The Balearic High Courtruled against an appeal madeby the lawyers of PrincessCristina asking for thecharges against her to bedropped.

The court said that shemust stand trial in the highprofile case involving herhusband Iñaki Urdangarinand 16 other defendants.

Her lawyers had asked forthe charges to be droppedsaying that public prosecutorshad refused to press chargesciting a lack of evidence.

She and her husband are on

trial for alleged embezzle-ment of funds involving theirreal estate company Aizoonand the non-profit Noos Insti-tute sports foundation run byher husband. The princess isaccused of improper use ofAizoon funds. Her husbandwas indicted on charges ofusing the Noos Institute as afront for the embezzlement ofmillions of euros. The foun-dation allegedly received mil-lions of euros of public mon-ey, most of which came fromthe Balearic Islands and Va-lencia regional government.

If found guilty, she couldface up to eight years inprison, four years for eachcharge. Mr Urdangarin facesup to 19 and a half years im-prisonment. Hearings are setto resume later in the month.

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PALMA’S EMT public buses arelaunching a campaign to improve busdriver - bus user relations.

The campaign called ‘People who ac-company people’ will be promoted overthe period of three months. Accordingto the mayor of Palma, Jose Hila, theidea is to feature the human qualities ofEMT workers. Drawing them closer tothe community will help bus users ac-knowledge the service they give to thecommunity. He explained that it is im-portant to stress the value of the servicebus drivers provide in order to improverelationships with bus users. Five busdrivers who recently retired have beenrehired to help with the campaign.

Hila affirmed that the town hall iscommitted to public transport and that itintends to add more drivers to the 31who are currently employed by EMT.The city also aims to increase the fre-

quency of services and to improve work-ing conditions. Joan Ferrer, councillor of

Transport, said bus lines 3, 5, 11, 12, 14,and 16 will be involved in the effort.

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THE body of a middle-agedman was found floating in thewaters off Llucmajor by twofishermen who immediatelycontacted authorities. Thebody was in an advanced state

of decomposition. A postmortem examination willhopefully give investigatorsmore insight as to the identityof the man and the cause ofdeath.

Body found in sea

LUXURY boutique hotelsare contributing to thegrowth of the local market.

Palma is said to havemore than any other Euro-pean city with five moreplanned to be added in

2017. According to JavierVich, president of the PalmaHoteliers’ Association, thecity has become a popularhotel destination spot whichin turn has stimulated thelocal economy.

Boutique hotelsboosting economy

LOCAL NEWS Campaign launchto improve serviceIMPORTANT to improve relationships with bus users and bus drivers

By Sandra Galo

THE Balearic government has approved a plan to stop thespread of the red beetle responsible for killing many palmtrees on the islands. Regulations and an official registerwill be put into effect for growers, distributors and im-porters of the trees. Information as well as methods tocombat the spread of the beetle will be published online.

Red beetle initiative

RETIRED DRIVERS: Have been rehired to help with the campaign.

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Just what exactly has theEU ever done for us? BREXIT factions pay tribute to Monty Python

SCRAMBLING to denounce Down-ing Street’s praise of Cameron’sprowess in negotiations with EC pres-ident Donald Tusk, the increasinglyfragmented Brexit factions risk beingcaricatured as an unintentionalhomage to the Judea People’s Front inA Life of Brian.

So with the Romans already havingleft bronze-age Britain with irrigationand public baths, what exactly has theEU ever done for us?

Somewhat ironically, given the typ-ical charges levied against the union,the greatest benefits have been offer-ing some modicum of protectionagainst the unelected invisible mono-lith that is international capitalism.Basic benefits such as inexpensivewine, cheap flights, and a cap on mo-bile roaming charges, make an unseendaily difference to our modern lives.

Other developments include clean-er air, lead-free petrol, recycling, foodlabelling, hormone bans, price trans-parency, holiday entitlement, labourrights, equal pay, collaborative scien-tific research, diplomatic strength,

counter terrorism, police and militaryintelligence cooperation, humanrights legislation, and straight ba-nanas.

Of course Norway is not officiallyin the EU and undeniably enjoyingmany of the above benefits. It wouldbe ridiculous to suggest that, by leav-ing the EU, Britain would by defini-tion sell off all its assets to big fi-nance, enable 70-hour workingweeks, pollute the rivers and decapi-tate political antagonists at HerMajesty’s Pleasure.

The question revolves around polit-

ical philosophies. Many who are hap-py to remain in the EU radiate a cer-tain mistrust of the direction Britainwould take without the harness ofcollective regulations. They mightlook at the legacy of Thatcherism, thetight knit relationship between hedgefund management, government bu-reaucracy, media barons, the militaryindustrial complex, and consider a su-perior arbitrator in the people’s bestinterests.

Others, of course, might see the EUas an encroaching Trojan horse whichessentially embraces a neo-liberalagenda, yet cloaks motives in the in-spiring rhetoric of freedom andprogress. While others simply believeBritain should be entirely sovereignand have full control over borderpolicies and financial policies, givingfar too much credence to the power oftheir government with or without theEU.

The question isn’t so much whathas the EU done for us? The realquestion is what kind of Britainwould emerge without it?

YOU can find out whether, andhow you can vote in the Brexit refer-endum by reading through this paper.

By Matthew Elliott

DAVID CAMERON: In negotiations with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk.

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requiring change to allow David Cameron torecommend that Britainremains within the EU.

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EVEN the ‘beautiful game’ hasbeen caught up in the network ofBrexit propaganda with BaronessBrady entering the fray.

According to her, an exit fromthe EU would have a disastrouseffect on football, as it would befar more difficult for EU playersto obtain work permits. This ofcourse assumes that in the eventof an exit the government wouldnot take into account the moneythat English football brings intothe country.

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Camp EuropeFOR all its faults, the ongoingEU project is an extremelyworthwhile ambition. Quitesimply we need it in order toretain and push forward theundoubted progress that hasbeen made since the end ofthe Second World War. Brian

Team BrexitIF the EU lasts much longerthan the British leaving, anagreement will be put in placeto cover many things. Citizensdata would continue to be ex-changed, trade deals wouldstill be made. The EU hasmore to lose if they put con-crete blocks up to the UK.Mike

On your bikeWE are entitled to live inSpain because we are Euro-pean Union citizens. Withoutit all Brits are aliens andwould not have the automaticright to live here, so 2.2 mil-lion of us would need to geton our bikes back to the UK.Margaret

Lasting legacyTHERE are millions of peo-ple that will live in the UK af-ter us. We can’t ignore the fu-ture life and prospects for allthose people because we thinkwe would not be able to spenda few more years here in thesun. Mike

Britain-in-hidingIF we leave and let the Unioncollapse then we’d better pre-pare to leave our comfortzone too, as our economyshrinks we expose ourselvesto Putin’s warlike intentionsand basically we withdraw,cowering, into our little rabbithole. Brian

Friends with moneyTHE British are a major con-tributor to the Spanish econo-my. Do you really think therewould not be some arrange-ment made to accommodatethat massive economic marketthat the British bring toSpain? Mike

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SPANISH CONGRESS announced on February 2

Pedro Sanchez asked toform new government

AT 8.10pm on February 2,Patxi Lopez, speaker of theSpanish Congress announcedthat King Felipe had asked Pe-dro Sanchez, leader of theSpanish Socialist Party (PSOE)to form a new government.

Both Mr Sanchez and MrRajoy had met the king for thesecond time on February 2, andMr Rajoy admitted that he had

not been asked to form the gov-ernment, although he believedthat the ideal solution wouldhave been a three-way coalitionbetween the PP, PSOE andCiudadanos.

Mr Sanchez now has the del-icate job of trying to find suffi-cient partners in order to allowhim to form a stable govern-ment, although in a quickly re-moved tweet by the Zaragozaarm of Podemos, it had actually

forecast the possible cabinetwhich would consist of sevenPSOE candidates, five fromPodemos, one affiliated toPodemos, and one from theUnited Left.

There will now be a flurry ofmeetings and negotiations, butit does look as if there will be arelatively stable government indue course although, withPablo Iglesias as deputy primeminister, sparks could well fly.

Commenting on this invita-tion, Mr Sanchez has indicatedthat it is likely to take at leastone month to form all of the al-liances needed, as he intends toensure that they are strong andworkable.

There is, of course, still thepossibility that if he is unableto create a cohesive coalitionthere could be a new election,but that is now looking lesslikely.

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CALVIA’s town hall wants to cut downon the practice of sacrificing abandonedpets as much as possible. The town coun-cil met with the animal protection groupsSOS Animal Foundation and Baldeawhich have both agreed to work togetherin collaboration with the town hall to im-prove animal welfare in the area.

SOS Animal Foundation, a non-profitorganisation which works for the rightsand protection of animals in Mallorca,has been working with the town hall ofCalvia for a number of years. The founda-tion will collaborate with Calvia to findhomes for unclaimed animals that haveeither been abandoned or given up bytheir owners. They will also offer veteri-nary services as well as monitor catcolonies in the area and provide advice onmatters pertaining to animal protection.

Baldea, the federation of animal pro-tection associations in Mallorca, will con-tribute to the initiative by controllingbirth rates of local cat colonies and by

providing neutering for abandoned orcaptured animals in a mobile clinic orother clinics collaborating with the effort.They will also advise the town hall onethical matters involving the control ofcat colonies.

Calvia’s town hall will continue to pro-vide administrative support and munici-pal facilities and will also contribute€16,000 towards the costs of adoptionand €12,000 for the sanitary needs andveterinary costs.

By Sandra Galo

ABANDONED PETS: Town hall wants to improve animal welfare in the area.

Calvia works on the issueof abandoned animalsTOWN HALL will continue to provide support

LA GOLA bird-watching reserve in Puer-to Pollensa opened its doors once again tothe public on February 1.

Responsibility for the reserve has beenhanded over to the Natura Parc foundation

(in Santa Eugenia) by the town hall. Thefoundation will be responsible for the re-serve for the next four years.

The park, located just off the sea front,offers bird-watching enthusiasts thechance to see local and migratory species.

By Sandra Galo

EMPLOYEES of the Bimbobread factory in Palma held amass protest on Tuesday(February 2) over the compa-ny’s decision to close its fac-tory in Palma.

The company decision willaffect 34 workers. However,it will continue to function asa logistics centre. Business

for Bimbo had suffered asharp decline a few years agoand has slowed down in re-cent years. The Bimbo com-pany’s decision comes a yearafter the closing of the CocaCola bottling plant. Bothcompanies argue that it ischeaper to import from themainland than maintain facto-

ries on the island.Because of the decline in

the industrial sector, IagoNegueruela, councillor for In-dustry on the island, an-nounced last week that therewould be a plan to revive thissector which represents 7.44per cent of the Balearic’sGross Domestic Product

(GDP). This decline in theindustrial sector has resultedin complaints from unionsvoicing concerns over theloss of businesses and jobs.Leatherwear and shoes,which used to be leading in-dustries on the island, havealso been going down due torelocation.

Bird-watching park reopens

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RESPONSIBILITY for the reserve has beenhanded over to the Natura Parc foundation

BIRD-WATCHING: Offers enthusiasts thechance to see local andmigratory species.

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PALMA 365 Foundation has used the exhibi-tion entitled Miro’s Studio, currently on dis-play in London, as a bridge to promote Palmaas an all-year-round cultural holiday destina-tion to Londoners.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mallor-can artist Joan Miro’s studio, the BarcelonaMayoral Galeria de Arte has created a replicaof it in London.

Palma 365’s director Pedro Homar and Pal-

ma’s councillor for tourism Joana MariaAdrover took the opportunity offered by theexhibit to reach the London community bymaking a presentation to more than 30 UK me-dia outlets. They spoke about the cultural as-pects of Palma and how it appeals to holiday-makers 365 days of the year.

Adrover emphasised the priority of culturaldevelopment to the town hall and Homer ex-plained the impact of Joan Miro’s legacy onMallorca’s culture and its attraction for visitorsto Palma.

THE Balearic Film Commission received morethan 150 requests to film on the islands in 2015.

Most of the requests were for television pro-grammes including travel shows, beach reportsand reality shows. Included in these were theSpanish version of Masterchef filmed in Ibiza,Michael Portillo’s BBC2 documentary GreatContinental Railway featuring two train lines in

Mallorca and the AMC/BBC series The NightManager which will be screened in the UK nextmonth.

Some international filmmakers requesting tofilm in the Balearic Islands were Canadian direc-tor John Bernard (Menorca), Israeli director ShayKanot (Ibiza), French film company Gaumont(Un petit Boulot), and MGM (Me Before You).

By Sandra Galo

Boosting tourism atLondon exhibitionCULTURAL aspects of Palma appeal to holidaymakers

Popular with filmmakers

CONCERNS over the lack ofrain on the island have re-sulted in precautionary mea-sures being taken by thetown hall of Palma to ensure

a sufficient water supply forresidents

The Tramuntana reser-voirs’ capacity is down to 28per cent and the town halldoes not want to depletethem. Measures includeadopting a drought plan andbuying €5.7 million worthof desalinated water. Othermunicipalities are also join-ing the initiative which in-cludes raising awareness ofthe need to save water.

The desalinated water sup-ply comes from Abaqua, theregional government’s wateragency, and will be used as

the need arises depending onfuture rainfall and taking intoaccount the increase of de-mand during the tourist sea-son. The town hall paysAbaqua a €3.5 million re-tainer for use of the desali-nated water supply. The an-nual budget for purchasingwater is €3 million, and willhave to be exceeded.

The amount of waterdrawn will be assessed on amonth-to-month basis.

The plan includes usingrecycled water for cleaningand for crop irrigation. NeusTruyol, councillor for the

Environment, emphasisedthe responsibility of the pub-lic and private sectors alongwith the general populace tocombat the problem. She al-so said that for now waterrates will not increase.

Government and munici-palities will meet to discussthe plan and how each willaddress the problem. To de-termine the action needed tobe taken by each municipali-ty, phases (pre-alarm, alarm,and emergency) will be es-tablished. An audit of watermanagement will determinepre-alarm status in Palma.

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STARTING from September, some 135,000people will have access to natural gas. The ambi-tious pipeline project is being built by the Re-dexis Gas company and is going at full speed.

The pipeline can be seen along the Ma-15road with work being done simultaneously atdifferent points along the motorway. The opera-tion involves clearing land to open a canal, weld-ing the large tubes together and then buryingthem underground.

The starting point of the pipeline is at the CasTresorer Power Plant (between Playa Porticholetand Son Ferriol) and will stretch 58.5km throughthe towns of Algaida, Montuiri, San Joan, Vi-lafranca, Manacor and ending in Felanitx.

The pipeline project represents an investmentof over €20 million and, according to RedexisGas, will generate more than 200 jobs.

Natural gas toreach further

Fight against droughtPLAN includes using recycled water for cleaning and irrigation

By Sandra Galo

TRAMUNTANA RESERVOIRS: Capacity has fallen to 28 per cent.

TWO American Staffordshire Terrierswent on a killing spree in Pollensa onSunday (January 31), killing half adozen sheep. Three more were later putdown by the vet and a dozen more wereleft severely injured with a low possibili-ty of survival.

The bloodbath took place at the CanRamis property. The two dogs, owned bya resident of the area, were known tohave committed other violent acts in thepast including the massacring of chick-ens.

The sheep belonged to Maria Pons andher husband who filed a complaint withthe Local Police.

Pons hopes that something will bedone to prevent this incident from hap-pening again. The owner of the dogs hasasked that they not be put down as theyare like children to him.

Sheep slaughteredin killing spree

PALMA DE MALLORCAwill have a new name. Thename change from Palma deMallorca to Palma was ap-proved by the full councilmeeting on January 27.

The decision will now besent to the Balearic parlia-ment where it can be givendefinitive approval under thelaw governing regional andprovincial capital cities. 

The motion to change thename was originally pro-posed by the political partiesPSOE, Més and Som Palma

(Podemos) which make upthe town hall administration.The initiative was agreed up-on at the start of the currentperiod of office and was toreverse the previous admin-istration’s decision to changeit to Palma de Mallorca.

The vote has not beenwithout controversy. ThePartido Popular said that itregretted that the council re-mains entrenched in the pastand is using tradition to jus-tify the name change.

Councillor for Culture,Miquel Perello said that theinitial proposal to change the

name was first considered inthe month of October during

a committee meeting dis-cussing place names.

The committee at thattime planned on forwardingthe proposal to the full coun-cil and they also requested areport into the name fromthe University of theBalearic Islands.

Josep Lluis Bauza, Repre-sentative for the cit izens,said that the council doesn’tseem to understand the diffi-culties that the name changewill cause outside of the is-land.

Perello responded by say-

ing that the name goes backto the origins of the citywhen the Romans founded itwith the name ‘Palma’ andthat this is not an attempt tochange the name, but ratherto recover it.

Perello thinks that thewhole process will require amaximum of two months totake effect.

The motion is expected tobe contested by the PartidoPopular when it is taken toparliament.

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Palma de Mallorca renamedBy Sandra Galo

PALMA DE MALLORCA: Motion to change the name was approved by the full council.

THE Bri t ish AmbassadorSimon Manley this weeklaunched a major campaignto make expats aware thatthey may be eligible to havetheir say in the EU referen-dum, provided they registerto vote in good time.

Speaking at a meet ingwith representatives of theexpat community to launchthe registration campaign,Mr Manley said: “Interestamong expats in the EU ref-erendum is high, but aware-ness that you may be able tovote is low. We want asmany expats as possible tobe aware that they can havetheir say.”

Some 283,000 Britons areregistered on the padron asresidents in Spain, but just11,000 are regis tered to

vote in the UK. So the vastmajority of expats will missout on having their say inthe referendum, unless theytake a few simple steps.

To register as an overseasvoter, you must have beenregis tered in a UK con-stituency within the last 15years. All you have to do isvisit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote with your passportdetails and National Insur-ance number to hand, andthe postcode of where youlast lived in the UK.

You can choose how youwant to vote , by post , byproxy (voting by appointingsomeone you trust to voteon your behalf), or even inperson if by chance you willbe in your UK local authori-ty area on polling day.

All i t takes is f ive min-utes to regis ter. And be-

cause overseas voters mustallow enough time for theirbal lot paper to be postedfrom the UK, you should doit now rather than wait forthe final deadline, at whichpoint it may be too late touse a postal vote effective-ly.

Postal ballot papers willbe despatched about amonth ahead of the referen-dum, ear l ier than for theGeneral Election last year,giving overseas voters moretime to receive, complete,and return their ballot packto the UK.

Just as in the UK, youneed to register annually.So if you registered as anoverseas voter for las tyear ’s General Elect ion,you need to renew your reg-istration for the EU vote.

The Embassy is urgingBrits to pass on the registerto vote message via i ts‘Brits living in Spain’ ac-counts on Facebook andTwitter, the expat media anda wide range of par tnersthat work with the BritishConsulates in Spain.

You can find out more in-formation about the Regis-ter to Vote campaign atwww.gov.uk / reg is ter- to-vote.

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By Matthew Elliot

THE British Embassy launched a major campaign

REGISTER TO VOTE: It must be done in good time.

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EUR weekly currency updateTo describe the FX market as muddled over

the last few days would be to credit it with awholly unjustified semblance of orderliness. In-vestors were confident, scared, optimistic, fright-ened and upbeat, in that order. The euro’s statusas a safe-haven currency meant that it was sold,bought, sold, bought and sold again as investors’mood changed almost with their socks. On Fri-day morning, after the Bank of Japan announcedit was cutting its deposit rate to a negative -0.1%,the supposedly risky commodity-oriented cur-rencies were in favour and safe-havens were not.

For the euro against sterling the net result wasa relatively modest half-cent loss after it hadcovered a two-cent range five times. It didrather better against the US dollar, adding a netcent and a half, principally as a result of thegrowing suspicion that the Federal Reserve isnot as keen to raise interest rates as it pretends tobe.

USD weekly currency updateTo describe the FX market as muddled over

the last few days would be to credit it with awholly unjustified semblance of orderliness. In-vestors were confident, scared, optimistic, fright-ened and upbeat, in that order. The dollar’s statusas a vaguely safe-haven currency meant that itwas sold, bought, sold, bought and sold again asinvestors’ mood changed almost with theirsocks.

The Federal Reserve’s decision to keep thetarget for its Funds rate unchanged at 0.25-0.5%was not a surprise and had no great effect on thedollar.

However, the more investors thought about it,the more they began to suspect that the prospectof four more increases this year was out of thewindow. As that prop crumbled, so did supportfor the dollar. It lost a net cent and a half to ster-ling on the week and three quarters of a cent tothe euro.

CAD weekly currency updateThe Loonie’s status as a commodity-oriented

‘risky’ currency meant that it was bought, sold,bought, sold and bought again as investors’mood changed almost with their socks. Last Fri-day’s Canadian economic data told conflictingstories. The 1.7% monthly increase for retailsales in November was far stronger than analystshad predicted, while the 1.6% inflation rate for2015 was lower than expected.

The Loonie outperformed its antipodeancousins, thanks mainly to a 10% rebound in theprice of oil. It strengthened by a net cent and aquarter against sterling and added one and aquarter US cents.

AUD weekly currency updateThe Australian dollar’s status as a commodity-

oriented ‘risky’ currency meant it was bought,sold, bought, sold and bought again as investors’mood changed almost with their socks. It washelped overall by a growing suspicion that theUS Federal Reserve’s appetite for further rate in-creases this year is fading and by a surprise ratecut - to a negative -0.1% - in the Bank of Japan’sdeposit rate.

There were no surprises among the Australianeconomic data. Inflation as measured by the Re-serve Bank of Australia’s ‘trimmed mean’ wason target at 2.1%. After covering a two-centrange four times the Aussie ended up with a netgain of one US cent and it was up by half a centagainst sterling.

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ALL indications pointing to a record season

Tourist tax tobe absorbedHOTELIERS are concerned about the newtourist tax and how it will affect the tourist in-dustry, and especially the number of touristscoming to the island.

The new tax has had little publicity in thetwo largest markets for hotels on the islands,the United Kingdom and Germany. Hoteliersare concerned about how this may affect book-ings and revenue.

To soften the blow, the Mallorca HoteliersFederation has decided to absorb the cost ofthe tax which has not been included in the costof this year’s package holidays.

For this 2016 season, hotels have been ableto increase prices from 5 to 20 per cent. Thiswill allow larger chains to absorb the touristtax. Small independent hoteliers, however,may not be able to cover the tax and could faceunpleasant consequences.

Despite the tourist tax, all indications arepointing to a record season this year for theBalearic Islands with tour operators encourag-ing clients to book early to avoid disappoint-ment. With insecurity in the Middle East andNorth Africa on the rise, large tour companieshave cancelled summer programmes in thoseregions and are redirecting holidaymakers tothe Canary and Balearic Islands.

By Sandra Galo

HOTELIERS: Concerned about how this may affect bookings and revenue.

A SWISS AIR plane on atraining flight frightenedobservers in Palma onMonday (February 1).

The Boeing 777-300was seen flying as low as450 metres above the city.

The Palma City Councilresponded to concernsvoiced by the alarmedpublic by filing an officialcomplaint with the directorof Son San Joan airport,Antonio Alvarez Fernan-dez. A spokesperson forthe Spanish airport authori-ty Aena said these types oftests are quite common.

Scaryflight

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A TRAFFIC accidentclaimed the life of a 21-year-old Argentine manin the early hours of Sat-urday January 30. Theincident took place inPalma’s Son Sardinaarea.

The only other passen-ger in the car, a 20-year-old male, was taken tohospi ta l wi th mi ld in-juries.

This is the fourth vic-tim in Mallorca to die ina traffic-related accidentthis year.

The accident occurredon the Cami del Destre afew minutes after 7am.The car the man was dri-ving was a VolkswagenGTI wi th the s teer ingwheel on the right handside.

It was heading in thedirection of Soller whenit crashed trapping thedriver inside.

Pol ice cordoned offthe accident s i te andfirefighters were calledin to cut the man f reefrom the vehicle.

Paramedics a lso ar -r ived on the scene butthey were unable to savehim.

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UNEMPLOYMENT num-bers in the Balearic Islandsfor the month of Januaryshowed a 10 per cent dropcompared to figures fromJanuary 2015.

The number of those reg-istered as unemployed was74, 973, representing a de-crease of 8,093 from lastyear.

National ministry data foremployment and social secu-rity, revealed that the num-ber of those unemployed inJanuary was more than 1 percent lower than in the previ-ous month of December.

The greatest number ofunemployed people was inthe service sector (59, 846).

The construction sectorrepresented 7,485 of the

number, followed by indus-try (3,175) and agriculture(1,377).

During the month of Janu-ary, more than 24,000 con-tracts were registered, a 4per cent increase from lastyear, and a 5 per cent in-crease from January 2014.

The fall in unemployment

numbers in the Balearic Is-lands, however, was lessthan those in the Canary Is-lands.

Unemployment rates inmost other parts of Spain in-creased.

Andalucia was hardest hitwith more than 9,000 regis-tering as unemployed.

By Sandra Galo

Number of peopleunemployed fallsTEN PER CENT drop in comparison to January 2015

CONSTRUCTION: Represented 7,485 of the total.

ON two days of the year,light shines through the largerose window of the cathedralof Palma to project a magnif-icent display of colours onthe opposite wall.

This phenomenon, whichtook place in the early hoursof Tuesday morning (Febru-ary 2), was witnessed by

hundreds of people who hadgathered to see the greatlyanticipated event.

Twice a year, the sun isprojected through the stainedglass of the larger easternwindow in such a way as tocast a magical image ofcolour on the opposite wall,just under the smaller rosewindow. Appropriatelyknown as ‘8,’ the double

rosette that forms appears tobe in the shape of the numbereight and takes form around 8o’clock in the morning.

The biannual event occurson the second day of the sec-ond month - the Christian fes-tival of lights known as Can-dlemas - and on the eleventhday of the eleventh month(the feast day of Saint Mar-tin).

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A colourful phenomenonTWICE a year the sun casts a magical image on the wall

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PALMA CATHEDRAL: Light shines through the large rose window.

ClarificationIN a short piece whichappeared on page 14in i s sue 1595 abou ttwo travel agents whohad been t aken tocourt for alleged mis-appropr i a t ion o ffunds , t he t i t l e ove rthe piece was ‘Just theticket.’

We wish to make itc l ea r t ha t t he t i t l e ,which was meant as ahumorous aside, doesnot refer to any travelagency in Mallorca orelsewhere which usesthe word t icket in i tsname.

By John Smith

DESPITE the doom and gloom be-ing spread through the stock mar-kets and the economies of oil pro-ducing nations due to the rapid fallin the wholesale price of oil, Royal

Dutch Shell is about to invest $49billion (€45 billion) to take over oiland gas exploration company BGGroup.

This expenditure, which isgreater than the annual GDP of 107countries and equal to that of Slove-

nia, shows both the wealth of thiscompany as well as its commitmentto the production and sale of fossilfuels and natural gas.

Unlike rival BP, Shell has not hadto expend large amounts of moneyto clean up environmental spills.

SMOKERS: Number has reduced due to regulations.

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SPAIN’S second largest daily newspa-per El Mundo, which sells just over180,000 copies each day, is looking toreduce its staffing levels by about 20per cent. Owned by an Italian group, ithas been instructed to reduce wages by€15 million over a three-year period.It appears the move to online reportinghas affected circulation, which hasshown a reduction of advertising in-come.

THE very last cigarette facto-ry in Spain, based in La Riojaand operated by Altadis, asubsidiary of Imperial Tobac-co which manufactured theFortuna brand, is to close bythe end of June, with its 471workers either retiring or be-ing made redundant.

As the number of smokers

in Spain reduces due to gov-ernment regulations onsmoking in public places, andwith an unprecedented num-ber of fraudulent cigarettesbeing made in unlicensedfactories in Spain and othercountries, it became impracti-cal to continue with theirmanufacture.

Cigarette factory to close

IMF forecastupgrades SPAIN is set to outpace theworld’s leading advancedeconomies in 2016, accordingto the International MonetaryFund (IMF), as the agencyupgraded its outlook forSpanish GDP, predictinggrowth of 2.7 per cent in 2016and 2.3 per cent in 2017. Thisis still less than the recentlydowngraded forecast for theoverall world economy.

Trade profitREPSOL, the Spanish oilcompany, announced onJanuary 27 that its ac-counts for 2015 showed anincrease in trading profit of8 per cent over the previousyear at €1.85 billion. Tocounter this good news, ithas had to write down thevalue of its reserves by €2.9billion due to plummetingprices.

CRIPPLED engineering giant Abengoa hasproduced and submitted to its administra-tors a five-year plan projecting a reductionof the company debt by €3 billion, througha combination of selling assets and closing

non-viable areas of its business. By concentrating on core engineering and

construction business it hopes to renegotiateits €9 billion debt, to allow it to return toprofit and make the company viable again.

Abengoa submits a newplan and may survive

is the percentage of shareholders who voted in

favour of the board proposalto take over the BG Group.

Quote of the WeekBillions of euros are lost every year to tax avoidance. This isunacceptable and we are acting to tackle it.” The EU tax

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Even if you have lived in Spainfor many years it is still possible touse the English courts if you retainyour domicile in England.

Domicile is in essence the coun-try to which you consider yourselfmost connected, and does not haveto be the country of birth (thoughthis is often the case with expats liv-ing abroad), or where you currentlylive.

RobinsonMurphy help theirclients use the English courts as theSpanish system can be slow, frus-trating, costly and not in their lan-guage, making it difficult to under-stand the advice given to enablethem to make informed decisions.

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original owner. This may be themost valuable asset.

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In Spain a custody order is in-evitably always made, even if theparties have reached an agreement.

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By John Smith

THE problems with troubledBankia just continue, with thelatest blow to its reputationbeing a Supreme Court ruling,which rejected its appealagainst two cases which hadbeen heard in Valencia andOviedo.

Disgruntled shareholders de-manded their money back be-cause of ‘serious inaccuracies’in the bank’s share prospectus.

This decision cannot havecome as too great a shock tothe bank, as it had already set€1.84 billion aside in its ac-counts to cover possibleclaims from individual share-holders, but it will have comeas a blow due to the fact thatthese funds are now likely tobe needed to meet repaymentclaims.

What may worry the bankeven more is the fact that thedoors are now open for corpo-

rate investors to look to claimsimilar refunds for their share-holders, which would almostdouble the amount that thebank, which has already re-ceived €20 billion of taxpayerand EU support, will have to al-locate in reserves.

It’s a vicious circle, as themore the bank has to pay outin compensation for sellingshares which were ‘hyped up’,the lower its share price willbecome on the four markets in

which they trade.Previous directors of the

bank are said to have treated itas their own personal ‘piggybank’, using credit cards andtaking money as if they wereplaying monopoly.

Former government ministerand chairman of the bank Ro-drigo Rato had his passportconfiscated whilst awaiting tri-al, in respect of his activitieswhen with the bank, althoughhe denies any wrongdoing.

The problems continue for Bankia

BANKIA: Disgruntled shareholders have demanded their money back because of ‘serious inaccuracies’ in the bank’s prospectus.

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AFTER the US increased interest rates, monetarypolicy between the US and the Eurozonecontinues to widen and drift apart. On the onehand we have the European Central Bankcontinuing with their quantitative easingprogramme, and on the other the Bank ofEngland issued a statement reaffirming thatinterest rates are unlikely to rise in the near future.

Meanwhile, economic data released from theUK revealed a slowdown in industrial andmanufacturing production for the month ofDecember and January. The pound slid rapidlyclose to 5 per cent against the euro, exacerbatedby a postponement of an interest rate hike as wellas fears mounting over the Brexit outcome in thereferendum (most likely to be held in June).

As inflation has struggled to get anywhereclose to the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target,due to falling oil and commodity prices puttingCentral Banks in a conundrum on monetarypolicy planning, it is looking increasingly likely

that the Monetary Policy Committee will refrainfrom raising interest rates in the first half of 2016.

Meanwhile, with 2016 starting with globalgrowth concerns amidst a stock market routacross world markets, the UK economy willcontinue to lean on consumer spending to lookforward to better data prints.

From the Eurozone, we have had a bit of asubdued month as far as economic data prints go.However, the main event for the month was themuch anticipated Central Bank statement onmonetary policy. In his speech Mario Draghi,President of the European Central Bank,launched a staunch defence of the central bank’s

accommodative monetary easing policy tocounter criticism of the policy.

In fact, he went a step further and said that thecentral bank is prepared to cut rates, and also‘review and reconsider’ further quantitativeeasing as a premature increase in interest ratescould bring about yet another recession.

In a fairly interesting month to kick off 2016,we have witnessed a global stock marketcorrection, falling commodity prices as well as aslide in the pound. However, after such a rapidand drastic fall it looks like sterling has bottomedout and could nip up slightly from current levels,though unlikely to achieve last year’s soaringheights for the first half of the year. From Europe,the silver lining continues to be the CentralBank’s accommodative monetary policy, as itmeanders towards growth and seems to beworking.

As we move forward in the year, currencymovements are likely to be driven by CentralBanks and their monetary policy stances, withthe major risk event being the referendum onBritain leaving the European Union, which willdetermine the shift/stability in market sentimentand whatever the outcome is.

Either way, it is likely to be a cautious, yeteventful first half of 2016!

An eventful month for currency trading

THE POUND: Slid rapidly close to 5 per cent against the euro in January.

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TO tell you the truth, I’ve just about had thisentire refugee, migrant, ‘Arab Spring’ businessup to the eyeballs.

Don’t you just long for those wonderfuldays when we were all enjoying the peace andhappiness so many of our forefathers gave lifeand limb for? Days when Jihad, Burkas andaffairs of the Middle East were far far away, inlands that had no more impact on our daily ex-istence than a few snowflakes on a summer’sday.

Wouldn’t it be paradise, just to awaken andrealise it was simply all a nightmare? Well I’mafraid those days of peace and happiness arewell and truly over. The influx of migrants hasnow reached ridiculous proportions, and stillthe do gooders try to make those who seek todiscourage this onslaught feel bad and unfeel-ing.

To be honest I can’t really blame some ofthem. Not when the media (especially theBBC) continually put the tales of tragedy andhuman trauma to the forefront of their reports.

Why don’t they give more air time to the ri-oting in Germany, with large mobs of men of‘Asian appearance’ attacking police with anymissile they can lay their hands on? (Wait till

someone starts handing out the Kalashnikovs!) The wrecked migrant trains, covered in graf-

fiti with their smashed windows, destroyed fur-nishings and toilets literally overflowing withexcreta. The young, able-bodied men of ‘Asianappearance,’ disdainfully throwing donatedfood back into the bewildered faces of kindlysouls, because it was considered ‘unclean’.

The men of ‘Arab and North African ap-pearance,’ marauding through supermarketshurtling insults and lifting the skirts of femaleshoppers. In heaven’s name, how do the au-thorities think it’s all going to end?

I’m not trying to stir up hatred, I’m trying tobring some common sense into the equation.Sooner or later, the most volatile of the localpopulace will take matters into their ownhands, more out of frustration than hatred.

We can then prepare ourselves for the‘Blood Rivers’ Enoch Powell tried so hard towarn us against. Are we listening now?!

The innocent children are of course an ex-ception. I believe we should endeavour to saveas many of them as we possibly can.

Keep the faithLove Leapy

I’ve had this up to the eyeballs

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

DON’T you just long for the days when we were all enjoying peace and happiness?

MIGRANTS: The influx has reached ridiculous proportions.

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DEAR EditorHaving just f inished reading

the above article in the January21 Costa del Sol edi t ion ( issue1594) of the Euro Weekly News, Ifeel obliged to point out that thisproblem is not just limited to Ar-tola beach in Marbella.

I live in Estepona and there isthe same problem at the naturistbeach situated between the Elbafive star hotel and the relativelynew Fuerte Hotel, which is stop-ping many of the genuine natur-ists from enjoying the beach un-molested.

The problem is not jus t con-fined to the beach, where betweenthe two hote l s there i s a la rgetract of overgrown land in whichthese men ply their trade.

I have reported this problem tothe police in the past, which alsoincludes prostitutes at the mainroundabouts, just near to the Elbahotel.

The situation becomes worse inthe summer months, when manyfamilies with their children arevisually subject to the sexual ex-ploits of these men in broad day-light on the beach, which is total-ly unacceptable.

Two years ago there was a largefire which burnt down the under-growth on the ad jo in ing landwhich left the site bare.

So therefore with nowhere tohide, the situation stopped. How-ever, as the land has now regrowngiving cover, these men have re-turned in their droves.

There have even been reportsof men masturbat ing in the carparks adjacent to the main N340in full view of the passing vehi-cles.

If the Costa del Sol is going tobe touted as a warm and friendlytourist destination to spend holi-days with children, then this situ-ation all along the coast needs tobe seriously addressed and quick-ly.

I also believe Cabopino naturistbeach has similar issues.

I am sure that the Tourist of-fice would love to advertise theCosta del Sol as a pervert’s par-adise!

Ron Bennett, Estepona

EarthquakeaftershocksMY wife and I were on holiday inTorre del Mar when this quake oc-curred and i t was very s t rongwith furni ture banging againstwalls. The shaking lasted for ap-prox 35 seconds.

Aftershocks we fe l t tha t daynumbered five in total. At a timelike that you realise you are not incontrol of your life.

However, having looked at a

quake internet site they seem tohappen quite a lot. We lived in thehills above Torre for 11 years andnever felt any quake.

John, via the website

Thank you I WANTED to thank you for thecoverage that you gave our silveranniversary. Twenty-three newmembers have joined our club asa result!

Linda, Vice-President of theField Club Fuengirola

HolocaustMemorialDay

DEAR Michel and Steven, Thank you for the excellent ar-

ticle on page 31 of the January 28issue (1595).

Locally the Marbella and Es-tepona Jewish Community held aCommemoration Service and welistened to readings, which told ofunimaginable horrific suffering.

As your ar t ic le s ta tes , ourtheme this year is “Don’t StandBy.” His tory shows that i f wesimply stand by, genocide freelytakes place.

Have we learned? On behalf of the community we

thank you for the inclusion of thearticle

All good wishes Gerry Crest, via email

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I send communicationsto you f rom t ime to t imeand wonder i f you are onFacebook - I am a big fanand always look forward toyour page in the Euro Week-ly News. I send many of your

articles to David Cameron.Peter A Smith, via email.

Leapy Lee replies: Yes I am Peter.Apply for friends and I’ll ac-

cept you in.Thanks for your interest.

Fugitives inEuropeJUST to say about Europe’s mostwanted si te for fugit ives, greatidea!

Why didn’t they think about itbefore? Now hopefully the crooksand bandi ts wi l l not have anyplace to hide.

The world wide web is finallybeing put to i t s proper use ,whoopee!

Andy, via the website

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WHY do you think we’re having this unnecessary referendum? I’ll tell you. It is solely because themost weak-willed PM in the history of the UK was so afraid of his own Eurosceptic back benchers,that he called a referendum purely so he could stay in power and save his own political skin!

How despicable is that? It’s not as if he has some grandiose plan for the UK - or even for Europeitself. His feeble ideas for trying to keep us in are simply laughable. I don’t think he even cares about the troubleand worry and strife he is stirring up. If he did, he wouldn't have created it by calling the referendum in the firstplace!

Brian, via the website

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WITH some refugees placed in homes‘branded’ with red doors that havemade them targets for racists in Mid-dlesbrough and others forced, until re-cently, to wear red wristbands inWales, we might be forgiven for over-looking what’s happening in Europe.

Namely, the threat to seal Greece offfrom the rest of the EU, and suspend itfrom the Schengen passport-free areawithin three months for “seriously ne-glecting” its borders during the mi-grant crisis last year, according to theEuropean Commission.

This, together with EU states ex-tending and prolonging national bordercontrols/roadblocks for up to twoyears, is a serious blow to the Schen-

gen system, which is regarded as a cor-nerstone of the EU.

But both the refugee crisis andDaesh terrorism have brought the sys-tem to the brink and it’s anyone’sguess where it’ll all end. One thing’sfor sure, though. On the cutting edgeof the migration influx, 850,000 mi-grants crossed Greece last year, Greeceis infuriated at being ‘scapegoated’ by

the rest of the EU, and fears the po-tential effects of being expelledfrom Schengen. Now, this unprecedented move

isn’t the failure of one person, MrsMerkel, but an entire system of euro-

crats who have never been faced withproblems on this scale.

The Greek financial crisis was dealtwith badly, the situation in Ukrainewas, in effect, never dealt with at all,and Russia simply seems to be able toact with impunity.

It was likely to happen sooner or lat-er and fairly ironic that the open-arms

gesture ‘all are welcome’ is now com-ing full circle by closing borders, erect-ing barbed-wire fences, and gettingback at Greece with a vengeance.

The EU’s problem is each govern-ment is elected ‘nationally’, each partyoffers what’s in the best interests of itsown citizens, or it won’t get any votes.

Once elected, these governmentsthen invariably start telling their citi-zens what’s best for them. However,when the going gets tough, as now,they’ll do whatever’s necessary to re-main in power, and if that means tear-ing up the EU rule book, so be it!

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BOTH the refugee crisis and Daesh terrorism have brought the Schengen system to the brink

Red wristbands and doors for refugeesin the UK, roadblocks in the EU

GREECE: Infuriated at being‘scapegoated’ by the

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HELLO February! It’s as if a fog islifting from the island, we’ve sleptthrough January, and now we’re wak-ing up slowly and preparing for theseason ahead. I’ve been out and about.

Recently I went to see a new placecalled Santosha in Palma. I kept hear-ing about them, so when my friend andcolleague Aimee celebrated her birth-day a week or so ago, we met up therewith about a dozen of her friends andhad a menu del dia. Santosha is just offBon Aire close to Jaime III.

I was seriously impressed with thevenue, the care taken by the ownersand staff there, and of course, the food.I found out that Santosha café-restau-rant is the fruit of years of planning forthe owners. They care deeply aboutslow food, family, community and theplanet, and this care is behind every-thing they do. Most of the food theyserve comes from local organic pro-ducers.

Their menus will change accordingto what fresh fruit and vegetables arein season. Any animal products theyserve come from animals who haveenjoyed a good life and been treatedhumanely. Their coffee, tea, sugar,chocolate and other ingredients that

cannot be grown locally are all sourcedfrom small companies who treat theiremployees with the same respect withwhich they endeavour to treat theirs.

What they hope to create is, aboveall, a positive and welcoming space forfood lovers and art lovers, for readers

and day-dreamers,for coffee addicts and yogis, for worn-out parents and lovely loners andeverything in between.

I’m definitely returning soon! Youcan see more about them on www.facebook.com/SantoshaEcoCafe.

Someone who has a big heart is Re-nee who will soon be celebrating herbirthday. She doesn’t want presentsthough, she’s decided instead to raisemoney for animals on the island.

You can make her wish come trueby attending Bar Leos (opposite TheHouse of Katmandu in Magaluf) onFebruary 6 from 5pm until late. Thetheme of the party is Blue, so I guessyou should wear something blue, ormaybe go as a smurf! The singer An-gel Flukes will be performing, therewill be a tombola, a quiz, a raffle andkaraoke, so plenty to keep you enter-tained. The money raised will be goingto pay for the castration of street catsand to help other animals as well. Welldone Renee, and the best of luck!

Also, the first meeting of The Sup-per Club for 2016 will be on Thurs-day February 18 at 7pm. If you wantto attend then send me an email tovicki@moodbeach.com. And finally,P.S! The AGM for Europeos Por Es-pana will happen on Thursday Febru-ary 4 at 6.30pm for 7pm at the ODHotel in Portals. Please be punctual.You can visit www.mallorcamatters.com to see more info about Mallorca.

Vicki McLeod

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Some island dates for your diary FEBRUARY has arrived and now we have woken up, we can prepare ourselves for the season ahead

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of

interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the wordsmust be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (ENABLE)

and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across1 Wrong dosage for an old sailor

(3,3)4 Swan taking donkey round trees

(6)9 Old coin Rex found in butter! (5)

10 A small laboratory takes on agraduate in America (7)

11 In forest, ran, getting split up (8)12 The lady drunk mead (4)14 Extremes of society stalk

organisation (6)16 Prevents the desert crumbling

(6)19 Trade on the coast of Kent (4)20 Game scars Leo badly (8)23 Monsters created from dead

organs (7)24 What was a performance to be

precise (5)25 Small hole, it’s surrounded by

water, reportedly (6)26 He takes a chance on being

restored to health (6)

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(7)2 On the subject of a boxing match

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3 Oldfashioned duet at do is wrong(8)

5 Scare away Old Bob’s feline (4)6 English gent consumed spring (7)7 Embarrass bogus engineer (5)8 Push river transport (5)

13 Having stopped working, right, Ineed the end of the day torecover (8)

15 How old is bird in Dorset seaside

resort? (7)17 Around lake there’s poor

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(5)19 Western city to avoid (5)21 Tin found in street is barely

sufficient (5)22 It’s the judge’s habit to steal a

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Inthis week’s puzzle, 12 represents G and 17 represents F, so fill in G every time thefigure 12 appears and F every time the figure 17 appears. Now, using your knowledge ofthe English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As youdiscover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and thecontrol grid.

WHEN I was growing up in Eng-land in the 50s and 60s, there werea number of constant smells whichI can still clearly remember, coaland wood burning, escaping coalgas from gas holders, the smell ofyeast and hops from breweries, waxfrom the candle factory and some-thing I was too young to put a nameto from the Gordon’s gin distillery.

The worst smell however wasfrom the sewage works and if thewind was in the wrong direction, itwas s t rong enough to not onlymake you gag, but it seemed to in-sinuate itself into your nostrils andfollow you around.

Now the UK has literally cleanedup its act and most of these smellsare long gone, even though thememory still lingers.

In Spain however, this isn’t thecase and although I don’t object to

the smell of wood, which manyhouses do still burn as soon as itbecomes a little chilly, what I justdon’t understand is why, in today’stechnological age, sewage plantsstill have to smell so bad.

In my perambulat ions, whichregularly take me from Malaga to

Gibraltar, I pass three areas whichalways stink, although some daysare worse than others.

The first is by the Rio Fuengirolawhere there is a permanent and un-pleasant smell of sewage. The sec-ond is by Elvir ia , and there thesmell permeates around at least

four square ki lometres , and thethird is at the entrance to La Linea,which on a bad day is absolutelyputrid.

In 2010 in response to an EU di-rective concerning the treatment ofsewage, the Junta de Andalucia re-gional government announced 47projects that were necessary in or-der to complete the Costa del Sol’s

sewage treatment plan. These required an investment of

some €390 million and needed tobe completed by January 1, 2016.Although a great deal of progresshas been made in order to stop thepumping of raw sewage directly in-to the sea, there still seems to be along way to go before the wholesystem actually allows localresidents to enjoy a peacefullife, without having to smellthe results of others’ actions!

IN response to the recentstrike by junior doctors inthe UK, a plethora of post-ings have appeared onFacebook in support of theNational Health Service.

One of those post ingspleaded: ‘Let’s stand up forthe best health service inthe world.’

Of course it is vital thatwe save the NHS, buttelling ourselves that it isstill the best in the world,is frankly delusional andwe must recognise that it isnot acceptable in i ts pre-sent state of decline.

Here in Spain our local‘NHS’ hospital in Torrevie-ja provides en suite roomsfor each patient, cleanersare in evidence 24/7 andthe place is spotless.

Convertible sofas are ineach room with familymembers encouraged tostay overnight if they wish.

In addition, patient ap-pointments with consultantsare made at point of contact

with GPs, and it is not un-common for them to beseen the following week.

Many people are in de-nial and bel ieve thatBri ta in is s t i l l the worldleader in qual i ty f ree

healthcare, and whilst it istrue that many have causeto be grateful for the treat-ment received, there are fartoo many who have differ-ent stories to tell.

My father-in-law was ad-

mitted for a relatively mi-nor condi t ion and s ixweeks later died from a vir-ulent bug that he contractedwhilst there.

The condi t ion of thewards was disgusting andthe attitude of some of thestaff unbelievable. To de-scribe some areas of thathospi ta l as Third Worldwould not be an overstate-ment.

This is the downside ofan organisat ion that haslost its way, and we mustimpress on our politiciansthat horror stories like thatof my wife’s Dad (andthere are many of them),are not acceptable , andfresh, drastic thinking mustbe applied to rectify mat-ters and s t r ive to onceagain make it the envy ofthe world.

When reports l ike thisare tucked away on the in-side pages of UK newspa-pers, and are no longer re-markable, then this surelytells its own story.

Colin BirdA weekly look

A case for drastic surgery

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

TELLING ourselves that the NHS is the best in the world is frankly delusional

One smell we could all do withoutIN some places in Spain there is a permanent and unpleasant smell of sewage

LOCAL HOSPITAL: Provides en suite rooms for each patient.

OPINION & COMMENTEWN36

THE phenomenal growthin electronic media hasbrought some real benefitsto people around the world,allowing them to be in easycontact with friends andfamily and to be updated onworld events, celebrity gos-sip, trends and indeed any-thing and everything thatone can think of.

Whilst older people strug-gle to keep up with ad-vances such as tweeting,Tinder, Instagram and manyother new developments,younger people take to themlike a ‘fish to water’, and itis quite amazing to see real-ly young children manipu-lating iPads and othertablets as if they were bornwith the ability.

Whilst this is all well andgood, there is quite a down-side as many parents andgrandparents will have ob-served.

Children are becoming farmore occupied with theirgames and tablets and lessinterested in either talking toeach other or their parents,and are far less polite andindeed in many cases seem-ingly less educated as theyare so used to ‘text talk’.

It used to be suggestedthat despite the negatives,the TV was a great babysit-ter, but now it has becomethe tablet or iPad.

How many times haveyou visited a restaurant tosee children completelyoblivious to all around thembecause they are engrossedin a game? This doesn’t ex-cuse teenagers and adultswho spend half of their timechecking or sending mes-sages and taking pho-tographs of their food.

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TO READ MOREV I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W . E W N L I F E S T Y L E . C O MHEALTH B E A U T Y &

HERE are just a few:Q. Is it true that fat people have a slowmetabolic rate? A. No, on the contrary, the heavier youare the more energy your body produces.This in turn produces an increase in di-etary thermogenesis (the energy requiredto digest food and to absorb and trans-port nutrients around your body).

Q. I have given up smoking, am I go-ing to gain lots of weight?A. I won’t sugar the pill, weight gain isoften a side effect of giving up smokingwhich is why unfortunately it can putpeople off the idea. However most peo-ple give up smoking because they haveopted for a healthier lifestyle.

Once your lungs are clear from tobac-co pollution, your exercise sessions willbecome more enjoyable and providedyou are opting for healthy foods, yourmetabolism will correct itself and startspeeding up again.

Q. Why do Inever loseweight eventhough I eatlike a mouse?A. If you areclose to yourhealthy weight,you will find it hardto lose the last couple ofpounds. This is common asyour body is clever andwill hold onto those lastfew pounds, as it feels youare trying to starve it.

If you are determinedenough and you are 1-

2lbs short of your goal, add a few moreintense cardio sessions to your weeklyschedule. If on the other hand you areoverweight and just not seeing results,you may need to take a look at your ex-ercise plan and recalculate your calorie

intake. By incorporat-

ing at least threesessions of resis-tance training intoyour weekly plan,you will createmore muscle tissuewhich will fire upyour metabolism to

burn energy at afaster rate.

THE Spanish Agency forMedicines and Health Prod-ucts (AEMPS), has authorisedthe use of a new drug that canreduce the risk of ovarian can-cer returning in patients withthe BRCA mutation gene.

Ovarian cancer is the sixthleading cause of cancerdeaths in women and morethan 3,200 new cases are di-agnosed every year, of whicha large majority are in an ad-vanced stage because it pre-sents non-specific symptoms.

After diagnosis, the patientundergoes surgery to removethe tumour as a first-line treat-ment with chemotherapy, afterwhich comes a follow-upstage in which a high percent-age of women have a relapse,explained the President of theSpanish Research Group ofOvarian Cancer (Geico), An-tonio Gonzalez.

However, this new treat-

ment has been found to delay‘significantly’ the reappear-ance of the disease, up to 80per cent of cases.

Gonzalez said however,that this drug is only indicat-ed for patients who have aBRCA gene mutation. Be-tween 10 and 15 per cent ofpatients with ovarian cancerhas a mutation of the BRCAgene.

These patients have a betterprognosis, but the relapse rateis still significant.

At present this drug is onlygiven in a treatment pro-gramme to those that have re-sponded to chemotherapy, butan international clinical studyin which Spain participates, isongoing but relapse rates willnot be fully known until2019.

The cost of treatment is€4,980 per month and in-cludes 16 pills.

Drug can reducecancer relapse

My top 3 diet questions Often clients ask my advice with regards to diet, as they quickly become aware that this is the cornerstone to any achieve-

ments they will make with regard to their health and fitness goals. Over the years I have been asked many questions.

FitFoxyLooking Good, Staying Trim

QUIT SMOKING:Your metabolism

will speed up.

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NOT getting enough sleep?Join the club as nearly half ofall women are sleep deprivedand constantly tired.

It can be a side effect of get-ting older as sleep is a problemas women approach themenopause, but it could also bea sign of a more serious under-lying medical condition, sleepapnoea.

A disturbed night is oftencaused by the disorder sleep ap-noea, which causes snoring anddangerous pauses in breathing.The chances of getting the dis-order can be increased duringpregnancy, and the menopauseincreases a woman’s risk of suf-

fering from the disorder.It is thought around 1.5 mil-

lion adults in Britain sufferwith sleep apnoea, yet manydo not talk to a doctor aboutthe problem, and if left un-treated it can lead to a strokeor heart attacks.

As well as snoring and in-somnia, symptoms include rest-less legs, fatigue, depression,headaches and muscle pain.

A survey of 4,100 Britishadults found that 46 per cent ofwomen have trouble sleeping,compared with 36 per cent ofmen, with women also morelikely to wake during the night.Six in 10 women said they be-come irritable during the daybecause of lack of sleep.

SerioussleepingproblemsBy Gemma Quinn

Zika virustravellerwarningsPREGNANT women arebeing advised to avoid trav-elling to countries affectedby the Zika virus.

Zika is a virus carried bymosquitoes, that has recent-ly spread through the Carib-bean and Latin America.Pregnant women have beenofficially warned to avoidtravelling to South Ameri-can countries and expertsfrom the London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medi-cine and Oxford Universitysay the virus is likely tospread to Florida in the US.

The virus is a risk forpregnant women as it isthought to cause a birth de-fect where the baby’s braindoes not develop properly.

Zika is spread by thesame type of mosquito thatspreads dengue fever and itcan potentially spread to allareas where dengue fever ispresent.

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- Is it true that a glassof red wine a day isgood for our health?

Yes i t i s . A glass ofred wine with lunch ordinner is recommended.

Due to i ts composi-t ion red wine has pro-tective qualities againstheart disease, has bene-ficial effects on the skinand can help preventcognitive deteriorationamong other things.

- Is i t a bad idea tomix different alcoholicdrinks?

In principle, as longas moderation is exer-cised, consuming differ-ent types of a lcohol icdrink should not cause aproblem.

- How much alcoholis too much?

General ly the maxi-mum amount of alcohol

recommended is 30grams per day for men,and 20 grams per dayfor women.

This corresponds toapproximately twoglasses of wine, twobeers or one s t rongerdrink such as whisky.

- Is alcohol fatten-ing?

Alcohol can be fatten-ing as it has a high calo-rie content.

In fact, obese peopleor those with weightproblems should l imittheir alcohol consump-tion as much as possible.

- Is i t ok for preg-nant women to drinksome alcohol?

Pregnant women andthose trying to conceiveare advised not to drinkany a lcohol a t a l l , asthere are possible nega-tive effects on foetal de-velopment.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

There are many varying takes on the pros and cons ofalcohol, so this week we have asked the GP for his opin-ion on a few common drink-related queries.

CLEAN streets, safe roads, greengardens, capable police and vitalmedical services.

Often overlooked as we goabout our daily activities andprovide for our families, thesmooth running of all theseessential amenities can tru-ly make or break a com-munity.

Indeed, as an active mem-ber of our thriving society hereon the Costa del Sol, you’ll be in-timately aware that such indispens-able features have to be fought for,and that, in Spain, nothing is hand-ed to you on a silver platter.

Success is achieved through thehard work of individuals, workingtogether, organised and enthused byshared values and a common goal.It is only by uniting our pioneeringspirits, passionate hearts, businessacumen and strength of characterthat we can ensure the security andprosperity of our expatriate com-munities.

Your life experience alone willtell you that engaging with kindredspirits and fighting for your rights,are the twin pillars upon which ourtrailblazing foundations are built.Remember the underdog resolveand courageous verve that madeyou who you are, and the Costa delSol what it is.

The Presidents Club International(TPCI) knows the challenges facedby expatriates on a daily basis be-cause we have lived through thebest of times and the worst of times.

We’ve learned how to best chan-nel the wisdom, vitality, expertiseand sheer grit of our communitymembers in order to forge an un-shakeable foundation, and a hometo truly call our own. As a club runby Community Presidents, forCommunity Presidents, we’ve had asingular impact on expatriate fami-lies and societies.

Whether it’s enhancing propertyvalues, developing neighbourhoods,providing crucial services, offeringexpert advice, and dealing with thereal practicalities of life in Spain,our Presidents play an invaluable

role in each of their communities. If there is one thing we have

learned in all our collective experi-ence it is this: Having a CommunityPresident will immeasurably im-prove your local area. As well asproviding a voice to speak on yourbehalf, having a President enables acommunity to collaborate with oth-er leaders across the Costa del Sol,opening up the kind of precious re-sources that will change lives.

Solicitors, architects, developers,notaries, insurance specialists, ac-countants, debt management ser-vices, and all manner of essential,practical knowledge is at the dis-posal of Community Presidents.

The great curse of mankind is itstime-tested ability to suffer in si-lence, to accept the seemingly in-evitable, to push problems to theside, to hope that someone else re-solves your problems. To settle forless and just hope that things don’tget any worse.

The Presidents Club Internationalexists as a living refutation of thesenegative standards of living. Ourmission is to tell you that you canachieve the community you de-serve, that you do have the power

to initiate real and lasting change,and that there are hundreds, nay,thousands of people out there, inthe Costa del Sol alone, who shareyour principles and are right herewilling to work together to right thewrongs and ensure a proper life forourselves and our children.

We are here to provide space forthe visionaries among you to coop-erate and endeavour to transformour lives for the better.

Our message is spreading butthere are still many communitiesout there who do not have a Presi-dent, and who are unaware of thetremendous rewards on offer, of thelife that could be. That is where youcome in.

The Presidents Club Internationalis looking for the champions amongyou to stand up and be counted. Theheroes who care about their localcommunity, and have the fightingspirit and wherewithal to get thingsdone. The men and women whorefuse to settle for less and believeit is time to finally make a differ-ence.

We are looking for leaders, forvisionaries, for tenacious mindsready to fight the ultimate fight,

bringing genuine success to helpimprove the lot of their family,friends, neighbours and future.

If you believe that you can be aCommunity President then now isthe time to put your hat into thering and start making a differencetoday.

If you believe you can help a col-lective aspiration to improve yourlocal community in whatever ca-pacity, through your business skills,practical expertise, or personalstrength, then contact The Presi-dents Club International and makeyour presence known.

Because we believe that changeis made in partnership with one an-other, we offer strategic alliancesfor the businesses we trust to makea hugely positive impact on theircommunities.

We have a vast network of hard-working experts and professionalsworking closely with us to ensurethat their communities and resi-dents get the best deals available.

If you believe your skills or yourbusiness is up to the task of explor-ing new avenues of shared prosperi-ty, then you should contact us to-day.

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FEATUREEWN40 www.euroweeklynews.com4 - 10 February 2016 / Mallorca

PINK and white almondblossoms can be seen in fullbloom all over the island af-firming the arrival of springnext month.

Visitors and locals alikecan enjoy the colours andbeauty that the almond treeoffers. Admirers of theflower can experience i ts

beauty on various hikingtrails around the island.

Those who prefer tosavour its fruit can enjoy awide range of local delica-cies. Mallorca boasts a widevariety of almonds that areused by the locals in manytraditional recipes includingthe always popular almondcake and almond ice cream.

Son Servera celebrates thebeauty and uses of the al-mond tree this weekend attheir annual fair known asthe Fira de la Flor d’Ametler(the Almond Flower Fair) tobe held on Sunday morningFebruary 7, from 9.30am to2pm.

Stands will offer a varietyof products made from thetree including oil, cosmetics,perfumes, scented candlesand soap. Visitors will alsobe able to see traditional har-vesting tools and methodsand will have opportunitiesto taste some of the prod-ucts. The fair will be held atSes Cases de Ca s’Hereu, acountry estate dating back tothe 13th century.

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PALMA’S colourful car-naval festivities will takeplace on Sunday February7 and are sure to delightchildren of all ages.

Sa Rueta, the carnavaland parade version forchildren, will begin at10.30am and continuethroughout the morningwith activities and enter-tainment specially de-signed for children. Thecarnaval route starts at thePlaça del Mercat and fin-ishes on the Avenida d’An-toni Maura.

The adult version knownas Sa Rua, will take placelater that same day at 5pm.The lively parade featuring

floats and a variety of fan-cy dress costumes will ad-vance down Passeig Mal-lorca, Avenida Jaime III,

Passeig del Born andAvenida d’Antoni Maura.Prizes will be given for thebest floats and costumes.

Celebrating the almond tree

By Sandra Galo

Carnaval festivitiesto begin in PalmaPARADE will feature floats and a variety of costumes

COLOURFUL PARADE: Prizes for the best costumes.

www.euroweeklynews.com 43EWN4 - 10 February 2016 / MallorcaSOCIAL SCENE

ADMIRERS of handmadecrafts can visit markets in Mal-lorca and find all sorts of items.Every Friday and Saturday dur-ing February in Plaça Major,

the Mercat d’Artesans (CraftsMarket) offers a wide variety ofhandcrafted treasures. On thethird Sunday of each month(excluding July, August andSeptember), Santa Margalidahosts a market, 9am to 1pm.

By Sandra Galo

Passion for craftsMARKETS offering handmade goods

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V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W . E U R O W E E K L Y N E W S . C O M www.euroweeklynews.comPROPERTYTO READ MORE

EVEN though the price of‘second hand’ homeshas fallen drama-tically in many partsof Spain since thefinancial crisisbegan, theproperty portal fotocasa.es released areport on January28 based on its ownfindings.

The report showedthe drop in 2015 was just0.8 of 1 per cent, which wasthe lowest for many years.

Prices in many areas have risenand it appears that the market may fi-nally have seen stability, especially asmortgages are still attainable at rea-sonable rates.

The five most buoyant areas in 2015were the Balearic Islands (+3.3 per

cent), La Rioja (+2.4 per cent), Madrid(+1.4 per cent), Andalucia and Galicia

(both +0.7 per cent).Even the Bank of Spainseems to be upbeat in

i ts review of themarket , as i t has

indicated in lat-est figures thatmortgage costshave fallen.

The ministryof developmenthas reported

that requests forcertificates to al-

low for the buildingof new propert ies

have increased by anamazing 35 per cent.

Provided that the world econ-omy does not take fright at the eco-

nomic problems in China and staggerback into a decline, it is to be hopedthat the t rend in property pr ices inSpain will continue to move in a posi-tive direction.

Drop in house pricesslowed down in 2015 By John Smith

LOWEST for many years

PROPERTY PRICES: In many areashave risen.

Photo Credit xtock shutterstock

THE stark inequality of theSpanish housing market canbe aptly summed up by thesimple statistic that onesquare metre in Madrid’s Ser-rano street can be up to 31times more expensive thanone in Talavera de la Reina inToledo Province.

The contrast is a spectacular€10,900 compared to €349according to a new report byTecniTasa.

Barcelona’s Paseo de Gra-cia comes in at second most

expensive in the country at€8,450 per square metre,while Avenida de la Libertad-Boulevard in San Sebastianaverages out at €6,100. Puer-to Banus in Marbella comes

in a close fourth, with an av-erage square metre costingroughly €5,500.

The report indicates theSpanish real estate markethas experienced a slightbounce but highlighted thedifficulty of selling homesthat persists.

Inequality widening

45PROPERTY 4 - 10 February 2016 / Mallorcawww.euroweeklynews.com EWN

IT’S that time of year when touristsstart planning their holidays in Spain.

It’s also the time of the year whenhomeowners in Spain start looking torent out their homes, especially in thesummer months.

Many homeowners own morethan one property, and run a healthybusiness renting out their other prop-erties to tourists throughout the year.

According to official figures,around 68 million visitors arrived inSpain in 2015, and even more visi-tors are forecast to visit Spain thisyear.

In particular, the Costas andBalearics are set to have anotherrecord year for tourism, whichmeans more rental income for those

of you renting out in 2016, and ex-cellent news for all property in-vestors.

Spain has consolidated its positionas the third most popular internation-al tourist destination in the world (af-ter France and the USA), and thecountry where visitors spend the sec-ond largest amount of money.

Official statistics confirm Spain ison a roll, the average amount spent

by visitors is growing, with touristexpenditure currently around 7.7 percent higher than previous years.

When we look at the total size ofthe world tourism market, we seethat it is expanding and the numberof tourists is expected to increase toaround 1,400 million by 2020. Basedon these figures, Spain’s tourismnumbers can continue to grow in thefuture, which is very good news.

It’s also very good news for prop-erty investors, who will benefit fromthe tourist rental income and the an-nual appreciation in the value of theproperty.

This year is the ideal time to investin Spanish property, and that is why Iam very busy providing investorswith prime investment propertiesthroughout the Costas and Balearics.

The other good news for those ofyou renting out your property, is thataccording to official figures the aver-age rental price increased in Spain byaround 3 per cent in 2015.

However, rental prices vary enor-mously depending on many factorsincluding the region, location, quali-ty of the property, and the time of theyear the property is rented out.

For example, rental prices have in-creased on average by around 13 percent in the Balearics and Malaga,and in Catalonia by around 10 percent.

The average rental price per

square metre per month in Spain isaround €7, so for example the aver-age rent for a property of 100m2would be an average of €700 permonth.

City rental costs also rose lastyear, Barcelona is the most expen-sive Spanish city for rentals and hasnow recovered to the pre-economiccrisis level, up by 23 per cent toaround an average of €15 per squaremetre per month.

Enjoy renting out your home thisyear and check with your local townhall on the new legislation regardingrenting out properties to tourists.New legislation has or will come intoforce this year, and it is different inevery autonomous region of Spain.

If you want to sell your property wehave buyers or if you are looking tobuy a property we have an exclusive

selection of properties available.John Graham

Email: gk.ipad@me.com.

JohnGraham The property expert

It’s that time of year again...THE tourists are coming, it’s time for you to rent out your property!

TOURISM: Spain looks set to have another record year in 2016.

A NEW subset of homeownershas emerged, the ‘dinks’ (Dou-ble Income No Kids), youngcouples with no children. Andthere are a lot of them in Spain.

According to a study done in2015 by the National Instituteof Statistics, young coupleswithout children and no plansto have them, own almost fourmillion homes in the country.

The number of homesowned by ‘dinks’ is on therise, and all evidence indicatesthat this will continue.

In Europe alone the numberhas increased by 14 per cent inthe last decade, which trans-lates to 53 million homes.

‘Dinks’ are between 25 and40-years-old, and their lifestyleis based on leisure. They live inthe city and usually rent, havegood incomes and high educa-

tional levels. Their lifestyle is based on

travelling, going out for dinner,buying the latest technologyand enjoying unique experi-ence, the typical philosophy ofGeneration Y, people born be-tween 1980 and 2000 who seekpassion, challenges and happi-ness in everything they do.

A lifestyle where there are

no limits, and therefore no chil-dren.

Currently, singles and cou-ples without children make up50 per cent of the total homesin the developed world.

This new way of sharing ahome, as well as this new con-cept of life and family, willcompletely change the socioe-conomic structure of cities.

By Sam Croft

A new subset ofhomeownersDINKS are young working couples with no children

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I HAVE a very wide range of musical tastein my car and on my phone. It goes from AlJolson to Black Sabbath.

But I want to choose what I listen to, orif someone else wants to play music it hasto be at a level that doesn’t drive me nuts.

How many times have you been in arestaurant just to have something to eat?I’m not talking about the night you go tosee an act and there are some great ones onthis coast, I’m talking about when you havenipped out for a spag bol, and for some rea-son they feel the need to prove it’s an Ital-ian restaurant by having Italian music blar-ing out.

Or worse than that a live singer that’sbelting out at a level you can’t hear your-self speak. I have one place I like to go thathas music four nights a week, and I willonly go there on the other three nights.

I was in one of the large supermarketsthe other day and for some reason they had

some crazy loud drum and bass going on. Iwas going to complain but was stopped byMrs S who said she had had enough, andwe just paid for what we had and went.

The worst culprits are small clothingstores where the assistants insist on playingall their favourite music through the soundsystem. I have actually asked many times ifthey could turn it down whilst I’m in there.

But if there is one thing that does my nutin more than anything it is the musicplayed by the street entertainers. I must ad-mit some of them are really good and I willgladly tip them for the performance, butthere are a couple of chancers that I seeregularly on the Paseo Maritimo in LosBoliches where I like to go to a chiringuito.

There is one guy that come along with anaccordion and just ‘squeezes’, and playsabsolutely no recognisable tune at all. Hethen has the liberty to come and ask formoney and gets very arsy when I ask himwhat he played, and tell him I will gladlygive him money if he can play a tune Iknow!

OK I’m off now to have a quiet lunchsomewhere.

Let me know what makes you grumpy -mikesenker@gmail.com.

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

I want to choosewhat I listen to

TRAFFIC laws must be strictly adheredto in tunnels or underpasses on accountof the increased risk factors involved inthis type of road route, with attentionspecifically to matters such as usingheadlights, observing speed and safedistance requirements and not stopping,parking, changing direction or revers-ing.

When approaching most tunnels ablue rectangular sign provides somekey information about the tunnel, suchas the name and the length, as well asdetails about emergency help pointswithin.

The speed l imit in tunnels is con-trolled with the R-301 mandatory maxi-mum speed limit sign (a red circle with

the speed limit in the centre), and be-fore entering the tunnel there will bethe R-413 s ign, a blue circle with aheadl ight pictogram in the centre ,telling us that it is mandatory for us touse headlights at all times.

Some tunnels have indicators abovethe carriageway which shows if the laneis open or closed.

In tunnels or underpasses where thetraffic flows in both directions, overtak-ing is prohibited, unless an additionallane or lanes are provided for this.

A safe distance must always be main-tained from the vehicle in front, with aminimum of 100 metres being requiredbetween each vehicle, the equivalent ofa four-second gap.

You don’t say it,but I guess that

you want the Spanish High-way Code in English. Thereis no complete Englishtranslation of the trafficcode into English.

If you want the law inSpanish, you can order it insoft-cover book form fromAmazon.

It is called the ‘Ley sobre

trafico, circulacion de ve-hiculos a motor y seguri-dad vial’.

From Amazon the cost is€11.40. Be warned that thelaw has 385 articles and

the text is 941 pages. Be warned also that the

‘Direccion General deTrafico’ is working on anupdated and revised versionof the law at this moment.

You can also check theTraffic Department websiteat www.dgt.es and you candownload the law fromhttp://boe.es/legislación/codigos.

I HAVE been looking to pur-chase a book with all the rules

for driving in Spain (Highway Code forSpain). Can you help me with this? For

the last 14 years I have purchased yourbook ‘You & The Law In Spain’.

T.F. (Costa del Sol)

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Driving safely

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

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Can I buy the Highway Code?

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates inFuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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

LAWS must be strictly adhered to in tunnels

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WITH winter cutbacks in fullswing here are some thoughtsabout cutting back an assort-ment of popular plants as an Ato Z checklist.

Acanthus – These are get-ting ready to flower so just re-move any brown misshapenleaves or excess growth onplants.

Bay – Trim to a neat shapeand spray with five cc propo-lis in a litre of water againstblack sooty leaves.

Caesalpinia – Trim offdead flower stalks and trim tothe shape and size appropriateto its planting position, alsocut out unsightly crossingbranches.

Datura – Trim dead flow-ers and cut back 25 per cent tostimulate new floweringgrowth.

Ericas, heathers – Trimplants that have stopped flow-ering and trim winter flower-ing varieties when they stop.

Ferrocatus – Carefullyclean any dead fallen leavesetc from the thorns, plus anyirregular unpleasing growth.

The latter can be used to prop-agate new plants.

Geraniums – Cut out deadand untidy straggly growth.

Hydrangeas – Cut outdead growth and trim backother stems to one or twobuds.

Irises – Clear or cut awayany dead leaves and deadstems unfortunately not cutout during the summer.

Jasmines – Cut back asnecessary to have tidy tightgrowth, unless you want themto grow into trees.

Kalanchoas – Trim strag-gly and dead growth afterflowering ends.

Lagerstromea – Trim outgrowth that has flowered andshape.

Musas, bananas – Cutback dead or dying growth,and use the leaves as a valu-able high in potassium mulcharound the base of the plants.

Narcissus – Leave untilthey have flowered and leavesdie back.

Polygala – Leave or trim toshape.

Querus ilex, holm oak –Trim to a pleasing shape withan attractive trunk clear ofside growth.

Raspberry – Cut out deadstems and trim tips of livestems to new buds.

Santolina – These can be-come woody and straggly af-ter a few years, so trim backto stimulate more tidy younggrowth.

Teucrium – Trim as youwould a hedge whether singleplants or an internal edge.

Ulex, gorse – Cut back

hard after winter floweringfinishes. Remove plants youdon’t want.

Verbena – Trim back 25 to75 per cent to have a neatplant that will create newcreeping, flowering growth inthe spring.

Water lillies – Clear outdead leaves and stems. Insmall or medium sized pondsremove plants from waterevery two or three years, andcut back plants to the heart orreject the thick old plant andpot up one or more of the new

young plants that haveformed.

Xanthostemon, myrtle –Trim to shape.

Yucas – Trim to shape andheight. Remove dead flow-ered stems and leaves fromstems if you want to see thetrunks. Cut off the dangerousspiky leaf ends on the vari-eties that have hard tiff versussoft floppy leaves.

Zantedeschia, water arumlily – Remove any dead or dy-ing leaves and brown flow-ered stems.

Having cut back plantsstrim them for the compostheap or bag up for the weeklygarden collection or take themto the nearest Eco park orgreen bins. Where possibleavoid the pollution of a bon-fire.

Recently much of thecoastal plain has been an un-sightly and unhealthy continu-ous cloud from agriculturalbonfires. It used to happen inurbanisations! Luckily this isnow largely banned or strictlycontrolled.

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AS they are in full swing, here are some thoughts on cutting back an assortment of popular plants

Bougainvillea before being cut back. Bougainvillea after being cut back.

THERE are plenty of magazine spreads featuring fantastic homeremodelling ideas that we can all gawp at, but most have little im-pact for those of us on an earthbound budget, and with a notice-able lack of cutting edge stylists at our disposal.

Here are a few strange and wonderful ideas that can be achievedwith just a little money and creativity.

If you have the space, build a hammock, it could be inside oroutside depending on where it fits. Or adapt a door so that it flipsthen paint it ping-pong board colours, or use a pool table as a din-ner table.

Get hold of a large frame and a mountain of sand, and put asandpit under your desk so you’ll always feel the pleasurablecrunch, even when you’re miles from the beach and working athome.

You can pick up themed chandeliers and lamps which could, forexample, convert your bedroom into an enchanted forest by night.

The possibilities end with your imagination.

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WHILE the wintry tempera-tures in sunny Spain mightnot plummet to the icydepths of the Scottish high-lands, there has been a defi-ni te cold snap across thecountry, and there’s never a

good time to be complacentwhen it comes to the healthof your pets.

The cold can kill animalswith surprising ease, so it’sa good idea to take properprecautions over the nextmonth or two.

Smaller animals such asrabbits are more prone tothe threat as heat leavestheir body much quicker.

If you have a rabbit hutchyou can take the forward-thinking step of insulatingit, or even consider bringingit inside if the cold reallybites.

Keep your eyes on new-born animals with pups and

kit tens, potential ly wrig-gling free of their motherswatchful gaze and findingthemselves at the foot of afrosty garden.

If you f ind them therebring them into a warm andcosy environment immedi-ately, and i f they don’twarm up quickly, take themto the vet.

Don’t go overboardthough, and exercise cau-tion when applying directheat. Electric heaters andhot water bottles can scald,so drape your pet in layersof towels to simultaneouslyheat them up and protectthem.

SOME cats get a little anx-ious. They don’t like changein their home environment,this can make leaving themeven for a short holiday alittle difficult.

Rosie is such a cat , theminute she sees a suitcaseappear, or c lothes beingarranged ready for packing,she wil l s top eat ing andlook for lorn. Gil l ian herowner says that her behav-iour can become errat icwith dramatic gestures tophysically demonstrate sheis not happy.

If a suitcase is left openon the bed she will move in-to the case and s leep forhours. If the boycotting ofthe packing has no effectshe will show a physical ail-ment, like a sore leg that isdragged across the floor as

you watch. The eating ces-sation can also have a detri-mental effect, within a dayshe becomes l is t less andwithdrawn.

One previous experiencein kennels led to Rosie los-ing a lot of weight whileGillian was away.

Last year Gil l ian t r iedinviting house-sitters intoher home a day or so beforethe sui tcase was used forpacking, with the goal ofhaving them look af terRosie in her own home tominimise disruption whileshe went away on holiday.It worked.

This distraction alone re-duced the forlorn behaviourRosie would normally ex-hibit. And she continued toeat and dr ink while herowner was absent.

YOUR responsibility should be primari-ly for the cat or cats already in your care.Think hard before asking a very elderlycat to put up with a new companion.

Kittens may be accepted better thanan adult cat, but kittens often pounce onand pester old cats. Some old cats willmother a kitten, others definitely won’t!A very energetic kitten can make an oldcat’s life a misery.

It can take months and months forharmony and sometimes the cats willnever be friends. An introduction takesat least a month, don’t hurry it. Themore slowly you do it, the more likely itwill work out OK.

Cats which are used to a multi-cathousehold will be less upset than a catwhich has lived alone. Get a kitten froma cat shelter, which will promise to takeit back if the introduction really doesn’twork out. A male female mix is proba-

bly better than all female.Be careful about accepting the local

stray into your home. Ask yourself if anexisting cat should have to put up with aformer stray, who may bully her or him.

Also think about checking for FIV,the cats Aids equivalent, before final ac-ceptance. In the case of a stray cat, youcan feed it, and then when it is tameenough find it a new home through thelocal rescue centre.

The introductionThe best way to introduce a new cat is

to give it an indoor pen with food, litteretc. If you can’t borrow or buy one, givethe new cat its own room, so that it feelsit has safe territory. Shut doors, windows,and block chimneys before letting it out.

If possible retreat holes like a cov-ered cardboard box with entrance hole,or a cage/den. Put familiar toys (ifavailable), feeding bowls etc in theroom. Put a litter tray in the room. Youcan’t expect a cat to go outside in thefirst few days, and if you let it, you maynot see it again.

Mix the smells. From the point ofview of a cat, anything which smellsstrange is an intruder. Give the new catsomething to sleep on which smells ofthe old cat, then vice versa.

Use the same grooming tools on bothcats. Pet one, then go to next room andpet the other. Transfer used litter fromthe new cat tray to the old cat’s tray andvice versa to mix smells.

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WILL those already in your care accept them?

Adding new catsRosie suffers fromanxiety, she doesn’tlike change

Having a housesitter can be a win win for pet owners andthe sitters. To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com

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ROSIE: Behaviour is erratic if she thinks her owner is leaving.

THE health benefits ofcannabis are widely recog-nised by medical profes-sionals, with the cannabidiol(CBD) compound frequent-ly advised for pain reliefand as an anti-inflammato-ry.

Now there are companiesdevoted to providing prod-ucts for animals to relievepainful ailments.

Hemp-based edibles,treats and capsules aregrowing in popularity, albeitwith restricted advertising.

Unsurprisingly, given therecent marijuana revolutionin the US, it is now at theforefront of pet usage ofCBD.

Pot for pets

PRESIDENT of the ValenciaGovernment, Ximo Puig, hasexpressed his support for theVolvo Ocean Race to continuebeing launched from the port ofAlicante.

Speaking in a meeting withthe board of the ValencianBusiness Association, Puig re-called the start of the round theworld yacht race has been posi-tive for Alicante and the region,since it hosted the first racelaunch in 2008.

Alicante is being used in2017 for the next edition butLisbon and Dubai have alsoplaced bids to host the event.

Puig's comments of supportcome after Minister of FinanceVicent Soler, warned that therace editions cost the Regional

Government and in the currenteconomic situation, the govern-ment had other priorities andneeded to find more sponsors toprovide funds for the race.“Now more than ever it is timeto optimise resources and effi-ciently manage what we have.”

Soler added that for the 2017edition they must try “to reducecosts as far as possible and in-crease revenue by sponsoring.”

Earlier this month it was re-ported that the Volvo OceanRace had generated €274 mil-lion in its three editions.

ALDO MANNA, founder andCEO of MC Yacht & Co Interna-tional had the idea of producing aSport Utility Yacht and explained“More than 20 years spent deal-ing with yachts, brought me re-cently to the following conclu-sions: owners of 100 plus feetvessels are treating their boats asluxury hotels, pampered with allcomforts, but nevertheless some-how slightly bored, the way theystay on board.

“Even when they drop anchorin a beautiful bay, they often per-ceive the lack of contact with seaand few chances of spendingtime, doing all those activitieswhich made them love yachts.

“Therefore I imagined a boat

capable to offer all of the supery-acht cosiness, combined with anextensive range of amenities andthe very best in terms of good lifeon the water.”

He then invited naval architectFulvio de Simoni to take the con-cept to the design stage to createan all-around seafarer boat, ableto sail in deep waters with com-forts and luxury, but still in exten-sive and close touch with waterand sea-life.

The resulting design shows asleek sporty model with all of theluxuries expected from a muchbigger vessel. Once the OceaNemo 44 goes into production,the pair will also be investigatingthe concept of producing a rangeof different sized ‘SUY’s from 38to 65 metres.

MALLORCAN Marina Gallego from the ClubNautic in Sa Rapita and Fatima Reyes fromMurcia finished in fourth position at the 2016Sailing World Cup Regattas in Miami, Florida.

The duo competed in the Women’s 470

event and finished with 49 points, just behindthe team from Brazil. More than 780 athletesfrom around the world competed in the eventsheld over the course of five days (January 25-30).

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President shows supportfor further Volvo races

By John Smith

Ocea Nemo 44 concept revealed,will combine comfort with speed

OCEA NEMO 44: A sleek sporty model with all the luxuries of a much bigger vessel.

Local girl competesin Sailing WorldCup Regattas

FIRST Sport Utility Yacht produced which is aimed at the Superyacht owner

VOLVO OCEAN RACE: Has generated €274 million in its three editions.

SPANISH PAIR: At the Sailing World Cup in Miami.

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THE 2016 International Au-tomobile Festival awards arein, and amid the dazzlingdisplay of innovation andsleek design, the Renault

Talisman stole the show, eas-ily picking up the ‘MostBeautiful Car of the Year ’award.

A touch of Hollywood was

in the air as the ‘Make YourTime Great’ campaign advertfor Renault Espace, starringKevin Spacey, won theGrand Prix for best advertis-

ing film. Laurens van der Acker al-

so won the Design GrandPrix with Renault SVP at the31st edition of the Festival

Automobile International(FAI).

“I would like to thank allthose who voted on the inter-net for the Renault Talisman,our new large D-segment sa-loon. The Talisman combinesbold, muscular lines that arecoherent with Renault’s newbrand identity with a unique,unprecedented driving expe-rience thanks to our multi-sense and 4Control technolo-gies.

“Renault is the only manu-facturer to offer these tech-nologies at this level ofrange,” said Michael van derSande, Renault’s Senior VicePresident, Marketing.

Featuring advanced tech-nologies, including the mul-ti-sense system that offersdrivers a selection of fivedifferent modes, and the4Control System that com-bines four-wheel steeringwith electronic damping.

On the design front 2015was an exciting year for Re-nault which saw the highly-

anticipated launches of thenew Espace, the Kadjar, Tal-isman and Megane, all ac-claimed for their exteriorstyling. It comes as part of anew initiative to focus on de-sign enhancement across therange.

“Awards like this encour-age us to continue to pursueour design strategy. Ourbrand signature, ‘Passion forLife’, mirrors the shift in Re-nault’s design thinking whichwas introduced in 2012.

“I would like to thank thejury for honouring me withthe Design Grand Prix. It’san honour I share with myteams, product managers andengineers. Together, i t isthese people who help to turnour dreams into reality forRenault customers,” saidLaurens van den Acker.

Finishing up on Sunday,the FAI showed a vast arrayof concept cars at the HotelNational des Invalides inParis, with the display opento the general public.

Renault shine at the FAI

CONTINUING the tradition of thefour-cylinder flat engines used in itslegendary 1950’s mid-engine sportscars, winning races including TargaFlorio and Le Mans, Porsche is re-structuring its mid-engine roadsterswith a new generation 718 Boxsterand 718 Boxster S.

The news comes 20 years after theoriginal Boxster made its debut, andthe new model series will see a four-cylinder flat en-gine with

turbo-charging. The 718 Boxster de-velops 220 kW (300hp) of powerfrom two litres of engine displace-ment, with the S model attaining 257kW (350hp) from 2.5 litres displace-ment.

The Boxster S also uses variableturbine geometry (VTG) technology,making Porsche the only manufac-turer to offer VTG in productioncars with petrol driven engines. Bothmodels offer fuel economy improve-ments of 13 per cent.

The completely new chassis tun-ing and stronger brakes pro-

vide for passionateand sporty

driving pleasure. The design of thenew model line was also comprehen-sively advanced.

The vehicle was completely re-vised except for the luggage com-partment lids, the windscreen andthe convertible top. Inside, a newlydesigned dash panel frames thecockpit. In addition, the latest gener-ation of Porsche CommunicationManagement (PCM) with a state-of-the-art touchscreen is included asstandard. The navigation module isavailable as an option.

The launch ofthe new

718 Boxster generation representsthe first time since the late 1960s thatPorsche is again implementingsports cars with four-cylinder flatengines.

Turbocharging significantlyboosts torque. The two-litre engineof the 718 Boxster has a maximumtorque of 380 Newton metres, whichis available from 1,950 rpm to 4,500rpm.

The market launch of the newmid-engine sports car begins onApril 30 in Europe. Pricing starts at

€53,646 in Germany, and the718 Boxster S from

€66,141.

ClarksonQuote of theWeek

On the Jaguar S-Type Concept Car: “If that car comes out like that, then I will cut my left leg off andbeat myself to death with it.”

Some might say...

LEGENDARY racing driverand board member at Laurin &Klement, Graf AlexanderJoseph Kolowrat-Krakowsky,was born 130 years ago on Jan-uary 29.

He made a huge contributionto the development of the Aus-tro-Hungarian Empire’s largestautomobile manufacturer aswell as his sporting successes.

A legendMotoring shorts

by Matthew Elliott

Meet the new Porsche BoxsterNEW models incorporate defining four-cylinder flat engines

NEW CAR: Porsche’s new 718 Boxster.

SKODA have manufacturedtheir 18,000,000th vehicle, ahuge milestone in the Czechfirm’s 111-year-old history.

With CEO Bernhard Maierin attendance, a Skoda SuperbCombi rolled off the assemblyline on January 22 at theKvasiny plant. The plant is un-dergoing the largest modernisa-tion in its history.

Over the coming years, theproduction capacity of the EastBohemian site will increase to280,000 vehicles per year.

A milestone

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FOOTBALL• No major shocks in the 4th

round of the FA Cup, but allcredit to Shrewsbury who beatSheffield Wednesday 3-2 witha 97th minute winner, and Pe-terborough who drew 2-2 atPL WBA.

The pick of the other tiessaw holders Arsenal beatBurnley 2-1, Chelsea hammerMK Dons 5-1, Everton win 3-0 at Carlisle, Manchester Citytrounce Aston Villa 4-0, Man-chester United beat Derby 3-1,Tottenham win 4-1 at Colch-ester and Liverpool draw 2-2with West Ham.

• The 5th round draw is: Ar-senal v Hull, Blackburn v Liv-erpool or West Ham, Chelseav Manchester City, Reading vWBA or Peterborough,Shrewsbury v ManchesterUnited, Tottenham v CrystalPalace and Watford v Leeds.

• Barcelona beat nine-manAtletico Madrid 2-1 to stayclear on top of La Liga as RealMadrid smashed Espanyol 6-0. The Milan derby ended 3-0to AC over Inter at the SanSiro.

• After 10 Premiershipgames earlier this week, thereare 10 more this weekend in-cluding Manchester City-Leicester (Saturday) before werevert back next Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday, tocompetitive European action.

• The 2016 League Cup fi-nal between Liverpool and

Manchester City is on Feb-ruary 28, while in Scot-land’s equivalent, RossCounty (after oustingCeltic) will play Hibernianon March 13.

• Five red and nine yel-low cards were brandishedwhen River Plate beat BocaJuniors 1-0 in Argentina.Boca finished with eightmen.

• Stuart Pearce (53)comes out of retirement onSaturday to play forGloucestershire team AFCLongford, who have lost all18 matches this season, scor-ing one goal and conceding179.

• Last weekend Wycombe’sgoalkeeper Barry Richardson(aged 46) came on as a ‘sub’,and kept his first clean sheetfor 11 years in a 1-0 win atPlymouth.

• Former Welsh internation-al Rob Earnshaw has retired,so too has Manchester Unit-ed’s ex-defender NemanjaVidic.

• The transfer windowclosed on Monday and nodoubt several players foundnew clubs…105 took placeduring the 2015 ‘window’.

CRICKET• Although beaten by 270

runs in the final Test in SouthAfrica, England still won theseries 2-1. The ODI seriesstarted yesterday in Bloem-fontein with four more follow-ing in Port Elizabeth (Feb 6),Centurion (Feb 9), Johannes-burg (Feb 12) and Cape Town(Feb 14).

• India (200-3) beat Aus-tralia (197-5) to clinch the T20series 3-0 and now head theT20 rankings.

• England’s Stuart Broad isnow the top bowler in world

cricket, ahead of Indian RaviAshwin.

• West Indian batsman Shiv-narine Chanderpaul has re-tired, having scored 11,867runs in 164Tests.

• And ex-Warwickshirebowler Jack Bannister, 1,198wickets in 374 matches, 1950-68 including a best return of10-41, has died, aged 85.

TENNIS• The first Grand

Slam of 2016 in

Australia saw Andy Murraycrushed in straight sets by theimperious Novak Djokovic inthe men’s singles final, whileGermany’s Angelique Kerberdenied Serena Williams a22nd title by winning thewomen’s final.

Kerber is Germany’s firstGrand Slam champion thiscentury, while for Andy Mur-ray it was a record fifth defeatin the Aussie final, asDjokovic equalled Roy Emer-son’s record of six Melbournevictories with his 11th GrandSlam title overall.

• Jamie Murray (GB) andBruno Soares (Brazil) wonthe men’s doubles and Gor-don Reid (GB) took themen’s wheelchair gold.

• Earlier, Johanna Kontahad become the first Brit toreach a women’s Grand

Slam semi-final for 33 years. • And Andy and Jamie Mur-

ray became the first siblings toreach different finals in a ma-jor Grand Slam tournament.

GOLF• The first tournament of the

year, the Abu Dhabi Champi-onship, was won by RickyFowler (USA), ThomasPieters (Belgium) was secondand Rory McIlroy and HenrikStenson (Sweden) joint third.

RUGBY UNION• The Six Nations Tourna-

ment starts this week-end with France-

Italy andScotland-E n g l a n don Satur-day, fol-

lowed byI r e l a n d -

Wales on Sun-day.• The Euro-

pean ChampionsCup quarter-final

draw is: Leicester-Stade Francais, Racing

92-Toulon, Saracens-Northampton and Wasps-

Exeter. The final is in Lyonin May. • French club Toulon want

to join Perpignan-based Cata-lan Dragons in the UK AvivaPL.

Tony MatthewsInternational SportsA former player and now the world’s mostprolific author of football books with al-most 150 published since 1975, Tony is al-so the sports correspondent for SpectrumRadio and lives on La Pilica in the SierraCabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

Costa de Almeria

ANDY MURRAY lost the Australian Open final in straight sets

‘Angie’, Novak, Bruno, Jamie andGordon - all champions down under

NOVAK DJOKOVIC:Won Australian Open

final in straight sets.

SIX NATIONS:Tournament starts

this weekend.

Lynda DemangeatBaleares Senior LeagueAFTER their victory by 25

points to five over Bahia RC inS’Arraco at the weekend, El ToroRC have crept ahead to the top ofthe Baleares Senior League andare leading by just one point.

The final score does not reflectthe fight that Bahia RC put up ontheir home ground in a fast mov-ing and exciting match.

Other scores in the men’s seniorleague was a win for Ibiza RFCwho played hosts to the Corsaris /Dimonis combined team, by 41points to 23 and RC Ponent whobeat TRUC Menorca by 37 pointsto 10.

Shamrock RFC, who were on arest weekend, made the most of anopportunity to get in some matchpractice in a friendly game againstCE Escolar in Capdepera.

U16 LeagueTeams from Mallorca Bocs, RC

Ponent, Dimonis RC and Agora

Portals CE headed to Capdeperafor a ser ies of matches in theirleague.

Rugby Day in Son CaliuEl Toro RC was in charge of

t he succe s s fu l day fo r t he

younger players. There was lotsof action and excitement as thet eams p l ayed i n t he i r ageg roups . As a lways t he r e wasplenty of s ide l ine suppor t andencou ragemen t f r om coachesand parents.

Coming up next weekIn the men’s Senior League El

Toro RC play visiting team IbizaRFC in their postponed matchfrom the first part of the season.TRUC Menorca play ShamrockRFC.

Shamrock RFC are hosts for thenext leg of the Girls 7’s Leaguefor teams from El Toro RC, Cor-sar is RFC, Bahia RC and ofcourse their own team.

The U18 and U16 Balearesteams head off to the TerritorialChampionships in Merida, Ex-tremadura.

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RUGBY SCRUM: Bahia RC put up a fight on their home ground in a fast-moving, exciting match.

PEP GUARDIOLA: The Barcelona legend will be the new manager ofManchester City next season.