FREE COPY THE NEWSPAPER FOR “Music, in its SOUTHERN SPAIN purest form, is Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD audible love” March 24th to 30th 2017 www.surinenglish.com Israeli singer-songwriter Noa brings her Love Medicine News 2 What To Do 46 European tour to the Costa 24 51 Comment My Home del Sol next week P26&27 Lifestyle 26 Sport 56 Health & Beauty 34 Classified 62 in English Food & Drink 42 Pastimes 70 Spain pledges solidarity with the British after London terror attack Spain’s prime minister Mariano Ra- before being joined by British am- two, whose death shook the Galician Authorities have paid tribute after joy condemned the Westminster at- bassador to Spain, Simon Manley, in town of Betanzos from where much Wednesday’s Westminster attack that tack, repeating foreign minister Al- Madrid for a moment’s silence on of her family originates. She was fonso Dastis’ pledge of “solidarity” Thursday. mowed down on Westminster left four dead and numerous injured with the United Kingdom. “Spain is Among the victims of the atroc- Bridge, close to the school where she with the British people,” he tweeted, ity was Aysha Frade, a mother-of- taught Spanish. P3 20 SPANISH FILM PULLS Luxury hotel FESTIVAL DE MÁLAGA chain to open IN THE CROWDS resort and beach club in Marbella Thousands of visitors flocked to the city to tread the red carpet and catch a glimpse of some of The W group officially announced the project at a the industry’s biggest names P22 press conference in Hong Kong on Thursday A multimillion-euro luxury hotel is due to open its doors in Marbella in 2021 following a deal between the W hotel chain and Platinum Estates, the company developing Real de Zara- goza beach. P6 A long-running passion. José Luis Casado, 69, prepares for the Malaga Half Marathon, 25 years after running the first race P60&61 A sea of Irish green. St Patrick’s Day was celebrated with fervour at various events along the Costa del Sol P8 The Malaga festival sees Calle Alcazabilla’s terraces at capacity. :: PAULA HÉRVELE Marine life and fish stocks in decline as climate change takes effect on the Costa P2 22222222 March 24th to 30th 2017 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Climate change is having a noticeable effect on marine life and fish stocks are decreasing A week of debate IGNACIO about global LILLO warming in the [email protected] Alborán Sea The increase in the temperature of the sea :: I. LILLO water may appear to be MALAGA. The 24th edition of slight but it has been the Week of the Sea was dedica- enough to change some ted to the effects of climate chan- ge on the Alborán Sea. A panel of of the ecosystems of the scientists from the UICN, the Ocea- Alborán Sea nography Centre, Aula del Mar, Maritime Cluster, Malaga City Hall and the Junta de Andalucía com- MALAGA. Climate change is no pared the effects which have been longer something which is predicted seen on the fauna and flora in this to happen in the future; it is already part of the Mediterranean. having an effect on the Bay of Malaga. The discussions took place this Among the consequences which ex- week from Monday through to perts at the Oceanography Centre, Thursday. the Union for the Preservation of Na- ture (UICN), the Aula del Mar and the Junta de Andalucía are noticing, is a rise in the temperature of the sea wa- ter. This can result in a reduction in fish stocks, the proliferation of inva- sive species and others such as jelly- A family of pilot whales were recently spotted close to the shore in Marbella. :: SUR fish, and the risk of cetaceans being stranded on shore, among other prob- waters proliferate,” he explains. Be- cause they are coming closer to eat. lems. cause of this, more invasive fauna are There are also more contaminants This week the official presentation coming from the Indian region Dolphins and whales because of the rise in the water tem- of the Week of the Sea took place, and through the Suez Canal and settling, are coming closer to perature, which is also reducing the it proved an ideal opportunity to high- encouraged by the rise in tempera- shore nowadays in capacity to absorb CO2 and making Scientists are concerned. :: S. S. light the effects which global warm- ture. Among the most striking cases marine plants disappear. ing is having on the Malaga coast. At is that of the pufferfish, which is poi- order to find food With regard to fishing, in April the presentation, experts explained sonous. there will be a meeting between dif- that the sea water is warmer now. Al- The Malaga fishing grounds have ferent authorities and technicians ily of pilot whales was spotted off Ca- though the rise is only slight, the level maintained normal levels in the past than expected. The warming is af- from the UN’s Food and Agriculture bopino, in Marbella, recently. There of heat absorption is significant and ten years, although in general the fecting the fishing industry, defi- Organisation (FAO) in Malaga to iden- has also been a noticeable increase in has been enough to produce some trend is downward compared with nitely,” he says. He would like to see tify the areas which are most vulner- invasory species from tropical seas, important changes. the situation 30 or 40 years ago. In further effort made in compiling data able because of a reduction in fishing both fauna and flora, and sea turtles Jorge Baro, the director of the fact, the current figures are very dif- and in providing information for the stocks. In fact Morocco has already are laying their eggs in this area more Oceanography Centre, says there are ferent to those registered at the end public. carried out studies which associate often these days. “Cold-blooded ani- signs that the dynamics of marine of the 20th century, and climate this factor with climate change. The mals are changing their habitats and populations are changing and there change appears to be having an influ- Cetaceans close to shore effects are most evident in species their distribution,” says Juan Jesús. has been a fall in exploitable resources, ence, together with human overpopu- The UICN has already identified such as clams, mussels etc, whose José Luis Hernández, the regional at the same time as other populations, lation of the coast, the lack of sew- several effects of climate change shells are becoming weaker and there- government’s Deputy Minister for such as jellyfish, are increasing. “In age treatment and contamination. through the Alborán Geoportal, an fore affecting production. the Environment, warns of the im- the sea, there has to be a major change Among the most threatened species app in which this NGO, the scien- Juan Jesús Martín, the biologist plicit dangers from the rising sea level, in temperature for this to happen, are those which are captured by trawl- tific world and public administra- who runs the Aula del Mar, says he which threatens the productive sys- and that has even been detected at ing, such as red mullet and hake. tions all participate. has not seen an increase in the num- tem basis on the Costa del Sol. This very deep levels in the Mediterra- Luis Gil de Sola, a researcher with Andrés Alcántara, a technician with ber of cetaceans who have become is one of the aspects which was dis- nean. That affects the species, al- the IEO, says the reproduction cycles this organisation, says that more dol- stranded on shore in this area, but cussed in depth this week at meet- though not always in a negative way, of sardines and anchovies are becom- phins and other cetaceans have been they are coming closer to the coast ings at the Aula del Mar, which is in because those which live in warmer ing longer. “The numbers are lower stranded on the shore recently, be- in search of food. In fact, a whole fam- El Palmeral in Malaga Port. March 24th to 30th 2017 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Rajoy expresses “solidarity” with London terror attack victims The PM echoed the Spain’s foreign minister, Alfonso expression of sympathy Dastis, who, speaking to journal- of his foreign minister ists at a ministerial meeting held in Washington for the coalition led after three people, by the United States against so- including a woman of called Islamic State (IS), agreed that Spanish origin, were killed the incidents were “very serious” Armed police walk past the alleged perpetrator’s 4x4 abandoned in front of the Houses of Parliament. :: AFP and spoke on behalf of his govern- by Khalid Masood ment and the Spanish people in of- pavement, ploughing into the through her mother who grew up fering support to those affected: crowds, before crashing into Parlia- in the Galicia town of Betanzos. :: SUR “Todos estamos con el Reino ment’s perimeter wall. While she stayed in the UK, her MALAGA. Prime minister Mari- Unido.” (“We are all with the The police officer has since been two sisters returned and set up their ano Rajoy has expressed his sym- United Kingdom.”) identified as PC Keith Palmer. The own English academy there. pathy following the terror attack Central London was brought to second fatality to be named was Aysha would often visit the which shook London on Wednes- a standstill on Wednesday after- mother-of-two, Aysha Frade, 43. town, whose mayor, Ramón García day afternoon. In the immediate noon when Khalid Masood stabbed Frade, whose mother is origi- Vázquez, confirmed the rumours aftermath, he tweeted: “Spain is a police officer in the grounds of nally from Betanzos in Galicia, had that had been circulating, saying: with the British people.