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A BRITISH doorman has been detained over the death of a British tourist. The Magaluf club bouncer allegedly assaulted Aaron Henderson,30, outside popular Punta Ballena bar, Mulligan’s. He became the second tourist to die in the party resort in just one week after Three Lions worker Natalie Cormack, 19, fell to her death from her balcony. A third man, believed to be British, is also said to remain in a ‘serious condition’ in hospital after a drunken 4am fall from a BH Hotel balcony. Henderson, 30, from Northern Ireland,

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A LEADING Mallorca businessman has told the Olive Press how he paid €30,000 fine this month after inspec-a tors turned up unannounced at one of his rural rental properties. The expat, who has asked not to be named, paid a 50% reduced penalty within the ‘two-week discount period’ after originally being fined €60,000. He revealed he was visited by an spector after expecting to rent inhis

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AN estimated 50,000 antiBrexit supporters have protested on the streets of London. The People’s March for Europe went from Park Lane to Parliament Square where the mixed crowd heard speeches from Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative politicians. Sir Bob Geldof sent a message of support, with ex-Liberal Democrat cabinet minister Sir Ed Davey telling the crowd he felt ‘embarrassment’ at the current Brexit negotiations. “I've gone from anger to distress, from fury to despair. But since the Brexit negotiations begun there's a third emotion I've been feeling...Embarrassment at our country's leaders. Embarrassment for Great Brit-

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to the new law, he needs three one per unit. “He turned up and the first thing asked for was my licence number,” he he told the Olive Press. “I told him I had only one for three rentals and I was fined €30,000 per unit. “He had booked

through Airbnb so there was nothing could do - I lost a whole week’s money.”I He added: “It's really unfair as the came in so fast and it's clear they arelaw after the expats who have money. “Where I live there are loads of local Spanish who didn't get touched. “Another expat I know got caught last week via Airbnb whereas his six neighbours, who also rent via Airbnb, but didn't get caught.”

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ain,” he said. There were heated scenes outside the Lord Moon of the Mall pub when Leave and Remain supporters traded insults before Remainer Middleton Mann defused the situation by hugging one of the Leave supporters. “Remaining is all about kindness, unity and togetherness and the spirit of solving problems together,” Londoner Mann, 51, a creative agency manager told the Olive Press. “It didn’t solve anything by booing at him so I gestured at him to come over and have a hug. We are not going to get anywhere fighting.” Further up the Mall, Boris Johnson lookalike Drew Galdron entertained crowds with a live music performance, holding a Theresa May puppet. “Since anti-Brexit events like the Number 10 vigil started I have been at quite a few of them performing songs lampooning Boris,” he said.

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to return to her family last Thursday. Self-professed ‘rich mum’ Cameron, originally from London, and Joyce were detained during the raid on a luxury property in Bendinat. Meanwhile large quantities of documents were seized at a popular sports bar in Portals Nous, run by Laura's husband Stuart Joyce. Another friend said: “I'm pretty shocked by it. Laura was always nice to me and always looked after her staff. “It's a small island and even smaller as an expat. Things like this can really make or break a small community.” A Guardia Civil spokesperson confirmed that an investigation into the allegedly fraudulent claims began at the end of May after Alcudia hotel bosses filed denuncias with the police. Last month, leaked police documents revealed that Mac Hotels had allegedly been hit with €4m of sickness claims, some 800 altogether. Claims are made against UK tour operators, who then deduct payments and legal fees from Spanish hotels.

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A WELL known island expat has denied recruiting British holidaymakers to file fake sickness claims on behalf of UK law firms. Brit Laura Cameron insisted a gang of touts who worked for her did not target tourists to persuade them to file false holiday claims. Instead, her Mallorca-based ‘tiquiteros’ merely collected data for a range of different purposes, she told1 a16/06/2017 Palma Untitled-1.pdf court.

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group and Mac Hotels. She is being sued by the groups, alongside the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation. Cameron, 28, told Judge Maria Perez Ruiz however, that her company Elite Project Marketing was merely ‘an information collection company’ for British marketing firms. “We collect telephone numbers and names of British tourists and we sell the data to marketing companies, which buy telephone numbers and names in case anything happens during their

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holiday in Mallorca, this includes food poisoning,” she insisted. "We collect information by talking to tourists on the street, but we do not ask them if they have had a food problem, the data we collect is for many different purposes.” The Calvia-based entrepreneur - whose mother Deborah is a millionaire businesswoman who has lived in Mallorca for three decades - admitted she sold the information to three UK law firms and marketing agen-

cies including UK Holiday Claims and Ruby Diamond. Another firm, HH Law Limited paid around €5,500 for around 1,000 names and numbers - equaling €5.5 per contact. This one company alone paid her €34,717 between October and December 2016, police reports showed. Her touts were made around €110 for each tourist that ended up filing a sickness claim, although one, Simon Robert F, insisted he never encouraged them to submit false complaints. Prosecutors pointed out that lawyers in the UK were offering victims as much as €18,000 in compensation and a 98% success rate. Investigators for the hotels Continues on Page 4

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News IN BRIEF

Tragedy abroad A MALLORCAN teenager has died in Chichester, England after being hit by a van. The 18-year-old Spanish man, who’s father is English, had moved to the area, but did not survive the severe head injuries.

Come forward EXPERTS believe up to 80% of rape crimes go unreported in Spain, with only 2.65 sexual attacks per 100,000 inhabitants being logged with police according to Eurostat.

Pay up MANCHESTER United manager José Mourinho has admitted to two charges of tax fraud and agreed to pay €800,000.

Get tough THE Spanish government has announced it will consider imposing harsher penalties on perpetrators of sex crimes following the Pamplona ‘Wolf Pack’ case.

Cursach witness claims case has ‘destroyed his life’ EXCLUSIVE By Joe Wallen

A PROTECTED witness in the Tolo Cursach case has revealed that cooperating with the authorities has ‘destroyed his life’. As well as being beaten up, having his tyres slashed and being spat at in the street, he was hand-delivered a ‘personal obituary’ warning him off the case. It comes after so-called ‘Witness 29’ gave evidence on 25 separate occasions, in part detailing how the nightclub

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horror movie mogul forced Eastern European women into prostitution. Despite this, ‘King of the Night’ Cursach was controversially freed on bail last month after judges ruled he was neither a flight risk nor had any witness been intimidated for six months. “I’ve been beaten up, had a

tooth and a couple of ribs broken, I’ve been left an obituary in my name, I’ve been followed, I’ve been told that if I don’t leave Mallorca I’ll be dead, I’ve been spat on at a cash dispenser and my car tires have been slashed...All because I cooperated with police and judicial system,” the former Tito worker said.

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A DRUG trafficker has been arrested at Palma airport with 62 balloons of cocaine and heroin inside his body. Police were doing a routine check on a flight from the Netherlands when the man began to act suspicious, causing a further inquiry leading to the discovery of the drugs.

TWO expat bar owners have been sentenced to 18 months after replacing the credit card terminals of a neighbouring bar with their own, collecting €33,000 from their rival’s customers. The two thieves, an Italian man and a Bulgarian woman, admitted their crimes of fraud before a judge. They have been ordered to pay €4,000 each in compensation. They won’t see the inside of the jail cell as their sentences have been suspended as long as they make their monthly payments to the victim.

A TWISTED daycare centre owner made toddlers eat their own vomit and locked them in the bathroom in the dark. Carmen Luciane, 47, has been sentenced to six months after it emerged she had been mistreating children at the Palma centre. The abuse centred around six infants, between the ages of 10 and 30 months.

The attacks led to a Romanian working for Cursach, Florian Bogdan, to be handed a three year jail sentence in February. “Despite this, I want to continue, but if I had known what I was in for, I might have thought twice about collaborating,” he revealed. “Witness protection is a sham. They tell you ‘don’t worry, we’re with you now’, and they give you a number and so on. “But these mafias who aren’t scared of the police or anything and I’m totally alone here.” He is not the only witness in the case to have complained about abuse and threats. One individual has reported being followed, another accused a Cursach associate of trying to run her off the road and another lady found her tires slash. The former ‘King of the Night’ faces 16 separate charges including homicide, drug trafficking, bribery and money laundering. If found guilty he could face up to 80 years in prison. The trial continues.

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had been out partying with friends on the strip when witnesses claim he was set upon by three men. “Aaron had been standing outside a bar in Magaluf when someone ran over, punched him and ran off,” his father revealed. “Aaron had a massive bleed on the brain and there was nothing that could be done for him.” The father of four received a severe punch to the head and was found collapsed on the Magaluf strip, passing away shortly after at Son Espases Hospital. Cormack’s death is not believed to be suspicious. Allegedly, she returned home drunk after a shift at work but discovered she had forgotten her keys and locked out of her seventh floor Eden Rock apartment. She attempted to climb onto her balcony from a friends flat but slipped and fell. The tragic incidents come despite Spanish authorities pledging to crackdown on excessive drunken behaviour in Magaluf. The mayor of Calvia published a list of 64 things tourists could be fined for while in the resort, such as public nakedness or fighting. However, if the regrettable start of the season is anything to go by they seem to have had little effect in curbing the outlandish behaviour the resort is infamous for? Send comments to newsdesk@theolivepress. es

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Benidorm has NOT been axed! THE hit series Benidorm might not be over after all. Despite a slurry of headlines, followed up by local rags in Spain, the show’s creator has insisted the popular ITV show has NOT been axed. Fans across Spain and the UK were devastated after news broke that the comedy series’ 10th season would be its last. But creator Darren Litten, 47, has now said that may not be the case.

He said he had merely sparked concern the long-running programme had been cancelled this week, after posting ‘Crazy to think Wednesday will be the last episode of Benidorm!’ Yet after the finale aired on Wednesday, Derren admitted he was only referring to the last episode of the season, not the entire show. But when asked if it will definitely return, he said: “The honest truth is I don’t know.”

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Wright back where he belongs TV STAR Mark Wright will be back in Magaluf on June 20 after working in the US as a presenter. Wright, who is an original cast member of TOWIE, spent every Saturday DJing at the BH Mallorca hotel in Magaluf last summer, and will return to host one of their famous pool parties. His wife Michelle Keegan, 30, will be joining him for some poolside fun in the sun.

Osbourne on board ESSEX hunk Dan Osbourne took a lads break in Mallorca to allegedly get over a split from his EastEnders star wife Jacqueline Jossa. The former TOWIE star was spotted enjoying the legendary Pirates adventure show in Magaluf, following a week in Marbella at a ‘holistic’ bootcamp.

Lucy loves Ibiza THEY’LL be making sweet love for two whole months this summer. And contestants of ITV’s smashhit Love Island will not only be based in Mallorca again… but also in the same villa, it can be revealed. This year’s batch of Britain’s most eligible singletons will live in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar for a record-breaking eight weeks,

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It has also been confirmed that LGBT+ contestants will compete during this series and that more hopefuls will enter the villa overall, due to its longer running length. The show offers a group of single contestants the opportunity to compete to win £50,000 as the public’s favourite couple. Throughout the show the ‘islanders’ must choose who to couple up with before facing the public vote to remain on the show. Hugely popular voice over man Ian Stirling is confirmed to return, while the newlyGOLDEN engaged Caroline COUPLE: Flack will continue in the presenter Bardem role. and Cruz

two more than last summer. Meanwhile, under new rules for the hit show, watched by 2.9m last year, there will be a ban on contestants having drunken sex. Nudity will also be forbidden, with producers asking participants to remain clothed at all times, even when in the shower.

French affair deepens SPANISH cinema’s golden couple have opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz officially began their French connection eight years after Bardem first declared his love for Cruz at the festival. The Oscar-winning actors both star in Iranian Asghar Farhadi's Spanish psychological thriller Everybody Knows, which kicked off the festival. Bardem proclaimed his love for Cruz in 2010 as he accepted the best actor award for Spanish film, Biutiful. "I share this joy with my friend, my companion, my love, Penelope. I owe you a lot and I love you so much," he said, leading to his now wife’s eyes welling up as she blew him kisses.

REALITY TV star Lucy Mecklenburgh is back in Ibiza enjoying the sun and shopping of the island. The TOWIE babe showed her strong side last year when she starred in The Island with Bear Grylls. Lucy met boyfriend Ryan Thomas from Coronation Street on the show, and dashed away to Ibiza last year after the show finished.

Vicky’s back SHE is one of the UK’s biggest reality TV stars. Now Geordie Shore’s Vicky Pattison is set to make her return to a series of Magaluf pool parties. The BH Mallorca hotel has announced three dates for the Geordie Shore original who won season 15 of I’m a Celeb… Get Me Out of Here!. Catch the brunette beauty poolside June 13, July 11, and August 29.

Fun in the sun SHE rose to fame with her enviable physique and hilarious put-downs on ITV2’s Survival of the Fittest. Reality star Georgie Clarke, 25, has been pictured on the beach during a recent holiday in Mallorca showing off the same assets that made her famous.

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Doctoring? HUNDREDS of holiday sickness claims have been put under the spotlight after a British doctor was revealed to have made €136,000 writing reports citing food poisoning. A clear conflict of interest has been declared in at least 70 of Dr Zuber Bux’s cases after it was revealed his wife works at a UK law firm which instructed him in some of the claims. The issue came to light during the trial of two British holidaymakers, from Liverpool, who claimed they became ill during a Thomas Cook holiday to Spain. The court heard how the tour operator was not made aware of the relationship between Dr Bux, 47 and Mrs Bux, 42, who is a partner at AMS lawyers.

A court has suspended a UK sickness claims trial after it emerged a doctor was instructed by his wife’s law firm

UNDER FIRE: Dr Bux Judge Peter Gregory adjourned the trial after hearing that Dr Bux was a GP with no expertise in gastroenterology. Despite this, over the past two years he has prepared

684 holiday sickness reports for medical legal agency MLLS at £180 (€205) a report, earning him a total of £123,120 (€140,000). Ian Denham, representing Thomas Cook, said Dr Bux’s reports were supposed to be independent but all followed ‘the same template and come to the same conclusion’, which was that the claimants in each case had suffered stomach bugs on holiday. Dr Bux denied leaving out details from his reports in a bid to boost their chances of success but said: “Perhaps my reports weren’t comprehensive enough.” AMS have since sacked Bux

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have so far identified 800 tourists who filed claims via over 70 different law firms. Detectives claimed that the sickness scams began in 2014 and that up until 2017, they had cost the hotel industry €60 million around the country.

However, Cameron stressed to the court that she only began collecting data from the end of 2016 until the spring of 2017. She refused to answer questions from the affected hoteliers. The case continues.

citing ‘problems beginning to be raised’ over his competence. Dr Bux and his wife deny any wrongdoing. In total, 27 solicitors’ firms in the UK are being investigated by legal watchdog the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA), over their links to the fake sickness claim scandal. It is not known if AMS is one of them. The rising number of package holiday illness claims has become an ‘epidemic’, with a whopping 500% increase in recent years. 5,000 claims were issued in 2013, which raised to 35,000 in 2016, revealed The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA). This is despite the fact travel industry data on global trends reported that the incidences of sickness in holiday resorts have declined in the past few years. It is costing the travel industry upwards of €300m a year to cover the cost of claims. Opinion Page 6

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Rotten to the core OUT of date meat has been found at a third major meat wholesaler. It came after police raided Carnicas Luis, in Son Bugadelles industrial estate. The raid came after a tip off over a violation of workers rights and food in poor and improper conditions. During the shock inspection, officials found expired food, irregularities in the freezing process, and the changing of expiration date of meat products.

Tourist bosses to justify rise of controversial tourist tax By Gillian Keller

A SERIES of brochures and plaques are to go up highlighting the good work of the Balearic tourist tax. The plaques are to be erected at sites funded by the controversial tax that doubles in summer and has been unpopular with some tourists abroad.

More than 50 kilos of expired meats ready to sell to local hotels and restaurants have been seized and four owners detained for crimes against public health. Agents also inspected the delivery vans, finding many of them without up-to-date ITV tests. The crackdown comes after agents found similar rotten meats and health and safety violations at Marratxí's Cárnicas Vicente and Inca's Miguel Socias Soler SL.

Clean bill of health (mostly) MALLORCA'S beaches have maintained their 32 blue flags. But it only came after Cala Major gained the prestigious honour, while the dirty Can Pere Antoni lost its flag. Spain boasts just under 700 blue flags.

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visitors will pay a fee per night, with a 50% discount after nine days. Hotels with a 5-star rating have a tax of 4€ per night, which is reduced to only 1€ in the off season, while 4-star hotels are €3. Holiday rentals and 3-star hotels are €2 a night in season, and €0.50 in the low season. Many other European cities have a similar tourist tax, with 5-star hotels in Italy costing €7 per person per night in Rome, and €5 in

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OPINION Embarrassment! Brits used to be known for their manners and for the respect they showed others. But now, thanks to an ever-growing bunch of morons, we are becoming labelled the ‘sickmen of Europe’, as scores and scores of holidaymakers in Spain and beyond attempt to cash in on fake sickness claims. In the name of greed, tourists are feigning illness to claim their money back from hardworking hoteliers and businesses here and further afield. But now, to add insult to injury, it looks as though even doctors at home could be riding the gravy train after it was revealed a British doctor made more than €120,000 by signing almost 700 sickness claims for the past six years - despite having NO training in gastroenterology. Let’s hope those faking to make a quick buck are named and shamed and face the full punishment of the law.

Tax can be good MALLORCA’S sustainable eco tax has just ‘doubled’ for the high season, but the benefits are what should be making the news. Despite complaints from tourists paying the tax, the funds collected are making a major contribution to the local environment. The tourist tax, which has been in action since July 2016, is used to preserve and enhance natural parks, such as the Tramuntana mountains. Rehabilitating historic sites and buildings is also a priority, such as the upcoming €2 million investment to restore Palma’s Temple Towers. The tax has also promoted tourism, and in turn job creation. It is also used for vocational training programs as well as the impact of tourists on the local environment. While it may cost tourists a little extra, surely it’s a small price to pay to keep our island the most beautiful in the Mediterranean.

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After more than half a century of waging war against Madrid, ETA, the Basque terrorist movement, has laid down its arms. The bloody conflict is over, but how long will it take to heal the wounds?

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T was a bizarre, nerve-wracking rendezvous. On a street near the San Sebastian waterfront a stranger had thrust into my hand a roughly scrawled map. “Mikel will meet you,” he said. “He’ll be wearing a blue jacket. Don’t worry. He’ll know who you are.” Now I was sitting in a cafe in Hendaye just across the border in France, waiting to meet a member of the terrorist group ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna or Basque Country and Freedom). Suddenly he was there, sitting down opposite me. ‘Mikel’ was young, goodlooking and quietly spoken. Nothing wild-eyed or revolutionary about him. Trained as an economist, he and three idealistic friends had joined ETA. Pursued by the Spanish police, five years earlier he had taken refuge in France. He denied that he had ever killed anybody, but admitted: “I carried out some operations. Nothing special, planting

‘I carried out some operations... planting bombs in government buildings’ bombs in government buildings, that sort of thing. But If I had been required to kill a policeman, yes, I would have done it.” Despite his mild manner, he was ready to defend violence - ‘it grows from a consciousness of national and social oppression, from concern about political-social problems.’ Finally however, his branch of ETA had decided to seek independence for the Basque Country through political rather than violent means. That was why he had agreed to meet me, to put across the so-called Poli-Milis’ point of view. “Armed struggle has reached a dead end,” said Mikel, in my dispatch, written for The Economist magazine and later the Boston Globe. That was in 1982. But ETA’s more fanatical followers did not renounce violence. Only this year, this very month, did ETA’s hard-liners finally lay down their arms for good - after a campaign which claimed more than 850 lives. To this day there are scores of unsolved crimes, unexplained disappearances, families whose lives were torn apart in what came to be known as ‘los años de plomo’ (literally ‘years of lead’ i.e. of bullets). ETA was formed back in 1959 by students determined to create an independent Basque state incorporating parts of northern Spain and southern France. In 1968 it carried out its first assassination, shooting a notorious secret police chief, Meliton Manzanas, in San Sebastian.

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Its most spectacular coup came in 1973 when it killed Franco’s prime minister and heir apparent Luis Carrero Blanco by blowing up his car. After the dictator’s death extremist groups piled on the pressure. ETA saw it as a chance to blast Madrid into granting independence to their region. In return, right-wing death squads killed alleged ETA supporters. Many innocents were caught in the crossfire. Inevitably, covering the turbulent days after Franco’s death, I met some of the victims, including fellow journalist José Antonio Martínez Soler, editor of a weekly magazine. On February 2, 1976, he was seized

and driven into the country. Demanding details of a banned military union, the kidnappers beat him on the head and soles of his feet. He was dumped in a forest, managing to free himself from his bonds before he froze to death. Less fortunate was José María Portell. He acted as a go-between in secret negotiations between Madrid and ETA. I interviewed him in the Bilbao office where he edited the paper, Gaceta del Norte. Not long afterwards I met his widow, Carmen. She told me: “It was a normal day. He left for the office and then I heard the sound of shots. I found him lying next to his car. ETA claimed he had somehow betrayed them but he was just trying to use his contacts to help reach an agreement.” That occurred on June 28, 1978. But the killing was far from over. To combat Basque terrorism the government secretly created its own terror group, GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas de Liber-

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Campaign for change A LEADING expat has secured the speaker of a lifetime at a high profile climate change conference. Marbella-based Pancho Campo has confirmed former US president Barack Obama for this summer’s Climate Change Leadership Summit in Portugal. This will be the fourth climate change conference the Chilean expat has organised in the Iberian peninsula, each focusing on the wine industry. The businessman (left), who works closely with Al Gore’s green organisation, told the Olive Press his main goal is to ‘empower people’ to tackle climate change. “Whether you are a student, a politician or a CEO, we want to engage them and put into practice what Obama and the others are going to tell you,” he urged. Pancho, whose British wife runs the American College in Spain, became passionate about climate change after witnessing its effects on skiing trips and ‘unbearably hot’ summers in Florida 15 years ago.

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WHALES and dolphins are under threat after a controversial underwater project was relaunched, claim ecologists. The noises emitting from the so-called MedSalt-2 project are believed to frighten whales and dolphins and can even be deadly. The purpose of the scheme, which uses high pressure air guns to drill offshore, is officially to gain geophysical data of the 1.5km deep salt basin that lines the bottom of the sea. However green groups believe that the central government project is being undertaken to line the way for future drilling for oil or gas. “It is a oil and gas project which the PP party is dressing up as a scientific project,” said Island Environment Minister Vincens Vidal.

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He added it was ‘high risk’ and pointed out that the original project was shut down in 2016

THE ONDINE Association is hosting their annual fundraiser Sea Soirée Masquerade Night on May 18 in Port Adriano. The gala will have live music and entertainment throughout the night, with prizes, local art and a promise of amazing surprises. The association, founded by Australian expat Brad Robertson, focuses on marine conservation, working closely with

after it was decided the airguns cause too much harm to mammals – with the noise deafening

Sea Soirée local authorities to effectively manage the protected areas around the Balearics. They also have a very active Dos Manos (two hands) campaign that host beach cleans and teach the next generation about plastic pollution. Last year the big fundraiser raised

and deadly to whales and dolphins. Seven oil companies have already put on paper their interest in the project, as it opens the exploration of hydrocarbon, commonly found in salt formations. However, project boss Daniel García-Castellanos insists the purpose is not to find oil and claims that the regional government has got it wrong. “Nobody understands it,” he said. “At some point they will realise that it has nothing to do with oil.”

A TOTAL ban on all fires in or around forests has been declared around the Balearics. The ban until October 15 is vital after 150 hectares of the islands were destroyed last year from 93 different fires. A shocking 90% of forest fires are caused by human error, either intentionally or by negligence. This year there have already been 18 fires fought by firemen.

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biggest hits from back in the day, including songs that were sung with brother Michael. The Jacksons have had five number one albums, and 18 number one hit songs. The following week British reggae band UB40 will be performing at Port Adriano, famous for their hit Red Red Wine.

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overlooking the Mediterranean as the sun sets out west. Artists from around the world, including South Korea, Russia, the US, and Holland join the festival.

THE Consell de Ibiza has accused Netflix of 'fraud' after it filmed its new movie Ibiza in Croatia. The film, which portrays the party side of the island similar to Magaluf's sometimes seedy reputation, did not have cooperation from the Ibiza Ministry of Tourism. The department of tourism has expressed its 'outrage' and announced it will study possible legal actions against the film, 'for taking advantage of the name Ibiza without filming on the island'. The film stars Gillian Jacobs from Community and Richard Madden from the hit series Game of Thrones and premieres May 25.

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A PICASSO painting is expected to fetch more than $100 million (€83 m) at auction this week, and could help break a record. Young Girl with a Flower Basket, painted in 1905 during the Spanish artist’s Rose Period, is being sold by David Rockefeller Jr through auction house Christie’s in the US. The painting is a tender and haunting depiction of a nude girl with a basket of red blossoms and was first collected by David Rockefeller Sr

until May 18. Last year, scenes in the ruins, or the ‘Dragonpit’, saw the largest ever gathering of characters in the series’ history. The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones will not air until 2019. There will only be six episodes.

from Gertrude Stein in 1968. It depicts a waif who was selling flowers around Montmartre in France at the time. “That probably represented the most expensive single set of investments he made in art,” said David Rockefeller Jr., the late philanthropist’s son. Now the work stars in his parents’ collection which went on the block from May 8 at Christie’s. The Picasso, estimated at about

€83 million, is the highest valued of more than 1,500 Rockefeller lots, which include other Impressionist masterpieces, duck decoys and the dinner service that Napoleon took to his exile in Elba. In the next two weeks in New York alone, another 45 Picasso works are estimated to fetch more than $305 million (€255 million). Sellers include embattled billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn and the estate of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch. “Picasso is collected across the globe,” said Nicholas Maclean, a co-founder of Eykyn Maclean gallery in New York and London. “For most people when they are starting out, he is the artist they look to buy." With $212 million (€177m) of Picasso works having already sold at auction this year, 2018 is shaping up as the best ever for the Spanish master and could see him break the current annual record of $568 million (€475m) set in 2015, which he set himself when his Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) fetched €149m.

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Radiothon marathon RADIO One Mallorca is hosting its annual 24hour live radiothon for charity on May 11 and 12. This year, the English speaking radio station is supporting the Ondine Association, The Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Son Espases Children's' Ward, and Calvia's Feliz Animales shelter. The radio hosts encourage local companies to sponsor an hour of the show, or listeners can donate to request a song or set a challenge to the DJs. The broadcast starts at 8am on Friday, and will be live until Saturday midday.

Book Fair PALMA'S biggest book fair with almost 50 book stalls returns to Es Born from May 25 until June 3. There will be various events including book readings and signings, presentations and children's story time. The fair runs daily from 10:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00.

Kiefer goes country in Spain ACTOR Kiefer Sutherland will be appearing in Spain next month as you’ve never seen him before - as a country music singer. The son of movie star Donald Sutherland is better-known for his role as Jack Bauer in the TV Series 24 and films like The Lost Boys, Flatliners, A Few Good Men and A Time to Kill. But the British-Canadian actor is a bit of a country boy at heart.

And he’ll be here on a double date to air his debut album, Down in a Hole, playing to Madrid’s Teatro Barceló on June 16 and Barcelona’s Sala Bikini the following day as part of his Reckless Tour 2018. The album was released two summers ago but Sutherland promotes it with sporadic tours in between filming. Currently the actor is starring as President Thomas Kirkman in the ABC TV series Designated Survivor.

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Up in smoke A PROPERTY portal has vanished into thin air after taking thousands of euros from British expats. Sell 4 less Spain, which advertised in local newspapers and was branded as an ‘exciting alternative’ to estate agents, has disappeared. One victim, British expat Terry Wayne, 68, paid the company €450 to list his Estepona home. Did you pay to advertise with Sell 4 Less Spain this year? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es.

Agents fined for illegal rentals THE Ministry of Tourism has fined 14 real estate agencies after inspections found tourist rentals available without the proper paperwork or licenses. Out of 25 agencies inspected in 2017, 14 were fined a total of €257,000. The government has also now sent requests for paperwork to hundreds of tourist rental owners, and warned them of the fines due if they are unlicensed. They face fines of up to €40,000, while estate agents and other middlemen can be fined up to €400,000. Tourist rentals must be registered with the authorities, and there are many guidelines such as apartments less than five years old cannot be rented. In addition, communities of owners will be allowed to vote to allow or ban rentals. The Ministry of Tourism has also fined four car rental companies who were not registered totalling €60,000.

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T’S May, it’s May, the ‘lovely’ month of May! Except the weather hasn’t been overly lovely here, has it?! It’s Mallorca for goodness sake, what on earth is going on? It’s unheard of when the UK is hotter than Mallorca in May at least it’s the first time in my 15 years here! Hey ho, at least we know this won’t carry on for long, but I am certainly looking forward to a little heat, that’s for sure! April came and went – I took a little break away, both holiday and an overload of work. Real Estate sales have kept me busy, as well as the JoyRon Foundation children’s charity – for which I am pleased to report that during the four Michelin star chefs gala dinner we held at Finca Son Mir we raised just under €50,000, much higher than expected! So thank you to all of the 270 guests who came along to support us, as well as all of our lovely sponsors (who I can’t name in this article for obvious reasons, but please see www.joyronfoundation.org for more details). Back to the topic of property - there It seems to be has been harder than I more confufrom the imagined to find sion government an open-minded over holiday rentals with clien to go on TV a report out from the Fevitur National Federation stating that over the second half of 2017 there was a 34.4% fall in the number of rental properties in Palma being offered on websites, and that the number of properties for holiday rent in Palma represented just 1.42% of all properties. This report concluded that holiday rentals are ‘not a determining factor’ in the bullish prices of the real estate market. Whatever the reality, the heavy crackdown on holiday rentals and licences has certainly reduced the holiday rental availability, although I am not sure yet if it’s meant more properties coming onto the market. That remains to be seen. I would also like to mention that I have been approached by a TV company to assist with a new series called Mediterranean Life. It seems to be harder than I imagined to find an open-minded client (with a sense of humour) to volunteer to star in this as a buyer/buyers - so I would ask that if any Olive Press readers know any ‘outgoing’ personalities looking to buy a nice property in a picturesque location, to please get in touch asap! It will require a few days of your time, but hopefully much less hassle than normal trying to find the right property in the right location, with a wonderfully professional agent (myself, obviously!) acting as a Buyer’s Agent to guide you – and hopefully a little bit of fun to be had along the way! So do please get in touch – they hope to start filming in the next few months.

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NEW competition has been launched in Mallorca with the aim of rewarding start-ups in the tourism, biotechnology and environmental sectors. The Dragons Den style contest ‘Connect Up’ will see 14 judges

award an €8,000 grant to the most promising firm, as well as business advice and free promotion in the media. So far 131 entrepreneurs have signed up for the contest. They will be whittled down to

20 finalists who will compete for the overall prize this June. The contest has been organised by the Grup Serra in association with its main sponsor, CaixaBank.

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MADRID President Cristina Cifuentes has resigned after footage of her stealing two tubs of anti-ageing cream in 2011 went viral. The embattled leader was already embroiled in a fake university degree scandal afThethat Olive Press ter it emerged this March she had lied about receiving a Masters. TOP for news in Spain! Already facing calls to resign, the video clip was the final straw for the 53-year-old’s political career. It shows Cifuentes being held by two security guards after swiping two tubs of Olay antiageing cream, worth €40. She IT was a good day at work for was vice president of the PP in Zara founder Amancio Ortega. Madrid at the time. She was rumbled by a per- The 82-year-old raked in a fume saleswoman who alert- whopping €693 million in one ed nearby guards at Eroski in day thanks to dividends on his stocks in Inditex, his umbrella Puente de Vallecas. Cifuentes was held for 45 company responsible for brands minutes before two Policia Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Nacional agents arrived and Zara and others. decided to take no further ac- The company rewardtion after recognising who she ed its shareholders was.

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November 2. It will mean Ortega will have made €1.38 billion from stocks in his own company alone this year. Given that there are 3,113 shares on the market, it means the company will pay out €2.3 billion to its investors. Originally from Galicia, Ortega opened his first small Zara store in A Coruña in 1975. He is now worth €57.8 billion and has more than 2,266 stores around the world. Inditex recorded a net profit of €3,37 billion euros in its fiscal year 2017 (from February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018), a 6.6% increase over the previous year (€3,16 billion). Taking into account the price of shares of Inditex in the Stock Exchange, which is at €25.78 the value of Ortega’s stocks amounts to about €47.6 billion.

Bad business ‘MULTIFUNCTIONAL’ businesses in Palma’s Son Gotleu district have been shut down after 30 local police officers raided the area. After complaints from neighbours, a police investigation found multiple barbershops were turning into bars or grocery stores at night. When officers arrived they surprised the patrons and workers, many of which fled in all directions. Drugs were found ditched under cars nearby. The raid also inspected 200 vehicles from three illegal garages, were 23 were found not to have insurance.

Workers walkout HUNDREDS of H&M workers have gone on strike in Madrid. Some 318 employees at the clothing giant’s logistics centre in Torrejon de Ardoz have started a wave of stoppages to force bosses to comply with their collective bargaining agreement. Staff claim they are owed money for night shifts worked during holidays in 2017 and 2016 and are calling for improvements for employees.

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Cursach will reopen Megasport gym after wave of protests

longer made the facility profitable. “There is no margin left to maintain it,” claimed a spokesman. The closures came after complaints from members at the club, which was the biggest in Mallorca with 9,000 members One Maties Mateu said: “The extension is a mousetrap and if there had been a fire, I don’t even want to think what would have happened to the

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As a result, Cursach argued that the reduced capacity - from 1,550 to 1,483 members at a time - no

people passing through… and the emergency exits that were so badly done.” However, former staff members reacted angrily to the news, stating that there had been no guarantees given over their wages or any severance package. Following the protest - under the banner of ‘victims of corruption’ - a spokesperson confirmed that necessary adaptations would be made to the gym. He added it would then re-open whether that would take ‘one month, six months, one year’.

Positive numbers for hotels

STAYCATIONING locals rather than vacationing visitors kept the Costa del Sol’s hotels busy last month. Figures for March, which include Easter, have continued 2018’s upward trend in hotel bookings, with the number of guests up 8.7% on March last

year. This has been powered mainly by national tourists, who expanded their presence by 23.2%. The number of international visitors remained stable at 0.1% less than March 2017. Costa del Sol tourism chief Elías Bendodo said Holy Week

had contributed to the favourable figures which are also boosting growth in tourism-related jobs. Among foreign visitors, arrivals from North America increased the most at 38%, followed by the Irish (29.4%), Danish (23%) and Italians (20.9%).

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A PENSIONER is taking legal advice after being fined for using a ‘bogus’ international driving licence bought from a wellknown expat businessman. American Andrea Barnett, 60, is demanding a refund from David ‘the Dogman’ Klein, after he sold her the ‘suspiciouslooking’ document for €300. The Marbella-based motherof-two, from Illinois, is furious after police told her the licence wasn’t legal, and fined her €500. “They were completely certain that it was not real,” she told the Olive Press. “They told me it was dodgy, fake and I needed

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‘DOGMAN’: Klein to pay the fine or I would go to jail. “They weren’t interested who had sold it to me. They just wanted my money.”

But expat Barnett, who by her own admittance was a little naive, has decided that enough is enough and has now called in two lawyers to investigate the case. “I want the police to change their attitude and to investigate those that sell these licences. I don’t want it to happen to anyone else,” she said. “If I had been told clearly that I could not just use this licence on its own I would never have paid so much.” As well as probe the legality of the licences, she hopes to get a full refund from Klein, who

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fined €500 for carrying a ‘bogus’ international driving licence, it was a lucky escape I should say considering that a another middle-eastern businessman is facing prison time for using an ‘International Driver’s License’ issued by an entity named as the International Automobile Al-

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SPAIN’s foreign minister Alfonso Dastis has said that expats will be allowed to stay in Spain if no deal is reached between Britain and the EU. He said he would ensure that the lives of ordinary Britons in Spain are ‘not disrupted’ in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.

Dastis told BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show: “I do hope that there will be a deal. If there is no deal we will make sure that the lives of ordinary people who are in Spain, the UK people, is not disrupted. “Over 17 million Brits come to Spain every year and many of them live here or retire here and we want to keep it that way as much as possible.” According to the Office of National Statistics Spain hosts the largest number of British citizens living inside the EU. Meanwhile, Sadiq Khan has suggested holding a second Brexit referendum if Parliament rejects Theresa May’s deal with the EU. Khan said: “If Parliament decides to accept the deal that our Government makes then we are leaving the European Union. “If Parliament rejects the deal made by our Government then that opens up a whole host of questions.” Brexit negotiations have so far stymied progress to trade talks, despite Angela Merkel setting out a potential December start date.

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writes a pet advice column in a cences are made in Taiwan, the local newspaper and has a raOlive Press has discovered. dio show. “It is a fantasy document,” stat“It never occurred to me that ed a police spokesman, adding anyone here would sell me a the man had bought it off the fake driving license,” she said. internet for just €100. “I contacted Klein after seeing The Olive Press investigated an advert in a local paper and the same issue three years ago met him at a petrol station, after Spanish motoring writer near Benahavis and handed Brian Deller had his website over €300 in cash after showmysteriously hacked. ing him my American passport The site, www.spainvia.com and license. which warned of the dangers of “He looked successful and fake licences - was remarkably wealthy. You tend to trust peoredirected to Klein’s then webple like that.” site for the Costa del Sol Action Two weeks later BarGroup. nett, who has two Conveniently, all daughters, received the mentions of the lilicence (right), which cence issue were looks unprofessional erased from the weband badly printed. site. It has validated by the We reported that ‘O&E Auto Club AssoKlein had sold numerciation’, an organisaous permits – via clastion that apparently sified adverts with his does NOT exist. mobile phone number The language is strange and at – for many years. the bottom it states: “We are a When contacted by a prospecprivate organization not affilitive client as part of the invesated with the United Nations or tigation, Klein did indeed offer any other quasi government ora ‘10-year licence’ for €300, but ganization.” admitted it was ‘risky’. The licence is fake, as police in “I can get you an international Alicante confirmed after conlicence that will last for 10 victing a driver with a license years, but it is a risk (to use it in from the SAME organisation Spain),” he told our journalist. in 2013. Continues on Page 4 The vast majority of these li-

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liance (IAA), purportedly based in New York. According to the State Prosecutor’s

writ of accusation, the licence was deemed ‘fake in its entirety’, having a photograph affixed by the owner or

a third person’ and, based on those findings, requested to the Court that the alleged offender be sentenced

to a minimum prison term of 19 months for forging a public document and plus an additional criminal fine of 12 euros/day for a period of 18 months if the offender is unable to show evidence that he did have a valid driver’s licence from another country (it now appears that only U.S. officially-approved ‘AAA’ and ‘AATA’ associations can issue such international licences). There are many online ‘businesses’ selling fake driving licences, along with passports and IDs. One advertises its business offer as having ‘years of experience producing original quality real/false passports, ID’s, drivers’ licences.’ Alongside these obvious clandestine operators, there is second tier of businesses that - purporting to have a specific Government official approval - state they can issue valid international driving licences pursuant to Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention and Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention. To sum up, a) international drivers’ licences are generally only issued by officially recognised agencies to drivers who already have a valid licence from the country and b) the agencies issuing them must be approved by the specific Government.

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Farmer’s Market EVERY Sunday in May Puerto Portals is hosting a farmer’s market with fresh local produce and handcrafted goods next to workshops and live entertainment and music. From 10am until 4pm, the village has events including Tai-Chi, dancing, and yoga next to unique market stalls and flower stands.

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EVERY Wednesday from May to September, Wine Routes Mallorca hosts a special flamenco wine night taking place at different wineries around the is-

(FAO) in Rome, has confirmed the importance of this method to the local economy. Awarding it as a so-called SIPAM, or system for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean, local growers are now set to capitalise by setting up a foundation to promote it. The news comes as a UN study showed that food products linked to their place of origin are economically and socially beneficial to rural areas and promote sustainable development. Food products registered with a Geographical Indication (GI) label boast an annual trade value of over €50 billion worldwide. The study looked at nine specific foods, including Manchego cheese, in Castilla la Mancha, Taliouine saffron in Morocco and Tête de Moine cheese in Switzerland. In all nine cases, the price of the final product, went up by between 20% and 50% when they had GI status. One reason is that consumers identify unique characteristics - such as taste, colour, texture and quality - in GI products, and are willing to pay higher prices. "Geographical indications can be a pathway to sustainable development for rural communities," said Emmanuel Hidier, Senior Economist at the FAO.

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THE humble Spanish raisin could help to regenerate the Malaga region after being given special international status. The unique agricultural proThe Olive Press cess that sees Moscatel grapes grown on steep slopes, before being dried sometimes TOP and for news in Spain! turned into wine, has been recognised by the United Nations. A committee formed to sup- The sun-dried raisins have port international agriculture been produced around villagmethods has now awarded the es, including El Borge, Cutar 2000 family growers of the and Almachar, for centuries. Axarquia region with a special Now a meeting of the Food and Agricultural Organization status.

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Six million bottles of Spanish wine looks to have sealed the football deal of the year! A CHINESE Super League football team has offered to buy six million bottles of wine to seal a deal with Spanish player Andres Iniesta. Chongqing Dangdai Lifan have reportedly offered the Barcelona midfielder an €80 million deal to switch countries for the next three years. And to sweeten the deal, the club also vowed to order six million bottles of wine from Iniesta’s vineyard, in Fuentealbilla, Castilla la Mancha, worth six euros each amounting to an extra €36 million. It means the total deal would be worth €116 million. Iniesta, who has already confirmed he will retire later this month, said: "This is my last season here. I know what it means to demand what it means to play here year after year. "There are still things to be sorted. I have said I will never play against Barca, so I won't play in Europe. Barca has given me everything." Iniesta’s family have owned the vineyard, Bodega Iniesta, since the 1990s.

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N initial 10 hectares of vines were planted at the Bodega Iniesta, in Fuentealbilla, in the early 1990s. That was before the son of viticulturist Jose Antonio Iniesta, went on to become one of the world’s best paid footballers. As the money flooded in from his career with Barcelona, Andres wisely invested it in the family business, based between Cuenca and Albacete.

And the vineyard in the DO of Manchuela area has paid back in spades having seen substantial growth over the last three decades. The vineyard now counts 200 hectares and produces a string of wines, including Corazon Loca and its better quality Finca El Carril. The later is a crianca made from the local Bobal grape and has been receiving some excellent reviews over recent years.

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ts taken its time, but I think I can safely say that summer is just around the corner. It’s so close I can almost taste it! With that sentiment in mind then, this fortnight’s column is dedicated to wine-based cocktails - guareented to give you that summer feeling, even if the weather doesn’t.

White Sangria Sangria is synonymous with Spain. The wine and juice fusion are especially loved by holidaymakers, is a classic go-to. But it doesn’t need to just be all about red wine. White is the new red. Dry and crisp wines are best to use for this, such as Albarino (Rías Baixas) or Sauvignon Blanc. Once chosen, it’s time to get creative. Berries, apples, stone fruit, spirits and liqueurs are all welcome, but if you need a little more guidance to start look no further: Ingredients 1 lime, thinly sliced into rounds 1 lemon, thinly sliced into rounds 1/4 cup (50 g) sugar 60 ml apple brandy 1/2 green apple, cored, skin on, chopped into small pieces 1 ripe peach or nectarine, thinly sliced 1 cup (166 g) sliced strawberries 1 750 ml bottle dry, crisp white wine, chilled

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Agua de Valencia

According to legend this cocktail was invented in 1959 when a group of Basque travellers asked Constante Gil, bartender at Café Madrid de Valencia, for something more exciting than their usual ‘Agua de Bilbao’ - the bar’s best cava. Gil rose to the challenge and concocted what then became known as ‘Agua de Valencia’. So popular was this new drink, that the group continued to order it every time they re-visited. Ingredients 200 ml orange juice 50 ml gin 50 ml vodka 1 750 ml bottle semi-seco Cava Sugar Instructions Place orange juice, cava, vodka and gin into a pitcher Add sugar to taste Chill before drinking

Rebujito A popular drink for festival goers in Andalucia, it is the traditional beverage served at Feria del Caballo in Jerez and Feria de Abril in Sevilla. Quick and simple to make, it takes the star of the south - Sherry - and provides an interesting alternative for Tinto de Verano lovers. Ingredients Fino or Manzanilla Sherry Gaseosa/Sprite/7UP Sugar Mint Lemon Instructions Traditionally made with one third Sherry to two thirds soda. Pour Sherry and soda into pitcher and add sugar, mint and lemon to taste and stir till sugar dissolves.

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WE CANT CONTAIN OURSELVES ANY LONGER! ARGO BAR, THE COOLEST NEW HOTSPOT IS NOW OPEN! IRST CONTAINER BAR WITH CHILL-OUT LOUNGE, ROOF-TOP DECK SUAL DOCKSIDE LOCATION IS THE PLACE TO BE THIS SUMMER. FOR THE DRINK. STAY FOR THE FOOD. LIVE FOR THE VIBE...

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Come for a drink, stay for the food!” enthuses Deborah McKay. Deborah is the part-owner at Palma’s most sophisticated and stylish new place to be seen, Cargo Bar. When drinking and dining in Palma one can be rather spoilt for choice - from the hip hovels of Santa Catalina to more traditional eateries of its Old Town. However, Cargo Bar yet again offers something new. For Deborah, it is not just the fact that Cargo Bar is Mallorca’s first container bar which sets it aside from other spots as THE must visit destination this summer. Its stunning views, exquisite food - crafted by Greek/Italian chef Michail Tsigaris - and a highly skilled front of house and bar team promises an unrivalled experience on the island. “The location is simply stunning being beside the water,” she explains. “We are right by the boats and h a v e such a great view of the cathedral but we are also in the heart of the city. “You would never feel that you are in the middle of

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a city though when you are sat there given its very relaxed and casual vibe.” Cargo Bar has opened adjacent to sister restaurant The Boathouse, both run by the same experienced team headed by Deborah’s husband, Mark McKay. While Cargo Bar has opened primarily as a place to grab a tipple, it also offers high-quality food throughout the day.

Breakfast is served from 9-12, followed by a wide variety lunch menu between 12-4pm with snacks and tapas available until 7pm to keep you going until dinner. The evening menu is then offered from 7-10.30pm, although this is likely to be extended during peak season. “Everything is cooked from fresh and with the very finest ingredients,” Deborah assures me. Given the fine selection on offer during Cargo Bar’s opening night from melt in the mouth mini pulled pork burgers to exquisite camembert bites - there is enough to satisfy even the fussiest of diners. Cargo Bar offers a winning formula; ensuring all tastes and cultures can be catered to and it is no surprise that McKay believes her bar will endear itself to everyone that drops anchor there this summer.

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Wedding bells Preparing for your daughter’s wedding can be more stressful than the event itself, writes Lesley Keith

AST time I dragged you all ing, nada, nix, nuffink at all. down with talk of crema- So not to be deterred I reverted to tions or as it happened non good old ‘online’ and ordered six. cremations. Well, complete If you’ve never ordered online then happy face this time because I’m let me tell you it’s very hit and off to something joyful! Yes it’s miss. The vision in your head selbeen pretty chaotic here as this dom comes close to reality. weekend is my only daughter’s I was trying to find something wedding. ‘dressy’ as obviously Mother of the It’s crept up on me like these Bride demands a bit of class and things do, one minute it’s a year sophistication (my middle names). away and the next I know from past exit’s here! perience that when Oh my dear God, buying from the Far All I wanted was over the last few East for example, something to weeks there’s been you need to be more desperate dress, than generous with make me look 15 shoe, bag and hat your size. I added shopping (and years younger and two full sizes to my that’s just for my two orders and still 10 kilos lighter partner). couldn’t get them All I wanted was done up. Then two something to make never showed at me look 15 years younger and all, apparently my payment never 10 kilos thinner. Is that so hard? went through, so then I was down Well actually yes it is. I couldn’t to the last two. Both were sale find anything suitable here. I went items from a well known UK High round the whole island and was Street retailer (no not that one prepared to pay any amount for ladies but their name does have the right thing, but there was noth- initials that start with M). Well

both were great, I have shoes that match and a bag was very easy to find. My friend has lent me her fascinator and I found some lovely jewellery locally. Sorted. The next thing that I realised is how much colour plays a part in such arrangements. Not just the clothing but everything. My partner’s family call me ‘The Blonde Bird’ for obvious reasons but I actually grew up with red hair. Being a redhead in the sixties and seventies was not easy. In those non politically correct days having red hair was a bit of a nightmare. Walking past building

sites made you the victim of many an unwelcome and embarrassing comment. Teachers immediately assumed you were going to be trouble, and of course you NEVER tanned. I can’t tell you how many times I was greeted back from holiday with the joyful cry of ‘You’re not very brown are you?’ and then the totally unoriginal ‘If all your freckles joined up you’d have a lovely tan’. Those days are long gone now, great fake tans have saved me and although long since a murky grey my hair takes artificial colour in a ‘nice and easy’ way. So, the skin

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and hair is coloured, I’ve got a nail varnish for every outfit and the excess weight is being dealt with by some magical underwear. The next problem is it’s in rural France. Don’t ask why, there is no connection to France at all, but it’s their day so let’s just go with it. Annoyingly the airline we’ve booked is on strike the day we fly so thank God we booked to arrive a day early! My daughter has also asked that I do a speech. Really? Hmmm, there’s absolutely no chance of relaxing and enjoying this is there? It’s over three days in a manor house and the whole party is staying there. I’ll be thrown together with a bunch of Liverpudlian in laws I haven’t seen for over six years. What could possibly go wrong? Sorry, but isn’t this starting to sound like an Agatha Christie Poirot mystery? I just keep telling myself it’s not about me. I shall grit my teeth at all times as whilst I’m doing that I can’t say something I regret or that can be used later to incriminate myself. On a positive note however if tere was an Olympic team for planning and organisation my daughter would be the captain, I have every faith that everything will run like clockwork, and if it doesn’t well please don’t let it be my fault. I’ll keep you posted.

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BE‘APPY! ‘APPY! RAFAEL Nadal has said he is ‘in trouble’ evBE BE ‘APPY! ery time he steps on the tennis court because his opponents would do anything to beat him. It comes as the Mallorca pro is on an Open Era record of 46 consecutive wins on clay. He had a scare after being forced to defend three set points against Martin Kilzan in the

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BARCELONA players let their hair down at a luxury hotel to celebrate winning the La Liga and Copa del Rey double. WITH over 600 boats exhibited The Olive Olive Press Press Lionel MessiThe was The joined by - including 80 superyachts - the Olive Press his teammates at the five- 2018 Palma International Boat TOP TOP for fornews newsininwas Spain! Spain! star upmarket Hotel Sofia. TOP for news in Show Spain! one to remember. Messi and several other in- Twinned with the 6th Palma ternationals had just a few Superyacht Show, it is estimated days to unwind between that 35,000 yachting fanatics the season’s end and fly- from across the world headed ing off for the World Cup, down to the port for the spechence the mid-week booze tacular five day festival. up last week. Featured boats included the 54m Shenandoah of Sark and the 52m Tommy, ensuring that the long weekend lived up to its reputation as one of Palma’s most glamorous events of the year. IRONMAN Mallorca returns Revolutionising the festival this to Alcudia with a 1.9 km in year was the construction of a the town's bay, a 90 km cycle new floating bridge which enthrough hills and flat trails, fin- sured that for the first time ever, ished off with a 21 km run down guests could walk round the to the sandy beach. Catch the show in a linear fashion. sold out event on May 12. This also ensured that the fes-

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MARC Marquez has triumphed after a hard-fought Spanish MotoGP competition in Jerez. His victory - and the accompanying 25 points - has taken him to the top of the overall standings after four rounds of racing. The Honda racer lies 12 points clear of French racer Johann Zarco in 2nd and compatriot Maverick Vinales in 3rd. Marquez rode well but benefitted from some good fortune after a four-way crash knocked out several of his main rivals, including Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso, who had been leading the standings coming into the Spanish leg of the tour. “Dani Pedrosa was the fastest racer but it is not always only about being the fastest,” Marquez said. “You have to overtake, be aggressive in certain moments. “I hope those that crashed are going to be okay, but I won’t lie, it means more points for me.”

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