Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 20 - 26 August 2020 Issue 1833

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20 - 26 August 2020

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RESTRICTIONS RETURN THE growing number of coronavirus outbreaks in Spain has led officials to take measures that will have a huge impact on businesses throughout the country.

Last Friday, August 14, according to El País, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa announced that all establishments, such as bars and restaurants would have to close at 1am, with no new patrons allowed to enter from midnight onwards.

And nightclubs, discos and similar establishments have been ordered to close for the foreseeable future.

Another measure announced by Illa was a blanket ban across Spain of smoking in public if a two-metre distance cannot be maintained between a smoker and other people.

Illa also said that bars and restaurants would need to guarantee a minimum safe distance of 1.5 metres between patrons at the bar and when they are eating at a table. The maximum number of diners will be limited to 10 at a table or gathering.

The new measures were announced just a few days after Euro Weekly News was accused of

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scaremongering after it carried a report in good faith on the EWN website regarding Spain’s Covid19 plans for the immediate future should the rise of new cases continue to escalate.

The report, which said that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was set to lockdown Spain once again from Friday, September 18, was published after a chance meeting with a freelance reporter and two gentleman who identified themselves as government bodies.

Government officials later challenged the veracity

of the report, but would not say what was wrong with it, choosing no further comment as a reply.

As a result of that report, EWN also found itself at the sharp end of a concerted social media attack. People insisted that it was ‘fake news’ that would exacerbate problems already making life

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We have to work together difficult for business owners.

The attacks were made both professionally and personally to members of staff.

We at EWN strive for accuracy at all times and share people’s anger and frustration, especially if we ourselves are misinformed, particularly in these rapidly changing and extremely distressing times.

That said, we would be failing in our duty of care to our readers if we were to underplay the seriousness of the pandemic in Spain. It is far from over.

Health Minister Illa was quoted in the El País report as saying: ‘There has been a growing number of outbreaks in recent weeks.’

Illa was speaking to journalists after having held an emergency meeting with health officials from Spain’s regions, which have been in charge of their own coronavirus measures ever since the State of Alarm, implemented by the central gov-

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ernment back in March, came to an end.

His press conference was held after the latest figures released by the Health Ministry last Thursday showed a worsening situation.

Spain’s regions reported a total of 2,953 new Covid-19 infections detected in the previous 24 hours, and added a total of 7,550 confirmed cases from previous dates.

Not since the worst moments of the crisis in Spain, back in April, have infection rates been so high.

We have to work together in unity to ensure the continuation of our lives in Spain.

With this in mind, Benidorm’s business and hospitality trade associations are organising a peaceful demonstration this Sunday, August 23.

“This is prompted by the

Spanish government’s continual absurdities and lack of organisation or planning during the health crisis,” declared Benidorm’s independent shopkeepers’ association, AICO. Past and current policies are penalising businesspeople, shopkeepers and the self-employed while burdening them with debts, AICO said.

Together with ABRECA, representing Benidorm’s bars, restaurants and cafeterias, and OCIOBAL, an association of disco, pub and night-time venue owners, AICO called on the local population to join this Sunday’s demonstration.

The three associations argue that holiday destinations with favourable statistics should not be subjected to the most recent government measures and intend to start legal proceedings asking for the suspension of the latest decree, AICO explained.

The demonstration leaves the Hotel Cimbel on the Levante promenade at 11am, continuing to the town hall where the associations will read out a manifesto.

“Owners are subjected to important decisions which signify success or failure for a business,” AICO said.

“Like the rest of the Benidorm community, we have been committed from the outset to very strict hygiene procedures requiring great economic and organisational effort.”

The association went on to point out that this compliance is reflected in

Benidorm’s encouraging Covid-19 figures of 24 cases in the previous fortnight, a ratio of fewer than six contagions for every 100,000 inhabitants despite the tourist influx.

“These statistics back up Benidorm’s good practices and enormous commitment,” AICO said.

“That is why we cannot understand the latest restrictions, closing discos and pubs and limiting the opening hours of bars and restaurants at national level.

“This is a discriminatory measure that penalises those who have been doing the right thing from the very beginning.

“We have done everything that was asked of us, we have the safest beaches in Europe with a plots system and controlled access, with all tourist businesses committed to the safety of our tourists and personnel,” AICO concluded.

Bars and restaurants across the resort have been left shell-shocked by the latest ruling in a long line of measures which could spell ruin for many.

The Black Chicken karaoke bar broke the news to its regulars on social media.

In a Facebook post, the management said: “So that’s it then guys, the doors are locked, the shutters are down and the tables and chairs all stacked neatly.

“After 16 weeks of lockdown we managed to reopen for five weeks before the news today that we have to close again. The

government are saying that we will be closed for at least three weeks before a review will take place, which is fine but where does this leave the town.

“Personally I think that this year is now a write off, we did at one point pray that the fiestas in November would take place generating much-needed funds, but I have serious doubts now that it will take place.

“Shop, bar and restaurant owners are closing their doors and handing back their keys to landlords on a weekly basis and those that are trying to ride out this Covid storm are slashing prices to try and get bums on seats. It’s a sure fact that only the strong will survive, but at what cost?

“Stay safe and pray we get through this.”

An online Benidorm ‘Give back’ raffle has been organised by Sian Garner from the UK, to raise money which will be split between acts in the resort which are no longer receiving any income as a result of the pandemic and new regulations.

She said: “You are all aware of the pandemic.

We are all struggling in our own way. However, in the UK most of us are back at work or still have Furlough or Universal credit to support us.

“Some of our friends in Spain have NO income.

NOTHING. NADA! “No support from the government. (Through no fault of their own) and no work in sight. These artists have ALL paid their taxes and dues, and are expected to continue to do so with no income.

“They are in an IMPOSSIBLE situation. It’s time for us to ‘Give back’ to the entertainers.”

Tickets can be purchased by visiting the site below, and the draw will take place on Saturday, August 29. https://www.facebook. com/events/3410098437460 51/ The Publishers Michel & Steven Euesden

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Benidorm-bashing and fake news AT the beginning of August the UK’s Daily Express carried this clickbait headline: ‘Brits ‘scared to go out’ as local beach resorts turn into ‘Benidorm on steroids’.’

It was a report about large crowds converging on Cornish resorts, and the apprehension locals felt about huge influxes of strangers.

The paper said: ‘Speaking to the BBC Claire Harris, a 37year-old St Ives’ resident, said she’d banned her children from the town’s harbour and main shopping areas due to the number of people. She claimed the influx had left her “too scared to go food shopping” for fear of picking up the virus.’

The report itself contained no mention WHATSOVER of the popular Spanish resort, so why was the word ‘Benidorm’ used in the headline and intro in such a gratuitously offensive manner?

‘boycott EWN’ t-shirts and face masks!

The idea that a paper would deliberately print fake news to harm the economy of a country in which it operates is beyond ludicrous.

If fury has to be expressed - and I really believe that it does - it should be directed at the bureaucrats who, right now are playing us like fiddles by arbitrarily introducing new Covid-19 regulations, and insisting on moving the goalposts every few hours or so.

This sort of game playing has in the past and will continue in the future to perplex both journalists and the public. Confusing briefings by government officials can only result in the inadvertent spread of misinformation at a time when clarity is most needed.

All this confusion has to end soon if any shred of sanity is to be rescued from the wreckage of 2020.

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CORNISH RESORTS: Locals were not happy about the huge influx of strangers into the area.

Editors of British tabloids need to be called out each time they portray Benidorm as the ‘bad boy’ of Spanish resorts. Heaven knows there are thousands who care passionately enough about the manner in which it is portrayed to challenge this sort of negative reporting.

I know that such people exist because I am one of them, and on numerous occasions have

All the best

MICHELLE BAKER: Wished all the best for the future.

FOR the first time in its history, the Round Times News is not producing a printed version of the online publication.

Despite weathering a recession and Brexit over the last 15 years, it seems the coronavirus pandemic has proved too big an obstacle for the English language newspaper, which covers Benidorm and surrounding areas.

The publication has ‘reinvented itself’ and is now reliant on its website, Facebook and YouTube channel.

EWN would like to wish the editor Michelle Baker and her team all the very best for the future. This is sad news and the industry has lost some great professionals.

blasted off emails berating news desks for false or negative reports about the place that I love.

I also know that anger can be badly misdirected. For example Euro Weekly News last week found itself under attack on social media after it carried a report about the latest Covid-19 measures being implemented in Spain.

The report - headed ‘Spain Set To LOCKDOWN Friday September 18 with Three Phase System closing borders with France and Portugal’ - was instantly dismissed as ‘fake news’ that would only serve to worsen severe economic downturns in Spanish resorts.

Such was the anger over the report that one enterprising local even began advertising

Battling cancer with ‘healing herb’ A POPULAR Benidorm barrestaurant was turned into a barbershop for a special event on Saturday, August 15, to raise funds for The Loft proprietor, Andrew Whitney.

Whitney, 54, is claiming remarkable success in his battle against brain cancer since he began using cannabis suppositories about three months ago.

To help him buy supplies of the ‘healing herb’ product, volunteers, including Angie Mee and his wife Stephanie, sat in a chair at the entrance to the venue and had their hair clipped close to the scalp by Whitney while Benidorm drag artist Darren Smith - aka Barbie Kruger - collected donations from an enthusiastic crowd of well-wishers.

Whitney has received radiotherapy, but only started seeing really positive results when he began using cannabis suppositories which apparently served to reduce a massive swelling he had on the

SUPPORT: Andrew Whitney, Angie Mee and Barbie Kruger. left side of his face.

By the end of Saturday evening 156 donations, plus the proceeds of a raffle, bumped Whitney’s fundraiser up to €2,056.

Whitney says he hopes the event will also raise awareness of the plant’s remarkable healing properties, and would like to see its use for medical purposes legalised

all over the world.

If you would like to contribute to Whitney’s fundraiser, follow this link: paypal.me/theloftbenidorm421 *It is illegal to smoke cannabis in public and depending on the region, the laws on growing, possessing, and consuming cannabis in their own homes or on private property can differ.

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Brave and big-hearted Oscar A young boy with a massive heart, Oscar O’Sheehan, has embarked on the final stage of a mammoth journey to raise funds for a wonderful cause.

THE 11-year-old from Denia is walking the Camino de Santiago - more than 300 kilometres - with ever-supportive mum Niamh, to raise as much cash as possible for a sensory garden at the La Xara Occupational and Day Centre.

“Two years ago, when Oscar was nine years old, he asked if I would take him on a journey. He asked if he could walk the Camino Santiago,” said Niamh, adding: “That’s not just like going for any old walk, it’s a pilgrimage!”

In October 2018 and October 2019 determined Oscar covered 470kms of his incredible challenge. The plan was that in October 2020 Oscar would tackle the final 300-plus kilometres of the camino from Leon to Santiago de Compostela.

“However, as we all know, 2020 hasn’t quite gone to plan,” explained mum-of-three Niamh, a well-known singer on the Costa Blanca.

To avoid Oscar missing more school after months

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Oscar setting out on his pilgrimage.

of lockdown, mum and son hatched ‘a crazier plan.’

Oscar will walk his final 300km of the Camino Santiago through the tricky tracks and trails of Galicia in the very early mornings of August, having started his trek on Friday, August 14.

Niamh said: “Oscar’s fundraiser has been incredible. Truly heartwarming. We

really can’t thank you all enough. And donations continue to fly in. It’s not too late. But, right now, the focus of our mum/son duo must be to simply walk.

“To cover 300km in less than two weeks. To keep each other positive and to take time to bond further and deeply appreciate our surroundings.”

Previously Oscar campaigned for sponsorship when he set himself the challenge two years ago, and with the help of the local community and generous friends of the family, he was able to buy a much needed electric hoist for the local La Pedrera rehabilitation centre AND he also scraped together the money to donate a new pair of trainers for all 60-plus residents at the men’s shelter in Gandia.

And having recently visit-

ed the Occupational and Day Care centre in La Xara and seeing first-hand the “vitality and importance of this place,” Oscar instantly decided that if he could raise a bit of money from his walk, then this was where he’d like to direct it.

“He loved the happy vibe and walked away so certain that they deserve ALL our support,” said Niamh.

Oscar asked Director of the Centre, Ana, “How can I help?” and she explained that they often dream about installing a sensory garden adapted for special needs.

With a budget tighter than ever, practical priorities come first, but Oscar is determined to help - and you can too.

“There’s been so much negativity recently. It’s time to take back the joy and the sharing and the caring that a community’s unity can create, said Niamh urging the public "from your heart” to help make the project a success.

And it’s not just cash donations that can help make the sensory garden a reality.

“We also need materials, so if there are any tradespeople or businesses that can help in any way, we would love to hear from you.”

You can help Oscar realise his dream by donating at www.helpofdenia.com Alternatively, contact Niamh O’Sheehan on 676 507 791.

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FOUR minor fires affected Gata, Orba, Javea and Jalon on Sunday, August 16.

The first, affecting terracing and vegetation, was detected soon after 12 noon on the Orba-Murla road, but was completely extinguished by Denia and Benissa firefighters by 1.37pm.

At practically the same time a helicopter from the Fire Brigade Consortium, assisted by firefighters on the ground, were called out after flames rekindled in Gata’s La Rana area on the Javea road. A day earlier, this same fire had swept through a dense reedbed, damaging a 30-

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Marina Alta fire brigades busy

SUMMER FIRES: Four callouts for Marina Alta fire brigades.

metre high eucalyptus that was planted in 1915.

There was yet more work for the Marina Alta brigades when another fire was reported soon after 1pm on land between

a road and pinewoods near Javea’s La Barraca beach. This was dealt with in less than an hour by the Denia fire brigade assisted by a firefighting helicopter and an AT 55 aircraft.

Later that day the Emergency Services received yet another alert, this time involving woodland in Jalon, requiring reinforcements from the air as well as a forest-firefighting unit.

Music teachers wanted BENITACHELL’S Local Government Board voted unanimously in favour of advertising to cover vacancies at the municipal School of Music and Dance.

Since the school was created 15 years ago there has been no selection process or a supply of backup teachers to cover absences or other needs, said Benitachell’s Culture councillor Victor Bisquert.

“We want to cover the school’s needs and do it with total transparency and impartiality while ensuring equal oppor-

tunities at all times,” he explained. The conditions will be published in Alicante Province’s Official Bulletin (BOP) and on Benitachell Town Hall’s website, giving details of all the required music specialities as well as teachers for ballet, modern dance and folk dancing.

No dates have been set for auditions, which will depend on administrative procedures although Culture department sources revealed that these could be held during the third or fourth week of September.

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Altea link to new Albacete outbreak

ELEVEN Covid-19 cases in Villamalea (Albacete) are linked to a group of friends who went to a stag do in Altea.

From initial reports, the virus was not contracted in the Marina Baja town, although members of the party have since infected relatives. According to Albacete’s Spanish press, Covid-19 is likely to have entered Villamalea during a bullrunning event held on August 9 and other activities involving persons not living together.

Eighteen more Covid-19 cases were confirmed at practically the same time in the small town that has a registered population of 4,112. These originated in a mushroom-growing firm, with the virus spreading to other employees and their family members.

So far, tracers have established 148 close contacts with cases that tested positive. Of these, only 52 lived under the same roof. Albacete’s regional Health department has ordered the closure of Villamalea’s social centre, bars, clubs, parks and gardens while suspending visits to care homes and all religious ceremonies.

The Health authorities also announced that they do not rule out locking down the town if the situation worsens.

TRE LOCAL arrives JUST before FM transmission of TRE programmes across Costa Calida and Costa Blanca was due to end following the decision of the radio station to move online, Talk Radio Europe has announced a new agreement with Worldwide Broadcasting, introducing a new station TRE LOCAL that will broadcast on the existing frequencies.

Initially the new station will carry the full TRE network programmes as transmitted online but it is the intention in the near future to introduce

local programmes for part of the afternoon and/or early evening. The BBC Worldwide service will continue to be available on TRE LOCAL. Talk Radio Europe is delighted at this development on which it has worked extremely hard in order to ensure that listeners without access to the internet will be able to continue to enjoy TRE programmes.

The support of the listeners and local businesses for TRE LOCAL will be essential to ensure its success and continuation.

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EVERYONE No accident the victim, who lived alone, was found in the living room with her electric wheelchair on top of her back. However, injuries she sustained to her skull were not consistent with the way she was found and the National Police quickly redirected their investigation.

They discovered that during May the deceased had hired a man to help her with domestic tasks.

When he was interviewed, he denied knowing anything about her death and explained that he had returned to live with his wife in Lleida. However, the police had footage of them leaving Lleida and returning from Benidorm a day later in different cars.

During a search, they found the money as well as the clothes used to commit the crime. They are being held awaiting a court date.

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A B E A C H p a t ro l i n E l Campello at the weekend saw police action complaints against five members of the public for noncompliance with Covid-19 safety measures.

The council stepped up surveillance on the promenade and sands at Carrer la Mar and Muchavista on Saturday, August 15, as part of a ‘special device’ by the Local Police to ensure compliance with health standards issued by the government to slow the advance of coronavirus.

And the operation resulted in five sanctions for ‘improper use of the mandatory mask,’ along with a complaint against one person for ‘disrespecting an officer.’

Security councillor, Rafa Galvañ (PP), war ned this type of “operation will con-

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A MARRIED couple have been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman with phocomelia in Benidorm.

The man had previously worked for the victim, who due to her illness meant she lacked legs and arms and was in a wheelchair.

The detainees allegedly took advantage of their working relationship and friendship with the victim to commit the crime and tried to disguise it as an accident. In addition, they stole cash that the victim kept in a safe.

The investigation began on June 16 when a friend of the deceased visited her home because the victim had not answered the phone for two days. When he entered, he found the woman dead on the floor.

At first, the death was ruled as accidental, since

NON-COMPLIANCE: Police patrol the beaches and promenade in El Campello. tinue to be carried out at different times. Although people are very aware and the vast majority comply with the rules, it is true that there are always those who refuse to wear their masks or those who do not use them proper-

ly, without covering their nose and mouth, and in these cases we have no choice but to sanction.

“The general safety of the population depends on everyone complying,” he added.

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A MOTORIST was lucky to escape with minor injuries after losing consciousness for a few seconds and crashing into another car before flipping his own. The accident happened just outside the petrol station in Villajoyosa at 11am on Sunday

morning, August 16.

Several police officers, firemen and ambulance crews were quickly at the scene to close off Avenida Pais Valencia, and take the driver to Marina Baixa Hospital with ‘minor inuries.’

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FLIPPED OVER: The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Age Concern Follow-Up telephone was manned EURO WEEKLY NEWS spoke during the lockdown so t o M a u re e n P a y n e , o f that we could continAge Concern Costa ue to supply mobility Blanca, about the efequipment when fects Covid-19 has requested.” had on the charity, With Covid-19 and whether they cases appearing to have made any plans be on the rise again, for the future.

CREDIT: Press Release Maureen honestly “The lockdown SUMMER BREAK: Age Concern stated, “we hesitate was very difficult for Centre, La Siesta, will be back after to make too many our beneficiaries, the a summer break. plans for future majority who live events until we see alone,” explained how the situation works out.”

Maureen, “nor mally they would be As we recently announced, the Age transported, by our vehicles, to our Day Concern Centre in La Siesta is set to reCentre to meet with friends and soturn on September 1 following a sumcialise.” mer break. In some exciting news, Adding that “once the lockdown Maureen announced, “we will then be came into force, they found themrestarting the Spanish lessons. Hopefully selves isolated again. To relieve some we will then restart some of our other of this we called them on a regular baactivities, such as the knitting club, the sis to make sure they were well and chiropodist the bingo club and the lunsafe.” cheon club. We also hope to have our Going the extra mile for their benefiusual Christmas Fair. These will all operciaries, Maureen told EWN that “some ate following strict Covid-19 protocols,” of our volunteers did shopping for she concluded. those who could not get out and our

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DENIA Town Hall will not hand over its cash surplus to Spain’s General State Administration (AGE).

Local mayor Vicent Grimalt and Finance councillor Paco Rosello recently told the Spokespeople’s Committee that although the central gover nment would retur n the money over the next 15 years, beginning in 2022, the town hall was not prepared to lend to AGE. Rosello explained to the PSOE, Compromis, Partido Popular, Ciudadanos and Gent de Denia parties’ rep-

resentatives that the town hall wishes to use this money for “needs arising from the health and economic crisis.”

The town hall must also pay out €4.5 million arising from court verdicts confirmed this year, he added.

The economic situation and postponing municipal taxes during lockdown’s toughest months further depleted the town hall’s income by €2 million during the first six months of this year.

Allocating 20 per cent of 2019’s surplus to helping the

most vulnerable people and sectors was one of Denia Town Hall’s emergency measures aimed at coping with the Covid-19 crisis, Rosello reminded the spokespeople.

The town hall had also approved a €1.4 credit modification to help reactivate the local economy and employment.

All of the parties have backed the town hall decision “at a time when municipal resources were - and are - essential for dealing with the economic crisis,” they said.

Photo credit: Denia town hall

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UNANIMITY: All parties are backing Grimalt’s decision.

Skirmish continues THE architect responsible for adding battlements to Javea’s Sant Bertomeu church tower recently answered his critics.

Salvador Vila Ferrer, directing emergency repairs to the 16th century fortress-church, insisted he found ‘traces’ of former battlements while carrying out investigations prior to starting work.

“Naturally, I respect all opinions,” he told a Spanish interviewer. “They are valid and enriching. But I am obliged to do my best for the building.”

The architect argued that his crenellations “improve the tower from an aesthetic and structural point of view.” They would also have a functional use, Vila an-

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nounced, as the tower will eventually be open to the public. The architect claimed the battlements would look less “discordant” once the scaffolding was removed.

“I am convinced that opinions will be more favourable,” he declared.

“The parish is giving the town a wonderful present.”

Writer Pepa Guardiola, a member of the Municipal Culture Committee, maintained that the additions have spoilt an iconic image.

“We prefer a tower that guards and looks after us,” she said. “Those battlements give the tower a fierce and bellicose look,” she pointed out.

Twists and turns A DENIA court cleared three Calpe Guardia Civil officers accused of collaborating with a drugs ring.

The hashish network was based in the Costa del Sol but the drugs were stored in the Marina Alta prior to distribution. Bad feeling ensued in early July when the organisation abducted two of its own members, believing the Alicante group had appropriated 13 bales of hashish.

Instead, the drugs were intercepted by the Local Police in Benissa who found them in a parked van on an industrial estate when they were called out on a robbery alert. Meanwhile, the Guardia Civil had learnt from bugged telephone conversations that the two kidnapped gang members were insisting that a Calpe officer demanded between €30,000 and €40,000 in exchange for reporting that the drugs were seized by the authorities. Once identified, the Calpe officer - who had been on leave of absence for a year - was brought in and questioned under caution but immediately released.

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Fallen trees are a fire risk near Alcoy Photo credit: Bladimiro

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SIERRA MARIOLA: Still suffering effects of Storm Gloria.

SIERRA MARIOLA has thousands of fallen pines, a further risk in an area where fire is a constant threat. Lack of personnel and the extent of the damage inflicted by Storm Gloria last January has delayed removing deadfalls, apart from those blocking paths and roads.

Gales, blizzards and rain blew down thousands of trees in the Sierra Mariola national park, especially near Alcoy and Agres.

National park employees began removing the trees in January, but thousands more still litter the forest floor.

The park’s director Salvador Palop said that

clearing roads and tracks had been a priority to provide access for vehicles, including those that might be needed for emergencies.

But many trees remain.

“At the time we asked for more staff, hoping they would be included in official help for repairing stor m damage,” Palop explained.

“In the end, it wasn’t possible.”

Deadfalls in the sierra were not abnormal, the park director added, but as they dried out, they also increased the firerisk.

“We would like to have done more, but simply do not have the resources,” he said.

Montgo rescue LAST Friday, when temperatures were at their highest on Montgo, Guardia Civil officers from Javea had to assist two French hikers.

Aged 21 and 22, one was semi-conscious when they reached him, probably overcome by heatstroke although he was also diabetic, Guardia Civil sources later revealed.

He was evacuated by a Fire Brigade Consortium helicopter to the local fire station where a waiting ambulance transferred him to Denia hospital.

After Javea’s Guardia Civil post received an alert that two hikers were in trouble, the officers had set out to climb Montgo, taking water and a first aid kit with them.

An hour later they met two ramblers who told them that they would find the people they were looking for about 35 minutes away.

They eventually spotted a young man who was waving and calling for help for his semi-conscious companion.

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covered nearby, very close to the shore, and immediate steps were taken to protect the find before bringing it to the surface.

The piece was recovered by divers from the Valencian Community’s Underwater Archaeological Centre, with collaboration

Not a fair deal MANY of the Valencian Community’s most-visited fairs and fiestas are held in mid-August.

This year, the Covid-19 crisis has obliged town and city halls throughout the region to cancel them, bringing multi-million losses as visitors stay away.

That was the case for Elche, which 500,000 people visited during the centuriesold Mystery Play and the Nit de l’Alba events in 2019.

This year, Elche’s mayor Carlos Gonzalez calculates that having to suspend the fiestas will lose €50 million for the city and its businesses.

Xativa (Valencia), whose Fallas fiestas had to be cancelled in March when Covid-19 began to spread, also had to write off its Fira d’Agost, a fair that has been held since obtaining Jaume I’s royal charter in 1250.

Xativa’s Fiestas councillor Pedro Aldavero estimated that cancelling the fair has brought losses of €25 million.

“What is there to say?” Aldavero shrugged. “We have to accept it and try to reduce the impact as best we can.”

from the Local Police who provided a boat, vehicle, equipment and personnel.

The experts were able to retrieve the amphora, which was practically intact, as well as a broken segment of another together with fragments of ordinary pottery and

One killed in Pego accident Photo credit: Joanbanjo

A DIVER recently contacted Denia’s Archaeological Museum after discovering a wreck off Les Marines.

He found it in shallow water, three metres below the surface, he said. Soon afterwards, Denia’s Local Police announced that an amphora had been dis-

PEGO: Father killed and son injured in CV-715 accident.

A 62-YEAR-OLD man was killed and his son, 34, injured when their motorcycle ran into a car in Pego.

The older man died in the collision, which occurred at 10.20 in the morning, while the 34-yearold who was riding pillion was taken by ambulance to Denia hospital.

Municipal sources quoted in the Spanish media revealed that the accident occurred as the motorbike was overtaking another vehicle on a straight stretch of the CV-715 after leaving a succession of sharp bends.

The driver of the car involved in the collision, a woman of 51, had a panic attack and needed assistance from the paramedics attending the scene of the accident but did not need further medical attention, according to the Guardia Civil’s CICU Emergencies Unit.

Father and son, who were both from Valencia, were holidaying in Oliva.

Big-name face mask flouters

GENERALITAT president Ximo Puig, Jose Chulvi, Pedro Duque, Jose Luis Escriva and Antonio Camacho recently lunched together in Javea.

Duque and Escriva are both ministers, Camacho is an ex-minister and Chulvi is Javea mayor as well as regional secretary general of the PSPV socialist party.

Chulvi later posted a Twitter photograph of the broadly-smiling group after they had lunched on seafood paella at El Portitxol beach.

It was not long before supporters and critics alike pointed out that none of them was socially-distanced or wearing a face mask, despite regional and national directives insisting on both at all times.

The Partido Popular has now lodged a formal complaint with the region’s Justice department for flouting their own rules.

“They are guilty of healthcare recklessness,” a PPCV statement complained.

wood. At the same time, they also inspected the nearby wreck.

According to the Underwater Archaeological Centre, the flat-lipped amphora with two indentations appears to have

been made in the fourth century BC. Although its source has not been determined, amphoras of this type were usually Phoenician in origin or Iberian copies, the Centre said.

Photo credit: Denia town hall

Sea gives up its secrets CO-OPERATION: Denia’s Local Police helped to recover the amphora.

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Getting the message across Onslaught ‘Stop la violencia masclista’ (Stop sexist violence).

The initiative was financed by the annual allocation from the State Pact against

Gender-based Violence, said the town hall’s Equality councillor Merxe Bolta.

“Pego received around €2,600,” she explained.

Each year the local government decides on a different theme, all involving a strong street presence with events, conferences and talks, although Covid-19 imposed a change of strategy for 2020.

“We went for something more visual to avoid contact between people,” the councillor said.

The town hall has distributed violetcoloured masks and inserted anti-violence messages on the risers of the town hall’s principal staircase, that include “I want to be free, walking home” and “Ill-treatment isn’t love.”

on weeds

Photo credit: Oliva town hall

STOP signs in Pego say Stop twice over.

They have been painted violet, the colour of the women’s movement in Spain, and bear the message

CATCHING UP: Tasks left undone during lockdown.

OLIVA Town Hall is clearing weeds and tidying verges that were unattended during lockdown.

“During the State of Alarm we used all our resources on guaranteeing maximum safety for the local population and could not attend to routine tasks,” explained Public Works and Services councillor Miquel Domenech.

“Now we are making an effort to provide the quality of life citizens de-

serve,” he added.

Most of the weeding and clearing is done by hand, using machinery only where strictly necessary. When viable the work is carried out at night to cause as little disturbance as possible to residents and avoid the hottest times of the day for operatives. This will be carried out in different phases in the town centre, Oliva’s coastal area, urbanisations and industrial zones.

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Joint effort WHEN fire broke out in pines near villas in Moraira’s Cala de l’Andrago, residents kept the flames at bay with buckets of water and garden hoses.

Proteccion Civil, the Guardia Civil, an environmental officer, lifeguards and Public Works councillor Hector Morales rushed to the scene before the arrival of firefighters who extinguished the fire before it could spread.

Investigators later found a burnt-out frying pan near the burnt trees, suggesting that the fire started with a barbecue, despite an official ban during the summer months when fire is a constant threat.

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Fire-raiser theory THE Vall de Gallinera fire, reported recently in the Euro Weekly News, was almost certainly deliberate.

Javier Sendra, a member of the Diputacion council responsible for Alicante Province’s Fire Brigades, showed that initial investigations have revealed that the fire, which destroyed 158 hectares of countryside, started in several places.

All were close to the road between L’Orxa and Vilallonga and although no conclusions have yet been made, the Guardia Civil are currently scouring the area for indications of negligence or, possibly, of arson.

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Town hall’s Central storage Covid-19 scare for PPE items JALON Town Hall was closed for personal attention to the public after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.

PCR tests on the mayor Joan Miquel Garces, councillors and municipal staff were all negative and the employee’s infection was an isolated case, Jalon Town Hall announced on its social media pages.

The infected employee is not a Jalon resident and the local government has ruled out a town hall outbreak although the building was closed for disinfection and employees in contact with her were quarantined.

The infection came to light by chance after a Jalon resident who visit-

Photo credit: Jalon town hall

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JALON: Recently reported first Covid-19 case.

ed the town hall developed Covid-19, the town’s first case since the start of the pandemic in Spain.

In line with standard procedures the mayor and all those who had dealt with this person were tested for the virus as well another employee who had no contact

with her but said she felt unwell.

When all the tests except hers proved negative, the town hall took immediate steps to prevent any further spread of the coronavirus, testing all staff and retesting those who had attended to the infected resident.

THE Generalitat increased its storage space for PPE material at the Feria Valencia trade fair installation by 11,000 square metres.

This is included in the Generalitat’s contingency plans to spend €240 million on acquiring Covid-19 personal protection equipment over the next two years, announced Maria Jose Mira, the President’s Office commissioner.

Should there be a widespread upturn in the pandemic, there are sufficient supplies for six or eight months, she said.

If, at any moment the “red line” were to be crossed, emergency contracting would be activated, Mira added.

The storage space, which occupies the Feria’s Almacen 1.1, will be used for short-term and long-term reserves of strategic material that has been adapted to traceability needs with a QR code-controlled inventory. Supplies will be distributed from Feria Valencia to hospitals serving the region’s different Health Areas and socio-healthcare centres.

Meanwhile, the Generalitat recently acquired more than 60 container loads with 77 million items of PPE material that are not manufactured inside the Valencian Community.

These, together with the 46 million items currently under production in the region, can guarantee supplies for the coming months, Mira said.

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Summer:

Separation and Divorce CARLOS BAOS WE CAN HELP YOU STATISTICALLY the summer months and especially September (as in August, the family courts are closed for vacation), are a time when consultations on divorce and separation as well as the number of family court claims presented increase.

It is a time when the children do not usually go to school and the whole family (parents and offspring) spend more time together and in some cases under unusual circumstances which are different from the rest of the year, with different people often involved.

One could easily assume that on holiday and having more free time, and without the stress of work and coping with the children that it is an ideal time for couples and families to bond.

The truth is that the statistics say otherwise, and the fact may be simply

that as couples spend more time together more possibilities for potential conflicts are created.

The simple fact is that every year, the month following holiday periods, (including January, after the Christmas holidays) is a month when more family breakdowns than normal occur.

If unfortunately this should happen to you, it is essential to arrange the divorce or separation with the minimum of stress and conflict so you should ensure that you have in place all of the necessary, important documentation and information.

Also, if you are an expatriate living in Spain or living in your native country: United Kingdom, France, Germany, etc, there are legal and practical issues that must be considered.

If you live in Spain, there are concepts of international law that may be of vital importance and could determine the law applicable for your divorce.

Clearly, it could be very relevant to your situation to recognise the applicable law and the matrimonial property regime as well as the application of the rules of one country or another.

If you do not live in Spain and it is your intention to initiate the divorce or separation process in your home country, but have part of your assets in Spain, it is essential that an expert Spanish law firm in this field advises you and your local lawyers on the relevant Spanish regulations.

For example in divorces by mutual consent, the drafting of the agreements in one way or another may involve higher costs or taxes to be paid and there is the possibility to register the court order directly and/or the direct change of ownership of properties in Spain at the Land Registry, etc.

Should you find yourself in this situation, and are unfortunately unable to resolve your family situation advice is always helpful.

This is particularly true if you are a foreigner with properties or assets in Spain, (regardless of whether you are resident or not) and you should seek legal advice about the proper steps to be taken, because a wrong decision can result in very different consequences Contact us (www.whitebaos.com) and we will help you.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys information related to legal issues.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) White&Baos Tel: +34 966 426 185 info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2020All Rights Reserved.

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IT is with ‘much regret’ that the President of U3A Vall Del Pop has announced a hiccup in its reopening programme.

The planned General

Assembly for September 4 has been cancelled after the Murla Municipality advised the Polivalent cannot be used until reopening is permitted by the

National Government.

At present there is no indication when this permission will be given.

But do not despair U3A Vall Del Pop can

meet again at the next Coffee Morning at El Cid on August 27, starting at 10.30am. Why not go along and enjoy some time with friends?

Later the same day, the Entertainers are due to perform at Los Arcos, on N332 near the turn for Pedreguer, starting at 7.30pm. Proceeds in aid of Jalon Valley Help.

Meanwhile, the Goodwill Team are promoting a Sponsored Walk, in the orange groves around Orba on October 4. Entry is €8, and additional sponsorship is welcomed.

This year’s Walking Treasure Hunt, starting and ending in Jalon will be on September 20. Again, entry is €8 and teams must be registered by Septem-

CREDIT: Vall Del Pop

Hiccup in reopening COFFEE MORNING: Back in January.

ber 15. All money raised by both events will go to the Goodwill Team charity fund, where an even greater need for help this year is anticipated - so “please sign up for both events or sponsor others,” urged the team.

They added: “With care, we are coming out

of lockdown and hopeful with consideration for others we will all come through the pandemic stronger in our friendships and companionship.”

For further information on U3A Vall del Pop, check out their website: http://www.u3av alldelpop.com.

An expert study

More than 30 different dimensions of pine timber in green, brown and thermo treated.

Biggest selection of high quality joists, beams, t/g boards, planks and decking boards.

You have never seen such a large selection.

All planed and round edges.

sidered of ‘high interest’ and a detailed study is being carried out by the centre of science and engineering.

Councillor for Urban Planning, Toni Such, said he is delighted with the public recognition shown by the professionals of this particular sector, “since there is no-one better qualified than them to assess the work.

“It is a very interesting structure, judging by the professionals who have analysed the work in situ, since it is a curved piece, but at the same time it will work as an articulated structure,” said Such,

adding: “It is embedded in one end, and simply supported by concrete pillars at the other. It is the best proof that (the work) is being carried out in the best way.

“It is a project in tune with the sustainability, cohesion and integration policies promoted by the Alfaz Government Team, while creating new spaces for the general welfare of citizens.”

A video produced by the Alicante academy can be downloaded and viewed at: www.you tube.com/watch?v=BX80 On9IYt4&feature=emb_ti tle.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Alfaz del Pi

SERFA Academy in Alicante is using the construction of the structure of the new roof at the multisport track in Alfaz del Pi as a practical case study for students.

Built by Albir firm SRS Consultoría Técnica SL with a budget of €222,532, the entire structure is con-

HIGH INTEREST: Students have made a video detailing the structure at Alfaz del Pi’s new multisport track.

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THE first two weeks of August has seen Local Police in Alicante file complaints against 880 members of the public and 104 businesses for flouting Covid-19 health and security measures.

This brings the total number of sanctions since the end of State of Alarm to 2,254 and 191 respectively, with the vast majority issued for not

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Calls for responsibility wearing masks.

However, Security councillor, José Ramón González, assured the majority of people are “complying in an exemplary manner” and the use of a mask is widespread in Alicante.

Safety first EL CAMPELLO’S team of 45 lifeguards took part in a safety workshop last week, with the aim of increasing and reinforcing the knowledge of our lifeguards in sea rescue, use of sanitary tools and diligence in radio communications.

“These workshops are just one of the many improvements introduced in the new recruitment for this year in the Rescue and Lifeguard service.

“The daily hours extension, the extension of the service until October, the reinforcement of lifeguards in the coves and the forthcoming incorporation of nine new controllers all reinforce the service and with it the safety for the users of our beaches and coves,” said Councillor Julio Oca. “We are very proud that our lifeguards, who on many occasions risk their lives, carry out their work with great professionalism.”

He added that the council will continue to maintain maximum police control, and appealed for “prevention, awareness, compliance and individual responsibility.

“We must do everything in

our power to put a stop to the pandemic and thus avoid more restrictive measures and, what would be worse for our economy, a new confinement,” stressed González.

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Thursday morning, August 13, officers shut down an establishment in Alicante port area where more than 40 people were reportedly dancing without social distancing, and ‘sanitary and security measures were not being followed.’

Two other nightclubs in the capital were closed earlier in the week for failing to comply with safety measures.

New route LOW cost airline Wizz Air has announced a new route from Alicante-Elche Airport to Doncaster.

The new three weekly connections will take off from October 22, and should provide a welcome boost to the local economy by supporting jobs in airport operations, hospitality and tourism.

NEW ROUTE: Wizz Air will launch new connection to Doncaster on October 22.

“We’re delighted to be introducing new low-fare connections to Doncaster Sheffield, to provide customers with opportunities to explore new cultures and cities, or return to their favourite holiday spots,” said Owain Jones, MD of Wizz Air UK, in a statement.

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THE expansion of CPEE Enric Va l o r i n G a n d i a h a s t a k e n a step forward.

A budget of €530,416 has been allocated for the project which includes the expansion of t h e s c h o o l c a n t e e n , t h e c o n struction of two classrooms to replace two prefabricated buildings that currently exist, the replacement of the children’s play area sur face and the installation and replacement of awnings.

Delegate councillor of Education, Carmen Fuste, who visited the centre last week, said: “We continue to take steps within the Building Plan with the aim of reforming, improving and ex-

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Gandia

Making progress

EXPANSION: The project is part of Gandia’s Building Plan.

panding Gandia’s public schools. Education is the greatest economic and social policy we can develop from one in-

stitution. Therefore, we will continue to work to make our centres better to achieve a quality education for all.”

New digital age EQUIPPING young people for the ‘new digital age’ is a priority for La Nucia Council which is investing

€50,000 in a technology workshop.

The facility will be kitted out with the latest technol-

ogy “so that students can learn to function effectively in the new digital age, which will have a positive

impact on their future incorporation into the labour market,” explained town mayor, Bernabe Cano.

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It’s for everyone!

FINESTRAT’S Youth Council has launched a campaign to help make the young people of the town aware of the current “extraordinary situation.”

“The crisis that has been caused by Covid19 pandemic forces us to take immediate measures and above all to be individually and socially aware of the risk and uncertainty in which we are still immersed,” said Youth councillor, Natividad Algado.

Some of the town’s young people have taken part in a video which aims to raise awareness among young people and children, of the need to comply with all safety regulations in the face of the threat of coronavirus.

The ‘It's not just for you, it's for everyone’

campaign reinforces the importance of wearing a mask, hand hygiene and respecting the recommended safety distance.

“We are facing an unprecedented health crisis with extraordinary social and economic consequences. The raising of the State of Alarm, the confinement and the new normality, do not guarantee that the risk of new infections has disappeared.

“We trust our young people as the perfect allies so that through their message all of us become aware that together we can face a problem that affects us all.”

This video will be broadcast through the council’s social networks with the aim of reaching as many young people as possible.

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Precious resource

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Rapid capture SIX people have been arrested after a man was attacked and robbed in Alicante during the early hours of the morning.

The 35-year-old victim’s money and mobile phone were taken during the assault, which left him with injuries to his cheekbones, knees and fingers.

The arrested, all French, are aged between 23 and 29 years old, according to Alicante’s Department of Security. They face charges of robbery with violence and intimidation.

At around 5.40am on Wednesday, August 12, police officers carrying out a static control in Paseito Ramiro were

approached by a member of the public alerting them to a ‘fight’ nearby.

At the scene, officers found a male the victim - lying on the ground, while several young people were running towards Virgen del Socorro and Alicante Castle.

National Police arrived and several patrols managed to quickly arrest all six suspects. One of them was carrying a mobile phone and more than €500 in cash - believed to be from the robbery.

The Lithuanian victim told officers several people had surrounded him before assaulting and robbing him.

INITIATIVES: The council is supporting initiatives which improve efficiency in the use of water.

TWO dozen towns and villages and a community of irrigators in Alicante Province will benefit from a grant scheme to support water cycle projects.

The aim of the subsidies is to promote initiatives that improve efficiency in the use of water, in supply, sanitation and irrigation.

The second vice president and deputy for water cycle, Ana Serna said the council is “constantly working to develop actions that help save every drop of water through an efficient use of this precious resource.”

She also highlighted the importance of “assisting and supporting municipalities, especially the

smallest ones, in this important task.”

Projects which will be worked on include the renovation of drinking water networks, the replacement of pipes, the replacement of collectors, the construction of drinking water tanks and the improvement of irrigation network infrastructure.

MORE than a quarter of a million euros is being invested in a new roundabout from El Altet to Torrellano on the CV-849 which connects with Alicante-Elche Airport.

Alicante Provincial Council has budgeted €270,000 for the works which will connect the major airport with the urban district of Elche.

Airport links There is currently an intersection with the local road that connects the airport with the centre of Torrellano.

Deputy for Contracting, Juan de Dios Navar-

ro, said the project “will be carried out through a simplified open procedure” and assured the layout of the bike lane will be maintained.

He added: “The council will continue working to improve our roads, making them safer and more functional for a more comfortable and efficient mobility.”

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FEATURE

Dancing with the stars INTERVIEW

by Damon Mitchell

OVER the years the Costa del Sol has been home to many entertainers and EWN was lucky enough to speak exclusively to Sheena Cochrane who lives in Mijas Costa and was a professional dancer who managed to travel the world performing with some massive names in the process.

Sheena has released a book named ‘Exit Stage right’ which is available as an e-book on Kindle and paperback on Amazon.

“I began dancing when my mother suggested I do something to use up my excess energy. I wasn’t the best at school and decided maybe I could make my future from dancing.

“I was a day student at the Royal Ballet but realising that there were many more girls better than me, I decided that I would be better using my talent as a means to travel the world.”

And so, she did, she travelled to the Middle East, the Far East, the Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexico, South America and many more.

From there Sheena became one of the famous 60’s Tiller Girls and would ap-

The Kindle cover.

With John Wayne.

pear on TV’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium with Jimmy Tarbuck.

Sheena went on to describe how whilst promoting a show in Liverpool “The Tiller Girls took part in a fitness

Pepper with her book.

competition with Liverpool Football Club.

Ken Dodd was the comedian of the show and made an unlikely referee. The team were shocked at how much stamina

we had that the then Liverpool manager Bill Shankly decided to introduce ballet exercises into the team training, exercises that I believe they still practise today.”

Sheena, or ‘Pepper’ as she became known in showbiz circles went on to perform across the pond in none other than the showbiz capital of the world Las Vegas.

Whilst there she crossed paths with people such as Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, Liberace, Shirley MacLaine, Cher, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, to name but a few.

She also appeared as an extra in the film ‘Chisum’ with John Wayne, which was filmed in Durango, Mexico.

When asked why she gave up such an exciting lifestyle she said “It’s a young profession and I gave up professional dancing in 1981. I was given the option of becoming a dance teacher, but I enjoyed dancing more than teaching.”

Would she suggest dancing for the younger generation? “Even if not as a profession, dancing gives you posture and is amazing overall exercise for the body.”

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Smoking and partying, facts or conspiracy?

Political Viewpoint from Spain

by DAMON MITCHELL THE Spanish government has just imposed a no smoking ban in public if you cannot maintain two-metre social distancing in another harsh blow to the night clubs and bars as they will also have to close at 1am.

Meanwhile, the state’s machinery seems to work to keep us in a constant condition of fear; feeding us constantly rising figures of infected people with Covid-19 and warning us through the media with propaganda messages that it’s due to our ‘irresponsible behaviour’ for meeting up with our families, or the younger generation partying all night long.

However, this ‘irresponsible behaviour’ never seems to include our workplaces, business meetings and public transport which is heavily used

Dr Serafin Romero, the president of the Organizacion Medica Colegial.

in the main cities.

Nevertheless, many doctors are very critical of the way the media and the government provide us with the figures. The figures are actually quite complicated for the general public to understand. To break it down to basics; as an example, last March and early April in Andalucia, whose communi-

ty has the largest population in Spain, had saturated ICUs. Today’s figures show us that only 21 people are in the Andalucian ICUs with Covid.

Large parts of the population are also being screened with PCR tests, and although the figures that are published every day may seem worrying, in fact, they might be positive

news. Ninety per cent of the people who are positive are asymptomatic, in other words, healthy people, therefore, it’s logical to think we are clearly on the path to herd immunity, and as a result, a vaccine wouldn’t be necessary.

Moreover, the Centro de Coordinacion de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias, led by Fer-

nando Simon is also being questioned by Dr Serafin Romero, the president of the Orginazacion Medica Colegial, the body which represents the professional association of doctors, who have demanded an independent evaluation of the management of the epidemic.

Many theories have grown over the last couple of weeks regarding people who have challenged the mainstream news which the media and government have not hesitated to classify as conspiracy theories, a method often used to dismiss uncomfortable views.

We must remember that these disqualifications and the support from the media have happened before. Certainly, some theories have no basis, but on the other hand, many of them are presented by doctors and biologists which are being treated in the same way.

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Student masks THE Valencian government is allocating €1.5 million to buy more than a 1.1 million reusable masks for students in educational centres and to cover the cost of disinfecting facilities where tests were carried out in July.

Of the ‘emergency cash’ set aside, €892,000 will be spent on masks and €621,000 for intense cleaning of the educational centres.

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Fines up threefold THE number of people fined for non-compliance to health measures in Villajoyosa has tripled this month compared to July after police controls were stepped up.

By the end of last month, six people had been sanctioned for failing to wear a mask or social distance. But already, 19 fines have been actioned, according to councillor for Public Safety, Isabel Perona.

She said in a statement: “The actions of our officers and the increase in sanctions certify that there has been a general relaxation of the population over time with respect to the use of preventive means to avoid the transmission of the virus.”

She reiterated the need for “the commitment of all” and appealed “for social responsibility.”

Police, in collaboration

Photo credit: Villajoyosa town hall

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EXTRA PATROLS: Villajoyosa has stepped up police controls but stress compliance on beaches in not an issue (inset). with Civil Protection staff, are controlling parks, promenades and terraces in bars, restaurants and pubs in the town, ensuring that shops comply with all distance, safety and hygiene measures, that the number of tables has not been increased to compensate for the 75 per cent capacity of the establishment, and that their customers comply with these prevention

measures.

With regard to the beaches, the Local Police officers and the UDROPOL air surveillance unit are working closely with the Generalitat’s beach assistants, as well as with the Beach Inspector and lifeguards, to enforce compliance with the Safe Beaches of the Valencia Region regulations.

“The control of beaches has not generated inci-

dents since its opening on June 1,” added Perona.

Meanwhile, the Police HQ has given express service orders for the inspection and surveillance of popular meeting areas of young people, such as parks, enclosures, squares, leisure facilities and nightlife establishments, “as this age group concentrates the largest number of positive cases detected in the town.”

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Healthy relationships CODA Fellowship is a worldwide fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop new and renewed healthy and l o v i n g re l a t i o n s h i p s with oneself and others.

And each week, a local group of Co-Dependents Anonymous, meets at the Norwegian church in A l b i r, C a l l e M a r t , 8 , on Mondays from 7pm.

A group spokesperson explained that CoDA is a programme to develop healthy relationships.

“Codependents often use others as their source of identity, value and well-being, and as a means to restore emotional losses from childhood.

“Some may also have used other addictions to cope with their codependence.”

Codependency is a deeply rooted, compulsive behaviour that is born out of moderately or sometimes extremely dys-

Fatal collision THREE people were killed and two injured in a head on collision between a car and a motorhome on the N332 in El Campello.

The crash occurred around 3pm on Wednesday, August 12, at kilometre 128, with the road closed while the Guardia Civil’s traffic officers and the Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium and medics tended to the injured, removed the victims and dealt with the scene.

functional family systems - for some also where addictions and abuse existed, they added.

Apparently, codependent behaviour can present itself in various forms, being over controlling, having difficulty expressing feelings, needs and wants, dedicating oneself to the well-being of others, causing harm to themselves, people pleasing, being highly critical of themselves and others, difficulty in letting others get close for fear of rejection, confrontation or experiencing anger.

CoDA is an anonymous recovery programme which works with a structure of 12 Steps for individual work, preferably with a sponsor (a fellow codependent who

has experience in their own recovery) and weekly meetings.

The only requirement necessart to join the meeting is having a desire for healthy

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and loving relationships.

To find out more, email is albircoda@gmail. com or visit coda.org

CODA: Recovery programme for codependents.

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Rincon tidier Parrot thief acquitted and cleaner parrot was not hers but her father’s and its papers were registered in his name, although the High Court pointed out that this was a tacit admission that the bird did not belong to him.

In the event, the sentence was quashed, as the appeal against the original sentence was lodged in 2019 but as they referred to events that occurred in 2016, the time limit for prosecuting a FAMILY SPAT: Cousins quarrelled over minor offence had expired. parrot’s ownership.

Romans got here first Photo credit: Benidorm town hall

BENIDORM generated up to 60 per cent less rubbish last month compared to July 2019.

Last year the FCC concessionary collected 6.2 million kilos of rubbish during July, revealed Jose Ramon González de Zarate, the town hall councillor responsible for Benidorm’s street-cleaning and rubbish-collection service.

Although official figures have not yet been released for this summer, original estimates calculate that July saw an average fall of 40 per cent in collected rubbish, occasionally reaching 60 per cent, the councillor said.

This reduction was most noticeable in the Rincon de Loix where dozens of hotels, which might otherwise have opened during the summer, remained closed owing to the two weeks’ quarantine required for travellers returning from Spain to the UK. In contrast, on Benidorm’s Poniente side, which has a higher proportion of residential tourism, rubbish collections are around 15 per cent lower, De Zarate said.

A BENIDORM man was acquitted of failing to return a parrot belonging to his cousin.

Alicante’s provincial high court quashed a Benidorm court’s original sentence finding him guilty of a minor offence of misappropriation, ordering him to pay a €270 fine and either return the parrot or give his cousin €400 compensation.

According to the parrot’s owner she agreed to lend it to her cousin who wanted to breed from it. He later refused to return the bird, claiming that she had given it to him.

He had also maintained that the

EL TOSSAL: Different zones marked out with gravel.

THE Tossal archaeological site in La Cala is now an open-air museum.

The small Roman fort dates back to the first century BC and visitors can now see the results of past excavations that reveal some of the oldest traces of the resort’s past.

With almost 80 per cent of the site uncovered, information panels along the route give details of the fortification’s restored walls, courtyards and rooms where separate zones are defined with different-coloured gravels.

Jesus Moratalla, co-director of the excavations together with archaeologist Dr Feliciana Salas, outlined the work carried out so far to Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez, Heritage councillor Ana Pellicer

and other councillors attending the opening.

The most recent excavations revealed several complementary structures, Moratalla explained, as well as what was possibly another entrance to the fort, pottery and metal objects including nails and the remains of a knife.

The experts have also detected evidence of more walls below the existing buildings and Perez, together with the archaeologists agreed that the site’s remaining 20 per cent “contained much more.”

Although visits are currently restricted owing to Covid-19 health and safety regulations, conducted tours are expected to begin after September 15.

Virtual bids for town hall BENIDORM Town Hall’s contract for a comprehensive urban fixtures and furniture service is being carried out entirely online.

It is the first time that a service like this has been put out to tender using this method, announced Contracts councillor Aida Garcia Mayor.

“This electronic formula means eliminating printed documents which would usually account for a significant volume of paper in a 10-year, €9 million contract like this,” Mayor added.

The councillor explained that in the electronic process, numbered envelopes substituted the usual sealed paper envelopes that companies would normally use to present their bids.

The virtual envelopes are to be opened this week, she said.

The urban fixtures contract, which was “very ambitious” and has been prepared by town hall officials, would bring an important leap forward in the quality of new technologies “in terms of image and modernisation,” Mayor revealed.

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Altea - Albir - Alfaz NEWS Around the world ALTEA’S Correos sorting office has a new postmark, featuring the town’s emblematic church dome.

The design has a background of fireworks, suggesting the annual display let off each August from the La Olla beach but was cancelled this year because of the Covid-19.

Those attending the presentation included Altea’s mayor Jaume Llinares, Paco Zaragoza from Altea’s Club Filatelico, who proposed the postmark initiative, Jose Ivars, president of the regional philately association FASFILCOVA and Rafael Ramon Mompo who is Altea’s Correos manager and also the town hall’s Finance and Personnel councillor.

Speaking as head of the local Correos, Mompo thanked all those involved in designing and producing the postmark which will take the church dome and La Olla fireworks “throughout the world.”

Streetlights needed MORE SAFETY: Streetlights needed at Altea la Vieja access.

ALTEA’S Infrastructures department wants to take over the streetlighting at the crossroads to Altea la Vieja.

Officially this is the responsibility of roads’ authority Carreteras, said Infrastructures councillor Diego Zaragozi, who explained that the section between the AP-7 bridge and Villa Gadea has remained in darkness since the motorway reverted to the State on January 1.

“The town hall intends to re-establish and pay for the streetlighting but to do that, Carreteras needs to transfer ownership to the municipality,” Zaragozi said.

Above all, restoring streetlights on this section of road would provide more safety at the crossing to Altea la Vieja, he pointed out.

“We are going through the necessary procedures, but this doesn’t depend on the local Administration and are waiting for the transfer to go through.”

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Putting a name to it A SCULPTURE of Altea’s name was third choice for the 2019 Participatory Budget.

Maria Antonia Lavios, Citizens’ Participation councillor, announced a competition to find the best

design for the Amb el Nom d’Altea initiative.

Remodelling the Pont de Moncau came first in the Participatory Budget poll amongst the local population, with improvements to the Cap Blanch neighbour-

hood in second place.

“The sculpture will be located in a public place as a tourist attraction, like those in many other cities, where visitors like to be photographed,” Lavios said.

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Improvements for Pelota court WORK began in Calpe on covering the court where the Valencian ballgame Pelota is played.

Once covered, games can continue during bad weather and the alley-shaped court, built in 2006, will get more use, the town hall’s Sports department said.

Installing the translucent polycarbonate panels, installing a suspended sliding door and new lighting is expected to take a month to complete and the €115,000 cost has been subsidised by the Diputacion provincial council.

The economical LED lighting can also be turned on in separate phases bringing further savings, Sports department sources said.

A rocodromo climbing wall was recently added to the Pelota court so that young people could start to learn the principles of rock climbing.

PELOTA COURT: Newly-installed roofing.

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Art Angels flying high CALPE’S Casa de Cult u r a h a s s e c u re d a n itinerant exhibition of the work of seven international artists.

This will open on September 3 and continue until September 30 and can be visited from 9am until 9pm.

The skilled and innovative artists have joined forces under the Angels: Coniunctis Viribus banner, creating new works that uses paper as the medium to tie together this thought-provoking visual extravaganza.

In Huellas Humanas, Debra Cazalet, Don Henderson, Anna Maria Jansen, Patricia H Ropohl, Julia Vela, Judith Verjheij and Katherine M Waters use paper as their starting point for exploring some pressing themes.

In a world where human existence is being forced to acknowledge its vulnerability and what it values most, this is undeniably a very

ART EXHIBITION: At Calpe’s Casa de Cultura from September 3 to September 30. timely and relevant exhibition.

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Long, hot wait OWING to distancing requirements, patients with appointments for Calpe’s auxiliary health centre must wait outside in the blazing sun.

An awning erected in front of the entrance at the La Fossa beach centre does provide shade, but anti-Covid19 regulations mean there is not enough room for everyone.

There has also been a recent increase in patients as the Casa del Mar centre, which attends to residents from other Spanish regions and paediatric cases, is closed.

Parents with sick children have complained about having to wait outside the La Fossa centre during a heatwave, prompting the PSOE party, in opposition on Calpe Council, to describe the situation as ‘Third World’.

Although healthcare at the auxiliary centre is covered

by Marina Salud, the premises are provided by the town hall, pointed out a PSOE spokesperson.

“The town hall owns 740 metres of public land in front of the future Calalga building and instead of giving them away, it could have used it for a decent health centre,” he said.

The spokesperson was referring to the plot of land adjoining the La Fossa, which the local government has ceded “at a price,” the party said, to enable the developers to build a tower block.

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Mussel power INVESTIGATORS from the Catholic University of Valencia’s Marine Biology Group (IMEDMAR-UCV) returned spiny fan mussels to the sea.

Immersions took place approximately 1.8 kilometres offshore from IMEDMAR-UCV’s research station near Calpe’s Peñon de Ifach, where the mussels were installed in cages, enabling investigators to monitor their evolution in their natural habitat.

Marine biologists are currently interested in the spiny fan mussel (Pinna rudis) as it has close links to the (Pinna nobilis) fan mussel, at risk of extinction in a short time thanks to the Haplosporidium pinnae parasite.

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Not what Policemen’s lot it seemed NIGHT-TIME DRILL: Dummy run for SVS.

UNIONS representing Teulada-Moraira Local Police officers complained about pay and conditions.

There had been personnel shortages for the last 10 years, a joint commu-

nique maintained, and officers have received the same salary for almost 20 years. Despite this, they continued providing the same professionality and dedication all this time, the unions pointed out.

Full steam ahead for TM Lions SALVAMENTO MARITIMO SVS, the conces-

sionary that provides Moraira’s lifesaving service recently carried out a night-time drill.

Requiring a helicopter and municipal resources, this was held at a distance of 1.5 nautical miles (approximately 2.8 kilometres) from the shore.

This is standard practice, SVS explained afterwards and ensures that procedures are in place for all those involved in an emergency rescue offshore.

Although these occur year-round, both SVS and all Marina Alta town halls are aware that these are more frequent each summer, owing to increased tourism, even during a high season as atypical as 2020, owing to Covid-19.

DESPITE challenges throughout lockdown, the Teulada-Moraira Lions Club have helped where they could.

They have worked previously with Denia’s Raquel Paya school for children and young people with disabilities where staff are preparing for the pupils’ return in September.

A new activity will involve laundry as, in compliance with Covid-secure regulations, staff must change into uniform on arrival and for the afternoon session.

To do this, the school is setting up a laundry area where older pupils can work to develop life skills which is whether the Teulada-Moraira Lions stepped in.

Their Moraira charity shop received a donation of a top-class steam iron and, with the owner’s consent, have passed this on to the Raquel Paya school. Principal Miguel Ivars has accepted the donation on behalf of the school and thanked the Lions for their continued generosity.

The Lion’s Den charity shop, a couple of doors away from Letters R Us beneath the Pepe La Sal supermarket at the Centro Comercial in Moraira, has reopened and is able to accept donations.

There is also a GoFundMe page at https://www.go fundme.com/f/teulada-moraira-lions which can also be accessed via the www.tmlions.com site or Facebook page.

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Tower visits barred

TEULADA-MORAIRA To w n H a l l i s s u e d a notice barring access to Moraira’s Cap d’Or tower.

Rehabilitating the tower began shortly before the State of Alarm stopped work in March although the €1.2 million project was resumed some weeks ago.

Safety measures prevent access to the tower although visitors have continued to climb to the top o f th e b luf f where it is located, attracted by the monument’s views and history.

The town hall has now warned visitors in Spanish, Valencia and English to keep away while work goes ahead on

CAP D’OR: Damaged by the centuries and now undergoing restoration (inset). restoring the 16th century tower, one of the chain that defended Spain’s Mediterranean coast from pirate incursions and enemy raids.

Restoring an adjoining water deposit and excavating a nearby Iberian settlement are included in the Cap d’Or project as well as providing access to the

nearby Cendra cave, inhabited 20,000 years ago and considered one of the Mediterranean’s most important prehistoric sites.

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Work figures JAVEA’S unemployment figures fell by 255 to 1,634 in July.

Nevertheless, 1,209 of the 1,288 new work contracts signed last month were temporary and 1,179 were in the services sector, according to statistics revealed in the Spanish media.

Women are the worst-hit by unemployment, accounting for 943 of those currently registered as jobless.

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Javea-Denia NEWS Help where needed JAVEA’S mayor Jose C h u l v i re c e n t l y w e l comed 34 new municipal workers.

Selected according to social needs and guidelines, they will maintain Javea’s wooded areas and streets or help to clean and control access to municipal buildings in line with health and safety regulations.

The town hall’s social employment programme is part of the €500,000 Recupem Xabia project introduced during the State of Alarm to counteract the effects of lockdown on the local economy.

The programme is directed at Javea residents who have been registered for between three and six consecutive months with the official employment service

NEW INTAKE: Thirty-four more municipal posts in Javea. and do not receive any type of benefit.

Other municipal initiatives

introduced to ease the Covid-19 include help for the self-employed whose

activities were curtailed by the State of Alarm. They have until 9am tomorrow, Friday August 21, to apply for direct grants of €1,500.

Javea Town Hall has allotted €1.5 million to this assignment which, if necessary, can be increased by another €1.5 million.

A total of €6 million has been set aside for the municipality’s response to Covid-19 which has included waiving municipal taxes and a €2.8 million allocation to Social Services for emergency help and services.

Much-needed bridge reopens JAVEA’S new Triana bridge has reopened to pedestrians and traffic.

Although the town hall made no plans for an official inauguration, dozens of residents gathered at the €487,381 structure over the mouth of the River Gorgos to watch as Javea mayor Jose Chulvi signed off the completed bridge.

The contractors then formally removed the tapes and barriers, clearing the way for the first pedestrians and traffic.

The bridge was badly damaged when the Gorgos flooded in 2007 and despite surviving successive storms it had to be closed to traffic following the Isolat-

ed High Altitude Depression (DANA) last September.

Even when work finally began, it was interrupted by Storm Gloria in January and State of Alarm restrictions in March.

Timetable apart, planning and building the new bridge was complex as it involved four separate Administrations and the contractor awarded the original contract abandoned the project before making a start, Chulvi pointed out.

Improvements have been made to the connection with Avenida Marina Española and it only remains for the contractors to remove the base of the old bridge.

Events and gatherings JAVEA Town Hall reminded the local population that the municipality should be advised before planning gatherings of more than 50 people.

This applies equally to festive events as well as meetings organised by private individuals or cultural groups and associations.

Should these involve more than 150 people, authorisation should be obtained five days beforehand from the Local Police, based on the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic at the time.

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Oliva Nova cup

WINNERS: Montgo’s Medal Competition winners.

IN hot and humid conditions, Montgo Golf Society played a Medal Competition sponsored by Oliva Nova on Friday, August 14.

Showing everybody how it was done was winner Ros Fletcher with a net 71, second was Nigel Siddall with a net 76 pushing into third place on countback Sally Cottrell, who also had a net 76.

Two other players, Mick

Farmer and Stella Fox, missed out on the prizes, but also had net a 76.

There were three nearest the pins which were sponsored by Montgo and these were 3rd, 11th and 16th. The lucky winners were Stella Fox who picked up the prizes on the 3rd and 11th and Robin Thatcher who won on the 16th.

Simon Fox was the only person to get a two, win-

ning himself a coveted Montgo ball.

Stella also kindly gave four jars of her very soughtafter marmalade for card draws and the lucky winners were; Richard Delaney, Keith Cottrell, Shane Fitzsimmons and Richard Fox. Montgo’s next competition is the Middleton Trophy, a Stableford sponsored by Nigel Siddall.

Busters Golf Society DESPITE the blazing sun, Busters Golf Society had 18 players competing in the summer stableford. Since February’s closure of the golf courses, members have only played in their POY competitions, so it made a change to have their two’s competition, nearest the pins, best back and front nines and of course the first three places.

Secretary, Barry Grinsell, said: “Playing at El Plantio was a delight although our scores didn’t reflect it, I have to say that the course was in very good condition.

“Onto our results, our BF9 with 14 points was won by Rob Ashman, the BB9 being taken by Terry Sharley with 17 points, and both receiving a bottle of wine.”

He added: “Our nearest the pins were on hole nine Liam Clarke, captain Martin Collins took the 14th with our president Barrie Hopkinson winning the 18th. All NTPs received a sleeve of golf balls, we had three players tying for first place with 29 points, so a count-

back was necessary.

“In third place winning a bottle of wine was Martin Collins, losing on the back for second place on the last 12 holes by one point to Preston Ives. Preston received two bottles of wine, but our Vice President Ian Allison was the winner on the day, Ian received a bottle of Gordon’s gin.”

The two’s pot was won outright by Liam Clark and the winner of the football card was secretary Barry, who selected Birmingham City.

Barry added: “I would like to thank Ian, boss of Bar El Toro in Calle Vigo, Quesada, for providing the wine for these prizes.

“Bar El Toro, our new sponsors, also provided us with assorted sandwiches on our primary return and presentation to their very pleasant bar, many thanks to Ian and his staff for making a very tired and weary bunch most welcome on their return to the bar.”

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Wine and dine with U3A THE Wine & Dine Group from the U3A Marina Baixa, met at Yang Hu Restaurant in La Nucia on Friday, August 14, where they enjoyed a lovely meal and each other’s company.

This was only the third time of meeting since Covid-19 “spoilt the normal events calendar.”

“As yet, we still do not know when we will return to normality, but we are hopeful that we may commence our monthly meetings in September, however it will all depend on no further breakouts and lockdowns between now and then,” said group secretary Joan Flint.

Watch out for press statements and email Joan for further confirmation.

If you have not heard about the winers and diners and would like to join them, you can be assured of a very warm welcome.

Visit the website www.u3amarina baixa.com to find out more, or check out their Facebook page.

If you do not have internet access you can contact secretary Joan Flint on 966 808 591 or 663 637 167.

CREDIT: Wine & Dine Group U3A Marina Baixa

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A different way of eating now CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Benidorm

Your views BENIDORM is asking for the collaboration of young people in the development of its first Youth Plan which will be launched before the end of the year and run until 2023.

Over the coming weeks, the Department of Youth will seek the views of young people in Benidorm through an electronic survey that will form the basis of the town’s first Youth Plan.

Councillor for Youth, Jaime Jesus Perez, explained the survey will be open to anyone aged between 12 and 30 years of age and “aims to know and respond to any concerns and ask young people which activities they would like to take part in, in areas such as education, training, or work.”

Once the data is processed in September, a plan will be drafted, said Pérez.

To enable this, ‘transversal meetings’ with the other council departments, as well as with cul-

JAIME JESUS PEREZ: Benidorm’s Councillor for Youth wants to hear your views. tural, festive, sports or youth associations will be held.

People aged between 12 and 30 represent 22 per cent of the population registered in Benidorm.

It is expected that the Youth

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Plan will become operational before the end of the year.

“As a thank you for your collaboration, two tickets for the next edition of the Low Festival will be raffled among the young people who participate in the survey.”

IT’S traditional in the Valencia region for everyone to eat from the same pan that the paella is cooked in.

Now, as it tries to stop the spread of Covid-19 in social settings, the Generalitat’s Health department is recommending that the Sunday paella should be served on individual plates whether eating out or at home. So, too, should salad, instead of everybody dipping into the same bowl.

The Health department also warned against drinking wine or water straight from an equally traditional porron or botijo.

Not everyone has welcomed the advice and Manuel, a 70-year-old quoted in the Valencia press said he had no intention of complying. “If you’re with a few family members, it doesn’t matter,” he reasoned.

“I’m going without a lot of other things. I haven’t been away, I don’t go to restaurants and I don’t meet many people,” he said.

“I like eating paella from the pan and I’ll go on doing it.”

Special delivery DENIA hospital has installed a new, large-size birthing table in one of its delivery rooms.

It is adjustable and, thanks to its large size, has enough space for a companion, the hospital explained.

Owing to Covid-19 regulations, it is no longer possible to provide conducted tours of the hospital’s eight labour rooms, two delivery rooms and operating theatre, but the Obstetrics and Gynaecology team has prepared a video for mothers-to-be on the hospital’s YouTube channel.

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Competitive economy A REPORT from the Competitiveness Trend Index (ITC), based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), suggests that the price competitiveness of the Spanish economy improved in the second quarter of 2020 when compared with the overall figures for the EU.

Huge loss EUROPEAN travel company TUI is carrying on despite making an eye watering loss of €1.1 billion in the three months to June due to cancellations. It has reported however that 2021 UK advance bookings were much higher than anticipated.

Core disagreement EPIC GAMES, an American games developer, is suing Apple for removing one of its games from the iPhone App store after the company invited users to purchase direct from Epic rather than Apple which charges a 30 per cent commission for all sales.

Empty buses BRITISH coach operator National Express has revealed that its Spanish subsidiary ALSA lost €38 million during the first six months of this year and passenger routes travelled were just 5 per cent of the normal schedule, although things are recovering now.

Taste of Asia TWO Spanish food manufacturers have come to an agreement whereby Pastas Gallo will take over Asian ready-made food producer, Barcelona based Ta-Tung for an undisclosed sum.

Created in 1980, latest annual turnover for Ta-Tung was €15 million and it is expected that the new owners, who are retaining the founder Kav Ly will look to expand the business by producing more meals in the Pastas Gallo kitchens.

New targets for increased expansion will be France and Portugal and food will be based on Chinese, Japanese and Thai cuisine.

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was the turnover in 2019 achieved by Ilunion which runs the ONCE lottery across Spain, an increase of nearly 6 per cent over the previous year.

Gold in the spotlight GOLD has been a very volatile metal which has seen significant rises and falls, but during times of stock exchange and financial difficulty, it has generally proven to be a good investment provided that you know what you are do­ ing.

Gold is normally priced per ounce but prices quoted on bul­ lion exchange sites are an aver­ age between buying price and selling price and dealers also look to make a mark up when trading.

Many people think that the best way to invest in small vol­ umes of gold is by purchasing gold coins and to a great extent that is absolutely true, but al­ ways remember there are two types of gold coin issued by banks and governments through­ out the world.

The British Royal Mint is cur­ rently offering a 22 carat (91.67 per cent gold) coin celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Second World War which weighs 39.94

LEGALLY SPEAKING Community annoyances

grams (the equivalent of one ounce of pure gold) for £2,640 (€2,920 approx) so with gold spot at £1,550 per ounce at the time of writing (€1,714) you are paying a massive 70 per cent over spot.

If you purchase a single 1oz Bullion coin such as a Krugerrand or one of many more legal tender bullion coins, you could obtain a single coin which has no VAT at around 5 to 10 per cent over spot and for larger quantities, per­ centages will be smaller.

€14 billion loan

What can our community president or administrator do to stop a car owner on a neighbouring community from parking in our parking spaces? The offender thinks he can park there when the space is unoccupied. It saves them from parking in the street or in their own underground parking area. The spaces are clearly marked as private. Polite notices put on the windscreen are ignored.

M T (by email) If friendly persuasion has no effect it will be YOU AND THE LAW necessary to take IN SPAIN firmer measures, even if they cause inconvenience. The simplest is to put a chain and lock across each space with a key for the owner. The police will not order the offending vehicle towed away from private proper­ ty without more serious cause.

DAVID SEARL

Can washing lines full of washing be on display at street level within a community? Does this issue have to be placed on the Agenda at the AGM? J T (by email)

Most communities prohibit displays of laundry in their internal rules. If yours does not, then put it on the agen­ da for the AGM and a community vote.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

TOURISM in the Costa del Sol boomed from the 1960s and with many well­off expatriates (not just from Britain) look­ ing for holiday homes or simply moving to Spain for the climate and work, house building and prices boomed.

Come 2008 however the story changed dramatically and as people lost their jobs so banks began to re­ possess properties, but a property is only of any use if you can sell it on and

Credit: Hammerson

IT HELPS: Prime Minister Sánchez needs support of all political parties.

WHEN you run a minority government it is often nec­ essary to take note that if you want to push through a controversial idea that it helps to have opposition parties with you.

The Spanish government needs money and needs it quickly, so it recognised that many councils throughout the country have significant surpluses in their accounts which are estimated at to­ talling more than €20 billion.

Perhaps rather hurriedly the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez managed to enter into an agreement with Spanish Federation of Mu­ nicipalities and Provinces

(FEMP) by the narrowest of margins to borrow €14 bil­ lion over a period of 10 years, which has since been increased to 15 years.

In return, those municipal­ ities lending the money will be invited to share €5 billion to use in efforts to support their residents following the Covid­19 pandemic.

Mayors all over Spain who are not aligned to the PSOE or Podemos parties are in revolt against the plan as they argue that they should be able to use their funds to aid their population and it appears more than likely that plan is doomed to failure.

Properties in Spain the banks couldn’t.

Variable rate mortgages in Spain were generally set against the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor) which meant that as it reduced, so should the mortgage rate but the introduction of a floor clause meant that the reduction would stop at a certain rate and could not fall further.

Eventually, this was declared illegal across Spanish and European courts and now those who paid too high a rate of interest are successfully suing the banks for repayment and floor clauses have been removed.

Added to this is a decision made by the courts which means that if a bank in­

Credit rating reduced CREDIT AGENCY STANDARD and Poor Global has reduced its rating of Spanish super­ market chain Dia to CC from CCC as it believes that there may be long term liquidity problems despite the compa­ ny returning to a small profit.

In 2019, Russian business­ men Mijaíl Fridman who owns the bulk of shares start­ ed transferring its assets to a Luxembourg based company Letter One. Now because LetterOne has approached holders of in­ terest­bearing bonds to pur­ chase them, there is a fear that there will be insufficient funds available to repay the principal when it falls due.

Possibly good news IN his first meeting with Boris Johnson, new Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheál Martin indicated that there appeared to be a very good chance of ne­ gotiating an acceptable Brexit deal which would be both tariff and quota free.

It appears from his statement to the press that both sides believe that there has been suffi­ cient damage to the eco­ nomic system throughout Europe caused by the pan­ demic and that another caused by a No Deal Brexit would only make matters worse for the UK and the members of the European Union. troduces certain mortgage set up fees, then it can no longer charge all of the cost to the customer.

With the pandemic, building was put on hold and now it has resumed there is a lot of property near to completion.

With cheaper mortgages and devel­ opers anxious to sell, provided you have a good lawyer and access to funds, then now is certainly a good time to consider a Spanish property purchase.

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0,995 557,40 224,00 28,57 8.674,0 291,30 101,80 1.535,00 887,80 114,80 5.918,0 2.347,00 2.561,0 694,00 1.257,00 7.422,0 1.720,50 532,40 620,20 4.769,5 251,50 5,34 1.174,8 1.174,00 1.130,8 450,20 744,60 1.229,00 13,24 3.025,0 893,72 962,20 2.486,0 1.557,50 1.415,50 10.645,0 1.300,50 1.003,50 419,40 265,90 5,22 119,55 227,30 302,20 4.516,0 886,80 118,14 2.395,0 617,07

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0,973 557,00 222,40 28,41 8.578,0 288,00 100,00 1.518,50 883,60 113,75 5.876,0 2.306,31 2.541,0 680,20 1.244,00 7.380,0 1.711,00 525,19 615,60 4.729,5 247,39 5,27 1.165,0 1.164,90 1.123,0 443,40 736,80 1.223,00 13,13 2.941,0 887,67 958,40 2.475,0 1.546,00 1.408,50 10.493,8 1.290,50 994,00 416,30 260,90 5,22 119,00 226,43 298,90 4.498,0 882,20 116,98 2.387,0 612,60

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CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 164,52 1,61M 1.502,88 1,36M 3.120,00 2,75M 452,18 41,39M 172,35 32,41M 138,77 2,04M 88,85 6,34M 42,27 32,54M 48,03 10,08M 42,41 13,60M 258,68 14,79M 206,61 2,29M 279,19 2,49M 123,91 2,96M 48,65 22,32M 147,58 4,24M 101,42 12,13M 205,20 2,06M 83,17 7,05M 207,51 17,96M 105,46 2,99M 37,93 12,24M 134,55 5,85M 62,59 5,12M 1.626,64 12,58M 318,73 1,79M 58,25 8,72M 195,77 5,01M 131,63 6,70M 129,74 6,51M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced CureVac N.V. Tesla Inc. Novavax Inc. Duck Creek Technologies Inc. MicroStrategy Inc. GRAVITY Co. Ltd. ADR Mesoblast Ltd. ADR First Citizens Bancshares Inc. Cl A NVIDIA Corp.

Karuna Therapeutics Inc. Vaxcyte Inc.

Most Declined Broadcom Inc. 8% Pfd. Series A Booking Holdings Inc. Amazon.com Inc. Alphabet Inc. Cl A CoStar Group Inc. Alphabet Inc. Cl C Credit Acceptance Corp.

DexCom Inc. Equinix Inc. Baidu Inc. ADR Atrion Corp.

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World’s fourth richest man

by John Smith N O W i n h i s 9 0 t h y e a r, American billionaire, Warren Buffett, said to be the fourth richest man in the world is still active and his eyes are firmly set on the Spanish luxury property market.

Last year, his Berkshire Hath­ away HomeServices set up in Spain and now they are looking to ex­ pand the property business with the help of Spanish consultancy Larvia with the intention of moving into the Balearics and Costa del Sol. To this end, they have just taken

Warren Buffett accompanies Glenn Close.

Industrial sector growth THE latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) show that although industr y in Spain is showing definite signs of recovery,

just three sectors actually saw growth in June 2020.

In essence, cigarette and drug manufacturers saw very little problem

with the lockdown as both tobacconists and pharmacies were allowed to remain open for the whole of the pandemic and therefore saw

business rise in the fist half of the year.

The other sector that has grown relates to computers, technology and electronics.

over Marbella­based Value Added Property, which currently pro­ motes top quality new build prop­ erties as well as offering a com­ plete home service once the client has purchased.

Now renamed Berkshire Hath­ away HomeServices Marbella it can soon expect to be part of a much larger group with offices not just in Barcelona and Madrid but in Mallorca, Costa Blanca and Costa Brava which appear to be next on the acquisition list.

With a reputation for knowing how to invest his wealth, the en­ trepreneur has seen his estate agency empire grow in the USA over the past six years to become one of the largest in that country with more than 1,400 offices.

This move into Spain suggests that he has considerable confi­ dence in its long­term viability and attraction for both successful Spanish buyers but also foreigners looking for a second home or a new country to settle in.

In addition, it seems that his company will be trying to woo commercial investors for either rental or resale.

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BUSINESS EXTRA Debenhams HIGH Street department store Debenhams is closing 17 of its shops and making 2,500 members of staff redundant as rumours abound that it may be close to going into Administration, although it says that opened properties are performing well.

US Tariffs SPAIN maintains that the US government is acting unreasonably by maintaining punitive tariffs against Spanish exports of mainly agro-food products, even though it and the European Union have agreed to reduce support for Airbus industries.

Drop out A NUMBER of UK restaurants in tourist areas are pulling out of the government backed Eat Out programme because they say that they are busy anyway and that so many diners are causing problems with delays and poor social distancing.

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I’m up to here with it all!

THIS week I truly don’t know where to start. Like most of us, I’m actually up to here with all of it.

Masks, viruses, black, white, conspiracies, racism, religion, woke, fake news, kneeling, left wing, right wing, immigrants, BLM, knifings, shootings, grooming, lockdowns, offending, demos, diversity, integration, terrorists, politicians, statues, hatred, lies, hypocrisy and Uncle Tom Cobley et al. What was that about halting the planet and jumping off?

Lead me to it! However, one thing this ol’ boy has never been guilty of is burying his head in the sand. So contrary to last week’s dissenters, I am in fact fully aware that this whole chaotic mishmash could well be an NWO conspiracy. I actually began to suspect something of this ilk in the early 60’s when a good friend of mine, far more astute than I, often stated that the world was not run by governments, but in his words, controlled by the ‘Twelve men of Wall Street.’

Nothing much has changed since, except that those he referred to are now spread much further afield than a single street in New York! Unfortunately, it appears to me that the whole plot could now be reaching some sort of climax. I fear the con-

NEW STATUE: Shame she hadn’t actually invented the mobile phone. spirator’s next step will be an unprecedented escalation of world violence and bloodshed.

When the dust finally settles, and assuming we are not regaled by the new Messiah, a brainwashed and weary human race, will welcome with relief the peace and order offered by those who control the NWO, and the predictions of George Orwell and his ilk

will ultimately come to pass - Job done.

I did notice this week that places of entertainment and non-essential businesses in the UK were allowed to reopen again, after being ‘inexplicably’ closed a fortnight ago (remember my Eid appeasement piece!?). To me however, the event that took the whole tin was the erection in East London of the nine foot statue depicting a young black girl

using her mobile phone! So they want to tear down statues of our great statesmen and historical figures and in their place erect someone using a phone! It would be a little more acceptable if she’d have actually invented the device. Some chance!

I also discovered that the widow of George Floyd, who ‘cried bitterly’ at his funeral, had not in fact seen him for six years.

During that same period he had apparently also not paid a single penny in child maintenance. However in a move that just about sums up the priorities of today’s ‘woke’ brigade, she has actually received over $14 million (yep) in donations from ‘sympathetic well-wishers.’ No wonder the brothers could afford those new suits they all looked so uncomfortable in during the memorial ceremonies. What a result they’ve all had. I wonder how much of it has been donated to the charities of people that could truly benefit from it. Not a great deal I’ll be bound.

Don’t forget you can now pick up my radio programme on Alexa and Google.

Tune in for Leapy’s ‘alter ego’!

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Letting Go of The Past!

ROBERT SHALLIS AS a young boy, I watched t h e o r i g i n a l H G We l l s movie ‘The Time Machine’ and since then I have been fascinated by the concept of being able to travel back and forth in time. I marvelled at how amazing it would be to change the past and correct mistakes that could still affect my present. Obviously, this is fantasy, still a captivating thought nevertheless.

Most of us are creatures of habit and don’t always adjust to change. However, many of us, in so many different ways still live in the past allowing regrets and mistakes to define who we are today.

With the world now being a very different place in such a relatively short period of time, we

TIME CHANGES: We need to accept the past and move forward. need to find a way to accept past events, rapid changes and move forward.

It is believed that 30 per cent of our current fears and anxieties are influenced by situations that

occurred in the past. Nothing can be done to change that; however, we continue to dwell and live in the past to no avail.

Of course, it’s wonderful to have happy memories of past

events which can bring a smile and lift us when we’re feeling a little down, but dwelling on less happier events and past circumstances will result in the opposite.

Holding on to a grudge, regret or guilt, will only hold you, nobody else. It will keep you in that unhappy, unfulfilled place.

All too often we hold on to the past and use it as a reason, explanation or even an excuse for our life today when in reality, we can be so much more.

So how do we let go of the past and leave it where it belongs and focus on the future?

Firstly, we need to come to the realisation that it absolutely cannot be changed, accepting that what has been, has been.

It is giving up the notion and hope that it cannot be any different and no longer allowing yourself to be a slave to the past.

Understanding that no amount of present worry, regret, anger or resentment can, and never will change it. Acknowledging that the past belongs exactly where it

should stay, in the past. Unlike us, it does not have the privilege and opportunity to move on.

The past has no second chance. Your future does. It is, after all, just a memory!

We can however, choose to learn by the past and allow certain aspects of it to create a better future, by making the choice to use it as a lesson to benefit us going forward on to the next chapter of lives incredible journey.

Winston Churchill’s dynamic quote “if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.” It’s a great example of letting go of the past in order for it to not have an effect on our future.

Your future has not yet been written, so embrace it, be excited about it.

Choose to let go of the past.

Now! Move on and start creating your life by design.

Rob Shallis www.robshallis.com

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1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Traffic Cops 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Secrets of the Luxury Super Yachts 10:00pm When... Goes Horribly Wrong 1:05am Autopsy

5:15am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 10:00am Bless This House 10:35am Bless This House 11:05am George and Mildred 11:35am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:00pm Heartbeat 7:00pm Downton Abbey 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Law & Order: UK 12:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World Cup Rivalries Revisiting some of the most riveting matches played by the rival footballing nations.

7:15am The Saint 8:05am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9:00am Dempsey and Makepeace 10:10am Minder 11:15am The Professionals 12:20pm The Sweeney 1:25pm The Saint 2:30pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 3:35pm The Avengers 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Tenable 9:00pm Junk and Disorderly 10:00pm RoboCop 2 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm RoboCop 2 12:10am Enter the Dragon 1:10am FYI Daily

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4:45am 6:15am

Sky Cinema Preview Jarhead: Law of Return 8:45am Poseidon 10:25am Badland 12:25pm Avengers: Endgame 3:25pm 300 5:25pm Poseidon 7:05pm Cliffhanger 9:00pm Avengers: Endgame 12:00am Starship Troopers 2:15am 300 4:20am Badland

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

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7:00am 8:45am 10:30am 12:45pm

6:10am

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

8:00am Juliet, Naked 9:50am The Party's Just Beginning 11:30am Weird Science 1:15pm The Other Guys 3:15pm Notting Hill 5:25pm Big Daddy 7:10pm Juliet, Naked 9:00pm Notting Hill 11:10pm The Other Guys 1:05am The Party's Just Beginning

2:30pm 4:45pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 9:00pm 10:45pm 12:30am 2:15am 3:45am 5:30am

FRIDAY TV

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

6:00am 7:00am 8:00am

Go Fish Monster Family: Special The Top Ten Show Clips from the UK and US Top Ten show viewers the best of what is on offer on the big screen.

Rosy The Kill Team Jumanji: The Next Level Zombieland: Double Tap Proximity Ordinary Love The Top Ten Show Jumanji: The Next Level Zombieland: Double Tap Rosy Run With the Hunted Behind You The Shed Go Fish

12:00pm 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:30pm 1:45pm

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

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

Coverage of the first day of the Third and Final Test in the series, taking place at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton 8:00pm Live European Tour Golf 8:30pm Live PGA Tour Golf 1:00am Fight Night Dillian Whyte v Lucas Browne.

5:00am Sky Sports News

EFL Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football's Greatest Players 2:30pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 3:30pm Championship Season Review 4:30pm EFL Greatest Games 4:45pm EFL Greatest Games 5:00pm EFL Greatest Games 5:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 5:30pm Football's Greatest Players 6:00pm Football Countdowns 6:30pm Football Years 7:00pm SPFL Highlights 7:30pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 7:45pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Cup Retro 10:00pm EFL

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Hissing cockroaches: Pests or pets?

BARRY DUKE IT started as a fact-checking exercise that the Internet assumed was a quest for an apartment full of monster cockroaches.

I began getting pop-up ads for hissing Madagascar roaches hours after I began reading up on the critters, something I was prompted to do by passage in ‘The Web’. Jonathan Kellerman’s thriller describes a katsaridaphobic character running out of her bathroom screaming after it had been invaded by giant roaches.

I was sceptical, mainly because I’d seen some pretty big cockroaches in South Africa, but none that were three inches long.

So I did a quick check, and sure enough, Kellerman’s description was spot on. Within an hour a window popped up on my computer screen, notifying me that I could buy from Amazon ‘a complete Kindle guide to the care of America’s favourite

POP-UPS: The algorithms somehow made a connection between a harmless insect and a repulsive life-form.

pet, the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach’ for just $2.86 (€2.42) I then checked whether the roaches were indeed ‘America’s favourite pet.’ One site informed me that their ‘gentle nature, large size, odd sounds and lowmaintenance care have made them popular educational tools and pets.’

The ‘bots’ that monitor one’s

online searches took that search as a signal that I had a burning desire to populate our apartment with the bugs, and more and more ads began appearing.

One, from a company called Fluker’s Farm in Louisiana, was offering them in two sizes: juveniles for $1.45 (€1.22) each and adults for $1.95 (€1.65). Fluker’s informed

me that ‘Hissing cockroaches are often kept as pets … Hissers have a relatively long life span and, under optimal conditions, they can live up to five years!’

Then up popped an eBay ad for ‘a brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged’ roach for $2.50 (€2.11) plus $27.90 (€23.56) shipping.’

Just when I thought these

topped the list of the weirdest pop-ups ever created, along came one for Donald Trump bandages. The algorithms that track one’s browsing had somehow made a connection between a benign and harmless insect and a repulsive, brutish and very stupid life-form.

For a moment I was puzzled.

Then I remembered doing a search during the Covid-19 lockdown period for adhesive plasters (‘curitas’ in Spanish) after I’d cut a finger slicing carrots, and could find none in the apartment.

The Trump bandages are being sold by an outfit called the Patriot Depot for £8.95 (€9.90) for 20. The blurb says ‘Who better to put on a bandage but Trump, the man who’s been healing the wounds inflicted by Obama’s presidency.’

Don’t rush to put in an order.

They are bound to plummet in price if the Orange Menace is exterminated by Joe Biden in November.

Something good just HAS to come out of 2020.

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

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SATURDAY TV

1:25am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast A round-up of news, plus sports reports, weather forecasts and arts and entertainment features.

11:00am Saturday Kitchen Cookery show.

12:30pm The Great Food Guys 1:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Live Challenge Cup Rugby League 5:25pm Wreck-it Ralph 6:55pm BBC News 7:05pm BBC London News; Weather 7:10pm Weather 7:15pm Pointless Celebrities 8:00pm Total Wipeout 8:40pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 2:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:40am BBC News

4:10am This is BBC Two 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 Rise of the Continents 11:00am Natural World 12:00pm This Farming Life 1:00pm Nigellissima 1:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 2:30pm Wanted Down Under 3:15pm My Life on a Plate 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 4:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 5:30pm Live Challenge Cup Rugby League 8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Sean Connery: In His Own Words 11:00pm Entrapment 1:40am Golf: Women's British Open

8:00pm

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

9:00pm Pole to Pole Another chance to see Michael Palin's epic expedition from the North to the South Pole.

10:00pm The Bridge Scandinavian crime drama, starring Sofia Helin. In Danish and Swedish.

11:00pm The Bridge 12:00am The Bridge 1:00am The Bridge 2:00am Avicii: True Stories 3:40am This Farming Life Documentary following life on farms around Scotland, from Argyll to the Outer Hebrides.

7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Frasier 8:30am Frasier 8:50am Frasier 9:15am The Big Bang Theory 9:40am The Big Bang Theory 10:10am The Big Bang Theory 10:35am The Big Bang Theory 11:05am The Simpsons 11:30am The Simpsons 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm Puppy School 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:35pm Four in a Bed 3:05pm Four in a Bed 3:40pm Four in a Bed 4:10pm The Supervet 5:15pm The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 6:30pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Knight and Day 10:00pm Taken 3 12:15am Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 2:35am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

10:55am Peppa Pig 11:00am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:15am Ryan's Mystery Playdate 11:25am Access 11:45am Friends 12:15pm Friends 12:45pm Friends 1:15pm Friends 1:45pm Police Interceptors 2:45pm Live Gallagher Premiership Rugby Union 5:00pm Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson 5:30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 6:30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 8:25pm 5 News Weekend 8:30pm The Queen and Her PMs 10:00pm We Love Dad's Army

5:55am Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00am To be Announced 7:25am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 8:25am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 9:25am Don't Tell the Bride 10:25am Don't Tell the Bride 11:25am Melissa & Joey 11:55am Melissa & Joey 12:25pm Melissa & Joey 12:55pm Melissa & Joey 1:25pm Melissa & Joey 1:55pm The Goldbergs 2:25pm The Goldbergs 2:55pm The Goldbergs 3:25pm The Goldbergs 3:55pm The Big Bang Theory 4:25pm The Big Bang Theory 4:55pm The Big Bang Theory 5:25pm The Big Bang Theory 5:55pm The Big Bang Theory 6:20pm The Big Bang Theory 6:50pm Info Not Available 10:00pm Info Not Available 12:05am Gogglebox 1:05am Gogglebox 2:05am First Dates 3:05am First Dates 4:05am Gogglebox

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5:30am Go Fish 7:00am Proximity 9:15am Jumanji: The Next Level 11:30am Go Fish 1:00pm The Informer 3:00pm Zombieland: Double Tap 4:45pm Run With the Hunted 6:30pm Jumanji: The Next Level 8:45pm The Top Ten Show Enjoy a countdown of the top 10 films from the legendary, Oscar-winning director.

9:00pm The Informer 11:00pm Zombieland: Double Tap 12:45am Rosy 2:30am The Kill Team 4:10am Behind You Two young sisters find all the mirrors in their estranged aunt's house are covered or hidden.

5:40am Go Fish

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

9:15am 9:30am 9:54am 10:25am 12:35pm 1:40pm 2:10pm 2:25pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:20pm 7:25pm 8:25pm 10:10pm 12:45am 1:04am

Mighty Mike Buck & Buddy Mr. Bean Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Ben 10 Drop Dead Weird Drop Dead Weird Saturday Morning with James Martin James Martin's Islands to Highlands Countrywise ITV News and Weather ITV Racing Live Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals The Masked Singer US ITV News and Weather ITV News London Rolling in It The Voice Kids Licence to Kill ITV News and Weather ITV London Weather

8:55am 9:40am 10:30am 11:30am 12:35pm 1:50pm 2:20pm 3:20pm 3:25pm 4:05pm 5:05pm 5:10pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:10pm 10:15pm 11:15pm 12:15am

Teleshopping The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Ellen DeGeneres Show Dress to Impress Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

Spy Kids 3: Game Over FYI Daily Spy Kids 3: Game Over Storks FYI Daily Storks Step Up FYI Daily Step Up Virgin Media's V Festival 2020 Kong: Skull Island FYI Daily Kong: Skull Island Family Guy American Dad!

9:55am 10:25am 10:55am 11:25am 1:45pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am

That's My Boy Bless This House Agatha Christie's Marple Newlyweds Mike and Ellie decide to build their dream home at a beauty spot called Gypsy's Acre, ignoring the warnings of elusive romany Mrs Lee about an ancient curse supposedly cast upon the land.

Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street Inspector Morse Inspector Morse Lewis Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Law & Order: UK

8:05am 9:25am 10:30am 11:30am 12:35pm 1:35pm 2:35pm 3:05pm 4:05pm 4:10pm 5:10pm 6:10pm 6:15pm 7:15pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:40am 1:40am

World of Sport Dempsey and Makepeace Monster Carp Monster Carp ITV Racing: The Opening Show The Big Match Revisited Monster Carp Monster Carp River Monsters Lawman FYI Daily Lawman The Far Country FYI Daily The Far Country Kelly's Heroes FYI Daily Kelly's Heroes The Magnificent Seven FYI Daily The Magnificent Seven Inglourious Basterds FYI Daily

Badland Sky Cinema Preview The Legend of Zorro Men in Black Men in Black II Men in Black 3 Jack Reacher Men in Black Men in Black II Men in Black 3 Jack Reacher 300: Rise of an Empire

6:00am Napoleon Dynamite 7:35am Big Trouble in Little China 9:25am Father of the Bride 11:25am Bridesmaids 1:35pm Johnny English 3:10pm Napoleon Dynamite 4:50pm Holmes & Watson 6:30pm Father of the Bride 8:20pm Johnny English 10:00pm Bridesmaids 12:10am The Dead Don't Die 2:00am Big Trouble in Little China 3:55am Dirty Cops

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

Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Katie Taylor: All Action A special look at Irish world lightweight champion Katie Taylor.

Live Test Cricket PPV Free View Dillian Whyte v Alexander Povetkin Live PGA Tour Golf Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News

EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Players Football Countdowns Football Years EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Players Football Countdowns Football Years Carabao Cup Highlights EFL Highlights EFL Highlights EFL EFL Scottish Premiership Live EFL Cup Retro SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Highlights EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games

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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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POST-LOCKDOWN BABY BOOM & DIVORCE TSUNAMI

WITH both a baby boom and divorce tsunami predicted postl o c k d o w n , w i l l t h e re a l s o b e a publishing explosion along the lines of: ‘My Lockdown Novel’, in which ‘I discover the Real Meaning of Life’? The crisis probably won’t be quite as fruitful for political memoirs and diaries, though. ‘Monday: stayed i n d o o r s . Tu e s d a y : s t a y e d i n doors. Wednesday...’

And sales of classic novels are up, many featuring tales of plagues, viruses and diseases. And people are reading more as a consequence of lockdown: a third of older adults and half of 18 to 24-year-olds.

But whatever the genre, authors often face the risk of unwittingly basing a fictional character on someone identifiable. The crime writer Simon Brett, who recently published his 107th book: The Clutter Corpse (I’m already on my 10th, so still a way to go!) had this problem with his very first: Cast, in Order of Disappearance, which he set in Goring-onThames with a victim called Marius.

However, the publisher worried that the actor Marius Goring might believe this referred to him and sue, so asked Brett to change the location. One of Brett’s novelist friends similarly had to make a late change to a character’s name, using ‘find and replace’ to change all Davids to Kevins. “This worked fine,” Brett says, “until readers got to the point when someone talked about visiting Florence and seeing Michelangelo’s famous statue of Kevin.”

I had the same experience with an early novel. I likewise had to change a character’s name, using ‘find and replace’ to change all Joans to Beryls (don’t ask!).

Like in Brett’s case, this worked well until you got to the bit about a key character’s trip to Paris and coming across in the Place des

Pyramides the magnificent gilded bronze equestrian statue of... BERYL of ARC. And as for DI Barbara Forster, a character in my later crime thriller series (or ‘DI Barbara’ as one of my Audible reviewers calls her), she’s a flinty and canny detective with more skeletons in her closet than an orthopaedic specialist...

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers No Safe Place, Betrayal, The Girl in the Woods, The Girl in the Red Dress, No Way Back, Landscape of Lies, Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson. net) available online as eBook (€0.99; £0.99), Apple Books, paperback and audiobook.

All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

MORE READING: People are reading more as a consequence of lockdown.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am BBC News 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Escape to the Country 3:50pm Money for Nothing 4:50pm Animal Park 5:35pm Garden Rescue 6:35pm Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News; Weather 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm A Suitable Boy 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News; Weather 11:25pm Weather 12:30am The Notebook

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 A Cook Abroad 1:15pm My Life on a Plate 2:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 2:45pm Stories of Us 3:45pm A to Z of TV Gardening 4:15pm Le Mans 6:00pm Murray Walker: A Life in the Fast Lane 7:00pm Golf: Women's British Open 8:00pm Cricket: Today at the Test 9:00pm Gone Fishing: Mortimer & Whitehouse 9:30pm Harry Hill's World of TV 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:45pm Heroes 12:25am Heroes

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

10:25am James Martin's American Adventure 10:50am Inside Britain's Food Factories 11:20am Wonders of the Coast Path 11:50am The Voice Kids 1:40pm ITV News and Weather 1:50pm Rolling in It 2:55pm A View to a Kill 5:30pm ITV News and Weather 5:50pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Mamma Mia! 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:14pm ITV London Weather 11:15pm Virgin Media's V Festival 2020 12:10am When English Football Ruled Europe

8:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:05am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:55am Dress to Impress 10:55am Dress to Impress 11:55am Dress to Impress 1:00pm The Masked Singer US 2:00pm Catchphrase 3:00pm You've Been Framed!

4:05pm What a Girl Wants 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm What a Girl Wants 6:15pm The Secret Life of Pets 7:15pm FYI Daily 7:20pm The Secret Life of Pets 8:00pm Virgin Media's V Festival 2020 9:00pm Spectre 10:10pm FYI Daily 10:15pm Spectre 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad!

SUNDAY TV

12:00am Storyville Internationallyrenowned Malian photographer Malick Sidibé talks about what inspired his work and the history and culture of his homeland, from the American-style rock and roll days of the 1950s and 1960s to the austere Islamic conservatism imposed since the military coup in 1968.

1:00am On Camera: Photographers at the BBC 2:00am Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 3:00am Classic EastEnders 3:30am Classic EastEnders 4:00am Classic EastEnders 4:30am Classic EastEnders

7:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:20am Frasier 9:10am The Big Bang Theory 9:35am The Big Bang Theory 10:05am The Big Bang Theory 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Four in a Bed 3:30pm A Place in the Sun 4:15pm Coast vs Country 5:20pm Mother's Day 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau 9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm George Clarke's National Trust Unlocked 11:00pm The Book Thief 1:30am The Square 4:10am Unreported World 4:35am Work on the Wild Side 5:30am Fifteen to One

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 11:25am Access 11:35am WWE Raw Highlights 12:30pm Friends 2:00pm Police Interceptors 5:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:55pm 5 News Weekend 7:00pm Our Yorkshire Farm 8:00pm Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly 9:00pm Inside Legoland: A World of Wonder 10:00pm Rich House, Poor House 11:00pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun

9:00am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 10:00am Supernanny US 11:00am Don't Tell the Bride 12:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:55pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 10:00pm Little Fockers 12:00am Gogglebox 1:00am Gogglebox 2:05am The Big Bang Theory 2:35am The Big Bang Theory 3:00am Gogglebox 4:00am Gogglebox 4:55am Don't Tell the Bride 5:50am Don't Tell the Bride

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball 8:30am Sky Sports News 9:00am Live Anz Premiership Netball The final (CentrePass 8am). The title is on the line as the top two sides face off at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

10:30am Cricket Debate England v Pakistan.

11:15am Test Cricket Bitesize England v Pakistan.

11:30am Live Test Cricket England v Pakistan.

Coverage of the third day of the Third and Final Test in the series, taking place at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

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SUZANNE MANNERS SO, like the spry Swift I am finally moving South, unlike the Swift I need to land. In between preparing for a new job, packing up my home and trying to find new accommodation (whose price does not make my eyes and bank account bleed) I am untying and retying knots of red tape.

With Eleventy Thousand things to do I am dropping chainsaws more than keeping them in the air. Frustration reigns supreme in my rapidly boxed up home (yesterday we thought we’d lost the cat only to find him snuggled in one of the boxes awaiting the miles of tape required to secure it).

Estate agents seem to have taken the weekend off and are not returning calls and removals companies seem not to want my business at all.

Everything is moving at the pace of an arthritic snail sleepwalking on sandpaper during the midday sun.

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A Wing and a Prayer

OUT OF LUCK: The Ginger Cat of Anxiety never even brings me a gift.

Moving is a very stressful time, on top of the stress of losing my job after 14 years, trying to navigate the social security system and Covid-19, I am finding the fact of having no accommodation, as yet, in my new town of choice, very, very unnerving.

I am in normal circumstances very organised and a little paranoid about making sure all ducks are in their correct rows at the optimum time. I shall be starting work halfway between a hotel room and the kindness of strangers.

My son, in his early (very early!) 20’s will be in charge of removals, finishing packing and the cat (gulp!), but until I can find a flat for the removal company to deliver to we are blocked.

Changing one’s life seems to incur a series of predetermined stumbling blocks over which the ‘changee’ blindly trips. All finely balanced by a timetable written in runes by a psychotic

wedding planner on Crack.

It is very tempting to just walk out and leave everything as it is, get on the bus and resolutely refuse to look back. However I am very fond of my son, the cat and the assorted dross I have collected over the years so that is not really an option.

For only the second time in my life I will be moving to a town without a flat to move into. However I am excited about my new job and excited to be in Andalucia again.

When the Ginger Cat of Anxiety forces itself through the cat flap of my equilibrium (twice already in the last two days) I give it a small treat and launch it back outside.

Change is good but change is very, very hard so one must be kind to oneself and cruel to the Ginger Cat of Anxiety who never even brings a dead mouse as a gift, but wails and whines to be let in. Not this time puss!

Wish me luck. Toodle pip!

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DEAR Euro Weekly News, I don’t know if other people find this strange or if it’s just me! I shop mostly at Mercadona in La Cala where I live.

When we went into lockdown and were only able to go out for food and medication I found Mercadona very good with the rules. When going there during the lockdown there was only one person supposed to shop per household. Before you could go into the store there was someone to make sure you had gloves and you were keeping your distance.

This also seems to be the case at Aldi. In Mercadona someone was at the lifts making sure only one person at a time used each of the two lifts going in and out. Also, the staff at the tills were stopping people from getting close while putting their shopping on the belts and paying for it. All very good and well organised to me.

I really can’t understand why this is not in place now the store is so much busier than then! They now seem to let whole families in at once as happened before lockdown, this makes it so hard to distance. I think two people per household is enough as it is not a very big store. Also, there are no staff telling people about the rules regarding the lifts or to keep their distance. I have found the customers are left to do this. Surely during this busy time, it should be there are more staff doing these things. After all, we are still in a pandemic! Hopefully, it won’t be long till we get back to going shopping with just the locals. Would like to know if anyone else thinks this way or could it just be me?

Yours sincerely June Butler

OUR VIEW From loved to loathed ISN’T it about time we cut Harry and Meghan some slack?

If we don’t agree with what they are doing then just leave them alone. As a young couple with many advisors surely they have all the interference they need.

Maybe they just want to do their own thing and create their own lives as many young couples do.

Also, if you have an inheritance from our Mother, Father, wealthy Granny, why should they not accept their generosity?

In the beginning, it was the stuff of fairy tales, a girl from a far-off land meets a handsome foreign prince and falls deeply in love. After a whirlwind romance they marry… however, the evil press is intent on destroying them.

Sure, Meghan came from a dysfunctional family who she has had problems with and is estranged from. Are the Royal family normal? I think not.

Surely the world now is not so judgemental as the people in those fairy tales? A Prince cannot marry an entertainer, a girl from a troubled family, with less money or even... a different colour of skin?

Have we not progressed as a people to celebrate diversity, to applaud the underdog, to believe in true love?

Any man would protect his wife and lash out against those who tried to belittle her, hurt her or bad mouth her. Why should that mean that he is under the thumb or less of a man? Surely that makes him more of a man?

Let the couple move to California if that is what they wish, they are doing you no harm.

If you wish to see the back of them and only have bad to speak of them now, here is your chance to rid yourself of the energy it takes you to feel so angry or jealous or hard done by.

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CHANGE IN STANDARDS

Two Arrests and Five Injured After Bar in Spain Refuses to Close for Curfew I expect the early closure is an attempt to prevent people drinking too much and forgetting the social distancing rules.

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Spain’s Latest Measures Against Covid Adopted in Andalucia at Midnight Tonight Someone has decided it’s for your own good. With luck it won’t be for ever. I said with luck. The more people disobey the rules the longer it lasts. I wish people would realise this.

LOCKDOWN MEASURES: Rules need to be followed.

Silent majority Dear Euro Weekly News, This is the first time I have ever responded to anything in the Euro Weekly, but the letter from ‘angry old Brit’ Alan Doig was so exactly what I had already said that I felt I had to respond.

Your ‘survey’ on Leapy Lee was a complete waste of time. You say 74 per cent, but 74 per cent of what? The number of people who bothered to respond of course, and who would respond? The people who agree with Leapy Lee, who are quite obviously in agreement with his obnoxious views.

It is sad that a section of the Brits, who seem to make up his bigoted followers, are being represented by you as typical of the rest of us, who are not racist, not narrow-minded, and definitely not in favour of leaving Europe.

This nasty little troll obviously loves to air his views without any criticism, but for heaven’s sake don’t think that we (the silent majority) are in agreement. We live here because we want to be here, and consider ourselves to be Europeans. Does anybody know who Leapy Lee is? It is not clear why his views should be put forward, but I wonder if it is a deliberate way of invoking a response for your letters column.

Anyway, good for you Alan Doig, for answering and expressing our views so clearly.

Anne Campbell

Bit muddled Dear Euro Weekly News, Barry Duke seems to have become a bit muddled in this week’s column. He starts out by savaging Norman Tebbit and Tebbit’s remark about his father ‘getting on his bike’ to look for work in the 30’s.

Then he moves on to condemn the present UK government and the ‘grotesque nanny state.’ Barry is appalled and believes ‘folk should take personal responsibility,’ ‘nowadays self-control and the exercise of willpower are outdated concepts,’ ‘millions have been conditioned to believe that it’s the job of bureaucrats to manipulate every aspect of their lives.’

In other words, Barry believes in personal responsibility, self-control, freedom of the individual and minimal state intervention in the lives of private individuals. All good, solid Tory values.

Sounds like Barry has a lot more in common with Norman Tebbit’s dad - than he might care to admit.

Sincerely, Jim Shanks

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“We’re Not Scared” Hundreds of Anti-Maskers Manifest in Spain’s Madrid to Protest Against Mandatory Face Masks Friggin fed up with the whole thing, gets depressing, I wear a mask when I go out, just think it’s not that hard. Fed up with protesters, what is happening is scary. I remember when the doctor in Wuhan told the world. In January. He then died. Kept hoping there would be a ban on travel, but oh no. Chinese New Year in February, could travel wherever. And look where we are now!!!

LB

Thousands of Brits still Stuck in France left Frustrated and Angry after Missing Quarantine Deadline The government has been hinting at imposing a French quarantine for the last week so it was hardly a secret! They should have come home if it was an issue.

CB

Expats, the Mother Country needs you!

I find that among us expats our attitude is completely different to those back home, we have taken risks and changed our lives and our place of abode, and most of it wasn’t easy!

I have little in common now with people back in the UK, I’ve been here over 25 years.

I love Britain, though today I’m ashamed of how it has become, due to relaxed parenting and not being accountable for blame.

Would I return to ‘help out’ ...

If it was appreciated, yes.

ZC

Spanish Doctors on the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca Defend the Ban on Smoking in the Street Without Distancing and the Closure of Nightclubs The fact is the new law makes it possible to smoke in public. Before the rule was very clear. You are only allowed to remove mask for eating and drinking... so not for smoking, they could fine you for that. The new law allowes you to smoke in public if you can keep 1.5-metre distance to others. So you are now allowed to remove mask and smoke in public.

KFC

Police Arrest 400 Youths at an illegal Street Party in Navarre Province, northern Spain Do they think the virus can’t get them? They are wrong. It is right they were arrested, this is criminal behaviour.

IM

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS ARIES (March 21 - April 20) The importance of making the right choices is clear to you. Where to begin seems to be a sticking point.

Starting by taking away the things you really do not want is essential.

Be practical and logical. This is not a time for sentiment or muddled thinking. Although you will need patience in abundance as the week progresses, take one thing at a time.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you have the feeling that younger members of the family are not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark. They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard.

Getting out family photos or starting a family tree with them can be both entertaining and fascinating.

Altogether, this week is for the generations to come together and find a common cause. Teenagers seeking answers should ask grandparents.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The prospect of travel sets you thinking. Have you been spending too much time considering others?

Should you take steps now to get time alone then these plans cannot be changed. This will save any discussions as to how or when.

Taking charge of your own time is liberating. Someone has to make the decisions, why not you?

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With the best will in the world it is only possible to spend money once.

We are all guilty of trying to get over this truth, but it never works. Have patience when looking to improve your possessions. There are more pressing needs and these, in the long run, prove more satisfying.

Should you be thinking of taking on a commitment, have clear ideas of how it will be managed.

LEO (July 24 - August 23)

assume that all will go according to plan. Having been forewarned, you will have plan B ready. Take a suggestion to make fast money with a pinch of salt.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental well-being. Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip. Having sorted out any problems that sidetracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong. There is no soft option when it comes to self-control but the rewards are amazing.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself. Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people. Think of the way that a child gets its point over. Eye contact, simple speech, humour, a smile: all will help to oil the wheels of achievement.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn’t be surprising this week. As you are prone to mistakes and misunderstandings, try not to tackle anything vital. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and fresh air. Someone who is supposed to help you proves more of an irritation than a saviour, and you may wish that you had stuck with the manual. This is a week to try to keep life simple.

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When it comes to throwing wobblers, please don’t. It is so important this week to stay cool and unruffled. Change nothing that you can avoid changing. Even having discussions about change can set your nerves jangling. What is needed now is a comfort blanket and someone to put it around you.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the twenty-first. Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions.

Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential. Do not

This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of last year.

Certainly, congratulations are in order. When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it, the satisfaction level is high. Be aware, though, that someone close also needs to feel that there is progress.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)

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Going over old ground is counterproductive. There is nothing to be gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others.

You do not need experience of a situation to be able to come up with a useful idea. Staying in the same old rut has not served you in the past and will not do so now. Get a few days away and it will help to free your thoughts.

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You are in for a bit of a bumpy ride this week. Some things will go well but other outcomes can be quirky. People change their minds, technology doesn’t work, phone calls don’t come. Be assured, however, that if you keep your sense of the absurd it could all be quite amusing.

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Women’s wit “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

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Famous quote “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”

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Quick

Cryptic Across 1 Tax obligation? (4) 3 Not exactly the smartest pad (8) 9 A national topic of discussion (7) 10 Check the accounts of German car trader first (5) 11 Traps set for fish (5) 12 Invisible nun wandering around diocese (6) 14 Part of London damaged in gale (6) 16 Was confused in her cable (6) 19 Give the fellow fresh tea (6) 21 Lends cash to build salon (5) 24 Israelite leader some confused with Samaritan leader (5) 25 Cup of tea left to go cold (7) 26 Metal making gent nuts (8) 27 God whose reflection is seen in canal (4) Down 1 Catastrophe making stars die out (8) 2 Row about black river in Italy (5) 4 I am cut badly in Roman battle (6) 5 They catch vehicles drawn by ponies (5) 6 Some girlfriend lessons are incessant (7) 7 Location of vision we hear (4) 8 King's school employing a silent comedian (6) 13 Administrators rue tests result (8) 15 Calls briefly to draw attention to

Code Breaker

wickedness (5,2) 17 Part of the parade is not in debt (6) 18 Save key found in French street (6) 20 Endlessly evaluate fools (5)

22 Lively alcohol around US soldier (5) 23 Novel must be filth (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents B and 21 represents V, so fill in B every time the figure 5 appears and V every time the figure 21 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 Cause fear in (5) 4 Add up (5) 7 Study of the celestial bodies and the universe (9) 8 Produce tones with the voice (4) 9 Earnest or urgent request (6) 12 Come into possession of (6) 13 World's largest continent (4) 16 Sleep during winter (9) 18 Any long raised strip (5) 19 Come or go into (5)

Down 1 Closes down (5) 2 Opposed to (7) 3 Consumes (4) 4 Soldiers collectively (6) 5/17 What a shame! (3,3) 6 Faithful (5) 10 Least difficult (7) 11 Furious (6) 12 Alternative choice (5) 14 At a later time than (5) 15 Become dimmer (4) 17 See 5

English - Spanish

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 Although (6) 3 Castillo (6) 8 Dolor de oídos (7) 10 Tostado (5) 11 To pray (5) 12 Actual (7) 13 Beach (5) 15 A menudo (5) 20 Albaricoque (7) 22 Nave (de iglesia) (5) 24 Owner (5) 25 El más cerca (7) 26 Jubilarse (6) 27 Cazador (6)

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

Down 1 Cheerful (6) 2 Nose (5) 4 Author (writer) (5) 5 Trapecio (en gimnasia, circo) (7) 6 Hacienda (6) 7 Banco (5) 9 Cargar (5) 14 El más grande (7) 16 Skinny (5) 17 Escalera de mano (6) 18 Palo (de poco grosor) (5) 19 Deudor (6) 21 Coro (5) 23 Sudor (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 (MODERN) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

AMOEBA ANTHER BRANDY CRANNY DEFINE FORMIC HEATER IDIOCY INDEED LIMBIC LINEAL METEOR MODERN (10) NEREID REDDEN RETAIL SHRINK TALKIE TRAVEL

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Marvel 2 Center 3 Mantel 4 Auntie 5 Caller 6 Urgent 7 Beater 8 Nettle 9 Burial 10 Better 11 Cheeky 12 Teller 13 Thirst 14 Jumble 15 Attest 16 Mosaic 17 Teeter 18 Strand 19 Teasel.

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: 14 Very good: 20

SCORING:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 25

wooed toot tooted topi tote toted totted totty toed teen teed bend bendy beet boot bootee booted been beef beefy betty need needy opted otto obey debt defy fend feet feed poteen potto potted potty poet pitted pity pint pinto tinpot tint tilt tilted tiptoe tiptoed tinted yeti nitty into lite lint load dyed dolt volt gilt gild glint glinted gold godly goad

arco carp cart coir corp crop orca pair part port rapt riot rota taro tarp tart tiro torc tori tort trap trio trip trot actor aport atrip carpi copra ratio tapir tarot torii tract trait aortic captor cottar picaro tricot tropic apricot patriot piratic ricotta PATRIOTIC

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Down: 1 Plot, 2 Survey, 3 Ugly, 4 Flashbulb, 5 Trendy, 7 Tarantula, 11 Walrus, 12 Parson, 15 Cope, 16 Away.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Signora, 5 Strum, 8 Glasses, 9 Appal, 10 Adder, 11 Supreme, 12 Regret, 14 Crusoe, 17 Chaucer, 19 Stand, 22 Route, 23 Garbage, 24 Seles, 25 Needles.

Down: 1 Sigma, 2 Guard, 3 Observe, 4 Assist, 5 Sharp, 6 Rapiers, 7 Maltese, 12 Records, 13 Gradual, 15 Reserve, 16 Dragon, 18 Chews, 20 Avail, 21 Diets.

1 Shelf, 3 Protect, 6 Angrier, 8 Vista, 10 Irish, 11 Abogado, 14 Moneda, 15 Noveno, 17 Pulgada, 20 Thyme, 21 Track, 22 Bandeja, 23 Saquear, 24 Large.

Down:

1 Stadium, 2 Faith, 3 Perla, 4 Obvio, 5 Trapo, 7 Guirnalda, 9 Spare tyre, 12/13 Bank card, 16 Operate, 17 Patos, 18 Ankle, 19 Amber, 20 Tonel.

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QUIZ: NO EESY QUESTIONS - A Gadsby is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright written as a lipogram, which does not include words that contain the letter E... and neither do any of the answers in this week’s quiz. Each answer contains eight letters and begins with the letter A: 1. According to Greek mythology, what is the name of the food of the gods or demigods, which is said to give them immortality?

2. According to legend, what was the name of the fictional large island or small continent that supposedly had been in the Atlantic Ocean many years before it sank into the depth of the sea and vanished within a day and a night?

3. According to their UK 1988 Top 10 hit single, where were the Four Tops ‘going loco down in’?

4. Now more commonly known as an airwoman, what name was formerly given to a female aviator?

5. Oviedo is the capital of which Spanish autonomous community, which has borders with Galicia, León

and Cantabria?

6. Sb is the symbol for which brittle silvery-white semimetal, atomic number 51?

7. The name of which group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea, once part of what is now Saint Kitts and Nevis, is derived from the Spanish word for ‘eel’?

8. Which city is the capital and chief port of Paraguay?

9. Which federal prison, located on a small island in San Francisco Bay, has been home to some of America’s most notorious criminals, including Al Capone and George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly?

10. With an estimated population of about 1.4 million people, which is the largest city in New Zealand?

Not a lot of people know that… Armagnac is the oldest brandy distilled in France, in the past it was consumed for its therapeutic benefits.

Answers: 1. AMBROSIA, 2. ATLANTIS, 3. ACAPULCO, 4. AVIATRIX, 5. ASTURIAS, 6. ANTIMONY, 7. ANGUILLA, 8. ASUNCIÓN, 9. ALCATRAZ, 10.

AUCKLAND

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

CODE BREAKER

TARGET: • Average: 25 • Very good: 50 • Good: 35 • Excellent: 64 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 10

1 Pious, 3 Unfit, 8 Release, 9 Brief, 10 Thud, 13 Aunt, 14 Vague, 17 Raucous, 18/6 Bow out, 19 Stale, 20 Nasty.

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.

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Shafak is a Turkish-British writer and women’s rights activist. She has published 17 books translated into 53 languages. She also writes and speaks about a range of issues including global and cultural politics, the future of Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, democracy, and pluralism.

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World follows the story of Tequila Leila, who, in the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active - for 10 minutes 38 seconds. In this time she remembers her life struggles and dark moments, but also the beauty of friendship.

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This week in history

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• 79 AD - Vesuvius After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in Italy, devastating Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. In the 18th century, the sites were excavated, providing an archaeological record of everyday life of an ancient civilisation.

• 1911 - Mona Lisa One day, Vincenzo Perugia walked into the Louvre, removed da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from the wall, hid it beneath his clothes, and escaped.

When Perugia attempted to receive a ransom for the painting, he was captured and the painting returned.

• 1922 - Ambush Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was part of Sinn Fein, a political party dedicated to independence for Ireland. In January 1922, Sinn Fein founder Arthur Griffith was elected president of the Irish Free State, and Collins, his finance minister. He held the post until he was assassinated by Republican extremists.

1926 - Valentino THE death of silent-screen idol Rudolph Valentino at the age of 31 sends his fans into a hysterical state of mass mourning. In his brief film career, the Italian-born actor established a reputation as the archetypal screen lover.

• 1970 - Lou Reed Arguably the most influential bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Velvet Underground had an impact on modern rock bigger than the popularity they achieved in their heyday. That heyday, came to an end on this day in 1970, when singer and songwriter Lou Reed played his last gig with them at rock club Max’s Kansas City.

• 1989 - Menendez Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot their parents to death in the family’s California home. They dump their shotguns and buy tickets from a movie theatre as an alibi. The murders became a national sensation when the trial was broadcast on TV in 1993.

In March 1996, both brothers were sentenced to life in prison without parole.

¡Es una emergencia!

It’s an emergency • Tengo dolor de cabeza I have a headache • Tengo dolor de estómago I have a stomach ache • Tengo dolor de muelas I have a tooth ache • Tengo dolor de garganta I have a sore throat • Tengo dolor de oidos I have sore ears • Estoy enfermo I’m sick • Me siento débil I feel weak

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‘But he works hard and smells nice’ MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man SORRY there was no column last week. It’s not that I wasn’t grumpy, it’s just getting harder to be amusingly grumpy as opposed to just really angry and that was me last week.

I’m not much better this week but here are some of the things that set me off. Social distancing - I know we have to do it but I loved the way folks greeted each other here in Spain. I prefer kissing people on the cheek instead of touching elbows. I like wearing cologne and being close enough for people to say I smell nice. I know that might sound weird but it’s something my late mother always said to me. It was a standing joke. When Mrs S used to call her and moan about me for some reason or another, which I know is hard to believe, my Mum would always listen with a sympathetic ear and then say ‘yes but he does work hard and he always smells nice.’

Once again the British government sprung a surprise quarantine period on

the folks returning from France and other places. This, of course, made thousands of people try and return home quickly and, in many cases, cut short their only holiday this year. I’m sure many had scrimped and saved so they could have a bit of quality family time together and try to forget, for a short time, about the chaos in the world. What did they find?

Every airline, ferry and Eurostar immediately at least doubled their prices.

Yeah I know it’s business but it’s also taking advantage of people that, in many cases, just can’t afford to pay it. If they’d stayed and seen their holiday through to the end they will have to do two week’s quarantine and possibly not get paid and, in some cases even lose their job.

They aren’t covered by travel insurance because their trips hadn’t been cancelled and they were returning by choice. The joke is people returning to the UK from Spain have reported that no-one checked on them through their quarantine. Some didn’t even fill in forms and I’ve even heard of people that went back for a few days and returned without being challenged by anyone.

I’ll be discussing this and more with Bill Padley on Talk Radio Europe tomorrow at 11.30. Feel free to tune in.

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THE year 2020 has been a testing time for many so far. Separated from family members, social distancing from those you love, without any physical contact, businesses closing and people being furloughed from their jobs.

Statistics for mental health issues are on the rise, with helplines being inundated with calls. Is there anything we can do for ourselves to get us through this?

How can you cope through difficult times?

If you are a person who looks at every situation through a negative mindset, it can have an impact on every aspect of your life, including family, friendships, relationships and health. Your thought patterns affect your emotions, which in turn, affect your behaviour and actions. For example, if

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you wake up one morning in a bad mood and consistently think of that bad mood, you will feel angry, frustrated, grumpy. This may lead to the actions of shouting at family members, becoming impatient with work colleagues, whilst mentally beating yourself up over your behaviour.

Depending on the issue that each individual is dealing with, there are several ways you can approach this and learn how to change your way of thinking and your coping mechanism.

Write Rather Than Think The first step I take with all of my clients is journalling. Write down your current negative thought.

What is the situation that has caused this thought? Do you have any physical evidence that

makes this thought true? Writing down your actual thoughts helps you recognise and name it without judgement. You may even notice that your painful feelings disappear after a while. ‘This too shall pass’ can become words to live by.

You Can’t Control A Person or Situation Outside Of You This is a statement I live by daily.

You are only in control of you!

Whilst you cannot control a situation or person outside of you, you can control the emotions that you attach to it. Do not dismiss or ignore your emotion as that will not make the pain go away. Acknowledge the distress and accept it as your present reality. Accepting does not mean you like it, it only means that you can put

these unpleasant thoughts to the front and centre of your mind, rather than allowing them to float unconsciously under the surface.

Be Your Own Best Friend Eighty per cent of our thoughts are negative, we can be really mean to ourselves. Ask yourself, is that the way you would treat your best friend? Self-love is so important. Everything starts with how you feel about yourself, so, the next time you punish yourself over a situation you cannot control, ask yourself this important question. Would I speak to my best friend in the same way?

Do The Things You Love It is a fact that there will be situations in everyone’s life that may cause you difficult times, but, that doesn’t mean you have to allow

it to control every aspect of your life. When these situations occur, remember to do the things you love and reach for the belief. Talk out loud if it helps, ‘I love the warmth of the sun on my face’, ‘reading books makes me feel relaxed’, ‘I love the smell of fresh coffee’, these examples will amend your way of thinking and will encourage you to look for the positive.

If you would like to work deeper into setting yourself free from a negative mindset, download my free workbook that includes, indepth lessons on how to acknowledge your thoughts and release your fears. You can download them by clicking dionelockyermindsetmentor.co m.

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

THE whizz kids who make technology happen are using their powers to help change the future of beauty. We put together a list of a few free beauty apps on the market, from skin analysis to barcode ingredient scanners.

Check out the beauty apps you’ll probably want to start downloading now.

Plum Perfect

Beautiful future Now this really is clever.

Take a selfie and upload it to the app. Plum Perfect will analyse your complexion and create the perfect signature colour for your lips, eyes, face and hair. It then shows you a number of options for your

personalised colour palette.

Bellashoot A beauty queen’s social media platform. This app allows users to share and learn tips, tutorials and reviews from across the globe. No matter the look you’re after, this app

has a tutorial for you.

Think Dirty Ingredient labels can be tricky if you’re not a chemist.

Think Dirty cleans up all the nonsense. Simply scan the barcode of any product and Think Dirty will analyse the safety of every ingredient in a way that’s understandable without the need for a degree in alchemy.

BEAUTY APPS: Perfecting your personalised look has never been easier.

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Summer shaving SUMMER is in full swing, and whilst there is nothing wrong with a little body hair, there’s something about wearing a breezy dress with silky smooth legs that makes you feel so confident. Frequent shaving can cause all sorts of problems though, including pesky ingrown hairs, rashes and razor burns.

Three simple ingredients come together to give you soft, glowing skin.

The scrub recipe below is wonder ful for before and after shaving. Enjoy it on the tougher parts of your body: arms, legs, elbows, feet, etc, but do avoid sensitive areas such as your face and areas that may be affected by acne.

Ingredients: Granulated sugar Olive oil Fresh lemon Method: Make this scrub immedi-

OLIVE OIL SCRUB: Best made in small batches. ately before use, (it’s best not to make large batches and saving due to using fresh lemon.)

Put sugar in a small plastic bowl and add enough olive oil to saturate the sugar without excess oil floating over the sugar.

Next, quarter an entire fresh lemon and squeeze all the citrusy goodness into the mixture, give it a stir and you’re good to go.

For the actual exfoliation be sure to soak your skin in warm water in the

bath or shower, then scrub thoroughly, rinse away scrub, shave with desired foam or gel and then scrub and rinse once more.

The olive oil will soften the sur face of your skin leaving it glowing, the sugar will remove the dead skin without drying it out, unlike salt. The citric acid will aid with inflammation from rashes.

A quick word of warning … The olive oil makes the tub slippery.

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By Clinica Britannia

Definition of a psychologist A PSYCHOLOGIST is a person who specialises in the study of the mind and behaviour, or in the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders.

Clinical psychologists assess, treat, and diagnose individuals that are suffering from a multitude of issues including anger, panic attacks, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, addiction to drugs, alcohol or food, selfharming, and stress. A referral can be given by them to a psychiatrist if medication is needed to treat the problem.

They can also act as mediation and give advice when a couple is suffering from marital problems. If there are is-

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For yourself but not by yourself: what I have learned along the way (Warning, this article may be triggering for some readers)

MS BIPOLAR UP AND DOWN WITH BALANCE UNEDITED sues within a family unit, they can work with each individual giving advice on behaviour changes to allow for a more stressfree home life.

Counselling from your psychologist can help you keep a clear mind allowing to manage any stress, anxiety, phobias and other problems that you may face on a daily

basis, enabling you to enjoy life to the full and keep you free from symptoms of depression and other mental health issues.

Clinica Britannia would like to introduce our Psychologist Elena to our team of specialists, please contact us if you would like any further information.

Clinica Britannia Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm · Av. Ejércitos Españoles 16 BIS, 1st Floor, Calpe www.clinicabritannia. com • Tel: 965 837 553 / 965 837 851

I STARTED having difficult or should I say different thoughts at a young age that at the time seemed ‘normal’ to me as I knew no different ... now looking back I know I was definitely wired differently.

I can clearly remember back to being in school and sitting in class and drifting off into my own world ... next thing I know, I had one of these drawing compasses in my hand digging my initials into my thigh until I drew blood, I clearly remember the feeling of freedom, control and satisfaction.

Odd, I know, but true!

I vividly remember walking home from school at about 13 years old and having visions of me running across the train tracks and what would happen if I did, would I hurt myself? Would I die?

Would I be missed? What would happen?

I didn’t know that other people thought like me, and that the thoughts that were running through my head were not right.

In this last year I have finally learned to manage my condition alongside medication. Sometimes changing from one medication to another but also becoming more relaxed about its changes as I get to know what they mean and know that (most of the time) I can control them.

So here’s what I’ve learned: • Don’t hide from it: get to know your condition from research as well as the behaviours you associate with depression, mania and overall bipolar. If you feel something is wrong, admit it.

• Don’t hide behind it: mania is the very worst of you but you are still you. Whilst you learn to control

your condition you may have limited control over your behaviour but your actions are still your responsibility. If you catch yourself saying ‘I don’t have to do this because I’m depressed or mentally ill’ get someone to give you a swift kick in the backside. Distancing yourself from responsibility is also distancing yourself from reality.

• Know yourself: Get to know your triggers. This is probably the hardest part. You need to start paying attention to what triggers mania or depression for you .

• Love yourself: forgive yourself for mistakes or ‘bad behaviour’ instead of beating yourself up, resolve to do it differently next time and move on.

• For yourself but not by yourself: Each person has to learn their own way to control their condition. It’s incredibly easy to recognise other people with bipolar when you recognise the behaviours in yourself, but it’s very obvious when they are struggling.

There is nothing better than recognising your fellow bipolar person and sharing stories with each other.

• Use your family and friends! Help them to understand, explain to them your triggers but also how to help you manage your moods. Often friends and family feel helpless when it comes to mental health not knowing how to deal with it, what’s appropriate to say or not.

Love Ms Bipolar x

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Make the most of siestas

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST and acupuncturist, Henar de Frutos Gamero, claims 30 minutes is the ideal time of sleep recommended to wake up refreshed, but between 10 and 60 minutes is okay: “In general terms, for a quick recharge it is sufficient with 10 or 20 minutes to improve brain capac-

ity and up to 60 minutes to increase creativity.”

The expert said that advantages of having a quick siesta are better performance and digestion, it helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, improves overall well-being, lowers blood pressure and stress, and helps

maintain cognitive functions.

However, Fructos Gamero also warned that sleeping for too long, over an hour, or too close to night time sleep, can have an adverse effect.

BENEFITS: A quick nap can be good for you.

Mindful Meals THERE is a real movement towards mindfulness and holistic approaches in our culture right now since the Covid-19 pandemic started, but can we really eat ourselves happy?

Research has shown the most support for two diets in helping mental health for sufferers of anxiety and depression: the Mediterranean diet, which em-

PERFECT DIET: Tasty food that makes you happy.

phasises more healthy fats, and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, which focuses on reducing sugar.

The Mediterranean diet is more about what you’re adding in: fresh fruits and vegetables, protein-rich legumes, and fatty fish and olive oil (high in omega-3s). Alternatively, the DASH diet is about

what you’re taking out, namely sugar.

Try the Mediterranean diet: Embrace whole grains and legumes.

Fill up with fresh fruit and veggies.

Swap red meat for fatty fish like salmon.

Add healthy fats like raw nuts, avocados and olive oil.

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GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY Y O U k n o w y o u ’ re g e t t i n g o l d when the clothes you used to wear, come back into fashion. I noticed it a few years ago, when almost everyone was strutting around with their knees on display, due to purposely designed rips in their jeans.

A look that by now, really is past its sell-by-date, and should be forgotten. Yes, for those who follow fashion, you’re still deeply trapped in the 1990s - a period of time that style seems to have escaped.

In Puerto Banús, on Tuesday morning, I stopped by Gucci and Dsquared2 to see what’s happening. My style tends to be very preppy, if not classic, so as I skimmed the rails of endless neon colours, sportswear and ugly, chunky trainers, I found nothing to suit.

At Ralph Lauren, I was tempted, but then realised, I already have most of the items I was considering.

Thankfully my AmEx remained unused.

I had a glass of rosé at Sinatra’s Bar, a place I used to hop all over, back in the aforementioned 90’s. It made me think of how life has changed. Back then, I liked to party all day and all night.

My life choices were pretty hectic, if not ill advised at times. I realised I was the one who used to ‘over shop’ for designer goods, that I disposed of as quickly as I’d purchased them. I guess I was one of the original ‘fast fashion’ crew.

I would wear something once, or perhaps twice, before deciding it was finished. That’s the trouble with being photographed regularly, clothes need to be worn just a few times. I found myself addicted to Dolce & Gabbana one week, Etro the next. And as one designer became my favourite, the last usually went to charity, or to friends who wanted certain pieces. My shopping habit, like my life, was out of control.

Dressing for dinner, I stared into my wardrobes, full of clothes that I rarely wear. Since relocating to Mar-

PRETTY CHILLED: It’s a beach life. bella, I tend to wear shorts most of the time, and polo shirts, all of the time. Beach life, is a pretty chilled existence. It made me think, why do we need so much stuff?

Life in a place like Marbella is all about excess. Every second car is a Rolls-Royce, 20 grand handbags are considered normal, Balthazars of vintage Champagne at lunch, why not? But really, what it’s all about?

I think lockdown has changed us all, in so many ways. I now have no desire to shop for things I once felt I needed. In fact, I’ve realised that we must slow things down. The demand for designer goods, may be delivered rather differently as we move forward. Certain houses have even stopped production. What will those with limitless credit cards do to pass the days?

One idea, is to stop and think. If you shop properly, your choices will last. If you buy quality, over disposable trends, you will hold on to them, and they will be timeless. We must remember that life is cyclical, and everything comes around again. The next generation will feel they have discovered it. Let them.

And as life keeps going, this current strange phase shall pass.

It’s how we move forward that counts, and what we count as important that matters.

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DAVID WORBOYS HERMAN VAN RUMPUY, President of the European Union until 2014, was affectionately known in some quarters as Herman van Rumpy-Pumpy. And so it is with many celebrities with a particular name. Step forward Alistair Sweetheart, I mean Darling.

The conductor and pianist Daniel Barrowboy is in good company with Herbert von Caravan. We had the Labour politician Ed Milligram and, before him, the trio of Flair, Frown and Flunkett.

In the entertainment world there are Faye Done Away and Jimmy Starbucks. The Church is represented by Cormack Murphy O’Connor Cruise O’Brien and journalism

by Janet Street-Walker. John Yogi Bear invented the television and Johnny Bunny Onion wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress.

What was Paul Dropping’s nickname at school? Why is

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PARTICULAR NAMES: Herbert von Caravan and Daniel Barrowboy. the Police Psychology unit known as the Freud Squad?

Was the politician John Nott actually a negative kind of man, and did Harvey Wallbanger really go ballistic?

Was the snooker player, Doug Mountjoy, always having the time of his life? And was Red Riding in fact the sister of Robin?

But it’s not just the names of people that keep me awake at night. The Spanish drink their ‘cafe ole’ and wish each other ‘feliz ano’. In

French restaurants they order ‘fruits de merde’ or ‘gigolo d’agneau’, while the English prefer roast saddle of bicycle or snake-and-pygmy pie. The Germans love their ‘Pantoffelpuree’ and ‘Penatencremsuppe’.

In the field of sport, the cricket commentator, Henry Blowfly, is now 80 years old while Monty Parasol is retired for the time being and Leigh Halfpenalty is still scoring points for Wales. Shabby and Messy shone together for

Barcelona while Newcastle has its Tsoon Army.

Even in the world of art we have the movie Acropolis Now, together with Great Expectorations, Wagner’s The Flying Dustman, the Bugger’s Opera and the Turnip Prize.

After a few drinks, or when we are feeling more young at heart than usual, we tend to invent names. This is easier when we are conjuring up names in other languages, such as the Greek Votolotofopoulos. From there it’s a

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short step to Willibald Rottenplopp (Swiss), Ida Nokimova (Czech), Hristo Barguerov (Bulgarian), Slavko Sonovabic (Serbian) and, of course, Kow Dung Pong (Chinese).

Then there are the names that we inflict on our children when we have not considered their abbreviated forms, such as the Dover family and their two sons Benjamin and Stanley.

The only two cases I have personally come across are Archibald Bishop (which must have been intentional) and, in Germany, Horst Reder (forgivable). In Italy we could have Alberto Fresco and Oliver Garchi. In the Englishspeaking world, parents named Hanger would need to be reasonably dumb to name their son Clifford.

Samuel Bowe’s Mum and Dad may have a warped sense of humour and perhaps the parents of Robert Slay like a good laugh every 20 minutes too.

And we can’t let this go without reference to Jeremy ‘Three Goals’ Attrick.

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SQUIRRELS: Plan ahead for the winter.

months. Every year we have panicking customers calling us in December, desperate to have heaters supplied and fitted by Christmas.

Frequently these customers have to compromise on their choice, or be put at the back of a long queue.

“Every year we think to ourselves ‘It’s a shame you didn’t order them in the summer when we had loads of them in stock and, equally as important, the time to process the orders’.”

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Golden age CREDIT: Alonis Band Facebook

ALONIS BAND’S jazz will revive the golden age of big bands tomorrow (Friday, August 21) at the Auditori de la Barbera dels Aragonés in Villajoyosa.

The band will liven up the evening with a combination of musical styles, including jazz, funk, classical and swing.

Organised by the council’s Department of Culture, the musical show ‘Night of Jazz and Swing’ starts at 9pm.

The Alonis Band, originally from Villayosa, is made up of seven professional musicians and members of the La Vila Musical Athenaeum Society, with the aim of playing ambient music, paying tribute to the golden age of American big bands.

JAZZ AND FUNK: Villajoyosa’s very own Alonis Band will liven things up on Friday.

The group’s stylistic repertoire consists of numerous arrangements, all adapted and arranged by members of the group, dedicated to jazz music, which fluctuates in fusions such as Latin jazz, funk music, the most classical standards, Dixieland themes, and of course, swing.

Alonis Band’s rhythm section features Ferran Llinares’ electric bass, Efrén Sánchez’s piano, and Pau Buforn on drums. In the wind section, there’s Pere Tort on trumpet, Vicent Lloret on trombone, Daniel Zaragoza on clarinet, and Jaume Soriano on saxophone.

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Las Chicas go up in the world!

THE Las Chicas group of lady members of MorairaTeulada U3A, who enjoy dining at local restaurants, met again for another socially distanced lunch, carefully observing all Covid-19 rules to stay safe.

Their elevated venue was the Attico restaurant at the top of the Javea Hotel, where they were able to enjoy stunning views of the roof of the Fisherman’s Church, the port of Javea and the coastline.

The tapas starters were so delicious and so plentiful that many of the group had little room left for their main course, and, no doubt, certain pets dined well later that evening!

However, somehow those attending seemed to regain their appetites

Summer sounds

FIRST MEETING: The Las Chicas group. for dessert.

Thanks went to Lynn Clark for “being brave

enough to organise the lunch, and the first ever meeting in August.”

Complying with hygiene and safety measures, the show will be held outdoors, keeping a safe distance and with limited seating. Tickets for ‘Nit de Jazz i Swing’ are free and can be booked in advance by calling 965 894 250, by WhatsApp on 680 557 370 or by emailing cul tura@villajoyosa.es.

SPANISH singer and song writer, Carlos Sadness, will stop off in Altea tomorrow (Friday, August 21) as part of his successful tour this summer, with sold out seats at practically all his concerts.

Tickets for the performance at Palau Altea went on sale last week, and sold out for the ‘chill out’ within one hour.

A line-up of summer concerts is completed by singer Zenet, on Saturday, September 5, and by the veteran Hispanic-Argentine artist Coti, who visits Spain with a very special acoustic concert, Cercanías y Confidencias, on Saturday, September 12.

Tickets are available on the website www.palaual tea.es and more information is available on the social networks of Palau Altea and Palau a la Fresca.

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IT was March in 1997 when I met the Nolan sisters. I was still in the UK working my final event at the holiday camp in Southport. The event was a 70’s weekend.

Boney M had played the main ballroom in the afternoon and the place was electric.

We had an Abba tribute the night before and tonight the Nolans were going to perform.

Everyone was really excited.

The Nolans had major hits in the late 70’s and early 80’s and there were members of their fan club staying for the weekend, so expectations were high.

The sound crew turned up in the late afternoon to set up in the cabaret bar and I met the girls during the sound check.

They were so lovely. Great fun to chat with and we had a re-

NOLAN SISTERS: They were so kind and fun to be around. ally good laugh.

That evening, the time came for me to introduce them onto the stage. There was a play on and I proudly stepped out and announced “Ladies and Gentlemen. I hope that you are all in the

mood for dancing because it’s time to meet the fabulous Nolan Sisters.

Nothing happened. No music, no Nolan Sisters. I went into the dressing room where there was a big discussion going on with the sound man.

Something had gone wrong with their DAT tape and all the backing tracks were on it.

They didn’t have the music in any other form.

There I was with a room full of a thousand people and they couldn’t go on stage be-

cause their sound had broken down. I was mortified. I didn’t want to be the one to go out on stage and get lynched.

The girls were so apologetic but there was nothing they could do. Then I had an idea.

In my CD collection I had a copy of the Nolan Sisters’ greatest hits. I asked them if they thought they could get away with miming. They were a little unsure, but after a bit of begging they agreed to do it.

They went from hit to hit without a fault and the audience loved them. To this day I have never told anyone about it. The audience had no idea that they were completely miming and they got me out of a very sticky situation.

I tell you this story because they are in the news at the moment. Two of the girls are suffering with cancer. I hope that all goes well for them.

They were so kind and fun to be around. Not many acts would have done what they did and I am eternally grateful to them for doing it.

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by Mark Slack H AV I N G b e e n s c r i b bling about cars for many years I have seen many car companies launch, and more than a few disappear, and can re call Kia’s entry into the UK. Their cars have risen steadily from cheap and cheerful bargains to stylish and well-made cars that compare and frequently beat their European counterparts.

One of Kia’s newer entrants has taken an idea that Mercedes Benz started with the CLS and moved things to a more affordable level with its ProCeed, mixing four-door practicality and sweeping estate car looks.

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The rather elegantly angled rear hatch opens on

to a load area with a generous 594 litres of carrying capacity. However, the trade-off is that sloping tailgate means rear vision is like looking through a letterbox, and a pretty slim one too.

The range starts at £24,335 (€26,933) for a GTLine ProCeed with 138bhp 1.4-litre petrol engine and six-speed manual gearbox and tops out at £29,095 (€32,201) with the same engine in an even more thoroughly specified GT-Line S with seven-speed automatic gearbox.

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Facts At A Glance • Model: Kia ProCeed GT-Line • Engine: 1.4 GDi Gasolina/Petrol • Gears: 6-Speed Manual • Performance: 0-100 kmh (60 mph) 8.8 seconds/Maximum Speed 209 kmh (130 mph) • Economy: 6.2 l/100km (45.6 mpg) Combined driving • Emissions: 141 g/km

mark 60 mph in 8.8 seconds and will carry on to a top speed of 130 mph with a 45.6mpg average. It’s willing engine pulls this biggish machine along with verve and in impressive quietness.

Although my test model was black with a distinctly black interior it was lifted by aluminium interior highlights and light grey diamond stitch cloth centre panels on the seating. So the ProCeed not only felt quality it looked it too.

An array of standard equipment stretches from heated seats and steering wheel to auto lights, wipers and dimming mirrors. On top of that there is dual zone air conditioning, cruise control, powered, heated and folding door mirrors and a plethora of safety kit.

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SPORT MANCHESTER UNITED’S season came to an end as they were eliminated from the Europa League at the semi-final phase by competition specialists Sevilla who beat the reds 2-1 on Sunday August 16.

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Spectacular Sevilla trophy since 2017 and must now wait until 2021 for their next chance of silverware.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side started well and took the lead in the first

half through a Bruno Fernandes penalty.

Former Liverpool player

Suso equalised before half-time and Luuk de Jong scored the winning goal for the Spanish side after United missed multiple opportunities at the beginning of the second half.

Inter Milan sailed into the Europa League final with an

impressive 5-0 victory against Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday August 17.

The Italian giants led by a single goal at half time after Lautaro Martinez headed them in front but crushed their opponents with four more goals in the second half.

Inter are back in the final of a European competition and the game against Sevilla on Friday August 21 will be their 10th European final.

EUROPA LEAGUE: The Final 2020 is Sevilla v Inter Milan.