WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMISSUE NO. 1554 // 16 - 22 APRIL 2015 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

By Steve WalshTHE National Statistics Institutehas this week released figures thatshow business development in theBalearic Islands is on the increase.

Year-on-year figures show thatnot only has the number of com-panies closing down fallen fromlast year’s total by 18.5 per cent,but also the birth of new business-es has risen by 15.2 per cent.

The 280 newly-created firmshave ensured that the Balearics

remain the fastest growing regionin Spain, followed by Galicia with7.7 per cent annual growth, andAndalucia with 3.4 per cent.

All of the 280 businesses optedto register as limited companieswith a total investment recorded at€10.4 million.

The double bonus of closuresdeclining and new starts risingequates in real terms to a 33 percent rise in business, and a verybright outlook for the future.

Island business booms

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THE BBC is to feature the train lines thatconnect Palma with Inca and Manacor in anepisode of the ‘Great Continental RailwayJourneys.’

The train services of Mallorca (SFM) haveapproved a request from the producers ofthis TV show, hosted by ex-Minister MichaelPortillo, to film inside trains and stations ofInca and Manacor on April 21, 22 and May5 and 6.

In the fourth edition of the show, which is

also broadcast on the Spanish cable chan-nel Canal+ Viajar, Mr Portillo will be travel-ling around the train lines of the Mediter-ranean area, beginning in Barcelona,followed by Tarragona, Valencia and finally,Mallorca.

On April 21 and 22, the team will recordscenes on board trains travelling throughthe Raiguer and Pla Insular areas.

In May, the host will be visiting differentplaces in Mallorca.

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MICHAEL PORTILLO: Will host the programme which will film at Inca and Manacor.

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IT is est imated that theBalear ic Is lands has 71,255empty properties, which couldbe generating millions of eurosin revenue.

The data, provided by onlinestudent housing site Uniplaces,has shown that there are16,396 empty homes just inPalma de Mal lorca, a f igurethat translates into 9 per cent

of the islands’ total. They alsosaid that the revenue generat-ed by renting these propertiescould be up to €4.8 million permonth.

“In a university city like Pal-ma de Mallorca it is very easyto f ind students to rent f latsand rooms,” sa id Unip lacesrepresentatives in a statement.“Students are one of the best

groups to rent out f lats , asthey pay on time and stay forlong periods of time, coincidingwith academic years.”

The Balearic Islands’ emptyhomes amount to 2.1 per centof the national total.

Accord ing to Unip laces,these properties could be gen-erating total revenue of morethan €20 million.

Deadly meal AN 84-YEAR-OLD mandied in the Son Llatzerhospital after choking on apiece of food in a restau-rant in Palma. He had ar-rived in the hospital in acritical condition on Thurs-day (April 9) and diedthree days later.

Top holiday THE Balearic Islands arethe preferred Easter holi-day destination for Euro-pean residents, accordingto data from website Jet-cost. In addition, Palma deMallorca was the favouritedestination amongst Ger-man tourists.

Fatal accident AN 82-YEAR-OLD mandied yesterday (April 15) inthe Sineu road after beinghit by a car when he wasriding his motorcycle. TheGuardia Civil traffic unit isinvestigating the case tofind out the cause of thecollision.

More stores GERMAN footwear com-pany Deichmann andjewellery business TimeRoad have confirmedtheir presence in the newshopping centre S’Estada,which is expected to beinaugurated by June 2016in Palma.

Better connection THE Balearic Islands willreceive a grant of €58,182from the Industry, Energyand Tourism Ministry toextend the ultra fastbroadband internet net-work across all cities.

Heat stroke A HORSE passed out lastweek in front of PalmaCathedral after reportedlysuffering heat strokewhen pulling a cart. Theanimal was assisted bypassers-by who threw wa-ter on it and it was even-tually taken to its owner’sstable.

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Missing fine THE prosecutor’s office ofPalma Court has requested a€4,380 fine for a man whodid not attend the polling sta-tion he was called to presideover during the EuropeanElections in May 2014.

Fire damage A FIRE started at a foodproducts factory in AvenidaJean Mascaro I Fornes in CanPicafort. It is believed the firebegan inside one of the com-pany’s lorries and caused se-rious damage.

Rock concertTHE band Appetite for Illusion,specialised in Guns ‘n’ Rosescovers, will perform at PubTunnel (Plaza Gomila, Palma)on Friday (April 17) at 11pm.

Road improved WORKS to reinforce thepavement at the Algaida-Sen-celles road (Ma-3110) werecompleted last weekend.They were begun at the endof March and had a total costof €358,693.

Floor closed THE fourth floor of Manacor’shospital, which was closed inMarch due to flooding prob-lems after strong rains, is ex-pected to be reopened by theend of May, according to thetown mayor Antoni Pastor.

ABBA tributeA TRIBUTE performance tolegendary Swedish band AB-BA titled ‘Symphonic of Abba’will take place on April 25 at9pm in the Auditorium of Pal-ma de Mallorca. Tickets rangebetween €40 and €45 fromwww.auditoriumpalma.com.

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People that pick on my rap video aremore old-fashioned than corduroy,’said Partido Popular politician Jose AntonioMonago about people who have criticised avideo included in his campaign material toattract younger voters.‘

Quote of the WeekTWO good samaritans handed in a bagcontaining €4,405 at a Madrid police sta-tion. The men, aged 77 and 64, said theyhad found the bag, which turned out to be-long to a local restaurant owner , on apavement on Calle Leganes in Fuenlabra-da.

is the number of runners thattook part in the Cursa El CorteIngles-Trofeo International

Ciutat de Barcelona race in Barcelona last Sunday,taking the record for participants from the Sun HeraldCity held in Syndney, Australia, in August last year.

81,014 And finally...Number of the week

BARCELONA is one of the most visited cities in theworld. Its selection of must-see places will have youwriting a list that resem-bles your last supermar-ket till receipt. But thefirst words you shouldpen ought to be, Gaudi’sPark Guell.

Park Guell is a land-mark in Barcelona. De-signed by Antonio Gaudi,one discovers the beautyof Gaudi’s vision of theworld. The park, con-taining areas like the Hypostyle Hall, Esplanade orthe Salamander, will perfectly illustrate the spirit andbeauty of his work.

Gaudi was strongly influenced by natural shapesand used them in his pieces, Park Guell was commis-sioned by Eusebi Guell who simply wanted to createa stylish park for Barcelona aristocracy.

The park contains amazing stone structures, stun-ning tiling and fascinating buildings that will stretch

your imagination. Thereis something rather hyp-notic and magical abouthis dragon fountain atthe entrance to the park.The ornate dragon isadorned in beautifulcoloured tiling and ispoised to welcome you.

The columns of theMarket Hall are world fa-mous, and were once

described by Salvador Dali as the precursor of surre-alism. There is also a small house in the park whichGaudi lived in at one stage. The house has nowbeen converted into a museum and contains furni-ture also designed by Gaudí.

Due to park Guell’s location and size, you’ll need atleast half a day if you want to see it all in one trip.

Bringing Barcelona to LifeA MUST-SEE: At least half a day will be needed to visit Park Guell.

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ITH the seeminglylarge amount of fatalaccidents appearingin the media recent-ly, it would appear

that the world we live in can be a verydangerous place.

It also seems more should be doneby somebody to make sure these acci-dents don’t happen. We agree! Some-body should be responsible. Thatsomeone is us! Health and Safety arenot just words on the back of some of-ficial’s jacket, Health and Safety shouldbe everybody’s responsibility.

Common sense is the best weaponin fighting accidental injuries. Commonsense is free and we all have it. Justbecause there isn’t a sign every five

metres along a cliff edge saying ‘Don’tjump, you’ll die’ doesn’t mean that youwill live if you jumped off.

Spain is not Britain, the Spanishhave for many years learned the dan-gers of their surroundings. They don’tgo into the sea if they cannot swim,they don’t speed around windingmountain roads, and they’ve neverneeded signs to tell them that.

A downside to being British is thatfor the same amount of years, wehave been indoctrinated with ‘signage.’We are used to living with signs thattell us to do everything. If we look athow many signs there are on just oneroad in the UK, we start to realise howmuch we expect them to be every-where we go.

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Vicki McLeod FOR the third year running organisersHead Chef Jeff Harter, Helen Pitt, EricWoolger, Maxine Meah, and entertainmentmanager Arron Reece have pulled off theambitious charity event ‘A Table For 100.’

The party, in aid of four cancer organi-sations on the island, was staged at FincaSon Mir just outside of Palma. The themefor the evening was ‘1930’s HollywoodGreats’ and many guests went to consider-able trouble to dress appropriately.

A four-course gourmet vegetarian menuwas produced by Jeff with Fosh Food andBon Lloc using ingredients donated by Fru-

tas Ramon. The delicious wines were pro-vided by Tiannes Negre and LAB servedafter dinner drinks. Several nautical indus-try businesses were significant sponsors,including Nautipaints with a donation fromPinmar golf.

Auction items including a night for twoat the Belmond Residencia and a VIP tourof Son Amar Dinner Show were auctionedoff by Richie and Ayesha from Radio OneMallorca. In addition all of the performersfor the evening gave their time free. Thetotal raised for the evening looks to haveexceeded €10,000. Well done to everyoneinvolved, and here’s to the next one!

A Table for 100HOLLYWOOD THEME: Belles of the ball.

A GROUP of residents inMagaluf have raised com-plaints about what theyhave called a “massivefelling” of trees in severallocal streets.

Neighbours have re-ported that council staffcarried out the work real-ly early in the morning,so that no one could see

them, and complainedthat the council had notgiven them any explana-tions as to why the treeswere being eliminated.

The trees were report-ed to work as sound-ab-sorbing material as wellas acclimatising elementsand, according to the res-idents, added an extra

value to the surround-ings.

Calvia Council respond-ed that the work hadbeen carried out after thetrees’ roots broke

through the pavement insome stretches of theroad. They assured thatless aggressive species oftrees would be planted inthe near future.

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TRADE union CCOO haswarned about the precari-ous labour conditions suf-fered by tourism workers inthe Balearic Islands.

In a press release, secre-tary of the CCOO’s ServiceFederation, Jose MariaMartinez, explained thenumber of employees onthe verge of poverty hasnot stopped growing dueto the increase in part-time, temporary contracts,despite the great tourismresults registered recently.

Mr Martinez explainedthat, even though staff inthe hotel, restaurant andcommerce industries workfrom eight to 10 hours,employers register themon the Social Security filesas part-time workers, toavoid paying fees.

Representatives of CCOOhave encouraged all resi-dents to alert authorities tothese sorts of practices, tocontribute to better condi-tions for tourism employ-ees.

Saying no to tree felling

Worrying facts

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THE Balearic Islands have registered a 10.7per cent increase in industrial production inFebruary, if compared with the same month of2014.

The data sits above the national averagewhich amounted to 1.1 per cent, according tothe data released by the National Institute ofStatistics (INE).

This increase is 4.5 points higher than theone registered in January (6.2 per cent).

THE purchase and saleof properties in theBalearic Islands grew by21.7 per cent in Febru-ary, compared with thesame month of 2014.

A total of 841 transac-tions were carried outduring the month, ac-cording to recent datareleased by the Nation-al Statistics Institute(INE).

The increase is morethan six points higherthan the national aver-age, which grew by15.5 per cent.

AN INCA resident hasdonated a plot of landto the town counci lfor the constructionof a car park in thedistrict of So na Mon-da.

Local residents willsoon be able to use alarge car park that isexpected to solve thecurrent parking issuesthey face.

The governmenthas allocated a bud-get of €160,000 forthe construct ion of150 parking spaces.

The plot of land do-nated amounts to5,000 square metresand is located in CalleBisbe Moro.

Plans are to paveand fence off thearea, as well as col-lect the large amountof debris that hasbeen dumped illegallyon the plot over manyyears.

MORE than 100,000 resi-dents have signed a peti-tion supporting the ban-ning of bullf ighting inMallorca.

The initiative to collectsignatures was launchedone year ago by animalrights associations Ani-maNaturalis and Cas In-ternacional.

The project has gath-ered political and culturalsupport, as 17 differentmunicipalities of the is-lands have since beendeclared ‘anti-bullfightingtowns.’

“We are greatly satis-fied, this campaign is un-stoppable,” said the cam-paign coordinator,Guillermo Amengual.

“We think collecting somany signatures in just ayear is a very big step inour goal of turning Mal-lorca into a bullfight-freeregion.”

Car parkfor Inca

Balearic Islandsleading growth

Property ison the move

Support for banon bullfighting

ANIMALNATURALIS: Holding a protest againstbullfighting in Palma de Mallorca.

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A 35-YEAR-OLD man and a30-year-old woman havebeen arrested in Palmasuspected of attacking aman who refused to givethem a cigarette.

The incident took placein the evening in Bar Pa-cos.

Several witnesses report-ed the man was inside thebar drinking a coffee when

a young couple ap-proached him and askedhim for a cigarette, but herefused. The argument es-calated and the woman al-legedly broke a glass onthe victim’s head and theman stabbed him on hisabdomen.

They both fled the sceneafter the incident.

A FIRE started recently in a building in Cala Llom-bards in Palma.

Local Police reported that the source of the firewas an electric heater.

The young couple who lived in the property left afew minutes after they noticed the fire and alertedthe authorities as well as the rest of the neigh-bours.

The fire was extinguished shortly after, althoughsadly too late to save the couple’s cat, which diedin the incident.

A CRIMINAL gang accusedof cultivating and sellingmarihuana was arrested bythe Guardia Civil in Mallor-ca.

At least five people weretaken into custody and au-thorities carried out homesearches in properties inPetra, Muro, Lloret deVistalegre and Palma.

More than 1,000 plantswere confiscated.

Pair found afterstabbing man

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THE average pr ice ofsecond-hand cars in theBalear ic Is lands was11.9 per cent higher inMarch than it was in thesame month last year.

The average price ofthese vehic les hasreached €11,116, ac-cording to informationprovided by online sitecoches.net.

The price sits €1,242below the national aver-age of €12,358.

However, buyers aremore often interested invehic les at a more af-fordable price, with 43.5per cent of them lookingfor a car below €5,000.

The most commonsecond-hand cars of-fered in the islands werethe Volkswagen Golf(3.1 per cent), the Mer-cedes Class A (2.4 percent) and the Seat Leon(2.2).

Used carpricesrising

THE GOB, an ecological pressuregroup in Mallorca, has put for-ward a sustainable constructionplan for Palma to stop urbanspeculation.

The association has asked for

the city to “stop growing” andclaimed that the numerous pro-jects to expand the city wereunjustified, as they explainedthat the population was expect-ed to stabilise during the next

few years. In addition, the group have re-

quested that the government pro-mote non-motorised transport byimproving the network of bicyclepaths and ensure cyclists’ safety.

Finally, they rejected the trans-formation of the Port Moll Vell in-to a commercial site as theyclaimed, “it would have highlynegative effects on the aspect ofPalma Bay.”

Palma to ‘stop growing’

PALMA Council has in-creased the number of in-spections performed onbar terraces in tourist areasto guarantee they complywith regulations.

Bar owners are obligedto pay their public spaceoccupation fees before-hand and not surpass themetres they are booked, asinspectors are watching forpossible infractions.

The measure has beenimplemented followingcomplaints from neigh-bours associations and op-posing parties, who claimterraces occupy an exces-sive amount of the publicstreets and do not allow

for adequate pedestriancirculation.

Councillor for Public Poli-cies, Irene San Gil, ex-plained the fines for violat-ing said regulations rangebetween €150 and €3,000.

During the followingdays, public staff will paintmarks on the ground to in-dicate the terrace limits, soinspectors and citizens cansee whether an infractionis taking place.

Targeting bar terraces

PUBLIC AREAS: Bar terraces will be targeted.

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THE Son Sant Joan air-port in Palma de Mallor-ca has seen a 7.2 percent increase in passen-ger numbers in March ifcompared to the samemonth of 2014.

In total, 951,227 pas-sengers travelled to orf rom the a i rport , ac-

cording to figures pro-v ided by Spanish Ai r -ports company AENA.

In addition, the num-ber of a i rcraf ts us ingthe Son Sant Joan facili-t ies has grown by 8.4per cent, which trans-lates into 8,107 flights.

Fore ign passengers

have amounted to521,222, which a lsorepresents a 5.6 percent increase whencompared to March of2014.

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THE rail unions UGT andCCOO have called for eightpartial strike days in Mayand June.

The planned strikes areto highlight the issues aris-ing from the implementa-tion of the new ‘CompanyCollective BargainingAgreement,’ which theunion claims could affect100 employees of the Fer-rocarril de Soller tram.

The unions have calledfor the strikes to be heldbetween 9am and 5pm onMonday May 4, 11, 18 and25, and again on June 4, 9,18 and 23 for the wholeday.

“In the meetings thathave been held, they havenot wanted to accept anyof the claims our commit-tee have given them to im-prove conditions for theworkers,” the Union said.

The UGT and CCOOapologise to the users ofSoller train for any incon-venience that this maycause.

Failure tocommunicateleads to railstrikes

More passengersfor Palma airport

PALMA AIRPORT: Has seen an increase in passenger numbers.

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A ROMANIAN couple has been arrestedin Palma de Mallorca for allegedly forc-ing their daughter into begging.

The investigation began after an off-duty police officer saw a young girl beg-ging at a supermarket in Calle PascualRibot last Thursday (April 9). He report-ed that she was wearing really thinclothes and sandals, despite the coldtemperatures registered that day.

He then alerted a National Police unitwho confirmed that the girl was under-age. They also found out that her moth-er was begging at a different entranceof the same supermarket.

Once the 40-year-old father and 39-year-old mother were found, the offi-cers contacted Mallorca’s Social Servicesto find out whether the couple’s eightchildren were in need of welfare.

TWO Italian citizens, crew members ofa cruise ship which docked in Palma lastFriday (April 10), were arrested afterallegedly carrying out thefts around thepromenade area.

Local Police were alerted at around2am to the theft of a purse in a bar atAvenida Gabriel Roca. The staff man-aged to hold the two suspects, whowere a 21-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man.

After watching a surveillance cameratape provided by the bar, the two sus-pects decided to collaborate and leadthe police to the site where the loot hadbeen hidden. Both suspects were takeninto custody.

AN AVERAGE of 18 vehicles are takenaway every day by the municipal tow truckin Palma de Mallorca.

As explained by a Palma Local Policespokesperson, the usual causes are park-ing in private or disabled spaces or in pay-and-display areas without a ticket.

Daughter forcedinto begging

Suspects ofthefts arrested

Cars towed away

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A TOTAL of €28.2 million will be grantedby Central Government to the Balearic Is-lands to set up employment programmes.

This amount translates into a 20.64 percent or €4.8 million budget increase com-pared with the previous year.

“We will now have almost an additional€5 million to create active employment

programmes, especially designed forthose people who still have difficulty find-ing a job,” said Councillor for Economy,Joaquin Garcia. He added: “We are look-ing forward to having meetings with busi-ness associations and trades unions tounify our goals and make the most out ofour economic resources.”

Extra funds forjob creation

A 65-YEAR-OLD man suffered a severe injuryafter shooting himself in the chest at his ex-wife’s bar in Calvia.

The incident took place yesterday, Wednes-day, April 15, at around 10.30am at the bar inCalle Albatros, in the Son Ferrer district.

Local authorities reported that the man en-tered the bar carrying a shotgun and his wifealerted the Guardia Civil a few minutes later.However, he shot himself before their arrival.

The man was taken to the Son Espases Hos-pital in a critical condition.

Man shoots himselfin ex-wife’s bar

REPRESENTATIVES of the 112services staff members in theBalearic Islands have criticisedtheir poor working conditions,due to lack of personnel andorganisation.

“The significant staff reduc-tion is affecting the service’squality, call management andthe co-ordination with otheremergency services,” said aCCOO trades union statement.

112 staffconcerns

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Couple fight A YOUNG couple wastried last week in Pal-ma for having an argu-ment inside their vehi-cle that led to bothsuffering minor in-juries. The prosecutor’soffice requested 10months in prison each.

Fewer in jailPALMA’S jail has regis-tered the lowest num-ber of inmates of thepast 12 months. Thereare 1,715 prisonersserving their sentencein the Balearic Islands.

Sea safety SA COSTERA, the pa-trol ship of the BalearicIsland’s Guardia CivilSea Unit is the fastestpolice boat of Spain.With 17.33 metres inlength, it can reach aspeed up to 50 knots.

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WITH the registrationdeadline of Monday April20 less than one weekaway, the UK ElectoralCommission has urgedUK citizens who are livingoverseas to register tovote in the UK GeneralElection.

The government web-site www.gov.uk tells usit is important for any UKcitizen overseas thatwishes to register for apostal vote to do so asquickly as possible sothey can receive and re-turn their postal ballotpacks in good time be-fore polling day.

Estimates show therecould be as many as 5.5million UK citizens livingoverseas. Not all will beeligible to register asoverseas voters but themost recent figuresshowed there were only

15,849 overseas voterson the UK electoral regis-ters.

Alex Robertson, Direc-tor of Communications atthe Electoral Commission,said: “There is now just amatter of days left untilthe April 20 deadline, sowe’re encouraging UK ex-pats to join the manyothers who have alreadyregistered to vote online.

“It takes just a fewminutes at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote and is far

easier than the old, paperbased process. There’sbeen a great response sofar and we don’t wantanyone to miss out.”

The deadline to registerto vote is midnight onMonday April 20.

Read the original articlefrom the Foreign & Com-monwealth Office here:

www.gov.uk/govern-ment/news/there-is-still-time-for-uk-citizens-over-seas-to-register-to-vote-in-the-general-election

Still time for UKcitizens to vote

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individual allowance of €700,000.The tax rates range from 0.2% to2.5%.

The tax is payable on the value ofmost of your assets, such as real estate,savings and investments, jewellery, art,cars, boats etc.

Loans are deductible in calculatingyour net taxable wealth provided theywere not used to buy or invest in assetsexempt from Spanish wealth tax.

Impact of Form 720The obligation to report all overseas

assets over €50,000 on ‘Modelo 720’was introduced in 2013. Manycommentators perceived it to be a wayfor the government to catch outpeople not reporting assets on theirwealth tax returns. People have startedhearing from the Spanish taxinspectors. Most enquiries appear tobe related to discrepancies betweenassets reported on form 720 andwealth tax returns.

There are ways that you can legallyminimise income and wealth taxes,and while this will mean people stillhave to make the correct declarations,they will have peace of mind that theyare declaring correctly, and that theyare unlikely to be questioned by thetax inspectors. Use legitimate meansof limiting your tax liabilities throughtailored specialised advice.

Limiting wealth taxYour cumulative wealth and

income taxes cannot exceed 60% ofthe ‘general and savings taxableincome bases’ of residents (but stillexcluding from savings income anygains on assets held for more than oneyear, and the associated tax rates).This is subject to paying a minimumof 20% of the full wealth taxcalculation.

However, this liability cannot bereduced on assets that do not producean income, such as your home.

There may be other steps you cantake to reduce a wealth tax liability, oreliminate it completely.

For example, Mr and Mrs X’s mainhome is worth €600,000 and theyhave investment funds of €3m in ashare portfolio, all owned jointly.They do not need any regularinvestment income.

Although their individual share ofthe house is covered by the mainhome allowance, with theirinvestment portfolio they face an

annual joint wealth tax liability of€7,400.

However, after speaking to BlevinsFranks and restructuring theirinvestments, they no longer have anywealth tax to pay at all.

If wealth tax, or other Spanish taxes,are a concern for you, seek specialistadvice to review your tax planning andthe way you own your asset, and see ifyou can use Spanish compliantarrangements to lower your taxliabilities.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs maychange. Any statements concerningtaxation are based upon ourunderstanding of current taxation lawsand practices which are subject tochange. Tax information has beensummarised; an individual is advised toseek personalised advice.

To keep in touch with the latestdevelopments in the offshore world,check out the latest news on ourwebsite www.blevinsfranks.com

There are so many attractions andadvantages to living in Mallorca.However, Spain’s higher taxes of recentyears, and wealth tax, have made someresidents reconsider whether they shouldlive here or not. It would be a shame toleave this beautiful island because oftaxes, but with specialist advice you maynot have to.

Wealth tax is an annual tax, payableon the total value of your taxable assets asat 31st December. If you are resident inSpain you are liable to the tax on yourworldwide assets. Non-residents onlypay on Spanish assets.

The tax was effectively abolished in2008 but reinstated in 2011, supposedlyas a temporary measure. It is still in placetoday.

Wealth tax rulesEach resident individual has a tax free

allowance of €700,000 plus a €300,000allowance on his own home. If a coupleowns a property in joint names, each gets€300,000. Non-residents just receive the

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Jellyfish arrival LA MATA beach has seen the arrival ofhundreds of jellyfish on the shore, believedto be washed up from the strong easterlywinds.

Zombie attackTHE streets of La Manga will come underattack from zombies on May 15 as part ofa live-action Zombie Survival game. Regis-tration fees range between €5.50-€60. Formore information visit www.c-fem.es.

Forest fireA FIRE in the Sierra del Aguila de La Maja-da in the municipality of Mazarron has de-stroyed around 1.2 hectares of scrub landin the area.

Anti-graffiti THE anti-graffiti brigade of the Local Policein Murcia carried out 329 graffiti interven-tions last year. The group also carries outtalks aimed at teenagers to prevent graffition the city’s monuments and buildings.

San VicenteTHOUSANDS took part in religious proces-sions in towns and villages across the Ve-ga Baja to mark the San Vicente fiesta.Following centuries of traditions, commu-nion was brought to the sick at home.

Lifeguard training FORTY young residents of Almuñecar areparticipating in first aid and lifeguard train-ing courses launched by the council. Thesecourses have been especially designed foryouths to boost their chances of finding ajob.

Wind causes havocTHE strong winds and rain registered in Al-muñecar last week caused great damageon the Velilla, Pozuelo and Marina del Estebeaches. Government representativeshave requested help from the regional orcentral governments to restore lost sand.

Man found deadA POLISH tourist who went missing onApril 7 in La Torrecilla beach (Nerja) wasfound dead three days later. He reportedlyjumped from a walkway, tripped over arock and fell from a 5-metre height.

Square improvementsTHE Plaza de la Constitucion in Velez-Malaga will undergo a complete redevelop-

ment paid for by the town council. Thenew project has been planned to boost ac-tivities around the old town as well as im-prove accessibility.

Wetlands upgradeTHE Suarez wetlands, one of the most im-portant natural monuments in Motril, willreceive €140,000 from the government toperform renovation works. Plans are toadapt a total of 13.8 hectares as a parkand picnic area.

More boatsBOAT sales in Malaga Province have in-creased by 34 per cent with 55 registeredin the first three months of this year ac-cording to Anen Nautical Association.

Churros at lastGLUTEN-free churros invented by an es-tablishment in Churriana are selling likehot-cakes as news of the discovery hasspread like wild-fire amongst the estimat-ed 1,600 celiac disease sufferers in MalagaProvince.

Rented taxisFOLLOWING months of meetings, Marbel-la Council has agreed to allow taxi-driversto work with rented vehicles while theirown undergo repairs to ensure sufficienttaxis are available to meet demand.

Dutch visitREPRESENTATIVES from Travel Counsel-lors, a group with 150 travel agents in Hol-land, have been on a visit to discover theprovince’s inland areas including Mijas,Alhaurin el Grande and the Sierra de lasNieves.

Quality stampTWENTY SIX Costa del Sol businesseshave been awarded a Sicted tourism quali-ty stamp for the first time, bringing the to-tal number of businesses on the coastbearing the stamp to 279.

First timeALMERIA-BORN Maria de los AngelesCayuela Campoy, a 41-year-old lawyer and

fishing-boat owner, was named presidentof Asopesca. She is the first woman tohead this association of Andalucia’s fishingboat-owners.

Match playTHE Guardia Civil meet the gypsies of theLos Galgos team in their annual footballmatch at 5pm this Saturday at Garrucha’sEmilio Moldenhauer stadium. Entrance isfree but non-perishable food donations arerequested.

Good customerALMERIA growers sold produce worth€109 million to Mercadona last year, 4.8per cent more than in 2014. The super-market chain also donated 70,000 kilos ofsupplies to Almeria’s food bank.

Hard linesSELF-EMPLOYED workers dependent onoutsourced Telefonica contracts demon-strated outside Movistar in Almeria City.The conditions the multinational im-posed were economically unviable forthemselves and their families, theyclaimed.

Desert plansGREENHOUSING will be allowed at theTabernas desert, a protected area anda national park. Installations will useirrigation water from the desalinationplant and must not impede the desertviews.

Alcoy castle opensALCOY castle is to stay open to thepublic from now throughout the Moors& Christian Festival from April 22 toApril 24. Revenue earned will go tocharity.

Raphael in BenidormRAPHAEL, a worldwide acclaimed Span-ish singer and television, film and televi-sion actor will perform a one-off showat Benidorm Palace on Sunday June 14.

Elda mournsELDA City Council declared three daysof mourning and called for a minute’ssilence on Friday to mark the passing ofRoberto Garcia, who was mayor of Eldafor four terms.

No shortageMORE than 5,000 people applied for100 advertised jobs at the new TerraNatura holiday resort in Benidorm,which is due to open next month.

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PAINTINGS and sculptures byJose Luis Gallego Guillen arenow on show in Vera.

The exhibition which openedearlier this month at the Con-vento de la Victoria culturalcentre ends on April 19. It isentitled ‘El espectador y laobra’ (The spectator and thework) and the paintings andwooden sculptures set out toreflect the curiosity that ab-stract art still excites, the artistexplained.

Originally from Jaen, Gallegohas lived in Vera for severalyears. An architect as well asan artist, one of his best-knownworks both locally and nation-ally is the Pueblo Indalo in Mo-jacar, regarded as a definitiveexpression of Almeria’s Levantezone.

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Abstract art onshow in Vera

ARTIST: Jose Luis Gallego Guillen.

SPAIN’S rail operatorRenfe was €208.9 millionin the red last year, ninetimes more than 2013’sfigure.

A record 29.67 millionpassengers used the AVEhigh speed network in2014, bringing a net prof-it of €9 million.

There was an overall4.7 per cent jump in pas-senger traffic earningsand goods transport in-creased by 12.5 per cent.

Turnover grew 5.7 percent to €2.966 billion butoverheads increased by 7per cent to €2.751 billionand pre-tax profits of€214.6 million were down9.3 per cent.

Track operator Adif ac-counted for more thanhalf of Renfe’s losses with

a 22.2 per cent hike onits levy for using tracks,stations and infrastruc-ture.

This cost the company€607.4 million last year,€110 million more than in2013.

Renfe’s involvement inthe Mecca-Medina AVEproject incurred €21.7million in bank charges, asixfold increase on theprevious year.

Redundancy payoutscost the operator another€29.7 mill ion althoughthe company was able tocut personnel costs by1.8 per cent.

Savings of 8.6 per centwere made on servicesaboard trains but energyand fuel costs increasedby 4 per cent.

THE 160,000 jobs created in Marchprovided the best figures for thismonth since 2001 when records be-gan.

Almost a third of the new jobswere in hotel and catering, wherethe sector geared up for a relativelyearly Easter. Construction was thenext-best employer as the buildingtrade gradually starts ticking overonce more.

The only sectors where the SocialSecurity system lost contributorslast month were coal-mining, ener-gy supply and international organi-sations, sectors with scant reper-cussion on the labour market.

This repeated the pattern of thelast year with only electricity, gas,and coal missing out on the bonan-za, together with agriculture, fish-eries and the banking sector.

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PositiveresultTHE Export Price Indexfor industrial goods lastFebruary rose year-on-year by 0.4 per cent, thefirst positive February fig-ure since 2013. Importsof manufactured goodsfell by 5.5 per cent.

Happy workJOB satisfactionamongst Spanishemployees rose forthe second consecu-tive three-month pe-riod. Seven in every10 people respond-ing to a Randstadsurvey were happyin their jobs.

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IBERIA and Iberia Express werethe world’s most punctual air-lines in February.

The principal airline and itslow-cost subsidiary Iberia Ex-press operated 92.3 per cent offlights on time in February,found flight-monitoring serviceFlightstats. Only 55 per cent offlights were on time in 2009 but

Iberia is now consistentlyranked amongst the top threeairlines for punctuality.

Iberia Express heads the listof the budget airlines.

Good timekeeping is at theheart of the restructuring thatbegan when Iberia mergedwith British Airways to formIAG in January 2011, the com-

pany said.Nevertheless, Madrid-Barajas

airport, Iberia’s centre of opera-tions, also contributes to punc-tuality.

The airport is not used to fullcapacity and Iberia now hasfewer routes with few connec-tions to over-stretched airportslike Heathrow.

STAT OF WEEKbusiness SPAIN sold short-term debt witha negative yield for the first

time in its history. The coun-try’s Treasury issued six-monthdebt worth €725 million with anaverage yield of 0.002 per cent.

Iberia delivers on time

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Strike a lightHOUSEHOLDERS arepaying 12.7 per centmore for electricity thanin 2014, calculated con-sumer associationFACUA. During the firstquarter of this year anaverage bil l increasedfrom €66.33 a month to€74.73, promptingFACUA to call for “deci-sive” government inter-vention to ensure thatusers are not victims ofrestricted choice.

Half-coveredSPAIN has the world’sfasted 4G mobile phoneconnection with an aver-age 18mbps comparedwith 17mbps in Den-mark, Finland and SouthKorea, said OpenSignal,a company that mapswireless coverage. Incontrast, coverage is lowand 4G is available only52 per cent of the timethat users are connect-ed.

BUSINESS EXTRA

EVERYONE is at threat of ascam. Unfortunately, there aremany bad people out there justwaiting for an opportunity to takeadvantage of you. Chances areyou have received a fewfraudulent emails, am-biguous phone calls, en-countered fake onlineads, questionable postson social networking sites ormaybe someone has comeknocking at your door?

Just the other day I met an el-derly man who was at the receiv-ing end of a nasty crime. Theman was sent a letter in thepost, which looked exactly like anofficial letter from his electricitycompany. The letter said that inthe next few days some ‘employ-

ees’ of the company would becalling to his house to check theelectricity meter. In the followingdays, two men did call to hishouse and while he was showingone of them the electricity meterthe other crook stole jewelleryand cash from under his nose.

Nowadays most electricity

meters are out on the street, sothese thieves really did theirhomework, figuring out which ofthe old buildings in the city stillhave electricity meters inside theapartment.

Crime like this is nothing new,but it is scary because it is socleverly unexpected. This man in

question, through no fault of hisown, opened the door to thesecriminals and invited them in. Ithighlights, however, that weneed to be extra vigilant aboutthese sorts of things.

If you receive an ‘official’ lettersaying someone will come toyour home, double check withthe company, for example, that itis indeed a genuine letter.

Identity theft is another hugebusiness. So, to protect yourself,it’s a good idea to invest in a pa-

per shredder. Monitor yourbank and credit card state-ments and never give outpersonal information over thephone to someone who initi-ates the contact with you.Also, when was the last time

you changed the PIN on yourdebit card or the password foronline banking? Make it a pointto give your access informationan update this month. Yes, it canbe hard to keep track of all thosepasswords and PINs, but expertsrecommend changing them twicea year, even if your accountshaven’t been compromised.

Avoid being a victim of fraud

JanePlunkett

A look at finance for females

jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

Loose change

ONLINE SCAMS: You should change your passwords regularly.

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WHILST conventional media embracedchange such as online publishing, thebusiness community was quick to seethe potential in social media.

An online forum presence certainly haspotential due to its immediacy and flexi-bility of advertising. It should present achallenge to conventional print classi-fieds and community interplay. Does it?

With a few exceptions, forums havefailed due to many being managed byhapless moderators or failure to utilisetheir commercial potential. Many socialforums boast thousands of subscribers.

In practice, as few as 30 or 40 regularposters keep a forum going as the disil-lusioned wander off. Little traffic is pro-duced. As a consequence commerce

shuns social forums.On the face of it a local online forum

should be a perfect free opportunity forany specialist business to keep the com-munity better informed, assist those withqueries, and reap customer enquiriesthat result.

In principle fine, in practice fail.This is where the Achilles heel of social

networking collapses. Social Forums lackcommunity credibility due to their lack ofaccountability. Profanity and abuse dis-guised as banter proliferates.

This is not helped by their determina-tion to actually approve of postersanonymity. Can you imagine a newspa-per allowing anonymous correspon-dence? No wonder newspaper advertis-ing department heads smile as theycontinue to dominate advertising me-dia.

The business world is made up of apretty mixed bunch. There’s the good,the bad and those so ugly that only amother could love them.

I ask genuine specialists with an excel-lent business reputation if they haveconsidered advertising or contributing insocial media forums. Without exceptionthey shudder at the suggestion.

The problem is two-fold. An armchairforum critic can sabotage a firm’s repu-tation by a caustic and uninformed ri-poste to a genuine piece of advice given.All businesses have rivals, some ofwhom are hostile. Sheltering behindanonymity, such rivals can easily under-mine the credibility of a competitor.

In conclusion, advantages offered byconventional news media, both hardcopy and online, suggests their su-premacy will remain unchallenged by so-cial media.

Is social media really the answer? Mike Walsh

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

www.michaelwalsh.es • 966 786 932

Talking shop

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MUST confess that Ifind it extremely difficultto get my head aroundthis ‘martyr’ business.

In the wake of the latestslaughter committed by those‘brave’ followers of the Islamic‘religion of peace’ against Christ-ian students in Kenya, the Arch-bishop of Canterbury, the MostReverend Justin Welby, statedthat the dead were ‘all martyrs’and that Christians should ‘al-ways use non-violent resistanceagainst jihads’.

He was echoing the Pope’sEaster message, which decreedthat Christians did not need toemploy violence, and should‘simply speak and act with thepower of truth, beauty andlove’. Fine words indeed, spo-ken from the lofty portals of the

Vatican or Canterbury Cathe-dral, but frankly standing in adusty street, surrounded by therubble and the beheaded bodiesof your family, I would find it abit difficult to turn the othercheek to a baying horde of ma-niacs bearing down on me withsabres and machetes – martyror no martyr!

The irony is that jihadist at-tackers also want to be martyrs.Everyone wants to be a martyr!

So what happens when we allinhabit this imaginary, etherealworld of paradise, peace, loveand virgins? – the War of theMartyrs? It is of course a ridicu-lous doctrine. This is, I believe,the fallacy that will finally defeat

the IS fanatics and their sup-porters. The gift of the creatoris not the gift of death, it is thegift of life. An army which fightswith the fear of death, is farmore dangerous than the armywhich welcomes it.

We must never weakly turnthe other cheek. We must doeverything in our power to give

the Islamists the martyrdomthey so earnestly seek - bywhatever violence at our com-mand. It’s all these misguidedmorons understand.

All good-intentioned andpeace-loving people must fightwith everything they can laytheir hands on, even if it isagainst moral judgment.

Only when we defeat theSatan of the East, will we beable to enjoy the true paradisethat awaits us. The one we cancreate on this glorious planet ofours. Not as martyrs, existing insome fairy-tale Shangri-La whileour miraculous temples of thesoul are rotting in the ground,but as true children of the cre-ator, enjoying the wonders ofEarth. Readily available to allhuman beings that truly seek toenjoy peace, love and harmonywith their fellow travellers.

Keep the faithLove Leapy

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Sammy and Paul, owners of SplashPools Mijas on Costa del Sol, felt thatthat the UK had given too much in thepast to other countries while barelylooking after its own. “The UK shouldleave the EU and concentrate on im-proving the National Health System, ed-ucation and so on. What other countryrefuses to pay for its own people’sneeds such as the NHS and educa-tion while at the same time hand-ing out to others? There is some-thing very wrong with that.

“The only one we would vote for

is Nigel Farage of UKIP as we think hedoes talk sense,” they said.

But Betty Herr of La CalaLions on the Costa del Sol dis-agreed. She remarked: “Idon’t normally agree withTony Blair but on this occasion

I do. The impact of the UK leav-ing the EU would be dangerousand a lot of the smaller coun-

tries would suffer. It woulddefinitely have its

repercussions anddo a lot of damage,so I think the UKshould stay withEurope.”

Laszlo Miklosialso believed itwould be better

to stay in the EU: “Inthe end we all have tobe one, everyone has tofight for the same futurebut if we are all in differ-ent groups it would beharder.” Originally from Hungary, theowner of La Campana in Quesada, Cos-ta Blanca, said the EU had not necessar-ily helped Hungary, or people in the UKas it had just opened the doors for peo-ple to move there, but he does believein bringing everyone together.“Unity isimportant,” he commented.

Brian Dulston ofAloe Vera Forever Living was an ex-Labour councillor for many years back inthe UK. He said: “Well, I don’t believethe UK would be better off coming out ofEurope. And for people living on theCosta Blanca, I think it would be bad forBritish expats, causing turmoil in Spain.”

Should the UK stay in the EU?

STREET TALKBRIAN: Leaving

would be bad forexpats.

LASZLO: Unity isimportant.

SAMMY &PAUL: UKshould leaveEU andconcentrateon its ownpeople.

TONY BLAIR, Britain’s former prime minister, has launched a major attack on David Cameron’s plan for an EU referendum in the UK. Do you think that the UK should leave the EU or is it better to stay in Europe?

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OR you, what arethe big issues atthe heart of nextmonth’s UK gen-

eral election? For many,they’re immigration, the econo-my and the NHS.

But what we’ll inevitably seewill be politicians talking at votersabout their pet issues rather thandebating policy amongst them-selves, let alone listening to whatJoe Public has to say. None ofthe mainstream parties speak fora majority. None speak from aposition of strength because themainstream’s exhausted and re-sorts to slogans and sound-bites.

They’ll all be on the defensive

about one issue or other: the To-ries about immigration and theNHS, Labour about the economywhile the Lib Dems have the in-genious idea of improving anygovernment by blocking the oth-er parties’ policies.

Well, let’s look at one ofthese issues from Joe Pub-lic’s perspective: immigra-tion. Recently we learntthat 40 illegal immigrantsare detained every daythanks to the ‘hostile envi-ronment’ the Government’s

created.What’s meant by ‘hostile envi-

ronment?’ Immigrants are de-tained and invariably released, soback to business as usual? Per-

haps they’re detainedin an asylum centrewith beds, showers,food and leisure facili-ties too?

Some have indeedhad a hard life in theirnative countries. Butwouldn’t it be better ifthey stayed andsought change there?

Otherwise those leftbehind genuinelyseeking change have

less of a say. Anyway, isn’tthis the point of the UK’s foreignaid programme (itself due to out-strip the defence budget within15 years, the UK already theworld’s second largest aiddonor)?

The UK can’t continue beingthe world’s destination of choice.As a lifeboat, it’s already begin-ning to sink under the weight ofthese arrivals. Something’s got togive otherwise everyone goesdown.

We, the voters, can’t offer ahandy cut-out-and-keep guidefor the next government. Quitereasonably, it’ll view taking ad-vice from Joe Public a bit like tak-ing parenting advice from BritneySpears.

But our response to this is sim-ple. If illegal immigrants can’t bedeported immediately (it’s theirHuman Rights, stupid!), thenthreaten employers with veryheavy fines, if necessary closetheir businesses. At least thatwould stop them employing ille-gals and help curb the flow.

But the most effective deter-rent of all: withholding benefits?Sorry, still a pipe dream...

Yes, the parties talk a lot, butare they saying anything?

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Nora is the author of popularpsychological suspense andcrime thrillers and a free-lance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in hercolumn, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson

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‘Come back home!’ Cameron’s plea tovoters, but not to illegal immigrants

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS:The UK can’t continueto be the world’sdestination of choice, something has to give.

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A SEISMIC shift in the globalpower struggle between the Westand the BRICS world has shiftedto Central Europe.

Russian and NATO militaryhardware confront each other inwhat was, until recently, a sea oflittle interest to the rest of us.

We have all heard of theBermuda Triangle, the mysterioussea where ships and aircraftdisappear. Few have heard of theBlack Sea Vortex. Could theinexplicable disappearance of aRussian or NATO warship spark awar that would leave WesternEurope and the United States a

glass-strewn thermonuclear shell-hole?

Turkish fishermen were the firstto bring to attention what isknown as the Black Sea Vortex ofDeath. The location is SnakeIsland set in the Danube Delta.For centuries the region has beena hotbed of tension betweenUkraine and Romania but nowattracts wider significance.

Historically, Russian sailorshave been wary of the pheno-mena of disappearing ships sincethe 13th century. They record awhirl of white water that swallowseverything on and over this sea,even flights of birds.

Are these flights of fancy or isthere something in such tales?Russian and Ukrainian scientistsare agreed. The region showsmagnetic abnormality. Thisinformation came to light when,

during the Soviet era, a Red Armyreport disclosed that a warship inMay 1944 had disappeared with-out trace. In broad daylight andperfect sea conditions the heavilyarmed Russian cruiser simplydisappeared south of Crimea.

The baffling loss was reportedby the commander of an accom-panying warship. His report toldof a ‘black fog and a bolt oflightning that, when it cleared leftthe horizon clear.’ The Sovietwarship had incomprehensiblydisappeared. There was nowreckage, no trace, nothing.

In December 1945, five Sovietbombers disappeared over thearea. They left neither trace norexplanation. The last radiomessages recorded a thick fogblanketing their cockpit canopies.

Equally odd the disappearanceof 80 oil-drilling platform

personnel in 1991. Contact bet-ween shore and the rig abruptlyceased. Repeated attempts tocontact the rig were futile.

Sent to investigate, a militarysquadron discovered a drifting rigplatform upon which there wereno people evident and no signs ofdisturbance. Nothing was found.

This incident has its parallel inthe Mary Celeste incident in 1872.

Inexplicable ship disappear-

ances are still commonplace. Irecall the time when, in 1962,moored at a pier in the Red Sea,we sailors remarked on the cruiseliner berthed next to us.

This vessel set sail the nightbefore our departure. Both linerand its passengers disappeared.We were told the liner was thevictim of a rogue electric storm. Iheard no more. The sea remainsa very mysterious place.

Mike WalshMike, based in MediterraneanSpain, is an international jour-nalist, author and profes-sional writer.

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EURThe euro was unchanged against

sterling over the eight-day week. It lostone US cent and fell three cents againstthe Australian dollar.

As usual, Greece was a consideration forthe euro, though for once it was not aparticularly damaging one. Athens made a€450m repayment to the InternationalMonetary Fund on time and nobody wasunduly concerned about Prime MinisterTsipras cozying up to President Putin inMoscow. The European Central Bankdispelled another concern when it made afurther €1.2bn available to Greek banksunder its Emergency Liquidity Assistanceprogramme.

There is still no consensus amonginvestors as to whether the euro’s declinewas reversed last month or if it is simplylicking its wounds before it sets off loweragain. However, with the UK generalelection less than four weeks away it looksless vulnerable against sterling, which iscoming under pressure from political risk.

USDThe dollar lost ground to the

antipodeans over the eight-day week andwas just about unchanged against theCanadian dollar. It strengthened againstthe Europeans, adding a cent against theeuro and the pound.

It would have done a whole lot betterhad it not been for the US employmentdata released on Good Friday. Just 126kjobs were added in March, only about halfthe number predicted by analysts.Downward revisions to the two previousmonths exacerbated the situation byleaving the overall tally 188k short. TheUS dollar lost a cent on the news.

CAD The Canadian dollar lost ground to the

antipodeans over the eight-day week andwas just about unchanged against the USdollar. It strengthened against theEuropeans, adding a cent and threequarters against the pound.

It would have been fair to expect theLoonie to have done a little better, at leastagainst the US dollar, which was hurt bymuch weaker-than-expected employmentdata. That said, the Canadian statisticsthemselves were not exactly brilliant.

The trade deficit narrowed in Februarybut it was still a deficit. The Iveypurchasing managers index was a positive56.0 last month, but turned into anunfavourable 47.9 after seasonaladjustment.

With the UK general election less than amonth away the pound is coming underpressure from political risk. That couldlead to it losing ground to the Canadiandollar in coming weeks.

AUDThe performance of the Australian dollar

over the eight-day week was a reverse ofwhat it had done over the previous sevendays. The Aussie strengthened by fourand a quarter cents against sterling, bythree cents against the euro and by oneagainst the US dollar. It was unchangedagainst the Kiwi.

Australian economic data had little to dowith its success. The trade deficit was notquite as wide as forecast but it was still adeficit. Purchasing managers’ indexreadings from the services andconstruction sectors pointed to increasingactivity, but on a scale of 0-100 they wereonly just in the growth zone at 50.2 and50.1.

However, the US dollar lost ground onnews of much slower American jobsgrowth. And with the UK general electionless than a month away the pound founditself under increasing pressure frompolitical risk.

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ARIES(March 21 - April 20)A friend of long standing comes upwith some bright ideas to get you out of atricky situation. Don't be surprised. You havefor a long time now underestimated theirworth.

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)The urge to get ahead at as fast a paceas possible is apparent this week. Somewould say not before time. However, youknow the art of choosing the moment and ithas not been until now that you have felt thetime was right.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)The company is so interesting that youcan hardly tear yourself away and newexperiences are arriving every day. You couldbe forgiven for getting a little over-excited.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)Someone close gets a real stroke ofluck this week and no doubt thebenefits will rub off on you. It seems that somefortune will come your way by the end of themonth and lead you to see a situation in quitea different light.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)Someone you have been holdingat arm’s length recently is insistingon getting closer. Charm and tact alonemay not save the day, but enlisting the helpof a friend could.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)The hard work you have beenputting in recently has left you tiredand, at times, quite tetchy. This week youwill start to see the rewards of your effortswhich will undoubtedly help you to keep upthe momentum.

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)This is a highly sociable week, andyou could meet some new faces thatnot only attract but inspire you. You are asocial butterfly, and this brings out your Libranflutteriness.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)You dominate the scene this weekand no one is in any doubt about whatyou are aiming for. If you want to impresssomeone new to your circle, however, try a bitof cunning as opposed to brow-beating.

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)Communication and self-expression are what it's all about thisweek. You should realise that youare entitled to some fun.

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 20)The call of romance isstrong but so is that of your businesslife. The two will clash to thedetriment of each other if you do notplan ahead and pace yourself.

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)Such is your popularity thisweek that you can be assured ofsuccess in many things.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)For some time you havebeen trying to settle a certain matter.Although it is in your nature to getthings out of the way quickly, thishas not been possible. Be sure thatall is not what it seems.

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ciation (6)4 Earlier in time (6)7 Be without (4)8 Time or space between (8)9 Imply as a possibility (7)12 Lacking self-confidence

(3)14 On a ship, train, plane or

other vehicle (6)15 Desert plant (6)16 Is the owner (3)18 Arachnids (7)22 Being within reasonable or

average limits (8)23 Come upon, as if by acci-

dent (4)24 Four-footed animals (6)25 Last day of the week (6)

Down1 Apparatus used to commu-

nicate at a distance over awire (9)

2 Forebears (9)3 Bee wound (5)4 Mouthfuls (5)5 Croft (4)6 Arrive at (5)10 Young women (5)11 Mock or make fun of play-

fully (5)12 Allayed (9)13 Day immediately before to-

day (9)

17 Without support (5)19 Dramas (5)20 Put on clothes (5)21 Acquires (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 representsJ and 18 represents M, so fill in J every time the figure 15 appears and M every time the figure 18 appears. Now, usingyour knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the

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Across3 Can eels somehow purify? (7)7 A smell from the food, our dinner

(5)8 Leg-up to a degree? Get bread! (5)9 Really learned about red meats (8)10 Beautiful French girl sounding

alarm (5)13 Lass finishes with the idiot (3)15 Supplies arrived in damaged cra-

tes (6)16 Adapted canoes for big seas (6)17 Greek god of use in the kitchen

(3)19 Transfers art in the Civil Service

(5)23 Produce electricity from green tea

(8)24 Enthusiastic, as found in flea

germs (5)25 A range of potential votes (5)26 Hawaiian garland, certain relaxa-

tion (7)

Down1 Turned out, so I be in Idaho (5)2 Divided country in New York or

Eastern seaboard area (5)3 Alternatively reclines not in fisher-

man's baskets (6)4 Roused when a vigil comes to a

sorry end (8)5 Rewriting tag lines is theft (8)6 Soldiers hidden in farmyard (4)11 Shell motor at full speed (8)12 Pioneers such as pay their bills

(8)

13 As quiet as a snake (3)14 Sounds like a star issue (3)18 Reluctant to produce a few lines

(6)20 Fruit available in Fontvieille, Mo-

naco (5)21 Leaves left off the roof (5)22 Ray's joyful expression? (4)

LAST WEEK’SSOLUTIONSCRYPTICAcross: 1 Purchase, 5 Elms, 9 Chatter, 10 Plain, 11 Lion, 12 Desires, 15 Assume, 16 Severe, 19 Instead, 21 Bags, 24 Alert, 25 Leading, 26 Easy, 27 Princess.

Down: 1 Peculiar, 2 Reasons, 3 Hate, 4 Screen, 6 Leave,7 Sent, 8 Spoiled, 13 Imitate, 14 Messages,17 Examine, 18 Sailor,20 Needs, 22 Bare, 23 Earn.

QUICK Across: 1 Dares, 5 Heads, 8 Never, 9 Soldier, 10 Earlier, 11 Cell, 12/18 Big top, 14 Mesh, 15 Inch, 21 Look, 23 Examine,25 Confirm, 26 Tramp,27 Sleek, 28 Clear.

Down: 1 Dancer, 2 Reverse, 3 Straight, 4 Absorb, 5 Half, 6 Alike, 7 Shrill, 13 Gigantic, 16 Climate, 17 Clocks, 19 Permit,20 Helper, 22 Ounce,24 Link.

ENGLISH-SPANISHAcross: 1 Listen, 4 Hips, 8 Shade, 9 Clean, 10 Religioso,13 Young, 15 Unico, 16 Soap, 17 Castle.

Down: 1 Last, 2 Stage, 3 Evenings, 5 Ice, 6 Son, 7 Aceituna, 11 Skirt, 12 Doce, 13 Yes, 14 Uva.

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COURSE

GHOSTS

HAREMS

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RECENT

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WAGONS

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1 Cheery, 2 Farmer, 3 Wiggle, 4 Regard, 5 Melons, 6 Bagged, 7 Desire, 8 Jogger, 9 Threat, 10 Injury, 11 Reader, 12 Bleary, 13 Rumour, 14 Quoted, 15 Abroad, 16 Purred,17 Landed, 18 Tramps, 19 Driven

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Unscramble the name of a kitchen appliance (two words): SODROOPS FORCE

Unscramble the name of a famous sporting trophy (two words):LIAR’S MUD CAP

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

English - Spanish

Across1 Height (of object) (6)3 Weapon (4)7 Day (3)9 Arrival (of person, letter etc) (7)10 Ganar (sueldo) (4)11 Hueso (4)14 Gaviota (7)15 Mar (3)16 Faja (de tela) (4)17 Head (of person) (6)Down1 Direcciones (9)2 Rollo (de tela, papel, cuerda fina,cable fino) (4)4 Razones (7)5 Housewife (3,2,4)6 Cama (mueble) (3)8 Atrasos (7)12 Pero (uso adversativo) (3)13 Soul (of a person) (4)

A Russiantakeover bid? MIKE WALSH is again taking onthe role of appeaser, 1930s’style. As Goebbels said: “If youlie hard enough, everyone be-lieves it.”

Mike asserts that “mainstreammedia seems to have toneddown the anti-Nazi rhetoric.”This is simply not true; the foulhistory of Nazism has never hadmore publicity, with hardly a daypassing when we are not re-minded of what Hitler did.

Mike’s only ‘evidence’ of pro-Nazi activity is the commemora-tion of Latvians who foughtalongside the Germans in theSecond World War. Has hestopped to think why they didso? Has he forgotten that theUSSR invaded the Baltic Statesin 1940, taking away their inde-pendence?

No wonder that Balts took ad-vantage of the German invasionof the USSR in 1941 to try towin their freedom back. TheBaltic States today have everyreason to fear a new attempt toswallow them into Russia.

Mike reminds us that Germanywas the bad guy in 1939 – fairenough. But if Putin does notwant to be compared to Hitler,why does he go on imitatinghim? His takeover of the Crimeawas a shameless copy of Hitler’stakeover of the Czech Sudeten-land first, and then the whole ofCzechoslovakia.

For Sudetenland, read Crimea,and for the whole of Czechoslo-vakia, read Ukraine and theBaltic States.

History is indeed repeating it-self; let us just hope that Putinwill somehow be put off fromcarrying his Hitler-imitationthrough!

Bill Campbell (by email)

Helpline tipWITH reference to an articleabout the ‘Alertcop’ app, I havelooked it up and it is for report-ing crimes one is witnessing, notfor reporting a crime when oneis the victim.

It does not replace or add tothe system for victims reportinga crime on the 902 102 112number, for instance. With thatsystem, the victim gives infor-mation about the crime and

must then go to any NationalPolice station of their choicewithin 48 hours to make andsign the crime report. That ser-vice is in Spanish, English, Ger-man and Italian.

Julian Ward (by email)

Model stateI WISH that people like Cassan-dra Nash in her column wouldtry to see the whole picturewhen reporting on South Amer-ican politics.

In a recent column she casti-gated Venezuela as a totalitari-an system. She must know thatthe late President Hugo Chavezand present incumbent, NicolasMaduro, were both elected indemocratically-held electionsdespite US attempts to desta-bilise them.

Even former US PresidentJimmy Carter said thatVenezuela’s election processwas the best in the world. It isprecisely because some of theold political parties are seen tobe tired and corrupt that newmovements like Podemosand Syriza are becoming sopopular.

When it comes to totalitariansystems we shouldn’t criticisetoo loudly. Which states in theworld imprison people withouttrial, invade other countries andspy on their own citizens? Idon’t think we should betoo smug, now should we?

Les Adams, Orihuela Costa(Alicante)

Enough already!WHAT’s with all these stupidEHIC letters? The cards aren’tvalid if you live here, they’refor tourists.

If you’re a pensioner livinghere you need a Spanish So-cial Security card, simple.

No more of it please! Thereare enough other issues forexpats to deal with.

Amazed Steve, Palma Nova(Mallorca)

Editor’s note: Foreignresidents registered withSocial Security needSpain’s version of theEHIC, the Tarjeta SanitariaEuropea (TSE). This pro-vides Spanish residentswith emergency medicaltreatment and care whentravelling inside the EU.

Driven crazyCONGRATULATIONS to LeapyLee on a wonderful article –absolutely spot-on!

With reference to JeremyClarkson and the BBC Pro-gramme, Top Gear, they aredinosaurs that have been

operating the same format forthe last 23 years.

Every week, two overgrownschoolboys and their vertically-challenged accomplice pre-dictably present the same bor-ing programme content,namely drag-racing two sportscars on an old airfield.

They compete against oneanother in a race from A to B inEurope in a car, train orShanks’s pony. They get someB-List celebrity to drive a ‘sit-upand beg’ small family saloonaround the same old airfieldagainst the clock, with Clark-son’s same inane comment:“Going through the chicane.”

They take beaten-up oldjalopies, weld on some steeland drive them to destructionin some God-forsaken place inAfrica, Russia or South Americawhere the local inhabitantsthink they are all nuts andshould be certified.

Same old bloke in a spacesuit driving around the sameold airfield (mind the old 747Jumbo!).

If cars are your bag there isno comparison between TopGear and two other interestingand educational motoring pro-grammes, Wheeler Dealers and

Car SOS. They showcaseBritain’s car history in restoringold classics and the thriving in-dustry of highly-talented com-panies and individuals withhands-on engineering exper-tise.

This may encourage youngpeople in Britain to take up anengineering apprenticeship in-stead of going to universityto study some obscuresubject in the social sciencesand waste three yearsphilosophising.

Richard Beames,Los Boliches (Malaga)

Honest gestureNOT long ago I treated a dearfriend and her family to dinner.

The bill for four of us onlycame to €82 and the standardwas so high the waiters merit-ed a good tip.

Having sorted out a €50 andtwo €20 notes to cover thecost I added €5 and somecoins to mark my appreciation.

As we made our way out thewaitress approached me andsaid I had given them toomuch money. I told her it wasto show how much we al lenjoyed the meals and theirservice.

I walked on out to my carand my guest fol lowed butwas stopped by the samewaitress who showed her whatI had paid. I had given hertwo €50 notes by mistake andshe insisted that I took oneback.

Such refreshing honesty re-news one’s faith in human na-ture in these days where cor-ruption and dishonesty f i l lhundreds of pages in ournewspapers each week.

Needless to say, I shall re-turn many times.

John Wilkinson, PlayaFlamenca (Alicante)

Change of dietFOLLOWERS of BarcelonaFootball Club will doubtless bepleased by the current form ofthe club and in particular theform and behaviour of LuisSuarez.

Barça seems to have curbedhis habit of biting people, orperhaps he’s turned vegetarian!

Harvey ‘Hogan’ Appel, Sorbas(Almeria)

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Linda Gonzalez, Altea (Alicante)

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My short stay is a real relief

I HAD the seventh chemotreatment last week. It wasthe fastest I have ever beenseen and so I was only at thehospital until 1.30pm whichwas a relief since I always ar-rive at 7.15am making it along day.

I have to say that the sideeffects kick in about two tothree days after the treatmentnow. I am left feeling listless,very achy and generally a bitwobbly.

Nothing that stops me fromgetting on with normal life,but the pace slows downgreatly and I am far moresusceptible to coughs andcolds. Hence the hackingcough I have now, more an-tibiotics which I dislike, but at

least my temperature is underthe dangerous 38 degreesmark. I am sure the battery inmy thermometer is going torun out at any moment as Ihave to diligently monitor mytemperature. If I hit the 38degree mark then I have togo to hospital for tests as it isa sign of an infection that Imight not be in shape to fighton my own. Luckily I haveavoided this as it would meana possible hospital stay andput my treatment back.

I was told that once I wasin the last cycle ofchemotherapy I had to ringthe radiotherapy team atCarlos Haya to book my scanin preparation for the nextstage of my treatment.

I called at the beginning ofApri l and eff ic ient ly theycalled me back and I went in

on April 7 for a scan of mytorso which then providedthem with an idea of how tomark out the area to be radi-ated.

This type of CAT scan ispainless as there is no intra-venous dye used. You justhave to strip down to yourwaist, in my case becausemy cancer was in the breastand armpit, and put yourarms outstretched over yourhead, incl ine your head tothe unaffected side and notmove an inch.

After the scan the nursecame in and explained thatthey were going to tattoo meto mark out the zone thatthey would administer theradiotherapy to. The dye ispermanent. So four little andquick punctures were filledwith dye and I was done.

I had a chat with anothernurse who explained the im-portance of moisturising inpreparation for radiotherapy.At this stage they couldn’ttell me how many sessions Iwould need. That wouldhave to be discussed withmy doctor. However a mini-

mum of 15 and up to a maxi-mum of 35 sessions werediscussed. I have fair skin soit is likely that my skin willbecome red and irritated.

I was also given instruc-tions on what not to do! Nodeodorant or perfumes orextreme water temperatures!So that ’s the end to myscorching showers then!

And a whole host of otherthings and of course to avoidthe sun.

I have to say though that Iam really pleased with howthings have been going al-though I don’t have any con-crete results of how my treat-ment has gone yet.

Finishing chemo will besuch a relief. A l ittle l ike abored child… I have hadenough now!

Yesterday was a day to for-

get about cancer and my mo-torway breakdown! It wastime to catch up with friends.Jorge and I had a splendidlunch in Fuengirola. Gosh weall laughed so much and haveput a date in the diary tomeet again soon. Laughing isthe best tonic ever.

The children dragged them-selves out of bed today andrather like an adult who hasto work, they too were prettyhappy that it was Friday! Wellthat makes all of us then. An-other week gone and I amnot one to wish away my life,but the passing of time for usis all about life and healing.

The children have a greatloss to come to terms withand I have a physical andmental battle which should bea much shorter ordeal. Mycancer is easier to deal withbecause there is something tobe done and a process to gothrough.

Emotional trauma is farmore deeply rooted with noroad map to navigate yourway out of. They are makinga progress, little by little andday by day.

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IL PARADISO is so called be-cause this elegant restaurant islike stepping into paradise it-self. The location is perfect forromance offering a spectacularview over the Bay of Palmafrom the waterfront of MariventMallorca. Peter Axelsson andhis attentive staff run a tightship to make every dining ex-perience a magical one, day ornight.

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Careful with the ducks

WITH spring here manypools and ponds will attractducks, and we all love tofeed them.

But it is important to feedthese wild creatures theright thing. Most commonlypeople throw scraps ofbread, crackers and similarbread-type products, butthese are also some of theleast nutritious, accordingto Melissa Mayntz of bird

ing.about.com.She says: “Bread has lit-

tle nutritional value andcan harm growth, pollutewaterways and attract ro-dents and other pests.

“Similarly, ducks shouldnot be fed any productsthat are spoiled or mouldy;different types of mould

can be fatal to waterfowl.”However, that is not to

mean we shouldn’t feedducks, geese and swans asthere are other treats wecan feed them as part of ahealthy and nutritious diet.

“Ducks will eat a greatdeal of different foods, andthe best foods include:

- Oats (uncooked)- Rice (cooked)- Birdseed (any type)- Peas or corn (defrosted)- Earthworms- Mealworms (fresh ordried)- Chopped lettuce or othergreens or salad mixes- Vegetable trimmings orpeels (chopped)- Duck feed pellets can bepurchased from farming oragricultural supply stores.”

People should stop feed-ing if the birds appear un-interested or are leavingthe food uneaten.

Melissa added that peo-ple should remember wildbirds can be aggressive,such as larger waterfowllike swans and geese.

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ACK in nineteen hundredand freezing cold, when Ilived briefly in Pennsylva-nia, I took myself along tothe local movie theatre

one night to see a film that was get-ting lots of rave reviews in the Ameri-can press.

The film was Death Wish.It’s the story of a man in New York

City, whose wife is murdered by mug-gers when they ransack his apart-ment, leaving his traumatised daugh-ter in a catatonic state. He thenembarks on a one-man vigi lantekilling spree on the streets of the city.

What amazed me at the time wasthat after each mugger was shot, theentire audience in the theatre leapt totheir feet and applauded loudly. Itemphasised in no uncertain way justhow brassed off the American public

were with the problem of violentcrime, and the failure of the police toget to grips with it.

The main character, Paul Kersey akaCharles Bronson, became an immedi-ate hero and it was understandable.

Unfortunately in 2015, we are sadlylacking in heroes. I’m not necessarilytalking about blokes who go aroundbumping off muggers, but genuinerole models for those of us who stillhold dear traditional values.

But the definition of the term herohas degraded into the perverted wor-ship of disgraced politicians; pop starswho make tawdry assignations withstrangers in public toilets; chefs whoare more renowned for their bad lan-guage than the food they prepare, illbehaved overpaid footballers, and socalled comedians whose only talent isto ridicule and mock.

Worse still, is that we do not haveleaders who are prepared to make de-cisions on what is inherently right, butare diverted by political correctness orthe need to buy votes with cheapshort term policies.

If ever we needed a man or womanfor our time, it is now. With standardsdegenerating; corruption among theruling elite and police forces rife, andthe world going to hell in a hand cartal l around us, a champion ofChurchillian proportions was nevermore needed. Someone who has beenhitherto obscure perhaps, but whowould rise dramatically to the fright-ening challenges facing us.

It’s hard to see where such a per-sonality could come from.

The political landscape with it’s col-lection of incompetent and self seek-ing misf i ts , i s as barren as a eu-nuch’s Y-fronts and with a generale lect ion only weeks away, theprospect of such a figure emergingfrom the dross, looks bleak to saythe least.

But in the unlikely event that thisshould happen, just l ike the audi-ence in that Pennsylvanian theatreal l those years ago, I bel ieve themajor i ty of decent people in ourcountry would leap to their feet andapplaud loudly.

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SINCE l iv ing in Spainherbs have featured inthe plantings in the gar-den, experimental ter-race gardens, builder’sbucket salad bars, ourallotment when we hadit, and the naturally oc-curr ing herbs lef t togrow wild on our natu-ra l ly cu l t ivated o l ivegrove.

Knowing that space isa premium a baker ’sdozen are described be-low. Why a baker ’sdozen? Wel l my f i rs tSaturday job was tocount up p i les of 960farthings and bag themfor the bank at my fa-ther’s baking business.

Every 13th bag wasmy pocket and birthdaymoney in the same waythat in those days a13th Easter hot-crossbun, doughnut or ro l lwas free.

So to an interest ingselect ion of benefic ialherbs:

• Mint (perennial) –Best planted in a largesunken pot to contro lthe expans ive roots.Added to boiling wateradds a good touch toyour new potatoes.

Has several cul inaryand medic ina l usesranging from mint sauceto serve with lamb to astrong infus ion in themorning after a night onthe town.

I f you hunt around,an interesting collectionof mints can be built upwith a diversity of leaf

co lours, scents andflavours.

• Stevia (perennial) –The leaves are verysweet and a great nat-ura l rep lacement forsugar. Summer leavescan be dr ied for thewinter months.

• Garl ic (annual) –The heal th iest veg-etable/herb of them allwi th a wide range ofculinary uses and a use-fu l insect ic ide in thegarden as an infus ionspray or growing ingeranium pots or underrose bushes.

• Chives (perennial)– A row looks ornamen-tal and a good additionto salads.

• Horseradish(perennial)– A coupleof p lants in theground or largesunken pot canadd zest to t routand meat dishes andgrated the root can in-crease one’s metabolismafter a gluttonous meal.

If you look at the la-bels on horseradishsauce bott les you wi l lbe surpr ised by thesmal l percentage of

horseradish inc ludedand the range of otheringredients. So grow ityourself.

• Sage common(perennial) – Obviouslyfor sage and onionstuf f ing. An infus iongood for gums. Thecommon culinary sageis just one of over 800var iet ies of sage orsalvias. Collecting themis an interesting hobby.

To understand what isavailable have a look atthe cata logue of pho-tographs and de-s c r i p t i onso n

the website of ’Robbinssalvia’.

• Purslane ( annualbut can se l f -seed forcontinuity) – An inter-est ing addit ion to sal-ads.

• Rocket (annual butlate growing plants canalso seed) – Adds aspicy taste to salads.

• Basi l (annual) –Each year we grow aselection of the annualseeds from the interest-

ing and longlist offeredby ChilternS e e d s .Great withchopped

t o m a -t o e s

and salads.• Perilla (annual but

eas i ly se l f -seeds forcontinuity) – Infusionsare sa id to he lp hayfever sufferers. Reputedto be usefu l for panicattacks such as the Sun-day morning you f indthat slugs have eaten allthe recently-planted let-tuces overnight.

• Parsley (generallyan annual but some va-rieties will over-winter)– Great with fish dishesand infusions useful forthe wife’s cystitis.

• Comfrey (perenni-al) – A must for ecologi-cal vegetable growers,one can harvest severalcrops a year to put in abucket of water for amonth to produce ahandy ecological fertiliz-er.

It’s also beneficial towrap seed potato in acouple of leaves beforeplant ing; add some to

the compost heap as anaccelerator; use a poul-tice on a strained kneeor ankle, or a gouty toe.

• Rosemary (peren-nia l ) – An importantculinary herb and a per-fect partner for manymeat dishes.

Wel l that should getyou off to a productivestart. There are manymore. Forty that weregularly use for cook-ing and various preven-t ive heal th measuresare l i s ted in our book‘L iv ing Wel l f rom OurGarden - MediterraneanSty le ’ ava i lab le f romAmazon Books.

Finally a few words ofwarning. Most annualherbs are best i f notgrown in full sun all daylong as they can soongo to seed.

© Dick Handscombewww.gardeninginspain.

com April 2005

Herbs for the terrace, allotment andgarden - a baker’s dozen for starters

Dick Handscombe

By Spain’s best knownexpatriate gardening authorliving in Spain for 25 years.

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VOLKSWAGEN haveshowcased four newversions of the stalwartBeetle at the New YorkInternational Auto Show.

VW has revealed fournew versions of the leg-endary Beetle car. Twonew coupés and twocabriolets. They havebrought the bug into2015 by further extend-ing the Beetle line-up,and is offering a glimpseof the possible versionsin the four concept cars.

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Seventy three fabu-lous Jaguars with 151Jaguar owners enjoyedtwo days of prize giv-ing, charity auctions,village hopping, andphoto shoots.

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SPECTATORS were treated to a full dayof rugby as the U16 team of El Toro tookon Uckfield from England. An excitingclose and evenly matched game saw thevisitors pull ahead during the secondhalf.

The other visiting team was fromCefneithin RFC in Wales who, as part oftheir Mallorca Tour, came to play the ElToro U18 team. The game was dominat-ed by the hosts in a very energetic gameand due to the defending skills of theWelsh players, El Toro RC youngsterswere defeated by 7 - 17, but enjoyed agreat match at a high level.

The seniors’ matches were the play-offs for the four places between theteams at the top of the Senior Men’sLeague.

In the match for third and fourth placeBahia RC were faced by RC Ponent ‘A.’

A very successful season has taken itstoll on the team which helped Bahia RCfinally win 17 points to 5 for a deservedthird place.

Ibiza RFC made the trip to play in thefinal against RC Ponent ‘B’ in a fast mov-

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