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Eugenio Cabezas
...to park, since height restriction barriers were removed. When asked about the situation, mayor Rosa Arrabal (PSOE) said that part of the land was privately owned and was the responsibility of the owner to control the vehicles.
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Peter Edgerton
...invited to a swathe of parties (unless you count equine dental conferences, of course), but it does mean that you can usually come up with some distracting snippet of information if people start talking about house prices or something equally dull. "Is ... what number Apollo was it? And another question - whose round is it? And another - can't you belt up about housing costs, for heaven's sake?" I find that this passive aggressive scattergun approach works perfectly. Hammer them with three or four
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Jennie Rhodes
"internationally-renowned authority on the science, application and communication of the Mediterranean diet". Dr Poole explains that he first became interested in the benefits of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and the Mediterranean diet about 15 years ago when he found ... referred to the Mediterranean diet. The family doctor says that he has "seen improvements" over the years in his own patients who have taken his advice about following such a diet and that his and other research has shown a 30 per cent decrease in ... researching its health benefits. It goes without saying that "extra virgin olive oil is the only fat" in Dr Poole's kitchen in Cambridge and that he uses it for cooking as well as in salad dressings. Further information can be found about Dr Poole online
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...and now they are worried about being left in legal limbo. They are concerned about what's going to happen to them from issues such as healthcare to their right to participate in the local elections." Allaying at least these concerns, the new
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EFE
By the year 2030, about 80 per cent of men and 55 per cent of women in Spain will suffer from obesity or excess weight, according to a study carried out by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM). The study, which has ... been published in the Spanish Cardiology Journal, estimates that in 2016 about 24 million adults in Spain were overweight, which is 70 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women over the age of 16. STARTLING FIGURES 70% of men and 50% of women over the ... the direct cost to the health system in attending to health problems caused by excess weight was 1.95 billion euros, if things continue as they are then it will rise to over three billion euros in the next 12 years. The study was drawn up from about
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SUSANA ZAMORA
Switzerland in 1954. The second campus opened in Marbella in 1995. The pupils are rushing to take their places, and the noise is raucous. Mr Djeebet is about to arrive, and the tension can be felt in the air. This British teacher is strict and imposes an ... about 30 per cent of the pupils are studying thanks to a grant, and some because their parents have mortgaged themselves to finance the degree in Global Hospitality Management, a course which lasts three and a half years and costs 120,000 euros. ... hard," says this student, who avoids talking about the fact that he is a member of the Spanish royal family. "I'm just a pupil like all the others here," he insists. However, the objective of this school is not to learn to cook or know how to clean
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ANTONIO GÓNGORA
...knowledge of any deal at the time: "I don't know anything about this. They never told me anything," he said repeatedly with the help of a translator. Financial difficulties With BlueBay's lawyers aiming to highlight Malaga CF's financial difficulties at ... the time, Al-Thani insisted that he knew nothing about this, nor the arrival of Gonzalo Hervás and his team to run the club. Al-Thani also denied knowledge of the existence of NAS Spain, the company which controlled the club's shares for a period of
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Eugenio Cabezas
The car industry is fuming. Successive announcements from the Spanish government about a rise in the price of diesel in 2019 and a ban on the sale of combustion engines from 2040 as part of the fight against climate change, have sounded the alarm in ... a sector of the economy which represents ten per cent of Spain's GDP and nine per cent of employment. In recent weeks dealers and manufacturers have been complaining about the "uncertainty and confusion" created by these situations, which they say is ... 200 companies including official dealers, workshops and showrooms who employ 3,000 people in total. He says the scandals about diesel engines some years ago tilted the balance in favour of petrol-fueled cars, "and now with the tax harmonisation they
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Jennie Rhodes
Periana, and San Sebastián, in Puente don Manuel, both claim to have a dozen or so non-Spanish members and some people even produce their own. Francisco Alcántara, manager at the Cooperativa San José Artesano-Aceites Mondrón says they have "about 10 ... given by local people. "Some of our neighbours come from generations of olive farmers and I don't look a gift horse in the mouth. If I am given advice by someone who knows what they are talking about, I take it," he says, adding, "anyone who has ... although he says that Graham is his most regular non-Spanish client. "If we're lucky we get help from friends and guests" June and Clive Wolfe Cortijo los Lobos June and Clive Wolfe have been producing their own olive oil for about six years. The
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He's barely slept or changed clothes since Sunday. He, alongside wife Vicky, have spent every passing hour as close to their son as possible. "Where else am I going to be?" José told SUR. He explained that the family were in the area because his co