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Phoenix Club: Our social club is fully open so do pop in for a coffee and a chat, or browse our books at 4 for €1. We also have a selection of DVDs at various prices
*****Trips*****
October
– 7th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 28th – Trip to Montefrio, Granada Province. Price €23 and includes, coach fare, tourist train and drivers tip.
November
– 4th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
– 18th – Wolf Park in Antequera €23pp includes guided tour €23pp includes guided tour
– 25th – Black Friday in the Nevada Centre, Granada €15pp – Hit the sales.
December
– 2nd – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver. Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30.
– 7th – Trip to Estepa and Puente Genil. Estepa to visit a sweet/biscuit factory and then on to Puente Genil to see their Christmas Lights. Price TBC
– 13th – Mrs Miggins home bake sale, orders taken now for Christmas cakes and puds, mincepies, sausage rolls, meat pies and curries.
– 21st – A trip to see the festive Christmas Lights in Malaga city. €10pp and first pick up at Algarrobo Lidl at 17.00
– 23-27th – Christmas in Hotel Las Palmeras, Fuengirola. The price is €240pp based on 2 sharing a double room and single occupancy is €320. The price includes Full board hotel accommodation, coach fare and tips.
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Bio Beach Restaurant – El Morche: Updated Event Date
– Summer is officially over and the September Solstice is behind us. But the good times with great Bio Beach programs are still many to come our way! Do you like the Music of the Mid-Sixties?? If yes, then join us in a couple of weeks at Bio Beach on the second Wed. of Oct. for the U3A Bio Beach lectures Series!! By popular demand, on Oct. 12th at 11 am, Ray Sulivan will present his absorbing and heel-kicking taped musical program that most U3A members, who know him, will not miss! It is entitled “How Merseybeat conquered America’s pop charts in 1964/65”: Here is what the speaker, Ray Sullivan details about his program: “My talk charts the state of the British pop scene thru to the Merseybeat explosion of 1962/64 and the subsequent British invasion of America, spearheaded by The Beatles and The Searchers. The music has been recorded on c.d. and there are 24 tracks. The presentation lasts just under 2 hours with an interval of approx. 20 minutes. Clapping, singing, and dancing are encouraged and a fun time will hopefully be had by all.”
– These U3A programmes are free, just order refreshments. We belong to U3A, (http://www.u3aaxarquia.com/) and these social, educational, and stimulating mornings are presented in an effort to attract more members. Bio Beach Restaurant is located on the El Morche beachfront promenade (right behind the church). We look forward to seeing you there! For more info contact norma2kk@aol.com
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Art exhibition: Just a few more days to visit my September exhibition at the Tourist Office on Torrox Costa.
Open 8am to 2pm and 4.30pm to 8.30pm until 30th September.
jillcarrott@msn.com ; Jill, Torrox
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Pepe Romero Guitar Festival- Malaga: Plaza del Toros, Malaga
28/09/2022: José Miguel Moreno
30/09/2022: Amancio Prada
Info & Tix: https://www.mientrada.net/evento/concierto-de-aranjuez-orquesta-filarmonica-malaga/
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Il Divo Concert: Plaza de Toros de Linares, Jaén. Thursday 06 Oct
Doors at 8pm, show at 10pm.
This event’s performance date has changed (the old date was Saturday 16 Jul 2022 at 22:00). The show will now take place on Thursday 06 Oct 2022 at 22:00.
Original tickets already purchased via See Tickets will remain valid for the new date.
Info & Tix (English): https://www.seetickets.com/es/event/il-divo/plaza-de-toros-de-linares/2253318?lang=en-GB
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For Sale: Brand new Uten professional sewing machine. Model 2685 is an easy to use computerised sewing machine with 200 unique built-in stitches including 100 letters and numbers stitches. Unwanted gift 6 months ago & never used. Costs €270 on Amazon (link below) accept €170. Contact Sam / Vinuela on Email: sam.seabrook70@gmail.com
Link & Photo credit: https://amzn.eu/d/eCiKEJQ
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For Sale: Dedibot 3D printer. An ideal first printer. Used but in original box from manufacturer. Check out the Dedibot website link for more information. €100. Bart, Competa. Phone or WhatsApp 633 076 946
Photo Credit & Website: http://www.dedibot.com/en/product/detail/10 
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For Sale: Adjustable mobility bed, spanish king size 150×190. Dual control for back lift and leg lift. Hardly used. Great for recovery from illness/operations, easy comfort. Very good clean condition
Please email for photos. €1100. Susan, Venta Baja
Email: sueespltd@ gmail.com
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For Sale: Football Books. 90 football books – mix of paperbacks and hardbacks in well read to very good condition. Many biographies of players/managers and several books about Manchester United. Photos emailed on request or the books can be viewed at Torrox Costa (El Penoncillo).
50 euro for the lot or will split at 2 euro per hardback and 1 euro per paperback ( 6 for the price of 5).
Buyer(s) to collect from Torrox Costa (El Penoncillo).
Brenda – El Penoncillo. Tel/WhatsApp 711003687
email: brendaleetorrox at gmail dot com
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Recommendation for SPW Construction: Another great job by SPW builders. Scott and his team just finished some complicated building work for us. He gave us good advice and the job was completed with the usual efficiency and attention to detail. We are really pleased with the end result. Contact SPW on tel 622 938 440
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{ Translations by www.DeepL.com/Translator }
SPAIN
Consumer associations have pointed their fingers at six food firms for adopting ‘shrinkflation’, a practice that is legal but lacking transparency:
– Shrinkflation. That is the term used when brands reduce the weight of their packs but keep the price the same: in other words, consumers are receiving less of the product but paying as much as they always did. The operation is legal, as long as the weight shown on the label is accurate, but consumer associations are accusing the firms of a lack of transparency.
– Spain’s Consumers and Users Organisation (OCU) has provided some figures about this tactic which is usually associated with a general increase in prices. It says 7% of the 273 products it looked at were subject to shrinkflation. For example, what was an 800 gramme pack of ColaCao drink powder now weighs 760; 500g of Tulipán margarine is now 400g; a two-litre bottle of Pepsi Cola is now 1.75 litres; a pack of Revilla chorizo costing 1 euro contains 65g instead of the previous 80; the 110-gramme pack of Campofrío ham for one euro now weighs 85g and every Activia yoghurt now weighs 5 grammes less.
– Due to this situation, the OCU has reported Pastas Gallo, Danone, Pescanova, ColaCao, Tulipán and Campofrío to the National Commission of Markets and Competition. No response has been received as yet, and the OCU says it cannot rule out reporting more brands and companies as well.
– “Charging the same but giving consumers less is unfair competition with manufacturers who increase their prices,” said sources at the OCU, which has begun a campaign to encourage people to report cases of shrinkflation and hidden price increases when they see them. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/brands-hiding-food-20220923102028-ntvo.html
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VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA
Folk Festival ‘City of Vélez-Málaga’ celebrates its 40th Anniversary: {Translation, summary}
– The Councillor for Fairs and Festivities, Lola Gámez, indicated that the festival is an activity included in the programme of the Real Feria de San Miguel 2022 and will be held this Saturday, 1 October, at 17 h. in the Paseo de Andalucía with the participation this year of the Agrupación Folklórica Señora de La Sierra, from Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real) together with the hosts, the Coros y Danzas de Vélez-Málaga, who will perform a sample of their traditional repertoire. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/el-festival-folklorico-ciudad-de-velez-malaga-celebra-su-40-aniversario/
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Two thousand residents of Periana have been unable to consume tap water for a week: {Translation} 24Sept22
– Around two thousand of the three thousand residents of Periana are still a week later unable to drink the water that reaches their homes, due to high levels of turbidity. The problem was detected last Friday, when the low level of the well at the source of the river Guaro, which supplies the main town of the Axarquia municipality, increased the levels of turbidity in the water, forcing the Town Hall to advise the residents not to drink it.
– After a week, two more analyses have been carried out, without positive results. The mayor of Perian, Rafael Torrubia (PSOE), explained on Thursday that the workers are relocating the pumps of one of the two boreholes to try to improve the quality of the water. At the same time, the Consistory is going to purchase new filters to treat it. At the same time, work is being done to connect the second borehole, which until last August was used for irrigation, to the supply network. The municipality’s farms have suspended irrigation due to the drought.
– At the same time, the Consistory is working to install a pipeline from the source of the Batán to the town of Periana. These resources, which have hardly diminished, go to the districts of Mondrón, Los Marines, Vilo and Los Parrales. Residents of the municipality have complained to this newspaper that the irrigation of several avocado farms “has overexploited the Guaro aquifer”. Photo: Youtube. Source, Spanish: https://www.axarquiaplus.es/dos-mil-vecinos-de-periana-llevan-una-semana-sin-poder-consumir-el-agua-del-grifo/
EUROPE
Italians expected to elect right-wing government led by Meloni:
– Italians voted on Sunday in an election that is forecast to return the country’s most right-wing government since World War Two and pave the way for Giorgia Meloni to become its first woman prime minister.
– The complex calculations required by a hybrid proportional/first-past-the-post electoral law mean it may be many hours before the composition of a new slimmed-down parliament is known. Even if there is a clear cut result, the next government is unlikely to take office before late October, with the new parliament not meeting until Oct. 13.
– Parts of Italy had heavy rain on Sunday, with the Campania region around the southern city of Naples particularly badly affected. That appeared to have put off some voters, with turnout nationally only around 51% four hours before polls closed, compared to more than 58% at the same stage in 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polls-open-italy-right-wing-alliance-seen-winning-2022-09-25/
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UPDATE 25Sept22 23:07 – Italy’s right-wing, led by Meloni wins election, according to exit polls: A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a clear majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended in an Italian national election. An exit poll for state broadcaster RAI said the bloc of conservative parties, that also includes Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, won between 41 and 45%, enough to guarantee control of both houses of parliament.
Italy’s electoral law favours groups that manage to create pre-ballot pacts, giving them an outsized number of seats by comparison with their vote tally. Full results are expected by early Monday. Full article:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220925-italy-s-right-wing-parties-set-to-win-power-according-to-exit-polls
RECALLS
Vegans beware as Tesco issues an urgent recall of a Free From product containing undeclared milk: Supermarket giant Tesco have issued a food recall on Happi Free From Oat M!lk Chocolate Bars (80g) as they contain undeclared milk. Both a white chocolate and milk chocolate version of the confectionary have been recalled. Full article: https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/09/25/vegans-beware-as-tesco-issues-an-urgent-recall-of-a-free-from-product-containing-undeclared-milk/
SPORTS
Tennis News- Laver Cup 2022 Results- Team World Defeats Team Europe 13-8:
– Team Europe included a cast of Hall of Fame level players- Nadal, Federer, Murray and Djokovic.
– Team World was down 8-4 to Team Europe going into the final of day of play at the Laver Cup in London—and they had lost to them in all four previous editions of the international team competition—but heroics from Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jack Sock and ultimately Frances Tiafoe on Sunday lifted them to victory for the very first time.
– Tiafoe clinched Team World’s first ever Laver Cup title with a dramatic 1-6, 7-6 (11), 10-8 victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas, fighting off an incredible four match points in the second set tie-break before closing it out in a match tie-break in the third set. Full article: https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/auger-aliassime-sock-tiafoe-rise-up-to-lift-team-world-to-first-laver-cup-title
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Eliud Kipchoge breaks the world record at the 2022 Berlin marathon:
Kipchoge shattered his own world record on Sunday (25 Sept), with a time of 2:01:09 to win the Berlin marathon. It’s the second time the Kenyan runner has set the official men’s world record at the race in the German capital. Kipchoge’s previous best in an official 42.2km race was 2:01:39 set on the same course in 2018.
– Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa won the women’s race on Sunday in a course record of 2:15:37, the third fastest time in history. Full article:
https://olympics.com/en/news/eliud-kipchoge-new-mens-world-record-2022-berlin-marathon
SPACE
Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades:
– The gas giant Jupiter is coming the closest it has come to Earth in 59 years this Monday and will be particularly visible because it coincides with another event called opposition.
– When in opposition, a planet is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun, so you could draw a straight line from the sun to Earth to Jupiter, all in alignment. Jupiter’s opposition happens every 13 months. Looking from the Earth, when the sun sets in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east, directly opposite. During opposition, planets appear at their biggest and brightest.
– Jupiter is coming closer to Earth than it has since 1963. Because of Earth’s and Jupiter’s differing orbits around the sun, they don’t pass each other at the same distance each time. When it’s closest on Monday, Jupiter will be about 367 million miles from Earth, according to NASA. At its farthest, it’s 600 million miles away. Full article: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/25/1124167790/jupiter-closest-earth-opposition-nasa
SCAMS
Hack that leaves some Hyundai, Kia cars vulnerable:
– Some Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs are missing a “key” anti-theft device, and thieves know. An insurance industry group says these cars are stolen at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the auto industry because their keys lack computer chips for theft “immobilizer” systems.
– Chip keys, which started to show up in the 1990s, communicate with another chip in the ignition switch. If they match, the engines will start. If they don’t match, a thief can’t start the engine.
– Keys don’t have an immobilizer system in several lower-priced versions of vehicles from the two South Korean automakers such as the Kia Rio and Sportage and the Hyundai Accent, the institute said.
Full article: https://apnews.com/article/social-media-milwaukee-theft-ecd3be407c1b7cb725ae607b8d86bcaf
OTHER
Super Typhoon Noru slams into Philippines with evacuations underway: Experts have said Super Typhoon Noru is the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year. On Sunday, it made landfall not far from the capital, Manila. The storm made landfall on Polillo Island, 90 kilometers (almost 50 miles) north of the capital, Manila, which is home to 13 million people. Authorities have warned of potential flash floods, landslides and tidal surges. “We ask residents living in danger zones to adhere to calls for evacuation whenever necessary,” said Philippine National Police chief General Rodolfo Azurin. Photo: OneNewsPage. Full article: https://www.dw.com/en/super-typhoon-noru-slams-into-philippines-with-evacuations-underway/a-63230956
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Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81: Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. He was 81. Sanders, who launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles early Saturday, said the tweet from Luaka Bop, the label that released his 2021 album, “Promises.” It did not specify a cause. Full article: https://apnews.com/article/pharoah-sanders-dies-jazz-revered-saxophonist-e824073f6dedf579d21e6aa29bb4563b & VIDEO LINK
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George Carlin on Political Correctness: Low volume, you will probably need to turn up your volume to hear this.
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Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/updated-daily-these-20220314114157-nt.html
Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
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Nerja 952 524 519
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Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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