Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 9 - 15 September 2021 Issue 1888

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9 - 15 Sept 2021

Medical facilities MARBELLA mayor Ángeles Muñoz, visited the privately funded Quirónsalud Marbella health complex which expects to spend €3 million this year on creating a Maternal-Infant and Child Unit and stressed how important it was to have up-to-date medical facilities in the city.

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Czech it out THIS Friday and Saturday there will be a number of special events in Estepona associated with the naming of a new Plaza dedicated to the Czech Republic and the naming ceremony will be attended by the Czech Ambassador to Spain Ivan Jancárek.

More staff WITH children going back to school, Malaga City Council has allocated €1,220,000 to allow for the recruitment of an additional 89 people to complement the existing cleaning staff of 340, so that all schools are properly cleaned and disinfected on a regular basis.

Turn to page 4 » BENALMADENA: Traffic is being restricted to one lane causing massive hold ups.

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New QR scam THE National Police are warning the public about a new type of fraud that cybercriminals are now committing using QR codes, and in a statement is‐ sued, they want the entire pop‐ ulation to be aware of the pro‐ tection measures that can be taken, as they explain, since the pandemic, “citizens have changed their habits, and its consequences are having an im‐ pact not only on the daily life of the population, but also on dif‐ ferent activities that they carry out through the use of technolo‐ gies.”

They have pointed out that when people go out anywhere, it is becoming more common to have to check prices ‐ gyms, restaurants, cinemas, shops, plat‐ forms ‐ by scanning the QR code provided, created with the aim of enabling their content to be read at high speed, but, according to the National Police, this type of code "”has been exploited by computer scammers to use them in a criminal way, and obtain per‐ sonal and / or banking data of the victims.”

To avoid being victims of this type of crime, the police cyber‐ crime specialists point out that it is very important “not to click on unknown links, links received via emails or SMS, and be very care‐ ful when scanning an unknown QR code,” while recommending “to avoid falling for the hook of harmful codes” to configure the ‘app’ that scans them “so that it does not automatically redirect to the page or content they point to, or to install a reader ‘app’ that allows a preview of the link.”

S I M P LY S U R V I V I N G G R O U P is a charitable platform which seeks to support entertainment venues, artists and eateries still recovering from the financial effects of the pan‐ demic whilst raising funds from a dif‐ ferent nominated local registered charity each month.

In their first four months they raised over €8,000 by holding a se‐ ries of events in Mijas and Fuengiro‐ la.

Now that the summer heat has eased they are resuming activities.

The nominated charity for mid‐ September to mid‐October is Age Concern Fuengirola Mijas and Benal‐ madena, who do sterling work in sup‐ porting the over 50s English‐speaking community.

One highlight of the next month’s activities comes on September 24, when four intrepid Simply Surviving

Simply Surviving are back!

ACTIVITIES RETURN: The group have various events lined up for the month of September.

Group members (including an 82‐ year‐old and an 87‐year‐old!) are tak‐ ing part in Age Concern’s Zipline chal‐ lenge, where volunteers will zip along a 1.2‐kilometre wire at speeds of up to 100 kms per hour!!

A full list of forthcoming events is

Rosario Fair cancelled ANA MULA, the mayor of Fuen‐ girola, announced the decision on Tuesday, September 7, that there will be no Rosario Fair this year, following the recommenda‐ tions of the Andalucian health authorities, and after a meeting with Antonio Ramirez ‐ the presi‐ dent of the federation that in‐ cludes 25 clubs in the city ‐ which also involved representatives of the non‐federated clubs, and po‐ litical parties that have a conces‐ sion on a caseta in the fair‐ ground.

“We have met with all those in‐ volved in the celebration of the Fuengirola Fair and we have just unanimously agreed that, with great regret, given the circum‐

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stances of this pandemic, there will be no Rosario Fair this year 2021,” said the mayor, noting that “we entrust ourselves to our Patron, so that next year we have an important fair, that we can cel‐ ebrate and enjoy, once this pan‐ demic situation has passed.”

Ms Mula explained that “It will be difficult to explain to Fuen‐ giroleños, because we all really want to celebrate our fair, but cir‐ cumstances and security are im‐ posed and we have had to make the decision that there will be no Rosario Fair this year 2021. There will be an installation of children’s attractions for our children to en‐ joy, but there will be no festive celebration in the casetas.”

shown below. If you’d like to join the Simply Surviving Group (it’s free), you can do so via their Facebook page or, if you’re not a Facebook user please send an email to valwilliams39@ya hoo.com and they will keep you up‐ dated that way.

The group has grown rapidly to al‐ most 800 members and a warm wel‐ come is extended to anyone who would like to become a part of this caring, sharing organisation.

September dates: 13th: The Breakfast Club 10am to 12 noon Uppa Crust Cafe and Delicioso, Los Boliches

15th: Dinner, Fashion Show, Wine Tasting and entertainment by Alexan‐ dra Avery Restaurante El Golf, Mijas (fully booked) 22nd: Fun Quiz at Restaurante Verona, El Coto, Mijas. Starts 2pm, just €2 to join.

23rd: The Breakfast Club 10am to 12 noon Desperate Dan’s, Fuengirola port 24th: Zipline Challenge (please see above) If you have any questions about Simply Surviving Group please call or message Val Williams on 951 313 257 or Alan Boardman on 610 522 605.

Open cinema success MORE than 25,000 people have attended the summer cinema screening of films that Malaga City Council operates every year in beaches, parks, and oth‐ er public areas in 11 districts of Malaga from July 1 until August 29, under the Open Cinema cycle.

A spokesperson for Malaga City Council’s Film Festival pointed out in a statement that despite the limited capacity due to the coronavirus restric‐ tions, the number of spectators remains similar with respect to last year, “which places Open Cinema as one of the cultural initiatives most demanded

by Malaga residents,” adding that the Open Cinema project once again adapt‐ ed its safety and hygiene measures to make screenings a pleasant and safe ex‐ perience for the whole family.

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NIBS EXTRA Street art NOW vying with Estepona as Costa del Sol capital of street art, Torremolinos has a new attraction at the Hotel Princesa Solar, whose façade now features regular visitor to the south of Spain and Gibraltar, Ava Gardner, painted by urban artist Guillermo Paz, known as Nesui SRC.

Rainy season GEARING up for the arrival of the annual rainy season, Fuengirola Council has brought in heavy machinery and will be clearing various areas of the Fuengirola river until the end of September in order to ensure that when the rains do arrive, there is little flooding.

Past discoveries ACCORDING to archaeologist Itziar Moreno who will be working with Benalmadena Council for 10 months, “The archaeological heritage is the tangible reflection of past societies and therefore a fundamental part for the understanding of our own history, with a strong educational, identity and social cohesion potential.”

Generous donation MIJAS Council has received a donation of 6,000 units of hydroalcoholic gel from Pavlova’s Cosméticos in time for the new school term and some 244 boxes each containing 100ml bottles will be distributed to schools and local associations who assist those in financial difficulty.

Benahavis basketball THE Andalucian Women’s Challenger Basketball Cup 2021, promoted by the Malaga Provincial Council, will see a match between CAB Estepona and CD Ramón y Cajal de Granada in the Benahavis pavilion on Saturday, September 11 at noon. Both teams will later compete in the Women’s Challenge League.

Subsidised books CASARES Council is subsidising the cost of textbooks to all schoolchildren in the municipality and has done so since 2000. This year it has allocated €18,000 to supply books to children registered in the municipality and who are enrolled in a public education centre.

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Up and running again AFTER months of closure due to the pandemic the Sa‐ lon Varietes in Fuengirola is up and running again with a fascinating programme.

During the closure, sup‐ porters along the Costa del Sol rallied round to help raise funds so that the the‐ atre could keep running and on Sunday September 5 it was back in business with a sold‐out opening show.

September weekends will see entertainment from The Abba Experience, followed

by Rock of the Ages and fi‐ nally Ricky Lavazza and his tribute to musicals.

October sees a big produc‐ tion of the smash hit Broad‐ way musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors based on the Roger Corman B Movie

Ricky Lavazza, Emma Prothero and Peet Rothwell helped Lynn Halliday cut the opening ribbon. with a full cast of local actors and singers in a show direct‐ ed by Catrina Helsby.

It runs from Thursday Oc‐ tober 14 to Sunday October 24 (except for October 18 when there is no show) and tickets for this and all other shows must be made in per‐ son or by calling the box of‐

New parking fees A NEW pricing structure will be applied in the multi‐storey car park in Mijas Pueblo later this month and new rates are as follows: 1) Free parking for up to one hour.

2) From one hour to eight hours charge will be €1.

3) After eight hours the charge will be five cents per five minutes or fraction thereof up to a maximum of €9 for 24 hours.

4) For a second period of 24 hours a rate of five cents per five minutes or fraction thereof, will be applied up to a maximum of €10 for the 24‐hour period.

5) If the ticket is lost, the amount due will be calculated by means of number plate registration which will identify length of stay, but is yet to be installed.

6) Season tickets will cost €50 per month for the re‐ served spaces on the upper floors.

fice on 952 474 542 between 11am and 2.30pm Monday to Friday or one hour before each performance.

All current social distanc‐ ing requirements including wearing of masks must be followed in the auditorium.

Then in November the theatre presents the West

Three new speed controls ISABEL GONZALEZ, the coun‐ cillor for Mobility in Fuengirola Town Hall, accompanied by An‐ tonio Hernandez, the Chief of the Local Police, announced on Friday, September 3, that the Consistory has installed three new speed gauges on the Paseo Maritimo.

This measure has been imple‐ mented as the result of a recent tragic accident in which a 40‐ year‐old cyclist died after being

Red Cross and Carrefour unite

School supplies.

THE Spanish Red Cross and the Carrefour Solidarity Foundation have been working together on the Costa del Sol for two decades, to improve the quality of life of people in vulnerable situations through the development and implementation of countless social initiatives, and as part of this collaboration, on September, 3, 4 and 5, Malaga hosted the 13th edition of ‘La

End’s longest running show, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, which ran con‐ tinuously from 1952 to March 2020 when the pan‐ demic hit.

The play began life as a short radio play written as a birthday present for Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. It was broadcast on May 30, 1947 under the name Three Blind Mice and when it hit the stage in 1952 the name was changed and audi‐ ences have always been asked not to reveal the twist at the end when the killer’s identity becomes known.

The Salon Varietes’ ver‐ sion will be performed from Wednesday November 3 to Sunday November 7.

Vuelta al Cole Solidaria’.

This is an initiative that helps promote the delivery of school supplies to families in situations of social vulnerability through‐ out the province, designed to help families who are experiencing serious difficulties to be able to cope with the significant ex‐ pense involved in the start of the new school year.

run over on the Rey de España promenade, by a high‐end Mer‐ cedes, running over the cyclist, and damaging two other pas‐ senger cars.

To carry out this study, the Local Police have placed three speed control points using gauges. These tools record the number of vehicles that pass through each point, as well as the speed at which they pass, in one direction or another, and inform the driver of this data in real‐time. In addition, the de‐ vice stores this data and allows those responsible for the Mu‐ nicipal Traffic Unit to know the percentage of vehicles that trav‐ el along the promenade, at or above the permitted speed.

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Oktoberfest returns A I DA B L A N E S, the councillor for Foreign Residents of Torremoli‐ nos City Council, has an‐ nounced that the sixth edition of the Oktober‐ fest in Torremolinos, the traditional German beer festival, is being held this year. It started yesterday September 8 and will run until Sun‐ day September 12.

Due to the works cur‐ rently being carried out in the usual location of the Plaza de La No‐ galera, the event is tak‐ ing place this year in the oasis of the beach of the Plaza del Remo, in La Carihuela, where attendees can enjoy live music and typical Ger‐ man culinary specialties such as cheese, white wine, pretzels, or sausages, among oth‐ ers, and all at popular prices.

Blanes stressed that, “last year, due to the Covid‐19 pandemic, we were not able to cele‐ brate this festival that we like so much, so we are happy that this year we can do it, and also, in an incomparable set‐ ting such as on the beach at La Carihuela.”

The councillor ex‐ plained that this edition will include all the nec‐ essary health security measures required in the case of a closed area, with the event running from 12 noon to midnight each day, and entry will be free until the full capacity is reached.

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UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS AGAIN. Despite the fact that August is usually a bad month in terms of unemployment due to the termi‐ nation of temporary contracts, this year the data seem to indicate that the summer season is extending by at least one month.

This is backed‐up by the fact that in August there has been a drop of 7,926 fewer unemployed in the province of Malaga. This represents a decrease of 5.14 per cent compared to the same da‐ ta in July, and 19.07 per cent compared to the same month in 2020.

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Against road changes RESIDENTS of Benalmadena and the surrounding areas have called for a motorised demonstration this coming Sunday, September 12, starting from the Los Molin‐ illos roundabout at 11am.

They intend to drive their vehicles along the coastal road to the Flatotel roundabout and Plaza Soly‐ mar, with the objective of showing their protest against the removal of a

traffic lane on the coast.

This protest is being initi‐ ated following the decision of Benalmadena Council to remove a lane of traffic in the Avenida Antonio Machado last May allegedly in the interests of sustain‐ ability and the protesters insist that the decision was taken unilaterally, and without taking into account the opinion of the resi‐ dents.

They also disapprove of a similar action in Avenida Alay, which has created a

funnel in Puerto Marina and the Council’s plan to eliminate the central reser‐ vation with its more than 200 palm trees in Avenida Antonio Machado.

The demonstrators be‐ lieve that these decisions will end up with the coast road becoming a massive traffic jam and want the de‐ cisions to be rescinded so that residents and visitors can go about their business without delay or the frus‐ tration that endless traffic delays can bring.

8 medals for Andalucians

TOKYO 2020: Ranked among the top 10 in the world.

THE Andalucian representation in the Olympic Games and Par‐ alympic Games in Tokyo 2020 has achieved a total of eight medals and 25 diplomas.

Four medals and seven diplo‐

The EU and AstraZeneca agree THE EU and AstraZeneca have reached an agreement which will secure the de‐ livery of the remaining Covid‐19 vaccine doses to Member States under the terms of the Advance Purchase Agree‐ ment concluded on August 27, 2020, with AstraZeneca. The agreement will also end the pending litigation before the Brussels Court.

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said, “Today’s settlement agreement guarantees the delivery of the remaining 200 million Covid‐19 vaccine doses by AstraZeneca to the EU. “While this week we reached the im‐

portant milestone of 70 per cent full vaccination of the EU’s adult popula‐ tion, there are significant differences in vaccination rates between our Member States, and the continued availability of vaccines, including AstraZeneca’s, re‐ main crucial.

“And as the strongest supporter of global vaccine cooperation and solidari‐ ty, we will continue helping the rest of the world. Our aim is to share at least 200 million doses of vaccines through COVAX with low and middle‐income countries until the end of this year. Vac‐ cine solidarity is and remains our trade‐ mark,” she added on September 3.

Immediate increase in minimum wage PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez has said that his government wants an “immediate” in‐ crease in the minimum wage this year for workers as the economy is growing and the cost of living is increasing.

“There won’t be an eco‐ nomic recovery if it isn’t a fair recovery, if it doesn’t reach all levels of society,” the president said at a con‐ ference in Madrid on Wednesday, September 1.

The minimum wage in Spain is currently €950 a month.

Last year, Spain suffered the biggest dip in its econo‐ my in the euro zone and is now set to be one of the re‐ cipients of the most Euro‐ pean Union recovery funds.

This money will assist the country in closing some eco‐ nomic gaps that have been longstanding between wealthier countries in the north.

The government expects that the unemployment rate

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will be 15.2 per cent by the end of 2021, according to Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, who made the claim on July 27.

An economic growth of 7 per cent has been predicted for 2022, in comparison to a 6.5 per cent growth this year.

Sanchez also reaffirmed that his government will con‐ tinue acting within EU rules to address high energy prices.

Forbes’ estimated worth of Queen Letizia of Spain in 2020.

mas correspond to athletes who have been part of the Spanish Olympic team and another four medals and 18 diplomas to the Paralympic team.

Seventeen of the 39 Andalu‐ cian participants in Tokyo 2020 have managed to place them‐ selves in the classifications (1st to 8th place) and another eight have touched those positions, remaining in the classification ta‐ bles in 9th and 10th places.

This means that 64 per cent of the Andalucian delegation has been ranked among the top 10 in the world in their respective disciplines.

Further probes for the ex-King PROSECUTORS are investi‐ gating both withdrawals and deposits that were made to former King Juan Carlos over several years and are looking into his account from 2014 to 2018, where he had received his annual allowance of nearly €200,000. According to re‐ ports, investigators are check‐ ing that payments correspond with those set out in the Span‐ ish national budget. Royal offi‐ cials have been answering questions put forward by the inspectors and have provided all information requested.

The inspectors are said to be trying to trace small de‐ posits, that were made to Juan Carlos. It is thought that these small amounts were meant to pay for store pur‐ chases.

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Robles calls on EU

THE Minister for Defence, Margarita Robles, said during an informal meeting of Euro‐ pean Union defence minis‐ ters, “Europe cannot be a pas‐ sive actor, or look the other way, in the future of the peo‐ ple of Afghanistan.”

Robles told her European counterparts that “the hard lessons learned in Afghanistan must be taken into account in all our other missions” and must serve to “mark a before and after in the way the Euro‐ pean Union projects security.”

She insisted that “stabilisa‐ tion missions can never end abruptly. The delicate balances they help to create suffer if ex‐ ternal actors suddenly disap‐ pear.”

She also proposed to EU De‐ fence Ministers that “the nec‐ essary actions to facilitate the departure from Afghanistan of the remaining family members of our Afghan collaborators who could not be evacuated and of other particularly vul‐ nerable people, especially women and girls, who wish to

leave Afghanistan resume as soon as possible.”

The minister also wanted to pay “a heartfelt tribute to all the men and women of our armed forces, to the soldiers of other countries, and to those collaborators who have died in Afghanistan over the last 20 years,” with a fond memory for them and their families, as well as for the 13 US soldiers and Afghan citizens who lost their lives in the at‐ tack on August 26 at Kabul air‐ port.

Sanchez ignored advice PRESIDENT Pedro Sanchez reportedly ig‐ nored advice given to him in 2018 that could have lowered the cost of electricty by 30 per cent.

In 2018, the Executive of Pedro Sanchez ignored the proposals of the Energy Tran‐ sition Expert Commission to lower the price of electricity by up to 30per cent.

The Expert Commission also recom‐ mended a tax shakeup that would make greener source of electricty cheaper.

Their recommendations were first made in 2018 when the Partido Popular held power, but the were again made to Sanchez when he took control of La Mon‐ cloa later that year.

The average daily price of electricity in the wholesale market continues to reach record highs with a cost of €132.65 per megawatt‐hour (MWh) on September 6, making the most expensive day for elec‐ tricity consumers in the history of Spain.

UK workers’ pay

UK WORKERS: Earn less now than in 2010.

THE Euro Weekly News asked readers whether they thought that UK workers’ salaries should be raised and a majority said they should.

In total, 85.7 per cent of readers said they think that low paid UK workers should have their salaries raised, while only 7.1 per cent said that salaries were already good in the UK compared to other coun‐ tries. One respondent said that all wages, for both the low paid and

the well paid, should be raised to increase the amount of money the government could take in tax‐ es to cover the costs of climate change. It recently emerged that UK workers received on average £1,000 (€1,165) less now than in 2010.

Figures released by the govern‐ ment showed that wages had not risen in line with inflation, costing workers an average of around £1,000 a year.

Correos helping rural areas NEW technology for Correos will help rural areas across Spain as they put into operation around 22,000 new portable mobility de‐ vices (PDAs). The PDAs are said to come with a pioneering techno‐ logical improvement that will mean a world of difference to rural posties and their customers. Customers will be able to pay for ser‐ vices using a bank card via the portable device.

Over 3,000 new devices have been delivered to its staff which will greatly improve the services that are currently offered by Correos.

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Airbnb war AIRBNB have launched a war on illegal parties and have cre‐ ated an anti‐party system that is keeping the peace in Spain and other countries too.

Airbnb are aware that both tourists and locals do not want outrageous parties be‐ ing held and the platform has received many complaints about parties, but in August 2020 they began a new sys‐ tem for detecting people who plan to have unauthorised parties.

The system is working in Spain and so far they have blocked around 50,000 peo‐ ple from booking with them.

The numbers in Europe are even higher and around 375,000 requests for accom‐ modation have either been redirected or denied.

According to Airbnb the an‐ ti‐party system came about “to prevent irresponsible be‐ haviour and reduce unautho‐ rised parties in accommoda‐ tion in some countries in Europe.” They have success‐ fully implemented the system in the United States and Cana‐ da too.

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From soldier to a Paralympic champion A FORMER soldier who fought in Afghanistan has become a Paralympic champion after participating in the Help for Heroes sports recovery programme.

The former Para soldier, Jaco van Gass, sustained severe injuries - including the loss of his left arm - in 2009, during his second six-month tour of Afghanistan, when the helicopter he was travelling in came under enemy fire and was hit by a rocket propelled grenade.

He participated in the Help for Heroes sports recovery programme and developed a passion for adaptive cycling, competing in several World Championships and winning silver and gold medals at the Invictus Games.

What’s more, in 2011, he was a member of the record-breaking team of wounded soldiers who trekked to the North Pole.

Now, in his first Paralympics, he’s taken gold in spectacular fashion.

Celebrating his achievement with some of the charity’s staff, Help for Heroes CEO, Mel Waters, said: “We are delighted that somebody who has been in

our sports recovery programme has gone on to win gold and be the pride of his nation. We’re so

incredibly proud of him and of all our veteran athletes in Tokyo.

House prices rise THE average house price in Spain closed in August with a rise of 3.3 per cent compared to March 2020, the month in which the pandemic broke out and the health crisis began, accord‐ ing to reports. Compared to August of last year, the rise in prices was 5.2 per cent, and 0.2 per cent in August compared to July.

The report highlights the fact that house prices have re‐ covered strongly after the falls they suffered in the second half of last year, explained Andrea de la Hoz, senior analyst at Tinsa’s Research Service. According to the appraiser, the housing market is currently living “in a scenario of a sus‐ tained increase in prices, growing demand and limited sup‐ ply,” which has caused “high inter‐annual variation rates” in prices and “an upward trend that is consolidated without setbacks month by month for the different geographic ar‐ eas.”

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Spain donates. The Ministry of the Interior has spent around €100,000 on two purchases of equipment which will be donated to Mauritania with the aim to fight ‘against terrorism, drug traf‐ ficking and any other form of cross‐border crime that is a threat to internal and international security.’

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Congratulations for Williams Syndrome girl

OFFICERS from the National Police Huelva,have congratulated a very special girl called Nuria, who has been working hard to provide others with advice to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The police officers have supported the girl who has Williams Syndrome and congratulated her for being ‘especially active’ on social media

where she has been ‘providing advice to her fol‐ lowers to stop the spread of Covid‐19.’

The police have said that Nuria is a girl “with an outgoing, friendly and enthusiastic personal‐ ity” and that she was “very excited” with the special visit that the officers made to her home.

With her mother and sister’s help they sur‐ prised the young girl and gave her National Po‐

EWN readers back Piers Morgan GMB comeback AN overwhelming majority of Euro Weekly News readers have said they would like to see Piers Morgan back on Good Morning Britain after he was cleared by Ofcom over his criticism of Meghan Markle. Readers told the Euro Weekly News they wanted to see Morgan back, with many complaining that Good Morning Britain was less interesting without him.

One reader, Jill Swain, said: “Yes, GMB is boring without him.”

However, others argued that he should not come back to the show following his confrontational interviewing style.

Many said that Piers Morgan had not allowed guests he inter‐ viewed to speak as much as him, while others said he was too opinionated on the show. Morgan had previously left his job on the programme after he criticised Meghan Markle following her in‐ terview with Oprah. The star later won his Ofcom case following thousands of complaints by viewers over his criticism of the royal.

lice related gifts and also a personalised diplo‐ ma to thank her for “the help received during the pandemic.”

With the visit, the National Police also aimed to ‘help give visibility’ to rare diseases, in this in‐ stance Williams Syndrome.

Nuria greatly enjoyed her visit with the po‐ lice.

This syndrome is a genetic disease due to a loss of part of the DNA on chromosome 7, which occurs in one in every 7,500 new borns and is characterised by a disorder of intellectual development, hypercalcaemia in infancy and supravalvular aortic stenosis ‐ a narrowing of the main artery immediately after leaving the heart.”

Spain on alert from Hurricane

HURRICANE LARRY is expected to mainly hit the United States, Canada and the West Indies, but the effects of Hurricane Larry will also be felt across Europe according to experts. It is expected that Spain will begin to feel the effects from Sunday September 12, and will see lower temperatures, DANAs and instability.

The effects are not expected to be anything like the weather seen recently when Spain saw floods in many areas after the last DANA hit.

Hurricane Larry is expected to be a category three Hurricane that will turn into a tropical storm. It is expected that it will bring winds hitting up to 285 kilometres per hour. Luckily though the Hurricane itself is not set to land in Spain, but the country will still feel the knock-on effects.

Although Larry will not directly affect Spain, the hurricane is in-

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tensifying and next week, it will transform into a deep squall in the middle of the North Atlantic that will affect the Iberian Peninsula.

From here on, the effects will depend on where this squall is located.It is expected that the weekend will begin with temperatures rising due to a tropical air mass, before a new DANA hits the west of the peninsula bringing with it rain and cloudiness.

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Bungling Bank Robber. Alan Slattery fled empty‐handed from the Nationwide Building Society branch in Eastbourne after tellers struggled to read his threatening note.

Slattery, 67, and a retiree left the bank with no cash earlier this year after employees struggled to read his message demanding they hand over cash, revealed Sussex Police.

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Twin giant pandas born TWIN giant pandas have been born in Madrid Zoo Aquarium, the zoo said in a statement.

The twin pandas were born on Monday, September 6. The tiny bundles are now in incubators to give them the best start in life possible.

It is the second time Madrid Zoo aquarium has welcomed baby giant pan‐ das. The parent giant pandas are on loan from China.

The mother panda is called Hua Zuiba, and the fa‐ ther is called Bing Xing.

The first baby panda ap‐ peared at 8.30am and the second arrived four hours lat‐ er, the zoo added.

The baby giant pandas have not been named yet and it is also not possible to tell if they are boys or girls, however in the coming days, Chengdu technicians will be able to confirm it with greater confidence.

Albanian gang SOME 107 people were ar‐ rested during an action day on July 13 which involved law en‐ forcement authorities in Spain, Germany and Albania.

The criminal group is be‐ lieved to have been managing cannabis plantations in Spain where they cultivated and pro‐ cessed the marihuana, before it was transferred to other Eu‐ ropean countries for further distribution.

On the action day, some 400 police officers on the ground carried out simultaneous raids in 42 different locations in

Spain, Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona and Castellon. An addi‐ tional nine searches were car‐ ried out a few days later.

These property searches led to 107 individuals arrested, in‐ cluding Albanian, Spanish, Slo‐ vak and Greek nationals; 51 cannabis farms uncovered; 25,000 cannabis plants seized; and €70 000 in cash and two‐ high end vehicles seized.

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THE 2021-2022 academic year begins in the next few days for more than eight million students from all over Spain, but is causing a great deal of uncertainty and anxiousness among parents and children alike.

While teachers strive to make up for lost time, communities around Spain will re-apply the bulk of prevention measures that were put in place last year, although more spaces for relaxation to alleviate organisational difficulties will be opened up.

This is turning out to be a worry for

crime group was hierarchically structured, with branches op‐ erating internationally. Some of its members arrested have a history of drug trafficking in dif‐ ferent countries.

The criminals were diverting the electricity supply to illegally cultivate the plants indoors. It is estimated that the stolen electricity amounts to over €1.6 million in lost utility rev‐ enue.

The percentage of new businesses set up by female entrepreneurs in Spain.

Back to school many parents due to the rise in younger people of coronavirus - the vaccination campaign has only just targeted 12-yearolds who will undoubtedly be mixing with younger children in break times and play areas.

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Food distribution THE Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has praised the food distribution model that makes up the Mercas Network in Spain, an example that is replicated in other countries.

Mercamadrid, the largest platform for the distribution, marketing, transformation and logistics of fresh food in Spain, is the largest European market for perishable food.

Mercamadrid is one of the 24 food units that make up Mercasa’s Mercas Network , a public company whose

year mean an increase in the maximum limit of students allowed in bubble groups, both in kindergarten and primary school, and the minimum distance between tables in secondary school is reduced from 1.5 to 1.2 metres. Each community decides its school calendar, based on its own criteria, needs, contexts and traditions. This year, unlike last year in which the health crisis forced the return to classrooms of the different courses and stages to be staggered much more, it returns to a more classic scenario.

shareholders are SEPI (State Industrial Participation Society) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

According to Minister Planas, wholesale markets were vital in ensuring the supply of food to the population in the toughest moments of the pandemic.

Created in 1982, Mercamadrid concentrates one of the widest and most diverse offers of fresh food, with products from more than 40 countries, to supply a demand that exceeds the area of Madrid, reaching more than 12 million consumers and a radius of influence of 500 kilometres.

The Mercas Network supports more than 3,300 wholesalers of fresh food and complementary services and more than 100,000 businesses. Together, they employ more than 30,000 workers, and annually channel more than eight million tons of fruits, vegetables, fish, seafood and meats, with a value of around €16,000 million.

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Ringo Starr releases EP RINGO STARR, the legendary drummer with The Beatles, now into his 80s, will release a new four‐song EP entitled ‘Change The World’ on September 24, featuring guest stars like Joe Walsh and Linda Perry.

In a statement released by his record company, Ringo said, “I’ve been saying that I just want to release EPs right now and this is the next one. What a blessing it has been this year to have a studio here at home, and to be able to collaborate with so many great musicians, some that I have worked with before and some new friends.”

The first two songs on the EP are entitled ‘Change The World’, which is an ‘optimistic’ piece written by Joseph Williams and Steve Lukather, followed by ‘Just That Way’, composed and performed by Starr himself, to‐ gether with Bruce Sugar, his en‐

gineer for years, with Tony Chen guesting on guitar.

‘Coming Undone’, is Ringo’s first collaboration with Linda

Perry, of ‘4 Non‐Blondes’ fame, who co‐wrote this track, in which Trombone Shorty also participates, while the former Beatle provides the vocals.

Finally, ‘Rock Around The Clock’ will allow you to enjoy the guitar of Joe Walsh, the em‐ blematic guitarist from The Ea‐ gles, with Nathan East on bass, Bruce Sugar on piano, and Amy Keys and Windy Wagner on backing vocals.

‘Change The World’ will be available in digital, CD, and cas‐ sette format from September 24, as well as on 10‐inch vinyl from November 19, as reported by the local Spanish press.

The Beatles’ drummer.

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known varieties of tomato exist worldwide, a necessity in Spanish cuisine.

Scots need Covid passport NICOLA STURGEON an‐ nounced on September 1, that vaccine passports will be need‐ ed for entry into nightclubs and large events in Scotland.

The first minister said that the “limited use of vaccine certifica‐ tion” could help to curb the spread of Covid in autumn and winter.

Sturgeon said numbers of new infections are currently 80 per cent higher than the previ‐ ous week and five times higher than four weeks ago, describing these figures as “extremely con‐ cerning.”

The situation has also been made “fragile and serious” by the rising hospital admissions, according to Sturgeon. If the new rules are approved by parlia‐ ment in the coming week, they will affect live events with more than 500 people unseated, out‐

door live events with over 4,000 people unseated and outdoor events with more than 10,000 people.

Sturgeon said that although these events “matter to our economy, and to our cultural and social life,” they are “not es‐ sential services” and bring

“many people together in rela‐ tively small areas.”

“By ensuring that people en‐ tering these settings are fully vaccinated, we would be taking a proportionate step to help make these settings safer for everyone attending and, by extension, for all of us,” she said.

Penalty for keeping cash MOST people would consider it a stroke of luck if they were walking down the street and found some money on the ground, however by law you cannot keep the money and could be fined ‐ or even worse, imprisoned ‐ for keep‐ ing it!

Article 253 of the Spanish Penal Code states it is punish‐ able. If the amount of what is appropriate does not ex‐ ceed €400, a fine of one to three months will be im‐ posed,” the article says. On the other hand, and shockingly, the penalty may be extended up to two years in prison.

ABTA Call for evidence

THE Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) is putting pressure on the government to make foreign travel more accessible and to support travel businesses, with ABTA Chief Executive, Mark Tanzer, saying: “This summer has been a missed opportunity to kickstart the industry’s recovery. While in-

ternational travel is technically open, it is still heavily restricted by government policy.

“Testing and quarantine requirements remain a huge barrier to taking a foreign trip and these requirements are out of step with our EU neighbours.

“We continue to put pressure

on the government to make foreign travel more accessible and to support travel businesses, particularly as we enter a critical period for the industry, with some key milestones coming up - including the government’s strategic review on travel requirements (due 1 October) and the end of furlough.

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Couple wrongly implicated in health insurance fraud A BRITISH Indian couple who settled in Es‐ tepona several years ago were turned down for residency apparently because of a prob‐ lem with their private insurance.

Understandably upset, they appealed against the decision and after several weeks their lawyer advised that they had been sum‐ moned to a meeting with the National Police in Malaga City last week (September 2).

They reasonably assumed that this was to finalise matters concerning their residency ap‐ plication, but when they arrived outside the police station their lawyer stopped them and advised them not to go in as he had discov‐ ered that if they did so, they would be arrest‐ ed for alleged insurance fraud.

As they own a small property in Gibraltar which they rent out and as it was unoccupied at the time, he told them to drive straight there whilst he would arrange to postpone the interview and try to discover more.

The couple took his advice and drove to Gibraltar, worried that at any time they might be stopped, even possibly at the land border and when they arrived, he called them to say that the interview had been postponed until Tuesday September 7.

He was able to confirm that information that the National Police had received from

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Crossing into Gibraltar by car. their insurance company suggested that the couple had presented fake health insurance documents, although they adamantly refuted this.

The couple are not of retirement age and haven’t worked in Spain, therefore have to prove they have adequate medical insurance which they were convinced that they did.

On Monday September 6, their lawyer called them and told them that they could re‐ turn home to Spain as the insurance company, which is part of a large international group, had made a mistake and had incorrectly in‐ formed the police that fraud was involved.

Since then, the appointment with the Na‐ tional Police has been cancelled and they await confirmation that their residency has been approved.

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Pesticide obesity crisis

A COMMONLY-USED pesticide could be partially responsible for the global obesity epidemic.

Researchers discovered that chlorpyrifos, which is banned from use on foods in Europe but widely sprayed on fruits and vegetables in many other parts of the world, slows down the burning of calories in the brown adipose tissue of mice. Reducing this burning of calories, a pro‐ cess known as diet‐induced ther‐ mogenesis, causes the body to store these extra calories, pro‐ moting obesity.

Scientists made the discovery after studying 34 commonly used pesticides and herbicides in

Widely sprayed on produce. brown fat cells and testing the effects of chlorpyrifos in mice fed high calorie diets.

“Brown fat is the metabolic furnace in our body, burning calories, unlike normal fat that is

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used to store them. This gener‐ ates heat and prevents calories from being deposited on our bodies as normal white fat. We know brown fat is activated dur‐ ing cold and when we eat,” said

The ranking of Spanish among the most spoken languages across the globe.

senior author Gregory Steinberg, professor of medicine and co‐di‐ rector of the Centre for Metabolism, Obesity, and Dia‐ betes Research at McMaster.

“Lifestyle changes around diet and exercise rarely lead to sus‐ tained weight loss. We think part of the problem may be this intrinsic dialling back of the metabolic furnace by chlorpyri‐ fos.”

Steinberg said chlorpyrifos would only need to inhibit ener‐ gy use in brown fat by 40 calo‐ ries every day to trigger obesity in adults, which would translate to an extra five pounds of weight gain per year.

4.4 million international tourists visited Spain in July SPAIN welcomed 4.4 million international tourists in July, 78.3 per cent more than in the same month of 2020, while spending reached €5,231 million, ac‐ cording to the Statistics on Tourist Movements on the Border and the Tourist Expenditure Survey pre‐ pared by the National Institute of Statistics.

In July the average expenditure per tourist stood at €1,190, 19.3 per cent more than a year ago and the average duration of a holiday in Spain was 8.3 days

“This data reflects the gradual recovery of interna‐ tional tourism and shows that Spain has managed to be perceived as a safe destination by millions of trav‐ ellers. The confidence of international tourists in our country is due to the effective progress of the vaccina‐ tion process, which places us at the head of world powers, together with the leadership shown by the Spanish tourism sector in the development and de‐ ployment of strict security protocol,” said the minister for Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto.

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HUGH ELLIOTT became British Ambassador to Spain in August 2019 and whilst he would have expected to deal with Brexit, the pandemic came out of the blue.

In commemoration of his two years in post, he kindly agreed to speak with Spain’s largest circulating English language newspaper Euro Weekly News and was both friendly and quite open, subject always to the fact that the British Government makes policy decisions.

We spoke first about his role as a champion of British commerce and when asked how Brexit had affected exports to Spain, the Ambassador confirmed that Brexit had affected business as the UK, as a country, is now out of the Custom’s Union which means that there are new procedures for both sides to follow and the Embassy had been very involved in giving advice.

What cannot be quantified is the effect that the pandemic has had on business which clearly saw a significant downturn during 2020, but he was able to say that the trend is now positive with a recent upturn of 13 per cent.

Next came the situation between Gibraltar, the UK and Spain and he

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Two years on EWN speaks with ‘Our Man in Madrid’

Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott. was on the Rock on August 31 alongside the new UK Ambassador to the EU and the Gibraltar Government to discuss the next step towards an agreement with the European Union which will have to be managed by Spain.

Having agreed the framework for the future on New Year’s Eve 2020 which Britain, Gibraltar and Spain

were comfortable with, the matter then progressed to the EU which has its own procedures, but the mandate that was finally forthcoming is not acceptable to Britain or Gibraltar and the matter is being reviewed.

His view however is that he remains confident that agreement which is acceptable to all parties will be forthcoming.

There has been considerable disruption for British passport holders, be they resident in Spain or the UK with regards to travel and many of our readers are anxious to know whether Spain which is seeing a considerable improvement in the number of infections and the increase in vaccinations would soon join the ‘green list’.

Hugh Elliott acknowledged that travel is still not normal and that things can change rapidly as the pandemic still exists, but the important thing for travellers to the UK is the fact that if they are double vaccinated then there is no requirement to undertake quarantine and travel is so much easier now.

Having said this, he urged potential travellers to always check with the UK Gov website for the latest travel advice.

Pensions are another important

topic for those living in Spain and whilst the Ambassador was not able to comment upon the future of the Triple Lock, he wanted to remind everyone that there had been a major step forward following Brexit in as much as those British pensioners living in Spain would continue to enjoy the increases (whatever they be) as if they were living in the UK. As far as residencia is concerned, the majority of British applicants who had applied have been accepted and by the end of December 2020, the latest available figures, it was recorded that 381,348 UK passport holders had been granted residency.

Speaking of residency HMA Elliott wanted to remind readers not to overlook the fact that the entire family, including children should be registered and finally suggested that although not technically necessary, it would probably be more convenient for those with the green paper document to now exchange it for the TIE card.

The Embassy and the consulates around Spain exist to offer advice and assistance to British passport holders and the www.gov.uk website is a good place to start when looking for the latest information.

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First EU country to lift restrictions MAGNUS HEUNICKE, Denmark’s Minister of Health, will make his country the first one in Europe to do away with all coronavirus restrictions when they are lifted on September 10, as he explained in a statement at the end of August.

“The epidemic is under control. We have record vac-

cination levels, that is why we can drop the special rules we had to introduce in the fight against Covid-19.”

Although he was quick to follow this up with a warning that the government will not hesitate to “act quickly if the pandemic once again threatens the essential functioning of society,” even if Denmark

Spain aims for 90 per cent SPAIN will aim to have 90 per cent of people vaccinated against Covid-19.

After passing the 70 per cent mark at the end of August, Spain will aim to have 90 per cent of people vaccinated against Covid-19, President Pedro Sanchez said.

However, he did not specify a date for the 90 per cent milestone.

“We have shown that when Spanish society unites there is no one to stop us. We are going for 90 per cent,” Sanchez said on Thursday September 2.

“We are closer to overcoming the pandemic. Spain leads the vaccination of the 20 most important economies in the world. In a country like ours in which we do not recognise the merits that we achieve, the success of this vaccination is a lesson from the best of patriotism,” he added.

is in a good place.

Certain restrictions are set to expire earlier, with restaurants and pubs no longer requiring a valid coronavirus pass to enter since September 1, and in addition, discos and nightclubs will also be allowed to reopen, with visitors no longer needing passes after September 10.

Migrant arrivals double S O M E 8,222 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands between January 1 and August 15 this year. In the same period last year that number was 3,364, according to the Interior Ministry.

In 2020 more than 23,000 migrants arrived in islands, eight times more than the number in 2019.

The total number of people arriving in Spain in 2020 rose by 29 per cent and was almost 42,000 people.

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Lemon sales up

SPAIN has seen a 20 per cent in‐ crease in the purchase of lemons produced in Spain this summer, intensifying commitment to the Spanish countryside. In this way, 100 per cent of the lemons that supermarket Carrefour makes available to its customers this summer, come from the Valen‐ cian Community and Murcia.

Carrefour’s commitment to fruits and vegetables of national origin encourages the promotion of the consumption of seasonal

Lemons grown in Spain. products, regional employment and also contributes to reducing the ecological footprint by facili‐

tating the purchase of local items.

For the development of this campaign, Carrefour has collabo‐ rated with four local producers: Citricos La Paz, specialists in lemon and grapefruit; Frutas Beri, which has more than 30 years of experience in the sector; Frutas Naturales, which started working with the chain this year and Perales y Ferres.

The first three come from the region of Murcia and the last from Alicante.

Spain backs global agreement SPAIN, in line with the common position of the Eu‐ ropean Union and most of the participating coun‐ tries, considers it necessary to move towards a glob‐ al international agreement to tackle marina plastic pollution. At a Ministerial Conference, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Chal‐ lenge has advocated the need to create an Intergov‐ ernmental Negotiating Committee on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution to work on a global agreement to tackle marine plastic pollution.

The Ministry’s Director General for Environmen‐ tal Quality and Assessment, Ismael Aznar, Spain’s representative at the Conference, stressed that it is

essential to work on an agreement that will make it possible to address aspects not covered by existing instruments, coordinate the efforts of the parties, establish new measures focused on prevention and create a framework for the development of nation‐ al action plans.

Aznar highlighted the measures adopted by Spain to tackle plastic pollution, in particular, those aimed at restricting single‐use plastic articles in the Draft Law on Waste and Contaminated Land ‐ cur‐ rently in parliamentary procedure ‐ and the mea‐ sures to combat marine pollution included in the National Marine Strategies.

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Armed Forces selection processes

IN 2021, the Spanish Min‐ istry of Defence called 51 selection processes, with

a global offer of 9,742 places.

Of these, 1,920 were

Collaborators trapped ABOUT 110 Afghan collaborators who worked for the Span‐ ish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AE‐ CID) in Afghanistan in Badghis province remain trapped in Kabul, a city that has become a place of despair since the ar‐ rival of the Taliban.

The former employees asked the government for an evac‐ uation plan to leave Afghanistan, but neither agency nor For‐ eign Ministry leaders have contacted them, according to re‐ ports.

The number of local personnel who collaborated with the Spanish humanitarian mission in the Central Asian country may be much higher. A large part of the contingent of collab‐ orators have not been able to reach the capital and remain hidden in their cities, some thousands of kilometres from the only exit, Hamid Karzai airport. Among those stranded are doctors, pharmacists, clerks, veterinarians and their fam‐ ilies.

By August 27, Spanish Armed Forces had evacuated a total of 1,900 Afghan aid workers and their families, Spaniards and citizens from other countries such as the US and Portu‐ gal, the European Union, UN, NATO, and Embassy personnel.

for career and comple‐ ment military personnel, 6,500 to the ranks of troops and sailors, and 1,072 for permanent sta‐ tus.

There are also plans for 250 places for volunteer reservists.

The processes are being developed according to established programming and according to the pre‐ vention and protection protocols against Covid‐ 19 prepared by the Gen‐ eral Health Inspection, the government said.

More than 43,000 can‐ didates this year have chosen to participate in the different selection processes called, 7.5 per cent more than the previ‐ ous year.

Women account for 19 per cent of all applica‐ tions, an increase of 2 per cent compared with 2020.

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EXPERTS are encouraging children to undergo colour vision tests at an ear‐ ly age to help guide their future ca‐ reer choices.

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It is estimated that around 8 per cent of men and 0.5 per cent of wom‐ en are born colour blind. Colour blindness, also known as colour vision deficiency, is a genetic condition af‐ fecting the colour sensing cells in the retina of the eye. The vast majority of people with colour blindness can see many colours, but have problems dis‐ tinguishing certain colours, particular‐ ly red and green. Total colour blind‐ ness, an inability to see any colour, is very rare.

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“I’ve seen a lot of young people, who have been following the dream of becoming a pilot, firefighter or po‐ lice officer for many years, only to find out at the final hurdle that they can’t work in that field due to being colour blind. It is a real blow to find this out so late, that’s why we always offer children a colour vision check during their first appointment. Know‐ ing that you’re colour blind from an early age allows you to focus your en‐ ergy and dreams on a profession that you are able to do and ensures there are no nasty surprises.”

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quire you to have good colour vision and colour identification. These in‐ clude entering the air force or navy as pilots or engineers, or the merchant navy as an officer. You will also not be able to be an air traffic controller, train or bus driver, a customs inspec‐ tor, firefighter, or hold certain posi‐ tions in the police force or in civil avia‐ tion.

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Cycle success

Still controversial

ACCORDING to the Cycle Cities Report compiled by money.co.uk, Copenhagen is the best city for cycling in the world just freewheeling ahead of nearest competitors, the Estonian capital Tallinn and Amsterdam. The high cost of hiring or buying a bike in Denmark was a negative factor.

THE 93-year-old Jean-Marie Le Pen who was considered too extreme for the French National Front party which he founded and was expelled by his daughter, continues to hit the headlines and is due to go on trial for allegedly inciting racial hatred.

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NORWAY

Stop and Search

Winter woes

IN a bid to cut the amount of gun and knife crime committed in Amsterdam, the police are undertaking a trial ‘stop and search’ regime and have given an absolute assurance that there will be no racial bias and all stops will be on a random basis.

STILL not out of the financial woods, Norwegian Air which is currently operating 51 aircraft, has made it clear that if winter bookings are slow and seats are not filled, then it will cancel flights at the last minute in order to save money.

BELGIUM

FINLAND

Copper haul

Brighter lights

AS the price of copper has increased dramatically, thieves in Brussels have been targeting antique style street lights and are climbing the lampposts and removing the copper shades which, once the glass is removed, can be sold as scrap. More than 20 in two streets have disappeared.

THE Finnish Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory in Lapland said that the intensity of the Northern Lights is determined by the sun’s 11-year solar cycle and as the northern hemisphere is now entering a period of higher solar activity, so the Northern Lights will be brighter than ever.

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SWEDEN

Festival of Lights

ABBA Voyage

EVERY September, Berlin is illuminated for the annual Festival of Lights (not the religious kind) where some 75 public buildings are illuminated at night with around 100 different art designs and this year unique art light is the theme. Visitors are urged to respect social distancing.

‘THANK you for waiting, the journey is about to begin’ was the cryptic message on a new Twitter account called ABBA Voyage, apparently set up by the four former members of the Swedish mega pop group and many believe that there are new songs on the way.

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GO LOCAL BUY LOCAL: By shopping locally, independent businesses can help support the local community.

THE EUROWEEKLY NEWS urged its readers to support local busi‐ nesses in the community by go‐ ing local now that the lockdown has ended and for your all your shopping this year, instead of feeding online giants and super‐ stores.

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 businesses 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 before.

For those stores which are new, that extra couple of euros spent there are supporting someone’s dream and ambition, and also the courage it took them to step out alone, which is no easy task. It takes quite a large chunk of 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 online 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.

Helping people alleviate stress and worry, give the gift of peace of mind through these difficult times.

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.

For example, let’s look at a local

farmer growing produce.

First, they sell to a local restau‐ rant, which in turn prepares the fresh produce and sells it to local customers. The farmer pays its lo‐ cal employees and the restaurant uses revenue from sales to buy supplies from a neighbourhood hardware store. This example il‐ lustrates how the recirculation of money in the local economy leads to a stronger financial foundation for our neighbours and communi‐ ties. Buying local also fuels new employment and job opportuni‐ ties for people within our commu‐ nity.

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

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

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Marbella International Film Festival promises glitz and glamour THE Marbella International Film Festival promises glitz and glam‐ our despite the pandemic and has a double awards ceremony this coming Sunday September 12.

Last year, the 15th Annual Marbella International Film Fes‐ tival (MIFF) had to be a virtual af‐ fair due to the pandemic and there were fears that this year’s event might also be an online festival, but happily this is not the case.

Speaking to Mac Chakaveh, he was very upbeat and possibly a little surprised at the incredible response that this year’s MIFF has received.

“Not only are there entries in all categories from film‐ makers from 13 different countries but many of producers, directors and actors will be travelling to Mar‐ bella to take part in the event which runs from September 8 to 12,” he said.

There are no less than 12 full length feature films with many having their Spanish premieres at the festival and whilst the names of some of the directors may not be known to an English audience, one, US‐based Dami‐ an Chapa as an actor was the lead in Blood In, Blood Out, the highest grossing Latin film of all time.

As far as Mac is concerned, it is thanks to MIFF that Damian visited an earlier Festival and since that time has filmed two feature films in Spain, the latest, Dark Light being presented at this year’s MIFF. Despite the relatively short notice and travel restrictions, a significant number of movie pro‐ fessionals have indicated that they will be in Marbella during the week to attend various morning workshops which in‐ clude advice on how to fund fu‐ ture films and how to make movies for companies such as Amazon and Netflix as well as other events.

The big, star‐studded awards ceremony is already sold out and those who don’t have tickets will miss a vocal performance by popular Michael Bublé enthusi‐ ast Peet Rothwell and some ex‐ ceptional cocktails from sponsors

Press conference held at the Marbella Town Hall.

MIFF: Mac on the right with the 2019 Award winners.

VENUE: Cines Teatro Goya Marbella.

PEET ROTHWELL: Will perform as Michael Bublé.

Supporting Marbella International Film Festival 2021 Nero Vodka, but there is always the possibility to view the various releases at the Teatro Goya Cin‐ ema in Puerto Banus and the full running order for the films can be found at https://www.mar bellafilmfestival.com.

Clearly Mac continues to show his commitment to making the name Marbella synonymous PREMIERE: Rise of the Footsoldier Origins.

with movies and to encourage filmmakers to take advantage of the generous terms that the Marbella and other Film Com‐ missions are able to grant.

One regular visitor is actor and producer Terry Stone who is up for an award for best actor this year for his role in Rise of the Footsoldier Origins which has its red‐carpet premiere on Satur‐ day September 11.

He told me “Lockdown has ac‐ tually been something of a bless‐ ing for independent film‐ makers like us as large studios had to shut down, but we used the time to develop new projects and as soon as we could safely start

filming, we did on a tight dead‐ line and budget.

“We followed all of the proto‐ cols and shot three different films without anyone catching Covid. Footsoldier is the first to be released and we are delight‐ ed that it is in contention for two awards at MIFF.” As one of the sponsors of the Marbella International Film Fes‐ tival, we at Euro Weekly News are proud to once again be asso‐ ciated with this great event, con‐ gratulate Mac and his team on managing to set the event up and wish all the best to those filmmakers taking part in the competition.

FINANCE BUSINESS EXTRA Twitter news TWITTER Spain employs just 21 people to manage its dwindling 4.1 million users and despite concerted actions by both the Spanish Government and the European Commission to see taxation based on country of service, the American owned company is still invoicing out of Ireland.

Unemployment down THE number of registered unemployed in Spain fell by 82,583 in August (-2.4 per cent) and is the largest decline for the month since records began according to information released by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, although there are still 3,333,915 unemployed.

Frankenfish WITH the demand for fish continuing and the fear that stocks will dwindle even more due to overfishing, companies around the world are looking to create vegan versions or to grow fish using stem cell biology and tissue engineering to create the perfect replica.

No sale RYANAIR has announced that it has terminated talks about purchasing up to 250 Boeing 737 Max jets because it considered the price to be too high and Boeing was not prepared to meet the Irish airline’s budget despite the size of the potential order.

Trade with Pakistan DURING a recent visit to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce, Spanish Commercial Attaché Aitor Santiago Garin said that Spain and Pakistan had to do more to encourage imports and exports.

He confirmed the current bilateral trade volume between Spain and Pakistan was quite low with the bulk of Pakistan’s exports to Spain confined to textiles products, when there was so much more in the areas of fruit and vegetables and pharmaceuticals for example which could be developed.

It was agreed the lack of awareness about Pakistani products in Spain was a major trade barrier, which should be addressed to enhance trade ties.

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is the amount that the Expansion newspaper understands is STAT OF being paid by Spanish private equity company Portobello Capital €300 million to take over its infrastructure services division of Ferrovial.

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Takeover reviewed THE CMA has provisionally found JD Sports’ takeover of Footasylum could lead to a worse deal for shoppers, af‐ ter reassessing the merger.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has reached the provisional view that the merger could result in a worse deal for Footasylum shoppers throughout the UK. This means customers could find themselves facing higher prices, fewer dis‐

counts and less choice of products in store. It could al‐ so result in the merged company investing less in improvements to customer service.

At this stage, the CMA’s view is that blocking the deal, by requiring JD Sports to sell Footasylum, may be the only way of addressing these competition concerns.

Kip Meek, chair of the group conducting the in‐ quiry, said, “Since our origi‐

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nal inquiry, we have gath‐ ered a significant amount of additional evidence, includ‐ ing on the impact of coron‐ avirus, and we still have concerns about JD Sports’ takeover of Footasylum.

“This deal would see Footasylum bought by its closest competitor and, as a result, shoppers could face higher prices, less choice and a worse shopping expe‐ rience overall.

“While many stores were

closed during lockdown, on‐ line sales in this market have been stronger than ev‐ er, and revenue from in‐ store sales is rebounding as people return to the high street.

“JD Sports, Footasylum and others in the sector now have the opportunity to give us their views, on both our provisional deci‐ sion and our suggested rem‐ edy,” Meek added on Thurs‐ day September 2.

Bank accounts

I have been told that Andalucia is going to sharply reduce inheritance tax and include inheri‐ tors who are not direct children in the reduction as well.

Is this correct? If so it would make an important differ‐ ence to my estate planning.

Second-Hand September ACTRESS Sienna Miller is fronting this year’s #Second‐ HandSeptember campaign to raise awareness about the harmful effects fast fashion ‐ clothes that are produced in high volume and at relatively low cost to the consumer ‐ have on the planet.

Oxfam’s campaign comes ahead of the UN climate summit COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November, and is a vital opportunity for global lead‐ ers to take decisive action to tackle the climate emergency.

Consumers send 13 million items of clothing a week to land‐ fill, and the textile industry ac‐ counts for up to 10 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions ‐ more than interna‐ tional aviation and shipping combined.

To help reduce emissions, Ox‐ fam is asking UK consumers to only buy second‐hand clothes for the month of September and donate their pre‐loved items.

S D (Costa del Sol) Provide a Will.

Yes, it is correct.

The important YOU AND THE LAW change is not so IN SPAIN much a tax reduc‐ tion because Andalucian law had already lowered the tax to 1 per cent for spouses and children, but the inclu‐ sion of other family members in this reduction, which opens the door for nearly a million Andalucians and resi‐ dents to share in the reduced tax.

The exemptions will now apply to brothers and sis‐ ters, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. The change is planned to come into effect in 2022. It forms part of a more general lowering of taxes in Andalucia including in‐ come tax and property transfer tax. The first stages of the tax reform, put into effect in 2018, have already pro‐ duced positive results as the reduced taxes actually pro‐ duced increased revenues

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.

MAKING a complaint about an online purchase in Spain is far more compli‐ cated than if you wish to make a com‐ plaint in store.

It is very well‐known that business‐ es in Spain are required to keep com‐ plaint books and if a consumer has a dispute with that seller or service provider, even if the consumer is in the wrong, then they can demand ac‐ cess to the complaints book.

WHEN someone passes away in Spain, another concern is what to do about their bank accounts. It is best not to withdraw money before the person’s death, even if they tell you to do so, because this could cause problems lat‐ er with other heirs. If you are authorised to use their ac‐ counts, you can do so, but any withdrawals or transfers will show up later. If you are an heir and the Will of the deceased states that you are entitled to the money in their account, then you will need to provide the bank with the Will, the Certificado de Ultimas Voluntades and death certificate to access the contents.

If you are not sure what bank accounts the deceased owned, then you will need to go to the Tax Agency and they will be able to provide you with the information if you prove that you are the heir.

Also remember that direct debit bills will continue to be paid until they are cancelled.

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

Online complaints All businesses are required by law to make these available and the complaint can be made formally by completing a form which is signed by both parties and submitted to the Community Consumer Office where the matter will be considered

and a solution recommended.

Often a simple demand to make a formal complaint will be sufficient to change the mind of a business which is trying to get away with something when it is in the wrong, as it may well prefer not to be in‐

More US investment IT’S not just supermarkets in the UK that American investment companies are interested in as investment giant T Rowe Price has taken a 10 per cent stake in the online fashion retailer Boohoo to become one of its largest shareholders.

This investment will now sit with its 11 per cent shareholding in ASOS, another UK online fash‐ ion business which earlier this year scooped up Topshop, Top‐ man and Miss Selfridge brands following the demise of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia business.

As companies start to recover from the lockdown, it seems that the UK is a particularly at‐ tractive market for US investors. volved in a formal dispute.

In theory, consumers have similar rights if they purchase online, but the reality is somewhat different and far more complicated to access, as many major companies do not have the equivalent of an online complaints book.

It can be done and the Consumer Offices of Autonomous Communities will give advice on how to do this.

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Bitcoin is bitten

TAKING ACTION: Cryptocurrency is under scrutiny.

AS the European Central Bank considers introducing a virtual euro, Bitcoin is bitten as Spain takes action to regulate cryp‐ tocurrency.

The Bank of Spain has been warning that investments in all types of cryptocurrencies, not just Bitcoin, are potentially, very risky, but a significant number of Spaniards have been taking advantage on the until now rel‐ atively tax free profits from buy‐ ing and selling.

This is likely to change very shortly as the Government and the Bank want to protect Spain against the twin evils of terror‐ ism financing and money laun‐ dering as well as making sure that no tax avoidance takes place.

A new registration process for crypto‐exchanges is due by Oc‐ tober so that exchanges, along with crypto‐asset custody plat‐ forms and wallets, will be re‐ quired to register with authori‐

ties in order to comply with le‐ gal requirements.

According to website www.ambcrypto.com, the Na‐ tional Securities Market Com‐ mission (CNMV) issued warn‐ ings to 12 entities on Monday August 30 for remaining unlist‐ ed in the commission’s registry.

Those under fire include pop‐ ular exchanges such as Huobi and Bybit, both of which al‐ legedly don’t have permission to provide investment services.

Once the new registry is es‐ tablished, companies will have until January 2022 to apply for registration and to be accepted.

They will have to be able to prove that they have sturdy an‐ ti‐money laundering and anti‐ terrorist measures in place.

This registry will be shared with other countries within the European Union with the intent of ensuring that all transactions are transparent and above board.

No-shows AS restaurants all over Europe are trying to recover from the problems of closures over the last year and in many cases reduced capacity, a major problem for them is people not turning up for bookings without bothering to cancel.

A report by hospitality company Zonal revealed that as many as 14 per cent of all reservations are ignored by customers and in the UK, 18-34-year-olds were the worst offenders and this was having a dramatic financial effect on businesses. According to Zonal the British hospitality sector alone could be losing as much as £17.6 billion (€20 billion) a year because of this.

Spain isn’t necessarily anti‐ cryptocurrency but it wants to ensure that it takes its fair share of the profits and doesn’t leave any options for money launder‐ ing in any form.

BUSINESS EXTRA Golden welcome GEARING up for the Christmas rush, Amazon in the UK first offered a £1,000 (€1,150) signing on bonus for new staff and now it is promising a £50 (€57) weekly bonus for staff who turn up for work on time.

Inflation up CONSUMER prices in Spain are rising at the fastest pace in almost 10 years, ironically fuelled by massive increases in the price of diesel, petrol and electricity although a report by the European Central Bank says that this spike will be temporary and prices likely to drop in 2022.

Blame Brexit THERE’S an old song about A Pub with no Beer and that’s what has happened to Wetherspoons in the UK who have found themselves out of Heineken, Carling and Coors due to the shortage of HGV drivers due to a combination of Brexit and Covid.

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A favourable result

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WELL, I’m sure it will come as no big surprise that I was delighted with the outcome of the Piers Morgan Ofcom enquiry. As an ardent exponent of the freedom of speech, and lucky enough to contribute to a publication of similar leanings, the favourable result of the Morgan/Markle affair, was not only a triumph for common sense, it was a victory for all those who believe that, irrespective of who you are, and provided it doesn’t cause unnecessary suffering to others, you should be able to air any opinions you so desire.

Of course, this awful woman won’t stop there. No doubt she will put her humiliating defeat down to the biased British hierarchy protecting their monarch. This view in itself is of course offensive, but as I believe we only judge others by our own behaviour, I think this just about sums up the attitude of this wholly unpleasant young lady.

What I also found most interesting was that there were some 57,000 dissenters who wrote in complaining about the programme ‐ a figure that the BBC revelled in; but many thousands more on social media ‘liked’ the final outcome.

OFCOM ENQUIRY: Talk show host Piers Morgan’s recent case was a triumph for common sense.

It goes to prove that it is generally those who don’t agree with an opinion who tend to make the most noise. The majority, who do concur, are more likely to simply nod to themselves, poke a button on their PC and be quietly thankful that some common

sense still prevails. I do however, sometimes wish the majority would make themselves a little more explicitly responsive, after all with the overall lack of public positive agreement, the disillusioned minorities are often of the opinion that they are in fact the

actual majority. Time they were unwoken up! Stop being the silent majority OK? Make some noise. How can we stamp out racism in the game, wail the football big shots?

Well, in my opinion the first thing they should do is ban the taking of the knee. I do

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wholeheartedly agree that the recent racist behaviour at the Hungary/England football match was totally unacceptable. However, knowing Hungary’s record of racism, particularly among its football fans, would it not have made more common sense to have just dropped this controversial ritual, for this one game at least? Anyone with half a brain should have realised that blatantly paying homage to a fascist anti‐white organisation (BLM) at the beginning of the match would be like showing a red rag to a bull. No wonder racism subsequently kicked off in all its repugnant glory.

A few weeks ago I wrote that the true effects of the Covid vaccinations would not be known until we had experienced the passing of real time. I took some quite heavy stick for that particular assessment.

A number of letters accused me of ‘Irresponsibly spreading fear, particularly among the young’ etc. Imagine my surprise, when this week the government announced they were not recommending the vaccinations for children between the ages of 12 and 15. Funny that!

Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com expatradioscotland.

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Orthostatic Tremor awareness month MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION

Views of a Grumpy Old Man OT needs awareness because it’s rare - not many people have heard of it, not many people have it, and when you tell them it means you can’t stand still, not even for a minute, quite frankly, it sounds ridiculous! “Just don’t stand still then.” Imagine that - now who’s being ridiculous?

How do you have a shower, get clothes from the wardrobe? How do you fill your car with petrol, cook dinner, put your make-up on, for the men shave, wait in line for your coffee or queue at the bank or go to the supermarket?

That’s not to mention occupations that involve a lot of standing. And imagine going into a panic just because you walk into a strange place and can’t see any seats, or bumping into a friend in the street and you can’t stop to chat, and no more cocktail parties for you my dear!

Orthostatic Tremor is a neurological disorder and usually needs a Neurologist, one that specialises in Movement Disorders, to diagnose it.

But not all Neurologists have heard of it either, so on average, diagnosis takes five to six years

from the onset of symptoms. My own diagnosis took nearly 10 years and didn’t happen ‘til I was living in Spain. And there is no cure and no medication to stop the symptoms. It is a progressive neurological disorder, it’s an invisible disability and it’s relentless, chipping away at your quality of life, day in day out.

So in September, spare a thought for me, and those few others out there in the world with Orthostatic Tremor, some of whom I have been lucky enough to meet in person and who have become very dear friends.

This is a description from a fellow sufferer, Susie Beard from Australia, but it’s almost identical to every other person I know who has OT. I changed one part which was the time it took her to get diagnosed was three years. I have had this condition now since at least 1999. I now use a wheelchair for every shopping trip and every vacation and would not go anywhere without it. Thank goodness the Spanish medical system recognise it as a disability and have registered me 66 per cent disabled and give me a blue badge to help me park with enough room to get my wheelchair out of the car.

Please Google OT and read about it.

Thanks for reading this and from next week my grumps should be back to normal.

Email: mikesenker@gmail.com

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NEWS THAT LEAVES EVERYONE LOST FOR WORDS scribed as suitable for ‘faeces’. The errors re‐ portedly resulted from a poorly designed computer programme unable to cope with multiple meanings of certain English words.

Amazon claimed it was ‘always keen’ to im‐ prove customers’ experiences...

But apology of the year surely came from ‘The Scottish Farmer’ (buy it to keep up with the latest ewes!) which contained the startling revelation that the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland had opened ‘a brand‐new spanking pavilion’. The magazine’s political affairs editor comment‐ ed: “I can only apologise for a faux pas which has brought much joy to our readers.” I bet!

NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS

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AS we try to deal with the grief, fear and anxiety of the past 18 months, mis‐spelt subtitles, misprints and misunderstandings won’t cure the ills of our times, but they’ll hopefully take our mind off them.

Church Service Sheet Typos, a rather eclectic Facebook group dedicated to ecclesi‐ astical misprints, discovered an alarming new way of fighting Covid. Pictured on the site was the following notice: ‘Please Sa‐ tanise Your Hands.’ It also reported the fol‐ lowing unfortunate text message about a pri‐ mary school church service: ‘Please join us for refreshments afterwards and if we can wash your dirty willies, please bring them along.’ Followed swiftly by the correction: ‘WELLIES!’ Another one: ‘The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement’, and: ‘Low self‐esteem support group will meet Thurs‐

FAUX PAS: But misunderstandings will hopefully take our mind off the ills of our times. day at 7pm. Please use the back door.’

For its part, Norwich Cathedral was quick to assure worshippers they would always find a welcome during lockdown: ‘We are still open daily, providing space for silliness, reflection and prayer.’ ‘Silliness’ was later corrected to ‘stillness’, but was the message right first time round? The cathedral had

previously installed a helter‐skelter in the nave, so either would have been accurate.

And the launch of Amazon’s new Swedish website didn’t go as planned due to numer‐ ous cultural gaffes/ mistranslations. Cus‐ tomers saw a swastika‐emblazoned shower curtain for sale, frying pans listed as items for ‘woman’ and a silicone baking mould de‐

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LETTER FROM

CANARIES

DEAR reader, we’re through August and on the home straight into cooler times.

Hopefully. Who really knows, in this interesting new weather? My partner, back in California after his USA passport got the EU thumbs down, gives nightly reports of raging fires, abandoned towns and flooding. Is this divine retri‐ bution for Trump’s climate change de‐ nial?

News that by 2050 chunks of Spanish coastline’ll be under water and the Ca‐ naries arid, due to the Trade Winds that keep us cool ‘diminishing’, can’t be blamed solely on Trump, comforting though scapegoats are.

My latest grandson’s now three weeks old. The other little dears are three and six. By 2050, I’ll be long gone, but what about them? What about all the world’s kids? Can anybody explain why political correctness andhealth & safety are obsessions, whilst we still wantonly trash the planet? We worry about perfect kids’ car seats and traffic accidents, then continue to ignore the mega‐accident being imposed on their

It’s getting cooler now LIFE GOES ON: An endless stream of Africans arrive, if they’re lucky.

whole future well‐being and planet?

Meanwhile, life goes on. The end‐ less stream of Africans arriving, if they’re lucky, continues. The casual‐ ties are horrific. So far this year, 7,000 have made it, amongst them 2,666 minors. Ninety‐six per cent of the 2,170 who didn’t make it had a watery

grave. Their bodies were never recov‐ ered.

At the other extreme of the wealth scale, the Atlantic between Africa and the Canaries is in the news with the in‐ stallation of a submarine Canalink cable connecting us and Morocco to main‐ land Spain, providing ultra fast, fibre op‐ tic communication.

“Worldwide, there are more than a million kms of submarine cable already functioning, 3,500 of which belong to this company,” explains Canalink CEO Carlos Suarez. Tenerife’s island Cabildo and Vodafone are 50/50 owners of the

new 2Africa connection Submarine cables are apparently un‐ der ‘permanent shark attack, causing recurring damage’. Do sharks know something we don’t? Of prime concern, however, is security and protection against military or terrorist attack, given our increasing dependence on cable‐ connected data processing centres. An attack, or failure, could paralyse a coun‐ try’s vital communication systems.

You’ve perhaps heard about the Royal Navy’s proposed Multi Role Ocean Surveillance ship, in service in 2024 to ‘ protect undersea critical na‐

tional infrastructure’.

Will crews of such surveillance ships commissioned to protect our new sub‐ marine cable close their eyes as Africans drift past on small boats, I wonder?

More science and high tech news: the world’s largest robotic telescope (NRT) is to be sited at La Palma’s Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, fruit of collaboration between Oviedo Universi‐ ty, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Ca‐ narias and Liverpool’s John Moores Uni‐ versity, which will invest £4 million in the project.

Ending on a Covid note, check your genetic ancestry, dear readers of Euro‐ pean ancestry. Should your OAS1‐3 genes be of Neandertal haplotype, re‐ lax. You’re less susceptible to a severe reaction.

A last, and ingenuous, question: how can our species, blessed with such inge‐ nuity and inventiveness, not trouble it‐ self to protect its extraordinary, endan‐ gered natural environment as priority?

Barbara Belt. barbarabelt@gmail.com

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MARBELLA MOMENTS

BY NICOLE KING

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Certainly September

I THINK at this time of year last year I en‐ titled my column ‘Suddenly September’ but this year I find myself saying ‘certainly September’.

Since day one it’s been non‐stop with meetings, catching up and catch‐ups, preparing projects, liaising and preparing for the return of a new season of Marbella Now TV and in general getting back in the swing of everybody being back in the swing.

It was great to be once again at the RTV Marbella studios to reconnect with the team and record the new show. For #MN317 firstly I welcome back Nina Nolte who is undeniably one of my favourite artists. Her vision of women and her unique use of ‘colour and coquette’ beguile me; as does Nina herself who is equally as vibrant in person as her artwork.

Her gallery in the industrial estate of La Campana is correspondingly enticing. It’s lovely to watch the progression of this warehouse area become quite the up‐and‐ coming place to be. There’s even a brand‐

#Behindthescenes at RTV Marbella’s Marbella Now new bar restaurant on the corner which I must check out; it looks great and undeni‐ ably adds a certain something to that whole area. It’s another Marbella world up

there you might not even know, particular‐ ly renowned for good mechanics and auto repairs, a big Chinese bizarre as well as the local church and typical Spanish ice‐cream, coffee shops and bars; as well as great art!

Nina’s gallery will also now be the collec‐ tion spot for our Marbella Mugs incentive which is most appropriate as she already has a selection of other artists exhibiting in her gallery, very much in line with the #bet‐ tertogether philosophy.

I only recently met Filip Bovin of TUTORS, but I’ve very much taken to his vision for education and how our children should be engaged with learning, encouraged to question and applauded for their differ‐ ences. He also believes they have a right to be taught by people who relish in imparting knowledge and creating curiosity.

Filip offers online educational courses, finds placements for interns and a whole host of other projects related to education.

He has also launched a new product, Safe‐ Touch, which is perfect timing with us all being so germ conscious as it’s a long‐last‐

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Elendil Diez of Rio Padron Recording Stu‐ dios updates us on all the recording facili‐ ties for individuals and groups in their very professional space, perfect for all our local artists and for international performers to immortalise their sounds with the best team, full stage and equipment.

I also pay ‘homage’ to the Marbella In‐ ternational Film Festival celebrating its 16th edition. I enjoyed chatting with event organiser Mac Chakaveh once again and hope that you will all support this initiative which is on until September 12 and don’t miss the after parties at Tibu.

I hope you will enjoy the show and share it on your social media. You can also follow us on Facebook @marbellanowrtv and In‐ stagram @nicolekingmarbellanow (pretty please).

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BAKER’S CYST

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N A M E D after a surgeon not a baker this is a lump or swelling at the back of the knee.

Why? All joints have a protective ‘bubble’ of synovial fluid. But when the knee becomes very swollen this squeezes the bubble, pushing the extra fluid into a ‘pocket’ at the back of the knee.

Why the back? The front of the knee is protected by the patella so no room there!

What happens now?

This depends ‐ if the pressure on the synovial fluid continues then that tem‐ porary ‘pocket’ gets harder and more permanent.

If you can reduce the pressure that caused the ‘pocket’ then the fluid re‐ turns to its normal place.

Assess why the knee is under pressure.

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So a thorough assessment to know why the knee is under so much pressure and then relieving the root cause so the cyst reduces permanently.

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Listen to your tummy THE body’s reaction to certain foods can cause stomach bloat‐ ing, an uncomfortable problem that can be avoided by making food choices that reduce the production of excess gas.

Foods known for their bloat‐ inducing qualities include beans, onions and broccoli, but there are things we can eat that help do the opposite.

Five bloat‐blocking foods rec‐ ommended are rice, banana, yo‐ ghurt, cucumber and papaya.

Certain foods, especially some carbohydrates, are only partially digested in the gut, and this can result in gas build‐up.

But rice is fully digested in the small intestines.

Foods with high sodium in‐ take can be culprits as sodium attracts and retains water in the body.

So to counteract this, experts recommend eating potassium, high levels of which are found in bananas.

Yoghurt has long been known for helping balance out gut bac‐ teria. By choosing one with ac‐ tive cultures, the ‘good’ varieties in the digestive tract can be in‐

COUNTERACT: Potassium eliminates the negative effects of sodium. creased.

Cucumber is a natural diuretic with its high water and low fibre content, meaning they lead to increased urination and help achieve a flatter stomach.

Studies have shown that shav‐ ings of papaya contain a white substance called papain, which when ripe have a laxative quality which helps bowel movement.

As well as the foods we eat, the way in which we eat them is important too for a happy ab‐ domen.

Eating regular meals means the digestive system can get into a routine, allowing digestion to flow more smoothly.

Excess gas sufferers are ad‐

vised to limit their intake of baked beans, cabbage, cauliflower, sprouts, turnips and leeks.

High fat foods and eggs are al‐ so notorious for producing bad smelling gas.

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Fundraising lunches LA SALA BANUS regularly hosts fundraising lunches for good causes and on Tuesday September 28, it is the turn of Palevlas Protec‐ tora de Animales which is based in Monda.

This not‐for‐profit association was founded in 2008 by José Antonio Serrano Chinchilla, to fight and prevent animal abuse, abandonment and promote the sterilisation of cats and dogs, whether they are pets or strays. Running from 1.30pm to 4.30pm, guests will enjoy a two‐ course meal plus free flowing wine at a cost of €33 per person and during the afternoon there will be music from Marlon, a fashion show pre‐ sented by Mapuchi Moda and a charity raffle.

Due to strict pandemic health regulations, the

Dine to music

ENJOY a meal and an evening of mainly classical music at D Wines in Marbella on Tuesday September28.

Starting at 7.30pm guests will be offered a welcome drink as well as a three‐course meal with drinks and entertainment from Oriol Estivill on clarinet and Daniel Ruiz on piano. The duo will be playing music by Bernstein, Brahms, Gershwin, Chopin as well as several more composers and the evening will cost €65 per person and reser‐ vations, which are a must, may be made by calling D Wines in Calle Norte 2, 29670 Mar‐ bella on 952 814 446.

Charity show for ACE A CHARITY show for ACE Dog Shelter in La Cala de Mijas takes place on Saturday September 25 at Legends.

Tickets, which must be pre‐booked, cost just €10 each, of which €7.50 will be donated to ACE and there is an option at €15 to include a shared table buffet.

There will be live entertainment from Drag‐ tastic as well as performances by Westlife and Take That tributes.

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Vulnerable and in need of homes. number of tickets is restricted and have to be re‐ served in advance (and paid for) by email to reservations@LaSalaBanus.com or by calling 952 814 145.

Whilst the lunch is all about helping animals, guests are politely requested not to bring their furry friends with them on the day.

Another date to put in your diary is Wednes‐ day December 1 from 1pm to 3pm, when it’s time for the Christmas Fashion Show Lunch fea‐ turing latest designs from La Sala favourite Angel Clothes.

Apart from helping people chose some spe‐ cial designer pieces for Christmas, the intention is to also introduce guests to the Elena Gaite Foundation which is a charity which the Sala Group has supported for some years.

Complementing the show will be a two‐ course meal with plenty of cava costing €35 and reservations should be made as above.

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The show which is already selling well starts at 7.30pm and all guests need to be seated by 7.15pm and during the evening, there will be a raffle for the benefit of ACE with a number of prizes generously donated by local businesses, well‐wishers and supporters.

To reserve your tickets, WhatsApp Andrea Gallacher on 628 353 884 and to find out more about the charity visit http://www.ace‐charity. org/en.

Friday night rock

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ELOSPHERA: The bank from Sevilla on stage.

THERE are now two classic rock tributes playing at the Benalmadena Auditorium on Friday September 10, not just Brothers in Band playing Dire Straits numbers.

Added to the event is recently formed six‐piece ELO tribute from Sevilla ELO‐ SPHERA who will play all of the best‐known numbers released by the original Jeff Lynne version of the band.

Guitars, keyboards and a violin replace

the massed strings of the original band, but they still play the greatest hits of ELO accu‐ rately but obviously with a slight twist.

Doors open at 7.15pm and ELOSPHERA are due on stage at 8pm with a set lasting for around an hour before the very popular Brothers in Band take to the stage.

Tickets cost €25 and €28 plus booking fee online from Ticketmaster and other book‐ ing agencies.

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Charity table football IF you can’t be a star on the football field due to age, lack of fitness or tal‐ ent, Friday, September 10 could see you becoming the Torremolinos Charity Table Football Champion.

The tournament which will raise funds for the Cud‐ eca Foundation in Benal‐ madena starts at 6pm in the premises of organisers Bollard Walkers, situated in Avenue Manuel Fraga Iribarne, nº15, Local 10 Torremolinos.

It costs just €6 per pair to enter (with all proceeds go‐ ing to Cudeca) but as there are security and social dis‐

tancing requirements to be respected, it is necessary to register in advance by call‐ ing 951 531 556.

The Cudeca Hospice is a non‐for‐profit organisa‐ tion whose mission is to offer specialised care and assistance to people with advanced Cancer and oth‐ er illnesses as well as of‐ fering support to their families.

Each year, more than 1,600 people need the pro‐ fessional and free care they provide, so fundraising is a vital operation which al‐ lows them to continue to help those in need.

THE magic of Tchaikovsky comes to the stage in Es‐ tepona this October as the Russian National Ballet performs Swan Lake at the Felipe VI Auditorium.

As the weather gets cooler and hopefully the pandemic remains under control, musical events of a high calibre are returning to venues across the Costa del Sol. The iconic Swan Lake is one of the great Tchaikovsky compositions which tells the sto‐ ry of good and evil with the battle between the White Swan and the Black Swan which signifies the two major opposites in life.

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THE San Pedro Alcantara Summer Jazz Funk Festival returns this coming weekend with six bands taking part.

The event will take place on the Avenida de Las Palmeras, at 8pm on Friday September 10 and Saturday September 11 with all the health and safety measures against Covid‐19, as was done successfully last year.

Bands taking part are Watch Out from Madrid, 30‐member Gospel Sound from Grana‐ da and Hip Quintet from Fuengirola on Friday with Saxos del Averno (Saxophones from the un‐ derworld) from Vigo, local group Eneko Alberdi and Not Only blues band and 4WQ (Four Wom‐ en Quartet) from Sevilla on Saturday.

It is hoped that having managed to run the event in 2020 despite all of the problems,that this will now become a regular weekend of jazz and funk in the future as last year’s festival was

Credit: Watch Out

JASS FESTIVAL: Watch Out for this funk band from Madrid. extremely popular despite the restrictions on ca‐ pacity. Deputy mayor of Marbella, Javier García when confirming that the event would take place, highlighted the importance of hosting this festival again, “given the love for these musical styles and the existing tradition in the area and throughout the municipality.<”

Swan Lake Some of the music in Swan Lake was first writ‐ ten for a lesser‐known piece The Lake of the Swans, which was mainly performed for the com‐ poser’s family. The Russian National Ballet is one of many professional companies from the former USSR who are on permanent tour and was found‐ ed in 1989, when the legendary soloist of the Bol‐ shoi Theatre in Moscow, Sergei Radchenko, tried

Credit: Russian National Ballet

BALLET: Good v Evil in Swan Lake. to realise his vision of a company that would bring together the most classical elements of the great

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Classic Cars event LIKE many other animal charities, Adana in Estepona is always in need of funds, es‐ pecially now as it needs to raise €159,000 to meet all regulations concerning the in‐ frastructure of its compound to meet Eu‐ ropean Union standards.

On Saturday September 25, a free to enter Classic Car event will take place at Premier Bodyshops on the Estepona Poligono from noon until 3pm.

There will be a barbecue, beer, classic cars (and owners are invited to add to the display by bringing theirs) and a raffle with any funds raised being donated to Adana, which is always looking for people to adopt any of the dogs in its care.

Kirov and Bolshoi Ballet companies in a new ballet company. Since its inception, the Russian National Ballet has completed numerous tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as the United Kingdom, including numerous perfor‐ mances at the London Colosseum.

Tickets for this one night only performance start‐ ing at 5.30pm on Saturday October 16 cost €25.60 and may be purchased online at https://tafestepona.entradas.plus.

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CALAHONDA LANGUAGE CENTRE Established 1987.

New Spanish courses, all levels, start 13th September. Maximum 5 students per group for guaranteed results. Private classes available. Enrol now.

Also Translations undertaken calahondalanguage@gmail. com Tel: 636 413 187 (293617) PRIVATE SPANISH LESSONS in the comfort of your own home. Call Michael 606 809 042 (293794)

PRIVATE collector will buy y o u r G o l d , Ro l e x & Pa t e k Philippe Watches Tel – 678 716 693 (288662)

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FLOOR POLISHING MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE. WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NONSLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (291570) MARBLE POLISHING, CRYSTALLISING, LASTING, HIGH SHINE. REGRINDING, RESTORATION OF SALTY, DEAD FLOORS. 27YRS EXPERIENCE. RELIABLE. REFS AVAILABLE. CYRIL. 645 840 199 (293076) MARBLE FLOORS polished high shine non-slip. Fast Service Reliable, family run business. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. No job too small.

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GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@garden-profes sionals.com (288828)

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HEALTH & BEAUTY BEAUTY TREATMENTS B O T O X & fillers from €95.

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HOUSE CLEARANCES ALHAURIN FURNITURE EMPORIUM furniture wanted, same day collection, also house clearance and removals.

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CAR SERVICES MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work.

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Toyota Corolla Touring Sport - a car for all reasons ROAD TEST

by Mark Slack THE term Tourer is used a lot nowadays and essentially means a small estate car. That might seem a bit of a contra‐ diction, but most people don’t need the extra space offered by a traditional es‐ tate car, they just need that little bit of additional practi‐ cality. Whether for family sporting activities, weekends away or that extra load of gar‐ dening rubbish to the local tip, the Tourer offers a neat bridge between a normal car and a potentially larger than re‐ quired SUV or estate.

One of the best Tourers in terms of that additional little bit of practicality is Toyota’s Corolla. The Corolla name has been a mainstay in Toyota’s sales lists for decades, a slight Auris related intermission apart, and a popular addition to many driveways up and down the country. In its cur‐ rent hybrid guise the range of Corolla Tourers start from

TOURER: A smooth performer with decent acceleration.

Facts at a Glance Model: Toyota Corolla Excel 2.0 Touring Sport Engine: 2.0-litre, 184hp, 4-cylinder petrol Gears: CVT automatic Price: €37,272/£31,960 Performance: 0-100 kph (62 mph) 8.1 seconds/Maximum Speed 180 kph (112 mph) Economy: 5.0 l/100km (56.4 mpg) combined driving WLTP Emissions: 112 g/km - WLTP Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

€30,036/£25,755 and ends with my top‐line Excel version with 2.0‐litre petrol power costing €37,272/£31,960.

There are seven grades with‐ in the Touring Sports line up and standard equipment across the board includes adaptive cruise, auto lights, LED headlights, dual zone air conditioning, heated front seats, reversing camera along with Bluetooth, Apple Car Play Android Auto.

Engine choices are 1.8‐litre

122hp or 2.0‐litre 184hp petrol engines, both mated to auto‐ matic transmissions. Toyota’s hybrid system starts the car in EV mode and introduces the petrol engine once moving above what might be termed car park speeds. While cruising, the petrol engine and electric motor are used independently according to demand, acceler‐ ate and both cut in to provide power, when decelerating the car goes to electric power only.

It’s a clever system that’s not only efficient but manages, unless you’re constantly using full throttle, to use electric power for a surprising amount of driving. As a hybrid it re‐ moves range anxiety and

makes the Corolla a true car for all journeys, whether long or short.

Inside there’s a feeling of quality in the build and materi‐ als with a usefully large touch screen, unusually for a Japanese car pretty intuitive to use, and some buttons. Hur‐ rah! It’s a smooth performer with very decent acceleration and there’s even a vaguely sporting version.

The only downside was the darker interior of my test car made one of my passengers feel a little on the claustropho‐ bic side, but lighter colours are available. Overall this is an emi‐ nently sensible and practical choice on so many levels.

and finally...

Becoming popular. Electric vehicles are increasing in popularity with around 260,000 in the UK according to the latest available da‐ ta. It’s now far more common to see charging points in public car parks, large supermarket car parks and motorway service stations and you can now share your neighbour’s charger too (with their permission of course).

Guinness World Record for electric lorry A FUTURICUM electric lorry has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled by an electric lorry on one single charge, after it cov‐ ered a distance of 1,099km, without the need for a Guin‐ ness World Records loading stop.

To break the record, a Fu‐ turicum electric lorry, equipped with the Continental brand tyres was used, which had al‐ ready been in operation as a delivery vehicle for the private courier and parcel service provider DPD Switzerland for the last six months, proving that sustainable, energy‐effi‐ cient, and cost‐effective electric mobility in the transport sector is now a reality on European roads.

Adrian Melliger, managing director of Designwerk Prod‐ ucts AG, the company behind the Futuricum brand, ex‐ plained, “For DPD Switzerland,

we have turned a Volvo FH into an electric vehicle. The 19‐ton lorry now has more than 680hp, and, with a capacity of 680kWh, has the largest lorry battery in Europe on board.”

For this world record at‐ tempt, all three companies opted for Continental Efficient‐ Pro tyres, which are specially designed for particularly low rolling resistance, as Hinnerk Kaiser, director of Truck Tyre Product Development EMEA at Continental explained, “The re‐ bound in electric mobility has brought even more attention to the importance of tyres opti‐ mised for rolling resistance.”

Adding, “Our tyres allow high mileage and extremely low rolling resistance, there‐ fore, they offer the characteris‐ tics essential for the economic operation of commercial elec‐ tric motor vehicles.

The EfficientPro is a proven model that has been devel‐

oped especially for long‐dis‐ tance transport, and focuses on range, and low rolling resis‐ tance.”

To give themselves the best chance of breaking the existing record, the team chose the high‐speed oval of the Con‐ tidrom in Hannover, Germany, which is Continental’s in‐house testing centre, a 2.9km long oval test track, where, to beat the record, two drivers com‐ pleted a total of 392 laps of 4.5 hours each, at an average

speed of 50kph, an acceptable realistic average speed for daily use.

Weather conditions were not the best, starting with an air temperature of 14 degrees, and around 23 degrees on the track surface, accompanied by a wind that blew at an average of 18kph, with gusts of up to 40kph, but, in just under 23 hours, the record was broken as the lorry completed 1,099km, without stopping to be charged.

ELECTRIC LORRY: Travelled a distance of 1,099km without recharging.

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SPORT Predictions for the coming season to read more visit www.euroweeklynews.com

WALKING FOOTBALL is preparing for the start of the HIDROMASTER South of Spain Leagues and the Costa Blanca League. The friendlies are over, with dates now set for the first matches.

A quick reminder from last week Malaga A and B teams will entertain Nerja A and B teams with Atletico Benahavis hosting The Walking Dead on Tuesday September 28. Nerja have organised a coach to trans‐ THE Qatar 2022 World Cup quali‐ fier between Brazil and Argentina was abandoned under the most bizarre and unprecedented cir‐ cumstances.

In an unprecedented turn of event on Sunday September 5, the Qualifier in Sao Paulo, be‐ tween Brazil and Argentina was abandoned, when Brazilian health officials took to the pitch accom‐ panied by Brazilian Federal Police officers just after the game had started, to confront Argentinian players and accuse them of break‐ ing coronavirus rules.

The Argentina team walked off the field, leaving captain Lionel Messi, with the health officials and the managers of both teams, who held a discussion on the pitch, which resulted in the match being abandoned, with CONMEBOL, the South American football confed‐ eration confirming that the match was called off by the referee.

A disciplinary report will now be submitted to FIFA, and the presi‐

port the team and support‐ ers. Still some seats for sale at €5 with a 7.45am depar‐ ture.

Opening Fixtures in the B League are: Sporting Benahavis v Walking Dead B (Tuesday September 28, 7.30pm) Malaga B v Nerja B (Sat‐ urday September 18, 10am) Aston Viñuela B v WFS Calahonda (Thursday September 16, 7pm) For Results, Fixtures, Dates and Match Reports

of all HIDROMASTER South of Spain League ‐ Make sure you pick up your copy of the Euro Weekly News every week... the Walking Football paper.

With tongue in cheek your EWN correspondent attempts to predict each team’s fortunes for the coming season.

League A this week...

League B next week.

Aston Viñuela. Topped the ill fated ‘Covid’ League and current League Cup

holders. Changed manage‐ ment mid close season with Julien taking over the reigns. Limited number of players due to location and it remains to be seen if fielding a B team will weak‐ en the first team efforts to emulate their predeces‐ sors. MID‐TABLE Atletico Benahavis have threatened to challenge the ‘fancied teams’ without success to date. Recent friendly defeats at home to Malaga and the Walking

Brazil v Argentina qualifier abandoned

Dead may be an indication of what their challenge will be this coming season.

Manager Tony Cifaldi will be out to prove otherwise.

Another club affected by fielding a B team rather than fielding their strongest? FINISH 4th Malaga have always been up there with the favourites. With new sign‐ ings and a large squad to choose from, without a doubt they will be there or thereabouts when the League Trophy is handed out at the end of the sea‐ son. Manager Gray Salt is confident his new signings will surprise quite a few and current England trialist brother Ian always reliable for a few goals. FINISH 2nd.

NERJA dark horses are another club to change management mid close season and little is known about the new manage‐ ment, so difficult to assess their chances. Big member‐

ship and ambitious. League members for almost two years, yet this will be their first competitive action. Ex‐ pecting a big following to support the team away to Malaga in a difficult first fixture. Have also entered a team in the B League. FIN‐ ISH 5th.

Walking Dead. The ‘Top Secret’ team who release little information prefer‐ ring to reserve their efforts for the action on the field.

Covid didn’t do them any favours in the last ‘covid’ league leaving them at the bottom, though with games in hand.

Manager Martin Teague has been working hard with his players during re‐ cent sessions and they are undefeated in their presea‐ son friendlies.

Labelled ‘aggressive’ by some it will be interesting to see if their sessions will bring about a ‘new ‘ Walk‐ ing Dead. FINISH 1st.

Max Verstappen becomes a Dutch national hero ON THE PITCH: Health officials together with police officers stopped the match. dent of Brazil’s health agency An‐ visa, Antonio Barra Torres, has al‐ legedly said that four Argentinian players will be fined and subse‐ quently deported from Brazil for allegedly not complying with coro‐ navirus protocols, after he had ap‐ parently already asked for the im‐ mediate isolation of the four players prior to the game.

Coronavirus rules in Brazil state that anybody arriving from the UK ‐ which was the case with the four Premiership players ‐ must isolate

for the mandatory 14 days, and while Anvisa refused to publicly name the players, the only four who play in the Premier League, and who had flown in from Cara‐ cas last Friday with the rest of the squad ‐ are Cristian Romero and Giovani Lo Celso of Tottenham, and Emiliano Martinez and Emil‐ iano Buendia of Aston Villa.

In a statement issued before kick‐off, Anvisa said, “Anvisa con‐ siders the situation a serious health risk, and so has asked local

health authorities to determine the immediate quarantine of the players, who are stopped from participating in any activity, and should be prevented from re‐ maining on Brazilian soil.”

Anvisa also claim to have been tipped off to the fact that all four players had been in the UK during the last 14 days, but had not stipu‐ lated that on their immigration forms, which is clearly being inter‐ preted as them giving false infor‐ mation to the health authorities.

FORMULA ONE driver Max Verstappen is a national hero in the Netherlands after becoming the first Dutchman to ever win the Dutch Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen started the Heineken Dutch GP at the Zandvoort racing circuit on Sunday afternoon, September 5, in pole position, and led the race from start to the che‐ quered flag, to become the first Dutch Formula One driver to ever win a home Grand Prix, elevating him to the status of a national hero, as the capacity crowd of 80,000, mostly or‐ ange‐clad fans went ballistic, with orange smoke filling the sky as they celebrated.

This victory in the Red Bull car puts the 23‐year‐old Dutch‐ man back on top of the driver’s championship, three points ahead of his rival Lewis Hamilton, in the Mercedes, who fin‐ ished in second position, and now they will head to Monza in Italy next weekend and do it all again, for the season’s second sprint race.

Speaking emotionally after the race, Verstappen said, “Obviously the expectations were high going into the week‐ end, and it’s never easy to fulfil that, but I’m just so happy to win here, to take the lead in the championship as well. It’s just an amazing day. The whole crowd... it’s incredible,” with Toto Wolff, the boss of the Mercedes team conceding, “Credit to him, credit to Red Bull, they were absolutely fault‐ less today.”

Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas finished third, briefly leading the race when Verstappen went in for a pit‐ stop, with France’s Pierre Gasly bringing his AlphaTauri home in fourth spot, as another French driver, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took fifth.