ISSUE NO. 1590 24 - 30December 2015 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMMALLORCA

The Balearic Islands are now as split politi-cally as they are physically with each of thefour main parties now sending representa-tives to Madrid.

Despite winning a majority in Palma, thePP slid to just 28.1 per cent across Mallorca

while insurgent anti-austerity partyPodemos captured 24.78 per cent. BothPodemos and the third-placed Socialist par-ty will send two deputies to Congress whilethe PP has three and Ciudadanos just one.

Mallorcan coalition Més saw a sizeablesection of their support flock to the emer-gent Podemos, winning just 5.75 per cent

and gaining no representation in the capital. With no party winning a national majori-

ty and a doubtlessly long period of tense ne-gotiations and instability on the horizon,one can only wonder what impact a mil-lion-strong expat resident vote would havehad, and whether a change in voting rightswill be a part of the new politics promised.

Balearics broken asexpats are excluded

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By Glynis German

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THE Unified Police Union (SUP) repre-senting the Balearic National Police re-leased a statement last week, in which theycondemned the difficulties experienced incarrying out their duties.

Complaints such as a lack of equipment,

loss of manpower, corruption and lack oftransparency formed the backdrop for asubsequent concentration by members.

The union called for more equipmentclaiming that more than 50 per cent of offi-cers do not carry a bullet proof jacket.

In light of the recent Paris terrorist at-tacks, they would be unable to defend

themselves in the event of such an attack.The union shared that worker’s rights

were not respected, neither were they happythat promotions and merits were not carriedout in a transparent or statutory manner.

After four years of empty electionpromises, the demonstration was held to de-fend the rights of the National Police.

THE search for 65-year-oldMaria Pascual Bibiloni re-sumed last weekend, withemergency services concen-trating once again in theBinissalem area.

Maria disappeared on De-cember 3 after dropping hergrandchildren at school.

Her abandoned car wasfound on December 6 inBinissalem.

Search continuesin Binissalem

FRANCISCO ORTIZ, 67years, went missing last weekin the Son Ferrer area.

Emergency services as wellas the canine unit from theMallorca fire services mount-

ed an extensive search forhim.

He was found safe and wellthe following day, having suf-fered a drop in sugar levelswhich had caused him to faint.

Missing man found

LOCAL NEWS National Police complaintsDEMONSTRATION held after four years of empty election promises

LACK OF EQUIPMENT: One of the main problems officers complain about.

By Glynis German

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A WONDERFUL thing about Christmas is that it’s compul-sory, like the British rain, and we all go through it together.This year the EWN family implores you to remember thatword. Together. We urge you to help us bring back the truemeaning of Christmas - the spirit of giving, not getting. Let usabandon meaningless materialism, rekindle the flame of char-ity in our hearts, and remember that without community, wecan never speak of character.

This is why this Christmas, as part of the Euro WeeklyNews 2016 Giving While Living campaign we will be donat-ing to a wide variety of worthy causes on behalf of you, ourreaders. We believe that these different charities do such in-valuable work in their local communities that through them,together, we can make a lasting difference.

We will be kicking off our campaign with a thousand eurodonation to the Asociacion de Padres Serrania de Churrianawho assist parents of disabled children, working especiallyhard at this emotional time of year. We will be donating toMake a Smile to help with their invaluable assistance to or-phaned and suffering children; MABS, one of the leadingcharities in Spain dedicated to supporting those with cancer;Sam Bayley who has done incredible work for those withmental health issues; MACS who support and raise funds formedical treatment for people with cancer and related prob-lems; and Palma Pictures who have produced a wonderfulshort film to help raise money for food-banks.

A donation will be made to 3C’s Care Agency, an agencydevoted to helping senior members of the community in theirtime of need. On a personal note we will also provide help toa family in Axarquia, where the children unexpectedly losttheir father in February. We stress that all of these charitiesand endeavours are fully transparent and we know with cer-tainty that any money or goods provided will go straight tothose in need.

These donations are spread across all six of the areas whereEWN is distributed, providing you, the readers, with the onlynational paper with six local editions written by expats for theexpat community.

Christmas is the time of year we can be truly human, it is atonic for the soul, a state of mind. This Christmas we urge youto remember the forgotten, the lonely, the lost, and the hungry.Take round some food for a neighbour you know may be hav-ing an especially tough time of it this year. Wake up early andlend a helping hand at one of the many soup kitchens whichare the anchors keeping many afloat. Be a friend in need, ashoulder to cry on, a consoling voice amid all the fanfare andnoise. Remember that you too have felt the pangs of despair,and that someone close to you will be feeling them now.

Remember that we came to Spain because we wanted to dothings differently, so let’s be different this Christmas and re-new our faith in our community for we are only as strong asthe weakest among us.

Therefore with all this in mind, we wouldhumbly like to offer our sincerest wishes to allof our readers, and our valued clients, with-out you none of this would be possible.

A Christmas messagefrom the EWN directors

Isabel Allende

A Very Merry Christmas from everyone at the

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PARENTS and staff at theMestre Colom school in Buny-ola are chanting together: ‘Aratoca Bunyola. Volem escola no-va’ - ‘Now it’s Bunyola’s turn,we want a new school.’

Last weekend, they took ad-vantage of a visit by the Three

Kings’ pages to Bunyola to col-lect letters from the children,and they presented their ownwish list via a petition signedby parents, staff and other inter-ested parties. Their request wasnot only for a new school build-ing for infant and primary, butalso one which will accommo-date a secondary school, as at

present those pupils have to at-tend a high school outside ofBunyola.

The original school buildingwas built in 1920 and over thelast few decades more spacewas added to accommodate thevillage’s growing population.However, these additions havenot always been satisfactory

and two of the newer buildingsare not even connected to theoriginal. Access is difficult andparents feel that if ever therewere an emergency, the limitedaccess would cause greater dif-ficulties.

A commission has been setup and over the next months,more action is planned.

PETITION presented when Three Kings’ pages visited town

New school on parents’Three Kings wish list

By Glynis German

ACTION NEEDED: Calls to extend and improve Mestre Colom school in Bunyola.

LAST Friday Inca Town Council metwith Dragados, the company responsi-ble for the reform of the Teatro Princi-pal, to inform them of the decision torevoke the contract and reclaim the€2.5 million of European funds alreadylost, due to work being stopped by thecompany over a year ago.

The Mayor of Inca, Virgilio Moreno,requested a meeting with the board ofthe theatre’s foundation, to discuss the€280,000 difference between what thecompany was paid, and what the coun-cil said doesn’t add up.

The decision to tackle this issue isdue to the legal report being madeavailable, in which the company Dra-gados is responsible for the works onthe theatre being abandoned in Novem-ber 2014.

The foundation will claim for dam-ages against the company and mostprobably see the case brought before thecourts. At such a time, bids will be putout to find a new company to completethe work on the theatre in due course.

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THE company responsible for the work stopped it over a year ago

by Glynis German

Curtains are stilldown for theatre

THEATRE: Council said that the figures don’t add up.

Demolitionof olivebuildingMANACOR is set to loseone of its more emblemat-ic buildings, as demolitionworks s tar t on the oldFabrica Oliv-art to makeroom for more industrialspace.

The company opened itsdoors in 1956, making andsel l ing works of ar t inolive wood.

Situated at the entranceto Manacor, near the pearlfactory, the business was awell-known meeting pointin the 60s and 70s formany of the locals.

The machines movedinto place last week andFriday saw the first of thedemolition process takeplace.

DrugsrecalledIF you have recently pur-chased the drug EfferalganPediatric oral solution in a90ml bottle, then theSpanish Agency for Medi-cines and Health Products(AEMPS) has ordered therecall of all units of sevenlots of the drug, becauseof the possibility of thepresence of particles.

In a pharmaceuticalwarning, AEMPS orderedthe return to the laboratoryfor all units of the N9475,P2007, P4102, P5130,P8287, R1671 and R4129batch of this drug, whoseactive ingredient is aceta-minophen, which is usedto treat fevers and relievemild to moderate pain inchildren.

General budgetapproval for 2016THE Balearic Parliament has been busy this week with their lasttask before Christmas, which is to approve the general budgets fornext year. The coalition government began deliberations on Mon-day December, 21 and were expected to finalise details onWednesday December, 23.

The government will manage a budget of €4,240 million, €205million more than 2015, representing an increase of 5.09 per cent.

The regional ministries of health, education, social services andlabour will have 82 per cent of the total non-financial expenditureof the Balearic government, with a total of €2,430 million, €145million more than the last budget.

INTERNET site meetup.com isthe perfect solution for movingto new places and making newfriends as Jay discovered.

Being alone at Christmastime might be daunting, but notfor Jay as she has organised ameet up on Christmas Day.

“The gathering is at 11am atthe big Christmas tree near Parcde la Mar and the plan is towalk, talk, eat and drink, we’llprobably head towards Por-tixol,” explained Jay.

Everyone is welcome andbring a snack to share.

Christmas meet up

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PALMA residents have whole-heartedly given their opinion onwhether the Paseo del Bornshould allow bars and restau-rants to set up their terracesthere.

The question ‘Do you wantterraces in the Born?’ was putforward by the Palma TownCouncil as part of their promiseto consult and to listen to theircitizens.

The questionnaire was madeavailable to all citizens and11,869 responded with a re-sounding yes, settling the issueonce and for all. The numberopposing the move was 2,854.

The second question posedwas where the terraces shouldbe situated, if allowed, andchoices were given as towhether in the middle or to the

sides of the Born. Having the terraces in the

middle of the walkway gath-ered 8,410 votes against 2,204

votes for the sides.A total of 15,655 people

took the time to fill in thequestionnaire, although 932

votes were disqualified aspeople had answered only oneof the two questions instead ofboth as required.

Residents say yes toterraces on the BornPALMA locals think bars should be allowed outside spaceBy Glynis German

PASEO DEL BORN: Issue regarding terraces has finally been settled.

Car parkingANDRATX Local Councilhas agreed to allow parkingin Catalunya street. In thelast plenary session the so-cialist party (PSOE) re-quested that residents be al-lowed to park at night,from 10pm until 8am.

Cat shotA WOMAN in PuertoPollensa discovered hercat had been shot at andmade a complaint. Thecat was taken to the vetafter the woman discov-ered a wound and the vetconfirmed it had beenshot.

Open airAFEDECO, the organisa-tion for commercial busi-nesses in the Baleares,wants to convert the streetsof central Palma into anopen air shopping centre.Shops in the area wouldjoin under the same logo.

NEWS EXTRA

POLICE arrestedfive men in the ear-ly hours of Mon-day December, 21in the Son Banyaarea of Palma. Themen were accusedof breaking into achalet in Campanetsome days before.

The police hadbeen on the lookoutfor the car whichhad been stolen onthe Friday, after aneighbour had dis-covered signs of abreak-in at thechalet.

The owners wereaway at the t ime,and stolen items al-so included toolsand electrical ap-pliances.

Getawaycar iscaught

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25-YEAR-OLD member of Mallorca’s jetset sentenced to seven years in prison

Prison sentence forcheating coupleout of millions

PERHAPS the court’s sen-tence of seven years will al-low 25-year-old Luis Ro-driguez Toubes t ime toconsider the error of hisways and look towards amore productive future.

The young man, part ofMallorca’s jet set , whosecircle of friends allegedlyincludes members of theSpanish royal family, waslast week convicted forcheating a couple fromLlucmayor out of €38 mil-lion. The prosecution hadasked for four years whilstthe cheated couple’s lawyershad asked for eight years.

The couple claimed thatToubes had persuaded themto sign over 15 properties,

assuring them that he wouldreturn them, something henever did. Toubes claimedthat the childless couplewanted him to have them.

All the property deedswere nullified by the courtsand he wil l have to pay a€389,154 liability sum aswell as a fine of €11,340.

Surprisingly the mother ofthe accused was aware ofher son’s dealings as she hadgranted him power of attor-ney to act in her name. Shewill have to respond to theamount charged.

The other person in thedock with Toubes, an archi-tect , was found guil ty ofmoney laundering and sen-tenced to six months inprison and a f ine of€240,000 for having bought

one of the properties.This is not the first time

that Toubes has appearedbefore the courts. In 2012,aged just 22, he was accusedof steal ing jewels from afriend worth €120,000 aswell as owing her €17,000.

A year later, he was de-nounced for more debts andmore jewellery thefts fromfriends.

His shopping habits alsogot him into trouble whenhe was al lowed to take€600,000 worth of jew-ellery, leaving a promissorynote in payment, which wasnot covered when the shopwent to cash it in.

Laureano Arquero, lawyerfor Toubes, will appeal thesentence to the SupremeCourt.

By Glynis German

FOUR years ago, Inca decided to plant anolive tree for every baby born in the city.

The trees were planted in the Serral delsMolin park and the first 50 trees were of theArbequina variety. Since then, some 200 treeshave been planted, celebrating every baby’s

arrival, and other varieties including the Picualtree have been added.

Last week the first fruits were taken to OlisCaimari where they were turned into 12 litresof olive oil. Councillor Angel Garcia pre-sented the oil to two public projects.

Tree planted for every birthSYMBOL OF LIFE: Olive trees in the Serral dels Molin park.

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SON SERRA DE LAMARINA made thenews las t week whenresidents set up an onlinepetition to show their op-posi t ion to Santa Mar-galida Council’s plans toallow beach bars to openthere.

The success of the peti-tion was such that in justa few days it had exceed-ed its initial expectationsof 1,000 signatures andreached 5,030.

The group, SOS SonSerra, has now called forpeople to mobilise in per-son and form a humanchain to call for the beachto remain the natural par-adise it is.

The date scheduled forthe protest is Sunday,January 10, and those in-terested should gather at11.30am on Son Serrabeach.

SPENDING is up by 5.7 percent in the Balearics thisChristmas with the averageperson shelling out €613 onpresents, most notably onchildren’s toys, followed byfood.

According to a report re-leased by the Gadeso Founda-tion earlier this week, spend-ing habits vary between theclasses with the lower classesspending an average of €213

whilst the upper classes spendan average of €1,453, nearlyseven times more than thepoor. Interestingly, the poorspend nearly 60 per cent oftheir Christmas budget onfood whilst the wealthy putaside just 21 per cent, prefer-ring to make the most of thebudget for presents.

The report also looked atthe religious connotations ofChristmas and discovered thatmore and more people are notcelebrating a Christian occa-

sion but more of a consumerone. Forty per cent considerChristmas to be an occasionfor family and spendingwhilst only 2 per cent cele-brated a religious holiday.

So whilst spending in gen-eral is up, spare a thought forthose with nothing to spendas poverty in Spain is the sec-ond highest in the EuropeanUnion, with three out ofevery 10 children already atrisk of social exclusion andliving in poverty.

Son Serrasays no tobeach bars

CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS: Average spend is €613 on presents and food.

By Glynis German

Tightened belts finally loosened SPENDING is up but social gap still exists

MEMBER of the BalearicSocialist Party (PSIB), Sil-via Limones, was one of thewinners of the Spanish lot-tery, El Gordo, yesterday,getting €125,000.

The news was sharedwith her as she was in par-liament discussing the 2016budget proposals. PP mem-ber Biel Company suggest-ed that she put it towardsthe Balearic governmentcoffers, which Limones po-litely declined.

Politicianlands lottoSANTANYI is one more town in Mallorca to declare itself anti-

bullfighting after the council ruled in favour of a proposal present-ed by the opposition party, Alternative per Santanyi, last week.

The opposition also proposed that a commission be created tostudy a new ordinance for owning pets.

Town joins crusade

THE Christmas Season is here and manyof us are already stuffing ourselves fullof turkey, red wine, and Quality Streetchocolate. But it’s important not to for-get that there are people out there withnothing at all to eat during the holidays.

We have compiled a list of soupkitchens in different parts of the south ofSpain. All of these services are free andopen year-round, but keep in mind someof them have specific requirements orask for specific documentation, so it’sbest to have a quick check first.

In Mallorca:Palma de Mallorca: On Calle Felicia

Fuster 3. Lunch served between 1pmand 2pm.

In Malaga and on the Costa del Sol:Alberque Municipal Gongora, Mala-

ga: Open 24 hours a day. Those in needcan have an interview with a socialworker. Located Calle Donoso Cortes 2.

Angeles Malagueños de la noche,Malaga: Open daily and featuring break-

fast from 8am to 9am, lunch from1:30pm-2:30pm, and dinner from 7pm-8pm. Located in the Plaza de la Reli-giosa Felipense Dolores Marquez.

Emaus: Emaus is a chain of soup kitchens

open from 9pm-3pm Monday to Satur-day and including holidays. There are

four locations in the Malaga Province: inTorremolinos, on Calle Cruz 5, in Es-tepona on Calle El Naranjo, in VelezMalaga on Calle Esperanza 15, and inAntequera on Calle Cordoba 29.

There are two locations in the Grana-da Province: in Guadix on Calle PuertaAlta 12, and in Baza on Calle Anta 16.

In Costa Blanca:La Sal de la Tierra, Alicante: Located

on Calle Alcala Galiano 85. Serves lunchfrom 1:30pm-2pm Monday to Friday.

In Almeria:La Milagrosa, Almeria: Located on

Calle Alcalde Muñoz 18. Serves lunchfrom 11:30am-1pm Monday to Saturday.

Remember if you are feeling de-pressed or lonely this Christmas, or ifyou have an emergency you need to talkwith someone about, you are not alone.You can call Samaritans in Spain on afreephone number 24 hours a day, in-cluding Christmas, with a team of ex-perts willing to help you. The freephonenumber is 900 525 100 and your confi-dence will be kept.

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FOOD DONATIONS: There are various soup kitchens throughout Spain.

A little helping hand for thosein need at Christmas timeREMEMBER if you are feeling lonely or need to talk to someone you are not aloneBy Glynis German

Robberyand fireA PETTY thief caused afire in the convent in Sineulast week when stealing thecollection box. He acci-dentally knocked over acandelabra and fled thescene.

Standing up PUPILS from a Manacorschool were forced tostand on the train lastweek on what shouldhave been a fun trip tothe capital. They took thehour long journey to viewnativity scenes on display.

Strike plan WORKERS at Palma’sTown Council will strike fortwo hours on January 28.The union, ComisionesObreras (CCOO) an-nounced the action lastweek and are protesting therefund of their 2012 extrapay amongst other items.

NEWS EXTRA

GONE are the days of queuingin the market or fishmongersfor fresh fish, taking it homeand then filleting and cleaningit for cooking.

Thanks to the latest in busi-ness innovation, a new way of

shopping, from the comfort ofyour home, is now available.

La Pescateca is an onlinecompany in which fresh fishfrom Palma’s finest fishmon-gers can be ordered and deliv-ered to your door. The compa-

ny is made up of Mallorca’smost experienced supplierswith a history between them ofmore than 100 years.

Not only are quality andfreshness guaranteed, but localbusinesses are supported.

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Plans to spruce upthe neighbourhoodEL TERRENO is set to regain its former glory

FORMER glory is set to returnto the Palma neighbourhood ofEl Terreno, which, in the 50’s,was the place where the jet setand the famous were seen.

International stars such asAva Gardner and Errol Flynnwere frequent visitors to thearea and Frank Sinatra and LizaMinnelli are said to have en-joyed the nightlife too.

Mallorcan promoter, GabrielAlzina, has purchased thebuilding in which the once fa-mous Joe’s Bar was housed andhas big plans for it and for thearea. He started work this sum-mer, eight years after havingbought the property, and isworking with the architect, LuisLadaria.

Ladaria is well known forthe Rafa Nadal Foundation’scentres in Palma and Manacor.The reform of the building isexpected to be completed nextyear and the budget is approxi-mately €1,500 per square me-tre of the whole building.

Alzina’s wish is that whoevertakes on the bar will keep inmind the significance of whatJoe’s meant to the area and al-ready interesting proposals arebeing received. He has throwndown the gauntlet to the towncouncil however, as if the areais to be revived then a goodclean up of the facades will benecessary.

By Glynis German

A differentway oflivingTONIGHT (Wednesday De-cember 23) The Salad’Actes in the library of Es-porles will offer a short filmand talk by a housing co-op-erative.

Members of the Cal Caseshousing co-op from themainland will be in Mallor-ca this week.

The film is a short docu-mentary about their housingco-op and afterwards theywill take time to share theirexperiences about living analternative way of life.

The film will start at 7pm.

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CLOWN FESTIVAL: Children can enjoy performances from 36 clowns.

CHRISTMAS is a time for clowns, saysAndreu Segura, organiser of the 4thChristmas Clown Festival (Un Nadal dePallassos). During the Christmas festivi-ties, children across Mallorca can enjoy13 days of laughter and fun with 36 per-formances by talented clowns.

Most of the performances are free and24 boroughs around the island offer theirlibraries or theatres so that the laughtercan continue.

The festival has become an importantdate in the Mallorcan Christmas diaryand not only for the very young, but forparents and grandparents too. “We wantall the family to come and laugh withus,” explains Andreu. “Christmas is thetime when we want to be with the family,be happy, sharing presents and goodtimes and also when we want to laughwith those we love.”

The festival starts on Boxing Day (De-cember 26) and continues until January6.

4th Clown Festival fillsMallorca with laughterMOST of the performances are free around the islandBy Glynis German

ONCE again Inca enjoyed the special visit of Papá Noellast weekend with hundreds of children lining the streetsin the centre of the town. The children were able to thendeliver their letters to Santa in the main square.

Santa Claus visitschildren of Inca

WORKS on the firstline of the new pedestri-anised area in the Portof Pollensa were criti-cised by the party, TotsPer Pollensa, last weekwhen it seemed thatworkers had walked outalleging non-paymentof wages.

Last Friday, Tots haddenounced the projectclaiming that sinceThursday no work hadtaken place.

The councillor incharge, Tomeu CifreBennássar, said theproblem was only thepace of the work andthat plans to have it fin-ished in time for thenext season were ontrack. He refused tomake further comment.

THE almond milk fairof Es Pla de Na Tesacelebrated its 10th yearlast Sunday.

Visitors tasted fresh-ly-made almond milkand were able to pur-chase handmade crafts,and join in games andactivities for childrenas well as enjoy a mo-tor car exhibition.

Producers of themilk from the village,Pep Pocovi and BernatCabot, had supplied animpressive 600 litreswhich needed 120 kilosof almonds to make.

Talks were giventhroughout the day onhow to make almondmilk, a practice thoughtto have been intro-duced to the island bymonks at the end of the17th century.

OPERATION KILO premiered its 30-second TV spot last week to raise aware-ness of homelessness and the povertyfacing many in Mallorca this festiveseason.

The film had been inspired by an ini-tiative started by Palma Pictures’ staffmember, Jennifer Sykes, who for the pastthree years has been collecting foodevery Christmas for the Caputxins Con-vent in Palma. Caputxins offer dailymeals to more than 500 families through-out the year. Once a week, families areable to come to the shelter and collectgroceries. The convent relies on dona-tions to be able to continue their work.

The film was shown at the Palma Pic-tures studios in Marratxi and local televi-sion crews were there to film reactions.Jennifer thanked those behind the scenesfor their hard work, saying: “Withoutyour dedication and support at this time,the message of the reality of the situationfor so many people on the island would

not be heard.” Dolores Merino Santillan,co-ordinator from Caputxins Conventwas there to receive the 660 kilos of foodcollected.

A further surprise was added to thecollection when the Euro Weekly News,as part of their Giving While Livingcampaign, donated €250 to the cause.

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WORKING FOR GOOD: Jennifer Sykes and Dolores Merino Santillan.

A kilo of food, a kilo ofhope for those in needRAISING awareness of harsh reality faced by some on MallorcaBy Glynis German

Portworksslowdown

Tenthalmondmilk fair

LOCAL non-profit associa-tion, Ayuda a Tu Gente Mal-lorca, is enjoying a special

Christmas gift in the formof new premises in which tocarry out their important

work. The association caresfor those at r isk of socialexclusion and feeds the

homeless in Palma. Miguel Sanchez,

founder of the associa-tion, admitted that theyneeded some help totransform the 60 squaremetres into an efficientworking area.

The plans for the spaceare to s tore donat ions,both foodstuffs and othermater ia ls , and where avolunteer will be perma-nently on hand to receivethem.

“We need a desk withtwo chairs as wel l assome sturdy shelves ,”said Sanchez.

“We also accept cashdonations to help with ouroverheads,” he added.

If you would l ike tohelp, please contactMiguel Sanchez on 633307 792.

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Gift of sports clotheswell received

Help your neighbourthis festive season

CHRISTMAS came ear ly to theMallorcan Inst i tute for SocialAffairs (IMAS) on Monday when 160items of sporting attire were kindlydonated by the Balearic Football Fed-eration.

Vice-president Manuel López Lacal

delivered the sports clothes, which in-cluded 80 tracksuits, to the Councillorfor Welfare and Social Rights, Mar-galida Puigserver, and also Presidentof the institute.

The clothes will be distributed tothe users of the Ca l’Ardiaca centre,which forms part of the IMAS net-work of social inclusion projects.

The i tems were very much wel-

comed especial ly as men’s winterclothing is the most needed by thepart ic ipants of the centre’s pro-grammes.

There to receive del ivery of thegoods with Puigserver were Directorof IMAS, Caterina Mas, Biel Gelabertfrom Ca L’Ardiaca and Miquel Vivesand Pedro Cladera from the FootballFoundation.

160 items of sporting attire donatedBy Glynis German

EUR weekly currency updateIn the fortnight since the European Central

Bank surprised investors by its failure toannounce significant new monetary stimulus,the euro (together with its constant companion,the Swiss franc) has been the top performeramong the major currencies. Over the last sevendays it has not achieved such a leading position,mainly because the US dollar has hogged thelimelight, but it has still picked up three quartersof a cent against sterling.

Investors now believe they know where theystand with monetary policy in the United States,Britain and Euroland. The US Federal Reserve ismoving interest rates higher, as demonstrated bya quarter-percentage-point increase onWednesday. The ECB is not going to relax thepolicy much further, if at all. And the prospectof higher sterling rates looks increasingly remotefollowing the slowdown in UK wage growthreported on Wednesday.

USD weekly currency updateThe Federal Reserve did a better job of

managing investors’ expectations ahead of thisweek’s monetary policy announcement thanthey did prior to the September meeting. Fourfifths of analysts expected the Fed to increase thetarget for its benchmark interest rate from 0-0.25% to 0.25-0.5% and that is exactly whathappened. There was therefore minimal reactionto the announcement: the dollar simply driftedgently higher.

The anticipation and the subsequentevaluation of the Fed move dominated attitudestowards the dollar throughout the week.Investors noted with only passing interest thatUS retail sales increased by 0.2% in November,and that the headline rate of inflation increasedfrom 0.2% to 0.5%. They were positive aboutthe dollar but not sufficiently so to make theweek’s top dog. It strengthened by one centagainst the euro and by two against sterling.

CAD weekly currency updateFor a second week the Loonie was the

weakest performer among the Commonwealthcommodity dollars, hit by a double-whammy ofhigher US interest rates and lower oil prices.Commodity and energy prices remained underpressure throughout the week. Oil touched aseven-year low and the broadly-basedBloomberg commodity index closed in on thelows of 1999. Meanwhile in Washington the US

Federal Reserve did what just about everybodyexpected it to do, raising its benchmark interestrate target from 0-0.25% to 0.25-0.5% andnarrowing the gap with the Bank of Canada’s0.5%.

The result was to take the Loonie withinshouting distance of its 2003-04 lows against theUS dollar. It lost a net one and a half US cents onthe week and fell by a cent and a half againststerling. The week’s only significant Canadianecostat was manufacturing shipments, whichunhelpfully fell by -1.1% in September.

AUD weekly currency updateThere was little respite to the downward

pressure on commodities, with the broadly-based Bloomberg commodities index comingclose to its lowest level since 1999. As was thecase in the previous week, there was noconsistency in the performance of thecommodity-oriented currencies. The Canadiandollar fell further than the Aussie and the NZdollar did relatively well.

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Christmas bluesWHILST the song tells usit’s the season to be jolly,Christmas depression is area l i ty fo r many and fo rthose l iv ing abroad , thehol iday season can be aneven more difficult time.

Some tips to manage yourfeelings this festive seasoninclude acknowledging yourfeel ings, reaching out tosomeone and healthy habitssuch as exercise and medi-tation. Professional help isalways advised for thosewho cannot cope and no-one should be alone intimes of darkness.

One such o rgan i sa t ionthat offers courses in stressfree living, positive think-ing and medi ta t ion is theBrahma Kumar i s Wor ldSpiritual University. Witha centre in Mallorca, basedin Portol, the organisationoffe r s courses f ree o fcharge, donations are wel-

come. Star ted inInd ia in the1930s, the uni-vers i ty hasover 8 ,500cen t res in110 countries.

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Teen updateIF your teen is looking forthings to do this Christmas,take a look at the youth infor-mation centre’s new website.It promotes free or low costactivities in Mallorca withfairs, cultural and sporting ac-tivities on offer. Look at Pal-ma de franc (Palma for free).

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

Programme to use waste from beerNEWS FROM OUR FIVE OTHER REGIONS

ALMERIA Universi ty isleading a European Research

programme, Greenbiorefinery, toturn the waste from producing beerinto nutrients for animal food orfertiliser.

Five other research centres fromSpain, Colombia and Argentina arealso taking par t in the projectwhich aims to put an end to the en-vironmental issues which beer pro-duction presents.

The waste would be treated withmicroalgae to produce biomass andother products so that there are noCO2 emissions.

It takes about 20 litres of waterto make just one litre of beer.RESEARCH PROGRAMME: To find more uses for beer.

COSTA DEL SOL

RooftopdramaA MAN was injured on De-cember 19 when he fellthrough the roof of an in-dustrial warehouse in Mar-bella. The man had climbedonto the roof in an Elviriaindustrial estate to retrievea ball, Emergency Servicesreported.

Local shopsBENALMADENA’S Com-merce councillor AnaScherman announced lastweek that the town wouldbe running a campaign toencourage Christmas shop-ping in local commercialareas. “The campaign,which includes posters andradio advertising, will pro-mote the advantage of thewide range of shops in thearea and easy parking,” shesaid.

Estepona fireTWO people needed treat-ment after inhaling smokeat a fire in a home in Es-tepona on December 19.The fire broke out at about5pm in a first floor flat onCalle Terraza.

FuengirolaaccessibilityTHE works of improvingthe accessibility in the Sol ySol Pasaje de Fuengirola, inthe area of the Plaza de laHispanidad, have conclud-ed, according to the localcouncillor of Works and In-frastructures, Jose Sanchez,after carrying out an assess-ment visit.

Rat control BENALMADENA Healthcouncillor Alicia Laddagahas been on an inspectionvisit to the Fidelio animalrefuge, which as reportedby EWN last week had beensuffering from an invasionof rats coming from thebullring, and found that theproblem had indeed beensolved.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Cemetery expansion THE new cemetery in Alicante will in-clude an enclosure for the Muslim andJewish community. The areas are part ofthe expansion plans for the cemetery toensure the needs of burials are met forthe next 75 years.

Christmas cheerTRAMS between Alicante City andBenidorm, San Juan and San Vicente ranuntil 3am last weekend. The service wasextended so employees attending Christ-mas parties did not need to drive home.

Multilingual uniTHE Generalitat intends students toleave university speaking English andanother foreign language as well as co-official Spanish and Valenciano, said thedirector general for Linguistic Policies.

Growing artichokeNEW facilities have been opened for thecollection and distribution of the VegaBaja artichoke, with growers calling fora ‘designation of origin mark for thecrop,’ which is a growing market.

Stolen copperTHIEVES removed copper cabling total-ing 41.9 kilometres from the ValencianCommunity’s railways during 2015, re-vealed Spain’s track operator Adif. OnlyCataluña has lost more.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Students raise fundsLAST Thursday, XIC students joinedother schools to help raise funds for To-dos Juntos Javea. Everyone had an en-joyable evening singing carols, drinkinghot chocolate and spreading the Christ-mas spirit through the Old Town.

Charity ChristmasTHE Brotherhood of Christ of the Sea ofAlicante held its annual campaign to col-lect food for charities who will distributeto those in need. Non-perishable foodwas donated at Basilica of Santa Maria.

Bonfire logoTHE Hogueras Bonfire Federation in Al-icante has announced a contest to createa new look for the fiesta celebrationswhich will be used as brand recognitionand to promote the Hogueras.

False informationA PROSTHETIC from privatised Deniahospital costs 139 per cent more thanone from state-run Gandia hospital and108 per cent more than Villajoyosa.

Beetle driveTHE tomicus beetle has attacked 500pines in the Sierra Helada national parkbut is under control, the regional authori-ties maintained. Owners of land on theBenidorm side of the park must dealwith their trees themselves.

AXARQUÍA

Centre closedTHE municipal group of PP and NewGenerations in Nerja have criticised theclosing of the Youth Information Centrelocated on Calle Cristo during the monthof December. The centre was also closedin August and September.

New football pitchTORROX Mayor Oscar Medina has an-nounced that in 2016 he will move aheadwith the construction of a football pitchin El Morche. He said that Torrox TownCouncil is going to allocate €1.8 millionto build the football pitch in the industri-al area of Santa Rosa.

Rural theft reducedTHE Sub delegate of the Malaga Gov-ernment, Miguel Briones, said that therehas been a 37.2 per cent decrease incriminal offences in rural areas of theprovince in the last two years.

Torrox breakwater THE Ferrara Beach, in Torrox-Costa,will finally stop suffering the predationfrom the rough weather that comes infrom the east. For more than threedecades storms have often left this stripof the Axarquia beach practically with-out sand. Now, Construcciones TejeraSA of Almeria has been given the go-ahead to construct a semi-submergedbreakwater in the eastern zone of thebeach.

COSTA DE ALMERÍA

Swedish soundTHE ‘Abba Show Live, Dancing QueenTour’ was held in El Eijdo. The groupfrom Slovenia which includes live musicand a huge likeness with the originalartists lasted two hours. The group hasperformed more than 2,000 concerts.

Full scheduleEL EJIDO Town Hall has made a pro-gramme of more than 120 leisure, cul-tural, sports and social events which willbe held over the Christmas period. Therewill be more security measures at theThree Wise Men parade.

Nativity sceneTHE Miras family, led by Antonio, 93,once again set up a large Nativity Scenein the Patio de Luces of Almeria Provin-cial Government and is open until Janu-ary 5. The figures are made by hand.

Christmas marketTHERE was a great response to theChristmas Market held in Gador to raisefunds for the Spanish AssociationAgainst Cancer. It has been held in thetown for the past 20 years.

Golf schoolA STATE Golf School is due to open inEl Toyo in February, according to thecouncillor for Tourism and Sport, Fran-cisco Javier Fernandez.

PROJECT aims to put an end to environmental issues which production presents

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US Secretary of State JohnKerry went shopping for sou-venirs on December 15 dur-ing meetings in Moscow tomeet with Russia’s PresidentVladimir Putin and ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov. Theydiscussed a wide range of im-portant issues, including theSyrian crisis and the currentsituation in Ukraine.

Trump fanRUSSIAN President

Vladimir Putin has commendedDonald Trump for wanting tostrengthen relations withMoscow and described him asthe “absolute front-runner in thepresidential race.” However,with the same breath, Putin saidhe was ready to work withwhoever becomes the next USpresident.

Olympicdope probe

THE World Anti-Dop-ing Agency has arrangedto pay a visit to Russia onJanuary 10 for a meetingwith the RussianOlympic Committee af-ter all top executives ofthe Russian Anti-Dop-

ing Agency resigned in light ofaccusations of covering up dop-ing by Russia’s leading athleteslast week.

Investing in highstreets

RUSSIAN company SistemaCapital Partners, the real estateprivate equity platformlaunched earlier this month, hasled a consortium acquisition ofa portfolio of German highstreet retail properties for a totalof €125 million.

“CancerousNATO”

A SPEAKER of lowerhouse of Russia’s parliament

Sergei Naryshkin wantsthe North AtlanticTreaty Organisation todissolve, calling it “acancerous tumour forthe whole Europeancontinent,” whilemeeting with mem-bers of the Serbianparliament. NATOcould be dissolved inseveral stages,Naryshkin explained.

RUSSIAN PRESS

Tradedeals

CHINA and Russiasigned more than 30 tradedeals - including one re-garding Russian oil giantRosneft and China Petro-chemical Corpthat - cover-ing the financial, energy,high-tech and manufactur-ing sectors, following ameeting between ChinesePremier Li Keqiang andhis Russian counterpartDmitry Medvedev in Bei-

jing on Thurs-day, De-cember17.

Shopping forsouvenirs DURING meetings in Moscow

JOHN KERRY: Met with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

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A WHITE Christmas is highly unlike-ly in the UK this year as weather fore-casters are predicting the warmest De-cember in 70 years caused by bands oftropical air from the Atlantic coming infrom the south west.

Stripping ninjaA MAN claiming disability living al-

lowance saying he struggles to get out ofbed, has been caught out by investigatorswho discovered he was working as adancer called ‘the stripping ninja’ at par-ties across the UK.

Shopping savings A WOMAN from Leicestershire has

got herself £574 (€790) worth ofChristmas goods for less than £5 thanksto saving up coupons, supermarket pointsand money-back promotions throughoutthe year.

Many millionairesTHE UK now has over 600,000 propertymillionaires, with property valued at £1million or more rising by 14 per cent.

EUROPEAN PRESS

Airline profitsSWEDEN: Airline SAS has

reported a return to profitabilitysending its shares flying on theStockholm stock exchange.SAS said net profit was 956million kroner (€102 million)in the 12 months to October.

Top searchesSWEDEN: Google has re-

vealed what Swedish peoplesearched for the most during2015, with everything from‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ to the‘worst pizza in history’ makingthe top 10. Murdered teenagerLisa Holm was the mostsearched-for person.

Crisis stabilisingSWEDEN: The Prime Min-

siter has said he believes therefugee crisis in Sweden is sta-bilising and that he has highhopes that those granted asylumwill have the “best opportunity”to start a new life.

On trackDENMARK is on track to

reduce carbon emissions by 40per cent by 2020 according tonew statistics, putting its newright-wing government on trackto hit the national target it re-cently abandoned.

Bath timeDENMARK: A Danish co-

median who posted a photo ofhimself naked in the bath withhis two year-old daughter, hashit back at criticism saying “afather in the bath with hisdaughter is not paedophilia.”

Fourth bestDENMARK has been named

the world’s fourth best countryto live in after leaping sixplaces in the UN’s annual hu-man development report. Den-mark is only beaten by Norway,Australia and Switzerland.

Best countryNORWAY has been ranked

the world’s best country to livein for the 12th year in a row bythe UN development pro-gramme.

AMSTERDAM is planning to banthe ‘beer bike’ tourist attraction from thecity next year. The beer bikes are mobilebars mainly pedalled by tourists andwidely seen as a nuisance by locals. Apetition against the beer bikes earlierthis year was signed by 6,500 people.

Not DutchALMOST half of the Moroccans and

Turks living in the Netherlands said theydo not feel Dutch and youngsters in par-

ticular feel alienated, according to a newreport.

Caring supermarketSTAFF in two branches of supermar-

ket chain Albert Heijn in The Hague are

taking part in a project to ‘keep an eye’on elderly clients and if they appearlonely will ask them if they would like achat with a care volunteer in the store.

Sports champWORLD champion sprinter Dafne

Schippers, 23, has been named as Dutchsportswoman of the year, the first athleteto take the title since1992. She won the200 metres gold medal in the worldchampionships in Beijing this year.

Birth rateTHE birth rate in Ger-

many has risen to a quarter-century high. It was apparentin August that a mini babyboom was under way, whenthe government releasedfigures showing that

715,000 babies were born in2014, 33,000 more than in2013.

Google searchSONNENFINSTERNIS,

or solar eclipse, was themost searched term onGoogle in Germany thisyear ahead of ‘planecrash’around the t ime ofthe Germanwings tragedyand ‘Paris’ after Novem-ber’s terror attacks.

Military fightTHE German mili taryhas joined attacks on

Daesh for the first time,after the German gov-ernment voted to takepart in the international

military campaign againstthe radical jihadist group.

Rabbitbreeder

A 10-YEAR-OLD Bavari-an boy has been crownedEurope’s Youth RabbitBreeding Champion. Breed-ing rabbits is in the family;his father was youth champi-on and his grandfather haswon a range of titles.

Top teamFIGURES show Borus-

sia Dortmund draw biggercrowds than any other foot-ball team in the world. Inthe 2014/15 season, despitefinishing in seventh in theleague, Dortmund had anaverage of crowd of 80,410at its matches.

Cash grabPOLICE are searching

for a gang who used a rock-et launcher to rob a trucktransporting money inDortmund. They reportedlyblocked the truck on theroad and used an anglegrinder to open the truck’sback door and steal themoney inside.

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AMSTERDAM: Planning to ban from the city next year as they are seen as a nuisance.

WARMEST December in 70 years

No white Christmas

A PETITION was signed by 6,500 people earlier this year

Hover boardconcerns

TRADING Standards said 15,000 of the 17,000hover boards examined since October 15 had beenseized. It comes as leading UK retailers such as Argosand Amazon.co.uk are recalling products followingcases of them catching fire and for having a non-com-pliant UK plug.

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IN figures released by the Officefor National Statistics (ONS) it wasshown that the UK unemploymentrate fell to 5.2 per cent in the threemonths to October. This was thelowest jobless rate since the three-

month period to January 2006, andcompared to 6 per cent unemploy-ment just one year ago.

There were 31.3 million peoplein work, 505,000 more than a yearago, and the number of people outof work fell by 110,000 to 1.71 mil-lion between August and October.

The figures released also detailthe number of foreigners workingin the UK, and the number of EUcitizens working increased by324,000 to 2.02 million, whereasworkers who were neither EU na-tionals or Britons were stable at 1.2million.

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€40 million is the amount in bank accounts which have laid dormant in Switzerland since 1955, and ifnot claimed within the next 12 months it will revert to the State.

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PEPE BALTA, a secondary schoolstudent from Barcelona had to pro-duce an economic project for hisschool in 2014, and chose Abengoaas the company to review.

In his 18-page paper on the com-pany, he apparently pointed out ma-jor problems with the company’s fi-nancial position and wrote “If it doesnot act soon, there is a strong riskAbengoa will go into bankruptcy.”

By John SmithWORKERS in the Coca-Colafactory in FuenlabradaMadrid will work to rule onDecember 21 and 28 in sup-port of their demands.

According to a unionspokesman, Juan CarlosAsenjo, they will work manu-ally as they did 50 years agowith no use of machinery.

As the Coca-Cola compa-

ny targets its Christmas ad-vertising at the ‘good olddays’, this appears to be amost appropriate if somewhatironic action by the workers.

There have been a numberof disputes with workers atthis plant over the years, andalso with the Madrid Councilwhich refused to allow thecompany to film a commer-cial.

Coca-Cola workersturn back clock

Fake toysand gamesWITH the publication of alist by the EU of the mem-ber s ta tes which see thegreatest number of sales ofcounterfei t toys andgames, Spain is near thetop, beaten only by Bul-gar ia , Greece, Hungaryand Romania.

According to the report,the purchase of these fakescosts Spanish industrynearly €170 mil l ion ayear.

App fromLa CaixaLA CAIXA BANK haslaunched a new app al-lowing payment via amobile phone, similar tothose avai lable in theUK.

Apart from makingpayments, it will be pos-s ible for customers tocheck their accounts andto view their balances.

DUE to her illness, Spanish opera singer Montser-rat Caballe was allowed to attend a hearing con-cerning tax evasion via video from her home, andwithout any press attendance at the court.

She accepted that she had avoided paying over

€500,000 of tax in 2010 by registering her domi-cile as Andorra, even though she was living inBarcelona and was fined €240,000.

She was also sentenced to six months in jail,which will effectively act as a suspended sentence.

Opera singer tax evasion charges

is the number of job vacancies in theUK jobs market at the end of October2015, and is the highest level recorded

since in 2001.

Quote of the WeekIt’s a great day for film making in this country and it clearly showsthe force is with us,’ said George Osborne on the day of its premier

about the fact that the latest Star Wars movie was filmed in Britain.

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Domino’saim todominateTHE companies that ownDomino’s Pizza in Australiaand the UK have agreed to setup a joint venture operation tobuy Germany’s biggest pizzachain.

Joey’s Pizza has 212 storesacross Germany with annualsales of €143 million, and thecountry is the world’s fourth-biggest pizza market with thepurchase worth around €78million.

The joint venture will betwo-thirds owned by the Aus-tralian company, with the re-mainder owned by the UKDomino’s Pizza Group, whichalready operates in Germany.

Profit margins on pizzas areknown to be very high as theyare simply cooked dough withrelatively inexpensive toppings,so as long as the market re-mains firm, this should generatesignificant income for the com-panies involved.

THE Catalan Land Institute (Inca-sol) announced that it has allocated a150,808 m2 plot of land known asMas Blau II, to Amazon for which itwill charge €30 million.

“The land is located a few minutesfrom the El Prat airport in one of the

most important economic

and industrial areas of Barcelona,”said a statement.

Amazon will be allowed to buildup to three storeys high. The state-ment continued: “The main permit-ted use is logistics, along with the‘complementary’ offices, shops andrestaurants.”

In response Amazon said in acarefully-worded statement: “We are

pleased that Incasol has awardedAmazon with a plot in El Prat deLlobregat to keep expanding our Eu-ropean Fulfilment Network, and ac-knowledges our long-term commit-ment with the Catalan and Spanisheconomies through continued invest-ment and job creation. Legal duediligence is currently ongoing andthus we cannot comment any furtherat the moment.”

In the meantime, Amazon UK haswarned all customers about possibleexploding hoverboards. In an email,the firm told buyers of these hotChristmas sellers that if they havepurchased hover boards with ‘non-compliant UK plugs’, that theyshould dispose of them safely andthey will receive a refund.

This has been prompted afterTrading Standards seized 15,000 un-safe boards being brought into theUK, many of which had faulty ca-bles, chargers or plugs that couldcatch fire or explode.

By Steve Walsh

AT the annual EU Fisheries andAgricultural Council meeting inBrussels, which has just finished,British fishermen received somevery good news about quota in-creases according to Fisheries Min-ister George Eustice, who called thelatest agreement a ‘great result’.

The actual quota increases were: The English Channel: Plaice 100

per cent.The North Sea: Cod 15 per cent

and haddock 47 per cent.The Celtic Sea: Hake 20 per cent.The Western Channel: Sole 15

per cent.A number of quotas remained the

same and there were cuts of 55 percent in Irish Sea sole and 9 per centin Bristol Channel plaice, but withthe increases and the number ofdays UK fishermen can be at sea re-maining the same as for 2015, theindustry was generally pleased withthe results.

Mr Eustice said: “I entered thesediscussions with the firm belief that

any decisions need to support aprofitable fishing industry, sustain-able fish stocks and a healthy ma-rine environment, and the signifi-cant quota increases we’veachieved for iconic species likeNorth Sea cod demonstrates thesuccess of this approach.

“We still have more to do toreach maximum sustainable yield(MSY) for all quota species by2020, and to deliver the full discardban by 2019, but already fishermenare benefitting from the actionwe’ve taken in recent years to re-cover stocks.

“By fighting for the fishing in-dustry, and making a clear case forthe need for more sustainable fish-ing, we have got a good deal andshown we can get what we need inEurope.”

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This acknowledgesour commitment

to the Catalan andSpanish economies.

JEFF BEZOS: The founder of Amazon.

BRITISH FISHERMEN:Received some verygood news about quotaincreases at an EUmeeting in Brussels.

By John Smith

THE rush of American companies totake others over or to merge continuesapace. The latest announcement comesfrom the two US chemical behemothsDow Chemical and DuPont, with themerged company expected to be calledDowDuPont worth an estimated $130billion (€119 billion).

It appears that as both companiesare worth roughly the same amount ofmoney and this will be a share deal,there are significant tax advantages foreach company and their investors. Asthis type of deal is almost unheard ofit will attract a great deal of interestfrom fiscal authorities as well as taxadvisers.

Assuming the merger is allowed, itis planned that the new company willbe owned equally by existing share-holders in the two companies. Threenew companies will then be createdwithin two years of the merger, andthese new companies should be con-

sidered as being tax free entities.Shareholders are hoping to save $3billion (€2.75 billion) per annum.

In addition, DuPont has announcedthat it plans to cut about 10 per cent ofits staff. Some cynics have commentedon the fact that as the US tries to climbout of its financial crisis, US conglom-erates appear to be doing all that theycan to avoid paying taxes, which arethe backbone of any economy.

With both companies having rea-sonable sized operations in Spain, itwill also be interesting to see if theirmerger has any knock-on effect on theSpanish economy, especially if jobsare to be lost or head offices merged.

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share deal.

“WHOLE areas, towns and parts of townsacross England will be occupied by sec-tions of the immigrant and immigrant de-scendant’s population. It is like watching anation busily engaged in heaping up its ownfuneral pyre.

“They will find their wives unable to ob-tain hospital beds in childbirth. Their chil-dren unable to obtain school places. Theirhomes and neighbourhoods changed be-yond recognition. Their plans and prospectsfor the future defeated for reasons they can-not comprehend; and in pursuance of a de-cision by default on which they were neverconsulted, they will find themselves madestrangers in their own country,” - EnochPowell, 1965.

This highly intelligent politician was sub-sequently hounded out of mainstream poli-tics by his peers, who scoffed his vision andwarnings of the future. Under accusations

of racism, he was soon banished to a lonelyposition in Northern Ireland.

There, out of sight and hearing, his bril-liant mind was wasted in the mire of vio-lence and political strife that was engulfing

Ireland at that time. I personally rememberhim utterly destroying David Frost in a TVinterview. At one point Frost asked himwhy he was against black people. Powell’sanswer was that he had never discriminated

against someone because of their colourand challenged Frost to cite one occasionwhen he had actually done so.

A blustering Frost couldn’t come up withone example. The fact of the matter wasthat Powell was never a racist, merely a re-alist. He was of course absolutely correctand we are now experiencing most of thesituations he warned of all those years ago.

The words of a Don McLean song cometo mind. ‘They did not listen, they’re notlistening still, perhaps they never will.’ Infairness, they do finally seem to be listen-ing. Unfortunately they’re about 40 yearstoo late.

I’ve been called a few things in my timebut the missive I received this week justabout took the whole tin. This ‘gentleman’referred to me as follows. Uneducated.Purile. Lickspittle. Forelock tugger. Kneebender. Quisling. Halfwit. Moron. Wow!Sticks and stones Señor. Sticks and stones!

Keep the faithLove Leapy

Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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I REPLY to a recently publishedletter from Ron, ‘Ungodly ways’.

First of all the commandmentis‘Thou shalt do no murder, thoushall not kill in his name,’ is non-sense.

Jesus Christ died rather thancall on ‘Twelve Legions of Angels’or “If my kingdom was of thisworld my disciples would fight,but my kingdom is not of thisworld.”

Pre-Darwin, it was only naturalto try to explain our existence.

Although his theory is seriouslyflawed, he leaves us with life as arandom and temporary burst be-tween aeons of nothingness.

Personal experience leads me toa different conclusion.

D R Griffiths,Orihuela Costa, Alicante

Ban thehawkers!AS a newcomer to Spain, I wouldlike to pass comment on the roam-ing hawkers who enter the restau-rants to try and sell their merchan-dise.

It is frustrating, to say the least,to try and enjoy a meal, whilst thehawkers continually interrupt thetables.

I have seen them work as ateam, warning all the other street-sellers in advance of approachingpolice officers and then giving theall-clear once the threat haspassed. They actually laugh atthem once they have gone!

I have also witnessed some Ger-mans having a meal being calledracists because they bought noth-ing from a hawker.

The goods being sold are of aninferior quality and some of themare plain junk.

If this practice could be halted,on a continuous basis and restau-rant owners prevented their entry,we, as paying guests, would staylonger and enjoy the experience,thus spending more.

By the way, we are enjoyingSpain, immensely!!!

Michael Agliotti,Torrox Costa

Science haslost its wayGOOD article, Nora.

Science today seems to havelost its way because no-one cancome out and say it IS so.

Everything is listed as ‘may’,‘could’, ‘possibly’ and the like.

Scientists today never take thetime to be absolutely sure of theirtest results.

And if it isn’t pure lies, it’s con-jecture.

Roy Peters,Via website

Burningwaste perilRE: Floods and droughts to hi tSpain

The first easy action to be takenin the Comunidad Valenciana, Cos-ta Blanca, is STOP burning wastein the open air!

Why not make compost or recy-cle the green waste instead ofburning it , polluting the atmos-phere with toxic gases and poison-ing all the inhabitants and millionsof tourists?

They even burn next to hospi-

tals, schools, etc... they are, likemany others, not aware of the toxicgases produced by these burnings.

Berger Micheline,Via website

TacticalvotingTHE establishment encouragingtactical voting in order to cling onto power at any cost will not keepthem in their ‘bubble’ forever, ei-ther in France or the UK.

They must start to listen to the

people before formulating policies,not making bad and unpopular deci-sions and later conning the elec-torate into voting for them ‘or else’.

Geoff Brooks,Via website

Good andbad in everynationWITH reference to Leapy Lee’swritings, before we all get carriedaway with Islamophobia, let usconsider the recent comments of aBrit ish soldier who lost his legduring a roadside bomb explosionnear Basra.

He says on FaceBook and re-ported by the BBC…..

“Yes a Muslim blew me up and Ilost a leg.

“A Muslim man lost his arm thatday, wearing a British uniform.

“A Muslim medic was in the he-l icopter that took me from thefield.

“A Muslim surgeon performedthe surgery that saved my life.

“A Muslim nurse was part of theteam that helped me on my returnto UK.

“A Muslim taxi driver gave me afree ride, when I went for my firstbeer with my dad, af ter I camehome.”

Also read Muhammed Ali’scomments condemning so-calledIslamic jihadists.

There are good and bad in everynation and religion.

The bad ones will lose eventual-ly, they always do, history hasproven this.

Leo,Via website

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AS a good, caring, and charitable member of the community here on the Costa del Sol, when Iwas told that the collecting of bottle-tops and ring-pulls from cans would raise money for chari-ty, I started in earnest. Pretty soon all my friends and family (thinking it was a wonderful idea)

began giving me all the ring-pulls and bottle-tops they could find. Well! That was a while ago, and now my house is full to the brim with shiny can rings and multi-coloured

plastic. I have thousands of them and no idea how to give them to charity. The breeding collection is burstingout of the doors. Can somebody please tell me who to call for collection?

Anne Lee,Coin, Malaga

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)Eager Mars meets affluentJupiter and enriches your

financial forecast. It mightshow a foretaste of money to

come, or on-stream benefits. Ifyou intend to make alterations toyour personal and home interests,you'll cope with both offbeat andupbeat activities.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)One thing is certain, when youcome through this week’s restlessplanetary antics, you won’t betotally the same Piscean whowalked in.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Education, media, creative andsocial connections are given starmerit. The solar eclipse in your ownsign bursts with vitality and success,more so for an array of bold moves,replacements and makeoverscovering your personal affairs.

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)Stand by for a week of whoosh andwhirl. More importantly, try toavoid getting tongue-tied ordogmatic on Tuesday and Friday.Promising potentials appear,especially if you spruce up yourcompetitive streak.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)Throughout this fortunate week,

whatever else you decide, refuse todiscard your hopes and wishes. As aGemini, you like to have two stringsto your bow of life, which gives youan alternative option, especially ifthe going gets tough.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)A vivid star pattern portends afrantic personal and social diary.Ensure that any tight planning iscarefully handled, especially if youhope to fit in everything you wouldlike to say. Don’t allow Monday orWednesday’s tensions to spoilopportunities for settling somethingimportant.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)Pave the way for any ambitiousschemes you may have, rather thanactually starting them. With yourruler the Sun eclipsing your kindredfire sign, determined Aries, you arenow more likely to get the supportand affection you need from thepowers that be or someone whothinks the world of you. Loosen upon Tuesday and Thursday.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)Even if the opposite to what youwant happens, it could prove useful.One clue to this week’s planetarycrossword puzzle is ‘What wordcould also mean success?’ Check itout, and make it work for you.

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)The solar eclipse in your opposite

sign of Aries intensifies yourwillpower. Before you say ‘go,’ findout where you stand. It might pay youto leave things be for a little longer tosee if things begin to change.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)The planets mobilise your streak ofScorpio daring, but don't stretch yourlimits. Your most effective weaponagainst personal and work-relatedpitfalls is your ability to be objective.Your desire to make specificsituations and conversations workneeds to be combined with your faiththat they will work. Even if a differentapproach is required, try it and see.

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)The main gist of the solar eclipse infiery Aries and the link betweenplucky Mars and your ruler friendlyJupiter will stir surprises. Whetheryou create the right atmosphere allround depends on how you interpretother people’s views. Stick to crisp, simple but sensitivelytuned answers, then no one canaccuse you of not trying.

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How many English words of four lettersor more can you make from the nineletters in our Nonagram puzzle? Eachletter may be used only once (unlessthe letter appears twice). Each word

MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER(in this case H) and there must be ATLEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD.

Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns arenot allowed.

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FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE,MISTLETOE AND WINE

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Javier Arenas is aSpanishpolitician whohas held asenior

position in the PP for manyyears under both PrimeMinisters and is a pastpresident of the party.

Hard-working, enterprising and self-sacrificing are just some of the wordsthat describe your zodiac sign. It will bethese qualities that count. Friday willboost your powers of persuasion, butyou won’t have too much to complainabout if you follow this lucky trend intonext week’s encouraging tide.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)58

Two cannibals are eating dinnerand one says to the other, “I hatemy mother-in-law.” The otherreplies, “Well, just eat yournoodles, then.”

Unscramble the name of a famous film oftenshown on TV at Christmas time (four words):ALLOW UNDER FIFTIES

Unscramble the name of a single that was a UKnumber one at Christmas time (three words):IT MENTIONED WALES

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Barry Chuckle, December 24, Comedian,71British comedian who with his brother Paulforms the duo, the Chuckle Brothers whoseact is aimed at children but is secretlywatched by adults as well.Jorgie Porter, December 25, Actress, 28Originally known as an actress in Hollyoaks,Jorgina Alexandra Porter has become acelebrity at large appearing in a number ofTV reality shows, culminating in I’m aCelebrity in 2015. She said after that she‘fancied’ former dragon contestant DuncanBannatyne.Martin Cooper, December 26, Inventor, 87Entrepreneur and inventor known for hiswork with the Motorola Company in theUSA. He is credited with inventing the firstmobile phone in the 1970s.Salman Khan, December 27, Actor, 50Indian film actor, producer and televisionpersonality who has had huge success with astring of Bollywood hits. He is said to be oneof the most popular and commerciallysuccessful actors of Hindi cinema.Ted Danson, December 29, Actor, 68Best known for his role as bartender, SamMalone on the television show, Cheers, hehas had other starring roles in TV and filmover a long career.Jeff Lynne, December 30, Musician, 68Singer with the Move and founder of ElectricLight Orchestra as well as member of theTraveling Wilburys alongside Bob Dylan,George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and TomPetty.

Javier Arenas, December 28,Politician.

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BUCKING the trend of downloading music, releasedon 20 November 2015, 25 hit the ground running atnumber one in more than 20 markets and broke first-week sales records in many countries, including theUnited Kingdom and United States. In the US, the al-bum sold 3.38 million copies in its first week of re-lease, Nielsen SoundScan have said that 25 is thebiggest seller since they began tracking point-of-salemusic purchases in 1991.

25

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Directed byChristopherMcQuarrie,andDistributedbyParamountPictures.Starring: TomCruise, JeremyRenner, Simon Pegg, RebeccaFerguson, Ving Rhames, SeanHarris, and Alec Baldwin.This time: Tom Cruise (EthanHunt) finds himself on the runfrom the CIA as his team takes ontheir most impossible mission yet,eradicating the Syndicate - anInternational rogue organisationas highly skilled as they arecommitted to destroying theIMF.

1. DON PARTRIDGE, 2. DOVES, 3. ANIMAL FARM, 4. BIRDS OF AFEATHER, 5. BIRD, 6. THE WILD GEESE, 7. AUSTRALIAN RULESFOOTBALL, 8. IN THE GARDEN HANGING OUT THE CLOTHES,9. NOLAN SISTERS/THE NOLANS, 10. RED, 11. ROSE TYLER, 12.Dame HELEN MIRREN

All the questions or answers contain an ‘item’ mentioned in thesong The Twelve Days of Christmas1. Rosie was a 1968 UK top 10 hit single for which Englishbusker/one-man band? 2. What name is often applied to politicians who advocate peace-ful or conciliatory policies, especially in foreign affairs? 3. In which allegorical and dystopian novella, first published in1945, are the hens among the first to rebel against a large Berk-shire boar named Napoleon? 4. Which British sitcom, originally broadcast on BBC One from1989 to 1998, then revived on ITV in 2014, starred PaulineQuirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph? 5. Endemic to Colombia, the gold-ringed tanager is a species ofwhat? 6. Which British 1978 adventure film about a group of mercenar-ies in Africa, starred Richard Burton as Colonel Allen Faulkner,Roger Moore as Lieutenant Shawn Fynn, Richard Harris as Cap-tain Rafer Janders and Hardy Krüger as Lieutenant Pieter Coet-zee? 7. With which sport would you principally associate the SydneySwans?8. According to the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence,where was the maid and what was she doing? 9. Which group of ladies were ‘in the mood for dancing’ in1980? 10. What colour are the benches (seats) in the UK House ofLords? 11. What was the name of Doctor Who’s travelling companionplayed by actress Billy Piper? 12. Which famous actress used ‘thespian words’ to tell a group ofstreet drummers to be quiet while still dressed in her stage cos-tume as Queen Elizabeth II outside the Gielgud Theatre in Lon-don in May 2013?

Not a lot of people know that… every year since 1984, a group ofeconomists at PNC Wealth Management have figured out howmuch it would cost to actually buy all the things on the ‘TwelveDays of Christmas’ list.

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CRYPTIC

English - Spanish

Across1 Something chewed, filled with brilliant

yellow sauce (7)5 Brad’s worried about poets (5)8 Euphoria apparent when a family

member loses his head (7)9 Boy gets the French serving spoon (5)10 Wash thoroughly inside disc rubber (5)11 A gentle style getting stylish (7)12 Cedar’s nuts are divine (6)14 Get the hang of being a teacher (6)17 A very old bounder, old fruit! (7)19 Saint gets everything to come to a

standstill (5)22 Many young men have nothing inside

them (5)23 Report about art near building (7)24 American money, it’s said, has a nice

smell (5)25 Wine cartels are corrupt (7)

Down1 Mating game? (5)2 There’s a step, but you’ll have to look hard by the

sound of it (5)3 Being friendly, I blame a manager (7)4 One may waltz about in European river (6)5 Beautiful French girl is involved in libel legislation (5)6 Brilliant at drain moving (7)

7 Guard rank surrounding lieutenant (7)12 Small charts for the horses (7)13 Capone is in work producing a hymn (7)15 European nation curtailing an American test (7)16 Tooth can return for an alcoholic drink (6)18 Possession as fixed (5)20 Come to a vigil (5)21 Fifty seek mixed vegetables (5)

1 Silver, 4 Pagans, 9 Haste,10 Amnesia, 11 Mischief,12 Bait, 14 Serene,16 Deters, 19 Rash,20 Atheists, 23 Grimace,24 Agree, 25 Yields,26 Detest.

1 Schemes, 2 Lists,3 Elephant, 5 Arno,6 Assuage, 7 Scant,8 Hades, 13 Serenade, 15 Respite, 17 Suspect,18 Steel, 19 Rugby,21 Serve, 22 Rand.

1 Hose, 3 Dreadful,9 Shrinks, 10 Heals,11 Improvements,13 Accent, 15 Rescue,17 Nevertheless, 20 Alike,21 Betting, 22 Entitled,23 Asks.

1 Hospital, 2 Scrap, 4 Rested,5 Achievements, 6 Frantic,7 Last, 8 Announcement,12 Messages, 14 Chemist,16 Stable, 18 Exits,19 Make.

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Cryptic Quick

Across7 Ceremonial procession (6)8 Concepts (6)9 In this place (4)

10 Action of bringing somethinginto existence (8)

11 Very small distance or space(7)

13 Deal with (5)15 Beam (5)17 Arrives at (7)20 Arrange systematically (8)21 Precipitation falling from

clouds in the form of icecrystals (4)

23 Coned shaped utensil (6)24 Moves on ice in a gliding

fashion (6)

Down1 Cook with dry heat (4)2 Ships of the desert (6)3 Round stone fruits with juicy

yellow flesh (7)4 Acknowledged as a

supposition (5)5 More substantial (6)6 Citrus drink (8)12 Funny (8)14 Let go free (7)16 Gains knowledge or skills

(6)18 Nonchalant (6)19 Written accounts of money

owed (5)22 Domesticated bovine

animals as a group (4)

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

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter ofthe alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents F and 25 represents

T, so fill in F every time the figure 11 appears and T every time thefigure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language,

work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As youdiscover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the

main grid and the control grid.

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ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across1 Trineo (4)2 Manger (7)6 Abeto (3)7 Bread (3)8 Vixen (5)9 Flor de pascua (10)

13 Regalo (4)14 Nuevo (3)

Down1 Dormir (5)2 Premios (6)3 Espíritu (6)4 Berry (4)5 Temprano (5)6 Diversión (3)

10 Gold (3)11 Duende (3)12 Hostería (3)

1 Shops, 3 Fresa, 7 Rosada,9 Agua, 10 Calabacin,13 Aula, 14 Anchoa,16 Abrir, 17 Adios.

1 Sure, 2 Pea, 4 English,5 Abad, 6 Cambiar,8 Smaller, 11 Paja,12 Ears, 15 Cod.

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WHETHER you’re doing that lastminute shopping, trimming the tree, orheading out to a Christmas party,you’re bound to be bopping along tothe perfect soundtrack that will get youin the festive spirit.

But which ones are the best? There’sso many to choose from. When it comesto deciding what’s going to have yourocking around the Christmas tree at,‘the most wonderful time of the year’,it’s the oldies that are the goodies.

1. White Christmas by Bing CrosbyFirst performed on Christmas Day, 1941White Christmas was written by IrvingBerlin while reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. the Guinnessbook of Records states that the versionsung by Bing Crosby is the best-sellingsingle of all time, with estimated sales inexcess of 100 million copies worldwide.

2. All I Want For Christmas Is You byMariah Carey The super-sexy Mariah Carey, with avocal range so high it’s a good chance shecan converse with bats, wrote andproduced this song herself, and released itjust in time for Christmas 1994. It was aninstant hit and has since become whatRolling Stone calls ‘Holiday Standard.’ Ithas since reportedly earned more than€45 million in royalties.

3. Fairytale Of New York by ThePogues and Kirsty MacCollQuite possibly one of the best Christmassongs ever made! Yes, Shane MacGowanis totally out of tune, and yes he looks likehe just fell out of bed in 1987, with anempty bottle of supermarket cider, but itworks! It kind of reminds you ofgranddad getting a bit tipsy after crimbledinner and trying to sing. If a Christmaspudding could sing, this is what it wouldsound like.

4. Santa Baby by Eartha KittThe sexiest Christmas song ever written.Eartha Kitt purrs more than sings in this1953 yuletide hit including the classicline: ‘been an awful good girl’ with aneyebrow raised. Now a firm festivefavourite, the song is about a high priced

fantasy Christmas list to Santa.

5. Winter Wonderland by Doris DayThe 1964 version by Doris Day is the firmwinner for many; however, others see it asa little sweet, whereas Perry Como’sversion is more robust. This songconjures the Christmas of all our dreams,one of snowflakes falling gently on oureyelids, curling up in front of cracklinglog fires and romance.

6. The Christmas Song by Nat KingColeYou can practically smell the roastingchestnuts before the intro ends. ThisChristmas Song is smoother than ironedsilk and more than deserves its placeamong the best Christmas songs of alltime. Written in 1945 by Mel Torme, it’sregarded by BMI as the most-performedChristmas song ever.

7. Merry Christmas Everybody bySladePersonally, this one and Wizzard’s hitsum up Christmas memories perfectly. In1973, Top of the Pops was at its height,the whole family for dinner and not a

worry in the world. But I guess that’s justa generation thing, however! As Noddytells us, ‘it’s Chriiisssstmaaaaas.’

8. Driving Home For Christmas byChris ReaIf you’ve ever lived half a country awayfrom your family and have packed up thecar with presents to head home forChristmas through the snow, the ice andthe M25, you must appreciate at least thespirit of this 1986 song.

9. Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby HelmsChances are this 1957 stalwart eithermakes you think of Lethal Weapon orMean Girls. Either way, it’s an ear worm.The song’s title and some of its lyrics area parody of the old Christmas standards…Long may they reign!

10. I Wish It Could Be ChristmasEveryday by WizzardDefinitely a must on anybody’s list, this1973 blockbuster has to be one of the bestChristmas songs of all time. The crazyRoy Wood and his loony costume werethe epitome of a fun-filled Christmasholiday, and probably always will be.

Facebook for WindowsPhoneEven though not actuallymade by Facebook, theofficial Facebook app for WindowsPhone is finally out of beta. If you were using thebeta app before this release, that app will keepgetting updates, but this new ‘official’ release will bemore stable. To be honest, this app still isn’t perfect -it’s missing simple things like the ability to reply to aspecific comment in a thread.

Play on Words

Answers:Tiny Tim, The night beforeChristmas.

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What is arthritis andwhen does it usually ap-pear?

Arthritis is the term wegive to inflammation of thejoints. Not all joint pain hasto be arthritis, in fact mostjoint pain is due to othercauses which are not reallyarthritis.

The reasons it can appearare varied and it can becaused by many thingsranging from autoimmuneinflammatory conditions,systemic illnesses to traumaetc, therefore the moment itappears depends on thetype of arthritis.

Joint pain can be influ-enced by weather changes,diet, exercise and other fac-tors meaning it can worsenin the winter.

What are the mostcommon symptoms?

Arthritis causes jointpain along with swelling inthe joints and surroundingareas which can lead to red-ness, increased tempera-ture, stiffness and is alsosometimes related to feversand a general feeling of be-ing unwell. It can affect any

joint in the body.How is it diagnosed?Diagnosis is initially

reached by examining thepatient’s medical historyand listening to a specialist.

This is followed byblood tests, x-rays of the af-fected joint and sometimesanalysis of liquid fromwithin the joint althoughthis depends on the areaand whether it is safe todraw off liquid.

Are there any goodtreatments?

The usual treatment in-volves resting of the jointand use of anti-inflammato-ry medications to reducethe pain. Sometimes thejoint can be injected withmedication and in severecases surgery is an option.

What about diet?Diet is important for al-

most all ailments. In thiscase it is of importance es-pecially for those who suf-fer secondary arthritis dueto gout. These patientsshould avoid products highin uric acid such as redmeat, seafood and alcohol.

Is exercise helpful?Exercise should be

avoided while the pain is atits worst but added gradual-ly to daily life as swellingreduces.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

WHATEVER your plans are this Christ-mas, be sure to allow yourself a little in-dulgence. If you have been taking care ofyourself throughout 2015 and puttingyour body through its paces it’s time to...STOP and TAKE A DEEP BREATH…

Now give yourself permission to un-wind, enjoy your family and friends andtake time out without feeling guilty.

There are more elements to fitnessthan just the aesthetic aspect, and in orderto have a healthy balance, we need tonurture all of them. In order to maintain ahealthy body, you need to maintain ahealthy mind. If you are a creature ofhabit as I am, this can be difficult, asquite often you will have a rigid routinein your normal life. Generally I train fivedays a week and take weekends off.

My diet is clean during the week and Idon’t drink any alcohol unless it is theweekend or a special occasion arises.Alas this is all going to change in the nextweek or so as I am quite partial to the oddtot of Baileys, box of chocolate liqueurs,mince pies, Christmas pudding andbrandy cream….. should I go on?

I am also aware that I’m likely to bearound 2kgs heavier by New Year, butthat’s fine by me, otherwise what wouldmy New Year challenge be?

Have a great Christmas, FitFoxy XX

Now it’s time to relaxFitFoxyLooking Good, Staying Trim

By John Smith

WE have all become used to the iProductsproduced and marketed by Apple and in-deed, they have spread all over the worldso there is probably no country exceptperhaps North Korea where resi-dents can’t buy at least one oftheir ubiquitous products.

What is interesting isthe number of com-panies who areadopting the‘i’ as part oftheir busi-ness name.You cannow find iS-torage, iFurnishingand just the other day, theiFilmmaker Festival in Marbella.

What does the ‘i’ stand for? There area number of theories, one of which goesback to the launch of the iMac in 1998,when Steve Jobs explained: “iMac comesfrom the marriage of the excitement of theinternet with the simplicity of Macintosh.Even though this is a full-blooded Macin-tosh, we are targeting this for the numberone use that consumers tell us they want a

computer for, which is to get on the inter-net, simply and fast. And that is what thisproduct is targeted for.

“The letter ‘i’ also means some otherthings to us. We are a personal computercompany, and although this product is bornto network, it also is a beautiful stand-aloneproduct. We are targeting it also for educa-tion. They want to buy these. And it is per-fect for most of the things they do in in-struction. It is perfect for findingtremendous sources of information over theinternet. And we hope as you see the prod-uct it will inspire us all to make even betterproducts in the future.”

The ‘i’ continued to be used and a free-lance copywriter Vinnie Chieco is creditedwith coming up with the word iPod, basedon his viewing of the film 2001: A SpaceOdyssey which contained a reference to apod. When the lawyers at Apple went to reg-ister the name, they discovered that anothercompany, also involved with the internetowned it but was prepared to sell it on.

Now it is clear that the simple additionof an ‘i’ in front of any products seemsto inspire confidence and recogni-tion in a customer’s mind althoughperhaps we will see a time when theletter ‘i’ itself becomes protected.

EVEN under a leaden sky on aDecember day, the vast flat-ness of the Norfolk country-side is inescapable.

Someone once wrote thatthe Norfolk dialect was a lan-guage encapsulated in its land-scape, with long vowels andwide horizons, summing upthe county and its people.

Norfolk is familiar to usduring the summer months,with its endless skies and fan-tastic light so beloved bypainters, who are as numerousas the wildfowl in the coastalwetlands. But what could pos-sibly entice someone here onsuch a bleak winter’s day?

Seven miles beyond Faken-ham and almost without warn-

ing to the unwary, we turn intoa country lane, indicatingThursford village. With barelyroom for two vehicles to passand with no street lighting,this surely is heading into theback of beyond.

The only clue to the uniniti-

ated that something interestinglies ahead, is the procession ofcar tail-lights and a discernibleglow in the sky.

Then after a bare half milewe enter a massive floodlit carpark where fluorescently-cladstewards are busily directing

the flow of cars and coaches.Enter the magical world of

the Thursford Christmas Spec-tacular.

To most people, the nameThursford will elicit looks ofincomprehension, and yetduring November and De-

cember almost 130,000 regu-larly attend this event withmany returning year afteryear. It is perhaps Christmas’sbest kept secret and yet para-doxically, the biggest andmost spectacular of all Christ-mas shows.

It would take more spacethan I have available to ade-quately describe this spectacle.The ambience is pure enchant-ment and it simply has to beexperienced first-hand.

Not all the content is neces-sarily pure Yuletide, but thegenius of John Cushing,Thursford’s producer and di-rector, is to tie the whole pack-age together with a festive rib-bon and deliver a wonderfullybalanced and awesome Christ-mas feast of a show.

Everyone should witnessthis Christmas masterpieceonce before they die.

Do it soon, you are notlooking well!

Colin BirdA weekly look

The magic of the ThursfordChristmas Spectacular

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

THE ambience is pure enchantment and it simply has to be experienced first-hand

The letter ‘i’ inspires confidenceTHERE is a sudden torrent of companies using the letter to name their products

YEARLY EVENT: It is perhaps Christmas’ best kept secret.

SOMETIMES life can bequite confusing and the ac-tions of politicians and majorcompanies throughout theworld seem to add to that.

No sooner has Britain con-firmed its agreement to theClimate Change Compact inParis, than the governmenthas drastically cut subsidies tohomeowners who wish to in-stall solar panels in an effortto reduce pollution.

The power producers cer-tainly appeared to have plentyof economic strength, whenthey persuaded the SpanishGovernment to introduce newtaxes on those using solarpower, as they were worriedabout reduced profits.

Moving on and despite theglut of crude oil on the mar-ket and its undeniable effecton the climate, the BritishParliament has just voted toallow fracking for shale gas1,200m below national parksand other protected sites.

Fracking is not totally safeas enormous amounts of wa-ter are used, and the water iscontaminated by the layers ofearth it is pumped through aswell as the fracking chemi-cals.

Brazil has banned What-sApp as it allows poorer peo-ple to make free calls withouthaving to sign up for expen-sive contracts. It is surely co-incidental that the currentPresident of the Chamber ofDeputies has been identifiedas a lobbyist for the telecom-munications industry.

In the USA, companies arealmost fighting to merge sothey can avoid tax, or at leastdelay paying it whilst paidlobbyists in Washington ap-pear to be accepted as part ofthe political landscape.

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Christmas Survival IT’S happening, it’s here. The main

event if you’re to believe the hype.Can it possibly live up to the expecta-tions? Well perhaps we should mea-sure our expectations to make sure thatwe can get through the next week or sowith the least amount of stress.

I’ve been reading around the subjectof ‘Christmas Survival’ and there’splenty of articles out there on the webwhich can give you some ideas, but ifyou don’t have the time, here’s myround up of the best.

Don’t try and do everythingIf you are responsible for cooking

and hosting the Christmas Day activi-ties, then don’t take it all upon your-self. Ask other family members tobring different parts of the meal, suchas snacks, salads or desserts - don’t beafraid to ask for help. Make sure youhave some time for YOU, even if it’sjust allowing yourself to watch one

special TV show that you want to see.Everything in moderationChristmas seems to be all about ex-

cess - but there is not much enjoymentin feeling the size of a padded Santasuit or as stuffed as the festive turkey!

The best advice is moderation - applyit to everything you eat and drink.

Drink moderate amounts of alcoholand try to alternate soft drinks or waterwith alcoholic ones. As for food, havea bit of what you fancy but try not to

stuff your face if you can help it! Diffi-cult I know, but try.

Get active, rehydrate and sleep! You’ve got to balance your festivi-

ties with some time to rest, and recu-perate. Active recovery, such as taking

a walk in the beautiful landscape ofMallorca is a perfect way to do this.Follow it up with a snooze on the sofaor an early bedtime.

Don’t be on your ownIf you are concerned about being

lonely over Christmas, either beingsingle or unable to spend it with fami-ly, then do something about it now.Think about inviting a few others overwho are in the same boat as you andconsider offering your house as avenue. Also try not to turn down anyinvitations to other festive events, pro-vided that you are giving yourself achance to recover in between!

A final word…Christmas should be fun but if you

find that previous years have not beenenjoyable then consider doing some-thing about it - try something different.One way would just be to get awayfrom it all and remove the majority ofthe hassle from the whole festive expe-rience. Although we know how stress-ful preparing for a holiday can be!

Happy Christmas from me and myfamily to you and yours. V xxx

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The best way to survive Christmas THERE is not much enjoyment in being as stuffed as the festive turkey!

BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE: Take a walk and recover after your festive lunch.

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O C I A LC E N ES

STUART MORENO loved workingat O’Neill’s so much, he bought thebusiness! For the past four years,Stuart and his fiancée, Nikki, havebeen the proud owners of O’Neill’sin Palma Nova, just a few metresdown from the big Eroski.

“We’re a family run business andNikki and I do everything togeth-er!” says Stuart. “We’re both chefsby trade and we like to serve agood, home-cooked meal in an at-mosphere where everyone feels athome.”

Tasty specials include the home-made steak and Guinness pie andthe chocolate Guinness cake withBailey’s frosted icing.

“Since Nikki started workinghere about four years ago, I haveput on the kilos! As they say, theway to a man’s heart is through hisstomach and she captured mine withher delicious desserts!” jokes Stuart.

The restaurant has a large terrace

for al fresco dining and in the sum-mer both locals and tourists enjoytheir visits. “We’re popular with thelocals all year round,” said Stuart“and obviously summer is alwaysbusy with the tourists too.”

For great offers, Stuart and Nikkiare happy to offer specials all yearround (except for Sundays) andover the festive season and everyother evening one can enjoy ameal for two people with a bottleof house wine (if you don’t drink,then you can choose one of Nikki’sdelicious desserts) and all for thefantastic price of 21.50€!

And if you’re in need of a pick-me-up on New Year’s Day, thenwhy not pop down to O’Neill’s andenjoy their breakfast special - twofor one - a traditional fry-up or, al-ternatively, try our smoked Scottishkippers!

Winter opening hours: Wednesdays to Fridays

10am till 9pmSaturdays and Sundays

10am till 8pmClosed Mondays and Tuesdays

Reservations essential for Sundaylunch!

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Join anti-fur demoAN anti-fur demonstrationwill take place on BoxingDay (December 26) in PlazaEspaña. Organised by ICAAnimal Association, partici-pants are invi ted to meetthere at 11am and for twohours, members will handout leaflets to the public toeducate them on how manyanimals are cruelly killed tomake just one fur coat.

There will be a chill ingperformance which wil lhighlight this bloody indus-try and ICA’s ultimate de-sire is that people will beforced to reject such a prac-tice.

“We hope people will joinus,” said Aida Sanchez,member of ICA.

“There is too muchbloodshed in the world al-ready and cruelty to animalsforms part of it. We have tochange our habi ts and onSaturday we shal l t ry toreach into people’s heartswith our message forchange.”

They wil l be joined byother animal associations

such as Sociedad y Protec-tora de Animales y Plantas(SPAP), Moixos de SonPuig, Miaus Mallorca andMininas. Any other animal

organisat ions or associa-tions are invited to attend.

ICA are a non profit or-ganisation and always de-pendent on donations.

ICA hope that people will join them on Boxing Day

FOR those of you who re-member the 1984 Americancomedy horror film, Grem-lins, then the people’s cin-ema, Cine Ciutat in Pal-ma, is the place foryou this Sunday (De-cember 27).

The film was an instantsuccess when it was releasedand is about a young manwho receives a strange crea-ture called a mogwai as a pet,which then spawns othercreatures who transform intosmall, destructive, evil mon-sters.

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GREMLINS: The film was an instant success.

Gremlins horrorshowing in Palma

CHRISTMAS! It’s time to cel-ebrate and nobody does it betterthan the Spanish.

It’s a Catholic country withmany cultural and religious tra-ditions and Christmas in Spainis a wonderful mix of religious

and modern celebrations.You probably have a decorat-

ed Christmas tree in your homein Spain, and we have to thankGermany for introducing the‘Christbaun’ in the 16th centu-ry. If you are from the UKthank Queen Victoria for intro-ducing the custom of having aChristmas tree in your home.

As you hang up your Christ-mas stocking, spare a thoughtfor the patron saint of childrenSt Nicholas, a Greek, who

started the tradition.Don’t forget Boxing Day,

you can thank the UK for thistradition but Spain does not yethave Boxing Day on the Christ-mas calendar.

Let’s not forget the Christ-mas turkey, made immortal byScrooge’s gift to the Cratchitfamily in Charles Dickens ‘AChristmas Carol’.

What’s all this got to do withowning a property in Spain?Well if you work in property I

think it’s important to recognisethat people from all around theworld have different customsand traditions, and they arebuying homes here in Spain.

So although property buyersare all different and originatefrom different countries, theydo have one very importantpoint in common, their dreamto own a home in Spain.

The number of non-Spanishbuyers is growing, and officialfigures show an almost continu-

ous monthly increase in saleson the Costas and Balearics.

I have received many Christ-mas cards from my customerswho have decided to buy aproperty in Spain in 2016, andit’s my job is to find exactlywhat they are looking for.

It seems that 2016 should beanother year of record-breakingsales on the Costas and theBalearics.

Buyers with different cus-toms and traditions are looking

forward to buying their dreamhome in Spain, and enjoy cele-brating Christmas in Spain nextyear.

I wish you all a very MerryChristmas.If you want to sell, or are look-ing to buy a property in 2016

please contact me.John Graham. Fellow of The

Architecture & Surveyors Insti-tute.

International Property ExpertGk.ipad@me.com

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JohnGraham The property expert

We have to recognise traditionsMANY nationalities are buying their homes in Spain, it’s important to acknowledge the different customs

GIVEN that the time is right for investmentin Spanish property, the next questionwould be, what type will be the most prof-itable?

Real estate investment in Spain at themoment is sweet. Shops, homes, officesand garages, any of the areas on the marketoffer yields above the majority of the prod-ucts offered by banks.

In fact, the figures can double in compar-ison with, in the worst case, governmentbonds to 10 years, according to the latestreport published by idealista.

The retail unit seems to be sweeter ac-cording to the survey, offering a gross re-turn of 7.5 per cent. And office blocks orspace provide a yield of 6.8 per cent, whilegarages have been stabilised at 4.6 per cent.

Knowingthe propertysweet spot

ACCORDING to the world’slargest commercial real es-tate services firm CBRE,Spain was the sixth most at-tractive destination in theworld for real estate in-vestors in the first half of2015, securing €8.5 billionof investment.

The news places Spain inexcellent company, behindonly the USA, UK, Aus-tralia, Germany and Japan.

Real estate investment inSpain was 144 per cent morethan that in Italy, and doublethat of The Netherlands.

Spain has now jumped 10places on the reputable list,having occupied 16th placein 2013, and, with expertspredicting Europe will retainits high investment rate,Spain can look forward to2016.

Spain anattractivepropertymarket

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ALCOHOL and drugs tests out in forcethis week

Throughout this week in the run up toChristmas, there will be a focus on one ofthe main contributors to road traffic inci-dents, alcohol and drugs.

The Guardia Civil will be out in forcewith plans to conduct at least 25,000 alcoholand drugs tests each day.

The main goal is to detect and deal withhabitual offenders, who get behind the wheelon a regular basis whilst having consumedalcohol or drugs. The latest figures extractedfrom the most recent data available suggeststhat there may be around 12,000 drivers whomeet this continually dangerous criteria.

So far this year, more than 84,000 drivershave tested positive, risking not only their

own but the lives of many innocent victims,who all too often leave the scene of the car-nage facing a life dealing with serious in-juries and, on numerous occasions, leavingthe friends and families of loved ones havingto deal with their death.

According to the annual report of the Na-tional Institute of Toxicology, 39.09 per centof deceased drivers displayed the presence ofalcohol or drugs in their blood. The figurerises to 40 per cent when pedestrians areanalysed.

Even the smallest amount of alcohol ordrugs can affect driving ability and so, de-spite Spain having considerably lower maxi-mum limits than countries such as the UK,the best advice is always zero consumptionbefore getting behind the wheel.

If you want some-thing changed in

your Community, put theissue on the formal Agen-da for the AGM, discussit, and vote on it.

In the case of lockedfire exits, we find a con-

flict between safety andsecurity.

A locked exit is uselessin an emergency but toomany doors can allow ac-cess to unwanted persons.

You may find that localbuilding regulations re-quire the doors to beopen.

I LIVE in an apartment complex ofmore than 200 units on nine floors.

There are eight entrances with elevators andstairwells to the roof and underground park-ing areas.

There are no notices of an evacuation planand by order of the President, all fire doorsto the roof and to parking areas are perma-nently locked.

An exit to the pool area is also locked af-ter 11pm to prevent use of the pool by holi-daymakers. This leaves only one exit doorfor 27 or 36 apartments.

Our Administrators have raised my safetyconcerns with the President but he isadamant the fire exits are locked at all times.Is there an alternative course of action?

L.T. (Costa Blanca)

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Alcohol and drugstests out in force

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I DECIDED to go to Gibraltar to watch thesnooker of which I’m a great fan. I set off onmy journey and as I got on to the road downto the delightful A7, which used to be theN340, I remembered someone once said tome it was the most dangerous road in Europe.

My reply was: “How? It’s a pretty straightroad! The raving lunatics that use it are thedanger.” The lorry drivers that sit up your rearend because you are not going as fast as theywant. Plus the morons that pull out of the sliproads at 20 kilometres an hour.

This is the road which used to have a speedlimit of 120. That got changed to 80, for somereason to do with making people save fueland lives. They did this by putting new stick-ers of the 80 speed limit on the existing roadsigns and then, pretty quickly, changed themback! In some areas they couldn’t peel thenew stickers off so then had to put new ones,all very confusing and a waste of money!

Anyway, I’m going on my merry way andthen in front of me is the sight that is the baneof most driver’s lives here, the four abreastcyclists! They are all lycraed up as if they areon the Tour de France but, seriously, whyfour abreast? I do my normal cursing and sitbehind them for two miles until I can get past.

I finally get on the main road and decide togo on the toll road. I love that road. It’s likehaving your own personal highway and thereason it’s always empty is because most ofthe time the toll charge is ridiculously high,and you never know how much it’s going tobe from one week to the next.

Of course, I make the mistake of goingthrough the wrong bit. The bit that you haveto put the exact coins in and, of course I don’thave the exact amount. So the €3.10 toll nowcosts me €4! For someone like me that is ashopaholic money waster, paying 90 centsmore is like being robbed at gunpoint!!

Why on earth is it an odd amount? Whycan’t it be €3 or €4? If anyone knows, pleaselet me know at mikesenker@gmail.com.

Actually, let me know what makes yougrumpy and we can compare notes! In themeantime I’m going to try and have an un-grumpy Christmas and, if I don’t, you’ll behearing all about it!

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

Why on earth are tollroads odd amounts?

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

BEST ADVICE: Zero consumption before getting behind the wheel.

AT this time of year many expats arebusy with the preparations and en-joyment of two weeks of Spanish-style festivities stretching fromNochebuena (Christmas Eve), to LosReyes (The Three Kings), with theAño Nuevo (The New Year) in themiddle, but at the same time thereare three sets of plants that needsome care.

Firstly, those plants in windowboxes or pots to cheer up the front ofthe house. Typically these are poin-settias, cyclamens, mini roses, miniChristmas trees, crotons, kalenchoes,azaleas, chrysanthemums, pansiesand violas.

Many of these will have beengrown in hot houses and until a fewdays before delivery to garden cen-tres were used to almost continuoustray or drip feeding. So plant all ofthese in a moisture retaining com-post mix and water them once ortwice a week to keep the compostdamp, especially if they are placedwhere they will receive sun for mostof the day.

If you have a box of the very use-ful TerraCottem water retainingsoil/compost improvement gel makeuse of it.

Secondly, do visit the greenhouseand/or cold frame every few days asthese can get warm on sunny daysand cuttings and seedlings can irre-versibly dry out.

Also sprinkle around a few eco-logical snail pellets because snails dolook for winter shelter, and just onesnail can cause havoc eating the

leaves of favourite cuttings for itsChristmas lunch.

Thirdly, emergent seedlings in thevegetable garden may still have shal-low roots so don’t let these dry out.

Fourthly, newly purchased houseplants, especially flowering ones,will need watching and timely water-ing. These will often have been used

to a hot house with a high humiditybut although living spaces in thehouse will be warm from log stovesor central heating the air will be drywith little humidity.

So check the dampness of compostevery two days and if it is starting todry out give the plant a watering andalso spray the leaves with a fine jet

water sprayer.‘Amaryllis enjoy sunny win-

dowsills’‘Hyacinths enjoy cool rather than

hot conditions’Christmas gifts may be any of the

plants listed earlier plus bulbs. Theseare best placed on a regularly usedcovered terrace and if brought inside,restrict the hours in a hot room.

Lastly, if tender potted plants havebeen kept on open or covered ter-races, or around the front porch for aChristmas effect, do now give themprotection from the possibility offreezing winds and heavy frost dur-ing January, February and earlyMarch.

‘My annual temporary winter plas-tic greenhouse’

I line a metal gazebo with a largesheet of plastic hoisted up over anold plastic table top, and tied backwith lengths of wood to create a se-cure temporary green house foraround 50 plants.

In fact the cold house gets quitewarm, so the door is opened up oncea week and if things are drying outthe inside is lightly hosed with a finejet of water.

Happy year end best wishes to allour readers and do keep all those

plants alive.© Dick Handscombe

www.gardenspain.com December 2015.

Looking after plants over ChristmasMANY people are busy with festive preparations, but don’t forget the plants need care too

Dick Handscombe

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

TIPS: On how to care for your house and garden plants.

WILTING supermarketbasil on the windowsill isone of life’s great consisten-cies, but it doesn’t have tobe that way.

Few realise that a pot ofbasil is not one plant but ac-tually a tight gathering ofaround 20 odd seedl ings,which makes i t look ful land vibrant.

Ultimately, however, theseedlings will start to fightone another for space andnutrients, soon leaving themall wil t ing in an apt

metaphor for the humanrace.

To solve this puzzle, takeout the clump of plants anddivide into four, weed outthe weakest seedlings andkeep just five strong onesper clump.

Plant each of the fourclumps in their own individ-ual pot with a soi l -basedpot t ing mix. Generouslydowse them in water, andleave them in a prime spotin the sunlight and reap therewards later.

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GRADUALLY introduce changes in yourdog’s routine as soon as you know a babyis on the way. If a dog does not connectthe changes with the baby’s arrival, it hasless reason to be jealous.

Here are a few changes to introduce.1. Your dog should not be the centre of

attention at all times, and should not siton your lap, (if at all) only when invitedby you.

2. Get your dog used to being awayfrom you, sometimes in another room, oran indoor kennel, never in the nursery.

3. Take a refresher course at a trainingschool, and think about practice walkswith the pram, it can be trickier than itsounds!

4. Check with your vet about caninehygiene and worming.

When your baby is born your dog maybe left for hours while you are in hospital,

or upset by the excitement if you are athome. Arrange for someone the dogknows to look after and walk them.

It is an old wives’ tale that letting yourdog drink breast milk or play with dirtynappies will help your dog and baby tobecome friends, but sending home a blan-ket that the baby has slept on may helpyour dog to get used to the baby’s scent.

When you come home let someoneelse hold your baby while you greet yourdog, introduce them later when he iscalm.

Do not try to keep your dog and babycompletely apart, you won’t be able to

keep it up! Teach them both to interactcalmly and gently, no licking by the dogor grabbing by the child.

Never ever leave dogs alone with ba-bies or young children. Shut your dogout of the room or pop the baby in a se-cure playpen. This applies every timeyou use the bathroom, answer the dooror phone, or have a meal.

It is not a matter of ‘trust’. Toddlerscan accidentally injure or alarm dogs (egby falling on them) and startled dogs mayreact impulsively, lashing out or biting.

Your dog may have to wait in thequeue for love but they still need you.

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How to help your dogprepare for your new babyCHANGES in your pet’s routine should be introduced before your child arrives

WHEN choosing a pet-sitter itgoes without saying that youneed to look for experience,and someone who has an affec-tion and will cherish your ani-mals. But does it have to be justone pet-sitter? Have you con-sidered hosting a pet-friendlyfamily who have experiencepet-sitting? There are advan-tages.

Originally from Canada,Makai and his parents startedtravelling the world about ninemonths ago. Both parents haveportable careers and decided topack up and find a way to makean extended adventure as afamily. The way they make thisaffordable is they house-sit andpet-sit as they go from place toplace.

Makai loves the pets, he isgood with animals and both heand his parents now have near-

ly a year’s solid experiences ofcaring for all kinds of domesti-cated pets from dogs, cats andrabbits to hens and donkeys.

For most of the day timehours they manage his school-ing online and the break timesare spent with the animals. Theroutine is a regular structure totheir day, and they flex accord-ing to the pet owners’ requestsregarding the pet-specific re-quirements.

Their favourite house-sittingassignment to date was to carefor two small dogs on the CostaAlmeria in Spain. They hadtwo adorable dogs to care forand were only a five minutewalk from the beach duringMay and June. What an idealintroduction to life in Spain.

House-sitting can be a winwin for both homeowner andhouse-sitter.

The benefits of hosting a petfriendly family

To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.comor call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508

AT 117 dog years Jack the YorkshireTerrier from Hartlepool has roared in-to the record books as the oldest dogin Britain, and the eighth oldest ca-nine across the whole world.

Celebrating his 26th birthday (in hu-man years) on December 16, Jack isstill in fine form, despite sufferingfrom arthritis, and is still a cheekychappy according to owner Ray Bunn.

Now some of you may be wonder-ing how 26 human years adds up toJack’s epic 117, after all isn’t the ra-tio seven to one?

Actually this peculiar rule of thumbis far from accurate because dogs agequicker than humans in their earlydays, and slower in their later years.Smaller breeds also tend to livelonger than their larger cousins.

To give you an idea of what thismeans, smaller dogs like Jack willbe 15 in dog years in their first hu-man year, about 26 in their fifth hu-man year, and 56 in their 10th hu-man year.

Old Jack, however, is off thecharts, which usually stop at around16 human years. So congratulationsJackie boy. Long may you rove.

A Yorkshire terrier is in therecord books as the oldest dogin Britain at 117 years old

MAKAI: Posing with dog walking charges.

CHANGES: If introduced early mean your dog has less reason to be jealous.

A MALLORCA based pair, AndrewTurton and Peter Ceglinski havecome up with an innovative ideawhich they hope will help to cleanup the waters in marinas in particu-lar and give them a decent financialreturn.

The invention, known as theSeabin is an automated rubbish binthat catches floating rubbish, oil, fu-el and detergents.

It is designed for floating docks inthe water of marinas, private pon-toons, inland waterways, residentiallakes, harbours, water ways, portsand yacht clubs or it can be fitted tothe ever growing fleets of supery-achts.

According to their website, “mari-nas, ports and yacht clubs are theperfect place to start helping cleanthe oceans. There are no huge openocean swells or storms inside the

marinas; it’s a relatively controlledenvironment.

“The wind and currents are con-stantly moving the floating debrisaround in our oceans and in everyport, marina or yacht club there isalways some pollution, heavy areasbased on the predominant wind andcurrent directions.

“By working with these marinas,ports and yacht clubs they can locatethe Seabin in the perfect place andMother Nature brings us the rubbishto catch i t . Sure we can’t catcheverything right now, but it’s a real-ly positive start.

“The Seabin is situated at the wa-ter’s surface and is plumbed into ashore based water pump on thedock. The water gets sucked into theSeabin bringing all floating debrisand floating liquids into the Seabin.

We catch all the floating debris in-side the Seabin and the water thenflows out through the bottom of the

bin and into the pump on the dock.“The water then flows through the

pump where we have the option ofinstalling an oil/water separator andclean water then flows back into theocean. This process is constant, op-erating 24 hours a day, seven days aweek, 365 days a year.”

As with so many new projects,whilst the idea is good and the pro-totype is seen to work, funding andexposure are the two most importantthings for them now.

They at tended the huge MET-STRADE show in Amsterdam to de-but their project and attracted somesignificant interest and they are nowtrying to raise addit ional fundsthrough crowdfunding which can beapproached through their websitewww.seabinproject.com.

It is reported that their home base,Mallorca has shown some interest inthe project and may test Seabin nextyear.

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MARINA WATERS: The Seabin has been designed to catch floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents. London BoatShow arrivalsTWO spectacular yachts, the Princess 60 and Princess V58Open, made their way along the Thames on their way to EX-CEL London in preparation for the London Boat Show whichopens on January 8 and runs until January 17, 2016. Once theboats arrive there, a crane will lift the motor yachts out of thewater so they can be placed on the back of lorries for trans-portation to the Show.

HAILED as one of the great-est yachts of her day withthree wins in the Rolex Syd-ney Hobart Yacht Race, in1979 when known as Bum-blebee IV and then as Raga-muffin in 1988 and 1990, thisgrand old lady of yachting hasbeen working as part of acharter fleet in Queenslandbut is now returning to com-petition.

On Boxing Day, spectatorswill see the 36-year-old yachtmake her hopefully tri-umphant return to the RolexSydney Hobart Yacht Race asshe gracefully sets sail bring-ing back so many memoriesof one of the great eras of thisremarkable race.

Now known as Maxi Raga-muffin, she was purchasedand renovated by Keith Batt,the CEO of Nant (Whisky)Distilling Company at a costof something in the region ofone million Australian dollars(€660,000) and although heoriginally wanted to just spon-

sor a yacht in the race, whenhe discovered that this was forsale, he immediately changedhis plan.

The vessel will carry twobarrels of whisky during thejourney, in keeping withwhisky manufacturing tradi-tion as this supposedly helpsto mature and colour thewhisky. No doubt wherevershe finishes in the race, therewill be a limited edition ofbottles taken from these twobarrels which should appeal tolovers of whisky and sailorsalike.

According to her boat man-ager and skipper GrahamEaton. “She’s been fullystripped and rebuilt from stemto stern,” Eaton says “Wetook 95 per cent of the deckgear off. All the winches werestripped and we found that 50to 90 per cent of each winchhad to be rebuilt and therewere no spare parts availableanymore. Everything had tobe custom made in Sydney.”

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KEEPING the illusive ‘barnfind’ romance alive, a realgem has been found in Al-abama, USA, and is nowexpected to generate a smallfortune at auction in Janu-ary.

She doesn’t look much af-ter nearly a half century inan old barn, but neverthe-less, there are great expecta-t ions for the old girl . Thevaluation price of the car isest imated at between$150,000 and $180,000(more than €150,000).

The reason for the highcost is that there were onlyabout 500 of these monstersproduced, of which only asmall minority have beenkept running.

The car is a DodgeCharger Daytona, the spe-cial version which was pro-duced in 1968-69.

As the name suggests, thecar was designed to have agreat career on Americanracetracks, but despite

the streamlined design andthe huge wing, it failed tobeat Ford in the end, whotook the NASCAR title bothyears.

I t s t i l l has the or iginalDodge 440 Magnum V8 en-gine, and according to theclock, i t had only doneabout 33,000 kilometres be-fore it was stored and for-

got ten about in the mid-1970s.

According to the auctionhouse Mecum, the car wasoriginally bought by a localjudge in Alabama, who gaveit to his wife. One carefullady owner eh! Don’t youjust love those ‘barn find’stories?

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ITV have come into the fray ofmotoring shows with the an-nouncement that they are aboutto launch a show to rival TopGear.

The Drive, as it will becalled, will see celebrities linedup against one another on thetrack, where they will competeagainst the clock to become thetop driver. The winners willthen fight it out to be the serieschamp in a grand finale.

One of the stars who hassigned for the new show is for-mer model and TV presenterMelinda Messenger. She toldThe Daily Star she wasn’t al-ways the best driver: “On myfirst driving lesson I almosttook a slip road to the motor-way by mistake, which resultedin lots of shouting. The instruc-tor asked me to swap seats.”

A source said: “Think TopGear’s ‘Star in a reasonablypriced car’, and that’s Drive.But ours is more like stars in avery expensive car.”

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A ONE-OF-A-KIND LandRover Defender sold for arecord £400,000 (€549,224) ata prestigious charity auction atBonhams, from which all pro-ceeds are being donated toLand Rover’s humanitarianand conservation partners.This is thought to be the mostvaluable production LandRover ever to be sold at auc-tion.

As the world bids a fondfarewell to the classic LandRover Defender, fans of the

iconic offroader are clickinglike mad to see a new film cel-ebrating one of the world’smost recognisable vehicles.

The film was commissionedto celebrate the global automo-tive icon and to promote thecharity auction of the Defender2,000,000, which took place atBonhams headquarters in Lon-don on December 16, where itsold for £400,000 (€549,224).

The film is called ‘Fromproduction to auction, the De-fender 2,000,000 journey’, andmarks the event as Land Roverambassadors and well-known

fans of De-fender visitedthe Solihullproduction line tohelp build the De-fender 2,000,000.

Funds from the saleof this vehicle will be going toLand Rover supported chari-ties, International Federationof Red Cross and Red Cres-cent Societies (IFRC) and theBorn Free Foundation.

ONE of the most recognised vehicles

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CAR: An iconicoffroader.

FOND FAREWELL: To theLand Rover Defender.

You can see the film by following this link: http://www.landrover.com/above-and-beyond/celebrate-defender/2-million-vehicles.html

AUCTION: Car is expectedto generate a small fortune.

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TRADITIONALLY over theChristmas period, millions ofsupporters attend varioussporting events – and 2015 willbe no different to any other yearwith football, cricket, rugby andhorse racing among the manypastimes which will be wellattended from now until the endof the month.

FOOTBALL – Over thefestive season, there are fullprogrammes of Premiership,Championship, Leagues 1 and2, Scottish and Conferencefootball matches.

• On Boxing Day, PL leadersLeicester visit Liverpool beforetaking on Manchester City whostart their holiday fixtures with ahome game against lowlySunderland.

• High-placed Arsenal travelto Southampton and then playin-form Bournemouth at TheEmirates; Manchester United(booed off after losing at hometo Norwich last Saturday) go toStoke before welcomingChelsea, who sacked JoséMourinho last Thursday, sevenmonths after winning the title,and placed former boss GuusHiddink in temporary charge.The reigning champions startthe festive season with a homegame against in-form Watfordwho walloped Liverpool 3-0last Sunday.

• Bottom club Aston Villaplay West Ham (H) andNorwich (A), Newcastleentertain Everton and then visitWBA while Sunderland also

have to play at Anfield.• The top Championship

games on December 26/28 arefirstly Blackburn v leadersMiddlesbrough, Brentford-Brighton (whose record 21-match unbeaten run ended lastweekend), Derby-Fulham andHull-Burnley, followed byBrighton-Ipswich, Leeds-Derby, Middlesbrough-Sheffield Wednesday and PNE-Hull. In Leagues 1 and 2, the topmatches are Bradford City-Burton, Coventry-Port Vale,Oxford-Exeter and Walsall-Peterborough, while in Scotlandit’s Hearts-Celtic, Rangers-Hibsand Annan-Clyde.

• Tottenham Hotspur willhave a new ground by August2018. The capacity will be61,080 (bigger than TheEmirates) and will cost £400m,

with another £275m being spenton adjoining facilities, including600 flats, a museum, medicalcentre, numerous shops andrestaurants.

• Barcelona won their fifthtrophy of 2015 by lifting theWorld Club Cup, defeatingRiver Plate 3-0 in Yokohama.

• Ex-Fulham star, CoventryCity manager, footballinnovator and BBC Match ofthe Day presenter Jimmy Hillhas died aged 87. He gave me atrial with Sky Blues in the mid-1960s. RIP

CRICKET – The first Testbetween South Africa andEngland starts in Durban onBoxing Day… the second Testbetween Australia and the WestIndies will commence inMelbourne… and New Zealandface Sri Lanka in Christchurch.

RUGBY UNION – DylanHartley will captain England inthe 2016 Six Nationstournament and over theholiday period, the top Aviva PLgames are Exeter-Sale andLeicester-Newcastle, followedby Bath-Worcester, Harle-quins-Gloucester and Wasps-Saracens.

TENNIS - Andy Murray,who is retaining AmelieMauresmo as his coach, maypull out of the Australian Open

in Melbourne next month, if hiswife goes into premature labour.Heather Watson has split withher coach Diego Veronelli andRoger Federer will partnerMartina Hingis in the mixeddoubles at the Rio Olympicsnext summer.

HORSE RACING – Mytips for the King George VIChase at Kempton Park onBoxing Day are SilviniacoConti and Cue Card with DonPoli the outsider

CONGRATULATIONS –Last Sunday Andy Murray wascrowned BBC SportsPersonality of the Year; Team ofthe Year was GB’s Davis Cuptennis squad; gymnast EllieDownie was Young SportsPersonality for 2015; Kiwirugby star Dan Carter took the‘Overseas’ top prize; NI’ssoccer boss Michael O’Neillwas Coach of the Year andjockey Tony McCoy waspresented with a LifetimeAchievement Award. Otherawards went to DamienLindsay (unsung hero) andyoung Bailey Matthews (HelenRollason award winner).

CHRISTMASFOOTBALL FACTS

• In 1955, Numancia andLugo drew 6-6 here in Spain.

• Lee Holmes was 15 whenhe made his debut for Derby in2002.

• Newcastle scored 16 goalsagainst Merseyside clubs in1933, beating Everton 7-3 andLiverpool 9-2.

• In 1927, Luton ledNorthampton 5-0 at half-time in a League game;final score Luton 5Northampton 6.

• In 1962, Oldham beatSouthport 11-0 - the biggestever Fourth Division win.

• 20,851 fans saw the lastLeague game played on

Christmas Day when Blackpoolbeat Blackburn 4-2 in 1965.

• Leicester were bottom ofthe PL 12 months ago; nowthey’re top!And with that I would like towish everyone a very Happy

Christmas

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

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José departs, Foxes top dogs,United booed off, Test returns

WORLD CLUB CUPCHAMPIONS: Fifthtrophy forBarcelona.

INSPIRING: Andy Murray voted BBC SportsPersonality of the Year.

ACTION-PACKED line-up of sport for the festive period

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THE recent 27th annual Pinmargolf event at Son Gual, Mallor-ca’s number-one golf destina-tion, raised more than €65,000for charity.

More than 330 golfers tookpart in the two-day event,which was won by a team fromthe 61m motor yacht Mylin IV.And almost 700 people attend-ed the prize-giving and galadinner at Pueblo Español, aswell as the ‘after party’ atPacha.

This year’s contribution takesthe total contributed to charityin the 27 years of the event to astaggering €765,000. Proceedsfrom the event will be split be-tween charities determined bythe winning team and the or-

ganiser Pinmar, the super-yachtfinishing specialist, and thesewill include Joves Navegants,Handisports, Tyume ValleySchools, Allen Graham 4 Kidz,Sail 4 Cancer, Serve-on andmany more.

Pinmar’s company secretaryNick Entwisle, said: “Onceagain, the Son Gual course wasin perfect condition despitevery heavy rain the day beforethe tournament, and as always,the wonderful Son Gual stafflooked after us with their habit-ual care and attention to de-tail.”

This is the sixth year thatPinmar has hosted its annualcharity fundraiser at Golf SonGual.

Charity windfall follows Pinmar

Dylan Hartley will captain England in the 2016 Six Nations tournament. He wasdropped from the World Cup after being banned for a head-butt.

FUNDRAISER: The 27th Pinmar golf event took place at Son Gual, Mallorca’s number-one golf destination.