Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 9 - 15 July 2020 Issue 1827

The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1827

9 - 15 July 2020

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VERA is aiming to woo tourists this summer with the promise of a quality, safe holiday destination.

‘In confidence, Vera,’ is the slogan for the council’s new tourism campaign, which the local authority said is all about showing potential visitors the care which the local tourism sector has taken to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic situation.

Commenting at the official presentation of the campaign on Friday, Vera Tourism councillor Catiano Soriana said it had been designed to put out a message of safety “in a friendly way,” showing how all the different tourism sector officers have been involved in a major effort to be in a position to offer quality services in which visitors can trust.

The councillor also highlighted the emphasis on being able to enjoy the small things “which we missed so much during lockdown,” like taking a dip in a pool, jumping into the sea or enjoying a cool beer by the shore of the Mediterranean.

Vera mayor Jose Carmelo Jorge Blanco explained the campaign makes up part of the municipal administration’s Economic Reactivation Plan to deal

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Vera

WOOING TOURISTS

EMPHASIS: The council said the campaign is all about communicating a message of safety and the major effort by Vera’s tourism sector to deal with the Covid-19 situation. with the major crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic and to meet “the real needs of the locality’s population and businesses.”

The tourism campaign involves an ambitious, national, regional and provincial level advertising plan, which

includes ads on buses running on four inter-urban routes in Madrid, and ad slots on Andalucia TV and radio. In addition the council is running a major online promotional campaign.

Also on Friday, Vera officially received the regional government’s ‘Andalucia Segura’ recognition for the municipal beaches.

Junta de Andalucia Tourism delegate in Almeria, Jose Luis Delgado Valdivia, took the opportunity of the campaign unveiling to present the local authority with the distinction.

He underlined what he said was the effort made by the council and the municipality’s commitment to putting in place procedures to prevent Covid-19 infection and to give beach-goers confidence that Vera Playa is a safe destination.

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Safe beach status Tourism challenge ROQUETAS DE MAR has become the second location in Almeria after Adra to gain t h e re g i o n a l g o v e r n m e n t ‘ s ‘Andalucia Segura’ (Safe Andalucia) status for its beaches.

Junta de Andalucia Almeria delegate Maribel Sanchez Torregrosa made it official. She a n d J u n t a To u r i s m d e l e g a t e Luis Delgado travelled to Roquetas on the last day of June to present the distinction to Roquetas mayor Gabriel Amat.

Sanchez Torregrosa recognised what she said had been the hard work of both the local authority and the Almeria Provincial Council to “make the beaches of Roquetas a safe place in the face of Covid-19 this summer.”

The Andalucia Segura dist i n c t i o n i s a r e g i o n a l To u r i s m ministry initiative, not just for beaches, but also for accommodation, tourism services and the restaurant business, aimed at giving the public the confi-

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Roquetas de Mar Facebook @AytoRoquetas

IMPORTANCE: “Tourism and safety go hand-in-hand now more than ever,” the Junta Tourism delegate pointed out.

dence of compliance with guidelines and safety regulat i o n s s e t o u t b y t h e Wo r l d Health Organisation, the Spanish Health Ministry and the Junta’s regional Health department.

“Tourism and safety go handin-hand now more than ever,” Luis Delgado commented.

ALMERIA Council has set local residents the challenge of coming up with their own ideas on how to reactivate the city’s tourism sector.

City Promotion councillor Carlos Sanchez explained members of the public aged 14 and over have until the end of July to put forward proposals for improving and strengthening tourism in Almeria, with three weekends of ‘experiences’ in the provincial capital up for grabs for the best.

People are allowed one shot only, which must be entered via the website: www.turismodealmeria.org/ almeria-challenge.

The entry has to be in a PDF format, no more than 30 pages long, and ideally with a video of up to one-minute to go with it. “We want to listen to every citizen’s idea, that they explain it to us, and which we will study with interest, and if they are viable, incorporate them into our promotion plan,” Sanchez said.

Full steam ahead IT is full steam ahead on plans to convert the old Huercal-Overa station standing on what is now a Green Way walking and cycling route into a leisure and outdoor activity hub, Almeria Provincial Council reports.

Works have started on the €380,000 project, for which the Diputacion is providing funding under its Municipal Investment Plans. Huercal-Overa Council has announced it will put out to

tender the management of the main building for its use as a restaurant, cafe and museum, plus it will provide local sports clubs with their own space.

“We are talking about the restoration of a historic and monumental building in an idyllic environment in a unique natural zone,” commented Diputacion Development deputy Oscar Lira on a visit to the station on Sunday June 5.

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In the nick of time IT was a case of just in the nick of time for a dog which Guardia Civil officers hauled to safety after it fell into an irrigation pool in Vicar.

The hapless mutt accidentally slipped into the pool on a farm in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

By the time the property owner alerted the Guardia Civil the poor creature was exhausted and on the point of drowning after hours of trying to scramble its way out.

The depth of the water and the slipperiness of the pool sides made getting the animal out no easy feat.

But with ropes and the help of a wooden pallet the officers finally pulled off the rescue.

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Summer school up and running MOJACAR’S summer school is now up and running, but in a version adapted to the Covid-19 situation.

The council said Culture councillor Raquel Belmonte and Mayor Rosmari Cano had recognised the need for the classes to start up, albeit it in very reduced format, to support working families, many of whom have had a tough time due to the pandemic and lockdown.

The number of available places is just 20 rather than the usual 150 and 200 children; facilities like the swimming pool are out of bounds, and other games and activities subject to restrictive

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Almeria

NECESSARY: The council underlined the need to support working parents. measures. The local authority stressed that apart from supporting working parents, the aims of the summer school remain offering children a way to spend the summer holidays doing enjoyable, educational activities.

Children living in Mojacar whose parents need help while working are eligible to attend up until August 27.

Guided tours AS part of Almeria Council’s strategy of presenting the city as the ideal holiday destination this summer, the city’s Promotion department has unveiled a programme of 59 guided tours and 45 active tourism experiences over the next three months.

Promotion councillor Carlos Sanchez explained the 59 tours featured in the ‘Tu verano en Almería’ (Your summer in Almeria) programme for July, August and September will be at different times, during the day and in the evening.

They will, he said, cover the history of the

city, and take in all the main places of interest, including the Alcazaba fortification. The active experience side to the programme is a link up with 45 companies putting on activities like golf, escape rooms, horse and camel rides and water sports. Echoing earlier comments made by Almeria mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco, the councillor said the city “receives tourists with open arms.”

Sanchez also revealed the council is running a promotional drive up until July 10 to attract visitors to Almeria from other parts of Spain.

THE start of Spain’s summer holiday season has brought a growing interest in Mojacar as an uncrowded destination option, the local tourist offices report.

The offices, which reopened to the public on June 20, said the number of phone enquiries about

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EXPAT-RUN charity Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone, or FACE, has closed down 17 years after it was founded.

FACE member Richard Tolman reported with “great sorrow” that it ceased to exist as a charity from July 1. The charity began as an event to raise money for the MacMillan Nurses in the UK, organised by Adele Wrigglesworth at her home in Arboleas, with the help of friends and neigbours. However it was felt that money raised in Spain, should remain in Spain.

And so with considerable help from Arboleas Council, FACE was set up with Adele as the first president. Current president Carrie Ann Earl and vice-president Gilly ElliottBinns, have both been with FACE since its inception, and Richard just over 12 years, making them the charity’s three longest serving members.

FACE became well-known for its Christmas markets, but more than anything for the going on for nearly €150,000 it has donated to various charities and organisations over the years.

Spanish national charities the AECC (Associacion Espanola Contra de Cancer), and ALCER (for renal diseases), have both benefited from FACE’s fundraising efforts. On a more local basis,

FUNDRAISING: FACE has donated nearly €150,000 to charities and organisations over the years. INSET: Adele was the first president.

MACS (Mojacar Area Cancer Support), Grupo 106 Saliente Albox Scouts and the Little Owls have all received funding from FACE. Richard told EWN that money red circled for the Arboleas Defibrillators will now be given to Arboleas Council, and any “residue monies” FACE has at the end of

the closing down period will be donated to local organisations.

Richard expressed the charity members’ enormous gratitude to the public for their support.

“FACE realises how much you have all helped in so many ways, both large and small, and we thank you so very much. We could not have done it without you.”

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Carboneras

HIGHLY VALUED: The mayor told the team the job they do is especially valued this summer. pecially “given that we all want to enjoy the summer and the beaches after the lockdown we have lived through, but doing so safely.”

The mayor pointed out that this holiday season there are also 36 beach assistants taken on by the Andalucia regional government in Carboneras to ensure beach-goers comply with measures aimed at preventing the

Uncrowded holiday option the conditions for using the locality’s beaches, walking routes and possible excursions has been increasing, with most calls from people who have not visited Mojacar before.

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At the ready LIFEGUARDS are at the ready on the beaches of Carboneras.

A 33-strong team contracted by the local council for €130,000 is operating on the municipal coast to keep beach-goers safe until September 15.

Carboneras mayor Jose Luis Amerigo Fernandez went to meet the team at the launch of this year’s lifeguard and rescue service.

He told them the job they do is always highly valued, but this year es-

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Mojacar Council’s tourism marketing campaign launched at the end of May is very much based on promoting the area as a safe destination in the new Covid-19 pandemic world. Under

the slogan ‘For your tranquility, choose Mojacar,’ the campaign highlights the municipality’s 17 kilometres of coastline, and beaches which even in peak season are rarely at all crowded.

spread of Covid-19, taking the opportunity to appeal to the public to behave responsibly.

The Carboneras lifeguards are present on the Ancon, El Corral, Las Marinicas and Los BarquicosCocones beaches. All four have the Q for Tourism Quality recognition, and all but El Corral have a Blue Flag.

The local authority points out there are no marked out spaces for beach-goers on Mojacar’s beaches and no restrictions on beach opening hours or maximum beach-goer numbers.

Six of Mojacar’s beaches have merited Blue Flags this summer.

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Package pilferer Safe destination CREDIT: Policia Nacional Almeria

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FOUND OUT: Police discovered the thief tried to sell stolen items on online secondhand sales sites.

POLICE have arrested a 36-year-old from Retamar for pilfering packages from delivery vans during lockdown.

The detention follows a surveillance operation in the area on the back of reports from several messenger and postal service employees about robberies from their vehicles while in the locality. Investigators said DRF watched out

ANOTHER 20 lifeguards have joined the Roquetas de Mar lifeguard service on nine municipal beaches, along with an ambulance service.

Last week the 20 new recruits had a training session with the Civil Protection coordinator Antonio Padilla and the Roquetas Tourism and Beaches councillor Francisco Barrionuevo on the

for vans from his home.

When drivers got out to deliver to properties in the residence he sneaked out and forced the locks on the vehicles, snatching packages from inside.

He would then hide the stolen packages under the parked van and go back and pick them up after the courier had driven off. Police said the lockdown restrictions and the lack of

people out on the street allowed the thief to get away with it without being noticed.

He managed to get his hands on at least 18 packages. He then tried to sell stolen items on online second-hand sales sites. Thanks to exhaustive online searches police have recovered some of the stolen items, including a topof-the-range smartphone and sports shoes.

Extra lifeguards new measures in the beach Contingency Plan, which include all the protocols and steps they must follow to guarantee safety.

“The council is throwing itself into achieving maximum safety on our coast so that Roquetas resi-

dents and visitors can enjoy our spacious beaches, on which all the rules are generally being applied with maximum respect and responsibility, for which we can do no more than congratulate beach-goers,” Barrionuevo commented.

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THE provincial council has teamed up with online travel portal Logitravel to promote the Costa Almeria as a safe holiday destination to national and international tourists.

Diputacion de Almeria Tourism deputy Fernando Gimenez explained the promotion is aimed at both direct users of the portal and at the some 800 travel agencies around Spain for which it provides a service.

The ‘traveltool’ will provide agencies with information about the destination so they can sell it to their customers. This will be backed up by mailings and newsletters.

The campaign also includes advertising on the portal’s main page and highest visibility sections, and a dedicated page about Almeria with up-todate information on the products, segments and possibilities which the destination offers.

The Tourism deputy described the hook up with Logitravel as “one of the most important promotional actions to continue supporting and strengthening a vital sector for the province.”

Logitravel has a presence in nine markets, including Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the UK.

New date A NEW date has been set for the Age Support Almanzora 20’s-style fundraiser.

The 1920’s Casino Night to raise money to go towards helping the registered charity support the elderly in the area will now take place on Friday August 14, starting at 7pm.

The venue remains the same as that planned

pre-lockdown for the original night at the end of March, Harley’s Bar in Albox, opposite the bowling alley. The organisers say it will be fully air-conditioned for the event.

Claire Stoner is the 1920’s vocalist with music provided by Contraband.

The event was a sell-out before it was postponed and the tickets are of course still valid.

The charity advises that groups of more than four should reserve a table via Ellen Green of Age Support on Facebook or Harley’s.

“We have all been looking forward to this event and hope everyone will be in 1920’s dress and have a great night,” the charity’s Liz Carey commented.

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MAJOR works on the Cuevas del Almanzora park the local council describes as the municipality’s ‘green lung’ are progressing at a pace and should be completed by the end of August or beginning of September.

The €400,000 Luis Siret park project got back up and running a few weeks back following a paralysis of the works due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Improvements are being carried out throughout the 13,000 square metres of the park. They include placing power cables underground, creating a new pathway around the park, installing new children’s play areas, a 20metre long zip line, picnic and pingpong tables and better lighting.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Cuevas del Almanzora

‘Green lung’ going well Drugs and cockfights

EXTENSIVE: Improvements are being implemented throughout the park.

There will also be a ‘pipican’ zone for dogs.

Cuevas Council is funding 65 per

cent of the cost of the works and the Almeria Provincial Council the other 35 per cent.

Rehab gym moves THE Huercal-Overa hospital gymnasium for the non-Covid19 patient rehabilitation service is moving to a municipal building while works are being carried out in the Emergencies B observation area of the La Inmaculada where it is normally housed.

Huercal-Overa mayor Domingo Fernandez and the manager of the North Almeria Health Area Jose Miguel Medina have signed an agreement under which the local

authority provides free of charge the use of a 131-squaremetre hall on the ground floor of the Monica Sanchez Social Services building.

Fernandez made it clear the council is happy to offer “our collaboration and support” to La Inmaculada on measures aimed at improving the hospital facilities.

He said the collaboration between both administrations would benefit local residents.

THE design for the new Mojacar lighthouse will be in keeping with traditional local architecture, the Almeria Port Authority (APA) promises.

The construction, which will be located on Marina de la Torre’s Moro Manco hill, will

A GUARDIA CIVIL raid on a so-called ‘narco block’ in Roquetas de Mar led to the seizure of some 4,200 marihuana plants and the discovery of an illegal cockfighting set-up.

Guardia launched operation ‘Hornoplant’ on the back of information about drug trafficking and the cultivation of marihuana in the building in the resort town.

Complaints from local residents about the strong smell of marihuana emanating from the block, along with the constant noise of machines, continuous comings and goings of people and materials, and the regular power cuts in the area, all pointed to dodgy goings on.

The Guardia also carried out discreet surveillance and monitoring to gather information on the scale of the illegal activities and who was behind it.

In the final phase of the operation officers carried out searches of 17 properties used for marihuana cultivation. Then down in the garage they came across a cockfighting pit.

They also found 55 fighting cocks and six dogs of breeds classified as potentially dangerous in four illegally built pens near the building.

On top of this, there were 48 unauthorised electricity hook-ups and 44 illegal water connections.

A 43-year-old from Berja is under arrest for crimes against public health and defrauding the power and water supplies. He is being held in prison awaiting trial.

Seven others are under investigation for animal mistreatment.

The Guardia said the investigation remains open and further arrests have not been ruled out.

In keeping be a “unique building with a Mediterranean aspect which follows the line of existing vernacular architecture, which is characteristic

of this region, and especially the historic part of Mojacar, raised up above sea level,” the APA says.

The port authority also says the aim is for “maximum integration with the environment, with references to the predominant Mediterranean architecture of the area, but without falling into imitation.”

The APA has revealed that because the lighthouse building will be located 200 metres above sea level it will be compact, so it is also visible during the day, rather than tall.

Works are due to start on the lighthouse in the autumn. The idea is that it will replace the Garrucha lighthouse, which the town has now grown around, hence making it less visible.

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ON Monday July 6 the Spanish Government launched a new residency document for UK nationals who are protected by the Withdrawal Agreement - the Tarjeta de identidad de extranjero or TIE. This means some changes to the appointments process and that anyone registering from now on will be issued with the biometric TIE card, rather than the current green paper document.

Spain is one of the first EU countries to bring in a new residency system for British nationals and HMA Hugh Elliott welcomed its introduction. He also clarified what it means for UK nationals in a short video saying: “ We ’ v e s e e n l o t s o f q u e s t i o n s and concerns on social media, so I want to underline two key points.

First, I want to assure you that all British nationals, who are legally resident in Spain by the end of this year, will have their rights protected, including the right to live and

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Spanish Government launches new residency document for UK nationals

HUGH ELLIOTT: Underlines two key points with regards to the new residency document. work here, and lifelong access to healthcare for UK state pensioners, including those who claim a pension in the future.

“And second, whether you already have the green residency

certificate - A4 or credit card-sized version - or in the future the TIE, they are equally valid in demonstrating your residence status and your rights as a beneficiary of the Withdrawal Agreement. Almost 360,000

British people are already registered here in Spain. And whilst you may choose to exchange your current certificate for a TIE at some point in the future, there is no requirement to do so. The green residency document gives you the same rights as the new TIE card. So please be assured on that point.

“There is one group of people who must take action. If you live here, but don’t already have a green residency certificate, you must apply for the new TIE as soon a s p o s s i b l e . A l i n k t o t h e S p a n i s h administration website is below.”

The British Embassy held a Facebook Live Q&A at 20.00 yesterday, Wednesday July 8. You can access this via www.facebook.com/britsinspain. It is still available to watch afterwards.

Information for UK nationals is available at gov.uk/livinginspain sign up for email alerts to be kept updated. This is in the process of being updated to reflect the new process.

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NATIONAL Police reported the case of a break-in at a property in the Las Gonzalas area of Almeria City is now solved.

A 30-year-old man is under arrest for stealing a water pump and a paint gun with a combined value of more than €1,000 after evidence gathered at the scene of the crime led to the identification of him as the suspected thief.

The break-in took place in the middle of May. The property owner told police someone had got into a garage and storeroom.

There were clear signs someone had had a rummage through the inside of a car parked inside, although nothing appeared to have been taken. It also looked as though someone had been poking around at the batteries of a lorry, which was also parked there.

Both the pump and the paint gun were missing.

The arrested man has an extensive police record.

AN investment of more than €500,000 is giving one of the main entrance roads to Carboneras a complete makeover, the council has promised.

Carboneras mayor Jose Luis Amerigo Fernandez and Town Planning councillor Pedro Lopez went along last week to see how works on the Avenida de Garrucha are going.

The mayor said the busy road will be utterly transformed into a “much nicer space, also for pedestrians.”

Be a good citizen VERA Council has introduced a new by-law aimed at discouraging irresponsible behaviour and protecting public spaces.

The Urban Space Protection regulation is designed above all else to “contribute to improving the quality of life of all Vera residents, being the obligation of all citizens to behave correctly in the use of public property and facilities,” Vera mayor Jose Carmelo Jorge Blanco commented at the by-law presentation.

The by-law covers a number of matters, among them times and rules for rubbish disposal, cleaning up after dogs when they do their business, regulations on camping and acts of vandalism.

Presidency and Interior Regimen

councillor Carolina Perez explained that not abiding by the regulations could result in a fine of up to €1,500 in the most serious cases.

She said Local Police have “clear orders to sanction anti-social behaviour which leads to a deterioration of our town.”

The council is running a public information campaign with the slogan ‘Vera is counting on you, do your bit,’ to inform residents about the main points of the by-law, which will include a mailing of an infor mation leaflet and a fridge magnet to 15,000 homes.

The public can also access and download the by-law contents in Spanish or English from the website veracuentacontigo.vera.es.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Carboneras

Robbery arrest Complete makeover

TRANSFORMATION: The mayor promised the road will become “a much nicer space.”

The project, works on which got going in June, includes a new roundabout, pavement, urban furniture and lighting and the creation of parking spaces.

Carboneras Council is contributing some €172,000 to the project, while the rest is being financed by the Almeria Provincial Council.

The works are expect-

ed to be completed within a maximum of eight months.

Jobless increase

ALMERIA registered the second highest monthly jobless increase in June in Andalucia. An additional 5,421 people were out of work by the end of last month, according to figures from the Employment, Migration and Social Security Ministry.

Among the eight Andalucia provinces only Huelva saw greater growth in jobless numbers, with an additional 7,920.

Almeria’s unemployed total stood at 77,581 by the beginning of July. This represents a 7.51 per cent rise on a month earlier and a very substantial 29 per cent increase on the same time last year.

By contrast, the average monthly increase for the whole of Andalucia was just 1.14 per cent, and only 0.13 per cent

nationally. The most affected sector in June was agriculture, with 2,900 more people on the dole than in May. This is largely explained by the agriculture season coming to an end.

Services was also hard hit. Another 2,257 were out of a job by the month end, the explanation in this case most probably the restrictions stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.

More women in Almeria were affected by unemployment than men. They accounted for 2,847 of the total, compared with 2,574 men. Of the 21,558 contracts registered in the province in June, 92 per cent were temporary and just 8 per cent indefinite.

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Stop face mask litter

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PEDAL POWER: Bikes towing information panels with the clear message ‘In the rubbish bin or the sea’ are going round Roquetas’ visitor hot spots.

ROQUETAS DE MAR Council is urging tourists and local residents to take care not to litter the resort town’s streets and beaches with used face masks.

The local authority’s Environment department has launched a public awareness-raising campaign to highlight the problem of carelessly discarded masks and to get people to dispose of them correctly, preferably in rubbish containers or at home.

The Roquetas administration points out masks dumped in rubbish bins on

the street can easily be picked up by the wind and end up in the sea. The Environment department has turned to pedal power as a suitably sustainable way of getting the point across.

Bikes towing information panels with the clear message ‘In the rubbish bin or in the sea’ are going up and down promenades and round other visitor hotspots.

The aim is to “reach the maximum number of people and develop respect for the environment,” explained the councillor heading the department, Jose Luis Llamas.

GUARDIA CIVIL have recovered a body from a cave in the isolated San Pedro bay on the Nijar coast.

According to reports people living in the bay came across the body of a man in his 60’s on the night of Friday July 3 and alerted the authorities.

Due to the difficulty in getting to the cave, the recovery was carried

The local administration is also pushing the take care with face mask disposal message on social media.

The campaign comes under the Libera Project to stop littering, which Roquetas Council has signed up to along with SEO Birdlife and the non-profit Ecoembes environmental organisation.

Llamas said the face mask campaign is a “first step,” with further initiatives planned to tackle litter issues like cigarette butts tossed onto streets and beaches and plastic waste.

out with the support of the GREIM Mountain Intervention Special Group and the Guardia Civil aerial service. It was also reported that the man was undocumented and that his body could have been in the cave for several days.

The Guardia Civil has launched an investigation into the cause of the man’s death.

Body found

LIGHTS have gone green in various points around Adra town and outlying districts.

The council has installed more than 30 new LED street lights powered by solar energy.

The local authority said the move means more sustainable, but also better, lighting.

Lights go green “We are improving illumination in zones in which it is very complicated to reach via the electricity network, but where there are small

residential nuclei,” explained Adra Municipal Services councillor Francisco Lopez.

“Hence we have gone for installing LED lighting, but which functions through solar energy, meaning electrical cables are not necessary and we are promoting clean energy.”

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New autobiography L O C A L re s t a u r a t e u r and long-time Spanish resident, Garry Waite, has just had his second book published.

The first, a novel based in Spain, The Warm War was reprinted in 2018, but this tome is an autobiographical look at his life in two halves: Starting from his early years in the UK until his present day on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The story of an ordinary chap, from an ordinary background who made some not so ordinary choices in life: As someone who decided to move to Spain in the early 80’s and was determined to stay for the duration, put him in the almost pioneering sphere.

A time when there were less than maybe 5,000 expats living in Spain it was a sort of fledgling ‘club.’ It was never easy and when

HALF MY LIFE: The story of an ordinary chap who made some not so ordinary choices. things were great, they were phenomenal, but when they were bad they were bad!

Later years have not treated our protagonist well, so what was the solution? Pack up and go back to a country for which he had no particular longing and to an uncertain life to which

he did not any longer belong.

After all he had now lived in Spain more than Half His Life. BUT he had had a full life. From a good upbringing to travelling, meeting interesting people and devoting his life to his passions of food, wine, writing and acting and loving.

Almost in chronological order, this book follows his highs and lows.

You will be amazed how quickly you will identify with him and hopefully enjoy reading his exploits.

Both books available on Amazon worldwide but probably more popular in Spain and the UK.

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Hoarding millions

ACCORDING to the Bank of Spain, Spaniards are still hoarding around 267,049 million pesetas, which is equivalent to around €1,605 million. Spain’s beloved pesetas disappeared with the arrival of the common currency in the European Union, the euro. Although the younger generations don’t have a trace of memory of it, the older generations are finding it hard to part ways with their old currency. The Spanish have had plenty of time to exchange the old currency for the new one. When the euro began to circulate in Spain from January 1, 2002, Spaniards were given the opportunity to exchange their old currency until March 31 of the same year, while both currencies were allowed to co-exist.

They were offered the opportunity again the following June 30. In fact, last March 2019, the Spanish exchanged 1,331 million pesetas in banknotes (€8 million) and 332 million pesetas in coins (€2 million).

According to the Bank of Spain, more than 18 years after the euro was put into circulation, the Spanish are still hoarding around 135,604 million pesetas in banknotes (€815 million) and 131,445 million pesetas in coins (€790 million). But this is the very last opportunity to exchange the currency. So if you are still hoarding old pesetas - you now only have until the end of this year to exchange them for euros.

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Political Viewpoint from Spain

ISN’T it strange that the Xunta de Galicia has decided to close the region of A Mariña (Lugo) due to an outbreak of 100 infected by Covid-19, a move that will affect the 80,000 people who reside in the region, at a time that will overlap the autonomous elections?

There are only six days left for the elections in Galicia and the Galicians with the right to vote who have tested positive in A Mariña do not know if they will be able to vote on Sunday, July 12.

It will be the Xunta themselves that must clarify this issue, while the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) calls for the suspension of the elections in this area to give every resident a chance to vote.

The closure of this region limits the movements of its inhabitants, who are pro-

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WILL THEY VOTE?: Region closed after an outbreak of 100 infected by Covid-19. hibited from entering and leaving the health district except for work and other just cause. Of course, residents are not restricted in their movements and the closure of A Mariña does not imply house confinement.

According to the Health

Councillor of the Xunta, Jesús Vázquez Almuiña, all those who have a PCR that confirms that they are infected with coronavirus will not be able to vote. Their close contacts, already numbered 1,200, and who have a negative PCR, will be able to exercise their

right to vote. They must come, like any other person, with a mask. Once they vote, they must return to their homes, where they must remain confined for the time estimated by the health authorities.

H o w e v e r, a n d i n a c c o r dance with the order of the

Official Gazette of Galicia, which regulates the closure of A Mariña, the movement restrictions cannot affect "the exercise of a fundamental right such as suffrage," so it will be allowed to enter and exit of the region to vote.

The BNG met urgently on Monday, July 6, and asked for the elections in the region to be suspended and the mayor of Burela (Lugo), Alfredo Llano, also proposes to postpone the elections in the region.

Llano has been openly critical of the five days of confinement and rightly so.

Has this new tool (Covid) not only made the government look stronger by leading us through the crisis, but also given them the strength to direct a situation towards their own benefit?

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OWNERS of restaurants, bars, and cafĂŠs across Spain have been counting the cost of not only closing for so long but also of meeting all of the health and hygiene requirements to allow for reopening.

Business in some areas is very good and the ability for Spanish residents to move from one province to another is good news, especially in upmarket areas of the Costa del Sol where second homeowners from Madrid and Sevilla are arriving in their droves.

Having said this, however, the fact is that everyone in the hospitality sector has lost money which will never be recovered due to the lockdown, but a May court decision in France might be a lifeline for some.

Basically, a French restaurant owner app r o a c h e d h i s i n s u r e r, t h e g i a n t A X A g r o u p for lost revenue caused by the pandemic and closure of his four restaurants, but they refused to pay out saying that the policy he had with them did not cover compensation for lost business due to the health crisis.

He was convinced that his policy did allow for him to claim, so he sued them in the French Courts and AXA were instructed to pay him the estimated lost revenue for the two months in which he was closed.

Whilst there will be an appeal against the Court’s decision, AXA revealed that in some cases (estimated to be about 10 per cent of

No smoking Credit: Robert Wallace flickr

Compensation Ruling

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RISKY: Smoking in public can spread virus particles.

AXA GROUP: Ordered to pay out for lost revenue.

its cover for the hospitality sector in France) the wording of the policy could be considered ambiguous and therefore others may also apply for compensation.

Precedence means a great deal in international law and whilst the French decision is not binding in Spain, restaurants, bars, and cafĂŠs would be well advised to check their insurance policies and if there is some possibility of a claim, perhaps take legal advice as well.

NOW that quarantine measures have been relaxed and security protocols have been adjusted to cope with the current health crisis, the Ministry of Health has released a new recommendation - no smoking.

Setting aside the adverse consequences that smoking poses on your health, the reason they have recommended against this leisure-

ly activity is that smoking could increase your chances of contracting the coronavirus. The Ministry of Health contends that regularly removing and placing your face mask back on to smoke is an easy way to cross-contaminate without realising. Furthermore, the constant touching of the cigarette and its closeness to your mouth and face can also increase your risk of transmitting the disease.

Lastly, exhaling small droplets when smoking can also foment the spread of any diseases.

Nevertheless, the Ministry contends that if you are going to smoke, you should ensure you wash your hands before and after doing so.

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REMDESIVIR: The Ministry of Health in Spain has assured it has enough stocks to treat seriously ill patients with Covid-19 until next October.

THE Ministry of Health of Spain has assured it has enough stocks of Remdesivir to treat seriously ill patients with Covid-19 until next October.

By the time the stocks run out, the company that manufactures the drug will already have new doses of the treatment available. This is one of the few medicines that has shown to be effective when fighting against the coronavirus.

MarĂ­a JesĂşs Lamas, the director of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products, has confirmed

this reserve of stocks after news hit that the United States (the country worst affected by the pandemic worldwide) had purchased the majority of the remaining Remdesivir stocks.

Gilead, the manufacturer of this Covid wonder drug, estimates that there will be more treatments available around October, which is when the new production of the drug is ready.

A spokesperson has assured that any patients in Spain who have needed access to the drug have had access to it.

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Pay back

International Brigade Memorial Pic: Twitter

RYANAIR has stated that it will clear 90 per cent of the backlog by the end of July for people who were unable to travel during lockdown.

There have been a huge number of complaints over the company’s failure to pay back customers in a timely manner, (the company says in its contract agreement that it will attempt to pay back any losses in seven days).

All airline passengers

RYANAIR REFUNDS: There have been a huge number of complaints. have the right to either a refund, to rebook, or to

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accept a voucher for future travel.

Customers had said that the time it was taking to refund them was unacceptable, but the company has stated that due to huge demand a backlog had built up, and now it has said extra staff were trained to clear the backlog, and that it was processing refunds “as fast as we can.”

WHILST Americans all over the world celebrated Independence Day on July 4, a much smaller group attended the annual remembrance ceremony organised by the International Brigade Memorial Trust in Jubilee Gardens, London.

Guest speaker for a much smaller than usual gathering by the International Brigade Memorial was former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn who told the audience that his parents had first met at an event in London held in solidarity with the Spanish AS pubs in England began once again opening their doors to the public, it was a different scene at the Swan Inn pub in Kent, as a car crashed through the front of the building just hours before it was due to reopen after almost four months of lockdown.

The owners, Sue and Ray Perkins, were awoken to a loud bang and discovered that a Land Rover had ploughed into the pub, a grade-II listed building.

Republican cause.

The ceremony remembers the more than 2,500 activists from Britain, Ireland and the then colonies who travelled to Spain to fight on behalf of the Republican side against General Franco.

During his speech which was recorded, Mr Corbyn referred to the many statues and memorials being taken down and explained that this was one that was most appropriate and showed historical solidarity for those struggling for peace.

Drink Driving Three 17-year-old boys were inside the vehicle and were taken to the local hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Kent police stated that one of the boys was being investigated for drink-driving and taking the car without consent.

The distraught couple had spent many weeks preparing the pub to reopen to the public but

they remained optimistic and still managed to open to the garden to punters.

Outrage A SPANIARD from Galicia who lived in the UK and paid taxes for almost 40 years has sparked outrage amongst Spanish news outlets after a British hospital in Bolton charged him £600.

The Galician expat is called Jose Antionio Mallo, he is 74 years of age and he had worked in the UK for almost four decades. Mallo returned to Galicia around 15 years ago but he frequently visits England as his children still live up north.

Nevertheless, an indisposition forced Mallo to be admitted into the hospital in Bolton for a total of 24 hours. A very expensive day at the hospital.

Despite receiving British Social Security benefits from his retirement fund after 38 years of working in the UK, Mallo was forced to pay up. He did not have his National Health System Card on him, nor could he remember the number. He did have his European Health Card but that was expired, and his Spanish card was rejected on this occasion, unlike previous times. “How can they pay my pension, but not find me in the system!” exclaimed Mallo.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Government stake THE UK government is investing €420 million to take a percentage in failed satellite firm OneWeb (which went bankrupt in March) as part of its plan to replace the loss of the EU’s Galileo sat-nav system.

Loan guarantees A NEW law has been approved in Spain which will allow the government to commit €50 billion to guarantee bank loans to approved Spanish companies and to help to resurrect other companies which have already declared themselves bankrupt.

Discount properties BANKIA and Haya Real Estate are offering a mix of 4,400 Spanish commercial and domestic properties for sale with discounts of up to 40 per cent from market price provided the transaction is started by the end of this month.

Monkey labour IT is said that monkeys have been trained to pick coconuts for thousands of years in Thailand, but animal rights group PETA has revealed that this still happens and supermarkets around the world have been selling coconut water and oil from such sources.

Many have switched from traditional milk products in order to help prevent cruelty to animals, but those people would be horrified to discover that some monkeys are kidnapped when young, kept in horrific conditions and made to pick up to 1,000 coconuts a day according to PETA. According to the group, Boots, Morrisons, Waitrose, Ocado and the Co-op in the UK have either suspended sales or undertaken not to sell any of these products sourced from monkey labour again.

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€2 BILLION

is the amount that a consortium of investors has secured in loans to allow it to make a bid for Spanish telecoms company MasMovil.

Bank of Spain report

by John Smith THE Bank of Spain has published its overview of the effects of the Covid­ 19 pandemic on the Spanish econo­ my and what it expects for the future.

It recognises that the figures ex­ pected of GDP growth in 2020 will not be reached but highlights the fact that even before the lockdown, growth was sluggish.

On the plus side however, it does expect to see a decent bounce back in 2021 and believes that the economy is much stronger than it was in 2008

and should therefore be ready to weather the economic storm quicker and with more resilience than previ­ ously.

It sees a need to recognise the im­ portance of remote working as prior to the State of Alarm less than 10 per cent of the working population worked from external sites but it be­ lieves that up to 80 per cent of those not on ERTE worked online during the lockdown.

This is a potential future strength for the economy especially if more technology savvy youngsters are able

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to find work without having to worry about travel expenses.

In the report, the Bank recom­ mends that the government should encourage employers to move away from short term contracts and to do a great deal to support small business­ es as a high percentage of all employ­ ers in Spain have five staff or less.

Although not mentioned in the re­ port, it is clear that the government intends to increase taxes for wealthy individuals and companies to try to recover some of the billions spent in the first half of 2020.

Mortgage Holiday UK

Registering property In his book You and the Law in Spain for 2011 David Searl notes that both lifetime and fixed­term annuities have tax reductions. They must be declared in the investment part of the tax form. I have a Swedish an­ nuity with a fixed time of 20 years. I am 80 years old and I have been declaring the annuity as lifetime at 8 per cent.

But I think this is wrong. What percentage of the yearly amount should be declared?

D T S (Costa Blanca) In 2006 we bought a s e m i ­ d e t a c h e d YOU AND THE LAW house in Albox in IN SPAIN Almeria. Our solici­ tor informed us that the property was fully legal and the Escritura was good. Then we found that the house had never been registered for IBI, the real estate tax. We employed a lawyer to request registration for IBI. We spent thousands of euros on measurements and satel­ lite fixing. Then we were told that there is a Horizontal Divide on the property, which has to be legally removed.

We now need a minor building licence to do some small repairs using a builder. I find that I cannot do this as I am still not paying IBI and because I cannot obtain an AFO. Could you possibly shed some light on a way forward?

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.

THE Government of Gibraltar has a record of issuing regular press releases on numerous matters, some of which are often considered by many as trivial.

Remarkably however, they intro­ duced a 10 per cent personal import du­ ty on all goods (except food) with effect from July 1 which was only revealed via press release and GBC News the day be­ fore it happened following a meeting

Credit: Pixabay

Mortgage holiday might mean problem with new loan.

WHEN the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK announced that those suf­ fering from financial difficul­ ties during lockdown could apply for a three­month mortgage holiday (which has since been extended by a further three months) they inferred that this would not affect individuals credit rat­ ings.

Whilst this is technically true, the reality is somewhat different as a number of British borrowers are now finding out as it appears that if they want to apply for a separate loan, they may well be declined because

banks have the option to check their bank statement and see that the mortgage holidays had been taken.

According to the BBC, Vir­ gin Money has said that it will not let use of the mort­ gage holiday affect its lend­ ing decisions but other banks and lenders are prov­ ing to be less amenable.

A spokesman for Halifax (part of Lloyds Bank Group) has advised customers to restart mortgage payments for at least three months be­ fore applying for a loan, so it looks as if what appeared a lifeline at the time might end up as a mixed blessing.

New Gibraltar duty between the government and the local Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Small Businesses. With certain excep­ tions the commercial import duty waiv­ er will continue for the next three months which means that local business will hope to pick up sales from residents

who would be charged 10 per cent duty for imports (even those via mail order).

The GSD opposition party believed that this is a retrograde step especially as initially some items such as books are not easily available on the Rock and feel that this new tax will hit all residents, es­

Money laundering IN 2016 six officials from the Spanish branch of the Industri­ al and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) were arrested and in July of 2020, four for­ mer employees were fined a total of €22.7 million and giv­ en prison sentences.

According to the findings of the Court in Spain, the officials from the Madrid based bank which is partly owned by the Chinese government were guilty of allowing money laun­ dering and tax fraud by crimi­ nal gangs operating out of Asia.

Back at work AT the height of the Covid­19 pandemic in Spain, some 3.4 million workers were subject to ERTE (work furlough) but according to a statement by Social Security Minister Jose Luis Escriva by July 1 the fig­ ures had almost halved.

On that date, the number had reduced to 1.75 million workers and the numbers appeared to be dropping by around 5 per cent each week, helped by the fact that the Spanish government was effectively paying compensa­ tion to companies to take workers back.

Hamburger without Ham THE Spanish meat brand Cam­ pofrío Frescos has for some time had a range of vegetarian ‘meat’ but now it has launched its first fully vegan burger and mince to capture part of this growing market. The Magic Burger and its Magic Mix mince are made from soy and pea pro­ tein, boosted by mushrooms and unlike its other vegetarian options is produced without the addition of egg so that it is an ideal option for not just vegetar­ ians but vegans as well.

pecially the poorest in their pockets. The government has now ‘clarified’ the situ­ ation by confirming that medicines, chil­ dren’s clothing, books, imports of less than £25 in value, items to assist those with disabilities and sanitary products are exempt.

For visitors to Gibraltar, expect tobac­ co prices to increase shortly to get closer to Spanish prices.

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UK needs new economic strategies A S B r i t a i n e m e r g e s f ro m the lockdown and more businesses are allowed to open, the next six months will be crucial to the economy in the run up to the final divorce from the European Union.

The British government hopes that it will have struck a number of beneficial trade deals by then but these can take some consid­ erable time to finalise and it rather looks as if there will be no good news from the Brexit nego­ tiations with the EU. Spending in the UK therefore is an absolute priority and both the government and the Bank of Eng­

THE leaders of the 27 member states of the European Union will meet on July 17 and 18 to try to come to an understanding concerning the proposed economic recovery plan which needs €750 billion funding.

The so called ‘Frugal Four’ (Aus-

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by John Smith

The PM and Chancellor of the Exchequer consider the future.

land are looking at ways of stimu­ lating consumer spending with

two possible strategies that may help.

European recovery plan tria, Denmark, Holland and Sweden) believe that the amount suggested is simply too much but the President of the European Council, Charles

Michel has been visiting each country and is hinting at a reduction in the European Union budget as a concession.

According to the Sunday Times, the Governor of the Bank of England has written to major lenders about the possibility of introducing negative interest rates.

If introduced, this would be the first time that such an economic strategy has ever been tried in the UK, meaning that those with bank deposits or savings would actually be charged for keeping the money with their bank.

The concept is then that people will be inclined to withdraw mon­ ey and purchase goods or ser­ vices but naturally lenders are highly unlikely to reduce their loan charges as that would hurt their profits, even though that could also generate consumer spend.

Another possibility, being ex­ pounded by the think tank Reso­ lution Foundation is that the Treasury should give adults and children free vouchers to spend in the areas most badly affected by the Covid­19 pandemic at a possible cost of £30 billion (€32 billion).

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BUSINESS EXTRA Mobile bank GERMAN mobile phone bank N26 wants to increase the number of self-employed customers in Spain by 50 per cent and is launching a new special account N26 Business Metal which offers insurance and worldwide currency exchange without commission.

On your bike BICYCLE sales in Spain which has been fairly stagnant for several years rose sharply in 2019 with total value of sales exceeding €1 billion. Following the lockdown, sales have increased even more and Spaniards rediscover the excitement of twowheeled activities.

Price drop A REPORT in the Grocer magazine suggests that UK supermarket giant Tesco is flexing its muscles and demanding immediate price cuts so that it can compete with budget supermarkets by offering ongoing lower prices rather than short term special offers.

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Can’t have everything...

I NOTICE the drug fuelled gangs around the UK’s cities are observing the social distancing laws in their own unique fashion. Not wanting to be arrested for breaking the rules, they are now maintaining their distance by shooting people instead of stabbing them!

Three recent murders have been implemented by the gun. Pretty soon we will have an incident where an ‘innocent’ hooded looter (an undoubted pillar of society, who was such a lovely son!) gets shot by the police, when all he was actually brandishing at them was a biro pen. The fact that it was pointed from a distance at the police, who had to react in a split second, will have no bearing on the incident whatsoever and some unfortunate police officer will be hauled over the coals, experience severe trauma and probably lose his job, because he didn’t wait to get shot before defending himself!

Out will come the omnipotent victim/ racist card and BLM sympathisers will use the incident to demonstrate their grudges across the land. Others will utilise it as an excuse to riot, loot and pillage.

BREAKING RULES: Gangs are observing the social distancing laws in their own fashion.

An utterly disproportionate amount of non-white ‘guests’ will appear on the media, which will include multi-millionaire show biz and sports personalities, all lamenting to a suitably sad and extremely sympathetic presenter, how badly they’ve all been treated. Thousands more naïve individuals will ‘take the knee’ and the UK will have taken another step toward the total disintegration of a culture and society that millions of our

ancestors fought and died to create.

Sad innit!? One bright occurrence in all of this has actually emanated from the BBC, who last week, somewhat surprisingly, ordered announcers and their guests not to show support or display BLM badges while on air. Apparently they, and a number of other high profile companies, consider the movement has been hijacked for political reasons after members criticised Israel and supported

defunding the police. Well I’ve got news for the BBC; it’s ALWAYS been a political movement. It simply uses the racist card to drum up support and encourage mayhem.

I also have news for its supporters. The movement was originally formed by three black lesbian women, who not only insist on LGPT power, but also want to ban all black heterosexual men from ever attaining a position in the BLM leadership. So put that in your macho knee pad and kneel on it! I also notice that SKY has deemed not to implement this ban. Well, with ilk of Alan Bolton and Kay Burley involved, they wouldn’t would they?

Thank you all so much for a positive deluge of birthday wishes. To be quite honest, actually managing to hit 40 took me by surprise; 81 is nothing short of ludicrous! Anyway I had a lovely day, apart from arriving home from my daughter’s party to find the dog had eaten my top of the range, sparkling new birthday present electric shaver. Ah well, can’t have everything. Canine pie anyone?

Keep the faith. Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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

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DIONE LOCKYER AS the alarm filled our bedroom, my heart sank. Another night of no sleep, it was 6.30am, I felt exhausted and the day hadn’t even started. I’d had yet another nightmare about my husband leaving me for another woman, my children were drowning in a pool and I was unable to save them.

I would wake up in a pool of sweat, crying hysterically whilst believing it was true. These dreams were a regular occurrence and would create a negative effect on my whole day. I would start an argument with my husband, accusing him of things that he hadn’t even done whilst becoming an over-protective mother to my boys. I had created a wedge

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Are you a slave to your mind? between my family and me but why was I doing it?

I was a slave to my mind! We all have a little voice in our head, the inner critic, the voice of destructive thoughts towards ourselves, our internal enemy that can affect our self-esteem and confidence and my internal critic was VERY LOUD! She convinced me that I was not worthy of success, love, or happiness and convinced me I would always fail. I became depressed and knew I needed to change!

In 2018, I decided to study how the mind worked using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques. I learned why we all have the inner critic, where it comes from, and how to quieten the noise. How

ABC MODEL: Strengthen and reinforce your beliefs. thoughts become feelings, feelings become behaviours and, behaviours increase further negative thoughts.

Our brain’s primary purpose is to protect us, therefore, when we are faced with a situation where there is any doubt, our brain auto-

matically tells us ‘don’t do that, you will fail’ or, ‘If you do this, you will get hurt.’ When this happens, we tend to listen, feel the fear, and convince ourselves that we are not good enough.

How Do We Silence Our Inner Critic?

A technique that I

teach my clients is called ‘The ABC Model.’ The ABC model not only helps to reinforce the casual relationship between beliefs and consequences but also shows us that consequences often strengthen and reinforce our beliefs, further maintaining our emotion-

al discomfort.

What Is The ABC Model?

A = Activating Event (A stressful event that leads to negative emotions) B = Beliefs (Negative thoughts, assumptions, judgements, worries, and demands on yourself or others) C = Consequences (What is the emotional, behavioural, and physical consequence of thinking this way?)

If you would like to learn how to use this method in detail, my mindset course, ‘From A Negative Attitude to a Life of Gratitude’ will be released on August 30.

If you are ready to change your mindset and learn how to quieten the voice in your head, 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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THURSDAY - 9 JULY

10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Rip Off Britain 11:45am Homes Under the Hammer 12:45pmCaught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm The Heights 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home is Where the Art is 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 9:30pm Alan Bennett's Talking Heads 10:00pm Ambulance Liverpool 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:40pmWeather 11:45pmMatch of the Day

3:30am This is BBC Two 7:45am The Repair Shop 8:30am Greatest Escapes to the Country 9:00am Springwatch 10:00am Into the Wild with Gordon Buchanan 11:00am BBC News 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 3:15pm Wimbledon Rewind 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Greatest Escapes to the Country 8:00pm Test Cricket Highlights 9:00pm Wimbledon 2020 10:00pm QI 10:30pm There She Goes 11:00pm What We Do in the Shadows 11:20pm What We Do in the Shadows 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather 12:30am Horizon 1:30am Dragons' Den: Best Ever Pitches 2:30am Inside the Factory 3:30am This is BBC Two

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

8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Britain's Brightest Celebrity Family?

9:30pm The Martin Lewis Money Show: Live 10:00pm Manhunt: The Raoul Moat Story 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am You've Been Framed!

10:30am Supermarket Sweep 11:30am Ellen's Game of Games 12:30pm Dress to Impress 1:30pm Emmerdale 2:00pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You've Been Framed!

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4:00pm Dress to Impress 5:00pm Supermarket Sweep 6:00pm Ellen's Game of Games 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm Supermarket Sweep 9:00pm Roswell, New Mexico 10:00pm Love Island Australia 11:15pm Joel Dommett: Finding Emo

8:00pm Yorkshire Walks 8:30pm The Joy of Painting American artist Bob Ross paints a serene lakeside setting accented with an abundance of his trademark trees.

9:00pm Tess of the D'Urbervilles 10:00pm Borg vs McEnroe 11:40pm The History Boys 1:30am Rebel Women: The Great Art Fightback The story of the revolutionary feminist artists inspired by the cultural revolution of the 1960s, paying tribute to those that paved the way and examining their legacies.

2:30am The Joy of Painting 3:00am Yorkshire Walks

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:30am Classic Coronation Street 8:00am Classic Emmerdale 8:35am Classic Emmerdale 9:05am Heartbeat 10:05am Bless This House 10:35am Bless This House 11:10am That's My Boy 11:40am Midsomer Murders 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmAgatha Christie's Poirot 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:10am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:20am ITV3 Nightscreen

TV LISTING

FRIDAY - 10 JULY

9:05am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pmCome Dine with Me 12:30pmCome Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pmNational Treasure 11:00pmThe Man with the 10-Stone Testicles 12:05am First Dates

9:10am Floogals 9:25am Becca's Bunch 9:40am Little Princess 9:55am Top Wing 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmCan't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Golden Girls 1:45pm The Golden Girls 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Life of Deception 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm A Year in the Wild 9:00pm Red Arrows: Kings of the Sky 10:00pm The Battle of Britain: Three Days that Saved the Nation

2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm The Heights 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home is Where the Art is 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 9:30pm Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation 10:00pm The Other One 10:30pmPeter Kay's Car Share 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:40pmWeather 11:45pm Rush 1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:40am BBC News

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World Cup Rivalries: England v Argentina Short sports film about this compelling sporting rivalry.

7:20am Quincy, M.E. 8:10am Quincy, M.E. 9:05am The Saint 10:10am Minder 11:20am The Professionals 12:20pmThe Sweeney 1:20pm The Saint 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Minder 6:35pm The Professionals 7:40pm World Cup Rivalries 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm The Motorbike Show 10:00pm U.S. Marshals 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pm U.S. Marshals 12:40am American Sniper 1:40am FYI Daily 1:45am American Sniper 3:20am The Protectors 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen

6:00am 7:00am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am

6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Vera 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmEuropean Cup Winners: Nottingham Forest 12:45am Play to the Whistle 1:35am Ideal World 4:00am 1000 Heartbeats 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Total Goals Total Goals Fighting Fit 2020 9:30am Fit In 5 9:40am Fit In 5 Marvin Ambrosius takes us through a five minute intermediate workout focusing on abs and core.

9:50am Fit In 5 10:00am Total Goals A round-up of the latest football action.

10:30am Total Goals 11:00am My Icon 11:15am My Icon 11:30am Live Test Cricket 6:30pm Live Premier League 9:00pm Live Premier League 11:45pmPremier League Greatest Games 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News

7:45am The Repair Shop 8:30am Greatest Escapes to the Country 9:00am Great American Railroad Journeys 10:00am Into the Wild with Gordon Buchanan 11:00am BBC News 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 3:15pm Wimbledon Rewind 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Wimbledon 2020 8:00pm Test Cricket Highlights 9:00pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm A Wild Year 11:00pm I Love 11:45pm Newsnight 12:15am Weather 12:20am Dragons' Den: Best Ever Pitches 1:20am Anita and Me 2:50am Panorama 3:20am What We Do in the Shadows 3:45am What We Do in the Shadows 4:05am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Royal Opera House: The Re-Opening 9:30pm Top of the Pops: 1989 10:00pm Top of the Pops: 1989 10:30pm Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure After the Communist revolution of 1959, Cuba effectively closed its doors to the sights and sounds of the rest of the world.

11:30pm Latin Music: A Session With 12:00am Classic Albums 1:00am Better than the Original 2:00am Country Music

by Ken Burns 2:55am Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventure 3:55am Latin Music: A Session With

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:05am You've Been Framed!

10:05am You've Been Framed!

10:30am Supermarket Sweep 11:30am Ellen's Game of Games 12:30pm Dress to Impress 1:30pm You've Been Framed!

2:00pm Catchphrase 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4:00pm Dress to Impress 5:00pm Supermarket Sweep 6:00pm Ellen's Game of Games 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Roswell, New Mexico 10:00pm Love Island Australia 11:25pm Family Guy 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:30am Classic Coronation Street 8:00am Classic Emmerdale 8:35am Classic Emmerdale 9:05am Heartbeat 10:05am Bless This House 10:35am Bless This House 11:05am That's My Boy 11:40am Midsomer Murders 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:20am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping

9:05am The Big Bang Theory 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie's Quick & Easy Food 9:30pm Snoop Dogs 10:00pm Celebrity Gogglebox 11:00pm First Dates Hotel

7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am Quincy, M.E. 8:15am Quincy, M.E. 9:05am The Saint 10:10am Minder 11:20am The Professionals 12:20pm The Sweeney 1:20pm The Saint 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Minder 6:35pm The Professionals 7:40pm World Cup Top Goalscorers 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm Junk and Disorderly 10:00pm Cobra 11:05pm FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.

11:10pm Cobra 11:50pm All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2:05am The Sweeney 3:10am The Protectors 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

9:25am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm

1:10pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm

5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

10:00pm

11:00pm

Becca's Bunch Little Princess Top Wing Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Golden Girls The Golden Girls Home and Away Neighbours Morning Show Mystery: Mortal Mishaps Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Gadget Show Great Coastal Railway Journeys Greek Island Odyssey with Bettany Hughes Shirley Valentine

9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball Pulse v Steel (Centre-pass 88.00am).

Coverage of the match from the fifth round of fixtures, taking place at Auckland Netball Centre.

10:30am My Icon The tennis star talks about her idol.

10:45am My Icon The rugby union referee talks about his idol.

11:00am My Icon 11:15am My Icon 11:30am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Test Cricket Bitesize 8:15pm Cricket Debate 9:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News

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SATURDAY - 11 JULY

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 12 JULY

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm The Great Food Guys 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Athletics 3:15pm Wimbledon: The Greatest Championships 6:15pm Monsters University 7:50pm BBC News 8:00pm BBC London News; Weather 8:05pm Weather 8:10pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:40pm Pointless Celebrities 9:25pm Casualty 10:15pmPeter Crouch Save Our Summer 11:00pmBBC News 11:15pmWeather 11:20pmMatch of the Day 12:25am Hot Property House-hunting series.

8:30am All Over the Place 9:00am Blue Peter 9:30am Deadly 60 10:00am Steve Backshall's Extreme Mountain Challenge 11:00am Big Cats 12:00pm Wild West: America's Great Frontier 1:00pm Nadiya's British Food Adventure 1:30pm My Life on a Plate 2:15pm The 39 Steps 3:40pm Talking Pictures 4:10pm Coast 4:45pm Greatest Escapes to the Country 5:15pm A Wild Year 6:15pm Off the Tracks: Inside Central Station 7:15pm A House Through Time 8:15pm Test Cricket Highlights 9:15pm British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley 10:15pm When Harvey Met Bob 11:45pm I Love 12:15am Top of the Pops

8:00pm This Farming Life Documentary following life on farms around Scotland, from Argyll to the Outer Hebrides.

9:00pm Earth's Natural Wonders 10:00pmThe Young Montalbano 11:55pmSicily: Wonder of the Mediterranean 12:55am Great Continental Railway Journeys 1:25am This Farming Life 2:25am Top of the Pops: 1989 3:00am Top of the Pops: 1989 3:30am Earth's Natural Wonders Documentary in which cameras explore some of the most inhospitable places on the planet and the people who live there.

7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:20am The Big Bang Theory 8:40am The Big Bang Theory 9:05am The Big Bang Theory 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am The Simpsons 10:25am The Simpsons 10:55am The Simpsons 11:25am The Simpsons 11:55am The Simpsons 12:25pmThe Simpsons 12:50pmCouples Come Dine with Me 1:50pm Four in a Bed 2:25pm Four in a Bed 2:55pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm Four in a Bed 4:25pm Snoop Dogs 4:55pm A Place in the Sun 5:55pm Grand Designs 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Formula 1 9:00pm How to Build...

10:00pm Mechanic: Resurrection 11:50pm Commando 1:30am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:20am Hollyoaks

10:20am Floogals 10:30am Digby Dragon 10:40am Shimmer and Shine 10:55am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:10am Ryan's Mystery Playdate 11:25am Access 11:30am Friends 12:00pmFriends 12:30pmFriends 1:00pm Friends 1:30pm Friends 2:00pm Friends 2:30pm Legally Blonde 3:30pm Access 3:35pm Legally Blonde 4:30pm Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War 5:30pm 5 News Update 5:35pm Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War 6:50pm Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh 8:10pm 5 News Weekend 8:15pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 10:15pmThe Queen: Duty & Family 11:15pmThe Best of Bad TV

8:55am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:15am Sunday Politics 11:45am Sunday Morning Live 12:45pmCountryfile Spring Diaries 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 3:05pm Wimbledon: The Greatest Championships 6:05pm Billie Jean King: Born to Lead 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News; Weather 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Imagine 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pmThe Luminaries 11:00pmBBC News 11:20pmBBC London News; Weather 11:25pmWeather 11:30pmMatch of the Day 2 12:40am Looking for Alaska

8:40am Buck & Buddy 8:45am Mr. Bean 9:00am Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu 9:15am Ben 10 9:30am Drop Dead Weird 9:54am Drop Dead Weird 10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:35pmJohn and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:40pm James Martin's American Adventure 2:10pm ITV News and Weather 2:25pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:00pm ITV News and Weather 6:20pm ITV News London 6:30pm The Masked Singer US 7:25pm Ninja Warrior UK 8:25pm The Voice Kids 10:00pm From Russia with Love 12:15am ITV News and Weather

4:30am Teleshopping 8:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:05am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:55am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:55am Dress to Impress 11:55am Dress to Impress 12:55pmTake Me Out 2:15pm Catchphrase 3:15pm You've Been Framed!

3:45pm Daddy Day Care 4:45pm FYI Daily 4:50pm Daddy Day Care 5:35pm Casper 6:35pm FYI Daily 6:40pm Casper 7:35pm Green Lantern 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm Green Lantern 10:00pmLove Island Australia 11:20pmCelebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad!

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am That's My Boy 7:30am Agatha Christie's Marple An unusual message appears in Chipping Cleghorn's local newspaper.

9:30am Coronation Street 9:55am Coronation Street 10:25am Coronation Street 10:55am Agatha Christie's Poirot 12:00pm A Touch of Frost 2:05pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:10pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:15pm Midsomer Murders 8:05pm Midsomer Murders The residents of Milton Cross, a feudal estate with a church, farms, houses and acres of land.

10:00pm Midsomer Murders

7:10am Only When I Laugh 7:35am The Saint 8:30am The Big Fish Off 9:25am Monster Carp 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am The Big Match Revisited 12:35pm River Monsters 1:05pm World of Sport 1:20pm The Professionals 2:30pm Shalako 3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm Shalako 4:45pm Battle of the Bulge 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm Battle of the Bulge 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 11:10pm National Lampoon's European Vacation 12:10am FYI Daily

6:00am Sky Sports New A round-up of the day's talking points and a look ahead to the events that are likely to make the news tomorrow, featuring previews and interviews.

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Live Super Rugby 11:30am Live Test Cricket 3:45pm Info Not Available 6:00pm Live Premier League 8:45pm Live Premier League 11:30pm Sky Sports News 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News

9:15am Ben 10 9:30am Martin & Roman's Sunday Best!

10:25am James Martin's Islands to Highlands 11:25am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 12:30pmBeautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:40pm The Voice Kids 3:15pm Chicken Run 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:50pm ITV News London 8:00pm The Durrells 9:00pm Maigret 11:00pmITV News and Weather 11:19pmITV London Weather 11:20pmThe Comedy Years

2:15am This is BBC Two 7:20am The Edible Garden 7:50am The Instant Gardener 8:35am Countryfile 9:30am Gardeners' World 10:30am The Beechgrove Garden 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pmRick Stein's Spain 1:30pm The Good Cook 2:00pm Natural World 2:55pm The Choir: Singing for Britain 3:55pm Talking Pictures 4:45pm The Ipcress File 6:30pm Saving Lives at Sea 7:30pm This World 8:30pm Test Cricket Highlights 9:30pm One Day: Sport's Super Sunday 10:00pmRomesh Ranganathan: Misadventures from My Sofa 11:00pmLouis Theroux: Extreme Love 12:00am Mum's List 1:40am Ambulance Liverpool 2:40am Holby City 3:35am This is BBC Two

8:00am You've Been Framed!

8:40am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:10am Dress to Impress 11:15am Dress to Impress 12:15pm The Masked Singer US 1:20pm Take Me Out 2:20pm You've Been Framed!

3:20pm The Perfect Man 4:20pm FYI Daily 4:25pm The Perfect Man 5:25pm Annie 6:40pm FYI Daily 6:45pm Annie 7:50pm Back to the Future Part II 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm Back to the Future Part II 10:00pm Love Island Australia 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad! 1:35am American Dad! 2:05am The Cleveland Show

8:00pm All Aboard! The Canal Trip 10:00pm The Sky at Night A look at the hidden secrets of the universe.

10:30pm Othello: Royal Shakespeare Company 1:30am Shakespeare in Italy Part one of two.

Francesco da Mosto reveals how the Mediterranean country influenced the Bard.

2:30am Classic EastEnders Set in a small community in London's East End, this is the beginning of Britain's favourite soap; intertwining relationships, social issues, triumphs, tragedies, loves and losses.

3:00am Classic EastEnders

6:00am Grand Designs Australia 7:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:15am The Big Bang Theory 8:40am The Big Bang Theory 9:00am The Big Bang Theory 9:30am Bake Off: The Professionals 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:55pm Stuart Little 2 4:25pm A Place in the Sun 4:55pm Best of Crufts 6:00pm Jimmy's Forest 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Formula 1 10:00pmThe Festival 11:50pm Now You See Me 2 2:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 3:00am Couples Come Dine with Me

11:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 11:15am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:25am Ryan's Mystery Playdate 11:35am Access 11:40am WWE Raw Highlights 12:40pm Friends 1:10pm Friends 1:40pm Friends 2:10pm Friends 2:40pm The Time of Their Lives 3:40pm Access 3:45pm The Time of Their Lives 4:45pm Shirley Valentine 5:45pm 5 News Update 5:50pm Shirley Valentine 7:00pm My New Greek Life 7:55pm 5 News Weekend 8:00pm Rich Kids, Skint Holiday 9:00pm Dirty Britain 10:00pm Rich House, Poor House 11:00pm Bargain-Loving Brits in Blackpool

7:00am That's My Boy 7:30am That's My Boy 8:00am Coronation Street 8:30am Coronation Street 8:55am Coronation Street 9:25am Emmerdale 9:55am Emmerdale 10:25am Emmerdale 10:55am A Touch of Frost 1:05pm Agatha Christie's Marple 3:10pm The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery 5:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Long Lost Family 10:00pm Charles: 50 Years a Prince 11:00pm Lewis 1:00am The Loch 2:00am A Touch of Frost 4:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:05am Emmerdale 5:30am Emmerdale 5:55am Emmerdale

8:40am Junk and Disorderly 9:40am The Motorbike Show 10:45am The Big Match Revisited 11:50am Giant Lobster Hunters 12:45pm River Monsters 1:15pm The Sweeney 2:25pm Police Academy 3: Back in Training 3:25pm FYI Daily 3:30pm Police Academy 3: Back in Training 4:10pm The Great Outdoors 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm The Great Outdoors 5:55pm Brewster's Millions 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Brewster's Millions 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm Twins 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Twins 11:05pm National Lampoon's Vacation

5:00am Live Super Rugby 8:00am Total Goals 8:30am Total Goals 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball 10:30am My Icon The photographer talks about her idols.

10:45am My Icon 11:00am The Sunday Supplement 12:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 3:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 5:15pm Live Renault Super Sunday 7:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 11:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News

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TUESDAY - 14 JULY

MONDAY - 13 JULY 4:45pm Home is Where the Art is 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 9:00pm EastEnders: Secrets from the Square 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pmThe Secrets She Keeps 10:45pmStaged 11:00pmBBC News at Ten

3:00pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 3:20pm Talking Pictures 3:55pm Joan of Arc 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Australian Railway Journeys 8:00pm Back in Time for...

9:00pm Our Friend Victoria 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Once Upon a Time in Iraq 11:00pm Comedians: Home Alone 11:15pmMock the Week 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather

8:00pm River Walks 8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Rise of the Nazis 10:00pm Being Beethoven 11:00pmGreat Continental Railway Journeys Part one of two.

11:30pmSeven Ages of Britain 12:30am Storyville 2:00am A History of Art in Three Colours 3:00am The Joy of Painting 3:30am River Walks 4:00am Being Beethoven

1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Devon and Cornwall 10:00pm Paramedics: Britain's Lifesavers 11:00pmCatching a Killer

1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Beach Murders: Garage Sale Mystery 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Great Coastal Railway Journeys 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Shoplifters: At War with the Law 11:00pmGrand Theft Auto: UK

4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home is Where the Art is 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pmThe Secrets She Keeps 10:45pmStaged 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Birds of a Feather 9:30pm Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation 10:00pm Long Lost Family: What Happened Next

1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You've Been Framed!

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Dress to Impress 5:00pm Supermarket Sweep 6:00pm Ellen's Game of Games 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Roswell, New Mexico 10:00pmLove Island Australia 11:10pmCelebrity Juice

11:40am Midsomer Murders 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK

11:20am The Professionals 12:25pmThe Sweeney 1:35pm The Saint 2:40pm Robin of Sherwood 3:45pm Dempsey and Makepeace 5:50pm Minder 6:55pm The Professionals 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Giant Lobster Hunters 11:00pm American Sniper 12:05am FYI Daily

1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News 7:00pm Sky Sports News 8:00pm Sky Sports News 8:30pm Live MNF 11:30pmSky Sports News 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

10:00pm The Secret 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London

11:00am BBC News 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm Best Bakes Ever 3:30pm Wild China 4:30pm Sporting Legends 4:35pm Olympics Rewind 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Australian Railway Journeys 8:00pm Back in Time for...

9:00pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 10:00pmThe Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty 11:00pmLive at the Apollo 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather

8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Rise of the Nazis Documentary examining how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party seized power in Germany during the 1930s and ushered in the death of democracy.

10:00pmAncient Invisible Cities 11:00pm Storyville 12:25am Being Beethoven 1:25am Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British

11:30am Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Bake Off: The Professionals 10:00pm24 Hours in A&E

2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm My Daughter is Innocent 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 9:00pm This Week on the Farm 10:00pm Our Yorkshire Farm 11:00pmPrince Harry: A Troubled Prince 12:05am The Best of Bad TV

3:55pm Dress to Impress 5:00pm Supermarket Sweep 6:00pm Ellen's Game of Games 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Roswell, New Mexico 10:00pm Love Island Australia 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy

1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm That's My Boy 5:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:30pm Heartbeat 7:30pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK

2:35pm The Saint 3:40pm Robin of Sherwood 4:45pm Dempsey and Makepeace 5:50pm Minder 6:55pm The Professionals 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm Giant Lobster Hunters 10:00pmGordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip 11:00pm Coogan's Bluff 12:00am FYI Daily

6:00am Sky Sports News 9:00am Fighting Fit 2020 9:30am Fit In 5 9:40am Fit In 5 9:50am Fit In 5 10:00am Sky Sports News 11:00am Info not available 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News 6:30pm Info not available 11:45pmPremier League Greatest Games 12:00am Sky Sports News

10:25am Supermarket Sweep 11:25am Ellen's Game of Games 12:20pmDress to Impress 1:25pm You've Been Framed!

1:55pm Catchphrase 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Dress to Impress 5:00pm Supermarket Sweep 6:00pm Ellen's Game of Games 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Roswell, New Mexico 10:00pm Love Island Australia 11:05pm Maura Higgins: You're Joking Me!

9:05am Heartbeat 10:05am Bless This House 10:35am Bless This House 11:05am That's My Boy 11:40am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:00pm Heartbeat 7:00pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:10am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping

7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am The Saint 8:15am Robin of Sherwood 9:10am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Professionals 12:25pmThe Sweeney 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Robin of Sherwood 3:40pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm Golf: PGA Tour Highlights 8:00pm Tour de France ReCycled: Geraint's Tour 9:00pm Junk and Disorderly 10:00pm Crimson Tide 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pm Crimson Tide 12:10am Blue Streak 1:10am FYI Daily

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WEDNESDAY - 15 JULY 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Rip Off Britain 11:45am Homes Under the Hammer 12:45pmCaught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm The Heights 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home is Where the Art is 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 7:55pm Match of the Day Live 9:00pm The Repair Shop 10:00pmCelebrity MasterChef 11:00pmBBC News at Ten

4:00am This is BBC Two 7:30am Home is Where the Art is 8:15am The Repair Shop 9:00am Great Asian Railway Journeys 10:00am Jungle Atlantis 11:00am BBC News 12:15pmPolitics Live 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation 3:45pm Wild China 4:45pm Sporting Legends 4:55pm Olympics Rewind 6:30pm Match of the Day Live 8:00pm Back in Time for...

9:00pm Bears About the House 10:00pmMrs America 10:45pmMrs America 11:35pmGrand Tours of Scotland 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather 12:30am Once Upon a Time in Iraq

8:00pm River Walks 8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Rise of the Nazis 10:00pmIan Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: An Emotional History of Britain 11:00pmTop of the Pops Music show featuring studio performances, videos, celebrity interviews and archive footage of classic hits.

11:30pmGermaine Bloody Greer 12:30am Virago: Changing the World One Page at a Time 1:30am Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The Writers Who Shaped a Nation 2:30am The Joy of Painting 3:00am River Walks

11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pmCome Dine with Me 12:30pmCome Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pmGrand Designs 11:00pmNaked Attraction

9:00am Paw Patrol 9:15am Floogals 9:30am Becca's Bunch 9:45am Little Princess 9:55am Top Wing 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:20pmCan't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Killer Trainer 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Britain by Bike with Larry & George Lamb 9:00pm Traffic Cops 10:00pm The Railway 24/7 11:00pmShoplifters: At War with the Law

7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street.

9:00pm Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pmITV News London

Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Total Goals Fighting Fit 2020 9:30am Fit In 5 9:40am Fit In 5 9:50am Fit In 5 10:00am Total Goals 11:00am Info not available 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News 6:30pm Info not available 11:45pmPremier League Greatest Games Newcastle United v Arsenal v from the 2010/11 season.

12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News

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FEATURE

CoronaMoaners GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY A S w i t h t h e b e s t i ro n y, I ’ l l b e ironic, moaning, about those who moan. Or, the Corona-Moaners, as I call them. For the last 16 weeks, we’ve witnessed all levels of moaning; from those, who felt being ‘trapped at home’ was too much to handle. Those who felt, being unable to go to their favourite restaurants was a ‘liberty.’ To those, who found wearing a simple face mask, was the ‘end of the world.’ And of course, those who felt their lives may end, when they couldn’t get a b l o w d r y. O h y e s , t h e y ’ v e moaned.

No matter how many lost their lives to Covid-19, the CoronaMoaners, just couldn’t help themselves. As the daily death toll, spiralled inter nationally, they kept Facebook busy with their rants. Late night chat forums were filled with bonkers conspiracy theories. If one dared disagree, they moaned.

Agree, they found something else to moan about. Block them, they moaned, but luckily, we could no longer hear them.

Those who moan, love any excuse to do so. It rains they complain, the sun shines, and it’s too hot. For this select few, the dreaded virus was the icing on the cake of negativity. They’re the same type, who spend every waking minute caught up in yawn-full, and certainly questionable, ‘debates’ in the comment sections.

No matter the country, it seems the Corona-Moaners, found serious fault with every politician, medical expert, or person, who didn’t share their dreary outlook. Going as far as blaming prime ministers for the ‘handling’ of the outbreak.

Of course, in hindsight, yes certain things, could have been handled differently, in certain countries.

However, faced with a ravaging, and raging mystery virus, we, the non-moaners, did what we could,

SPARE ME: But I know my hopes are in vain. and even though, we may not have liked it, we get on with it, with tight lips and a brave face.

So now, as we emerge into what we call the ‘new normal,’ life feels almost as before.

Surely it’s time for the moaning to stop? One would hope. But of course, those who are finally able to have their hair tended to, now moan that they have to wear a face mask while doing so. Those who longed for pasta alla vongole, can’t stand the fact, that hand sanitiser must be used upon entering restaurants. And finally, to those who’ve whinged, moaned and cried, about the fact they may not be able to have their annual twoweek sojourn to the sun.

Now that air travel has returned, albeit with restrictions, to the Corona-Moaners, it’s just not the same.

And it’s simply not good enough. I look to the sky, and I plead to be spared from these dreadful people, for all eternity. However, as sure as night becomes day, I know my hopes are in vain.

Instead, I continue to smile and be grateful, for all we have. And moreover, for the fact that my loved ones are healthy and safe.

Keep smiling, keep going, and stay positive. As for the Corona-Moaners, I say, leave them to it. I for one, have far bigger fish to fry.

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS ARIES (March 21 - April 20) An exciting project is bubbling away in your mind but may need financial backing. Take advice from a professional or someone with successful experience in these matters. Remember that any idea has to grow, so consider what you need to see happen in five years’ time. There is little time for romance and you may decide to put that on hold because of complications.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) During your social encounters this week you meet someone who offers to help. That is great, but do ask yourself if you would be prepared to give anything in return.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Some exciting suggestions make you think twice about a current business matter. However, it may not be necessary to change anything but to consider the new suggestion as a sort of ‘add on’ to a current project.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The moment that you have been waiting for has arrived. A colleague has made a decision that is long overdue. Perhaps you are a little shocked and speechless because there has been such a time lag, but this will pass. It may not be overconvenient but the phrase 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) You work hard for your money.

Make it worthwhile by trying to hold on to as much of it as possible. Someone who is charming and plausible may try to get you involved in a fast-track money making scheme.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) By showing confidence in your own way of doing things, you inspire others. This is chiefly because you are at last finding a balance between work and home life. In the past you may have felt stressed and equated that with working - not so now.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Because you are intent on pleasing others, you may be cramping your own style. This is something that you have in abundance and it should be

used. You may be feeling that a business idea does not stand a chance and, in any case, you don’t want to risk any money.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A juicy bit of gossip comes your way this week and it is hard to keep it quiet. You must do so, however, because there is a lot riding on it. When people trust you, they are saying much about the relationship. In this particular case, the person may well be able to progress you socially at some time in the future.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The rather more serious side of your nature needs to take over this week. Someone in a higher position is keeping an eye on you. This maybe because they are considering you for promotion, so be on your best behaviour. It is important at the moment to stick to any rules and regulations or your reputation (and pocket) could be hit.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Letting life get too tame will eventually irritate you no end.

Your social life needs a boost which, in turn, helps romance blossom. It is easy to be a bit lazy when things are going smoothly but we all need constant stretching. With an active mind such as yours, the important thing is to keep making progress.

This may be in a physical way or in some kind of business. A brisk attitude to your whole life is needed.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A chance remark alluding to your past brings a flashback. This helps you to see a current situation more clearly. We all make mistakes and follow the same old patterns, but this time you are being forewarned. It is in your experience and power to make a different choice of action this time. In doing so, much confusion and upset can be avoided.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Someone will most certainly come to the rescue when your situation changes. Well, they will, won't they? Have Plan B ready just in case. In continuing to think in the short term you do yourself no favours. Think now of a ‘10year plan’ and be determined to reach your goal. Bit by bit and day by day you will progress. You don’t have to rush ahead and get stressed.

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Famous quote “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.”

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Contributors include: Paul McCartney, Emilia Clarke, Peter Kay, Stephen Fry, Dawn French, Sir Trevor McDonald, Graham Norton, Sir Michael Palin, Naomie Harris, Ricky Gervais, Sir David Jason, Dame Emma Thompson, Joanna Lumley, Miranda Hart, Dermot O'Leary, Jamie Oliver, Ed Sheeran, David Tennant, Dame Julie Walters, Emma Watson, Malala Yousafzai and many, many more.

All profits from this book will go to NHS Charities Together to fund vital research and projects, and The Lullaby Trust which supports parents bereaved of babies and young children.

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• Stephen Coppell, English football He plays as a midfielder for King’s Lynn manager and former player, July 9, 1955, Town. Jarvis has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.

65 • Anna Friel, English actress, July 12, 1976, He last managed ATK in Indian Super League.

44) As a player, he was a highly regarded right She has been acting professionally since age winger known for his speed and work rate.

Harrison Ford.

13. Friel achieved fame with her portrayal of • John Simm, English actor, director and musician, July 10, 1970, 50 Beth Jordache on the British soap opera Brookside (1993-95), and came to international He has been nominated twice for the BAFTA Award prominence when she played Charlotte ‘Chuck’ for Best Actor, and is a Laurence Olivier Award Charles on ABC’s Pushing Daisies (2007-09). nominee for Best Actor. He is best known for playing • Harrison Ford, American actor, July 13, 1942, 78 Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, and The Master in Doctor Who. Also an aviator, and environmental activist. He gained • Ryan Jarvis, English semi-professional footballer, worldwide fame for his starring role as Han Solo in the 11 July 11, 1986, 34 original Star Wars trilogy that began in 1977, and he

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would reprise the role decades later in the sequel trilogy.

• Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Duchess of Västergötland 14 July 14, 1977, 43 She is the heir apparent to the Swedish throne, as the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she would be Sweden’s fourth queen regnant and the first since 1720.

• Vincent Lindon, French actor and filmmaker, July 15, 1959, 61) He has been active for more than 30 years. At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in the film The Measure of a Man. He won the IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.

This week in history

Dear NHS

927 - Peace in the North King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.

1776 - While preparing for battle George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.

1789 - Alexander Mackenzie He finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean.

Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.

1882 - War of the Pacific Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.

1934 - No assisted take off Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large humanpowered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 metres at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted takeoff.

1977 - New York City Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across:

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1 Snacks, 4 Ship, 8 Evict, 9 Still, 10 Substitute, 13 Absolutely, 17 Evade, 18 Bombs, 19 Shed, 20 Agenda.

1 Sped, 2 Adieu, 3/18 Kit bag, 5 Haiku, 6 Pilfer, 7 Assist, 11 Sullen, 12 Cadets, 14 Share, 15 Lemon, 16 Asia.

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Across: 1/27 Bank note, 3 Asbestos, 9 Retsina, 10 Adios, 11 Annul, 12 Titter, 14 In situ, 16 Saddle, 19 Nausea, 21 Uncle, 24 Onion, 25 Special, 26 Suspense.

Down: 1 Barbaric, 2 Not on, 4 Shanty, 5 Exalt, 6 Tail end, 7 Sash, 8 Gimlet, 13 Reveille, 15 Scabies, 17 Acumen, 18 Tarsus, 20 Singe, 22 Cairo, 23 Lots.

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POSITIVE REALITY DEAR Euro Weekly News, Ok, I am ready for these tourists, bring them on.

We can handle it. It will just be a little bit of a shock to the system as our streets and beaches have been quiet for so long. Hopefully, all it can bring is good news. As a business owner, my family are struggling.

If we cannot bring any money in over the summer we will be out of here come winter. This will be a great shame as the kids are at school here and their friends are here, this is really our home now. However, I am realistic, I know it could all go down the sink.

All we must do is keep pushing on, stay safe and we can all get through this. We are strong enough.

Let’s have a successful summer!!!

Gavin Hornsey Benalmadena

Say a prayer Dear Euro Weekly News, Should I be worried? I see mentions in the Spanish papers and whispers of infections growing again, are we on our way into another lockdown?

I don’t think I could handle it. Actually, I don’t think Spain could handle it. People would have to just work on through any virus now or there would be

OUR VIEW Habit forming ARE we now becoming a world controlled by fear.

With every ending conversation, email or text punctuated by a STAY SAFE, are we perpetuating our own worries and also projecting them on others whilst creating a constant circle of being scared.

Stay indoors, wear a mask, don’t pay in cash, work from home. The demands are growing and we are ensured that if we do what we are told we will have nothing to worry about.

Why should it take the threat of a virus to kill rebellion? Why should laws be created on the spot by people who have never had the experience of solving these problems.

With our fear and obedience an obsession has grown, the world is magnified, your every thought and action is magnified. If you breathe outside will you die? Does that person in the street have that KILLER virus?

We are desperately painting ourselves into a corner with an endless pot of paint, it’s time to crack a window and breathe.

So have we been brainwashed, figures don’t lie, do they? The government would never lie, would it?

We are now waiting with baited breath (behind a sweaty mask) for our next order from on high. Let’s hope that it is a habit we can break. It takes 21 days to make a habit and 90 days to make it a permanent lifestyle change. We are now living a new lifestyle.

Maybe our next order will be to take back our freedom, to think for ourselves... as long as we stay safe whilst doing it.

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COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK ‘Chaos’ at Palma airport on Spain’s holiday island Mallorca on first day of return of British tourists This is so, so sad after all we’ve all been through since March...

How can it be Mr Pedro Sanchez that potentially all the hard work can be undone??? Either way Viva España.

PB

Nicola Sturgeon expertly demolishes Boris Johnson’s ‘absurd’ claim that there’s ‘no border between Scotland and England’ Oh blimey. Little Jimmy Cranky is at it again. Seems there is a border when it suits her, but not when she wants freebies or handouts for Scotland.

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Brexit talks between UK and EU break up early amid ‘significant differences Have a successful summer.

I’m very enthusiastic about leaving.

I’d prefer no deal as our political class have lied to us for generations. No deal leaves no room for weasel words!

economic ruin.

I am not a negative person, but I just hope the people who do read this realise that they need to do everything they can to keep this at bay. Am glad I have seen loads of people still wearing masks and staying apart from each other. Can we please, please keep doing that so that soon or next year it will be a distant memory.

For all our sakes.

Fingers crossed.

Melanie Wharton Torrevieja

Masks mayhem Dear Euro Weekly News, I split my time between the coast where I have an apartment and an inland town where I work. In the hilltop town, absolutely everyone is respecting the restrictions, keeping their distance and using a mask pretty much all the time. Since the start of the pandemic, the town registered not one case of infection.

I came down to the coast this morning and went for a coffee in San Pedro Alcántara. I was appalled at the number of people who were acting as if nothing had changed. Many, many people (mainly expats and/or tourists) were not wearing masks in a crowded street where it was impossible to keep any sort of safe distance. In the coffee house, people were entering and queuing without masks and were jostling together. The tables were not being cleared between customers never mind cleaned and disinfected.

We did not endure three months of strict lockdown to have it all ruined by a casual disregard for others’ health. A complete lack of consideration and respect means there WILL be a second wave and those of us who have abided by the regulations and whose businesses face enormous problems will be the ones to suffer yet again while the uncaring tourists get to fly home.

Kevin Park

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BREAKING NEWS: FBI arrest Ghislaine Maxwell on Jeffrey Epstein-related charges Former what?.. She was his madam... finding and grooming young girls... needs a long, long stay in prison. I wonder still why it’s taken so long to arrest her.

MS

BBC Decides Staff Should Not Wear Black Lives Matter Badges on Air After CAA Exposes Antisemitism in the Movement and Other Extremist Views Emerge So true about time you woke up BBC there is no place for racism anywhere, but the fools at the FA should have dealt with racists long ago in football, but waited for someone else to.

Sort it out, but jumping on the FLOYD band wagon was not the answer and now finding out BLM are not what they say.

Well done TOTTENHAM FOR SEEING THIS.

RC

Spain’s PM Sanchez Admits His Mistakes: “We Should Have Decreed the State of Alarm Much Earlier” I think he did very well, yes we lost a lot of people but he also saved a lot more.

KP

Outrage as British Hospital in Bolton Charges Spaniard £600 After He’s Worked in the UK for 40 Years If I moved back to the UK, I will no longer be covered by the Spanish healthcare system. If I decided to come back for a holiday in five years’ time, I would not be covered by the Spanish healthcare system.

I would be receiving a small Spanish pension, but I would not be covered by the Spanish health system. That would be because I no longer lived here. Same situation. I don’t see why anyone would think that he should be covered by the NHS. He was on holiday.

VW

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YOU have just left the salon and your hair’s the perfect shade. Your

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First, wait at least a whole day before washing it and after that, try to shampoo only two to three times a week to keep the colour really true. On the days you skip shampooing, it’s ok to just use conditioner.

Try a colour-safe shampoo and conditioner that don't contain sulphates leaving a salon-fresh look and vibrant colour.

Coloured hair thrives on moisture, so deep conditioning can help it stay bright and manageable. Mix equal parts avocado, almond oil, and vitamin E oil and apply to damp hair. Let it soak in for 10 minutes then rinse and style as usual so save

splurging on expensive serums and other deep conditioners.

Now that the sun is out remember it’s not so good for your hair.

Strong sunlight can make colour dull and lifeless. Try spritzing on a hair oil mist that contains UVA and UVB filters to protect your hair.

Salons also offer processes that can make hair shiny again.

A gloss treatment helps restore colour and make your hair shinier. A detox hair treatment removes product build-up, leaving your hair brighter and bouncier.

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A Bipolar Diagnosis:

It’s not a death sentence!

MS BIPOLAR UP AND DOWN WITH BALANCE UNEDITED FIRSTLY, I would like to thank all of the Euro Weekly readers for taking the time to read my column week after week – also for the letters you send in and encouraging comments on Facebook.

A big shout out to Michel, Steven and red army at EWN head office for their support and hard work in helping and enabling me to get my story across and help others.

I tend to write my columns replacing ‘me’ for ‘we’ - however this week I’m going to write about ME - give an honest insight to Ms Bipolar.

These last two weeks I have struggled - yes, really struggled! I have used every bit of my energy and strength to carry on fighting this uphill battle.

I have had my doctor on speed dial making tweaks here and there and giving me the professional support I very much needed.

But I have also looked after ME… I have laughed w i t h family a n d

friends, I have sunbathed, I have done silly T ikTok dance routines with my daughter, I have gone to bed early, made my bed every single morning and … ‘drum roll… please...’ not had any alcoholic beverages in three weeks!!

These little achievements may seem unimportant to most people but to me, they are a reminder that I am still in control and I’m not losing myself to my illness.

Just because one day, one week, or more of your life is rough, doesn’t mean things will be that way forever.

I know the next couple of weeks will be tough but I also know that I am strong enough to come out of this the other side. I finally understand the gravity of my illness and when I need to ask for help. This disorder can be fatal if not managed properly I’m both a survivor and an advocate. I want to give hope to the millions of people whose lives have been affected by bipolar disorder.

I’m living proof that a bipolar disorder diagnosis is not a death sentence.

I haven’t just survived, I’ve thrived. And while I’ve had many professional and personal achievements, I’m most proud of my constant recovery.

I am unapologetically ME! Don’t forget - you can write to me on the email below or follow me on Facebook @ m s w i l l o w bipolar.

Love Ms Bipolar x

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The window to your soul

SPARKLE AND SHINE: Make the most of your important features.

BEST kept secrets for beautiful eyes.

Always make the most of your natural eye colour. For example, with green or hazel eyes, try purple based shadows and liners. To make blue eyes brighter, use deep navy and other blues. Those lucky brown-eyed girls can get away with almost any hue.

Bright eyes mean health and beauty, but sometimes they could do with a little boost.

Red eyes? Soothing drops will offer an instant pick-me-up and put that sparkle back in your eyes.

Line your inner rims with a white pencil to make your eyes look brighter, or use black liner at night for the same effect. A yellowbased foundation or eye primer can really help with red skin around your eyes.

If you have deep-set eyes, stick with medium tones on the eyelids, go

lighter in the contour, and stress the lash line.

Skip colours that are too dark. For close-set eyes, highlight the outer corners and avoid dark shadow on the inner corners. Pull wide-set eyes together with dark shadow in the inner corners.

Layering makes eye shadow and eyeliner last.

For maximum staying power, use eye primer over your whole eyelid.

Then, dust your lids with loose or pressed translucent powder. Apply eye shadow, blend, and apply powder again.

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NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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

N E W S t h a t T h e re s a May has made more than a million pounds on the lecture circuit since quitting as Prime Minister may surprise some. They may be equally surprised by rumours she may publish the ultimate strategic leadership book this summer. Provisional title: ‘MAY I lead you to the (Br)exit - Ten Tips for Purpose-Driven and Collegial Leadership’ (I made this bit up but you get the idea). Probably leadership book of the year, haha!

But then some would say, if her predecessors have done this sort of thing, why shouldn’t she? What’s

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Strong and stable on the lucrative lecture circuit worse, Blair managing to buy a multi-million pound property soon after leaving office?

Clegg getting millions at Facebook?

Or a Chancellor who became a newspaper editor (with no journalistic experience) in addition to numerous other jobs?

Some leaders (a certain US president comes to mind) seem to think that their occupying the top job is akin to winning some sort of TV talent show, with the ‘winner’ cashing in on leaving.

We’ve seen a number of unedifying examples of this, with the result that the integrity of the office is further diminished.

I was never a huge fan of Theresa May as PM, nor during her time as Home Secretary.

However everything is relative. If asked, who would you rather be in charge of managing the current pandemic, I don’t doubt there are some who might even choose May over Johnson ...

So, all things considered, I don’t have a problem with

THERESA MAY: May publish the ultimate strategic leadership book.

this. She got the job, did the time and is entitled to capitalise on the experience. Howe v e r, I ’ d a l s o l i k e t o make the following recommendations.

Firstly, you shouldn’t become an MP before the age of 30 so you build up some life experience. Secondly, whilst you are an MP, you shouldn’t have another job, consultancy, directorship or whatever to keep things open and transparent.

After all, you’re paid

to be an MP, to work in the Commons and on behalf of your constituents, NOT yourselves.

End of rant. Next, umm, ‘scandal,’ please!

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Making the best of a bad situation BARRY DUKE IN the 1975 song Making the Best of a Bad Situation Ray Stevens sings about a w o m a n w h o ’s h u s b a n d ‘came unwrapped’ and imagined he was a chicken.

The wife considered sending for a shrink, but: ‘He don’t eat much, just chicken-feed.

And all that peckin’ in the ground don’t hurt nothin’.

Heaven knows, we can use the eggs.’

As we ease out of Covid-19 lockdowns I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on how folk are dealing with situations no-one imagined they would ever have to contend with before the pandemic - and it’s been a fascinating exercise, especially with regard to the wearing of face

MASKED UP: Either bearing Madonna or Swarovski crystals. masks.

For example my long-time friend Marco Pimental, who runs the popular Sensations bar in Benidor m, wears a mask bearing the image of his favourite pop goddess,

Madonna. He told me that it was a one-off, made by a friend who sure knows his way around sewing machines.

As I sipped a large whisky, I showed Marco a mask I’d

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‘Nice,’ he said, ‘but do you know that Swarovski are now making blingy masks?’

I didn’t doubt him because I’ve seen a number of reports of how fashion houses have reacted to the pandemic, but I wanted to see for myself what Swarovski was offering on the Internet.

I liked what I saw, but not so much that I’d spend big bucks on one. On an online American medical supplies store I saw Swarovski masks being sold for $80.

But you can pay way more than that. New York City streetwear giant, Supreme, is reportedly flogging some of the most sought-after face masks on the planet.

Supreme originally began selling neoprene creations for just over $120, but demand has seen its designs fetching more than $500 on resale

sites.

Casting my eyes around the empty streets of Benidorm, sadly depleted of holidaymakers, I noticed numerous stores - Chinese ones in particular - displaying eyecatching arrays of colour ful masks.

But I take no comfort from the fact because, no matter how fabulous one’s mask may look, I feel suffocated when I’m in environments where they are mandatory and I begin suffering panic attacks. So, bus rides and visits to food outlets have kept to a minimum.

And then there’s the issue of choosing the WRONG mask. In my case one featuring cannabis leaves.

I dispensed with it immediately after I was approached on three occasions on a single after noon by separate groups of youngsters asking whether I had any dope to sell.

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SMALL SERIES: Most powerful model ever approved for road use.

THE new MINI John Cooper Works GP, produced in a small series of 3,000 units is the tradition-steeped brand’s fastest, most powerful model ever approved for road use. It takes extreme driving pleasure in a MINI to a whole new level.

Its distinctive appearance is impressive: Carbon wheel arch trims, a roof spoiler with double-wing contour, large 18” lightweight forged wheels and a 10mm lower suspension. It takes just 5.2 seconds to reach the 100 km/h speed mark in the digital instrument panel display. A four-cylinder turbocharged engine with 225 kW/306 hp and a maximum torque of 450 Nm delivers this irresistible forward thrust.

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front wheels fitted with model-specific high-performance tyres via an eightspeed Steptronic transmission which, complete with integrated differential lock, ensures the loss-free conversion of drive torque into thrilling performance.

The sports brake system also inspires immediate confidence. The precise controllability and powerful grip of the four-piston fixed calliper disc brakes on the front wheels and single-piston floating-calliper disc brakes on the rear wheels confirm control. The tight engine mounting, the extremely rigid body structure and suspension connection and the suspension technology empower the new model to deliver impressively precise steering and unadulterated driving pleasure.

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Nathan Ake and Josh King Rojadirecta red card in Man Utd Transfer Boost MANCHESTER UNITED transfer boost with Nathan Ake and Josh King available in cut-price deals even if Bournemouth are NOT relegated.

Bournemouth are preparing a cost reduction campaign before the next season starts, which will include the release of two major players Nathan Ake and Josh King. The club is second at the bottom of the Premier League after a terrible one-point run in eight games. Many people, including fans, believe Bournemouth should streamline all of its operations now, regardless of the division in which it will operate next season.

Manager Eddie Howe and his squad are in a desperate battle to avoid

MAJOR PLAYERS: Nathan Ake and Josh King. relegation to the Championship with the club sitting second-bottom of the Premier League. They were thumped 5-2 by United on Sunday with many fans convinced Ole Gunnar Solksjaer made a play for Ake at the final whistle, the ref however didn’t think so!

The Cherries are one of the smallest clubs in the elite despite five consecutive Premier League seasons, given their small sta-

dium of just over 11,000 seats and a large payroll, the coronavirus crisis has particularly affected them.

Manager Eddie Howe and other senior staff have voluntarily cut wages to ease the club’s financial burden. Bournemouth chiefs are now planning to implement changes to the club structure before the next campaign, putting both football and non-football staff at risk.

LA LIGA, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has claimed another win against piracy of its content, joining forces with the Danish Rights Alliance to secure a ruling against the Rojadirecta platform.

Denmark’s high court has ruled that Rojadirecta is illegal and must be blocked

by Danish ISPs. The Spanish company that administers Rojadirecta, Puerto 80 Projects, appealed an initial ruling claiming that its platform is not illegal as it also legally provides certain content.

However, the high court sided with the Danish Rights Alliance and La Liga in their argument that a service dedicated to illegal activities is illegal, regardless of the presence of legal content.

Previously, Rojadirecta gained 19,000 Danish visitors in one month, allowing consumers to access live sport such as La Liga matches.

Director of the Danish Rights Alliance, Maria Fredenslund, said “This means that there is now access to block services that offer illegal TV and live sports. This is a hugely important development, especially for broadcasters who at great expense pays for exclusive rights to sports content.”

NEW RULING: Denmark’s Daniel Wass plays for Valencia in La Liga.