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RECENTLY, I wrote about the importance of obtaining a Licencia de Primera Ocupacion (sometimes known as a Cedula) before you pay any money for your new build property in Spain. This is an essential document and you should never sign an Escritura, unless this has been issued and your lawyer…
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LOOKING back over 2012, what stands out for you? Take away the Jubilee/ Olympics temporary feel good factor and it was a pretty awful year, especially for those flooded out of homes and businesses (some more than once) and those out of jobs. It was another year, too, of political…
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THAT’S it then; adieu 2012 and bonjour 2013 (pardon my French but I have been reading about King Charles the First, his (alleged) lover the Duke of Buckingham and their disastrous attempts to invade France). Now I love a good reminisce as you all know (or maybe you don’t in…
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SO here we are. Double digit-days, untold hours and minutes into the brave new year. How are your resolutions working out? Or did you wisely abstain from making any heartfelt pledges in the days following the Christmas excess? 'Everything in moderation', as one particularly insightful relative always points out, sipping…
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IT always mystifies me how I can pay a small fortune for a minuscule room in a trendy hotel in London and feel less at home than in my own home! I dislike the faux environmental concern of: "Washing towels wastes water and is bad for the environment." It also…
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AT the time of writing, thousands of people will be wondering why I’m even bothering! I know I know, so what’s new about that? Cheeky. I'm actually talking about the people who believe the world will come to an end tomorrow. Due to the yuletide holidays all column scribblers need to…
IT defies logic that a rational human being would attach a long plank of wood to each foot, point them down a slippery precipice and take off. Perhaps it is the thrill of dicing with death in this otherwise so controlled life most of us lead that leads millions of…
REVEREND Joyce McNaughton, a Costa del Sol based American, is passionate about the well being of the region’s ladies of the night. Most evening she takes the Church and its comforts to them. Mike Walsh talked to her… Are you motivated by need for converts or desire to help…
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SO, Christmas Day didn’t exactly turn out as planned, with Crispin turning down my request for a truly romantic festive togetherness. Turns out his mother and father were over for the holidays and so he spent it with them. Having not struck me as coming from a particularly close family,…
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ALICANTE and Murcia's birth rate fell in 2011, while the number of deaths rose. That's according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) who have now released data for 2011 and the first half 2012. Specifically, in Murcia, during 2011 a total of 17,408 children were born in the region, representing…
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THERE’S been a lot of reporting lately in the British media concerning the Great Smog of December 1952 which, as a twenty-two year old electrician, I experienced first-hand. Dense fogs had long been London’s particular badge of infamy, but the ‘Great’ version was literally, a killer. Figures vary, depending upon…
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The early 70´s in Mojacar was the best of times and the greatest of times. Almost anyone you spoke to was interested in having “their place in the sun.” Since the average cost was less than $10,000 for a 2-3 bedroom house with land people bought as if I had…
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WONDERFUL, wonderful UKIP! At last a party which echoes the thoughts and aspersions of the majority of the British public is finally getting some of the recognition it deserves. This week’s great party poll results were, to my mind, the first pinpoint of light at the end of an extremely…
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IN our house we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a fat man in a red suit. I say we, well you know what I mean. La Gidg still firmly believes in the fella which is just as well as no one wants to be caught out as a liar…
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LOOKING back over the past few years, you really couldn’t credit the number of examples of extreme political correctness in Britain. Like the teachers at one Scottish school who banned children from cheering their team on sports day in case those who came last felt humiliated. Or the Birmingham primary…
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