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Labour: We’re behind you SHADOW Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has pledged Labour’s support for Gibraltar. In a National Day message, Thornberry insisted the Labour Party has completely distanced itself from former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s plan for jointsovereignty with Spain. She stressed that the Labour Party is fully behind the ‘double lock’ concept which ensures Gibraltar will never pass under the sovereignty of another state. She added that Gibraltar should be ‘fully involved’ in Brexit talks and also said the ‘single market’ between the Rock and the UK should be maintained. “I am deeply conscious of the need to ensure that Gibraltar continues to enjoy the benefits and prosperity that it has derived from its membership of the EU through Britain,” said Thornberry.

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Fabian Picardo issues stinging rebuke to joint sovereignty demands at key National Day rally ‘BRITISH means British,’ chief minister Fabian Picardo boomed at the annual National Day celebrations. Gibraltar will stay under the Union Jack and no other flag - in a post-Brexit Europe, he insisted at the defiant political rally. However, he compared the ‘challenges’ Gibraltar faces after the June 23 referendum with the World War Two evacuations and the border closure. “It is true that we together are facing a big test. We are facing challenges that can hurt our economy,” he said. “We didn’t choose Brexit but we will deal with Brexit. If anyone thinks we are going to sell our homeland for access to Europe, they don’t know you, they don’t me and they don’t know the Gibraltarians. “If Brexit means Brexit, British means British. No means no. Never means never. Gibraltar is British forever.” With Casemates Square a sea of red and white, a 21-strong, cross-party delegation of British MPs and politicians gave a series of strong and raucous speeches. Meanwhile a special National Day message from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was also read out, with the prominent

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By Joe Duggan Leave campaigner’s name booed by some sections of the crowd. Picardo read out Johnson’s message, in which the Conservative cabinet minister expressed his ‘resolute support’ for Gibraltar. Johnson also underlined the UK’s commitment to the ‘double lock commitment’ as negotiations about Britain’s future in Europe continue. “Brexit is just another challenge. Bring it on,” said Picardo. He added: “Look up at that beautiful Rock. I don’t see a for sale sign anywhere on that Rock. The red and white nation of Gibraltar. Red white and British, red white and free.” Among the visiting group of speakers were, Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat), Angus MacNeil (SNP), Fabian Hamilton (Labour) and Jack Lopresti (Conservative). Richard Buttigieg, chairman of organisers the Self Determination for Gibraltar Group (SDGG), also spoke to the crowd.

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HE familiar synth intro to Europe’s seminal Final Countdown booms out around Casemates Square. Suddenly, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is pogoing - yes pogo’ing up and down - onstage to the 80s classic to wild applause from the red and white National Day throng. It was a raucous reception befitting a genuine rock star. And in the first National Day since Britain voted to leave the European Union, the Chief Minister’s choice of song was telling. After a long and bitter campaign ended with the shock June 23 referendum result, Gibraltar is now battling a slow march towards the exit door. It’s a fight Picardo is leading from the front, and judging from the crowd’s response, one that Gibraltarians are much appreciative of. “We told them hell will freeze over

NAT I O NAL DAY SP E C I AL

Gibraltar shakes off Brexit blues to party at National Day, Joe Duggan joins the party before Gibraltar becomes Spanish but they just don’t get it,” bellowed Picardo as the crowd roared its approval. “If anyone thinks there [points towards Spain] or anywhere else, that we are going to sell our homeland for access to Europe, they don’t know you, they don’t me and they don’t know the Gibraltarians.” Given the context, this year’s celebrations were always likely to have an added political piquancy. Sections of the crowd certainly made their feelings clear (loud boos for Leave figurehead Boris Johnson, UKIP and pro-leave campaigner Jack Lopresti).

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The final countdown CELEBRATIONS: Gibraltar parties in Casemates Square But the overall mood was celebratory. And with the added benefit of a Sunday lie-in, Gibraltar was ready to

let its hair down. “From the Americas to Australia and from Hawaii to Hong Kong, wherever

there’s a Gibraltarian there’s a party,” boomed Picardo. All around the Rock, a huge range

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PAINTING THE TOWN RED (AND WHITE): Gibraltar characters including Jonathan Lutwyche (left) of entertainment was enjoyed by all. Jonathan Lutwyche gave a graceful demonstration of the skills that took him to New York’s world-renowned Joffrey Ballet School. Children from the St. Anne’s School choir sang a number of songs. Over at Rock on the Rock, Allan Alman was hosting a less serene gathering, with a number of local bands pumping up the volume and turning their amps up to 11.

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Everywhere, a succession of extravagant costumes caught the eye. Winston and Vicky Danino, who have been married for 48 years, were looking particularly dapper. “We change our uniform every year,” Vicky told The Olive Press. “We’re going to visit our daughter and grandchildren and have lunch later, but we want to listen to what our Chief Minister has to say.” Winston explained why he has a toy ape draped off his suit. “The Spanish say that when the apes leave the Rock it will be theirs,” said Winston. “So I keep the ape to keep us British.” Young and old alike joined in the party. Sonia Jezzard was showing her two-year-old great granddaughter Eliza around her first National Day. “I live in Gibraltar, but she has come from England. She is waiting for some nice music to dance to,” said Sonia. “My family and sisters have all come from England. All 34 of us are going to eat later on at Catalan Bay.” As Casemates cleared during the afternoon, revellers continued the party in Ocean Village bars, with the more sensible retiring home for a rest. But as day turned into night, people were back on the streets, or dancing the night away at Victoria Stadium. The day’s finale saw a dazzling firework display light up the night sky. Gibraltar had come to party, and once again it did itself proud. Opinion Page 6

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STANDING PROUD: Winston and Vicky Danino (right) Solomon Levy (above) and Elizabeth with her greatgrandmother Sonia all enjoy the National Day celebrations in Casemates Square

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WHAT a week to launch. With National Day passions aroused around the enclave, it was the perfect time to unleash a brand new exciting magazine from the Olive Press stable. The new quarterly magazine Gib Rocks is a lifestyle magazine packed with interesting features about the Rock. Our special National Day launch edition has a huge range of articles from the day a Rolling Stone played a secret gig to the Barbary

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Ready to serve LIEUTENANT General Sir Charles Deverell has visited the Rock for the first time since his appointment as Commander of Joint Forces Command, saying he is ready for any challenge.

Brexit brief AN official assessment to determine the impact of Brexit on ‘every area of Government business’ will be ready by the end of the month.

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macaques to a round up of National Day traditions. Gib Rocks also gets on board Lincoln Red Imps Champions League bus in Glasgow and chats to the last traditional boatmaker. Pick up your copy, hot off the presses at 120 different locations all around Gibraltar. Happy reading! And remember – Gib Rocks! You can also read it online at www.issuu.com/theolivepress

Landmark ruling

By Rob Horgan AN ‘historic’ Spanish Supreme Court ruling has confirmed that Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is not a drug smuggler or money launderer. In a case that will ‘set a precedent’ for future cross-border cases, the Madrid court backed a Gibraltar Court ruling that

PAYING UP: Bernad

Manos Limpias union leader Miguel Bernad must pay Picardo £30,000 in compensation following the defamatory comments made in front of the European Commision. A total of £1,500 will now be seized from Bernad’s pension for describing Picardo as ‘an accomplice, collaborator and co-operator in smuggling, drug trafficking and money laundering’, in 2013. Leading Gibraltarian lawyer Charles Gomez believes that this ‘high-profile’ ruling will send a message out to Spaniards who think they are beyond the reach of Gibraltar’s courts. “Until now there was an ur-

ban legend in Spain that rulings in Gibraltar would not be enforced in Spain,” he told the Olive Press. “This high-profile decision will no doubt cause concern in some sectors where Spanish residents thought that they were beyond the reach of the Gibraltar courts.” Bernad, 74, currently remains in prison awaiting trial for charges of extortion, being part of a criminal organization, fraud and forgery. Picardo has always said that he will donate damages to a Gibraltar charity. Opinion Page 6

Missing man POLICE are appealing for information about missing 47-year-old British man, Joseph Cahill Lafferty. He was last seen by a relative leaving his home on August 30 and is described as being 1.78 metres tall, white, of slim build with blue eyes and short, spiked brown hair. Anyone with information should contact New Mole House Police station on 00350 20072500.

MEETING: Pope and Mark

Magical moment A BACKPACKER from Gibraltar has met the Pope, just days after being caught up in a tragic earthquake. Mark Randall, who is currently doing a charity walk from Gibraltar to Jerusalem, came in contact with Pope Francis, at the Vatican City in Rome. Mark said that it is the ‘highlight of his trip so far’. He continues: “I asked him to pray for me and give me the strength and faith to complete my walk to Jerusalem. “Pope Francis blessed me and wished me well for the remainder of my journey. His assistant then handed me a rosary”. The former soldier revealed in our last issue how he felt the ‘ground shake’ beneath him in the recent earthquake that devastated the country and saw 296 dead in Amatrice. The Gibraltarian will continue to Greece and then Istanbul before completing his journey in Jerusalem.

New bishop ordained hours after gay marriage attack CARMEL Zammit has been ordained as Gibraltar’s new Catholic Bishop just hours after expressing concern about gay marriage. The holy man was ordained at Malta’s Mdina Cathedral the day after he slammed propos-

als to legalise same-sex marriage later this year. “The fact that all persons are equal does not take away the reality that not all are the same,” said Zammit. “The authentic understanding of marriage has been written in the human heart, consolidated in history and confirmed by the Word of God.” During his homily, Zammit stressed the importance of the Catholic Church to follow Congratulations on your first year ‘European values’. anniversary! Seeing your online and “It is more important than ever printed material grow is excellent news. for the Church in Europe, and I'm particularly enjoying the very holistic coverage you therefore in Gibraltar, to prohave by including cross-border stories.’ claim and practice those values that lie at the heart of European Philip Vasquez, lawyer and organiser of civilisation,” said Zammit. Gibraltar Startup Community “These are truly fundamental values, that underpin derived values such as democracy and individual freedom, the rule of law and tolerance.”

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OPINION Can’t run from the law THE Spanish Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of Chief Minister Fabian Picardo is momentous. To accuse someone of drug smuggling is one thing, to do it in front of the continent’s leading officials is another… and Manos Limpias head Miguel Bernad has rightfully been hit in the back pocket. But the ruling not only rights a wrong, committed by the disgraced union head, it also sends out a strong message. As lawyer Charles Gomez rightfully says it will send shivers down the spines of Spanish residents who thought they were out of reach from Gibraltar’s courts. Be it a union boss, a bent Costa del Sol doctor or a petty criminal, no longer can Spaniards hide from the law of Gibraltar.

A happy event MAKING it to your first anniversary is a proud event for any business. But in the world of newspapers - with the advent of social media and a global downward trend - it is particularly poignant. Given the Mirror Group’s New Day only survived three months this year, and papers are going out of business by the week, we are delighted to have seen some healthy growth. Much of this is due to the Olive Press being based on free and unfettered journalism, a belief in investigative reporting and original content. We believe in investing in journalists who are not frightened to ask the tricky questions. Thankfully, Gibraltarians appreciate that and have got behind us, enjoying our fresh approach, our sense of humour and backing our campaigns. Thanks to all the clients who have also supported us. Here’s to another year of exclusives.

National pride THE first National Day since the Brexit referendum was a chance for Gibraltar’s British allies to rally round the Rock. On a glorious summer’s day, British MPs, MEPs and peers of all political persuasions travelled to show their support. But as always, this was a party like no other. A wonderful day of events from the Twister aerial display to a fancy dress competition. We hope you all had a fantastic day. We certainly had fun.

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The lighthouse BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR: into private apartments is being converted and Stuart believes the Port Authority while (right) Nelson group in Ve- His group to ‘relieve art, boss of the Califa Hotel complaint is simply looking for a way of mainEXCLUSIVE jer, has now filed an official over ‘ir- itself of the financial burden is being waged with the Cadiz port authority A DESPERATE battle By Tom Powell taining the site’. has lighthouse application. the last-ditch protest regularities’ in Floatel’s to stop the iconic Trafalgar lost as a public vert the stunning landmark into three The businessman, who runs a string Insisting to do with his group’s own being privatised and in the he on the Costa nothing being turned down, holiday apartments, and of hotels and restaurants monument. group of application runclose to where luxury cut it off from the public. Luz, has united with a a bid to added: “We would take over the but The historic landmark, navy de- process the controversial agreement, de la lighthouse, Spanish businesses in Admiral Nelson’s British ning and costs of the it open for evand Spanish Under take control of key it entirely open to the public. same time keep feated an allied Frenchand cherished company Floatel is to for the next keep lighthouse and at the the 34-metre lighthouse to renew for “We firmly believe the in the public eryone to enjoy.” fleet in 1805, is loved which the option its environs should be Olive Press. by many Gibraltarians. The Califa group’s proposal, in 30 years, with built to maintain Stuart told the 10. The emblematic lighthouse, came second, guaranteed of serene nat- another Cadiz business- domain,” the same status as the the lighthouse, as 1860, is also in a spotnear Caños de However, a group of ex- “It should haveat Baelo Claudia where the appearance of interpretation cenruins add a free men including long-established ural beauty, located la Luz. the site is free well as area emtaking up arms Roman there is a museum and pat James Stuart, is Meca, on the Costa de tre, restaurant and picnic died Nelson staff. after 25 to the project. ploying 15 But now, 200 years Stu- to the public.” plan inwas taken to against By contrast, Floatel’s in a heroic victory and of Trafalgar Joined by local environmentalists, staff, volves employing just two and Gibraltar, a second battle closing the main entrance is being fought. 50% of than been has more off firm INTERVIEW cutting For a German EXCLUSIVE to the to conthe land and buildings awarded a contract public.

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DEFIANT calls for British Navy battleships to Gibraltar have be stationed again in By Tom Powell been made during raucous National a got the Day rally. biggest cheer, A group of 11 British when livered rip-roaring politicians de- sisted the Royal Navy should he in- once speeches focus- again - have battleships sing on recent permanently stationed in tensions with and backing Gibraltar’s Gibraltar. Spain right to self- “The people of Gibraltar determination. are a part of the Great British The Casemates family and I and white – crowd – a sea of red like to see a battleship here to would echoed the patriotic hend any Spanish appresentiments as Chief ship to illegally Picardo delivered Minister Fabian enter British waters,” he said. centering around the final address, Democratic Unionist MP Ian Paisley a salute to the added: “These are our ‘evacuation generation’ international PARTY MODE: of 75 years waters, this is our country, ago. Gibraltarians these are our people inflatable barbary celebrate National and we must Linking it to the support macaque them.” current refugee Day with sis engulfing Europe, cri- “We will never surrender he vowed “National help as much as this rock!” diminished.Day will never ever possible under to he roared in a rousing plea that ‘sharing be cent years the address. In After waving a due to its environmenta is caring’. bigger. We standfact, it will only get impact But it was Conservative letter of ‘best wishes’ together, red white l – took place. and free!” he bellowed. MP for from the Queen, the Chief Minister Romford, Andrew Then, as the crowds Rosindell, who finally vowed to increase Following the gazed up at the red and speeches, the National tional Day celebrations tradi- Turner’s white speckled sky, Tina releasing in years to come. which has causedof the balloons – through Simply the Best blasted controversy in re- the start the sound system, signalling of an almighty party.

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SINGING sensation and Gibraltar schoolgirl Elisha Lang, 12, pleaded to us for understanding after saying she was from Cadiz while on hit Spanish talent show La Voz Kids. Away from TV, bemused boatwatchers were left guessing who owned mystery multimillion-pound yacht Ecstasea. Fabian Picardo sailed into choppy waters when he took aim at Spanish intransigence in a keynote UN speech in New York. Finally, artist Christian Hook’s portrait of actor Alan Cumming was honoured as one of Scotland’s 100 greatest masterpieces, while cyber fraudsters left Gibraltar businesses over £1 million out of pocket.

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FIRST Minister do has given a Fabian Picarwarm welcome to the Olive Press’ launch in Gibraltar. The father-of-two paper’s original saluted the reporting and insisted his government would give its aid our growth full support to “I am delightedin the enclave. and to ensure to cooperate you receive all the help you need those who choose to inform the Olive Press for their news. “Welcome to the media stable in Gibraltar.”

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The Rock’s leader was talking alongside his lawyer wife Justine ahead of his key speech at National Day, ‘most significant one of the He told the Oliveever’. Press: “It is particularly auspicious this year with the day commemorating the 75th anniversary of great evacuation as well as comingof the Rock, in the week the Queen becomes the UK’s longest serving A highlight of monarch.” watching Kings his week was Gibraltar Music of Leon at the “Not at the frontFestival. have got crushed,”as I would “But I was blown he joked. I saw everyone’s away when air for Sex on hands in the rock song of theFire, the best last decade.” As for a date for election contest, his first rebe on November rumoured to “The only person 20, he said: who knows is my wife.”

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OUR battle to save the iconic Trafalgar lighthouse from privatisation got November off to a stormy start. Businessmen were determined to stop the historic landmark, close to where Lord Nelson defeated the French and Spanish, from being turned into luxury apartments. We met ‘Strongest Boy In The World’ 15-year-old Leon de Roeck as he smashed more world records. In exclusive interviews, Gibraltar’s main heavyweights Daniel Feetham and Fabian Picardo laid out their political visions ahead of the November 26 election.

December WE revealed the first photo of Simon Corner, the boyfriend of missing mother-ofone Lisa Brown, who police believe may have been murdered and dumped at sea. Later, we uncovered how Corner used aliases while on the run from police and criminal gangs. An inquest revealed John Shannon

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LONDON and Gibraltar have been brought closer together after Monarch announced its new Gatwick-Gibraltar route. Starting in May there will be four this year, flights with a total of 1,392 seats between the two airports The new link isevery week. expected to bring another 30,000 visitors to the Rock next Monarch alreadyyear. flies to three other destinations from Gibraltar - Luton, and Birmingham. Manchester Tourism Minister Sacramento: “This Samantha news. It serves to is exciting the very strong tiesstrengthen and commitment that Monarch has to the Rock. “All in all, the represent an new services approximate 25% growth for next year.”

Controversy after UK government withholds vital 1988 IRA ‘Death on the Rock’ files

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CRUCIAL government McCann, Farrell and controversial shooting files on the This includes Savage (from left) those concerning pected IRA terrorists of three sus- operation the The documentary, in which in Gibraltar in 1988 have been aired ployed to the Rock the SAS was de- after the shootings, was a month public by the National The files shouldwithheld. leged IRA plot to to prevent an al- by Margaret slammed Archives. plant a bomb outThatcher’s government Another significant omission public through thehave been made side the Convent. as inaccurate sensationalism is the Lockerbie chives this week UK National Ar- Three IRA at the tack on bombing, a terrorist attime. volunteers, Sean a plane above Scotland amended 20 yearunder the recently Daniel McCann Savage, which in and Mairead Far- Then Foreign Secretary However, a cabinet rule. Geoffrey Daily 270 people were killed. Howe had attempted spokesman blamed rell were shot at the petrol ‘administrative changes’ station the airing to postpone Glover Mail columnist Stephen on Winston of the programme described the holding decreasing the classified as a result of Their deathsChurchill Avenue. twice of government back made major headlines to no avail. period from after 30 to 20 years for files as ‘profoundly an ITV A year disclosure of some a continuing non- on the Rock documentary titled Death releasedago, the UK Cabinet Office unsatisfactory’. documents. suggested they were “We shot 1986. This500 files from 1985 and have are not told how many files unlawfully without year, just warning. been the period 1986-88 58 files covering are given held back, or why, and no timetable have been made they will be published,” as to when he said. “Instead of greater transparency, there is confusion and apparent obfuscation. It is very difficult to believe THE SAS shootings provoked this is not deliberate,” huge he controversy at the time. added. The IRA volunteers were It comes as a UK reported to have planted a 500 ment commission governpound bomb in a car near No6 Convent tigating changing is invesPlace, ready to detonate during dom of Informationthe Freethe changing of the guard ceremony. Act. The legislation, All three were shot as introduced they walked by Tony Blair although towards Spain on Winston later Churchill described as his Avenue, with officers ‘biggest reclaiming they gret’, allows journalists were acting suspiciously or any member of believed their lives were and thus the public in danger. access to information However, within 24 by public authorities. held revealed there had hours it was been no car The commision bomb and that all three had been widely criticised has been unarmed when shot. A car apparently connected as an attack onin the press transparto them was found two days later ency. in Marbella, containing explosives. Meanwhile, But degovernment spite an inquest ruling files which were all three had declassified been lawfully killed, the have revealed that European Thatcher Court of Justice ruled feared Spain would the SAS soldiers had in 1995 that invade Gibraltar during violated their fundamental right to life. lands War and the Falkeven sent RAF back-up to the Rock. Thatcher feared CONTROVERSIAL: invasion. Page Gib The SAS shot the 4 trio on Winston Churchill Avenue Opinion. Page 6

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slaughtered his wife and two children with knives and a corkscrew while on steroids. Burger King were cheesed off after being accused of enticing schoolchildren with discounted menus. In a Poguesesque Christmas tale, homeless war hero Ronald Lima described his heartbreaking journey back to Gibraltar.

March IT was a hard day’s night, but we tracked down the photographer from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Gibraltar wedding, David Nutter. The 77-year-old New York snapper revealed how never-beforeolive press seen negatives from the Rock wedding had vanished after he lent them to his friend, AnthoMan who ny Fawcett. In a month of big sold the crime stories, an undercover World Olive Press reporter, acting as a buyer, then tracked down a notorious Beatles collector in Thailand who tried to sell us the missing negatives. More dodgy dealings were unearthed as we exposed how Belsen war hero Leonard Berney funded a lavish life on luxury yacht The World through a string of ‘villainous’ investment companies. DON’T MISS OUR EIGHT-PAGE CASARES the

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BUDDING singer Corinne Cooper gave a valiant performance on UK talent show The Voice. Despite the Gibraltarian’s powerful ballad, she was sent home at the blind audition stage. Performing Sam Smith’s SPECIAL REPORT Lay me down, Cooper imBy Joe Duggan pressed but unfortunately THEY are some of the most didn’t wow the judges. Nutter with the details,” the iconic photographs in rock letter reads. and roll history. But according to Nutter, FawBut controversy surrounds cett never called him with the the original negatives from name. John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Now living a hand to mouth 1969 Gibraltar wedding taken existence in New York, he is by British photographer Dadesperate to get to the bottom vid Nutter, it can be revealed. ICONIC: John and of the mystery. Showing the Beatles singer Yoko on wedding day and "I go crazy thinking about it," celebrating his nuptials to (top left) with certificate he said. “I would write my inihis Japanese lover out of the while (above) police letter tials in ink on every frame so glare of the public eye, the I would know straight away pictures have been published had been taken. know they were mine. in thousands of publications “Even when I called in the po- “And, in any case, who else around the world ever since. lice, I never got them back.” could have taken them… Yet, the valuable negatives Indeed, a 1983 letter from nobody else was there in Gi- estimated to be worth over Southwark Police to Nutter braltar. I know they’re still £100,000 - vanished in the (above), seen by the Olive around. How do I get them 1970s after Nutter, 77, lent Press, shows that officers back?” them to a friend Anthony questioned Fawcett at his He continued: "It's heartMARATHON: At Dusk Fawcett to use in his book, home in south London. breaking. I’ve sort of given John Lennon: One Day At A “Now we are being offered Time. our own photographs back Fawcett had worked with Fawcett told the officers up. I could have done very Included in the missing batch, for thousands of pounds,” Lennon and Yoko as their about his flat being repos- well with those images and taken on Nutter’s Nikon cam- Nutter told the Olive Press, assistant for a while and was sessed in the Big Apple and people are always asking me writing a book about Len- that while most era, are around a dozen nev- this week. of his prop- for them and I don't have erty was later returned, the them. I am living in poverty. er-before published photos of “It is an outrage and it adds non’s life. the wedding day, some seen salt to the wounds that go “He asked me if I could help photographs and negatives “I could have made a lot of money not that that was the for the first time in the Olive back over 40 years,” he add- with images for the book and were not included. PARTY-goers are gearing I stupidly said ‘yes’ and lent "However, he Press, this issue. ed. (Fawcett) did important thing. Its just the up for a 12-hour live elecsay he knew someone in pos- idea of someone having my Music photographer Nutter He had ‘stupidly’ lent Faw- him all the negatives. tronic festival. - who had flown out for the cett the negatives after they “When I asked for them back session of the photographs stuff. I want them back.” Dusk’s annual Spring fellow wedding from London to Gi- became friends, while living a little while later, he told me and agreed to telephone Mr As photographer Festival will feature Hamill, who also suspiciously braltar on a commission from in New York in the mid 1970s. his apartment had been rebands and djs, including possessed... and everything lost negatives in the 1970s the Beatles record label Apple Dead City Radio, My Sick to Fawcett, said last night: - has spent the best part of the Project, Lazy Daiz and DJ “Me and David are two old last four decades trying to reRookie. guys who survived the sixcoup his property. Starting at 6pm on March ties. Those photos for us world-renowned Beatles memorabilia Tet two separate investiga12, the festival will also expert esticould mean something for my mated the set of wedding pictures tions by British police and the feature a tattoo and piercto be worth over daughter and granddaugh£100,000, last night. FBI in America have so far ing studio, graffiti art dister.“ Peter Miniaci claims that he, himself, failed to recover them. play as well as a Harley was offered The Olive Press tried to conthe images in 2007, when he received Now however, in a sensationDavidson show. tact Fawcett repeatedly by him 'some rare John and Yoko wedding an email offering al twist, the Olive Press can photos'. Two-for-one cocktails email and phone this week to "I was suspicious and asked if the reveal that various anonysender had the rights will also be on offer as discuss the missing negatives to the images, to which it was claimed mous ‘sellers’ have recently that ‘the photograwell as free tapas. SUSPICIOUS: Hamill but received no response. pher is dead’ so I didn’t need to tried to sell back Nutter’s own worry about it," he told the Olive Press. images. "Right away the red flag went up. The London-born snapper, non's former PA] and she told me I rang May Pang [Lenwho now lives in New York, ter took those photos and he is alive‘definitively’ David Nutrevealed that another photogHe later called the anonymous seller,and well in New York." rapher Brian Hamill, has also ish accent, to try and track him down.who had a fake Britbeen suspiciously offered two He said he wanted £20,000 for the strips of his original negatives are not as valuable or good quality contact sheets (which taken of John Lennon. as the original negatives). New Yorker Hamill had also "Whoever offered me the contact lent the original negatives to sheets must know where the negatives are. If David could sell Fawcett - a British art critic, the whole set of photos I'm confident, because the majority author and media consultant he could get £70,000 to over £100,000 are unpublished, - for the same book. for them.”

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BOOKIES have reacted angrily to a proposed tax on offshore betting. Ladbrokes is boycotting the Cheltenham Festival over the tax, while Betfair is pulling out of the Gold Cup. The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association is planning to fight the changes, which are expected to raise over £300 million in tax. Official horse racing bodies insist that bookies refusing to pay the tax on their offshore profits should be banned from racing. Over 3,000 people work in gaming companies in Gibraltar.

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By Joe Duggan CONTROVERSY surrounds a decision to bring gay marriage one step closer to the Rock. Religious leaders are expected to widely slam the plan that will finally permit same sex marriages to take place. Last night, Chief Rabbi Ron Hassid described the decision to move forwards as an ‘aberration’. “This makes a statement that CONFLICT: Decision to go ahead this is normal behaviour,” the Zammit was awarded a ‘crozier’ with gay wedding bill came on day Bishop staff by Fabian Picardo holy man told the Olive Press. However, the decision an- equality,” “By doing this they are undonounced this week, was well governmentinsisted one gay been remarkable’. ing thousands of years of civiemployee, who However, received by the LGBT com- asked to lization. he added: “I wish to remain anonymous. make it clear that this relates munity. “I think we are walking on Felix Alvarez “It’s a great step forward for Rights Group of the Equality to civil marriage and not to dangerous ground when a added: “Parliagovernment has the power ment will now finally address the sacrament of Holy Matrito do this. Who gives them the notion that the equal mony or the rites of marriage the right? This is to do with application of the law to all in any religion.” morality. They have gone too citizens is an inviolable and It is expected the bill will be far.” necessary principle of our so- debated in parliament after the six-week publication peChurch of England Dean ciety,” he said. John Paddock insisted there The government’s bill - riod has passed. It is likely to was ‘nothing to add’ to the launched on Monday - will become law later this year. church’s official position. amend the Civil Marriage Act A public consultation on the However, he added: “There is to include marriage between subject attracted more than 3,400 people. a view of marriage, which you two people of the same sex. only have to read the Holy While it has yet to be debated The decision came on the day book to see”. and voted on in Parliament, it that the First Minister awardEarlier this year, all the is expected to receive cross- ed the Bishop Carmelo Zammitt a crozier, a staff of honRock’s religious leaders isparty support. sued a joint letter refusing to Chief Minister Fabian Picar- our for high ranking Catholic support the move. do said the ‘response and holy men. RAINBOW: On castle engagement on this issue has Opinion Page 6

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A POST-BREXIT committee is to be formed on the Rock to help negotiate Britain’s tricky exit from the EU. The cross-party committee will be made up of four members nominated by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and two members selected by opposition leader Daniel Feetham and Independent Member of Parliament Marlene Hassan Nahon. The Select Committee on the EU is being set up to determine the ‘impact of a potential withdrawal from the European Union, and Gibraltar’s future relationship with the EU’. The Committee will also be in direct contact with the British government and will be ‘fully involved in the formulation of the United Kingdom’s policy on Brexit’. It comes as UK ministers warned that Britain could remain in the EU until late 2019, almost a year later than originally predicted.

Rucking outrage! RUGBY officials are fuming after Spanish lobbying wrecked Gibraltar’s dream of joining Europe’s top table, the Olive Press can reveal. Long-term Rugby Europe treasurer, Jose Maria Epalza, is believed to have turned countries against Gibraltar’s bid for membership at the body’s General Assembly in June. Gibraltar Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will now demand a fresh vote, vowing ‘we will get there’.

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Desperate journey COAST guards picked up 16 illegal immigrants, including one child, off the coast of Tarifa after their dinghy began sinking.

Algeciras art FOUR Gibraltar artists have launched an exhibition at an Algeciras gallery. Alan Perez, Ambrose Avellano, Shane Dalmedo and Nathan Conroy are presenting their work Cuatro Miradas at AlCultura. The collaborative visual art show will feature a variety of media, including video, as well as performance art, and will focus on the human condition.

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A FRENCH film crew has spent several days shooting a new comedy movie in La Linea. Sets were constructed in streets near La Atunara and Levante beaches for Les Carnivores, the directorial debut of brothers Jeremie and Yannick Renier. Successful Belgian actor Jeremie Renier is famous for appearing in awardwinning films like In Bruges, Brotherhood of the Wolf and The Kid With The Bike. In dark comedy In Bruges, he starred alongside Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes as a hired hitman. During the La Linea shoot, inquisitive locals turned out to watch as camera crews set up in neighbouring streets. Les Carnivores is the tale of an actress who leaves her family in France and escapes to La Linea. A release date for the film has not yet been confirmed.

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‘Explosive cocktail’ THE mayor of La Linea Juan Franco believes Brexit could be ‘an explosive cocktail’ for the Campo de Gibraltar town. During a meeting with the regional Cadiz council, Franco expressed concern about the possible effects of Britain leaving the EU on local workers.

“La Linea has 64,000 inhabitants and a floating population of between 8,000 and 10,000, many of them foreigners,” said Franco. “Around 10-11,000 cross each day to work in Gibraltar, without forgetting that we have 8,800 unemployed people. It’s an explosive cocktail.”

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LOS BARRIOS town hall has granted planning permission for the renovation of the first floor of the Quiron Hospital, in Palmones. The €214,134 budget will also see the introduction of hemodynamic installations which can measure blood flow and detect cardiovascular irregularities. A MAMMOTH 2,000lb coThe heart is studied caine stash worth an estiby introducing thin mated €26 million has been catheters through intercepted on its way from arteries in the groin Algeciras to Sevilla. or arm which gives The haul was found hidden a clearer picture in a commercial shipment of the state of the of bananas that had arrived heart and arteries. from Colombia. The upgrade means The drug ring had been usmost diseases afing maritime shipping confecting the cardiotainers to import the class A vascular system, including angina, drug, using a legitimate fruit heart valve disease company in Sevilla as a covand congenital er. heart disease, can Authorities say the find connow be treated in firms that southern Spain rethe Campo de Gimains a key entry point into braltar. Europe for smugglers.

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THE Fine Arts Association has opened its Our Identity exhibition as part of this year’s National Day celebrations. More than 60 pieces by 25 local artists will be exhibited at the Fine Arts Gallery until the end of September. Paul Cosquieri’s winning entry, Our Identity Is In Our Anthems was chosen by Former Minister and adjudicator Peter Montegriffo.

Return our Nazi gifts SPAIN has asked for the return of wartime gifts it sent to the Nazi’s intended to prove the ‘Aryan ancestry’ of Germany and Spain. Dictator Francisco Franco gave several Visigoth artefacts to SS chief Heinrich Himmler, who had been tasked with proving the superiority of the Aryan race. The gifts, presented to the Nazi’s following Himmler’s visit in 1940, included gold and bronze cups, necklaces and human remains that had been excavated from a Visigoth necropolis near Segovia. The gifts were a bid by Franco and archaeologist Julio Martinez Santa-Olalla to prove the tribesmen’s presence in Spain, which would in turn prove that Spaniards shared the Germans Aryan heritage, making them, too, ‘superior to all other races’. Spain wants to display the gifts at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid. Sergio Vidal, head of medieval antiquities at the National Archaeological Museum, said: “Dozens of pieces were sent to Germany and they never returned.

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PUERTO Rican guitarist Jose Feliciano is set to headline The Olive Press this year’s Gibraltar Jazz Festival. THE Gibunco Gibraltar The virtuoso TOP forguitarist, news infaSpain! mous for his rendition of International Literary Light My Fire will perform at Festival has announced St Michael’s Cave on Friday more authors for OctoNovember 25. ber’s four-day event. Further ticket information Giselle Green, Paula Bywill be available before Na- rne, John Bentley and tional Day. Horatio Clare along with

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Word up historian Bettany Hughes and artist Barbara Rae are the latest recruits to the four-day event. which takes place from October 20-23. The award-winning fiction writer Green moved to Gibraltar aged seven while

World class writers come together, at the Iconic Regency Garrison library, for the fourth international literary festival event, showcasing the best The Rock has to offer.

FAMOUS FACES: Heading to the Literary Festival

Byrne’s most recent book is a biography of Kathleen Kennedy. In June, Clare won the coveted Branford Boase literary prize for his children’s novel Aubrey and

Spot the difference ECCENTRIC, expressive, black and white images will be plastered on the walls of La Termica, in Malaga. If you look closely, you will see that they are globally recognised portraits, with a different person's face staring back at you. This is because renowned photographer, Sandro Miller’s latest visual installment features, solely actor John Malkovich. The images are a take on pop culture where American Sandro has used Malkovich as his muse to recreate iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Salvaldor Dali and Pablo Picasso. Together, The Perks of being a Wallflower actor, John and award-winning Sandro have recreated 41 of some of history’s most iconic portraits. Commercial portrait photograDRESSED UP: Malkovich pher Sandro said “ I have done nudes of John. I have dressed John like Henry VII, I have dressed John like the devil. And I once suspended John from a cross, and John's never said no.¨The Malkovich Sessions, will be available to feast your eyes on from October 15.

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birthday ‘Well done to the Gibraltar Olive Press on its first year. It is a great platform for local talent: the paper offers as much help as they can to all the sports and arts personalities so we can all pursue our dreams no matter how big or small they are, they always do all they can to make them happen!’ Jonathan Lutwyche, Britain’s Got Talent star

The Terrible Yoot and has penned two memoirs. Renowned music journalist and DJ Paul Gambaccini will also appear at the festival as well as local author Carmen Gomez and

poet David Bentata. They join literary stars Louis De Bernieres, Guillem Balague, Paddy Ashdown, Boyd Tonkin and Nicholas Parsons among others.

usic and Poetry Night, October 21

Pop into Scarello's in Irish Town, for a fun night, hosted By Gabriel Moreno & Rebecca Faller

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Caught live: GMF 2016 round-up

GIRL POWER: All Saints shake hands with fans while (right) NeYo gets down and (inset) Toploader singer Joseph

UP FOR IT: Music fans Eddie from Interbuild and Tony from Divecharters

Jon Clarke recalls the excitement of taking his kids to their first ever music festival, GMF 2016

ROM the first bike to the first trip to the zoo, few From here, we popped over to the Gibtelecom stage in things are as exciting to kids as their first music fes- time to watch Toploader do anything but Dance in the tival. Moonlight (it being mid-afternoon) but very much keep So when mine found themselves sitting by the stage the crowd entertained. shaking hands with the All Saints, I’d well and truly be- It was here that we chatted to Chief Minister Fabian Picarcome Super Dad! do, who denied he was a Paul Young fan, just seconds The excitement had been building for months and reached before the British crooner of a certain age was about to a crescendo when Maia, 11, and Alfie, 8, discovered come on stage. that some of their favourite bands, including Foxes, Jess “No, not at all Jon. I’m off to watch Europe: The Final Glynne and the Vamps were going to be in attendance. Countdown; the Brexit song. That’s for me,” he chuckled… I knew instinctively that the Gibraltar Music Festival was which might have been true had it been Sunday when they the right place to introduce this music-obsessed pair to actually played and when, I’m reliably told, the big boss the world of live music. really let his hair down. Very much a family event, it feels like a cross between But back to Saturday and we raced back to the main stage Glyndebourne and Glastonbury - minus the mud - with to get pole position for the All Saints, a girl group of a cerkids galore and families spreading out groundsheets, tain era, who yes, I’ll admit, I have a sneaky feeling for. deck chairs and picnic baskets at the side of the two main I interviewed them as a journalist in London two decades stages. ago and had heard that their recent comeback show at World’s apart from Benicassim or Creamfields, it is a dis- the V Festival in Essex had been quite a sensation. tinctly laid back affair, with a lack of dogs on strings. And so it proved to be. Of course they’ve seen plenty of live band here and there, The four girls now in their 40s looked fantastic and - while but at GMF there were dozens of groups playing on half a a little over-rehearsed - proved they could still move… and dozen stages… not to mention wristbands, press passes more importantly sing. and, in the VIP area, free hamburgers Best of all, my kids got the best seat in and truffle lollipops! the house, perched on a barrier right by Yes, all that stuff matters to kids. the front of the stage. And they loved it, But we were here for the music and, bobbing around to Never Ever, luckily while not as good a line up as last didn’t understand Booty Call, and even year, there were some definite winrecognised the excellent cover of Under ners. the Bridge, by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Dipping in and out (as traipsing The icing on the cake was shaking Nicole around with children allows) we firstand Shaznay’s hands at the end. ly watched an inspiring show by LonAll that was left was to enjoy a surprisdoner Louisa Rose Allen, from Foxes, ingly good show by Travis and an emowho cleverly spun around the stage tional Fran Healy, who spoke some with a Gibraltar flag. genuine home truths about Brexit and Next up was a rousing set by The technology, before taking a stroll into the Vamps, whose singer had more eneraudience and getting on the shoulders gy than the Rock’s famous monkeys. of one particularly strong fan. My son particularly loving the way he Ne-Yo? The less said the better. jumped into the photographers pit Let’s just say neither of my kids wanted and even grabbed a video camera to to stay past the third song and for night film the audience himself. owls like them, it says it all. CLOSE TO ACTION: Alfie and Maia

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TOUCHNG: Foxes singer Louisa with flag. Travis singer in the audience and (bottom) Jon Clarke and his kids

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BUZZING: GMF crowd and (right) energetic Age of L.U.N.A get the crowd jumping with energetic performance

Sunday

IT WAS HOT HOT HOT ON SIZZLING SUNDAY

Joe Duggan watches The Fratellis, Jess Glynne and Bryan Ferry brave the heat on the second day

ROCKING: Heather Small (above)

UNDAY at the Gibraltar Music Festival had something for everybody. From Stereophonicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anthemic indie to Jess Glynne's urban soul, from suave crooner Bryan Ferry and to Europe's power rock, Gibraltarians of all ages had a range of sounds to enjoy. On a sweltering day, the crowds poured into Victoria Stadium once more. Those who came early were in for a treat, with country music trio Orfila getting the party started on the Main Stage. Over at the Gibtelecom Stage, Holly Abril's electric-violin-charged sounds had the audience tapping their feet. Feisty young London outfit Age Of L.U.N.A cut quite a dash and had the crowd grooving to their breezy, De La Soul-inspired hip hop. The heat was certainly getting to some of the UK bands as Fratellis lead singer Jon Fratelli said 'us Scottish boys are struggling a bit'. But it didn't stop them zipping through a barnstorming set, with Chelsea Dagger a standout favourite before rounding things up with a spirited rendition of Dion's doo-wop classic Runaround Sue. Up next, Heather Small bestrode the Main Stage in regal glory, belting out M People classics like Sight For Sore Eyes before a heartfelt tribute to Whitney Houston with I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Award for hero of the weekend must go to South African artist Jeremy Loops, who battled through pneumonia to headline the Seaside Stage. DIVA: Jess Glynne

The charismatic Cape Towner was a highlight of the day, mingling folk, hip hop and beat boxing in a stirring performance that crackled with verve and originality. Passers-by idly strolling past the Seaside Stage were soon inside dancing away. Meanwhile, as the skies darkened eighties rockers Europe took to the Gibtelecom Stage in front of a vast canopy reading War Of Kings. Lead singer Joey Tempest grabbed his backside, then his white microphone, before pulling a succession of classic rock poses. Beyond parody, but who needs irony when you've got The Final Countdown up your sleeve, the ultimate in singalong power rock? Glynne was also battling the heat, but the Londoner kept her cool majestically with renditions of hits like No Place I'd Rather Be, My Love (dedicated to her parents) and Hold My Hand. Bryan Ferry's timeless elegance graced the Gibtelecom Stage, although a little later than some would have liked. Roxy Music classics Ladytron were blended with recent solo songs like opener Avonmore and eighties soul classic Slave To Love. Jorja Chalmers, Ferry's multiinstrumentalist, delighted the crowd with a succession of solos before the set closed with the vintage quartet of Virginia Plain, Love Is The Drug, Let's Stick Together and Jealous Guy. Finally Stereophonics drew the curtain on another marvellous GMF weekend with hits like Maybe Tomorrow sending the crowd home with something special to remember.

POPULAR: Jeremy Loops and (below) Bryan Ferry

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

Ferry to Gibraltar Roxy Music star tells the Olive Press he once drove from London to Gibraltar, and regularly visits Andalucia writes Joe Duggan

N plush, velvety tones, Bryan Ferry is telling me about his first trip to Gibraltar, when the 60s hippie trail to Tangier led him to the Rock. The Roxy Music star’s gig at this weekend’s Gibraltar Music Festival will be his first here and for 10,000 fans it was a chance to see a singer who shaped popular culture. But he had been before. “I went to Gibraltar in the late 60s, when I was on an adventure driving round Europe with my first girlfriend,” he says in a warm English burr. “I drove from London to Morocco and spent a couple of days there. I thought it was amazing. Quite magical. It seems so long ago now.” The young, thrill-seeking Ferry was on the brink of a music career that would catapult him to global stardom.

ROCKING OUT: Ferry STYLE: Roxy Music (above) Ferry, now and then (right)

Magical Roxy Music burst onto the scene in 1971, a glamorous explosion of the avant-garde and colourful. David Bowie had already kicked open the doors of what was permissible in rock and roll with his outrageous androgyny. Ferry and his art-house band - with Brian Eno on keyboards and synthesis took up the mantle and ran with it. Their sleek singles like Virginia Plain, Ladytron, Love Is The Drug and Do The Strand were a world away from the leaden heavy rock plodding around the early 70s. With Eno resplendent in makeup feather boas and Ferry immaculate in white dinner jacket, they patented a daring, decadent glamour. It’s hard to imagine modern-day musicians making that sort of impression on the national consciousness, I suggest. “There are bands around like Radiohead who are hugely popular and incredible musicians,” says Ferry. “But I don’t think they had maybe such a cultural impact. When Roxy started it did feel quite unique. I was very lucky to be a part of it.” What bands does he like to listen to these days? “Dead ones,” he chuckles. “I still like listening to the Velvet Under-

HOLIDAY HIDEOUT: Ferry regularly visits Trasiema hotel in Cazalla

ground. But I listen to mainly jazz. Sometimes you don’t want to listen to too much rock music. It kind of affects your own vision a bit. You don’t want to be influenced by things. You want to keep a certain purity in your head.” Ferry, the working-class son of a Durham miner, found a creative outlet in fine art before moving to London in 1968 to pursue a music career. His success has allowed

him to indulge his original passion (in 2010, he held an exhibition of his private art collection) and frequent trips to Spain are a chance to visit the masters. “When I go to Madrid I always go the Prado to see those incredible Goyas and Velazquezs,” he says. “Normally I go to Sevilla, as I have friends down there. I go to a place called Trasierra, which is outside Sevilla.Recently I was in Granada

for a wedding. I love the music. That whole culture they have in the south is fabulous.Sadly we don’t get to play very much over there, so I’m looking forward to this rare visit.” His Gibraltar Music Festival appearance came hot on the heels of a coast-to-coast US tour, which took Ferry to Nashville for the first time and the legendary Grand Ole Opry. Such lengthy tours show that at 70, his prodigious work rate shows no sign of slacking, even if the strain can sometimes tell. “In some ways touring gets harder on the voice,” he says. “We try to pace it nowadays. In the early days of my career we were always doing too much, really. Making a record finishing a record, then the next day you’re off on your tour. “Now I try to travel one day on and one day off. It’s quite a young band. That keeps me on my toes.” The gigs roll on, but rock’s grim reaper has taken a savage toll among his fellow musicians in 2016. David Bowie’s death in January ushered in a depressing wave of legendary figures passing on. Bowie and Ferry were, of course, closely linked and cut from the

same cloth, the two sparking off another throughout the 70s. “I was on tour when I heard Bowie had died. A very sad business,” says Ferry. “I hadn’t stayed close to him as he lived in New York and I’m in England. “Prince as well, who I was close to, although we’re both quite reserved people. He made part of his last album in my studio. “Every time I open up the paper I wonder who’s next?” Does that sense of his own mortality push him on creatively, I ask? “You are very conscious of making the most of your time,” he says. “That happened to me a few years ago, when of my best friends died. I got wise to the fact that I must do as much work as I can in my final period, as ghastly as it sounds.” In recent years, he has hit a rich vein of form, with 2014’s solo album Avonmore - which featured Smith’s guitarist Johnny Marr was a huge critical success. A live album from a 1974 Royal Albert Hall gig is due for release this year. His 45 years in the music industry have brought worldwide fame and success. But would a young Ferry become a musician in 2016? “I’m not sure. I might want to get into the computer business,” he laughs. “There aren’t any record stores any more. It’s a very strange world for musicians now. Everyone wants to be performing live. “But it’s been very good for me, certainly encouraged me to go further and further afield to play live. And end up in Gibraltar.” With that, he rushes off to Abbey Road, promising to play ‘a lot of early Roxy stuff’ on at the GMF. Nearly half a century after his first visit, it was be good to have him back.

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Prior debut PRIOR Park School, Gibraltar's first independent, co-educational school opened its gates to 60 new pupils on Wednesday. Headmaster Peter Watts welcomed pupils from Years 8, 9 and 10 into the former Sacred Heart school, with the Old Town premises undergoing renovations this summer. From next September, Prior Park School pupils from Years 11 and 12. As well as new subject specific teaching areas and 21st century technology, the character of the building has been maintained. Mr Watts said: "Today sees the culmination of a tremendous amount of hard work, both on the ground here and from Prior Park College in Bath.

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"I would like to thank all those involved but particularly the parents of our students here today, for their invaluable support and faith in the school. "I am extremely proud of all that has been accomplished. The real work begins now and I and my team are looking forward to becoming an integral part of the Gibraltar community. Exciting times lie ahead." A broad range of activities and opportunities will include algebra and zumba. The school will work closely with its alma mater, Prior Park in Bath and is one of four in the Prior Park school family. An official opening will take place in October with the Bishop and Governor attending. An Open Day for prospective parents interested in viewing the school will be held on October 28. Anyone interested should email Gibraltar@priorparkschools.com

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Property market in good shape, says Louis Montegriffo

A LEADING property expert has been ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the Rock’s buoyant housing market since June’s Brexit referendum. Louis Montegriffo, managing director of the BMI Group, expressed confidence about the future as the UK prepares to exit the EU. Despite predictions of a slump in house prices if Britain voted Leave, so far Montegriffo sees no signs of market jitters. “We were pleasantly surprised by the fact that after the shock of the referendum result and only days after the event we experienced a ‘business-as-usual’ attitude by applicants,” said Montegriffo. “July was, in fact, a good month, particularly at price levels between £250,000 and MARBELLA’S port authority (APPA) is looking £750,000.” for new investors to develop the La Bajadilla He added: “Whereas we are not of port after its Sheikh owner failed to present the view that Gibraltar’s propany plans. erty market is going to boom, Sheikh Al-Thani, who also owns Malaga Footwe neither subscribe to the ball Club, missed the final deadline to present notion there will be a fall his development plans to the APPA after bein property prices. There’s ing awarded the contract to develop the port nothing wrong with that.” more than four years ago. With 500 new units exHis company, Nas Marbella, was given an ulpected in King’s Wharf, Midtimatum on March 28 to begin the developtown and Ocean Village in the ment or face the cancellation of the contract. next four years, the future looks The APPA is now reportedly in talks with an bright. infrastructure investment fund, an investor “My belief in Gibraltar’s strength, especially from the UK and another from the Middle in its entrepreneurship and government, conEast. vinces me that as soon as we shake off the inThe project is expected to create 3,000 jobs evitable sense of disappointment we will see and be a major economic boost for the area there is no shortage of opportunities,” said just 2km east of Marbella’s Puerto Deportivo. Montegriffo.

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EXTRAVAGANT: Marbella mansions

Golden streets MARBELLA is home to the most expensive street in Spain to rent a house. According to a survey by property website idealista.com, a house on Calle Alcala in Marbella’s golf valley will set you back on average €38,950 a month. Its most expensive property is an eyewatering €118,000 a month, or €3,806 per day. It is this luxury villa, available for short-term lets only, that is said to have brought the street’s average up. The 10-bedroom mansion comes complete with two presidential

suites, each of which has a bathroom with its own en suite living room, terraces, a huge cinema, and a separate bungalow for the hired help, all set in a 4,000 square metre plot. Avenida Tibidabo in Barcelona could only muster a distant second, with house rentals likely to cost you a cool €18,363 per month. Sierra Blanca in Marbella came third in the list with average monthly rentals reaching €16,300 while nearby Guadalmina Baja, home to ex-Spanish Prime Minister Jose Aznar, came a close fourth with €16,267.

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We love the spirit of Spain! Jon Clarke meets the boss of leading furniture brand Roche Bobois as it launches a charity project for Africa

T was during a teenage trip on a moped around Spain that François Roche fell in love with the Spanish. Travelling around with a tent for three months, the young Parisian furniture designer really got a taste for its beauty and its people. 'It's why we launched our first shops in Spain even before Franco died," explains Roche Bobois CEO Gilles Bonan. "It came well before London and we have always done very well here. "I remember François telling me about his adventures here and his love of the country and its spirit." Indeed, the quality French brand, born in the 1950s, has over 20 shops around the country, including one in Marbella. "It's the third most important for us but only just after Barcelona and Madrid," reveals Bonan, a well travelled executive who speaks good English and Spanish having studied at university. "And it is rising all the time now - particularly with all the super wealthy families who don't just buy one sofa but kit their whole houses out with our furniture." To celebrate the success of their growth in Spain, the company has collaborated with a raft of top Spanish designers to create 10 bespoke versions of their iconic Mah Jong sofa. With the aim to raise money for African orphans, the sofas designed by names such as Rossy de Palma and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, are to be auctioned this year. The company was an amalgamation of two designers in Paris. "Originally they could not agree on whose name should come first,” said Bonan. "So for their first few adverts they interchanged with the name Roche first, then Bobois first."

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AND it is not just the buyers heading to Mallorca, celebrities have also flocked to the island this summer with British actress Sienna Miller, X-Men actor Michael Fassbender and ex-Real Madrid ace Ruud van Nistelrooy all spotted on the island.

A BUYING boom has exploded on the Balearics following their rise to fame on the small screen. Property sales in Mallorca have soared following the popular BBC drama The Night Manager. Starring British heartthrob Tom Hiddleston and national treasure Hugh Laurie, the setting of most of the series is at a luxurious hilltop hideaway in Mallorca. In fact, Martin Dell, director of Spanish property portal Kyero.com, reports that enquiries in Mallorca are up 38% on last summer, and attributes much of the interest to the BBC drama. “The popularity of The Night Manager has put Mallorca in a different league,” he said. “That as well as the fact that it was named one of TripAdvisor’s top 10 islands in the world to visit in 2016 has done

ISLAND DREAMS: Mallorca property enquiries soar

wonders for the property market.” He added: “The upmarket portrayal of Mallorca on the small screen is reflected in the interest in pricier property.”

In total, more than six million people watched the BBC drama when it aired last spring. The lavish clifftop La Fortaleza estate is owned Tory donor Lord James Lupton, who purchased it for an estimated €40

million in 2011 from another Brit, John Ogden. A one-week stay at the sumptuous estate was auctioned for a cool €265,000 at a Conservative Party fundraiser last year.

Back on track

Eastenders soap star Shane Richie is house hunting for a Costa del Sol bolthole EXCLUSIVE By Rob Horgan

CHEEKY chap Shane Richie is eyeing up a Costa del Sol retreat. The Eastenders star has been viewing properties along the coast for the last two months, the Olive Press can reveal. Originally interested in a beachside pad in Calahonda, Shane, 52, and his wife Christie Goddard are now viewing townhouses inland in their quest for a dream Spanish home. No stranger to southern Spain, Shane - famous for playing Alfie Moon in Eastenders - appeared on hit TV show Benidorm for a one-off cameo appearance last year. It was while filming on the Costa Blanca that the singerturned-actor fell in love with the country and decided to start house hunting. “Shane and Christie are keeping their options open,” a source told the Olive Press. “They are pretty keen on the Calahonda area but are looking at villas, townhouses and beachside properties as

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Alfie’s on the hunt

well.” Shane and Christie tied the knot in 2007. The couple

have three children aged between 10 and five. It is understood that their

Costa del Sol pad will be used as a holiday home rather than a permanent residence.

AN abandoned train station in Velez-Malaga is to be converted into a bus station. Out of action since 1968, the station, next to Parque Andalucia, will be transformed following agreement by the provincial government to award a budget of €240,208. Town planning councillor Cynthia Garcia said: “The work will recover one of our most emblematic buildings and give it importance once again.”

Giddy up HORSE-DRAWN carriages from the 19th Century will adorn the walls of Marbella’s latest culinary addition. The Town Gourmet Market, set to resemble a town square, will feature pots of colourful flowers as well as recreations of mosaics. The privately funded project will have three entrances, taking up 470 square metres of revitalised space. The mixture of modernity and tradition is the creation of Grupo Afil, Fajardo and T10 Architects.

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When in Laurence Dollimore explores who was building what and where more than 2,000 years ago

Baelo Claudia, Costa de la Luz THESE ruins some 15km north of Tarifa reveal a once highly strategic and wealthy Roman town.

STRATEGIC: Ancient Roman town

Vital to the trade routes serving Europe and North Africa, its position on the coast near the Straits of Gibraltar made it a crucial stop-off point. The town made most of its wealth by supplying the popular delicacy du jour, garum, a fish paste, to the whole of the Roman Empire. The town, named by Emperor Claudius, who reigned from 41 to 45 AD, boasted a basilica, theatre, thermal baths, aqueducts, lucrative salting factories and the Temple of Isis.

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Acinipo, Ronda CREATED by retired soldiers from the Roman legions more than 2,000 years ago, Acinipo boasts some of the most well preserved buildings, with its Roman theatre still in use today. The 32 hectare city thrived in 1 AD when it had a population of 5,000, even printing its own money with coins featuring bunches of grapes. Its famous theatre, which is thought to have begun construction in 65 AD and been completed in 200 AD, seated 2,000 and remains in good condition, boasting an orange tiled orchestra pit and actors’ changing rooms, while a modern steel stage has recently been added.

ONE of the Roman empire’s most important settlements is believed to be lying under the soil in Jimena de la Frontera. Archaeologists have begun digging up what they believe to be a Roman ‘nerve-centre’. Originally uncovered by retired archeologist Hamo Sassoon when he retired to the Campo de Gibraltar, the excavation work could re-write the history books. A complex series of walls, strategically placed castle and layout of the town were ‘obvious giveaways’ to Sassoon. Early excavation work uncovered Roman coins stamped with Oba, supported by his early findings.

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From one of a kind mosaic floors to historic baths, our long gone relatives have left plenty of clues that tell us how they lived and what their property portfolios looked like.

FURTHER proof of Roman dwellings can be found at the newly renovated sulphurous bathing pool in Casares. The town hall has created a new outdoor bathing area in a bid to preserve the historic site, by building two walls in the channel leading from the bathing room to the adjacent river.

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THIS once bustling Roman settlement near Los Alamos beach in Torremolinos was an important fish-salting plant. Archeologists have recently unearthed residential areas, industrial facilities and ceramics and pottery typical of the Roman period. The site is thought to be more than two thousand years old, with several tanks for salting fish, a spa complex and a storage area with two large pottery kilns dating back to 100BC also being discovered. The Romans learned the salt-curing method from the Greeks, and it is still widely used today.

Rio Verde villa, Marbella

Italica, Sevilla Just 9km north of Sevilla sits the ruins of Italica. Founded in 206BC the town became an important centre of Roman culture and was later the birthplace of three Roman emperors, Trajan and Hadrian and Theodosius . The town thrived particularly under Hadrian and has been survived by a huge amphitheatre and twenty mosaics, including a highly detailed coloured floor featuring birds, Netpune and the seasons.

IT seems ‘Marbs’ began attracting the wealthy more than 2,000 years ago. This ancient villa, 1km west of Puerto Banus, was once part of the great Roman settlement of Cliniana and is a one of its kind for the stunning mosaic floors it left behind, meaning its owner would have been of great importance. A turn from the traditional classical themes and intricate details, the famous black and

white p a t terned tiles - never before seen in a Roman villa - display a collection of images in black and white, from shoes to kitchen utensils and the infamous Medusa.

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PAST IN THE PRESENT: Palacete de Cazula has a colourful past

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Steeped in over 500 years of history it is time for a new owner to pen the Palacete de Cazulas’ next chapter, writes Rob Horgan

OASTING a 30ft swimming pool, a hard tennis court and mesmerising gardens modelled on the Alhambra’s expansive grounds, life at the Palacete de Cazulas has never been so good. For while the Palacete today hosts weddings, conferences and yoga retreats, the ‘one of a kind’ property has a bloody and salacious past. Steeped in history the Palacete has borne witness to everything from the murder of a lotharious aristocrat to the invasion of Franco’s forces during the civil war. As British `manager´ Richard Russell-Cowan explains, the attraction of the property - which is on the market for a cool €4.5 million - is as much its history as it is its buildings. “The Palacete has history all around it, every inch of it is steeped in intrigue,” Richard says. “A buyer is not just paying for a beautiful property but is also buying into the Palacete’s rich and colourful past.” He added: “It truly is a one off, there is nowhere else like it.” Just one hour from Granada and halfan-hour from the beach, the Palacete is placed atop a windy road in Otívar in the Sierra de Cazulas.

It was first built in 1492 by Christian nobleman Don Rodrigo de Ulloa who acquired the land from a Moor, just months after the last Moorish king of Granada ceded the city to Christian King Ferdinand. Don Rodrigo eventually went on to become mayor of the Castillo de Almunecar and stayed at the Palacete until his death in the mid 16th century. The estate then passed into the hands of the noble De Castro family who remained there for over 400 years. The most infamous member of the De Castro clan was Don Paco de Castro, a loyal friend to the King who had Droigt du Seigneur (the power to hang people from a gibbet which he placed on a nearby hill above the property for the whole village to see). A notorious womaniser, Don Paco met a bloody end when he took advantage of one local lady too many, to the anger of a jealous lover. Don Paco’s daughter the Marquesa de Montanaro y Balsinas was the last of the de Castro lineage to live in the Palecete. During her time at the estate she had to endure a raid on the premises by Franco forces where furniture, paintings and religious artifacts were burnt in front of the

EXPANSIVE: The main building and its chapel (left) main entrance. The Marquesa and her staff escaped down the river and spent four years hiding in Madrid before returning and renovating the building. The last two decades have been somewhat less dramatic at the Palacete which has allowed British couple Richard and Brenda to turn the estate into a successful business. Previously operating as a hotel, the Palacete is now a rental property and is often used to host weddings of up to 150 people. It is also a popular spot for bird watchers, star gazers, musicians, artists and yogis. Wild flower collectors are also avid visitors with 400 different species in the area, while the estate’s 2,500m2 orchard boasts white and red sweet vines, avocado, cherimoya, bananas and mango. As well as the 12-double bedroom main building, the estate also has an adjoining cottage with three twin bedded rooms and ensuite bathrooms and a 500m2 barn. It even has a museum, library as well as numerous large terraces. For more information visit www.cazulas.com or call 619 040 309/ 686 929 288

LUXURY: Dining hall (above), bedroom (far left) and tennis court (below)

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Up, up and away PROPERTY prices in Spain are soaring to pre-crisis levels. The dark days appear to be over for the Spanish market, with a 7.5% increase for homes in the second quarter. Data from the Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad has confirmed that property is now on average the same price as it was in 2004.

ENROUTE: China´s magic Wanda

Wanda wonder A CHINESE hotel group has got its eyes on the Costa del Sol. The Wanda group met with senior officials at Marbella Town Hall, to see how they can best begin to build here. The hotel supergroup put forward its best players to cement the move, including Eddy Tiftik, deputy director general of the group's hotel, and local representatives Oded Arbel and Carlos Pulido. Tiftik said: “Luxury activities such as golf, yachting, shopping and skiing makes the area very attractive to the middle and upper classes of tourists from China.”

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HE situation in Spain is fragile, what with Brexit, the continuing dictatorship of Sr Rajoy and the out of control national and regional debts. Tourism, residential expats and short stay are a major contributor to the Spanish economy that appears to carry on regardless. However, it’s ‘on a shaky peg’. All it would take would be one small tremor or a bomb in a tourist place, and Spain could be in the same position as all the other Mediterranean countries. The exceptional numbers of tourists this year is not because of an overwhelming desire for Spain, it’s due to the impression of there being nowhere else ‘safe’ to go in the sunshine. And as for the longer-term residents, they are being hit for tax in so many ways. Frighten these people away and their energy, work and spending power is lost, plus that of all the people they give jobs to. That’s all money brought into and distributed in the economy of Spain, keeping employment and services alive. It’s an active problem as last month there was a report stating Marbella has recently ‘lost’ 5,000 residents. Here’s part of an email I received recently from someone who has lived on the Costa del Sol for decades.

“The Spanish government do nothing to attract any investor into Spain. No one wants to invest and therefore buy property in a country that’s apparently staggering on the verge of bankruptcy, and as proof increases existing taxes and constantly seem bent on inventing and applying new ones. It’s now classed as one of the highest taxed countries in the world. The latest that definitely affects Costa buyers is the application of the draconian law on holiday rental properties whose effect is to extract more taxes. Thus the idea of buying a second home to earn some money from it while it is not in use is now impossible. Buying it only serves to invite loss as there’s not a sufficient property value increase to cover the costs of buying and

Find Your Property selling and running the property while it’s owned. It encourages the Spanish taxman to steal your wallet as he delves into your international tax affairs. Buyers are naturally deterred and will Instruct never return.Instruct It’s a Surveyor bad and worseningBuilding omen for SpainLawyer and its property markets.” A lawyer told me he has a client who owns a large villa in a Spanish company and Buy with Knowledge keeps a car in the garage& for use when Confidence here. He is now being taxed for ‘notional income’ that the +34 company could have 952 923 520 Connect with us! earned by renting admin@surveyspain.com out the villa when he surveyspain.com is not there plus rent on the car for the same periods! They’ll start at the top, but soon it will be everybody who owns a property and/ or car that’s not occupied or used all the time. It’s the same principle as being taxed on gains a seller should have made and purchase taxes a buyer should have paid, but ‘avoided’ by selling/buying a property at below the taxman’s notional value for the property. Is the fairness of these taxes being challenged or are the professionals scared off by the hacienda threatening them and all their clients with draconian and repeat ‘investigations’? The law works so slowly and who is going to take on the tax authorities?

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NO LNG bunkering will take place until all safety checks are completed, the government has confirmed. GIBRALTAR’S unemployIt comes as the Environ- ment rate is now at a record mental Safety Group (ESG) low and is the second lowest expressed its ‘great concern’ over possible bunkering fol- in the world, according to new government figures. Olive Press lowing The the announcement Shell will supply Liquid Natu- By the end of July, only 157 people were out of work, for in Spain! ral GasTOP (LNG) fornews Gibraltar’s beating last August’s previous new power station. However, the government low of 164, with 20 more findwarned both onshore and off- ing work since then. shore bunkering are possible The overall unemployment rate is now 0.49%, only beatin the future. A government spokesperson en by Qatar, with Business said: “No LNG bunkering and Employment Minister whatsoever will occur until Neil Costa welcoming the all necessary environmental news. and safety requirements are “It is incredibly important satisfied.” that these previously unem“LNG is the fuel of the future ployed individuals will find and the Government cannot the meaning and purpose rule out the potential for LNG bunkering to happen onshore that comes from employment opportunities,” said Costa. in the future. “To do so would be irrespon- “It is also extremely gratifying to be able to say that Gisible to future generations.”

braltar has the second lowest registered unemployment figure in the world and is undisputable evidence of the hard work being carried out.” The news follows the government’s decision in June to encourage contractors to identify vacancies for the unemployed. As a result of the government initiative 167 people have now found jobs, with Costa vowing to eradicate unemployment totally. “The people of Gibraltar can rest assured that Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar will continue in its commitment to find gainful employment to all those who are seeking employment and are registered unemployed,” said HAPPY: Neil Costa Costa. Gen03.pdf 1 16/10/2012 08:51:33

Property AGONY ANT YOUR LEGAL PROBLEMS ADDRESSED BY ANTONIO FLORES

Urban myths Spain is not different when it comes to “legal urban myths”, statements that sound true but are legally wrong

Here are six myths about the law in Spain:

MYTH: Strolling naked not illegal

1. Administrative residency and tax residency are the same: taking out your “residencia” at the Police Station does not make you a tax resident of Spain. To be one, you need to prima facie file tax returns in this country or you are exempt from doing so, prove continuous residency via electricity bills, “empadronamiento” certificates and so on. 2. Infidelity is a ground for divorce: as explained in the previous article, the only “ground” for divorce is to have been married for 3 months. End of. 3. Public nakedness is a criminal offence: unlike many other countries, walking around naked per se is not a statu-

tory offence unless it is proven there is a sexual connotation. However, if you expose yourself you will be subject to heavy fines: The Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that nudity cannot be condoned for it affects the peaceful daily coexistence. 4. Eleven months is the limit for short term rentals: Never has a legal urban myth expanded so rapidly and damagingly. There is no such thing as an 11-month contract that is different from say one with a 9 or 13-month term. In fact, the law in Spain states that any residential rental contract can be legally extended to 3 years by the tenant. Holiday lets do exist but they are not

defined by the term, but by the use of the dwelling: sporadic, non- permanent, accidental, circumstantial are some of the words use by the Courts to differentiate short term from long term or permanent. 5. Red cars cost more to insure: many people will not know it but the car insurance industry is colour-blind. 6. Legal letters have to be replied to: it is often the case that parties to a legal dispute feel that one email or letter needs to be matched with a reply, thus causing endless threads of communications. No such thing is true in Spain, unless these letters come from the courts or from Government offices.

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Sure-fire bet GIBRALTAR’S Gambling Commissioner Phill Brear believes the Rock’s ‘embedded’ gaming industry can withstand Brexit. With around 4,000 people employed in the gaming industry, the Rock is the market leader. And despite current political uncertainty following the June 23 referendum, Brear is adamant the industry on the Rock will continue to prosper. “Gibraltar has the agility to make sure its model is adapted should there be a Brexit and to remain as attractive, but maybe in different ways now to the online gambling community, which is surely embedded in Gibraltar,” said Brear. However, he admitted that the UK could face ‘political meltdown’ and it was yet to be seen what direction this would lead the government. “There’s talk that a tough Brexit line could taken by a certain structure of the UK cabinet,” he said. “There’s also talk of a more reasonable and realistic approach that may be taken if the cabinet is structured in a different way.”

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GIBRALTAR International Bank customers have received a shock after three times the amount of cash they withdrew from ATMs was deducted from their accounts. The glitch in the ATMs was quickly resolved and customers were all reimbursed.

Smooth operator THE largest private hospital operator in Spain has been bought by one of Europe’s largest health care providers. German-based company Fresenius has acquired IDC Salud Holding for more than €5.8million. As part of the deal, Fresenius would inherit 43 hospitals, 39 outpatient centres and 300 occupational risk prevention centres across the country. Based in Bad Homburg, Fresenius operates four main health care businesses, with more than 200,000 employees and had sales of €27.6 billion in 2015. This is their first business dealing outside of Germany.

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British classic Debenhams arrives in Gibraltar for first time THE red ribbon has been cut on Gibraltar’s first ever Debenhams store. The Debenhams Home Store at 181 Main Street opened its doors, the first of two new International Franchise Limited (IFL) run stores replacing the old BHS shops. The first shopper to walk through the doors, Shaila Carseni, received a big bunch of flowers from staff. A second pop-up store will open in the ICC next month, specifically aimed at Christmas.

Exciting

Director George Russo said: “We’ve got some exciting brands in the Jasper Conran range in our Living and Bedroom departments and upstairs in Cookware. “We’ve also got Julien MacDonald, John Rocha, Ben de Lisi. “It’s a new range that we’ve got in Gibraltar that is completely different to the old BHS range.” Compared to the BHS, the Main Street Debenhams boasts a new candle department as well as throws and rugs in the Living

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Open for business range. On the first floor, more new collections by Dyson, Joseph and Joseph and Jamie Oliver are set to be added on a weekly basis with the electrical depart-

ment also doubling in size. “We’re doing our pop-up shop at the end of October, which will be a fully fledged Christmas shop,” said Russo. “Then in February we will

do our big opening party as we will be re-fitting all the stores. Debenhams is an exciting brand and we’re looking forward to welcoming people through the doors.”

Happy birthday Well done to all the team at the Gibraltar Olive Press, It's been a fantastic first year and it feels like you are getting more ingrained into local life here in GiB. It's an interesting read and as an advertiser we are enjoying our continued relationship with your newspaper. Keep up the good work!'

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Back to work MIJAS has created more than 70 jobs for its unemployment residents. The town hall is pumping around €230,000 into the initiative planning to provide three month contracts. The Employment Aid Programme is open to people that are at risk of social exclusion, are unemployed or have a reduced income. Applications can be made at the town hall’s social service department and the building for training and employment. The programme, due to start in December 2016, will be accepting applications until September 9.

STUNNING: New path

One step Antisocial closer A STUNNING path through Ronda’s ‘el Tajo’ gorge and the old town is now one step closer to existence. The Mayor of Ronda, Teresa Valdenebro, together with Elias Bendodo, President of Malaga province council, has pledged to reinstate funding to the tune of €300,000. The 300 metre path, which was approved by the council last year, is expected to attract half a million visitors each year.

Oil syphon

THE disgraced former owner of BHS is facing a legal battle over allegations that he misappropriated hundreds of thousands of euros from a Cadiz oil depot. Olivia Petroleum, which owns Istamelsa storage facility in the port of Cadiz, is reportedly preparing a denuncia against Dominic Chappell and his wife Rebecca. Chappell is accused of taking ‘improper payments’ from the company, owned by accountant Steve Rodger, to spend on yacht accessories as well as sending his wife money. In total, Chappell reportedly took €368,800 from the company. It comes as the former racing

A HOST of talented DJs have been lined up for the relaunch of Costa del Sol radio station Castle Radio FM. Just five years after launching in his bedroom, founder Andrew Charles has opened a new state-of-the-art studio in Duquesa port as Castle Radio becomes a commercial radio station. A number of experienced DJs on the Costa del Sol have been drafted in, including Olive Press head of sales Chris Birkett who enjoyed a decadelong career as a live DJ in Mallorca in the noughties. “I am excited to be bringing one of the only late night English language shows to the coast,” said Chris. “I will be playing great music and hope to get some good debate going on the Last Word.” Also coming on board is station manager Sid Olivera, who has over 35 years of radio experience. “The challenges of starting a new commercial radio station and training new presenters in the art of broadcasting, is just about as exciting as it gets and at the risk of sounding a little bit cheesy, it’s like giving back to an industry that has given me so much pleasure for 35 years and continues to do so,” Sid said. Starting next week, you can listen to Castle Radio FM on 89.2FM or online.

driver and his Gibraltar-based company Olivia Investments face a parliamentary inquiry over his disastrous handling of the stricken retailer BHS. Chappell, 49, claims to have financed last year’s BHS takeover by his consortium Retail Acquisitions with funds from the Gib-based firm. Two-times-bankrupt Chappell paid just £1 to buy BHS from retail magnate Philip Green. BHS collapsed in April with a pension deficit of £571 million, putting 11,000 jobs at risk. Ironically, Chappell sighted his ‘very successful’ stint at Olivia Petroleum as a bargaining chip in his BHS takeover bid.

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PEOPLE around the world are spending less time on social media. A new study shows that Spaniards were on Twitter for almost half an hour less every week in 2015 compared to the previous year. In fact almost all social media platforms saw a decrease in the amount of time their users spent on them. Instagram saw a weekly usage drop of 15 minutes, Facebook eight minutes, Linkedin 32 minutes, Twitter 23 minutes and Pinterest 49 minutes. Only Spotify saw its users spend more time on its music streaming app, seeing a boost of 21 minutes per person each week. A further nine countries saw a drop in social media use of at least 8%, including the UK, US, Germany, Australia, Brazil, India and South Africa.

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Do you live in Spain and still have UK and Offshore Investments? - by Richard Black / International Financial Adviser

general income for the year and taxed at the scale rates of tax of up to 48% in Andalucía. ISAs too are fully taxable in Spain in the hands of Spanish residents at the corresponding savings income tax rates (19%, 21% and 23%). This applies to income and gains from cash and share ISAs. Many expatriates mistakenly think that, since they are UK investments, and tax-free ones at that, that they do not need to be declared in Spain. In fact they do, and with the new global automatic exchange of information regime which started this year, the Spain tax authorities will be informed about your UK investments. Other UK investments Many UK nationals have accumulated savings and investment portfolios using an array of options such as National Savings to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) and Premium Bonds. Unfortunately, once you take up residence in Spain, the tax incentives provided by the UK schemes fall away and the income and gains may become wholly taxable under Spanish law. When you move to a new country, it is a major change and should prompt a complete review of your wealth management to ensure it is as effective as possible for your new life. Similarly, if you have lived in Spain for a number of years, it would be wise to have a full review of your saving / investment / pension position to ensure optimum benefits. Premium bonds and ISAs They do not provide any automatic interest earnings or capital growth, but the possibility of winning a large prize made them quite appealing. However, the prize fund has been slashed over recent years, with further cuts from this June. One key attraction is that they have always been tax-free. So even if you are lucky enough to win the £1 million jackpot, you do not pay any income tax on this. They are not tax-free if you live in Spain though. As a Spanish resident, winnings are taxed as general income. So they are added to your

You should also look at your other UK investments, such as shares, unit trusts, OEICs and investment bonds and consider how they are taxed in Spain. Are they the most tax efficient way possible for you? Investment bonds are another vehicle people use in the UK to hold their savings. UK residents can withdraw 5% of their original investment each year with no immediate liability to UK tax. This 5% tax-deferred allowance does not extend to Spanish residents. In many cases the Spanish tax treatment of such investments is not particularly beneficial, so seek advice if you have these bonds. UK rental income If you rent out property in the UK, this income remains taxable in the UK. It is also taxable in Spain if you are resident here, and must be added to your other general income and taxed at the scale rates of tax. A 60% reduction is available in Spain against the net rental income, but only for long-term lettings. The UK tax paid on this income can be offset against the Spanish tax on the same income.

Bank interest, whether earned from Spanish, UK or offshore banks, is taxed as savings income at rates of 19%, 21% and 23%, depending on the amount earned. To help you consider your own situation • Are your savings accounts earning the best returns they can or like the majority of funds on bank deposit earning virtually no interest? • Are your investments performing the way you would like? • Is the financial adviser you used to deal with no longer here and advising you? • Have you a Pension in the UK which needs reviewed? • Are you aware that many defined benefit pension schemes are seriously underfunded and deficits are growing all the time ? We have entered new era for international tax planning and cross border wealth management.

What you can do and where we can help We will meet with you at our office in Marbella or at your preferred location, and have a friendly and relaxed conversation about your general situation. From this starting point we can determine a course of action that will ensure your situation is in the best possible shape moving forward.

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The UK government has made changes over recent years that make owning UK property less attractive. Non-residents are now subject to capital gains tax when selling UK property, on gains from 6th April 2015; previously they were exempt. The rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (applied to additional residential properties and buy-to-let) are going up. Bank interest

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Up and away, the best news THE best news in the article on National Day is that Gibraltar is finally doing away with all those damned balloons (Red and white letter day, issue 26). It has been a long time coming, but it’s great to see common sense prevailing after years of resistance. For this, Gibraltar, the turtles, dolphins, tuna and even cows thank you. Stefano Anslem, La Linea

What a Steel! I’VE listened to Mark Steel on Radio 4 loads of times and thought he was absolutely hilarious! I can’t believe he’s actually

Battle at sea Migrants matter

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WHAT an incredible job the staff at Walking Borders do saving hundreds of migrants in the Straits of Gibraltar (Perils at sea, issue 26). It must be heart-breaking to see so many desperate people stranded at sea. On the news these people are reported in such great numbers that it is hard to imagine them. However, the individual stories told in this article bring the whole thing home and although it makes for difficult reading at times it is a story that needs to be told, and told on this level.

Sadly, like all such articles the huge elephant is never mentioned – exploding populations. Why would West Africans want to leave fertile countries with great climates to ‘live’ among peoples they have zero affinity with – poverty brought about only because it is usual to have 8, 9, 10 children. Most of those arriving in Spain are from former French territories but have no wish to live in France. Never do you hear the politicians discussing over breeding. Try discussing this with Catholic priests or Muslim imams – they simply go silent or scream religious persecution.

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Family hope SINCE the Olive Press article on the death in custody of my son Robert (Give us closure, issue 26) The Chronicle have also been in touch. I just hope the media coverage can help us because we need to get the right points across. It’s been years and we are mentally drained with this. Violet Brayson, Gibraltar

Diamond destroyer! I’ve just watched HMS Diamond type 42 destroyer coming in to Gibraltar. It’s a bit of a beast! Great to see another impressive battleship stopping off at the Rock.

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OBSESSIVE: Margallo still pushing for Gibraltar

THE joint sovereignty plans of Spain’s acting foreign minister are an ‘unhealthy obsession’, the government has said. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo was slammed by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the GSD after the PP politician declared he would brief EU ministers on joint-sover-

‘Fantasy’ land

eignty over Gibraltar. It comes after , Margallo claimed that Brexit would represent the best opportunity since the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht for Spain to regain control of the Rock. But Picardo hit back, warning of the possible job losses in the Campo should Margallo close the

border. Picardo said: "It's time that we saw a more mature approach from the Spanish Foreign Ministry. “This fanciful and futile repetition of the nonsense of joint sovereignty is a waste of Europe's time and energy, and a waste of time for the people of the Campo who

Brief By Charles Gomez

This Green (and pleasant) land In his maiden dispatch lawyer Charles Gomez asks: why is Greenland

are once again facing the prospect of losing their jobs in Gibraltar by these veiled threats. “History will be a stern judge of Mr Margallo's record as the undiplomatic head of Spanish diplomacy." A GSD spokesperson claimed Margalo had ‘lost grip on reality’. “Gibraltar has seen the back of many others who, like Sr. Garcia-Margallo, felt they could bully our fellow Gibraltarians. It failed then and it will fail again,” the spokesperson said.

relevant to Brexit? asks Charles Gomez

HE poet William Blake was extolling England, not Greenland, when he wrote of a ‘green and pleasant land’. But I plan to look at both in the context of the Brexit referendum, as well as Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar. Firstly, why is Greenland relevant? It has been part of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1397. Of course the Danish kingdom that joined the European Community in 1973 included this huge icy territory but in a referendum in 1982 the Greenlanders voted to withdraw from the EC, so part of the Danish realm is in what is now known as the EU and the larger part is outside. Thus the question asked by some since June 23 is why should similar provision not be made for the United Kingdom with England exiting from the European Union and the countries sometimes referred to as the ‘Celtic Fringe’ and Gibraltar which voted to remain, remaining? It was certainly an idea which Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo discussed when they spoke as early as June 27 and again since. Under the internal legal arrangement of the UK and Gibraltar there would not seem to be any conceptual difficulty in effecting what has

Practical difficulties of a reverse Greenland? No doubt, although Northern Ireland and Gibraltar are separated from the British mainland by bodies of water as is Greenland from the rest of Denmark. Political issues too; would a reverse Greenland signal the break-up of the United Kingdom? The 1982 referendum does not appear to have weakened the Danishness (‘Danskhed’) of Greenland but certainly Spain among others recoil at the idea of allowing for the creation of a precedent for Catalunya and the Basque country seceding from Spain. Holyrood and No 10 Convent Place have gone a wee bit quiet on the reverse Greenland option since July so maybe it has been discounted. Indeed, the latest from Nicola Sturgeon is that she is looking to influence the Government in London for what she has termed a ‘soft exit’ – time will tell. Next issue: “Does Brexit need Parliamentary approval?”

Readers of the Olive Press are invited to discuss this or any other legal matter with Charles Gomez by emailing charles@gomezco.gi

Help at hand WITH hundreds if not thousands of questions still unanswered following the Brexit referendum, Linea Directa is offering up advice to its insurance policy holders. The company’s legal assistance service is open as always to policy holders. If they are unable to assist then the insurance company has a number of lawyers who can be contacted. “As the Brexit negotiations evolve, our legal team will keep abreast of all the latest developments relating to events occurring in the Spanish territory and those to which Spanish legislation is applicable,” a spokesman said. “Should you require an immediate legal consultation, which due to the gravity of the matter in hand cannot wait, we offer a 24-hour legal advice service. “Regardless of the time of day, we can provide immediate specialist legal advice for emergency incidents.” The service is entirely in English. For more information call 902 123 282 or visit www. lineadirecta.com

Not up for debate BRITISH lawmakers have debated a petition signed by more than four million people that demands a second EU referendum. Politicians on both sides gave their thoughts on Brexit in parliament's second debating chamber, which does not have the power to change the law. David Lammy from the Labour Party said the public had been "lied to" during the referendum campaign and that a second vote on the Brexit deal was the only way out of a "constitutional crisis". THE US has promised He added that the that Brexit will not affect meaning of Brexit its close military alliance was unclear, as were with the UK. the terms whereby US Defence Secretary Britain would have access to the EuroAsh Carter said President pean single market. Barack Obama will continJohn Penrose, a ue to count on a strong UK Conservative Party to be a staunch ally. lawmaker who op“That was true the day beposed the motion fore the Brexit vote and said: "Brexit must it’s true today,” he added. mean Brexit and it Speaking alongside Carter is up to every redahead of an international blooded democrat, peacekeeping summit in no matter which London, the UK Defence side they were on Secretary Michael Fallon before the result was confirmed that the US will known, to accept the deploy F-35 fighter planes clear electoral veron board the Royal Navy's dict and to pull tonew aircraft carrier HMS gether to deliver it as Queen Elizabeth when it best we can." Theresa May maincomes into operation in tains that ‘Brexit 2021 - while UK planes are means Brexit’ and expected to do the same that there will not on US vessels ‘in the fullbe a second referenness of time’. dum.

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GREENLAND: A model for EU deal? come to be called a ‘reverse Greenland’ – England out and Northern Ireland, Scotland and Gibraltar in. After all they have always been different jurisdictions with distinct legal systems and the EU is nothing if not a legal construct. (Wales may be a different matter since it has effectively been the same legal jurisdiction as England since 1536). Moreover, Gibraltar shows how it is possible for the UK ‘member state’ to have a different regulation within the EU; although Gibraltar has been part of the EC since 1973 and post the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, part of the EU, it has always been outside the customs union and VAT area and is exempted from the Common Agricultural Policy. Similar examples can be found in the Schengen Agreement of which the UK and Ireland never ratified and of course the single currency of which several countries opted out.

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ORDERING a cafe con leche before shaking the morning blues could end up hitting consumers in the back pocket. Inspired by a cafe in Paris, a restaurant in Spain has begun charging its customers more for their coffee and pastries if they are rude to staff. Restaurant Blau Grifeu on the Costa Brava is charging grumpy punters €5 for their morning caffeine hit while those who behave more graciously pay just €3.

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A BEER boffin is seeking recruits to grow hops around Gibraltar. Martin Brunnschweiler, the master brewer behind Bushy’s Gibraltar Barbary Beer currently grows the plant at several locations around the Rock. The seeds are then taken back to his Isle Of Man brewery to add an authentic taste of Gibraltar to each drop of the 4.4% ale. But with demand for Bushy’s Gibraltar Barbary Beer high, Brunnschweiler has called for a fresh batch of green-fingered beer fans to help grow the creeper plant. “We are always on the lookout for places to grow hops in Gibraltar. If anyone’s interested I will pay them with beer,” said Brunnschweiler, who is originally from Blackburn. “I planted some on the Upper Rock near a dripping pipe, because hops need a lot of water.” Hops are used to give beer its

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OUTHWATERING mangos are melt in the mouth treats. Axarquia celebrates the much loved fruits with a yearly harvest, where mangos have become amongst some of the most profitable fruits in the world.

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from South-East Asia. It was here, Spanish travellers spotted them and began their travels, bringing the dessert favourite, from India to Manila and then all the way to Luzon towards the end of the 14th Century. Highly venerated in India, the rich, fragrant, fruit is particularly revered in Hindu and Tahi culture, where it is steeped in ancient mythology. The fun-fruit ranges from being the symbol of love to being an unusual granter of wishers. ‘The King of Fruit’ as it is affectionately called, has handy numerous benefits, with over 400 varieties, morphing from chillingly cold ice cream, to a refreshingly tasty drink and the more unconventional super-spicy chilli sauce. If you wanted to enjoy the fruity favourite for health reasons,the benefits are ripe! Mangos are rumored to help with weight-loss, prevent some cancers, improve the immune system and if you are feeling adventurous, are excellent lathered all over the face for a beauty treatment. Here’s a look at some of the many things you can do with the fleshy, deliciously sweet fruits.

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or years we’ve been told that we would reap what we’d sown with our uncaring attitude to the planet. That global warming would come back and bite us on the collective derrieres if we kept on going the way we were And now it seems that certain species have decided to take matters into their own hands. First off was the reported sighting of a big cat, possibly a Puma, on the loose in Estepona. It even made the papers back in the UK . We’ve become used to the sight of Cougars in Banus recently. But that’s usually the drunken Mum at

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her daughter’s hen party. Over in Gibraltar the Barbary Apes have a well deserved reputation for waging guerilla (or is that gorilla?) warfare on unsuspecting tourists. I once saw an ape pull off a brilliant flanking attack on a French visitor on the top of the Rock. The monkey had blindsided the Frenchie for his baguette and was gone before you could say “Sacre Bleu!” Living up at the Casita on lake, I’ve had various run ins with the

flora and up to Istan in my 4x4 wasn’t fun, fauna over the years. These have although it was presumably less ranged from the comifun for the afformencal – including findtioned boar. And no ing a bat living in my It was like a I didn’t stop and lug roof beams as well his body back to the as chasing a paniced scene from ‘Jaws’ house, just in case partridge around the one holidaymaker his older and angrier living room, (not the said very scared brother was about. first time I’ve chased a And now there are reat first desperate bird around ports of a shark sightmy house) to the ing just off the beach scary. Running over in Fuengirola. “It was a wild boar at 3am on the road like a scene from ‘Jaws’ one holi-

daymaker said: “It was very scary at first. “The lifeguards ran along the shoreline blowing on their whistles and shouting, ‘Out of the water, out of the water’. “There was a real commotion at the shoreline as everyone tried to get out of the water as fast as they could.” You could, of course, argue that there have been sharks on the Coast for decades. Mainly working in timeshare...

UK pensioners living in the EU should be afraid, very afraid… but help is on its way, writes Olive Press blogger Nigel Nelson

ODAY there are over half a million UK state pensioners living overseas who do not receive an annual increase to their UK state pension. Since the pension payment is never increased, it is known as the “frozen” pension policy. What has this got to do with UK pensioners living in the European Union (EU) you may ask? The answer is six letters: b-r-e-x-i-t. With Brexit the UK has voted to leave the EU and this may have a seismic impact on UK state pensioners residing permanently in the EU, of which, there is 472,000 of them living mainly in Spain, France, Cyprus and Portugal. The UK state pension is based entirely and solely on a person’s National Insurance Contribution (NIC) record. However, the annual increase is based on a different set of rules altogether, and the UK government only pays the annual increase where they are legally obliged to pay it. Currently an overseas UK state pensioner only receives the increase if they live in the EEA (which is the EU plus Norway, Iceland, and Lichtenstein), or a handful of disparate countries such as the USA and Jamaica. Just like the “frozen” pensioners living here in Canada (I am a Brit and a Canadian), UK state pensioners living in the EU may no longer receive the annual increase to their state pension, as the UK government will no longer be legally obliged to pay it once the UK is no longer a member of the EU. David Morris, the Chairperson for the notfor-profit organisation, the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners (CABP) recently commented: "For us, the emphasis is on Alliance as much as Canadian – it is our goal to remove the “frozen” pension policy once and for all, thereby helping all overseas state pensioners. We encourage every UK pensioner living in an EU country to join us in this battle". There are many stories from UK pensioners who have lived in “frozen” countries for a number of years. There is one octogenar-

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ian who moved to Canada in 1983 and then retired in 1998. When he first retired, his UK state pension was £65 per week, which converted to CAD$150. Eighteen years later he is still getting £65 per week, but due to a significant drop in the exchange rate over the years he is only getting CAD$110 now – CAD$40 less than he was getting in 1998! During this time inflation has been an average of nearly 2%/year, and for every CAD$100 spent in 1998 you would now have to spend CAD$140. The octogenarian has lost significantly in his purchasing power! There are heart breaking stories as well –

one 91-year-old UK pensioner, who moved to Canada many years ago, is now living on the breadline. She says: “It’s the small things, and the injustice, that is really getting to me. I value my independence, but I can’t go on living on the breadline and I don’t want to inflict this on my family. As well as ever-increasing poverty, I feel a sense of stress and shame, which is affecting my health. This is complete and utter discrimination. I have paid all my contributions to the National Insurance Fund in Britain and now I have no option but to return to get something back”.

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GIBRALTAR head coach Jeff Wood is approaching October’s World Cup qualifier against Estonia with confidence afThe Olive Press ter an opening 4-1 defeat to Greece in Faro. TOP for news in Spain! Wood’s team put in a superb display, but were sunk by three quick goals just before half-time. Nevertheless, he believes the performance is a platform to build on in the Group H campaign. “We have to look now to take that on to the Estonia and Belgium games,” said Wood. “I do think that we can look at them with a lot of confidence, but we have to examine how and why we gave away those three goals just before half-time." The former Brighton boss praised the youngsters who stepped up to the mark with James Coombes, Anthony Hernandez, Jamie Bosio and Michael Yome giving impressive performances. “They all did what was ask of them and they had problems with our pace up front. It was magnificent what we did as a team,” he said. “It was all about national pride and to do this for the people back in Gibraltar.”

LEE Casciaro was 'buzzing' after his wife gave birth to their first child ahead of Gibraltar's first-ever World Cup match. The Gibraltar striker hotfooted it to Portugal to join Jeff Wood's squad for their 4-1 Group H defeat with Greece after the birth of his daughter, Kate. The Lincoln Red Imps star, 34, who bagged the winner in July's Champions League first leg tie with Celtic, was left out of the original squad as

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EXCLUSIVE his wife was pregnant. But with the baby arriving on time, Casciaro packed his boots and join ed his team-mates for a historic night. "Having my first child has been something magical for the family," Casciaro told the Olive Press. "It's indescribable. Kate arrived on the due date, which is quite rare, there's only a 1% chance of that happening. So here I am."

The clash in Faro represented another landmark moment for Gibraltarian football, after they were granted FIFA membership in June. "It was a great moment for Gibraltar," said Casciaro. "Greece are a very good side. They beat Holland a few days ago. "Our main aim to try and pick something up will be Estonia. All the boys are buzzing and raring to go."

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LIAM Walker says he ‘will remember forever’ scoring Gibraltar’s first ever World Cup goal in their 4-1 defeat to Greece in Faro. The Europa FC playmaker lashed home a left-footed equaliser after cutting in from the right to level the Group H tie following Konstantinos Mitroglou's 10th minute opener. Jeff Woods’ team was shattered by a Scott Wiseman own goal and strikes from Kostas Fortounis and Vasilis Torosidis during a three-minute spell before half-time. But despite the defeat, Walker, whose goal was his first in international football, is adamant progress is being made. “There was a vast improvement,” Walker told the Olive Press in his first postmatch interview. “The second half was the first time we have gone through a game without conceding in a half. “We did not deserve such MEMORABLE: Walker screamer against Greece a heavy defeat.

“It is an amazing feeling to score my first international goal and for it to be our first World Cup goal is something I will remember forever. I’m happy for all of Gibraltar.” The game followed hot on the heels of a 5-0 defeat to European champions Portugal in Porto. And with a World Cup tie against Estonia on October 7, Gibraltar have their sights on securing a first-ever international point, he says. “It was a great experience to have been Portugal’s first game after winning the Euros,” said Walker. “To say we have now played the World Champions and the European champions is amazing. “But we have to look at the teams in the group and I think we have to look at doing a bit more and maybe try and get a point.”

Come in number four A FOURTH Gaelic football team is set to join the Andalucian arena. With the popularity of the Irish sport booming on the coast and inland, Celta Malaga has been born. Training at Torremolinos Polydeportivo from 8.30pm every Wednesday, club founder Liam Riordan is urging anyone interested to get involved.

“We are excited to be bringing Europe's fastest growing field sport to Malaga,” Riordan told the Olive Press. “We will be joining the three existing teams in Andalucia for the local league and 30 plus teams in Spain for the national championship. “Come on down, get some exercise, meet new people and have a drink after." Meanwhile training has com-

menced for the Costa Gaels, Gibraltar Gaels and Eire Og Seville, with opening fixtures being played in October. The first game sees the Costa Gaels - sponsored by Estepona Irish bar and restaurant Healy Macs - go head to head with Gibraltar on October 1. For more information on Celta Malaga visit www. celtalaga.com or call 633146168

RUGBY teams from across Spain went head-to-head at the annual Torneo Villa de Puerto Real. Taking place in the Cadiz seaside town of Puerto Real, local side the Watermelons hosted 10 teams including Ronda’s Los Bandoleros as well as Rugbeers from Cadiz and Sevilla, Hienas of Huelva, Madrid side the Politicians and Sevilla outfit Mercanarios. The Madrid side run out overall winners, beating the Mercanarios in the final with the homeside beating Ronda’s Los Bandoleros in the third/ fourth playoff.

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Egg chasers Tournament sponsor Dawn Hutchinson of ArayoWeb said the tournament was a resounding success. “The beach rugby was a truly memorable occasion,” she said. “Thanks again to the Watermelons and the Ayuntamiento of Puerto Real for organising such a fun and professional event, which was also streamed live on YouTube for those who want to watch it.”

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GIBRALTAR Rugby is holding its annual trial match to select players for the national team and development squad on Saturday, September 17. Current national team and development squad players will play along with players put forward by their clubs. All players are registered with the GRFU or the four Super IVs League teams, The Rock Scorpions, The Gibraltar Bay Buccaneers, The Europa Stormers and The Straits Sharks. Eligible players must have been born in Gibraltar, have parents or grandparents from Gibraltar or have lived on the Rock for three years. Players selected for either squad will have the chance to represent Gibraltar in full internationals this season.

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EXCLUSIVE By Rob Horgan A GIANT cruise ship which caused a ‘mini-tsunami’ in Italy is heading to Gibraltar. The Carnival Vista devastated a small marina in Sicily when it threw up huge waves as it pulled away from the shore. In total, the 33,500-ton ship caused £200,000 worth of damage as waves smashed through the concrete pier and toppled other boats docked at

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A MASS skydive has raised more than £10,000 for Gibraltar charities. Charity Sky Dive Gibraltar presented cheques for more than £5,189 each to the Gibraltar Alzheimer’s and Dementia Society and Prostate Cancer Support Group. Organisers Maria Palma and Michelle Manning, who took part, both have had grandparents with Alzheimer's and lost family members to cancer. Maria said: “The event itself was fantastic, ev-

DIVER: Ready to jump eryone was up for it, and we had a lot of young skydivers some as young as 16 and we had 31 people take part in the day.”

Splash for cash GIBRALTARIAN Nathan Payas has swum the English Channel to raise thousands for charity. The 37-year-old swam the 33.7km stretch in nine hours and 13 minutes, netting £2,540 in donations on justgiving.com. The proceeds have gone to Calpe House, which offers care and accommodation for Gibraltarians seeking medical treatment in London.

Give peace a chance! MARINA: Flooded as cruise ship pulls away come to Gibraltar in Octothe Messina marina. And now the tsunami-in- ber. ducing liner is scheduled to Setting sail from Barcelona on October 21, the multi-storey vessel is expected in Gib two days later before a transatlantic voyage to New York. Thankfully the Port Authority claim it is ‘ready’ for whatever stir the Carnival Vista causes. “The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) conduct a vetting of all cruise liners coming to our harbour,” Manuel Tirado told the Olive Press. “I can confirm that we are satisfied this vessel does not pose any concern in particular given the fact that all our marinas are within the harbour walls and the vessel in question will be berthing on our exterior quay.” The huge 4,000-capacity liner, which has been sailing in the Mediterranean since May, has a water park, a cycling track, and an IMAX cinema on board.

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INTERNATIONAL Day of Peace is being observed in Gibraltar on September 21. The Integral Yoga Centre will bring together people of all faiths - and none - at Boyd's, at King's Bastion Leisure Centre to mark the United Nations initiative. Speeches from local figures, award-winning dance by Danza Academy and live music by One Light will mark the day. “Integral Yoga Gibraltar have organised an uplifting and joyful evening highlighting the ways in which we can bring peace and harmony into our own lives and communities,” said committee member Meera Aswani. “We look forward to seeing you there.”

Happy birthday

Congratulations on the Gibraltar Olive Press’s one-year anniversary. Thanks very much for the in-depth coverage of our recent Champions League ties with Celtic and for taking the time to come out to Glasgow and cover a historic night for Lincoln Red Imps and Gibraltar football. Wishing the Gibraltar Olive Press all the best for the future.’

Lee Casciaro, Lincoln Red Imps and Gibraltar striker

Extra muscle wanted GAME OF THRONES producers are looking for muscle-bound extras to star in the next series of the hit TV show, which begins filming in Spain this autumn. Casting calls have been issued in Malpartida, a small town with a population of 4,500, near

the set of Caceres, and Malaga-based Modexport International Casting has been very specific in what it is looking for - thin people and men in good physical condition, preferably with some military experience. Men can have either short, medium or long hair, and be willing to grow facial hair while women should have long hair with no streaks or highlights. "Those with hair that is green, red, purple, blue, pink etc, need not apply," said Modexpor. A limit of 2,400 auditions has been set, while those lucky enough to get the parts will earn €54 a day.