Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 6 - 12 August 2020 Issue 1831

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GENERALITAT president Ximo Puig declared that there are no plans for blanket closures throughout the Valencian region.

Neither the Costa Blanca nor anywhere else would return to lockdown although Puig admitted the possibility of closing “premises or certain areas.”

The regional president was talking last Sunday in Morella (Valencia) at a homage to the 23 people living there who died from Covid-19.

“This isn’t a question of black or white,” Puig said.

Outbreaks have oc-

curred in safe places where people were letting their guard down at family gatherings and celebrations or nightlife venues.

It was vital to promote “maximum responsibility” amongst individuals and business-owners, Puig stressed.

A day earlier, the Generalitat president had announced that police controls would be stepped up over the weekend to ensure that anti-virus health and safety regulations were respected in pubs and discos.

Although these locales would be in their sights,

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NO MORE LOCKDOWN

XIMO PUIG: No plans for blanket closures.

neither he nor the region’s Health chief Ana Barcelo, saw grounds for closing them down.

In an interview given to the Informacion and Levante newspapers at the weekend, Ana Barcelo said that she doubted the economy could withstand another lockdown.

She also rejected closing nightlife venues and

pointed out that young people would only look for alternative.

“The answer isn’t restriction, but awareness,” she declared.

Barcelo was also reluctant to predict a Covid-19 “second wave” but confirmed that the regional government was more than ready to cope with one if necessary.

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Photo credit: Campello town hall

Explanations needed Marina Baja water guaranteed

LES CANYADES: Campello residents have complained for years about smell and pollution.

CAMPELLO councillors voted to ask the Generalitat’s General Advisory Council (CJC) to clarify modifications to the Les Canyades landfill contract.

There was no desire to repeat the errors of an installation that failed ‘from the outset’ to achieve environmental and rubbish treatment targets, they agreed.

The motion was put forward and supported by the Ciudadanos, PSPV, EU, Podemos and REDcv parties, although the EU spokesman was absent ‘for justified reasons.’

The Partido Popular and Vox, who control the town hall in coalition with Ciudadanos, abstained.

Julio Oca (Cs), the town hall’s Environ-

ment councillor, defended the motion requested by the Asociacion de Afectados por el Vertedero.

This group of residents living near Les Canyades, who are directly affected by the site’s bad smells and polluted air, wants the CJC to clarify contradictions in its reports.

On July 31 last year, the CJC concluded there were no grounds for amending the landfill concessionary’s contract. Two months later, the council said there were “no obstacles.”

“Things aren’t being done well, or at least not as well as they should be regarding topics as sensitive as our residents health and well-being,” Oca declared.

INCREASED rainfall during the first half of the year has guaranteed the Marina Baja’s water supply for 2020.

Reserves were not depleted over Easter and the following months, as hotels, holiday apartments and second homes were closed during lockdown, explained Jaime Berenguer, the Marina Baja Water Consortium’s director and engineer.

Torrential rain in January, followed by above-average rainfall in March and April brought 550 millilitres of rain - the Marina Baja’s average annual rainfall - in just six months Berenguer said.

Storm Gloria classed as a DANA (Isolated High Altitude Depression) - also had a downside, as hydraulic infrastructure in the Consortium’s seven member towns suf-

fered significant damage last January, with some still awaiting repairs.

Toni Perez, Consortium spokesman as well as Benidorm’s mayor, called on the central government to increase spending in this respect.

The Amadorio and Guadalest reservoirs need dredging to increase their capacity, said Perez, who recommended constructing new deposits where excess water could be stored, instead of having to send it downstream to the sea.

Re-think on beach capacity JAVEA councillors approved a motion confirming definitive capacities set out in the town’s Covid-19 contingency plan for beaches.

These are higher than originally announced, with Arenal’s capacity rising from 2,000 to 5,025.

Granadella has been increased from 200 to 603, while Portitxol-La Barraca can now hold 475 beachgoers compared with 150.

Cala Blanca has a quota of 150, while La Grava remains unchanged with 225. Primer Muntyanar (El Benissero) can now hold 779 people and Segon Muntanyar 200.

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Thank the climate ALICANTE Province’s benign climate could have helped to put the brakes on Covid19 in Alicante Province last spring.

This theory was put forward by a joint report on the expansion of Covid-19 by Alicante University and Elche’s Miguel Hernandez (UMH) that was quoted in the local Spanish media.

Researchers found there were fewer contagions in low-lying and warm parts of the country with high minimum temperatures, explained Jorge Olcina, one of the report’s authors and Professor of Regional Geographic Analysis at Alicante University.

This explained the province’s lower incidence of Covid-19 last spring, compared with Madrid or the Basque Region where temperatures were lower, Olcina said.

The report stressed the role that the human factor played in spreading Covid-19 through the different zones that were analysed, but concluded that “environmental and atmospheric factors contributed elements that could aggravate or, conversely, slow down the intensity of the pandemic.”

Olcina also pointed out that the period under analysis coincided with the lockdown when mobility had practically no effect on the spread of the coronavirus.

“It made more sense to match it to meteorological and geographical factors,” he said.

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Fiestas cancelled Photo credit: Alfaz town hall

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MEETING: Joint decision to cancel the Albir fiestas.

ALBIR’S fiestas, scheduled for mid-August, were cancelled owing to the Covid-19 situation.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Local Security Board at Alfaz’s

Local Police station presided by Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques and attended by local councillors and the Local Police.

Also present was the Commander in Chief of Alicante’s Guardia Civil

Surprise packets JAVEA’S Guardia Civil recovered packages containing 17 kilos of hashish from the seabed in Cala Sardinera.

They were spotted by the occupants of a pleasure boat who immediately alerted the authorities. The packages were brought to the surface with collaboration from the Red Cross who used their rescue boat to ferry out the Guardia Civil officers to the place where they had been seen.

An investigation is now underway to determine the origin of the drug, which could have been dumped deliberately to be picked up later or was possibly thrown overboard when the smugglers feared they were at risk of drawing the authorities’ attention.

NOISE from a generator in a squatters’ villa is keeping the residents of three Denia residential complexes awake at night.

The power company cut off the villa’s electricity some time ago, but instead of reconnecting the supply the occupants installed generators.

“For days now we have had to put up with a deafening noise that

headquarters, the Commander from the Altea post.

Alfaz is determined to avoid further Covid-19 outbreaks, Arques said, calling on the local population to be responsible “and use

their common sense.”

The €55,000 budget for the Albir fiestas will now be used entirely for social purposes and alleviating the Covid-19 crisis, Fiestas councillor Oscar Perez announced.

Cinderella timetable for Campello CAMPELLO Town Hall has asked the public to respect beach timetables. Julio Oca and Rafa Galvañ, respective councillors for Beaches and Public Safety, commented that families and groups of friends are organising dinners on the beaches or simply enjoying the cool of the evening, frequently staying longer than the stipulated 12 midnight.

Beaches are closed between midnight and 7am, Oca and Galvañ explained, so that operatives and their machinery can clean and parcel-out the sands to provide the social distancing that is needed to stop the spread of Covid19.

Regional funding THE Valencian Community has received €1.350 billion from Spain’s Treasury.

Of this €449 million corresponds to the Covid-19 fund and €901 million to the autonomous communities’ finance system.

The Treasury emphasised

Sleepless in Les Marines

stops us from sleeping,” residents told the local Spanish media. “It’s a nuisance during the day but at night the noise pollution is unbearable,” a Les Marines apartment-owner said.

the central government’s commitment to providing funding for Spain’s regions, providing a total of €13.073 million to guarantee that they have sufficient resources to provide quality public services during the present health emergency.

“A lot of us are affected and some are awake all night, and it’s very difficult to rest during the day.”

Residents have contacted Denia’s Local Police who have reported the situation and they have now written to the town hall and the mayor, maintaining that the generators are responsible for a public health offence.

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Town hall offers incentives FINESTRAT councillors approved a proposal to reduce ICIO building licence fees.

Discounts will range from 20 per cent to 80 per cent depending on the type of building, Finestrat’s mayor Juan Francisco Perez explained.

The town hall hopes in this way to create more employment and put up more buildings for social purposes on municipally owned land, including a much-needed Instituto high school or a day centre.

A public building like the Instituto would be eligible for the largest 80 per cent ICIO discount, with a 50 per cent reduction for a privately built day centre or residential care home. The mayor pointed out that the town hall was offering “very significant” discounts on licences for multi-million projects.

“This is ambitious and very important because we are giving businesses an incentive to continue investing in our town,” Perez said.

“What’s more we are focusing on employment, which is the best kind of social benefit there is during this sociohealth crisis.”

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La Nucia goes international Photo credit: La Nucia town hall

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LAB NUCIA: Opened a year ago.

VOTING for the world’s best new buildings has now ended.

La Nucia’s Lab Nucia business laboratory is on the shortlist for an Architizer A+Award in the Best Government or Municipal Building category.

Lab Nucia, which opened a year ago, was co-financed by the provincial council, the Diputacion, and La Nucia Town Hall. The avantgarde building,

already an architectural reference point at national and international level, was designed

by Jose Luis Campos of Crystalzoo, an Alicante City architectural studio.

The awards from the USbased architectural website, Architezer, are regarded as ‘Architecture’s Oscars’ and should Lab Nucia win the prestigious prize, it will not be the first time

for the Jose Luis Campos or for La Nucia.

In 2016 La Nucia Town Hall’s Bello Horizonte Administrative Office - also designed by Campos - won Architizer’s Best Public Office of the Year award.

Fingers are being crossed in La Nucia with hopes that Lab Nucia can beat buildings in Canada, the US, Sweden, and France.

Get it done in time ALFAZ Town Hall is holding a talk for British residents on Wednesday, August 12.

This is directed at those whose situation in Spain has not yet been formalised, explained

Asociacion Babelia, who are organising the event, together with the town hall’s Residents department and the Pangea office.

The meeting will begin by detailing the support that the British government provides for UK residents encountering difficulties in processing their applications for residency, vital for ensuring and maintaining their rights in EU countries following Brexit.

This will be followed by a question-and-answer session regarding applications in Alicante Province, after which there will be individual help for those facing the greatest problems.

“Some have failed to make a residency application because they do not have internet or

computer access, others because they need help in translating or understanding the documents,” Residents’ councillor Martine Mertens said. “Sometimes those with mobility or health problems have also delayed regularising their situation,” she added.

The councillor also explained that residents with green cards can exchange this for a TIE (Foreign Identity card) by following the ‘Switching from Green Certificate of Residency to a TIE’ instructions on the www.asociacionbab elia.org website.

Alfaz residents wishing to attend should confirm with an email, giving their name and phone number to residentes@ lalfas.com or ring 629 816 197.

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Crates carted off Name-change in Jalon

RECYCLING POINT: A €750 fine for anti-social dumping.

JAVEA’S Local Police traced and sanctioned the person who dumped dozens of plastic crates at the P u n t Ve rd re c y c l i n g point.

The town hall then had to hire a specialist company to remove ‘industrial quantities’ of crates from the recycling point on the Javea-Jesus Pobre road.

As well as a €750 fine, the perpetrator also had to pay the cost of removing the crates.

Javea Town Hall announced that it was

stepping up vigilance at all the town’s Punt Verd recycling spots in a bid to put an end to ‘inconsiderate’ behaviour.

“This gives the municipality an appalling image and makes it more difficult for responsible citizens to use the recycling points,” said Javea’s Services councillor Kika Mata.

The councillor also pointed out that the collaboration of the local population was “fundamental” in keeping the town tidy and avoiding antisocial actions.

JALON councillors voted in favour of renaming Avenida del Rey Juan Carlos I. This will now revert to the road’s original name of Avenida del Pla de la Sequia.

“This was already discussed some months ago but acquired more importance following reports regarding the Rey Emerito,” a Jalon Town Hall statement announced, without referring to the scandal surrounding the finances of Juan Carlos who abdicated in favour of his son Felipe in 2014.

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A BOAT with 11 migrants was spotted on Sunday August 2 five nautical miles (approximately nine kilometres) off the Sierra Helada.

The boat, whose occupants said they were Algerians, was intercepted by the Guardia Civil and eventually landed at Benidorm’s Cala del Tio Ximo.

From here they were taken to the port where they were attended by

the Red Cross who said later that they all appeared to be in good health, including two minors.

PCR tests were carried out and the migrants then transferred to the field hospital attached to Alicante City’s General Hospital, where more tests will be carried out.

So far it is not known if any of the 11 latest arrivals have Covid-19 although the provincial

Spanish media confirmed that according to unofficial sources, some of the migrants who arrived recently on Tabarca tested positive for the coronavirus.

Ninety-nine Algerians in eight separate boats have arrived on the Costa Blanca between July 25 and August 2, landing in Calpe, Teulada, Villajoyosa, Benidorm, Alicante City, Tabarca and Santa Pola.

Summer lunch for Men’s Dining Group CALPE U3A Men’s Dining Group met in central Calpe for their latest meal.

After the enforced lockdown and the group’s restart last month, this time the choice was a pub with British beer and traditional fare, although the wine was definitely Spanish.

Seven members enjoyed great conversations, friendly service and good food. Although they dined in the shade, the weather was very hot and the landlord knew how important it was to swiftly refresh their glasses.

Photo credit: Benitachell town hall

More boat people for Benidorm Capelletes rehabilitation

Normally, the group doesn’t meet in July and August, but this year members want to make up for lost opportunities and are also organising an August event.

They are hoping for a great attendance on August 27, the time 7pm for 7.30m as usual.

All male U3A Calpe members are welcome to join this sociable group and should contact Arthur Coasdell at arthu randfreda@yahoo.com for more information.

VISIT: Miguel Angel Garcia explains plans to Ruben Martinez Dalmau.

BENITACHELL Town Hall recently detailed its plans for rehabilitating Edificio Capellets, now municipal property.

The regional government’s Reconstruim Pobles (Rebuilding towns) programme has provided €500,000 in funding which will be used to convert the Capelletes block.

This will have a new Tourism Office on the ground floor, with administrative offices and multifunction rooms on the upper floors.

Ruben Martinez Dalmau, who heads the regional government’s Housing and Bioclimatic Architecture department and is a Generalitat vicepresident, recently visited

Benitachell, where the local mayor Miguel Angel Garcia and councillors explained their plans for the building.

“It’s very important to us that you are helping in this way,” Garcia told the Housing chief.

“The town has a very large deficit regarding infrastructure,” the mayor said.

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ROBERT ROWLANDS, now a Calpe resident, knows more than the average person about the Baker Street Robbery.

Thanks to him, the police knew early only that a bank was being broken into somewhere in London on the night of Saturday, September 11, 1972.

Robert, who was staying in his parents’ Wimpole Street flat at the time, owned an extremely powerful ex-US army radio, he explained to the Euro Weekly News.

Without warning, this began transmitting walkie-talkie broadcasts between a lookout perched on a rooftop somewhere in London and a group of men tunnelling into a bank below him.

Robert immediately rang the police who did not believe him but, when he insisted, suggested that he recorded the broadcasts.

He later had an unproductive visit from six unifor med police from the Marylebone police station. Frustrated, he then rang Scotland Yard on the legendary Whitehall 1212 number.

Officers there were more prepared to accept his story and told Robert with some complacency that it was

Photo credit: Robert Rowlands

A close-up look at The Bank Job

LISTENING IN: Robert Rowlands listened in to the Baker Street Robbery (inset).

always wiser to call in the Met. They too visited the house, learning from the walkie-talkie exchanges that the gang’s attempts to penetrate the vault had to be delayed owing to fumes from their equipment.

Robert was unable to understand the police’s slowness in locating the gang and their willingness to search

the 750 London streets with a bank, although he knew from the radio’s frequency that it was within a onemile radius of Wimpole Street.

In fact, a patrol did pass the Lloyds Bank branch in Baker Street, but was spotted by the lookout who raised the alar m, prompting everyone to down tools.

Police did eventually act on his suggestion that they sent out one of the GPO vans that trawled the streets detecting unpaid television licences, but by then the transmissions had stopped and the gang had flown.

Their haul from the ransacked safety deposit boxes was worth €30 million in today’s money and allegedly contained compromising photographs of the late Princess Margaret and actorcriminal John Bindon.

The Baker Street bank robbery could never have been pulled off today, Robert said.

Lack of police coordination was incredible, not least the way that reports of loud noises from an adjoining restaurant that night were not linked to the break in.

But the MI5 D-Notice slapped on the whole affair at the time, did exist and so, almost certainly did those compromising photos of the Queen’s sister.

This also raises the question of whether the police were the bunglers that they appeared. Was it possible that they wanted the robbery to succeed in order to destroy the evidence of Princess Margaret’s indiscretions?

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BEACH KITS: Gandia’s Beaches councillor introducing the novelty in June.

scheme designed to make social distancing easy on beaches that was patented on June 24.

According to Spanish media reports, the company maintained that its product was “susceptible to comparison” with Gandia’s Safe Beach Kits and asked the town hall to “desist immediately” from promoting them.

It was within its rights, the Madrid company warned, to start legal proceedings, including damages,

against the town hall.

Municipal sources revealed that it has distributed more than 3,000 kits to date, with Gandia’s beaches full of families using the kits.

The town hall also pointed out that in the past beachgoers marked out their chosen plot with towels, clothes or other items and the Safe Beach Kit was intended merely to provide a hassle-free way of maintaining social distancing.

Foster father withdraws Dominique murder accusation Photo credit: Cadena Ser

WHEN Gandia’s beaches opened on June 1, city h a l l i n t ro d u c e d i t s S a f e Beach Kit. Costing €3, the kit consists of four small stakes and enough tape to mark out a 16-square metre area of sand ensuring safe social distancing from other beachgoers.

Fast-forward six weeks and Gandia Town Hall received a letter from the representative of a Madrid fir m that co-owns Beach Hoops, another

Photo credit: Gandia town hall

Stitch-up over Safe Beach Kits

DOMINIQUE CASE: Alejandra Garcia arrested in Elda.

DANIEL FAUS, whose partner Alejandra Garcia is charged with murdering his eight-year-old foster son Dominique, withdrew his private accusation against her.

No reasons were given although Spanish media sources commented that he still visits Garcia, who is remanded in prison. He is also said to take their own biological daughter - who was born in jail - to visit her.

According to initial evidence from Garcia who was 30 at the time, Dominique died during a break-in at the Elda apartment she shared with his foster father in August 2017.

Both she and the child were attacked, she

claimed, and Dominique, who was autistic, died as a result.

Inconsistencies in her story prompted an investigation lasting several months, leading to her arrest in May 2018 when she was four months pregnant.

Police investigators claim that Garcia strangled her partner’s foster son and invented her complicated break-in story to cover the murder.

Dominique usually lived with his foster mother, who had left Faus some time before, but was holidaying when he died.

The trial will take place in November and the Public Prosecutor has recommended a reviewable life sentence.

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Calling all cat-lovers PLANS are underway in Benitachell to control, and look after, the town’s cat colonies.

Health councillor Isa Garrido, Local Police officers, the vet Veronica Catala and several vol-

unteers met recently to coordinate ways of controlling the local cat population.

An initial meeting was held last October when it was decided to join forces to carry out a steril-

isation programme and since then the network of volunteers has increased.

There are now collaborators in practically all Benitachell areas and on urbanisations who help to look after and feed existing colonies.

Thanks to the progress made, the possibility was discussed of creating an official cat protection association in the municipality.

Bureaucratic procedures and red tape are now being dealt with and another meeting will be arranged for September, to continue working in this direction.

Isa Garrido encouraged cat lovers amongst the local population to join the future association.

“Anybody who wishes to collaborate will be very welcome,” she said, advising them to contact her via the igarrido@elpoble noudebenitatxell.com email address.

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Vestiges of the past VILAMUSEU is supervising rehabilitation of the La Llobeta watermill that adjoins the Amadorio riverbed.

A specialist firm is clearing vegetation whose roots were affecting the mill buildings, which are protected as an Asset of Local Relevance and are now being restored.

It is the first step towards opening the complex to the public, as the mill was previously cordoned-off owing to its bad state.

Once the restored site can be visited, information panels will explain the function and importance of the mill.

First referred to in local

Photo credit: Villajoyosa town hall

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LA LLOBETA: Old mill complex eventually open to the public. records during the first half of the 17th century, the mill’s full name is Molino Real de la Llobeta, as its earning belonged to the Crown.

Ongoing work revealed elements of the mill that were hidden for years, Vilamuseu ex-

plained, including the tunnels that carried water below the building to the millwheel. This was driven by water from the Les Puntes irrigation channel, which can still be seen and was in use until the early 20th century.

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A NEW species of dragonfly has been located in the River Cazuma in Bicorp (Valencia).

Biologist Javier Barona found the new species in 2017 while working on a Valencian Community investigation into the

threatened insects in the Escalona river basin.

Barona explained that the Bicorp discovery has specific genetic and anatomic characteristics distinguishing it from the Valencian Community’s 66 other dragonfly

species or the 80 or so that exist in Spain.

Owing to its origins, it has been named Onychogomphus cazuma and is believed to be the first European dragonfly to be detected since the 18th century.

Texas Scramble in Oliva THIRTY-ONE players, including two guests, Richard Pike and Viv Bacon, turned out for Pego Golf Society’s competition 1 at Oliva Nova Golf.

As expected for late July, it was a very warm day, which reflected in some of the scores.

There were no Twos, so it’s a rollover to next week, but Nearest the Pin on Hole 16 went to Richard Pike with 45 centimetres, although incredibly he missed the putt. Nearest the Pin on Hole 3 went to Colin Foster.

“Unless we wear masks in the pho-

tographs there could be an inference that we are not wearing them or social distancing,” the Pego Golf Society pointed out.

“We can assure everyone that we are doing both of these things as the rules require, but did think masks would look odd in a photograph.”

Pego Golf Society meets every Tuesday at Oliva Nova Golf Club and more information is available from Penny Barden at pegohandicapsec@gmail.com or contact the https://pego.golf-club website.

Photo credit: Levante-EMV

Big discovery in small town

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NEW SPECIES: Located two years ago in Bicorp (Valencia).

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BANK robbers used explosives to blow up an ATM machine at an Els Poblets bank in the early hours of the morning.

The explosion was so fierce that it destroyed the façade of the Banco Sabadell branch, launching huge glass shards like ‘missiles’ against the building that faced it, police sources revealed later.

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ATM thieves blow up bank Although the ATM contained €50,000, they made off with a much smaller amount of cash, El Poblets mayor Carolina Vives revealed afterwards.

The same gang used an identical method to rob an ATM at the Gran Alacant commercial centre in Santa Pola three weeks ago and, possibly another in Torrent

(Valencia), not long before the State of Alarm was announced last March.

CCTV footage later showed several people, all with their faces hidden by masks. Ini-

tially it looked as though they had approached the ATM to withdraw money, while they were in fact putting the explosives in place, sources said afterwards.

Face mask flouters in numbers GANDIA’S Local Police fined 1,039 people for not wearing face masks between July 18 and July 28.

This corresponded to the same period when the regional government’s Health department ordered the closure of Gandia’s discos and pubs following a Covid-19 outbreak that originated in night-time venues.

This also coincided with the legal obligation of wearing masks indoors and outside even when social distancing was possible, with the prospect of a €100 fine for non-compliance.

According to Local Police statistics quoted in the Valencia

GANDIA PATROLS: Police on the lookout for flouters.

Photo credit: Gandia town hall

press, face mask flouters fell roughly into two groups, the first of which were 17 to 25-year-olds who were usually fined at night.

The second group were adults of between 45 and 55, and the majority were fined either in the late afternoon or early evening.

There were also sanctions for

112 hospitality trade businesses for putting out more terrace tables than they were entitled to, with another six for ignoring capacity limitations.

Gandia Town Hall has also warned that there will be no letup in patrols or fines over the next few days.

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Spain’s Ex-King Exiles Himself

Credit: Emergencies Sevilla

Crazed Woman Stabs her ex

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ROYAL SCANDAL: Juan Carlos I will leave Spain.

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ARRESTED: The woman was transferred to the police station and brought to justice.

THE Local Police in Sevilla have arrested a 44-year-old woman for allegedly stabbing her ex-partner on Calle Evangelista, in Triana. The crazed woman was in breach of a 300-metre restraining order.

During the incident, several officers appeared at the scene, although the neighbours noticed that the attacker, and the party she had attacked, had already left.

A few metres away, they located the victim, a 59-year-old man, sitting on the ground with a bloody arm, asking for help. The victim had been stabbed in the chest and arm with his ex-partner, the at-

tacker, standing beside him.

The police officers managed to separate them after which the male quickly fled the scene. However, he was found and transferred to the nearest hospital centre to be treated for his wounds.

The incident occurred despite the fact that the aggressor has a restraining order against her ex-partner. She is strictly prohibited from approaching him within a 300-metre radius, a procedure that was confirmed in a court of Sevilla.

Once arrested, the woman was transferred to the police station and brought to justice.

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AFTER a series of scandalous leaks about ex-King 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 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.”

Police Officer Run Over A NATIONAL POLICE officer was run over last Wednesday by thieves who tried to escape from a robbery in La Cañada, Real Madrid.

The thieves were trying to break into the Cañada Re-

al when they encountered a patrol from the San Blas Police Station who were on another call where they were in the process of recovering a stolen vehicle.

Seeing the chase, the officers tried to intercept the thieves but it was impossible for them because of the speed at which the car was moving. One of the officers fired several shots when he saw that he was going to be run over, but the robbers just aimed directly at him.

The Samur-Civil Protection Medical Team treated

the injured officer for pelvic trauma and transferred him to the Gregorio Marañón Hospital, according to Efe Emergencias Madrid.

Rescuers also assisted the two thieves with gunshot wounds, although their injuries were not serious.

The first, a 34-year-old man, had two gunshot wounds to his legs and was taken to Hospital 12 de Octubre. The other involved, a 35-year-old individual, was wounded in the inner limb and the arm and was taken to the La Paz Hospital.

Officer was injured.

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Honouring victims 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.

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 fami-

lies, in their memory and in their honour,” commented 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 Fernandez-Pacheco 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.

AN increasing number of Brits have flocked from the United Kingdom to Europe amidst the chaos of Brexit, and unsurprisingly Spain is the favourite destination among Brits.

Although the UK voted to leave Europe over four years ago now, there is still a great deal of uncertainty as to how and when this will officially happen. In an attempt to avoid the negative consequences of the UK leaving the EU, many Brits have started to take matters into their own hands and migrate to other European countries.

Data from OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development, shows that from 2016 to 2018, a total of 73,642 people migrated from Britain to EU states.

This is much more than the 56,832 people who migrated from the years 2008 to 2015. Brits have not only chosen to migrate, but they have also chosen to take on citizenship in an EU country. For example, Germany experienced a 2,000

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LEAVING EU: Old protest against Brexit held in southern Spain. per cent increase in citizenship with nearly 32,000 Brits choosing to naturalise there.

However, the most popu-

lar country for Brits to migrate to was of course Spain.

The UK and Spain have always shared a distinct

British Red Cross

IT was in 1859 that Swiss philanthropist Henry Dunant saw for himself the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in Italy and decided that he had to do something to relieve the suffering that soldiers and civilians had to cope with.

In 1863 he founded the Red Cross Society and in 1864 his ideas were incorporated into the Geneva Convention which still survives to the present day.

The year 2020 sees the 150th anniversary of the British Red Cross which was

love affair with many areas such as Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and Almeria specifically catering for their needs.

There has always been a large British presence in Spain, and especially in the aforementioned areas, as between 2016 and 2018 a total of 21,250 Brits chose to move to EU’s sunshine state.

Other popular choices for Brits have included Germany, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

created following the brutality of the Franco Prussian War and it became a society under Royal Charter in 1908 and continues to be closely connected with the Royal Family as the Queen is Patron and Prince Charles President.

Nowadays it is not so involved with the armed forces (although the Ministry of Defence owns the rights to the actual Red Cross), but is involved in assisting all of those in need in both the UK and across the world.

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Hunt For Belgian Couple Who Refused PCR Test

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

HUNT IS ON: Officers are working tirelessly to try and track the couple down.

THE police are curre ntly 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

confirmed 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.

A HEARTLESS mother in Spain’s Toledo has been arrested for leaving her two-yearold 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 windows 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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LAST Friday, July 31, Pedro Sanchez had a meeting with the 17 Presidents from the Autonomous Regions at the 21st Confere n c e o f R e g i o n a l P re s i dents which concentrated on the management of resources covered by the 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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RESOURCES: Pedro Sanchez at the 21st Conference of Regional Presidents.

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 highlevel 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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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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Barbara moved FORMER EastEnders star Dame Barbara Windsor has been placed in full-time residential care after her Alzheimer’s worsened during lockdown.

Scott Mitchell, her husband of 20 years, has said he had reluctantly acted on the advice of her neurologist, but the decision had still been immensely painful.

Speaking of the day he left Dame Barbara at the home, Mr Mitchell said: “I feel I’m on an emotional rollercoaster. I walk around, trying to keep busy, then burst into tears.

It feels like a bereavement.

“It’s always been my biggest fear that one day I would have to take her somewhere and she’d be thinking: ‘Why would he do this to me?’ That fear has become a reality. It’s something I never wanted. I’ll never forget the feeling of emptiness. I felt

BIGGEST FEAR: Her husband Scott feels desperately sad.

sick in the pit of my stomach that I’d left her. I still feel like that. By the time I got home and went to bed, I just felt desperately sad.

“It’s been 27 years since we met and we spent so much of that time in each other’s company. It feels

like another chapter has gone.”

Scott has decorated her room to make it as welcoming as possible, putting up family pictures as well as a photograph of the actress receiving her damehood from the Queen.

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Benidorm Double trouble AVOIDING the demolition of the two Gemelos 28 tower blocks in the Rincon de Loix is beginning to look complicated.

Last-gasp hopes of reaching a solution through Valencia’s Court of Mediation and Arbitration foundered as the procedure ordered earlier this year by the region’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJ) came to an end.

In 2012 the Supreme Court upheld the TSJ’s decision to cancel planning permission for the two 22storey buildings with 168 apartments.

This was granted by the regional government of the day in 2005 but the TSJ, and later the Supreme Court, agreed that the blocks encroached on public right-

of-way land on the maritime strip.

Carrying out the sentence, which derived from legal proceedings brought by a private individual, has been pending ever since.

The developers and some proprietors have fought to prevent the demolition. So, too, has the Generalitat which would have to pay the €100 million cost of demolishing the buildings and removing thousands of tons of rubble.

All involved maintain that demolition is impracticable and sources close to the case, quoted in the local Spanish media, revealed that the Administration is likely to claim that it would also be environmentally inviable.

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Round and round the Castle A PA R T Y o f 3 0 young people were recently shown r o u n d B e n i d o r m ’s Castillo.

They were accompanied by Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez and several councillors although the tour was led by Toya Blazquez from Benidor m’s Municipal Archive.

Blazquez pointed out last year’s glassprotected excavations which she explained enabled the archaeologists to determine that the cas-

Rotary meeting TONI PEREZ, Benidorm’s mayor, recently met the governor of the Rotary Club’s District 2203 Spain, Enrique Ballester.

Under discussion were new Rotary projects, with full details to be revealed at a later date.

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BENIDORM CASTLE: A glimpse of the past.

tle once had an inner keep, two towers, a moat and walls to the east and west.

The castle was

standing until the 18th century when it was destroyed - by the English - during the Napoleonic wars.

All charged up BENIDORM has another electric car charging station in Avenida Montecarlo in the Rincon de Loix.

The station can simultaneously charge two vehicles with a maximum power of 11 kilowatts from each outlet.

Visiting the charging station with Mobility councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez congratulated the “innovation and investment” of the firm responsible for installing the outlet.

Wishing them every success, the mayor said he hoped the charging station would be the first of many more.

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Brit stands trial for alleged rape AN extradited Briton awaits sentencing by the Alicante High Court after being tried for rape.

The case goes back to July 2008 when he and a friend allegedly raped a British girl.

The friend, who returned to Spain and stood trial in 2014, was acquitted by the Alicante High Court.

Although the accused admitted meeting the young woman in a pub, he maintained his innocence and denied the attack which he supposedly carried out in the early hours of the morning on the Levante Beach while a friend restrained her.

If found guilty he faces a nine-year sentence recommended by the Fiscal (Public Prosecutor) or 10 years requested by the private accusation.

At the end of the trial he was released with the consent of the court, the Fiscal and the private accusation on the grounds that he had been imprisoned for some time before the hearing to ensure that he finally reached court.

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Rising star JAUME GUARDEÑO ROMA, a 17-year-old from Altea, is now a member of the Junior National Cycling Team. Riding seriously since he was nine, Jaume said he was training more enthusiastically than ever, knowing he was part of the Spanish team.

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Evening environmental stroll THE Sierra Helada national park is organising an environmental

w a l k a l o n g A l t e a ’s Corredor Ve r d e (Green Corridor) at 7 p m o n S u n d a y, A u gust 9.

The walk sets out from the car park near the mouth of the River Algar and follows the Corredor Verde as far as the old Carabineros (Coastguards) post near Villa Gadea.

The Algar rivermouth is part of the Sierra Helada’s marine reserve and the Corredor Verde itself follows the route of the Via Dianium, a branch of the Via Augusta.

ALTEA residents are asked for ideas to extend the town hall building and its immediate surroundings.

This includes improving the connection between the Town Hall Square and Avenida de Valencia on

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ALGAR RIVERMOUTH: Protected wetlands.

The Corredor leads to Cap Negret and the volcanic fossil beach of Cala del Soio, soon to be officially protected as a National Monument, and the walk ends at the old Coastguards’ station.

The activity is free but places are limited and should be booked before August 7 by emailing the serragelada@gva.es address or ringing 629 321 248 between 9am and 2pm.

Time for a change

project at the Social Centre was attended by Altea’s mayor Jaume Llinares, Urban Development councillor Jose Orozo and Citizens’ Participation councillor Maria Antonia Lavios.

Also present were the Municipal Architect, Paco Zaragoza, Generalitat officials, architects and Manuel Lorente-Sorolla, son of the municipal architect who designed the present town hall building in the 1970s.

“This is the starting point for a better link between the upper and lower parts of the town,” Jose Orozco said.

the other side of the Line 9 railway track.

The official launch of the

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Double shifts for pupils Scooters kept WHEN term restarts in September, the Instituto Ifac high school will open in the afternoon as well as the mornings.

Double shifts will enable the school to comply with the smaller classes that are needed to comply with Covid-19 social distancing directives.

Pupils in the fourth year of compulsory ESO schooling, those taking Baccalaureate or vocational studies will attend during the after noon, while all other years will be held in the morning.

Meanwhile the Instituto as well as the town hall’s Education and Sports departments have been in touch with

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INSTITUTO IFAC: Open afternoons as well as mornings. local sports clubs, schools and academies

so that after-school activities can still be avail-

able for the afternoon pupils.

CALPE’S electric personal mobility vehicle (PMV) by-laws come into force on August 14.

Although this covers all single-seat PMVs, these principally affect electric scooters.

These will be barred from pavements, parks and promenades, with an exception made for persons with mobility problems who use an electric wheelchair.

PMVs will be allowed to use cycle lanes, streets with a 30 kilometre per hour speed limit and residential roads with a 20 kilometre per hour limit.

Scooters may not be parked on pavements,

but should use the spaces reserved for bicycles and mopeds.

They may not be attached to trees, lampposts or any other urban fixture.

Groups organised by hire firms should be limited to six and must be accompanied by a guide.

Users should be over 16 or licensed to use a moped, must wear a helmet and carry proof of third-party insurance on them.

Anyone failing to comply with the rules risks a fine of between €750 and €3,000, depending on the type of infraction, Calpe Town Hall warned.

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THERE is now more room to park near Moraira’s El Portet beach.

A temporary solution has been found to solve beachgoers’ parking problems during the summer season, Teulada-Moraira Town Hall’s Urban Development Vicenta Ferrando announced.

Following talks with the owners of an unused parcel adjoining Calle Puerto Espindola and Calle Puerto Espasante, it has been agreed that the plot can be used to alleviate the ongoing parking problems at El Portet.

Municipal employees have now cleared the plot of weeds and vegetation but have left the pine needles that cover the ground, as these will help to lay the dust, the town hall explained.

TEMPORARY CAR PARK: More space to park near El Portet.

Resources under diagnosis TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall is assessing its Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals.

Agenda 2030 is global commitment to eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development by 2030 “that noone is left behind” according to the UN. The Sustainable Development Goals are intended as a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.”

In Teulada-Moraira, the assessment

process is in the hands of the town hall’s Environment department and will determine progress made on reaching targets.

This is being carried with a SWOT strategic planning technique that will identify Teulada-Moraira’s existing resources that could be used in each area under examination or allocated to related activities.

“Citizen Participation is essential as local knowledge, information, suggestions and proposals are involved,” the town hall said.

Rapid action stemmed fire damage WHAT could have been a disastrous fire in a Teulada-Moraira agricultural area near residential properties was soon controlled.

The alarm was raised at approximately 4.15pm when smoke was reported in the Cami de l’Ombria, with Teulada-Moraira’s Local Police and Proteccion Civil the first to arrive at the scene.

There was immediate backup from local fire brigades and two forest-firefighting units assisted by two Generalitat firefighting aircraft.

The fire was under control by 6.30pm but although two hectares of agricultural terracing were affected by the blaze, no-one was injured and there were no material losses.

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Summer programme for all the family THE Teulada-Moraira Auditorium, closed once the State of Alarm was announced, has reopened.

Its Les Nits (The Nights) programme will continue throughout August and September, with many of the activities held outside in the Auditorium’s garden zone, a safe setting that can comply with Covid-19 health and safety measures.

The programme has been designed to appeal to all types of public, although the town hall’s Youth department has been working for some time on the Les Nits project which it hopes will introduce children and young people to all aspects of culture.

Friday, August 7: The last of the four performances scheduled for the eighth edition of the International Festival of Youth Orchestras at 8pm. Free entrance.

Thursday, August 13: Sax Travels, a journey for all the family through different countries by the Purpura Pansa group at 7pm.

Sunday, August 16: First performance in La Marina

AUDITORIUM: Social distancing made easy in the garden zone. of Dorotea y el Covid, a children’s play about lockdown at 8pm.

This will be followed by the El Trobadorets group with a repertoire of popular Valencian and children’s songs Sunday August 22 and

Sunday August 29: Rock with groups including Diluvi, Maluks, Reaccio and Nuc. Masks must be worn for all events.

Entrance tickets are available from the www.in stanticket.es website.

Short films TEULADA-MORAIRA hosts the Cortos de Moscatel Festival between August 19 and 21.

Despite the Covid-19 situation, the town hall and the Amics de Teulada Cultural Association decided to go ahead with the event while complying with all health and safety requirements.

The short films featuring the local muscatel will be shown in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento in Teulada each evening from 10pm onwards.

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Javea-Denia NEWS Things to remember JAVEA’S local government reminded the local population that social harmony is everybody’s responsibility.

“Should you be planning social meetings on private premises over the next few weeks, we’d remind you that it’s necessary to comply with both Javea Town Hall’s Coexistence By-laws and the regional government’s Laws setting out the health measures introduced to prevent the spread of Covid19,” an official statement declared.

It was necessary to make a ‘leisure activity responsibility’ declaration beforehand, via the www.ajxabia. org website in Tramites (Environment and Activities section, providing information about the nature of the fiesta, and the personal de-

tails of those in charge.

Organisers were also expected to respect timetables and undertake not to disturb neighbours.

Activities where overcrowding was likely and

where children or the elderly were present should be avoided, together with anything involving fire risks, including barbecues near wooded areas and fireworks.

“It is also the responsibility of the owners of tourist accommodation to take all possible steps to prevent occupants from disturbing their neighbours,” the statement ended.

Drugs baby’s aunt arrested JUDICIAL POLICE officers at Calpe’s Guardia Civil post arrested the aunt of a baby who tested positive for cocaine and hashish.

The aunt was detained after the criminal investigation unit concluded that the parents of the nine-month-old girl were not responsible for the incident.

At the time of writing, the child was out of danger but remained in Denia hospital where she was taken for tests while the regional government’s Equality and Inclusive Policies department decided whether it

was safe to return her to her parents.

Because they were working, the baby was left with her aunt, a Spanish woman of 33 who was celebrating a birthday party at a rented Calpe villa where only women and children were present.

The aunt noticed that the baby had taken a cigarette packet from the floor and put part of its contents in her mouth. Aware that there were drugs inside, the woman rushed her to A and E at Denia hospital where urine and blood tests revealed that there were ‘relevant quantities’ in her body.

The show went on TRUE to the show must go on dictum, Javea Players pulled out all the stops for their summer show.

This involved restricting numbers to the legal Covid-19 maximum with

distances duly respected, both for the meal beforehand and inside the Casa de Cultura.

It was touch and go until the morning of the first night, but the Health au-

thorities agreed that it could go ahead. It would have been a great shame had the Master of the Musical been cancelled because so much work went into producing it, not least rehearsals, as the singers were unable to get together until shortly before the show. As there were fewer singers and no dancing or movement on the stage, Master of the Musical was not as the director, Roger Brown had originally planned, but the audience loved the trip down memory lane.

Roger was assisted by his wife Rosemary, who was also Mistress of Ceremonies, while they were both in fine voice, together with Joanna Baldwin, Jade Gray, Cath ReidMartin and Alastair Wallace.

More information about this successful theatre group is available on the www.javeaplayers.com website.

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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.

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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.

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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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It has been a tough time for us all getting through this health crisis and business owners who have managed to come through the other side now have the struggle and uncertainty of trying to survive another crisis… an economic one.

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Lack of custom has led to a lack of turnover that pays for rent and staff, some business owners may have used all of their remaining funds to redesign their premises to al-

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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

% CHG. 884,80 2.377,0 1.856,9 1.023,00 2.437,0 1.738,0 8.442,0 533,80 261,00 480,94 99,60 502,11 4.407,0 1.652,80 272,48 2.504,0 354,80 94,68 2.200,0 1.240,5 783,8 47,88 1.979,0 1.024,50 2.755,0 5.708,0 6.822,0 2.792,5 259,90 486,60 2.681,0 6.802,0 11.415,0 1.247,00 1.530,00 173,52 2.176,0 1.755,25 2.132,00 324,25 155,15 1.251,21 363,10 3.474,2 1.331,00 5.270,0 54,31 184,75 2.222,0 26,20

NET VOL 125,03K 1,79K 12,91K 55,35K 80,30K 47,89K 22,40K 87,22K 311,65K 135,87K 2,10M 146,87K 27,44K 450,20K 648,77K 399,97K 19,94K 9,73M 46,58K 177,06K 315,88K 424,55K 31,90K 256,10K 74,23K 33,36K 3,94K 268,27K 352,44K 255,77K 6,29K 28,32K 20,75K 55,52K 67,29K 3,47M 40,60K 9,63K 28,59K 645,58K 2,38M 65,83K 243,98K 1,86K 104,71K 17,17K 1,24M 542,63K 47,44K 86,97K

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JSC VTB Bank DRC Land Securities Legal & General Lloyds Banking London Stock Exchange Meggitt Melrose Industries Mondi National Grid NatWest Group Next Ocado Persimmon Phoenix Prudential Reckitt Benckiser Relx Rentokil Rightmove Rio Tinto PLC Rolls-Royce Holdings Rosneft Royal Dutch Shell A Royal Dutch Shell A Royal Dutch Shell B RSA Insurance Sage Samsung Electronics DRC Sberbank Schroders Scottish Mortgage Segro Severn Trent Smith & Nephew Smiths Group Spirax-Sarco Engineering SSE St. James’s Place Standard Chartered Standard Life Aberdeen Surgutneftegaz ADR Taylor Wimpey Tesco Tui Unilever United Utilities Vodafone Group PLC Whitbread WPP

1,015 566,80 209,95 26,27 8.543,1 264,50 83,16 1.374,50 902,11 104,50 5.416,0 2.078,00 2.406,0 655,60 1.103,00 7.770,0 1.637,00 532,40 558,00 4.689,0 217,00 4,78 1.120,1 1.120,20 1.079,4 426,60 733,40 1.194,00 12,05 2.980,0 878,79 956,60 2.431,0 1.513,50 1.360,00 10.365,0 1.309,50 940,00 373,30 252,30 4,98 116,20 219,00 285,10 4.619,4 898,00 114,97 2.158,0 571,60

CHANGE(P)

% CHG.

NET VOL

1,016 580,20 214,10 26,36 8.543,1 268,40 85,50 1.376,50 904,20 106,05 5.468,0 2.079,00 2.420,3 659,20 1.111,00 7.770,0 1.640,00 539,60 561,80 4.696,1 231,31 4,78 1.134,4 1.134,00 1.092,6 430,50 734,00 1.197,00 12,06 2.982,0 883,33 968,60 2.453,0 1.523,00 1.361,50 10.415,0 1.310,50 944,00 387,12 253,30 4,98 117,95 219,10 290,90 4.621,0 903,20 116,29 2.181,0 575,00

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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CHANGE 151,75 1.508,95 3.246,82 425,66 163,40 135,15 84,10 47,11 47,77 42,17 255,85 199,84 267,17 122,99 48,32 147,45 96,93 194,68 81,68 205,10 97,65 38,75 131,21 57,38 1.517,05 303,74 57,50 194,69 130,09 117,05

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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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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

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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.

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8:00am Football's Greatest Players 8:30am Football Countdowns 9:00am Football Years 9:30am EFL Greatest Games 9:45am EFL Greatest Games 10:00am SPFL Greatest Games 10:15am SPFL Greatest Games 10:30am Football's Greatest Players 11:00am Football Countdowns 11:30am Football Years 12:00pm SPFL Highlights 12:15pm SPFL Highlights 12:30pm SPFL Highlights 12:45pm SPFL Round-Up 1:00pm Scottish Premiership Live 4:00pm EFL Highlights 5:00pm EFL 6:00pm EFL 7:00pm Championship Retro 9:00pm EFL Cup Retro 11:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 11:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 11:30pm SPFL Highlights 12:00am EFL Greatest Games 12:15am EFL Greatest Games 12:30am EFL Greatest Games 12:45am EFL Greatest Games

10:40am 10:50am 10:55am 11:00am 11:15am 11:25am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm

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6:00am 7:45am 9:20am

Matilda A Simple Wedding James vs His Future Self 11:05am Crazy Rich Asians 1:15pm Little 3:15pm Sword of Trust 4:55pm 3 Men and a Baby 6:50pm Crazy Rich Asians 9:00pm Little 11:00pm Pineapple Express 12:55am The Big Lebowski 2:55am Sword of Trust 4:30am James vs His Future Self

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.

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

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am BBC News 11:00amSunday Morning Live 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Homes 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 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm A Suitable Boy 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Saving Mr. Banks 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

1:35am BBC News

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

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

10:25am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 11:20am Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 12:20pm Inside Britain's Food Factories 12:50pm ITV 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 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:40pm ITV News and Weather 11:54pm ITV London Weather 11:55pm What 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!

SUNDAY TV

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 3:00am Classic EastEnders 3:35am Classic EastEnders 4:05am 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

10:00am 10:10am 10:25am 10:40am 10:50am 11:00am

Wissper Pirata & Capitano Shimmer and Shine Floogals Peppa Pig 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 12:00am Benidorm Brits Behaving Badly

7:15am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 9:15am Supernanny US 10:15am Don't Tell the Bride 12:15pm Melissa & Joey 1:15pm The Goldbergs 1:45pm The Goldbergs 2:15pm The Goldbergs 2:45pm The Goldbergs 3:15pm The Big Bang Theory 3:45pm The Big Bang Theory 4:15pm The Big Bang Theory 4:45pm The Big Bang Theory 5:15pm The Big Bang Theory 5:45pm The Big Bang Theory 6:15pm The Big Bang Theory 6:45pm The Big Bang Theory 7:15pm The Big Bang Theory 7:45pm The Big Bang Theory 8:15pm Shrek Forever After 10:00pmBatwoman 11:00pm Naked Attraction 12:00am Naked Attraction 1:00am Supernatural 2:00am The Big Bang Theory 2:30am The Big Bang Theory 3:00am Gogglebox 4:00am Batwoman 5:00am Don't Tell the Bride

6:00am Sky Sports News 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 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

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7:00am Poseidon 8:50am 300 11:00am 300: Rise of an Empire 12:55pm Alita: Battle Angel 3:10pm Enemy of the State 5:25pm Beverly Hills Cop 7:15pm Beverly Hills Cop II 9:00pm Alita: Battle Angel 11:05pm Starship Troopers 1:20am The Dead Pool

7:00am Waiting for Anya 9:00am A Guide to Second Date Sex 10:30amCharlie's Angels 12:30pmJoker 2:45pm The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 5:00pm Killer Assistant 6:45pm The Top Ten Show Clips from the UK and US Top Ten show viewers the best of what is on offer on the big screen.

7:00pm Charlie's Angels 9:00pm Joker In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society.

11:15pmThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote 1:30am The Top Ten Show 1:45am We Summon the Darkness 3:30am The Fanatic

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am

12:20pm 2:30pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 3:05am 4:10am 5:15am 5:40am

That's My Boy Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street Emmerdale Emmerdale Emmerdale Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Marple ITV Racing Live Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Long Lost Family Joanna Lumley's Japan Sanditon Vanity Fair Law & Order: UK Law & Order: UK Heartbeat Agatha Christie's Poirot That's My Boy Emmerdale

8:45am 9:45am

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Teleshopping Sports Filler Auto Mundial DTM Highlights 2020 BRDC F3 Highlights British Touring Car Championship Highlights Live British Touring Car Championship Snooker v Darts ITV Sport Stories ITV Football Classics Rocky IV FYI Daily Rocky IV The Stanford Prison Experiment FYI Daily The Stanford Prison Experiment Minder The Sweeney World of Sport ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

Teleshopping

11:50amWeird Science 1:30pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3:10pm Austin Powers in Goldmember 5:00pm Groundhog Day 6:50pm Notting Hill 9:00pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 10:45pmAustin Powers in Goldmember 12:30am Satanic Panic

8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 9:45am 10:00am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 11:30pm 12:00am 12:15am

EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Players Football Countdowns Football Years EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games The Women's Football Show Football Countdowns Football Years Carabao Cup Highlights Championship Retro Best Moments From Championship Season Review Scottish Premiership Live The Women's Football Show EFL Cup Retro SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games

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Carrots or crisps?

BARRY DUKE BACK in 1981, Thatcher’s Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit - every inch as abhorrent a creature as she was - responded to the 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 government should have even greater power. I almost fell off my chair this week when I saw this headline on the Premier

NO BRAINER: The difference between junk snacks and healthy tidbits is bitingly obvious.

Christian News’ 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’ pro-

motions 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.

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

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12:45pm Dom Does America 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm The Heights 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 10:00pm Line of Duty 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Enterprice 12:10am Canada's Drag Race

6:00am Once Upon a Time in Iraq 7:00am This is BBC Two 7:20am Murder, Mystery and My Family 8:05am Meerkat Manor 8:30am Great Asian Railway Journeys 9:30am Westminster in Review 10:00am Mountain Gorilla 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 Our Friend Victoria 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Once Upon a Time in Iraq 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk 11:45pm Newsnight 12:25am Weather 12:30am 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 The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Snooker: The World Championship Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

11:00pm Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise 12:00am Great Asian Railway Journeys 1:00am Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons 2:00am Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture 3:00am The Joy of Painting 3:30am The Chronicles of Erne 4:00am Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise

8:20am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am The Big Bang Theory 11:05am 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 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 Devon and Cornwall 10:00pm The Yorkshire Job Centre 11:00pm 999: What's Your Emergency?

12:05am 24 Hours in A&E

9:45am The Secret Life of Puppies 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Floogals 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm 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 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 10:00pm Shoplifters: At War with the Law 11:00pm Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack 12:05am King of Thieves

8:00am

6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Birds of a Feather 9:30pm Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped the Nation 10:00pm Unsaid Stories 10:15pm The Parachute Murder Plot 11:15pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm ITV News London 12:00am Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures 1:00am ITV Sport Stories

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!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

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 12:25am American Dad!

6:55am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:30am 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 Endeavour 11:00pm Law & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:00am Inspector Morse

7:00am 7:25am 8:15am 9:10am

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Tommy Cooper The Saint Robin of Sherwood Dempsey and Makepeace Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Saint Robin of Sherwood Dempsey and Makepeace Minder The Professionals Tenable River Monsters Assassins FYI Daily Assassins Police Academy FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.

Police Academy BRDC F3 Highlights Action from the opening four races of the campaign, held at Oulton Park.

Sky Cinema Preview The Wolf's Call Glass Captain America: The First Avenger 1:30pm Beverly Hills Cop 3:20pm Beverly Hills Cop II 5:05pm Beverly Hills Cop III 6:50pm Glass 9:00pm Captain America: The First Avenger 11:05pm Desperado 12:55am Broken Arrow

5:45am 7:35am 9:25am 10:55am 12:30pm 2:10pm 4:10pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 9:40pm 11:20pm 1:20am 3:00am 4:30am

Groundhog Day Songbird Arizona Zoolander Big Daddy Crazy, Stupid, Love Ghostbusters Ghostbusters II Zoolander Songbird Crazy, Stupid, Love Big Daddy Arizona Ghostbusters

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

Couples Come Dine with Me Don't Tell the Bride Don't Tell the Bride Melissa & Joey Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Favourites Married at First Sight Australia Supernanny US Celebs Go Virtual Dating First Dates Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Stardog and Turbocat 7:00am How to Fake a War 8:30am A Guide to Second Date Sex 9:55am Bernie the Dolphin 2 11:40am We Summon the Darkness 1:15pm Joker 3:20pm Stardog and Turbocat 5:00pm The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 7:15pm Bernie the Dolphin 2 9:00pm Joker 11:15pm Killer Assistant 1:00am A Guide to Second Date Sex 2:30am The Top Ten Show Clips from the UK and US Top Ten show viewers the best of what is on offer on the big screen.

2:45am The Fanatic 4:30am Waiting for Anya

MONDAY TV

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Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live Anz Premiership Netball Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Nbc's Profootballtalk Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live NBA: Oklahoma @ Phoenix Phoenix Suns v Oklahoma City Thunder (Face-off 7.30pm).

I Am Bolt Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live NBA: Denver @ La Lakers Sky Sports News

Football Countdowns Football Years EFL Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Players Football Countdowns Football Years EFL Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Players Football Countdowns Football Years SPFL Highlights EFL Young Talent EFL Young Talent EFL Highlights EFL EFL SPFL Round-Up SPFL Greatest Games MLS Round-Up Show EFL Greatest Games

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TUESDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Murder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed?

11:45am Homes Under the Hammer 12:45pm Dom Does America 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 4:45pm Garden 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 EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Line of Duty 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm How's Your Head, Hun? 12:20am Hayley Goes...

12:50am Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation

7:20am

Murder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed?

8:05am Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 8:50am Meerkat Manor 9:15am Gardeners' World 10:15am The Super League Show 11:00am Snooker: The World Championship 1:00pm 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 Coverage of today's action at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

9:00pm Natural World 10:00pm Cuba: Castro vs the World 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:45pm Newsnight 12:25am Weather 12:30am 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 The Joy of Painting Bob Ross paints a distant waterfall and a bubbling stream against the backdrop of a tumultuous sky.

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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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‘graphic and unflattering details about the President’s behaviour behind closed doors,’ including descriptions of his ‘pointedly anti-Semitic remarks’ as well as ‘virulently racist remarks’ against former President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela.

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...

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘No Safe Place,’ ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-john son.net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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World we live in is a strange place MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man I DON’T like the new normal and, as many of my friends will tell you, I wasn’t that partial to the old normal! If I want to go out to eat I am now being served by a sweaty person in a mask which is sometimes over the nose and sometimes isn’t. The chef is sweating like a ….... fill in your own offensive, politically incorrect remark here. I left one place as sweat was obviously dripping onto the food he was preparing. It’s 40 degrees. He has a hat and mask and goggles on. Not entirely his fault but I’ll use the salt sachet on the table for seasoning if it’s ok with you.

Then there seems to be a bit of an attitude problem around too. I ordered the bill in one place and got it pretty quick but waited nearly 15 minutes for change.

It was way over the tipping amount so I wasn’t going to leave it. Finally I went over and asked why it was taking so long and was told in no uncertain terms that the waiter was serving on his own and

the other six staff there couldn’t use the till. No sorry - just the usual ‘if there weren’t so many customers trying to get served I could get on with my job’ attitude.

Another question is who do I listen to about this Covid stuff? Do I listen to the doctors and scientists that have spent years studying for degrees in epidemiology and then years working in laboratories and hospitals doing research on every infectious disease known to mankind and treating patients with the most terrible illnesses?

Or do I listen to the conspiracy theorists whose uncle’s brother’s sister’s aunt has it on very good authority that, according to someone they know, who has read loads of stuff on the internet, social media and the rantings of Trump’s new guru Dr Stella Immanuel or Katie Hopkins, that we are just being fooled by the Illuminati to let them inject us with a tracking device? I’m still sticking with the experts.

You, of course, can do as you wish. The world we now live in is a very strange place. For instance, if you are driving down the road and see a magnificent tree you don’t stop and admire it. But if there is a terrible car crash you slow down to see what’s happening.

Social media is a car crash.

mikesenker@gmail.com

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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.”

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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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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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YOUR STARS

“Life comes with many challenges.

The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.”

Angelina Jolie

FOR NEXT 7 DAYS ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place. Why, you wonder, have you worried so much about things which could not be changed? With this clarity of vision, the future seems so much brighter.

Use your talents and advantages to the full in this sparkling seven days and beyond.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. During the course of this week you will be thinking of what the future could hold, even though dealing with practical issues. While you are doing the ordinary tasks of the day, or thinking of how you can save money, also think about how to save your dreams.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When it isn't possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week.

Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times.

This may mean that you save money or delay a payment to your advantage. We all have set ideas, whatever our age or circumstances.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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JOKER: JOKER:0 899 736 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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Famous quote “Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, ‘So what.’ That’s one of my favourite things to say. ‘So what’.”

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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)

Code Breaker

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

English - Spanish

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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Hexagram

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

AMORAL ARROYO ARSINE ATTUNE BEETLE BLURRY CARNEY CRANIA EITHER ENSURE ENTIRE FRENZY INSERT LEADER (10) RENAME REPEAT SERENE SUNDRY TENSOR

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Urgent 2 Outset 3 Grater 4 Triune 5 Triton 6 Rabies 7 Crutch 8 Sierra 9 Advice 10 Circle 11 Birdie 12 Beheld 13 Secede 14 Abrade 15 Fallen 16 Teeter 17 Danger 18 Instep 19 Infirm.

Nonagram

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET: Good: 21 Very good: 30

SCORING:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 38

ilium ileum lieu lime limp limps veil vernal stance stand stands imps erns vats vans vandal tans tang tangs milieu mile miler mutt mutts ceil nana naan naans ants anna anal angst tumps tums tups putt putts smile smiler smut spume gnat gnats dance dancer dang dangs lance lancer land lands lads

ante date dent dept etna neat pant pate peat pent tape teed teen tend adept anent anted dated eaten enate paten taped dented neaten panted pedant pentad tanned tended pendant pendent pennate pentane DEPENDANT

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Down: 1 Pair, 2 Ravioli, 4 Tall, 5/19 Fun run, 6 Agree, 7 Feast, 11 Risotto, 12 Happy, 13 Eager, 16 Rare, 17 Lots.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

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.

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.

Down:

1 Collar, 2 Earth, 4 Ujier, 5 Bandage, 6 Ruedas, 7 Screw, 9 Nuera, 14 Cartero, 16 Armas, 17 Avispa, 18 Carry, 19 Ask for, 21 Extra, 23 Nueve.

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QUIZ: OLD GREY QUIZZLE TEST 1. According to writer Frank Richards (real name Charles Hamilton), Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Frank Nugent, Bob Cherry, Johnny Bull and Hurree Jamset Ram Singh were all pupils at which fictional English public school?

2. Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, a painting in oils on canvas created by an American-born painter in 1871, is better known by which other, more familiar, name?

3. In which decade was the English Greyhound Derby, the most prestigious race on the British greyhound racing calendar, first run (at White City Stadium)?

4. Which 2011 erotic romance novel by E L James set a record in the UK as the fastest-selling paperback of all time?

5. Which actor played the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony Award? He also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in March 1973 for his performance in the same role in the 1972 film version of Cabaret?

6. Which American medical drama television series that premiered in March 2005, focuses on the lives of

surgical interns, residents and attending doctors as they develop into seasoned doctors while balancing personal and professional relationships?

7. Which British synth-pop/new wave band had a UK Top 10 hit single in December 1980 entitled Fade To Grey?

8. Which English writer and poet is best known as the author of Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)?

9. Which great-niece of Henry VIII was known as the ‘Nine Days Queen’?

10. Which small and pear-shaped fragrant citrus fruit native to Southeast Asia is used to flavour Early Grey tea?

Not a lot of people know that… according to presenter Bob Harris, the origin of the title of the music programme the Old Grey Whistle Test was derived from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys - doormen in grey suits. Any song they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test.

Answers: 1. GREYFRIARS SCHOOL, 2.

WHISTLER’S MOTHER, 3.

1920s (1927), 4. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, 5. JOEL GREY, 6. GREY’S ANATOMY, 7. VISAGE, 8. ANNE BRONTË, 9. LADY JANE GREY, 10. BERGAMOT ORANGE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

CODE BREAKER

TARGET: • Average: 19 • Very good: 37 • Good: 26 • Excellent: 48 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 15

1 Pure, 3 Stiff, 8 Vigilance, 9 Boxer, 10 Iris, 14 Aria, 15 Raise, 18 Permanent, 20 Anger, 21 Boss.

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

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

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

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

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

Kakuro

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

Across:

Boggled

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Weather

TODAY

TOMORROW

DENIA

1945 - Atomic The USA becomes the first to use atomic weaponry when it drops a bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured.

DENIA

JAVEA

JAVEA

CALPE

CALPE

ALTEA

ALTEA

BENIDORM

BENIDORM

ALICANTE

ALICANTE

ORIHUELA

Almeria

Bilbao

Madrid

TODAY: MAX 32 MIN 23-S

TODAY: MAX 34, MIN 26-S

TODAY: MAX 35, MIN 19-S

TODAY: MAX 39, MIN 21 -S

31 33 33 32 33 33

23 - S 24 - S 24 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S

TODAY: MAX 30, MIN 23-S

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Alicante Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

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Mallorca

TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 23-S

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Barcelona

TODAY: MAX 31, MIN 21-S

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ALICANTE

ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA

1994 - Juice OJ Simpson, a famous American football player and TV personality was being tried for double murder. He was accused of slashing to death Nicole Brown Simpson and her boyfriend Ronald Goldman. Simpson is found innocent.

2014 - Mork Robin Williams, the prolific actor and comedian, died by suicide. He was 63. Among his credits are ‘Aladdin’ in which he voiced the part of the genie, ‘Mrs Doubtfire,’ in which he portrayed a Scottish nanny and ‘Good Will Hunting,’ for which he won an Oscar.

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SAND BACK

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Move from the start word (HIRE) to the end word (SAND) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

SINE SANE SAND

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

Solution HIRE HARE HARD LARD LAND SAND or HIRE WIRE WINE

Sudoku

1977 - SOS David Berkowitz is arrested and charged with being the ‘Son of Sam,’ the serial killer who terrorised New York City for over a year, killing six and wounding seven. As he targeted young women with long brown hair, hundreds had their hair cut short and dyed blonde.

This week in history

WHEN headlines appeared of a romance between an English prince and an American actress, it sounded like the stuff of fairytales, it also sparked an international media frenzy.

However, while the Sussexes continue to make headlines with their engagement, wedding, and birth of their son to their bombshell decision to step back from their royal lives, few know the real story of Meghan and Harry.

‘Finding Freedom’ reveals details of their life together and dispells rumours and misconceptions that plague them.

Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie are part of a select group of reporters that have witnessed the young couple’s lives as few outsiders can.

With the participation of those closest to the couple, ‘Finding Freedom’ is an honest, up-close portrait of an influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition and determined to create a new path away from the spotlight.

TORREVIEJA

Malaga Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

1963 - Biggs The date of ‘The Great Train Robbery’ in the United Kingdom when thieves held up a train carrying the Royal Mail and stole 120 mail sacks, which contained cash and gems valued in excess of €7 million.

ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA

Royal Romance

1947 - Explorer Kon-Tiki, a raft captained by Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia. Heyerdahl wanted to prove that prehistoric South Americans could have colonised the Polynesian islands by drifting on currents.

AFTER tracking a shipment of illegal arms to the Venezuelan jungle, CIA Officer Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) heads down to South America to investigate.

There he joins forces with former boss James Greer and CIA Station Chief Mike November. As the investigation threatens to uncover a conspiracy, the President of Venezuela launches an attack that hits home for Jack, leading the team on a mission spanning the United States, UK, Russia, and Venezuela to unravel the President’s plot and save a country on the brink of chaos.

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DIONE LOCKYER

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!”

These were just a few statements that the voice was telling me. The fear of failure hit me like a

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ton of bricks. I felt trapped, in a very dark place with no way out.

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?

Hell yes!

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.

Step 2 - Acknowledge and understand your thoughts Write down everything, word for word that your ego/witch, is telling you. It is important to be completely honest here. You need to

share EXACTLY what the voice is telling you.

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.

The only evidence you have is FEAR. Fear of failing, fear of judgement, fear of other people’s opinions, fear from past experiences.

It is time to face those fears...

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?

If you feel you will need more guidance, a hand holding approach and want to discuss your mental blocks in more detail, I am here to help. I have a five-day, step by step masterclass to allow you to finally set yourself free from a negative mindset and finally quieten the noise.

If you would like to dig a little deeper into your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours or you would like to complete one of my courses to live a happy and healthy life with yourself, please email me coachingwithdione@gmail.com.

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MANY celebrities and even royalty are switching to natural cosmetics. But the star of the moment is undoubtedly the ingredient of a particular flower: the rose.

Rosehip oil has been swiftly gaining popularity, as this exceptionally useful skin regenerator is a great product to treat serious skin problems such as cuts, scars and eczema, just like aloe vera. The oil’s benefits are so compelling that it seems that even Kate Middleton herself has succumbed to its charms and praises it as one of her favourites.

As pretty as a rose But what does rosehip oil have that other treatments don’t?

Why does everyone who tries it stick with it?

Rosehip oil is a vegetable oil that is extracted from rosehip seeds, the fruit produced by a wild shrub of the rose family. This oil has a slight reddish colour and a pungent odour,

Cool as a cucumber HOT summer months and self-isolation don’t mix. You may be the only one getting to see your face but one day it will be unleashed on the world again!

Why don’t you give your face a treat? Here are a couple of quick tips on how household ingredients can keep your face looking spa perfect.

• Why not try a cooling cucumber and yoghurt face mask?

The combination of cucumber and yoghurt has a soothing effect on skin. The natural ingredients in cucumber smooth, soften, moisturise and reduce puffiness, while yoghurt is refreshing for tired skin.

Ingredients You will need half a cucumber, grated and three tablespoons of plain natural yoghurt.

Mix ingredients into a paste and apply to face

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REFRESHING: Cucumber smooths, soften and moisturises. and neck and leave on for 20 minutes. Wash it off using cool water. You can use this mask at least three times a week.

• Here is a quick fix for puffy eyes.

Self-isolation and social distancing can definitely take its toll on your stress levels, and stress tends to manifest in many different ways, one of which is puffiness around the eyes.

To soothe the skin un-

der the eyes, parsley is a useful ingredient. The herb has active properties that can banish dark circles and reduce puffiness.

Ingredients Chopped parsley and distilled water. Fill an icecube tray with distilled water and add a pinch of parsley to each cube before popping in the freezer. Rub the frozen cubes gently under the eyes to get rid of undereye bags and fine lines.

but the most important thing is its content of very high polyunsaturated essential fatty acids.

These acids are very important nutrients in many processes in our body related to cell and tissue regeneration. In addition, it contains many antioxidants and vitamins, such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E.

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Considering that rosehip oil is rich in antioxidants, which helps combat oxidative damage and strengthens the skin’s natural protective barrier, we can say that it also prevents the appearance of future damage related to free radicals.

Put a couple of drops on your fingertips, morning and night, and gently massage in a circular direction on the face, with special care on the eye area.

If your skin requires it, then you can apply your usual moisturiser.

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WATER VAPOUR THERAPY for PROSTATE conditions THE prostate is approximately the size of a walnut and weighs 10-12 grams. It has five lobes, anterior, posterior, medial and two lateral lobes. The medial and lateral lobes are the most prominent.

One of the main conditions that can affect the prostate is benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) which is quite common in older men.

BPH is when the prostate gland becomes enlarged putting pressure on the urethra. This causes urination to be restricted or entirely blocked which can cause serious kidney and bladder infections.

One of the safe and effective treatments for BPH

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is Water Vapour Therapy (Steam).

A camera is inserted through the urethra showing the area of the prostate to be treated.

Water vapour is then injected at two or three points on each lobe at 1cm intervals killing enough of the prostate tissue for it to retract relieving the symptoms.

This procedure is noninvasive and takes approximately 20 minutes.

The risk of complications is extremely low causing no damage to the nerves that control continence and erection.

Please do not hesitate to contact your Health provider and discuss with them if this treatment is suitable for you.

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THOSE who have followed my articles will know I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 21 years old. This is what I’ve learnt, over nearly nine years of trying to manage a mental illness alongside a job.

• ‘I have,’ not ‘I am’ When I was first diagnosed with bipolar, it became my life. There is so much more to me than my diagnosis.

• Shame can make logical people seem irrational There is still so much stigma about mental illness. If you feel like part of who you are will lead to work colleagues assuming you’re not capable of doing your job, you keep it private.

With the right support you can thrive at anything. Honesty is the best policy!

• Managing anxiety and stress is like a second job Sometimes, I feel like I have two fulltime jobs. The one I’m paid for, and the one I do to manage my mental health.

My brain has taken on the job of an anti-virus software package, monitoring my stress levels and making sure they don’t reach a critical stage. It means I don’t have to worry about getting so stressed that I might end up in the early stages of mania.

Selfcare is so important.

• Kindness and em-

pathy: YES. Pity: HECK , NO. The best managers I’ve had have had the following qualities: good listeners, prepared to see the best in people and encouraging. Doesn’t sound too much to ask, does it? For most people, a bad manager doesn’t affect their health. Yet if I don’t get the right support, I struggle to do a good job.

What no-one wants is pity, because that’s crushing. Mental illness can crush someone’s self-esteem. There have been times when I felt I was being handled as if I was an unexploded bomb that might go off at any moment. That can lead to a vicious cycle of low expectation equalling poor performance. Being a good boss means being able to have difficult conversations.

I’d far rather a boss/manager found a tactful way to be honest with negative feedback than shied away from confrontation.

• Talking about it helps Reluctance to talk about our feelings is famous nowadays. People are scared to show any sort of emotion.

But how we feel has a huge bearing on our output and work performance.

Otherwise, psychologists who coach top athletes would be out of a job. Just being about to talk about mental health at work and it not be a big deal is a huge release. Because the more we talk about it, the less of a big deal it becomes.

I would love to hear your comments and views on this! Don’t forget to write to me on the email below or follow me on facebook @mswillowbipo lar.

Love Ms Bipolar x

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SUZANNE MANNERS YES I know Spain is hot and yes I know it is summer... but really... so soon. Is it me or is it hotter this year?

A tad sweatier perhaps?

Maybe my post menopausal body is finding it harder to adapt and my ability to control my own temperature is abating (although why I expect to be able to control anything in 2020 is a joke).

I dutifully swim in the olympic sized public pool three times a week emerging from the chlorinated water sanctified and self congratulatory with aching muscles and a holier than thou strut from pool to shower (actually more of a stiff lope).

Momentarily refreshed and when I say momentarily I mean mere nano seconds of refreshment before the sweat returns.

My state of being since menopause jumped up and licked me all over my face with its liverish tongue has been characterised by dampness... and

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In the Heat of the Night Sweats

SELF-PORTRAIT: It frightened even me! heat... heat that begins in the centre of the earth and emerges like a geyser from the top of my

head emitting not only steam, but rage and quick tears and the occasional foray into online shop-

ping for Desigual bags and Lalique jewellery, none of which I can comfortably afford.

Due to financial constraints and the loss of my job the online shopping has been relegated like an overpaid footballer to the nether regions of my life...a place full of bad choices and unfortunate clothing. However the other symptoms of later womanhood stick around like an unwanted suitor (minus the flowers and bad sex) jumping out at me in moments of weakness.

The unbound rage is a difficult one, especially when caused by nothing more than an odd shaped egg or a not quite cold glass of Cava. I have tried to be analytical about it, to explore the reason behind the rage and the extreme reaction created (which due to my overriding politeness mostly consists of a range of facial contortions and hands clamped over my mouth) but then the ‘Who gives a flying…’ symptom races in to save the day.

Mostly the people around me tend not to notice (luckily or they

would not be around me much longer) but then most post menopausal women suffer from the least researched symptom, the sudden and dramatic invisibility that pops up and nestles in on your 50th birthday... so in fact nobody notices anyway... job done.

At the height of my hot flushes I would dash out of shops, my face a glowing beacon lighting up the surrounding area, muttering nonsensical phrases and trying bravely to mop up the sweat, along with my eyebrows, which I still find difficult to keep on my face.

The search for waterproof make-up has reached the stage of alchemy worthy of the keenest Necromancer. My bathroom is like a Hogwarts’ potion lab and my face a shining Picasso with shades of Dali. This heat serves to revive dormant symptoms.

The menopause is like Pennywise the clown, once destroyed it continues to lurk inside the storm drain of the over-50 woman’s thickening but invisible body like a middle aged psychopath.

Toodle pip!

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Who Let the Dogs Out? GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY A S t h e s u m m e r t e m p e r a t u re s soar, so too does my desire to run further each day. I’m staying around the 16km mark, and having to rise earlier each day, to do so. If someone wonders if global warming is a myth, come live in Spain and find out. This year is considerably hotter than last. Out by 6.30am, and bored of my usual run along the beach, I decided to mix things up. Up hill to be exact, into the mountains, of Los Altos de Los Monteros.

While the terrain is almost vertical, I find it exhilarating, if not hard going. You know what they say, no pain, no gain. As temperatures tip 30ºC by 7am, if I was to require a sponsor for my routine, it would have to be San Pellegrino.

The views from up high are fantastic, and somewhat uninterrupted. Somewhat, until you realise you’re being chased by a pack of crazed guard dogs. While the saying goes - dog is man’s best friend, the dogs that escaped from a vast hillside villa, were clearly not interested in being my friend.

Over the thumping sounds of Run DMC, I heard them get closer and felt them on my heels. Pretty much like the beginning of The Italian Job, either side of the road, met with a sheer drop, I had little choice, other than to turn and face their snarling faces.

Growing up in a house where dogs were as important, if not more so, than most people, I’m very used to handling even the angriest. As we all know, the worst thing to show any potential enem y , i s f e a r. F r o m d e e p w i t h i n , I shouted so loudly, I’m sure the fishermen in Morocco could hear.

The dogs stopped in their tracks.

I stood still, and without hesitation commanded that they back off.

Slowly, but surely, they calmed and became almost fear ful. I stood in the middle of the road, nervous, but in control. Well, until a Swiss registered Mercedes G-wag-

A DOG: Is known as man’s best friend. on almost killed all of us, as it ploughed downhill at F1 speed.

Luckily the speeding jeep was just the trick I needed to make a serious run for it. Not stopping until I was safely home. As the afternoon rolled on, I decided I couldn’t allow these dogs to roam freely. What if I wasn’t so lucky?

What if they attacked a young child, or caused a car crash.

I went to the Local Police, who shook their heads and explained it was more likely a matter for SATE in Puerto Banús. All I wanted to do was send a simple message to the owners of the villa, regarding the situation. Why is everything here always so complicated?

By now, temperatures were higher and Banús is a place I avoid at all costs, especially post midday.

So, instead I returned home and had a swim.

That evening as I played ball with my ever happy Jack Russell, Henry, I realised that just like people, not all dogs are kind. However, when faced with angry, or negative people, we have two choices - allow them to take power, or stand tall and take the power back.

If that fails, run. Run for your life.

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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.

Marisa Moreno Consul for Denmark and owner and founder of Just Law Solicitors. www.justlawsolicitors.com • info@justlaw.es

The Importance of You! ROBERT SHALLIS IT is easy to recognise the importance of others, from powerful world leaders to large corporation owners, people that appear to mould and influence the so-called progress and success of mankind.

However, we underestimate the important and powerful roles ‘we’ can play, we’re all too unaware of the way we can influence others and really make a difference on a daily basis.

So, how important do you feel and can you make a difference? The answer is very important and yes you can make a difference. But how?

Mark Twain once wrote; “The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”

Many of us spend our lives on the preverbial treadmill of life,

STARTS WITH YOU: Be the change you would like to see in the world. trying to get through each day in survival mode, doing the best we can totally unaware of the power we have to influence and change. Once you realise the importance and powerful concept of being yourself, you will realise that any honours, titles and status others may have is not necessarily what counts.

What makes the difference is you. Remaining true to yourself.

Simply being yourself.

To understand how important, you are is to firstly know how unique you are. Scientists tell us that the odds of you being born as you, are around one in 400 trillion. There is not another person on earth like you, adding significance to your very existence, there is only one of you out of 7.8 billion people living today.!!

Many of us look up to others

even try to emulate them. It is not a bad thing to follow the good examples but to actually try and be anyone different to who you are will only result in you feeling and being second best. Be your own individual self!

You can only act like the person you conceive yourself to be, so hold your head up high, understand that to be you is nothing short of a miracle.

The importance of being you is fuelled by being ‘true to yourself’ and therefore being at ease with yourself. Try not to hold on to what others think of you, this will just inhibit and hold you back from being the genuine you. Make the choice to let go. Spend less time doing and more time being, take time out to really appreciate who you really are, start being who you really want to be. If you feel there are any changes to be made, make them. This is not only empowering and liberating, but can transform you, enabling you to be become less influ-

enced by the actions of others to become more influential. Understanding that you are important and stepping into this new powerful role can really make a difference to those around you.

A simple smile, a compliment even an act of kindness, could completely change a person’s day or even their life, so why not be that person to influence others. Your importance to others counts, it extends to everything you do which becomes a reflection of who you are.

It’s not important to be better than anyone else but to progress and become a better version of yourself each and every day.

The more important you feel, the more credible you feel, so put it to good use. You matter more than you think!

Be yourself and above all, ‘be the change you would like to see in the world’ as it starts with you.

Rob Shallis ww.robshallis.com

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Christine Climent and all of the Benidorm Palace family Three decades at the helm of the Palace has done nothing to quash the passion of boss Christine Climent - in fact quite the opposite, and she and all of the Benidorm Palace family are raring to go.

Falling in love and setting up home Christine, who came to Spain for a week and never went back after meeting husband Vicente, falling in love and setting up home here, said:

The finest dancers and singers have been preparing for the opening.

This is more than a show.

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“Have I lost any of my passion?

“No, in fact I think I am more passionate, and certainly more critical.

“Some things I might not have no-

ticed before but as Benidorm Palace and the shows have grown, I have grown, too.

“After 30 years, you know exactly how something should look, and nothing less is good enough.

“People expect more now and want more of the ‘wow’ factor. That’s a good thing really, as it keeps us on our toes.”

Gala shows for the British are Christine’s baby, and she credits her wonderful choreographers of 20 years or more.

“We all absolutely love what we do, and would not change it for anything.

“Ironically, as we get older, our shows get younger. Now, we all seem to say “let’s go for it,” we have far more confidence now than ever before.

“I used to go to shows in Paris at the Moulin Rouge, and think to myself ‘will we ever get anything like this?’ and now they come here to see what we are doing.

“I never would have imagined that Benidorm Palace would be what it is today when we started out.”

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I USED to live on the island o f Te n e r i f e . I l o v e d t h e place. I had homes in both the north and south of the i s l a n d . M o u n t Te i d e , t h e highest peak in Spain, dominates the island. I could s e e i t f ro m m y b e d ro o m window when I lived in the town of La Orotava.

The island was formed from volcanic eruptions over history.

Everyone who lives in Tenerife knows that the volcano is only dormant. It could go off and lose its head at any moment although it would probably be a minor eruption. The last time it had a blast was in 1909 and one person died because they got too close to the fumes.

Mount Vesuvius in Italy is a completely different story. This

MOUNT TEIDE: The dormant volcano dominates the landscape of Tenerife. is a volcano that hadn’t erupted in known lifetimes.

Nobody actually knew that it was a volcano. When it finally spent its fury, it was a shock.

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These days, Pompeii is still being excavated and it is a major tourist attraction. This does not mean that the area is safe.

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I feel that there are similarities to the Covid-19 virus scare that we are going through. It has happened and it has killed people but we are still carrying

on with our lives. It has destroyed families but there are many who carry on living their lives under the possible threat that it may return.

I personally feel that we have to carry on. We have to move forward. It is too easy to shrink away and hide. That is not living. Living is enjoying life. Truly enjoying life is living life to the full. I completely understand that there are a number of folks who are too scared to go back to their normal routines. I also know that a great deal of a fair amount of people are feeling vulnerable. They may have medical issues that make them an easy target for the virus.

Whatever issues we have to take into account on a personal level we must also not lose sight of the fact that we have to live our lives as though every day were our last. It is far too easy to forget that.

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by Mark Slack MANY car makers have legendary names on the rollcall of automotive history and Ford can claim more than a f e w. T h e F i e s t a h a s been a familiar site on our roads for decades and with a myriad of body, trim and engine options, it truly does o ff e r s o m e t h i n g f o r 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 lead-in Trend model and my sporting ST model is offered in two trims simply named ST-1 and ST-2

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Ford Fiesta ST 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-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.

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rear privacy glass, navigation, Recaro seats, air conditioning, a plethora of ST badges so you don’t forget you’re in the sporty version and selectable drive modes of nor mal, 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

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

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

RESULTS OF THE YORKSHIRE ROSE BOWL

PRIZE WINNERS: There were some very good scores.

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.

PLAYED on Friday July 31 was the Yorkshire Rose Bowl stableford sponsored by Gordon Gleeson.

Twenty-four players took part on a very hot day but that didn’t stop there being some very good scores.

In fact all the prize winners will see a cut in their handicaps. First with a great score of 41 points and a new handicap of 21.9 was Richard Delaney. Second was Alan Lowans with 38 points followed

by Ros Fletcher and George Braddick both on 37 points.

Ros also won nearest the pin in

two on the 18th, unfortunately as no one managed the 2nd in two shots but luckily for him, Keith Cottrell won a card draw.

Gordon’s son Nick, and Shane Fitzsimmons were welcomed as guests and Nick took the best guest prize with 31 points. This competition always looks for the best dressed Yorkshire man with the prize going to a very smart Geoff Willcock in his flat cap and wearing a white Yorkshire rose.

Next week’s competition is a stableford sponsored by Robin Thatcher.