Costa de Almeria 13 - 19 August 2020 Issue 1832

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THE provincial council has teamed up with a major travel firm to promote the Costa Almeria destination to both national and international tourists.

The Diputacion de Almeria has signed an alliance with Viajes El Corte Ingles for a promotional campaign via conventional methods and through digital publicity aimed at highlighting the attractions of the Costa Almeria to travel agents and to the general public.

Under the agreement the destination will have a presence in the company’s network of more than 600 travel agencies around Spain plus a further 108 outlets in some 15 countries, including France, Italy, Portugal, the US and a good number of South American nations.

The strategy includes running Costa Almeria advertising on 10 digital advertis-

CREDIT: Diputacion de Almeria

TOURISM PUSH OBJECTIVE: The provincial government is aiming to reboot the tourism sector following the hit from the pandemic. ing billboards situated in prominent locations of Madrid and Barcelona for a week and a total of 800,000 projections of a Costa Almeria ad spot on Viajes El Corte Ingles screens over a seven-day period.

At online level, actions have been prepared for the internal booking system directed at professionals, which receives more than

10,000 visits a day.

Viajes El Corte Ingles will also send out a newsletter to its client database, and a banner with a link to the Costa Almeria website will feature on the company’s main web page for a week.

In addition the travel firm has committed to inserting a specific landing page for the province on its website for a fortnight and to run-

ning a banner on different sub-sections of the site.

The deal with Viajes El Cortes Ingles is the latest agreement between the

Diputacion and a travel company under the administration’s ‘Programa Promo’ to reboot the provincial tourism sector fol-

lowing the hit from the Covid-19 pandemic.

There are already agreements with online travel portals Logitravel, Destinia and Atrapalo, and with tour operator Avoris.

“We are working on promotion at national, provincial and regional level, and with actions like this we are consolidating the positioning of our destination at international level,” commented Tourism deputy Fernando Giminez.

He promised the initiative means “all the good things which our destination offers will reach millions of potential visitors.”

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THE local authority is setting up an information point on the UK’s departure from the European Union in the Diversity Centre offices.

“The council, within its municipal responsibilities, is providing information and consultations on the disconnection process for the British community resident in our municipality, as our priority is to apply all the necessary measures which result in the well-being of all residents in our town,” commented Vera mayor Jose Car melo Jorge Blanco.

The council said a member of the municipal staff will be available from 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday, to deal with queries and provide information on the possible consequences of the UK leaving the EU and to try and clear up any doubts.

Due to the Covid-19 situation, for the moment consultations are either by email to

Brexit help llvasqueznavarro@ vera.es or by pre-appointment made by calling 617 155 060.

This week the mayor, Intercultural Mediation councillor Jose Maria Fer nandez and Social Services councillor Ana Lourdes Ramirez, met with Lourdes Vazquez Navarro, who is in charge of the office, to study getting the new public service up and running.

NEW SERVICE: The council is setting up a Brexit information point for the municipality British residents.

Rule-breakers fined IT was another weekend of fines for violations of Covid-19 prevention rules in Vera.

Local Police issued some 80 sanctions on Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday

morning, predominantly for social gatherings with booze in public places or for failing to wear a face mask.

Officers also reportedly sanctioned two establishments for not sticking

to the established closing hours.

A dedicated public safety unit of Vera Local Police for preventing anti-social behaviour has been operating in the locality since late June.

DEDICATED UNIT: Vera Local Police has a dedicated public safety unit focusing on preventing anti-social behaviour in the locality.

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Public Holiday Reminder AUGUST 15 is a public holiday throughout Spain and is ‘Dia de la Asunción de la Virgen María.’ It is one of the biggest religious festivals across the country involving the Marian feast day.

The holiday is based on the Christian belief that God raised the Virgin Mary to heaven reuniting her with her soul after her death. The holiday has been kept since the fourth century AD, as an attempt to replace an earlier pagan harvest festival.

This is why it is still called the ‘Feast of Our Lady of the Harvest’ in certain regions of Europe.

The Dia de la Asunción de la Virgen María celebrations begin in Spain on August 11 and culminate on August 15. The holiday usually coincides with several ferias throughout Spain, however due to Covid-19 health and safety regulations, all group gatherings have unfortunately been cancelled.

Although the holiday falls on a Saturday this year it may lead to possible closures and reduced hours of supermarkets and businesses.

Lorry fire THE A7 motorway was blocked to traffic going in the direction of Almeria first thing on Sunday morning after a fire broke out on a lorry loaded with juice and milk at a point level with HuercalOvera.

The Andalucia 112 emergencies services reported the incident meant traffic had to be temporarily diverted via the N-340A between kilometre markers 559 and 546 while Bomberos del Levante firefighters extinguished the blaze.

There were no reports anyone was injured.

DIVERSION: Emergencias 112 reported traffic had to be diverted while firefighters extinguished the blaze.

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THE first phase of the Adra market makeover is complete and it is fully open for business.

Mayor Manuel Cortes noted the market had undergone a “radical change” which “now you can clearly appreciate,” during a visit last Thursday to see the result of the works.

He particularly highlighted how “functional” and how much more modern and light-filled the market is now, and urged locals to shop there and “support traditional trade because this is also the lifeblood of our town.”

Commenting on what remains to be done on the €1.1 million market project

TRADING: The Adra mayor urged local residents to shop at the market and support traditional traders.

Cortes said the works are progressing well “despite the circumstances we are experiencing.”

The second phase of the works involves a complete remodelling of the market façade, which is due to be completed in September.

The council said the overall aim is to convert what is the municipality’s “trading epicentre for local produce”

MORE than 600 Almeria households particularly hard-hit by the Covid-19 crisis have benefited from a provincial council social programme.

The Diputacion de Almeria assistance has been directed at meeting the most basic needs like food of the neediest individuals and families in the province’s smaller municipalities.

‘Programa Contigo’ is one of six investment programmes under the administration’s Plan Almeria aimed at the social and economic recovery of the province from the impact of the pandemic.

The initiative has a budget of more than €4 million and is, the Diputacion says, “designed to guarantee the protection of the persons and families in a vulnerable position in the face of the current exceptional situation they are experiencing with the ulti-

ROQUETAS DE MAR Council has set up a Local Police unit dedicated to reinforcing compliance with regulations put in place to deal with the Covid-19 situation.

The Intervention Group is formed by five officers and an official, and has two vans just recently acquired by the local authority to get around.

The council explained the unit operates from 10pm onwards, plus twice weekly carries out specific actions.

into a “21st century building,” and to open it up to “new commercial uses which up until now have not been exploited,” such as more eateries or other kinds of establishments which “generate dynamism.”

The market makeover is 80 per cent financed by the European Regional Development Fund and 20 per cent by the municipal council.

Helping hardest hit mate goal of enabling their return to daily life.”

The programme began functioning in early May and has proved to be a “rapid and effective” means of urgently assisting those who most need help, affirmed Social Well-being deputy Angeles Martinez.

The deputy also made it clear that Programa Contigo remains functioning, allowing the provincial government to be “prepared for any scenario which the evolution of Covid-19 creates.

“Since the beginning of this situation, and as the Diputacion president has remarked on numerous occasions, our main premise is that no Almerian is left behind in this crisis, and ‘Contigo’ is an essential programme for achieving this,” Martinez added.

Immigrants surprise beach-goers A DINGHY with some 15 illegal immigrants on board raced onto the shore at Mojacar’s El Lance beach on Sunday evening, much to the astonishment of beach-goers chilling out in the cooling temperatures.

As soon as the boat hit the sand just in front of Ankara the immigrants took off across the beach and ran up onto the road, abandoning the rubber dinghy where it was.

Spanish press reported the Guardia Civil set about tracking them all down, but there were no updates on whether they had all been intercepted.

Also on Sunday night Guardia Civil located two dinghies with 29 Algerian immigrants on board about 30 miles south of Almeria in the Alboran Sea.

EL EJIDO has recycled a record amount of cooking oil this year.

The council reported that nearly 15,000 litres of domestic use oil have been deposited in the 87 dedicated recycling bins distributed around the municipality, the highest amount for the last four years.

“In 2016 we managed to recycle 4,935 litres, however in recent years we have tripled that figure. A fact which demonstrates that the public are increasingly more sensitive to the matter of environmental

UNEXPECTED: The dinghy hits the shore on a popular Mojacar beach.

Recyling record sustainability,” commented El Ejido Public Works, Services and Maintenance councillor Alberto Gonzalez.

“Recycling used domestic oil is a simple action which doubly benefits the environment,” the councillor explained.

“As well as avoiding the contamination of the sea, ground or damaging pipes, it is used to create various ecologi-

MORE AWARE: The increase in recycling shows the public are “increasingly more sensitive to the matter of environmental sustainability,” the councillor commented.

Reinforcing the rules The officers’ duties include ensuring that establishments are complying with the rules on hygiene and protection from the virus, inspecting clandestine premises and checking documentation.

Also registering ‘botellones,’ or gatherings with alcohol on beaches and in squares as

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Credit: Twitter @VoxJf

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Adra

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part of the efforts to prevent any concentrations of people in the same place, and making sure everyone is wearing a face mask.

Roquetas mayor Gabriel Amat explained the unit is an extra to the work the Local Police already carries out.

cal products like biodiesel or soaps.”

All the containers have anti-theft systems and are designed to be protected from vandalism aimed to prevent oil from leaking onto the street and guaranteeing environmental safety and public health for anyone using them.

The recycled oil should be deposited in closed plastic containers of up to five litres.

The public can check the location of the oil recycling bins on the council’s website at www.elejido.es/aceite.

Photo by @Gobierno de El Ejido

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“It is something complementary which is added to our effort to reduce as much as possible the impact of the virus via prevention, information and action on compliance with the health regulations,” he commented.

Amat also highlighted the council’s awareness-raising campaign to inform residents and tourists about the measures everyone has to take and the fines for failing to comply.

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Upgrades on course MAJOR works on Cuevas del Almanzor a ’s A l v a re z d e S o tomayor school are on course for completion in time for the start of the new term in Sept e m b e r, t h e l o c a l council reports.

Cuevas Town Planning councillor Antonio Marquez and Education councillor Ana Maria Castro went to check out progress on the project in person last week.

They said everything is progressing at a good pace and expressed their satisfaction with what the local authority describes as “important and much demanded works” to provide the school’s more than 600

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Cuevas del Almanzora

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IMPORTANT WORKS: The project means “better and safer areas” for the school’s more than 600 pupils, the council said. pupils with “better and safer areas” are nearly finished.

The Junta de Andalucia put the project out to tender in August 2018,

and a few months later the contract was awarded to the company Orthem Servicios y Actuaciones Medioambientales with a budget of just over

€1.6 million.

The works include reforming, modernising and adapting to current regulations the existing facilities.

Spaces on the ground

floor of the main building have been redistributed in order to gain another three classrooms for infants and two exterior toilet modules for primary.

The administration zone has also been redistributed, and pupil and teaching and non-teaching staff lavatories upgraded.

Other actions include waterproofing the roof, works on the electricity and safety installations, repairing cracks and replacing tiles.

The project is part financed by the EU’s European Regional Development Fund through the 2014-2020 Andalucia operation programme.

Adra on squatting ADRA Council is standing up for tougher action on squatting.

The local authority has called on the Spanish government “to promote the necessary reforms to defend property.”

More specifically the administration wants to see measures like giving municipal councils the authority to evict squat-

ters and harsher sanctions imposed on illegal occupations involving violence or where properties are used for sexual exploitation or drug trafficking.

Adra also argues in favour of giving community of owner meetings the authority to press for evictions of properties in cases which affect other

residents in a community.

At the same time the council has pledged to draw up its own municipal plan “to combat the seizure of properties and to preserve the right of private property.”

The move got the backing of the members of the conservative Popular Party, the centrist Ciudadanos and the far-right

PLEDGE: The council said it will draw up a plan “to combat the seizure of properties and to preserve the right of private property.”

Vox party, while the leftist PSOE and Plataforma abstained.

The plan will, the council said, aim to “ensure the return of properties to their legitimate owners.”

It will seek to strengthen cooperation between administrations and institutions, especially State security forces and Justice, “to increase efficiency in the battle against squatting” and to establish “speedy” action protocols.

According to the municipal administration the plan should also contain measures to increase the security and monitoring of abandoned properties which are likely targets for squatters and consultancy services for affected owners.

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ROQUETAS DE MAR’S Local Police force has three new sets of wheels.

Roquetas mayor Gabriel Amat and Local Police chief Miguel Angel Lopez Rivas did the honours of officially presenting the two vans and a patrol car on Sunday morning.

The vans are destined for

New wheels the section of the service keeping an eye on the municipal beaches and looking out for compliance with Covid-19 prevention measures.

The patrol car is for the public safety unit.

Amat explained that the three vehicles are in addition to the 14 for the complete renewal of the Local Police fleet, which will include cars and motorbikes.

“We have made an agreement on three more vehicles to reinforce the service, work and management the Local Police are carrying out. Today we cover a necessary objective,” the mayor commented.

Amat also took the opportunity to congratulate the local force on the job

they are doing in the municipality “now more than ever.

“These are difficult, very delicate times, where they are always at the service of the public, achieving their objectives and ensuring compliance with health regulations.”

The order for the 14 vehicles to replace the existing fleet is currently in the process of being put out to tender. The council said the cars will be hybrid and therefore more fuel efficient and less contaminating, and will be acquired on a renting basis to ensure the fleet is constantly updated.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Roquetas de Mar Facebook @AytoRoquetas

EXTRA: The council explained the two vans and a patrol car are in addition to 14 new vehicles to replace the existing police fleet.

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Fury over fish death

CREDIT: Equinac Facebook @asociacionequinac.org

INCOMPREHENSION: The Equinac marine life association said it failed to understand why the harmless fish had not been left in peace.

MARINE life rescue association Equinac reacted furiously to the death of a harmless moon fish on a Roquetas de Mar beach after a man dragged it out the sea and held it down.

“Creatures live in the sea and they have every right to approach the beach without being attacked or harassed, without there being a collective hysteria, and even less that it has to die at the hands of people like this gentleman,” the organisation said.

Equinac, the authorised association for dealing with marine life beachings in Almeria, explained that the moon fish, which is about the size of a medium-sized dolphin, had been spotted swimming off the Roquetas coast for three days, moving with currents with its fin above the water, as the species does.

Over that time, members of the public mistaking it for a shark or dolphin alerted the authorities.

Equinac made it clear the creature was harmless and should be left alone.

However images posted on social media show a man holding the fish down on the sand.

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ADRA is stepping up its commitment to looking after and protecting the environment.

The council has applied to join the Spanish Network of Towns for the Climate, a move which got the backing of all the political parties represented on the municipal corporation at the last plenary meeting.

The aim is to “continue moving forward in the fight against climate change and mitigating its effects on the planet,” the local authority said.

Adra mayor Manuel Cortes said joining the network “demonstrates the council’s clear commitment and backing for promoting the care and respect for the environment as a strategic, central concept of municipal policies.”

He also underlined what he said is a “growing awareness among the public on the issue.”

Becoming part of the initiative is “an important step along the path we have already started on with the acti-

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Adra

Environmental commitment

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Car flips over A DRIVER was left trapped in his car after it flipped over onto its side on the coast road running between Almeria and Aguadulce on Friday.

Almeria City Council reported that a firefighting team was called out to help at the scene of the accident at the level of the San Telmo castle on the road known locally as ‘El Cañarete.’

They played a key part in the rescue effort, managing to extract the driver via the door to the boot.

He was lifted to a safe zone to be attended to by health personnel before being transferred to hospital.

The firefighters also neutralised the fuel which had spilled onto the highway as a result of the accident to prevent it from igniting.

GREEN CREDENTIALS: Adra has already started down the path of reducing contamination,” the mayor said. vation of measures to reduce contamination,” the mayor maintained, pointing also to council efforts to make residents more environmentally aware through campaigns and cleaning activities.

Adra’s incorporation into this section of the FEMP Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces means a commitment to carrying out an ac-

tion plan on areas like energy, mobility, waste management, construction and urban planning.

This establishes a framework for a gradual reduction in the greenhouse effect and adapting to the consequences of climate change in the town in line with the goals set out by the EU for between now and 2030, the council explained.

RESCUE EFFORT: Firefighters got the driver out the car via the back door.

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Rule flouter crackdown Multilingual

VERA Council is cracking down on anyone flouting rules aimed at preventing the risk of Covid-19 infections.

The aim is to avoid what the Public Safety councillor Alfonso Garcia described as “the irresponsibility of some thoughtless people damaging the tourist season of residents, visitors, hospitality sector establishments and tourism sector businesses.”

Garcia made it clear Local Police are now fining anyone not wearing a face mask in compliance with the Junta de Andalucia regulation

reminders

IMPORTANT PART: “Raising awareness among citizens is an essential tool in the fight against Covid-19,” the councillor affirmed.

SANCTIONS: Local Police are fining anyone not wearing a face mask.

making it compulsory.

Officers are also issuing fines for so-called ‘botellones,’ or boozy gatherings in public places, usually of young people.

“Due to the lack of civic responsibility of many people who do not respect the prevention measures to avoid coronavirus infections, it is becoming necessary to report and fine both those who are not wearing a protective mask as well as those doing botellones, putting their health and that of others at risk,” Garcia explained.

Wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the virus and prevent outbreaks is “a matter of responsibility and solidarity with the rest of the population because this is a

health crisis and protection is the job of everyone,” he stressed.

The council also reported that in the light of recent outbreaks of the virus in nearby localities associated with nightlife, it is giving out an informative circular to all nightspots and hospitality trade businesses listing the compulsory rules on the urgent and extraordinary measures they have to adopt to prevent Covid-19 infections.

The circular includes the corresponding fines if they don’t, which in the case of very serious violations go all the way up to €600,000.

The local authority said the aim is to ensure all businesses receive the information.

ROQUETAS DE MAR Council has launched a multilingual campaign to get people to follow the rules on Covid-19 infection protection measures.

The local authority’s Presidency department headed by Rocio Sanchez Llamas has organised signs in Spanish, English, German, French and Arabic reminding the public about the importance of social distancing and wearing face masks at all times.

Larger format signs are going up on roads, while small versions are being distributed among local shops.

“Roquetas Council continues working on information and raising awareness among citizens is an essential tool in the fight against Covid-19, which is a struggle in which each one of us has a key role, so that together we can defeat it,” the councillor affirmed.

She explained the idea is to “give basic information in five languages so

nobody is left without knowing about these obligatory measures.”

The location of the signs also takes into account the profile of the population in each zone and whether it is a touristy area.

“The regulations have to be complied with by residents, but also by all visitors arriving in Roquetas over these months,” Sanchez Llamas stressed.

She also pointed out the council has established a police presence dedicated to ensuring compliance with the Covid-19 prevention regulations, especially in areas where people are most likely to congregate, including shopping centres, seafront promenades and beaches.

In addition, the administration has created signs specifically for the beaches, the weekly markets and the cemeteries, and has put up informative signs in all municipal buildings, among them the Santa Ana Castle and the bullfighting museum.

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Milk sale arrest

Thief threatens to jump CREDIT: Policia Nacional Almeria

POLICE in Almeria have arrested a second Red Cross worker for their involvement in stealing and selling off two pallets worth of cartons of milk which had been donated to the charity.

This brings the total number of detentions in relation to the matter to three.

At the beginning of July the Red Cross headquarters in Almeria City received a donation of 16 pallets of milk worth nearly €10,000 in all from an Andalucia-based dairy company. A few days later the person in charge of the charity’s logistics informed police that some of the donation was being sold in a premises on the city’s Sector 20 industrial estate.

Police checked to see if the claim was true and arrested the owner of the establishment where the milk was on sale and the individual who had contacted him and offered it to him at well below its market value.

But the police investigation

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CREDIT: Guardia Civil Almeria

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UNDER ARREST: Officers managed to grab the suspect when he let down his guard.

MISSING: Police found pallets of the donated milk on sale in an industrial estate. didn’t end there. In looking into how two pallets had disappeared from the logistics warehouse, without apparently leaving any fingerprints, officers discovered that a video and security monitoring system had been disconnected.

The investigators concluded that the person in charge of the Red Cross warehouse had made it possible for one

of the individuals already under arrest to access the milk in exchange for money.

The most recent detainee in connection with the case, 49-year-old FGR, now faces charges for the theft of the two pallets of milk, valued at more than €1,000.

Police said the investigation remains open and they have not ruled out the possibility of further arrests.

A SUSPECTED thief cornered by Guardia Civil on a rooftop terrace in El Ejido threatened to jump if officers didn’t back off.

The Guardia had been pursuing the suspect in relation to an attack on a woman while she was sitting in her car in the Las Norias neighbourhood.

They spotted him going into a building, leading to a chase up the stairs to the roof. Cornered, the suspect stood on a ledge some 40 metres up from the ground and several times made as if to jump.

The officers talked to him and tried to calm him down. Then

when he let down his guard and was out of danger, they managed to grab hold of him and arrest him for violent robbery.

He is accused of wrestling with the victim in her vehicle, managing to get away with her handbag containing cash and other personal belongings, and leaving her with injuries which required hospital treatment.

The Guardia Civil said a speedy investigation into the robbery had led to the identification of the suspected attacker, an individual with an extensive record for similar crimes.

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Cashpoints for villages THE Almeria provincial council has launched an initiative to address ‘financial exclusion’ in inland villages with the installation of a cashpoint in Laroya.

The Diputacion said this was the first of 33 multi-service cashpoints which will be installed in municipalities currently lacking any kind of banking or financial service, and which provide access to personal accounts and allow for dealing with any payment due to the administration.

The aim, the council said, is to contribute to creating “equal opportu-

CREDIT: Diputacion de Almeria

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COMMITMENT: The provincial council President said the administration is aiming to “take services to all corners of the province.” nities among all Almeria residents, wherever they live,” and address the problem of depopulation.

Brutal mugging

INVESTIGATION: The Guardia reported that the victims were initially hesitant to report the crime due to a fear of reprisals.

GUARDIA CIVIL made nine arrests for a brutal mugging outside an Aguadulce nightspot.

The detainees, aged between 15 and 24, face charges for violently robbing two young men in the early hours of the morning.

The attackers whacked the pair repeatedly with the pole of a beach umbrella to steal their mobile phones, cash and other items of value.

Fear of reprisals from the delinquents made the victims initially hesitant to report the crime. But a detailed investigation, witness interviews and information provided by the victims led to the identification of the suspects.

The Guardia reported that the youngsters under arrest have records for similar incidents and that they have admitted to the Aguadulce attack.

Diputacion President Javier A Garcia and local mayor Dolores Moreno did the honours of officially inaugurating the Laroya cashpoint on Tuesday morning.

“Today is a key day for the 103 municipalities, and especially the smallest,” Garcia commented.

He said the cashpoints represented “one of the most important commitments of this legislature… to take services to all corners of the province and bring financial services closer to all the villages.”

He also affirmed that Almeria is the first province in Spain to install these kinds of multi-service automatic cashpoints, stressing they are 100 per cent financed by the Diputacion.

The Laroya mayor said the cashpoints represented a service for the village’s inhabitants, but also for tourists.

She pointed out that rural tourism is one of the main pillars of the local economy and said the cashpoint saves having to make a seven-kilometre trip to Macael.

Over the coming months more cashpoints will be installed in the Almanzora, northern and Poniente regions of the province.

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Roquetas Urban Development councillor Francisco Gutierrez explained the €240,000 worth of works are 50 per cent financed by the provincial council un-

der its ‘Plan Almeria,’ the objective of which is to “encourage contracting the self-employed and micro companies to carry out the restoration, repositioning and improvement of public facilities, offices and streets.”

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Overweight to heavyweight Jacob’s knock out journey JACOB SHARP weighed 165 kilos two years ago before shedding a staggering 70 kilos. A new-found passion for boxing and sheer determination has literally transformed his whole life.

“I was fat from a kid, I grew up obese,” the 27-year-old, who lives on the Costa Blanca told Euro Weekly News.

“I was so shy and wouldn’t have my picture taken. I ate, was lazy and never had any energy. I couldn’t do anything and everything was a chore.”

Londoner Jacob, who has set up home in Benidorm, admits at his heaviest he had a 56-inch waist and at 6ft 3 inches, could only buy clothes for large men online.

“I knew I had to do something. I tried going to the gym and dieting but nothing happened, I didn’t lose any weight.

“Then I started boxing in January 2018 and forgot about dieting.

I just concentrated on the boxing and the weight literally fell off. I was training two hours a day for two years solid.

“I found a love for boxing, it’s something I really enjoy and my weight dropped to 95 kilos.”

Little did Jacob know that this would be a massive turning point in his life. As his body shape altered, so did his mindsight and life goals.

With a natural flair for the sport, Jacob - who has deliberately bulked up to 110 kilos - set his sights on competing in the ring and already has two wins under his belt.

The heavyweight added: “I’m now aiming for regionals. I’ve been offered to turn professional but if I do it now, I won’t be able to compete in the Olympics or anything.

“I would rather achieve something before I go professional. It’s very much a business, and I want to get more enjoyment out of it before going too serious.”

In just two years, Jacob has already sparred with the top 10 heavyweight boxers, including Artur Szpiika, a Polish professional boxer who challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title against Deontay Wilder in 2016.

A major turning point for Jacob came in September 2019 when he met Ilko Kirimov.

“He was training for the Valencia championships and needed someone to spar with. He came to Vista Gym in La Nucia where I train to use me for sparring and beat me black and blue.

“After that he won the championship and I said to myself ‘I’m going to beat this guy.’ I trained hard and put my name down for a fight in Benidorm and he did

JACOB SHARP: Boxing has transformed his whole life.

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But he didn’t, I beat him.

“After that I knew I could do anything.

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Jacob, who now coaches others, added: “I have met so many new friends through boxing, my whole life has changed. I found myself lonely in Spain after a hard time personally.

“While I was boxing, that was all I thought about. It gave me something to focus on, so has helped me in many ways.”

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Eye on Almeria beach-goers A STEPPED up Local Police presence is keeping an eye on Almeria beachgoers to ensure full compliance with safety measures to prevent any possible risk of Covid-19 infections.

As well as controlling maximum numbers on beaches, officers are also checking that everyone is wearing a face mask and social distancing, and issuing fines of at least €100 for non-compliance.

Over the second fortnight of July and the first week of August officers filed more than 120 reports against individuals for not following health authorities’ coronavirus prevention rules, Almeria Safety and Mobility councillor Maria del Mar Garcia Lorca reported.

The councillor explained police are particularly focusing on the areas which tend to get the busiest and that they have the authority to close access to beaches to prevent the number of people exceeding what is considered safe.

She also explained that officers on the lookout for possible so-called ‘botellones’: get-togethers in public places to drink and party.

She made the point that the sanctions are intended to encourage responsible behaviour on the part of the public and prevent further coronavirus contagions.

Ever since the provincial capital’s Beach Safety Continency Plan was put

MOJACAR’S Maui Beach, shut down for two years by the council for what the administration described as a ‘serious violation’ of the law, has announced legal action against the mayor.

The beachside venue, one of the most popular on the Costa Almeria with partying youngsters, put out a statement on August 5 saying that on July 30 its legal services had reported the Mojacar mayor for what it alleges is ‘a breach of official duty.’

The statement goes on to make extremely strong claims against the council leader and maintains the

CREDIT: Walk for Life Arboleas

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SANCTIONS: Officers are issuing fines of at least €100 for non-compliance with measures to prevent Covid-19 infections.

into action, three pairs of Local Police officers have been patrolling Almeria’s urban beach area, two officers on the beaches of Costacabana and Retamar and another two at Cabo de Gata and La Fabriquilla. They coordinate the monitoring tasks with the beach assistants contracted by the Junta de Andalucia.

The assistants use megaphones to remind the public of the rules featured on noticeboards at beach entrances.

The Safety and Mobility councillor repeated that the minimum distance between groups of beach-goers is four metres.

Maui hits back business has been treated unfairly.

The statement continues with an expression of “our desire that we all continue with our cultural activity based on the creation of employment and Mojacar’s wealth, something so necessary at such a hard time as this we are going through due to

coronavirus.”

Mojacar Council sealed the door to Maui Beach on the morning of February 25 following a council resolution and the administration’s notification in January of the imposition of a €20,000 fine on the company behind the venue.

The local authority stated that Maui Beach should not open for a period of 24 months due to a ‘serious violation’ of the law on Public Spaces and Leisure Activities in Andalucia, affirming it had been operating as a music bar without the correct kind of licences.

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Travel guide place secured THE Costa Almeria has secured a ‘prominent’ place in next year’s edition of popular French travel guide ‘Le Routard,’ the provincial council has revealed.

Guide editor Laura

Charlier and team have been touring southern Spain, and the Diputacion’s Provincial Tourism Service was able to show them some of the key features of Almeria’s tourist offer and most likely to be of

interest to French travellers, thanks to a press trip organised in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucia.

Charlier was given the opportunity to discover different locations in the Levante region of the province and in the Cabo de Gata natural park,

ending her itinerary with two nights in the historic centre of the provincial capital.

She also had a meeting with the provincial administration to talk about novelties in terms of tourism on the Costa Almeria this year, and in particular in relation to the Covid-19

MARKET APPEAL: The Costa Almeria has a “complete and varied offer” to meet the demand of French tourists, the provincial government says.

pandemic.

The Diputacion reported that during the meeting the French publisher committed not only to continue offering a prominent place in the guide for the Costa Almeria destination, but also to update the contents every year.

Diputacion Tourism delegate Fernando Gimenez said featuring in Le Routard is part of the administration’s plan to promote the Costa Almeria to the French market and increase the number of visitors to the region.

“French tourists not only opt for air travel, they also travel by car, and Almeria has in store a complete and varied offer which responds to the demands of a very important market for Spain,” he commented.

Le Routard, which has been going for nearly 50 years, is published in French, Spanish and Flemish.

Park investment THE Andalucia regional government has promised a major investment in Almeria’s Cabo de Gata natural park.

Commenting during a recent visit to the park’s Las Amoladeras information centre, the Junta’s Agriculture, Fishing and Sustainable Development regional minster Carmen Crespo said the administration is putting more than €1 million into the conservation and improvement of the park.

She said this would go on projects for the conservation of the coastline, protecting and highlighting the geological heritage and on improving facilities and infrastructure.

Crespo explained the investment comes under the Andalucia government’s €25.2 million plan for strengthening and modernising the use of the region’s natural spaces with the aim of “promoting the sustainable exploitation of these zones and also business undertakings linked to the environment.”

The regional minister expressed the conviction that this would promote and improve rural development through ecotourism, generating green employment and creating wealth in a

JUNTA PLAN: The regional government views the ‘sustainable exploitation’ of natural areas and ecotourism as a way to promote and improve rural development.

way which is fully compatible with the conservation of natural spaces.

The Cabo de Gata project includes a La Casa de los Volcanes eco-museum, viewing points, walking trails and signposting.

Also planned are improvements to the Las Amoledera centre, among them making it more energy efficient and creating shaded areas, and redoing a trail in Las Salinas, a popular area for birdwatchers, and improving the observation points.

NEWS

Business support on doorstep THE Almeria Chamber of Commerce will have a delegation based in Huercal-Overa from September onwards.

The move was formalised at the end of July with the signing of an agreement between the provincial business institution president Jeronimo Parra and Huercal-Overa mayor Domingo Fernandez.

The mayor said providing Huercal-Overa’s business community with close access to Chamber of Commerce services on their doorstep was part of the council’s ongoing support for business people and entrepreneurs “at these difficult times.”

It also complements the local authority measures for “supporting and stimulating economic recovery and the creation of employment in the municipalit,” Dominguez affirmed.

Jeronimo Parra said the initiative would enable the chamber to provide a swifter response to Huercal-Overa businesses’ needs, underlining the operational advantages of the decentralisation.

“It avoids a lot of trips and kilometres by businesses,” he commented.

The council maintained the collaboration will be a benefit to business ventures, training and youth employment, but also represents support for the more than 2,000 municipal companies on the Chamber of Commerce census in terms of trade, internationalisation, innovation and digitalisation.

The local authority is supporting the chamber’s services with an annual financial contribution, with a commitment for a period of four years, and will propose, action and support joint projects with the business institution.

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Political Viewpoint from Spain

by DAMON MITCHELL LAST week a judge ruled out against Extremadura’s local government’s confinement and reunion decree.

According to the Spanish constitution, the freedom of movement can only be ‘limited’ in a State of Alarm and this could also be debatable.

Nevertheless, it seems that politicians are using Covid19 as a carte blanche to do what they think best; without any questioning from the general public, just a few voices from some doctors, biologists, sociologists and phycologists who are totally against the measures which are being taken.

However, they say that our society is the most informed in history, but in reality, it is probably the most deceived.

Nowadays, we believe we are infor med, with knowledge and with the freedom that allows us to make our

FEATURE

For the corporation JUZGADO DE MERIDA: Confinement and reunión decreee ruled out.

own decisions, but this might not be the case.

People, in general, like to inform themselves in a comfortable way, sitting on their sofa and without making great intellectual efforts.

Therefore, television, papers, and social media are the preferred mediums, and those who want to control

our opinion know that. As a result, they inform us through the news and teach us what we should think through series, movies, and major Hollywood productions. They begin to show us the way from a young age with cartoons and video games.

We must have in mind that the most important media

groups are owned by just a few families, who in turn own the most powerful corporations on the planet.

You may ask yourself, where do our politicians fit in in all this?

Well, as an example, the major media groups have received grants from the government during Covid-

19, which doesn’t make much sense as these groups have no financial problems, as they are always boasting about how well they are doing.

These major media groups as stated above belong to some of the world’s major corporations using their foundations to circulate budgets superior to many countries’ gross domestic product.

In 1888 President Rutherford B Hayes noted in his diary that the United States ceased being a government for the people and had been replaced by a ‘government of the corporation, by the corporation, and for the corporation.’

It’s up to the people to question and critically think about the information being given and at the same time to pressure our politicians to get out of their comfort zone and take action.

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Markets suspended A SURGE in new Covid19 cases on the Costa Almeria prompted a number of localities to suspend their street markets to avoid gatherings of people and a possible risk of infections.

Garrucha Council announced on Thursday August 6 that after studying the pandemic situation over the previous 24 hours it had decided to stop both its weekly Friday market and the daily summer season market on its seafront promenade until there is a drop in the number of cases.

The local authority also put a temporary halt to sporting activities and to organised activities for youngsters at its House of Youth.

At the same time the council said it was beefing up disinfection efforts in the municipality and had asked the Junta de Andalucia to reduce

PRIORITY: Protecting public health is the priority, stressed Vera Council in announcing the street market is suspended for at least two weeks.

nightspot opening hours.

On the same day Turre mayor Martin Ramon Morales Fuentes announced the Friday market had been suspended “with the aim of preventing more traffic and contact between people.”

On top of that, the municipal football ground, sports centre and petanca courts were closed and all the cultural events programmed for the week up to Friday August

14 were cancelled.

It was much the same story in Vera. The local authority cancelled the Saturday street market for at least two weeks “due to the evolution of the health situation caused by Covid19, taking into account the outbreaks which are occurring in the Levante region of Almeria.”

The administration said the market suspension could be extended, depending on how the situa-

tion develops.

“The council considers the protection of health is vital and comes before any individual or collective right,” the notification states.

There is also an appeal to the public to “maximise protection and prevention measures and to follow the protocols to the letter.

“Between us all we can contain the expansion of the infections,” the notification ends.

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EUROPEAN PRESS

DENMARK

Copenhagen Pride

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ALTHOUGH there will be a number of changes from the usual event, Copenhagen Pride is currently sched­ uled to go ahead from August 17 to 23 and a number of short parades will take place on Saturday August 22.

Timber land COPENHAGEN is to see its first all­timber neighbour­ hood, (the Vejlands Quarter) built on a former local dump and the concept has won the Jury prize in the Unbuilt Masterplan category at the prestigious 2020 Architizer A+ Awards.

Meeting of Scandinavian Pride Organisations.

NETHERLANDS

Closure notices

Hero recognised

THE Dutch Government has decreed that bars, cinemas and museums identified as possible centres of coronavirus infection are to be closed for two weeks, and testing is to be introduced at Dutch airports for people arriving from high­risk areas.

A POLISH man working in Holland drowned whilst trying to save three chil­ dren who had got into difficulty whilst swimming. A crowdfunding campaign to help his family has raised over €140,000 in just a few days.

FRANCE

BELGIUM

In Vino Veritas

One only

THE French Government has announced that it will make €250 million available as financial sup­ port for wine growers who have seen sales slump dramatically due to the lockdown as well as high import tariffs introduced in the USA.

BELGIUM allows one person per family to enter a shop and IKEA in Ghent gives a wristband to each car entering the compound. One man managed to get hold of a second band but was spotted talking to his wife and was ejected.

Treaty delay

Warrant rejected

DUE to the introduction of new security laws in Hong Kong, France has decided that it will not rati­ fy an extradition treaty originally agreed in 2017 with the Chinese Government which now admin­ isters the former British Colony.

A BRUSSELS Court has ruled that a European arrest warrant for Lluis Puig, a former minister from Cat­ alonia who fled to Belgium, may not be executed because it considers that he should not be tried by the Spanish Supreme Court.

GERMANY

Furry felon

Coburg Moor

RESIDENTS in a Berlin suburb thought that there was a pervert with a fancy for shoes in the area as some 100 shoes had disappeared but the culprit was eventually identified as a local fox who seemed to have a fashion fetish.

TWO women in Berlin have started a petition over the depiction of a black male in the coat of arms of Coburg and say that it is racist. A local historian disagrees saying it’s the town’s patron Saint, Maurice.

SWEDEN

NORWAY

Books confiscated

Stronger Krona

A CONTROVERSIAL Jewish, Swedish comedian, Aron Flam has published a book Det här är en sven­ sk tiger suggesting that Sweden supported the Nazis during the war. A complete printing has been seized

by Swedish police for using a copyrighted image on the cover.

AS oil prices begin to increase again, the Norwe­ gian economy is looking rosier which has meant that the Krona has increased in value against the US Dollar to its best rate since January of this year.

Bulletproof vests AN investigation by Radio Swedish News claims that the Enforcement Authority, the state­run debt collection agency, sells bulletproof vests to known criminals and the Swedish Police whilst disappoint­ ed can do nothing about the practice.

Cruises suspended THE CEO of the Hurtigruten cruise and shipping line has admitted that there was a breakdown in its routines regarding coronavirus procedures for its recently relaunched cruises. All of its planned cruises are suspended after an out­ break on board.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA

EIB Fights Pollution SPAIN is receiving a great deal of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the latest announcement shows that it will provide €95 million for a number of urban regeneration projects in Barcelona. A significant percentage of this investment will be to create a new concept of housing where the majority of vehicle traffic is only allowed around the perimeter of the neighbourhood with priority given to pedestrians and where cars are allowed, speeds will be carefully controlled.

Nissan deal WORKERS at three Nissan plants in Catalonia can continue to operate until the end of 2021 with work restarting at the end of August and there will be very attractive retirement offers for those who wish to leave earlier.

More jobs AS more businesses open in Spain, so fewer workers are unemployed and in July the number of registered jobless dropped by just under 90,000 and according to the Spanish government this is the largest July drop this century.

Better news THE Bank of England has confirmed that it now believes that the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic will be less severe than expected but the resultant increase in unemployment will delay recovery for some considerable time.

Trader support IN a bid to help Northern Ireland’s economy, the British government plans to spend £200 million (€220 million) to create a new free service to absorb the costs of moving goods from Great Britain to Ulster from 2021.

Vatican funds A SPANISH economist currently living in the US is to become the most influential layman in the Vatican after accepting the number two role as Secretary General in the Secretariat for the Economy reporting to an old friend who is a priest.

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STAT OF €4.572 billion WEEK

is the value of treasury bonds that Spain expects to sell during August, the first transaction since the launch of the European reconstruction fund.

UK job loss potential continues

by John Smith WH SMITH, the newsagents which has grown over the decades since its founding in 1792 is considering shedding 1,500 jobs, more than 10 per cent of its work force due to the lockdown.

The main area for concern is its UK stores at airports and railway stations as with a hugely reduced footfall, sales have literally plum­ meted and airport sites in particu­ lar are expensive to maintain.

Things are slightly happier with its US airport operations as the bulk of flights are internal and are

relatively well populated meaning that sales are still at acceptable levels.

In a statement on its finances, the company revealed that it ex­ pected to make a loss of at least £70 million (€77 million) for its fi­ nancial year ending August com­ pared to a profit of £155 million (€170 million) in 2019.

Despite this, reserves are rela­ tively good and the company has strong lines of credit so with the potential reduction in staff it be­ lieves that it can return to profit.

There are so many High Street

LEGALLY SPEAKING

names suffering at the moment and in the last few days there have been threats of redundancies from such big names as bookmakers William Hill, Pizza Express, Self­ ridges, DW Sports (now in Adminis­ tration), Hays Travel (which took over the Thomas Cook travel agen­ cies in 2019) and many more.

The well­known groups are the ones that hit the headlines but across the country there are many much smaller businesses that are having to close and as the furlough scheme winds down, so many more jobs are likely to disappear.

Feeling the Pinch

Can he raise his payment?

Is it legal for the president of a large community to award himself an increase in his gratuity, with­ out this matter appearing in the agenda for the AGM or previous discussion with the Committee? Neither does this appear in the minutes of said AGM. F T (by email) Credit: Hammerson

No, it is not legal. Com­ YOU AND THE LAW munity expendi­ IN SPAIN tures must be dis­ cussed and approved by the AGM. The only way this increase can have the appearance of legality is if it is included in the proposed community budget for the following year. I am supposing that you received a copy of the budget before the AGM. And we suppose the committee discussed it pre­ viously. If one of the budget items is the president’s gratu­ ity and the budget is approved without dissent, this seems to cover the issue. If nobody noticed that the president’s payment had been increased, it has been passed as part of the budget. This covers the legal side of it. The trans­ parency leaves something to be desired because the mem­ bers really had no opportunity to object to the higher gra­ tuity.

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.

ONE of the greatest problems that governments around the world encounter is that of money laundering and it is a major task to try to identify attempts to legitimise money that has been obtained ille­ gally.

One new start­up technol­ ogy company in Madrid, Pibisi believes that it can

NEW PLANS: Interior of the Bullring Birmingham.

OWNERS of shopping centres throughout Europe have suf­ fered considerably from the lockdown and one of the UK based operators, Hammer­ son has seen profits fall by £90 million (€99 million).

The problem has been that with shopping centres closed, tenants have not wanted to pay any rents which has then made the sit­ uation very difficult for the centre owners.

In June, Intu which had 16 major centres including Lake­ side in the UK and one in Spain called in Administra­ tors and pulled out of a pro­ posed huge development in Torremolinos, but continues

to trade whilst a decision is made about its future.

Hammerson is restructur­ ing, has taken advantage of UK Government financial support, is selling its stake in VIA Outlets to its Dutch trad­ ing partner for £274 million (€301 million) and is to issue a £550 million (€605 million) rights issue all in a bid to re­ duce its indebtedness of £2.2 billion (€2.42 billion).

There will be a restructur­ ing of the board of the com­ pany and it plans to try to at­ tract a number of new businesses to its centres such as the Bullring in Birmingham by offering flexible and ini­ tially discounted leases.

Madrid Tech start up analyse potential money laundering risks not just by criminals but also by terrorist organisations looking to move money around the world.

It has just raised €140,000

and has found ready support from a number of large in­ vestment companies and al­ so Angels which is owned by Juan Roig, President of Mer­ cadona who can see the im­ portance of the ‘Cloud’ to

track down bad money.

Nowadays, companies have an obligation to try to ensure that they are not, even unknowingly, accepting investment from criminals or selling goods or properties

Fine dining delivery TWO Spanish chefs who be­ tween them own four Michelin stars have finally managed to launch their quality home delivery busi­ ness Cuatromanos in con­ junction with Uber Eats.

The concept is relatively simple as they want to give customers the chance to en­ joy exceptional food at home and although they created the menu, every­ thing is prepared at a single location in Madrid.

The plan was to launch in March but was trialled in May and is now in full ser­ vice with dishes ranging from a hamburger to fine dining.

Spanish Firm Wins Tender A RAILWAY to link Clark In­ ternational Airport in the Philippines with other cities is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan Inter­ national Cooperation Agency A joint venture between Acciona of Spain and Mani­ la­based EEI Corporation has been awarded a con­ tract to build 6.3km of track, 1.6km of depot ac­ cess rail, and an under­ ground railway station at Clark International Airport.

This is all part of a €6 bil­ lion project to cut green­ house gases and reduce congestion in the Manilla area. where the source of the funds is not known.

This is an ideal option for banks, estate agents, auction houses, car dealers and other sellers of expensive items to take positive action to ensure that they are in compliance with the law and to advise the authorities of any suspi­ cions they may have.

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13 - 19 August 2020

Brexit negotiations on track

by John Smith AFTER months of posturing between Britain and European Union Brexit negotiat o r M i c h e l B a r n i e r, i t a p pears that the two parties m a y b e n e a r t o a n a g re e ment.

Speaking to the press in Portad­ own, Northern Ireland, Cabinet Of­ fice Minister Michael Gove said “I’m confident that there will be a deal, I think there has been a welcome change in tone over the last few weeks.

“The omens are good for a deal.

Now of course there is some tough

THREE Spanish companies have been selected to submit bids for contracts to extend the Toronto Subway in what is an €18 billion venture.

This, the largest project launch in Ontario Province history has attracted interest from Acciona, ACS and FCC and sees them bidding

GOOD OMENS: Michel Barnier and UK Negotiator David Frost.

Toronto Subway

in two tenders to extend one line (and build stations) by eight kilometres and the other by nine.

Tender results will be revealed during 2021 with completion required no later than 2030 and all three groups have undertaken similar work in Canada before.

talking to do. I believe that there will be a successful negotiated out­ come.”

It appears that both sides will be meeting for a number of extended discussions between now and Octo­ ber at which time the 27 EU member states are expected to confirm their final position with regards to the terms of trade in the future.

According to the Reuters News Agency it is possible that Britain will have access to a form of free trade with Europe and rather than have to sign up for the EU’s rules on state aid so that Britain doesn’t undercut competitors, some form of method of settling of disputes should be agreed.

There are still plenty of pitfalls before the parties will be able to reach complete agreement as there is the matter of Northern Ireland as well as fishing rights to be settled, but free trade is probably the most important agreement of all for the UK economy.

There are still very few actual agreements signed with other coun­ tries, although it appears that nego­ tiations are almost complete with Japan.

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BUSINESS EXTRA Spanish bonds THE European Central Bank (ECB) has revealed that it has spent just under €65 billion towards the purchase of Spanish debt in the form of bonds up to now and still plans to purchase additional debt in the future.

Management cuts IN a bid to cut costs, the NatWest Bank in the UK is believed to be about to reduce its senior management team by at least three as it looks to save around £250 million (€275 million) during 2020.

ERTE statistics ALMOST 60 per cent of those still on ERTE (furlough) in Spain are based in coastal holiday areas which rely on tourism. These comprise Andalucia, the Balearics, Canary Islands, Catalonia and Valencia according to the Department of Social Security.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

FEATURE

Still denying its existence

MILLIONS still dying, hospitals and governments unable to cope, countries that have allowed tourism to resume becoming once again rampant with it - and still numbskulls are denying the existence of this devastating Covid virus.

Why do human beings choose to turn a blind eye to events and situations that are blatantly staring them in the face? Do these ostriches not understand that by ignoring the existence of a problem, they will never stand a chance of solving it? Like their overblown feathered counterparts, do they think that when they withdraw their heads all the troubles will have miraculously gone away? Well I have news, they won’t.

To my mind, unless something drastic or miraculous occurs, I think this evil malady will be with us for well into next year and possibly beyond. It makes my blood boil to see so many totally ignoring the directives of the health leaders and authorities. I also feel that by advising the over 50’s to stay at home is aiming at the wrong end of the age groups. These are the citizens who have in the main been conforming to the government’s directives and now are being penalised for it. It’s the self-centered youngsters that should be firmly locked

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IGNORING PROBLEM: Uncaring members of the present day generation with no masks.

down. But that won’t happen will it? The privileged and uncaring members of present day generations simply won’t comply.

We are now experiencing the direct result of the namby pamby’ing leftie luvvies who, over the past 30 years or so, have somehow eased themselves into positions of control and frankly got it all wrong. It has resulted in millions of our youngsters firmly

believing that the world owes them a living and utterly destroyed all their respect for others, particularly their elders.

The social media has allowed them to air and spread doctrines based on little, or no knowledge of history or tradition whatsoever, and subsequently instilled in them values so out of touch with reality that they consider the colouring of their pubic hair a deci-

sion of major importance. Sometimes I really am thankful to have reached the age of 81. At least with my future longevity growing shorter and more precarious by the day, I won’t have to experience the total chaos our planet will find itself in when serious decisions need to be made by this bunch of, oh so often ‘offended’ and utterly naïve bunch of selfish wasters.

I just hope and pray, that those among them who have received a decent upbringing and retain a true empathy and respect for their fellow human beings, can lift their peers out of the mire they have sunk into. Unfortunately, as these are in a sad minority, I fear most of their efforts will be lost in such a morass of entitled under-achievers and violent criminals that most of their efforts will be completely in vain.

Many happy returns to the ‘Capitan’ of our papyrus publication. Hope you had a great one Michel. Much love and peace as ever.

Don’t forget my programme is now on expatradioscotland. All details on the station website.

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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

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THURSDAY - 13 AUGUST

TV LISTING

FRIDAY - 14 AUGUST

11:00amMurder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed?

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

7:05am Murder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed?

7:50am Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 8:35am Meerkat Manor 9:00am Horizon 10:00am Yellowstone 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 Glow Up 10:00pmQI 10:30pmMandy 10:45pmMandy 11:00pmSemi-Detached 11:30pmSqueamish About 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather 12:30am Cricket: Today at the Test 1:30am Snooker: The World Championship 2:20am The Repair Shop 3:05am Stories of Us

8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 10:00pm The Damned United 11:30pm The Trials of Oppenheimer 1:00am Einstein's Quantum Riddle The story of perhaps the strangest idea in science, quantum entanglement, the concept that a pair of group of particles that had interacted in the past will continue to act in unison - even if they are separated by millions of miles.

2:00am Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream 3:30am Museums in Quarantine 4:00am Museums in Quarantine

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 12:30pmCome Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm 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 Escape to the Chateau: Make Do and Mend 10:00pmCrime and Punishment

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

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Ten ants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Tiny House of Terror 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Rail way Journeys 9:00pm The Secret World of Your Rubbish 10:00pmDiana: Queen of Hearts?

11:00pmMeghan: The New Revelations

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 Miranda 9:00pm A Question of Sport 9:30pm Jack Whitehall's Sporting Nation 10:00pm Would I Lie to You? 10:30pm The Young Offenders 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm The Railway Man 1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead

4:05am This is BBC Two 7:05am Murder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed?

7:50am Garden Rescue: Top of the Plots 8:35am Meerkat Manor 9:00am A Wild Year 10:00am Yellowstone 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 10:00pm Gardeners' World 11:00pm I Love 11:30pm State of the Union 11:45pm Newsnight 12:15am Weather 12:20am Cricket: Today at the Test 1:20am The Edge 2:50am Panorama 3:20am The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty 4:20am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm TOTP2 10:00pm Snooker: The World Championship 11:00pm Joan Armatrading: Me, Myself, I Known for her reclusiveness and barriers, the singer has for the first time granted access to her life and music. In this film she recounts her story from Caribbean emigre to being one of the most revered songwriters of her generation.

12:00am Queens of Soul 1:00am Radio 2 in Concert 2:00am The Defiant Ones 2:40am Joan Armatrading: Me, Myself, I 3:45am Queens of Soul

10:40am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm 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 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm Travel Man's Greatest Trips 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Inbetweeners Movie

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 Ten ants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm You Killed My Mother 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Diana and Her Children 10:00pm Bridget Jones's Baby 11:05pm Access

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

8:30pm Eat, Shop, Save 9:00pm Wonders of the Coast Path 9:30pm Inside Britain's Food Factories 10:00pm Unsaid Stories 10:15pm The Life & Times of Captain Sir Tom 11:15pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pmITV News London 12:00am Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures

9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am You've Been Framed!

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

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

8:00pm Supermarket Sweep 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am American Dad!

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:30am Classic Emmerdale 9:00am Heartbeat 10:05am 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 Downton Abbey 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:15am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping

4:00am 7:00am 7:25am 8:15am

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Sky Sports News 11:30am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf The Wyndham Championship.

Further coverage of the first day of the tournament at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.

12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Live NBA: Milwaukee @ Memphis Memphis Grizzlies v Milwaukee Bucks (Tip-off TBA).

Coverage of the match from ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida.

5:30am Sky Sports News

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 A thorough round-up of this lunchtime's main national and international news.

2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm American Gangster

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

10:00am You've Been Framed!

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

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

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm We're the Millers 12:15am Family Guy

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:30am Classic Emmerdale 9:00am Heartbeat 10:05am Bless This House 10:35am Bless This House 11:10am 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 That's My Boy 5:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:35pm Heartbeat 7:30pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Law & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:00am Inspector Morse

4:00am 7:00am 7:25am 8:15am

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Sky Sports News 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball 10:30am Live: Welcome to the Weekend 11:00am Sky Sports News 11:30am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live Fight Night 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Live WNBA: Connecticut @ Chicago Chicago Sky v Connecticut Sun (Tip-off 12.00am).

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

Teleshopping Tommy Cooper The Saint Robin of Sherwood 9:10am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:20am Minder 11:25am The Professionals 12:25pmThe Sweeney 1:35pm The Saint 2:40pm Robin of Sherwood 3:45pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:50pm Minder 5:55pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 9:00pm The Motorbike Show 10:00pmHeartbreak Ridge 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pmHeartbreak Ridge 12:35am Ali 1:35am FYI Daily 1:40am Ali 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

9:10am 10:15am 11:25am 12:25pm 1:30pm 2:35pm 3:40pm 4:40pm 5:50pm 6:55pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:10am

2:15am 3:20am 3:55am 4:00am

Teleshopping 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 The Sweeney Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights Junk and Disorderly Bullitt FYI Daily Bullitt All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite The Sweeney The Protectors ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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SATURDAY - 15 AUGUST

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 16 AUGUST

7:00am Breakfast 10:30am VJ Day 75 12:30pmBargain Hunt 1:00pm Athletics 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Snooker: The World Championship 5:30pm Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News; Weather 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Pointless Celebrities 8:00pm Total Wipeout 8:40pm Casualty 9:30pm VJ Day 75 11:00pmBBC News 11:18pmWeather 11:20pm Guardians of the Galaxy 1:15am Young Frankenstein 3:00am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:05am BBC News

7:45am Marrying Mum and Dad 8:15am Wild & Weird 8:30am All Over the Place 9:00am The Dengineers 9:30am Deadly 60 10:00am Deadly 60 10:30am Saturday Kitchen 12:00pm The Great Food Guys 12:30pm The Good Cook 1:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 1:30pm Wanted Down Under 2:15pm Money for Nothing 3:00pm Big Cats 4:00pm Love & Friendship 5:30pm Snooker: The World Championship 6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 8:30pm Snooker: The World Championship 12:00am Cricket: Today at the Test 1:00am The King's Choice 3:05am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm Natural World 10:00pmThe Bridge 11:00pmThe Bridge 12:00am The Bridge 1:00am The Bridge 2:00am TOTP2 3:00am London Songs at the BBC A collection of performances from the BBC archives celebrating the sights and sounds of London.

3:55am Natural World With their cute faces and extraordinary head-turning ability, owls are one of the nation's bestloved birds, but it's rare to catch more than a glimpse of one in the wild.

6:20am Fifteen to One 7:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Frasier 8:30am Frasier 9:00am At Home Superheroes 9:55am The Big Bang Theory 10:25am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Big Bang Theory 11:20am The Simpsons 11:45am The Simpsons 12:15pm Puppy School 1:15pm Four in a Bed 1:50pm Four in a Bed 2:20pm Four in a Bed 2:50pm Four in a Bed 3:20pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm The Supervet 4:55pm A Place in the Sun 5:55pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Formula 1 9:00pm How to Build...

10:00pm Taken 11:45pm World War Z 1:55am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

10:30am Shimmer and Shine 10:40am Floogals 10:50am Peppa Pig 11:00am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:10am Access 11:20am Friends 1:45pm Police Interceptors 2:45pm Live Gallagher Premiership Rugby Union 5:10pm Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 5:40pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 6:40pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:30pm 5 News Weekend 7:35pm The Queen's Jewels: Heirlooms & Legacy 8:30pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 10:00pm We Love Gavin & Stacey 11:30pm Utterly Outrageous X-Rated Comedy

11:00amSunday Morning Live 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Jane Eyre 4:40pm Escape to the Country 5:35pm Money for Nothing 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 11:25pm BBC London News 11:28pm Weather 11:30pmQuartet 1:00am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:05am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

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 The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation 2:30pm Snooker: The World Championship 7:00pm Sir Chris Hoy's Secret World of Japanese Bicycle Racing 7:30pm Top Gear 8:30pm Snooker: The World Championship 12:00am Cricket: Today at the Test England v Pakistan.

1:00am Heroes 1:40am Heroes 2:25am Once Upon a Time in Iraq 3:25am Holby City 4:25am This is BBC Two Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.

9:00pm BBC Proms Classics 11:10pm Albion 2:00am The Gardeners of Kabul 2:25am Classic EastEnders Sean goes to great lengths to convince Roxy he'd be a good father.

2:55am Classic EastEnders 3:25am Classic EastEnders Jack struggles with his feelings when he hears Ronnie is leaving Walford.

3:55am Classic EastEnders Sean can't convince Roxy to stay when he catches up with her just as she's leaving the Square, Tanya begins to regret the choice she made over Jack, and Bradley sets out to impress.

7:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:50am Frasier 8:15am Frasier 8:40am The Big Bang Theory 9:05am The Big Bang Theory 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am The Big Bang Theory 10:30amSunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:50pm Four in a Bed 3:50pm 27 Dresses 6:00pm A Place in the Sun 7:00pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather.

7:30pm Formula 1 10:00pmLive: Derren Brown - 20 Years of Mind Control 12:10amDerren Brown's Greatest Stunt 1:15am David Blaine: Beyond Magic 2:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

9:25am Little Princess 9:40am Nella the Princess Knight 9:55am Wissper 10:05am Pirata & Capitano 10:20am Shimmer and Shine 10:35am Floogals 10:50am Peppa Pig 11:00am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:15am Ryan's Mystery Playdate 11:30am Access 11:35amWWE Raw Highlights 12:35pm Friends 2:05pm Police Interceptors 4:05pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 7:00pm Our Yorkshire Farm 7:55pm 5 News Weekend 8:00pm Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly 9:00pm Inside Legoland 10:00pm Rich House, Poor House 11:00pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

7:35am Thunderbirds are Go 8:00am Mission Employable 8:05am Mr Magoo 8:20am Mr Magoo 8:30am Mighty Mike 8:40am Buck & Buddy 8:45am Mr. Bean 9:00am Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu 9:15am Ben 10 9:30am Drop Dead Weird 9:54am Drop Dead Weird 10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:35pm The Queen 2:25pm ITV News and Weather 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm The Masked Singer US 6:00pm ITV News and Weather 6:15pm ITV News London 6:20pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:25pm Rolling in It 8:25pm The Voice Kids 10:05pm For Your Eyes Only 12:30am ITV News and Weather

8:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:50am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:40am Dress to Impress 11:40am Dress to Impress 12:40pm Take Me Out 1:55pm Catchphrase 2:35pm Nancy Drew 3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm Nancy Drew 4:40pm You've Been Framed!

5:10pm Hotel Transylvania 6:15pm FYI Daily 6:20pm Hotel Transylvania 6:55pm The LEGO Batman Movie 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm The LEGO Batman Movie 9:00pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 11:40pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guya

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

7:10am Dempsey and Makepeace 8:05am Dempsey and Makepeace 8:55am British Superbike Championship Highlights 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am The Big Match Revisited 12:30pm British Touring Car Championship Highlights 2:00pm The Sweeney 3:05pm Columbo 4:55pm Lawman 5:55pm FYI Daily 6:00pm Lawman 7:00pm Junk and Disorderly 8:00pm Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 9:00pm Rocky IV 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Rocky IV 10:50pm Rocky V 11:55pm FYI Daily 12:00am Rocky V

7:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball Mystics v Magic (Centrepass 6.00am).

Coverage of the match from the 10th round of fixtures, taking place at The Trusts Arena in Auckland.

8:30am Live Super Rugby Highlanders v Hurricanes (Kick-off 8.05am).

Coverage of the match from the 10th round of fixtures, taking place at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

11:10am My Icon 11:20am My Icon 11:30am Live Test Cricket 7:30pm Live Betfred Super League 9:45pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Klitschko

9:00am Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu 9:15am Ben 10 9:30am Martin & Roman's Sunday Best!

10:25am James Martin's Islands to Highlands 11:20am Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 12:20pm Inside Britain's Food Factories 12:50pm Wonders of the Coast Path 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm The Voice Kids 3:00pm The Masked Singer US 3:55pm Octopussy 6:30pm ITV News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News London 6:50pm Jurassic World 9:00pm Downton Abbey 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:19pm ITV London Weather 11:20pm Bafta Celebrates Downton Abbey 12:20am Unsaid Stories

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:55am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:40am Dress to Impress 10:45am Dress to Impress 11:45am Dress to Impress 12:50pm The Masked Singer US 1:45pm Catchphrase 2:50pm You've Been Framed!

3:15pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 4:20pm FYI Daily 4:25pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5:05pm Storks 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Storks 6:50pm Step Up 7:50pm FYI Daily 7:55pm Step Up 9:00pm Kong: Skull Island 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Kong: Skull Island 11:20pm Family Guy 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy

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

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am British Touring Cars 7:10am The Professionals 7:55am The Professionals 8:50am The Car Chasers 9:15am Auto Mundial 9:45am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 11:15am The Big Match Revisited 12:25pm The Far Country 1:25pm FYI Daily 1:30pm The Far Country 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Kelly's Heroes 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Kelly's Heroes 8:00pm Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 9:00pm Apollo 13 10:15pm FYI Daily 10:20pm Apollo 13 11:50pm Bullitt 12:50am FYI Daily 12:55am Bullitt 2:05am Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera 3:05am Tommy Cooper 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen

8:00am Sky Sports News 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball Pulse v Stars (Centre-pass 8.00am).

10:30am Sky Sports News 11:00am My Icon 11:15am My Icon The England netball international talks about her idol.

11:30am Live Test Cricket England v Pakistan.

1:30pm Live Formula 1 All the build-up to the season's sixth grand prix.

3:05pm Live Formula 1 The Spanish Grand Prix (Start-time 2.10pm).

5:00pm Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Sky Sports News

9:55am 10:25am 10:55am 11:30am 1:40pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:00am

Teleshopping That's My Boy That's My Boy Agatha Christie's Marple The glamorous Ruth Van Rydock contacts her old friend Jane Marple with a mystery - her sister Carrie Louise's study has been devastated by a suspicious fire.

Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street Inspector Morse Inspector Morse Agatha Christie's Poirot Lewis Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Law & Order: UK Law & Order: UK

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Teleshopping That's My Boy That's My Boy Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street Emmerdale Emmerdale Emmerdale Inspector Morse Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Marple 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

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MONDAY - 17 AUGUST 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Call That Hard Work 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 Panorama 9:00pmEastEnders: Secrets from the Square 9:30pm Ghosts 10:00pmLine of Duty 11:00pmBBC News at Ten

4:10pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 4:15pm Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook 5:15pm World's Weirdest Events 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm Our Friend Victoria 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pmThe Trial of Alex Salmond 11:00pmMock the Week

8:30pmThe Joy of Painting 9:00pm Africa with Ade Adepitan 10:00pmAfrican Renaissance: When Art Meets Power 11:00pmAfrica's Great Civilisations 11:55pmAfrica's Great Civilisations 12:50am Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death 2:20am Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pmA 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 8:55pmThe Political Slot 9:00pmSupershoppers 9:30pm Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Job Centre 11:00pm999: What's Your Emergency?

12:05am Crime and Punishment

2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmBest Friend's Betrayal 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Gallagher 9:00pmUltimate Police Interceptors 10:00pmShoplifters: At War with the Law 11:00pmPolice Code Zero: Officer Under Attack 12:05amUSS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

3:15pm Celebrity Eggheads 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:40pm Call That Hard Work 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 9:30pm Babs 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:30pmRegional News and Weather 11:40pmWeather

4:10pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 4:15pm Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook 5:15pm World's Weirdest Events 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm This Farming Life 10:00pmManctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom 11:00pmLive at the Apollo

8:00pm Johnny Kingdom A Year on Exmoor 8:30pmThe Joy of Painting Bob Ross paints a stream trickling through the depths of the forest.

9:00pm A303: Highway to the Sun 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story Documentary 11:00pmBlackadder 11:30pmBlackadder 12:00am Storyville 1:20am How to Get Ahead

1:10pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:05pm River Cottage 3:10pmCountdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pmA 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 8:55pmThe Political Slot 9:00pmHow to Beat Ageing 10:00pm24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmShameless 12:05am Caught on Camera

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Traffic Cops 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmReap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 9:00pmThe Yorkshire Vet 10:00pmOur Yorkshire Farm

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 10:00pmThe Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

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

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmFamily Guy 10:30pmFamily Guy 11:00pmFamily Guy 11:30pmFamily Guy 11:55pmFamily Guy

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 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK

9:10am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Professionals 12:20pmThe Sweeney 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3:40pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Tenable 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Heartbreak Ridge 11:00pmFYI Daily

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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 Doc Martin 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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 Dinner Date 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy

1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK

1:35pm The Saint 2:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3:40pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Tenable 9:00pm Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer 9:30pm Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer 10:00pmCaught on Camera

7:00am Sky Sports News 1:00pm Nbc's Profootballtalk 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News 7:00pm Sky Sports News 8:00pm Sky Sports News 9:00pm Sky Sports News 10:00pmI Am Bolt 12:00am Whyte Hot A look at British boxer Dillian Whyte's rise in boxing and his career so far.

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:30am Classic Emmerdale 9:00am Heartbeat 10:05am Bless This House 10:35am Bless This House 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 Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pmLaw & Order: UK 12:00am Scott & Bailey

7:00am World of Sport 7:15am The Saint 8:05am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9:00am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:05am Minder 11:10am The Professionals 12:10pmThe Sweeney 1:20pm The Saint 2:30pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3:35pm Dempsey and Makepeace 4:35pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 7:50pm Golf: PGA Tour Highlights 9:00pm Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer 9:30pm Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer 10:00pm Apollo 13 11:05pmFYI Daily 11:10pm Apollo 13 12:40am Ali

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Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live Anz Premiership Netball 10:30am Sky Sports News 11:00am Sky Sports News 11:30am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Test Cricket Bitesize 8:15pm Cricket Debate 9:00pm Sky Sports News 10:00pmFight Night Katie Taylor v Christina Linardatou.

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11:00am BBC News 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm A Matter of Life and Debt 3:15pm A Place to Call Home 4:05pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 4:15pm Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook 5:15pm World's Weirdest Events 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Meerkat Manor 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:00pmHarlots 10:45pmHarlots 11:35pmGrand Tours of Scotland 11:45pmNewsnight 12:25am Weather

8:00pm Johnny Kingdom A Year on Exmoor 8:30pmThe Joy of Painting American artist 9:00pm Monty Don's Japanese Gardens 10:00pmJapan: Earth's Enchanted Islands 11:00pmThe Art of Japanese Life 12:00am The Old Grey Whistle Test `Whispering" Bob Harris hosts a three-hour special, originally broadcast in 2018 to mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark BBC music show's last broadcast.

3:05am The Joy of Painting 3:30am Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands

12:10pmUndercover Boss USA 1:05pm Channel 4 News 1:10pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:05pm River Cottage 3:10pmCountdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pmA Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pmThe Political Slot 9:00pm Phil Spencer's Stately Homes 10:00pmLose a Stone in 21 Days with Michael Mosley 11:00pmInside Missguided: Made in Manchester 12:05am First Dates

9:45am Wonderful World of Animal Babies 9:50am Pets 9:55am Floogals 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmCan't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Traffic Cops 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmDriven Off the Rails 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Walking Britain's Lost Railways 9:00pmTraffic Cops 10:00pmPolice Code Zero: Officer Under Attack 11:00pmTrucking Hell 12:05am The Sex Business

7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:00pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:25pm ITV News London 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 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 Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow 9:30pm Coronation Street Icons 10:00pmTina & Bobby 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pmITV News London 11:45pmPiers Morgan's Life Stories 12:50am British Touring Car Championship Highlights

9:00am You've Been Framed!

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

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

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm We're the Millers 11:10pmFYI Daily 11:15pm We're the Millers 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy

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Property of the week 179,950

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LETTERS FROM CANARIES

By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com DEAR reader, Please read this sipping something cool under a big tree. ‘Phew, what a scorcher!’ as the tabloids have it.

During such scorchers, in the western province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro, we head north for relief.

Even the tiny islands have high northern rockfaces, forming moisture clouds from the prevailing Trade Winds. At 35º in the south and away we go, over mountains through cool forests to cloudy zones on north coasts.

Eastern province Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, apart from Gran Canaria itself which has higher elevations, is different. Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Graciosa are flatter. The clouds spread right across the is-

It’s good news indeed

IT’S AMAZING HERE: Plaza España, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. lands, making them cooler and comfortable in midsummer.

You mainlanders probably scoff at a mere 35º. Sweltering in Cordoba once, I watched 42º become 46º on a roadside thermometer. (Info on how to function at such temperatures gratefully received).

Sadly, apart from heat, high fire risk and water short-

ages, Canarian news is still Covid-bound. Tourism head Yaiza Castilla has announced a free Covid insurance, set up by Promotur and Axa, in a move to dispel fears.

The UK has of course scuppered Canarian, along with Spanish, tourism by insisting on quarantine, so there’ll be no Brits taking advantage of the offer.

The Canaries and Balearics

are first to launch a tracking app tested in La Gomera: “The Radar Covid App sees better, is faster, remembers all close contacts, has more memory, respects the highest privacy standards and is less intrusive than someone interrogating you,” explained Big Data expert and Digitalisation Secretary of State, Carme Artigas. Think I’ll sign up.

Meanwhile, residents of Tunte, Gran Canaria, are barricading roads to prevent patera immigrants, possibly with Covid, from arriving. At nearby Aguineguín, two more boatloads of poor unfortunates settle down for their fourth night on the jetty as I write. There’s nowhere left to put them. Desperate Africans miraculously making it here in small boats are the icing on the chaos cake. It’s all looking a tad iffey.

How about some good news to dilute the ‘we’re all

doomed’ media?

Well, despite drought here, there’s abundance. Delicious mangoes are everywhere.

We’re walking on them. Gran Canaria’s Cabildo urges everyone to eat more of the 4,000 tons produced there alone.

There’s been excellent horseracing in La Palma, well attended by internet racegoers. The LGTBIQ+ Love Festival took place, albeit in ammended form.

Covid free La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa are nearly full, the other islands not far behind. Mainland Spanish are here in force, happily spending money.

“It’s amazing here! We holiday abroad, so we’d never have come,” said Luis Torres from Madrid. I asked if they’d be back. “Of course. Now we know!”

Will appreciation of what’s close increase, I wonder?

Good news indeed.

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FEATURE

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Sepserve just got even better

WASTE removal and management specialists Sepserve have been providing a top service in the Almanzora, Los Velez and surrounding area for the last 18 years.

Now the Cantoria-based company’s service has just got even better thanks to the acquisition of a brand new, super equipped lorry.

This means Sepserve can even more efficiently and rapidly resolve a whole range of issues stemming from problems with septic tanks, blocked drains and pipework.

It could be an unpleasant whiff coming from the drains or bathroom or water not easily disappearing down the toilet. The unfailingly reliable and professional Sepserve specialists on septic tanks, drainage and waste water are confident they can sort it out.

They have the expertise and they have the equipment. What’s more, Sepserve customers can

BRAND NEW: Will resolve a whole range of issues. trust the company really does go the extra mile to do a thorough job.

Where septic tanks are concerned they not only empty them out, but clean them. As Sepserve points out, this is essen-

tial to prevent a build-up of sludge and scum which will stick to the tank’s walls and base and significantly affect its efficiency over time, compromising its ability to allow liquid to

soak away.

The Sepserve services don’t end there though. If your swimming pool needs emptying and cleaning then look no further.

Sepserve also runs a 24-hour emergency service.

Encarna: 675 838 808 Sepserve Septic Tank Services, Calle Juan Tijeras, No.1, 3B, Cantoria

They can empty a pool in no time and clean all the surfaces. They can also refill a pool with high quality fresh water.

Yet another string to the Sepserve bow is pressure cleaning. Whether it’s a terrace, patio, well or water deposit, they have just the pressure cleaning equipment for the job.

Crucially at these times, Sepserve customers have the peace of mind that not only is the company Environment Ministry licensed and insured, the team has done an Employment and Ministry approved Covid-19 prevention and protection course and works with all necessary preventative measures in place.

As a family business, the Serserve service is not only very professional it is also very friendly.

English-speaking Encarna is on hand to offer assistance, and she and the rest of the team ensure that whatever service clients require they will get the job done as quickly as possible.

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

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ANTI-MASKERS ARE THE NEW ANTI-VAXXERS: WHAT ABOUT YOU?

ALL over Europe and beyond we’re seeing Covid-19 restrictions lifted, then replaced as infections spike.

However, when this is all over, I’d be very interested to see an in-depth survey and analysis of those people who 1) won’t do as they are advised/ requested/required; 2) take it as a personal affront and infringement of their civil liberties to be asked to wear a mask for a very short time; 3) regard it as absolutely essential to go to a pub/ beach/hotel abroad without further delay; 4) have no concept whatsoever of community responsibility.

Whenever lockdown is eased a very short period out of a healthy person’s lifetime - why are so many anti-maskers prepared to break the law and gamble with their own and other people’s safety for basically trivial reasons?

And presumably there is a

cross-over with the conspiracy theorists/influencers who think the metal strip in a mask is a conductor for 5G and anti-vaxxers - a quarter of Brits - say they might refuse a coronavirus vaccine.

Does this matter, you ask? You bet, because their selfishness and stupidity put others at risk, particularly those who can’t have vaccinations for medical reasons.

Punishment (denial of NHS services or schooling, for instance) for non-vaccination is a nonstarter, it’d be hard to enforce without added bureaucracy and likely costly court cases. So why not try, as a one-off against this virus (deadly to both health and the economy), the ‘carrot’ instead?

Offer, say, some hard cash for each person vaccinated. It would cost a few hundred million pounds, but would likely soon pay for itself. Money talks, possibly louder than influencers, igno-

rance or superstition.

Alternatively, if a vaccine becomes widely available, surely all countries will require a certificate of vaccination for entry, as used to be the case for smallpox in many countries before it was eliminated due to a worldwide vaccination programme.

Once these anti-vaxxers find they’re unable to travel anywhere other than in their own country, I suspect the problem could disappear...

So, where do you stand?

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ANTI-MASKERS: Their selfishness and stupidity put others at risk.

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THE SEA A poem by Barbra Dean We are so lucky to live by the sea And we go every day if we can To sit on the beach, catch up on a read

OUR VIEW Your choice WE’RE all going on a summer holiday!.. No? Maybe not yet?

I do think we all deserve a holiday after the year we have had so far.

But is that a possibility?

There seems to be many strong opinions on this terrible virus and whether it is getting worse, better or just something we should try to live with. Should travelling be a priority?

Can people be trusted to go to a different country and abide by the rules and regulations?

We should remember that a holiday is a luxury and also that cheap beer and sunshine aren’t the answers to all our prayers. However, some of us need to break from the old routine, to literally distance ourselves from our everyday life.

When will we be able to do that?

Nobody has an answer. This uncertainty seems to be perpetuating fear, and constant news updates on figures really stick the boot in.

Whilst we are getting riled up and upset about not getting to burn in the sand for a week there are other people who have been parted from their families, missed funerals, lost their jobs and lost their lives. Deep down do we really feel that we deserve a break more than them?

The governments have our choices in the palm of their hand. There are some who think that they are crushing us and others who think they are saving us. The majority may feel that we should put our trust in them and let them take control, it would certainly free us of some worries. Others believe it is a well-planned conspiracy to control the world, are they getting a bit carried away?

Before you think of flying off into the sun please think, are you ready for any eventuality? Is it really worth it? If so, go right ahead.

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DEAR Euro Weekly News, On Friday, July 24, my wife and I had come out of Mercadona and into the outside parking area near the entrance. When she suddenly collapsed and her head hit the floor. A young Spanish couple in a car stopped and jumped out and called an ambulance as she was unable to move. They stayed with us and used a hand fan to keep Stella (my wife) cool in the fierce heat.

I would like to say a mighty big thanks to this couple for the quick reaction and help they gave us and it just shows that there are people in this world that care and have feelings for others. Never got their names but they know who they are and I just hope that they manage to read your paper or somebody who knows them passes on this message.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

Coronavirus Cases in the US Top Five Million Wow some statistic, considering Obama’s Administracion funded the Wuhan lab and Fauci was heavily involved, it really does make you think why would they do that and release the virus in the US election year?

RS

Grim weekend Covid-19 figures on Spain’s Costa Almeria Easy solution. Stop testing thousands and then no cases reported. The more testing the higher the figure it’s not rocket science.

The important figures are hospitalisation and actual deaths.

TA THANK YOU: There are people in this world who care.

And sometimes get a good tan We see ships far away in the distance And imagine that we are on board Going to faraway places As the wine's being poured Sometimes the sea is bright turquoise With patches of white and bright blue The waves flowing to the seashore Waiting in turn for their cue Down below in the depths, there is magic With creatures and plants to surprise Scurrying, swimming, or crawling And living their own special lives Some people have been down to see them But me, I can't even swim Although I would love to go down there The chances are really quite slim But I know of their colours and beauty From little fish to great whales Dolphins, and turtles, lobsters and crabs And some little things without tails There are so many wonderful creatures And corals, sea urchins and reef So the sea is not just the water It's what's going on underneath

Spanish Police Launch Late Night Inspections on Night Clubs in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol Looking for COVID Flouters If only they cracked down on the scam artists, the pick pockets, the paedophiles etc as much as they crack down on non mask wearers, it’s about fines I guess.

KH

UK is ‘Heading Back into Lockdown Next Month,’ says Former Chief Scientist to the Government Everywhere you go and everywhere you look there are people ignoring the instructions about masks and distancing, There are sure to be further lockdowns and a spike in cases unless the government really cracks down in the same way Spain did.

IM

Only Half of the Expats on Spain’s Costa del Sol would definitely have the COVID-19 Vaccine No it needs a lot of testing to see what side effects are, we could end up even worse off because of reactions, that would put more pressure on the health system.

CM

Your wish Hi Euro Weekly News, Please, please, bring back the Hexagram puzzle, for myself and most of my friends, this is our favourite puzzle of the week, as it is sometimes really hard and other times quite easy, it seems to always be the one that is left out in favour of the Funeral Plan advertisement.

We really enjoy the rest of the paper, especially Leapy Lee, always controversial, but spot on with his comments, Mike Senker is also very entertaining. The Authoress, doesn’t seem to be in this week but her comments are also good, the Letters page is always up to the minute.

In all, it’s our favourite weekly paper, but please us all even more by reinstating the Hexagram puzzle, once and for all.

Heartbreaking Story of a British Expat who Flew to the UK from Spain’s Costa del Sol to Visit his Sick Brother then was Refused Access by the Care Home!

We were not allowed see my mum-in-law. Her husband only twice a week, very strict due to Covid. Just the way it is now. They don’t want guests or staff bringing virus in. It is heartbreaking.

TA

Brits on Spain’s Costa del Sol prefer to be homeless than return home as economic crash kicks in We are having a better life in Spain than we would do in the UK, no chance of returning there, been here for over 17 years, best move ever.

CM

Rant over now, P.A. Gilligan Playa Flamenca

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Cancellations to Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca sees Brits Head for Turkey Turkey is lovely, had an amazing holiday there last year.

PC

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Women’s wit

FOR NEXT 7 DAYS

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There are moments of boundless energy which really urge you to 'get up and go'. Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had. Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting. At the moment, the priorities are elsewhere. Putting down roots and establishing your position are paramount.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health. Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you. A chance remark in conversation may bring to light a really great idea for improving your finances.

Romance is not exactly sparkling but you have your eye on this area.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the 'big picture' may have faded into the background. A holiday or weekend break opens the mind and gives impetus to any personal plans. Don't be shy when with members of the opposite sex because they have much to offer you spiritually.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment.

Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person.

Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because they could be time-consuming and disruptive. Nothing is for nothing, though, and maybe you feel that it will all be worth the effort in the longer term. Financially, keep the ball rolling and contacts current.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keeping up the activity level physically is really in your best interests this week.

It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities. A promise broken may still be restarted without trauma, just determination is needed.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy.

Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position.

After all, you love a challenge so see this as a bit of a juggling act. Bringing

humour into the equation makes such a difference mid-week when you wonder where it is all going.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends. Children and young people fill your time for a lot of this week and certainly give you a reason to smile.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now.

Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places. It is cosy to stay at home but life is all about progress, not stagnation.

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Your mind is positively buzzing with ideas. There has been so much progress in your personal life during the past year that it is hard to believe.

However, you are capable of being very dynamic and single-minded.

This is why, now, you may be patting yourself on the back. Keep colleagues on your side by taking a particular interest in them.

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Famous quote “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

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Cryptic Across 1 Leo, for example, or a lady abroad (7) 5 The way to play a guitar with spirit (5) 8 Bifocals for tumblers perhaps (7) 9 Shock Papal management (5) 10 Summer snake (5) 11 Wrongly presume it's the greatest (7) 12 Feel sorry for the river bird (6) 14 Defoe's hero changed course (6) 17 Dachau certainly held a famous poet (7) 19 Second team leader and get up (5) 22 The way to defeat egghead (5) 23 Refuse to leave book in service station (7) 24 Some useless information for a tennis champion (5) 25 Send Lee free pins (7) Down 1 Greek letter begins, 'Sir, I give my assurance' (5) 2 Watch over train crew member (5) 3 Fashion robs Eve of the ability to watch (7) 4 A beast of burden is the first to help (6) 5 Neither flat nor blunt (5) 6 Repairs broken swords (7) 7 Man admitting setback for islanders (7) 12 Registers the best performance (7) 13 King George has a double but not all at once (7)

Code Breaker

15 Book a stand-in (7) 16 Grand orchestra leader destroyed monster (6) 18 Sweets to go for, we hear (5)

20 Benefit that makes a small number suffer (5) 21 Reduced fare when tide turns (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents V and 13 represents S, so fill in V every time the figure 2 appears and S every time the figure 13 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 Deeply religious (5) 3 Unsuitable (5) 6 See 18 8 Let go free (7) 9 Short in duration (5) 10 Make a dull sound (4) 13 Wife of your uncle (4) 14 Not clearly understood or expressed (5) 17 Loud and unruly (7) 18/6 Retire gracefully (3,3) 19 Not longer fresh (5) 20 Unpleasant (5)

Down 1 Small piece of ground (4) 2 Look over carefully or inspect (6) 3 Unattractive (4) 4 Lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph (9) 5 Very fashionable or up to date (6) 7 Large, venomous, hairy spider (9) 11 Large marine mammal (6) 12 Clergyman (6) 15 Deal with successfully (4) 16 At a specified distance (4)

English - Spanish

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 Estante (5 3 Proteger (7) 6 Más enojado (7) 8 View (5) 10 Irlandés (5) 11 Lawyer (7) 14 Currency (6) 15 Ninth (6) 17 Inch (7) 20 Tomillo (5) 21 Pista (5) 22 Tray (7) 23 To loot (plunder) (7) 24 Grande (5)

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

Down 1 Estadio (7) 2 Fe (5) 3 Pearl (5) 4 Obvious (5) 5 Cloth (for cleaning) (5) 7 Garland (9) 9 Neumático de repuesto (5,4) 12/13 Tarjeta bancaria (4,4) 16 Manejar (máquina) (7) 17 Ducks (birds) (5) 18 Tobillo (5) 19 Ámbar (5) 20 Barrel (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 (BETTER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ATTEST AUNTIE BEATER BETTER (10) BURIAL CALLER CENTER CHEEKY JUMBLE MANTEL MARVEL MOSAIC NETTLE STRAND TEASEL TEETER TELLER THIRST URGENT

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Frenzy 2 Carney 3 Repeat 4 Crania 5 Beetle 6 Rename 7 Blurry 8 Amoral 9 Arsine 10 Leader 11 Arroyo 12 Ensure 13 Sundry 14 Insert 15 Entire 16 Tensor 17 Serene 18 Attune 19 Either.

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: 10 Very good: 15

SCORING:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 19

ever evert ether revet reveal reveals reef reefs rete reave real reals reft refs tree tref trefa vert veer veal veals tern teal teals thee there aver avert after also feet fern fever fete fave flan here heavier heave heaver heal heals heft rhea nave lave laver sheer sheet sheave sheaf slave slaver shod hobo hobos bosh boos plan josh josher oohs

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Down: 1 Cake, 2 Possess, 4 Late, 5/19 Set off, 6 Beret, 7 Cruel, 11 Cheater, 12 Adapt, 13 Lager, 16 Hide, 17 Dine.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Latest, 4 Texted, 9 Chair, 10 Realise, 11 Organist, 12 Hoot, 14 Trader, 16 Poised, 19 Sett, 20 In camera, 23 Average, 24 Spuds, 25 Mister, 26 Wallet.

Down: 1 Lockout, 2 Twang, 3 Stranger, 5 Esau, 6 Tripods, 7 Dwelt, 8 Prose, 13 Coral Sea, 15 Actress, 17 Dead set, 18 Andes, 19 Swarm, 21 Equal, 22 Wage.

1 Tanto como, 8/26 Pear tree, 9 Baratillo, 10 Petrol, 13 Naipes, 15 Nevar, 16 Beard, 17 Reino, 18 Aviso, 21 Cheese, 22 Twenty, 25 Adventure, 27 Trasladar.

Down:

2 Awake, 3 Traer, 4 Chicle, 5 Molina, 6 Recepción, 7 Arbusto, 11 Traveller, 12 Ondas, 14 Arrow, 16 Buckets, 19 Vender, 20 Stress, 23 Extra, 24 Tarta.

App of the week Keeping tabs WHILE we’re generally happy with the data we get from the likes of Dark Sky, Weather Underground and Yahoo! Weather, the newly rebranded and revamped Weather Up (it used to be called Weather Atlas) includes a calendar synchronisation. In addition to hourly and 10-day forecasts, radar maps and easy-to-understand icons, Weather Up gives you event forecasts based on your personal calendar so you can keep tabs on the conditions for your upcoming events.

QUIZ: ARTHUR ASK ME? 1. According to Arthurian legend, what was the name of the wife of King Arthur and mistress of Sir Lancelot?

2. Actor Arthur Pentelow is best known for playing Henry Wilks, who ran The Woolpack public house, along with Amos Brearly for nearly 20 years in which long-running television soap opera?

3. Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who was born in Ulverston, then part of Lancashire in June 1890, is the real was name of which comic actor, one half of a famous comedy duo?

4. Arthur’s Seat is the name of an extinct volcano that is situated just to the east of which British city centre?

5. British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop what in June 1919?

6. In which popular 1980s television comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld, did actor George Cole play the dodgy used-car dealer Arthur Daley?

7. What was the title of the 1949 film in which actor James Cagney play the ruthless, psychotic criminal Arthur ‘Cody’ Jarrett, who is overly attached to his crooked and determined mother, Ma Jarrett?

8. Which play by American playwright Arthur Miller, which premiered in January 1953, is a dramatised and partially fictionalised story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93?

9. Which popular brand of canned cat food was renamed Arthurs in 1992 10. With which instrument would you principally associate the Polish-born American classical musician Arthur Rubinstein?

Not a lot of people know that… Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle wasn't knighted for having created Sherlock Holmes, he was made a knight for his work on a non-fiction pamphlet regarding the Boer War.

Answers: 1. GUINEVERE, 2.

EMMERDALE (known then as EMMERDALE FARM), 3.

STAN LAUREL, 4.

EDINBURGH, 5.

TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, 6.

MINDER, 7. WHITE HEAT, 8.

THE CRUCIBLE, 9.

KATTOMEAT, 10. PIANO

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION amen atom emit item lame lime limn limo loam loom mail main male malt mane mate meal mean meat melt mien mile milo milt mine mint mite moan moat moil mole molt mono mont moon moot mote name omen omit tame team time tome ament amine amino amnio amole anime leman lemon limen matin meant melon metal molto monte moola mooli motel anomie inmate lament mantel mantle melton menial mental molten motile motion oilman oilmen ailment aliment amniote emotion moonlit telamon motional EMOTIONAL

CODE BREAKER

TARGET: • Average: 23 • Very good: 45 • Good: 32 • Excellent: 59 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 7

1 Copy, 3 Close, 8 Spectator, 9 Defer, 10 Acne, 14 Dusk, 15 Gavel, 18 Prominent, 20 Often, 21 Free.

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

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

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

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

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

Kakuro

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

Across:

Boggled

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Almería TODAY

TOMORROW VELEZ RUBIO

VELEZ RUBIO ALBOX

ALBOX

HUERCAL OVERA

HUERCAL OVERA GARRUCHA

GARRUCHA

The Plus

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RETAMAR ADRA

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Malaga

Almeria

Bilbao

Madrid

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TODAY: MAX 32, MIN 23-S

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Sudoku LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S

Benidorm

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Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

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Barcelona

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MOJACAR ALMERIA RETAMAR ADRA

• Jerry Springer, TV Presenter. August August 15, 70 13, 76 Princess Anne is the second child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. When she Jerry Springer is an English-American TV was born, she was third in the line of presenter. He has also served as the mayor succession behind her mother and her of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the past and he has brother. Now, she is now 12th in line. The worked as an anchorman, an actor and a equestrian European Championship musician.

Thierry Henry. medallist has been married twice and has • Halle Berry, Actress. August 14, 54 two children.

The American actress and former model is • James Cameron, Filmmaker. August 16, 66 famous for her roles in films Monster’s Ball, The Canadian filmmaker’s hits include The Swordfish, Die Another Day, Cloud Atlas and the Terminator, Terminator 2, Judgement Day, True X-Men series. She is the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress. During the Lies, Aliens, Titanic and Avatar. The latter two are 00’s, she was the highest paid actress of the decade. the highest-grossing films of all time. His movies • Anne, Princess Royal, Royal Family member. have grossed more than six billion dollars CREDIT: Wikimedia Commons

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ROQUETAS

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.

ROQUETAS

worldwide and he has won three Academy Awards and four Golden Globes.

• Thierry Henry, Footballer. August 17, 43 Thierry Henry is a retired French forward who played for Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona and New York Red Bulls. He won the Premier League twice, UEFA Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA World Cup once.

• Robert Redford, Actor. August 18, 84 The American actor, director and producer has starred in films: Inside Daisy Clover, The Sting, The Way We Were, All the President’s Men, Ordinary People, Out of Africa, Quiz Show and The Horse Whisperer. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival for Independent filmmakers in America.

Word Ladder STAY

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

43 BC - Compelling nudge Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

582 - New Emperor Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.

1521 - Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire.

1516 - Claims made The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognises Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognises Francis’s claim to Milan.

1592 - First sighting The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.

1620 - Sets sail Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims.

1720 - Brought down The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out

by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.

1896 - Gold rush Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack.

1903 - Top prize Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University and begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America.

1945 - V-J Day Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone).

1947 - Set free Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain.

1969 - Operation Banner British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner.

1998 - Omagh Bombing The worst terrorist incident of the troubles in Northern Ireland, kills 29 people, injuring around 220.

This week in history

N E W YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Gutfeld wants to be your n e w guru, and he hates himself for it.

B efore Greg Gutfeld was a Fox News star and a New York Times bestselling author, he was a self-help writer for health m a g azines who had no idea what he was talking a b o ut. But now, af ter years of experience, he fin a l l y feels qualified to guide people on the journey of life - call this book punishment for his sins, a n d a huge reward for you!

I n The P lus, Gr eg teaches you how to brainwash yourself into better behaviour, retaining the p l u s e s in your life a nd eliminating the minuses.

His approach to selfhelp is simple, and perfect for cynics; it’s not about positive thinking in the short term, it’s about positive being in the long term. With tough love and more than a little political incorrectness, he delivers sage wisdom.

MOJACAR

MOJACAR ALMERIA

Spanish Words Padre: Father Madre: Mother Hermano: Brother Hermana: Sister Suegro: Father-in-law Suegra: Sister-in-law Cuñado: Brother-in-law Cuñada: Sister-in-law Abuelo: Grandfather Abuela: Grandmother Hijo: Son

POOR BACK

BOAR BOOR POOR

CREDIT: Amazon

Weather

Solution STAY STAR SOAR SOUR POUR POOR or STAY STAR SOAR

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Hija: Daughter Nieto: Grandson Nieta: Granddaughter Tío: Uncle Tía: Aunt Primo: Cousin (Male) Prima: Cousin (Female)

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DIONE LOCKYER

THIS has definitely been a year to remember. With everything that has happened, it’s fair to say, a divide has been caused.

Many people have different beliefs and opinions of the worldwide decisions that have been made. Families and friends have fallen out, arguments have become the norm on social media, anger and fear has spread like the summer wildfires. But what about the hashtag #BeKind? Has this become tomorrow’s chip paper? Is it now a thing of the past?

A Shock To The Nation On February 15, 2020, the beautifully talented Caroline Flack took her own life. Whilst I didn’t know her personally, it had a huge impact on me. She lit up our TV screens with her big smile, dirty laugh and ‘girl next door’ attitude. She was warm, relatable

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Has #BeKind become a thing of the past?

with a kind and genuine soul. The pressure of the national tabloids and trolling emails became too much for her. She didn’t want to continue with her life, she felt there was no way out.

On average in both Spain and the UK, there are over 9,000 deaths per year from suicide, with concerns of a rise in 2020.

Due to the world’s news, mental health issues have been on an all-time high. It is now believed, as of May 6, 2020, over 6.8 million adults have been diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

With these statistics in mind, should we think twice before publicly airing our opinions with what we believe to be or not believe to be true?

REMEMBER: You only get one shot at life, so make it count!

My answer is both yes and no!

Of course, we can all have our own beliefs, our own opinions. If we were all the same, the world would be extremely dull. However, I truly believe there is a way of

doing so. We should express our feelings, beliefs and opinions with nothing but KINDNESS! We should respect that not everyone will think and feel the same.

We should understand that oth-

ers may be more fearful of the current situation and are simply not ready to look into other motives. The same as we should respect those who have researched more and taken the time to look out for others. So, before you fall out with a friend over a difference of opinion, before you remove a family member from your life, read this quote and remember, you only get one shot at life, so make it count!

Don’t let anyone make you cruel! No matter how badly you want to give the world a taste of its own bitter medicine, it’s never worth losing yourself. #BeKind was a global hashtag.

It’s now time to turn that hashtag into action.

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Dreaded ‘maskne’ AS protective face masks have become an essential part of everyone’s life thanks to Covid, many have discovered that regularly wearing one can have uncomfortable sideeffects, mainly the dreaded ‘maskne’.

But what exactly causes maskne?

According to dermatologists, the “constant rubbing of the masks against our skin causes micro-tears, allowing easier entry for bacteria and dirt to clog up our pores.”

Also, there is the damp, hot environment underneath your mask.

Breathing into a mask creates a warm, moist environment that leads to the build-up of oil, sweat and bacteria. Add the fact that face masks are designed to block things and it’s a recipe for skin disaster.

One way to combat it is to avoid thick skincare creams and swap them for more lightweight water-

FACE MASKS: Many have discovered they bring uncomfortable side-effects. based products. A lightweight moisturiser can also act as an additional protective barrier and prevent chafing.

Ideally, you should use a mild and gentle exfoliator to support the absorption of your moisturiser.

Unsurprisingly, skincare brands have been quick to recognise the rise of maskne problems and items like facial barrier masks and anti-blemish patches have become more available.

Skincare companies have seen a strong rise in deep-cleansing products in

the past few months.

This rise may be attributed to mask-related issues, including oilier skin and acne, as well as an increase in hygiene habits due to Covid-19.

However, while skincare is booming, the make-up industry has taken a bashing as more people are working from home and avoid going out.

Luckily, the demand for make-up is expected to rise again as life returns to normal, businesses begin to reopen their doors, and more people return to the workplace.

13 - 19 August 2020 BAD posture can affect your whole body. But the back and shoulders are usually the areas that suffer the most. Back pain has now become one of the most common health complaints, and on many occasions is due to bad habits.

Hours sitting at a computer or standing at work or walking without maintaining an upright posture can create tension in the back and shoulders that causes uncomfortable pain.

Here are some exercises that can be practised daily: Wall slides A simple exercise to strengthen the waist and correct the posture of the entire spine. It consists of supporting the back straight against the wall and sliding slowly, pressing the back on the wall, until your knees are flexed. Hold for 10 seconds. Do five-10 reps a day.

Torso tilts This practice is used in yoga as a stretching exercise. Standing with your back straight and your feet together, raise your arms until the palms of your hands come together

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Banish back pain above your head. Then tilt your torso from left to right, holding for five seconds on each side, to stretch and twist the spine.

Rotating shoulders This exercise will alleviate accumulated tension in the

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Inhale by raising your shoulders towards the ears without separating your hands from your body. Hold for five seconds before exhaling. Do five-10 reps a day.

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Guadalupe - the Royal Monastery at the heart of Spanish history SET in the heart of the region of Extremadura about an hour’s drive from the historic Renaissance town of Caceres, the pretty village of Guadalupe is a remarkable destination in its own right.

While its cobbled streets are lined with striking buildings that show the evidence of many centuries of history, the reason people come from far and wide is to see the magnificent building right at its centre - the Sanctuary-Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Founded by King Alfonso XI of Castille in the 14th century, it is a truly exceptional edifice that has been added to and lavishly embellished down the years. In fact it is regarded so highly that it has been named as a UN World Heritage Site.

It became Spain’s Royal Monastery, where the great and good gathered amidst some of the most magnificent religious art and exquisite gold, and silverware.

This was not simply a religious house, for it was at the heart of power. It was here that the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, granted Christopher Columbus an audience that would eventually lead to the discovery of the Americas.

Exceptional blend Architecturally, it is an exceptional blend

of differing styles. The 14th-15th century Mudejar church and cloister is particularly fine, with its intricate façade setting a striking tone. The interior nave and two side aisles are notable for their fine vaulting and feature richly ornamented altars and tombs.

The sacristy is renowned for a series of paintings by Zurbarán and magnificent wall paintings that seem to leap out from the plain canvas of the architecture itself. It was built between 1638 and 1647 and provides a contrast to the earlier periods.

Moving through the sacristy the Chapel of Santa Catalina of Alejandria is home to some imposing tombs that date to the 17th century. It is also packed with reliquaries and exquisite works of art.

Entering into the Camarin de la Vigen you will find an octagonal room decorated in baroque style. Head up the stairs and the star of the show awaits - Guadalupe’s famous black Madonna.

Here a monk takes over from the usual guide to present the statue to and bless visitors.

The statuette is richly clothed and in her arms holds a baby Jesus - also black.

It is the most emblematic symbol of the monastery - and for many Catholics the most holy part of the visit.

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Lost in a Masquerade GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY IN the ‘new normal’, we’re becoming quite divided. While we show something of a united front, w e s t a n d s t ro n g a g a i n s t t h e dreaded virus, or more likely, the dreaded aftermath.

We clapped for frontline workers, continue to sanitise our hands, until the skin is almost non-existent, and of course we try to remain as socially distant as possible, even in i m p o s s i b l e s i t u a t i o n s . H o w e v e r, there’s a major division between those who believe in Covid-19 and those who call it the Scamdemic.

On Monday, I was in Marbella and found a fantastic little bar, selling Lavazza coffee. This may seem mundane, but as someone who’s lived in Italy for many years, and also one who drinks way too much coffee, this find is like winning the lottery. Spain is fantastic for many things, sadly, coffee isn’t one. I love strong coffee, but the flavour of café solo is way too bitter. When I ask for frothed milk, I receive warm milk.

I start my day with one cappuccino, followed by uncountable espressi. I’m pretty wired most of the time, but why change the habit of a lifetime? Anyhow, I bought a take out espresso and found a spot where I could stand, socially distant, remove my mask, and down my fix.

It’s a long time since I’ve been ‘papped’, as they say, so when a guy with a camera arrived and took my photo, I was shocked. At first I assumed he was photographing the buildings. But no, he continued snapping and told me it’s illegal to remove my mask. I laughed, and explained I was trying to drink my coffee. “I’ll make a police report!” he steamed, ironically wearing a filthy mask, with his nose uncovered.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been wearing a mask since March, will continue to. But at what point does removing it becoming such an issue for someone else? My friend felt it would be funny to

We try to remain socially distant. take photos with his phone, much to the annoyance of Mr Busybody.

It all got heated, so I finished my coffee, replaced my mask and moved on. Clearly the guy had bigger issues to address.

Later, I was standing in-line at the ATM, when the lady next to me asked why I was wearing a mask.

“It’s a fake virus?” she informed. I didn’t respond, but that didn’t stop her. She went on, “I must regi s t e r w i t h t h e c h a t f o r u m , Tr u t h , and learn the reality. The leaders are taking over, soon we’ll be microchipped”. I prayed the guy in front of me would hurry, so I could escape.

In one day, I learned a lot: there are the believers and the suspicious. Those wearing masks, not because we’re forced to, but because we care for others. Then there are those who feel it’s time to become a law enforcer. Let me put it on record; the next person to stick a camera in my face without asking can expect to have it smashed. Unless of course, it’s Patrick Demarchelier.

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SUZANNE MANNERS LAST week I wrote about the evil clown of night sweats during the menopause.

Amongst the plethora of unpleasant symptoms trumpeting the advent of this little understood period of a woman’s life, two stand out as being the real bitches of many a dog day afternoon spent grappling with hot flushes, towering rage and crumpled weeping; they are the phantoms of forgetfulness (or the many pauses of the menopause) and fat, fat that suddenly appears where fat has no right appearing, increasing the size of girth and ass and decreasing ones visibility.

Fat spreads around the middle and no amount of exercise will shift the little b****. Welcome muffin top goodbye two piece bikini and cute little purple sequined crop top (a shopping faux pas best forgotten about). The two Fs creep in like uninvited guests around the 45 age mark and set

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FAT SPREADS: Welcome muffin top, goodbye two piece bikini.

up home above the garage. If you thought the forgetfulness of pregnancy was bad welcome to the many pauses of menopause dear lady readers.

Not only does one march purposefully into a room on a mission soon forgotten but one ceases to recognise the whole room and is left frozen like an errant laptop during an illegal streaming of True Detective (another symptom is the desire to watch Matthew Mcconaughey on a loop but not Magic Mike due to the hot flushes... far too dangerous). I once even forgot my son’s name ... although that is nothing compared to the utter confusion caused during my misspent youth by a man I swear I had never met, greeting me warmly and proceeding to recount episodes of our relationship.

It turned out that I had spent the whole weekend with him on a shared pub crawl... luckily we did not marry or buy a house together. Of course nowadays the muffin top and the red face and grumpy persona protects me from such japes, that and my

middle aged lady cloak of invisibility (which I imagine to be crocheted in a patchwork of luminous colours). No longer being deemed worthy of unwelcome flirtations is at first mildly irritating and then entirely refreshing.

I now eat and drink less and exercise more yet my middle age spread keeps on spreading. I lose words halfway through a sentence and never remember a name once given and don’t get me started on instructions and directions. I may look as if I am listening but in reality I am pondering the evolution of mouths and the delightful little freckle on the nose of the person speaking.

I may blame the menopause but in actual fact I have never been very good at instructions, I am more of a kinesthetic learner and would rather ‘do’ than listen as I have a mind full of extraneous information which takes far too long to sift through, a bit like my documents draw.

As to the battle of the muffin top… hoist the white flag. Cava and Cake anyone?

Toodle pip!

POINTS-SCORING AND NAME-DROPPING DAVID WORBOYS “THANK God I am not like other people!” I doubt if even arch-egoist Donald Trump has said this aloud in so many words - at least in public. But I have heard this sentiment of superiority expressed so many times in varying degrees of subtlety. This is the essence of egoism - self-adulation at the expense of others. In this way, friends, acquaintances and strangers alike all become adversaries.

In my book ‘The English Middle-Class Code,’ I suggested there are several ways of projecting self-image. And they involve both boasting and putting other people down.

The most obvious ploys are name-dropping, points-scoring, criticising and, finally, posing.

Name-droppers often cite

PROJECTING SELF-IMAGE: Involves both boasting and putting other people down. association with celebrities or the ‘right’ people. This suggests they fit in with a ‘superior’ group. ‘Lord Balderdash was a close friend of my uncle.’ ‘It was when we attended the Queen’s garden party.’ ‘I met Muhammad Ali at the Plaza Hotel in New York.’ ‘Cassandra was at school with General Mockingbird’s daughter.’

At the slightest opportunity, the name-dropper will jump in to impress the adversary with the joys of travel and experiences by references to places.

‘We love going to Glyndebourne’. ‘Oh, yes; that would be when Reggie and I were in Cairo - there are some wonderful museums there!’ ‘I don’t suppose you’ve been to Vienna yet?’

Points-scoring means gaining points by flaunting. ‘We like the first-class lounge at Heathrow.’

‘It’s time for our BMW’s MOT; have you ever driven a BMW?’ ‘I’m really pleased with my new camera; I must show it to you.’ It is most effective when, at the same time, the adver-

sary loses points by being put down. ‘Those curtains are so 1970!’ ‘Didn’t he get into Oxford?’

Autobiographies can portray interesting events, opinions and impressions during the author’s lifetime. Unfortunately, many of them focus on promoting the writer’s self-image by dwelling on his successes or her achievements.

Too frequently, those who write mainly about themselves are not really interested in anything or anybody else. They

therefore have little of substance to say. And so they emphasise their good fortune their wealth, their knowledge, their experiences and their ‘connections’ in the hope of invoking envy. But, apart from friends and family, who wants to know?

The need to be right means criticising, which means somebody else must be wrong - or better still, made to feel inadequate.

The adversary therefore has to be contradicted, interrupted or ignored, whether right or wrong. This signifies a complete intolerance of the ideas, tastes and opinions of others. In the view of the egoist the other person is ignorant, illiterate, naive, lazy.

Posers are a special category. While they prefer the visible to the vocal approach, they risk being ridiculed aloud in public by anybody humorously ‘challenging’ their pretentiousness. They merit a separate discussion.

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BARRY DUKE I ANTICIPATED a robust reaction to a question I posed on Facebook last week, but I hadn’t bargained for the outpouring of derision and fury it provoked.

This is what I posted on the Brexpats in Spain page: ‘How many of you are prepared to return to the UK to help it out in its hour of need?

‘I ask because I received a message on FB that got me thinking about writing a column for Euro Weekly News.

The message reads, in part, “it is time for expats to return home and rally to the mother country at its time of need. We have an economy to rebuild and we face huge challenges from the virus, from the shortterm impact of Brexit, and the ‘woke’ fifth columnists undermining us from within”.’

It damn near caused a riot.

Within 30 minutes 115 people had left comments, many of

which cannot be repeated in a f a m i l y newspaper.

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ting completely out of hand.

Many excellent points were made, but to my mind the best was posted by Iain Henderson who pounced on the term ‘fifth columnists,’ meaning the enemy within.

HELPING OUT: I won’t be one of them.

He pointed out that the UK ‘isn't at war with the EU ... We are not dealing with spies, saboteurs, or irregular forces.

This is a story of a small island

nation which has taken its ball and bat home. It’s now having a childish tantrum as it’s facing a long period out in the cold with no agreement with its biggest trading power.

‘And no. I won’t be going home to help Blighty in its hour of need. This is an act of sabotage of epic proportions and the tragedy is that we have done it to ourselves.

John Perry added: ‘I am one of those ‘woke fifth columnists’… We are disenfranchised exiled patriots. We love our country and want the best for it. We came to Spain as Euro Brits.

‘England is presently in the hands of the very worst third rate leadership, governed by Johnson, a pound shop Donald Trump. There is no place for me at the moment there.

‘I expect the union to break up and Brexit to utterly destroy the economy. Covid will simply intensify the disaster already inflicted on it by a half-witted, post-imperialist deluded electorate.’

My own view? Let the thousands of expats who voted to leave the EU return to sort out the current mess and the far bigger one looming on the horizon.

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PUT your foot down in the most powerful version of Opel (Vauxhall in the UK) Crossland X and the engine turns sportily vocal as the car punches hard for the horizon.

Add in suspension firm enough to jiggle uncomfortably on the worst a city road can throw at it and you might think this mid-size SUV was more race track than supermarket run ready.

Slow down a bit and the Crossland X quietens the vocals and softens the tarmac tremors and becomes the sort of car you might fancy for long term family duties.

Adults and little ones alike will enjoy the sense of space in the Crossland X, with loads of headroom front and back and a rear seat which for €416/£375 can optionally slide forward to favour boot room.

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Pulling all this along is a zingy little 1.2-litre threecylinder petrol engine in the most powerful of the three available versions.

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friendly 6l/100km (47.0mpg) on the trip computer.

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Not that you can’t spend more on even the top model if you fancy, from premium metallic paint (€722/£650) and leather seat trim with electric adjustment for the driver’s seat (€1,871/£1,685) to a safety pack that includes emergency city braking (€555/ £500) and rear camera with parking sensors front and rear (€505/£455).

A proper spare tyre at a reasonable €133 (£120) would be top of my tick list of extras, thereby banishing the standard tyre sealant kit forever.

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MANCHESTER UNITED are into the semi-finals of the Europa League after beating Copenhagen in Cologne on Monday, August 10.

United needed extra time to get the score needed, with Bruno Fernandes scoring a penalty in the 94th-minute putting the reds ahead.

United will face either Wolves or Sevilla on Sunday August 16.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer picked a strong team for the game, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial all coming back into the team having started last week’s win over LASK on the bench.

Greenwood thought he had opened the scored for United just before half-time, but his perfect strike was ruled offside.

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GOAL SCORER: Lukaku taking Inter to the semi-finals.

ANTHONY MARTIAL: Manchester United’s man of the match in Cologne against Copenhagen.

Copenhagen goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson kept his team in the game with an impressive performance, but Fernandes penalty after Anthony

Martial was fouled in the area was enough to see United take the win, with Anthony Martial also taking man of the match.

INTER MILAN go forward to the semi-finals of the Europa League after beating Bayer Leverkusen in Dusseldorf on Monday, August 10.

Romelu Lukaku was the driving force from the start of the game, disrupting the Leverkusen defence and keeping Inter in the running for their first trophy in nine years.

When Nicolo Barella put Inter ahead in just 15 minutes, it was off a rebound from a shot of Lukaku’s which had been blocked. Six minutes later, Lukaku scored after a link up with Ashley Young.

The German team kept themselves in the game with Kai Havertz playing a one-two with Kevin Volland, firing the ball past goalkeeper Samir Handanovic to minimise the gap to a single goal.