ISSUE NO. 1556 30 April - 6 May 2015 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMMALLORCA

By Eleanor Hawkins

SPANISH banks will be giv-ing customers an extra 10days to provide ID andavoid having their accountsblocked.

BBVA director for Spainand Portugal Cristina deParias explained that ac-counts would not be blockedbefore May 11.

Researchers in Palma have uncovered a histor-ically important bomb shelter from the SpanishCivil War period hidden away in a buildingwhich is currently home to Spanish clothingchain Zara.

Historic hiddenshelter found

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Know your balls Entitled Pro-Test, a dri-ve to raise awarenessabout testicular andprostate cancer will be

at the Magaluf BeachRugby Tournament thisweekend.

Archaeologists discover a Civil War safe haven

Campaign highlights male cancers

Banks giveextra time

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Evacuation as ferry catches fire from Palma to Valencia

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MALLORCA Provincial Coun-cil will pay off a €150,000 debtto a production company thatmade the movie Cloud Atlas,directed by American filmmak-ers Andy and Lana Wachowskiand filmed in Mallorca in 2011.

The now disbanded MallorcaFilm Commission, an organisa-tion which belonged to theTourism Department, had com-mitted in 2011 to pay the pro-duction company an amount ofat least €100,000 to film themovie in different settingsacross Mallorca,

In exchange, the productioncompany Calle Cruzada SL,committed to spending a totalof €2.8 million, mentioning thedifferent Balearic institutionsthat collaborated in the film-making, and advertise the

scenes shot in Mallorca. However, two years later, the

council dismissed the payment,claiming there was not enough

money in the coffers to pay offthe debt. Now, three years laterthe regional government saidthe debt would be paid shortly.

Council pays off debt toCloud Atlas companyMALLORCA Provincial Government will pay off the debt due.

By Maria Jose Fernandez

TOURIST spending in the Baleares grew in the first quar-ter of the year to €483 million, 20.3 per cent more thanduring the same period last year.

In March, tourists spent €269 million in the Balearic Is-lands, 26.5 per cent more than in 2014, according to theTourist Expenditure Survey (Egatur).

PROPERTY registrars put theprice of commercial premisesin the Baleares amongst themost expensive in the country.

Valued at an average€1,481 per sqm2, commercial

property on the Islands is onlyoutweighed by the value ofMadrid at €2,136 per sqm2,the Basque Country (€1,701),Cantabria (€1,664) and Ca-naries (€1,539).

Commercial costs most expensive

Tourist spending up

THE introduction of turnstilesand ticketing machines in eachstation of Serveis Ferroviarisof Mallorca (SFM) has led tomore train travel.

Juan Salvador Iriarte, CEO

of Transports, said: “The newaccess system has increasedusers and has been welcomedas a public service, but the pri-mary concern is to meet pas-senger demand and schedules.”

Use of train increasesCLOUD ATLAS: Movie directors and stars pose during the premiere in Berlin.

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Long tripBiker on odyssey

MALLORCAN RicardoBasabe has embarked on ayear-long journey on a mo-torbike around 25 Europeancountries. He left the Port ofPalma for Barcelona joinedby owners of classic bikesand Vespas.

Flasher caught Seen at school gates

A JUDGE has issued a re-straining order prohibiting ayoung ‘exhibitionist’ fromgoing within 300m of theColegio San Agustin de Pal-ma. The 25-year-old wascaught flashing at the gatesof the school.

Pan fireFirefighters act quickly

A FIRE broke out in a villain Son Vida after the ownerleft a pan on the oven andforgot about it. Firefightersquickly extinguished theflames. No one was hurt inthe incident.

Drunk driver Crashed into building

A DRUNK driver crashedin Alfons the Magnanim inPalma. The driver was ar-rested after crashing intoseveral cars and into theside of a building.

New officeService for tourists

A NEW SATE office toserve foreign tourists hasbeen approved for S’Arenalat a recent meeting of theMinister of Public Adminis-tration and the Local SafetyBoard of Llucmajor.

Man foundStabbed to death A POST MORTEM hasconfirmed that a homelessman whose body was foundin Son Rapinya was stabbedto death. The results showthe man had been dead forseveral days.

Car crashVehicle overturnedA WOMAN, aged 30, es-caped unhurt after her carcrashed into the guard railof a road in Llucmajor andoverturning.

THE Balear ic Is landsSupreme Court has con-firmed a two year suspen-sion given to a nursing as-sistant who stole medicine.

The woman, who workedat Son Espases hospi ta l ,was reported for s teal ing

opiates and a judge sen-tenced her for theft.

Yet, in a separate process,the health authority also de-cided to punish the workerby suspending her for twoyears as the offence is listedas ‘extremely serious’ in the

health service’s staff regula-tions.

The nursing assistant wasfound to have taken a totalof 290 capsules of s trongopiates from the hospital in2012 using access codes be-longing to fe l low staff

members and faking patientreports to state that they hadrequired the s t rong pain-killers.

The nurse appealed thedecis ion from Ib-Salutheal th authori ty, but aSupreme Court judge has

now confirmed it, declaringthat the public worker’s ac-t ions were detr imental tomedical centres and citizensand also affected her col-leagues whose data she hadused to get hold of thedrugs.

Nurse’s suspension is confirmed

An incredible displayof colourful fantasyHORSES OF WINE held in the beautiful medieval town of Caravaca de la Cruzin Murcia treats 200,000 visitors to the historic spectacle unrivalled in the world.

SOMEWHERE in the mists of timebetween legend and history was bornthe fiesta of Los Caballos del Vino, or‘Horses of Wine.’

In the beautiful medieval town ofCaravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, an in-credible display of fantasy and sym-bolism takes place every year, wheresome 200,000 visitors are treated toan historic spectacle unrivalled in theworld.

According to popular tradition,around the year 1250, the Templarfortress of Caravaca was under siegeby the Moors of Granada. Water andwine were desperately needed, so agroup of brave Templar knights se-cretly broke through the lines to re-trieve supplies for the townsfolk.

Having been discovered by theMoors, they had to make a dash backto the castle with their laden horses.Hence the race.

The fiesta begins before dawn,when only the most privileged canwitness the highly secretive washingand decorating of the horses in em-broidered robes of silk and gold.From over 40 different locations inthe city the teams then assemble torace their horses.

In a timed sprint against the clock,the brightly decorated Cuesta delCastillo surprisingly witnesses themen not riding the horses, but runningbeside them instead.

The spectacular ‘not to be missed’fiesta takes place on the morning ofMay 2, and is the day before the Feastof the Cross.

BREAKING NEWS

There’s nothing left, nocity, no heritage, justrubble and bodies’

said Jonathan Herranz, a 27-year-old man who was one of

the first group of Spaniardsevacuated from Katmandu

after the earthquake in Nepal.

10.7 BILLION

is the number of eurosspent in Spain by touristsfrom abroad during the

first three months of thisyear. British tourists are

reported to have increasedtheir spending by 14.8 per

cent, reaching a total of€1.8 billion.

By Steve Walsh

AGAINST THE CLOCK: The men run beside the horses instead of riding them.

Stuck solidRescuer rescuedPOLICE officers in Vigo, Galicia,had to rescue a 57-year-oldwoman who got stuck in a four-metre-deep drain while trying toget her dog out. An officer waslowered into the drain on a rope,and dragged the woman out byher feet.

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Finance 23 - 28

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Street Talk 29

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Nora Johnson 32

Our View 33

Colin Bird 33

Daily TV 34

Letters 36

Time Out 38 - 39

Health & Beauty 40

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Property 44 - 46

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Travel Club 53

Motoring 54

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THE ‘Ebola of Olive’ has ar-rived in Europe. It is sweepingolive and almond groves insouthern Italy and has begun toattack the woody fruit crops inFrance with Mallorcan farmersfearful it will arrive on the is-land.

Xylella Fastidiosa is a highlycontagious bacteria of Ameri-can origin that has devastatingeffects on olive, almond andoleander trees and if the bacte-ria reaches the Mediterraneanarea it could affect 8,100hectares of olive trees on the Is-land; 2,075 of them classed as‘Designation of Origin Olive deMallorca’ and affect some24,440 almonds trees; two ofthe most important and tradi-tional crops of our islands.

The Xylella Fastidiosa istransmitted by leafhoppers,very common in the Mediter-ranean basin, in the olive groveand other woody crops. These

insects absorb the sap of al-mond and olive trees and if in-

fected, transmit the bacteriaquickly.

Andalucia was the first au-tonomous community in Spainto be aware of the problem thatcan be created by the pest in themillions of acres of olive treesthat populate southern Spain.

The Balearics have not yet

launched a specific control overthis bacterium but is observingthe arrival of olive trees andother plants outside the islandswith the aim of detecting dis-eased trees. So far it has not de-tected any infected specimen,but farmers want the public ad-ministration to increase controls.

Farmers in Mallorca fearthe arrival of olive ebola MALLORCAN farmers are fearful the disease will arrive on the island.

OLIVE TREES: Farmers want the public administration to increase controls.

THE ‘Street Angels’ project has returned toMagaluf.

It is a local initiative by Christians basedin Palma Nova and Magaluf and has beenrunning now for two years.

The aim is to provide basic assistance topeople who have perhaps enjoyed a littletoo much of life’s excesses while out for anevening’s entertainment in these holiday re-sorts.

The scheme has been set up in co-opera-tion with Local Police and the town councilwith volunteers receiving support on a reg-ular basis. The initiative is supported bysome of the churches on the island.

The Street Angels return to Magaluf

By Gemma Quinn

8,100is the number of hectares of

olive trees and 24,440 almondtrees which could be affected

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Strike actionto be taken

Gas leakTHE theft of a gas meterof a building in Palmanearly caused a fire as thetheft caused a gas leak inthe property in CalleCaliana.

Cut freeFIREFIGHTERS had tocut out the driver of a caras their vehicle crashedinto a tree in AvenidaJoan Miro, Palma.

Car thieves PALMA court has sen-tenced five youths toprison sentences totalling13 years for carrying outa dozen burglaries fromcars in one night inCalvia. Police also recov-ered 412g of cannabisduring searches.

Stolen toolsPOLICE arrested a band ofthieves accused of robbingfrom eight vans in Por-reres, stealing tools andother items.

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HEALTH unions have decid-ed to take strike action nextweek.

Five day strikes in theBalearic public health arescheduled to take place onMay 12, 14, 18, 20 and 22,according to the CCOO,UGT and CSI-F unions.

In addition to the strikes,unions predict concentrationsand protests to be gathered atall health centres.

The protests are in relationto pay conditions and recog-nition for all healthcare work-ers and the relevant pay fortheir level of expertise.

Unions have clarified thatit is not only an economic is-sue, but one of dignity oflabour, since the agreementsigned by the Medical Asso-

ciation and the Nursing Ad-ministration excludes thenon-medical personnel, asthey are also a relevant part inthe operation of public health.

Unions have requested anurgent meeting with the Pres-ident of the Government,Jose Ramon Bauza, becausethey believe he is the onlyperson able to unlock theconflict.

Health Unions are taking action

UNEMPLOYMENT in theBalearic Islands rose by 19,400in the first three months of thisyear, reaching a total of130,700 jobless people.

The latest Active PopulationSurvey (EPA) by the NationalStatistics Institute (INE) report-ed that at the end of Marchthere was an unemploymentrate of 22.29.

The islands were found to bethe second worst region forpeople losing their jobs over thethree months, beaten only byCataluña with 28,400.

On a national level, the num-ber of people out of work fellby 13,100 people.

By Gemma Quinn

Bad newsfor jobs

LUCK has smiled on four ofthe top 10 horses of theBaleares.

As news broke of the ferryfire and the evacuation ofp a s s e n g e r sback to theport of Palmaowner andrider DavidUson revealedhe should have travelled onboard the ferry.

The head of the Sa Gubairiding school had bookedtransport for their four horseson the Palma to Valencia fer-ry crossing, from which they

were due to travel onward toMadrid to participate in anequestrian event.

However, two hours beforesailing and Uson was offeredthe opportunity of sharing a

ride with theanimals on atransfer viaBarcelona.

By accept-ing the offer

he undoubtedly saved thelives of the horses.

As four of the best eques-trian event horses on the Is-lands, their value exceedshalf a million euros.

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Lucky escape

By Gemma Quinn

4of the best equestri-an horses, valued at€500m escaped the

ill-fated ferry

Mallorca’s top horses weredue to sail on burning ferry

A GERMAN woman died af-ter falling down a 10m em-bankment in Soller.

The 24 year-old is believedto have lost her balance andfallen while hiking in the Pasd’en Barona area.

Mallorca fire brigade andGuardia Civil officers weresent to the rescue and a heli-copter called to airlift thebadly injured woman to SonEspases hospital in Palma,where doctors worked for 45minutes attempting to reviveher without success as shepassed away.

This is the second death inthe mountains in just oneweek as another Germanwoman, aged 51, lost her lifeafter falling in Cami dels Pin-tors, near Cala Deia.

THE Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy is tomeet the President of the Balearic Islands,Jose Ramon Bauza to discuss the economicsituation and issues affecting the Islands.

The meeting will take place in MoncloaPalace as part of the regular meetings sched-uled between the Prime Minister and Presi-dent.

Two deathsin a week

Prime Minister meets President

Computercleaning A COMPUTER pro-gramme has been in-stalled by Son Serveracouncil to allow residentsto monitor the cleaningand maintenance of pub-lic spaces and view theroutes taken by the streetcleaning machines.

FundraisingRESIDENTS in Inca arehelping to raise funds fora three year-old boy suf-fering from congenitalmuscular dystrophy.Money raised will go onglobal research projects.

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Ferry fire rescuePASSENGERS on board a fer-ry which caught fire have beenrescued and transported to theport of Palma.

A fire took hold on board theItalian ship, named Sorrento,during its route from Palma toValencia. It left port at 11.50amwith 152 passengers on board.

It is reported that there werearound 13 nationalities onboard and many were residentsin Mallorca. Around two hourslater a major fire broke out onthe fourth deck and quicklyspread throughout the vesselwith a column of black smoke

being visible from several milesaway.

With the Sorrento raising thealarm, three vessels headed outto help it including a ferrywhich covers the same routeand had left 10 minutes earlier.Maritime Rescue was also sentout.

Passengers were taken onboard the Puglia boat and takento the port of Palma. Two pas-sengers who had failed to reach

the evacuation zone were res-cued by helicopter and taken tothe Espases Hospital to be treat-ed for smoke inhalation and ananxiety attack. Both were laterreleased.

Red Cross workers were de-ployed to meet the passengersas soon as they landed at thedock and Acciona Trasmediter-ránea which operates the ferry,has set up a phone number forconcerned families of the occu-pants of the boat who requireinformation. The hotline num-ber is 971 707 202.

Salvage workers are nowworking to try and prevent theboat from sinking out at sea.

By Gemma Quinn

PASSENGERS were rescued and transported to Palma.

152passengers were on board as the

ferry caught fire

MALLORCA’S first ever GayChorus Festival takes place inAndratx, Palma de Mallorca,next week.

From May 7-9 and organisedby the City Council d’Andratxand The Mallorca Gay Men’sChorus (MGMC) this interna-tional vocal extravaganza isplanned to take place in variouslocations over the three days.

Appearing will be The Pinksingers from London, The

Rainbow singers from Barce-lona, and Equivox from Paris.

The MGMC, a self-startinggroup of 40 friends from thechoral world, decided in 2012to create a group to sing a widerepertoire of songs from pop toclassic rock.

With an idea based on suc-cessful existing gay male voicechoirs such as the San Francis-co Gay Men’s Chorus, the LosAngeles GMC, and LondonGMC, they were encouraged tocreate the same in Mallorca.

The events will start with theMGMC at Castell de Son Masde Andratx, on May 7, at8.30pm, with all four groups onstage. On May 8 Alcudia willhost Equivox, and BarcelonaRainbow Singers, while SaManiga, will see the MGMChorus and the Pink Singers.

To wind the festival up onMay 9, at the Trui Teatre dePalma, all four choirs will beperforming.

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Mallorca’s first gaychorus festival By Gemma Quinn

MGMC is a self-starting group of 40 friends.

THE 65 Correos post offices on the Balearic Islands have col-lected 813 kilos of non-perishable foodstuffs for the Food Bank.

As part of a campaign, donations were collected at post of-fices and delivered to the food bank in Mercapalma by Correosstaff. On a national level, Correos offices have collected almost26,500 kilos of food which have been distributed amongst foodbanks all over Spain.

Food bank donations

MGMC: Performing in Mallorca’s first gay chorus festival.

ONE in three homes sold in the Baleares areto foreign buyers.

The Islands are the region of Spain withthe highest rate of non-Span-ish buyers according to prop-erty registries who report apositive increase in propertysales thanks to the high pur-chasing power and the num-ber of foreign buyers.

The National Association of Registrars haspresented its report on 2014, which showedthat last year 9,248 homes in the Baleareswere sold, of which 3,470 were new con-structions and 5,778 second-hand properties.

Over 18 per cent of homes bought on theIslands were acquired by companies.

The number of purchases was an increaseof 19.7 per cent over 2013. The sales of sec-ond-hand properties increased by 42.4 per

cent, the highest rate in Spain.Foreign buyersAcross the country, foreign

buyers accounted for 13 percent of the total , but in theBaleares, that was 32.6 percent, followed closely by the

Canary Islands (27.4 per cent) and Valencia(27.1 per cent).

Germans were the most prominent buyersfollowed by UK purchasers and thenSwedes.

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Property powerBy Gemma Quinn

9,248 homes were sold in the

Baleares last year

Islands attracting more foreign buyers than anywhere else

Youth helpTHE Regional Governmentof the Balearic Islands willspend €1.35 million to pro-mote employment amongstBalearic youths who are in-scribed in the National Sys-tem for Youth Guaranteeand other job associations.

Approved THE project to regener-ate the Platja de Palmahas been finally approvedby Mallorca ProvincialCouncil.

Waste fineA PALMA court has sen-tenced the municipal wastecollection companies En-vac and Urbaser to pay a€18.7 million fine for fail-ing its obligations.

Top of list SEVERAL trade unionshave released a reportwhich shows the BalearicIslands are at the top of thenational list in the work-place accidents rate,.

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AN ARCHAELOGICAL re-search team have found the en-trance to a bomb shelter in abuilding at the Es Born districtin Palma, currently home toSpanish clothing shop Zara.

“This bomb shelter was doc-umented in the map of refugeesof the Spanish Civil war but the

location of its entrances wereunknown,” said an expert of thePatrimony Department of Mal-lorca’s Provincial Government.

“Upon the removal of a wall,which served as a kind of cov-er, the stairs were unveiled,”said archaeologist MagdalenaSastre, Head of the Project.

The Provincial Governmenthas allowed the company incharge of the archaeologicaldigs to continue research worksin the basement of the buildingwhich was expected to beturned into a warehouse andhas ensured the bomb shelterwill be preserved on its whole.

Entrance to a bomb shelter found

MALLORCA’S Cancer Support Group isworking tirelessly on a new campaign whichhighlights two male cancers that are becomingincreasingly prevalent and need to be talkedabout openly, so that their symptoms arerecognised and checked out as early as possi-ble.

Pro-Test aims to educate the public aboutprostate and testicular cancers and the localCancer Support Group has teamed up withBallboys, a British Charity,who will be attending the Mag-aluf Beach Rugby Tournamentbeing held on Saturday May 2and Sunday May 3.

The Pro-Test campaign arealso inviting sports, tennis,rugby, football and cricketclubs to display the literatureand possibly allow one of the charity’s repre-sentatives to give a 10 minute talk called‘Know your Balls.’

Testicular cancer usually affects youngermen between the ages of 15 to 49. The mostcommon symptom is a painless lump orswelling in the testicles, or a dull ache or feel-ing of heaviness in the scrotum. Prostate can-cer typically targets men over the age of 50

and is the most common can-cer in men. While those in theearly stages may not show anysymptoms, others may experi-ence various problems.

If you are concerned by anyof these symptoms or wish to know moreabout the campaign contact the Cancer Sup-port Group by calling Krista on 659 887 455or email cancermallorca@gmail.com.

The Mallorca Beach Rugby Tournament at-tracted 3,000 people during last year’s editionand gets bigger and bigger each year. It takesplace on Magaluf beach and includes bothmen and women’s tournaments.

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Know your ballsBy Gemma Quinn

15 and 49Testicular cancers largelyaffects men between thoseages with prostate canceraffecting older men such

as the over 50s

Cancer group is working on new campaign of male cancers

Art display SWEDISH artist HelenaFalk currently has her artexhibition ‘Other Coffee -Another Cafe’ on displayuntil May 20 at the PalmaCentre and Marina.

Film onTHE Maremostra filmfestival is being held inPalma this weekend untilSunday May 3.

Free tours FREE guided tours areavailable every Wednesdayand Friday of Alcudia’s his-torical centre. Meetingpoint is at the Church of Al-cudia at 10am. For moreinformation contact theTourist Office.

Boat showPALMA’S InternationalBoat Show returns to Pal-ma’s harbour at La Llonjaoffering displays of allthings nautical. Entry costs€5 and the show is on untilMonday May 4.

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ANY doubts over the fate ofFederico Garcia Lorca, one ofSpain’s greatest writers, camea step closer to being clearedup this week with the releaseof a police document relatedto his execution.

The details of the reporthave been released by Cade-na Ser radio. Written in 1965,29 years after the poet andplaywriter was murderedduring the Civil War in 1936,the police detail Garcia Lor-ca’s ‘crimes’ - being a ‘so-cialist,’ ‘a freemason’ and in-volved in ‘homosexual andabnormal practices’ - andclaim he “confessed” beforebeing put to death.

Although it’s long beenbelieved that Garcia Lorcawas murdered by official na-tionalist forces, obfuscationfrom the Francoist regimesuggesting that he was killedin a street fight has never un-til now been officially con-tradicted.

But the report, recounts hisarrest in Granada and how hewas taken, alongside anotherunnamed detainee, to the‘vicinity of the place known

as Fuente Grande.’ He wasthen ‘shot after having con-fessed, and was buried in thatlocation, in a very shallowgrave, in a ravine.’

While the report doesn’tclarify the final burial place,saying that it is “very difficult

to find,” Garcia Lorca’s biog-rapher Ian Gibson highlightedits importance. He told ElPais: “It demonstrates that itwas not a street killing, thathe was taken out by the civilgovernment to be murdered.They themselves say it.”

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MEMORIAL for those who died in Alps crash

Victims remembered

VQUEEN Letizia comfortedgrieving relatives as theSpanish royals attended amemorial service for victimsof the Germanwings planecrash in the French Alps lastmonth,

In a poignant service inBarcelona on Tuesday, theQueen along with her hus-band King Felipe met withthe relatives of some of theSpaniards who died. Letiziashook hands with and em-braced the families of the vic-tims.

She also met those who hadhosted the 16 German stu-dents who had been visitingSpain and were travellingback to Dusseldorf on theflight.

In a service at Barcelona'slandmark Sagrada Familia

basilica, mass was led byCardinal Lluís Martínez Sis-tach. Around 1,000 people

gathered outside while PrimeMinister Mariano Rajoy alsojoined the congregation.

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The Red Cross ‘Baywatchday’ on a Javea beach

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MORE than 60 volunteers took part in trials in sea rescue andsafety on Javea’s Arenal beach from 8am until 7pm on Satur-

day April 25, supervised by the local Red Cross.A total of 205 candidates took part in the tests, undergoing a se-

ries of practical exercises to establish their suitability to become life-guards and perform other tasks associated with beach safety.

The screening tests consisted of three parts: a practical test, atechnical test and an interview held later for those assessed as suit-able.

Paqui Molina, responsible for human Red Cross resources in Ali-cante, said: “The aim is to ascertain the best possible staff for eachrole for beaches in the province and anywhere the Red Cross has apresence, to best ensure public health and safety.”

In addition there were technical tests involving aquatic equipmentand a simulated sea rescue of a victim. TECHNICAL TEST: A simulated sea rescue of a victim.

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More cruisepassengersCRUISE passengers visit-ing Malaga were up by 32.2per cent for January andFebruary this year with a to-tal of 39,554 visitors regis-tered.

No more firesMIJAS Council has an-nounced that bonfires arestrictly forbidden from to-day, April 30, until October31 (unless specifically au-thorised by the Junta de An-dalucia regional govern-ment) due to extreme risk offorest fires.

Seedy theftfrom portTHREE people have beenarrested for allegedly steal-ing 25,000 kilos of sun-flower seeds worth €10,000from a storehouse in Mala-ga port.

Flight frightEMERGENCY protocolshad to be activated at Mala-ga airport on Monday, April27, when a Ryanair pilot ar-riving from Stansted report-ed faulty brakes. Luckilythe plane landed safely withno complications.

Big spendersfrom abroadTOURISTS from abroadspent more than €1,500million in Andalucia in thefirst three months of thisyear, the Touristic StudiesInstitute has reported. Thehighest spenders werefound to be from the UKand France.

English TVCANAL 43 TV in Manil-va and Estepona haslaunched a programme inEnglish for Costa del Solexpatriates. Manilva LifeStyle was screened for thefirst time on Sunday, April26.

COSTA DE ALMERÍA

Film debutA SHORT partly filmed on location inthe Tabernas desert was premiered atthe recent Malaga Film Festival. Enti-tled ‘Stomach,’ it was directed byMadrileño Javier Kuhn.

Ugly bugsCOCHINEAL and scale insects areinfesting prickly pears in the areaaround the Alcazaba in Almeria City.Bar-owners complained that the insectsare putting off clients and affectingtrade.

Night owlsEL EJIDO will hold a Noche en Blan-co (Awake all night) on May 15.Shops, bars and restaurants in centralstreets and squares will remain openfrom 7pm until 2am.

Fine situation GUARDIA CIVIL officers com-plained that they are obliged to impose50 traffic fines a month to earn a pro-ductivity bonus. They are being turnedinto cash registers, their union said.

Tunnel dateWORK on the ‘false tunnel’ for lorriesbound for Garrucha port should finishby July. The €12.7 million project willnot affect residents or summer tourists,the Public Works department said.

AXARQUÍA

Kitchen trainingA FOUR-month training course organ-ised by the council will boost thechances for 17 jobless people from Al-muñecar, who will learn the tasks re-quired of kitchen assistants at Horno deCandida catering school.

Cruise visitMOTRIL port received 238 passen-gers from the Hamburg cruise ship,which stopped off on its way fromCartagena to Gibraltar, allowingtourists to visit the Alhambra, Motril,Nerja and Frigiliana.

Miniature EinsteinsALMOST 1,000 robotics studentsfrom all over Spain have been at a Sci-ence Meet in Bezmiliana secondaryschool in Rincon de la Victoria sharingideas and showing off their work.

Traffic controlRETRACTABLE bollards are to beinstalled on central Nerja streets to reg-ulate traffic and improve safety, thecouncil has announced.

Cross dayTHIS Sunday, May 3, is Cross Day, atraditional celebration in Frigiliana.Musicians and dancers provide enter-tainment to a backdrop of floral crossesacross town.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Women’s paradeFOR the first time an all-woman ‘fi-la’ has taken part in the Moors &Christians celebration parade in thehistoric city of Alcoy. The ladieswere dressed as a contingency ofMoors.

Book exchangeOVER 500 books were exchanged atthe La Nucia book exchange fair lastSaturday, an event aimed to promoteand encourage reading experiences,especially among younger readers.

Run to the crossTHIS Sunday the fourth Benidormrun takes place, a 10,000 metre routestarting at 9am for walkers and 10amfor runners from the town hallsquare.

Gandia sonGANDIA Council has awarded 62-year-old writer and journalist IgnacioMora with the accolade ‘Son of theCity of Gandia.’ Mora was born in thetown and has enjoyed a long literarycareer.

Food donation150 KILOS of non-perishable food,collected at the dog walk on SundayApril 5 was handed over to the La Nu-cia food bank.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Windsurfer rescued A MAN was rescued by the MarineUnit of Santa Pola Local Police afterbeing adrift on a windsurfing boardfor over three hours.

Winning winesNINE new wines have received the‘gold medal’ at the annual contest or-ganised by the Wine Guild Kingdomof Monastrell. Seven of them belongto the Designation of Origin (DO) Ju-milla and two to the DO Alicante.

Coffee thievesTHIEVES are believed to haveclimbed up Lorca’s Town Hall to gainentry into the building before robbingmoney from a coffee vending ma-chine.

Kite surfingA KITE surfing festival takes placeover the weekend at Playa Isla delCiervo in La Manga. The event, run-ning until Sunday, includes the firstcable-ski facility in Murcia.

Car crashA LATE night crash in the centre ofTorrevieja caused damage to five ve-hicles and left a pedestrian injured.The driver of a car skipped a light andhit a vehicle which in turn hit andshunted three parked cars.

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member has received advice from apension transfer specialist who isregulated by the FCA. Definedbenefit schemes pose particularissues and those consideringmoving to other arrangementsmust be aware of the potentialbenefits they are giving up.Transferring may not be in theirbest interests.

The rule also applies to non-UKresidents. If you live in Spain, youstill need to take advice from a UK

regulated pension transferspecialist.

Overseas advisers who are notFCA regulated and transferpensions into QualifyingRecognised Overseas PensionSchemes (QROPS) will need topass cases onto UK firms toprovide the advice. The UK adviserbecomes responsible for the adviceeven though they may never meetor speak to the client.

Indeed, the best advice is to carrythe FCA’s rule on taking regulatedadvice forward to all your pensiondecisions. This is a highly complexarea; getting it wrong could haveserious consequences.

Scam proof your pensionsThe Pension Regulator launched

a campaign warning people not toget stung by pension scams, whichare on the increase following thenew freedom.

The FCA also stepped upconsumer warnings and launched a

“ScamSmart” campaign amidgrowing fears that retirees will fallvictim to fraudsters or make poorlyinformed decisions. Pension saversface new risks with new complexand difficult to compare products.Those who have not taken properadvice could lose out fromproviders shielding them from thefull range of options.

QROPSIn December HM Revenue &

Customs issued a draft statutoryinstrument which proposedremoving the “70 per cent rule” onQROPS (where 70 per cent of thefunds should provide an incomefor life) from April.

However, in mid-March HMRCconfirmed that the rule will remainin place for now, which meansmany QROPS cannot provide fullflexibility on withdrawals. This istemporary, but there was noindication of a time scale.

This 70 per cent rule does not

apply to EU schemes; QROPS in,for example, Malta, can offer thenew flexibilities.

AnnuitiesFrom April 2016, pension

freedom will be extended to peoplewho have already bought anannuity. Retirees will be able tosell the income from their annuityand use the capital as they wish -they could take it as a lump sum orplace it in drawdown.

You need to be extremely carefulabout what you do with yourpension fund, and take regulatedprofessional advice for peace ofmind. Just because pensionfreedom exists, does not mean youhave to use it. Take your time toresearch all your options and takeprofessional advice.

To keep in touch with the latestdevelopments in the offshoreworld, check out the latest newson our websitewww.blevinsfranks.com.

We are now in the new age of UKpensions, where you have completefreedom to do whatever you wishwith your funds… depending onwhat type of pension you have.

While the new pension regime isgenerally welcome, it is morecomplex than many realise, withvarious myths about what you canand cannot do, and you need tounderstand the tax implications inSpain. There is a concern thatpeople will make the wrongdecision, because they have notweighed up all their options or wereencouraged to transfer into anunsuitable scheme.

The new pension freedom onlyapplies to defined contributionschemes. This is the industry term formoney purchase schemes, such aspersonal or stakeholder pensions,Self-Invested Personal Pensions(SIPPs), Executive Pension Plans etc.

It does not apply to defined benefitschemes - i.e. final salary - thoughyou could potentially transfer to adefined contribution scheme.

Regulated adviceThe UK Financial Conduct

Authority (FCA) confirmed that alltransfers from defined benefitschemes can only take place if the

By Peter Worthington,Senior Partner,Blevins Franks

Update On UK Pensions

THE Institute for Fiscal Studies has saidthat the four major contenders in the UKGeneral Election “have not providedanything like full details” on plans to cutthe deficit.

Festival boost ACCORDING to the Association of

Independent Festivals, such events con-tributed £296 million to the UK economyin 2014.

Luckie lady GEORGE KIRBY, at 103, has be-

come the UK’s oldest bridegroom afterproposing to 91-year-old Doreen Luck-ie.

Move mootedSHARES in HSBC have gone up 3

per cent on the news that the bank is con-sidering moving its HQ out of the UKwith Hong Kong tipped as favourite.

Season ticket furyA GROUP of disabled Manchester

City fans are furious after their season

ticket prices increased from £350 to£1,000.

Train slammed LONDON Transport Commissioner

Sir Peter Hendy has heavily criticisedthe city’s commuter train service, par-ticularly the Southeastern line that car-ries 600,000 passengers every working

day.

Uni walk outAROUND 700 staff

members of the Uni-versity of Salford

went on strikeafter twocolleagueswere sacked.

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Refugee aidNORWAY: Prime Minister

Erna Solberg has confirmedto the EU that Norway willfast track procedures to pro-vide a civilian aid vessel torefugees in the Mediter-ranean.

Rights judge FINLAND: Pauline

Koskelo, president of theSupreme Court of Finland,has taken an appointment asjudge for the European Courtof Human Rights (ECHR).

Wolf hunters NORWAY: Five men have

received jail sentences in alandmark case, for carryingout illegal wolf hunts. Thesentences range from sixmonths to one year and eightmonths.

Bestiality banDENMARK: Courts will

issue fines and prison sen-tences for bestiality afterlawmakers recently approveda new law. Some 17 per centof Danish vets suspectedtheir patients had beenabused.

White goodsSWEDEN: According to

Electrolux, the demand forSwedish white goods inWestern Europe has grownby 4 per cent in the firstquarter of 2015.

Subway heroesSWEDEN: Four Swedish

policemen on vacation inNew York have foiled anassault on a subway train.They held down the attackeruntil the NYPD could takeover.

CEO replacedSWEDEN: THE Volvo

Group in Gothenberg hasconfirmed that CEO andPresident Olof Persson is tobe replaced with immediateeffect by Martin Lundstedt,former boss of rival truck-maker Scania.

UK in the dark on deficit

STATISTICS Netherland has report-ed that just over 65,000 new smallbusinesses were registered inthe Netherlands in 2014.

Unhappy Holland

THE Netherlandsis no longer in thetop five of theworld’s happiestcountries, havingdropped threeplaces. In 2013 itwas in fourthplace.

Tourismsurge

TOURISTS and busi-ness travellers to theNetherlands have increasedby 40 per cent, the DutchTourism Board NBTC said onThursday April 23.

Expert firedA DUTCH expert, George Maat, who

helped identify victims from the MH-17air crash in Ukraine has been sacked aftershowing photographs of the fatalities at apublic lecture in Holland in early April.

Teenage sentenceTHE court in The Hague has sen-

tenced a 16-year-old boy to 20 months inyouth detention and psychiatric care forstabbing his 15-year-old classmate todeath in October 2014.

Toddler hurtA LITTLE boy was seriously injured

on Friday April 24 in Papendrecht, Hol-land, when a massage table fell on top ofthe three-year-old in a Health Centre.

King’s DayKING Willem-Alexander celebrated

his birthday in Dordrecht on Monday,while hundreds of thousands of peoplewere expected to attend celebrations.

Greek aidpackage

GREEK Prime MinisterAlexis Tsipras is urgingGerman Chancellor AngelaMerkel to exert her influenceand fast track negotiationsover a new aid package forGreece by the end of April.

Baby favouritesGERMANY’S top

favourite baby names for2014 are Sophie andMaximilian, chosen from alist that collated more than59,000 choices.

Film boycott DISNEY’S new ‘Avengers:

Age of Ultron’ that opened inGermany on April 23 wasboycotted in 193 small towns.The movie’s rental fee wentup from 47.7 to 53 per cent ofticket sales.

Beer fountainNATIONAL Beer Day was

celebrated on April 23 in theBavarian capital Munich witha free beer fountain thatserved around 1,000 litres offree beer to happy recipients.

Drug drivingEU CITIZENS caught

driving in Germany under theinfluence of cannabis can bebanned from drivingregardless of regulations intheir home country, warnedLuxembourg on ThursdayApril 23.

New terminalFRANKFURT Airport

(FRA) has announced itsdecision to start constructionof a new Terminal 3 this yearwith an investment of €2.5billion.

Asylum rules GERMAN Chancellor

Angela Merkel has called fora new system for distributionof asylum seekers throughoutEurope as current regulations“are no longer workable.

THERE’S encouraging start-up news for the Dutch economy.

Dutch small businesses on the up

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EXPERTS have criticised political parties over lack of debt plans

Smokey schoolsPLANS are in place to

ban smoking in schoolplaygrounds in the Nether-lands. Currently only halfof the country’s schoolsapply a stringent no smok-ing policy according to Ju-nior Health Minister Mar-

tin vanRijn.

NOSMOKING:

Playgrounds toput ban in place.

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Directorleaving

CHRIS DERCON isto leave his role as a di-rector of the TateModern. He is thesecond director toleave in the last twomonths.

CHRISDERCON:Leavinghis role.

RUSSIANS view the upcom-ing Victory Day as an internalnational holiday and won’t beparticularly bothered if it isn’tattended by Western leaderssuch as US President Obama,says the latest research by thepublic opinion centre.

Russian economyTHE Russian economy has

contracted by 2 per cent in thefirst quarter, admitted RussianPrime Minister DmitryMedvedev. He said: “Russia isfacing an array of challenges.”

Foreign students RUSSIA’S Education, Sci-

ence and Foreign Affairs min-istries have requested a 30 percent increase in foreign stu-dents to facilitate ‘pro-Russiannational elites,’ promotingMoscow abroad.

Baggage scamTHREE ex-baggage han-

dlers employed at Domode-dovo Airport in Moscow havebeen arrested, suspected ofstealing US$3.3 million incash from a Novosibirskflight and substituting it withwaste paper.

No to bikers POLISH authorities refused

entry to a Russian biker gangwith Kremlin backing.

The group had planned a ridethrough Poland to mark the So-viet Union’s victory over NaziGermany in WW2.

Border concern THE US State Department

jas voiced concerns that Russiarecently sent arms and droneaircraft into eastern Ukraine,amassing troops along the bor-der.

Foreigners paradeIT is confirmed by Russian

Ground Forces that more than700 foreign military service-men will take part in theMoscow parade marking the70th anniversary of the AlliedVictory in World WarII.

Pilot on trialFORMER Ukrainian pilot

Nadezhda Savchenko accusedof being involved in the deathsof two Russian journalists ineast Ukraine last year is to re-quest a jury trial, her lawyer has confirmed.

Gas supplyTHE Russian Duma has rat-

ified an agreement on naturalgas supplies via the Westernroute to China.

Tennis rightsPRESIDENT Francesco

Ricci Bitti of the InternationalTennis Federation has said that,“Crimea is part of Russia,”therefore should have the rightto play on the Russian nationalteam.

Arms inviteCOLOMBIA has invited

Russian defence sector compa-nies to participate in the nation-al arms exhibition Exspodefen-sa-2015, to take place inBogota from November 30 toDecember 2.

RUSSIAN PRESS

VICTORY PARADE: Russians celebrate the holiday.

Tulip ban THE import of Dutch tulips

into Russia could soon bebanned according to Russia’sDeputy Head of the Federal Ser-vice for Veterinary and Phy-tosanitary Surveillance, alongwith flowers from other coun-tries via Dutch auctions.

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VICTORY DAY viewed as an internal national holiday.

By Jason BaileyUNREGULATED financial advisorsare offering high returns to expatri-ates after the recent change inBritish legislation. This allows peo-ple over 55 to release their pensionequity and speculate in the openmarket.

Money invested in pensionschemes in Britain is generally over-seen by one of two regulatory bod-ies. These are the Financial Conduct

Authority (FCA) and Financial Ser-vices Commission (FSC).

In Spain, the regulators are Direc-cion General de Seguros (DGS)and Comisión Nacional del Mercado

de Valores (CNMV).Rogue advisors offer investment

opportunities in a wide range of ar-eas: shares in car parks; carbon cred-its; fine wines; property invest-ments… these are just some of thesuggestions put to retirees, sold witha promise of guaranteed yields orhigh payments designed to attract in-

terest from pensionersstriving to boost theirincome.

The FCA stated that 75 per cent ofthese offers result in losses.

Many of the salesmen operate un-der subcontractor status for larger fi-nancial firms, meaning liability forany loss would be hard to prove.

People should always check whentaking professional financial advicethat the adviser is regulated by theDGS or CNMV or has transferredtheir FSA and/or FSC authorisationfrom the UK/Gibraltar.

WASTE MANAGEMENT: Attractive to investors.

FINANCEbusiness & legal

23Mallorca EWN30 April - 6 May 2015CELLNEX Television claims €143 million from the government after it closed down the DTT channels. The compa-ny, which handled the signal transmission, said the cessation of nine DTT channels resulted in severe losses.

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More workingfor themselves SPAIN has 19,040 more self-em-ployed foreign workers than lastyear, according to data from theOPA (federation of organisations ofprofessionals, self-employed and en-trepreneurs). In February there were242,733 foreign professionals regis-tered in Spain. This is an increase of7.85 per cent. OPA President CamiloAbietar viewed this increase as apositive development but he statedthat sufficient financing needed to bedirected to this sector to maintainand support it.

WASTE management is be-coming big business in Spain,and an attractive option forinvestors on the hunt foropportunities.

Spain generates more than150 million tonnes of wasteper year, or 6 per cent of thetotal for the EU, according tomanagement consultancyNorgestion.

Waste management ac-counts for 40 per cent of allenvironmental sector-relatedactivity, chalking up revenues

of over €7.8 billion and em-ploying 140,000 people.About 50 per cent of the mar-ket is controlled by a handfulof big companies, such as Fo-mento de Construcciones yContratas, and most of theseoffer an integrated servicewhich incorporates the wholeproduction chain.

But there are more than10,000 companies operatingin Spain’s waste managementsector, so it could be ripe forconsolidation.

Piles of money to behad from rubbish!

Good figures THE Spanish PM, MarianoRajoy, said: “They are goodfigures, we should cele-brate,” after data releasedon April 23 showed thecountry’s recovering econo-my had created close tohalf a million jobs over thepast year.

State of affairsTHE Eurozone’s econom-ic crisis is drivingSpaniards who can’t af-ford expensive divorces tohave affairs outside mar-riage, according to an ex-tramarital dating website.

Equity sale BP is to sell its equity inthe Central Area Transmis-sion System (Cats) busi-ness to Antin Infrastruc-ture Partners, who alreadyown a majority interest inthe operation. BP said theagreement involves a pay-ment on completion of£302 million.

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) hasadjusted its forecast for Spanish growth to 2.5per cent for 2015.

This represents the fastest growth rate in theeuro-zone. It stated that domestic demandwould be strong enough to assist the recovery.For the first time since the property bubbleburst, construction is contributing to GDP. The

external conditions of lower oil prices, euro de-preciation and assistance from the EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) are all providing the condi-tions for sustained growth. This is the seventhpositive revision of Spain’s economic status.

The IMF predicts that if the present condi-tions continue, it would take over eight yearsfor Spain to get back to its pre-crisis position.

IMF predicts Spanish growth

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Quote of the WeekNobody can understand the things,’

J M Marin Quemada, president of a watchdog com-mission, at a conference on electricity bills.

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AS residents of Spain are aware, inaddition to implementation of the Eu-ropean Savings Directive, Spain hasintroduced the Modelo 720 declara-tion requiring all assets held outside ofSpain over €50,000 by value in vari-ous asset categories to be disclosed.

While these measures now give thetax authorities a good picture of assetsheld outside the country by residentsof Spain, the USA, OECD, EU andmany other countries will be movingto a new higher transparency standardof cross-border financial disclosurestarting in 2017.

The Common Reporting Standards(CRS) as drafted by the OECD arenow agreed and there is a group ofearly adopter countries includingSpain, UK (Channel Islands, Isle ofMan, Gibraltar, Malta) which will beimplementing this enhanced disclo-sure starting as early as September2017.

The financial information to be re-ported with respect to reportable ac-counts includes all types of invest-ment income (including interest,

dividends, income from certain insur-ance contracts and other similar typesof income) but also account balancesand sales proceeds from financial as-sets.

The financial institutions that arerequired to report under the CRS donot only include banks and custodiansbut also other financial institutionssuch as brokers, certain collective in-vestment vehicles and certain insur-ance companies.

Reportable accounts include ac-counts held by individuals and entities(which include trusts and foundations)and the standard includes a require-ment to look through passive entitiesto report on the individuals that ulti-mately control these entities.

In practical terms almost all finan-cial assets wherever and howeverheld, which can be attributable to anindividual will become fully transpar-ent. Trusts, Swiss foundations and off-

shore companies will have assets fullyreported. Many issues will need to beresolved and are likely to be dealt withby national laws as they are enacted.As this happens differences betweencommon law countries including UKand civil code countries includingSpain may result in unwanted out-comes for British expats here.

As one possible example, tax lawsalready enacted in France (anothercivil code country) if adopted inSpain, would give Spanish settlorsand potential beneficiaries of trustscause for concern.

The financial institutions will iden-tify country of tax residence, andwhere dual residency is possible,report to both countries. The detailrequired includes name, address, dateof birth, account number, balance/val-ue, income and redemption proceedsif sales have been made. Your taxidentification number will also be dis-closed.

In Spain the Modelo 720 declara-tion requirement already covers manyof the disclosure requirements but

when implemented trustees and direc-tors of offshore companies and finan-cial institutions will automatically dis-close the value of trust, foundationand company assets, insurance policyinvestments, dividends, interest andthe value of non-interest earning cashdeposits.

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SOME might say it’s not a good idea to mixfriendship and business. This however might notbe entirely true according to numerous entrepre-neurs, who have set up successful companieswith their best friends.

The two Steves, Jobs and Wozniak, becamefriends at a summer job in 1970 and went on toset up Apple. University pals Larry Page andSergey Brin set up Google.

Studies show that those with best friends atwork tend to be more focused, loyal and pas-sionate. They also get sick less often and are not

as likely to leave their jobs. A study by two USuniversities put this ‘friendship is good for busi-ness’ theory to the test. They set up projects be-

tween close friends and then people who didn’tknow each other and found that those in groupswith friends outperformed the groups who were

teamed up with acquaintances. The study re-vealed that friends showed better communica-tion and were encouraging toward each other.

If you’re thinking of getting into business witha friend, it’s important to ask some vital ques-tions before you both sign on the dotted line.

1. How well do you know your friend?You’re far more likely to do your homeworkwhen it comes to people you don’t know, askingaround about them and checking their refer-ences. You may assume you know all about yourfriend, but they may be entirely different underhigh-pressure situations.

2. How much do you trust her? When yourfriend says she’ll do something, are you 100 percent certain it will happen?

3. Does she have a key skill that you don’t?Your partner should have a compelling valueproposition that you lack.

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SOMEWHAT disappointed to discover thatITV has decided to shelve ‘On Assign-ment’, the discussion programme I record-ed some time ago with fellow guestsMichel and Steven Euesden, proprietors ofour EWN.

No reason has been given, but I suspectthe content may have been a little too richfor the programmers’ ‘blood’! Ah well, Isuppose my stating there was no such thingas a moderate Muslim didn’t help. By thatobservation, I didn’t of course mean that allfollowers of the Muslim faith were poten-tial bombers or terrorists, merely that noone is a Muslim in ‘moderation’.

The followers of Islam are all or nothing.It’s the nature of the religion. No place orroom in their belief for any other opinion.It’s the rather sad attitude that totally pre-vents any progress whatsoever.

To learn anything from this physical jour-

ney of ours you simply have to re-tain a fairly open mind. Even if youdon’t agree with the attitudes or be-liefs of others, it is imperative to bereceptive to different ideas, even ifyou ultimately reject them.

The Muslims are not theonly religion with this bi-ased attitude, I may add,but let’s not get into allthat. Immigration alsotook up a large bulk ofthe ‘On Assignment’interview.

The host kept in-sisting that we werealso immigrants,many of whom al-so hadn’t inte-grated with the

Spanish locals quite as well as weshould have. Consequently, what right

had we to criticise others? I had tosomewhat reluctantly agree with this

observation, but insisted that, although wecould do better, we didn’t congre-

gate in the streets decrying theSpanish customs and army.

We also didn’t behead their citizens inthe street, blow up their buildings or preachmessages of hate while burning the Spanishflag. The interviewer went a bit quiet afterthat; it appears that you can’t tell the truthin the British media.

Ah well, let ’em all stew in their ownjuice, I say. Shame about that, but I’ve nodoubt we will soon get over it.

Interesting chat with a colleague today.He runs a very successful company on Mal-lorca and was recently informed by thecouncil that his employees were obliged toattend newly-organised health and safetyclasses, which he had to pay for.

He agreed to comply, but couldn’t helpremarking on the council dustcart employ-ees, still standing on small platforms at theback of their vehicles, clinging on for dearlife, with no protection whatsoever as theycareer down the street collecting the bins.Gooses and ganders come to mind!

Keep the faith,Love Leapy

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All a bit too rich for ITV!LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

BRITS ABROAD:Not always asintegrated as weshould be.

A discussion programme I recorded some time ago has been shelved. Could it have been something I said?

The host keptinsisting that

we were alsoimmigrants,many of whomhadn’t integratedwith the Spanishlocals quite aswell as we shouldhave.Consequently,what right hadwe to criticiseothers?

FLORENCE NAVARRO, ownerof Agua Flo Spas in Los Mon-tesinos, admits she received noticefrom her bank several months agoabout updating her information tofollow new procedures but questionswhy it is necessary. She said “I mustadmit I don’t understand

why it is needed, if you are a regularuser of your bank account it should-n’t be needed. I could maybe under-stand it if an account had remainedinactive for a while.”

She added: “They shouldn’t becancelling or freezing the accountswithout telling people first as theywill lose too much business.”

On the Costa del Sol, Rob Jea-cocke of Robsat IPTV and SatelliteSolutions, said he wasn’t aware ofthe impending change, but wasn’tperturbed by it. “I have a couple oflong-standing accounts where thestaff would know me after 15 yearsor so. Everything is going digital

now anyway, so it is a good idea tosafeguard your account; after all, itshould not worry anyone unless theyhave something to hide or they aredodgy in any way. Maybe it is agood thing,” he remarked.

From Nueva Andalucia-based An-dalucia Glass & Steel, Rudi Kaisersaid he had known about the newlaw since ‘way before Easter’, as hisbusiness is in contact with the bankon a daily basis. His company hasfulfilled the requirements, but he stillfeels like he has been left in the darkby the bank.

“We asked them what we had todo and what they needed from us,and we put that in place straightaway, but up until now we have hadno update. We have heard nothingmore,” he said. “To be quite honest,”Rudi added, “I just think it is a new

game they are playing which willprobably involve fees of some kind.As for money laundering, I think tostop that is almost impossible.”

However, Emma Higginson,owner of Villas-Plots.com in Javea,had no concerns. She said: “Yes, Ihave heard of the law and certainlynot having the required documentsin place when the bank demandsthem can cause a lot of delay. Sowe always try to keep abreast ofchanges in banking and proper-ty laws.”

ID red card: Have banks messed up?Some people face having their bank accounts frozen from May 1 unless they can prove who they are. An anti-money laundering lawwas passed in 2010 which means banks must hold digital ID for all their clients. Were you aware of this law, and do you think theaction is fair to long-standing clients who opened their accounts before that year?

STREET TALK YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION

FLORENCE: Banksshould inform customersfirst if they are going tofreeze accounts.

EMMA: Keepsabreast ofchanges.

RUDI: No doubtfees will beinvolved.

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Use a toothbrush that is made especiallyfor dogs. They have long handles whichallow you to brush the dog’s back teeth.And never use human toothpaste - insteaduse an enzyme toothpaste specificallymade for dogs. Additionally, there are spe-cially treated dental cleaning pads whichcan be wiped over the surface of the dog’steeth. The enzymes in the pad do thecleaning.

Another important but overlooked areais that of ear care. Dirt and debris in theear canal can lead to inflammation and in-fection. Routine ear care, using productswhich cleanse the ear of debris, help to drythe ear canal and assist in preventing otitis,a chronic inflammation and infection ofthe external ear canal.

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AN expatriate in Alhaurin dela Torre saves hundreds ofabandoned greyhounds, oftenfinding them new homes andlives as far as 6,000 kilome-tres away.

Used to catch hares, forclandestine races or breeding,once they reach the age offour, some are handed in torefuges but others are justdumped by the side of a road.

Vera Thorenaar, a Dutchwoman who has lived inMalaga Province for 30 years,opened a refuge in Alhaurinde la Torre in 2010 to take ingreyhounds and find themhomes in Spain and abroad.

Although the refuge hasspace for just 30 dogs at atime, collaboration with inter-national groups allowed therefuge to arrange 190 adop-tions last year.

About 20 of these travelledall the way to the US thanksto the Galgo Rescue Interna-tional association.

US regulations only allowdogs to travel in March,April, May, October and No-vember to avoid extreme tem-peratures. First the grey-hounds are driven to Madrid,where they spend the night ata hotel near the airport beforeflying to New York.

A Spanish or Americanvolunteer accompanies thedogs on their flights, and they

usually relax in their carriersand do not need tranquilising,Thorenaar explained.

Once an animal leavesSpain it is placed under thecustody of the foreign associ-

ation, and if it does not fit inwith the adopted family,something that very rarelyhappens, another home isfound in the same country.

Most dogs sent abroad goto Holland and Belgium,thanks to collaborations withGreyhound Rescue Hollandand Greyhounds Rescue Bel-gium, and also to Austria,Finland, France and the UK.

Expat finds homes for dogs abroadGREYHOUNDS: Areused for catchinghares, clandestineraces or breeding.

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LIBYA, until 2011, was Africa's rich-est and most successful nation. Forgetthe propaganda of mainstream media.A few facts about President Gaddafi’sLibya. Through a system of tribalcouncils the Libyan nation was morerepresentative than is the West’sflawed political process.

Under the colonel’s benign ruleLibyans benefited from free electrici-ty, interest-free loans, and the fruits ofmassive infrastructure investment de-spite sanctions imposed at the bequestof Western bankers.

Newlyweds received $50,000 withwhich to purchase their marital home,mothers received $5,000 for eachchild born. The country’s city trans-port infrastructure, in many respects,put ours to shame. What changed?

The NATO West changed every-thing: If you want to discover a slug’slair follow the slime trail.

If Western politicians are your preythe slime trail is coated with corporatebanknotes. Corruption, not nationalinterest, underpins the West’s entireforeign policy.

When compared to many Africannations, the descent into lawlessnessand poverty suffered by once richLibya, has transformed it intoAfrica’s most dangerous and un-pleasant regime.

During the disastrous Libyan con-flict, mainstream media, like a bunchof American football cheerleaders,whooped the Westminster line.Again, a sovereign nation’s head ofstate was demonised and set-up forthe killer blow.

“The enemy aggressor is alwayspursuing a course of larceny, murder,rapine and barbarism. We are alwaysmoving forward with high mission, adestiny imposed by the Deity to re-generate our victims while incidental-ly capturing their markets, to civilisesavage and senile and paranoid peo-ples while blundering accidentally in-to their oil wells.” ~ John Flynn,1944.

How much longer can the haplessEU endure? European Union sanc-tions backfired, EU foreign policy isnon-existent. Russian President,Vladimir Putin, in as many words, ob-serves “Protocol suggests that I conferwith EU Foreign Ministers. In truth, Imay as well go direct to WashingtonDC.”

Western European defence is en-tirely dependent upon US funded

NATO. Today, Russian media smirksas the European Union reels from aninflux of African immigrants it cannothope to stem.

Let us cast our minds back to be-fore NATO overthrew the Gaddafigovernance. Amnesty International,

along with many others, places theblame on the EU ending of the MareNostrum initiative. This was a mutualarrangement of coastal defence ad-ministered by Gaddafi’s Libya andItaly. It was so successful there waslittle point in African immigrants con-

sidering the perilous crossing. Today, the murdered Gaddafi

prophecy is coming true. He warnedthe then Italian President SilvioBerlusconi of the likely consequencesof the NATO West removing him.“Europe might no longer be Euro-pean, it would be black as millions ofAfricans pour into Europe.”

Wherever the smiling colonel is hecertainly wiped the smile off oursmug faces.

Once again, ordinary Europeanssuffer the ghastly consequences ofBrussels and Westminster’s incompe-tence and corruption. These are theonly people I want to see on a ricketyvessel attempting to cross theMediterranean - on a course set forAfrica.

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nations, thedescent intolawlessness andpoverty suffered byonce rich Libya, hastransformed it intoAfrica’s mostdangerous andunpleasant regime.

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“OF course, the Spanish are back-ward. Why, before the Brits arrivedyou couldn’t order a fry-up in thenoonday sun!”

The recent BBC documentary,Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing,which followed Bronte the barmaid,66-year-old jive-dance instructor Col-in and Big Dave (who ought to go ona whisky diet; he’d soon lose threedays, no sweat), was meant to paint apicture of expat life on the Costa delSol. Instead it spouted the same oldsensationalist clichés. At any momentyou expected someone to come outwith the above quip.

In fact, the BBC missed a trick bynot having Jeremy Clarkson on hand.He could have upped the offensive-ness factor single-handedly.

The film’s portrayal of both theSpanish and the British was a grossexaggeration. Such a one-sided‘documentary’ simply misrepresent-ed the lives and opinions of the ma-jority of Brits who get on well withthe Spanish.

But then, ‘colourful’ stereotypesmake good TV. Focusing on ordinarypeople successfully integrated in thecommunity who’ve learned Spanishwould fly in the face of the show’sspotlight on a few who are plainlystruggling. Basically, anyone whogets on screen will be a ‘character’,so ‘boring’, hard-working individualswon’t get a look in.

In some ways, Spain is a country atthe crossroads. The uncertainty of thepast few years has taken its toll inmany ways, including a rise in thenumber of house repossessions,bankruptcies and expats forced to re-turn to the UK. But with GDP slight-ly up and unemployment figuresslightly down, it’s maybe finally turn-ing the corner.

And corruption scandals, so long

the plague of Spanish life, now seemfinally under the control of the judi-cial system. In fact, they’re now sonumerous that Spanish TV newslumps them together in one swiftround-up, ranging from King Felipe’ssister’s indictment for tax fraud plusher husband’s alleged embezzlement,to the alleged slush fund operated bySpain’s governing conservative party.

Yes, there are good and bad bitsabout living anywhere but this pro-gramme was totally unrepresentative.The vast majority of industrious ex-pats who are doing well personallyand professionally after migratinghere weren’t featured.

Ordinariness and a sense of bal-ance, after all, make for dull TV. Notso much a documentary then, more abigoted rant.

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(€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca. MISSING: BBC documentary could have used Jeremy Clarkson.

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Make May your best month yet

HOW can you make May your best monthyet? With the sun now moving throughearthy Taurus, this is the best time to bepractical, grounded and strategic in yourapproach to life.

Whether you want to get fit and healthy,meet new people or take your career to thenext level, you will need a plan! Yourgreatest success will come through listen-ing to your instinct and taking action tobring these ideas to fruition. Taurus wantsyou to build firm foundations to supportyou comfortably through the years ahead.

May is the fifth month of the year andthe influence of this number is helping youto reach out and ask for help where youneed it. This is also the perfect time to takeup a new hobby and meet more like mind-ed people. If you don’t always feel confi-dent in new social situations, repeat thissimple affirmation with movement firstthing in the morning. Stand tall and stretchyour arms straight out wide whilst repeat-

ing the following statement out loud: ‘Iwelcome new people into my life andknow that I deserve to be happy.’ Now restyour hands on your heart and breath deeplyknowing that you have taken the first steptowards developing new relationships.

The full moon in Scorpio on May 4 willhelp you further to release fears, so beaware of your dreams, hunches and intu-itive insights around this time. Scorpio willhelp you to get in touch with your pas-sions, to live your truth and to release the

past. Often we hold onto people, placesand situations which we have outgrown forfear of change. Now is the time to releaseanything which no longer serves you.

The influence of the Hierophant Arche-type which is the fifth card in the major ar-cana tarot deck, reminds you to listen toyour own wisdom this month. The answersyou seek to the most important questionslie within your own heart, so take time tomeditate quietly when you can, so that youcan hear the whispers of your heart. TheTaurus new moon on May 18 will help youto put these ideas into practice.

So make the most of the mixture ofheavenly and earthly energies this month,to help you become aware of what youneed and how you can create the firmfoundations required to sustain yourdreams.

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ACOUPLE of weeks ago Iwrote about the diminishingnumber of real characters in

our society.When I was a boy every neighbour-

hood seemed to have its own quirky,off the wall characters; men or womenwhose mannerisms or appearance setthem apart from the rest of us. Eccen-tricity has always been a very Englishtrait.

They often had strange little waysthat were a source of entertainment.They might be heard having conversa-tions with themselves as they potteredaround their gardens, or perhaps beseen in the local shop still dressed in apyjama top over a pair of tatty cor-duroys, buying fish paste and pepper-mints.

There is perhaps a fine line betweenthis sort of unconventionality and stark,staring nuttiness, but it is that veryhair’s breadth of difference that madethem what they were.

These were people who did not givea fig about what others thought or whatsociety dictated. They were noncon-formists who lived by their own set ofrules and standards, but broke no lawsand bothered no one.

But they were respected in a strangekind of way and invariably listened towhenever they made pronouncements,because most of them shared a com-mon thread - a certain brand of worldlywisdom.

Now these characters have all butdisappeared, which came home to melast year when I returned to Suffolk andlearned that another one of the oldtimers - probably the last of the great

village characters - had passed on. In the mid 70s when we arrived

fresh-faced in that Suffolk community,there was a plethora of these wonderfulpeople and the pub was a good locationfor some eavesdropping.

‘They would’n let moi dawg in theshop, soo oi took him out and chainedhim up with a bit’a string. Oi only wentin for some o’them Spanish onions, notthey foreign beggers,’ went the way ofone conversation.

When a new doctor arrived in thevillage, one old boy was heard to say toanother, ‘Hev yoo met the noo doctoryet? His woif’s the best lookin’ bloke inSuffolk.’

When a colleague on the ParishCouncil said he had to rush off afterone meeting because of his wife’sbirthday, we asked him what he hadbought her.

‘Nuth’n,’ he told us. ‘She haint usedlast year’s present yet.’

What was that then we enquired.‘A plot in the cemetree,’ came the

expressionless reply.Don’t be so mean, you can’t take it

with you, one lady councillor admon-ished. ‘Well then, I haint goin,’ was hisanswer.

Life is drabber without these largerthan life characters.

WITH all the natural andmaritime disasters dominat-ing our TVs and newspapersof late, the word Mayday au-tomatically sums up imagesof the international distresscall.

But since the beginning inthe late 19th century, MayDay, Labour Day, or Interna-tional Workers’ Day, hasbeen a European spring holi-day, as well as a celebrationof labourers and the workingclasses.

Whether you prefer towatch people dancingaround the Maypole withbrightly coloured ribbonswhile listening to Morrisdancers jingle their way to ahard earned pub lunch, orsing Union songs while gaz-ing up at a socialist flag,make plans to enjoy May-day.

Being a traditional Euro-pean spring celebration,May Day is a national publicholiday in many countries,however in a few, it is cele-brated as a Labour Day only.

In the UK, it probablyoriginated as a Roman festi-val honouring the beginningof the spring season (in thenorthern hemisphere). Butonly recently has it been not-ed as a day to campaign andcelebrate worker’s rights.

No matter what your takeon Maydays is, enjoy thespring festival and have theday off work.

Mayday,not only adistress

callThey often had strangelittle ways that were asource of entertain-ment. They might beheard having conversa-tions with themselves asthey pottered aroundtheir gardens, or per-haps be seen in the lo-cal shop still dressed ina pyjama top over apair of tatty corduroys,buying fish paste andpeppermints.

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EUR Lacklustre would be the best word to describe

the euro’s week. It was by no means the weakestperformer among the major currencies but itnever really looked as though it was up to thejob. The euro lost a quarter of a US cent andwent down by three quarters of a cent against thepound. It did strengthen against the Australiandollar though, if only by half a cent.

Except for the ZEW surveys of investor confi-dence, which were suitably positive, the Eu-roland economic data were disappointing. Eurozone consumer confidence deteriorated andevery one of Thursday’s dozen or so provisionalpurchasing managers’ index readings came inlower on the month, below forecast or both.

The coming week’s performance will be de-termined by the progress of discussions this Fri-day between Greece and its creditors. Ahead ofthe meeting investors were optimistic, but thatoptimism smacked of a triumph of hope over ex-perience.

USD It is hard to find the bright spots in the dollar’s

week. Close examination reveals two; consumerconfidence improved in April and existing (asopposed to new) home sales last month were the

highest since 2013. The rest of the US economicdata were not so pretty. Inflation fell to -0.1%,putting it exactly in line with Euroland. Joblessclaims went up and new home sales went down.The purchasing managers’ index indicated slow-ing growth in the manufacturing sector.

There was little among the figures to encour-age investors to buy the dollar. Consequently itweakened by a quarter of a cent against the euroand by more than a cent against sterling. Thedollar lost a quarter of a cent to the US dollar.

In the week ahead the ecostats to watch willbe first quarter growth figures from Britain andthe States.

CADAlmost the entire week’s stock of Canadian

economic data was delivered last Friday. Andthere was not a bad statistic among them. Theconsumer price index figures showed the head-line rate of inflation accelerating from 1.0% to1.2% with the ‘core’ rate - excluding energy andfuel prices - up from 2.1% to 2.4%. Retail salesrose by 1.7% in February, more than three timesthe expected increase.

Curiously, the good news did nothing for theCanadian dollar. That might have been becauseinvestors were paying more attention to US data

which emerged at the same time and showed -0.1% deflation in the States.

Anyway, the Loonie was able to strengthen bya quarter of a US cent on the week. It lost threequarters of a cent to sterling, which was theweek’s overall major currency winner.

AUDThe week’s price action for the Australian dol-

lar was defined almost entirely by central banksand monetary policy. It moved higher after thePeople’s Bank of China said it was reducing the

amount of capital banks must hold to back uptheir lending. The move is intended to stimulatethe Chinese economy, which would be good forAustralian exports.

On Tuesday the Reserve Bank of Australiagovernor sent the Aussie south when he said in aspeech that the possibility of lower interest rates“has to be on the table” and “the board has…clearly signalled its willingness to lower [theCash Rate] even further.”

A day later the currency strengthened on theback of higher-than-expected inflation with theRBA’s preferred measure, the ‘trimmed mean,’accelerating to 2.3%. Higher inflation means lesschance of a rate cut.

The net result was the Aussie lost a cent and ahalf to sterling and held steady against the USdollar.

NZDAmong the major currencies the NZ dollar

was one of the slackest performers last week.The Norwegian krone and the South Africanrand both fell further but not a lot further. Over-all the Kiwi lost one US cent and it fell by fourcents against sterling.

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35OPINION & COMMENT 30 April - 6 May 2015 /Mallorcawww.euroweeklynews.com EWN

THE TV SHOW Last Brits Standingwas yet another nasty depiction of theCosta del Sol and its British residents. Iam surprised that the BBC should low-er itself in this type of documentary.

The Spanish press is right to be in-dignant.

After 10 happy years here we do notrecognise the people in the film.Where are the Brits of the U3A with amyriad of classes? Where are those inDFAS going to their fine art lectures?Those who prop up the various chari-ties? There is also the great interactionwith other foreigners who live here.My club in Mijas Pueblo can boast ofat least 10 different nationalities. Iwonder if their countries mount thesame vitriolic attacks as the UK on theCosta del Sol?

There were also the inaccuracieswhich appeared. The Spanish thinkingthat the Brits were a drain on theirhealth services. The UK pays for theBritish here.

We love living on the Costa. We ad-mire the artistry of the Spanish. Wherein the UK will you find such beautiful-ly kept roundabouts with their sculp-tures? The Spanish welcome foreign-ers but it must be a quid pro quo.

Here’s another film idea: ‘From Sur-rey to Sol: another view of the Brits onthe Costa.’ Any film-maker braveenough to present this alternative doc-umentary should contact me.

Catherine Cohen (by email)

NHS is paid forSAMMY and Paul (Street Talk) ask“what other country refuses to payfor its own people’s needs such as theNHS and Education, while at thesame time handing out to others?”

This is a typical UKIP statement,which may sound fine but is in factabsolute nonsense. Britain does not‘refuse to pay for the NHS and Edu-cation.’ One may argue that we donot spend enough on them, but theamount we do spend on them is enor-mously greater than what we give indevelopment aid or contributions tothe EU, so it is wrong to suggest thatwe would make much more moneyavailable if we stopped aid and EUmembership.

UKIP’s thesis is that we shouldabandon our most important marketsin Europe, and hope that we couldmake up the loss by trading with theCommonwealth. They do not seem tohave noticed that whereas Britain isone of the largest countries in the EU,it is dwarfed by Commonwealth na-tions such as India, Pakistan andNigeria (with which we can tradeperfectly well now from within theEU).

The tragedy is that we seem afraidto aim to lead the EU and prefer torun away from it. David Cameron’sproposed referendum is unnecessaryand damaging to Britain’s interests,as our European partners puzzle overwhy on earth we are taking such anegative and defeatist attitude.

Bill Campbell (by email)

Japan’s blunderTHANKS to Mike Walsh for his arti-cle ‘Inconvenient History’ (EuroWeekly News some editions, Issue1555).

Hitler controlled Norway. Why didhe not, as part of Barbarossa, seizeMurmansk which was only 80 milesfrom the Norwegian frontier? Even ifthe Nazis had been unable to hold

Murmansk they could have destroyedits port facility.

The biggest strategic blunder(probably in all history) was Japan at-tacking the US instead of the SovietUnion.

They would have had all theSiberian resources and the Germanswould surely have defeated EuropeanRussia. The added bonus to the Axiswould have been the continued isola-tionism of the US.

Roger Page, Mojacar Playa (Almeria)

Not so freeA FEW months ago a friend’sVenezuelan born wife passed away.Her family were unable to attend thefuneral as in order to fly out ofVenezuela one can only buy a ticketin dollars.

These can only be obtained fromthe government. This takes at leastone month and usually more. Yes,Mr Les Adams (Letters, Issue 1554)Venezuela is obviously a wonderful-ly free and liberal country. I some-how think that living there wouldnot be so much to your liking asyour letter may have implied.

Jon Allso (Valencia)

Thanks angelsDUE to the debilitating illness myhusband suffers from, which hascaused him to fall over on severaloccasions, I had to call the 112emergency service. My goodnesswas I impressed - they arrived with-in 10 minutes, picked my husbandup and were so kind telling us to callwhenever help was needed. Thankyou, you were like guardian angels.

Carol McCormack, Caleta de Velez (Malaga)

Not a weedIN answer to the letter (Letters, Is-sue 1555) re: the yellow wild flowerOxalyis (let’s not call it a weed) is awonderful, colourful, ground coverduring March and April. It is easilysuppressable as it does eventuallydie down, even the leaves, and canbe pulled up quite easily as theground is usually still quite moist.

My chickens would soon clearyour garden of it, they love it. I havenoticed when dogs of mine need toeat grass, they seem to prefer grassgrowing through Oxalyis, sowhether it has properties to purify

the earth who can say! The leavesalso make a wonderful substitute forshamrock on St Patrick’s Day.

Carole V Poole, Manilva (Malaga)

Wrong report FIRSTLY, a thank you for the EWN.Now may I have a little gripe! Pagethree ‘Quote of the Week’ mentions a“13-year-old student”. There are nostudents aged 13. Children attending aSCHOOL are PUPILS. Students go toCollege. Undergraduates and Post-graduates go to University.

Hal Perkins (by email)

What cover?I ALMOST fell off my stool laughingat the comments regarding the EUhealth card (EHIC).

On holiday in Gayanes I was unfor-tunate to dislocate my right hip. I at-tempted to pop it back in as I havemanaged to do before to no avail.

So it was off to Alcoy Hospitalwhere after a lot of consultation overmy EHIC card (I am a pensioner) theydecided to look at the problem and at-tempt to pop it back in.

That’s when it was discovered theprosthesis had come loose in the femurand I needed surgery, a full hip re-placement. Then I was told, we cannotoperate, as ‘you do not have proper in-surance cover.’ They told me to dis-charge myself from the hospital withthe paperwork. I reorganised the ferryand my wife drove to the UK andSheffield Northern Hospital where Ihad a hip replacement.

The card seems to work for emer-gency treatment only (cut finger). IsSpain part of the EU ?

David Goulding (by email)

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GEMINI(May 22 - June 21)Partnerships see you leap ahead onsomething that was a bit stuck in the mud.A leap in your bank balance follows. Somequick decisions may be called for so it isbetter to share responsibilities, whatever theoutcome.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)After a hectic start to the week, things seemto have slowed down. Look carefully atwhat has happened, but remember thatthere is no point in worrying oversomething that you cannot change.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)Money is good and this can make you over-confident. Beware bank managers offeringloans in large amounts. Nothing is for freeand you need to look carefully at interestrates right now.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)Aim a bit higher than usual and you may besurprised at your success. When seeing the

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LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)This should be a great time for yourfinances. Any glitch is likely to be becauseyou have overspent. Even if things stillneed close attention, you can win if youconcentrate. A bit of plotting and planningcan work wonders at the moment.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)Although things seem fine, this is not a time

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SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)This is not a particularly lucky week foryou, so I would certainly advise caution.Gambling is not recommended. Beingclever with money is as much about notspending it as about how you spend it. .

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 20)Look at the long-term picture whenconsidering money matters. What seemslike a good deal now may not be so a few

years down the line. Someone who appearsto be telling a lie may simply have eithermisunderstood or have the wronginformation.

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)This is a time to consider finances and keepyour options open. Someone who tries toget a fast decision out of you by pushingyou into a corner is doing you no favours.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)Keep things simple. Getting involved inother people's problems is not for you at themoment. It may be necessary to delay adecision to give yourself time to think.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Although things are going pretty well, thereare some things that could be just a littlebetter organised. It's the ongoing positiveattitude that counts.

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BRITONS wake up grumpi-er than anyone else.

According to usersof a sleep app, eventhough Brits get

more time in bed than most other na-tions; seven hours 22 minutes a night,they wake up moodier than most. Onlythe Japanese, South Koreans and Sin-gaporeans are grumpier in the morn-

ings. The Japanese may have a validreason, getting an hour and a half lesssleep.

The results from 944,000 people, in-cluding 75,000 from the UK, found the

British had the seventh most disturbedsleep out of 50 countries surveyed. Themood upon waking up in the morningwas determined by users tapping a‘happy’, ‘sad’ or ‘in-between’ face.

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23rdApril

THE magical date of April 22 finallyarrived and I sprang out of bed andmade my way to the Materno Hospi-tal in Malaga for my eighth and finalchemotherapy session.

As per usual I arrived early to en-sure I had my blood test done quicklyto be able to send it off for analysisand hopefully be seen as quickly aspossible by my oncologist.

After having breakfast I went tothe eighth floor and sat in the waitingroom. Time flew by as I got chattingto two lovelyladies, Sallyand Beryl,or theNer-

ja girls as I shall call them!We exchanged views on the differ-

ences in the British and Spanishmedical systems as Beryl had first-hand experience owing to 42 years inthe nursing profession. Sally madeoff with one of the armbands theyuse to make your veins pop up whengiving blood! Amazingly enough thenurse remembered that it was Sallyand came to look for her.

The band was returned as Sallyhad kept it safely but was unsure ofwho to hand it in to!

I thought my luck was in as mynumber was called out earlier thanusual and off I went to see the oncol-ogist. Things were about to take aturn for the worse. They had lost halfof my blood analysis so I had to doanother test! I was not impressed, butbeing more focused on making sure Ihad my last chemo treatment I raceddown to have the test.

The waiting room was heaving butI just thought that today I was goingto have to adopt the Spanish modus

operandi and got straight to the frontof the queue and demanded they re-peat the test because my oncologistwas awaiting the results to be able togive me my treatment. To be fair to

them they pushed me up the list, as ithad been their error, and I was in andout in five minutes. Had I waited pa-tiently as we all have in Spain, I mightnever have received my last chemo.

Back in the waiting room with theNerja girls for another two hours! Fi-

nally I was called and it turned out allmy levels were good so I could pro-ceed. The oncologist told me I had tobook a CAT scan to see how every-thing had gone and I needed exten-sive blood tests to check my tumourmarkers and hormone levels, etc.

I would be back to see her within amonth to see what hormone treat-ment they would give me and to seehow the breast area was and if theshadows on my lungs had gone.

Jorge came to the rescue andbooked my CAT scan because Iwould not have had time to go downto the bowels of the hospital andbook it myself as they shut at 2pmand I ended up finishing at 4pm.

I took my place next to the sweet-est lady who turned out to be themother of a client of the notary’swhere I used to work. Malaga is asmall place! We had a lovely chat,which was just as well because theytook one hour to come to put my linein and then had six attempts at it.

A new nurse wanted to practise!

Grrr. I repeatedly said that Jesús wasthe only one who knew how to dealwith my difficult veins and after thefifth attempt the newby yielded.Jesús came and popped the line in,no problem. I would have preferredto have avoided that amount of jab-bing but the most important thingwas I was about to cross my chemofinishing line!

I actually fell asleep in the middleof it, unheard of for me. The reliefwhen they finally unhooked me wasfabulous. I scurried off to recover atJorge’s mother’s house and thenmade my way back home.

Today has been a whirlwind of ac-tivity between visits to the bank, postoffice, doctor, hospital orthopaedics,translating for a friend, shopping,collecting children and then trying tosell my car. I think I have done quiteenough for one day so I will sign offnow feeling tired but very happy.One phase down and now for radio-therapy and then reconstruction.

Poco a poco, as the Spanish say!

EricaRussellWatson:

My journey – and I’m driving

APRIL 22 As usual I attended the hospital early keen to have my last chemotherapy session.

I think I have done quiteenough for one

day, so I willsign off nowfeeling tired butvery happy.One phase downand now forradiotherapy andthen reconstruction.

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wake up?

OWNER of Magaluf’s top qualityrestaurant Pizza Venezia, Luigi, alwaysinsists “Fresh is best” which is why hehas attracted a following to his business.

If the preparation is good from the

start then the end result is sure to begreat food.

Luigi lives by his statement as hemakes his own dough daily, so you willnot find any pre-packed products here.Italians take pride in what they do, andtheir food is prepared with a passion. At-

tention to detail is key - even thewater that the ingredients are

cooked in is filtered and Luigigrows his own herbs to make

sure there are nonasty additives.

This is the sortof care that

comes fromsomeone who has

been in the business forover 35 years. Luigi knows

how to get it right and have hisclients returning time after time for what

they know is the best Italian foodaround.

One of the secrets of his success isknowing what his clients want. Luigicertainly knows that, saying: “Our mostpopular menu item is the TagliatelleVenezia which is made with prawns,white wine, courgettes, mushrooms,onion, dill and cream.”

Pizzeria Venezia opened in 2001 anddespite being based in a tourist area, getsa lot of repeat business from the locals.“I would say about 80 per cent of myclients are regulars, many of whom havebecome good friends. We have manySpanish, English, German and Scandina-vian clients.” If the restaurant is appeal-ing to so many nationalities it goes toshow that Pizza Venezia has created aformula which is exactly right.

One of the special features of the

restaurant isa private,plant-filled terrace. “The table can seatup to 10 people, but many of my cus-tomers like to reserve it for romanticevenings,” said Luigi. Since it is in theopen air it is possible for people tosmoke if they wish.”

Pizza Venezia welcomes parties forspecial occasions or stag and hen dos.

The restaurant offers an extensive Ital-ian menu with a large variety of pizzas,pastas, meats and fish. Roast shoulder oflamb with fresh vegetables is ever popu-lar and also the bruschetta which the Ital-ians are famed for.

There is also a great selection of Ital-ian and Spanish wines to compliment theexquisite food. Pizzeria Venezia also of-fers a pizza take-away service.

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GIVE your business the name‘Adventure Rooms’ andyou’ve already got me

hooked. As soon as I started to hear about

this new attraction, which hasopened in Palma in the Can Valeroestate, I wanted to go. Everyonewho has gone is raving about it, butno one will say exactly what theydid in there. What could it be?

The marketing materials enigmati-cally proclaim: “You have 60 min-utes to escape… Now the real ad-venture begins!” So when I got theopportunity last week to go alongwith some friends and family, Ijumped at the chance.

You have to hand over your be-longings to the staff, in our case avery friendly Daniela, before beingtaken in small groups into the roomand, yes, handcuffed to a rail. Thetimer is set and the challenge begins.

The game originated in 2012 inBern, Switzerland as a school pro-ject designed by a science teacher.

Its main influences came from ad-venture computer games from the1990s, Hungarian escape games and

scientific experiments, and the Ad-venture Rooms franchise has be-come a hit across the world.

It’s easy to see why as the next 60minutes flew past whilst we solvedpuzzles and used our wits and team-work to try to escape from the roomwe were trapped in. There is no wayyou will have the time to solve all ofthe puzzles you need to complete ifyou are working on your own.

You can see that different talentsare required. Interestingly ourdaughter saw and solved some of themost complex games naturallywhere perhaps our older and moreaddled brains would not have beenso agile. The puzzles enhance logic,critical thinking, ability to work un-der pressure, communication andteamwork.

Throughout the game we werewatched on surveillance cameras inorder to check that we were okay,and also to give a hint if theythought we were going to get stuck.As the countdown reached zero Ican tell you that my heart waspounding as I desperately struggledto solve a clue.

Over a post-game drink weglowed in the knowledge that yes,we had managed to escape with agenerous one minute and 21 sec-onds to spare!

The owners of the AdventureRooms told us that the escape rateis 30 per cent, but that even so thegroups that get nowhere near to es-caping come out of the gamethrilled and excited and desperatefor more!

The owners are planning tochange the games every month orso in the winter so that game ad-dicts can go regularly for their fix.I for sure will be back, and proba-bly with my father in law in tow.He is a lover of Sudoku.

Perhaps I can combine that withmy daughter’s 10th birthday partywhere you can do a game as a duelwith two teams working againstthe clock to race to a central point.I wonder if they can cope with adozen squealing girls? Or perhapswe could just leave them locked inthere... hmmm.....

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IN general deciding to buyand develop a countrygarden implies that you

prefer a larger and more in-teresting plot and the chanceto do up an old historic build-ing or build somethingunique.

The surrounding views ofthe countryside and moun-tains, peace, and perhaps thechance to be self-sufficient,mean you are willing to putup with winter and earlyspring frosts. So with that in-troduction let’s look at someof the issues involved.

MicroclimatesOnce out of the urbanisa-

tions gardens are often moreexposed unlesswalled, which defeatsone of the reasons forliving in the wild, orthick boundary and in-ternal hedges are plant-ed to create less harshmicroclimates. Agreenhouse or smallpoly-tunnel will be use-ful for protecting plantsin pots over the winter.

SoilsIn country areas the

soils inherited will varyfrom very rich, becausemules used to be tetheredto the trees, to dead soildenuded of natural hu-mus and nutrients by thegrowing of fruit trees andvines for decades withoutthe addition of animal fer-tilisers. The depth of soil willalso vary from a spade depthof rich top soil to just a cou-ple of centimetres over bedrock. Unless you are verylucky, improve the soil be-fore you plant anything,whether flowering plants,aromatic herbs, fruit trees orvegetables. If you have littledepth of soil build raisedbeds from day one.

Flowering plantsIn developing your plant

lists do study the descriptionsof the 350 garden plants andtrees described in our book

‘Your garden in Spain’ andfocus mainly on those thatare both drought and frost re-sistant. Do make the best ofthe hardy aromatic herbssuch as rosemary, lavenders,sage and thyme. If you pur-chased a large plot of landwith many olive, walnut oralmond trees do consider cut-ting out a large glade in thecentre for the house and mainformal garden, if not too late,and develop a network ofpaths between the trees withoccasional glades of garden.

Fruit treesRe fruit trees, check on

what fruit is or was growncommercially in the area.Recognise that citrus trees donot like being continuouslyexposed to strong winds andthat attempts to grow sub-tropical fruits should only be

attempted in the most shel-tered of sunny south facingspots. The book ‘Growinghealthy fruit in Spain’ de-scribes over 70 fruits that canbe grown and many are suit-able for country areas.

Growing vegetablesOne of the joys of growing

one’s own vegetables,whether grown in the ground,in raised beds, or in builder’sbuckets is that you know thatthey are fresh and free ofresidual chemicals when youeat them. ‘Growing healthyvegetables in Spain’ includesdetails of some 100 vegeta-bles that we have raised inSpain. Our winter salads donot include tomatoes, butthey do include a diverse mixof some 40 leaves and edibleflowers full of raw energyand natural vitamins mineralsand fibres.

Large pestsBeing isolated you will

probably get fewer problemswith small insects that canhop over the fences in an ur-banisation comprising justholiday makers, letting own-ers, abandoned gardens as

well as enthusiastic residents.However there is the

chance that you will need toprotect the garden from rab-bits, wild boar and deer.

If rabbits are thirsty orlooking for some tasty moistfleshy plants to eat they will

try and get in unless you dosomething about it. Theyeven love young prickly pearcactus plants.

The best way to keep outrabbits is with a chain-linkfence which has the bottom30 centimetres sunk into theground or a sunken twobuilding block wall under thefencing which is cementedinto the top of the wall. Tallstrong fences will also keepout deer and wild boar.

The second best is a hunt-ing type dog that has the runof the garden.

The third is to plant inraised beds with fencing ontop.

There is an anti-rabbitproduct sold by Neudorff butit would be expensive to pro-tect a large area.

Netting bags filled withhuman hair from the nearesthairdresser, hung on postsnear a vegetable plot or alongthe wires supporting vines,and peed on once a monthwill make boars think thatthere are humans around anddisappear.

For more ideas there arespecial chapters in the book‘Your garden in Spain’ fo-cused on gardens in differenttypes of situation includingin inland valleys, on moun-tainsides, on saline and bar-ren soils and woodland sites.

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COUNTRY GARDENS: Can provide a larger and moreinteresting plot to develop.

A greenhouseor small poly-tunnel will beuseful forprotectingplants in potsover the winter.

WHEN you picture your idealSpanish property, is it made ofbricks and mortar? Or is itmade from timber? For manythe answer is, ‘neither.’

Bricks and mortar, wood andstone seem the logical choicesfor most buildings. Since uni-formity is dull we are lucky thatthere are those who think out-

side the box when it comes tobuilding

With the ever increasingmarket of alternative living op-tions now becoming popular inSpain, you can find people liv-ing happily in all sorts of homesmade from unconventional ma-terials.

From a converted Londonbus, to a treehouse, from a met-al storage container to a boat-house, you will be surprisedwhat some people call home.But even more so at the qualityand luxury that can be reachedwith a little imagination.

Shipping containers are floodand fire proof, making them agreat home-building material.Ranging in length from four to10 metres, shipping containersare typically only used for 10 to15 years, but they can last muchlonger. It is estimated that thereare 24 million empty shippingcontainers in the world that willnot be used for cargo again.

Large vehicles are also be-coming a favourite. What mayimmediately spring to mind is abroken down double deckerbus, or old coach left in a field.

IT may give a home a distinctlyHobbity look, but vegetation-covered houses are increasinglybeing seen in futuristic eco de-velopments with ‘living roofs.’

A living roof involves cover-ing the building with a water-proof membrane, into which

plants are set, usually speciesthat require little maintenancesuch as mosses.

It’s a centuries-old traditionin some parts of the world, sodroofs having always been com-mon in Scandinavia, for exam-ple, which has been adaptedwith modern materials in re-sponse to 21st century prob-

lems. In Germany, about 10 percent of roofs have been turnedinto gardens, and the idea isspreading. The environmentalbenefits are numerous. Livingroofs provide excellent insula-tion, and can significantly re-duce carbon footprint and thecosts of heating the building, aswell as extending the lifespanof the roof.

And for the wider communi-ty, they promote biodiversity,providing urban habitats forbirds and insects, help filterpollutants and store rainwater,easing pressure on drainagesystems in heavy rain.

There’s even evidence thatliving roofs can make citiescooler in summer. Traditionalbuilding materials soak up radi-ation from the sun then releaseit as heat, which can see urbantemperatures as much as fourdegrees Celsius higher than sur-rounding areas. After Chicago’s

City Hall was given a greenroof, temperatures on summerdays were found to be between1.4 and 4.4 degrees Celsiuscooler than on other buildings.

If that wasn’t enough reasonto get roof planting, they couldalso make people happier andhealthier. When the roof of aStuttgart post office was‘greened,’ a survey found the

number of staff sick days fell.Spain hasn’t been as quick

on the uptake of this environ-mental advance as Germany orother front-runners, but livingroofs have been installed heresince the 1990s.

One of the biggest living roofprojects tops Banco San-tander’s HQ in the outskirts ofMadrid,.

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Marketlooks toforeignbuyersMEETING the cost ofbuying a new home re-mains out of reach formost Spanish families, sothe market is looking toforeign buyers.

Analysts point to thecontinuing high disparitybetween average income

and house prices as a sig-nificant hurdle for recov-ery in the property sector.

The Ministry of Devel-opment has released fig-ures confirming severalother studies showingmore than a sixth of prop-erty purchases last yearwere made by foreign buy-ers. Moreover, more than50 per cent of home buyersdid not use a mortgage,pointing to the majority ofresidential property pur-chases being made by peo-ple with significant capital,investing in property at thepoint where it was believedprices had bottomed out.

Banco de España say theaverage cost of a home is6.3 times the average an-nual household disposableincome.

Another study by val-uers Sociedad de Tasción(ST) puts the ratio at 7.8times average income, al-though some analysts saythe extreme differences inproperty prices from re-gion to region in Spainhave thrown out ST’s re-sults.

In the cheapest areas tobuy a home, which includeValencia and Murcia, theaverage price is six timesaverage income. In theBalearics, houses are 15times the average income.

Either way, expertsagree that a healthy econo-my should see propertyprices equal to just fouryears’ average income, aratio that is some way offin Spain’s still depressedjobs market.

50%of homes buyers did not

use a mortgage

‘Living roofs’ make homeswarmer and cities coolerVEGETATION covered houses are increasingly being seen in eco projects.By Jo Harvie

URBAN WHEATFIELD: The living roof on the CanadianWar Museum,Ottawa.

Other materials for building homes

MANY readers have asked for moreadvice on how to increase the valueof their apartments.

When I carry out a valuation, thegeneral rule in property is that themore square metres of living spaceyour apartment has, the more yourapartment will increase in value.

Here are some expensive and in-expensive things you can do to in-crease the square metres of yourapartment or make your apartmentlook bigger.

ExpensiveHire a professional company to

convert part or all of your balconyand terraces into extra interior livingspace.

Fit a new modern kitchen withmid range appliances, choose lightcolours and avoid black appliancesand dark coloured wall tiles.

Fit new modern white or pastel

coloored bathroom suites with lightcoloured wall tiles.

If you have a separate diningroom and lounge, remove the non-load bearing walls and change to an

open plan room, the effect will bemore light and space.

Lay new light coloured flooringthroughout or in selected rooms.

InexpensiveThere are things you can do to

make your apartment look biggerwhich are not expensive.

Decluttering all the rooms, re-move bulky or dark furniture, takeout dark heavy curtains and reducethe number of paintings or pictureson the walls.

In the kitchen fit new lightcoloured cabinet doors, work topsand sink.

Change the taps and fittings in thebathrooms, replace shower curtainswith glass screens.

Fit light pastel blinds or curtains.Paint all walls, ceilings and doors

in light pastel colours.If you have dark coloured floors,

lay light coloured rugs throughout.

In the bedrooms have lightcoloured bed coverings and add asplash of colour with scatter cush-ions.

Fitted wardrobes should be paint-ed a light pastel colour.

Coordinated lighting throughoutyour apartment is very important asthis enhances the feeling of extraliving space.

Add extra floor, table and walllamps, throughout your apartment,avoid many ceiling lights, aim for alight cosy luxurious ambience creat-ed by new pastel coloured lampshades.

Tip of the week. For an extratouch of luxury, fit dimmer switchesin the lounge and dining room.

Contact me for an independentsurvey and advice.

John Graham FGIS020 32 900 983/+34 657 337 477gk.ipad@me.com

More tips on how to increasethe value of your apartmentADVICE on how to increase the square metres of your living space, both expensive and inexpensive.

APARTMENT LIVING: There are many ways to improve thevalue of your apartment.

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THE 32nd edition of the Interna-tional Boat Show Palma, and theSecond Edition SuperyachtShow, starts today April 30. It isconsidered one of the most im-portant nautical events of theMediterranean and the largest inthe world’s calendar of sailingand yachts.

The port of Palma and sur-rounding areas will host 117boats up to 30 metres, as well as63 yachts, of which some 70 percent are mega-yachts.

This year, the Balearic Gov-ernment expects to exceed lastyear’s numbers of 36,000 visitorsto the show, and are hoping fornearer 40,000 patrons. The oneyacht that may encourage a few

more dribbling potential buy-ers, is the fantastic ‘Mondan-go,’ a 52 metre-long superyachtwith a price tag in the region of€20 million.

Also new for this year’sshow will be extensions to boththe land and sea exhibition ar-eas. Both zones have had tobe extended to allow for thenumber of yachts on display.

When you are not lookingat the most beautiful marinehardware available in theworld, or have had enoughwining and dining for thetime being, there will beover 3,000 brands andcompanies from 15countries presenting and promot-ing their products and servicesfor you to peruse.

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THE Port of Palma area will host117 boats as well as 63 yachts.

The InternationalBoat Show is here!

SUPERYACHTS: The Palma Boat Show isconsidered one of the most importantnautical events of the Mediterraneanand the largest in the world’s calendarof sailing and yachts.

YACHTS:More will be on display.

By Steve Walsh

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Elaborately kitsch and self-consciously unconventional

THE rooms have been de-scribed as a cross betweena bordello and an explosion

in a tartan factory. The Witchery isalso said to be haunted by a ladywho was burned at the stake forwitchcraft 500 years ago. Ididn’t see or smell her.

And the fire alarm andsmoke detectors certainlydidn’t go off if she waspadding about during thenight.

‘The Witchery by the Castle’in Edinburgh was opened bychef and restaurateur JamesThompson who, fearing he hadbeen born into the wrong timeand class, gave an eccentric, in-credibly OTT and very self-in-dulgent makeover. Scottish baro-nial baroque and flamboyantlycreepy but gentrified Gothic style.With more than a little of campthrown in for good measure. It’sall very Pugin, deliberately deca-dent, elaborately kitsch and self-consciously unconventional.

And great fun. The Witchery is not a typical ho-

tel. Reached via a narrow passagecalled Boswell’s Court and up aturnpike stone stairway, the tene-ment building right beside Edin-burgh Castle dates back to 1595. Itoffers seven premium-priced suites.You aren’t asked whether you pre-fer smoking or non-smoking.

Instead, you choose whetheryou want an organ pipe head-board. Or not. Or whether youwant gilded Empire furniture. Orvelvet or tartan or paisley-linedwalls. Or would rather your wallsleather panelled. You can have ei-ther three windows or seven look-ing out onto the Old Townrooftops, Princes Street and theFirth of Forth.

You can sleep the night in the‘Guardroom’ or the ‘Armoury’ as

well as the library which singerDannii Minogue described as “alust den”.

The unique hotel, a 16th centurymerchant’s house, has an award-winning restaurant serving, underits heraldic painted ceiling andsurrounded by A-listed stonework,Scrabster monkfish, Isle of Mullcheddar scones and scallops, Obanoysters, Arran beets, Scotch bor-der beef and lots of Scottishsalmon. This year is ‘Scottish Yearof Food and Drink’. At the Witch-ery you have breakfast by candle-light. You can also bathe in achapel.

The room is cluttered with tas-selled damask curtains and bric-a-

brac. Military uniforms are casual-ly draped over chairs. The Witch-ery is the only hotel where youcan go to bed if you wish in a Buz-by which gives an entirely newmeaning to ‘the night-cap’.

The Witchery, a former Sa-tanists’ meeting place you are toldtongue-in-cheek, also organisestours exploring the supernatural,grisly and sadist side of the burgh,following in the footsteps ofcadies, grave-robbers and stran-glers. Your escort is the Chief-In-Spectre.

The Witchery’s sister hotel isfive-star boutique baronial 1687

Prestonfield House, which isequally decadent in décor al-though equipped with conces-sions to modernity like Wi-Fiand mood-adjusting lighting.The trouser presses are a bitoutré. And straight. But therooms are still much like boudoirsand overlook Arthur’s Seat andRoyal Holyrood Park. And likeThe Witchery are a defiant chal-lenge to the bland uniformity ofmost hotels.

There is a suite named afterBenjamin Franklin who stayedthere. But probably did not lazeand lather away in the huge silver

leaf sleigh bath. (“Neatnessand sweetness all around/ Thesewe at Prestonfield House found,”1759.)

The opulent hotel boasts the‘Rhubarb’ restaurant which cele-brates one of Scotland’s most un-sung dicks. Sir Alexander Dickwho introduced rhubarb to Scot-land in the 18th century.

Kevin is an ex-professional cricketerand the former chief staffwriter of PUNCH. He is theUK's most published travelwriter. His work appears worldwide. He oncewent to Vienna and dressed up as Mozart.

Kevin PilleyPilley’s Planet

BARONIAL BAROQUE: The Witchery by the Castle in Edinburgh.

The unique hotelhas an award-win-ning restaurant un-der its heraldicpainted ceiling. Youhave breakfast bycandlelight and canalso bathe in achapel.

For further information contact The Witchery by the Castle, Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 1NE. Tel: 031 225 5613 / www.thewitchery.com

IF the Terminator ordered anew car from Chevrolet totake him back to the future,this is it!

Chevrolet has revealed anew concept car at this year’sShanghai Motor Show calledthe ‘FNR,’ and you should beafraid, it’s the shape of thing

to come.Developed in Shanghai by

GM’s Asia tech hub, we aretalking about a laser headlighted, car networking, ges-ture controlled, fully au-tonomous, radar guided, HotWheels car from The Matrix.

This is a car that wouldmake even Batman dribblelike Homer Simpson. It’s per-fect, except for one tinything: It’s autonomous. Sigh!

It’s essentially a self-dri-ving electric mobility cap-sule. The wheels have mag-netic hub-less electric motorsembedded inside, it features awireless charging system,crystal laser head- and tail-lights, ‘dragonfly’ upwards-opening doors and a sharp,angular and downright excel-lent body shape stolenstraight out of a comic book.So far, so very cool.

Step inside, however, andeverything suddenly turns all

‘Startrek.’ You’ll have an ‘irisrecognition’ start system, anda roof-mounted radar that, fornow at least, maps out the en-vironment to enable it to self-pilot. OK, the Mercedes BenzS-Class does that today, butthen again, the MercedesBenz doesn’t look like asports car that’s escaped fromBlade Runner.

Speaking of the future,Chevy says the FNR conceptcan also serve as a “personalassistant” to map out a pre-ferred route. There’s gesturecontrol, swivel seats andmore sensors than theMillennium Falcon.

“The ChevroletFNR is loaded witha full range of in-telligent tech-nologies, usu-ally seen onlyin science fic-

t ionmovies,” says Chevy. Yeah,we’ve seen enough sciencefiction movies with au-tonomous robots involved toknow the meaning of fear.

Thankfully, and to everypetrolheads delight, the au-tonomous feature can beturned off, returning full con-trol back to the driver.

Which will of course en-able it to be driven as itshould, and it needs to be dri-ven like you stole it!

Be afraid, be veryafraid of the futureCHEVROLET introduce new concept car at the Shanghai Motor Show whicheven Batman would be jealous of, it’s a self-driving electric mobility capsule.

By Steve Walsh

Motoring shorts

BMW of North America isexpanding an airbag-sensorrecall for the third time to in-clude older Mini Coopermodels that may disable thepassenger-side frontal airbag.

Findings by the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration, meant BMWrecalled 91,800 cars, specifi-cally the 2005–2006 Cooperand Cooper S hardtops, and2005-2008 convertibles.

BMW has recalled morethan 276,000 cars for thisproblem both in 2008 and in2013. It also extended thewarranty to 10 years and un-limited miles on certain af-fected vehicles.

These recalls do not affectcars sold in Europe.

BMW USArecalls Minis

Best quartersince 2007SEAT closed the first quar-ter of 2015 with its best salesresults since 2007. For thefirst time in eight years,worldwide customer deliver-ies exceeded 100,000 unitsbetween January and March,reaching a total of 102,700vehicles, 10 per cent morethan during the same periodin 2014. The Leon is againthe model with the highestgrowth being up 15 per cent.

IF you are an oil drinkingpetrolhead whose spinearches at the thought of asideways taken bend, andwhose lower regions tinglewith the sound of a V8 be-ing ripped through thegears, read on...

The unceremonious de-parture of Jeremy Clarksonfrom our TV screens earlierthis year, along with his‘normalist’ attitudes on ourbeloved big boy’s toys, mayfind you needing a little‘fix.’

To that end, we have puttogether a few of our LordJ.C’s choicest comments,and best quotes:

Bentley Continental GT’ssuspension adjustability: “Itreally is about as useful ashaving a snooze button on asmoke alarm.”

BMW Z3: “And if youare clinically insane, bywhich I mean you wake upin the morning and thinkyou are an onion, here’syour car.”

Buick LeSabre: “It wasrubbish when it was new, itwas built by idiots, and it’srubbish now.”

Ferrari F430: “Now weget a few complaints thatwe don’t feature enough af-fordable cars on the show,so we’re kicking off withthe cheapest Ferrari of themall.”

Chevrolet Corvette ZO6:“In many ways then this caris like herpes. Great funcatching it, but not so muchfun to live with every day.”

Nissan Almera: “ Tellingpeople at a dinner party youdrive a Nissan Almera islike telling them you’ve gotthe Ebola virus and you’reabout to sneeze.”

Renault Clio V6 handlingbends: “In typical Frenchfashion, it just gives up! Abit like the French did withthe Germans. “

“Some say,half man,half oaf”

JEREMYCLARKSON:

No longeron TV

screens.

THE FNR: The shape of things to come.

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THE El Toro RC Girls team headed offto the south of Spain to play in a friendlytournament in aid of Scleroderma, whilst60 youngsters aged from eight to 12headed north to Barcelona to play in athree way tournament in La Guinardera,with Sant Cugat, and Sant Boiana, toplay some of the most influential rugbyschools in the Spanish rugby circuit.

The youngest El Toro RC players, theseven-year-olds, had the most successfulresults and won each of their matches.The 12-year-olds won one game and lostanother, and the eight and 10-year-oldswere unlucky to lose both of theirmatches.

Every participant enjoyed their firstexperience of rugby away from theBaleares and left a great impression and

many new friends inBarcelona.

Under 16 Friendly: In preparation for the Na-

tional champi-onship El Toro RC

and RC Ponent playedagainst each other in a

friendly match in Son Caliu. The hometeam of El Toro RC just took the win by19 points to 10.

Under 18: Winners were RC Ponent by 47 points

to 16.Beach Rugby Weekend: The May holiday weekend promises

to be an exciting weekend for lovers ofBeach Rugby. For those in Palma thesecond HM Palma Beach Rugby Tour-nament kicks off on Friday evening withthe opening ceremonies and entertain-ment.

Magaluf, sees the ninth MallorcaBeach Rugby Tournament begin on Fri-day night with the traditional openingparty. Saturday sees matches in theMen’s, Girls and Juniors’ trophies lead-ing to the finals and closing party onSunday.

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SPORTLast Saturday, at Fulham, Middles-brough defender George Friend was

sent off by referee Kevin Friend.

M a l l o r c a ’ s b e s t g u i d e t o l o c a l s p o r t

Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko won his 18thsuccessive fight beating Bryant Jenningsto retain his world heavyweight title.

ENGLAND won the secondTest against West Indies...thanks to Jimmy Anderson’sbowling (six wickets) andfielding (two catches and arun out). The third Test startsin Barbados tomorrow.

CricketSPORTS IN BRIEF

TONY MCCOY, OBE - thegreatest jump jockey of all-time - has retired after takingpart in his final race in frontof a capacity 15,800 crowdat Sandown Park. He was a20-time NH champion.

Retiring

El Toro RC girls on tour toplay in the south of Spain WHILE 60 youngsters headed north to Barcelona to play a 3 way tournament.

By Lynda Demangeat

U18: El Toro RCv RC Ponent.

Runninghard.

LAST Sunday, over 38,500athletes competed in the an-nual London Marathon.Gold medals were won byEliud Kipchoge and TigistTufa. Paula Radcliffe alsoran her last ever marathon.

Marathon