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A COSTA ALMERIAbased couple is finally together again after Covid-19 lockdowns kept them apart on opposite sides of the world for nearly half a year.

Australian born Marie Craig set off for her homeland to visit family in mid-February when Covid-19 was still “something that was happening in China,” her Glaswegian husband Ian told the Euro Weekly News.

Marie had expected to be back home in Taberno with Ian by the middle of April. Then four weeks after she left, Spain went into total lockdown and just after that all international flights into Spain were suspended.

The couple have been together for 14 years after meeting through a mutu-

CREDIT: Ian and Marie Craig

TOGETHER AGAIN

CELEBRATING: Ian and Marie raise a glass to being reunited. al friend in Cala D’Or in Mallorca where Ian used to have a bar. The enforced separation for all those months was then “a real heartbreaker for both of us,” Ian admitted.

“It has been a testing and upsetting time.”

Thanks to technology they could keep in regular contact, and even had online ‘date nights,’ talking for two to three

hours at a time.

Even so it was tough.

“Knowing it wasn’t just happening to us and there were lots of people in the world worse off helped me get through

it,” Marie revealed.

She also believes that in some way it was meant to be for her to be in Adelaide during those months as it allowed her to spend valuable time with friends and family; her father was diagnosed with the early signs of Alzheimer’s while she was there and a dear friend from her home city passed away.

The couple were eventually reunited at Murcia station on Friday July 24 having had their hopes raised several times that Marie would be able to

travel to Spain only to be dashed, and following what turned out to be an epic 42-hour journey from Adelaide.

Even right up until the last hours they weren’t sure Marie would actually make it back to Spain as she had to go via Melbourne: currently under lockdown due to a resurgence in Covid-19 cases.

The ‘new normal’ meant the reunion wasn’t quite the ‘big hug, slowed down movie moment’ Marie had imagined.

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Together again! » From Front page CREDIT: Ian and Ma rie Craig

FACE masks, social distancing and the vast amount of luggage she’d brought back with her made it practical rather than romantic, the long awaited embrace put off until they were in the car.

Marie also found her return to Spain ‘weird.’ Not only had she walked straight into a heatwave from a chilly mid-winter Adelaide, she found the sight of everyone’s faces hidden by masks something of a shock at first.

Now safely back at the cortijo which they moved to in April 2017 and which they have completely renovated, Ian and Marie are celebrating being back together.

But the strain of the last five months is beginning to hit them, they told EWN. “We’d kept it together, but it was like a wearing a shield and now we need time to relax,” said Marie.

Ian agrees.

“We need time out to take a break. We both feel drained by all the worry about the separation and everything else going on.

“And we need time to readjust to what is now the new normality of daily life.”

Red Cross

collaboration MOJACAR Council is collaborating with the Red Cross to help the neediest in the municipality.

Mayor Rosmari Cano has signed a collaboration agreement with the president of the local assembly of the Spanish Red Cross, Concepción Rivero Puche, which includes a transfer of €10,000 for residents in a position of social vulnerability.

This financial support, from the council’s own budget, was deemed necessary after looking into the cases of local people suffering from the consequences of the current health crisis. Within this collaborative framework, reports are made

by Community Social Services, which

are then referred to the Red Cross.

The council said the mayor intends, within the scope of her responsibilities, to provide speedy and effective assistance to improve the well-being of any person or family in the town in a vulnerable situation.

Help will be given wherever possible to the elderly, the chronically ill or disabled, without a family support network, unemployed or in poverty. Assistance will also be aimed at families with children or other dependents experiencing difficulties and the homeless.

On August 4 the Red Cross reached its 150th birthday with Prince Charles as its president and the Queen its patron.

Knocked unconscious A WOMAN was knocked unconscious when she fell headfirst onto rocks on a Cabo de Gata beach on Saturday morning.

The accident happened on a difficult to access cove between the Monsol and Berrocal beaches in the middle of the

natural park, the Andalucia 112 emergencies service reported.

Several people who saw her fall several metres and hit her head immediately alerted the 112 coordination centre.

An Emergencies 112 rescue helicopter transferred her to hospital.

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Eco-friendly seating ADRA Council has been busy smartening up the town’s San Nicolas beachside promenade with eco-friendly benches.

The local authority has installed around 30 of the new benches as part of a line of actions to make the municipality more attractive, encourage people to use public spaces and to boost the tourist appeal of the Adra coastline.

As well as being made from recycled materials, the benches are better designed ergonomically, the council said.

They have higher backs than the old ones and are more comfortable to sit on.

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First All-Day fundraiser

REASSURANCE: “This measure of control and isolation guarantees the peace of mind and safety of everyone and of the municipality,” the council affirmed. tion guarantees the peace of mind and safety of everyone and of the municipality,” the council affirmed.

The local administration goes on to say that it is working closely with the health authorities, contact tracers and relevant companies to “ensure this situation is quickly and completely controlled.”

It continues, “these actions will be ongoing and the venues involved will remain closed until a complete and thorough disinfection is confirmed and staff are certified as contagion-free.”

The council also defended its actions since the start of the pandemic and moving into the relaxation of the lockdown, and its “absolute responsibility” in dealing with the health crisis.

Officially open

CREDIT: Mojacar Informa

Beach clean-up call

The statement points to the implementation of all the required legal measures, and above and beyond that, with reinforced cleaning and disinfection services throughout the municipality in areas like beaches, streets and public places, particularly where there are greater concentrations of people.

Also to the efforts via a strong police and Civil Protection presence, and working with other organisations and local businesses, to meet all the regulations and secure the safety of residents and visitors.

“These latest occurrences should not imply that there is disorder in all similar venues or, that control measures are lacking regarding the entertainment and activities on offer in the town,” the statement ends.

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AS media reports increased about an outbreak of Covid-19 in Mojacar related to the resort’s nightlife, the local council put out a statement to “clarify the situation.”

The local authority said the aim was to “keep residents, visitors and public opinion informed on the locality’s situation and avoid rumours and misinformation which only heighten social alarm.”

The statement released on Monday evening said the health authorities had confirmed 32 positive cases up to that point, of which 26 were employees of various nightspots who had been living together in shared accommodation.

It stressed that “at present, all those known to be affected are under control and in isolation.”

The council underlined what it described as “comprehensive monitoring” of those in confinement, ensuring their health care as well meeting their basic needs, like the provision of food, rubbish collection, and so on, to ensure they remain isolated until there is a new instruction from the health authorities.

The statement further explained that those affected would be kept under a period of quarantine until they have shown to be negative for Covid-19 in two consecutive tests.

“This measure of control and isola-

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OFFICIAL: Turre mayor Martin Morales Fuentes and Lions’ Regional Secretary Guillermo Barragan cut the ribbon on the premises.

INVITATION: The local authority has asked residents and tourists to help clear the beaches of rubbish, especially plastic.

MOJACAR Council has called on residents and tourists to do their bit to help protect the environment and join a beach clean-up effort.

The local authority has put out an invitation on social media, asking people to take part in the initiative organised in collaboration with the ecological organisation Ok Planet for the evening of Friday August 9.

The idea is for participants to pick up rubbish from the beaches, especially plastic.

The meeting point will be in front of Lance Nuevo beach, just in front of the Pueblo Indalo complex at 7.30pm. The clean-up will carry on until 9pm.

THE new Vera and District Lions charity shop in Turre is officially open.

Turre mayor Martin Morales Fuentes and Lions’ Regional Secretary Guillermo Barragan cut the ribbon on the premises on Friday July 31.

The Lions members had put in an awful lot of hard work to find suitable premises and gain the relevant paperwork and permissions over the last few months. With the help of numerous volunteers over the

course of two weeks the shop was stocked and organised.

“I would like to personally thank everyone for the tireless efforts carried out in getting the shop in order and ready to open,” Club President Andy Pearson said.

“There were many hours spent in organising things and you have done us proud.”

The shop is currently open Fridays and Saturdays between 10am and 2pm.

DONATION: Lesley Rowe handing over €111.88 to PAWS-PATAS representative Sam.

Swimathon swimmers.

EL BANDIDO ALL ACTIVE has hosted its very first all-day fundraiser to raise funds for local causes.

The event on Saturday July 18 at Miraflores campsite in Los Gallardos raised money for the PAWS-PATAS animal shelter, Vera and District Lions and Coastal Cleaners Andalucia (CCA).

A one-kilometre fun run kicked off the day’s proceedings. The fastest male was Chevrier Stephane-Bouly and the fastest female was Janine Pollard.

Following the run, Ken Greison took to the stage to compere the day, with singer Kay Frances serenading visitors.

A number of fun active events took place throughout the day, including an old school garden fete with water stocks, sack race, obstacle course, tug of war and the like. There was also a swimathon, with swimmers doing as many lengths as possible in 20 minutes.

Eric Wintersgill swam 54 lengths and Karen Ayers swam 52. There

Chevrier Stephane-Bouly and Janine Pollard leading the fun runners. were stalls selling local crafts and a PAWS jumble stall.

Participants paid €1 to have a go at any activity or game, raising over €320 on the day. The money raised was divided between the three causes.

Coastal Cleaners used their share to subsidise kayaks for their recent beach clean-up.

They removed eight sacks of rubbish, including 12 lighters, from one small bay.

El Bandido started in 2018 with a small number of runners, joggers and walkers, from permanent residents to regular visitors and holidaymakers, covering the five-kilometre Mojacar Paseo. They welcome all ages, nationalities and speeds to the evergrowing group.

El Bandido All Active is run by Kevin Rowe and Andrea Robson, who are keen to encourage local residents and visitors to get fit, with running, cycling, aqua fitness, yoga, Pilates and other activities.

For more information search for El Bandido Runners on Facebook.

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MORE than 100 youngsters a week are practising sport at Adra’s municipal schools this summer, in conditions adapted to the new normal.

In accordance with health authority recommendations, spaces are divided up and the children take it in turns to do activities.

Each group is limited to a maximum of 25 and the schools are operating afternoons and mornings to avoid too many people being together at one time.

In addition, all the areas used and changing rooms are disinfected following

Summer sport CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Adra

BENEFITS: The schools keep children occupied and having fun, the Adra mayor said. each training session.

Adra is running six different schools for children to

learn and perfect their sporting techniques: football, badminton, swimming,

sailing and two for basketball.

“We’re pleased because

Practice run T H E Ve r a P l a y a l i f e guard and rescue

team has been put through its paces

Dramatic collision A DRAMATIC collision between a lorry and a car on the A-7 motorway near Viator last Thursday lunchtime sparked off a small fire, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt.

The accident on the lane going in the Malaga direction caused the lorry to career off the road and drop 15 metres down an embankment, setting the cabin and part of its load of 17,000 litres of caustic soda ablaze. Almeria firefighters rushed to the scene and managed to extinguish the flames.

The lorry driver managed to get out of his vehicle on his own.

with a simulation of an emergency on the Las Marinas-Bolaga beach.

The aim was to put the 31-strong team to the test and to demonstrate their professionalism and preparation in the face of any emergency situation, the local council said.

“These kinds of simulations are carried out frequently on our beaches to keep members of the service on the alert and trained,” explained Ve-

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it means the children of Adra are going to be occupied and having fun in a different situation, but adapted to safety measures,” commented local mayor Manuel Cortes during a visit to different schools.

Cortes said promoting the practice of sport has been one of his administration’s aims for years.

The schools are operating until the end of August.

The council pointed out that as well as giving children an incentive to physical exercise, the schools help parents juggle work and family life during the summer holidays.

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SIMULATION: The aim is to “keep members of the service on the alert and trained”, explained Vera’s Tourism and Beaches councillor. ra’s Tourism and Beaches councillor Pedro Salas.

For this latest practice run there was a simula-

tion of a bather suffering muscular leg pain and unable to get out of the water. One lifeguard swam out to her, and with the help of a jet ski got her on dry land.

She was laid out on a spinal stretcher on the beach and given a preliminary examination, then with the help of Local Police taken to the point where she was picked up by an ambulance and taken to hospital.

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Accessible beaches Bus to best beach ADRA Council says accessibility to its beaches is guaranteed this summer thanks to four areas for people with reduced mobility or functional diversity.

The San Nicolas, Sirena Loca, El Carboncillo and El Censo beaches have specially adapted and equipped areas, with human resources to assist beachgoers and walkways leading down to the sea. Commenting during a visit to the adapted areas last week, Beaches councillor Eliza Fernandez explained that, due to the Covid-19 situation, the assisted bathing service has been reinforced this year and is being run in collaboration with the Civil Protection personnel.

“Despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, people with functional diversity can make use of our coast with all the health and hygiene guarantees and measures,” she stressed.

Adra’s beach contingency plan, aimed at keeping its

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Carboneras CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Adra

REASSURANCE: “People with functional diversity can make use of our coast with all the health and hygiene guarantees and measures,” the Beaches councillor commented. coast infection-free, has meant measures like all toilet modules except those for people with diverse functionality remain closed to the public and the 23 walkways usually used by hundreds of beachgoers every day have been removed.

Fernandez expressed the hope that everything will be back to normal next summer, but cautioned, “for this we have to act responsibly and respect the measure directed at bringing the pandemic to

an end as soon as possible.”

Both the Beaches councillor and Functional Diversity councillor Patricia Berenguel highlighted the fact the measures adopted by the local authority are recognised in the FAAM Almeria Federation of Associations for the Disabled’s Accessibility Guide.

Adra’s beaches also have ADEAC Environmental and Consumer Education recognition, Q for Quality certification and Blue Flags, the councillors pointed out.

DEMAND: Local businesses had been calling for a public service between Los Muertos and Carboneras town.

RESIDENTS and visitors who want to visit Carboneras’ stunning Los Muertos beach have the option of getting there by public transport this August.

A bus service is running six times a day between the beach, regularly ranked as one of the best in the whole of Spain, and Carboneras town.

The local council explained that the bus connects with the route from Villaricos. This route linking the locality with the Levante region of the province has been increased.

What’s more, the bus covering the route features different im-

ages of Carboneras on its exterior in a promotion of the municipality.

Speaking at the presentation of the new Carboneras-Playa de Los Muertos connection, local mayor Jose Luis Amerigo Fernandez said he hoped it would prove popular and that visitors would take the time to explore the town and what it has to offer.

He said the introduction of the service was a response to the demand of municipal businesses “who have expressed interest in attracting to the town some of the people who go to the popular beach.”

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Infrastructure upgrades CHIRIVEL’S municipal swimming and a central street are set to undergo important upgrades thanks to a provincial council investment.

The Diputacion de

Almeria has approved allocating the works for the two projects, which together have a budget of €230,000.

The changes to the pool are scheduled to get started within weeks. The aim is

to adapt the facilities to the corresponding regulations, with measures to increase accessibility and hygiene conditions.

The works will include creating access to the main pool for people with reduced mobility and replacing elements of both pools’ purification systems.

A whole series of changes will be carried out on the stretch of Calle Buenavista between the Town Hall Square and the

San Isidro Church Plaza, among them new surfacing and paving, the replacement of sewage and water pipes and running power cables underground.

Diputacion Development deputy Oscar Liria explained the works come under the ‘Provincial Plans,’ which “allow local councils to carry out necessary works and major investments which would be very difficult on their own.”

INVESTMENT: The provincial council said it is helping local councils to carry out necessary works.

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Flogging off milk donation

MISSING: Police found pallets of the donated milk on sale in an industrial estate.

POLICE in Almeria have made two arrests for flogging off two pallets worth of cartons of milk which were donated to the Red Cross. One of the individuals detained is the owner of the establishment where the milk was on sale.

The Red Cross headquarters in Almeria City had received a donation of 16 pallets of milk worth nearly €10,000 in all from an Andalucia-based dairy company at the beginning of the month.

But a few days later the person in charge of logistics for the charity informed police that some of the donation was being sold in a premises on the city’s Sector 20 industrial estate.

Police confirmed that was indeed the case.

As well as arresting the owner police also detained the person who had contacted him and offered him the milk at well below its market value. The pair were identified as Moroccan nationals, aged 29 and 43.

A total of 974 one-litre cartons of milk were recovered.

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While you were sleeping…

POLICE have arrested two individuals suspected of breaking into properties in Almeria City centre at night while the occupants were at home sleeping.

Investigators said the pair made the most of people leaving windows open for ventilation. They either scaled up walls or lowered themselves down to where they could get in and within

a matter of minutes steal small items of value, mainly cash and jewellery.

Police have attributed seven robberies from occupied homes to the two.

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shaped for the burglars when they decided to target a property in Calle Moncada Calvache and the owner surprised them.

The thieves made off, but the owner went chasing

down the road after one of them while calling 091 for police help. The result was one robber was detained, but the other got away.

The investigation focused on factors like the times and

the dates of the break-ins and evidence collected at the scene of the crimes.

Within a fortnight police had identified and arrested the suspected accomplice.

Budget go-ahead HUERCAL-OVERA Council has given the go-ahead to the municipal budget for the current year.

The €16.6 million spending plan got the backing of the nine councillors making up the governing team. The Socialist councillors and the councillor representing Ciudadanos voted against.

“Today we are approving one of the most important points for the functioning of the municipality,” said Finance councillor Adrian Ramos.

Commenting on why the budget was being approved so late in the year, Ramos described the situation as a “democratic anomaly” and pointed the finger of blame at the previous governing team.

He said it was a task they should have completed by the end of 2019.

The Finance councillor made the point there had been a change of government in Huercal-Overa

only a month earlier and said the new budget had been drawn up as quickly as possible.

He also explained it had been “adjusted to needs and to the new reality the municipality is experiencing” due to the pandemic.

“The council has to be one of the main drivers of our municipality’s economic recovery, hence we are committed to being the backing many Huercal-Overa citizens need to overcome these economic and family challenges,” Ramos added.

The main aim of the budget is for the municipality to “come out of the crisis reinforced,” he went on.

The councillor particularly highlighted the half a million euros allocated to the self-employed, business people and for job development, €500,000 for improvements to schools and €400,000 for employment programmes and social assistance.

INVESTIGATION: Evidence collected at the scene of the crimes helped investigators identify the second suspect.

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Honouring victims Celebrating ALMERIA City’s cathedral was the setting on the evening of July 29 for a moving funeral mass for the 53 people in the province who have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Bishop Adolfo Gonzalez Montes presided over the celebration of the Eucharist in a service attended by many of Almeria’s dignitaries, among them local, provincial, regional and national politicians and representatives from the police, Guardia Civil, the army and the navy.

TRIBUTE: Politicians and representatives from the police, Guardia Civil and military joined victims’ family members.

Also present were members of the victims’ families.

“They are a lot of victims, but even if it had only been one we would have been here,” the Almeria provincial council president Javier A Garcia told Spanish press.

“More than ever we are with the 53 victims who could not overcome Covid-19 and their families, in their memory and in their honour,” com-

mented Junta de Andalucia provincial delegate Maribel Sanchez.

“That it serves so we never forget that this society can fight against any pandemic, and the one we still have, so not one more life is lost.”

Almeria City mayor Ramon Fer nandezPacheco described the ceremony as a “sign of respect and mourning for the people who have lost their lives in this pandemic, as well as for their families and their loved ones, and for those who are ill and fighting against the virus in the hospitals and at home.”

The religious act was also for “all those people who have lost their businesses and jobs and who have been hammered by this crisis, with the hope we will regain the normality we enjoyed before as soon as possible,” the mayor added.

archaeology

EXCITING PLANS: The Tourism and Culture councillor said the council is “working on projects which will be a catalyst for tourism.”

CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA is celebrating International Archaeology Day with guided visits to Fuente Alamo, one of the most important ancient Argaric Culture sites in the Mediterranean.

The Bronze Age site has remains from one of the oldest cultures in south-east Spain which date back more than 4,000 years.

It is possible to distinguish what’s left of dwellings and how they were set out according to social standing on the side of the hill on which the settlement stood, as well as constructions like the cistern used for storing water reserves and food.

It is also possible to make out the remains of a necropolis and tombs.

The tours are led by archaeologist Laura Larios, who explains what life in the settlement would have been like during a period of some 600 years between 1900 and 1300 BC, the communi-

ty revolving around agriculture and mining activities.

Tourism and Culture councillor Maria Maria Isabel Ponce highlighted Cuevas’ important historical and archaeological heritage and revealed, “we are working so that this important tourist and cultural resource is as well-known and valued as possible, but in addition we are also now on projects which will be a catalyst for tourism.

“This will allow us to position our municipality as a unique reference point in terms of the tourism, cultural and heritage offer, always from the basis of sustainability and responsible and safe development,” the councillor promised.

The next Fuente Alamo visits will be on August 8 and 22, starting at 7pm. Places must be pre-booked and tours are carried out with the safety and protection measures stipulated by the health authorities.

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Table tax return CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Hurcal-Overa

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AIMS: The Economic Management councillor said the administration wants to help ease the effects of the pandemic on the trade and hospitality sectors.

HUERCAL-OVERA Council has modified fiscal by-laws to allow for giving back businesses the local tax they have paid for putting out tables, chairs and signs in public places.

The tax is now suspended until the end of this year.

“We are trying to ease the effects of Covid-19 on the trade and hospitality sectors in our municipality,” explained Economic Management and Employment Development councillor Monica Navarro.

“More than 70 families live from hotels and catering, and after the pandemic lived through recently, and which we are still living through, it is more than necessary to adopt urgent measures like this,” the councillor added.

She pointed out that trade and business had really suffered due to the lockdown.

“We cannot wait and see how and when the assistance and subsidies from other administrations arrive,” she said.

“In our locality there are more than 400 businesses, between activities of local trade, hospitality, accom-

modation, self-employed: small and medium-sized businesses which are those being affected by this situation.”

Navarro maintained the council is working as fast as it can to process businesses’ requests for Covid19 crisis assistance. She reported that to date 165 of the 235 requests received have been dealt with.

Road marker repaint

NECESSARY: The volume of traffic which uses the roads has led to a notable deterioration in markers.

ADRA Council has been stepping up works on repainting markers on the

municipality’s main roads in order to reinforce traffic safety.

The council said the works are aimed at improving the visibility of markers to facilitate traffic circulation, make streets safer for vehicles and pedestrians, as well as improving the aesthetics of the roads.

It is also a matter of maintenance. The volume of traffic which uses the roads has led to a notable deterioration in the markers.

Among the zones on which the works are focusing are the Avenida del Mediterraneo and a number of points on the 340 highway.

The local authority stressed it is trying to get the job done as quickly as possible to cause as little disruption to drivers as possible.

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VERA Council has invested in a bit of kit to help with its plan to clear up and remove weeds from parks, gardens, municipal plots and roadsides.

The local authority has spent €18,000 on a strimmer-shredder with a fivemetre reach, which is attached to the back of a

Weeding kit tractor to get rid of unwanted vegetation, which is then turned into compost.

Vera Maintenance councillor Miguel Angel Martinez

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GOOD SPEND: The council said the machine would soon pay for itself.

done manually throughout the locality.

The councillor maintained the purchase would pay soon pay for itself.

MULTI-PURPOSE PLAN ADRA Council is aiming to support local self-employed and small businesses through projects to make the locality more accessible and more attractive.

The local authority has put in a request to the Almeria provincial council to action six projects in different parts of the municipality adding up to a total cost of €240,000 as part of the Diputacion’s ‘Plan Coopera.’

In accordance with the stipulations of the project, the works will be co-financed 50-50 by the two administrations and will contribute to boosting the local business structure.

Last week Adra Mayor Manuel Cortes took a turn round the parts of the town earmarked for the projects, joined by Presidency councillor Jose Crespo and Town Planning councillor Maria Dolores Diaz.

Cortes said the idea was to carry out improvements in the different districts while supporting residents who work for themselves or who have small companies move forward after the Covid-19 health crisis.

The works include adapting pavements to make them

EXPECTATION: The council said the works will contribute to recovery of the local economy. safer for pedestrians, smartening up garden areas, installing new green zones and urban furniture in the municipal park, and making the Plaza Andalucia more accessible.

The council said it expects all the works to start soon and to completed before the end of the year, therefore “contributing to relaunching the municipality’s economy immediately.”

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Walk raises handsome sum CREDIT: Walk for Life Arboleas

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ACHIEVEMENT: The walkers, pictured here with Costa Calida staff, trekked for 10 and a half hours on a very hot day.

RICHARD CLARKE of Calida Homes presented Walk for Life with the handsome sum of €2,074 raised in sponsorship money from his epic 36.2-kilometre walk from Arboleas to Los Gallardos.

Taking on the walking challenge with him were Dave Lyons, Keith Lazelle, and Tesser and Raymond Roofthoft, all pictured here with Richard and the Calida Homes staff.

The walkers left Arboleas at 4.30am on Saturday June 27 and arrived at Los Gallardos at 3pm: a 10 and a half hour trek on a very hot day.

Walk for Life Arboleas issued a huge thanks to all those who pledged money and sponsored the group, with special thanks to the Calida Homes walking football team FC Los Amigos and many of the local businesses who contributed so much, among them Sol Supermercados, Sassy Casas, Glad Rags Boutique, Arboleas Panaderia, and Hnos Berbell Oller.

Richard also presented the W4L team with a Bushmills tube full of coins donated by Vic and Linda Millward.

Lighthouse land transfer support MOJACAR Council has given its complete support to the transfer of land in Marina de la Torre to the Almeria Port Authority (APA) for the construction of a new lighthouse to replace the one in Garrucha.

The council had already unanimously agreed to the free transfer of the hillside, sea-facing ‘Moro Manco’ plot for the project, but members were able to give their full approval at the July plenary meeting after it was announced in an official provincial report.

The new lighthouse will be built at the highest point on Cerro del Moro Manco’s northern slope, on a 221,144sqm plot, 150 metres above sea level.

This APA-led project will be financed through Interport Funds, approved by the State Ports, with a planned budget

of around €300,000.

The APA will be responsible for drafting the project, which as well as the construction of the lighthouse and tower, includes an operations house, all the associated machinery and the access road.

APA President, Jesus Caicedo, who had previously inspected the selected plot with Mojacar’s mayor Rosmari Cano, along with Port Authority and local council engineers, thanked the local authority for its collaboration on a project which will improve the maritime signal system of Almeria’s Levante coast.

Caicedo also pointed out that once in operation the lighthouse will mean that “Mojácar, already well-known, will be even more so, as its name will appear on all the world’s nautical charts.”

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HUNT IS ON: Officers are trying to track the couple down.

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Hunt For Belgian Couple Who Refused PCR Test THE police are currently on the hunt for a Belgian couple who were meant to take a PCR test to determine whether they suffered from the coronavirus or not. The Belgian couple were expected to show up at the Barbanza Hospital in A Coruña, in Galicia, however, they failed to show up and now the police are on the hunt to track them down.

Last Sunday, several medical sources

MINOR RESCUED: After being left in a locked car in direct sunlight.

confir med that the leaders of the health centre informed the police that the Belgian couple had not arrived for their scheduled testing. Therefore, the matter has now fallen into the authorities’ hands and will be considered as a crime against public health.

The officers are now working tirelessly as they attempt to track them down, as there is a likely chance that they could both be infected with the coronavirus.

Child Locked in a Car during Heatwave A HEARTLESS mother in Spain’s Toledo has been arrested for leaving her two-year-old locked in a car during the suffocating heatwave experienced over recent days.

A neighbour in the capital of Castilla-La Mancha saw how the mother left her twoyear-old inside the vehicle in direct sunlight during 40-degree weather with the win-

dows closed.

Thanks to a nearby witness and their call to the 092 emergency services, the boy was rescued from the vehicle.

The Local Police had to break the car windows to rescue the minor who suffered from dehydration.

The woman was arrested for leaving her two-year-old locked in a car and abandoning a minor.

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Support for UK nationals in Spain through major information campaign and one-to-one assistance INFORMATION CAMPAIGN THE UK Government has launched a public information campaign across Europe to help UK nationals prepare for the end of the UK’s transition period on December 31.

UK nationals living in Spain will receive information about specific actions they need to take to keep their rights and access to services in Spain, including around residency, healthcare, driving licences and passports.

The campaign will use multiple channels including Facebook, digital media and newspaper and radio advertising - in urging people to take necessary action to protect their rights so that they can continue living, working and travelling in Europe after the transition period.

This builds on the work the British Embassy and Consulates have already been doing to support UK Nationals in Spain.

Hugh Elliott, British Ambassador to Spain is one of several British Ambassadors from across Europe, who is featured in a video encouraging UK nationals to take action which can be found here.

UK Nationals Support Fund Following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, three organisations in Spain have received funding to provide practical support to at-risk UK nationals to complete their residency applications in Spain and secure their rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

Age in Spain, Babelia and Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (IOM) are each receiving government funding to support those who need additional help to complete the paperwork required for residency applications.

This may include pensioners, people with disabilities, those living in remote areas or who have mobility difficulties, and those who require help with language translation or interpretation.

British Ambassador Hugh Elliott welcomed the initiative: “Supporting UK nationals is one of our highest priorities and the assistance available through this fund builds on the support that we are already providing at the British Embassy and through our network of consulates. We are delighted that this project will help the most vulnerable UK nationals get the support they need to protect their residency rights and continue to live safely here in Spain.

“UK nationals should visit our Living in Guides on gov.uk where they can find more information on the steps they need to take and how to access support.”

This project is funded by the UK Government as part of the UK National Support Fund (UKNSF), which has made available a total of £3 million for charities and organisations to provide practical support for UK nationals living in the EU. Residents in countries including Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy and Poland will also benefit.

The services available for people who need this additional support include: • answering questions about residency applications, such as the documents required and application procedure • guiding individuals through the process, if necessary • supporting people facing language barriers or difficulty accessing technology IOM will cover Andalucia, Madrid and Murcia, Babelia will cover Alicante, and Age in Spain will cover Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. There will also be information provided through the organisations’ websites and helplines, which will be available for people across Spain.

If you or someone you know is having difficulties completing their residency paperwork, you can contact them using the details below to discuss how they may be able to help you.

IOM - The International Organisation for Migration (Andalucia, Madrid and Murcia) Visit the IOM Spain website Email: UKnationalsSP@iom.int Helplines: Andalucia: +34 650 339 754, Madrid: +34 699 581 855, Murcia: +34 648 642 543, all available Mon to Thurs, 3.30pm to 5pm Babelia (Alicante) Visit the Babelia website Email: info@asociacionbabelia.org Helpline: +34 865 820 229 available Mon to Fri, 9am to 2pm Babelia contact form Age in Spain (Catalonia and Balearic Islands) Visit the Age in Spain website Email: residency@ageinspain.org Age in Spain contact form Helpline: +34 932 20 97 41 available Mon to Fri, 11am to 1pm Further information for UK nationals on residency is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/residency-requirements-in-spain www.facebook.com/britsinspain

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Spain’s Ex-King Exiles Himself AFTER a series of scandalous leaks about exKing Juan Carlos’ corruption, the former head of the Royal family has decided to exile himself and leave Spain. This decision has been taken to help his son, the current reigning monarch, King Felipe VI rule without scandal.

A series of alleged corrupt and immoral actions have come to light over the past few months, bringing with it reputational damage to the monarchy in Spain. The former king expressed his decision to move in a statement which was issued on Monday.

In the letter, he conveys that “his desire to be of service to Spain” is exactly

ROYAL SCANDAL: Juan Carlos I will leave Spain.

what “inspired” his “reign” and that “in the face of public repercussion that is generated due to past events of” his “private life,” he has taken the

“thoughtful decision to move, at this time, outside of Spain.”

This decision has not been taken lightly “but with great serenity” and

the former King who reigned upon Spain for “almost 40 years” contends that he has “always wanted the best for Spain and the Crown.”

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by DAMON MITCHELL LAST Friday, July 31, Pedro Sanchez had a meeting with the 17 Presidents from the Autonomous Regions at the 21st Conference of Regional Presidents which concentrated on the management of res o u rc e s c o v e re d b y t h e European Recovery Fund, and on the Covid-19 health crisis.

Many presidents asked for common actions to be taken regarding Covid health and safety as currently there is no coordination or unification between regions which can be confusing for both residents and those travelling into different areas.

As soon as Spain entered the ‘New Normality’ the central government ceded all the competencies back to the Autonomous Regions.

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Normality for money not Covid

Credit: Twitter

RESOURCES: Pedro Sanchez at the 21st Conference of Regional Presidents.

around Spain you must know the details which each region has decreed concerning Covid health and safety measures.

H o w e v e r, w e f i n d o u r selves with 17 different systems. Unfortunately, the virus, like the general public, doesn’t understand these differences.

If we also add the factor that the 17 presidents are making statements which are confusing and creating sensationalist headlines and general misleading news on social media platforms, there is a much larger problem.

Overall there was no consensus with the Health and

Safety measures.

On the other hand, Mr Sanchez did state that the Central government would handle the recovery fund that was coming from Europe, in this case, the 17 presidents were keen to handle their own budgets.

Just like the budget from Europe, it would be logical

to think that the central gover nment coordinated the so-called ‘New Normality’ until we are back to the old normal. Considering that, it would be much easier for the general public to understand.

At the plenary session of the conference, Sánchez stated that an Inter-ministerial Committee will be set up chaired by the President of the Government.

He also specified that a Recovery Fund Monitoring Unit will be set up at the Office of the Presidency of the Government and a high-level group will structure public-private collaboration.

The Minister for the Treasury will head up the sector conference with the regional governments and cities, to establish multi-tier collaboration.

Local authorities will also be able to take part in this governance process.

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FRANCE CREDIT: Wikimedia

Airline losses AIR FRANCE­KLM lost €17 million per day this quarter.

What was a profit of €1.976 billion last year has turned into a loss of €1.553 billion. The group, backed by the governments of France and the Netherlands, is solvent because it has €14 billion in liquidity.

Bird traps FRANCE is to outlaw trapping birds using sticks cov­ ered in glue after the European commission threat­ ened legal action and fines. Hunters argue the method ­ known as chasse à la glu ­ is a centuries­old rural tradition and say they are being persecuted.

LOSSES: For Air France-KLM.

NETHERLANDS

Asylum seekers

Much higher

THE number of asylum seekers submitting their first request for refugee status in the Netherlands fell by 72 per cent to 1,265 in the second quarter of 2020, according to new immigration service figures. In April, there were just 275 applications.

NETHERLAND’S statistics office has re­ vealed that between March 9 and May 24, coronavirus mortality was between 8,593 and 11,691, while official figures reported by the National Institute for Public Health show there were 5,900 deaths in that 11­ week period.

DENMARK

BELGIUM

Sell­off

Code Red

EUROPEAN ENERGY is to sell the 50MW Hanstholmvej solar farm in Denmark to German investment management company LHI Group for an undisclosed price. The pioneering bi­facial mod­ ules mean the panels absorb sunlight from both sides.

TRAVELLERS from Belgium arriving in Norway will have to spend 10 days in quarantine from August 1 upon arrival in the country. The Norwegian govern­ ment has changed Belgium from Code Green to Code Red in light of the ongoing virus spread in the country.

First game

GDP shrinks

THE Søllerød Gold Diggers will hit the field Satur­ day, August 8, to take on the visiting Allborg 89ers in the first game of the Danish National League’s ‘post Covid­19 lockdown’ season ­ the second league in the world to play since the pandemic.

THE Belgian economy contracted by 12.2 per cent quarter­on­quarter in the second quarter and 14.5 per cent year­on­year ­ the biggest contraction since the quarterly GDP series has begun after the 3.5 per cent contraction in the first quarter.

GERMANY

High risk

Far right

MANDATORY testing of travellers returning to Germany at airports and train stations from countries with a high risk of Covid­19 infection will take effect later this week, Health Minister Jens Spahn has confirmed.

GERMANY’S defence ministry officially disbanded a company of its Special Forces Command (KSK) on August 1, after claims it had been exposed to far­right and neo­Nazi ideology. Annegret Kramp­ Karrenbauer said the KSK’s 2nd Company was building a ‘wall of secrecy’ around itself.

SWEDEN

NORWAY

One­way trips

Back to work

SHIPPING company Tallink Silja has suspended tick­ et sales for trips between Stockholm and Turku on the Batic Princess, which means customers can’t de­ part on one­way cruises from Stockholm, though there will be return trips for essential purposes.

NORWAY’S overall rate of unemployment fell to 8.2 per cent in July from 9.6 per cent in June and 15.4 per cent in early April, as companies brought back more workers furloughed by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Labour and Welfare Agency (NAV).

Child shot A 12­YEAR­OLD girl was killed in what Swedish press described as a drive­by shooting south of Stockholm. According to the Expressen newspa­ per, she was hit by a stray bullet fired from a car aimed at two men with alleged links to a criminal network.

Cruise cases NORWEGIAN officials are contacting passengers who travelled on two Arctic cruises after dozens of people tested positive for coronavirus. The Nor­ way­based luxury cruise liner, Hurtigruten, was the first to begin sailings in June after three months.

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Bank losses ALL Spanish banks are reporting a significant drop in profits for the first half of 2020 due to the lack of business caused by the lockdown.

Many anticipate that even with a recession, income will increase in the second half.

Pooled profits SPANISH pool manufacturer Fluidra has seen a boom in sales following the release from lockdown and the fact that many Spaniards are reluctant to travel abroad for their holidays. The heatwave has also helped increase the demand.

Bad sport MOBILE phone and internet supplier BT has seen its profits drop because of the lack of sports broadcasting during the lockdown in the UK. Customers in pubs, clubs and private individuals cancelled their subscriptions to BT Sport.

UK House Prices Jump ONE of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders Nationwide has reported that house prices in the UK saw their biggest jump in 11 years. On average prices across the country have risen by 1.7 per cent in July which was far higher than economists in a Reuters poll had anticipated.

To support this, the Bank of England revealed that mortgage approvals had quadrupled during June as compared to the previous month, although this was still lower than in previous years but the signs were promising.

Home Delivery CHINESE owned UnionPay International, said to have the world’s largest customer base, has entered into an agreement with Barcelona delivery group Glovo.

Founded in 2015 and operating in 22 countries, Glovo is a fast delivery company specialising in take-away food and now UnionPay International customers in Spain and Portugal can use their cards through the Glovo App. With no delivery fees until August 15, the card is used widely by Asian students in Europe and is beginning to attract a number of Spanish based consumers.

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STAT OF €3.806 billion WEEK

is the amount that IAG airline group lost in the first half of 2020.

Spanish Economy in Recession WHILST analyst and government economists expected that Spain would suffer serious economic problems in the first half of 2020, many have been surprised at the size of the drop in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) has released infor­ mation showing that the actual fall in the second quarter of the year was 18.5 per cent, much greater than the forecast 16.6 per cent which was in itself worrying.

When you consider the incredi­ ble way in which the Spanish econ­

omy had grown for 24 consecutive quarters and was approaching its situation prior to the 2008 eco­ nomic crisis, this is not good news.

Looking forward and taking into account the first two quarters re­ sults, the end of 2020 sees a 22 per cent drop and Spain is entering in­ to the deepest recession it has known.

There was some hope of a tourist recovery when Britain opened the ‘safe corridor’ but the imposition shortly after of the need to self­quarantine when re­ turning to the UK from Spain has

LEGALLY SPEAKING

seriously affected the situation.

Certainly, holidaymakers and second home owners from other parts of Europe are visiting the country, but the British do repre­ sent the largest percentage of visi­ tors and therefore any recovery will be marred by the non­appear­ ance. One area of good news is that whilst acknowledging that 2020 will have to be something of a write off economically, the Span­ ish government will receive grants from the European Union and be­ lieves that 2021 will see the return to economic growth.

Gibraltar makes £20m

Can he fight tax agency?

Since 2015 I have kept a file on the UK­Spain tax treaty of 2013 and the controversy about declara­ tions of civil service pensions, whether from June 12, 2014, or January 1, 2015. Which is it? Now I have been hit with a penalty of €2,180 for allegedly NOT declaring my public service pension for 2014. Given that I only received £7,000 in that period it seems extraordinary. The appeal to Ha­ cienda is exhausting and has been going on since Novem­ ber 2019. David’s answer to an earlier enquiry omits the possibility of invoking Article 25, which HMRC has recom­ mended. My income is the Public Service pension and UK state pension, the same income as in 2014. For 2019 they refunded me €5.60! They continue to deduct the penalty amount monthly from my bank account.

I B (Costa del Sol) The tax agency fi­ YOU AND THE LAW nally declared that IN SPAIN the treaty was in ef­ fect for all of 2014.

Invoking Article 25 will not help. If the tax agency has al­ ready garnisheed your bank account, your legal recourse is to initiate a ‘contencioso­administrativo’ procedure, in which a citizen acts against the state. My own case took three and a half years.

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 European Investment Bank (EIB) and Spanish energy company Endesa are joining forces to promote electric mo­ bility in Spain.

To this end, the EU bank will provide the Spanish company with €35 million in financing for the installation of electric charging stations across the entire country.

Credit: Gibraltar Government

NEW VEHICLES: Some of the huge fleet.

FOR some time there has been significant disquiet on the Rock over the number of new cars taking up space in what are supposed to be pub­ lic car parks near the centre, but the Gibraltar government has struck a £20 million deal to sell space and release central parking.

Local firm, the Bassadone Automotive Group has agreed terms for the acquisition of two large areas, with one comprising the entire lower level underground car park and part of the upper level un­ derground parking at the Lath­ bury Sports Facility well away from the congested centre.

The other is part of the Eu­

ropa Business Centre at the Dockyard, adjacent to the new premises being redevel­ oped by the Bassadone Group to house its new showrooms, offices and warehouses.

In addition, the govern­ ment has been advised by the Bassadone Group that it in­ tends to relocate part of its in­ ternational business from Por­ tugal to the new premises at the Dockyard, thus allowing it to take advantage of secure storage facilities close to its highly specialised workshops.

Bassadone currently em­ ploys 320 staff in Gibraltar and this will increase with the opening of the new facility and transfer of business.

Spanish Uzbek Friendship AN Agreement of Coopera­ tion for trade and econom­ ic relations has been en­ tered into between the Embassy of Uzbekistan and the Madrid­based Eurasian Business Alliance.

The intention is to pro­ mote Uzbekistan as a suit­ able trading partner for Spanish companies and to share information with each other about potential business opportunities in each other’s region.

The first area of co­oper­ ation will see an attempt to attract Spanish investors to the implementation of a project for production of functional, dietary and ba­ by food using European technologies in the Khorezm region.

Waterstones faces problems BRITAIN’S largest high street bookseller Water­ stones is reportedly due to make a number of redun­ dancies in its London head office according to the Bookseller periodical.

Having climbed out of losses following the 2008 crisis and overcome com­ petition from Amazon and other online book sellers, the company is now facing challenges caused by the lockdown.

It opened its Covent Gar­ den store in June, but after just a week it has to close a g a i n d u e t o l a c k o f c u s­ tomers and most of its uni­ versity sites are still inop­ erative.

Charging Spain’s green vehicles The project, which will be implemented over the next four years, will make it possi­ ble to roll out a total of 8,500 charging points for hybrid or electric vehicles.

The first 2,000 charging

points will be installed this year on the main motorway network and in Spain’s princi­ pal urban areas, with the aim of covering 15,000 kilometres to include towns and cities with over 35,000 residents.

This will provide electric ve­ hicle drivers with charging points every 100 kilometres and charging infrastructure in the country’s main towns and cities.

The remainder of the sta­

tions will be installed gradually over the next three years until 2023, reaching 8,500 publicly accessible charging points. All of these will be on roads or in public car parks with open ac­ cess for drivers.

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CHANGE(P) 900,00 2.407,5 1.881,0 1.041,00 2.500,0 1.763,5 8.541,3 541,40 265,24 490,50 101,34 512,40 4.489,0 1.679,20 278,65 2.541,0 363,80 100,45 2.238,0 1.267,5 830,0 49,12 2.020,0 1.054,00 2.809,0 5.748,0 6.932,0 2.834,0 264,60 504,00 2.723,4 6.882,0 11.575,0 1.281,24 1.546,20 176,10 2.208,0 1.782,53 2.177,00 330,75 167,80 1.279,34 371,00 3.575,0 1.352,00 5.500,0 56,70 187,50 2.256,0 26,56

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0,996 558,00 209,85 25,89 8.397,7 261,00 82,63 1.358,50 890,20 103,55 5.368,0 2.021,00 2.373,0 649,20 1.096,00 7.652,0 1.621,00 526,80 554,00 4.644,7 215,30 4,74 1.107,8 1.108,01 1.067,4 421,10 717,00 1.189,00 11,87 2.959,0 872,00 951,80 2.415,0 1.506,50 1.336,50 10.260,0 1.294,50 935,00 371,90 249,90 4,94 115,25 216,20 278,90 4.565,0 888,00 113,96 2.130,0 559,40

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BoE rate decision in the spotlight Staying on top of the latest currency news can help you time your transfers more effectively, so find out what you should be looking out for over the next couple of weeks…

ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday

Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

Latest currency news After dropping at the start of July, the GBP/EUR exchange rate has re­ covered ground over the last couple of weeks, with GBP/EUR moving from 1.09 to 1.11.

EUR/GBP has fluctuated between 0.89 and 0.91.

GBP/USD, meanwhile, stormed from 1.24 to 1.31 and EUR/USD ral­ lied from 1.12 to 1.18.

What’s been happening?

While the Euro has been benefit­ ing from broad­based weakness in the US dollar, the common currency came under pressure as July drew to a close.

New coronavirus worries in Spain

EURO: The common currency came under pressure at the end of July. and the latest Eurozone GDP figures put the euro under pressure, with the German growth data providing particular cause for concern.

The German GDP release re­ vealed a larger­than­expected con­ traction in the second quarter. The Eurozone’s largest economy also slid in to deflation in July.

The Eurozone as a whole suffered a record slump in growth in the sec­

ond quarter of 2020.

The Pound, on the other hand, has enjoyed a resurgence despite ongoing speculation about the UK leaving the EU without a deal at the end of the year.

Sterling’s strength was derived from some end­of­month flows as well as the broad weakness of many of its peers.

What do you need to look out

for?

Next week one of the biggest cat­ alysts of movement in the GBP/EUR exchange rate will be the Bank of England’s (BoE) latest policy deci­ sion.

While the Monetary Policy Com­ mittee (MPC) isn’t expected to make any changes, GBP investors will be keeping a close eye on the bank’s forward guidance.

Any clear indication of negative interest rates could dent demand for the pound.

Further Sterling movement could be inspired by July’s finalised PMI release. Confirmation that UK busi­ ness activity soared to a five­year high would be pound­positive.

The Euro, meanwhile, may also edge higher if the Eurozone’s own final PMI releases for July are up­ wardly revised.

However, the real focus for EUR

investors will be Germany’s latest industrial data.

If German factory orders and in­ dustrial production continued to ex­ pand at a solid pace in June the Eu­ ro could recoup losses against the Pound and continue its march high­ er against the US dollar.

Other potentially market­moving news includes coronavirus develop­ ments and Brexit headlines.

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

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6 - 12 August 2020

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

FEATURE

It’s extremely precarious

ON the eve of Eid, which is loosely the Muslim equivalent of Christmas, the British government announced they were relocking down selected areas of the UK. It was not rocket science to realise that on closer inspection, these were in the main, parts of the country where the residents were predominately Muslim or ethnic. For regular readers, I don’t need to reiterate a column of many weeks ago, where I reported that a number of these areas were simply ignoring the government warnings and indeed in some cases being told not to worry because this virus ‘could not harm a hair of true believers’ and was merely ‘Allah’s revenge on the Infidels!’

This latest government order ordained that for at least another two weeks those living in these areas would not be allowed to meet up in each other’s homes or gardens. This of course is precisely what is customary during the Eid celebrations.

Frankly, to me these instructions were so obviously directed at the Muslim population I thought the government had either finally grown a pair, or were in fact so naïve and knuckle headed they thought

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EID CELEBRATIONS: Lockdown has been brought back in selected areas of the UK.

it wouldn’t be noticed. Ha! Some ‘opes. I could actually hear the screams of ‘discrimination’ and ‘racism’ from here.

Lo and behold a few hours later, in a hasty move that reeked of total panic, there was another governmental decree.

They had now decided to reverse a recent directive in these areas and also re – ban the public from all sporting events, including indoor gyms, dance studios, bowling alleys, water parks, casinos and swim-

ming pools. Weddings would also once again be restricted to 30 people.

In other words any establishment that the indigenous locals could have attended for a little social enjoyment were having their imminent opening permissions rescinded - thereby putting everyone in the same miserable boat, which neatly (or clumsily!) sidestepped any accusations of the government singling out any particular section of the population.

In other words, because of the lack of compliance and flouting of the regulations by a few super spreaders, the whole of the local population have been made to suffer, purely to avoid certain sections of the populace feeling picked on or becoming ‘offended.’

To me it’s the weak, capitulatory appeasement of a lily livered government that is actually the most disquieting. It also proves how assured they are that the beleaguered silent majority would be afraid to raise even a peep of discontent. No, the fact is that until we get some truly patriotic strength at the top, the future of the country and culture our ancestors fought to preserve is extremely precarious indeed.

As a final word, and although I don’t always agree with many of his right wing views, I also found it disgraceful that last week Tommy Robinson and his family had to flee the country of his birth because his home had suffered an arson attack and they were in fear of their lives. How’s that for the wonderful land of British democracy and equality?

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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THURSDAY - 6 AUGUST

TV LISTING

FRIDAY - 7 AUGUST

11:00amMurder, Mystery and My Family 11:45am Homes Under the Hammer 12:45pmClose Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm The Heights 3:15pm Celebrity Eggheads 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pmGarden Rescue: Top of the Plots 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pmCelebrity MasterChef 10:00pmDeath in Paradise 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:40pmWeather 11:45pmImagine

7:05am Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 7:50am Murder, Mystery and My Family 8:35am Meerkat Manor 9:00am Inside the Factory 10:00am Lost Land of the Volcano 11:00am Snooker: The World Championship 1:00pm BBC News 2:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pmGlow Up 10:00pmQI 10:30pmThere She Goes 11:00pmSemi-Detached 11:30pmSqueamish About 11:45pmNewsnight Analysis of the day's events, presented by Emma Barnett.

12:25am Weather The latest weather information.

12:30am Snooker: The World Championship

8:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of the evening session on day seven from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, featuring two second-round matches, one which reaches a conclusion.

10:00pm Emma The outing to Box Hill ends in disaster when Emma insults Miss Bates.

11:00pmWhat We Did on Our Holiday 12:30am Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime 1:30am Art, Passion & Power: The Story of the Royal Collection Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how royal collecting has changed since the days of Queen Victoria.

9:40am Frasier 10:40am The Big Bang Theory 11:10am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pmCome Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me 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 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pmEscape to the Chateau: Make Do and Mend 10:00pmGrand Designs 11:00pmGogglebox 12:05am First Dates

9:00am Pirata & Capitano 9:15am Paw Patrol 9:45am The Secret Life of Puppies 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Floogals 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmCan't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:05pm Access 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Killer in Red 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 9:00pmThe Secret World of Your Rubbish 10:00pmThe Deceived

11:45am Homes Under the Hammer 12:45pmClose Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pmThe Heights 3:15pm Celebrity Eggheads 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pmGarden Rescue: Top of the Plots 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Miranda 9:00pm A Question of Sport 9:30pmJack Whitehall's Sporting Nation 10:00pmWould I Lie to You? 10:30pmThe Young Offenders 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:40pmWeather

7:05am Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 7:50am Murder, Mystery and My Family 8:35am Meerkat Manor 9:00am A Wild Year 10:00am Lost Land of the Volcano 11:00am Snooker: The World Championship 1:00pm BBC News 2:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test England v Pakistan.

9:00pm Gardeners' World 10:00pmMiriam Margolyes: Almost Australian 11:00pm I Love 11:30pm State of the Union 11:45pm Newsnight Mark Urban present analysis of the day's national and international events.

8:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 10:00pmEverything: The Real Thing Story The rise of four working class boys from one of Liverpool's toughest neighbourhoods, who fought hardship and discrimination to become the biggest-selling black group in British pop history 11:30pm Beats, Bass and Bars - The Story of Grime 12:30am BBC Proms Classics 1:50am The Defiant Ones 2:30am Guitar Heroes at the BBC Archive footage of guitarists taken from BBC music shows of the 1970s.

3:25am Beats, Bass and Bars - The Story of Grime

10:40am The Big Bang Theory 11:10am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 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 Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me 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 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm Travel Man: 48 Hours In 10:00pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pmThe Boss

Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Death by Design: Morning Show Mysteries 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Celeb 5 Go Caravanning: Back on the Road 10:00pmQE2: The World's Most Luxurious Hotel 11:00pmBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News A thorough round-up of this lunchtime's main national and international 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 Eat, Shop, Save 9:00pm Wonders of the Coast Path 9:30pm Inside Britain's Food Factories 10:00pmInside the Ritz Hotel 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather

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

10:25am Supermarket Sweep 11:25am Ellen's Game of Games 12:20pm Dress to Impress 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You've Been Framed!

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm Supermarket Sweep 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm Supermarket Sweep 9:00pm Superstore 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 10:00am Rising Damp 10:30am Rising Damp 11:00am That's My Boy Tongues are set wagging when the house on the hill changes hands.

11:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:10am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 10:00am Rising Damp 10:30am Rising Damp 11:00am That's My Boy 11:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 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 Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:00am Inspector Morse

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Sky Sports News 9:30am Sky Sports News 10:00am Sky Sports News 11:00am Sky Sports News 11:30am Live Test Cricket England v Pakistan.

Coverage of the second day of the First Test in the three-match series, taking place at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester.

8:00pm Live PGA Championship Golf Coverage of day one of the Major from TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California, where Brooks Koepka enters as the defending champion for the second year running

11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News A thorough round-up of this lunchtime's main national and international 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 Vera 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London

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

10:00am You've Been Framed!

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

1:55pm Catchphrase 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm Supermarket Sweep 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Superstore 10:00pmFurious 7 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pmFurious 7 12:45am Family Guy

8:55am 10:00am 11:00am 11:35am

8:15am Robin of Sherwood 9:15am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:15am Minder 11:25am The Professionals 12:25pm The Sweeney 1:35pm The Saint 2:40pm Robin of Sherwood 3:45pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:45pm Minder 5:55pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Tenable 9:00pm ITV Football Classics 10:00pmThe Purge: Anarchy 11:00pm FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.

11:05pmThe Purge: Anarchy A woman, her daughter and a couple are lost on the streets during a dangerous annual night when all laws are suspended.

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball Steel v Mystics (Centre-pass 8.00am).

10:30am Sky Sports News 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.

11:00am Sky Sports News 11:30am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live Fight Night 12:00am Live PGA Championship Golf

1:40pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:50pm 4:55pm

6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Heartbeat Rising Damp That's My Boy Agatha Christie's Marple Heartbeat Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale Classic Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Marple As the sole witness to a dying man's last words, Bobby Attfield is determined to solve the riddle they present, and forms an unlikely alliance with socialite Frankie Derwent and visiting family friend Miss Marple to help him on his quest Heartbeat Downton Abbey Doc Martin Law & Order: UK Scott & Bailey

10:00am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm

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SATURDAY - 8 AUGUST

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 9 AUGUST

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Great Food Guys 1:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Snooker: The World Championship 5:30pm Info not available 7:20pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 7:35pm Weather 7:40pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:10pm Total Wipeout 8:50pm Pointless Celebrities 9:40pm Casualty 10:30pmMrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pmBBC News 11:15pmWeather 11:20pm Thor 2 - The Dark World 1:05am Info not available 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:55am BBC News

7:45am Marrying Mum and Dad 8:15am Wild & Weird 8:30am All Over the Place 9:00am The Dengineers 9:30am Deadly 60 10:00am Mountain Gorilla 11:00am Snooker: The World Championship 1:00pm Nigellissima 1:30pm The Good Cook 2:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation 3:00pm Money for Nothing 3:45pm Wanted Down Under 4:30pm Animals with Cameras 5:10pm Snooker: The World Championship 6:30pm Jonathan Edwards One Giant Leap 7:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm The Revenant

8:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of the evening session on day nine at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, featuring two matches from the second round.

10:00pm The Last Wave Supernatural French drama about surfers who acquire exceptional and inexplicable powers after being engulfed by a huge wave.

Starring David Kammenos and Marie Dompnier.

10:50pm The Last Wave 11:45pmThe Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse 1:15am Everything: The Real Thing Story 2:45am Top of the Pops 3:45am Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

5:50am Fifteen to One 6:45am Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 7:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:15am Frasier 8:40am Frasier 9:05am Frasier 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Simpsons 11:55am The Simpsons 12:20pm Couples Come Dine with Me 1:25pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm The Supervet 4:55pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Formula 1 9:00pm How to Build...

10:00pm Taken 11:45pm Red 1:50am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

10:40am 10:50am 10:55am 11:00am

Floogals Peppa Pig Peppa Pig SpongeBob Squarepants Ryan's Mystery Playdate Access Friends Friends Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 5 News Weekend Cruising with Jane McDonald The Queen and Charles: Mother and Son Meghan: The New Revelations When Double Acts Fall Out Paddy McGuiness: Saturday Night Live

7:00am Breakfast 10:00am BBC News 11:00amSunday Morning Live 12:00pmWanted Down Under 12:45pmHomes Under the Hammer 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Money for Nothing 4:45pm Tommy's Honour 6:35pm Spy in the Wild 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pmCountryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pmA Suitable Boy 11:00pmBBC News 11:20pmBBC London News 11:25pmWeather 11:30pmSaving Mr. Banks 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

7:35am The A to Z of TV Cooking 8:20am Countryfile 9:15am Gardeners' World 10:15am The Beechgrove Garden 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm My Life on a Plate 1:00pm Stories of Us 2:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

7:00pm Top Gear 8:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

10:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 11:00pm The Australian Dream 12:40am Heroes 1:25am Heroes 2:10am Snooker: The World Championship

8:00pm The Chronicles of Erne Colin Morgan narrates a documentary following a year on Upper and Lower Lough Erne.

8:30pm BBC Proms Classics 10:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

11:00pm The Sky at Night 12:00am Horizon 1:00am Mars Uncovered: Ancient God of War 2:00am The Chronicles of Erne Colin Morgan narrates a documentary following a year on Upper and Lower Lough Erne.

2:30am Classic EastEnders

7:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:20am Frasier 8:45am Frasier 9:10am The Big Bang Theory 9:35am The Big Bang Theory 10:05am The Big Bang Theory 10:30amSunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm Couples Come Dine with Me 3:25pm Four in a Bed 4:25pm A Place in the Sun 5:10pm Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 7:00pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

7:30pm Formula 1 10:00pmPatriots Day 12:30am The Lawyer 1:30am The Florida Project 3:30am Grandma 4:50am Undercover Boss Canada 5:40am Fifteen to One

10:10am Pirata & Capitano 10:25am Shimmer and Shine 10:40am Floogals 10:50am Peppa Pig 11:00am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:15am Ryan's Mystery Playdate 11:25am Access 11:30amWWE Raw Highlights 12:30pm Friends 2:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 3:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 4:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 7:00pm Escape to Greece 7:55pm 5 News Weekend 8:00pm Rich Kids, Skint Holiday 9:00pm Inside Legoland 10:00pm Rich House, Poor House 11:00pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

8:30am 8:40am 8:45am 9:00am

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:55am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:40am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:30am Dress to Impress 11:30am Dress to Impress 12:30pm Take Me Out 1:50pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm Nancy Drew 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm Nancy Drew 4:55pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 5:55pm FYI Daily 6:00pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 6:40pm Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 7:45pm FYI Daily 7:50pm Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 9:00pm Sherlock Holmes 10:10pm FYI Daily 10:15pm Sherlock Holmes 11:45pm Family Guy 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy

4:30am 7:00am 7:25am 7:55am

7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am Dempsey and Makepeace 8:15am World Superbike Highlights 9:15am The Sport Gives Back Awards 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am The Big Match Revisited 12:30pm British Touring Car Championship Highlights 2:00pm River Monsters 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Spartacus 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Spartacus 8:40pm Smokey and the Bandit II 9:40pm FYI Daily 9:45pm Smokey and the Bandit II 10:45pm Police Academy 11:45pm FYI Daily 11:50pm Police Academy 12:40am Gangster Squad 1:40am FYI Daily 1:45am Gangster Squad

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball Steel v Pulse (Centre-pass 6.00am).

Coverage of the match from the ninth round of fixtures, taking place at ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill.

8:30am Live Super Rugby 11:10am My Icon 11:20am My Icon 11:30am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live PGA Championship Golf 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

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

10:25am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 11:20am Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 12:20pmInside Britain's Food Factories 12:50pmITV News and Weather 1:00pm The Voice Kids 2:40pm The Masked Singer US 3:35pm Rolling in It 4:40pm Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation 5:05pm Moonraker 7:35pm ITV News and Weather 7:50pm ITV News London 8:00pm The Durrells 9:00pm Downton Abbey 10:00pmDownton Abbey 11:40pmITV News and Weather 11:54pmITV London Weather 11:55pmWhat the Durrells Did Next 12:55am Gone to Pot

8:35am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:10am Dress to Impress 11:10am Dress to Impress 12:10pm Dress to Impress 1:10pm The Masked Singer US 2:05pm Catchphrase 3:05pm You've Been Framed!

4:10pm Minions 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm Minions 6:00pm Hotel Transylvania 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Hotel Transylvania 7:50pm The LEGO Batman Movie 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm The LEGO Batman Movie 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 10:55pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am American Dad!

7:00am That's My Boy 7:25am Coronation Street 7:55am Coronation Street 8:25am Coronation Street 8:50am Emmerdale 9:25am Emmerdale 9:50am Emmerdale 10:20am Agatha Christie's Marple 12:20pm Agatha Christie's Marple 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Long Lost Family 10:00pm Joanna Lumley's Japan 11:00pm Sanditon 12:00am Vanity Fair 1:00am Law & Order: UK 2:00am Law & Order: UK 3:05am Heartbeat 4:10am Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:15am That's My Boy 5:40am Emmerdale

4:00am 7:00am 7:05am 7:35am

7:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball Mystics v Tactix (Centre-pass 8.00am).

Coverage of the match from the ninth round of fixtures, taking place at The Trusts Arena in Auckland.

8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball 10:30am Sky Sports News 11:00am Sky Sports News 11:30am Live Test Cricket 2:30pm Live Formula 1 All the build-up to the season's fifth grand prix.

4:05pm Live Formula 1 6:00pm Live Formula 1 7:00pm Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live PGA Championship Golf

Mighty Mike Buck & Buddy Mr. Bean 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 ITV News and Weather 1:50pm Twins 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm The Masked Singer US 6:00pm ITV News and Weather 6:20pm ITV News London 6:30pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:25pm Rolling in It 8:25pm The Voice Kids 10:05pm The Spy Who Loved Me 12:25am ITV News and Weather

9:55am 10:25am 10:55am 11:30am 1:45pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 3:05am

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TUESDAY - 11 AUGUST

MONDAY - 10 AUGUST 3:15pm Celebrity Eggheads 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 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 Ghosts 10:00pmLine of Duty

2:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 7:55pm Snooker: The World Championship 9:00pm Our Friend Victoria 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Once Upon a Time in Iraq 11:00pmMock the Week 11:30pmThe Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather

8:00pm The Chronicles of Erne Colin Morgan narrates a documentary following a year on Upper and Lower Lough Erne.

8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 11:00pmThailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise 12:00am Great Asian Railway Journeys 1:00am Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Devon and Cornwall 10:00pm The Yorkshire Job Centre 11:00pm999: What's Your Emergency?

12:05am 24 Hours in A&E

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

Access Home and Away Neighbours Woman on the Edge 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 Traffic Cops 9:00pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 10:00pmShoplifters: At War with the Law 11:00pmPolice Code Zero: Officer Under Attack 12:05am King of Thieves

3:15pm Celebrity Eggheads 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pmGarden Rescue: Top of the Plots 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pmEastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pmLine of Duty 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather

10:15am The Super League Show 11:00am Snooker: The World Championship 1:00pm BBC News 2:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 7:55pm Snooker: The World Championship 9:00pm Natural World 10:00pmCuba: Castro vs the World 11:00pmLive at the Apollo 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather

8:00pm The Chronicles of Erne Colin Morgan narrates a documentary following a year on Upper and Lower Lough Erne.

8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 10:00pmInfo not availabe 12:00am The Last Wave 1:40am The Joy of Painting 2:10am The Chronicles of Erne

1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm How to Beat 10:00pm24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmShameless 12:10am The Yorkshire Job Centre

2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm The Goldbergs 5:00pm Brooklyn NineNine 6:00pm Young Sheldon 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks Favourites 8:30pmMarried at First Sight Australia 10:00pmDodgeball: A True Underdog Story 11:50pmBuffy the Vampire Slayer 12:50am Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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 Unsaid Stories 10:15pmThe Parachute Murder Plot

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm Supermarket Sweep 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Superstore 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pmFamily Guy 11:55pmFamily Guy 12:25am American Dad!

10:00am Rising Damp 11:05am That's My Boy 11:40am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey

10:15am Minder 11:25am The Professionals 12:25pmThe Sweeney 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Robin of Sherwood 3:40pm Dempsey and Makepeace 5:50pm Minder 6:55pm The Professionals 8:00pm Tenable 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Assassins 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pm Assassins 12:35am Police Academy

6:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball 10:30am Sky Sports News 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pmSky Sports News 1:00pm Nbc's Profootballtalk 3:00pm Sky Sports News 8:00pm Sky Sports News 8:30pm Live NBA: Oklahoma @ Phoenix 11:00pm I Am Bolt 1:00am Sky Sports News

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3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm Supermarket Sweep 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Superstore 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00amFamily Guy

11:05am That's My Boy 11:40am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey

9:10am Dempsey and Makepeace 11:20am Minder 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:25pm The Sweeney 2:35pm The Saint 3:40pm Robin of Sherwood 4:45pm Dempsey and Makepeace 5:50pm Minder 6:55pm The Professionals 8:00pm Tenable 9:00pm Junk and Disorderly 10:00pmCaught on Camera

6:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pmSky Sports News 1:00pm Nbc's Profootballtalk 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Scottish Premiership Live 9:15pm Live NBA: Houston @ San Antonio 10:30pmSky Sports News 11:00pmLive NBA: Portland @ Dallas 1:30am Live NBA: Boston @ Memphis

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 9:00am Heartbeat 10:00am Rising Damp 10:35am Rising Damp 11:05am That's My Boy 11:40am Agatha Christie's Marple 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 Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey

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6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Sky Sports News 9:30am Sky Sports News 10:00am Sky Sports News 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pmSky Sports News 1:00pm NBC's Profootballtalk 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Scottish Premiership Live St. Mirren v Celtic (Kick-off 6.00pm).

9:00pm Live Women's Sport Debate 10:00pmLive NBA: Indiana @ Houston 12:30am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News

Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

10:00pmUnsaid Stories 10:15pmJoanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures 11:15pmITV News at Ten and Weather

WEDNESDAY - 12 AUGUST 12:45pmDom Does America 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pmThe Heights 3:15pm Celebrity Eggheads 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pmGarden Rescue: Top of the Plots 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Our Lives 9:00pm The Repair Shop 10:00pmReported Missing 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:40pmWeather

7:50am Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 8:35am Meerkat Manor 9:00am Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 10:00am Yellowstone 11:00am BBC News 2:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 7:55pm Snooker: The World Championship 9:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:00pmHarlots 10:45pmHarlots 11:30pmGrand Tours of Scotland 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather

8:00pm The Chronicles of Erne 8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

11:00pmBlackadder Classic comedy, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson.

11:30pmBlackadder 12:00am The Sky at Night 1:00am Museums in Quarantine 1:30am Museums in Quarantine 2:00am The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear 3:00am The Joy of Painting 3:30am The Chronicles of Erne

9:40am Frasier 10:40am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pmCome Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Phil Spencer's Stately Homes 10:00pmLose a Stone in 21 Days with Michael Mosley

9:50am Wissper 10:00am Floogals 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmCan't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Murder by Text: 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 Walking Britain's Lost Railways 9:00pmTraffic Cops 10:00pmHow Diana Changed Britain 11:05pmWilliam & Kate: Future King & Queen

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 Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 10:00pmUnsaid Stories 10:15pmTina & Bobby 11:20pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pmITV News London 12:05am Piers Morgan's Life Stories 1:00am Ideal World

9:00am You've Been Framed!

10:00am You've Been Framed!

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 Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm Supermarket Sweep 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

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

Teleshopping Tommy Cooper The Saint Robin of Sherwood 9:10am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:20am Minder 11:25am The Professionals 12:25pmThe Sweeney 1:35pm The Saint 2:35pm Robin of Sherwood 3:40pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:50pm Minder 5:55pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 9:00pm British Superbike Championship Highlights 10:30pmRiver Monsters 11:00pm Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 12:00am FYI Daily

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FEATURE

Press Release

Lobster increases data giving up to 50% more, for everyone, with no changes in price • From today Lobster customers can now surf the internet more and for longer, with no changes in price!

• Lobster has increased data by up to 50% more in all its tariff plans. The Small Plan now has 6GB per month, the Medium Plan 15GB, and the Large Plan 30GB. • All Lobster tariff plans continue to include unlimited calls and texts in Spain, to the UK and other countries.

• Everyone gets the increase in data, new customers and current customers. Lobster does not treat new customers better than current ones!

• Lobster’s tariff plans are tailor-made for British expatriates, and other English speakers, who reside in Spain, and start from just €12 per month, VAT included.

• Lobster is the only mobile operator in Spain to offer a service completely in English.

MADRID July 27, 2020. Lobster, the only mobile operator in Spain to offer a service completely in English, announces from today that all its tariff plans have just got even better, with no changes in price.

Lobster has increased data permanently by up to 50% more in all its tariff plans, so Lobster customers can now surf the internet more and for longer! All tariff plans continue to include unlimited calls and texts in Spain, to the UK and other countries, and start from just €12 per month, VAT included.

Everyone gets the increase in data, new customers and current customers. Lobster does not treat

new customers better than current ones! All current Lobster customers will get the data increase automatically, without having to do anything.

In addition to unlimited calls and texts in Spain and to the UK, all our tariff plans also include unlimited calls and texts to Denmark, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the USA. Also, the tariff plans include ‘Roam Like At Home’ so that customers can enjoy the same services while at home in any coun-

try in the European Economic Area, at no additional cost.

Customers can keep their existing Spanish number if they already have one or we can give them a brand new one.

The Lobster brand was created to establish an emotional bond with British values and service. The DNA of the company is ‘English, easy and effortless’ together with a personality that is authentic and straightforward.

The Lobster offering is based on simplicity and understanding customers enjoy a service and experience ‘like at home.’ This together with a service completely in English and competitive tariff

plans tailor-made for expatriates has provided a winning formula that has appealed to tens of thousands of happy customers and growing rapidly.

"Our customers are using more and more data, browsing the internet more, keeping in touch with friends and family with video conferencing services, watching their favourite series with video streaming, and much more.

“We have increased data for new and current Lobster customers with no changes in price.

At Lobster it is important to us that

our customers have the highest levels of satisfaction in the market,” said Tony Watts, Marketing Director of the company.

It is very easy to become a Lobster customer, just provide identification, and pay month by month with no commitments. You can cancel at any time.

Signing up for the service can be done through any one of the over 600 retail stores. Customers can easily find the closest store to them using the store finder at our website lobster.es. Customers can also sign up online or by calling our Customer Contact Centre for free on 1661 where all the agents are native English speakers.

ABOUT LOBSTER: Lobster is the only mobile operator in Spain to offer a service completely in English for British expatriates, and other English speakers, who reside in Spain. Lobster is the registered brand of Zinnia Telecomunicaciones, a Spanish company and part of the Gibtelecom Group. Zinnia Telecomunicaciones has the financial and business support of Gibtelecom, the main operator in Gibraltar providing fixed lines, mobile and TV, as well as business enterprise services. The Group has submarine cable and European fibre network investments, and runs data centres through its subsidiary, Rockolo Limited.

EW YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com Views expressed and opinions given are not necessarily those of the EWN publishers. No responsibility is accepted for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements.

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Dear Euro Weekly News, Having just read your article about the consideration of closing French borders, I experienced an incident in Mercadona yesterday. Having obeyed the rules all through lockdown I stood behind the line at the checkout waiting for the people in front to pack, pay and move away.

OUR VIEW Ticking along

ON Friday, July 31, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced his intention to ban the Chinese social network TikTok in the country, which Washington views with suspicion for reasons of national security.

For those who don’t know what TikTok is, it is a social networking app that mostly shows short videos of children and many celebrities lip synching to songs or creating some actually pretty good dance moves. It is developed by ByteDance, based in Beijing and has achieved great success among the public, but at the same time it is claimed to have raised great doubts about the security of user’s data and links with the Chinese Communist Party.

Tension between the US and China has increased in recent months fuelled by the Covid pandemic, for which the two countries blame each other. “As for TikTok, we are going to ban it in the United States,” Trump said in remarks to reporters, and added, “I have that authority. I can do it with an executive order.”

Earlier this month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted that the Trump administration was considering restricting access to TikTok in the States given the possibility that Beijing is using the social network as a means to monitor and distribute propaganda.

After an hour of trying the app this writer saw no evidence of any propaganda, but quite a lot of funny pranks and families coming enjoying using it together.

Surely this is just another example of Trump’s huffy baby rouine?

TikTok general manager in the United States, Vanessa Pappas, warned on Saturday that the Chinese network has no plans “to go anywhere,” in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement to veto it. Pappas stated in her message that they are proud of the 1,500 workers they have in the USA and that they will create another 10,000 jobs over the next three years.

“We don’t plan to go anywhere. TikTok is home to creators and artists to express their ideas and connect with people from different backgrounds. We are proud of everyone who calls TikTok home.”

CORRECTIONS

Credit: Twitter

DEAR Editor, Don’t we all just love being woken up by the awful raucous sound of a ‘jardinero’ or ‘trabadoro de Ayuntamiento,’ wielding one of these infernal machines?

Monday to Friday there is no need to set our alarms since at 8am the leaf blower begins his assault on our ears and by the time he has blown the leaves etc from one end of the street to the other, we are fully awake.

Maybe they are proud to announce noisily that they are working, but like thousands of others living here in peaceful retirement, I am not amused. Gone are the days of the brush and dustpan operator quietly cleaning the street, while we gradually wake up to the sound of birdsong.

Now, where did I put my earplugs! Oh yes, Mike Senker borrowed them.

Brian Johnston Benalmadena Costa

Breaking: Spain set to have British quarantine regulations lifted TODAY Costa Blanca is very safe. This whole quarantine issue should decide regionally by Whitehall. Some areas are a problem ie Catalonia (Barcelona etc). Alicante region is ours, and very safe, especially Benidorm. This is where many Brits go.

LB

Rather than take a pay cut a Hero pilot from Spain’s Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol hangs up his wings How can BA get away with such a disrespectful act to their loyal crew and staff #shameful!

HCH LEAF BLOWERS: Who needs an alarm clock?

As I put my purchases on the belt, the family behind me, (French, two adults and two teenagers, the lads both had their masks around their neck!), started to put their purchases on the belt just behind mine. I put up my hand and gestured to the distance lines on the floor, to which they just looked and carried on loading up the belt.

I pointed again, and then the cashier also told them to stop and pointed to the floor to bring to their attention the warnings, they still carried on! She then left the till and walked round to them and pulled back the trolley to the line.

Rather than acknowledge what she had just shown them, and apologise, the two boys laughed!, to which I just couldn’t help myself and shouted ‘It’s not funny!’

Love reading Euro Weekly.

Chris Worrall

No surprise Dear Euro Weekly, It’s not surprising that there is a large reduction in the number of people visiting Spain for a holiday from the UK. Regulations and government advice at both ends are confusing, restrictive and seemingly frequently changing, so we don’t know whether it’s advisable to go to Spain, what restrictions we will find, whether or not there are lockdowns if there are quarantines at either end, whether hotels are open when we arrive, etc, etc.

Who would want to go on holiday when such confusion and concern exists?

Alan O’Connor

Stern word Dear Euro Weekly News, Ref: Leapy survey What your survey shows is that 74 per cent of people who replied are Brexiteers, racist, anti-EU whilst receiving all the benefits that the EU offers. Then we find an absurd column this week about whispers from an alleged doctor who blames the outbreak in Leicester on BAME, nothing about Brits refusing to wear masks at all.

I am a South Londoner from the war years. Don’t forget the Windrush generation, Grenfell, of which only 24 people have received compensation. Sorry, but I despair of the behaviour and attitude of these people who appear to be copying the behaviour of the modern-day Americans.

Angry old Brit.

Alan Doig

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Readers who have missed correspondence can see all letters - which can be edited before publication - posted on: www.euroweeklynews.com.

Coronavirus cases in Manchester DOUBLE in just a week.

I seem to remember Manchester street parties during lockdown so while the rest of us were following rules, Manchester just flouted them ... no sympathy for them now.

PG

BREAKING NEWS: NASA Astronauts Perform Perfect Splash-Down in Historic SpaceX Mission Love it, so great to see human achievement such as this...

MF

Holidaymakers in Spain refuse to go home and sleep on a Costa del Sol beach rather than return to Brighton as fights break out.

Looking forward to hearing more about this pair and wishing them well

Spain’s Costa del Sol set for Saharan sand storm that could blanket the coast.

A different kind of lockdown, sand rather than germs.

CM

Costa del Sol & Costa Blanca HEATSTROKE nightmare for emergency services in Spain There has been enough information about the excess heat, why do people not heed the warnings, CARRY WATER AT ALL TIMES.

CM

Spain’s Costa del Sol gears up for the hardest month of the summer.

It’s not that empty... but for sure less... as last year.

We miss the tourists from UK... purchasing power is half!!! Painful...

CM

Dame Barbara Windsor moved into Care home as Alzheimer’s Worsens How sad for her and her husband who has cared for her all this time... What a cruel illness.

GR

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Cryptic Across 1 Newest Los Angeles end product is Spanish tenor (6) 4 Two men sent SMS (6) 9 Preside over a seat (5) 10 Come to understand lies are naughty (7) 11 Musician possibly sang with trio (8) 12 Losing head, fire gun for a laugh (4) 14 Fresh red tar merchant (6) 16 Dope is surprisingly self-assured (6) 19 Test out home for an animal (4) 20 Secretly zany American (2,6) 23 It's mean to state how old one is (7) 24 Ship carrying sweet potatoes (5) 25 Man addressed in stadium is terrific (6) 26 Everything in damp pouch (6) Down 1 Exclude New Look cut (7) 2 Want terribly good sound from 'The Archers'? (5) 3 An unknown person is comparatively odd (8) 5 Use a converted Old Testament character (4) 6 Do trips change photography aids (7) 7 Mark followed daughter and lived (5) 8 Sounds like experts when it comes to writing (5) 13 Coals are free in the Pacific (5,3) 15 She might have a part in current Hair production (7) 17 Lifeless group make a determined onslaught (4,3)

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18 And directions for a mountain range (5) 19 Lots of insects are small and affectionate (5)

21 The same English Queen used another language, initially (5) 22 We must accept silver as payment (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 20 represents K and 25 represents W, so fill in K every time the figure 20 appears and W every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Imitation (4) 3 Nearby (5) 8 Onlooker (9) 9 Put off (5) 10 Skin disorder (4) 14 Twilight (4) 15 Judge's mallet (5) 18 Standing out (9) 20 Frequently (5) 21 At liberty (4)

Down 1 Gateau (4) 2 Own (7) 4 Overdue (4) 5/19 Explode (3,3) 6 Cap with no brim (5) 7 Savage (5) 11 Scam artist (7) 12 Make fit or suitable (5) 13 Light beer (5) 16 Conceal (4) 17 Eat a formal meal (4) 19 See 5

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 As many as (5,4) 8/26 Peral (4,4) 9 Bargain sale (9) 10 Gasolina (6) 13 Playing cards (6) 15 To snow (5) 16 Barba (5) 17 Kingdom (5) 18 Warning (5) 21 Queso (6) 22 Veinte (6) 25 Aventura (9) 26 See 8 27 To move (change location) (9)

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

Down 2 Despierto (no dormido) (5) 3 To bring (5) 4 Chewing gum (6) 5 Mill (6) 6 Reception (9) 7 Bush (shrub) (7) 11 Viajero (9) 12 Waves (in sea, lake) (5) 14 Flecha (5) 16 Cubos (baldes) (7) 19 To sell (6) 20 Estrés (6) 23 Adicional (5) 24 Cake (5)

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them. How long is it since you had a really deep conversation with your closest friends?

What has changed in their attitudes and fortunes over the years? How could you help each other to make better progress? Working together brings so much more forward movement and satisfaction.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health. This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future. Worry, stress, overwork should be words not in your vocabulary.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As the saying goes, ‘no one ever said it would be easy’. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ‘enough’. It may be that business or home life needs some rearranging, or that someone is moving job and the routine is severely disrupted.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate. I have a proposition for you. Get business out of the way during the week and plan home activities for the weekend.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not? Even so, it won't hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace. Bear in mind that, in letting someone get away with sloppiness, you are doing them no favours at all.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions. It is assumed that those close are happy with the status quo, but this may not be the case. The things which you find irksome may also irritate them. Ask in a tactful and gentle way and you will be surprised at the outcome.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time. Think of the great times you had and relive them to warm your heart.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress being possible elsewhere. Your need to make things better for those round you may not make you money but it can bring great joy. Give of your time and talents generously.

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CRYPTIC Across: 1 Pistol, 4 Basins, 9 Roams, 10 Adelphi, 11 Preludes, 12 Rode, 14 Taster, 16 Relent, 19 Crop, 20 Skippers, 23 On leave, 24 Aloha, 25 Tidies, 26 Revere.

Down: 1 Parapet, 2 Shame, 3 Obscured, 5 Aces, 6 Improve, 7 Slice, 8 Sages, 13 Jet plane, 15 Spoiled, 17 Testate, 18 Skier, 19 Clout, 21 Evoke, 22 Rage.

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Across: 1 Ciervo, 3 Rubber, 8 Lirón, 10 Cliente, 11 Achieve, 12 Riada, 13 Ocean, 15 Tarea, 20 Verde, 22 Almonds, 24 Sweater, 25 Shelf, 26 Apoyar, 27 Poseer.

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HOW many times have you told yourself that you are not good enough or reminded yourself of all of the things you HAVEN’T achieved in your life?

I hear you!

I used to do the same thing. I used to argue with myself on a daily basis. It was me versus my ego, yet my ego always seemed to win. The more I listened to the little witch inside my head, The louder she got.

“I’m not a good enough Mum?” “I’m too fat to wear a bikini.”

“I need to dull my confidence.

People will think I’m cocky.”

“Who am I to think I could have a successful business?”

“I could never pass the exams to become a successful mentor!”

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Depression hit and the walls were closing in. I knew I had to do something as I was slowly pushing away everyone I loved and I was about to lose it all.

So how exactly do you quieten the noise? Can you set yourself free from a negative mindset?

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I studied hard for two years, I put everything into practice, I tested any different techniques, and now, I am here to show you how!!!

We all have ‘voices’ inside our heads commenting on our moment-to-moment experiences, the quality of our past decisions, mistakes we could have avoided, and what we should have done differently. These voices can be really mean and make a bad situation much worse. The voice will always criticise and beat you down at every given opportunity.

But the question is, why? Our ego (or as I like to name her, the witch), feeds off self-doubt and fear. She can be a residue of childhood experiences - automatic patterns of neural firing stored in our brains and dissociated from the memory of the events they are trying to protect us from.

If you try to ignore the voice or even dismiss it altogether, It can take charge of your whole life, enabling you to become a slave to the mind. This, in turn, will allow you to believe that the outside world is dangerous and that you need to obey her rules for living in order to survive and avoid pain. You will live your life existing rather than living!

So how can you quieten the noise?

Step 1 - I would like you to look at your end goal. What is it you would like to achieve?

Think of your current goal, your dream. What does it look like?

Where are you when you achieve this goal?

Who is the first person to share it with?

Now take a moment to align with this next question. How does it feel to achieve your goal? Feel every emotion possible for the next minute.

How do you feel? You’re smiling, right? You know what it feels like to reach your goal. You can see your success and know what it feels like.

You can feel what it can do for you and your families life?

321... The ego has started. Am I right? Just as you picture everything you want to achieve, that is when she starts! Don’t worry, this is perfectly normal.

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Next to each statement, write the following, what physical evidence do I have that makes this thought true? The answer to be ZERO! There is no physical evidence to stop you from being successful.

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Name one step you can take today that will bring you closer to your goal. Don’t think of the outcome. Ignore the ‘what if.’ Just give me one step, right now, without thinking about it. What can you do today that will get you closer to your goal?

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

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WITH many national surveys giving President Donald Trump’s Democratic challenger a double-digit lead, this polarising president’s assault on decency has unified America - across boundaries of race, class and partisan politics - against him.

Probably something no American president has ever achieved.

Trump has now made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims as president, according to the Washington Post’s Fact Checker tally. It took Trump just 827 days to top 10,000 false and misleading claims, an average of 12 claims a day.

What’s more, according to the Post, he averaged fewer than five false

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DONALD TRUMP: Presents constant false and misleading claims. or misleading claims a day in his first 100 days as president, indicating his tendency to exaggerate or ignore the truth is accelerating as he approaches the November

election amid a global pandemic.

And then there are all the tell-all books by those settling scores. Firstly, John Bolton, formerly the president’s top adviser on se-

curity matters, paints a picture in his memoir of a president whose decisionmaking is totally dominated by a desire to be reelected in November.

Trump since claimed

the book is “made up of lies and fake stories.” But shortly after the decision, he alleged on Twitter that John Bolton “broke the law by releasing Classified Information (in massive amounts).” Problem is, if the book is nothing but fiction, how can any of the information in it be ‘Classified’?

Next, we have a tell-all memoir by President Donald Trump’s niece who describes her uncle as a fraud and bully, a “narcissist” who now allegedly “threatens the life of every American.”

And more bad news. A yet-to-be-published, tell-all book by Trump’s exlawyer Michael Cohen will reportedly provide

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Trouble is, Trump can’t see any further ahead than the next election.

He’s that short-sighted.

Maybe he should take time out for a brief trip to Barnard Castle to check his eyesight...

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Closed borders and residencia, a Bridge under Troubled Waters CONSULAR MATTERS AS consul for Denmark and a lawyer on the coast, I have come across an important issue for EU citizens living here in Spain.

As an EU citizen, you are o f c o u r s e f re e t o t r a v e l without restriction and this has always been the case.

However, I apologise in advance as I am going to mention Brexit and the coronavirus in this article. The problem that occurred during the Coronavirus lockdown was that Spain closed its borders and people who weren’t Spanish citizens, residents, or cross border workers weren’t allowed to travel to Spain, of course, these people

had previously enjoyed the right to move freely throughout the European Union.

Rightly or wrongly a number of citizens of Denmark and the United Kingdom amongst others had been living in Spain without being residents here.

This meant that they were effectively blocked from returning to their permanent home in Spain if they happened to be in another country when the lockdown was announced.

Had they been residents in Spain, or had their residencia then this would not have been a problem as they would have been allowed to return. Spain did have a very harsh lockdown so they would have had their movements massively restricted on their return.

In the news, some EU countries and the British government

NO ENTRY: Borders were closed during lockdown. has announced that anyone returning from Spain has to undergo a 14 day quarantine period. In addition, a number of flights have been cancelled.

Well, there is nothing that can be done to avoid the travel restrictions, but to avoid being effectively stuck in one country being unable to return to Spain I would advise everyone who is living here in Spain to apply for residencia. Remember to note that if you

stay for more than 183 days in Spain you become a tax resident. We have helped a number of citizens and clients with residencia. I would advise that you are very careful with people calling themselves advisors or consultants as they may not be a qualified gestor or a lawyer. As Consul I recommend you instruct a qualified professional.

Now lastly Brexit, well the United Kingdom has left the EU

and the transition period will end on December 31, 2020. If you have a holiday home here in Spain there is nothing to worry about as long as you are happy spending 90 days or less in Spain in 180 days.

If you live here you need to apply for residencia or residency. If you are British you can still apply for residency next year but the requirements will be more onerous. So if you are already living here you should apply for residency if you haven’t already and if you are in a position to move before the end of 2020 please do so.

Remember you can rent or buy a property. Please be aware of unscrupulous people involved in renting and sales and always take advice from an independent lawyer regarding a lease or a property purchase.

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BARRY DUKE BACK in 1981, Thatcher’s Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit - every inch as abhorrent a creature as she w a s - re s p o n d e d t o t h e then unemployment crisis by suggesting that people get on their bikes and look for work. At that time around 2.5 million were unemployed.

After the 1981 riots in Handsworth and Brixton, Tebbit responded to a suggestion that rioting was a natural reaction to unemployment: ‘I grew up in the ‘30s with an unemployed father. He didn’t riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking till he found it.’

So he became known as ‘On yer bike’ Tebbit, a term that - to this very day - clings to the reactionary old fool like dung to a duvet. But now ‘on yer bike’ has - thanks to the bumbling buffoon the UK now

has for a Prime Minister - taken a new twist.

Johnson, as part of an attempt to bribe Brits to lead healthier lifestyles, has shaken the Magic Money Tree to finance a £2 billion cycling and walking scheme.

This appalls me because I believe folk should take personal responsibility for their lifestyle choices. But tragically nowadays self-control and the exercise of willpower are outmoded concepts.

Millions have been conditioned to think that it’s the job of bureaucrats to manipulate every aspect of their lives from cradle to grave. The consequence has been a complete surrender of personal responsibility to a grotesque nanny state.

Yet many believe that the gover nment should have even greater power. I almost fell off my chair this week when I saw this headline on the Premier Christian News’

NO BRAINER: The difference between junk snacks and healthy tidbits is bitingly obvious. website: ‘Christian nutritionist warns PM’s new obesity campaign doesn’t go far enough.’

Below it was an interview

with Oxford’s Emma MaitlandCarew. She was responding to Johnson’s ‘Better Health’ campaign that includes banning ‘buy one, get one free’

promotions on fattening products and outlawing supermarkets from tempting shoppers with unhealthy snacks at checkouts and store entrances.

Maitland-Carew told PCN that the campaign is ‘a good start but it can’t stop there.

You have to show them what a healthy way of eating looks like, so perhaps positive ads would be a good replacement.’

If we’ve reached the stage where people - having capitulated to a system that’s all but destroyed independence and respect for one’s self and others - now need to be shown the difference between snacking on raw carrots, celery and the likes, and bloody great bags of crisps, then no amount of public funding will reverse the trend.

Mark my words, the war against obesity will prove as futile as the idiotic, multi-trillion pound war on drugs.

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MANY car makers have legendary names on the rollcall of automotive history and Ford can claim more than a few. The Fiesta has been a familiar site on our roads for decades and with a myriad of body, trim and engine options, it truly does offer something for everyone.

The halo model has to be the ST with its hardcore sporting looks, racy interior and an engine note to match. Classic fast Fords have been in the ascendancy for some years and with new fast Fords like the Fiesta ST it’s not hard to see why.

Range prices start from €13,051 (£16,640) for the leadin Trend model and my sporting ST model is offered in two trims simply named ST-1 and ST-2 priced at €24,499 (£21,775) and €26,753 (£24,325) respectively. Both versions are mechanically identical and only the standard equipment level differentiates the two models.

Power comes from a three-

Ford Fiesta ST ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack cylinder 1.5 litre turbocharged petrol engine that develops 200 CV/HP and propels the car from 0 to 100 kmh (62 mph) in 6.5 seconds, yet 7L/100km in combined driving shows just how useable the ST is in daily commuting.

Standard fare includes rear privacy glass, navigation, Recaro seats, air conditioning, a plethora of ST badges so you don’t forget you’re in the

Facts At A Glance • Model: Ford Fiesta ST-3 • Engine: 1.5 EcoBoost Gasolina/Petrol • Gears: 6-Speed Manual • Performance: 0-100 kmh (62 mph) 6.5 seconds/Maximum Speed 232 kmh (144 mph) • Economy: 7l/100km (40.4 mpg) Combined driving WLTP • Emissions: 136 g/km NEDC

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sporty version and selectable drive modes of normal, sport and track.

The ST-3 gains larger alloys, a posh Bang & Olufsen sound system, auto high beam lights, auto wipers and dimming mirrors, heated front seats and steering wheel, rear parking camera and sensors plus traffic sign recognition. It seems a good jump in specification for the additional cost.

On the road, the ST is huge fun and a mark of its fast Ford credentials is that you don’t have to be tearing around at break neck speed for it to be fun. There’s a terrific exhaust note that’s enough without being OTT and a progressively hardcore transformation to the ride in sport and track mode. With six manual gears to work your way through, it not only looks the part but very much drives it too.

It shares all the practical virtues of the more sedate Fiestas with space, folding seats and sensible running costs.

The bright colours, snazzy interiors and driveability is what sets the ST apart.

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FOOTBALL: Arsenal beat London rivals Chelsea to win the FA Cup! ARSENAL beat London rivals Chelsea to win the FA Cup inside an almost empty Wembley on Saturday afternoon.

Mikel Arteta’s side came from behind to win 2-1 in a game that rounds off a domestic season like no other.

Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice after Christian Pulisic had put Frank Lampard’s men in front.

Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic was sent off after what proved to be Arsenal’s winner for two bookable offences. Arsenal’s tally of FA Cup wins now stands at 14 - more than any other English club.

Aubameyang went on to lift the famous trophy - but not before dropping it.

It is their fourth FA Cup in seven seasons. Arteta has now won the competition as both Arsenal captain and

Runs going ahead

ALL LEVELS: The competition has been designed for experienced runners and those relatively new to running, the Sports deputy said.

WEMBLEY: Arsenal beat London rivals Chelsea to win the FA Cup. manager. Football fans will still be able to enjoy the resumption of the Champions League and Europa League before the Premier League -

which was won this season by Liverpool - resumes in midSeptember. The likelihood is fans will not be back in stadiums by then.

THE Almeria provincial council’s running circuit is going ahead this year with races in nine localities, but with restrictions on the number of participants due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tijola will host the first race of the circuit on August 29. The second race will be in Vera in September 5.

The three runs in October will be in Alba, Gador and Rioja. For November’s events the competition moves to Garrucha, Antas and Cuevas del Almanzora.

The circuit will wind up on December 13 in Olula del Rio. Sports Deputy Maria Luisa Cruz explained that as part of the health safety measures to prevent risks of Covid-19 infection, participants are limited to 200, with 40 individual entries for one race.

She made it clear the council will be continually monitoring the health situation in regard to the planned race programme, but stressed the provincial administration is keen to “promote the practice of sport, healthy life habits and the positive values associated to sport, like sacrifice, strength, self-improvement and respect.”

Cruz also referred to the aim of making the opportunity to take part in sports competitions available around the province.

She insisted the running competition had been designed for both experienced runners and those relatively new to the sport.