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death since 2005, but the law states dog owners can only go to prison for a maximum of two years.

Ministers have now launched a public consultation as to whether owners should face jail terms of up to ten years if their pet injures someone and life for a fatal attack. Killing or injuring a guide dog could also attract a maximum penalty of ten years.

The move comes months after Jade Anderson, 14, was killed by four dogs while visiting a friend near Wigan.

Every year dogs are responsible for 210,000 attacks – around 6,000 of which lead to hospital visits. The Government said it would introduce new measures to tackle out of control dogs

The Government said it would introduce new measures to tackle out of control dogs

The CWU union representing postmen and telecoms engineers – who suffer 5,000 attacks a year – welcomed the move, pointing out that at present some owners are fined just £100 if their dog attacks.

General secretary Billy Hayes said: ‘Current sentencing arrangements do not match the serious nature of offences.

‘This consultation is very welcome and hopefully indicates the Government is serious about tackling the problem of irresponsible dog ownership.’

The consultation was launched yesterday by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Members of the public will be asked their opinion on the severity of punishments, with recommendations put forward in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill.

Animal welfare minister Lord de Mauley said: ‘Dog attacks are terrifying and we need harsh penalties to punish those who allow

their dog to injure people while out of control.‘It’s crucial the laws we have in place act as a deterrent to stop

such horrific incidents.’Last month Jade Anderson’s parents, along with the parents of

four-year-old John Paul Massey – who died after his uncle’s pitbull attacked him in 2009 – presented a petition to Downing Street calling for David Cameron to take action to prevent more attacks.

In February the Government said it would introduce new measures to tackle out of control dogs by changing the law to ensure irresponsible owners can be prosecuted regardless of where their dog attacks.

But David Hanson, Labour’s policing spokesman, said: ‘The Government’s proposals on dangerous dogs are weak.

‘As the victims of dog attacks, select committees, the RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association have made clear, the Government should legislate for “dog control notices” which would give local councils and the police the powers they need to make sure owners are responsible and dog attacks are stopped.’

Crime prevention minister Jeremy Browne said: ‘Dog owners who fail to take responsibility for their dogs must be held accountable.

‘This Government is taking urgent action to protect the public from out of control dogs. We are changing the law so owners can be prosecuted for attacks on private property and our anti-social behaviour reforms will give police and local agencies more effective powers.’

A report published in June by the charity Guide Dogs revealed attacks by other dogs on guide dogs are at an all-time high of ten a month.

A total of 240 attacks were reported between March 2011 and February 2013.

Ecologistas en Acción Almanzora are extremely concerned about a ‘plague’ of Cochinilla del Carmín, the Cochineal beetle, which, according to the Consejería de Medio Ambiente de Murcia, has been present on prickly pears in the Murcia region since 2007.

It is thought that the beetles have been brought in on plants that were imported from other countries during the housing boom, and have been present in the Almanzora Valley since 2013.

The Cochineal Insect is a scale insect traditionally used by Native Americans to make a crimson dye called cochineal. In the 1550s Spanish explorers brought cochineal from Mexico back to Europe, and it became the most widely traded and, next to gold and silver, the most valuable product of the West Indies.

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Pear cacti and are most obvious on the flat pads of the cactus, where they occur in colonies covered with a fluffy white wax. The insect’s bright reddish body is not visible unless the waxy secretions are scraped away and the scale’s outer covering is punctured. Cochineal is produced from the dried, crushed bodies of the cochineal scale insects. A carefully tended cactus yields about 20 pounds of

scale each year. About 70,000 insects are needed to make a pound of dye, and as of 2005, the market price of cochineal was between 50 and 80 USD per kilogram.

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built on without waiting the requisite 30 years, although the government admits it will have to act with caution, reports ThinkSpain.

At present, the 30-year rule, imposed some years back, is aimed at discouraging unscrupulous developers from setting fire to land they wanted to use to build residential and holiday complexes and golf courses so they could then make a drastically-reduced offer to buy it.

Now, there is little point in arson attacks by property promoters, since even if they bought the burnt-out land they would not be able to develop it for another three decades.

But agriculture minister Miguel Arias Cañete says he does not see why structures of ‘general social interest’ should not be built on charred plots, a description in which he includes schools, hospitals and prisons.

Arias Cañete will not recommend any law changes that allow residential or commercial property or ‘anything that could lead to private financial profit’ to be constructed, and

says legislation reforms would have to be thought through very carefully since the definition of ‘general social interest’ could be stretched beyond all recognition fairly easily.

PROBLEMS WITH ‘GENERAL SOCIAL INTEREST’ DESCRIPTION: WHy THE WORDING HAS TO BE WATERTIGHT

This definition was used when the infamous ‘land-grab’ law, the LRAU, was first approved at the end of the 1990s when the PP last came into power, and allowed local authorities to compulsorily purchase plots of land for a very low figure where building plans ‘in the public interest’ were needed.

Whilst this was mainly to allow schools and hospitals to be built and to prevent speculators from buying cheap plots of wasteland and then being able to hold the local council to ransom when they needed it for these purposes, huge luxury urbanisations, hotels and golf courses were considered on many occasions to be of ‘general social interest’ as they would create jobs and bring in local business from holidaymakers.

When corruption and nepotism was thrown into the mix, the outcome was disastrous for homeowners whose

gardens and houses stood in the way of the planned building

area. But law reforms at the request of the EU, following a

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sunbathing’ homes for Sundays in the countryside. These

properties, known as casitas de campo, frequently fail to

appear on council maps as they were not designed to be

residential, but many owners have modernised theirs and

fitted electrical generators and water-pumps – since only

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ELECTRICITy bILLS RISE fOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTHElectricity went up yesterday

(Saturday) by 3.2 per cent, just a month after a 1.2-per-cent rise in a bid to mop up the multi-million deficit the government has with energy suppliers.

Minister for industry José Manuel Soria says this latest hike will claw back around 400 million euros for the government by the end of this year and claims that the State is now

contributing towards the debt as a result of an energy reform which splits the burden between the consumer, the supplier and public funds.

Of the 26-billion-euro debt, the consumer will be expected to pay 900 million a year, which the State will match, and electricity boards 2.7 billion annually.

Soria insists that without the reform, electricity bills would have gone up

by an average of 42 per cent.

But even then, the average bill has risen by eight per cent since January 2012, after having gone up by 63 per cent between 2003 and 2011, although mostly in the last three or four years of that period.

This makes electricity in Spain the third-most expensive in the European Union, beaten only by Cyprus and the Republic of Ireland.

TuRkEy COuRT CLEARS 21 OvER ‘COup’A court in Turkey clears 21 people accused of conspiring

to overthrow the government, with verdicts still coming in for the other 254 defendants.

WEST GERMANy ‘SpONSORED DOpING’German officials demand publication of a partially-leaked

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Inheritance Tax by the Spanish Tax Authorities for their properties / assets inherited in Spain

• Conservative estimates put the total amount to be reclaimed by UK families at £400 million (€490 million).

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Thousands of British/EU citizens have now come forward to reclaim up to £400 million in overpaid inheritance tax (IHT) by the Spanish government after the Spanish tax loop was recently discovered. With the average reclaim amount currently being £12,000, higher than the original estimated average of £10,000.

Background: Up to 40,000* UK families who have been lucky enough to be gifted with an inherited property in Spain have fallen foul of a Spanish tax loop that has seen them overcharged Spanish IHT (inheritance tax) to the tune of £400 million, whilst Spanish residents paid close to 0% IHT.

• The different IHT treatment between residents and non-residents recently led the European Commission to take Spain before the European Court of Justice on March 7 2012, as it is the European Commission’s belief that the current Spanish inheritance tax provisions infringe EU treaty freedoms when either the heirs or deceased persons are non-residents in Spain.

• “Experts state it is very risky to wait for the ECJ ruling. It is impossible to know when the ECJ ruling will be taken and due to legal time limits cases may have expired by then and the claim could not be filed anymore.” In addition, the sooner claims are filed, the sooner people affected may get their refund.

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Gibraltar border Queues Incense british Authoritiesrequest that such delays ‘do not happen again’.

“Long delays of up to seven hours at the border between Gibraltar and Spain occurred as a result of completely over-the-top inspections on vehicles entering and leaving the Rock by Spanish authorities. The British government considers these delays unjustified, unacceptable and should not be happening between two European Union member States,” Swire stated.

“The UK would not wish to speculate whether this incident bears any relation to the disagreements between Spain and Gibraltar over the installation of concrete blocks to create an artificial reef in Gibraltarian waters,” added Swire, referring to the latest in a series of disputes between Britain and Spain over the Rock.

On Friday, after Swire’s announcement, queues of between four and five hours were experienced most of the day getting back into Spain from Gibraltar.

The Gibraltarian government has welcomed the British authorities’ stance and said the procedures established by Spain in relation to border controls ‘are out of place’ within the European Union.

Whilst recognising that Spain has the right to exercise border checks, these should be ‘in proportion’ and in such a way as not to interfere with the free movement of EU citizens across member State borders.

But head of diplomatic relations at the Spanish embassy, Ramón Gandaria, has replied that the border inspections are ‘not negotiable’.

In a message to British diplomat Simon Gass, Gandaria reminded the UK that Gibraltar does not form part of the Schengen treaty and is not therefore covered by the ‘free movement of citizens and trade’ rule, nor does it have a common VAT or IVA regime.

This means Spain is ‘obliged’ to carry out inspections at the frontier fence, which were ‘necessary’ to ‘prevent smuggling

which frequently occurs in the area’, said Trillo’s office.Police check documents for people, vehicles and

merchandise for every single car, van, coach, motorcycle or lorry that travels between the two territories.

With the ongoing financial crisis and high unemployment in Spain, hundreds of residents who live near the border have jobs in Gibraltar, including numerous British expatriates living in the Costa de la Luz area in the province of Cádiz.

And many more Britons living in Cádiz or on the Costa del Sol make regular trips to the Rock to stock up on food, clothes and other goods they regularly used before moving to Spain.

On Sunday, Spain said it was considering a new 50 euro (£43) fee to cross its border with Gibraltar.

The UK said it wanted an explanation from Spain about any new measures targeting the British territory. Gibraltar has been a British territory for 300 years but Spain disputes UK sovereignty over the rocky outcrop on its southern tip.

In the statement the UK reasserted its ties with Gibraltar and said it wanted to continue its strong relationship with Spain.

“The prime minister has made clear that the UK government will meet its constitutional commitments to the people of Gibraltar and will not compromise on sovereignty,” a Foreign Office spokesman said.

“Our differences with Spain on Gibraltar will be resolved by political means through our relationship as EU partners, not through disproportionate measures such as the border delays we have seen over the past week.

“We have many common interests with Spain and wish to continue to have a strong relationship at every level with the government of Spain.”

It went on: “We will be seeking an explanation from Spain following reports that the Spanish government might target Gibraltar with further measures.”

Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has called an ‘urgent’ meeting with the Spanish ambassador to find out why ‘unjustifiable and unacceptable’ border queues mounted up between Spain and Gibraltar last week.

According to various press reports, drivers were subjected to ‘disproportionate’ and ‘unnecessary’ checks, causing seven-hour delays getting to and from Gibraltar between July 26 and 30.

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Spanish president Mariano Rajoy has been compared to former US leader Richard Nixon in a video launched by the opposition socialist party, the PSOE.

According to a report by ThinkSpain, they have likened Rajoy, who spoke out in Parliament for the first time on Thursday over the Bárcenas slush-fund scandal allegedly involving him and other top-flight PP members, to Nixon in the Watergate case.

It was this case which forced the former American president to ‘admit the truth, accept political responsibility and resign from his post in light of the seriousness of the situation’, said the PSOE, who add that ‘history is repeating itself’.

The socialists recalled that during Rajoy’s speech in Congress this week, he said he did not benefit from being in politics – since he has another profession he could return to – and that he had no reason to hamper investigations

or the course of justice, always proclaiming his honesty and innocence and flatly refusing to stand down as head of State.

PSOE members said this was exactly what Nixon said when the Watergate case hit the headlines, but that in spite of his insistence that he would not resign, he had to back down, confess and leave.

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The blaze started at around 16.20hrs last Thursday in Cicouro, north-eastern Portugal, in the Miranda do Douro/Mirando del Duero district, which sits across the Portuguese-Spanish border.

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Circumstances in which British expatriates can find themselves needing emergency passports vary from the death or serious illness of a loved one through to job opportunities put at risk - like the resident who was offered an interview in Germany only to discover his passport had expired. Others have been forced to cancel holidays of a lifetime for lack of a valid passport.

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Friday GolF Society2 AUGUST: We had a small field today but

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John Flynn kept us all in suspense with the last 2 team results as there was only 1 point separating them.

John Flynn, doug kemp, Chris perkins and peter brown won the cava and chocolates.

The men battled it out for nearest the pin today. it started with John Flynn with 6.25m then robbie macmillan with 4.03m but it was won by leonard Copley with a distance of 3.68m.

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Unswervingly tenacious in her criticism of Castellon Airport, Monica Oltra, the Deputy spokesman for the Compromís Party in the Regional parliament of Valencia, has asked Aerocas for details as to how they they intend to to reduce the current expenditure at the facility by 19%.

The figures were quoted last week by the President of Aerocas, Jose Ciscar, who is also Vice-President of the Generalitat Valenciana.

Oltra reminded Ciscar of his promises that the cost to operate the regionally-owned airport would not exceed €2.5 Mln in the the first year of operation (whenever that may be!) and that the number of passenger served per year will reach 360’000 within 5 years - all at “zero cost to the public purse”.

Meanwhile, her counterpart in the regional PSOE, María José Salvador, told parliament how the Generalitat Valenciana “has no roadmap for the airport and has “Committed a systematic deception”.

Salvador reminded parliament that barely 2 weeks ago the Minister of Economy, Max Buch, had told the house how there was still no advised date for when the airport would become operational. (SOURCE: WWW.TUMBIT.COM)

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Take up of office space in Madrid has risen almost 60% in the first quarter

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Prime rents remained unchanged at €25 per square metre with analysts

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The sudden rise in the commercial property sector was boosted by some large scale transactions of late. Vodafone recently acquired 50,000 square metres in Madrid for its headquarters whereas AXA boosted its portfolio after buying €192 million of office space in Barcelona.

Confidence in the market could be due to more stability in the Eurozone as whispers of the block breaking up have substantially diminished.

Whilst the huge surge is mainly centred around major cities, it is hoped and likely, that the confidence will spread across the country spurred on by the saturation of relatively cheap commercial accommodation available.

Spain’s delicate recovery depends on investors returning to Spain.

GOvERNMENT SubSIDy bOOSTS SpAIN CAR SALES fOR juLy

The Sale of new vehicles in Spain increased once again in July aided by the government’s direct subsidy scheme to underpin a market undermined by weak consumer spending caused by the country’s 2nd recession in 4 years.

According to figures released Thursday by the industry associations ANFAC, Ganvam and Faconauto, the number of new vehicle registrations, a proxy for sales, climbed 14.9% in the month for July 2012 to 75,024 units. The increase in July reduced the fall in sales in the first 7 months of the year to 2.1% In the period January-July, 461,382 units were sold.

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New car purchases by companies remained weak as the corporate sector continued to rein in investments and reduce debt. Sales declined 13.9% from a year earlier to 18,636 units and were down 21.5%

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Festivals in spain 2013early to mid-august: Festa Major de Gràcia, Cataloniaall year long, the residents

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night, thousands invade the tiny streets for outdoor concerts,

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august 28: la tomatina, Buñol, west of valencia: this is the world renowned, absolutely crazy, tomato flinging, juice-

spraying five-day festival held on the last Wednesday of august.

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sep 7 – 8: Fiestas de la Mare de Deu de la salut in algemesí, valencia: the main local festival in algemesí dates back to the

Middle ages and has been awarded the UnesCO intangible Cultural Heritage designation. theatre, dance and music are part of the celebrations and more than 1,400 people take part in the main parade. the festival also features giants representing King James i of

aragon and his wife as part of the “volta General”, which

also includes numerous biblical characters.

sep 20 – 28: san sebastián international Film Festival, san

sebastián: the premier film festival of spain takes place in the Basque capital, often at several different theaters. Retrospectives are frequently

featured, and weeklong screenings are held.

sep 24: Fiesta De la Mercé, Barcelona: this celebration

honors Our lady of Mercy (la Mercè), the city’s patron saint.

Free music concerts, from traditional to contemporary, are held in the plazas (particularly plaça de Catalunya and plaça sant Jaume), and figures from folklore such as the gigants (giants) and cap grosses

(fatheads) take to the streets. people come out to perform the sardana (the traditional

Catalan dance) and to watch the nail-biting castellers (human

towers). Firework displays light up the night, and the hair-raising correfoc, a parade of firework-brandishing “devils”

and dragons, is the grand finale.

Oct 12: el Día de la Hispanidad or Columbus Day), throughout spain - a national holiday of spain that is celebrated on

October 12, commemorating the exact date that Christopher Columbus first set foot in the americas. a special parade is held in la plaza de Colon, in Madrid, led by the spanish military and followed by the King and the Royal Family. a

wide array of other authorities, from foreign diplomats

positioned in spain to the presidents of the autonomous governments, are invited to

attend this parade. the spanish armed forces also fly through the air doing aerobatics with

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them and incinerating them alive has bragged about how he is ‘going to get rich on TV’ after being approached by mainstream channels to perform live interviews.

José Bretón, serving 40 years for killing six-year-old Ruth and José, two, to get revenge on his wife Ruth Ortiz after she announced she wanted a divorce, is allegedly receiving offers on a daily basis for giving an interview to an unnamed analogue channel.

But Mediaset, the broadcasting control body, has put a stop to it as a result of public outrage when the news leaked.

The channel was making lucrative offers, sources claim.

Bretón was reported as saying: “I’m going to have to tell my dad to stop sending me 60 euros a week, because the

TV people are going to make me rich.”

Head of Mediaset’s PR department, Mirta Dragó, said on Twitter: “He’d better not think it’s going to happen on any of our channels.”

She recalled the interview on the programme La Noria with Rosalía García, mother of the youth known as ‘El Cuco’, who was involved in the murder of Sevilla teenager Marta del Castillo Casanueva, which led to public outcry so intense that the presenter, Jordi González, was forced to cancel the slot.

A year ago, a non-legally binding motion was discussed in Congress, having been presented by MP for Coalición Canarias in the Canary Islands, Ana Oramas, to forbid TV channels from paying convicted criminals for interviews.

yEMEN bRITISH EMbASSy STAff WITHDRAWN OvER SECuRITy

All British diplomatic staff in yemen have been withdrawn to the UK and the embassy closed “due to increased security concerns”, the Foreign Office has said. Dozens of employees were moved to the UK overnight, the BBC understands.

Earlier the United States ordered all its citizens in the country to leave following a terror alert.

Twenty US embassies and consulates in the Middle East and North Africa were closed suddenly on Sunday.

In a statement the Foreign Office added: “Due to increased security concerns, all staff in our yemen embassy have been temporarily withdrawn, and the embassy will remain closed until staff are able to return.”

The BBC’s security correspondent, Frank Gardner, said the decision was taken on Monday and that all the staff were currently en route back to the UK.

Officials are describing the action as a “drawdown”, rather than an evacuation, our correspondent added. Similar closures of British missions have recently taken place in Benghazi and Damascus.

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LEGAL CORNERWITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITORIf you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@

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Michael Davies is a Spanish Abogado and has been practicing law in Almería since 1993. He is member of the Law societies of Almería and Madrid and has offices in Mojacar and Almeria High Street.

Q: I understand that If I sell my property I need to thInk about the followIng expenses: solIcItors fee, capItal gaIns tax and plusvalía tax. what Is plusvalía tax , and how Is It calculated?

A . Up to recently this was a small tax when you sold or inherited , but now it can be a high amount and needs to be considered before the transaction. It is charged on the transfer of ownership of a property by sale, inheritance etc. . This tax is a local tax charged by each municipality on the increase in value of Urban land in its own district land and is distinct from Capital Gains Tax. It is important to realize that the tax is charged on land alone, not on the buildings that may stand on the land.

The rates of tax are set by each municipality and can vary widely between neighbouring municipalities. The tax is based on the increase in the official, that is to say the “Catastral”, value of the land which a property occupies. This is the same value that is used to set your local property tax or “IBI” and can be found on the bill for your “IBI” issued by your local ayuntamiento each year and is shown as the “valor del suelo”. The actual price at which a property changes hands, or the value attributed to it if is the subject of a gift or inheritance is irrelevant.

Calculation: The Plusvalia is calculated as a function of the catastral value of the land and the number of years of ownership (up to a maximum of 20 years). The higher the catastral value and the number of years of ownership, the higher the tax.

Plusvalia tax = Catastral value of the land x Yearly percentage of value’s increase x Number of years of ownership x Tax rate

The yearly percentage of value’s increase and the tax rate are fixed by the Town Halls. They are established locally. Up to now, when a Town Hall had updated the catastral values, usually with really high increases of the values compared to the existing ones, article 107.3 of the Law had established that on the following five years after the revision of the values, the Town Halls had to apply a deduction of 40 to 60 % to the catastral value. If a Town Hall made not contemplation of this rule teh law established an automatic deduction of 60%. However new Law passed in 2012 has changed that situation allowing the Town Halls to eliminate

those deductions, which is why a loto of people are suddenly paying much higher rates and find themselves with an unfairly high plusvalíaa tax when they sell. On a sale of a property it is the responsibility of the seller to pay the tax, but if the seller fails to pay this responsibility may be passed to the buyer, who would then have to recuperate the money form this seller. If the property is being inherited or is the subject of some other type of gift it is the beneficiary or recipient of the property who is liable to pay the tax.

Certain transactions are exempt from the Plusvalia Tax, the main ones which are likely to affect the general public are the transfer of property between spouses who are divorcing, or to children to comply with Court judgments, and “aportaciones” or transfers to companies in which spouses are the only shareholders which may be used for tax planning.

The amount of the tax that will be charged on a transaction will depend firstly on the Catastral value of the land which the property occupies, and secondly on the length of time since it last changed hands. If you are selling an individual house which stands on a large plot which you have owned for a considerable length of time the amount of the Plusvalia Tax could be many thousands of Euros. On the other hand, as the tax is charged on the value of land alone, the amount of Plusvalia Tax charged on a flat in a block which you have not owned for very long the tax may be quite modest.

For those of you who are considering rearranging your financial affairs to take advantage of tax planning schemes, the amount of Plusvalia tax that may be due is one of a number of elements, which include the Notary and other fees that may be payable, which you need to consider when balancing the costs and benefits of these schemes. Depending on the amount of Plusvalia, it may be cheaper to make a gift of the property rather than enter into more complex arrangements with higher Notary and other fees.

The time for paying the Plusvalia Tax is within 30 days of a sale or gift between living people, or 6 months of the date of death on an inheritance.

Your town hall can advise you of the amount of Plusvalia that may be payable on a transaction involving your property, or in many cases it is possible to obtain the calculation “on line”, but as I always write in concluding these articles, if in doubt take professional advice.

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And two years after cutting wages, IVA should go up again, according to the FMI.

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Saying Spain’s economy is showing positive signs and appears ‘about to turn a corner’, the FMI adds that the labour reform – aimed at making it easier and cheaper for companies to get rid of

staff and a fall in salaries in the public sector and large companies – is reducing unemployment and ‘bearing fruit’.

The jobless figures fell by 65,000 in July, but statistics show that 90 per cent of people who got back into employment last month are on temporary contracts and working part-time.

It is likely unemployment will therefore rise again at the end of the summer holiday season when work in the tourist industry dries up.

The report by the FMI, led by Christine Lagarde (pictured right) raises concerns about the extremely high proportion of temporary jobs compared to permanent, stable employment.

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Honour the spirit of summer living in the decor of your home by taking advantage of the array of summer decorating styles available in home improvement stores.

Sunflowers are often associated with sunshine and summertime, and are therefore excellent accessories for summer decorating. Their characteristic bright yellow color will enliven any room in the house. Due to their popularity in the past few years, artificial sunflowers are usually available in silk, so you can have them beautifying your home for years if that is what you desire.

Placing baskets of sunflowers throughout the home will make a beautiful sight in the summer. you can also repurpose the baskets according the season or occasion by changing the liners or adding ribbons to the outside.

Baskets are not just decorative; they can also be functional and very versatile. Some people use them to store hand towels and wash cloths in the bathroom, but baskets can be used in just about any room in the house. you can use them to hold kitchen utensils, sort bills, and organize anything else you need to declutter in a visually appealing way.

Use your creativity to paint new and fresh summer designs on some old wooden table or chairs. Maybe a watermelon or some apples would brighten up an otherwise boring piece of furniture or try painting on some sunflowers for an inexpensive alternative to buying all new pieces!

If you would like to make your summer theme a little different and unique in your home, try a Moroccan theme - ideal here in Spain where we are so close to the place itself!

Mosaics, candle holders and wall sconces together with a few fluffy pillows made of colourful fabrics would add the feel of Morocco without costing too much. In addition, glowing candles and artificial lighting together with incense burning in the background would enrich the mood during the evenings.

Turn your attention to your outdoor living area as well as the inside of your home.

No longer are a few plastic chairs considered to be sufficient. you’ll find a variety of attractive weatherproof outdoor furniture that will turn your patio, deck, or yard into another room of your home during the summer months.

Summertime is a time of ideas and a great time to do home projects.

Let your imagination run wild and see what kind of changes you can incorporate into your home.

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DOWN 31% TO MAyThe number of building permit applications to construct

new homes totalled 15,451 units in the first five months of

the year. This represents a decrease of 31% over the same

period of 2012, and is higher than the 28.8% recorded at

the end of the first quarter, according to the Ministry of

Development, which reflects a 33% drop in the month of

May alone.

Of the building permits applied for up until May, 61.2%

were for building blocks of flats (9,468 units) and the

rest (4,972 units), were for family homes. The declines

registered were 38.2% and 24.8%, respectively.

The Ministry of Development’s statistics also reveal a

decrease of 8.5% in the total number of permits applied

for to carry out reform works or housing extensions.

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decrease of 28.5%. (ARTICLE COURTESy OF WWW.KyERO.COM)

STuDENT HOuSING AN INvESTMENT OppORTuNITyAfter analysing the residential market for university

students, Savills has come to the conclusion that this could be a great opportunity for the European investor. The severe economic crisis that Europe has suffered has forced many young people to study abroad in order to further their education and learn other languages. Specifically, it is estimated that the number of students outside their country of origin will increase from the 4.1 million recorded in 2010 to more than eight million in 2025.

The British consultancy firm highlights the opportunities offered by the Spanish market in this respect. With a youth unemployment rate of over 55%, the number of university enrollments is steadily increasing. The Spanish university system has 1.9 million students, of which 3.3% are from other countries.

According to Savills, there are great opportunities for developers and investors in the field of student residences, since the stock increased by only 1.1% during the year 2012-2013, placing greater pressure on the

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A supply shortage would add another important attraction for the investor: the rental returns. Savills calculates that revenues in Spain stood at 7% in the

prime zone and 8.5% in the remaining areas, making it the country with the highest levels, above France (5.5% and 7%), Germany (5.5% and 6.8%) and the United Kingdom (5.5% and 6.6%), among others.

Among the many attractions Spain offers as a place of residence for foreign students, its universities stand out, as seven are among the best in the world. Specifically,

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Kitchen ideasone idea for vintage decorators is to

have a coat rack in the kitchen displaying a variety of colourful aprons from the 40’s and 50’s.

enamelled pots, both blue speckled and white were found in vintage kitchens. The variety of tools used is huge and great fun to look for at flea markets. look for gallon butter churns, butter moulds, wire egg baskets, rug beaters, a display of old keys, coloured jars, milk bottles, antique cookbooks, vintage pottery and canisters, tin breadboxes, vintage salt and pepper shakers.

if you have a laundry area, a washboard could also be hung on the wall. To go along with that, everyone had clothespin bags that were hung from the clothesline, keeping the pins handy for use.

ironing boards were often covered with colourful calicos or cotton floral prints; ticking was also a favourite fabric for covering ironing boards.

Living Room if you have a living room with a fireplace,

you can use an old trunk, wooden tool box or toy chest for a wood box. a basket piled high with pine cone starters along with some vintage fire andirons and hand wrought tools will complete the picture. don’t forget to look for really great bellows while you are at it.

BedRooms in the bedroom you can transform your

linens by sewing crocheted lace to your sheets and pillowcases. be sure to pile plenty of pillows covered with vintage pillowcases on the bed; quilts and comforters will also help you create the vintage style look.

shop at markets for some vintage lamps and lampshades. beautifully shaped lamp shades fit this style as do padded hangers covered in vintage fabric, hang scented packets of potpourri from the hangers too

antique water pitchers with matching bowls are highly sought for this style of decorating. even chamber pots are used for an authentic look here!

antique jewellery placed in a vintage jewellery box is another way to add character to a vintage-style bedroom. look for some old heavy glass vintage candlesticks for added romance.

decoRating tips a collection of shaving mugs with brushes would look good in the bathroom...along with the shaving mugs would fit a razor strop used to sharpen straight edge razors

place a wooden peg rail in the entryway for hanging hats...an umbrella stand would be appropriate in the front hall

Vintage frames holding a collection of old family portraits would fit in almost any room...

vintage stYLeFlorals, vintage fabrics and soft pastel

colours have taken the fashion world by storm - and all the signs are that this look

is set to take over our homes too. after the trend in recent years for neutral,

minimalist interiors, this refreshing return to colour, texture and comfort is likely to be

embraced in homes everywhere.Vintage-style decorating has the potential of bringing

you back to your grandparent’s home; your furniture may be well-loved and well-used with peeling paint and many dents and scratches

FaBRicsFabrics are an important ingredient in creating this

style. if you love the old cabbage roses of the 40’s you are well on your way to enjoying this style. Calico prints from the 30’s and 40’s are also used extensively.

in the kitchen, oilcloth tablecloths were often used – and prove extremely practical in the modern home today. another kitchen staple was the terrycloth towel with the crocheted buttoned handle that could be attached to a drawer knob or the oven door handle. dishcloths and towels often had hand crocheted edges to keep them from fraying and help them last longer.

during wartime when fabric was scarce, grain bags were printed with patterns so women would have access to fabric they could use. often bags were sewn from these to keep dry goods in the pantry. beans, rice, pasta were stored in these homemade bags made from the grain bag fabric. since many women canned in those times and many gave their specialties as gifts, jar toppers were also made from these bags. many of these grain bag patterns are avidly sought for by collectors today.

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PAUSE fOR ThOUghTso what sort of person would be daft enough to make

a 90 mile round trip each week just to go to Church? so asked a friend of mine from the uk recently, knowing perfectly well that i do: driving each week from the hills above albox to the anglican Church at mojacar. he seemed appalled at the apparent waste of time and money in my regularly making such a journey, and spluttered an indignant denial when i suggested that he travelled even further to his Church; until of course i reminded him that along with many others, his Church was a football club - in worship of which he regularly travelled the length and breadth of britain.

it’s all a matter of priorities really; and for me, as for a considerable number of others who regularly travel similar distances, the opportunity to worship almighty God in a language and style i understand, is more than worth the small sacrifice of driving a mere 90 miles just once each week. after all, using words from the Creed, i truly believe in God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. i really do believe in Jesus Christ his only son, my lord; who was crucified, buried yet rose from the dead; so that in spite of my frequent failures, i with all who believe in him may stand forgiven when he returns in power, as i am certain in due course he will, as judge of all. and so, whilst surely enjoying to the full the life and opportunities i have, i also enjoy preparing, so much as i am able, for that time when i progress from the life i have here, to the next. For as Jesus himself put it ‘don’t set out to amass great wealth for yourself on earth, but rather store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’

Further information about the Anglican Church and details of forthcoming events may be seen on the web site www.

mojacarchurch.org . duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be

contacted at djburr@avired.com

Candice Parsons is a writer and avid spain and spanish culture lover

from Melbourne, Australia. ‘Like’ my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pandemicrhapsody and follow

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tHe SPaInIaC | FIeStaS de LaS VIrgen BLanCaS | CandICe ParSOnS

If there’s any one notable trait that foreigners will take from Spanish culture alongside its rich history, enticing cuisine, and vast array of natural sights and landscapes; it’s the nation’s vivacious party culture, that has somewhat formed a niche character and atmosphere of its own.

Countless street parties and fiestas are constantly held each month throughout the year in cities all over this country, with each event commemoration being a different excuse for people to celebrate together.

Fiestas de las Virgen Blancas (The Festivals’ of the White Virgin), is held every year from August 4th to 9th in Vitoria-Gasteiz, to honour the patron saint of the city,

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Usually a tranquil, quiet and calm city, the capital of Álava and Basque country becomes quite the opposite during the days of these celebrations.

The festivals were first celebrated in 1884 and have been a significant feature of the regions cultural calendar ever since.

Although the actual festivity is on the 5th of August, celebrations commence the night before as crowds gather together in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, to await the chimes of the San Miguel clock tower.

The traditional “chupinazo”, a firework rocket, and the ‘Descent of Celadon’, a large ragdoll symbol of a native village man from Alava, mark

the beginning of the festival.

When the celebration opens, Celadon descends from the top of the tower on to a balcony in the square, holding an umbrella and wearing a typical blouse and beret - almost reminiscent of a Mary Poppins scene.

Celadon then makes its way through the streets of Vitoria, amongst the streams of people celebrating around.

The six-day long party that follows this opening event entails live bands, brass bands, groups of ‘blusas’, street processions, bullfights,

sporting events and theatre to name a few.

Festivities will carry on till 5 or 6am the following morning, and then proceed to continue again the following evening of the festival, till it all ends – a standard occurrence for most festivals in Spain.

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La Rioja is the region which registered the smallest decline in the price of housing, only falling by 5.0%, closely followed by the Balearic Islands (-5.1%), and the Canary Islands (-5.3%). Also recording values below 10% were Valencia (-7.7%), Andalusia (-9.7%) and Melilla (-9.9%).

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menU CHangeS WeeKLYdIne In OUr

aIr-COndItIOned reStaUrant

Wed - Sat eVenIngS

SatUrdaY earLY BIrd menU5-7PM FROM 6€

tO InCLUde SaLad,Bread & aLI- OLI

ChiCken ChASSeuR 7.45€Succulent chicken braised on the bone with mushrooms, cooked in

a tomato and white wine sauceLIVer, CrISPY BaCOn and

OniOnS 7.95€Tender liver and onions, braised and served with crispy smoked

bacon in a rich gravyHerB CrUSted HaddOCK

7.95€ Haddock fillet pan fried and

topped with a delicious crust of parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs,

parsley & dill

THe ABove mAiNS Are ServeD WiTH A cHoice oF PoTAToeS &

SeASoNAl veGeTABleS

HOmemade StarterS2.50€ each

SCrUmPtIOUSHOmemade PUddIngS

all 2.50€ each!

traditionalsunday lunchserved 12.30PM - 5PMINCLuDES A COMpLIMENTARy

COffEE & CHOCOLATE

from 8.95€

BOOKIng reCOmmended

mOndaYS6 - 9Pm

HOme-madeQUICHe, SaLad & CHIPS

from 5.95€ in the bar

Beer-Battered COdHOmemade CHIPS & PeaS

FrIdaYS 12.30Pm - 9Pm

ChOiCe OF tAPAS All €1 LIte menU

SaLadS, BUrgerS, WraPS12:30-9Pm

tWO COUrSe LUnCH 12:30-3:30PM 6€

FrIdaYS

aIr-COndItIOned

6:30Pm - 9Pm

OnLY5€

bOOKinG RECOMMEndEdsPanisH sPEaKinG 950 430 145 ~ EnGLisH sPEaKinG 647 730 103

p o l i g o n o I n d u s t r i a l A l b o x ,N e a r t h e I T V G a r a g e

w w w . m e s o n d e i r e n e . c o m

VEGETaRianMEnu aVaiLabLE

CHiLdREns MEnuaVaiLabLE fREE wi-fi

MEnu dE La nOCHE4 COuRsEs wiTH winE & COffEE

20oz T-bOnE sTEaK, 16oz bEEf EnTRECOTE 12oz PORK TEndERLOin, ROasTEd LaMb sHanK & sHOuLdER, ROasTEd PORK KnuCKLE and MORE

dinnER 7PM-10PM

OPen 7 daYS a WeeK

sundaY ROasT MEnu dEL dia

4 courses with bottle of EsTE wine per couple & coffee included: Roast Lamb shoulder & Pork

Knuckle, 16oz Entrecote, 20oz T-bone,12oz Pork Tenderloin, Roast Potatoes & fresh

Vegetables freshly baked breadsERVEd 1pm - 4pm

PasTa&

PiZZasfresh pasta spagheti,

macaroni, lasagne, ravioli, carbonara,

bolognese, napolitana, pizzas margherita, tuna, mushrooms,

vegetarian, 4 seasons

MEnu dEL dia4 Courses with wine & Coffee

MOndaY TO saTuRdaY inCLusiVE Lunch 1pm - 4pm

www.tigerbarzurgena.comtel: 950 449 000

open 6 days a week 12 - lateSunday opens from 6pm

Food available from 1pm to 4pm & 6pm to 11pmtIGErtIGEr

bARIndian bar & Restaurant Open in zurgena

great FOOd WItH an eXtenSIVe

eat In Or taKeaWaY menU

30 SOLTIMES AUGUST 2013 ...remember to say you saw it in the sOL TiMEs

Charity Day Wednesday 14th August

Y Da Wakes - Roquetas de Mar Table Top Sale from 12pm onwards

BBQ from 6pm onwards.Tombola - Music with Brian

Bingo - ~Charity Waxing 9pmPLUS LOTS MORE!

you may remember reading about Josh, the Belgian Shepherd mix who travelled to Germany a couple of weeks ago. He went on a camping vacation with his foster family and happily played with the children and the family dog and generally enjoyed life. However, last Friday his new mistress collected him and later they went for a walk together in the woods near Trier. Everything was going well, but then in an unguarded moment, he escaped! That was the start of a desperate search for JOSH.

The news of his disappearance was immediately transmitted to all the relevant web pages, and also Animal Protection Societies who drove hundreds of kilometres to help in the search. News started to come in that JOSH had been sighted. Then at noon on Sunday it was reported that he had been seen in the vineyards near Trier. After two and a half days of searching, JOSH was found.

H o w e v e r he was very scared and it was i m p o s s i b l e to approach him. It was a very worrying time for all the searchers and also for those at the shelter. Finally, at 21:30 on

Sunday, the message came through that JOSH had been recovered. The searchers had come up with a brilliant idea! They brought his foster mum, Tina and the family dog Amy close to JOSH. When he saw them, he followed them, his tail wagging like mad. He licked Tina’s face a thousand times and made an enormous fuss of her. It was evident that JOSH had chosen his new family for himself. His foster mum says that he follows her like a shadow and needs no leash. At last a happy ending for JOSH.

A very different story surrounds GREEN, a very handsome 1 ½ year old mix. He was at the centre of a very dangerous drama, involving astounding cruelty, inflicted by some very callous people. The shelter received news that a dog was tied to the protective barriers of the central reservation of a busy motorway. He was tied by a long cord, long enough to allow him to enter the traffic lanes. It was a potential disaster that could have caused a terrible accident, killing GREEN and very likely involving many innocent people as well. On receiving the news, the President of the shelter, Marina,

jOSH GOES MISSING

green

JOSH

went immediately to the rescue of the dog with the assistance of the emergency health team. The dog was in great pain, and moving him was very difficult. GREEN is now safe at the shelter’s clinic. At this stage it is difficult to form a prognosis as he may have an injury to his spine.

Last Saturday the shelter’s volunteers dedicated a good deal of time, socialising all the puppies that are now three months old. Around thirty puppies were gently taken in the arms of the volunteers to a special section where they made the acquaintance of other puppies and also a lot of people new to them. It was a great success, the puppies were very inquisitive and playful, each vying for as much attention as they could get. This socialising process is very important to the development of the puppies in this stage of their lives as it prepares them for life ahead.

If you can manage to get to the shelter, why not adopt a tree. All you need to do is tie a name tag to your chosen tree and take up a minimum of 12 litres of water to each tree every week. The gift of 75 trees

from the Ayuntamiento of Vicar presented its own problems.

The water bill shot up and became a drain on the shelter’s meagre resources. Old blankets and food are always welcome. Details as always from Geoff at geoffalmeria@hotmail.com

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RoQuETAs dE MAR

Bar SOUtHern......................................... Every Thursday Bingo 8pm1st Friday of Month: Ladies Who Dine! 8pm - July & August 8€

BUrtYS Bar.............................................Happy Hour 5pm-7pm Mon-Fri, Thursdays - Quiz 2:15pm

Bar CardIeS.............................................Monday Night: Buy One Get One Half Price On Selected Meals, Served 5pm-8pmTuesday: Bingo At 3pmWednesday: Fillet Steak, Home Made Chips, Salad €8 Served From 6pm-9pm; Fun Quiz At 9pmThursday: ClosedFriday: Cod in Homemade Beer Batter, Homemade Chips, Peas, Bread & Butter €5 - The Best Cod And Chips In Town!Saturday: Onion Bhajees, Curry With Rice Or Chips, Naan Bread, Glass Of Wine €7.50. Served 6-9pmSunday: Sunday Lunch, One Course From €4.50, Three Course From €8 - Booking AdvisableAll Sports And Soaps Shown On 4 Televisions...

CHaPLInS PUB...........................................Opening Hours: Open 5pm til’ Late Tuesday - Friday1pm til’ Late Saturday & SundayTEL: 950 335 022Wednesday: Rib Night Friday: Chip Shop Day - Fish’n’Chips etc, Quiz NightSaturday Night - Buy One Get One Free on ALL MEALS plus 1€ Drinks!

LadY LaY...................................................Tuesday Night - Curry NightWobbly Wednesday - Evening Cocktails & Special Drink DealsSaturday - Super Saturday SpecialSunday - Sunday Lunch from only 3.50€

neW YOrK, neW YOrK..............................Friday - Fish’n’ChipsSunday - Carvery 2pm-8pm

reVIta natUraL HeaLtH and reLaXatIOn Centre............................... Calle Tortola 4, Roquetas De Mar Tel 950 333 048 Tai Chi - Tuesday & Thursday 10am

Y da WaKeS...............................................SKY SPORTSMonday 8:30pm BingoWednesday 14th August - Help for Heroes Charity Day

rOQUetaS BrIdge CLUB..........................meets on Monday’s at 3pm. For more info please contact Alison Ferguson 950349749 or Sue Barlow 950 333 344

rOYaL BrItISH LegIOn.............................Sun 29/09/2013 - 10am Table top sale at Burty’s - RBL Friday 04/10/2013 2pm Poppy Appeal Luncheon and Bingo at Burty’s Bar

Services include Key holding, Maintenance, Furniture packs,

cleaning & Laundry, Apartment & post-box checks

Property management Sales & rentals

roquetas de Mar, Aguadulce Almerimar, vicar, La envia Golf

Mobile: (0034) 663 426 921info@enviapropertyservices.com www.enviapropertyservices.com

la GrappaAuthentic Italian Restaurant• Pizzas• Fresh Pastas• Fresh Fish• Argentinian BBQ’d Food

on The Terrace

Open 12 - 4pm7 - 12.30am

Av. Playa Serena, 37roquetas de mar950 334 188609 337 316

to reserve your tableEVERY

daYbbq

whAT’s on

Next door to zurimar 678 202 160Open 10am - late (Closed Tuesday) fREE wi-fi

Tapas BarTapas Barestampaestampa

Spacious sunny outdoor

terrace seating 24

SKY TV

Tapas/snacksEnglish breakfast

fish & ChipsCoffees & CakesCocktails/sangriaSky SpORTS AND ESpN SHOWN HERE

WantedEvEnts for our rEadErsIf you own a bar or restaurantthen let SOLTIMES know whatevents you have coming up...

email: editor@soltimes.com

marKet daYSMoNDAyS: Antas, Berja & Huercal OveraTUESDAyS: Albox, Cuevas, Los GallardosWEDNESDAyS: Mojacar, Bedar, Lubrin, Velez BlancoTHURSDAyS: Carboners, Cuevas, Sorbas, Olula del RioFRIDAyS: Garrucha, Turre, ZurgenaSATURDAyS: Vera, Aguilas, Arboleas Velez RubioSUNDAyS: VillaricosNIgHTLy: Garrucha, San Juan (Sunday)

naturopathyPhytotherapyOrganic FoodreflexologyOsteopathydiet and nutrition

Pasaje Zoraida,11 urb. Roquetas de MarC.P 04740 (almeria)Tel. 950 328 152670 356 370www.farma-natura.comemail: ria@farma-natura.com

naturopathyPhytotherapyOrganic FoodreflexologyOsteopathydiet and nutrition

C/ Mariano Hernandez, 103, 04740, Roquetas de Mar (almeria)Tel. 950 328 152670 356 370www.farma-natura.comemail: ria@farma-natura.com

PodiatryChiropodyanti Stress massageCambridge diet available

treatments Include:

FTg NoTICEThe ‘Friday Tapas Group’ meet up at 1pm each week (Friday) and the venues for the next few

weeks are as follows:9th August - New york New york, in the Urb16th August - Bar Estampa (Lily’s), in the Urb23rd August - Bar Jaen, on Av.MediteraneoAnyone is welcome to join in and have a laugh,

exchange views and ideas. The more, the merrier and the bar owners enjoy it too!

eLLIeHaPPY 3rd BIrtHdaY

to our darling goo Bear.10tH aUgUSt

enjoy your day! all our love and kisses

mummy, daddyand Ozzy

XXXXXXX

HaPPYBIrtHdaY

FranK BUttOn!! LOVe FrOm tHe

“LaS LaBOreS SIX” XXXXXX

GuESS WHO’S 65!!!!!

HeLP FOr HerOeS Orphan Ted“Last week Orphan Ted was at Marleys – This

week he is back at Y Da Wakes and will be there supporting the charity event on 14th August”

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dRAInAgE soLuTIons

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DRAINAGE CONT...

nEEd TRansPORT??

airport services

shopping TripsHospital

appointments etc

663 429 521PROfEssiOnaL

RELiabLEsERViCE

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Large mirrors etc can collect must be in good condition

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CaRPEnTER & sHOP fiTTER looking for work full or part time tel: 633 507 165

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all events catered for

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in alboxPrivate partiesBirthday etc,aLL eVentS

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information: 950 120 718

bEAuTy

AvON COSMETICS Tel Claire691 987 454

avonfromclaire@

yahoo.es

Call Andy on 950 091 109 or 648 768 587email: blockeddrainsrus@albox-online.net

LiCEnsEd POZO/sEPTiC TanK EMPTYinG• Installation of new septic

tanks with certificates

• repairs to existing pozos

• cctv camera Inspection

i n K C a R T R i d G E s refills or buy a compatable at great prices. We love to save you money. ICS shop inside liberty seguros insurance, Calle malaga (next to puppy rescue) or call 609 199 394H O u s E H O L d iTEMs Sale.furniture and garden equipment at Calle Urcal 44, Urcal (Exit 536) on Saturday and Sunday 17th/18th August 12.30 - 5.30 pm Lot Of Fishing Gear ( Iceboxes, Anchors, Ropes, Tackle, Fishing Reels, Etc.) Tel: 648 831 300 AlmerimarsinGLE bEd, converts To double or two singles complete with white iron headboard, never used. 60€ ono. Tel: 950 069 197Log Burner, cast iron, glass front inset design.100€ Tel: 950 066 144PROfEssiOnaL Cerwin Vega Amplifier 1800 W. 150€ Tel: 647 202 599E n G L i s H T R a i L E R , Halfords ERDE 122 box tipper with fibreglass high top 295€ Tel.: 950 163 809 or 669 177 421YaMaHa PsR/37 Keyboard. Voice Bank, Dual Voice

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buSINESS OppORTuNITy

BUSIneSS OPPOrtUnItY Land FOr SaLe, Vera

10,000sqm2

suitable for commercial building of 3,000sqm2

4 minutes to vera Centre10 minutes to the beach with sea views.

14€ per square metre.Call steve for information

672 862 604

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OPTiCa aLbOx All your optical needs, eye tests, hearing tests, contact lenses Tel: 950 121 991

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quality UK wool &

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at Camposol,

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HOuSE CLEARANCE

OpTICIANS

LEGAL

If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic in our regular space

on pg 16, please email info@daviessolicitors.com

pROpERTy SECTIONINSuRANCE

T & T METaLs For all quality metal works,

including gates, railings, rejas,

staircases, gazebos & chain-link fencing

Tel: 950 431 738

tHe MetAl wOrks

Grills, railings, gates of all types, security/sliding/roller, rejas,

concertina doors etc.

tel: keith wood on

638 900 949

IRON/METAL WORkS

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pLASTERER

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Water Leaks - Sewage BlockagesWater Deposit Tanks 500-8000l

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strimming of overgrown gardens & hedge cutting

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vIEWpOINTMy attitude towards my body has always been somewhat

cavalier – I feed it, clothe it, and generally pander to its demands, therefore I believe that it should keep its end of the bargain. I feel my requests are reasonable; I don’t expect it to leap tall building in a single bound, or outrun a speeding bullet, but nowadays leaping anything is completely out of the question, and even a racing snail can give me a run for my money.

All things considered I have arrived at pensionable age in pretty good nick, but my progress towards my pension has been marked by phases: Firstly came the ‘Charmed Life’ phase, when my Guardian Angel would pluck me from the jaws of damage on a regular basis.

Then came ‘Teenage Invincibility’, a condition that affects all teenagers, leading them to believe that no harm can possibly come to them, because they are all-knowing and invincible, and the rest of the adult world is made up of

stupid old fuddy-duddies. After that was the ‘I’ll Be OK’ phase, and

mostly I was.Imperceptibly that then merged into the

‘I Used To Be Able To Do That Easily’ phase,

where everything was beginning to need an amount of effort and forward planning which had previously been unnecessary. I began going round puddles, so

as ‘not to get my shoes wet’ and putting a raincoat on, even if it was only drizzling and I was only ‘going to be out in it for a minute.’ Shopping lists became essential, no longer could I keep the entire stock of household and kitchen goods in my head, I needed physical reminders.

However, I could easily dismiss these minor inconveniences as ‘Being Sensible.’

It was somewhere about this time that some unwise person remarked to me that ‘I wasn’t as young as I used to be.’ Piffle! I’m not old!

But I have to admit the truth is that I’m going that way – I sit down with an audible ‘Aaah’ to put my socks on. I get up with an ‘Urgh’ to go and get my shoes, because I’ve forgotten to bring them with me.

At night, when all is silent except the Limaria dogs, my body creaks and cracks like an oaken galleon on a heavy Atlantic swell.

And how is it that my body mass is greater than it used to be, yet I seem to have surplus skin? Surely it should be stretched tight to accommodate the extra poundage? Is my skin getting bigger?

It must be – how else can I account for all those wrinkles?

by jos biggs josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk

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what is it about shoe shops that have this instant pull on my wife? we may be browsing shop windows, perhaps taking a pleasant stroll, or on our way somewhere, but it’s as if my wife’s underwear is lined with iron filings and there is a whacking great magnet strategically placed just inside the entrance, because she is invariably pulled violently into the establishment.

i am not alone in this. all my friends tell me that it’s the same with their other halves; they would cross a six-lane highway in the middle of cairo blindfolded if that’s what it took to get to the shoe shop. i bet if you looked at all the millionaires living in the Seychelles or Grand cayman, you would find that most of them are ex-shoe shop owners schmoozing around on the hard earned dosh of us working class husbands.

i have never had the courage to actually count the number of pairs of shoes/boots/sandals/flip flops/slippers/wellies that my wife has accumulated, but i am confident that it would represent a sizeable herd of

Jersey cows. if i didn’t know better, i would say that imelda Marcos must surely be a blood relative.

and it’s the same story with handbags. our women folk gaze like children at christmastime through the windows of bag shops; their eyes glaze over and as if in a trance, they are compelled to enter. actually it’s all quite clever, because the purchase of either of these products is a handy justification to purchase the other. “oh look at those red court shoes, just what i have been looking for to go with my red handbag.”

ah yes i think, but you bought that handbag to go with the red sandals you bought the week before that, which you purchased because you told me that one thing you didn’t possess, was a nice pair of red sandals. But i say nothing.

it cracks me up when she tells our friends in all seriousness that i have more shoes than she does. “i bet if you counted the shoes in his wardrobe, and the shoes in my wardrobe, he would have more”, she reports.

it’s almost certainly true. But what she doesn’t tell them is that all the available space under all of the beds, in all of the bedrooms, is filled up with ladies shoes. Her shoeboxes are stacked on shelves in the garage and we have purchased pine shoe storage units that

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If anyone in Alqueria was interested in statistics then a study of recent data would show an increase in population. Not explainable by birthrate however, only Rosalinda de la Lujuria had given birth recently. This also prompted half of the male population to go into hiding. The increase was by immigration. Perhaps immigration is too grand a word, they simply wandered across the Spanish border into the Pueblo. The Spanish border guards weren’t bothered about people entering Alqueria. They only stopped the anarchic Alquerians entering Spain and making nuisances of themselves.

These ‘travellers’ took up residence in the orange grove opposite Loco Paco’s house in the Avenida de Naranjas. These erstwhile itinerants were the ‘Children of the Divine Paco’. They saw Loco Paco as their spiritual leader and Messiah. Paco, oblivious to his new found status was only aware of a lot of noisy scruffy individuals below his bedroom window.

The Village Priest, Sacerdote del Semblante Lánguido who should have objected to this challenge to his religious authority didn’t mind at all. As an existentialist his only interest in the church was somewhere to live, the offertory and Communion Wine.

As Paco appeared at his window so the assembled crowd made the sign of the Celestial Dung Beetle. This was an intricate hand gesture involving all the fingers of the right hand and the second and fourth of the left. Enrique Stenchio tried to emulate the gesture and never played the heckelphone again. Loco Paco became withdrawn and spoke only to his imaginary five foot rodent. The gathered hordes took this to be the ‘Holy Rodent’ which completed the ‘Holy Trinity of the Divine Paco’.

Just how Loco Paco became the new Messiah is a mystery. Paco can remember talking about his philosophy of life to some travellers in Órgiva some months ago. He can t remember much of the conversation as he was well into a Remitroot filled hip-flask. He was sure his oratory was profound however, they always are after a drink or two.

As Paco was their new Messiah so they needed its complement and Manuela was singled out for this honour. They believed her to be the conduit to Hell and a servant of the Devil. A bit harsh perhaps but it did add to the legend of Manuela. Manuela has always thought that the ‘Master of Darkness’ had more fun than the puritanical inhabitants of Heaven.

How will Manuela react to being the ‘Mistress of Darkness’? How will Paco react to being the Messiah, saviour of

thousands?Will it go to his head or will he be the same daft, rambling

old Paco?We shall see.

are sitting next to me here in my office. it wouldn’t surprise me to find a pair or two in the refrigerator. She’ll be asking me to move my beer out next.

the latest chapter in the shoe epic star ted a few weeks ago in Santa Pola. we had gone there with friends for the day to just mooch around the town and dream and dribble over the luxury cruisers in the marina, and of course to enjoy a long, leisurely lunch somewhere.

Mooched out and having done the marina, we discovered a small restaurant in one of the back streets where we settled for a very pleasant hour or so before the dreaded shopping began. But thankfully only window shopping, because we had mercifully reached the siesta period.

well it wasn’t long before my beautiful other half spotted a pair of must-have sandals with an unspecified price, which, she cooed, would be perfect for our cruise later in the year. But the shop was closed for another two hours and we needed to leave town before that. How sad.

two weeks later we had taken the same friends to alicante airport and remembering the marvellous footwear, my wife suggested we detour to Santa Pola on the way back so that she could try them on. Problem was, after trudging around a spider web of streets - tracing

and re-tracing our steps - we could not locate the shop and after an excruciating hour, decided to get some lunch in the little restaurant we had previously discovered. But then, no sooner had we parked ourselves when my wife spotted the sought after shoe shop . . . slap bang opposite. indigestion was assured.

lunch over, my lady shot across the street to try on the wonderful sandals, but then immediate consternation when she was informed by the billionaire shopkeeper, that the price was 40 euros. italian crafted you see.

“i’m not paying that”, protested my wife.

“we’ve traipsed around most of Santa Pola; bought a lunch and notched up God knows how much for parking at the marina.” i told her. “So you bloody well are!”

there was no hesitation. “alright then”, she said. “debit card please.” and off she marched to the counter.

i could have ripped my tongue out. i had been outmanoeuvred and checkmated yet again.

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TRANSFERRING PHOTOS TO YOUR COMPUTER You know how some days, you just can’t get your head around the

simplest of things. Me Too! In this case, it is the topic for this week’s article that has thrown a curve ball passed me. Well! As you read this, say a soft and heart-felt “Thank You” to the editor for inspiring me into the particular piece.

Most cameras today are digital in as much as they capture the ‘real life’ images in thousands of pixels (read PIX as in picture, ELS as in Cells). These dots of colour are stored as numbers, each relating to a colour. The better quality the camera, the higher the number of pixels, the greater the size of the picture and the better the quality of the finished picture. These pictures are stored, usually, on a memory chip that can be removed from the camera. The simplest way of transferring these pictures from your camera to your computer involves connecting your camera to your computer using the, usually, provided USB cable. I’m assuming that your computer is running and the camera turned on!

The instant that your computer recognises that you have a memory device (card/camera/video etc.) attached, it will start the options window. One of the options will be “Copy pictures to a folder on my computer”. Highlight this option by a single click on it and the click the button marked “OK”. The ‘Scanner and Camera Wizard’ will now take you through the process of copying / moving the pictures from your camera to the computer. Click on the button marked ‘Next’.

Before you, will be a window, that will display some of the pictures that are waiting to be copied. Next to each picture, is a little box that already has a ‘tick’ in it. This just means that the picture has already been selected for copying.

At the bottom of the screen on the left hand side are 3 tiny icons. These will allow you to rotate the picture 90 degree in either direction to straighten it and give property information (size, time and date taken, and default name – usually DSCFxxxx. The xxxx is a 4 digit number). If you are happy with everything so far click on the button marked ‘Next’.

The next window shows 2 drop-down boxes, a tick box at the bottom and several buttons. The first drop-down box wants to know what name to call them, the default is ‘Picture’. This will be followed by numbers in sequential order (001,002,003 ….). You can leave it as is or change it to something more meaningful to you! The next drop-down box shows where the pictures will go to. This too, can be changed to suit yourself. Under this is a ‘tick’ box that will allow you to delete the pictures from your camera as it copies them to your computer. So, do you want to make a duplicate copy of the pictures or actually move them from your camera to the computer. If moving is your choice then click on the tick box and then on the button marked ‘Next’.

The window will change to show your picture(s) being copied/ moved from the camera to the place on your computer that you have asked them to go. If you chose to tick the box, there will be another window displaying the picture being removed (deleted) from the memory chip in the camera.

The final window wants to know if you would, now, like to publish these pictures to the web (see notes on Facebook and loosing your rights to these pictures if you do publish them!), Order prints from the web (pretty neat, if you like that sort of thing) or finally just finish with the copying process (this is the default option). Click on the button marked ‘Next’ and you will be rewarded with a window that states proudly that ‘x picture(s) were copied’ to ‘Wherever\picturefolder\. Done!

As Mark Twain once remarked “I am sorry but I haven’t the time to write you a short letter so I am instead writing you a long letter”. This should have been shorter, reflecting the ease of how it is done. So I would like to apologise verily for this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply thank you and see you at Jack’s Bar on a Friday lunchtime or any other time that you think would make good office hours.

Flailing arms disappeared as the flames from the burning gasoline shot even higher and engulfed the few heads that bobbed on the surface. He could hear the screams of men as their flesh melted in the heat.

We start with a prologue, set in Germany towards the end of the second world war with an insignificant man, Gerhard Schneider, witnessing cargo being unloaded from a U-boat, overseen by Doenitz. The military convoy left with Doenitz before the submarine exploded. No survivors. About the same time a raid on Selsey, south England went horribly wrong. The German fast boat went down. Again, no survivors.

The story then begins in Kent, England and moves to the present day. What a dramatic opening with the planned assassination of Jack Hudson, Secretary of State-a high profile figure. The Assassin is utterly wicked, a typically Machiavellian character who was addicted to killing and found it pleasurable. To him, it was much better than any snort of cocaine or a puff of weed.

The killing is gruesome-darts of snake venom which are highly toxic, causing rapid paralysis and finally suffocation. Named the pin prick of death. The assassin found it a PLEASURE to watch the Secretary of State die. How sick is that?

Brother Peter, nicknamed Hud was in the SAS in Iraq during 1991 to gather intelligence on the movement of the Soviet scud missile launches. Barton reminds us of those shocking images of war when a young officer is brutally killed. Hud was meant to be protecting him:

The bullet had entered from behind, just under the neck of his helmet and blown away his face as it exited. Blood and tissue splattered. Blood and brains mixed into one horrible mass, the boy unrecognisable.

Sixteen years later and Hud is still possessed by the horror of reality of that moment. His comforter, his security blanket that dulled the pain was his Southern Comfort and because his nerves were shattered, his marriage to Judy hit rock bottom and lead to a divorce but fortunately, an amicable one.

He is horrified to discover that his brother Jack has died from a suspected heart attack. When he sees Jack’s corpse he notices a red mark on the right side of his neck and more importantly, fear in his eyes, the kind of fear that Peter had never seen before, as if Jack had been able to see his fate before it

had happened.

Amy, Jack’s widow gives Hud a locker key with VIV embossed in gold-some cryptic clue that Peter has to decipher and unravel the reasons why Jack met his untimely end. We meet Mark Chatfield nicknamed Chatters, a close friend to Peter. Both men served in the Falklands’ war in 1982 before drifting apart.

Hud travels to Paris to unravel the mystery aided by Judy without realising the full extent of the danger he faces. There are some excellent James Bond type car chases and crashes leaving cars mangled to pieces and explosions. And there are plenty of brutal killings.

The Cardinals remain a mystery…for a while…. but we do meet the triumvirate of terrorists planting bombs to annihilate Parliamentary buildings across Europe and working alongside the Schengen organisation preparing for the Fourth Reich, a European Empire controlled by the Nazis.

It’s like the Nazis have never really been away. They’ve always been there, in the background, controlling Europe and waiting for the opportunity to pounce.

Their power has been built on murder, corruption and greed. It seems that Hud and Judy are lambs to the slaughter. If Hud becomes a condemned man, how is he going to survive? Will his army training give him the mental and physical strength to beat his adversary? To survive?

The final showdown reveals a shocking act of betrayal although this thriller does end on a positive note for those survivors. A possible act of reconciliation perhaps?

I like Hud’s comment towards the end:

If I’m lucky there’ll be a tomorrow. And if I’m not….well then I always had today.” The key question is Does Hud survive? Is he one of the lucky ones?

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The Spanish government, the Partido Popular is mired in a huge corruption scandal; last Thursday after months of denials PM Rajoy admitted to Parliament that he was personally guilty, but only of over-trusting the ex-party treasurer Luis Barcenas. Some of the largest construction companies in Spain paid donations/bribes totalling tens of millions of Euros to secure building contracts. Rajoy denies ever receiving any of this money, though there is paperwork that suggests otherwise.

Conveniently for Rajoy whose been on the PP executive board for 25 years and party leader for10 of those, he was always on the loo or taking a stroll in the garden whenever the brown envelopes stuffed with 500€ notes were delivered. Barcenas a fastidious

record keeper, arrived at court recently with files of paperwork detailing how he came to have €22 million in a Swiss bank account. The total sums involved are alleged to be three times this figure.

Knowing the way power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely Barcenas told the court he has more evidence, a classic insurance policy. No doubt they will be released if ever he meets with an unfortunate accident.

Political donations in Spain are limited to 60,000€ for anonymous donations, donors got around this by illegally paying multiple

payments of 50,000€ a time. Not wanting to bite the hands that fed; Barcenas won’t divulge which companies paid him the money and so 9 construction

executives have been summoned to testify.These to date unnamed companies were awarded huge building

contracts totalling €6,6bn. Ferrovial the road and rail conglomerate have separately been accused of paying €5.9million to the then Catalan administration. It’s now clear why airports were built like Corvera in Murcia that apart from birds may never see anything else land on them, high speed railways with stations that never have passengers and motorways that are almost empty such as the A7/E15 Cartagena/Vera in Almeria. Then there is the housing bubble that has brought pain and misery to millions of people. By chance the PP locally was in power when the Albox bypass contract was awarded. Locals know this as the road to nowhere and it’s blighted the landscape for years ever since construction stopped three years ago.

In court Barcenas explained how representatives of the companies involved would turn up at the PP headquarters with cash. No receipts were given but the amount was noted both in his private records and on the back of the donating firms’ business card. Barcenas would then phone the local mayor of wherever the contract was that was of interest to the donator, tell them to expect a visit from the company representative, to give him a ‘coffee’ and make him ‘welcome.’ Barcenas regularly updated the PP leadership keeping records of when and how much he paid party officials as so called ‘salary top-ups.’ This is denied by the PP.

Just two days after Rajoys part admission of guilt Madrid started sabre rattling against Britain and Gibraltar. There was already a build-up of tensions as Madrid have been instructing their lackeys the Guardia Civil to make life difficult for anyone crossing the border, all under the pretence that it’s unfair local Spanish fisherman can’t illegally fish anymore in Gibraltarian waters due an artificial reef that was completed recently.

Spain also announced the sale of 20 Mirage jets (that they can’t afford to run) to Argentina, coincidentally another country with economic woes that has a territorial dispute with the UK. Nothing like a war (or threat of one) to detract voters’ attentions from the real issues!

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During the last three months, students from the Mojacar Taekwondo Club prepared themselves for taking their summer examination. They worked extremely hard in very high temperatures, although the training was tough they enjoyed it.

Sunday 28th July students gathered at Indigo Gym for

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There’s plenty off sporting action over the next week or so. Tomorrow, the US PGA Championship starts at Oak Hill, New York; England play Australia in the 4th Ashes Test at the Riverside on Friday; Manchester United meet Wigan in the FA Community Shield at Wembley on Saturday, followed by England v. Scotland at the same venue on Wednesday (as part of the FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations) and the World Athletics championships will be taking place in Moscow (they start on the BBC at 7am on Saturday) and of course, there’s soccer action at League level all over Europe!• The third rain-effected Test at Old

Trafford ended in a draw and therefore England retain the Ashes having won the first two games in the five-match series. Australia scored 527-7 declared and 172-7 while England replied with 368 (Kevin Pietersen scoring his 23rd Test century) and 37-3. • Last weekend the three clubs relegated

from the PL - QPR, Reading and Wigan - all won their opening Championship games. Yeovil, playing at this level for the very first time, also claimed victory at Millwall, and there were wins also for Watford, Blackpool, Leicester, Leeds, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth.• Newport County, absent from the FL

for 25 years, returned with a 4-1 home win over Accrington Stanley; Oldham won a seven-goal thriller at Stevenage by 4-3 and luckless Coventry, without an official home ground and starting the season minus ten points, went down 3-2 to Crawley in League One.• Elsewhere, Lionel Messi has started

scoring again - doing so in Barcelona’s 8-0 win over Santos 8-0 in the Spain/Brazil Gamper Trophy.• Qualifying rounds in both European

Competitions are underway. Celtic are taking part in the Champions League while SPL side St Johnstone, along with

Swansea City (4-0 winners over Malmo) are in the long drawn out Europa League.• There will be plenty of transfer activity

over the next ten days, and I will list the important deals next Wednesday. • St Helens slaughtered the Catalan

Dragons 26-6 to move into a play-off spot in the Super League, behind Huddersfield, Wigan, Warrington and Leeds. There are three rounds of matches remaining.• Denmark’s Niels-Kristian Iverson won

speedway’s Italian GP ahead of GB rider Tai Woffiden.• GB Olympian Laura Trott and Arnou

D’Mar (France) won their respective Prudential London/Surrey Classic events last weekend and a fit again Sir Bradley Wiggins triumphed in the Polish TT race.• Britain’s top MotorGP rider Cal Crutchlow

will ride for Ducati next season.• Tiger Woods warmed up for this week’s

PGA Championship (the last major of 2013) with his fifth victory in the Ohio Open, while fellow American Stacey Lewis won the Women’ professional Open at St Andrew’s.• GB’s Black Country-born driver Matt

Neal still leads the BTCC championship after last weekend’s event at Snetterton.• And finally, in the World Athletics

Championships - apart from Usain Bolt and Mo Farah - I believe these athletes WILL win medals: Jessica Judd (GB) 800m; English Gardner (USA) 100m; Yarisley Silva (Cuba) pole vault; Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 100m/200m/long jump; Kirani James (Grenada) 400m; Warren Weir (Jamaica) 200m; Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) 00m; Bohdan Bondarenko (Czech Republic) high jump; Tiffany Porter (GB), 100m hurdles; Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 300m steeplechase.

Cucador. Thursday 1st August with temperatures in the high 30s, a depleted number of 19th Hole members took to the desert course of Desert Springs.

In spite of the heat and the recent lack of rain, the course was in excellent condition with greens as quick as could be for this Pairs Texas Scramble.

Neil Greenwood (I hate Desert Springs) & Darren Banks easily won with a very creditable Nett 73 with Craig Steers and Syd Walker in second place with a Nett score of 76.Results: Pairs Texas Scramble1st Neil Greenwood &Darren Banks, 2nd Craig Steers & Syd WalkerNearest the Pin: Hole No 17

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Boat Fishing: I managed to get out for a half day with ‘Orca Steve’ and was joined by my grandson ‘Beachcomber H’ who is over on holiday with his sister and her boyfriend ‘Dan the man’. Also joining us was my mate ‘Flash Gordon’ and Steve’s favourite waiter at the Wok in Vera ‘Chow Mein’ Chung. A troll out ( And back) to our mark a kilometre out in front of the River Abajo (or River Antas) produced nothing so there’s still no tuna about. I can see us having a very short tuna season this year. With a northerly wind and a back current going south west we decided to anchor in about 100 feet and drop back down the slope in 130 feet. We soon got fed up with bait robbing pickerels and after an hour or so and coincidently as the wind direction changed to come from the north east we moved to the opposite side of the river, anchoring and dropping down the opposite slope, where

we started to catch some better sized fish. Good size pandoras to 2lbs and the biggest bogues I’ve seen. Apart from those we caught weavers, red snappers and one white bream. I also caught a couch bream that are often mistaken for red snappers.

Hearing about ‘Squiddly Sid’s’ lost big fish last week when live baiting I thought I would float one out 50m with a live mackerel on offer 6m down. An hour or so later I had a stingray abroad for a nice photo. A quick kiss and cuddle! and it went off back to Davy Jones’s locker. See the photo of me with my stingray and note the rare sight of me wearing gloves to handle a fish. I wanted to get a good grip as the fish was very slippery

Shore Fishing: ‘Tubby Jimmy’ fished the Indalo Arm and caught a weaver, a wide eyed flounder and a palomete. A Spaniard caught a decent palomete (Generally known as a palometon when big) from the same mark.

The ‘Albox Fishing Club’ fished from 5 to 9pm off rocks by Repsol garage in Garrucha. West Country Dave’ caught 4 x palomete, 1 x cow bream, 1 wide eyed flounder and 4 x bogues. ‘Tony always laughing’ caught 4 x small palomete 4 bogues. ‘Take your time Tony’ caught 2 x small palomete. Squiddly Sid’ caught 1 x cow bream, 2 x palomete, 1 x weaver and 1 x bogue.

Again lots of small fish pinching the bait. Dave had a good sized palomete for supper and a cow bream weighing over a pound among the fish he caught. Tony A.

L. caught all small fish. T.y.T.Tony only caught small palometes. All fished with prawn baits with and size 4/5 hook traces.

Coarse Fishing: ‘Cuddly Keith’ over on holiday from the UK for 2 weeks went to Puentes in Lorca with ‘40 Watts’. Both started off on the waggler, by 1pm ‘40 watts’ had 40 x carp with Keith landing just 4 fish. They changed to a feeder and the fish came thick and fast. End of the day ‘40 watts’ had 55 with Keith on 18. They said “Try this, cut cherries in 4 and fish in close” and yes they did catch on them, what next?

‘Puentes Ray’ said Thursday was a real all British day at Puentes. Ray decided to adopt a size over quantity approach for the day and so set up with a waggler in about 8ft of water with size 8 hook and his old favourite, the frankfurter sausage. First fish was a 3lb carp followed by a 2lb barbel then number of smaller carp but by 10am it had gone very slow but he continued with the tactic until 6pm and ended up with 36 x carp and 7 x barbel. He was snapped three times all of which he thought were barbel, all in all a very pleasant day.

The Albox fishing club meets every two weeks or so at Bar Wassy. For details of the next meeting tel Sid 634 313 650.

For up to date information on any of the above see John at the Beachcomber Bar Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or tel 950 473 099. Tight lines, Beachcomber John.

ANGLING NEWSWITH bEACHCOMbER jOHN

Darren Banks Thanks to all the members who supported the 19th Hole Golf Society. The 19th hole G/S are now arranging weekly games at various courses in the area, our home course, which we will play fortnightly, is Aguilon.

If you are interested in joining the 19th hole give the secretary a ring on 610340653. or email gs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk

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Alonso had said after the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he finished fifth in the last race before Formula 1’s month-long summer break, that as a birthday present he would like “someone else’s car”.

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