Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 18 - 24 March 2021 Issue 1863

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LIFTING OF SPIRITS

GENERALITAT president Ximo Puig recently admitted that the Valencian Community’s anti-Covid precautions have been “the most cautious in Spain.”

These followed the guidance of experts and were also based on experience acquired over the last year, Puig said.

The latest statistics have proved that all involved were right, as at the time that he spoke, there were 50.56 cases for every 100,000 Valencian Community inhabitants.

Puig also insisted that a “responsible” de-escalation process was essential to prevent having to backtrack later.

INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEETING: Generalitat announced slightly relaxed measures.

The regional president also voiced prudent optimism when referring to the Janssen onedose anti-Covid vaccine suitable for all ages.

Now authorised by the EU, it is due to reach the Valencian Community in April, Puig

revealed.

This was great news, he declared, enabling the mass vaccinations that will herald a return to normality.

Puig was speaking after the regional government’s latest interdepartmental meeting

that preceded the hoped-for relaxation of some restrictions.

A return to 100 per cent capacity for bar and restaurant terraces and 30 per cent occupation inside were received with relief by the hospitality sector.

People may go to the gym once more and visit swimming pools. Up to 10 children are al-

lowed in play centres and celebrations involving 20 people outdoors and 15 in the interior are now permitted.

The regional government had eased the strict rules to “facilitate work and economic activity,” Puig said. “It will also allow a little more social life and lift people’s spirits,” he added.

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Pilar offers vaccination centre OFFICIALS from the Generalitat Health department and Torrevieja hospital recently visited Pilar de la Horadada.

They were there to decide whether the fair and exhibition ground would be suitable for the mass vaccinations due to begin in April, explained Pilar’s mayor Jose Maria Perez.

As he did for the PCR Covid tests, he has offered all the town’s available material and human resources to assist in carrying out the vaccinations, Perez said.

Julia Lopez, representing the Generalitat, and Torrevieja hospital’s medical director, Dr Hipolito Caro, inspected the installation - which includes a large tented structure - to see if the Recinto Ferial answered the vaccination campaign’s needs.

The mayor revealed that as well as Pilar de la Horadada’s population, the installation could also be used as a centre for Orihuela Costa residents “We’d be delighted to receive our Orihuela Costa neighbours, or those from any other municipality designated by the health authorities,” Perez declared.

RECINTO FERIAL: Generalitat and Torrevieja hospital officials visit the Pilar de la Horadada site.

Lights, camera, inaction!

THE 16 CCTV cameras which Callosa Town Hall installed in February 2020 have never been used.

Intended to help with traffic management, they were also in plain sight to deter vandals but the local PSOE party, in opposition on Callosa Council, complained that they were little more than “propaganda.”

Socialist spokesman Fran Macia called on Callosa mayor Manuel Martinez to start using the cameras as soon as possible.

Contacted by the local Spanish media, Martinez explained that the CCTV cameras could not be put into service because they do not yet comply with data protection regulations.

“We are taking advantage of a Diputacion data‐protection scheme, but until the cameras have been approved we cannot use them,” said the mayor, who was unable to name a date when the system would be working.

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Farewell to Mary Priddle MARY PRIDDLE, a founding member of Crescendo International Choir, passed away after a heart attack on March 8 in Plymouth (Devon).

Mary had returned to the UK for health‐ related reasons in January and was living near her daughter Kelly.

She founded Crescendo International Choir in 2004 after moving to Torrevieja and, as former choir director Chas Smith said, without Mary there would have been no Crescendo.

“She did all the hard work, making it possible to let Torrevieja know what was happening. She put adverts in the papers for a pianist and sorted out where to re‐

hearse,” he continued.

“All I did was wave my arms and sort out the music we would sing.”

Back in December 2020, the Crescendo Choir sang Christmas carols outdoors in Los Montesinos and halfway through, choir members paused to bid farewell to Mary, who had decided to return to her native Britain.

“That was the last time most of us saw her,” Chris said. “Sadly, since the pandem‐ ic choir members have been unable to gather to mourn the loss of several mem‐ bers and sing the Blessing of Aaron togeth‐ er to say goodbye as they normally would.”

Welcome to the world

IN the 25 years since the first civil weddings were held in Elche City Hall, 3,359 couples have been married there.

In 2018 there was another first when Celia and Eloy, twins of five months, were the first Elche babies to be formally welcomed as citizens.

Elche City Hall, which like Spain is non‐confessional, is happy to offer both civil marriages and welcoming ceremonies for babies, said the mayor, Carlos Gonzalez.

But it soon became necessary to create guidelines owing to the growing demand for the welcoming events, he explained.

“We felt we needed to bring in some directives, introduce administrative procedures and specify how they should be carried out,” Gonzalez said.

“And at the same time we decided to do the same with weddings.”

Both ceremonies cost €126.56 rising to €151.56 if this is streamed on social media.

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NIBS EXTRA Glory be!

CREVILLENT’S ‘La Gloria’ illegal rubbish dump close to neighbouring Albatera has been cleared of its accumulated furniture, rubble and rubbish. The town hall reminded residents that hard-to-dispose-of rubbish could be collected free on Mondays and Thursday after ringing 966 680 610 or 900 121 879.

Lower bills TORREVIEJA Town Hall is spending €39,975 on renewing lighting in all interior streets at Torrevieja’s Casa Grande business park. Substituting the existing streetlights should take approximately four months, according to the Urban Services department, and the new LED models will eventually pay for themselves by reducing power bills.

Summer fears TABARCA ISLAND’S Municipal Committee will create four working subgroups to study moorings, the lighthouse, street-cleaning service and tourism policies. All committee members agreed that it was essential to avoid saturation in the summer, and control the number of pleasure craft whose anchors damage marine flora and fauna.

Bus passes SANTA POLA’S Ciudadanos party asked the town hall for a Budget allocation to cover transport for students going on to higher education. It was essential to guarantee that young residents did have to halt their studies because of difficulties in reaching their place of study, a spokesperson said.

No change SPAIN’S Supreme Court rejected an appeal by four firms hoping to declassify 800 hectares of Sierra Escalona for construction and intensive agriculture. The land which affects parts of Torremendo (Orihuela), Lomas de Campoamor and Pilar de la Horada must remain a protected area, the Supreme Court judges ruled.

Tax break ELCHE’S Local Government Board gave the go-ahead to the city hall decision to allocate €1 million to finance rebates of up to €150 on IBI rates bills.

Householders have until May 31 to make an application via the city hall website or the OMAC citizens’ attention offices.

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Segura cleaner each day CLEANING operations continue along the course of the River Segura, this time inside Orihuela.

The city’s Environment department is cooperating with the Confederacion Hidrografica del Segura (CHJ), responsible for the area’s waterways, and the Water Courts of Orihuela and Callosa.

These governing bodies are also involved because the Callosa, Almoradi and Escorrata irrigation channels converge at this point, together with the river bypass, explained Environment councillor Damaso Aparicio.

“Floating barriers upstream stop plastics and rubbish from reaching the city centre but a lot

DEEP CLEAN: Clearing the Segura riverbed. of debris - particularly reeds gets washed downriver whenever there is heavy rain,” he added.

This did not mean that the Segura was free of pollution, but the floating barriers were making

an important difference, Aparicio said.

Aparicio also took the opportunity of asking the public to be “considerate” towards the river and to avoid polluting it.

Meanwhile, Orihuela’s Environment department and the CHJ would go on working together to ensure that Segura became cleaner each day, he declared.

Torrevieja walks resumed TORREVIEJA Town Hall has resumed its Ecorutas walks through the Torrevieja and La Mata national park.

Following a brief halt owing to Covid‐19 restrictions, the first accompanied route, a fun walk mainly for families, set out last Sunday March 14.

The next, scheduled for Saturday March 27, will introduce the public to the black‐

winged stilts, avocets, shelducks, flamingos and curlews that live in, or visit, the park.

There will be live streaming on the bird‐ watching walks so that participants can see close‐ups on their phones or tablets with‐ out having to risk possible Covid infection by using the telescope. This will also enable those unable to attend the walk to view the same images as participants.

The walks, which last around four hours and are limited to 30 people, split into two groups and are in English and Spanish.

It is now possible to reserve places on all Eco‐rutas which are due to continue until June. This can be done online via the www.turismodetorrevieja.com/ecorutas website or by ringing the Tourist Office in Paseo Vista Alegre on 965 703 433.

Health worker Covid-Free Municipalities attacks THERE was no increase in attacks on health care staff in Alicante during the pandemic.

Commemorating European Day Against Assaults on Doctors, the Ali‐ cante College of Physicians (COMA) re‐ vealed that the number of attacks on the province’s healthcare workers re‐ mained exactly the same throughout the pandemic as during the previous year.

COMA stated that there were 18 re‐ ported attacks both in 2019 and 2020, which the organisation’s president, Is‐ abel Moya, described as “noteworthy.”

However, she cautioned that this could be the “tip of the iceberg” since so many incidents go unreported.

The vast majority of attacks were in‐ sults, followed by threats and coercion, and finally physical or mental injuries. Almost all were face‐to‐face, although “with the pandemic these in‐ sults and threats have also arrived elec‐ tronically.”

Moya believed that this situation was a consequence of the “deterioration of education in principles” on the part of the public, and also “citizen frustration at the expectations placed on the uni‐ versal health system.”

ONE third of all the municipalities in Alicante Province have never had a Covid outbreak.

The Department of Health confirmed that 46 towns, one third of Alicante Province municipalities, have not registered any coronavirus outbreak since the pandemic began a year ago. This statistic is mirrored throughout the Valencian Community where 168 municipalities have remained outbreak‐free.

Three or more cases related in some way ‐ for example, all occurring in the same workplace ‐ are classed as an outbreak. While most of the municipalities with no out‐ breaks were not entirely Covid‐free, the number of infections is relatively low compared with the general population. Only three of the 168 towns had a population exceeding 3,000 inhabitants.

As the pandemic evolves 12 months on, Spain appears to be emerging from the third wave, as the cumulative incidence rate continues to drop in almost all regions. On Fri‐ day, March 12, data from the Ministry of Health showed that the rate had fallen once more to 130 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over a 14 day period, and the number of Covid‐related fatalities was also in decline.

Spain’s First Chinatown VALENCIA will follow in the footsteps of London and New York and soon have its own Chinatown.

In fact, it will be the first city in Spain to have a Chinatown with boundaries iconically marked with two oriental arch‐ es.

The mini Chinese city located on Calle Xativa at the junction between Pelayo and Jerusalem has been made possible thanks to an investment raised by a Va‐ lencian citizen.

“In most major European cities there is at least one entrance arch to China‐

town that identifies where there are ma‐ jor businesses of Chinese origin,” he pointed out.

He added that as well as helping to identify the area, the arches “would dec‐ orate the street in a unique way.”

He continued: “They are arches of great beauty and are different in each city. They always attract tourists and are emblematic places for taking photos and selfies.”

An initial investment of €14,000 has been put forward for a preliminary study of the proposed structures.

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False alarm R O JA L E S T o w n H a l l refuted Partido Democrata de Ro‐ jales (Pader) claims of an open septic tank located in the town centre.

Public Works and Services councillor Jesus Martinez and a municipal employee inspected the pri‐ vately‐owned plot of land cited by Pader councillor Ivo Tor‐ res, but confirmed that the septic tank was “sealed and condemned.”

This had been car‐ ried out during the 2015‐2019 legisla‐ tive term, Martinez said.

“We have verified that Ivo Torres is ly‐ ing,” the councillor said, thanking the councillor for his “collaboration” be‐ fore adding that Pad‐ er should not be alarming the local population with such serious and unfound‐ ed accusations.

WiFi for all THANKS to the Brus‐ sels’ WiFi4EU, Los Montesinos residents will have free internet in the town’s public places.

“We want to make communication easy for people at a time when the ‘virtual community’ has made this indispensable,” said Los Montesinos’ Public Works and Lo‐ cal Development councillor Ana Belen Juarez.

“The internet has opened a window on the world for most people during the pandemic,” she added.

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Endangered Species

FIN WHALES: Spotted off the Catalan coast.

THE Edmaktub association, a team of biologists who investigate the rare and endangered species of fin whales, has reported spot‐ ting five of them swimming off the Catalan coast near Garraf.

Fin whales can reach up to 24 metres in length and is the largest whale that regularly transits the Mediterranean. The ‘Fin Whale Project’ has been running now for the past eight years, researching the huge mammals that inhabit pelagic areas, that is, in the open sea but at shallow depth, and sporadically, in coastal areas of tem‐ perate or cold waters, and stars in seasonal migrations to feed and reproduce.

A spokesman for Edmaktub pointed out that this species of the mammal travels annually to the Catalan‐Balearic Sea to feed, al‐ though this year, they have arrived earlier than expected, and the biologists took the opportunity to observe, photograph, identify and film the five fin whales, using a drone, about six miles off the coast of Vilanova y la Geltrú, Barcelona.

TikTok causes controversy MEMBERS of the National Police force and Guardia Civil are upset by the use of social media, especially TikTok, which they say damages the image of the forces.

Both forces have taken to using TikTok, as the Interior Ministry says that it is a way to reach a sector of the population which spends its life watching videos and doesn’t respond well to rules and orders.

Like forces in other countries, the Spanish National Police and Guardia Civil have included numerous dance routines, such as the famous ‘Jerusalema challenge’, as well as performances and other content which many find inappropriate and believe shows them behaving in a ‘ridiculous’ manner.

Social media for the forces is handled by their Communication Departments and this controversy has mainly involved the head of the department for the National Police, Antonio Nevado, who responded to criticism by saying that his team was doing an incredible job.

A photo had been posted by one of the police unions comparing the work of an officer heading into a dangerous situation and another in a TikTok video, suggesting that it was unfair that both were earning the same salary.

They added that police who “want to dance or be clowns should go to the disco or the circus, but they should leave their uniforms in their lockers or at home.”

Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, refuses to accept comments about the videos discrediting the forces and maintains that the aim is to bring them closer to the younger population.

The critics are not denying that the channels reach the youths, but they object to the image which is being portrayed, which they say is not serious and does not reflect their work or the fact that they are a figure of authority.

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Ball of fire

ANOTHER ball of fire was seen crossing the skies ofsouthern and central Spain at a speed of 140,000 km/h at around 1.51am on Monday, March 15.

It was caught by SMART project detectors from the observa‐ tories of Calar Alto (Almeria), Sierra Nevada (Granada), Sevilla of the Andalucia Institute of Astrophysics and La Hita in Toledo.

It was seen in the south and centre of Spain, over the Mediterranean Sea and in the north of Morocco.

The rock was part of a comet which upon impacting the at‐ mosphere at such a high speed became incandescent at a height of 111 kilometres over the Mediterranean, about 70 kilo‐ metres from the coast of Andalucia. It travelled southwest and went out at a height of 69 kilometres above the sea, about 29 kilometres from the coast of Morocco.

Gas Bottles Increase THE price of a 12.5kg butane gas bottle increased by 4.96 per cent on Tuesday March 16, making the price €13.96 per bottle, the third consecu‐ tive price rise, the highest the price has been since January 2019.

The Ministry for the Ecolog‐ ical Transition and the Demo‐ graphic Challenge claims that the regular bi‐monthly price review that is conducted, bases the bottle prices on the international price of the raw materials of propane and bu‐ tane involved, which saw a 17.02 per cent increase, as well as the increased cost of

freight and the fluctuation in the money markets of the Eu‐ ro against the US dollar.

This week’s price rise comes on top of similar rises of just under 5 per cent each time in November and Jan‐ uary, after the months previ‐ ous to November had shown a decrease in price, when the government had made the decision to suspend the bi‐ monthly reviews during the height of the pandemic.

Winter Returns to Costa Blanca IT would appear that the distinctly spring-like reprieve is coming to an end as winter temperatures are set to return to the Costa Blanca for the San José holiday. According to the Climatology Laboratory of the University of Alicante (UA) the thermometers will begin to drop drastically today, Thursday March 18.

A ‘very powerful’ arctic air mass is set to arrive, affecting practically all of Europe, possibly bringing rain but most definitely bringing the cold. According to the UA, while there is still ‘a lot of uncertainty’ regarding rainfall, the worst case scenario would be an extended period of ‘dry cold’, which could be ‘quite harmful’ to crops at this time of year.

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State Of Alarm

THE Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, said on Friday, March 12 that she is not ruling out extending the current state of alarm beyond the May 9 deadline, but has reiterated that “the current objective” of the Ministry is to get the Covid cumulative incidence rate down below 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

In an interview with RNE, Ms Darias said that once that figure is reached, Spain can once again begin thinking about a “normal scenario.”

When asked directly if the State of Alarm would be extended, she said: “We will have to see, now what we are doing, is lowering the incidence.”

It will all depend, she said, on the “exemplary behaviour of citizens. The way is not to look back,” said Ms Darias.

The Ministry has already decided to close perimeters during Easter and the San Jose bridge to prevent people from travelling, and Madrid has finally agreed to abide by the rules after several days of going back and forth.

The deputy minister of Public Health Madrid, Antonio Zapatero, did, however, insist that he will appeal the decision.

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Catalonia Welcomes Refugees M U N I C I P A L I T I E S in C atalonia will support newlyarrived refugees to integrate into their new communities by inviting them into their homes for a year. Each of the selected towns will receive one family and the local council will secure work for one or two members, which will be subsidised by the Servie d’Ocupacio de Catalunya (SOC).

The pilot programme has

already selected 20 towns to begin receiving their guests by the end of the year and the initiative aims not only to help those in need but also to stop rural depopulation and enrich the areas culturally.

“The challenge was to find out how these families could reach a micro-village and we give them housing and work for at least a year,” according to Xavier Camps, a member of the

A M C (L’Associacio de Micropobles de C atalunya) board of directors.

They began by reaching out to 337 municipalities to see which were inter ested in being part of the initiative. After developing their short-list, two or three families will then visit the villages to see where they ‘can best fit in.’

A European programme will also be put in place to

Covid Aid package THE Spanish government have given the green light to the much-anticipated €11 billion financial aid package designed to support the industries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the full details were published in the BOE on March 13. Under the new decree, €7 billion will be provided in direct aid. €2 billion will go directly to the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands as these regions depend heavily on tourism and are deemed to be the worst affected by the pandemic; the remaining €5 billion will be shared out amongst the autonomous communities.

The fund is to be distributed between SMEs and the self-employed, but sadly falls short of the compensation being doled out throughout much of the rest of Europe. Each community will be permitted to distribute non-refundable grants of between €3,000 and €200,000 to freelancers and companies that have lost at least 30 per cent of their income in 2020 compared to the turnover of 2019.

Autonomous communities should receive their portion of the aid within 40 days, and will then have until December 31 of this year to distribute it appropriately.

monitor the families once their one year employment contract ends, with the hope being they will remain in their new communities and find other work or set up their own businesses.

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Prison for using spy-cam A spy device was installed.

A CUBAN resident of Palma, aged 32, is facing two and a half years in prison for using a spy camera in the home of his sister and brother-in-law.

According to the public prosecutor, he could hear and see what was happening in the apartment despite no

Nasal Spray withdrawl THE Taffix nasal spray, which claimed to stop any type of virus getting through the nasal cavities, has been withdrawn by the Spanish Agency of Medicines due to the doubts from the clients and scientists.

An investigation is being carried out at the European level into the spray, leading Spanish health authorities to remove it from sale.

The spray had promised protection from contracting viruses, however Spanish health experts say its effectiveness had not been scientifically proven after carrying out various studies.

The news comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced countries should carry on giving the AstraZeneca vaccine following concerns over side effects.

longer living there.

He denied having made any profit from the recording, and said that the device did not record any audio or video, just a motion sensor to warn him if anyone approached his room, where he kept valuable items.

He explained that he didn’t trust his sister’s partner, suspecting abuse as well as fearing for his belongings. He had been forced to leave the home because they couldn’t get along and they knew the camera was there.

Meanwhile, his brother-inlaw said that the accused knew what he and his partner were talking about and says that the details he gave the police could only be known if he listened to their conversations.

The defendant denied this and explained that his sister had told him about the abuse.

If found guilty, he could also face a fine of €5,400 for a crime against privacy.

His sister, who reported him, refused to testify in court.

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Royal Mail Sunday Delivery

ROYAL MAIL has announced it is beginning a Sunday par‐ cel delivery service to help

Sculpture Awards

A COMPETITION to create a sculpture award that not only reflects the commitment and efforts shown throughout Andalucia in the area of conservation, but also reflects the spirit of the PAMA for the Andalucian Environment Awards has been announced.

People in Andalucia continue to work hard to prevent climate change and protect the environment and these awards aim to recognise that.

The awards also hope to inspire companies, organisations and scientists throughout Andalucia to actively partake in the Andalucian Green Revolution and join in with the fight against climate change. The awards hope to encourage individuals to join in too, as no contribution to the environment is too small.

The competition deadline is 2pm on April 8.

major retailers tap into the online shopping boom. The company said it hoped to ‘usher in a new era’ of trust‐ ed, seven‐day‐a‐week deliv‐ eries when the scheme be‐ gins next month. The postal service, which said this week that revenues had soared in the past year, has delivered a total of 496 million parcels in the last three months of 2020 ‐ an all‐time high.

Customers are now used to Sunday deliveries, which

are part and parcel of ser‐ vices offered by online retail‐ ers such as global giant Ama‐ zon. Royal Mail will start off with a number of as‐yet‐un‐ named major retailers before expanding over the year.

A new parcel hub, with the capacity to process a million parcels a day, is being built by the Royal Mail in Daven‐ try, Northamptonshire ‐ it is the second ‐ and largest ‐ parcel hub constructed to date.

Spaniards Stay At Home THE number of young Spanish remaining in the family home instead of moving into their own place has increased consider‐ ably since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the Youth in Spain 2020 Report conducted by the Institute of Youth (Injuve).

This is hardly surprising, since the study also found that a large portion of Spaniards aged between 15 and 29 are also more worried about their job prospects and financial future than ever before.

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Raising cancer funds

A SPANISH cop is to run 180km to fund Jaen’s first palliative unit for children with cancer.

National Police officer Miguel Echevarria, based in Linares, plans to complete his marathon in 24 hours to raise funds for Jaen Hospital in collaboration with the organisation Pídeme La Luna (Ask For The Moon).

He will set off from La Guardia de Jaén on March 20 and end in the Bulevar park in the capital, and has already raised around €15,000.

After spending an afternoon with children with cancer, the father‐of‐two told Cope: “It was something very special” and prompted him to do some‐ thing to help.

He decided to collaborate with the charity association Pi‐ deme La Luna, and is inviting other runners to take part in his challenge.

Runners can buy a bib for €10 and up to 80 people can take part in different sections of the route, complying with Covid security measures estab‐ lished by the health authori‐ ties.

SPANISH COP: To run 180 kms in 24 hours.

€3 M to Control Migration

THE Guardia Civil Support Command, the financial representative of the Guardia Civil, had applied for the grant for their AMIGO‐ 2019 operation within the European Commission’s Internal Secu‐ rity Fund (FSI), which was approved with a maximum grant of €3,046,170.25.

The AMIGO‐2019 operation, which covers the expenses of the activities of the Guardia Civil in response to the migration situa‐ tion in the south of Spain, was put in place due to the increase in migration from north Africa. They are responsible for the surveil‐ lance of coasts and borders in Spain and use a large number of re‐ sources to manage migration, which has increased in recent years. They said: “To maintain the level of assistance and oper‐ ability of the units deployed there, it was decided to develop an operation that would allow the established deployment to con‐ tinue, replenishing the resources used.”

The Internal Security Fund 2014‐2020 covers different missions related to the protection of the southern border of Europe and the management of migration. It finances mainly the deployment of personnel to control immigration, as well as the costs of trans‐ portation, cleaning and food for staff.

Made in Spain

VACCINE: Important for manufacturing industry.

ACCORDING to reports, Spain could begin manufacturing the Sputnik V vaccine.

Spain’s Ministry of Health said the country is one of the candidates to manufacture the Russian vaccine.

According to reports, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) is in talks with several companies with facilities that have the capacity to produce them.

Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF, which markets the vaccine around the world, said he had already reached agreements with production facilities in Italy, Spain, France and Germany to produce Sputnik.

However, a spokeswoman for Health said she is not aware that there are any agreements.

The company signed the first agreement with RDIF to manufacture the vaccine in Europe in Italy with pharmaceutical company Adienne, as confirmed by the fund and the ItalianRussian chamber of commerce.

This move is an important step for the Russian drug, since one of the requirements of the European Union to approve, buy and distribute vaccines among their countries is that they have manufacturing capacity on European soil.

Illegal Racing Gathering THE Local Police of Jerez de la Frontera in Cadiz Province, last Sunday March 7, broke up a gath‐ ering of around 400 people who were attending a con‐ centration of illegal motor‐ bike racing on the derelict grounds of the old sugar factory in the Jerez district of Guadalcacín.

Officers discovered a home‐made racing circuit built out of old car tyres, with two cars and two motorbikes being confis‐ cated for not having any valid insurance, and around 100 fines were given for failing to comply with the coronavirus re‐ strictions. Many of the people tried to flee as soon as the police were spotted approaching, leaving behind large amounts of alcohol which they had been also con‐ suming illegally in public.

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Narco Submarine Intercepted

THE National Police, working in conjunction with the authorities in Colombia, Holland, Portugal, the UK and the US, as well as Europol, have delivered a crushing blow to the international drug trade by seizing a huge nine-metre long submarine in Andalucia, the first of its kind to be intercepted in Spain. A total of 52 people have been arrested and 30 have been admitted to prison without bail. The submarine was discovered in an industrial warehouse in Malaga and has the capacity to transport as much as two tonnes of cocaine. The vessel, which did not submerge completely once in the water, was designed to look like a pleasure craft to any patrols searching from the air.

Best in the world

ELEVEN Spanish hospitals are among the 200 best in the world, according to the World’s Best Hospitals 2021 list by American publication Newsweek.

Six of them are located in Madrid, two in Catalonia, and one each in Navarra, Andalucia and Valencia.

The six in Madrid are La Paz, Gregorio Marañon, 12 de Octubre, San Carlos Clinic, Ramon y Cajal and the Jimenez Diaz Foundation.

For the third consecutive year, Newsweek, together with research firm Statista, has published the list of World’s Best Hospitals 2021.

It shows 2,000 health centres in more than 25 countries that stand out for their commitment to excellence, as well as for their prestigious doctors, nursing care and use of cutting-edge technology, amongst other parameters.

The international and national rankings are based on recommendations from medical experts, surveys of patients and professionals.

HOSPITALS: Stand out for their commitment to excellence.

The two in Catalonia are the Barcelona Clinic Hospital, which has the best position of all the Spanish hospitals on the list at 38, and Vall d’Hebron, and the

others mentioned in Spain are the Navarra University Clinic, the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Sevilla and La Fe Polytechnic in Valencia.

Netflix plans Spanish Bird Box

A SPANISH movie spin-off of Netflix 2018 supernatural thriller hit Bird Box, which starred Sandra Bullock and was directed by Susanne Bier, is in the pipeline, and shooting of the as yet unnamed film is expected to start toward the end of the year in Spain.

Original producers Dylan Clark and Chris Morgan will reportedly return but will add a distinctly Spanish flavour.

Bird Box remains one of Netflix’s most-watched original movies ever, with Bullock portraying a mother trying to protect herself and her two children from mysterious creatures that force people to kill themselves if they lay eyes on them. There has been talk of a sequel for some time, with the author of the source novel Josh Malerman claiming last year that the follow-up was in development.

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180 Animals Found Poisoned

MEMBERS of the Guardia Civil’s nature branch, Seprona, said they have arrested or investigated more than 300 people over the last year as part of their role preventing crimes against animals, discovering more than 1,200 prohibited hunting methods and nearly 180 animals that were poisoned.

During their investigations, officers also found explosives, firearms, silencers and drugs.

Police say they carried out more than 900 inspections last year in in hunting farms and livestock farms, investigating 337 people and detecting more than 2,600 administrative infractions and 320 crimes.

Among the crimes, they found several cases of endangered species being killed, as well as various animal poisonings.

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Hunters Face Trial IN Malaga, two men, who were arrested after hanging a podenco dog from an olive tree before throwing it off a cliff because ‘it was no longer useful for hunting,’ have been slapped with legal actions by Partido Animalista (PACMA) and 12 other animal rights groups who are seeking the maximum sentence possible for crimes of animal abuse with aggravated cruelty resulting in death.

On February 6, a person witnessed the horrific act of cruelty and contacted the Guardia Civil; the dog’s microchip led officers to its owner, who was arrested for drunk driving. A short time later his accomplice was arrested, and he was the one who told officers they killed the dog because they no longer had any use for it.

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Record-Breaking Weekend THE Andalucian ski resort of Sierra Nevada has had a record‐ breaking weekend as the ski resort welcomed around 18,000 visitors over Saturday March 13 and Sunday March 14. This is the maximum capacity that is currently allowed due to coronavirus restrictions. It is thought that the good weather boosted the number of skiers as the resort had over 75 kilometres of slopes open over the weekend.

The Andalucian resort, managed by Cetursa, reported that both Saturday and Sunday reached full capacity. This meant that the Sierra Nevada resort had a record‐breaking weekend.

The resort is open to all Andalucians that live in a town that does not have a perimeter closure in place due to the coron‐ avirus. One further restriction is that visitors must have pre‐ booked their ski pass in advance by the Internet.

Coastal Concerns A C C O R D I N G to a new re‐ port, ‘Impacts and risks de‐ rived from climate change in Spain,’ published by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demo‐ graphic Challenge, climate change is leading to a dra‐ matic rise in sea levels which is threatening the coastal ar‐ eas of the country.

The sea level is currently rising up to three centime‐ tres each year, and the ex‐ perts predict that by 2100 it could rise by as much as 53 centimetres globally, which would affect countless coastal towns and cities around the world.

In Spain, the situation

varies significantly from re‐ gion to region.

The Spanish Mediter‐ ranean coast shows ‘high’ or ‘very high’ vulnerability to extreme events such as flooding, according to the report. While the flood level is expected to increase by around 6 per cent in the Ca‐ nary Islands by 2040, the level is as low as 2 and 3 per cent in the rest of the Mediterranean coast and the Gulf of Cadiz.

Throughout Spain, signifi‐ cant beach declines are ex‐ pected, especially in the Cantabrian Sea, Galicia and the Canary Islands, according to the report.

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Ilegal broadcast Network dismantled.

THE National Police disman‐ tled a network for illegally broadcasting audiovisual content that had been downloaded more than 100 million times with suspected illicit gains of around €5 mil‐ lion.

The operation was carried out with the Andorra and Portuguese police, EUROPOL,

Property scam fraudster NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 33‐year‐old fraudster in Zaragoza who was wanted throughout much of Spain.

The person under investigation always operated through the same modus operandi, making use of a well‐known internet por‐ tal for buying and selling flats, where he asked for an amount of money that was always well below the market price.

At least three people had made complaints against him once the scam had been carried out and they had paid him amounts ranging between €200 and €2,100, although more are expected to come forward.

Police in Madrid had identified the perpetrator, but not his lo‐ cation, and a national search and arrest warrant was issued which resulted in him being found and taken into custody in Zaragoza. He has since been released with charges.

He has a criminal record for similar crimes for which he had been arrested in several locations throughout Spain.

INTERPOL and EUROJUST. The investigation began in October 2018 as a result of complaints filed with the Na‐ tional Police by the ACE ‐ Al‐ liance for Creativity and En‐ tertainment, the Professional Football League and the Pre‐ mier League for unauthorised broadcasting of audiovisual content, subject to Copy‐ right.

The police found that the person in charge of the app, called Mobdro, was residing in Andorra and managed the network from there.

They also found there were three other people in‐ volved who were promoting the app on web domains in Spain. They did not in fact have a direct relationship with the person in Andorra but had managed to set up a site which provided access to the app from which they ben‐ efited financially.

The police have withdrawn the app from the platforms on which it was available in Spain and Portugal.

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Pill-cam trials

THE NHS is trialling miniature capsule cameras, which can be swallowed by patients and provide a cancer diagnosis within hours - helping to speed up cancer checks and catch more cancers early.

The imaging technology, in a capsule no bigger than a pill, can provide a rapid diagnosis.

Known as a colon capsule endoscopy, the cameras are the latest NHS innovation to help patients access cancer checks at home.

“Traditional endoscopies mean patients need to attend hospital and have a tube inserted whereas the new tech-

CAMERA: Size of a pill. nology means that people can go about their normal day,” said NHS England.

An initial group of 11,000 patients in England will receive the capsule cameras in more than 40 parts of the country.

The NHS said it has prioritised cancer care during the coronavirus pandemic and the

latest figures show that hospitals carried out more than two cancer treatments for every patient they treated for Covid-19.

In December 2020, more than 25,000 patients were reportedly treated for cancer and more than 200,000 people had checks - 13,000 more than the same month the previous year.

NHS Chief Executive Sir Simon Stevens said: “As we come out of ‘peak Covid’ and the disruption of the pandemic, the NHS is now pushing ahead with genuine innovation to expand services for many other conditions.

Ryanair Adds New Spanish Flights IRISH airline giant Ryanair announced on Thurs‐ day March 11 that it will be opening up Costa Blanca to the Spanish islands by creating nine new connections and a total of 70 routes, a whopping 40 per cent more than summer 2020, and up to 800 weekly flights from Spanish air‐ ports, all operating from July 1.

“As vaccination against Covid‐19 intensifies in

the coming months, domestic traffic in Spain is expected to be the first to skyrocket this sum‐ mer,” Ryanair said in a statement.

The new routes will link Alicante with Ibiza, Lanzarote and Menorca. In the Costa del Sol, the airline will operate between Menorca, Sevilla and Malaga, as well as a new route between Fuerteventura and Valencia.

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€12,000 in fines

A LORRY driver in Vigo faces fines amounting to €12,000 for committing multiple offences.

He was stopped by Local Po‐ lice, when they saw him swerv‐ ing from one lane to another, in‐ vading the path of oncoming vehicles on the road.

When stopped, the officers found that there were two peo‐ ple in the vehicle, aged 38 and 42, with the latter being the

owner of the vehicle.

According to reports, the lor‐ ry had serious faults and was transporting perishable goods (potatoes) without a delivery note or invoice providing the origin of the product and lacking the necessary public service transport card.

The tyres did not have the correct pressure and were severely worn, the suspension

was in poor condition, the insur‐ ance and ITV had expired and it had no back brakes or indicator lights. The front bumper was broken and had sharp edges and the front licence plate was illegible. The tacograph was not being used properly either.

Based on all of this, the lorry was immobilised and it was also found that the fuel used in the tank was not regulation.

Wines and Liquors Award

OVER 50 products compete for the Sevilla Province Wines and Liquors Award, an initiative which aims to promote greater awareness of the products and promote tourism in the local area.

This year’s competition will see a stunning variety of wines and liqueurs on offer as over 50 products from 14 wineries have been entered for the Wines and Spirits Award.

The competition aims to promote the products and increase sales along with promoting the province’s wine culture as a tourist experience.

The president of the Provincial Council, Fernando Rodríguez Villalobos explained how the awards will go ahead despite the global coronavirus pandemic and explained that, “In the current crisis scenario, these awards are even more important, both in terms of supporting our agro‐in‐ dustry and boosting tourism in our region.”

The competition will have five categories which include still and sparkling white wines; still red wines; delicatessen, aromatised and sweet wines; singular wines from the province of Sevilla, and traditional liqueurs.

This year’s tastings will be held on March 24 and 25 with the award ceremony due to be held in April.

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RESIDENTS IN SENIOR RESORT CIUDAD PATRICIA NOW ALSO VACCINATED AS widely reported, the residents of Ciudad Patricia’s nursing home (the high-risk priority group) received their Covid vaccinations earlier this year. On March 11, it was the turn of the remainder of the residents living independently in Ciudad Patricia’s retirement apartments to receive their first vaccination.

After different requests by the management of Apartamentos Ciudad Patricia and the medical team of the Geriatric and Rehabilitation centre, the Valencian Health Authority finally agreed that all residents could be vaccinated at the same time within the Resort. To prepare for this,

OFFICERS: Found blood stains at the scene. an area in the Central Building was set aside and all vaccinations were carried out in accordance with the relevant requirements.

This was welcomed by all as another positive step on the

road to post-Covid normality and as a reflection of the ongoing measures the resort management takes to maintain the health and well-being of everyone at Senior Resort Ciudad Patricia.

Bears With A Future

THE brown bear has been ex‐ periencing a slow comeback in northern Spain in recent years, and a new campaign launched by the European Life pro‐ gramme has set an objective to encourage population growth even further. ‘Bears with a future’ aims to protect the species from the effects of climate change by planting some 150,000 additional trees and large shrubs in their habi‐ tat.

According to the Spanish Cat‐ alogue of Threatened Species, the brown bear in this country faces two distinct climatic chal‐ lenges. Firstly, the rise in global temperatures means that bears

£26M bullion robber dies broke

THE brains behind £26M Brink’s‐Mat bullion robbery has died broke, aged 78.

Despite masterminding Britan’s biggest robbery at a warehouse on Heathrow’s perimeter in 1983, Brian ‘The Colonel’ Robinson was ‘cheated’ out of his share and never received a penny on his release from prison.

The stolen 6,800 gold ingots, diamonds and cash would be worth £100 million (€117 million) today.

The crime that shook the nation left a trail of eight murders and

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a worldwide hunt for the loot.

Armed raiders got away with £30 million worth of pure gold af‐ ter Robinson recruited his brother‐in‐law, warehouse guard Tony Black, who went on to shop him to police. Robinson was jailed for 25 years together with co‐ringleader Micky McAvoy.

But on his release, he ‘didn’t get a tanner’ having been ‘cheat‐ ed’ by the ‘people he trusted,’ according to an associate.

His funeral has been delayed by family and friends until April 12 so that a wake can be held on a licensed premises.

aren’t hibernating for as long each year, exposing them to more dangers. Secondly, irregu‐ lar harvests of native fruits such as blueberries have severely de‐ pleted their food supply.

The project has a total bud‐ get of €2.58 million, will have a

contribution from the EU of al‐ most €2 million and will last un‐ til March 31, 2025. The aim is to ensure the animals have enough food that they don’t have to come too close to hu‐ mans and to educate the public about this endangered species.

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SPEAKING on television, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen promised that she planned to confirm a national reopening schedule for the country by no later than Tuesday March 23. From then on, there will be guidelines as to when bars, restaurants, cinemas and places of higher education can reopen.

PROTESTORS occupied three of France’s national theatres to demand that cultural venues which have been closed since October be reopened. They argue that if shops and other businesses have been allowed to accept customers then the same should be true for entertainment.

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A REPORT by NRC newspaper suggests that for at least a decade, the Oost-Nederland police illegally shared criminal information and personal details of people suspected of illegal cannabis cultivation with the Tax Authority which then calculated likely illicit income and sent out tax bills.

ERLING LORENTZEN, husband of the late Princess Ragnhild, has died in Oslo aged 98. He joined the resistance against the Nazis and eventually went for training in Scotland before returning to undertake acts of sabotage and later married the Princess in 1953.

BELGIUM What a hoot IN protest about the difficulty of complying with mobility rules in Brussels which makes it very difficult to own a car, hundreds of motorists drove around Brussel-Noord station to hoot their horns. It is estimated that 150 taxis, 80 motorcycles, and 50 drivers in cars took part.

GERMANY Terminal closure FIRST started in 2006 and dogged by delays and accusations of corruption, the Berlin Brandenburg airport finally opened in October 2020, becoming the only commercial airport in the country’s capital, but passenger numbers are far less than expected so its T5 will close for one year.

FINLAND Airport scare A MILITARY exercise at Helsinki Airport went disastrously wrong when two armed military police officers mistakenly went into the main passenger area rather than the closed off area where they should have been. Two frightened passengers who the officers thought were targets had guns pointed at them.

SWEDEN Dog smugglers TWO people, who were stopped by customs officers in December have been jailed for six months by a Malmo Court after they were charged with illegally trying to import nine French bulldogs and four other dogs which had not been inoculated against rabies.

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A WOMAN has been freed by a court in Malaga after allegedly stabbing her friend 17 times.

The incident is said to have taken place at a hostel in Puerto de la Torre where the women were staying with several friends, celebrating a birthday.

Police say that after consuming a few drinks, the detainee, 25, allegedly attacked her friend, 28,

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with a sharp object, before guests in an adjoining room called police.

After officers arrived, the victim was no longer there as she has been taken to hospital by a friend due to her injuries.

Police say blood stains found at the scene show the assault

could have started in the room before moving outside.

After looking around they found a knife and another sharp object, with experts now working to determine which weapon was used.

The detainee was also assisted by the health workers, since she

had some minor injuries, including scratches.

The victim was treated at Malaga’s Regional Hospital for 17 stab wounds, however none of them reached her vital areas and they were not very deep.

The woman was discharged several hours later.

OFFICERS: Found blood stains at the scene.

49 million viewers INTERVIEW: The couple said they were under huge pressure.

MORE than 49 million people worldwide watched Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview, according to US network CBS. And the figure - which includes viewers via TV and streaming looks set to rise with the interview, which aired in the US on Monday, March 8 and the UK the following day, the highest-rated entertainment special since the 2020 Oscars ceremony in February.

The tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey saw the couple reveal they felt under immense pressure from the Firm and were hounded by the media, along with claims of racism and neglect by the Royal Family.

The Queen responded to the interview on Tuesday, March 9, saying she was “saddened” that Meghan and Prince Harry were so unhappy in the last few years and that allegations of racism would be investigated internally.

“The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan,” read the statement on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen.

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Two routes to Spanish Residency after Brexit THREE months on from Brexit ‐ and not yet through the pandemic ‐ but it’s clear many Britons are still hoping to move to Spain. For some, cooped up after a long, hard winter, the appetite is even stronger. Things have changed but we can still move to Spain, just like Americans, Australians and South Africans do.

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GDP down COMMENTING on the fact that UK Gross Domestic Product dropped a further 2.9 per cent in January, INFINOX, spokesperson Ulas Akincilar, told City AM “The UK economy may look like a punch-drunk boxer hanging off the ropes, but the blows are doing less damage each time.”

Malaysian imports SPAIN is one of the major markets for the import of palm oil, bio diesel and rubber from Malaysia and this appears likely to continue to grow. In general terms, Spain imports around €1 billion worth of Malaysian products annually and exports just over €600 million.

Massive losses HAMMERSON, the owner of the Bullring and Brent Cross shopping centres as well as Bicester Village Outlet Centre has indicated that it will need to sell more of its properties in order to continue after losing £1.7 billion (€1.87 billion) in 2020.

McDiversity THE Spanish division of burger giant McDonald’s is taking a ground breaking step in introducing procedures to manage and assist sexual diversity. Faced with a changing world and the need for equality, its 35-point plan includes ways of assisting staff who look to initiate gender reassignment. It is assumed that if this caring attitude for staff needs is successful it will be introduced across the bulk of the network of McDonald’s outlets in more than 100 countries subject to whatever local laws may apply.

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€7 billion

is the amount that the Spanish Government plans to give to companies and the self-employed by way of pandemic aid.

UK pet boom over lockdown Imports and

ONE industry that is going to see a definite upturn in business is that connected with pets as British house‐ holds ramped up pet own‐ ership according to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (PFMA).

There are now an esti‐ mated 34 million pets in the UK including 12 mil‐ lion cats and 12 million dogs, 3.2 million small mammals such as guinea pigs and hamsters, three million birds and 1.5 mil‐

lion reptiles. There are al‐ so five million aquaria.

This equates to 17 mil‐ lion households responsi‐ ble for a pet’s welfare. No‐ tably, over a third (38 per cent) of new owners claimed that having a new pet was like having a new baby and almost a fifth (17 per cent) of families with children admitted that training was more chal‐ lenging than expected.

Almost two thirds (59 per cent) of new owners

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are aged 16 to 34 and 56 per cent of new pet own‐ ers have children at home.

Although 74 per cent claim their pet has helped their mental health through the pandemic, the annual PFMA study raises pet welfare con‐ cerns, especially as al‐ ready 5 per cent of all new pets have been given up as people were unable to cope.

The big fear now is that whilst the decision to buy

a pet during lockdown seemed a sensible and caring option, when peo‐ ple start returning to work the new pets are suddenly going to find themselves in a completely different and often newly isolated environment.

In the meantime how‐ ever, an increase of around 10 per cent in new pets is going to see com‐ panies like Pets at Home enjoy significant addition‐ al turnover.

Inditex does it again

Can they get Covid Jab? We had our residencia appointments can‐ celled last year because of the pandemic and we have been waiting since August for anoth‐ er. We registered our intention online to apply for residencia before December 31. We are reluctant to go back to the UK in case we obtain an appoint‐ ment when we are away. We are hoping we can have a Covid‐19 jab here. We have been told that we can register at our local health centre with our Padron, NIE and passport. Can you confirm this? I have also been told our EHIC cards are okay until expiry date.

F T (by email) It is correct that your European health YOU AND THE LAW care cards are valid IN SPAIN until their expiry date. However, your chances of obtaining a Covid vaccination on the Spanish health system are not good. Earlier information given online referred only to persons with Covid symptoms and seeking treatment. This was misinterpreted and does not refer to persons simply wanting a vaccination. You wish to apply for a TIE card as a non‐EU citizen to reside in Spain and the date to do this has been extended beyond June 30 for an indefinite period.

DAVID SEARL

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

ALTHOUGH for years Netflix publicly accepted that people tended to share their password with friends, tough competition is making the company recon‐ sider its position.

When you sign up for their online streaming you have to create a password, not just to protect you, but also to ensure that others can’t take advan‐

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Inditex Uterqüe store in Valladolid.

EVEN the pandemic can’t stop the incredible growth of the world’s largest fashion retailer, Spain’s Inditex which made a €1.1 billion profit in 2020.

Yes, sales did drop by 28 per cent from €28.2 billion to €20.4 billion but online sales grew by 77 per cent to €6.6 billion and in the circumstances, a €1.1 bil‐ lion profit is certainly a great achievement for the group.

According to Chairman Pablo Isla, “Inditex has emerged stronger after such a challenging year thanks to the amazing commitment dis‐ played by everyone here at the company.”

Zara and Zara Home contin‐ ue to be the most lucrative of the group’s businesses but all

divisions saw significant sales despite the fact that at one time during 2020 every single one of its 6,829 stores was closed at some stage during the year.

It even managed to launch 25 additional online platforms throughout the world and 29 new stores as well as donating huge amounts of resources to different governments, chari‐ ties and health services in a bid to assist in the fight against the pandemic.

Looking at Spain, it in‐ creased its purchasing from home suppliers and spent some €4 billion with them as well as paying tax (much of this in Spain) amounting to €4.8 billion.

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tage of watching the Netflix pro‐ grammes free of charge.

In the agreement that you enter into with the company (but probably never read) it does state that account details should not be shared with any‐

one outside of your household.

Research studies however suggest that out of its 200 mil‐ lion plus subscribers worldwide, as many as 40 million may share their password with friends, so Netflix is actively requesting

confirmation from viewers whether they are in a house‐ hold which includes a sub‐ scriber.

Everyone who watches Net‐ flix, using a particular password can be traced to the subscriber

EXPORT of British goods to the European Union fell by 40.7 per cent in January according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) whilst imports also fell.

The UK spend was £5.3 billion (€5.8 billion) down on European products, but spent £8.9 billion (€9.8 billion) less on European imports in the first month fol‐ lowing new trading rules intro‐ duced due to Brexit.

The ONS suggest that this is a temporary blip as companies get used to new rules and partly be‐ cause many had stocked up with European made goods prior to December 31, 2020.

Luxury ice cream ITALIAN company Ferrero Rocher is to launch ice cream versions of the famous chocolate as well as Raffaello brands made in Spain.

Initially to be marketed in Aus‐ tria, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, it will be manufactured in the Ice Cream Factory Comaker plant in Valencia Province which it acquired in 2019 through its Ferrero Ibérica subsidiary.

Once these test markets have shown that there is a demand for these distinctive ‘luxury’ chocolate ice cream brands, they will be rolled out across Europe and beyond. and whilst it may be complicat‐ ed, the company could police who is watching without having paid.

The problem for Netflix is that in the USA, its largest mar‐ ket, there are so many new platforms such as Disney+, Amazon Prime, and HBO MAX it can’t afford to have so many ‘freeloaders’.

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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) 3I Group 1.174,00 1.174,27 Admiral Group 2.955,0 2.959,0 Anglo American 3.033,5 3.040,3 Antofagasta 1.743,50 1.754,50 Ashtead Group 4.246,0 4.261,0 Associated British Foods 2.444,0 2.447,0 AstraZeneca 6.963,6 6.963,6 Auto Trader Group Plc 562,00 564,20 Avast 453,40 454,00 Aveva 3.443,0 3.452,0 Aviva 391,99 392,60 B&M European Value Retail SA535,80 537,18 BAE Systems 506,71 507,21 Bank VTB DRC 1,010 1,011 Barclays 180,54 181,64 Barratt Developments 748,40 757,11 Berkeley 4.328,6 4.344,0 BHP Group 2.185,00 2.186,50 BP 322,51 324,85 British American Tobacco 2.671,0 2.673,7 British Land Company 515,50 516,40 BT Group 140,30 141,15 Bunzl 2.265,0 2.268,0 Burberry Group 2.142,4 2.168,0 Carnival 1.716,0 1.728,0 Centrica 53,90 53,97 Coca Cola HBC AG 2.386,1 2.390,1 Compass 1.618,00 1.621,50 CRH 3.465,7 3.481,4 Croda Intl 6.262,0 6.270,0 DCC 6.050,0 6.074,0 Diageo 3.039,0 3.040,8 DS Smith 410,00 411,50 EasyJet 1.023,91 1.038,34 Experian 2.440,0 2.444,2 Ferguson 8.962,0 8.990,0 Flutter Entertainment 16.711,0 17.000,1 Fresnillo 946,00 947,38 GlaxoSmithKline 1.269,34 1.272,00 Glencore 293,61 293,80 Halma 2.310,0 2.312,0 Hargreaves Lansdown 1.527,51 1.537,88 Hikma Pharma 2.209,00 2.210,00 HSBC 429,27 430,63 IAG 214,42 215,94 Imperial Brands 1.408,50 1.411,50 Informa 573,60 580,40 InterContinental 5.258,0 5.258,0 Intermediate Capital 1.916,00 1.923,00 Intertek 5.366,0 5.366,0 ITV 121,85 124,75

% CHG. 1.165,78 2.945,0 3.001,3 1.729,50 4.190,0 2.434,0 6.899,8 561,00 449,80 3.426,0 390,35 535,40 502,90 1,009 179,73 747,80 4.302,1 2.165,50 321,47 2.649,2 508,78 138,55 2.249,2 2.139,0 1.700,4 53,50 2.367,7 1.589,00 3.465,7 6.202,0 5.980,0 3.008,5 408,30 1.015,87 2.420,0 8.916,0 16.475,1 932,36 1.259,77 290,70 2.275,0 1.525,98 2.192,00 428,22 213,15 1.399,60 572,40 5.196,0 1.902,00 5.300,0 121,65

NET VOL 5,82K 9,52K 11,54K 43,17K 29,93K 17,30K 16,63K 62,16K 45,33K 4,00K 110,96K 7,46K 116,95K 23,67K 1,10M 9,07K 1,90K 141,10K 314,55K 12,54K 9,48K 1,92M 0,72K 7,23K 42,86K 209,34K 0,72K 154,46K 0,73K 13,15K 3,88K 14,42K 198,59K 44,29K 6,07K 6,52K 47,01K 12,53K 46,42K 608,34K 26,11K 3,48K 18,23K 99,30K 1,44M 23,12K 81,87K 23,69K 16,93K 3,96K 297,06K

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236,64 3.166,0 685,70 293,19 41,62 7.568,0 471,50 179,80 1.860,00 841,80 189,95 7.798,8 33,12 2.119,40 2.948,0 738,00 1.544,74 6.232,0 1.740,50 472,14 562,11 5.751,0 115,12 7,83 1.578,20 1.579,4 1.515,8 678,40 597,00 1.812,00 15,95 3.419,0 1.150,99 913,40 2.247,0 1.397,49 1.544,50 11.665,0 1.396,00 1.254,00 494,80 293,89 181,18 223,69 438,72 3.990,0 892,40 133,91 3.491,8 903,60

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237,09 3.173,0 687,90 293,34 41,80 7.646,0 477,01 181,20 1.867,50 844,60 192,40 7.798,8 33,19 2.131,00 2.972,0 742,20 1.546,19 6.240,0 1.741,00 472,98 563,70 5.763,8 116,87 7,85 1.583,61 1.584,4 1.520,6 678,60 598,20 1.817,00 15,95 3.428,0 1.156,50 919,40 2.266,0 1.399,69 1.547,00 11.730,0 1.398,20 1.258,00 495,90 293,90 183,72 224,10 440,44 3.994,1 899,60 134,36 3.493,6 904,80

235,60 3.160,0 681,50 289,90 41,40 7.510,0 467,84 178,80 1.853,00 837,80 189,95 7.711,0 32,64 2.104,14 2.944,0 738,00 1.539,00 6.186,0 1.722,00 467,18 560,48 5.670,6 114,45 7,81 1.575,90 1.575,9 1.512,8 677,60 593,40 1.807,00 15,66 3.404,0 1.138,56 910,80 2.246,0 1.388,50 1.526,50 11.630,0 1.381,11 1.252,00 492,00 290,00 180,37 222,30 433,71 3.959,0 892,40 133,36 3.461,2 898,80

39,82K 16,58K 42,81K 424,31K 6,36M 38,38K 36,28K 74,90K 30,09K 180,27K 349,01K 2,25K 520,88K 12,36K 21,93K 38,55K 29,48K 35,70K 166,10K 28,90K 14,13K 10,87K 1,53M 326,44K 10,39K 18,06K 41,99K 96,04K 56,00K 2,76K 347,41K 20,35K 249,51K 90,46K 10,30K 8,27K 13,42K 2,52K 16,42K 21,70K 382,46K 80,60K 134,62K 263,09K 292,82K 18,72K 39,85K 498,69K 9,53K 65,24K

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US dollar (USD) ......................................1.19295 Japan yen (JPY)......................................130.175 Switzerland franc (CHF) ...........................1.1091 Denmark kroner (DKK) .............................7.4364 Norway kroner (NOK) ...............................10.065

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COMPANY 3M Alphabet C Amazon.com Amgen Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Facebook Goldman Sachs Home Depot Honeywell IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Microsoft Nike Procter&Gamble Salesforce.com Tesla UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walmart Walt Disney

PRICE 184,92 2.061,92 3.089,49 230,36 121,03 269,19 229,00 111,56 48,82 50,36 268,40 348,81 273,10 214,38 127,61 62,90 159,60 156,15 212,34 74,60 235,75 140,45 128,14 212,21 693,73 356,02 55,63 224,36 134,12 197,16

CHANGE 186,21 2.090,26 3.098,98 230,76 121,17 269,72 229,02 112,70 48,99 50,68 269,74 350,00 273,81 215,39 127,68 63,30 160,31 157,63 214,24 74,89 235,82 140,91 128,82 213,85 694,88 356,82 56,17 226,54 134,52 198,41

CHANGE% VOLUME(M) 184,27 2,69M 2.047,55 1,73M 3.045,50 2,42M 228,69 1,75M 119,16 88,11M 253,50 35,26M 218,12 4,76M 110,72 10,93M 48,47 15,20M 50,20 17,60M 264,02 20,60M 343,64 2,44M 266,76 4,19M 213,20 1,84M 126,61 4,01M 62,24 20,17M 159,19 5,47M 155,07 12,85M 211,42 2,82M 73,99 10,97M 233,23 22,65M 138,60 4,14M 127,65 6,52M 209,30 6,11M 666,14 33,58M 351,99 2,09M 55,61 22,00M 223,42 8,17M 132,08 9,48M 195,18 13,25M M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced Booking Holdings Inc. First Citizens Bancshares Inc. Cl A Novavax Inc. Amerco Equinix Inc. ViacomCBS Inc. Cl B Airbnb Inc. Cl A ViacomCBS Inc. Cl A O'Reilly Automotive Inc. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. Silverback Therapeutics Inc.

Most Declined Alphabet Inc. Cl C Alphabet Inc. Cl A Ulta Beauty Inc. Amazon.com Inc. MercadoLibre Inc. MicroStrategy Inc. DocuSign Inc. Broadcom Inc. 8% Pfd. Series A Okta Inc. Cl A Poshmark Inc. Cl A Coupa Software Inc.

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Delivery riders are employees

PIONEERING DECISION: Minister of Labour Yolanda Díaz explains the legislation.

LAST September the Span‐ ish Supreme Court ruled that a delivery rider for Glo‐ vo should be recognised as an employee not a self‐em‐ ployed worker.

This meant that the Span‐ ish Government had to take action to recognise this de‐ cision and it has now an‐ nounced that a new law will be introduced to regu‐ larise the situation of food delivery drivers for not just Glovo, but Deliveroo and others.

Only recently, the UK courts made a similar deci‐ sion with regards to Uber drivers and it seems that this will become an area which will be reviewed by the majority of govern‐ ments throughout Europe.

Although the Spanish Government has taken its time to prepare legislation and has consulted the ma‐ jor companies in both main‐ line and what is know as the ‘gig’ industries as well

as trade union leaders, it appears to be looking to go further than initially ex‐ pected.

Announcing the decision, Minister of Labour Yolanda Díaz said that the legisla‐ tion (which should be com‐ plied with within 90 days) is pioneering and part of a modernisation of the labour market.

What was groundbreak‐ ing was her later observa‐ tion that “Algorithms must serve people and labour rights. With the new legisla‐ tion, workers’ representa‐ tives will be able to access the employment impact of algorithms and artificial in‐ telligence systems on all platforms.”

This means that if it ap‐ pears that certain drivers are being favoured over others, it will be possible for representatives of other workers to demand access to the programming of allo‐ cation of work.

EU checks postponed CHECKS on some EU goods coming into the UK will be delayed by six months in order to give businesses more time to prepare.

The official government explanation is that the new timetable would help firms recovering in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Whilst it is difficult for businesses to bring certain British goods into Spain following Brexit, physical checks on products such as meat and dairy products entering the UK from the EU due from July will now begin in January 2022.

APS, the association rep‐ resenting companies in‐ volved with digital plat‐ forms has indicated that they oppose this particular part of the new legislation as it could hurt Spain’s digi‐ tal economy expansion.

BUSINESS EXTRA John Lewis THE John Lewis Chairman Sharon White has warned of further ‘painful’ store closures as the company reported its first ever annual loss as the 2019 profit of £146 million (€160.5 million) turned into a £517 million (€568.5 million) loss in 2020 due to the pandemic.

MWC shock ALTHOUGH it was hoped that the Mobile World Conference would take place in Barcelona after being cancelled last year, its future hangs in doubt as megabrands Ericsson, Facebook, Nokia, Oracle and Sony have now pulled out of the June show and others may follow.

Coaled feet ENCOURAGED by environmental group charity ShareAction and pension funds, HSBC Bank has indicated that it will stop financing projects which include the use or mining of coal by 2040 provided that 75 per cent of shareholders vote in favour of the decision.

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FEATURE

The whine-fest was pure pantomime LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week I intended to give advice on the upkeep of your Azaleas. Dream on!

On second thoughts, I decided I’d better toe the journalistic line and scribe my views on a subject that has probably occupied more columnists’ grey matter than the death of Lady Diana and the abdication of King Edward put together.

Yes, of course I’m referring once again to THAT interview. Last week I wrote a few lines decrying the whole charade, however that was only after viewing the first carefully selected trailers that had ‘leaked’ out.

Later, after seething through the whole painfully contrived event, I felt even more convinced that this was a clever PR exercise, designed to do nothing more than absolve Ms Meghan from the majority of public opinion, which considered she had captured and lured a young impressionable man from his loving family and was subsequently

PR PROJECT: No Oscars for their recent performance.

using him to further her own career and raise her status in Hollywood society.

Well, to my mind, the plan to restore this young lady’s ever so important

‘celebrity integrity’ failed miserably. This was a calculated and extremely expensive Public Relations project from the very outset and was undoubtedly

the result of many meetings between Ms Oprah, her PR department and Ms Markel. (Harry was probably issued with a script to peruse at home!)

The whole intelligence insulting debacle involved a cast consisting of three people, one of the richest black women in America; a mixed race Hollywood soap actress, married into Royalty and a young, privileged and utterly spoiled Prince.

The ‘shoot’ took place under the California sunshine in the gazebo of a millionaire friend, just a stone’s throw from their own respective multi‐million dollar mansions and showed them discussing as to how discriminated against and victimised they all were! I mean, just how much of mugs do they take us all for?

One of the main problems faced by the PR people was to somehow reverse public opinion that her split with (yet another) family ‐ was not due Meghan’s connivance or manipulation. No Oscars in that direction either.

I thought their performances were mediocre and almost laughingly implausible. They would never have

gotten a series out of it.

Even the usual racist accusations and close up of Oprah’s ‘jaw drop’, which was always intended to be a show stopper, was badly delivered and lacking in authenticity. They hadn’t even coordinated their individual scripts.

Anyway, if my own family was prone to having three nipples and I wondered if a new born family member would follow the same trait; it wouldn’t make me a ‘nipple’ist’, merely a curious in‐ law.

No this whole whine‐fest was pure pantomime. Those who are interested in body language will, I’m sure, also have noticed that throughout the whole discussion, it was her Ladyship’s hand resting firmly on top of his, pinning it securely to the arm of the chair. Position normal I would ascertain!

Late Sunday newsflash. Relatives of George Floyd have been awarded $25 million! There you are, his life was worth something after all!

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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You can’t just cancel the past MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO another week’s gone by, and time to catch up with my grumpiness. Where to start? How about the Dr Seuss books - six of them banned because of racial overtones? I noticed Green Eggs and Ham wasn’t on the list. Surely the reference to ham is insulting because it may offend members of the Muslim and Jewish faiths.

Then we have Mr Potato Head now just being called Potato Head. What’s the matter with people? These join the hoo-ha about Gone With the Wind. I read this week about the reediting of a scene from Fawlty Towers - a totally politically incorrect masterpiece of humour of its time.

We know that Love Thy Neighbour was racist but nearly everyone appreciated that it was the racist character that was made to look like the ignorant idiot that he was. As with Alf Garnett and his homophobic, misogynistic, racist character and his rants, we laughed because we all knew someone like him. You can’t just erase them.

You learn from it.

Tom and Jerry, the classic cat and mouse cartoons, some made more than 70 years ago, now carry a warning for subscribers to Amazon Prime

Instant Video. What about the animal cruelty to Bugs Bunny? Elma Fudd has been banned from carrying a gun but can still go after Bugs with an axe. Looney Tunes is the right name for it. Hold on isn’t the word looney offensive?

There have been claims of racist stereotyping in the depiction of a black maid in the cartoon series. Amazon’s warning says such prejudice was once ‘commonplace’ in US society. Tom and Jerry, once a staple of children’s British television, is being presented with a cautionary note about ‘ethnic and racial prejudices.’

Uncle Ben’s rice had to have a name change because of racial stereotyping. Over the years many brands have retired their packaging mascots because of various groups complaining.

Aunt Jemima Eskimo Pie, Tony the Tiger both changed. What about Mrs Earlswood pickles?

They have a woman’s face on the jar. I think she looks Jewish because they used to be called kosher pickles, but do you know what, I’m not offended.

There are American sports teams that have changed their names like Cleveland Indians who lost their logo and the Atlanta Braves and so it goes on and on.

You can’t cancel the past - it happened. I agree some stuff should be changed but you have to draw the line somewhere - don’t you??

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THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS is urging its readers to support lo‐ cal businesses in the communi‐ ty by going local through the lockdown and for your all your shopping this year, instead of feeding online giants and su‐ perstores.

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Trusting your own mind MS BIPOLAR UP AND DOWN WITH BALANCE UNEDITED TODAY, I know what feeling well is and I fight for it every day. Sometimes, I actually succeed.

When I try to explain what it’s like to be bipolar, I talk about trust, the one thing I think makes us different.

It’s hard to trust a mind that has let you down and caused you and the ones you love so much pain.

It’s hard to trust a mind that has left scars on your body.

It’s hard to trust that people will understand when you talk about your story.

It’s hard to trust you’ll be well again.

One thought that always haunts me when I am well is “how long have I

got until I’m not well again?” I can’t ever make grand plans to accomplish things because I am afraid, I am going to fall apart again. I tend to think it’s

better not to try, but a life like this feels empty. I have to trust that I can accomplish something, despite the mood swings and the fear of not being well again.

For people with bipolar disorder, whose minds have fooled them more than once, who spend their lives dodging bullets it’s tough to put yourself out there. Every day, I promise I will try. I will trust that I am perfectly imperfect. I won’t let the dull routine of staying safe and quiet become the status quo. I will do what I can to the best of my ability.

I have come a long way in my recovery, and I have a story to tell. Trust in your voice, and tell your story. The world needs to hear it.

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The first study was carried out in New York with 321 patients, the majority of whom had breast cancer.

The second study was in Mumbai, India and looked at whether yoga can improve survival rates of breast cancer patients.

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Good or bad boredom?

B O R E D O M. What is boredom? Simply being fed up, having nothing to do at the weekend? Lacking enthusiasm in your work, being uninterested in things?

B oredom has many different levels and experiences and it can affect different people in different ways. It can be healthy, but can also be harmful.

Now, experts have suggested their could be up to five different types of boredom and the ‘wrong’ sort of boredom can be self-destructive and could lead to an earlier death.

A type of boredom known as ‘reactant’ is deemed the most harmful by experts. They say this involves strong negative feelings making people restless, angry and stressed.

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FED UP?: Boredom can affect different people in different ways. pectancy as it was found that the boredom leads to bad habits.

H owever, ‘indifferent’ boredom could be beneficial. This is the state where people are not actively doing anything, but they are calm and quiet and so allow their mind to wander off.

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Child dental care concerns

NHS dental care is free for children and yet a report has revealed that around 80 per cent of one and two-yearolds in England did not visit an NHS dentist last year. For children up to the age of four, the figure was 60 per cent.

Dental experts recommend children start seeing a dentist as soon as their first teeth start to appear and should continue with annual appointments to help spot any potential problems early on such as tooth decay. This was believed to be the cause of many of the 9,220 tooth extractions which were performed in hospitals on children aged from one to four some years ago.

Experts say 90 per cent of tooth decay problems are preventable with good oral hygiene. They are calling on the government to carry out more awareness campaigns highlighting the importance of dental check ups in young children and to remind them they are free.

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SOCIAL SCENE

Alicia Alonso Tribute Torrevieja Symphony ALICIA ALONSO was a professional Cuban dancer and choreographer. Famous for her portrayals of Giselle and Carmen, among other great works of the classical and romantic repertoire.

Born in Havana in 1920, she began studying classical dance in 1931, at the Ballet School of the Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical. In 1943, she premiered Giselle, her most emblematic performance, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

In 1948, she founded the Alicia Alonso Ballet, today the National Ballet of Cuba, in Havana, sharing her choreographic versions of the great classics which made her famous internationally, and have

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Her interpretation of the ballet Giselle has been considered by critics as the best of the 20th century. With the National Ballet of Cuba, she has performed on five continents. Together with Fernando and Alberto Alonso, she

created the renowned Cuban School of Ballet.

International dance stars from all over the world will recreate part of Alicia Alonso classical dance repertoire in which she shone with her own technique and style.

This wonderful tribute show is on Tuesday, April 20 at 8.30pm.

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Football Drama WHEN Javi Cuesta is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who later turns up dead, the audience is led through a dramatic murder‐mystery case at Elche’s Grand Theatre.

On Saturday, March 27, the comfortable world of Javi Cuesta, one of the highest‐paid footballers, collapses around him when, in the midst of tense transfer negotiations, a complaint is made against him ‐ leading to accusations of rape becoming front‐page news.

His agent Pedro Guillén does his best to control the situation for his reckless part‐boy client, but when Guillén’s attempts to buy the wom‐ an’s silence are rejected, her death a few days later looks highly suspi‐ cious.

Is Javi guilty of the abuse? Who has killed the young woman? Find out when you attend the theatre on Saturday March 27 at 7pm.

Tickets cost between €16 ‐ €20 and can be purchased via Instanticket ‐ search Dribbling.

ON Sunday, March 28, at 7pm, the fourth concert of the 2020‐21 season of the Torrevieja Symphony Or‐ chestra will take place at the Torrevieja Auditorium.

Piano Concerto No 21 will be performed, along with Svetlana Berezhnaya, one of the best Russian pianists and organists on the current scene, and Schubert’s Sym‐ phony No 5 D 485.

Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K 467 was completed on March 9, 1785, and pre‐ miered a day later in Vienna,

in a concert promoted by Mozart himself. The second movement was very popular as a result of its appearance in the Swedish film ‘Elvira Madigan’ (1967), to the point that the concert is often known by that name.

Schubert’s Symphony No 5 D 485 was completed in 1816, although it was pre‐ miered in Vienna in 1841 (13 years after the compos‐ er’s death). The work is heavily influenced by Mozart, reflecting the great admiration that Schubert

felt for him.

It is an optimistic work, closer to chamber music than symphonic music, originally conceived to be performed by the small family orchestra conducted by the violinist Ot‐ to Hartwig, with the instru‐ ments available to him, but even so, it is considered one of his most elaborate instru‐ mental pieces.

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Punk Rocking Murcia MURCIA is set to be reloaded with American punk rock.

More than five hours of nostalgic punk rock hits from America is ready to hit Murcia’s Beat Club Garage on Friday, June 11, as some amazing tribute acts perform some of the ultimate classics.

Tribute bands for Nirvana, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Offspring and Foo Fighters have lined up some of the very best songs for you to headbang to and rock all night for just €12 - €15.

Five bands for five hours starting at 10pm.

The exceptional tributes to Nirvana by Neverminders, Green Day by Suburbia, Pearl Jam

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can be a personal need or some help with your home or information on what or who to speak to on a medical issue, we help with signposting if we cannot help directly, just call and have a chat with Pam who will try to guide you to where you need to be. If you would like to go to a branch meeting then find your nearest one at, http://branches.britishlegion.org .uk/branches/orihuela-costa covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.uk.

(95457) ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch. For info, contact the branch Secretary at granalacant.secretary @rbl.community ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664.(10004)

LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church. For more information see our website www.lasiestaevangeli calchurch.org (10005)

ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION For information please contact Chairman Paul Edwards on 618 644 934, Vice Chairman Danny Kay on 966 716 274 or Secretary Margaret Forshaw on 966 921 996. (95455)

PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information.

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STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their carers. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email stroke supportgroup@hotmail.com, website: torreviejastrokesup port.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support.

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PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH 1359. The association supports the welfare needs of ex-members of the RAF and their dependents. Due to ongoing covid-19 restrictions we cannot hold General Meetings at the moment. In normal times we provide a social hub for members and hold lunches every month. To fund Welfare we raise money through the Wings Appeal. To find out more contact Chairman Tony at tony.elaine.cuenta@gmail.co m. For Welfare contact Andy on 0034 711 00 86 84. For general information on RAFA visit www.rafa.org.uk. .

(238593) ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Why not make this year the year you volunteer? See how you can help either as a caseworker (with full training) or as a Telephone Buddy. We also visit beneficiaries who are housebound or in hospital. If you feel you could support us here in Spain, and you have a Spanish phone number then why not email us for more info tbuddyh hvisits@gmail.com. If you or your partner served or are serving, and you feel you need help or support then contact us using the details on the card, we are here for the small things as well as the big, sometimes talking to someone is the first step to feeling more in control. It

THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.acacostablan ca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188.

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(253807) THE SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, Benijofar will be closed for the immediate future due to COVID-19. Identification Fiscal G54713789 (95454)

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Jeep Renegade - capable and likeable off-roader ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack EVERYONE knows that Land Rover has a fine, and well de‐ served, reputation for off‐road ability. It seems that every other

4x4 takes second place to the Solihull masters of all terrain.

However, there’s another brand that has an equally fine reputation that precedes, in‐ deed inspired, the genius of Maurice Wilks who founded Land Rover. Jeeps are synony‐

mous with the Second World War and it was their ability to traverse seemingly any kind of landscape that led to some of the best off‐road vehicles ever produced.

Part of Fiat and Chrysler Jeep still produce chunky Tonka‐toy like off‐roaders, with the excep‐ tion of the more stylistically smooth Compass, and my test was the Renegade complete with plug‐in electric assistance.

Priced from €37,851 (£32,600) the Renegade 4xe offers all the usual charging options including a standard domestic socket. Be‐ ing a hybrid, smaller battery, on a domestic socket the charge time is as little as four hours.

For that you have a commuting range of around 26 miles, maybe more depending upon your driving style, and modes for hybrid, electric and e‐save (which helps charge the battery along with maximum braking re‐ generation). The battery comes with an eight‐year 100,000 mile warranty.

On the road the Renegade is

probably one of the most practi‐ cal hybrids I have driven, with a decent turn of speed, 62 mph in just 7.1 seconds, and a smooth six‐speed automatic gearbox along with that all‐wheel‐drive ability. That offers simple dial technology for the kind of sur‐ face you’re dealing with and even the ability to lock the sys‐ tem into low range for real mud‐ plugging abili‐

A well deserved reputation.

ty. In hybrid mode the transition between electric and petrol is smooth and as long as the bat‐ tery isn’t extremely low e‐save mode and maximum regenera‐ tion means you can see the bat‐ tery charge climb.

Standard fare is good with all the usual motoring accou‐ trements even on the lead‐in version with my €42,381 (£36,500) Trailhawk model es‐

pecially well appointed.

The Jeep feels durable and is nicely appointed, but it battles against the fact that at this price it’s in Discovery Sport territory, albeit mild hybrid form rather than plug‐in. The Discovery will be seen as a more premium choice and I’m not sure the plug‐ in versus mild hybrid systems will make much difference.

It makes the Renegade’s job somewhat harder, which is a shame as the Jeep is one of the most capable and likeable off roaders you can buy.

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There are individuals who have faced large fines after the vehicle they thought they’d seen the back of was still driving around.

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