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ISSUE NO. 1681 21 - 27 September 2017 WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMCOSTA DE ALMERÍA YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

ONLY 10 per cent of themoney promised to improveAlmeria’s infrastructure hasactually been delivered.

Just €18 mil l ion wasspent on public worksacross the province lastyear.

This is despite the Span-ish government pledging€180 million to fix crum-bling transport systems andbuild high speed railways.

Instead the money spentacross al l of Almeria isequivalent to a mere 10th ofthe city’s annual budget. Itis almost precisely one 10thof the amount promised byPrime Minister Mariano Ra-joy’s government.

A TEENAGER accused ofstabbing a 21-year-old manis in police custody, whilehis victim remains in theintensive care unit of Tor-recardenas hospital in criti-cal condition. A late-nightfight erupted between thetwo at a drag racing eventin Almeria’s Los Molinosneighbourhood.

Police found the youngman lying face down in apool of blood having beenstabbed in his stomach andlower back. Witnesses toldthem that he had beenknifed and that the 17-year-old culprit had fled onfoot.

Attackerheld incustody

Spending disgrace deepens

POLICE are hunting a bankrobber who fired a sawn-offshotgun during a failed heistin La Mojonera, Almeria.The masked man walked in-to the busy branch shortlyafter noon and fired a warn-ing shot in the air.

But the chaos he causedseemed to scare the attackermore than anyone else. Wit-nesses told police that heseemed shaken by the sheerforce of the weapon and im-mediately fled on foot with-out taking a penny.

Robber scares himself

MILLIONS of fruit trees could die within theweek across the Almanzora Valley.

An emergency irrigation request has beensent to Madrid by Almeria’s Mesa del Aguawater board.

If the water doesn’t arrive in time an esti-mated four million clementine, peach, plumand nectarine trees face imminent death.

Millions have already begun to lose theirleaves and fruits are far smaller than usual. Theproblem is most acute to the north of Huercal-Overa, where farms have entered ‘zero supply’stage, receiving no water whatsoever.

Farmers have resigned themselves to a dis-astrous harvest that will struggle to pay thebills. But the death of millions of trees would

be an environmental and financial catastrophefor the valley.

“If the government does nothing to help itwill mean the ruin of many families and theend of millions of trees that were planteddecades ago,” said Mesa del Agua spokesman,Jose Antonio Fernandez.

The board has begged Madrid to approve thetransfer of five cubic hectometres of waterfrom the Negratin reservoir in Granada to itsAlmanzora counterpart.

The Villaricos desalination plant has beenout of service since 2012. “Five years later, thegovernment has not lifted a finger to defendthe interests of Almanzora farmers,” said Fer-nandez, “despite the fact that they have offeredto take over the desalination plant and repair itat their own expense.”

By Matthew Elliott

Province on verge of major catastrophe

Clock is ticking DANGER: Millions of fruit trees in peril.

RYANAIR has published a fulllist of the flights it is axing overthe next six weeks after admit-ting it had “messed up” pilots’holidays.

On Friday the airline an-nounced it would be cancelling2,024 flights, between 40 and 50daily.

Ryanair boss MichaelO’Leary said in a press confer-ence that the situation was a“mess” but said that anyone whois “entitled to compensation willreceive compensation.”

It is estimated that up to400,000 people and 285,000journeys are likely to be affected.

They are reportedly to be of-fered alternative flights or re-funds, most within a day of theirplanned departure, but losses in-curred when cancelling car orhotel bookings will not be cov-ered.

But the budget airline stillfaces paying out €20 million tooutraged customers.

Mr O’Leary said: “We made amess and Ryanair holds ourhands up when we make a mess.

“I’d like to apologise and saysorry for the short notice due tonot having stand by crews.

“Ryanair is not short of pilots -

we were able to fully crew ourpeak summer schedule.”

Rival budget carrier Norwe-gian Air Shuttle said it has re-cruited more than 140 pilotsfrom Ryanair in 2017.

“Pilot recruitment is also un-derway for more pilots for ournew Dublin base opening laterthis year,” they added.

EU compensation rules for

cancelled flights are:• Passengers are entitled to as-

sistance and compensation, if thedisruption was within an airline’scontrol.

• Airlines have to offer full re-funds, paid within seven days, orre-bookings for a flight cancelledat short notice.

• In addition, passengers canalso claim compensation.

• Cancellation amounts are:€250 (£218) for short-haul,

€440 (£384) for medium-hauland €600 (£523) for long-haul.

• Passengers who reach theirdestination more than threehours late can be compensatedfrom €200 to €600, dependingon the length of flights and de-lay.

For full details on the cancel-lations including a comprehen-sive list visit the Euro WeeklyNews website and Facebookpage.

No fly zone By Jay Emeny

Ryanair gaffe sparks travel chaosTHE travel disruptionthat has hit Spain showsno sign of letting up.

It comes after Frenchtrade unions called freshstrikes to protest againstnew labour reforms.

Disruption to air, sea,and ground transporta-tion are to be expected,with a knock-on effectin Spain.

The UK Foreign andCommonwealth Officewarned, “On September21 and 23, Frenchunions have called forprotests and strike ac-tion across France.

“This could cause dis-ruption and delays totransport services in-cluding rail networksand some marit imeports. You should allowextra time for your jour-ney and check your op-erator’s website.”

Furthermisery forecast

GROUNDED: Over 2,000 flights have been cancelled.

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No morepoliceDESPITE more than 3,200illegal immigrants arrivingby boat to the Costa deAlmeria this year, a requestto increase police numbersto cope with the crisis wasrejected by Madrid.

Truck smashTWO women and a manwere seriously injuredwhen their car crashedinto a truck in Zurgena.Both women are in their60’s and were trans-ferred to Huercal-Overahospital in critical condi-tion.

Coke dealerA NIJAR man was arrestedon suspicion of selling co-caine on Los Escullosbeach. He scarpered whenpolice approached. After abrief chase they found ninebags of the drug on him.

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Miss Curvy AN unusual beauty contest celebratedAlmeria’s fuller-figured women. MissCurvy Almeria requires contestants to be atleast a size 42. The winner goes on to rep-resent Almeria at the Miss Curvy Andalu-cia event in Granada later this year. Organ-isers say the show proves any woman canbe beautiful no matter what her size.

Shipwreck deathsTHREE survivors of a shipwreck 41 milessouthwest of Almeria were rescued by thecoast guard. They were brought to Almeriaby helicopter with the body of a fourth im-migrant who died from hypothermia. Threemore are believed to have died at sea. Atleast 50 other immigrants travelling onsmall boats were picked up over the week.

Plump profitNECTARINES and peaches from Almeriaare sold at a 1,100 per cent mark up. Astudy found that Almerian farmers are paidjust 15 cents per kilo for the fruits, whichgo on to fetch €1.75 per kilo at supermar-kets, 11 times the farmer’s fee. Similarlyhuge increases are seen with watermelonsand plums.

Air disaster MOURNERS marked the 25th anniversaryof the Seron air disaster. In September1992 a fire helicopter carrying seven peo-ple crashed in the Sierra de Los Filabresamid torrential rains. Two were killed andfive seriously injured. All were local men.Flowers are placed at the scene each yearto remember the victims.

Narrow escapeA SCHOOL bus was reduced to asheswhen it caught fire just after the driverdropped children off at their Almeriaschool. Minutes later he smelled smokeand pulled over. Within minutes the firewas out of control. Black smoke could beseen from the University and firefigherswere soon on scene to extinguish the blaze.

Galactico getaway REAL MADRID manager Zinedine Zidanehas a holiday home in Almeria. The Frenchfootball legend spends time off from astressful job at his El Chive hideaway. Hiswife Veronique is originally from the tinyvillage. Zidane is said to be well liked by

residents, who aren’t afraid to share theirarmchair wisdom.

Barbie dollsA MOJACAR-BASED designer was a ma-jor hit at the Madrid Fashion Week. AllaDolgaleva has spent years hand-craftingher Barbie-themed clothes. The impressive

detail went down well with judges at thefashion show’s ‘Doll Convention,’ whichuses dolls rather than catwalk stars as mod-els. Dolls sold at the show can fetch up to€8,000.

School’s out TEACHERS are upset that Almeria has

started the new school year using 128 hutsas classrooms across the province. Dozensof schools are undergoing major repairs,with many classrooms too dangerous toteach in. Air conditioning remains a majorproblem, despite parents’ anger in Junewhen some students sat in stifling 36 de-gree heat.

Birth burns CHARGES are being brought againstPoniente hospital after a mother was se-verely burned while giving birth. XeniaLopez left the delivery room in even morepain than expected. Months later she hasyet to receive an explanation. She wants toknow how a patient could get third degreeburns in such a controlled environment.

A RECORD-BREAKING summer was celebrated atAlmeria airport. Number crunches noted a 16.3 percent increase in passenger traffic this August.

More than 135,000 commercial passengers swungthrough the turnstiles. Four in five of them travelledto and from foreign destinations, with just over 24,000hailing from Spain.

Among the foreigners, the British and Belgian mar-kets boasted the lion’s share. Other nations are catch-ing up. The number of Danes doubled. German num-bers increased by 64 per cent over August 2016,

following a concerted Costa de Almeria promotion ef-fort in major German cities.

Leading the pack in absolute numbers, the volumeof Brits still increased substantially, by 36 per cent, asflight connections to the UK improve. The Costa deAlmeria has also successfully marketed itself as anadventurous alternative to the nearby Costa del Soland Costa Blanca.

August’s performance means that more than750,000 people have passed through Almeria airportin 2017 so far.

Super summer for flyers

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DEDICATED to Mare de Deu de la Merce, the patron saintof Barcelona, the celebration lasts for four days from tomor-row (Friday) until next Monday and is jam-packed withevents spread across the city. Barcelona has celebrated LaMerce in some form or another since 1687, when legendclaimed the Virgin of La Merce helped to rid the city of aplague of locusts, but the festival didn’t become an officialcelebration until 1902.

From concerts to traditional dancing, theatre perfor-mances to spectacular light shows, and even an eco-friendlyfunfair for children, it is impossible to attend everything onoffer during La Merce, however there are several main at-tractions that should not be missed.

Speak of the devil

THE Correfoc (fire run) takes place at dusk, where one ofthe main roads (normally Via Laietana) is closed off andthen opened to The Devils, a select group of locals whodress-up and behave like deviants.

Giant jamboree

THE parade of giants is popular amongadults and children alike. Barcelona localspromenade huge effigies of kings, queensand other nobles through the city streets.The procession is usually ac-companied by bands ofmusicians so the Giantscan march and dance to thebeat of their drums. Thegroups of impressive statuesare brought in from all the dif-ferent neighbourhoods in the cityand those who accompany them areusually dressed in matching costumes aswell.

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ONE of the more breathtaking spectacles to take place dur-ing the festivities is the Castell - a variation on a humanpyramid but with all the participants standing. The groups ofCastellers aim to build human towers that can reach up to 10levels high. A child is then tasked with climbing to the verytop to add the finishing touch. These competitions are heldthroughout Cataluña during La Merce but the mainBarcelona event is held in the Plaça de Jaume.

When summer draws to a close and most of the high season festivities have ended, residents ofBarcelona come together for one last giant knees-up as La Merce gets underway.

Festival fever!

INFERNAL FLAMES: During La Merce.

TOWERING ABOVE:The popular GiantsParade.

NO VERTIGO:Castellers reachfor the sky.

A Mantis Shrimp canswing its claws so fastthat it boils the wateraround it and createsa flash of light.

The National SpanishAnthem, Marcha Real,is one of only fournational anthems inthe world to have noofficial lyrics.

Global warminghelped settle a landdispute betweenIndia andBangladesh. Theisland, called NewMoore, fell below sealevel during 2010.

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Barcelona couldhave been home tothe Eiffel Tower. Ifeverything had goneaccording toGustave Eiffel’sinitial plan, Paris’most famouslandmark wouldnow be in Barcelona.Unfortunately, theSpanish governmentrejected the architect’sproject, deciding it wastoo ‘radical’ for the city.

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Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary admits‘We made a mess’ So his organisation can’tdo basic staff planning and rostering and he’drather TOTALLY disappoint hundreds of thou-sands of customers than mess up Lyingairs his-toric good punctuality record and disappointfar fewer customers ... of course it’s nothing todo with the autumn and flying with lower pas-senger yields ... the man must think we are allidiots. Disgusting business ethics. MartinGeorgeSo annoying! My mother is 89 and so excitedabout seeing her great grandchildren on Friday... but instead is worried and anxious!!! NickySummersTwenty-one injured in Barcelona bakeryexplosion - I’m not trying to second guess‘authorities’ but flour is very dangerous, espe-cially in bakeries. It has been known to explodebefore now on more than one occasion, and itwould be ‘unusual’ for gas to explode twice. Ido hope all the injured make a full recoveryvery soon, poor people just doing a day’s workto make food for us, thank you and get wellsoon. Elizabeth Saunders

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A TOTAL of 38 new windfarms have been approved forconstruction across AlmeriaProvince. Fourteen of themwill be built at the Los Balazoswind farm in Seron, which hasbeen awaiting new turbinessince 2010.

It has been five years sinceAlmeria approved new windfarms, despite constant pledgesto invest in renewable energy.In the meantime major energygeneration projects havestalled, while thousands of res-idents suffer regular powercuts.

When complete, the energyproduced by Almeria’s windfarms will be enough to power700,000 homes, roughly theentire population of theprovince. By cutting back onalmost half a ton of carbondioxide emissions, their effectwill be akin to removing200,000 cars from the roads.

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AS many islands in the Caribbean try to recover fromthe devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, they havebarely had time to breathe before Hurricane Maria ar-rived.

The island of Barbuda which is part of the indepen-dent state of Antigua has been inhabited for 300 yearsbut is now deserted with properties literally blown awayand every single inhabitant dispossessed and evacuatedto Antigua which escaped relatively lightly.

The first island to be hit by Maria was Dominica, likeAntigua a former British colony and there has been con-siderable damage in the capital Roseau with the hurri-cane now due to roughly follow the trail of Irma as itmoves inextricably towards the USA.

A number of islands are still vulnerable and a RoyalNavy vessel is delivering relief supplies to a number ofthe British Overseas Territories in the area including An-guilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Turks andCaicos Islands but when compared to the actions of othercountries, it is suggested that this is very little, very late.

Living in Spain, we have to accept that it may becomeunbearably hot and water will either be in short supplyor sometimes cause flash floods, but generally speakingwe don’t suffer from any of the major natural catastro-phes that affect so many other parts of the world.

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Tooth fail ‘HUMAN KEN DOLL,’ Ro-drigo Alves, lost three of hisveneers while partying in Mar-bella. The 34-year-old, who isfamous for his ambition tolook like Barbie’s boyfriend,Ken, explained, “I have beenpartying far too much and Iguess that I must have had far toomuch to drink.” The Brazilianhas since had the veneers re-placed.

Besties againTOWIE star, MeganMcKenna, was filmed mak-ing amends with former palsChloe Meadows and Court-ney Green in Marbella.

The 24-year-old brunettewas shooting scenes for TheOnly Way is Essex on theshow’s annual trip to Mar-bella when she was spottedwith her two former best

friends. The trio put asidetheir differences to enjoy anight clubbing.

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TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLDsongstress, Pixie Lott, has beenphotographed wearing a very dar-ing high-cut swimsuit.

The blonde pop star was picturedpartying with friends on a yacht offIbiza while donning a flesh-baringblack one-piece, which perfectlydisplayed her toned physique.

The Turn It Up singer was enjoy-ing a break from her hectic sched-ule, relaxing with family andfriends aboard the luxury vessel.Lott, who became engaged to her

long-term boyfriend, OliverCheshire, last November, showedoff a huge sparkler on her ringfinger.

The couple dated for six yearsbefore Cheshire got down on oneknee in 2016, with Pixie explain-ing, “I’d had no sleep, so I justburst into tears. For once I wasspeechless!” Despite their busylives, the pair managed to getsome alone time together earli-er this summer on a break inCapri.

Daring move

She’s gotfront!

SIZZLING: Pixie Lott.

CALUM BEST, the 36-year-oldson of football legend, GeorgeBest, has been spotted cosyingup to a mystery brunette inIbiza.

The reality TV star, who haspreviously appeared on Celebri-ty Big Brother and Come Dinewith Me, is currently starring inChannel 4’s Celebs go Dating.The show follows severalcelebrities who have joined up

to the Celebrity Dating Agencyin their quest for love.

Best has faced back-lash for hisappearance, however, after stand-ing up one date despite insistinghe was ready to settle down. Theheavily-tattooed beefcake nowappears to have found romanceon his own, holding hands withthe brown-haired beauty on sunloungers on the White Island.

The star has previously beenlinked to Hollywood actressLindsay Lohan, as well as fellowfootball-legend offspring, BiancaGascoigne.

The Best of times

BEEFCAKE: CalumBest in Ibiza.

HOLLYWOOD starlet, Lindsay Lohan, hasbeen photographed front row at Madrid Fash-ion Week. The 31-year-old Mean Girls actresswore a tight black leather dress and enormousblack sunglasses as she enjoyed being guest ofhonour at the Pasarela Cibeles show. The daybefore, the star opted for a different look,wearing all white to a Devota & Lomba show.

ALL WHITE: Lindsay Lohan.

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RODRIGO ALVES:Lost veneer.

A DOG was abandoned out-side Almeria’s Zoosanitarycentre under the cover of dark-ness. Staff at the kennel sawand rescued the animal, whomthey have baptised ‘Floro.’

The dog was tied to a polewith a rusty chain by his for-mer owner. There was noidentification chip and he wasleft out for hours during thenight before being discovered.

Police were actually calledto the scene by a group ofyouths during the night. Butofficers said there was noplace they could keep the dogand decided to leave Florothere until the morning.

Unhappy kennel workerssay the case shows that Alme-ria is in dire need of a 24-hour

animal protection and rescueservice. Firefighters agree.They have already filed acomplaint with the council ar-guing that it is not their job tobe rescuing stray and aban-doned animals all night.

The police union has alsocriticised the lack of a week-

end animal rescue service. Lo-cal Police bear the brunt ofcalls from concerned residentsand are already understaffedas it is.

Almeria’s Zoosanitary Cen-tre is embroiled in controversyof its own. Administrators arestill trying to show accoun-

tants where thousands of‘missing’ cats and dogs went.Socialist councillor Ines Plazasuspects they were put down.

The centre has also beentargeted by thieves. Earlierthis summer five dangerousdogs were stolen overnightfrom the facility.


Sea tradequartetFOUR agri-food compa-nies from Almeria trav-eled to Canada to strikeexport deals in Montrealand Toronto. Almerianproduce is in high de-mand in both Brazil andCanada.

Bank abuse EACH day there areroughly eight com-plaints on average con-cerning abusive mort-gage clauses inAlmeria. Last yearthere were 3,000 de-mands for compensa-tion from banks.

Biz brains STUDENTS in Seron arelearning the art of thedeal from the AndalucianCentre of Entrepreneur-ship. Budding businessleaders are taught mod-ern market analysis andhow to empathise withcustomers.

Wind powerA LUXURY sailboatpowered only by windwill stop by the Levantedock at the Port of Alme-ria for 24 hours tomor-row. The boat can hold al-most 500 passengers.

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A MASSIVE lithiumion battery will be con-structed in Carboneras.It will be the largest ofits kind in Spain andhelp bring the Carbon-eras power plant intothe 21st century.

The 11.5 million bat-tery will project 20megawatts of powerand have a capacity of11.7 megawatt hours.

It is part of a muchwider reconfigurationof the power plant,which hasn’t evolvedmuch since it waslaunched in 1985.

Mainframe systemshave been updated andthe monster lithiumbattery will be accom-panied by other renew-able sources, includingwind and water energy.

The Carbonerasplant is battling theclock to meet toughnew EU environmentalregulations. Nitrogenoxide and sulphurdioxide emissions mustbe reduced dramatical-ly to meet its obliga-tions. The total cost ofgreenifying the Endesa-managed plant is esti-mated at €240 million.

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VirtualsuccessVIDEO gamers attendeda conference in Huercalde Almeria. Funds raisedfrom the weekend event,which included tourna-ments and workshops,went to Argar, a localchildrens’ charity.

Moon march A HUNDRED ‘were-walkers’ took on athree and a half hourmarch under the fullmoon across the Taber-nas Desert. They werebaptising an officialnew trail set up by thecouncil to attract hik-ers.

French fancy WORK is to begin onpreparing Almeria’s longdormant French cable fordevelopment. The formerloading bay is to be con-verted into a shoppingcentre or promenadewithin the next decade.

Wheel week EUROPEAN MobilityWeek is being celebratedin Almeria until tomor-row. The city is packedwith scooters, skaters, cy-clists, and go-karters,with free buses takingpeople around.

Green crate PICKY millennials fromAlmeria prefer theirfruit and veg in cartonor wood containers.Anything but plastic isthe message from thegeneration of youngpeople aged roughly 21-35.

Time banditsHUNDREDS of publicsector workers protestedin Almeria demanding theimmediate return of the35-hour work week. Thegovernment promised toreinstate it in January, af-ter imposing 37.5 hourweeks in 2011.

NEWS EXTRAShe’s hot stuff! MARIA ELISA TULIAN, a21-year-old from Mallorca,is set to take on the worldafter being declared MissWorld Spain in Girona,Cataluña.

Descr ibing herself as“sympathetic, enterprising,responsible and, above all,very fierce” the drama stu-dent represented theBalearics and over a periodof days prior to the Satur-day Gala had to win one ofseven events in order totake her place in the final.

Eli Tulian, as she likes tobe known, won the sportstest, but other tests includedtalent, multimedia, top model,regional costume test, bathingcostume and beauty with apurpose, so she found herselfon the night of the finalagainst six other girls.

After a prel iminaryround, the final five werechosen, Eli triumphed, wascrowned Miss World Spain

and will now go forward totake part in the 67th MissWorld competition which

will be held in China in No-vember with an expected100+ contestants.

Mallorcan crowned Miss World Spain

SIZZLING: Maria strikes a pose.

WINNER: Maria Elisa Tulian (centre).

EXTREMELY tight securitywill be in place for Huercal-Overa’s biggest pop concertof the year. The town cele-brates a huge music festivalon Saturday October 14 at theHornillo football stadium.

Star of the show will bepop sensation David Bisbal. It

is a homecoming gig for theAlmerian superstar, who iswrapping up a nationwidetour.

Both police and politiciansare wary that the outdoorvenue, star power, and thou-sands of spectators couldprove a tempting target forterrorists.

On Monday a securitysummit was held by MayorDomingo Fernandez. He dis-cussed preventative measureswith Guardia Civil, State Se-curity, and National and Lo-cal Police representatives.Spanish government delegateAndres Garcia also attended.

Garcia stressed the impor-tant of co-operation betweenthe different forces. Relationsbetween them will be man-

aged by security experts dis-patched from the nationalgovernment.

In the run-up to the concertthere will be a noticeably in-creased police presence onthe streets. Police checks andother security controls will al-so be ramped up.

Local Police expressedtheir readiness to step up tothe plate. They have been re-ceiving special anti-terrortraining and have alreadymanaged to reduce crime by 6per cent this year.

With the country now at aLevel 4 terrorist threat alertfollowing the Barcelona at-tack, a major shake-up of thesecurity forces is beingplanned for the next twoyears.


Robot warson the rise STUDENTS from the Uni-versity of Almeria won firstplace in an engineeringcompetition held in Gijon.The robotics experts show-cased intelligent washingmachines, robots and virtu-al reality specs.

Road ruckus A BAREFOOT womancarrying a large knife wasarrested while she arguedwith a group of people inthe early hours in Roque-tas. Police believe she’dstolen one of their phones.

Plush fundA 50,000 INVESTMENTwill be pumped intoPoniente hospital to im-prove waiting rooms andout surgery facilities. Therewill be more space, betteraccessibility and privacyaccording to managers.

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Tribute to a trailblazerA SPECIAL walk is being or-ganised to celebrate the 150thbirthday of one of Almeria’sgreatest folk heroines. Liter-ary lovers, feminists and his-tory buffs will walk throughthe Cabo de Gata-Nijar Nat-ural Park in honour of Car-men de Burgos.

She was born in 1867 inAlmeria and went on to be-come one of Spain’s greatestwriters. The country’s first fe-male journalist, Burgos wasalso a pioneering war corre-spondent who coveredSpain’s colonial strife in Mo-rocco in 1909.

She was an early feminist,and contemporary of the Suf-fragettes, who fought for fe-male and individual equalitythroughout her life.

Burgos wrote under thepseudonym Colombine, andspent much of her life in Ro-dalquilar, Nijar. Much of herfictional work was inspiredby the Cabo de Gata, leadingto an enduring connection be-tween Nijar and her legacy.

The walk takes place on

Saturday September 23 andcombines both nature and lit-erature. Participants willstroll through the NaturalPark, stopping occasionally toread pieces of Burgos’ work.

It will conclude with an ex-

hibition at San Ramon over-looking the beach. The walkis being organised by the In-stitute of Almerian Studies(IEA). Tickets, priced at €5can be bought in advance ontheir website.

By Matthew Elliott

INSPIRATION: Rodalquilar was literary icon’s homeaway from home.


FILM companies from around the world arequeuing up to shoot in Almeria. The ProvincialFilm Office is expecting around 500 requestsfor production permits and information thisyear.

In 2016 there were 470 formal requests cov-ering a broad range of feature films, documen-taries and advertisements. Not all requestshave to go through the official Film Office ei-ther, meaning the international interest is likelyfar higher than the statistics give credit for.

Town halls and even private property own-ers with film-worthy land, can grant permis-sion to the cameras. There are now an estimat-ed 50 companies and 116 professionals

manning an increasingly competitive local in-dustry. They offer their services as talentscouts, middlemen and location finders to for-eign film production outfits.

With recent blockbusters, such as Exodusfrom Ridley Scott, and the cultural phenome-non of Game of Thrones, being filmed inAlmeria, the province’s reputation is spreadingquickly.

A recent article in the Indian Times fawnedover the rugged beauty of the Tabernas Desertand its glorious history as the site of SergioLeone’s Spaghetti Western trilogy.

The desert today forms the backdrop toPorsche and Ferrari advertisements, as doesthe Cabo de Gata. All that’s missing is a Bolly-wood musical.

From Hollywood to Bollywood

By Matthew Elliott

EPIC: Tabernas’ vast landscape the envy of film producers.


THE family of Leo Bermejo, the alwayssmiling little boy from Almeria with abrain cancer tumour, are planning anearly Christmas party for their ‘lion’ af-ter receiving devastating news from aworld-renowned neurosurgeon.

Over the past two years the bravefour-year-old, known by his supportersas Leo the Lion, has undergone surgeryat Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in theUK and travelled to Oklahoma in theStates.

His supporters raised thousands ofeuros for the cutting-edge treatment in acampaign that was regularly featured bythe Euro Weekly News.

But after Leo’s last MRI scan inSpain it was discovered a tumour wasstill there - and growing - reaching al-most 9cm in length now.

The family have been told that the

bigger the tumour gets the faster itgrows, as cells are dividing and repro-ducing.

After reviewing the latest scan resultsin the UK top brain surgeon ConorMalucci told the heartbroken familythat he feels that it is too dangerous to

perform any more operations.Mum Karen said, “As hard it is to

hear we trust Alder Hey - the hospitalthat has never let us down - and theneurosurgeon who is world-renowned.

“Leo is well now and we need to en-joy and treasure this time with him.”

She added, “As hard as it is we haveto come to the realisation that we cannotsave Leo now. His fate is out of ourhands.”

Now Leo’s family is pulling out allthe stops to organise a special earlyChristmas for him.

Karen said, “Leo is not really inter-ested in the Three Kings or Santa asthey scare him a bit. What he does real-ly love is ‘Frozen.’

“He would absolutely love for theAna and Elsa characters to sing to him.It would be the best present ever.”

So now the race is on to make hiswish come true.

An early Christmasfor Leo the Lion

By Karl Smallman

BRAVE LEO: Always smiling.

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Beach deathshit record lowDrownings rarer than ever as public takes care

FOR the second summer run-ning, no swimmers drowned atany point of Nijar’s extensivecoastline. It has been hailed asa remarkable success in a sum-mer in which eight peopledrowned across the Costa deAlmeria.

The last victim was a Britishman who didn’t drown at seabut in a Vera swimming pool inearly August. Two of the fatali-ties occurred when a man andwoman paddled out to a SanIsidro reservoir to try and savea dog.

Just five people have died atAlmeria’s beaches, and none onNijar’s 60km coastline, which

includes the often dangerousbeaches and coves of the Cabode Gata-Nijar Natural Park.

In contrast, 12 people losttheir lives at sea in 2015, themajority in Nijar. Strong windsand currents in remote Cabo deGata coves have proven adeadly trap for inexperiencedswimmers and tourists fordecades.

Beaches councillor AlexisPineda said there has been a‘greater respect’ this summeramong bathers of warningflags and advice from life-guards, especially during badweather.

Nijar has also committed it-self to beach safety with 16lifeguards manning popular

beaches, such as Las Negrasand Aguamarga, from June 15to September 15. At least 50people were rescued by life-guards in the past threemonths.

Roaming Guardia Civil pa-trols regularly check quieterCabo de Gata coves for anysigns of trouble. The weatherhas also played its part, withless storms than a typical sum-mer.

Pineda wants to extend therecord by maintaining safetyprogrammes well into October.Nijar Council has set up a mo-bile phone application called‘Nijarapp’ which will allowpeople to check beach condi-tions until October 15.

By Matthew Elliott

SAFE: Zero drownings recorded on Nijar’s top beaches this summer.


A PORTRAIT of FranciscoFranco hanging at an Almeriaexhibition has provoked the ireof local Socialist Party coun-cillors. The group have de-manded the ‘immediate’ with-drawal of the large portrait ofSpain’s former dictator.

The General ruled Spainwith an iron fist and has left adeeply divided legacy. A grow-ing movement across the coun-try want all relics, monuments,street names and other fascisticonography taken down.

Franco’s portrait is hangingat an exhibition dedicated toSpain’s armed forces entitled‘The Culture of Defence’ atPatio de Luces. Outraged So-cialists are demanding to knowwhy a portrait of a fascist dic-tator is hung in a democraticinstitution.

Spokesman Juan AntonioLorenzo said it was disgracefulthat an exhibition dedicated tomen and women who “liveaway from home so we canlive in a peaceful democraticsociety” be tainted by Franco’slegacy.

There is also a portrait ofFranco’s fascist military allyMillan Astray. Their inclusion

is an “insult” to the victims ofthe post-Civil War regime, saidLorenzo. He castigated theAlmerian council, led by theconservative Popular Party, forspending tax money showcas-

ing the face of a man whocaused untold suffering tothousands of Almerians.

Almeria’s Brotherhood ofLegionnaires disagrees. Theyhave accused the Socialists of

trying to censor their historyand of playing politics with thefeelings of families. Brother-hood president Manuel Montes

said the portrait was of Francoin his early days as a comman-der, not in his later incarnationas a dictator.

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Huge hike for freeWORLD Tourism Day willbe celebrated with a freehiking route through Huer-cal-Overa next Sunday. Allthe public are invited, fromchildren to seasoned ath-letes, for the eight km jaunt.

Wild man POLICE arrested a 21-year-old vandal on suspi-cion of slashing car tyres,damaging a bar terraceand knocking over nurs-ing home flower pots dur-ing a night of madness inVelez Rubio.

Tour guides SPECIAL tours of the Cabode Gata’s secret naturalspaces are taking placethroughout September. Or-ganised by Almeria’s envi-ronment department, it in-cludes a 4x4 adventure andtrip to the lighthouse.

NEWS EXTRA Franco furore grips galleryAnger over portrait of dictator as a young man

By Matthew Elliott

LEGACY: Even Franco paintings generate strong emotions.

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MIRAFLORES CAMPINGLOS GALLARDOS was thevenue for a MACS fundrais-ing BBQ.

Live music was providedby Michelle Miles andMelanie Howard-Coles akaABBA-solutely fabulous, anABBA tribute duo. Theywowed the large crowd withan extensive medley of AB-BA music that got people upand dancing. There were alsogames of chance and a raffleto raise money. As a result,the event raised €979.

MACS, the local cancercharity, has charity shops inMojacar, Turre, Albox, Veraand Huercal-Overa. If youwant information about thelocation of those shops, gen-

eral enquires or serving as avolunteer, call 634 328 334weekdays between 11am and

4pm. If you or a loved oneneeds the support of MACS,please call 634 656 555.

MACS BBQ success

MOJACAR Eucharist - Sunday 11am at theChurch of San Pascual,Agua de Enmedio

Albox - Aljambra - Eucharist - Second and lastThursday each month 11am, Evensong

Second Sunday each month 6pmLlanos Del Peral - El Cudador - Eucharist or

Morning Worship, Sunday 11amChurch Wardens, Pam Carter 667 947 573 and

Tony Noble 634 301 873, or see the websitewww.mojacarchurch.org.

Harvest Festival services Mojacar and LanosSeptember 24, Aljambra September 28.

BBQ and Fashion Show Llanos Del PeralChurch Saturday September 23 at 4pm

Tickets €5 (entrance and BBQ) from ChurchWardens.

Church of England Costa Calida and Costa Almeria

LIVE MUSIC: ABBA-solutely fabulous entertained.

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MOJACAR Pueblo at 11.15am. All are wel-come. The group also plan to continue havinga second coffee/lunch meeting on the thirdThursday of each month. Venues to be con-firmed, see press.

Diary for October 2017Thursday 5 at 11.15am branch social.

Speaker Joyce Vernon (medium).Friday 6 at 7.30pm Fish ‘n Chip night with

quiz at the Oasis Bar in Palomares. To book atable call Christine on 697 887 362.

Thursday 18 at 11.30am branch social at

Burdaldro, Mojacar.Saturday 28 at 7pm RBL Poppy Appeal

dinner and dance at the Vera Avent hotel, Ve-ra.

Tickets €35 pp. Contact Christine on 697 887362 or email [email protected].

There will be a grand raffle costing €5 fora strip of five tickets from the Oasis bar in

Palomares, Total Entertainment in Turre orfrom Mick 678 101 471.

Prizes include two return tickets onMonarch Airlines including baggage, a £200voucher for Brittany Ferries, an exclusivetravel voucher and more.

The Royal British Legion Spain districtnorth.

The Royal British Legion provides lifelongsupport for the Armed Forces community -serving men and women, veterans and theirfamilies.

If you feel they can help you, please call676 451 780 from 9am-5pm on weekdays.

Email [email protected] [email protected].

Royal British Legion, Mojacar branch

FACE (Fundraising in Ar-boleas, Caring for Everyone)are pleased to announce theirforthcoming fundraisingevents through autumn untilChristmas.

On October 28 at 7.30pmand October 29 at 3pm at theZurgena Municipal Theatre,The Incognito Singers underthe musical guidance ofDavid Murphy will be per-forming Autumn concerts forthe benefit of FACE.

Tickets will shortly be onsale at CAT Services (La Al-foquia), Girasol (Albox), One

Stop Pools (Albox), and atTotal Entertainment (in Alboxand Arboleas).

Tickets will be priced atonly €5 each and once againthere will be a raffle at eachperformance, and FACE willalso be providing a bar forpre-performance and intervalrefreshments.

This year’s diaries will beon sale shortly and will costonly €4. They will be avail-able at various outlets or fromany of the FACE CommitteeMembers.

The FACE Christmas Mar-

ket will be held on Friday De-cember 1, probably in a giantmarquee in front of the Ar-

boleas Town Hall, althoughthis has yet to be confirmed.

It will commence at 6pm and

during the evening the drawwill take place for FACE’sGrand Christmas Raffle which

will have a first prize of €200.These Raffle tickets will be onsale shortly, priced at €4 forfive raffle tickets.

FACE is still looking forStall Holders, so if interestedplease contact FACE on itstemporary telephone number627 279 584.

If you would like any furtherinformation on FACE pleasecall the temporary telephonenumber printed above, [email protected], vis-it our website at www.facecharity.com or look at theFACE Facebook page.

FACE announces autumn programme

PURPLE REIGN: The Incognito Singers.

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NORWAY has fined a tourist guide€1,300 for scaring a polar bear.

A guide who was leadinga group on a snowmobileexpedition approached the bear,which is forbidden, and scared itaway.

Police scamA FORMER policeman wassentenced to 21 years in prisonby the Oslo District Court forgross corruption and conspiracyto smuggle cannabis.

It is reported he received over€262,000 in bribes from drugtraffickers.

Solar sellsSOLAR panel units will be sold forthe first time in-store at aNorwegian electronic chain. Theuse of solar panel power for energyhas tripled in efficiency in Norwayin the past year alone.

Viking richesREINDEER hunters havediscovered a 1,100 year-old Vikingsword in Norway’s Opplandcounty. The sword was found ingood condition owing to thefreezing condition in the regionthroughout most of the year.

currently on strike and haverejected the offer due to it notmeeting their requirements.

Come up shortA NEW bridge near Jedsted

was discovered to be a metre tooshort when it was installed lastFriday.

Authorities have ensured thatit will be ready for its openingwith a temporary solution inplace.

DENMARK

A GERMAN real-life James Bondhas been prosecuted for hidingmillions from the taxman. The 77-year-old former spy was discoveredto owe €14 million in tax and couldface six years in prison.

Jurassic seaSCIENTISTS have finallyidentified the bones of a giant, 190million-year-old sea creature thatwas discovered in the 1980s. The

long-necked reptile is believed tohave been a super predator in theJurassic period.

Right creep upPOLLS have put the far-right AfDparty in third place in the upcomingGerman election, ahead of other‘smaller’ parties. If the party’snumbers hold, its representativeswill enter Parliament for the firsttime.

Bank blunderTHREE bank customers have beenfined for ignoring an elderly manwho lost consciousness in thebranch and later died. The amountsrange from €2,400 to €3,600.Those prosecuted were accused ofwalking around and not offering tohelp when the 83-year-old col-lapsed.

AN Asian hornet has been spottedon the island of Schouwen-Duiveland. The insects, which arethe largest of their species, havebeen on the EU list of invasivealien species since August 2016.

Jumping shipINTERNATIONAL broadcastersbased in the UK are likely to movetheir operations to the Netherlandsafter Brexit, according to a studyby Expert Media Partners.

Pee penaltyA TWENTY-THREE-YEAR OLDDutch woman lost her appeal

against a fine for urinating in apublic place.

Geerte Piening was fined€140 two and a half years agofor urinating in the street after anight out.

Cyber scareDUTCH girls between the agesof 15 and 18 are two times morelikely to be bullied online thanboys of the same age group,according to StatisticsNetherlands. Less than one inseven victims in this age groupreport the abuse to theauthorities.

NETHERLANDS

Alien invasion

GERMANY

Bond bustedSWEDISH actor AlexanderSkarsgard took home an Emmyfrom the award show last Sundayfor his part in the acclaimed TVshow Big Little Lies.

Flood funA STORM caused basementsand shops in Malmo to flood lastSunday. The heavy downpourincluded hailstorms and caused ahalf-marathon event to becancelled, as well as damagingthe interiors of severalbuildings.

Protest disputeSWEDISH police have come

under fire for allowing aneo-Nazi group to demonstratein the streets of Gothenburgwithout having an officialpermit.

The 50-strong group marchedwith banners bearing Nazisymbols.

No men allowedA MAN-FREE festivalorganised to protect womenfrom sexual assault at musicfestivals has come under fire forits discriminatory approach totransgender individuals. Onlythose identified as female atbirth are currently allowed toattend.

SWEDEN

NORWAY

RYANAIR has cancelled flights from Paris, Toulouse,and Bordeaux this week.

The airline announced they will cancel up to 50flights a day from now until the end of October, inorder to improve their punctuality.

Homeless heldA HOMELESS man was arrested last Sunday chargedwith murdering a woman who was eight monthspregnant.

Her partner raised the alarm after finding the 23-year-old’s body in her apartment in Ustaritz.

Dirty airAIR on the Paris metro system is 10 times dirtier thanthe air outside, according to a new report shared bylocal media sources. The high concentration ofpollution is considered dangerous to health.

Hunting horrorA 13-YEAR-OLD boy was shot dead by hisgrandfather on the opening day of France’s huntingseason. The accident occurred as the boy went to pickup a dead game bird.

FRANCE

Flight falloutLOCAL residents who were evacuated from the villageof Leuvensesteenweg last Thursday following theemergence of a sink hole have now been allowed toreturn home. The incident was triggered by a burst watermain.

Face liftTHE City 2 Commercial Centre in Brussels will undergomajor renovation over the next 18 months to make itmore modern and accessible. Over €30 million will beinvested in the project.

Drilling deepA NEW drilling contract has been awarded for a Belgiangeothermal project. The client is planning to drill 5,000metres below the surface to reach energy and heatresources.

Grand disasterTHE Monumental Supreme Court of Belgium, whichwas built in the 19th century, is on the verge ofcollapse. The crumbling building is still used asBelgian’s highest courthouse and hears trials on adaily basis.

BELGIUM

Sink home

Polar scared

THE number of people busted in Denmarkfor drink driving has halved since 2007.The change in behaviour has also reducedthe number of people killed in alcohol-related road traffic accidents by two thirds.

Running debtDENMARK is unable to claim backmillions of euros in student debt from EUstudents once they have left the country.The figure, which now stands at over €16million, has more than doubled since2011.

Fair payTHE national male football team hasoffered to pay the women side’s wagesafter a pay dispute. The women’s team are

Emmy acclaim

Drunk don’t drive Less young peopleare drinking anddriving inDenmark thanever before.

TICKET l ines a re now open for the2018 World Cup held in Russia next sum-mer. Football fans can submit applicationsfor tickets until October 12. They will besold on a first come, first served basis be-tween November 16 and 28. Another salesperiod will come before the tournament’skick-off.

HIV epidemicAN average of 80 Russians die every

day from HIV/Aids according to new sta-t is t ics. There has been a 13 per cent in-crease in deaths this year. At least 1.1 mil-l ion people car ry the v i rus in Russ ia .Health authorities have described it as anepidemic.

Slurry wars PIG farmers in south-west Russia illegally

blocked the highway to Kazakhstan after policeconfiscated computers used to automaticallyfeed 28,000 pigs. Detectives are investigatingpossible subsidy fraud and seized the computersfor three months. The farmers face heavy finesfor blocking traffic with their tractors.

Everest empire THE Russian Embassy in London raised eye-

brows when it described Mount Everest as Russ-ian territory in a tweet. The statement was laterdeleted by not before some netizens pointed outthe strange claim. In response the embassy tweet-ed ‘digital sh*t happens’ alongside a picture ofForrest Gump.

Chimney comrades A WARNING was given to the Russian Con-

sulate in San Francisco after it began burning rub-bish in a giant fireplace. Black smoke sailed fromthe chimney leading to fears of a fire. But fire-fighters were told not to worry. The incident vio-lates about 1,000 of San Francisco’s famouslygreen-friendly rules.

Bomb scares SCHOOLS and other public buildings were

evacuated in dozens of Russian cities after a seriesof bomb threats. In just one day authorities acrossthe country received 42 anonymous threats. An esti-mated 45,000 people were moved from buildings inPerm, Omsk, Chelyabinsk and other major cities.

Forbiddenfilm

A FILM about an affairbetween Tsar Nicholas anda Polish dancer will not bescreened by Russia’sbiggest cinema group. Ex-tremist Christian groupshave burned cars and tossedMolotov cocktails outsidecinemas daring to show‘Mathilde.’ Tsar Nicholas IIis considered a saint by theRussian Orthodox Church.

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Cup tickets

COUNTDOWN: Clock is ticking as 2018 tournament gears up.

BANNED: Cinemas are cowing into religious groups overfilm.

A REPORT issued by the investmentbankers Goldman Sachs has fright-ened a number of corporate and pri-vate investors and hit the shares ofSpanish energy companies. The twinreasons for this were suggestions thatthe Spanish government was likely tocut subsidies to the energy section andthe increased amount of green energywill see prices tumbling.

StrongerpoundIN a recent edition of this news-paper it was suggested that ster-ling would be likely to recoveragainst the euro and this is whathas happened. At the time ofwriting, the exchange rate has ex-ceeded €1.12 and could climbfurther.

Unfair olivesSPANISH olive growers havenow received a 150 page doc-ument from US Departmentof Commerce which theymust f i l l in i f they wish tokeep tar i ff f ree imports .American olive growers ac-cuse them of unfair competi-tion supported by the Spanishgovernment.

Bitcoin fallsTHE digital currency Bitcoin haslost 20 per cent of its value inSeptember after tremendous risesin 2017. Despite this a singlecoin is still valued at around$4,000 (€3,356) although Chi-nese pressure may hurt it in thefuture.

AFTER reviewing the way in which national ac-counting in Spain is undertaken, the authoritieshave now slightly upgraded 2015 and 2016 growthresults. According to the National Institute of Sta-tistics economic output grew by 3.3 per cent in2016, up by 0.1 per cent over the figure reported in

March of this year whilst the 2015 figure is nowreported as 3.4 per cent, up 0.2 per cent.

So pleased is the government with these adjust-ed figures that the ministry of the economy thinksit reasonable to expect the 2017 figure to be evenbetter than 2016.

WITH London Fashion Weekjust about to finish, shopping forclothes online is becoming a ma-jor market in the UK and increas-ingly in Spain.

In the past five years, UKspend online has doubled to £16billion (€18 billion) although theoverall growth in clothing sales isjust over 1 per cent, suggestingthat the customer base remainsmuch the same but the method ofpurchase has changed.

So says Mintel, the world’s

largest market intelligenceagency with global offices in Eu-rope, the Far East and Asia

Major retailers such as Inditexand Mango have spent a lot oftime and money in developingtheir Spanish websites which canthen be rolled out across theworld whilst a number of Britishcompanies such as Debenhamsand Marks and Spencer are mak-ing it much easier for Englishspeaking residents in Spain topurchase their clothing.

Quote of the WeekWe know perfectly well that relocation would become an exodus, Cat-alonia would enter into an economic collapse,” Josep Bou President

of Entrepreneurs of Catalonia on Catalonian Independence.

Energy shares

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IT’S costing more than ever to die inBritain and many people have to cutback on funeral expenses which canaverage more than €4,000.

London is the most expensive placeto die with average costs exceeding€6,000 which is double the cost of afuneral in Northern Ireland accordingto the 11th Cost of Dying report pub-lished by insurers SunLife.

The funeral however only makesup less than 50 per cent of the av-erage cost with the total hi t t ing€9,000 when adding the cost of awake, cars, flowers and a profes-

sional to administer the estate.In the survey according to funer-

al directors and bereaved, a num-ber of people have opted for thecheapest coffin, hold the wake athome and even considered buryingtheir loved one in their back gar-dens.

Since the company first started thesurvey, they have seen costs increaseby more than 70 per cent in Englandalthough Northern Ireland and Waleshave seen a drop.

Many people now consider theadvantage of taking insurance ormaking interim payments on guar-anteed costs in order to save theirloved ones from having the prob-lem of funding their funeral afterthey have gone.

Those living in Spain will be ableto find similar options in order to re-duce the likely cost of a funeral andalso need to consider whether theirwills should specify that their estatesshould be distributed under Spanishlaw or the law of the country in whichthey were born.

A SPOKESPERSON for the Spanish Fi-nance Ministry has announced that in or-der to comply with deficit containmentrequirements, public sector pay rises willbe capped.

The maximum increase in any singleyear between 2018 and 2020 will be setat 2 per cent although there is no guaran-tee that even this figure will be agreed inevery case. Unions are now awaiting ameeting with government negotiators tosee what their members are likely to beoffered.

Public sector

pay capEscalating cost of death

By John Smith

Greater growth for Spain’s economy

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A RECENT Spanish develop-ment for unborn babies knownas the Babypod is available forpregnant women at a cost of€149.95.

This small intra-vaginal de-vice stimulates neural develop-ment in unborn babies throughmusic.

The company which has beenset up by four scientists saysstudies show that it encouragescommunication and vocalisationin babies before birth throughthe music streamed.

Babypod gives them theirfirst musical and learning expe-rience and is far more effectivethan other devices affixed to thestomach.

Not everyone agrees howev-er as it has been singled out foran Ig Nobel in this year’s annu-al awards presented by humor-ous American scientific maga-zine Annals of ImprobableResearch.

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A WAR has broken out between Coca Cola and Japanese drinksmanufacturer Suntory over the import of millions of bottles ofSchweppes tonic water from Britain to Spain.

Schweppes Spain, owned by Suntory has taken action againstcompanies selling British made Schweppes tonic water and amajor importer.

So heated has the argument become that the main court inBarcelona has had to submit the matter to the Court of Justiceof the European Union (CJEU) the EU’s highest court for anopinion before making a ruling.

Coca Cola owns the rights to produce Schweppes tonic waterand other drinks in the UK and a number of other countries asdoes Suntory, but with the growth in popularity of gin and tonicacross Europe, one Spanish distributor in particular decided thatmore money could be made by importing the quinine-baseddrink from the UK.

It is estimated that the import of British tonic accounted for 5per cent of total Spanish sales and action was taken againstwholesalers who supplied bars and restaurants with the tonic aswell as the main importer who had 45,000 bottles seized atports of landing.

Whilst Coca Cola has signed a private agreement not to sendSchweppes tonic water direct to Spain, the distributor has ar-gued that it is doing nothing wrong and that the Schweppes’brand is closely associated in the minds of consumers with CocaCola.

The counter argument not only disputes this but points outthat Spanish Schweppes tonic tastes different to the UK pro-

duced version and even has different sized bubbles.Once the CJEU completes its deliberations, their conclu-

sion will be passed to Barcelona and a final decision will behanded down, so that one side will be able to relax with anenjoyable G&T.

Intellectual Property lawyers await the decision with in-terest as there are many branded items produced in differentparts of the European Union where parallel imports areknown to take place from Eastern Europe to wealthier Statesand precedence in law is always helpful.

THE Minister for the Econo-my, Luis de Guindos has madeit known that the governmentis anxious to encourage invest-ment in personal pensionplans.

He therefore intends to put adraft Royal Decree before Par-liament reducing the maximummanagement fee for plans from1.5 per cent to 1.25 per cent ofthe value of the investment.

This is the second reductionsince 2014 when the maximumfee was reduced from 2 percent and will be criticised byinvestment managers whoclaimed that they lost €100million of income then andcould lose another €50 millionif this law is approved.

From 2025 it will also beeasier for individuals to releasepart of their pension invest-ments.

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TONIC WATER:Perfect to gowith gin.

AN Israeli company, Colu, has attract-ed more than €10 million financial in-vestment from corporate investors pre-pared to take a chance on new hightech start-up companies.

Originally formed to take advantageof the interest in digital currencies fol-lowing the success of bitcoin, it hasshifted its emphasis to introduce localonline currencies for specific cities.

Starting in Israel and the UK, thereis every likelihood that if the test casesare successful, we could see the sameconcept arriving in Spain.

The actual idea is quite simple andtakes the previously tried concept of alocal currency and digitises it so theynow operate the Haifa Shekel and theLiverpool Pound.

Local companies agree to sign upfree of charge to Colu and confirm thatthey will accept digital payment andconsumers also sign up to convert theirpounds on a one for one basis for theLiverpool Pound.

There are no charges to change mon-ey nor are there charges when pay-ments are made but in order to prosper

Colu charges 1.5 per cent when thedigital currency is cashed in.

The attraction for local business isthat it pays no fees to accept digitalpayment and as membership - bothbusiness and consumer - grows sothere will be an increasing market oflocal shoppers.

Research shows that large business-es such as supermarkets and major re-tailers move up to 70 per cent of in-

come earned out of the area to regionalor main bank accounts whilst localbusinesses keep up to 65 per cent of in-come circulating within the area.

The concept is good, but there arepotential drawbacks as there is only somuch local business to business tradethat can be undertaken before smallcompanies need to ‘cash in’ their Liv-erpool Pounds which is when they lose1.5 per cent of their total.

Equally, if businesses keep hold ofall of their digital income, Colu won’tmake any income and could well ‘pullthe plug.’

None of the four trial areas havebeen trading for long enough to indi-cate whether this is a potentially viableoption, but the fact that some majorventure capitalists are prepared to helpfund the company suggests that thiscould be the next big thing in the digi-tal world.

If it does take off, then the onlyslight irony will be a concept that looksto support local shops for local peoplewill see a percentage of the moneyearned disappearing to Israel.

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MANY UK expatriates living in Spainown properties in the UK and have pen-sions and investments in the UK. They re-ly on their UK assets to maintain theirlifestyles (and those of their families) inSpain. If they can no longer manage theiraffairs in the UK due to a loss of mentalcapacity, it can cause many difficulties.

The best way to avoid the legal andpractical difficulties that can occur withthe loss of mental capacity is to plan for itin advance by drawing up a documentcal led a ‘Last ing Power of Attorney’(‘LPA’).

What is an LPA?An LPA is a legal document that en-

ables you to appoint one or more attor-

neys to act for you when you are nolonger able to act for yourself.

Your attorney can be a professional,

such as a solicitor or a family member orfriend.

There are two types of LPA: ‘Healthand Welfare’ or ‘Property and FinancialAffairs’

An LPA must be made while you havefull mental capacity. It is therefore impor-tant to make one while you are in goodhealth.

Why should you get an LPA?You can choose a person or people ,

who you trust, to act for you when youare no longer able.

If you lose your mental capacity and donot have an LPA, then your family (or theauthorities) will have no choice but tomake an application to the Court of Pro-tection to appoint a ‘deputy’ to look afteryour affairs, which can be time consum-ing and costly.

Will my LPA be recognised in Spain?Unfortunately there is no international

type of LPA which is guaranteed to workin both the UK and Spain.

The advice we give to our cl ients atStone King, is that if you have assets inboth Spain and the UK, your only safeoption is to appoint attorneys in both ju-risdictions.

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trust, to act for you whenyou are no longer able.

An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity.

AS the Catalan IndependenceReferendum row rolls on, em-ployees and pensioners in theprovince are receiving mixedmessages about the viability ofan Independent state.

Whilst the Catalan govern-ment has been issuing comfort-ing words to the estimated500,000 existing pensioners,the government in Madrid sug-gests that there would be ashortfall of just under €4.7 bil-lion to pay them.

With the largest number ofworkers falling in the 25 to 54age category, the number ofpensioners could well growover the coming years whichwould put a further strain on theCatalan economy.

Without national support, thegovernment suggests that theindependent state could see joblosses of at least 250,000 whichwould also reduce the pensionpot and increase the drain onsocial service payments.

Catalan pensionfears

CONSERVATIVE MP Nicky Morgan,Chairman of the UK Treasury Commit-tee has written to the Chancellor re-garding possible loss of pension pay-ments and insurance for expatriates.

It appears that what are known ascross-border insurance policies mayno longer be permitted followingBrexit unless some form of agreementis reached between the UK and Euro-pean Union.

In essence, a number of policieswhich run after March 2019 have beensold to customers under passportingarrangements which allow for the in-surers to make payments into the EUbut these arrangements will in theorybe stopped post Brexit unless someform of agreement is reached.

Pensioners in particular should notimmediately worry as it is believedstate and other pensions paid into UKaccounts should be safe but there maybe some difficulty in respect of privatepensions paid in euros into EU ac-counts.

The same may be true for other in-surance policies also written in the UK

but covering properties, lives or othermatters in Spain.

This is not some form of crafty trickby insurance companies but a situationwhich means that without some form of

agreement, they will either have towithhold payment or

risk breaking the law.So far, the Unit-

ed Kingdom hasindicated thatpart of the ini-tial discus-sions in-v o l v e dcross-bordersales ofgoods and

materials but according to the TreasuryCommittee, both the UK and EU ap-pear to have overlooked these sales.

As it could take anywhere from nineto 18 months for legislation to be put inplace to allow these transfers or forBritish insurers to either set up sub-sidiaries abroad or transfer their exist-ing portfolios to third parties, the prob-lem is quite urgent.

In her letter to the Chancellor, PhilipHammond, Miss Morgan said “The pos-sibility UK providers may not be legallyable to pay out pensions or insurancecontracts to citizens in the EU - includ-ing UK expats - is a stark example of theconsequences of a ‘cliff edge’ Brexit.”

She went on to say that “It is there-fore surprising there have been no posi-tion papers from the [European] com-mission or the government proposinghow it might be addressed.”

It is estimated there may be severalhundred thousand contracts which

could be affected and thereforethis intervention by the TreasuryCommittee is clearly very time-ly.

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IF the UK doesn’t toughen up against the threat ofpotential terrorism we really can put our heads be-tween our legs and kiss our proverbials goodbye.

The first thing the government has to come toterms with (and more importantly publicly ad-mit), is that we are in a war. The second thing, im-perative to any successful outcome, is to openlyrecognise that the active participants in this con-flict are predominantly young men, who hail fromethnic backgrounds and are followers of Islamicbeliefs.

Political correctness and the fear of being la-belled a racist preventing us admitting who ourenemies are is utterly ridiculous. The power to in-tercept internet use and freeze suspects’ bank ac-counts, rescinded in 2011 due to some humanrights infringement protest (surprise, surprise)must be restored. Internment must be broughtback.

The 23,000 terrorist suspects presently at largein the UK have to be monitored more closely, in-cluding phone hacking and the eavesdropping ofconversations. No individual convicted of terror-ism should have access to public funds for leave

to appeal and, where possible, immediate deporta-tion should be in effect. Suspects’ homes must beraided far more frequently. Mosques and schools,suspected of preaching radicalism, must be closeddown and offending leaders jailed. Police have tobe given much wider powers and not be in fear ofrecrimination for offending some religious ritual

or another. We are quite simply too damned soft. The days of Geneva conventions and fair play

is over. This enemy merely looks on any sign ofdecency as a weakness. These people kill womenand children and even their own kind indiscrimi-nately. They saw peoples’ heads off and crucifyothers on social media. You can’t possibly fight a

war against them shackled by political correctnessor the fear that you may ‘offend’ somebody.

This war is also being fought on many fronts,including a growing number in high office, ban-ner bearers who parade the streets and bleaters inthe public media. The enemy is everywhere.Strange is it not, that when I warned of all this 20years ago I was accused of being a ranting idiotand indeed often observed as a laughing stock?Well in the words of Nigel Farage to the Euro-pean government. No one’s laughing now arethey?

I will finish this week on a somewhat lighternote. Ta ra!

Couldn’t help laughing at a story I picked upduring the week. It concerned the late great actorYul Bryner. Apparently during the run of TheKing and I at the London Palladium in the 60’s,one elderly fan waited at the stage door everynight with a bunch of flowers for Mr Bryner.Every time they were offered the star declined.

On the final night the lady duly turned up andhit Bryner over the head with her bouquet. Thiswas brilliantly observed in the piece I read as amemorable example of the ‘fan hitting the s..t’!Ha ha. Got to laugh ain’t ya?

Keep the faith,Love Leapy

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Superyacht owners splash the cash but few

Peeping into the world ofsuperyachts offshore in southern

Spain and talking onshore topeople in the know about the

super-rich and famous providesan amazing eye-opener for land-

lubber David Noon, including howto save a small fortune on fuel to

spotting an on-board Picasso.

OTHING says rich like a su-peryacht. A Rolls-Royce or astately home - even a private jet- pales in significance compared

to the exuberance of wealth that a superyachtpurports.

The superyacht is the ultimate toy to manyA-list celebrities, Russian oligarchs and Mid-dle Eastern royal families seeking out thehigh-life on the seas.

And so it could be safe to assume that theowners of the monumental vessels have littletime - or need - to worry about the cost oftheir homes at sea.

Think again.Just as the majority of us will shop around

for the best mobile phone or flight deal, su-peryacht owners are keen to bag a bargainwherever they can.

In fact, a wise oligarch could be saved asmuch as €25,000 on a single tank full of fuelshould he - or his hired crew - know where tostop off.

This is a fair old chunk of cash when youconsider the cost of cleaners, maintenance,catering staff, and everything else in the worldof yachting, where some cynics claim that thetwo best days in a boat owner’s life are the

day that hebuys... and theday that hesells!

C h e l s e aowner RomanAbramovich’sb e s t - k n o w nyacht (he hasfive in total),

the Eclipse, re-portedly has 70 staff to cater to the guests’every need and operate not only the supery-acht but also its mini-submarine.

The world’s largest superyacht, the Azzam(a staggering 180 metres, or 1.75 timeslonger than a standard football pitch), is es-timated to set its royal Arab owner back aneye-watering $60 million every year in up-

keep alone.Owning a superyacht isn’t for the rich or

even the super-rich. It is for an elite class sofar up the wealth ladder that it’s hard to imag-

Bigger andbetter plusfuturistic!

Azzam

Size: 180.6 metresCost (at purchase): €450 millionOwner: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan,UAE President and Ruler of Abu DhabiManufactured: Germany

SUPERYACHTS are getting bigger, bolder andmore futuristic. Bars, restaurants and even waterslides are all expected on the biggest sea vessels.

Many support jet skis among their ‘toys,’while others have helicopter pads, and a few goone step further and have a submarine in tow, oronboard Picasso or Rembrandt artworks.

Here is a roundup of the Top Seven biggestsuperyachts on the waters today:

EclipseSize: 162.5 metresCost: €340 millionOwner: Roman

Abramovich, Chelsea ownerManufactured: Denmark

Dilbar

Size: 156 metresCost: €335 millionOwner:Arsenal shareholder Alisher UsmanovManufactured: Germany

Al Said

Size: 155 metresCost: UnknownOwner: Qaboos bin Said al Said, the Sultan ofOmanManufactured: Germany

Topaz

Size: 147.25 metresCost: €400 millionOwner: Sheikh Mansour, Deputy pre-mier of UAE and Manchester City ownerManufactured: Germany

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WORLD’S BIGGEST: The Azzammeasures in at 180 metres long.

The biggest superyachtshave 50 bedroom suitesaccommodating

around 100 people.

Rising Sun a favouritewith world’s famous

MEDIA magnate David Geffen’sRising Sun superyacht often

hosts the rich and famous, withBarack Obama and wife

Michelle, US TV Oprah Winfreyand actor Tom Hanks, as well aspop supremo Bruce Springsteen,

fashion designer Calvin Kleinand ex rock-icon Noel Gallagherall spotted aboard, including in

local waters around Ibiza.

From left: Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, Oprah Winfrey and Noel Gallagher.

RISING SUN: Chartered by the famous.

43 metresuperyacht:

Fuel capacity:22,430

litres(around

£15,000)

Fulk Al Salamah

Size: 164 metresCost: UnknownOwner: Oman ruling familyManufactured: Italy

Dubai

Size: 162 metresCost: €338 millionOwner: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak-toum, Ruler of DubaiManufactured: Germany

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onshore ever witness how and where

ine. And because of this only 20 on aver-age superyachts are commissionedeach year.

Costing between €300-500 millionwith an average build time of three to fouryears, owning a yacht is a hobby for the topechelons of wealth.

And on top of the initial cost there are thecountless extras to factor in: mini-sub-marines (as owned by Abramovich), supportvessels, helicopters etc.

Add in upkeep, which in general is around10 per cent of the build cost (between €30-50 million) each year - so yes an eye water-ing €3 - 5 million per annum - and thedizzying opulence of superyacht owning be-comes clear.

While not all superyachts stretch as far asthe Azzam, they are all still whopping greatmachines, and incredible savings can bemade by fuelling up in the right places.

For example, a 37-metre boat (by nomeans the biggest sailing off southern

Spain and elsewhere in the Med) will havea tank which holds at least 42,500 litresand you don’t get to own one of those sleekbehemoths if you aren’t aware of costs.

This is why Gibraltar has been attractingmore superyachts than ever and is increasingthe amount of dock space for them as dieselcosts just 61c perlitre and otherchandlery goodsas well as alcoholare considerablycheaper locallyeven than nextdoor in Spain.

Clearly the likes of Chelsea owner RomanAmbramovich isn’t drawn to Gibraltar tovisit Morrisons, nor does he have a strangeaffinity with the resident Barbary Macaques.

But money talks and superyacht calls tothe Rock increased by 23 per cent in 2016and continue to attract some of the world’slargest and most expensive vessels.

Paul Gonzalez Morgan of GibraltarShipping states that the upturn in ar-rivals of superyachts is continuing togrow, as is the government’s focus on

keeping them there.He points to over 500 metres of deep

berthing space for superyachts recently builtas part of the Mid Harbour Marina as a signof government commitment to making theRock an attractive stop-off to world’s supery-acht skippers.

But it is not just Gibraltar that is on themap for cash-savvy yacht owners.

Malaga is also becoming an importantstop for vessels that don’t want to go as

far as Gibraltar, but withdiesel costing an aver-age €1.05 per litre (andmore in the other attrac-tive marinas of Mallor-

ca), it will cost an ad-ditional €18,700 in

fuel to fill up.Neighbouring France - the favoured

offshore playground of many superyachtowners - offers some of the cheapest fuel ifyou can obtain it duty free at 45c per litre,but many owners have to pay duty and VATwhich takes the price up to a whopping€1.45 per litre.

Sail down to the other end of the Mediter-ranean, and filling up will cost around €1.10per litre in Turkey, which is cheaper thancash-strapped Greece which hovers aroundthe €1.21 price.

WHILE there is undoubtedlycash to be saved from a stop-offin Gibraltar, one Russian bil-lionaire will be wishing that hismega vessel had not put intoGibraltar earlier this year.

No sooner had the captain ofAndrey Melnichenko supery-acht berthed than the GibraltarPort Authority impounded the€400m superyacht, SailingYacht A.

Seized, the tallest (and 10thlongest) superyacht in theworld, was held over unpaidfees, with German shipbuilderNobiskrug claiming that the

Russian industrialist owed€15.3 million in overdue feesfor the €143 million vessel.

Designed by French interiordesigner Philippe Starck (whohas a place in Ronda in southernSpain), the Sailing Yacht A re-mained in the hands of the PortAuthority for two weeks untilMelnichenko and Nobiskrugreached an agreement and allpotential civil charges weredropped against him.

Melnichenko also owns a su-peryacht called Motor Yacht Awhich is reportedly up for salefor around €200 million.

FOR some a trip to the Mona-co Grand Prix can be a markerof success.

However it is the MonacoYacht Show where thoseabove the other half go tosplash the cash.

Drawing in everyone frombuyers and sellers to chartersand interior designers, nostone is left unturned at themarquee event on the yachting

calendar, with even a subma-rine section for yacht ownerswho want to delve under thesea.

Come September 30, theharbour will again be full asthis year’s yachting communi-ty rolls into town, so if youhave a spare €300 million orso, pack your bags and headfor the south of France.

You won’t be disappointed!

It’s show time

FOR those deciding not to buy, superyachts are easily avail-able for hire, though the average cost of chartering vesselscosting between €300-500 million is €300,000 per week.

For this the owners throw in the full crew requirement andfuel, but not many aim to make a profit overall, for the cost ofrunning such vessels over 12 months is around €40 million.

Whether being used solely by the owners, family andfriends, or being chartered out to help offset running costs,many of the superyachts that use the Mediterranean in theEuropean summer months head for the Caribbean from No-vember to April.

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THIS week I was planning towrite about thermoluminescencedating. Quite brief. Provocative.And thrilling. You’d have lovedit. But then something happened.

My blood pressure started ris-ing rapidly. Again. After weeksof depressing news about fraughtBrexit negotiations, Trump,Putin, Corbyn, hurricanes, whounexpectedly emerges from thewoodwork? Yes. You guessed:Tony Blair.

As we veer into autumn, isBlair turning over a new leaf?Thirteen years after openingdoors to EU migrants, he nowclaims we can clamp down onimmigration AND stay in theEU! Additionally, he’s urgingMPs and Tory ministers to rise

up against the government andoppose Brexit, hinting at plansfor a new political party to offera second referendum.

Perhaps Blair’s most charm-ing quality is his unquestioningtrust in the promises made by hisfriends in Brussels. He oncebrought back a promise of Com-mon Agricultural Policy reformin exchange for Britain returningmuch of Thatcher’s hard-won re-bate. Brussels still pockets MrBlair’s gift but never amendedthe CAP. Now he’s visited his

old mate Jean-Claude Junckerand claims the EU will ‘meet’British concerns about immigra-tion if Britain rejects Brexit.

It really wouldn’t be surpris-ing if Juncker’s promised him aplace at the top table of the gravytrain for his efforts at causingBrexit unrest. He and Juncker:both ‘has-beens’ who won’t ac-cept their time is over.

So Toxic Tony hasn’t givenup on being European Presi-dent! And why not? Didn’t hedo a cracking job as Middle

East peace envoy, sending mil-lions fleeing whilst the coun-tries one after another descend-ed into chaos. His self-interestand arrogance are beyond be-lief.

How Blair evidently misseshis time at the very top of gov-ernment as PM! Which remindsme. Jim, a friend’s father suffer-ing from Alzheimer’s, needed anassessment some years back tosee if he could get into a carehome. “What’s the name of theprime minister?” the GP asked.“Blair,” Jim replied, which got afirm tick... until Jim added: “Li-onel.”

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TONY BLAIR: Pro-European passion.

Why it went wrongTHE day after the lethal truck attack at the Berlin Christmasmarket in December 2016 the Spanish National Police (basedin Madrid) instructed all police departments in Spain to placephysical security barriers in public areas where large numbersof people are likely to gather.

The instructions clearly read ‘Municipalities should protectthese public spaces by temporarily installing large planters orbollards at access points to hinder or prevent the entry of vehi-cles.’ In Barcelona the instructions were ignored and over 100people were killed or injured during the recent attack.

Why were these instructions not followed? Was the reasonlack of funds, a manpower shortage or for aesthetic reasons?NO. The Catalonian police and authorities did not want to ‘ap-pear’ to be doing what Madrid was instructing them to do. Thenewspaper El Periodico De Catalunya recently claimed thereis a ‘total absence of police collaboration between Mossosd’Esquadra (Catalan Police) and the National Police andGuardia Civil which translates into huge security deficiencies.’

Over the past decades the Catalan independence movementencouraged mass immigration of Muslims in the hope that theywould adopt Catalan rather than Spanish as their new languageand they would swell the numbers favouring independence.

Following the explosion at the house in Alcanar the Mossosd’Esquadra refused help from the Madrid-based bomb squadsaying it was nothing to do with them and they could handle it.But how efficient is the Catalan police’s intelligence network ifthey did not notice the movement of over 100 large gas canis-ters to a house occupied by Muslims and a Muslim cleric?

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EWN readership to [email protected].

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION

WE came to Spain five years ago.Being under 65 years old we had to

pay for private health care, which wehave used and do understand, as ourEuropean Health Insurance Card willnot cover us for long term future is-sues, only emergencies.

We never wanted to use them to getour residence paperwork, althoughthey used this as a sweetener when wesigned up.

We have not used the medical ordental cover for several months, andwe understand that some people usethis to get their residence and then can-cel it once they have it, but we are notin this group.

We now want to leave Spain andhave been asked to pay for the fullamount of the remaining eightmonths, and according to our legalteam this is correct!

So we either pay to fight or justpay the insurance company!

As we have not used the cover for

the full term we feel that this is unfairand as a goodwill gesture our requestshave been refused.

So, ask the right questions andchoose your supplier wisely since thesales staff tend to be on commissionand will certainly not fight your case asthe customer.

Mark Antony Lang, Vera

Costa’s finest A MASSIVE vote of thanks toBenidorm’s much maligned Local Po-lice department. Recently I have no-ticed a large police presence on everyroad with access to Levante prome-nade.

This is obviously a plan to avert theuse of vehicles being used in terroristattacks and it is very reassuring toknow that our Local Police are on handto prevent this happening.

It would be all too easy to imaginethe carnage that would ensue if theseterrorists were allowed access to one ofthe busiest pedestrian walkways in thetown.

Thank you one and all.Alan Fenlon, Finestrat

Stop the hate A FEW days ago, I wrote in a Face-book group that I had seen a boat com-ing dangerously close to a Marbellabeach right among bathers, but othersin the group told me to go back to mycountry if I don’t like it!

Then, I saw an elderly Englishmanbeing abused while trying to park hiscar at the supermarket until he gotscared and drove away. What is hap-pening? Things were never like thisbefore!

Christine Farnell, El Pinillo

Parking madTHE new parking system at Mala-ga airport is nothing short of atro-cious! Arriving to collect my fatherlast week, I ended up in the ‘new’short term car park (effectively atarmacked area surrounded bycheap fencing) by accident due to alack of signage.

I then had to pay €5 to get outdespite having only been in ‘thecompound’ for a total of three min-utes!

A grumpy expat, Coin

FOR once, and probably neveragain, I will totally agree withthe Little Arrows man. Whatthe hel l wil l come up next?He’s absolutely right, leave thechildren to be children, boys orgirls. The same applies for menand women, we like being whowe are!

Sexless, what a dreamt-updefinit ion. I understand theother meaning of the word butto say we should all be neithermen nor woman is stupid.

Somebody, man or woman ora team must come up with this

tosh, probably advertising ex-ecutives trying to enhance theirsexless product ranges!

Right Mr Lee, that’s enoughagreeing with you. Can you

write something for me to real-ly have a go at next t ime?Trump’s a good one, or maybeu-turn Queen May?

Philip, San Fulgencio

All letters by email or post should carry the writer’s address, NIE andcontact number though only the name and town will be published.

Readers who have missed correspondence can see all letters - which canbe edited before publication - posted on: www.euroweeklynews.com.HAVE YOUR SAY

‘Hero’ takes down rowdy passenger

Wonderswill never

cease

Healthcare a bitter pill to swallow

AN aggressive man was choked to the groundby a fellow passenger during a Ryanair flight.Well done! The guy knew what he was doing, he’smartial arts trained and put a ‘sleeper’ on him, justenough squeeze pressure on the jugular till his kneesbuckle, and blood/oxygen slows down to the brain!Perfect! He’d have got a my foot right in the groin!!He should be locked up!

Julie Jones Peel

Don’t need aggressive passengers, why can’t they justbehave, well done that guy who dealt with him. AnnGregory

What were Ryanair crew doing, surely they shouldhave kept control, not a passenger!!

Annette PatersonMay require security staff on certain flights or destina-tions; shouldn’t need to but maybe as a precaution!

Lynn Brown

Ryanair to axe 40-50flights a dayWith less than 24 hours notice low-cost airlineRyanair has announced it will cancel 40-50flights a day until the end of October ‘to im-

prove its system-wide punctuality.’They should have their licence revoked. If you takebookings then operate your flights, I was consideringthem for a flight to Malta next year but this haschanged my mind.

Robert Baxter Johnston

Text arrived at 6.35pm to cancel flight 9am next day.Tel no to contact them no answer and live chat notavailable .

Office closed 7pm, received email at 8pm with re-fund or rebook link, rebooked for following day afterthree attempts but had to pay for seats again. I’mhoping to get refund. Beware if you ask for a refundat once then Ryanair believe no compensation ispayable.

I also had my flight cancelled during World Cup lastyear due to fly Marseille to Lille to follow England, of-fered a flight seven days later. I asked for hotel etc thelady on Ryanair desk called police over and accusedme of being racist and abusive to her, total lie howeverwhen asked to leave airport gendarme turned at same

time she pointed me out to a colleague and smirked,he took me out and apologised.

Brian Young

Airport unions ‘fear theworst’ but talks go onTALKS between the government and the air-port unions have not gone as well as previousmeetings, with some unions “fearing theworst” as key demands cause tension.They should fire them all and rehire. Lots of peoplewanting to work.

Lisa Dandanell Ruggero

Not so easy Lisa, some of those people have to betrained for years, IE air traffic control. You can’t just in-stantly dismiss and rehire. Plus what we don’t see fromthis story is... maybe the strike is the last straw for theworkers who have a stressful and sometimes danger-ous job to do.

Alan Hill

So cross we should be able to plan flights not an easyfeat at the best of times

Maureen Pearson

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BOYS AND GIRLS: Let them work it out for themselves.

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PROSTATE CANCER is a disease inwhich malignant (cancerous) cells formin the tissues of the prostate and is diag-nosed by a tissue biopsy, studies may in-clude a rectal exam, ultrasound and PSA(Prostate-specific antigen).

The cancer is found mainly in oldermen - from around the age of 45 yearsold and is the most common canceramong men, except for skin cancer. Thedisease may cause no symptoms in itsearly stages, this is why it is very impor-tant to go for regular check-ups.

The more advanced it becomes, thefollowing signs will appear:

• Weak or interrupted flow of urine• Sudden urge to urinate• Frequent urination (especially at

night)• Trouble starting the flow of urine• Trouble emptying the bladder com-

pletely

• Pain or burning while urinating• Blood in the urine or semen• A pain in the back, hips or pelvis

that doesn’t go away• Shortness of breath, feeling very

tired, fast heartbeat, dizziness or paleskin caused by anaemia.

Is Prostate Cancer curable? As with many cancers, when detected

early, it is clearly curable. If the tumourhas not spread outside the prostate gland,either radiation or surgical removal willcure the cancer very frequently. Othert reatments for the disease include;Chemotherapy, Cryotherapy and Hor-monal Therapy.

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Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates inFuengirola at [email protected], or call 952 667 090.

IN Spain, all children measuring 135cm inheight or less must ride in the rear seats of a ve-hicle, irrespective of their age, and in addition tothe requirements of the correct seat being pro-vided appropriate to their size and weight.

There are a number of exceptions to the rule,for example, when the vehicle does not haverear seats, when all rear seats are already occu-pied by others under the same characteristics,and where it is not possible to install approvedchild restraints in those rear seats. These are theonly occasions when children may occupy afront seat, but they must always use the restraintsystem approved for their height and weight.

Child restraints must also be installed in thevehicle in accordance with the instructions pro-vided by the manufacturer and the instructionsthat will indicate how and what kind of vehiclescan be used safely.

In 2014, two of the 14 children under 12 yearsof age who were killed whilst travelling in vehi-cles were not wearing any safety device at thetime of the accident. It was the same for nine outof the 82 children who were seriously injured,

they too were not wearing any kind of restraint.The DGT has increased the powers of the

traffic police in dealing with adults who fail totake necessary responsibility for children, in-cluding the immediate immobilisation of a vehi-cle where children are found to be travellingwithout appropriate safety restraints.

To make the matter even clearer, there are anumber of Golden Rules that must be followedregarding children in vehicles.

Never carry a child in your arms or use thesame seat belt that is protecting the adult. Theuse of child restraint systems (CRS) reduced therisk of death by 75 per cent and the severity ofinjuries by 90 per cent.

Make sure the seat is properly installed. Itshould not move and ought to be properly se-cured, the recommended option being the Isofixanchorage system. The child’s head should nev-er be higher than the back of the seat.

It is recommended you continue to use appro-priate and approved child restraint system untilthe child reaches 150cm in height. When tallerthan 150cm, they must use the vehicle seat belt.

I am confused by the Spanish lawon inheritance tax. I have a proper-

ty in Almeria but I am not resident. I have aSpanish will which leaves my property tomy son and my daughter equally. They

both live in the UK. Will they have to paysome high rate of inheritance tax that willleave them in debt?

S W (Costa del Sol)

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Your property is inAndalucia, so we

should not speak of Span-ish law but of Andalucianlaw, because each ofSpain’s 17 AutonomousRegions has its own rules.Further, many of the Re-gions changed their rulesin 2015 after the EuropeanCourt of Justice ruled that

the previous national lawviolated the equal rights ofnon-residents who are EUcitizens.

In your case, the An-dalucian inheritance lawapplies. Your son and

daughter, also EU citizens,each have an exemption of€175,000. If your proper-ty is valued at under€350,000, this means theywill pay no tax at all. Af-ter Brexit, when your heirsare no longer EU citizens,they will face a tax bill ofaround €65,000 on a prop-erty worth €350,000.

David SearlYou and the Law in Spain

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Children in cars

Will they pay inheritance tax?

I LOVE a bit of shopping me. I can shop forhours. But, ha ha you knew there would be abut, didn’t you? Otherwise I’d be Mr Happywouldn’t I? There are a couple of things thathave put me off going to certain places toshop. The biggest culprit, for my dismay, is acertain chain of furniture shop.

It’s not the things they sell - their qualityand value is second to none and their meat-balls are delicious. It’s the way you are madeto walk round the store like a herd of cattle.You can’t just pop in and get something. Youhave to go round and round and, heaven for-bid, you forget something when you get to thecash desk. It’s a nightmare!

The other one this week was the big super-market in the Myramar shopping mall who al-so have another branch down the road fromwhere I live. Now in my local branch theyhave shopping trollies that clip on the front ofwheelchairs so that if you are disabled you canshop more easily.

When I asked if they had any of thesetrollies at the Myramar branch the secu-rity man said I’d have to enquire at the

information desk. So I went there and the lady said no, I’d

have to go to the Myramar information deskand ask there. So, we went and there was noone there so now we had walked, not me ofcourse because I’m in the wheelchair and poorMrs S is pushing me, to the entrance of the su-permarket, then all the way back to the storedesk and then to the Myramar desk and nowback to the supermarket desk where we tellthe girl no one is at the mall information point.

She then picks up the phone and speaks tosomeone and a few minutes later anotherwoman appears with a key, wanders off andthen comes back with a wheelchair friendlytrolley.

‘Why is it locked up in a cupboard,’ I ask.‘Because they get stolen,’ I’m told whichmade me smile.

‘So you are telling me that you have hun-dreds of able-bodied trollies, all over theplace, that can be taken to car parks, streetsand basically anywhere but the four that areused for us in wheelchairs have to be put un-der lock and key? Because we disabled lot area slippery bunch and are more likely to run offwith your trollies? I have to tell you disabledaren’t too big on running anywhere in caseyou haven’t noticed!’

I got the shrug and that was the end of thatconversation.

Emails to: [email protected]

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

We’re a slippery bunch!

BUCKLE UP: Ensure your child seat or restraint is of the correct size.

AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided bymembers of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 web-site and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

SKY has signed a deal worth £600 million thatwill see all midweek English Football Leaguematches available to stream. The domesticrights deal, which will run between 2019 and2024, also means that teams in the Champi-onship, League One and League Two will beable to stream games live on their sites if Sky isnot broadcasting them (UKVPN required herein Spain).

From the 2019/20 season, Sky Sports Foot-ball will show up to 183 matches, includingthe continuation of the Carabao Cup and theCheckatrade Trophy - that’s 26 per cent morethan the current deal. Overall, a maximum of150 EFL games will be shown per season, in-cluding 16 midweek Championship matchesand a minimum of 20 League One and League

Two matches. The value of the rights has in-creased from £88m to £120m per year com-pared to the existing contract, and the newagreement will see matches from 14.45 BST

to 17.15 BST blocked from live streaming.“These negotiations came at what was an in-credibly challenging period in the sale and ac-quisition of sports rights in the UK,” said EFL

chief executive Shaun Harvey.Apple TV has gone the way of 4K with its

fifth-generation release. The big announcementwas made during the media launch on Septem-ber 12 that the digital streaming service is final-ly embracing 4K Ultra HD resolution with therelease of Apple TV 4K later this year. In theUK, pricing ranges for £179 for 32GB to £199for 64GB. Apple’s decision to go for 4K putsthe tech giant in the unenviable position of fol-lower rather than innovator, since competitorsGoogle Chromecast and Roku already offer thehigher resolution.

If you would like me to answer any questionsyou may have on satellite TV or to expand onanything I have written about please call me on678 332 815 or email [email protected]. I look forward to your commentsand questions. Don’t forget to listen to my ra-dio show every weekday from 10am on Spec-trum Radio 96.1FM, now covering over2,000sq kms of Costa Almeria or listen onlineat costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net.


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Dishing the Dirt

Sky Sports’ new £600m dealfor all midweek EFL games

EFL GAMES: Will now be available to stream live.

WITH Queen Letizia of Spain’s45th birthday having taken placelast Friday, we take a look at thetop five Spanish monarchs.

1. Felipe VI The current King of Spain, Fe-

lipe became the youngest monarchin Europe, as he was sworn in.

He has so far followed hisfather’s lega-cy of taking amostly cere-monial andrepresenta-tive role, act-ing largely onthe advice ofthe govern-ment.

His choiceof wifeproved some-what maver-ick as hechose Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, anaward-winning television journal-ist with no royal connections andwho was married previously.

They have had two daughters,11-year-old Leonor, Princess ofAsturias, and 10-year-old InfantaSofia.

2. Juan Carlos IJuan Carlos reigned as King of

Spain from 1975 until his abdica-tion in 2014. The grandson

of Alfonso XI-II, he was thefirst King ofSpain follow-ing its secondperiod as a re-public.

Chosen byFranco to bethe next headof state inplace of his fa-ther, he did notcontinue thedictator’s lega-cy, instead in-

troducing reforms to commenceSpain’s transition to democracy.

His reputation began to declineafter several controversies sur-rounding his personal life, whichwere worsened more by an ele-phant-hunting trip in the midst ofthe financial crisis.

Abdicating in 2014 for personalreasons, he elected his son FelipeVI as his successor.

3. Charles IVCharles IV reigned during a tu-

multuous time in Spain. Economictroubles, rumours about a sexualrelationship between the Queenand the Prime Minister, and gener-al public opinions on the King’sineptitude ensured that he did nothave a peaceful time on the throne.A revolt at the winter palace Aran-juez in 1808 forced him to abdi-cate. The ousted King appealed toNapoleon for help regaining histhrone, but Napoleon forced bothCharles and his son to abdicateand declared the Bourbon dynastyof Spain deposed.

4. Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII reigned twice in

Spain, once for a brief period in1808 until he was overthrown byNapoleon and the second from1813 until his death in 1833.

He was known to his supportersas ‘The Desired’ and to his detrac-

tors as the ‘Felon King.’Craving an absolutist monar-

chy, he rejected the Liberal Con-stitution of 1812 and jailed editorsand writers of the liberal press.

He is not viewed well by histo-rians as Spain lost nearly all of itsAmerican possessions under hisrule entered into civil war folliow-ing his death.

5. Alfonso XIIIAlfonso XIII was King of Spain

from 1886 until the proclamationof the Second Republic in 1931.

During Alfonso’s reign Spainexperienced several major prob-lems that contributed to the end ofthe liberal monarchy: the lack ofreal political representation ofbroad social groups, the poor stateof lower classes, especially peas-ants, problems arising from the RifWar in Morocco and Catalan na-tionalism. This combined turbu-lence prevented a liberal democ-racy being established, which ledto the establishment of the dicta-torship of Primo de Rivera.

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Cast your net wide this weekand be prepared to take ad-vantage of a state of freedom.With high energy and an ex-pansive mind, you are in agood position. Avoid beingthrown out of kilter by activi-ties around you. It may be dif-ficult to make real progress attimes but that does not meanyou are unable to plan.

As the moon shines on you, itis almost possible to feel thelight.

After a few recent hiccups itis now possible to get down toachieving your heart's desire.Whether that is what you willwant at the end of the day isneither here nor there.

There will be good newsregarding an application orlegal document. Following onfrom that your finances take aturn for the better and thiscould be long term. Havingextra cash is great, but bewary of someone who wouldlike to part you from it. At theweekend, events take aromantic turn but timing maybe bad owing to othercommitments.

Although you feel more incontrol as the week comes toan end, do not make themistake of counting yourchickens before they arehatched. If you do, you couldend up with egg on your face.

Colleagues are far from help-ful at the moment and youmay even feel that matters aregoing backwards. It may benecessary to move away andleave them to haggle amongthemselves. Perhaps later youmay step in and take controlof the confusion. If your busi-ness life is far from good thenit is more than balanced byharmony at home.

Your mind is sharp and it iseasy to spot problems beforethey arise. Some disputeregarding a trip isdisappointing. However, youare not able to pleaseeveryone in this instance.

Having been given a chanceto take responsibility at thebeginning of the month, youare determined to do yourbest. Certainly, it is a time toconcentrate on any businessmatters which need attention.

A great light shines on yourromantic life. Whether it ismeeting up with old chums ora new date, there is electricityin the air for you. Equally, abusiness coupling isparticularly fruitful and youcount your blessings to havegone down a particular path.

The usually flamboyantattitude which is yours at thistime of the year is nowsubdued, but this will not lastfor too much longer andsoon things will be back tonormal. You will be looking tospice up your romantic lifeand your partner will be onlytoo willing to go along withyour suggestions.

There is a lot going on andsometimes you need to takea step back. A feeling thatyou have covered someground before is notunfounded. However, thereare certain aspects of yourlife which need to berevisited. Only in this wayare you able to see the realprogress that has beenmade.

Expectations are high. Withenergy peaking early on,projects gain momentum andthere are early results. Asuggestion made to a lovedone some time ago is nowacceptable and there couldbe some excitement. Ratherthan setting down hard-and-fast plans, it may be better tobe flexible.

Your love life is highlightedand, although you may besuspicious of your good luck,this is a new phase.Whereas before you hadsome reason to mistrust youare now able to haveconfidence. It is a great timeto progress your inclinationson the romantic front.

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ARIES(March 21 - April 20)

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)

GEMINI(May 22 - June 21)

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)

LEO(July 24 - August 23)

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In thisweek’s puzzle, 9 represents B and 13 represents N, so fill in B every time the figure 9

appears and N every time the figure 13 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the Englishlanguage, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover theletters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

The clues are mixed, some clues arein Spanish and some are in English.English - Spanish

Code Breaker

Quick

Across2 To take out (5)6 Luxury (4)7 Yesterday (4)8 Seas (5)9 Topo (4)

10 Árbol (4)

11 To bring (5)12 Con (4)13 Island (4)14 In the same way (5)15 Aturdir (4)16 Parrot (4)17 Greasy (skin, complexion) (5)

Down1 Motorway (9)2 Algo (9)3 Lock (on door, box, safe) (9)4 Rake (9)5 Joyas (9)

Cryptic

shipping rate (5)6 Risk 50 in part of the church (7)7 There's nothing to marvel about in

a change of home (7)12 Heavenly arch for artist in EastLondon (7)13 Athens and Baghdad containballast (7)

15 Sightseer in amongst our Istanbulvisit (7)16 Man of the cloth's a pain in theneck taking religious instruction (6)17 Fireplace in middle part of KingLear (5)19 Chap to leave with fruit (5)21 Armour in the post (4)

Across1 Boring (4)3 Female descendant (8)9 Mythical being that is half man and

half horse (7)10 Leaves out (5)11 White heron (5)12 Cause to start burning (6)14 Evening meal (6)16 Calm (6)19 Annoy persistently (6)21 Drive off or back (5)24 Once more (5)25 Small pickled cucumber (7)26 Egg dish (8)27 Coloured eye part (4)

Down1 Make smaller (8)2 Pertaining to the moon (5)4 Filled with fear or apprehension (6)5 Indicate pain, discomfort or displeasure (5)6 National flower of Scotland (7)7 Move fast (4)8 Armed engagement (6)

13 Leans in a recumbent position on back orside (8)

15 Make or get ready (7)17 Gained by labour (6)18 Giving out or reflecting much light (6)20 Stretched tight (5)22 Card game (5)23 Lower part of a wall (4)

Across1 Wayward agent returns with a

piece of poetry (8)7 Big farm located in Lutheran

church (5)8 A clergies' mix-up results in

blasphemy (9)9 Large cask turning the head

(3)10 Authentic old coin (4)11 It's horrible having nothingand 500 debts (6)13 Oriental vessel is a mile inlength (6)14 Price fixing ring ruined claret(6)17 Take no notice of ogre introuble (6)18 US possession of Antigua,maybe (4)20 Meeting place in the oldencampment (3)22 Working exercise into speech(9)23 Permit everyone to be in debtendlessly (5)24 I let tots out to find a dagger(8)

Down1 Model answer to a tricky

question (5)2 Get back to work miracle (7)3 Produce Time Out (4)4 Firm dates set next year (6)5 They secure the normal

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle isto place the 19 six-letter words into the

19 cells. The letters at the edges ofinterlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME.The letters in the words must be written

CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10(SHRUNK) and one letter in four other

cells are given as clues.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

• Average: 17• Good: 24

• Very good: 35• Excellent: 45

TARGET:


aged aide amid dame damn dang deaf dean dime dineding egad fade fend find idea idem made maid mead mendmidi mind admen admin aimed amend amide deign denimfamed fiend fined gamed imide indie maned media midgemined named aiding defang fading fanged gained imagedmaiden median medina defaming imagined MAGNIFIED

1 Kaiser 2 Retire 3 Apiece 4 Upward5 Sprint 6 Beaten 7 Inward 8 Rabies9 Surety 10 Wisdom 11 Serine 12 Dreamt 13 Render 14 Trashy 15 Tongue 16 Inhere 17 Leaden 18 Emerge 19 Tenure.

How many English words of four letters or more can you makefrom the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter maybe used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word

MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case C) andthere must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals,

vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

1 Testify, 5 Capon, 8 Glean, 9 Realtor, 10 Implore, 11 Glade, 12 Purse, 14 Acres,19 Races, 21 Trample, 23 Cheroot, 24 Hoard, 25 Siren, 26 Hostage.

1 Tigris, 2 Sweep, 3 Igneous, 4 Yorker, 5 Clang, 6 Pottage, 7 Nerves, 13 Unclear,15 Coaches, 16 Tricks, 17 Stitch, 18 Peddle, 20 Swoon, 22 Plaza.

Down:


TARGET:

4 letters: 1 point5 letters: 2 points6 letters: 3 points

7 letters: 5 points8 or more letters:

11 points

SCORING:

• Average: 18• Good: 26

• Very good: 37• Excellent: 47


kale kales duty durry anentattain anti ante anile alesaltho alto aline alines alitentity entail elan elite hensheld heat heath heal healthhurt hurtle hurtles hurryhotline hotlines hotly hate hailinane inanely inlet inly intoatlas atilt etna hint hilt

How many English words can you find inthe Boggled grid, according to the

following rules?• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally,vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four lettersand may include singular and plural or

other derived forms.• No letter may be used more than oncewithin a single word, unless it appears

twice.• No vulgarities or proper nouns are

permitted.

Hexagram

Kakuro

Boggled

Nonagram

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizon-tal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the

clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

CRYPTICAcross:

1 Sticky, 4 Boats, 8 Lemon, 9 Contact, 10 Contain, 11 Here, 12/18 Tip off, 14 Zero, 15 Robe, 21 Link, 23 Respond,25 Nervous, 26 Right, 27 Steel, 28 Nectar.

1 Select, 2 Immense, 3 Kangaroo, 4 Band,5 Aware, 6 Settee, 7 Scent, 13 Preserve,16 Brought, 17 Blends, 19 Fresh, 20 Editor, 22 Nurse, 24 Foil.

Down:

QUICKAcross:Down:

ENGLISH-SPANISHAcross:

AFFECTCATKINCHEESYFERRETFESCUEGRISLYHEATERINCITELEADENPOLICERAVAGESERENESHRUNK (10)STRAINSTRAITSTRANDSTRIVESTRUCKTEETHE

Security DefenderWith more and more informationbeing stored on your mobile it isso important to stay safe. SecurityDefender is an antivirus programand junk cleaner rolled in to onewith a very user friendlyinterface. Just hit the ‘scan’button to stay secure!

App ofthe week

1 Cuando, 4 Tail, 8 Sepia, 9 Agree, 10 England, 14 Carta,15 Cabra, 16 Obey, 17 Oddest.

1 Casi, 2 Apple-tree, 3 Día, 5 Agradable, 6 Lies, 7 Sala, 11 Goal, 12 Ocio, 13 Wait, 15 Cod.

CODE BREAKER

ARTHUR’Sfather is mur-dered whichsees Vor-tigern (JudeLaw) siezethe crown.

Cast outand denied his birthright, Arthur(Charlie Hunnam) had to learn togrow up the hard way in the back al-leys of the city.

His life is changed completely ashe pulls the sword from the stone andhe has no choice but to acknowledgehis true legacy, to rule England.

Guy Ritchie puts his unique styleon this epic fantasy action adventurewhich provides a new take on themyth of Excalibur, as Arthur makeshis journey from the streets to thethrone.

This is a brazen reimagining ofArthurian mythos, coupled withRitchie’s style, which makes for abombastic yet entertaining KingArthur epic.

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Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 boxcontains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solvethe puzzle with reasoning and logic.

BACK

Move from the startword (LIVE) to theend word (FAST) inthe same number ofsteps as there arerungs on the WordLadder. You must on-ly change one letterat a time.

LIVE

Word Ladder

FANS of Paula Hawkins andRuth Ware are likely to enjoythis debut release from Cather-ine Burns.

A dark, disturbing and totallyentrhalling novel that is hard toput down.

In a decaying Georgiantownhouse on the edge of anorthern seaside resort, MarionZetland lives with her domi-neering older brother.

Marion is a shy and timidquinquagenarian spinster whostill prefers to sleep with teddybears despite being in her fifties.

John keeps a truly shockingsecret in the cellar that Mariondoes her best to shut out and for-get about,

A surprise heart attack whichJohn suffers leaves Marion withno choice but to confront whatlurks in the cellar, she must facethe gruesome truth her brotherhas kept hidden for years.

Questions get asked and se-crets begin to unravel as it be-comes clear that John is not theonly one with a dark side.

Once you start this dark, dis-turbing, and enthralling debutnovel, it’s hard to stop. The Visi-tors is bizarrely unsettling, yetcompulsive reading.

BOOKS

The darknesswithin

Catherine Burns

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The legend of theswordDirector: Guy RitchieStarring: Jude law, CharlieHunnam


1580 - Francis Drake circumnavi-gates the globeDrake returns to Plymouth, Englandaboard the Golden Hind, becomingthe first British navigator to sail theentire earth. 1779 - Baton Rouge is cap-tured by SpainThe Spanish military officerand Louisianna governorBernardo de Galvez capturesthe British post and garrisonat Baton Rouge.1846 - An eighth planet isdiscoveredA German astronomernames Johann GottfriedGalle discovers Neptune. 1938 - Roosevelt makespeace appeal to HitlerFranklin D Roosevelt writesa letter to Hitler urging himto find a peaceful solution toissues that threaten war inEurope. 1996 - Stephen King releas-es two books at the sametimeDesperation, is released un-der King’s name, while thesecond, The Regulators, ispublished under his pseudo-nym, Richard Bachman. 2005 - The IRA officiallydisarmsThe Irish Republican Army (IRA),who committed terrorist attacks foryears in an effort to rid Northern Ire-land of British rule, gives up itsweapons in front of independentweapons inspectors in secret loca-tions in the Republic of Ireland.

This week in history

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Simon Mayo (59) Radio DJ -September 21. Mayo has worked forBBC Radio since 1981 and enjoyed along and successful career which hasculminated in his position as presenter ofBBC Radio 2’s drivetime show, one ofthe most listened-to shows in the country.Sue Perkins (48) Presenter, Actor,Comedian - September 22. SusanElizabeth Perkins originally found famethanks to her comedy partnership withMel Giedroyc in Mel and Sue. Since thenshe has become best-known as a radiobroadcaster and TV presenter, appearing

on panel shows and now presents thegame show Insert Name Here. Possiblyher most high profile rolewas co-presenter of TheGreat British Bake Off.Karl Pilkington (45) TVpersonality, radio producer- September 23. One of themost famous Mancunians onthe planet right now, KarlPilkington achievedprominence as the producerof Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’sradio programme on XFM. He has since

gone on to appear in an Idiot Abroad aswell as his latest offering The Moaning of

Life.Julio Iglesias (74) Singer -September 23. Julio Iglesiasis one of the best-sellingSpanish singers of all timewith a romantic image and apowerful stage presence. Hehas sold more than 300million records worldwide inas many as 14 languages.

Also, he is the father of international popsensation Enrique Iglesias,

Ally McCoist (55) Football managerand former player - September 24.McCoist won nine league championshipswith Scottish foottball club Rangers aswell as becoming their all-time leadinggoalscorer before eventually going on tomanage the club. Declan Donnelly (42) TV Presenter -September 25. One half of Ant and Dec,he rose to fame through a role in theBritish TV programme Biker Grove. He isnow a regular feature on many of Britain’sbiggest shows, presenting the likes of I’ma Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

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DURING the heat of the blazingsummer those of us that l ivedhere had a secret code word toshare with each other: ‘Septem-ber.’ It simply meant soothingtemps, the return of lost friendsand a chance to get back to ourprized daily routines before Au-gust abruptly disrupted our well-being.

August was a necessary evil.Almost the entire year’s incomewas earned that month. It thenwould be a long wait until Easterof the coming year. NeverthelessAugust’s overbearing heat ,crowded conditions and trafficjams tested everyone’s tempera-ments’ frequently-daily.

September was a breath offresh air allowing sleep at night.Yes, the mossies were also un-bearable then but it was all partof the package of change. Ofcourse it wasn’t like flipping aswitch cuz you could get a hotday or two but it was a noticeablechange. Furthermore the presenttourists that came from afar leftin one big long parade of carsheading north and away from us.

I t was this t ime that goodfriends, smart enough to notcome during the inferno of Au-

gust showed up and drank with uslate into the night. Usually a fullyear ’s information had to becaught up on and plenty of laughsin between brandies. After a fewdays local fr iends you hadn’tseen al l ‘summer ’ would dragalong visiting cousins and forgot-ten family immigrates from Ger-many and France.

More chairs, bigger table andat least another bottle. Some ofthe new guests would bring winefrom their corner of the worldand it was quaffed without con-

sideration or formality. Anythingnew had to be good. One hadgrown too familiar with Jumillathat was served all summer neverchilled. The world hadn’t evolvedto the tinto de verano yet. Ice youcouldn’t trust. But, Jumilla was

highly alcoholic so had its ownintrinsic benefits.

My favourite visitors were SirDeleval and Lady C who motoreddown from Ireland. We alwaysstarted with a lunch at the ‘dirtyVirgin.’ It wasn’t unclean, but

they got a kick out of calling itthat. During that first paella wecould plan the next outings andweek’s activities. Our most im-portant excursion then was to‘picnic rock’ where we annuallyhad a party on the beach. Theybrought t ins of caviar, Cham-pagne and crystal glasses to sharewith us. I reciprocated with pota-to chips, hot dogs and beer.

We al l laughed so much weshould have been locked up forbeing crazy. We became closehaving met them in the hotel barIndalo in the pueblo late onenight, within our first week inSpain. Although some 25 years ofage separated us, we seem tohave much in common. They sup-posedly lived in a castle, otherstold us and we were residing in aborrowed house near the beach atthe end of the known world. Notmuch separated us I guess.

Glorious Septemberwelcomes old timers!

Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneerdeveloper. He reads extensively and has travelled in SouthAmerica panning gold and looking for El Dorado.

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BREATHING SPACE: Almeria’s beaches quieter in September.

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THAT is the message behind Linea Directa’snew brand Vivaz.

The product aims to become a benchmark inthe fight against increasingly sedentarylifestyles, with 44 per cent of the Spanish popu-lation failing to undertake the minimum recom-mended amount of exercise, according to theActive and Healthy Living Observatory of theRey Juan Carlos University.

This figure rises to 70 per cent for women,while one in four children is overweight.

Vivaz offers three distinct health products de-signed to cover specific needs. Essential Insur-ance is for those who seek the best private healthcare at an affordable price, Complete Insurancecovers all healthcare essentials, while Dental In-surance is designed for those who value tooth-care but do not want to pay a fortune every timethey visit the dentist.

The new brand is closely linked to new tech-nologies, with clients benefiting from an app us-ing which they have full access to all aspects oftheir insurance, including payments, booking ap-pointments or requesting medical documentation.

There is also a second app named Vivaz Ac-tivity which is focused on improving the healthof users, whether Vivaz customers or not.

On every day that users meet the 10,000 stepstarget, the recommended amount of daily exer-cise, Vivaz offers points that can be redeemedfor discounts on new insurance bookings or re-

newals, among other gifts.For example, a discount of €150 is available

on the Full Insurance products, and up to €75on the Essential Annual Insurance package,making Vivaz the first health insurance on themarket that rewards customers for living ahealthier lifestyle.

Vivaz does not only aim to revolutionise themarket via its digital strategy, since it also offersexcellent value for money with the most com-plete private insurance packages for families upto €400 cheaper than the market average.

Under the slogan ‘Ask more of your healthinsurance,’ Vivaz thus focuses on comprehen-sive health care, with a medical team includingmore than 30,000 professionals and 1,000 clin-ics and other health centres.

It also offers a wide range of coverage fromstate-of-the-art diagnostic tests, surgery, prepara-tion for childbirth, physiotherapy, and psycho-logical sessions.

In keeping with its philosophy of simplifyingprocedures for the customer, Vivaz will reducethe number of tests requiring prior authorisation

by up to 60 per cent, and include a number of in-novations in the app, including a digital healthcard, the ability to search for a specialist in a par-ticular field, a 24-hour doctor’s service accessi-ble via chat, video call or phone, and online pay-ments.

Linea Directa CEO Miguel Angel Merinosaid: “With this new line of business we want toboost the health insurance market, offering in-surance of the best quality at a highly competi-tive price.

“Vivaz seeks to establish itself as an optionfor those who seek private healthcare as the per-fect complement to our National Health Service.

“This new service is a further step in ourstrategic commitment to diversification andgrowth to achieve the goal of becoming one ofthe 10 largest non-life insurers in Spain.”

Vivaz also sees the launch of a corporate re-sponsibility strategy based on the three pillars ofresearch, social action, health and happiness.

It will fund a series of initiatives including sci-entific studies, campaigns and training pro-grammes with the overall objective of educatingthe Spanish population about the dangers of asedentary lifestyle.

For more information visit www.vivaz.com.

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SUMMER may not feel overquite yet, but there’s no doubtthat flu season is officially roundthe corner. Now’s the perfecttime to start boosting your im-mune system with extra vitaminsand minerals and the easiest wayto do this is by filling your dietwith nutrient-rich food.

Garlic has been scoffed to pre-vent colds for centuries, even be-fore people knew about all thegood stuff it contains. Thesmelly bulb has many antibacter-ial properties which help rid thebody of toxins and bacteria soadd an extra clove to your mealthe next time you have the snif-fles.

Although sweet potatoesaren’t traditionally thought of fortheir cold-fighting properties,they are a great source of Vita-min A which helps to stop ill-nesses from entering your sys-tem. They’re also a great wintercomfort food.

Having the occasional currynight may not be as bad for youas you think, as many dishescontain the spice Turmeric - thenext big super food. High in anti-oxidants and a natural anti-in-flammatory, it cleanses the bodyof any bad stuff when taken on adaily basis.

Dark, leafy greens are greatsources of Vitamin C, which re-duces the symptoms and dura-tion of a cold. Foods rich in Vita-min D, such as wild salmon, arealso critical for battling winterailments as it helps to prevent si-nus infections.

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AN ingrown toenail oc-curs when the nail growsinto the skin surroundingit. Eventually, the nailpierces the skin, causingit to redden and becomeswollen and tender.

The big toe is mostcommonly affected, withother typical symptomsincluding pain when pres-sure is applied to the toe,inflammation of the skin,a build-up of fluid be-neath the skin, bleeding,an overgrowth of skinaround the end of the toe,or the excretion of pus.

What causes an in-grown toenail?

It comprises excessivegrowth of the skin aroundthe nail, causing it to be-come red and inflamed,and even becoming in-fected with accumulationof pus.

How do you treat aningrown toenail?

First of all you shouldensure proper foot hy-giene. You can reduce in-

flammation using warmsalt baths or taking anti-inflammatory drugs, al-though in some cases thisis insufficient and surgerymay be required.

What type ofsurgery?

When surgical inter-vention is necessary theidea is to free the nail andeliminate any infected ar-eas. In rare cases the in-fection can be so severethat antibiotic treatmentis required after surgery.

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It can happen manytimes if you do not takecare of your feet and useappropriate footwear.

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TUMBLEWEED, dusters and cowboy hatsmay not be a daily sight in Almeria but forfour days the province becomes the site ofthe Western Film Festival (AWFF).

A love of westerns has been present in theprovince for more than 60 years, with manylocations being used for filming classics suchas Once Upon a Time in the West, DjangoShoots First and A Fistful of Dollars.

The western genre has experienced some-what of a revival in mainstream media duringrecent years but in Almeria, the passion for ithas never dulled.

Taking place from Wednesday October 11to Saturday October 14, the sixth Almeriafilm festival is set to attract yet another bigcrowd.

Attracting international attention, it servesas one of the most important events in the re-gion due to its leisure and cultural characteras well as a programme of carefully-selectedevents to suit all ages.

Professional and amateur actors as well asfamilies and tourists from across the globegather to celebrate this iconic genre.

The festival features a host of full-lengthfeature films, short films, documentaries anda number of other shows and serves as a ma-jor cultural event in Almeria, generatingtourism and increasing revenue.

The AWFF has put a lot of time and effortinto the film selection and has included filmsin Spanish, those made in the EU as well asthose shot in Latin America.

A number of awards will be dished out in-cluding the Award for Best Full Length West-ern Film, Award for Technical and ArtisticContribution to the Western Genre, RC Ser-vice Award for Best Photograph, AudienceAward for Best Western Full Length Film,Award for Best Western Short Film, Awardfor Best Practice in School Training and the

RTVA Award for Audiovisual Creation in An-dalucia.

The main venue of the AWFF is the villageof Tabernas, renowned throughout Europe asthe home of spaghetti westerns.

The 500-seat town theatre will show thefilms whilst other venues of the event in-clude Glorieta de España Square and thetown hall square.

One of the main attractions is OASYS Mi-ni Hollywood.

Now a theme park, it was constructed in1965 for the Clint Eastwood film ‘For a FewDollars More,’ directed by Sergio Leone andeventually became the global attraction thatit is today.

It serves as one of the major tourist attrac-tions in the area with well-preserved open airmuseums holding a number of valuable filmprops and attracts hundreds of visitors every

day.Another popular nearby theme park is

Fort Bravo, a wild-west village which willhost a number of activit ies during theevent including various film screenings.

The festival will also feature a duel inTabernas, western music and parties, aswell as plenty of action in the surroundingwestern villages.

For those wishing to enjoy the entirefour-day event, there are a number of nearbyhotels as well as restaurants where wild-west dishes can be enjoyed or local cuisinedepending on preference.

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MOJACAR Town Band re-cently gave a concert at Bar-tolome Flores School whichgave them a chance to showoff their skills to primarypupils, whilst also seizing theopportunity to get the chil-dren interested in the world ofmusic, encouraging them totake up an instrument.

The concert included a se-lection of well-known tunesfrom some of the children’sbest loved films, which hadthem singing and clappingalong.

Miguel Angel Miranda,band director, also intro-duced his young audience todifferent types of wind,string and percussion instru-ments as part of both his andthe council’s aim to furtherawareness of the MusicSchool’s work to both the lo-

cal children and their par-ents.

Mojacar’s School of Musicbegan its journey in 1991with just a few people andnow boasts around 200 stu-dents, with new projectsspringing up which includethe formation of a choir and anew band made up of theyoung pupils in the firststages of their studies.

Currently, the town bandhas 70 musicians, who lastyear gave over 35 perfor-mances and took part in nu-merous competitions through-out Spain and, despite theyoung age of most of thegroup, it ranks in the top 10in the province.

Promoting music and en-couraging young people tolearn related skills is a toppriority for Mojacar Council

and its Culture Councillor,Raquel Belmonte, startingwith getting them involved ata very early age. In the ‘Mu-sic and Movement’ work-shop, children aged betweenthree and seven-years old canlearn the basics and practisethrough musical games whichexperts claim has great edu-cational benefits as well ashelping their development ingeneral.

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Mojacar town bandgets kids involved

TOWN BAND: Gave a concert to show off their skills to primary school pupils.

HOTEL in Belfast openedlast week. The 119-bedroomhotel owned and operated by

Dublin-based Harcourt Develop-

ments, is a ‘luxury experience witha Northern Ireland personality.’

‘What’s the name of the hotel?’ Ihear you ask. If I tell you that thehotel is situated in the former Har-land & Wolff headquarters and his-toric drawing offices, it mightmake you think of the Titanic - andyou would be right. Adrian McNal-ly is to be the General Manager ofthe Titanic Hotel Belfast. The of-

fices where the Titanic was de-signed in the early 1900s have seena £28m investment, including a£5m investment from the HeritageLottery Fund, after having lain va-cant for more than 25 years.

In a recent interview the proudGM said that the most challengingaspect of the restoration was therestoration of the drawing offices,which were in a ‘dire state of disre-

pair.’ The original ceiling plastermoulding, crafted by the same menwho built the Titanic and intendedto showcase the craftsmanship ofthe Belfast ship makers by replicat-ing the inside of cruise liners, hadto be painstakingly redone by handby artisan tradesmen.

“It was fundamental for the in-tegrity of the Titanic hotel to beable to restore those to their ab-solute glory,” said McNally.

The first drawing office is set tobe the hotel’s ballroom, while thesecond is the bar, which also fea-tures the same blue and creamVilleroy & Boch tiles used for theTitanic’s swimming pool, whichwere salvaged from the bathroomfloors in the Harland & Wolff of-fice to line the side of the bar.

Bedroom wardrobes are replicasby what would have been in a firstclass ship cabin, and steel ceilingsin the hallways are reminiscent of aship’s interior. Half of the 160-cov-er restaurant is in the historic sideof the building and the other half inthe new extension. Very Art Decofeel with banquette seating andfloor to ceiling windows.

Obviously the hotel has beenbuilt in reverence to the famous,doomed liner. There are manyquips I could make, but I thinkthey would be in bad taste espe-cially as it was such a tragic eventin our history. But I am wonderingwhether, at the inauguration of thehotel, a Magnum of Champagnewas not swung at the hotel with the

IT is with some amusement I read that two pension-ers who threatened and abused staff at the 47-bed-room Macdonald Loch Rannoch hotel in KinlochRannoch, Perthshire, have been fined nearly £5,000.

Perth Sheriff Court heard how 72-year-oldRobert Fergus went on a naked rampage throughthe hotel’s reception with a pair of scissors, and hiswife Ruth, 69, threatened to shoot a member of staffin an alcohol-fuelled rage!

The couple were fined £4,100 and Mr Fergus wasordered to pay the hotel £800 compensation to cov-er the cost of damage. Needless to say the couple ex-pressed their remorse and claim the alcohol inducedincident was not in their normal character. I shouldthink not! Leave that behaviour to the young ‘uns!

Macdonald Hotels, which operates 54 hotels andresorts in the UK, Spain and Portugal, declined tocomment about the case.

YOU might have been hidden away these lastfew weeks to have missed the latest scam on thiscountry’s Costas and Islands. The ‘ambulancechaser’ act of persuading people they have foodpoisoning from eating in any of the local hotels,restaurants and other tourist destinations in re-turn for compensation and obviously a ‘kickback’ to the ‘agent’ getting them to lodge a com-plaint. This practice has been jumped upon bythe Guardia Civil and ABTA.

In the news lately a wealthy British grand-mother living on Mallorca who has been de-tained by Spanish police investigating these fakefood poisoning scams involving the UK.

Despite pleading her innocence, DebbieCameron, 59, and her daughter Laura Joyce,were taken into custody after a raid on the fami-ly villa overlooking the Med on Tuesday.

The operation was part of a series of raids onproperties and businesses on the island in an in-vestigation into allegations British holidaymak-ers have been filing false legal claims for foodpoisoning. The alleged fraud is said to have costlocal hoteliers millions of pounds.

Laura Joyce remains in Spanish custody withher mother frantically trying to have her re-leased from jail. Strangely enough Mrs Joyce’s

husband Stephen, who runs and owns HeroesSports bar on the island, declined to comment.“I have nothing to say,” said Mr Joyce. Hhm-mm? Me thinks he doth protest too little!! Need-less to say that this practice has escalated andhas reached the British press. We have to addthat at this moment in time, everything is al-leged. A leaked police document reported by theDiario de Mallorca said that a car registered toone of her companies had been used by individ-uals who visited local hotels to recruit touristsfor fraudulent claims.

The investigation continues. Enough to makeyou sick isn’t it?

(Some content from theCaterer and Hotelkeeper and the Telegraph)

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*Garry Waite is a foodie and restaurateur and Hospitality Management Consultant. If contemplating setting up an operation, or having problems with an existing project contact

him on [email protected].

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A TOAST TOGOOD FOOD, GOOD WINEAND GOODFRIENDS

IT would appear that McDonald’s has experi-enced its first ever UK strike. Staff at two sitesin Cambridge and Crayford voted to strike overworking conditions and the use of zero hourscontracts. The action took place on September 4.The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union(BFAWU) said staff were demanding a wage ofat least £10 an hour and more secure workingconditions, as well as the recognition of theright to form a trade union as employees of thecompany.

In typical Corbynesque manner the BritishLabour leader said “Our party offers support andsolidarity to the brave McDonald’s workers inthe BFAWU bakers’ union, who are making his-tory today.

They are standing up for workers’ rights byleading the first ever strike at McDonald’s in theUK. Their actions remind us that when peoplecome together, organise and campaign for a bet-ter world, they can change history. Now it’s thetime for all fast food workers, the young, thelow-paid and the unorganised to join t radeunions and organise in their workplaces to im-prove their lives.

“Labour will stand with them as we build acountry that works for the many not the few.”Give us a break!!

McDonald’s announced in April that workerswould be offered the choice of flexible or fixedcontracts with minimum guaranteed hours. Themove was trialled in 23 restaurants and will beextended to 50 more sites before being rolledout nationally.

McDonald’s, which employs around 85,000staff in the UK, also promised that by Mayworkers paid by the hour will have received anaverage hourly pay increase of 17 per cent overthe past two years. Doesn’t sound bad to me!

Fol lowing the vote for s t r ike act ion, aspokesman for McDonald’s said: “We can con-f i rm that , fol lowing a bal lot process , theBFAWU have indicated that a small number ofour employees, representing less than 0.01 percent of our workforce, are intending to strike intwo of our restaurants.”

I went into McDonald’syesterday and said “I’d

like some fries.” The girlat the counter said, “Would

you like some fries with that?”Jay Leno

Flippin’burgers

That sinking feeling?

Pensioners behaving badly

And if they were not enough

60€ million, the cost to Spanish hotels in 2016 because of the food poisoning scam.

million, the record number of tourists visiting Spain and the Islands, last year.

700%75

the increase in claims in Mallorca alone in the last 12 months.

Pensioners that can drink to excess.

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Glamourous Mother and Daughter -Partners in Scam?

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THE mother of an 11-year-oldAlbox girl with cancer feels letdown by the authorities.

Alejandra suffers from awilms tumor (a tumour on thekidney which affects only onein every 250,000 children) andis in the penultimate stage ofthe disease.

Her mother, Aura, has had toquit her job in order to look af-ter her daughter.

She told Spanish media thatshe receives no money fromthe father who resides inFrance and pays no mainte-nance.

The only help Aura receivesis through social services, whopay the rent for the housewhere they live as well as foodstamps.

Aura feels that Albox coun-

cil have not been helpful andclaims that a letter to the Popu-lar Party has gone ignored.

Her plea for a disabled park-ing space was rejected as Ale-jandra was not deemed suffi-ciently disabled to warrant one.

Parents of other children in

Albox pulled together to buyAlejandra a wheelchair to helpget her to appointments.

Albox has the most expen-sive politicians in the province,who manage to pocket morethan €5,000 per month insome cases.

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EMERGENCY measureshave been taken to save fourmillion fruit trees.

The suspension of the Ne-gratin-Almanzora reservoirtransfer due to droughts hascaused the Almeria WaterBoard to make a desperate ir-rigation request to the Min-istry of Agriculture.

Many trees in the Almonzo-ra area have been without wa-ter for days, have grown lessthan they should and are be-ginning to lose leaves.

There is an upcomingclementine harvest which is indanger of being lost altogeth-er, with citrus fruits as well asparaguays, nectarines and

plums all at high risk. Some communities have

had the water of the Negratinreservoir as their only avail-able resource.

In many citrus farms in thearea, the scarce reserves theyhave remaining will soon bedepleted

Jose Antonio Fernandez,

spokesman for the Spanishwater board, said:

“The situation is drastic andif the government does noth-ing to remedy it will mean theruin of many families and thestart of millions of trees thatwere planted decades ago.”

Vegetables are also majorlyat risk, particularly lettuce,with some companies plantingin less than 25 per cent of thearea that they have available.”

The situation is worsenedafter the Villaricos desalina-tion plant was rendered use-less following the floods of2012, a problem which thewater board will demand beaddressed at a meeting in-volving the entire agriculturalcentre on Monday, October16.

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4 million trees in danger

DRYING UP: Cuevas del Almanzora reservoir.

A CAR was vandalised after aman displayed an Estelada flag.

The banner, which is a sym-bol of Catalan independence,was hung off the terrace of anArmuña de Almanzora home.

At least one member of thetown, which has fewer than 300inhabitants, was unhappy withthis move as Spanish flags werepainted on the resident’s vehi-cle the next day.

According to Spanish media, the parentsof the resident had emigrated to Cataloniabut recently returned to Spain.

Tensions are currently high as Catalanseparatists are attempting to make Catalo-nia a separate nation through via an illegalreferendum.

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A BUSINESS trainingseminar was held yester-day (Wednesday).

The Andalucian Centreof Entrepreneurship(CADE) of Seron organ-ised the class so that en-trepreneurs could becomefamiliar with the canvastechnique, which aids thedevelopment of a busi-ness project consisting ofstructuring the key ac-tions necessary to addressa business idea and gen-erate a proposal of innov-ative and viable value.

BusinessclassFlag anger

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PERSONAL shoppers are theblueprint for the future of the realestate sector according to thefounders of a new Spanish proper-ty start-up.

Long4House is just an idea atpresent but has the backing of CICCambridge of Boston,which specialises inturning s tar t -updreams into lucrativebusiness models.

The Spanish cre-at ives behindLong4House believethat they can crackopen a new niche in acompetitive market-place by offering per-sonalised service taken to a newlevel.

Their personal shopper system isin effect a computer algorithm whichtakes the needs and wishes of buyersand generates property options tai-

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These variables areeasi ly calculated bysmart computerswhich can advise peo-ple on property op-tions in their chosendestination that are al-most guaranteed tomake them happy.

The system is cur-rently under develop-ment and is expected

to help professionals switchingcities for work purposes at first.But soon wannabe expatriates andeven locals looking for a broaderanalysis are hoped to comeaboard.

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High street invasion INVESTMENT in Spain’s major city centresis approaching record levels. Top internation-al brands are competing for prime high streetproperties as the wider economy reboots.

A new study from real estate consultancyJLL found that €402 million was pumped in-to the Spanish high street in the first quarterof 2017.

Much of the money comes courtesy of flag-ship stores set up by Primark, H&M, Zara,and other fashion giants. The unveiling ofPrimark’s 7,000 square metre store inMadrid’s Gran Via attracted thousands of

tourists and excited bargain hunters.Prime property isn’t the sole reserve of

fashion outlets. Ikea, Seat and Leroy Merlinare also interested in snapping up more cen-tral locations. Decathlon is setting up threestores in the heart of Madrid. Demand ishighest in Barcelona where one square metreon the Portal del Angel shopping street nowcosts €3,360.

The arrival of mega-stores more common-ly found on industrial estates nearer the air-port than the city centre has small businessesworried. RetailCat, which represents 30,000small stores, says it is impossible for them tocompete with multinationals as rents rise.

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PRIME ESTATE: Madrid’s Gran Via is holy grail of clothing giants.

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THERE is a great advantage in the Mediter-ranean climate to utilise the long summer sun-ny days to increase the health of your soil forthe garden to grow better.

Solar sterilisation is a technique that can on-ly be used in areas with at least six weeks ofhot sunny weather. It uses the power of the sunto heat the soil to extreme temperatures thatwill kill all the weed seeds, soil borne diseases,insects and larvae that damage your plants andin addition release valuable nutrients into amore soluble form for plants to benefit from.

It is an easy procedure that requires onlya few steps to complete over six to eightweeks. The first step is to cultivate the soilto a fine tilth, as you might anyway to pre-

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Black plastic can be used but the power ofthe sun in the Mediterranean clearly works bet-

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Then it is just a matter of ensuring the plas-tic stays in place by anchoring with stones, soilor other materials along the edges to keep theplastic tightly fitting the zone. After at least sixweeks, but preferably longer to be more cer-tain, the plastic can be removed and the gardenplanted in the nutrient enriched, weed and in-sect freed soil.

The natural biology will return but it will beeasier to grow the next crops or give a goodstart to new plantings. Earthworms and otherinsects that can burrow deep into the soil maynot be affected by this treatment and can returnonce the soil cools.

The practice can even be used to sterilise

potting mixtures that have grown plants be-fore. Simply spread the soil out in a tray andcover with two layers of plastic to make itmore effective and place in the full sun all dayfor four to six weeks.

The technique means that the area you aresterilising is out of action for a couple ofmonths but if you want to do your whole gar-den area it can be a sacrifice worth doing dur-ing the summer period of limited growth to beable to enjoy the flourishing cooler monthswith better soil or you can rotate different ar-eas with just sections done each year to makethe most of growing summer vegetables orplants in the zones previously sterilised orawaiting the technique to improve the soil.

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ALL smart phones have ‘flightmode’ settings. Soon they mayhave ‘driving mode’ too. Safetycampaigners want mobile phonecompanies to follow Apple’slead in wheeling out a ‘Do notdisturb while driving’ feature.

It blocks out all wifi and cel-lular signals so it becomes im-possible for friends to interrupta driver’s concentration fromafar.

Britain’s RAC has written toGoogle and Microsoft askingthem to follow suit.

Phone use while driving is to-day considered an even biggersafety risk than alcohol abuse.

Apple’s Do Not Disturb func-tion can be set automatically sothat it turns on when the phoneperceives that it is in motion athigh speeds. Messages can alsobe pre-programmed to respondto people trying to communicatewith the driver.

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Do notdisturb

Some might say...

This car was so exciting I actually need-ed windscreen wipers on the inside.”

PEUGEOT boss Carlos Tavares haswarned that the rush to go electricrisks destroying the motoring in-dustry.

His fiery remarks at theFrankfurt Motor Show come asEuropean governments fall overone another with ambitiouspetrol-killing promises.

Tavares, who runs PSA PeugeotCitroen and Vauxhall/Opel, says gov-ernments will bear all the responsi-bility when it comes to safety andtechnology concerns.

Government interference in settingelectric targets will kill creativity, hewarned. State subsidies to boost theelectric market will distort the indus-try’s natural evolution.

“If you have ministers in Europewho say they will forbid the use ofinternal combustion engines, then I

have to comply and we will have totransform, re-engineer and retrain.But if electrification is not profitablein future, we all have a problem,” hesaid.

Tavares may not be ac-counting for China muscling intothe electric market and potentially re-ducing consumer costs.

The world’s biggest car market lastweek announced plans to ban petroland diesel-fuelled cars and focussolely on electric.

China suffers from stifling smogand pollution and already boasts athriving electric bike industry.

Last year the country built and sold28 million cars, 500,000 of whichwere electric. Volvo has chosen Chi-na as the location to unveil its firstentirely electric car in 2019.

By Matthew Elliott

WARNING: Peugeotboss doesn’t shareelectric enthusiasm.

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LAMBORGHINI executives are wetting theirpants with anticipation ahead of the release ofthe Italian powerhouse’s new SUV. The date hasfinally been set for the grand unveiling of theUrus SUV, which ‘creates a class of its own’ ac-cording to a gushing press release.

The ‘Super Sports Utility Vehicle,’ or SSUV,will meet the public on December 4 in SantAgata Bolognese, Italy, the fantastically namedsite of the firm’s headquarters.

The Urus is Lamborghini’s answer to anavalanche of groundbreaking new SUVs un-

leashed by Range Rover, Porsche and Bentleyin recent months.

Globally, the SUV market is more competi-tive than ever, with Chinese manufacturers alsolooking hungrily at the profit margins.

By entering the SUV market Lamborghiniexpects to double its global sales and executivesbelieve the Urus is the car to do it.

It boasts a twin-turbo V8 engine, which willsoon have hybrid capacity. It is expected to hitEuropean showrooms by next summer and bepriced at an eye-watering €150,000.

Class of its own RACY: Bright red UrusSUV set to transformLamborghini’s fortunes.

FORMER Formula One iconJuan Pablo Montoya has bro-ken a new speed record in hisretirement. In front of stunnedfans he managed to take aBugatti Chiron to 400kph froma deadstart, then return it to ze-ro, in just 41.96 seconds.

It took the Colombian 17 at-tempts to break the 42-secondmark and get the video right.

From a parked position to400kph it took the 8.0 litre W16quad-turbo Bugatti engine 32.6seconds and 2,621 metres. Itthen took Montoya 9.26 sec-

onds and 491 metres to screechthe car to a halt.

Montoya sang the Chiron’spraises afterwards, claiming thecar ran smoothly at 420kph inpractice. During his competi-tion days in the Indy500 thefastest he reached was 407kph.

It was the sporting highlightof the Frankfurt Motor Showwhich saw some of motoring’sbiggest names unveil their lat-est toys.

Mercedes, BMW, Bentley,Audi and Toyota made majorstatements of intent.

Chiron screeches to speed record

I’LL start by congratulatingfootballers Gareth Barry,Sergio Aguero and Celt icFC, Essex cricketers, F1 dri-ver Lewis Hamilton andjockey Ryan Moore on theirrecent achievements. Welldone men!SPORTS CALENDAR

• The week-long Invic-ta Games (founded byPrince Harry) s tarts inToronto, Canada on Sunday.

• The first cricket ODIbetween England and theWest Indies takes place to-day at Old Trafford; the sec-ond is at Trent Bridge onSaturday.

• Three ‘home’ riderscould stand on the podiumafter Sunday’s Spanish Mo-toGP in Alcaniz.

• The world sailing andcycling championships con-tinue in Japan and Bergenrespectively and there’sMasters Golf in Portugal.

• This weekend’s PLfootball matches includeLeicester-Liverpool, Man-chester City-Crystal Palace,Southampton-ManchesterUnited, Stoke-Chelsea andWest Ham-Tottenham. It’sFu lham-Midd lesbrough ,Leeds-Ipswich, Wednesday-

United in Sheffield’s ‘steelderby’ and Wolves-Barnsleyin the Championship whileRangers play Celtic in theSPL.LAST WEEK’S ACTION

• Lewis Hamilton, dri-ving superbly, won Singa-pore’s first ‘wet’ night F1Grand Prix to increase hislead over Sebastian Vettel inthe championship to 28points. For only the fourtht ime ever both front rowcars crashed out on lap oneand for the first time in F1history two Ferraris (Vettel’sand Kimi Raikkonen’s) exit-ed on lap one, as did Fer-nando Alonso and Max Ver-stappen. There are six racesleft.

• In cricket , the WestIndies (176) beat England(155) by 21 runs in the T-20blast at Chester-le-Street.And Essex are this season’sCounty cricket championsafter beating relegated War-wickshire who will be re-placed in Division One byWorcestershire!

• The 3-1 favouri teCapri , r idden by RyanMoore and trained by AidanO’Brien, won the St Leger.Moore has now rode thewinner of al l f iveEnglish classics.And GeoffWragg, trainerof 1983 Der-

by winner Teenoso, hasdied, aged 87.

• In football’s PL, therewere wins for leaders Man-chester City (6-0 at Watfordwith Aguero’s 10th City hat-trick), Bournemouth (2-1 vBrighton), Manchester Unit-ed (4-0 v Everton to ruinWayne Rooney’s return toOld Trafford), Newcastle (2-1 v Stoke) and Southampton(1-0 at Crystal Palace). Thegames between 10-manChelsea-Arsenal, Hudders-field-Leicester, Liverpool-Burnley, Spurs-Swansea andWBA-West Ham were al ldrawn.

• Leeds st i l l lead theChampionship ahead ofWolves and Cardiff.

• SPL pacesetters Celticbeat Ross County 4-0 to ex-tend their unbeaten run indomestic competitions to 55matches.

• Gareth Barry (WBA)has equalled Ryan Giggs’record of 632 PL appear-ances. The f irst player tostart 600 PL games, Barryshould break Giggs’ recordat Arsenal on Monday.

• La Liga leadersBarcelona won 2-1 at Getafeand Real Madrid beat RealSociedad 3-1.

• There were recentChampions League wins forPSG (5-0 at Celtic), Chelsea(6-0 v Karabakh), Manches-ter United (3-0 v Basel) ,Manchester City (4-0 vFeyenoord), Spurs (3-1 vDortmund), Real Madrid (3-0 v Apoel Nicosia) andBarcelona (3-0 v Juventus);Liverpool drew 2-2 withSevilla.

• In the Europa League,Everton lost 3-0 at Atalantaand Arsenal beat Cologne 3-1.

• There have been FLCgames this week includingLeicester-Liverpool andSpurs-Barnsley (Tuesday)and Arsenal-Doncaster,Chelsea-Nottingham Forest,Everton-Sunderland, Man-chester United-Burton andWBA-Manchester City (lastnight).

• Bibiana Steinhaus(38) became the first femaleto referee a top-flight Euro-pean League game whentaking charge of the HerthaBerl in-Werder BremenBundesliga clash.

• Northern Ireland’smanager Michael O’Neillhas been charged withdrink-driving.

• Valterr i Bottas wil ls ign a new contract withMercedes and FernandoAlonso wil l s tay withMcLaren.

• Coach Tony Smith isleaving Warrington WolvesRLC after nine seasons.

• Harlequins endedWasps’ 20 match unbeatenhome run in RU’s Premier-ship, winning 24-21; Exeternow top the table… Munsterand Scarlets head their re-spective Guinness Pro-14groups… and New Zealandwon their first threematches in theSouthern Hemi-sphere Champi-onship, scoring128 points , in-cluding a record57-0 victory over

South Africa.• The world mid-

dleweight f ight betweenGennady Golovkin and SaulAlvarez ended in a contro-versial draw and GB’sOlympic champion NicolaAdams’ bout with AlexandraVlajic was postponed whenthe American failed a pre-fight blood test!

• Marc Leishman wongolf’s FedEx Cup in Illinoiswith Justin Rose and RickiFowler joint second. AndSweden’s Anna Norqvistwon the women’s Eviancompetition in France.

• And finally, ex-foot-baller Jimmy Greaves (80)

has remarried his ex-wife, Irene six

decades aftertheir first wed-

ding.

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MANAGERIAL FACTSRoy Hodgson (70) who replaced Frank De Boer as Crys-

tal Palace boss, began his playing career with the Londonclub in 1963. However, he didn’t have the greatest of startsin his new role, as Palace became the first team ever tolose all their first five top-flight League games at the startof a season… and fail to score!

Birmingham City, after losing six games on the bounce,immediately sacked manager Harry Redknapp. Blues arenow seeking their ninth boss in 10 years.

Take a bow record breaker Barry, topjockey Moore and superstar HamiltonTony MatthewsInternational SportsA former player, Tony is now the world’s mostprolific author of football books with 150 pub-lished since 1975. He has also been a PEteacher and a policeman, and is now a quiz-or-ganiser, fund–raiser, for various charities, andsports correspondent for Spectrum Radio.

Costa de Almeria

RYAN MOORE: Won the St Leger

riding Capri.

GARETH BARRY:Equalled RyanGiggs record.

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TO READ MOREC o s t a d e A l m e r í a ’ s b e s t g u i d e t o l o c a l s p o r t

Aguilon Golf members reportBLISS as the weather coolsdown and makes playinggolf enjoyable again, insteadof an endurance test, and theholidaymakers return totheir native homes leavingthe course a l i t t le lesscrowded.

Wednesday September 6- Monthly Medal

It would appear the morecomfortable conditions areto the liking of the membersas the top three all returnedunder par scores, which isunusual in a medal.

1st Derrick Stephenson77-10= 67

2nd Louis Long 89-21= 683rd Bill Gibb 76-7= 69Two’s: Norman Ridgway

3rd, Derek Manning 8th,Paul Mailly x2 12th & 14th,Derrick Stephenson, Nor-man Whibley 12th, DaveGray 14th, Bill Gibb 17th.

Monday September 11 -Team Match

The members made the

journey down to La Enviagolf to take on Golfnutz GSwho hail from Granada, theformat was pairs betterballand on a very warm daywith the mosquitos very ac-tive, our members came outon top, winning by 73 pts to53 pts.

Wednesday September

13 - Individual StablefordI t was the turn of the

ladies on a day when threepoints separated 14 playersat the top of the leaderboard.

1st Ellen Lea 36 pts on acard play off.

2nd Lynne Whibley 36pts.

3rd Bill Gibb 35 pts on acard play off.

Two’s: Bill Gibb 3rd, Der-r ick Stephenson 8th, AnnMiles 14th, Paul Mail ly,Phil Miles, Dave Sharp,Dave Vickers 17th.

For further informationlog on to the websiteaguilonmembersclub.com.

A WELCOME return to Stableford action after lastweeks ‘traumatic’ medal round.

It was an extremely hot day with virtually no windleading to some very close and creditable scoring espe-cially as the greens were quite sandy after the recenthollow tining.

‘El Presidente’ Townsend kept up his recent return toform with 36 points to come third but there was a veryclose tussle for first place with John Clements comingin with a fantastic 39 points to just pip Steph Glynn on38 points.

1st John Clements 39 points2nd Steph Glynn 38 points3rd Alan Townsend 36 pointsNearest the pin - 8th hole - Sean HalliganNearest the pin - 14th hole - Patrick VickeryValle del Este Golf Society is affiliated to the Valle

del Este Golf Resort in Vera. They play every Sunday,Tuesday and Thursday. Singles competitions are playedevery Thursday including a Monthly Medal. Visitors arewelcome (subject to available tee times). Please ringAlan Townsend on 634 379 887.

Valle del EsteGolf Society

BIBIANA STEINHAUS (38) became the first female to referee a top-flightEuropean League game in a Bundesliga clash.

MEDAL WINNER: Derrick Stephenson. OVER THE MOON: Ellen Lea.

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