronto but lost early at Wimbledon and the Olympics, and suffered a bruising defeat by Stan Wawrinka in the US Open final. “Winning the French Open this year has brought a lot of joy to me but on the other hand has taken away a lot from me, as well,” said Djokovic. “I felt a little bit exhausted, I must say, and maybe less motivated. So I had to kind of rediscover that feeling of being on the court and keep pushing myself. “I guess it took a little bit of time, more time, and I’m in a better state of mind at the moment than I was some months ago.”
Murray, in contrast, has won 52 of his past 56 matches, and secured his seventh title of the year in Vienna on Sunday. “You’ve got to give him credit for what he’s done in the last three or four months - the second part of the year is quite incredible,” said Djokovic. “He’s playing maybe the best tennis he’s ever played, very consistent, very strong. He definitely deserves to be in the position of being number one at the end of the year.
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“But that doesn’t just depend on him.” Murray has closed the gap dramatically in terms of points over the past four months and now trails by just 415, with 1,000 on offer to the winner in Paris. But Djokovic has won for the past three years on the indoor courts of Bercy. “Obviously he could win the event and, if I lose in the first round, then I am a long way from being number one,” said Murray. “I’ve never won there before, so to just expect that you’re going to win the tournament would be silly. “I don’t feel any differently now to how I did six or eight weeks ago. My goal wasn’t to finish as number one at the end of this year. “I wanted to finish this year as strong as possible and I think there is a lot stronger chance of doing it in the early part of next year, which is what I targeted rather than this week.” Top seed Djokovic will open his campaign against Gilles Muller or Nicolas Almagro on Tuesday or Wednesday, while second seed Murray will face Fernando Verdasco. Bbc.com
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Michael van Gerwen won his third successive European Championship title with a record-breaking 11-1 demolition of Mensur Suljovic in Belgium. World number one Van Gerwen averaged 111.62, the highest in a televised ranking final, as he took little over 30 minutes to beat the Austrian. The 27-year-old Dutchman has now won 22 titles in 2016, including the UK Open, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix. “I played absolutely phenomenally in the final,” said Van Gerwen.
“Everything I wanted went in and I’m absolutely over the moon. I’m feeling great about this performance. “Mensur is the most underestimated player in the PDC, I think, and he’s a topclass player. This was his first final, but he is someone we have to look out for.” Suljovic, 44, who beat 16-time world champion Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals in Hasselt, is now ranked seventh in the PDC order of merit and on course for a place in the 2017 Premier League. Bbc.com
Man Utd midfielder returns to first-team training World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger has returned to training with Manchester United’s first team. The 32-year-old midfielder had trained alone or with the club’s under-23s since Jose Mourinho was appointed United boss in the summer. Former Germany captain Schweinsteiger last played for the Red Devils in March, when Louis van Gaal was manager. He said in August he had “no personal problems” with Mourinho, and United will be his last club in Europe. “It’s great to see him back,” said United left-back Luke Shaw. “We found out the
news a couple of days ago. “He’s a big influence in the dressing room and obviously on the pitch, especially for the young players like myself.” It is unclear whether Mourinho will now consider Schweinsteiger for first-team action. He was named in United’s Premier League squad for this season, but left out of their Europa League squad. Schweinsteiger has made 31 appearances for the club since his £14.4m move from Bayern Munich in July 2015. Bbc.com