ISSUE NO. 1609 5 - 11 May 2016 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMMALLORCA

A hint of forthcomingtragedies over the course of along hot summer was unfortu-nately provided by the deathof a young British woman inMagaluf on Monday evening.

Samantha Johnson, agedjust 24, was found drowned inher bathtub by desperate hotelstaff who tried to resuscitateher after witnessing waterseeping under the door.

Preliminary investigationshave suggested that she fellunconscious due to excessivealcohol intake at the three-starTRH Torrenova hotel in Mal-lorca’s infamous resort.

A police spokeswoman said“The forensic department car-ried out a post-mortem onTuesday morning and deter-mined that it was an acciden-tal death through drowning.She had a lot of alcohol in hersystem and may have fallenasleep while taking a bath,”adding “hotel staff were alert-ed when water appeared underthe door and when no-one an-swered they entered the roomto find the woman in the bathwith the tap still running. Thehypothesis is that she passedout and then drowned.”

There has been speculation

that Ms Johnson and her part-ner had an argument on theSunday evening after whichhe flew back to the UnitedKingdom and she spoke witha receptionist about the situa-tion.

Staff are understood, how-ever, to be under instructionsnot to divulge any further in-

formation. Her partner is reported to

have been informed of herdeath, while the Foreign Of-fice has released a statementindicating that they are “pro-viding support to the familyof a British national followingtheir death in Mallorca onMay 2, 2016” and that they

are in “close contact with lo-cal authorities.”

The resort, hugely popularwith young British partygoers,has seen a spate of alcohol-re-lated deaths in recent yearsbut has undergone a concertedeffort to rebrand itself as amore family orientated desti-nation.

A broken dreamBy Matthew Elliott

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AROUND 500 people gath-ered in the Plaza de Españaon International Workers’Day protesting against wageand social poverty.

The main demands fromprotesters were for labour

and tax reforms, solutionsfor pursuing fraud, increas-ing the minimum wage, col-lective bargaining for reviv-ing consumption, improvingloans as well as help for theunemployed.

Protest staged onWorker’s Day

ACCORDING to ‘thenewspaper for people of thesea’ Gaceta Nautica, one ofthe 124 underwater sewagepipes is causing a terriblestench and releasing an

enormous cloud of grey wa-ter, plastics and other wastecausing murky water withina 200-metre radius nearCiudad Jardin beach inPlaya de Palma.

Murky waters

THE Municipal Water and Sewer Company (Emaya) hascleaned 92 offensive graffiti messages in the last month.

According to Deputy Mayor of Ecology and Presidentof Emaya Neus Truyol, the company removed the graffititargeting tourists and has plans to clean another 15 areason protected buildings in the historical centre of Palma.

Graffiti clean-up

LOCAL NEWS

WORKERS have been restoring the an-cient La Trapa Monastery after centuriesof deterioration.

Parts of the complex are already takingshape. Since mid-March, workers havebeen restoring the stables, ovens andchapel that formed part of the Trappist

monks’ sanctuary centuries ago and whichwill, in September, become a centre for en-vironmental studies in the mountains.

The Balearic Ornithological Group(GOB) is the driving force behind thework which is being carried out in part bythe cooperation of citizens that havehelped to finance the reforms throughcrowdfunding.

Workers have now dismantled the roofof the ovens and have begun to raise thewalls that were missing. They have alsobegun to build the façade of the old chapelwhich will be converted into a space forvolunteers and students.

The area will have a shelter with a dor-mitory for eight people with a multifunc-tional area for 40 people in the chapel.

Monastery revival

By Sandra Galo

MONASTERY: The La Trapa Monastery hidden in the Tramuntana Mountains is being restored.

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IT is clearly impossible to be 100 percent correct in all that one publishesas information can be misunderstoodor even sometimes deliberately al-tered in order to confuse or mislead,but as soon as any newspaper realisesits mistake then it should take imme-diate action to correct its statementand any that ignores this is reallytreating its readers with contempt.

A good number of our readers havecontacted the Euro Weekly News re-garding a statement that appeared in aCosta Blanca publication, which ap-pears to suggest that their soon to belaunched Almeria paper will be theonly English language free paper inthe area.

We have been publishing our Alme-ria edition for decades and naturallywe would like to confirm to all of ourreaders in Mojacar, Albox, and acrossthe Costa de Almeria, that the EuroWeekly News continues to be thefinest and longest standing free news-paper to the vibrant expatriate com-munity in Almeria, and will continueto be so for many years to come.

Some considerable time has beenspent deciding whether or not to evencomment on the statement which ap-peared both in print and on the web,but the support of readers in the areahas encouraged us to stand up and re-mind our entire readership that notonly do we see ourselves as part of avibrant community, but we keep

growing and are looking to producemore copies of more papers through-out Spain.

One thing that is quite fascinatingis that of the 19 comments at the timeof writing about our web story, ofwhich admittedly three are from EWNstaff (some of whom have worked forother newspapers), there is just onenegative review and there is anothercomment which we have decided notto publish as it bordered on the realmsof both the obscene and the libellous.

So, 15 comments received prior togoing to print are from readers sup-porting the EWN, yet a number havebeen given negative reviews and wecan only assume that this has beendone by persons unknown, who aretoo cowardly to reveal their identitiesand to express their opinions but wantto make it appear that our readers’views are not respected.

At no time have we suggested thatthere is not room for any other news-paper in this or any region but theleast our readers should reasonablylook for is the simple truth, and it isnot just us who distribute in the area

but there are other newspapers as well.One thing we do have is an office,

people on the ground and we have notclosed any editions at any time inSpain since the launch of Euro WeeklyNews.

It can, however, be confirmed thatthe company behind this latestlaunch attempted to split their CostaBlanca South publication into twoseparate papers covering Costa Blan-ca South and a Costa Calida edition,but their venture was unpopular andunsuccessful meaning that they hadto return to a single publication. Asimilar attempt at publishing an edi-

tion in Benidorm also failed.Further activities by the company

where they tried to split Costa BlancaNorth into Marina Baxia and MarinaAlta were overwhelmingly rejected bythe expatriate communities there andthe company backed out, following apattern they have become accustomedto by reverting to a single edition.

The Euro Weekly News would liketo reiterate our unending commitmentand dedication to our loyal reader-ship, and our determination to bringreal news and true information to allour expatriate readers every week ofthe year.

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The role of a newspaper

By John Smith

Your papers,your views

Great paperABSOLUTELY unbelievablethat not only do they not knowthe area, they have no ideaabout the fact that there are oth-er long-standing and well-es-tablished newspapers in thearea. A very bad judgement calland this will no doubt bite themon the backside! So happy tohear I will still be getting myEWN each week! Gordon

Regular readGLAD to hear that EWN is go-ing from strength to strength inCosta Almeria. Thought I wasgoing senile when I heard thatthere were no papers in thisarea as I have been reading thispaper for years. Gloria

Bad formSHAMEFUL display today ofignorance! I thought we livedin a civilised society #liars.EWN has been going for years,how can another publicationsay they are the only newspa-per in the area? Do they thinkwe are idiots that live here? Ian

Idiot readersSO many shills in these com-ments... Let’s hope we get a de-cent free newspaper in the area,I think we deserve at least one.MaberryNote. The dictionary definitionof a shill is “a person who pos-es as a customer in order to de-coy others into participating,as at a gambling house, auc-tion, confidence game, etc.” Weare not sure which of the read-ers or advertisers who took thetrouble to comment are beingaccused of this, as those directlyassociated with EWN declaredtheir interest. Who wrote it?Draw your own conclusions!

Staff memberHAVING worked as a writerfor the EWN since the start ofthe year after working for otherlocal newspapers, I can say Iam proud to work for the EWNand am confident in the loyaltyof our readers. Adele

Our readers have been ex-pressing their views on a sug-gestion that a new edition of anewspaper in Almeria wouldbe the first free English lan-guage paper in the area.

Here are just a few of yourcomments and remember welike to hear from everyone re-gardless of which side of thefence you may sit.

THE EWN: Has been distributed in Almeria for many years.

The EWNcontinues to be

the finest andlongest standing

free newspaper in Almeria

EURO WEEKLY NEWS: Would like toreiterate our unending commitment to our loyal readership.

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Redistributing thetourist access planTHE Palma City Council hasproposed to ‘reorder’ and ‘re-distribute’ tourist access to thecity of those arriving on cruiseships.

The government has pre-pared a series of initiatives pre-sented during the last week ofApril, by Palma Mayor JoseHila, Councillor for TourismJoana Maria Adrover andCouncillor for Mobility JoanFerrer.

One of the first measures tobe taken is to have the coaches,which normally transport thearriving cruise ship passengersto the city, to not only dropthem off at Moll Vell, but alsoat the old bus station located inCalle Eusebi Estada.

According to Mayor Hila, a

part of the tourists would accessthe city by the Avenida AntoniMaura and another part wouldarrive through the Plaza de Es-paña, thus helping to redistrib-ute them more evenly throughthe city.

Councillor Adrover said thatthe main agents of tourist ex-cursions have been contacted,and expressed agreement withthe initiative. Both councillorsstressed that buses would con-tinue service to Moll Vella, and

tourists could opt to travel tothe old bus station.

The council is also workingon the creation of new touristroutes, including connecting thearrival area of cruise passengerswith Marivent Gardens.

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CRUISE SHIP: Passengers will now have two drop-off points to access the city ofPalma.

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THE Calvia Town Hall haspledged to contact landownersin the areas of Cala Figuera,Refeubeig and Cala Falco, toexplore the possibility of ac-quiring the land for public use.

The proposal presentedby the PP wants to putpressure on the Council ofEnvironment to initiate theprocess of declaring thearea a natural park. The landhas been categorised asANEI (Natural Area of Spe-

cial Interest) since 1991.During the plenary session,

socialist Antoni Garcia Molesdefended the necessity to in-crease the preservation of theleast-urbanised area of the mu-nicipality and “avoid potentialthreats” to the territory.

Protecting avirgin coastlineBy Sandra Galo

CALA FIGUERA: Calvia Town Hall wants to acquire the land to declare the area a natural park.

COUNCILLOR for Envi-ronment, Agriculture andFisheries Vicenç Vidal haspresented a campaign tocombat the high risk offorest fires this season.

The lighting of fires,which is prohibited duringthe period of high risk forforest fires, runs this yearfrom May 1 to October 18.

Councillor Vidalstressed the improvementand expansion of aircraftincluding the new heli-copter in the Son Bonet airbase located in Palma.

This year’s campaign,apart from 10 aircraft, in-cludes 350 people, 35 landvehicles, 24 watchtowermonitoring points and sixreal-time cameras.

Vidal emphasised thatthe protection against for-est fires is everyone’s re-sponsibility and stressedthe importance of “self-protection.”

Since January 1 therehave been a total of 36fires in the Balearic Islandsaffecting 55.5 hectares, 20of which have been inMallorca.

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A CAR driven by a 52-year-old Spanish womancrossed over onto the on-coming lane of traffic onthe Sineu road hitting twocyclists.

The driver and one ofthe cyclists, a 51-year-oldSwiss national, were bothkilled. The other cyclist,aged 55, suffered seriousinjuries and died two dayslater in hospital.

The accident occurredon Thursday April 28 on astraight stretch of road nearkilometre 22. The woman,for unknown reasons, lostcontrol of the car crossedover hitting the two Swisscyclists before crashing in-to a wall.

The Guardia Civil is in-vestigating the cause of theaccident.

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Sad tragedyA 77-YEAR-OLD womanis in critical condition inSon Espases Hospital afterbeing hit by a motorbike inPalma, while crossing theCalle Andreu Torrens in thearea of Es Forti.

Roadworks THE Council of Mallor-ca has announced thatthe MA-2201 road be-tween Alcudia and Pol-lença (Can Bisanyes)will remain closed forroadworks from Mon-day to Friday from 8amto 7pm, until May 16.

THE Balearic Parlia-ment has agreed to ap-prove an initiative, to re-quest that the AirportAuthority Aena notcharge parking fees forpatients and familiescoming to Mallorca fortreatment at Son EspasesHospital.

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THE Council of Environment, Agricul-ture and Fisheries presented its pro-gramme of support for local breedsthrough SEMILLA (Agricultural andFisheries Improvement Services) dur-ing the Sineu Fair.

According to a press release, the ini-tiative is aimed at breeders and has, asits objective, to preserve indigenousbreeds by studying their genealogy andproductive traits, and making publicimproved animals.

The regional government also high-lighted that the “genetic diversity is aglobal patrimony of incalculable his-torical, anthropological, cultural, sci-entific, genetic and productive value,but above all, because it gives the ca-pacity to cope with changing situa-tions.”

SEMILLA stressed that theBalearics are rich in genetic diversitybut “although there are a large numberof breeds, all are in danger of extinc-tion.” The organisation also pointedout that the livestock industry in thearchipelago suffers the pressure of aglobalised market.

Preserve breedsBy Sandra Galo

MALLORCAN SHEEP: The government wants to preserve indigenous breeds.

THE massive tourist influxthis summer is expected to sat-urate all the services and infra-structures of the islands.

The regional government,tour operators and the tourismindustry are showing signs ofconcern in having to cope withthe massive influx of holiday-makers this summer.

Water and electricity supply,sewage treatment capacity, thesaturation of beaches androads and rubbish collection inresidential areas, are all issuesthat the government has beenanalysing to ‘ensure the provi-sion of these services and givethe highest quality to tourists,visitors and residents.’

Councillor for Tourism andBalearic Vice President BielBarcelo said that in the end theproblems will be rectified. “Interms of electricity, we arecalm, since we are connectedto the mainland with a cable.As for water distribution, de-salination plants will operateat full capacity to ensure ser-vice.”

Touristsaturation

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THE front page of the April29 edition of RTN bizarrelystates; ‘The Chosen One:RTN, your English Newspa-per, has been hand-picked bythe British Consulate to be-come their official mediapartner.’

It seemed so unlikely thatan arm of the British Govern-ment should actually havedone this, that on April 29, onbehalf of the Euro WeeklyNews I wrote formally to theBritish Ambassador inMadrid, asking for his obser-vations, and received the fol-lowing reply at around 10pmon Saturday, April 30.

CLASSIFICATION: OFFICIAL. “John,

Thanks for your email onFriday afternoon. It was verygood to see you at the VoterRegistration event in Malaga.My thanks to you for making itdown there, and my apologiesfor having to dash off back toMadrid so quickly.

In your email you raisedyour concerns about the report-ing of the launch of our ‘localambassadors’ pilot project inAlicante, in RTN.

I understand that one of yourcolleagues has raised similarconcerns with my head of com-munications, Simon Montague.

I think there may be a misun-derstanding. I can assure you

that the Embassy has in nosense decided to start workingexclusively with any one expa-triate newspaper in Spain. Norwould it of course make anysense for us to do so.

The reality is that we haveone pilot project in one region(Alicante) where we felt wewould achieve more media im-pact with the target audiencethrough giving one paper ac-cess to the project launch.

Offering a story to a few oreven one particular channel is atechnique that is widely used by

organisations of all kinds - pub-lic and private - when they be-lieve it may achieve greater im-pact than by issuing it to moreoutlets and then finding thatfew or none give it much or in-deed any prominence.

As ever one doesn’t, ofcourse, have any editorial con-trol over how a channel select-ed in this way might present thestory. That’s the nature of a freepress, as I hope you will appre-ciate.

We would be very happy toprovide all the information

about this specific pilot projectto EWN or indeed any otherchannel that wishes to followup the launch, and my commu-nications team would be happyto brief your news desk on theproject next week.

The very large majority ofour stories are, we believe, ofrelevance to British nationalsright across Spain, and we offerthem to all English languagechannels at the same time.

However, even then, we maybe able to invite only a selectfew to a particular event, as was

the case with the event in Mala-ga which you attended.

Your newspaper, with its sev-eral editions and wide reader-ship across Spain, is one of themost important and valuedchannels for us to reach theBritish expatriate audience,and, needless to say, it will con-tinue to be so. I look forward toworking with you.

I am copying this email toour Consuls for Central andSouthern Spain, to our vice-consuls for Alicante and Mala-ga, and to Simon Montague.

Best regards,Simon Manley

British Ambassador to Spainand Andorra”

Truth will out and having re-ceived this communication fromthe Ambassador it is clear thestatement on the front page ofRTN is neither accurate nor fact.

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Truth is in no sensestranger than fiction

THE TRUTH: British Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Simon Manley.

...the Embassyhas in no sense

decided to startworking exclusivelywith any one expa-triate newspaper.”

By John Smith

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Anxious forexpat votes

THE British Ambassador toSpain, Simon Manley, madethe train journey to Malagaon Friday, April 29, to speakto a collection of press andcounci l representat ives topromote the voter registrationcampaign.

In some ways, whilst clear-ly anxious to ensure that asmany British expatriates didtake the trouble to register tovote as possible, the ambas-sador had a somewhat diffi-cult position to defend.

This was due to the factthat the current governmenthad, as par t of i ts e lect ionmanifesto, stated that it want-ed to see one person onevote, but it had called the ref-erendum with insuff ic ienttime to pass legislation to al-low those UK passport hold-ers resident in Spain (or else-where), who had lived herefor more than 15 years , tovote.

This coupled with the factthat those who had lived inNorthern Ireland could notapply to register to vote on-

line, and that no obvious as-s is tance was avai lable forthose without internet con-nection, rather dampened theexcitement of those being ex-horted to invite British expa-triates to register to vote.

Regardless of this trio ofdisappointments, there arestill potentially hundreds ofthousands of British potentialvoters still not registered forthe referendum. No oneactually knows the truenumber, but since the start of2016, it appears that as manyas 80,000 people from Spainhave visited the governmentwebsite dedicated to voting:https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote and the majority ofthem have registered to vote.

It is a very simple processand basically requires a pass-port number, national insur-

ance number and postcode ofyour last UK address.

Despite everything that ap-pears on any websi te , i t i shighly recommended thatanyone who possibly canshould register no later thanMay 16.

The reason is very simple,as whilst you can register on-l ine, bal lot papers wil l besent by post on May 23which means that you have toreceive the physical docu-ment, cast your vote and thenpost i t back in t ime to becounted in the referendum.

One thing that the ambas-sador made clear was thatthere is a great deal of misin-formation with regards towhat could or would happenin the event of an exit fromthe Union.

The only things that hecould really say with certain-ty is that in the event of leav-ing, British nationals wouldcease to be nationals of theEuropean State and thateverything else was effective-ly supposition, and possiblywishful thinking.

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RECRUITING: Ambassador Manley, flanked by British Government officials onApril 29.

16May is the date by which anyone who

possibly can vote in the referendum

should register to do so.

ON the last day of AprilMunicipal Police pre-miered a special service ofincreased presence tocombat street hawking inPalma and Arenal dubbed‘Operation Cloud.’

The spokesperson forthe Local Police explainedthat bad weather, coupledwith the arrival of variouscruise ships always meansan increase in work andpolice presence, in whatwould have otherwisebeen a normal day. Whenthere is bad weather,many tourists go to thecity.

The new service will beimplemented throughoutthe summer season withan increased police pres-ence from 9.30am to 4pm.

The initiative aims toprevent illegal vendorsfrom setting up stalls, fo-cusing on ‘preventionrather than repression.’

Police uppresence

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City park fundingTHE Palma City Council has allocated €130,000 for the conser-vation, protection and expansion of the Cabrera National Park.

The money will be used for environmental education, and toimprove the photovoltaic (solar) infrastructure among other initia-tives.

Councillor for Ecology, Agriculture and Environment NeusTruyol explained at a press conference, that the objective is forthe island to be 100 per cent self-sufficient.

THE Department of Cul-ture and Heritage of theCouncil of Mallorca an-nounced the discovery ofa submerged ship in thewaters of Cabrera.

The Roman boat, whichsailed sometime duringthe third and fifth cen-turies AD, was filled withterracotta amphorae(jars). It was discoveredwhile the council was do-ing routine environmentalwork in the area. Imageswere captured by an un-manned submarine.

Vice President of theCouncil Francesc Mirallessaid the discovery has ac-celerated work being doneby the Department of Cul-ture and Heritage, withplans already in motion to

develop an archaeologicalunderwater map.

Miralles explained thatthe discovery shows the“necessity for collabora-tion between the institu-tions involved in the pro-tection of natural andhistorical patrimony”.

He also highlighted thatprotecting this patrimonyis the responsibility ofthose involved in the dis-covery, as well as all citi-zens to ensure that the in-formation from the boatcan be recovered intactfor the benefit of all of so-ciety.

The finding coincideswith Cabrera NaturalPark’s 25th anniversary.Miralles, commemoratingon the event, said that thepark is an “important en-clave of biodiversity.”

Sunken shipdiscovered

By Sandra Galo

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THE Local Police of Palma are asking citi-zens to help locate a car that ran over a mo-torcyclist in a tunnel in Palma leaving himseriously injured.

The accident occurred on Sunday May 1

at 6.15am in the Bons Aires tunnel. The 43-year-old motorcyclist lost control of themotorbike and fell. The car behind him ranhim over and fled the scene.

So far what is known is that the victimwas run over by a silver-coloured medium-sized car inside the tunnel joining Avenidas

with General Riera. The motorcyclist is inSon Espases Hospital and has a fracturedpelvis and arm and doctors believe theymay have to amputate a leg.

Anyone who can provide informationshould contact officers at the San Fernandostation or by phoning line 092.

Hit and run help neededBy Sandra Galo

POLICE are intensifying thesearch for a gang of thievesafter their car charged an offi-cer in the municipality ofCalvia.

The incident occurredabout 3am on the morning ofMay 1 near the Bendinat sec-ondary school.

All units in the area werealerted of the presence of anAudi with five occupants ofSouth-American origin, sus-pected of being the perpetra-tors of several burglaries inthe area.

A patrol near the school ap-proached the car and saw thatinside the vehicle were toolsused to commit burglaries aswell as a balaclava.

At that moment, the driverrammed one of the police of-ficers with the car injuringhim slightly on the knee asthe gang fled the scene.

The occupants of the carare suspected of the theft of asafe in a house in the areaamong other crimes. Policehave intensified the search forthe suspects.

Officer chargedby thieves

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NORWEGIAN AIRLINES will open in its sev-enth base in Spain at Palma’s Son Sant Joan Air-port.

The new base will open on June 1 with twoBoeing 737-800s, each having a capacity to seat186, and will operate 12 months of the year.Along with its opening, the base will launch two

domestic and four international routes offeringmore than 600,000 seats in Palma this summerrepresenting an increase of 90 per cent comparedto last season.

Of that number, more than 200,000 correspondto flights to Madrid and Barcelona.

The Norwegian company’s four new interna-

tional routes will go to the major Scandanaviancities of Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, andGothenburg. The company’s new service toMadrid includes six daily flights to the Spanishcapital competing with Ryanair, Air Europa andIberia Express. The airlines will offer four dai-ly flights to Barcelona competing with Ryanair,

Air Europa and Vueling.In total, Norwegian will offer 11 destinations

from Mallorca. In addition to the new routes,service also includes flights to Bergen and Sta-vanger in Norway, Aalborg in Denmark, Helsinkiin Finland and London-Gatwick in the UK.

The new base will create more than 60 jobs.

Norwegian’s seventh base at airport

A RECORD number ofeight cruise ships coin-cided with a stopover inthe Port of Palma onTuesday May 3.

President of theBalearic Port Authority(APB) Joan Gual de Tor-rella expressed his satis-faction saying that theAPB was happy becausethey have been rewardedfor all the work they’vedone to promote theBalearics.

He added that thisrecord number of cruiseships would not be re-peated many more times.

Many of the passen-gers visited the historicalcentre of Palma withothers choosing to go onexcursions around the is-land. Gual de Torrellavoiced his approval ofthe Palma City Council’sdecision to distribute ar-riving cruise passengersto different parts of thecity, which he says willalso help distribute thewealth that their visitgenerates.

The APB president al-so commented about theconcerns over masstourism saying that it isa municipal issue and asituation that occurs in aspecific neighbourhoodof Palma which benefitsthe rest of the island.

He added that thecruise ship passengersdon’t only go to the his-torical centre but alsotour around the islandand that it would be amistake to limit thenumber of tourists.

Eightcruiseships

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THE State has ruled against the moratorium forshopping centres approved by the Council ofMallorca. The Secretary of the Market UnityCouncil concluded that the temporary suspensionof new licences for shopping centres is ‘incom-patible’ with the Law on Market Unity and upheldthe appeal filed by the National Association of

Large Businesses of Distribution (ANGED)against the Balearic’s decision.

The Market Unity Council believes that theCouncil of Mallorca has not justified the reasonsof general interest, necessity and proportionalityof the suspension of new licences to open shopsof over 700 square metres.

THIS year has seen a dramaticincrease in foreign visitors tothe islands in the first threemonths of the year.

The Balearics has receivedmore than 677,590 foreigntourists in the last threemonths representing the high-est growth in Spain and an in-crease of 39.3 per cent com-pared to the same period lastyear.

According to a survey ofBorder Tourist Movements(Frontur) published by the Na-tional Statistics Institute, morethan 415,280 internationaltourists visited the islands inMarch showing an increase of46.5 per cent compared toMarch 2015.

Balearic Vice President andCouncillor for Tourism BielBarcelo, evaluating the datarevealing the Balearics asleading in the growth of inter-national tourism, considered itproof that “those who chose toopen the hotels in winter havebeen rewarded”. In a press

conference, the councillorpointed out that the data corre-sponded to winter months andthis increase contributes to

‘lengthening the season anddeseasonalising’ the sector.

Barcelo also forecast agrowth in the number of

British and domestic visitorsand that the number of Ger-man tourists would remainmore or less the same.

THE Council of Educa-t ion and Universi ty hasdonated furniture for aschool in Syria.

The donation stemsfrom Inca Councillor An-tonia Triguero’s requestfor the regional govern-ment’s collaboration withthe charity AAPS (Sup-porting the Syrian PeopleAssociat ion) to build aschool in the war-torncountry.

A group of volunteerscollected 85 desks, 65chairs , a teacher ’s deskand chair, a chair for theheadmaster, two officechairs, a blackboard and a

cupboard and shelvesfrom the Council’s ware-house.

The furniture wil l beadded to more donationsthat will be sent to Syria.

On May 21 in Inca, anall-day event with familyactivities will be held toraise funds for AAPS’sschool project as well tohelp build a hospital.

Score for big business

Building a school

SYRIAN SCHOOL: Furniture has been donated.

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A foreign invasion

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A DRIVER whose car wasabout to fall into the sea wasrescued by emergency work-ers during the night of FridayApril 29.

The 52-year-old driver wasdriving on the Passeig Sagreraon his way to the airport,

when he entered the AvenidaAdolfo Suarez and continuedstraight instead of turning lefton the curve. The car crossedthe garden and walking areaand crashed through a lowwall into the guardrails of thebike lane, where it hung per-ilously about to fall into thesea.

Emergency service person-nel called it a miracle that thecar didn’t fall into the sea andthat no one was run over.

The driver tested negativefor alcohol, suffered multiplebruises and could not remem-ber anything. Investigators be-lieve he fainted at the wheellosing control of the car.

Car hangingover the seaBy Sandra Galo

EXPERTS from the Guardia Civil in defus-ing explosives led a controlled detonation ofa mortar grenade in the municipality of SantLlorenç des Cardassar.

The relic from the Spanish Civil War wasdiscovered in an empty field in Son Carrioby a person clearing the land. Upon receiv-ing word of the device, the Guardia Civilwent to the site to confirm that it was indeed

explosive and sent a team of specialists, whodiscovered that the artefact was a Valero 81mortar grenade. It was then moved to a safelocation where it was destroyed.

In a statement, the Guardia Civil remindedcitizens to refrain from touching or movingany type of projectile or explosive devicethey may find and to report the finding byphoning 062.

Experts defuse mortar grenade

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THE seventh edition of theMallorca 312 cycling eventcaused the collapse of roadsand trapped thousands offrustrated drivers on SaturdayApril 29.

The Guardia Civil has re-ceived hundreds of com-plaints from discontented dri-vers affected by the roadclosures. The traffic jams re-sulted in the delay of a boat inthe Port of Alcudia leavingfor Menorca which had to

wait for trapped passengersunable to reach it in time.

More than 4,000 cyclistsparticipated in the eventwhich started in Playa deMuro and this year ran 312kilometres along the north ofthe island.

Cycling in a jamBy Sandra Galo

CYCLING EVENT: The Mallorca 312 cycling event caused problems for thousands ofdrivers unable to reach their destinations in time.

THE Balearic health service(IB-Salut) has signed a col-laborative agreement withthe Spanish Associationagainst Cancer (AECC), toprovide psychological sup-port to cancer patients in SonServera.

The aim of the service,which is also extended tofamilies of cancer patients, isto reduce emotional distressthat may arise as a result ofthe disease.

According to the agree-ment, the AECC will providecounselling services to can-cer patients and their fami-lies to complement healthcare provided by IB-Salut.

The Health Service willprovide the AECC with aplace in the Llevant HealthCentre as well as necessaryresources including furniture,a computer and a phone line.

The Health Service will al-so fund the cost arising fromthe use of these resources.

Cancerpatientcounsellors

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NEW bus fares for transport toand from the airport will takeeffect this month.

The fares which affect lines 1and 21 benefit residents withcitizen cards who will now pay€1 instead of €1.50. Thosewith student and senior citizen

discounts will pay 67 cents.According to a statement

from the Palma City Council,this measure will benefit resi-dents in Palma as well as air-port employees who consideredthe bus fares “disproportionate”to the rest of the fares.

Non-residents will now pay€5 for a single-ticket and €8

for a return ticket. Both ticketsallow for transfers to other linesfacilitating connections withother areas of the city.

The new airport bus fares arestill below the average fares ofother popular European citiesof similar importance to Palmabut they are now equal to pricesin Madrid and Barcelona.

Airport busfare changesBy Sandra Galo

THE Binissalem City Council will launch anaction plan against the misuse of drinking inpublic areas.

The objective of the council is to put an endto the practice of the ‘botellon’ (drinking inpublic places) that has been growing in recentyears during village celebrations. For this rea-son, the town has developed special guidelinesregulating street drinking.

Fines of up to €750 may be imposed per‘botellon.’ Police presence in the area will alsoincrease during celebrations and controls willbe set up at some of the entrances to the village.

The initiative aimed first at the celebrationson May 1 is intended as a first step toward con-trolling the problem that occurs duringBinissalem’s annual village festivities in Sep-tember known popularly as ‘Sa Vermada.’

No more for the road

THE head of Activities of thePalma City Council has beendetained for his alleged in-volvement in the Palma Policecorruption scandal.

The official was detainedon Tuesday morning (May 3)as part of the investigationsbeing carried out in the anti-corruption campaign. Accord-ing to sources close to the in-vestigation, he is charged withnumerous alleged crimes ofcorruption.

The magistrate is investi-gating alleged trafficking andillegal possession of weapons,obstruction of justice, influ-ence peddling, insider trading,perversion of justice, prohibit-ed negotiations, coercion,bribery, threats, extortion,forgery as well as crimesagainst the public health, thetreasury and the environment.

The case, which began withinvestigations in 2013, re-mains under a gag order and

has resulted in the imprison-ment of 16 policemen.

Investigators suspect thatvarious officers extorted busi-nessmen in the leisure indus-try, and gave favours to othersin exchange for money andfavours.

Manuel Penalva, the judgeinvestigating the case, recent-ly issued a judicial decree toextend the gag order for an-other month, to be able tocontinue the investigation,justifying his decision by the

type of crime being investi-gated, the modus operandi ofthose involved as well as theirconnections.

He added that without thegag order the case could notbe investigated properly.

In an earlier extension, Pe-nalva indicated that apartfrom the police being investi-gated, other public officialsfrom the municipalities ofPalma and Calvia would beimplicated.

Judge Penalva is investigat-

ing allegations made by abusinessman who claimedthat police had unjustifiablyclosed his business, becausethe licence was “being illegal-ly blocked by an official ofthe City Council”.

Mayor of Palma Jose Hilasaid that he considers itshameful that a public officialhas been arrested. He pointedout that the Palma City Coun-cil has long been taking mea-sures and collaborating withthe justice system.

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By Sandra Galo

COUNCIL TROUBLES: The Palma City Council’s head of Activities has beendetained on corruption charges.

Public shameGay choir bidMALLORCA will make abid to host the 2022 Euro-pean fest ival of LGBTchoirs which takes placeevery four years. If Mal-lorca is chosen, about14,000 choir memberswould come to the island.

Maths gamesAN educational initiative in-volving a series of videogames, designed by the BitFoundation, called Play forLearning, is being used inclassrooms to help year fourprimary students improvetheir math skills.

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A CAMPAIGN against theextension of the port of EsMolinar has collected 20,000signatures.

Representatives of the en-tities involved in the cam-

paign against the expansionof the little port have pre-sented a dossier with the sig-natures to the Council of theEnvironment responsible fordrafting the environmentalimpact report of the port’sextension project.

Included is a news summarythat shows the social impactthe expansion project had, areport on initiatives to im-prove the quality of the bay’swater and a survey from theGADESO Foundation.

The campaign is requesting

that the Palma City Counciland the Balearic Port Authori-ty (both of which have shownopposition to the extension)accelerate efforts to achieveonce and for all the preserva-tion of this emblematic land-mark.

MALLORCA has become themain destination for Swedeswanting to buy a house.

This trend has been growingin recent years. Since 2013 ithas registered a dramaticgrowth of around 80 per centaccording to Swedish real es-tate agents operating on the is-land. Swedish Consular agentNatalia Rigo Olausson notesthe boom is also motivated bythe strong Swedish currencyand increased air connectivity.

Fastighetsbyran, the main es-tate agent in Sweden which ispart of Swedbank, said the av-erage purchase is around

€350,000 in the Bay of Palmaand exceeds €800,000 in Deia,Valldemossa and other parts ofMallorca.

The head of Fastighetsbyranon the island Torkel Hellbergexplained that “the Swedeshave become the third national-ity” in acquiring housing on theisland after the British and Ger-mans, mainly because Mallorca“is in fashion and is one of thepreferred destinations for a sec-ond residence or primaryhome.” Hellberg added that thehousing sector in Sweden isvery expensive and sees a greatopportunity in Mallorca.

Saving a small port Swedish housingin Mallorca

By Sandra Galo

ES MOLINAR: There is strong opposition against an expansion of the small port.

By John SmithTHERE is a whole family of Dream-Works companies producing featurefilms and animation, but probably themost recognised is DreamWorks Ani-mation which has been responsible forsuch huge successes as Shrek, KungFu Panda and Madagascar, as well asvarious TV offshoots.

Originally founded by the triumvi-rate of David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzen-

berg and Stephen Spielberg, with itstrademark boy fishing from a ‘bananamoon’, the company has become phe-nomenally successful in its 21 years ofactivity and there are now very strongrumours that it is about to attract anenormous takeover bid from US Cablegiant Comcast.

Shares have shot up in light of theserumours, which suggest that the com-pany could be worth considerably

more than its Wall Street valuation. The combination of a great back cat-

alogue together with a strong list offilms in production or pre-productionwould make this a very attractive pur-chase for Comcast, and there is theadded benefit that many of the charac-ters would be a perfect fit for its collec-tion of Universal Studios theme parks,and characters such as the very popularMinions.

INTERIM GOVERNMENT: Will change working pattern.

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A BIT like Oliver Twist but withoutthe charm, the companies who havebeen involved in the construction ofthe new AVE lines have realised theywill be overspending considerably.

Rather than take the loss of profitson the chin, it appears they have ap-proached the Development Ministryexplaining their situation and have in-dicated if they do not receive authorityto recover this additional expenditure,they may be forced to cease work.

DESPITE the fragility oftheir position in the lowerhouse of parliament and thefact that there will be a newelection in June of this year,the interim government is de-termined to push ahead withits plan to change the work-ing pattern within Spain andwith a majority in the upperhouse, it is quite possible thatthis will be approved.

The intention is that themajority of employers wouldeffectively remove the longlunchtime siesta period andintroduce a closing time foroffices in particular of 6pm,in order to ensure that fami-lies were able to spend moretime together and to makeworking life more pleasur-able for the majority of peo-ple.

Plan for shorterworking hours

No paymentTHE EU has confirmed theSpanish deficit of 5.1 per centat the end of 2015 is the sec-ond highest in the EuropeanUnion and is looking for Spainto reduce this by at least 2 percent.

In addition, it has stoppedthe payment of more than €1billion due to Spain for region-al funding because of bad fundmanagement from 2007 to2013. This freeze on paymentswill adversely affect no lessthan 22 programmes aroundSpain due to past poor controlof previously paid subsidies.

Job lossesMEDIA Group Unidad Edi-torial is to reduce its staffingby 224 people, of whom 91will be cut from the well-known daily newspaper ElMundo, which has a circula-tion of more than 200,000and a huge web following.

Other cuts are due to takeplace in Andalucia, theBasque Country and theBalearics and all are beingdiscussed with the appropri-ate union.

IN scenes reminiscent of the end of the SecondWorld War, a number of senior Japanese execu-tives from the world’s sixth largest car manu-facturer Mitsubishi stood with their headsbowed in shame as they admitted falsifying fuelefficiency tests.

The majority of the problems have arisen

with models that were only marketed in Japanbut since the news broke, ongoing sales of theircars have almost halved and there is everychance of the company and its directors beingfined, and having to pay compensation to con-sumers who were misled into purchasing theircars.

Mitsubishi fuel tests scandal

is rumoured to be the amount thatComcast would be prepared to pay to take over DreamWorks

Animation.

Quote of the WeekChina respects strength, and by letting them take advantage of useconomically like they are doing, we are losing all their respect,”

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O2 sale blocked by BrusselsBy John Smith

DESPITE the apparent universal ha-tred of Brussels interference, some-times it does actually appear to beworking in favour of the British con-sumer and this is very much the casewith mobile telephony.

Having decided that it is wrong to

impose ‘roaming charges’ within theEU boundaries, which will save allconsumers quite significant amountsof money over the coming years (al-though possibly not the British if theBrexit vote is to leave), it is now try-ing to block the sale of O2, the Britishaffiliate of Telefonica, to the Asiangroup Hutchinson which wishes toamalgamate it with the Three net-work.

The reason is that this would thenreduce the competition within the

UK, effectively reducing the numberof service providers from four tothree.

With a likely financial benefit toshareholders of more than £10 billion(€13 billion), there is bound to beconsiderable lobbying to the Britishagency responsible for competitionbut it will need to take heed of theBrussels opinion.

Not all mobile services are actingin accord with each other, as bothThree and Tesco have already an-nounced that the massive reductive incharges, which does not come intoplace across Europe until 2017, willactually be applied now, whilst O2appears to be ramping charges bymaking a £1.99 (€2.60) daily chargeto certain of its customers who makecalls or send texts (regardless of thenumber) from within the EU.

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AFTER a stormy start to 2016, Sterling is defy-ing gravity and enjoying a spring bounce back asit is trading at its highest level against the dollarand the euro at the end of April.

This is fairly surprising as the gains posted bythe pound appear to completely disregard theeconomic fundamentals. As a matter of fact, in-vestors seem happy to ignore a spate of bad eco-nomic news out of the UK, as concerns overBritain leaving the European Union have startedto weigh on economic activity.

As the FTSE surged on the back of a reboundin the price of oil, so did the pound in a very re-markable turnaround from the dark days in Feb-ruary. Investors turned positive on sterling after avery rocky start to the year. Weaker labour mar-ket numbers with unemployment nudging high-er, slower wage growth and weaker consump-tion failed to stop the rebound in the pound, asinvestors are more concerned with the possibilityof Brexit.

Sterling sold off aggressively until the begin-ning of the spring, and this was mainly due tothe uncertainty that the EU referendum is caus-ing among major investors. Many thought thepound depreciated too quickly and too fast butBrexit fears were enough to spook investorsaway. The majority of economists are unani-

mous to expect the pound to slump if the publicdo vote to leave the EU and therefore Obama’svisit to the UK indirectly provided a major boostto the ‘Remain campaign’.

Late in April, the President of the UnitesStates Barack Obama made a dramatic interven-tion in the UK referendum debate as he threw

his weight behind the continued membership tothe EU as he urged voters to remain in Europe.

The US president delivered a killer press con-ference while in the UK, where he insisted thatBritain would be at the “back of the queue” toarrange a trade deal with America in case of aBrexit, and urged the public to support the con-tinued membership of the European Union.

President Obama’s intervention drew harshcriticism from the ‘Leave’ campaign, which triedto silence his remarks, but this ended up backfir-ing after both Boris Johnson and Nigel Faragewere criticised for referring to arguments that thePresident has an anti-UK outlook because of his‘part-Kenyan’ heritage. Traders cheered BarackObama, who has single-handedly offered a ma-jor boost to sterling, as traders are convinced theUS President’s comments will sway many of theundecided voters to vote to remain in the EU,and his words will surely be used many timesbetween now and the June 23.

The situation can still unfold in the weeks tocome and the pound might be under pressureagain as the debate enters its final stage ahead ofthe referendum day, when British people will becalled to decide their future within Europe. It re-minds us how Brexit alone remains a pivotalmoment for the United Kingdom and Europe.

Sterling is enjoying a spring bounce

STERLING: Trading at its highest level against the dollar and euro so far this year.

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SIR JAMES DYSON spends a great deal oftime considering new products which wouldbe beneficial to his customers and then spendsa decent amount of money in developing themand bringing them to market.

His latest product, which willinitially be launched in Japan,is a £299 (€385) hair dryerwhich could be the most expen-sive consumer hair dryer in theworld and has supposedly cost£50 million (€65 million) todevelop.

According to the accompany-ing ‘spiel,’ this is a quieter and more hairfriendly dryer which uses a miniature airpump in the handle based on the same princi-ples as his desk fans which have no visibleblades.

There is no question that Sir James has beenextremely successful with his innovative bag-less vacuum cleaners which are both much ad-

mired and much copied. It is thanks to themthat he has built a massive empire and earnedhimself his knighthood, but he is clearly not a‘one trick pony’ and supposedly has a largenumber of other products in development.

Time will tell whether this extremely ex-pensive accessory will be-come another of his success-es or whether the price(which in some cases is moreexpensive than a vacuumcleaner) will be too high forthe average person.

Perhaps in anticipation ofsome resistance, in an inter-view with the BBC, he is

quoted as saying “It’s not so much how manyyou sell that’s important, it’s whether peoplewho buy it like it.”

“I don’t mind if I only sell 100 a year, aslong as those 100 people think it’s reallygood. I wouldn’t make much money but that’snot always the point. That’s not what drivesus, that’s not what makes it exciting.”

Probably the mostexpensive hairdryer in the world

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RIGHT, let’s use this week’s blurbto get a few things straight. Particu-larly to the purveyors of all the hatemail I have been receiving of late.I’m referring of course to my posi-tion regarding the British ‘in/out’fiasco.

Frankly I was against the wholeCommon Market concept from theword go. With our trade deals andwide range of powerful partners inthe Commonwealth, I truly be-lieved we didn’t need to amalga-mate with other European coun-tries to enable us to move forwardin the world of commerce, andsubsequently enjoy the prosperityof our country and its citizenswithin the world of finance.

Over the years many of myopinions have changed. Indeed Ihave taken full advantage of thefreedom of movement and inte-

grated social services offered bythe countries involved in thescheme.

As I stated some time ago, ifDavid Cameron had returned fromBrussels with a renegotiated deal, Iwould vote to stay in. But he didn’tdid he? On the one thing that I be-lieve is the biggest danger, not only

to the UK, but tothe whole of Eu-

rope, hea c h i e v e djust

about zilch. Namely the open bor-der policy.

This mind numbing exercise iseither being perpetrated by bureau-crats of quite unbelievable naivetyor traitors, pure and simple. We arein a war, and the enemy is being al-lowed to flood in like a veritabletsunami. If we don’t do somethingto prevent it, within a generation or

two, we will ei-ther be underSharia law, or

h a v e

been embroiled in an internal warwhich will have cost untold thou-sands of lives.

Well, I am not prepared to suc-cumb to these perpetrators of hatredand inhumanity purely for my ownselfish ends. Contrary to the beliefof many of my dissenters, I am nota rich individual who doesn’t needthe protectionof the Spanishmedical andsocial infra-structure.

On the contrary, soon to be 77years of age, with a small Britishand Spanish pension, and a singularresponsibility for two teenage chil-dren who, although born in Spain,hold English passports, I am ex-tremely worried about what fateshould befall us should we opt toleave the EU.

No, despite not living in the UKfor some 40 years, I am extremelypatriotic, proud of being British,and truly mortified to see it walkingblindly into capitulation and servi-tude through the blind ignorance ofits power hungry bureaucrats.

My father and millions of otherpatriots risked and sacrificed theirlives to preserve our nation, and Ifor one refuse to hand it all over toheathen, undeserving aliens, purelyfor my own selfish ends. I trust Ihave now made my position per-fectly clear.

Keep the faithLove Leapy

leapylee2002@gmail.com

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

Getting a few things straight

OPEN BORDER: Policy is one of the biggest dangers not only to the UK, but to the whole of Europe.

THE next few months are going tobe very hectic as far as we expatsare concerned, as we can look for-ward to the Brexit referendum andthen the Spanish general election,which will fall within a few days ofeach other in the la t ter par t ofJune.

Every day a different pro or antiBrexit report appears and all of thebig guns are vying for position tomake sure that their words of wis-dom (or in many cases unprovenopinion) are given prominence.

Whilst the Conservatives are do-ing a pret ty good job of bad-mouthing each other and BorisJohnson, in what appears to besomething of a fit of misplaced ex-citement, played the Trump card byreminding everyone that PresidentObama was a Kenyan who reallyshouldn’t be allowed to express anopinion on the referendum (unlessof course it agreed with the mayorof London’s).

Ironically, by Obama coming out

so heavily in favour of Britain re-maining in the EU and with poorf inancial f igures coming fromsome of the main members of theUnion, the pound received a fillipand started to bounce back againstthe euro, moving up by severalcents.

The Labour Party seems to bekeeping a low profile on the mat-

ter, agreeing in pr inciple thatBritain should remain but being abit jealous of the conservative im-plosion, has decided that it is farmore important to suspend mem-bers MP Naz Shah and Ken Living-stone for appearing anti-semiticdue to comments the MP made be-fore being elected to Parliament,and for Mr Livingstone’s defence

of her, which was perhaps not terri-bly well-worded.

The main Liberal activity was tosend Sir Simon Hughes to Gibral-tar to effectively preach to the con-verted, as even the warring politi-c ians there are uni ted against aBrexit vote.

No party in Spain believes that itcan run a minori ty governmenttherefore after four months of fu-tile attempts which included somequite good name calling, the kinghas had no option but to call anoth-er election which is the first timethat this has ever happened. Al-though it must be remembered thatthere have only been 12 electionsso far and some of the governmentsdidn’t last too long.

Opinion polls don’t seem to beable to predict a clear-cut victoryfor any party, but possibly thingswill become clearer as the electiondate looms.

One thing is sure, expats whohave lived outside of the UK formore than 15 years may find them-selves helpless to vote in eitherthe referendum or the Span-ish election, and will just haveto accept whatever the outcomemay be.

I HATE it when you wishsomeone good luck, andback comes the smugreply: “You makeyour own luck.”

Sure, beingreally organisedwil l help, butthere are somepeople who are justborn lucky and seem tohave access to the Philoso-pher’s Stone and capable ofturning base metal intogold.

You know the ones.Whatever they do in life,they always seem to landon their feet, or as my oldDad used to say: “If theyfel l down the loo, theywould come out with a boxof Quality Street.”

Then conversely thereare those who always dropthe bread butter side down.

The ones who realise thatthe ITV on their car isoverdue, and then getpulled over by the Guardiaon their way to the test cen-tre.

There is good and badluck - of course there is .Why some have far morethan their fair share of ei-ther, however, is a mystery.

It’s the same with acci-dent prone people. I havefriends who are so butter-f ingered, that you wouldnever dream of breakingout the best crystal.

You just know that a tsome point something willget spi l t , dropped orknocked over. I t’s as in-evitable as a politician say-

ing: “Let me be perfectlyclear.”

A fr iend from myyounger days was such aperson. For some inexplica-ble reason, he only had toapproach a young lady anda run would mysteriouslyappear in her tights.

I t happened t ime andagain. He was responsible

for more ladders thanGeorge Wimpey.

One night t ravel l inghome in his Ford Angliaduring a heavy storm, bothwipers, as if by mutual con-sent, shot off into the night,leaving two metal spikeseeek eeeking back andforth across his wind-screen.

Give him a new AirbusA380 for Christmas, and hewould break it by BoxingDay.

So don’t give me thatguff about making yourown luck, it’s a contradic-tion in terms anyway.

For my part though, Iwil l cont inue to touchwood and do the lottery.

It’s just plain luck

ALTHOUGH running thesix regional versions of theEuro Weekly News requires alarge number of staff withthe cost of offices across allof our areas, we enjoy thechallenge and of course it isa business but unlike mostothers.

We see ourselves as beingpart of a caring communitywhich is quite rare in thisday and age. Whilst report-ing on news events in eacharea, we are also very carefulto do our best to alert readersto local charities and whatthey are doing especially inour social pages, and by an-nouncing the activities ofthese charities, we feel thatwe are undertaking a servicefor the community as awhole.

One thing that has becomeincreasingly clear over thepast few months is that if anyof our readers have a prob-lem with local government,are searching for a lost mem-ber of the family or just wantadvice, then they are notscared to contact the newspa-per to ask for our assistanceand wherever possible, wewill do all that we can tohelp in one way or another.

Sometimes all we can dois publish an appeal to otherreaders who may know amissing person, but in manycases one of our Spanishspeaking reporters will con-tact a local council office orhospital just to try to find ananswer to a particular ques-tion.

All of our staff and espe-cially the Euesdens areproud to be part of this expatcommunity and welcome theopportunity to assist wherev-er and whenever we can.

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GOOD LUCK: I will continue to touch wood and do the lottery.

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THE majority of drivers in Spain have a cat-egory ‘B’ licence, which means they are cer-tified as qualified to drive a normal passen-ger car, but being qualified in that categoryalso allows you to drive some other vehicles.

As a category ‘B’ licence holder you arepermitted to drive specially-designed passen-ger cars, for private use, ranging from asmall urban car, an SUV, minivan or sportscar. There is no limitation to the type of vehi-cle, so long as it is a private car, but there arelimitations to the physical characteristics.

Namely, a private car must be equal to orless than 3,500kg in weight and can have amaximum of nine seats, including the driver.The vehicle can only be driven for privateand leisure use and not for any commercialgain, whether that be for business or carryingpassengers in exchange for cash or goods.

In the case of vans, you can drive any van

in which either passengers, goods or bothcan be transported, whether that vehicle isapproved as a private or commercial vehicle,so long as it has a maximum weight equal toor less than 3,500kg and no more than nineseats including the driver. For both cars andvans you can also attach a trailer with a cate-gory ‘B’ licence, provided the total com-bined weight of the vehicle and trailer do notexceed the maximum weight permitted.

If the trailer exceeds 750kg and the jointweight between car and trailer is 3,500-4,250kg it is necessary to take two specificpractical tests, which covers vehicle ma-noeuvres and dealing with traffic. For com-bined weights of over 4,250kg, it is neces-sary to obtain a BE category certification.This requires both a theoretical test and twopractical tests, one of manoeuvres and theother in traffic.

Let us clear up thevoting picture.

The Law of HorizontalProperty clearly states thateach property has onevote, and this vote isweighted according to thesize of the property.

If one large owner con-trols the community andhis actions prejudice thegroup of small owners,

they can go to court. However, in 1995,

Spain’s Supreme Courtruled that communities cansimply vote to use a one-person, one-vote system.Over the following years

more and more communi-ties have voted to use thissystem. It is simpler andeasier to administrate.

Now it is the large own-er who has to go to court ifhe feels prejudiced. Thisgradual change has over-taken my standard advicethat each property has avote, and I regret not mak-ing it clear any sooner.

IN our small Community I ownseveral properties and garage

spaces but our administrator insists that Iget only one vote. Is this legal?

I pay fees on five units, so why don’t Iget five votes? You have written that thelaw says each property has one vote.

JA (Costa Blanca)

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Category ‘B’

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AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep youupdated on the latest driving and road news kindly provided by members ofthe Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 web-site and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

CATEGORY ‘B’: Holders can drive a normal passenger car and some other vehicles.

I’M getting old. Well actually I am old. Idon’t like the ageing process but of course it’sbetter than the alternative. All sorts of thingsstart happening to the body and in some casesstop happening.

On a recent visit to my doctor she told methat I should stop eating chocolate, stopsmoking, stop drinking, stop eating red meat,stop having fried food, cut down on my dairyproducts, walk four miles a day and stop hav-ing sex… I asked if this would make me livelonger and she said ‘No but it will definitelyfeel like it!!’

The other day I was trying to do somethingon the computer. By the time I’d logged onI’d completely forgotten what it was I wasgoing to do. What’s that all about? I walk into rooms, look round and walk out. Not a cluewhy I went in. I stand there like a doughnutlooking around for some inspiration but noth-ing.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’vebeen driving somewhere then realised thatI’ve gone past the turning because in my head

I’m going somewhere else! Please tell me it’snot just me.

Today I was looking to hire a car so I wenton to a car rental company’s website and all Ihad to do was put in my username and pass-word and I was all set. Was I heck? Could Iremember my password? I thought I did. Itried it three times then got locked out. I got amessage saying I now had to change mypassword. I spent the next hour trying to dothat but it all got too complicated as theywanted my driving licence number and creditcard details. Driving licence was fine but Icouldn’t remember what credit card I had ontheir file. I tried three which were wrong andthen I got locked out of that screen! I’ll callthem tomorrow if I remember.

I have so many pin numbers and pass-words it’s impossible to remember them alland you are always told don’t write themdown, so I hide them on my phone and codethem. Then I forget the code! I have decidedto change my password to ‘incorrectpass-word’, so if I put it in wrong or forget it atleast when that pops up I’ll have half achance of remembering it.

When you get old, I’ve decided, two thingshappen to you. One is that your memorystarts to go and the second ….. err, err, mmmcan’t think of it at the moment. I’ll get back toyou on that one.

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

I’m getting old

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SOME of the comments by Britishexpats on the relative values of theirmonarchy, and especially those thatquestion the cost, leave me absolutelydumbfounded.

I wonder where Britain would bewithout such an important and inter-nationally admired Head of State, to-gether with the family who in themain carry half the cross among them.

I am equally amazed when thosecurious Costa know-it-alls (a minorityof the residents), talk about costswhen the figures show just howridiculously cheap the British royalsare.

Where on earth would the presiden-cy of any democratic or tin-pot statecost any less? Britain talks in billionswhen it comes to the cost of the realexpenses of the bureaucratic armiesand their generally unproductivemachinations, which create no morethan quirky services and increasingdemands for new taxes.

Does anybody really think a shortterm president with or without real so-cial skills, can relate on a long termbasis with the leaders of the world inthe way the Royals can?

Neither would they attract the sortof reverence and genuine affectionthat the Royals generate with theirsimplicity and lack of need to im-press. Only heritage can do that as hasbeen seen with so many exiled mon-archs who have returned to restoretheir nations to former glory.

It is only the diehard Willie Hamil-tons of the past who make such a pas-toral issue out of the royal, non-exis-tent economic drain.

This government without reins is ablessing which needs no promptingand gets on with it with an inflexiblesense of duty that is awesome. With-out them, Britain would be no morethan a backwater which would fareeven worse by the poor reflection castby so many of its pompous emigrants.

What I saw so closely, made mehave sleepless nights many a timewhen I realised that an ageing womancould not only be kept up at banquetspast midnight but be expected tomake the unrelenting whole day agen-da, whether or not she slept well or atall.

The problem, as the Queen wouldsay, is that she is averse to fuss andwould rather just get on with the job,however intimidating, than be associ-ated with groans and moans. Thinkwhat she does for the nation despitebeing stripped to basics (they do noteven have a Royal yacht whilst minorforeign Princes have two or three

each). I can assure anyone that gettingup for what lies in front of them eachday is not just inspiring, but were shemy mum, I would put the crown awaysomewhere safe or find someone likeKing John to do something with it.

Michael via email

No lame-duckI FEEL I must respond to ‘Leapy saysit others think it’.

It’s a pity he does not think to saythat president Obama threatening theUK is nonsense as he has every rightto say what he thinks of the dangersof Brexit, especially considering thatthe UK involved the USA in twoworld wars not of their making.

Thousands of American service-men are buried in the graveyards ofEurope.

Leapy questions Obama’s birth cer-tificate, may I suggest he reads ‘The

Dreams of my Father’ as it might puthis small mind to rest.

Leapy seems to portray BarackObama as a lame duck president, letme point out that he has given thepoor people of America healthcare.He has also reunited the USA withCuba, something that no president hasdone in 50 years.

I can assure Leapy that approx 160million American Democrats respecthim, even if Leapy doesn’t, but thenagain who’s Leapy?

Tony A via email

MisplacedmoralsI CAN’T help but comment on a postin the Letters column (issue 1607),when Ian from Calpe wrote on hisanger at the prospect of dogs being al-lowed on beaches.

There are too many foolish andegotistical views to comment on buthave you ever compared what the hu-man race is inconveniently making ofour planet and societies?

And the exaggeration about thebowl of water in a restaurant ‘whichturns the WHOLE surrounding floorinto a skating rink’... you poor soul…

Moreover, yes I will correct youbecause the law in Spain asserts theproprietor of the establishment to de-termine whether pets are allowed in-doors or not.

Presently there are guides dedicatedto larger cities in Spain listing wheredogs are welcome in restaurants, withmore also being permitted on publictransport, such as in our neighbouringcountries.

I would rather see some excrementwhich will dry and blow away than allthe plastic and tins discarded every-where (by humans), which will neverbiodegrade. These end up in the guts

of animals in oceans or wash up onshorelines, where humans are mostlikely to come into direct contact withthe toxins (relating to your ‘pristine’beach comments).

Every day in countries around theworld, animals are fighting for theirlives. They are enslaved, beaten, andkept in chains to make them performfor humans’ ‘entertainment’, they aremutilated and confined to tiny cagesso that we can kill them and eat them,they are burned, blinded, poisoned,and cut up alive in the name of ‘sci-ence’, they are electrocuted, stran-gled, and skinned alive so that peoplecan parade around in their coats, andworse.

Now this is a topic to write aboutand not in your view about ‘selfishdog owners.’

“The greatness of a nation and itsmoral progress can be judged by theway its animals are treated.” Mahat-ma Gandhi

Felipe via email

HealthcarewoesI WOULD like to respond to Sue inyour Letters page (issue 1607), who isworried about her healthcare here.Who told you your healthcare wouldcome to a stop if we exit the EU?

As pensioners living here you willprobably be paying tax in Spain, ifyou are you should have a Spanish so-cial security number which entitlesyou to healthcare if we are in or out ofthe EU. If you are living here and us-ing your EHIC E111 you are breakingthe law as this is intended for holidayand short stay. If you have healthcareafter filling in an S1 form then the UKgovernment still pay for your health-care and there is no reason for this tostop upon leaving the EU.

This is the information I have re-ceived after researching this. I willvote ‘Leave’ either way because I be-lieve in Britain and in the long run allus Brits will be better off.

Dario via email

I RECENTLY wrote to the Department ofWork and Pensions asking the followingquestions in the event of a vote to leavethe EU:

1. British pensioners living in Spain cur-rently are entitled to healthcare funded by the UK.Will this arrangement continue?

2. British pensioners currently receive the annualpension increase the same as UK resident pension-ers. Will this arrangement continue?

3. British nationals living in Spain do so as an en-titlement as the UK is part of the EU. Will rights ofresidence be affected by a ‘Leave EU’ vote?

I have received a reply from the Department ofWork and Pensions, dated April 25, from which I

quote: “UK citizens living in the EU currently enjoya range of specific rights to live, to work and accessto pensions, healthcare and public services that areonly guaranteed because of EU law.

“There would be no requirement under EU lawfor these rights to be maintained if the UK left theEU. These questions would need to be answered aspart of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit ifthere is a vote to leave.”

It does seem odd to me that people are asked tovote when the implications in these areas are un-known, and UK expats should rightly be concernedthat their lives will change if there is a vote to leavethe EU.

Lynda, San Miguel de Salinas

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LET’S own up. We don’t always takecare of ourselves as well as we should.We have three basic needs: food, sleepand exercise, and we can’t ignore any ofthem.

But this time of year, as we head intothe season in Mallorca it’s easy to letthings slip into bad routines, eating poor-ly, sleeping erratically and not exercising,and these three things are vital to gettingthrough a tough and demanding time.

It’s hard, because life gets in the way,doubly so if we have a busy and produc-tive work life. And when faced with thechoice between hard work and conve-nience, guess which one wins out mostof the time? But whether it’s convenientor not, maintaining our health shouldcome first, before our daily to-do’s, be-fore our work. Why? Because if wearen’t healthy, we can’t be successful, ei-ther at home or at work.

Writing for the Harvard Business Re-view, Ron Friedman laid out the factsabout how different foods affect workperformance. He cited a study where par-

ticipants reported “food consumption,mood and behaviours over a period of 13days.” The participants who ate lesshigh-fat meals and more fruits and veg-etables were “happier, more engaged andmore creative” than those who opted forhigh-fat, high-calorie lunches.

When your work life is demanding,you keep weird hours. You get to workearly, before the sun’s up, and you leavelate, after dark. At home, you take outyour laptop to “finish up a few things.”Three hours later, you crawl into bed.And then you wake up before the sundoes to do it all again.

Sleep deprivation has been linked tohigher levels of stress, higher blood pres-sure levels and lower brain function. It’ssafe to say your performance will sufferif you don’t get your beauty sleep. Youhave to stick to a regular schedule. If youwork primarily from home, create defini-tive work hours, making sure you giveyourself enough time to unwind after fin-ishing work. When your alarm clockgoes off in the morning, get up no matterwhat. Resist the temptation to oversleepand screw up your sleep cycle.

Stress can get the best of us at times.Exercise is a great outlet for relieving

stress, to distract you from dailypressures and get fit at the sametime. Regular exercise wards offdepression and a host of othermental blocks that make successhard to achieve. The importantthing is that we actually go anddo it. Treat exercise as an essen-tial aspect of yoursuccess.

It’s not justsomethingthat yous h o u l ddo, it’ssomethingyou must do.

Taking good care ofyourself is critical to your suc-cess because it allows you to gofurther, get more done and mostimportantly, be happy doing it.

Now just let me read and re-read this until I can repeat itword for word and act on it...Good luck!

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EXERCISE: A greatoutlet for relievingstress.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)Energy levels go up and down andyou seek to ration yours by notgoing all-out physically. It is stillpossible to be quite dynamic whileplanning. Indeed, your clear visionimpresses a colleague. If you are duefor promotion then some good newsis likely. Blow your own trumpetrather than wait for others to do itfor you.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)The changes affecting you for thepast few weeks continue but you arenow getting better at managing theirdirection. Someone wanting you totake a logical action should not beallowed to push you forward. Whento act will be clear to you.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)Someone who has been unhelpful inthe past suddenly steps forward.Could you have been wrong aboutthem? Probably not. Keep a clear

mind when with them. Saturninfluences you to be more organisedbefore a bout of indecision strikes.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)The influence of Venus and Jupiterbrings you the influence and statusthat you deserve. It's not that youhaven't worked towards it but nowyou start to see the benefits. There isan urge to improve your appearanceand surroundings to fit in with the‘new you.’

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)During the past few weeks you mayhave gained a different perspectiveon life. Your need for a closeattachment and harmony in your lifeshould not be underestimated ordenied in the name of practicality.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)To be truly happy you need to buildon your partnerships. Keep these in

balance and everything else will fallinto place. Life has taught you somerather harsh lessons recently. Theupshot of that is you now feel morein control and more secure.

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)There is an all-consuming need tosee some reward for all your efforts.There will be those who will tell youthat you need to push harder forsuccess. Perhaps you need to be withmore like-minded people. Certainlybeing with the wrong colleagues canbring your spirits down.

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 20)When needed you are sure to bepositive this week. On a project,‘striking while the iron is hot’ springsto mind. There is much fun to handbut it must be ‘work first’ at themoment. Some opportunities do notcome twice and you need to be awareof them when they presentthemselves.

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Its not that you’re feeling theneed to have more than one stringto your bow, it is more that you aretired of using the same old arrows.So, what is out there to fire yourimagination? Something reallynew will not miss the mark withyou.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)This is a brilliant week for moneyand business. Mars is influencingyou to be more up-front andpractical in your approach. Youmay feel changes coming on thatyou would rather deny. Buryingyour head in the sand is not anoption.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)You will see the lighter side of lifethis week when you discover thatsomeone is holding a torch for you.You are flattered and vaguelyinterested. Your combination ofintelligence and humour make youa delightful companion. Venussmiles on all your closerelationships and you seem to beable to do no wrong.

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How many English wordsof four letters or more canyou make from the nineletters in our Nonagram

puzzle? Each letter may be used onlyonce (unless the letter appears twice).

Each word MUST CONTAIN THECENTRE LETTER (in this case M) andthere must be AT LEAST ONE NINE

LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities orproper nouns are not allowed.

Cryptic

Code Breaker

English - Spanish

QuickAcross1 Enters by military force (7)5 Outer garments (5)8 Offers for a price (5)9 Colonist (7)

10 Unique or specific (7)11 Have in common (5)12 Disturb the balance of (5)14 Requested information about (5)19 Falls vertically (5)21 Observe closely (7)23 Confidential (7)24 Make fun of (5)25 Take without the owner's consent (5)26 Most immense (7)

Down1 Maintain firmly (6)2 Worth (5)3 Aversion (7)4 Furnish (6)5 Prepares food by heating (5)6 Lacking exceptional quality (7)7 Arranged into groups (6)

13 Commit to undertake (7)15 Disperse (7)16 Makes fit or suitable (6)17 Make visible (6)

18 New (6)20 Gastropod mollusk (5)22 Representation (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Napkins, 5 Trees, 8/24 Whitegoods, 9 Imitate, 10 Scratch,11 Slice, 12 Oscar, 14 Defer,19 Annul, 21 Spenser, 23 Terrace,25 Stave, 26 Saddles.

1 Newest, 2 Prior, 3 Inertia,4 Slight, 5 Toils, 6 Evasive, 7 Seered, 13 Sangria, 15 Emerged,16 Tastes, 17 Assess, 18 Crisis,20 Lease, 22 Scowl.

1 Scared, 4 Lances, 8 Relic, 10 Alarm, 11 Elect, 12 Lists,13 Hyena, 14 Saucy, 17 Sick,19 Fuss, 21 Shine, 24 Start,25 Mocha, 27 Alike, 28 After,29 React, 30 Porter, 31 Delete.

1 Surplus, 2 Atlas, 3 Excess,5 Apathy, 6 Chateau, 7 Samba,9 Menu, 15/16 Ash can,18 Charter, 20 Startle, 21 Starve,22 Ibis, 23 Emerge, 24 Sharp,26 Chase.

1 Cuadro, 3 Used, 7 Tan,9 Viernes, 10 Newspaper,13 Entrada, 14 Sea, 15 Root,16 Sangre.

1 Cats, 2 Revistas, 4 Singers,5 Dust, 6 Telaraña, 8 Nuestro,11 Beer, 12 Lake.

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Across1 Celery (4)3 Playing cards (6)8 El más fácil (7)9 Laughs (3)

10 Computer (9)12 Rum (3)13 Prefix (7)15 Por favor (6)16 Red (4)

Down1 Edad (de persona, animal, árbol) (3)2 Seguro (9)4 Day before yesterday (8)5 Newspaper (9)6 Semilla (4)7 Recibos (de haber pagado) (8)

11 Trampa (para cazar) (4)14 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across1 Test end product with special rail (5)4 Level-headedness in Montreal is mixed

(7)7 Feeling of joy from damaged toenail (7)8 Part of stair is Eritrean (5)9 Police officer in Home Counties area (5)10 Pele mentioned part of kettle (7)11 Most pleasant French city street (6)13 Merchant returns scarlet paintings (6)17 Refuse to leave book in service station

(7)19 Head of clan calls for drums (5)21 Downgrade a pedestal (5)22 Sit dear, not straight but with one leg on

each side (7)23 Manual dexterity is unimportant by the

sound of it (7)24 A good man holding small Scottish

dessert (5)

Down1 Unpleasant reasons to hide betrayal (7)2 Some proclaim a golden rule for an

adult insect (5)3 Lags: Rot! Lies! Deviation! (7)4 About a tenner for curdled milk (6)

5 Alternatively, some of Britain’s teadrinkers (7)

6 Worth me having a right to it (5)8 The odd rioter has eggs (3)12 Devastation of old horse in care (7)14 Quotes poetry in acts of worship around

Ecuador (7)

15 Look up to unnatural spectre (7)16 The banquet is about Dad’s last bet (6)17 The informer is back in the flats, Sarge

(5)18 Yes, start another youth establishment

(3)20 Spike nips back with sweetheart (5)

1 Obsess 2 Odious 3 Extent 4 Desire5 Stereo 6 Cancel 7 Debtor 8 Excise9 Otiose 10 Breach 11 Heroin 12 Thirst13 Sophia 14 Cerise 15 Icicle 16 Spring17 Inhere 18 Scotch 19 Guilty.

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

MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be writtenCLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (PLURAL) and one letter in four

other cells are given as clues.

Crossword Enjoy filling in the following puzzles and check the answersin next week’s edition

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Hexagram

CRYPTIC

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle,10 represents N and 22 represents F, so fill in N every time the figure 10 appears and F every time thefigure 22 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should goin the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in themain grid and the control grid.

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BEING smacked as a childcould have long-lasting effectsaccording to researchers.

Professors from the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin and theUniversity of Michigan in theUSA, analysed 50 years of re-search involving more than160,000 children. They saidtheir research found that chil-dren who were smacked as

five-year-olds were slightlymore likely to be aggressiveand break rules later at schooland were more likely to misbe-have and defy their parents; theopposite effect of what parentsintended.

Those who were hit were al-so more prone to act out andcould be more distracted in theclassroom, they found.

The researchers also investi-gated cases of adults who werehit as children and found themore they were smacked, themore likely they were to experi-ence mental health problemslater in life.

The researchers classedsmacking as hitting a child withan open hand without causingphysical injury.

Harmful smackingHITTING CHILDREN: Could have long-lasting effects.

NEW research by OxfordUniversity has found thathaving lots of friends couldbe ‘better than morphine.’

“Endorphins are part ofour pain and pleasure cir-cuitry - they are our body’snatural painkillers and alsogive us feelings of plea-sure,” said Katerina John-son from Oxford University.

Adults aged between 18and 34 were asked a varietyof questions about theirlives, and also took a non-invasive, physical pain test.

Researchers discoveredthat people with larger so-cial circles tended to have ahigher pain tolerance.

One theory is that socialcommunications generatepositive emotions when en-dorphins bind to opioid re-ceptors in brain.

Ms Johnson said: “Theseresults are interesting as re-search suggests the endor-phin system may be disrupt-ed in psychological disorderssuch as depression.”

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Answer:Hello Jessica,Your husband should beseen for a full examination

by a specialist in allergies todetermine whether or nothis symptoms are allergic.Once they are confirmed tobe allergic then it is the timeto find out what is causingthem. To this end, tests areneeded which consist ofsmall injections into the arm(Prick Test) which allow usto discover what the patientis allergic to. Sometimesblood tests are also neededbut generally the skin test issufficient.

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ZING VODKA SPAIN hosted a spec-tacular launch party aboard Supery-acht My CD Two on Friday April 29during the popular Palma Boat Show.

Paul and Simone Hamilton, soleimporters of Zing Vodka in Spain, in-troduced the Super Premium Vodka ofChoice in a festive atmosphere repletewith cocktails, canapes and live enter-tainment.

The event was live-streamed on Ra-dio 1 Mallorca by DJ Diablo V ac-companied by the sax sounds of Adri-an Sanso-Ali. Guests later enjoyed thevoice of singer Liam Live performingan array of popular hits.

Among the many guests attendingthe launch party were the Zing GlobalDirector and representatives fromDenmark and China.

“Born in New York and raised inLondon”, Zing Vodka is consideredthe ultimate necessity for the late-night provocateur and is recognisedaround the world for its quality andunique character. The vodka is madeusing the purest water and the finestFrench grain ingredients and is dis-tilled five times to ensure a perfect

smooth taste.Zing Vodka is represented in 20

countries worldwide with its main of-fices located in London. This event

celebrated Zing Vodka’s officiallaunch in Spain.

THE Auditorium of Pal-ma de Mallorca wil lhost a one-night perfor-mance entitled ‘Las Mi-nas Puerto Flamenco’ onMay 20.

The 90-minute perfor-mance will feature a to-tal of 10 winning artistsshowing off their talentsand giving credence tothe importance of thelegendary Cante de lasMinas (Song of theMines) international fla-menco festival.

The non-stop perfor-mance features theartists interacting witheach other and includesguitar playing, dance,percussion, f lamencoflute and the cajon.

The show is very vi-sual and takes the audi-ence on a tour of thehis tory of Flamencothrough visits to Span-ish ports and interactingwith musicians f romaround the world.

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CARREFOUR PROPERTYhas confirmed the inaugura-tion of FAN Mallorca Shop-ping in September of thisyear.

Fourteen new businessesincluding Samsung, Guess,Pandora, Havaianas, Primor,and Game will form part ofthe cutting-edge shoppingcentre. The addition of thesebusinesses occurs during thefinal stage of construction ofCarrefour Group’s largest realestate project in Europe.

Premises are already beingprepared for some of thebiggest names including Pri-mark, Media Markt, H&H,C&A and the Artesiete cine-ma. Eighty-five per cent ofthe shopping centre’s spacehas already been leased.

An array of internationalflavours will also be offeredin FAN Mallorca Shoppingincluding Catalan restaurantMasQMenos, Argentiniangrill Che!! Restaurant, andAmerican Loft as well asIberian ham gourmet shopBEHER. For a sweeter gas-tronomical choice, the ice-cream shop Conico will offerhome-made ice-cream.

Shopper’sparadise

SIMPLY RED is set to perform in Palmaon August 20 in the Plaza de Toros.

The group will be celebrating its 30th an-niversary with the Big Love tour promotingits recently released album of the samename featuring their biggest hits. The lasttime the group performed in Palma’s Plaza

de Toros was in 2008 when 8,000 fans at-tended the event including the present Kingand Queen of Spain, Felipe and Letizia.

Doors open at 7pm with another bandkicking off the event at 9pm. Simply Red’sperformance is planned to begin at 10pm.

Tickets range from €65 to €150 for VIPareas and can be purchased online throughcrazymusicproductions.koobin.com.

THE emblematic Cathedral ofPalma can be visited Mondayto Friday from 10am to 5:15pmand on Saturdays from 10am to2.15pm.

The gothic-style cathedralknown locally as ‘La Seu’ wasconstructed in the 14th centuryand reformed at the beginningof the 20th century by AntonioGaudi. It boasts one of the

biggest rose windows in theworld with a diameter ofaround 13.8 metres.

The Cathedral reaches aheight of 44 metres and coversan area of almost 7,000 metres.

Hours will be extended onehour from June to Septemberclosing at 6.15pm Monday toFriday. General admission is€4.

THE Teatre Principal will host the end-of-the-year performance of the Palma Conservato-ry’s Spanish Dance class’ rendition of TheWizard of Oz on Wednesday May 25 at 8pm.

The performance follows the famous storyof Dorothy and her dog Toto who are trans-ported by a tornado to a land somewhere over

the rainbow. There they befriend Scarecrow,Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion and to-gether go in search of the Wizard of Oz whothey hope can solve each their problems.

The entrance price is €5 and can be purchased online at

http://www.teatreprincipal.com.

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SIMPLY RED: Will be celebrating their 30th anniversary with the Big Love tour.

By Sandra Galo

Simply Red inPalma in August

Gothic cathedral

THE Morgana Teatre Company will give four performances of TheTragedy of Macbeth at the Palma Auditorium’s Sala Mozart.

The Tragedy of Macbeth, considered one of William Shake-speare’s greatest sagas, will be performed each evening from Thurs-day May 5 to Sunday May 8 starting at 7.30pm.

The famous story which explores the consequences of the Scot-tish King Macbeth’s ambition including deception, treachery andmurder is sure to intrigue audiences.

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PALMA has begun the monthof May celebrating the art ofmovement with the ‘Palmaamb la Dansa’ festival.

The Palma with Dance festi-val organised by the PalmaTown Hall will feature an array

of dancers performing 11 con-temporary dance shows at dif-ferent venues around the mu-nicipality from April 29 untilMay 8.

For more information go towww.culturalpalma.com.

Festival of dance

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THE inauguration of thefourth edition of the BeerPalma Fair which fea-tures beer from all overthe world was dampenedby rainy weather.

The fair which openedon Apri l 28 was onlyslightly hampered by therain with beer-loversmainly from Germany ar-riving unperturbed andready to enjoy a goodpint.

One of the new vari-eties of beer making itsdebut at the fair is La So-carrada, a high fermenta-tion beer containing rose-mary and honey fromValencia. Another varietyof Valencian beer thatcan be sampled is Er Bo-queron which is the onlybeer in the world madewith sea water.

Other beers featuredfor the first t ime at theBeer Palma Fair areMoritz, Estrella Galiciaand Franziskaner as wellas Daura, a pilsner lagersuitable for beer loverswho are gluten intoler-ant.

The many varieties ofunique beers range fromPumpkin Ale to a peachand mango f lavouredbeer made by a localcompany on the island.

Beer Palma wil l re-main open unti l May 8with hours from 11am to11pm.

Beer andskittles inPalma

NINE ports in Mallorca will host a travelling sailingschool during the months of May, June and Septem-ber. The objective of the initiative is to reach youngersailing enthusiasts with this nautical sport by concen-trating in areas where there is less of this type of ac-tivity.

Councillor of Land, Energy and Mobility MarcPons presented the launch of the sailing school thatfor the first time will take place in ports directly man-aged by Ports IB in collaboration with the BalearicSailing Federation.

Revenue generated from the initiative will be in-vested in promoting the sport and to modernise sail-ing in the islands.

The activity will be coordinated with schools in thearea.

The classes will introduce navigation complement-ed by environmental workshops.

Students will be divided into groups of 18 and willsail together on a boat.

Each course is four hours and costs €6 per stu-dent.

By Sandra Galo

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FELANITX will celebrate the Firade Maig (May Fair) accompanied bythe Callet Wine Festival starting onMay 6.

Festivities begin on Friday morn-ing from 11am to 1pm with foodtast ing fol lowed up la ter in theevening with Callet wine tasting

and a tapas route. On Saturday af-ternoon, visitors can enjoy a marketand in the evening there is anotheropportunity to enjoy wine tastingand a tapas route.

Both wine tasting events are freewith 40 places available for eachsession. Participants, however, must

first sign up by contacting organis-ers at festadelcallet@gmail.com.

The fair begins on Sunday morn-ing at 9am in the Plaça de Sa Fontde Santa Margalida.

From 10am to 2pm, the Festa delCallet offers local wine tasting foran entrance fee of €5 plus €5 for

the purchase of wine and also helpsto raise funds for the Aproscomcharity.

Visitors can enjoy various exhibi-tions throughout the morning withfestivities coming to a musical closeat midday with a performance byThe Jazz Fingers.

Felanitx May Fair and wine tasting

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IN previous articles I’ve talkedabout the psychology of buy-ers’ first impressions when vis-iting your property, and the im-portance of controlling thegood appearance of your neigh-bourhood and the exterior ofyour apartment or villa.

Before we get into the buyersetting foot in to your propertyand looking inside, I want tocover one of the most importantpoints of the sale and that is, thesales price!

The sales price of your prop-erty will either sell your proper-ty fast or it will take a long timeto sell, so getting this right isvery important and there aregolden rules to follow.

It’s common for sellers toovervalue their property due tothe emotional attachment andthe psychology that sellers havein wanting the highest salesprice possible.

As a senior surveyor I havecarried out hundreds of valua-tions over the years and thereare a number of golden rules inpricing a property correctly. Getit right and the property will

sell fast, get it wrong and theproperty could take years to sellor you will have no offers.

Here are my 10 top tips onthe psychology of selling yourproperty.

1. Getting the sales priceright is vital, remember a sur-veyor is professionally quali-fied to do this work.

2. Psychologically the firstnumber stays in the buyer’smind, so for example the fourin €487,500 will stick andseem much cheaper than a pricethat starts with a five as in€500,000.

3. Don’t overprice your prop-erty, it’s a common mistake.

4. If you have priced yourproperty too high you may haveto discount the price at sometime in the future.

5. If you need to discount theprice do so by at least by 15 to20 per cent in one big discount.

6. Avoid discounting yourprice over a period of time bysmall amounts, it doesn’t workand your property will be onthe market for a long time.

7. After you have discountedyour price, avoid buyers think-ing there could be somethingwrong and explain you are in ahurry to sell and are movingaway, even if it’s not the case.

8. Saying you’re eager to sell

quickly is good, buyers willwant to visit and make an offer.

9. Avoid telling buyersyou’re in no hurry to sell, itputs them off and you will havefewer visits because they willthink the price is non-nego-tiable.

10. Don’t lose the sale ofyour property by haggling withthe buyer over some items offurniture or fittings he wants in-cluded in the price, just agreeand focus on selling the proper-ty.

John H Graham is a Fellowof The Architecture &

Surveyors InstituteEmail: gk.ipad@me.com

Top 10 tips onbuyer’s psychology JohnGraham The property expert

BUYER’S PSYCHOLOGY: Make the right first impression.

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EpicCleaning is well acquainted with the de-mands placed upon property owners in the highseason, especially those who rent out apart-ments and villas to tourists, and might find itdifficult to cope with frequent check ins andcheck outs. The key to EpicCleaning’s serviceis effectiveness and efficiency, as they have pio-neered the use of advanced American technolo-gy to ensure that your property is left cleanerthan ever before.

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YOUNG children love nothingmore than digging in the sandwith a bucket and spade.

If the beach is too far but the

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When children start to growup it can also be transformedinto a paddling pool.

Borders give a chance to becreative with the aesthetic ofthe sandpit or pond. Woodenchips or sleepers can be used orperhaps create more of a duneeffect with the use of plantedgrasses.

A paddling pool can be builtdirectly in the ground which,essentially, is a small pond butby using a shallow beach area itmakes it easy for children topaddle in and out of the waterand has the bonus of attractingwildlife.

Older children usually lovetrampolines, but buying a free-standing one and placing it inthe garden can completelydominate and completely ruinthe scheme. By sinking thetrampoline into the ground, thetrampoline no longer overshad-ows the garden and is safer asthere is no big distance to fall.

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THE third part of the story of a womanwith a rare skin disease and her beloveddog, Edward.

One day on the bus home from art, ladenwith art books etc, Edward stopped the busat the beach. As we passed the beach thebus stopped and the driver turned to me andsaid:”Do you want this stop love.” I said“no.” “Well your dog pressed the button.”

You can see that Edward has a sense ofhumour.

I am not allowed to cry as it closes mythroat altogether and I have to go into hos-pital and be put on a drip until it opensagain. Sometimes it is very hard not to getupset so I just bury my face in his fur and itall falls away. After all, nothing can be thatbad as long as I have Edward.

He even stays in hospital with me as itwould make my throat close if I get upset atbeing parted from him. The nurses have

found he is the best one to undress me as hecauses less trauma. No one is as gentle ashe is.

I used to dread going shopping and hadto go when the shops were quiet or peoplewould bang into me and take my skin offwith their bags or trolleys. Now I can goanytime as they give Edward more roomand it protects me.

One day last November, Peter was in thegarage and I started to choke. I gripped thesink and Edward let himself out into the

conservatory and into the garden, barkinghis head off till Peter came in from thegarage to help me. I was terrified.

In recognition of his valued work, Ed-ward is paid £30 (€38.47) a week by thegovernment. He saves them over £29,000(€37,192) a year.

I love Edward more than I ever thought Icould. If Edward never worked again Icould never part with him. I love him morethan life itself.

I hold his lead, he holds my heart.

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EDWARD: He even stays in hospital with me, no one is as gentle as he is.

Part three of gentleEdward’s story

Heroes in a half shellTURTLES can often appeal asa family pet, not least becausethey are widely available andquite cheap to buy in Spain,with thousands traded eachyear, although sadly they are al-most always sold with insuffi-cient information regardingtheir long-term care and even-tual size.

There is some history here,since Iberian lakes and riversare awash with now-prohibitedred-eared and yellow-belliedsliders (Trachemys scripta),originally released by unwittingowners when they outgrewtheir containers, but now estab-

lished and outcompeting nativeturtles and other species.

The most common speciesavailable legally are map turtlesand false maps (Graptemyspseudogeographica kohni andG. p. pseudogeographica),which are easily identified bythe row of black points runningalong the centre of the shell.

Males grow to around 15cmshell length, with females muchlarger, so adults need plenty ofspace.

Also increasingly common isthe Florida red-bellied cooter(Pseudemys nelsoni), which al-so attains 15-30cm in shelllength, although the commonmusk turtle (Sternotherus odor-

atus) is perhaps the ideal starterspecies since it reaches a moremanageable 12-14cm.

Unless maintaining your tur-tle outdoors, housing shouldconsist of a sufficiently-sizedaquarium or plastic container.

This small ‘tortugeras’, typi-cally featuring a tiny island andoften a tacky palm tree or two,are NOT SUITABLE FORANY TURTLE and are out-lawed across much of Europe,though sadly not in Spain.

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WITH a stiff NNW breeze,Saturday April 23 saw sev-en boats launch for the lastrace before Palma Vela.

Gekko didn’t start, usingthe time instead for a shakedown sail . As fuego fatuowas already in Palma, theteam was sailing the fleetboat , Affrayd Knot. RaceOfficer Carlos set an up anddown course of two laps.

After a t ight s tar t , thefleet split across the course,converging again at the topmark. At the end of the firstrun, Affrayd Knot had muchto recover as the team werestill resolving some set-upissues.

Going up the beat sawtussles between them andStormtrooper on one side,with Dragonfly chasingleader Triffid on the other.

This made for an excitingfinal run, with Triffid andStormtrooper fighting it outon one side of the course,Dragonfly on the other, andAffrayd Knot steadily gain-ing ground down the middle.

They all finished withinabout 10 seconds, Storm-trooper just taking Triffidon the line, whilst Dragon-f ly nipped in front of Af-frayd Knot at the pin end totake third place.

For race two, team fuegofatuo switched helmsmanand crew, arr iving at thef i rs t mark just behindStormtrooper.

The two fought harddown the run, with AffraydKnot finally pulling ahead.They held that position forthe rest of the race. Comingto the finish line, Koonjongpassed Stormtrooper forsecond place, with Triffidfourth.

Results:GBR 3610

Stormtrooper I I I DavidMiles / Mark Hart (4 points)

ESP 3211 Affrayd KnotStephen Babbage / JohnWalker (5)

GBR 3471 T r i f f i dSteve Parry / Teresa Parry(6)

THE 33rd Palma Boat Show and the 4thPalma SuperYacht Show held in the Portof Palma finished successfully on May 2.

More than 35,000 people visited theboat shows which organisers said was asignificant number considering the factthat the nautical event did not coincidewith a bank holiday as it usually does, aswell as the fact that the weather was badfor most of the time the show was on.

The festive event was enjoyed by visi-tors of all ages and from a variety ofcountries. This year’s edition featuredmore than 200 exhibitors and 170 yachtsincluding 65 of which were mega yachtswith some reaching close to 50 metres inlength. Ninety-five of the exhibitors weredirectly related to the recreational yacht-ing sector. More than 2,500 brands wererepresented with colourful displays andnautically-clad personalities paradingamongst the crowds.

The Palma Boat Show was organisedby the Institut d’Innovacio Empresarial(Business Innovation Institute) whichforms part of the Balearic Government’sdepartment for Trade, Employment and

Industry. Running simultaneously withThe Boat Show was the Palma Super-Yacht Show organised by the Council forEmployment along with the BalearicYacht Brokers Association (BYBA).

Ninety per cent of exhibitors this yearhave indicated their interest in repeatingnext year and organisers have high ex-

pectations for next year’s show sayingthat they expect it to be completely soldout of stands. Andreas Bodmer, CEO ofYacht Centre Palma, called the PalmaBoat Show “an indispensable annualevent” saying that it is “an excellentmeeting point for professionals andclients.”

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THE first all-out doctors’ strike in the NHS’shistory recently took place in England, as thou-sands of junior doctors walked out of both rou-tine and emergency care in protest at the impo-sition of new contracts this summer.

Are you as fed up as me with pictures ofmainly young junior doctors laughing on picketlines, holding banners claiming they’re ‘savingthe NHS’? So hypocritical when strikes causecancer treatment to be disrupted, operationscancelled, consultants drafted in and outpatientappointments postponed. Junior doctors shouldremember their primary concern is the care oftheir patients, and return to work.

Spreading their work over seven days will,after all, enable more efficient scheduling, bal-ancing the supply of doctors against the demandwhich varies over the week. Their maximum

hours are being reduced, not increased. Theywon’t be compelled to work longer hours. Theycan’t be compelled to work beyond the maxi-mum legal limit. The current contract encour-ages some to do just that, by rewarding themwith extra money. That’ll now be stopped.

The ‘compromise’ proposed by Labour wasdenounced as an ‘opportunistic’ political ploy. Avalid trial is impractical - there are too manyvariables for any control to work, and one sidehas a vested interest in ensuring it fails. Wouldyou want to be a patient in a trial where doctors

want to ensure that death rates aren’t improved?They need to stop hurting patients as a weaponagainst the government and the hypocritical pre-tence that they’re trying to ‘save the NHS’.

The NHS is, as usual, being used by the leftand the unions as a Trojan horse to attack (bringdown?) the government and the junior doctorshave been deluded into dragging it into their po-litical agenda. And with talk of ambulance dri-vers possibly striking too, this ‘weaponisation’of the NHS continues apace.

Ironically, the strike helps Brexiteers whoclaim the pay dispute could be settled at a costequivalent to just two weeks of Britain’s EUcontributions.

These doctors have taken the country back tothe 1970s, operating a closed shop and holdingthe public to ransom.

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NHS HISTORY: The first all-out doctors’ strike recently took place in England.

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DeadlydieselDIESEL could be causingmore harm than it’s worthas UK government figuresreveal thousands of carshave been caught withoutessential pollution filters.

The diesel particle filtershave been compulsorysince 2009 but can cost up-wards of €1,000 and fre-quently break down. With-out the filters, emissionssoar dramatically and con-tribute to the estimated29,000 deaths caused eachyear in Britain by air pollu-tion.

Many garages offer dis-creet ways to avoid mo-torists being caught by vi-sual checks at MOTs, andalso claim removing filters

can enhance fuel effi-ciency.

Clean Air London es-timates that hundreds of

thousands of vehicles havebeen tampered with, lead-ing to a ‘diesel catastro-phe’ that is costing theNHS billions.

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UK driving licence holders hir-ing vehicles within the UK willneed to use the new onlineDVLA service ‘Share DrivingLicence’ to validate their dri-ving record, as the paper coun-terpart to the photocard drivinglicence will no longer be valid.

‘Share Driving Licence’ willgenerate a code which is validfor a maximum period of 21days and requires the driver tosubmit their driving licencenumber, National Insurancenumber and home postcode.

To access the service andgenerate your DVLA ShareDriving Licence code visitwww.gov.uk/view-driving-licence and you should bring thecode and your driving licencewith you when picking up yourhire vehicle.

This only applies to thosewith UK issued driving li-cences. Non-UK Licence hold-ers and Northern Ireland li-cence holders are not affected.

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A NEW Cayenne platinum Edition is be-ing offered by Porsche with special edi-tions of the Cayenne Diesel and S E-Hy-brid boasting enhanced features andattractive pricing.

A myriad of delightful tweaks are ondisplay which are sure to captivate eventhe most illustrious of buyers.

Impressive 20-inch wheels in RS Sny-der design are provided with much largerand wider arches, while the interior nowfeatures leather sport seats with an elec-tric adjustment with eight settings.

Comfort and safety are well takencare of with automatic anti-glare on theexterior and rear-view mirrors. A ParkAssist feature graphically shows driverstheir immediate surroundings, whileback-seat passengers are afforded a re-lieving privacy through dark tinted glasswindows.

Online navigation is incorporated intothe latest generation Porsche Communi-

cation System, while a state-of-the-artBOSE surround sound systemmakes the car a universe unto it-self.

Additional features includebi-xenon headlights withPorsche Dynamic Light Sys-tem, heated front seats, Pow-er Steering Plus, ConnectPlus and GTS sports seatsand Alcantara seat centres.

There is ‘Platinum Edition’lettering for both models, withthe letters being luxuriously illu-minated for the Hybrid model. Fin-ishes are a non-metallic black or white,with optional deep black, mahogany,carrera white, Purpurite, and rhodiumsilver metallic paints.

On to the important matters of powerand torque, the three-litre V6 engine inthe Cayenne Diesel consumes around6.7 litres per 100 kilometres, dependingon the tyres, and has an impressive out-put of 193 kW (262 hp).

The combined power of the CayenneS E-Hybrid results in a spectacular out-put of 306 kW (416 hp) courtesy of thefluid interaction between the three-litreV6 petrol engine and the electric motor.

With a consumption of 3.3-3.4 litresper 100 kilometres the Cayenne S E-Hy-

brid does command a heftier askingprice than the Diesel at €90,298 com-pared to €74,352. Naturally prices willdiffer across national markets.

Porsche is taking orders now, with thedeliveries to commence from late Au-gust.

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NEW: The Porsche CayennePlatinum Edition.

Zombie fleetTHE DVLA has published interesting fig-ures which reveal which cars have substan-tial numbers listed as SORN (Statutory Off-Road Notif icat ion) , meaning they arecurrently languishing in garages and gar-dens, yet are still registered.

As of April 2016 half of all registered MGMidgets are listed as SORN, with more than7,000 of the 14,000 classics now officiallyoff-road. The Ford Sierra clocks up the

highest proportion of SORN listed vehicleswith a hefty 75 per cent now squirrelledaway. In terms of sheer numbers, however,the trusty Volkswagen Golf storms firstplace with a massive 60,875 SORN regis-tered.

Other cars which feature prominently aretypically old classics including the Ford Es-cort, Saab 900, Austin Mini, Renault Cleoand Mercedes 200.

MG MIDGETS: As of April 16 half of all those registered will be listed as SORN.

FOOTBALL• Leicester City are Pre-

mier League champions;they’ve pulled off one of thegreatest upsets in footballhistory! After their 1-1 drawat Old Trafford on Sunday,Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes andtheir jubilant supporterswatched and listened withbaited breath, and finger nailsdown to the quick, as Chelseadrew 2-2 with Spurs on Mon-day night to ensure the topprize in British football wentto Leicester. The party is stillgoing on in the East Mid-lands city.

• Meanwhile, last weekendSouthampton kept alive theirhopes of European footballwith a 4-2 win over Man-chester City, West Ham won3-0 at WBA, Everton defeat-ed Bournemouth 2-1, Wat-ford knocked over Aston Vil-la 3-2 and Swansea beatLiverpool 3-1.

• At the bottom of thetable, Newcastle, 1-0 winnersover Crystal Palace; Nor-wich, who lost 1-0 at Arsenalin Arsene Wenger ’s 750thmatch as manager and Sun-derland, who drew 1-1 atStoke, are all battling fortheir lives to stay up. Thisweekend Newcastle visit rel-egated Aston Villa, Nor-wich play ManchesterUnited and Sunderlandtake on Chelsea.

• The final games in

the Championship andLeagues One and Two alltake place this weekend. The‘big one’ in the Champi-onship is Middlesbrough-Brighton. A draw would see‘Boro promoted with Burn-ley, a win for Brighton wouldsend them up. Derby, Hulland Sheffield Wednesdayhave already secured theirplay-off places. FL1 champi-ons Wigan Athletic will auto-matically be joined in theChampionship next seasonby Burton Albion (at Don-caster) or Walsall (at PortVale). And either Oxford (vWycombe), Accrington Stan-ley (v Stevenage) or BristolRovers (v Dagenham & Red-bridge) will rise from FL2with champions Northamp-ton, who are on a 22-matchunbeaten run.

• Celtic have been crownedScottish League championsfor the fifth season runningand the 47th time overall.

• With two games remain-ing, Barcelona (85 points),Atletico Madrid (85) andReal Madrid (84), allwinners last Saturday,stand 1-2-3 in LaLiga.

• Earlier thisweek the sec-ond legs ofthe Champi-ons League

semi-finals took place be-tween Bayern Munich (0)and Atletico Madrid (1), andReal Madrid (0) and Man-chester City (0). Tonight wehave the return legs of theEuropa League semi-finalsbetween Liverpool (0) andVillarreal (1), and Sevilla (2)and Shahktar Donetsk (2).

FORMULA ONE• World Champion

Lewis Hamilton waslivid once again inRussia! Another en-gine problem (hy-brid system fail-ure) for the secondtime runningmeant that hestarted Sunday’sGrand Prix atSochi 10th on thegrid. Nico Rosbergwent on tow i n

the race with Hamilton sec-ond and Kimi Raikkonenthird. Rosberg lead’s the dri-ver ’s championship by 43points (100) from Hamilton(57). The nextrace is

in Spain on May 15.

SNOOKER• World number one Mark

Selby, from Leicester, beatChina’s Ding Jun-

hui 18 -14in the

final of the World Champi-onship in Sheffield. Junhui,6-0 down at one point, foughtgallantly throughout, andgave Selby a really toughgame. And what a ‘double’ itwas for Leicester last Mon-day as Selby collected acheque for £330,000.

RUGBY LEAGUE• Warrington Wolves (10

wins from 13 starts) leadthe Super League, aheadof Catalan Dragons, HullFC and Wigan War-riors.

RUGBY UNION• Leicester (for the

12th year running),Exeter Chiefs, Sara-cens and Wasps havequalified for this sea-

son’s Premiership semi-finals, with the make-up

still to be decided.

HORSE RACING• Frankie Dettori rode 14-1

shot Galileo Gold to victoryin the first Classic of 2016,The 2000 Guineas.

Other events taking placethis weekend:

• French MotoGP at LeMans (Sunday)

• The BTCC at Thruxtonwith fellow Baggies’ fan MattNeal in action

• Madrid Open tennistournament in Spain

• Badminton horse trials• Premiership darts inManchester

•North CarolinaWells Fargo golf tour-nament

• Rabat Trophygolf festival,

Egypt.

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Glory, glory Leicester City, andcongratulations to Mark Selby

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LEICESTER: One ofthe greatest upsets infootball history.

Three players – Richard Dunne, Patrick Vieira and Dun-can Ferguson – share the record for receiving most redcards in Premiership football, total eight. Roy Keane andLee Cattermole have received seven. Gareth Barry, JoeyBarton, Nicky Butt, Steven Gerrard, John Hartson, Vin-ny Jones, Martin Keown, Paul Konchesky, Franck Queu-drue, Alan Smith and Nemanja Vidic all collected six.Barry also holds the record for most yellow cards – 109.

DID YOU KNOW

THE Balearics Leagues mighthave come to an end but formost rugby players that is noreason to stop playing whetherit be against visiting teams oron the beach. Even the rainshowers didn’t dampen spiritsat the two beach rugby tourna-ments held over the bank holi-day weekend.

Triangular U18 in SonCaliu.

Painswick Colts from theUK joined with El Toro RC andRC Ponent on Friday eveningfor a couple of friendly matches

in Son Caliu. El Toro RC close-ly beat rivals RC Ponent byseven points to five, and thenthe Colts by 16 points to five.

These victories will give theEl Toro RC team a welcomeconfidence boost as they headto the National Clubs U18Tournament in Alicante nextweekend.

Visiting French teamA veterans’ team from Les

Barons de St Aubin in Bor-deaux spent the weekend inCalvia to play against El ToroRC Emeritus. The visiting

team, whose senior teams playin the Top 14 and the PremierLeague in France, have a longrugby tradition but this is theirfirst visit to El Toro RC. 

After a very gentlemanlygame the visitors were pro-claimed winners and surprisedtheir hosts by producing a ‘de-gustation’ of fine wines, patesand hams from their region.The Emeritus team promised toreturn the favour at the nextmeeting.

Palma Beach Rugby andMajorca Beach Rugby

Both beach rugby tourna-ments kicked off on Fridaywith either the welcome partyor the first few matches for theyoungsters.

The tournaments ransmoothly taking into accountthe number of teams and play-ers to be organised. Qualifyingmatches were played on Satur-day with the finals for the gold,silver, plate and spoon trophiesplayed on a showery Sunday,although this didn’t dampen

any of the players or spectatorsenthusiasm.

Local team, RC Ponent cameout top of the 33 mens teamsfor the fifth time in the tourna-ments nine-year history, and theLadies winners in Magalufwere Latvijas.

In the HM Palma Beach

Rugby many local teams werewell represented in the youngercategories. There were 173 par-ticipants from U8 to U16 whotook part in the Mallorca Rug-by Solidarity tournament for‘Projecte Home Baleares’,where €2 from the entry feewent to this charity.

El Toro RC U8 and U12 wontheir competition and RC Po-nent U10, U14, U16 and U18teams were victorious. Mens’HM Palma Beach Rugby 2016champions were Ruzzafa fromValencia and El Indus Olé fromMadrid in the womens’ catego-ry.

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Veterans, Colts and the beach

BEACH RUGBY: Many local teams were represented.

SPACE JAM: Lebron James is set to follow basketball legend MichaelJordan by starring in the sequel to Space Jam.