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€2 million fines 

in Velez-Malaga 

By James Warren 

FOUR men have been sentenced by 

the court in Malaga to three years in 

prison and individual fines of €2 million 

for the smuggling of large quantities 

of hashish. 

They were apprehended in Velez- 

Malaga in August last year at sea after 

the members of the organised 

criminal gang attempted to transport 

the drug in a speed boat purchased by 

the men. 

According to reports the boat was 

fitted with a false deck where underneath 

over 800 kilos of hashish were 

stored, which has been valued at approximately 

€1.2 million. 

The drugs were seized by maritime 

officers as well as mobile phones and 

a GPS system. 

The sentence was issued as the defendants 

pleaded guilty to smuggling 

and crimes against public health. 

THE new coalition government 

of Malaga City held a 

busy meeting on Tuesday 

(June 25) to discuss various 

topics including the distribution 

of responsibilities and the 

organisation of the councillors. 

Councillors’ salaries were 

also discussed in the meeting 

and a unanimous decision was 

made to increase the wages of 

the board members by 20 per 

cent. 

The La Casona held the 

meeting for the new cooperation 

to delegate the municipal 

tasks between the different 

members of the 

SMUGGLERS: 

Three of the 

detained men 

on the maritime 

patrol vessel. 

Frantic meetings 

for new coalition 

involved parties. 

Thirty-three different areas 

were negotiated and directors 

were chosen for each 

sector. The managers of the 

sectors are expected to be 

CREDIT: Twitter @guardiacivil 

announced this week. 

It is reported that each area 

will have a representative from 

each political party except 

where personal affiliations and 

business ties prevent certain 

councillors from taking their 

post due to conflict of interests. 

Local man 

arrested for 

domestic 

violence 

A 37-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Velez-Malaga after 

allegedly beating his wife and son in a domestic dispute. 

Police were called to the residence in Calle Cristo Resucitado 

in the early afternoon on Tuesday (June 25) after neighbours 

reported hearing a disturbance. 

When they entered the building they reportedly found a 36- 

year-old woman and a boy, 15, ‘visibly shaken.’ 

According to sources, they explained to the officers that the 

suspect, known as Jose Antonio GS, had allegedly beaten 

them without warning, leaving them with minor bruising. 

After a short search officers apprehended the suspect. He 

initially claimed that he became angry after discovering that 

his son had been growing marihuana in the upstairs bedroom, 

however there was no traces of the drug anywhere on the 

property. 

Outside the house there was also visible damage to their car. 

The family have since put in a denuncia against the man. 

Jose Antonio was transferred to the offices of the National 

Police force in Torre del Mar for questioning.

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Woman 

found 

SEVENTY-FOUR-YEAR- 

OLD Maria Heredia Torres 

had been missing for two 

days before she was found 

on the roof of a housing 

block in Malaga City. She reportedly 

suffers from severe 

Alzheimer’s and may have 

become disorientated and 

made her way up onto the 

roof where she fell. 

Two arrests 

POLICE were called to a 

disturbance in the Huelin 

district of Malaga. A young 

couple were involved in a 

domestic dispute during 

the early hours that involved 

the woman biting 

and scratching her partner. 

Lux Mundi 

LUX MUNDI, Torre del Mar 

recently celebrated their 25th 

anniversary with a concert in 

the Malaga Cathedral. The 

packed audience heard the 

choir sing along with a violinist 

and concert pianist. 

ALS light-up 

ALMUÑECAR raised 

awareness of Amyotrophic 

Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by 

illuminating the town hall 

and the Puerta de Verde last 

week. The aim was to spread 

the word among the public, 

administrations and companies 

to improve quality of 

life for patients and boost research. 

FOR SALE: The board have reopened offers on the plot of land in Rincon de la Victoria. 

Housing land 

up for grabs 

CREDIT: twitter @aytorincon 

THE Ministry of Development, Infrastructure 

and Land Planning has put up for sale 

five plots in Victoria Park with potential 

space for up to 360 new homes. 

The land was originally made available 

last summer, however the council board 

was unable to come to a unanimous decision 

over details of the sale and the movement 

was postponed. 

The total size of the plot is 90,526 sqm 

and is located just north of the motorway 

in La Cala del Moral. 

When the land initially came up for discussion 

the mayor of the town, Francisco 

Salado, of the Popular Party stated his objections 

to the sale. 

However last November the case was reviewed 

and the sales were approved. 

The land will be available for initial offers 

until July 17. Thereafter it will become 

available to residential and industrial 

developers, but the board is expected to 

give particular favour to residential developments. 

The sale of the land is estimated to bring 

€12.6 million to the area. 

Vadillo works started 

WORK has started in the redevelopment of the Vadillo Industrial 

estate close to Motril. 

The mayor of the municipality, Luisa García Chamorro, 

and councillor for Public Works, European Funds and 

Heritage, Nicolás Navarro, have announced that work is 

expected to be completed by July 31. 

The estate is due to have a renovation of its sewage systems 

as well as new pavements on the stretch between the 

Shell petrol station and the N-340. 

Chamorro has assured people living and working nearby 

that she will make frequent inspections of the work to 

ensure the quality and efficiency of the work in order to 

minimise disruption to traffic, businesses and residents. 

“We will manage with transparency and communication 

with neighbours and be on top of things,” said Chamorro. 

This latest project has been authorised in conjunction 

with the redevelopment of the promenade from Playa de 

Poniente to Playa Granada. 

50 years of the Feria 

LA CALA DEL MORAL 

is staging its annual Feria 

from today (Thursday, June 

27) until Sunday, a particularly 

special event as it celebrates 

its 50th year. 

The festivities will be 

held on the Llano de las 

Palmeras area and a packed 

line-up of activities, music 

and culture has been put together. 

Celebrations start with 

performances from local 

dance groups as well as 

family activities throughout 

today. 

Evening entertainment 

starts with a speech from 

town hall spokesman, Juan 

Rafael Villegas, and culminates 

in a live performance 

from José Luis Lastre. 

Friday promises a fiesta 

of food, the crowning of the 

king and queen of the fair, 

an evening performance 

from Al-Andalus Orchestra 

and a version of ‘El Callejón.’ 

Saturday will hold 

more of the same with Javi 

Cantero singing songs from 

his latest album. 

The boat regatta of 

Jabegas will take place on 

Saturday, and the 

traditional fishing contest 

organised by the Peña El 

Chambel will be held on 

Sunday. There will also be a 

Football Tournament and 

the popular running race 

starting at the official event 

booth.

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ONCE wins 

in Torrox 

TICKET seller José Manuel 

Cortés has sold winning tickets in 

the Torrox area worth €350,000. He 

has been a seller since 2000 and after 

finding out the news, he said: “I’m 

delighted, very happy, with 22 years 

working, it is a very great joy.” 

Arsonist hunt 

POLICE in Velez-Malaga are on the 

hunt for a 32-year-old ‘squatter’ who 

is under suspicion of starting a fire in 

La Sastrería restaurant yesterday 

morning by throwing a Molotov 

cocktail through the window. He is 

described as having numerous tattoos 

and riding a black moped. 

Book signing 

A BOOK sale and signing will take 

place at the Librería Europa, Nerja, 

on Thursday, July 11, at 10.30am. 

Writer David Stuart Robinson will 

be there to sign copies of his five 

novels including ‘Journal of a Jezabel’ 

and ‘The Archduke Has Been 

Assassinated.’ 

Beach bars 

THE beach venues of Axarquia celebrated 

the National Day of the 

Chiringuito last Wednesday. Bars 

from across the coast came together 

in a celebration of the staff and 

everybody else involved in making 

the chiringuitos a valuable part of 

beach culture. 

Straw fire 

A FOREST fire was successfully 

extinguished in the municipality 

of Rincon de la Victoria, according 

to Plan Infoca. The blaze in 

the Arroyo Granadillas area is 

believed to have started in a 

straw warehouse, and thanks to 

the quick actions of firefighters 

the fire was under control within 

an hour. 

Rich sea 

MORE than 2,000 students participated 

in a programme called 

‘A sea of history’ this week in Almuñecar. 

The initiative is designed 

to bring archaeology to the 

classrooms and to move the classrooms 

to the archaeological sites, 

enabling students to learn about 

the rich historical past of the region. 

High Grade 

A STUDENT from the IES Miraya 

del Mar, in Torre del Mar 

has been given an award for the 

second best school grade in the 

Malaga Province. Blanca 

Sanchez Mellado gained a score 

of 13,875 in her selection exams. 

REVELRY: The Battle of Wine sees attendees douse each other with the drink. 

Booze battle 

THIS picture of revellers being 

doused with wine comes as northern 

Spain’s La Rioja region prepares to 

celebrate a festival themed around 

the drink on Saturday. 

The Battle of Wine takes place in the 

Riscos de Bilibio area of the region 

every year. Between 30,000 and 40,000 

litres are used during the festival, according 

to estimates from organisers. 

The fiesta begins with a procession 

of its participants at 9am. 

Attendees carry jugs, bottles and 

other containers filled with red wine 

LGBTI Pride 

TO celebrate gay pride week the town hall in Rincon de la Victoria 

has presented a programme outlining the various awareness activities 

taking place this week. 

The Department for Social Policy and Equality, along with the 

Andalucian Rainbow Foundation, has circulated posters spreading 

messages of equality and coexistence which also inform the public 

of activities going on in the area until tomorrow night (Friday). 

An official speech in the town hall today saw supporters and 

public figures announce the Campaña de Familia (Family Campaign) 

moto, ‘My daughter, my son, maybe I am gay, lesbian, bi, 

trans or inter.’ 

Tomorrow, the final day of the festival and official day of the 

LGBTI, the manifesto of human rights will be read out in the 

Plaza Al-Andalus at 11.30am. Later in the evening the Provincial 

Pride March will take place from 10pm, finishing up in Taperia 

Babel. All are welcome. 

FOLLOW US ON 

to the Hermitage of San Felices de 

Bilibio. They are led into the battle 

by the mayor of Haro on horseback. 

Revellers then throw wine over 

one another until they are soaked before 

returning to Haro for more celebrations 

in the Plaza de la Paz. 

Mock bullfights featuring calves 

that are not killed are among the activities 

which take place during the 

rest of the day. 

The fiesta grew out of an annual 

pilgrimage in honour of San Felices 

de Bilibio which began during the 

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medieval era. 

The first account of wine being 

thrown came towards the end of the 

19th century. The addition of revelry 

to the festival was at first controversial, 

but it became a standard feature 

by 1949 when it was first referred to 

as the Battle of Wine. 

The fiesta began drawing visitors 

from outside the area and Haro 

Council secured recognition for it as 

a festival of interest to tourists in 

1965. It received national recognition 

in 2011. 

Water level fears 

FARMERS in the Axarquia region have expressed concerns 

over water levels on Lake Viñuela as ‘another long and hot 

summer’ is forecast. 

Currently land owners are permitted to use 4,000 cubic metres 

of water per hectare of land for irrigation until the end of 

the hydrological year (September 30) 

The allocation of irrigation water available for use until then 

currently sits at one million cubic metres. 

But some land owners are concerned that the standard allocation 

imposed by the Axarquia Water Board is insufficient and 

that they are at risk of water cut offs. 

In June, six communities reportedly had their agricultural water 

cut off for over usage. 

Works are currently being completed to pump water from 

three points of the Chillar River providing 200 litres per second 

to feed the lake at a cost of €70,000. 

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Torre del Mar celebrates San Juan 

THE picturesque coastline of 

Torre del Mar once again played 

host to the traditional start of the 

summer, San Juan. 

Thousands of party goers 

lined the beaches with their 

friends and families to bring in 

the summer with bonfires, food 

and drink and live performances 

from some of Spain’s leading 

artists added to the magical atmosphere. 

pants jumping over the flames in 

a tradition to purify the soul. 

The El Copo stage came alive 

at 9.30pm with a performance 

from ‘The Return of the Live 

Decade’ led by José Zapata from 

Vela. He was followed by Marta 

Sanchez who wowed the crowd 

with a stunning performance of 

hits from his long and successful 

career. 

His act saw in the firework 

SAN JUAN: Thousands of festival goers watched the live 

People started making their 

display at the castle at midnight 

performances. 

way to the beach in the early afternoon 

which marked the start of summer, 

to set up their ‘camps’ 

with picnic tables, umbrellas and 

deckchairs, claiming their spot 

for the night ahead. 

By 9pm the beach was full 

with families and groups of all 

ages enjoying the last hours of 

sun before the fires came into 

their own, with daring particiditionally 

a moment where people tra- 

dip their feet into the 

water to wash away evil spirits. 

Almuñecar Cultural Programme for July 

JULY promises to be a fantastic month 

for entertainment for the town of Almuñecar. 

Starting on July 4, a Red Cross benefit 

gala will be held at the Auditorium House of 

Culture. 

July 6, 9pm, Auditorium House of Culture, 

Andalucian Flamenco dancing. 

July 9, 10pm, El Majuelo Park Auditorium, 

an evening of jazz music with Yin Jazz. 

July 12, 8.30pm, Auditorium House of 

Culture, presentation of the book ‘Nude the 

Soul’ by Antonio Medina Olivares. 

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July 12, 10.30pm, El Majuelo Park Auditorium, 

Blues music from Almuñecar Blues. 

Watermelon Slim Festival vs Richard Ray 

Farrell. 


flamenco performance from 

Raimundo Benítez. 

July 13 to 16, parties of the district of the 

marines in honour to the Virgin of the Carmen. 

July 14 - 22, El Majuelo Park Auditorium, 

32nd Jazz Festival on the Coast. 

July 24, 10.30pm, El Majuelo Park Auditorium, 

Live Samba and Bossanova music. 


Michael Jackson tribute. 


music from the Carnivals of Cadiz. 


Flamenco dancing from Ketama. 


Jazz and blues from One for my Baby. 


tribute musical children ‘La Bella y 

La Bestia.’ 

20 tonnes 

of trash 

CLEANING company 

Limasa, on behalf 

of Malaga 

Council, cleaned up 

20.2 tonnes of trash 

left on the beaches 

of El Palo, Pedregalejo, 

La 

Malagueta and La 

Misericordia after 

the San Juan celebrations. 

This figure actually 

only amounts to 

half the rubbish left 

behind last year. 

Still, the team started 

at the crack of 

dawn on Monday 

with a fleet of 68 vehicles 

including 

tractors, tankers 

and specialised 

beach cleaners and 

finished just before 

11am. 

The Servicio de 

Parques y Jardines 

(Park and Garden 

Service) did a significant 

amount of 

work on the night of 

the event, ensuring 

the burden of prepping 

the beaches for 

Monday morning 

didn’t fall solely on 

Limasa. 

A member of the 

council also mentioned 

that there 

were fewer incidents 

of burning rubbish 

this year, perhaps 

due to the increased 

number of warnings 

issued by the emergency 

services amid 

the heatwave forecast. 

There were 188 officers 

on duty to 

prevent any dangerous 

activities and to 

chase the last of the 

festival crowds off 

the beach so that the 

cleaners could come 

in at 5am. 

The Malaga Council 

praised the emergency 

services and 

the cleaning teams 

after the event saying 

that it was the 

‘perfect end’ to the 

festival.

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Hitting 

the water 

THE 30th edition of the Andalucian 

Young Swimmers 

Championship took place in 

Linares Jiennense at the 

weekend, with a total of 25 

swimmers taking part and 

outstanding performances by 

Carla Fernández and Carla 

Spain. 

Art work 

AN exhibition to bring art 

closer to patients and relatives 

is being held on the 

ground floor of the Regional 

Hospital of Axarquia displaying 

the works of painter 

Lucia Bautista Sanchez, entitled 

‘I am, you are... It.’ 

Camp date 

THE mayor of Alcaucin, Ágata 

González , councillors Fernando 

Córdoba and José Antonio 

Marín, met this week to 

organise Axarquia’s martial 

arts camp (August 23 to 25). 

To take part call 686 644 548. 

Pool registration flops 

THE first day of pre-registration 

for the new indoor 

pool in Rincon de la Victoria 

left future users disappointed 

after queues of over 

three hours were experienced. 

People were invited to 

register for use of the pool 

on Tuesday, which led to a 

huge amount of people turning 

up. 

Victoria Pérez, who was 

part of the long line of people, 

said “the facilities 

where they have treated us 

were not adequate.” 

Many users complained 

that there were only five 

members of staff on hand 

whilst people turning up 

without the necessary signup 

fee and a fault with the 

online application system 

were also to blame. 

The brand new heated 

swimming pool along with 

state-of-the-art changing 

facilities has been nearly 

10 years in the making, and 

has cost an estimated €4 

QUEUES: People were left angry at the organisation of the first day of pre-registration. 

million. 

The company in charge, 

BeOne, took to social media 

to ask people for their patience. 

“To avoid waiting 

times in queues, we recommend 

that you do not visit 

us today (Tuesday) and do 

CREDIT: Twitter @radio1malaga 

so throughout week.” Also 

the online system will be 

operational “as soon as possible.” 

Teenage 

stabbing 

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl has been 

arrested after allegedly stabbing 

a teenage boy, aged between 17 

and 18, with a pair of scissors 

during a fight at the Fernando 

Ruiz Hierro sports centre. 

The fight broke out between 

a group of youths after the apparent 

theft of a purse from one 

of those involved. 

According to sources, a heated 

discussion escalated into a 

brawl that involved punching, 

kicking and hair pulling. 

It was as the fight was calming 

down that one of the girls in 

the group allegedly took a pair 

of scissors and stabbed one of 

the older boys in the chest. 

The emergency services 

were called and the boy was 

taken to a nearby health centre 

but the extent of his injuries 

were unclear at the time of going 

to press. 

The girl suspected of being 

responsible for the incident was 

taken to the Local Police station 

for questioning and the details of 

the incident have been given to 

the prosecutors of minors office.

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Extolling traditions 

Attraction 

VELEZ-MALAGA will host its 

Market Evening on Saturday 

(June 29), a popular festival organised 

by the Guild of the Garden 

and Homeless, in collaboration 

with the department of Fair 

and Festivals. 

Together with a bar, there will 

be an extensive programme of 

performances from 8pm. 

Councillor Lola Gamez, 

thanked the Brotherhood of the 

Huerto y Desamparados, for organising 

the event “for the enjoyment 

of all the neighbours” in 

addition to “the work they do 

throughout the year to spread 

and extol our culture and traditions.” 

Several dance groups will perform 

at Antonio Guerra’s dance 

academies and also with the usual 

participation of the Academia 

de Cristina Gallardo. This year 

the Bodytonik Fit gym will also 

take part, together with the modern 

Mari Pili dance academy. 

The star performance of the 

local flamenco-style group Las 

Cositas Claras takes place at 

11pm. 

EVENT ORGANISERS: Councillor Lola Gamez with Huan A Iranzo of the Brotherhood of the 

Huerto y Desamparados. 

claims not fair 

FORTY homeowners in Alcaucin 

have joined forces to 

protest against a fairground attraction 

installed next to their 

properties in the Puente de Don 

Manuel. 

They have raised concerns 

about the safety of the bumper 

car attraction and complained 

about the ‘noise and light disturbances’ 

caused by the ‘death 

trap.’ 

Spokesman for the residents, 

Isidoro Urrestarazu, said residents 

of the block, which sits 

right next door to the mini 

theme park, have also experienced 

problems with their electricity 

since it was erected. 

The neighbours have now 

filed a lawsuit and the case is 

due to be heard in March 2021. 

In the meantime they have demanded 

a copy of mandatory 

security reports related to the 

installation. 

Mayor Agata Gonzalez has 

responded by saying the land is 

public land and that the “installation 

of the attraction has all 

the favourable technical reports”.

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Going round 

in circles 

DONALD TUSK warned that it was “a political 

reality” that Britain is wasting its breathing space 

granted in April. 

The EU chief said that Brexit could become 

“even more exciting” owing to “some personnel 

decisions” in London, an indirect reference to the 

likelihood of negotiating with Boris Johnson 

should he win the Tory leadership race. 

“But nothing has changed when it comes to 

our position,” he added. 

Although Brussels is willing to listen to the 

views and suggestions of Theresa May’s successor, 

the president of the European Council and 

other EU leaders attending the EU summit 

warned that the withdrawal agreement the thenprime 

minister took back with her to London 

was final. 

The Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, echoed 

the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar’s assertion 

during the summit that the EU “was hostile” to a 

further extension of the UK’s membership beyond 

October 31, unless the government’s red 

lines changed or a general election or second referendum 

were called. 

“But only in that case. We’re not going to 

renegotiate if nothing changes because that 

would go around in the same circles.” 

BREXIT BRIEF 

A voice for the north 

By Joe Gerrard 

CAMPAIGNERS calling for a 

second referendum hope to 

correct the ‘distorted’ impression 

of northern voters. 

Focusing on the area where 

so many Labour supporters 

voted to leave Europe, they 

hope to put pressure on Jeremy 

Corbyn for a ‘Final Say’ 

vote. 

The People’s Vote North 

campaign which recently 

launched in Leeds, hopes to 

give northern voters a louder 

voice in the Brexit debate and 

reverse the clichéd image of 

northerners who all think and 

act the same and support 

Brexit. 

“A destructive Brexit will 

affect our region first and 

worst with a £40 billion hit to 

our economy that will see our 

families suffer, our jobs go, 

our schools and hospitals 

damaged,” a People’s Vote 

North spokesperson said. 

GIVING VOICE: Brexit protesters in London. 

Labour MPs from northern 

constituencies who back People’s 

Vote North include 

Hillary Benn, who chairs the 

Commons Brexit committee, 

Phil Wilson, the architect of 

the plan to engineer parliamentary 

support for another 

referendum and Bridget 

Phillipson, MP for Houghton 

and Sunderland North. 

The 1,000-strong Leeds rally 

was addressed by former 

footballers John Barnes and 

Peter Reid, athletics world 

champion Steve Cram and ex- 

Corrie star, Denise Welch as 

well as politicians. 

This was the first in a series 

of ‘Let Us Be Heard’ rallies 

that will be held nationwide 

this summer. 

BREXIT EXTRA 

No 

pedigree 

problems 

IBERIA has passed 

its ‘Spanishness’ 

test. 

Antonion Vazque, 

president of IAG, 

announced that the 

Spanish airline 

would not lose its 

right to operate in 

the European Union 

after a ‘no deal’ 

Brexit. 

AEG, which also 

owns Vueling, British 

Airways, Aer Lingus 

and Level, was asked 

last April to present 

contingency plans to 

Spain, Ireland, 

France and Austria. 

All have been approved 

by the respective 

governments, 

although the 

last word goes to the 

European Commission.

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THE PSOE asked Podemos- 

Unidos to accept that there will 

be no coalition. 

The party emerged from the 

April 28 general election with 

124 of the 176 seats necessary 

for a parliamentary majority. 

The PSOE’s presidential 

candidate Pedro Sanchez needs 

the 42 seats won by Unidos 

Podemos - the left-wing 

Podemos and Izquierda Unida 

alliance - but in return, 

Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias 

wants ministries or a vice-presidency. 

Sanchez’s offer of intermediate 

ministerial posts is not what 

Iglesias wants, but insiders say 

that nobody trusts Iglesias to 

THE WEEK IN POLITICS 

High price for 42 seats 

PEDRO SÁNCHEZ: Needs the seats won by the alliance 

Unidos Podemos led by Pablo Iglesias. 

toe another party’s line. 

Warning bells sounded last 

May when the Podemos- 

Unidos members of the Mesa 

de Parlamento - the Speaker 

and representatives from the 

principal parties - voted against 

barring remanded Catalan MPs 

from taking their seats in the 

national parliament. 

This, it was felt, could be a 

sign of things to come, confirming 

the PSOE hierarchy’s 

desire to keep Iglesias at arm’s 

length. 

The PSOE’s Organisation 

Secretary, Jose Luis Abalos, 

confirmed that if necessary 

Sanchez will go to the Investiture 

debate without having obtained 

sufficient backing to 

form a government. 

Should that fail, he will have 

another two months to try 

again or call another election, 

something that no party wants 

but which, paradoxically, could 

finally benefit Sanchez. 

European ambitions 

FOREIGN MINISTER Josep Borrell 

headed the PSOE’s voting list 

in the European elections, although 

his future in Brussels is still undefined. 

Borrell leaves the Ministry this 

coming Friday and told reporters 

that any future post was “subordinate 

to the project” although it is 

known that Borrell wants one of 

the top jobs. 

He was president of the European 

Parliament between 2004 and 

2007, but following Borrell’s good 

showing in the European elections, 

Madrid hopes that the time has 

come for Spain to take a more 

prominent role in Brussels.

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New residency 

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You must register in person at the Oficina de Extranjeros (immigration office) - visit: 

http://www.seat.mpr.gob.es/portal/servicios/extranjeria/extranjeria_ddgg.html for regional 

offices - or a designated police station, which you can find at: https://www.policia.es/docu 

mentacion/oficinas/oficinas_extran.html 

You must make an appointment online before going to your local office or station, which 

can be done on the Spanish public administration website: https://sede.administracione 

spublicas.gob.es/icpplus/index.html 

When making your appointment you must select the province where you live and then the 

option ‘certificados UE’ and follow the instructions. 

You take the following documents with you to your appointment: 

Passport or other identity document (not expired) 

Official form (EX-18), two copies, filled and signed by the UE national. 

In addition, you will need other documents, depending on your situation: 

• (employed) - contract of employment or other proof of your employment status. 

• (self-employed) - proof of registration in the register of economic activities or other 

proof of your employment status. 

• (not employment in Spain) - Proof of: health cover valid in Spain; sufficient means to 

support yourself and your family. 

• (pensioners) - provide proof of public health cover. 

• (students) - proof of your registration in an educational establishment; proof of public or 

private health cover; formal declaration that you have sufficient means to support yourself 

during your stay. 

*You will be issued with a credit-card sized residence certificate which will include your 

name, address, nationality, NIE number, and date of registration. 

*The old A4 residence certificates are still valid, and you do not need to apply for a creditcard 

sized alternative unless your circumstances change, for example you move house. 

But you can if you want to, at any time. 

*After five years of being registered as a resident, you can apply for a certificate of permanent 

residence in Spain. The card will be similar, but state that you are a ‘residente permanente.’ 

This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. 

If in any doubt, seek professional help. 

by Dilip Kuner 

THE ex-partner of a 

woman found buried under 

a workshop floor of 

their shared home has 

been remanded in custody 

accused of her killing. 

Jaume Badiella, 54, is 

said to have broken down 

and confessed to being responsible 

for the death of 

Mónica Borràs Villaró, 49, 

when police investigating 

her disappearance dug up 

Lucky escape 

A MOTORCYCLIST 

escaped with a broken 

leg after being trapped 

between a taxi and two 

buses in a Barcelona 

crash. 

Twenty people were 

hurt in the crash which 

involved two buses, a 

taxi and the motorcyclist. 

None of the bus passengers 

were seriously 

hurt, although the motorcyclist 

was taken to 

hospital for treatment 

to the fracture. 

The incident meant 

that traffic was brought 

to a standstill in the 

Plaza de Espanya for a 

little more than an 

hour. 

Apparently, the accident 

happened when a 

taxi braked hard and 

the motorcycle hit him. 

A bus was also unable 

to stop in time and 

hit the motorcycle and 

finally another bus 

crashed into the first. 

The motorcyclist was 

sandwiched between 

the taxi and the first 

bus. 

A passenger on the 

first bus explained that 

the vehicle braked 

twice: “Then people 

started screaming, glass 

broke. Most of the passengers 

were sitting because 

the bus was empty. 

“I got a wound on my 

lip because I hit the 

seat in front of me.” 

her body. 

Badiella was watching 

at the time as officers lifted 

tiles in his home in Terrassa 

to make the gruesome 

discovery. They had 

used radar to pinpoint the 

location. Badiella has 

since invoked his right to 

silence. 

He has always denied 

any responsibility for the 

disappearance of his former 

partner last August. 

He was the one who reported 

her missing. Although 

they were no 

longer romantically involved, 

they still shared a 

two-storey house in the 

Catalan town. 

The suspect maintained 

that she has stormed out of 

the house after one of her 

periodic outbursts that she 

received medication for. 

Police were highly suspicious 

as she left behind 

her mobile phone, keys 

and car behind. 

Lived with 

corpse 

THE grown-up son and daughter 

of an elderly woman found 

sealed away in a wardrobe may 

have been living with the 

corpse for two years. In a statement 

to a judge, the son has 

confessed to smothering his 

mother then collecting her pension. 

Police are awaiting forensic 

reports, but say neighbours in 

the tiny village of Pozondon 

(Teruel) - population 45 - had 

not seen the old lady for two 

years. 

Officers from the local council 

had reported worries about 

the well-being of the woman to 

social services two months ago. 

The two children have been 

arrested and are under investigation 

for possible murder and 

social security fraud.


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ALFRED BOSCH: The Catalan Minister formally apologises to the Mexican people. 

Cataluña apologises 

to Mexican people 

THE Catalan region of Spain has formally apologised 

for it’s involvement in the 16th century conquests 

of the land now known as Mexico. 

The government of the autonomous region offered 

the apology despite Spain’s refusal to do so. 

The apology is in relation to the killings and 

other offences carried out during the invasion of 

the area towards the indigenous people. 

The statement was issued by the Catalan Minister 

for Foreign Action, Alfred Bosch, during a 

speech at the National Institute of Indigenous 

People (INPI). A letter from Mexican president 

Lopez Obrador asking for resolution from both 

the King of Spain as well as Pope Francis 

prompted the apology. 

Bosch stated: “What is clear is that the conquest 

and colonisation introduced discrimination 

and marginalisation to Mexico.” 

Bosch’s statement was greatly welcomed by 

the Mexican president, and goes to further 

strengthen relations between the country and the 

Catalan region, with Obrador a public supporter 

of Cataluña’s independence. 

However the Spanish government remains 

steadfast in their refusal to apologise, and went on 

to condemn the region for their approach.

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Simon Manley creating our future together. 

CELEBRATING TOGETHER: The strong links that unite the UK and Spain. 

EWN celebrates Queen’s birthday 

at the Embassy in Madrid 

Michel and Steven Euesden with Simon Manley and his wife, Maria Isobel. 

All fields were represented at the event. 

BRITISH Ambassador to Spain, Simon 

Manley, extolled the excellent 

relationship between the UK and 

Spain, both inside and outside the 

EU, at a special ceremony last week. 

He said, “We must create our future 

together,” during his last celebration 

of the Queen’s birthday in 

Madrid, as his six years in Spain 

comes to an end in August. 

More than 700 people celebrated 

the strong links that unite the UK and 

Spain at the Queen’s Birthday Party, 

a party to celebrate the 93rd birthday 

of Queen Elizabeth II, who in 2019 

also celebrates 67 years as sovereign. 

The party took place in the British 

Ambassador’s official residence in 

Madrid under the banner of ‘Creating 

our future’ and brought together personalities 

from the worlds of politics, 

business and society, such as the 

Minister of Science, Innovation and 

Universities, Pedro Duque; the Secretary 

of State for Tourism, Isabel 

Maria Oliver; the Congressional 

spokesperson for Ciudadanos, Inés 

Arrimadas; and the Vice-President of 

Banco Santander, Matías Rodríguez- 

Inciarte. 

In his welcome address, HMA Simon 

Manley underlined the excellent 

ties between both countries and 

called for the continuation of this 

special relationship in the future. 

“We have shared challenges such 

as climate change, the ageing population, 

Islamist terrorism and the digital 

revolution. Inside or outside the European 

Union we have to tackle them 

together,” emphasised the Ambassador. 

Spain and the UK have trade flows 

of more than €62,000 million per 

year. More than 300,000 UK nationals 

live in Spain and nearly 200,000 

Spaniards live, study and work in the 

UK. Academic ties and the collaboration 

between security forces in the 

fight against drug trafficking and terrorism 

are also very strong. 

This was the last Queen’s Birthday 

Party in Madrid for Simon Manley 

who, in August, will hand over to the 

new Ambassador Hugh Elliott, who 

has been Director of Communication 

in the Government’s Department for 

Simon Manley talking to Pedro Duque. 

Exiting the EU, and the Foreign and 

Commonwealth Office. 

“I am grateful to the Spanish people 

for their collaboration and help, 

and I confess that this has been the 

best job of my life,” adds Manley. 

Simon and Maria Isabel cut the cake. 

Illustrious celebrations 

EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden were personal 

guests of British Ambassador to Spain, Simon 

Manley, at the illustrious celebrations of his six years 

in residence in honour of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 

birthday. 

The Euesdens were among 700 plus people honoured 

with an invitation to a reception and party in Madrid last 

Thursday, during which the Ambassador praised the 

strong relationship between Spain and Britain and 

thanked the Spanish Forces for their continued efforts in 

the safekeeping of the population of Spain. 

Michel said: “We are proud to be British and so thankful 

to be living in Spain. What a brilliant combination, a 

fantastic community, fabulous mixture.” 

The guests joined Simon Manley and his wife Maria 

Isabel as they marked the last time he will celebrate the 

Queen’s birthday as Ambassador. 

Wishing the Queen a happy birthday, Michel added: 

“The British Ambassador Simon Manley and his fantastic 

team throughout Spain have done the Queen proud. 

“Congratulations to the Embassy and Consulate, who 

have really shown our Spanish friends how to party.” 

The video summary of 

the party is available on 

YouTube and the photos 

can be downloaded from 

Flickr. 

Using the hashtag 

#QBPMadrid2019 on 

Twitter and Instagram 

you can see everything 

related to the party. The 

Embassy has just 

launched its official 

Instagram channel 

@ukinspain.


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This is the amount Santander has agreed to pay 

Allianz group for its 60 per cent share in joint 

venture Allianz Popular. 

Spain escapes 

EU law fine 

SPAIN has been ‘let off’ an €80 

million fine for delays in implementing 

its new mortgage law. 

The European Commission 

has informed the European 

Court of Justice that the law has 

now been brought in correctly, 

so it is withdrawing the case 

and possible fine. 

Political instability, the situation 

and repeated elections have 

been blamed for the delay in 

implementing the legislation 

that brings Spain into line with 

EU regulations, which should 

have come into force in March 

2016. 

Trump threat over Google tax 

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has 

told Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez the 

US will react “very harshly” if plans 

for a ‘Google Tax’ go ahead. 

The warning came on the eve of 

this week’s G20 summit and is 

aimed at Spain and France in particular, 

as well as other European nations 

who may consider such a 

charge. 

US Trade Representative Robert 

Lighthizer, who is the main advisor, 

negotiator and spokesman for Trump 

in the area of trade, was speaking to 

a Senate committee when he issued 

the warning. 

By Dilip Kuner 

He said that “President Trump 

will respond very harshly” against 

European countries that insist on applying 

tax pressure that, in his opinion, 

“discriminatorily penalise 

American companies.” 

The US ambassador to Spain, 

Duke Buchan, wrote to the Spanish 

government last November to ask 

that a proposed new tax be withdrawn, 

saying that Sanchez should 

not try to impose such a tax without 

international agreement within the 

Organisation for Economic Development 

Cooperation (OECD). 

The government has said that it 

plans to create a new tax as soon as 

possible because it considers it necessary 

for Google and other digital 

platforms to pay more than they currently 

do. It hopes to raise €1.2 billion 

annually. 

Nadia Calviño, Spain’s Minister 

of Economy and Business, said: “It 

is a priority to jointly address the 

special challenges posed by the taxation 

of new business models of digital 

platforms. The government assures 

that this declaration does not 

change the plan to create the new 

tax.” 

BUSINESS EXTRA 

MONEY SPINNER: Sports make big contribution. 

Sports spend 

on the rise 

SPORTS tourism was worth €2.44 billion to Spain in 2018, up 

10 per cent on the previous year. 

According to figures in the Annual Sports-Related Statistics report 

from the Ministry of Culture and Sport, €1.41 billion of that 

came from visitors to the country, compared with the €1.26 billion 

spent in 2017. 

Tourists resident in Spain spent €1.03 billion on sport-related 

trips, compared with €957 million the previous year. 

In total, 4.1 per cent of all trips made for leisure, recreational or 

holiday purposes by Spanish residents were for sports purposes. 

The number of sports clubs increased in 2018 to 67,512, a rise 

of 0.7 per cent in 2017. 

Cash deal for 

machine firms 

BASQUE automotive group CIE 

Automotive has spent 58 million 

acquiring two companies dedicated 

to the machining of parts in Celaya, 

Guanajuato State (Mexico). 

It has bought Maquinados de 

Precisión de México and Cortes de 

Precisión de México, whose Ebitda 

(gross operating margin) is expected 

to reach €16 million by the end 

of 2019. Jesús María Herrera, CEO 

of CIE Automotive, explained that 

the purchase will allow it to expand 

significantly physically and commercially 

in the future. 

The companies are being paid for 

in cash. 

Price rise 

slowdown 

INFLATION in Spain dipped 

on the back of lower than expected 

electricity and fuel 

prices in May to a year-onyear 

rate of 0.8 per cent from 

1.5 per cent the previous 

month, according to the National 

Statistics Office. 

Big exposure 

THE eurozone financial system, 

including banks, investment 

funds, pension funds and 

insurance companies, has a total 

exposure to companies affected 

by anti-emissions regulations 

of €720 billion, says 

the ECB. 

Breaks price 

SOCIAL media use, checking 

personal emails plus unscheduled 

coffee and cigarette 

breaks cost Spanish 

companies €3.3 billion a 

year in lost time, according 

to a study by work analysts 

Adecco, although unions say 

breaks can increase productivity. 

Call for closer banking ties 

SPAIN’S central bank has called for closer banking 

ties within the EU and in particular a euro 

zone deposit insurance scheme and stabilisation 

fund. 

It says that Europe as a whole faces significant 

financial risks from ageing populations, low productivity, 

high national debt and a Brexit-related 

economic slow-down. 

The Bank of Spain said that the European Deposit 

Insurance Scheme (EDIS) would make the 

financial sector more resilient and be the final 

part to a full banking union within the eurozone. 

Speaking in a presentation of the bank’s annual 

report Governor Pablo Hernandez de Cos 

said: “It is necessary to complete (the) revision 

of the Economic and Monetary Union to avoid 

the single currency still being exposed to tensions 

in case of high-calibre disturbances.”

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NETET VOLOL 

ADMIRAL GROUP 21,620 2,60 0,55 74.063 

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ANTOFAGASTA 8,964 0,07 0,01 45.707 

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BRITISH LAND 5,402 -0,05 -0,00 151.050 

BRITISH TELECOM 1,989 -0,80 -0,02 1.869.312 

BUNZL 21,480 1,78 0,38 29.953 

BURBERRY 17,920 0,50 0,09 81.418 

CARNIVAL PLC 34,110 -2,56 -0,90 66.285 

CELLTECH 29,770 0,20 0,06 42.754 

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CGNU 4,140 -0,72 -0,03 322.599 

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Too many 

jobless 

in Spain 

THE Spanish jobs sector 

remains one of the biggest 

problems within the country’s 

economy. 

The unemployment rate 

is expected to continue to 

fall, but is predicted to 

take until 2021 before 

reaching around 12 per 

cent, according to the 

Bank of Spain. 

After a five-year slump 

in the economy from 2008 

to 2013 unemployment 

soared to almost 27 per 

cent, but has since fallen 

to 4.7 per cent in the first 

quarter of this year. 

“While it’s true that the 

unemployment rate has 

fallen significantly since 

the economic recovery began, 

it is still very high,” 

said Governor of the central 

bank Pablo Hernandez 

De Cos. 

Lower AVE costs call 

AVE: High speed service being opened to competition. 

THE current cost structure for operating 

high-speed trains should be 

reformed as the market is opened 

up to competitors to ensure lower 

ticket prices. 

This is the conclusion of the 

Comisión Nacional de los Mercados 

y la Competencia (CNMC). In 

a report is sees the need to ‘modify 

in depth’ the fees that infrastructure 

owner Adif charges for the use of 

tracks and stations. Last year, 

Renfe paid it €1.228 billion. Adif’s 

liabilities add up to around €18 

billion, and its only major source of 

income is the fees it receives. 

The regulator does not go into 

depth on how the lowering of fees 

will affect the financing of the 

debt. But it considers the setting of 

fees needs to be pitched right if 

competitors are to enter the market 

and reduce ticket prices. 

The body, chaired by José María 

Marín Quemada, says that royalties 

will be ‘key’ in the design of commercial 

strategies carried out by 

operators that break Renfe’s monopoly, 

such as the French company 

SNCF, which has already shown 

its interest in operating in Spain. 

Both Renfe and SNCF have announced 

their intention to create 

low-cost subsidiaries with which to 

increase the occupancy of the trains 

they will operate. 

In the opinion of CNMC experts 

‘the conditions are in place’ for the 

opening to competition of the AVE 

in December 2020 to provide a better 

service for passengers and generate 

resources. 

This will help capitalise on the 

investment already made in what is 

the second biggest high speed network 

in the world. 

Lagging 

behind 

in RD&I 

SPAIN is the only country 

within the EU 5 - the top 

economic nations - to have 

reduced spending on RD&I. 

The Independent Fiscal 

Accountability Authority 

(AIReF) has said that ‘total 

investment has fallen between 

2009 and 2016 by - 

10.2 per cent,’ in contrast to 

total investment growth of 

17 per cent amongst the 28 

countries of the European 

Union. 

In contrast to Spain, the 

other EU 5 nations increased 

RD&I expenditure 

in the same period. In the 

case of France this was by 

10.3 per cent, while in Italy 

the increase was 12 per 

cent. In the United Kingdom 

the rise was close to 15 

per cent. 

By far away the leading 

country was Germany, 

where the figure reached a 

remarkable 24 per cent.



LEAPY LEE 

SAYS IT 

OTHERS THINK IT 

A sign of the times 

I TRULY can’t make up my mind whether society 

reflects the media, or the media reflects society. 

I suppose, when it comes down to it, they’re 

all actually in it together. I remember the 50’s, 

when BBC radio comprised the Light and Third 

programmes and the Home Service. 

In those early days, they flatly refused to play 

anything with a modern ‘beat,’ and utterly 

scorned the new, and to their mind, utterly degenerate 

‘Rock n Roll.’ The presenters wore dinner 

jackets and tuxes to the studio - even though they 

couldn’t be seen. Television was also strictly controlled. 

Dress codes were strongly adhered to, 

Elvis Presley was only filmed from the waist up, 

and even mild swear words were utterly taboo. 

After the Epilogue, the National Anthem always 

preceded the ‘test’ card which followed at 

around midnight. (Many families stood to attention 

in their living rooms while God Save the 

King rang out!) Was it all a good or a bad thing? 

Well I’m sure we all have our own opinions about 

that. It was however a fairly accurate reflection of 

society as it was during that post war recovery period. 

A time when we had absorbed all the violence 

we could stomach, and patriotism was paramount 

to those who had survived the conflict. Fast forward 

to the present day. With the advent of scores 

LOVE ISLAND: A reflection of modern society? 

of channels and wavelengths - all trying to create 

their own money tree - the first thing that goes 

completely by the board is any semblance of responsible 

or moral obligations. 

In fact, in their endeavours to attract more attention, 

some of the offerings of today’s media 

are almost beyond belief. (‘OAP’s Behaving Badly’ 

simply pales by comparison!) 

I recently heard some radio station play a song 

whose lyrics comprised of nothing but the F 

word, chanted over and over again. There is a TV 

‘dating’ programme that actually presents couples 

to each other stark naked. Apparently some male 

contestants are picked as possible partners merely 

for the size of their manhood! Cilla must be positively 

spinning! 

Although I have never viewed the Mallorca 

show, to me the rules for the highly popular ‘Love 

Island’ however, truly do take the whole tin. This 

is the ‘contestants’ code’ insisted on by the producers 

of a programme that has been voted one of 

the most popular reality shows ever. 

Rule 1. No masturbating. 2. No total nudity. 3. 

No sex while drunk. And, in an almost ludicrous 

effort to take the moral and hygienic high ground 

- rule four and five informs the contestants that 

there is to be ‘no smoking’ on camera and that 

‘condoms must be used at all times’! 

And if all that doesn’t reflect the attitude and 

priorities of our modern society, nothing does. 

And finally what a pleasure to watch the Ladies 

World Cup. A chance to really enjoy the game of 

football; instead of enduring a bunch of posturing, 

egotistical prima donnas, more worried about 

their hair styles and bank balances than the beautiful 

game. Well done England. Last eight at the 

time of writing. 

Keep the faith. 

Love Leapy. 

Leapylee2002@gmail.com 

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EWN 

TECH FOR 

THE TIMID 

PRAISE the Lord and pass the 

ammunition, as the wartime song 

had it: Spain just reached 10th 

place in the world’s digitisation 

stakes. But half of us still lack basic 

digital skills. 

First the good news: Spain 

knows its way around a mousepad 

and touchscreen far better than 

Germany, France or Italy. Half of 

all shopping searches here are 

made by mobile phone, though 71 

per cent of the actual purchases 

happen on computer. 

We’re avid online buyers of 

clothing, travel and books, and according 

to the EU as recently reported 

in this fine paper, Spain 

joins Ireland in having made the 

most progress in connectivity, human 

capital, use of the internet, 

digital integration and digital public 

services. 

Though anyone who has tried 

navigating the snakes-and-ladders 

of Spain’s bureaucracy online may 

perhaps beg to differ. 

The bad news is that one in five 

people here are not online, and 

So who’s a digital dummy then? 

Not all of us have bridged that digital divide, warns Terence Kennedy 

one in two lack those basic digital 

skills. Given that most six-yearolds 

could reprogram a NASA 

space mission while playing Postman 

Pat, that means an awful lot 

of we more, um, mature people 

who simply don’t know our Alt 

key from our Enter. 

And so many of us still make 

such elementary computing mistakes. 

For instance, we join the 

23 million other people around the 

world who use 123456 as a password 

and then wonder why our 

bank accounts get hacked. 

Or we compose a borderline-obscene 

e-mail to the object of our 

attraction and then a ham-fisted 

click sends it off to the wrong person. 

(Note to the local tax authority: 

I really didn’t mean to infer an 

unnatural attraction to your earlobes, 

honest). 

At the other end of the scale are 

those so terrified of the internet that 

they miss out on all the good stuff: 

cheap deals online, all the world’s 

knowledge at our fingertips, all the 

cat videos you can handle, unlimited 

choice for everything from airtickets 

to car hire to the sins of the 

flesh, and and and… 

It does all come at a price. 

Those of us who have bought into 

this brave new digital world face 

problems our forefathers could not 

have begun to imagine. 

Our attention spans are shot, 

we’ve forgotten how to remember 

telephone numbers (or indeed how 

to do basic maths), we text because 

absolutely nobody phones 

any more. 

And we just keep falling for 

stuff. Beware the next time a nice 

man from Microsoft in India 

phones out of the blue to offer his 

kind help in sorting out a problem 

they detected. You have been 

warned. Again. 

Humanity 2.0 

WHY are some folks so 

resistant to technology? 

I know many who are 

convinced putting a credit 

card anywhere near a 

computer will get their 

bank accounts looted. 

Older folks fall back 

quickly on the argument 

that if we all buy online, 

our high-street shops will 

disappear. They might, 

eventually, but that’s not 

our problem as we’ll be 

pushing up pretty daisies 

by then. 

Some older people fear 

social isolation, desperately 

needing interaction 

with ‘real’ people, not 

those online. 

For them I have news: 

hordes of bedroom-bound 

teenagers are in the same 

boat. 

At least you dear reader 

could surely never be as 

computer-illiterate as the 

learner who was told to 

press any key, but couldn’t 

find one labelled ‘Any 

key.’ Could you?


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All good pals 

CASSANDRA NASH 

A WEEKLY LOOK 

- and not entirely impartial reaction - 

to the Spanish political scene 

WELL that’s a turnup for the 

books, or should it be turnip? 

Vox does not believe in the EU 

but did not hesitate to present its 

list of candidates on May 26, presumably 

on a Trojan Horse basis. 

Funnily enough, the VOX EuroMPs 

must sit with the nationalist 

New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), 

Flemish allies of Carles Puigdemont, 

the self-exiled former regional 

president of Cataluña who 

declared independence on October 

27 then scarpered. 

Vox managed to get where it is 

by banging on about Spanish unity 

and calling on the national government 

to send in the Army to 

Cataluña and now its EuroMPs are 

sitting with Puigdemont’s pals. 

You could call it democracy at 

work but you could also call it 

schadenfreude. 

It’s never too late 

MANUEL VALLS, the former 

French prime minister who also 

happens to be Spanish - and a Catalan 

- ran for mayor in Barcelona under 

the Ciudadanos banner. 

In the end the most-voted parties 

were the pro-independence ERC 

and Ada Colau’s Barcelona en Comun, 

but Valls was brave enough 

not to listen to the diktats of Cs’ 

leader Albert Rivera. 

He offered his unconditional support 

to Colau to keep out ERC’s 

Ernest Maragall who pledged to use 

the position of Barcelona mayor to 

further independence. 

Colau took up the offer and 

Rivera has since disowned Valls and 

the three Cs councillors who followed 

his lead. 

Rivera drew his red line by ruling 

out any pact that would allow the 

PSOE to form a national government 

but slightly relaxed his cordon 

sanitaire municipally and regionally. 

Since the May 26 elections it is 

obvious that Rivera has obtained 

more municipal and regional benefit 

from Cs’ pacts with the socialists 

than being in thrall to Pablo Casado 

and Santiago Abascal. 

Hoping for the 

worst 

PEDRO SANCHEZ will go to his 

investiture debate without knowing 

who will support him. 

Podemos supremo Pablo Iglesias 

could do the dirty on him if he 

doesn’t get the ministry he thinks 

he’s entitled to. 

Pablo Casada can’t support him 

and Albert Riveraç won’t, although 

the PNV nationalist will 

probably come through, leaving 

just odds and sods and the Catalan 

separatist. 

So if Sanchez gets his votes that’s 

exactly what his opponents want: 

backing from the wrong quarters 

and a stick to beat him with. 

In other words, Spanish politics 

at their most typical and their worst. 

Wear a yellow ribbon 

SO Ada Colau is once again back in Barcelona’s city hall. 

And what has she done? She’s hung a yellow ribbon from the 

balcony, causing distress to the PSOE and giving Casado, 

Rivera and Abascal a fit of the vapours. 

Colau always hedges her bets and obviously needs to placate 

her considerable number of pro-independence voters. 

Those yellow ribbons denote solidarity with the remanded 

members of the former regional government responsible for the 

short-lived UDI. 

But is it separatist to feel that they should not be in prison, as 

Colau obviously does? And quite a few people outside Cataluña 

for that matter. 

YELLOW RIBBON: In the Generalitat local government building. 

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Quick 

TIME 

Across 

7 Small dog or cat, perhaps - it 

has energy (6) 

8 President used to clean up (6) 

9 Delight in Google Earth (4) 

10 Being brave, I printed anyway 

(8) 

11 Organise alternative drink 

outside (4,3) 

13 Old car not starting creates fury 

(5) 

15 Italian sauce for some of 

Europe's tourists (5) 

17 Number of workers that pay 

rent (7) 

20 Doctor Marten with no 

decoration (8) 

21 Tom's initial request for a job 

(4) 

23 Customer left one small coin 

outside (6) 

24 Tension created by southern 

transport (6) 

Down 

1 Trade on the coast of Kent (4) 

2 Frogman has time to change 

direction (6) 

3 Tiresome work outside (7) 

4 Chess player with renewed 

energy (5) 

5 Crushing melons is serious 

business (6) 

6 Occupant inserted in ruins (8) 

12 Set aside six deliveries left in 

Code Breaker 

Parisian street (8) 

14 It tends to confuse one involved in 

oral examination (7) 

16 Picked on editor after cooked eats 

(6) 

18 Blood supplier using major 

thoroughfare? (6) 

19 Stave off a match (5) 

22 Some Scots wi’ glasses drink (4) 

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s 

puzzle, 16 represents P and 17 represents Q, so fill in P every time the figure 16 appears and Q 

every time the figure 17 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out 

which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with 

the same number in the main grid and the control grid. 

Across 

1 Popular 1940s dance (9) 

5 Counterfeit (5) 

7 Discourage (5) 

9 Heal (4) 

10 Summerhouse (6) 

12 Lack of emotion (6) 

13 Faucets (4) 

15 Unable to move or resist motion (5) 

16 Faithful (5) 

18 Very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll (9) 

Down 

1/17 Miscellaneous collection of things sold 

together (3,3) 

2 Posing no difficulty (4) 

3 Pandemonium (6) 

4 Anxious to learn (7) 

6 Trash (7) 

8 Treatment intended to relieve or heal a 

disorder (7) 

9 Make clear or easily understood (7) 

11 Inner city slum (6) 

14 Large deers (4) 

17 See 1 

English - Spanish 

The clues are mixed, some 

clues are in Spanish and 

some are in English. 

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE 

Across 

7 Sometimes (1,5) 

8 Armchair (6) 

10 Inútil (inepto) (7) 

11 Sweet (5) 

12 Junco (4) 

13 Fiebre (5) 

17 Relajar (sosegar) (5) 

18 Nothing (4) 

22 Proyectos (5) 

23 El más caro (7) 

24 Cadenas (6) 

25 Más perezoso (6) 

Down 

1 Cowboy (7) 

2 Árbitro (7) 

3 Laws (5) 

4 Charcos (7) 

5 Stem (of a plant) (5) 

6 Caminos (5) 

9 Emerald (9) 

14 Estaciones (partes del año) (7) 

15 Briefcase (7) 

16 Invoice (7) 

19 Opaque (5) 

20 Never (5) 

21 To earn (5)

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YOUR STARS 

FOR NEXT 7 DAYS 

AQUARIUS 

(January 21 - February 19) 

Involvement in a situation connected with 

someone close may not be the best 

option this week. Giving advice is all well 

and good so long as you are sure of your 

facts. 

PISCES 

(February 20 - March 20) 

Some disruption to your plans annoys 

you but there’s no point getting in a huff. 

Outside influences cannot be stopped 

but you are able to keep calm yourself. 

Rising to the bait will play into someone 

else’s hands. Although a situation must 

be dealt with, do it in your own time and 

in your own way. 

ARIES 

(March 21 - April 20) 

It seems that you are putting a lot of 

effort into whatever you do without 

getting as much out as you would like. 

However, as the week goes by, you will 

realise that it is only a temporary 

situation. Sometimes, it takes others a 

period of adjustment before they are 

ready to accept changes of a personal 

nature. 

TAURUS 

(April 21 - May 21) 

The brick wall that you start banging your 

head against this week is not an illusion. 

It is, indeed, true that others are not 

responding to you in an expected way. 

By Wednesday this wall will start to fall 

and people will be more receptive. 

GEMINI 

(May 22 - June 21) 

Everything seems an effort at the 

beginning of this week but as energy 

levels pick up you will gain momentum. 

Tackle one thing at a time and realise 

that Rome was not, indeed, built in a day. 

As the weekend approaches you will 

begin to realise that you have been far 

more effective than you thought. 

CANCER 

(June 22 - July 23) 

You really do need to come to an 

understanding with friends over a social 

matter, although this may take a little 

effort this week. It is clear that there are 

those who are less helpful than others, 

but this could be because of a 

misunderstanding. 

LEO 

(July 24 - August 23) 

Be a social animal this week and you will 

strengthen both people and business 

contacts. After being busy last week, you 

may be inclined to take it easy. If it is the 

case that you really are low on energy, 

then use the telephone or email to full 

advantage to keep in touch. 

VIRGO 

(August 24 - September 23) 

Someone well and truly treads on your 

toes this week and it really puts your teeth 

on edge. There are some bridges that 

may not be mended at the present time 

and are best left alone. Show your 

generous side but resist the urge to give 

in on an important issue because you are 

likely to regret it later. 

LIBRA 

(September 24 - October 23) 

What a lovely surprise to find that 

something you have always wanted is 

coming your way at last. Keep a firm hand 

with finances and take control if you want 

to organise things for the better. 

SCORPIO 

(October 24 - November 22) 

Be cautious this week with your money. 

You have been aware for some time now 

that a change in your finances is likely. 

You have this in common with many 

others in your situation. Seeking 

professional help can be free and can 

make a big difference. 

SAGITTARIUS 

(November 23 - December 21) 

A special chance to try something new 

should not be passed over. No one 

expects wonders from you, they are 

happy just to see you enjoying life. A 

recent change in your attitude to your 

future is already showing. Luck is just 

waiting for you to invite her in. 

CAPRICORN 

(December 22 - January 20) 

Your home life gives you the most 

satisfaction at the moment even though 

someone seems to be challenging you. 

Some things are best ignored until they go 

away of their own accord and that also 

often applies to people. There is a time for 

everything and choosing it will make a 

task that could be difficult that much 

easier. 

LOTTERY 

UK NATIONAL 

LOTTERY 

Saturday June 22 

6 9 17 

32 

IRISH LOTTO 


Friday June 21 

44 57 

3 4 19 

32 

39 46 

EURO MILLIONS 

Tuesday June 18 

12 24 37 

40 

44 

5 8 9 

25 

39 

EL MILLON: SKK88230 

LA PRIMITIVA 

Thursday June 20 

7 9 14 

35 39 48 

JOKER: 4 812 959 


1 2 3 

12 18 27 

JOKER: 2 488 626 

EL GORDO DE 

LA PRIMITIVA 

Sunday June 23 

8 19 22 

30 34 

BONUS BALL 

11 

BONUS BALL 

40 

BONUS BALL 

3 

7 

BONUS BALL 

3 

7 

BONUS BALL 

10 

2 

BONUS BALL 

21 

1 

BONUS BALL 

9 

Sudoku 

Fill the grid so that every row, every 

column and every 3X3 box contains the 

digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You 

solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. 

QUICK 

Across: 

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 

1 Chaos, 3 Start, 6/18 Pay cut, 

8 Rooster, 9 Usual, 10 Begs, 

13 Apex, 14 Hasty, 17 Indulge, 

19 Maybe, 20 Talon. 

Down: 

1 Copy, 2 Scream, 3 Slow, 

4 Authentic, 5 Thrush, 

7 Yesterday, 11 Radium, 

12 Latest, 15 Flee, 16 Stun. 

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS 

CRYPTIC 

Across: 

1 Rivet, 4 Arcades, 8 Bengali, 

9 Munch, 10 Snoop, 12 Bolster, 

13 Racket, 14 Apples, 17 Needles, 

19 Scout, 21 Latin, 22 Epigram, 

24 Smashed, 25 Elder. 

Down: 

1 Robes, 2 Van, 3 Trample, 

4 Akimbo, 5 Camel, 6 Donatello, 

7 Spheres, 11 Orchestra, 

13 Rankles, 15 Passive, 

16 Ascend, 18 Lunch, 20 Timer, 

23 Rid. 

ENGLISH-SPANISH 

Across: 

1 Jealous, 5 Ropes, 

8 Iniciar, 9 Nurse, 

10 Elope, 11 Posters, 

12 Clavos, 14 Cartón, 

17 Stretch, 19 Bomba, 

22 Ancla, 23 Sin usar, 

24 Obras, 25 Enlaces. 

CODE BREAKER 

Down: 

1 Juice, 2 Árido, 

3 Oxígeno, 4 Stripe, 

5 Rings, 6 Percent, 

7 Stepson, 12 Castaño, 

13 Atracar, 15 Albañil, 

16 Chiste, 18 Teams, 

20 Music, 21 Atras. 

Nonagram 

Kakuro 

How many English words of four letters or more can you 

make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each 

letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears 

twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in 

this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE 

LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not 

allowed. 

Fill all the empty squares using the 

numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of 

each horizontal block equals the 

‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of 

each vertical block equals the clue 

on its top. No number may be used 

in the same block more than once. 

TARGET: 

Average: 11 

Good: 15 

Very good: 22 

Excellent: 28 

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 

deer deft diet dire dirt doer doff dote edit feed ford redo reed 

retd ride rode teed tide tied toed trod defer deter doter drift 

droit eider erode feted fetid fiord fired freed fried offed tired 

treed tried defier defter dieter differ dotier editor foetid retied 

riffed rifted rioted teredo tiered triode offered FORFEITED 

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION


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introduces the 

set by Kevin 

Parker's 

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psychedelic 

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Tame Impala. 

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3:30am 

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season 

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his teenage 

years. 

Big Hits: TOTP 

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Raymond 



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Shine 







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Away 


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Away 


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Framed! 

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Coronation 

Street 

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DeGeneres 

Show 

Dress to Impress 

Dinner Date 

Take Me Out 

You've Been 

Framed! 

You've Been 

Framed! 

You've Been 

Framed! 

Two and a Half 

Men 

9:30pm Superstore 

10:00pm Love Island 

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Keith Lemon 

11:35pm Family Guy 

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7:55am Heartbeat 

9:00am Murder, She 

Wrote 

9:55am On the Buses 


11:00am Rising Damp 

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1:40pm Heartbeat 


Frank and Kim 

argue over 

looking after the 

rescued ponies. 

Annie receives a 

letter from 

Henry's solicitor, 

while Chris and 

Kathy have no 

luck house 

hunting. 


3:50pm Coronation Street 


4:55pm A Touch of Frost 


8:00pm Murder, She 

Wrote 

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A fisherman's 

body is found 

tangled up in a 

North Sea 

trawler's net. 

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Framed! 

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Framed! 

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Forever 

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Forever 


1:45am 

3:30am 

Vera 

Honest 

7:00am The Car Chasers 


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A member of a 

group of convicts 

slips off the roof 

and dies during a 

robbery. 

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2:30pm Kojak 


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Only 


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Only 

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Evolution 


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EWN 

NORA JOHNSON 

BREAKING NEWS 

Nora is the author of popular psychological 

suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance 

journalist. 

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to 

www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson 

I WAS, as you’d expect, minded to write 

about the Middle East this week or, if not 

that, the UK PM wannabes or, failing that, the 

latest gaffe/threat of the Trump regime, but 

fortunately I came across a story of real AND 

international importance. 

The story I spotted was that scientists have 

discovered that coffee doesn’t just keep you 

alert; it keeps you alive. As little as two cups 

of coffee a day can raise your life expectancy 

by as much as TWO years, reducing the risk 

of cancer, heart problems and even neurodegenerative 

brain diseases. Wow! 

Well, not exactly another MOBO study 

(Masters Of the Bleeding Obvious), but I’d 

really love to read the methodology section of 

this ‘research.’ What nonsense, and how did 

they come up with such a random number 

even if TWO years is in anyway believable. 

Walking every day will do that for you and 

more. And it’s ridiculous to ignore the number 

of other variables in someone’s dietary 

habits and lifestyle to focus simply on a single 

item. 

And next week: too much coffee will be 

bad for your haemorrhoids! Just what ARE 

these researchers drinking to come up with 

Hey, wake up! Study uncovers 

yet more useless bits of research! 

such conclusions? Nonetheless, I love coffee 

so I’m just going to accept it. Now all I need 

is to find studies with similar conclusions on 

alcohol and dairy... 

So, along with fake news and fake facts, 

we also have this so-called scientific ‘research’ 

from which scientists take the facts 

they like best, gently and carefully manipulate 

them, ignoring anything ‘inconvenient’ or 

likely to give a contrary impression. Paid for 

by big business with highly trained professionals 

happy to do anything for the money. 

In the end, it’s all about telling porkies, isn’t 

it? And telling porkies can even be extremely 

profitable these days. 

In other news, researchers discover a link 

A CUPPA A 

DAY: Does it 

keep death’s 

door away? 

between the Pope and Catholicism. And the 

Marriage Foundation says marriage is good 

for you. Well, who’d have thought? 

As always, I am available to solve any of 

the world’s remaining problems, for a small 

fee (#piousface)... 

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime 

thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ 

‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ 

‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul 

Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ 

(www.nora-johnson.net) available from 

Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) 

and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol 

Cudeca cancer charity. 

LEGALLY SPEAKING 

Can they pay the president? 

I live on an urbanisation of 100 properties. 

Only 12 properties are inhabited by permanent 

residents. Seven of these have previously acted 

as president. At the end of this year our president and 

vice president are standing down and there are no 

volunteers for the positions. We were informed at our 

last AGM that, if there were no volunteers, the names 

of permanent residents who had not previously been 

president would be grouped together. One of these 

would then be randomly selected to take over the duties 

of president for one year. This would be a random 

selection from five names. As owners who are nonresident 

are equally responsible for the community, 

should their names also be legally included in this selection? 

N K (Costa Blanca) 

Of course it 

is better for the 

president to be a 

full-time resident 

DAVID SEARL 

YOU AND THE 

LAW IN SPAIN 

of Spain, but you are right. The absentee owners 

must share the responsibility. Here is an idea. Recent 

changes in the law allow for community presidents to 

be paid for their services. Perhaps the offer of a 

stipend in the amount of community fees would attract 

some volunteers to be president 

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers 

Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at 

Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090. 

Are we easy targets? 

MIKE SENKER 

IN MY OPINION 

Views of a 

Grumpy Old Man 

mikesenker@gmail.com. 

LAST week the BBC announced they were 

scrapping free TV licences for over 75s except 

those receiving pension credits. The BBC was 

told that it could increase the licence fee if it 

covered free TV licences for over 75s, but 

now seem to have broken the terms of that 

deal. How do they get away with it? They 

made a deal, that’s it. 

Anyway they have got away with it, but 

they shouldn’t and the government shouldn’t 

let them. It was probably always going to happen 

with scumbag, lying politicians and a 

massive corporation involved. But it doesn’t 

have to happen. If I was in charge this is how I 

would solve it. 

Advertisements. In this day and age every 

single bit of media exists because of advertising. 

It’s not the dark ages for goodness sake. 

I’m not even talking about normal advertising 

like ITV or many other stations. One idea is 

that every programme is sponsored by one 

company. 

They already do product placement. It 

would stop the silly bits of duct tape on people’s 

hats, sweatshirts etc. I mean, how daft is 

that anyway? Another way it could be funded 

is by taking the lead from many apps that you 

have on your ‘phone. Have BBC Premium, 

which keeps it advert free and you pay the licence 

fee that you pay now or even charge a 

bit more. 

Or have BBC Light, which is free, but has 

ad breaks like the other 500 TV channels I 

have now. But either way the 75+ group 

wouldn’t have to pay. It really annoys me 

how often this type of thing happens to OAPs. 

Is it just we’re easy targets and believed to be 

of no use to them? 

By now everybody knows my thoughts 

about Donald Trump and I know that his hard 

core followers think he can do no wrong, but 

even ignoring his lies, his racist, homophobic, 

misogynistic remarks and his all-round, just 

plain ignorance he has manged to sink to a 

new low. 

He is now re-tweeting Katie Hopkins in his 

ramblings and if you don’t know how bad that 

is, google Katie Hopkins. Here’s a small resume. 

She’s the one that was fired from LBC 

in the UK after a tweet that called for a ‘final 

solution’ to Islamic terrorism, which, some 

suggested, was a reference to the extermination 

of Jewish people by Hitler. I don’t think 

anything else has to be said about her but it 

just confirms my feelings about Trump.

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Everybody Loves 

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planners 

working in 

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Atkinson and 

Tony Robinson. 

Blackadder 



Atkinson and 

Tony 

Robinson. 

Blackadder 



Atkinson and 

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Robinson. 

Arena 

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at the BBC 



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Theory 


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Funniest Ever 

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Minder 




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Inspector Morse 

Victoria 

Victoria 

Agatha 

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION 

Letters should be emailed to oursay@euroweeklynews.com 

or make your comments on our website: 

www.euroweeklynews.com 

What a cunning plan 

DEAR Editor, 

Every year, without fail the French 

go on strike, they have demonstrations 

and generally disrupt people’s plans, 

particularly during the all too brief 

tourist season. It is, it seems, more of a 

hobby for them rather than any number 

of legitimate industrial disputes. 

Air traffic controllers striking and 

fishing boats blockading the ports are 

two common protests and are two monotonously 

regular inconveniences. 

Then this year, we get the Gilets 

Jaunes, the series of protests against 

their government. Blockading Paris and 

the auto routes, disrupting travellers at 

whim. I read the newspapers and yet 

still do not understand what they are trying 

to achieve. 

Then, I had a thought - perhaps, just 

perhaps these strikers and blockaders 

are really employees of the Spanish 

Tourist Board, employed to get people 

to come to industrially, peaceful Spain. 

What a cunning plan. 

The French are really revolting. 

Viva la Revolution. 

Stan Reynolds 

Respect Spain 

DEAR Leapy Lee. 

Enjoyed your article last week very 

much (Issue 1772, June 20). 

I was told the same as you, you are 

an immigrant so why are you against 

them. I quote again the same as you, I 

came in the front door… Respect Spain 

and pay my own way. 

Like so many of us. 

Keep writing, enjoy your columns. 

Regards. 

Christine 

Not in the picture 

TO the editor 

I saw the reports and the great pictures 

from your 20-year celebration and 

firstly as a regular reader for these past 

seven years, can I wish you every success 

for the next 20. 

I was jealous to see the party, it did 

look like fun and I would have loved to 

be there, but, there was one thing missing, 

Where was Leapy Lee? 

I did not see a single photo of the 

man in any of the pictures and trust me, 

with the help of my wife’s magnifying 

glass - I looked. I even looked at your 

internet site, but could not see him, I 

cannot believe he was not there. He’s 

not camera shy, is he? 

Oh, and a second question, did you 

play his song ‘Little arrows’? I have to 

believe that you did, it would be a great 

homage to our own one hit wonder. 

M Parker 

DEAR Sirs, 

The debate between 

prospective leaders of 

the Conservative party 

brought to light several 

things. Firstly, if 

they were not happy 

with their stools, why 

didn’t they say so and 

threaten to walk. No 

cojones! 

If they were being 

continually interrupted 

by Ms Maitlis, why 

didn’t they say so and 

threaten to walk. No 

cojones! 

It seems that if a future 

prime minister is 

going to be elected 

with no cojones, what 

chance is there for 

them on the world 

HAVE YOUR SAY 

No cojones 

stage? 

Margaret Thatcher 

had more cojones than 

Justice at last! Poor lass has suffered so much for 

all this time. I hope she can now heal and try to 

put this nightmare behind her. 

Edwina T 

Benidorm landmark El Castell 

closes for the summer season 

I think it is nice that the owners have allowed the 

excavation. Although it means removing one spot 

temporarily, preserving the heritage is important. 

Erik R 

San Juan festival left beaches 

full of garbage 

Yes there should be bins, but that is no excuse, 

any of them! 

Yours truly 

R Spenceley 

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contact number though only the name and town will be published. 

COMMENTS FROM 

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take your rubbish with you simple as that, don’t 

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respect. 

Irene G 

Stay safe as temperatures soar 

to ‘potentially dangerous’ levels 

across Spain 

If you see a dog in a car and windows closed, police 

say take photo then break the window. 

David M 

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OUR VIEW 

Justice is done 

JUSTICE has been done. The La Manada ‘Wolf Pack’ gang 

has been convicted of rape. 

Finally, the 18-year-old victim of a horrific gang rape at the 

Pamplona bull running festival of San Fermin can move on 

with her life, three years after the event. 

Her quest for justice should never have come to this. While 

the police are faultless - they acted immediately in tracking 

down the perpetrators of the horrendous crime - the rest of the 

justice system is not. 

When the five men who took advantage of the young 

woman were cleared of rape and convicted instead on the lesser 

charge of sexual assault, there was understandable outrage 

in the country. 

No one could understand how the men - who not only assaulted 

the victim at least 10 times in the most depraved ways 

but also posted a video of the assault to a WhatsApp group 

called La Manada - were not guilty of rape. 

It came down to the interpretation of the law made by a 

lower court. It decided that according to the letter of the law 

for an assault to be considered rape then it has to be accompanied 

by either violence or the threat of violence - for example 

showing a knife. 

Ridiculously, the court seemed to imply that because a lone 

woman did not fight back against five grown men, then it was 

not rape. 

Fortunately, the Supreme Court decided otherwise. Let us 

hope this sets a precedent that other judges follow in future. 

Now we want to hear your views. 

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Wolf Pack guilty of rape says Supreme Court 

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Irish man dies in Costa del Sol 

pub stabbing 

Always walk away from any sign of trouble SAY 

nothing just walk away. You never know who you 

are dealing with as was the case here... RIP 

Maurizio D 

Four Brits stabbed in Magaluf 

Street brawl after phones and 

wallets are ‘stolen’ 

This ‘stabbing thingy’ is just getting worse. Knife 

crimes have become the norm now… carrying a 

knife should be a jailable offence. 

Pat W 

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*For week 14 - 20 June 2019 

In light of recent attacks in bars and pubs in popular Spanish holiday 

resorts, do you think more should be done to protect revellers? 

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those of the EWN publishers. No responsibility is accepted 

for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements. 

THE IRON LADY: Margaret Thatcher - a force to be 

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& Beauty JORIS 

PLU 

MOST of us like things to change 

for the better in our lives because 

we know deep inside that change is 

good. If life in general did not 

change, it would be at a standstill. 

The way we live as we know it 

would come to an end very soon. 

So change is part of our existence. 

Nature changes, people change, 

everything changes all the time. 

We have known this since we were 

born and still many of us find it 

very difficult to embrace change. 

During our lifetime we humans 

condition ourselves all the time. 

Specially with those wonderful 

things that we like or love a lot. 

This is normal human behaviour. 

Nothing wrong with that. 

The danger, if we may use this 

word, lies in the fact that we get 

stuck in the (over) protective environment 

we are creating or someone 

else is creating for us. 

At that certain time when change 

Change is not difficult - it 

is the resistance to change 

HUMAN NATURE: Many of us find it difficult. 

is knocking at our door, our first 

reaction will be not to open it. We 

would rather put an extra lock on 

it. Or two. 

Fear of losing the golden cage 

we are in. Fear of having to let go 

of our daily routine life we just 

love so much. And this is completely 

understandable. So at that 

certain point when we hear the 

knocking we start resisting change. 

CHANGE: Is life, is future and is inevitable. 

We are putting ourselves in a 

protective mode, in the fight-orflight 

response mode. 

Change itself is not that difficult 

at all. Not as long as it brings us 

comfort, peace of mind, happiness 

and all those other positive things 

we like. We do not want to lose the 

good things in life. Of course not. 

So now we have to learn to let 

go of the fear, of the resistance. Because 

change is ultimately good. 

Change is life. Change is future. 

Change is inevitable. Change belongs 

to us as food and water, as 

light and breathing. Change is part 

of our body and soul. It is what we 

as humans need to move on for 

many years to come. 

Look from now on at change as 

the most normal thing in your life. 

Even if at first sight you feel that 

resistance. Some questions. How 

many times in your life have you 

already said after something 

changed that you were happy for 

it? Been asking yourself why you 

were so afraid of it? Finding out 

later that it was the best thing that 

ever happened to you? 

Give yourself the power, the permission 

to walk through any 

change in your life with full confidence. 

Start loving it, start conditioning 

change as a wonderful positive 

part of who you are. Day in, 

day out. Let change be your unique 

guide that brings you those things 

your soul needs. If you can do this 

your life will ‘change’ for the 

good, the better, the best. And you 

will walk on this planet from now 

on with a big smile on your face. 

CHANGE: Embrace it! 

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Microneedling to 

more perfect skin 

Moisturisers: do they help 

MOISTURISERS are more marketing than medicine with companies 

careful to limit claims on what products can do. All moisturisers 

will hydrate skin by blanketing it with a layer of grease 

suspended water molecules. The grease holds the water in place 

for thirsty skin cells to dip into rehydrating as they naturally lose 

water during the day. The only active ingredient which may be 

included in a moisturiser that has the ability to slow the effects 

of ageing is sunscreen with moisturisers which include an SPF. 

DONE by a dermatologist or 

DIY at home with a tool like a 

paint roller with a head of needles 

a press release from the American 

Academy of Dermatology 

claims micro-needling is the ticket 

to boosting collagen, minimising 

wrinkles, smoothing scars 

and recapturing youth. 

A minimally invasive procedure 

microneedling (also called 

Collagen Induction Therapy) pinpricks 

the face with invisible 

puncture wounds. Deeper layers 

of skin respond to this stimulation 

by rebuilding with collagenrich 

new tissues; collagen a protein 

keeping skin youthful, firm, 

and which when lost results in 

visible signs of ageing. 

Board-certified dermatologist 

Sejal Shah, MD says: “It works 

the same way lasers do, only 

you’re injuring the skin mechanically 

instead of using heat or light 

MICRONEEDLING: Skin miracle. 

and is better tolerated with fewer 

side effects and less downtime.” 

With immediate results, microneedling 

improves skin tone 

and texture giving an instant radiant 

glow and plumping the face 

whilst using only the body’s natural 

healing mechanisms and 

therefore giving very natural results. 

Stimulating collagen in and 

around pores causes a ‘filler effect’ 

allowing them to appear dramatically 

reduced if not closed. 

Long term results also look 

promising with a study in 2008 

on 480 patients treated with four 

microneedling sessions producing 

a 400 per cent increase in collagen 

and elastin six months after 

completing treatment. 

Microneedling is also effective 

in the treatment of scars, stretch 

marks and sun damage, including 

the discoloured hyperpigmentation 

of melasma and unlike laser 

or chemical peels can be applied 

to any area of the body. 

Gabe Lubin, founder of 

Cartessa Aesthetics, on the benefits 

of professional treatment as 

opposed to at home microneedling 

said: “Physicians can 

select with robotic precision the 

exact depth best for each patient’s 

skin type whilst using secondary 

treatments such as radio frequency 

for fine lines, blue and red 

LED for scarring and the application 

of specialist tailored antiageing 

preparations to treat multiple 

skin concerns.” 

Whilst professional grade microneedling 

needles can be as 

long as 3mm, at-home rollers do 

not normally have needles longer 

than 1.5mm, a needle long 

enough to treat fine lines and 

faint scarring.

Update on food, drink, entertainments, what’s on and weekly happenings 

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CELEBRITIES 

SEVILLA: Travel spot for South 

Korean celebs. 

FORMER 2017 Love Island contestant 

Olivia Attwood and Bradley 

Dack were in Marbella last week as 

guests of honour attending a footballer 

friend’s wedding in Marbella. 

Attwood, 28, confesses she and 

Blackburn Rovers star Bradley 

Dack, 25, have considered marriage 

saying: “He’s my best friend and it’s 

just easy. This is my most serious 

relationship. We’ve both sowed our 

wild oats and know what we want. 

We’ve lost each other before. We’re 

in a place where it’s now or never.” 

CREDIT: Lee Min Jung / Instagram 

South Korean celeb visitors 

SPAIN has joined the list as a 

popular travel location for young 

South Korean celebrities with 

singer Jung Chae Yeon and actress 

Lee Min Jung spotted in 

Sevilla. 

Jung Chae Yeon, 21, a singer 

and actress best known for being 

a member of the South Korean 

pop girl group DIA formed by 

MBK Entertainment was spotted 

in Sevilla in a selfie accompanied 

with actress Lee Min Jung. 

Guests of 

honour 

CREDIT: Instagram 

Olivia and Bradley at La Sala. 

Lee Min Jung uploaded the 

picture to her Instagram and captioned 

the photo ‘A Barbershop 

in Sevilla. First meal with Chae 

Yeon and Soohyeon teacher in 

Malaga!’ 

Lee Min Jung and Jung Chae 

Yeon will be appearing on 

MBC’s variety travel programme 

‘A Barbers Shop in 

Sevilla’ which will air in July. 

Olivia flew out to Marbella last 

week with Bradley to attend the 

wedding of his fellow Blackburn 

Rovers teammate Darragh Lenihan 

who wed his childhood sweetheart 

Shauna during a ceremony held at 

the Villa Padierna hotel in Marbella. 

Olivia and Bradley were spotted 

together drinking and relaxing at the 

nearby celebrity restaurant La Sala 

in Puerto Banus the next day, a popular 

haven for celebrities such as 

Kanye West and Ricky Martin. 

A GOOD TIME: Kate Middleton and Queen Letizia. 

Kate Middleton snubs 

Queen Letizia? 

ROYAL fans suggested another feud brewing this week when a video circulated 

around social media seemingly showing Kate Middleton ignoring Queen Letizia 

of Spain during the Order of the Garter in London. 

In the video Kate exits her car, greets several people, and finally fails to acknowledge 

Queen Letizia who many suggested Kate should have curtsied to. 

The viral video clip which shook social channels, of course, shows only a few 

moments of the full day of festivities. 

In fact Kate Middleton and Queen Letizia had already greeted one another earlier 

that day. Photos from the event of the Duchess and the Spanish Queen show 

them having a good time in each other’s company. 

Kate Middleton and Queen Letizia appear to have nothing but a friendly and 

civil relationship with misleading social media posts the only evidence indicating 

otherwise. 

CREDIT: Casa de S.M. el Rey / Twitter 

Weekend Beach Festival 

Credit: Matthew Waller Wikimedia 

Free flamenco 

THE first three Fridays in 

August will see some of the 

biggest names in contemporary 

flamenco performing 

for free in the open-air theatre 

on top of the Cerro de 

San Cristobal, Velez-Malaga 

at the Acompasao Festival. 

Doors open at 9pm. 

The reformed Black Eyed Peas on stage. 

THE Weekend Beach Festival returns to 

Torre del Mar in a bigger and better format 

than ever for the sixth year running. What 

started as a relatively low key event now 

takes place over four days (July 3 to 6) with 

more than 85 acts performing on two stages. 

Whilst the bulk of the artists are Spanish, 

two international acts in particular, the Original 

Wailers and the Black Eyed Peas will be 

flying in to appear. 

When Bob Marley first came to international 

fame, he added American guitarist Al 

Anderson to the Wailers line-up of Jamaican 

musicians and it is his guitar work which is 

prominent on such numbers as No Woman 

No Cry. 

He created the Original Wailers in 2008 

with another former member Junior Marvin 

and in 2013 after Marvin had left, the band 

received a Grammy nomination for their 

Miracle album. 

The Black Eyed Peas need little introduction 

as with more than 70 million albums 

and singles sold, they are one of the most 

successful bands of all time. 

There was a hiatus when singer Fergie left 

the band and founder Will.I.Am followed a 

solo career, but they are now reformed with a 

new female singer Jessica Reynoso appearing 

from time to time. 

Tickets are available for the day or the entire 

Festival as well as camping but for full 

details visit http://www.weekendbeach.es.

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SPAIN’S new mortgage law has finally 

come into force. 

It is designed to incorporate European 

directives on consumer protection into 

Spanish law and includes several aspects 

beneficial to the customer. 

It is most beneficial to people taking on 

new loans, but what about those who already 

have a mortgage? 

According to bank comparison website 

HelpMyCash.com there are some measures 

that will affect existing mortgage 

holders, although most of the new regulations 

are not retrospective. 

Chief amongst these is the one that reduces 

the cost of converting a variable 

mortgage to a fixed rate loan, and secondly 

a tightening of regulations for foreclosures. 

When it comes to swapping loans from 

variable to fixed rates, banks may now 

charge a maximum of 0.15 per cent of the 

outstanding capital within three years of 

the initial contract being signed. After this 

period the transaction should be free. 

Before the law came into force, the usual 

commission for novation (where the 

GOOD NEWS: New law makes swapping to a fixed rate loan cheaper. 

Now the cost 

should be a 

maximum of 

€75. 

contract was changed for another loan at 

the same bank) was 0.5 per cent, while 

the subrogation commission (changing to 

another lender) was up to 0.5 per cent for 

the first five years and 0.25 per cent thereafter. 

Therefore, the application of this measure 

will mean savings for current mortgage 

holders who want to switch to a 

fixed rate to take advantage of low rates 

offered by banks in the current market. 

For example, a borrower who wants to 

move to a fixed rate on a mortgage contracted 

two years ago with a pending 

capital of €50,000 would have been 

charged up to €250 under the old regime. 

Now the cost should be a maximum of 

€75. But remember - there may be notary 

and land registry fees to pay as well. 

The second article that applies retroactively 

is the one which regulates the application 

of the early maturity clause. This is 

the step taken by banks to enable them to 

foreclose on the mortgage and 

seize the home after missed payments. 

The new regulations establish 

tougher requirements to apply 

this clause. During the first half of 

the mortgage term, the money 

owed must exceed 3 per cent of 

the capital granted or reach an 

equivalent of 12 instalments. In the 

second half of the loan term, the missed 

payments must be worth at least 7 per 

cent of the principal of the loan or an 

equivalent of 15 monthly payments. 

In addition, the lender must give the 

debtor one month to catch up with any 

pending payments before being able to 

start the execution process. 

It has also been made easier for existing 

mortgage holders to swap banks 

should they so wish. 

THE unsold stock of new housing 

fell by 3.6 per cent last year 

to 459,876 units, according to 

figures just released by the 

Ministry of Development. 

This means that the number 

of empty new properties has 

fallen by 30 per cent (189,904 

units) in the last 10 years. 

In 2005 there were just 

195,184 new units in the ‘property 

bank,’ a figure that would 

peak at 649,780 houses in 

2009. 

After the bursting of the housing 

bubble began a slow ‘absorption’ 

of this remaining 

stock, although in most of the 

most popular coastal destinations 

there is in fact now a 

shortage of new build properties 

available for sale. 

The problem is that many entire 

developments were taken 

over by the banks when developers 

defaulted on loans. 

The ‘bad bank’ Bankia, 

where many of these ‘deals 

gone sour’ were parked, has 

recently said it will start a 

process of legally being able to 

sell these homes. 

So, although the coastal regions, 

where the construction 

boom was concentrated, 

have the largest 

number of new 

Unsold housing 

stock decreases 

unsold homes, developers of 

the latest new builds have little 

problem selling. It seems to be 

simply a bottleneck in the 

process that means properties 

lie empty. 

The Valencian Community 

heads this particular list with 

86,137 units, almost 20 per 

cent of the national total. Next 

is Cataluña, with a stock of 

73,048 (16 per cent), and Andalucia, 

with 69,327 units (15 

per cent). By province, Alicante 

(39,309) and Barcelona 

(38,048) are the areas with the 

highest number of new unsold 

homes. Castellon, Valencia, 

Murcia and Almeria also 

have considerable 

numbers. 

The Community of Madrid, 

on the other hand, accounts for 

8.73 per cent of the total stock 

(40,145), while Toledo, where 

building happened on a massive 

scale due to the proximity 

of the capital, represents 4.75 

per cent of the total (20,714 

properties). 

By region, the biggest fall in 

new stock last year was in the 

Basque 

Country, 

where it was reduced by 30 

per cent. In the Balearic Islands 

10 per cent of these 

properties were bought. 

By province, Guipuzcoa, 

Malaga, Huelva, Huesca 

and Lugo all saw 

stock decrease 

by 

more than 10 per cent. 

The presence of these 

homes in the property bank 

seems to have little effect on 

the market generally, as many 

were built in inaccessible and 

unpopular locations. Some experts 

say that many may well 

be bulldozed in the long term 

as the market concentrates 

on less speculative 

developments in 

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FIFTY years ago, a wise sceptic 

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questions about religion I 

should always ask an atheist. 

When I asked her why, Barbara 

Smoker, who celebrated her 

96th birthday this month, 

replied: “Because people often 

arrive at non-belief after they 

have assiduously studied religious 

texts and usually come to 

know more about the subject 

than most believers.” 

When I asked how much research 

she had done, she chuckled 

and said “I was born into a 

devout Catholic family and decided 

to become a nun. So obviously 

I did a great deal of 

study.” 

At the age of 26 she concluded 

that religion was tosh, and 

spent the rest of her life promoting 

humanism. In fact, she’s 

just published her autobiography, 

‘My Godforsaken Life: 

Memoir of A Maverick.’ 

Another of my contacts, Californian 

artist Shell Fisher, also 

knows a lot about holy scripture. 

But he approaches 

faith from another angle. He uses 

his amazing talent to point 

out religious absurdities, and 

his illustrations are used in a 

Freethinker bulletin sent out 

weekly to several thousand subscribers. 

Knowing how well-versed 

Shell is in Christian mythology, 

I asked him whether he knew 

of the patron saint of lunatics. 

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rafters.’ She claimed to have 

seen Hell, Heaven and the 

Almighty, who sent her back to 

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would throw herself into fires 

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Though covered in blood, her 

CHRISTINA: About to be buried, arose from her coffin, and sent back to save sinners. 

skin would immediately heal. 

She lived in a forest, slept in 

rags, and sustained herself by 

suckling her breasts. 

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am currently writing an irreverent 

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about some of the weirdest people 

who attained patron saint 

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the patron saint of ice skaters. 

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She was canonised in 1899 

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Rolls Royce 

Wraith Eagle VIII 

LIMITED 

EDITION: Rolls 

Royce Wraith 

Eagle VIII. 

UNIQUE: The now famous 

RR Clock. 

ROLLS ROYCE has announced 

its limited edition collection car, 

the Wraith Eagle VIII, which 

was released on the 

shores of Lake Como 

at this year’s Concorso 

d’Eleganza Villa 

d’Este, in May. 

Created by the 

Bespoke Collective 

at the House 

of Rolls-Royce, a 

Collection of just 

50 Wraith Eagle VIII 

motor cars is named 

after the power unit used 

in Allcock and Brown’s 

first Transatlantic crossing, 100 

years ago (The bi-plane was 

powered by twin 20.3 litre, 350 

bhp, Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engines). 

Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief 

Executive, Rolls-Royce Motor 

Cars, said: “Wraith Eagle VIII is 

at once an object of desire; a 

homage to heroes and a protagonist 

to today’s visionaries. This 

Rolls-Royce Collection demonstrates 

the extraordinary skill of 

our Bespoke Collective at the 

Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, 

West Sussex. 

“Bespoke remains the jewel in 

the crown of the marque, creating 

luxury items that defy the 

trend of mass luxury manufacturers 

using ‘tick-box’ options to 

answer customer demand.” 

The exterior is meant as a representation 

of Alcock and 

Brown’s compelling night time 

adventure. Swathed in Gunmetal 

with a Selby Grey upper twotone, 

the colours are separated by 

a brass feature line, a hint at the 

detailing that lies within. The 

black grille vanes draw immediate 

reference to the Rolls-Royce 

Eagle VIII engine cowling on 

the Vickers Vimy aircraft, the 

wheels are part polished with a 

translucent shadow finish. 

Within, Selby Grey and 

black leather are accented 

by brass, redolent of the 

brass sextant so integral 

to the success 

of the transatlantic 

journey. Executed 

in a contemporary 

fashion, 

the material populates 

key areas 

throughout the 

cockpit of the Collection. 

Brass speaker 

covers depict the estimated 

flight distance of 

1,880 miles and ‘RR’ monograms 

are embroidered in brass 

coloured thread onto headrests. 

A flash of brass complements 

the navigator door panniers, 

whilst the door of the driver includes 

a brass plaque with 

Churchill’s quote commending 

the duo’s remarkable achievements. 

Even the now famous RR 

clock has given a nod to the 

duo’s achievement. All their instruments 

were frozen, so in this 

car, the clock is in a retro styling 

and presented with a unique icy 

background. 

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Classic Car Club of Andalucía 

CCCA summer season 

off to a flying start! 

N 

OT only do 

CCCA members 

enjoy their 

driving, their 

cars and seeing the beautiful 

Andalucian countryside, they 

also enjoy a marvellous social 

scene with many parties, 

lunches, dinners and other 

gatherings. This past weekend 

saw the Club put on its annual 

Summer Ball at the Hotel 

Tamisa Golf as they have on 10 

previous occasions! 

The hotel boasts one of the 

most beautiful settings on the 

coast. On a balmy summer 

evening tables were set up 

around the kidney-shaped 

swimming pool which, with 

Mijas golf course as the 

backdrop, provided the most 

stunning setting and ambience. 

After an hour or so of 

Cava and canapés and then 

an excellent three-course 

dinner, music was provided 

by the exceptionally talented 

Mark Connor and 

Michelle Williams, who 

soon had the gang up and 

dancing the evening away. 

The stage and the dance 

floor had been set up outside, 

which in turn contributed much 

to the marvellous ‘ambience’ 

being enjoyed by everyone. 

The evening had been organised, 

as usual, by the Club’s 

vice-president, Brian Ladd, 

who sadly has been rather poorly 

and was unable to attend. 

Appreciation of his efforts was 

shown by the huge round of applause 

he received when 

thanked by Club President, Ian 

Giles. 

The Club continues its programme 

of events through the 

hot summer months and next 

on the calendar will be the July 

dinner at Treetops Restaurante 

on Tuesday, July 2 where dining 

will be ‘al fresco’ under the 

stars on the beautiful terrace 

there. 

On the following Saturday, 

July 6, the Club will have a 

A superb atmosphere! 

In from the UK - Jerry Watson and Yvonne. 

classic car run and 

lunch, although the 

route, start and finish 

venues have yet 

to be announced. 

Membership of 

this active and vibrant 

classic car club 

is possible still for 

owners of classic cars 

by contacting the Club 

at info@cccandalu 

cia.com. 

The Jaguar Enthusiasts 

Club 

The Costa del Sol 

chapter of the JEC continues 

to grow under the 

guidance of Chairman 

Philip Wray and his wife 

Jenny. Their next event 

is a car run and lunch 

Peter and Pauline Bull. 

Franco and Kim Subbiani. 

Paul McCarthy and friends. 

which will start from 

the shopping centre at 

the Centre Comercial 

at Rincon de la Victoria 

just south of junction 

252 of the main 

A7 towards Nerja at 

11.00am on Saturday, 

June 29. 

The run will take 

in some fabulous 

scenery on the edge 

of the Montes de 

Malaga before running 

along a ridge 

with fabulous 

views both sides towards 

the sea and 

the inland mountains. 

The route 

will then head 

north before turning 

southwards, 

back towards the 

sea for a coffee stop followed 

by more countryside and a Cava 

stop on the seaside. From 

there it is a short drive to Lo 

Pepe Molina in Almayate 

where lunch will be served. 

If you would like to join in 

the fun please contact Philip 

Wray at jec.costadelsol@gmail. 

com. 

Classic Car Show, Estepona 

We’re very fortunate that in 

our beautiful part of the world 

there is so much interest in the 

world of classic cars. Car clubs, 

rallies and shows are very 

much common place here. 

This coming weekend, June 

29 and 30 there is a two-day 

classic car show in Estepona. 

Called the Festival de Coches y 

Motos Classicás and will be at 

the Palacio 

de Congresos. Entry 

is only €10 pp and there 

will be music, food 

trucks and other refreshments 

available over the 

entire weekend. 

There will also be a 

short classic car run 

through Estepona on the 

Sunday. The run will start 

from the Palacio, go 

through to the Avenida de 

España with a coffee stop in 

the Port at Reinaldos which 

will give people another 

chance to see the cars close 

up. 

I understand there are 

still entries available for 

those wishing to go along 

and more information can 

be gleaned by contacting 

Lucinda Caupain, the 

event organiser, at costa 

surclasicos@gmail.com. 

I also hope to have 

more information on the 

Marbella Concours D’Elegance 

set for July in the next issue. 

Acquiring a Classic Car 

I am often asked by readers 

about joining the Classic Car 

Club of Andalucia and maybe 

acquiring a classic car to take 

part in the fun. 

Information on the Club can 

be found on the website 

www.cccandalucia.com or by 

emailing info@cccandalucia. 

com. Those wanting to acquire 

a classic car can look at the 

Classified section of the Club’s 

website, as above. 

That’s it for now, there will 

be more classic car news in this 

newspaper in two weeks time. 

Further information on Classic Car Club of Andalucia events can be found on the Club’s website www.cccandalucia.com. 

Membership of this vibrant club is open to anyone owning a genuine classic car here in Spain. Saca tu coche clásico del garaje y diviértete con el.

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Mallorca back in La Liga 

IN CONTROL: Daní Rodriguez. 

MALLORCA are back in the big tine 

after a stunning comeback in the second 

leg of their play-off final saw 

them overcome Deportivo la Coruña. 

They will be back in La Liga facing 

the likes of Barcelona and Real 

Madrid for the first time in six years 

after they overturned a two-goal 

deficit from the first leg. 

Ante Budimir, Salva Sevilla and 

Abdon Prats scored during a 3-0 win 

in the second leg held at their home 

Iberostar Stadium, leading to a 3-2 

success on aggregate. 

The result means that they join Osasuna 

and Granada as the teams promoted 

this year. 

The result on Sunday led to scenes 

of celebrations, with thousands of 

fans flooding on to the pitch to salute 

their team at the final whistle. 

There were noisy scenes in Palma 

through the night as the celebrations 

continued. 

French Open champion and Mallorca 

native Rafa Nadal was in the 

stands to back his local team 

He posted a picture of the fans’ 

celebrations on Instagram saying: 

‘No words, incredible emotions.’ 

Mallorca had finished the La Liga2 

season in fifth place but overcame 

fourth placed Albacete in the playoff 

semi-final. 

Third positioned Malaga were 

beaten by Deportivo who had finished 

sixth. In last Thursday’s first 

leg Deportivo had won 2-0 after Mallorca’s 

Marc Pedraza was shown a 

red card in the first half. 

Past glories 

ARE McLaren finally showing signs of reclaiming 

past glories? 

Their Spanish driver Carlos Sainz certainly 

hopes so after an excellent weekend in 

France - home country of his team’s engine 

suppliers Renault - saw him take sixth place 

and eight championship points. 

Of course, there is a heck of a long way before 

he can even think about catching Mercedes. 

Lewis Hamilton took his sixth win of 

the season as he showed his mastery at the 

Paul Ricard circuit, a full 95.4 seconds ahead 

of Sainz. 

But at least the Woking-based team can 

start a challenge to be the ‘best of the rest’ 

after Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull. 

Hamilton drove a flawless race to beat 

teammate Valtteri Bottas, with the Ferrari of 

Charles Leclerc in third. 

Then came Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and 

in fifth spot was Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari. 

Sainz too drove a good race, with a blistering 

start nearly putting him into fourth in 

front of Verstappen until Leclerc (legitimately) 

blocked him off. 

He did, however end up beating the other 

McLaren of Lando Norris, who nevertheless 

was named Driver of the Day, much to the 

chagrin of sections of the Spanish press. 

Queens title for Spanish veteran 

SPANISH veteran Feliciano 

Lopez has become just the 

third wildcard to win the 

Queens tennis championship, 

joining Ivan Lendl (1989) and 

Pete Sampras (1999). 

And as if winning his second 

Queens singles title at the 

age of 37 wasn’t enough, he 

also helped Andy Murray 

ease his way back into competitive 

tennis by partnering 

him to a doubles triumph later 

the same day. 

To say Lopez’s win was 

unexpected would be a bit of 

an understatement. Up until 

the start of the tournament he 

has only won three ATP main 

draw matches all year. By the 

time he had completed the 

week he had four more under 

his belt and some silverware 

for his trophy cabinet. 

He beat Frenchman Gilles 

Simon 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) in a 

tournament that holds fond 

memories for him. He won at 

the Queens Club in 2017 and 

was runner-up in 2014. 

Now number 53 in the ATP 

Rankings after jumping 60 

places, he has also become 

CHAMPIONS: Lopez and Murray triumphed at Queens (right). 

the oldest champion at this 

event in the Open Era. 

“I thought the best moment 

of my career was when I won 

this tournament in 2017, but 

it’s right now,” said Lopez. 

“He (Simon) was coming up 

with unbelievable passing 

shots and I was a little bit 

desperate, to be honest. The 

tie-break is a bit of a lottery, 

of course, but I’m just so happy 

to win here.” 

This was the seventh ATP 

tournament success in 

Lopez’s career, and his fourth 

in grass, a surface that suits 

his service game. 

He then teamed up with 

Andy Murray who was making 

his comeback from hip 

surgery in January, and who 

Credit: ATP Tour 

could surely not have been 

expecting a title in his first 

tournament back. 

Speaking after the event 

Murray said: “I just won the 

doubles with Feli, with a metal 

hip. It’s mental, really. 

“That’s a cool thing to be 

able to have done just because 

of where I was a few 

months ago. I wasn’t thinking 

about this… I was really happy 

to be pain-free and enjoying 

life, literally just doing 

normal things. It’s really special. 

It’s more special than a 

lot of the singles tournaments 

that I’ve won for a lot of different 

reasons.” 

He and Lopez defeated top 

seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal 

and Robert Farah in the opening 

round, then third seeds 

Henri Kontinen and John 

Peers in the semis. 

In the final they defeated 

Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. 

7-6(6), 5-7, 10-5. 

Murray said: “In terms of 

how I was hitting the ball, I 

think I did okay. 

“There’s things I can do 

better. I think a lot of it is positioning 

on the court, like 

where to stand after Feli has 

hit a return or where to position 

ourselves at the net. 

“But one of the things 

that’s quite difficult with doubles 

is that you’re never going 

to find the partner who 

has everything, and you yourself 

don’t have everything. I 

have flaws in my game and 

Feli will have weaknesses in 

his game. But we used our 

strengths and complemented 

each other very well. You 

need to be able to do that and 

not get frustrated with yourself.”

SPORT 

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Real Madrid bear arch rivals Barcelona to win the 2018-2019 Liga Endesa 

basketball title in the championship play-off on Friday. The 74-68 win made them 

champions for the 35th time. 

to read more visit www.euroweeklynews.com 

Triumphant return 

By Dilip Kuner 

ALEJANDRO VALVERDE 

has made a triumphant return to 

competition two months after 

suffering a fall, which forced 

his withdrawal from the classic 

Liège-Bastogne-Liège. 

For the second consecutive 

year he has won the Route of 

Occitania (France). It is some 

recompense for the Spaniard, 

who lost out on the Giro d’Italia 

as a result of that fall. 

On Sunday he started the 

fourth and final stage of the 

cycling road race with a narrow 

eight-second advantage 

over Colombian Iván Ramiro 

Sosa but the Movistar team 

had no problem defending 

Valverde’s first place. 

The last stage victory was 

taken by Frenchman Arnaud 

Demare (Groupama FDJ), 

who won the sprint, ahead of 

Sacha Modolo. 

The Spaniards David 

González and José Rojas were 

WINNER: Valverde retained his title. 

fourth and fifth to the finish 

line. Valverde will now go to 

the Spanish Championships in 

his hometown of Murcia with 

more confidence. 

He said: “I feel very well, 

and as I said the other day, you 

can see that the preparation 

and rest in these two months 

after the injury have been very 

good. Now it’s time to think 

about the Spanish Championships 

and, above all, the 

Tour de France.” 

Credit: Aubin Lipke / La Route d'Occitanie /Movistar 

He added: “My objective is 

to help (teammates) Nairo and 

Mikel and to make the best 

possible Tour together. At no 

time will I be a leader; my job 

will be to help them 100 per 

cent.” 

EMBARRASSING: Clement Berardo ran out of balls. 

Bogey course 

FRENCHMAN Clement Berardo was disqualified 

on the first day of the Andalucia-Costa del 

Sol Match Play 9 after he ran out of golf balls. 

He was on hole 16 when the embarrassing incident 

happened at the Valle Romano course. 

Tournament director Federico Paez explained: 

“It was very windy, the fairways are narrow and 

the rough is very thick vegetation.” 

Berardo had a bad day with a quadruple bogey 

nine on the first hole, a double bogey, two more 

bogeys and two dropped balls on holes 14 and 

15. 

Credit: Trophee Hassan II/YouTube

Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 18 - 24 July 2019 Issue 1776

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