Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 12 - 18 August 2021 Issue 1884

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The people’s paper Issue No. 1884 12 - 18 August 2021

No traffic TWO sections of Calle Mallorca between Calle Lepanto and the Avenida del Mediterraneo in Benidorm’s so-called “British Zone” have now been reopened to the public.

Now completely pedestrianised, the radical overhaul took four months to complete.

Fiestas expo THE Musica, Polvora i Desmbarc (Music, Gunpowder and Landings) exhibition dedicated to Villajoyosa’s Moors and Christians celebrations has opened at Vilamuseu, where it will remain until 2024. Entrance will be free throughout the month of August.

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JAPPI IDEA

No notice ALTHOUGH Campello’s beaches and coves are currently closed between 1am and 6pm to discourage “botellon” drinking sessions, 20 young people were fined by the Local Police on the first night the restrictions were in place.

Photo credit: Alexandre Fratini

JAPPI EXPERIENCE: Benidorm’s low season campaign gets underway.

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Aid for Alicante tourism ALICANTE Province’s tourist industry received almost €9 million in direct Generalitat aid to alleviate the effects of Covid‐19.

This was more than either Valencia or Castellon province re‐ ceived, pointed out Herick Campos, the Valencian Community’s di‐ rector general for Tourism.

Speaking in Javea, Campos revealed that the regional govern‐ ment had dealt with more than 1,500 Alicante applications. “We were the first to provide direct aid and the earliest in paying it,” the director general added. Payouts had included €274,000 for Javea, Campos said, during a meeting to discuss tourism concerns with the local mayor, Jose Chulvi and other councillors. These inevitably included Javea’s future share of the EU’s Next Generation funds.

“The meeting was very positive,” Campos said afterwards. “The Tourism department and Javea town hall will work together to drive forward the municipality’s Sustainable Tourist Destination plan.” The director general commented that Javea was in any case already a sustainable destination.

“This plan will shape and strengthen the municipality, promot‐ ing new accessibility, innovation and tourism intelligence projects,” he added Following the Javea meeting, Campos went on to Alcoy where he congratulated the mayor and city hall team for obtaining official Integrated System for Spanish Tourism Quality (Sicted) status.

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Beach closure THE town council of El Campello announced the decision on Wednesday August 4, that all the beaches and coves will be closed to the public overnight from 1am to 6am to stop illegal parties and drinking on the beaches.

The decree came into force on Friday August 6 and lasts until August 16. There will be strict police control in these areas to try to curb a phenomenon ‘up until now almost unheard of in the municipality’.

The council plans to issue fines for up to €3,000 which will be charged to either the offender or their guardians depending on their age.

UK travel rules for expats EXPATS travelling to the UK following the government’s announcement that Spain remains on its amber list still face some restrictions.

“If you have been fully vaccinated in Spain, you will not need to quarantine when you arrive in E ngland or take a day eight test. You still need to take a Covid-19 test in the three days before you travel, book and take a day two test and complete a passenger locator form,” the B ritish embassy in Madrid said.

Rapid response times ALICANTE’S fire service is set to be boosted with a €2.5 million investment. The project aims to modernise and renovate the Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue Service. It will include a variety of new equipment including rescue vehicles and kits.

Councillor for Safety Jose Ramon Gonzalez said the plan, “aims to ensure that our firefighters have the best and carry out their work on the front line quickly and effectively.” The plan, drawn up by commanders in the fire service, will improve response times across all units including mountain and sea rescues.

RESTRICTIONS: Spain remains on the UK’s amber list.

Expats returning to the UK will also need to show that they have been vaccinated, “You need to show your travel operator proof that you’ve been fully vaccinated with one of the authorised vaccines be-

fore you travel. This proof should be an E U Digital Covid Certificate for Europe, digital or paper certificate, showing you’ve had a full course of a European Medical Agency approved vaccination.

“ A s a precaution against the prevalence of the virus and variants in Spain, the UK is encouraging people travelling from S pain to use a P C R test for their pre-departure test,” the embassy added.

Scorcher for Montgo Golf Society FRIDAY August 6 saw probably the hottest temperature for a Montgo Golf Society fixture this year.

Eleven players took part in a Blue Tee competition, sponsored by John Day, where the ladies received a few extra shots and the men a few less. Unfortunately one of our guests, Jeannie White, had to stop due to the heat but the rest managed to struggle on.

Caz Welch won her third competition in four weeks with 36 points, followed by Nigel Siddall (35) and Alan Lowans (34).

Our other guest, Chris (Stella and Simon Fox’s son-in-law) won Nearest the Pin on Hole Six and Sue Burman Nearest the Pin on 16.

Like most weeks, no-one managed to get on Hole 11 and a card draw went to Stella Fox. The week’s only Two went to Nigel Siddall.

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Food donation TWO U3A Marina Baixa members recently met Callosa’s mayor, Andres Molina, and two councillors at the local Consum.

Here they purchased food and toiletries for the Food Bank and a donation of €200 was given and gratefully received.

Social Services in Callosa (Mancomunitat de Callosa d’En Sarria) covers not only Callosa itself but also the villages of Beniarda, Benifato, Benimantell, Bolulla, Castell de Guadalest, Confrides, Polop and Tarbena.

U3A Marina Baixa holds a raffle at each monthly meeting and all proceeds are donated to local charities.

Members often donate the prizes to reduce overheads and maximise the funds raised.

“If you have not heard of the association why not visit their website www.u3amarinabaixa.com where you can find information on all the events and activities that are offered to members,” said the U3A Marina Baixa’s secretary Joan Flint.

“Membership is just €10 a year and the next meeting is on Monday September 27 at the Casa de Cultura, Alfaz del Pi at 11am. There is no meeting in August.”

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NIBS EXTRA Stay-at-home

Filling up LAST month the Costa Blanca received a million tourists, of whom 85 per cent were Spanish, hoteliers’ association Hosbec revealed. This was 30 percentage points below 2019’s figures, but double those of 2020, prompting Hosbec to predict a possible 90 per cent occupancy for first-line establishments during August.

Family fury POLICE had to go to the aid of a 19-year-old driver whose car hit a child of seven near the General Hospital in Alicante City. The boy’s family attempted to attack the young woman after he was injured by the car’s side-view mirror in circumstances now under investigation.

No thanks ALICANTE Province has 47,000 over-50s who refused the antiCovid vaccine, citing fear or suspicion, especially of AstraZeneca and Janssen side-effects, according to Spain’s Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, Valencian Community figures show that 100 per cent of the region’s over-80s are immunised and 97.8 per cent of the over-70s.

Rogue drone THE Air Unit belonging to Benidorm’s Local Police is using equipment to detect and jam the frequencies and position controls of rogue drones.

Last week the unit tracked and identified an unauthorised operator who now faces a fine from Spain’s Aviation Safety and Security Agency (AESA).

Hard up A BANK OF SPAIN survey found that living costs in the DeniaJavea area (Benissa, Teulada, Els Poblets and Benitachell) are lower than in Madrid, Palma or Calpe (classed as Costa Blanca) but more expensive than Alicante, Murcia or Gandia. In contrast, Denia-Javea’s average wage is the Valencian Community’s lowest.

Plans for paella ALFAZ is making plans for World Paella Day. The date and venue have now been settled, and the celebrations will be held on September 26 at the municipal swimming pool.

The town hall has joined the Valencia-based social initiative which hopes that paella can obtain Intangible Cultural Heritage status like other national dishes, including pizza.

Other Residents councillor, Martine Mertens, explained during a recent meeting with Culture councillor, Luis Morant, and town

Photo credit: Alfaz town hall

THE L’Orant Jug, approximately 7,000 years old and decorated with schematic figures, was discovered in Cova de l’Or (Beniarres) in the 1950s and is now fully restored. Following loans to other museums in the past, it will now remain in Alcoy’s Archaeological Museum to guarantee its conservation.

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DATE SET: Martine Mertens, Luis Morant and town hall officials make plans for Paella Day.

Collaboration requested JULIO OCA, Campello’s Beaches councillor, called on members of public to report vandalism when‐ ever they come across or witness it.

“Once again, employees from the Service department have found the Muchavista beach in a lamentable state,” Oca said last week.

“Wooden posts and anti‐Covid signs have been pulled up, litter bins damaged or removed and the remains of ‘botellon’ drinking sessions have been left behind,” the councillor complained.

The beach was in such a bad

state that the tractor had not been able to parcel out the sands, Oca said on August 5, the day be‐ fore all of Campello’s beaches were due to lose between 1am and 6am.

“Announcing that the beaches will close at night until August 16, and calls to vacate the sands so that the cleaning service can do its job, have not had the desired effect,” the councillor added.

Oca also said that he consid‐ ered it “essential” that anybody witnessing vandalism of any kind should contact the town hall’s Public Safety department.

Windsurfer’s mysterious death A WOMAN whose body was found 29 kilometres off Javea last June was identified as Al‐ gerian windsurfer Bakhta Ramdani. Aged 69 and a wind‐ surfer with more than 40 years’ experience, Ramdani disappeared last March from her home in Tipaza, 70 kilome‐ tres from Algiers.

Neighbours raised the alarm when she failed to return as usual after setting out, as she did most mornings, with her windsurf board.

A body washed up two

weeks later on the Jijel beach‐ es, initially believed to be Ram‐ dani’s, was soon ruled out by Algerian police and Guardia Civil investigators have now identified her via a DNA match.

The body spotted by a fish‐ ing boat last June off the Javea coast was wearing a neoprene suit and harness but although she had clearly been swept southwards by strong currents the circumstances of Ram‐ dani’s death remain a mystery, Guardia Civil sources said.

CALPE Town Hall has engaged 56 employ‐ ees through its Plan de Empleo Local (Local Employment Plan). Forty‐nine have already started work with the remainder due to be‐ gin shortly, announced Calpe mayor, Ana Sala. All will be working on temporary con‐ tracts until December 31.

“This is another project directed at help‐ ing Calpe residents,” Sala said.

hall officials that she has been in touch with Alfaz’s many groups and associations.

All are enthusiastic about supporting this year’s edition of Paella Day, which will also use the latest technology to enable as many people as possible to participate in the event, Mertens said.

The present circumstances mean that the celebrations must be planned to avoid overcrowding, both to guarantee participants’ safety and ensure that the event can continue, she explained.

Benidorm Arts and Crafts Fair THE Arts and Crafts Fair at the Melia Villaitana resort in Benidorm now opens on Sat‐ urday and Wednesday evenings.

It is not necessary to be a guest of the hotel to visit the fair situated in the central square of this holiday resort which resembles a typical Mediterranean village.

The stalls change from one day to the next with a wide choice of pottery, paintings, wood carvings, toys and jew‐ ellery as well as handmade shoes and sandals.

The fair is organised by craft association Amata, where arti‐ sans only sell their own work with no factory‐produced or imported goods.

The fair is held on Wednes‐ day and Saturday evenings from 7pm until after midnight.

Melia Villaitana is located on Avenida Alcalde Eduardo Za‐ plana (near Terra Mítica) and there is ample free parking space.

Ring Amata on 639 979 678 for more information about the fair in English, German, Dutch, French or Spanish.

Lost and found A LORRY‐DRIVER arrested in Castalla was five time over the legal limit for professional drivers.

Earlier, the manager of the transport firm for which he works in Ribarroja (Valencia), contacted the Guardia Civil because the 39‐year‐ old who was driving the 40‐ton lorry had not arrived on schedule at his destination in Lorcha (Alicante).

To allay fears that something had happened to the driver or that he was the victim of a crime, Guardia Civil motorcycle officers were sent out from the force’s Alcoy headquarters to look for the vehicle.

After locating the lorry in Castalla, the officers flagged it down as they could see that it was erratically‐driven. Immediately aware that a breath‐test was called for, they found the driver had drunk five times more than was permitted.

He now faces a prison term of up to two years and risks losing his driving licence for six.

Jobs against the pandemic “We are promoting active labour policies in the battle against unemployment created by the pandemic.”

The Local Employment is financed with €1 million from Calpe’s Budget surplus and aims to help Calpe residents who are aged

16 or over and registered on the municipal Padron since January 1, 2021.

All should have been jobless for between three and six consecutive months and not receiving any type of unemployment bene‐ fit or grant.

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Waiting BENIDORM Town Hall is waiting to learn if the cen‐ tral government will agree to cede approxi‐ mately three kilometres of the N‐332.

The initial request in September last year in‐ cluded the transfer of all the N‐332 inside the Benidorm boundaries, two sections totalling al‐ most eight kilometres.

“On this occasion the Ministry of Transport replied rapidly, taking just over a week to turn down our request,” revealed Benidorm’s mayor, Toni Perez.

The Ministry main‐ tained that one of the sec‐ tions was not located in a built‐up area and had “in‐ tense” traffic not bound for Benidorm. It was also indispensable for the AP‐ 7 transport system which is part of the E‐15 road linking Inverness, France and Algeciras, according to Madrid.

“In view of this reply, we resubmitted the re‐ quest, this time asking for the section not consid‐ ered interurban that is sit‐ uated between the Sant Jaume cemetery and the Alfaz boundary,” Perez said.

Unlike Benidorm, the Ministry transferred all of the N‐332 inside Alfaz to the town hall last year, in‐ cluding the continuation of the section that Benidorm is now request‐ ing.

“Adding this road to Benidorm’s system would bring significant improve‐ ments with safe crossings for pedestrians and cy‐ clists,” Perez said.

More police JAVEA has an additional 15 established Local Po‐ lice officers.

They were recently sworn in after passing en‐ trance exams to cover all vacancies on the local force and bring to an end the temporary status of some officers.

Seven trainee officers are now on duty, adding a total of 21 officers.

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Beach drone prevention TEN municipalities, including Benidorm, will prevent drowning by using drones on the beaches this sum‐ mer that will monitor bathers’ safety and launch life jackets to anyone seen in distress.

The pioneering ‘Stop Drowning’ pro‐ ject was announced by the president of the Valencian government, Ximo Puig, and the Minister of Justice, Gabriela Bravo.

A total of 61 bathers died last year on the Valencian coast and 23 have al‐ ready died this year, prompting the use of surveillance in the sky.

“They are unaffordable figures. We cannot stand idly by,” said Bravo, who also stressed the necessity to “raise awareness and inform,” warning that “reckless behaviour” at sea risks the “consequence of death.”

Bravo also stressed the need for

BENIDORM: Drones will be used on the beaches for safety. bathers to adhere to the flags on beaches and to not bathe when there are no lifeguards present, if there are any health issues or if a red flag is flying.

The councillor stressed that drones can save lives and prevent drowning by launching life jackets: “We are going to evaluate how they work and we will

study their possible implementation in all coastal municipalities.”

Bravo said that her department will work with the Red Cross and the Valen‐ cian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FVMP) to study the most common reason for drownings, also determining where they occur most.

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Low season solution from Front page » JAPPI EXPERIENCE is the outcome of collaboration between six associations that represent Benidorm’s tourism and leisure industries.

They are launching holiday packages that include accommodation and meals as well as reductions in shops and leisure venues during the low sea‐ son.

The associations represent holiday apartments (Aptur) as well as bars, restaurants and cafes (Abreca) and their cooperative (Cobreca), together with Ociobal (discos and nightlife), Aico (shops) and the Benidorm and Area Campsites Association.

Abreca‐Cobreca’s Alexandre Fratini explained that the idea was hatched some time ago without materialising: “Now it has seen the light of day as we

unite because of the events of the last 16 months.”

Fratini pointed out that Jappi Experi‐ ence incorporates all the elements that a holiday destination like Benidorm needs to continue to triumph and lead the world’s tourism scene.

From October onwards, tourists will be able to reserve an apartment, hotel or campsite, book meals in restaurants in Benidorm and the surrounding area, while obtaining discounts for shops, ex‐ cursions, pubs, discos and other activi‐ ties included in the scheme.

The Jappi Experience launch, which was attended by Benidorm’s mayor Toni Perez, was the first event in the initiative’s publicity campaign before its logoed campervan left on a nationwide tour to cover thousands of kilometres throughout August, promoting the low season package deals.

Brit buzzing over surprise guest A BRITISH homeowner in Spain was astonished to come back to his property after 18 months to find an enormous bees’ nest had attached to one of his windows.

Geoff Whitton contacted the Euro Weekly News after making the discovery and said he has now called in an expert to handle the mammoth nest.

Mr Whitton said: “We have a villa in Moraira, and due to Covid, have been unable to visit for 18 months.”

He said when he arrived back he found a large nest attached to the outside of a window. Mr Whitton has now contacted a beekeeper for information on what to do with them.

BEES’ NEST: Was attached to the outside of the window.

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ALMOST 56 per cent of our readers think that English is harder to learn as a foreigner than Spanish.

Despite most of the people who took part in our online survey being English speakers, they admitted that for a foreigner, English is probably harder to learn than Spanish is for them. Just over 38 per cent consider that Spanish is harder and the remaining participants said that both lan‐ guages are equally hard. One reader said “I am German and would say they are both of a similar level of difficulty,” while another reader said that it “depends on how old you are.”

It seems that for those who find learning Spanish difficult, the verbs are the main culprits, with one reader saying “to simply communicate well, English is harder, but to read and write perfectly and at a higher level; Spanish. Those verbs are killers.” Another said that the most diffi‐ cult thing for her about Spanish is “I can ask questions, but have no idea of the answer!”

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Outrage among travel agencies THE Association of Valen‐ cian travel agencies, AEVAV, has voiced its outrage at the Costa Blanca hotel employ‐ er’s association ‐ HOSBEC ‐ for creating the problem that has resulted in the Im‐ serso trips being temporari‐ ly suspended this autumn, after they lodged an appeal at the end of July to the Central Administrative Court of Contractual Ap‐ peals (TCARC), against the low prices, and specifica‐ tions being offered in the scheme.

Miguel Jimenez, the presi‐ dent of AEVAV, said that travel agencies in the Valen‐ cia region now face the

prospect of laying staff off, and new ERTEs from September, if Imserso is in‐ deed delayed, and showed his displeasure at the way in which HOSBEC launched its appeal, when so many jobs depend on the Imserso scheme during the low sea‐ son.

Mr Jimenez, in a state‐ ment, pointed out that in his opinion, it would have been a lot better had the associa‐ tion of hotel employees had approached the administra‐ tion in advance, and sat down and discussed alterna‐ tive ways of enabling Imser‐ so to continue, to try and reach an agreement, as op‐

posed to making the appeal without taking into account the consequences of that ac‐ tion on travel agencies.

As the AEVAV president pointed out, Imserso trips normally begin each year at the end of September, which is not that many weeks away, and that any delay in a decision to the HOSBEC ap‐ peal being made is going to create problems for a lot of the smaller businesses who depend on Imserso, especial‐ ly even more so now, after the pandemic has hit the sector so badly, and move‐ ment within the travel agen‐ cies is at a minimum.

He went on to say that

Rural depopulation documentary A NEW 20‐episode reality TV show, Rural‐ mind, about Spain’s rural villages will be aired on YouTube and Twitch in October.

It will feature 40 contestants who must launch and develop ideas to tackle de‐ population in villages with less than 5,000 inhabitants.

The show’s co‐founder, Patricia Garcia Gomez, said the goal was to radically change people’s views of rural life: “We see the village as a place for rural tourism and agriculture, but never as a 21st‐century village, a place where start‐ ups of all kinds can be launched.”

The contestants will be sent to three villages in northern and central Spain that have a decreasing population where business plans will be made, with the

help of mentors. The contestants will eventually be whittled down to three winners who will each receive seed mon‐ ey of €3,000 (£2,550), with the hopes of showing a new perspective on rural life.

“There are thousands of new business‐ es that can be launched from small vil‐ lages that didn’t exist 50 years ago,” Gomez said, pointing out companies that use technology to monitor livestock or are focused on social media marketing, “That’s what we want to convey,” she continued.

Alejandro Hernandez, the show’s other co‐founder, said: “We’re always looking for the next Silicon Valley, but perhaps in the rural world, you can be just as inno‐ vative or even better.”

there were other formulas to solve the low prices estab‐ lished by the Ministry for Im‐ serso trips, including maybe offering half‐board, or ac‐ commodation only deals, as

opposed to the full board being offered, which straight away lowers the cost to ho‐ tels, whereas, if Imserso did get delayed, then travel agencies will only have the

third stage of the Generalitat Travel Bonus, which begins in mid‐September, and which may boost the sector a bit, although not as much as the Imserso, as reported.

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Best to get a third jab.

PEOPLE over 65 years old, who have been vaccinated and have had Covid have been found to have high levels of antibodies, which protect them three months after having been vaccinated.

Unfortunately, over 65s who have not had Covid as well as having been fully vaccinated, their immunity drops. A study revealed that these people need to be vaccinated with a third dose.

Third jab plans Buenaventura Clotet, the author of the study spoke to the Espejo Publico programme and explained. “Our study, carried out on 100 people over the age of 65, shows that those who have re‐ ceived the vaccine but have not previ‐

ously had the disease have a lower re‐ sponse than those who have had the disease and have been vaccinated,” she said.

Clotet also explained how vaccine third doses should be prioritised to give

Valencia herd immunity soon

BY the third week of August, 70 per cent of Valencians will be fully vaccinated against Covid‐19 and restrictions will begin to be lifted, said Ximo Puig, President of the Gen‐ eralitat. Puig said the community was able to make the “substantial advance” thanks to the delivery of Pfizer vaccines, and once herd immunity is reached, “we can begin to lift restrictions.”

Until then, he urged people to remain aware and cautious of new variants. How‐ ever, there are no plans to introduce a Covid passport requirement for entertain‐ ment venues, doing that before everyone had been offered a vaccine would be dis‐ criminatory, he added. Valencia hopes to

have all residents vaccinated by early Octo‐ ber. Schoolchildren are also in line for their first jab of a Covid‐19 vaccine before school begins in September.

Restrictions are currently in place in 77 municipalities in Valencia with a night time curfew between 1am and 6am and restric‐ tions on the number of people who can at‐ tend bars, restaurants and other venues in place. The court‐approved restrictions are in place until August 16, but may be ex‐ tended in some areas if the rate of infec‐ tion does not improve. However, as more people are vaccinated the plan is to “re‐ sponsibly” get back to normal, Puig said on August 3.

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the best protection to the elderly. “This has to lead us to prioritise when we start giving the third dose to all those over 65, especially those over 80 to receive the third dose. First of all, those who had on‐ ly received two doses of vaccines but had not had the disease. This is impor‐ tant when it comes to structuring how these people are treated and prioritising the vaccines,” said Clotet.

Luxury break for Sanchez PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez and his family are taking their holidays in style in two stunning locations.

The President, who will be off work until August 22, will travel to the government’s official residences in Lanzarote and at the Palacio de las Marismillas, a luxurious hunt‐ ing lodge, in the Coto de Doñana.

The residence in Lanzarote, La Mareta, was previously owned by King Hussein of Jordan who gifted it to Juan Carlos I in 1989.

The Sanchez family will be able to enjoy sea views, a swimming pool, heliport and sports fields. They have spent time at La Mareta before, in 2018 on New Year’s Eve and also last summer for a few days.

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Ryanair leaves Southend RYANAIR have announced that the London Southend Air‐ port will no longer be home to one of their bases from November 1, this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pan‐ demic.

Ryanair have been based at the airport located in Essex af‐ ter they signed a five‐year agreement and they have been there since 2018.

The global travel industry has been hit by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but tourism is returning. Ryanair is not the only travel operator to have been hit by the pandem‐ ic which saw non‐essential air travel halted in the UK for months.

The London based airport is run by Esken Ltd. “Esken, the aviation and energy infrastruc‐ ture group, has today been in‐

formed that Ryanair has stat‐ ed its intention to close its base at London Southend Air‐ port with effect from the start of the winter season this year,” said the company.

“As a result, Ryanair will cease operations based from London Southend Airport from November 1.

“Esken is currently in the process of reviewing the im‐ pact of such decision on its forecasts.

“However, the financial im‐ pact of Ryanair’s base closure will be mitigated by a reduc‐ tion in costs directly associated with serving Ryanair’s base and the low level of passen‐ gers expected during the win‐ ter season.

“Esken will provide a fur‐ ther update as soon as it is able.”

Start-up success THE Minerva Programme, an accelerator promoted by the Ministry of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities to‐ gether with Vodafone, has promoted a total of 183 start‐ups since its creation almost a decade ago.

These initiatives have already invoiced almost €11 million in 2020, 41.6 per cent more than in 2019.

The 80 per cent of companies accelerated by Minerva comes to mar‐ ket their products and services at the end of the programme. Some 40.3 per cent of start‐ups that reach the commercialisation phase have been able to sell their innovative solutions outside of Spain.

Almost half of these start‐ups have sold digital services or products oriented to companies and 46.5 per cent have developed business models based on the end consumer.

12 - 18 August 2021 ENLIGHT Renewable Ener‐ gy has signed an agree‐ ment to acquire a portfo‐ lio of photovoltaic solar energy projects, in several stages, that are currently under development in Spain, with potential ag‐ gregate capacity of ap‐ proximately 490 MWdc. The portfolio is made up of 10 projects in Andalucia and Valencia which have some of the best radiation in Spain, and supplements the location of the pro‐ jects the company is building and developing in Spain, currently in the Castilla La Mancha region.

The projects are held through special purpose companies, which at this stage hold most of the

Solar energy deal rights to the land for con‐ struction of the projects and the approvals to con‐ nect to the electricity grid.

“This is another expan‐ sion of our portfolio of

projects in Spain, which already includes the largest wind farm in Spain which is in advanced stages of construction, as well as another 800MWdc in development. The new

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portfolio, which already secured grid connection rights to the national elec‐ tricity grid, will add signif‐ icant solar power in high‐ radiation areas and will diversify our production sources in the Iberian re‐ gion,” said Zafir Yoeli, En‐ light’s senior vice‐presi‐ dent for business development.

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BRITISH holidaymakers will have to hand over €7 every three years as part of the European Union’s new European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) if they want to enjoy a continental break. The system will come into force by the end of 2022. It is thought that the fee could apply

EU visa required

to around 40 million people but 95 per cent of travellers are expected to be approved automatically. “The ETIAS authorisation will cost €7, which will be a one-off fee, and will be valid for three years and for multiple

entries,” said the European Commission. EU bureaucrats insist the system will be straightforward with an easy to fill in online form. “The process will be simple, fast and affordable,” the Commission added.

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Our readers are dog people AND cat people WE have an equal number of dog and cat people amongst our readers!

In our recent online survey, 28.5 per cent of participants claimed to be dog people and 28.5 per cent said they were cat people, while the remaining 43 per cent said they couldn’t choose between the two.

The number of pets has been on the rise in the past few years, and according to the Pet Food Industry National Association (ANFAAC) there are more than 28 million pets in Spain.

In fact, in Madrid alone there are more dogs and cats

than there are children aged under 10, and in the rest of Spain, there are now more homes with animals than with babies.

Statistics show that dogs, then cats are the clear favourites, followed by fish and birds, small mammals and reptiles.

The expense of having a pet can amount to as much as €1,200 per year, regardless of whether they are not pedigree breeds like 35 per cent of the dogs and 50 per cent of cats owned in Spain.

Owners also claim to spend

at least three hours per day on their pets, taking them for walks, to the beach, playing, doing sports or going to social events.

Thirty-four per cent of owners find pet-friendly accommodation for their vacation, 10 per cent go to pet friendly hotels, while 27 per cent leave them with family and friends and five per cent at kennels. They frequently buy them toys, snacks, clothes and even take them to spas.

Most claim to buy “quality” pet food over supermarket brands, despite the higher cost.

One year early WHEN people head off on holiday they normally intend to get to the airport early, but in one epic fail a woman arrived at the airport at 6am to discover that she was a shocking one year early for her flight home after her holiday. The woman had been enjoying a holiday in Croatia and was ready to head back to the UK. She made sure to arrive early at the airport to ensure that nothing could go wrong but she soon found she had made a ‘slight’ error with her flight booking.

Model Alexia Portmann took to TikTok to share her epic airport fail. She claims she ended up stuck in Croatia as she tried to head home to London. The young model showed a video of herself at the airport on TikTok, and it has racked up a shocking number of views.

She captioned the video and said:”As if I’ve

The model took her mistake well. just gotten to the airport at 6am and my flight turns out to be next year.”

She can be seen on the video as she laughs as she covers her mouth. It seems that she managed to take issue light-heartedly, something which not many people would be able to do.

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Snickers ditch advert

Mars Wrigley admitted that they were wrong.

SNICKERS have decided to ditch their ice cream advert in Spain fol‐ lowing a homophobia outcry.

The Snickers advert has been shown both in Spain and online, and was released only a few short weeks after 24‐year‐old Samuel Luiz was killed in an attack which was considered homophobic.

The ad showed Aless Gibaja, a Spanish influencer eating a Snick‐ ers before changing into a man with a beard. The advert slogan read: “You’re not yourself when you’re hungry.”

The State Federation of Les‐ bians, Gays and Bisexuals took to Twitter to condemn the advert

and said: “It is shame‐ ful and regrettable that at this point there are companies that continue to perpetuate stereotypes and promote homo‐ phobia.” Snickers quickly removed the advert and apologised. “In this specific campaign, the aim was to convey in a friendly and casual way that hunger can change your char‐ acter,” said Snickers.

“At no time has it been intend‐ ed to stigmatise or offend any per‐ son or group.”

Mars Wrigley, the parent firm for Snickers have also spoken out and admitted that they made a mistake, but have said they will

“do better in the future”. “We would like to whole heartedly apologise for any harm caused by a recent advert for Snickers Ice Cream in Spain,” said Mars Wrigley.

“We recognise that we got it wrong and have removed the on‐ line content immediately.

“We take equal rights seriously, we want a world where every‐ body is free to be themselves and we believe that we have a respon‐ sibility to play our part in creating that world.

“We will take the opportunity to learn from this mistake and do bet‐ ter in the future.”

Spain fights fires Poor show THE EU Civil Protection Mech‐ anism, including Spain, is channelling support to help combat unprecedented forest fires in Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean. Following requests from Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Italy and

Turkey, the European Union has now helped mobilise 14 firefighting planes, three heli‐ copters, some 1,300 rescuers and 250 vehicles.

In Greece alone, nine planes, close to 1,000 fire fighters and 200 vehicles are currently being deployed.

The latest offers over the weekend came from France, Germany, Poland, Austria and Slovakia, who are sending ground fire‐ fighting units. They will join forces already operating in the country including ground firefighting units from Cyprus, France, Czechia and Romania as well as planes from Cyprus, Sweden, France, Croatia and Spain.

Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenar‐ cic said on August 9, “We are mobilising one of Eu‐ rope’s biggest ever com‐ mon firefighting operations as multiple fires affect sev‐ eral countries simultane‐ ously. This shows the need to prioritise crisis response also at European level.”

FOLLOWING investigations by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Cus‐ toms, a total of £2.1 million was found to be owed to over 34,000 workers by John Lewis, The Body Shop and others.

The breaches took place be‐ tween 2011 and 2018 and employ‐ ers have since been made to pay back what they owed, and were fined an additional £3.2 million. The investigation found that 47 per cent of named employers wrongly de‐ ducted pay from workers’ wages, including for uniform and expens‐ es, 30 per cent failed to pay work‐ ers for all the time they had worked, such as when they worked overtime and 19 per cent paid the incorrect apprenticeship rate.

“Our minimum wage laws are there to ensure a fair day’s work gets a fair day’s pay. It is unaccept‐ able for any company to come up short. All employers, including those on this list, need to pay workers properly,” said Business Minister Paul Scully.

Minimum wage breaches can occur when workers are being paid on or just above the mini‐ mum wage rate, and then have deductions from their pay for uni‐ form or accommodation.

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Animal abuse investigated SEPRONA officers are investi‐ gating a man in Sevilla, after he was found to be in possession of a horse that was in a poor state of health.

On July 21 the officers learned of the existence of a horse in poor condition, which was at the entrance of a ware‐ house located in the Los Llanos Business Park, and upon paying a visit, they discovered the presence of an adult horse, at the exterior entrance of a me‐ chanical workshop, clearly in very poor hygienic sanitary conditions.

The animal was lying on the ground, without being able to get up, and with a marked state of nervousness, even putting his head underneath one of the parked cars as it did not have shade to shelter in the 38 degree heat.

Once the person in charge of the horse appeared, with the help of a forklift provided by him, it was possible to move the animal into the workshop, in order to protect it from the sun, and to try to hydrate it.

A registered veterinarian

POOR HEALTH: The animal was eventually put down.

was called to the scene, who provided urgent clinical assis‐ tance, but, after being given analgesics, intravenous serum, and other medications, the ani‐ mal still did not respond favourably. It was revealed that the animal was in a state of cachexia, with dyspnea, and with very high cardiac activity, so the veterinarian proceeded to euthanise the animal in or‐ der to avoid further suffering.

Half of EU overweight MORE than half of Europeans are overweight and the less educated are most likely to be pre-obese or obese. In Spain, just over half of men are overweight, while just less than 50 per cent of women are overweight.

While 45 per cent of adults living in the EU had a normal weight, slightly more than half (53 per cent) were considered as overweight (36 per cent pre-obese and 17 per cent obese) and almost 3 per cent as

underweight, according to their body mass index.

The pattern is also clear for education level, the proportion of overweight people falls as the educational level rises, while the percentage of overweight adults among those with low education level stood at 59 per cent in 2019, it was 54 per cent for those with a medium education level and 44 per cent for adults with a high education level.

Johnny Depp to receive Donostia IN something which is considered a controversial decision, the film festival has decided to give the Donostia Award to actor Johnny Depp. The award is a lifetime achievement award and honours ‘outstanding contributions to the film world.’

The decision is somewhat con‐ troversial due to the fact that last year a judge ruled that Depp had assaulted Amber Heard, his ex‐

wife, on more than one occasion.

The award will be presented on September 22, at the Kursaal Audi‐ torium in San Sebastian.

Depp has been called “one of contemporary cinema’s most tal‐ ented and versatile actors,” and has appeared in a stunning variety of films throughout his acting ca‐ reer. Other actors honoured with this award include Viggo Mortensen, who was the hon‐

oured recipient last year. Other winners include Meryl Streep, An‐ thony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, and Glenn Close.

Spain and Med countries worked least in Covid SPAIN, Greece and Italy worked the least hours during the Covid-19 pandemic, EU statistics reveal.

In 2020, the number of actual hours worked in the main job in the EU decreased by 12 per cent when compared with 2019. This decrease can be explained by the measures taken in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led many people to alternate between periods of work and periods of absence from work in 2020. As a result, more people worked fewer hours than usual and were absent from their jobs.

At the national level, there was a decline in hours worked across all Member States. The highest declines were recorded for Greece -19.7 per cent, Spain -19.5 per cent, Portugal and Italy both 19.0 per cent.

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Sky One scrapped ONE of the UK’s oldest non‐ter‐ restrial TV channels, originally launched back in 1982, has been scrapped. Sky one has been home in the UK to hit shows

such as The Simpsons, 24 star‐ ring Kiefer Sutherland, and Prison Break.

September 1 will see the Com‐ cast‐owned broadcaster launch

High Court decision DOZENS of jihadists could try to return to the UK after a recent High Court ruling. A woman from the north of England, known on‐ ly as D4, had her citizenship taken away from her in 2019 for rea‐ sons of “national security”.

D4 travelled to the Middle East to join Islamic State and she re‐ mains in the same camp in al‐Roj, Syria, that also houses Shamima Begum. A High Court judge found on July 30 that the grandmoth‐ er was wrongfully stripped of her British citizenship. The move to suspend her rights as a UK national was unlawful because the Home Office failed to inform her it was doing so.

The legal verdict did not dispute the decision to re‐ move her citizenship but rather the method of doing so. The judg‐ ment could pave the way for appeals from dozens of ji‐ hadists claiming the right to re‐ turn to the Dozens of jihadists may now appeal.

UK.

two new channels, Sky Showcase and Sky Max. Sky Showcase will replace Sky One on the TV guide and feature a selection of shows from across its portfolio, includ‐ ing Sky Nature, Sky Arts, SyFy and E!. It will also air selected high‐ lights from Sky Cinema and Sky Sports.

Sky Max, available on‐de‐ mand, will be home for original dramas like A Discovery of Witch‐ es, Cobra, and comedy and en‐ tertainment shows such as A League of Their Own. It will also play host to shows such as The Russell Howard Hour and DC Superheroes as well as a revival of Never Mind the Buzzcocks hosted by Greg Davies while Noel Fielding and Daisy May Cooper act as team captains.

Sky Comedy is also get‐ ting a refresh as it be‐ comes the home of Sky Original Comedy, with shows that previously aired on Sky One like Code 404 and Hit‐ men Reloaded mov‐ ing over.

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Inherit a bank account in Spain. Legal advice. Can they force us to open an account? Can you charge us for the certificate?

IN today’s article we are go‐ ing to talk about how to in‐ herit a bank account in Spain.

Certainly, Spanish banks re‐ quire from the heirs things that might not be legal. For example: more documenta‐ tion than necessary; payment of additional costs, etc.

Banks Delays It is very common for banks to take a long time to release inheritance funds. And this, even if the heirs have com‐ plied with the legal require‐ ments.

Legally, although there is no specific deadline. The Bank of Spain says that banks must act with the utmost diligence.

In the fulfillment of the inheri‐ tance process formalities.

And, in progressing the pro‐ bate process.

Can the bank charge us for our inheritance?

We must distinguish be‐ tween two types of proceed‐ ings and documents.

1. Certification of positions When we are going to pro‐

cess an inheritance, both for the adjudication (distribution of assets); As for the payment of the tax, we need to know the balances of the deceased in the bank. To do this, you must request a certificate of position on the date of death.

To confirm the value of the rights at this time; the con‐ tracted products; number of holders, etc.

The bank should NOT charge for this certificate. It must be free.

Thus, it is deduced from the website of the bank of Spain, and the Order EHA / 2899/2011 and its section on customer communications. It points out that banks must provide the heirs with the patrimonial situation of the deceased on the date of death.

2. Commission for the pro‐ cessing of inheritance

Due to the process of deal‐ ing with the inheritance, the bank of Spain says that it is possible to charge a commis‐ sion by the bank. But, this will depend on whether the bank advises the heirs, on the doc‐ umentation to present, pa‐ perwork, etc.

But, if the documentation is presented correctly and com‐ pleted by the client; directly or by his lawyers; we under‐ stand that you should not charge this commission. Be‐ cause, the bank only check it.

Charging this commission is only justified if the bank does advisory work, similar to an external professional.

Can the bank demand the opening of a new checking account in the name of the heirs to collect the inheri‐ tance?

NO. Although many banks do so. The beneficiary of the

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inheritance deny doing it.

As the Bank of Spain says, the bank must offer a free means of payment of money to the heirs.

The heir cannot be forced to open an account. Not even if it's free.

Different question is that in practice it may be convenient.

Conclusion on how to in‐ herit a bank account in Spain We will talk about this sub‐ ject in the future, with other matters related to the inheri‐ tance of accounts and bank products. But, it must be known that not everything re‐ quested by banks is legal. If you want to inherit in Spain and be represented by expert lawyers. If you want your rights to be respected, con‐ tact us at www.white‐ baos.com.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, it merely con‐ veys information related to le‐ gal issues.

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EU inks vaccine deal THE European Commission has signed an agreement with Novavax to acquire at

Winter sun sale FOR those who like to plan in advance, Jet2 has a choice of winter sun desti‐ nations on sale from Belfast International, Birm‐ ingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and London Stansted airports for winter 2022 and 2023.

Destinations include the Canary Islands as Madeira, Turkey and Cyprus.

“As well as meaning that customers can book their winter sunshine nice and early, the unrivalled choice of flights we have on sale means that customers can be totally flexible when it comes to choosing how long they want to holiday for,” said Steve Heapy, the CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.

least 200 million doses of its future vaccine against the coronavirus.

Under the agreement, member states will have ac‐ cess to 100 million Novavax vaccines by early 2022 and an option to purchase 100 mil‐ lion more in 2023.

“As new variants of the virus spread throughout Eu‐ rope and the world, this new contract with a company that is already successfully testing its vaccine against these vari‐ ants is an additional safeguard

for the protection of our pop‐ ulation,” said the Commis‐ sion’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, earlier this month.

Novavax is a biotech com‐ pany developing next‐genera‐ tion vaccines for serious infec‐ tious diseases. The EU said it is working with the company based on “a solid scientific evaluation, the technology used, the experience of the company in vaccine develop‐ ment and its production ca‐ pacity to supply the entire EU.”

Police arrest Poles THE Guardia Civil, National Po‐ lice and Polish police have dis‐ mantled a gang of drug traffick‐ ers operating in Poland and Spain.

Nine people were arrested and two cannabis plantations with more than 1,400 plants along with 25 kilograms of mari‐ huana‐derived products pre‐ pared for distribution were un‐ covered.

The gang planned to ship more than 1.2 tons of cannabis worth almost €5.3 million into Poland. Police seized assets, in‐ cluding luxury villas in Spain, val‐ ued at almost €5 million.

National Police in Alicante and the Valencia’s Guardia Civil were assisted by the Polish po‐ lice officers and the suspects de‐ tained in Spain now face extra‐ dition to Poland to face charges.

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Boris wants ‘Big Bang’ PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have called on the UK’s institutional in‐ vestors to “seize the moment for a ‘Investment Big Bang’” to boost Britain’s long‐term growth.

“It’s time we recognised the quality that other coun‐ tries see in the UK, and back ourselves by investing more money into the companies and infrastructure that will drive growth and prosperity across our coun‐ try,” Johnson and Sunak wrote in an open letter pub‐ lished this month.

“We want to see UK pension savers benefiting from the fruits of UK ingenuity and enterprise, being given the opportunity to back British success stories, and se‐ cure higher returns and better retirements,” they added.

Currently, global investors, including pension funds from Canada and Australia, are benefiting from the opportunities that UK long term investments afford, while UK institutional investors are under‐represented MORE wasted food is thrown out during the summer months than in autumn and winter and the government is urging people in Spain to take extra‐care to buy and use food sensibly.

Three out for four households in Spain throw out more food in the summer than they do during winter and the government is reminding consumers of the ‘Nothing is thrown away here’

UK needs to back its own companies. in owning UK assets. More than 80 per cent of UK de‐ fined contribution pension funds’ investments are in mostly listed securities, which represent only 20 per cent of the UK’s assets.

“The Prime Minister and Chancellor recognise that choosing which assets to invest in remains a matter for pension fund trustees and other institutional investors, but urges them to consider whether they could invest more UK assets that require longer‐duration invest‐ ments,” the government said in a statement.

Stop summer food waste campaign that was that it launched in June to combat waste throughout the food chain. According to the govern‐ ment, “In the summer season there is worse management in food use due to factors such as heat, vacations and more leisure time.”

Some 23.1 per cent of the food thrown away between spring and summer is cooked, a percentage that drops to 17.2 per cent in autumn and winter.

Over 42 per cent of households throw away prepared dishes in the summer , compared to 38.1 per cent in autumn and winter.

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Ashes ‘rain’ in Med THE Mediterranean coast in summer normally brings images to mind of stun‐ ning sea views and clear blue skies, however though, at the moment many areas of the eastern

Mediterranean are experi‐ encing a completely differ‐ ent reality as tempera‐ tures soar and reach record highs as in coun‐ tries such as Turkey, Greece and in parts of

Prison without bail A 77-YEAR-OLD man was arrested by the National Police after opening fire on a man who was trying to enter his house in the dark.

The detainee allegedly used his hunting shotgun to kill a 35-year-old man at his house in Ciudad Real.

The elderly man has been provisionally charged as the alleged perpetrator of the death. The court ordered that the elderly man be remanded into custody without bail.

The alleged homicide is still being investigated but National Police sources have explained that the el-

derly man heard noises in the early hours of the morning. When he went to investigate the source of the noises, he saw a person next to his house trying to force entry in the dark. He used his hunting shotgun to fire a series of shots before calling the National Police.

As reported, officers from the “National Police and the Local Police of Ciudad Real went to the house, as well as a mobile ICU, whose crew could only certify the death of the man who had been shot”, according to emergency services 112.

southern Italy blazes have been advancing.

An unprecedented heat‐ wave is being experienced in these countries and av‐ erage temperatures have hit a staggering 45 degrees Centigrade. This means that many Mediterranean regions have the ideal con‐ ditions for shockingly large fires to break out.

Firefighters performed an impressive 740 inter‐ ventions in southern Italy in the space of only one day. The area has been hit by a shocking amount of fires with the worst hit area being Sicily.

Sardinia has also been hard‐hit and only recently a state of emergency had to be declared after fires broke out on the western coast.

Other countries stepped in to help as best they could, and air support was sent in from France and Greece. Sadly though over 20,000 hectares of land were destroyed.

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Fake kidnapping A 51-YEAR-OLD woman has been investigated by the Guardia Civil in Oviedo for faking her own kidnapping in the town of Piloña, in As‐ turias.

The woman had allegedly been kidnapped on June 20, and was reported missing by her daughter who rang the

Guardia Civil to say that her mother had been tied up in‐ side a cab lorry by her ex‐ partner.

Officers rushed to the home of the ex‐partner but were able to verify that the woman was not in the cab of his lorry and that he had not kidnapped her. The offi‐

15 dogs abandoned every hour ACCORDING to data collected by the RSCE and based on figures from the Affinity Foundation, 15 unidentified dogs are abandoned in Spain every hour. The study highlights that this is 162,000 dogs that are “left to fend for them‐ selves” each year of which 120,000 do not have a mi‐ crochip. The RSCE has said that this means the person who owns the dog cannot be located and will not have to face fines for abandonment. It also means that the number of animals that are up for adoption increases and so does ex‐ penses for shelters, refuges and collection services.

It is estimated that it costs over €1 million each year just to microchip these abandoned dogs.

cers then contacted the daughter of ‘supposed kid‐ napping victim’. The daugh‐ ter was able to tell the offi‐ cers that her mother was located close to her ex‐part‐ ner’s home and was actually in her own car.

Officers were soon able to locate the woman on a rural road near the house of her ex‐partner, sitting in her car with her hands tied to the steering wheel with a cord.

Officers were puzzled when they discovered two plastic cable ties were hanging from the cord and were completely pulled closed.

The officers noted that the cable ties were doing nothing.

Officers investigated the case thoroughly and discov‐ ered that the events that the woman explained had not actually happened and that she had planned to im‐ plicate her ex‐partner in her kidnapping. She has now been charged for faking her own kidnapping.

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Beer brands dominate FRIDAY, August 6 was ‘World Beer Day’, and according to data from a study carried out

by Tiendeo.com, Spanish beers dominate 60 per cent of the national beer map, re‐ portedly followed by Dutch and German beers.

Their report was based specifically on the brands of beers that Spaniards had in‐ teracted online with over the last 12 months, which re‐ vealed the trend of a passion for national beers among Spanish drinkers, along with a wide range of locally pro‐ duced beers ‐ both national and international ‐ that re‐

spond to the new consumer demands, who are commit‐ ted to local production, sus‐ tainability, and traceability.

It is clear from the findings of the report that as far as beer drinking is concerned, the Spanish reveal a certain patriotism, and remain faith‐ ful to traditional Spanish brands ‐ even when some have been bought by foreign multinationals ‐ which is re‐ flected in the presence of more than 49 national brands in the study results, equiva‐ lent to 60 per cent of the mar‐ ket of national interest to beer drinkers.

Imported beers represent‐ ed the remaining 40 per cent, with some world‐famous brands appearing, such as Dutch brands, Heineken, and Amstel, who accounted for 21 per cent of the total, along with German beers on 3 per cent, and Mexican beers at 1.5 per cent.

Out of the total search re‐ sults, a massive 99 per cent were global beer giants, but out of the searches, Mahou accumulated 20 per cent of the total, Amstel ‐ which be‐ longs to the Heineken group ‐ had 14.8 per cent, and San Miguel had 11.6 per cent.

Mothers’ employment gap THE presence of children in the house‐ hold affects the employment rate of men and women differently and wom‐ en with children in Spain most likely to unemployed compared to other mothers with children in the EU. Overall, 72.2 per cent of women and

90.0 per cent of men with children aged 25‐54 were employed in the EU in 2020. In that same age category, but for people with no children, wom‐ en had a higher employment rate (76.8 per cent), while men had a lower employment rate (80.9 per cent).

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Arrested at port TWO British nationals have been arrested in the north of Spain, after a vehicle they were travelling in was found to have 283kg of marihuana hidden on board, as they were waiting to board the San‐ tander ferry to cross back to the United Kingdom, on July 21.

The incident occurred as the two men were in the customs area of Santander Port, waiting to drive their van onto the ferry, when their vehicle attracted the suspicions of Customs officers, who sub‐ sequently carried out a search of the van, though at first, they did not find anything out of the ordinary, with the police sniffer dogs not making any discovery.

It was at this point that Customs Surveillance Officials of the Tax Agency in Cantabria and the Basque Country, and members of the Cantabrian Guardia Civil, belonging to the Fiscal Section of the San‐ tander Pier, proceeded to inspect the ve‐ hicle with specialised equipment ‐ known as ‘Medusa’ ‐ that is designed to detect il‐ licit goods.

‘Medusa’ carried out a radiological in‐ spection on vehicles, and in this instance, it detected 283kg of marihuana inside 251

IN 2019, 8.4 per cent of the EU adult population consumed alcohol daily, 28.8 per cent weekly, 22.8 per cent monthly and 26.2 per cent never consumed or had not consumed any in the last 12 months. Daily alcohol intake was the most frequent in Portugal, with a fifth of the popula‐ tion consuming alcohol every day, followed by Spain.

Daily consumption of alcohol was found to in‐ crease with age. The lowest share of those who consumed alcohol the most frequently ‐ that is every day ‐ was recorded among those aged 15 to 24 (1.0 per cent) while the highest share in people

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As a result, the bust saw the two Brits arrested on charges of suspected drug trafficking, and they were placed at the disposal of Santander’s Court No2, where they went in front of a judge for sentenc‐ ing, and were subsequently sent to prison, with an investigation reportedly still continuing.

Cheers to that of 75 or over (16 per cent). However, the latter age group also accounted for the highest share that never consumed alcohol or had not con‐ sumed any in the past 12 months (40.3 per cent).

Daily alcohol intake was the most frequent in Portugal, with a fifth (20.7 per cent) of the popula‐ tion consuming alcohol every day, followed by Spain (13.0 per cent) and Italy (12.1 per cent). In contrast, the lowest share was around 1.0 per cent in Latvia and Lithuania.

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WANDA-HALCYON Televi‐ sion has announced a deal with regional movie studios for their exclusive use in Malaga and Valencia, whilst also revealing plans to open a further studio in Almeria.

Wanda‐Halcyon Televi‐ sion will be located for 12 months at the Figurarte Stu‐ dio in Molina, Malaga and Pasarela Studios in Valencia.

Susan Handler, Managing Director of Wanda‐Halcyon Television said the company Wanda was excited to start filming various productions in September such as ‘Marked‐The Unforgiven,’ ‘Smoking Gun ‐ A Murder Mystery’ at the studios.

Ms Handler also said that the company would be opening a production office in Malaga and expects to rent a studio in Almeria to service an existing produc‐ tion.

Wanda Halcyon has been actively hiring some of the top entertainment execu‐ tives in Spain to round out the management team and has hired more than 100 em‐ ployees over the past two months.

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Vaccine for all SPAIN is donating 7.5 million Covid‐19 vaccines to coun‐ tries in South America and the Caribbean.

After an agreement reached between AstraZeneca, COVAX and Spain, the first donations began last week with 101,760 going to Lima, Peru. Nicaragua received 97,920 doses. Paraguay will get 253,440 doses and Guatemala will get 201,600. These deliveries will be fol‐ lowed by another delivery to Ecuador.

“As the process progresses, it will continue with other shipments to the region which will reinforce the aid provided by Spain in recent months in the form of tech‐ nical cooperation and shipments of medicines and other supplies needed to fight Covid‐19,” the government said.

COVAX coordinates international resources to enable low‐to‐middle‐income countries equitable access to Covid‐19 tests, therapies, and vaccines. By 15 July 2020, 165 countries, including Spain, had joined COVAX.

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Habitable planet A TEAM of Spanish scientists and astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to shed new light on planets around a nearby star, L 9859, that resemble those in the inner Solar System.

Amongst the findings are a planet with half the mass of Venus , an ocean world, and a possibly habitable planet.

“The planet in the habitable zone may have an atmosphere that could protect and support life,” said Maria Rosa Zapatero Osorio, an astronomer at the Centre for Astrobiology in Madrid, Spain.

New law ensures equal access

SPAIN has launched a new law to ensure that disabled people have equal access to public spaces.

The Order aims to ensure, “The real effectiveness of universal accessibility and the right to equal opportunities and treatment for all people in public spaces that they enjoy as citizens.”

“To do this, it introduces rules to make them as understandable, usable and practicable as

possible, in conditions of safety and comfort and in the most independent and natural way possible,” the government said.

“The entry into force of the Order will undoubtedly have a positive impact on urban quality, good design and the recovery of public spaces for all people and especially for those who suffer some type of disability, be it permanent or temporary,” the government added.

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‘Tears of San Lorenzo’ Perseids shower

SHOOTING STARS: An annual natural phenomena.

Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2021 ON August 6, the Government in Gibraltar published a Bill for an Act to make provisions for the regulation of the production, import, export, marketing and supply of cannabis for medici‐ nal purposes.

The publication of this Bill follows the announcement by the Minister for Public Health in this year’s Budget debate.

The Government is keen to support the efforts of the pri‐ vate sector by establishing the appropriate legal and regulato‐ ry architecture in order to create a robustly regulated medici‐ nal cannabis industry. It has spared no effort in ensuring that the proposed Bill creates the potential for a new industry that is regulated fully in compliance with the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended from time to time.

It is the strict policy of the Government that only the most reputable businesses will be licensed under the proposed new regime and licensed businesses will therefore need to conduct their operations fully in compliance with the statutory licens‐ ing framework.

AUGUST in Spain means the hottest and busiest time of the year, but from a meteorological point of view, it is the month during which the most anticipated annual natural phenomena occurs - the Perseids shower, a rain of shooting stars, popularly known as the ‘Tears of San Lorenzo’, for its proximity to the holiday of the Spanish martyr of the same name.

This shower actually began on July 17, but the peak of the showers is expected to be tonight, Thursday August 12, between the hours of 9pm and midnight.

In order to observe the Perseids clearly, and with the bare eye, you are advised to find an observation point that provides a dark sky, with few obstacles to impair your view, such as buildings, mountains, or trees, with the National Geographic Institute recommending not to use any optical instruments such as telescopes, or binoculars, as they limit your maximum field of vision. The tears of San Lorenzo can still be seen until August 24, in some capacity.

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Can you sunburn your eyes?

WE all know that the sun’s UV rays can be harmful to our skin, but what about our eyes?

Many people don’t realise that our eyeballs can burn when exposed to sunlight too.

Specsavers Ópticas is on hand to explain this in more de‐ tail, as well as what we can do to prevent this from happening.

Jorge Martínez de Lizarduy Araico, store director of Spec‐ savers Ópticas in Benidorm, says: “Sunburned eyes, which can also be known as photoker‐ atitis or snow blindness, happen when you are overexposed to harmful UV rays without the correct eye protection. This can occur when sunlight reflects off concrete, sand, water and snow.

“The overexposure to your eye damages the cornea’s outer layer, temporarily causing it to become inflamed and sore.

“As well as potentially dam‐ aging your vision, sunburn also increases your risk of skin can‐ cer. In particular, basal cell carci‐ noma, which commonly devel‐ ops on areas most exposed to the sun, such as your face ‐ in‐ cluding your eyelids and the

skin around the eye.”

How do you know if your eyes are sun‐ burned?

Jorge says: “When your eyes are sunburned it can feel quite painful. Your eyes will go red or appear bloodshot and may also water. While they will feel very itchy it is important not to rub or scratch them as this could worsen the problem.”

He adds: “Depending on the extent of the damage and sun‐ burn, symptoms should ease within 24 to 48 hours. Moistur‐ ising eyedrops can also help with the healing process.

“Other symptoms also in‐ clude blurred vision, sensitivity to light and the feeling of grit or sand in your eyes.”

How can you treat sun‐ burned eyes?

Jorge’s advice is to: • Swap your contacts for sunglasses: Taking out your contact lenses will help to avoid further irritation, while sun‐ glasses will help to protect eyes while they heal.

• Stay inside: It is best to stay indoors while symptoms sub‐ side to avoid any further dam‐ age to your eyes.

• Cool down: Placing a cold compress or a fresh, damp cloth over closed eyes will help cool the eyes down and ease symp‐ toms.

• Avoid itching: While it can be difficult, try to avoid rubbing or itching eyes as this will make them worse.

• See your optician: If none of this helps and eyes continue

to feel sore for more than 48 hours, make sure you see your optician to check your eye health.

Protecting eyes from the sun ‐ “The best way to protect your eyes from the sun is through wearing a good pair of sunglasses with UV protection,” says Jorge. “Look for glasses car‐ rying the CE mark, or the British Standard (BS EN ISO 12312‐ 1:2013), as this ensures they match up to the appropriate safety standards.

“Wearing a wide‐brimmed hat can also help shade your eyes and protect your face. It is also really important that when you are spending time outdoors that you never look at the sun directly as this can damage your eyes.”

There are six Specsavers Ópticas stores on the Costa Blanca; in Javea, Calpe, Benidorm, Guardamar, La Zenia and Torrevieja. Visit www.specsavers.es to find your nearest store.

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Toxic cat food fear ACCORDING to reports, vets in the UK have been inundated by cases of pancytopenia. This can cause serious illness in cats and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced that in the past few months a shocking 500 plus cases have been seen.

A recall was put out for food made by Fold Hill Foods, in mid‐ June. This includes batches of Ap‐ plaws and AVA (a Pets at Home brand), and also batches of Sainsbury’s hypoallergenic cat foods. The RVC and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are inves‐ tigating, but so far they cannot

CAT FOOD: There have been reports of serious illness. confirm the cause of the shocking number of deaths.

Steven Barrett’s cat Freyja sad‐ ly died after being ill for around five days. She was an indoor cat

Spain’s agri-food power SPAIN’S agri‐food sector is the fourth largest agri‐food power in the EU and a world leader in products such as olive oil, pork, citrus fruits and wine. Spain is also one of the largest suppliers of fresh fruit and vegetables to Europe, said Luis Planas, Minister for Agriculture.

“It is a sector of great social and economic importance that con‐ tributes around 11 per cent of our country’s GDP and generates 2.8 million jobs,” he said.

In 2010 the value of food exports was €28 billion but by May 2021 it was worth €55 billion, and even though the pandemic hurt the Spanish economy overall, the agri‐food sector grew by 4.1 per cent, he added.

and had only ever eaten Applaws.

Sadly, her owner had heard noth‐ ing about the product recall until he looked into buying more food, only to find it was not available.

The RVC and FSA are still inves‐ tigating but they have said that the illness could also be caused by compounds naturally produced by fungi, called mycotoxins.

A Fold Hill spokesperson said: “As stated by the FSA, there is no definitive evidence to confirm a link at this stage between the cat food products and feline pancy‐ topenia. We continue to fully co‐ operate with both the FSA and the RVC as they continue to inves‐ tigate all potential causes of the pancytopenia cases, feed and non‐feed related.”

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Terrorist arrested in Mallorca THE Guardia Civil detained an Algerian man on July 31 in the town of Llucmajor, Mallorca, for terrorism offences.

Their investigation revealed that he led a criminal organisation involved in human trafficking with connections to “facilitating groups” based in North Africa.

Taking advantage of this infrastructure, the suspect facilitated the transfer of combatants from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to areas controlled

by jihadist factions in Libya, which he in turn financed with funds from his criminal activity.

The operation to detain the suspect was carried out in close cooperation with Interpol and the Algerian authorities. The suspect had multiple passports and travelled frequently, the Guardia Civil said.

The Guardia Civil suspects that the criminal organisation he was behind was bringing terrorist fighters from Algeria to Spain.

Separately, Interpol revealed that an organised crime group based in Spain which smuggled migrants by sea from Algeria to the Spanish coast was also dismantled by the authorities in early July.

Law enforcement officials from 47 countries participated in Operation Liberterra and carried out 500,000 inspections at checkpoints and airports as well as at hotspots identified through intelligence and investigations around the world.

Aviation market rebounds

AS of the start of August, Spain is the biggest aviation market in Europe ranked by scheduled seat capacity.

It has the number one international market and the number three domestic market, behind Russia and Turkey, making it the biggest domestic market in western Europe.

Before the pandemic Spain was number three in Europe, behind the UK and Germany.

Spain is at 70 per cent of 2019 capacity for August, more than any other leading western European nation and ahead of the Europe-

wide rate of 65 per cent.

The recovery in passenger traffic is lagging behind capacity for Europe as a whole, but the gap may be closing in Spain.

The top three airlines in Spain - Ryanair, Vueling and Iberia - have retained their precrisis rankings and increased their combined seat share from 42.5 per cent to 50.6 per cent.

Ryanair has a 22.1 per cent share versus 16.7 per cent for Vueling and 11.8 per cent for Iberia, but Iberia as a group has 30.3 per cent. IAG’s acquisition of Air Europa would take this to 35 per cent.

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Killer whale damages SOUNDING like something out of a Steven Spielberg film, earlier this month, three sepa‐ rate incidents off the coast of Barbate, in Cadiz Province, saw three boats damaged, the oc‐ cupants of which had to subse‐ quently be given assistance by the Maritime Rescue services, after incidents involving killer whales.

In the first incident, the Stel‐ la Maris contacted the rescue services at around 2.50pm, asking for assistance, in need of being towed ashore, report‐ ing damage to its rudder due to a run‐in with a school of killer whales, at which point the Salvamar Enif rescue boat was mobilised to the location, and proceeded to tow the stricken vessel back to the port of Barbate.

Shortly after the first rescue, at around 3pm, another craft, this time named El Tazar, also requested assistance, report‐ ing a similar incident with some killer whales, although in this case it did not need tow‐ ing, and the Salvamar Arcturus rescue boat was deployed.

Both incidents occurred around 1.5 miles off the shore by the Atlanterra urbanisation, but then, at around 6.45pm, another call came from the sailboat Le Veteran, which was located around 2.5 miles off the coast of Faro Camarinal, once again reporting a clash with killer whales which had left them without a rudder,

Orcas vs boats. which resulted in the Salvamar Arcturus being mobilised to tow the vessel into Barbate.

Spain at risk of deadly forest fires UPCOMING weather conditions and increasingly dry soil could put Spain at risk of deadly forest fires like the “catastrophic wave of fires of great magnitude” seen recently in Turkey, Greece, Italy and the Balkans. The government is urging residents and holiday‐ makers to exercise “caution and care, since it is a time of high risk and extreme caution is required.”

Seven “big fires” occurred between July 12 and July 27, in Castil‐ la‐La Mancha, Andalucia and Catalonia. Two of them in Ciudad Re‐ al, in the municipalities of Corral de Calatrava and Almaden, one in Cuenca and another in Albacete.

Ninety‐five per cent of forest fires are by human carelessness.

“We must pay all our attention to avoiding them, protecting our soil is everyone's job,” the government said.

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Heartening news

Panda-monium

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN has returned to Inter Milan’s training ground for the first time since his heart attack during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener with Finland, for tests to see if he can continue playing with the club after being fitted with a cardioverter defibrillator.

HUAN HUAN, a female giant panda on loan to France from China has given birth to twin cubs at the Beauval Zoo. She had already given birth to France’s first panda cub in 2017 and the new twins will be named by the Chinese president’s wife.

THE NETHERLANDS

NORWAY

Mallorca violence

No take off

DUTCH police have arrested a 19-year-old man from Hilversum for his role in two violent attacks on people holidaying in Mallorca last month. The man is suspected of kicking two people in the head, but did not attack the 27-year-old man who died in hospital after a beating.

A NEW airline, Oslo-based Norse Atlantic Airways hoped to fill the transatlantic void for cheap flights to the USA following the reorganisation of Norwegian Air, however due to government regulations and continued uncertainty caused by Covid-19 it is postponing launch until 2022.

BELGIUM

FINLAND

Stubbed out

Cat chip

IN what is thought to be the largest operation ever undertaken, around 150 police and customs from across Belgium have been involved in raids at a total of 10 factories manufacturing counterfeit cigarettes for sale mainly in France and the UK where prices have rocketed.

GERMANY Nazi tank SIX years after having been arrested for owning a Second World War Panther tank, an 84-year-old German who reportedly used to drive it through the streets of Kiel when it was snowing, is appearing in court charged with a breach of the War Weapons Control Act.

HAVING received more than 50,000 signatures, a private petition calling for all cats in Finland to be fitted with microchips has sufficient support for it to be presented to parliament for consideration. There are an estimated 700,000 cats in Finland, but only 5,000 are chipped each year.

SWEDEN Gun crime WORRIED about the rapidly rising increase in gun crime and the emergence of organised crime syndicates, the Swedish Government is considering granting greater powers to police to access mobile communications data, including chats in Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp in order to assist in fighting violent gangs.

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Mike Ashley THE colourful Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley is due to step down as CEO of holding company Frasers Group in favour of his future son-in-law Michael Murray with effect from May 1 next year although Ashley will remain on the board as a director.

Production up ONE good sign of how an economy is progressing concerns the volume of industrial production the country achieves and in the case of Spain, it has been rising for the last four months with an 11.2 per cent boost in June according to the National Institute of Statistics.

Greggs expands WITH better-than-expected figures following the reopening of its high street stores, bakery chain Greggs is sufficiently enthusiastic about the future that it now plans to open a further 100 stores this year employing 500 staff as first half sales returned to pre-pandemic levels.

European funds EARMARKING funds from its Development budget, the European Commission has announced that it will grant more than €1 billion to the autonomous communities of Madrid, Aragon, the Balearic Islands and Extremadura to help strengthen their health facilities which have been put under strain by the pandemic.

Renfe investing SPAIN’S national train operator Renfe has announced that it will spend €35 million to update 44 of its existing trains.

Built by Spanish manufacturer Talgo between 2010 and 2012 the trains still have plenty of life left in them but need to be upgraded to be suitable to provide service on new high-speed lines.

In addition, they will be completely refurbished internally replacing seats, floors and toilets and introducing new passenger information screens as well as better access to WiFi for use while travelling.

This upgraded rolling stock will be introduced over the next three years with some trains ready by the end of 2021.

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€2.7 billion

is the amount that British investment fund CVC has paid to take a 10 per cent stake in Spain’s La Liga.

An eco-friendly digital euro THE concept of digital cur‐ rency has been around for several years and the majori‐ ty of Central Banks including the European Central Bank (ECB) favour an official cryp‐ tocurrency.

The ECB has been review‐ ing the matter for more than nine months and has taken the next step by launching a formal investigation phase of a digital euro project.

“Our work aims to ensure that in the digital age citizens and firms continue to have

access to the safest form of money, central bank mon‐ ey” commented ECB Presi‐ dent Christine Lagarde. The investigation phase will last 24 months and aim to ad‐ dress key issues regarding design and distribution.

A digital euro must be able to meet the needs of Europeans while at the same time helping to prevent illicit activities and avoiding any undesirable impact on finan‐ cial stability and monetary policy.

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Politicians, bankers and law enforcement agencies see significant ongoing dan‐ gers with uncontrolled cryp‐ tocurrencies such as Bitcoin, which recently broke the $40,000 (€33,876) barrier as it is an almost untraceable ‘dark’ currency.

In addition to its easy use by criminals, it has seen nu‐ merous people investing in the currency and then not declaring profits when the value goes up, so significant tax income may be lost.

Both the Eurosystem TAR‐ GET Instant Payment Settle‐ ment (TIPS) and alternatives like blockchain could process more than 40,000 transac‐ tions per second.

A digital euro core infras‐ tructure would be environ‐ mentally friendly: for the ar‐ chitectures that were tested, the power used to run tens of thousands of transactions per second is negligible com‐ pared with the energy con‐ sumption of crypto‐assets such as Bitcoin.

Wills in Spain

Can he avoid double tax?

I A M a British pensioner with an extra works pension. I pay income tax on these in the UK. Now that I am a ‘resident’, the Spanish Tax Agency wants me to pay tax here. However, I still pay UK income tax at 20 per cent and I understand this will be 22 per cent in Spain. My questions to our local Consulate and to the UK tax office have so far brought no result. I consulted a Spanish lawyer, who also was unable to help. What can I do?

R L (Mallorca)

DAVID SEARL

Y O U need to obtain Form S1, YOU AND THE LAW Spain‐Individual, IN SPAIN and FD9 to apply for relief at source from United Kingdom income tax and also claim any repayment of UK tax which you may be owed from HM Revenue & Customs. You can write to HM Revenue & Customs at Ty Glas, Ty Glas Road, Llanishen, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF14 5YA. You can telephone HMRC for help during UK office hours from outside the UK at +44 135 535 9022. The form itself is quite daunting, at 18 pages. Finally you deliver the completed form to your nearest Spanish Tax Agency office

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

THANKS to the inventive mind of an 82‐year‐old Galician, a Spanish company traps vapour in the air to create drinking water.

The company Aquaer which is based in Sevilla is dedicated to create drinking water where no other sources are available and has produced a relatively small refrigerating unit which simply us‐ es humidity to create water.

Get a copy of the will.

WE previously looked at procedures which need to be carried out within 48 hours when someone dies in Spain. The following are not so urgent: After 15 days, you can request the Certificado de Actos de Ulti‐ mas Voluntades. This is a certificate which will show if a person left a will. It can be requested online from the Ministry of Justice, or in person or by post by filling in a form which can be picked up at their offices. You will need the original (or officially stamped) death certificate and proof of payment of the fee for issuing the certificate.

The certificate will show the notary who authorised the will so that a copy can be obtained. If several were made, only the most recent one is valid.

If there is no will, the legal heirs must file an Inheritance Decla‐ ration which will then be authorised by a notary in order to name the legal heirs.

If you have been named as an heir in a will, you may accept or reject the inheritance.

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Creating water They have patented the concept which was put into practice by of‐ ficially retired but still involved Enrique Veiga who came up with the idea and the company is now producing units which can supply a family or a whole village even in the driest of conditions.

Depending upon the source of electricity used, the Aquaer Gen‐ erator is environmentally friendly and does not cause any kind of pollution.

In the UK, there are regular TV adverts calling for funding to sup‐ ply clean water to African villages

On the warpath WOMEN Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) are urging women affected by lack of infor‐ mation to write to their MP to complain.

This follows the findings by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) that the Government had failed to give women adequate notice concerning the fact that their pensionable age would jump from 60 to 65 or higher.

“The DWP’s own research showed that women were not sufficiently aware of the changes, yet they failed to act.

This inaction had devastating and life‐altering impacts on women across the country” commented WASPI’s Chair, An‐ gela Madden.

If you are affected and are still on the electoral list, visit www.waspi.org to view a letter template.

Australian investment THE proposed purchase of just under 23 per cent of the stock in power and gas company Natur‐ gy Energy Group SA has been welcomed by the Spanish Gov‐ ernment. It sees the purchase by Australian IFM Global Infrastruc‐ ture Fund as a sign of interna‐ tional investor confidence in Spain and its economy going for‐ ward. There are conditions as the Spanish Government wants to ensure that staff and invest‐ ment in Spain are maintained and that the company should re‐ main listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange with the clear commit‐ ment to concentrate on renew‐ able energy.

The offer price is now €22.07 per share and the deal can only proceed if approved by Spain’s market regulator CNMV. in particular and this appears to be a potentially ideal solution provided that a source of electric‐ ity is available.

The Government of Namibia in Southern Africa has ordered 1,500 of the units, some which can pro‐ duce several thousand litres of water each day in order to cope with ongoing drought and the desert‐like conditions.

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Tory Party Advisory Board funding under the microscope.

ALTHOUGH there have been well‐documented allegations of corruption in Spanish politics, funding for Spain’s political par‐ ties mainly comes from the pub‐ lic purse.

This was decided in the early days of the new democratic regime in the country and was intended to assist in subsidising, without favour, electoral cam‐ paigns and general running of different political parties.

At that time, ‘top ups’ from private sources were allowed but then were banned unless the donations were made anonymously and this practice was also stopped in 2007.

Almost encouraging elections, it may be surprising to learn that following a general election, each party receives a payment based on the overall number of votes it receives.

In the UK however the situa‐ tion is quite different where po‐

litical parties are funded by membership fees, private, union or corporate donations and to a lesser extent, state funding which is reserved for administra‐ tion costs.

The larger parties in particular are always looking for new methods of funding and it now transpires that for the ‘bargain’ price of £250,000 (€275,000) you can become a member of the relatively unsung Conservative Party Advisory Board.

The Labour Party believes this to be nothing more than a secre‐ tive way of getting to meet Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak with the aim of influencing policy, es‐ pecially as new tax laws are around the corner.

The Conservative Party denies this and just shrugs it off as an‐ other way of raising funds simi‐ lar to the Labour Party which runs its own Chair Circle Mem‐ bership group whose members

Bouncing back THE two ‘weak’ links of the eurozone, Italy and Spain have surprised many by the strength of their economies in the second quarter of 2021.

According to figures released by European Union agency Eurostat, the eurozone which comprises 19 members of the EU beat forecasts of 1.5 per cent growth in the quarter by hitting 2 per cent even though France and Germany underperformed against expectations.

Having seen a significant reduction in growth in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic, the eurozone now looks as if it could grow by nearly 14 per cent in 2021 as economies recover.

can pay a fee to get access to members of the Shadow Cabi‐ net, but they come cheaper at around £5,000 (€5,500).

BUSINESS EXTRA Coping strategy IN order to cope with life during the pandemic, fashion giant Inditex reportedly gave free laptops to its entire Spanish work force of more than 40,000 so that they could work remotely wherever possible and had photographs for online campaigns taken from a distance.

Property sales SPANISH newspaper Expansion has reported that the number of properties sold in June 2021 was 71.2 per cent higher than the same month last year and that prices are 2.3 per cent higher on average. Although good news for sellers, pandemic restrictions were then in place.

Spanish economy WHILST discussing the future of the Spanish economy, Minister Nadia Calviño forecast that it was expected to see one of the healthiest expansions of all major economies during 2022 with forecast growth of 7 per cent which could well be topped in 2023.

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It’s not rocket science

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT IT was with great sadness, and not a little anger that I heard reports of the ever increasing acts of anti‐Semitism in the UK. This greatly persecuted, cultured race of people came to UK shores both during and in the aftermath of the Second World War after the British government and its people offered them both refuge and protection from the tyranny and horrors of Nazi Germany. These beleaguered Jewish immigrants quickly integrated with the indigenous population and proceeded to bring all their expertise, hard work and industrious acumen to bear.

They opened businesses, entered into many professions, including medicine and banking. Many became successful and were ultimately responsible for creating employment for thousands of the resident population. Despite retaining all the trappings of their own faith and developing individual localities for their people, they never in any way attempted to interfere or change the culture of their predominately Christian hosts and indeed the areas they did proudly inhabit became pleasantly middle class, peaceful and trouble free.

ANTI-SEMITISM: Many acts have been recorded.

In other words they were an asset and a shining example of what true diversity and integration is all about. All this of course took place long before many of the immigrants from the Middle East opted to bring their dislike of the Jewish race with them, when they too were offered the sanctuary and benefits of the United Kingdom.

There have now been over 1,300 acts of anti‐Semitism recorded in the first six months of 2021. These have ranged from a convoy of cars filled with Islamists waving Palestinian flags, driving around predominately Jewish areas screaming anti sematic slogans, to a Rabbi seriously injured after being struck over the head

with a brick. This is betraying all the promises and assurances of a safe and peaceful refuge the British people and government offered to these genuine refugees in those dark days of yore.

Many Jewish people are now frightened to go out after dark. Some are wondering if Britain is a safe place any

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more and others are actually leaving the country. This is a terrible state of affairs. To expect intelligence insulting Home Secretary Patel, who says all the right words and does absolutely zilch, to London’s Mayor Khan, who, in a recently emerged photo, was shown protesting against the imprisonment of a Jihadist in 2004, to actually make any great effort to resolve this utterly unacceptable state of affairs is, I’m afraid, akin to believing in the tooth fairy.

The lefties of the Labour government and a number of Universities have also been guilty of a whole gambit of anti‐ sematic attitudes and actions. Do you know the most disturbing fact to emerge from all of this? While Jihadists consider the Jewish people their arch enemies, the religion the extremists dislike with an equal passion is Christianity. Untold numbers of fighting fit young men who support these extreme views and beliefs are arriving on British shores every week.

Doesn’t anyone recognise the dangers emerging from this unimpeded state of affairs ‐ a situation that Patel appears unable to control? Not rocket science is it!

Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com To read more articles from our columnists and to have your say in the comments go to www.euroweeklynews.com

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CANARIES DEAR Reader, I imagine you’ve read ex‐Genesis drummer Chris Stewart’s pleasant book ‘Driving Over Lemons’ about life up there in the Alpujarras?

It occurs to me that I should be writing you a Driving Over Mangos treatise now we’re in August, but the ‘living‐with‐pic‐ turesque‐foreigners’ genre’s best left to those who like it and anyway, to be strictly accurate, we’re walking rather than driving over our fruit here.

The Canarian mango story’s a classic because, like so many other tales of considerable human endeavour, it’s gone wrong. Fruit’s meant to be eaten, not used as ground cover, but here on the island of La Gomera rotting mangos carpet plantations and paths.

As I write, a pleasant mango essence wafts around me, but mangos soon rot in this heat, attracting millions of flies and it’ll soon be time to collect other people’s rotten fruit to avoid them. No‐ body much bothers to pick the fruit.

There’s no small grower collective or co‐ operative to organise exportation and there’s a limit to just how many mangos a community can eat, freeze, juice or

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Walking over mangos Intensive Care units are under pressure. chutney.

Native to SE Asia, mangos came here from the Philippines at the end of the 18th century, with other strains from Cuba and Venezuela arriving a century later.

There were none in mainland Spain until the 20th century.

There are 429 hectares planted with mangos in the Canaries, producing 18,000kg per hectare. Go figure! If any enterprising entrepreneurs read this, do please get in touch.

Moving away from mangos, a selec‐ tion of other Canarian news follows:

Our intensive care units are so over‐ loaded with new Covid cases that they’re on the verge of collapse. Many of the afflicted are 25‐50‐year‐olds and this, together with news that entrance to public places will be limited to those who’ve been vaccinated, has resulted in thousands of young people queuing for vaccinations.

Central government has announced that the Canaries will receive 55 per cent of EU funding available to pur‐ chase three and a half million more dos‐ es of vaccine.

Morocco’s friendship with the USA

Lazaro’s wing has now healed and he can fly free. continues to fuel our nearest neigh‐ bour’s ‘defence’ capacity and its aquisi‐ tion of Bayraktar TB2 drones capable of carrying and firing missiles is causing concern.

In Los Realejos, Tenerife, six mem‐ bers of the same family have finally been arrested for crimes of robbery with violence and intimidation, causing injury, and threatening behaviour.

Neighbour ‘José, who understandably asked not to be identified, told EWN: “It’s incredible that this family’s had such a long run of criminal behaviour without attracting any police attention

whatsoever! Several of us have com‐ plained to the police, but our refusal to denounce them and give our names has meant they’ve done nothing.”

On a lighter note, Lázaro, a young Black Kite who suffered a broken wing, treated at Gran Canaria’s Recuperation Centre for Wild Fauna, can now rise above rotting mangos, failing intensive care units, Moroccan armaments and police complacency, after his release in Valsequillo, Gran Canaria.

Long may he fly free!

Barbara Belt. barbarabelt@gmail.com

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ANDALUCIA HEALTH From our Facebook Dear Sirs, You were most helpful earlier in the year and I have another problem which affects all patients of any nationalities trying to visit their health centre.

I received a communication from the Junta de Andalucia back at the end of February concerning the return of face to face consultations with doctors starting on March 2, 2021.

As far as Torrequebrada is concerned one has to run the gauntlet of a private security person before you can cross the threshold and a request to consult the interpreter is often refused. There is little contact with anyone medical at all. In our case we have seen our family doctor once in 17 months. We should not have to give personal info to a non-health worker.

As an example of my own problem, I will bore you shortly with the details.

I went to the chemist to get my monthly supply of medication with my Tarjeta Sanataria to be told it had expired.

No longer do we receive an updated printed list as it is done over the phone!!

I then telephoned my Health Centre only to be told that I can only update the card by going in person!! I caught a bus, (I gave up driving two months ago - I am approaching 85 years old) got to the Health Centre about 4pm only to find that since mid July it shut at 3pm. I returned to the very helpful chemist who offered to book me an appointment if she could. She managed to book me an appointment for an update of my medication for a telephone call between 08.57 and 10.57 on August 11!!! Eight days and a window of two hours to get a card updated - took three minutes back in January. Surely this is not the excellent service we have grown to expect.

I do hope I have not bored you too much but it really is a joke. Nothing important seems to be done there now and if you have aches and pains etc you are pointed in the direction of Urgencias at Benalmadena hospital.

T Hirst

Racist propaganda Hi Leapy, I agree with you totally about the bias the TV is showing with regards to black people these days.

It is especially noticeable in the adverts. Black

MAKE RULES CLEAR NOT everyone wants to listen to music whilst having lunch or dinner, but it is clear that there are plenty of people, both residents and visitors to Spain who do.

It is not difficult to discover whether there are live musicians, DJs or simply background music at a venue and then you can decide what sort of ambience you prefer.

The success of many restaurants and bars that do offer live music is clear to see and for local councils as well as the layers of government up to that sitting in Madrid, tax income as well as direct and indirect employment is an impor-

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people outnumber white people in the adverts. Anybody watching UK TV who didn’t know anything about Britain would think that Britain was a country of black people.

Now, I can well understand the companies wanting to show they are not racist, but why only black people. Where are the Chinese? Where are the Indians, the Pakistanis, the Japanese, the Mexicans, the Mongolians??

Why don’t we see any of those people in the adverts. And why so many black people? It’s not as though black people make up a large percentage of the British population.

I think these companies are being racist by using a disproportionate number of black people in the adverts!!

Love your articles.

Linde

Vaccine confusion Dear Leapy, You really are an enigma. Clearly, you are an intelligent person but, why oh why, do you choose to confuse matters regarding the vaccine? From the very start of the pandemic, it was clear that our salvation lay in the hope that a vaccine could be found in record time, and so it came to pass.

Around the world, the results speak for themselves!

Then you, in company with Piers Corbyn, Jeremy’s extremist brother, among others, choose to sow seeds of doubt in the minds of youngsters, whose information sources already rely on highly suspect social media channels. I’m sorry Leapy but to my mind that is nothing short of the irresponsible.

S m a l l p o x , P o l i o , Tu b e r c u l o s i s , D i p t h e r i a a n d many other life-threatening diseases have been overcome through vaccination breakthroughs. Please do not denigrate the achievements of modern science because it has taken months instead of years to achieve. Be thankful that you have had the jabs - which may have ensured that you are able to impart your wisdom for a few more years to come!!

Regards, Ken Turner

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tant source of revenue. Currently different autonomous communities are trying to impose different restrictions on venues that offer entertainment and they are not making it easy for owners or musicians to understand what is allowed and what is not.

To add to the confusion, new regulations are being put in place which are subsequently overturned by the courts which just makes things worse.

The lifeblood of many parts of Spain is tourism and the national government should direct, or at least give the autonomous commu-

nities guidelines, on how to create unambiguous regulations so that everyone knows what the rules are.

If the intention is to stop late night drinking and entertainment in nightclubs, then why make it so difficult for bars and restaurants who employ live entertainers at lunchtime or in the evening to understand whether they are likely to have action taken against them if they continue?

We know that Spain can be a bureaucratic country and it will continue to have this reputation if the edicts are not transparent and crystal clear.

RAGING FIRES: Countries have suffered all over the world.

James Edward Paterson Over the eons,Earth's climate constantly changes,..every three or four hundred years,..so anything we propose to do to correct this,.is merely a token gesture,..it would have very little, if any, influence. "Climate Change" is purely a 'cash cow',...thought up by some corrupt politicians.

Lorry Doyle I believe that most so-called wild fires are started deliberately, sometimes just vandalism, often tho in Portugal and Spain they are done so timber pulping companies can buy charred wood on the cheap... I know this happened about 24 years ago when I was working in Monchique in Portugal... Today, I think it is for two reasons... to promote the myth of global warming (it is a natural and cyclic event) and possibly secondly to disrupt food supplies by burning out farms to further push the alleged great reset...

Rod Allcock ‘Climate Change’ is, like charities, now a big business. A lot of people espouse it as a career move and are making a lot of money and getting a lot of power out of it. Would be interesting to see Thuneberg’s bank balance.

Vince James Man is undoubtedly to blame, let’s be honest.

John Jack Jones I think a lot of these fires are being started by climate protesters..suits their agenda!!!

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Bite back at the mosquito bite MOSQUITO bites are synony‐ mous with the warmer weather, and while most bites are harm‐ less, some can cause complica‐ tions.

Mosquitoes can carry diseases, although the likelihood of being infected depends largely on where you live.

Another rare problem caused by a mosquito bite is a negative reaction to the bite itself.

If you are bitten and develop hives, diffi‐ culty breathing, or a swollen throat, contact a doctor immediately.

You may not notice when a mosquito bites you, but the bump the bite leaves behind comes with a per‐ sistent itch that can linger for days.

Creams and ointments can help, but you can also beat the itch with things that are probably already lying around your house.

Oatmeal is one remedy. It can relieve itching and swelling be‐ cause it contains special com‐ pounds that have anti‐irritant qualities.

Make a paste by mixing equal amounts of oatmeal and water in a bowl until you have a Polyfilla‐ like substance. Spoon some paste onto a washcloth and hold it,

ITCHY: There are natural remedies to help relief the effect of regular mosquito bites.

paste‐side down, on the irritated skin for about 10 minutes. Then wipe the area clean.

Cold temperatures and ice can reduce inflammation and numb the skin.

Don’t leave the ice directly on your bite for more than five min‐ utes as it can damage the skin.

Use a flannel or tea towel.

Honey has many antibacterial and anti‐inflammatory proper‐ ties.

A small drop on an itchy bite can reduce the inflammation.

Aloe vera gel has been shown to have anti‐inflammatory prop‐

erties and can help to heal minor wounds or calm infections. That’s why it may be a good bet for healing a bug bite, too.

Found in virtually every kitchen, baking soda can also pro‐ vide relief from a mosquito bite.

Make a baking soda paste, and you can use it in a similar manner to oatmeal paste. Mix one table‐ spoon of baking soda with just enough water to create a paste.

Apply it to the bug bite, and let it sit for 10 minutes before washing it away.

Alternatively, the juice of an onion can be applied, lemon balm essential oil or witch hazel.

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MEASLES has been sweeping Europe this year with more than 41,000 children and adults being infected in the first six months.

According to European health advisors, at least 37 people have died so far this year from the infection.

Measles is a highly infectious viral illness which can lead to serious complications, such as diarrhoea and vomiting and an eye infec‐ tion.

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Viral illness soars A new report has revealed the total num‐ ber of cases for the first six months of the year has far exceeded the 12‐month totals for every year this decade.

The highest annual total for cases between 2010 and 2017 was 23,927 for 2017 and the lowest was 5,273 for 2016.

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By Clinica Britannia

Long Covid Symptoms MOST people who contract Covid‐19 are lucky enough to completely recover within two to three weeks. Some howev‐ er, even those who suffered a mild ver‐ sion can continue to experience symp‐ toms after their initial recovery. These after symptoms have been called post or long Covid‐19 syndrome.

People suffering with serious medical conditions and the elderly are most likely to have lingering effects of the virus, but healthy young people can also suffer.

This can cause them to feel unwell for months, affecting their mental health causing depression and in some cases problems with their studies and home‐ life.

Some of the most common signs are lack of concentration and difficulty think‐ ing, fatigue and mood changes, trouble breathing, joint and chest pain. In some circumstances loss of taste and smell and a persistent headache can also be long‐ term effects of the virus.

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LONG COVID: Young people suffer too.

A simple ELISA blood test can also be performed to check if there are antibod‐ ies in the bloodstream. When certain an‐ tibodies are present, it’s a sign your im‐ mune system is trying to fight off a disease and to determine the amount of antibodies we have against the virus.

Contact your GP if you need further advice, they can order a chest x‐ray to check there is no long term damage to your lungs and organise further tests if necessary.

Appointments Landline: 965 837 553 / 965 837 851 • 24H/365D Emergency Number: (+34) 607 255 755 • Opening Times: Mon - Fri: 9:00am / 5:00pm

Clinica Britannia Calpe Av. Ejercitos Españoles 16 BIS, 1st Floor, Calpe COCONUT oil is one of the few foods that can be classed as ‘superfood’ offering a wealth of health benefits.

Its unique combination of fatty acids can have positive effects, including fat loss and better brain function to name just a couple.

The oil is high in healthy sat‐ urated fats which have differ‐

My daughter often suffers with ear pain especially if she has been swimming regularly, can you give me some advice on what can be done to stop this?

SWIMMER’S EAR (otitis externa) is a bacterial in‐ fection typically caused by water that has been caught in the outer ear canal for a long period of time, providing a moist environment for bacteria to grow.

Some of the signs and symptoms to look for are: • Pain when the outer ear is tugged or pressure is put on the part of the outer ear that sticks out in front of the ear canal.

• Itchiness inside the ear • Drainage from the ear • Redness and swelling in the ear Prevention is better than cure: • Keep ears as dry as possible.

• Use a bathing cap, ear plugs, or custom‐fitted swim molds when swimming.

• Dry ears thoroughly after swimming or show‐ ering.

• Use a towel to dry ears well.

• Tilt head back and forth so that each ear faces down to allow water to escape the ear canal.

Swimmer’s ear can be painful.

• Pull earlobe in different directions when ear faces down to help water drain out.

• If there is still water in the ear, use a hair dryer to move air within the ear canal.

It is important for a GP to check the ear, as this will not get better if left untreated and very often antibiotics are necessary.

If you have a question, you want answered e-mail Dr Mera personally on 545152@gmail.com.

Fruity favourite ent effects from most other fats in your diet.

These fats can boost fat burning and provide the body and brain with quick energy.

They also raise the good

cholesterol in your blood, which is linked to reduced heart disease risk.

Coconut oil is high in fats known as medium chain triglycerides which are metabolised differently than most other fats. These MCTs are responsible for a lot of the health benefits of the oil itself.

And studies have shown that the fats in coconut oil in‐ crease calories burned over 24 hours by as much as 5 per cent.

The fatty acids contained in the oil of the fruit have al‐ so been proven to kill harm‐ ful micro‐organisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, which could potentially help to prevent infections.

Surprisingly, research sug‐ gests the fatty acids in the oil can reduce appetite, which may lead to reduced body weight over the long term.

They have also been linked to a boost in the brain func‐ tion in Alzheimer patients.

This is because the MCTs can increase blood levels of ke‐

tones, supplying energy for the brain cells of patients and relieving symptoms.

But coconut oil has many uses that have nothing to do with eating.

Many people use it for cosmetic purposes and to improve the health and ap‐ pearance of your skin and hair. It can also reduce symp‐ toms of eczema.

Studies on individuals with dry skin show that the oil can improve the moisture con‐ tent of the skin.

There is evidence to show that applying it to the hair blocks out 20 per cent of the sun’s UV rays.

Mixing it with water and using it as a mouthwash can apparently kill some of the harmful bacteria in the mouth, improving dental health and reducing bad breath.

In order to get the opti‐ mum benefits, it’s a good idea to choose organic, virgin coconut oil, available in most health food shops.

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WHY CAN’T GENERATION SNOWFLAKE STAND THE HEAT? NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

CLASSIC films including ‘Rocky’, ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Flash Gordon’ have been given higher, stricter classifications by the movie censors amid fears they will upset the ‘snowflake’ generation.

So, it won’t be long now before ‘Snow White and the Seven Persons of Short Stature’ will be X‐rated ‐ frightening journey through the forest, the creepy Magic Mirror, the nasty old Wicked Queen/Witch, the vul‐ tures ‐ and then of course there is the treat‐ ment of Little People...

Meanwhile, on Planet Normal: many young teenage boys spend much of their free time

playing violent 18‐rated video games at home. When will this particular is‐ sue be addressed?

Basically, none of this applies to the real world in the era of the Internet and Netflix.

Your average 12‐year‐old will have seen more than the average pensioner in terms of R‐rat‐ ed content. The censors seem to be living in a parallel universe. Another public institution

run by woke liberals? Wokeness/political correctness is slowly killing the arts.

So, presumably ‘Star Wars’ will be remov‐ ing all references to the Empire then? Maybe they should call it ‘The EUnion’ instead?

Darth Vader in a blue cape with yellow stars?

(Spoiler alert: “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Northern Irish voices cried out in terror and were suddenly si‐ lenced. I fear something terrible has hap‐ pened.”)

In conclusion, then, mindless stupidity at best, insane woke‐ ness at worst. To reclassify harm‐ less films, to bow to the ap‐ peasement halfwits, over issues that most people wouldn't even notice, except of course those who are offended by life. What is especially surprising is that people can be offended by anything that they can twist into some anti‐diversity message or de‐ piction and yet turn a blind eye to the appallingly bad language that we have to endure on TV and in films.

The world’s gone bonkers. Please stop it turning so that I can get off now!

The quicker we build a base on Mars (hurry up, Elon Musk!) for all these woke/snowflake bores the better...

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THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS urged its readers to support local busi‐ nesses in the community by go‐ ing local through the lockdown and for your all your shopping this year, instead of feeding on‐ line giants and superstores.

During lockdown, we chal‐ lenged you to rediscover your lo‐ cal high streets, markets, butch‐ ers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky independent

GO LOCAL

businesses in your area.

Due to the Covid‐19 pandem‐ ic, you may have to support many local businesses by order‐

ing online and making use of any click and collect services they can operate if you are unable to get out due to health reasons or lockdown restrictions.

The joy of shopping local means that independent busi‐ nesses can help support the local community.

Although it may be a euro or two cheaper elsewhere or on‐ line, consider where your money is actually going.

By shopping at an indepen‐ dent store you’re putting food on a local family’s table, and there is no better time than now to give back to your community by mak‐ ing a small gesture and shopping in this way.

Many local stores support lo‐ cal charities, support and sponsor local sports teams and in many cases the small independent stores are actually much more than just a small high street shop, they’re a family’s legacy, often passed down through numerous generations and support not just

the current owner but the gener‐ ation before.

For those stores which are new, that extra couple of euros spent there are supporting someone’s dream and ambition, and also the courage it took them to step out alone, which is no easy task. It takes quite a large chunk of money to set up an in‐ dependent store and compete with the multinational and chains.

So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butcher and get your spuds from a local greengrocer, let us revive that community spirit and get to know our neighbours again.

You could also consider pur‐ chasing gift vouchers from local businesses to help them over the coming weeks, thinking outside the box can often lead to some fantastic ideas. Why not buy a meal for two, an hour’s tattoo time at a local studio, a hair cut at a local salon or an online study course for someone looking to

change their career path.

As people are struggling with finances thinking about what friends and family may actually need is important too. Whilst it’s nice to give a glamourous gift perhaps pre‐paying a family member’s phone bill for the month would actually be a better gift. Helping people alleviate stress and worry , give the gift of peace of mind through these dif‐ ficult times. Choosing to spend your money locally will really make a difference in the recovery of the local economy. When we buy local, our money stays lo‐ cal, and it strengthens the local economy in two ways. First, buy‐ ing local keeps money circulating within the local economy. Stud‐ ies have shown that local busi‐ nesses recirculate a greater share of every euro as they create lo‐ cally owned supply chains and in‐ vest in their employees.

Data shows that local retailers return 52 per cent of their rev‐ enue back into the local econo‐

my, compared to just 14 per cent for national chain retailers.

Money circulating through the local economy benefits everyone who is a part of each transaction.

For example, let’s look at a local farmer growing produce. First, they sell to a local restaurant, which in turn prepares the fresh produce and sells it to local cus‐ tomers. The farmer pays its local employees and the restaurant uses revenue from sales to buy supplies from a neighbourhood hardware store.

This example illustrates how the recirculation of money in the local economy leads to a stronger financial foundation for our neighbours and communi‐ ties. Buying local also fuels new employment and job opportuni‐ ties for people within our com‐ munity.

Studies show, locally owned businesses employ more people per unit of sales and retain more employees over time. A fantastic example of how to support your local community is with a Charity Gift certificate, why not donate to your loved one’s favourite cause.

Just remember to follow the latest government advice and any guidance businesses have to keep everyone safe.

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Poetry, music and art in Marxuquera

ENJOY: Different activities planned at various locations.

O N A ugust 12 M arxuquera will be hosting a poetry, music and art concert, kicking off at 9pm.

The ‘Una Vall en Vers’ concert will take place at the Marxuquera Social Centre.

The event will include poetic recitals by Vicenta Llorca, Blas Cabanilles, Maria Rosa Sabater, Jose

Manuel Prieto and Vicent Lloret with the musical accompaniment of the Medievall Ensemble and artist Fede Romaguera.

The activity is part of the ‘Viu Marxuquera’ festival programme hosted by Gandia Council taking place in August.

Different activities have been

planned that will take place in various locations and aimed at a very wide audience.

The president of the District Board, Liduvina Gil, thanked the coordinator of festive activities, Mr Reig, and the mayor Jose Manuel Prieto, “who with locals and the entities of Marxuquera have put together ‘Viu Marxuquera’.”

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Cultural Conquistadors CALPE Council has an‐ nounced it is hosting a lec‐ ture on conquistador Her‐ nan de Cortes on August 13 at the Casa de Cultura.

The council´s Depart‐ ment for Culture has or‐ ganised the event, titled Hernan Cortes and the

Conquest of Mexico, which will take place at 8.30pm.

Speaker Manuel Cabr‐ era Fernandez‐Pujol will be giving the lecture at the Casa de Cultura in Salo Blau.

For more information, visit www.calpe.es.

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Montgo Chorale recruits T H E M ontgo C horale is recruiting new members to join its choir.

The pandemic has prevented the choir giving its regular performances for the last 17 months but they have continued to rehearse online and, when restrictions allowed, in a member’s garden.

However, they have been back rehearsing live in Bar Mediterraneo, Teulada on Monday evenings from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. T he staff there have provided a large room and a friendly welcome.

The choir is currently taking a break from full rehearsals but will reconvene next month when they hope to have a “Come and S ing” evening for people interested in joining the choir to attend.

Montgo Chorale has members from a range of nationalities and ages. However, they welcome new members and especially hope to recruit more tenors.

They sing a range of classical choral works and their current repertoire includes Schubert Mass No 2, and Faure’s Requiem.

They sing under the experienced

Ainhoa Arteta will perform in Altea.

Opera in Altea

The choir always welcomes new members. baton of Musical Director Aileen Lightfoot and they have just appointed a new accompanist, Kirsty Glen.

S ince its founding 15 years ago, the choir has, through its many acclaimed concerts in Pedreguer and J avea amongst other venues, raised considerable funds for lo-

cal charities such as Caritas and the Convent Day Centre in Javea which cares for the elderly and Alzheimer´s sufferers The choir is now recruiting new members.

For further information please contact Sally Merrett by email on montgochorale@gmail.com.

S I N G E R Ainhoa Arteta will be performing a concert on August 12 at the Palau Altea.

The soprano began her operatic career in 1990 as Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. She later debuted at the M etropolitan O pera House in October 1994, before taking roles as Violetta in La Traviata, the Countess Olga Sukarev in Giordano's Fedora with P lacido D omingo and Mirella Freni.

Her first London per-

formance was in 1999 at a concert with P lacido Domingo at the Barbican H all organised by the Royal Opera House. She has also performed at La Scala in Milan, the Teatro di S an C arlo in N aples and the B avarian S tate Opera in Munich.

Ainhoa Arteta will now perform at the Palau Altea on A ugust 12 from 9pm.

Tickets are priced from €47 to €70 and can be bought at www.palaual tea.es.

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THE Denia Jazz Festival is in full swing at the Tor‐ recremada gardens.

The festival director, saxophonist Enric Pei‐ dro, said the programme “maintains the popu‐ lar vocation and the desire to bring jazz closer to the general public.”

On today, Thursday August 12 the Interna‐ tional Classic Jazz All Stars will perform, with En‐ ric Peidro, singer Rebecca Kilgore and the rest of

A selection of different styles of Spanish music.

Spanish music in the park LO S A R CO S i n P e d r e g u e r i s h o s t i n g a n evening of Spanish music in its garden from 7pm.

The concert, which will take place on Saturday, August 28, will include a selec‐ tion of different styles of Spanish music.

Group Alendoy will be performing alongside guitarist Vicente Ballester and Vicente Giner on piano. The musicians will play samba and tango songs as well as movie tunes in the garden of Los Ar‐

cos restaurant in Pedreguer.

Tickets, priced at €15, will be available at Proakustik until August 14 from 9.30am to 1.30pm, as well as from the La Montagne French cheese specialist stand a t t h e m a r k e t h a l l , a n d a t Ko n z e r t f r e ‐ unde.

During the break, food and drinks will be available at the restaurant.

For more information, contact 956 788 840 or info@konzertfreunde.com.

STARTERS Soup of the day Mousse of trout, cucumber and raspberry dressing Oriental salad with duck Beef carpaccio with pine nuts, bacon, capers, rocket salad, Parmesan and pesto Pear with Serrano ham, Gorgonzola, rocket and honey dressing Tuna carpaccio, bacon, capers, rocket, Parmesan and tomato (+€3.00)

MAIN Fish stew with salmon, hake, shrimps, mussels and mashed potatoes es Cod fillet 'Tandoori style' raitaa cucumber Pasta with chicken, bacon, tomato and mustard sauce Dutch steak with mustard or peppercorn sauce Pork schnitzel with onion, bell pepper, mushrooms and au gratin with blue cheese Beef tournedos stock with sauce of your choice (+€12.00) Sirloin steak with sauce of your choice (+€8.00)

DESSERT Key lime pie Mango sorbet ice White chocolate mousse Coffee icee cream with coff coffee liquor fee liqu uor Cheese plate (+€7.00) late with red Port rtt (+€7 .00) 00) Coffee orr tea

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Denia Jazz Festival the musicians in the group. Later on August 19, French drummer Guillaume Nouax will perform with his trio with New Orleans’ swing and jazz, before the festival closes on August 28 with the Arturo Serra Quintet, which will present their new album. The Denia Jazz Festival concerts start at 10.30pm.

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Balcony music in Calpe CALPE Council is continuing its Art al Balco festival, which sees several small concerts take place from the balconies of municipal buildings in the town.

The performances are taking place every Wednesday and Fri‐ day throughout the rest of August, with the next concert taking place on August 13 with Xarlanga la Xarlota performing at the Balcon del Ayuntamiento in Plaza Miguel Rosello from 8.30pm.

They will be followed by Veus I Pa‐ raules at the Ayuntamiento Viejo from 9.15pm.

On August 18, the Casa de Andalucia, Rectial Guitarra y Poesia will be peform‐ ing on Balcon Calle Llibertat at 8.30pm, followed by Unio Musical Calpe Ifach at 9.15pm at the Ayuntamiento Viejo.

The concerts will continue on August 20 with Xirimiters de Carellot at the Ayuntamiento Viejo at 8.30pm and then

Enjoy some traditional music.

D o l c e R i m a a t t h e Ay u n ‐ tamiento Viejo at 9.15pm.

On August 25 Agatha Martinez Soria will perform at Balcon Calle Llibertat at 8.30pm, followed by Radiolux at the Ayuntamiento Viejo at 9.15pm.

The festival will finish on August 27 with Claudefa performing at 8.30pm at t h e Ay u n t a m i e n t o V i e j o , a n d t h e Klarharp Ensemble at 9.15pm at the Bal‐ con del Ayuntamiento.

Calpe has three municipal balconies and it is hosting its balcony music festi‐ val for the second year.

Award-winning music Award-winning music.

THE Teulada Moraira Audi‐ torium is hosting Chano Dominguez and Spanish Brass, winners of two Na‐ tional Music Awards.

Chano Dominguez will be performing with quintet Spanish Brass at a special concert on August 15, bring‐

ing together piano and wind instruments with jazz, Span‐ ish and Caribbean rhythms.

Cadiz‐born Chano Dominguez is one of the most internationally recog‐ nized jazz and Spanish mu‐ sic, who has released more than 20 albums and worked with other jazz artists, in‐ cluding Paquito D´Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Mar‐ tiro, and Wynton Marsalis.

The musician performs his own work, as well as music by other artists, in‐ cluding Joaquin Rodrigo.

Spanish Brass are a well‐ known chamber music band and their concert is the re‐ sult of Chano watching a performance by Spanish Brass, before the two artists worked together on an al‐ bum fusing jazz, piano, wind instruments and per‐ cussion.

Chano Dominguez and Span‐ ish Brass will now perform their work live at the Teulada Moraira from 8.30pm. Tickets are priced €22.

For more information, visit www.teuladamoraira.com

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DAVID WORBOYS

New Olympic Games

FOR the Japanese the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021) has been a far from hap‐ py one, although they have bravely risen to the occasion. Apart from any‐ thing else, Kentaro Kobayashi, director of the opening ceremony, had to re‐ sign on the day before ‐ for a joke in bad taste he made in the nineties!

It has cost the Japanese government up to $30 billion and sponsors $3 billion to put on the show, with over 80 per‐ cent of the population totally opposed to hosting the event, mainly on account of the pandemic. Nevertheless, it was conceived to show the world modern Japanese technology and organisation alongside its traditions and culture. But Covid 19 has struck a cruel blow.

Japan was slow in its vaccination pro‐ gramme and made a late decision to ban spectators, resulting in the absence of a normal pulsating atmosphere. The athletes themselves, together with their entourages, are confined to the Olympic village with little hope of ex‐ ploring this fascinating country. And certain events have been marred by ex‐ cessive heat.

Will big-game hunting and knitting become Olympic sports?

With their multi successes, the most famous post‐war Olympians include Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt, Jesse Owens and Steve Redgrave. Steffi Graf had the most remarkable year in 1988, winning the tennis gold plus all four of the grand slams.

Among the new events introduced by the International Olympic Commit‐ tee (the IOC) this year are skate‐board‐ ing, climbing and surfing. Like other events, these are a modern departure from the more conservative 1948

Games, but at least the participants are athletes. Formula 1 has been proposed as an Olympic sport but would be costly and complicated to organise, apart from the fact that the requirement of the drivers is skill rather than athleti‐ cism.

And yet tiddlywinks became an Olympic sport in 1984 while darts and cheer‐leading are under consideration for Paris in 2024. Snooker has been knocking at the door. Where will it end?

Assuming they are sufficiently widely practised, it must be a matter of time before snakes‐and‐ladders and knitting are accepted. If these highly watchable and physically taxing “sports” are incor‐ porated, this should open the doors for such activities as jig‐saw puzzles, and juggling. And why not fire‐eating and ploughing?

Imagine the excitement and antici‐ pation. Who will get the gold medal for angling? Will the great athlete John Doe go for gold in chess?

Big‐game hunting and bull‐fighting may be regarded as “sports” by anyone with no concern for animal welfare but, fortunately, they don’t have a wide ap‐ peal. Moreover, it would probably not be practical to accommodate them on the Olympic agenda. But watch this space ….

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Herbal Teas and their Health Benefits EMMA WALLSWORTH THEY improve the Digestive System because many herbal teas help break down the fats to empty the stomach faster, preventing different problems like bloating and indigestion, and providing a more healthy digestion.

• Reducing Inflammation In Body. Similar to white tea, the herbal tea is also popular for reducing inflam‐ mation in the body. It also reduces swelling and pain.

• Slows Ageing Process. The antioxidants in the herbal tea help in slowing down the ageing process.

• Stress Relief. The ingredients in herbal tea are great for relieving anxiety and stress.

Which is the best herbal tea for health?

Spearmint Tea, Green Teas, and Chamomile Tea are best known for such remarkable properties. As herbal teas are known to detoxify the body, they flush out the toxins and promote good health. Marshmal‐ low Tea, Parsley Tea, Chamomile Tea, and Goldenrod Tea are known for such great benefits.

Spearmint Tea: Spearmint tea is known to help improve memory, digestion, and relaxation. However, more research is required to understand the full health benefits of spearmint tea.

Green Tea: Is known to contain healthy bioactive compounds.

More than just a hydrating beverage it may improve

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brain function. Green tea does more than just keep you alert, it increases fat burning. If you look at the in‐ gredients list for any fat burning supplement, chances are, green tea will be on there.

Antioxidants may lower the risk of some cancers.

Cancer is caused by uncontrolled growth of cells. It’s one of the world’s leading causes of death. Could help protect the brain from ageing. Not only can green tea improve brain function in the short term, it may also protect your brain as you age.

Chamomile Tea: Loaded with antioxidants that may play a role in lowering your risk of several diseases, including heart disease and cancer.

Chamomile has properties that may aid sleep and

digestion, as well.

Marshmallow Tea: The root is well‐known as a di‐ uretic and is closely linked to kidney health. By con‐ suming one or two cups of marshmallow root tea each day, you can speed up the process of eliminating excess fats, salts, toxins and water from the body.

Parsley Tea: Parsley is an excellent source of antioxidants, it has powerful compounds that help defend your cells against damage by potentially harmful molecules known as free radicals. Parsley has also been shown to act as a natural diuretic, which can increase urina‐ tion and prevent kidney stone formation.

Goldenrod Tea: Just like the health benefits of green tea, goldenrod

is also a potential diuretic. It is able to improve urine production. This way, goldenrod is able to support kidney and bladder health by consistently carrying the toxins through urine.

Honeysuckle Tea: Skin care ‐ Exfoliation and facial steam are two ways you can benefit from using honeysuckle, as it can improve such skin irritants as poison oak and in‐ fections.

Hair care ‐ Honeysuckle oil protects your hair from chemically‐concocted shampoos, hair dryer use and other harsh treatments. Just mix one‐half teaspoon of coconut oil with two drops of honeysuckle oil and reap the benefits.

Massage oil ‐ Mixed with a carrier oil, such as co‐ conut oil, honeysuckle can be used for a soothing massage oil to release its relaxing and calming proper‐ ties.

Deodorising ‐ Benefits of honeysuckle oil include natural scents, as opposed to harmful ‘scent’ chemi‐ cals often used in candles and room sprays.

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Travel

Roman baths in Casares

IF you have a nose for history then a visit to the Baños de la Hedionda (Casares) might be a good idea.

That is if you also have a nose that can ignore the smell of sulphur in the baths which date back to Roman times and are said to be where the devil breathed out after being expelled from heaven.

These sulphurous springs are difficult to reach but are still accessible to the public if somewhat tatty as they have been partly vandalised over the past few years.

History records that Roman legionaries on the side of Julius Caesar visited the area in 61AD prior to one of the major battles with the troops of Pompey and those suffering from the skin complaint Scabies were said to have recovered after

SULPHUROUS SPRINGS: A chamber in the baths. bathing in the waters.

Although it is not confirmed that Caesar himself was a visitor, work was undertaken in the baths over the centuries by the Romans, Moors and Spanish, and the area next to the R io M anilva has been declared an area of local cultural interest.

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Filling your tank costs more this year FILLING your vehicle with fuel costs around 22 per cent more than it did at this time last year ac‐ cording to new data According to the latest data from the Oil Bulletin of the Euro‐ pean Union, the cost of fuel in Spain is on the increase and reach‐ ing new highs in the first week of

August, resulting in filling your ve‐ hicle's tank going up by 21.8 per cent compared to the correspond‐ ing period in 2020.

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Before last Easter, both types of fuel had already reached their pre‐ Covid levels, and already, just this year so far, petrol has risen by 18 per cent a litre, and diesel by 17 per cent a litre, hand in hand with the recovery in the price of a bar‐ rel of oil, for which ‐ using a refer‐ ence to the Old Continent ‐ a bar‐ rel of Brent crude oil stood at $70.6 this Thursday, August 5, while Texas was $68.6 a barrel, falls of more than two dollars compared to this week a year ago.

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more electricity consumption be promoted without adopting supply and price protection measures for the consumer?".

They continued, "We understand that, if the Government continues to boost electricity consumption without adopting urgent mea‐ sures to protect prices, then the price of elec‐ tricity is and will be, even more prohibitive, and unfeasible for a domestic economy, which causes, and will cause, even more eco‐ nomic energy poverty to families, giving limit‐ ed access to energy only to the wealthiest classes, while suffocating the most disadvan‐ taged social classes in our country".

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VW T-Roc gets Active ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack IT seems there is nothing but ex‐ tremes in the colour palettes offered by car makers. Black, silver and grey at one end of the spectrum and lumines‐ cent greens, oranges and yellows at the other. For anything colourfully normal you can add a sometimes not insufficient amount of money to your options bill.

My VW T‐Roc came in Turmeric Yel‐ low, which while mobilising some peo‐ ple to a less than flattering verbal out‐ age of comment raised others to Everest‐like levels of praise. As I said, extremes. The T‐Roc’s spicy metallic paintwork weighs in at €744 (£635) on the optional extras list.

I suspect that few people would dis‐ pute how well the T‐Roc drives, it has all the refined smoothness one has come to expect from anything bearing the VW badge. The range starts at €28,338 (£24,185) for the lead‐in Ac‐

VW T-Roc Active, a crossover with an understated style. tive model with 110 hp, three‐cylin‐ der, 1.0‐litre turbocharged petrol en‐ gine. Auto dimming rear view mirror, height adjustable front seats, auto wipers and lights, powered and heat‐ ed door mirrors, climate, heated seats, adaptive cruise, Bluetooth and navigation all come as standard.

That’s a pretty impressive list! There’s even a cabriolet version and a high performance 2.0‐litre, turbocharged petrol R model with four‐wheel‐drive and 300 hp.

The test model was the aforemen‐ tioned Active specification but pow‐ ered by a larger four‐cylinder 1.5‐litre turbocharged petrol unit

(€32,036/£27,340). Mated to a sev‐ en‐speed automatic transmission the 150 hp engine provides a top speed of 204 kmh and the benchmark 100 kmh is passed in a worthy 8.6 seconds. In this boosted form the econo‐ my is still pretty decent.

There’s plenty of space for the front seat occupants, and those in the rear will not feel cheated on legroom either. However, I found it disappointing that there is so much hard interior plastic ie cheap that detracts from the usual percep‐ tion of VW quality. This even extends to the cloth panels on the front doors being replaced by all plastic on the rear doors.

On the road the T‐Roc handles well, even by crossover standards it can be hustled along twisting cross country roads quite happily. It feels a quality drive throughout with refinement and comfort. Smart and not overly large it’s a brilliant way of gaining that high‐ er driving position without the draw‐ backs of a large SUV. Although subjective the T‐Roc is one of the best looking crossovers with an understated style that makes it both classy and classless.

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