Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 28 January - 3 February 2016 Issue 1595

ISSUE NO. 1595 28 Jan - 3 Feb 2016 YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COMMALLORCA

Accidental deathplea questioned

THE sordid circumstances sur-rounding the death of a 49-year-old British woman in Mal-lorca have captured theattention of European press andlocal residents in Calvia, Costade la Calma.

Fifty-year-old car salesmanWarren Lyttle, confessed to

strangling his wife, Lisa JaneLyttle, from Kilburn, London,at their home in the south westof Mallorca, claiming that hehad accidentally killed her dur-ing a sex game gone wrong.

From marks on the de-ceased’s neck and other evi-dence, officers attending thescene on the sixth

By Kylie J Brennan

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THE IPFB (Balearic Institute of FamilyPolicies) has asked the regional govern-ment to give parents an important role indeciding about foreign languages atschools in the islands.

In a statement, the institute said that“many controversies could be avoided ifrather than trying to find one model toplease all, families were allowed tochoose between a number of differentpossibilities.”

“Those who deny parents the right tochoose the foreign language their chil-dren study should ask themselves whyparents’ representatives on school boardsare able to have a part in far more com-plex decisions such as choosing a direc-tor for the school, designing the curricu-lum or approving the budget,” IPFBsaid.

The institute believes that a combina-tion of independence for schools andfreedom of choice for families is “thebest system to improve schools.”

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REGIONAL government andprovincial council representa-tives visited the desa Drag-onera nature park on Friday(January 22) to continue in-spections with an aim todrawing up a plan to create a

scientific studies station. TheEnvironmental delegate, San-dra Espeja, and the general di-rector of Natural Spaces andBiodiversity of the regionalgovernment, Catalina Amen-gual, joined the visit.

Science station

MALLORCA’S textiles sec-tor has missed the level ofsales expected in Decemberand 55 per cent of shopswhich started their wintersales between the last week

in November and January 10have seen less sales than in2014, while 40 per cent saidsales remained the same andjust 5 per cent reported in-creased sales.

Disappointingsales for textiles

LOCAL NEWS Parents to have theirsay on foreign languageFAMILIES should be allowed to choose between different possibilities

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THE number of non-Spanish self-employed workers regis-tered in the Balearic Islands reached 15,336 in December2015, a 7.9 per cent increase on the figure for December2014. Of the total, 11,128 were from EU countries and4,209 from further afield, the ATA Self-Employed Work-ers’ Association reported.

Self-employed rise

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Freedom of choice is important.

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Billionaire George Soroswarns of EU collapseCLAIMED the European Union has been weakened by several crises

BILLIONAIRE financier GeorgeSoros’ January 2016 interview with theNew York Review of Books saw himwarning the world to prepare for thedemise of the European Union, whichhe claimed has been weakened by sev-eral crises that threaten “the values andprinciples on which it was founded.”

Citing Greece’s continued economicinstability, Russia’s annexing of theUkraine, Brexit, the migration crisis, theSyrian conflict and the 2015 terror at-tacks in Paris, Soros paints a bleak fu-ture for Europe but adds that GermanChancellor Angela Merkel and her com-patriots are key to finding a solution.

As leader of Europe’s response to themigrant crisis after inviting refugees tosettle in Germany, Merkel is describedby Mr Soros as “a leader who stuck herneck out in opposition to prevailingopinion.” The American business mag-nate also said he welcomed the changein her leadership style in times when“there is plenty to be nervous about.”

In October 2011 at a European sum-mit in Brussels, one of many ‘save theeuro’ meetings held in a 20-month peri-

od, Germany’s first female chancellorissued a chilling prediction when shesaid: “Another half century of peace andprosperity in Europe is not to be takenfor granted. If the euro fails, Europefails.”

In the same speech, Ms Merkel, at-tending to secure support for a one-tril-lion euro rescue package to boost theEurozone’s bailout fund, remarked onthe vital importance of protecting “theprocess begun by our forefathers aftercenturies of hatred and blood spill.”

If Soros’ and Merkel’s predictions areto be believed, Europe in its currentguise will not be long for this world, as

it begins to break apart under the pres-sure of the combined crises.

One of the first privileges Europeanslook set to lose is free movement, as theSchengen zone falls under threat.

Mr Soros also credits the Germanchancellor for leading EU memberstates towards “a common asylum poli-cy,” which he claims is necessary to dealwith the “acute political crisis” causedby the “past year’s growing influx ofrefugees.”

The responsibility for protecting Eu-rope’s current politico-economic unionfalls to Germany, who, argues Mr Soros,need to “accept the responsibilities andthe liabilities involved in being the dom-inant power in Europe.”

Europe’s “capacity to absorb” new ar-rivals in a “safe, orderly way” Soroswarns, is also imperative to the EU’ssurvival.

Attending the World Economic Fo-rum 2016 in Davos on January 20, Fin-land’s Finance Minister, Alex Stubb,echoed Soros by describing Germany’sopen border policy as “humane” and“probably the right thing to do at thetime” but added it had placed the “freemovement and the whole Schengenagreement” under threat.

By Kylie J Brennan

GEORGE SOROS: Meeting Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament.

28is the number of Statesthat have joined the EUsince its creation in the1957 Treaty of Rome

George Soros

‘THE MAN who broke the Bankof England’ has done much to for-tify his geopolitical influencesince the infamous Black Wednes-day, when the veteran investormade a cool £1 billion short-sell-ing sterling. Channelling his phi-losophy frequently across the me-dia and through institutions, the85-year-old Hungarian is an ar-dent supporter of open societiesand progressive activism, heavilycritical of Putin’s Russia.

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George Soros in an interview with theAmerican based Jewish Press January

2016.

Quote of the Week

Readers Brian and Mike dis-cussed the story at length onthe EWN website, these beinga few key points.

To join the discussion go to:http://www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/news/on-euro-weekly-news/world-news/136487-bil-lionaire-george-soros-warns-of-imminent-eu-collapse

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Peace in our timeFOR all its faults the EU givesus better security. It got the2012 Nobel Peace Prize forcontributing to six decades ofpeace within Europe (now sev-en). Just think of all the previ-ous wars and invasionsthroughout Europe includingtwo devastating world warsthat both began here. Brian

Not essentialAN EEC or similar can still ex-ist. Countries, including thosethat pull out, can sign up for an-other organisation where theycan be together on trade andfight together if needed. We donot need to be in the EU, stopscaremongering. Mike

Jaw-jawIT is actually widely acceptedthat the very existence of theEU has helped to prevent warsthat might otherwise have bro-ken out during the past six orseven decades. Churchill him-self said he preferred Jaw-Jawto War-War and you can’t denythere’s a lot of Jaw-Jaw in theEU! Brian

Soros’ roleWHAT they have shown isthey have no idea how to sortout issues, and that one personthat is part of this supposedlydemocratic group can make astupid public statement thatthrows the whole of the EU in-to turmoil. Mike

Corrupt croniesTHE democratically electedEuropean Parliament does nothave the REAL power. Thatlies with the crony commis-sioners who are also paid waytoo much money for what theydo. Until the EU becomesTRULY democratic, and holdsthem to account, it will alwaysbe flawed. Brian

In or outTHERE are many countries notin the EU but they trade andhave free access to EU coun-tries, it is not rocket science andcountries will not let their econ-omy suffer by creating prob-lems with the UK. Is China inthe EU? No, but they have taxincentives in Spain. Mike

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28 January - 3 Februrary 2016 / Mallorca

SPEAKING on behalf of theMallorcan government, MarcPons responded to criticismsof the tourist tax that had beenvoiced at the Fitur fair inMadrid, by saying that book-ings were not suffering at allas a consequence of the tax tobe introduced from June 1.

Far from any harm beingcaused, he noted indicationsfrom Fitur were that the com-

ing season promises to be avery good one.

He confirmed that draft leg-islation was being producedand that there is no intentionof backing down on the mat-ter. He went on to make itclear that the introduction ofthe tax was to improve theBalearics as a tourist destina-tion.

Vice-President Barcelo al-so announced that the region-al government would like see

an amendment to current leg-islation, so that tax incentiveswould encourage businessesto stay open in the off-sea-son.

The president of the associ-ation for tourist attractions,Antonio Gonzalez was quotedas saying: “We want to beable to recover the tourismfrom November to February,and if the government helpsbusinesses to boost their ac-tivities, there will be more

jobs. It is important that wehave an active and dynamictourist destination both in thehigh and the low season.”

He did however, accept thatthe tourist tax would be im-plemented and the presidentof the association for smallerbusinesses, acknowledgedthat by imposing this tax, thegovernment was looking forquality rather than quantity asfar as tourism and ongoingbusiness is concerned.

GOVERNMENT spokesman said bookings are not suffering

Latest on tourist tax

By John Smith

TAX INTRODUCTION: Government says it is to improve Mallorca as a tourist destination.

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Riddle of the horsesmay be investigatedFIGUEROLA is also owner of the horse hacked to death

RAMON FIGUEROLA, own-er of the loose horse whichcaused a fatal accident on theroad between Lloseta and Incalast week, has said he is sorryabout what happened.

“I’m very upset, I assumemy part of the responsibilityfor what happened. It was ter-rible, there are no words in myvocabulary to describe the se-riousness of the matter.”

Mr Figuerola went to theGuardia Civil barracks in In-

ca after the accident to advisethat he owned the horse. Hethen visited the father of thedeceased, (Miguel Angel PolJuan, 28) who he had beenacquainted with in the past.

Officers went to the prop-erty where the horse was keptduring the week to inspectthe area and try to find outwhat happened, and the own-ers of the horse as well thestables where it was kept,gave statements.

There was no obvious rea-son for the horse to have es-

caped and strangely, Figuero-la is the owner of the youngmare which was foundhacked to death in Lloseta atthe beginning of January.

“We moved the horse tothe stables to stop anythingelse happening,” the devas-tated owner said which raisesthe question as to whether itwas deliberately let out andwas taken to the road wherethe accidents subsequentlyoccurred.

If this does prove to be thecase, then the two incidents

will be proven as linked andthere will need to be an in-vestigation as to whethersomeone has a grudge againstthe owner.

by John Smith

Enquiries continueinto woman’s death

GUARDIA CIVIL: May have to investigate whether someone has a grudge against the owner.

floor of the Siesta apartment block were able toestablish that she had been strangled by a phonecharger cord. Paramedics also attended and un-successfully tried to revive the mother-of-one,who is said to have died from asphyxiation.

Reports suggest that the Guardia Civil officersdid not take an initial statement from the suspect,who appeared in a closed-door hearing somehours after his arrest on January 23.

Appearing before duty judge Jose Castro, at acriminal court in Palma, Mr Lyttle disclosed thathis actions were unintentional and a result of asadomasochistic game that went too far, while hislawyers entered a plea of involuntary homicide.

In a second hearing on January 24, the accusedstuck to his original account of the events but

Guardia Civil investigators disputed the claims bypresenting ‘irrefutable’ evidence that Lisa Jane’sdeath had followed a blazing row over money.

Post mortem examination reports were alsosubmitted to the courts, revealing Mrs Lyttle didnot defend herself in the alleged attack and shehad been dead for a number of hours before herhusband called emergency services at 3.20 am.

The court also heard how police initially sus-pected the ill-fated couple was drunk, but whiletesting Mr Lyttle’s blood for alcohol and finding itwas not particularly high, they found evidencethat he had taken drugs.

Following the tragedy, locals acknowledged afive-minute silence at Calvia Town Hall. The casecontinues, with the Lyttles’ teenage daughter ex-pected to fly to Mallorca to assist with inquiries.

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ON January 22 the regional government gave final ap-proval to allow work to remove level crossings from thePalma-Inca railway in Can Foradi and said that a pedes-trian path will be built parallel to the railway to provideresidents of the Son Rullan district access to the new sta-tion building.

THE acronym GOB stands forthe Grup Balear d’Ornitologiai Defensa de la Naturalesaand this organisation takesvery seriously the impact ofthe modern day world uponthe natural beauty and fragileecosystem of the Balearics.

Members of the group oftenswing into action when a mat-

ter of environmental impor-tance needs to be addressedand i ts latest campaign isagainst the legalisation of onepolo field and the granting ofapproval for a second, as wellas approval for what is de-scribed as a building connect-ed with agrotourism.

According to GOB, there isa loophole in the law sur-rounding the Tourism Act

which allows for certain ap-provals to be given withoutrequiring a declaration of in-terest or a need to complywith maximum size of build-ing plots.

In this case, a polo field hasbeen introduced in the area ofCampos and the owners arerequesting that it be legallyapproved as well as a secondfield in the same area.

In their opposition, GOB isadamant that the area does nothave sufficient water to justi-fy the introduction of two po-lo fields as with the currentdrought, the usage of watermakes no sense, especially asthe sport is one enjoyed by anelite group and has been in-troduced to the island ratherthan being part of island her-itage.

GOB opposed to polofields in Campos area

POLO FIELD: Has been introduced into the area of Campos and the owners now wish approval for a second one.


ORGANISATION takes seriously the impact of the modern world

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By John Smith

EIGHTY-SIX per cent ofvehicles checked during thelatest safety campaign car-ried out on cars, motorbikesand bicycles in theBalearics made correct useof seatbel ts , helmets andchild restraint devices.

Of the 2,960 vehicleswhich were inspected, 2,553were correct.

The aim of the campaignwas to raise awareness ofthose responsible foryoungsters of the impor-tance of correct use of ap-proved restraining devices

and inform parents in theBalear ic Is lands on thechanges in regulations re-garding seatbelt and childseat use in vehicles.

Thirty thousand leafletswere distributed within 41different municipalities onthe islands over a period oftwo months, coincidingwith the start of the 2015-2016 school year and the re-sul ts were obtained fromchecks carried out by LocalPolice officers in areas nearschools in 23 municipali-ties.

Level crossingsto be removed


Thriller series was filmed in Mallorca BASED on a novel by writer John le Carre, it is due to hit UK screens shortly

A NEW TV thriller series The Night Manag-er based on the novel by veteran spy thrillerwriter John le Carre, is due to hit the UK

screens shortly and much of it was filmed inMallorca.

Alongside stars Hugh Laurie (TV’sHouse) and three t imes BAFTA winnerOlivia Colman, there is also a very strong

supporting cast which sees Tom Hiddleston’s(Loki in the Thor films) character, a formerBritish soldier being recruited as an intelli-gence officer who investigates arms dealerLaurie.

With a large budget and an eye on theAmerican market, where it is to be shown onHBO affiliate AMC, the series promises tobe up to the usual high standard of BBC dra-ma serials.

by Matthew Elliott

RESIDENTS of theBalearic Islands spendan average of €1,511on food per person peryear, the eighth highestaverage spending in thecountry, according tothe latest Food Con-sumption report fromthe Ministry of Agricul-ture, Food and the En-vironment.

The regions thatspent the most on foodwere the Basque Coun-try and Cataluña, whilethe Canary Islands, Ex-tremadura, Andalucia,Murcia and Castilla LaMancha spent the least.

On a national level,the average per personper year was 663 kilosof food at a price of€1,482.

The report revealedthat the favourite placeto buy food is still thesupermarket (43 percent), although freshfood is still boughtmostly from specialistshops.

Averagespendingon food

A MAN went into a branch ofBMN bank in Consell on Janu-ary 22 and waited until therewere no other customers, thenthreatened staff with a gun andescaped with €18,000.

Although no one was injured,the robbery came as a shock tothe employees. Soon after beingalerted, officers arrested theman in a nearby street.

Bankrobberarrested


EMAYA Environmental In-spection and Control Servicehas issued 12 fines over re-cent weeks for dumping offurniture and other goods onthe public streets of Palma ondays when there is no collec-tion.

Local Police officers havejoined the fight against incor-rect rubbish disposal and willbe running their own checksuntil February 7.

The environmental servicefines were issued for puttingold furniture out on the wrongdays, taking rubbish out at in-correct times (this is only per-

mitted between 8pm and10pm), dumping things in in-adequate or inappropriateplaces, usually next to rub-bish bins, and dumping largeitems which the service does-n’t pick up, such as electricaland electronic appliances anddevices and constructionwaste.

The fines, the municipalcompany reported, were is-sued whenever people werecaught red-handed in variousdistricts including Llevant,Can Valero, Pere Garau, SonCotoner, Es Forti and RafalVell.

Fined for dumping Drought conditionsWORK needs to be done to ensure crops are properly irrigated

POLICE have joined the fight

THE Balearic government is producingan action plan in order to try to copewith the ongoing drought affectingMallorca which may include some lim-ited form of rationing, as well as an in-crease in production at the desalinationplants which at the moment do not runat ful l capacity due mainly to theircost.

Work also needs to be taken to en-sure that farmer’s crops are properly ir-rigated and this and the matter of ad-vising the community of the need toconserve water and reduce usage willbe the subject of meetings to be heldon January 29 and early February.

This action is particularly importantas i t is reported that the two mainreservoirs serving Palma, Gorg Blauand Cuber are at just 25 per cent of ca-pacity, compared to 92 per cent as re-cently as 2013.

Like the reservoirs, the aquifers onthe island are being affected by thelack of rain. At present, they are at 53per cent of capacity, which is 5 per

cent lower than in what was considereda dry year, 2014.

Underground water provides some85 per cent of Majorca’s needs, but it is

already the case that some supply prob-lems are emerging which will becomemuch worse come the main tourist sea-son if no significant rainfall occurs.

By John Smith

RESERVOIRS: Cuber in foreground and Gorg Blau in background.

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FOR many years the bulk ofMallorca’s electricity wassupplied by coal fired plantsbut according to a recent re-port, it has now dropped be-low 50 per cent (from fiveyears ago) to a much moreacceptable 32 per cent, al-though there is considerableroom for improvement.

This drop is thanks to anincrease in the supply of pow-er via submarine cables fromthe mainland which has beenin operation for just fouryears and now supplies 23 percent of the island’s needs.

Other benefits are from agas powered turbine, alsoconnected to the mainland butsolar, wind and wave powersupply a measly 3 per cent ofthe energy requirement and itis in this sector that the gov-ernment intends to concen-trate in a bid to use only re-newable energy by 2050.


Mallorcagettinggreener

THE Association of Spanish airlines AECAbased in Palma has recommended a change inthe way in which residents of the Balearic andCanary Islands receive discounts when travellingto and from the islands according to Ultima Ho-ra.

They currently pay 50 per cent of the commer-cial fare but according to AECA president FelipeNavío this does not benefit all islanders alike, as

those who decide to travel first class receive amuch larger cash discount. To this end therefore,he wants to see a new formula where a setamount is deducted from the fare regardless ofthe class of travel booked.

The Director General of the Balearic ports andairports, Xavier Ramis, is reported to welcomethe suggestion, although he wants to ensure thatthose undertaking urgent journeys at short notice,possibly for health reasons are not penalised andend up paying much inflated prices.

A better dealfor local flyersA NEW formula is wanted where a set amount is deducted

By John Smith

FARE DISCOUNTS: Currently are 50 per cent of the commercial fare.

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PALMA City Council announced on January 26 there would bea further 3,700 new tourist beds for the Playa de Palma during2016 and 2017, as plans have been agreed with four new hotelsand 26 other operators offering additional accommodation.

Senior representative of the Green Party MES, AntoniNoguera, criticised this growth for being “unsustainable” ex-plaining that tourist use of water for example was between twoand three times greater than a local inhabitant.

More beds for Palma

anyone is living in it or not. You only have to pay tax on gains

arising from 6th April 2015. In mostcases you can choose whether to rebasethe value of your property to 5th April2015, or time-apportion the gain. Youalso have the option of computing thegain over the whole period of yourownership.

What is the charge?The tax charge is the same as that

paid by UK residents. The net gain onyour UK property is added to yourother UK-source income and taxed at18% or 28%, depending on whetheryour UK income puts you in the basicor higher-rate tax bracket. Companiespay tax at 20%, or 28% if it fallswithin the Annual Tax on EnvelopedDwellings. It is also 28% for trusts.

What reliefs are there?Individuals and partnerships have

an annual allowance of £11,100 andtrustees £5,550 (for 2015/16).

Over and above this, under UK law,if you meet the conditions for privateresidence relief (PRR), you do nothave to pay capital gains tax on yourmain home. Non-residents selling UKresidential property and UK residentsselling property in Spain may be ableto get this relief if they meet new

qualifying conditions. You can apply PRR to a property if

you have lived in it for 90 days or moreover the UK tax year. If you are UKresident, you can also apply the reliefto a property you own here in Spain ifyou spend 90 days in it.

Conversely, if you live in Spain andspend 90 days in a property you ownin the UK, you can nominate this asyour principal residence. Although thisallows you to avoid capital gains tax,you may be seen as UK resident for taxpurposes under the UK’s StatutoryResidence Test. This means youwould have to pay tax in the UK onyour worldwide income. Seekspecialist advice to consider your taxsituation as a whole.

The UK/Spain tax treatyResidents of Spain are subject to

Spanish capital gains tax on theirworldwide real estate gains. So a

Spanish resident selling a UK propertywould be liable to tax in bothcountries. You will not pay tax twice,but need to understand the interactionof the UK and Spanish tax regimesunder the double taxation treaty.

Tax involving two countries can becomplicated so you should always seekprofessional advice to make sure youget the solution that works best foryour situation and objectives.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs maychange. Any statements concerningtaxation are based upon ourunderstanding of current taxation lawsand practices, which are subject tochange. Tax information has beensummarised; an individual is advisedto seek personalised advice.

To keep in touch with the latestdevelopments in the offshore world,check out the latest news on ourwebsite www.blevinsfranks.com.

With all the noise around the UKpension reforms last year it is easy toforget that there was another big changeaffecting everyone here who ownsproperty in the UK. British expatriatesnow have to pay capital gains tax in theUK when they sell UK property.

Who is taxed?Until 6 April 2015, if you were non-

UK resident for five consecutive UK taxyears, you were not taxed in the UK onthe gains made when you sold UKproperty. Now you will have to pay taxthere if you sell it. This applies to non-UK resident individuals, non-residentpartners in UK resident and UK non-resident partnerships, companies andtrusts.

What is taxed?The tax applies when you sell UK-

based residential property, which isdefined as ‘property used or suitable foruse as a dwelling,’ regardless of whether

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By Peter Worthington,Senior Partner, Blevins Franks

Remember – There Is Now UKCapital Gains Tax On Property

IN a press release issued onJanuary 26, the Balearic Or-nithological Group (GOB) hasreleased the news that follow-ing a winter bird count thenumber of birds in the wetlandreserve of s’Albufera on thenorth east coast of Mallorca hasfallen dramatically.

In its opinion, the main rea-son for this reduction is the

drop in water quality in the areaand it calls for the provincialgovernment to take urgent mea-sures to prevent the dischargeof insufficiently purified waterfrom sewage treatment plants.

This problem coupled withthe increase in salinity, as wellas an expanding carp popula-tion in the waters, has aggravat-ed the situation incredibly.

Just 16 years ago, the countreturned 3,500 coots but now

only 400 could be identifiedwhilst there were 4,000 mal-lards counted in 2010 and thisnumber has plummeted to just1,500.

The only good news is it ap-pears they haven’t simply diedand many of the birds havesimply migrated to other is-lands in the Balearics wherepopulations have expanded butthis will not please local or-nithologists or visitors.


Protected birdsare flying awayNUMBERS in the wetland reserve have fallen dramatically

By John Smith

NUMBERS FALLING: Red-knobbed coots in the waters of s’Albufera.

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RubbishinnovationTHE president of Palma’s pub-lic services agency, Emaya,Neus Truyol is also the council-lor responsible for ecology andis introducing from the main-land, a new idea for collectionof rubbish from Playa de Palma.

After discussion with hote-liers in the area as well as anumber of official bodies, theyhave agreed to help fund andresurrect the concept of remov-ing unsightly rubbish bins andreplacing them with under-ground containers which can beused for disposal of ‘commer-cial’ rubbish.

The concept will be put intoaction, once funds estimated at€1.5 million are obtained.

THE Associat ion of CarDealers Faconauto has re-ported that sales of new carsin general and high-pricedcars in particular have onceagain increased within the

Balearics.German cars are particu-

larly popular with Audi,BMW and Mercedes leadingthe way with an increase of51 per cent. Even Porschesaw an increase of 15 percent although their sales only

increased from 53 to 60 cars.With the continuing fall in

oil prices and a better econo-my generally, drivers seemquite happy to invest in thepurchase of new cars, despitethe drop in value as soon asthey drive the first kilometre.

DURING 2015, just 52 dogswhich were unable to be re-housed by the municipal ani-mal shelter in Palma wereput to sleep, which is consid-erably less than in recentyears according to an an-nouncement from the citycouncil on January 25.

It was also revealed that in

2015 a total of 1,134 dogs,449 cats and 12 ‘assorted’animals were rehomed and itis the target of the council toreduce the number of eu-thanised dogs to zero, whilstincreasing the number thatcan be found new owners aswell as speeding up the en-tire process.


Car sales up

Fewer dogsput to sleep THE Public Prosecutor has re-

quested three-year jail sen-tences for two travel agents ac-cused of taking €247,853 fromcustomers and failing to pay itto airlines after selling flights.

The court case began onTuesday (January 26) in Palma.The administrator of the com-pany and the manager and ma-jority shareholder are facing acharge of misappropriation.

Just theticket

GERMAN makes are particularly popular

By John Smith

A REQUEST from the PPfor 18 parking spaces forofficial vehicles on Calle

Palau Reial to be given overfor public use to make upfor the 26 about to be lost

from Mirador de la Seu,will be reduced to a requestfor the various authorities torestrict the use of officialparking spaces in PalmaCity centre.

At a plenary session lastweek a proposal was put bythe Mobil i ty counci l lor,Joan Ferrer, for institutionswith parking reserved forofficial vehicles in the his-torical centre to evaluatetheir need for the spacesand reduce use to help localresidents park.


Holocaust victims areremembered in the UK

Palma parking

DOZENS of events marked the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

EVALUATE the need for spaces

EVENTS to mark the 71st anniversary ofthe liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazideath camp took place in the UK andworldwide on Wednesday, January 27.

Dozens of events and exhibitions acrossBritain remembered the victims of theHolocaust, who were murdered in a sys-tematic attempt to wipe all traces of theJewish race from Europe.

During the Second World War, six mil-lion Jews were killed by the Nazis. An es-timated 1.1 million people lost their livesin Auschwitz concentration camp and 90per cent of those were Jewish, with the re-maining 10 per cent made up of Polish,Russian and Romany people.

January 27, 1945 is carved in history asthe day the Soviets liberated Auschwitz,eight months before the official end of thewar. Devastatingly, by the time the Sovietarmy descended, many of the remaining‘prisoners’ had already been sent on adeath march.

The lessons of the Holocaust are manyand the subject is still a compulsory partof the British history curriculum, teachingchildren what can happen when hatredtrumps tolerance.

Few are not moved by the distressingstories and images that have outlived theconcentration camps, but most find ithard to comprehend how racial hatred

and religious persecution could end ingenocide on European soil, or how itscountries were engulfed by war in the20th century.

UK events marking Holocaust Memori-al Day began in 2001. Each year has aspecial theme, with past events focusingon ‘lessons for the future’ and ‘one personcan make a difference.’

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A SMALL but historic house in the Ram-blas in Palma de Mallorca is to be demol-ished by its new German owner with muchdifficulty and expense as it is terraced andbetween two much larger buildings.

There is an element of sadness sur-rounding the loss of this building as it was

the birthplace of Francisco Mateu Nicolau,better known as Francesco Uetam, arenowned bass voice who travelled theworld singing in major opera houses tomuch acclaim.

He died in 1913 and is buried in thecemetery in Palma.

Birthplace of renowned basssinger to be knocked down

Palma loses itsbread factoryTHERE will also be a loss of 34 jobs

MEXICAN owners of theBimbo bread group,renowned throughout Spainfor the quality of its productfor toast have decided toclose their manufacturing fa-

cility in Palma in the interestsof costs and efficiency withthe resultant loss of jobs forup to 34 people.

With the takeover of com-petitor Panrico last year at acost of €190 million (al-though the bread division was

not included in the purchase)it became a major player inthe European bakeries marketand it followed this up by in-vesting €50 million inCastile-La Mancha to pro-duce the most advanced plantof its kind in Europe.

by John Smith


VIKING STAR, a luxurious cruise ship belong-ing to Viking Ocean Cruises, visited Palma porton Friday (January 22).

The ship is one of the most modern cruise shipsin use, as it was launched last spring, and variousspecialist publications have considered it to be thebest new cruise ship of 2015.

Although Viking Star made its first visit to Pal-ma on December 20, as this coincided with theSpanish general elections the ceremony to presentthe captain with a commemorative shield waspostponed until this second visit. Port authorityrepresentative Paimond Jaume handed the shieldover to the Norwegian captain, Rune Lokling.

The ship arrived in Palma from the Italian portof Cagliari carrying 859 passengers, mostly North

Americans, and later set sail for Valencia, all partof a two-week cruise which left Barcelona on Jan-uary 10 and returned on Sunday after visiting theaforementioned ports along with Toulon, Mona-co, Ajaccio, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples,Messina and Trapani. It is expected to visit Palmathree more times this year.

Viking Ocean Cruises is part of Viking Cruisesgroup which also owns Viking River Cruises, spe-cialising in river cruises in western Europe, Rus-sia, China, South East Asia and Egypt.

Viking Star was built in Italy, at the Fincantierishipyard in Ancona. With average dimensions,nothing compared to those of cruise giants, itmeasures 228.3 metres and weighs 47,842 tonnes.

It has a maximum capacity for 954 passengersin 465 cabins, served by a crew of 489 members.The interior is a Scandinavian inspired design.

Viking Star visitONE of the most modern cruise ships in use

By Eleanor Hawkins

VIKING STAR: Visited the port of Palma.

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TAIWAN’S Foxconn TechnologyGroup, which assembles iPhones, islooking to take over struggling Japan-ese electronics group Sharp, which isalso in talks with the Innovation Net-

work Corp of Japan, a governmentsupported investment group.

Sharp has seen its market sharedrop dramatically over the years, andhas twice required injections of fi-nance by its banks in the last threeyears.

A decision is due to be made bythe end of the month, although theJapanese government may be op-posed to a foreign company takingover Sharp, which has developedcutt ing-edge technology in thepast.

GEORGE OSBORNE: Will nominate Christine Lagarde.

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SPAIN is set to outpace theworld’s leading advancedeconomies in 2016, according tothe International Monetary Fund(IMF), as the agency upgraded itsoutlook for Spanish GDP, predict-ing growth of 2.7 per cent in 2016and 2.3 per cent in 2017.

This is still less than the recent-ly downgraded forecast for theoverall world economy.

CHANCELLOR George Os-borne has indicated that he in-tends to nominate ChristineLagarde for a second term asmanaging director of the Inter-national Monetary Fund.

“At a time when the worldfaces what I’ve called a dan-gerous cocktail of risks, I be-lieve Christine has the vision,

energy and acumen to helpsteer the global economythrough the years ahead,” hesaid.

At the moment, there appearto be no candidates looking totake over her role, and she hasmade it clear she is happy toserve a further term, whichmakes life a little easier for all.

IMF managing director

BitcoinproblemsMIKE HEARN, a Zurich-based developer and long-time supporter of the theoret-ical Bitcoin, surprised manywhen he published a blogcalling Bitcoin a ‘failed’ pro-ject.

He says that he has nowsold all of his own bitcoinsand will no longer take partin this internet-based curren-cy’s development.

Two of the biggest prob-lems with the Bitcoin con-cept were that they were in-tangible and thereforeneeded to rely upon the hon-esty of all those dealing inthem.

In addition, they wereconsidered a method of un-traced money laundering, al-though Dutch police havejust arrested 10 people forlaundering €20 millionthrough the system.

AFTER a very strong 2015, the pound has goneinto something of a nose dive against both the eu-ro and the US dollar.

At one stage last year, it was almost on par withthe rate against the euro when it was introduced in2002, and certainly broke the €1.40 mark, but inthese early weeks of 2016 it has dropped to €1.30,as well as around $1.40 to the pound.

Considering that the Chancellor of the Exche-

quer has spent some time saying how well theeconomy is doing, this may come as something ofa surprise, but with the US interest rates increas-ing, albeit fractionally and the drop in industrialoutput in the UK, the pound is currently languish-ing.

This is bad news for those who transfer sterlingto Spain, but welcome news for those who want tobuy pounds with euros.

Good news if you want sterling

is the amount offered by Foxconn to take over the

Japanese Sharp group

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EACH year, the giant accountingfirm Deloitte publishes a list of therichest football clubs in the world,all of which are from Europe andnine of whom are English clubs.

For the 11th year in a row, RealMadrid earned the largest amountof revenue in the 2014/2015 sea-son pocketing a total of €577 mil-lion, whilst i ts biggest rivalBarcelona nudged ManchesterUnited into third place with rev-enues of €560.8 million.

Thanks to their exit from theChampion’s League last season,Manchester United only managedto earn €519.5 million, but theyare still the largest earning clubfrom England and with a return toChampion’s League, expect abumper financial return in this newseason.

The top 20 contains nine Englishteams, four Italian, three Spanish(including Atletico Madrid), threeGerman and one French, which be-tween them have earned a whop-ping €6.6 billion, 8 per cent up on

the previous year and in itself arecord.

Surprise entries included New-

castle United, Everton and WestHam, with both Manchester Cityand Arsenal earning more than cur-

rent underperformers Chelsea.The list only looks at revenues

earned and does not take into ac-

count club debts or the fact that RealMadrid is banned from signing anynew young players for two seasons.

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REAL MADRID: Earned the largest amount of revenue for the 11th year in a row.

FOLLOWING the sale of itsSpanish banking operation toLa Caixa which was completedin 2015, Barclays has now indi-cated its intention to sell itscredit card operations in bothSpain and Portugal.

It is said that there is alreadyinterest from Spanish bank San-tander, as well as an Americanprivate equity company.

Although Barclays did nothave to go ‘cap in hand’ to theBritish government during the

deepest of the recession unlikeother banks such as Lloyds, itdid have to accept foreign equi-ty investment, and has beensubject to intense scrutiny byboth the British and Americangovernments for a number ofits activities.

As part of its three-year planto rationalise its business andconcentrate on core operationsin Britain and America, as wellas parts of Africa, it has beendivesting itself of businesses in

Europe, so this is the next stageof its retrenchment. The salewill naturally increase the vol-ume of funds it has access to.

None of the parties who maybe involved in the transactionhave made any comment, andthere may be as many as fourinterested parties, but it is com-mon knowledge that Barclayswishes to see a relativelyspeedy sale with a target for theend of March.

Despite the difference in size

of the populations of the twocountries, Barclaycard has amuch larger share of the Por-tuguese market at 20 per cent,with 460,000 customers whencompared to the 6 per cent and250,000 customers it has inSpain.

Although no firm figure hasbeen announced, it has beensuggested by the BBC that if asale takes place, it is likely toraise between €300 million and€600 million.

Barclays continues withdrawal

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AS regular perusers of this blurb are aware,as much as I welcome your letters, I don’tnormally enter into discussions concerningtheir often wide-ranging opinions. Basical-ly, because it can lead to the column get-ting bogged down with a missive exchangethat can become negative and somewhatinsular.

On this occasion however I do take ad-vantage of my right of replying to the emailpublished on this week’s letters page.

To me this is typical of the ‘glass halffull’ attitude that has created most of theseproblems in the first place. Firstly, I takeumbrage as being portrayed as some kindof rebel rouser, stirring up unrest and pro-voking confrontation at every opportunity.

I’m not a warmonger, I simply report thefacts as I see them. I would love to statethat all was well, and everyone at peace

with each other on this glorious planet ofours. I would be delighted to observe thatloving thy neighbour was the ambition ofevery human being in existence.

Unfortunately, with the unrelenting ex-pansion of organisations whose sole ambi-tion is to obliterate all those who disagreewith their doctrines, none of these Shangri

La situations exist. Whether those in denial choose to be-

lieve it or not, we are embroiled in a con-flict that could, if we don’t at least recog-nise it, result in the end of our civilisationas we know it. Frankly, to say these acts ofwar are only happening in a few places,and there are hundreds of cities that are notbeing attacked, is pure unadulterated, dan-gerous bunkum.

Try telling the New York victims of 9/11that all of them dying was OK because itwasn’t happening in Chicago, or those whoperished in the Paris atrocities that it was-n’t so bad, because Lyon was peaceful thatday.

Convince the maimed and slaughteredcitizens of London they should be thankfulthat while they were being attacked, thestreets of Manchester spent the day terror-ist free! Give us a break, and for the sakeof our children, wake up. Although I fear itmay already be far too late.

Keep the faithLove Leapy

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I report the facts as I see them

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

I’M taking advantage of my right to reply to an email published in this week’s letters page

CIVILISATION: We are embroiled in a conflict.

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GOOD morning Leapy, I alwaysread your column and seem toagree with everything you write,and it appears so many others do.

But this latest one is so accurate,why do others not see so? So manyof them are fit young men, of mili-tary age, Islam got as far as Toursand Vienna and were pushed back.Now they are greeted by soft politi-cians.

Please keep up the column, andyour comments. Are they publishedin the UK? If not, why not?

Thank you,Richard, via email

Would youseriously banthem all?RE: “Can this alien bunch be anasset?”

This obviously includes Syrianschoolchildren and babies whosehomes have been reduced to rubbleby years of bombing. Would youseriously ban them all , leavingthem in roofless ruins with no wa-ter, sanitation, electricity, food ormedical aid until they die? Oh, sor-ry, that’s Donald Trump’s answer,isn’t it?

Until recently, Syria was a mod-ern, wealthy country with a well-educated and productive work-force. Now it’s been bombed tohell.

Those who manage to flee aremostly fit young men precisely be-cause they are more able to escapea war zone. Some fit women andchildren manage to escape too. Ofcourse a few are terrorists, but doesthat make it OK to ban everyoneelse?

The danger that I am referring tois that the type of newspaper articleyou have written only achieves onething. It stirs up trouble. But thenyou know that anyway, don’t you?

If the only message that keepsbeing published in the papers is‘Muslims are bad people. They’reall out to get us, so we need tofence them all into their own coun-tries to protect ourselves from their

violent intentions,’ what does thatachieve?

I’ll tell you. It fans the flames offear and prejudice to such an extentthat most people lose their powersof normal reasoning and start to be-lieve it!

Please write something soonthat’s more positive and optimisticLeapy. The world needs ‘positive’,more than it needs ‘negative’.

Brian, via email

BillionairewarningGEORGE SOROS has his fingers

in many pies. He is a very cleverman. His base line is his own selfinterest as shown by his deviousfunding of groups he publicly den-igrates.

The quotes (above) make senseuntil he recommends the UK stay-ing in the EU. Self-interest is kick-ing in here. He has far greater con-trol of what goes on in Europe thanhe would if Britain left.

John Timbrell, via website

Thank youONCE again, a big thank you toeverybody who donated food andChristmas cheer to the San Miguel

Social Services ChristmasCampaign. They were so verygrateful for your kind response asthis enabled the many needyfamilies to have a better festiveseason.

Kind regards, Trish Herbert, San Miguel de Salinas

Surely wehave to be onour guard?DEAR Leapy,

I was watching the BBC West

news last night and there was astory about a Muslim, who wasasked to leave a National Expressbus.

This was reported as a hatecrime, he was dressed in non-west-ern garb and had three bags, anyone could have been a bomb. Butno, the other passengers and thedriver were wrong to put him offthe bus, many times the words hatecrime were used.

Why can they (the media) notsee? No one hated him, they werejust protecting themselves fromwhat could have been a disaster.

If they (the immigrants) want tolook like a bomber then they aregoing to get treated like one. Sure-ly we all have to be on our guard?No way are the politicians going toprotect us when it does not affectthem.

Keep up the good work,Nathan, via email

You have thecourage tospeak outBRAVO Leapy Lee!

I agree with you total ly andthere should be more people in ourgovernments taking their heads outof their b..holes!

You have the courage to speakout! I am French so I am very an-gry with all this situation and thelack of decisions.

They get so much money fromsocial security in France and noth-ing in Spain, so don’t worry theywon’t come to Spain to l ive!France feeds them too well!

Bravo again!Corinne via email

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OPINION & COMMENTEWN28 www.euroweeklynews.com28 January - 3 February 2016 / Mallorca

THE refugee crisis and terrorist attacks haveraised global instability to its highest levelsince the Cold War. According to the UN,about 60 million people have been displacedthrough conflict, compared with 40 million in1940, early in the Second World War.

And according to the International Organi-sation for Migration, 1,004,356 migrantsreached Europe in 2015. Thanks, in largepart, to Mrs Merkel’s generous open-doorrefugee policy.

And what a year 2015 was, starting with ter-ror, ending with terror with multiple crises in-between. The Charlie Hebdo attacks in Pariswere followed by the eurozone crisis, whichalmost destroyed the single currency, before arecord influx of migrants drove the passport-free Schengen zone to the verge of collapse.

The year ended as it started, with terroristattacks in Paris killing 130 people, carried outby DAESH jihadists who had travelled toEurope among refugees.

Not to mention the mass sexattacks on women in Cologneand other German cities onNew Year’s Eve, again attrib-uted to the work of single,young male refugees.

This year hasn’t startedany better with attacks al-ready in Egypt, Jakarta andIstanbul.

Well, it seems Mrs Merkel iss ing le -handed ly

doing more to split up the EU than Cameroncould ever hope to accomplish. Her extremely

controversial policy (partly to crackone of Germany’s own problems

of insufficient taxpayers tofund their ageing population),isn’t just threatening Schen-gen, one of the EU’s mostprized achievements, but in-creasingly causing divisionsbetween EU countries overborder control and refugee

quotas. Heck, with the experienceshe’s gained in bringing about

this nightmare sce-

nario, she should be turned loose on the EUitself. She’d surely be hugely successful in re-ducing the numbers of overpaid, pointless,purposeless bureaucrats who have made sucha complete shambles of running it (and alsothe greatest beneficiaries aboard the infamousEU gravy train).

Some view the Brexit debate as a mere re-arrangement of the deckchairs on the Titanicahead of another major crisis. As far as DavidCameron’s concerned, he can only hopethere’s no further terrorist attack or out-of-control migration crisis before the plannedBrexit referendum. We’ll have to wait andsee.

I recall the words of that great philosopher,Ronald Reagan: “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Let’s hope he’s proved wrong on this one...

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I’M not trying to say that I’m a slobor anything, but I have on occasionbeen known to wear my pyjamas allday. Mostly it’s been when I have towork from home and I don’t haveany need to meet anyone.

Occasionally I have been seenoutside of the house putting out therecycling, normally Carlos myneighbour will also be outside of hishouse putting out his rubbish at thesame moment. Thankfully we’reboth pyjama lovers and neither of usreally seems to care or bat an eyelidabout what the other is wearing.

I might even have taken mydaughter to school wearing my pyja-mas before now, but I don’t thinkI’ve ever attended a school assemblyor parent/teacher meeting whilst stillin my onesie. It’s this which seemsto have raised the collective eye-brows of the teachers at the SkernePark Academy in Darlington and has

prompted not only a stern letter tothe parents from the headmistressKate Chisholm, but also UK nationalnews coverage as a result.

How tired must these people be ifthey can’t be bothered to get

changed in order to go to a meeting?And what sort of message is thatgiving their children? “We are tryingto raise standards and get better out-comes for the children and we no-ticed a lot of the parents are turning

up to school as well as meetings andassemblies wearing pyjamas. Ifwe’re to raise standards, it’s not toomuch to ask parents to have a washand get dressed,” said Ms Chisholm,and I’ve got to agree with her.

It turns out that you can also berefused admission to Tesco super-market if you’re in your night attire,but then, who’s to know if what youwear in bed is also what you wearout? You don’t have to wear stripyflannels, you could try out the jog-ging bottoms or yoga leggings lookwhich I occasionally can be seensporting. What if, just say, I’d possi-bly had a nap in them the day beforeand then not got round to changing?

Is that the worst thing ever? If youdidn’t know, then how could youpossibly be offended? There areworst things you could turn up toschool wearing, especially in Mal-lorca where it gets quite warm.

Imagine being picked up fromschool by your parents who arewearing only the skimpiest of bikinisor swimming trunks, it’s an obviousprogression. I know wearing beachgear is frowned on when tourists arewalking about Palma Nova or Pol-lensa, but what about us residentswho just can’t be bothered to changeafter their daily dip in the swimmingpool? I’ll just leave that thoughthere. www.mallorcamatters.com

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1 Mates, 4 Traitor, 8 Science,9 Meals, 10 Angle, 11 Ladette,13 Reel, 15 Guinea, 17 Sabres,20 Sloe, 22 Chelsea, 24 Ratio,26 Cease, 27 Restate, 28 Actress, 29 Lasts.

1 Mustang, 2 Thing, 3 Sincere,4 Treble, 5 Armed, 6 Tractor, 7 Rosie, 12 Also, 14 Ease, 16 Inexact, 18 Aerosol, 19 Showers, 21 Lairds, 22 Cocoa, 23 Sieve, 25 Traps.

1 Rigid, 4 Verses, 9 Changes,10 Court, 11 List, 12 Extreme,13 Dad, 14 Acre, 16 Need, 18 Big, 20 Harbour, 21 Fast,24 Drama, 25 Courage,26 Wander, 27 Tunes.

1 Recall, 2 Grabs, 3 Dogs, 5 Exciting, 6 Squeeze,7 Settee, 8 Asked,13 Decorate, 15 Certain, 17 Shadow, 18 Brick,19 Stress, 22 Again, 23 Just.

1 Scales, 4 Otra, 8 Abrir,9 Agent, 10 Religioso,13 Toads, 15 Arena,16 Amor, 17 Cereza.

1 Seal, 2 Agree, 3 Earliest,5 Tie, 6 Ant, 7 Patinaje,11 Siete, 12 Nada, 13 Tia, 14 Ajo.

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ENGLISH-SPANISHAcross1 Otoño (6)4 Deuda (obligación) (4)8 Neumáticos (de ruedas) (5)9 Entrar (5)10 Flash of lightning (9)13 Valiente (persona, acción,decisión) (5)15 Sky (5)16 Eco (sonido) (4)17 Brunette (f) (6)

Down1 Minutes (of a meeting) (4)2 Tower (5)3 Mensajes (8)5 Comer (3)6 Alquitrán (3)7 Slowly (8)11 Gansos (5)12 Mouth (of person, animal, bottle)(4)13 Abeja (3)14 Ceniza (polvo) (3)

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

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

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Across1 Foundation headquarters (4)4 Famous Greek coasters at sea

(8)8 Heads of television and radio in

sort of news broadcast (6)9 Disturbed fish surrounded by

poles (6)10 Encourage some of our

generation (4)11 Messy pad? Slash builder (8)13 Contentious actor in lover’s

setting (13)16 At home with no American

money? Not guilty (8)19 Fired in turn (4)20 Celebrity fable (6)22 Chlorine’s always bright (6)23 Bosses will come from a

rebuilt East Germany, but notyet (8)

24 What chaos when the snowmelts! (4)

Down2 PM’s rant of one deranged (9)3 Basic building block forming

part of kettle (7)4 The kitchen features are drops

in the ocean (5)5 Falls for villain in trial (7)6 Prize for part of the hospital (5)7 A seer I heard (3)12 Appear o so strange in a

television programme (4,5)14 Late returning from feud

revolutionaries caused (7)15 Have doubts about American

political leader in religious order(7)

17 Last letter from some Galicians(5)

18 Insects making right marks (5)21 A very long period of time, in

general (3)

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1 Radium 2 Bureau 3 Payout 4 Resume 5 Memory 6 Patron 7 Mammal 8 Poetry 9 Teller 10 Mythic 11 Citron 12 Actual13 Inhere 14 Sweaty 15 Tinder 16 Chalet 17 Turret 18 Dilate 19 Decree

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. Inthis week’s puzzle, 7 represents P and 12 represents Q, so fill in P every time the figure7 appears and Q every time the figure 12 appears. Now, using your knowledge of theEnglish language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As youdiscover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and thecontrol grid.

THE east coast of America is nor-mally pretty well-equipped to dealwith snow, but the weather condi-tions in the last week have causeduntold difficulties.

It is estimated that at least 31 peo-ple have died due to car accidents,carbon monoxide poisoning or heartattacks caused by shovelling snow.

The storm brought snow from theGulf Coast to New England, withnear-record snowfalls measuredfrom Washington DC to New YorkCity causing people to be cut off,and roads, train stations and airportsto be closed, as well as mass pur-chasing of food, leaving shelvesempty and some people hungry.

Central Park in New York, withjust under 30 inches of snow, sawthe second highest fall since recordsbegan in 1869, and all of the mainfreeways on Long Island were

closed to traffic. Plenty of children appreciated the

fact that schools were closed, andthose with skis had an unexpectedopportunity to enjoy their hobby, asmany companies and governmentdepartments decided it was safer toclose rather than face the risk of in-jury to their staff.

Forty-eight mill ion viewersdropped in to YouTube to see the

Washington Zoo’s Giant Panda TianTian rolling around in the snow, andeven a Maryland man in a pandacostume managed to attract 500,000viewers doing the same thing.

Despite the fact that part of thelargest economy in the westernworld was paralysed for a few days,it doesn’t appear to have had a ma-jor effect on the country, althoughonce the thaw sets in, flooding could

become a major headache and hitthe insurance industry particularlybadly.

With the storm heading across theAtlantic, both Britain and Irelandcan look forward to an extended pe-riod of cold weather, and even Spaincan anticipate a bit of a fall out withsome chilly nights, although it is un-likely to be particularly uncomfort-able.

A combination of unseasonablymild Atlantic waters, a cold snapfrom Canada, and a slow movingfront coupled with the effects of theEl Niño weather event in the Pacif-ic, which may have warmed the At-lantic, have combined to createthese extreme weather condi-tions. Although happily theyare not as bad as those depict-ed in the 2004 film ‘The DayAfter Tomorrow’.

ON a recent visit to the moth-er country, we happened todrive past a house near ourvillage that was once occu-pied by one of life’s greatcharacters, a retired colonelof the Irish Guards, known tohis friends and fellow ex-of-ficers as Seamus.

He was an aristocratthrough and through, buttreated everyone he came in-to contact with in exactly thesame uncondescending way,be they royalty or streetcleaners.

His language when tellingone of his famous stories tothe boys, was barrack roomvernacular at its bawdy best,but when engaging ladies inconversation, he was the epit-ome of charm and courteous-ness.

Kissing hands or tippinghis hat were as natural to himas eating peas off a knife is tome.

His mother was of genteelbirth he told me, and the em-phasis in her day was to mar-

ry well and acquire a hus-band from the aristocracy orupper classes.

But she had other rebel-lious thoughts and furtheredher education at a school foryoung ladies, the establish-

ment being a stately home ofsome magnificence, andruled by a principal of formi-dable demeanour.

One evening over dessert,the elderly butler approachedunhurriedly, and bending

down painfully to engage theprincipal’s ear, said: “Beg-ging pardon Ma’am, no causefor alarm but the ‘ouse is onfire.”

There was a sharp intakeof breath around the table,and I suspect a hint of ner-vous flatulence, but no no-ticeable reaction from theprincipal who, ramrodstraight, informed her ‘gels’that they should finish themeal with due decorum.

Nothing, not even a raginginferno, would interrupt theirset routine and they wereeventually led to the safety ofthe gardens in a dignifiedmanner.

It was an illustration of thenow sadly defunct, Britishstiff upper lip.

The colonel is no longerwith us, but he was one ofthose rare examples from theupper classes who have nopretentions regarding statusand treat everyone with therespect and courtesy theymerit, regardless of back-ground or upbringing.

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SEAMUS was one of life’s great characters, and a retired colonel of the Irish Guards

Whiteout cripples parts of the USWEATHER conditions in the last week have caused untold difficulties

MANNERS: Due decorum and a stiff upper lip were required in all situations.

OPINION & COMMENTEWN36

WE make no apologies forreturning to the matter ofthe Spanish election, andthe fact that at the time ofwriting these observationsthere has been very littleprogress in the formationof a new government.

This means that the oldgovernment continues torun the country, eventhough it no longer has aformal mandate and doesnot have a majority in theCortes.

King Felipe, having metwith the leaders of everyparty, starting with the‘minnows’ on January 18and finishing with the maincontenders on January 22,issued a formal invitationto Mariano Rajoy to form aminority government.

The interim Prime Min-ister declined to do so, noton the basis that he wouldnever agree to run thecountry, but on the basisthat he couldn’t agree atthe moment as he didn’thold sufficient seats to al-low him to be elected asPrime Minister, as thoseopposed to him were in themajority.

To this end therefore, hehas indicated that he willkeep trying to find a com-promise with the other par-ties to allow him to create aworkable coalition.

To some extent this isquite a clever ploy, becausein theory, he could carry onlike this until October 2016before a new election canbe called, but if he agreedto accept the call to form agovernment and was de-feated then the electionwould have to take placewithin two months.


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MORE and more people aresuffering from kyphosis, orhunchback, and too muchphone and tablet use could beto blame.

Kyphosis is a curvature ofthe spine that causes the topof the back to appear fromrounded and a curve of over45 degrees is considered ex-cessive.

It can be caused by spinalinjury, osteoporosis, spinalarthritis, poor posture and theageing process, but expertssay modern technology is al-

so bringing on more cases aspeople have a more sedentarylifestyle, and spend too muchtime hunched over desks atwork. Around 10 millionadults spend more than sevenhours a day on gadgetsputting their health at risk.

A survey of 2,000 people inthe UK found that 27 per centof those questioned had visit-ed a healthcare professional,such as a GP or physiothera-pist due to back pain in thepast year, affecting all areasof their life.

Phones couldcause back pain

THE sounds of modern lifecould be making you ill as sci-entists say an increased use ofpublic announcement systems,loudspeakers and automaticdoors may be leading to anepidemic of ultrasonic sick-ness.

Even electronic devices de-signed to scare away mice andcats could lead to symptomsincluding nausea, dizziness,stomach pain and headaches.

The symptoms of ultrasonic

sickness have traditionallybeen associated with workersusing heavy-duty drills, but itis believed more and morepeople could be suffering fromsimilar symptoms, and chil-dren are particularly sensitiveto such exposure.

The inaudible ultrasonichum of electrical appliances isall around, in supermarkets,shops, schools and swimmingpools.

Ultrasound is too high

pitched for many to hear, butaround one in 20 can pick up

the range. Even if you cannothear it, it can make you ill.

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Train on empty, yes or no?

IF in the past you were someone thatskipped breakfast and felt ravenous bylunchtime, your body had over timetaught itself to hold on to every caloriefrom your last meal, and slow down thefat burning process.

However once you get into an exerciseroutine, you will find your body simplywill not settle for a 12-hour fast.

Exercise performed over long periodsor high intensity will wake up your me-tabolism, and this is where you need toput in the effort to consume healthy,well-prepared meals.

For example, you are up at 7am andyour training session is 9am, you need atleast an hour to digest your food beforeyou start exercising. I have had clientsthat after eating an hour earlier, and dueto the intensity of the session, have feltunwell.

I have had other clients that have eatennothing, and run out of steam 15 minutesinto the class, with no fuel, their body

was unable to perform. Studies suggest working out on an

empty stomach can make your bodymore efficient at using up its energystores, by allowing the carbohydrates andproteins to be absorbed into the bodyrather than stored as fat.

However other studies have shownthat ‘a fasted workout’ will hinder yourperformance, as having no fuel in yourbody means you are unable to exercisefor as long and therefore you will burnfewer calories.

So try both of the methods, and see

how you get on.My personal choice is a protein shake,

nice and easy, hardly any prep and nochewing involved. I’m getting a clean,nutritious liquid meal, and as long as Igive myself 45 minutes to an hour beforethe session, I have no worries about di-gestion.

Remember even a banana is going togive you some firing power to workwith, and they tend to digest well.

If you try a ‘fasted workout session’,pay attention to your energy levels andstamina during the hour and compare it.

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Zika usually starts withthe appearance of skin le-sions accompanied byfever, muscle and jointpain and headaches, al-though in more seriouscases breathing problemsor neurological issuescan occur. Symptomsusually last between fourand seven days.

There are debates atthe moment as to whetherpregnant women affectedby the virus can givebirth to babies with mi-crocephaly (smaller thanaverage heads), although

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ADA COLAU, mayor of Barcelonaand linked to Podemos, is allegedlythinking of plunging into nationalpolitics.

It worked for Albert Rivera whoseCiudadanos is now a national partyso why not Colau, some ask. Whynot? Because Rivera is anti-indepen-dence and anti-referendum, makinghim acceptable outside Cataluña.

Canny Colau avoids discussing in-dependence but is pro-referendum,which is anathema to the rest ofSpain. Nice try, Ada, but don’t try it.

Own goalON February 9 Spain will learnif the Infanta Cristina willstand trial in husband IñakiUrdangarin’s fraud andmoney-laundering case.

The Public Prosecution depart-ment and tax authority Haciendaclaim this is unnecessary becausethe accusation against her wasnot brought by the State.

This precedent was set duringthe trial of deceased Santanderbanker Emilio Botin, whoescaped prosecution fortax transgressions.

Unlike Urdangarin,the Infanta could be let

off the hook which Jose Castro, thejudge who instructed the case,says would insult “ingenuoustaxpayers.”

It will also be an owngoal on the part of thePublic Prosecutor andHacienda, but Spanishtaxpayers are used tofeeling insulted, and notonly by Botin, Urdan-garin or his royal wife.

Pointless PODEMOS MP Carolina Bes-

cansa turned up on the first dayof the new parliament with her ba-by, a sweet little thing that PabloIglesias cooed over and sidekickIñigo Errejon pointedly ignored.

Bescansa was making apoint, she said, to demon-

strate how hard it is forwomen to combine work

with a family. It is, butnot on an MP’s pay.

Cassandra NashA weekly look- and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

Colau may look further afield MAYOR of Barcelona is allegedly thinking of plunging into national politics

Rajoy isall aloneTHE PSOE’s spokesman An-tonio Hernando urged Mari-ano Rajoy to form a govern-ment without delay, safe inthe knowledge that he is arith-metically and ideologicallystymied.

Rajoy is a l legedly re-proached inside his own partyfor his slowness to negotiate,but apart from Ciudadanos,who don’t have the numbersto help him, who can he ap-proach?

The PP’s huge overall ma-jor i ty obviated the need tomake friends during the lastlegis la ture . Now Rajoy ispaying for it.

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Jurassic dinosaurs on tour hits Palma de MallorcaTHE Jurassic Expo has landed on our shoresand will be open to the public from January 30,until February 28.

Jurassic Expo is the largest exhibition of di-nosaurs in Europe, and has toured more than a

dozen European countries before arriving inPalma.

The animatronic dinosaur technology bringsthe dinosaurs to life in an exhibition that takesyou back millions of years. Other attractions in-

clude an interactive area called the Sandbox;where children can explore dinosaur bones withexpert palaeontologists.

Visitors will also be able to enjoy a fascinat-ing documentary called ‘Planet Dinosaur.’

Entry is €7 and the exhibition is open:Monday to Friday 5pm to 9pm

Saturday and Sunday 11am to 2pm, and 5pm to 9pm,

at the Poligono Levante, Palma.

JURASSIC EXPO: Exhibition of dinosaurs.

www.euroweeklynews.com 43EWN28 January - 3 February 2016 / MallorcaSOCIAL SCENE

MarratxiCarnival,Palma deMallorcaTHERE is a fancy dress paradefrom Portol to Sant Marcal onJanuary 31. Carnival seasonstarts early in Marratxi, with astreet party and parade to cele-brate the arrival of Lent.

The fancy dress parade startsin Portol, and runs to Sant Mar-cel church of Sa Cabaneta,where prizes can be won forthe best fancy dress costume.

There will also be a choco-late party at the town hall,where the parade finishes. Theparade is quite unique as mostother towns in Mallorca willcelebrate Carnival the follow-ing weekend.

Doublerosette inPalmaCathedralA BIANNUAL visual phe-nomenon can be witnessed onTuesday, February 2, at 8-9amin Palma Cathedral.

Twice a year the sun casts ahuge image of the rosette win-dow in Palma Cathedral on theopposite wall forming a figureof eight.

The effect happens on No-vember 11 and February 2each year.

Visit the Cathedral on thesedays in the morning to witnessthe effect yourself.

AlmondFair in SonServeraIN late January, the almondtrees on Mallorca start to blos-som. The beautiful white blos-soms cover the countryside un-til mid-February. Son Severahosts a country fair in honour ofthis important Mallorcan crop.

The event aims to promotethe healthy nut and other al-mond related products, includ-ing almond oil, make-up, per-fume, scented candles and soap.Traditional harvesting tools willbe on display as well as a selec-tion of animals.

The fair will take place at theCases de Ca s’ Hereu, a countryestate on Sunday February 7,between 9:30am-2pm.

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A NEW report has indicated that rentalprices in Spain saw a marked increase in2015 with an average rise of 3.3 per cent,leading to a median €7 per square metre.

Released by the Idealist website, theanalysis also detailed the compelling re-gional differences across a fragmented

national market. With Barcelona continuing its rise as a

leading European capital, Catalonian land-lords demanded a steep 13.3 per cent rise intheir rents, while the Balearics saw an eye-watering 10.3 per cent rise.

Both were significantly above the capital

Madrid at a more reasonable 7.6 per cent,although it retains the highest price persquare metre at €10.5.

When limiting the analysis to cities,Malaga posted an enormous increase of13.5 per cent, in marked opposition to Jaenwhich saw a 7.9 per cent decline.

This two-speed nature of themarket was highlighted by re-gional declines in Galicia of-3.7 per cent, and Extremaduraof -3.4 per cent.

The creation and distribu-tion of employment is expect-ed to be key to how the marketdevelops in 2016, but the pat-terns outlined last year are ex-pected to continue, showinglittle in the way of major sur-prises.

Rental prices on the rise

IT’S a little known fact that theSpanish government is a sur-prising world player when itcomes to publishing open dataavailable to the public, comingin at 17th in the Global OpenData Index.

Spain began seriously pub-lishing open data documents in2013, and within them is awealth of key information forthose looking to play the prop-erty market game.

Much of the data has only re-cently gone live, but it is ex-pected to pick up pace in thenear future.

Informingon marketdecisions

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SPANISH property enquiries inJanuary 2016 have got off to aflying start, and it’s the UK buy-ers that are leading the way.

All indicators confirm that UKproperty buyers will continue todominate the property market inSpain, especially along the Span-ish Costas and Balearics, and thatthere should be an increase in UKbuyers compared to 2015.

Recent data from major proper-ty portals in the UK confirm thatSpain is the most searched desti-nation for property buyers, wellahead of France, Spain’s nearestrival, and other destinations.

Also, official data has recentlybeen released on the total proper-ty sales in Spain by non-Spanish

buyers in 2015.The report confirms UK prop-

erty buyers have been the biggestproperty buyers in Spain eachyear from 2013 to the end of

2015, and in 2015 UK buyerswere again the biggest buyers butby a much bigger margin, whencompared to all other nationali-ties.

So there is no denying that theUK market will continue to bethe number one buyer of propertyin Spain in 2016.

There has been a lot of specula-t ion with regards to propertyprices in Spain in recent years,and we can now safely say thatprices have bottomed out in themajority of regions.

Recent official data show anincrease in Spain’s propertyprices at around 1 per cent to 2.9per cent at the end of 2015, but ifwe take out Barcelona andMadrid price increases, the priceson the Costas and Mallorcahaven’t increased in most areas,and only very slightly in primelocations.

The important point to remem-ber on pricing is that we haveturned a corner, prices havestopped falling and 2016 shouldsee more price increases in Spain,especially in prime locations, andas I stated last week 2016 will bea buyers’ market.

Another positive sign the prop-erty industry has got off to a fly-ing start in January is the largenumber of investors buying prop-erties from Spanish banks. Wewill see many more investortransactions in 2016, especiallyalong the Costas.

Investors and developers buy-ing and refurbishing these devel-opments that have lain dormantfor so many years, are bringingthem back to life again.

This is good news for everyoneselling a property, there’s nothingworse than trying to sel l yourhome that is located close to anunfinished development, andonce the developments are fin-ished i t wil l help increase theproperty prices in the area.

If you are looking to buy or sellyour property please contact me.

John Graham Fellow of TheArchitecture & Surveyors Insti-

[email protected]

JohnGraham The property expert

UK buyers are leading the wayINDICATORS confirm they will continue to dominate the Spanish property market in 2016

SPANISH PROPERTY: Enquiries have got off to a flying start in 2016.

WHY is it when you take your car in to havesomething done, on the way home frompicking it up some warning light comes onor a noise appears? You take it back to thegarage and tell them you just had some workdone and now this problem has appeared.

You all know what’s next. It’s the shrugof the shoulders! “Let’s have a look”. Thebonnet goes up. Then it happens, the sharpintake of breath. “What? What?” Then theexplanation, the kafluferla valve has sprunga leak and the shlaygool seal needs replac-ing.

“Hold on a minute, it was all fine before Ibrought it for the other little thing that need-ed doing. Absolutely no connection? Purecoincidence, even though the pipe going in-to the thingamajig is at the other end of thepipe you just replaced on the whatchamacal-lit. So how much is all this going to cost?”

“Well even though it’s just this tiny sealthat has gone, they don’t sell that bit on its

own. Yeah, you have to buy a whole newgangle valve which has to come from themain dealer in (fill in the place that is fur-thest away from your garage).”

“The cost?” “Well it’s going to be about€500 with fitting!” “OK let me think aboutit and I’ll let you know tomorrow.” And off Igo.

Now here is a tip, never believe that everymechanic knows what he is talking about,because on the way home I pop into my lo-cal garage that has been there for years andask him to have a quick look at my car.

He lifts the bonnet up, has a look round,gets a screwdriver and another tool thatmakes a clicking noise when you move it inany direction. A few minutes later he comesout from under the bonnet and says he’sfixed it. “How much?” “Give me €10.”

Sorry, what about the €500 bit of kit thatwas needed? He then informs me the onlyproblem was that whoever did the originalrepair simply didn’t put the other end backproperly! Naturally I went back to the origi-nal garage and told them in no uncertainterms what I thought of them. The moral ofthe story is it doesn’t matter how far a fishswims it never sweats… Or maybe alwaysget a second opinion.

Mike SenkerIn my opinionViews of a Grumpy Old Man

Moral of the story...get a second opinion

A NEW range of radar speed detectorsinstalled by the DGT not only monitorfor vehicles travelling in excess of themaximum permitted speed limit, butthey are also able to tell if a driver isnot wearing a seatbelt or is talking on amobile phone.

The cameras, which have been in-stalled in 70 locations across the coun-try already, look similar to the existingdevices, but can capture images at 50frames per second, which results inhigher definition still images being cap-tured, which result in more details beingcollected and then analysed, such as thedriver’s current activities and recordingthe vehicle information.

The aim of the investment in the de-vices is to improve road safety, with thelatest data revealing that in the most re-cent campaign 1,349 drivers were re-ported for not using seatbelts, and an-other 1,113 for using a phone whilstdriving.

With the Pegasus radar already capa-ble of capturing this detail, and record-ing the necessary evidential data, theselatest ground-based cameras add to thearsenal of monitoring tools.

Further data also reveals that 77 percent of all people killed in vehicles arenot wearing a seatbelt, and so by chang-ing attitudes through enforcement, a sig-nificant number of lives can be saved.

Of course you cancharge the banks, but youare not charging them in-terest. You are applying asurcharge, ‘un recargo’, onlate payers of communityfees.

If the community has de-cided by majority vote to

apply this surcharge, it isperfectly legal.

Your next step is to au-thorise the president to

claim the debt from thenon-payers in court, alongwith the legal costs.

The banks who repossessproperties routinely refuseto pay community fees untilthey are taken to court. Thejudge then orders them topay, and they pay.

I AM president of a small com-munity of nine apartments. Four

of the apartments are possessed by banks,who refuse to pay community fees.

At our AGM three years ago we passeda motion that all debtors should pay anextra levy of 10 per cent.

However, our administrator tells methat we cannot charge the banks interest.Is this correct? One flat alone has almostfive years debt, which puts a considerableburden on the owners who pay.

M.D. (Almeria)

LEGALLY SPEAKING

New speed radars

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Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates inFuengirola at [email protected], or call 952 667 090.

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THE other day I was asked af-ter a day of strong winds, ‘Canfallen avocados be added to thecompost heap?’ My reply was‘Yes but why waste them?’ Forthey normally don’t bruise andthere are so many healthythings one can do with them.

These include beneficial vita-mins, minerals, omega threeand six fatty acids, and energygiving calories that combine toproduce a good rich taste andenjoyable creamy texture.

In groves of avocados mosttrees are sheltered from windyweather, but individual plants ingardens are often unprotectedso a few immature small fruitswith weak stems fall daily inwindy weather once they weighabout 50 grams.

The best thing is to collectthem up and place in a bowl inthe kitchen to use as soon asthey dent slightly when pressedgently.

So what can you do withthem?

1. Eat the small ones raw likean apple. To make it easy eatthe skin and soft unripe kernel.

Fallens then become a usefulimpromptu snack when work-ing in the garden.

2. When it’s time for break-fast make an omelette or scram-bled egg using a soft, fried fill-ing combining finely cut greenand red peppers, one or two cutup avocados and pine nuts.

3. Make a mousse to serveon slices of apple or bread. Skinand stone a few small avocadosand mix with a little yoghurtand lemon juice, a little salt,and plenty of pepper to taste us-ing a pestle and mortar.

4. Make a variety of avocado

based salads incorporating asmany tasty fresh salad leaves aspossible from the garden.

5. Add to stews as a taste en-hancer and thickener.

6. Make an avocado andbroccoli soup now young broc-coli heads can be harvested.

7. Make a winter face mask.8. Mash one and use to mas-

sage muscular pains away.9. If some become overripe

add the flesh into the bottomhalf of compost when repottingplants. The minerals, vitaminsand source of moisture willhelp to stimulate root growth.

10. Then yes, those unusedand uneatable can be added toyour compost heap or fed tohens and cockerels.

Other uses and dietary bene-fits found on the internet in-clude bone strengthening, in-stant source of energy, mildcancer prevention, aids metabo-lism, appetite suppressant, reju-venates skin and as an aphro-disiac. Apparently for thisreason avocadoes were bannedfrom monastery diets in themiddle ages.

If you are tempted by theabove ideas, but unfortunately

rarely see an avocado on yourtree in spite of having thou-sands, even millions of flowers,there are a number of thingsyou can do.

1. Hang jars of honey in thetree to attract pollinating beesand other insects.

2. Plant avocado trees neartrees that flower at the sametime and are good bee attrac-tors, such as a male carob tree.3. If you have the popular Haasvariety of avocado trees, plantanother variety such as Zutanoor Endranol which have a dif-ferent timing of male and fe

male floweropenings. If there is no room inthe ground the second treecould be grown in a large con-tainer.

The problem is that avocadoflowers are bisexual and on al-ternate days the male or femaleorgans are in action for half theday. With Haas trees there is atendency for this to be synchro-nised so that male and femaleflowers rarely operate at thesame time.

© Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com

January 2016

Uses of fallen avocadosDick Handscombe

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

USES: You can eat them raw, add them to a salad, make an omelette or even make a face mask.

THERE are many healthy things you can do, so don’t compost them, eat them

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WHILE most pet owners areacutely aware of their ani-mals’ part icular ways ofsaying they are sick, or ofthe tell tale signs it’s timefor a trip to the vet, it’s al-ways handy to have a bi tmore information so youcatch whatever ails them be-fore it’s too late.

Here are a few crucial in-dicators to keep an eye onand keep your pet happy andhealthy.

Rabbits are at frequentrisk of gastrointestinal sta-sis, the slowing down of theintestine, which can be veryserious.

Look out for loss of ap-petite, lethargy and strange-ly shaped pellets. Producingno pellets at all is an impor-tant s ign you should takeimmediate action.

Goldfish often suffer fromwhite spot disease which re-veals the existence of a

highly contagious parasite. I t can be identif ied by

small white spots on scalesand fins. Fix the issue by re-moving the f ish from thetank, cleaning the tank thor-oughly and increasing thetemperature to roughly 25degrees, before addingchemical white spot treat-ment for a week or so to killall the parasites.

Dogs can alert you to anear infection by excessively

shaking their head, whileyou can also look out for abrown or bloody dischargeand strong smell.

You can pick up an earrinse solution from most petshops and massage it in yourdog’s ear using a cotton ball.

Look online or consultwith your vet for othersymptoms unique to differ-ent animals and be sure toprovide plenty exercise andclean water to all your pets.

THERE are many donkeyowners who will regale lis-teners with ta les of theirloud and eccentric donkeys!Steph, who lives in Malaga,has had Martha for a fewyears. In fact she inheritedher with the property.

Like a lot of donkeysMartha has a good voiceand isn’t afraid to use i t .The difference with Martha,however, is she especiallyloves to greet visitors with afriendly voice, she likes thecompany.

Steph has Flor ian andJenni to house-si t for herwhenever she goes away,because Martha enjoys theirplayfulness. Jenni trained tobe a veterinary nurse, andFlorian was raised withdogs, cats and other ani-mals.

Every morning Marthawil l greet them l ike long

lost friends, she makes herway to the gate for a morn-ing nuzzle and some carrotcuttings.

Steph prefers to usehouse-sitters to care for herpets, and the donkeys, catsand dogs all prefer it.

Although her neighboursare friendly it is not fair tokeep asking them to helpout with her fur familywhen they can be cared forat home by reliable house-sitters.

They are relaxed and lessanxious if they can stay athome. And Martha simplyloves the company. It canalso save a lot of money onkennelling fees.

House-si t t ing can be awin-win for both part ies ,f ree house and pets i t t ingand the experience andchecked sitters get free ac-commodation!

-WHY do cats go to the one person inthe room who doesn’t like cats?

When a cat enters a room full of peo-ple who are staring at him, he becomesvery uncomfortable. Then he notices oneperson is totally ignoring them, the per-son who dislikes cats.

The cat goes to that person to seek asafe haven from those who are fawningover him or intimidating him.

-Why do cats rub against your leg?When a cat rubs his head or the side of

his chin against you, the furniture, or anyobject, he is marking his territory.

He uses his glands on his forehead andaround his mouth and chin. These glandsproduce chemicals called pheromones,which he transfers by rubbing againstobjects. Cats can tell how long ago ascent was left and how much attentionthey need to pay to the warning.

-What does it mean when my catexposes its stomach?

A rare form of greeting and the ulti-mate compliment a cat can pay to a hu-man. This body language shows how

much he cares for you and how comfort-able he is around you.

Totally exposing the stomach revealshow secure he feels, because the stom-ach area is the most vulnerable part ofthe cat. He can be asking for a caress,inviting you to play, or may want thestomach area stroked. If he sleeps on hisback this way, his trust in you is in thestratosphere.

-Why does my cat knead?Loud purring followed by the sharp-

ening of claws on some soft spot of yourbody is called milk-treading. When yourelax and sit quietly, you’re giving yourcat the same signal he got from his moth-er when he was a kitten.

A nursing kitten instinctively uses hispaws to draw out the milk, gently push-ing on his mother’s stomach to increasethe milk flow. When older cats behavethis way, it’s a good sign that they’rehappy and content.

-Why do cats get stuck in trees?Their claws are constructed for climb-

ing up. When they attempt to climbdown headfirst (normally this is whatthey will try to do first), it’s impossiblebecause the claws are curved the wrongway.

Eventually, a cat will figure out howto go down the correct way, shimmyingdown backward so the claws will clingto the bark of the tree.

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Why do cats...?Martha loves havingcompany, especiallyhouse-sitters whochat and fuss over her

To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865521508

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THE department of the en-vironment in the tax havenof the Cayman Islands isblaming the superyachtMV Tatoosh, owned by bil-lionaire and joint founderof Microsoft Paul Allen,for destroying 14,000square feet of coral reef inprotected waters just offthe Cayman Islands.

Although ful l detai lshave not yet been released,it appears that the anchorchain of the 92 metreTatoosh dragged across thecoral reef whilst it was at

anchor and al though theauthorities are blaming thecrew of the vessel for thedestruction, a spokesmanfor Mr Allen said that i twas the fault of the PortAuthority as the crew wasfollowing instructions onwhere to moor the vessel.

This is just one of twosuperyachts that Mr Allenowns and it was put up forsale at €125 mil l ion in2010, but without a pur-chaser returned to activeduty for Mr Allen whosometimes uses i t as his

base whilst in the CaymanIslands.

With an on-board heli-copter and speed boats, theTatoosh has 12 guest cab-ins, a cinema and a crew of35 and costs a considerableamount to keep in service,but this amount could paleinto insignificance if thecrew is found responsiblefor the damage to the reef,as Cayman Island law al-lows for significant finesto be collected, althoughthis has rarely been en-forced.

THE administrators of Fair-line Boats have announcedthat the assets of the longestablished company havebeen purchased by two UK-based Russ ian inves tors

Alexander Volov and IgorGlyanenko, who have ma-rine, IT, media, and tech-nology experience, as wellas an interest in boats.

The re-launched compa-

ny will be known as Fair-line Yachts thus retainingthe l ink with the his tor icname, whilst distancing it-self from the fai led busi-ness.

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MV Tatoosh destroyscoral reef off Caymans

HAVING launched two projectsfor 90 and a 92-metre vesselsover the past few years, Zuc-con SuperYacht Design - thedivision of the Roman firmZuccon International Pro-ject dedicated to megayachts -is now working on a challengingconcept for 94-metre superyachts.

The 94-metre TETI project isbased on the constant search for theright balance between internal andexternal spaces.

Such research is caused by the de-sire to ensure a certain set of essen-tial functions that are strictly linkedwith the internal areas, while at thesame time working on a typologicalresearch that would bring new op-

portunities to experience the vessel’sexternal spaces.

Traditionally, the trend in boats ofsuch size is to favour the interiorspaces at the expense of outdoorsand external lines therefore simplysketches a sort of shell, which oftenseems to shut down the surroundingenvironment.

In this new project, however, it isthe upper deck area that assumes akey role, as it welcomes the majorityof on-board activities: the deck is en-tirely dedicated to guests and theirentertainment. Together with a moretraditional large table and pool areaon the aft terrace, the bow area drawsyou into the internal dining lounge,and becomes then a connection ele-ment between the outdoor seating

area and the second large pool.Just as the upper deck is for the

use of guests, the owner deck hasbeen designed to be entirely exclu-sive to the owner, although he or shecan reach the upper deck via a pri-vate staircase.

One of the layout options for theowner deck is the chance to set uptwo owner’s suites - an ideal solutionfor charters - complete with an exclu-

sive suite each with walk-in closets,while the guests will be hosted

in eight cabins, betweenthe main and lower deck,each one with a privatebathroom.By moving all the guest

activities on to the upperdeck, enough space is freedto allow the vessel to carry

four tenders, although this space isalso flexible and can be adapted for avariety of uses.

TETI has a sporty skyline, despitethe seven bridges and the designersboast that it has a timeless look. Sooften in the past, Italian design hasbeen dismissed by many as all styleand no substance, but in this case, thearchitect and designer Bernardo Zuc-con has successfully combined both.

By John Smith

Italian manufacturer’s new project

Port Adriano in DusseldorfYET again, Port Adriano is attending one ofEurope’s largest and most important annualboat shows, Boot Düsseldorf 2016 which runsfrom January 23 to 30.

The Port Adriano presentation is in Hall 6stand B21 (next to Princess Motor Yacht Sales),and the marina designed by French master ofform, design and architecture Philippe Starck,expects to wow visitors to the stand which ex-plains its fantastic range of services, which

marks it as one of the most exclusive and best-equipped ports of the Mediterranean.

With its ability to accommodate yachts up to110 metres and its 10,000m2 shipyard, PortAdriano is a fully operational marina 12months of the year and a fantastic location toexplore the Mediterranean. In addition to itswide range of nautical services, Port Adriano isone of the most important places of leisure, en-tertainment and gastronomy of Majorca.

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TOP GEAR could be in troubleif they don’t put their footdown and get the long awaitedrelaunch back on the screen, asITV look like they may bepulling an overtaking movewith their new show The Drive.

With the absence of thehugely popular Top Gear, ITVhave stepped on the ‘go faster’pedal with a new celebrity-hosted show, The Drive, whichcould tap into viewer’s motor-ing appetites leaving ChrisEvans and Top Gear in the rearview mirror eating dust.

ITV has signed up LouisWalsh, Mariella Frostrup, An-gus Deayton, presenter LauraTobin, comedian Johnny Ve-gas, rapper Professor Green,singer Ella Eyre and athleteturned-presenter Colin Jacksonfor a new five-part series.

The Drive will race awayfrom the line in summer 2016,and be hosted by Vernon Kay,aided by driver Jason Plato.

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ve technology in the next four years.They confirmed the launch of a range

of vehicles with autonomous capabilitiesin Europe, United States, Japan and Chi-na up to 2020, and that the technologywill be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices.

In addition, Renault-Nissan willlaunch a suite of new connectivity appli-cations that will make it easier for people

to stay connected to work, entertainmentand social networks.

This year will mark the debut of vehi-cles with ‘single-lane control’, a featurethat allows cars to drive autonomouslyon motorways, including in heavy, stop-and-go traffic.

In 2018, they will launch vehicles with‘multiple-lane control’, and 2020 will seethe launch of ‘intersection autonomy’.

Renault-Nissan: “The Future is here”

THIS year will be remem-bered as the year of Euro-pean cars in Detroit, led byMercedes, Audi, Volvo andBMW.

Most eyes and minds,between dribbling over thedifferent concept cars,were seeking out all theadvances in technologythat are soon to becomepart of our l ives, seeingthat the autonomous car isnow the technological ob-jective of all manufactur-ers.

BMW, being one of themajor exhibits of interest,found itself answering adeluge of questions in rela-t ion to the innovativeBMW ConnectedDriveservices.

As with all future prod-ucts earmarked for release,answers to specific ques-tions tended to be as clearas mud!

However, they said:

“The BMW Group is con-stantly working to developpioneering digital serviceswhich will expand vehicleconnectivity.

“The BMW Labs portal,which went online January19, will give customers thechance to test in advancenew services st i l l underdevelopment, and there-fore play an active role inhelping to shape the futureof BMW ConnectedDriveservices.”

They added: “BMWLabs enables customisedfunctions via IFTTT. Thefirst ConnectedDrive op-tion to be made availablevia BMW Labs is the inte-gration of the IFTTT ser-vice into BMW vehicles.

“IFTTT is a free-of-charge service which al-lows hundreds of web ap-plications and intelligentdevices on the Internet tobe linked together.”

Europeans areleading the way

FOOTBALL – Last Saturdaysaw one of the great PLgames of the season so far asLiverpool won 5-4 at Norwichcourtesy of Adam Lallana’s95th minute bouncer.

Manchester United yetagain, were booed off thepitch after losing 1-0 at hometo Southampton, CharlieAustin scoring seven minutesand 45 seconds into hisSaints’ debut.

Leicester City went back tothe top of the PL with an ex-cellent 3-0 win over Stoke,while 10-man Arsenal suc-cumbed 1-0 at home DiegoCosta’s early goal forChelsea, who are now unbeat-en in nine PL games againstthe Gunners.

Deli Alli scored a magnifi-cent goal in Tottenham’s 3-1derby win at Crystal Palace.Sergio Aguero bagged a lateequaliser to earn ManchesterCity a point at West Ham (2-2). Watford beat Newcastle 2-1, and Swansea won 2-1 atEverton. The games betweenSunderland andBournemouth, and WBA andbottom club Aston Villa endedin 1-1 and 0-0 draws respec-tively.

Hull City shot to the top ofthe Champi-

onship with victory at Ful-ham. Middlesbrough lost athome to improving Notting-ham Forest. Brighton defeatedHuddersfield. Birminghameased past Ipswich 3-0, andSheffield Wednesday won atReading, while Burnley metDerby at Turf Moor on Mon-day.

Gillingham have leap-frogged Walsall and BurtonAlbion to take over as FL1leaders. Northampton are topof FL2, ahead of PlymouthArgyle and Michael Apple-ton’s Oxford United, whilenorth of the border, Celticwere 3-1 winners over StJohnstone and now lead theSPL.

Here in Spain, Lionel Messiscored again as table-toppersBarcelona beat Malaga 2-1,second-placed AtleticoMadrid drew 0-0 with Sevillaand Real Madrid (third) weresurprisingly held 1-1 by RealBetis. Elsewhere, Athletic Bil-bao whipped hapless Eibar 5-2.

CRICKET – South Africa(475 and 248-5 declared),were heading for victory inthe fourth and final Testagainst England (342 and 33-3) after three batsmen scoredcenturies in the Proteas’ firstinnings total.

Alastair Cook’s touristshad already clinchedthe four-match se-ries. The ODI andT20 matches arenext on the

agenda.England’s Stuart Broad has

moved to the top of the worldbowling rankings ahead of In-dian Ravi Ashwin and SouthAfrican Dale Syen.

West Indiesstar ShivnarineChanderpaulhas retiredfrom interna-tional competition,having scored almost12,000 runs in 164 Tests.

And former Warwickshirebowler Jack Bannister, whotook 1,198 wickets in 374matches between 1950 and1968, including a best returnof 10-41, has died aged 85.

TENNIS – The first GrandSlam tournament of the yearends this weekend in Mel-bourne and all the top starshave been doing the businesson court, including NovakDjokovic, Andy Murray,Roger Federer, David Ferrer,Stan Wawrinka and KiNishikori in the men’s singlesand likewise Maria Sharapo-va, Viktoria Azarenka, SerenaWilliams and Johanna Kontain the women’s section.

In fact, Konta became thefirst British woman to reachthe quarter finals of a majortournament for 32 years. Un-fortunately Rafael Nadal, re-

t i r i n g

home favourite Lleyton He-witt, Caroline Wozniaki andHeather Watson were earlycasualties.

GOLF – The recent AbuDhabi Championship waswon by Ricky Fowler (USA)on 16 under par. Belgium’sThomas Pieters was second(15 under) with Rory McIlroyand Henrik Stenson (Sweden)joint third, a further shot be-hind.

RUGBY UNION –Glasgow, Gloucester,Northampton, Ospreys,Racing 92, Saracens, Toulon,Ulster (56-3 victors over Oy-onnax) and Wasps (51-10 win-ners over Leinster) are boom-ing along in the EuropeanChampions Cup. Toulon, infact, want to play in the UKAviva PL next season.

DIARY of EVENTS –Earlier this week, we had thesecond legs of the LeagueCup semi-finals between Liv-erpool and Stoke (Tuesday)and Manchester City v Ever-

ton (last night). BothMerseyside clubs held

one goal leads from thefirst games.

The fourth round ofthe FA Cup is coming

up: Derby-Manchester Unit-ed, tomorrow (8.55pm), fol-lowed by Colchester-Spurs(1.45pm), holders Arsenal-Burnley, Aston Villa-Man-chester City, Bolton-Leeds,Bury-Hull, Crystal Palace-Stoke, Liverpool-West Ham(6.30pm), Nottingham For-est-Watford, Portsmouth-Bournemouth, Shrewsbury-Sheffield Wednesday,

Oxford-Blackburn, WBA-Peterborough on Saturdayand Carlisle-Everton(1.30pm) and MK Dons-Chelsea (5pm) on Sunday.

United booed off yet again,Deli Alli nets a beautyAND Ricky Fowler wins in the UAE

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

Costa de Almeria

RICKY FOWLER: Won the Abu Dhabi

Championship.

TOTTENHAM WIN: Deli Alliscored a magnificent goal

against Crystal Palace.

JOHANNA KONTA:Reached the last

eight in Melbourne.

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Baleares Senior League:JANUARY 23 saw an unseason-

ally sunny day in Son Caliu, andthe setting for the match betweenlocals El Toro RC and the visitingMenorquin team TRUC Menorca.

The superior skills of El Toro RCsaw them with a try after 20 min-utes and a second followed soonafter. The quick thinking of El Toroplayers meant they were able tomove the ball around and out widewhich allowed them to get past theTRUC defences.

Four tries had been scored byhalf time and the second half beganwith the home team playing againstthe sun. The second half saw amore proactive TRUC who pushedhard in an effort to score. Althoughthey had two scrums on the opposi-tion’s five metre line they were un-able to take full advantage to putpoints on the scoreboard.

Final score was 34 points to niland the win will give the hometeam a much-needed boost as theyhead into the second half of theseason and with matches to catchup.

Other results in the senior leaguesaw RC Ponent with a close winover Ibiza RFC by 29 points to 25.Ibiza RC hit first with two earlytries against a Ponent team who attimes appeared lost and unable tohold their defence together.

The combined team of Corsaris /Dimonis proved to be too tough forShamrock RC who, although theyworked very hard and continue toimprove, just couldn’t cope withthe more experienced forwards ofthe opposition.

Final score was 24 points to 12.Michel Rodier Girls 7’s LeagueFollowing the senior match in

Son Caliu the girls took to the pitchin their teams of seven in the com-petitive Michel Rodier League.Bahia RC won all of their matches

to break El Toro’s winning streakalthough they won their remainingmatches.

The girls from Shamrock RC andCorsaris RFC also took part andcontinue to improve in the ‘sevens’format.

U16 LeagueTeams from Mallorca Bocs, RC

Ponent, Dimonis RC and AgoraPortals CE headed to Pollensa for aseries of matches in the league. Allwho turned up had the chance toplay and the scores were immateri-al, as all were there for the chanceto gain match experience.

Coming up next weekThe girls and the U16 and U18

players will be put through theirpaces in preparation for selectionfor the Baleares teams. The U14teams are back in action in theleague competition organised byRC Ponent who will also be incharge of the eighth Rugby Day.

In the Senior Men’s LeagueBahia RC host El Toro RC in S’Ar-raco, Truc from Menorca will playRC Ponent and Corsaris/Dimonisare due to play Ibiza RFC.

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A sunny weekend of rugby

EL TORO RC: Their superior skills gave them a much-needed boost.

SOUTH AFRICA: Three batsmen scored centuries in the fourth and final Testagainst England.

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