Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 2 - 8 September 2021 Issue 1887

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Issue No. 1887 2 - 8 September 2021

ISLETA DEL MORO did not organise its St Augustine fiestas this year owing to Covid restrictions, limiting celebrations to the traditional homage to the oldest resident. This year the honour went to Francisco Alferez Hernandez, born in 1928, married to Angeles Fresnada and father to two daughters and a son.

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PARTALOA STANDOFF Photo credit: EPRA

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HOURS after a Roquetas man was fined for drink-driving, he allegedly slashed 20 tyres which belonged to 20 Local Police cars that were due to patrol during the Vuelta a España cycle race. He was later spotted on CCTV footage with a screwdriver in his hand beside the parked vehicles.

Shorter wait ANDALUCIA’S Health department announced that all those who have recovered from the coronavirus will now need to wait four weeks before receiving the anti-covid vaccine, instead of six months as previously required. This will affect the 27,433 Almeria residents who have contracted and recovered from the virus since last February.

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Turn to page 4 » NO THANKS: The kind of broiler farm that Partaloa residents hope to prevent.

ORGANISED OPPOSITION: EPRA members met to organise opposition to the chicken farm.

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On the wrong course SPEAKING to the Spanish media, Environment minister Teresa Ribera declared that she wished the Algarrobico hotel could disappear.

The minister was referring to the hotel built on Carboneras’ Algarrobica beach that has been ensnared in endless court cas‐ es since construction was halted 15 years ago.

The hotel now occupies part of the state‐owned maritime strip but not at the time that planning permission was granted.

“It is much easier to destroy than build and this is an envi‐ ronmental lesson that Spain knows very well,” Ribera de‐ clared.

The hotel was a perfect example of entangled legal com‐ plexities, the minister said, and how difficult it was to recover what was lost after taking the wrong course.

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GIVING VISIBILITY: Almeria turned pink at nightfall.

ALMERIA has supported people and their families who are affected by the rare disease, Turner syndrome.

On Saturday night, August 28, at the request of Andalucia’s Turner Syndrome Association, the city council turned Almeria pink at nightfall.

They chose to light up some of the most iconic fountains in

Iconic act the area and also some unique buildings including the Gerencia de Urbanismo.

The aim of this was to give visibility to both the sufferers of this rare disease and their families too.

More than 100 villages joined in to mark the day and the foun-

tain of Santiago Street, in Nueva Andalucia, was dyed pink, as were many others.

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The disease can affect people in many different ways and comes with over 120 pathologies. This includes hypoacusis, diabetes, hypothyroidism and numerous bone issues including scoliosis or osteoporosis.

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The 2022 Walk for Life Calendars are here!

ONCE again Amanda Oakley has pledged to give €5 to the charity in addition to the sales price for every calendar sold.

She has taken 150 calendars and within five days had sold 75. She doesn’t hang about.

Check out her Facebook page for details of how to enter a raf‐ fle to win a €50 voucher donat‐ ed by Jenni Rock of Gladrags Boutique when you buy a Walk for Life calendar. Walk for Life are so grateful for the constant support and generosity of Amanda and Jenni.

The calendars have 13 beau‐ tiful photographs of the area,

Calendars now on sale.

UK and Spanish holiday dates, useful and emergency phone numbers, a three‐year calendar

A NEW archaeology campaign has begun in Almeria’s Mojacar at la Vieja, and 30 archaeolo‐ gists, restorers and students will take part.

There will be plenty events open to the public too. Like other years the campaign involves both the local council and the Valparaiso Foundation, overseen by experts from the University of Granada and the MemoLab cultural archaeology laboratory.

This year’s campaign is shorter than normal and will only run until September 10 and the

and much, much more. These high‐quality calendars with room for you to write your ap‐ pointments are only €5.

You can find them at: ALO Services in Zurgena, Almeria Homes Albox, Gladrags Bou‐ tique Albox, The Corner Shop Albox, The Salon Albox, Harri‐ son’s Albox, Colin the Card Al‐ box, Dream Homes Arboleas, Total Entertainment Albox and Arboleas, AFA Charity shop Ar‐ boleas, Coviran Arboleas, Don‐ na’s Hair Salon Amigo’s Market, Age Support Albox, Arboleas pharmacy and Sol Supermar‐ ket. Look for the poster.

Cultural campaign campaign this year will be more focused on restoring the site in a bid to both preserve and protect it for the public.

A series of tours and workshops will also take place.

Tours will be taking place on September 4 and 5, and anyone that is interested needs to register in advance at memolab@ugr.es. This is for both the workshops and the tours in Almeria.

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NIBS EXTRA Glass mishap

Much safer THE Diputacion provincial council carried out emergency work in Canjayar, reinforcing a retaining wall at the entrance to the town. Cracks in the masonry caused by soil instability, and a leaking water pipe damaged by the roots of nearby trees endangered both traffic and pedestrians, the Diputacion explained.

Fair fright A GROUP of people visiting the Almeria City’s fairground spent 15 minutes stuck at the top of the tallest attraction. Operatives, who had to climb halfway to the top, were finally able to repair the ride, while Proteccion Civil volunteers were on hand to cope with any eventuality.

Sesist attack A GARRUCHA man of 50 was remanded after allegedly throwing an inflammable liquid in the face of his ex-partner who, according to well-informed sources, had reported him on previous occasions but withdrew the accusations. She is now recovering from her injuries in Granada’s Virgen de las Nieves hospital.

Bike lane ALMERIA City Hall will back a proposed cycle lane linking Cabo de Gata and Retamar put forward by the PSOE party. The ALM-3115 road is much-used by cyclists in the summer but also dangerous, the Podemos party said, preferring improvements to the unpaved Cabo de Gata-Retamar coastal path.

Care needed RESIDENTS and environmentalists protested recently in Vera’s Salar de los Canos, calling for better protection for the area. Although it was officially included in Andalucia’s inventory of wetlands in May this year, the protesters maintained that it is still threatened by development and pollution produced by ‘uncontrolled spills.’

All charged up Photo credit: Roquetas town hall

A 26-YEAR-OLD man was seriously hurt after a pallet loaded with glass fell on him at a factory on an industrial estate in Fines. Firefighters, the Local Police and an ambulance soon reached the scene, but he was transferred to hospital by helicopter owing to his severe injuries.

TRANSPORT company Alsa is currently trying out an all‐ electric bus in Roquetas.

The town hall gave the go‐ ahead for the pilot scheme, with no charge to passengers, that is operating from August 30 until September 3 be‐ tween Urbanizacion Roquetas de Mar and Agua Dulce.

When in use, the bus’s bat‐ teries are recharged by its braking system and as the ve‐ hicle slows down, endowing it with a wider range and oper‐ ating capacity, explained Va‐ leriano Diaz, director of Alsa Andalucia.

Its range of between 240 and 300 kilometres also de‐ pended on several factors, he added.

Roquetas mayor Gabriel Amat, accompanied by May‐

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PILOT SCHEME: Gabriel Amat and Rocio Sanchez, accompanied by Alsa executives.

Home before dark MORE than 500 people were fined for infringing regulations inside the Cabo de Gata‐Nijar national park this summer.

Most of the 511 sanctions were issued to motorhome owners for wild camping between sunset and sunrise inside the park, Junta de Andalucia sources told the Spanish media.

Environmental officers had played an important part, the same sources said, by explaining rules in person to campervan occupants or, when not present, by leaving an explanatory note on vehicles.

This was carried out before sundown and, although it had still been necessary to fine hundreds of owners, the majority cooperat‐ ed and left the park as required, police said.

Thirty per cent of the Cabo de Gata‐Nijar fines were issued to Almeria Province residents, the Junta revealed, while the remain‐ ing 70 per cent were summer visitors from other provinces and re‐ gions.

A CANTORIA man of 55 has been fined for dumping furniture and other items in the El Badil neigh‐ bourhood.

Another resident in the rural area reported him to the Guardia Civil via the force’s online facility that allows members of the pub‐ lic to file anonymous complaints.

Officers sent to inspect the

Found out scene were confronted by a sofa, bedstead and mattress amongst other household objects, togeth‐ er with bags of domestic rubbish.

Once identified, the man ad‐ mitted leaving the household ar‐ ticles, but insisted that he was not responsible for the other rub‐

or’s Office councillor Rocio Sanchez were present as Diaz introduced the vehicle which he described as “the best electric bus on the market.”

“This vehicle will show us the advantages and disadvan‐ tages of electric buses,” Amat said.

“We simply want to pro‐ vide the best possible urban transport service for our citi‐ zens.”

The mayor revealed that the town hall was putting the finishing touches to the trans‐ port contract that will be put out to tender at the end of this year or in early 2022.

“That is why this try‐out is a source of satisfaction and we are grateful to Also for choosing our municipality,” he declared.

Not at all batty BATS will be encouraged to nest around the San Juan de los Ter‐ reros salt beds to prey on mosquitoes there.

The Isla de Terreros association, with cooperation from the Associ‐ ation of South‐Eastern Naturalists (ANSE) and the town hall, organ‐ ised a workshop which demon‐ strated how to construct the

bish piled up beside the commu‐ nal container, although he still faces a fine for non‐compliance with regulations for disposing of domestic garbage.

The Guardia Civil also remind‐ ed members of the public that they could report suspected law‐ breaking on the www.guardia civil.es website.

wooden nesting boxes that were later put in place.

The aim was to control plagues of mosquitoes without resorting to insecticides, an ANSE spokesperson announced.

“Bats take their time to occupy the nests, but they will eventual‐ ly,” explained environmental ex‐ pert Maria Angeles Garcia de Al‐ caraz.

Droppings below the boxes will indicate if they are being used, to‐ gether with endoscopic cameras placed inside them, she added.

“We won’t see short‐term re‐ sults but inspections will be made each year and every nesting box is to be geo‐referenced and num‐ bered,” Garcia de Alcaraz said.

“It will be a question of ‘wait and see’ and introducing mea‐ sures as we go along.”

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A workable project VERA Town Hall received more than 100 enquiries during the first month of its ‘Vera Ciudad de Teletraba‐ jo’ work‐from‐home scheme. The initiative sets out to attract teleworkers to Vera to help speed up the municipality’s econom‐ ic recovery while attracting both talent and invest‐ ment, explained deputy mayor Alfonso Garcia.

There were also 31,985 interactions on the town hall’s social media and 8,662 visits to the www.bi envenidoavera.com web‐ site that offers personalised assistance for those plan‐ ning to live in Vera while working from home.

“These results are sur‐ prisingly positive and we are very satisfied,” Garcia declared.

“Having more than 100 families prepared to change their lives and make their homes in our munici‐ pality proves this is a ratio‐ nal project and that Vera is ideal for living while grow‐ ing professionally,” Garcia said.

The 100 or so people who contacted the Vera website wanted informa‐ tion about places to live, en‐ rolling children at local schools and how to register on the municipal Padron, as well as sports and leisure fa‐ cilities. Garcia revealed that there was considerable in‐ terest in the Work Club co‐ working premises with an area of more than 1,000 square metres, making it one of Andalucia’s largest communal work centres.

Cycling for Tijola’s Book Bank And FINALLY

MARIBEL SANCHEZ TORREGROSA, the Jun‐ ta’s Almeria delegate, recently announced the fifth Reto Ciclista challenge for the Tijola Book Bank. The delegate stressed the Banco de Libros’ important role in developing activi‐ ties to promote reading and educational op‐ portunities for disadvantaged and underprivi‐ leged children.

Speaking beforehand on behalf of the Ban‐ co de Libros, Antonio Fernandez Gallardo gave details of this year’s Challenge beginning on August 31 and scheduled to finish on September 3.

“The Challenge sets out from Tijola and fin‐

ishes in Cape Finisterre with the target of completing the route in less than 85 hours,” Fernandez Gallardo explained.

“As this is more than 1,200 kilometres, the two participants will need to cover more than 300 kilometres each day,” he pointed out.

This is the test facing keen cyclists Jose Ra‐ mon Marin and Jose Manuel Requena, who both support the Banco de Libros and regu‐ larly collaborate with the association on Cy‐ cling Challenges in different parts of Spain.

The funds they raise this year will be used for a children’s park, a library and classroom at Torrecardenas hospital.

A lasting reminder

AN Almeria City square is to be named after the late Diego Garcia Molina, who died suddenly last February.

All parties on the city council voted in favour of the motion to honour the former restaurant owner, who was also president of ASHAL, the associa‐ tion that represents the hospitality sector in Almeria Province.

The future Plaza Diego Garcia Molina will be located in the green area be‐ tween Playa Ciudad Luminoso and El Palmeral, adjoining Almeria’s Paseo Maritimo.

Culture councillor Diego Cruz later thanked all the groups for unanimous‐ ly agreeing to give the name of a person “who was a friend to everyone” to a city square.

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Spanish ambassador lands TORREJON AIRBASE: The evacuees landed here.

THE Spanish ambassador and the last of the Afghan evacuees landed at Torrejon airbase in Madrid, bringing an end to Spain’s evacuation programme on Friday August 27.

With the arrival of the last 195 Spaniards ‐ who had re‐ mained in Afghanistan until the last minute ‐ into the Torrejon Base in Madrid, at around 7.25pm, Spain finally concluded the evacuation operation from Kabul in Afghanistan, to bring to

an end what has turned into an awful situation in the Afghan capital after the terror attacks

by ISIS‐K. The Air Europa aircraft stopped over in Dubai en route from Kabul, with Pedro Sanchez, the president of the government, waiting on the tar‐ mac to greet this last group of people. He appeared before journalists to praise the work of the Spanish public servants who risked their lives to achieve the

evacuation of Afghans at risk in a country plunged into chaos and violence under the control of the Taliban.

In addition to Gabriel Ferran, the Spanish Ambassador, three other diplomats were on board the flight, along with 20 police officers, and 82 Spanish soldiers, as well as four Portuguese sol‐ diers, plus 85 Afghans, of which, 50 are from the NATO contin‐ gent, 19 from the Portuguese and 16 from the Spanish.

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NO to the chicken farm RECENTLY the Euro Weekly News highlighted Partaloa resi‐ dents’ opposition to a chicken farm that would raise 35,000 broilers at a time.

The newly‐formed Eastern Partaloa Residents Association (EPRA) pointed out that the industrial‐scale installation would be less than 250 metres away from some homes although the broiler house would ultimately affect all the municipality.

Rodent infestations, noise pollution and a huge increase in flies and mosquitoes would be just some of the direct conse‐ quences of the farm designed to breed and raise a quarter of a million chickens annually.

So far 187 residents from Partaloa’s expat community have signed an EPRA petition, as well as 100 Spanish residents.

“That’s an impressive 287 of Partaloa’s population of 1,035 who say NO to the chicken farm,” EPRA’s Stephen Tucker said.

The chicken farm notification was posted in the official BOP bulletin on August 19, although Stephen said that this ac‐ tually gave the reader little idea of what it all meant.

Objections to the project must be submitted before September 16 and although EPRA will raise these on behalf of the association, it is also essential to submit individual objec‐ tions, the group explained.

To make this as simple as possible, a pro‐forma letter and easy‐to‐follow instructions are accessible on the www.epra.es website.

A GoFundMe appeal, ‘Say NO to the proposed chicken farm,’ has been set up to finance the campaign or, if neces‐ sary, support EPRA’s expert advisors in taking court action if needed.

“Please donate if you can and follow us on Facebook,” Stephen said.

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Expat concerns over UK pensions THE Euro Weekly News asked its readers if they thought that the UK pen‐ sion was enough to live in Spain and hundreds got in touch to say that they did not think it was.

A majority of 74.6 per cent said that the UK pen‐ sion should be increased, while 19.3 per cent said it was enough to stay in Spain.

Readers told the EWN their views on the UK pen‐ sion, with some saying that it was only enough money to live in Spain if pensioners also had other sources of income or that UK taxes should be in‐ creased to boost pensions.

One reader, Elaine Smith, said pensions should be raised. She said: “UK pensions are the low‐ est, other countries look after their older genera‐ tion.”

Meanwhile, some read‐ ers argued that pension‐ ers should have been pay‐ ing in more rather than only having a state pen‐ sion.

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Thanks for UME

MARGARITA ROBLES, the Spanish Minister of Defence, visited the headquarters of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) in Torrejon, Madrid, on Monday, August 30, where, she thanked them for their valiant firefighting efforts this summer not only on national territory, but also in Greece and Turkey.

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Employment in tourism grows EMPLOYMENT in the tourism sector continues to grow with strong figures in most parts of Spain. At the end of July just over 2.55 million people were regis‐ tered with the Social Security of‐ fice as being employed in the tourism sector, a year‐on‐year in‐ crease of 244,150 workers.

Spain’s successful Covid‐19 vacci‐ nation roll‐out is key to the

growth, said the Minister of In‐ dustry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto.

“Once national tourism has re‐ covered, we will continue work‐ ing to achieve normalisation in international tourist flows, which have begun to be activated thanks to initiatives such as the EU Covid Digital Certificate,” he added. In July, employment in

the hotel industry, travel agen‐ cies and tour operators increased in almost all the autonomous communities, with the exception of the Canary Islands, the Com‐ munity of Madrid, the Basque Country and La Rioja. In absolute figures, the largest increases oc‐ curred in Andalucia, the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and the Valen‐ cian Community.

Pen’s animal rescue THE rescue of 200 animals from Afghanistan by Brit Pen Farthing has got readers talking after it emerged he had been unable to bring the staff who worked at his animal refuge back to the UK with him.

The Euro Weekly News asked readers whether they thought he should have stayed with his staff in Afghanistan and 67 per cent said he was right to leave with the animals, with many saying that it was the UK authorities who had stopped the staff from leaving Afghanistan. A further 33 per cent said that he should have taken his staff with him.

Those who said that Pen’s staff should have been on the plane too mainly blamed the UK gov‐ ernment for their handling of the paperwork.

Many called Mr Farthing a hero for his work

bringing the animals back, as well as for trying to bring his staff to the UK.

And FINALLY Rail-y romantic RAIL enthusiasts Laura Dale and Jane Mag‐ net got married on a West Coast Main Line train from London Euston after winning a competition.

The couple beat 150 other entries and were wed by train manager Peter Davis.

Joined by 18 guests, the couple later en‐ joyed a reception on the train.

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Hacker causes chaos A HACKER from California gained access to over 620,000 iCloud photos and videos from Apple iCloud accounts by purporting to be an Apple support staff team member.

Hao Kuo Chi of La Puente, Los Angeles, harvested hundreds of thousands of images and videos in a plot to steal and share nudes, US federal authorities said.

Chi has now agreed to plead guilty to four charges, including conspiracy to gain unauthorised access to a computer, court records show.

The hacker, who goes by the name of David, admitted that he impersonated Apple customer support staff in emails that tricked unsuspecting victims into providing him with their Apple IDs and passwords.

He gained unauthorised access to photos and videos of at least 306 victims across the country, most of them young women. He acknowledged all the charges in his plea agreement with federal prosecutors in a Tampa, Florida Court.

Ryanair ceases in Northern Ireland ACCORDING to Belfast International Airport, Ryanair have informed them that from the end of O ctober they plan to withdraw operations from the airport.

The seasonal routes which run from B elfast C ity airport are set to finish at the end of summer. This means that if nothing changes, by autumn this year Ryanair will have no services running either to or from Northern Ireland.

A spokesperson for Belfast International Airport

Interpreters needed at Naval Base THERE is a demand for interpreters and health workers to deal with the imminent arrival of Afghan citizens at Rota Naval Base in Cadiz.

On Thursday, August 26, the United States Em‐ bassy commented on the apparent lack of prepara‐ tion regarding the arrival of flights with Afghan citi‐ zens that were due to arrive at the Rota Naval Base in the province of Cadiz. However, the reality is far from it, as every effort has been made to guaran‐ tee the necessary humanitarian attention to all the people evacuated from the Middle Eastern coun‐ try, who began their stay on August 27, for an as

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yet unknown period of time.

The NAVSUP FLCSI Contracting Office has made public its search for interpreters ‐ who need to be fluent in both oral and written ‐ who are capable of translating from English to Dari, the version of Per‐ sian spoken in Afghanistan, and also Pashto.

Applicants interested in applying can send their application to the email addresses israel.alvara do@eu.navy.mil or ivan.moyano.sp@eu.navy.mil indicating the specific language that is mastered, and the estimated price for providing such services to the base.

said: “ I t is disappointing Ryanair has now decided to withdraw operations from the entire Northern Ireland market at the end of October, having variously had a presence in all three local airports in recent years.

“It has been a difficult period for aviation and a time when consumers need some stability and faith in the Northern Ireland air transport network.”

At the moment routes by Ryanair in Northern Ireland are popular and include Alicante, B arcelona/ G irona, G dansk, Krakow, L ondon S tansted, M alaga, M alta, M anchester, M ilan/ B ergamo and Warsaw.

T he airport spokesman added: “ A s we have been anticipating such a move, we have been engaging with our existing and other new airlines to provide continuity on the routes to be vacated by Ryanair, and to help sustain employment in the aviation industry at a local level in

NEW PLANS: No routes will operate.

Northern Ireland.

“To this end we hope to be able to make announce-

ments regarding fresh route development in the near future.”

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Proud of your pooch?

INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY was celebrated on August 26 across the globe. The day aims to encourage the adoption of dogs rather than buying them from pet stores. The day also aims to celebrate dogs no matter what their breed, shape or size.

No matter what, it is a day to be proud of your pet pooch or pooches. Many people took to social media to share photos of their pets.

According to PetsRadar “International Dog Day was founded in 2004 by Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert, Animal Rescue Advocate, Con‐ servationist, Dog Trainer and Author, Colleen Paige, who you might recognise as also having set up other pet holidays, like National Kit‐ ten Day and even National Wildlife Day! In 2013, it was even official‐ ly adopted into New York State Legislation.

“National Dog Day celebrates all dogs, mixed breed and pure.”

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New use for greenhouse THE municipality of Garray (Soria) could boast until recently that it hosted ‘the largest rose greenhouse in Europe.’

H owever, the company which owned it, Aleia Roses, went into liquidation, putting more than 200 workers out of employment.

That was a year ago, but now, a new firm, O ndara, has acquired the entire company. Although at first, the new owners wanted to make roses compatible with other

crops, between February and April this year it decided to uproot the rose bushes altogether to focus on ‘the new project’: medicinal cannabis.

In August 2021, the company got the go-ahead when it received a licence from the S panish M edicines Agency (AEMPS) to cultivate three hectares of land and produce medical cannabis.

Sara Lamata, spokesperson for Spain, said they compete with only nine other

companies that have also received the go-ahead to cultivate for medical or scientific purposes.

Full Moon, the American fund to which the company belongs, said that potential clients could be pharma cists that are based in Germany or the U nited K ingdom and if they do well, they will expand, but for now the remaining 11 hectares of the greenhouse will only receive cleaning and maintenance.

Volunteers selected And FINALLY ‘Let It Be’

ON August 11, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) authorised the first clinical trials to take place in humans, of a new Spanish Covid‐19 vaccine, the PHH‐1V vaccine from Hipra, a labo‐ ratory that has its plant in Girona.

Hospitals received dozens of applications from people interested in taking part in the trials, and the selection of the most suitable volun‐ teers to participate in the clinical trial began on August 30 in the Josep Trueta hospitals in Girona and the Clinic de Barcelona.

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The amount of euros a Spanish WhatsApp scam coupon claims to offer for Mercadona.

THE Beatles will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their album ‘Let It Be’ with the publication of a special edition that will include unreleased studio recordings and will be released for sale on October 15.

This was confirmed by the band in a statement, accompa‐ nied by a preview of the album with three songs.

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EU money for Germany THE European Commission has disbursed €2.25 billion to Germany in pre‐financ‐ ing, which is equivalent to 9 per cent of the country’s financial allocation under the Recovery and Re‐

silience Facility.

This corresponds to the pre‐financing amount re‐ quested by Germany in its recovery and resilience plan. The pre‐financing payment will help kick‐

start the implementation of the crucial investment and reform measures out‐ lined in this plan.

The Commission will au‐ thorise further disburse‐ ments based on the imple‐ mentation of the investments and reforms outlined in the plan.

The country is set to re‐ ceive €25.6 billion in total, fully consisting of grants, over the lifetime of its plan.

“Today’s disbursement follows the recent success‐ ful implementation of the first borrowing operations under NextGenerationEU,” the EU said in a statement on August 26.

By the end of the year, the Commission intends to raise up to a total of €80 billion in long‐term fund‐ ing, to be complemented by short‐term EU‐Bills, to fund the first planned dis‐ bursements to Member States under NextGenera‐ tionEU.

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Minimum wage increase to be announced in September THE new national minimum wage will be an‐ nounced in September, however it will not be retroactive. President Pedro Sanchez has been un‐ der pressure for months to accede to the wage hike.

In July, the Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz said Sanchez needed to demonstrate the same courage he showed when pardoning jailed Catalan separatists and raise the minimum wage.

Diaz, a member of Podemos, is a key figure in the ruling coalition led by Sanchez’s PSOE. She did not lose her portfolio in the recent cabinet reshuffle, a move Podemos warned would force them to rene‐ gotiate their often fraught pact with PSOE. “The same courage that we had in the govern‐ ment with the granting of pardons now has to be had with the people who are having a hard time. In 2023 we will not be tried for pardons. We are going to be judged by people who are suffering and that is where we have to be,” Diaz said in reference to the next general election which is due to be held in 2023.

“We have skyrocketing prices for electricity and other basic products. It is very striking that we leave those who need it most with this protection,” she added.

In May, the Advisory Commission for the Analysis of the Minimum Wage suggested a 10 per cent hike to the minimum wage.

If approved, the increase could see the minimum wage in Spain rise from €950 per month to €1,045 per month.

Yolanda Diaz is pushing for the increase.

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Miracle baby shark

A MIRACLE baby shark born in a female‐only tank has left scientists baffled.

The baby shark is a world first for the species and said to be a miracle. The birth occurred at the Acquario Cala Gonone aquarium in Sardinia in Italy.

The aquarium had only had two female smooth‐hound sharks living in the tank for around 10 years.

Virgin births or parthenogenesis have never been spotted in smooth‐hound sharks before, but they have been seen in nature in other species such as birds and reptiles.

The baby shark has been called Ispera, and DNA tests will be carried out to confirm whether she is a clone of the mother shark.

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From extreme to high risk

The cases are dropping.

THE coronavirus incidence rate has dropped 22 points to 242 cases per 100,000 in‐ habitants in the last 14 days resulting in Spain coming out of extreme risk and is now at high risk in the fifth wave of this pandemic.

These latest figures were

supplied by the Spanish Ministry of Health, which al‐ so reported that since Friday August 27, 15,489 cases and 146 deaths have been regis‐ tered.

In the last week, the inci‐ dence rate across all of Spain has fallen by 75 points, although most of the communities are still at extreme risk, that is, over 250 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last two weeks‐ around 7 per cent are be‐ low this indicator.

Asturias fell to the medium risk category of transmission last week (below 150 cases) and is currently at 94 cases per 100,000 inhabitants at 14 days.

The Canary Islands went down on Monday August 30 to high risk with 150 cases. Below the 250 cases are the Valen‐ cian Community (197), Catalonia (204), Andalu‐ cia (235), Navarra (247), Aragón (244) and Murcia (247).

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Symbolic hug to Mar Menor T H O U S A N D S of people joined hands in an attempt to complete a 73km long ‘hug’ of the coastline in a bid to address the environmental disaster that is being witnessed at the moment.

T he protest stretched out over multiple municipalities in Murcia to highlight the tons of marine fauna that have recently died. The environ-

ment in the area is severely being hit by the lack of oxygen.

Jesus Cutillas, from the ILP Mar Menor Association commented that the hug “was about collectively expressing our pain and saying goodbye with dignity to all the animals killed by our greed.”

Mario Perez, the mayor of Los Alcazares was happy

to see the number of people that turned out on the beaches. He commented on how the beaches were “full of people who have come from different places” to join the protest. T he protest was also joined by the mayor of Murcia, Jose Antonio Serrano.

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Blading US pressures UK for bees

THE UK has been asked to con‐ vince Prince Andrew to cooper‐ ate in the US authorities’ ongoing investigation into sexual abuse claims connected to Jeffrey Ep‐ stein.

Despite admitting his friend‐ ship to the late billionaire, who was facing charges of child sex trafficking and conspiracy to com‐ mit sex trafficking before commit‐ ting suicide in his prison cell, Prince Andrew has so far refused to co‐operate with US law en‐ forcement.

Earlier this month, it was re‐

ported that the Duke of York was considering using diplomatic im‐ munity in a bid to get the allega‐ tions made about him thrown out and has since been named as a ‘person of interest’ in its investiga‐ tion.

An official from the Biden ad‐ ministration spoke of the UK and US’s close relationship and ex‐ plained that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had sent a Mutual Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request to the Home Office last year in the hopes of getting Prince Andrew to help with the US’s enquiries.

A CANADIAN man has skated more than 6,200 miles across the country to raise awareness of bees.

Zach Choboter broke a world record in his skate across Canada in a challenge named ‘Blading for Bees,’ aimed at raising awareness of the envi‐ ronment and of protecting bees.

The man set off from British Columbia on May 25 before ar‐ riving in St Louis Johns on Wednesday August 25.

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Venice to charge tourists VENICE, Italy, is one of the world’s top tourist destinations, and before the coronavirus pandemic, around 20 million visitors a year visited the city.

However, this popularity has caused many problems such as pollution from cruise ships and overcrowding.

To deal with these problems, city officials are planning to charge tourists to visit the city’s historical centre and its beautiful canals. According to a lo‐ cal Italian newspaper, entry into Venice could cost between €3 and €10.

This charge could start to be ap‐ plied from the summer of 2022. There are also plans to set a limit on the number of visitors who can enter the centre each day. Tourists may even need to book their visit to Venice days before they go.

VENICE: Suffers from overcrowding.

Passenger evicted Diabetic new monitoring device from flight AN unruly passenger on board an Iberia flight to Paris that was taxiing on the runway at the Madrid‐Barajas Adolfo Suarez airport, had to be dealt with by the Guardia Civil. The man, who was thought to be French, had be‐ haved in an aggressive manner towards flight attendants who had asked him to wear his face mask. He was subsequently evicted from the aircraft.

According to eyewitness sources, they said that the incident occurred around 2.25pm, on the Madrid to Paris flight number IB3442.

It was reportedly already heading for the takeoff runway when the flight attendants spotted the maskless passenger and asked him to put his mask on, as he was wearing it incorrectly, underneath his nose.

He refused to comply and responded by yelling, and then punching one of the attendants, but eventually calmed down after the captain left the cockpit to speak with the man.

He accepted he had to wear his mask, but the captain turned the aircraft around and returned to the terminal where four Guardia Civil officers met the plane, and boarded to escort the passenger off quietly. The flight eventu‐ ally departed from Madrid around 45 minutes late.

NEW continuous real‐time glu‐ cose monitoring devices that significantly reduce the number of punctures, are already in‐ cluded in the portfolio of ser‐ vices of the Spanish National Health System, and will be available to more than 23,000 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus throughout the coun‐ try.

In a press release on Friday, August 27, the Ministry of Health explained that the inclu‐ sion of these devices in the com‐ mon portfolio allows public fi‐ nancing of them to patients who need them, and provides equity in their access throughout the national territory.

As reported by Health, pa‐

tients with type 1 diabetes melli‐ tus, and risk of severe hypogly‐ caemia, who require intensive insulin therapy and perform at least six digital punctures a day, will be able to benefit from these new devices.

Approved by the Interterrito‐ rial Health Council, these new devices are incorporated into those currently available as al‐ ternatives to blood glucose test strips in the National Health Sys‐ tem, “which will guarantee equi‐ table access to all patients who need it,” said a spokesperson for the Ministry.

The deadline agreed for their incorporation by the au‐ tonomous communities of fi‐ nancing monitoring systems

MCG‐TR, in diabetics in Spain who meet the requirements, is June 30, 2022.

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Paris exhibition

THE Arc de Triomphe in Paris is to be wrapped in blue and silver fabric as part of an exhibition by two artists.

The €14 million exhibition by artists Jeanne‐Claude and Chris‐ to will see the monument be‐ come the latest to be wrapped in fabric after the artists previ‐ ously covered museums and parliaments.

The exhibition will be on dis‐ play from September 18 in Paris.

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Game of Thrones prequel THE prequel to the iconic HBO series Game of Thrones is to be filmed in the Extremaduran city of Caceres in October.

Andres Liceran, a spokesman for the local government of the city has described it as “very good news” the fact that between October 11 and 21, scenes for the pre-

quel will be filmed there.

As Mr Liceran pointed out, “It is also good news for the economy, because hotels are full, and, in addition, we can transmit the charms of the city to the whole world, which in the future, can bring many tourists to Caceres.”

Caceres has already been the location for some of the

original ‘Game Of Thrones’ scenes - which concluded with season 8 in May 2019 - when the show was filmed there in 2016. This time around, a dozen locations in the historic city centre will be used, including the Arco de la Estrella, plus Plazas Santa Maria, San Jorge, and San Mateo, among others.

Ready for third dose And FINALLY THE Minister of Health, Carolina Darias, has confirmed that Spain is “ready” to vacci‐ nate people with a third dose of a coron‐ avirus vaccine.

On August 25, after the meeting of the In‐ terterritorial Council of the When and to whom?

National Health System (CISNS) Darias said: “We hope that next week we will have a possible propos‐ al that will determine when and, in any case, which group we will vac‐ cinate with the third dose.”

The Minister highlighted that Spain “is ready if it is decided to inoc‐ ulate the third dose.

“But we have to define when, to whom, if we have to make it coin‐ cide with the flu vaccine... There are a series of questions that we have to resolve.”

Homesick Blue Whales AFTER an almost 40‐year ab‐ sence blue whales are said to be returning to Spain’s Atlantic coast. The first whale was spot‐ ted in 2017 off the coast of Gali‐ cia by marine biologist Bruno Diaz, who leads the Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute in Galicia.

The next was spotted in 2018 and in 2020, both of those pre‐ viously spotted returned. Only a week ago though, a new blue whale was sighted near O Grove, off the Islas Cies.

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BBC and Netflix form partnership BUILDING on the existing com‐ mitments of both the BBC and Netflix, the five year partnership has been designed to increase representation of disabled talent both on‐screen and off‐screen, to widen the range of stories produced and give disabled writ‐ ers and creatives greater choice when it comes to the sort of sto‐ ries they wish to tell.

The BBC and Netflix will con‐ sider projects from UK produc‐ ers that have been created or co‐ created by writers who identify as deaf, disabled and/or neuro‐ divergent.

Piers Wenger, BBC Director of Drama, said: “Jack’s powerful, memorable MacTaggart has shone a revealing light onto the extent of the challenges faced by disabled creatives.

“We recognise the need for change and we hope that in coming together the BBC and Netflix have created a funding model which will help level the playing field for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent creators in the UK.”

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Check your passports!

BRITS with burgundy passports from before the UK left the EU are being warned to check they are still valid before trav‐ elling due to an expiry date rule change. The new blue pass‐ port design with the lettering ‘BRITISH PASSPORT’ was is‐ sued when the UK left the EU last year, replacing the passport that signified being a member of the EU. The old burgundy passports will now only be valid for ex‐ actly 10 years, and any additional months that were added on (passports issued before the UK left the EU) will no longer be valid. For example, a passport issue date of June 21, 2012, that shows passport expiry date as December 21, 2022, will actually expire on June 21, 2022.

Most countries in the EU require that your passport is valid for six months on the date of return from your holiday, however with some countries it’s three months, meaning the last date you could return on the above example would be December 21, 2021.

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Priceless art BRITISH auction house, Gorringe’s, is putting a long‐lost Canaletto painting up for sale, and is expected to fetch over €169,557 in September. The mid‐18th century paint‐ ing titled Venice, The Dogana from the Bacino di San Mar‐ co, was found hanging in the English home of a recently deceased woman whose mother bought it in 1920.

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Little girl melts hearts A Y O U N G girl has melted hearts at a restaurant after leaving a sweet thank you note on a napkin and her apology over her spelling had them laughing, too.

It all started when Georgie left the note to staff at the Castello Italian restaurant in Yeovil, Somerset, the message read: “ T o the waitresses and waiters, thank you for being so lovely and giving us our yummy food! I loved my sphaggeti (I think that’s how you spell it).

“You are very nice and you definitely get a fivestar rating from me! L ots of love, Georgie.” She signed it off “short blonde girl” and added: “Thank you for the lollypop.”

The restaurant’s manag-

Pen Farthing apologises

Pen’s rant was leaked.

THANK YOU: The little girl gave a five-star rating. er Jonny Zhejani, 29, came across the note while he was clearing the table and said the team really appreciated the kind words.

“2It means a lot to us because we have been working very hard to make up for the last six months while hospitality has been closed. She was a very happy little girl, and very excit-

ed to be out for dinner.

Her mum said that she had been very excited when they had booked to come here for dinner,” he said.

J onny described her as “very, very polite,” and added: “At the end, she said thank you for a lovely evening, and that she will be back soon.”

Helping migrants learn to swim AT t h e e n d o f l a s t w e e k , the Pamplona City Council reported that it had start‐

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ed to support a new initia‐ tive of the Spanish Com‐ mission for Refugee Aid (CEAR).

The project aims to help migrants and refugees who had arrived in the country (usually illicitly) on boats to learn to swim.

Such trips had been trau‐ matic for many of the peo‐ ple undertaking them in search of a better life in Eu‐ rope and as a result, they may have a traumatic expe‐ rience with large bodies of water.

Many of these people did not know how to swim, yet still risked their lives by getting on the traffickers’ boats, and for those who made it through, there can be a lifetime of emotional scars.

Bearing this in mind, CEAR raised the option for these people to receive swimming lessons in August within the municipal pro‐ gramme that the Pamplona City Council implements to‐ gether with the Navarre Swimming Federation.

PEN FARTHING has apolo‐ gised after his expletive‐ laden rant was leaked after he managed to escape from Afghanistan along with 74 cats and 94 dogs and was safely evacuated to the UK. The former Royal Marine has now spoken out and ex‐ plained how embarrassed he was over the language that he had used in the rant, that was leaked.

Speaking on Good Morn‐ ing Britain Pen said: “I’m in‐ credibly embarrassed about my language, I do apologise to everybody who’s listened to that. I was at the lowest point I could possibly be. I understand how the world works but emotions got the better of me, so for all those who had to listen to that I do apologise for my lan‐ guage.

“I should not have said it like that, but the sentiment, yes, I was just incredibly up‐ set, angry, frustrated, it was the lowest point. I had no other option, I didn’t know what else to do.”

Firefighters’ complaint dismissed MORE than 600 French firefighters, both profession‐ al and voluntary, had complained about France’s new rules making vaccines compulsory for certain workers.

They believe that this violates their privacy rights.

The complaint though has been rejected by the Euro‐ pean Court of Human Rights, who feel that the com‐ plaint falls outside of their scope. The ruling of the court does not prevent the matter being raised again in future if firefighters deem that mandatory vaccina‐ tion causes ‘a real risk of irreparable damage.’

Earlier this month in France the government decid‐ ed to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory for healthcare workers. From later this year they could be suspended without pay, if they decide to refuse to be vaccinated.

The firefighters’ complaint was brought forward by the SUD SDIS union. The union considers the ver‐ dict to be an “extreme disappointment.”

Speaking to AFP, Remy Chabbouh, national secre‐

tary of the union, said that they are prepared to carry on fighting. It is feared that the mandatory vaccina‐ tion decision could radicalise colleagues.

The union has now called a strike in the hopes of mandatory vaccination being withdrawn.

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Lost ring

A GIRL has found a gold wedding ring while swimming in the sea in England before hunting for its owner and giving it back.

The 11‐year‐old was diving in the water in De‐ von when she found the ring, before finding it was engraved with the names of the married couple and the date they wed. The couple were eventually found through Facebook and the ring sent back to its owner in the UK.

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Passenger numbers up

THE UK Civil Aviation Authority’s statistics for the second quarter of 2021 show that 6.3 million passengers flew in and out of the UK between April and June this year compared to 3.4 million in the first quarter of 2021, across 124,000 flights compared to 81,000 flights in the first quarter of the year.

This represents a 92 per cent fall in

passenger numbers compared to the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest quarter saw several updates to government travel guidance.

International leisure travel started to reopen from May 17, 2021 with the ‘traffic light’ system introduced.

Overall levels of cargo transport were down 9 per cent compared to

Justice against money laundering THE Ministry of Justice is organising the second round of the Cycle on Money Laundering and Fight Against Organised Crime.

The sessions will serve as a forum of experiences to design an Ibero-American Plan on the fight against money laundering, it will be led by Justice Minister Pilar Llop within the Conference of Ministers of Justice of the Ibero-American Countries.

The objective of the conference is to ensure that all participants, including personnel from various ministries, judges, prosecutors, financial intelligence units, notaries, registrars and members of police forces and bodies, among others, have a global vision of all areas of the fight against money laundering from criminal activities. This includes both preventive activities and criminal investigation as well as the location, management and administration of these seized assets, with the greatest efficiency in the use of public resources.

It will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, September 13 to October 22, and will include 60 presentations by experts from the more than 20 Spanish, Latin American and global institutions as well as participatory workshops and seminars followed live from all participating countries.

the same period in 2019, with 605,436 tons of cargo carried. However, cargo-only flights saw a 114 per cent increase in goods transported, with 444,643 tons carried.

The average flight delay also improved, with an average wait of six minutes per flight, down from nine minutes in the first quarter of 2021, with 89.2 per cent of flights departing on time.

“We are beginning to see an increase in international leisure travel, particularly across Portugal and Spain, as the travel sector looks to

More people are now travelling. safely recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Following the steady relaxation of isolation rules for a variety of destinations, including those for double vaccinated UK citizens, we expect further recovery of the number of flights and passengers in the third quarter of 2021,” the Civil Aviation Authority said.

Mercadona milk hike

FARMERS groups consider the measure ‘positive’ and ask other supermarket chains also raise the price of milk.

The price of milk sold in Mercadona will soon increase its price by three cents, a measure taken by the supermarket chain to satisfy the demands of farmers. The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) said it was a “positive step” that oth‐ er supermarkets should also raise the price of milk.

Farmers are struggling with a ‘brutal rise in production costs in recent months’, according to the UPA. The price increase however “must be followed by the rest of the large commer‐ cial areas and the dairy industry and must be combined with other advances” the union stressed.

Mercadona’s announcement not to sell milk below 60 cents per litre from September have been received with ‘hope’ by the sector.

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And FINALLY Bob Marley football strip AJAX football club in Holland has cre‐ ated an Adidas Bob Marley football strip for European matches with the agreement of his family.

The story of Ajax, Bob Marley and the song Three Little Birds started in August 2008, when Ajax played a friendly match in Cardiff, against Cardiff City FC. The Ajax fans were asked to remain in the stands after the game. And to entertain them, the stadium DJ played several tracks, one of which was Three Little Birds. The rest is his‐ tory.

The fans instantly embraced the song as their own and have been singing it at every game since. A true symbol of hope, the fans sing the song regardless of the score in the game.

Now this new kit, which sold out within days of being put on sale, is a tribute to the Ajax fans and the love shared by the club and its fans for reggae legend Bob Marley and his iconic song, Three Little Birds.

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New energy labelling FROM September 1, a new en‐ ergy label will start appearing on lamps sold across the EU. The revised label is a great im‐ provement for consumers, who will get clearer and more helpful information on how en‐

ergy‐efficient lamps are.

Lighting products are follow‐ ing in the footsteps of other electrical appliances that have been benefiting from the new energy label since March 1 this year, such as fridges, freezers, washing machines, ovens, and TV sets.

The major change is the re‐ moval of the confusing ‘A+’, ’A++’ and ‘A+++’ classes that had appeared on the energy label over the years. The label will revert to the popular A‐G scale, as requested by con‐

sumer groups.

Most appliances were grouped in the ‘+’ classes, thus leaving lower classes empty and making the label rather mean‐ ingless. The stricter measure‐ ment method means a lamp previously ranked A++ may be downgraded to D for example, as found by Belgian consumer group Test Achats.1 This does not mean the lamp is less effi‐ cient. The new ranking simply reflects the present state‐of‐the‐ art, and leaves room for future innovative products to populate

the A class.

Monique Goyens, Director General of BEUC, said, “It is en‐ couraging that the new energy label is appearing on more types of products. Shoppers get much clearer information on the energy performance of dish‐ washers, ovens, fridges, and TV screens ‐ and now lamps. At a time when more environmen‐ tally friendly consumption is growing in many minds, this is excellent news. We’re looking forward to 2025, when the old energy label will be history.”

Apple chief $750m payout TIM COOK, who has served as Apple’s chief execu‐ tive for 10 years, has a current net worth of around $1.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billion‐ aire’s Index. Under his employment agreement he is entitled to shares in the company behind the iPhone and a host of other household name gad‐ gets including MacBook lap tops and the iPad. A company filing with the US Securities and Ex‐ change Commission shows that he sold most of the shares for more than $750 million (£550 mil‐ lion).

Shares in Apple, founded by Steve Jobs, have risen by 191.83 per cent over the last three years and the Silicon Valley giant’s share price has in‐ creased by 1,200 per cent since Cook became chief executive officer. Apple now has a market valua‐ tion of almost $2.5 trillion. The filing also showed that Cook donated some $10m worth of Apple shares to an unamed charity.

Like Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffet, Cook has also pledged to give away most of his welath during his lifetime.

EU funds for Spain

EU AID: To help after the crisis.

THE EU Commission has granted €373 million to five European So‐ cial Fund (ESF) and European Re‐ gional Development Fund (ERDF) operational programmes (OPs) in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy to help the countries with coron‐ avirus emergency response and repair in the framework of REACT‐ EU. In Spain, €87 million will be added to the ESF OP for Castilla y Leon to support the self‐employed and workers who had their con‐ tracts suspended or reduced due to the crisis. The money will also help hard‐hit companies across Spain avoid lay‐offs, especially in the tourism sector.

“Measures focus on supporting labour market resilience, jobs, SMEs and low‐income families, as well as setting future‐proof founda‐ tions for the green and digital tran‐

sitions and a sustainable socio‐eco‐ nomic recovery,” the EU said on Friday August 27.

And FINALLY Cat rescue A CAT assisted rescuers to find her 83‐year‐old owner after she fell into a stream in Cornwall, England.

The elderly woman had fallen 70 feet down a steep embank‐ ment, sparking a hunt to find her. Rescue workers subse‐ quently found her when her cat reportedly made sounds that showed them where its owner was.

The woman later received medical attention after her fall and was in good spirits.

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Third case of euthanasia A P AT I E N T from Alicante, suffering from ALS has used the new law on euthanasia which was approved in March. This is the third known case in Spain, previ‐ ous cases were in Asturias and in the Basque Country.

The Alicante woman was over 60 years old and is said to have been in an advanced stage of her disease. She had been admitted to the Hospi‐ tal de San Juan de Alicante.

At this point in time no fur‐ ther details have been re‐ leased.

What is known though is that the woman was a wid‐ ow, and a dependent. She had been in the Alicante hos‐ pital since August 9. To use the new euthanasia law vari‐ ous conditions must be met which include incurability and ‘intolerable’ suffering.

The Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (DMD) confirmed that the woman ‘fulfilled the require‐ ments’ put forward by the regulation, which was only recently approved in Spain.

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Brexit and Covid cause food shortages AT the moment British shoppers are seeing su‐ permarket stocks hit hard by both the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and Brexit. According to one supermarket boss, stock levels are at the worst that they have ever seen them.

Recently McDonald’s has experienced a milkshake shortage and Nando’s have been hit with a shortage of chicken. The chief executive of the Co‐operative Group, Steve Murrells, has spoken out and said that the supermarket chain has had to reduce the number of items available in some of its ranges as their supplies have been hit due to post‐Brexit rules.

In a statement, Murrells said: “The shortages are at a worse level than at any time I have seen.”

He blamed the lack of products on new rules as a result of “Brexit and issues caused by Covid.” Co‐op are currently retraining staff due to the lack of lorry drivers. At the moment there are around 100,000 lorry drivers lacking across the industry, which is causing plenty of issues.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit not only supermarkets, but also hotels and bars too.

Last Roman chandelier THE last remaining Roman chandelier has been rebuilt following its discovery by Spanish archaeologists.

The lamp, at 0.5 metres in diameter and with 32 candle or fuse spots, was used to il‐ luminate large spaces during the Roman Empire.

The rare find, which is now on display at the Elda Muse‐

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um in Alicante, was lovingly restored by local art teacher Eva Maria Mendiora.

The Roman masterpiece is believed to have been creat‐ ed in the first century AD by a potter named Lucius Eros.

Augustus and Tiberius ruled while Eros was alive, and he engraved his name on the mould he made.

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The maximum number of hours permitted by Spanish law before a corpse must be buried or cremated after death.

The rare find is on display.

Another four lamp types were found at the archaeo‐ logical site Elo‐Monastil, where Eros is believed to have had his workshop and several kilns.

His workshop was discov‐ ered in 1989 and more kilns were found in 2009 and 2010.

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Baby on Nevermind sues SPENCER ELDEN appeared as a baby on what is said to be one of the most iconic album covers ev‐ er made. He is now suing the band, and has filed a lawsuit in California. The photo shows him as a baby, naked in water as he swims towards a dollar bill.

The lawsuit has been filed against Courtney Love, who is Kurt Cobain’s widow and also against the record label, amongst others.

In the lawsuit the defendants are accused of ‘commercial child sexual exploitation of him from while he was a minor to the pre‐ sent day … defendants knowingly produced, possessed and adver‐ tised commercial child pornogra‐ phy depicting Spencer’.

However, in 2016 Elden set out to mark the 25th anniversary of the album with the New York Post. The image was recreated and he said: “It’s cool but weird to be part of something so important that I don’t even remember.”

Later the same year Elden also commented that: “Recently I’ve been thinking, ‘What if I wasn’t OK with my freaking penis being shown to everybody?’ I didn’t re‐ ally have a choice.”

The iconic photo was taken by Kirk Weddle and Elden feels that everybody made money off it and he didn’t. I think he deserves something, but it’s always the record labels that make the mon‐ ey.

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Record breaking bouncer

AN Irish man has bounced two basketballs 729 times in one minute, earning him a world record.

Sean Daly of Skibbereen, West Cork won the Guinness World Record after he bounced two basketballs, one in each hand, a total of 729 times in 60 seconds.

The man previously bounced two balls simultaneously for two hours, six minutes, earning him another Guinness record in March.

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Town plans to become self-sufficient S I N C E historic electricity prices started to hit Spanish consumers in June, many individuals are searching for ways to lower their bills, and this also applies to whole towns as well, as is the case with the Ciudad Real municipality of Ballesteros de Calatrava, which is determined to lower the electricity costs suffered by its

400 inhabitants.

Through the ‘Ballesteros Genera’ project, launched with an initial investment of €338,000, of which about €138,000 comes from European funds, the municipality will create its own local energy market, as P edro A ntonio F uentes, the spokesman for the trading company explained, “ B allesteros will pro-

Julio Iglesias takes to Instagram RUMOURS about the health and wellbeing of one of Spain’s greatest-ever international singing stars, Julio Iglesias have been circulating in recent years, about which he has remained silent, but now, taking to Instagram, he has made a point of addressing certain issues.

Speaking about his current state of health, he said, “Of course my back hurts, as it always has, of course, I have less strength than I had before. Of course, I am going to be 78 years old, and not even a great athlete can be asked to do sport at 78 years of age in the same way he did at 20.”

He also took the opportunity to open his heart and talk about his wife,

duce, store and distribute electrical energy, using photovoltaic energy through software that will make the energy flow throughout the town,” in Castile-La Mancha.

Thanks to the construction of a photovoltaic plant, this innovative way of dealing with the increases in electricity bills will start at the end of 2021, with which it is estimated the inhabitants will lower their bills by up to 20 per cent, and seeing

And FINALLY Photovoltaic energy will be used. bigger savings as the years pass, until eventually it is believed the town will make a saving of at least 80 per cent, in the belief that this project can be expanded into 15 other nearby towns of the Campo de Calatrava region.

Clandestine sewing workshop found

Iglesias spoke about his health.

Miranda Rijnsburger, “I have a splendid family, and a woman I love with all my soul,” adding, “If I have to tell the story of my life, no one is going to tell it more certainly and better than me, by the way I will tell it,” while emphasising the support given to him by his fans throughout his career.

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NATIONAL POLICE officers in Murcia have located a clandestine sewing and upholstery workshop on a secluded farm in the town of Yecla, and have dismantled the criminal organisation that ran it, which was allegedly dedicated to the labour exploitation of foreign citizens.

According to a statement from the force, during five inspections of the facility they found nine people working in an irregular situation, and as a result, three people of Paraguayan nationality - two men, and one woman - were detained as alleged perpetrators of crimes against workers’ rights, and encouraging irregular immigration.

The discovery came about purely during routine inspections that are now a part of EU requirements, which consists of the police visiting random companies, workshops, factories, and other work establishments, without prior warning, with the objective of detecting possible irregularities regarding the hiring of its employees, as well as the possible illicit employment of irregular persons carrying out the work.

During the inspection of the farm, officers found that the workshop did not comply with any of the health and safety, and working condition measures that any workplace must comply with, and at the time of one inspection, they found that six out of the seven workers were in an irregular situation in Spain.

Both doses of Covid-19 vaccine JUST over 32 million, 67.9 per cent of the population, are fully vaccinated against Covid‐19 with two shots.

More than 32 mil‐ lion people have two doses of Covid‐19 vaccine and 36.1 mil‐ lion people, 76.1 per cent of the popula‐ tion, have had one dose, according to Ministry of Health.

Spain has received 71,756,402 doses of the four authorised vaccines and some 64,714,501, just over 90 per cent, of them have been adminis‐ tered.

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FRANCE

Cruise ships

Heroine

DURING the pandemic, different entry rules to Denmark applied for passengers in cars and also on cruise ships, with each person having to be vaccinated. This will cease to be the case however when cruise ships return.

THE American-born French dancer and singer Joséphine Baker will be inducted into the Panthéon, an honour reserved for France’s national heroes, on November 30. The move recognises her courage in actively resisting Nazi Germany during the Second World War as a member of the French Resistance.

THE NETHERLANDS Alcohol free FIGURES released by Nederlandse Brouwers beer sector organisation suggest that year-on-year alcoholic beer consumption has dropped overall due to the closure of bars, but Dutch drinkers have purchased 3 per cent more alcohol-free beer.

NORWAY Anti-oil

BELGIUM

DEMONSTRATIONS on the streets of Oslo by radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion Norway, demanding an end to continued oil exploration saw police arrest 29 activists as a number invaded the government’s Oil Ministry building taking over part of Frogner Park.

Hacker’s delight

FINLAND

RESEARCHERS at Leuven University have been checking out the vulnerability of cheap smart appliances and have found more than 50 weak spots, for example hackers can break into cameras on vacuum cleaners, see what valuables you may have and then sell the information.

Less research

GERMANY

THE Minister of Science and Culture Antti Kurvinen has told the Finnish News Agency (STT) that while ongoing research will receive sufficient funding, a decrease in income from the state-owned gambling monopoly Veikkaus will adversely affect any new project proposals with effect from 2022.

Tea time

SWEDEN

ALTHOUGH Germany appears as number 84 on the list of tea-drinking countries, those living in East Frisia drink more than anyone else in the world, said the Records Institute for Germany. Annual tea consumption there is about 300 litres per capita, compared to 200 litres in the UK.

Honest profit THE Swedish government must repay to a convicted drug dealer 33 bitcoins which were confiscated in 2019 when they were worth 1.4 million krona (€136,000) but are now worth around 14 million krona (€1.367m).

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FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Venture Capital VENTURE Capital companies from around the world are taking an interest in investing in Spanish higher educational establishments as they know that a significant proportion of the European Recovery Fund money is to be spent in teaching new technology to the large number of young unemployed.

Stores lost RESEARCH by the commercial property firm CoStar Group reveals that 83 per cent of Britain’s department stores have disappeared in the past five years following the collapse of BHS. There were 467 stores open in 2016 and thanks also to the pandemic, the total has dropped to 79.

French sale SPANISH toll road operator Abertis has sold its 35 per cent stake in Alienor, the concessionaire of the A65 motorway, in the south of France as well as the total holding in Sanef Aquitaine, the company in charge of maintaining the road for €222 million.

More mortgages MONTHLY mortgage data released by the National Institute of Statistics show that property buyers in Spain are returning to the market in their droves The number of mortgages increased 41.2 per cent year-onyear in June, to 37,961, the largest increase since December 2019 and the highest number since before the pandemic with a preference for variable rate rather than fixed rate mortgages.

The amount being borrowed continues to increase and is up by 49 per cent, with the average loan in the region of €140,000 which suggests that property prices are going up as demand grows.

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(€115 million) is the potential bonus that new CEO of Frasers Group who replaces Mike Ashley could receive by 2025 if share price doubles.

Generation of hybrid workers HAVING coped with getting used to working from home during the pandem‐ ic, a new generation of hy‐ brid workers has emerged in the UK. Many British companies have been taking a hard look at the benefits and problems with home work‐ ing and whilst there are a considerable number of jobs where staff have to be on site (for example shops, restaurants, factories), of‐ fice staff in particular may

wish to stay at home.

For an individual there can be significant cost sav‐ ings as there is no need to pay for transport to and from work and for those with a long journey, there is an added benefit of the reduction in travel stress and the fact that they can spend more time with their families.

The downside however is that it becomes easy to lose personal contact with colleagues and it is possible

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that those who turn up at the office may stand higher in the ‘pecking order’ when it comes to promotion as they are constantly on view.

Perhaps the ideal situa‐ tion ‐ this seems to be be‐ coming attractive to some businesses and workers ‐is a hybrid role, whereby staff can choose to vary their place of employment so that they spend some time in the office and some time working at home.

Companies such as Pre‐ mier Foods (who own a number of popular house‐ hold names such as Mr Kipling) and Primark are following this course and the HR director for Premier David Wilkinson told the BBC, “Work is a verb, not a place, and whether it’s for a team meeting or just per‐ sonal preference, our office remains open for anyone who wants to use it.”

Time will tell whether this becomes the norm.

Tax declarations

Who is in charge?

I am having problems to obtain satisfactory an‐ swers to some questions I have in my communi‐ ty. I have asked both the administrator and the president about a dispute I have with my neighbour and got no helpful response. So I have two questions.

1. Who has the most power, the president or the ad‐ ministrator?

2. Should I be paying the same community fees for an empty plot with no water meter or other services as I pay for the plot that has my house on it?

Toy story SPEAKING to the BBC, Gary Grant, owner of 170 Entertainer UK toy stores said prices are likely to be going up for Christmas due to a mixture of supply chain disruption, labour shortages and higher transport costs, and some of the most popular toys may be in short supply.

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A W (Costa del Sol) The presi‐ dent, as elected by the YOU AND THE LAW AGM, has the pow‐ IN SPAIN er to terminate the services of the administrator. In an emergency he can do this on his own. The president is the chief elected official of the community. The administrator is a professional contracted by the community to provide services.

The answer to your second question is, yes. Your com‐ munity fee is based only on the surface area of your property, not on what stands on it. If you build a house on your vacant plot, your fee will not rise.

DAVID SEARL

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

ANDROID phone users take note, the Joker virus has returned after first appearing in 2017 and infect‐ ing mobile phones.

An announcement by the Bel‐ gian Police on their website and via Twitter warned about the re‐ turn of the virus and said “This ma‐ licious program has been detected in eight Play Store applications that Google has suppressed.”

Get your paperwork in order.

WHEN a person dies in Spain, within six months their heirs will have to make a tax declaration regardless of whether or not they have inherited assets. If they received prop‐ erty, they will also have to pay a tax on it.

The IRPF tax declaration must also be done in the name of the deceased.

Within 30 days of a person’s death, the Social Security depart‐ ment must be informed, especially if they were getting a pension.

This can be done online or at any of the Social Security offices.

Failing to do so and continuing to receive any benefits they had can get you into serious trouble.

When a person dies in Spain, their ID number within the coun‐ try will no longer be used for anyone else. You will need to know this number to carry out many of the procedures when a loved one dies, so if you don’t have it, you will need to go to the Nation‐ al Police station and request it.

www.goldenleavesinternational.com enquiries@goldenleaves.com Facebook: goldenleavesspain

Joker virus returns They advised consumers to be cautious about downloading new Android Apps, adding, “You risk a big surprise at the end of the month in your bank account or on your credit card.”

The Joker virus hacks mobile de‐ vices running on Android, target‐

ing bills and authorising opera‐ tions without the user’s knowl‐ edge and can infiltrate text mes‐ sages, contacts and other information available on the in‐ fected device.

Google Play Store has already removed eight suspicious apps.

Low cost airline AS the UK furlough pro‐ gramme comes to an end in September British Airways confirms that it is planning a new low cost subsidiary to run out of Gatwick Airport.

Although supposedly not for public information, a leaked letter seen by the PA News Agency gave details of its plans to return to the cheaper end of the market to compete with the likes of easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz.

At one time, Gatwick (which is due to install a sec‐ ond runway) was a major hub for BA and its European short haul flights, but since the pan‐ demic the majority of flights still running, operate out of Heathrow.

Having tried this before with Go (sold after three years) the new venture is due to start in 2022.

Peseta exchange JUNE 30, 2021 was the cut off date for people to return pe‐ setas to the Bank of Spain and exchange them for euros and the Bank has now announced that 96.8 per cent of the en‐ tire amount of currency still in circulation as at December 31, 2020 has now been accounted for.

It is too late now to ex‐ change any more and if you have any pesetas left over you will have to keep them as sou‐ venirs or give them to the chil‐ dren to play with.

The unredeemed 3.2 per cent (1.575 billion pesetas) still in people’s hands which is worth an estimated €92 mil‐ lion comes as a bonus for the Spanish economy.

These are Auxiliary Message, Ele‐ ment Scanner, Fast Magic SMS, Free CamScanner, Go Messages, Super Message, Super SMS and Travel Wallpapers.

It may well be that there are still other fake Apps around which have not yet been discovered, so all Android phone users need to be very careful about which Apps they choose to download.

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Currency outlook: US dollar soars as risk-off mood prevails, Pound fluctuates on mixed UK data and coronavirus developments

Sterling strengthened at the end of July, climbing to a 3-month high against the euro.

ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

Euro EUR/GBP: Unchanged at £0.85 EUR/USD: Down from $1.17 to $1.16 Throughout the past month the direction of the euro has been largely determined by its strong negative correlation with the US dollar.

This has resulted in some notable pressure on the single currency in August amid broad support for the US Dollar.

However, the euro has been able to temper its losses in light of some positive EUR data releases, as well as optimism over the EU’s vaccine rollout, which has now reached over 70% of adults in Eu‐ rope.

Looking ahead, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) upcoming policy meeting is likely to be a key focus for EUR investors. Expect to see the euro fal‐ ter if the ECB maintains its current dovish bias.

Pound GBP/EUR: Unchanged at €1.16 GBP/USD: Down from $1.37 to $1.36 The pound has traded in a wide range over the past month, in response to mixed coronavirus headlines and uneven UK data releases.

Sterling strengthened at the end of July, climb‐ ing to a three‐month high against the euro on the back of positive UK coronavirus statistics.

This upside was reinforced in the first week of August, following some surprisingly hawkish for‐ ward guidance from the Bank of England (BoE), in which it suggested ‘some modest tightening of monetary policy’ may be necessary if the UK eco‐ nomic recovery maintains its current pace.

However, the pound subsequently relin‐ quished all of these gains in the second half of Au‐ gust, plunging to a one‐month low amidst a wor‐ rying rise in domestic coronavirus cases as well as

some disappointing data releases, which prompt‐ ed GBP investors to dial back their BoE expecta‐ tions.

Looking ahead, GBP exchange rates could face some additional headwinds through the coming month if UK coronavirus cases continue to climb, while concerns over the winding down of the gov‐ ernment’s furlough scheme could also weigh on Sterling sentiment.

US Dollar USD/GBP: Up from £0.72 to £0.73 USD/EUR: Up from €0.84 to €0.85 Apart from closing July on the defensive in re‐ sponse to a dovish rate decision by the Federal Re‐ serve, the US dollar has broadly strengthened over the past four weeks, amidst a souring market mood.

This deterioration of market sentiment has been primarily driven by a sharp rise in coron‐ avirus cases in many parts of the world, which has dampened global growth prospects.

However, this risk‐off trend accelerated sharply in mid‐August following the publication of the minutes from the Fed’s July policy meeting, which revealed the Fed has begun formal discussions re‐ garding the tapering of its bond purchases.

The prospect of the US central bank withdraw‐ ing its stimulus at the same time that the global re‐ covery looks to be faltering, spooked investors and redoubled demand for the safe‐haven US dol‐ lar.

Looking ahead, the immediate focus for USD investors will be the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, in which they will be looking for more clarity over the Fed’s tapering plans.

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The bin of shame

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I THINK Biden should be impeached.

Unfortunately that would open the door for Kamala Harris, which could be infinitely worse. The truth is the left wing woke culture is now running the Western world.

This delusional clique believes that the rest of us should think exactly as they do ‐ and all those who dare to assume otherwise are evil. Wokes are something like the flower power participants of the ‘60s.

We too gullibly imagined that peace and love would prevail and pushing flowers down the barrels of the rifles of soldiers would protect us more than bullets. At that time, if our opinions of how society should be administered had been allowed to materialise, the Western world as we know it would no longer exist. Luckily, we did briefly come to our senses.

Unfortunately, in this day and age, through the advent of the internet and social media, the dogmatists of the present have been able to attain powers the generation of the ‘60s could only dream of ‐ and it is a disaster. To think that this incompetent lot in the White House is naïve enough to believe that the Taliban has changed its ways and will now bring peace

DELUSIONAL: Biden’s speech was an insult to our intelligence.

and democracy to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan and ‐ wait for it ‐ take an active interest in the prevention of global warming! ‐ is actually quite frightening.

Be assured, we can now brace ourselves for the news of mass executions, unspeakable atrocities and the crushing of

women’s rights beyond our darkest imaginings. Biden’s pathetic attempt to appear the marauding avenger in his ‘we will hunt you down’ speech was nothing more than an insult to the intelligence of all who have already suffered through his bunch of inept pretentious individuals.

Lobbing a few indiscriminate bombs in Daesh’s direction won’t hack it. The only members of this murderous mob he will be able to even get close to ‘hunting down’ will be the perpetrator when he meets bits of him in the Hades afterlife. Yet another example of woke ineptitude was this

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administration’s decision to give the Taliban information of those who had worked for them, ‘so they could be given easier access at the checkpoints.’ This was nothing more than handing the enemy a death list, rather like giving the Nazis a record of all the French resistance fighters so they could board transport to a friendly country.

In their usual way of extricating themselves from the mire, Biden’s lot has cynically tried to blame Trump for this disaster. It’s simply not true. Yes. Trump did broker the deal to leave. But Trump was the un‐woke devil we knew. He was an unscrupulous businessman, chasing Afghanistan’s vast reserves of Lithium.

Biden’s Democrats incited this wholly unnecessary, disastrous fast tracked departure in a cold blooded PR effort to gain brownie points by announcing the ‘victorious’ withdrawal of all American troops on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Well thanks to them, another 13 of their heroic young men will never see their homeland or loved ones again. The whole devious leftie lot of ‘em should be relegated to the political bin of shame. Never to rise again!

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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WHERE CAN YOU GET A SELFASSEMBLY FLATPACK DIVORCE KIT?

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

EVER been to an IKEA with your partner and had a bust‐up afterwards? According to an LA‐based clinical psychologist, this is almost inevitable because underlying relationship is‐ sues strained by lockdowns bubble to the surface when couples choose furniture.

As soon as you walk into IKEA, she claims, “The store literally becomes a map of relation‐ ship nightmares, one person putting stuff in the cart and the other taking it out. I see argu‐ ments all the time. You see it escalate and people storming off. Walking through the kitchens brings up touchy subjects, like who does most of the cooking. Then you get to the children’s section, which opens up another set of issues. And that’s before you’ve even tried assembling anything.”

IKEA came up so often in her counselling sessions she now uses it as a relationship tool.

She often ‘tasks couples with putting together a large piece of furniture at home and report‐ ing back on how it went.’ If they’re still to‐ gether the following week, they discuss how they got on. Then she bills them.

FLAT PACK: Couples are tasked with putting together pieces of furniture.

A recent study concluded that the labyrinth of an IKEA showroom is ingeniously designed to coax its customers into buying as much flat‐ packed furniture as possible (thereby increas‐ ing the likelihood of arguments?) the compa‐

ny’s success due, in part, to confusing its cus‐ tomers into submission. It found that the weaving yellow path leaves customers disori‐ entated with no idea where the exit lies. So, more S&M than M&S?

Though that aspect’s likely to change! Ikea is trialling a new layout that could signal the end of the well‐trodden store route since it now wants customers to be ‘part of the furni‐ ture’ in a more immersive experience.

When all’s said and done, however, IKEA’s only about shopping for, and assembling, fur‐ niture. It’s just stuff. If a couple can’t cope with that, how the heck are they going to cope with real problems later in life. Like sav‐ ing enough for a home and retirement; coping with possible job loss; dealing with serious health issues or caring for elderly parents with dementia?

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Hidden personal health Cleanse and STICKING your tongue out every morning can reveal a lot about your state of health.

Its size, texture, colour and shape can provide a surprising amount of information, according to an Australian‐Chinese medical practitioner.

Waveny Holland claims that a tongue diagnosis, using a chart that corresponds to different parts of the body, can reveal signs of dis‐ ease and imbalances that we may be oblivious to.

A normal, healthy tongue is normally pinkish or light red in colour, with a slight white coating and neither too thick nor thin, and not flabby or overlapping the teeth.

A puffy tongue can indicate a lack of nutrients and moisture, and a thin one or a tongue without any coating, could hint towards dehy‐ dration.

If circulation is restricted, for ex‐ ample during menstruation, it may be purple, according to the expert.

But a pale tongue can suggest a vitamin or mineral deficiency and is more commonly seen among those suffering from anaemia.

HEALTHY: Pinkish or light red in colour is normal.

And yellow colouring or a bump on the top, could be a sign of an in‐ fection or bacterial build‐up of oth‐ er imbalances.

While a red tongue (depending on which area of the body this cor‐ responds to on the tongue map) can indicate fever or a rise in body temperature associated with menopause.

Deep cracks in the centre ap‐ parently indicate a person is prone to digestive issues, and ulcers can be linked to a deficiency.

While a tongue with ridges on the outside edge is said to indicate fluid retention.

Explaining how the organ re‐ lates to different parts of the body, the medical practitioner said the tip of the tongue reflects organs that are higher in the chest, the lungs and heart.

The middle represents organs that are in the centre of the trunk, the liver and gallbladder on the sides and the stomach in the cen‐ tre.

While the back of the tongue relates to body parts positioned deeper in the trunk, such as the in‐ testines, bladder, and kidneys.

moisturise

EFFECTIVE facial treatments are a great way to get creative while using fresh ingredients straight from the fridge or fruit bowl.

Here’s a couple of ideas.

To exfoliate, blend an avocado with two tea‐ spoons of yoghurt and apply to your face and neck. Leave for 30 minutes and rinse off. Avoca‐ do contains moisturising oils while yoghurt is packed with lactic acid, a natural exfoliator.

As well as sloughing off dead skin cells, it boosts circulation and gives skin a lovely glow.

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Healthy additions POPULAR: The supplement market is huge.

SUPPLEMENTS have grown more popular over the years with a number of studies claiming their benefits for a number of different health conditions.

Calcium is vital for healthy bones, which play an impor‐ tant part in a person’s health as they provide struc‐ ture for the body, perfect organs and anchor muscles.

Poor bone health can result

in osteoporosis, which can make them more prone to breaking.

With age, the intestines absorb less calcium from the diet, and the kidneys be‐ come less efficient at con‐ serving it. As a result, the body can steal calcium from bone for a variety of impor‐ tant metabolic functions.

Experts claim the memory can be protected as early as

possible with a fish oil sup‐ plement which are packed with omega‐3s, specifically docosahexaenoic (DHA), which help improve the way brain functions and increase new cell growth.

And vitamin D supple‐ ments can help to lower the risk of heart disease. Any‐ body over the age of four should take 10 micrograms each day.

Positive step forward SCIENTIFISTS claim to have discovered why decades of studies have failed to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

Previous at‐ tempts to find a treatment fo‐ cused on the tox‐ ic build‐up of pro‐ tein clumps, known as amy‐ loid beta, in a pa‐ tient’s brain.

This accumulation slowly destroys neu‐ rons and causes memory loss and confusion.

But researchers at King’s College in London argue that once these clumps have formed, it is too late for medication to make a differ‐ ence.

They claim that by target‐ ing the little‐known protein that causes the clusters to develop significantly im‐ proves signs of Alzheimer’s in mice.

Drug treatments that work on blocking this protein are already available in Japan

BUILD UP: The accumulation of amyloid beta in the brain destroys neurons. and China for stroke.

Scientisits found that the disease’s progressions works like a circuit.

When the amyloid‐beta starts to join together in the sufferer’s brain, it starts to break down nerve cells.

This causes these cells to produce more amyloid‐beta.

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that a ‘vicious positive feed‐ back loop’ exists in which the protein drives its own pro‐ duction. And once this ‘loop’ gets out of control, drugs are no longer effective.

He added that this could be why so many Alzheimer’s drug trials have proved un‐ successful.

The team of researchers believe pharmaceutical de‐ velopers should target the protein Dkk1, which stimu‐ lated the production of amy‐ loid‐beta.

Tests on mice, which were treated with the Dkk1‐ blocking drug fasudil for two weeks, showed a dramatic reduction in their levels of the protein.

The scientists now plan to investigate if fasudil, which is an approved drug for other conditions, could boost brain health and prevent cognitive decline in people with early stage Alzheimer’s.

Around 500,000 people in the UK are affected by Alzheimer’s, the most com‐ mon form of dementia.

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FEATURE

Do you have to have a lawyer in Spain?

CONSULAR MATTERS AFTER 30 years in the legal profes‐ sion and as Consul for Denmark I of‐ ten get asked do I have to have a lawyer here in Spain?

Well you will not be surprised when I say it isn’t a yes or no answer.

The short answer is it depends on the case.

For all the matters that you do not need a Court or a Tribunal, no you don’t. I’ve never stated or implied that being legally represented is a re‐ quirement under Spanish law for ex‐ tra judicial matters. You are free to conduct all your extra judicial legal matters in Spain on your own. Just like some people cut their own hair and do their own gardening, some people choose to represent them‐ selves.

So for example if you’re applying for a visa, residencia or residency, making a will, completing a tax re‐

according to the Spanish law you can represent yourself in court claims up to€2,000 but, again, to count on someone who knows the rules of the game that you are playing makes in most cases, the difference between winning and losing.

In the biggest part of the rest of the court cases, a registered lawyer has to represent you, as a guarantee that your interests are protected by a professional who has studied law at university for five years and has passed a formation period before being able to advise clients.

If you do decide that you would like a lawyer to help you, you have a huge choice. Ensure that you have their number so you can check that they can legally practise. If you want us at Just Law Solicitors here in Spain to help you, we would be happy to do so.

LEGAL HELP: Make sure that your lawyer is legally able to practise. turn or buying a property here in Spain, you don’t need a Spanish so‐ licitor. In fact there is nothing in Spain which states you actually have to have a lawyer for these matters.

On the other hand, to have a lawyer (I am not talking about con‐ sultants, experts, advisors or persons with experience) advising you re‐ garding your legal matters is a guar‐

antee that your interests will be pro‐ tected by a professional, duly regis‐ tered, regulated, insured and quali‐ fied.

For judicial matters, for example,

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2 - 8 September 2021 THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS is urg‐ ing its readers to support local businesses in the community by going local now that the lock‐ down has ended and for your all your shopping this year, instead of feeding online giants and su‐ perstores.

We challenge you to rediscover your local high streets, markets, butchers, greengrocers and all of the wonderfully quirky indepen‐ dent businesses in your area.

Now that the Covid‐19 pan‐ demic appears to be under con‐ trol, it is a good idea to try and support many local businesses by ordering online and making use of any click and collect services they can operate, especially if you are unable to get out due to health reasons or any other restrictions.

The joy of shopping local means that independent busi‐

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nesses can help support the local community.

Although it may be a euro or two cheaper elsewhere or online, consider where your money is ac‐ tually going.

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

Many local stores support local charities, support and sponsor lo‐ cal sports teams and in many cas‐ es 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 genera‐ tions and support not just the cur‐ rent owner but the generation be‐ fore.

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 mon‐ ey to set up an independent store and compete with the multina‐ tional and chains.

So be sure to pre‐order your meat from a local butcher and get your spuds from a local greengro‐ cer, let us revive that community spirit and get to know our neigh‐ bours 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 on‐ line study course for someone looking to change their career path.

As people are struggling with fi‐ nances thinking about what friends and family may actually need is important too. Whilst it’s nice to give a glamourous gift per‐ haps pre‐paying a family mem‐ ber’s phone bill for the month would actually be a better gift.

Choosing to spend your money locally will really make a difference in the recovery of the local econo‐ my. When we buy local, our mon‐ ey stays local, and it strengthens the local economy in two ways.

First, buying local keeps money circulating within the local econo‐ my.

Studies have shown that local businesses recirculate a greater share of every euro as they create locally owned supply chains and invest in their employees.

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

Studies show, locally owned busi‐ nesses employ more people per unit of sales and retain more em‐ ployees over time.

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

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Advertising Feature

Neater Heater want “Squirrels” as customers

RICHARD and Tony from NEATER HEATER are urging all our readers to start prepar‐ ing for next winter now. “We really want people to imitate SQUIRRELS” said Tony.

“As we know; all the other woodland creatures just laze about in the summer, relaxing. So when the winter comes they have to furiously compete with each oth‐ er for the scraps left over or hide‐away and hibernate, waiting for next summer.

But not the squirrels!

“Squirrels plan for the winter by hoarding nuts, berries and seeds in the summer, so when winter comes they are well prepared for it, and are able to en‐ joy themselves on those nice bright win‐ ter days when the sun does come out.

They are obviously the wisest creatures in the wood. And that is what we want our customers to be.”

“What Tony is trying to say” interject‐ ed Richard, “is that when winter finally arrives in Spain, northern Europe has been cold for months. This means that Chilly Czechs, Frozen Fins and Shivering

Swedes have been stripping the shelves for months. Every year we have panick‐ ing customers calling us in December, desperate to have heaters supplied and fitted by Christmas. Frequently these customers have to compromise on their choice, or be put at the back of a long queue.

“Every year we think to ourselves ‐ ‘It’s a shame you didn’t order them in the summer when we had loads of them in stock and, equally as important, the time to process the orders’.”

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Jaguar XF - from waft to sport mode, it’s a delight!

ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack AS marques go few can match Sir William Lyon’s Jaguar, es‐ pecially when you consider he began building sidecars in Blackpool. In its modern incarnation Jaguar is now one of the com‐ panies that’s leading the charge to electri‐ fication. Their aim is to have a complete‐ ly electric range by the middle of the decade, their start being the acclaimed iPace.

My Jaguar drive was the long standing, non‐electric, XF. It’s a car that began life in 2008 and which has seen evo‐ lution rather than revolution in its modernisation. Sharper lines, a visually lower stance and a deeper front grille give today’s XF a mean and impos‐ ing stance. Finished in metallic grey with a black interior the test car certainly enhanced this look, especially with the

Impressive comfort and quality.

Facts at a Glance Model: Jaguar XF R-Dynamic HSE AWD Engine: 2.0-litre, turbocharged petrol developing 300PS with all-wheel-drive Gears: 8-speed automatic Price: €52,121/£44,760 Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) 5.8 seconds/Maximum Speed 250 kph (155 mph) Economy: 8.6 l/100km (32.9 mpg) combined driving - WLTP Emissions: 193 g/km - WLTP Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

external black pack.

As always Jaguar don’t stint on the standard equipment and my R Dynamic HSE doesn’t dis‐ appoint on the techni‐ cal or com‐ fort front.

At €52,121 (£44,760) it’s some‐ what of a bargain in the sector.

Although on‐ ly a 2.0‐litre, four‐cylinder engine under the bonnet it’s a powerful one that propels the XF past the benchmark 60 mph in 5.8 sec‐ onds and on to 155 mph.

Add all‐wheel‐drive and this is a Jaguar that runs as well as its four‐legged namesake, al‐ beit with more longevity than the big cats in the wild who are sprinters rather than marathon runners.

I’m a fan of more tradition‐ al, lighter and arguably more British interior style rather

than the dark hues of my test car. That said it didn’t detract from the impressive comfort and quality of the XF’s interior.

I criticised the original XE and XF for what I saw as a drop in quality.

That has certainly been rec‐ tified and the XF feels like it is back where it belongs on that side of the quality equation.

There’s also a lesson for digiti‐ sation obsessives in car design, it doesn’t have to be compli‐ cated and can be intuitive, as the XF demonstrates perfectly.

On the road the XF doesn’t disappoint and despite a mere four cylinders retains a com‐ mendably refined air. With ride options ranging from sport to waft mode, it’s a de‐ light. On the debit side, the XF isn’t that spacious considering its size.

There are also still traces of cheaper plastics that should never be allowed inside a Jaguar! Overall though this is a car that acquits itself with con‐ siderable aplomb and which can happily park on my drive any time.

And FINALLY

Free tolls from September on two roads

FROM Tuesday, August 31, the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, made a total of 477 kilo‐ metres of AP‐7 and AP‐2 toll roads free in Spain.

On the AP‐2, the free section will be the one that connects Zaragoza and El Vendrell, in Tarragona, which is used as a direct connection with Barcelona.

The AP‐7, which connects the whole Mediterranean

coast, will have two free sections being the part from Tarragona‐La Jonquera (Girona) and between Mont‐ melo‐El Papiol (Barcelona).

Transportes calculates a saving for users of €515 mil‐ lion per year taking into account the current 13 million trips. Savings could reach up to €752 million per year with the increase in trips, the ministry said.

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Road will charge cars A GERMAN firm called Mag‐ ment is developing a system that will allow electric cars to get their batteries charged as they drive along the road, with a new wireless technology that is being pioneered, and it might be rolled out soon in the US state of Indiana.

Mauricio Esguerra, CEO of Magment, said of the system un‐ der development, “This project is a real step forward towards the future of dynamic wireless charging, that will undoubtedly set the standard for affordable, sustainable, and efficient trans‐ portation electrification.”

With one of the main draw‐ backs to the use of electric cars as yet being the autonomy, and the charging times, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has decided to deal with this factor head‐on, and is going to start by burying electri‐ fied wire coils along the road surface that create a magnetic field, in a similar way to how wireless charging stations for mobile phones and tablets are designed.

For this system to be effec‐

tive, cars will then need to have a receiver coil installed, which would collect the charge from the road surface as they travel along it, becoming magnetised and drawing electricity from the coils themselves.

According to Magment, in charge of designing and in‐ stalling the technology, work could begin as soon as late sum‐ mer and is expected to take three phases.

With copper prices currently being very expensive, Magment has come up with the idea of using recycled ferrite, which, ac‐ cording to Singularity Hub, their researchers believe can help their system “achieve transmis‐ sion efficiency of up to 95 per cent, and be built at standard road‐building installation costs,” with two laboratory tests planned to take place, which, if successful, could see the start of production quite soon.

In a testament to how rapidly technology is advancing in the field of electric vehicles, re‐ searchers working on charging roads at the University of Cor‐ nell had claimed only recently

that such technology would not be available for another five to 10 years, and yet, here it is, al‐ most upon us!

In Sweden, they already have a system in place in their road network where an electric arm connected to the undercarriage of vehicles draws power from electric rails that are embedded in the road surfaces, while an Is‐ raeli firm called Electreon, in as‐ sociation with Volkswagen, has developed a charging system on roads between Milan and Bres‐ cia in Italy, that produces a charge of 70kW/h.

While in Germany, Siemens is in the process of developing a scaffolding of cables and wires that run overhead outside Frankfurt, above a three‐mile stretch of road, that will allow cars to receive a charge, in a sys‐ tem similar to that in which trams collect their power sup‐ ply.

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Throwing lit cigarettes from a moving car can get you sent to prison THIS summer has seen some ter‐ rible fires across the country, where it seems hardly a day goes by without another one be‐ ing reported, such as the mas‐ sive blaze in Navalacruz in Avila ‐ which has already been record‐ ed as the worst‐ever in Castilla y Leon, and reportedly the third or fourth‐worst in Spanish history ‐ or the one in the Canarian town of El Paso, on the island of La Palma.

As a result, the Guardia Civil has taken to its social networks to remind the public of the impor‐ tance of not throwing rubbish from the car window ‐ even when parked up ‐ especially glass bottles, or cigarette ends, which can act as the perfect incendiary device to start a large fire.

Smoking behind the wheel of a vehicle is not prohibited, but, discarding a lit cigarette end is, and according to data from the

STATS

million worth of fines were handed out to Costa del Sol motorists in the first half of 2021, the highest in Spain.

Ministry of the Environment, 3 per cent of fires originate from abandoned cigarette butts thrown from vehicles, which might seem a small percentage, but when you consider the dam‐ age a big fire can do, then you should really refrain from doing such a thing, because the fine, if caught, is €200, and four points off your licence.

That fine is only if you are seen throwing the cigarette end, but, should your action result in the starting of a fire, then, as the force said in its tweet, ‘If there is a forest fire, and we catch you, up to six years in jail.’

As the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) explains in its web‐ site, beyond the danger smoking can cause to forestry, smoking at the wheel also poses a risk both to the driver himself and to the rest of the people in that car, be‐ cause it takes on average, 4.1 sec‐ onds to light a cigarette, and driv‐ ing at 100kph, you will travel 113 metres without paying full atten‐ tion to the road.

According to Dr Jose Luis Diaz Maroto, the coordinator of the

smoking workgroup of the Span‐ ish Society of Primary Care Physi‐ cians (Semergen), smoking it re‐ quires between three or four minutes, which means spending six kilometres with only one hand placed on the steering wheel.

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Hamilton insists race fans money be returned BRITISH world champion, Lewis Hamilton, has heavily criticised the powers behind Formula One racing, after the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa ‐ Francorchamps circuit on Sunday, August 29, de‐ scended into unprecedented chaos, with the race eventually comprising of two laps with the cars in a procession behind the Safety Car before being red‐ flagged and terminated.

Hamilton claims this was only done because the FIA ‐ the gov‐ erning body ‐ rules state that as

The race descended into chaos. long as two laps have been com‐ pleted then it counts as a result, and hence, the drivers were awarded half‐points, with Max Verstappen first, George Russell second, and Hamilton third.

Contradicting Hamilton, Michael Masi, the FIA race direc‐ tor claimed he genuinely be‐ lieved there was a chance the weather would improve, which was why he allowed it to start, while Stefano Domenicali, the F1 president, assured that there was no commercial purpose attached to the decision to start the race.

Speaking with Sky Sports F1 af‐ ter the ‘race’, Hamilton didn’t hold back, “I mean, money talks.

It was literally the two laps to start the race, it’s all a money sce‐ nario. So everyone gets their money, and I think the fans should get theirs back too, be‐ cause unfortunately, they didn’t get to see what they came and paid for. It’s a shame we can’t do the race tomorrow, and I love this track as well, so sad that we couldn’t do this. But today wasn’t a race,” adding, “I think the sport made a bad choice today.”

Taking to Instagram later on, the seven‐time world champion was still not happy.

In a later post on his Instagram story, the seven‐time world champion went further by saying “today was a farce” and that “we should have just called it quits,” before continuing, “Of course you can’t do anything about the weather, but we have sophisti‐ cated equipment to tell us what’s going on, and it was clear the weather wasn’t going to let up.

We were sent out for one reason and one reason only.”

Ronaldo is back CRISTIANO RONALDO has rejoined his old club Manchester United in a sensational move from Juventus.

After telling Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri, on Thurs‐ day, August 26 of his intention to leave the Turin club, all the talk was that the Portugal captain was heading for Manchester City, but in a sensational move he has rejoined his former club, Manchester United.

An official statement from United read, “Manchester United is delighted to confirm that the club has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and medical. Everyone at the club looks forward to welcoming Cristiano back to Manchester.”

While manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who played alongside Ronaldo during the latter stages of his career at United, described his former team‐mate as a “legend” of the club and the “greatest player of all time”.

Cristiano rejoins the club where he played from 2003 to 2008, the Por‐ tuguese captain made 292 appearances in a United shirt, netting 118 times, and winning the Cham‐ pion’s League, and three Pre‐ mier League titles. It is thought that another club legend, Sir Alex Ferguson, also played his part in convincing Cristiano to go back to Old Trafford.

Cristiano returning to Man Utd.