WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMISSUE NO. 1555 // 23 - 29 APRIL 2015 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

By Jan GammMANY bank customers have un-til the end of the month to provewho they are or face havingtheir accounts frozen.

A law first passed in 2010aimed at preventing moneylaundering and funding of crimi-nal and terrorist organisations isfinally coming into force fromApril 30.

It requires banks to hold digi-tal ID of their customers to passon to the authorities. But despitehaving had five years to gettheir act together some bankshave only recently started noti-fying their customers to provideidentification. For many it hascome via a message in Spanishwhen withdrawing money from

cashpoints, something that mayhave left English-speaking ex-pats in the dark.

Those who have opened ac-counts since 2010 may not needto take action as the information

should have been recordedwhen they signed up. Manymore, however, who have heldaccounts longer may face havingtheir accounts frozen without re-ceiving any notice, leaving them

unable to honour direct deb-its, pay bills or withdraw cash.

That is because accountsopened years ago before digitalinformation was filed are likelyto need clarification of identity.

A valid NIE (or DNI for Span-ish nationals) or a valid passport

will be necessary. In additionyou could be asked for a con-tract of employment, an incometax return, an IVA receipt, a util-ity bill, a recent payslip or aDAE, which is a statement ofeconomic activity.

One bank employee told EuroWeekly News: “You wouldn’t be-lieve the chaos this has caused,both for the bank and for ourclients. We face so much angerand criticism from our customersbut the freezing of accounts isconducted by the Bank of Spainand our hands are tied. We can-not legally delay matters whileclients collate their documents.”

Anyone unsure of their posi-tion should check with theirbank.

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A PETITION to ban carriages pulled byhorses in Palma de Mallorca has alreadybeen signed by more than 87,800 people.

It was launched on Change.org by LuisMoreira, a Palma resident, after the deathof a horse in front of Palma Cathedral.

“For the past few years, numerous inci-dents have occurred regarding these car-riages, for instance, drivers hitting [thehorses] due to impatience, the death of an-imals after suffering heat-stroke or exces-

sively long working hours,” reads the peti-tion. It has sparked an international re-sponse, especially in Germany, with 63 percent of the signatories being German.

The petition proposes the substitution ofhorse-drawn carriages with vintage or clas-sic cars to maintain the drivers’ jobs.

The petition can be found at:www.change.org/p/ayto-de-palma-de-

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Massive support forhorse carriage petition

TOURIST DRAW: The Galeras Rojas carriages in Palma.

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THE Balearic Islands have regis-tered the best winter for tourismof the last six years, according tothe Statistics Institute.

During the first three months ofthis year visitors increased by21.6 per cent compared to thesame period in 2014, the reportrevealed, with 438,070 peopleheading for the islands in Marchalone.

Meanwhile the Frontur surveyby the Ministry of Industry, Energyand Tourism reported that touristsvisiting from abroad were up by27 per cent in March and therehad been 5.7 per cent more Span-ish visitors than in March 2014.

The positive results were com-bined with those achieved in pre-vious months, allowing theTourism and Sports Department

to announce the best low seasonof the last six years.

Leading countries visitors camefrom in the first quarter of thisyear were Spain, with 342,952people, Germany with 316,634and the UK with 74,134.

Other areas increased amountsof visitors came from were Den-mark, Finland, Norway, Italy, Hol-land, Switzerland and the USA.

Improved road MALLORCA Provincial Coun-cil has spent €2.3 million onworks to pave a 10-kilome-tre stretch of road betweenFornalutx and the Puig Ma-jor. It had been badly dam-aged by snow and ice.

No illegal vendors BUSINESS association Pime-co has warned about the in-crease of illegal street trad-ing in Palma, especially inthe area of Plaça Major, andhas asked the council to takeaction.

Power cut paidELECTRICITY company EN-DESA has been sentencedby the Island’s SupremeCourt to pay €6 million for aseven-hour blackout regis-tered in Mallorca and Menor-ca in 2008.

Ready to visit AFTER two months of work,the Plaça dels Mariners inCapdepera is again accessi-ble to pedestrians. Newpaving and street furniturewere installed as well as amodern water sculpture.

No surgerySEVERAL patients had oper-ations cancelled due to lackof beds at Inca hospital lastThursday and Friday, April16 and 17 according to theUGT trade union.

New law THE Balearic Islands regionalgovernment has approved aregulation making it compul-sory for dog owners to vacci-nate their pets against rabiesas soon as they are three-months old.

Poor conditionRESIDENTS of Andratx havevoiced complaints about thepoor state of the SantaMaria de Andratx church,built in 1773. They have alsocriticised the lack of willshown by the governmentand church institutions to re-pair it.

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Ceiling collapses PART of the ceiling at the pri-mary school Aina Moll in Palou(Palma) collapsed last Friday(April 17) at around 11am,during school hours. No onewas hurt.

Works postponed WORKS to renovate thesewage system in Hostals deSanta Maria (Palma) havebeen postponed until after thedistrict’s fair which starts onApril 26.

Foreign boost SELF-EMPLOYED residents ofthe Balearic Islands duringthe first three months of2015 increased by 1,002people, 495 out of whomwere foreign residents, ac-cording to the Social SecurityMinistry data.

Art exhibitionsTHE Casa de la Cultura Cangelabert in Calle de la Poretall(Binissalem) hosts art exhibi-tions by local and internationalpainters until April 25, be-tween 3.30pm and 9pm fromMondays to Fridays.

Tourist injured A 55-YEAR-OLD French touristhas suffered severe injuriesafter falling down a cliff in Llu-calcari (Deia) on Tuesday(April 21). The woman wastaken by helicopter to the SonEspases hospital where sheremains in a critical condition.

Church musicTHE Sant Francesc Church inInca (Calle del Vent, 10) willhost organ concerts at 8pmon April 26, featuring JordiVerges, and May 3 with Bar-tomeu Veny.

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THE COURTYARDS, or simply ‘Patios’ festival ofCordoba 2015 will run from May 4, until May 17.‘Los Patios de Cordoba’ is Cordoba’s most antici-pated, and fragrant yearly event.

The first two weeks of May see the most beau-tiful kept courtyards in the world fling open theirdoors to the public. Carpets of flowers, hand-made Islamic mosaics, striking water featurescombine with an overwhelming scent of jasmine,geraniums, carnations and orange blossom.

Since 1921, the town hall has organised a com-petition of Courtyards and Crosses in the firstweek of May, where the owners decorate theirhouses with great care to try and win the presti-gious award offered by the authorities.

Over 50 patios will be open free of charge tothe public. The town hall has published nine sug-

gested routes you can visit on your own accord,or you can join a paid tour party to take in thesewonderful authentic inner sanctuaries that dateback hundreds of years.

Firstly the Romans, and later the Muslimsadapted the typical design of the popular houseto their needs, making the home centre on an in-ner courtyard (or patio), normally with a fountainin the middle and often a well to collect rainwa-ter. The Muslims made further adjustments, giv-ing the house an entrance from the street whichpassed through a porch, and filling the courtyardwith plants to give the sensation of freshness.

A visit is indeed worth the effort, but bear inmind, nearly all the patios close between 2pmand 6pm. For more details and routes, see thewebsite at www.patiosyrutascordoba.com.

Blooming wonderfulfestival in Cordoba

INNER SANCTUARY: For an overwhelming scent of jasmine, geraniums and orange blossom.

I’ve got to kill more people,” said a 13-year-old secondary school student in Barcelonaover and over again after killing a teacher andinjuring another four people on Monday duringwhat authorities are describing as a psychoticoutbreak. ‘

Quote of the WeekA VIDEO of a choir from Jacaranda schoolin Sevilla singing La Musica No Se Toca, asong by Alejandro Sanz, has gone viral onthe internet after the singer shared it onhis Facebook page, stating that he hadfallen in love with the entire school.

non-Spanish people beganpaying into social securitysystem in March said reports

by the Employment and Social Security Ministry. Marchwas the second month in a row to see increases in thenumber of foreigners finding legal work in Spain.

34,974And finally...Number of the week

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OW desperate wouldyou have to be? Whatcould convince you torisk the lives of your chil-dren and spouse, not tomention your own?

It must be one of the most difficultdecisions anyone would have to maketo uproot family and place them in thehands of human traffickers, in thehope of reaching a safer country.

But that’s the decision thousands offamilies take every year, often with thetragic outcome witnessed this weekwhen more than 700 people drownedoff the coast of Libya.

The problem that Europe is facing atthe moment with the influx of migrantslanding on our shores is not so much:“Should we help them?” But rather:“What is the best way to help themand us at the same time?” There seem

to be two main camps of thought.Those that say: “Keep them out.” Andthose that say: “Let them in and nevermind the consequences.”

Australia would be the perfect exam-ple of how zero tolerance works well.PM Tony Abbott said: “If you want tostop migrants crossing the Mediter-ranean, don’t let them set foot onland.” And although it sounds harsh,we cannot deny it has stopped theboats heading for Oz.

But European refugee groups say:“Forget the future, save them now andsort it out later.” Which on the face ofit is the most humane response.

Hopefully common sense will prevailat the emergency EU meetings thisweek. Maybe a mix of both camps willbe the answer. Save them all now!Then stop any more boats leavingport.

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WHILE the population fell across Spainlast year, the Balearic Islands was one ofjust two regions to see an increase in thenumber of residents.

The growth registered by the NationalStatistics Institute (INE) in 2014 amount-ed to 517 new people, reaching a total ofmore than 1.1 million Balearic residents.

The rest of Spain’s autonomous com-

munities have all experienced a drop inpopulation with the exception of Murcia,where 231 more residents were regis-tered.

Regions with the biggest fall in popula-tion were the Valencian Community, with27,637 fewer residents by the end of2014, and Castilla y Leon, where the pop-ulation fell by 24,049.

Population inBalearics rises

PARENTS and students from Es Pont school in theSon Gotleu district of Palma are up in arms over acorrugated roof they fear contains asbestos.

Although the parents’ association has been de-manding the roof be removed for a year-and-a-halfand the Education Department had promised it wouldbe done by Easter, so far nothing has happened.

Sick and tired of being ignored, the parents andstudents have held protests outside the school, don-ning masks to illustrate the risk the children may befacing and carrying banners stating ‘children’s healthis not a priority here.’

TWO Britons were evacuatedfrom a cruise ship travellingfrom Palma to Corsica. Mar-itime Rescue services receiveda request from the Island Es-cape at 6am yesterday, April22, regarding a 70-year-oldman with heart problems.

A helicopter was dispatchedfrom Palma and arrived on theship at 8am to transfer themto Son Espases Hospital.

Airlift fromcruise ship

Parents protestover asbestos fear

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PassengernumbersincreasingLOW COST flight compa-nies transported 169,968passengers to and fromthe Balearic Islands dur-ing the first three monthsof 2015.

The figure is a 34.6 percent increase on the sameperiod of 2014, accordingto the data released by theMinistry of Industry, Ener-gy and Tourism.

The Son Sant Joan Air-port in Palma de Mallorcaregistered the largestnumber of passengerswith 161,229, a 30.4 percent growth comparedwith the same period ofthe previous year.

During March alone,data indicates that theislands received a total of93,492 passengers travel-ling on low cost flights,which represents a stag-gering 47.3 per centyear-on-year increase,and the highest rise any-where in Spain.

SOLLER Council has in-creased the price of theFiro, the town’s Moorsand Christians celebra-tion, from the original €5to €10.

In addition, only 1,500tickets in the shape ofbracelets will be sold forthose who are not mem-bers of Moors andChristians associa-tions.

These braceletsinclude entranceto all re-enact-ments, whichcommemorate thebattles betweenMoorish invadersand Christians thattook place in the periodbetween the eighth and15th century. In addition,ticket holders will be ableto enjoy a welcome mealand transport paid for bythe town council.

Organ-isers of the festival ex-plained that, even thoughthe celebrations havebeen free until this year,

the decision to charge afee was made due to thelarge amount of visitors,which has often exceed-ed the places availableand consequently repre-sented a danger.

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THE First Fira del Llonguetwill be celebrated on Sunday(April 26) in the Es Pillari dis-trict of Palma.

The llonguet is a Palmatypical bread roll, made us-ing traditional methods, of-ten baked in wood ovens.

Head of the Llevant Districtin Palma, Antonia Fornary to-gether with Health and Con-

sumption councillor, RosaLlobera, launched the eventlast Monday, which has beenorganised by the Neighbour-hood Association of Es Pillari.

The fair will take place be-tween 9am and 8pm and vis-itors will be able to enjoy avariety of products from 50different stalls as well as 13bread ovens.

Good cause THE charity children’sfashion runway eventheld by the Associationfor People withDisabilities of Calvia(Asdica) last week,raised almost €3,000,which will be donatedto the association’sprojects for disabledyouths.

Deadly fall A 65-YEAR-OLDwoman died on Sunday(April 19) after fallingfrom the sixth floor of abuilding in Palma.

Injured rider A MOTORBIKE ridersuffered injuries afterfalling in the Cami dePassatemps (SonSardina). Local Policebelieve the fall wasaccidental althoughthey are carrying outan investigation.

Palma holdsFira del Llon

Balearics encouragesustainable transport THE Balearic Islands Regional Government has allocated€300,000 in funding to convert public transport vehicles touse compressed natural gas.

The reasons behind the investment, as explained by theregion’s Economy Department, were that this fuel wasmore environmentally friendly, as its CO2 emissions werelower and it was 40 per cent cheaper than traditional fu-els.

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A presentation displaying thellonguet baking process will beheld as well as an exhibition ofsculptures created by artist Tonide la Mata.

Car enthusiasts are highly en-couraged to attend the fair asthere will be a classic and an-tique cars exhibition.

Head of the Association An-dres Medina explained that thefair has been designed to reviveinterest in the llonguet, a prod-uct which is not widely knownamongst youths.

“The llonguet has been some-what forgotten due to the pop-ularity of other products suchas baguettes, or frozen bread,”said Mr Medina.

Those interested in attendingcan access the area by car us-ing the exit number 10 and 11of the Llevant motorway as wellas bus line 31, departing fromPorta de Sant Antoni.

s firstnguet PALMA Council has

launched a campaign tocombat, prevent andtreat the threat of Asiantiger mosquitoes.

Councillor for HealthRosa Llobreara togetherwith Pedro Morell, thehead of the company incharge of plague controlin Palma, Lokimica, pre-sented the campaign,which will run until No-vember.

Palma Council has aprotocol designed to dealwith these insects withthe goal of reducing thenumber of mosquitoesand stopping their repro-

duction, as well as pre-venting them fromspreading illness.

Residents can preventthe proliferation of theseinsects by removing wa-ter accumulated in flowerpots, fountains, bucketsor other small containersevery 48 hours, as theAsian mosquito usuallylays eggs in places thathold small amounts ofwater.

“The reproduction ofthese insects occurs in-side homes between 70and 80 per cent of thetime,” said expert AlbertoChorda.

Targeting Asiantiger mosquitoes

Municipal libraries THE municipal libraries of Son Ferriol, Son Sardi-na, Son Ximelis and Coll d’en Rabassa in Palmanow provide a new service lending tablets forusers over 18 years old. Users will be able to re-quest the tablets by showing an official documentsuch as passport or DNI identification card.

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A 43-YEAR-OLD man wascaught by Guardia Civilofficers in Palma alleged-ly cheating in a drivingtheory exam with a so-called ‘spy kit’.

The man reportedly

used a high-tech set-upconnected by Wifi, with amicro-camera, a trans-mitting pen and a devicewhich, through bleepsand vibrations, allowedhim to get the correct an-

swers, which were beingsent by an accomplicefrom outside the room.

The officers becamesuspicious of the mandue to the way he washolding his test sheet, ashe was holding it up infront of himself so his ac-complice could see it viaa camera.

PERIODIC tests on fountains in Inca by the HealthDepartment have thrown up worrying results.

The latest report revealed that six of the sevenfountains tested broke regulations for chlorinelevels.

The only one that passed the test was Orientfountain, while those on Avenida de Reis Catolicsand Campana were found to be three times overthe maximum amount permitted.

The local PSOE socialist group has called for bet-ter maintenance of the fountains and urgent mea-sures to correct the levels to avoid Legionella bac-teria emerging.

A FIRE broke out on a boatdocked at Palma Port.

The port authorities werealerted at around 4.15amon Wednesday, April 15, toa blaze on a 45-metre-longcraft called Coco, located inthe facilities of Club deMar. The fire was extin-guished at 6am and therewere no casualties.

‘Spy-kit’ used tocheat in exam

Boat fire atPalma Port

Inca fountainsfail quality tests

By Vicki McLeodLAST week Europeos PorEspana hosted a very infor-mative event with Gar-rigues Abogados (Palma)regarding an update on thecurrent tax requirementsfor resident and non-resi-dent people in Mallorca.

It was an extremely wellattended event, and com-pletely free. Now EuropeosPor Espana will be hostinga very special event thisFriday April 24 in Palma atthe La Caixa forum build-ing. Starting at 6.30pm itwill be a debate about Eu-

rope and how it would af-fect residents of Mallorca ifBritain left the EuropeanUnion.

The speakers will be SrEsteban Mas MBE, the for-mer Vice Consul, BritishConsulate and EU Delegateof the Balearic Governmentand Sr Javier Blas, fromthe law firm Bufete Illeslex.The event will be free andin English.

You can get more infor-mation and RSVP at secretary@epore.org.

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ONE out of three youths in theBalearic Islands would like toopen their own business but70.2 per cent believe it is toocomplicated, says a new report.

The study was carried out byAdecco Young Entrepreneurs,

with 250 under 30s from the is-lands interviewed.

According to the report, 29.8per cent of youths in theBalearic Islands said that, eventhough creating a new businesswas difficult, they believe it to

be a completely viable endeav-our.

In addition, the study foundthat the number of women whowould like to become entrepre-neurs (57.2 per cent) outnum-bered men (52.3 per cent),

while youths between 25 and 30years old were more willing todo so (62.2 per cent) than thosewhose ages ranged between 18and 24 years old (37.8).

Amongst the reasons behindthe wish to start a business was

the satisfaction of creatingsomething on their own (24.6per cent), having an idea theybelieved could be successful(16.1 per cent) or the goal ofhaving personal independence(also 16.1 per cent).

Red tape holds young people back

PALMA Cathedral is the seventh mostvisited monument in Spain according tothe official Spanish Tourism website.

The site gave the enormous colourfulrose window and Miquel Barcelo’schapel as main attractions for visitors.

Palma cathedral makes top 10

Tax event isa success

FREE UPDATE: On current tax requirements.

LOCAL POLICE in Calviahave arrested a 24-year-

old on suspicion of carry-ing out three sexual as-

saults in Santa Ponça. The investigation be-

gan in June of 2014,when officers noticed anunusual increase in thenumber of sexual assaultreports registered in thearea.

The first case was re-ported by an Irish touristwho was grabbed by aman who allegedly as-saulted her.

Days later, an English-woman reported an at-tack and gave a similardescription of her as-sailant.

The third case was of aSpanish woman who putup a fight and managedto escape the clutches ofher attacker.

The Guardia Civil no-ticed that the descrip-tions of the suspect pro-vided by the victims werestrikingly similar, and afew weeks ago located a24-year-old, who alreadyhad a criminal record forsimilar crimes.

He became the mainsuspect in the case.

Officers burst into ahome in the Palmanyolaresidential complex,where the suspect re-sides, and arrested himon April 15.

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THREE women and a man of Spanishnationality have been arrested in Pal-ma accused of defrauding a couple outof €225,000 by making them believethey had healing powers.

The gang, whose ages range be-tween 40 and 50 years old, allegedlyconvinced the couple that their childwas being chased by ‘shadows’ and‘evil spirits’ who could cause him seri-ous diseases or even the death.

To rid their child of these threats,the couple paid thousands of euros forseveral ‘healing treatments’ allegedlyperformed by one of the detainees.

To afford these treatments the fami-ly went as far as requesting moneyfrom relatives and applying for loans,

leaving them completely bankrupt. Police reported that the couple were

completely influenced by the detaineesand had to ask them for permission totake their child to the park, the beachand even the home’s balcony as theyhad been told an ‘evil shadow’ wouldfind him and kill him.

National Police took six months toconfirm the events and during a homesearch, confiscated numerous elec-tronic devices, documents and threecars.

The suspects have been accused offraud, money laundering and member-ship of a criminal gang. Police are alsoinvestigating a fifth person in connec-tion with the case.

Bogus healersheld in Palma

Man arrested for sexualassaults in Santa Ponça

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By Andrés Román Romero,Store Director, SpecsaversOpticas Santa PonçaWE are now entering the springand summer season and after along period of rain we’re now en-joying lovely bright sunshine andwarm temperatures. The sun isone of the main things that at-tracts us to Spain, but what manypeople don’t realise is the damageit can cause to your eyes. To bringthis issue out into the open beforethe summer starts in earnest, hereare some of our most commonly

asked questions to help.Q: Can the sun really dam-

age my eyes?A: Yes. The same as our skin,

our eyes can also be damaged byUV rays leading to various prob-lems. Children under 10 in particu-lar should be protected, as theireyes can’t block as much UV asadults’ eyes can.

Q: What are the effects ofsun damage on eyes?

A: Exposure to UV rays cancause a number of problems in-cluding: cataracts, macular degen-

eration, eyelid skin cancer,pinguecula (small, yellowish, slight-ly raised lesions that form on thesurface of the white part of theeye that can cause irritation anddry eyes) and pterygium (scar tis-sue that can grow over the surfaceof the eye and impair vision).

Q: What can I do to protectmy eyes?

A: The best protection is to wearsunglasses with total UV protectionand a hat. When choosing sun-glasses we recommend that you:

• Check sunglasses comply with

UNE-EN 1836:2006 + A1:2008 orbear the CE kite mark and aremarked UV 400.

• Consider polarised lenses todecrease the amount of glareand choose large or wraparoundglasses

All Specsavers’ sunglasses offerthe maximum UV protection andwe are now offering 2 for 1including sunglasses for the specialprice of 59€, until the end of June.To make an appointment or findyour nearest store visitwww.specsavers.es.

Ask the optician – The effectsof sun damage on our eyes THE paediatrics unit of

Son Espases Hospital inPalma carried out 91airlifts and 174 transfersby road in 2014.

Most of these re-sponses were carriedout due to breathingcomplications in childrenor the delivery of pre-mature babies, accord-ing to the data from theBalearic Islands HealthInstitute.

Twenty-nine roadtransfers and 42 airliftshave been carried outso far in 2015.

A quickresponse

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FOR most people their home is theirbiggest f inancial investment andone of their most important assets.Therefore it is essential that yourproperty and all its possessions areproperly and comprehensively in-sured.

S imply be ing insured is notenough. Check your insurance poli-cy, ask your provider about poten-tial loopholes, make sure everythingis comprehensively insured, or youcould face cost ly repairs shouldsomething go wrong.

Deciding between a Spanishor UK based insurance company

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It’s important that you check yourpolicy carefully. The sum insuredmust cover the cost of rebuildingthe property, and not the currentmarket value.

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TWO people were arrested in Manacorafter they were found in possession of aone-kilogramme bag of marihuana.

National Police officers were on a rou-tine patrol in the area of Portocristowhen they noticed a dark-coloured vehi-cle that they believed was moving in asuspicious way, entering the road MA-4020 after leaving the car park of ClubBaviera.

They moved to stop the car and the

suspects attempted to escape, driving atvery high speed until finally being inter-cepted near S’IIlot.

Police reported that the driver thenthrew a large plastic bag out of the win-dow.

Once recovered, authorities found onekilogramme of marihuana inside.

The suspects were a Moroccan manand a heavily pregnant woman, whowere taken into custody.

Suspects threwmarihuana away

Women’s self-defence courseTHE Women’s Department of Felan-itx Council has organised a self-de-fence course for women, with thegoal of improving women’s confi-dence and knowledge of protectionmethods.

The six-hour course is free andwill take place in Portocolom CivicCentre on May 4, 11 and 18 be-tween 5pm and 7pm.

Call 971 582 629 before April 29.

Charity Dinner inaid of ASPANOBON Friday April 24 the Hotel Hesperia Villamil inPeguera will hold a charity dinner in aid of AS-PANOB (Association of Parents of Children withCancer Baleares). The event includes a welcomedrink and a special dinner buffet with live perfor-mances and a raffle with some amazing prizes.

Previous years have seen a total raised ofabout €5,000. The hotel staff also give their timefor free. If you wish to attend please contactMarga Alemany on 971 012 200 | Ext. 511 oremail her on m.alemany@nh-hotels.com.

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Bike tourTHE 39th edition of theMallorca MotorbikeTour will be held nextSunday (April 26) inCapdepera. At around4pm in the Plaza deOriente, there will behot chocolate and ‘en-saimadas’.

Artist concert RENOWNED Spanishsinger David Busta-mante will present hiseighth album ‘Vivir’ at9pm in Palma’s TruiTeatre on SaturdayApril 25. Tickets rangebetween €33 and €90.

Fashion showTHE second edition ofthe ‘Llucmajor Runway’will be held on May 3at the Plaça d’Espanyaat 5.30pm. A total of17 local shops will beshowing fashion items.

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SEVENTY-SEVEN per cent of Balearic ‘mil-lennials’ with academic qualifications thinkthat they will have to leave Spain to find ajob in the next few years.

The data was released in the CambridgeMonitor Barometer, which carried out1,200 interviews with youths between 16and 24 years old.

Sixty per cent of youths in the islandssay they have a high or very high level ofEnglish, the highest percentage anywherein Spain, according to the study. Only 3per cent admit having a low level.

In addition, 93 per cent of the millenni-als would rather work in their ideal voca-tion even if they earned less money, and

eight out of 10 believe thattheir income will be lowerthan their parents.’

One third of those inter-viewed think they will haveto wait to reach 75 to retireand 3 per cent believe thatretiring will not be possibleand they will be workinguntil they die.

Spokesperson for Cam-bridge University Press,Julio Redondas, explainedthat even though this gen-eration is much better pre-pared academically, theyare pessimistic when askedabout their future due tothe negative financial situa-tion of the country.

Millennials areso pessimistic

ON Saturday May 2 the Cala Nova Cancer Care charitywill host another of their fabulous events at MoodBeach in Costa D’en Blanes.

This time the theme will be Viva Las Vegas. You willbe able to play blackjack and roulette in the fun casinoand enter the Elvis lookalike competition if you are upfor it.

There will be a live performance from Elvis himself,and Mike Jones will be there as well. Plus there will beDJs and dancing.

Tickets are €15 in advance from Mood Beach, theTranquility Spa at the Country Club Santa Ponsa, Estu-dio 3 and the Cala Nova shop.

The event will benefit several charities dedicated tohelping cancer sufferers and their families in Mallorca.You can get more information on 609 848 622.

Viva Las Vegas event

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THE Spanish Home Office has de-nied terrorism alert change ru-mours which had been spreadingover social media and chat groups.

An official statement stressed

that messages that have been ap-pearing on the internet are com-pletely false and the alert level inSpain has not been changed andremains at lower level three.

Any change to this alert statuswould be announced through offi-cial channels and national press,the Home Office explained.

“Other unofficial communicationchannels do not have anycredibility regarding anti-terrorist alert information,and often simply aim toscare the population orcause trouble,” the state-ment continued.

Over recent weeks theHome Office, which car-ries out regular checks ofonline sources, has de-tected an increase in fakemessages regarding anincreased terrorism alertlevel and recommendingpeople avoid shoppingcentres.

Although they say theyhave come from the po-lice, these messages arecompletely false andshould not be trusted,the authorities said.

Spanish terror alertmessages are false

ON Sunday April 19Hooties bar in Palmanovaheld an event as a memor-ial for Big Andy’s birthday.

Andy sadly passed awayfrom cancer in December2014. He used to be partof the Hooties golf societywho play a game at SonQuint on the last Sunday ofevery month. On Sunday36 participants took part inBig Andy’s memorial golfcompetition followed bydrinks, food and a raffle atthe bar afterwards.

The proud winner of thecoveted cup was Peter

Jackson with Ayesha Woodfrom Radio One winningthe wooden spoon for lastplace, but also winning theprize for nearest the pin!

Andy will be missed butwill stay in the hearts ofmany. The amount raisedwas €2539.90 for CancerSupport Group Mallorca.

Big Andy’s birthday event

MEMORIAL TROPHY: Peter Jackson was proud winner.

OLIVIER BLANCHARD,Harvard and MIT profes-sor and the IMF’s chiefeconomist since 2008, hasboth criticised and praisedSpain’s performance as itemerges from financialcrisis, but on the wholesays its recovery “is not asuccess story.”

Speaking from his officein Amiens, France, Blan-chard remarked thatSpain’s high levels of un-employment have still notbeen addressed effec-tively.

When asked whether hethought that, despiteSpain’s high unemploy-ment levels, it hadnonetheless come out ofrecession, he responded:“Can you say that a coun-try has successfullyemerged from recessionwhen it still has 23 per

cent unemployment?Competitiveness and ex-ports have certainly im-proved and are gettingstronger, behaving rea-sonably well. They arevery good news comparedto a year ago and cancontinue.”

He went on: “How doyou define crisis? Thecountry has been left ingrowth, but unemploy-ment is too high. There-fore Spain is not cured.Unemployment can onlygo down through reform.

“For me, the key is theduality of the labour mar-ket and the need to re-move large differencesbetween temporary andpermanent workers. Spainshould not be living with10 per cent or 15 per cent- or 23 per cent unem-ployment.”

THE Supreme Court has found thatIberia Partners, managers of Coca-Co la at Fuen labrada ’s (Madr id)bottling plant, infringed its work-ers ’ r ight to str ike when i t usedother bott l ing p lants with in thegroup to cont inue bus iness asusual.

The court ruled that by doing so

the company had compromised itsemployees’ right to a reasonableperiod for negotiation. The votewas taken at e ight votes to f iveagainst Coca-Cola.

A spokesman for the workers,who had congregated outside thecourt, said: “Today is for celebrat-ing, not thinking.”

Coca-Cola feeling flat

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Cross-bordercooperation IN an article for EU’s, TheParliament magazine,Iskra Mihaylova regionaldevelopment committeeChair said, “Spain andGibraltar should work to-gether and coordinate ac-tivities as partners in or-der to boost thecompetitiveness of smalland medium enterprises.

Cuban changeTHE Spanish secretaryof state for trade saidSpain wants to be atthe forefront of theeconomic changes thatCuba will experience inthe coming years, es??

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A PRESS meeting at the Euro-pean Central Bank was inter-rupted last week when a womanrushed across the room shout-ing and climbing onto the tablein front of ECB President MarioDraghi.

She scattered papers andthrew confetti all over the Italianbanker while screaming: “An

end to the dictatorship of theECB!” Draghi has since stressedthis was not a protest by FE-MEN, the feminist group knownfor its members stripping offand protesting topless againstwhat they perceive as male eco-nomic domination, but actually aformer member.

Spontaneous lone protester

Josephine Witt had gained entryto the conference by posing as areporter.

She was dressed in a black t-shirt bearing the slogan: ‘EndECB Dick-tatorship’.

The meeting was sus-pended for a few min-utes while the tablewas cleaned up.

STAT OF WEEKbusiness IT is anticipated that more than60 Spanish wine producers andbodegas will participate in TheWorld Bulk Wine Exhibition, thelargest in the world, scheduled

for November 2015.

Press conference protester DRAGHI:Protestertargetedbanker.

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British Amer¡cn Tobacco 3,752.25 28.25 0.76 69,755.30

British Land Co 850.00 3.00 0.35 8,689.13

BT Group 452.98 2.98 0.66 37,828.92

Bunzl 1,845.00 -1.00 -0.05 6,226.28

Burberry Group 1,801.00 7.00 0.39 8,049.27

Capita Group (The) 1,114.50 -6.50 -0.58 7,466.89

Carnival 3,221.50 4.50 0.14 6,984.88

Most AdvancedSupertel Hospitality, Inc. $ 3.07 1.16 ▲ 60.73%Moko Social Media Ltd. $ 5.94 1.0776 ▲ 22.16%Supertel Hospitality, Inc. $ 20.99 3.19 ▲ 17.92%Supertel Hospitality, Inc. $ 8.5695 1.2995 ▲ 17.87%XBiotech Inc. $ 26.18 3.47 ▲ 15.28%Carbylan Therapeutics, Inc. $ 6.09 0.70 ▲ 12.99%Cherokee Inc. $ 22.67 2.35 ▲ 11.56%Vimicro International Corporation $ 10.56 1.01 ▲ 10.58%Fate Therapeutics, Inc. $ 5.96 0.55 ▲ 10.17%Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Lim $ 2.55 0.19 ▲ 8.05%Aemetis, Inc $ 4.72 0.35 ▲ 8.01%

Most DeclinedGenMark Diagnostics, Inc. $ 10.86 2.02 ▼ 15.68%Novadaq Technologies Inc $ 13.75 2.45 ▼ 15.12%Solazyme, Inc. $ 3.92 0.50 ▼ 11.31%MediciNova, Inc. $ 4.45 0.51 ▼ 10.28%Wowo Limited $ 9.16 0.97 ▼ 9.58%SteadyMed Ltd. $ 8.62 0.88 ▼ 9.26%Spark Energy, Inc. $ 12.38 1.12 ▼ 8.30%Kornit Digital Ltd. $ 14.41 1.29 ▼ 8.22%Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $ 19.23 1.71 ▼ 8.17%Etsy, Inc. $ 27.58 2.42 ▼ 8.07%Tarena International, Inc. $ 12.21 1.04 ▼ 7.85%

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MMM 3M 161.71 -4.18 -2.52% 3.1MAXP American Express 77.32 -3.59 -4.44% 22.1MAAPL Apple 124.75 -1.42 -1.13% 52.0MBA Boeing 149.60 -2.37 -1.56% 4.7MCAT Caterpillar 83.28 -1.06 -1.26% 5.3MCVX Chevron 109.11 -1.05 -0.95% 6.5MCSCO Cisco 27.92 -0.69 -2.40% 36.9MKO Coca-Cola 40.30 -0.30 -0.74% 15.3MDIS Disney 106.69 -1.41 -1.30% 9.7MDD E I du Pont de Nemours and Co 71.55 -0.70 -0.97% 4.0MXOM Exxon Mobil 86.93 -0.80 -0.91% 14.4MGE General Electric 27.25 -0.03 -0.11% 87.8MGS Goldman Sachs 197.35 -2.86 -1.43% 4.6MHD Home Depot 112.10 -1.27 -1.12% 6.2MIBM IBM 160.67 -2.46 -1.51% 4.3MMMM 3M 161.71 -4.18 -2.52% 3.1MAXP American Express 77.32 -3.59 -4.44% 22.1MAAPL Apple 124.75 -1.42 -1.13% 52.0MBA Boeing 149.60 -2.37 -1.56% 4.7MCAT Caterpillar 83.28 -1.06 -1.26% 5.3MCVX Chevron 109.11 -1.05 -0.95% 6.5MCSCO Cisco 27.92 -0.69 -2.40% 36.9MKO Coca-Cola 40.30 -0.30 -0.74% 15.3MDIS Disney 106.69 -1.41 -1.30% 9.7MDD E I du Pont de Nemours and Co 71.55 -0.70 -0.97% 4.0MXOM Exxon Mobil 86.93 -0.80 -0.91% 14.4MGE General Electric 27.25 -0.03 -0.11% 87.8MGS Goldman Sachs 197.35 -2.86 -1.43% 4.6MHD Home Depot 112.10 -1.27 -1.12% 6.2MIBM IBM 160.67 -2.46 -1.51% 4.3M

Centrica 257.45 -2.65 -1.02 12,919.60Coca-Cola HBC 1,347.00 -11.00 -0.81 5,035.65Compass Group 1,167.50 5.50 0.47 19,598.40CRH 1,854.00 19.00 1.04 15,176.01Diageo 1,867.25 -9.25 -0.49 47,680.27Direct Line Insurance 323.30 -1.20 -0.37 4,932.00Dixons Carphone 440.95 -0.35 -0.08 5,089.46easyJet 1,816.50 -6.50 -0.36 7,308.63Experian 1,186.50 5.50 0.47 11,654.21Fresnillo 730.00 1.50 0.21 5,478.80G4S 294.80 -3.40 -1.14 4,687.37GKN 364.30 3.00 0.83 6,103.33GlaxoSmithKline 1,579.75 4.25 0.27 77,642.79Glencore 302.98 4.43 1.48 39,508.48Hammerson 675.25 2.25 0.33 5,309.72Hargreaves Lansdown 1,203.50 -5.50 -0.45 5,867.32Hikma Pharmaceuticals 2,092.00 11.00 0.53 4,222.92HSBC Holdings 609.25 9.25 1.54 116,623.87Imperial Tobacco Group 3,249.50 18.50 0.57 31,383.01InterContinental Hotels 2,771.00 49.00 1.80 6,412.95International Consolidtd 568.25 3.75 0.66 11,662.76Intertek Group 2,619.00 0.00 0.00 4,284.16Intu Properties 350.80 1.60 0.46 4,651.07ITV 264.45 0.45 0.17 10,728.91Johnson Matthey 3,434.50 4.50 0.13 7,032.78Kingfisher 354.00 -0.50 -0.14 8,416.30Land Securities Group 1,277.00 10.00 0.79 10,103.06Legal & General Group 278.40 0.30 0.11 16,739.45Lloyds Banking Group ORD 78.78 0.03 0.04 57,027.62London Stock Exchange 2,487.00 -4.00 -0.16 8,781.47Marks & Spencer Group 565.50 1.50 0.27 9,355.06Meggitt 542.75 2.25 0.42 4,347.19Merlin Entertainments 450.90 3.70 0.83 4,582.13Mondi 1,374.50 16.50 1.22 5,078.94Morrison (Wm) Sprmrkts 198.00 0.30 0.15 4,698.19National Grid 886.80 -0.80 -0.09 33,611.10Next 7,220.00 0.00 0.00 11,136.84Old Mutual 236.95 0.55 0.23 11,837.16Pearson 1,369.50 14.50 1.07 11,237.81Persimmon 1,713.50 -19.50 -1.13 5,311.76Prudential 1,658.50 22.00 1.34 42,743.12Randgold Resources 5,075.00 30.00 0.59 4,716.42Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,906.00 -34.00 -0.57 42,996.76Reed Elsevier 1,127.50 -2.50 -0.22 12,871.13Rio Tinto 2,856.00 55.00 1.96 40,408.02Rolls-Royce Group 978.75 0.25 0.03 18,125.94Royal Bank of Scotland 350.50 1.30 0.37 22,573.69Royal Dutch Shell 2,117.25 28.25 1.35 82,136.80Royal Dutch Shell 2,145.00 24.50 1.16 52,334.61Royal Mail 444.45 -1.15 -0.26 4,491.00RSA Insurance Group 422.40 -3.20 -0.75 4,409.58SABMiller 3,621.25 -2.25 -0.06 58,749.19Sage Group (The) 467.70 -1.60 -0.34 5,163.32Sainsbury (J) 274.60 -0.60 -0.22 5,320.65Schroders 3,275.00 16.00 0.49 7,553.67Severn Trent 2,135.00 1.00 0.05 5,064.54Shire 5,467.50 37.50 0.69 32,227.49Sky 1,046.00 -6.00 -0.57 17,998.11Smith & Nephew 1,148.50 12.50 1.10 10,263.88Smiths Group 1,119.50 4.50 0.40 4,476.58Sports Direct Internatnl 655.50 -1.50 -0.23 3,970.81SSE 1,559.50 0.50 0.03 15,491.10St James's Place 928.75 1.25 0.13 4,986.40Standard Chartered 1,049.75 -0.25 -0.02 26,309.71Standard Life 461.50 0.10 0.02 11,231.44Taylor Wimpey 161.80 1.30 0.81 5,290.13Tesco 235.53 -1.17 -0.49 19,580.47Travis Perkins 1,988.00 12.00 0.61 4,926.30TUI AG 1,201.00 5.00 0.42 14,756.39Unilever 3,012.00 20.00 0.67 38,644.96United Utilities Group 956.50 -3.00 -0.31 6,607.50Vodafone Group 227.35 0.95 0.42 60,286.71Weir Group 1,869.00 -3.00 -0.16 4,058.51Whitbread 5,250.00 10.00 0.19 9,493.88Wolseley 4,036.00 -13.00 -0.32 10,615.35WPP Group 1,536.50 -6.50 -0.42 20,613.48

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3i Group 491.70 -3.40 -0.69 4,915.70

Aberdeen Asset Mngmnt 483.05 2.25 0.47 6,524.91

Admiral Group 1,587.00 -4.00 -0.25 4,479.69

Aggreko 1,603.00 3.00 0.19 4,151.68

Anglo American 1,042.00 31.50 3.12 14,511.48

Antofagasta 742.00 10.00 1.37 7,364.35

ARM Holdings 1,136.50 9.50 0.84 16,048.51

Ashtead Group 1,136.50 24.50 2.20 5,612.29

Associated British Foods 2,895.50 -10.50 -0.36 23,417.72

AstraZeneca 4,803.50 53.50 1.13 60,997.88

Aviva 541.25 -1.75 -0.32 16,238.20

Babcock International 1,040.00 7.00 0.68 5,242.93

BAE Systems 508.75 -4.25 -0.83 16,282.11

Barclays 256.35 1.05 0.41 42,963.86

Barratt Developments 529.75 -1.25 -0.24 5,252.47

BG Group 1,194.25 1.75 0.15 40,631.47

BHP Billiton 1,475.00 29.00 2.01 31,036.90

BP 482.48 3.13 0.65 86,370.93

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Fraud arrestFORMER IMF chief andex-Spanish Deputy PrimeMinister Rodrigo Rato wasarrested for alleged taxfraud, concealment of as-sets, and money launder-ing after his home and of-fice were searched.

Party fundsTHE Organisation for Eco-nomic Cooperation andDevelopment welcomedthe legislative package ondemocratic regenerationrecently approved by theSpanish Parliament in or-der to fight corruption andpromote integrity andtransparency.

Slow progress THE Eurozone crisis wasan economic nightmarefor many, not least theproperty sector. Whilethere are signs of growthacross the bloc, prices inmany countries remainlow, according to Eurostat.

BUSINESS EXTRA

THE simple mention of banks,bankers or ex-bankers thesedays sends a chill up the spinesof many.

Corruption and dodgy prac-tices, along with the aiding andexercise of tax evasion are justsome of the nasty things thatsome banks and people like for-mer IMF chief Rodrigo Rato havebeen knee-deep in over theyears.

Historically banks have beenviewed solely as financial institu-tions and morality has not en-tered the equation. Traditionalbanks thrive on a thirst for profit,and as we have seen from vari-ous news reports over the yearsthis is often at the expense of

morals, the environment andcustomers. You may also be sur-prised to find out that the moneyyou put into your typical bank isoften used and invested inprojects that many might findoffensive.

Would you consciously supporta massive weapon-producing es-tablishment? Or donate to an en-ergy project that plans on active-ly destroying the environment?Probably not! But indirectly

through your banking choice, youcould be doing just that.

Current profit-focused behav-iour means that the typical bigbanks finance everything fromweapons’ manufacture to themost polluting fossil fuel projectson the planet, as well as causingasset bubbles and financialcrises.

However, not all banks haveprofit as their overriding objectiveand there are other approaches

that are becoming successful.Several banks make it their mis-sion to create social and environ-mental benefits, by carefullychoosing which companies andprojects they provide finance to.These are called ‘ethical banks’.

Ethical banks still prioritisecapital and seek to maximisereturns, but in doing so theypromise to align their moneywith their values, by using theircapital to help finance ‘real econ-omy’ businesses selling productsand services, not speculativeventures.

They adopt transparency prin-ciples to give public insight tohow their money is being used.They consider the long-term im-pact of their lending decisions, inprojects that support quality oflife for all.

Traditional banks have longembraced a profit-over-peoplementality, so maybe it’s hightime we looked at where ourmoney spends the night and ifwe’re not happy, take our moneyelsewhere.

Banking on moral investments

JanePlunkett

A look at finance for females

jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

Loose change

SOLAR POWER: Ethical banks invest in ‘quality of life’ projects.

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Can Hacienda claim back taxes?

A. It seems that you are beingaudited by the Tax Agency. InSpanish this is called ‘inspección’. Andthe picture does not look good.

Let us clear up two points. First, Inever said that Old Age Pensions are

not taxed in Spain. It is only CivilService or other government servicepensions that are taxed in theircountry of origin. Old Age Pensionsare treated as normal income.Second, there is no new Spanish taxlaw which affects you. Yes, the taxreform package for 2015 was issuedin November 2014, but there is nochange regarding Old Age Pensions.They are liable for tax in Spain, as I

have written various times. If youraccountant advised that you werenot liable for Spanish tax, he was inerror. And you are not liable for finesand penalties because the law haschanged, but because you weremisinformed. You must now presentyour records to the Tax Agency. Atyour level of income, you probablyowe little tax, so the charges andinterest should not come to much.

Q. I read your article on Spanish tax returns. I am 72 and havebeen a resident here for 12 years. When I became an OAP in2008, I was informed that (as you pointed out) as a pensioner, Idid not pay tax. This year I received a letter from Hacienda.According to the letter, and my accountant, it would appear thaton November 27, 2014, a law was passed and my accountantnow informs me that I will have to send in my complete bankrecords of pensions received for the last five years. This is two

OAP pensions from England and Scandinavia, plus asmall private pension, which total about €12,000 peryear.

My accountant now tells me that according to thenew Spanish tax laws, OAP residents are liable totaxation. I am now confused and worried, as I maybe facing a back tax payment of several thousandeuros. Where do I stand? F W T (Costa del Sol)

You and theLaw in SpainBy David Searl

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HE idea that allman/womankind areborn equal is com-plete and utter clap-

trap. We are not all equal.Even as far as limbs and

bodies are concerned, many ofus are of course different. Thelevels of human intelligenceand intellectualism are alsotremendously varied. Some ofus couldn’t hammer a nail in;others are capable of buildingmachines which can bring to-gether proton beams at ratesapproaching the speed of light.

The majority of our humanrace are followers; leaders arein the minority. Without theleaders, we would all wanderoff into some New Age state ofoblivion.

It is therefore my opinion

that those who are capableand willing to utilise their supe-rior intellect to create compa-nies and occupations for thefollowers, should reap just re-wards for their efforts, not findthemselves penalised.

From the corner-shop owner

who employs one sales assis-tant to the entrepreneur whocreates jobs for thousands, allshould be reimbursed accord-ingly. So what if the man orwoman who employs largenumbers has a big yacht or amansion?

Without their expertise andincentives, many of those theyemploy probably wouldn’t beable to afford a mortgage, orto clothe or even feed their

children. So what if the cor-ner-shop owner can affordto purchase a nice car? Be-cause of his efforts, his

sales assistant can no doubtlive in a comfortable bedsitand enjoy a relatively stress-

free existence. The truth of thematter is that we need theseleaders.

Outside of themselves, theLabour party do not agree.The Lefties, with their politicsof envy, would like to see theback of them all. The power-mad, dysfunctional leaders ofthe Left want the whole coun-try reliant solely on them andtheir party. They want to killfree enterprise, nationalise justabout everything, buy futurevoters by handing out benefitsto all and sundry, and discour-age and alienate anyone with

the initiative to think or actotherwise. Have no doubt, if,heaven forbid, Miliband and hisawful cronies are elected in acouple of weeks’ time, thebrains, entrepreneurs and in-vestors will haemorrhage fromthe country like blood from anopened jugular vein.

This left-wing approach hasof course all been tried beforeand always failed. It’s calledCommunism, folks. Pure andsimple. Do we really want tosee the wonderful country ofour birth commit suicide byadopting the doctrine of Lenin?Vote for Cameron. You know itmakes sense!

Lovely mistake in the TV au-to descriptions this week whena somewhat average singertold us of the thousands ofsongs she had ‘sunk’ over theyears. Yep!

Keep the faithLove Leapy

leapylee2002@gmail.comWeb: leapylee.co.uk

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LEAPY LEESAYS ITOTHERS THINK IT

LEADERS: From corner-shop owners to big business entrepreneurs.

Not everyone was born equal

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Samantha Warren of Fiesta Craftsin Javea (Alicante) said: “Actuallywe have been quite pleased withthe price levels so no, we havenot felt the need to shop aroundfor alternative suppliers. We areinvoiced by Iberdrola; there areefficient systems in place forpaying bills promptly andwe have always had aprompt service.”

Luz Trango of SGBBeers in Mijas Costa(Malaga) thought someclarity should be broughtto bills. “A lot of peopledo not understand thebreakdown of the electric-ity bills. They are so con-fusing to many, even thenative Spanish. We havechanged suppliers for thebusiness in the past, but inthe long run you don’t save

money with all the additional coststhat you have to pay, and youmay be cut off during the tran-sition. I know many individu-als who did the same andnow stick with their originalsupplier to save theheadache. I think there isnot much difference in thechoice,” she remarked.

Anne Hernandezfrom The PresidentsClub, Marbella (Mala-ga), commented: “Hav-ing been President of alarge community formany years this is a sub-ject that has cropped up. Ihave heard of the difficul-ties my members have ex-

perienced through changing their powersupplier and it has not been good. Bear-ing that in mind, it would seem it is of noadvantage to change as many have goneback to their original supplier.”

Pascale Michiels from Costa BlancaSales has recently bought a new house

and has had no electricity for severalweeks as she waits for paperworkand a meter to be sorted out.

“At the moment to have anyelectricity would be nice whatever

the price!” she joked, “But whenIberdrola have sorted it I willdefinitely be shopping aroundand looking for anotherprovider. You just cannot jus-tify these price increases. Iwill also get a night meter.They cost around €11 andwhen I installed one at my

last property I was savingaround €60 on bills.”

Electricity: Time to shop around?

STREET TALK

HOUSEHOLDERS are paying 12.7 per cent more for their electricity this year in comparison to 2014. This has led to consumers’ associationFACUA asking for government intervention so that users are not victims of restricted choice. Do you shop around for better suppliers?

Luz Trango of SGB Beers,Mijas Costa.

Anne Hernandezfrom ThePresidents Club.

Pascale Michiels ofCosta Blanca Sales.

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FRENCH courtrecently bannedparents from namingtheir baby girl

‘Nutella’ after the hazelnutspread, ruling that it wouldmake her the object of ridicule.The judge ordered the child becalled Ella instead.

French parents can choosewhatever name they want, butlocal prosecutors can reportwhat they consider to be daftnames to a family court.

Like the couple who wantedto call their daughter ‘Fraise’(Strawberry). The baby wasrenamed ‘Fraisine’ (err, LittleStrawberry).

In another instance, a fathertook legal action to try to stopFrench car makers Renault fromusing the same name as hisdaughter, Zoe Renault. CedricRenault argued that if Renaultnamed a car model ‘Zoe,’ itwould make his daughter’s lifea ‘nightmare.’

lain and Sophia Renaud in1999 saw off legal action toprevent them from naming theirdaughter ‘Megane,’ eventhough prosecutors said itsounded too much like the car.

Choosing first names can be aheadache in the UK too.

So, where can you go forinspiration? Well, there arebeautiful names from nature -at least for girls - like Holly,Hazel, Cherry.

But then you have to be socareful with surnames, don’tyou? Holly Tree, Hazel Wood,Cherry Pye, anyone? There areenough unfortunate first/surname combinations around

like Sidney Harber, Joe King,Chris P Duck, Chris P Bacon andWendy House. Plus apolicewoman in Tasmania,Lauren Order. (Incidentally,there was a girl a couple ofyears ahead of my mother atschool called Primrose Lane.Luckily she married a man witha boring, run-of-the-mill

surname - and that was the endof Primrose Lane.)

As for Hollywood and itscelebrities, they’re sophisticatedand savvy enough not tochoose something really naff,surely? How about: Moon Unit(Frank Zappa, also father toDweezil and Diva Muffin); Kal-El(Superman’s original birth name

courtesy of father, NicholasCage); Destry (StevenSpielberg); Aurelius Cy (ElleMacpherson); North West (KimKardashian/Kanye West); Appleand Moses (Gwyneth Paltrow).

Just imagine how one ofthose names would go down inyour average British schoolplayground.

When the next celebritypregnancy’s announced inHollywood, may I suggest anational primary schoolcompetition to choose thename? After all, the winningentry couldn’t be half as daft asthe ones given to the previouslot.

Nora Johnson’s thrillers‘Landscape of Lies,’

‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’‘The De Clerambault Code’(www.nora-johnson.com)available from Amazon in

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Sacré bleu! Names to drive you nuts...and you could end up being in a jam!

CHOOSING NAMES: So where do you go for inspiration?

CHILDCARE has hit the news inthe USA this week. Two chil-dren (10 and six years old)were picked up by a police carafter a concerned passerbycalled 911.

The children were out in theirneighbourhood on their ownwithout an adult, but this was-n’t a mistake, they weren’t onthe run, and they weren’t lost,no. This was an instance ofsomething which has beendubbed ‘Free Range Parenting.’

The mum and dad had en-couraged them to go out ontheir own as part of their be-liefs which they feel will fosterindependence and self reliance.

“Parents need to step backand stop treating their kids likeprojects to be managed andoptimised,” Danielle Meitiv, the

mother of the two children,told Psychology Today recently.

“They are human beings whodeserve the time, space, andrespect to live their own liveswithout constant direction, pro-tection, and correction.”

The parents aren’t alone ei-ther, there are several websitesdedicated to this sort of parent-ing, www.freerangekids.combeing one. The website statesthat they are ‘Fighting the be-lief that our children are in con-stant danger from creeps, kid-napping, germs, grades,flashers, frustration, failure, ba-by snatchers, bugs, bull ies,men, sleepovers and/or theperils of a non-organic grape.’

But other people think thatthis type of parenting shifts theresponsibility on to the rest ofthe community: who else is go-ing to ring the cops or separatea fight in the playground?

It seemed to me we all grewup as ‘Free Range Children,’lucky us. I have many child-hood memories of getting into

scrapes, having adventures inmuddy riverbeds, walking mileswith only a dry peanut buttersandwich for sustenance, andfreaking myself and my friendsout by finding a creepy houseand wondering who lived in it.

But that was the UK in theSeventies, where everyone wholived in that era has now beensupplied with rose colouredglasses.

Of course there were creeps,bad guys and dangers. I recall

my mother and grandmotherchecking the deep chest freez-er in the garage after a girl dis-appeared.

So is Free Range Parentingjust wishful thinking? Are theseparents dreaming or is it some-thing that we should be en-couraging? Surely it comesdown to where you are plan-ning to practice.

There is certainly the senseof security in Mallorca that weall benefit from, although Ithink you should still take pre-cautions. But I wouldn’t evenconsider letting my daughterout of the house on her own ifwe still lived in Walthamstow.

Yet another irony: London isthe hippest place on the planet,as long as you are old enoughto enjoy it, if you’re a child youhave to be accompanied every-where for your own safety.

Could it be that raising a childin a big city is like factoryfarming an animal? They can’tgo outside either. www.familymattersmallorca.com.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)This is your week to sparkle and showhow clever you are. Why be modest? Letothers know what you are capable of; yourtalents will come out sooner or later.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)Something that you had set your hearton, although still coming, is terriblyslow. This is not a time to be a pessimist.Please don't, however, allow your tendency toput all your eggs in one basket trip you up.

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VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)Is there a chance that you areburying your head in the sand? It islikely that something happening right in front ofyou is being overlooked or ignored. You are ableto deal with this more easily than you think. Justtake one step at a time and stick to your plan.

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)This is not a time to take anyonefor granted. At this time of the yearpeople tend to look at their situation and ask ifthey are getting enough out of it. Neglectingsomeone now could store up a lot of problemsfor the future.

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Challenges that do notplease you are inevitable.That does not mean that yourattitude towards them could notchange. Indeed, unless you want tocontinue to be upset, it must.

AQUARIUS(January 21 -February 19)You have a chance to givesomeone great delight, so why notgo ahead? Your insecure side tellsyou that it is too good to be true andthere must be a catch.

PISCES(February 20 - March20)Don't look for spooks in thecloset when there are none. Not onlydoes it look silly but it also wastesgood time. Basing your actions onpast disappointments can only leadto more of the same.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Is someone that you areclosely involved with trying todrive a hard bargain? Are yousurprised at the amount of time andenergy that they are throwing at it?

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20 Perfection standard (5)

22 Not coarse or heavy (4)

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Across1 Valuable things Tessa’s sorted out

(6)4 Fish have them and musicians

play them (6)7 Former Iranian leader cooking

hash (4)8 Well-read, two accounts about Ms

Moore? (8)9 Begrudges missing the first gifts

(7)12 Fixed place (3)14 The Parisian read out editorial (6)15 To begin with Richard acted cau-

tiously in silencing troubled bigot(6)

16 Card expert (3)18 Beams in September after sum-

mer fun (7)22 Bosses will come from a rebuilt

East Germany, but not yet (8)23 Gave birth to dull person (4)24 Run away from pudding, say (6)25 Maybe it’s old and impassive (6)

Down1 Untidy USA, a trial country (9)2 Raise cast members in access

way (9)3 Country, say (5)4 Begin to jump when surprised? (5)

5 Abraham Lincoln’s first murder vic-tim in good book (4)

6 The best part of Chinese literature(5)

10 Libellous remarks deleted in, re-mains troubled (5)

11 Tales about ‘Shade of Grey’ (5)12 Cylinder jammed? (5,4)

13 A legal document, suspect dele-ted it (5,4)

17 Go after, as in revolutionary (5)19 Proficient in a small department

(5)20 Requests tea before the chores

(5)21 Noblewoman made change (4)

LAST WEEK’SSOLUTIONSCRYPTICAcross: 3 Cleanse, 7 Odour, 8 Bagel, 9 Mastered, 10 Belle,13 Ass, 15 Caters, 16 Oceans, 17 Pan, 19 Carts, 23 Generate,24 Eager, 25 Stove, 26 Leisure.

Down: 1 Boise, 2 Korea, 3 Creels, 4 Awakened, 5 Stealing, 6 Army, 11 Carapace, 12 Settlers, 13 Asp, 14 Son, 18 Averse, 20 Lemon,21 Eaves, 22 Beam.

QUICK Across: 1 Thanks, 4 Before, 7 Lack, 8 Interval, 9 Suggest,12 Shy, 14 Aboard, 15 Cactus, 16 Has, 18 Spiders, 22 Moderate,23 Find, 24 Beasts, 25 Sunday.

Down: 1 Telegraph,2 Ancestors, 3 Sting,

4 Bites, 5 Farm, 6 Reach,10 Girls, 11 Tease, 12 Satisfied, 13 Yesterday, 17 Alone, 19 Plays, 20 Dress, 21 Gets.

ENGLISH-SPANISHAcross: 1 Altura,3 Arma, 7 Día, 9 Llegada, 10 Earn, 11 Bone, 14 Seagull, 15 Sea, 16 Sash, 17 Cabeza.

Down: 1 Addresses, 2 Roll, 4 Reasons, 5 Ama de casa, 6 Bed,8 Arrears, 12 But, 13 Alma.

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: DOMBEY AND SON, GIUSEPPE VERDI

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

QuickCryptic

Funagram

Hexagram

ARENAS

BURIED

CHEERS

DEEPER

DETAIN

DINING

DINNER

KITTEN

NEEDED

NOISES

PRINTS (10)

REDUCE

RELATE

RETAIN

SEIZED

SERIES

STEEDS

STILES

WATERS

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at theedges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The wordin cell 10 (PRINTS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

1 Closer, 2 Afresh, 3 Ghosts, 4 Wagons, 5 Shoots, 6 Beings, 7 Sought, 8 Logged, 9 Course, 10 Solemn, 11 Recent, 12 Throne,13 Chased, 14 Rushed, 15 Harems, 16 Others, 17 Metres, 18 Hatter, 19 Nearby

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Unscramble the name of a famous novel by Charles Dickens(three words): BEDS ON MONDAY

Unscramble the name of a famous Italian composer: VIP’S PEERGUIDE

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

English - Spanish

Across1 Escocés (5)3 Sábana (de cama) (5)5 Uso (utilización) (3)7 To bore (7)9 Huevos (4)10 Macho (4)13 Respuestas (a preguntas, enexamen, test) (7)14 Hormiga (3)15 Barcos (de grandes tamaños) (5)16 Goodbye (5)Down1 Cacerolas (9)2 Jabón (4)3 Alma (espíritu) (4)4 Storms (9)6 Bordes (de asientos, andenes,pañuelos) (5)8 Flash flood (5)11 Llaves (de puertas) (4)12 Island (4)

Spot on abouthealth tourism and illegal immigration I TOTALLY agree with NoraJohnson’s spot on recent arti-c les about health tourism,scams and, especially, illegalimmigration. It’s all too clearthe UK can’t continue beingthe world’s dest inat ion ofchoice.

I don’t have a problem withimmigrants moving to the UKif they ’re decent, honest,hardworking people.

However, I think the way inwhich successive governmentshave abandoned all control ofimmigration is downright irre-sponsible.

No one real ly knows howmany immigrants have en-tered Britain, where they’refrom, who they are, or whatthey’re doing there.

Britain’s a tiny island in thegrand scheme of things, andnone of its infrastructure issuited to deal with this mas-sive influx. Housing, transport,education and health servicesare al l buckl ing under thestrain. Surely it needs to shutthe doors and get i ts ownhouse in order before anyoneelse can settle there?

Andrea Turner (Alicante)

Shady dealAFTER reading in the EuroWeekly News about shadebeing prov ided for horses(Costa del Sol issue 1553), Iwas so p leased. I can onlyhope this wil l be done soonbefore the long awaited sum-mer arrives. We all look for-ward to a good summer butthe horses that pul l thetourist carriages really do de-serve some shade in betweentheir trips around Fuengirola.

Mavis Lloyd, Fuengirola (Malaga)

Don’t panic!THERE is absolutely no needfor HV Petty to pay a doubletaxation bill on his (her?) UKsourced pension(s).

Just send an email (or a let-ter) to the relevant Tax Officein the UK stating you no longerwant to pay any UK Tax andthey will, in a very short time,send back a confirming notetogether with any Tax Rebatedue (I received £18.64p - notmuch, but every little helps).

HMRC will also at the sametime issue a new Tax Code foryou which exempts you fromany further tax obligations tothe UK.

Brian Maddox, Beniarbeig (Alicante)

Knee-jerkHAVING read the opinions ofthose interv iewed in theStreet Talk last week, couldone of them please explain tome how extra security checksand delays to passengers willensure that some suicidal pi-lot wi l l not f ly me into theside of a mountain. This mustbe one of the best knee jerksolutions ever. Perhaps theyhope that if the flight is de-layed the pilot might think hispassengers have sufferedenough for one day.

John Maclennan Benamocarra (Malaga)

What rights?I MUST reply to Bill’s letter rethe Musl ims: hav ing goneback to the UK and spent 15months of hel l there. I cantel l him that the problem isnot the Muslims but the gov-ernment’s attitude to them.

Racial prejudice has backfiredinto prejudice against Britishpeople returning to their landof birth.

Government pol icy is tobow and scrape to the Mus-lims or they shout racial prej-udice.

The first person I spoke tosa id to me ‘how long haveyou been away? ’ Then hesaid ‘You must be appalled byyour country.’ I did not under-stand what he was ta lk ingabout.

At Christmas the counci lsused to have a nativity sceneoutside - I found it was truethat they no longer did - i twould upset the Musl ims Iwas told. ‘Harry’ told me theyloved Christmas as i t camejust after their most holy timein November, they got theirkids a small present and hada special meal.

It was another holiday forthem.

We stayed in a homelessplace which had a large

turnover of Musl ims- theycame on Fr iday n ight andwere soon gone - ‘where’ Iasked? I was told they hadbeen moved to a hote l intown! They wouldn ’ t s taythere.

In Card i f f I counted s ixmosques to one church. Theywork and go off to pray - noproblem! Brits would get thesack for leav ing their deskunattended as they do. Myson couldn’t get work - theywouldn’t accept his Spanishqualifications. Human rightsWhere?

Kay, Beniarbeig (Alicante)

Unwanted beautyI KNOW I am a bit late, butmay be you are still interest-ed.

The name of the ye l lowflower featured on your let-ters page is Oxalis pes-capraeL .

It was imported from SouthAfrica in the 18th century andis a very invading weed.Don’ t let i t in your garden(even if it looks lovely) it isalmost impossible to get ridof.

Angelika Danielsen(By email)

Once bittenCENTRAL FM’S Andy L i t t leplayed a brilliant joke. On hismorning show he told listen-ers that due to the celebra-tion of the 1025 Anniversaryof the naming of the Mediter-ranean Sea, 2,500 boats andships would be leaving Mala-ga port at 9am.

Sai l ing a long the coast ,reaching Benalmadena byabout 10.30am and continu-ing along the coast. He askedpeople who managed to seeth is amazing spectac le topost their pictures on Cen-tral’s Facebook page!

Even one of the other DJ’sfell for it!

He did the same thing lastyear, only then i t was theSpace Shutt le being trans-ported on an aircraft carrieralong the coast. As a result Iwas wise to the situation, butnot last year.

Patty (By email)

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ILLEGAL immigrants or drug smugglers? Police in Marbella had to remove this inflat-able boat which had been slashed and hidden in a stream bed.

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Magical date of last chemosession is fast approaching

LESS than a week to go nowbefore my last chemo session!Hard to believe, but it seemsthat the magical date is in sightand approaching fast.

I have been extremely posi-tive throughout my treatmentand have, for the most part,been spared the majority of theserious side-effects associatedwith chemotherapy. I have tosay that the cumulative effect isstarting to take its toll though.

The most irritating thing is aconstant watering eye and verydry skin. No hair, eyebrows oreyelashes make you look oddbut it’s not the end of theworld. In the week immediatelyafter my treatment I notice thatI have a very dry mouth and awhite tongue (but no ulcers)

which affects how food tastes.This all passes and apart from atremendous thirst and a slightlyachy body life carries on.

So once I have my last treat-ment, I move into a differentphase. I imagine that I will begiven a CAT scan to see how Ihave responded to chemothera-py. Before starting treatment,I had three shadows on mylungs in addition to the re-moved tumours.

The doctors wanted to keepan eye on these as the lungswould be a typical place forbreast cancer to extend to.

It is the hope that the chemohas eradicated these shadowsand that should be that.

I will then have to wait forthe call to start my radiothera-py. I have been marked out inpreparation with tiny tattoosand have to prepare the area tobe radiated with some intensivehydration! Being pale, my skinis likely to be more sensitive tothe effects of radiotherapy. Iam not sure how many sessionsI will be given but I imaginearound 20 or so. We shall see.

In the meantime, life ticksalong. The children seem to be

more grown-up by the day. Iam convinced that they are visi-bly taller each day. We seem tobe experiencing a little calm af-ter the storm, although it ismeant to be the other wayround normally, in our casewe’ve dealt with a mini tsunamiso calmer waters are mostwelcome.

Less tears and a slow accep-tance of the situation and evensome laughter is a great relief.

Let’s see what next week hasin store for us all. One thing isfor sure… life never fails tosurprise!

16th April

EricaRussellWatson:My journey – and I’m driving

A BREAKTHROUGH couldhave been made inAlzheimer’s disease.

Researchers say theymay have discovered howAlzheimer’s is caused and

say it could lead to newtreatments.

The new study showedthat the immune system,which protects bodiesfrom foreign invaders,

plays a part in the debili-tating disease.

Using mice, they foundthat in Alzheimer’s dis-ease, certain immune cellsthat normally protect the

brain begin to consume animportant nutrient calledarginine.

The scientists looked atways of blocking thisprocess and found that it

prevented the characteris-tic memory loss in amouse model of the dis-ease. It is hoped this find-ing could now lead to ahuman trial.

A breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease

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LITTLE Britain are currently col-lecting any old DVDs, or Blu-ray films to sell in the shop.They must be in good conditionand be in the original boxes, nocopies but only originals will beof use. All the proceeds will besplit between Victoria’s Animalsand Cán Picafort vets.

Most people have got somefilms that they have bought andnot ever watched again, theseare the films that Little Britainwould like to take off yourhands to help our furry friends.

This gold mine of a store hasa great involvement in the sur-rounding community and that iswhy Donna the owner knows alltoo well what her customerswant. Donna makes sure thatshe is well stocked with lots ofthe UK brands that shoppersfind so hard to get, especiallyon the island of Mallorca.

Little Britain keeps addingmore favourites to its order list

which iswhy many cus-tomers make aspecial journeyfrom all over theisland. Productsthat you can buyin a normal Britishsupermarket inthe UK can befound here, and ifnot Donna will take note andsource it for you.

You can buy anything frombaby food to vegetarian food,gluten free products, pet food,chocolate, baking ingredients

and so muchmore. If youvisit only tobrowse, thenyou are sureto come

away with more than you in-tended as the choice is just toogood to be left on the shelves!

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offering a range of pretty glasswear. Little Britain is certainlynot small in selection but it isnice to know that Mallorca doespride a little bit of Britain on theisland.

You will find the store on Portof Alcudia in Mallorca. Openfrom Monday to Saturday10.00am to 6.00pm and closedon Sundays.

Tel: 971 897 945.

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ONE of the most populargames to play with anyyoung dog is tug-of-war.

These games are invari-ably won by the dog. Weusually allow them to winbecause we admire thetenacity and dedication towin that they put into thegame.

Similarly, rough andtumble games are greatfun to play, until the

youngster starts to get abit aggressive and then wegive up before it gets outof hand. Being a predatorand part of a hunting unit,the instinct not to get in-

jured is very much to thefore.

It is for this reason thatall dominance/submissivelevels are decided throughplay. Similarly the dog is a

predator; therefore, food isof prime importance, notjust for survival but as ameans of maintaining thesocial order.

A client told me that herhusband worked oddhours. Sometimes they atetheir evening meal at 5pm,sometimes at 7pm. Thedog was always fed at6pm. What she couldn’tunderstand was when theyate early, the dog neverbegged from the table.When they ate later he al-ways begged, despite thefact he was never givenfood.

Think dog; the Alphadog eats first and the packhave what is left unless hedecides to have more.

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AM not so sure that moderntechnology and advanced filmingtechniques have necessarilymade television programmesmore enjoyable. I am thinking

here of the new Thunderbirds seriescurrently showing on television.

Technically it is light years ahead ofthe early puppet shows on TV thatthemselves were hailed as milestones inanimation technology. This new appliedscience was called ‘Supermarionation’and we had the likes of Four FeatherFalls, Supercar; Fireball XL5 andStingray hitting our screens.

Then their creator Gerry Andersonupped the game again with the amaz-ingly popular Thunderbirds - you couldbarely see the strings on those suckers- and my own favourite, Captain Scarlet& The Mysterons.

With the latter, here at last were pup-pets that looked close to being humanand did not have oversized heads

perched on their arthritic looking bod-ies. The reason for those disproportion-ate craniums, I later found out, wasthat they carried solenoids in order tobe able to lip-sync the voices.

With the advance in electronics andminiaturisation, this problem was over-come with the Captain Scarlet series. Sogood was the modelling in fact, that theyoung spotty girl living next door to us

thought that the puppet character Cap-tain Black was an absolute doll. I feltthe need to point out to her, that’s ex-actly what the git was.

It was easy to see why these newgroundbreaking children’s programmeswere so popular because they super-seded such puppet series as The Ad-ventures of Twizzle; a double jointed lit-tle oik who could extend his arms and

legs and open a door in Bristol whilestanding in Swindon. Also Torchy theBattery Boy who sported a lamp in hishead that shone a magic beam. Poorold Torchy’s batteries gave out after 52episodes but then, this was in the daysbefore Duracell Plus.

The sad part is that I can actuallyremember all this stuff.

Sadder still, is the fact that I canscroll back even further to the days ofMuffin the Mule and The FlowerpotMen, but in my defence hastily add thatthis was enforced viewing as a meretoddler when my Mum would take menext door to watch their OXO cubesized television.

Muffin was a very lucky mule; if a realhorse looked that knackered he wouldhave long since been sent to the gluemakers. And interestingly his presenter,Annette Mills, was auntie to Hayley.

Bill and Ben progressed into politics ofcourse and formed a coalition govern-ment with Weedy Ed still squeakingaway between them.

So yes, the new Thunderbirds serieswill undoubtedly be popular with theyoung generation, but for us old handsyou can’t beat the original.

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Puppets should all be strung up

CAPTAIN SCARLET: Puppets who looked close to human.

EATING RITUALS: The Alpha dog always dines first.

Don’t dos for dog-owners

START THEM YOUNGI was lucky to have had

a small personal gardenand junior school gardento work in from the tenderage of five and had theenthusiasm and patienceof interested parents andgrandparents to instil thechallenge and sense ofachievement of gardeningin my blood. Not only ingrowing flowers but veg-etables and fruit as well.

So get the youngestmembers of your familygoing now. They will soonbe proud of their own ef-forts.

School gardensUnfortunately not all

schools have school gar-dens and gardening clubsbut worldwide they are be-coming very popular withmajor national pro-grammes in many coun-tries including the UK, theUSA and Australia. Searchthe internet for the inter-national Slow Food and UKThink Organic School pro-grammes to get a feel forwhat is going on.

Some schools in Spaindo have gardening clubsbut mostly they lack im-pact as the clubs are oftennot given a suitable plot ofland or raised bed, theirefforts are not promotedas a showpiece for theschool such as the entrygarden, they are not de-veloped as a vegetablegarden providing vegeta-bles for lunchtime sand-wiches or meals and the

understanding of whythings grow is not integrat-ed into the educationalcurriculum.

Personal gardensLuckily some parents

and grandparents encour-age children to have theirown small garden forgrowing colourful and edi-ble flowers, tasty vegeta-bles and delicious straw-berries riper and juicierthan many in the shops.

The success factors in-clude providing a fertilesquare metre or two of soilor three or four large con-tainers for use as smallraised beds, guidance ofwhat plants are easiestand quickest to grow, agood set of small tools, alight weight watering can,some ecological safe snailpellets and a system ofpaying for any producegrown and used for familymeals.

For young children thereare many practical experi-ences that can help themin their understanding of

early science and botanylessons at school.

The following are ex-tracted from our books‘Growing Healthy Vegeta-bles in Spain’ and ‘GrowingHealthy Fruit in Spain’.

Smelling things such as

ripe tomatoes, strawber-ries, raspberries, fennel,rosemary and thyme.

Sowing seeds such asmustard, cress, cut andcome again salad leaves,and radishes that will comeup and mature quickly.

Seeing how quickly theirown tray of sproutingseeds can germinate, growand be ready to eat.

Sowing and nurturing

one or two sunflowerseeds to two or three me-tre giants and then dryingthe seeds to eat, as birdfood and drying and keep-ing some to use next year.

Growing, drying andpainting colourful vegeta-bles such as Turk’s turbansquash and decorativegourds.

Preparing their own sal-ad with their self grown

mustard and cress, lettuceleaves, tomato, radishes,chives and why not sprout-ing seeds.

Making a refreshing infu-sion of mint, lemon verbe-na or a slice of lemon; orice lollies from pureedraspberries and strawber-ries.

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A better price for youMORE than 65 per cent ofpeople in Spain live in anapartment, the highestpercentage in Europe;therefore, it would seemvery appropriate to talkabout how to increase thevalue of your apartmentover the next few weeks.

The first importantpoint to consider is thatyour apartment is one ofmany apartments in abuilding; therefore, if yourbuilding is well managedand maintained to thehighest standards it willincrease the value of yourapartment.

I see many apartmentbuildings throughout

Spain which are badlymaintained or managedeven in prime locations,and I feel sorry for you ifyou own one of theseapartments because yourapartment is actually be-ing devalued.

A key point is that yourbuilding should not onlybe kept in excellent condi-tion but also the exteriordesign of the buildingshould be kept uniform.

Mixed styles of glassedin balconies, terraces andmixed extensions designsand TV dishes every-where, make the buildinglook ugly and actuallydevalue your apartmentfurther.

Multi-satell ite dishesshould be replaced with acommunity system andthere should be a stan-dard design for exten-sions and built-in bal-conies and terraces.

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JohnGraham The propertyexpert

STUDIES by Fotocasa show thatmore people in Spain are leaning to-wards renting a home rather thanbuying one, with 38 per cent of ten-ants saying that renting gives themmore freedom. But there are somepitfalls to avoid to be sure it really ishome sweet home rather than arental nightmare. The College of Es-tate Agents in Cataluña has drawn upa list of the seven most common mis-takes made by prospective tenants:

• Failing to read (and understand)the whole contract:

You are agreeing to everything yousign, so take your time and makesure you understand it all. Don’t letanyone rush you, and if necessaryask for a copy of the contract in ad-vance so you have time to query anyunclear points before signing.

• Renting from an acquaintancewithout signing a contract:

Although golden opportunities cansometimes arise, when someone youtrust offers you a property at a greatprice you never know what the futuremay bring. It’s always a good idea towrite everything down, if only forboth parties’ peace of mind.

• Not negotiating the price or wor-rying points:

If you think a clause is abusive or

you’ve given a bit over one point andwant the owner to do the same onanother, make sure you make thisclear. You’ve nothing to lose and it’sa good idea to make sure everythingis crystal clear from the start.

• Failing to check the property be-fore signing:

Rental contracts almost always car-ry a clause stating the tenant will payfor any damage caused. But unlessyou check the state it’s in beforesigning you could find yourself lum-bered with paying for damage previ-ous tenants made.

To avoid this, check the propertycarefully and list any imperfections

before signing a contract. This listshould be signed by both parties andattached to the contract.

• Paying in advance:Don’t hand over any money until

you’ve seen the property and signedthe contract. If you’re pushed for ad-vance deposits, it’s a good idea tomake sure you have a documentspecifying what the payment is for.

• Taking on expenses you shouldn’thave to pay:

Make sure you know exactly whichexpenses and bills will be paid byeach party, and also that the contractspecifies who will pay for repairs thatmay be needed.

RENTING: A few precautions can help ensure a dream homedoesn’t turn into disaster.

Avoiding the pitfalls of renting

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The cost of rental propertiescontinues to decrease in Spain

THE average rental price of homes inSpain has fallen by 1.21 per cent during

the first three months of 2015. The decreasing trend has been noted in

a report carried out byproperty site pisos.com,comparing the data withthat registered at the endof 2014.

If compared with figuresfrom March 2014, thedecrease reaches a total of4.62 per cent.

This report wouldconfirm a slow recovery ofthe sector, according to itsauthors.

“The beginning ofchange in property trendsis reflected in monthlyrental prices,” said MiguelAngel Alemany, head of thesite. During the first threemonths, Barcelona wasannounced as the mostexpensive provincial capitalin which to rent a property,with an average of €1,291per month.

The cheapest capitalswere Lugo and Ourense,with average prices of €380and €406 respectively.

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your apartment to in-crease the value is a goodidea, such as closing openbalconies or terraces withglass; an extension willgive you extra living spaceand should further in-crease the value.

Privacy and security in-creases the value of yourapartment, so having aporter, a modern securityentrance system, securitycameras or gated commu-nity is important.

Additional factors in-clude a good location,views, quality kitchen andbathroom, layout, goodneutral style of decorationand parking space.

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THE vast majority of peo-ple who venture to Spainwith a view to living awayfrom the madding crowd,look to the campo (coun-tryside) for solace.

A fewer number seekmore remote dwellingsand hear the call of amountain plateau for theirsolitude. But only a merefraction of people requirethe isolation that a privateisland can offer. And youcan’t afford it!

Well if that’s what youhave been telling your-self, you might be sur-prised to learn that it’snot just the rich and fa-mous who buy private is-lands. Popular locationsaround the world demandpopular prices; however,more and smaller islandsare becoming accessiblein lesser-known parts ofthe world to the averageJoe because of their lowprice.

Spain is one of thoseplaces. Although not thecheapest place in theworld to buy an island,you might be lucky topick one up for less thanthe price of a large villa inMarbella; €2.6million forexample would ensurethat you owned, Isla N’O-liver just north of Menor-ca, or for a little more youcould be the lord of themanor at Isla Centinela,Avila.

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THE highlight of the year forthe Balearic Islands and theweb-footed maritime fraternitywill be the 31st Palma BoatShow and Palma SuperyachtShow.

From April 30 until May 4,Mallorca will host a plethora ofyachts, boats, marine displays,partying, presentations, cock-tail hours, and everythingneeded for messing about onthe water.

Now in its 31st year The BoatShow returns to Palma thisspring for more displays of fan-cy yachts and all thingsnautical. Held in Pal-ma’s harbour at LaLlonja, the spectacu-lar setting in front ofthe cathedral addsglitz and glamour tothis prestigious show,and promises moreeye-candy this yearthan ever before.

But not only that, it’s‘buy one get one free’time, as the Palma Su-peryacht Show will be runningin conjunction.

The Palma Su-peryacht Show will offer a qual-ity selection of yachts of more

than 24 metres forsale and charter, andis an important eventin the yachting calen-dar. Perfectly timedbefore the summer

season and taking in the MayDay public holiday, means thatinternational visitors can enjoy

a long weekend in sunny Pal-ma, Mallorca, as well as seeinga stunning selection of yachts.

Running concurrently withthe Boat Show and in the heartof the city, the show attractedmore than 36,000 visitors in2014, when more than 56 luxu-ry vessels were available. Of

those, 50 per cent were sailingyachts making it a perfect bal-ance to suit all preferences.

Both shows, held in the Portof Palma, will be home to thebiggest and best infrastructure,industrial and specialist techni-cal service networks in thewhole of the Mediterranean.They also make the venue themost dynamic and competitivenautical tourism destination inEurope.

A strong maritime atmos-phere with a perfect combina-tion of commercial and publicdemand make the Palma BoatShow an absolute must, if onlyfor the opportunity to practiceyour sailing skills.

Laying out their services andoffering advice wil l be hun-dreds of exhibitors from morethan 20 countries.

Companies and organisationstaking part include MYBA TheWorldwide Yachting Associa-tion, Baltic Yachts Mallorca,ETY, Huisfit (by Royal Huis-man), Ocean Independence,One Sails, Sunseeker Mallorca,and many others.

Two boat shows sail into Palma

BOAT SHOW: Spectacular setting in front of the cathedral.

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I know we have togive those pesky cy-clists a metre’s dis-tance when we overtake:but why do people insist onpulling out into oncomingtraffic without a care in

the world. Theythink just becausethey have to provea point in being cau-

tious, they can swerveacross the road in frontof a lorry coming towardsthem at 80kph. AND ex-pect THEM to move!

Mr Angry, he goes from zero to crazy in under 5 seconds

Ooohh it makes me so angry!

FANS of four wheel willhave a unique opportunityto learn first-hand the his-tory of Ferrari at the TradeFairs Congress in Malagafrom May 1.

The Palacio de Congres-sos will be hosting theprancing horse exhibitionwhich promises some 50 of

their iconic supercars fromhistory. Models from 1965up to the latest Enzo, F50or F40 will be on display.The jewel in the crown willundoubtedly be the ‘Lafer-rari’ the latest model, ofwhich only 499 units exist

in the world.Alongside the

stars from Maranelo, therewill be an additional exhibi-tion of 25 other Supercarsin the hall next door,amongst which will besome of the most exclusivein the world. The Rebellion,(the only model in theworld manufactured exclu-sively for world championskier Jon Olsson), a Spano

GTA, and a Spyder.The two

exhibitions will be sepa-rate, however, those inter-ested in seeing both ex-hibits can buy a joint ticketfor only €8.

By way of promoting theevent, Ferrari owners fromall over Spain will beparading through thestreets of the city before itsofficial opening.

The address and contactdetails are:

Avenida de José Ortegay Gasset, 201, Málaga

Tel: +34 952 045500

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FROM May 2015 achange in EU law willcompel all EU countriesto comply with cross-border rules. Thismeans a driver whocommits an offence inany EU country can bepursued in his owncountry.

It is suggest-ed up to 500,000offences a yearare committed byBritish drivers andmotorcyclists inFrance alone andthere are concernsthe legislation willplace a significantburden on UK courts.

The problem fore-seen is, the UK courtswill be compelled totake the word of theauthorities in the issu-ing country. A casecannot be argued inthe UK.

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THE DGT GeneralTraffic Authority inSpain will be sendingout stickers to electriccar owners to givethem special benefits.

Displaying the newsticker will allow theowners of non-conta-minat ing cars, ofwhich more than10,000 are now reg-istered in the coun-try, to be able to usespecific car-pool andbus lanes withoutcarry ing extra pas-sengers and also toapply for local tax re-duct ions f rom theirtown halls.

The DGT explainedin a statement thatth is would be thefirst time these stick-ers were issued inSpain, allowing greenvehicles to be identi-fied and rewarded.

IN the world of James Bond, wehave amazing vehicles that can bedriven remotely from your iPhoneand become invisible, or have ges-ture activated controls with laserpositioning sensors, but that’s justfiction right? Wrong! The new LandRover Concept is here.

Showcased at the New York Mo-tor show, Land Rover prove the fu-ture is here with their Discovery Vi-sion Concept. It boasts remotedrive, an ‘invisible’ bonnet that al-lows the driver to ‘see through’ thecar to the ground, laser positioningsensors, and ‘gesture-controlled’doors.

Other features include a laser po-sitioning sensor system to map theterrain in front of you and relay toa display on the dash board.

Land Rover’s latest concept carmight not look radical from theoutside, but inside its boasts arange of outlandish gadgets thatwould make James Bond proud.The most Q-like advance in the

Concept is remote-control drive,which allows anyone to drive thevehicle ‘at very low speed’ using asmart phone, tablet or the car’s re-movable console while not actuallyseated inside it.

Fiction becomes a true fact

LAND ROVER CONCEPT: Showcased at New York Motor Show.

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THE spring sunshine shone forthe final rugby weekend of theseason organised by MallorcaBocs RC in the Mateu Canellasstadium, Inca.

For this Rugby tournament,around 120 children aged be-tween five and 14 joined in theshort matches. Teams from ElToro RC, Bahia RC, RC Ponent,Agora Portals, Trepitjadors fromBinissalem, Dimonis RC fromManacor and of course, hostsMallorca Bocs joined in to make ahighly successful day

In the U6 category, El Toro RCwon in the U8 category and RCPonent remained strongest in theU10, U12 and U14.

In the U18 League, RC Ponentwere proclaimed winner ahead ofthe two El Toro RC teams and

Tramuntana Menorca RC. Theday ended on a high note as allthe players joined together for afriendly XV match before the ‘ter-cer tiempo’ and return ferry.

The U16 League saw resultsfor the day’s matches between ElToro RC, RC Ponent and Migjorn

that were as follows, El Toro vsMigjorn (39 - 0), RC Ponent vs ElToro (12 - 7), Migjorn vs RC Po-nent 7 - 19.

Copa Del ReyPepe Rojo Stadium in Valladolid

saw the final of the ‘Copa Del ReyTrophy’ which is a tournament

between the top six Spanish rug-by teams after the first half of theseason. This year VRAC ‘QuesosEntrepinares’ played Com-plutense Cisneros from Madridand were proclaimed Championsfor the second consecutive yearby 33 points to 15.

Next weekend will see the finalof the U18 Baleares League, tobe played on Sunday in Principesde España. The May holidayweekend sees the well-estab-lished Mallorca Beach RugbyCompetition and the second HMPalma Beach Rugby Tournament.

Rugby in Inca and Menorca

SUCCESSFUL DAY: El Toro RC v Agora Portals. RUGBY TOURNAMENT: The girls joined in too!

Lewis HamiltonFORMULA ONE - Brilliant Lewis Hamilton, from poleposition again, won the Bahrain Grand Prix, ahead

of Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Rosberg.