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ETERNALLY GRATEFUL

EURO WEEKLY NEWS would like to offer our heartfelt gratitude to all the people working on the frontline against this silent enemy Covid-19.

These valiant heroes include first and foremost the health care professionals who continue to work tirelessly to treat those affected under such challenging and exceptional circumstances.

Those who have worked long difficult shifts or have even come out of retirement to lend a hand and have been able to continue through panic and tragedy.

We would also like to extend our thanks to the police offocers who are not only patrolling the streets with the uncertainty of what they might face, but displaying such bravery in continuing to serve the public by keeping them safe, off the streets and in their homes.

Many people may go unnoticed behind the scenes but are certainly not taken for granted.

These could be anybody from the cleaning and sanitation services, technicians, electricians and engineers helping to set up makeshift hospital spaces, to the charities and volunteers delivering food to the elderly and those in need or the people in pharmacies and supermarkets putting themselves in danger by being available to provide us with life’s necessities which will help us get through this unprecedented situation.

From the moment the State of Alarm was put into play Euro Weekly News has been astonished at how individuals, communities and even large businesses have done their utmost to help with acts of kindness rarely seen in a normal day to day situation. The togetherness and selflessness are absolutely awe-inspiring and has shone fresh light on the grace of humanity and our fellow man.

We must also thank you, the patient and brave public, for staying in your homes, comforting and supporting your family and showing such strength to get through this together. To watch you manage to stand on your balcony or at your window and exude positivity and community spirit every night at 8pm in a joint act of gratitude is uplifting.Finally, and by no means least, we are devoted to our loyal readers who have stuck by us through thick and thin. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for allowing us to be your local community paper and we will do our utmost to supply you with the news that matters most when you need it most.

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Please stay positive EURO WEEKLY NEWS CEO, Michel Euesden, urged everybody to “please stay positive” during an interview on Marbella TV, where she discussed the unprecedented challenges facing the nation during the coronavirus pandemic, and the duty the newspaper has to keep people informed.

Donning protective gloves, only removing her mask to talk to host Nicole King, Michel said: “We have a duty of care to all of our readers to let them know what is going on in these difficult times as things are changing day by STICK TOGETHER: EWN Publishers, day and hour by hour.

Steven and Michel Euesden.

“We are still able to distribute our newspapers to supermarkets, which are still open, but we have Euro Weekly News online www.euroweeklynews.com and our Facebook: Euro Weekly Newspaper, which is getting more and more popular every day, bringing our readers the most up-todate news.”

When asked what were the largest concerns facing the public, Michel replied: “I think the largest concerns are fundamental as we do not know how long this will last... the State of Alarm can be extended indefinitely. We need to make that clear to people.

“But at the moment, we need to think about the basics, making sure our community has got shelter and food. That is our responsibility as people in the media.

“What we have at the moment is ‘me’ becoming ‘we.’ WE have to take care of those around us, this is a great leveller. None of us are going to come out the other side free of damage, but together we can give each other peace of mind, I really believe that. We are all going to come out of this together, please stay positive.”

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Orihuela Costa Help

NETWORK: Will make sure older residents are taken care of.

A NEW voluntary group has been formed on the Orihuela Costa to help elderly people get vital supplies during the current emergency.

A founder member of ‘ Vo l u n t a r i o s O r i h u e l a

Costa’ is ex-Orihuela c o u n c i l l o r, S o f í a Á l varez.

She said that the network will make sure that older residents, especially those who live on their own, can continue to get food and medicines

Álvarez added that group members speak a variety of languages, including English.

The contact number to volunteer, or to ask for help is 673 572 705.

The e-mail address is voluntariosorihuelacos ta@gmail.com.

Cleaning Army SOLDIERS from the Military Emergency Unit (UME) have been helping to carry out disinfection work around Callosa de Segura.

The local council had asked for the UME to supplement their busy employees, who have been out cleaning areas since the start of the Covid-19 crisis.

lightened me that you can watch a range of animals at @Edin burghZoo live on their website and I’m now addicted. She has been using this as a calming technique with her class.”

Famed museums like the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC and London’s British Museum are offering online experiences, allowing viewers to learn about the exhibits in the museums at home.

Google’s Arts and Culture section allows users to explore some of the wonders of the world online, including tours of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House and more.

Families can also take a trip around Disney’s various parks on

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Top Marks for British School THE El Limonar International School in Villamartin has made a large donation of personal safety gear to be used

by San Miguel Council staff, including the Local Police, during the pandemic.

The safety clothing was going to be used by kitchen and cleaning staff, but after it had to close its doors due to the State of Alarm, it made the donation to the local authority.

The gift came as the British school was once again rated as one of the best 12 international schools in the Valencia region in a survey conducted by the El Mundo newspaper.

It’s the only British school in the Vega Baja region to get the prestigious honour.

One for the kids AS more people stay home to selfisolate, people with young children may have the added strain of trying to keep the kids entertained.

Edinburgh Zoo has revealed that they have seen a surge in the amount of people watching their animal webcams. Viewers are particularly enjoying watching the popular Edinburgh penguins, but they may get a bit more than they bargained for as March and April is when penguins are known to mate.

The live cameras allow visual access to Edinburgh Zoo’s panda, penguins, koalas and tigers.

Delighted animal fans took to social media to talk about how much they are enjoying watching the animals live.

One woman said: “#QuarantineAndChill folks: THERE ARE PENGUINCAMS I REPEAT THERE ARE PENGUINCAMS.” Another said: “A friend of mine en-

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Brand New Portals

WATCH THE ANIMALS LIVE: Give the kids something exciting to do.

Google Street View, or ride exhilarating rollercoasters thanks to YouTube videos from across the world.

Should you have any budding musicians in the family or a spare guitar in the house Fender Play is also offering three months of free virtual guitar lessons amid the pandemic. The fantastic app is a must for anybody wishing to learn to play guitar and what better time than now to harness that talent.

TWO of the largest councils in the Vega Baja region have launched new online services in the light of the coronavirus outbreak.

Orihuela Council’s website now has a dedicated section featuring the latest Covid-19 news from the Spanish government and the regional Valencian administration, along with what is happening locally.

The site, which offers an English translation, is www.orihuela.es/infocoronavirus/.

Torrevieja Council has used the University of Alicante to create a special site called Torrevieja Resiliente, which will keep residents in touch with all the local services that are being provided and make direct contact with council departments.

A local newsfeed is also part of the site which includes a message board for people to make appeals and requests on.

The impressive-looking portal is in Spanish only, but can be checked out at https: // torreviejaresiliente.es

Salty Success AN ill wind has blown some good into Torrevieja’s salt mines, with the crisis boosting demand from food industry buyers. Despite the fact that the bulk of the city’s salt production is destined for export, increased home sales mean that the famous Salinas site is busier than ever.

Three shifts of eight hours each ensures that work continues around the clock, with extra disinfection and social distancing protocols introduced.

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ELCHE IN CRISIS APPEAL A HOSPITALITY association has written to Elche’s mayor, Carlos González, calling for urgent help for hotels, bars and restaurants which have been closed down under the State of Alarm.

They say that many businesses in the area will go bankrupt if positive action is not taken by Elche Council.

María del Mar Valera, president of the Provincial Association of Hospitality Entrepreneurs of Alicante (APEHA) has asked the authority to produce a package of measures to help her members during and after the shutdown.

APEHA has asked for a variety of taxes to be refunded that many businesses would have paid already and for the next period of payments to be extended or put aside.

The group also wants non-refundable subsidies to cover certain bills like water and for any building

ELCHE: In better and happier times.

improvement work that would have been done recently.

Another demand is help to pay rents not just during the State of Alarm periods, but for two months after it finishes.

Looking ahead, APEHA have suggested that once normality is restored, a major campaign should be launched by Elche Council to focus on promoting the area’s tourism and hospitality sectors.

Medical Staff Rise TORREVIEJA health department has hired 97 medical workers to help deal with the extra workload by the Covid-19 crisis.

Ribera Salud, who operate the service, has a total of 1,100 permanent staff members in the Torrevieja region, with the majority of them based at Torrevieja Hospital.

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people to the team at Elche’s Vinalopó Hospital, which it also manages.

The company says it is also paying for all staff meals during the day, even if people are off-shift.

They say they are trying to arrange work schedules that can balance up the seriousness of the situation, along with their employees spending time with their families.

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THE Ministry of Health has updated the figures for coronavirus in Spain and the number of total cases has now reached 94,417 nation-wide.

Reporting the number of fatalities is an important part of tracking the progression of this pandemic but we cannot forget how essential it is to report the number of patients who have recovered from this virus. On a brighter note, the number of patients who have recovered from the coronavirus in Spain is at the time going to print currently 19,259 and counting.

Flattening the curve of infection is a collective effort. This crisis has highlighted the true meaning of solidarity between residents. This solidarity has also been witnessed between the different regions in Spain, as autonomous communities like Andalucia, Galicia, Extremadura and Murcia have all donated ventila-

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SURVIVORS RECOVERING: Patients are now returning home to their families.

tors to areas which are most affected by the crisis, like Madrid.

The strict quarantine measures put in place by Spain’s State of Alarm are already beginning to positively translate into recorded data. These numbers are only expected to rise as an average stay in hospital due to the coronavirus can take around two weeks until patients are given the all clear, in ICUs the length of

the stay is even longer, between 15 and 20 days.

Applauding the survivors is just as important as mourning those who have unfortunately passed. Each day new videos are uploaded onto social media which feature patients leaving the ICU and returning home to their families.

Hopefully this is a trend we continue to see, as together we beat coronavirus.

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Callosa Gets Booted A FOOTWEAR company in Callosa de Segura has donated over 1,300 pairs of boots to the Military Emergency Unit (UME) to be used during the coronavirus emergency.

Panter has given its special anti-bacterial boots to UME staff which are being used during their cleaning and disinfection work of public areas in the Vega Baja region during the crisis.

The company has also donated 432 pairs of rubber boots to health workers, in addition to manufacturing protective masks that are going to local medical centres and Orihuela’s Vega Baja Hospital.

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Zig-Zag Drunk MURCIA’S Local Police said that “seeing is believing” after they arrested a drunk man on a Segway scooter in the city centre.

The man, who was breaking the confinement rules, immediately caught the eyes of a patrol as they spotted him zig-zagging around the streets.

He was found to be four-times over the permitted alcohol rate, with the police taking to their Twitter site to lament his behaviour.

Lorry Overturns A LORRY driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle overturned in the Albatera area on the road to Crevillente.

The 55-year-old man was taken to Elche’s Vinalopó Hospital with minor injuries.

TV Taken In Revenge Raid

RUBBER BOOTS: Have been donated to the military.

TWO women broke ‘stay at home’ rules to steal a television set belonging to one of their former partners.

They’re alleged to have forced through the front door to gain access to the man’s house in Barrio del Progreso in Murcia City.

The women were detained by the police, and one of them said that it was her TV and retorted that her ex-partner had stolen her three children.

She now faces a charge of breaking a restraining order, which prohibited her from seeing the man.

Both women also face prosecution over breaking lockdown rules and of committing a robbery.

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Over And Out Now TORREVIEJA’S Local Police force has eventually gone digital age with a new set of walkie-talkies costing €60,000.

Contracts for a new communications system were being sorted out by Torrevieja Council, but 50 TETRA units have arrived as a matter or urgency, after the authority got the Valencian government to speed

things up due to the current crisis.

The force was one of the last in Spain to use old-style analogue units, which could easily be monitored by unwelcome listeners using scanners.

The poor quality also frustrated officers with many of them using their own mobile phones for communications.

Torrevieja´s new TETRA units charging up.

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A TEAM of health inspectors have been visiting nursing homes across Alicante Province to make sure that they’re following the official rules to stop the coronavirus spreading.

An important proportion of local deaths since the start of the crisis have come in such homes, with 26 people dying at one Al-

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Homes Get Checked coy residence.

Thirty inspectors have been busy across the area to ensure that every property has the right procedures in place should a case of Covid-19 be detected.

Smoking Ban Call AN Elche-based campaign group has called for smoking at home to be banned during the current emergency lockdown.

‘Los Derechos se Respten’ (Respect Rights) has written to health minister, Salvador Illa, asking for an immediate ban on using tobacco and vaping products indoors, because of the risks to non-smokers, including children.

Group coordinator, Joaquín Marcos, said: “Health experts recently called on people to quit smoking, due to the damage caused to the respiratory system, which is vulnerable to the coronavirus.”

They added that a home smoking ban would also reduce some of the massive pressure on hospitals.

Greater coronavirus testing has been promised for residence home staff and health professionals by Valencian health minister, Ana Barceló, but the massive issue is the lack of test kits.

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Bin The Bags Plea

RUBBISH BINS: Offenders will now be penalised.

ORIHUELA Council has appealed for residents to stop leaving bags of rubbish next to waste collection bins, because they are worried that the dumpsters could give them coronavirus.

“The containers are being cleaned and disin-

fected on a daily basis, and there should be no reason to worry about putting any bags into them,” said Orihuela’s street cleaning and waste disposal councillor, Dámaso Aparicio.

He added that the practice could actually expose council workers to

a greater risk of Covid-19 exposure because they have to pick up the bags by hand.

The whole area, including the Orihuela Costa, will now see the Local Police and Guardia Civil penalising offenders who put trash outside the containers.

More Patrols THE Guardia Civil have increased rural patrols in Murcia to stop property robberies rising during the lockdown.

The State of Alarm period has seen re-

sources initially targetted on urban areas to police the new rules, leading to concerns that burglars might move to strike at more isolated homes.

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Pilar Man Crushed THE owner of a Pilar de la Horadada area restaurant died after his car rolled on top of him, after he got out to lift an entrance barrier to his business.

Fifty-four-year-old Raul Felipe had arrived at the Club NĂĄutico la Torre restaurant, accessed by a steep downward track.

Mr Felipe exited his vehicle to raise the security

barrier, but then spotted that his car had started to move down the slope.

He instinctively got in front of the car to try to stop it from crashing, but was fatally run over.

RESTAURANT: Is accessed by a steep downward track.

Fatal Attack

Rubbish Priority

AN Alicante pensioner died from a heart attack whilst he was driving on the Divina Pastora industrial estate in the city.

The car crashed into a street lamp on Calle Rubens and attempts to revive him failed.

Paramedics treated his passenger who suffered an anxiety attack at the scene on Calle Rubens.

ORIHUELA Council has stopped the weekly pick-up of discarded furniture and electrical appliances during the current State of Alarm period.

The authority says that it is totally focusing on basic bin collection and cleaning services in the area, with no time available for workers to deal with non-essential items.

GUARDIA CIVIL officers based in Jacarilla responded to an emergency appeal for ice cubes by buying bags of them from a petrol station.

The transplant unit at Orihuela’s Vega Bega Hospital put out an SOS over being seriously short

Ice Dash Mission of ice to keep organs in top condition ahead of some planned operations.

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That plea was picked up by Guardia officers in Jacarilla, and they managed to get hold of five bags from a local service station.

After the purchase, the important ice was driven straight over to the hospital at San Bartolome.

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Orihuela Stops Charging ORIHUELA has become the last council in the Vega Baja region to scrap parking meter charges in all zones of the city.

The authority had been criticised that it had not lifted the surcharge when the State of Alarm came into force.

Neighbouring areas have already dispensed with charges, but blue zone payments continued in Orihuela City with the exception of weekends.

The justification from Mayor Emilio Bascunana was that people from

rural parts of the municipality needed parking spaces to conduct important business at banks and chemists.

“We are here to deal with the whole community and just the few,” the mayor said at the time.

The authority’s change of mind came after the news that non-essential workers were told to stay at home under the latest update to the State of Alarm.

“With that major change, the parking charges can now be lifted,” said Orihuela Council in a statement.

Drone Patrols Launched DRONE: Comes with a loudspeaker in English and Spanish.

ELCHE’S Local Police have followed other parts of Spain in starting to use drones to spot people who break the State of Alarm rules.

The drone comes with a loudspeaker to put out in English, Spanish, and Valenciano to warn people to obey the law.

The patrols will take in areas like the Clot de Galvany and the beaches around La Marina village.

The Elche force has started using the aerial equipment after the council began the first official steps in February to use drones for policing.

PARKING METER: Charges scrapped.

Carnival Masks Anger A DOCTOR working at a Murcia City hospital has savaged the quality of personal protection equipment being offered to health workers during the coronavirus outbreak.

The unnamed medic is based at the Reina Sofia hospital and said that the masks that are made available were of the same quality that would be worn at a carnival parade.

He added that the standard of personal equipment could not prevent his colleagues getting infected with Covid-19.

“We want to do our work under adequate conditions,” the doctor said.

“As we treat coronavirus sufferers, we use protection that will not stop us getting it as well, as some of the masks are decades old.”

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Guardia Attacked In Home Row TWO people were jailed after a punch was thrown at a Guardia Civil officer at an illegal gathering in Torrevieja.

Neighbours in an undisclosed area of the city phoned the Guardia to report excessive noise coming from a property

during the State of Alarm.

Officers arrived to find two men and two women aged between 22 and 36 years at the address.

The foursome refused to tell Guardia who they were, and then one of the men attacked an officer.

His friends joined in the

assault, which ended when reinforcements arrived.

All four were arrested and a judge refused to grant bail to two of them as he believed they could reoffend and also fail to appear at a future court date.

GUARDIA OFFICER: Was attacked during the lockdown.

Homeless Meals Stop TORREVIEJA charity, Reach Out, has been forced to stop feeding homeless people in the city for the first time since they started in 2011, due to the State of Alarm measures.

Reach Out president, David Young, said: “After a lot of soul searching and discussions, we have sadly decided to suspend providing meals as a temporary measure, until things return to normal.”

Food charity, Alimentos Solidarios, will continue to supply food to the homeless, whilst Reach Out will maintain their fortnightly family pack distribution.

The suspension is a fresh blow for Reach Out, as it has had to close down their charity shops, which are their main source of income.

More details about the charity are on their website, reachouttorrevieja.eu.

Food Scheme Expanded TORREVIEJA Council has agreed to spend €70,000 for at least two months on daily meals for poverty-stricken residents.

The city’s mayor, Eduardo Dolon, has authorised the money, after the local charity food provider, Alimentos Solidarios, said that demand had spiked up by over 30 per cent.

Torrevieja’s El Huertano restaurant has the

contract to provide the meals, which will either be delivered directly to homes, or can be picked up from the Alimentos Solidarios headquarters in the San Roque area of the city.

Approximately 300 people will benefit, though users will have to be vetted by Torrevieja social services to make sure that they qualify.

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Sunday Somersault

CLOSURE MOVE: Ana Martínez Vidal rebuffed by Madrid.

UNIONS in the Murcia region have slammed a national government decision to overturn a local ban on supermarkets opening up in tourist areas on Sundays.

The CC OO and UGT unions described the move as “reckless.”

Murcia’s business minister, Ana Martínez Vidal, said that many of the municipalities wanted to keep supermarkets closed on Sunday during the State of Alarm.

Her government made the closure move, but Madrid reversed it on the grounds that Murcia politicians had no right to do it.

The change means that supermarkets

in designated tourist zones like Los Alcázares and San Javier are again open for business on a Sunday .

Stranger Danger ELDERLY residents have been warned about unexpected people knocking at their door during Spain’s State of Alarm.

The National Police say they are worried that criminals may take advantage of older people by calling on them and pretend to be calling in an official capacity.

They are also concerned about random phone calls that seek personal details.

Cyclist Pursued A CYCLIST gave the National Police the runaround in a chase round the streets of Murcia City, as he broke the home confinement rules.

The 56-year-old Murcia resident was spotted cycling on a pavement and failed to stop for officers who waved him down.

A pursuit then started that took in a dozen or so streets, as the nimble cyclist led the police a merry dance over several kilometres.

The chase only ended when he fell off his bike, by which time one of the police cars had also crashed into a tree.

CANCELLED: The 23rd jazz festival will not go ahead.

Jazz Silenced SAN JAVIER’S prestigious International Jazz Festival, scheduled for July, has been cancelled.

Culture councillor, David Martínez, said that it was a painful decision to scrap what would have been the 23rd year of the event in the Mar Menor town.

San Javier Council said they would assess soon whether August’s International Festival of Theatre, Music, and Dance has any change of date going ahead.

Mayor José Miguel Luengo added if there was a big improvement in the coronavirus situation, the possibility of special events would be considered to boost the local economy.

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Wrong Answer ORIHUELA Local Police breathalysed a driver who had an accident, and he was found to be six times over the legal alcohol limit.

Officers asked him why he was behind the wheel during the current State of Alarm, and he replied by telling them that he had just gone out to buy some wine.

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Santa Pola Race Grounded THE annual summer challenge that sees 1,400 swimmers take to the water in Santa Pola to get to Tabarca Island, has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis.

The Alone de Santa Pola swimming club took the decision to scrap what would have been the 25th anniversary of

SWIMMING RACE: Takes many months to organise.

the event on July 5, and have pushed it back to the same month next year.

Club president Javier Quesa said that such a major race takes many months to prepare and that organisers could not guarantee at this stage that it would go ahead this summer as scheduled.

Key Dates Delayed IMPORTANT events for young Catholic children in the southern Costa Blanca area have been postponed until the autumn.

The month of May sees churches packed with youngsters, watched by their families, as they receive their first Holy Communion or the sacrament of Confirmation.

The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

HOLY COMMUNION: Churches are normally packed out in May.

has announced that these significant dates will now take place between September and December.

It said: “It would be down to local parish priests to work out the exact

timings for these celebrations in the autumn.�

The news comes as no surprise with church services having been suspended during the State of Alarm.

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Drone Takes The Heat A MURCIA region council has successfully tried out a drone that uses a thermal camera to measure the temperature of people walking outdoors.

The authority in Mazarron volunteered its Civil Protection department to be the first group in Spain to try out the heat-measuring drone, which had only previously been used in China.

The innovative equipment was supplied by the Approcess company in Alhama de Murcia, and besides the special onboard camera, it also carries a loudspeaker to broadcast messages in Spanish and English during the current State of Alarm.

NEW DRONE: Uses a thermal camera.

House Fire

A 73-YEAR-OLD woman suffered smoke inhalation after her home caught fire in the Espinardo area of Murcia City.

Emergency services were called after residents spotted smoke coming out of a property on Calle Practicante JosĂŠ MoĂąino.

An ambulance team attended to her, but fortunately she did not need any further treatment at a medical centre.

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CONTROVERSIAL French microbiologist Didier Raoult has managed to convince thousands, including US President Donald Trump, that a common antimalarial drug can save people infected

by Covid-19.

In just a short time Raoult has become France’s best-known doctor after announcing the Coronavirus ‘endgame’ on YouTube.

The antimalarial chloroquine and its related compound, hydroxychloroquine, have been the focus of intense debate in France since Raoult, the head of a university hospital institute in Marseille, announced what he said were promising results on a small sample of patients.

Since then, people

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Making progress have been queuing outside his hospital to get treatment, the results of which were not reviewed by his peers prior to general publication.

Raoult’s team examined a small number of patients, choosing which received treatment with the malaria drug and which did not, breaking with standard practice in trials of randomly assigning patients to avoid any bias.

The scientists also failed to collect full data from some patients and did not follow the study protocol originally outlined.

Raoult’s many social media followers have ex-

ANY HELP IS GOOD NEWS: French microbiologist Didier Raoult.

pressed outrage that health authorities are not freely allowing the use of the drug, forcing the government to publicly justify its strict guidelines on chloroquine.

Chloroquine and its compounds have been used to treat Covid-19 patients in several affected countries, including China, but Raoult’s comments contrast with his peers’ approach, who have treated it as one of several medications showing potential.

It’s part of four treatments currently tested in an EU-wide clinical trial called Discovery.

Super gran Pay cut gesture A 94-YEAR-OLD great grandmother has become the oldest woman to battle and defeat coronavirus in the UK. Joy, who has asked for her surname to not be revealed, has returned home after battling the infection for nine days in James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, Norfolk.

Joy was thrilled by how helpful everyone at the hospital was. She has credited NHS staff for her amazing recovery, saying to them: “Thank you for the wonderful care. I couldn’t fault them for helping so many people.”

Her family, who described her as ‘amazingly fit and healthy for her age’ have now nicknamed her ‘Supergran’ and ‘Miracle Lady.’

Joy, who has three children, seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren, fell ill on March 20 at her residential home in north Suffolk.

She called the 111 helpline to report that she had breathing difficulties and high temperature, and the call han-

A NEW app called Houseparty is offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can provide the service with proof that it has been the target of a ‘smear campaign’ over its security.

On Monday, the video messaging app’s makers denied claims circulating on social media that it has led to other online accounts being compromised. Houseparty has now said it is looking into suggestions that the hacking rumours had been creat-

94 YEARS OLD: Joy was thrilled by how helpful everyone at the hospital was.

dler sent an ambulance to bring her to hospital straight away because of her age.

After testing at the hospital, it was confirmed that Joy had both Covid19 and pneumonia.

BARCELONA football star, Argentinian attacker Leo Messi, has taken to Instagram to announce he and all first team players have taken a 70 per cent pay cut for the duration of State of Alarm measures.

He added that they are making financial contribitions to club’s employees “so they can receive 100 per cent.”

At the same time, he hit out at ‘internal leaks’ within manager Quique Setién’s staff, which had forced him to comment, expressing ‘surprise’ that it is those who try to put us under the microscope.

Last week, the footballer, the biggest earner in the game worth around €8 million, posted advice to parents on his

BARCELONA PAY CUT: Leo Messi and team mates make financial contribution.

Houseparty ed as part of a ‘paid commercial smear campaign.’

The group video calling service has risen to prominence during the Coronavirus

pandemic, allowing people in lockeddown countries to catch up with friends and family while apart.

Houseparty has become one of the most

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“Coronavirus leaves us feeling uncertain, anxious and emotional. These emotions are also experienced by girls, boys and adolescents in a very special way.

“They get scared if us, the adults, become agitated or excessively terrified.

We have a great responsibility: we must reassure them in this time of crisis.

It is very important that we talk to them about what is happening, in a way that they can understand, using simple and age-appropriate language.

Find all the information you need to support them in the UNICEF channels. https://www.unicef.org/ corona virus/covid-19.

downloaded apps in several countries and according to Apptopia downloads of the app rose from an average of 130,000 a week mid-February to two million a week in the middle of March.

Online gaming firm Epic Games, which also makes Fortnite, purchased Houseparty from in 2019. Epic Games has not said why it believes Houseparty were the victim of a smear attack but promised to pay the first person to provide evidence of this.

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Police Get Fired Up ORIHUELA Council has backed a new statute that gives Orihuela Local Police legal permission to use a shooting range at their headquarters.

Deputy spokesman for the Government Team, Rafael Almagro, said that official approval had been granted for the practice facility, which had to be closed because it did not have the legal authority to be used.

Orihuela’s councillor for Citizen Security, Ramón López Cabrera, said that officers would no longer have to travel in the future to Elche for their mandatory gun training.

The range will also act up as a training centre for

SHOOTING TEAM: Practising at the range. other police forces from across the Vega Baja region.

“Getting a shooting area approved was something that my colleagues and I pledged to do in last year’s local election campaign,”

López Cabrera added.

Orihuela’s local force has a shooting team that has done well in several competitions around the country, including a thirdplace finish in last year’s Spanish police championships.

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SOUTH PACIFIC: The musical has been delayed to at least November.

THE Studio 32 Musical Theatre Company has postponed their production of South Pacific, which was due to be staged at the end of May. The Rodgers and Ham-

merstein classic was going to be put on at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre, but Studio 32 have been forced to delay the show because of the current crisis.

They hope to perform the musical at the end of November, and anybody that wants to transfer any tickets they have bought to the new dates, can call Philip on 602 617 848.

Brought To Heel ALICANTE Local Police will fine dog owners if they walk their pet out for longer than 10 minutes.

Residents have complained that some walkers have been abusing the State of Alarm rules to stay out

for hours, especially in parks.

Officers will penalise owners if they are too far away from their homes, but it’s unclear how they intend to enforce the 10-minute rule.

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Crazy Coronavirus Chicken-brained!

A LANZAROTE local who took a chicken for a walk is facing a fine for flouting coronavirus State of Alarm restrictions on movement.

Guardia Civil managed to identify and subsequently report the 51year-old from Uga for taking the hen out on a lead.

The Guardia posted a video of the offence on social media with the comment “This is not funny. Together we will stop this virus.”

TAKING THE LEAD: A walk with a difference!

Unhappy birthday GUARDIA CIVIL in La Rioja has denounced three young people - two of them minors - and two women for not complying with the mobility restrictions decreed with the State of Alarm. These five people were on Calle Alfaro, in the town, celebrating the birthday of one of the young women. During the time they remained on public roads, they consciously failed to comply with the confinement laws. While listening to music and consuming alcoholic beverages, a video was recorded that ends with the birthday girl of the party blowing candles and singing happy birthday. In search of ‘likes’ the defendants uploaded the video of the party they had held to two well-known social networks, without being aware that their ‘likes’ would end up becoming complaints for which they face a fine of €601 to €30,000.

Party poopers DISOBEYING LOCKDOWN: Police in Malaga busted a rave party on an industrial Estate in Malaga.

HUNDREDS of late-night party revellers were arrested on an industrial estate in Malaga last night who ignored the State of Alarm law to stage an all-night rave.

Working on a tip-off, the Guardia Civil burst into the complete surprise of the guests who were by now ‘off their heads’ as one officer described it. When they entered a separate room on the premises they realised why.

Police seized a large amount of ‘party’ drugs at the event, arrests followed. Apart from closing the event down thousands of euros of fines were issued to the organisers and the mainly teenage audience. Many were in tears as they called their parents for help, some even frightened of the outcome.

A STUPID challenge which began on a new social media platform, TikTok, has spurred on a string of idiotic videos.

Thankfully, social media is monitoring these videos and taking them down; however, there have been some cases of selfish individuals joining the bandwagon.

This vile challenge began after an American ‘influencer’ named Ava Louise went viral after recording a video of herself licking a toilet bowl on a plane and with the caption ‘Coronavirus Challenge.’ She later admitted that her video was taken in a clean private jet and that she only took the video to go viral.

However, this did not stop others around the world from recreating this ‘challenge’ to gain their five seconds of online fame. Some have even gone as far as dunking their whole head into a toilet bowl.

STUPID CHALLENGE: This video went viral after Ava was seen licking a toilet bowl on a plane.

Some have reinterpreted th is challenge and taken it to othe r unhygienic leve ls.

For example, in Missouri, a man films himself in a supermarket licking various items after he a sks the camera, “Who’s scared of coronavirus?”

One of the most disturbing videos is a young German man in Munich who filmed a series of videos to prove that he was not scared by the coronavirus. He begins at a subway station, licking the ticket machine; then licking handrails on a train and escalators. He even swallowed a fiveeuro note. This foolish behaviour got him arrested, as police feared he was trying to spread the virus rather than contract it.

s have also Other video individuals surfaced of ing from licking anyth ndles to car door ha s. A subway pole ho w young man ilet bowl of licked the to room now a public rest in hospital claims to be positive for after testing irus. the coronav

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Rojales Launches Special Hotline RESIDENTS in Rojales are now able to call a special hotline telephone number to make any inquiries or to report incidents during the current State of Alarm.

The initiative was launched by Rojales mayor, Antonio Pérez, on behalf of the local operational coordination centre(CECOR).

The CECOR committee includes councillors, Rojales medical centre representatives, and members of the Local Police, Guardia Civil, and Civil Protection.

Pérez said that nearly all “residents were obeying the instructions to stay at home and that their cooperation and efforts were appreciated.”

The role of CECOR,

ROJALES MAYOR: Antonio Pérez. which meets on a daily basis, is to monitor what is happening in the Rojales area over Covid-19, and to make sure that essential services are maintained.

Another role is to

make sure that everybody complies with the state of emergency rules.

The hotline number is 609 642 448 and the email address is cecor@ rojales.es.

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Modest Returns A 47-YEAR-OLD man was arrested by the National Police in Cartagena for robbing two petrol stations.

The cost of the damage was far in excess of what he took, after he hit both stations when they were closed.

His first target saw him break a dispens-

ing unit as he tried to prise out some coins, whilst the second station had him causing €4,000 in damage to smash the payment window to steal some chocolate.

Police said that he had been previously arrested over a dozen times.

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Kids Plan Foiled PLANS for two members of Torrevieja’s Civil Protection team to dress up as cartoon characters were scuppered by the central government’s regional representative.

Posters had appeared on Torrevieja Council social media sites promoting the fact that Mickey Mouse and Spongebob Squarepants would be driving around the city and saying hello to youngsters via a public address system.

The characters would have been accompanied by Civil Protection colleagues and Guardia Civil members to deliver messages to youngsters watching from balconies as a show of appreciation during the State of Alarm.

But Torrevieja mayor, Eduardo Dolon, was rung by the government representative and told to scrap the idea.

CARTOON CHARACTERS: Were to entertain youngsters.

Jacarilla Horse Rescue GUARDIA CIVIL officers found themselves with an unusual assignment in the Jacarilla area after getting reports of a horse that could not get out of a water drainage channel.

The incident was at Paraje Pinormehoso next to the CV-920 highway, with the horse having been in the ditch for some time. Two hours later, with the use of a special harness and a tractor, the horse was successfully removed to safety.

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BABY BORN: Both mother and child are well.

WHILE new cases of coronavirus continue to hit the headlines, a hospital in Asturias in northwest Spain is celebrating the birth of a healthy baby whose mother is being treated for Covid-19.

The Ministry of Health of the Principality of Asturias reported the first birth of a patient affected by Covid-19.

It was feared the baby would be born with the disease, but health bosses are delighted to confirm the baby is completely healthy.

The mother gave birth on Wednesday March 25 to a baby boy at the Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA), by caesarean section in the 33rd week of gestation and the regional government said “mother and child are well.”

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Mass from above THE parish priest in a town in Spain’s Caceres took the vertigo-inducing step of taking to the church roof to conduct an online mass.

With white robes billowing in the breeze, and equipped with camera and microphone to broadcast live, Father Juan Manuel Garcia stood aloft and blessed his town of Arroyo de la Luz, which has been severely hit by the coronavirus crisis.

Dozens of local residents have tested positive for Covid-19 and there have been a number of deaths.

The priest said it had been easy to get up on the roof and he hadn’t been at all frightened.

Father Juan is offering daily live online masses for the faithful.

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Officer hurt

ARRESTS: Four people were arrested after officer was run over during patrol.

A TRAFFIC police officer was run over and seriously hurt while carrying out a State of Alarm patrol on the A-42 on Wednesday March 25.

The 40-year-old officer from the Leganes detachment suffered brain trauma and a fractured tibia after be-

ing struck by a vehicle at Casarrubuelos, Toledo.

SUMMA 112 transferred the wounded man to Doce de Octubre Hospital in a ‘serious condition.’

Guardia Civil arrested four people travelling in the car.

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ACT OF FAITH: Father Juan blesses Arroyo de la Luz, which has been badly hit by the coronavirus.

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DRUNK MAN Police find dead carers

Removing the cyclist from the ditch.

OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil received information that a man was injured and unable to get out of a ditch in a rural road in a remote part of Mallen in Zaragoza.

When they arrived they discovered a cycle on the road and after hearing moans and grunts coming from a ditch they found the cyclist lying in water and mud.

They then realised that the reason for his incapacity was that he was completely drunk and was almost incoherent as well as possibly suffering from the first stages of hypothermia.

Three officers managed to pull him out of the ditch and wrapped him in a ‘space blanket’ whilst calling for an am-

bulance to take him to hospital.

About 20 minutes after helping load him onto the ambulance, the officers received a call from the paramedics asking for help as the man didn’t want to stay in the ambulance and was trying to escape.

By the time they arrived at the ambulance it was agreed that there was no visible injury and rather than take him on to hospital, the officers decided to take him home to get him into a place of safety and to sleep it off.

When he woke later, the 57-year-old discovered that he had received a ‘ticket’ for failing to comply with the containment measures established in the Royal Decree due to the State of Alarm.

POLICE have found the bodies of two carers in a religious psychiatric residence in San Sebastian de los Reyes in Madrid in which there have been numerous cases of coronavirus contagion.

Police carried out an inspection on Friday after Civil Protection asked for assistance in getting into the centre due to the high risk of Covid-19.

According to reports the victims died on Thursday or Friday, but no one informed the authorities about certifying the deaths and remov-

POLICE: No-one informed the authorities about the deaths. ing the bodies.

There are 68 residents with psychiatric illnesses in the centre, 11 of whom are in isolation with symptoms of coronavirus, Spanish media said.

Also that another eight

carers at the residence have symptoms of Covid-19, leaving only two to look after the elderly people who live there, one of whom has a temperature of 38ºC and no sanitary protection materials.

Lockdown entertainment HUNDREDS of titles are now available for free, a gesture audiobook platform, Audible, hopes will help pass away the hours in isolation.

The company has pledged that while the nations are in lockdown, anyone can stream a vast selection of its titles, including books read by Westworld’s Thandie Newton and Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens, at no cost.

Visit stories.audible.com from any web browser to start listening, with no need for log-ins, credit card or passwords.

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Balcony Bingo BALCONY BINGO! While Ireland, like the UK, looks to Italy and Spain for the emerging Covid19 pattern, it seems the Irish have a unique way to keep spirits up and pass the time.

The Italians take to their balconies to sing, and the Spanish applaud the hard work of the medical and emergency staff, but in Dublin’s fair city, the residents of one block of flats decided to play balcony bingo.

The social distancing

game was hosted by a resident, who set up a microphone and speakers in front of the building, to entertain those at the doors of their homes.

The mood was high during the game, as one family on a second floor balcony, called house. The residents of Canon Mooney Gardens, in the Ringsend area of the capital, came out in force, but remained apart, to enjoy the fun. The man behind the plan is local, Michael Larkin, who has admitted that he has never even played a game before, but wanted to get his neighbours together in the safest, most fun way possible.

Dressed in a white disposal boiler suit, mask and gloves, he set up his calling station on top of the sheds, in the middle of the courtyard at the front of the complex. While things

were being set up and the bingo cards distributed to the balconies, his daughter Hollie acted as DJ, opting for Tina Turner and Whitney Houston to set the tone.

Despite extremely cold weather, the game went on for over two hours, with prizes such as Easter Eggs for the children, as well as highly sought after loo roll for the adults. Due to the success of the game, it looks set to become a regular thing during the ongoing crisis.

BINGO: Entertaining the neighbours.

INTERNATIONAL

Employee bonus THE Alcampo, Carrefour and Intermarche supermarket chains in France are paying a €1,000 bonus to employees working in the stores during the coronavirus crisis in line with a French government recommendation for big companies.

There are no fiscal charges for the businesses, and the payments can be made up until the end of June.

Alcampo said it was giving the bonus to all cashiers, shop workers, warehouse staff and employees doing home deliveries. According to French press 65,000 Al Campo workers will benefit.

The move was welcomed by the union representing Alcam-

FRONTLINE: Carrefour, Alcampo and Intermarche are paying a bonus to employees. po staff.

“Giving an extraordinary bonus to the employees most exposed to the virus is fair,” it commented.

The CFDT French Democratic Work Federation maintained that employees doing their jobs from home to ensure the company remains functioning also deserve the payment.

FINANCE

Dividend suspended

FOURTH largest bank in Spain, Bankia had a plan to pay €2.5 bil­ lion to shareholders (which in­ clude the Spanish government) in order to assist those who had lost so much when it first got into financial problems.

Even with some €4.1 billion in hand, it has now decided that due to the coronavirus crisis and the collapse of world stock ex­ changes that it would be prudent to suspend this ‘windfall’ divi­ dend for the time being so that it can face future financial chal­ lenges.

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€9.878

billion is the record amount paid by the Spanish government to pensioners of all kinds during the month of March.

AENA cuts back

UK ventilator order CONSPIRACY theories are by definition exactly that, but there may be some credence in the criticism of the UK gov­ ernment for its actions in placing a 10,000 unit order with Dyson for the production of much needed ventila­ tors.

Sir James Dyson is a long time Con­ servative party supporter and donor but his company has never manufac­ tured ventilators before and they won’t be ready to supply for several weeks al­ though the need is urgent.

The UK was invited to become part of a European Union operation to source ventilators which could have en­

By John Smith sured quick delivery and a price benefit but the government missed out and ac­ cording to The Guardian a spokesman said “Owing to an initial communica­ tion problem, the UK did not receive an invitation in time to join in four joint procurements in response to the coron­ avirus pandemic.”

A Nantwich company which through sources in the United Arab Emirates had access to 5,000 ventilators for im­ mediate delivery offered these to the government through official procure­ ment channels more than a week ago

but got no reply.

Within a matter of days the ventila­ tors were sold elsewhere along with one million Covid­19 test kits.

The Nantwich News, reported that the “Cabinet Office have confirmed and apologised for being slow to respond to all offers made via the BEIS registration page, but this has been due to the huge amounts of offers they have received.”

Another company MEC Medical told BBC Newsnight that it was a leading manufacturer of appropriate equip­ ment but it had difficulty in receiving any initial interest to its offer of assis­ tance.

SPANISH airports operator AENA has been seriously affected by the cancellation of so many flights in and out of airports which it man­ ages and income has been re­ duced dramatically.

It is taking measures to cut costs by €95 million per month, has access to €2 billion in emer­ gency loans if needed and will continue to charge airlines for leaving their planes at its airports (although they will not have to pay this immediately).

Like other companies it is also suspending its dividend in order to protect liquidity.

LEGALLY SPEAKING Can they evict tenant?

We recently rented out an apartment to people we know. They agreed to pay €400 per month and contribute to electric, gas, and water. The house is up for sale and they promised to move out and to show the apartment to prospective buyers. All this was agreed ver­ bally with nothing in writing. Then they demanded we buy them a new washing machine. When we refused, the peo­ ple stopped paying rent and utilities. Now their behaviour is turning to threats and intimidation.

My questions are: A) Can we legally stop giving him electricity and hot water?

B) What is the best way to get him out? Can I just lock him out?

J B (Costa Blanca) Even when a tenant stops paying rent, YOU AND THE the landlord can­ LAW IN SPAIN not legally use co­ ercive measures like changing the locks or cutting off the water supply.

To evict them you will need a lawyer to apply for an eviction order from the court. This is called desahucio in Spanish. If you do not have a written contract, the pro­ cedure is basically the same. It will take six months or more and cost you at least €500.

DAVID SEARL

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Charity workers THE Morrisons supermarket chain in the UK has announced that it will offer employment to charity shop workers from Marie Curie and others who will be asked to help elderly and vulnerable people with their shopping. They will be paid for their work.

Bank loans BRITISH banks are being criticised for demanding personal guarantees from businesses looking to take advantage of government backed emergency loans. Government will underwrite 80 per cent of the loan but the banks want to ensure that the entire amount is secure.

Good news NATURGY, the third largest electricity company in Spain has decided to suspend all bills to domestic customers for the next six months in order to ensure that they are able to cope with the negative financial effects of coronavirus.

Orange Juice price rise MANY will remember the highly successful Trading Places movie which was all about Or­ ange Juice futures and the fluctuation of price.

This is now hitting the OJ industry as demand

has caused prices world­ wide to rise by as much as 20 per cent as people look for healthy prod­ ucts due to coronavirus.

Dealers who work in the world of futures (prices expected for de­

livery several months ahead) see the lack of a work force to pick the fruit and difficulty in transportation as fac­ tors likely to reduce supply and increase costs.

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Coronavirus causes currency chaos ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday

Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

STAYING up-to-date with the latest currency news can help you time your transfers effectively, so find out what you should be looking out for over the next couple of weeks…

Latest currency news The global spread of the coron­ avirus has been the driving force of currency market movement over the last few weeks, and we’ve seen some significant volatility.

The pound has tumbled to €1.08 against the euro, its lowest levels since last August, while GBP/USD has plum­ meted to $1.19.

The EUR/GBP has risen to £0.92 while EUR/USD has been trading in the region of $1.09 What’s been happening?

IN RECENT WEEKS: Brexit, economic data and political concerns have all taken a back seat.

Brexit, economic data and political concerns have all taken a back seat in recent weeks.

All headlines, and the majority of

currency movement, have instead been focused on the coronavirus.

With much of Europe on lockdown, the US banning European travel, and

the UK implementing more stringent containment measures, demand for safe­haven currencies like the US dol­ lar has soared.

The pound, on the other hand, has fallen dramatically against both the euro and US dollar as concern for the UK’s economic outlook grows.

What do you need to look out for?

Coronavirus, and the attempts by governments and central banks to lim­ it the impact of the virus on the global economy, will remain the driving force behind currency movement in the weeks ahead.

If the number of cases continues ris­ ing, the US dollar’s uptrend is likely to continue.

The pound and euro, on the other hand, remain vulnerable and could come under further pressure.

At Currencies Direct we’re here to talk currency whenever you need us, so get in touch if you want to know more about the latest news or how it could impact your currency transfers.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT AT the time of writing, almost unbelievably, with the world facing an unprecedented holocaust some of the UK mosques are still refusing to close their doors!

Consequently, those that are deciding to ignore the directives and common sense advice of the authorities are completely packed with worshippers. It is a known fact that Malaya’s source of Covid-19 began in a mosque.

The disease not only engulfed Malaya but then spread to at least SIX more countries. Today I received a recent video from someone who filmed a car journey through London’s East end.

The streets were packed with unmasked ethnic residents, queuing, shopping and completely ignoring the government’s directive to stay indoors and self-isolate.

‘So what’? I hear some of the more cynical among you observe. ‘If they want to take chances with their lives so be it.’

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I wish you good health

UK MOSQUES: Are refusing to close.

But it doesn’t end there does it?

When these people start dropping like flies, it is the unbiased emergency services that will suffer the most. It will also result in thousands of hospital places being occupied by a self-centered populace who did nothing to assist the country

in its battle to survive this horror.

It will also subsequently deny beds and respirators to thousands of the indigenous population, many of whom have already fought in two world wars and have now had to endure even more hardship and depravation in their efforts to fight

yet another enemy that threatens the UK and its citizens.

And what happens when the women refuse to be touched by male emergency workers or doctors!? I truly do despair of this section of the UK; large numbers of the public who have no intention of ever integrating with their fellow citizens.

I also sympathise with the victims of physical abusers that must be rampant during this close down emergency, particularly in households that consider women second class citizens!

In its time honoured way I also anticipate a positive tsunami of ‘claims’ and legal shenanigans from people citing violations of human rights or PC biased decisions when all this nightmare is at an end.

I can almost hear the lawyers and legal sharks rubbing their hands from here! There should most certainly be legislation introduced to create some form of legal immunity from all deci-

sions taken during this crisis.

The idea of droves of court cases dragging on for years, achieving nothing but a very healthy lining to the pockets of a section of our professional leech brigade truly does stick in the craw of human decency and needs to be avoided at all cost.

Finally to all readers of our great publication, and indeed to all at the EWN who are managing to keep the ‘wheels’ in motion, I wish you all health, strength and a positive deluge of love and good wishes as we continue to seek that elusive light at the end of this dark disease ridden tunnel.

One thing you can be totally sure of is, that given time and with the resourcefulness of the human spirit we will undoubtedly prevail.

God bless us all.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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CONSULAR WORK DURING DIFFICULT TIMES CONSULAR MATTERS UNTIL a few weeks ago most of us lived our lives around our daily affairs with more or less stress levels, for example, climate change, consequences of Brexit, Easter holiday plans or projects typical of the comfortable society we live in.

However, that sense of security and control over our own lives has now blown up in an unprecedented global crisis, despite the fact that scientists had been warning of the very real threat of a pandemic; no country in the world paid much attention… until the coronavirus slipped through under the very doors of our homes.

Our planet, as if it had its own conscious, has said

‘enough’ and, just like when we subject ourselves to extreme effort either physical, mental or emotional, our bodies stop and we become ill, our planet has made us stop in our tracks; and maybe we should now all take a moment to think about what and just how well we are doing things.

This crisis has now confined us to our homes, with our families and pets, and at the same time seems to have placed before us our own inner reflections of our loneliness and fears.

But this situation is even more distressing if it happens when you are away from your own family and country; this is the time when consulate services must carry out the most important of duties and for which we are prepared and trained: to help citizens return to their home countries, keep them informed as much as

possible, and also help those who are in a weak or vulnerable situation.

And this is exactly what we have been doing, each one of the members of the Consular Corps of Malaga, to the best of possibilities and circumstances, we have continually been helping each other, sharing information and in direct contact with the authorities to offer our citizens as much details as we can.

The fact that I am also a practising lawyer, has helped me to understand and observe all the particulars of the State of Alarm, and as such I have implemented them in my position as Consul of Denmark in Andalucia and Extremadura; keeping up to date with government decrees and regulations that apply to our Danish residents and non-residents within our consular jurisdiction during this crisis.

MARISA MORENO CASTILLO: Thanks her team for their dedication.

To work more than 14 hours a day, for many weeks now, does not weigh us down, either my team or myself, and I take this opportunity to publicly thank them for their dedication and commitment to our consular work.

We are very aware of the importance of the job we do, and that it is in difficult times when we are able to see both

the professional and moral standards of people.

As I write this article, it is not yet 8.00pm but I want to offer a warm and emotional applause to my colleagues at the Consular Corps for their dedication and help, to my consulate office team for their support and assistance, and to the team at my law firm for rising up to the circumstances.

Marisa Moreno Castillo • Consul of Denmark • Lawyer at www.justlaw.es • info@justlaw.es • Tel. 952 666 045 - 336 373 535

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CORONA BABIES GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY FIRSTLY, I wish to extend my sincere condolences to the families and friends of all who have lost loved ones across the planet.

My household has experienced sadness too, learning this week that a close family friend died in Milan, due to the virus. Living in Spain, a wonderful country that’s currently going through hell, I've witnessed, first hand, the amazing effort by the Spanish frontline services, as well as the majority of the citizens. For years, I've admired the Spanish, always strong, always polite, and always putting family first.

The people of Marbella adapted quickly to the current regime, and essential trips to the grocery store, something very new for me, have been an uplifting experience in many ways. Seeing humans exude kindness and support for each other, gives us great hope, at a time when we need it most.

Okay, so we may no longer be able to go to lunch at our favourite restaurants every day, and cocktail hour may now take place at home, but life keeps going, and so must we.

In a long list of family traditions, martini time is one rule we’ve strictly adhered to for generations. Always at home, always at five o’clock, and always requiring correct attire. While it may feel as if old rules have gone out the window, making way for the new, this is one rule I insist must continue.

As we sat by the fire discussing the news of the day, all of which Covid-19 related, my friend Paolo asked our thoughts on Corona Babies. “Imagine in nine or 10 months, there’ll be a baby boom like never before!” he said in his strong Italian accent, as he puffed on a Monte Cristo. “All those couples trapped at home, killing time making babies,” he laughed. I guess he made a good point. Does that mean, in nine months’ time, nappies will replace loo roll as the hot new commodity? Should we invest in Pampers now?

What will the ‘hot’ names be for these new-born boys and girls? At dinner, we used FaceTime to invite others to help fill our usually full table. Somehow, we

DRESS CODE: Now is surgical gloves. cooked enough pasta to feed an army, and we managed to eat it all. “A Corona baby? Are you mad?” screeched our good friend Cristina, who joined us via the small screen from Rome.

“You must remember, darlings, being trapped at home with our partners, may result in divorces over babies!” She laughed, although I could sense that on day 19 of lockdown with her husband, she may not be joking.

The following morning, I took my dog Henry up the street for a walk, happy to see that the streets of Los Monteros were completely isolated. As someone used to lunching every day, hence my nickname being Sir Lunchalot, I now have a very different daily dress-code.

My old routine required numerous outfit changes - gym, lunch, dinner. These days I find myself surviving in sportswear, complimented by a face mask and surgical gloves. So, you can understand why, even though the house feels empty, it feels good to dress for martini time.

Making it a sense of occasion, and I know my mother would be proud, as would my late grandmother.

Another thing, to avoid the chance of divorce or singledom, we should all try to make an effort. Trust me, life in quarantine, feels and looks much better when you dress up.

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It’s amazing, love it!

I hope that everybody can get out and enjoy it in some way, especially the elderly and the lonely, with each other’s support we can get through this.

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DEAR Euro Weekly, Your front cover inspired me to write in. As everybody else in the country and maybe soon the world, I am isolated in my house. It’s just me and the dog and though she is great company lack of human contact is getting me down.

I have exhausted all the TV series I had in mind and have eaten all my goodies and really need to start exercising. However, the most exciting part of the day is at 8pm when I can stand on my balcony and celebrate with my neighbours. Although they are mostly Spanish and I don’t speak the language perfectly, I feel included, I feel part of the world. This social occasion, though only for 10 minutes is enough to get me through my day. My neighbour puts on ‘I

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Signs of hope FOR many of the least secure newspaper titles, the virus could sound the death knell after years of struggle. The question is whether the pandemic could lead to the death of print itself? That this is even being contemplated at a time when the need and demand for news and information are at an alltime high is absurd.

Traffic to online news sites is up across the board while viewing figures for TV public service broadcasters are at levels not seen since the financial crisis. Many companies have suspended publication of a physical edition until it becomes viable to print again.

One look at the largest advertisers in print media points to how potentially catastrophic coronavirus is for the industry in general. However, there are signs of hope amid the warnings for local newspapers as the world needs good journalism more than ever and people also urgently need verified information in the face of not only an unprecedented health emergency, but technology’s ability to spread fake news. What’s more, the social distancing measure being brought in to fight coronavirus makes local news even more important to strengthen and build on community spirit.

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Ignorance is bliss DEAR Euro Weekly, As a long-time resident in Spain, it is a relief to see the government here acting so decisively. Of course, there are constraints to our freedom of movement but that is a temporary inconvenience.

In contrast, I witness the dithering and delay of Boris Johnson when he should be decisive. From pictures in the national press, it seems a lot of people in the UK have chosen to ignore his advice. No doubt he will assure the population that he is doing his best - but if this is his best it’s just not good enough.

We have family and friends who are being placed at risk because the British PM seems woefully unprepared.

A sad day indeed for our ‘home country.’

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Police in Malaga break up Late Night Rave Party during the Coronavirus Lockdown Jacqueline Parry What can one say, so hard for everyone, I am in my 80’s and self isolating is something that I have to do. These people are so irresponsible, but they are young, full of life, it must be so hard for them.

Stay in kids or you could kill your parents, grandparents and in some cases your own children.

Rotten thieves steal 200 surgical scrub suits from Spain’s Sevilla hospital amid Covid-19 crisis Jim Carroll The people who did this if caught should get a life prison sentence.

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If you had never had a dog then you have never lived.

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This is BBC Two Wild & Weird The Dengineers All Over the Place Blue Peter Deadly 60 Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?

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Rick Stein's Long Weekends Coast Twin Erik lives alone in a run-down campervan on a desolate beach, while his twin Adam is the complete opposite - a successful man with money, a thriving family business, a loving wife and two children.

Twin Twin Sisters: A World Apart Top of the Pops: 1989 Top of the Pops: 1989 Our Musical History Coast Rick Stein's Long Weekends

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show Dress to Impress Dress to Impress Catchphrase In for a Penny Honey FYI Daily Honey Alvin and the Chipmunks FYI Daily Alvin and the Chipmunks Nanny McPhee FYI Daily Nanny McPhee Coyote Ugly FYI Daily Coyote Ugly Mad Max: Fury Road FYI Daily Mad Max: Fury Road Family Guy

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) An area in which you have experience means that you are able to help someone close this week. Keep the advice free from personal opinions wherever possible.

Some upsets on a day-to-day basis are all minor and will pass. Your sensitivity this week is certain to cause frustration and even mayhem.

Being in a calm situation will help. So will realising where the source of the aggravation comes from.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) What will really be appreciated this week is if you will give your time to others. I realise that your life is busy but the emotional rewards from helping someone will be more than worth it. To see yourself in a truly positive light, imagine being in the positions of those round you.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Surprising and happy news about the 28th really puts some bounce into you. Having been so busy recently, you may not have noticed that someone has a special interest in you. Another surprise then, but how will you react?

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Family members bring a sparkle to your eyes and a spring to your step. When there is so much going on it is easy to forget how much we are part of a whole. If you have neglected keeping in contact of late, this serves to remind you to try to do better.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A trip to the cinema or theatre makes you take notice and may even shock. There are many things in life that normally do not touch us but, once we are aware, there seems to be a need for action.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Expecting others to automatically know what you want is unrealistic. Even dropping heavy hints can go well astray of the mark. Although it is unpalatable to your sensitivity, plain talking is needed. Stop wanting everyone to like you and your personality will grow in leaps and bounds.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Oh, gosh, this is a really sensitive time for Leos.

Although it is easy to upset you, it is equally easy to fire your enthusiasm. Anyone considering not keeping a promise or appointment with you should beware because they will be whipped into shape.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) This is a week of deep thinking and meaningful conversations. Someone's opinion of you reaches your ears and pleases you greatly. Work that has been progressing at home faces hold-ups and tact is needed to avoid a row. Some compromise is required at work, perhaps related to a planned holiday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Take extra care where finances concern your home.

A legal matter should be considered carefully. When planning home improvements, get plenty of good advice and do not trust your heart. A new activity means new friends.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Being protective of those close does not mean worrying all the time. With their co-operation, the burden, welcome though it may be, can be lightened.

There is the opportunity to have fun with some young friends, which may not come again for some time.

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4:00pm 5:05pm 5:10pm 7:10pm 8:10pm 8:15pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:40am 1:35am 2:40am 3:40am 4:00am

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7:00am A Simple Wedding 8:35am The Runaways 10:35am Vita & Virginia 12:30pm Jacqueline Wilson: Four Kids, It and Me 1:00pm Four Kids and It 2:55pm Free Preview Jumanji: The Next Level 3:10pm Drunk Parents 4:55pm Rocket Man 7:00pm Vita & Virginia 9:00pm Four Kids and It 11:00pm Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella 12:30am Rocket Man 2:45am Heretiks 4:15am Supercon

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Cryptic Across 1 Resolute British detectives in action (7) 5 Casts votes for eastern Europeans, we hear (5) 8 Mountain range in the Australian Desert (5) 9 A heavy defeat in the East is everyday (7) 10 Weapon seen in some circles as a breakthrough (5) 11 Queen, put out, gets to explode (5) 12 Hissed about crockery? (6) 14 Beliefs in many grasses (6) 18 Demonstrated how to get between two poles (5) 20 Easterner is back among articles (5) 22 Rest of deli now rebuilt (3,4) 23 Kick out in Lake Victoria (5) 24 Does order small prescribed portions of pills (5) 25 Henry longed to be married (7) Down 1 Brilliant geezer, one in a suit? (7) 2 Company man works as a programmer (5) 3 Damaged blade is put out of action (7) 4 Reds to revolt in this county? (6) 5 Party leader pursued by badmannered puritan (5) 6 Free time, lie around, certainly! (7) 7 Perspiration produced by wife in chair (5) 13 Oysters developing at different

levels (7) 15 Object when put into torn clothing (7) 16 Greeted formally at duels, possibly (7) 17 Put to sea and provide a meal

Code Breaker

outside (6) 18 Is involved with old firm (5) 19 No satisfactory small recesses (5) 21 We hear no sound from a horse (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents R and 22 represents V, so fill in R every time the figure 11 appears and V every time the figure 22 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Wild dog of Australia (5) 4 Fertile spot in a desert (5) 7 Ridiculous, absurd (9) 8 Pulls forcibly (4) 10 Concise and succinct (5) 13 Relating to the navy (5) 14 Unemployed (4) 17 Whipping boy (9) 19 Foundation (5) 20 Out of condition (5)

English - Spanish

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 Sentarse (3,4) 5 Tira (de tela) (5) 8 Fall (physical action) (5) 9 Nada (7) 10 To cool (7) 11 Deporte (5) 12 Piedra (material) (5) 14 Inundación (5) 19 Cosa (objeto) (5) 21 Message (7) 23 Emotion (7) 24 Irlandés (5) 25 Same (5) 26 Motores (7)

Down 1 Erase (6) 2/18 Fall asleep (3,3) 3 On one occasion (4) 4 Smell (6) 5 Hang freely (7) 6 Free from danger (4) 9 Spectacles (7) 11 Annoy, pester (6) 12 Group of seven (6) 15 Baby's bed (4) 16 South American country (4) 18 See 2

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Down 1 Enchufe (6) 2 Ladrón (5) 3 Prayer (7) 4 Nanny (babysitter) (6) 5 Mushrooms (flat-topped) (5) 6 Noisy (7) 7 Pocilga (6) 13 Sastres (7) 15 Aterrizaje (aviación) (7) 16 Arroyo (riachuelo) (6) 17 Lover (6) 18 Dates (days) (6) 20 Cry (of happines or terror) (5) 22 Aeroplane (5)

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8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Britain's Best Home Cook 10:00am The Sweet Makers 11:00am BBC News 2:00pm Curiosity 2:45pm The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World 3:45pm Talking Pictures 4:15pm School for Scoundrels 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Animal Park 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Mediterranean Adventure 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Terror in Paradise 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Cops Like Us 1:15am The Farmers' Country Showdown 2:00am Countryfile 3:00am Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

8:00pm BBC World News 8:30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 9:00pm Dynasties 10:00pm Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet 11:00pm Yellow Is Forbidden 11:50pm Horse People with Alexandra Tolstoy 12:50am Handmade 1:20am The Secret Life of Books 1:50am Bacchus Uncovered 2:50am Yellow Is Forbidden Documentary following Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei as she aims to switch from dressing her country's elite to trying to conquer the world of haute couture in Paris.

3:45am Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

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7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm American Dad! 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am American Dad!

6:15am Emmerdale 6:40am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 10:00am Outside Edge 10:30am Outside Edge 11:00am Rising Damp 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Scott & Bailey 12:00am Grantchester 1:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 2:10am A Touch of Frost

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Cheers King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Come Dine with Me The Steph Show Posh Pawnbrokers Countdown A Place in the Sun Escape to the Chateau: DIY Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie: Keep Cooking and Carry On A Day in the Life of Coronavirus Putin: A Russian Spy Story Emergency Helicopter Medics

4:00am Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.

7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am Quincy, M.E. 8:20am Kojak 9:10am The Saint 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Professionals 12:25pm The Sweeney 1:30pm Quincy, M.E. 2:35pm Kojak 3:35pm The Saint 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Giant Lobster Hunters 11:00pm The Krays 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am The Krays 1:30am Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera 2:35am Minder 3:30am Only When I Laugh 4:00am Teleshopping

9:35am Milkshake! Monkey's Amazing Adventures 9:45am Little Princess 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:20pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm Killer Cove 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Access 7:10pm The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard 8:00pm Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Inside the Force: 24/7 11:00pm Hard Men 12:00am Rise of the Krays

4:15pm

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 6:45pm Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 11:15pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 12:35am

6:00am 6:30am 7:00am 8:40am 10:25am

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The Hot Chick Paul Blart: Mall Cop Make or Break?

You, Me and Him Summer Rental Blue Streak Head Full of Honey Crazy, Stupid, Love Life of the Party Crazy Rich Asians Pineapple Express Blue Streak Crazy, Stupid, Love You, Me and Him

3:05pm 5:00pm 7:00pm

7:15pm 9:00pm 11:00pm

12:30am 2:30am 4:00am

MONDAY TV

How I Met Your Mother Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Mike & Molly Mike & Molly The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Mike & Molly Mike & Molly The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Man with a Plan First Dates Abroad Made in Chelsea The Sex Clinic The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

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Hexagram

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (GARBLE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

AUBURN CANNOT DINGHY FORMER GARBLE (10) INDEED KEYPAD LAUNCH MANTIS MURMUR NIMBUS PANDER PUNISH REMAND REVERT STINGY UPHELD VELLUM VERBAL

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Milieu 2 Quaver 3 Strict 4 Either 5 Aerate 6 Erased 7 Strive 8 Errata 9 Nutria 10 String 11 Career 12 Gambit 13 Retire 14 Cabana 15 Mantle 16 Quarry 17 Clammy 18 Azalea 19 Yearly

Nonagram

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 7 Good: 9 Very good: 13

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 17

ceil woes wild ween owes seem dice dime imam imams ewes foes lice lieu lime lima lame lams last mice mild meow muon mums malice mast mats umami ones ovum neem noes nova alms amice amid vane vanes anew arvo bone bones boar bane banes bran bravo bravoes bora salmi same tame tams fane fanes faro ranee raft rafts roan oboe oboes

daft deaf deft fade fare fate fear feat feed feel feet felt feta fete flat flea fled flee frat free fret leaf left raft reef reft tref after defat defer delft draft fader fared fated feral fetal feted flare fleer fleet freed afreet dafter deafer defeat defter falter fatted fatter feared felted fetter fettle flared leafed rafted deflate draftee federal flatted flatter fretted reflate faltered FLATTERED

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Down: 1 Blow, 2 Sacred, 3 Band, 4 Spectator, 5 Canine, 7 Freewheel, 11 Shrewd, 12 Dawdle, 15 Lazy, 16 Onus.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Anvils, 4 Dorset, 9 Twain, 10 Realism, 11 Resisted, 12 Arms, 14 Dapper, 16 Bandit, 19 Boar, 20 Canticle, 23 Roaming, 24 Roast, 25 Sadder, 26 Battle.

1 Library, 4 Miles, 7 Colas, 9 Retrato, 10 Testigo, 11 Shark, 12 Rocket, 14 Empate, 18 Culpa, 20 Notices, 22 Bedroom, 23 Horse, 24 Serio, 25 Lie-down.

Down: 1 Attired, 2 Vials, 3 Landseer, 5 Oval, 6 Stirred, 7 Times, 8 Gruel, 13 Bacteria, 15 Placard, 17 Trestle, 18 Barge, 19 Barks, 21 Chart, 22 Rite.

Down:

1 Locutor, 2 Bells, 3 Yernos, 4 Motos, 5 Llamada, 6 Stork, 8 Slide, 13 Colador, 15 Match, 16 Eastern, 17 Enamel, 18 Cubos, 19 Abono, 21 Circo.

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QUIZ: THE VANQUIZZED 1. Harmenszoon Van Rijn were the last names of which famous 17th century Dutch painter?

2. In 1632 the Flemish Baroque artist Sir Anthony van Dyck returned to London to be the main court painter at the request of which English monarch?

3. Singer-songwriter Van Morrison first rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of which Northern Irish R&B band?

4. What is the name of the cockney jack-of-all-trades character played by Dick Van Dyke in the 1964 American musical fantasy film Mary Poppins?

5. What is the name of the Dutch professor who is best known throughout many adaptations of the Dracula story as a vampire hunter and the archenemy of Count Dracula? He has been portrayed on film by many notable actors including Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Anthony Hopkins and Mel Brooks?

6. What is the nationality of Herman Van Rompuy, who was president of the European Council from December 2009 to November 2014?

7. Which actor played the title role in the 1970s TV crime drama series Van Der Valk?

8. Which actor starred with Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach in the 1966 spaghetti Western The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?

9. Who owned the Reliant Regal three-wheeled van with the licence plate number DHV 938D? 10. Who topped the UK singles chart in May 1972 with the song Vincent, written as a tribute to Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh?

Not a lot of people know that… Lake Van, the largest lake in Anatolia, lies in the far east of Turkey in the provinces of Van and Bitlis. It is a saline soda lake, receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains.

Answers: 1. REMBRANDT, 2. CHARLES I, 3. THEM, 4. BERT, 5.

Abraham VAN HELSING, 6.

BELGIAN (born in Etterbeek, Brussels), 7. BARRY FOSTER, 8. LEE VAN CLEEF, 9. DEREK (DEL BOY) TROTTER, 10.

DON McLEAN

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

CODE BREAKER

TARGET: • Average: 20 • Very good: 41 • Good: 28 • Excellent: 53

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

1 Brass, 3 Basic, 8 Canteen, 9 Repel, 10 Stun, 13 Howl, 14 Waltz, 17 Emerald, 18/6 Run off, 19 Delay, 20 Elves.

How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

Kakuro

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Across:

Boggled

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4:50am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm James Martin's Islands to Highlands 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm Tales from the Coast with Robson Green 10:00pm Return to Belsen 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Gordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip 12:55am Kate & Koji 1:20am Belgravia 2:10am Ideal World

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TUESDAY TV

This is BBC Two Night Force Bargain Hunt The Repair Shop The Sweet Makers BBC News at 9 Curiosity The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World Talking Pictures The Man in the White Suit Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Animal Park Race Across the World Your Home Made Perfect Inside the Factory Alma's Not Normal Newsnight Weather Hospital Dragons' Den MasterChef Miriam's Big Fat Adventure This is BBC Two

8:00pm BBC World News 8:30pm Weird Nature 9:00pm Digging For Britain: The Greatest Discoveries Professor Alice Roberts re-examines key archaeological sites of prehistoric Britain.

9:30pm The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak 10:00pm Britain Beneath Your Feet 11:00pm Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney 12:00am Horse People with Alexandra Tolstoy 1:00am Handmade 1:30am Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art 2:30am The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak 3:00am Digging For Britain: The Greatest Discoveries 3:30am Britain Beneath Your Feet

6:30am Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 6:50am Countdown 7:30am Cheers 7:55am Cheers 8:20am King of Queens 8:45am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm The Steph Show 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 10:15pm Five Guys a Week 11:15pm Gogglebox 12:15am Wife Swap USA 1:10am Friday Night Dinner

8:55am Paw Patrol 9:10am Floogals 9:25am The Secret Life of Puppies 9:35am Milkshake! Monkey's Amazing Adventures 9:45am Little Princess 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 2:10pm Access 2:15pm NCIS 3:20pm Killer in Law 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm The Yorkshire Vet 7:00pm The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard 8:00pm Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm A Country Life for Half the Price 11:00pm Gregg Wallace's Fun Weekend 12:05am Too Fat to Fly

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Jumbo Quiz 74 Score with (impress) 75 It’s south of Can. 76 Eye parts with irises 77 Splits 78 Triplets of adjacent nucleotides 80 Cures a fish by salting and drying?

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87 Hide hair 88 Actress Davis of “The Matrix Reloaded” 89 Ending for Bronx 90 Fish that’s a sainted guardian?

96 O’er there 97 For fear that 98 Runner Bolt 99 “Botch ” (Rosemary Clooney hit) 100 It precedes Sept.

102 Barely obtain, with “out” 104 Gratify, as a base instinct 106 Accept a Facebook request from a fish?

112 Boat in Genesis 113 Twilled fabrics 115 Old’s opposite, in German 116 Yellow tropical fruit 117 Teach a fish privately?

120 Catches a fish in a net?

122 Flee to get hitched 123 Lance cpl.’s org.

124 Freeforall 125 Fair shelter 126 Philly’s train system 127 Light meal 128 French river to the Rhone 129 Singer Anita or Aubrey

DOWN 1 Eightsome 2 Aussie critter 3 Leafgathering tool user 4 Had to admit an error 5 Theoretical things 6 Unclothed 7 Bow of “It” 8 Holy tables 9 Atlanta to Miami dir.

10 Perfumery oil 11 Bards’ A.M. 12 Onthenose 13 Furniture finishers 14 Went unused 15 Palette part 16 Ert ’s style 17 Seafarer 18 Hyundai compact 24 CrockPot meal 26 Grid stats 29 Puts more ammo in 32 Al (pasta preference) 33 Seafarer 35 Long side up 36 Max. or min.

39 “I’ll second that” 41 Samantha Bee’s station 42 Expulsion 43 Earthworm, e.g.

45 2009 “Star Trek” director J.J. 46 Seepage of methane, e.g.

48 Heavyweight great 49 Put on TV again 51 Suffers 52 Dog part 56 “I’ll second that” 57 Informer 58 Envoy’s building 60 Just clear of the bottom, as an anchor

61 Boarding school student, informally 62 Some china ensembles 63 Divinity sch.

67 Not as much 69 Bud 70 Actress Sarandon 71 Rd.’s cousin 72 No more than 73 Cheese type 76 Hubbubs 79 Not a soul 81 As to 82 Old man 83 Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph 84 On Soc. Sec., often 86 Operated on smaller than a national level 90 Transforms, as larvae 91 In general 92 Sleeveless casual shirt 93 Free (of) 94 Lovingly, in music 95 Rapa 97 Ushered in 101 Music styles 103 53Across containers 105 QU queue 106 Sell for 107 Writer Zora Hurston 108 Super 109 Got along 110 A Trump ex 111 Spruced up 114 They support teeth roots 118 Choose (to) 119 Stephen of “Utopia” 120 Texter’s “Didn’t need to hear that!”

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1. A whitesmith is a name given to someone who works in or repairs what?

2. ‘Hey There’ is a song from which 1950s Broadway musical in which factory workers’ demands for a seven-and-a-half cent pay rise are going unheeded?

3. The political slogan ‘workers of the world, unite!’ is one of the most famous rallying cries from which 1848 political pamphlet, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels?

4. What is the name of the substance secreted by honeybee workers and fed by them to larvae that are being raised as potential queen bees?

5. What name was given to the 19th century bands of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, which they believed was threatening their jobs?

6. What title is often applied to employees whose job entails, largely or entirely, physical labour, such as in a factory or workshop?

7. What was the title of the 1962 film starring Patty Duke as the deaf-blind American author, political activist and lecturer Helen Keller?

8. Which American ‘disco group’ is made up of a policeman, a Native American, a soldier, a leatherclad biker, a construction worker and a cowboy?

9. Which comedy pop group’s UK hit singles include ‘Call Up the Groups’ (1963) and ‘Pop Go the Workers’ (1965)?

10. Which model village in north-western England was built in 1888 to accommodate workers from a Lever Brothers factory? Its name is derived from the company’s most popular brand of cleaning agent.

Not a lot of people know that… ‘Workers’ Playtime’ was a British radio variety programme transmitted by the BBC between 1941 and 1964. Originally intended as a morale-booster for industrial workers in Britain during World War II, the programme was broadcast at lunchtime, three times a week, live from a factory canteen ‘somewhere in Britain.’

Answers: Answers: 1. TINNED OR GALVANISED IRON, OR WHITE IRON, also known as a tinsmith, 2. THE PAJAMA GAME, 3. THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (originally MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY), 4. ROYAL JELLY, 5. LUDDITES, 6. BLUECOLLAR WORKERS,7. THE MIRACLE WORKER, 8. VILLAGE PEOPLE, 9. BARRON KNIGHTS, 10. PORT SUNLIGHT

ACROSS 1 Creole cooking pod 5 Early Andeans 10 Concert stage items 14 Disgrace 19 Cover thickly 20 Declines 21 Wrongful act, legally 22 Of the ear 23 Grabs hold of a fish?

25 Give a fish medication?

27 Choose (to) 28 Baseball stat 29 Like spoiled cooking oil 30 Clamor 31 Fish smeared with black gunk?

34 Cheeky 37 Have bills 38 Mineo of “Giant” 39 Suffix for an enzyme 40 Not as cruel 41 Turn liquid 44 Old horse 47 Fish drifting about aimlessly?

50 Actor Stiller 51 Baseball stat 53 Hoppy quaff 54 Wash. bigwig 55 Fish covered with more grit?

59 Modifies 64 Conceal 65 Fake ID 66 1,051, in old Rome 68 Larch, e.g.

69 Makes a fish more softhearted?

71 Honeycolored fish?

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Alec James Stewart OBE, English cricketer, four Baldwin brothers, all actors. Baldwin first April 8, 1963, 57 gained recognition appearing on seasons 6 and 7 Former captain of the England cricket team, who of the CBS television drama Knots Landing, in played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as the role of Joshua Rush.

Robert John Downey Jr, American actor, a right-handed wicket keeper-batsman.

Livvi Franc, English composer, singer, dancer, April 4, 1965, 55 Alec Stewart.

April 2, 1988, 32 His career has been characterised by critical and Franc was born in North Yorkshire, to an English mother popular success in his youth, followed by a period and a Bayan father. Franc’s stage name was inspired by her of troubles, before a resurgence of success in middle age.

In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine among late maternal grandfather, Frank Wilson. When Franc was five, the family moved to Barbados. Franc wrote her first the 100 most influential people in the world. song at age 11 and learned the guitar at 15.

Nathaniel Edwin Clyne, English footballer, April 5, Alec Baldwin, American Actor, April 3, 1958, 62 1991, 29 Nathaniel plays as a right back for Premier A member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the

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League club Liverpool, and the English national team. He began his career at Crystal Palace, before a move to Southampton in 2012, where he spent three seasons in the Premier League. He joined Liverpool in July 2015.

Mark Blundell, English racing driver, April 6, 1996, 54 Mark is a British racing driver who competed in Formula One for four seasons, sports cars, and CART. He won the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was a Formula One presenter for ITV until the end of the 2008 season.

Edward John ‘Ed’ Speleers, English actor, April 7, 1988, 32 Edward is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Eragon, as well as a role in the TV series Downton Abbey.

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1581 - Knighthood Francis Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I. A few months earlier he became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world.

1970 - Best Actor Legendary actor John Wayne wins his first - and only - acting Academy Award, for Western True Grit. Wayne established his tough, rugged, uniquely American screen persona in 150 movies over the course of his long career.

1982 - Falklands On April 2, Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands, a British colony since 1892 and British possession since 1833.

Argentine amphibious forces rapidly overcame the small garrison of British marines at the town of Stanley.

1994 - Grunge Icon Kurt Cobain commits suicide on April 5. His body was discovered inside his home in Seattle. Despite indications that Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, killed himself, several sceptics pinned responsibility on his wife, Courtney Love.

1996 - Unabomber At his cabin in Montana, Theodore John Kaczynski is arrested by FBI agents, accused of being the Unabomber, the elusive terrorist blamed for 16 mail bombs that killed three people and injured 23.

2014 - Fabulous legend Lee Black Childers was an American photographer and writer. He also served as a tour manager for Iggy and the Stooges, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers and Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ tour.

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PANIC BUYING IN THE BAGGING AREA NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

IN the current emergency, we re a d t h a t i n F r a n c e t o b a c conists’ shops are ‘essential’; in Italy, they’re ‘serenading’; in Holland, they’re queuing for cannabis; in America, t h e y ’ re q u e u i n g f o r g u n s , while in the UK, they’re fighting over loo rolls and other unexpected items in the bagging area. Not sure what that says about us Brits!

Seriously, though, the challenge of helping others in a time of crisis brings out the best in all of us. In the UK, altruistic volunteers are teaching technology skills and collecting shopping while groups have teamed up with local pharmacies and supermarkets to help deliver groceries and essential medicines to those in quarantine or self-isolation.

And in Spain? As for me, I haven’t previously written about the virus because, rightly or wrongly, I felt read-

BOTTOM LINE: Be mindful and caring.

ers had enough information elsewhere and might prefer reading something a bit different.

I also personally miss the opportunity to do voluntary work under the current lockdown. As for the Spanish, every night at 8pm everyone takes to their balconies to applaud the efforts of the nurses and doctors who, just like NHS staff, are going way beyond the call of duty.

But the wider emergency is touching everyone - those who fall sick, doctors, nurses and families trying to adapt to this strange new abnormal. And it is in these abnormal times that we really see who is run-

ning the show: not the usual business leaders in the news, but the key workers who are the absolute backbone of every country.

The coronavirus is radically changing everything and the fallout will be considerable for some time. It’s a Hollywood drama unfolding in real life. Sadly, there will be many losers, both people and businesses.

Bottom line is that we all need to pull together, be mindful, caring and sensitively considerate. So far, that has proven to be the case, with optimistic caution as the watchword.

Fingers crossed that we can turn the corner as soon as everyone everywhere prays for an early scientific breakthrough to stop this thing in its tracks.

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THERE’S ALWAYS ONE, ISN’T THERE? FRANKLY SPEAKING

BY JULIE FRANK

WHEN we discuss health and advice we’re given by experts, you always get the internet/armchair ‘doctors’ popping up.

These people have no medical training whatsoever but think it’s fine to shove false information and conspiracies down our throats. I’ve seen it many times. ‘Educate yourself,’ they say…

Which means watch YouTube conspiracy videos. Whilst so high on pot, it’s to the point of paranoia!

Anti-vaxxers are the worst. In my experience, they are some of the most egotistical people I have ever come across.

Their desire to be right completely overrides everything. Logic, expertise, even lives. They pray on the desperate, vulnerable and naive. Money is usually their motivation. You have a look at their social media pages and more than often they’re flogging snake oil rubbish. Quite ironic they then accuse the ‘Big Pharma’ of being money orientated!

Recently, I’ve come across the Corona conspiracists.

One man spent quite a lot of time on social media today telling me I’m wrong because I think the UK s h o u l d have a proper policed lockdown, like

here in Spain. He, like a few other idiots think the virus is man-made and a conspiracy to control us all. He said he refuses to social distance himself. Used boring cliché phrases like ‘I’m not a sheep.’

So, while Spain are using ice rinks to store the dead, you have idiots like him roaming the streets of the UK, without any consideration for others’ lives. Their own egos and desire to be an individual override everything, as always.

I’m all for free speech - I mouth off a lot online myself. I just wonder - where do you draw the line? Pages like Natural News and Info Wars were taken down

by Facebook. Conspiracies may seem harmless. But quite frankly, they aren’t.

Info Wars, for example - because of their conspiracies, teachers from Sandy Hook Primary School had to move house several times due to death threats.

Personally, I think the best way to deal with conspiracies is to laugh at them.

But sadly, a lot of people do believe fake news. They leave their children unvaccinated. Pass the Corona Virus to innocent people. Even try and murder schoolteachers.

Because of the internet, we have access to so much valuable information.

But also, false and potentially dangerous information. Where do you draw the line?

Anyway. It’s so disappointing all the flights out of Malaga are cancelled. Because next week I was due to visit my friend Elvis on his little island again.

Hope he’s doing ok out there with Diana and Lord Lucan.

FALSE NEWS: Where do you draw the line?

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Bumbling around the Internet MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man I GOT a message from my daughter asking me what was I doing on Bumble? What? What’s Bumble?

Well my ‘trapped at home friends’ I’ll tell you what Bumble is. It’s a dating app and someone had decided to put a picture of me, in my wheelchair, on there as their profile picture. They didn’t use my name - just my picture.

Now why would you use a picture of a 70-year-old man, in a wheelchair, as a profile picture on a dating app? What sort of date are you looking for? Didn’t make any sense. My daughter responded saying I looked nice, to see if there was any response, but I decided it was best to report it and get it removed.

In fairness to Bumble it was removed immediately. Now surprisingly all that didn’t make me grumpy. In fact, I thought it was quite amusing. What did make me grumpy was my conversation with Bumble. I asked them why they just accepted profiles without verifying

them by sending real time photos and they said they ‘don’t require it but strongly encourage it.’ I also said I wanted the contact details they had on file for that bogus account. Of course they refused stating that their guidelines are in place for the safety of all their users and the decision to keep this information private is not one they made lightly.

I told them it was ridiculous that they protected the fraudsters. Why did they have any rights? And that they could do what they like with no redress except having the account blocked if someone notices. This company is valued at over a billion dollars so, of course, they don’t give a crap about anything except revenue. How can it be that the only person that suffers is the person whose picture is used?

Bumble say you can report it to the police but can you imagine how interested the UK police are going to be about you having your picture put on a USA owned dating app? We had a few more to and fros but I went as far as I could be bothered with. It’s a very simple fix - anyone who joins any type of dating app only has to verify the picture they put on the site with a passport or driving licence or any other photo ID. It would stop the problem instantly.

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DIONE LOCKYER STATISTICS are already being speculated surrounding the relationships between partners during the global lockdown. As a society, we are not used to being around our partners 24/7 which can therefore, create tension. I have created a course for those who wish to keep their relationship happy and healthy and would like to share some of the tips with my readers.

Communication is Key There will be times you feel frustrated or maybe even angry.

The children may be driving you insane, your partner may not load the dishwasher how you do, they may be getting under your feet.

The easy option is to moan, to argue, to sulk, but how does

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CONNECTING: Intimacy is associated with life positive emotions. your partner know what is happening unless you talk to them?

You need to communicate openly and honestly, without judgement or resentment. Tell your partner exactly how you’re feeling and why you are feeling that way.

Also have the understanding that your partner may be feeling the same way too. Have the conversation without raised voices and ask, what can I do to make this better?

Respect Each Other’s Feelings You cannot disregard a per-

son’s feelings. If you or your partner are feeling an emotion, don’t disregard it. Respect their feelings and remember your partner’s feelings have value.

Whilst it is easy to give ‘your opinion,’ that is not what is always needed. Listen to your partner effectively, repeat some of what they are saying so they know you have understood. It is important that you make it about them and not about yourself.

Don’t take it personally or get on the defensive. Show understanding and ask the question; what is it you want or need?

Create Healthy Boundaries In this current situation, it is easy to ‘get under each other’s feet’ therefore, it is important to respect each other’s space. If you like reading, take yourself into another room for a while and read a book whilst your partner watches their favourite TV show.

Take a hot soak in the bath whilst your partner does something they enjoy. Ask your partner, what is it you would like to do today?

Remember to respect each other’s individual likes and needs.

Sex Is Important Too. Sex isn’t just about intercourse.

It is a way two people can connect, maintaining a level of intimacy. As a parent myself, I understand that life can get in the way. Taking care of the children, cooking, cleaning and now home schooling.

By the time you’ve finished your daily chores, all you want to do is either collapse in front of the TV or go to bed and sleep, however, maintaining intimacy between you and your partner is not only scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, it is also associated with life satisfaction and positive emotions.

If you and your partner would like to be a part of the How To Have A Happy And Healthy Relationship With Your Partner Course, please email coachingwithdione@gmail.com.

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World Bipolar Day MS BIPOLAR UP AND DOWN WITH BALANCE UNEDITED LAST week on March 30 we celebrated World Bipolar Day, It’s a day the world comes together to raise awareness for this mental health disorder that affects 46 million people around the world.

So, having celebrated last week, here are some aspects of bipolar disorder that are important to understand, so you can help combat social stigma: • Bipolar affects every part of your life: It may be difficult to fully understand the strain bipolar disorder can take on someone because it is an invisible illness. You look perfectly fine but it can be crippling - from intense relationships, working, and all aspects of everyday life - from sleeping to showering.

• Bipolar disorder has many causes, from genetics to life events: There is no single genetic change, life event, or chemical brain imbalance that could be the root cause of bipolar disorder. Most of the time it is either a hormonal imbalance or a traumatic life event can trigger bipolar disorder.

• Bipolar disorder rarely exists alone: As if a mood disorder that involves deep low depression and manic episodes wasn’t enough to deal with, bipolar disorder can also come hand in hand with mental health illness, like OCD and Anxiety.

• Everyone’s bipolar disorder is different: no two people have the exact same symptoms and each diagnosis can be very different. The same medication or therapies do not work for all of us. However, there are two main types of bipolar disorder: Bipolar I which is characterised by one or more manic episodes that last at least a week; and Bipolar II, which is characterised by more depressive episodes.

• There are many celebrities that live with bipolar disorder: Celebrities including Demi Lovato, Mariah Carey, Mel Gibson, Russell Brand , amongst so many others are using their voice to beat bipolar disorder stigma.

• There may be a creativity connection: Did you

know that World Bipolar Day occurs on Vincent van Gogh’s birthday?

Van Gogh, considered one of the most greatest artists of all time, was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder.

• It is life-threatening, and support is so important : An estimated one in five people diagnosed with bipolar disorder die by suicide. World Bipolar Day is an opportunity to show those living with the day-to-day challenges of this condition they are not alone, they have your support, and there is always hope.

Stigma usually stems from ignorance or fear. For example, when a person tells a friend or an acquaintance that he or she has bipolar disorder, the response might be: • “Oh, everybody’s a little bipolar, why are you so special?”

• “Oh, man, you’re one of them?

Gosh, that's tough.”

• “You mean you might flip out and start shooting people?”

Unfortunately, for some individuals with bipolar, stigma can cause them to hide their diagnosis or it creates a great deal of shame. As a consequence, many people with bipolar don’t get the right treatment or the support they need to manage their illness.

Living with bipolar disorder may not be easy, but as van Gogh himself once said: “The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.”

I would love to hear from you and your thoughts, email me or follow me on Facebook. @Mswillowbipolar.

Lets celebrate our day, beat the social stigma and be proud of who we are!

Love Ms Bipolar X

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GIVE YOUR FACE A TREAT FACE massage may sound like a slightly unnecessary addition to your already expanding skincare routine but giving your face a good massage has a wealth of benefits, firmer skin, better sleep and overall happiness not to mention an injection-free alternative to botox.

How to massage: Always start from the centre of your face and move outwards and upwards, don’t be afraid to be firm. Drop a small amount of face oil into the palms of your hands and rub lightly together. Place the palms of your hands against either side of your nose and sweep outwards and upwards.

Try arranging your index and middle fingers into peace signs, join into a diamond shape and place your chin in the hollow.

Sweep outwards along and up your jaw.

Place your peace signs upright with each finger hugging the sides of your cheekbones in a V shape. Push up and repeat.

BE FIRM: A good massage has a wealth of benefits.

Now place your index finger on the outer corner of your eye pulling it taut. Use your middle finger from the same hand to sweep underneath your eye in an arch, pressing along the top of your cheekbone. Repeat the above move but taking your middle finger along the top of your eyebrows instead of underneath your eye.

Firmly press in an arch from the beginning of your eyebrow outwards, working along the brow bone.

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BARRY DUKE DID I really sleep until 2.30pm? Ridiculous! But that’s what happened when I pitted myself against my computer’s Scrabble board.

When I glanced up at the clock it was 5.00am, and the stats showed I was losing many more games than winning.

This, I reckon, is because the software recently updated itself, and in so doing began using words that aren’t English. ‘Nkosi,’ the Zulu word for king, is one, but when I use the same word in Spanish - ‘rey’ - the computer says no.

In normal times I’d never spend five hours playing computer games, but there’s nothing remotely normal about being quarantined. So days and nights seem to have more hours in them than I know what to do with.

The recently-opened convenience store near our apartment offers some relief, but at the same

Chocolate biscuits and pandemics

CONTAGION: I never imagined how prescient it would turn out to be. time it’s doing my waistline no favours. Never have I bought so many chocolate biscuits to nibble while staring at the TV screen.

Last night I got through two packets watching people panic

buying in supermarkets while trying hard to keep their distance from one another. Grave voices were saying ‘wash your hands frequently, don’t touch your face, don’t go out unless you really

have to and we’re working as hard as possible to find a cure for a virus that we think originated from bats in China.’

Was I watching the news? No! On the screen was a movie made in 2011. The plot of ‘Contagion’ is uncannily like the current situation. When I first saw it I rated it highly but never imagined how prescient it would turn out to be.

The plot departs from the reality of Covid-19 in only one respect: the people advising social distancing and speaking about the efforts to find effective treatments and a vaccine are eminent scientists, not politicians. In the movie the President of the US is not seen; he’s holed up in a bunker.

If only the same could be said of the muppet Donald Trump. In a few sentences in a recent White House briefing he succeeded in flatly contradicting Anthony S Fauci, Director of the National

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Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and insulting an NBC News correspondent, Peter Alexander, calling him a ‘very bad reporter.’

Worst, Trump suggested that, because he’s ‘a very smart guy’, he had a ‘good feeling’ that a malaria drug would cure Coronavirus. This, said Fauci, was baloney.

Much as I detest Boris Johnson, to his credit he hands over the microphone at his briefings to people who actually know what they are talking about.

Why, in the midst of a pandemic, would I want to watch a movie about a pandemic? I’d forgotten I had ‘Contagion’ until I read an article saying Covid-19 had greatly boosted demand for virus movies. And the Techradar website published a list of the 10 best pandemic movies ever made.

‘Contagion’ tops the list and I own three others – ‘Twelve Monkeys’ (1995), ’28 Weeks Later’ (2007), and ‘Outbreak’ (1995).

I intend watching the last three again. But without the chocolate biccies. Fear of adding inches to my waistline exceeds my fear of Covid-19.

Barry Duke’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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