ISSUE NO. 1574 3 - 9 September 2015 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMMALLORCA

34.19 PER CENT of self-employedworkers are women

Balearic Island sisters aredoing it for themselves

The economic empowerment ofwomen across the world is oneof the most remarkable revolu-tions of the past 50 years.

This is echoed by the latestfigures which reveal that almost34.2 per cent of self-employedworkers in the Balearic Islands arewomen.

The national average is 34 per

cent of the total of 1.7 million self-employed workers in Spain, ac-cording to a survey.

The sector with most self-em-ployed women is healthcare, with72 per cent of the total.

Women account for 63 per centof hairdressers and 54 per cent inthe education sector, but only 7 percent in transport and 15 per cent inthe agricultural sector.

By Steve Walsh

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PALMA Local Police seized 600 boot-leg items from three beachfront shops.

The police were alerted by a passer-by that forged brand name goods werebeing sold.

Once this was confirmed, the shopowners were charged wi th cr imesagainst industrial property.

Meanwhile, Palma City Hall has an-nounced that i t wi l l offer t ra in ingcourses for ‘ looky- looky’ men tomake it easier for them to get a legaljob.

The councillors for Citizen Safety,Angelica Pastor, and for the PalmaBeach district, Llorenç Carrio, metwith illegal itinerant salesmen, as wellas police and members of Catholiccharity Caritas.

I t was suggested that agreementscould be reached with local businesses

to offer them work. They were re-minded that what they do is i l legaland asked to avoid confrontation withthe police who are only doing their

job. They were also reminded that it isillegal for children under 18 to be of-fering services such as hair braidingon the seafront promenade.

Illegal goods areseized in PalmaBEACHFRONT shops were selling forged brand name goods

A DRUNK driver left the seafront promenade inPalma in darkness after crashing into a lamppost ataround 6am. The man, in his 60’s, was three timesover the legal alcohol limit and had already crashedinto a parked car before that and fled the scene. Hewas attended to by paramedics and arrested by Lo-cal Police.

PALMA City Hall has askedresidents to help prevent tigermosquitoes from breeding byremoving water from aroundplant pots after watering andnot leaving down drinking

water for animals. They areexpected to remain in someareas of the city until the endof November, the councillorfor Health and Consumption,Antonia Martin, explained.

Prevent mossies

Darkness falls

A VUELING flight carrying150 people from Asturias toPalma de Mallorca abortedtake-off after the pilot andsome passengers detected aproblem with the aircraft.

Passengers report hearing aloud bang as if the planehad hit something althoughit was more likely to be aproblem with the engine,the company reported.

Flight aborted

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BOOTLEG ITEMS: Police were alerted to forged goods being sold.

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Missing teen Called boyfriend

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl whohad been reported missingfrom the Alborada centrefor minors in Sineu on Au-gust 3 was located byGuardia Civil in Son Gotleuafter calling her boyfriendto ask him to tell themwhere she was.

Tourist foundLost in the dark

A GERMAN tourist wasrescued by Mallorca FireDepartment’s MountainTeam in the Torrent dePareis area. He was near saCalobra but had lost his wayin the dark and was exhaust-ed.

Brothel burns No-one injured

FIREMEN were called toextinguish a blaze in thebasement of the abandonedMustang Ranch brothel inPalma. In Port d’Alcudiathe kitchen of a third-floorapartment was damaged byfire but no-one was injured.

Mystery fall From third floor

A MAN, 35, was seriouslyinjured after falling from athird-floor apartment in Pal-ma. After being attended atthe scene by paramedics hewas taken to Son EspasesHospital. National Policeare investigating how hefell.

Rats come out Sewers filled

FOLLOWING complaints,Palma City Hall has saidthat the population of ratshas not increased but recentrains filling the sewers withwater has caused many ofthem to come out into theopen.

Strike‘abusive’ Before school startsTHE Balearic Family Poli-cies Institute has asked forthe Government Delegationto declare the indefinitestrike called by the region’steachers illegal and say it is“abusive” for it to continuejust days before term starts.

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A NATIONAL POLICE officerwas attacked at Son EspasesHospital when preventing a 32-year-old inmate from stranglinga nurse.

The events took place at thePsychiatric Department of the

hospital’s Detainees’ Unit. TheSenegalese man, who is servingprison time until 2021 for vio-lent robberies and causing bodi-ly harm, had previously exhibit-ed violent behaviour both inprison and at the hospital,

where earlier last month hewrecked a room.

Apparently, doctors decidedto remove his restraints so hecould sleep. He then launchedhimself at a nurse who came in-to the room, attempting to

strangle her.She screamed for help and

the policeman entered theroom, where the inmate kickedhim, sending him flying severalmetres and causing him to hithis head on the door. He was

knocked unconscious and hispartner managed to prevent afurther attack and alert doctors.

At the time of writing, thepoliceman remained in a criti-cal condition under sedation inthe Intensive Care Unit.

Policeman critical after violent attack

A monster masterpiecelives in Puerto BanusTHE iconic sculpture was created by master of surrealism, Salvador Dali

BASED on an etching published 500years ago in 1515 by the Germanartist Albrecht Dürer, the statue‘Rinoceronte vestido con puntillas’(Rhinoceros dressed in lace) by themaster of surrealism, Spain’s ownSalvador Dali, is on permanent dis-play at the entrance to Puerto Banuson the Costa del Sol.

Donated to the town by a busi-nessman to commemorate the cente-nary of Dali’s birth, the three-tonstatue was created in the 1950s fol-lowing completion of his film abouta ‘lacemaker and the rhinoceros’.

As is to be expected with any Dalicreation, the sculpture has a numberof meanings. However, apart fromrecognising the perfection of Dürer’swork, it refers to sex in the form ofthe rhino’s horn, femininity is repre-sented by lace, and power signifiedby his favourite food, the sea urchin,which appears in many of Dali’sworks as a symbol of perfect cre-ation.

According to Dali, the way to cre-ate perfect art was for the artist to eat36 sea urchins one or two days be-fore the full moon, then after a longsiesta, he should sit before a blankcanvas until it got too dark to see.

By John Smith

MONSTER GREETING: Dali’s three-ton rhinoceros accompanied by sea urchins.

“This is not like the rainthat falls from the sky

without us knowing exact-ly why. No. For this, there

are reasons. Spain is experi-encing economic growth.”

LGBT profitSPAIN is the biggest European des-tination for gay and lesbian tourists,according to new research from in-ternational investment firm LGBTCapital. The company’s globalstudy found that the market brings€6.04 billion per year to Spain.

Gays spend billions

Mariano Rajoy, President of Spain,during a speech in Pontevedra.

€20mis the price at auction for Dali’sportrait of poet Paul Eluard. Itis the highest price paid so farfor a surrealist work of art, al-though many of the most fa-

mous Dali paintings are in mu-seums and art galleries. Whilst avery impressive figure, it doesn’tcome anywhere near two paint-

ings by Pablo Picasso whichhave both sold for more than

€100 million.

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THE weekend with most air traffic at SonSant Joan Airport, with 3,300 flights and548,000 passengers, saw 150 flights de-layed. Between 7am and 8pm last Sunday,73 departures from Palma and 77 arrivals inthe city were delayed, and over the week-end 37 flights in total were delayed formore than one hour.

The worst delay was a Condor flightfrom Frankfurt which left Germany sixhours late.

Saturday was the busiest day, with 964flights in total and 160.458 passengers. Theflights which suffered most delays withinSpain were those connecting to Ibiza.

The first two days of September were al-so extremely busy, with 1,358 flights and230,472 passengers.

Meanwhile, the three companies incharge of handling at the airport, Globalia,Iberia and Acciona are reportedly in themiddle of a price war attempting to attractas many airlines to hire their services aspossible. Their services include luggage as-sistance, runway operations, loading and

transporting luggage.Unions complain that prices are being

brought down by up to 50 per cent. Theminimum set by airport authority AENA is€1,300 per flight and some years it hasreached as much as €3,000. Putting prices

down is feared to have a knock-on effect forthe working conditions of the companies’employees. Union representatives say theonly ones to benefit from it are the airlines,but that AENA must make sure that qualityand working conditions are maintained.

By Staff Reporter

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY flights were delayed

POLITICAL party Mes perMallorca has offered to takein refugees in the townswhere it is in power.

Mes per Mallorca wil lsuggest that Inca Town Hall

accepts refugees from Syriaor from other countries incr is is , according to howmany can be placed. Calvia,Andratx and other towns al-so plan to join the motion.

The party has criticisedSpain’s “lack of interest inproviding an answer to thehumanitarian emergency.”

Som Palma and PodemPalma have also suggested

that Palma become a ci tyopen to Syrian refugeesheading to Europe, and havecri t ic ised the EuropeanUnion’s handling of the cur-rent migrant crisis.

Mallorca opens door to refugees

Busiest weekend bringslong waits at the airport

SON SANT JOAN:Saturday was the busiestday with 964 flights.

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MANY families had to request help from social services

A R C H A E O L O G I S T Sworking at the Talaies deCan Jordi site in Santanyihave found a completeskele ton of a woman in asquatting position.

The skeleton, believed tobelong to a woman between25 and 35, was found in anatural cavity in the rockwhich was located outsideof the wal l surroundingwhat was believed to be asettlement of the late pre-historic era.

The exact date wi l l beconfirmed with carbon dat-ing techniques.

The body was probablywrapped in a shroud whereher feet were crossed andpointing west.

She would have beencovered wi th ear th andlime.

Also found wi th theskele ton were p ieces ofsheep or goat and ox.

Burials outside of the set-tlement are believed to sig-ni fy that the person hadfewer r ights than othermembers of the populationand has been seen before inother settlements in Mallor-ca.

FAMILIES in the Balear ic Is -lands spent an average €28,753throughout 2014.

This is more than the averagefor Spain (€27,038) making theregion’s expendi ture the f i f thhighest with the Basque Countryleading the way with €31,829,and Extremadura at the oppositeend of the scale, with €23,036.

However, according to theBalearic Department for SocialServices and Cooperat ion, in2014, 32,722 families on the is-lands had to request help fromtheir local social services depart-ments and chari t ies to requesthelp, in many cases financial.

More than 22,000 of the fami-lies were in Mallorca.

The number of requests forhelp dealt with in 2014 was 20.75per cent higher than the previousyear and in 2015 the figure is ex-pected to rise again.

Meanwhile, the Balearic Gov-ernment has announced that€72,000 wi l l be des t ined th isyear to help young pregnantwomen and young families withno income.

The money wi l l go to socia lservices which have centres andcarry out activities to help suchgroups.

Balearic families spend€28,753 each in 2014

By Steve Walsh

AVERAGE SPEND: In the Balearics is more than the average for Spain.

Skeleton foundduring a dig

Matas ‘rigged Son Espases contract’THE former health councillor for the Balearic Government, Aina Castillo, admitted to judgeJose Castro that the contract to build Son Espases Hospital was rigged. She says the formerPresident of the Regional Government, Jaume Matas, made sure the contract was given tocompany OHL. This backs up statements she gave before police and the anti-corruption prose-cutor Pedro Horrach in April 2014, when she said while she was councillor between 2003 and2007 she received orders to make sure the contract was awarded to companies led by OHL.

TWO men were arrested inPalma for robbing the barwhere they work.

They a l legedly forced

open the door, partially de-stroyed the premises, threwa television screen on thefloor and stole €400 fromthe t i l l , the owner ex-

plained. Also in Palma, a man

was rescued from the seaafter the engine of his sev-en-metre- long boat ex-ploded when he was aboutto moor in the port.

He did not require med-ical treatment and the firedid not spread. Local Po-lice, Guardia Civil, fire-men and paramedics a t -tended the scene.

BOTH women were thrust into the monar-chy, yet each served for over 23,000 days.

Queen Victoria’s reign lasted 63 yearsand 216 days but on September 9, 2015,Queen Elizabeth II will pass that milestoneto become Britain’s longest reigningmonarch. Separated by more than a century,the two women have much in common.

Born in 1819, just four short years afterthe Battle of Waterloo, Victoria was the on-ly daughter of the Duke of Kent, fourth sonof George III.

She would have had no expectation of in-heriting the monarchy but for the fact thather father died soon after she was born andhis three older brothers had no legitimatechildren. Suddenly at the age of just 18,Victoria was Queen and Empress.

Like Victoria, Princess Elizabeth had noexpectation of becoming Queen. Her uncleEdward VIII was the oldest child of GeorgeV and was the heir apparent. With his abdi-cation in 1936, however, her father GeorgeVI became King and she became next inline. Her father was only 56 when he diedand Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at

the relatively young age of 25.Similarly, as they reached such august

ages, both women’s sons and heirs had avery long wait to accede to the throne. KingEdward VII was 59 before he became Kingand Prince Charles will be 67 later this year.

With the birth of Prince George, theBritish monarchy is in the unusual positionof having three direct heirs to the thronewith Prince Charles, Prince William andPrince George.

Her Majesty has no special plans for Sep-tember 9 and will be undertaking normalduties, booked for some time.

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ENDURING MONARCH: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

It’s business as usual onQueen’s historic dayQUEEN ELIZABETH II will celebrate milestone on September 9

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Womangets dataremovedTHE Spanish Data ProtectionAgency (AEPD) has orderedthe Balearic Government, An-dratx Town Hall and Google toremove negative informationregarding a Mallorca womanfrom the internet.

The woman’s name waslinked to traffic fines, embar-goes and other warnings, in of-ficial edicts and documents.

She went to the regionalgovernment and the town hall,the courts and Google to askfor negative data to be re-moved as it could stop herfrom getting a job.

CALVIA Mayor, Alfonso Rodriguez, spokewith the Island’s Territory and Infrastructurescouncillor, Mercedes Garrido, regarding someof the town’s needs.

He thanked her for her interest and told herthat one of the main problems is the need forsound barriers at the sides of part of the Andratxmotorway. Residents in the Costa den Blanes

area have complained of the noise. A formalrequest to study the problem will be made.

It was also agreed that the department willhelp Calvia to promote the Finca de Galatzo asthe entrance to the Serra de Tramuntana inhopes of it being declared a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site. One of the plans proposed is toconnect Calvia to the Pedra en Sec Route via theproperty and create a mountain refuge from theexisting structures.

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Tonnes ofrubbish onBaleariccoasts

By Staff Reporter

Calvia requests helpRESIDENETS have complained of the noise

TOWN’S NEEDS: Discussed the need for sound barriers.

A TONNE of rubbish has beencollected every day in Augustalong the coastlines of theBalearic Islands.

This is 40 per cent more thanthe same month in 2014, ac-cording to the Head of Environ-mental Education, Quality andRefuse, Sebastia Sanso.

Thermal winds have causedmore plastic to be blown to theshores, as well as wood and or-ganic waste, he explained, dur-ing an event held by Escola Vi-va, which works withdisadvantaged children, when a34-kilo sea turtle was releasedin Pollensa Port. It was found inPortopetro in June caught inplastic. It has been cared for atPalma Aquarium, which workswith the Environmental Coun-cil, and one of its flippers hadto be amputated.

The event aimed to teachchildren the importance oflooking after the coastline.

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Turning negatives into positives

MARIA WILSON is a force tobe reckoned with. Having sur-vived cancer on numerous occa-sions, she has turned what weresome of the darkest days of herlife in to a positive experienceas she helps others with theirown cancer battles and throwsherself into her fundraising ef-forts as President of the AECC,(Asociation Espanola Contra elCancer,) Orihuela Costa branch.

It was in 2010 when Mariadiscovered she had another bat-tle on her hands but she believessomeone was watching over herthe day she decided to go for amammogram test.

Being at Torrevieja Hospitalin February 2010 for another ap-pointment, she put her namedown for a mammogram.“Something inside me said to doit and I filled in the form andthank God I did,” she recalled.

Within days she was calledfor the test which found a lumpand very quickly she was havinga biopsy and being told lumpshad been found in three placesand that she had an aggressiveform of cancer.

The news was hard to digestfor Maria, who said there wasno history of breast cancer inher family, and had already bat-tled cancer over 20 years beforewhen she spent two years fight-ing the disease and learning towalk again as a tumour was re-moved from her buttock anduterus.

She underwent chemotherapyand radiotherapy followingsurgery to remove her breast. “Itwas a long process and I had tolearn to live with it psychologi-cally. I was having regular catscans when my tumour of 20years ago was found to be grow-

ing bigger. It was a secondary cancerwhich had lain dormant but had grown16cm in a year.” Facing chemo onceagain, she admitted: “I was proud ofmy appearance and it was very hardfacing losing my hair again.”

Rather than dwelling on her condi-tion after undergoing cancer treatmentnot once, but three times, Maria threwherself into fundraising. She foundedMaria and The Pink Ladies, an army ofhard-working ladies, who raise fundsfor the AECC cancer charity, of whichMaria is now Orihuela Costa BranchPresident, which helps fund their re-search and early screening pro-grammes.

Since 2010, Maria and The Pink

Ladies have raised more than€220,000. Maria joked that she nowworked harder than she did when shehad a full-time job, but her dedicationto the cause has also acted as a form of

therapy. “The charity work has helpedme to not dwell on my own problems,but I am human and there are timeswhen it does affect me emotionally andpsychologically but ultimately it makes

me stronger and I get satisfaction inknowing I’m helping others. The bestperiod of my life is now,” Maria said.

She continued: “When you areyounger, it is different; you want to en-joy life to the full but you are enjoyingit for yourself, it’s more selfish. Now Ifeel different and get a wider satisfac-tion in helping others. Even if I’m inpain, this is how I see my life, helpingothers and one day I’d like to write abook to help and inspire other womenwith cancer.”

In the next five years Maria is notgoing to rest on her laurels, she wantsto see the charity get bigger and betteras they work to raise funds and alsoawareness about early detection tests,including the mammogram screeningthat ultimately gave her an early diag-nosis of breast cancer and saved herlife.

However, she would also like to seeothers come forward, leading the chari-ty in her name perhaps as she finallygets round to writing the book that shedreams of whilst getting to travel more.

The work of Maria and the PinkLadies can be followed on their web-site at www.pinkladies.es

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Our Euro Womenseries is featuringwomen who havemade a success of theirlives in Spain. Theseoutstanding ladieshave been shatteringglass ceilings whetherin business, charitywork or sports.

Maria Wilson isdedicated to helpingcancer sufferers.

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured.As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.

Fact fileMaria and The

Pink Ladies haveraised more than

€220,000 forAECC cancer

charity

Name: Maria Wilson

Born: December 1947

Profession: President of the Asociation Espanola Contra el Cancer,

Orihuela Costa

Family: Married with one son and two stepchildren and six grandchildren

between us

Nature or Nurture: Both

From: Birmingham, UK

Now lives: Orihuela Costa

Pets: A dog

Languages spoken: English and Spanish

Book or TV: TV

Favourite programme: Soaps and films

What are your strengths: Passion and positivity and belief that it will happen

What are your weaknesses: I’m maybe too soft and can be very emotional

What do you like to do to relax and have fun: Going to the beach and having

pampering spa sessions.

A tireless and selfless campaigner for charitySURVIVOR: Maria Wilson has undergone cancer treatment three times and now throws herself into fundraising.

By Gemma Quinn

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FIVE of the 15 families evicted from a buildingin Pere Garau last month are being helped by themunicipal property rental service, Palma Habita-da.

Another five families will be receiving finan-cial aid to help them pay a deposit on a property,and the five remaining families are being put up

in public centres until they can be provided witha home.

Of the 60 people evicted, only 33 need to behelped by the City Hall. A social worker was as-signed to the cases and gave a response to eachindividual situation after the families complainedthat the council had abandoned them.

THE nationalist and left-wing powers in ManacorTown Hall have refused totake part in celebrations tomark the 300th anniversaryof the Balearic CaptaincyGeneral.

The town hall had beeninformed during the previ-ous term of office that con-certs with military musicwould be organised in Mal-lorca’s main towns as partof the anniversary celebra-tions.

It was sent by the head ofthe armed forces adminis-trative department in theBalearic Islands, RafaelBaena, suggesting a concertcould be held in Manacoron September 25.

However, the mayor,Miquel Oliver, respondedvery curtly in Catalan thatthe anniversary marks atime when the Balearic Is-lands lost much of theirpower following the War ofSuccession.

THE Balearic Governmentplans to promote a law to pro-tect the natural landscape.

The councillor for Territory,Energy and Mobility, JoanBoned, announced the planwhich also includes a project toreform the territorial law, andthe tourism and agriculturalboundaries.

The aim is to regulate territo-rial planning conditions to pre-serve and respect harmony.

No militaryconcerts

Council helps evicted families

Law plans to protectnatural landscapesBy Steve Walsh

AIM is to regulate planning conditions

Cabo Formentor, Mallorca.

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Street named afterpolice officerHE was well-liked by his colleagues and residents

THE mayor of Calvia, Alfon-so Rodriguez, unveiled aplaque to open Calle CaboGarcia.

He was accompanied byAntonia Sanchez, the widowof the Local Police officer,who joined the force in 1967and remained at the service ofthe town for 30 years.

He was well-liked by hiscolleagues and local residents,and the event was attended byother members of the counciland by Garcia’s friends, rela-tives and colleagues.

A MAN in his 50’s diedafter falling from a bridgein Calle Joan de Saridakisin Palma. National Policebelieve he committed sui-cide.

A man, 67, drowned inthe sea at Cala Bona, SonServera. He was found un-conscious in the water fol-lowing a heart attack.

In Palma, a tourist, 76,also drowned in the sea atbathing station number 6.In both cases l i feguardsand paramedics performedCPR to no avai l . Mean-while , in Cala Ferrera ,Manacor, a woman, 39,had an epileptic fit whilebathing and had to be res-cued by l i feguards. Shewas attended by a doctorand paramedics and takento Manacor Hospital.

PLAQUE UNVEILED: The mayor of Calvia, Alfonso Rodriguez attended.

By Steve Walsh

Man diesfallingfrombridge

A MAN, 43, died in an acci-dent on the Llucmajor toCampos road.

His van crashed head-oninto a car, and he died in-stantly. His body had to beextracted from the vehicle byfiremen.

The driver of the car wasslightly injured and taken to aclinic in Palma. Guardia Civildirected traffic following theaccident which caused sever-al kilometres of tailbacks.

In a separate incident, apostman, 50, who was hit bya van while carrying out his

deliveries in Andratx, died inSon Espases due to the seri-ous injuries he had sustained.

At almost the same time,in another part of the town, aLocal Police officer pa-trolling on a motorbike washit by a 4x4 vehicle on aroundabout. His injuries werenot serious and although hewas taken to a health centre,he was released almost im-mediately.

A motorcyclist was takento Son Espases Hospital withserious injuries after fell nearPalma Airport.

Head on crash onLlucmajor raod

Fishing season for‘llampuga’ beginsTHE fishing season for the Mahi-Mahi (known in Mallorca asllampuga) has started with 6,000 kilos caught in just two days.

It is one of the favourites with fishermen as prices are usuallygood, and the season will continue until the end of this year, ac-cording to the Council for the Environment, Agriculture andFishing. Four years ago, catches were limited to 200 kilos perboat, per day.

A JOINT operation by Na-tional Police and GuardiaCivil resulted in the arrestsof eight people involved inthree robberies in two daysin Mallorca.

Five of the detainees werecaught on a boat a t seawhen they were returning toIbiza af ter the robberies .Two more people were ar-

rested in Ibiza and one inMallorca.

They are charged with atleast 29 break-ins and arethought to have stolen morethan €1 million in jewelleryand cash.

In this operation, officersrecovered €150,000 andseized some of the toolsused in the robberies. They

deactivated alarms, madeholes in walls and ceilingsto enter premises and usedoxy-fuel cutters to break in-to safes.

They ran a security com-pany which allowed them toobtain information from ho-tels, restaurants and discosso that they could targetthem.

Robbers caught atsea in joint operationTHEY deactivated alarms and made holes in walls and ceilings to enter premises

ARRESTED: Eight people who were involved in three robberies in two days in Mallorca.

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GUARDIA CIVIL are investigating why a19-year-old British tourist was abandoned atthe boarding area of a tourist boat in Maga-luf.

The lifeguard at a nearby beach was alert-ed that the young man was unconscious onthe boardwalk, and had apparently takendrugs.

The lifeguard, who performed First Aidand called for help, said he was alerted by amember of the crew from a catamaranwhich is used to organise parties at sea.Guardia Civil launched a search for the peo-ple in charge of the boat.

Meanwhile, one of the victim’s friendshad to be calmed down by the officers as hewas aggressive towards members of the

emergency services. In a separate incident, a Senegalese resi-

dent of Capdepera, 45, was arrested for al-legedly selling drugs to tourists in the club-bing area of Cala Ratjada.

Locals had reported him and he was putunder surveillance.

He was stopped by plain clothes officersin his car and was carrying marihuana andcocaine ready to sell.

45was the age of the Senegalese

resident who was arrestedfor allegedly selling drugs

British tourist abandonedon Magaluf boardwalk

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KING Felipe and Queen Letiziaattended the concert given byJaume Anglada at CalanovaSailing Club.

Although their summer holi-days on the island were thoughtto be over, they surprised localsby appearing at the concert giv-en by Anglada, a personalfr iend who has shared manyhours sai l ing off Palma withthem.

They joined residents of CalaMajor who were celebrating thefest ivi t ies in honour of SantAgusti and even posed for some‘selfies’ with those who askedthem and before leaving theyspoke to many local familiesand their children. Both dressedcasually for the event and werenot accompanied by theirdaughters Leonor and Sofia.

A VEHICLE overturnedon the road betweenS’Arraco and San Telmowhen the driver lost con-trol of it on a bend. Thefour young occupantswere uninjured, LocalPolice reported.

In Marratxi, two menin their 20’s crashed intothe wall of a house afterdeliberately speeding ona roundabout. They skid-ded round once, unawarethat they were beingwatched by the Local Po-lice, but the driver lostcontrol of the vehiclewhich hit a lamppost andthen the wall.

Only the driver was in-jured. They initially de-nied their actions whichcaused the accident.

In Palma, a man whocrashed a rented car,which was left on top ofa parking meter, was lo-cated by police.

The driver apparentlyreversed at speed, hittinganother vehicle so hard itwas knocked on its side,and ending up on a park-ing meter. Police locatedthe person who had rent-ed it, but he told them hehad not been driving.

Another man, 25, wentto the police in his placeand told them he hadcaused the accident butgot scared and fled thescene because he didn’thave a licence.

By Steve Walsh

Monarchs join thecrowds for concertTHEY surprised locals by appearing at the event

Accidentsacross theisland

FOUR people had to betreated for smoke inhala-tion in Manacor Hospital.following a fire in theirhome in Porreres in theearly hours.

According to the firedepartment, the fridgecaught fire, damaging thekitchen and causingsmoke in the rest of thehouse. It took severalhours to extinguish.

Familyevacuated

KING FELIPE: Together with Queen Letizia attended the concert.

POLITICAL partyPodemos has requestedthe closure of a caseagainst a group of pro-abortionists who inter-rupted mass in a Palmachurch.

They burst into SantMiquel Church in Palmain February 2014 toshout slogans in favourof abortion.

A party spokespersonsaid that they want theaccusations against themto be dropped as they areagainst feminist protestsbeing criminalised andreject political and reli-gious restrictions towomen making theirown decisions regardingtheir bodies.

Podemosrequestsclosureof courtcase

that interest rates would followmarket expectations, which arefor a 0.25% rise in May, a second0.25% later in 2016, followed bytwo in 2017 to reach 1.7% by2018.

On the positive side, theInflation Report is moreoptimistic on growth than theprevious one in May. Grossdomestic product (GDP) for2015 is now expected to be 2.8%,compared to the 2.5% forecast inMay.

At the press conference, MrCarney said that the likely timingof the first rate increase “isdrawing closer,” but the exacttiming cannot be predicted sinceit will be the product of economicdevelopments and prospects. Headvised: “The path of rates is muchmore important than the precisetiming of the first increase. Giventhe likely persistence of theheadwinds facing the economy theMPC expects Bank Rate increases,when they come, to be gradual, andto be limited to a level below pastaverages.”

Since then there have been thedevelopments in China, withfears about the slowing Chineseeconomy and what impact itcould have internationallyunsettling the markets.

On 25th August, China’scentral bank cut its key lendingrate by 0.25% to 4.6% to calmstockmarkets, its fifth cut. Thiswill make it cheaper for banks toborrow from the central bank and

so easier for businesses andindividuals to borrow money.The reserves banks are required tohold were also reduced, so there ismore money available forlending.

The aim is to shore up long-term economic growth. Thegovernment hopes to convinceinvestors that although theeconomy is slowing down, it willnot have a hard landing.

Some analysts speculated thiscould delay the UK interest raterise even further, even till 2017.It is however too early to knowhow the situation will progress,and the base rate could wellremain on track for a 2016 rise.

Earlier in August, Mr Carneyhad commented that there willalways be some unpredictedglobal headwinds, “but that’s nota justification for permanentstasis.”

The situation in China doeshowever make a rise this yearmore unlikely.

Another key reason is UKconsumer price inflation, whichhas fallen rapidly. It is also low inEurope, and there is a risk peoplecould become too complacentabout this threat to their wealth.

Over the last 65 years inflationrates of around 3% have beenmore common.

This would halve the value ofcapital within 24 years, withsignificant implications for yourstandard of living.

Do not wait until you feel theeffects of inflation; that would betoo late. You need to take actionnow to protect your savings forfuture years. Seek personalisedadvice on strategies to beatinflation, appropriate for yourobjectives and risk profile.

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The Bank of England’s Augustmonetary policy meeting was adisappointing one for savers,signalling that the first interest ratemove would not come until aroundMay next year. The recent events inChina also make it more likely thatthere will be no increase this year.

The previous month, GovernorMark Carney had suggested that thesituation would start to change atthe turn of the year.

Before the meeting, analystsexpected some dissent among thenine member Monetary PolicyCommittee (MPC), with up tothree members expected to vote toincrease the base rate, but only onedid.

The UK interest rate wastherefore left at 0.5% for the 78thmonth. Quantitative easing was alsomaintained at £375 billion.

Factors taken into accountincluded lower oil prices, thestrength of the pound and a weakerthan expected job market.

The Bank’s assessment suggested

By Peter Worthington,Senior Partner, Blevins Franks

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When Will Interest Rates Rise?

THE Charity Shop in PuertoAlcudia that provides funds forPro-Animales Mallorca(Victoria’s Animal Refuge) ishaving an end-of-season sale toclear summer clothing.

Starting at 10am onSeptember 21, ALL sale items

will be priced at €1 (or less)Shop opening hours are

Monday to Friday 10am to4pm, Saturday 10am to 1pm.

The shop has easy parkingbeing by the car park oppositethe Lidl supermarket in PuertoAlcudia, near the Banana Clubroundabout.

The Refuge is a registered

charity and cares forabandoned or badly treatedanimals (cats, dogs, pigs,horses and more) from all overMallorca. It receives nogovernment funding and reliescompletely on donations andrevenue from the shop to payfood and vet bills. www.proanimalesmallorca.org

By Steve Walsh

ANIMAL REFUGE: Cares for abandoned dogs and cats.

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Grab a sale bargain,and feed an animal! CHARITY relies completely on donations and shop revenue

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CONSTRUCTION workers un-earthed a 121-year-old time capsule,whose contents included a bottle ofwhisky, near Ruthven Road Bridgein the Cairngorms National Park.

Dog dumpedTHE RSPCA is appealing for in-

formation on a woman who was seendumping a severely ill dog over agarden wall in Wimborne, Dorset,before driving off in a van. Theabandoned dog was left fighting forher life, said vets.

Sales downLAND Registry figures said the

number of homes being sold in Eng-land and Wales had fallen by 15 percent compared to last year, butprices in hotspots such as Londoncommuter towns rose 13 per cent.

Harvey NickedUPMARKET department store

Harvey Nichols in Leeds was ramraided last week, with thieves

crashing a Ford Mondeo in-to the entrance of the

building at 4.20ambefore racing offwith hundreds ofpounds worth of

perfume and after-shave.

Tree fightCAMPAIGNERS

in Powys want theroute of the Newtonbypass altered to savea 500-year-old oaktree. The building ofthe £56 million roadis subject to a publicinquiry.

Dark daysYOUNG Goths are

more at risk of depressionand self-harm, found astudy published in med-ical journal TheLancet. Researchbased on Bristolteenagers also suggest-ed those who were partof the subculture weremore likely tohave been bul-lied.

EUROPEAN PRESS

Poor students? DENMARK: Students start-

ing university in Denmark needto up their game, said the min-ister for higher education, andspend more time studying andless time travelling around theworld, looking good, workingout and a thousand other things.

Drone miss DENMARK: There was a

near miss for a passenger planeand an illegal drone on the ap-proach to Copenhagen on Fri-day. Air authorities said thedrone was flying at 450 metres,well above the permittedheight.

Tolkien tale FINLAND: The early JRR

Tolkien tale published lastweek, The Story of Kullervo,written when he was at univer-sity, was inspired by theFinnish epic Kalevala.

Slow burnerNORWAY: Public broad-

caster NRK, which famouslybroadcast footage of a burningfireplace for 12 hours then fol-lowed that up with half a day ofa jumper being knitted, is plan-ning a long, real time broadcastof reindeer migration.

ABBA auction SWEDEN: ABBA’s piano,

used in the recording of theopening bars of DancingQueen, goes on sale in Londonauction house Sotheby’s inSeptember, and is expected toraise more than €800,000.

Cast offSWEDEN: A man was

jailed for 10 years in Dubai fordrug smuggling, after being ar-rested on a stop-off halfwaythough a journey from Brazil toSweden. An official askedabout the plaster casts on bothhis legs, which were discoveredto be fake when the Swedetried to make a run for it.

THE work of Dutch artist DickBruna, the creator of Miffy the Rabbit,now hangs in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuse-um, next to the artists who inspired him,including Henri Matisse, in an exhibi-tion open until November 15

Seal rescueA RINGED seal was rescued from a

Utrecht canal last week, having acciden-tally found its way through the flood-gates. Police said it was ‘fit, well, and

eating fish. What else could you askfor!’

Claim riseTHERE was a rise in the number of

people claiming benefits in the first six

months of 2015, up by 13,000 people,with the biggest increase amongst over-45s.

No to tapsTELECOMS firms have slammed

plans by the Dutch government to allowsecurity services greater surveillancepowers, including phone tapping andmonitoring internet use. Tele2 said theproposed “unlimited access” was too farreaching.

No welcomePOLICE in Heidenau

cancelled a party the townwas planning to hold to wel-come refugees living in thetown, because they couldnot guarantee the safety ofparticipants, following re-cent violent, far-rightprotests in the area

Telly addictsA STUDY found that

Germans’ favourite pastimeis sitting in front of the TV,closely followed by surfingthe net, sparking fears thatthe traditionally outdoors-loving nation is losing itslust for the healthy life.

Be friendsFACEBOOK representa-

tives in Europe have agreedto meet Justice MinisterHeiko Maas to discuss doingmore to prevent racist bully-ing on the social network,following complaints fromthe public.

Knut’s deathTHE mystifying death of

four-year-old polar bear,Knut, at Berlin zoo in 2011has finally been explained.Scientists noticed similari-ties between the famousbear’s post mortem resultsand those of humans whohad the rare autoimmunedisorder, anti-NMDAR.

More refugeesGERMANY receives

more applications for asy-lum in a month than the UKdoes in a year, according tofigures from the EU statis-tics agency Eurostat.

Memory lossA NORWEGIAN pen-

sioner who stopped off inHanover while drivinghome from holiday to takesome cash out of the bankforgot where he’d parkedand spent three weeks look-ing for his car. A localnewspaper eventually suc-ceeded in reuniting the manwith his motor.

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THE Russian presidentVladimir Putin and PMDimitry Medvedev werephotographed working out,then grilling slabs of meatfor breakfast and brewing apot of tea, at Putin’s summerresidence near the Black Searesort of Sochi.

School costsTHERE has been a 47 per

cent increase in the last yearin the average cost of kit-ting out children for thenew school year, says theRussian Public OpinionResearch Centre, leavingmany families strugglingto buy everything theyneed.

Group stageIN the draw for the UEFA

Champions League groupstages, CSKA Moskva willmeet Manchester United,PSV Eindhoven and Wolfs-berg, while Zenit St Peters-burg were drawn with Valen-cia, Lyon and Gent.

Zoo disasterHEAVY rain causing se-

vere flooding in the far east-ern city of Ussuriysk, wherehundreds of people havehad to be relocated, spelleddisaster for animals in thecity zoo. A lion and a popu-lar bear named Masyanya,drowned in their cages.

Flight plight NEW laws on personal da-

ta which mean information onRussian citizens must be heldon servers within the countrypose a problem for foreignflight booking companies, soRussia is developing its ownairline ticket booking site.

TV troubleAA TV channel’s plan to

show a series depicting a fic-

tional invasion of Norway byRussia based on a Jo Nesbostory has drawn criticismfrom Moscow, the ambas-sador in Oslo saying it was‘regrettable’ to portray a‘non-existent threat from theeast’.

Guitar heroTHE winner of the 2015

Air Guitar World Champi-onships is Muscovite Kereel‘Our Daddy’ Blumenkrants,although he was run close atthe competition in Finland. Atiebreaker game of rock, pa-per, scissors couldn’t sepa-rate him from the Americanchampion, forcing a finalshowdown.

Food dumpedRUSSIA’S food safety

watchdog burned 1.5 tonnesof food meant for a BMWteam due to take part in acar racing event in Moscow.The imported food was de-stroyed as part of retaliationsagainst western-imposedsanctions.

No film fundsA RADICAL film festival

in its 13th year, Moscow Pre-miere, has had its fundingscrapped by the city councilin favour of a new event,Youth Festival of Life Affirm-ing Film, which is backed bythe government.

RUSSIAN PRESS

MEN ONLY: President and Prime Minister tend the BBQ.

A BLACK bear crossedthe border from Russia intoChina by swimming acrossthe Wusuli river, sendinglocals into a panic. It wasshot with tranquillizers be-fore being released back in-to the wild in a more remotelocation.

Lads’ weekend PUTIN and Medvedev work out in Sochi

Bear migrates

MIGRANT: Black bearswam across river.

By John SmithWHEN Breon Corcoran, the boss of Bet-fair, spurned a £990-million bid for thebetting exchange in May 2013, he ar-guably made one of the biggest gamblesof his career.

The former Paddy Power executivehad taken the helm at Betfair less than ayear before private equity house CVC

and its partner Richard Koch attempted atakeover.

With the shares languishing well be-low their £13 float price, the final, sweet-ened 950p-a-share bid from the suitorsmust have seemed a tempting offer toCorcoran.

But with Betfair stock closing at arecord £31.34 on Wednesday night after

the firm revealed its merger talks withIrish bookmaker Paddy Power, Corco-ran’s decision to reject CVC has un-doubtedly paid off.

As well as sending Betfair shares to anall-time high, the tie-up with Paddy Pow-er brings Corcoran’s gambling career fullcircle and puts him in charge of a bettinggiant.

STRIKE CALL: Train drivers’ union plans a series of strikes.

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A TRAINING centre in Mijas (Mala-ga) called The Centre for Leisure In-dustries received a grant from the Jun-ta de Andalucía of €48 million, andhas since remained empty. This has ledMijas Town Hall to come under inves-tigation for presumed fraud, while atthe same time a judge in Sevilla is in-vestigating the diversion of fundsgranted by the Andalucía Government.

DESPITE the recent newsthat rail operator Renfe wasanticipating a return to profitin 2016, the decision by SE-MAF, the train drivers’ union,to call 24-hour strikes on Sep-tember 4, 11, 14 and 15, willnot be welcomed.

The strike concerns thelack of new drivers beingbrought into Renfe as the av-erage age of a driver is now

over 54 and an overall short-age of suitable staff.

Apart from staffing levels,there is also the question of anew wage agreement whichalso appears to have stalled.

At least passengers willhave sufficient warning of theproposed strikes and thereforebe able to make alternativearrangements if they need totravel on the affected days.

Union calls fortrain strikes

FinancequestionsTHE Bank of Spain is to circu-late a questionnaire containingno less than 110 questions con-cerning individuals’ under-standing of finance. Twentythousand homes will be chosenand the purpose is to assist infinancial training for the future.

GAP in SpainAMERICAN fashion brandGAP, also owners of BananaRepublic, will offer shoppersthe chance to purchase theirrange of clothes in El CorteInglés Castellana store fromSeptember 3.

Google warnedFOLLOWING complaintsfrom various retail outletsabout the way in whichGoogle promotes selected re-tailers and its own business onits search engine, it has beenwarned by the EU that unlessit changes its ways, it could re-ceive a significant fine.

FRENCH car manufacturer Peugeot hasstarted to negotiate a redundancy plan for itsfactory in Madrid.

The company wants to make two adjust-ments to the workforce, one in what is left ofthis year and the other next year.

PSA Peugeot produces the C4 Cactus in

Madrid, and this production line will remainin place.

The company talked about ‘a deep modifi-cation’ in its factory in Madrid to ‘improvecompetitiveness’ and none of the current pro-duction in Madrid will be transferred else-where.

Peugeot in Madrid talks

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MMM 3M 144.21 +0.31 +0.22% 2.7MAXP American Express 76.65 -0.23 -0.30% 4.9MAAPL Apple 113.29 +0.37 +0.33% 53.2MBA Boeing 133.24 +1.37 +1.04% 4.5MCAT Caterpillar 75.95 +0.29 +0.38% 6.6MCVX Chevron 80.43 +2.79 +3.59% 23.7MCSCO Cisco 26.00 -0.17 -0.65% 26.9MKO Coca-Cola 39.45 +0.18 +0.46% 14.5MDIS Disney 102.48 +0.31 +0.30% 11.0MDD E I du Pont de Nemours and Co 51.84 -0.18 -0.35% 6.0MXOM Exxon Mobil 75.07 +0.22 +0.29% 19.0MGE General Electric 25.16 +0.15 +0.60% 32.9MGS Goldman Sachs 187.75 -1.46 -0.77% 2.4MHD Home Depot 117.52 -0.14 -0.12% 5.0MIBM IBM 147.98 -0.56 -0.38% 4.1MINTC Intel 28.42 +0.70 +2.53% 43.5MJNJ Johnson & Johnson 95.17 -1.05 -1.09% 9.2MJPM JPMorgan Chase 64.13 -0.35 -0.54% 16.7MMCD McDonald's 96.25 -1.08 -1.11% 5.6MMRK Merck 55.37 +0.42 +0.76% 12.8MMSFT Microsoft 43.93 +0.03 +0.07% 28.2MNKE Nike 112.50 -0.12 -0.11% 3.8MPFE Pfizer 32.66 -0.60 -1.80% 33.5MPG Procter & Gamble 71.21 -0.27 -0.38% 10.0MTRV Travelers Companies Inc 100.43 -0.97 -0.96% 1.7MUTX United Technologies 93.24 -0.03 -0.03% 5.2MUNH UnitedHealth 117.28 -0.49 -0.42% 3.3MVZ Verizon 46.07 -0.12 -0.26% 12.8MV Visa 72.46 +0.06 +0.08% 6.4MWMT Wal-Mart 64.94 -1.14 -1.73% 14.3M

Land Securities Group 1,252.00 -9.00 -0.71 9,968.75Legal & General Group 253.30 -1.50 -0.59 15,106.07Lloyds Banking Group ORD 76.25 -0.30 -0.39 55,443.12London Stock Exchange G. 2,582.00 -8.73 -0.35 8,723.69Marks & Spencer Group 514.50 -2.00 -0.38 8,628.66Meggitt 480.00 7.80 1.66 3,698.61Merlin Entertainments 388.00 1.37 0.36 3,894.81Mondi 1,512.50 14.00 0.96 7,108.51Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 166.50 0.40 0.24 3,925.29National Grid 860.10 3.32 0.39 31,860.18Next 7,990.00 15.00 0.19 12,122.87Old Mutual 200.20 -0.47 -0.24 9,793.20Pearson 1,112.50 27.00 2.44 9,072.39Persimmon 2,013.50 43.63 2.12 6,314.76Prudential 1,475.00 0.50 0.04 36,443.73Randgold Resources 4,356.50 33.00 0.84 3,656.28Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,725.00 -26.54 -0.46 40,948.33Reed Elsevier 1,020.00 6.56 0.63 11,630.68Rio Tinto 2,359.50 38.28 1.63 33,044.02Rolls-Royce Group 735.00 13.00 1.78 13,430.93Royal Bank of Scotland G. 336.80 0.08 0.02 21,483.55Royal Dutch Shell 1,695.50 41.50 2.51 64,396.96Royal Dutch Shell 1,705.00 41.37 2.49 40,498.61Royal Mail 464.00 -4.29 -0.92 4,670.00RSA Insurance Group 498.00 1.39 0.27 5,236.30SABMiller 3,054.00 36.00 1.19 48,782.38Sage Group (The) 509.50 -2.63 -0.51 5,532.44Sainsbury (J) 238.75 -0.04 -0.02 4,619.82Schroders 2,838.00 -2.17 -0.08 6,371.57Severn Trent 2,077.00 -3.28 -0.16 4,930.82Shire 4,911.50 10.00 0.20 29,671.34Sky 1,043.00 3.29 0.32 17,860.59Smith & Nephew 1,145.00 28.65 2.53 10,142.40Smiths Group 1,129.00 10.50 0.95 4,350.45Sports Direct International 716.50 -0.69 -0.09 4,712.91SSE 1,471.00 10.56 0.72 14,498.77St James's Place 915.50 -16.50 -1.77 4,870.63Standard Chartered 752.50 8.00 1.06 19,272.90Standard Life 416.10 -2.82 -0.67 8,219.38Taylor Wimpey 198.50 4.20 2.13 6,412.57Tesco 191.35 -0.10 -0.05 15,577.33Travis Perkins 2,036.50 3.68 0.18 5,026.40TUI AG 1,156.00 -19.25 -1.62 6,974.71Unilever 2,785.00 10.00 0.38 33,536.79United Utilities Group 855.00 0.66 0.08 5,802.87Vodafone Group 223.85 -0.36 -0.16 59,746.37Weir Group 1,404.00 11.00 0.79 2,972.40Whitbread 4,915.00 21.00 0.44 8,679.86Wolseley 4,207.00 21.13 0.51 10,789.76WPP Group 1,380.00 14.41 1.08 17,450.98

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IN an effort to ensure that theincrease in passenger numbersto and from Spain is 2015 con-tinues into next year, the gov-ernment has announced that itwill be giving airports a numberof incentives with the hope andexpectation of opening newroutes to increase passengerfootfall even more.

However, it’s one step for-ward and one step back - just af-ter the Malaga baggage handlersstrike was called off - as threeunions, CCCO, UGT and USO,have called for stoppages atMenzies Aviation Ibérica, whichmanages the check-in servicesat various airports.

Many of the low-cost airlinesincluding some from UK arelikely to be affected with thefirst strike due to take place onSeptember 4 at Madrid Barajas.If no agreement is reached, thenthe strikes will escalate and willinclude Alicante, Barcelona,Malaga and Mallorca.

FANCY a career in acting but toohard to get into? Try going intobusiness instead. I t is much thesame thing. In business, when deal-ing with clients, it is your alter egothat will do much of the work foryou. In business for 25 years, I hadlittle choice but to wing it. Duringthat quarter of a century, I lived onmy wits and I survived.

Business, l ike many other ca-reers, is a broad forum. My forteappeared to be in selling. However,I was never a one-man-band. I wasalso a retai ler, publisher, door-knocker and business doctor.

Common sense suggests thatpopular theatre artistes can’t al-ways be full of sparkle. Like therest of us they too have their badhair days. An impending perfor-mance must be the last thing theyneed. The show must go on and somust selling when your income de-

pends on i t . Every salespersonknows the feel ing: exhausted,dispirited, it is late and you haveone more appointment. You knowyou’re going to be on ‘stage’ for atleast two hours, maybe longer. Ifyou are the kind of person whowears his heart on his sleeve thenselling is not for you.

How often my shoulders saggedwhen, after knocking, I waited forthe door to open. As the dooropened my face lit up. Immediatelyfilled with passion I warmly greet-ed my client. With boundless en-thusiasm I learned al l about histrade. To my credit I must say I didso with genuine interest . I t wasmore important to me that he doeswell than I succeed. I think thiscame across and it paid dividends.

Although I had pitched the bene-fits of my service more times thanPhantom of the Opera runs, I pre-sented my service with evangelisticenthusiasm. This paid well, too.

My advice is , i f you can sel l ,choose a product or service yougenuinely believe in. If you don’tbelieve what your tongue says, thenyour client won’t either.

Fancy a career on stage?

IT has been a game of two halves for the GreatBritish Pound (GBP) versus the Euro in August.GBP started the month sitting nicely at 1.40 andon the back of positive UK inflation feedbackGBP managed to squeeze higher to 1.43.

At the time, the thought process was thathigher inflation would shorten the time-span to aUK interest rate rise. The Pound rallied and theEuro was pushed lower. In addition there wasexpectation that the US would look to raiseinterest rates this year and that this could be assoon as September. This allowed USD strengthagainst the Euro and in turn helped the Pound tomaintain good levels against the Euro.

Fast forward to the 26th August and the Poundwas down 4 per cent from the highs of the month.

So what happened? The move is directly relatedto the bloodbath in Chinese equity markets whichhas in turn tripped into global equity and FXmarkets. The People’s Bank of China has

responded to the sharp sell-off in equities and theweaker growth feedback by cutting interest ratesand weakening the value of the CNY. Whetherthis sell-off will stabilise or catalyse is a key

question. For FX markets the response has beento buy the Euro and the Japanese Yen on anyfallout in equities and this has supported the Eurorally in the latter half of August. Feedback fromGermany was positive with GDP rising and theIFO survey posting a good reading. In particularthe Euro has rallied against the USD and this isdue to a much lower chance that the FederalReserve will move on interest rates in the nearterm given the fallout from China. The Euro hasrallied a massive six cents against the USD in thelatter half of August.

So what can we expect moving forward? Well,the situation in China is far from clear and alleyes will be on the People’s Bank and its abilityto stabilise the markets. A further sell-off couldhelp the Euro, whereas a recovery from the lowsshould see the Euro shed some of its gains.Looking outside of the stock market turmoil andfocusing on the central banks we are likely to seethe US delay a rate hike until next year andsimilarly the UK may also delay their lift-off.This should favour the Euro in the short term.

Euro makes gains on the backof stock market wobbles

Strike callthreat toairports

MUCH THE SAME: A career on stage or in business.

RALLY: Fallout in equities has supported the Euro in the latter half of August.

Talking shop Mike Walsh

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A LOT of news has been whirling aroundrecently about the gender pay gap, high-lighting how women often receive salaries thatare not equal to those of men doing the samejob.

Female bosses work for free 100minutes a day because they earn 22 percent less than male managers, accord-ing to a new study from the UK. So ifyou tot this up, it adds up to 57 days of‘free’ work a year.

Many reasons have been quoted as to whywomen are not getting their fair share, andthese reasons include old-fashioned sexism anda general sense that a woman’s work is not asworthy as a man’s.

But sometimes a woman can be the instru-ment of her own downfall, too. For example,

research shows usthat women in general are not as likely to putthemselves forward for a promotion or ask for

a pay rise, for thesimple reason that they’re more likely to workpart-time, freelance or on flexible contracts,

which means asking for what theywant often has to be balanced withjob security.

Because a woman might have se-cured a job that allows her to attendto her family at the same time, sheoften feels that she is not entitled torock the boat and ask for better payor a promotion. This type of thinking

does not help to secure a bright futurefor any female in the workplace.

It ultimately also has to dowith confidence and a value ofself-worth. For example, Ihave a professional friend who

is frequently asked to speak atevents. She often does so and

when she is told there is no pay forspeaking, just ‘exposure’, she still

humbly agrees. But if the event is chargingpeople to enter, the least they can do is pay afee to their speakers for all the time and prepa-ration needed to speak at the event. If you wantother people to respect your time, rememberyou first have to respect it yourself.

Have the confidence to say: “Show methe money because I’m worth it”

Loose changeJane PlunkettA look at finance for females

GENDER PAYGAP:

Femalemanagers

earn 22 percent less

than males.

MORE than three years ago, when ISIS was onthe march, it struck me that such was the speedand success of their early onslaughts, theirtroops and armaments had to be seriouslystretched and spread out.

To me it was obvious that, at that point theywere not only highly dangerous, but also attheir most vulnerable. Subsequently I suggest-ed that before they had time to organise and re-group they should immediately be hit with allthe air power the allies could muster.

Well the pussy cats in power did preciselynothing. ISIS is now so ‘dug in’ it will take twothings to shift them. One is a vast internationalground force, armed with the very latest intechnology and equipment (including limitednuclear) along with an unrelenting bombard-ment from the air. Alternatively, engage themin a round-the-table IRA style ‘negotiation’.

Which brings me to another piece I wrote ataround the same time. In it I suggested we

with-draw all our forces from the MiddleEast and use them to strengthen ourown borders. We then wait for the vic-tors to emerge (not necessarily ISIS)and then open negotiations.

These people are not silly. Despite their Ji-hadist intentions they know that sooner or laterthey are going to have to deal with the West(someone has to buy their oil).

Meanwhile, to accommodate the large num-bers fleeing the war zones, we build large hold-ing camps across Europe.

These camps should offer fair accommoda-tion, medical facilities and a department simi-lar to a citizens’ advice bureau advising and is-suing permits for refugees on how to work andreside legally in the countries allocated.

Without our interference there would be noexcuse for terrorist attacks on our home soiland sooner or later, without more loss of alliedlives, peace should finally prevail. Dream on,Leapy.

Loving the run-up to the Labour leadershipelection. Where in the world would you get anopposition infiltrating an opposition to vote foran opposition candidate, to ensure the opposi-tion hopefully stays in opposition? Only in theUK, folks!

Keep the faithLove Leapy www.leapylee.co.uk

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Urgent action is long overdue...

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

WHILE those in power pussyfoot around, ISIS is now well and truly dug in

TERROR DEAL: Someone willhave to buy their oil.

FURTHER to the justifiable demand for expats to begiven the vote on continued UK membership of theEU.

We have heard from politicians of all persuasions,how advantageous it is for Britain and the British peo-ple to be a part of this great institution called the Euro-pean Union.

This has been drummed into us since those far offdays of the Common Market, when we were told bythat treacherous upstart Edward Heath - hand on heart -that free and open trade was its only objective, andeach nation would retain its sovereignty; make its ownlaws, and keep its national identity.

Then via the EEC, we arrived at the present state ofplay and the all powerful European Union with its un-elected Commission devising thousands of new lawsand directives governing the way we eat, sleep,breathe, and soon I suspect, think.

We all have our opinions about Europe and whilstthere are people who will make a judgement based onsound logic and reason, I believe that the majority willmake their decision based on the following criteria:

1) What the newspapers tell them. 2) The degree of comfort and prosperity that they

are promised by our politicians.And in the case of expats: 3) The lie that they will be

cut adrift should Britain leave. Cynical perhaps, but we have been seduced by ag-

gressive advertising and tutored by successive govern-ments over the years to such an extent, that we nowlive in an insular, selfish and self-centred society andany promises of an even better more affluent life style

by the politicians, is often too tempting a prospect toresist - even at the expense of hard won freedoms.

But I believe we should be looking further than per-sonal self-interest here and take a large step back togaze long and hard at the overall picture.

Has democracy been enhanced since member-ship and, based on our experience of past per-formance, what is the reality for the future of ourgrandchildren and their children in a European‘super state’?

MOST are familiar with Hans Christ-ian’s The Emperor’s New Clothes.Fooled by a couple of deceitful tailorsthe emperor was fooled into believingtheir raiment so fine it appeared to beinvisible.

The townsfolk fell for the hoax.When their naked emperor appearedthey dutifully applauded his new‘robes.’

It is best not to smile: We are astrusting. People don’t want the truth be-cause they don’t want their delusionsdestroyed. They are about to be any-way.

I believe the European Union is in astate of disunion. The unelected EUCommission President is Jean-ClaudeJuncker. You really do not want to seethis imposter’s CV; turn away, closeyour eyes. The same goes for the un-elected Commission Vice-PresidentJyrki Katainen.

Like the artful tailors, these two art-ful dodgers learned the secrets of alche-

my and turn anything into gold. Junck-er has a track record as a tax swindler.Forced to resign his 18-year longtenure as Prime Minister of the Lilliput-ian State of Luxemburg he was pursuedon fraud charges. He milked nationaleconomies by creating offshore taxbenefits for over 200 multinational con-glomerates.

His apparent accomplice, JyrkiKatainen, is Finland’s former PrimeMinister and Minister of Finance. Anaccomplished chef he is likely to bebest remembered for cooking thebooks.

After destroying Finland’s economy,he was driven out of town by the elec-torate. No problem, he was appointedEU Minister of Finance.

Their formula for a successful econ-omy works like this: €1goes in and€15 comes out. The EU investmentplan is to create from thin air €8 billionguarantee which then becomes €21billion in money. This is multiplied 15-fold. Good, we are all rich. Don’t trythis at home.

Mr Juncker never denied that com-promises and deals worked out in EUmeetings need be protected from publicscrutiny, by lies if necessary. “When itbecomes serious, you have to lie,” hesaid.

Colin BirdA weekly look

Mike WalshMike, based in Mediterranean Spain, isan international journalist, author andprofessional writer.

Smoke and mirror economy

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

I BELIEVE the European Union is in a state of disunion

EU: Devising thousands of new laws governing the way we eat, sleep and breathe.

Is it self interest or country?WHAT is the reality for the future of our grandchildren and their children in a European ‘super state’

JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER: You don’t want to see his CV.

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MEDIA worldwide havebeen inundated with heart-breaking stories concern-ing both i l legal andeconomic immigrants ,over the last week in par-ticular.

With the problems inLibya and Syria becomingmore and more dramaticand the threat of furtherwidespread violence, it issimply not reasonable toclose your eyes and ignorethe plight of these humanbeings.

People are dying in theirdroves as they desperatelytry to reach any EU coun-try. They drown whentheir unseaworthy craf ts ink, they suffocatepacked into t rucks l ikecat t le by unscrupulousmobsters, and who knowshow many people simplydisappear after they pay tobe smuggled to safety.

Greece and Italy seemto be in the headlines atthe moment, but every EUcountry is under pressure.Spain has regular incur-sions into the enclave ofCeuta as few Africancountr ies have returnagreements with Spain.

There is no easy answer,but the EU, which is quickenough to pass laws con-cerning the shape of car-rots, must take urgent ac-t ion to put into place aplan to help these desper-ate people.

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INBOUND: Desperate people.

I CAN’T believe that I am writing this,but I might be about to ‘go private.’ It’stotally against my lefty, hippy, sandalwearing principles but I have my rea-sons, believe me. I’ve been sufferingwith something which is very typicalin Mallorca: recurrent ear problems.

I started to feel rather ropey on aSunday afternoon during a beach partyfor a friend of my daughter, so I tookmyself off to our local emergencyroom. I was swiftly diagnosed with anear infection and prescribed antibioticear drops (Exhibit A) and packed onmy way. Perfect, my normal experi-ence of the Spanish public health sys-tem. No bedside manner, no big deal.

I have my medication so therefore Iam happy, bish bam bosh.

The following day, Monday, I made

an appointment to see my family doc-tor. Off I trotted to see my doc, only tofind in his place a rather sullen andcompletely disinterested locum. Well,it is August, so everyone’s on holiday.

I was briefly examined by this chapwho told me the first set of drops I hadbeen prescribed were no use and that Ishould be using another set. I went to

the Farmacia to collect them only to betold by my wonderful local chemistthat the locum had prescribed had ex-actly the same ingredients as the emer-gency doctor. Hmm, thought I, not soimpressive. But I bought the drops (ex-hibit B) to be on the safe side. The nextday I woke to find I had an ear infec-tion in the other ear. By now I was

very tired, very grumpy, completelydeaf and very behind in my work.

I made another appointment. Ex-pecting to see the same locum I wentin to find another locum, this time hewas a she, and if possible even less in-terested in my painful problem. “Youalready have the drops you need,” shetold me. Yes, I have the antibiotics

from Sunday but it’s now Thursday.“No, no, the drops you were given onTuesday,” she replied. I showed herboth bottles, so these are not the samethen? I asked her. She took the bottle(Exhibit A) and said with accompaniedeye rolling, “These are for wax.”

And then I called Dr Stoma in Por-tals, asked how much it would be tosee him without private insurance andmade an appointment. He listened, hewas polite, he examined me properly,even asking if my ears were hurtingwhen he touched them. I didn’t realisethat bedside manner was so important,but when you are feeling ill you needsomeone to be respectful and interest-ed in you, not sullen, rude, rough andarrogant which is how I felt the locumdoctors behaved towards me, asidefrom the obvious problem that neitherof them had a clue what they weretalking about. It was in fact a revela-tion to me that a visit to a doctor’ssurgery could be such a relief.

Vicki McLeod

Family Matters

Now hear this. I might be about togo private for medical treatment

EXHIBITS: Neither of the prescribed antibiotics were any use for my condition.

I DIDN’T realise bedside manner was so important until I was feeling ill

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EUR weekly currency updateThe Euro has traded in a wide range

against the US dollar this week as marketvolatility spiked to extreme levels as a directresult of the global equity market collapseseen on Monday, the worst since the collapseof Lehman Brothers in 2008, with thefollowing days seeing further wild gyrationsas market sentiment changed and losseswere reversed.

China’s economic slowdown sparked therout, although their emergency stimulusmeasures of interest rate cuts, and areduction in their reserve ratio requirementson banking capital helped to restore a levelof calm.

The initial equity collapse saw theJapanese yen trade massively higher asinvestors sought a safe haven. The US dollartook the brunt of the move as marketsperceived that there would be no scope for

the US Federal Reserve to consider raisinginterest rates under such extremecircumstances as global growth conditionwere now so fragile.

The US$/JPY fell sharply accompanied byan aggressive spike higher in the €/US$rate of exchange.

Germany’s IFO business climate index didshow a small rise for August at 108.3 vs108.0 the previous month. The improvementwas somewhat tempered with a lessoptimistic outlook for future business asChina’s economic slowdown will no doubthinder demand for German exports.

USD weekly currency updateThe US dollar has also been whipped

around over the course of the last five daysbut certainly ends the week looking verystrong as economic data released and acalmer global equity market environment

suggest a different interest rate scenario onFriday to the view based on Monday’s DowJones and S&P declines.

The early week dollar collapse inconjunction to the largest American stockmarket declines since it saw the dollarshunned as the expectations of a FederalReserve interest rate hike in September thisyear are scaled back.

As the week progressed though the USdata releases painted a picture of a stronguplift to the US economic situation.

The US housing market continues toclimb with the S&P Case-Shiller house priceindex showing a 5.10 per cent year on yearincrease in July, up from June’s reading of4.94 per cent.

A further sign of US economic strengthcame in the form of a better than expecteddurable goods order release covering themonth of July. Excluding military orders thegauge was up by 2.2 per cent representingthe highest performance for 13 months.

The final piece of the jigsaw that furtherhelped boost the dollar was the much betterthan expected second estimate of secondquarter GDP with the outcome being a 3.7per cent growth rate. US equity marketsrallied on this news, whilst mostcommentators doubt the US will be ready todeliver its first interest rate hike for a while.

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LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)Some legal matters need yourattention. That's not really what youwant at this time of the year. Adecision has to be made and it needs afine balance. Asking others may justconfuse matters, so only seek expertadvice. At the end of the day, you willknow what is both best and acceptable.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)A last-minute invitation turns out to bejust the ticket in more ways than one.An invitation to join a holiday may beproffered. This is unusual, certainly,but keep an open mind. Your companyis clearly well appreciated so why notmake that a point of pride? Let's faceit, who is best equipped to blow yourtrumpet?

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)Someone you mistrust offers to add toyour celebrations. Why not call atruce? We both know that little longterm will come out of it, but who

cares? Sometimes, it is better to shareone good moment with someone thannone at all.

CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 20)As you are very much in the limelight,it comes as no great surprise thatadmiration comes your way. Whatmay surprise you, however, is thedirection it comes from. Who wouldhave thought that such a situationwould arise? Strange things happensometimes. Treat life with humour andkindness and you will not go farwrong.

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)There is a wonderful enthusiasm aboutyou at the moment. Seeing the reactionof others to you, it occurs that youshould have taken this attitude before.Therefore, make a resolution to putmore energy into everything that youdo. The rewards are both social andfinancial. There is no great progress inlove this week but patience is a virtue.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)Something new which you started inrecent weeks becomes more than apassing interest. Although it may besurprising to you, it is owing to apredictable situation. In opening yourmind, you also seem to have openedyour heart. Many people do that atthis time of the year and so you arenot alone. Trusting is sometimesdifficult but it must happen sometime.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Being totally inspired this week, youcould be tempted to let enthusiasmrun away with you. It is a lovelyfeeling, like being a child again. Besure to have fun, but do keep as muchmoney in your pocket as possible.With many demands at the moment,restrict your exuberance on finances.

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)There will be a certain amount ofdiscussion regarding holiday plans.

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Very good: 36Excellent: 44

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You know what you want but howdo you persuade others? It's quiteeasy really. All you have to do is toget someone else to suggest acertain place.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)You are so sharp that there is adanger you will cut yourself!Seriously, though, try not to appearpompous over a certain matter. Youmay be right and you may beclever, but smarty pants are rarelypopular. Some of that sharpnessgets things going for you in thelove department.

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)With everyone busy round you, thechance may be taken to show whatyou are capable of. Instead ofwatching someone make a pig's earof a work project, offer to help. It'simportant, though, to let themthink any bright ideas were theirs.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)A business partnership takes on aromantic tinge this week. It ispossible that the other party seesthis as more significant than you.To avoid problems later it wouldbe best to let them do all therunning.

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fee and said: Why don't you go back and sleep? Wecan ring you if he shows up’ are the opening lines ofwhich 1963 cold war spy novel by John le Carré? 6. The main flavour ingredients of which dark liqueuroriginally made in the Caribbean are coffee beans, Ja-maican rum, vanilla and sugar? 7. What is the name of the alkaloid compound that is

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singles charts in October 2000 with Black Coffee? 9. Which Italian dessert consists of layers of sponge

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OPINION & COMMENT3 - 9 September 2015 / Mallorca www.euroweeklynews.comEWN36

I HAVE had family over on holiday.A friend of my granddaughter wastaken ill on August 25 after 11pmand because of her condition I had tocall for an ambulance.

The whole service from then wasfantastic, within 10 minutes an am-bulance arrived with three medicalpersonnel. They stabilised the younggirl and called for a second ambu-lance.

This arrived again within minutes;she was taken to Torrevieja Hospital.

There she was promptly seen bythe hospital staff and she remainedovernight for observation and thenallowed home.

I would like to thank all the per-sonnel including the 112 operator, theambulance crew, as well as all at thehospital for the tremendous service.

BB, Torrevieja (Alicante)

Great concertLAST night, like many others, Iwent to a free concert at the RosarioGardens in Casares to see MadelineBell, and what an amazing night wehad!

She is just an incredible singer –her beautiful clothes, her constantinteraction with the audience andmost of all the fabulous voice.

She is just full of life and givesout the ‘feel good’ factor. We all hada great evening. Her accompanyingchap David on the keyboard was al-so great. She dedicated her eveningto ‘all the people we have lost’adding a tribute to Cilla.

In the break, her CDs on the Cud-eca stall sold out in no time.

Don’t miss her when she comesround again!

Sandy Avis, Casares (Malaga)

Rescue neededI HAVE been trying to get two ele-phants retired from the circus to awild life park of which Spain hasquite a few, but was sad on marketday, Wednesday, to see that the twoelephants are still on the road and

have been for the last 20 years that Iknow of.

I was convinced when the animalcharities got involved and it wasprinted in the Euro Weekly News on13th September 2013 that somethingwould at last be done for these twostressed and unhappy elephants.

A man brings them out on marketdays only so the tourists can takepictures and entice them to the cir-cus just for money. So the elephantshave to put up with being chainedand caged for the rest of their lives.

Does no one care? Trilby (By email)

Online woesAMAZON have been in the newsrecently about their treatment oftheir staff but I’m afraid it does notstop there.

I would like to warn the English-speaking Euro community ( who donot speak Spanish) in Spain of the

dangers of shopping at Amazon. es. Ihave spent many, many euros withAmazon in Spain but their latesttreatment of me has put me off forlife.

I purchased an electronic machinefrom them which came with instruc-tions in Spanish and I can appreciatethat fact, but when I asked if the in-structions could be supplied in Eng-lish, I was harangued by a very rude,unrefined vendor.

Since then Amazon have refusedto take the item back and havewashed their hands of the affair.

Please let this be a warning toanyone thinking of shopping atAmazon as there are plenty of bettersites who know how to look aftertheir customers.

J Malley, Duquesa Village (Malaga)

Page 3 loverI’M very much enjoying your PageThree features on Spain’s festivals.

I’m from Edinburgh originallyand this time of year I almost getnostalgic for the Edinburgh Festival,even although I never much enjoyedit when I lived there.

But there’s such a rich tradition inSpain; you could see something dif-ferent every weekend if you wanted.

Liz Durnan (By email)

Leapy’s right!IT’S not often I agree with yourLeapy Lee columnist, but last weekhe hit the nail on the head, althougha few entirely innocent nails got abattering along the way.

Tony Blair should be in jail for theillegal war in Iraq alongside hischum Bush, and the brutality sweep-ing the Middle East is the direct re-sult of their actions.

But as for the ‘hundreds of thou-sands of migrants assailing our bor-ders’? A few thousand desperatepeople at most camped at Calais,many of them children, and those

who are drowning in the sea or dy-ing in the back of lorries on Eu-rope’s roads are not an army but vic-tims of war crimes, and we areobliged to extend them a little hu-man decency.

Michael McBurney,Alicante

Roof scamMY immediate neighbours engageda man to do some work on theirroof.

Thinking that perhaps it was a nec-essary repair after a high wind lastweek I checked three of my fiveroofs, which were easily accessible,and found all were in good condition.

Two hours later, on completion ofmy neighbours’ job , the workmancame to me and assured me that hehad noticed that at least one of theroofs I had not been able to checkwas in need of urgent attention. Heoffered to go onto the roof, take pho-tographs, and quote me a price forthe repair. He brought a ladder,hauled his 100kg body onto one ofthe three checked roofs, and I thenheard tiles being moved as hescrambled around.

When I climbed his ladder, Ifound that a number of the tiles onthe three roofs I had previouslychecked as being in good conditionhad been pulled away and some hadeven been inverted. I ordered him toleave immediately and, using myown ladder, I found a total of 21 tileshad been disturbed on the threeroofs and a further 10 on the othertwo unchecked roofs. Included inthis count were six which were bro-ken and must be replaced.

Beware, scams come in all shapesand sizes!

Haydn, Moraira (Alicante)

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I QUITE agree with Colin Bird on a lack of politeness nowadays. How much effort could it be to re-turn a nod in exchange for a door held open? And why, oh why, do so many Spaniards insist on shoving

their way on to trains before people have finished exiting? It’s worse than the London Undergroundfor rudeness at times.

Don Jameson, Torremolinos (Malaga)

A tremendous response to afamily medical emergency

OPINION & COMMENT3 - 9 September 2015 / Mallorca www.euroweeklynews.comEWN38

FINDING out you have a flat battery as youturn the key in the ignition is one of the mostinconvenient, yet common occurrence fordrivers.

The life expectancy of your car battery istypically four to six years. Several factorsdetermine how long your battery will lastsuch as weather conditions, vehicle type anddriving habits.

Why is my battery flat?Make sure to check all the electrical con-

nections and ensure that the battery is keptclean and dry. If corrosion has built up overtime, baking soda in a water solution and anold toothbrush is ideal to clean the batteryterminals, just make sure to remove the neg-ative terminal first and when reconnecting,put the positive terminal on first.

Cold weather makes it more difficult foran already weakened battery to hold itscharge. Storing your car in a garage duringspells of cold weather will help make it easi-er to charge.

Charging your batteryThe type of charger you own is important

in the safety of charging your vehicle’s bat-tery.

It is safer and better for your battery to optfor the slow charging method. A fast chargeincreases the potential of overcharging yourbattery and can create permanent damage.

Replacement and recyclingYour local garage or recycling centre will

take your old car battery, usually for a smallfee, as it is illegal to dispose of your car bat-tery in the usual way with household wastedue to its toxic nature.

If it is still in reasonable condition, it maybe reconditioned for use or its componentsmelted down for use in the future.

Keeping your car battery fully chargedmeans your battery will have a longer lifes-pan and use energy more efficiency.

Remember, the first time your car doesn’tstart straight away, it is a warning that youwill need to replace your battery.

Unfor tunate ly,the short answer

is no. Having the cam-era is perfect ly legal .However, by the Spanishlaw of data protection,the camera images arenot admissible in Span-ish court proceedings be-cause you have recordedsomeone in the publ ic

way without their per-mission. But wai t aminute. The images maywell be useful when twoautomobile insurancecompanies negotiate outof court to determine re-sponsibility for an acci-dent. They could be usedto confirm eye-witnessaccounts, for example.

I have been driving a UK registeredcar but they are clamping down, so I

have decided to buy a new Spanishcar. I have 30 years of no claims discount onmy insurance. In order to keep my premiumslow, I am considering buying a dash cam butI wonder if it is worth the investment. The

cameras cost €200 and up versus a 10 percent reduction offered by some insuranceproviders. Are the cameras legal in Spainand are they recognised by the Trafico po-lice? Can you give some clarifying advice?

M.A. (Almeria)

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Battery problemsAS part of this series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided bymembers of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

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

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FLAT BATTERY: Better to charge it slowly.

EVERYONE who knows me will agree Ihave a great sense of humour and I’m prettygood with some witty one liners… but apartfrom that I am a serial complainer!

I can make Victor Meldrew look like a totalamateur when it comes to having a moan, sowhen I was asked to write a few words aboutsome of the things that really tick me off Ijumped at the opportunity. I am going to startwith the selfish, lazy, inconsiderate, ignorant,very healthy, youngish toerags that park indisabled bays and do not have a blue badge.

I am registered disabled and have to use awheelchair to do any kind of shopping. Thejoke is if you say anything to these idiots, whoonly think of themselves and don’t realisehow hard it is to get a wheelchair out of a carin a normal space, they all look at you like “sowhat?”.

The best is “I’m only going to be five min-utes.” I have also had “I’ve got a bad leg.”Ladies - having a baby is not a disability. Just

don’t park there! Flash gits having a big Merc,BMW or large four wheel drive - this is alsonot a disability and just because the space isbigger and it might stop someone touchingyour car door - DON’T PARK THERE!.

In the street your car will be towed. In storecar parks it’s just common sense. The reasonthe spaces are near the entrance is because dis-abled people need a bit of help. I hope thatthose of you that park there never ever have areal reason to do so, but until then please thinkbefore you park of the problems you are caus-ing. By the way, if you still decide to parkdon’t be surprised if you find a very stickynote on your windscreen saying ‘BEING ASELFISH INCONSIDERATE IDIOT ISNOT A DISABILTY.’

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

Do NOT park your big car inmy disabled parking space!PLEASE think about where you are going to park

DISABLED BAYS: Don’t park there.

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Your genetics make up 75 per cent of yourvery being, therefore if you are an ectomorph(long limbs, narrow shoulders and hips) youare going to have to work extremely hard tobuild up some substantial muscle and

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Nutrition Counts! In order to gain weightyou need to consume more calories than yourbody uses on a daily basis. You need to knowhow many calories you are using up on a dailybasis and you need to ensure that you eat morethan you are using to ensure healthy weightgain. As a personal trainer, I work this figureout during the client’s first assessment.

To gain 1lb of muscle you need to take inan extra 2,500 calories per week or an extra400 calories per day. This also depends on in-dividual metabolism, therefore you may re-quire more or less. You would need to monitorthis and also make sure you are gaining mus-cle and not fat.

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SCIENTISTS have come upwith a blood test to detect thereturn of cancers which havegrown again after treatment.

The researchers at the Insti-tute of Cancer Research in Lon-don carried out a trial on 55 fe-male cancer patients who wereare high risk of relapsing due tothe size of their tumour and dis-covered 12 cancers out of the15 women who had relapsed.

By analysing the mutatedDNA of the tumour, they wereable to search the blood for thesame mutations, thereby find-ing cancers which they wouldnot normally have been able todetect.

Of the group, 15 patients re-lapsed and the blood test wasable to advise 12 of them. Theother three all had cancerswhich had spread to the brain.

While the trial detectedtraces of breast cancer eightmonths earlier than doctors

would normally have been ableto discover it, it is likely to be along time before such a test isreadily available.

While blood analysis ischeap to do, the expense ofanalysing the DNA of cancer-ous is significantly more.

A test to detectreturn of cancerBy Steve Walsh

SOME cancers grow again after treatment

BLOOD TEST: Scientists search the blood for DNA

ON Friday September 4there will be another fund-raising event at Aqua LandArenal Water Park.

There will be a sale of ex-

cursions and money takenfor the trips will go towardsASPANOB which is a chari-ty to provide holidays forthe children living in poorfamilies.

This chi ldren’s char i tyreaches all the Balearic Is-lands and thousands havebeen raised in the past yearsto help the NSPCC in theUK and they have alsohelped the chi ldren ofBernardos.

The event will commencefrom 10.00am and t icketsales will be available allday.

Please come and showyour support.

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EVERY Thursday until the endof September the Deia Interna-tional Music Festival continueswith classical music concerts atSon Marroig.

The concerts begin at 8.30 and in-clude Xin Wang (from China) andFlorian Koltun (from Germany) to-day (Thursday) playing works byMozart, Brahms and Schubert.

Next Thursday, the DeiaChamber Players, will performworks by Mozart/J.Chr.Bach, Vi-valdi, Bach and Saint Saens.

On September 17, it is the turnof Musica Excelsa with piecesfrom the 17th century, includingmusic by Paolo Cima, BattistaFontana, Castel lo , GirolamoKapsperger, Schop and HeinrichSchmelzer.

Finally, on September 24 it isthe turn of the Voicello Duet withworks by Händel, Falla, Offen-bach, G. Fiol, Mozart, Bach, De-libes as well as traditional Mal-lorca and Catalan music.

To find out more call 678 989536 or e-mail : concerts@dimf.com.

Twenty seven years ago, agroup of amateur and profession-

al musicians got together to per-form concerts in Lluch-Alcariand the Deia church with thename Paramusical Workshop.

That par t icular momentmarked the humble beginning ofwhat is known today as the DeiaInternat ional Music Fest ival .

Several years later, local institu-tions began to show interest inthe festival and supported its or-ganisation.

The quality and quantity of theguest artists has been growingsteadily ever since.

The Festival started with a vo-cal ensemble formed by peoplefrom the vi l lage of Deia ,performing with musicians fromthe Balearic Symphony Orches-tra.

Year after year almost everyartist from the islands got the op-portunity to perform for the Fes-tival at the Son Marroig Palaceor the Deia Church.

There were also performancesfrom numerous and importantartists from Barcelona, Madrid,Paris , Munich, London, NewYork, Berl in , Athens, andMoscow among others.

This year the ensemble Camer-ata Deia will continue its resi-dence at the Festival.

Alfredo Oyaguez Montero, co-artistic director of the festival to-gether with Patrick Meadows,serves also as the artistic directorof an ensemble created by sevenmusicians from different coun-tr ies that met a t the Adriat icChamber Music Festival and the‘El Sonido Real’ Festival at theUniversity of California, SantaBarbara.

By Steve Walsh

The Deia International Music Festival continues with concertsYEAR after year almost every artist from the islands got the opportunity to perform for the festival

DEIA: Now sets the scene for the International Music Festival.

Charity event atAqua Land

AN exhibi t on AncientGreece from the Bri t ishMuseum will be travellingto Palma.

The social branch of bankLa Caixa signed an agree-ment with the British Muse-um to organise four exhibi-t ions in several c i t ies ,including Palma, focusingon civilisation from AncientEgypt to Medieval Europe.

The head of La Caixafoundat ion, El isa Duran,and the Chairman of theBrit ish Museum, RichardLambert, have signed a col-laboration agreement whichwill last for four years.

It will strengthen the tiesbetween the two institutionswhich have worked togetherfor several decades, as themuseum has helped LaCaixa to organise exhibits

dedicated to the world’s ma-jor cultures. One especiallyimportant event was an ex-hibition on Ancient Persiain 2006.

They will now continueto organise exhibitions withthe museum’s collections,and in the next four years,there will be 16 in culturalcentres in Madrid,Barcelona, Zaragoza, Pal-ma, Girona, Tarragona andLleida, and also in Sevillawhere La Caixa is currentlybuilding a centre.

The four projects will fo-cus on Medieval Europe,Power and legacy; AncientGreece: Athletes, warriorsand heroes; Pharaohs: Kingsof Egypt; and the last on thePhoenician culture.

The exhibition which willbe seen in Madrid in 2016;

in Barcelona, Sevil la andZaragoza in 2018, and in

Palma in 2019, will focuson the Olympic Games, pol-

itics, arts and music of An-cient Greece. Dates and lo-

cations for the other exhibi-tions are yet to be decided.

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Ancient Greekexhibition tovisit Palma

BRITISH MUSEUM: Agreement signed with La Caixa to organise four exhibitions.

UNTIL October 2, the HotelBendinat and Arte Visionhave an exhibition of work bythe artists Daxa Parmar andVelcha Velchev.

For more information, con-tact Hotel Bendinat in PortalsNous, Calvia, on 971 675725.

Meanwhile, at the PelairesContemporary Culture Centrein Palma, until September 9,visitors can see ‘Difraccion yTerritorio’ an exhibition of aselection of works (photogra-phy and video) which belongto the series Twilight and In-ercia, in which Carlos Irijalbadeals with spaces destined tothe entertainment of massesagainst the sublime mediumof nature.

Open Tuesday to Fridayfrom 10.30am -1.30pm and

from 4.45pm - 8pm, and Sat-urday from 10.30am -1.30pm.

At Es Baluard, Modern ArtMuseum in Palma until Sun-day, a photography exhibitionof a selection of images byJean Marie del Moral belong-ing to his project carried outwith Joan Punyet, Miro’sgrandson, under the name of‘El Ojo de Miro’ remainsopen for visitors to see.

Also at Es Baluard is ‘Im-plosio Cel Lular’ an exhibi-tion at which, upon entry,spectators will immediatelysee an early 20th centurysilent movie, The Secret of LaPedriza, the very place theynow stand in as visitors.

Both open Tuesday to Sat-urday from 10am to 8pm andSunday from 10am to 3pm.

Art exhibitionson in Mallorca

IMPLOSIO: See an early 20th century silent movie.

PHOTO: Implosio Cel Lular/EsBaluard.org

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Do not attribute ourhuman traits to dogsTHEIR simple canine minds are untroubled by so many of our emotions

ANTHROPOMORPHISM is the word thatis used when we believe dogs have thesame feelings and emotions as humans andthat they understand our language.

A mistaken belief, of course. Dogs arenot small, fur-clad human beings. They arecanines. True, they are man’s best friend be-cause their natural instincts and hierarchicalsociety blend into our own, and they showloyalty and devotion to the hand that feedsthem. This bonding between man and doghappened thousands of years ago whenboth man and wolf lived similar nomadiclives as hunters roaming the land.

The dog’s adaptation to our way of lifewas accelerated by man using selectivebreeding to develop the most desirable fea-tures, first to work for us and then as pets.There remain, of course, fundamental dif-ferences between us and our dogs: dogs livetotally in the present moment. They do notworry about the past nor dream about the

future. They are not endowed with imagina-tion or feel grief, hate, jealousy or greed.They do have a high sensory ability whichis often mistaken for a kind of sixth sense.

They will understand that certain wordslike sit, stay, down require the right reactionif they are to be rewarded with a tit-bit orpraise. They will understand whether yourtone of voice and facial expressions aregood or bad when you are talking to them,but they will not understand longer phrases.

We often attribute human emotions todogs when, in fact, they are reacting instinc-tively. We assume our dog is happy to seeus when we return home and it lookspleased and wags its tail. All it is doing isreacting in the same way a wolf puppy re-acts when the pack returns from a hunt.

So please do not attribute dogs with hu-man emotions. Try, instead, to understandtheir simple canine minds, which are un-troubled by so many of our emotions.

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MAN’S BEST FRIEND: But a dog is not a fur-clad human being.

THE more unusual of animalskept as pets are known as non-domestics or exotics. Exam-ples include snakes, terrapins,lizards, scorpions and frogs.

The RSPCA have concernsabout the welfare of these ani-mals when kept as pets, due tohow difficult it can be to meettheir needs. Exotic pet species,as wild animals in captivity,have the same needs as theydo in the wild, linked to a spe-cialist environment, diet or be-haviour. It can be challengingto look after them properly.

The RSPCA are opposed tothe trade in wild-caught ani-mals. Some exotic species,such as primates, should neverbe kept as pets as they havecomplex needs that can’t bemet in a home environment.

We would urge anyone con-sidering an exotic pet to find

out as much as possible aboutthe animal’s needs andwhether it is a realistic pet foryou.

Consider:How long the animal will

live and how large it willgrow.

What it eats and how much. What environment the ani-

mal needs. Many exotics re-quire a carefully-controlledenvironment, or they may be-come sick and even die. Theenvironment must allow fornatural behaviour like burrow-ing, climbing or basking.

Size of enclosure - this islikely to increase as the ani-mal grows!

Should the animal be keptalone or with others?

Is there an exotics vet near-by who can treat the animal ifit becomes sick?

Taking careof exotic pets

ALTHOUGH we all like togive our little furry ones atreat now and again, left-overdinner or treats that we havein our kitchen cupboards maybe unsuitable or even dan-gerous to give to pets.

Some may think it ishumorous to give theirpet alcohol, but this cancause seizures, lowblood sugar, arrhythmias,coma, or even death.

Avocado can be fatalespecially the skin, seedand the bark which con-tains persin that causessevere vomiting and diar-rhoea. Never give bonesfrom fish orpoultry asthey are smalland they shatter andcan get stuck inthe throat.Onion and garlic

can damage blood cells, causeanaemia and also fits. Othersamong these foods aremushrooms, raw eggs, salt,rhubarb leaves, and somehops.

What youshould not feedyour dog

THIS breed of dog is common-ly known as a Podenco An-daluz and is very similar to theIbizan Hound, and they havebeen seen in paintings within

caves where people lived in an-cient times.

Spanish farmers are knownto use them for hunting orguarding the land.

Andalucian Houndfrom ancient times

SMOOTH-HAIRED: One type of Podenco.

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Over the last few weeks the guysbehind the business have beenbusy with the launch of the UKsite and basking in the glory of anextended TV appearance on Chan-nel 4’s Posh Pawn last Wednesday.“We filmed the show back in Maywhen we had the launch party atMood,” says Steve. “I was slightlyworried how we would comeacross but it could not have beenbetter – basically a 10-minute plugfor the new brand on UK TV!” Forthose unlucky enough to miss theshow Pouf Daddy is a brand of de-signer bean bags taking the con-cept of luxurious lounging to thenext level.

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AFTER another hot, largelydry, summer more and morehome-owners are turning toXeriscaping, the art of design-ing and constructing gardensthat require the minimum ofmoisture other than the occa-sional rainfall and the dampen-ing effects of low clouds, seaand river mists, and dew.

It can be done. Just look atthe banks alongside the motor-ways, the verges of country

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F. Take out the thirstiestplants in the garden.

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IT’S good news for home-owners throughout Spain this

year as the real estate marketcontinues to outdo propertysales made in 2014.

According to the latest databy the General Council of No-taries, the sale of homes inSpain jumped by 19.4 per centin June 2015, compared to thesame month the previous year,reaching a total of 37,641 salestransactions.

The June 2015 data marksthe fourth consecutive monthof increases in home salestransactions, following those ofMarch (+12.3 per cent), April(+1.9) and May (+8.5).

Apartment sales increasedby 20.8 per cent, driven bytransactions on second- handapartments, which rose by 25.2

per cent, while the transactionson new apartments increasedby 2.2 per cent. In addition,sales of individual familyhomes increased by 14.5 percent in June, compared withJune 2014.

The latest data, according tothe notaries, shows an overallstabilisation of the Spanish realestate market, and mortgageloans for home purchases alsoincreased in June, by 31.8 percent, with 16,002 loans autho-rised.

So what should home-own-

ers do, who want to sell theirproperty and take advantage ofthe surge in property sales?The answer is make sure yourhome is brought up-to-date andall your paperwork is in order.

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Good news for home-ownersin Spain this yearPROPERTY market continues to outdo sales in 2014 with a jump of nearly 20 per cent in June

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BELGIAN NEWSPAPERLa Libre Belgique (Free Bel-gium) has reported that everyday no fewer than nine Span-ish properties are sold to Bel-gians.

Their information is basedon reports of property trans-actions recorded by Spanishnotaries.

Foreigners purchased 13per cent of all properties soldin Spain in 2014 and Bel-gium came a creditablefourth in the list.

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The angry couple were alert enough torefuse to pay and sent him on his way, but arenow left facing a bill to repair the damage thathe caused.

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NEW pension rules an-nounced by ChancellorGeorge Osborne are givingpeople a taste of the exoticwhen it comes to theircars.Given greater freedom toaccess their pension pots,many pensioners are rekin-dling their lost youth andsplashing out on luxury vehi-cles.While many are beingpurely hedonistic, others areviewing the windfall as an op-portunity to enhance their re-tirement by amassing assetswhich will mature at a fasterrate than simply leaving themoney in a pension fund.

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MUCH like the rest of us, carmanufacturers like to takethings a little easier duringthe summer but as we ap-proach autumn things start topick up. With the MotorShow bandwagon set to startup again in Frankfurt nextmonth, the leading brands areall busy putting the finishingtouches to their new products,ready to wow journalists andconsumers alike. We alreadyknow that Jaguar Land Roverwill use the German show asthe launchpad for its much-anticipated Jaguar F-P.

ClarksonQuote of theWeek

I’m sorry, but having an Aston Martin DB9 on the drive and not driving it is a bit like having Keira Knight-ley in your bed and sleeping on the couch. If you’ve got even half a scrotum it’s not going to happen.

Some might say...

Ford to produce Mustang in a right hand version

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LATEST 2015 MUSTANG:With a choice of engine size rangingfrom 2.3 litres to 5 litres.

FIRST produced in 1964, the Ford Mustang has beenan icon of the American automotive industry but what-ever the version, it has always been produced with lefthand drive.

A film star in its own right with Steve McQueen in‘Bullitt,’ James Bond in ‘Diamonds are Forever’ andthe cast listed Eleanor driven by Nicholas Cage in‘Gone in 60 Seconds,’ the Mustang has

been the envy of many a

would be ‘boy racer’ around the world.After all of these years, the makers have realised that

they have been losing potential lucrative sales by ignor-ing the 61 countries that drive on the left. It has to beadmitted that the bulk of these are small ex-Britishcolonies but the list does include Australia, Hong Kong,

India, Ireland, Japan,

Singapore and the UK, all of which could become addi-tional markets for Ford.

The first right hand drive Mustangs have come offthe production line in Michigan and been shipped to theUK where so many sales have been made, that somecustomers will have to wait until 2016 to get behind thesteering wheel.

With both a fastback and convertible version andwith choices of engine size ranging from 2.3 litres tofive litres in both manual and automatic, there is a wide

range to choose from.

MAKERS realise they have been losing potential lucrative sales

IN A MOVE to ensure that the UK is considered aleader in ultra-low emission technology, the Britishgovernment has extended the r ight to receive a£5,000 (€7,000) grant by a further three months.

This grant which was expected to be terminated inNovember when it was calculated that a target of50,000 buyers of all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehi-cles would be reached has now been extended untilFebruary of next year,

Transport minister Andrew Jones said: “The UK isnow the fastest growing market for electric vehiclesin Europe. We will continue to invest to help makethis technology affordable to everyone and to securethe UK’s position as a global leader.”

Grant periodis extended

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THERE are about 100 members of theCofradia association of fisherman whouse the port of Palma and they arelooking for the new president of theBalear ic Ports Authori ty, JoanGual to not only guarantee space

for their nets to dry - which theysee as being vi ta l to their l ivingand adds to the tourist image of Palma- but a lso to a l low them to sel lfresh fish for an allocated spot in theport.

Their spokesman, Rafael Mas ac-cepts that there will be some restric-tions concerning the amount allowedfor sale but says “The first ones whohave to live from fishing are the fish-ermen. We want to sell fish.”

The NautiAcademyFIRST training facility of its kindwhere yacht crew can completefully accredited courses

Super Yacht in Mallorca.

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THREE leading companiesfrom Mal lorca togetherwith another one from Ibizaare due to announce theirp lans for the proposedBalearic Yacht DestinationProject at this year’s Mona-co Yacht Show, which takesplace from September 23 to26.

The companies involved -Astilleros de Mallorca, STPShipyard Palma, Port Adri-ano, Marina Ibiza - will allbe involved in launchingthe project which aims to‘present Mallorca and Ibizaas a complete 360º destina-tion for the nautical indus-try.

This will be both in termsof enjoying sailing as wellas in the repair and mainte-nance aspect.’

Jennifer Maul ofAstilleros de Mallorca com-mented, ‘Mal lorca andIbiza are now established astwo of the main tourist des-tinations in the world, buta lso as the bes t p laces to

live, according to recent in-ternational press coverage.’

The companies involved

in the project will presenttheir vision on September23 a t s tand QL10 on the

Jetée Lucciana with a wel-come cockta i l and ‘somesurprises’.

ical WITH the ever increasing change in regulations concerning profes-sional crew as well as those interested in expanding their knowledge,

the Nautical Academy is a place to consider.It is the first training facility of its kind where yacht crew can complete fully MCA, RYA and PYA ac-

credited courses across all departments, including deck, medical, safety, security, leadership, interior andculinary courses. Training can take place at the facilities inside MB92 Shipyard in Barcelona or the acade-my can tailor complete crew packages for on-board training, for any size of yacht, anywhere in the world.

They run RYA accredited courses for all crew from Personal Water Craft Courses to Yachtmaster Prepa-ration and Exam with a specialised firefighting division. With the massive rise in the cost of vessels andtheir relative vulnerability, security and safety schooling includes an introduction to the background of theInternational Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS), the roles of the Company Security Officer (CSO)and Ship Security Officer, security requirements and security administration.

Not overlooking the fact that yacht owners and charter customers expect high quality catering and onboard service, the academy has partnered with a range of luxury hospitality and service industry brands in-cluding, the Connaught Hotel, the Hilton Group, Harvey Nicholls and La Gavroche. Again, courses can beundertaken in Barcelona or on board.

For more information check www.thenauticalacademy.net

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M/Y AZZAM lays claim to being the largest Superyachtin the world at 180 metres and was built by Lurssen, theworld’s leading shipyard for large luxury yacht building.

Azzam (which translates to English as Resolute) waslaunched on April 5, 2013 and commissioned by KhalifaAl Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirateswith a cost estimated to be in excess of $600 million(€533 million).

Carrying its own submarine, the vessel is capable ofreaching top speeds of over 30 knots and with a relative-ly low draft can sail safely into shallow waters as well asdelivering a perfect ride with its luxurious and comfort-able accommodation.

Largest yacht inthe world

AZZAM: Berthed in the port of Tarragona.

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From Back Page

AS clearly demonstrated by the in-creasing number of ladies who fre-quent Campbell’s shops the evi-dence is clear that they are movingmore to the fore in the world ofgolf.

Therefore the forthcoming Sol-heim Cup will be drawing a signifi-cant amount of interest from allquarters. And, just like the RyderCup, it pitches a European teamagainst a US team. Each teammember having qualified throughwinning points on various competi-

tions during the past year or by be-ing selected by the team captain.

This year the European team istruly international with Norway,Sweden, France, England, Scot-land, Germany and Spain beingrepresented.

There are some names amongstthem who will already be recognis-

able such as Charley Hull andMelissa Reid from England, AnnaNordquist from Sweden and Catri-ona Matthew from Scotland. Eachof these excellent golfers havecompeted at the EuroNations Cupwhen it was held at La Sella in theCosta Blanca.

There are also two ladies who

will be generating a lot of supportfrom Spain, as the team includesAzahara Munoz from Malaga andCarlotta Ciganda from Pamplona.

The pressure is ON!This year there is even more

pressure on both teams for quitedifferent reasons.

Two years ago the Europeanteam defeated the US on Americansoil and two years previously theyhad won in Europe. So the hope isthat they can defend their title andwrap up a third record-breakingwin.

Meanwhile, on the opposite sideof the argument, the US team willbe desperate to ensure that thisdoesn’t happen. Adding to theirown disappointment, the recent re-sults for the US Ryder Cup teamshave been dismal, to say the least,and especially the humiliating de-feat referred to as the Miracle atMedinah in 2012. The US typical-ly do not take defeat very well and

there will be very strong sup-port for the Solheim Ladies de-spite the fact that the location isGermany.

Like the Ryder Cup the formatinvolves pairs coming head-to-head in the first two days and thenthe full team in a one-to-one GrandFinale on the third day.

It will be an exciting event andwith European TV schedules weshould be able to watch much of itas it unfolds.

And let's wish Azahara and Car-lotta lots of luck.

Getting in the swingwith Campbell Lamont

By Tony Myles

The Solheim Cup SeptemberAND golfing history could be made as the pressure is on both teams to win

SPANISH SUPPORT: Azahara Munoz and Carlotta Ciganda.

kia (Saturday)• The summer transfer window

has closed - details next week.ATHLETICS - Olympian Brendan

Foster has described Mo Farah asBritain’s “greatest ever sportsman” af-ter the 32-year-old became the firstrunner ever to win the official longdistance triple-double.

Farah won the World 5,000m and10,000m titles in Beijing - a ‘double’feat he also achieved at the London2012 Olympics and 2013 Worlds.

Farah now has five World Champi-onship golds, two Olympic golds andfive European golds and is unbeaten

on outdoor tracks in major races sincefinishing second in the 10,000m at the2011 World Championships. NewIAAF President Sir Seb Coe said:“Wow, he’s something special” andeven the Queen admitted “Wasn’t heterrific.”

Also in China, Usain Bolt complet-ed the 100m and 200m double andhelped Jamaica win the 4x100m relaygold medal. GB’s Shara Proctorgained silver in the women’s longjump while the GB ladies (4th) set anew national record of 42.10 secondsin the 4x100m relay.

Greg Rutherford (long jump) andJessica Ennis-Hill (Heptathlon) wereGB’s other gold medallists.

CRICKET - Last Saturday, 24,762fans saw Lancashire beat Northantsby 13 runs in the T20 Blast final atEdgbaston. Tomorrow England playAustralia in an ODI at Lords and onSaturday, Yorkshire meet Gloucester-shire in the Royal London Cup finalat Leeds.

RUGBY - Leeds Rhinos smashedhapless Hull KR by a record 50 pointsto nil in last weekend’s Super Chal-lenge Cup final Wembley, TomBriscoe scored five tries. And infriendly ‘Union’ internationals, Scot-land beat Italy 48-7 while Walesedged Ireland 16-10. And Englandhave included ‘League convert’ SamBurgess in their WC squad but there’s

no room for Danny Cipriani.MOTOGP - ‘Doctor,’ Valentino

Rossi (Yamaha/ Movistar) won lastSunday’s ‘wet and rainy’ British Mo-toGP, his 86th victory overall). FellowItalians Danilo Petrucci and AndreaDovizioso were second and third.Rossi, chasing his 10th World title,leads the rider’s championship by 12points from Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo.

CYCLING - Britain’s ChrisFroome avoided a huge crash whichcaused four riders, including Ireland’sDan Martin, to abandon the Vuelta aEspaña during stage eight in Murcia.Sadly, Belgian Kris Boeckman was inan induced coma after suffering con-cussion and facial fractures in the ac-

cident. Froome was eighth at the startof the week, one minute 11 secondsbehind the leader and still has hopesof winning this gruelling race whichends on September 13.

ROUND-UP - Jordan Spieth hasbeen replaced by former leader RoryMcIlroy as the world’s number onegolfer... The Italian F1 Grand Prixtakes place at Monza this weekend.The US Grand Slam continues atFlushing Meadows.

... The World Rowing Champi-onships are taking place in France...And we have the European wheel-chair basketball championships inWorcester.

Mo Farah described as the‘greatest ever’ sportsman

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VALENTINO ROSSI: Won last Sunday’s British MotoGP, his 86th victoryoverall and is now chasing his 10th World title.

FOOTBALL - José Mourinho’s100th home PL game in chargeof Chelsea ended in a 2-1 defeatby Crystal Palace.

This was also his 200th matchas manager of the Blues, and on-ly the second time Chelsea hadlost at home in the PL under his

control. For Palace it was onlytheir second ever League win atStamford Bridge, and boss AlanPardew is the only manager ‘inthe world’ to ‘win three games’against Mourinho.

Both teams had a player sentoff as West Ham beat Liverpool3-0 - their first victory at Anfieldsince 1963. Unbeaten leadersManchester City defeated Wat-ford 2-0 to register a record 10thwin in a row; WBA won 1-0 atnine-man Stoke; Arsenal pipped10-man Newcastle by the samescore - their eighth successivewin over the Magpies -Southampton beat 10-man Nor-

wich 3-0 and Swansea cameback from a goal down to beatManchester United 2-1. Thematches between Aston Villa-Sunderland, Bournemouth-Leicester and Spurs-Evertonended in draws.

At the start of this week,Brighton, 3-2 winners at Ip-swich, sat on top of the Champi-onship; Walsall and Leyton Ori-ent led Leagues 1 and 2 andCeltic were in the new SPL lead-ers. Both Barcelona (1-0 v Mala-ga) and Real Madrid (5-0) vBetis, won their home La Ligagames.

• There is no major League

action this weekenddue to 2016 EuropeanChampionship quali-f iers which includeC y p r u s - W a l e s(tonight) , Georgia-Scotland, Gibraltar-Republic of Irelandand Faroe Islands-Northern Ireland (tomor-row) and San Marino-England and Spain-Slova

José and United beaten!Tony MatthewsInternational SportsA former football player and the world’s mostprolific author of football books (more than100 published), Tony is also the sports re-porter for Spectrum Radio and lives in theCabrera mountains.

Costa de Almeria

THIS weekend sees the 2016 European Championship qualifiers

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