FREE COPY COSTA DEL GOLF THE NEWSPAPER FOR SOUTHERN SPAIN Women’s golf Official market leader making great Audited by PGD/OJD April 12th to 18th 2019 strides www.surinenglish.com News 2 What To Do 42 Spain now has a female Comment 23 Sport 48 golfer in the top 10 for the Lifestyle 24 My Home 53 Health & Beauty 35 Classified 57 first time INSIDE in English Food & Drink 40 Time Out 62 The Malaga actor City hall moves to chats with hopeful cast members at the bring order to school of performing arts. :: ÑITO SALAS scooter invasion in time for Easter New regulations have seen rental firms’ electric scooters being removed from Malaga’s streets P14 DOING JUST WHAT HE WANTS TO DO :: SALVADOR SALAS Antonio Banderas selects the cast of A Chorus Line, the first show in his new Soho theatre P28 Work on Costa del Sol hospital extension free to resume after Junta pays 12 million euros to get out of old contract P11 Councils rake in 65 million euros The arrest of a man who helped his terminally ill wife to die has reopened thanks to property inspections the euthanasia debate in Spain P36&37 Over the last four years the tax authority Local councils in the province of swimming pools should be regis- General election Malaga are set to rake in an extra 65 tered at the local Catastro office to campaign kicks off with has had its drones out to detect changes million euros in total thanks to the update the properties’ cadastral val- detection of construction work that ues. Owners whose building works first party rallies and polls to properties that affect IBI charges should have increased the owners’ were detected in the inspection face showing a surge in votes IBI bill. Building projects from brand an average charge of 150 euros plus for the Socialist party P18 new properties to extensions and 600 for arrears. P6 RUDOLF SCHENKER GUITARIST AND FOUNDER OF THE SCORPIONS “Meditation helped me create some great songs” The Scorpions guitarrist speaks of his 50-year career ahead of the band’s June Costa visit P24 Rudolf Schenker. :: R. ARVESEN 22222222 April 12th to 18th 2019 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH A lasting legacy for Soundproofing works at the Santa Marta centre :: JOSELE- Marbella’s elderly LANZA Day centres in the town are being modernised after an Austrian lady left a million euros specifically for the care of old people in her will lion euros to modernise and equip “We are delighted. We never the new Active Participation Cen- thought anything like this would tres in Marbella. happen. We’re getting everything This is the money that the coun- now,” says a longstanding user, En- MÓNICA cil obtained from the sale of a carna Cantero, after whom one of PÉREZ house in the prestigious Los Mon- the centres has been named. teros area, which had belonged to “We’re very happy about all this. [email protected] Margit Selzer, an Austrian lady who It has changed everything. We The Margit Selzer had no was born in 1929 in Reichenberg even have more light now. One of kitchens and lived for several years in Mar- our companions here says people have been children so left a bella. She left the property to the can see all our wrinkles now that equipped property to the council, local council in her will. She there is more light,” jokes María with new with strict instructions wanted the money raised from its Romero, of the Plaza de Toros cen- deep fryers sale to be spent on improving the tre. “This woman has done some- :: JOSELE- on how the money was day centres for the elderly. thing wonderful for elderly peo- LANZA to be spent In recent weeks the users of ple in Marbella, and we should all these centres have been watching be grateful to her.” the arrival of deliveries of all types At the Santa Marta centre, very MARBELLA. Few people will re- of domestic appliances, sound sys- little remains to be done now. member her (she used to go tothe tems, air conditioning units, deep “Everything is different. It really Encarna Cantero centre, but that fryers and a long list of other equip- needed this, and we are over the was years ago), but many are now ment, and minor works being car- moon,” says Ana Naranjo. grateful to her for a gesture which ried out on soundproofing and Before drawing up the list of has provided no less than one mil- modernising kitchens. what was needed, a team from the April 12th to 18th 2019 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS council arranged meetings with users of each centre to learn what Years ago, Margit used their priorities were, and then or- ganised an equal allocation of to attend the Encarna funds. Cantero centre in The lists were sent to Andrew Marbella González, the executor of Margit Selzer’s estate, who approved the council’s plans and has been keep- ing a close eye on everything. He Paisajes, Miraflores, Nueva Anda- New kitchen at agreed that a reputable company lucía, Plaza de Toros, San Pedro San Pedro such as El Corte Inglés would be Alcántara I and II, and Santa Alcántara. :: SUR ideal for providing what was Marta). Altogether it has cost about wanted. one million euros. Now that the works are about “The idea was, as she stated in to come to an end, the centres are her will, that everything had to be visibly improved. They all have de- spent on improving the centres filibrators, wall clocks, comfort- for the elderly. We provided the able and practical new furniture, executor with the list of needs. audiovisual and sound equipment Once everything is done and he with the facility for screenings, has seen the accounts, he will air conditioning, new kitchens, know whether there is anything professional cooking equipment left to spend or not. If there is, we and LED lighting. will buy more items for the cen- In addition to the general equip- tres,” says the councillor for Social ment, each centre has requested Rights, Isabel Cintado. The mayor, its own improvements, which She is also very grateful to Mar- Ángeles range from a billiards table to static git. “She has enabled us to carry Muñoz, with bicycles and treadmills, and IT fa- out major improvements at all the representatives cilities including computers. centres for the elderly, with a sum of the centres of money which would have been and the Courses very difficult for the council to executor, The council will provide the staff have obtained otherwise, all at Andrew to teach the courses once all the once and immediately,” she says. González. equipment has been installed. “What is important is that we com- :: SUR Sinks, tables, chairs, curtains, book- ply with this lady’s wishes, and shelves, freezers, fridges, ceiling she wanted a major improvement fans, armchairs, coat stands, sew- of the facilities. It was wonderful ing machines, parquet flooring, news for us when we returned to mirrors... the list is very long for government in 2017. That’s when the nine Active Participation Cen- we discovered that the file about tres for Elderly People in Marbella this inheritance had been kept in (Encarna Cantero, Las Chapas, Los a drawer since 2015,” she says. 4 April 12th to 18th 2019 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Malaga city bus careers out of control into parked cars as driver suffers heart attack The driver was revived by emergency services and is in a serious but stable condition. No one else was injured :: ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO MALAGA. An out-of-control city bus crashed into several parked cars early on Friday morning when the driver suffered a heart attack at the wheel. The accident, in which “miraculously” - according to onlookers - no one else was in- jured, occurred at 8.15am on Calle Héroe de Sostoa in Malaga. Out of control, the bus left its lane and ploughed into twelve The bus pushed a total of 12 vehicles along for several metres. :: SALVADOR SALAS parked cars, pulling up trees and scattering refuse containers as it went. When the emergency services ar- rived on the scene the only person who needed treatment was the 49- year-old driver, who responded to re- suscitation attempts and was rushed to hospital in a serious but stable con- dition. He had recently passed a com- pany medical checkup. The 13 passengers on the bus at the time were all able to leave the vehicle unhurt, according to the Emergency services arrived quickly. :: S. SALAS One of the affected vehicles. :: S. SALAS Firefighters on the scene. :: S. SALAS city’s bus company, EMT. April 12th to 18th 2019 5 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS 50,000 euros in compensation granted to family whose baby was dropped during birth :: J. C. / Á. F. MALAGA. “I heard the bang. Since then, I haven’t been able to sleep for six years.” These are the words Francisco Guzmán, a paediatrician, helped to save the driver. :: SUR of Ana García whose daughter fell to the floor during childbirth at the Hospital Clínico in Malaga in Janu- ary 2013. Now, after six years, the The new ‘heroes of Sostoa’ Andalusian Health Service (SAS) has acknowledged the damage suf- fered by the minor as a result. The Patients Ombudsman has :: J. CANO / Á. FRÍAS born in Uruguay, Antonio is also from announced that the SAS has agreed MALAGA. Calle Héroe de Sostoa is the other side of the pond. This 39- to pay compensation of 46,942 one of the main arteries into the city year-old from the Dominican Repub- euros to the parents of the minor from the western side and has pro- lic, said: “After the first impact I saw after it was acknowledged that the voked a lot of debate among locals that the driver was convulsing and fall was the cause of the girl’s slow over the years: who is the ‘hero of then the cars started piling up.