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THE NEXT STEP
STEPPING OUT: Waiting staff on Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
NOW that the whole of Spain has left Phase 0, we should b e p ro u d o f o u r c o l lective efforts paying off as we have taken the next step on the road to de-escalation. This newfound freedom and more relaxed measures have helped us understand the value of life. However, to enter the new normality and help get Spain back on track with its typical tourism and livelihood we need to show the world that we live in a safe environment and welcome visitors with open arms.
The best way to show them this is if we, the residents, make the next step, the step outside. We need to support the local businesses that keep the tourism sector alive. Businesses have already tried to reopen but with low footfall, it has pushed them back into hiding reinforcing the fear they have of failing. We s h o u l d n o t l e t t h e m f a i l . We w a n t them to come back fighting, bigger and better and with all the extra safety measures to put customers minds at ease.
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has assured there will be a holiday season this summer and the government has proposed to lift quarantine requirements for international tourists from July 1. So, if they are coming, now is the time to get ready, let’s give them something to en-
joy when they get here after these months of confusion. Something to lift their spirits and something to show that we have won the war against this virus. We have come so far and worked so hard to reach this point, that it would be foolish to take a step in the wrong direction. Work-
ing together is of utmost importance so we can ensure that Spain is a safe destination for
all our families, loved ones, and friends to come and visit or live in.
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Masks are a Must MASKS are now mandatory under certain circumstances and not abiding to the new regulations is punishable with a sanction. However, wearing a mask is a
must, not because of a sanction but because it severely reduces the risk of transmitting a virus if everyone is wearing one. It’s not a hard task, just wear your mask!
National Mourning SPAIN has declared that once all territories are in Phase 1 the nation will have an official 10-day mourning period, the most prolonged length in the history of its democracy. However, many have been left wondering, what does this national mourning mean? One of the
Libraries open again VELEZ-MALAGA’s public libraries are open again, although with de-escalation limitations. “We have given priority at all times to the health and safety of both staff at the libraries and members of public,” said the town hall’s Culture councillor, Cynthia Garcia,. At present the service is limited to taking out and returning library books, Garcia explained.
The study rooms remain closed and the computers or other IT equipment normally provided by the library for public may not be used. The libraries are open from 10am until 1pm and phone enquiries can be made between 9am and 2pm. Ringing beforehand is recommended before taking out or returning books and a space has been set aside to quarantine returned books for 14 days.
Well-protected RINCON DE LA VICTORIA’S town hall has provided its Local Police force with 25 new bulletproof waistcoats. Certified as anti-stab and anti-spike, the Safariland waistcoasts which are also resistant to heat and cold, were recently presented to the officers by the town hall’s Public Safety councillor Borja Ortiz. “We continue to act in accordance with our commitment to equip the Local Police with the best technical and material resources to protect them and, naturally, the municipality’s residents,” Perez said.
Adequate diet ONE THOUSAND jars of baby food, 500 packets of cereal and 500 packets of formula are being distributed to needy Axarquia families. Operacion Potito (Operation Baby Food) sets out to provide adequate food for babies in families affected by the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pharmacies are collaborating with the scheme, setting aside donations of food from members of the public, which the Club Running
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Playas de Torre del Mar and the area Red Cross distribute to local charities. Rafael Sanchez, president of Club Running Playas de Torre del Mar, which has organised the Axarquia campaign, also emphasised “the enormous demonstration of solidarity” from Axarquia pharmacies. “Not only are they collection points but they have actively participated with their own donations of baby food.”
most significant changes will be all the half-mast flags in public buildings and ships. In interior spaces it is common to see the flag appear with a black crepe. Furthermore, there will be a posthumous tribute to symbolise the victims fallen by Covid-19 chaired by the Prime Minister himself.
Cars make way .NERJA’S Calle Diputacion will be closed to traffic each evening from today, Thursday May 28. The town hall’s Public Safety, Transport and Commerce departments announced that the closure will continue from 6pm until 3am each day until October 31 and asked owners to clear the road by moving their vehicles. As well as making room for pedestrians to maintain social distancing, the move will also contribute to boosting trade for Calle Diputacion’s shops, cafes and restaurants, Commerce councillor Javier Lopez said.
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Award Winner THE way that some people have gone out of their way to help their struggling community over the last two months has been mind-blowing. Kara Caradas is one of those people, so it comes as no surprise that she has been nominated for this special recognition award throughout our footprint of Spain - Gibraltar to Valencia and the Balearics. For those who didn’t know her before, she is the fearless leader of the Costa del Sol’s Food Fairies. For many others she is the owner of The Boardwalk in Marbella, and you probably saw her on Sky News, discussing the plight of Costa restaurateurs. In each of these roles, Kara’s massive, caring and giving heart shines through. What motivates her to help those in need? “I have always done it, it’s in my nature. When I was 16 I used to take meals to the homeless in the street,” she told me when she visited us at the Euro Weekly News. Kara also runs a project that finds jobs for children from Malaga orphanages or employs them in the restaurants she and her sisters own. “These children have no rights in the government’s eyes, but if they become employed, then they have a purpose and can later apply for residency,” Kara told me. “The project also helps the children buy school clothes, glasses or save up for a special day at the beach or the Aqua Park, the things other kids take for granted.” I asked if Kara had a mantra that gets her through the day but instead of a mantra she told me a story that pushes her to do her best. “One of the first houses I visited during the crisis was a new mother. As she had not eaten for days her breast milk had dried up so she could not feed her child,” Kara recalled. “To be able to feed both that woman and her baby was enough to make me want to go on helping.” Kara and her family are very close and it’s hard to find a photograph where they are not together. Her sister Penny owns The Harbour and The Playwright restaurants, whereas Charley co-owns The
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Boardwalk restaurant and owns the famous Mirage nightclub. The whole family set up the amazing Food Fairies project that made a phenomenal impact on the Costa del Sol communities. Without their physical and emotional support some people would
“These children have no rights in the government’s eyes, but if they become employed, then they have a purpose and can later apply for residency.”
certainly not have survived the recent crisis, not that you would ever hear Kara say this. Nor could it have been easy to witness, despite knowing that they were bringing joy to so many families. Inez Robinson from Last Chance Animal Rescue, who has worked with Kara many times, was full of praise for her friend. “A few years ago she helped massively
“To be able to feed both that woman and her baby was enough to make me want to go on helping.” by arranging a photoshoot for a calendar which was somewhat risqué,” Inez told me. “But my goodness it raised a huge amount of money for us. Her fundraising skills are phenomenal.” “Kara should be sainted,” she declared. “She is fantastic and so generous. What you see is what you get. She will go to the ends of the earth to help someone, whether they be animal or human, and her generosity is boundless.” Kara was nominated by the business people of the expat community as the greatest motivator and instigator of similar projects throughout the regions. She is a beautiful personality who radiates good energy and is hopeful that her restaurant, The Boardwalk, will open again soon and she can let her hair down at a big party. However, when the crisis finally passes it will be business as usual for Kara and she won’t stop helping those who need it: “It’s in my nature,” she said simply. Her strength brings to mind another strong and influential woman, Audrey Hepburn who said “As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.” The American civil rights activist Rosa Parks once said, “One person can change the world” and on the Costa del Sol, Kara is that one person. She is changing the world constantly for many people, changing their lives for the better. Rosa Parks also said, “Each person must live their life as a model for others” and what better role model than Kara, someone who does her utmost for others and finds happiness through making others happy. Kara brought light when there was darkness, hope where there was fear, unity where there was solitude and a purpose for the whole madness. She is without doubt the holder of the title THE PRINCESS OF THE PEOPLE’S PAPER.
Kara is the name for our new future of sharing and giving. The people along the coast of Spain stand up and salute you KARA CARADAS.
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A VELEZ-MALAGA councillor suggested that swimming club members could train in the sea. Jose Pino, spokesman for the Andalucia por Si party, said that swimmers belonging to regional sports federations and their clubs had not been able to train since the State of Alarm announcement. “Now that sport may be practised individually, swimmers need an allocated space for their activities,” Pino maintained in the local Spanish media.
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TRAINING: Swimmers losing out without pool time. “We know that in the present situation, if swim-
THE regional government’s Tourism delegate Gustavo Rodriguez recently visited La Herradura to meet the owners of beachfront businesses. He wanted to learn first-hand about the situation that was confronting the sector during de-escalation from the Covid-19 lockdown, he said, and to express his support as the chiringuito beach bars reopened.
mer, capacity will be limited to 30 per cent,” the
First-hand info Accompanied by the Tourism and Beaches councillor Daniel Barbero, Rodriguez spoke to the president of the Association of Costa Tropical Beach Bars, Francisco Trujillo. The coronavirus had inflicted “difficult and complicated” circumstances on local businesses, Trujillo said, who also explained to
Hardened criminal A 54-YEAR-OLD man, wanted for robbing and savagely beating an elderly man, was arrested in Velez-Malaga. Police investigating the case found that their suspect was also responsible for a spate of robberies with violence in the area, always choosing victims aged between 60 and 70, police said. He used more than 30 aliases and assumed three different nationalities, police found. It later emerged that the detainee had already served a prison
ming pools are allowed to open at all this sum-
ter m in 2008 for an identical crime, when one of his victims died following a violent attack. Sources close to the investigation revealed that the man, who is now remanded in custody, had spent long periods in prison and was after serving his latest term last November. FROM June 11 to July 8, there will be an exhibition of new paintings by Irene Grant who is s British artist that resides in Axarquia region. The exhibition will be held at Bio Beach Club El Morche, Paseo Maritimo El
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councillor continued. “That is why we are asking for an allocated section of beach to compensate for the lack of pools for swimmers to use.” Given the number of people who will be going to the beach, they could train on a section limited by buoys at the designated sports hours, Pino said. “Once the summer is over and we know what the situation is like, we’ll see if a return to normal is possible or if they will have to continue training in the sea.”
the delegate the sector’s worries, needs and shortfalls The Junta was preparing to assist town halls carry out contingency plans to tackle the effects of coronavirus crisis on the sector, Rodriguez assured Trujillo. “But however much help arrives it will be little enough to overcome the huge economic efforts needed to guarantee safety, hygiene and peace of mind on our beaches,” the three men agreed.
Steps to take when entering hospital AXARQUIA Hospital has upped anti-coronavirus safety measures to protect patients, outpatients and those accompanying them when entering the building. The ground floor now has two attention points where a celador (a nonmedical member of staff) will give out information and provide sanitising hand gel.
Beach art Morche, 29770 and will be open daily from 9am until 11pm. For any further information please call Tel 657 364 594.
They will also explain the route patients should take to reach consulting rooms, at the same time preventing people from wandering unnecessarily through the hospital, hospital sources said. The celador will also keep watch over the flow of outpatients to ensure that there are neither long waits nor overcrowding in wait-
ing rooms. The hospital management also announced that when a patient does not need a companion, this person must remain outside the centre for their own safety. This does not apply in the case of children, the elderly, those with cognitive or functional limitations or those about to have an operation.
Canine team THE Canine Unit attached to Almuñecar’s Local Police seized drugs on 35 occasions during the Covid19 lockdown. Sniffer dogs Negro and Otto accompanied their police handlers on 60 searches, officers told the Spanish media. Negro was found injured on the motorway by an officer from the Guardia Civil’s own Canine Unit. Just two when he was
rescued, he was later trained and sent to help Almunecar’s Local Police in drugs controls near local schools and bar areas. He was joined four years later by Otto. The drugs that Negro and Otto help to locate are sent through the Guardia Civil to a Malaga laboratory for analysis and findings are added to the paperwork submitted to the courts, their handlers said.
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Weak response FRANCISCO DELGADO BONILLA, Partido Popular spokesman on Velez-Malaga Council, criticised the local government’s ‘scant interest’ in local problems. He was referring, Bonilla said, to the town hall’s failure to debate the PP motion condemning Alberto Garzon, Spain’s Consumer Affairs minister, for vilifying tourism. Bonilla called for Garzon to be declared persona non grata in Velez-Malaga after he dismissed tourism as “precarious, seasonal and low-value.” Although the PSOEGIPMTM coalition that controls the town hall had agreed to vote in favour of fasttracking the motion, the two groups failed
A GIANT heart has been set up in Paseo Andres Segovia in La Herradura. It is actually a container for the plastic bottle-tops that are collected for recycling to raise cash for different charities. “This is a way of encouraging recycling, raises environmental awareness and is, at the same time, a gesture of solidarity,” said deputy mayor Juan Jose Ruiz Joya. “The Corazon de Tapon also gives a different image to the area and also pro-
A COMPANY manager has been charged with stealing 116 metres of guardrail from a road in Corumbela on the outskirts of Sayalonga. An investigation took place when the town hall reported its disappearance shortly after the guardrail was put in place, with Guardia
to do so, Bonilla complained. “Moreno Ferrer and Atencia have again demonstrated how little they care about the sector,” the PP spokesman said in reference to Velez-Malaga’s mayor, Antonio Moreno Ferrer, and deputy mayor Jesus Perez Atencia. He was “perplexed” by their attitude, Bonilla maintained. “They would rather do a disappearing act than question the minister’s words that do so much harm to a sector on which a large part of our municipality’s economy depends.” Their silence made the local government complicit in the minister’s “lamentable words,” Bonilla claimed.
Have a heart vides somewhere for residents to deposit the bottle-tops they have collected,” Ruiz Joya added. Other hearts will be set up in other parts of La Herradura if this first initiative is successful, he said: “And I’m sure that it will, demonstrating that our hearts are as big as the sculpture.”
Now you see it, now you don’t Civil officers discovering that local residents had seen it being removed by the same three workmen who installed it days earlier. Further enquiries revealed that a manager
from the company which employed them had a police record for similar offences, leading to his arrest while the three others are under investigation for alleged robbery.
No bail reduction of Dana suspect A VELEZ-MALAGA judge refused to reduce bail for the remanded partner of Dana Leonte who disappeared in Arenas last June. The original bail of €25,000 was reduced to €17,000 in April and, following this latest request, the judge explained that the crime for which the detainee was being investigated was of “such magnitude” that bail had to be commensurate. The greater the crime, the greater the risk of trying to evade justice, the court pointed out, turning down a request to reduce bail to €6,000. The public prosecutor and the
lawyer representing Dana’s brother in the private accusation were also opposed to a further reduction of the suspect’s bail. “This is outrageous after the suspect’s sister boasted on social media that the family had put together more than €19,000, but intended to ask for a reduction,” the lawyer said. Dana’s partner was remanded in prison last September, more than three months after she had disappeared, after a woman’s thigh bone was found in the countryside, several kilometres from the family home.
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Safe and sustainable RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Town Hall will analyse the sand on the local beaches and the surface of the showers. Te s t i n g f o r s e v e r a l types of bacteria and fungal infections will be carried out by a laboratory at a cost of €1,234 during the first fortnight of June, July and August, the town hall’s Environment councillor Sergio Diaz announced. “This is necessary prior to opening the beaches to the public which owing to this year’s Covid-19 pandemic, will take place during the de-escalation period,” Diaz said. Francisco Salado, Rincon de la Victoria’s mayor, emphasised the importance of the work carried out by all town hall departments to ensure that the town’s coast was a
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WELL-GROOMED: Sand is sieved, raked and levelled. safe and sustainable tourist destination. “Together with basic hygiene measures, we shall introduce further procedures to control use of the beaches with regard to the coronavirus,” he added.
In the meantime, sand on the town’s beaches is being sifted and raked, the Environment councillor said, and walkways put in place. Two more lifeguard towers are also to be installed, bringing a total of 12.
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Fiestas written off SALOBREÑA recently held its first council session since the national government declared the State of Alarm in March. During the meeting councillors agreed that all of the town’s fiestas would have to be cancelled. “However the epidemic evolves, it would be prudent to limit gatherings and the number of occupants inside establishments amongst other things,” said Salobreña’s mayor Maria Eugenia Rufino. “It was a painful decision,” she admitted. “These are very
SALOBREÑA: No beach bonfires on June 24. traditional, long-established fiestas, but I think people will understand.”
ALMUÑECAR’S Local Police arrested a 26-year-old resident who should have begun a prison sentence five months ago. Some days ago, seeing a police control ahead in the Paseo del Altillo he fled after leaving the car in which he was travelling with two other people, a Local Police spokesman revealed.
There will be no organised celebrations for San Antonio (June 13), San Juan (June 24)
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GUARDIA CIVIL and Local Police officers dismantled illegal camps in the Maro area, Nerja’s Public Safety councillor Francisco Arce announced. Formal complaints were lodged against three people, all non-Spanish, and 15 settlements eradicated from the La Caleta and Barranco de Maro beaches as well as the Cuevas del Acueducto zone. The municipal cleaning service had to clear away so much accumulated rubbish left by the wild campers that it was necessary to take it from the beach by boat, Arce revealed. The town hall also had to arrange for the removal of stray dogs from the area. Surveillance to prevent more camps from being set up on local beaches was to be stepped up.
or the Virgen del Carmen (July 16) although these will still be public holidays, Rufino explained. The Virgen del Rosario fiestas are a possible exception as they are held in October and councillors will postpone a decision until nearer the date. The mayor explained that she was particularly worried about San Juan night when thousands of people gather round bonfires on the beach, and said that she had asked the central government’s Subdelegation about closing the beaches all that day.
Wanted man foiled by police “By chance the same vehicle was later spotted in Calle Laderas de Castelar and once again he left the car, trying to escape on foot, but was arrested when he was found hiding un-
derneath a parked car. The vehicle’s two other occupants are now under investigation for allegedly helping the wanted man to remain in hiding.
“The detainee, who was due to go to prison, is skilled at giving the police the slip, and has been evading arrest for the past five months,” the spokesman said.
No Glory New funds get FURTHER obstacles are complicating completion of Ve l e z - M a l a g a ’s coastal path. Malaga’s provincial council, the Diputacion, has not approved town hall plans for the three sections totalling 1.747 kilometres between Arroyo de Chilches and Las Adelfas. The plans for the €1.168 million project were submitted to the Diputacion at the end of last year and were rejected for the same reason in each case, centring on occupation of the protected maritime-territorial strip that belongs to the state and is a public right-of-way. The lack of a geotechnical study was
another drawback, as this stretch of the coastal path includes three paths, making seven in all. The Diputacion has informed the town hall that these defects should be rectified and presented once more, indicating more delays in completing the path that follows the coast from Chilches to Benajarafe. Residents affected by the path, or the lack of it, are also losing patience. The Benajarafe and Chilches Residents’ Assocation (ByCH) complained that other municipalities constructed coastal paths without problems “but we are already years behind,” one member said.
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NERJA Town Hall approved municipal licences for five private projects amounting to €955,975. Drawing attention to the current ‘grave economic and social crisis’ resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, Nerja’s mayor Jose Alberto Armijo emphasised that it was fundamental for the local government to intensify its
efforts in dealing with municipal procedures. This was particularly important regarding urban projects like the five recently-granted licences which would reactivate the economy and generate employment, Armijo said during a recent online meeting of the Local Government Board.
The same meeting also approved hydrological-hydraulic surveys of several sections of the River Seco and River Chillar which will be submitted to the regional government’s Agriculture department, defining their course inside the municipality. The Board also approved temporary contracts for 66 street cleaners and nine drivers
Mayor let off the hook Lucky numbers A TORROX court temporarily shelved legal proceedings brought by the La Almedina car park concessionary against local mayor Oscar Medina. The temporary consortium (UTE), created specifically to run the car park, accused Medina of breach of duty by failing to control vehicles parking in
zones adjoining La Almedina. According to the Torrox judge, there were no signs that Medina had acted arbitrarily or unjustly. Despite a 40-year concession, the UTE stopped running the installation last January after 12 years, alleging losses ‘amounting to millions.’
A VELEZ-MALAGA punter won the twice-weekly €1 million prize included in Spain’s Euromillions draw. Neither the first nor second prize was taken in last Friday’s draw but the El Millon consolation prize went to the owner of a Euromillions ticket bearing the randomly-printed BCQ26357 code. The ticket was acquired at the Number Two lottery administration in Velez-Malaga’s Calle Alcalde Jose Herrera, which processed an earlier Euromillions coupon that won an El Millon prize last February.
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THE Junta de Andalucia president has put forward the idea of permanent monuments to health care workers in all the region’s provincial capitals. Juanma Moreno’s idea is to capture the spirit of the public expressions of appreciation throughout lockdown for Andalucia’s health care staff working on the frontline of the battle against coronavirus. In a meeting earlier today with the mayors of the region’s principal cities, Moreno explained that the Andalucia Marble Business Association has suggested that each capital have a similar sculpture, in a location of their choosing, which pays tribute to health workers’ determination and dedication in fight-
CREDIT: Twitter @JuanMa_Moreno
Monuments to Bathers venture back health workers
TRIBUTE: The idea is to capture the spirit of the public expressions of appreciation for health care staff.
ing the pandemic and which ensures that their key contribution to the struggle against the virus is always remembered. “The hope with this is that nobody, not us or future generations, forget everything which has happened and the work and the role played by these professionals,” the regional government head said.
SWIMMERS and sunbathers have been venturing back onto the beaches of some of Spain’s most popular holiday destinations as around half the country moved into Phase 2 of the easing of lockdown restrictions on Monday May 25. The second phase of the lockdown de-escalation means that after two and half months, and with temperatures reaching summer-like highs, beach-goers can once again take a dip or catch some rays in all the Canary and Balearic Islands, three provinces in Andalucia, Murcia and Tarragona. Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country on Spain’s Atlantic coast are also now in Phase two.
THE Royal Navy was forced to clear out a Spanish boat from Gibraltarian waters for the second time in May. On May 6, the patrol boat HMS Sabre was pressed into action to stop the incursion of the Infanta Cristina into
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BEACHES OPEN: Social distancing and hygiene measures must be adhered to.
The beach experience is not quite the same as before the coronavirus crisis turned life upside down. Beachgoers are expected to practise social distancing, to be fastidious about personal hygiene measures, and to be extra careful about rubbish disposal in order to prevent any
risk of Covid-19 infection. Establishing measures like setting out allocated places, limiting maximum beach-goer numbers and specific time slots for the elderly and people in vulnerable groups is in the hands of the individual local authorities.
Fresh Incursion British territorial waters. The latest spat saw the P43 Relámpago patrol vessel going where it shouldn’t and it incurred the wrath of the Royal
Navy Gibraltar Squadron, with one of their patrol boats having to escort the Spanish craft out of the area. Reports said that the
Relámpago was close to the east side of the Rock of Gibraltar and that it also came close to some pleasure boats. The vessel had gone so far into the Gibraltarian waters, that the escort back into Spanish seas took over an hour.
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Go-ahead for renovations THE Spanish government has given the green light for renovations and repairs in inhabited properties to start up again. The Health Ministry published an order on Saturday May 23 which lifts the suspension on works in buildings in which people are living, which was brought into force on April 12 in order to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infections.
The ministry’s decision means jobs like painting and decorating can also go ahead in inhabited properties. The only restrictions are guaranteeing health and hygiene measures and sticking to a minimum interpersonal distance of two metres. The April 12 Health Ministry order prohibited all works in buildings in which there were peo-
Aggressive brawl
PRISON VIOLENCE: Inmates flooded their cells and barricaded all entrances.
A CORRECTIONAL centre in Cordoba has had a rough 48 hours of violence which began on Saturday May 23 with an attempt to begin a riot in the M-10 wing of the prison as the inmates flooded their cells using soapy water and barricaded all entrances with their mattresses.
After destroying the furniture, they rallied inmates to ‘rise up’ and fight the prison officers. However, the guards were able to keep the potential riot under control. The next day prison officers were alerted to a disturbance at around 8.00pm in the isolation
wing of the facility. Upon entering the cell from which they suspected a disturbance, the prison officers were attacked with a bucket of water mixed with bleach which if they had not been equipped with the correct protective material could have seriously injured them. The inmate had a glass shard which he used as a weapon after smashing the light in the ceiling and threatened to kill the officers. After a slight struggle the prisoner was restrained and relocated to solitary confinement.
ple who had nothing to do with construction works. The ministry then modified the order on May 3, allowing works in business premises, properties and defined uninhabited areas of a building or which residents could not access, as well as specific jobs on the building’s connections to services needed for the works to be carried out.
Travel quarantine won’t last SPAIN’S Tourism mini s t e r R e y e s M a ro t o d e c l a re d t h a t t h e quarantine period for foreign arrivals would not outlast the State of Alarm. Speaking during an Onda Cero interview, Maroto urged foreign tourists, especially those from France and Germany to visit Spain. Her statement was a indirect comment on France’s Environment minister Elisabeth Borne who recommended shunning Spain this summer owing to border controls and quarantine. Foreign tourists would begin arriving in July, insisted Maroto
FOREIGN TRAVEL: Tourists are expected to arrive in July. who nevertheless defended the two-week period for those entering Spain. “Other countries had adopted the
same measure, but it was temporary and would end at the same time as the State of Alarm,” the minister said.
Welcome back SPAIN will welcome back international tourism in July, according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Speaking at a news conference Saturday lunchtime (May 23), Sanchez said: “I am announcing that there will be a tourist campaign this summer. Starting in
POLICE were out in force on Monday May 20 trying to stop the flood of people onto beaches in Barcelona. The local government has said it will consider taking “a step back” in terms of opening beaches if the crowds seen on the first day of walks on the sand were allowed to continue. Eloi Badia, the local Climate Emergency councillor, suggested restrictions could be tightened once again: “If we see that
Step back the desire to enjoy the beach, which is in our Mediterranean DNA, is stronger than the regulations, we will have to take a step back. “In general, the people of Barcelona quickly understand rules, and we are sure we will be able to revert this situation,” he said concerning the crowds seen
July, foreign tourism to Spain in safe conditions will resume. Spain needs tourism and tourism needs security. We will guarantee security. “Without health there is no business. I send a message to the tourists: Spain has been waiting for you since July.”
the first day beaches were opened during the 6am to 10am time slot, which is for people aged 14-70. A top epidemiologist for Catalonia, Antoni Trilla, expressed concern about some images of the first day at beaches on the Catalonia Ràdio station: “This cannot go on by any means.” He said there were “crowds” and people “not respecting rules” and that this could lead to new Covid-19 transmissions.
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Round the world for cancer Credit: Chris O’Hare
LOCKDOWN ISLAND: Funding groundbreaking research for breast cancer.
EURO WEEKLY NEWS spoke exclusively to C h r i s O ’ H a re w h o , along with his wife Gabriella, is cycling a c ro s s t h e w o r l d t o raise funds for charity Prevent Breast Cancer. The brave and kindhearted couple are currently locked down in Thailand on a beautiful
little island called Phi Phi where they can swim to catch their own dinner and their home is a tent erected inside a cave. The couple set out two years ago and have cycled 21,300 kms across 27 countries so far. Along the way they have promoted their cause, however, due to the coronavirus crisis limiting people’s in-
come, donations to Prevent Breast Cancer have dropped drastically. “We have only managed to raise £11,000 so far which the charity is very happy with, but we really feel like we could do more,” said Chris. Prevent Breast Cancer, based in Manchester, is the only UK charity funding ground-break-
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AIR TRAVEL: Airlines are getting ready to start flying again. RYANAIR and easyJet are gearing up for a return with new air travel guidelines for passengers using Spanish airports. The guidelines have been issued by the European Union to keep passengers and aircrew safe when services resume after the coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions are lifted. Ryanair plan to operate 40 per cent of their normal schedule from July, whilst easyJet on May 21 announced some mainly domestic services will resume principally based on the UK and France will resume in mid-June. The EU report says that “Passengers are recommended to practise distanc-
ing, hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, and use medical face masks, and to declare their Covid-19 related status before receiving their boarding pass. “Passengers will also be asked to provide contact information to allow for ‘track and trace’ if someone on a particular flight later tests positive for Covid19,” it added. The EU recommended particular air filter systems that have been shown to be resistant to coronavirus particles and stated: “Aeroplane operators and airport operators should collaborate to ensure that passengers are not kept on board an aircraft without proper ventilation for longer than 30 minutes.”
ing research solely aimed at preventing breast cancer for future generations. EWN first spoke to the couple when they were living in a motor home in Torrox, Malaga Province and training in Spain for their big event. Chris pointed out that “being close to Malaga airport meant that Gabriella was able to
fly home to the UK to receive her treatment.” Gabriella had sadly been diagnosed with breast cancer and had undergone a double mastectomy and was receiving chemothera-
py. Chris also stressed that “the trip is all self-funded as we sold up in the UK. Every penny that is donated goes directly to the charity.”
If you would like to donate to Prevent Breast Cancer you can do so through the link at www.chrisandgab sworldcyclingtour.com where you can read their full story and follow them on their magnificent journey.
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Political Viewpoint from Spain by DAMON MITCHELL OTTO VON BISMARCK stated politics is the art of the possible, Mr Sánchez takes this to its limit. On two occasions he won the leadership of his party and just a few months after literally being thrown out by his own party he rose like a phoenix to make a vote of non-confidence against Mr Rajoy (PP leader) and convert himself into the President of Spain. A few months later he also won the General Election and made a coalition Government with Podemos which was the reason that his party had originally rebelled against him. Now four months into his ter m he has been able to survive five States of Alarms but has once again managed to upset practically everyone, from members of
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Setting Sanchez in context
TO THE LIMIT: Sanchez has a win-win attitude. his own party to the unions, the confederation of employers and industry and of
course all the opposition parties. This time he negotiated,
in secret, with a political party called Bildu (an antisystem political party) the
annulment of the 2012 labour reform. You may at this point ask yourself why would all this bother me? Well, it will make an obvious difference for all expats who work or are employers in Spain. As always Mr Sanchez has a win-win attitude and whatever he does comes out good for him, therefore, he gave a late-night clarification of the deal and tried to alleviate the situation saying it’s not a total deregulation of the law just a partial change. The outlook once again seems to be difficult for Mr Sanchez and it looks very improbable for Mr Sanchez to be able to complete the de-escalation phases as the State of Alarm is essential for this. But for Mr Sanchez anything is possible.
Lockdown depression SPAIN’S children are suffering increased levels of depression caused by the coronavirus lockdown according to a leading children’s charity. Statistics have been published which say that 17 per cent of youngsters have felt low during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a larger percentage in economically-struggling families. The stark figures come from a survey conducted by Save the Children in April, at the height of Spain’s State of Alarm lockdown. Save the Children said its April findings had an upside over the lockdown in that many families enjoyed spending the extra time together, but that they were concerned about the position of less-wealthy households. The charity’s survey
CHILDREN: Suffering during pandemic.
said that 32.3 per cent of youngsters in financiallystruggling homes had sleep problems, while just over 30 per cent were scared about contracting the coronavirus, which was substantially higher compared to more well-off families.
Save the Children talked to over 1,800 families and youngsters, and said that a quarter of poorer households had seen people made redundant or have to put up with less money, leading to anxiety levels rising amongst children.
FINANCE Laptop pricing WITH the lockdown in Spain, there has been a considerable increase in demand for laptops and many feared that this would lead to a rise in price as manufacturers took ad vantage of the situation. The director general of Lenovo Iberia, (a Chinese company which took over IBM’s PC business and is now the largest seller of laptops in the world), Alberto Ruano has said that the company will not increase prices unless the price of compo nents it uses goes up.
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€4 billion
is the amount that Spanish government owned Official Credit Institute (ICO) has had to reallocate by deadline of April 30.
British government debts keep growing
THE latest figures from the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) will make painful reading for the British government and Chancellor Rishi Sunak as borrowing for the month of April 2020 was £62.1 billion (€68.4 billion), the highest amount since records were first kept. It is easily understandable that this need for cash has been caused in the fight against Covid19 as the government has stepped in to help guarantee furloughed employees wages whilst tax income has fallen by 26.5 per cent when compared to April 2019 receipts.
By John Smith Borrowing in the latest full finan cial year (April 2019 to March 2020) is estimated to have been £62.7 bil lion (€62.9 billion), £22.5 billion (€24.8 billion) more than in the pre vious financial year and as can be seen, April’s borrowings almost equate to the entire borrowing of the previous year. The ONS has indicated that these figures are estimates and will be ad justed as more information becomes available, but the inference is that they are likely to be higher rather than lower when finalised.
It was also announced that net public sector debt at the end of April 2020 was £1,887.6 billion (€2,076 bil lion) which equates to 97.7 per cent of GDP and it should be remembered that during the last financial crises, Spain was criticised by the European Union when its borrowing exceeded GDP for a while. Once the country has recovered from the virus that has affected so many, the British government is go ing to have a very difficult and po tentially longer job to try to get the economy back to a healthy condi tion.
LEGALLY SPEAKING Should administrator inform? The circumstances have changed since the pres ident of our community took office three years ago. The administrator is aware the president now has two ‘denuncias’ against him, which could af fect his presidency. As a matter of interest should the administrator inform the community owners of this change of circumstances regarding the president? B S (Costa Blanca) The admin istrator has no obligation to in YOU AND THE LAW form the members of IN SPAIN the denuncias against the presi dent. The word denuncia simply means ‘report.’ It does not mean that the president is guilty of any infraction of the law. A semiofficial announcement of these reports might well be considered an invasion of privacy on the part of the ad ministrator and a violation of Spain’s law of data protection. This would expose him to a possible lawsuit or even criminal charges. It is perfectly possible that these reports will come to nothing. In which case, the circumstances have not changed. If a court has issued a sentence for some offence, that would be another matter because it is in the public record.
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.
O2 and Virgin Media THERE has been a great deal of bank interest in the proposed merger of 02 (a subsidiary of Span ish group Telefónica) and Virgin Media (a subsidiary of Liberty Glob al) in the UK with oversubscription for the €4.5 billion credit line. The funding is needed to finance the new operation and Spanish Banks Santander, BBVA and Caixa Bank have committed to loans as have international banks such as Barclays, BNP Paribas and Gold man Sachs. The new company will have more customers than UK market leader BT.
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Aid cut THE European Union has for the second time decided that Spain has been giving too much in aid to Correos, the National Post Office and has now been told to cut the amount by €400 million.
Covid-19 OCU, the oldest Spanish consumer organisation estimates that some 74 per cent of households in Spain have losses averaging more than €1,700 due to Covid-19 and that 36 per cent of the employed population are currently without work.
Mortgage holidays THE Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK has proposed that mortgage holidays should be extended by three months for borrowers who are in need and that customers should be given until October to apply for extension.
Stelios Loses Battle CONTROLLING 34 per cent of the company, the founder of easyJet Stelios HajiIoannou has been at odds with the Board over an order for Airbus planes worth £4.5 billion (€4.95 bil lion). Not for the first time, he has tried to have the Chairman of the company sacked and de
manded an extraordinary shareholders meet ing calling on the dismissal of the Chairman, CEO, CFO and one other director, but proxy votes have seen his resolutions defeated. The Board argued that despite Covid19 dis ruption the company is strong and needs new aircraft.
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This Prime Minister is for turning DESPITE initially spurning the request from Donald Trump to refuse to allow Chinese corporation Huawei to become part of Britain’s 5G expansion, according to the Daily Telegraph, this current Prime Minister is for turning. Although only admitted to the groups involved in creating the 5G in frastructure with a minimum per centage, both American politicians and a considerable number of Tory backbenchers have fought against the Chinese having involvement whatsoever. With a majority in the House of
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By John Smith
TRADE DEALS: An ebullient Boris Johnson outside No 10.
Using excess power STATE owned organisation ADIF is responsible for managing tracks and railway stations across Spain as well as ensuring there is sufficient electricity to power all of the rolling stock.
As it is generating more electricity than it needs, it has turned its attention to diverting this excess to create charging points for electric cars as there will be a demand for at least
300,000 points within the next 10 years and more than double that number longer term. It is now looking for a commercial partner to install these points.
Commons of 80, you would think that the government would be safe from losing any vote, but with some 50 Conservative MPs indicating that they could vote against the govern ment over the matter, it could see an embarrassing loss. The other problem is that once Britain leaves the European Union it needs decent trade deals with strong economic partners and President Trump has already warned that the involvement of Huawei could affect a deal with America. It appears therefore that although Boris Johnson can’t simply cut the Chinese company out completely in the short term, he now plans to fin ish their involvement by 2023. The American fears are that if in structed by the Chinese government, Huawei could conceivably disrupt se curity matters not just in the USA but with its friends and partners. There is also some concern that despite China’s apparent acceptance of a style of democracy, those in power are still controlling much of what happens and could easily start another ‘Cold War’ if it suited them.
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BUSINESS EXTRA Green deal THE supply of renewable electricity to the nine motorways taken over by the Spanish government and managed by public company Seittsa has been awarded to Endesa. In return for a two-year contract worth €4.36 million, all electricity will be green.
Busy ports PORTS in Spain have not been adversely affected by the lockdown with Cadiz seeing a growth of 14 per cent over the same time last year and Cartagena being the most profitable with turnover of €50 million and profit of €19.3 million.
Tata help INDIAN group Tata Motors which owns Jaguar and Land Rover is reportedly in talks with the British government over a support package consisting of a £1 billion (€1.1 billion) loan as its car sales have dropped substantially thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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AND THE WIN
Vicki McLeod, Mallorca VICKI, a writer and photographer, wanted to do something creative with her time during the lockdown and so started a Facebook group called ‘Majorca, Mallorca at home together’ a help group to keep people in the community that has become greatly appreciated by those in her community. “I felt a lot of the other groups were very negative and giving out misinformation. I wanted to create a platform where the rules were to be kind and be nice to each other without spreading fear,” said Vicki. She now considers herself the “instigator” or “head girl” among the team of friends who helped her keep the page updated and grow to have 2,500 followers. “Many people have now increased their social circle through the group by sharing good, positive news. I know there are people who are alone who are scheduling their day around the page.” The page has included fun events like pop quizzes, competitions to win vouchers for local struggling businesses, exercise classes and any information that may help.” Vicki is a whirlwind of positive energy and hopes
Adrian and Paloma Cockings, Costa Blanca South
WE were inundated with nominations for this married couple from Murcia, who created the Facebook page ‘Coronavirus in Spain-Information’ which has been a lifeline for people in their community. Adrian is originally from the UK and Paloma is from Spain, together they manage to translate and convey all the important information coming from the government which has helped to set people’s minds at ease. “When the State of Alarm was announced I uploaded a video I had recorded to my Key Style Properties page pointing
out what the decree meant. There were so many hits it has now reached 31,000 views. I decided to start a page that featured these types of videos and posted them every day for 46 days.” Upon watching the videos you can see how Adrian has built a trusting audience, he is down to earth, upbeat and certainly breaks down the barriers when it comes to firm and sometimes confusing governmental information and delivering it in a positive and comforting manner that dispels any fear. The page now has 11,
000 followers and Adrian and Paloma aren’t looking to wind things up when the crisis cools off. “I would like to keep the page as an informative guide to Spain. I have already started on some tutorials and would like to cover parts of Spanish lifestyle. Also, I am currently auctioning off specially made t-shirts to give the proceeds to charity.” It is amazing that the pair have been able to give up so much of their time as they are new parents to four-month-old Lily who has become a star in her own right. They are certainly a selfless and giving family.
AFTER three weeks of nominations we are ready to announce your ‘Community Heroes.’
Euro Weekly News asked you, the reader, to tell us about the fantastic people who have kept your community together during these trying times. Who has gone out of their way to provide for others? Who has helped make these frightening times more bearable? Who deserves some pampering? We l l , t h e f l o o d g a t e s opened and we have been inundated with emails from our readers so impressed by how certain that the page can continue to be a valuable resource for people that are struggling and even businesses. “The crisis has brought a community closer, until recently I didn’t even know my neighbours three doors down, but now we all come out to clap on our doorsteps and get through it together.”
John Sharples, Costa del Sol JOHN is a whirlwind of energy and humour and could put a smile on anybody’s face. With his personal Facebook page, he posts musings, poems and hilarious videos to lift people’s spirits. EWN received e-mails aplenty from his supporters and fans on the Costa del Sol who believe that he has given them something to look forward to by bringing the community together through entertainment on social media. John was eager to do food deliveries to help needy familes but was aware of the restrictions in movement, he explained, “I would let people know where my car would be parked and leave it unlocked so they could fill it with donated food. Then friends that I know who did the deliveries could pick the donations up from there.” John also runs the What’s on in La Cala de Mijas page where he has kept the community up-to-date with information on the virus and the news unfolding in the hope of dispelling any fear and setting people’s minds at ease. “I love helping people, thousands of people have followed the page now because they know they can get accurate news from there,” said John. Many of his followers would wait patiently for the live bingo he organised where he sent out hundreds of bingo cards for everyone to play, usually 200 or more people. Apart from his online presence, John has been helping different charities. He
has arranged with the local La Cala Lions organisation to provide jigsaws to those who need them to relieve the boredom of lockdown and has been collecting dog and cat food for ACE and taking it to the kennels in his van. John has started slowing the page down now and directed his followers towards the best news sources. “I want the page to get back to letting people know what is going on in the area and also to start helping local businesses and giving them a boost when they need it most.” There is one thing for sure, lockdown would have been very boring on the Costa del Sol had it not been for John Sharples.
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NNERS ARE… members of their communities have gone above and beyond the call of duty to help make people’s lives easier during the current coronavirus crisis. The winner from each area will receive €200 to spend in local businesses that need it the most, in the hope of keeping these businesses alive. Thank you to everybody who got in touch and well done to all those who were nominated, you have done your community proud. Can we have a drum roll, please!
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Josefina Navarro, Axarquia UPON speaking with Josefina, or Fina as her friends call her, I immediately realised why so many people had been in touch singing her praises. She is a warm, caring woman who goes out of her way to make sure everybody else is ok. She has been a volunteer with the Red Cross in Granada for some time and is very aware of the number of people in need in the area. “There are so many people here who live alone, we help them write letters and try to cheer them up. I also have workshops which help them manage health and emotions,” she said. Many people pointed out how Fina has helped them with setting up in Spain whether it is to do with paperwork
JORGE or George Gon as he is affectionately known to his friends works for the town hall in Cantoria. He has stood out among all the members of his community for all the extra work he has done to help them during the health crisis. “When the State of Alarm started I created a small team of five people to help the old people in the a r e a . We w o u l d d o their shopping for them and deliver them face masks. We must have handed out between 30,000 and 40,000 masks to the community,” said George and added, “We also helped with Caritas food donations, delivering food to around 30 families in need.” George, a positive and cheer ful man originally from Mexico moved to Spain with his Scottish wife 19 years ago and brought up their three daughters here. He has not seen any of them since the lockdown began as they were out of town, but that does not stop him from spreading his positivity He has also recently become the secretary for a cat rescue association Kitty Kat Almanzora Valley. “I helped a couple create this association where they gather up street cats and have them treated, take care of their vet’s bills and I help translate all the paperwork.” Having spoken to George it is clear to see why he received so many nominations, he is both humble and grateful and admits that it is just in his nature to help people and he hopes to continue to help them long after the crisis is over.
or finding a home. Which is a little ironic as Fina herself is a political refugee from Venezuela currently trying to gain her own citizenship. When we spoke, Fina was making plans to take a member of the community to the hospital the next day, a man who had to have his foot amputated and she had selflessly been taking him food deliveries and checking up on him. She also has a WhatsApp group that allows her to keep in touch with the residents and greets them cheerfully to lift their spirits. It seems she has always been very caring. “In Venezuela when the doctors came from America to treat the children I would be the interpreter between them and the children’s families to make sure they were getting the correct information.” When the crisis is over Fina will continue helping with the Red Cross and has programmes planned with them. “Afterwards it will be tough but we can all get through it by helping each other.”
Karen Mailing Cowles, Costa Blanca North WHEN the State of Alarm was announced Karen was packing up for the night in her office “I remember it clearly, I got very emotional as it immediately made me realise how many families will go hungry.” That evening I spoke to a friend to work out what we could do. “I know how Spain works, people will not receive food parcels and I was very concerned for those who live day to day not knowing where the next meal is coming from, so we set up a food bank.” At the time Karen also thought it beneficial to have a group of translators on hand as there was so much information coming in that it could have become very confusing. She also began posting videos every day on her Facebook page to let people know what was going on and give messages of hope and support. With the help of her husband, they transformed their garage into a production line and food bank to put together food parcels for families. “The town hall would not allow anybody else in the area, apart from me, to leave the house. This meant that I was single-handedly shopping for and delivering to 56 families.” She also helped organise the fundraising page for Benidorm’s British Businesses Association Food Bank which currently holds €12,713. Through all her work she saw glimmers of positivity and put smiles on the faces of families. She even had one person tell her “Oh my goodness it feels like Christmas” as they were so relieved to receive what they needed.
Karen felt like a mother with an extended family. From it all, she believes it has created a caring community. “My community has been so, so impressive. They have gone above and beyond, all ages came together.” One thing that was especially touching is that along with some children for the village they wrote anonymous ‘notes of hope’ and added them to to the deliveries for the families to find. Karen pointed out that she will continue helping those who have suffered the knockon effects of the crisis “There’s no greater thing than giving,” she said.
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Don’t hold yer breath!
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT HAVE you ever heard so many ‘experts’ give their opinions on a problem they had no idea even existed three short months ago? And have you also noticed how many of these so called intellectuals choose to spout their ‘locked down’ views against a background of shelves stuffed with books? Bearing in mind that most of us have, at the mere push of a button, access to just about every book ever published, is this supposed to instill into us some form of confidence, that those who have access to these ‘libraries’ are the ‘whizzes’ we need to give us the answers to all the tribulations that beset us? Give us a break. I’d like to see any one of them in the shoes of the British government able to do a better job. Most of us can hone in on a couple of problems and decide that we know better; but this situation has presented the gov-
UK GOVERNMENT: Needs the public’s encouragement. ernment with a whole multitude of unprecedented circumstances. Their decisions and actions have needed to traverse an almost unbelievable spectrum of ongoing difficulties, from the supply of paper masks and new laws to the balanced distribution of billions of pounds in their attempts to keep the country and its citizens from sinking into a morass of economic debt and despair. Medical conundrums, which
include testing and supplies, have created logistical nightmares that would challenge the finest managerial brains in the world. The pure mental strain and responsibilities have been enough to bring any normal bunch of individuals to their knees. Yet, despite the constant nit picking of the left, they have with calm dignity soldiered on, even though their own leader was incapacitated for some weeks. Well I for one think they
deserve far more credit than they are receiving. If anyone needed the encouragement and gratitude of a public they are obviously trying so hard to protect and serve, it is this government. A group of dedicated men and women, who, through no fault of their own, suddenly found themselves, forced into the front line of defence from an invisible attacking pestilence whose sole enemy is the
entire human race. For heavens sake, all of you trying to get brownie points, or reap cheap political advantage from this nightmare should be giving them all the support you can. Anything less makes you a part of the problem and most emphatically not a part of the solution. Another occurrence arising from all this mayhem is the reduction by 57 per cent of out- patients visiting A&E. Assuming around 10 per cent of these are genuine cases of those not wishing to visit for personal reasons, this leaves a huge section of people staying away with other maladies, which must include the drunks, hypochondriacs and the victims of street violence that usually jam the waiting rooms of these vital overworked departments. Let’s hope all these time wasters continue to see some sense when all this gets back to normal. But don’t hold yer breath!
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BY JULIE FRANK
AS I’m writing this, it’s the end of a very historic day. The day the temporary law came into force and it became compulsory we wear these oppressive facemasks in busy public places. I thought I would tell you all about my extremely traumatic experience of Day 1, wearing the ghastly mask… Well, quite Frankly, the new law made sod all difference to me. I’ve happily worn one in public places for the last two months, regardless. It’s not traumatic, oppressive (blah blah) in the slightest. It was the same as any other day! I’m well aware the jury is out on the effectiveness of wearing a mask for yourself. But my theory has always been to act like I have the virus. To put as much of a barrier between myself and frontline staff/public as possible - because I could be an unknown carrier. The masks
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are proven to help protect other people. I’ve heard many people moan about wearing them. They say “you can’t breathe properly” - you can, I’ll tell you what - wait until you have Covid, then you’ll really know what it’s like not to breath properly! Other excuses - “it’s a violation of my rights” - so dramatic, what about the rights of those you could infect? “You can choke from your own C02” - ridiculous, I haven’t in the last two months, nor do doctors and nurses; they’re only dangerous if you do high intensity exercise with them on. “I haven’t time to be putting them on and taking them off” give over, it takes two seconds each move. “Why should I be told what to wear?” - well, there is another choice, you don’t have to wear one if you don’t go out. “You touch your face more” rubbish. It’s a reminder that you have something on your face and not to touch it.
FACE MASKS: Wearing one is the very least we can do!
“It’s too hot in the sun” - no it’s not, they’re very lightweight and it’s actually better for the skin to have a shield from the sun’s damaging rays. There are more lame excuses I roll my eyes at. Unless you have chronic breathing problems, there are no viable excuses for flouting this law. The sooner the pandemic is completely under control, the sooner we can all go back to enjoying the freedom we miss, and the masks can come off! No one is asking us to go and fight in the trenches or climb up Everest. It’s very easy; stay indoors as much as possible, wash your hands, keep a distance from others when out and if you can’t - wear a mask. It’s a very small effort to help protect the elderly and vulnerable members of society and help prevent healthcare workers treating more sick people. It’s the very least we owe them. Stop being so damn selfish! Wear a mask, or more of them will be in the caskets!
Julie Frank’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.
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PREJUDICE AND PRIDE
PRIDE in one’s national health system and loyalty to one’s count r y a re t o b e e n c o u r a g e d - b u t never forced. National arrogance is another matter. In the USA, for example, the world seems to end at New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and New Orleans. Since the end of colonialism, the UK has much to be proud of. Apart from the poor climate it is a pleasant and civilised country to live in and the achievements of its institutions and individuals has been impressive. The health workers in the UK are second to none. This does not mean the best in the world; that would prejudice those of other countries as inferior. The world does not end at Dover and Plymouth. And while doctors, nurses, cleaners and all employees associated with the NHS may be second to none, the NHS system, starved for many years of funding, planning and competent management, clearly is not. The world’s first national health system is not the best.
THE UK: Has much to be proud of.
Shortage of hospital beds, long waiting lists, cancellations of appointments, diagnoses and treatment have all caused immeasurable suffering over the years. Together with mismanagement of funds and resources this adds up to a disaster. The unavailability of protective equipment, the inadequacy of testing and the mixed messaging have revealed the incompetence of decision makers. NHS authorities were also complicit
THE US: Has long been our role model.
in the unbelievable transfer of thousands of virus-affected hospital patients to care homes. On March 9 the Global Health Security Initiative index reported that “By some important measures of health security, the UK is the global leader.” It concluded that, in terms of preparedness for a virus, the UK ranks number two, after the US. At the time of writing they are numbers one and two alright, but unfortunately in terms of reported fatal-
ities. So what went wrong? It must be arrogant complacency. It is this arrogance that led to Brexit. “We don’t need Europe any more. Thanks and goodbye. We’ll be better off going it alone, hopefully with the help of our ‘special relationship’.” Long before Brexit, the UK has always looked to the USA as its role model. Our language has been mutilated and much of our culture Americanised as we absorb everything that emerges from across the Atlantic. Most recently, the Prime Minister is surrounded by large national flags whenever he gives an address. If ever physical distancing becomes a thing of the past, he will doubtless be flanked on each side by half a dozen serious looking acolytes every time he makes a statement. If the USA permits it, we are likely to be junior partner to a prejudiced country where only Americans are considered real people. Listen to the rhetoric of any US president on the value of not people’s lives but American lives.
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A bit of business with the old man MIKE SENKER credit: CAS
LIKE all animal rescue groups during the coronavirus crisis, the Costa Animal Society (CAS) is limited in the help it can provide. They desperately need donations after all the expense of quarantine for the animals in their care and very little income during lockdown. Details are given below. Leo, Dog of the Month, is a Lab-type puppy aged between four and six months. He arrived in early March with his sister Luna, who found a new home in early April, leaving Leo waiting to be adopted. As always Cas has many dogs for adoption, including four pups rescued from the campo above Frigiliana. There is also Curro, an older dog rescued after his owner refused to pay for veterinary treatment after an attack by another dog.
LEO: CAS’s Dog of the Month with his sister, Luna. Anyone wishing to meet one of CAS’s animals, looking to adopt or willing to foster a pet, please contact Kurt and Laura (952 521 426) or Fiona through the CAS website www.casnerja. webs.com, or Facebook page \casnerja. The Costa Animal Society(CAS) charity shop is open again between 10am and 2pm from Monday to Saturday.
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It is necessary to wear a mask and at the time of writing only two people would be let in at a time. Bank details: Costa Animal Society, Account Number 3058 0728 03 2720100283. BIC-Swift Code: CCRIES2A PayPal donations are also accepted through the www.casnerja.webs.com website under the Donate tab.
IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’VE had enough of reading, watching, tracking and everything else about the pandemic so I’ve decided not to write about that for a couple of weeks. What I’ve decided is to tell you a couple of stories that will eventually go into the book that supposedly I will write one day. My dad was a London Eastender. He was a bit of a criminal but not a very good one because he kept getting caught and finished up in prison. In fact, till I was about five I thought he worked in the post office because I always saw him behind a glass partition when mum said we are going to see dad at work today. I also had a lot of ‘Uncles’ that used to come round and discuss a bit of business with the old man. My favourite was Uncle Sammy who always brought me sweets. On one occasion, when I was about seven, he came round with a lorry load of stuff for my dad. After a bit of chit
chat my dad said to me that Uncle Sammy was going to Southend and would I like to go with him and get some ice cream and keep him company. I say asked. He actually said to Sammy take the kid with you and buy him an ice cream. So off we went. Sammy delivered the stuff, I got my ice cream and I never gave it another thought until many years later when I was visiting my dad, who, by this time, was very ill with Parkinson’s. I told him I had this vague memory of this outing and asked my dad if my memory was correct. He laughed and said yes it was. I asked why it was funny and he then proceeded to tell me the reason I went. Uncle Sammy was a ridiculous gambler and couldn’t be trusted with money so my dad, in his infinite wisdom, decided that as he didn’t want to deliver this lorry load of stolen property himself he would give Sammy a ‘drink’ for delivering the stuff. He reckoned if he took me he’d have to bring me back and therefore wouldn’t be able to nick the money! Give me your feedback if you would like to hear more of these stories whilst there’s nothing else happening in the world except for you know what.
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Overcoming Procrastination
YOU have a task to complete, it’s important, you need to get it done but you use every excuse to put it off. Does this sound familiar to you? I am the queen of procrastination. Yes me! A qualified mentor who helps men and women all over the world deal with negative mindsets and anxiety issues, yet I procrastinate. Some people associate procrastination as laziness but this is far from the truth. Those who procrastinate actually do so to try and avoid distress yet ironically, it actually increases the stress levels and can have an impact on your health. It can cause lack of sleep, lower your self-esteem and in some cases raise your blood pressure. So why do we do it? It is mainly fear based. Think of the last time you procrastinated. Was the task difficult? Was it time consuming? Did you question your ability? When I was first asked to become a newspaper columnist, I procrastinated
DIG DEEPER: Believe in your ability and tell yourself out loud you CAN do it. all week. I looked for as many things as possible to keep me busy so I could put off my column. I very nearly quit before I had even started. I had to dig deep and get out of my god damn way! I lacked self-belief. It was new to me therefore; I worried if i was good enough. I asked myself the
same question I ask all of my clients; what physical evidence did i have to make this thought true? The answer as always was, absolutely nothing! How could I know I wasn’t good enough unless I actually tried! I kicked my own butt, counted five, four, three, two, one and got on with it.
I’ve loved it ever since! So how do you overcome procrastination? You simply have to get out of your own way. Understand the REAL reasons you’re afraid and ask yourself the same question above. What physical evidence do I have that make my thoughts true? If you need to dig deeper; here are seven easy steps to help you along the way. 1. Do the task for a few minutes when you start something your brain stays alert until you finish. 2. Do the hard task first. 3. Believe in your ability - tell yourself out loud you CAN do it. 4. Manage your environment - Control it, don’t let it control you. 5. Set yourself short deadlines. 6. Model success - find your inspiration. 7. Develop a reward system. If you would like to learn these steps in more detail, please contact me by email coaching withdione@gmail.com.
If you would like to dig a little deeper into your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours or you would like to complete one of my courses to live a happy and healthy life with yourself, please email me coachingwithdione@gmail.com.
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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A rather slow start to the week leads you to feel bored but be assured that the weekend will be far from dull. A recent conversation or correspondence with an old friend leads to unexpected contact.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Everything on the home front is emphasised and there will be a flurry of activity. Get others involved in any changes. Work in the garden or painting is much more enjoyable and half the work if you enlist the help of someone you get on well with.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When discussing a holiday with others, be aware that agreement is not always easily met. Although you are not inclined to compromise, it is necessary to go with the majority decision.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) After the 2nd it is much easier to see the path ahead. This is particularly true of a financial situation, so there's no sense in fussing until you understand what needs to be done.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Your attention is needed on more than one front, and some decisions are at odds with your personal thoughts and attitudes. Being reminded that ‘business is business’ does nothing to relieve your conscience. You may have to upset someone by telling the truth, which may affect your longer-term finances.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Are you willing to take a risk on someone who has let you down before? Looking into their recent past is likely to tip the balance. What you find shows clearly if there has been a change of heart on their part or if they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A disagreement with a friend upsets you but is short-lived. To avoid such a situation in
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the future, look at how you should have dealt with it. There is always something to know that guides us to a better position. It will make you smile someone has taken you for a fool as you have the last laugh.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A great feeling of joy comes over you more than once in the week ahead. Your inner child has been set free, and this is likely to be because of recent restrictions, which are now lifted. Do not feel guilty about this because it is a choice that will serve you well in the future. Right now, things may seem like a bit of an effort for small reward.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) If you suspect that some things are not what they seem, you could be right. Repel doubts, ban anxieties and stick to facts and tact. If certain individuals or situations continue to conspire against you, change course and do something entirely different. What goes around will come around quicker than you think.
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1 Spiders, 2 Tasks, 3 Earn, 5 Under, 7 Reach, 11 Singers, 12 Learn, 14 Often, 16 Tense, 17 Moth, 18/6 Ask for.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) It is difficult to avoid repeating mistakes made in the past. Your approach to certain situations has not changed and therein lies the problem. Someone who blames you for a mistake shows ignorance but that does not make it less upsetting.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Who is trying to push you into a corner? Maybe it is being done so subtly that you have not even noticed. Who wants a decision from you? Appear to take pressure lightly and not give in to an irritation.
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.
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.
TARGET: Average: 9 Good: 12 Very good: 17 Excellent: 22
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION deli dell demo dill dime dine ding doge dole doll dome done dong geld gild gold ídem idle idol lend lido lied lode meld mend mild mind mode mold node deign demon denim dingo dogie doing gelid geoid glide limed lined loden lodge midge mined model ogled oiled olden oldie dingle doling dolmen dongle engild gilled Golden limned longed milled moiled monied nilled demoing melding mingled molding goldmine modeling MODELLING
1 Settee, 4 Gulf, 8 Surrender, 9 Easy, 10 Scares, 13 Stored, 15 Stun, 18 Afternoon, 19 Kind, 20 Chiefs. Down:
The need to plan ahead is frustrating when you know exactly what ought to be going on. Patience is something that you need to cultivate, or you risk upsetting someone close. Spending time with a colleague makes you realise how good things could be, but a lot of effort is involved. Pushing ahead does not guarantee results.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)
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Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
1 Mastiff, 5 Alias, 8 Snipe, 9 Insipid, 10 Upstage, 12 Resin, 13 Soccer, 15 Welder, 18 Round, 19 Notices, 21 Seattle, 22 Ahead, 23 Sheds, 24 Twaddle.
Down: 1 Museums, 2 Ships, 3 Ire, 4 Failed, 5 Absorbent, 6 Imposed, 7 Sedan, 11 Anecdotes, 14 Courage, 16 Residue, 17 Ingest, 18 Rests, 20 Creed, 22 Aga.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:
1/27 Bunk beds, 3 Speakers, 9 Caballo, 10 Elbow, 11 Deseo, 12 Toalla, 14 Obseso, 16 Muñeca, 19 Hembra, 21 Libre, 24 Zurdo, 25 Emanate, 26 Listener.
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1 Back door, 2 Nubes, 4 Pronto, 5 Avena, 6 Embalse, 7 Sews, 8 Floods, 13 Careless, 15 Suegros, 17 Unload, 18 Tapete, 20 Broke, 22 Blade, 23 Azul.
CODE BREAKER
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Quick
Across 1 Poles in trouble with letter from Greece (7) 5 Plenty to join in game (5) 8 A trainee soldier acted strangely (5) 9 Readers re-order proofs (7) 10 Brew some magic up pal (5) 11 Manuscript about beer for men (5) 12 Quick, note the threat (5) 14 Many in poor shape (5) 19 Secret group born in two states (5) 21 Portents some women scorn (5) 23 Is sorry to start robbing the white herons (7) 24 Fireplace that's tremendous, so we hear (5) 25 English composer possibly lost by the hospital (5) 26 A nice evening view sent us wild? (6) Down 1 Il Duce turned out to be a Greek mathematician (6) 2 Mixed cider as a cocktail (7) 3 Slacken off and allow to surface (3,2) 4 It's not unusual in Japan or Malaysia (6) 5 Endless escapade with French girlfriend in US city (7) 6 Follow the path (5)
7 Haunt wicked bosses? (6) 13 Able to pay bills, get sun in Madrid and wind in Nice (7) 15 Servant traps donkey in corridor (7) 16 Burn monster found in school (6)
Code Breaker
17 Brags about seeing snakes on the way back (6) 18 Old London river boats (5) 20 Sack the Spanish roll (5) 22 Glen I destroyed in Scotland (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents B and 26 represents L, so fill in B every time the figure 13 appears and L every time the figure 26 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 Below required standards (5) 4 Spend thoughtlessly (5) 7 Superfluous (9) 8 Luxuriant (4) 10 Elder (6) 12 Graceful, expressive dancing (6) 13 Excludes (4) 16 Practical (9) 18 Leather with a napped surface (5) 19 Purchaser (5)
English - Spanish
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
Across 1 Comida (4) 3 Recibos (de haber pagado) (8) 8 Nada (7) 9 Abril (5) 10 Aeroplane (5) 11 Company (firm) (7) 12 Suecia (6) 13 Temple (6) 16 Richer (3,4) 18 Usher (in court etc) (5) 20 Stem (of a plant) (5) 21 Spoon (7) 22 Más que (4,4) 23 Cuerpo (4)
Down 1 Up to, before the time (5) 2/17 Inconsistency between facts or sentiments (3,3) 3 Neat and clean (4) 4 Victor (6) 5 Enduring strength and energy (7) 6 Come or go in (5) 9 Collect discarded or refused material (7) 11 Long for (6) 12 Feathered vertebrates (5) 14 Relating to the sun (5) 15 Counterfoil (4) 17 See 2
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Country house (5) 2 Fuera (de edificio, objeto, indicando posición) (7) 4 Águilas (6) 5 Monadero (para monedas) (5) 6 Sunny (7) 7 Welcome (10) 9 Jugo de manzana (5,5) 12 Síntoma (7) 14 Private (7) 15 Slice (6) 17 To leave (5) 19 Listo (dispuesto) (5)
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What a Day to be Alive GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY WAKING on Monday, I was ready for my ‘new,’ old routine. Out of bed at 6am, a quick shower, a quicker coffee, and it was time to run. One week back to my morning fitness regime, and already I feel that life is somewhat normal. Los Monteros, as the sun rises, is reason enough to be out early. However, the chance to push harder each day, against the pasta and wine diet, is the goal. Of course there’s the added icing on the cake; a cool swim once home. While fitness mode is well and truly on track, I really must work on my pasta intake (note to self). On Tuesday, I had to meet a friend for lunch in Marbella, and while the idea of simply being able to utter those words made me giddy, arriving at Da Bruno, I felt like the cat who got the cream. Paseo Maritimo, just as the Marbella I love - tranquil, friendly and stylish. I adore Da Bruno,
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UNDER lockdown, what have you liked the least - or the most? Zooming, maybe? Just like live theatre which, in a way, it is - the magic of the Zoom backview lies in the very real possibility of disaster. Remember Professor Robert Kelly’s BBC TV interview gatecrashed by his young daughter dancing into the room? Many parents working from home during the national lockdown have grown accustomed to their children interrupting virtual work meetings, but most don’t have it happen during live news interviews. The newly-appointed UK shadow chancellor was recently upstaged by her three-year-old daughter while speaking to Kay Burley on Sky News. Maybe these new breakfast conferences
and have done for years. With this in mind, I was curious to see how they would adapt to the new normal. I’m glad, but not surprised, to report that everything was done perfectly, in accordance to the guidelines. Awaiting my friend Olivia, I sipped a Campari and soda, while all around me, smiling faces. Each table on the terrace occupied, with fellow diners, who looked as chuffed as me, to be free. Olivia arrived, turned heads, and we air kissed at a social distance, that would make Anna Wintour take notice. Without flinching, I ordered carbonara, only to be asked if I wanted traditional Italian, or a version made with cream. I’m aware that some people opt for a mixed up idea, prepared with a cream sauce. I don’t. Few things bother me, but messing with classic recipes, such as pasta alla carbonara, is sinful. Whoever concocted the con panna, should be reprimanded. Anyhow, more pressing, was the fact I’d eaten more pasta. It was very good. After lunch we strolled the almost empty streets of Marbella, under shady trees, where glamorous ladies chatted, socially distant, of course. All around us, an air of afternoon calm. Most stores remained
closed, which was a pity, as we both wanted to buy things. Still, life felt semi-real. Now is the time to reboot the economy. Now is the time to remember, that while we are all on the same yacht, and money’s too tight to mention, a simple coffee at a local café in the morning, is a step in making cash flow, and society come alive. The sooner we adapt correctly and return to life, the better. I know many will probably say they disagree, and base this on the fact that certain people are unable to adhere to simple laws. We must remain positive in the hope that even those who are sadly slow on the uptake, will wake up soon. Yes wearing face masks is horrible. Social distancing, a task. But the rewards are why we are here. Life. As the week came to a close, I realised I only know what day it is, once this column appears. I for one clearly need normality to kick in fast. Looking back over the last 10 weeks, it feels like I’m just coming to the end of a summer holiday. Long days, long lunches, too much food, and way too much wine. I even started smoking cigarettes at one point. Marlboro Menthol. Thankfully I gave that up quick, as I believe menthol cigarettes, or ‘Mintys’ as I call them, have been withdrawn from the
FREEDOM: Life now seems semi-real. market. With my addictive personality, I am now stockpiling whitening toothpaste, paranoid I’ve stained my teeth. The sooner we spend, the sooner we work. As the headline says - it is indeed great to be alive, but let’s remember those who lost lives to Covid-19. Let’s proceed, but with advised caution. Enjoy your freedom.
Zooming is booming!
VIRTUAL MEETINGS: Just like live theatre.
should be renamed: who’s free for a 7.30am ‘Meetabix’? Even the PM isn’t immune. Boris recently took part in a chaotic video conference call with backbench Tory MPs. Many of the 147 MPs forgot to mute their devices, so Boris’s address was interrupted by barking dogs, ringing phones and what sounded like someone moving furniture. Together with a Zoom par-
liament, our lockdown lives are being played out against a backdrop of bookshelves, furniture and, umm, kitchen cupboards. I rather enjoyed, for instance, seeing the Archbishop of Canterbury in his own kitchen. And, yes, a lot of care went into positioning the cameras where we couldn’t see any crumbs or dirty crockery, but we’re starting to see ‘experts,’
politicians and archbishops as real people with a real life which is refreshing , though sometimes embarrassing. Recently a New Zealand city council met via Zoom, and veteran councillor David Benson-Pope caused a stir when caught unawares walking into his book-lined study with bare legs carrying, of all things... a feather duster! For gawpers everywhere,
with everybody Skyping, FaceT iming and Zooming everybody else, there are windows now into people’s homes unprecedented in the history of gawping. So Prince Charles’s backdrop revealed Dick Francis novels and a small teddy bear. Gwyneth Paltrow had a neon pink Tracey Emin artwork. And Mick Jagger’s backdrop was... tapestries and traditional wood panelling. Mick, who would have thought? Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘No Safe Place,’ ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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Save your face VIRAL PROTECTION: Create humidity and friction which causes irritation.
FACE masks slow the spread of coronavirus, however, they also create humidity, friction and heat which causes irritation. Still, the benefit of viral protection outweighs the temporary risks to your skin. Tweaks to your skincare regimen can help prevent and treat mask-induced issues. Avoid wearing make-up beneath a face mask to prevent further occlusion of the pores. Do, however, apply sunscreen, as UVA and UVB rays can penetrate a mask. One of the most common face mask irritations is acne. Breakouts happen when pressure from the mask traps oil
and skin in the pores. Treatments with salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide can be worn under a mask to treat stubborn blemishes. Pressure to pores can cause folliculitis which occurs when hair follicles become inflamed and infected. Men should leave a small amount of stubble to prevent ingrown hairs. Avoid the temptation to squeeze bumps, as you might push the infection deeper. Allergic contact dermatitis presents with an itchy, red, flaky rash, often limited to the area of contact. Take breaks from wearing your mask, but only when it is safe to do so.
Make-up measures THERE are currently no published studies that examine how long the virus can live on or in cosmetic products. However, studies suggest that the virus can live on plastic sur faces for up to 72 hours. So, plastic make-up tubes, bottles and compacts can be a concer n for transmission of the virus. Given that cosmetics are one of the germiest items we use, there’s no doubt they are subject to contamination. This is especially true of lip products which makes it important to clean and store them carefully. Mascara, eyeshadow and eyeliner are also at risk, as they interact directly with the eye area. This makes it important to approach eye make-up products of all kinds with caution, and leave them at
COSMETIC PACKAGING: Concern for transmission of the virus. home if possible. If you have been sick or suffered from symptoms of Covid-19, then you must throw away all cosmetics that have been used. If you have fully re-
covered from Covid-19 and want to practise better hygiene habits going forward, take the time to disinfect your products daily in order to decrease your risk for contamination.
It’s a marathon not a sprint! Healing for the long run MS BIPOLAR UP AND DOWN WITH BALANCE UNEDITED
IT’S important to give yourself time to recover and really heal after a mental breakdown, whatever your final diagnosis may be… whether its bipolar, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, etc. Imagine the time it takes to heal a broken bone. If you fell down the stairs and broke your ankle, would you expect to get up and walk within a few days? Probably not. In fact, society would help you take the time you need to heal. “Don’t rush things! Stay off that ankle until it heals. Here, let me help you with that!” The image of your leg in a plaster helps people associate the injury with the need to take it easy and let nature work its magic. Oh, how different it is when we fall off the wagon of life because of a m e n t a l breakdown or in my case after a bipolar episode. We all try to ‘get back to normal’ way too quickly, and often the result is another mood swing to knock us down once again, and it tends to hit us harder than the original episode. Mood swings exhaust the mind and the body. Leaving you feeling weak and exhausted. Mine pick me up and throw me around like a rag doll. And like anyone who goes through a physical illness, I need time to recover in order to get my life back on track. After a mild episode it usually takes me two days to recover, stripping it back to basics with early nights, a no sugar diet, off the fizzy drinks and alcohol! After a bad episode it can make your body feel like it has run a marathon for a while (not that I have
ever ran a marathon, but it’s what I imagine it feeling like!) You’re emotionally and physically worn out. I’ve learned that true healing is not just about getting rid of mood swings; it’s about letting the brain and body get back on track over time. Trying to get back too quickly after such a draining experience can lead to a vicious cycle of never healing fully - and being more susceptible to another collapse. Society expects so much from us. I still expect way too much of myself. If I don’t take the time I need to heal, my bipolar may go away for a while - but it doesn’t go far, and not for long. Mood swings and episodes bash away at my day to day functioning, ability to work, relationship stability, and even my immune system... YES, I know the feeling of “I have to get back to work or I will lose my job!” I wish we could come out of m o o d swings quickly and immedia t e l y pick up our lives, but we rarely do. Years of trying to manage my bipolar with a job and being a mother to a very active seven-yearold have taught me to think of my immediate needs and not to look so far into the future. I have built a life around my bipolar that works for me. When I break - and it happens - I give myself time to heal and get back on track! Write to me and tell me what you do to cope with your day to day. How do you manage to the pressure from society to always be well and available?! I’d love to hear from you, email me below or follow me on my Facebook page @mswillowbipolar. Love Ms Bipolar X
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Ken does the Barbie
HERE comes summer! The air is warming up and it will soon be time for everyone to start lighting up those barbecues. All over Spain, men will be crawling over each other to pop on a pinny and do the cooking! We’ll be inviting friends round to the house for afternoon sessions of cheap booze, burnt bangers and steak that you could use to line the bottom of your shoe. This is one time of the year that the man of the house takes over and does the cooking. It’s the only sport where a fat bald man is God! Let’s just take a look at what really happens! It’s the lady of the house that buys the food. She spends a few hours in the kitchen preparing the salads to go with the meat, a tangy coleslaw or some garlic potatoes. After that, she tenderises the meat and soaks it in various marinades, placing it on a tray with all the utensils laid out. She takes all the food outside and sets it up ready for cooking while the man lazes back in his chair having a beer with the guests.
SUZANNE MANNERS SCHOOLS around the world have upped sticks and moved to a parallel universe of digital delights and virtual unreality. For the past few months education has been all about e-learning. Teachers have had to become experts in not only their own subjects but in the multi faceted e-learning experience. For example; ‘platforms,’ for me the word platform is either a plank across a mildewy pond or a pair of ridiculously high shoes that are impossible to walk in. Now I find myself inundated with a variety of ‘platforms’ that apparently control the smoothness or otherwise of my working day. The word ‘platform’ for me, as a consequence, has taken on a more sinister connotation and the following sentence casually dropped into
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BBQ GOD: With a swish of his spatula and a flip of his fork the sizzling begins.
All of a sudden Mr Masterchef bursts into action. Oh yes, the self-appointed expert takes over. With a swish of his spatula and a flip of his fork the sizzling begins. As the food is cooking the lady brings out the crockery and the bread and lays it all out for everyone. A good time is had by all. Various overcooked meats are piled high like some sort of edible work of art for everyone to help themselves. Once the feast has been finished and the last burger has been eaten, the lady of the house clears away the dishes. Off she goes to the kitchen. The contented throng of guests all praise the man on his cooking skills and thank him for all his hard work. They tell him how difficult it must have been to cook in such extreme heat, poor thing! He then asks his wife how she enjoyed her day off from doing the cooking and when he sees her perplexed reaction he concludes that there is just no pleasing her. Have a great summer and enjoy the barbie folks!
Because you’re e-worth it a work email; ‘we are now using the [insert appropriate name] platform instead of Microwhatever so please backup your files’ fills me with such dread that I sometimes feel I have stepped into my own parallel universe filled with Kafkaesque characters of epic proportions. These ‘providers’ of overly complicated, virus prone, stuttering digital tomfoolery have surreptitiously wormed their way into my life and are attacking the very essence of my sense of self worth not to mention the flow of my lessons. Platforms, like fashion, change constantly in education. One minute you’re happily working with Microsoft and the next you find you have been hijacked by google. Zoom is Zoom and Skype is Skype and never the twain shall meet. To be a good teacher one needs a sense of self worth.
SELF WORTH: Essential in life, without it we are prone to depression. Having a sense of your own value enhances confidence and confidence maketh the man (or woman). Teachers and schools are too often ‘measured’ by their results. Budgets decided by the latest GCSE exam results. This can leave schools struggling on the lower branches of the
education money tree, slowly dropping into the morass of unworthiness... a place that is dark and dreary and where it drizzles all the time. A good sense of your own worth is essential in life for without it we as humans are prone to depression and via depression the illnesses that
lurk in the shadows step out ready to attack. Teachers learn how to praise, to cajole and to motivate pupils who are often expert education refuseniks. Add to this the frustrations of working entirely digitally for the first time and one’s sense of worth plummets. To stay healthy we must learn to motivate and praise ourselves. We humans tend to judge each other harshly and we are unforgiving of failure or mistakes. We need to step back and judge with kindness or not judge at all. During this pandemic teachers have created a whole new world of virtual learning with very little time or guidance... and are we praised for it… are we heck! Well off I pop to logon to the chosen virtual platform of the day from which I will nose dive and belly flop into the miasma of collective teenage angst that is my working day. Toodles!
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DEPENDENT NATION DEAR Leapy Lee, I like your articles in EWN, in fact, it is the only bit apart from the puzzles I even bother with. Recently the headlines seem to only portray whining expats, mostly British. Two comments on this week’s article. I predict that there will be a spike in coronavirus in the UK around June 11, approximately 21 days after the end of Ramadan and the following Eid. The other comment is about UK being able to produce anything, This is more or less straight from Sun Tzu. How do you reduce a country’s capabilities and make it subservient? Provide a range of goods to them which is cheaper than their own home-produced goods. Wait 10 years and they will have lost the capability to produce them and many associated goods, their workforce will have a skills gap. Keep supplying enough goods cheaper than homeproduced goods and you eventually arrive at a nation who is dependent and ripe for effective subjugation or is no longer a threat. Coal, steel, and national defence goods need not be the first ones supplied. Look at what we are short of and where it is usually sourced from. Regards A follower
OUR VIEW Every man for himself IT seems reasonable to say the world has been extremely poorly served by those that should have been there to help - but have failed dreadfully. It is reasonable that we have put our government under intense scrutiny and, regrettably, in too many instances they have been found wanting. From selling vital PPE to overseas countries to the delay in ordering a lockdown, our political leaders emerge as well-meaning, hard-working, but extremely incompetent. If ever there was a time for a global organisation to seize control this was it; yet nobody has risen to the challenge. One of the main culprits has to be the World Health Organisation and some very questionable moves from its director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In late January he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and went on to praise China for “setting a new standard for outbreak control” and commended the nation’s leaders for their “openness to sharing information.” The sinister truth was radically different. In Wuhan, the virus epicentre, Chinese police were busy arresting citizens who dared to tell the truth about the growing pandemic. There is no doubt that the WHO’s shocking lack of action and near collusion with the deceit from China allowed the virus to spread. Meanwhile, the United Nations’ major agencies have issued a graphic warning of a famine of ‘Biblical’ proportions and said this is the greatest challenge the world has faced since the Second World War. However, it has raised only around a quarter of the £3 billion it wants immediately to provide relief to 250 million people worldwide it fears are in imminent risk of starvation. It’s plain to see that when a ship is sinking it’s a case of every man for himself, and therefore it’s hardly surprising that countries across the planet are keeping hold of their cash to look after their own citizens.
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SPIKE PREDICTION: Crowds celebrate Ramadan.
COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK Nobel Prize winner believes UK lockdown saved no lives and may have actually cost them Unbelievably he is NOT the only one saying it, it continues to surprise me how some people still only accept one side, and not try common sense and ask why? The same ones that always dispute the fact someone other than governments say is not true, the same ones that just accept what governments say without even for one moment doubting, what makes you think they know all, and the right decisions??? But yet hundreds of doctors and scientists, virologists and biologists, have been saying and presenting facts that are different, and people say it’s a conspiracy, is it?? Why would the government know better with only a hand full of advisers against the other hundreds???
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Don’t like it? Lump it! DEAR Euro Weekly News, I am just writing as I have seen so many Brits moaning on your Facebook posts and I am completely sick of it. May I suggest that if they do not want to wear masks they should stay at home and surely their world does not revolve around drinking in the bars, although it makes them furious that they cannot go there. If they do not enjoy their life here then they should just go home. I am very happy with Pedro Sanchez, as he has done a smashing job of keeping this country under control. I live in La Colina in Torremolinos and we have had hardly any cases of Covid here thanks to the lockdown and our locals respecting social distancing and wearing their masks. Just to let you know that not all Brits are moaning. Caroline McCafferty La Colina
Pen pals HELLO Leapy, Believe it or not, I have afforded myself time to sit down and read the EWN (May 7-13 ). Seldom do I get inspired to put ‘pen to paper’ about political issues, instead, I spout off to my, long-suffering wife, to vent my frustrations! You could not have spoken truer and wiser words with reference to the, predominantly, left-wing inspired BBC. Personally, I don’t think it stops with the BBC, but it is certainly dominated by them. As tax-paying citizens of a democratic country, we should demand unbiased, informative reporting, and, NOT anti-Conservative party mind games. Everyone is entitled to their political opinions but journalists have a duty to broadcast factual information that is not influenced by their own, or that of the giant organisations who pay their generally over-inflated wages, political persuasions. At sad and serious times as we now find ourselves in, this has never been more important. Keep up the good work. Regards Peter Wythe Calpe
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Piers Morgan says Boris Johnson Must Sack Dominic Cummings or He Will Personally End His Lockdown Piers Morgan always looking for ways of raising his celebrity status, you really think he cares one iota? Personally I don’t.
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Spain’s Vox supporters lead convoy of residents, angry with Pedro Sanchez’s handling of health crisis, through the Costa del Sol Why can't all politicians pull together at a time when in crisis. Sanchez is doing a good job. If Vox had been in charge no lockdown and a lot more deaths.
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Spanish Drinks Industry to ask government for state aid to turn unsold quality wine into cheap table plonk Why not just sell it as cheap plonk? I don’t drink wine, tried it a few times and got headaches, but instead of asking for money why not sell it off cheap? As I’ve been saying from day one, this is all a con and nothing will be the same again. Including people paying more for wine than necessary.
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Mask Up or Pay Up - Zero Tolerance Policy by Police across Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca for Coronavirus Mask Flouters Starts Today We have been locked up for nine weeks! And they are giving us a bit of freedom to get back to normality!! Do your bit and wear the mask! It’s a little bit of inconvenience!! If you do the crime, then you pay the fine!!
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WATCH: Over a thousand Costa del Sol citizens march rattling pots and pans in protest of Spanish Government’s handling of coronavirus pandemic This is a very complex time for everyone, people are feeling deprived of salaries, socialising and security, a protest like this is only showing their frustrations.
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BARRY DUKE WHEN I was 18, I began dating an attractive Italian girl to hide the fact that I w a s g a y. We g re w v e r y close through our mutual l o v e o f p h o t o g r a p h y. S o close that I gave her a key to my apartment. It all went horribly wrong when Alessandra walked in one evening and found me canoodling with Renee, a German guy with Hollywood looks. In a fury, she seized a heavy glass ashtray and threw it at my head. I ended up in A&E to have a gash stitched up and suffered a headache that lasted three days. Alessandra then ‘outed’ me to my mum who insisted I see a ‘gay cure’ therapist called Aubrey Levin. Because Levin was unavailable, I agreed to see another psychiatrist, Dr Wolff. When he asked what I hoped to get out of therapy. I
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replied ‘I want you to make me straight.’ He chuckled and said ‘there’s no such treatment. You’re the best-adjusted homosexual I’ve ever encountered. Now go away and enjoy your life.’ So I did. To the full! Later I learned that Levin, known as ‘Dr Shock’ for his use of electroshock therapy and chemical castration, had wrecked hundreds of lives before he relocated to Canada, where he was ar-
Boyfriend Renee in 1965. rested in 2010 for sexually assaulting male patients. He was jailed for five years. But for the fact that Levin was unable to treat me at the time, I might well have ended up as one of his victims. What reminded me of the Alessandra episode was a recent demand made by the UK’s National Secular Society (NSS) to have the charitable status of a Christian outfit called Core Issues Trust, headed by ‘ex-gay’ Mike
Davidson, removed. CIT runs ‘pray-away-the-gay’ sessions. The NSS said: ‘Organisations that serve no clear public benefit - or worse, cause harm by actively promoting ‘conversion therapy’ - risk fundamentally undermining public confidence in the charitable sector.’ I would have gone further, and called for CIT to be banned outright. In fact, it wouldn’t be operating AT ALL
if the UK government had followed through on a promise made two years ago to stop this dangerous nonsense. In some regions of Spain, conversion therapy has been banned, and the country wants to extend the ban nationwide this year. Earlier this month Germany joined Germany, Malta, Ecuador, Brazil and Taiwan in banning conversion therapy. The time has come for Britain to do the same.
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A D A D i n t h e U S A w h o g re w u p without a father has become an overnight YouTube sensation after reaching out to children offering advice. Rob Kenney launched Dad How Do I? With the sole aim of helping children become good adults. Rob wanted to leave a legacy, particularly for those who struggle with a broken family or absent parent, and video topics include shaving, checking the oil, checking your tyre pressure, ironing a shirt and unblocking a sink or drain. But it’s the story behind the channel which has seen it go viral recently. Rob from Washington, America, was left without a father after he walked out on him and his seven siblings when he was 14 and his mother turned to alcohol. Rob was taken in by his 23-year-old brother and his wife who lived in a tiny mobile home, making things very tough. At the beginning of the month, the channel was initially followed by 2,500
TIPS: Rob Kenney’s offers Dadvise to teenagers. people, and now has more than 810,000 subscribers, a figure which continues to grow on a daily basis. He revealed he has received lots of emotional responses from other people who had difficult or no relationships at all with their fathers, saying his videos brought them to tears.
Wild animal ban WUHAN in China has banned the eating of wild animals as the coronavirus pandemic continues to be linked to the city’s wet market. A press release on the municipal government website of Wuhan on May 20, in Hubei province, and shared widely on Weibo, states a list of tough new prohibitions that go into immediate effect and will last for five years. THE UK government must get a holiday air deal with EU countries according to the country’s tour operator and travel agent group. The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) says that it is deeply worried about the impact that a 14-day quarantine will have on tourists coming to Britain, and also the fact that it will put off travellers going to Europe for a summer holiday.
According to the edict, there will be a ban on the sale and eating of terrestrial wild animals that are both in the wild as well as bred and reared. The statement also announced other prohibitions, including a complete ban on the hunting of wild animals and that ‘the administrative area of the whole city is a wildlife sanctuary.’
British Air Worry As countries like Germany and Spain are looking to resume holiday travel in June and July, ABTA says that the UK plans will have a “hugely damaging impact” on tourism. An ABTA statement said: “Any measures that the government will be introducing on June 8
should be targeted and limited only to what is necessary.” It said the UK should seek a “coordinated approach with destinations in the EU and beyond and reach deals with countries that have low infection rates that mean that quarantines will not be necessary.”