ISSUE NO. 1587 3 - 9 December 2015 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMMALLORCA

This is our fight too!In a typically, relaxed Mallor-can style, some 2,000 peoplegathered in the Plaza Españain Palma last Sunday withcolourful banners of hearts andsuns.

Adults and children joinedtogether and with paintedfaces marched to the Paseo delBorn, accompanied by twodrumming bands, whilst an-other 785,000 people from allover the world were marchingtoo.

Avaaz member and islandresident, Alice, Jay said: “Themarch in Palma was part of thelargest climate mobilisation inhistory!” Covering the 2015Paris Climate Conference(COP21) in Paris, Alice added:“Our voices shook the planetand in Paris, inside the talks,governments are still hearingour call.”

Images and footage of themarches, including Mallorca’s,were shown to delegates asthey entered the negotiations.

Palma resident Felicity But-ler Davis was also at the Pal-ma march with her family. “Ifeel very strongly about theabuse of the planet and I be-lieve the talks in Paris will

have a big influence on howfast change takes place from agovernment level,” she re-marked.

However, if Spain’s last re-form of the electricity sector isanything to go by, one can on-ly imagine that the road aheadmight be rocky.

By Glynis German

GLOBAL Climate March in Palma attracts people from all over the island

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A recent survey conducted by theGadeso Foundation shows Mallorca andthe surrounding islands to be less toler-ant towards foreigners than in recentyears. The negativity on immigration is-sues has grown whilst the positive re-

sponse shown in recent years droppedsomewhat.

The survey shows that 89% of localswant to deport all immigrants fromSpain who don’t have their papers in or-der. It was also found that 82% of localsfeel that there is an excess of expats liv-ing and working in the Balearics.

On those immigrants who have theright to be in Spain, 82% expressed neg-ative opinions such as immigrants occu-pying local jobs. Only 18% were posi-tive with comments such as immigrantsdoing the work no-one else wants to do.

An opinion shared by the majoritywas that if an immigrant commits an of-

The market of Ses Verdures inthe main square of Manacorhas begun to open on Friday af-ternoons in an attempt to attractnew customers and bring more

life to the town centre this win-ter. In collaboration with thetown council there are also freeactivities for young children toenjoy.

Ses Verduresmarket for all

A YOUNG man was threat-ened over a parking space inPalma by two men, approxi-mately 50 and 30 years. Theproblem occurred when thedriver saw a parking space

become free in the Rieraarea of Palma and parked init without problem. Unfor-tunately the other two menclaimed to have seen itfirst.xx

Aggro parking

LOCAL NEWS Survey reveals truthFOREIGNERS who aren’t willing to integrate not tolerated by locals

NEGATIVITY BREWS: Locals are not as positive about the foreigners living and working in the Balearics anymore

WE would just like to remind our advertisers ofour upcoming 2015 festive deadlines:Kindly ensure you send us the necessary material for editions 1589/1590/1591 by no later than Friday11th of December and edition 1592 no later thanMonday 21st of December

ReminderBy Glynis German

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Where to buylottery ticketsSOME places ‘lucky’AS well as from lottery of-fices in Barcelona, the inter-net, hypermarkets, on highstreets and many tobac-conist shops. Some of theplaces that sell El Gordotickets are considered‘lucky’ for one reason or an-other, and people stand inline for hours to buy theirticket there.

What are theodds?CHANCE is one in 10YOUR chances of winningthe El Gordo jackpot, worth€4 million is about one in100,000! It doesn’t take amathematician to see whyso many people like thoseodds, and the chance ofwinning a prize of any sortis one in 10 even thoughthat may only be a refund ofthe ticket cost.

Who can play?SPANISH laws changed AN estimated 75 per cent ofSpaniards purchase ticketsand many hold lottery par-ties on the night of the draw.

Thanks to a change inSpanish laws, people fromoverseas can purchase tick-ets within Spain or throughinternet sites although thereis a slight risk of scams withinternet clubs.

How muchdoes it cost?FULL tickets or tenthsEACH full ticket costs€200 but it is possible tobuy in 10ths (decimo) at€20 for each decimo. A fullticket will win the full prizeof €4 million whilst eachtenth will win €40,000, ifyou have a ticket whichcontains all of the correctnumbers.

Televised drawAT San Ildefonso schoolON December 22 everyyear, children from the SanIldefonso School sing athree-hour long Gregorianchant in which they pickand announce the winningnumbers in a televised pro-gramme, which is avidlywatched by those holdingtickets.

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LOTTERIES have becomemore and more popular aroundthe world as many countriesnow use them to raise funds forcharity, although equally, somegovernments also see them as a

ready source of income.When premium bonds were

introduced into the UK in 1956,they were intended to act as arelatively cheap loan for theBritish government which pays

a varying rate of interest to cov-er the prize fund. This was anearly form of lottery for Britishparticipants which guaranteedthe refund of the original stakeat any time.

Since then the UK has seenthe introduction of a plethora oflotteries including the nationallottery, euromillions, nationalhealth lottery and post code lot-tery with varying amounts

passed to charities of all kinds. The Spanish lottery donates

around €75 million (about 2per cent of net income) to arange of charities including theRed Cross.

Some lotteries raise funds for charity

This year’s El Gordo lottery TV advert launched THE draw has been so popular it even continued during the Civil War

ALTHOUGH tickets for the ChristmasEL Gordo (the Fat One) lottery havebeen on sale for some time, it is aboutnow that the organisers launch TV ad-vertisements in an effort to persuade analready willing public to participate.

This Christmas lottery has been or-ganised every year since 1812 by an armof the Spanish Government now calledLoterias y Apuestas del Estado.

It has been so popular that the draweven continued during the Civil War, butnot only does the government benefit bykeeping 30 per cent of the total spent onthe tickets but also now charges a ‘profittax’ on winnings over €2,500.

There is only a limited range of num-bers, but more than one ticket with the

same numbers is offered for sale, andmost of the outlets only have two orthree different numbers which meansthat there could be say 500 big winnerswithin the same town.

There have been some fairly boringadverts for the lottery, but this year theorganisers and their advertising agencyLeo Burnett have excelled themselvesby creating an up to date and very amus-ing animated story.

It features Justino, a lonely nightwatchman in a mannequin factory whospends his nights alone but decides tolighten his daytime colleagues’ lives byplacing the mannequins in amusing situ-ations which they see every morningwhen they come to work. There is ofcourse a happy ending when they ensurethat he is included when they buy a tick-et and then win El Gordo.

By John Smith

ADVERT: Justino and colleagues after winning El Gordo, in the advertisement by Leo Burnett Madrid.

I’ll pay the debts Ihave and try to buy an

apartment with myhusband

Christmas lottery

ALTHOUGH referred to mostly asEl Gordo, the correct name for theGovernment Christmas Lottery is‘El Sorteo Extraordinario de Navi-dad’ sometimes shortened to ‘Lote-ria de Navidad’.

El Gordo only refers to first prizeand should be used for that prize inevery lottery during the year.

El Gordo is first prize

said a happy Joana Lizcano one of theEl Gordo winners in 2014

2.24bnEuros is the total value

of prize money to bedistributed in the 2015

El Gordo draw Quote of the Week

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Michael Portillo brought hishighly popular series GreatContinental Railway Journeysto an end on November 27.

After his first programme ofGreat Continental RailwayJourneys, from Madrid toGibraltar, first aired in 2013,Michael Portillo, with a 1913copy of Bradshaw’s Continen-tal Railway Guide in his hand,returned to Spain to film anoth-er stunning vintage rail journey,this time the last in the currentseries, from Barcelona to Mal-lorca. The series is based on a 1913

edition of famous BradshawGuide, George Bradshaw’s firstguide being published as farback as 1839.

In the case of this episode,Portillo, who has a first classdegree in History from Cam-bridge University, traced theroots of the Spanish Civil War,a war that had divided hisSpanish family. Portillo, thehalf Spanish former Conserva-tive Government Minister inthe UK, who owns a propertyin Andalucia was the ideal pre-senter, his father being a repub-

lican refugee from the CivilWar who had been sent into ex-ile. The journey saw him enjoy-

ing rides aboard the Palma toSoller railway, constructed in1912, so very modern whenBradshaw’s Guide was firstwritten.

As much of the rolling stockis original, and with his fluentknowledge of Spanish, theflamboyant politician could ex-perience a journey that took hisviewers back in time to a gold-en and romantic era of rail trav-el.

Portillo, who was wonder-

fully dressed as always in theseries, also enjoyed a trip onthe 1913 tram down to the port.

With Mallorca being seenby many as a sun and sea re-sort, Portillo recommended thatpeople come to the island toexperience the historic trainand tram experience.

ENDED the last of his series’ in Mallorca

Michael PortilloGreat Continental

TRAM: Travelling along the Mallorcan seafront.

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ACCUSATIONS are flyingafter construction work wassuspended on the ci ty’sPalacio de Congresos con-vention centre in anothertwist to a seemingly never-ending saga.

Last week the main con-tractor, Acciona, ceased allactivity following a disputeover unpaid compensation,to the fury of the Ministryof Tourism.

Vice-President BielBarceló said that he hadgrown ‘weary’ of Acciona’saccusations that Palma CityHall had not made pay-ments, “when it isn’t true.”

He voiced a suspicionthat Acciona “don’t want tofinish the work in order tohave some means of apply-ing pressure” lamenting thatthe people were “long agofed up with the sheer sor-row of the saga.”

Acciona had complainedthat the government had notpaid an August invoice fortwo mil l ion euros whileBarceló stated the transfer

was s igned and sent , andnot due until mid-Decemberregardless.

The dispute further com-plicates an already complexand acr imonious s tory ofrepeated delays and legalbattles.

Acciona is c la iming 16million euros in compensa-tion for a two-year suspen-sion of work by previousadministrations, while thestate is only willing to offerfour million.

Longer- term residentswil l see this as an almostcarbon copy of events in2011 when work on thePalacio de Congresosstopped for two months

over the divers ion of 20million euros of statutoryfunding due to Acciona.

Five representat ives ofthe company met with May-or José Hila on Monday anda decision is expected to bemade this week on whenwork will be resumed, al-though officials now admitthat the expected comple-tion date of December 31 isunrealistic.

Tenders for the projectwere first offered in 2006but a succession of differentpolitical parties at the helmof the ci ty hall have beenunable to successfully workwith any of the contractedfirms.

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The curse of Palma’sConference CentreWORK again suspended on Palacio de Congresos over accusationsin a dispute over unpaid compensation

by Matthew Elliott

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A TOTAL of 59 property own-ers have been reprimanded forrenting their homes via touristwebsites.

This is prohibited by theTourism Act (Ley Turística)and 176 complaints were re-ceived by the local govern-ment between January andOctober this year. Of thesecomplaints, only 59 have beenfiled so far although no sanc-tions have been formalised.

The Tourism Act allows thetourist marketing of homesprovided they are not in multi-family buildings. One canrent through the Urban LeasesAct, but marketing is not al-lowed on tourism websites.

The government intends to

analyse changes to theTourism Act and wants to in-troduce some form of regulari-

sation to the issue of touristlets but it will still be illegal torent your home this manner.

Holiday rentals denounced

Electioneering beginsTUESDAY next week (December 8) is a public holiday in Spainand celebrates the Immaculate Conception. It is also the day for avisit by Pablo Iglesias, General Secretary of the Spanish politicalparty, Podemos. Tonight (Thursday) political parties will begin theirelection campaigns with the traditional act of putting up the electionposters which takes place tonight at midnight.

Organicdiary The Organic Farming As-sociation of Mallorca(APAEMA) has producedan ecological agriculturaldiary for 2016 which isalready on sale at certainoutlets across Mallorca.

Included in the diary istechnical information onorganic agriculture, live-stock and beekeeping aswell as where one canbuy organic foodstuffs onthe island. The diary in-cludes calendars on bio-dynamics and the besttimes for planting and forpruning.

THE Partido Popular (PP) of Fornalutxthis week presented a motion inParliament that advocates the defence ofthe ‘correbou’, the running of the bulls,in their annual celebrations.

The proposal had already beenpresented and approved in Fornalutxand was supported by both the PP andthe PSOE parties.

The motion calls for the governmentto respect bullfighting and wants todeclare it an ‘intangible culturalheritage of the Balearics’. The motionalso asks to repeal the sections of theLaw on Protection of Animals 1992regarding bullfighting.

In his preamble to the motion, Mayorof Fornalutx, Antoni Aguiló, affirmedthat the history of bullfighting in theBalearic Islands goes back some three

centuries and “formed part of the mostdeeply rooted customs and traditions ofthe people as well as being the mostenjoyed section of the Fornaltuxfestivities.”

For some years now the celebrationshave had people demonstrating againstthe bull being run through the streets ofthis small town in the Tramuntanamountains. It seems that the locals wanttheir fiesta to stay the way it is.

Fornalutx wants tokeep bullfightingPARTIDO POPULAR presents motion in Parliament in its defence

CONTROVERSIAL: The practice of running the bull through the streets.

By Glynis German

THE Guardia Civil’s MaritimeService managed to recover asailboat valued at €60,000,stolen in November. The yachtwas recovered in Calvia watersand the crew member onboardat the time, a German nationalof 48 years, was arrested.

The boat was anchored offthe coast of Calvia and agentsdiscovered that the man on-board was unable to produceany ownership papers. Further-more, they the name of the boathad been rubbed off and the ig-nition system tampered with.

Stolen sailboatrecovered in Calvia

PROHIBITED: Renting homes via tourist websites.

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ON NOVEMBER 20 the lo-cal Balearic government de-creed that health centreswould have extended openinghours until 8pm which cameinto effect this week. Thisnews was not received welland was in fact rejected bythe doctors’ union. The Med-ical Union of Baleares (Sime-

bal) presented a documentearlier this week to Ib-Salutand the courts, signed by 34of the 45 coordinators of thehealth centres protestingagainst the opening hours.The document also exonerat-ed medical professionals ofany liability for the possiblelack of technical and human

resources for the new extend-ed opening hours. With noincrease in staff and with al-ready insufficient cover, doc-tors are unwilling to take re-sponsibility for anymalfunctions that may occurand put that responsibility inthe hands of those in chargeof the health service.

Doctor’s protestextended hours76% of Simebal against opening till 8pm

Tragedy at seaEMERGENCY maritime services were joined by ahelicopter from Mallorca’s Son Sant Joan airbase to searchfor a French man who had fallen overboard the sailing boaton which he was crew. The 11m yacht, on route fromToulon in the south of France to Menorca, faced waves of4m high. The second passenger, 61 years and owner of theyacht was rescued. The lifeless body was finally spottedon Monday by a French airforce plane and rescued by theSpanish rescue ship, Marta Mata. The man was named as55 year Serge Marino and his body will be repatriated toFrance.

Xmas marketON MONDAY 7 December,from 10am until 2pm, therewill be a Christmas marketorganised by Viveca Palma.The market will be held inSan Feliu 17 in Palma andwill have a selection of handcrafted goods for sale as wellas food for the hungry shop-per.

THE PILAR & JOAN MIROFOUNDATION of Mallorca an-nounced last week that ‘Miro’s Stu-dio’ will exhibit in London from 21January until February 16, 2016.

The exhibition is a recreation ofMiro’s Mallorcan studio designedby the Catalan architect Josep LluisSert in 1956.

The studio was also his sanctuaryand Miro continued working in ituntil his death in 1983.

Twenty five of Miro’s paintingsand drawings will form part of theexhibition.

The exhibition has been commis-sioned by Elvira Camara and hasthe support of Successio Miro, aswell as the Miro Foundation.

It is currently on display at theMayoral Gallery at 6 Duke Street inLondon.

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STUDIO: Was Miro’s Sanctuary and he continued working there until his death in 1983.

By Glynis German

Permit costNEARLY 17,000 resi-dents of Palma have untilJanuary 31 to renew theirparking permits.

For those using theORA parking areas, thepermit cost will remainthe same for next year at€24. The Palma TownCouncil informed that94.5 per cent of the reno-vations are automatic withresidents receiving theparking badge in the post.

Water leaksEMAYA water companywas kept busy repairingburst water pipes whichcaused havoc with thepublic and traffic.

Both occurred ataround 7am, one in theEs Molinar area inwhich the police had todivert traffic and theother in Cala Mayor,near the palace ofMarivent.

Joan Miro exhibition will bein London early next yearEXHIBITION is a recrestion of Miro’s Mallorcan studio

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THE public water companyEmaya’s new service for col-lecting junk and old furniturewas introduced this week.

The service is available in 26districts of Palma and each will

be assigned a different day ofthe week.

Over 65s are still able to re-quest direct pick-up from theirhomes if they are unable to car-ry items to the street.

Emaya offers the servicefrom Sunday to Thursday and

larger items of rubbish such asold furniture can be left in thestreet between 8pm and 10pmto be collected shortly after.

Fines between €300and€900 will be applied to thoseresidents leaving out items ondifferent days or in the street.

Collection servicefor old junkSERVICE available Sunday to Thursday

By Glynis German

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IT seems that the old Ja-maica Hotel in Magaluf willfinally be restored to its for-mer glory, with a buildingapplication permit submitted

by owners Melia Hotels In-ternational to Calvia coun-cil.

With the hotel closed forthe past f ive years, localbusiness owners have longcomplained that her run-

down appearance is not agood image for the area.

If al l goes according toplan, the first phase of theproject will begin this win-ter and include the demoli-tion of part of the existing

building along with the con-struction of a parking.

The remodell ing of thehotel offering over 300rooms on four storeys in-tends to open in time for the2017 season.

By Glynis German

Old Jamaica hotelcomes back to life HOTEL has been closed for the past five years but opening date intended for 2017

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CALVIA 2000 presented their 2016 budgetshowing a clear commitment to efficientmanagement of resources for the benefit ofthe customer, both residents and tourists.

The budget foresees an investment of4.33 million euros and will be run with theprincipals of prudence and rationalisationfor a bet ter and more eff ic ient servicethroughout the Calvia municipality.

More personnel and €500,000 meant bet-ter street and beach cleaning was completedduring the summer season, which extended

to October 15. There is a lso the reduct ion of cer ta in

items including fuel, insurance, banking ser-vices, travel costs and communications, tofurther increase the efficiency of services.

Some of the main investments include up-grades to the water purifying plants at Pa-guera and Bendinat and improvements tothe Santa Ponsa plant.

Also included are reforms to the Deixalleswaste plant to be used as a facility for haz-ardous waste management.

Ambitious plans forcleaning budget

Christmassanctuary THE Monastery of Llucwill host its annual Christ-mas fair this weekend fromSaturday until Tuesday 8December, taking advan-tage of the bank holidayweekend.

The fair will be openfrom 10am till 6pm duringthese days, and featuresome 40 stands sellingcrafts, Christmas products,food, jewellery and organicproducts.

Singing offered a break from her charitywork, which Lyn has been involved withsince 2007: “My friend was diagnosedwith cancer and I would go to hospital andtranslate. We went through a rocky jour-ney. There was no help or support and wedid not know the system.” Lyn continued:“I was going to start something up myselfwhen I discovered MABS and so afterspeaking with Jacqui, the president, sheagreed I could set up a MABS branch inMurcia.”

Being prolific in founding MABS Mur-cia Mar Menor, Lyn used her determina-tion and marketing and organisationalskills to successfully open the first suchcharity shop in the area. “The shop wasand still is very successful and brings in vi-tal money for MABS.” Lyn organised theRace for Life and Party in the Park events,which were big fundraisers each year but

the shop brought in essential daily fundingfor the cancer support group.

Lyn has helped raise tens of thousandsof euros for MABS. But after six years shefelt she had given it all she could and

stepped down as director of the Murciabranch. “Dealing with cancer every daytakes it toll on you,” she explained, butwithin a few weeks she was already plan-ning her next charity challenge, this time

with animals. Along with Sue Thomason,Cruz Azul was formed, which Lyn hopeswill be pivotal in helping to change lawsand attitudes towards animal welfare.

Working along the lines of the PDSA inthe UK, Cruz Azul exists to provide veteri-nary care for the sick and injured pets ofpeople in need and to promote responsiblepet ownership. They also form part ofPAES (Protección Animales España)which aims to bring together associations,government, authorities and professionalsor companies interested in animal welfareso they can make a difference, somethingwhich is the main driving force behindLyn’s many hours of dedication.

“I have just met with a councillor inMurcia in the hope of getting the lawchanged. There are European laws comingin, saying how animals should be treated,and some regions in Spain have alreadypassed laws so that no dog can be putdown. There are changes and develop-ments being made, just very slowly. We al-so need to be in schools, educating futuregenerations, ” said Lyn.

In the next five years Lyn hopes theywill see even more changes and improve-ments in animal protection and welfare.

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Changing things for the better

AFTER a busy working life inMarketing and PR, Lyn Baines wasworried she would be bored afterretiring to Spain in 2002. Now, 13years later, she is anything butbored, juggling numerous hats inthe social, animal welfare and char-ity worlds.

Lyn has always had a passionfor singing and was in a barbershopgroup in the UK. It was one of thebiggest things she missed in Spainso she set about doing somethingabout it. “Barbershop was almostnon-existent here,” said Lyn: “Sowith my friend Anthea we put anadvert in the paper and Spangleswas formed with just five women.”

The group now has more than44 regular singers and associatemembers and is marking its 11thyear by preparing to go to Cork inIreland next year to compete in aninternational competition.

Spangles is renowned on theCosta Blanca and Costa Calida fortheir polished and fun perfor-mances and these have stood out atcompetition level. They have beencrowned Spanish champions everytime they have competed in the na-tional barbershop championshipsorganised by SABS, the SpanishAssociation of Barbershop Singers,of which Lyn is a founding mem-ber and now president. “In 2008, Iwas contacted by a guy in Madridwho had been introduced to barber-shop singing on the internet andwas looking for like-minded peo-ple, so I met him in Gandia,” Lynrecalled. They got the ball rollingand began spreading the barber-shop word and building their mem-bership, which currently stands atover 200, comprising men’s,women’s and mixed groups fromall around Spain and Portugal.

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Our Euro Womenseries is featuringwomen who havemade a success of theirlives in Spain. Theseoutstanding ladieshave been shatteringglass ceilings whetherin business, charitywork or sports.

Lyn Baines ‘re-t ired’ to Spain in2002, but is nowbusier than ever.

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured.As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced with all profits going to charitable organisations.

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be in schools,educating

futuregenerations”

Name: Lynda Baines

Age: 64

Married to: Billy

Profession: Formerly in Marketing and PR, now retired

Children: Daughter, grandson and granddaughter

Nature or nurture: Nurture

Originally from: near Bournemouth, UK

Now lives: Los Alcazares, Murcia

Pets: French bulldog

Books or TV: Books but I don’t really get chance to read

much

Favourite book: Gone with the Wind

A lady determined to make a differenceRINGING THE CHANGES: Lyn is now working to bring improvements to animal protection and welfare.

SATURDAY December 5 cel-ebrates International Volun-teer Day, a day when volun-

teering is celebrated in all itsglory with special tribute paidto those working tirelessly allover the world.

The Balearic Volunteers

Platform (Plataforma del Vol-untariado de les Illes Balears)will be at the entrance to theParc de Les Estacions in Pal-ma from 11am till 6pm onSaturday where they shallhave an information tent andlots of activities. The plat-form recognises some 30 or-ganisations in the Balearicsrelying on some 7,000 volun-teers.

At midday a concert will beperformed by Proyecto Hom-bre and at 1pm there will be aworkshop on Nordic walkingorganised by PREDIF, whichis the Spanish organisationrepresenting people withphysical disabilities andworking to promote equal op-portunity whilst improvingthe quality of life for all thosewith physical restrictions.

There will be a talk by thevolunteer association, DIMECuenta con Nosotros, who or-ganise volunteers to visit pa-tients and their families at thetwo palliative care units inPalma General Hospital andJuan March Hospital nearBunyola.

Throughout the event therewill be world café workshopsheld where one joins a con-versation at one table and cer-tain questions are posed aboutvolunteering resulting in in-teresting conversations. Ifyou have any questions aboutthe world of volunteering,then this is the place for youthis weekend.

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INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL: Volunteers work tirelessly all over the world.

EVENTS will be held in Palma

A day to celebratevolunteers worldwide

By Glynis German

Blevins Franks hold regular wealthmanagement seminars for expatri-ates living in Mallorca. Their latestseminar, at the Castillo Hotel SonVida in Palma de Mallorca on 17thNovember, was again very well at-tended.

The seminar was hosted and pre-sented by Peter Worthington, Se-nior Partner, and Simon King, Part-ner, of Blevins Franks. It wasintroduced by guest speaker, JohnStone, who is Chairman of theBlevins Franks Group and flew overfrom London for the event.

John’s financial services careerspans over 40 years. He was thefounder and Chairman of LombardInternational, Europe’s leading lifeassurance company specialising inestate and tax planning solutions

designed to meet the needs of highnet worth individuals and families.

The seminars this time aroundfocused on two key subjects: Auto-matic Exchange of Information andWealth Tax.

January 2016 sees the start of thenew global regime for the automatic

exchange of financial information.It will be implemented through theOrganisation for Economic Co-op-eration and Development’s(OECD) Common Reporting Stan-dard. Although this does not im-pose new tax obligations on resi-dents of Spain (or elsewhere), it isimportant for everyone with cross-border assets to understand what in-formation will be exchanged aboutthem and their financial affairs.This is also a good time to reviewyour tax planning arrangements toensure you are declaring everythingcorrectly, and that your tax plan-ning arrangements are compliantand effective.

Wealth tax can have a significantimpact on wealthy expatriates inMallorca. The Balearic Islands’

draft budget for 2016 imposes high-er taxes for the region, includingwealth tax. If approved, the individ-ual allowance will reduce from€800,000 to €700,000 and thewealth tax rates will increase fromJanuary. The seminar discussed so-lutions to mitigate this tax.

If you would like information onthe topics, or to be added to theBlevins Franks’ mailing list for fu-ture seminar invitations and up-dates, please contact them on 971719 181 or mallorca@blevins-franks.com.

Blevins Franks Financial Manage-ment Limited (BFFM) is authorisedand regulated by the Financial Con-duct Authority in the UK, referencenumber 179731. Where advice isprovided outside the UK, via the

Insurance Mediation Directive fromMalta, the regulatory system differsin some respects from that of theUK. Blevins Franks Trustees Lim-ited is authorised and regulated bythe Malta Financial Services Au-thority for the administration oftrusts and companies. BlevinsFranks Tax Limited provides taxa-tion advice; its advisers are fullyqualified tax specialists.

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Fax: 971 675 200holly.veneman@blevinsfranks.com

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Peter Worthington

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Tis the seasonto be jollyARTISAN businesses should be booming but not for most

HAND-MADE GIFTS: Come from the heart and show the receiver care and effort was put into it.

BUYING a hand-made giftthis Christmas has neverbeen so easy with craft fairsand markets being held allover the island.

Associations, schools andsome town councils have or-ganised Christmas fairswhere i t seems that local,hand-made and ecologicalare the buzz words this sea-son.

However, not all is as rosy

as the pretty gifts on displaywith many artisans strug-gling to make a living. Be-ing self-employed in Spaininvolves paying a monthlyfee which can run into thou-sands of euros over theyears.

As well as the monthly au-tonomo tax, most self-em-ployed professionals willhire the services of a gestor,someone who will do thequarterly tax returns, yet an-other cost to consider.

On an island such as Mal-lorca, with thousands oftourists visiting the island,summer should be the timeto make money.

Just a decade or so ago, asummer worker could taketime off in the winter andlive on savings made from ahectic and busy five months.Nowadays it seems that thisis not the case and wintercan be a long time waitingfor benefits to come through,if any.

LOCAL non-governmental or-ganisation Asociación Ondine(AO) and their beach cleaningproject, Dos Manos, were atEs Carnatge beach near Palmaairport. Ondine founder andpresident Brad Robertson said“Tourism in the Balearics isand always will be a huge per-centage of our overall income.What will change is the kindof tourism that our awesomeislands attracts. We will learnhow to work with nature! We

really have no other option!”Volunteers collected 16.4kgof waste which was countedand catalogued. VolunteerJoana explained “When we ar-rived, we were impressed byhow clean the beach was.However, once we began topick up the rubbish we re-alised just how much wasthere, right under the surface.”That day, 279 bottle caps werecounted along with 330 plasticcotton bud sticks. “These

buds were not brought to thebeach, but put down people’stoilets” informed Brad. “Askyourself, what’s it doing onthe beach and maybe you’llstop using them!” AO is work-ing to conserve and improvelocal marine ecosystems andraising awareness of these is-sues plays an important part oftheir work.

To donate, support or volun-teer - please visit www.asocia-cionondine.org

Cleaning up the mess

By Glynis German

For more local news from our five other regions see www.euroweeklynews.com EWN top for all the news from Spain.

Botanical garden set to bloomNEWS FROM OUR FIVE OTHER REGIONS

By Sam CroftTHE botanical garden Detunda, located next to la

Cueva de Nerja and the Maro District, will shortly beready to open its doors to the public. Work on the gar-dens began in August 2014 and has cost more than €3million. The town council yesterday held a meeting withthe architects who designed the gardens.

The mayor of Nerja, Rosa Arrabal, and the Environ-mental Councillor, Jorge Bravo, welcomed the park de-signers, Isabel Amores and Modesto Garcia, who havebeen awarded the Premio Ateneo (Ateneo Prize) from theUniversity of Malaga for their work on the project.

Local authorities expressed their satisfaction with therecent push the project received after previously spend-ing too much time at a standstill.

In the botanical garden there are 200 species of plants,42 of which are classified as threatened. It occupies aspace of 26,000 square metres. DETUNDA: Botanical garden has 200 species of plants, 42 of which are endangered.

COSTA DEL SOL

The DutchconnectionEASYJET will be flyingbetween Malaga and Ams-terdam next year, generaldirector of the airline inSpain Javier Gandara hasannounced. The airlineaims to carry more than13.5 million passengers toor from Spain in 2016.

Better kit SAN ROQUE Council hasincluded €406,000 in its2016 budgets to providethe Local Police force withvehicles, bullet-proof vestsand other equipment.

Less skivingABSENTEEISM cases re-ported by schools in Es-tepona have dropped by 36per cent, the municipal ab-senteeism commission hasreported. While there were106 cases reported duringthe 2013-2014 school year,these fell to 67 last year.

Beach flag A MIJAS beach has onceagain been received ac-knowledgement from anindependent quality asses-sor. This time it was Cala-honda beach’s turn to re-ceive an award, theEcoplayas flag fromATERGUS environmentalassociation.

Native species THE farm school and pub-lic country grounds in En-trerrios, Mijas, are under-going maintenance andimprovement work whichis currently focusing onplanting native vegetation.

Malaga beer VICTORIA beer, createdin Malaga almost 90 yearsago, is finally movinghome due to a successfullocal level campaign run-ning since 2007 to re-launch it at restaurants,bars and supermarkets inits hometown.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Doll petitionALICANTE toy manufacturerFamosa is taking one of its popularNancy dolls off the market. Famosadecided to make the changes after re-ceiving an 18,000-signature petitionfrom the ‘SOS delfines’ group com-plaining that the bucket, ball andhoop that came with one of the dolls,were typical of those used in dolphi-nariums.

Pollutants removedORIHUELA is to remove the leachateponds found on the surface of differ-ent parts of the Sierra de Orihuela,specifically in the hamlet of La Mura-da. Leachate is a pollutant residue thathas dissolved environmentally harm-ful substances which may then enterthe eco-system.

Valencia protests REPRESENTATIVES of the yachtclubs of Valencia gathered at theministry to show solidarity to theclubs concerned by the refusal of theregional administration to process re-newals of its concessions.

Cinema to gymPLANNING permission has beengranted to convert the old Alcazarcinema in Elche into a gym. Work isexpected to be completed in 12months.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Special offers CALPE Town Hall is publishing anew magazine aimed at older resi-dents, l is t ing events at the ThirdAge civic centre. It also gives de-tails of the businesses that are par-ticipating in the Targeta Majors dis-count scheme.

Clean sweepALCOY street-cleaners are battlingto sweep fal len leaves from thecity’s tree-lined streets. These mustbe cleared to prevent future floodingafter leaf-clogged s torm drainsfailed to cope with the recent heavyrain.

Benidorm buskers STREET entertainers have until De-cember 18 to apply for pr imeBenidorm sites. Contenders for aPaseo de los Artistas pitch on thenetwork of streets where busking ispermit ted should be over 18 andl is ted on the local Padron for a tleast six months.

In the clearADRIAN BALLESTER, head of theDiputacion’s Governance depart-ment, visited Benissa Town Hall de-tailing the resources for adapting itswebsite. This will enable the councilto comply with the official trans-parency regulations at a local level.

AXARQUÍA

Pregnant swimmersBEGINNING on January 11 the NerjaSports Complex will offer classes forpregnant women for the first time. In ad-dition, a new round of swimming lessonsfor beginners will kick off on the samedate. Both activities will take place everyMonday and Wednesday from 8 to 9pm.

Missing moneyEX-MAYOR of Algarrobo and PP repre-sentative Natacha Rivas claimed last Fri-day that a cash discrepancy detected bythe town council was the result of an ad-ministrative error and that councillorsbegan to return the missing money lastSeptember.

Christmas evictions RESIDENTS of the Carmenes del Marde La Herradura Urbanisation in Grana-da are worried that they will have tospend Christmas ¨under a bridge¨ afterreceiving eviction orders for safety rea-sons. The urbanisation is gradually mov-ing downwards as a result of the shiftingof the ground.

Fishing bonanza THE fishing port of Caleta de Velezreigns supreme for yet another year. TheAxarquia port is one of the most produc-tive in Andalucia and all of the Mediter-ranean. Part of the port’s extraordinarysuccess in 2015 can be attributed to itshuge catches of sardines.

COSTA DE ALMERÍA

Recycling tyresTHE Junta de Andalucia regional gov-ernment has removed 485 tonnes ofused tyres which had been abandonedin Velez-Rubio. They will be classi-fied, reused and recycled where possi-ble as part of a project partly fundedby the European Regional Develop-ment Fund.

Man overboardLIFEGUARDS in boats and heli-copters took part in a rescue drill inAlmeria recently. The ‘man over-board’ exercise aimed to improve theirskills insearching for people missingat sea, one of the hardest rescue mis-sions.

Fortress fireFIREFIGHTERS were called to putout a fire on the northern side of theAlcazaba (Arab fortress) in Almeriawhich started at around 9am. They re-ported that it destroyed approximately100 metres of bushes.

Fatal crashA MAN, 34, died and two others,aged 31 and 24, were injured in a col-lision between two vehicles in theCuesta de la Perla area of El Ejido, atKilometre 0.4 of the A-1050 road.They victims were trapped inside thevehicles and had to be cut out by fire-fighters.

DESIGNERS have received a top prize for their work

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COUNCIL tax bills could rise by anaverage of £250 (€356) over the nextfive years to help cash-strapped townhalls raise more money to pay for el-derly care.

Carols cancelledTHE headmistress of a primary

school in Mackworth, Derby has can-celled two carol concerts saying it wastoo dangerous for children to cross theroad to church. She said she was ‘notcomfortable’ with 360 children cross-ing the A-52 to the church.

Depression deathA FORMER BBC journalist shot

himself in the grounds of his oldCatholic boarding school after sufferingfrom depression and money worries.

David Prysor-Jones worked for theBBC from the 1970’s to 90’s and an in-quest confirmed he shot himself in thehead at his former Somerset school.

EUROPEAN PRESS

Christmas pizzaSWEDEN: A fast food

restaurant in Karlstad has cre-ated a unique Christmas twiston the traditional pizzaby combining Swedishfavourites such as meatballsand pickled herring with Ital-ian pizza.

Refugee shipsSWEDEN: Refugees could

be housed on cruise ships in abid to ease the urgent asylumaccommodation shortage aswinter sets in. The Swedish Mi-gration Agency said severalshipping companies have beenin touch with the agency to of-fer ships.

Innocent man SWEDEN: A man, aged 22,

who was wrongly accused ofplanning a terror attack in Swe-den, has returned to the north-ern town of Boliden after beingfreed without charge andcleared of all suspicions. Theman said he is not angry at au-thorities for being falsely ac-cused.

More learningDENMARK: With 10,040

learning hours across 10 yearsof education, Danish studentsreceive more instruction thanpupils in any of the 33 OECD(Convention on the Organisa-tion for Economic Cooperationand Development). Accordingto a report, the average hourswas 7,570.

Ivory saleDENMARK: An auction

house has dropped its plannedsale of two elephant tusks aftera social media storm over thesale of the ivory. The auctionwas criticised by the WWF as‘immoral.’

Norwegian plotNORWAY: A man, aged

29, suspected of being in-volved in a plot hatched inNorway to attack a Danishnewspaper has been sen-tenced to 40 years in prison inNew York, USA.

THE Dutch government is leading ex-periments with driver-less vehicles aftermaking the project a central part of itsinfrastructure policy. The aim of theDutch Automated Vehicle Initiative is todevelop a user-friendly system whichcan be built into new and existing cars.

Pigs headsTWELVE pigs heads were dumped

at a field near Enschede earmarked to bea new asylum seekers’ reception centre.

Police said “there is little doubt the pigsheads are connected with the arrival ofthe refugees.”

Plant closureA DUTCH coal-fired power station

has been closed permanently followinga string of accidents. The Borssele pow-er plant was due to shut at the end of theyear but after the death of a 52-year-oldman, it has closed earlier than planned.

New €20DUTCH banks have started issuing

new €20 banknotes which the Europeancentral bank says are ‘more resistant’ tocounterfeiting. The old €20 notes willbe gradually withdrawn.

Bettereducation

A REPORT has shownhow Germany’s educationsystem stacks up against theUSA and the UK, with itshowing German teacher’ssalaries are substantiallyhigher and a stronger earlyeducation programme.

Scorpion sting A WOMAN was shocked

to find a scorpion in her bed.What was more shockingwas that it is likely to havebeen there for three months,stowing away in her luggagefrom her summer holiday inAugust.

Happy atlas THE area of Schleswig-

Holstein is reported to be thehappiest place in Germanyaccording to a ‘HappinessAtlas’ which compared 19regions on various aspects oflife satisfaction includingwork, free time and health-care.

German reliefGERMANY is to send up

to 650 soldiers to Mali, toprovide some relief toFrance in its global fightagainst ISIS jihadists. Themove comes in the wake ofthe November 13 attacks inParis.

Cleaning fineA TEACHER from central

Germany has been orderedto pay a €1,000 fine after hepainted over swastikaswhich had been sprayed onpublic property. The judgesaid the fine was related tothe cost of cleaning up thedamage.

Strike offAIR crew workers union

UFO has called off plannedstrikes against Lufthansa, af-ter the airline made signifi-cant concessions in ongoingnegotiations. Air crewthreatened a week of strikeactions which would haveaffected thousands of pas-sengers.

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Driver-less cars experiment

DUTCHPRESS

USER-FRIENDLY: A system which can be built into new and existing cars.

MONEY needed to help town halls pay for elderly care

Tax rise over five years

CENTRAL part of government’s infrastructure police

Gonegirl

AN actress fromHampshire was giv-en a suspended sen-tence at South-amp-ton Crown Courtafter she faked herown kidnapping, ina plot reminiscent ofthe film Gone Girl,to try and win backher ex-boyfriend.

CROWN COURT: Gave suspended sentence.

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A METRO station inMoscow which is namedafter one of the executorsof Tsar Nicholas II willkeep its name after Mus-covites elected against achange proposed by liber-al activists. Voykovskayawill retain its homage toPyotr Voykova amid awider changing of Sovietera street and landmark ti-tles.

Turkish tourscancelled

RUSSIAN tour agencieshave cancelled flights toTurkey in the aftermath ofthe downing of a Russianfighter jet by the Turkishmilitary. The move comesas tensions escalate be-tween the two nations overresponsibility for the inci-dent. State tourist bodieshave also cancelled trips toEgypt over the recentbombing of a packed pas-senger jet.

Nuclear giftfor Japan

ROSATOM, Russia’sstate nuclear energy compa-ny has offered to help Japanshut down the reactors at

Fukushima nuclear powerplant. Japan has been strug-gling to close down the re-actors following three melt-downs and a radiation leakin 2011, the worst sinceChernobyl.

Scientologybanned

THE lA Moscow courthas agreed with the Justice

Ministry that the Church ofScientology cannot call it-self a religious organisa-tion. The decision to banthe church’s activities cameafter the court ruled that theregistering of the name as aUS trademark precluded itsprotection as a legitimatefaith.

Sabotageinvestigation

THE FSB is investigatingthe recent sabotage of aUkrainian power grid thatled to massive blackouts inCrimea. Around 1.9 millionpeople were deprived ofelectricity and a state ofemergency declared aftersections of the grid werebombed. Tensions continueafter Russia’s 2014 annexa-tion of the peninsula fromUkraine.

RUSSIAN PRESS

THE Russian Senatehas proposed an Arctic de-velopment bill to strength-en Moscow’s interests inthe resource rich region.Industry, transport and ter-ritorial rights are high onthe bill’s agenda which willdraw the attention of theUnited States, Norway andCanada.

No change toSoviet station MUSCOVITES elected against proposed change

VOYKOVSKAYA: Willkeep its name.

Arcticexploration

DEVELOPMENT BILL:In resource rich region.

By John Smith

JAGUAR LAND ROVER is set tohire hundreds of new workers as thecar manufacturer announces plans todouble the size of its engine manufac-turing centre near Wolverhampton to200,000 square foot.

The plant, in south Staffordshire,employs 700 people and once the ex-pansion is completed it hopes to dou-ble the number of employees.

A rise in global demand had led tothe centre’s expansion, the companysaid.

Conservative business secretary

Sajid Javid said the company’s invest-ment was “further evidence that theBritish automotive sector can competewith the best in the world.

“More than 10,000 jobs have beencreated and about £3.5bn has been in-vested in its Midlands’ manufacturingsites since 2010,” he added.

OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS: Being used to sell fake goods.

FINANCEbusiness & legal

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UK public finances over the next five years are looking £27 billion (€38 billion) better than they werein July, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

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APPLE has purchased the companybehind motion-capture technologyused in the latest Star Wars film.

Faceshift specialises in softwarethat allows 3D animated charactersto mimic the facial expressions of anactor.

Apple has now bought the compa-ny, though in keeping with traditionthey have not revealed the cost ortheir plans for the business.

A NUMBER of warningshave been given about thesale of fake goods, where-by sellers use official pho-tographs to show images ofa range of products andthen supply counterfeit andshoddy items to the buyersinstead.

In addition, a number ofmajor companies are tak-ing extra care to ensure

that their websites are nothacked or have had mal-ware added which couldsteal financial informationfrom clients.

Many of the illegal ac-tivit ies stem from crimi-nals in Eastern Europe, al-though this may drop asthe west recruits many ofthe hackers to combat webterrorists.

Be careful of internet bargains

DigitalinvestmentBBVA Bank will invest €63million in obtaining 29.5 percent of British digital bankAtom, which hasn’t evenstarted trading as yet and willtake two seats on the board.

“We’ve been interested inthe UK for quite some time,”Teppo Paavola, chief develop-ment officer and general man-ager of new digital businessesat BBVA, said in an interview.“We studied the market andconcluded the way to playhere is in a digital fashion.”

SpanishBudgetBRUSSELS has againwarned the Spanish Gov-ernment they need to re-duce the deficit.

President of the Eu-rogroup, Jeroen Dijssel-bloem, considered the 2016Budget was not in line withexpectations but understoodno changes would occur un-til after the election.

MUCH is at stake for the oil and gas industry atthe UN organised Paris climate summit whichruns from November 30 to December 11.

More than 100 heads of state will gather tonegotiate an agreement aimed at driving down

greenhouse gas emissions.There has been much speculation about the

financial security of some of the major oil com-panies as they may be sitting on too muchcrude oil in an ever shrinking market.

Paris climate change summit

is the amount that Jaguar plans tospend in doubling the size of its en-

gine manufacturing plant.

Quote of the Week“The technical steps needed to fix the vehicles aretechnically and financially manageable."

VW Chief Executive Matthias Mueller.

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PossiblelargestbankruptcySPANISH renewable energyand engineering firm AbengoaSA said on November 25 that itintends to file for preliminarycreditor protection, a step thatcould lead to the largest bank-ruptcy case in Spain’s history.

For Abengoa this highlightsthe problems that a number ofcompanies around the worldhave experienced when tryingto expand whilst carrying heavydebts which have crippled themduring the financial crisis.

The company is one of theworld’s major builders of pow-er lines, specialising in trans-porting energy across LatinAmerica as well as being a con-struction business, making mas-sive renewable-energy powerplants in the UK and the US.

When Spanish investmentfirm Gonvarri Corporación Fi-nanciera cancelled a plan tolend the Sevilla based companya further €350 million it recog-nised that it needed to take im-mediate action to protect itselfand its creditors.

UK Autumnspendingreview hasone surpriseCONSIDERING the stance theConservative government tookfollowing the voting down ofthe proposed tax credit cuts bythe House of Lords, ChancellorGeorge Osborne has surprisedcritics by doing a U-turn as wellas vowing to protect policebudgets in his spending reviewon November 25.

Low-paid families will notsee their benefits cut in Aprilnext year, although it is now hisplan to phase out tax credits by2018 and critics insist that thenew Universal Credit that willreplace them is likely to be lessgenerous.

Rather than phasing the cuts,as had been expected, Mr Os-borne said he had decided the‘simplest thing’ was ‘to avoidthem altogether,’ even though itmeans missing his own targetfor overall welfare spending.

He was able to make this de-cision due to higher tax receiptsand better public finances.

By John Smith

FOLLOWING the decision by BritishAirways and easyJet to cancel all flightsto and from Sharm el Sheikh until Janu-ary 2016, a number of passengers havebeen delighted as they are now able toobtain a full refund and make otherarrangements.

The budget airline was the first to an-

nounce plans to continue its ban onflights, shortly followed by British Air-ways, who have suspended flights untilJanuary 14.

A BA statement said: “Following ad-vice from the UK Government about thesituation in Sharm el Sheikh, we will notbe operating any flights to or from theholiday resort up to and including Thurs-day January 14, 2016.”

This news was not well received inthe city as there will be an immediateloss of revenue for the two airlines andthe fear of attacks on transport generallymay well see a drop in passengers car-ried on other routes.

The announcements saw the value oftheir shares drop by up to 5 per cent onNovember 24 although both finished theday just over 3 per cent down.

Airline shares havefallen due to terrorism

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AS another year comes to an end, it’s time tolook back at 2015 and see what clues it gives usto the year ahead. Overall, 2015 has been a posi-tive year for the UK economy, which remainsthe success story of the G7. With increases inwages, a strengthening job market and steadyGDP growth, investors are increasing their betsUK policymakers will start raising interest ratessometime next year.

However, the Bank of England remains cau-tious in its approach and is closely monitoringinflation, which remains well below its 2 percent target. The bank is also evaluating globaldownside risks, as China and the developingcountries are facing headwinds.

Despite a slowdown during the summer, theUK still stands to grow 2.5 per cent. After threeconsecutive quarters of falling manufacturingoutput, the UK enters its final quarter withgrowth hitting its fastest rate. It remains to beseen if the manufacturing sector will succeed in

maintaining its momentum.The recent surge in Sterling poses a real chal-

lenge for UK exporters competing in Europe,their main export market. Sterling put in an im-pressive performance against the euro over thepast year, thanks to a substantial improvement ineconomic activity and the prospect of monetary

normalisation in the near future. The divergenceof monetary policies between the UK and theEurozone is also likely to further support thepound.

The Eurozone’s recovery is finally consolidat-ing, and appears to be on a firmer ground thanmany analysts had anticipated. However, the

slowing of global economic activity is cause forconcern to the Eurozone, especially as Ger-many’s engine has been making worrying sput-tering noises.

The euro has been kept weak by the EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB), and though it tried to makeup for some of its losses after the summer thosegains were limited and short-lived. It only tookthe press conference following the Octobermeeting of the ECB’s Monetary Policy Commit-tee meeting for those gains to disappear.

Interest rates were left unchanged (as waswidely expected), but ECB President MarioDraghi managed, once again, to surprise in-vestors during the press conference. ‘SuperMario’ sent a strong message to the market andinvestors were caught off-guard as they werepresented, not only with the very real possibilityof more easing in December, but also with a cen-tral bank that’s actively exploring lower depositrates, extending the deadline on its quantitativeeasing programme and potential increasing thesize of the programme.

Investors couldn’t sell their euros quickenough as the implications of Mr Draghi’sspeech hit home. The upshot is that, before thepre-Christmas ECB meeting, we could see amarket that’s inundated with euros.

Time to take a look back at 2015

GROWTH: Despite a slowdown during the summer, the UK stands to grow 2.5 per cent.

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By John SmithGLOBAL superstar and style maven Be-yoncé is entering into a commercial part-nership with Sir Philip Green, owner ofthe Arcadia group which includes highstreet brands Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins,and Burton.

They have announced that they areplanning to start retailing a new athleticstreet-wear brand across the world inspring of 2016, under the name ParkwoodTopshop Athletic which will offer cloth-ing, footwear and accessories to ayoungish demographic.

Not only does Beyoncé have her ownclothing line House of Deréon already,but she has also been known to model forother clothing companies includingH&M. No doubt both she and Sir Philip

will ensure that the new brand standsalone from all that she has done in thepast.

“This not a collaboration. This is aboutbuilding a brand and building a business,a separate, proper business, with separateoverheads and a separate office,” SirPhilip Green told Women’s Wear Dailywhen the venture was first announced.

Taveta Investments,Arcadia’s family-con-trolled parent company,has announced operatingprofits in its last financialyear of £251.6 million (€352million) an increase of 5.5 percent. Although it has indicated that trad-ing has been difficult and it sold the BHSGroup for £1 earlier this year.

IN a review released on November 24 byKantar Worldpanel, a global market re-search company, they revealed the top sixsupermarket chains in Spain up until theend of September 2015, which makes veryinteresting reading with Mercadona domi-nating the sector by a huge amount.

Actual market share calculated for eachof the ‘main players’ is Mercadona with22.9 per cent, Grupo Dia 8.8 per cent, Car-refour 8.6 per cent, Grupo Eroski 5.9 percent, Grupo Auchan 3.9 per cent, Lidl 3.6per cent.

All of the top six with the exception ofEroski have seen slight growths, but theydo account for over 50 per cent of all thegroceries sold in Spain and although Lidlis leading Aldi in the list, both companies,with their policies of discounted food andfast expansion would expect to be gainingground over the next year.

The general opinion from the researchcompany is that the growth in supermarketsales is to the detriment of the traditionalspecialist shops which have been such animportant part of the Spanish landscape.

The top sixsupermarketchains

Re: Not wanted – but the mostsought-after man in EuropeAGREE with this editorial, but Imust stress that Islamic communi-ties all over Spain have, indeed,been standing up and speaking outin the media and on TV. Some evensay they don’t mind if police stopevery one of them in the country tocheck their ID, because they’venothing to hide and would be hap-py to help in the fight against ter-rorism. One of these was a womaninjured in the 11-M attacks.

The problem is that, althoughthey actively want to help, they’resilenced, their words not always re-ported, and they’re blamed. Weshould be getting them on our side,because that’s where they want tobe.

Not responding to the Islamiccommunity’s attempts to help andspeak out, and demonising them in-stead, is a short-sighted, narrow-minded and self-destructive atti-tude seen all too frequently, mainlyamong British right-wing tabloidreaders with limited education whoindiscriminately share ‘patriotic’posts on Facebook.

In fact, it’s just insane, and is fu-elling the issue.

From Kally, via email

Much too lateRe: Have we left it too late to

stop ISIS?BANG on again, Lee. All is lostunless we come down hard but Isuspect, like you, it will be too lit-tle, too late (much too late). Parisis just the start, methinks.

You let the migrants in withoutproper checks and ISIS becomesthe world’s oyster. I also liked thefront page of Euro Weekly Newsabout the Muslim silence re Paris.Their s i lence speaks volumes,don’t you think?

Brian Allen, via email

Smack onRe: Have we left it too late to

stop ISIS?HI LEE, smack on again. I can

never work out why i t is thatstraight after one of these atroci-ties, the security services seem toroot out all the ones well known tothem for some time, as posing athreat, and deal with them immedi-ately.

I’d like to believe that some or-ganisation, albeit MI5 or the likesof, are disposing of these evil peo-ple, without the media and every-one else knowing about it. But un-fortunately the occasional one slipsthrough.

Bombing a load of sand is nevergoing to solve anything, so whereare all these highly paid, highly in-tel l igent , know all the answerstype people to sort this problemout.

It’s not as though you’re taking

on the might of Nazi Germanyagain, just a bunch of yobs, bran-dishing f irearms, who want tocause as much death as they canbefore they go and meet theirheaven full of virgins.

Keep up the good work!From Fred, a agrumpy old git,

via email

Daft TVRe: Just a bunch of prattling

females!HI Leapy, you are so right, as usu-al. . . These women really are anembarrassment to the rest of us. Asa female, I could never stomachwatching this daft programme, af-ter having switched it on out of cu-

riosity ages ago.And, just to see if I’d imagined

how idiotic they are, I’ve passedby to make sure I was right.

However, why do these men goon as guests? What does that sayabout them? Could it be for themoney?!

Patsy, via email

Bus scamI READ with interest your recentarticle about a scam whereby dri-vers stop at bus stops, advise thatthe bus is not coming, offer a liftand then charge for it. This is ex-actly what happened to me and mywife when we were visi t ing

Cabopino in our boat.A man in his early 50s with

blonde hair driving a very smalllight blue car pulled up at our busstop and told us that the bus inFuengirola had caught fire and thatthere were long delays and hugequeues so if we wanted a lift, hewould be happy to help us out.

Naively we accepted his helpand said we were going to Marbel-la. When we arrived he explainedthat there would be a charge of€48 which I reluctantly paid. Ithen reported the matter, togetherwith the registration number of thecar to the police who didn’t seemoverly interested.

Let others be warned and do notaccept lifts from strangers!

Ted at sea, via the telephone

Vote dangerRe: Podemos plan to enable

voting for foreign residentsI BELIEVE this is too dangerousin today’s world. Imagine a com-mune with a large immigrant pop-ulat ion - l ike Sal t in Cataloniawith 40 per cent of its populationoriginat ing from Morocco andMuslim.

A Muslim mayor could be elect-ed and introduce islamic laws orhave an influence which is not inthe interests of Spain.

Podemos and the Socialists areonly in favour of this s ince themajority of immigrants tend to beat the lower end of the socialscale.

Only members of the EU shouldbe allowed to vote as at present.Other foreign residents should ei-ther choose to become Spanish orkeep their own nationality.

Peter Fieldman,via website

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Re: Have we left it too late to stop ISIS? Dear Leapy, As ever and sadly once again you have hit the nail on the head!Oh how I yearn to pour scorn and ridicule upon your opinion this week yet find no grounds

whatsoever upon which to do so.You remind me of Bernard Dineen of the Yorkshire Post fame some years ago who also said it as it was.

Please continue along this vein and perhaps some of what you have to say may make a difference one day!Robert C, via email

Islamic community has nothingto hide and is happy to help

Hit the nail on the head!

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Our Father, which art in heaven, Hal-lowed be thy Name, Thy Kingdom come,Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heav-en. Give us this day our daily bread, Andforgive us our trespasses, As we forgivethem that trespass against us. And lead usnot into temptation, But deliver us fromevil. For thine is the kingdom, the powerand the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. IF anything in this short prayer offendsanyone, I suggest you either get a life orchoose to live somewhere else. (This in-cludes the relevant cinema owners!) OK?Merry Christmas!

So, here we all are again. I think I gaveCorbyn six months, or was it a year? Withthe latest antics of both him and his party(Mao’s Little Red Book, would you be-lieve) I think any length of time is politi-cally long for this bunch. Seriously, folks,how can anyone vote for a man who wants

to scrap most of the UK’s defences, allowunlimited ‘refugees’ into the country andconsiders that ‘negotiating’ with psycho-

pathic scum a more viable option thaneliminating them? Give us a break. If thisman ever came into power, we, our chil-

dren and (assuming they ever came intoexistence!) our children’s children wouldnever sleep safely in their beds again.

I still maintain the UK should close itsborders completely for at least threeyears. With no terrorists getting in, we canthen begin to root out all those already en-trenched. If they manage to escape be-coming ‘martyrs,’ bang’em up and thendeport the whole lot to one of the Mid-East hell holes they all seem to admire somuch. If Brussels objects, so what? Whatare they going to do, declare war? I hardlythink they can say too much, consideringthe state the open border policies have gottheir own country in.

I also suggest we round up all able-bod-ied ‘refugees’ between the ages of 18 and25. Proceed to arm them to the teeth andship ’em all back to fight for the variouscountries the cowardly bunch has actuallydeserted.

Keep the FaithLove Leapy

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WEDNESDAY8:00pm Celebrity Antiques

Road Trip9:00pm MasterChef: The

Professionals10:00pm The Secrets of the

Mona Lisa11:00pm The Apprentice:

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it Away!11:00pm Suspects12:00am Law and Order:

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4:30pm La Liga World 20155:00pm Premier League 100

Club5:30pm Fight Night Countdown6:00pm Soccer A.M. - The

Best Bits7:00pm La Liga World 20157:30pm Anthony Joshua-the

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5:00pm Tipping Point6:00pm The Chase7:00pm ITV News London7:30pm ITV Evening News8:00pm Emmerdale8:30pm Coronation Street9:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me

Out of Here! Coming Out10:00pm Prey11:00pm UEFA Champions

League Highlights12:00am ITV News

5:30pm Premier League 100 Club6:00pm Football7:00pm Barclays Premier League

World7:30pm Capital One Cup Round

Up8:30pm Football11:15pm Capital One Cup

Round Up12:15am NFL Highlights1:15am NFL Hard Knocks

6:00pm 5 News at 56:30pm Neighbours7:00pm Home and Away7:30pm 5 News Tonight8:00pm Secrets of Great

British Castles9:00pm Alex Polizzi's Italian

Islands10:00pm Ben Fogle: New

Lives in the Wild UK11:00pm Homeless at Christmas

5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers6:00pm Couples Come Dine

with Me7:00pm The Simpsons7:30pm Hollyoaks8:00pm Channel 4 News9:00pm The Secret Life of 6

Year Olds10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E11:00pm First Dates12:10am Gogglebox

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be somebody. NowI see that I shouldhave been morespecific.”

Lilly Tomlin

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 20)You are in for a bit of abumpy ride this week. Some

things will go well but otheroutcomes can be quirky. People

change their minds, technologydoesn’t work, phone calls don’tcome. Be assured, however, thatif you keep your sense of theabsurd it could all be quiteamusing.

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)When it comes to throwingwobblers, please don’t. It is soimportant this week to stay cooland unruffled. Change nothing thatyou can avoid changing. Evenhaving discussions about changecan set your nerves jangling.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)This month, there is much to becelebrated. So much has happenedin the latter part of the year.Certainly, congratulations are inorder. When you have made suchan effort and are rewarded for it,the satisfaction level is high.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)The importance of making the rightchoices is clear to you. Where tobegin seems to be a sticking point.Starting by taking away the thingsyou really do not want is essential.Be practical and logical. This is nota time for sentiment or muddledthinking.

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)Although you have the feeling thatyounger members of the family arenot interested in your point of view,this is far off the mark. They, in theirinexperience, may not know howbest to approach you in this regard.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)The prospect of travel sets youthinking. Have you been spendingtoo much time considering others?Should you take steps now to gettime alone then these plans cannotbe changed. This will save anydiscussions as to how or when.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)With the best will in the world it isonly possible to spend money once.We are all guilty of trying to getover this truth, but it never works.Have patience when looking toimprove your possessions.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)Going over old ground is counter-productive. There is nothing to be

gained from repeating methodsthat did not work in the past. If itis not possible to find a freshapproach then seek the opinions ofothers. You do not needexperience of a situation to beable to come up with a usefulidea.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)

Getting together with others toentertain is sure to be successfulafter the 26th. Before that there maybe some irritations, particularly withpeople who refuse to be positive andmake decisions. Those movinghouse or going on a journey need alot of patience, and forwardplanning is essential.

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)This is an important week for bothyour physical health and yourmental well-being. Because ofthings beyond your control, youmay have let your diet or exerciseslip. Having sorted out anyproblems that side-tracked you,there is a need to be particularlystrong.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)This is a week to let yourself beheard. Be it writing letters, sendingemails, making phone calls ormaking conversation, you mustexpress yourself. Being honest andoutspoken need not mean upsettingpeople. Think of the way that a childgets its point over.

1. ISAAC NEWTON, 2. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (AL-ICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND), 3. OSCARWILDE, 4. THE WHO, 5. ROD STEWART, 6. MODESTMUSSORGSKY, 7. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, 8.CABARET, 9. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW,10. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Average: 8Good: 11

Very good: 16Excellent: 19

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1. A picture of which famous English physicist and math-ematician appeared on the reverse of the Bank of Englandone pound note from 1971 to 1991? 2. Chapter one of which famous 1865 children’s novelopens with a young girl sitting on the riverbank and ask-ing her sister ‘what is the use of a book without pictures orconversation’?3. First published July 1890, The Picture of Dorian Grayis a philosophical novel by which famous Irish author,playwright and poet? 4. Pictures of Lily was a 1967 UK Top five hit single forwhich rock group? 5. Released in 1971, which singer’s third album was enti-tled Every Picture Tells a Story? 6. The 10-movement suite Pictures at an Exhibition iswhich Russian composer’s most famous piano composi-tion? 7. Which 1971 American drama film directed by PeterBogdanovich, set in a small town in north Texas from No-vember 1951 to October 1952, is about the coming of ageof Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and his friend Du-ane Jackson (Jeff Bridges)?8. Which 1972 movie musical has the distinction of win-ning the most Oscars (eight) without winning the BestPicture award? 9. Which 1975 musical comedy horror film featured TimCurry as Dr Frank N Furter, Susan Sarandon as JanetWeiss, Barry Bostwick as Brad Majors and RichardO’Brien as Riff Raff?10. Which 1998 British-American romantic comedy-dra-ma starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes wonseven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Ac-tress (Gwyneth Paltrow), and Best Supporting Actress(Judi Dench)?

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Amy Winehouse was one ofthe most important musicalfigures of her generation andbefore she would tragically join‘the 27 club’ she created someof the best music in recentyears.

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Spanish bornVilla played forBarcelona andbecameSpain’s all-

time leading goal scorer.He scored five goals whileleading the Spanish nationalteam to their first ever WorldCup Championship in 2010.

Having problems with that newcomputer? Fallen foul of the newmobile phone? That wouldn’t besurprising this week. As you are proneto mistakes and misunderstandings, trynot to tackle anything vital. Be sure toget plenty of sleep and fresh air.

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A mother texts: “Hi! Son, what do IDK, LY,and TTYL mean?!” He texts back, “I Don’tKnow, Love You and Talk To You Later.”

The mother texts him back, “ok then, don’tworry about it. I’ll ask your sister, love youtoo.”

Unscramble the name of an award-winningnovel, first published in 2005 (three words):OF THE HOT BIKE

Unscramble the name of a famous 19th centuryEnglish physicist and chemist:I AM HARDLY A FACE

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Tyra Banks, December 4, Supermodel andTV presenter, 42As one of the original Victoria’s Secrets modelsshe has gone on to create a multi-million dollarbusiness with programmes such as America’sNext Top Model.Ronnie O’Sullivan, December 5, SnookerPlayer, 40Known as The Rocket, due to his quick style ofplay, he has been in the forefront of internationalsnooker for many years, winning numerouschampionships.Nick Park, December 6, Director, 57Acclaimed stop motion animation filmmakerbest known for his work on the Wallace andGromit series as well as Shaun the Sheep. He hasalso co-directed a number of full length animatedfeatures. Noam Chomsky, December 7, Educator, 87Regarded by many as one of the mostaccomplished educators alive, he is a linguist,philosopher, political activist and educator.Sinead O’Connor, December 8, Singer, 49Irish singer-songwriter whose cover of ‘NothingCompares 2 U’ brought her commercial successalthough she has something of a controversialpast with four marriages and ordination as apriest of an independent Catholic group.Judi Dench, December 9, Actress, 81Considered by many as one of the greatestactresses of her generation, she was made aDame and has received six Laurence OlivierAwards for her contributions to the stage as wellas playing M in several James Bond films.

David Villa, December 3,Footballer.

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English - Spanish

Across1 Disturbed fish surrounded by poles (6)4 Property in England, say (6)9 Cared about a group of activists (5)10 How old is bird in Dorset seaside

resort? (7)11 They curb characters involved in

slaughter (8)12 Talent is present (4)14 From and to Kensington for souvenirs

(6)16 Virginia rents out the servants (6)19 Plenty of land in tarmac resort (4)20 Save joints of meat for private

quarters (8)23 Effect of comet crash after half an

hour (7)24 Saint gets drink that’s not fresh (5)25 Note heard by male singer (6)26 Refuse to accept awful jeer at court (6)Down1 Dismiss reported target of humour, old music-maker

(7)2 Check the accounts of German car trader first (5)3 The plane might be a Jumbo (8)5 Remain for support (4)6 Greed displayed by girl taking pudding (7)7 Choose the chosen? (5)8 Take over and use Earp from the sound of it (5)

13 Game makes the French angry with English (8)

15 Material for nails a tinker ordered? (7)

17 Mistrust American priest in church faction (7)

18 Came with nothing but a piece of jewellery (5)

19 A boxing match, roughly (5)

21 That’s enough of the cold comfort! (5)

22 Fiasco deep in computer instruction (4)

1 Tarzan, 4 Banger,8 Snare, 9 Okapi, 11 Eerie,12 Sterile, 13 Secure,15 Ladies, 19 Swansea,21 Staid, 23 Akela,24 Erect, 25 Tables,26 Hearts.

1 Tenders, 2 Riser,3 Amateur, 5 Atone,6 Raise, 7 Dense, 10 Alibi,14 Crate, 16 Austere,17 Saddles, 18 Cadet,19 Scant, 20 Skate,22 Alter.

1 Pines, 4 Shower, 9 Restore, 10 Slips,11 Says, 12 Octopus,13/18 Bow tie, 14 Thou,16 Turn, 20 Realise,21 Bait, 24 Crime,25 Sausage, 26 Stress,27 Sends.

1 Phrase, 2 Nasty, 3 Shoe,5 Hesitate, 6 Whisper,7 Resist, 8 Below, 13 Business,15 Heavier, 17 Cracks,18 Tense, 19 Others,22 Again, 23 Buys.

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LAST WEEK’SSOLUTIONS

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Across1 Put down by force or

authority (8)7 Remains (5)8 Flying machine (9)9 Hot beverage (3)10 Short musical composition

with words (4)11 Right to enter (6)13 Arranged by type (6)14 Overtakes (6)17 Made afraid (6)18 Own (4)20 Hole in the earth (3)22 Saying or performing

again (9)23 Footwear (5)24 Worried and uneasy (8)

Down1 Official stamps (5)2 Associate (7)3 Ready for harvest (4)4 By no means plentiful (6)5 Cobblers’ equipment (5)6 Frees oneself from (7)7 More than two but not

many (7)12 Mends (7)13 Assume (7)15 Coast (7)16 Place of worship (6)17 Arose (5)19 Borders (5)21 Lure (4)

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

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of thealphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 14 represents B and 21 represents Z, so fill

in B every time the figure 14 appears and Z every time the figure 21appears. 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

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Across1 To marry (5)3 Goat (5)5 Thousand (3)7 Wire (metal) (7)9 Frog (4)

10 Cinturón (4)13 Rescue (7)14 Hijo (3)15 Sacred (5)16 Gemelos (5)

Down1 Waiters (9)2 Royal (4)3 Which (4)4 Olives (fruit) (9)6 Monday (5)8 Cervezas (5)

11 Expensive (4)12 Alquiler (de inmueble) (4)

1 Paint, 4 Swans, 7 Ahi,8 Azulejo, 9 Shepherds,13 Cremosa, 15 Sea,16 Obras, 17 Sueca.

1 Pray, 2 Irish, 3 Teaspoons,4 Saucepans, 5 Age, 6 Slow,10 Desde, 11 Ocho,12 Baya, 14 Ear.

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So, it’s that wonderful time of year again!No not the new Starwars film… It’s time togo shopping for Christmas presents! But asalways; now you face the age old problemof what to buy for your loved ones. We havebeen scratching our heads and scouring theweb to give you a few ideas and save yousome footwork this holiday season. Here isour Santa’s list for him and her this year.

1. Italian Supercar dayFor the big boys who need big toys, howabout treating him to an ‘Italian SupercarExperience’? Available from Virgin, it’s asure winner. The recipient will get giddy overdriving two of the latest models to belaunched from rivals.

2. Marc Jacobs DecadenceThis new floral perfume has everyone talking,and will have her talking about you! It’sbound to be an instant classic and will surelyput you in her good books this Christmas.Decadence is more sophisticated than MarcJacobs’ other iconic fragrances and will becompatible with most tastes. This bottle itselfis also quite the statement, taking its cuesdirectly from Jacobs’ fashion with its handbagshape and opulent detailing. Sure to lookgood on any dressing table.

3. BOSSHugo Boss has always had that ‘somethingspecial’ as a gift, but the new fragrance fromHugo has been flying off the shelves. It’s ascent designed for seduction: a heady mix ofspicy ginger, intense leather and softer fruitand lavender notes. The result is something

that smells light or even sweet at first, beforesettling down as something deeper andintoxicating.

4. Eva Tote Gym BagIf she loves the gym, you can’t go wrong withthis stylish gym bag that nobody will everbelieve holds her training kit. A must for avidgym goers and yoga enthusiasts, the Eva Totegym bag has special places for her phone,water, dirty clothes and yoga mat. Who knewyou could give the gift of style andpracticality in one bag?

5. Game of Thrones MonopolyIf board games are his thing, or hers come tothat, then settle in for the only game morebloodthirsty than the battle for the IronThrone itself. In this brilliant spin on theclassic board game, the hotels are keeps andthe Chance cards are labelled ValarMorghulis. You even get to play as a little direwolf. All men must die, but not before they’vepassed Go.

6. Olloclip 4-IN-1 Photo LensThis ideal gift is for the gadget-loving, snap-happy girl who can’t be bothered to carryaround a bulky camera. The Olloclip 4-in-1photo lens will fit in her pocket and offers aselfie function, fisheye (180° view), wide-angles (double that of the normal iPhone), andtwo macro lenses. For every extra like shegets on Instagram she’ll think of you.

7. Tom TomThe latest incarnation and most cutting-edgesat nav yet, proves Tom Tom have lifted the

bar again. They now offer you lifetime extraslike real-time traffic updates, speed cameraalerts and map updates, all for free. The bigbonus is the unlimited data roaming whichmeans, through the built-in sim card, you’realways connected, no matter which countryyou’re driving in.

8. GoPro HERO4 SessionFor the action film maker in your life:Whether they are filming themself skiingdown a mountain, or just recording theircycle ride to work, this is the camera to do itwith. The new Session is GoPro’s highestperforming, and smallest, camera made todate, featuring ultra-high speed capture andthe ability to shoot fancy 4k video, meaningyour wipeout will be a viral sensation in notime.

9. Harrods Champagne BarTreat her the way she deserves by makingyour way to the Champagne Bar and share abottle of chilled Champagne exclusive toHarrods. Established in the Champagneregion for over three centuries, theHostomme family uses only premium qualitypinot noir grapes. A taste of luxury she willremember.

10. Personalised Ring NecklaceThe classic version of this gift for her is thethree ring design but you can order one withfour or five rings and of course add apersonalised message to make it special. Thecircle pendants with your personal messagelook great on the chain making this theperfect accessory to any outfit, night or day.

FotoswipeThis handy app allows youto share photos and videosinstantly across multiplesmart devices whether youhave an iPhone, iPad,Android or any tablet. Simply selectphotos, videos or even an entire album, swipe afinger and the exclusive FotoSwipe technologyallows you to send them on to a chosen device. Ittakes away the need to text or email photos andcan be downloaded for free.

Play on Words

Answers: Dead in the water, Upsidedown cake.

TARGET:

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Good: 28

Very good: 40

Excellent: 50

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Bibi Blair is ayoung woman whohas escaped deathand now finds herselfon a mysterious mis-sion which will un-cover the reasons forher survival.

She is approachedby a stranger whotells her that she hassurvived because shenow has to save a girlidentified only asAshley Bell.

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IT was tough going for the Russianhunter as he made his way throughthe tundra. Suddenly, stopping inhis tracks, he noticed a baleful bearstaring at him. Instinctively, thestalker raised his rifle. As he wasabout to pull the trigger the bearcal led out : “Whoa, not so fast .Let’s talk this through, brother.”

At the bear’s suggestion that heshow some goodwill , the hunterplaced his rifle against a nearbytree and took the proffered seat.The bear and the tracker chattedamiably. “The way I look at it,” thebear smiled, “I need a square mealand you need a fur coat.”

The outcome was that the beargot its square meal and the huntergot his fur coat. The allegory wasanti-Soviet Cold War satire. Thiswas in response to the peace initia-

tive waged by the USSR at a timewhen Moscow was amassing a nu-clear arsenal.

Aware of Russia’s rapid moderni-

sation of their military resourcesthere are signs that the EuropeanUnion’s political elite are acutelyaware that the US wants Europe to

provide a battleground for their an-ti-Russian aggression. However,there is no way the EU democraciescan hope to emerge other than as aglass-strewn parking lot much asthe US left Germany in 1945.

Some Europeans hold vivid rec-ollections of the British and US in-cineration of Europe during the lat-ter half of the 1940s.

The Spanish have a maxim: ‘Foolme once, shame on you. Fool metwice, shame on me.’

European reconstruction, peaceand security lie in good relationsbased on trade with Russia and theCIS. Russia is by far the world’slargest country.

The economy is based on hugenatural resources upon which theworld depends. It is going to have asolid future.

Russia spans two continents andis within swimming distance of theAmerican continent.

The far smaller petrodollar-de-pendent US is a busted flush,hence the about turn nowtaking place in the faux par-liaments of Western Europe’sdemocracies.

THE papers are full of it, thepoliticians hold endlessrounds of talks about it, andeach of us has an opinion onthe subject. In the meantime,the situation becomes in-creasingly dangerous.

The escalating refugeeproblem, with tens of thou-sands more entering Europeevery single day and thegrowing threat from the sub-human monsters of ISIS,continue unabated and effec-tively unchallenged.

Those who believe thatEurope’s borders should beclosed to the Syrian refugeesare labelled racist by those ofthe opposite persuasion, with

the accusation of a blinkeredand irresponsible attitude be-ing thrown back by the otherside (actually only 40 percent of the influx is of Syrianorigin, so why is there not aselection procedure in placeat the very least?).

Ordinary, caring, but gen-

uinely concerned, membersof the public have for yearsbeen saying that uncontrolledmigration into the EuropeanUnion in general, and Britainin particular, needs by neces-sity to be strictly controlled.

Not for any xenophobicreasons, but because vital in-

tegration, a term that werarely hear these days, cannottake place with this continu-ous flood of humanity reach-ing our shores, coupled withthe fact that England isalready the most denselypopulated major country inEurope.

All that and the very realprospect of the collapse of ourcreaking public services, alongwith the rape of the country-side in the quest for morehousing. Housing crisis? It isclearly a population crisis weare dealing with here.

But, shock horror, this allseems to have come as a com-plete surprise to the politi-cians. Or has it?

By their very actions anddubious decision-making on ahost of important issues, itseems that our so-called lead-ers are at best complete mo-rons incapable of coherentthought processes, and atworst criminally inept so-ciopaths.

But don’t you get the feel-ing that there is an underlying‘something’ that is being keptfrom us all and that the fat catsof our political elite have al-ways had a quite differentagenda of their own?

Colin BirdA weekly look

Mike Walsh

Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is aninternational journalist, author and professional writer.

The hidden agenda of the‘fat cats’ in our political elite

Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWNin his own irreverent style.

DON’T you get the feeling that there is an underlying ‘something’ being kept from us all?

Tales of Hans Christian WalshTHE allegory was anti-Soviet Cold War satire

INTEGRATION: England is already the most densely populated major country in Europe.

DESPITE the terror attackson Paris, life has to continueand the city is now host to theUN Climate Change Confer-ence which runs from No-vember 30 to December 11.

Whilst people around theworld are still mourning the130 who died in Paris andthousands of others who havebeen killed in terrorist activi-ty, leaders (or their deputies)of 142 different states weredue to speak on the first dayof the meeting to considerways of combating climatechange.

There have been a series ofpublic demonstrations callingfor direct action to reduce therisk to the environment ofgreenhouse gases, and it isclear that all those leaderswill publicly espouse thecause. Poorer countries willcall upon the ‘developedworld’ to take action to re-duce emissions from industryand household activity whilstthe response will be that thosein less developed countrieswill need to introduce moreefficient ways of handlingtheir waste.

Every country will pay lipservice to the concept ofchange and then many willreturn to their countries wherevoters will continue to de-mand ever increasing stan-dards of living whilst industri-al and financial interests will‘lean on’ those politicianswho need support to stay inpower.

The one encouraging signis that despite the size andpower of the oil companiesand despite the drop in thebarrel price of crude, much isbeing done to find new andsustainable sources of power.

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What is obesity?Obesity is a chronic ill-

ness characterised by an ex-cessive accumulation of fatin the body, both on an ex-ternal level (under the skin)and an internal level (be-tween and entering vital or-gans). This causes an in-crease in bodyweight andvolume which affects peo-ples’ lives.

What’s the differencebetween being overweightand being obese?

There are different levelsof excess fat and obesity.

The easiest way to differ-entiate and classify theproblem is known as thecorporal mass index, whichis calculated by dividingweight by the square ofheight in metres.

If this gives a number be-tween 25 and 29.9 then theperson is overweight, if theresult is more than 30 theyare considered obese.

Is obesity dangerous?Why?

Obesity is considered tobe a major cardiovascularrisk, meaning people withobesity are more likely tohave heart attacks, strokes,etc.

Today it is considered asthe most frequent pre-

ventable cardiovascular riskand it has virtually becomethe epidemic of the 21stcentury. It is not just an aes-thetic problem, it is a realhealth risk.

Also, type two diabetes isusually associated to obesityand almost all patients withthis type of diabetes areobese.

What can I do to con-trol obesity then?

There are various differ-ence causes but most aredown to an imbalance be-tween the amount of energywe put into our bodies (whatwe eat) and how much weuse each day (the baseamount of energy needed tokeep us alive, physical ac-tivity, intellectual activityetc). Therefore the best wayto control obesity and loseweight is to reduce the ener-gy going in (by following abalanced, low calorie diet)and increase the amountused with moderate, dailyexercise.

There are many safe, ef-fective types of diet that canhelp obese people to controltheir weight. Also thesedays there are treatmentsthat can help lose weightand even surgery for ex-treme cases.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

THIS week we’ve asked the doctor about obesity,which has been said to be the plague of modern times.

WE live in an age where many of us aremanaging our waistlines. Let’s face it, weare a far cry from the days of our greatgrandparents, when food was rationedand stew made from leftovers was a treat.

It wasn’t going to take long for foodcompanies to exploit the fact humanslove to eat, and what was once deemed aphysical necessity to stay alive has nowbecome a full-time leisure pursuit. Counthow many different cafes and restaurantsthere are on the high street.

Is it any wonder food for many has be-come an obsession? So what can you do?

First option: The Gastric BandThis is an operation costing around

€3,600, in which a silicone band is fittedto shrink the stomach, or alternatively agastric bypass, in which a small pouch iscreated at the top of the stomach and con-nects to the small intestine, bypassing therest of the stomach and bowel.

You simply cannot eat anywhere nearthe volume of food that you were beforeas your stomach cannot cope. The abilityto only be able to eat small portions offood will certainly reduce your appetite.

The problem with option A is it willnot solve any emotional problems you

have with food. I had a client that was fit-ted with a gastric band but she was stillheavily overweight. She told me she stillhad huge cravings and knew how tocheat, by liquidising Mars bars, etc. Peo-ple have also been known to suffer withdepression due to the effects it has on re-lationships and lifestyle.

The better option: Nutritional Ther-apy

This would consist of several sessions

with a qualified practitioner to help iden-tify when, where and why you formed ahabit of over or obsessive eating. Humanbeings are emotional creatures and manythings affect us in ways that form habitswe would prefer not to have.

Weight loss surgery appears to be theeasiest option to combat obesity, but is itreally? From my experience nothing willwork unless the client has the ability tofix their mind, as well as their body.

Is weight loss surgeryreally the best option?

FitFoxyLooking Good, Staying Trim

SURGERY: Will not fix the mind.

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WORLDWIDE, 47.5 million peoplesuffer from dementia, with the WorldHealth Organisation saying each yearthere are 7.7 million new cases diag-nosed.

With dementia and Alzheimer’s dis-ease now some of the leading killers,taking care of our brains is more im-portant than ever. But what can you doto improve brain health and be morealert?

Avoid medicationOveruse of taking over the counter

and prescription drugs such as aspirin,ibuprofen, asthma medication andsteroids, can deplete stores of B vita-mins, which are essential for boostingmood and energy.

Have house plants These are an easy and effective way

to purify the air in your home and areknown to have soothing and calmingproperties.

No electronics at night Bodies and brains are programmed

to sleep at night. When it’s dark thepineal gland releases more melatoninto signal that it’s time to wind down.

When it’s light the pineal glandslows down melatonin production, sig-nalling that it’s time to wake up. Withelectronic devices, they emit a bluelight which slows the melatonin pro-duction and triggers the production ofa hormone that keeps you awake.

This leaves bodies no longer know-ing when to produce melatonin as theyno longer know when they are sup-

posed to be asleep. MeditateMeditation not only helps you feel

at peace but practising for 12 minutes aday improves focus and memory.

Maintain sugar levelsFor the brain to work properly sus-

tain blood sugar levels to keep brainchemistry balanced. Increased bloodsugar levels can lead to type two dia-betes, which can lead to Alzheimer’s.

Stimulate the brainLike other parts of your body, the

brain needs exercising. Try new activi-ties that stimulate and improve yourbrain function.

Eat more omega threeEating healthy fats, such as omega

three fatty acids, can help preserve thehealth of your brain. They are knownto prevent inflammation, the key topreserving cognitive function andwarding off depression and anxiety.

Boosting your brain power isnow more important than everQUICK tips to help ward off dementia and Alzheimer’sBy Gemma Quinn

THERE are calls for cotbumpers to be banned forthe safety of babies afterthey were linked to infantdeaths.

A study published in theJournal of Paediatr ics ,found that 48 infant deathsbetween 1985 and 2012were specifically linked tocot bumpers, and an addi-tional 146 babies were in-volved in accidents wherethey nearly choked, suffo-cated or were strangled bythe bumpers.

As a result, experts arenow calling for them to be

banned. The paddedbumpers are widely avail-able and are tied to the in-side of cots to stop babiesfrom gett ing their l imbsstuck between the railings,but in the study, it foundthat of all i tems inside acot, such as blankets, pil-lows and cuddly toys, thecot bumper was the mostl ikely to cause infantdeath, potentially by suf-focation and strangulation.

The UK’s NHS has alsosaid they do not recom-mend cot bumpers, warn-ing parents that their baby

Cot bumpers poserisk to babies

THE Spanish Fertility Soci-ety (SEF) has warned aboutthe risks of buying sperm onthe internet for self-insemi-nation.

Dr Rocio Nuñez, coordi-nator of the Interest Groupon Ethics and Good ClinicalPract ice, said of homesperm banks: “They threatenthe Spanish rules of assistedreproduction and deprivepatients of the essentialhealth guarantees to undergoassisted reproduction.”

Among the necessaryguarantees to be followed

by a treatment of assistedreproduction are medicalmanagement, assessment ofsemen quality before insem-ination and the existence ofliability insurance in case ofdamage.

In addition, Dr Nuñez in-dicated such sites are illegalin Spain because they vio-late the condit ion ofanonymity guaranteed inSpanish legislation.

The Spanish Fertility So-ciety is working in collabo-ration with other associa-tions to end this practice.

Warning against buying sperm online

TAKE CARE: There aresome simple ways you canimprove brain health andstay more alert.

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BONNIE HAN is owner of not justone, but three busy restaurants inMallorca. The latest venture is Thair-iffic, a modern Asian bistro in PortalsNous. She opened there a little morethan a month ago and already hasregular customers returning forhome-made, healthy Asian cooking.

“We grow some of our own veg-etables, all our own herbs and ofcourse our own chillis,” explainsBonnie. “I love to cook and I’m notafraid to be different, always usinggood quality ingredients, trying to in-clude as many organic vegetables aspossible in what we serve.”

The Thairiffic offers a selection ofdairy and gluten free dishes alongwith a varied vegetarian selection too.One doesn’t have to leave the com-fort of one’s home either as there’s ahome delivery service with theThai Me home menu. Deliveries canbe made up to a 10km radius, from5pm till 8pm, with a minimum orderof 20€.

No time to stick around, well thenThai Me Up is the take away service,call through with your order andcome pick it up at your convenience.

All the dishes are delicious, boastsBonnie, and the Thai green chickencurry is one of the customer

favourites. “Another favourite is theChilli Beef pad thai,” says Bonnie.“It’s pretty awesome and comesserved with al dente noodles and ourspecial sauce wok-tossed with beeffillet.”  

The other two restaurants are inPalma: Appetite Palma is popular onweekends for Santa Catalina’s trendylovers of brunch, and Churrasco spe-cialises in Brazilian style food withcocktails to samba for!

“Not only do we do great food,”says Bonnie, “but we can serve youin English, Spanish, French, Italian,Chinese, Arabic and Russian too! Wehave many staff from all over theworld so you’ll never be lost forwords at Tiger Foods!”

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BINISSALEM will welcomeSaint Nicholas tomorrow,Friday 4, in local health foodshop, Cocina Aventura.

Owner Marÿke Hebbes,originally from Holland,wants to share a tradition thatis enjoyed back home and atwhich children receive their

Christmas presents. For thefifth year, children and par-ents of Binissalem are enjoy-ing this celebration too!

The tradition of Sinterklaashas a connection with Spainbecause every mid-Novem-ber, Holland welcomes thesaint who arrives by steamboat from Spain. As with theSpanish tradition of Three

Kings celebrated in January,this Dutch festival is cele-brated all over Holland.

“I love celebrations andthere’s none better than Sin-terklaas,” claims Marÿke.“The local children love tocome to the shop with theirshoe in which they’ve placeda carrot or some hay andevery year I am amazed at

how well behaved they areand for this they are reward-ed.”

If you want to join in thefestivities, then make sureyou come along with yourspare shoe with carrot or hayto Cocina Aventura inBinissalem tomorrow, Friday,from 5pm until 8pm. Hotchocolate will be served.

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Sinterklaas comes to BinissalemCOCINA AVENTURA: Health food shop in Binissalem is stocked with goodies.

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RAMSHACKLE café in Portals will be supporting theAllen Graham Charity 4 Kidz with a charity day. Therewill be tasty, home-made cakes and biscuits on sale aswell as an auction, bingo and a raffle with some fantasticprizes. Tickets for the raffle are 2€ and the draw willtake place on the day - December 8 from 11am till late!

Charity fundraiser

SINGERS Fiona Stuart-Wilson, Cristina Van Royand Waltraud Mucherwill perform BenjaminBritten's masterpiece ‘ACeremony of Carols’ ac-companied by the harpistTamara Heideveld.

There will be just twoconcerts this year andthey will also sing tradi-tional carols.

The concerts will takeplace on December 12 inPalma at the Sant FelipNegri church and on De-cember 13 in Sóller atthe Convent of SacredHearts.

Both concerts begin at8pm and t ickets (15€)are available on the doorfrom 7.30pm.

More information andreservations can be madeby calling 971 633 370.

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VICTORIA’S Animal Refugein Alcudia is holding its annualGrand Christmas Raffle withlots of fabulous prizes to winincluding tasty Christmas ham-pers and tickets are just 1€each. The draw will take placeon Monday December 21 but ifyou are unable to be there, a listof lucky winners will be postedin the shop.

The refuge cares and sup-ports abandoned animals in the

Alcudia area which includes 14indoor cats, a colony of 35 out-door cats and around 15 dogs.They are also feeding manymore dogs currently in tempo-rary foster homes and don’t for-get the horse and pigs they carefor too! Victoria and her teamhave found forever homes formore than 100 dogs this year

They have a charity shop inPuerto Alcudia (opposite Lidl)

which raises the much neededfunds year round for the refuge.Come and take a look for your-self at the prizes when you buyyour tickets and the shop haslots of Christmas cards and dec-orations for sale, too, as well asthe usual bargains in warmsweaters, cosy jackets and glit-tery party clothes.

Victoria’s Animal RefugeCarretera Arta 38, 07410,

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TEMPTING TREATS: Tasty Christmas hampers up for grabs for just 1€ a ticket.

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NETWORKING group, New Lace, will meettoday Thursday for lunch at the OD Portals Ho-tel. The group, created by Susan Worthington,is for foreign residents to meet, exchange, sup-port and celebrate all that they do.

The opportunity is also provided via a hotspot in which a speaker has five minutes tomake an announcement, talk about their busi-

ness or launch an appeal. Guests are also invitedto bring a gift as resident Carol Gamble is col-lecting 200 presents for the elderly in Mallorca’scare homes. Gifts like slippers, hats, gloves,sweets or biscuits would be well received.

“I thought we could a spread a little Christ-mas magic whilst we are enjoying ourselves atthe same time,” said Susan.

New Lace networking lunch

LOCAL freight forwarding company CompleteMarine Freight won’t forget those less fortunatethis year. They have organised a Christmas carolsing-along on Thursday December 10 at 6.30pmin the port at STP in Palma.

As they do every year, they will gather withcustomers and friends and enjoy mulled wine and

mince pies whilst collecting for a worthy cause. Everyone is welcome to come and join in the

Christmas cheer and bring their donations ofmilk, toys and nappies for babies and children onthe island. The charities who will benefit thisyear are Mediterranea run by Doctor Stoma andOndine run by Brad Robertson.

Carol singing forlocal charities

IN GOOD VOICE: Carol singers get ready for the sing-along.

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I dislike the phrase "health kick". Itsuggests that it will be over in a flash,probably after taking someone out atthe knees and landing on their bottom.It's not a good image. I prefer thephrase "lifestyle change" which ismore appropriate, sounds more seriousand more, you know, grown up. We've(I say we, I mean "I") been reading alot about different types of diets: lowfat, low calorie, Paleo, 80/20, CabbageSoup, the White Food Diet, you nameit they're out there. They all claim theyare THE diet to make the difference.Following research from Israeli scien-tists it turns out that it's not a "One SizeFits All" approach to diet that willwork: your body may well respond dif-ferently to your partner's because ofdifferent responses to a food'sGlycemic Index. But measuring yourresponses to your food may be a steptoo far for most of us, you'd need toask a scientist to move in for a start,

but there are other things we can do toimprove the healthiness of how andwhat we are eating. I am one of thosepeople who buys her veggies withevery good intention to "do somethingwith them" and then at the end of the

week have to throw them out to re-place them with a new version of thesame thing, what a waste. According toMallorca's own Mister Eco, JerryWhitehouse, not every vegetable iscreated equal as with modern farming

methods there are plenty of your five aday that are coming with added ingre-dients you don’t want. Spinach, kale,lettuce and leafy greens have beenfound to be contaminated with insecti-cides that are toxic to the nervous sys-

tem. Potatoes are the vegetable whichhas the most pesticides used on it byfar but even the humble cucumber willhave had 86 different pesticides usedon it whilst celery will have seen 60pesticides. 98 percent of peaches and97 per cent of nectarines tested posi-tive for at least one pesticide residuestrawberries are covered in a fungici-dal spray, and cherries (which I eat likesweets in the summer, much to my dis-may), pears and grapes (imported) areall fruits to give a serious swerve to aswell. Apparently you should also bechecking out your humble raisin aswell, as just like the grapes they comefrom they can have traces of 15 differ-ent pesticides on them. And don't evenget me started on apples. The goodnews is that you can source organicproducts locally very easily, and costeffectively, which supports both yourhealth and the economic health of theisland and you can even get them de-livered to your door! Check outwww.mistereco.es for more informa-tion about organic food in Mallorca,we are the potato capital of Europe, butthat's a whole other story.

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DURING the next threemonths there will be plenty ofopportunities for taking cut-tings to propagate new plantsto extend your plantings andfill in gaps. Unfortunately mostplant pots kept from purchasedplants and those available forsale in garden and horticulturalcentres are shallow and do notallow deep roots to be devel-oped. This is a great pity asprobably a new plant with 20centimetre deep roots will betwice as easy to establish in thegarden than one with only 12centimetre long roots.

The simple solution is to re-tain all 1.5 litre and five andseven litre water and soft drinkplastic bottles and use them asdeep plant pots. If the top is cutto leave a hinge, rather than be-ing totally cut off, one can usethis as a cloche over your cut-ting which will protect it dur-ing the winter.

Plant individual cuttings in

1.5 litre bottles and up to six inthe larger bottles. If possibleover winter place the plantedup cuttings in a greenhouse orcold frame. The mini versionssold most Springs by Lidlstores are useful in this respect.

We also noticed the new Akistore on the Ondara Commer-cial centre site sells inexpen-sive green houses. On a small-er scale, one can cut off the

base of plastic bottles and in-vert them over plant cuttings ina same diameter bottle. Fixwith tape and you have a minigreenhouse with a constantmoisture level. These can bekept at the back of a frostlessgreenhouse or on a shelf in aconservatory or greenhouse, orin a cold frame protected withfleece.

Wine bottles full of water

are also useful for raising cut-tings from Oleanders andBignonias.

If you have never raisedplants from cuttings do readChapter 6.12 in the book ‘YourGarden in Spain - From plan-ning to planting and mainte-nance.’ This describes, as doesalso Chapter 4.9 of the book‘Apartment GardeningMediterranean Style’ how to

propagate various types ofplants from stem, side, root, air,and leaf cuttings. Once you arehooked, propagating becomesan interesting and absorbinghobby for all ages from schoolchildren to the aged.

Once you have proved youhave green fingers, take everyopportunity of planting up cut-tings from your own gardenand those of friends. The result

will be inexpensive strongplants. When we stroll roundour garden the majority ofplants and mature trees startedoff as cuttings or seeds, andmany of the seeds were collect-ed from our own gardens onour travels around Spain.

If you produce too many theexcess can be passed on tofriends and neighbours still de-veloping new gardens or soldat Gardening Club meetings.

To improve your successrate obtain a pot of hormonepowder to dip the end of cut-ting in before planting. Unfor-tunately some cuttings can beprone to rotting off especiallyduring winter months so spraythe surface of the compost witha mild fungicide.

By the way a great advan-tage of plastic bottles is youcan write the name of the plantbeing propagated on the out-side of the bottle with a water-proof felt pen.

Happy propagating nextyear!

(c) Dick Handscombewww.gardenspain.com.

December 2015.

Don’t throw away those Christmasseason plastic soft drink bottlesIF you produce too many cuttings, the excess can be passed on to friends and neighbours

Dick Handscombe

Gardening CornerBy Spain’s best known expatriate garden-ing author living in Spain for 25 years.

PLASTIC BOTTLES: One can use the partially cut top as a cloche to protect your plants during winter.

ACCORDING to the Real Automovil Clubde España (RACE), breakdowns have in-creased by 8.4 per cent in the last twomonths, with more than 104,000 vehicles as-sisted during September and October.

RACE believe that the upward trend is in-dicative of a worrying lack of maintenanceof vehicles, stressing the importance of prop-erly maintained vehicles at all times, espe-cially during the winter months.

During September and October the RACEattended 23,640 flat batteries, an increase of2 per cent, 10,276 tyre related incidents, anincrease of 13.2 per cent, and 4,889 engineproblems, an increase of 2.5 per cent.

To reduce potential problems a regularcheck of the battery, tyres, liquid levels andwindscreen and lights is recommended.

IndicatingWhether you call it signalling, using the

indicators, turning on the blinkers, or some-thing else, letting other road users knowwhat you’re doing is an essential part of roadsafety. Signals warn and inform other roadusers, including pedestrians, of your intend-ed actions. You should always:

Use them to advise other road users beforechanging course or direction, stopping ormoving off.

Cancel them after use.Give clear signals in plenty of time, hav-

ing checked it is not misleading to signal atthat time. If you want to stop after a sideroad, do not signal until you are passing theroad. If you signal earlier it may give the im-pression you intend to turn into the road.Your brake lights will warn traffic behindyou that you are slowing down.

Use an arm signal to emphasise or rein-force your signal if necessary. Rememberthat signalling does not give you priority.

No, he is not al-lowed. Spain has

strict regulations about theuse of security cameras.They are limited to the own-er’s property and a mini-mum of its surroundings.

You can report him to theData Protection Agency.

If your neighbour has

cameras that view the pub-lic way, he should be regis-tered with the Agency. If heis not, he could be fined.

Visit the Agency’s websitewww.agpd.es, or call 901100 099 and 912 663 517for more information.

My neighbour has installedfive long-range wide-focus

cameras that video and recordover almost half of my property, aswell as public roads.

He can see everyone that calls tomy property and the areas around

my garden and pool. Is he allowed todo this?

I feel very stressed to know that heis watching me and my family. Whatcan I do about it?

G.A. (Costa Blanca)

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I HAVE to start this by saying I love living inSpain. I’ve been here for 11 years now and aregular visitor for 35 years before that. Butthere are some things that just wind me upand that I don’t understand.

Let’s start with pedestrian crossings onroundabouts. As we all know it’s a life threat-ing event navigating the darn things as it is, asnobody would ever dream of giving way. Infact it’s time for most to accelerate at you!

So what do they do to help? Yup, stick apedestrian crossing right on the exit so youhave to stand on your brakes as the pedestrianstrides out in front of you in a total act ofchallenge and defiance. They never even no-tice you have a car hurtling up behind andyour front wheels are already on the crossing.

Then there is the act of trying to join themain road via its 12 inch slip road. You tryand edge out and jockey for position but ofcourse no one will slow down to let you out.

However, Lewis Hamilton behind has de-cided there is enough space to overtake andpulls out in front of you just to prove howmacho he is and fears nothing in his probablyuninsured heap.

Red tape and rules could drive you nuts.How about the paying of bills? You know theones you have to pay at a certain bank on acertain day between certain hours. Whoeverheard of anything so daft? And get there fiveminutes late, not a chance! Come back nextweek...oh but not that date because it is abank holiday that day on that side of thestreet!

Mrs S goes to the post office, not a personin there and one counter open. So up shestrides and goes to speak to the lady behindthe counter who looks up and says ‘you haveto take a ticket’.

‘Are you joking? There is no one here ex-cept you and me?’

‘You have to take a ticket.’ So off she goesand gets her ticket, sits down and as her bumhits the seat her number lights up and shenow gets served by Señora Jobsworth.

My list is actually much longer but I’veused up my word allocation for this week so Imight add more soon and, by the way, I neverrealised how grumpy I was!!

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

Some things in Spainjust wind me up!

AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly pro-vided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, whoset up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

BREAKDOWNS INCREASE: Indicative of a worrying lack of maintenance of vehicles.

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SPANIARDS need to spendup to four years’ worth ofwages more than other Eu-ropeans if they want to pur-chase their own homes.

At least this is the datarevealed in a study carriedout by real estate websitePisos.com, revolvingaround the comparat iveabi l i ty of Spaniards and

foreigners to purchaseproperty within Spain.

The findings indicate thatSpaniards must put aside32.55 per cent of theirmonthly salary in order tobuy a home, while foreign-ers who buy a home inSpain only need to pay22.68 per cent.

According to the RealEstate Statistic Registry, ofthe houses sold in Spain in

the last quarter, 13.52 percent were the result of for-eign demand.

Of al l of those, theBritish are those responsi-ble for the most purchases,32.12 per cent of the total.

British, Danish, Dutch,Belgian, Swiss, German,Ir ish, French and I ta l ianbuyers a l l have i t easierthan Spaniards when i tcomes to buying a home

due to differences in salary,whereas Poles, Russians,and Bulgarians have to al-locate an even greater per-centage of their salar iesthan Spaniards when at-tempting to acquire proper-ty within Spain.

As of 2010, there weremore than 6 million foreignborn residents in Spain,corresponding to 14 percent of the total population.

Spanish buyersmust raise largeamounts of moneyto buy homesSURVEY reveals that Spaniards must put aside 32.55 per centof their monthly salary

By Sam Croft

BUYING SPANISH PROPERTY: It is easier for many foreign buyers than native Spanish.

Spaniards live in flats,Brits live in housesTHE vast majority of Spanish citizens live in apartments(66.5 per cent), over single family homes (33.1 per cent), thusmaking them the leading flat-owners in all of Europe.

However, residents of other European countries tend to optfor houses (59.3 per cent) over flats (40 per cent). UK (84.7per cent), Croatia (80.8 per cent), Belgium (77.6 per cent),and Holland (77.1 per cent) lead the rankings when it comesto single family homes, according to Eurostat data.

Of the citizens polled, 70.1 per cent of Europeans are homeowners ahead of 29.9 per cent who rent. There are countries wherehome ownership is the clear choice among citizens.

The countries of Eastern Europe are the ones with the most homeowners: Romania (96.1 per cent), Slovakia (90.3 per cent), Lithua-nia (89.9 per cent), Croatia (89.7 per cent) and Hungary (89.1 percent) are all ahead of Spain, where 78.8 per cent of residents ownhomes.

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IN Spain there are about389,000 new empty homes,according to a new report byTinsa real estate assessmentcompany.

The study revealed thatsince 2008, when the propertybubble burst, 1.56 million newbuilds have been completedbut 24.9 per cent of them re-main empty. Tinsa has forecastthat they will take an average

of two and a half years to sell,meaning they will not be filleduntil 2018.

Although at a slower ratethan in the past, constructioncontinued during the criticalyears, leading to excess re-maining empty particularlyacross Madrid, Valencia, Mur-cia, Barcelona and Alicante.

Yet at the rate property iscurrently selling, the assess-

ment company has reportedthat it will soon be time tostart building again in earnestin Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga,Granada, Gerona, Oviedo,Santander, Vigo, Pontevedra,San Sebastian, Gijon andAviles, bearing in mind com-plexes take at least two yearsto build there is likely to behigh demand by the time theyare finished.

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SPANISH banks are in possession of a hugeamount of excess property.

The group International Finance Analysts(Analistas Financerios Internationales – AFI),claims that the banks own property worth anestimated €90 billion.

Due to the surplus, increased needs to findprofits in a low interest-rate climate and immi-nent arrival of new regulations have ledSpain’s largest six banks to change their strate-gy.

Rather than concentrating on helping devel-

opers they have provided with financing tosell their property, banks are placing priorityon moving their stock of repossessed homes.

In fact, over the first nine months of thisyear, Santander, BBVA, Popular, Bankia,Caixabank and Sabadel have between themshifted more than 40,000 properties, meaningthey have sold 300,000 since 2012.

Although last year the six banks aided thesale of 68,000 homes, this year their strategyhas been to sell less for developers and movetheir own properties to ensure more profits.

Banks shift surpluses EXCESS PROPERTY: Emphasis being put on selling property.

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HAVING been involved with dogs for over60 years, I learned many years ago like inany other industry there is a word called‘progress’. A dog is not a wolf in disguise.

I used to use pinch collars, choke chains,write and teach about the ‘alpha’ in thepack. I wish I could destroy my past fourbooks. Much progress has been made in the‘canine world’.

We no longer shout and punish our pets.No point in rubbing a dog’s face in pee orpoo and saying ‘he knows he did wrong’.No, he does not know he did wrong he onlyunderstood you were being aggressive andyou were breaking down your relationshipwith your pet.

Some of my articles relating to dogs andpacks on my website www.thedogman.netgo back 25 years, and are being rewritten.

Dogs are not pack animals! It has beenproven that many of their genes are not thatof a pack animal. There are no pack rules,we raise dogs as we raise children. We donot use the word pack, as a group of dogs isa collection, there is no hierarchy.

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ClarksonQuote of theWeek

Every year, the world’s Golf GTI enthusiasts congregate in a field in Austria, and they talk about fuelinjection and wear jumpers with ‘GTI’ on them. Frankly I’d rather blow-torch my nipples off.”

Some might say...

A STUDY into motor insur-ance fraud has found thatover a third of insured mo-torists have no qualms withomitting or adjusting datato reduce their premiums.

The study suggests thatthe scale of appl icat ionfraud is much higher thanthe 212,000 cases recordedannually.

UK driverscomfortablewith fraud

Motoring shorts

AFTER auspiciously avoid-ing the spotlight for 68 years,Czech manufacturer Pragahas announced plans for alimited edition release of thesuper-sport road car PragaR1R in 2016.

Founded in 1907, the com-pany quickly diversified intomotorcycles, engines andgearboxes before its chieffactory was heavily bombedduring WWII.

The R1R will be the firstroad model released since1947, anticipated as a com-memorative model rather thana step back into the fray.

So what does over a halfcentury lay off bring to thecontemporary landscape? Thelightweight model comes inat just 670kg, with a power toweight ratio of over575bhp/tonne enabling it tohit 0-62mph in under threeseconds. It is carbon con-structed and uses a 390bhpFormula Renault 2.0-litre en-gine enhanced by in-houseturbo and electronics.

Forced induction allows forplenty of torque while a six-speed auto box offers an ex-cellent power flow. The two-seater cabin optimises space

through offsetcontrols and a roofmounted switchgear

The design features frontand rear mounted crash boxesand a carbon compositemonocoque to deliver safetytechnology matched only inFormula one. It is in effect a

double seater race car adaptedfor the roads and has a gener-ated down force that exceedsits weight, so can theoretical-ly turn corners upside down.

Marking the time since Pra-

ga last hit the roads, 68 cus-tom-modified editions will beon sale coming in at a reason-able £140,000 (€199,000).

R1R: First roadmodel released since 1947.

AVOIDED spotlight for 68 years

Praga returns witha vengeance

A CEREMONY for the 39thIrish Car of the Year Awardannounced the Ford Mon-deo as the winner in Dublin.

With cri ter ia includingdesign, comfort, economy,handling and performance,the car came ahead of theVolvo XC90 to take the topspot.

Irish car of theyear revealed

Formula 1 is slowing down AFTER this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix,winner Fernando Alonso claimed: “The win-ner of Malaysia this year would have beenlapped six times by the winner in 2006.”

A strange and bold claim, given that tech-nology typically enhances the speed and accu-racy of a given product, but a cursory glanceover timesheets confirms his suspicions.

Winners in the Monaco, Canadian andJapanese Grand Prix in 2005 edged out 2015winners by seconds. In 10 years at the Suzukatrack, winning times have slowed by almostfive seconds with Kimi Raikkonen scoringcourse record 1’31.540 in 2005 and LewisHamilton managing 1’36.145 earlier this year.

Today’s vehicles are certainly more techno-logically advanced, but the chief difference be-tween now and then is the focus of new engi-neering promise. Fuel efficiency, ease of useand getting around ever-growing regulationsare now top priorities for engineers. Tracksafety should always be a concern but asDavid Coultard said: “The current era of F1should always be pretty much the fastest peri-od of the sport in history.”

With F1 selling itself as the epitome of rac-ing the FIA has stepped in and to announceplans to make cars ‘five to six seconds a lapfaster’ by 2017.

By Matthew Elliott

Formula 1 is slowing down

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ACCORDING to Mallorca-based easyboats, the snow andicy winds making their wayacross Europe, has resulted inthem receiving a large numberof yacht charter enquiries forsummer 2016.

Lorenzo Vila, Director of 26-year-established easyboats,commented: “As soon as themercury dropped, our enquirylevels went up, and we’re al-ready processing payments foryacht charters taking place in2016. Most interest is comingfrom the UK. We’re also seeinga continuation of various post-recession trends, namely clientsgetting younger, budgets gettinglarger, and size of boat request-ed getting bigger.

“As an example we’ve got anallowance of €30,000 for a

skippered sailing yacht and a re-quest for a 46-metre yacht to

sleep eight. It’s a very encourag-ing situation to be in so early.”

By John Smith

Snow in Europe brof interest in MallEASYBOATS, a Mallorca based company, has already re

ACCORDING to a press re-lease issued on December2, Guardia Civi l off icerss ighted a boat sa id to beworth €60,000, that was re-por ted s to len f rom i tsmooring in Il letes on No-vember 10. It was discov-ered by the officers off the

coast of Calvia.A 48-year-old German

man has been arres ted inconnection with the theft aswhen he was questioned notonly was he unable to showany documents concerningthe vessel , but he a lsocould not explain his pres-ence on board or the fac tthat that the igni t ion had

been ‘hot-wired’.Somebody had appeared

to try to remove the nameof the boat but there wassufficient lettering left forthe Guardia Civil to recog-nise the name, and to con-tact the owner of the stolenvessel who confirmed whenit arrived in Puerto Portalsthat it was indeed his.

By John Smith

Stolen boat is found bythe Guardia Civil

RIVA VIRTUS 63: Perfect boat for a day charter.

CONFIRMATION: Owner confirmed when the boat arrived at the Marina at Puerto Portals.

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THE USS Gravely arrivedin the port of Palma deMallorca on Monday No-vember 30 for a three daystay.

The vessel , which wascommissioned in 2010, is aguided missile destroyerand is part of CarrierStrike Group Two.

Her f irst deploymentoverseas was in 2013 whenshe was sent to patrol inthe eastern Mediter-ranean, where she was al-so involved in assist ingrefugees who had got intotrouble in waters nearGreece.

She left her home portin the US as recently asNovember 16, and will bepart of the US Naval pres-ence in the Mediterraneanas one of the destroyers es-corting the air craft carri-er USS Harry S. Truman.

By John Smith

US guided missile destroyer visits Palma for a three day stayTHE USS Gravely is part of Carrier Strike Group Two

USS GRAVELY: First deployment overseas was in 2013 when she was sent to the Mediterrenean.

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ON Sunday November 29, a55-year-old Frenchman felloverboard from the 11 me-tre long yacht StormyWeather, about 35 nauticalmiles north of Menorca.

The yacht was sai l ingfrom Toulon to Mahon enroute to the French Antilleswith two men on board.

The alarm was raised by

the 61-year-old owner ofthe vessel, who was himselfinjured and had to be evacu-ated to the Mateu Orf i lahospital in Mahon.

The search for the miss-ing man continued the nextday with rescue ships andhel icopters f rom bothMenorca and Mallorca par-ticipating.

Man overboardnear Mahon

BRITISH niche motor company BAC has announced that itis producing a special car to accompany the latest supery-achts.

At a price of £500,000 (€700,000) it can be produced toorder so that the colour of the car matches the interior andcolour of the vessel.

The special, single seat car is able to reach 60mph in 2.8seconds, with an anti-rust coating, special chassis liftingpoint and a superior environmental control system, this real-ly is the perfect gift for the superyacht owner who haseverything.

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The company’s ob-servation agrees

with a recently-released reporton Spain’s yacht charter marketfrom a Barcelona-based broker.It too cited an ever-youngerclientele, a demand for largerboats and the rise in day or‘flexi’ charter over a traditionalweek-long booking.

It also highlighted Mallorca asthe number one Spanish charterdestination thanks to excellentwater quality, climate and vari-ety of anchorages, albeit a littlemore expensive.

For those who believe waitingfor a last-minute booking willresult in a better deal, Lorenzohas a word of warning. “This isthe first season since 2009 wherewe have seen a significant rushof early bookings. Back then, far

from reducing prices lastminute, we were run-

ning out of qualityboats.”

rings flurrylorcaeceived a large number of enquiries

ORGANISED by the Real Club Nauti-co de Palma (RCNP), the Trofeo Ciu-tat de Palma takes places from Decem-ber 5 to 8 and has at t racted no lessthan 341 sailors with their optimistclass boats, all hoping to be successfuland that the wind is kind to them.

This number of contestants is near tothe very highest number that the or-ganisers could have expected whichwas set at 360, and although there are211 Spanish participants, sailors from10 other countries including no lessthan 60 from Germany are also takingpart.

At 65 years old, the annual regattaboasts that it is the oldest of its kind inMallorca and at t racts some of theworld’s best sailors in the various opti-mist classes.

I ta l ian female competi tor GaiaBergonzini , runner up in the 2015World Championships seems to be thefavourite, although Spanish sailorsfrom Barcelona and Mallorca intend togive her a hard challenge.

The optimist boats are for s inglesailors and come in a number of differ-ent classes which cater beginners intheir ear ly teens to hardened adul t

sailors, but other classes includingLasers wil l a lso par t ic ipate in thisevent.

The announcement of results and theawards ceremony will be held on De-cember 8, the closing day.

By John Smith

Optimists visit Palma THE Trofeo Ciutat de Palma takes place from December 5 to 8

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WELL respected Frenchsai lor Franck Cammas,

leader of the FrenchAmericas Cup chal-

lenge in 2017, wasbadly injured whenhe fell off a racing

catamaran which hewas s teer ing in the

Bay of Quiberon, Brit-tany on December 1.“In a wind of around

twenty knots, and while he

was at the helm, Cammas wentoverboard and s t ruck in theright leg by the rudder, whilethe catamaran was travelling atfull speed,” said his team in astatement.

He was immediately evacu-ated by a safety boat and thenairlifted to a hospital in Nanteswhere he was operated on for adouble fracture of the tibia andfibula. This means that he willcertainly be unable to partici-

pate in next year ’s OlympicGames in Rio due to the lengthof time required for recovery,and the upcoming deadline forqualification.

Forty-two-year-old Cammaswill have to be satisfied withthe fac t tha t he has everychance of still participating inthe chal lenge for the 35thAmericas Cup compet i t ion ,which is due to be held inBermuda in 2017.

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IT was never fair to say that JoseLuis Rodriguez Zapatero won the2004 election because of theMadrid bombings on March 11. Hewon it because Aznar’s governmentinsisted the bombs were from ETA.

The Spanish felt they had al-ready been lied to and manipulatedover joining Bush and Blair in Iraq,the 11-M bombs were the laststraw.

In the wake of the Paris mas-sacre on November 13, MarianoRajoy has postponed any decisionover relieving the French troops inMali until after the elections onDecember 20.

Possibly he is mindful of whathappened in 2004 or perhaps he ismerely exercising his habitual pru-dence until he knows if he will stillhave a job on December 21.

But 2015 is not 2004, and what

was pointless and reckless thenseems the only possible course ofaction now.

SamedifferencePABLO IGLESIAS of Podemosno longer wants a reform of theSpanish Constitution and finallyadmitted that the Transition was

not an entirely bad thing. He’s poaching votes, of course,

and has fallen prey to the‘Liquorice Allsorts Syndrome’. Re-member how each different typehad its own distinctive flavour?

These days they all taste thesame regardless of shape and sizeand this could be said of Iglesias,whose views are coming into linewith everyone else’s. Trying toplease everyone satisfies no one,just like 21st century LiquoriceAllsorts.

Cloth earsFIFTY per cent of Catalans nowwant to remain in Spain and 60 percent reject their regional parlia-ment’s ‘disconnection’ from Spain.Sixty-four per cent reject indepen-dence if this means leaving the Eu-ropean Union.

And Artur Mas, who wants to bepresident of an independentCataluña, gets no for an answertime after time but still refuses tolisten.

Cassandra NashA weekly look- and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

A woman’sworldCHUNTERING has beenheard because women head on-ly 34 per cent of the leadingparties’ lists of general electioncandidates.

Who cares? Women don’t.They plan to vote for a politicalparty and an ideology, not thegender of its candidates.

It’s election time eleven years on

ZAPATERO: Won the election in 2004.

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TENNIS – Great Britain areWorld champions after beatingBelgium to lift the Davis Cupfor the first time since 1936.Majestic Andy Murray won

both his singles matches andteamed up with brother, Jamie,to win the doubles. Almost40,000 fans attended the three-day final and there was great joyfor 5,000 Brits in Ghent. Welldone to head coach Leon Smithand his team…could it now beSir Andy?

GOAL MACHINES - LastSaturday, Leicester’s JamieVardy became the first player toscore in eleven consecutive PLgames, thus equalingBlackpool’s Stan Mortensen’s

1950-51 feat of netting in 11successive First Divisionmatches. Only Jimmy Dunne(Sheffield United) is now aheadof Vardy. He holds the all-timerecord in top flight football,scoring in 12 games in a row in1931-32.

* Gabriel Batistuta(Fiorentina) also scored in 12consecutive Serie ‘A’ games in1994-95.

BOXING – Despitedisrespecting the NationalAnthem, I congratulate TysonFury on outpointing WladimirKlitschko to become theundisputed WBA, WBO andIBF heavyweight champion ofthe world.

MATCH ACTION – Thirtygoals were scored in thePremiership last weekend, theresults being: Lowly Aston Villa2 Watford 3, pluckyBournemouth 3 Everton 3,Crystal Palace 5 awfulNewcastle 1, Leicester 1Manchester United 1, Liverpool

1 Swansea 0, leadersManchester City 3Southampton 1, battlingNorwich 1 Arsenal 1, gutsySunderland 2 ten-man Stoke 0,Tottenham 0 Chelsea 0 andWest Ham 1 WBA 1.

Brighton beat Birmingham 2-1 to return to the top of theChampionship: Coventry (2-2with Doncaster) and Oxford (1-0 winners at Hartlepool) leadLeagues 1 and 2 respectivelyand Celtic are in charge in theSPL.

In Spain’s La Liga, Barcelonawhipped Real Sociedad 4-0 tostay four points clear of AtleticoMadrid. Real Madrid (2-0winners at Eibar) are third, sixpoints adrift of the leaders.

Bayern Munich are rompingaway in the German Bundesliga.

FORMULA ONE - It wasanother Mercedes one-two asNico Rosberg won the finalGrand Prix of 2015 in AbuDhabi. Hamilton was secondand Raikkonen third.

Tony MatthewsInternational SportsA former player and now the world’s mostprolific author of football books with almost150 published since 1975, Tony is also thesports correspondent for Spectrum Radioand lives on La Pilica in the Sierra CabreraMountains overlooking Turre.

Costa de Almeria

Hearty congratulations to Vardy,Fury, the Murrays and Rosberg

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ALL winners in their respective sportsMURRAY:

Now aDavis cup

champion.

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3 - 9 December 2015

Baleares Senior League.THE postponed match between

Shamrock RFC and El Toro RC tookplace in Son Roca on Saturday. As theappointed referee didn’t turn up theShamrock coach offered his services.

El Toro RC forwards proved to bedifficult for the home team to get pastbut they managed to put points on thescoreboard through penalty kicks, andnarrowly led at half time by nine toseven. The second half belonged to ElToro RC who, remembering their de-feat at the hands of Shamrock RFC inthe last match in Son Roca, came outintending of winning this match.

Shamrock RFC suffered fromdropped balls and lost opportunities atline-outs with lack of communicationbetween team mates giving the visitorschance to move ahead by scoring tries

and win by 22 points to nine. Bearingin mind Shamrock is a young teamwith several new players they will belooking to improve as the season pro-gresses and El Toro RC left the ‘tercertiempo’ with another win.

Third leg for U16 teams in theBaleares League.

The first match in Son Caliu on Sat-urday afternoon was the third leg in theU16 Baleares League. In the closelyfought match between El Toro RC andRC Ponent the visitors won with a fi-nal score of 19 points to 26.

The addition to this league of thecombined team with players fromBahia RC, Mallorca Bocs, CorsarisRFC and Pollença RC, who, individu-ally, are unable to put a team togetherto represent each club will give theleague some much needed variation.

It will also give more of the youngerBaleares players the chance to gain ex-perience in competitive matches.

Veterans MatchFollowing the young hopefuls was

the match between El Toro RC Emeri-

tus and the Babarians, the veteranplayers from other clubs on the island.

As always when these two teamsmeet, the play was competitive al-though not as fast as the youngster’s.In this meeting the Babarians won butperhaps the most important part of theday for these veteran players is the‘Tercer tiempo’ after-match session.

Coming up during the weekThe Baleares Girls players will be

meeting in Germans de Escala Sportscentre on Tuesday December 1 for atraining session.

Next weekend El Toro RC is athome in Son Caliu to the mixed teamof Corsaris / Dimonis, TRUC Menorcais due to play Ibiza RFC and Bahia RCwill host Shamrock RFC in S’Arraco.For the U18 and 19s there is a sessionfor the Baleares Selection team.

The Baleares Rugby Report

MATT JONES: Won the Australian Open golf by one shot, beating worldnumber one Jordan Spieth.

EL TORO RC: Another win under their belts this season.