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The search for wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been moved 1,100km to the north-east following a fresh analysis of radar and satellite data. This fresh analysis suggests that the Boeing 777 – which vanished soon after taking off from Kuala Lumpur three weeks ago – was flying faster than had been initially estimated, and therefore would have run out of fuel more quickly. Five aircraft deployed to comb the new search area of the Indian Ocean quickly found multiple objects that ships will now try to locate. Items spotted from the air included two rectangular objects that were blue and grey: two of the colours in the aircraft’s livery. Others were white or light-coloured. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa), which is co-
ordinating the hunt, said photographs of the objects would be analysed to determine their origin. For the past week, aircraft and ships have been crisscrossing an area about 2,500km south-west of Perth, pinpointed as the most likely spot where MH370 is presumed to have run out of fuel and crashed, killing all 239 passengers and crew. Now search teams have moved to an area about 1,850km west of Perth, where their task will be easier. Not only is it closer to Australia, meaning spotterplanes can spend more time searching before they have to return to refuel, but the weather is more benign than further south, which is in the middle of a belt of strong westerly winds known as the Roaring Forties.
Whole building collapses after ‘engineer took out the wrong brick’
An engineer was left staring at a houseshaped hole after an entire building collapsed seconds after he dislodged a few bricks from the exterior wall. Video footage captured by a bystander shows the man standing in a cherrypicker dislodging bricks one at a time from the top of the front face of a derelict building in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. He can be seen picking out the bricks when suddenly the entire building collapses into a heap without warning.
The building was once the home of troubled poet Francis Thompson and had a blue plaque to commemorate the fact. However, the property, which is privately owned, was boarded-up and had been disused for some time, according to Tameside council. According to The Manchester Evening News police had been called earlier that morning following reports of falling bricks and engineers were dispatched to make the building safe. No-one was hurt.
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With Easter not too far away neither are the summer holidays - I would dearly love residents to go out, in their respective areas, and pick up some of the litter which unfortunately has started to accumulate once again in various places of Turre and Mojacar, tossed away willy-nilly by inconsiderate people who are simply too idle and reluctant to use the public refuge bins! One especially bad area right now, from my point of view, is on the righthand side of the road stretching from Turre towards the new roundabout which has been put in near the crematorium. That new introduction, by the way, looks terrific but the rubbish and litter scattered nearby takes the shine off it. My wife and I have, along with a few other helpers, have done what we can in trying keep the area clean... and I know (from letters, paperwork collected) who these culprits are, the so-called litterbugs of the area, and I have a few address too. I won’t name and shame anyone just yet... but I’m thinking about it, especially the folk who walk their dogs and don’t care one hoot where the mutt does his/her business... outside someone’s drive, by a garage,
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It is rarely pleasant for true confessions; in fact they can be very rough. Nonetheless confessions set the truth free and keep the record straight. It allows me to give credit, where it is due. Before I talk about my confession, I would like to say a few things first. Many years ago, as a child, something happened to me that changed my life forever. Let me tell you my story: “When I was 7 my family and I moved West across the United Sates. It was an exciting time to travel, find a new home; meet new friends and have a new life full of adventure. Then one day a car in a crosswalk bumped my mother. It was very light and she barely fell over – but then she couldn’t get up. At first I thought she was joking until the ambulance arrived to assist us. Upon arriving at the hospital the doctors did their best but could not discover anything wrong. She was prescribed painkillers and muscle relaxants and sent home with the prognosis that all would be well in a few days. Within a few days, with much dismay, the symptoms did not alleviate in fact they worsened. This time the doctor prescribed even stronger medication and instructed her to go to physical therapy three times a week. We left with new hope. She began her physical therapy care. Unfortunately it did not get the results we so desired. In fact my mother would come home in tears after every session and remained bedridden. Three months transpired with physical therapy and now my mother’s trouble began to impact me. With my father out of the home it left me responsible for cooking, cleaning, walking the dog and caring for my mother and myself. Suddenly my adventure at 7 was quite different and not so exciting. She visited other therapists without results. Time continued to elapse. She spoke with her doctor again who referred her to an orthopedic surgeon. Unfortunately nothing was discovered and surgery to cut & kill the nerve trunk was the only option. This seemed ridiculous for my mother. She was only 26 and now bedridden, taking over 10 tablets a day with extreme pain debilitating almost all activities and
unable to care for me properly. She had always been physically fit and the accident was so minor. As time passed my mothers’ health continued to decline. After nearly two years of being bedridden, using all remedies offered, conventional or not, the doctors finally decided to send her to a special hospital where they would teach you how live with the pain. They had given up and ran out of options. One day at the hospital I heard a passing conversation about a local chiropractor. Curious to discover more I eves dropped. Now at the age of nine and very mature for my age I listened and heard of a possibility. Others had gone for differing troubles and many had positive results. I quickly rushed to inform my mother. My mother was very despondent and not very receptive. Still I pleaded with her; it was our last chance for hope. I can be very persuasive and finally she conceded to visiting the chiropractor. The chiropractor did a thorough consultation, examination and a detailed report where he fully explained my mother’s trouble. He then proceeded to adjust the spine of my mother. After the adjustment my mother was able to stand up straight and without pain for the first time in two years. My mother’s health soon returned. After a few weeks she no longer needed the assortment of medication. In a few months she had returned to the mother I remembered at 7. She no longer had what the doctors called a short leg since she was a child. Her menstruation returned to normal and she never again suffered from periodic headaches. My mother was back and better than ever! After two years of hospitals I witnessed a great deal of suffering, the results while at the chiropractor were so astounding that I was inclined to go to chiropractic school and become a chiropractor myself. It is strange how life can come full circle because now people come to see me with their health problems. They come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, backaches, ear infections, asthmas allergies, numbness
in limbs athletic injuries just to name a few, they get such great results that some of my clients have decided to study chiropractic. And that is how it happened!” Here’s what some of my clients say: My daughter was asthmatic taking inhalers and medication daily. She was sidelined and unable to play with her classmates; now her health has improved so much she no longer uses medication or inhalers and is the captain of the football team! (L. Hamn) After injuring my back I could only play a hole or two, of golf, for almost two years. I was about to give up the game. This is serious because I am a professional golfer. I laughed at Dr. Jensen when he said I would be out playing again after only 2 weeks! But it was true and now I am at the top of my game. (S. Fernandez) I have suffered with constant headaches and migraines since my childhood, the moment that I met Dr. Paul and he adjusted me a miracle happened, no more headaches and no more painkillers. Thank you for exposing me to the wonderful world of Chiropractic, I couldn’t imagine my life without it. (R. Sastre) I am honored to have helped so many people with their health care problems but I cannot really take credit. My confession is that I have never healed anyone of anything. What I do is perform a specific spinal adjustment to remove nerve pressure, and the body responds by healing itself. We get tremendous results. It’s as simple as that! It is very challenging to be a chiropractor today. There are many so-called experts out there with extreme misinformation, much of which is ridiculous. But the studies speak for themselves, like the Virginia, USA study that showed over 95% of people who saw a chiropractor were satisfied with their results. That is outstanding! Studies show that chiropractic may double your immune capacity, naturally and without drugs. The immunes system fights colds, the flu and other sicknesses. The results? You may not be sick in bed as much. This is
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Overseas Vera - 3 year anniversary
On March 31st Overseas Vera will have been open three years. All the staff would like to take the opportunity to thank our customers for their continued support over this time. We take great delight in serving all our customers new and old each and every week of the year and with our recently extended lease decision we intend to continue doing so. The Vera store is one of the largest in the Overseas company and over the next few months we have some exciting new products coming, including an extended Waitrose range covering the top selling lines in Waitrose stores in the UK and we are adding to our Non Food offer with a larger range of
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Four members of Vera Lions Club travelled to Sant Vincent del Raspieg near Alicante to deliver 1510 pairs of unwanted spectacles for recycling. This brings the total number of spectacles collected by the Vera Lions over the last 18 months to over 3500. The Lions Recycling Centre checks, grades and repairs the spectacles before sending them to wherever they are needed, usually Africa and Asia. Vera Lions have collection boxes in many local opticians as well as
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The BBC is facing demands by Equal Justice, a firm that specialises in race discrimination cases, that it conducts a formal investigation after presenter Jeremy Clarkson allegedly used a racist term to describe an Asian person during an episode of Top Gear. Actress Somi Guha, 36, has instructed her lawyers after Clarkson used the word “slope” – a derogatory term for people of Asian descent during an episode filmed in Burma. During the show, presenters Richard Hammond, James May and Clarkson were tasked with constructing a bridge over the River Kwai in Thailand. After completing the task, Clarkson, 53, said: “That is a proud moment, but there’s a slope on it,” as a man walked towards him on the makeshift bridge, to which Hammond replied: “You’re right, it’s definitely higher on that side.” Equal Justice, who are representing Miss Guha, said: “The BBC is obliged to do a full investigation. If they find that the show
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A fire which started last Tuesday night was still burning in places on Friday, Reports Martin Shortland. It’s still unknown how the blaze began, but it soon took hold across a large part of the Sierra Gador and it’s estimated to have destroyed 4,5000 hectares of shrubs and pines. No property has been damaged although many outlying farms came close to being engulfed by the flames. The strong winds pushed the fire quickly across the ground and made the fire fighters jobs very hazardous. On Wednesday, elderly members of the population were evacuated from the village of Enix in case the fire spread into the town; at one stage it came as close as 100 metres from the edge of the village. A fire spokesman said they advised the police and ambulance services to start a slow evacuation of older people, just as a precaution. They were returned to their homes later in the day, when the fire changed direction towards Gador and Almeria. At one stage the hamlet of Al Marchal was under serious threat and council and civic protection workers provided transport for people trying to get away from the flames. Because of the high winds, the fire fighting aircraft could not take to the air, although they were deployed later on Wednesday. The two heavy transport helicopters and two aeroplanes carried thousands of tons of water from the bay of Almeria to the seat of the fire for most of the day. They were still on stand-by on Friday in case of further outbreaks. Two hundred fire fighters from the Almeria service were involved in the operation and they were assisted by 250 firemen from neighbouring forces. Fifty members of the technical services and environment agency were also involved and some 100 police, ambulance and civil protection personnel were reported at the scene. There have been no reports of any injuries to the public, but a number of firemen have been treated for the effects of smoke inhalation. By last
weekend, the fire was reported to be 99% under control and the majority of the fire service force had returned to their bases. In the aftermath of the fire which swept across large areas of the Sierra de Gador last week, many of the worst affected communities are beginning to count the cost of the damage. Although thankfully there were no deaths, few injuries and little damage to property; the fire destroyed thousands of hectares of environmentally important woodland and heath. During a visit to one of the worst affected areas, The Mayor of Alhama de Almeria said on Saturday, “It hurts us to see what was formerly the green lung of the municipality reduced to this; everything is black, it’s all gone.” Much of the pine forest engulfed in the fire was eighty years old and provided a vital habitat for wildlife. It was a popular site for naturalists and bird watchers and brought many visitors to the town. One of the oldest residents recalled how, as a boy, he helped his father plant the hundreds of young saplings which covered a hillside on the approach to the town. He described how he used two donkeys to carry thousands of gallons of water up the hill, taken from the old well in the centre of the village. He said, “I’m heartbroken when I look at what has happened. It was so beautiful and now it’s all gone.” The investigation into how the fire started is still ongoing and a fire department spokesman said at the weekend that because the fire covered such a vast area, they were still trying to pinpoint where it started, he said, “Once we establish where the fire began, we can then begin to investigate the possible cause; at the moment it’s proving to be a very difficult task.” AT THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS: The Almeria Fire Department says it’s most likely a faulty electricity cable caused the blaze.
Poisoned Bait Forces Closure Of Local Hunting Ground
Report by Martin Shortland
A large area of land has been closed to walkers and hunters after poisoned bait was discovered there. Inspectors from the Ministry of Agriculture in Almeria were called to the area close to Zurgena and Arboleas – after the body of a dead fox was found to contain poison. Ministry vets carried out a postmortem and found the animal had eaten bait containing the highly toxic pesticide (carbofuran), which is very dangerous to humans. If allowed to get into the food chain it can cause serious health problems and in serious cases, even death. Wild boar, deer and rabbits are found in the area, hence its popularity with hunters and it is for this reason it has been closed. A team of inspectors will spend up to two weeks searching for further evidence of the poison and they will be assisted by a canine team
of 14 dogs, especially trained to sniff out dangerous pesticides. Jose Manuel Ortiz from the Ministry of Agriculture explained the situation, he said, “We are treating this latest case of poisoning very seriously, because it poses a real threat to anyone who is exposed to it. Dozens of people hunt for game on this land and our fear is that any animal containing the poison could be killed and consumed by humans.” He went on to say they have to do everything possible to protect people, but because of the large area concerned, it will be a problem restricting access to the general public. The use of poisons such as this one has been widespread for many years in Spain and the national government follows close guidelines set out by the World Wildlife Foundation to try to eradicate the use of all poisons.
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Bird Park Promoter Seeks Funding To Realise His Dream
Report by Martin Shortland
A Las Norias entrepreneur has launched a campaign to raise awareness and in turn, raise funds for the bird park he intends to open near Almerimar. Salvador Garcia is seeking both private and public investors in the project – his intended target is 300,000 euros. He says he wants ten investors to put up 30,000 euros each and promises a share of any profits when the venture is finally up and running. Mr. Garcia is so committed to the idea, he sold his home and built a new one
right next to the area of wetland where he hopes to realise his dream. He also constructed some buildings and a wall around the site, but that was as far as he got before the money ran out; he claims to have spent 1 million euros so far. The Ornithological Park has the verbal backing of both the El Ejido Council and the Council of Almeria, but neither is prepared to put any financial backing towards it. The buildings – when completed – will become an information and exhibition centre and
his intention as part of phase two, is to have a restaurant, aviary, butterfly centre and amphitheatre. The wetlands form a natural habitat for a large number of birds and attract bird watchers all year round. Mr. Garcia hopes that when his park is finally open, it will be of interest to a wider section of the public, with he says, ‘the emphasis on families and educational school visits.’ If he is successful in raising the funds, he has set an opening date of next Spring.
EU Ruling On Personal Name Changes Will Be Implemented This Year
Martin Cortotierra Reports
There are too many examples of ‘bureaucracy gone mad’ from the government of the European Union to list in this article; far too many. We all have our favourites – mine being their attempt to invoke a law stating that bananas should be straight, not curved. For most ordinary people, living ordinary normal lives, many of the laws our elected representatives in Brussels try to pass on to us beggar belief. What is more insulting is the fact they are paid very handsomely for it as well. If anyone has the time and the inclination to compile a list of the top ten most stupid rulings handed down from Brussels, their latest offering must surely rate a position high in the chart. It’s all to do with ease of pronunciation of names. To give the bill its full name – The European Act Name Identification System – it was officially passed as law yesterday and will come into effect over
the next few months. As with all things that come from Brussels, trying to sum up a new law takes some doing; the document explaining this latest piece of legislation runs to 500 pages! But here goes, in half a page. The lawmakers, in their infinite wisdom want to make foreign residents names easier to pronounce in each EU country; so for example, here in Spain, if your name is Ruth – which is quite difficult to say if you’re Spanish – you will have to change it to something more . . . Spanish – Despiadado for example. John is an easy change, to Juan, as is Peter to Pedro. Generally people’s Christian names are fairly straightforward to change; the problems come with Sir Names. And as I said before, I’ve only got a small space to explain the theory, so I won’t give a long list. If your name is John Smith, you will become Juan Herrero. Your residents pass will have to be changed and all foreigners
will have until the end of the year to obtain new documents from the town hall, along with their new names, free of charge. The EU parliamentarians (Bless them) say this will speed up the general process of identification right across Europe, from supermarkets, banks and petrol stations. In my own case, my first name is generically Spanish – Martin, no problem. My last name – Shortland, will become Cortotierra. So start looking through the dictionary to find out what your name will become under the new law. Like it or not, we all have to start getting used to using a new name. I must admit, although I was initially sceptical about what I consider to be yet more unnecessary Brussels interference in my life, I now quite like the sound of my new name! However, I suspect my editor, April Day-Jukes may have reservations about hers which becomes, Abril Tonto-Broma.
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Report by Martin Shortland It’s been one of the worst kept secrets around the corridors of City Hall for some time now, but yesterday the secret was made public. At one of the largest press conferences I have ever attended at the Council Offices, the announcement was made yesterday that Roquetas is to have its own airport. A government deputation from Madrid was present, including The Deputy Minister of Transport, The Deputy Minister of Tourism and numerous Under Secretaries from numerous government departments. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor were attended by the full council cabinet, as well as representatives from all the opposition parties. The media were hard pressed to find enough space in the packed conference room. National television, radio and journalists from at least twenty newspapers were there to record the event. By the time proceedings got underway, the gossip that had been winging around the room all morning was soon confirmed from the podium. The Mayor Gabriel Amat made an opening statement in which he outlined the proposals for the airport. He said, “For too long this region has suffered because of the inadequate use of Almeria airport.” He said that the people, businesses, industry and tourism had all been held back because the airport was not being used enough. The situation regarding Almeria airport has confounded people for years. He added, “We intend to show that with a properly run airport here, we can realise the full potential of this whole region. Roquetas International Airport is the key to our future and this is a proud day for us all; a day when the plans are cleared for takeoff.” The Deputy Minister of Tourism explained that the vision of the mayor and his council had driven the plans along since they first proposed the idea five years ago. He said, “From the outset, this has been no easy task, but Mr. Amat has worked tirelessly to ensure this project would get off the ground. The people of this region have a lot to be thankful for, he has piloted the scheme from start to finish.” The site for the airport will be on the vast stretch of land running along the coast between Roquetas and Agadulce known as Las Salinas. It covers almost 1,000 hectares and was formerly used in the production of salt; production finally
ended in 1997. The work is to be carried out by a Chinese contractor, Foo Ling Yu Construction, based in Shanghai. They specialise in quick build runways and buildings. Their most recent contract, in the southern provincial state capitol of Hoaxin in Vietnam, made the headlines last year because it was completed a year ahead of schedule, The 800 million euro budget will make this one of the cheapest developments of its kind and is being seen – if successful – as a template for future projects. The work is due to start in late September, subject to finalisation of contracts and is set to be completed by the Spring of 2019. The first phase will be the construction of a mini village to house the workers, as well as a secure area for plant and machinery. 4,000 people will be employed on the site, half of whom will come from China. The single runway will be 10,500 ft (3,200 mtrs) long in an east/west direction; long enough to take the largest jets. The two main terminal buildings will be sited on the Roquetas side of the runway to the south, with a large cargo area on the northern side. Access will be via an improved dual carriageway linking from the E 7 motorway. A scale model of the airport and copies of the plans will be on view at City Hall from next Monday. In a separate meeting, the Deputy Minister of Tourism announced that negotiations were already underway with airline companies, many of whom were expressing great interest in the new airport. A major coup would appear to be the imminent signature of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline. In a statement read by the companies Head of European Operations Oleg Pullson, he said the airline needed a Spanish hub to enable it to develop, “our growing African, Middle Eastern and European routes.” He also said Sir Richard is particularly fond of the area and often spends time at his holiday home in the Urbanisation. With an announcement of such huge significance, the population of the area will have to start preparing for the major changes to their lives the new airport will bring. Without a doubt, in the future everyone will remember the day on which the announcement was made, 1st April 2014.
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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Today, I would like to start with an anecdote. My Systems Design Professor at Huddersfield University gave the throng of ‘would-be’ computer genii, a piece of advice when starting to prepare a 10,000 dissertation. “Like a story, It has to have a start, middle and ending. The ending should bring a conclusion to your arguments; The middle section are your arguments and the beginning, being the most important, you have to ask the questions that your will discuss and give your conclusions on”. I wrote it down (sad)! So here is the beginning! Last week, I touched on the subject of ‘torrents’ as part of my raving about “big brother” and little england. Today, I would like to touch on torrents a little more. What is a torrent? How does it work? Why are the biggest of corporations so scared of it? What is a torrent? It can be thought of as a clever method of allowing a file, or group of files, to be downloaded quickly. “So what!” you might say. What if you and 30 other people are downloading a file at exactly the same! In the time it takes you alone to download this program, all 30 people could have downloaded it! This then expands the possibility of sending to many people efficiently (shame royal mail doesn’t work this way :-) ). How does it work? Time for an analogy. You have 4 magic blocks and 4 friends (Joe, James, Jane and Joanne). These block magically double the moment someone wants one, that way, you always have one and your friend gets one. Joe, James, Jane and Joanne ask for blocks 1,2,3 and 4 respectively.
You send block 1 to Joe (he asked first), then block 2 to James and so on with Jane and Joanne. Now Joe has block 1, James – block 2, Jane – block 3 and Joanne – block 4. You can now stop uploading! Joe will send block 1 to James, Jane and Joanne in turn while getting block 2, 3 and 4 from the others. After a short while, everyone has a complete copy of files that you wanted to send. This, obviously, has been simplified a little to help everyone understand. For a short video on torrents and how they work go to: http://player.vimeo.com/ video/15228767 And watch the video. You might be surprised just how simple it really is :-) Why are huge, multinational corporations so afraid of this simple technology? One word – MONEY. They stand to loose massive amounts of profits and decades of uncontrolled rapaciousness motivates them into manipulating anyone / thing that gets between them and profit! Microsoft and its corporate machine, the music and film industries have, after trying to copy-protect their products and being forced by the world courts to remove these protections, used the legal systems to prevent you and I sharing anything, legal or otherwise. Thankfully, the way in which torrent works, we can continue to share, with one another, freely, whatever we choose to share. I believe that torrents will be around for a long time to come or someone forces the courts to upturn their decision in favour of a fairer one. Start (questions), Middle (arguments), Ending (done). See you all at Jack’s bar on Fridays between 12 and 4 for the computer clinic. If you need me sooner, call the number below. Advice is always free :-)
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It’s a Leo thing apparently; the trait I have of leaving some things to the last possible minute. At school even with all the holidays to do my homework, it would still be done Sunday night before term started again. At secondary school even though it was a 9am start we weren’t officially late until registration finished at 0925. I guess the leeway was in place in case a school bus ever arrived late. Being the only Catholic school for miles around 90% of the students were coached in from across Surrey. For those that walked to school the system could be played, sometimes I would crawl out of bed at the last possible moment, walk the 15 minutes to school and be there for what I reasoned was ‘in good time’ which was about 0923. The school had the grand title of Saint Peters and Merrow Grange RC Comprehensive, so named as it was 2 schools separated by a 200 yard walk down a quiet lane. Until 1971 the upper school had been a convent school for girls (Merrow Grange) and the lower school a boy’s school (St. Peters). There were extralong breaks between classes as we often had to walk between the two buildings. Merrow Grange was a mock Tudor manor house with a grand wooden staircase and floors
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Línea Directa Insurance advises you of the steps to follow in case of a road accident in Spain. 1. Call the emergency number: 112. They will co-ordinate the procedure and will ask you in detail about the circumstances of the accident. 2. Remain calm at all times. Switch on the emergency lights and if the state of the vehicle permits, remove the vehicle from the road, in order to avoid delays and further accidents, to the extent possible. 3. Signal the accident location. Before stepping out of the car, put on your high-visibility jacket, which is compulsory, and place the emergency triangles correctly. The first must be placed about 50 metres behind the car in the direction of the traffic, and the second about 100m. 4. If someone is seriously injured, never try to move them, except if in danger of fire or imminent explosion. Cover the injured person, keep them calm and wait for the emergency services to arrive. 5. If the circumstances of the location allow, always fill in the European accident report, which is an essential document for speeding up the procedures and handling between the insurance companies. If you have any doubt about how to do this, don’t hesitate to call your insurance company.
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that creaked beautifully when trodden on. The school had a good reputation for music and the music teacher Mr Carter had the grandest room of all. It was big enough to use as a recital room, with a vaulted ceiling, balcony and huge leaded bay windows. He must have loved coming to work; I certainly did as he was my form tutor for two years. Students were banned from climbing the tiny circular staircase to the balcony, but if left unsupervised momentarily, we boys would take our chances. The stairs lead further up to the mythical attic where we supposedly would have been expelled if ever caught there. Sadly it was padlocked and I never got in. The Grange also housed a convent with ancient nuns within. As newbies aged 11 and 12 the older boys as a rite of passage scared us with the legend of a ghostly Blue Nun that wandered the attic rooms at night carrying a light. In hindsight ‘Blue Nun’ was also the brand name of a popular wine but we fell for it. Merrow Grange was built in 1868 and one owner was a keen botanist planting Sequoia/ Giant Redwoods and other exotics throughout the then 45 acres gardens. The gardens were landscaped with Pulhamite an artificial stone.
Sunken paths, ponds and artificial hills were created which are now all overgrown. The most interesting part was nicknamed ‘the caves’, again we were strictly forbidden to enter. It’s actually a Grade II listed grotto with a sunken fernery covered by an iron work glazed roof. A winding staircase leads down to a dark tunnel with only one way in/out. When the Pulhamite was mixed 100 years ago something alike to glitter was added and by candle or torchlight the walls shimmer magically. We would jump the school fence at weekends to explore the overgrown gardens and caves, night time made it more adventurous. Once my mate John Fergus went and hid in the tunnel. We searched for him but gave up; we had almost reached the exit when the sod terrified us by screaming ghoulishly from behind us with a torch held under his chin making his face glow red. John had discovered a tiny cave in the roof of the tunnel and had hidden up there whilst we passed underneath. Then Gollum like he clambered down to scare the living daylights out of us – happy days!
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WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com Q. Please explain the situations in which a resident qualifies for non-payment of capital gains tax.
A . The first thing is to be able to prove to the notary the day of the sale that you are in fact a Spanish tax resident. It is very important to realize that having what everyone calls the “residencia” issued by the police does not in fact prove you are a tax resident of Spain, and that if this is the only document you take to the notary to prove tax residency , the notary will consider you a non resident and you will be subject to a 3% retention. To prove you are a tax resident your solicitor needs to request a certificate from the tax authorities, which can then be taken to the notary. If you suffer the nasty surprise of them saying that in fact you are a non resident, you will need to get this amended by proving to them that you are in fact a resident before they will issue you with the correct certificate for the notary. The best way to secure tax residency status is making a resident income tax declaration in Spain in June of every year. If you are going to sell shortly,
1. The possible total or partial exemption from capital gains tax due to reinvestment (roll-over): If you are a resident and sell one property to purchase another of the same or higher price you can claim 100% exemption from capital gains tax. To benefit you have to have been a resident for at least 3 year before the sale takes place, and you must purchase the next property within 2 years of the sale. If you are moving to a smaller property, you can claim exemption of a percentage of the capital gains tax. 2. Claim of total exemption if you are over 65 years old: If you are over 65 and sell your main home (where you must have lived for at least 3 years as a resident), you can claim 100% exemption from capital gains tax even if you do not reinvest. If the property is owned by a couple and one member is over 65 and the other is not, you are allowed to claim the exemption in respect to half the price. Michael Davies. Abogado.
Michael Davies is a Spanish Abogado and has been practicing law in Andalucia since 1993. He is member of the Law societies of Almería and Madrid. For a short period of time leading up to 2007 he was also Honorary British Consul.
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houses and land can be separated with own escrituras or sold as one lot Two detached villa shells built up to and including roofs125m2 built on flat 3000m2 plot. Secluded position, unspoilt countryside views across orange and lemon groves front and rear.
Fully Legal & with Full Title Deeds
A detached 2 bed/2 bath character cortijo, surrounded by approx 1 hectare of land, laid to almonds, olives, citrus and fruit trees. The cortijo has benefited from being updated over the years and it retains much character and charm. A lovely property with its own well and balsa and within walking distance of a great restaurant.
Fabulous development of very contemporary semi detached villas on the outskirts of the town. Set in an elevated position with extending views these villas have been built to a very high spec and feature, double glazed windows, security doors, metal shutters, entry phone system, alarms and a good sized garden and terrace with glass Juliette balconies.
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This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment is located in a quiet street on the edge of Turre with great views from the communal terrace to the Sierra Cabrera mountain range and Mojacar Pueblo.
only 39,950€
65,000€ plus 3000€ admin fee
lubrin
This newly built immaculate 4 bedroom villa is situated walking distance from the pretty village of Lubrin. The property is very spacious and has been designed with great attention to detail. There is a lovely private pool area with large 10 x 4 m swimming and beautiful country and village views.
350,000€
• E ach villa spec: 3 beds / 2 baths. Size 125m2 •S pace for pools (12mx6m) • E xceptional uninterrupted views of orange and lemon groves to front & rear •S ituated between Almanzora & Arboleas overlooking Almanzora valley • 1 0 minutes to nearest town with all amenities • I nland country setting, but only 30 minutes to coast • I deal for builder to complete internals
Priced to Sell Must be viewed to appreciate this golden opportunity
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Very busy week for data, will sterling benefit?
The first week of any month is usually a busy one for data and this week, being the first week of April, is no different. It usually brings with it increased currency movements as we see how different economies are performing and with a number of key data releases this week we could well see some significant currency movements. Even though last week ended with a surprise increase in the UK current account deficit to £22.4 billion, sterling managed to finish the week relatively strongly. This week the key UK data are the March purchasing managers’ indices (PMI) for manufacturing,
construction and the service industries which are released throughout the week, providing indications of UK output and, by association, of economic growth. Of these, the services PMI is likely to be the most influential as it makes up a large portion of the UK economy. Construction and Services are expected to show increasing expansion whereas manufacturing is expected to show a pull back from last month’s better than expected figures. Elsewhere, labour data out of the US towards the end of the week could have an influential effect on price of the US dollar against sterling. Source: www.smartcurrencynews.com
Key data could force the ECB’s hand on interest rates
A busy week for Eurozone data starting today with the release of the “flash” inflation figure for March which is expected to show a fall to 0.6%. This will obviously be of concern to the European Central Bank (ECB). Tomorrow we will see the release of the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and unemployment data for the Eurozone. These are then followed on Wednesday by the Services Purchasing Managers’
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Index and retail sales figures.. The big event of the week is likely to be the interest decision published by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday. Although worries about possible deflation and the speed of the recovery in certain Eurozone countries, any change by the ECB on Thursday is considered unlikely. So any different outcome will have a significant effect on the euro.
Rental contract In Spain, it is normal to give one to three-months notice of intention to vacate. The notice letter should be sent by registered post. An inventory of the property will be made before a landlord will agree to return a deposit. Property sales Estate agents in Spain handle most property sales although it is possible to sell a property privately. Signing of the final deed of sale is considered the legal completion of a sale. Anyone who cannot attend the event in person may give power of attorney to a third party to sign on their behalf. Properties purchased with a mortgage will have had life insurance in place which may not be cancelled until the sale is completed. Insurance House insurance can be cancelled once a sale is completed. Utility bills (Electricity, Water, Gas, Telephone, Internet) As with any house move, there are utility bills to be settled and meters to be read. If meters are not outside the property, access will be required. Utility bills in Spain are commonly paid by direct debit so these will need to be cancelled once final payment has been made. Leave a forwarding address with all the companies involved. Health Care Anyone who has received medical treatment while in Spain should have their records forwarded to their new practitioner or ask for a copy.
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Banking A Spanish bank account should be kept open for a short period to settle final bills. Make sure that the direct debits have been cancelled once final payments of the bills have been made. Cancel your credit cards. Tax Be aware that under some circumstances the proceeds of property sales will be subject to Spanish capital gains tax. Income Tax To ensure that each individual understands their own obligations with regard to tax liability on departure from Spain it would be wise to seek professional advice. Education Give schools a reasonable amount of notice of a child’s departure. There may be outstanding bills for school fees, transport or meals to be settled. Request from the school a certificate stating the latest grade passed by the child when giving notice of departure. Leave a forwarding address for any correspondence. Correspondence A redirection service is offered by the Spanish post office (Correos). Animals The EU pet passport covers dogs and cats for movement within Europe and the Pets Travel Scheme (PETS) allows qualifying domestic pets to travel to and from the UK without a period of quarantine. Local vets can provide information and documentation.
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Your Belgian Estate Agent for the inland area like Arboleas, Albox & surroundings. After a successful exhibition in Belgium, we are urgently looking for Legal properties for clients that are coming to buy.
Private House Sale €195,000
Limaria Beautiful villa on a plot of 660m² with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, pool and beautiful views. The price is 149,000€
Albox Beautiful villa on a plot of 2.576m² with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, garage & private pool!! Price is 199,950€
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► Fully Legal ► 3 Bedrooms ► 2 Bathrooms ► Electric and Water ► swimming pool ► Las Labores 5 mins from Albox
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99.950€
Sale of the freehold of RestaurantViva, justoffthe Avenida del Mediterraneo in Mojacar Playa - with sea views.
and well frequented square overlooking the main street of Mojácar Playa, with fine sea views from the large terrace. The attractive dining room sits 30 people with another 30 on the terrace. The place could easily be run by two people and thus The freehold of this “cosy” restaurant is reduce the operating costs. The kitchen is up for sale. “Viva” is located on a lovely fully equipped.
The business is ready to walk in, not a single day of trading needs to be lost! Built area: 95.09 m² For more information or to book a viewing appointment please visit our office or contact us via phone or e-mail. Ref: 1568
Paseo del Mediterraneo 197 - Mojacar - Almeria
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Impressive bungalow + separate apartment of 250m2 on 11,000m2 level plot. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, A/C, ample storage & receptions rooms. Beautiful pool, terraces & gardens all in a very private location.
82,950€
Valle del Este A1192
Beautiful ground floor golf apartment of 72m2 + 56m2 of terraces & a private garden of 51m2. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, A/C. Lovely community gardens & pool. Allocated parking. Beaches in a 10 minute drive.
230,000€ Mojácar Playa SDV604
150,000€ Mojácar Pueblo SDV679
Well maintained village house of 162m2 with potential to be a large family home or B+B. 5/6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lower ground floor for renovation & large terrace. The new escalator will provide easy access.
Attractive townhouse of 74m2, ample terraces + roof terrace with excellent sea views. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, private garage & garden. Furnished. Community pool. Close to the beach.
174,950€ Turre DV1288
99,500€ Mojácar Playa A932
Immaculate villa of 100m2 on 400m2 in walking distance of the town. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 8 x 4 m private pool, pretty gardens, terraces & carport. Country views. Short drive to beaches & golf courses.
98,000€ Mojácar Playa A1163
Spacious semi-detached villa of 100m2 + 158m2 of private
Beautiful ground floor apartment of 51m2 with 57m2 of terraces
gardens. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & private garage of 37m2.
on a small urbanisation near to the beach. Large community
Community pool & only a few minutes walk to the beach.
terraces & pool. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Furnished.
87,500€ Mojácar Playa A1155
Charming ground floor apartment of 57m2 + terrace of 18 m2 on Marina de la Torre golf course. Great sea views & in walking distance of the beach. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Furnished.
149,000€ Mojácar Playa LV678
265,000€ Mojácar Playa DV1272
Very attractive detached villa of 134m2 on 530m2 in a very private location. Newly renovated with many desirable features. Ample terrace, gardens & room for a pool. Just 2 minutes drive from the beach.
Very nice golf apartment of 70m2 in walking distance of the beach in a very pretty complex. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & solarium. Furnished. Lovely community pool & gardens.
115,000€ Mojácar Playa LV667
Lovely townhouse of 80m2 + large terraces & solarium with sea views in a small, sought after, urbanisation. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, Jacuzzi. Communal pool, gardens & terraces. Furnished.
260,000€ Huerta Nueva DV1283
A very attractive detached quality built villa of 146m2 on 476m2 near to Los Gallardos. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, integral garage, pool & roof terrace. Only 10 mins drive from local beaches.
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Mojácar was flourishing city well into the eighteenth century, in the military, civil and ecclesiastical. The population reached estimated at 10,000 people. Towards the middle of the eighteenth century began the decline of the city. Severe droughts that deplete the agricultural people are the reason for the exodus to South America and then to Catalonia and Europe.
Ref: SO/PP - Beautiful det villa, 4 bed, 3 bath, pool & sun terr, peaceful village near Mojacar.
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MOJACAR - reduced €119,950
Depopulation acquired alarming character. But the miracle came in the form of tourism, far from destroying the true physiognomy of the town and its people has ensured that visitors continue admiring its past, its architecture, its white houses and the openness of people who inherited tolerance and coexistence of different cultures and religions.
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House in Turre Pueblo
Ref: 1355
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Ref: 1393
€140,000
Duplex Mojacar Playa
Ref: 1397
€132,000
Build Size Lovely village house 158m² with lots of charm Dist beach & Character. Patio & 7,000m roof terrace. Morrocan feel inside. Beds 3 Has to be seen to Baths 3 Terraces 1 Be appreciated.
Build Size 84m² Dist beach 100m Beds 2 Baths 2 Terraces 1
Ground floor in a very Sought after complex close to the beach And all amenities. The apartment is Spacious and has a storage room & Underground parking
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Build Size Ground floor apartment with 44m² garden. Dist beach This apartment is 350m actually bigger than Beds 2 The 44m2 shown as it Baths 1 has an additional Terraces 1 Room at the back
Ref: 1427 Build Size 60m² Dist beach 1000m Beds 2 Baths 2 Terraces 1
€83,000 Very nice ground floor apartment with 2 Beds/2 bath the master being ensuite. Large 27m2 terrace/garden at the rear Of the property all paved. White goods. Still like new.
Ref: 1429
€119,000
Build Size Excellent frontline apartment facing 67m² Dist beach The sea. Very nicely furnished and well 50m Presented. In a very Beds 2 good location near Baths 2 To an excellent part Terraces 1 of the beach
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Foreigners Driving Spain’s Property Turnaround
Foreigners are helping the Spanish property market get back on its feet and last year recorded their largest percentage of the overall sales in the country on record, according to new data from Spain’s General Council of Notaries.
Guides Company. “Unsurprisingly, the Valencian Community, home to the Costa Blanca remains a hot spot, attracting a 17 per cent year-on-year increase in transactions, followed by the Canaries and Andalusia, home to the Costa del Sol.
“The total number of property purchases by non-Spaniards rose by 9.8 per cent in 2013, accounting for 21.4 per cent of the whole market” said Richard Way, Editor at The Overseas
“Reports of increasing interest in Spain from institutional investors, including in commercial property, signify that confidence in the market is back and with Spain expecting a bumper summer
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in terms of tourism, things are generally looking rosy. “The A Place in the Sun Live exhibition in London at the weekend will be a good barometer for how interested Brits are in Spanish property - and where visitors will be able to explore a realistic selection of what deals are available right now ” concluded Mr Way.
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bedar El Pinar 59,950€ This new and spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhouse is located in the popular village of El Pinar, just 5 minutes from the beautiful village of Bedar and under 15 minutes from the beaches of Mojacar. ****ONLY ONE LEFT AT A KNOCK DOWN PRICE****
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• On Tuesday Manchester United played Bayern Munich and Barcelona met Atletico Madrid in the Champions League; tonight Chelsea visit PSG and Real Madrid take on Borussia Dortmund. • On Friday, GB start their vital Davis Cup tennis match against Italy in Naples. • Twenty-four hours later, Cambridge oppose Oxford Varsity in the boat race; horses will battle for glory in the Grand National and vital PL games include Cardiff-Crystal Palace, Chelsea-Stoke, Manchester CitySouthampton and Norwich-WBA. • On Sunday, it’s Everton-Arsenal and West Ham-Liverpool in the PL; Rangers play Raith Rovers in the Ramsden SL Cup final; the third F1 Grand Prix of 2014 takes place in Bahrain and the County Cricket season starts! RECENT SOCCER ROUND-UP • In the PL, Crystal Palace stunned Chelsea 1-0 - allowing Liverpool to take over top spot after belting Spurs 4-0; Arsenal (4th) drew 1-1 with Manchester City (3rd). • The relegation battle ended WBA 3 Cardiff 3; Swansea eased past Norwich 3-0; Everton (5th) won 3-1 at Fulham; Southampton battered Newcastle 4-0; Manchester United put their troubles behind them by whipping Aston Villa 4-1; Stoke defeated Hull 1-0; and Sunderland met West Ham on Monday • Championship leaders Leicester won 2-0 at Burnley (2nd), leaving QPR, Derby, Wigan and Reading in the play-off places. • Wolves (1-0 victors at MK Dons) and Brentford are clear in FL1
while Rochdale, Scunthorpe and Chesterfield stand 1-2-3 in FL2. • North of the border, Celtic, who clinched their 45th SL title last Wednesday, are on course to win the PL by a record margin; likewise their rivals Rangers, who have won all 15 away games this season. They are 32 points ahead of Dunfermline in SL1. • Atletico Madrid (2-1 winners v Athletic Bilbao), Barcelona (1-0 v Espanyol) and Real Madrid (5-0 v Rayo Vallecano) are lying 1-2-3 in La Liga. • Unbeaten Bayern Munich have clinched their 24th Bundesliga title. • Five Manchester United stars Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt, the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil. and Paul Scholes, have applied to the FA to buy Salford City. All have links with the non-League club. • Of the five West Midlands football clubs, only WBA made a profit in 2013. ELSEWHERE • Lewis Hamilton ‘easily’ won the Malaysian GP last Sunday - his 23rd F1 victory. Team-mate Nico Rosberg was second with Sebastian Vettel third. This was the first Mercedes one-two for 59 years. • England (193-7) were knocked out of the 20/20 cricket World Cup by South Africa (196-5) but England’s women reached the semi-finals of their World Cup. • Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3 to win the Miami Masters Open. • And Preston-born Laura Massaro is the first Brit for 15 years and the first English woman ever, to win the World squash championship.
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Forgotten Arts
Do you find that some things just disappear without you realising it? I don’t necessarily mean the bar of chocolate that you knew was definitely in the fridge when you looked the day before. No, I was thinking of more weighty matters. When, for example, was the last time you had an actual letter? You know, through the post and with a stamp on it? I’m not talking about those nice electricity bills or income tax demands, but rather letters from friends and relatives. We just don’t seem to get them anymore, instead we get emails, or texts-sorry I should say txts-saying things like...”Soz, 4 gt prty lst nite. Thx”. Incomprehensible, unless you’re 18 and under! While I was thinking about not getting letters anymore, something else dawned on me. Bus Conductors, when did they disappear? People talk about multi tasking being a skill well, consider Bus Conductors. He or she could produce your ticket from a wondrous machine, calculate your change-sometimes it was even right- while balancing perfectly as the driver flew round bends like Lewis Hamilton after too many Smarties! And all this time they’d be whistling continually! Just to go off at a tangent for a second, this gives me an idea for a new game show-Celebrity Clippie! A host of incredibly well known celebrities-okay, ex soap stars, former newsreaders and the odd recovering addict- compete for the title Super Celebrity Clippie, while the bus hurtles around a skid pan. The winner would be the one with the fewest fractures. All of these musings are because of a recent visit to the cinema. It hasn’t half changed and I don’t just mean the seats, which aren’t made of a yucky red valour anymore. The whole experience is different...better, but different. Although on the negative side, all the Usherettes seem to have disappeared. I always looked forward to the interval-they seem to have gone too- when the Usherette came Graham is married round with that tray dangling from a belt around to Helen and has a her neck selling Kia Ora and Mivvis. Now you get daughter, Alice. He espresso from the foyer and some sort of strange lives part of the year corn related food, which is sold by someone near Albox, but works whose pasty appearance isn’t a great advert for in Qatar, teaching. If the health benefits of, whatever it is. you wish to contact Maybe these things disappear while we’re busy Graham regarding getting on with our lives and doing grown up stuff. this article email: But if that’s so, how come all those bills keep helenandg@yahoo. arriving? co.uk
Seriously Mum What’s an Alpaca? by Alan Parks. “A landscape full of mountainside and valleys, punctuated by pine trees, while in the distance the sea glistening in the sunlight. It seemed so idyllic and perfect. What could be better than a life in the sun with these beautiful animals as companions?” This memoir, the first of two must be about falling in love with a dream that eventually reaches fruition after a lot of hard work and agonising moments. Seriously Mum, What’s A Donkey? is the sequel to this Spanish adventure. Alan Parks was encouraged to write about this new venture-breeding alpacas in Spain, quite a big upheaval from life in the UK to a remote part of Andalucia, the frying pan of Spain because of the summer heat, without the mod-cons that we so depend upon! On the bright side it seemed like a vision of utopia but in reality nerves were often shot to pieces, paranoia set in along with plenty of setbacks and heartaches. The memoir is a frank account of two people who were tempted to abandon a safe but tedious life for a challenging adventure. Alan believed that breeding alpacas could be a profitable business. They were tempted by thoughts of a fantastic lifestyle as well as making pots of money! The animals were bewitching and naturally they fell in
love with them. “If you deal with livestock you have to deal with dead stock too.” Such a sobering thought when you want to breed animals. Alan and partner, Lorna had to contend with aborted cria and dispose of the dead babies. They came to realise that sometimes sick animals don’t make it and this is the gritty reality if you live the dream you have to deal with the nightmare too. The Olive Mill near Montoro was ideal for their needs, in a remote area but with plenty of character and potential. Mary-Belle, the pot-bellied pig came with the house, so to speak and before long there was a motley collection of domesticated as well as feral animals and birds. They acquired 2 Mastin Espanol whose ears had been chopped off and tails wired and a number of chickens. Beyonce and JLo were so named because of their constant bum wiggling. Basil (Fawlty) was the name bestowed on the first cria born that survived. Breeding alpacas in Spain was seen as a pioneering enterprise, innovative and they felt immensely proud. With the arrival of their first 3 alpacas they became instantaneous celebrities with the locals. They tolerated scams and cons with car buying and roof repairs caught out
through their own vulnerability and naivety. It happens. The alpacas were usually friendly but were overly protective of their young and would spit a green bile from the pits of their stomachs, referred to as the most putrid gunk imaginable. “ She really must have dredged up every last bit of it from the pit of all of her stomach. It was enough to make me retch.” Lorna refers to this incident when Alan was gunged Noel Edmond’s style by Bermuda who had a wicked reputation. DIY farming and plumbing as well as administering medication to sick animals, even sleeping in the barn with the animals seem to be prerequisites. And with solar energy, if the sun doesn’t shine for weeks at a time then what happens? Not a lot. No electricity. Water from a well sounds wonderful until the well blocks. What about the rain that turns a stream into a fast flowing river and the leaking roof? Sounds exciting. All part of the fun. There were plenty of regrets but they learnt a lot about themselves before starting to appreciate this crazy country
of Spain and feel stronger and better people. There is humour and warmth as well as sadness and regrets. Publisher: Ant Press. ISBN: 978-148201-1609 Also available on ereader. REVIEW it by Carol Naylor.
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Fun Brain Teasers with Answers to Challenge your Mind 1. What is the name of the official national anthem of the USA?
................................................................................................................ 2. Which female politician was the Prime Minister of Australia between 2010 and 2013? ................................................................................................................ 3. What is the capital city of Afghanistan? ................................................................................................................ 4. Which two colours are on the flag of Poland? ................................................................................................................ 5. Which is the only US state to begin with the letter ‘P’ ................................................................................................................ 6. On a Monopoly board, which street shares the same colour as Leicester Square and Piccadilly? ................................................................................................................ 7. The bank Santander shares its name with a town in which country? ................................................................................................................ 8. Paraguay has borders with Brazil, Bolivia and which other country? ................................................................................................................ 9. In which country is Mount Everest? ................................................................................................................ 10. What is the national currency of Egypt? ................................................................................................................ 11. Which actor was the first to play Doctor Who? ................................................................................................................ 12. The Eastenders theme tune was given lyrics and released as a single in 1986 by Anita Dobson – but what was the sing called? ................................................................................................................ 13. Which actor played the original ‘Granddad’ in Only Fools and Horses? ................................................................................................................ 14. In 2008, Kate Winslet finally won an Academy Award for Best Actress – but which film was it for? ................................................................................................................ 15. The first three films of which child actress were Tiger Bay (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and The Parent Trap (1961)? ................................................................................................................ 16. Which actress links ‘The Darling Buds of May’ and ‘Rosemary and Thyme’? ................................................................................................................ 17. What was the name of the sequel to the 1986 film Highlander? ................................................................................................................ 18. And which band recorded the soundtrack to the first Highlander film? ................................................................................................................ 19. In the 1994 Disney film the Lion King, which actor provided the voice of the evil lion ‘Scar’? ................................................................................................................ 20. In the film Mary Poppins, who played Mrs Banks, mother to Jane and Michael? ................................................................................................................
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Terry Tipton finished after Lisa Limperton and Betty Brent, but before Michael Miller. Paul Peterson finished before David Dartford and Lisa Limperton. Simone Stevens finished after Paul Peterson and before Jane Jacks and Helen Hall. Kenny Kirkpatrick finished after Paul Peterson, Michael Miller and Terry Tipton. Lisa Limperton finished after Betty Brent and David Dartford, but before Jane Jacks and Michael Miller. Michael Miller finished after Simone Stevens and Betty Brent. Betty Brent finished before Jane Jacks, Michael Miller and Paul Peterson. David Dartford finished before Kenny Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton, but after Simone Stevens. Jane Jacks finished before Kenny Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton and Michael Miller, but after Paul Peterson and David Dartford. Helen Hall finished before Michael Miller but after Lisa Limperton, Jane Jacks and Terry Tipton.
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Report by Martin Shortland Three weeks ago, I reported that this years melon crop was under attack by the new delhi virus, which last year decimated almost 60% of the regions courgette harvest. The virus is spread by white fly and growers, although warned of the possible threat by seed suppliers, went ahead and began planting at the beginning of the year. Around 20% of the early season crop has been affected and some producers, especially around Vicar where the virus is most prevalent, have taken on extra workers to help inspect and destroy infected plants. As if that isn’t enough, another potentially more damaging threat has now come to light - a shortage of bees. Bees are the most essential components for melon and water melon crops – they pollinate the plants – and this year there is a dramatic scarcity of them. Basically it’s a case of no bees, no melons. And the reason being given by bee keepers is the drought. Although a naturally dry region, this part of Spain has experienced even less rainfall in the last two years than is normal and it is the lack of rain and hence the lack of food provided by plants, which has decimated the bee population. Farmers are frantically looking to rent beehives from other parts
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Heavy Rain Causes Severe Residents Demand More Flooding In Roquetas Regular German Flights By Martin Shortland A violent rain storm which hit the coast on Saturday morning caused chaos across the region, reports Martin Shortland. Roquetas was especially badly affected, with garage basements, shops and bars under two feet of water. Many streets in the town were impassable as drains failed to cope with the downpour. In some parts of the town, hailstones formed a thick carpet on pavements and balconies; a restaurant in the port area was flooded when the roof covering the terrace collapsed under the weight of water. The power supply to some central areas of the town was cut off and intermittent power losses were reported in many other areas. In the Urbanisation, several flood black spots around the Playa hotels and the Playa Serena Avenue were closed for a number of hours as emergency services tried to deal with huge amounts of standing water. Manhole covers were left strewn across many streets and in one case, a vehicle crashed into one, blocking the road for a short time. Public bus routes to and from Almeria was delayed for some time and two buses – one near the Gran Plaza - were stranded when their engines were swamped by the water. Raw sewage escaped onto the streets and some two days later, the unpleasant evidence of this is still clearly visible, especially around the port area. In one case a childrens play area was flooded with sewage; council workers cleared away the mess early on Sunday morning. Local opposition parties have called for the council to hold an investigation into the state of the town’s sewers, which they say should be cleaned on a more regular basis, to prevent a repetition of the events which took place on Saturday.
By Martin Shortland A petition has been started by two women from Roquetas, demanding to know why there are so few flights between Almeria and Germany. Maria Shultz and Valeria Jurado have collected nearly 1.000 signatures in the last two weeks and are hoping to double that figure before they present it to the city hall. And it’s not just German names they’re looking for; they feel the loss of flights has a direct effect on the local economy, so are taking signatures from anyone who feels strongly about their cause. As little as ten years ago, there were up to six flights a day, three days a week: today that number has been more than halved during the summer season and is even less during the winter. But it’s not just the lack of flights which concerns Mrs. Shultz. She is critical of the treatment the Urbanisation has received from the city council, in what she calls “the abandonment” of the tourist area, saying, “There’s a complete lack of facilities and attractions here and the council don’t seem to be interested in developing anything to improve the situation.” She uses as a classic example of the ineptitude by the council in their agreement to site The Aquarium in Las Salinas. She said, “It’s ridiculous that a so called attraction like that has been located so far away from the major tourist area of the urbanisation, unless you have a car, you can’t get there.” Sadly, it’s a familiar story and one which readers of this newspaper will recognise all too well. Not many weeks go by when one action group or another tries to raise awareness of the lack of flight availability into our local airport. Another article elsewhere in the paper this week covers the issue from a different angle.
Fishermen Consider Protest Action
By Martin Shortland Local fishermen from Roquetas and Almeria have expressed their concerns over the number of inspections carried out on them while at sea. They have criticised not only the frequency, but also the lack of consideration towards them by the various services involved. As I’ve reported in recent weeks on these pages, the number of illegal immigrants caught while attempting to get into Spain has increased significantly: likewise the amount of drugs captured. All of this activity takes place in the waters off the coast of Almeria and in the Sea of Alboran. The Civil Guard and Customs and Excise all have boats on constant watch in the area, to try to combat this human and drug traffic. Fisheries Inspection vessels are also on patrol in their efforts to cut down on illegal fishing. The fishermen are complaining that their livelihoods are at risk. They say the inspections are often carried out while they are fishing and often take many hours to complete, thus affecting the amount of fish they can catch. A spokesman for the fishermen said it’s the regularity and chosen moments which concerns them most, adding, “We feel we are being treated like criminals and that something should be done about it.” When I interviewed fishermen in Roquetas at the weekend, they spoke of a possible 48 hour blockade across the harbour entrance in Almeria; a protest which would prevent all vessels entering or leaving the port. It’s a tactic often used to great effect by French fishermen and would undoubtedly draw media attention to their grievances if it were carried out here. I suspect the majority of law abiding fishermen are perhaps paying the price for those who, from time to time, operate outside the law.
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As a school we believe that it is important to help those in need. We therefore are doing our best to raise money for charity. We regularly hold events throughout the year to help UNICEF with their charitable work around the
world. Some of the events have included a film night, non-school uniform day and school fete. Since January each class in the primary school has taken their turn in baking. Children and parents have been working hard at home to bake cakes, cookies, muffin and biscuits which have been sold every Friday at breaktime. So far after 6 weeks of bake sales, we have raised over 200€. With 2 more classes to go we are sure to reach the 250€ mark! If you would like more information about our school, please do not
Dental Clinic On-site Dental Laboratory Dr med. dent Hubert Hillenbrand 20 years experience
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TAPAS - SANDWICHES - SNACKS Always a Friendly Welcome Open Mon/Sat 10am Till Late Closed Sundays Tel: 642265776
Find us next door to Old Theos
hesitate to contact us on 950 338860, send us an email to sec.roquetas@ stgeorge.es or come along to our Open Day on
Saturday 5th April from 10am - 2pm and we will be happy to show you around.
Wish your Friends Loved Ones Happy birthday, anniversary or just send them a special message. Send details to: production@soltimes.com or call Mark on
693 774 932
nOTICE bOARD Roquetas Bridge Club meets on Monday’s at 3pm. For more info please contact Alison Ferguson 950349749 or Sue Barlow 950 333 344
FTG Notice
The ‘Friday Tapas Group’ meet up at 1.00pm each week (Friday) and the venues over the next few weeks are as follows:
4th April - Burty’s Bar, near Hotel Playa Luna. 11th April - Bar Estampa, in the URB. 18th April - Picos Alpujarra, opposite Hotel Golf Trinidad. 25th April - New York NY, Playa Serena. 2nd May - Bar Chaplin’s, C/Sierra Nevada. 9th May - Bar Estampa, in the URB. 16th May - The Boulevard, Paseo Beach Front
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!
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NOTICE FORTHCOMING ‘POPPY APPEAL’ FUND RAISING EVENTS
ROQUETAS DE MAR BRANCH 3569
Tuesday 1st April - 3pm Social meeting, plus Easter Bonnet & Decorated Egg competition. Tuesday 6th May - 3pm Social meeting, Black & White Day, so all members and guest are invited to wear black & white for the afternoon. Tuesday 3rd June - 3pm Social meeting and Quiz. Thursday 12th June RBL Lunch at Bar Cardies for members and guests, Steak or Menu del Dia, and time to be confirmed Tuesday 1st July - 3pm - Social meeting. Thursday 17th July Summer Recess’ meal at Maracay Restaurant Further details to follow. All monies raised at these events will go to the 2014 Poppy Appeal. New members are welcome to join the branch, so come along to any the social meetings, contact Jenny/Mike on 950328469 for further info. Meetings are held at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio, Roquetas De Mar, on the first Tuesday of each month (3pm).
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locksmith Phil the Pick Locksmith 24 hours. Locked Out? Locks fitted/ upgraded house safes. Arboleas & surrounding area. Special weekend rates. Tel: 697 243 181
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avon cosmetics Tel Claire 691 987 454 avonfromclaire @yahoo.es Optica Albox All your optical needs, eye tests, hearing tests, pamper yourself at R Retreat contact lenses Tel: 950 121 991 El Cucador, beauty treatments, hair salon, holistic massage, PAINTER / DECORATOR waxing, pedicure etc. Therapists all established & UK qualified. Email retreatcucador.gmail.com or call 647 379 878 or look at our main advert on the ladies page inside & call the friendly - professional -reliable therapists direct
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Small friendly kennels, 24hr vets service, pet transporting arranged, welcome to view ministry approved Tracy Mobile 650 211 952
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orange or yellow We possess the standard Spanish wheelbarrow – yellow with green handles and red handgrips, its jolly primary school colours guaranteed to make those mundane garden jobs go with a jaunty step and a merry whistle. Unfortunately this frolicsome picture is spoiled by the wheelbarrow’s Achilles heel – its tyre. The tyre is black, a good counterpoint to the otherwise frenetic colour scheme, but its fatal flaw is that it is pneumatic, thus puncturable. And puncture it did, with increasing regularity. A tyre, once punctured, is never quite the same again, and its predilection for the flat bottom look eventually goaded me into purchasing an unpuncturable tyre in
bright citrus yellow, such as most of our neighbours now own. I went to the Armeria and discovered that there was an option – orange. There on the shelf sat the ubiquitous yellow tyre and next to it sat an equally gaudy, equally solid orange one. I had a choice of 2, which was 1 too many. I umm’d and ahh’d, and settled for the orange one – it was slightly cheaper and it had a metal hub, which I reckoned would deteriorate at a slower rate than the plastic hub of the yellow wheel, plus the added bonus that it would identify my barrow from the herd of yellow wheeled barrows that abound on our estate. Having checked that it was impinchable, a new word taught to me by the young man at the counter, I bore my unique purchase home, proud to be the possessor of the only wheelbarrow in Limaria with an orange wheel. I upended the wheelbarrow on the garden table, so that we josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk could get at it, and with
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much sweat, searching for the right size spanner and chasing after dropped nuts Pete and I managed to disconnect the old wheel and connect the new d e f y- a ll - s ha r p - objec t s means of wheelbarrow propulsion to the frame. It was at this point that I discovered why everybody else had gone for the yellow option – the orange wheel is fractionally larger, just large enough to bear on the frame and make the barrow unpushable. I took the wheel back and changed it, coughed up the 4€ extra, fitted the yellow wheel, and can now gaily traverse rock and stone, shale and flint with never a moment’s concern for the rotundity of my wheelbarrow wheel! But had I been satisfied with common knowledge and less penny wise pound foolish, I could have saved myself an extra trip over the mountain – it never crossed my innocent mind that the tyre might not fit!
alqueria The Submersible John MacDonald (El Sordo) - www.caratacus.eu
Alqueria’s frontier was again under threat. The Spanish authorities were once more making nuisances of themselves at the border crossings. They had been instructed to make life as difficult as possible for the people of Alqueria. It was all to do with the latest Alquerian rise in the wholesale price of Remitroot or perhaps they had just got into the habit after their Gibraltar experiences. However Alqueria still needed to get its precious Remitroot products to the outside world and into the market place. The solution was obvious, well obvious to the befuddled folk of Alqueria. They would build a submarine to transport Remitroot down the Río Verde and to the open sea. Construction didn’t present too much of a problem, two of iron septic tanks welded together formed the hull. An old washing-machine motor driven via the inverted power of a couple of tractor batteries turned a makeshift propeller. The periscope consisted of a webcam fitted into the rear of a rather convincing imitation Tufted Duck. This meant the duck travelled backwards and its rear end emitted the glow from a red flashing LED but it didn’t seem to raise any awkward questions. The Río Verde was home to some strange creatures. Breathing, which isn’t an optional extra was the next problem. The removal of Alfonso Álvarez from the crew, he virtually lived on chicken vindaloo made the task somewhat easier. A snorkel arrangement was finally contrived, it resembled the smoke stack of Stephenson’s Rocket but fulfilled its function fairly well. The main problem was that of ballast.
The Río Verde is a complex, polluted, slime rich watercourse containing many organisms not known to man. Many of its organisms are so foul that man has no wish to become acquainted with them at all. Its viscosity is greater than that of the thickest motor oil and the stench could turn the stomach of a Port Said sanitary inspector. To keep the craft submerged large concrete blocks had to be suspended from the hull. The blocks were purloined from the town hall in a neighbouring village which spectacularly collapsed two days later. The theory was to release the blocks as the craft entered the Mediterranean. The water would be less buoyant and the craft would float gently to the surface. This was the theory, what happened in practice was another matter however. When the concrete blocks were released the submarine shot up through the water like a ballistic missile and then some three metres into the air. A passing giant squid of the male gender took it to be a frisky female and acted accordingly. We will never know the full trauma of this encounter only that the crew never ate calamari again. Manuela alone was unscathed and seemed to enjoy the experience she immediately volunteered for the next trip.
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Suspect Soapy Stories I have a friend – no really I do – who has a pet hate regarding a certain recurring detail in television soaps. It’s an aversion that borders on hysteria at times and as a talented actress herself, she gets the screaming meemies every time she has to witness yet another scene featuring what she sees as an unprofessional gaffe. So what could it possibly be that has her climbing the walls in abject disgust? I’ll tell you. It’s when actors are supposedly indulging in a nice cup of Rosie Lee or coffee, and it becomes blatantly obvious that there is absolutely nothing in the damn cup, leaving the actors to swallow the non-existent beverage with a phony wobble of the Adams apple and an equally counterfeit smacking of the lips. And I agree with her. No expense seems to be spared in the production of these programmes – elaborate sets and whole streets built, with actors being paid staggering salaries – and yet they can’t be bothered to actually fill a mug with genuine Sainsbury’s Red Label. I also have issues with some of the story lines which can range from highly unlikely scenarios to the ‘You have got to be having a laugh!’ efforts. In my expert opinion, Emmerdale is the biggest offender here, although I have to hold my hands up and say that this soap along with Corrie, are the only two such programmes I watch. The former
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because it happens to be on when I am preparing yet another gastronomic delight for my lovely lady, and the latter because frankly I like it. So there. My only excuse is that I am of a certain age and drive a Peugeot. Emmerdale has a strange team of writers, because the story lines range from the absolutely brilliant – although these are in the small minority - to manifestly, incontrovertibly and totally bonkers. They are certainly not keen observers of people behaviour or human nature, because I am constantly yelling at the screen things like: “Don’t be stupid – nobody would do/say that! Or: ‘Go on, hit the beggar, he’s asked for it!’ And when a half respectable plot does show its face, it is milked to within an inch of its life until everyone is bored totally senseless with the whole thing. Story lines that begin at Easter can still be running the following spring – like one of those London Marathon runners who wears a suit of real armour or goes dressed as an aircraft carrier, and who is still trudging painfully along when everyone else has gone home or sloped off to the pub. But just as my friend has her personal bugbear with the phantom tea, I have one with folded arms. That’s right . . . just check out how many times and in how many scenes, female characters automatically fold their arms when having a conversation with someone. It’s as if they not sure what to do with their hands and so they play safe and adopt this boring posture. Yes it’s a fairly common girlie pose, but not the twenty odd times we see in each episode. ‘Where’s the director?’ I shout in exasperation. ‘Why aren’t you telling her to move her upper
body and show a bit of life you imbecile!’ This would not be tolerated in theatre I can tell you. Then you have the actors who are supposed to be skilled tradesmen or professionals but who have obviously never been given even the scantiest of instruction on how to come across as genuine and who handle a spanner like it is a Curly Wurly or the controller at the taxi company who has the telephone manner of a cabbage. I tell you, any mini cab company that receives the number of calls that Street Cars gets – about one booking every two episodes – would have been up the swanee years ago. It’s a joke. And don’t get me started about those machinists at Underworld! Why aren’t the actors concerned given a day out from rehearsals to show them a real working garage or a busy taxi cab office or made to work in a bustling restaurant for a couple of evenings. And this is where my own dear lady’s pet hate comes in. As a professional hairdresser all of her life, she is either laughing insanely or banging the coffee table in frustration at the antics with brushes and hair dryers by the so called stylists at Audrey’s Salon in the Street. On such a high profile soap, why the hell haven’t these actors been given a couple of days coaching on the basics of hairdressing and at least shown how to shampoo properly or which way up to hold a comb. But hey, guess what we’ll be doing again this week.
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Cabaret in Aguilas raises over €5000 for MACS Cancer Support Group
The cabaret on March 21st at the Aguilas Resort hotel in aid of MACS Cancer support group was a huge success with more than €5000 being raised on the evening. The show was fantastic with Suzy G a stunning entertainment act with 5 costume changes. Dee (recently starred at the Benidorm Palace) was sensational and people danced into the early hours with the brilliant CAS Band with a guest appearance from the ever popular Martin Ross.
Anne Blandford, Deborah Burrows and Delcye Boyce Stubbing having their head shaved live on stage in a bid to show solidarity to those diagnosed with cancer, because some of the treatments and side effects can be very distressing and one of the most upsetting things can be hair loss. Between the 3 ladies more than €2000 in sponsorship was raised which contributed to the amazing amount of money presented to MACS.
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Thursday 27th March found four teams of eager golfers at Aguilon to play this Best Two from Four Stableford competition. With this format everyone in the team can contribute depending on how they play on the day. Some pretty average scores were recorded individually but the winning team scored an acceptable 79 points with two other teams recording 74. The winning team, ably nursed by Nick Pogson, consisting of Harry Ells, Ron (The Rocket) Curtis and Ron·s son in law Graham Newton had a
successful day by not only taking 1st place in the team event but also in the lesser awards. Graham scored a Two on the 17th and Nick secured 2nd place in the individual stableford event and a Nearest the Pin on the 4th.
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Marina Phoenix Golf Society The main event this week, at Marina Phoenix, was the annual Pairs Trophy. Betterball stableford scoring saw business woman Glennys Oliver, who splits her time between the UK and Spain, do the business along with her partner Jim Budd to win with 46 points. Second place went to John Lally and Frank Varey on 44 points followed by Jack McGowan and Dave Easton taking third (43). Nearest the pin prizes went to Isobel Jones (14th) and Steve Dimmock (17th). Monday’s individual stableford witnessed John Lally returning from
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On the 15th March Urcal Golf Society contested the Challenge Cup at Augilon. A couple of old friends from the UK were here to boost the numbers, last years Captain Tony Hinds was one and Mick Smith a long time member was also in the field, it was lovely to see them both again, looking well but very pale after all the rain the UK has had to put up with recently. Considering the ideal weather for golf the Stableford scores were poor except for our winner Stan Whitty who came in with a magnificent score of 40 points. All aspects of his card were scrutanized in a vain bid to disqualify him but none could be found, his first win of the year was a long way in front of second placed Billy Handy on count back from the current Captain Steve Dodd both with a score of 31points. Nearest the pin on the par three tenth
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A busy seven days for Almeria came to an end today with what could be a decisive result in the fight for survival
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England ended their winter of discontent on a new low as they were beaten by minnows Netherlands at the World Twenty20 in Chittagong. With neither side able to reach the semi-finals, the Dutch raced to 84-1 in 11 overs before Ravi Bopara’s stint of 1-15 limited them to 133-5. In reply, England were all out for just 88 as Bopara top-scored with 18. England’s 45-run loss echoed the four-wicket reverse they suffered at the hands of the Dutch at Lord’s in 2009. If 12 defeats in 13 matches against Australia on the Ashes tour was difficult to explain, a comprehensive thrashing by a part-time team who do not play Test cricket was even more difficult to fathom. It was certainly difficult viewing for interim coach Ashley Giles in his quest to be given the job on a permanent basis. “Today was pretty embarrassing, it was a poor, poor performance,” Giles said. “I still believe I can do the job for England, it’s for other people to decide whether I can or not.” In their first afternoon match of the tournament - and so with dew less of a factor - England opted to field first and were still guilty of three dropped chances of varying degrees of difficulty. The Netherlands, who lost by only six runs to South Africa, made an impressive start with six fours in the
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Two home games earlier in the week gave UD Almeria some hope in the fight to stay in the top flight, the epic 4-3 victory against Real Sociedad then a fantastic comeback from two goals down against a rejuvenated Valencia side gave a huge boost going into the game in Valladolid. Valladolid HomeA closely contested game ended with the home side taking the three points and bringing them level on points with Almeria sitting just above the relegation zone, the game was decided by a single goal in the 6th minute through Valladolid striker Manucho. In a strange turn of events his effort followed a disallowed goal at the other end of the pitch for Almeria as Oscar Diaz was judged offside, the ball then went up to the Almeria side of the pitch and was duly struck home, I can only suggest that the disallowed effort was still playing on the minds of the visitors. From then on the game seemed to be too far away for the travelling side from Andalucia, some good possession away from home but only 3 shots on target and these were from 25 to 30 yards out! Some of the decisions made by the Almeria lads today leave a bit to be desired but after playing 270 minutes of football in the space of 6 days speaks for itself as the cutting edge that we saw against Sociedad and Valencia was far in the past. The game went on with both sides getting into some good positions with accurate passing from defence through the midfield then onto attacking areas but the final ball or decision was not upto scratch, both sides trying long range efforts (which look great
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when they go in, but rarely do) and the crossing accuracy was what you would expect at a much lower level of football. Almeria 3rd KitAlmeria head Coach Fran Rodriguez did try and shake things up in the second half by bringing on Jonathan for Fernando Soriano, who’s lack of pace and tiredness showed today and on loan striker Rodri for Oscar Diaz but to no avail. The game was over as a contest when Marco Torsiglieri received his 2nd Yellow card of the game and sat the remaining 15 minutes out in the dressing room, the sending off is another sign that the three games in the short space of time had caught up with the players. Two badly timed challenges through either mental or physical tiredness will be a worry for Almeria as they come to the business end of the season and they need a full squad to pick from if they are to stop the drop. Team line up: Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol: Jaime, Rukavina, Jesús Rueda, Marc Valiente, Peña, Álvaro Rubio, Víctor Pérez, Larsson, Óscar, Manucho, Javi Guerra Team line up: Unión Deportiva Almería: Esteban, Rafita, Trujillo, Torsiglieri, Mané, Corona, Marcos Tébar, Suso, Soriano, Aleix Vidal, Óscar Díaz Goals Valladolid C.F.: 1-0, Manucho (5′) Ref: Fernando Vitienes Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla: 15,585 Source: www.expatgoals.com
Sanctions Against Russia Could Harm Local Export Trade
Report by Martin Shortland Figures released last week show a huge increase in the amount of locally grown produce exported to Russia. The data provided by the Association of Growers and Exporters shows an almost fourfold increase in trade in the last four years. In 2009, just under 5,000 tons of fruit and vegetables worth 4.6 million euros were exported; this year the figure is expected to reach 14,500 tons with a value of 14.7 million euros. But this news comes at a time when economic and trade sanctions are being considered by America and the UK, in response to the military action Russia has taken in the Ukraine, in order to allow Crimea to join the Russian Federation. It’s still unclear if Europe as whole, or individual nations will fall into line with the Americans; if and when they decide to impose sanctions. Juan Colomina, speaking for the
Growers Association said they were keeping an eye on developments, but at the moment, they ‘were not unduly concerned about the situation.’ The export market from the Almeria area is actually much larger than the report shows, but in an indirect way. The figures don’t include produce which is sold to Dutch wholesalers, who then redispatch the goods to Russia. Although the news regarding the large increase in exports is encouraging, there is a downside to the story and that concerns transportation. The 4,000 kilometre journey by lorry takes almost a week, which for perishables like fruit and vegetables, makes it a risky business. Mr. Colomino says the Association is looking at other quicker forms of transport, which will be vital if they are to expand the market further into Russia and other Eastern European countries.