By Maria JoseFernandez

HOPES are on the rise forthe future of the region asthe jobless rate in townsacross the Axarquia andCosta Tropical has seen asignificant fall.

The good weather dur-ing the Easter holidays, theproximity to the summerseason as well as employ-ment initiatives launchedby the Junta de Andaluciaregional government,amongst other factors,have contributed to thepositive results.

Velez-Malaga has gonefrom 9,972 unemployedresidents to 9,843, accord-ing to the most recent da-ta. In total, 129 havefound a job in the Axar-quian town.

Torrox has also seen 58inhabitants leave the ranksof the unemployed, goingfrom 1,758 to 1,700.

In Rincon de la Victoriathe data has also beenpositive, with 112 residentsfinding a job in March.

In Nerja, 165 citizensfound work.

In provincial terms,Malaga came third on thelist for the greatest reduc-

tion in unemployment inSpain, with a drop of4,761, leaving the total at191,899.

The province was onlybeaten by Madrid and theBalearic Islands, reportedlydue to the start of thetourist season and the re-opening of many hotels forEaster.

Costa Tropical municipal-ity Motril has surpassed theprovincial average (2.94per cent) as well as the An-dalucian percentage (4.66)in terms of employmentcreation, reaching a figureof 5.54 per cent.

THE Easter hol idayssaw Nerja hotels fullybooked, with the occu-pancy rate nearing 100per cent.

Between MaundyThursday (April 2) andEaster Sunday (Apr i l5) , 95.86 per cent ofhote l rooms werebooked, according todata prov ided by thedi f ferent establ ish-ments and analysed bythe tourism office.

Throughout the East-er hol idays in Ner ja,the average hotel oc-cupancy rate reachedas h igh as 89.33 percent.

This shows, accord-ing to the town’smayor Jose AlbertoArmijo, that the finan-c ia l s i tuat ion is in arecovery phase.

In addition, the may-or emphas ised thetown’s excellent safety

record, as Local Policeofficers reported thatno significant incidentshad taken place duringthe holidays.

Head of the BusinessOwners ’ Associat ion,Angela Diaz, also com-mented on the greatresul ts and stressedthat the occupancyleve ls had beatenthe national average,which amounted to 81per cent.

Renovationboost

MALAGA ProvincialCouncil has approved abudget of €335,000 tocarry out infrastructureimprovements in Nerja,Salares, Genalguacil andCuevas Bajas.

Work for all A TALK on Employ-ment and Disabilitywas held yesterday(April 8) at MotrilTown Hall with theaim of debunkingnegative stereotypesand prejudices ondisability and con-tributing to the com-munity’s access toemployment.

Early startA PROJECT has beenlaunched across Salo-breña’s nursery andprimary schools enti-tled ‘Learning whileplaying’, which aims atspreading equalityknowledge at an earlyage to raise awarenessand contribute to asociety free of genderdiscrimination.

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THE National GeographicExplorer ship has openedthe cruise season in Motril.

The spectacular ship,which docked last Monday(April 6),, is a newly-builtcraft with a hull designed tosail across polar areas.

The Explorer has 26kayaks and inflatable boats,as well as 14 Zodiacs to dis-

embark passengers. Theyhave the opportunity totravel with specialiseddivers, professional naturephotographers from theNational Geographic Soci-ety, naturalists and otherexperts.

“This is the sixth time thatthe National Geographic hasdocked in Motril, which

goes to show that the port’sinfrastructure as the well asthe town’s history and gas-tronomy are a great attrac-tion for this kind of ship,”said head of the port au-thority, Francisco Alvarez dela Chica.

The boat follows an itiner-ary known as ‘The Legacyof the Al-Andalus People’.

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FOUR new personalised tourismroutes will be launched on April 15in the Axarquia by Velez-Malagatravel company Gestion Por Ti.

The routes will cross towns suchas Archez, Salares, Canillas deAceituno, Periana, Alfarnate or Co-mares.

The routes have been designedwith the goal of deepening knowl-edge on patrimonial treasures,

natural monuments and culturalpoints of attraction of the region,according to the Company Manag-er, Yasmina Nebro.

The Arabic past of the region willbe greatly present in the develop-ment of the routes, with visits toArabic Castle Bentomiz, the May-or’s Tower in Sedella or the Casade la Reina Mora in Canillas deAceituno.

Participants will be able to de-cide whether they want to carryout the routes walking, by horse,with or without a guide, as well asrequest hiking activities or specialgastronomy itineraries.

Prices range between €140 fortwo and €340 for a group betweenseven and 13 participants.

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Bird week SALOBREÑA will celebratethe first Bird Week, betweenApril 13 and 18, to promotethe town as an ornithologicaltourism destination. The in-auguration event will takeplace at 10am in Plaza deGoya.

Vehicle taxNERJA’S foreigners departmentreminds residents that theyhave until May 22 to pay thevehicle tax. The procedure canbe done at the local tax office,Patronato de Recaudacion(Calle Axarquia).

Photo exhibitionTHE Carchuna Castle willhost an exhibition displaying42 photographs of Carchunaand Calahonda until April 12.It can be visited between10.30am and 1.30pm andfrom 5pm to 7pm.

Food raisingTHE Teatro Calderon de laBarca in Motril will host acharity concert featuringband Euphoria on Thursday(April 16) at 9pm. Ticketswill be exchanged for a kiloof non-perishable food to bedonated to the Red Cross.

Donating bloodA MOBILE blood donationunit will be welcomingdonors next to Nerja’s El Sal-vador Church (near the Bal-con de Europa) on April 13and 14. Expats are advisedto check whether ornot they are suit-able to donate.

Hospital im-provement TWENTY-FIVE as-sociations fromMotril have re-quested from theJunta de Andalucia theimplementation offive new medicalclinical specialities(such as nephrolo-gy and neurology)at the RegionalHospital SantaAna.

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Positiveprediction

WORKERS in the tropical fruitssector in Malaga have predict-ed the revenue generated bythe avocado harvesting sea-son will surpass last year’srecord of €60 million.

Photo exhibitsA CHARITY photography exhi-bition titled ‘Positivando’ willbe held between April 10 and30 at the Youths Centre ofMotril. It can be visited be-tween Tuesday and Fridayfrom 7pm to 8pm.

Safer officersLOCAL POLICE officers inMalaga City are to receive 200new bullet and knife-proofvests, the council announced.A budget of €125,000 hasbeen put aside for this muchneeded equipment.

Art exhibition AN EXHIBITION to commem-orate Manual Hijano, a Velez-Malaga painter who passedaway last year, will be hostedat the San Francisco Conventuntil May 9, from Tuesday toSaturday between 11am and1pm and from 6pm to 9pm.

Improved school MOTRIL Council has carriedout the complete repaving ofthe 1,500-square-metre sportsfield of Primary School Fran-cisco Mejias. The project cost€12,000.

Charity concert A CONCERT by vocal groupENCANTO and Amigos de laLirica will be held on Saturday(April 11) at 7.30pm at theTeatro Calderon de la Barca.

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The Spanish and Moroccan govern-ments killed Jose Antonio,” said JoseMorilla, a fellow climber speaking of police-man Jose Antonio Martinez, who died afterspending six and a half days waiting to berescued after a climbing accident in the At-las mountains.

‘Quote of the Week

A BET with friends was reported to be behind animpromptu Robin Hood’s breakfast antics in ACoruña. The man ‘borrowed’ a baker’s van,which a deliveryman had left unlocked with thekeys in the ignition, and drove it through the citystreets before throwing the doors open andinviting passersby to help themselves.

bi l l ion is the amount theSpanish taxman (Hacienda)expects to hand back to

tax-payers due to make their 2014 declarationsin this year’s campaign, which runs until June30.

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ONE of the most colour-ful and well-known festi-vals in Spain - the Moorsand Christians festival of

Alcoy - is fast approaching.The streets of the Costa

Blanca town will be packedwith locals and curious tourists

alike from April 22 to 24 as theyvie for the best spot to see the vi-

brant processions that mark the occa-sion. Similar festivals celebrating the

conquest of the country by theMoors, followed by its recon-quest by Christians, are held

around Spain, but particu-larly in the Valencian re-

gion as well as Andalucia.

In Alcoy, where the festivities attractthousands of people, the festival is heldaround April 23 - St George’s Day - asaccording to legend England’s PatronSaint played a key role in securing thetown’s future against the Moors.

As the story goes, James I of Aragonhad reconquered Alcoy but the Moorswere poised to launch a counterattack.As the fighting was about to resume amiraculous appearance by St Georgecaused consternation and panicamongst the Moorish army. The sol-diers scattered and fled in defeat.

Most Moors and Christians festivalsdate back to the 16th Century.

And one thing never changes - theChristians always win.

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PRIL Fool’s is just a mem-ory, and Easter has ‘East-ered’ for another year. Sonow we can expect theChristmas rush to start in

the shops. Ahhh! Only joking. Thatnightmare is still 38 weeks away.

However, very shortly, and beforewe can say: “I’m off to the beach,” theseason of ‘Touristicus Invadeus Spani-com’ will be upon us. You know, thattime when you realise what ‘living inSpain’ is all about. Or is it?

Spain isn’t just beaches, bars andrestaurants, it has so much more tosee and experience. There are morethan 25 world heritage sites including:the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, theAlcázar of Segovia, the Alhambra of

Granada, Burgos Cathedral, and theRoyal Palace of Aranjuez, to name afew, all waiting to be discovered be-fore the hordes of tourist queues andsummer heat make it impossible.

This is the perfect time of year toget out and experience Spain. The coldof winter has gone, the heat of sum-mer hasn’t arrived. That little peacefulgap in the middle. The quiet beforethe storm when everything comes tolife and beckons you to come visit be-fore the ice-cream dropping, attractionfilling, public transport hoggingtourists, that we all love and need, ar-rive and book everything solid.

No more excuses! No more: “It’s toohot, it’s too cold.” Just get up and doit! You will love it!

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A BLACKOUT, whichleft a significant partof Almuñecar’s oldtown without electrici-ty on Thursday (April2), has caused outrageamongst residents.

Mayor TrinidadHerrara Lorente hasvoiced a complaint onbehalf of all citizens,as the power cut af-fected four proces-sions around the town.

In addition, it dis-turbed the work ofrestaurants and hotelbusinesses on one ofthe most importantnights of the year, asthe town’s rate oftourist occupancy wasclose to 100 per cent.

“This town does nothave the adequate in-frastructure to supportthe population growthduring periods of hightourism,” said themayor, who assuredthat the governmentwould ask the compa-ny in charge, Sevil-lana, to take responsi-bility.

It is not the firsttime that the town hasexperienced a powercut for the same rea-sons, a similar incidenthaving occurred inAugust 2013.

“This is a very seri-ous issue and we willnot let them get awayscot-free,” said themayor, who expressedher apologies to thereligious brotherhoodswho were affected bythe blackout, as wellas the tourism-relatedbusinesses.

A 21-YEAR-OLD man whosnatched a woman’s pursewith €1,000 inside in Rin-con de la Victoria, waschased and caught by anoff-duty officer.

The officer was alertedby the woman’s screams inAvenida del Mediterraneo.He caught up with the thiefat the Virgen del Carmenpromenade.

MOTRIL Tourism Development Centre, which is sched-uled to open its doors by the end of the month, wasilluminated by artistic blue lighting to make it an at-traction during the Easter holidays.

This building will be home to a new conference hallwith a capacity for 500 people, a catering school withrestaurant and a viewpoint, a tourist office for thewhole province of Granada and a nursery school.

“Our idea is to have the centre operational by theend of the month, with an inauguration event that willoffer participants a great audiovisual show with repre-sentative elements of the Costa Tropical and a liveconcert,” said Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro.

BATHED IN BLUE: Motril Tourism Development Centre.

Centrelights upfor Easter

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TORROX-BORN Manuel Calvo setoff last Monday, April 6, on a tripto the Arctic Circle to undertake anepic journey with the help of a dogsled.

Manuel left for his trip, called‘Desafio Artico’, from Malaga Airport.The intrepid adverturer will travelacross the historic Narval Route,accompanied by an Inuit Eskimo andusing a sled pulled by a team of 16dogs as their only means oftransport.

The expedition has been launchedwith the goal of promoting the figureof the sled dog and its link withhumankind.

The organisers and sponsors(Purina Pro plan, Canon and theMarathon Dog association),explained in a statement that thetrip would last 12 days from itsdeparture point in Qaantaag, in theThule region, located in the northernarea of Greenland.

Thule is the most northerly

inhabited place in the world, andone of the few places left whichmaintains the traditional Eskimo wayof living.

Manuel is to live the experience asit would have been carried out ahundred years ago, with fur kayaks,sleeping in typical Inuit tentsinstalled on the sleigh and crossingareas with high icebergs, cliffs andfrozen seas.

“The two men and team of dogswill be exposed to temperatures ofup to minus 42 degrees,” read thestatement, continuing: “These dogsare not only great companions but,in extreme conditions, they alsoserve as guides and warn aboutdangers such as polar bears.”

The statement concluded: “Thistrip aims to display the ancestralfigure of the sled dog as a survivingassistant and wishes to make routeslike these a tourist attraction toprovide the Arctic communities witha new business alternative.”

Arctic challenge forTorrox adventurer

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Charitabletournament

AS much as 180 kilosof food were raised bythe Costa del Sol-Axar-quia Padel Club in thesecond Charity EasterTournament held inVelez-Malaga lastweek. The food will bedonated to Social DinerEMAUS.

Path upgradeTHE rural pathGalindo in Motril hasbeen renovatedthanks to the Agri-culture Develop-ment Plan whichhad a total budgetof €330,000.

New arrivalsANIMAL park ‘LoroSexi’ in Almuñecar hasseen the birth of alemur and meerkat.

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A TOTAL of 28 Sub-Saharan migrantswere taken to Motril Port on Sunday (April5) after being rescued 10 miles off thecoast of Alboran Island.

Salvamento Maritimo (Spanish seasearch and rescue team) and the GuardiaCivil were alerted at around 3pm by a wit-

ness of the departure of an inflatable boatfrom the Moroccan coast. Officers wereable to rescue the migrants - 20 men, sixwomen and two small children - at around7pm. All of them were taken to Motril Port,where they received medical assistance,and were reported to be in good health.

A NEW park has been builtin Rincon de la Victoria.

Parque Las Viñas, onCalle Limonero, covers anarea of almost 20,000square metres and had abudget of €90,000.

Plants, trees and busheshave been planted andpaths created across thepark, which boasts a cen-tral pond, fountains, threepergolas, benches and so-lar-powered lighting.

Mayor Francisco Saladostressed the importance ofproviding parks to improvequality of life by giving lo-cals an outdoor activityarea.

Children were encour-aged to get involved in thecreation of the park, andfourth year pupils fromManuel Laza Palacio prima-ry school have been help-ing gardeners plant newgreenery.

Work is progressing wellon a much-needed newfire station in Almuñecar.

Granada Provincial Coun-cil has provided a budgetof €600,000 for the newstation, which is being builtby the N-340 road, virtuallyin the centre of town.

The station, which willinclude offices, trainingrooms, a gymnasium, restareas with a kitchen, bath-room and lounge area, willmeet the needs of thelocal brigade, which coversAlmuñecar and the

surrounding areas.Mayor Trinidad Herrera

said the location of the

new station was perfect asit is centrally located andhas access to all areas.

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new park

Work progresseson fire station

Migrants rescued off Alboran

SITE VISIT: Officials survey the work in progress.

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TWO men have beensentenced by a MalagaCourt to 11 months inprison after beingcaught red-handed try-ing to steal from a con-struction business inPeriana.

The incident tookplace in November 2010when the men broke in-to the facilities to stealconstruction materialvalued at €8,890.

However, they werecaught by the GuardiaCivil when they weretransporting the materi-al in a vehicle.

Caught inthe act

TWO firefighters sus-tained minor injurieson Wednesday (April 1)while extinguishing afire in the Costa Tropi-cal town of Otivar.

The Granada f irebrigade said they hadbeen alerted at about11.30pm on Wednes-day of a blaze in thearea of Carretera de laCabra.

Two fire engines at-tended the scene witheight f iref ightersaboard.

The area affected bythe blaze covered

about one hectare al-though, according tothe f ire brigade, theextinguishing operationbecame extremelycomplicated, resultingin two officers sustain-ing injuries.

One of them suffereda knee injury and theother one had to betreated for a torn liga-ment.

The f ire was extin-guished at around2am, and the reasonsbehind it were un-known at the t ime ofgoing to press.

Two firefightershurt in Otivar

A 24-YEAR-OLD man hasbeen arrested in Velez-Malaga for allegedly sellinghashish and marihuana in aproperty near a localschool.

Local Police discoveredthat the man was sellingthe drugs at his parents’home.

Officers seized 500grams of marihuana, 37grams of hashish and €203in cash, as well as mobilephones, scales and otheritems for the preparationand distribution of drugs.

The man will also becharged for a crime againstthe Justice Administration,as he already had a

criminal record for violenceagainst his mother and wasviolating a restrainingorder.

Drug-sales pointdismantled in Velez

SEIZURE: Drugs, phones, cash and equipment.

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FLOODING problems in the area of Rambla Hileros inCastell de Ferro are to be fixed by renovation work cur-rently taking place on the sewage system.

President of the Commonwealth of Costa Tropical mu-nicipalities, Jose Garcia Fuentes, and mayor of Gualchos-Castell de Ferro, Eloy Martin Cabrera, visited the site tocheck on the work’s progress.

“This is a major series of renovations that will cover thereplacement of the whole sewage system with anothernetwork with higher capacity and better safety and qualityguarantees,” said Mr Garcia Fuentes. “It was a historicaldemand from many residents of Castell,” he said.

FOREIGN residents inNerja who wish to vote inthe coming local electionson May 24 can confirmtheir data and status atthe Foreigners’ Depart-ment.

Between April 6 and 13,foreigners are urged to at-tend the office on thetown hall’s ground floor tomake any modifications incase of a possible error.

It is necessary to take aResidency or NIE certifi-cate or card, passport orDNI (Spanish Identifica-tion Card), and the officeis open between 8am and1.30pm.

This procedure can alsobe carried out via email atextranjeros@nerja.es, in-

cluding the person’s nameand NIE number.

A reply will be sent

within a few days after amember of staff haschecked that the resident

is on the voting list. The following are al-

lowed to vote in the nextlocal elections:

- Citizens from the Eu-ropean Union.

- Norwegians who havehad a residency card formore than three years.

- Citizens from the fol-lowing countries whohave had a residency cardfor more than five years:Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile,Colombia, Korea, Ecuador,Iceland, New Zealand,Paraguay, Peru andTrinidad-Tobago.

Anyone who registeredon the Padron (census)after December 30, 2014will not be allowed tovote.

THE former Casa Ruiz ofMotri l has been re-opened and turned intoa new art centre namedafter Granada-bornpainter Jose HernandezQuero.

The town council hascarried out a compre-hensive series of renova-t ions in the bui lding,which was one of thelast representations ofpalace architecture pre-

served in the town. Theproject cost more than€1 million.

Mayor of the town,Luisa Garcia Chamorro,together with Mr Her-nandez, have inaugurat-ed the centre, which willbe home to the privateart collection of the artistas well as his private li-brary, with more than5,000 books, which hehas donated to the town.

Foreigners urged toconfirm their status

TOWN HALL: Foreigners to confirm electoral status.

INAUGURATION: The mayor opened the centre.

Solution to flooding

New art centre

PEOPLE who live inNerja are being invited

to the town’s Residents’Day next month.

The local council haschosen the Day of

Europe, on May 9, forthe event, which willalso feature therelocation of the Fuentede Europa monument inthe Plaza de losCangrejos next to theTorrecilla Beach.

The council is hopingfor a good turn out, togive its thanks to thepeople of the town.

The event will happenrain or shine on May 9 asthere are no plans for analternative date should itrain.

Since there are alreadybars on the Plaza de losCangrejos Square it willnot be necessary toinstall the stands thatare traditionally set upfor this event, saidorganisers.

People who want totake part in the eventcan confirm theirparticipation atResidents Day bysending an email toextranjeros@nerja.es.

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Bike victoryLA HERRADURA(Almuñecar) cyclistIvan Ruiz was crownedwinner of the secondMTB Open Puerta de laAlpujarra, which wascelebrated in Lanjaronand drew more than600 cyclists.

Poster prizeMALAGA city councilhas announced acompetition todesign the 2015Malaga Fair poster.The winner willreceive €3,500.

Motril course NINE Motril residentsare participating in a295-hour-course onthe Creation andManagement of micro-businesses, designedto promote self-employment.

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NORWEGIAN artist Ann-Karin Myklebostad isdisplaying her paintingsat Macharaviaya’sMuseo Galvez.

The exhibition, whichwill run until May 17, istitled ‘Searching forhome-land’ and features20 works of art in whichthe author depicts herdaily life in pictures.

“The theme has to dowith the place in lifewhere I am currently,”the artist explained.

Mayor AntonioCampos, emphasisedthe great opportunity forall residents to enjoy thepieces of the Norwegiansculptor and painter.

The exhibition is openTuesdays and Thursdaysfrom 11am to 2pm andweekends from 11am to3pm.

Entrance is free.

NERJA streets Iglesia, Tajillo andTranco now boast new artistic stonepavements paid for by the towncouncil.

The completion of the work, whichcost €145,000, coincided with theEaster holidays and many locals andvisitors could check the new look ofthe streets for themselves. In fact, thecouncil has reported that manycongratulatory messages have beensent to them, which show, accordingto head of the InfrastructureDepartment, Nieves Atencia, that theproject has been a complete success.

The new pavement was put in placeby the company Empedrados LosPicantes, which has carried outrenovation work in places asprestigious as Granada’s Alhambra.

“These positive messages push

politicians to keep working for Nerja,to keep designing projects that aim toplease locals and visitors alike. We willcontinue to promote projects like thisto improve the reputation of our townfor tourism,” said Ms Atencia.

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Nerja shows off newpavement designs

CALLE IGLESIA: An artistic ‘makeover.’

NERJA’S Decorative andFine Arts Society will host atalk on the painting byGoya The Third of May1808 on April 14.

Goya painted the Thirdof May to commemoratethe Spanish revolt againstthe French during thePeninsular Wars. when theSpanish people rose upagainst Napoleonic rule.

As a political event it isstill relevant today as it ledto the birth of modernSpain and as a painting itremains a powerful imageof war. It is arguably oneof the first great politicalpaintings. The lecture looksat the political and artistic

background of this paint-ing, and its influence onManet and Picasso.

The lecture will be by arthistorian and painter GailTurner, who is a lecturerfor NADFAS (National As-

sociation of Decorative andFine Arts Societies).

The event is at the Cul-tural Centre (Calle Grana-da) at 6pm and costs €10.

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Videogamessuccess

MORE than 1,500 peo-ple of all ages attendedRincon de la Victoria’sWeekend Play, avideo-gaming and en-tertainment event cele-brated on April 4 and5. The Council is nowplanning a larger edi-tion which will aim athaving national im-pact.

Crafts marketS A L O B R E Ñ A ’ SCrafts MarketD’Artesania, willtake place on Sun-day (April 12) at theParque de la Fuentebetween 11am and7pm. Visitors will beable to find exclu-sive items, clothes,pottery and naturalcosmetics amongstothers.

Wax cleaningWORKS to clean theEaster processions’candle wax in Almuñe-car, were carried outduring this week, asthe wax represented ahazard for drivers andpedestrians.

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THE Andalucian Party ofMotril raised complaintslast week as they claimedthat the town’s cleaningservice has been neglect-ing the area of the Parquede los Pueblos de Americaduring the Easter holidays.

“Large amounts of rub-bish were piling up in thegardens, and there werefilled up waste bags that

had not been collected bythe cleaning service,” saidrepresentative, AntonioEscamez, who warnedthat these images wouldcause a negative impacton tourism.

The party has requestedthe Council to coordinateservice in a more appropri-ate way to avoid repeatingthese scenes.

Park neglectedover Easter

Nerja DFAS hostsart talk in English

The Apostille of theHague Convention

THIRD OF MAY: A powerful image of war.

by Lex IurisI am going to write about the Apostille of the Hague Convention of 1961.

Many times, we need to act on behalf of a non-resident to buy a propertywhere the purchaser cannot be present to complete the purchase.

For that it is very common to send to the client a draft of a power of attorneyto be signed in the client’s home country before a public notary and it will needto get the Apostille to be valid in Spain.

When a foreign public document needs to be valid in Spain (or other coun-tries), there is an instrument between the countries that have signed the HagueConvention called the Apostille.

The Apostille is a stamp that needs to be put on the public document in orderto prove the authenticity of the signature, the public authority that has signedand the identity of the stamp of the document.

Basically, it shows that it is a public document that can be taken as real andtruthful in another country.

The public documents that need to be with the Apostille in order to be valid inother countries are those that have been issued with the authority of a jurisdic-tion from the Estate, the administrative documents and the official certificationthat has been put on private documents (like the stamp that comes on a privatedocument when you present it to a public authority.)

The Apostille needs to be on the document or attached to it and it can be ap-plied for by the signatory or any other person who has the document.

In all cases it will need to be translated by an officially authorised translator.Once we have the document with the Apostille, it will need to be translated

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SPAIN is pioneering thereintroduction of a highlythreatened species ofgazelle in Mauritania, northAfrica.

The species, known asthe Dama Gazelle, hasbeen bred and protectedby the Estacion Experimen-tal de Zonas Aridas (EZAA)in a conservation project inSpain since a few of theendangered animals werepurchased in Mauritania.

At the time Mauritaniawas known as Spanish Sa-hara.

The gazelles wereshipped to Spain by JoseAntonio Valverde, a con-servationist and founder ofParque Nacional Doñana.

Now two malegazelles andfour females areset to be takenfrom Spain toMauritania, inco-operationwith theMauritan-ian gov-ernment.

Spanish gazellesgo to the Sahara

MOTRIL fish market iscurrently undergoing acomprehensive seriesof renovations thataim to turn it into oneof the most importantmarkets in Andalucia.

Work last took placeon the market around30 years ago andMotril fishermen haverequested modernisa-tion to become morecompetitive in the sec-tor.

Work started onMonday (April 6), andwill cost a total of€240,000, paid for bya grant provided bythe European Fund.

Plans are to replacethe current floor pan-els, which are badlydamaged. In addition,a grandstand will bebuilt for buyers to sitduring the biddingprocess.

“The fish wil l nolonger be put on woodpallets on the floor.Instead, they will bedeposited onto a con-veyor belt, with cam-eras placed above, sobuyers can have a bet-ter look to place theirbids,” said head ofMotril Council’s FishingDepartment, IgnacioLopez Cabrera.

In addition, otherbuyers who do notwish to attend themarket, will beable to got h r o u g hthe inter-net and buyonline.

UpdatingMotril’s importantfish market

DAMA GAZELLE:Being reintroduced.

Banderas withnew girlfriend

ANTONIO BANDERAS: With Nicole Kimpel.

A SCOTTISH tourist who was found drowned in aswimming pool in Puerto Banus on the Costa del Solhas been named as Brian Nicol, aged 32.

Mr Nicol, from Glasgow, was discovered floating inthe pool by friends, who tried to save him and pull himout of the water.

In a police statement released on Monday, Spanishauthorities said they did not suspect any suspicious cir-cumstances. An ambulance was called to the holidayvilla at 8.40 on Sunday morning, but despite efforts torevive him nothing could be done.

Police nameScot drownedin private pool

THE 16th edition of Peri-ana’s Verdial Oil Day ison Sunday (April 12).

More than 15,000 visi-tors are expected to takepart in festivities cele-brating olive oil, whichkick off with a breakfastof coffee, green beans,cod and bread with oilmade in Periana. Olive

trees and oil representtheir main source of in-come. The town’s two oilbusinesses have this yeargenerated more than twomillion kilos of the liquid.

There is live music inPlaza de la Fuente at10.45am and oil tastingsat 2pm at Plaza AlfonsoXII.

Periana’s oil festival

Theme parkBENIDORM’S Terra Mitica theme park hasreopened for the 2015 season as it hosts arange of activities and events to mark its15th anniversary.

Home cookingDENIA Council and the Association of Hos-pitality and Tourism (AEHTMA) havelaunched a cooking competition promotingthe virtues of home cooking with recipesto be published. Open until April 30, Partic-ipate via hashtag #Saboréala.

Roundabout landingA CAR left the road and landed on thelawned centre of a roundabout in Calpe at1.30am on Tuesday. The driver, who wasslightly injured, tested positive for alcohol.

Full houseA RECORD number of visitors were record-ed at the El Faro cultural information cen-tre next to the lighthouse in Albir over theEaster Bank Holiday weekend.

Hands upPOLICE have arrested a man who wasfound to be carrying a stolen Walther9mm gun in the early hours of Sundaymorning on Calle Mallorca in Benidorm.

Buttocks shotA DRUNK who fired a gun in La Mojon-era shot a pedestrian in the buttockswhen a bullet ricocheted off a car. Hereceived a 12-month sentence for illegalpossession of firearms.

Fair sharesPROVINCIAL irrigation syndicate FERALhas called for a link between Beninarand Almanzora reservoirs. The creationof a ‘water motorway’ would distributewater more fairly to different productionareas, FERAL said.

IVF figuresAROUND 8,500 couples seek help forfertility problems each year in Andalu-cia, the public health system hasrevealed. Approximately 700 live inAlmeria, where 400 in-vitro procedureswere carried out in 2014.

Help neededTHE Red Cross (Cruz Roja) attended to62,941 people in Almeria Province lastyear. This was 5 per cent more than in

2013, and 300 per cent above the2009 figure, the organisation hasrevealed.

Good tasteFESTIVAL DEGUSTHO ALMERIA will beheld from April 11-13 in Huercal-Overa.Participants include celebrity chefsDavid Muñoz, Mario Sandoval and KikoMoya, plus the jury from the ‘MasterChef’ programme.

Dangerous fumesA RONDA family had to be taken to hos-pital for treatment after becoming over-come by fumes from a faulty heater.The parents and two children all report-ed vomiting episodes and severeheadaches.

Floral decorationCASARES is holding a street and façadefloral decoration competition on April18-19 to coincide with the village’s gas-tronomy days, and maps of the partici-pating areas will be distributed.

Busy monthA TOTAL of 18,608 people requested in-formation from tourist offices in Torremoli-nos in March, the council has reported.Most were Spanish (7,016) followed byBritons (4,885) and French (1,199).

Gardeners’ heavenTHE ninth Plant Fair in Arroyo de la Mielreceived more than 3,000 visits to see thethousands of plants on show including cac-ti, Venus flytraps, bonsais, orchids andothers from a variety of countries.

Busy holidayEMERGENCY services (112) reported a to-tal of 2,421 incidents that required assis-tance in Malaga Province over Easter.

Boat showMORE than just nautical companies werepresent at the fifth Boat Show at the Puer-to Marina de las Salinas in San Pedro delPinatar, showing off latest models, specialoffers and boating information.

Hikers rescuedTWO female hikers had to be rescuedfrom the mountains. The first, aged 41,broke her ankle on Cartagena’s MountRoldan. The second, aged 51, also sus-tained a broken ankle after a fall onMount de las Cenizas.

Natural gasA DANISH freighter has become the firstlarge cargo ship to receive natural gasas fuel in the port of Cartagena, one of10 refuellings expected this year afterthe port obtained the necessary authori-sation to supply natural gas.

Park visitor centreTHE visitor centre within Elche’s munici-pal park has reopened following a reno-vation project which cost €60,000 to in-troduce new technology. Admission isfree until April 12.

Top temperaturePINOSO recorded the maximum tempera-tures over the Easter weekend in AlicanteProvince, reaching highs of 24ºC.

Fatal accident A SENIOR couple in their mid-80s, diedon Monday (April 6) after being involvedin an accident when their vehicleswerved off the Felanitx and s’Hortaroad in Mallorca.

Free wifiAS much as €235,000 will be spent by theBalearic Islands Regional Government toexpand the wifi network across beaches.The busiest areas will be prioritised, for in-stance, Magaluf and Alcudia Port.

Property risesTHE price of second-hand properties in theBalearic Islands has gone up by 0.8 percent during the first three months of 2015if compared with the same period of lastyear, reaching €1,815 per square metre.

Car sales upCAR sales have increased by 59.5 per centduring the first three months of 2015 inthe Balearic Islands, compared with thesame period of 2014.

Garden accidentA 77-YEAR-OLD man suffered severe in-juries in Marratxi while he was working ina garden in Pla de na Tesa. The man’s leggot trapped under a tiller, whose bladescaused severe cuts.

COSTA DE ALMERIA

COSTA DEL SOL

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

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COSTA BLANCA NORTH

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THE Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre haswelcomed a healthy foal into the world,in a happy ending to a terrible case ofanimal abuse and neglect.

The little colt, named Arthur, was therescue centre’s Easter new arrival, bornto mum Guinevere, one of three terriblythin mares and a stallion rescued fromGranada last December.

The rescue was a joint operation withMalaga-based rescue charity El Refugiodel Burrito, which took at least four don-keys into care. “We were very appre-hensive about this birth because themare really was in a terrible conditionwhen she arrived three months ago,”said co-founder of the Rojales rescuecentre, Sue Weeding.

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A NEW report publishedby the Union of IslamicCommunities (UCIDE) inSpain has concluded that90 per cent of Muslimchildren in Spanishschools lack access toregular Islamic religionclasses.

Based on the report byUCIDE, released on Mon-day, even access to basicIslamic schooling is onlyavailable in Andalucia,the Basque Country,Aragon, Canary Islands,Ceuta and Melilla.

The report went on saythat nine out of 10 Islam-ic teachers are unem-ployed and that, withover a quarter of a mil-lion Muslim students inSpain and the overallMuslim population atnearly 4 per cent of theSpanish population, theyshould have greater ac-cess to their preferred re-ligious education.

THE first house to be sold in Spainby lottery could be just the start ofthings to come.

Unlike the famous ‘El Gordo’Christmas lottery, where the win-ners of the world’s biggest lotterypayout get a share of a €2.5 billionpot, the winner of the ‘lotohome.es’first ever property lottery has won ahouse.

The €90,000 property, which is lo-cated in Calle Esperanza, Segorbe,just north of Valencia, was offeredfor raffle with the tickets priced atjust €10 each. They were sold tovast numbers of people, some fromas far away as Australia and Florida,who became increasingly interestedas word spread via social media.

Pepe Bolumar, 35, became dis-heartened with trying to sell his lategrandmother’s house the traditionalway. So after a family discussion,they decided to sell it via a lottery.The administration required was alittle more than they had originallythought, due to Spanish tax and lot-

tery laws, plus the sheer weight ofpaperwork, and seemingly endlessamounts of red tape. But finally theybecame the first family to raffle off ahouse.

The family, which estimated thatit had made the €90,000 value ofthe house plus an extra €10,000 af-ter administrative costs, will now actas consultants for others who want

to offer their home through a lotterysystem.

“We were the first to do this inSpain but it could benefit others,”said Bolumar, who believes it offersbenefits to both the vendor and thelottery winner. “If you’re trying tosell your home and it’s not working,this might be the solution for you,”he said.

AFTER several raidsacross Madrid, Barce-lona, Palencia andGranada, police haveremanded in custodyfive suspected mem-bers of an organisationknown as the ‘Co-ordi-nated AnarchistsGroups’.

They are suspectedof being members orleaders of an organisa-tion which left a nailbomb in Madrid’scathedral and dam-aged more than 100bank machines acrossthe country.

Ten other suspectswho were arrested onMonday in the raidwere released, butthe investigation intotheir involvement isongoing.

No RE forMuslim

students

Suspectsheld for

nailbombing

House lottery sets anew trend in Spain

LOTTO HOME: First house to be raffled in Spain.

Oil expansionRUSSIAN oil company Gazprom signed a major

deal with Petro Vietnam. The deal will open a part-nership to allow exploration of oil and gas fields inthe Pechora Sea, Northern Russia.

Losing your rubles THE continuing decline in the Russian ruble

against the dollar has hit Russian tourism inSouth-East Asia. Russian tourism has dropped 27per cent in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand since2012.

New spacestation

RUSSIA and the USAhave confirmed thatdiscussions on thepossibilities of buildinga new internationalspace station are tak-ing place. Both coun-tries wish to combine re-sources and work togetherin this major space project.

Argentines visit A VISIT by Argentine President Fernandez de

Kirchner to Moscow in late April is likely to causesignificant alarm in the USA according to Argen-tine journalists.

Baltic fleet THE Russian Baltic fleet has been given the go-

ahead to conduct extensive ‘open sea’ militaryexercises, according to the Russian Defence Min-istry.

Bone cement RUSSIAN doctors have developed a

technique to substitute and repairdamaged human bones. The pio-

neering technique has been de-scribed as a kind of humanbone ‘cement.’

Post box birthdayNOVELLIST Anthony Trollope, known for introduc-

ing freestanding post-boxes to the UK from 1852is being honoured by the Royal Mail by issuing alimited edition commemorative sheet ofstamps which goes on sale on the 200thanniversary of his birth this month.

Easter Bunnymystery

A MYSTERIOUS Easter bunny hasdelivered chocolate eggs to everyhouse in a village of 3,000 people. Resi-dents from Alderholt, Dorset, were hap-pily surprised when they woke to dis-cover a chocolate egg on theirdoorsteps.

Terror suspectA 14-YEAR-OLD BOY from Black-

burn and a 16-year-old girl from Man-chester were arrested on suspicion ofpreparing for acts of terrorism and aspart of an ongoing investigation. Theyhave been bailed until May 28.

Dover bustBRITISH police arrested six people in Dover on

suspicion of terrorism offences related to the ongoingconflict in Syria. The five men and one woman, all

aged in their 20s, from Birmingham were detainedon Friday morning.

Glamorous granny SHOCKED gran Helen Dunn, opened a

newspaper this week and found herselflooking at a saucy magazine picture of her-self from 1955. The 78-year-old quickly gotover the shock and shouted: “That’s me! Ithink it’s great, I have no secrets.”

Hidden tobaccoA BAN on showing tobacco products at

the point of sale in small shops across theUK has come into force. The display of suchgoods has been illegal in large stores andsupermarkets since 2012. Now small stores,and other outlets such as pubs and clubs,will also have to keep cigarettes out of sight.

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Nuclear shutdown

EMSLAND nuclearpower plant was shutdown after a leak wasdiscovered. The plant wastaken offline pending aninvestigation.

Berlin theatre BERLIN’S theatre and

arts season is lookingdifficult after a majorleader of the Volksbuhne(People Stage) resigned.The heavily subsidised artsscene in Berlin is nowlooking for new leadershipand a way to deal withmajor cuts.

Motor taxTHE German Parliament

has passed a new road tollwhich requires drivers tobuy an emissions stickerwhen entering Germany fora 10 day stay or longer. Ithas been criticised for givingreductions to Germancitizens.

Shelter fireA FIRE that broke out in

the town of Troglitz at ahouse built for asylumseekers is suspected ofbeing arson. The firefollowed weeks of protestsby the right wing NPDparty which severelyopposed the project.

Bear callBERLIN’S last living

mascot may have to be putdown suggested an animalrights group. According tothe Berlin Bear AllianceSchnute the bear suffersfrom poor health and it maybe better to put it out of itsmisery.

Snow ridingHEAVY snow failed to

stop horse riders from takingpart in a traditional EasterProcession in Traunstein,Bavaria. Some 400 horsesled by riders in traditionalcostume took part onMonday.

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Begging ban SWEDEN: Almost half of

Swedes want begging tobe banned, but the PrimeMinister has ruled out aprohibition. A newspaperpoll has shown that, ahuge increase of 49 percent of the public now sup-port a ban on begging.

$10m champ SWEDEN: Martin Jacob-

son, 27, who started hispoker career playing onlineafter working late in arestaurant, is $10 million(€9.08 million) richer afterwinning the ‘World SeriesPoker’ main event.

Electric link NORWAY: Energy dis-

tributor Statnett has an-nounced the constructionof the world’s largest un-derwater electricity cable.The 1400 Megawatt sub-sea cable will connect theUK and Norway’s powersupply for the first time.

Extreme skiNORWAY: The govern-

ment is becoming increas-ingly worried over extremeskiers. While wishing to at-tract as many snow sportsenthusiasts as possible, itblames extreme skiers forsetting off 70 per cent ofall avalanches.

Arctic SunriseDENMARK: For the first

time in six years, theGreenpeace ship ArcticSunrise was in Copen-hagen. Nearly 1,500 peoplequeued on Saturday andSunday for a chance to tourthe famous ship and talk tothe crew.

B R I T I S H P R E S S

MAJOR PROJECT: Russiaand the US discussing an

international space station.

POST BOX: To be commemoratedon stamps for its 200th birthday.

SPAIN’S high speed AVErail system, globally themost extensive after Chi-na’s, is not a money-maker.

A succession of Spanishgovernments have spentover €40 billion on the net-work, plus €12 billion moreon related projects.

This has benefited nei-ther business nor society,found Fedea (Foundationfor the Studies of AppliedEconomics) after analysingprincipal AVE routes.

Savings on the cost of airtravel or time used on roadjourneys did not compen-sate the investment, Fedeasaid.

Spain has 2,515 kilome-tres of AVE track with1,200 kilometres underconstruction but the net-work is under-used. There

are 54 kilometres of trackper million inhabitants andeach kilometre is used by11,800 passengers. Francehas 31 kilometres of highspeed track per million in-habitants but each kilome-tre is used by 61,400 peo-ple.

The government was notlooking for AVE profits,said Manuel Niño, juniorminister for Infrastructureat the Ministry of PublicWork.

Generally the social ad-vantages of road and railinfrastructure were moreimportant than financialprofitability, Niño arguedrecently. He also pointedout the Tokyo-Osaka linkand “possibly” Paris-Lyon,were the only economicallyviable high speed lines.

TWENTY-THREE per cent of interna-t ional brands intend to openpremises in Spain this year.

Despite continued economic un-certainty, higher rents and a short-age of quality sites they are still in-terested in international expansion,found a survey by commercial realestate firm CBRE.

Spain is fourth-favourite in Eu-rope, preceded by Germany where

40 per cent plan new stores, the UK(33 per cent) and France (31 percent).

Europe is now the retailers’ firstchoice for middle-range products,especial ly fashion, whi le luxurybrands look towards Asia and thePacific. These are preferred destina-tions for all retailers, CBRE said,with 85 per cent planning to openat least one store in these regions.

Spain beckons big makes

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Fast workTELEFONICA will contactclients with Movistar Fu-sion packages, informingthem of a €5 price hike.Connection quality will in-crease, tripling speeds tobetween 30 and 300megabits per second,Telefonica said.

Oil dealSPANISH multina-tional Cepsa signedan agreement withdistributors Relevoto market its lubri-cants for vehiclesand motorcycles inColombia. Sales areexpected to reach anannual 1,800 tons by2020.

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AVE network “notthere for gain”

RAFAEL NADAL now smiles fromposters that proclaim in English‘Born in Spain, admired in theworld.’

He fronts a Ministry of Agricul-ture campaign promoting na-tional products and the sloganrefers not only to the tennis acebut also Spanish specialities likeolive oil, wine, olives and Iberico

cured ham. The campaign high-lights the qualities they share,said minister Isabel Garcia Teje-rina at the official launch of thetwo-year campaign.

“Spain’s agri-foods are aworldwide number one and wewanted a number one like RafaNadal,” said Garcia Tejerina, aknown tennis fan.

Spain’s agriculture, fishery,food and forestry exports to-talled €40.8 billion last year, 3per cent up on 2013. The agri-culture and fishery sector ac-counts for 17 per cent of Span-ish exports.

The €2.3 million campaign willearn Nadal €1.4 million in imagerights.

STAT OF WEEKbusiness IBERIA, Iberia Express andIberia Regional Air Nostrum arelaunching 39 new routes andadding 19 destinations this

summer while increasing flightfrequencies or seats on 22

existing routes.

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up atwo year

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nationalproductslike wineolive oil

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ALCOHOLIC drinks, pack-aged cold cuts, razors,clothes and batteries arethe preferred targets ofthe shoplifters who costSpain’s supermarkets andhypermarket €1.6 billion ayear in lost sales. Mostthefts are carried out byorganised gangs, 81 percent of the companies toldmarket consultants Ernst& Young.

Bitter endFIESTA, the now-bankruptcompany that manufac-tured Chupa Chups andother sweets that genera-tions of Spanish childrengrew up with, is for sale.For the first time in Spain,potential buyers have untilApril 15 to apply via apphttps://dataconcursal.com/ in a procedure designedto avoid “subjective valo-rations,” the administra-tors said.

BUSINESS EXTRA

IN a recent interview mega-richfootballer David Beckhamadmitted that his eldest sonBrooklyn, who is 16, works apart-time job at a local coffeeshop in their neighbourhood.

Meanwhile celebrity chefJamie Oliver has also revealedthat he intends to make hisdaughters work in his pubwhen they are teenagers.

However, a new study hasstated that working part-timecould be detrimental to thestudies of teenagers - and mostespecially girls. Students whowork weekend jobs were saidto spend less time on theirstudies and therefore theirgrades were found to havedropped. The study also re-

vealed that there is a high pos-sibility that the extra cash suchstudents earn might be spenton risky behaviours like drink-ing or smoking.

Personally I take this lateststudy with a large pinch of salt.Taking on a part-time job whilestudying is hard work, but thebenefits typically always out-weigh the disadvantages. Stu-dents who work during theirstudying years may have better

time-management skills thantheir counterparts.

They must understand re-sponsibility and apply it to theirdaily lives. They earn moneythat can be used for fun or fortuition, while gaining experi-ence in the workplace that willbe attractive to future employ-ers after graduation.

In Spain it doesn’t seem ascommon as in countries furthernorth for students to work part

time while they study, but thisis something that I feel is totheir disadvantage. When I was15 years old I was babysittingfor various neighbours.

I had a paper round for twoyears and I packed bags at theend of a checkout in a super-market for a while too. I thinkall this work as a teenager gaveme a great sense of responsibil-ity, instilled in me a respect formoney, and also an indepen-dence that many Spanish chil-dren lack, because culturallytheir parents don’t want themworking part time.

But working a few hours aweek as a student is a greatthing! As students earning theirown money get lessons onspending wisely. They may beless likely to spend their hard-earned money frivolously andlearn to delay gratification topay for necessities, such as textbooks and rent. At the sametime, they can save for non-es-sential purchases, such as theirown car - without having topester mum and dad too much!

A little bit of work doesn’t hurt

JanePlunkett

A look at finance for females

jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

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WEEKEND WORK: Students get lessons on spending wisely.

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IT was Oscar Wilde who said thatanyone who doesn’t judge by ap-pearance is a fool . Wel l , Oscar, Ihate to disagree with a fellow Irish-man but the latter comment doesn’tnecessarily hold water.

We do judge on appearance, whichis not to our credit . Furthermore,such an attitude doesn’t add to thecredit in one’s bank account.

I reca l l the story of a sh i f t lesslooking character who ambled intoan upmarket show home. This dou-bled as a sales off ice for the newhousing development then nearingcompletion.

In fa i rness he d id look out ofplace.

To say he was dressed down wouldbe to flatter him. Clearly a farmer,his distressed corduroys and shabbyjacket set h im far apart f rom theusual house buyers.

This was after all a blue chip tof-fee-nosed Cheshire property invest-

ment where one’s neighbour mightwell be a celebrity or sports icon.

As the man entered the company’ssales office, two fashionably dressedsales clerks paused in polishing theirnails to scornfully put the man downwhen he politely enquired as to thepurchasing price and buying processof two homes.

You know what is coming don’ tyou? It turned out that he was theowner of the land and the sales staffnow pol ish their f ingernai ls e lse-where.

The lesson learned, don’t judge onappearance.

I know several mill ionaires, I amsure you do. Not a s ing le one of

them could be picked out in a crowdas being wealthier than the rest ofus; two look down at heel.

In my long experience, those whoflaunt their wealth have very little ofit; those who do don’t advertise it.

If you lose a customer by forget-t ing he is king then your businesstakes a double hit. You lose his cus-tom and your rival pockets your prof-its.

If you think the poor man’s shillingis worth less than the r ich man’sshill ing you shouldn’t be running abusiness.

Treat all customers with deferenceand respect.

It’s called business.

Never judge solely on one’s appearance Mike Walsh

Mike Walsh was for 20 years RegionalAssessment Manager for the Guildof Master Craftsmen, Britain’sbiggest quality assurancebody for businesses.

www.michaelwalsh.es • 966 786 932

Talking shop

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N the name of sanityplease, PLEASE don’t letthe first picture we seeafter the next election

depict Miliband, Balls, and thatbird from the SNP, grinning usall into oblivion from the stepsof Number 10.

I find it almost impossible tobelieve that the Labour party isstill in business, let alone run-ning neck and neck with theConservatives. Somehow, out ofthe ashes of a party, which afterits last term of office, left mil-lions unemployed, took us intoa disastrous war on a tide oflies. Filled the country with im-migrants.

Paid millions of layabouts bil-lions in welfare handouts, soldall our gold for a pittance andleft the country hovering on the

brink of bankruptcy; is actuallyin close combat, with a partywhich gathered up the scat-tered pieces and over the nextfive years put two million peopleinto employment, establishedzero inflation, made Britain theenvy of Europe and turned it in-to one of the most successfuleconomies in the world.

I mean it simply doesn’t makesense. OK, there are of coursedissenters, who gripe that the‘improvements’ have yet to findtheir way into their pockets, butfor heaven’s sake give it achance. The British economy isgrowing stronger by the dayand sooner, rather than later,everyone will be feeling thebenefits.

Also, what must not be for-gotten is that should the votego against the Conservatives,there will be no referendum onEurope. At least Cameron is notinsulting everyone’s intelligenceand refusing to even listen tothe sceptics.

So if, heaven forbid, a Labourcoalition were to find them-selves in power, you can expecta whole deluge of uncheckedand unmanageable immigrants,you can get used to Brussels ac-tually being inside the gate to

Britain’s backyard and be pre-pared to rely on a simpering,hypocritical left-wing represen-tative, unwilling or simply un-able, to negotiate the Britishrights of just about anything.

Make no mistake, Labour has

consistently been elected on theback of other people’s money;income usually earned by capi-talist predecessors. They thenpass this ideology onto theirsubjects, multitudes of whomalso revel in living off unearnedincomes. Because they don’thave the capabilities of actuallyearning themselves, they thenendeavour to buy popularity bythrowing the contents of thecoffers at the public, waste thehard-earned money of their pre-decessors in ill-fated schemes.

Borrow even more to stay sol-vent and sooner or later, onceagain bankrupt the country. Andso the vicious circle continues.Well now is the chance to breakit. Vote for Cameron.

He may not be perfect, but atleast he’s not a leftie hypocrite.Frankly any other result than aConservative win doesn’t bearthinking about.

Keep the faith Love Leapy

leapylee2002@gmail.com

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T would be interesting topeek into the future and ob-serve how the world will viewJeremy Clarkson.

Wil l he be seen as a freespirit who cared nothing for

authority and therefore a bit of a folkhero, or simply an ill-mannered buf-foon, carried away by his own publici-ty?

It is said that history is the great ar-biter and no matter how well you pullthe wool over the eyes of your con-temporaries, history will judge you.

The truth is that many personalitieswho are revered as great heroes,have sometimes been placed on jerry-built pedestals and were not all thatthey seem. Conversely it is a sad fact

that genuine greatnessis often overshadowedby other less notableevents.

Take Alfred theGreat.

As a chi ld I wastaught that poor old Alfie burneda couple of Victoria Sponges thathe was asked to keep his eyeon and that was pretty much it.

But as King of Wessex hegave those nasty Vikings along overdue pasting, andsent them and their si l lyhats back to Scan-dinavia, so thatthey could concentrate ondreaming up new wheezes likeVolvo and Abba.

Alfred, more than any othermonarch, was instrumental instarting a process that led to the

eventual unification of themany kingdoms and warringfactions into a single entitythat later became England.He was a great administra-tor; a renowned religiousreformer and a sponsor of

literacy. Then there is Wat Tyler,

that supposed great work-ing class hero and leaderof the Peasants Revolt inthe 14th century.

What started out asthe duffing-up of a local

tax collector, grew into amassive rebel l ion by theserfs against the rul ing

classes, and resulted inthem enter ing Lon-

don and causingmayhem.

This scared the boy King Richard IIso much that he gave in to their many- and it has to be said - justifiable de-mands.

But instead of returning home withthe knowledge that life would soontake a turn for the better, many of theserfs decided they quite enjoyed themurder and pillaging lark, and stayedon to cause more havoc.

To get them out of London, the kingarranged to meet Wat and Co. AtSmithfield, where the Lord Mayor ofLondon - a sort of Boris Johnson intights - duly dispatched old Wat witha sword thrust and that was the endof that.

The King later revoked al l of hisconcessions, so it could be arguedthat because of Wat’s stupidity, thecourse of history was changed to thedetriment of the working class.

I only hope that in the case of acertain Anthony Blair, history will getit right

Colin BirdEach week, Colin brings his slightlyoff-the-wall view of the world to thepages of EWN in his own irreverentstyle.

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Lottery of historical correctnessbut sometimes not all they seem

ALFRED THE GREAT:Got rid of thenasty Vikings.

ESTERNmediabullhornsMuslim

intolerance, yet we too pullup the drawbridge on freedebate.

In the embassy of afriendly nation a journalistof international reputationseeks sanctuary. Hisoffence, for no one can beunder any illusions, is hisbringing to light illegalitiespractised by government.

Whistleblower EdwardSnowden, who prefersbeing stateless to voiceless,seeks sanctuary in Russia.Chelsea Manning, not soquick to make good hisescape, faces a 35-year jailsentence for disclosinginformation that exposedhis government to inter-national scrutiny.

In Germany, journalistsare verboten to debate UdoUlfkotte. The former editorof Frankfurter AllgemeineZeitung exposed the level

of CIA corruption under-mining the integrity ofWestern journalism and theWest’s political elite.

John Pilger, one ofBritain’s most reveredinvestigative journalists,has been sidelined to‘alternative media.’ LikePaul Craig Roberts, he isone of many Westernjournalists who ‘disappear.’Jeremy Bowen, a BBCnews presenter, wasobliged to take a sabbaticalafter criticising Israel. Ex-pect him to be a yesterdayperson any time soon.

In order to give asemblance of freeexpression, pot shots areallowed but buried in thedetail. Columnist PeterHitchens: “Is there any

point in public debate in asociety where hardlyanyone has been taughthow to think, while millionshave been taught what tothink.”

Facebook defendspublication of ghastlyimages of human andanimal depravity. It gives afalse impression thatanything goes but‘revisionist’ comment is stilltaboo as the noose tightensfurther.

There is now an insidiousselective intolerance ofopinion. Debate is notkeenly contested with factsor figures but with slur,innuendo, characterassassination, boycott andblackmail. Dissenters aredismissed as ‘trolls.’

If this fails, thencensorship completes thegagging process. Westernbeheadings are less messy.

I grew up detesting asystem that, in order to

survive, built the Berlin Walland erected frontierbarriers stretching from theBaltic to the Black Sea.Then we wondered at theSoviet people’s apatheticacceptance for their con-finement and denial ofaccess to the outside world.

When, 26-years agothese ghastly inhumanbarriers were torn down, Iwas mocked when Iprophesied that the Westwas merely changing

places with the USSR. Now, explain to me your

apathetic acceptance, evensupport for €100 million ofEU taxpayer’s money beingspent on a Wall of Shamecurrently being built to stopfellow Europeans fleeing tomodern Russia.

Described by UkrainianPrime Minister Yatsenyukas ‘constructed after theBerlin model,’ this 2,000kmfrontier is guarded, mined,fenced and electrified.

It is not there to keep theRussians out, it is there tokeep desperate Ukrainiansconfined to their owncollapsing country.

Ukrainan Army squads,trained by the US todayraid campuses to captureconscripts.

Perhaps you can nowbetter understand theSoviet people’s acceptanceand support for theirconfinement and denial ofaccess to the outside world.Welcome to the future.

Mike WalshMike, based in Mediter-ranean Spain, is an interna-tional journalist, authorand professionalwriter.

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ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Awkward situations usually bring out thebest in you and this week proves that. In thelonger term, you will be grateful to those makingthings difficult now.

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)Get out in the fresh air as much as possi-ble and be kind to your body. You may haveneglected yourself because you have been sucha busy bee of late. What about a trip to the sea-side or a walk in the hills? Maybe a trip to the lo-cal cocktail bar is more your style!

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)A fleeting meeting stirs feelings that youthought were dead. This could be good if itreminds you of how life can be, or bad if it makesyou think of missed opportunities. It is never toolate to make a fresh start.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)Someone really has rattled your tree, buttry to refrain from throwing coconuts ontheir head. It is much more effective to becharming and get them confused.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)Are you feeling that you have been dealta rough hand? Consider this: there are

some who are not dealt a hand at all. Many aremissing those few cards that mean they arenever really in with a chance.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)A chance remark opens a can of worms.Trying to get them back in could turn out to be

very messy. We all open our mouth and put ourfoot in it sometime.

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)Someone who is usually quite the oppo-site to you will surprise with an offer. Althoughyou are naturally suspicious, give them the bene-

fit of the doubt. Leopards do not change theirspots but they are capable of behaving forthe bigger good.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)An intimate meeting is less exciting thananticipated. This should not bother you becausetime could yet change that. You need to be in theright place at the right time, so don't give uphope, just have a little patience.

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)While counting your pennies, also countyour blessings. Money can be a big problemor merely an irritation but the lack of it must bekept in perspective. You are right to think twice

about accepting something that seemsto be for nothing.

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January20)The goat in you is keen to find pas-tures new. It isn't a nibble that is need-ed at the moment, but a feast. Accept-ing anything less would be a mistakebecause someone is watching yourreaction to an offer.

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)Don't allow an open-ended of-fer to muddle your mind.There is no need for an im-mediate decision and thismay be too soon for a posi-tive move. A sense of urgencymay be put down to practical reasonswhen, in fact, it is no such thing.

PISCES(February 20 - March20)Are things going swim-mingly? Good. Maybe youhad forgotten how to have realfun. Remember when you were achild? Life was so simple. Relax andbe that child again. If some old fogeyaccuses you of being silly, feel sorry forthem.

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Move from the start word (TAKE) to the endword (HEED) in the same number of steps asthere are rungs on the Word Ladder. Youmust only change one letter at a time.

HEED TAKEHAKE(TARE)HARE

HEREHERDHEED

Average: 15Good: 20

Very good: 29Excellent: 35

How many English words of fourletters or more can you makefrom the nine letters in our

Nonagram puzzle? Each lettermay be used only once (unlessthe letter appears twice). Eachword MUST CONTAIN THE CEN-TRE LETTER (in this case D) and

there must be AT LEAST ONENINE LETTER WORD. Plurals,

vulgarities or proper nouns arenot allowed.

TARGET:

S Sun, Cl Clear, Fog, C Cloud, Sh Showers,

Sn Snow, Th Thunder

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deer, dele, deli, dine, dire, duel, dune, idle, lend, lied, need, nerd, nude, reed, rend, ride, rind, rude, rued,diner, eider, elder, elide, elude, endue, idler, indue, lined, lured, lurid, riled, ruled, under, denier, dinner,dueller, dunlin, dunner, endure, enured, inured, lender, lieder, linden, reined, relied, ruined, rundle,undine, relined, unlined, underlie, UNDERLINE

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According to www.everyhit.com:1. Which father and son havetopped the UK singles charts eachin their own right? Dad toppedthe chart in November 1981,then, more than 20 years later, inFebruary 2002, his son hit num-ber one. 2. Currently, two songs havereached number one in the UKsingles charts four times by dif-ferent artists. One is Do TheyKnow It's Christmas, what is thetitle of the other track, which hasbeen a hit for: Jimmy Young(1955), Righteous Brothers (as are-issue in 1990), Robson andJerome (1995) and Gareth Gates(2002)?3. Which ‘Mersey-beat’ group wasthe first act to reach number onein the UK with their first three re-leases? 4. Which American singer is theUK’s youngest ever chart-topper?He was just nine years and eightmonths young when he hit thesummit in 1972? 5. Which English electronic bandformed in Essex in 1980 are themost successful act not to have aUK number one hit single, havinghad 43 Top 40 hits (up to Apr2009) without making the topspot?

1. CANNULA, 2. DOWSING, 3.CANYON, 4. DOWAGER, 5. CANUTEthe Great

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Fill the grid so that every row,every column and every 3X3 boxcontains the digits 1-9. There’sno maths involved. You solve thepuzzle with reasoning and logic.

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Across1 Challenges (5)5 Bosses (5)8 Not ever (5)9 Enlisted man (7)10 At a previous time (7)11 Any small compartment (4)12/18 Main tent in a circus

(3,3)14 Opening between threads

of a net (4)15 Twelfth of a foot (4)18 See 1221 Appearance (4)23 Check closely (7)25 Ratify (7)26 Tread heavily or noisily (5)27 Well-groomed and neatly

tailored (5)28 Free from confusion or

doubt (5)Down1 Terpsichorean figure (6)2 Change to the contrary (7)3 Having no deviations (8)4 Take in fully (6)5 One of two equal parts (4)6 Having the same or nearly

the same characteristics (5)7 High-pitched and piercing (6)13 Of very great size or extent

(8)

16 Weather in some locationaveraged over some longperiod of time (7)

17 Timepieces (6)

19 Allow (6)20 Assistant (6)22 Snow leopard (5)24 Connection (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 representsT and 19 represents Y, so fill in T every time the figure 16 appears and Y every time the figure 19 appears. Now, usingyour knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the

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Across1 Buy a grip (8)5 Trees found in Chelmsford (4)9 Noisy talk about a ratchet (7)10 Clear strategy contains Iran

initially (5)11 Left one on Leo (4)12 Wishes of French parents (7)15 Take over at sea, Seamus (6)16 Harsh to cut off drug (6)19 It ends a shot as a substitute

(7)21 Plenty of luggage (4)24 Porter right on his toes (5)25 Poorly aligned head (7)26 Some require a system that’s

simple (4)27 Royal person in front of crowd,

surrounded by journalists (8)Down1 Strange clue: 'Pair off'' (8)2 Grounds are ruined by boys (7)3 Detest the atomic explosion (4)4 Block out weird, never-ending

scene (6)6 Permission to quit? (5)7 Perfume, we hear, that's dispat-

ched (4)

8 Cook sold pie, but it's off (7)13 Oddly, is my in-tray the dupli-

cate? (7)14 Reports gas seems a problem

(8)17 Look at old dictator taking

drug (7)

18 Seaman overhauled Polarisafter power cut (6)

20 Takes in one Ed SullivanShow (5)

22 Nude featured in 'Cabaret' (4)23 Merit some expensive gear

nevertheless (4)

LAST WEEK’SSOLUTIONSCRYPTICAcross: 3 Slipper, 7 Apart, 8 Belts, 9 Specimen, 10 Danes, 13 Asp, 15 Basalt, 16 Alerts, 17 End, 19 Beats, 23 Lemonade, 24 Caged, 25 Liege, 26 Neptune. Down: 1 Eager, 2 David, 3 Stress, 4 Prepared, 5 Entreaty, 6 Task, 11 Lacerate, 12 Tastiest, 13 Ate, 14 Pad, 18 Needle, 20 Cower, 21 Caper, 22 Bear.

QUICK Across: 3 Answers, 7 Spins, 8 Crisp, 9 Graceful, 10 Bible, 13 Pen, 15 Banana, 16 Agreed, 17 Tag, 19 Baked, 23 Organise,24 Aimed, 25 Steps, 26 Reasons. Down: 1 Usual, 2 Bites, 3 Assume, 4 Warriors, 5 Resolved, 6 Dogs, 11 Magazine, 12 Careless, 13 Pat, 14 Nag, 18 Across, 20 Dates, 21 First, 22 Herd.ENGLISH-SPANISHAcross: 1 Balonmano, 8 Aviso, 9 Newer, 11 Ruta, 12 Peso, 14 Roto, 16 Lies, 19 Roads, 21 Ounce, 22 Delantero. Down: 2 Adios, 3 Olor, 4 Mint, 5 Now, 6 Lampara, 7 Grooves, 10 Ear, 13 Old, 15 Owner, 17 Isla, 18 Soft, 20 Age.

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Funagram

Hexagram

ABROAD

BAGGED

BLEARY

CHEERY

DESIRE

DRIVEN

FARMER

INJURY (10)

JOGGER

LANDED

MELONS

PURRED

QUOTED

READER

REGARD

RUMOUR

THREAT

TRAMPS

WIGGLE

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at theedges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The wordin cell 10 (INJURY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

1 Chosen, 2 Events, 3 Angers, 4 Beards, 5 Letter, 6 Pledge, 7 Breast, 8 Welled, 9 Agrees, 10 Bellow, 11 Tweeds, 12 Writer, 13 Millet, 14 Statue, 15 Patrol, 16 Charms, 17 Gaiter, 18 Spires, 19 Grease

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Unscramble the name of a famous English football club (threewords): TORN PHONE TRENDS

Unscramble the name of a tasty pasta dish (two words): RE-NAMES A CHOICE

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

English - Spanish

Across1 Escuchar (6)4 Caderas (4)8 Sombra (zona sin sol) (5)9 Limpio (casa, cuarto) (5)10 Religious (beliefs, leader, service,reason) (9)13 Joven (persona, animal) (5)15 Only (5)16 Jabón (para lavar) (4)17 Castillo (6)

Down1 Último (4)2 Etapa (de viaje) (5)3 Tardes (últimas horas) (8)5 Hielo (3)6 Hijo (3)7 Olive (8)11 Falda (prenda) (5)12 Twelve (4)13 Sí (como respuesta) (3)14 Grape (3)

Languagelesson“I WOULD walk a mile for aCamel!” Do you remember thatold advertisement?

I say: “I would walk a milefor my Euro Weekly News!” (Tobe honest, I would rather dri-ve.) I’m a retired teacher withalmost 30 years’ experience inGerman schools. Spain is mynative country, where I learntFrench, Latin and a little ClassicGreek. Later, I studied GermanLanguage and Literature at theUniversity of Hamburg.

And what about English? I ig-nored this language although Istill don’t know the reason.

I’ve lived in Aguilas for 15years and decided to learn Eng-lish and I must admit it was re-ally gratifying. Besides my Eng-lish lessons I found yournewspaper by accident. It keptme up-to-date about the newsin our region and at the sametime improved my English.

Thank you very much for theuseful information: the EuroWeekly News is my tablematewhile I’m having breakfastevery morning.

I would be glad to make con-tact with British people for shar-ing opinions about our different(or maybe not so different?)mentalities and customs.

In conclusion, congratulationson the way you are runningyour publication. I apologise forany mistakes in spelling orgrammar. Don’t forget: I beganlearning English aged 72!

Amelia Tejada, Aguilas(Murcia)

Editor’s note: Your spellingand grammar would putmany native English-speak-ers to shame.

Good mannersI WOULD like to assure BillCampbell that yes, I do sing thenational anthem whilst standingto attention as I was taught. Ialso respect the Spanish ‘himno’after living here for 26 years.

It’s really just a question ofeducation or, in some cases, thepossible lack of it.

Jonathan Allso, Valencia

Shade ofmeaningTHE lovely yellow flowers grow-ing everywhere are Yellow Sor-rel. They are wild flowers, notweeds, and we should enjoythe way they brighten up thecountryside for a few weekseach year.

P Newton, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

Aye, aye, sir!A COMMENT in the Euro Week-ly News stated that the RoyalNavy is saying goodbye to bell-bottom trousers. This actuallyhappened in 1977 when theywere replaced by flaredtrousers that were pressed ‘foreand aft’. That is, front and back,instead of the seven horizontalcreases that were a feature ofbell-bottoms.

The new uniform may be thefirst for 70 years but there havebeen many minor changes dur-ing that time. For example, thesailor’s jumper (jacket to theman in the street) which wasoriginally put on over the head,was replaced by one with a zipat the front. The ‘silk’ - original-ly a wide piece of black fabric -became a fixed part of thejumper and the woolly pullyand beret were introduced.

Alan Boxall, Santa Maria deNieva (Almeria)

No choiceWE can choose between re-vealing the existence of a de-bilitating acute depression re-sponsible for the deaths of 149innocent passengers (murderwould be the correct defini-t ion) aboard Fl ight 9525 orcompletely ignoring the warn-ing because of the pilot’s ‘rightto privacy’. As we used to sayso succinctly: “Sorry, but thatain’t no choice.”

Practically the whole world isalso deeply depressed as aside-effect of this tragic andavoidable slaughter of innocentvictims due to the cold, suicidalbrutality of a sick, dementedpilot.

His recent claim that hisname would go down in historywill be achieved although hisrelatives, friends and acquain-tances will remember him onlywith tears, sadness and grief.

Richard M McBride,Benidorm (Alicante)

Vital statisticsI REFER to the recent articleby Mike Walsh ‘Moscow’s Victo-

ry Parade’ regarding the snubof prominent Western leadersin ignoring the invitation to at-tend the 70th Victory Day an-niversary to be held in Moscowon May 9.

To readers unfamiliar withthe part played by the USSR inthe Second World War, a re-minder of the deaths sufferedby the major participantsmight be enlightening.

Germany lost in the region offive mil l ion, France lost200,000, the UK 450,000, theUS 420,000 and the USSR over26 million. During the siege ofLeningrad (now St Petersburg)which lasted for nearly 900days between 1941 and 1943,somewhere in the region of 1.5million died, both civilians andsoldiers.

It would not have been pos-sible for the Allies to overcomethe Reich in the time they didwithout the sacrifice paid bythe peoples of the USSR.

Shame on you, Mr Obamaand Mr Cameron, although onemight understand the reluc-tance of Frau Merkel to attend.

Presumably this snub is a re-sult of the current situation inUkraine, where fascism isagain raising its ugly head

from the Kiev government andprivately-funded, right-wingbrigades.

Cliff Lague, Valencia

Promises tokeepDURING the television appear-ance of David Cameron and EdMil iband, the PM was askedabout looking after pensioners.He replied that if he is re-elect-ed then all the benefits, includ-ing the Winter Fuel Allowance,would be ‘paid to all’.

Let’s remind him of that be-fore September when it stopsfor expats. Make sure everyonewrites to their Member of Par-liament after the elections toremind them of this.

Richard Prowse, Cartagena(Murcia)

Double troubleIF you are resident in the UKyou pay UK tax on your in-come. If you are resident inSpain, you pay Spanish tax onyour income. That is the law ofthe land.

However, if you have a pen-sion paid by the government inthe UK but live in Spain it willbe subject to the UK tax lawsunless the UK governmentpays your pension free of tax.You do not have to pay Span-ish tax on your pension as itcan’t be subject to a doubletaxation.

But now the bureaucratshave decided differently. Yourpension that is taxed in the UKhas to be declared in your in-come in Spain where it will beadded to any other income youdeclare in Spain and a newrate of tax decided. This is, ineffect, chicanery as they areindirectly taxing your already-taxed UK pension twice.

This is grossly unfair and theUK government should beasked to pay pensions free ofUK tax.

You cannot be expected tobe double-taxed on your UKgovernment pension.

H V Petty (by email)

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DOG mess may be thebane of many pedestrians’lives, but be warned thattelling people off abouttheir pets fouling the pave-ment can be dangerous.

A Spaniard has been ar-rested for allegedly break-ing another’s finger afterhe was told off for notclearing up after his dog.

The victim reportedlyreprimanded the dog-walk-er when he failed to pickup his animal’s mess on aMalaga City street, to

which the 53-year-old petowner responded by insult-ing him and leaving.

But it would seem firingoff a few insults was notenough for the owner, hereturned soon afterwardsand allegedly began to hitthe complainant.

The victim used his armsto try to ward off theblows, and he suffered abroken finger, police say.

The dog owner isthought to face charges ofassault, but whether he will

be fined for failing to cleanup after his dog is as yetunknown.

Dangerous dirtydog-owner detained

By Lamia Walker ofPetSitMatch

FIONA lives in a ruralpart of Malaga, up in thehills. She has five acresof farmland for herdogs, cats and donkeys.

It is beautiful, and ut-terly peaceful, a greatplace for her fur familyto live.

She acquired her petsgradually over the last15 years; the dogs camefirst then the cats, allrescued. And when anelderly neighbour decid-ed to retire to Englandto be near family, Fionatook on her four don-keys.

She rarely leaves herfarm but once in a whileshe enjoys a trip to seefamily and friends, usu-ally in the holidays whenit gets too hot on thefarm or at Christmas.And finding someone tocare for her pets is usu-ally the most stressfulthing about the arrange-

ments. But a friend re-cently recommended anonline network that al-lows you to meet suit-able pet and house-sit-ters online.

With a little effort andsome luck she met Ella,an English vet’s wifebased in Spain who waslisted on the site, whoadores pets and need-less to say has lots ofexperience with all kindsof animals.

They got on well andagreed to meet to get toknow each other face toface before Fiona’s holi-day.

The meet and greetwith the pets went welland they made a match,a HouseSit Match.

Register online as ei-ther a house-sitter or anowner and secure a freecopy of the Easy Guideto House-Sitting.

To find a petsitter goto www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on+44 (0)186 552 1508.

Fiona finds a friendfor her fur family

FROM time immemorialthe principal way of con-trolling dog behaviour hasbeen with a collar, leashand the strength of thetrainer’s hand.

But over recent years anew form of dog traininghas developed based onthe way marine mammalslike dolphins and whalesare trained.

The pioneer of this sys-tem was Karen Pryorknown as The Clicker, andshe based it on positive re-inforcement - primarily abucket of fish.

Pryor’s experiencesplanted seeds in the mindsof many trainers and be-haviourists who thought ifmarine mammal trainerscan control 600-pound sealions without shouting and

force, then why not dogs?Marine mammal trainers

use whistles and clickerssince they are aware thatbefore they can even saythe word ‘good’ the mam-mal has jumped 30 feet inthe air. As soon as a mam-mal reaches the highestpart of a jump it will knowthat unless it hears a clickit will get no fish. Themammal has learned thatunwanted behaviour getsno click, and thus no food.

I have often mentionedthat the more we talk toour pets in training the lessthey understand. I also

urge owners to never pun-ish or correct a dog unlessthey are able to give apositive reinforcement ofeither a kind voice or atreat of some sort, like aliver treat.

It is important to try andshorten praise words toone word like ‘good’rather than ‘Now that’s aclever boy.’ In otherwords, a good behaviour‘click and treat.’

If any dog knows youhave a treat he will sit;when he does, ‘click andtreat.’ The dog might getup; as he does, say ‘up,’

click and treat. If he laysdown, just as he does, say‘down,’ click and treat.When the dog comes toyou, then say ‘come,’ clickand treat.

You will be amazed athow quickly the dog willunderstand simple one-word commands that arefollowed by the click andtreat. Remember he onlygets the click when he car-ries out the required com-mand.

Clickers are all the ragein the USA and are nowgetting started in the UKand Spain.

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ESTON BLU-MENTHAL ,owner ofthree Miche-

lin-starred restaurant TheFat Duck and famous forunusual dishes such asbacon and eggs icecream, fish eyeball cock-tails and snail porridge,has banned diners trying to

capture their meals from us-ing flash photography (someeven standing on chairs to

get the perfect shot). Why? Understandably

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ban behaviour that mightbe disruptive or annoyingto others. Sometimes,though, there can be an-other reason. At Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus(formerly Marcus Wareing),diners were reportedlyasked not to photograph

the food because the restau-rant didn’t want substandardphotos getting out thatmight misrepresent it.

One New York restaurant,however, has banned foodphotography for rather morecynical reasons: not becauseit was disruptive or annoyingbut because it was affectingtheir table turnover.

The owner noticed dinerswere taking longer to havetheir meals than a few yearsearlier and found mobilephones were to blame.

Photographing their mealsand sending the photos tofriends takes time and, for a

busy restaurant, if each tabletakes 10 minutes longer tohave a meal the number ofcustomers they can serve perday is significantly reduced.

It seems to be a phenome-non of the modern worldthat something hasn’t hap-pened unless you’ve snappedit! This dates to long beforethe invention of the mobilephone camera. Years ago, Irecall admiring the magnifi-cent view of New York fromthe Empire State Building.

I was the only personthere looking at it with mynaked eyes. Everyone elsewas looking through theviewfinders of cameras, in-cluding one guy with a hugevideo camera hoisted on hisshoulder.

Can’t the obsessional din-ner snappers rememberwhat their steak or whateverlooked like without a pictorialrecord? And then upload it

all to social media? I mean,who really wants to see end-less pictures of other peo-ple’s food? After a while itgets plain boring. I couldn’tbe any less interested in see-ing what someone else’s en-tire dinner looked like ifevery plate were being heldup to camera by a nakedBrad Pitt. (Well, OK, Brad.Go on, then!)

There, I’ve said it and a‘coming out’ of sorts. Thetruth is finally out. My nameis Nora Johnson and foodphotography bores me silly.My path to recovery startshere...

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THE Partido Popular needs toclaw back votes in the aftermathof the Andalucia rout.

“We have been excessivelyanalogical and too slow to adoptthe digital era,” said a partysource.

Failure to connect with thepublic will be remedied, he con-tinued. “The party has more peo-ple in the studios, interviews withministers have tripled and thepresident is talking more.”

Nice try, but communication isthe least of Rajoy’s worries. Afterhis general election triumph inNovember 2011 he scored 4.79in a Sociological InvestigationsCentre (CIS) survey where 0 indi-cated ‘very bad’ and 10 ‘verygood.’

Rajoy’s evaluation in early2015 had faltered to 2.24 for asimple reason: he didn’t keep his

election promises.Had he done so Rajoy could

communicate in sign languageand the public would still vote forhim.

Keep your distanceWHATEVER Spanish politiciansdo in their spare time, they don’thave to be touchy-feely in public.

They are not obliged to snogtheir wives at party conferencesor after major speeches and theycan give dribbly babies a wideberth.

On the whole they attempt tocome across as decent, likeablehuman beings but Finance Minis-ter Cristobal Montoro isn’t both-ered about that.

“I’m here to give explanations,not affection.”

It’s an oxymoron, but theregoes one sincere politician.

Out on a limbA RECENT survey indicated justover half of Cataluña’s populationdoes not support independence.

Cheerfully ignoring the possibil-ity that not all voters share hisappetite for going it alone,Cataluña’s regional presidentArtur Mas, egged on by OriolJunqueras, recently announcedhis latest plan.

If their respective parties CiUand ERC obtain a joint overallmajority in September’s regionalelections they will proclaim inde-pendence no later than March2017, Mas announced.

Sounds as though he’s hit upona formula for losing an election.

Cassandra NashA weekly look

- and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

Delivery far outweighs connection

FELIPE GONZALEZ, President ofSpain between 1982 and 1996,will join the legal team defend-ing Leopoldo Lopez and AntonioLedezma in Venezuela.

They are political prisoners,imprisoned for opposing NicolasMaduro’s regime and Gonzalezcan expect a cool welcome.

The ex-president might wellbe meddling but what really irri-tates Caracas is the attentionGonzalez has aroused in LatinAmerica. No less galling is thefact he is a socialist: a hardlineright-winger on the legal teamwould be more tolerable and farbetter for Maduro’s image.

A legal team player

FELIPE GONZALEZ: President of Spain from1982 to 1996.

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Spring marks the end of darktimes and hopefully bad news

SO it i s o f f i c ia l ly Spr ing!When the clocks change italways puts a bounce in mystep but even more so thisyear.

It marks the end of darkeven ings and dark t imesand hopefu l ly the end tobad news. The ch i ldren ’sgrandfather died yesterday,which was expected butnonetheless sad.

The ch i ldren have beennav igat ing the i r waythrough the grief that they

feel over the loss of theirfather and seem to havelearnt from it.

On hearing their grandpahad died, their reaction wasone of st i l led sadness fol-lowed quickly by resignationand comprehens ion. In-stead of crying they talkedabout how funny he wasand what a fabu lous andfull life he had lived.

I remember h im te l l ingthe ch i ldren to look af terme especial ly in the earlystages of my diagnosis andpost op when I cou ld dovery little around the house.He told them that cookingwas easy ‘Grandpa style ’ !This meant that you had tochuck everything into a panand when you smel ledburning it was ready!

He added that if Mum is-n’t too impressed you justhave to add curry powder.

Well, two weeks into their

attempts Grandpa laughedhis head off as the childrenjokingly told him that I hadcomplained that everythingtasted of curry.

They saw a lo t o f the i rgrandfather in their fatherand both sa id that theyimagined they would beunited in Heaven.

Angus’s father was very illand the week before Angusdied he had gone to visit hisfather in Eng land to saygoodbye.

L i t t le d id we know thatIan would be b idd ingfarewell to his son. I hon-estly bel ieve that brought

about his rapid decline al-though h is condi t ion wasterminal. No parent shouldhave to bury their chi ld. Iwas extremely fond of Ianand he loved me l ike adaughter. I shall miss him.

The last few days havebeen spent in the ‘campo’recharg ing our bat ter iesand catch ing up wi thfr iends. The chi ldren lovebe ing in the countrys ideand the peace and freedomit gives them.

I love living near the seabut there are momentswhen I remember my lovelyhouse in the countryperched on top of a hill nes-t led amongst the a lmondand ol ive groves and sur-rounded by mountains.

The tranquil l ity is some-thing I miss particularly aswe l ive next to a f r iend lyyet noisy Spanish family. Af ive-minute s t ro l l to the

beach makes up for i tthough!

Tomorrow is session num-ber seven, mark ing thepenul t imate one in mychemo treatment. Hard tobe l ieve but I am get t ingcloser to finishing.

So, as always, in prepara-t ion, I wi l l make sure thehouse is spick and span andall the shopping is done. Iwill spend a relaxing after-noon with the children, per-haps a stroll along the seafront and an ice cream andthen an ear ly n ight inpreparat ion for the dayahead.

I am so used to the nee-dles and injections now butbeing in the hospital all dayis probably the most tiringthing of all.

I a lways tel l myself i t isjust one day out of my lifeand soon this wi l l a l l be adistant memory.

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Fond memories ofthe children’sgrandfather

NO ALCOHOL: Sticking to water is a good idea for children.

Young sippers morelikely to become bingedrinkers later in lifeCHILDREN who havesipped alcohol by the ageof 11 are five times morelikely to have a full drinkwithin a couple of yearsand four times more likelyto become binge drinkers.

US researchers believesome parents are allowingchildren to try alcohol su-pervised in a bid to putthem off later on and

lessen the taboo appeal ofdrinking. However, lead re-searcher Kristina Jacksonof Brown University inRhode Island, said: “Ourstudy provides evidence tothe contrary.”

Previous research sug-gests parental attitudes areone of the most importantfactors involved whenteens start drinking. The

study involved 561 RhodeIsland middle-school stu-dents being surveyed overthree years. By the age of11 almost 30 per cent saidthey had sipped alcoholand by 14 and 15, one infour early ‘sippers’ saidthey had had a full alco-holic drink, compared with6 per cent of those whohad not.

IS your home affectingyour health? New researchsuggests that as well aslooking at your lifestyle tosafeguard your health, youshould also overhaul yourhome too.

Sleeping patternsStart by dimming the

lights. Having bright lightson at night is said to con-fuse our natural sleep andwake cycle, which can in-terfere with other bodilyfunctions, such as hor-mone production, and hasbeen linked to health prob-lems, including obesity,Type 2 diabetes and possi-bly even cancer. This issimilar to recent reportssuggesting that we shouldturn off computers, tabletsand mobile devices as theblue light from them canaffect our sleep patterns.

Stressed out? This could be down to

the colour of your walls.According to an NHS ad-vice report on lighting andhospital design, red and or-ange walls should beavoided as these coloursincrease stress and anxietyand are more likely tomake skin itch. But, if youwant stimulation, go forbright colours.

Big TV?If you have a big TV en-

sure you are sitting farenough away from it. Mod-ern television-makers sug-gest the perfect TV viewingdistance is 1.5 times the di-agonal width of the screen.So for a 32” TV, youshould be around four feetor 120 centimetres away.Getting too close can in-crease risk of eye strainand headaches. Don’twatch TV in the dark aseye strain is found to beworse when the room’s

lighting is darker than theTV.

Move away from pubPeople who live within

one kilometre of a pub orbar are 13 per cent morelikely to drink heavily thanthose who live furtheraway, according to re-search from the Finnish In-stitute of OccupationalHealth.

Even if you resist thetemptation to pop in on

the way home, just seeingthe pub can trigger whatpsychologists call a ‘condi-tioned response’ in thebrain, which puts thethought of alcohol intoyour head.

Busy streetsNoise pollution in the

home, either from traffic,aircraft or neighbours, islinked to higher blood pres-sure, even if you’re notconscious of it.

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Andrew Brown, Head of Eastern Spainfor Currencies Direct, said: “Anythingthat provides extra security for passen-gers has to be worth the wait. I know itis frustrating when it takes more time tocheck in but it is important to be safe.So, yes, I believe those extra securitymeasures are a good thing.”

Simon Lambert, General Manager atArea Blanca Estates in Torrevieja, Ali-cante, said: “I travel at least 100 timesper year throughout Eu-rope and also transat-lantic routes. Althoughit is annoying to beheld up with stringentsecurity checks theyare absolutely neces-sary. It is betterto travel safelythan not toarrive at all!”

And Angela Ovenden, from Ibex In-surance’s Costa del Sol office, said: “Ithink it is very important to be safe whiletravelling and if that means there aremore delays through security checks,

then I don’tmind the de-lay if it is forthat reason.I have trav-

e l l e d

quite a lot in the past; in fact, I wasin the States at the time of 9/11and that was very scary; it was aw-ful to hear the terrible news. I amall in favour of more security tokeep us safe.”

Over in Mallorca Frank Ebert, own-er of easy Mail, agreed with the needfor more security: ”I fully support theidea of more security checks. I havebeen travelling that very same routefor the past 15 years and so I know ex-actly the area where the disaster hap-pened. Living in Mallorca, I travel a fairamount anyway and so, of course, it isbetter to tighten security.”

Is more security a good thing?

STREET TALKIMPORTANT TO BE SAFE:

Angela Ovenden from Ibex.

NECESSARY: Simon Lambertof Area Blanca Estates.

Since the Germanwings disaster in which 150 died when their plane crashed into the French Alps, airports will now put in place extra securitymeasures. This may well delay passengers through having to undergo more luggage checks. Would this annoy you or do you welcome more

peace of mind from the extra wait?

WORTH THEWAIT: AndrewBrown ofCurrencies Direct. FULLY SUPPORTIVE: Frank Ebert of

easy Mail, Mallorca.

by Pete WoodallTALKING rodents tell you it issimple, in many cases it islegally compulsory, at best itis confusing and usually it ishardly ever fully understood,it’s your insurance policy.

Insurance for homes, motorvehicles, pets, travel, medicalcosts and business. Even yourlife can be insured or ratherassured, banks sell it as dosupermarkets. Funnily enoughso do insurance brokers.

So what are the options;talking rodents, the busy bankcashier, the supermarketcheckout or an experiencedprofessional. Take away twoprobably wrong answers andlet’s phone a friendlyprofessional, not the rodents.

Edward William InsuranceServices have beensuccessfully building theirbusiness in Spain over the lastfifteen years. Originallyspecialising in just marineinsurance under the banner,

“Any boat, Any waters, Anyuse, Anywhere” EdwardWilliam Marine Insurancehave happy customers fromthe South of France to theCaribbean via Australia. Lastyear and mainly due torepeated requests fromexisting clients, Edward

William expanded to provideall aspects of insurance undertheir new name of EdwardWilliam Insurance Services.

Of particular interest is theirnew insurance for pets,especially dogs, specifically“dangerous dogs” or at leastthose animals classified as

such. Rightly or wrongly,some dog breeds, cross-breeds and large dogs arelisted as “potentially”dangerous, consequentlycanine cover althoughcompulsory is not always easyto obtain and often expensive.

The new pet insurance

policies at Edward Williamspecifically address theseissues and with individualadjustments, medical andpublic liability insurance isnow available for “Any dog,Any breed, Any size,Anywhere”. Dog owners aregiven the same personalservice as home and boatowners etc and your pet’sinsurance premiums are nolonger punitive. Happy daysand good news all round.

Whatever your insuranceneeds call Edward WilliamInsurance Services. As withmany family firms, theiremphasis is on providing goodvalue and looking after thecustomer, from finding youthe right policy in Englishand/or Spanish, to explainingthe details. Quotations areeasily available online or overthe phone, just telephone(0034) 952476090 or visit thewww.edwardwilliaminsurance.com website.

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EASTER was early butwith some unusually hotdays gardens wereamazingly colourful andcontinue to be so, espe-cially helped by the widevariety of spring bulbsthat enjoy the Spanishclimate and likewise thedaisy-l ike plants andsome succulents.

Some frequently suc-cessful plants are listedbelow.

Useful bulbsThe most reliable

spring bulbs include thefollowing: clivias, crocos-mias, freesia which in afew years build up largethick patches throughself-seeding, grape hya-cynths, irises - flag,Dutch and Spanish, andthe exotic flowered Peru-vian lilies. All these arebest sown as bulbs dur-ing the autumn or winter.

As these die back theywill be followed in latespring and summer byothers such as the fol-lowing: agapanthus, can-na lilies, day lilies, ere-murus, Society garl ic,mirabil is - San Diegowhich often self-seeds,gladiol i, and summerli l ies. These are againbest and most economi-cally sown as bulbs or inthe case of miribi l is asseeds from the autumnto spring.

Many varieties areavailable as establishedplants about to flower orin flower in well stockednurseries.

Spring andc o n t i n u i n gdaisy floweredplants

Garden cen-tres are wellstocked withthese in Apri land many areimported. Popu-lar ones are as follows:Argyranthemums - mar-querites, Osteoperums -African daisies, Euryops- Paris daisy, Felicuia -blue daisy, Arctosis -African daisies, Dianthus- carnations and variousforms of Gazanias.

Smaller rather thanlarge plants are generallyeasier to establish as wellas costing less. Some ofthese plants can self-seed.

Young plants can beleft in situ or potted upand brought on to devel-op strong plants forplanting out after threeor four months. Plantscan also be propagatedfrom cuttings.

Dead heading keeps allthese varieties floweringfor months.

Early flowering suc-culents

Naturally the floweringof succulents depends onhow many hours of sun-shine they enjoy dailyand how sheltered theyare from cold winds. Theones out for Easter in ourinland, 400-metre-high,south-facing garden areas follows: cotyledons,crassulas, euphorbias,

mesums, lam-pranthus - iceplants and sever-al forms of kalan-choas.

General infor-mation

Details and pho-tographs of mostof these collec-tions of plants willbe found in PartFour of the book‘Your garden inSpain - From plan-ning to plantingand maintenance’

now most easily availablefrom major internet bookshops including AmazonBooks.

All the plants listed canbe grown successively inpots, raised beds and thethe open garden.

Regarding soil, all dobest in fertile, rich in hu-mus, water-retaining butfree-draining, soils. How-ever, to prevent rot set-ting in, it is helpful toplace a little grit undereach bulb when plantingthem.

Succulents also benefitfrom special treatment;in this case a mulch ofrock chippings or groundvolcanic ash.

All of the plants men-tioned can be used tobrighten up apartmentterraces as well as villaand townhouse gardens.

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AS a qual i f ied profes-sional in the property in-dustry, I give advice tomultinational investorsand to owners of com-mercial and pr ivateproperty throughoutSpain and they al l askme the same question:“How do I increase thevalue of my property?”

With 30 years’ experi-ence under my belt , Iwould like to share someadvice and tips with Eu-ro Weekly News readers

in my upcoming articleson how to increase thevalue of your propertyby a minimum of 20 percent.

First let ’s take anoverview of what’s hap-pening in the propertymarket in Spain today.Some of Spain’s biggestbanks such as BBVA,BankInter and the BancoSantander ’s ResearchDepartments are nowforecast ing that theSpanish property crisisshould be over this year.

So now you are proba-bly thinking that this isthe ideal t ime to startlooking at ways to in-crease the value of yourhome, office, restaurant,

bar or hotel. Correct. Tip of the week You need to start with

the fundamentals.When I carry out a

building survey, one ofthe first things I will lookfor in a property aresigns of damp - this is acommon problemthroughout Spain.

Damp can severely re-duce the value of yourproperty, it deterioratesthe fabric of your prop-erty, it is a health haz-ard, unsight ly, an un-pleasant smel l ,dangerous when in con-tact with the electricalsystem and can cost asmall fortune to fix if leftunchecked.

There are many caus-es for damp in yourproperty but there arefour common causes ofdamp:

1. Ris ing damp iscaused by water pene-trating the foundations,inter ior and exter iorwalls of your property,due to a breakdown inthe existing damp-proof-ing or broken pipes un-der the property.

2. Leaking roof dampis caused by water pene-trat ing the roof areasand exter ior wal ls ofyour property, due to abreakdown in the roofsurfaces, cracked wallsand cement joints orpoor qual i ty exter ior

paint- work.3. Condensation damp

is caused by inadequateventilation, humidity andpoor insulation.

4. Drainage damp toexter ior and inter iorwal ls is caused by abreakdown of the gut-tering, water drainagesystem and poor qualitypaintwork.

If you are trying to sellyour property and a buy-er finds signs of damp, itcould easily put them offbuying or they will wantto reduce the askingprice.

My advice. Check i fyour property has dampand arrange for a pro-fessional, independent

inspection to advise onthe causes and the mostcost-effective solutionsbefore it becomes a big-ger problem.

Next week I wi l l betalking about other fun-damentals that yourproperty wi l l need tomeet on the road to in-creasing the value ofyour property.

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DRIVING through thetwisting roads and con-stantly changing land-scapes of Spain, there’s areappearing feature: cas-tles and fortresses, squat-ting atop hills and nestledin valleys.

Since the time of theGreek traders, the Romansand the Carthaginians,Spain has been a land inwhich military power anddefences have been highlyimportant. You’ll pass cas-tles and fortified homes invarious states of repair thatcover more than almost3,000 years of epic history.

Most people wouldn’tconsider it a possibility tobuy and live in a Spanishcastle – but could this real-ly be done? We decided toinvestigate and seewhether buying a castle is

an option in Spain. We came across the op-

tion of buying a six-bed-roomed castle in Palma,Mallorca. The price tag onthe three-storey property,with great views over thecity and a building thatmay well need extensiverenovation, is €2 million.

Another option was an18th century castle in Gali-cia, with two-metre-thickwalls that have witnessedhistoric battles. The 700-square-metre living spacehas been restored and allrooms have sea views.

There’s a kitchen, largesitting room with stonefireplace, three bedroomsand two bathrooms. Extrasinclude your own wine cel-lar and courtyard with3,000 metres of space. Thecastle has five hectares of

land, the whole packagecoming in at €4 million.

Another property on theCosta Blanca, not quite asauthentic, being a luxurymansion built in a castle‘style’ more than 100 yearsago, is beautifully renovat-ed and only 30 minutesfrom the sea. The castlehas 430,000 square metresof almond trees and pineforest. The property ispriced at € 2.6 million

Before you rush out toconsult an estate agent, al-ways remember that whenbuying a castle, you’re alsobuying a piece of history.You may be able to changeand update some features,but these might well alsobe protected sites withspecial rules applying tothem. Always check be-forehand.

Can you buy aSpanish castle?

LOOKING for properties in Spain youmight instantly think of houses on thebeach or remote mountain villas in theSierra. These are obviously some lovelyoptions, but there are some great flatsfor sale in Southern Spain’s elegant, his-toric city centres and towns.

Depending on whether you want totake up residence in one of Spain’sprovincial capitals, like Malaga or Grana-da, or whether you’re more inclined tofind a place in a smaller, historic moun-tain town, you’ll find the places on offerand the prices widely divergent.

Here are a couple of starting possibili-ties to consider:

A newly-renovated ground-floor flat inthe historic centre of Valencia, locatednext to most major public services andnear the Rio Turia park, looks like agood option at €110,000. This propertyfeatures a spacious modern kitchen, onedouble bedroom and bathroom. Thereare transport links with bus and metroroutes close by.

Cadiz is a fashionable location inSouthern Spain, a university city with a

vibrant lifestyle and great facilities. Theheart of the old town, not far from thebeach and with views towards thecathedral, is a nice spot to hunt forproperty. The flat we found has threebedrooms, bathroom and kitchenette,plus a shared roof terrace, and comes inat € 149,000.

City apartments inSouthern Spain

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From the company thatis providing most of the vil-lains’ cars in the new 007movie Spectre, the newflagship 4x4 has been spe-cially engineered at JaguarLand Rover’s new, eliteSpecial Vehicle Operationsunit (JLR).

The supercar 4x4 wasunveiled this week at theNew York InternationalMotor Show in the US, oneof the company’s biggestexport markets.

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Quite simply, you’re notallowed. A-frames are for-bidden in Spain, so you willneed a trailer to carry yourcar. The law that coversthis question is in the‘Reglamento General deCirculacion’ or ‘Rules of theRoad,’ and the same rulesapply whether you are atourist or resident in Spain.

Very often, motorhomes,for example, carry sec-ondary vehicles, usuallybicycles, mopeds, or smallmotorcycles. These areallowed if they are fixed tothe motorhome using anofficially approved rack.

The total length protrud-ing from the rear of thevehicle should not exceed10 per cent of the motor-home’s length.

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The new title for theevents will be Clarkson,Hammond and May Live.

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• THIS weekend in thePremiership, Arsenal visitBurnley, West Brom meetLeicester, Spurs take onAston Villa, Hull visitSouthampton, Sunderlandentertain Crystal Palace,Stoke visit West Ham andSwansea play Everton allon Saturday, followed 24

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• In the Championship,with a blanket covering thetop eight teams, we haveB i rm ingham-Wo lves ,Bolton-Norwich, Brighton-Bournemouth (tomorrow),Ipswich-Blackpool, Mid-dlesbrough-Rotherham andMillwall-Watford. And mov-ing ahead to next Tuesday,there are more importantgames in this Division withDerby, Ipswich and Mid-dlesbrough all at home.

• The crunch games inFL1 on Saturday are Port

Vale-MK Dons and Preston-Bristol City and in FL2 it’sLuton-Burton Albion and

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on Saturday 40 horsesand jockeys go in theGrand National... thecrews of Oxford and Cam-bridge row on the Thamesin the varsity boat race...Valentino Rossi, MarqMarquez and Co. race inthe USA MotoGP... andLewis Hamilton, Sebast-ian Vettel, Nico Rosbergetc. drive in China’s F1Grand Prix.

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