Euro Weekly News - Mallorca 1 - 7 October 2020 Issue 1839

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THE Tourism Ministry backs the idea of individual air corridors for the Balearic Islands as key to a strategy for rebooting the tourism sector sooner rather than later. The Secretary of State for Tourism Fernando Valdes said he is in favour of the Balearic and Mallorca governments’ proposal for each island to open up separate safe air routes with visitor market countries, in line with the Covid-19 situation on each. Valdes was in the Balearics last week for two days of talks with the islands’ administration on setting out conditions and protocols to allow for a safe reactivation of tourism on the archipelago and to plan for the 2021 season. He expressed the view that while problems affecting the tourism sector are common to different destinations,

THE weekend’s devastating wildfire has left a huge chunk of the s’Albufera natural park charred and blackened. The blaze broke out early on Friday evening and was fanned by intense gusts of wind of up to 100 kilometres per hour which started up in the early hours of Saturday morning. It forced the evacuation of more than 30 people from their homes and destroyed three properties, damaging the exteriors of a couple of others. By Saturday morning 100 firefighters backed up by nine planes and helicopters were battling to stop the fire from advancing, later joined by two

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OBJECTIVE: The aim is to reactivate the tourism sector as soon as possible.

the best way to “consolidate recovery as soon as possible” is for solutions which are specific to the circumstances of each. Economic Model, Tourism and Employment minister Iago Negueruela insisted that the central government needs to be working on reactivating air corridors “now more than ever.” “The Spanish government has to negotiate with the European Union countries, which represent the main Balearic tourist markets, safe air corridors specific to each island,” Negueruela commented. The regional minister stressed the priority is to reduce the levels of transmission of the virus, but at the same time “to work with the sector in these such important months for the global positioning of our islands to return to being a world reference point.”

Devastating fire amphibious aircraft. By the time the firefighting teams had fully extinguished the flames late on Sunday afternoon, helped by overnight downpours, it had burned through some 440 hectares of reeds. Of this, between 80 and 90 per cent falls within the border of the natural park, representing about 25 per cent of its total surface area, explained park director Maties Rabassa. He said the wildfire was

the second worst to ever affect the protected zone. Balearic regional Environment minister Miquel Mir said that while the reed itself would probably recover relatively quickly from the scorching, the damage to some species of wildlife which usually inhabits the park could be more long-lasting. “Last year 80 hectares were burned and it has grown back. The impact on fauna is another thing,” he pointed out. Mir also made a point

of expressing his “infinite” gratitude to all those involved in the firefighting effort, commenting on social media about the “enormous human effort there is behind the operation.” There is speculation that

it was human action, either intentional or unintentional, which sparked off the blaze. According to Spanish press reports, the Balearic regional Environment ministry has confirmed that initial investigations

point to this possibility, and that the fire could have started from two different points. Officers from the Guardia Civil’s SEPRONA Nature Protection Service, together with Environment experts, are carrying out a full investigation to determine the cause. The investigation includes questioning people who were in the park at the time the fire is thought to have started up.

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Residency scam

MALLORCA police have made 40 arrests for a residency papers scam involving payments in exchange for fake documents. Thirty-nine of the detainees are Moroccan nationals legally resident on the island. Police suspect the 40th, a 50-year-old Spanish man living in Manacor, made out immigrants lived at his house so they could

sort out residency in Mallorca for family members back in their country of origin. Investigators believe he charged each immigrant between €500 and €3,500 to produce falsified documents like rental contracts, residency registration certificates with the town hall and reports on adapting properties.

S’ARENAL residents have demonstrated their objections to a Covid hotel in the area, which is accommodating people who have to self-isolate due to the virus. Some 50 locals and parents of pupils at Sant Vicenç school gathered on Sunday morning,

Hotel protest September 27 in the S’Estacio plaza just in front of the hotel to demand the IMAS Mallor-

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ca Institute of Social Affairs put the patients in another establishment. Objectors to the hotel being used for this purpose point out it is near to a school and a children’s play area and argue there are much better suited establishments.

Depot wrecked A FIRE wrecked an Andratx bus company depot and completely destroyed at least two buses. The fire broke out mid-morning on Monday September 28, sparking off several small explosions and creating a huge column of smoke. Within hours firefighting teams from the Calvia and Llucmajor stations had managed to put out the blaze. According to reports 21 people had to be treated for smoke inhalation, two of them at health centres. Seventeen of those affected by the smoke were employees of the

DAMAGE: The blaze destroyed at least two buses.

affected warehouses, two were Local Police officers and two were Guardia Civil.

The authorities have opened an investigation into the cause of the blaze.

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NIBS EXTRA More flights AIR Nostrum will be operating more Balearic-Valencia flights for the long October bank holiday weekend. Demand for flights from the Friday October 9 regional Valencia holiday to the Monday October 12 national holiday are such that the airline is scheduling additional services connecting Valencia with Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca.

Scamming carer GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a 54year-old carer for scamming €4,000 out of a man in his 80’s he was caring for in Binissalem. The carer reportedly got the pensioner to reveal where he kept his bank debit card and the PIN code, and without the elderly man’s consent made four €1,000 cash withdrawals from his account.

Control dodger A TRAFFIC control dodger is under arrest for nearly running down a Guardia Civil officer. Guardia indicated for him to pull over during a check on traffic on a road near Soller on Tuesday evening. But instead he sped off, an officer having to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.

Smart skips CAPDEPERA Council is introducing smart skips for residents’ rubbish disposal. The latest generation containers have a digital opening system operated by a personalised card and are powered by a small solar panel. The local authority is in the process of giving out the cards needed to open up the skips to residents.

Museum plans THE president of the Mallorca Maritime Museum Consortium, Bels Busquets, has unveiled the design plans for an educational space and offices at a central base for the museum in Palma’s Ses Voltes Cultural Centre. Busquets highlighted the fact that schools have been involved in the design proposals.

False alarm A BOMB scare at Palma airport on Tuesday evening turned out to be a false alarm, press reported. National Police and Guardia Civil officers reportedly set about inspecting different areas of the airport after a call about a possible explosive device came through at about 7pm, but failed to find anything suspicious.

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Nadal ambassador

TENNIS ace Rafael Nadal has been named honorary ambassador for the Mallorca Food Bank. The Manacor-born sports star will collaborate with the entity via his foundation and his academy on helping families and individuals on the island in a situation of need. “My foundation and my academy are joining the efforts of the Food Bank. We understand that the work this institution carries out is always important, but even more today with the current situation,” Nadal commented in a press statement released by the foundation.

SUPPORT: The tennis champion. The foundation points out that “because of the health, social and economic crisis we are experiencing in Mallorca due to the pandemic there are now more than 25,000 people who receive food

products from the Food Bank, 24 per cent more than at the beginning of the year.” The foundation will make a donation equivalent to 3,000 kilos of essential food products. It is also planning actions for the collection of food items at different times of the year and to contribute to efforts to promote a healthy diet among children and young people. Mallorca Food Bank president Raimundo de Montis described it as an “honour” to have the tennis champion as an honorary ambassador.

On course

AN epic round-Mallorca swim is on course to raise thousands for the Cancer Support Group. Philip James Baber has already raised €3,488 from the challenge he set himself of swimming the Balearic Island’s 555-kilometre coastline to benefit a cause which means a huge amount to him personally. In May last year, the 47year-old Es Capdella resident, gallery owner and poster art producerwas diagnosed with grade 4 cancer, which had unfortunately metastasized and “littered” his body with tumours. He has since undergone chemo and radiotherapy, made a few radical changes to his lifestyle, and is brimming with optimism about his future. He credits the support he received from the Mal-

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FAMILY SUPPORT: Wife Meg and daughters Farrah and Alexa will be joining Philip to swim the final two kilometres of the marathon challenge. lorca Cancer Support group for helping him get him through the worst of what he’s experienced, and wants to highlight the message to anyone who “God forbid are ever in the same crisis as I was,” to “rest assured that CSG will take you under their wing.” So far Philip has swum

Drug stash GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a man in Inca after finding 1.5 kilos of marihuana in packets stashed in the boot of his car in a paint can. A search of the detainee revealed he was carrying a large amount of cash in small bills, prompting suspicions he had been out and about selling the drug.

326 kilometres. His goal is to have raised €7,000 in all by his self-imposed deadline for completing the challenge on November 29, his daughter Farrah’s birthday. Farrah, along with her sister Alexa and Philip’s wife Meg, will be joining him to swim the final two-kilometres at Son Serra.

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Dig begins ARCHAOLOGISTS and anthropologists are excavating a site in Arta to locate the possible remains of three victims of the Franco dictatorship assassinated in 1936. Arta Council had already cleared the site of vegetation and removed a large stone block from inside a hole experts believe could contain the remains of a Bartomeu Ginard Genovard. The team is also examining the surrounding area to find the remains of the other two, which could have been dispersed by land movements during works to extend the Ma-15 road.

Freer movement THE ban on movement in and out of Palma neighbourhoods under extra restrictions has been relaxed thanks to positive results from the measures. Balearic regional Health minister Patricia Gomez announced on Friday that while the measures introduced in the Son Gotleu, Can Capes, Soledat Nord and half of the Son Canals district on September 11 to contain a surge in new Covid-19 cases were being extended for another seven days, residents and non-residents were from Saturday night allowed to enter and leave the delimited zone. In addition, places of worship, gymnasiums and sports centres in this part of the Mallorca capital are able to open their doors once again, albeit with a 25 per cent limit on maximum capacity. The same applies to the Arquitecto Bennazar zone, where the regional administration imposed tighter restrictions the previous Friday. Gomez said the epidemiology situation in the affected neighbourhoods was moving in the right direction. At the same time, the Balearic administration made it clear the districts are by no means out of the woods yet and a series of extra restrictions remain in place, including a 50 per cent maximum limit in bars, cafes, restaurants and shops. The 10pm closing time rule is also unchanged for the moment.

Self-confidence THE Balearic president says she is confident in her administration’s handling of the pandemic. Responding to a question in the regional parliament on Tuesday, Francina Armengol said she has “no problem” with an external audit of the government’s management because “decisions have been made on the basis of expert and epidemiological criteria.”

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CAUTION: The Balearic regional Health minister made it clear the affected districts are not out of the woods yet.

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NIBS EXTRA Rule breakers BALEARIC authority inspections of 315 businesses in Mallorca between mid-July and the beginning of this week revealed that nearly 81 per cent were not complying absolutely to the letter with rules and regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19. In Palma the percentage was more than 92 per cent.

Worthy cause THE Balearic government has authorised its regional Social Affairs and Sport department to give just short of €150,000 in direct aid to UNICEF and the United Nations to help put a stop to gender-based violence experienced by women and children who are refugees in Diffa in Nigeria and in Uganda.

THE European Commission has approved the Balearic government’s proposed modification to the European Regional Development Fund programme, providing access to more than €65 million for actions to fight the pandemic. The redistribution of European assistance is to “strengthen the health system’s response capacity in the face of the health crisis,” the regional Finance and Exterior Relations ministry said. The Balearic administration maintained the decision will be an important help in dealing ‘efficiently’ with existing

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Aim is to strengthen the health system. needs created by Covid19 through measures like the provision of supplementary hospital beds, taking on new health workers, increasing tests

A HOMEOWNER stabbed and killed an intruder at his Inca property in an incident on the night of September 24, according to Spanish press. Reports said a 30-yearold suffered knife wounds to his chest and abdomen. When an emergency health service ambulance team arrived they allegedly found the injured man in cardiac arrest and tried to resuscitate him for more than an hour, but without success. It was further reported the Guardia Civil suspect the 30-year-old been attempting to break into the property along with

to detect the virus and the acquisition of equipment, including protection materials. OBJECTIVE: The aim is to “strengthen the health

system’s response capacity in the face of the health crisis,” the regional Finance and Exterior Relations ministry said in a statement.

Intruder stabbed

SUSPICIONS: Reports say the stabbing victim had been attempting to break into the property along with three others. three other individuals to steal marihuana plants

when the homeowner surprised them.

Trafficker arrest POLICE have arrested a suspected migrant trafficker operating between Algeria and Mallorca. Investigators believe the 22-year-old skipper of a small boat which reached Mallorca on September 12 with 15 Algerians on board is a member of one of the most active people trafficking organisa-

tions working the route between northern Algeria and the Balearics. According to police the gang charges each migrant between €600 and €1,000 to secure their places on the dinghies. Police have charged the 22-year-old with assisting illegal immigration.

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Specsavers Ópticas and Calvia Town Hall team up to provide free glasses to those in need A COLLABORATION has been launched between Calvia Town Hall and Specsavers Ópticas to provide free glasses to people who are facing hardship in the community. This summer, the town hall and Specsavers Ópticas Santa Ponsa signed a yearlong agreement to provide prescription glasses to people with poor vision who cannot afford to purchase them.

NIBS EXTRA Divorce rate THE Balearics registered the fifth highest divorce rate in Spain in the second quarter of this year, with 4.7 petitions to end a marriage per every 10,000 inhabitants. Over the three months there were 314 uncontested divorces, 130 contested divorces, 14 agreed separations, one contested separation and one marriage annulment on the archipelago.

Extra funding THE Balearic government has approved allocating the University of the Balearics €900,000 in extra funding to cover costs stemming from the impact of Covid-19. Payments of €766,000 and €132,000 will cover expenses like adopting health safety and infection prevention measures, compensation for registration cancellations and the suspension of services.

Revellers caught MANACOR police caught out 22 revellers who were partying in an industrial estate on Saturday evening, despite a ban on these kinds of outdoor gatherings. Officers also reported the group for not wearing face masks, for smoking in the street and for leaving rubbish lying around.

This includes those who may have lost their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The opticians has agreed to donate up to five pairs of glasses per month to people who are referred to them by the social services department at the town hall. Director of Specsavers Ópticas Santa Ponsa, Martin Blake, comments: “We have always been committed to supporting charitable causes and want to help our community as much as possible, especially in difficult times like these. Our team are delighted to be able to work with the town hall in this way and help those in our community who may have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, or find themselves without the resources to invest in glasses. Good vision is essential for good quality of life and being able to look for work, so we hope that these donations will be a valuable help to those in need in Mallorca.” The social services department of the town hall identify the most urgent cases and refer them to the opticians. In the first half of September, three people have already come into the opticians to claim their free glasses and have a comprehensive eye test to check their vision and the health of their eyes. One of these people explained that he had not been able to work since November and as the hotel he worked in did not open for the summer he was in a very difficult situation. He had his eyes tested and knew he needed glasses, but was unable to afford them, so he was delighted when he saw the news about the town hall collaboration. “I haven’t had new glasses since 2011

FREE EYE TEST: Carried out under hygiene and personal protection measures. and although I was struggling with my old prescription, I just couldn’t afford to get new ones. I am so happy to have been able to

get new glasses at last.” Comprehensive eye tests are free at Specsavers Ópticas in Santa Ponsa. To ensure a safe and reassuring

experience for customers and colleagues, the store has introduced a series of hygiene and personal protection measures. This includes restrictions on the number of customers allowed in the store at any one time, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in line with government and industry guidelines. In addition, all testing equipment and frames will be thoroughly sanitised before and after handling, there are hand sanitiser stations in store, and strict social distancing rules will be followed.

Please contact the store to book your eye test by calling 871 964 331 or booking your test online at www.specsavers.es.

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THE Covid vaccine has become an obsession for every country in the world with each rushing to be the first to release theirs. However, the safest vaccine could be developed in the Spanish laboratory of the National Centre for Biotechnology in Madrid. The difference of this vaccine with others is that the team has previous experience in working with other coronaviruses, and according to the Spanish laboratory director and virologist Luis Enjuanes, “None of them have been working with coronavirus for 35 years as is our case.”

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DO YOUR HOMEWORK REMOTE working is set to account for 50 per cent of all Spanish employment in just a decade as the coronavirus forces employers to reconsider their organisational structure. Fifty per cent of all Spanish employment could be considered for remote working by the year 2030 a collection of economic experts have advised. They advise that this figure will not be made up of half of the working population working solely from home, but rather from a much larger proportion working in a mix of home and office based working. This could see employees working a proportion of their week in a physical environment with their colleague and the remainder of their hours being conducted at home or from another remote location. The Council of Ministers has approved a new royal decree that will see remote work regulated for the first time in the country.

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REPORTS have uncovered that a fifth of all UK residents would consider turning down a Covid vaccine when one is finally ready.

Pilot ploy AFTER warning that more than 700 pilots could lose their jobs, budget carrier easyJet has struck a deal with their union which appears to involve no compulsory job redundancies. The union representing easyJet pilots says there will be no compulsory redundancies at the airlines after a ‘breakthrough’ in negotiations. Sixty pilots have so far taken voluntary redundancy and another 1,500 have agreed to parttime work. The union said that easyJet’s June estimate was that 727 pilots were at risk of redundancy.

Those questioned showed concerns about misinformation surrounding the vaccines that are currently in their trial stages. Out of 17,500 subjects questioned by University College London, only 49 per cent were ‘very likely’ to take their chances, 78 per cent were ‘likely’ to, 22 per cent were ‘unlikely’ and 10 per cent were opposed to being vaccinated. On September 6, the British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca suspended worldwide trials of its Covid vaccine after registering a serious side effect in a volunteer in the UK. Trials have since restarted.

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CAUGHT

BORIS BECKER: Is now facing a possible jail sentence. TENNIS legend Boris Becker looked anguished after he was told that he faces seven years in jail if found guilty of hiding assets including a Chelsea flat, two German properties and €1.44m (£1.2m) in cash when he filed for bankruptcy three years ago. Becker is accused of hiding a Chelsea property, bank accounts and company shares from

bankruptcy proceedings. The former world No 1 appeared to have bags under his eyes as he put his head in his hands while dining at Scott’s seafood restaurant in Mayfair, London. Troubled Becker was declared bankrupt in June 2017, and last year faced claims that he had failed to fully declare his estate to the Insolvency Service.

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KENT PASSPORT

BREXIT for lorry drivers means they will need a Kent Access Passport (KAP) to join anticipated 7,000-long tailbacks for cross Channel ferries. Michael Gove has confirmed that a ‘de facto’ Brexit border is to be introduced for lorry drivers entering Kent to travel on to the EU. The minister for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster told the Commons that lorry drivers would need a “Kent access permit” to get into the county from January 1 with “police and ANPR cameras [automatic number plate recognition]” to help in enforcing the

TAILBACKS: To cross the Channel. system. “We want to make sure that people use a relatively simple process in order to get what will become known as a Kent access permit,” Gove told parliament.

WINE TIME

A VIRAL video on social media shows the dramatic moment that a Spanish winery in Villamalea in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula lost over 50,000 litres of red wine after one of their tanks burst. The dramatic footage shows a red river tumbling from the burst tank, gushing the wine onto the ground with a massive degree of force. The huge quantity of wine flooding outside the Vitivinos wineries, located in Villamalea, Albacete can be seen flowing through the winery and also shows the precise location of the burst tank. The Vitivinos winery was founded in 1969, with a production of 6,000,000 kilos of grapes and today has 1,570 hectares of vineyards.

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BORIS’ PLEA THE UK Prime Minister has identified coronavirus as a “common foe” and called all nations to put aside their differences to unite in a global handling of the crisis. He has said that the bond between nations has been frayed as a result of the virus and urged world leaders to unify under a single strategy. Johnson, who made the speech in a video conference to the United Nations General Assembly, said, “the very notion of the international community looks tattered.” He added, “Never again must we wage 193 separate campaigns against the same enemy.” The Prime Minister set out a preventative strategy for the global handling of future pandemics including the commencement of zoonotic research labs across the globe and highlighted the need for a global alert system for future pandemics.

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I will if you will Political Viewpoint from Spain by DAMON MITCHELL THE president of the Community of M a d r i d , I s a b e l D í a z Ay u s o , a n nounced over the weekend that she was willing to close all areas and towns with more than 500 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, on the condition that this measure is applied throughout Spain. On Friday, September 25, Ayuso ruled out applying mobility restrictions in all districts of the capital and in municipalities with the highest rate of coronavirus infections, as recommended by the Ministry of Health, and extended the limitations to only eight new health zones, something Health Minister Salvador Illa disapproved of. Given this, Illa urged the capital to review its measures, “We have to take control of the pandemic in Madrid, in other communities it has been done.” Sources from Moncloa have reported that the government plans to take command in the Community of Madrid if it fails to reach an agreement with the Madrid Executive to control the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. The government would take refuge in

Article 65, which establishes that the declaration of coordinated actions in public health will correspond to the Ministry of Health in situations of urgent need. These disagreements between the administrations have led the spokesman of the Grupo Covid-19, Emilio Bouza, to resign 48 hours after being appointed. In a letter addressed to the heads of Health of both governments, Salvador Illa and Enrique Ruiz Escudero, Bouza refers to the disagreement between the administrations, of different political signs, as the reason for his resignation. Bouza, an expert in infectious diseases, was appointed spokesperson for the team to try to control the coronavirus pandemic in that region. In the letter, Bouza assures he accepted the assignment because those responsible for Health “confirmed to me their will for political harmony and their drive to work together to find a solution to the problem.” However, “the circumstances I have witnessed in the following two days… force me to resign and decline the offer,” said Bouza. This is another example of the lack of governmental pluralism and communication where blame shifting seems to be of higher importance than the public’s wellbeing.

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Care concerns Print’s not dead

NURSING homes face the second wave of the pandemic in Spain under great pressure. After the ‘abandonment’ suffered in March by the authorities and more than 20,000 deaths, they are now facing outbreaks with deplet-

ed resources, ‘exhausted’ professionals and fear of a new primary care collapse. Although they say they are more prepared than at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the sector lacks clear coordination at

the state level and calls for greater public investment to guarantee the safe care that the elderly deserve. One of the most worrying situations is that staff numbers are ‘totally insufficient’ according to the Commissions of Workers (CCOO).

SUSPENDING SWEXIT THE Swiss have said no to the so-called ‘Swexit’ which would have ended the free movement of people agreement with the European Union.

Approximately two-thirds of voters in Sunday’s referendum on the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP)’s proposal to limit the free movement of people and

immigration from the EU have voted against. Supporters of the proposal argue there is a risk of “uncontrolled and excessive immigration,” the agreement allowing for an average of 75,000 EU citizens to enter the country every year. There are currently around 1.4 million EU citizens living in the country, which has a population of some 8.2 million. Somewhere in the regions of 500,000 Swiss live elsewhere in the EU.

THIS week sees the end of an era for a number of classic established British papers as they announce that their International Editions are moving solely online. During the coronavirus pandemic, sales of newspapers have seen a distinct drop with some news agencies clearly suffering under the strain. In March, at the beginning of the pandemic, national print sales saw a dramatic drop by 30 per cent. Furthermore, numerous local and free papers have closed with national press reporting distinct drops in advertising revenue. Euro Weekly News makes a commitment to its readers that it will continue to be the only trusted weekly English-language newspaper throughout Spain. We will remain free and make an absolute guarantee that we will continue to provide a physical copy of the newspaper in all our current locations. In a number of regions, print news rose slightly in the run up to the coronavirus lockdown, which could potentially be attributed to the increase in desire for news about the growing crisis, however during and after lockdown, sales have continued to bottom out of the print business for many news sources. In the UK, free newspapers have distinctly

END OF AN ERA: Some editions are moving online.

and unequally suffered by a dramatic downturn in commuter traffic due to the vast increase in remote working with many limiting their distribution significantly. Euro Weekly News still maintains its distribution with six editions being produced every week covering Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca South, Costa Blanca North, Almeria, Axarquia and Mallorca. For up-to-date news from Spain and across the globe visit www.euroweeklynews. com.

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FRANCE

Open problems FORMER Top 30 ranked tennis player, Bosnian, Damir Dzumhur is threatening to sue the organisers of the French Open after being refused entry after what he claims was a ‘false positive Covid­19 test’ on his coach with whom he shares a room.

Scooter danger

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AS a report reveals that drivers of electric scooters are seven times more likely to have an accident than cyclists, the Danish Transport Minister has called for legislation to be drawn up to make it a requirement that riders wear helmets.

AFTER resigning from his position in 2008 when it was revealed that politician Jeppe Kofod, then 34, had legal sex with a 15­year­old, the matter has been resurrected and Kofod, now Danish Foreign Minister, has once again apologised for his actions.

GERMANY

Gluers group ALTHOUGH doing so is punishable by a €68 fine, a group of women known as the Gluers are putting up posters on walls around France denouncing femicide in an effort to increase awareness of violence against women and its affects.

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DZUMHUR: On court at Roland Garos.

BELGIUM

Mask rules

Opportunists run

THE Belgian government has decided to relax rules concerning the wearing of face masks slight­ ly in order to ensure that all regions in the country follow the same rules which means masks re­ quired in crowded places, and shopping areas where social distancing is difficult.

THIEVES tried to steal a lorry in Brabant Province but settled for a bulldozer with which they attacked a bank in order to steal the cash machine and when police arrived, they ran towards the border with some loot.

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Guilty charge

Call to prayer

A HANAU court has sentenced a 73-year-old woman - the leader of a sect - to life imprisonment for the torture and murder 32 years ago of a four-year-old child who she claimed was Adolf Hitler resurrected.

OFFENDED by the noise made by a local mosque, a Christian couple complained that the call to prayer intruded on their religious freedom. The local council initially agreed based on the level of noise, but a court has overturned that decision.

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NORWAY

Defence strategy

Nobel prizes

THE Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish Ministers of Defence have met to sign a joint agreement dubbed a ‘milestone in Nordic defence co­oper­ ation’ as they believe that there could be com­ mon ground for a combined defence policy against external aggression.

A TRADITION has grown up around the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony which has seen large numbers attending Oslo Town Hall with mem­ bers of the Royal Family hosting a banquet, but all of this will be curtailed due to the pandemic.

Holocaust remembered

Holiday rentals

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THE former classmate and friend of Anne Frank, Jacqueline van Maarssen has laid the first brick at a monument in Amsterdam to the 102,000 victims of the Holocaust with each brick bearing the name of one of the dead.

DUTCH MPs are making amendments to a new law requiring owners who rent out holiday homes to register their properties with the authorities so that organisations such as Airbnb and Booking.com must include the registration number on their adverts.

SWEDEN’S top scientist who had promoted the con­ cept of ‘herd immunity’ is now admitting that he is considering recommending selective lockdowns in areas and regions where it can be seen that there has been a significant spike in coronavirus infections.

Protestors arrested AS underwater exploration for oil continues, ac­ tivists converged on Oslo to complain about the lack of a clear environmental policy by the Nor­ wegian government and 40 protestors were ar­ rested in three mainly peaceful demonstra­ tions.

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Two week Update A CHOPPY start to September for sterling, with Covid still dominating headlines, followed closely by the nearing Brexit deadline. With less than 100 days to go, ministers are dashing across the channel for last ditch talks, while at the same time bringing in renewed restrictions to curb the resurgence of coronavirus. The pound had to overcome reservations and resistance to the alterations proposed by PM Boris Johnson to the EU Withdrawal Bill, and sterling was on standby for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Job Support Scheme announcement, replacing furlough and encouraging businesses to retain staff on reduced hours, with government support for the lost wages. Economic data is relatively kind to the currency at the moment, with inflation data, retail sales, and house prices relatively strong. After the new ‘rule of six’ began, the UK is far from out of the woods when it comes to this pandemic though.

It wasn’t just the UK bringing in renewed Covid restrictions. France announced new measures during the week, as did Italy and Spain, and with Europe’s economic recovery almost solely reliant on its recovery from Covid-19, surging new cases on the continent should be a wake-up call, according to the World Health Organisation’s regional director Hans Kluge. There was not much help for the euro from the economic data, and the provisional purchasing managers’ index readings did not improve the mood. Of the 14 from Europe, only three - for French, German, and Eurozone came in ahead of forecast and higher on the month. Small improvements in German and Eurozone consumer confidence left both of them below zero, and the services sector measures for France, Germany and Euroland were below 50, indicating shrinkage.

The top performer has been the US dollar, thanks mainly to its status as a safe haven in comparison to its handling of the pandemic. The death of Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg put a cat among the pigeons ahead of November’s election, with US President Trump wanting her replaced immediately with his own nominee. The acrimony that this has created makes it even less likely that the administration and the Senate will agree to the fiscal stimulus bill proposed by the House. Meanwhile the Federal Reserve chairman continued to beaver away at persuading the two sides to come together. In three appearances on Capitol Hill, Jay Powell pushed on the open door of the House and worked on two Senate committees to emphasise that monetary policy can go only so far to achieve full employment and 2% inflation, especially when a pandemic is in progress.

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Contract extended SPANISH company Cimic, through its mining subsidiary has had its contract renewed from 2021 for the development of mining services at Mount Owen, Australia in a deal estimated to be worth €206 million to the group.

Don’t panic buy UK supermarkets Morrisons and Tesco have introduced rationing on some household items including toilet paper, flour and pasta in a bid to stop hoarding as the British government continues to tighten Covid-19 restrictions. It is expected that other stores will follow suit.

Factor in ENERGY company Endesa has come to an arrangement with Caixa Bank for it to undertake factoring of invoices for domestic clients. This involves the bank paying money less commission in advance and then collecting from Endesa’s customers.

Total commitment FRENCH energy company Total continues to eye the Spanish market and has entered into an agreement with Spanish renewable energy developer Ignis to create two large solar projects in Andalucia and Madrid due to be working by 2025.

Restaurant chain troubled WHAT started as a small franchise operation in Poland eventually grew to be one of the largest restaurant chains in Europe, but AmRest with headquarters in Madrid looks as if its losses of €162 million could put it into bankruptcy according to its auditors. Best known in Spain for its La Tagliatella pasta chain it has been badly affected by the lockdown and in Spain alone it put more than 3,000 workers into ERTE. Current liabilities exceed assets by €770.8 million according to Expansion.

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€5 billion

is the estimated amount that the new Caixa Bank will have to pay by way of compensation to insurance companies Mapfre and Caser after merging with Bankia.

Money is short WHILST the Royal Household has no intention of asking for additional funding, the Keeper of the Privy Purse who looks after the British Royal Family’s finances estimates that there will be a shortfall in in­ come of £35 million (€38.5 million) over the next three years due to the pandemic. His latest report covers the peri­ od April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 so does not show the drastic drop in

income suffered due to lockdown which saw all of the royal profit centres like Windsor Castle closed. No royal staff were laid off or fur­ loughed, although a pay freeze was introduced in April as well as a halt to recruitment except to fill ab­ solutely vital roles, but overall ex­ penditure continued to increase last year with travel costing in excess of £5 million (€5.5 million). Stand out charges according to

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the BBC were the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s trip to south­ ern Africa costing just under a quar­ ter of a million pounds and £15,000 (€16,500) to charter an aircraft for the Duke of York to fly to Northern Ireland to attend a golf tourna­ ment. At least expenses for those two Royal Dukes will be greatly reduced this year as they retire from public life.

UK Job Support Scheme

Can they name debtors? I live in a community of nine apartments, three of which are in the hands of the bank. We recently changed administrators after 15 years. The new administrator tells me we cannot dis­ play information about our debtors. Our old adminis­ trators changed from a list with names to a list with only property numbers. The new administration has given me a list of debtors, but said I cannot display it, under Spanish data protection rules. Is this correct? M D (by email) Yes, it is correct. Spain’s privacy YOU AND THE LAW laws prohibit the IN SPAIN publication of per­ sonal information to the general public. Now the fun starts. The Horizontal Law establishes that the notifica­ tion of the AGM must include the list of those debtors who are prohibited from voting. If the members are no­ tified by letter in a sealed envelope this meets the re­ quirements. If the notification is by email, these should be individually sent and preferably with password ac­ cess. If there is a notice board, it should be in a closed box opened by key or code. The idea is to prevent ‘third parties’ from accessing the list.

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AS Amazon grows, so does its ability to create new products and its security division Ring is currently unveiling a number of new developments, one of which is bound to catch a huge amount of attention The Always Home Cam is a drone with a camera that launch­ es from a central control box in­ side your home if a sensor de­

Chancellor Rishi Sunak with Winter Economy Plan. Credit: Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street.

WHEN the UK Furlough Scheme comes to an end on October 31, it will be replaced by the financially less attrac­ tive Job Support Scheme which will go some way to help those who are only able to work part time due to their employer’s economic situa­ tion. The attraction of the Fur­ lough Scheme was that it paid 80 per cent of the wages of workers who may otherwise have been laid off, up to a maximum of £2,500 (€2,750) per month. The new scheme which is set to last six months works for those employees who are brought back to work part time (where previously they were full time) with the em­ ployer paying for the hours

they work and the govern­ ment paying up to £697.92 (€767.71) per month. In theory, the government believes that those who are el­ igible (they have to work at least one third of their normal hours) will receive as much as 80 per cent of their monthly salary with this support. All businesses are able to apply to take part in the Job Support Scheme, even if they weren’t part of the Furlough Scheme and they will still ben­ efit from the £1,000 job reten­ tion bonus paid for each work­ er who returns to work from furlough. There is also an extension to support for the self­em­ ployed to ensure they at least receive a proportion of their average monthly income.

Spy in the Sky tects that there may be an at­ tempt to break in. The intention is that it should only be brought in to play when the residents are out and it fol­ lows a pre­determined pattern

around just one floor of the property and transmits sound and images to the owner’s smartphone. Ring say that when the drone is at rest in a dock, it does not

Smells like Spain ACCORDING to the owner of Lemon Fresh UK Ltd the differ­ ence between British and Spanish cleaning products is the smell which is like per­ fume. So impressed is Ian Colley that after creating an online business selling a range of 190 different Spanish products, he is going one step further and opening a shop in the town of Chadwell St Mary in Essex. Speaking to Thurrock Nub News he said “From air fresh­ eners that smell like the ocean, to floor cleaners which make your house smell of flowers, we have a huge range of products.”

No Gibraltar budget FOLLOWING in the footsteps of the United Kingdom where Chancellor Rishi Sunak has ruled out the pre­ sentation of the 2021 bud­ get, the Gibraltar Govern­ ment is to do something similar. Rather than present a 2021 budget, it is simply doubling the 2020 budget as it is unable to accurately forecast likely income and expenditure due to the ever­ changing effects of the pan­ demic. What has been revealed is that in the first six months of 2020, income was down by £59 (€65) million and a fur­ ther £23 (€25.3) million was spent on Covid­19 precau­ tions and support. transmit any information, so they contend that there is no possible breach of privacy, but it also recognises that the item has not yet been authorised by the US authorities for sale. Assuming it is approved, then initial sale will be in the USA on­ ly at a projected price of $250 (€215), but no doubt if successful it will be transferred to Europe.

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CHANGE(P) 968,40 2.699,5 1.857,4 1.057,00 2.824,0 1.873,0 8.693,0 559,40 291,90 501,40 95,13 471,40 4.276,0 1.717,20 237,70 2.837,2 332,70 100,80 2.508,0 1.569,0 1.009,5 41,03 1.963,0 1.213,50 2.876,0 6.214,0 6.152,0 2.684,0 289,00 503,00 3.005,0 7.634,0 12.850,0 1.196,91 1.489,20 170,80 2.296,0 1.573,50 2.586,00 315,80 97,63 1.411,50 371,20 4.066,0 1.192,00 6.448,0 64,57 199,15 2.340,0

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Currency outlook: No-deal Brexit risks take a chunk out of the pound, second wave fears boost the US dollar

PMI FIGURES: Indicate the bloc is at risk of slipping back into a recession.

ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday

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Euro EUR/GBP: Up from £0.90 to £0.91 EUR/USD: Down from $1.18 to $1.16 After witnessing some bullish momen­ tum through August, the euro was pro­ pelled to a two­year high at the very start of September. However, we have subsequently seen the euro shed these gains in recent weeks as Europe struggles to contain a ‘very serious’ coronavirus resurgence. EUR investors are particularly con­ cerned about how the second wave of in­ fections has impacted the Eurozone’s nascent economic recovery, with recent PMI figures indicating the bloc is at risk of slipping back into a recession. Unless European coronavirus rates im­ prove dramatically in the coming weeks, it seems inevitable that the euro will ex­ tend this downside as the economic re­ covery will be further tested by the intro­ duction of more stringent restrictions. Pound GBP/EUR: Down from €1.10 to €1.09 GBP/USD: Down from $1.31 to $1.27 The pound suffered a dramatic sell­off over the past month, with the currency plunging to a new multi­month low as the risks of a no­deal Brexit rose significantly. This comes after the UK government tabled a bill seeking to override part of the EU Withdrawal Agreement, a move which potentially breaks international law and the EU warns could jeopardise a post­Brexit trade deal.

Applying additional pressure to GBP exchange rates has also been the intro­ duction of new coronavirus restrictions in the UK, which Boris Johnson warned will likely remain in place for up to six months. Going forward, trade in the pound is likely to become increasingly choppy as the threat of a no­deal Brexit and the po­ tential introduction of stricter measures to control the coronavirus resurgence will stoke concerns over the UK’s eco­ nomic prospects. US Dollar USD/GBP: Up from £0.76 to £0.78 USD/EUR: Up from €0.84 to €0.85 The US dollar weakened at the start of September as demand for higher­risk cur­ rencies increased in response to upbeat global growth forecasts and optimism surrounding a coronavirus vaccine. However, the US dollar has found itself back in vogue in recent weeks, with de­ mand for the safe­haven currency rising in response to souring market sentiment. This has been tied to fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections and their impact on global growth, as well as Brexit uncertainty and renewed US­China ten­ sions. Looking ahead, the ‘Greenback’ will likely continue to benefit from safe­ haven flows in the weeks to come. However, the upcoming US election re­ mains a key risk point and could limit the upside potential of the US dollar. Currencies Direct have helped over 325,000 customers save on their currency transfers since 1996. Just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more about how you can save money on your currency transfers.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I CANNOT help feeling that if many of those stopped by the police would only comply a little more with their requests, we would not see many of these ‘street’ situations become so confrontational. With a growing number of these occurrences showing on social media, it’s easy to see police can sometimes be a mite overzealous, but more often than not, it is the citizens involved that cause these situations to escalate; often with tragic results that could easily have been avoided. One posted recently showed a perfectly respectable looking African American woman standing near her car. The police approached and politely asked if the car was hers? There was no colour issue involved here, merely an enquiry as to the owner. When she subsequently affirmed it was indeed hers they asked for her ID. Instead of complying, she belligerently retorted ‘why’? The policeman reasonably and clearly then informed her that the car had been reported stolen and reiterated his request to see

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Just asking the question! her ID. The women immediately exploded. Screaming obscenities and jumping around she smashed her fists on the car and rushed about creating such general mayhem that finally a threatening crowd began to gather. Ultimately she had to be physically restrained and put into the police car, where she continued to scream that she was being arrested ‘ because she was black’ and that she ‘couldn’t breathe’ (sound familiar?) All this unpleasantness could have been avoided if she had simply produced her ID when requested. It’s not exactly rocket science. The same scenario also occurred in the (often omitted) first section of the filming in the George Floyd affair. Floyd actually escalated that confrontation by refusing to comply with the officers for almost a half an hour before the final tragic outcome. If he had simply got in the car when first instructed he would still be alive today. I also believe these attitudes are part of the reason for this latest Croydon tragedy. Through their prior experience of similar situations, the police, in an attempt to avoid these dangerous

circumstances getting out of control, including possible attack from baying bystanders, want to get perpetrators into the vans as quickly as possible. For this reason, I believe the body search of this suspect was rushed and resulted in the gun being overlooked, leading ultimately to the tragic murder of Officer Matt Ratana. These attitudes and the lack of respect for our police have to change. Simple compliance with police requests would go a long way to avoiding these unacceptable and often disastrous outcomes. I am actually writing this on Monday, three days since the officer’s murder. The police have had this man on their terrorism watch books for some time. Apparently he was in line for some kind of de radicalisation process - Ha! My point is however, they must therefore know who he is and most certainly have pictures of him. Why then have we not seen any published? Just asking! Keep the faith, Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland.com. Mon. Wed. Fri. 1pm till 4pm.

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CONSULAR MATTERS REGULAR readers will know that I have been around the proverbial block a few times as a lawyer over the last 30 years and as Consul for Denmark. During all this time I have seen a considerable number of complaints about companies or people who claim to be lawyers, but who are not legally qualified to be called that and give advice under the name of advisers, consultants or some other name. I want to take this opportunity to write about the difference between lawyers (Abogados) and any other advisers or consultants here in Spain It is right to say that the EU regulation of free services, allows anyone to provide services in this area without asking for a degree or qualifications, but some of these professions, such as lawyers or doctors, are ruled by the law and have ethical codes which force the professionals who are practising to be registered at an official association. A number of people have had

Difference between lawyers (Abogados) and any other advisers or consultants here in Spain some bad experiences with so-called lawyers here in Spain, which in some cases could have been avoided if they had instructed properly registered Spanish lawyers. When instructing a lawyer to act on your behalf you need a properly registered lawyer in the Spanish Bar Association (Colegio de abogados). Someone who is registered at the Spanish Bar Association and has to follow the code of ethics and has indemnity insurance, just in case they give advice which proves to be negligent. What you need to do when instructing a lawyer in Spain is to get the the Spanish Bar Association registration number in writing, that way you can check and be assured that you are being represented by a registered lawyer who is able to practise law in Spain. If you are given a fake number this is a criminal offence in Spain. Someone may have all the necessary certificates, but they may have been struck off by the Bar Asso-

ciation and it is necessary to check their number with the Bar Association. You may see lawyers here describing themselves as ‘Solicitors’ this is the closest translation of ‘Abogado’ here in Spain. A foreign European lawyer can be registered at a Bar Association in Spain but they can only give legal advice re the laws of their own home country. To give advice on Spanish law they must have a Spanish law degree or have completed a conversion process. Beware of Consultants, Legal Advisors and the like, lawyers have sat exams and are properly regulated to ensure that they give correct legal advice. It is advisable to put a little effort into choosing your own lawyer and completing your own due diligence so as to avoid a potential disaster further down the line. Thankfully cases of professional negligence are rare, but sadly they do exist here in Spain just like other countries.

Marisa Moreno Consul for Denmark & Senior Lawyer and founder of Just Law Solicitors. www.justlawsolictors.com • contact@justlawsolicitors.com

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GREATEST EDITOR CRUSADING newspaper editor, Sir Harold Evans, has died of heart failure aged 92. The British-American journalist forged a reputation as a trail blazer during his time as editor of the Sunday Times, most notably for his campaign for those who suffered birth defects as a result of the drug Thalidomide. SIR HAROLD EVANS: “Tried Those affected later to shed a little light.” received compensation from pharmaceutical companies on the back of his expose of the morning sickness drug. Speaking of his investigative work, Evans told The Independent in 2014, “All I tried to do - all I hoped to do - was to shed a little light. And if that light grew weeds, we’d have to try and pull them up.” In a 2002 poll, Evans was voted the greatest newspaper editor of all time.

CHANGE AWAITS

ANDREW NEIL is to leave the BBC as he has announced that after 25 years he will go with a “heavy heart” to pursue a role as the chairman of the all new TV HEAVY HEART: Leaving the BBC. channel GB news. Journalist Neil has spent 25 years with the BBC as one of the main anchors for its political content, hosting Daily Politics, The Week, Politics Live, and been the trusted face of election coverage over the years. The all-new GB News will be a 24-hour news channel which will be in direct competition with the BBC, ITV and Sky News.

Ibiza exit WAYNE LINEKER announced he was leaving Ibiza after the island continues to struggle with coronavirus restrictions and nightclub closures. Lineker, the owner of some of Ibiza’s most well-known venues, said he ‘couldn’t take it any more.’ He is leaving the party island saying he’s been ‘battered and beaten.’ Wayne owns an empire of bars and clubs on the island, shared the sobering message on Instagram. The brother of footballer Gary has now closed all venues in his Linekers Group for the rest of 2020, with all the group’s bars and clubs in mainland Spain, Tenerife and Greece closed.

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Landward Wild & Weird The Dengineers All Over the Place Blue Peter Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall Wonders of the Universe Shark Mountain Vets Mountain Vets The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure Eliud Kipchoge: Anything Is Possible Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Flog It! Wanted Down Under Ingenious Animals Live Challenge Cup Rugby League Scotland from the Sky Earth's Tropical Islands QI XL Yardie Golf: Scottish Open A Hard Day's Night

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2:00pm Decimate 2:45pm Make Me a Dealer 3:30pm 800 Words 4:15pm The Great British Sewing Bee 5:15pm Gorilla Family and Me 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Fish Town 8:00pm Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain 9:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 10:00pmSurgeons: At the Edge of Life 11:00pmThe Ranganation

8:00pm A Garden in Snowdonia 8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Earth's Great Rivers 10:00pmAustralia with Simon Reeve 11:00pmInside Cinema: Jordan Peele 11:15pmInside Cinema: Ava DuVernay 11:30pmTV's Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Hollywood 12:30am Mystery Road 1:25am Mystery Road 2:20am The Joy of Painting

12:35pmRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:30pm Steph's Packed Lunch 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The Great House Giveaway 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:30pmMarried at First Sight 11:30pmGogglebox 12:30am The Talk

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Killer Engagement: Matchmaker Mysteries 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 Dog School 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pmAll Creatures Great and Small

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Inside Animal A&E 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Prince William: A Planet for Us All 11:30pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm The Masked Singer US 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmLove Island USA 11:00pmHey Tracey! 12:00am Family Guy

11:35am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:15pmDCI Banks 12:15am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:20am A Touch of Frost

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World of Sport 7:15am The Protectors 7:50am The Saint 8:55am Minder 9:50am The Avengers 11:00am French Open Tennis: RolandGarros Live 10:00pmFirst Blood 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pm First Blood 12:05am Isle of Man TT 1:05am Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera 2:05am Motorsport UK

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3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm Love Your Garden Themed Specials 10:00pm Alison Hammond Back to School

3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm The Masked Singer US 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmLove Island USA 11:00pmFamily Guy 11:30pmFamily Guy

2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:50pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm DCI Banks 12:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:10am A Touch of Frost

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World Cup Top Goalscorers 7:05am Minder 8:10am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 9:20am The Avengers 10:25am The Sweeney 11:30am French Open Tennis: RolandGarros Live 11:00pmWorld Superbike Highlights 12:05am Isle of Man TT 1:05am Lethal Weapon 2:05am Minder 3:05am The Protectors

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9:55am Man About the House 10:25am Man About the House 11:00am George and Mildred 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:00pmDCI Banks 12:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am The Saint 8:05am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 9:15am The Avengers 10:25am Minder 11:30am French Open Tennis: RolandGarros Live 11:00pmBritish Superbike Championship Highlights 12:30am Isle of Man TT 1:30am The Sweeney A tip-off allows Detective Inspector Regan to move in on a security van heist. 2:35am Minder 3:35am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

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8:00pm A Garden in Snowdonia 8:30pm The Joy of Painting 9:00pm Castles: Britain's Fortified History 10:00pmThe Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History 11:30pmFilthy Cities 12:30am The Secret History of Writing 1:30am Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett 2:30am The Joy of Painting 3:00am A Garden in Snowdonia 3:30am Castles: Britain's Fortified History

11:35am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pmChannel 4 News 12:35pmRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:30pm Steph's Packed Lunch 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The Great House Giveaway 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmGrayson Perry's Big American Road Trip

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1:25pm Emmerdale 2:30pm You've Been Framed! 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:55pm Ellen's Game of Games 4:50pm The Masked Singer US 5:55pm Dress to Impress 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmLove Island USA 11:00pmCelebrity Karaoke Club 12:00am Family Guy

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Online Shopping With The Personal Touch! THE last year has been a challenging one for most of us, as our lives and living patterns have been disrupted by the tragic Pandemic. One of the most highly affected areas is shopping, with many people opting to shop online. This can be fraught with problems as it can be quite impersonal, you are never quite sure what you have bought until it arrives, and if you have a problem with your product, the hoops you need to jump through are enough to deter anyone but the most dogged. But once you become a Neater Heater online customer Richard and Tony will ensure that you are fully looked after. Now is the time of year to start thinking of your winter heating. Neater Heater will always recommend that you visit one of their sales outlets to make your purchase (details on their website). However, for those unable, or unwilling to visit shops at the moment, they will try and make your online experience as smooth as possible.

NEATER HEATER: Click, select, pay. When you visit www.neater heater.es you will find most of the questions you have, and some you haven’t thought of, on their FAQ page (Frequently Asked Questions). The choice of heaters, along with their availability and prices are on display in the online shop. You click, select, and pay, and within days your purchase is delivered to you.

You are now a Neater Heater customer and will be protected by their conscientious customer service. With many online purchases, when things go wrong, this can be the start of a very frustrating process that is frequently not solved to the customer’s satisfaction. However, Neater Heater accept that occasionally mistakes and accidents happen. Sometimes it is human error, but usually it is out of their control. They will do their utmost to personally solve any problems their customer’s may have. In over a decade, they have never failed to honour a genuine warranty complaint. Richard and Tony take pride in their customer service. You will never regret making your online heater purchase from Neater Heater.

Bring in the guard THE British Army is on standby to help emergency ‘doorto-door’ coronavirus testing after infections spiked in Birmingham. It has been revealed that soldiers will be drafted in to help assist Birmingham Council’s ‘drop-and-collect’ door-to-door testing service. Council leader Brigid Jones told a meeting of the West Midlands Combined Authority on Friday that the plan will involve army units going to people’s homes in high-risk areas. Ms Jones said army staff will not be acting in a “military” capacity or carrying out “enforcement.” The troops will be there as “boots on the ground” bridging any gaps needed in services carried out normally by civilian staff.

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BeachyFeet Marbella has the world at its feet

FOUNDED in late 2019, BeachyFeet Marbella has now officially launched on a worldwide basis a new flip flop and beachwear brand inspired by the coastal culture of southern Spain. Beach loving Brit Managing Director John Lodge explains the brand as “not just flip flops, but a way of life” which is evident in the broad range of flip flops, apparel, nail polishes and accessories that make up the initial range of products available on their website www.beachyfeet.es. Having worked in product and brand development for blue chip companies as well as recently completing the sale of his previous fashion business Lodge ex-

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plains his latest adventure “BeachyFeet’s goal is to become a household name in beach footwear and apparel. We have taken great care to develop a comfortable and robust flip flop offer with elegant/fun prints and ultra-comfort. “Our ambition in the short to medium term is to be manufacturing our flip flops here in Marbella to really solidify our commitment to European manufacturing and authenticity of an end to end Spanish design and manufacturing process. “We are in the latter part of our R&D now and hope to be pushing ahead in late 2021/early 2022 with the printing and forming here in Marbella.

''We have been in talks with major duty-free retail outlets, as well as department stores and of course beach boutiques here along the coast,” he said, adding “We are excited to see a lot of our products in the stores already and into summer 2021.” As well as pending distribution contracts being executed for other European territories the brand continues to push on through very difficult economic times. “Obviously, launching a new business amidst all the market uncertainty and lack of holidaymakers isn’t ideal - but this really is a life-long brand in the making and we have a lot of exciting plans and collaborations in the pipeline,” John confirmed.

The full range of men’s and women’s flip flops and beachwear can be found at www.beachyfeet.es, potential distributors are invited to email info@beachyfeet.es or call +34 711 010 401. Many customers will be delighted to discover that the BeachyFeet range is vegan friendly as products are made from materials containing no animal by-products. They use no animal derived glue and their factories are all ethically checked and certificated.

MEMORIAL A FORMER classmate and friend of Anne Frank, Jacqueline van Maarssen, has laid the first brick at a monument in Amsterdam to the 102,000 victims of the Holocaust with each brick bearing the name of one of the victims. This concept was first promoted in 2006 and the 250metre labyrinth of corridors was designed by PolishAmerican architect and child of holocaust survivors Daniel Libeskind. It was only last year that the Dutch court confirmed consent for the project and work commenced in building the basic structure in June of this year. The first brick laid by Jacqueline van Maarssen carries the name of Dina Frankenhuis who was killed at the Sobibor concentration camp aged just 20 and the list of victims includes Jews and Gypsies from Sinti and Roma backgrounds.

FIRST BRICK: Was laid by Jacqueline van Maarssen.

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Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents C and 5 represents B, so fill in C every time the figure 2 appears and B every time the figure 5 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.

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Across 1 Lover (6) 3 Maid (6) 8 Islandia (7) 10 Flecha (5) 11 Flat (level) (5) 12 Infeliz (persona) (7) 13 Cuchara (para comer) (5) 15 Jug (5) 20 Juguetón (7) 22 Grain (of wheat) (5) 24 Ebony (5) 25 Jeweller's (7) 26 State (nation) (6) 27 Spark (from fire, electricity) (6) Down 1 Ring (metal) (6) 2 Sand (5) 4 Alcanzar (5) 5 To catch (7) 6 Siempre (indicando frecuencia) (6) 7 Sumar (3,2) 9 Nickname (5) 14 Campesino (7) 16 Enfadado (5) 17 Esfera (6) 18 Slack (not tight or firm) (5) 19 Inn (6) 21 Inundación (5) 23 Behind (at the back) (5)

Quick Across 1 Not close together in time (8) 8 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 9 Small cuts (5) 10 Wild mountain goat (4) 11 Leave a place suddenly or secretly (6) 13 To or in a foreign country (6) 15/17 Time set for the start of an action or operation (4,4) 18 Small bay or opening in a coastline (5) 19 Frequently (5) 20 Opposite (8) Down 2 No longer fresh (5) 3 Not as much (4) 4 Material for starting a fire (6) 5 Russian country house (5) 6 Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of (10) 7 Formal resignation and renunciation of powers (10) 12 Close or do up securely (6) 14 Ancient artifact (5) 16 Come or go into (5) 17 See 15 Across

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) After a relaxed weekend, it might prove difficult to take up the reins of work again. However, midweek sees you trotting along happily and minding your own business when someone stops you in your tracks. When a challenge is issued, your natural stubbornness comes to the fore.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With a mind as sharp as a needle, you spin through the week, weaving your own charming spell. A bit of extra confidence works wonders for your mood. Something that you read sets you thinking about doing some writing or creating something artistic, perhaps even a musical.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Although energy is not high, there is the need to have some kind of challenge. With the brain active, it is an ideal time to plot and plan your next moves. Maybe something that has been delayed might now be advanced. You find it hard to choose between opportunities. The road ahead is open. Keeping things simple is best.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The imagination stirs and the heart races at a suggestion this week. Your strong intuition tells you it is the right thing to do. You are a constant friend, but such an adventure may mean an absence from someone close.

seriously. This week, however, negotiations could be opened. Circumstances change and it may seem someone gave up too early. Bide your time and even hold your tongue when someone in a strong position spouts rubbish.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Confidence in a close relationship should be maintained. Possibly someone who envies your position would like to see discord. A matter of spiritual or religious faith is questioned, but the answer comes more clearly and sharply than you would have thought. In discussions with yourself (sometimes the best kind) answers come easily.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) An emotional cut-off from the past is not as bad as anticipated. Indeed, it confirms in your mind who you are and what your place in the world is. Inherited traits knit easily with your present life and bring contentment. All that you want to change at the moment are certain things round you that have been outgrown.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) An investment made recently is built upon and brings peace of mind. Finances do need consideration but more in the long than the short-term. Much is happening in the background that does not require your attention but, all the same, be aware. Life may be like a game of chess, but this week if you turn your back an opponent may cheat.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Being over-generous with cash midweek could see you making a poor move. Perhaps someone needs to be more hardworking or perhaps less of a spendthrift. Propping up a bad habit would be doing them no favours. There are doubts in your mind about a family holiday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A suggestion made by you recently did not seem to be taken

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You realise this week how liberating it is to share your thoughts and feelings with someone close. It is not always easy to do this, until you realise everyone has them. Some hopes and dreams are more attainable than others, of course, and someone has to find out which are which. Avoid being too critical of someone young and inexperienced.

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DIONE LOCKYER LAST week, I spoke of the 60,000 thoughts we have in a day, how thoughts play a huge part in our lives, and I also shared a technique on how to listen to the thoughts that are c o n s t a n t l y g o i n g a ro u n d i n your mind. Know you are aware of how to listen to your thoughts, I thought it would be a really good idea, to complete the whole mindset sequence for all of my readers. Acknowledging Your Thoughts Once you truly listen to your thoughts, it’s now the time to acknowledge them. It’s so easy to brush any form of negative thoughts, feelings and behaviours under the carpet, however, there will be a time when the carpet can no longer cover them! Your initial reaction may be

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Set Yourself Free From New Healthy Milk A Negative Mindset to fight the thought, in the hope it will disappear. It may do for a short period of time, but something will always happen to trigger the thought at a later day. The best way to deal with any negative thoughts is to embrace its presence, and discover what it is trying to teach you. Helpful thoughts vs Unhelpful thoughts Our ego likes to play tricks on us. When you think of a negative thought, your ego will create a scenario that you believe to be your reality. It feels as real as your physical being. You will then create a feeling and behaviour that matches the thought. For example, fear, anger, hurt or frustration. To enable you to understand if your thought is real, grab a pen and paper, and draw a

line down the middle. On the left side, write HELPFUL THOUGHTS, and on the right, write UNHELPFUL THOUGHTS. An example of helpful thoughts are, I am loved, I am a good parent, I am great at my job. An example of unhelpful thoughts are, I am fat, I am not good enough, I am a rubbish parent. Once you have written your lists, go back to your unhelpful thoughts, and next to each one, ask your self out loud, what physical evidence do I have to make these thoughts real. Once you establish there are no facts to this thought, choose to let it go. Next week, I will be continuing the set yourself free from a negative mindset sequence and will be writing about, understanding your triggers.

If you do have any questions, or would like to know further information about my group and one to one courses, please contact me dione@dionelockyermindsetmentor.com

Dangers in your make-up bag CHEMICALS found in certain make-up products, shampoos and lotions could disrupt hormone levels in teenage girls. Scientists have warned that this disruption increases the risks of cancer and other illnesses later in life. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, (USA) focused their study on teenage girls as they ‘use more personal care products per day than the average adult woman.’ For three days, the study’s 100 teenage participants stopped using their regular cosmetics and were provided with cos-

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IT’S never been easier to avoid dairy, thanks to an ever-expanding array of plant-based milk including, rice, soy, hemp, oat, coconut, almond, macadamia, hazelnut, cashew, the list goes on and on. However, some people can’t drink those milks due to nut or soy allergies. Some are against them because they aren’t good for the environment, with many recent environmental articles explaining the main issues associated with almond milk production are water use and pesticide use. Women may be concerned about the estrogen-like compounds in soy or the lack of vitamins and nutrients, like protein. So now we have the all-new ‘Pea-Milk.’ A non-dairy beverage that’s vegan, nut-free, soy-free, lactose-free and gluten-free. It’s better for the environment and has more protein and calcium than other alternative milks. Pea-milk doesn’t taste like peas, and it’s not made in the same way almond milk is. The process begins with harvesting yellow peas and milling them into flour. Then they separate the pea protein which is further purified and blended with water and other ingredients. Pea-milk has more calcium than dairy milk and it is fortified with 110 per cent of a consumer’s daily requirement for B12. Environmentally, peas have ‘a much lower water footprint than growing almonds and a much smaller carbon footprint than raising dairy cows.’

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metics labelled free of chemicals; including phthalates, parabens, triclosan and oxybenzone; all chemicals thought to af-

fect changes of hormone levels within young women. After just three days of not using their regular products, their dangerous chemical levels dropped by 45 per cent. Study co-author Maritza Cardenas, said: “One of the goals of our study was to create awareness among the participants of the chemicals found in everyday products, to help make people more conscious about what they’re using.”

ROUGH patch, a bad day, a major setback. Sometimes, it seems like one thing goes wrong after another. And another, and another… Sometimes an unexpected challenge or an obstacle might come your way, and you find yourself stressing out, worrying and not knowing what to do. And, some days, you just have nothing. Zero motivation, no creativity. All of a sudden, you’re being inundated with self-doubt. You think you have to be strong all the time. You think you’re not allowed to cry, to admit that you’re not okay. It’s okay to not be okay. This is something that I’ve been struggling with for the last couple of months. I don’t know if things will ever go back to the way they used to be. What I do know, is that admitting that I’m not doing too well, even to myself, is never easy. Why?

Why do we always feel the need to be strong? Why do we feel guilty when taking a time-out? I was overwhelmed with such guilt. How can I sit here and cry and feel sorry for myself, when I have so much to be grateful for? There’s so much work I need to get done, I don’t see anyone else making excuses for themselves. Know that it’s okay. It’s okay to not be okay. Don’t resist feeling ‘bad’ just because it seems like you’re the only one who feels lonely, or lost or unmotivated - you’re not. Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing and remember that we all know what it’s like to ‘not be okay’ even if most of us don’t talk about it. All those feelings are normal, we all go through this sometimes. Is it a fun place to be? Hell no. But it doesn’t last forever. Hold on, better days are on their way! Love. Ms Bipolar X P.S I would love to hear from you, feel free to email me or follow me on Facebook @mswillowbipolar.

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WE AIM TO PLEASE Dear Euro Weekly News, In reference to the article about Britain Finally Launches its Covid-19 App - After Four Months Delay! Amazing! I live in North Yorkshire but the first news I get about this very important app is from EWN, an English news source based 1,200 away miles in Spain! My iPhone purchased in July came with the app pre-loaded but I have had to wait three months for some numpty in London to find the switch. I guess it’s my own fault for residing 220 miles north of Watford Gap, or it may be yet another example of ‘Bumbling Bojo strikes again.’ Seriously guys, many thanks and keep up the good work with your fine newspaper. Mike Orton

Believe Dear Leapy, Unbelievable! I just read your feature in this week’s Euro Weekly. When I say unbelievable, I don’t mean what you say, but because apart from a minority of us on Twitter, you have said what we all know. The news, specifically Sky, but I am informed BBC and ITV, avoid any references to black people killing people in the UK. There is no condemnation of BLM violence or defacing property. There is no mention of the Asian grooming gangs raping and killing young white girls etc.

OUR VIEW The same hymn sheet

AT this point you would hope that we would be reading from a similar page when it comes to worries about catching the coronavirus and how we can be tested if need be. However, conflicting information seems to be circling still with regard to what to do if you should feel ill, symptoms and even the pressure on hospitals. Take Malaga Province, for example, EWN has had readers call in extremely ill and worried after calling the Covid hotline, but have been told they do not have enough symptoms to warrant a test. Some of these people have been elderly and with underlying health symptoms, but they have been told all they can do is quarantine as there is no space for them in certain hospitals or not enough tests available to go around. Others have been told they must not go to the emergency room if they suspect they have the virus. Does this point to misinformation or a push towards the hopes of creating a herd immunity? Herd immunity may sound like a positive direction but it would also seem to indicate ‘survival of the fittest’ pushing aside those who will not make it. Hospitalisations throughout April were at their highest and it was understandable that hospitals were unprepared and struggling. They dropped off again until recently but are still only a third of what they were during the early part of the virus. So, why would we be told there are no beds available? The Junta de Andalucia also publishes information on beds available which is conflicting with what the public is being told when contacting health centres. We read of different test centres in the UK and see pictures of people queuing round the block waiting to have a test. However, getting a test in Malaga seems an impossible task according to our readers. The health crisis has caused a constant need for updated information, a need for assurance and the knowledge that we will all be safe. So far the people who are supposed to be in charge of this cannot all agree and lives are being lost as they work it out.

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I knew Comcast had taken over Sky. But who funds them? Who is paying the press association? Why is the Tory government doing nothing about the boat people? Modern slavery in Asian sweatshops? ‘Gaslighting’ is probably an understatement. Best regards David Smith

Law and order Dear Euro Weekly News, The Spanish police are not bullies and are just keeping law and order, unlike the UK police who are taking the knee, with law and order on the backburner. I notice that the Chinese Communist Government who were warned by Dr Li of Covid-19 being contagious last November, did nothing to contain it, covered the truth up and acted far too late to stop its rapid worldwide spread. All we see is the media daily blaming Boris, Trump, Macron etc for the problems the virus has caused and never mention the CCG. Remember that it took 10 years to eradicate smallpox, so please be patient until a vaccine is perfected to combat Covid-19. Brian Johnston Benalmadena Costa

Hands off! Dear Euro Weekly News, What’s this?! No more elbow bumps? It has taken me months to perfect mine with my friends without one of us making an embarrassing or badly timed move. I do understand that countries like Spain, France and Italy where people greet each other with any number of kisses or close contact could be prime spreaders for the virus. Are we to believe that hip-hoppers, fist bumpers, high fivers or lesser-known shoulder nudgers are all banned from their specialist rituals? All joking apart, a nod or a wink or even just a hearty ‘Hello!’ should suffice. I bet the Freemasons are panicked, how will they manage without all the special handshakes? Yours in jest, Johnny Lloyd Torremolinos

Code breaker EWN would like to thank Sally Rose from Mallorca who called us recently to thank the team for changing the size of the text in the Code Breaker. Sally had called us before as she and her friends were finding it difficult to read the text in their much-loved puzzle. Well we would do anything for such a loyal reader so we hope you enjoy it Sally!

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Could this be the answer to Spain’s problem with squatters? “The police should break in, remove the squatters by force and arrest them for, what is called by law, breaking and entering, end of!!!”

MS

Madrid calls on Spanish government for “ceasefire” in Covid dispute. “Sánchez is not going to stop until he turns Spain into another South American dictatorship. Sanchez does not care about the 48,000 dead or being one of the most affected countries in the world, he only cares about power.”

CG

Madrid park carpeted with Spanish flags in tribute to victims of Covid-19. “I love living here but we can’t/shouldn’t deny the truth! Still one of the highest death rates in the world, was indeed poorly managed!!”

KE

Spanish nursing homes struggle with depleted staff, ‘exhausted’ professionals and fear of collapse. “Yes, agree with you. My understanding of the Spanish they would never leave their parents to die in awful circumstances. I have thought of them as a caring nation.”

CT

Trump nominates Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement for Supreme Court Justice “He is carrying out his oath... to nominate a replacement as Obama did in the 2016 election. Democrats are trying to create an issue over it as they would. Shoe on other foot they would do the same again.”

JB

Tempers flare during a demonstration in London against Covid restrictions “What are they expecting, that the government just click their fingers and everything is OK, well think again you selfish stupid people because it just isn’t going to happen.”

PC

Poppy Day parades risk being cancelled say organisers “If Poppy Day parade is cancelled well that’s another knife in the British people. We have to remember and honour those who lost their lives for us.”

AJ

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Budgies for beginners IF you’re looking for something different to the typical furry, four-legged pet and birds have always been your thing, you might like to consider budgies. The small, colourful birds are quite easy to look after and make great pets for all ages, in fact they are the most widely domesticated bird in the world. Budgies can be found in a variety of colours and have varied personalities so look around for one that you click with. Cocks tend to be chirpier and easier to hand train and if you’re thinking of having a pair but don’t want them breeding, two cocks usually get on better than two hens. To keep them happy and healthy they need a complete diet so shop around for ready mixed food and check ingredients carefully. You can also give seed bars and honey balls as treats but never give your budgie avocado, lettuce, potato, sweets or chocolate as they can be harmful. If handled from a young age your new feathered friend will tame up very well but you will need to be patient and introduce stroking gradually, first with a blunt stick through the bars of the cage to avoid pecks, When picking up a budgie (once used to being stroked), always use your palm to cover the wings and gently hold at the neck between your index and middle fingers. Move slowly and calmly and try not to stress the bird or it will bite! Never try to catch a flying budgie as this can cause unintended harm.

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SPORT RCD MALLORCA notched up its first win of the season in dramatic style in Sunday’s match against CE Sabadell. Dani Rodriguez struck with less than six minutes left on the clock to secure a 1-0 victory over a resilient visiting defence at the Visit Mallorca Estadi. Manager Luis Garcia Plaza made a single change to the side which was held to a goalless draw at RCD Espanyol a week earlier, handing Jordi Mboula his full debut in place of Aleix Febas. Named among a substitutes bench featuring Luka Romero, Antonio Sánchez and Franc Russo was new loan signing Murilo for the first time. In the starting 11 for the visitors was former defender Pierre Cornud at full back. The manager’s desire for greater penetration in the final third during his pre-match press conference yielded a front three which looked dangerous throughout the opening exchanges, with Mboula coming close to a dream full debut after just eight minutes when he broke into the box and struck over the bar. RCD Mallorca’s encouraging start was almost undone close to

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Dramatic style STEP FORWARD: “The team is becoming a team again,” manager Luis Garcia Plaza commented after the match. the half-hour mark when opposition pressure led to Gorka Guruzeta getting hold of Antonio Raíllo’s failed clearance and firing the wrong side of the post. Dani Rodriguez almost broke the deadlock moments later with a header at goal from inside the box, although it proved to be

nothing more than a straightforward save for Los Arlequinats goalkeeper, Ian Mackay. The team got plenty of joy out of the flanks up until the half-time whistle, and while stretching play resulted in an Abdon Prats header and acrobatic effort from Dani Rodriguez late on, they headed

into the break with the scoreline level, despite a dominance of possession. Hitting the ground running upon the restart, and with Murilo introduced for the first time, Lago Junior and Brian Oliván showcased their growing chemistry as the former teed up the latter just outside the box for a rasping effort which flew off target four minutes into the second half. From one full back to another, Joan Sastre was denied by two fine reflex saves by Mackay having ghosted into the box and managing to test the opposition goalkeeper before repeating the move at a set-piece and having his chance deflected. Increasing the pressure on the visitors’ defence with overloads in dangerous areas, Garcia looked to change the dynamic in the final third, as both Alex Alegría and then Stoichkov were called upon to make a difference with 15 min-

utes remaining. While time was against Mallorca, the game swung in the side’s favour when CE Sabadell were reduced to 10 men as Pierre Cornud received his marching orders for a second bookable offence in the 76th minute. Then the hard work and persistence paid off as Dani Rodríguez fired home from the edge of the box to score the team’s first goal of the season in fine style. A promising passage of play ended with Stoichkov finding the midfielder with space to beat the outstretched Mackay with a fine effort. “Today the players have to be congratulated. They deserve this joy and we will keep progressing”, the RCD manager commented after the match. “We needed all three points after last week’s game. We must continue the dynamics of not conceding,” he added. “The team has persevered. On a mental level we have taken a step forward. “The team is becoming a team again. Today we had control of the game. We need to continue working to be more dangerous.”